The Business Times, 3 September 1997

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    11 1 TheBusinessTimes MITA (P) 023/1^96 sit SINGAPORE Internet: http://www.asial.com.sg/biztimes WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3,1997
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    MARKET SUMMARY
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    FINANCE
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    Lock icon Roller-coaster ride for KL and regional markets
    494 1  -  Sustained selling erases earlier KL gains: Hang Seng Index swings 800 pts From Eddie Toh, Meera Tharmaratnam, R Sivanithy in Singapore LIKE other regional equity markets, the Kuala Lumpur bourse went through a choppy roller-coaster ride yesterday, with the benchmark KL Composite Index
    Source: Bloomberg  -  494 words
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    Lock icon Dow soars 154 pts at 1pm EDT
    61 1 Reuter [NEW YORK] The Dow Industrials surged 174.44 points in late morning trading yesterday, just 10 points shy of the biggest one-day points gain in its history. By Ipm EDT, the Dow was up 154.00 points at 7,776.42. Its biggest one-day point gain
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    Volatile day for currencies too
    221 1  -  By\ Larry Wee [SINGAPORE] Regional currencies swung wildly in thin markets yesterday, with the Malaysian ringgit and Singapore dollar especially volatile. Both the ringgit and Sing dollar fell, then recovered, in line with their stock markets. But the Thai baht ended at a new low
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    S'pore on its way to becoming Asia's private banking hub
    377 1  -  Local institutions put more resources into business By* Catherine Ong [SINGAPORE] Private bankers have been flocking to Singapore in recent years to tap the region's burgeoning wealth. Local institutions like DBS Bank are also beefing up resources to compete in
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    Lock icon Summit petitions to quash warrants
    575 1  -  Search warrants based on concocted transaction, argne company's lawyers Reports by Ang Wan May (SINGAPORE) Summit Holdings (SM) yesterday asked the Chief Justice to quash the warrants obtained by an antipiracy group to raid its premises in a highly-publicised operation which caused its share price
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    Staff 'imprisoned' during 15-hour raid
    249 1 [SINGAPORE] The 15-hour raid on Summit's premises on Aug 12 "was literally an invasion" with its staff "imprisoned", its lawyer Davinder Singh said. The raiding party of about 30, including representatives from the Business Software Alliance and Microsoft Corp, broke into squads which "attacked" each
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      127 1 DISIDE Bigger role BMW Asia has taken over from Performance Motors the import of the German cars, although Performance still handles the distribution, Pf 2 Savings for shipt Singapore's maritime authority will introduce new measures to cut bunkering costs to attract more business, Sttpphif Times, Pgl Wind i w Business
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      9 1 Markets in turmoil, Pg 4 Money Matters, Pg 21
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
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      BMW Asia takes over from Performance Motors as importer
      504 2  -  But Sime S'pore subsidiary Performance retains its distributor status ft/ 1 Christopher Tan BMW Asia, the Singaporebased regional arm of the German carmaker, has taken over the import of BMW cars in Singapore. The previous importer, Performance Motors, a subsidiary of
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      Lock icon M2 growth down to 10.6% in June
      297 2  -  EYE ON THE ECONOMY Finance By i Clarissa Tan GROWTH of M 2, the most common measure of money supply, dipped slightly to 10.6 per cent in June compared to a year ago. M 2 which comprises currency in circulation, de- mand deposits
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      Population grew 1.9% to 3m in 1996
      244 2 SINGAPORE'S resident population comprising citizens and permanent residents grew 1.9 per cent last year to just over 3 million, figures from the National Registration Department show. The 1996 Report on Registration of Births and Deaths shows the resident population reached 3,044,300 by the
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      Lock icon S'pore economy gains from presence of US military
      500 2  -  By\ David Boey TENS of millions of dollars are pumped into the Singapore economy every year by American military units located here, with millions more spent by US sailors when they steam into harbour for port visits. The two US military units
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      East Coast, Seletar land parcels for sale
      295 2  -  Hie three residential sites are said to be worth a total of $93m By Diana Oon THREE private residential sites said to be worth about $93 million in all are being put up for sale by tender. Two of the sites at Parbury
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      Two Japan firms to setup $170m chemical plant
      458 3  -  Rivals Nippon Gohsei, Knraray team up for polyvinyl alcohol venture By Ronnie Lim TO COMBAT intense competition worldwide, two rival Japanese chemical companies are teaming up for the first time to set up a Ssl7o million joint venture plant here. And the
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    • NEWS Roundup
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        Gala event to proceed in memory of Diana
        67 3 THE Aids Charity Gala, which Princess Diana was expected to attend, will go on as planned on Sept 23. The organising committee said the event will be dedicated to the memory of the princess, "whose contribution to the Aids cause has touched
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        73 new Aids cases during first half
        65 3 FORTY new cases of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) were reported among Singaporeans from April to June this year. This brings the total number of new cases reported during the first half of this year to 73. The Ministry of Health would like to
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        BG Yeo to visit Italy, Vatican
        56 3 BG GEORGE Yeo, Minister for Information and the Arts and Second Minister for Trade and Industry, will leave today for a visit to Italy and the Vatican. He will participate in a workshop on corporate strategies in Cernobbio, and meet Italian industry leaders. The
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      S'pore labour rated low in survey
      392 3  -  Perc ranks Republic next to last in survey of 12 Asian countries By, Audrey Tan SINGAPORE came in second from the bottom in a ranking of the labour situation in 12 Asian countries by the Hong-kong-based Political and Economic Risk Consultancy (Perc). Perc identified
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      125 2 Enjoy fine Cantonese cuisine 9B ?^B IbfL in the most elegant surroundings Visit Hua Yuen Chinese Restaurant for a Luscious Dining Experience lust a few steps upstairs, overlooking the Grand Plaza's stylish lobby, is a delicious way to discover the pleasures of fine Cantonese food. In elegant surroundings that feature
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      266 2 Trading Companies: Are you still keeping stocks on spreadsheets, and doing accounts separately? BSESESI We know that it is difficult to operate your business without knowing the latest stock position, the last buying price and the last selling price. Naturally, these must be kept on-line, and hence the spreadsheet. All
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      49 3 iW^Wninry 1 No 1 OFFSHORE COMPANY SPECIALISTS BAHAMAS JERSEY BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS MAURITIUS CAYMAN ISLANDS SEYCHELLES IRELAND WESTERN SAMOA Tel (65)*****82 Fax (65) *****91 OFFSHORE WITH CONFIDENCE FOUND SOMETHING? Locate its owner through Classification 821 (Found). t Simply call C.A.T.S. at 1800-737-1166 for this free service. Another Classified Service
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  • MARKETS IN TURMOIL
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      Firms must inform KLSE same day if they buy back shares
      484 4  -  Time slashed from 14 days; companies seen rushing for EGMs to get nod for bnybacks Fron Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur LISTED companies now have to inform the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange within the same day of purchasing their
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      Lock icon Brokers' group joins call to prop up KLSE
      396 4  -  Stockbrokers urged to exercise restraint in ma king margin rails From Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur THE Association of Stockbroking Companies of Malaysia has joined in the latest government call to prop up the beleaguered stock market. Besides urging investors to buy
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      Thai senators' bid to abort charter will hit confidence: analysts
      413 4  -  Draft calls for senators to be elected instead of appointed From Harish Mehta in Bangkok AN ELEVENTH hour bid by Thai senators to scuttle a draft constitution has been criticised by academics and economists who warn that the move will
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      Lock icon Hang Seng ends 2% up alter morning sell-down
      489 4  -  H-shares, red chips bear brunt of damping for second straight day From Loh Hui Yin in Hongkong NERVOUS investors sent the Hongkong stock market on a roller-coaster ride yesterday even as Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa expressed confidence that the market "will not
      AFP  -  489 words
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      Lock icon Speculative buying props up Manila stocks
      387 4  -  From Al Labita in Manila AFTER the unremitting selling pressure of the past weeks, speculative buying yesterday provided a welcome respite for Philippine stocks amid rumours that monetary officials may loosen up on interest rate policies. The Composite Index fell by only 1.26 per
      Source: Bloomberg  -  387 words
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      Regional woes hit Taiwan at last with stocks down 8% in 4 days
      458 4  -  From Bruce Cheesman in Taipei SOUTH-East Asia's currency and stock market woes have at last partly burst the bubble of the island's bull-run, with the Taiwan Stock Exchange dropping around 8 per cent in four days. The
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      496 4 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the 1 Bth Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held at Mandarin Singapore, Room 832, Bth floor, South Wing, 333 Orchard Road, Singapore *****7 on Monday, 22 September 1997 at 4pm for the following purposes: As Ordinary Business 1. To receive the Directors'
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      Arco of US makes stunning gas find in Man Jaya
      408 5  -  JAKARTA Tanggnh project expected to yield reserves of 13 trillion en ft of natural gas By* S N Vasuki AN AMERICAN oil firm yesterday announced the discovery of a stunning 13 trillion cubic feet of natural gas reserves in the
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      Lock icon No truth to Anwar sex allegations: police
      146 5 ■PENANG Bernama POLICE yesterday confirmed that there is no truth in the sex scandal allegations contained in the poison pen letters against Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim. Inspector-General of Police Abdul Rahim Nor said police are in the final stage of investigation and
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      Diana and a new UN charter
      542 5  -  ASIAN VIEW Her tragic death sharpens the need for a universal notion of social responsibility By Yang Razali Kassim THE VISITING British foreign secretary Robin Cook could not avoid the inevitable question. Should governments act to impose privacy laws following Princess Diana's tragic death
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      Lock icon Asean may boycott Asem meet: Dr M
      261 5 KUALA LUMPUR AFP, Reuter ASEAN may boycott an AsiaEurope summit in London next year if the European Union bars Myanmar from attending, Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad warned in reports published yesterday. "If there is discrimination against Myanmar, it is a discrimination against
      AFP,; Reuter  -  261 words
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      Lock icon January launch for KL's multimedia zone
      135 5 KUALA LUMPUR Reuter MALAYSIA said yesterday it expects to launch its testbed for multimedia applications, the Multimedia Super Corridor (MSC), in January with 10 companies, Bernama news agency reported. Of 112 applications for the MSC project, 41 had so far been approved and three
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      244 5 To Harrows, in memory of Diana and Dodi, Pg 13 i Sena your ramily I packing next weekend. I it Pack them up and take them along to the Shangri-La hotel for a weekend I^H of fun and excitement in the luxury of our exotic Garden Wing. Whether it's an
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  • CHINA – HONGKONG – TAIWAN
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      Lock icon Shanghai's office vacancy rate hits 55%
      524 6 SHANGHAI Developers' profits, rents tumble as high-end of market faces acnte oversupply Bloomberg SHANGHAI'S office vacancy rate has risen from 10 per cent two years ago to 55 per cent today, pulling down rents and developers' profits, including those of listed companies. Things are
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      Lock icon Just browsing
      65 6 [BEIJING] Passers-by yesterday taking a look at one of Shanghai's sex shops, which offers among many other items, herbal aphrodisiacs, breast enlargers and a suction device called the "male happiness machine Many of China's sex shops, suffering from poor business, are now widening their client base by combining
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      Lock icon Breakthrough in state sector reform: China
      220 6 BEIJING AFP CHINA promised yesterday a "major breakthrough" in state sector reform, providing a sneak preview of policies to be unveiled at the coming 15th Communist Party Congress. "China is brewing up a major breakthrough for its economic reform, hoping to enliven the torpid
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      Lock icon China reshuffles top provincial party posts
      183 6 HONGKONG AFP CHINA has carried out nugor reshuffles in top party posts in 11 provinces and cities, in a move aimed at preventing growing regionalism, press reports said yesterday. The changes in key positions in 11 provinces and cities have been carried out since
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      465 6 41* LABROY MARINE LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) The Directors of Labroy Marine Limited wleh to announce the unaudited results of the Company and the Group for six months ended 30th June 1997. GROUP COMPANY 1997 1996 1997 1996 SS'OOO Ss'ooo SS'OOO SS'OOO Turnover 44,493 40,362 10.2 15,084
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      200 6 For Sale by Expression of Interest Closing 5.00pm WST Wednesday Bth October 1997 A Fine Property Holding in the Grand Tradition the Terrace offers with Potential to Strategically Dominate the City. \f|« Wkshops (§se ST GEORGES TERRACE, PERTH WESTERN AUSTRALIA 1.5 hectares* of prime CBD land with uninterrupted river views.
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  • ASIA
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      Lock icon Australia announces major banking shake-up
      459 7 CANBERRA New measures •pen banking services to more 11 it i, competition Bloomberg AUSTRALIA'S government yesterday unveiled the biggest shake-up of the country's As4o billion (Ss44 billion) financial sector in 15 years, redrawing laws and opening banking services to more competition. Responding to the Financial
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      Lock icon Powers of Aussie central bank to be trimmed
      389 7 CANBERRA Fmr financial repdatmtebeentte three under revamp Bloomberg REGULATION of Australia's financial system will be split unevenly between three agencies, trimming the Reserve Bank of Australia's supervisory powers, Treasurer Peter Costello said yesterday. He said the conservative government is "keen to pursue"
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      India govt under attack for raising fuel prices
      272 7  -  NEW DELHI By Rajendra Bajpa THE Indian government's hiking of prices of petroleum products has come under attack from the leftist parties in the 13-party ruling United Front coalition. The leftist Forward Bloc described the hike as an "antipeople measure" and the
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      Lock icon Howard is Dad of the Year
      85 7 [SYDNEY] Australian Prime Minister John Howard being taken by the hand by his wife Janette as his three children (left to right) Richard, 16, Tim, 19, and Melanie, 23, looked on after he was named Australian Father of The Year by the New South
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      Lock icon Dollar hits 4-month high against yen before giving up some gains
      503 9  -  TOKYO Japan—q mjnifftf* says forex rate in tine with fundamentals, fuelling dollar's surge By* Anthony Rowley FOREIGN exchange markets appeared to lose all restraint yesterday over pushing the dollar higher against the yen. This indicates not only that Japan
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      Lock icon President Kim: time not yet ripe to free Chun, Roh
      161 9 SEOUL AFP SOUTH Korean President Kim Young Sam yesterday rejected an immediate amnesty for jailed ex-heads of state Chun Doo Hwan and Roh Tae Woo, saying the time is not yet ripe. "I will consider the amnesty sometime during my
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      Lock icon South Korean stocks break losing spell with 1% rise
      314 9 SEOUL Shares rise on talk tkatpvt may kelp beoct market Bloomberg SOUTH Korean stocks rose snapping a seven-day losing streak led by banks and Kia units, amid expectations that the government may take measures to boost the market. Shares jumped in
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      313 8 I SEE HISTORY S FINEST I I AT AN EVENT THAT COMES I I JUST ONCE IN 60 YEARS. I H The world's first 10-key electronic calculator. M Introduced in 1964, it is the size of a current day cash H register and weighs 18 kg! HE The first Canon
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      326 9 B i Be in I —SINGAPORE— I 1000 Singapore's only independent ranking 1 of top companies. I To qualify for ranking in the Singapore 1000 1997/1998, companies must satisfy the following conditions: Must be registered with RCB as a limited or private limited company Have at least 2 years of
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      282 10 I ir 1 the office to gctallthe I I MAJOC WORLD NEWS! I I WAH! MY SHARE 1 I sA V. I I LOOK G j X)P —I I Mi Information Service brings I I you the latest news updates. Sign up I I today and get it free for
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  • THE WORLD
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      Lock icon US factory index falls in August as stocks build up
      473 11 TEMPE, Arizona NAPM points to drop in orders, production; shows UPS strike affected deliveries Bloomberg, Reuter, NYT A KEY gauge of US manufacturing grew at a slower rate in August as factories contended with bulging inventories and the strike against
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      Lock icon Russia poised for growth, says Chernomyrdin
      106 11 m Moscow Reuter RUSSIA'S economic performance in August shows it is poised for growth, Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin said yesterday. "In August the consumer price index practically did not change and the fall of GDP (gross domestic product) halted," he told a banking conference.
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      Lock icon Buba likely to hold rates steady, say analysts
      274 11 FRANKFURT Reuter THE Bundesbank is likely to hold interest rates steady tomorrow as it waits to judge whether a policy tightening is needed to stem price pressures, analysts said yesterday. The German central bank held its main money market rate, the securities
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      Lock icon UK watchdog may sharpen stick, enlarge carrot
      398 11 LONDON Heftier maximum fines among options being considered Reuter THE carrots are to become bigger and the sticks sharper in the regulation of Britain's Financial markets under plans being considered by the Securities and Futures Authority (SFA). Nick Durlacher, SFA chairman, told Reuters
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      Lock icon US top executives' pay grew faster than profits: survey
      440 11 NEW YORK Salaries soared 182% from 1980-1995 while revenues rose 129.5% NYT US INTERNAL Revenue Service data scheduled for release yesterday will show that from 1980 to 1995, a period when corporate revenues and profits soared, the senior executives of companies
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
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      Policy paper fails to shake off Hanson
      754 12  -  THE BOTTOMLDIE OPINION By Peter Lynch The writer is a Sydney-based journalist who contributes to BT IT WAS supposed to be the launch of Australia's first ever White Paper on foreign policy and trade. After months of painstaking preparation, Deputy Prime Minister Tim
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      IN OTHER WORDS
      114 12 'I suppose flat dwellers will have to wear damp clothes if they are not allowed to dry their laundry outside their flats.' kdmmn Malaysian consumer advocate who called on developers and architects to consider the needs ofoccupants of low-cost flats. 'Poke and sniff.' Dan Olicknuui US agriculture
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      Another bumpy ride to Geneva
      642 12 EDITORIAL HO ROAD to a peace conference in Geneva is ever smooth. That awareness should allow the world to view North Korea's apparent sulks with some sense of perspective. Given the North's precarious internal conditions, over-reaction could be fraught with danger. In fact, there would
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      Lock icon Japan's old-age blues
      1067 12  -  With one person in six older than 65, how to support its aging society is growing challenge By Sheryl WuDunn NYT THE year is 2025. The nation has twice as many old people as it has children; its economy is groaning under the weight of heavy taxes;
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      SingTel does not bill callers for ringing time
      207 12  -  MAILBOX Foo Kim Leng Corporate Communications Manager Singapore Telecom I REFER to the letter "Does Sing Tel bill for ringing time?" by Eng Cheh Hong (BT, Aug 27). We would like to assure your readers and our customers that Sing Tel and
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      WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
      594 12 HrldgßtotbeforanuMat AS SOME observers have remarked, last week's call by Indonesia's House of Representatives Speaker Wahono for legislators to be more courageous and dare to criticise the government may hold nothing new. Nevertheless, under the present circumstances, his words deserve to be taken seriously by all
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
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  • EXECUTIVE LIFESTYLE
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      Collection of South-east Asian treasures
      743 13  -  The exhibition of artifacts at Spink has items that will interest most collectors, says bem munroe BEN MUNROE Among the huge Javanese batiks and sandstone sculptures at Spink's exhibition The Art of South-east Asia, the star of the show is a 15cm long bronze piece
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      Lock icon Slices from S'pore lives
      743 13  -  THEATRE Hie Necessary Stage brings Bertolt Brecht's play up to date and into S'pore By\ Ben Munroe GALILEO (I Feel The Earth Move) is largely composed of potent and poignant slices from random lives in Singapore. Among these is a hilarious role-reversal argument about possession in
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      Lock icon To Harrods, in memory of Diana and Dodi
      545 13 DEATHOFDIANA LAT-WP [LONDON] Monday was a time for offering sympathy as well as shopping for luxuries at Harrods department store, the crown jewel of the Fayed family empire. Consumers from around the world flocked to London's most famous department store to pay
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      Lock icon Korda calls the shots to knock Sampras out
      664 13 us OPEN Defeated world No 1 Sampras now expects either Chang or Afflmri to take the 1997 US Open title home LAT-WP [NEW YORK) Just when Pete Sampras seemed to be propelled by the force of destiny, rushing Sampras to take his
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      Going places via the Net
      909 16  -  As pieces of the travel jigsaw fall into place, the region offers rich pickings, says raju chellam RAJU CHELLAM THE Internet promises to be a huge business opportunity for the travel and leisure industry, with the Asia-Pacific offering the largest piece of the growth pie.
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      Have Web links will travel
      179 16 HERE are some useful travel links: ♦http://www.abacus.com.sg (Home page of Abacus Distribution Systems Pte Ltd, Asia-Pacific's leading computerised reservations systems provider) ♦http://www.patasingapore.org.sg (Home page of Pacific Asia Travel Association, which promotes travel to and within the Asia-Pacific region) ♦http://www.pacific.net.sg/silkair (For quick little holidays on Silk
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      ADSL: faster mode to Net business
      305 16  -  By 1 Toh Han Shih [SINGAPORE] Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL) technology offers speeds down the information highway 100 to 200 times faster than dial-up modems, which are now the most common way to access the Internet. What can businesses do with all that
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        Helping S'pore firms get on the Net
        137 16 SO YOU want to put key information about your company onto the Internet? Well, here's a pleasant surprise; you're Probably already on the Net Call up Singapore Connect (http://sgconmcLasial.com.sg), a business directory containing basic details of all 230,000 Singapore-registered firms. Type your firm's
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        S'pore Internet Book into second edition
        100 16 THE Singapore Internet Book is into its second edition. It*s "written by Singaporeans for Singaporeans", according to the book's blurb, and delivers on that promise. There are plenty of local interest information, from comments on the soc.culture.slngapor* newsgroup to censorship and The Singapore Broadcasting
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        Learn about electric commerce
        79 16 SEEMS like everybody's getting on the "all about electronic commerce" train these days. Some, of course, are better than others. One that's worth checking out is a special feature from online magazine CNET called "20 questions about e-commerce" {http://www.cntt.com/Content/F9aturts/ Techno/ Ecommerce2o/Md). A sample of the questions:
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        Online maps at Canadian Airlines site
        90 16 CANADIAN Airlines keeps its frequent flyers happy the Internet way. The airline's Canadian Plus suite of online products and services (at http:/ www.cdnair.ca) for its best customers includes electronic ticketing, online auctions of travel packages and merchandise, weekly specials and flight schedules that users
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      Lock icon Electronics firms invest $99m in Bintan
      441 17  -  New entrants mark Bintan Industrial Estate's re-positioning to focus on electronics By Annette Pau [SINGAPORE] Eight electronics firms have invested some $99.6 million in Bintan Industrial Estate, raising the total investment there to some $120 million to date, said Singapore Technologies Industrial Corp yesterday.
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      Form's IPO shares evenly distributed
      205 17 (SINGAPORE) Music distributor Form Holdings' public offer shares were about evenly distributed to small and big investors. Investors who applied for between one and nine lots received just under one-third of the total 13.6 million shares offered to the public. The successful applicants were allotted
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      Lock icon Labroy Marine gets leg up on greenback's surge; net rises 21%
      496 17  -  By Ven Sreenivasan [SINGAPORE] The ongoing regional currency turmoil is proving to be a boon for main-board-listed Labroy Marine. At a press conference to announce its half-year results yesterday, Labroy financial controller Alan Yong revealed that the greenback's rise
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      Can Cathay Pacific stay on course in turbulent times?
      825 17  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW Loh Hui Yin IT WAS supposed to be Cathay Pacific's banner year, basking in the glory of Hongkong's handover. But it is turning out to be otherwise, at least for the Hongkong carrier. A string of problems has
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      Apollo to ask SES to lift suspension
      245 17  -  Trading suspended after chairman was sanctioned by SIC Audrey Tan [SINGAPORE] Hotel operator Apollo Enterprises yesterday said it has decided to ask the Stock Exchange of Singapore to lift the suspension on trading of its shares and warrants. The mainboard listed com pany
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        Hind Hotels interim net jumps 42% to $3.8m
        177 18 [SINGAPOREj Hind Hotels International yesterday reported a 42.3 per cent jump in aftertax profits for the six months ended 30 June. The rise in profits to $3.8 million was made on a slight improvement in turnover, up one per cent to $19.8
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        Indon companies seen reporting 10% fall in EPS growth
        672 18  -  Banks, firms with large unhedged forex exposure will be hit hardest: Peregrine Fmm i S N Vasuki in Jakarta IN A gloomy prognosis, Peregrine Securities has forecast that Indonesian listed firms will report a steep 10 per cent decline in EPS
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        SingTel and Temasek plan joint venture
        264 18  -  Move seen boosting telecom group's efforts to go regional David Boey [SINGAPORE) Singapore Telecom (Sing Tel) and the government's investment arm Temasek Holdings are proposing a joint venture that will boost the telecom group's efforts to go regional. Sing Tel spokesman Foo Kim Leng
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        451 18 Moggie says extent of delay uncertain bat likely to be slight Bernama Reuter (KUALA LUMPUR] The government indicated yesterday that it will continue to let the companies involved in the Bakun hydroelectric dam continue their renegotiations on the project's contract without its
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        Lock icon Konsortium to work with Petronas on MISC
        226 18 Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPUR] Shipping firm Konsortium Perkapalan Bhd said yesterday it could cooperate with oil firm Petroliam Nasional Bhd (Petronas) in the shipping business. Petronas recently acquired a 29.3 per cent stake in national carrier Malaysian International Shipping Corp, pipping Konsortium which was
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        Lock icon Ka Wah eyes stake in Jardine bank
        476 18  -  From Loh Hui Yin in Hongkong JARDINE Fleming, the financial services arm of Jardine Matheson Holdings which is closely associated with colonial Hongkong, is negotiating to sell a "majority interest" in its Jardine Fleming Bank to a bank controlled by the Chinese government.
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        Delgro's 37 cents EPS not plausible
        331 18  -  LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Adrian Ho Singapore *****1 BASED on the following figures obtained from BT, I tried to have a better understanding of the recently proposed SBS restructuring. But the results are startling. I have relied on these figures: (Assuming restructuring had taken
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        SBS was right to scrap dual listing
        378 18  -  Zeng Yi Shun Singapore I refer to the letter in The Business Times from Y M Chan (Sept 1) entitled "Unfair to scrap SBS Foreign". Why is Mr Chan crying out so unjustifiably? SBS Foreign has been trading in a range of 17.40
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        Lock icon Thistle Hotels 1st-half net disappoints with 17% rise
        412 20 Profit dampened by renovation work at some London hotels Bloomberg [LONDON] Thistle Hotels pic, a UK hotel company, said firsthalf net income rose 17 per cent, lower than analysts had expected, as it saw higher average room rates and occupancy. Net income
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        Lock icon Nomura Securities' TSE trading volume falls 33.7%
        308 20 Reuter [TOKYO] Nomura Securities Co Ltd's stock trading volume on the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) fell by 33.7 per cent in August from the previous month, market sources told Reuters yesterday. With stock trading volume on the Tokyo bourse of 636.18 million shares
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        Air NZ's net profit falls one-third to NZ$150m
        464 20  -  But group still upbeat, expecting higher FTOB profit From. Lee Yoke Har in Auckland AIR New Zealand Ltd has had a relatively bumpy landing, reporting a 33 per cent drop in net profit for the year ended June 30.1997, to NZ5150.2 million
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        Lock icon Mayne Nickless plans to have Optos share sale in late '98
        288 20 Bloomberg [MELBOURNE] Mayne Nickless Ltd, an Australian transport and health-care company, said it is planning for a public share sale of its associate Optus Communications Pty Ltd in the third quarter of calendar 1998. In the meantime, Mayne Nickless
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        Lock icon No respite in sight for Asean currencies
        1147 21  -  Signs of a correction in the Dow also loom over region's recovery Larry Wee [SINGAPORE] Despite rumours last Friday of a helpful boost for regional currencies from the Brunei Investment Agency, the push south continued unabated yesterday. Worse yet was the trend evident
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        Lock icon Asean deposits help lift returns
        490 21  -  By Dave Carbon The writer is a partner at Pactfk Asset Management, a Singapore company specialising in South-east Asian fixed income markets [SINGAPORE] There's no denying it. Singapore dollar deposits are one of the best bargains around for those who place a premium on low
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        TRADE RECOMMENDATIONS
        269 21  -  By NatWest Markets Regional Currencies Well-intentioned measures to deter offshore currency speculators and shore up flagging stock markets may unfortunately have had the opposite effect of scaring off investors. Malaysian stockmarket moves and new Indonesian limits on forward selling of the rupiah are unlikely to provide any permanent
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        Lock icon THE WEEK AHEAD
        205 21  -  Compiled by Larry Wee Sources: ANZ Banking Group (ANZ), Deutsche Morgan Grenfell (DMG), Independent Economic Analysis (IDEA), JP Morgan (JPM) and MMS Int'l (MMS) United States US STATS out this week unlikely to show weak economy, starting with July construction spending and leading economic indicators this evening.
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    • FINANCE & COMMODITIES
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        Lock icon Mobil's Japanese unit to axe 30% of staff
        377 22 Cuts sign of turmoil in oil industry which saw sharp profit falls after deregulation FT [TOKYO] Mobil Sekiyu, the wholly owned Japanese unit of Mobil, the US oil group, is to cut its staff by 30 per cent a further sign of
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        Lock icon World reinsurance market worth US$171b
        252 22 Reuter [LONDON] The global reinsurance market was worth US$l7l billion (*****.8 billion) last year, up US$3O billion since 1991, and emerging markets are fuelling its expansion, management consultancy Datamonitor said on Monday. "The reinsurance markets of Asia-Pacific Rim advanced at an average growth rate of
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        Lock icon China centralises zinc shipments
        178 22 Bloomberg, Reuter [BEIJING] China's National Non-Ferrous Metal Corp (CNNC), the country's main metals trader, has taken control of zinc deliveries in a bid to avoid costly shipment delays. The centralisation of control could help Zhuzhou Smelter, China's second biggest zinc producer, meet future contracts totalling hundreds
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        Lock icon Euroyen firms on low rate outlook
        224 22 SIMTIX Report Reuter (SINGAPORE) Simex Euroyen futures hovered near their highs yesterday as players were convinced Japan would stick to its low interest rate regime. Bank of Japan governor Yasuo Matsushita's comment that Japan's monetary policy was geared at strengthening the basis of its
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        Futures contract hit by selling pressure
        145 22  -  MSCI TAIWAN FUTURES -By Perry Gilbert Perry Gilbert, vice-president, Refco Singapore Pte Ltd (SINGAPORE] The Simex MSCI Taiwan Index futures contract succumbed to selling pressure yesterday, closing down 50 ticks at 378.8. The Taiwan stock market also dipped, with one in four shares falling
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        249 22 ENERGY REPORT Reuter [NEW DELHI] Indian industry yesterday warmly welcomed the government's decision to raise oil prices to curtail a massive debt racked up by selling oil products below cost. But they said the government still had more to do as it had not
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        266 22 Reuter AFP London THE LIS dollar rode at near four-month highs on gloomy Japanese economic pronouncements and official comment seen as hinting Japan had no immediate plans to stem the dollar's rise. Traders looked to the reopening of US markets after a long holiday weekend that has seen
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        1355 22 DfTERBAMR CROSS RATES C$ 9* ECU Pfr Pw HK$ hrthfcpiH Vw W» M$ MgEttH HiO Sj lid Sir MT> B*t Km* \t* 4 Australia 1.007 1.178 0173 4.455 1223 5.631 *****22.093 0.884 6.580 2.143 1.150 29.498 22.438 L104 3.420 L086 20.797 25.044 0454 0 727 6000 9 44 13,5 5594
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      COMMODITY PRICES
      1803 23 S1C0M rUTURBS Sept 2 RUBBER (futuresclosing ts «t 5.30pm) ISS1 CONTRACTS cmtsAg) Close Volume Open jjgj> Htflh Low Sett (tonnes) Interest Oct 97 140.75 139.50 139.50 75 M25 No* 97 142.25 50 1550 D*c 97 144.75 1950 Jan/Mar 98 150.75 5760 98 155.00 ***** Ju</S«p 98 158.00 4800
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      2357 23 LONDON Industrials s*m 2 pxki AB Ports 281 *1.600 Abbey National 840 11 Allied Domecq 472.400 2 Amec 146 3.600 Asda Group 145.400 -.200 BAT kid 525 6 BG Ptc 266.400 unch BICC 164.400 3 BOC Group 1062 18 BR Petroleum 897 400 20.400 BTR 227 4
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      1642 23 AFP O Nikkei 225 ****** SHARE prices rebounded 1.4 per cent yesterday, aided by a revival of gains in futures and scattered bargain hunting following the previous day's fall, brokers said. "As the futures contract remained firm throughout the day, it became easier to move to buy, particularly after
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      1595 24 AFP Q Hang Seng -*-309.68 HONGKONG share prices rebounded 2.3 per cent on late selective bargain hunting by institutional investors yesterday, after hitting a four-month low earlier in the day on heavy selling of listed Chinese firms, dealers said. "Part of the worst is over. Of course, we have
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      Lock icon CHINA
      670 24 Reuter Q Shenzhen B Index -BJO THE Shenzhen B share market closed sharply lower yesterday, dragged down by earlier heavy losses in the Hongkong stock market. The B Index tumbled 8.10 points to 134.48, with turnover swelling to HK$l3O million from Monday's HK$7O million. The A Share Index extended
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      Lock icon TAIPEI
      399 24 AFP QWPladei -2H32 STOCKS dropped 3 per cent yesterday due to a lack of confidence among investors and a slump in the Hongkong stock exchange's morning trade. Brokers said investors sought to reduce shareholdings amid uncertainties over the market's short-term outlook. The Weighted Price Index lost 293.32 points to
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      Lock icon WELLINGTON
      256 24 Bloomberg Q Wellington +&88 SHARES closed higher yesterday. The NZSE 40-share Index rose 5.88 points to 2,452.14, its first gain in three trading days which came after signs the turmoil in world markets may be waning. Bloomberg *m* Mi (000) AN2 Banking 1130 0 09 5751 Advantages Mklgs 0.90
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      Lock icon BANGKOK
      819 24 AFP □SCT Index +2L53 STOCKS rose in thin trading yesterday after recent sharp losses on a technical rebound in banking, finance and communications shares. Analysts said foreign investors were believed to be leading speculative buying of blue chips despite a weakening baht. The SET Index was up 21.53 points
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      Lock icon SEOUL
      414 24 AFP M Composite Index +452 SHARE prices closed higher yesterday on the back of a technical rebound after a seven-day slide. "The market started to gain towards the close. As far as I know, there was no particular positive news that can explain the rise," a dealer said. The
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      Lock icon SYDNEY
      598 24 AFP QAM Primaries -8J SHARES eased yesterday, as banking stocks slumped in anticipation of the government's response to an official report on the financial system. The All Ordinaries Index fell 8.9 points to 2,581.9. Turnover was 250.6 million shares worth A 5638.8 million. Resource giant BHP dropped 17.6 cents
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      Lock icon JAKARTA
      762 24 AFP Q Composite Index -€L 96 SHARE prices fell yesterday on uncertainty over when the government would relax interest rates. Dealers said they did not expect Indonesia to follow the rest of the region until the interest rate environment showed improvement. "Indonesia is definitely not going anywhere. The strength
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      Lock icon MANILA
      338 24 AFP n Manila -2ASI SHARE prices closed lower yesterday in reaction to the high interest rates. The PSE Composite Index fell 24.87 points to 1,950.41. Turnover was 2.8 billion shares worth 2.7 billion pesos. Philippine Long Distance Telephone rose 18 pesos to 785. Petron Corp fell 15 centavos to
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        Lock icon Late foreign selling offsets early gains
        290 25 AFX-Asia □Composite Index 4U7 SHARE prices closed mixed yesterday with late foreign selling of blue chips offsetting earlier gains, dealers said. The KLSE Composite Index closed down 8.67 points at 795.73, off a high 0f840.42 points. The Emas Index was up 0.45 point at
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        Econ wrt data not encouraging, but time is on the buyer's side
        183 26  -  WARRANT WATCH /fy] R Sivanithy IT'S difficult to recommend warrants in a market as volatile and weak as this one. As we pointed out in earlier columns, the best that can be done is to highlight interesting warrants
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      CLOB INTERNATIONAL
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        225 28 Stacks Volume •Hagnum CorpSOc 18,225,000 •Berjaya Group 17,050,000 S Coffeemix 5c 12,322,000 Hotunq Inv MT5 8,679,000 'Rekapacific Bh 7,889,000 UIC 7,316,000 Amara HWgs Lt 6,907,000 HK Land USIOc 6,897,000 •Gentings 50c 6,875,000 SingTel 15c 5,289,000 Stacks DOB Foreign 35,434,073 OCBC Foreign 29,958,160 'Magnum Corp50c 26,766,890 SIA Foreign 25.523,972 SPH Foreign
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        HOT STOCK
        63 28  -  -bfl Shiv Taneja CM TELECOM closed two US cents lower yesterday at 41 US cents on a volume of 2.6 million shares, compared with its l&day traded average of 6.9 million units. In the near term, there is no clear direction for the counter, but longer term based
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        Market firms, then follows HK on roller-coaster ride
        708 28  -  STOCK MARKET COMMENTARY STII stocks rebound in afternoon but broader market succumbs to negative mood; rough ride too for KL blue chips R Sivanithy [SINGAPORE] It was a day of contrasts for index stocks and the broader market yesterday. The former enjoyed
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          Bondage to stocks
          69 28 IT'S nice to know that in these trying times, brokers can still keep a sense of humour. A dealer told BT yesterday that, sadly, his company has just offered him lifetime employment. Why is this cause for sorrow? His reply was: "Well, the way things have gone,
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          Paper chase
          117 28 WAS It only six months ago that the US$6OO million (Ss9l2 million) debt issue by Asia Pulp Paper was voted best Asian bond deal of 19% by some financial publications? Well, APP is not too popular a name nowadays. Apparently many companies which bought its high-yielding notes are
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          Bad news from Kyoto
          82 28 THOSE who believe that the electronics industry is improving will be discouraged to learn that Kyocera has just cut its profit forecast by 27 per cent because of "slowing growth in demand for components used in personal computers and cellular phones". This Kyoto-based company is the
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          Dual listing scrapped
          76 28 TALK is, DBS Land has given up the idea of a dual listing. No, the property company wasn't thinking about separating its shares into Foreign and Local tranches. Instead, it's been thinking about a simultaneous listing of its Raffles International In Singapore and Australia. (It recently listed
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          Thai dilemma
          97 28 WHEN is 4 per cent Interest rate on deposits better than 12 per cent? When the first is offered by a Thai bank, and the second by a Thai finance company. In Thailand, many have chosen to put their money In large Thai banks, or foreign banks, at
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          No punch
          55 28 TALKING of "buzz", the legendary Muhammed All of boxing fame created a buzz wherever he went Since he's been a visitor to these parts, he may excuse the liberties being taken with one of his famous sayings, applied to some Singapore financial institutions: "They sting like a butterfly
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          Riding on Big Blue
          103 28 NATSTEEL ELECTRONICS LTD, to be floated in the next few weeks, is said to have IBM as its single biggest customer. Its huge growth In the last two years Is said to come partly from servicing IBM's disk drive factory here. Talk is NEL has secured
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      334 28 THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 50 YUMMY KOREAN 8.8 Q. PTE LTD (In Members' Voluntary Liquidation) Al an Extraordinary General Meeting of YLMMY KOREAN 8.8. Q. PTE LTD duly convened and held al 101 Upper Cross Street KM 43 People s Park centre. Singapore *****7 on the 28th day of August
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      288 29 Journal of Commerce [OAKLAND] Shareholders of APL Ltd have approved a merger agreement between American President Lines and Neptune Orient Lines and the right to convert outstanding APL stock into U5533.50 (5550.2) a share in cash. APL said 74 per cent of the stockholders
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      MPA introduces measures to cut bunkering costs
      423 29  -  Package includes expansion of anchorages and lower port charges By Felix Chan [SINGAPORE] The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) yesterday unveiled a new package of measures designed to cut bunkering costs and attract more business. These measures, which will be implemented
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      338 29  -  By] Felix Chan [SINGAPORE] Logistics group Freight Links Express Holdings (FLEH) said it aims to pave the way for the use of standard-sized plastic pallets in Singapore with its new subsidiary. Speaking at the groundbreaking ceremony of its $55million plastic pallet factory
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      Shipowners would be the poorer if EC prevails over cover liability
      761 29  -  STRAIT TALE By Seafarer THE protection and indemnity (P&I) clubs are all now singing the same tune over catastrophe cover liability. That is because they want to present a united front against the European Commission's (EC) competition directorate. Seafarer
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      Lock icon ICB Shipping rejects rival Frontline's hostile bid
      530 29 Reuter [LONDON] Norwegian shipowner John Fredriksen shook up the shipping world on Monday with a bid to become one of the world's most influential tanker owners. Frontline Ltd, the Oslolisted company Fredriksen heads, launched a hostile cash and paper bid for Swedish rival
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      Lock icon Shanghai port begins int'l container transfer service
      213 29 AFP [SHANGHAI] East China's Shanghai port has officially launched international con-tainer-transfer services, the official Liberation Daily reported yesterday. The services, which will allow vessels to transfer cargoes with non-Chinese points of origin and destinations, will upgrade the port's role as an international shipping
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      Lock icon Busier but costlier than ever
      1087 30  -  US WEST COAST PORTS Workers are doing less but they are paid more for it raising the cost of doing business, say shipping lines By) Bill Mongelluzzo Journal of Commerce SHIPPING lines that call at the US West Coast ports fear that declining productivity has
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        CONVENTIONAL WHARVES
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        CONTAINER SCHEDULES
        1649 45 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCl CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Booklng/BoUnc* Rstls Ship Voy No Ctb/Btr Period From To Fro* Mm nut 04/1200 02/1300 02/7*5* 02/1*00 21 02/1700 03/0*5* 01/0*00 1 ovotoo ovns* owaoo 4 03/1200 01/1499 01/1700 to ¥to« am 05/2359 2T 02/1700 01/0*59 01/0900 2* 02/170* IMW «NM
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        GLOBAL HOLIDAY
        189 45 Sept 3 Qatar: Independence Day. laptl Pakistan: Defence Day. 8tp(8 Malta Feast of Our Lady of Victoria. flaptn Pakistan: Quaid's Anniversary. Spain Holiday in Catalonia, Catalan National Day. ctayt u Japan: Respect for the Aged Day. Slovakia Feast of Sorrowful Virgin Mary. South Korea Chusok (Thanksgiving). SaptlO Hong
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        COCKETT BUNKER MARKET REPORT
        791 45 THIS report, complied by Cockett Marine Oil Ltd. shows price ranges In US dollars Instead at single prices for a more comprehensive description at the market Prices shown are based on average sued stem. Market movements are Indicated The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the
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        FedEx launches S-E Asia to Memphis daily service
        453 46  -  It also began its round-the-world service in Bangkok yesterday By: Marcus Hand [SINGAPOREJ Federal Express (FedEx) inaugurated its new "Super-X" route that connects South-east Asia to Memphis via Japan, yesterday. The daily flight operated by an MD-11 freighter originates in Penang then
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        472 46 Boeing also set to get order from Int'l Lease Finance Corp Bloomberg [PARIS] Airbus Industrie said it won an order for 65 aircraft from International Lease Finance Corp. The company did not assign a value to the order, although list prices suggest it
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        Lock icon Workers killed while building bridge
        51 46 [SAPPORO] View of the construction site at Chitose junction, near here, where a 100-metre bridge bypassing the Douo expressway is being built yesterday. Three construction workers were killed and four others injured when the bridge girder being laid to a support pillar slipped and fell.
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        242 46 AFP [NEW DELHI] A private airline, grounded after the assassination of its owner two years ago, accused the Indian government of favouring certain aviation companies. The East West Airline said: "The lack of consistent and transparent aviation policies created uncertain conditions causing
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        Lock icon Nissan launches new wagons
        75 46 [TOKYO] Nissan Motor launched its new Primera wagons, the 2.0G-V (left) and the Primera Camino wagon 2.0G-V, here on Monday. With a continuous variable transmission, the Hyper CVT is the world's first such device designed for two-litre engined cars. The domestic selling price of the vehicle
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        Lock icon Aussie rail network sold at lower prices to ensure jobs
        400 46 Govt receives As9sm for unprofitable national railway Bloomberg [CANBERRA] The Australian government accepted lower prices for the state-owned rail network sold last week to ensure jobs for workers and maximise infrastructure investment, Transport Minister John Sharp said yesterday. The government
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          Lock icon Skydivers killed in US plane crash
          93 46 Reuter [SEATTLE] Five people on a skydiving trip were killed on Monday when their small plane crashed and burned after takeoff, officials said. The Cessna 182 was attempting to return to the airport at Bremerton, near Seattle, when it crashed, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
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          Lock icon ML Holdings sells division to Cobham
          69 46 Reuter [LONDON] British electronics group ML Holdings pic said yesterday it had sold its aerospace and marine division to Cobham pic for £35 million (5584 million) in cash. In a separate statement, Cobham said a deferred payment of another £2 million would be paid
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          Lock icon Manila gets loan for airport upgrading
          96 46 AFX -Asia [MANILA] The Philippines secured a US$93 million (*****.S million) loan from the Asian Development Bank to partly finance the upgrading of airports in southern Philippines, the Finance Department said. The 25-year loan will carry an interest rate of 6.82 per cent a
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          115 46 Bloomberg [BEIJING] China's aviation industry will grow at annual rate of 12 per cent for the remaining years of this century, Xinhua news agency reported, citing Chen Guangyi, director of China's Civil Aviation Administration. China is now the fifth biggest market in the
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          70 46 AFX-Asia [HONGKONG] China Eastern Airlines Corp Ltd said it is seeking the Civil Aviation Authority of China's approval to enter into acquisition talks with China General Aviation Corp. It said that it may finance any potential acquisition by internal resources, bank loans, equity
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        AIRCRAFT ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES
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      32 29 US West Coast ports: busier but costlier than ever Workers are doing less but they are paid more for it. Pa#e2 HMre is no freight report doe to holidays in US, UK
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      180 29 FedEx launches daily S-E Asia to Memphis service It also began its round-the-world service in Bangkok yesterday. Back Page THE GOVERNMENT OF NEGARA BRUNEI DARUSSALAM MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS PRELIMINARY SELECTION OF CANDIDATES FOR SUBMISSION OF BUSINESS PROPOSALS FOR THE MANAGEMENT AND OPERATION CONTRACT OF MUARA CONTAINER TERMINAL BRUNEI DARUSSALAM The
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      610 30 Lines services represented (IHSaX\ Mem6ers ot Registry ot Members o» the 11|»| Accredited Shipping Agents. Singapore Freight Forwarders Ns«w£/sv>ore National Shipping Assoc Associaion JL Speedy y and Quality C Service to 1 f CALCUTTA EXPORT 3 x Japon -2 x Hongkong -1 x Manila -1 x Kooshwng, Koolung (Accepting Fa
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      100 31 ORIENT EXPRESS UNES (U.K.) LIMITED MjSg, (MANAGER FOR SHREYAS SHIPPING LIMITED) (BOMBAY) SHUTTLE yKsn yor sihcafom lowur vtssa vor iommt singafom MEGHNA 828 08/09 17/09 MEGHNA 829 29/08 08/09 NQftDKAP 416 12/09 22/09 NORDKAP 415 31/08 12/09 JUTHA PARK!HART 007 15/09 26/09 JUTHA PARICHART 006 03/09 15/09 ALBERT BRIDGE 004
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      344 33 Irm PDZ LINES SDN BHD A UU TONG JOO SHIPPING PTE LTD CR NO: **********0 C REGULAR CONTAINERISED SERVICES TEL (65)535 7793 FAX: (65) 533 2952 nicume-fAsnsT runsir/j mwmwr tun /uo cm A APPU ***** 05/09 HUITUOEI 9704 94/99 GMOCK 9724 99/99 GIKIM '742 05/09 GIKIM 9742 05/09 6MOCK 9725
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      740 36 A ACCORD A SHIPPING PTE LTD 1H: *****56 {40 Lines) FAX *****46 MTKLAMG (03)34/1001 IK DIRICT ACCESS Tfl *****57 (EXPOKT BOOKING) PASHt GUDAMG 107) 3SI 1377 225»««7 (EXPORT DOC), *****64 (IMPOtT) riHAMC (04,*****40 URL:HTTP://WWW.ACCORD.COM.SG JAJUMU (31)440 0770 PORT ITA SIN PORT m SIN POKT ITA $IN POKT ITA SIN (FAR
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      55 36 0 HANGLI SHIPPING DIRECT REGULAR SERVICE JAKARTA SURABAYA -*URTA 11/01 12/09 P J«MA 16/09 17/09 P SUMATERA 21/09 21/09 P. KMMWtTAN 28/09 29/09 P. JWA SURABAYA 08/09 09/09 SHAN FURYU 16/09 16/09 SHANNON EXPRESS 22/09 23/09 SHAN FURYU 29/09 30/09 SHANNON EXPRESS Owners: UNITED SHIPPING ORGANISATION PT. INDONESIA SHANNON SHIPPING
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      349 37 INDONESIA NATIONAL LINE TO EUROPE "1 EXPRESS SEMI-COtifTJMNERWgP SEHVICg ~VU VOY ~PORE A OAM/R DAM MiURG BREMEN ANTWERP KUTAI 39W8 gB 3/10 OMIT 7/10 TO AUSTRALIA ~"1 FULL COHTMNEB SERVICE ysl Ivor I kc I U1 UK I MK SYD I MB. I MA lAd I FRj I AUST ENTERPRISE
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      725 37 C PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL LINES (PTE) LTD^ I gSSSg^^MI4O Cecil Street, #03-00 PIL Building, Singapore *****0. I CR NO **********06 11*55"- VOY m I SIM "I stb m. ACi mpnl al WUVMTT m. I *7< I if 79 20/1 w/9 M 791 i7io I «7Ta I is -jH« 111 rij^-a-a,J|SJ \wt
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      799 37 VESSELS I SX JED PSD LEH MAM RTM THP ANR Vfci-E PgWOH Y2IW 10W 20/08 22A» 31/00 02/10 04/10 06/10 00/10 V-LEDEVELA V2IW 14*09 24*00 26/08 O&'IO 08/10 08/10 10/10 MLLE QE CAPELLA T22H 21 AM 01/10 00/10 12/10 13/10 16/10 IVIO 17/10 VK-LE DE ÜBRA UW 08/10 10/10 19/10
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      49 39 To retrieve more schedules, just follow these simple steps... document gLal 740-6000^^^^^^ tep be faxed M M the port your e V/m Step key in the four number jp digit code Key in your Exampto: r—L, fax number \To NEW YORK (NYC) 2275 United States for calls within Singapore
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      408 41 I VESSEL VOY SIN MAA SIN TIGER BAY 563N 10-15/09 19-20/09 TIGER WAVE 564N 08-09/09 14-1&"09 23-24/09 TIGER ISLAND 565N 11-12/09 16-21/09 25-26/09 TIGER BRIDGE 566N 16-17/09 21-25/09 3<M)l/10 TIGER BAY 567N 19-29/09 24-29/09 03-04/10 TIGER WAVE 568 M 23-24/09 28-02/10 07^8/10 IVESSE^^^^VO^^SI?^^CA^^SIN| LHOTSE 336 05-06/09 12-15/09 21-22/09 I TIGER
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      776 41 FREIGHT LINKS EXPRESS 62 Toh Guan Road, Singapore *****1 Tel *****66 (60 Lines) Fax: *****33 E-mail flesin@singnet.com.sg CONSOLIDATION SERVICE ARGENTINA ETD SIN SOUTH AFRICA ETD SIN BUENOS AIRES 08/09 CAPETOWN 07/09 CHILE ETD SIN DURBAN 07/09 VALPARAISO 10/09 JOHANNESBURG 07/09 GREECE ETD SIN SPAIN ETD SIN PIRAEUS 0 7 /0<?
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      923 41 lOOCL (Stnqopore) Pte lid CFS KeooJoili^jT^B^T^^-cfc,, 79 #21-04 (S) *****6 ***** #01)28 X Mowry TBY* V CI NO **********0N Ut 272 7127 col 3169 liO S kfc *****13 Fi 221 3942 f«i: 272 7825 Cpj| noctajmmka-iwa/Canada anstiaua TO USA Sfif jS« OAK |ON Mem NYC OUTBOUND |SGT ISYO |nEL AOi
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      780 42 -w SAMUDERA INDONESIA (S) PTE LTD 15 McCALLUM STREET #03-01/02 NATWEST CENTRE S'PORE *****5 TEL: *****81-3 FAX: *****08 (OUTWARD) *****69 (INWARD) TLX: R*****0 CR NO. 1047M8Q000D BOOKINGS CALL DIRECT JESSICA/CELIA/MEI CHAN 7 slgs/week Q*****1 3 slgs/week I VESSEL [VOY [SM [JAK [VESSEL [VOY ISW ISUR SINAR NUSA 966 IN PT
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      352 42 P.I PERUSAHAAN PHAYARAN W KALIMANTAN j DIRECT WEEKLY SERVICE TO JAKARTA/PAIiMBAHG/DiJMAI Vmel I v.r SIN I JKT IP'IAMG DUMA! I I tACHMAMUfI I 13/97 "mToT 11/09 U/09 I i ussm |W n/wlii/ti n/w I (ACHMANUfI 111 I 12/97 U/09 20/09 27/09 I SURABAYA/PANJAHG "vnia |~Vm fsiS I sDi [""71 i
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      1168 42 YANG MING LINE I ill i% iA it. 4X44' Hf fk -H TWICE WEEKLY EVERY THURSDAY/SUNDAY l.'.liMrH ARRIVAL FIXED OAY-MONDAY VESSEL VOY I SIM I CMS RTM HAM FXT LEH ANR VESSEL *OY LEH FIT HAM AMR HFA ISIN MING STAR A735W105/09 1 09/09 27,-09 25/09 244)9 29 09 MALACCA
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      428 42 Singapore Soviet Shipping <ap Co. Pte. Ltd. CR NO:**********0N BOMBAY/COCHIN VESSEL VOY SIN BOM PNG PKL KOTA SELAMAT SMTO3I 06/09 13/09 28/09 30/09 KOTA CAHAYA CAHI9I 13/09 21/09 06/10 07/10 TRADE FAST TFSI97 21/09 29/09 13/10 16/10 KOTA SELAMAT SMTO33 27/09 05/10 21/10 23/10 REGULAR MONTHLY RO-RO BREAKBULK SERVICE SIN/BOM/N.SHEVA
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      1450 43 i ASIA MEDITERRANEAN EXPRESS (AME) WESTBOUND SERVICE i VESSEL I VOY I SIN I CMB I MIA 1 GEN BCN 1 LEH I ANR I FEL MSC RAFAELA 9734-3 04 SEP 08 SEP 1 7 SEP 19 SEP 21 SEP 124 SEP _25_SEE 24.SEE N SINGA 9735 3 10 SEP
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      413 44 SIHO EXPRESS SHIPPING 11 COLLYER QUAY #06-01 THE ARCADE (SINOTRANSI S—* f J S (*****7). TEL: *****90 FAX: *****98 TLX: R*****1 SINOEX SINOTRANS SHANGHAI (CONTAINER SERVICE) im VOYAGE ETA SINGAPORE ETA HONGKONG ETA SHANGHAI NEW HAIHUNfi 97T0 ***** W® JOT juvu »74* \m i m m JIN FU 9750 19/09
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      275 44 A« MAC-NELS S'PORE M'SIA Carrier: Mil CONTR LINES, INC I IVv J NO. IMOC7MOOM 8BU: (004) *****9 MANILA: (632) *****61 PENANG: (04)*****6 BANGKOK: (662) *****67 SURABAYA (31) *****0 P. KELANG: (03) *****77 JKT (21)*****07 MDN: (61)*****3 H DUBAI MV "WAN HAI 213" VNO49 MV "SONG HI" VOl lO ETA SIN:
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      157 44 I S'po»» P.Ketang OCEAN ISLAND 10/09 Nan/Rdm/AtWUK I LUCKY WEALTH 30A» NarVßdnVAtw/UK I I DCLSINI 05/10 Nan/RdrrVAtw/BmrVUK I Loads E-/W. Malaysia, Indonesia I I ESPERAN2A C Jeddah/Aqafca/Egypt I TRADE BANNER Jeddah/Aqaba/Egypt I 15 A eR Oubai/Doha/Bahrain/DamrnarVKuwait I I GLOBAL JANE Dubai/Doha/Bahrairi/DammaiVKuwait I loads Singapore, E7W. Malaysia Indonesia I E Loading
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      127 45 LEGEND: R Thunderstorm Temperature o Q A, Shower Weather Wind direction with speed in knots Rom V-/ Cloudy Sky Wov h h, Serjoee winds ore indicated by arrows which Hy with Hie wmd One fu< Crete represents calm or light and vonoble wmds One hoH Heche represents 5 knots I—
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      141 46 An European based Freight Forwarding Company is seeking MB for self-motivated and aggressive personnel to be part of our sales team. Experience in Freight Forwarding H Possess own vehicle Minimum 'O' level Age 23-35 years Interested candidates, please contact Siti/Izan at Tel: 273 2700 f for interview appointment. Australia/New Zealand
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      79 46 (I)M.V. "CHRIS T" VOY.I ARRD 27 AUGUST 19*7 (2)M. V. "PACIFIC EAGLE" VOY. II ARRD 28 AUGUST 1997 (3) M. V. "FAIR FOUNTAIN" VOY. I ARRD 30 AUGUST 1997 Consignees of all damaged cargoes ex the captioned vessels are hereby notified that a general survey will be held on the
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