The Business Times, 27 October 1993

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    13 1 Business Times MITA (P) 552/12/92 Wednesday October 27 1993 WE KNOW ASIA 75"
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  • 2am LATEST
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      Lock icon Dow Jones lower on profit-taking
      90 1 Reuter NEW YORK Wall Street stocks were broadly lower at midday yesterday amid general profit-taking as the market retreated from Monday's first record high in two months. An early session jump in IBM was unable to prop up the market which was also reacting to
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      Lock icon Paramount to start fifth TV network
      45 1 Reuter NEW YORK Paramount Communications Inc, joining forces with broadcast company Chris-Craft Industries Inc, said they were starting a fifth television network that will begin airing in January 1995. ChrisCraft owns six television stations, while Paramount owns four. Rcuter
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    MARKET SUMMARY
    119 1 Stock market indices Tuesday Change STII 2.094.07 -8 51 KLSE Composite 929.85 -0.64 Nikkei 20.023.60 -285.73 Hang Seng 8.790.90" +23 40 SET Index 1.158 28 +8 74 Jakarta C omposite ...464.64 +0.17 CLSA C hina B 1.036.18 -4.73 Aust AH Ord 2.055.7 8 8 FISE 100 3.165.3 -19.5
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    Opt-out scheme possible for share flotations: Goh
    541 1  -  From Walton Morais in LIMASSOL, Cyprus PRIME MINISTER Goh Chok Tong yesterday said the Government may consider an "opt-out scheme" for future flotations of state-owned companies. following the massive response to Singapore Telecom's current issue. Speaking to Singapore reporters. Mr Goh said Telecom
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    Corporate tax cut to spice up Malaysia's expansionary Budget
    555 1  -  From Leslie Lopez in KUALA LUMPUR MALAYSIAN Finance Minister Anwar Ibrahim, hardly a week away from being appointed deputy premier, is set to unveil on Friday a mildly expansionary Budget featuring several nuggets for the corporate sector and benefits for the
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    Lock icon Singapore's non-oil exports up 18.6pc in September
    436 1  -  By Schutz Lee SINGAPORE Record shipments to the US. Malaysia and Japan last month spurred the growth in the volume of Singapore's non-oil domestic exports by 18.6 per cent to a monthly record high of 56.9 billion. For the third quarter, the increase
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    Lock icon US economic recovery more promising: Clinton
    374 1 Reuter. AP WASHINGTON President Clinton said low interest rates are beginning to spark more demand for automobiles and housing and that the economic recovery is now "more promising." "While we have still clearlygot a very long way to go, and many more good paying
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    Accord signed for S'pore-Suzhou project
    300 1  -  By Yong Pow Ang SINGAPORE The Singapore government's decision to pick Suzhou as the site to transfer its public administration software to China is one with "strategic vision", Jiangsu governor Chen Huanyou said yesterday. Speaking at the signing ceremony for the memorandum of understanding between
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      173 1 mi CONTENTS News Companies Spore News 2 S'poreNTsia 13,15.16 Regional News 3.5.6 Financial 18.19 World News 8.10 Features Markets Analysis 31 Oob/WSE. S£S 22.23 Editorial 30 Regional 20 Sports 26.27 World 21 TV Lifestyle 25 Currencies 18 Regional Focus 7 Sime«'Commo 18.19 Subscription Tel 1800 *****77 Fax *****75 BT Editorial
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      7 1 Regional Analysis: Pg 28 Whither Indonesian politics?
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      27 1 Hock Lock Siew: pg 13 Why is Polysindo expanding?} REGIONAL ANALYSIS Page 29 Budget a test of Anwar's leadership Is Anwar ready to take over from Mahathir?
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      24 1 Chok Tong: Apec could evolve into more formal structure Back Page Mahathir: KL will leave Apec if it becomes a trade bloc Page 3
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      134 1 \xAtf Bottom Line: Back p g 1 Fwjlitating global trade Top priority for material well-being of S'poreans, Pg 2 I 1 T =j] M rf I bei (north) —Q —Jhe best o/ Forge new frontiers. I the North. And Cross the boundaries. South. And East. in matters of taste! And
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      207 1 \I» SCHUHE BOUTIQUE #02 28 RAFFLES CITY SHOPPING CTR TEL: 3»0228 S'pore consortium keen to include MNCs, Pg 13 Canadian Liberals win big TORONTO Canada's Liberal Party won a landslide victory on Monday on a wave of voter anger fuelled by recession and unemployment that crushed the Conservatives after nine
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
    • eye on the ECONOMY
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        Lock icon Fewer CPF defaults by employers
        328 2  -  By Anna Teo BUSINESS liquidity continues to improve in Singapore. The number of bosses defaulting on CPF contributions for their employees fell further during the JulySeptember quarter. The drop in the rate of late payments cuts across all sectors. Figures released yesterday by the CPF
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    • NEWS ROUNDUP
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        Helping local firms license products
        108 2 THE Trade Development Board has launched a new scheme to help Singapore companies license their products and technologies abroad. Five Singapore companies have already qualified for the Licensing Development Assistance Scheme (Lidas). They are Aero Supplies System Engineering Pte Ltd. Esco Technologies (Asia) Pte Ltd,
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        A new lease for small stores
        147 2 THE Economic Development Board has launched another scheme to help small retailers improve their businesses. It announced yesterday that it would foot 70 per cent of the consultancy cost if these businesses hired external experts to give suggestions on how to improve their stores.
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        Logo for Nets' cash card
        138 2 THE Network for Electronic Transfers (Singapore) (Nets) yesterday unveiled the logo for its cash card. The winning logo by David Ng Soon Thong beat more than 1.000 entries 951 for the open section and 61 from schools. A Nets spokesman said Mr Ng's logo was
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      No verbal communication of figure: prosecution witness
      309 2  -  The OSA Trial Reports by Ramesh Divyanathan THERE was no verbal communication of secret economic data at a meeting between government economists and Crosby Securities research analysts, a prosecution witness said yesterday. Chan Chia Lin, a Monetary Authority of Singapore senior economist, was
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      Denied having deliberately leaked information
      396 2 Statements made to the Internal Security Department by three of the five accused were read out in court by the prosecution yesterday. In summary: AFTER discussions with his colleagues to ascertain the facts, Tharman Shanmugaratnam decided it was plausible that Crosby Securities economist Manu Bhaskaran
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      Caught glimpse of figure on paper
      455 2 CROSBY Securities economic research director Manu Bhaskaran caught a glimpse of the government's second quarter flash estimate at the end of a meeting with Monetary Authority of Singapore officials on June 19 last year. In a statement to the Internal Security Department on Aug
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      CASE FILE
      133 2 On trial' Five men who face II charges of breaching the Official Secrets Act by communicating and/or receiving the government's 4.6 per cent flash estimate of second-quarter 1992 economic grow th before it was officially released. The flash estimate was referred to in a BT report on June
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      Sent economic reports to Crosby's overseas offices
      249 2 CROSBY Securities economist Raymond Foo was told by his colleague Manu Bhaskaran that he thought he had seen the first flash figure of 4.6 per cent among documents brought by a Monetary Authority of Singapore official to a meeting on June 19. In
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      Indian tycoon Birla gives up control of S'pore firm
      266 2  -  By Nirmal Ghosh IN AN out-of-court settlement in Singapore last week, Indian tycoon S K Birla appeared to have effectively given up the control he exercised, through his business associates, over Singapore holding company Chloride Eastern Industries Ltd (CEIL). In the
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      Material well-being of S'poreans will be top priority: PM
      541 2  -  From Walton Morais in LIMASSOL, CYPRUS THE material well-being of Singapore and its people will top Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong's agenda for 1994. Mr Goh, who held a press conference for Singapore journalists here yesterday, said he would put into
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      Wywy Group ventures into food business
      356 2  -  By Corinne Kerk THE Wywy Group has just entered into a partnership to open 50 restaurants in 10 Asian countries. It is also looking into the possibility of starting a recycling business here. Wywy is tying up with state-owned Singapore Technologies Venture (STV), American
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  • THE REGION
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      Lock icon KL may quit Apec if it becomes trading bloc: Mahathir
      410 3 Reuter SYDNEY Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said he would consider pulling Malaysia out of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation forum (Apec) if it became a trading bloc, an Australian newspaper reported yesterday. In an interview with the national newspaper
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      Vietnam unlikely to renew EIE's lease on Saigon Floating Hotel
      343 3  -  By Harish Mehta SINGAPORE The Saigon Floating Hotel is moored in the troubled waters of the Saigon River the Vietnamese authorities are unlikely to renew the operating lease of its operator and part-owner, Japan's EIE International Corp. Francis Ma, ElE's
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      Lock icon Manila sees clouded investment prospects
      301 3 AFP MANILA The Philippines sees a flat year for investment in 1993, due to a persistent energy crisis, the global economic recession and competition from Vietnam and China. Trade Secretary Rizalino Navarro has said. "I think we have to be realistic. We'll have to approximate
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      Lock icon Tin group extends export curbs for another year
      177 3 AFP KUALA LUMPUR The Association of Tin Producing Countries (ATPC) yesterday extended for another year a scheme to shore up prices by curbing exports and depleting global excess stocks to 28,500 tonnes by the end of 1994. Malaysian Primary Industries Minister Lim
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    • ASIA NOTES
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        Lock icon ADB grants loan to Vietnam
        52 3 AP MANILA The Asian Development Bank yesterday approved a U5576.5 million (S$ 120 million) loan to Vietnam, its first to the South-east Asian nation in nearly 20 years. The new loan will be used to finance rehabilitation of flood-control dikes around Hanoi and two irrigation
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        Lock icon Keating in Jakarta for talks on Apec
        76 3 Reuter JAKARTA Australian Prime Minister Paul Keating arrived here yesterday for a three-day visit to discuss Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) and bilateral relations with President Suharto. "I think Apec will be a very important topic... and lam sure they will talk about
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        Lock icon Investments in former US bases
        71 3 AFP MANILA Private firms have signed agreements for about US$37O million in investments in former US bases in the Philippines but the government needs funds to upgrade the facilities. Victor Lim, chairman of the Bases Conversion Development Authority, said yesterday that a further US$l.6 billion
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        Lock icon Top Kajima official on bribery charge
        69 3 UPI TOKYO Investigators arrested a top official of a leading construction firm, Kajima Corp, yesterday on chargcs of paving a large bribe to the former governor of Ibaraki prefecture, 120 km north of Tokyo. Kajima Corp senior vice-president Shinji Kiyoyama, 67, was arrested after
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        Lock icon Thai army put on alert
        72 3 UPI BANGKOK Thailand's Defence Minister said yesterday the armed forces were ready to step in to help the government control any further protests by police officers against the firing of the country's police chief. Interior Minister Chavalit Yongchaiyudh on Monday suspended police director-general Sawat Amornwiwat
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      Lock icon KL trade mission proposes M$12b China deals
      122 3 AP KUALA LUMPUR Fifteen Malaysian companies have proposed joint ventures with Chinese companies worth M 511.9 billion (557.2 billion). International Trade and Industry Minister Rafidah Aziz said yesterday. Ms Rafidah returned last Saturday from China after leading a 130-member trade team there. Its
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      Lock icon Lu Ping raises possibility of breakdown in Sino-UK talks
      402 5 Reuter HONGKONG China's top official responsible for Hongkong, Lu Ping, has raised the possibility of a collapse of Sino-British talks over the territory's political future, the Bei-jing-run Wen Wei Po newspaper said. Mr Lu, director of Hongkong and Macau Affairs Office,
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      Lock icon Taiwan minister blames Beijing for growing independence demand
      289 5 AFP TAIPEI Foreign Minister Fredrick Chien yesterday blamed political pressure from Beijing for stronger support in Taiwan for the creation of an independent state. China's schemes to corner Taiwan in the world community have forced an increasing number of Taiwanese, 3 per
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      Lock icon Deng Xiaoping wants more growth despite overheated economy
      245 5 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG Chinese senior leader Deng Xiaoping is advocating another round of fast-paced economic growth despite signs that the Chinese economy is still overheated, the South China Morning Post reports. In his latest proclamation, Mr Deng said that sustained, high-speed
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      Lock icon China-Vietnam border trade cools off as Hanoi slaps new curbs
      235 5 AFP HONGKONG The lucrative border trade between China and Vietnam has cooled off following measures by Hanoi to control the booming trade which threatens Vietnamese factories with closure, a report said. The cross-border trade traffic has cooled down since August
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      Lock icon Japanese reform plan faces opposition from vested interests
      444 6 Reuter TOKYO A blue-ribbon panel is racing to complete a preliminary report urging deregulation and other vital reforms needed to help Japan cope with slower growth in the future. Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa wants to take the report with him when he
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      Lock icon No rice shortage, assures Japanese minister
      289 6 Rcuter TOKYO Japanese Farm Minister Eijiro Hata said yesterday he believes Japan will have enough rice on the table this winter despite a drastic fall in the domestic rice harvest. "There seems to be some concern that rice is disappearing from the shelves." Mr
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      Lock icon Private investment finally picks up in Australia
      527 6 Reuter CANBERRA Investment the missing ingredient in Australia's patchy economic recovery is finally showing signs of life just as housing and consumption begin to fade as the economy's driving forces, economists say. But the vital signs arc faint and there won't be enough
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      Lock icon India's exports poised to grow by 20pc, says Reserve Bank
      345 6 Reuter BOMBAY The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) says India looks set to achieve 20 per cent growth in exports in the financial year ending March. RBI governor Chakravarty Rangarajan said on Monday that both the trade deficit and the
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      266 3 FrTNESS Clus HOW WORKING OUT CAN HELP YOU OUT AT WORK A healthy body really does mean a healthy mind. If you are fit you tire less easily. You are able to concentrate for longer periods and your reactions are quicker. All of which helps you to work harder while
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  • WORLD FOCUS
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      A dog-eat-dog business indeed
      990 7  -  Battle of Britain's newspapers By Neville Stack The writer is a UK-based journalist who contributed this article to BT LONDON There is a saying in Fleet Street "Dog doesn't eat dog," meaning that people in the same newspaper business should not attack one another. But now
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  • THE WORLD
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      Lock icon New PM Chretien vows to create jobs
      617 8 Discontent over slumping economy sweeps Liberals to power in Canada AP. Reuter, AFP OTTAWA Canada's new Liberal government has promised to boost economic growth and mend the fraying ties of Canadian unity after storming to a landslide victory in Monday's election. Jean Chretien's
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      Lock icon Liberals plan to renegotiate Nafta
      266 8 Reuter OTTAWA Canada's new Liberal government could add to US President Bill Clinton's woes by demanding a renegotiation of parts of the North American Free Trade Agreement (Nafta). The Liberals have made clear that their relations with the United States will not be as chummy
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      Lock icon Mitterrand wants Gatt deal but won't accept American diktat
      291 8 Reuter PARIS President Francois Mitterrand said in a television interview he wanted a deal in the Gatt world trade negotiations but France would not give in to an American "diktat" on agricultural trade. In a television interview on Monday night, he
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      Lock icon US not helping in Libya probe: Bangkok
      480 10 Reuter BANGKOK The US has warned Thailand that Thai companies are now the principal foreign contractors involved in building chemical weapons plants in Libya, according to American and Thai officials. A report in The New York Times yesterday said a Thai company had
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      Lock icon Clinton health plan may cost 1.2m jobs: study
      234 10 Bloomberg Business News WASHINGTON Between 200,000 and 1.2 million workers could lose their jobs if businesses are required to pay employee health premiums, a new study says. The Ginton administration has proposed requiring all businesses to pay for as much as 80
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      Lock icon Japanese afraid of Nafta, says American Interior Secretary
      403 10 AP AUSTIN US Interior Secretary Brucc Babbitt, in a sales pitch for the North American Free Trade Agreement, says the pact is good news for the United States and bad news for Japan. Mr Babbitt says the Japanese view the pending treaty
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      Lock icon US cites five nations for curbing financial access
      263 10 Reuter WASHINGTON A top US Treasury official cited South Korea, Indonesia, the Philippines, Taiwan and Brazil as among the nations that curb access to US financial firms seeking to do business. Undersecretary Lawrence Summers listed the countries during testimony in which the
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      Lock icon Russia to introduce land ownership
      105 10 Reuter MOSCOW Russian officials yesterday announced a pilot project to divide big stateowned farms, paving the way for private land ownership in the biggest country in the world. "The decisions... are closely linked with the whole philosophy of private ownership in Russia," First Deputy Prime
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
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      S'pore consortium keen to include MNCs in Suzhou project
      573 13  -  By' Yong Pow Ang SINGAPORE The 19member Singapore consortium for the mega Suzhou township investment will open its membership to foreign multinational corporations which can add value to the project. It could do with a total of "20 to 25 members",
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      Sale price of HK building below Yeo Hiap Seng's expectations
      296 13  -  By Genevieve Cua SINGAPORE Beverage group Yeo Hiap Seng has sold its Hongkong industrial building for HK5206.64 million (5541.95 million), about HKS7O million less than what it had earlier hoped to get from the sale. The property at 8 Ho
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      Lock icon KLIH plans to buy two land-rich companies
      283 13 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Kuala Lumpur Industries Holdings Bhd proposes to acquire controlling interests in two landrich companies for a total of M 5445.659 million (*****.8 million) to be satisfied by the issue of 177.983 million new KLIH shares. A KLIH statement yesterday said
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      Lock icon Tractors Malaysia to diversify into parts manufacturing
      196 13 Bernama PETALING JAYA Tractors Malaysia Holdings Bhd. aware that it will not see the previous heady days of large turnover from the heavy equipment division again, plans to further diversify its activities. Director Ahmad bin Tunku Yahaya told newsmen after chairing Tractors' 28th
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      Why Indon polyester producer Polysindo is expanding amid a depressed market
      737 13  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW By William Chia JAKARTA Investors cannot be blamed for wondering if Polysindo Eka Perkasa. Indonesia's largest producer of polyester materials used in the manufacture of textiles. is doing the right thing in pursuing a massive expansion
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      Lum Chang group plans condo project in Chinatown
      421 13  -  By Quak Hiang Whai SINGAPORE The Lum Chang group is planning a new residential condominium project in the heart of Chinatown. Oxford Gardens Pte Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of listed Lum Chang Holdings which owns several properties in the Chinatown region, has
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      Lock icon Former UCM director charged in court
      195 13 AFP KUALA LUMPUR A founding member of a Malaysian listed firm was charged in court yesterday for misleading the local bourse by falsifying a declaration that the company made a profit when it actually suffered a loss. Tan Kim Leng. 48. former managing director
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      Lock icon Ganda to build, operate barge in Philippines
      96 13 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Ganda Holdings Bhd entered into an agreement with Sabah Shipyard Sdn Bhd yesterday for the rights and obligations to build, operate and maintain a 100megawatt power barge in the Philippines. The company said in a statement yesterday that Sabah Shipyard
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      Lock icon SUMMARY
      341 13 Source: Bridge Info Performance of STII's Index stocks Oct 26 Lm Seme ladrx Slock sale C hfc factor aotm <$> (V) A>imo 1.930 -0OK) 1.31 5 00 C*r 7 950 -0.050 5 39 «.33 Ccicbot 6 700 -0 100 4.54 16 67 FAN 15 400 0.100 1044 -16.67 OF
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    • COMPANIES
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        Jakarta property sector emerging from the doldrums
        833 15  -  From Maggie Ford in JAKARTA QUEUES of Jakarta yuppies lining up to pay deposits on yet-to-be-built apartments do not by themselves make a property boom. But the image of untapped potential certainly helps to build confidence in a seetor that has been dogged
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        Thailand's Bank of Asia signs US$60m loan deal
        337 15  -  By Quak Hiang Whai SINGAPORE Thailand's Bank of Asia Public Co Ltd yesterday successfully raised US$6O million (SS94 million) through a floating rate certificates of deposit (FRCD) facility, the first for the bank. The loan facility was leadmanaged by B A Asia
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        Lock icon Taiwan's steel giant to be listed in New York
        230 15 Reuter TAIPEI China Steel Corp shares will be listed on the New York Stock Exchange, making it the first Taiwanese industrial firm listed there, an underwriter for the next stage of the company's privatisation said yesterday. Details of the privatisation will
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        174 15 Bloomberg Business News TAIPEI Two more Taiwanese securities companies have received permission from authorities here to open a subsidiary in Hongkong, the Securities and Exchange Commission said yesterday. President Securities and Taiwan International Securities have received SEC permission to set up
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          IPC and AT&T in multimedia tie-up
          74 15 SINGAPORE Local personal computer maker IPC Corp and US multinational AT&T have agreed to jointly develop sound and telephony products for PCs. The products will be marketed by IPC under the Media Magic brand name, part of the groups multimedia business. The products will
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          HPL sets up overseas subsidiary
          40 15 SINGAPORE Hotel Properties Ltd (HPL) has acquired full equity stake in HPL Overseas Properties, thereby making the latter its wholly-owned subsidiary The new subsidiary was set up to look after HPL's overseas properties and investment.
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          LKN unit ups stake in M'sian firm
          46 15 SINGAPORE Lim Kah Ngam Ltd announced yesterday that its wholly-owned subsidiary. LKN Development, has increased its equity stake in Nirwana Properties Sdn Bhd of Malaysia by subscribing to 999,998 shares at MS 1.00 (about 61 Singapore cents) par value.
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          Cosco's cash offer for 4m Sun shares
          51 15 SINGAPORE Cosco Holdings has sent out a circular to shareholders of Sun Corporation Ltd informing them of an unconditional cash offer for four million remaining Sun shares as part of a takeover bid. The closing date for acceptance of the offer is Nov
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        481 15 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS Maaafart' phcts Oct 27 NTUC lltCMM Singapore Unit Trust B^ Po c > 3 90 4 05 The Commerce 1.57 i.65 Prudential TVSi>in|) Fund 1.50 1.58 PruLink Mgd Fund 1.3) 140 S'porr Prof Fund 067 0 70*d n.I. S'purc Sec Fund 0% 101 WIAKA-tHinMpUITa S pore Intnl
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          Lock icon Ming Pao launches paper in Vancouver
          72 16 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG Hongkong's Ming Pao newspaper and magazine publishing group launched the first Chinese language daily newspaper in Vancouver, Canada, over the weekend, the South China Morning Post reported. Ming Pao Holdings (Canada), a subsidiary of Ming Pao Enterprise Corp, will publish
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          97 16 Bloomberg Business News BRISBANE Australia's Power Brewing Co said it has signed a joint venture contract in Vietnam to modernise and expand an existing brewing and develop a new brewery. Under the agreement with Don Nai Alcohol Brewery Factory, Queenslandbased Power will provide 30 per
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          Lock icon Nintendo sets up Australian subsidiary
          68 16 Bloomberg Business News MELBOURNE Nintendo Ltd, the world's leading video game manufacturer, said it is forming a subsidiary in Australia to market, distribute and administer the sales of its brand products. The new company will be called Nintendo Australia Pty Ltd. For the past seven
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          69 16 Bloomberg Business News WELLINGTON Fortex, one of New Zealand's three biggest meat processing companies, turned in a net loss of NZ$4.B million (554.2 million) in the year ended Aug 31 from a profit of NZ$9.l million a year earlier. The company blamed severe winter
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        200 16 AFP TOKYO Japanese electronics giant Sharp Corp yesterday said its pre-tax earnings dived 23.2 per cent in the six months to September from the same period a year earlier to 20.2 billion yen (***** million). Sales declined 1.4 per cent to 575
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        Lock icon Matsushita's profit halved as recession bites
        346 16 AFP TOKYO Japan's Matsushita Electric Industrial Co Ltd, the world's biggest maker of consumer electronics, said yesterday its first-half earnings were nearly halved but left its full-year forecast unchanged. The pre-tax profit of 29.7 billion yen (SS43I million) was better than most analysts and
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        282 16 Bid for Paramount Communications Reuter PHILADELPHIA The going price in the bidding war for entertainment giant Paramount Communications Inc could reach a dizzying US$ll billion (5517.3 billion) if QVC Network Inc stays in the bidding, analysts said on Monday. QVC, the television shopping
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        The worst is over for Japan's big stockbrokers
        577 16  -  From Anthony Rowley in TOKYO JAPANESE stockbrokers the largest among them at least no longer appear to be in danger of going broke as some of them did a couple of years ago after the Tokyo stock market crashed and stayed on
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        341 18 Reuter MANILA Foreign banks operating in the Philippines have accused domestic institutions of protectionism and urged the government to allow liberalised entry of new banks. The Manila heads of the only four foreign banks allowed to operate in the Philippines
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        Coopers upbeat about investment in Vietnam
        228 18  -  By Agnes Wee SINGAPORE International accountants Coopers Lybrand is upbeat about investment in Vietnam. Coopers reckons that its worldwide clients, who have committed some S3OO million in the emerging economy, can be expected to double this figure over the next two years, according to
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        Credit Suisse to offer portfolio management
        160 18 SINGAPORE Credit Suisse will be increasing its private banking business further with the launch of portfolio management services next year. From Jan I, Credit Suisse will ofTcr full-fledged portfolio management and securities trading, said its Singapore senior representative Urs Brutsch in an interview with
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        152 18 THE USS/major currencies headed higher overnight led by encouraging US car sales amidst an already bullish market. The USS/SS opened at 1.5715/20 and was immediately taken higher to 1.5733 on the back of bullish USS/majors. Good sell orders above 1.5730 capped the up- move and
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        186 18 Reuter LONDON The dollar stumbled higher against the mark during the European afternoon session yesterday, but was below intraday highs after poor US economic data and a bout of profit-taking. The US currency, nearly seven pfennigs up since the beginning of last week, added around one pfennig yesterday, although
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        Crude oil futures rebound before release of stock data
        192 18 D IOOm Dm g ENERGY REPORT LONDON Oil futures in London and New York were higher yesterday as traders said Monday's price plunge might have been an overreact ion to concerns about high supplies and weak demand this winter. Some traders
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        78 18 AFP NEW YORK The dollar gained ground against the major currencies except the yen yesterday as investors cautiously awaited the publication of the consumer confidence index in October. Around 9:30 am (1330 GMT), the greenback traded for 1.6875 German marks against 1.6855 on Monday. Against the yen, the
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        1369 19 SIMEX REPORT SINGAPORE Simex Euroyen futures recovered from early selling driven sharply higher by the Japanese bond trading at highs and a bearish Nikkei cash market yesterday. Contracts had drifted lower in the early session as talk of credit easing waned and Japan's central bank
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        KL tin sinks below M$12 support
        670 19 COMMODITY REPORTS Tin TIN dipped below the key Msl2 support yesterday as sellers continued to dominate trading after a price collapse on the LME overnight, traders said. The metal closed at MJ11.90 a kg, down 53 sen from Monday's close. Turnover was 50 tonnes,
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          Paragon ups Thai oil concession stake
          78 19 HONGKONG The China National Petroleum Corp said on Monday its subsidiary Paragon Holdings has increased its stake in Thailand's Sukhothai Oil Concession to around 96 per cent. The move is aimed at strengthening China's overseas oil and gas exploration, drilling and development activities. Paragon
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          Indon palm oil sales to M'sia to rise
          63 19 KUALA LUMPUR Indonesian crude palm oil shipments to Malaysia are expected to total about 20,000 to 30,000 tonnes in November, up from nearly 15,000 this month, traders said. They said much of the sales of November crude were made over the past
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          Support for coffee retention plan
          82 19 SAN JOSE, Costa Rica The presidents of Costa Rica and Colombia said on Monday they were disappointed with low coffee prices but that they would continue with the coffee retention plan. "The results are not what we were hoping for, but we will continue and
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          Thailand corn export higher
          58 19 BANGKOK Thailand exported 2,140 tonnes of corn during Oct 15-21, bringing the total for the year to date to 150.815 tonnes, the Thai Maize and Produce Traders Association said yesterday. Shipments during Jan I-Oct 21, 1992 totalled 107.741 tonnes. The Oct 15-21 exports comprised 2.000 tonnes
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        1646 19 Rubber Oct 26 MS Commodity Exch. ins* (fwti •ros doting as at 1pm) HAS (physical wtcos) IKS 1 Contract (S ccnts/kg) Bnyors Close Volume Open As at 12 mo* O ccnts/kg; Month High Low Sett (tonnes) Interest RSS 2 Nov 93 127 50 I28.50N Nov 93 Dcc Jan
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        Australia
        1164 20 +8.8 AUSTRALIAN shares rebounded from morning lows to close higher after starting the day in the doldrums. "The market was nervous this morning with no real leads to give it direction, but we saw some buyers come in later in the day," said Michael Tanner from Hambros Equities. Bargain
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        Manila
        570 20 12.35 Manila share prices jumped to close higher, defying predictions of a slowdown after a correction overnight on market leader Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co (PLDT) on Wall Street, dealers said. The Manila Stock exchange index rose 12.35 points to end at 2.243.53 while Makati shot up to 2.306.46.
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        New Zealand
        260 20 14.9 New Zealand shares hit a fouryear high on the back of a surge in the price of energy and forestry group Fletcher Challenge, brokers said. The Top 40 capital stock index rose 14.9 points to 2.113.01. Turnover was 17.3 million shares valued at NZ$3B.9 million. Fletcher Challenge
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        Seoul
        447 20 +5.49 Stocks closed higher despite early profit-taking as healthy interest in the electricity utility Kepco spread to other blue-chip shares, brokers said. "Without increasing customer deposits, further rises in the index would seem to be dimcult." Kim Dong Ik of Daishin Securities said. "Kepco will decide the future direction."
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        Taipei
        550 20 -8.92 Taiwan share prices finished slightly lower in active trade on a late wave of profit-taking from recent gains, brokers said. The index opened 30 points up but ended 8.92 points down at 4,091.17. Turnover was strong at NT530.20 billion, althoujpi down from Saturday's hectic NT541.29 billion. Monday was
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        Bombay
        82 20 -35.41 Share prices declined further in after-hour kerb deals as speculators sold on fears that the impasse in Kashmir over militants occupying a Muslim shrine in Srinagar, would hit the market, he said. The large number of issues in the primary market has also reduced the availability of funds
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        London
        805 20 -19.5 SHARES spent the day consolidating some of last week's record-setting gains, with pressure from US selling of futures also adding to the market's softness, dealers said. The FTSE 100 index closed with a loss of 19.5 points, or 0.61 per cent, at 3.165.3. just above a day low
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        Paris
        99 20 -17.36 French shares finished lower after a dip on Wall Street fed into CAC-40 October futures. The market will probably continue fairly trendless this week as it consolidates last week's surge. The CAC-40 index ended 17.36 points down, or 0.78 per cent, at 2.210.37. Paris Oct 25 Fr +>-
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        Stockholm
        108 20 +6.71 Swedish shares closed higher as optimism about the economy sent investors scurrying for industrial stocks that typically do well during a recovery, traders said. The blue-chip OMX index rose 6.71 points to close at 1.105.31. 18 of the 30 stocks tracked by the index rose, four were unchanged
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        Frankfurt
        143 20 -15.67 German shares closed floor trade near the day's lows, in a dull session which suffered from lack of the foreign interest which had been behind last week's rally. The DAX 30-share index dropped 15.67 points to 2.058.72. Frankfurt Oct 25 DM \ct MM »00 BVSf -40 BMW »MOU
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        Milan
        165 20 -194 Italian stock prices slumped, as a slew of new rights offers drew money away from other shares and as investors saw little incentive to buy. The Mibtel index, which just tracks blue chips traded on the screen, ended 194 points lower at 10.273. Until Monday, the index had
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        Amsterdam
        295 20 -1.85 Dutch stocks closed lower in relatively active trading as an increasing number of investors started to sell after record-highs were reached by mid-morning, traders said. Falling shares on other markets, particularly those in London and Paris, and a lack of support from Dutch bond markets were reasons for
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        Zurich
        229 20 -1-7.52 Swiss shares closed higher but below the day's peak. Dealers said the firm dollar helped industrial shares. News that several banks had cut their mortgage rates for next year supported sentiment. The broad SPI closed 7.52 points up at 1.684.98. Zurich Oct Mi Iranro \IUMjnvC B» M uivti
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        Johannesburg
        313 20 -15 Little selling appeared in South African gold shares despite Monday night's declines as a weak rand and softer financial rand buoyed prices. Dealers said trade had again been generally slow and the market was awaiting a decisive move from bullion or from recently inactive foreign investors. They said
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        Toronto
        318 20 -0.3 Stocks were flat in early trading yesterday as side-line-bound investors sifted through Monday's federal election results, dealers said. "For the next 24 houre corporate strategists will be try ing to figure out what the hell to do." one trader said. Dealers said post-elec-tion weakness in the Canadian currency
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        New York
        790 20 -15.37 Wall Street stocks were broadly lower at midday yesterday amid general profit-taking as the market retreated from Monday's first record high in two months. An early session jump in IBM was unable to prop up the market which was also reacting to the loss of the Conservative
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      2904 21 Reuter HONGKONG Share prices ended another seesaw trading session firmer yesterday but off their highs with more of the same likely today, brokers said. The blue-chip Hang Seng index, which rose 58 points in morning trade as bargain hunters snapped up shares then fell back on profit-taking, eventually ended
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      CHINA
      422 21 THE CLSA Shanghai B Index dropped 7.83 points to close at 785.86 on light trading yesterday. Jin Jiang Tower, closing 4.3 per cent or US$O.O3 up, was the only winner yesterday while Chlor Alkali was the biggest loser, shedding 4.4 per cent. In Shenzhen, Southern Glass was again the
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      2487 21 Reuter TOKYO Stocks ended sharply lower on the first trading day for East Japan Railway Co (JR East) yesterday. Profit-taking depressed prices, brokers said. JR East was still quoted bidonly at 599.000 when the market closed, but was likely to be traded later, an exchange official said. "People can't
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      1806 21 Reuter BANGKOK Thai stocks rebounded strongly on last minute buying of blue-chips yesterday after a morning dip because of political jitters following the dismissal of national police chief Sawasdi Amornvivat. brokers said. "It's an expected rebound." said Sathid Sathitakorn of Ekachart Finance and Securities. "But turnover is not high.
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      1068 21 Reuter JAKARTA Stocks closed mixed yesterday, recovering slightly from a weaker first session in moderate afternoon trading. brokers said. The official index ended 0.17 points higher at 464.64. "The market was rather directionless in the wake of (Saturday's) economic deregulation package." a foreign brokerage dealer said. He added that
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      2801 22 Source: Bridge Info Source: Bridge Info MOST ACTIVE vdumt Kaber Ciroup 26.281.000 I'romet 23.518.000 Inrwjvcu Bhd 15.566.000 Johan Hldgs 50c 14 )18.000 Asia Pac Ld 50c 13.973.000 Metroplo 50i 13.867.00U MenangCorp 12.097.000 AMDB 50c 11.010.000 Rcnong Bhd 50c 10 808.000 FACB 50c 9.308.000 Ind thvjen 50c 8.630.000 Ind
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        5889 22 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR The share market closed on a low note with second-liners leading falls as investors took profits after the strong gains recently. The Emas Index of all main board shares retreated 0.59 of a point to close at 277.17 while the KLSE Composite Index
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        8533 23  -  By R Sivanithy SINGAPORE Share prices here were dragged lower by their Malaysian counterparts yesterday, as brokerages there had to resort to forced selling to deal with errant clients. Also, some dealers reported that with the Singapore Telecom float just round the corner,
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        73 23  -  Paul Leo BUY Hume Industries at $5.40 for there is a chance of it hitting a high of $6.60 in the next few weeks. Weekly RSI is at 25, indicating an oversold condition. Daily MACD has shown a bullish signal. Support is at $5.10. Resistance is at $5.50
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      1054 25  -  Director Peter Weir tells Bernard Weinraub of his search for unusual movies Bernard Weinraub NYT TWO years ago, film director Peter Weir bought a plane ticket to travel from his home in Sydney, Australia, to Los Angeles because the scripts he had been receiving from
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      317 25 CHATTERBOX UPI Reuter AFP UPI ENTERTAINMENT Weekly sources happened to catch actor Jeff Goldblum and his sweetheart and Jurassic Park co-star Laura Dern pumping iron recently at a New York gym, with Saturday Night Live regular Kevin Nealon. When the snoops began eavesdropping, they expected perhaps some chatter
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      391 25 Reuter RUSSIAN officials asked on Monday for the ashes of their country's most famous ballerina, Anna Pavlova, to be brought back from her London exile where they have lain for more than 60 years and be buried in Moscow. "The Russian ballerina remained in the
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      1101 25 TV RADIO Turk 10.30pm, SBC Hutton stars as a young personal crusade against hu- H reaucratic injustice when his el- k der brother (Robert Urich), 4b denied his pension. HC\ Seems the government doesn't fl care he was injured saving «Jfl a child from a burning building Vfl^ was off-duty.
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      703 26 AFP PARIS There was a lime when top women tennis stars stretched their careers over decades. Billic Jean King, who was ranked in the top 10 for 17 years, was just six months short of her 40th birthday when she won
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      306 27 Golf MIYAZAKI. Japan American Ryder Cup captain Tom Watson heads a strong US contingent in Japan's richest golfing event, the 200 million yen (552.9 million) Dunlop Phoenix Tournament to be played at the Phoenix Country Club here from Nov 18 to 21. Watson is
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      414 27 AP SEOUL South Koreans, who revere soccer as a major national sport, received with shock the news of their national team's 1-0 defeat to Japan in the Asian final qualifying round for the World Cup. The defeat ended South Korea's chances of
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      591 27  -  By Frank Litsky NYT NEW YORK It was this kind of Sunday for National Football League quarterbacks: BAD Two weeks ago, Vinny Testaverde replaced Bernie Kosar as the Cleveland Browns' starter. Now Kosar will start again because the more mobile Testaverde separated
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        113 27 Reuter CHICAGO The Minnesota defence kept the Bears out of the end zone and Audray McMillian ran hack an interception 22 yards for a touchdown as the Vikings posted a 19-12 victory over Chicago on Monday night. The game marked the first return to Soldier Field of former
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        104 27 Reuter NEW YORK Gene Lamont, who guided the Chicago White Sox to their first division title in 10 years, was named American League Manager of the Year on Monday. Lamont received eight first place votes and a total of 72 points from a panel of the Baseball Writers Association
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        91 27 AP LONDON Frank Bruno. 31. a three-time loser in world heavy- weight title fights, has decided to fight on. The last man to knock him out. World Boxing Council champion Lennox Lewis, says he's making a mistake. "I'm fighting on because boxing is what I'm good at." Bruno said.
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        21 27 Reuter NEW YORK NHL Monday: Dallas 5 Detroit 3; Ottawa 4 Anaheim 1; Calgary 3 Washington 2 (OT). Reuter
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        76 27 AFP GRENOBLE. France The player who raked Australian No 8 Tim Gavin during Saturday's match against Langucdoc-Roussillon will be suspended for three to six months. French Federation president Bernard Lapasset said on Monday. A recording of the incident. which left Gavin with a 6 cm gash that just missed
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        85 27 Reuter OSLO The United States. Russia and Japan will win most medals at the 1994 Winter Olympics if the flag ordering list is anything to go by. A total of 850 flags are to be distributed among the 80 nations participating in the Games in February. organisers said. The
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        89 27 AFP DOHA Asian final qualifying group for the World Cup finals Monday: Japan 1 (Miura 59) S Korea 0; Iran 2 (Ali Daai 48, 65) N Korea I (Choc Won Nam 21). Standings (Played, won. drawn, lost, goals for, against, points): I Japan 4 2 1 15 2 5
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        140 27 Reuter Reuter STOCKHOLM Swedish indoor tournament first round Monda>: Richey Reneberg (US) b David Engel (Swe) 6-2 6-4; Magnus Larsson (Swe) b Jason Stoltenberg (Aust) 6-4 3-6 6-3; Brett Steven (NZ) b Marc Goellner (Ger) 6-7 6-3 7-6; MaliVai Washington (US) b Amos Mansdorf (Isr) 6-4 6-4; Carlos Costa
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      1212 28  -  Special to BT The future of Indonesian politics AMIR SANTOSO AMIR SANTOSO The writer is director of the Research and Development Institute of Social Science, Facidty of Social and Political Science, University of Indonesia GOLKAR, Indonesia's dominant political group, has
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      861 28  -  Special to BT M DIN SYAMSUDDIN M DIN SYAMSUDDIN The writer is a lecturer at the National Institute of Islamic Studies. Jakarta THE GROWING convergence and closeness between Golkar and Islam signifies that the Muslim community in Indonesia now has a political vehicle
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      1305 29  -  Special to BT Malaysian economic policy and politics MUHAMMAD ARIF ZAKAULLAH MUHAMMAD ARIF ZAKAULLAH The writer is assistant professor and deputy dean, Faculty of Economics and Management, International Islamic University ON FRIDAY, Malaysian Finance Minister Anwar Ibrahim will table in Parliament the
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      1340 29  -  Special to BT MOHD TAIB MOHD TAIB The writer is senior manager, new business development of L'MBC in Kuala Lumpur f 1 HERE is a growing belief I at least among the intelligen--M. tsia that Finance Minister
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    A fuzzy foreign policy vision
    508 30 EDITORIAL WHEN Bill Clinton took office as President of the United States last January, the overwhelming impression, both within the country and around the world, was that this would be a domestic presidency. Domestic issues were after all the keynote of his election campaign, as
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      264 30 BUSINESS COSTS, it is conceded, have to be watched constantly as rival economies in the region continue to improve their competitiveness. This is the underlying message one gets in the early reaction from employer groups to the health White Paper. Despite the guarded response, growing acceptance
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      Keep health care affordable
      149 30 HEALTH CARE costs are not yet a serious problem in Singapore. Singaporeans indeed have a wide choice between the subsidised medical treatment in government hospitals and that offered by the private sector. Government expenditure on health is only 3.1 per cent of the total GDP lower
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      Medisave and the private sector
      158 30 PROPOSALS contained in the White Paper on Affordable Health Care have still to be debated in Parliament but the government has given its in-principle consent. Government departments have decided to take the lead to put into effect a Medisave top-up scheme. New civil servants will
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      A good reform package
      138 30 THE LONG-AWAITED new package of deregulation measures which was announced by Coordinating Minister for Economic and Financial Affairs Saleh Afiff over the weekend will surely provide the right positive signal to the business community. The comprehensive set of reform measures, which was originally to have been
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      Don't abuse power
      182 30 CIVIL SERVICE department heads must not use power for self-aggrandisement. History shows what an abuse of power can lead to and these are lessons that should not be ignored. Those who occupy seats of position should realise that their duties and responsibilities do not empower them to
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      A global disaster if Gatt fails
      138 30 The General Agreement on TarifTs and Trade (Gatt) looks like it will be gutted. You have the US and France growing more intractable by the day over the agricultural sector. This apparent lack of cooperation between the two centuries is understandable when you go
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    1286 30  -  At a conference in Hongkong recently, Vikram Khanna saw how different perceptions are colouring the evolution of the global trading system Vikram Khanna The writer is BT's Regional Economics Editor THE SHADOWS that hang over the future of world trade were fully in evidence during
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      Uncle Sam's dilemma: to love or hate China?
      1074 31  -  While Leon Hadar examines the inconsistent US foreign policy towards China, which aims to curtail trade concessions but boost military ties. International Business Week correspondents report how willing Washington is to put politics aside when there's a buck to be made Leon
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      Corporate America makes Washington embrace Beijing
      1104 31 TAKE a quick gander at USChina relations, and you'd say there's been a serious nosedive. In the past two months alone, points of nasty controversy between Beijing and Washington have included US sanctions against China for exporting missile technology to Pakistan, a nuclear test
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    Lock icon US postpones threat of sanctions on Japan over construction jobs
    423 32 Reuter, The Straits Times WASHINGTON US Trade Representative Mickey Kantor has postponed until next year a threat of sanctions against Japan, which earlier announced steps to open its construction market. The sanctions had been due to kick in on Nov
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    Lock icon Japan's key index improves but economy still seen going nowhere
    374 32 Reuter. AFP TOKYO A key economic index released yesterday showed a slight improvement over earlier months but failed to shake economists' belief that Japan's stalled economy was going nowhere fast. The government's Economic Planning Agency (EPA) said its diffusion index
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    Apec could evolve into more formal structure: PM Goh
    391 32  -  From Walton Morais in LIMASSOL, CYPRUS PRIME Minister Goh Chok Tong yesterday said he saw the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation forum evolving into a more formal structure over the next few years. Mr Goh told journalists at a press conference here
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    Lock icon IBM loses US$70m in third quarter, but recovery in sight
    189 32 Reuter ARMONK. New York International Business Machines Corp yesterday reported a loss of US$7O million (SSIO9 million) for the third quarter, but chairman Louis Gerstner said the computer giant saw some encouraging signs on the bumpy road to recovery. IBM's
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    Lock icon Clinton unveils extra US$10b budget savings package
    249 32 Reuter. AP WASHINGTON President Bill Clinton yesterday unveiled about US$lO billion (5515.7 billion) in additional budget savings over five years that will come mainly from streamlining government operations. The budget package includes about US$B.5 billion in savings from improving the efficiency of government
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    807 32  -  The Bottom Line MICKEY KANTOR MICKEY KANTOR The writer is the US Trade Representative. This commentary first appeared in the Financial Times IN NOVEMBER, the United SU'tes will host a very important meeting in Seattle the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) gathering of foreign, economic
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      397 33  -  By Dexter Lee SINGAPORE The AsiaPacific is becoming an important market for London-based specialist transport insurer TT Club, said visiting chairman and president Sir David Thomson in Singapore last week. He said Asia-Pacific members, including listed CWT Distribution and Neptune Orient Lines,
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      52 33 Reuter BELFAST Shipyard workers from ftariand and Wolf took to the streets on Monday in the narifthof peace. They carried wreaths and led thousands of peace marchers along the Shankill Road towards the site where an Irish Republican Army bomb killed nine people last
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      Lock icon M'sian palm oil tank drivers on 24-hour strike
      261 33 Reuter KUALA LUMPUR More than 400 palm oil tanker drivers in Malaysia's southern Pasir Gudang port have been on strike for the last 24 hours to press for better wages, palm oil refiners said. The strike has halted some deliveries of crude
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      1130 33 Page Col ABC Containerize 12 1 Accord Group 8 1-3 Africa Container 16 1 Ahrenkiel Liner 4 1/2 Alpha Feeders 18 1/2 Alprimo Freight 16 1 ANL 3 1/2 APL 5 3-5 Appenship 18 3/4 Arabian Express 15 3 ASCL 5 5 ASXCLShpg
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      221 33 Reuter LONDON The International Maritime Organisation (IMO), the UN shipping watchdog, should set the pace in enforcing marine standards or risk governments taking their own measures, the UK's shipping minister said on Monday. "When the IMO falters through the inaction of
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      Lock icon British merchant fleet issues SOS ahead of budget
      362 33 Reuter LONDON Britain's merchant fleet, proud custodian of the country's long seafaring history, will sink without trace in a few years unless the government throws it a lifeline, shipping industry sources say. City of London financiers, shipowners and seamen's unions have joined
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      Lock icon HK forwarder buys 49pc stake in transport firm Wilson (FE)
      195 33 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG Freight forwarder Baltrans Holdings said it has purchased a 49 per cent stake in a seafreight and related transportation services firm Wilson (FE) Ltd for a total of HKSI.6 million (*****,000). Wilson (FE), a subsidiary of
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      9335 42 This is a list of ships loading at Singapore for ports around the world. It tabulates, by destination, the name of the ship, the shipping line involved and the estimated dates of arrival and departure from the Port of Singapore. LEGEND PN: ship calls at Penang after
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      DAILY FREIGHTS
      819 49 THE BALTIC Freight Index for spot dry cargo shipping rates fell to 1,331 on Monday from 1.341 on Oct 22. It was a gloomy start to the week on the freight market as charterers tried to force rates lower and owners sat back wondering if they would have
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      837 50  -  Western carriers are busily forming alliances to create the ultimate mega-carrier, but the region's airlines are paying little heed. Moon Ihlwan finds out why Moon Ihlwan Reuter ASIAN airlines are shrugging ofT a wave of mergers and equity swaps by European and US carriers
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        398 52 AFP. Reuter SEATTLE Boeing, the world's largest aircraft manufacturer, announced on Monday that its third-quarter profits were sharply oft at US$lB9 million (*****.7 million) (56 US cents pei share). Profits for the third quarter of last year were US$345 million (US$l.O2 per
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        557 52 Air France strike Reuter PARIS France faced a day of air traffic chaos yesterday as staff at its two ailing state airlines, about to come under fresh management, join forces to fight austerity plans aimed at making them solvent for privatisation.
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        Lock icon Japanese car output down 10.4pc in first half of fiscal year
        262 52 AFP TOKYO Japan's motor vehicle production in the six months to September fell 10.4 per cent from a year earlier to 5.51 million units, the largest drop since a 11.2 per cent decline in 1974, an industry association said
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        Lock icon Opening of new Denver airport delayed again
        240 52 NYT DENVER The opening of the new Denver International Airport has been pushed back again to March Mayor Wellington Webb announced on Monday. The delay will add millions to the cost of a project that has grown to USS2.B billion (554.4 billion), more
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        Lock icon French unions hail govt decision, but observers issue warning
        205 52 Reuter PARIS French unions hailed the government's climbdown over a cost-cutting plan for Air France as a workers' triumph on Monday but commentators said it set a dangerous precedent. The airline's managing director Bernard Attali resigned on Sunday sand crippled the
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          95 52 Reuter MOSCOW A major Russian airport in the Urals region is looking for Western partners to finance a US$25O million (*****.5 million) modernisation project, Interfax news agency said. Yekaterinburg's Koltsovo airport has a 28-aircraft fleet and handles 185 flights daily. Some three million passengers are expected
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          Lock icon Vietnam Airlines wet-leases A-320s
          106 52 Reuter HANOI Vietnam Airlines took delivery on Monday of two Airbus A-320 aircraft it is wet-leasing from Air France to replace its ageing Soviet-built llyushin airliners on prestige routes. With a third A-320, due to arrive soon, they will be used from next Friday on Vietnam
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          Lock icon SAS increases flights to HK
          117 52 AFP HONGKONG Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) announced on Monday it would increase its number of weekly non-stop Hong-kong-Copenhagen flights to four starting next month. The new flights will start on Nov 3 on Tuesdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays, Soren Jespersen, SAS general manager for Hongkong, said.
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          Lock icon Future of AEG not on meeting's agenda
          131 52 Reuter FRANKFURT A decision over the future of AEG AG is not on the agenda for the November 3 meeting of the supervisory board at parent company Daimler-Benz AG, an AEG spokesman said. The Hamburg-based Manager magazine reported at the weekend that the
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          Lock icon Rail shares list on Japan bourses
          125 52 Bloomberg Business News TOKYO About 3.87 per cent of the individual investors lucky enough to draw winning numbers to purchase shares of East Japan Railway Co cancelled their orders to buy the new issue, Jyi Press said. Shares of the formerly government-owned railway began
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      609 36 II ■MM FCL Breakbulk Service to: 3 AFGHANISTAN M&M Afghanistan Ltd., Sole Foreign Forwarder in Kabul for all services I C.I.S.- Vostochny, Vladivostok, Moscow, Tashkent, Kiev, Minsk, Riga, Baku, Irkutsk, Alma Ata North Korea Vietnam Mongolia t Hungary CSFR Poland ocT^Trans AGENCIES (FAR EAST) LTD NOUAKCHOTT-BANJUL-BISSAU-LUANDA-BAT A Feedar Vessel ETA
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      2016 37 H STRAITS SHIPPING PTE LTD 10 Hoe Chiang Road #11-01 Keppel Towers Singapore 0208 Tel: *****88 Fax: *****17 new guinea pacific line MVif (A S€RVVC€ OF CH t A navigation co) CM) GO IX* SAJIS RAJAH BROOKE V 26£ Mujra Lab In ft 21 Oct FCL. LCL COMTAMEN AMD BMEAKBULK
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      2559 37 SINGAPORE AGENT: P&O Containers (Singapore Agencies) Pte Ltd I tVI W il IB I I /I 1 1 icr?l 10 Hoe Chiang Road #07-01 Keppel Towers. Singapore 0208 Tel: 225 2233 Telex RS ***** PNOCSP Fax: 225 5327/222 7517 |P CR Number **********0Z EXPORT IMPORT yiiifi WOT .rwn -rnfi w
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      557 38 11 r GENERAL AGENT C R NO *****81-***** eka jaya agencies Vir TEL: *****22 (8 LINES) FAX: *****05 SALES REPRESENTATIVES IN CHARGE MVAHMAR TRAP* PAPER HANDPHONE PtfttC T WILLIAM WEE UKES TglBW/MWW N.B. TAN/MANOJ MM7B juuum anffM— HOCMIIiH.Cm DJAfif MtHHY HOt 2HWM T27H3%>Wm _.*AA2Hfi =—THxm/mam IKELVIH CHAN 2HW7I 1 ttMrW/MKW?
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      1877 38 HANJIN SHIPPING Ft* Kl SM UK HAUL IN fM VSI 9N IINE HAUL SA¥ HMUM SEATTLE 031E 29'10 OKECT 11/UM/U HMUM SEATTLE 03IE 29/10 H SAMJMAH 040E 2/12 3/12 5/12 HANJM TONGHAE 102E 4/11 MECT 25/11 27/11 HAWK TONGHAE I«2E 4/11 K ASIA 012E J/12 11/12 12/12 HANJM ROTTERDAM 024E
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      2454 39 PLEASE CALL II II H NEPTUNELINK (1800 *****00 TOLL-FREE) ■I II II FOR THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION: HI II II VESSELS ETA/ETD/EXCHANGE RATES/SHIPPING SERVICES/ ■I yr M FREIGHT CHARGES PAYABLE/STORE RENT CHARGES/ AVAILABILITY OF DOCUMENTS FOR COLLECTION Wtt EXPORT TO: PSW/PNW SINGAPORE CALIFORNIA EXPRESS (SCX) TO: USWC US QULP MIDWEST USEC
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      1189 39 m sinsov SINGAPORE SOVIET SHIPPING CO PRIVATE LTD BOOKINGS: BALT ORENT LINE: *****64 FESCO: *****06 ENQURIES: *****33 BLASCO ODESSA: *****51/*****31/*****13 INVENTORY: *****45 INWARD: *****81 OUTWARD: *****80 TRANSHIPMENT: *****78 KL: 03-*****75/697 PORT KELANG: *****43/ *****40 JAKARTA: *****57 PENANG: *****4/ *****8 iOHORE BAHRU: *****1/ *****1 MARINE INSURANCE SERVICE: *****87/ *****87 CR NO:
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      1493 40 44 AS AGENTS LINE (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD (CR No: 1244«*****0M) TEL *****77 TELEX: KAWAKI R*****5 FAX: *****16/7/8/9 W W ltX IT MALAYSIA: "K" LINE MARITIME (MALAYSIA) SDN BHD I Mm TEL: SA *****00 PK *****75 PEN *****0 JB *****1 PGU *****5/6 I INDONESIA: P.T. SAAANA LAUTINTERNUSA. TEL: JKT *****08 /eXPOW
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      1064 40 PHI LI-OH It NT LMS PTC LTD VlOB Robinson Road #07-00 GMG Building Singapore 0106 1 Tel: *****22/*****69/*****00 Teiex: RS ***** Fax: *****76/*****38 A MEMBER OF THE SINGAPORE FREIGHT FORWARDERS ASSOCIATION AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND/SOUTH PACIFIC FCL/LCL SERVICE 4 NOV SYDNEY. MELBOURNE. BRISBANE. FREMANTLE 1 NOV AUCKLAND. WELLINGTON. LYTTLETON, NEW PLYMOUTH. NAPIER.
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      1014 41 PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL LINES (PTE) LTD 1 I 140 Cecil Street, #03-00 PIL Building, Singapore 0106. CR NO **********06 VESSEL VOY SIN BKK SIN VESSEL VOY SIN JKT SIN I siss :t ß 23h s;io zz ssskbata. 2?? KOTA SABAS KSB23N 31/10 2/11 24/10 EQUATOR RUBY 17N 3/11 S/11 10/11 SRISAMUT
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      1443 41 biinTniTTTrwTn»i3iprra* wsstis vot spori Hamburg rottiroam wmwf thm»s it mum Will Dt CAHOPUS 8730W 30/10 25/11 27/11 2t/ll 25/11 30/11 Will Pt VCST* 7430W 03/11 01/12 02/12 03'12 04/12 05/12 Wilt Ot TIT Am 933QW 13/11 10/12 12/12 13/12 14/12 15/12 AOAM ABRAHAM 7131W 23/11 U/12 21/12 22/12 23/12 25/12
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      472 41 BSfl it. M MYANMA pBBk FIVE STAR LINE (Myanmar National Line) Loading for Yangon (Rangoon) S pore P Kit Pm P Gd( PAGAN *2011* In Pt -AN VI96W 20/30 Oct TAUNGGYI V473N 10/11 Nov PAGAN V2O2W 15/17 No. MALAYSIA AGENTS: 00USTEAD SHVPMC AGENCIS KU.: m (3-*****00 PHI: TEL 03-3M07i7 PEN
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      2787 44 Full Container Liner Services Malaysia's Agents: Indonesia 's Agents: General Agents: Booking Agents: Cuan Cuan Skipping Sdn Bhd Chang Chiao Shipping Sdn Bhd P.T. Global Rutra Indonesia Maritime Costar Shipping Pit Ltd Skippmg fnight BnUh C«ifre Sdn iw 5I Peniaran ff*M Modi Una Lot 3.34, 3rd Floor, II- 11. laanda
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      607 45 FAMOUS CONTAINER LINES 10 ANSON RD. #15-21 INTERNATIONAL PLAZA, S'PORE 0207 HOT LINE: *****33 (24 LINES) GOTHENBURG/SCAN 1/11 ROTTERDAM 30/10 AARHUS/COPENHAGEN VX\ HAMBURG/BREMEN 1/tl MARSEILLE/FRANCE 28/10 FELIXSTOWE/UK 1/TI BARCELONA/SPAIN 28/10 LEHAVRE/FRANCE 1/TI GENOA/ITALY 30/10 ANTWERP/BELGIUM VT\~ LOS ANGELES/WC/IPI 31/10 SYDNEY/MELBOURNE 28/10 NEW YORK/EC 31/10 FREMANTLE/ADELAIDE 29/10 VANCOUVER 3/11 BRISBANE 29/10
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      1648 45 I flj, <<> TWQfcj/y^ 9 HHnUUHHHi M I■ i 1 y Bl o- §J* *1 ||j VESSEL vov SIN PEN I WANABHUM IMS JW« 30/10. kja Fn 20/10 S* 90/10 VESSEL VOY I SIN BKK j CHAIYA BHUM 238 Fri_ W» _2/11_ 3 Pri »nT Tu. 2/11 M MAMA BHUM
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      1756 46 LAAmn container lines MAC-NELS SPORE: *****22 (24 LINES) HJ\y VLJC/H No: t»*****000C SIBU (064) *****9 KUCHING (082) *****3 PENANG: (04) *****6 BANGKOK (662) *****67 MANILA (632) *****61 P.KELANG: (03) *****77 JAKARTA: (21) *****07 SURABAYA: (31) *****0 I HKG/TWN/BKK GENOA/EUROPE PEN PKL SIN 5 SAILINGS/WEEK PEN PK SIN 29/10 30/10 31/10
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      180 46 SEAWARD SHIPPING AND TRADING CO (S) PTE LTD eta u» in SPOtt POM KtUNG PfNANC BIUI MUX 1/11 lotdmg lor Wj'f RUVU HUDHU 1 11 jrd loading toi Bombay DttPHM In PI lo*fcn( for Mjwr PtOHH* SUPW* 10/11 loidinf tv Utile UMMEEDM Ml lojAnt for kU" PKOOKSS LOOTY 15/11 loaArj
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      1050 46 THONG SOON UNES PTE LTD 1 I 78 SHENTON WAY #10-01, SINGAPORE 0207 I I V/ V/ TEL: 227-5088 FAX: 227-6011 I TLX: RS ***** CARRIER. RS ***** JENHOL CABLE: TOSOCO I SINGAPORE TO SARAWAK VESSEL VOY SPORE PEST VESSEL VOY S'POUE PEST EQUATOR 111 104/3E 28 OCT KUCHING EQUATOR
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      760 47 ORIENT LINE" JAPAN BAY Of BENGAL/JAPAN SERVICE ACCEPTING BREAABUK SOC CARGOES TO/FROM KMK, YOKOHAMA. NAGOTA, MOD. TOKYO*. MANIA' DAVAO*. Pwianf* P. Kelanj Singapore E'Msii* KAMALEVERETT VISE 18/19 NOY KARABJEVERETT VI4E 30 Nov/01 Dec 02/03 Dec IVYEVERETT V7E 26/27 Dec 28/29 Dec ACCEPTING BftfAKBUU FCI SOC CARGOES TO FROM CWTTAGONG. CALCUTTA
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      338 47 GJL GLORY NAVIGATION GROUP to Ift REGULAR LINER SERVICE TAIWAN TO SINGAPORE ASEAN DIRECT WEEKLY TO PORT KELANG/PENANG •AT ATTRACTIVE RATES* CR NO: **********0W SP PKL PNG KAO GLORY SELATAN V 30/10 2/11 9/11 TIMBER TRADER VIII 25/10 27/10 2/11 SP PKL HCM HK KAO GLORY SELATAN VII 15/11 20/11
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      526 47 jdk PAKISTAN NATIONAL SHIPPING CORPORATION KARACHI BREAKBULK A CONTAINER SERVICE VESSEL VOY sm KARACHI KAGHAH 104HH 9/11 SARGOOHA 136 HW MAKE AN 143HW 9/1? 19/12 eg AW 136-HW IS/12 2</12 FAR EAST CONTAINER SERVICE ONLY WOT SIN HKG BSN OSA NAG TO* MAKRAN 142-OW T/\\ 11/11 *****" 17/11 19/11 21/11
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      543 47 FORTNIGHTLY DIRECT CONTAINER SERVICE SIN TO DURBAN/ P. ELIZABETH VESSEL SIN DURBAN P ELIZABETH SIN FENGANGSHAN V 126 04/11 20/11 23/11 11/12 HUASMUNHE V4B/49 19/11 6/12 8/12 26/12 ACCEPTS CARGO TO JOHANNESBURG PRETORIA VIA DURBAN BOOKING AGENT FOR COSCO LCL CONSOL SIN TO DURBAN/ P. ELIZABETH SIN TO MADRAS VESSEL
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      279 47 Wt I fJ IJI3 !fl Ilk IRS mm •f SfN FAR EAST 02/11 KEELUNG/KAOHSIUNG 30/10 BANGKOK 31/10 MANILA/CEBU 31/10 JAKARTA/BELAWAN/SURABAYA 01/11 PORT KELANG/PENANG/E. MALAYSIA 31/10 BUSAN 31/10 TOKYO/YOKO/KOBE/NGO/OSA 31/10 HONG KONG Si CHINA (*B#±»*n) 31/10 GUANGZHOU/HUANGPU/SHENZHEN FUZHOU/XIAMEN/SHANTOU/SHEKOU DAL lAN SHANGHAI/XINGANG TIANJIN/QINGDAO/HAJKOU also accepting LCL cargo S|N EUROPE/UK 01/11 LDN/FLX/LVP/SOU 01/11
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      782 48 HONGKONG/CHINA 1/11 JAKARTA 1/11 BANGKOK 30/10 MANILA 2/11 BUSAN 1/11 KEELUNG 3/11 TOKYO/KOBE 1/11 KAOSHIUNG 4/11 PORT KELANG/PENANG 2/11 YOKOHAMA 1/11 COLOMBO 1/11 FELIXSTOWE/HAMBURG 2/11 CHITTAGONG/MADRAS 1/11 ROTTERDAM/LE HARVE/ANTWERP 2/11 BOMBAY/KARACHI 2/11 BARCELONA. MARSEILLES. GENOA 4/11 LAX/NYC 1/11 SYDNEY/MELBOURNE 4/11 fc 17= CHIT LINER EXPRESS AGENCIES PTC LTD «2s||n HOT-LINE
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      303 48 Contemn CONTERM FREIGHT (F.E.) PTE LTD. AUCKLAND IST NOVEMBER ACCEPTING TO ALL NEW ZEALAND PORTS PENANG 29 OCT PORT KELANG 04 NOV JAKARTA 31 OCT BANGKOK 30 OCT SURABAYA 02 NOV BUSAN 31 OCT MANILA 29 OCT HON6KONG 31 OCT FREMANTLE 04 NOV MELBOURNE 04 NOV SYDNEY 04 NOV BRISBANE
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      325 48 This Week's Sailings Singapore I FIRST FORWARDER IN Io: LID lo: ETD ASIA awarded Singapore Singapore 9002 BV LRQA EVERY EVERY Bangkok SDN Jakarta SUN EVERY EVERY Manila SUN Ho Chi Minh FRI fDI S] of |f aggi FVFRY KVFRV \VvJr/J I—l Colombo THE Limassol THUR LjbeJl MTDtNATKMAI SO FREIGHT
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      113 48 I m NIPPON EXPRESS Arrow International (Worldwide Consolidation System) WEEKLY TO: TOKYO/YOKOHAMA/NAGOYA/KAOSHIUNG/ HONG KONG/BANGKOK/KEELUNG/KOBE/ LOS ANGELES (LONG BEACH)/NEW YORK/ CHICAGO/SYDNEY/MELBOURNE/HAMBURG/ FELIXSTOWE/ROTTERDAM/DUSSELDORF WE ALSO DEAL IN FCL CARGO WORLDW IDE ARROW EXPRESS (SERVICE TO MALAYSIA) MALAYSIA TRUCK CONSOLIDATION Depart Singapore DAILY to K.L. BANGI. SHAH AL\M ARROW EXPRESS BONDED CONSOLIDATION Depart
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      1189 49 f m CRYSTAL FREIGHT SERVICES PTE LTD TEL N0: *****88/*****88 ABIAH MKTS I MB» mi«B/<WmLI» I EUMPE a uri(nk n/1 n AUCKLAND 1/11 ANTWERP 1/11 m.QAM 1/11 ADELAIDE 2/11 FELIXSTOWE 30/10 Sntir Knwr 9Q/10 BRISBANE 29/10 HAMBURG 1/11 9/11 FREMANTLE 2/11 ROTTERDAM 1/11 SURABAYA 2/11 MELBOURNE 6/11 KESUWS 21/IO SYDNEY
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      197 49 37 CINZA ORIENT SHIPPING CO, S.A. (GOSCO LINE) VESSEL VOY SIN YANOON GINZA ORIENT 02/N 2S 27 OCT 2-4 NOV fiMZA ORIENT 03/N 8 11 NOV 13 15 NOV FAR EAST RUSSIA/LATVIA VIA ANTWERP BY CONTAINER DEEPSEA SERVICE VESSEL VOY SIN ANTWERP TBN 01/N IS 20 NOV HO DEC MEA/3T
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      269 49 LINE SEMI-CONTAINERISED SERVICE EASTBOUND PORTS VOY BUENOS MONTEVIDEO I DURBAN SMGAPORE MONO KONOI KAQOSHNNA YOKOHAMAVESSELS AWES*** N. KRUPSKAYA EBOI SAILED SAILED SAILED SARXD SAILED SAILED DO/SS OEKABRIST EBO3 09 18/10 SAAED 2829/10 12 18/11 21/11 2S/11-02/12 04/12 PRWZERSK EBO4 04-11/11 12/11 28-26/11 10-11/12 18/12 20-29/12 31/12 TBN EBOS 20-30/11 01/12
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      127 49 LEGEND RT emperature V A\ Thunderstorm Weather Wind drection with speed in knots f Shower Q ee Rom Wove height Cloudy Sky Surface wind* ore indicated by arrows which Hy with the wind One ful circle represents calm or light ond vortobte winds W One ho* Heche represents 5 knots
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      172 49 TODAY'S TIDES in metres) HOUR 0000 0100 0200 0300 0400 0500 0600 0700 0600 0900 1000 1100 1200 1300 1400 1500 1600 1700 1100 1900 2000 2100 2200 2300 It 1.4 1.1 0.9 0.1 1.0 1.3 1J 2.2 2.5 2.5 2.4 2.0 I.S 1.2 1.0 0.9 0.9 U 1.5 2.0
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      592 50 J. VIGOUR PACIFIC LINES VESSEL VOYAGE SINGAPORE MANILA VIGOUR SINGAPORE 65N8 29/ 10/93 06/11/93 VIGOUR SINGAPORE 65ANB 01/11/93 06/11/93 E«T VIGOUR PACffIC 30NB 05/11/93 13/11/93 FRDAY MWI) T VESSEL VOYAGE SINGAPORE PORT KLANG PENANG SINGAPORE VIGOUR MHPANAO 9327N8 29/10/93 31/10/93 05/11/93 VIGOUR SPORE 65N8 29/10/93 31/10/93 01/11/93 PENANG JAYA _816
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      322 50 ©APPENSHIP HAMBURG vTv CONVENTIONAL A INDEPENDENT LINER SERVICE EUROPE TO SOUTH EAST ASIA ANO FAR EAST VESSELS LOADING PORTS HSCHMGE/lOMXNG FOR YOU MING 23 09 93 SPORE 31/10. BKK 5/11 HIRA IK HAMBURG 07 10 93 SPORE 11/11. BKK 16/11 KAMN ANTWERP 02 10 93 SPORE 13/11 KOALA CONTAINER LINE
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      417 50 .&.COSCO UKC CONVENTIONAL ggWM VESSEL PKL PNG P.G. LOADING FOR: A VESSEL 28/10 Rotterdam/Antwerp CHINA CONVENTIONAL SERVICE VESSEL PKL PNG P.G. LOADING FOR: A VESSEL 15/11 20/11 Huangpu/Guangzftou COSCO FULL CONTAINER SERVICES (FCL/FCL) EXPORT TO CHINA/BANGKOK/HONGKONG EUROPE/CONTINENTAL WEST MEDITERRANEAN AUSTRALIA US WEST COAST PERSIAN GULF/KARACHI Ptease refer above mentioned services
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      867 51 I HYUNDAI I MERCHANT MARINE CO. LTD. WESTBOUND TO EUROPE VESSELS VQY 1 PWA 1 PKE PCD VESSELS VOY I SIN I RTM ANT* LEH* HAM Bttt FEL~ NOR ASM MALACCA 9331 A 27/10 21/10 29/10 H. INNOVATOR 306* 01/11 19/11 19/11 20/11 21/11 21/11 23/11 HMM ADVANCE 30A 03/11
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      436 51 STRAITS/ JAPAN/ STRAITS SERVICE RO RO SERVICE TO BANGKOK, HO CHI MINH, HAI PHONG AND MUARA Trans Auto VC2 Sin 13/11 MUA 16/11 Orange Moon V 45 Sin 11/11 BKK 14/11 For booking please contact P.K. Chiam tel: 220-4906 ext 275 IMLintermaritime SOUTHERN AFRICA SERVICE DIRECT MONTHLY SAILINGS KK S«)«
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      975 51 JEDDAH/UK/CONmNENT iSTOB ID SUM KBUR6 ADAM LEH *Mm Accaptai Cvp fm DAMBI 10 342 31/11 1/11 17/11 21/11 22/11 24/11 S«lliainpta» :ttM UK feitnitm. Bdfttl and DiMfei RAMARURA 31/143 3/11 21/11 23/11 25/11 fetttrtom :to M AaNwp. Amtardam. o*. HM DHSKN EPHCSS 12/34J 1/11 IS/11 24/11 27/11 29/11 1/12 Sauftmvtan
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      53 52 IpT€ tlfl NOLDe Tomorrow in Business Times i Regular Twice I Between Singapore and Batam I 1 I#jif JUI 11 I Singapore Loading at Jurong Port From Monday to Saturday 0900 Hours 1500 Hours Please Call: 225 6942 j G AC. SHIPPING AGENCIES (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD J Tel: *****2. *****0
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      7 52 TMMcWATHTM. ft TECHNOLOGY Tomorrow in Business Times
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