The Business Times, 5 August 1994

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    12 1 Business Times WE KNOW ASIA MITA(P) 010/12/93 Friday August 5 1994 75'
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  • 2am LATEST
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      Lock icon Dow down 5.18 points
      64 1 Reuter NEW YORK Blue-chip stocks fell yesterday amid a sellofT in the shares of Detroit's Big Three vehicle-mak-ers. In the broad market, declining issues led advances by a small margin on New York Stock Exchange volume of more than 176 million shares at Ipm EDT. The
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      Lock icon Mercedes rolls into India
      34 1 Reuter NEW DELHI The Indian Cabinet has cleared the way for German vehicle-maker Mercedes Daimler-Benz to collaborate with Telco Inc to make cars, the Press Trust of India said. Reuter
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    MARKET SUMMARY
    160 1 Stock market indices Tharaliy Change STII 2,271.17 +4.04 KLSEComp 1,086.80 +7.74 Nikkei 20,676.84 +44.11 Hang Seng 9,642.85 +56.96 SET Index 1,416.71 +9.43 Jakarta Comp 468.73 +3.88 CLSA China B 1,062.88 -0.25 Aust All Ord 2,083.5 +11.2 FTSE 100 3,150.5 -9.9 Tharsday Previous 2pm close Dow Jones 3,787.48 3,792.66
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    Koh Bros launches IPO today to avoid Ghost Month
    472 1  -  By Abdul Hadhi SINGAPORE Infrastructure development company Koh Brothers is launching its initial public offer (IPO) of 80 million to 100 million shares at below $1 today, just two days ahead of the onset of the Hungry Ghost Month on the
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  • Article
    YHS eyes stake in Tien Wah site
    569 1  -  By Genevieve Cua SINGAPORE Beverage group Yeo Hiap Seng (YHS) is believed to be negotiating with property heavyweights Ng Teng Fong and Wing Tai Holdings for a stake in the $218 million purchase of a large plot of land in Bukit Timah. Orchard
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    Lock icon US denies market rumour of Haiti attack
    162 1 Reuter. WASHINGTON A senior US defence official yesterday denied a rumour on foreign exchange markets that the United States had invaded Haiti. The official, who asked not to be identified, said no invasion had been launched. President Bill Clinton has left open the
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    Cambodia passes liberal investment laws to woo investors
    333 1  -  From Harish Mehta in PHNOM PENH THE Cambodian Parliament yesterday passed one of the most liberal investment laws in Asia, and will woo foreign capital through roadshows worldwide and backed by an advertising blitz. In an interview with Business Times, Prime Minister
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    Hong Leong tie-up pays record sum for Manila exchange seat
    469 1  -  From Al Labita, Conrad Raj in SINGAPORE SINGAPORE'S Hong Leong group and its Filipino partners have paid a record 40.5 million pesos (552.3 million) for a seat on the Philippine Stock Exchange in a show of faith in the country.
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    Ten detained over loan scam at Rakyat Merchant Bankers
    335 1  -  From Ho Kay Tat in KUALA LUMPUR COMMERCIAL crime police have detained 10 past and present employees of insolvent Rakyat Merchant Bankers (RMB) over fraudulent loans to fictitious borrowers. RMB, the second-smallest of Malaysia's 12 merchant banks, was taken over by
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      118 1 The Originator of Cultured Pearls Since 1893 nJ Bottom Line: p* 16 j/S-Japan trade war looms CORPORATE RESULTS Keppel Corp turns in $95m profit Other results: Republic Hotels and Resorts; BAT; ICB and UOI Full reports, Page 17 ALFRED DUNHILL 1 1 J|. K.'VS e .^gjjM H I Jmr i
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
    • EYE on the ECONOMY
      • Article
        Growing towards fatter pay packets
        433 2  -  By Anna Teo IN HIS National Day speech on Tuesday, the Prime Minister is expected to give an outline of the economy's first-half performance and an update on the official GDP forecast for the full year. Following the recent release of solid June trade figures
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      Lock icon URA earmarks more land for apartments in Changi Point
      526 2  -  Two housing projects will more than double the area's population By Abdul Hadhi THE Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) has proposed more housing developments in the Changi Point area to provide a bigger customer base for businesses there. At a briefing yesterday
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      Ministers urge co-payment schemes to cut medical costs
      390 2  -  By Claire Leow OVER the next three years, the private sector should consider introducing co-sharing of medical expenses as the public sector had done, the Minister without Portfolio, Lim Boon Heng, said yesterday. And in a separate speech last night, Health Minister
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      EDB chief shares vision of the ideal entrepreneur
      227 2 SHARING a clear vision, establishing good relationships with partners, making sincere efforts to make partnerships work and acquiring more knowledge and skills are factors which make a successful entrepreneur and an innovative individual. This message was shared by the Economic Development Board's
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      Pre-approved cards do not mean higher credit limit: DBS
      345 2  -  By Shiv Taneja SINGAPORE Responding to the call by the Consumers' Association of Singapore (Case) for a ban on preapproved credit cards, DBS Bank said yesterday that it wished to correct any misunderstanding that had arisen over the issue. The bank
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      French Business Centre to open earlier at leased premises
      390 2  -  By Juliette Walker THE FRENCH business community has accelerated plans for a French Business Centre here and will initially lease commercial space in order to open the facility by year-end. French Business Association (FBA) president Michel Pinaud told BT on Wednesday
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      ROV invites operators to join Bus-Plus scheme
      172 2 THE Registry of Vehicles has invited interested parties to join the Bus-Plus pilot project, which runs from this month to the end of 1995. The ROV said yesterday that approved operators would be allowed to vary fares and amend and withdraw routes to
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      Lock icon Chain gang on moat duty
      56 3 Reuter MANDALAY Myanmar Chained prisoners helping with the dredging and laying of a stone wall for a moat surrounding Mandalay Palace, now a military encampment for the Myanmese army. Thousands of forced labourers, prisoners and army personnel have worked on the moat since the project
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      Lock icon M'sian trade deficit soars to M$1.2b for first 4 months
      386 3 AP, Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's trade deficit hit Msl.lB billion (Ss6B4 million) in the first four months of 1994, ramped up by a sharp jump in April, compared with a surplus of MSI.BI billion in the Janu-ary-April period last year.
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      Lock icon Indon journalists resume protests against media ban
      271 3 Reuter JAKARTA Indonesian journalists, under official pressure to tone down their reporting, resumed protests in Jakarta yesterday against a six-week-old media ban. Two student activists who joined the protesting journalists were detained by Indonesian troops, police said. "They were detained by troops who
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    • NOTE BOOK
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        Lock icon Chinese firm in Viet hotel venture
        83 3 Reuter HANOI A Chinese company has teamed up with Hongkong and local firms in a joint venture to build a hotel here, China's first known foray into Vietnam's booming hotel market. The 26-storcy, four-star King Do-Hanoi Hotel, which received its licence on Wednesday, will
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        Lock icon Philippine inflation rate down to 9.2pc
        68 3 AP MANILA The annual inflation rate of the Philippines declined from 9.8 per cent to 9.2 per cent last month because of good food supply and a strengthening of the peso, the government said yesterday. Inflation in the Metro Manila area, however, remained in
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        Lock icon KL won't renegotiate Pergau loan
        55 3 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR The Malaysian government does not intend to renegotiate the loan granted by the British government for the Pergau hydroelectric project, Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said yesterday. Dismissing a recent press report, he said Kuala Lumpur had never requested that London review the
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        Lock icon China-Vietnam talks on border issues
        64 3 Reuter HANOI China and Vietnam will hold talks on border issues, including disputes over the South China Sea, in Hanoi in midAugust, the Foreign Ministry said here yesterday. A ministry spokesman also said the two Communist neighbours agreed that an exchange of delegations, including those
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        Lock icon 3 Asean states to bar Al-Arqam leader
        99 3 The Straits Times, AP LANGKAWI Singapore, Indonesia and Brunei yesterday expressed solidarity with Malaysia by agreeing not to allow Al-Arqam leader Ashaari Muhammad to enter their territories. A joint communique released after a two-day unofficial meeting here of the four ministers in charge
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      Lock icon Jealousy behind Aussie logging claims: M'sian minister
      227 3 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Jealousy was the reason behind Australia's allegations that Malaysian, Indonesian and Korean logging companies were exploiting the Solomon Islands. Primary Industries Minister Lim Keng Yaik yesterday told the Malaysian Panel-Products Manufacturers Association's (MPMA) 30th annual dinner that Australia, which previously
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  • CHINA/HONGKONG/TAIWAN
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      Foreign fund managers in rush to enter China's A-share market
      414 4  -  By Schutz Lee SINGAPORE Sun Hung Kai. Nomura, Morgan Stanley and JP Morgan are hoping to be among the first foreign fund management firms to enter China's A-share market when Beijing allows Sino-foreign funds to trade in that market. This
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      HK panel seeks controls on trade in personal data
      265 4  -  From Lim Soon Neo in HONGKONG HONGKONG'S Law Reform Commission has proposed that the collection and use of information about individuals be controlled by law. This would bring it into line with a worldwide trend to introduce legislative protection in this
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      Lock icon Hazardous labour
      54 4 Reuter SHENZHEN A worker using a sledgehammer on Wednesday to demolish part of a building here that was rocked by a massive chemical explosion exactly one year ago. It claimed 70 lives and injured 200 people. Chinese farmers with no experience at demolition have been hired to tear
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    • CHINA WATCH
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        Lock icon The price of ignoring state regulations
        121 4 AFP BLUING The official Chinese media yesterday issued a stern warning to firms that bypass state import regulations, citing the case of a company in Hebei province that lost millions of dollars on a deal with japan. The Langfang Shisong Material Co, a Sino-Japanese
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        Lock icon Chinese trade team heads for S Africa
        74 4 Knight-Ridder HONGKONG A Chinese trade delegation yesterday left for South Africa with hopes of clinching trade and investment contracts involving the gold mining, chemical, machinery and metallurgy industries, the China Daily newspaper said. The 14-member delegation, led by Vice-Minister of Foreign Trade and
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        Lock icon China plans to buy Russian arms
        79 4 AP HONGKONG China has set aside foreign currency worth US$5 billion to buy Russian weaponry and technology, a prolieijing monthly in Hongkong reported. The Mirror said the State Council. China's cabinet, had approved the purchase of modern hardware, including Su-35 and Su-30 MK fighters,
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        Lock icon Taipei to sell 450m CSC shares
        76 4 AFP TAIPLI Taiwan's Economic Ministry will release another 450 million shares of the state-run China Steel Corp (CSC) on overseas markets in the second half of this year, economic officials said yesterday. The planned liquidation of CSC shares, worth some NTS 13 billion (*****.8
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      Lock icon HK land auction probe more form than substance: analysts
      433 4 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG A probe by the colony's anti-graft body into the behaviour of some of Hongkong's most powerful real estate developers at a land auction is likely to be more form than substance, analysts say. It would be very
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      328 4 -t <f I Sg? The First China Tianjin Electronic Industry Fair 8 if! I- Tianjin is the second largest industrial city in China and a major commercial J&S I and financial centre of north China. In addition, Tianjin Xingang is the rrOQUCIS: I During the last decade, Tianjin has been
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  • REST OF ASIA
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      Lock icon Lord's visit fails to break the ice of NZ-US nuke freeze
      407 5 Reuter WELLINGTON Assistant Secretary of State Winston Lord met New Zealand leaders yesterday in the highest-level US visit for three years, but the two sides indicated only slow progress in improving relations. President Bill Clinton's administration decided in February
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      Lock icon Swiss bank sees best returns from Thai, Aussie equities
      258 5 AFP HONGKONG Australia and Thailand still offer good investment opportunities due to low inflationary pressure and better company earnings growth, a banking report says. Geneva-based Union Bancaire Privee gives a generally optimistic view of the investment environment in Asia, particularly over
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      Lock icon On the road to Pakistan
      61 5 AFP HERAT, Afghanistan Russian tractors imported into Afghanistan via the Turkmenistan bonier lined np on Wednesday in front of ancient minarets, part of a religious complex built in the 15th Century in this city. The tractors, along with cars, tyres, refrigerators, cigarettes and other goods
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    • ASIA NOTES
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        Lock icon Seeking ways of treating Kim Jong II
        99 5 AFP TOKYO North Korean health officials are in Japan seeking new ways of treating their leader Kim Jong 11, who is reportedly suffering from diabetes and cirrhosis of the liver, a news report said on Wednesday. Two delegations, one medical and the other
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        Lock icon Indian industrial output up: survey
        85 5 Bloomberg Business News New Delhi A survey conducted by the Confederation of Indian Industry indicated that most sectors of Indian industry are recovering from recession, the Times of India said yesterday. The survey reviewed output from 28 industrial groupings and found that 23 have shown
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        Lock icon Japan firms raise overseas production
        74 5 AFP TOKYO More than 81 per cent of Japanese manufacturers have boosted their overseas production since last year, encouraged by a stronger yen, according to a poll published yesterday. The Yomiuri Shimbun also said in the survey report that 76.9 per cent of Japanese companies
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      Lock icon South Korea to accept Russian arms as part payment for debt
      257 5 AP SEOUL South Korea has agreed to accept high-tech weapons such as jet fighters and missiles as partial payment for a US$l.47 billion (552.2 billion) debt owed by Russia. The Yonhap news agency yesterday said the initial weapons deal
      AP  -  257 words
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      Lock icon Asians opt for Aussie holidays as. US, Canada lose out
      295 5 Reuter Cycl* Carriage Aete«etive Pte Ltd. Tell *****22. Deelert: Atpin. Meter* Fte Ltd, T.I: *****98 Chartered Meter Credit Me ltd, Tel: *****11. Felce Utetpriiei, Tel: *****77 Newten Aete Fte Ltd, Tel: *****77 SYDNEY An influx of tourists from Asia is
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  • THE WORLD
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      Lock icon Kohl's talk of grand coalition reveals weakness, say rivals
      416 6 Reuter BONN Chancellor Helmut Kohl has caused a political stir by acknowledging for the first time that a grand coalition between his Christian Democrats and the Social Democrats is theoretically possible after October elections. Though he stressed he did not believe
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      Lock icon Bentsen unscathed in hearing on Whitewater affair
      333 6 But his deputy Roger Altman comes under pressure to quit Reuter WASHINGTON US Treasury Secretary Lloyd Bentsen emerged apparently unscathed from the furore embroiling some of his top aides over White House-Treasury Department contacts on the Whitewater affair. But despite a new boost
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      Lock icon US raising science research spending to be on a par with Japan, Germany
      495 6 NYT WASHINGTON The Clinton administration announced on Wednesday its intention to increase the nation's overall spending on science and technology research to a level equivalent to those of Japan and Germany. At a news briefing, VicePresident Al
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      Lock icon Clinton defends diluted health care Bill, blames Republicans for impasse
      366 6 NYT WASHINGTON Asserting that Congress has a "historic opportunity" this year to enact universal health care legislation after six dccades of failure, President Bill Clinton accused Republican law-makers on Wednesday night of abandoning their earlier support for guaranteed benefits. He
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      Lock icon Nigeria's biggest labour union suspends national strike
      396 8 AP LAGOS, Nigeria Nigeria's biggest labour group yesterday suspended a national strike which closed businesses for two days and was aimed at toppling the military government. The National Labour Congress said it would instead negotiate with the government to pursue its demands, including
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    • WORLD WATCH
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        Lock icon Oman GDP down as oil prices fall
        102 8 AFP MUSCAT A sharp fall in oil prices depressed Oman's gross domestic product (GDP) by 6 per cent in the first quarter of 1994, an Oman Development Council report said yesterday. The GDP stood at 910.2 million riyals (about 553.5 billion) in the
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      • Article
        Lock icon Israel won't help cash-starved Palestine
        91 8 Reuter JERUSALEM Finance Minister Abraham Shohat said in an interview published yesterday that Israel will not be the one to bail out the cash-starved Palestinian administration of the Gaza Strip and Jericho. Palestinian leaders are warning that the self-rule that is the cornerstone of the
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        Lock icon French industries still working hard
        101 8 AFP PARIS French industrialists continued to pedal hard in a higher gear in the second quarter of the year, the latest quarterly report from the official Insee statistical institute showed yesterday. But the report also showed that many French companies are having difficulty in meeting
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      Lock icon S African labour group calls off threatened strike
      151 8 Reuter JOHANNESBURG Soulh Africa's biggest labour federation called off next week's threatened regional strike but warned employers of continued industrial action in other areas. "We called ofF the regional stay away," said Zitha Langa, regional secretary of the Congress of South African
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      Lock icon Space centre in PNG needs cash boost to lift off
      360 8 Reuter MOSCOW International plans to build a commercial space launching station on an isolated site in Papua New Guinea have run into problems, and companies arc struggling to find an estimated US$9OO million (551.35 billion) to fund the project, Russian
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      Lock icon They won't be cowed
      51 8 AFP SOERUM, Norway Norwegian cattle farmers are against their country joining the European Community because they fear losing governmental subsidies and tougher market conditions. This local fanner protested on Wednesday by painting a pair of cows with the slogan 'Nei Til EU* ONo to the EU*).
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    • Article
      Global CD-ROM sales to hit record 17.5m this year
      246 8  -  By Claire Leow SINGAPORE More CDROM (compact-disc read-only memory) drives, used in multimedia personal computers, will be sold worldwide this year than in all previous years combined. According to US market research firm Dataquest Inc, 17.5 million CD-ROM drives will be
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  • SPORTS
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      Lock icon Azinger plans strong comeback after cancer fight
      489 9 Golf AP GRAND BLANC, Michigan 3 Just another veteran threeme: Paul Azinger, Corey vin and Ben Crenshaw. All familiar names on the Professttnal Golf Association Tour. But it's a good bet this trio wjjjl draw a gaggle of fans dur■p the First two
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      Lock icon Baseball
      188 9 AFP SAN JOSE A California advertising executive is hoping to turn a videotape of Michael Jordan's first pro home run into the hottest property in baseball. Stu Ganz has already made a profit selling his tape to the television tabloid programme Hard Copy for an undisclosed sum. Now he
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      Lock icon Cricket
      227 9 Reuter AP COLOMBO Pakistan batsmen bludgeoned their way to an easy nine-wicket victory over Sri Lanka ia their first one-day international Colombo on Wednesday. Choosing to bat first, Sri Lanka 200 for six in the allotted SO onrers after their middle-order collapsed. Sanath Jayasuriya scored a career-best 77. Rain
      Reuter; AP  -  227 words
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      Lock icon Golf
      203 9 AP NILES, Ohio A Japanese film crew has been filming a report on the shooting on July 2 of professional golfer Kim Williams in a drugstore parking lot. The report being filmed in this north-east Ohio city by Fujisankei Communications International is to be broadcast on Sunday in Tokyo
      AP  -  203 words
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      Lock icon Soccer
      282 9 AFP SANTIAGO Italian national team midfielder Roberto Baggio, whose missed penalty kick gave Brazil the World Cup title last month, on Wednesday called for the elimination of shoot-outs to decide tied games. Instead, Fifa should use replays three or four days later to determine World Cup games. He called
      AFP  -  282 words
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      Lock icon Yachting
      112 9 Reuter SYDNEY The America's Cup's reputation as yachting's most prestigious regatta is under threat because of a row over tobacco sponsorship, an Australian challenger said yesterday. The One Australia syndicate said the dispute was threatening the event's future by reducing its appeal to potential corporate sponsors. The dispute centres
      Reuter  -  112 words
    • Article
      Lock icon Fuchs takes lead with breathtaking round in show jumping
      257 9 Reuter, AP THE HAGUE Switzerland's Markus Fuchs threw caution to the wind with a breathtaking round to take the individual lead in the first leg of the show jumping competition at the World Equestrian Games on Wednesday. Fuchs, third to go
      Reuter,; AP  -  257 words
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      Lock icon US team not as good as predecessor
      532 9  -  World Basketball Championship In fact, they have very little in common, says Harvey Araton Harvey Araton NYT TORONTO They have come to proclaim themselves the new lords of the basketball universe, masters of the collapsible rim, their existential credo being: I dunk therefore
      NYT; AFP  -  532 words
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  • LIFESTYLE
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      Lock icon Austrian arts capital faces cash crisis
      857 11  -  Salzburgs annual festivals, the lifeblood of the central European city, are under threat. Steve Pagani reports Steve Pagani Reuter ROCK superstar Lou Reed, flanked by four giant stone archbishops in Salzburg Cathedral Square, sang of drugs and transvestism. He read poems eulogising his friend,
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      Lock icon Dallying over Dali
      53 11 Reuter WASHING I ON Visitors taking part in an interactive exhibit on Salvador Dali at St Petersburg Florida's Salvador Dali Museum on Tuesday. The museum which has some 1,500 paintings, sculptures and commercial designs is the largest collection anywhere of works by one of modern art's most
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      Lock icon Chaplin costume on auction
      324 11 CHATTERBOX Reuter Reuter AP A COSTUME worn by Charlie Chaplin and a chimp costume from a Tarzan epic arc among the movie memorabilia on offer at a London auction house next month. Sotheby's said on Wednesday the Chaplin costume was the highlight of its Sep 14
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      1240 11 TV RADIO night--1989 effort. Crime boss Michael Lerner eyes the place and uses crooked cop <9 Danny Aiello to get it. The duo l decide a sting operation. Unfortunately, Murphy, who '"*jH|Sk also wrote and directed, is in l^3| yawningly poor form. Turk 182. 9pm, TV 2 j||* Robert Urich
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      TV trails print media in ad stakes
      858 12  -  Print media still garners a major portion of advertising outlay. Ven Sreenivasan reports Ven Sreenivasan Te l e v i s ron s claim that its advertisements really "move" hasn't quite drawn away advertisers from the print media, judging by the steadily rising
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        Monsoon gets Suntec City Mall deal
        70 12 SINGAPORE Local agency Monsoon Advertising has won the Suntec City Mall account after a three-way agency pitch. In a statement, Monsoon said that annual billings "are expected to be substantial, given the competitive exploits of a host of other developments". Suntec City, which includes
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        Everyday life in McDonald's ads
        69 12 SINGAPORE Leo Burnett has combined the various "musical styles" and "sound effects" in the everyday life of Singapore for its latest television commercial for McDonald's. Conceptualised by creative director Jamie Pfaff, the 60-second ad attempts to capture local scenes, which include school children at morning
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        Saatchi Indonesia wins 8 pitches
        60 12 SINGAPORE Saatchi Saatchi Indonesia recently announced that it had won all the eight pitches it went for in eight months. The eight accounts represent an estimated six billion rupiah (554.2 million) in annualised billings. The wins include Rani Artha Graha, PT Bina Karya Prima, DuPont's
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        Leo Burnett to do Mandarin campaign
        63 12 SINGAPORE Leo Burnett Singapore has won the 1994 Speak Mandarin Campaign account after a four-way pitch. This year, the campaign by the Ministry of Information and the Arts aims to encourage more English-educated working Singaporeans to speak more Mandarin, more often. The campaign will
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        Guess? introduces sports shoe range
        39 12 SINGAPORE Guess? has just added athletic footwear to its range of fashion apparel, accessories and luggage. The latest addition to the Guess? family was introduced to Singapore this month by F J Benjamin Fashions.
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        Eureka becomes Dialogue member
        39 12 SINGAPORE Eureka Advertising has become a member of Dialogue International, an association of independent agencies in 17 countries around the world. Dialogue International was set up in 1986 to form a network of communication agencies.
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        Awareness campaign on disability
        68 12 SINGAPORE For the first time, the National Council of Social Services is launching an awareness campaign with the focus on disability. The project is funded by the Ministry of Community Development, with the theme, "Disabled doesn't mean unable". The campaign was created by Euro RSCG Ball
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      McCann-Erickson, JWT score Panasonic win
      824 13  -  Corinne Kerk looks at the coup two ad agencies have pulled off by winning an account which used to belong to Saatchi Saatchi Corinne Kerk IN WHAT is apparently one of the biggest pitches this year, the Panasonic account has moved after about eight years
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      Lock icon Ad exec suggests guidelines for Internet advertising
      438 13 NYT EARLIER this year, when a tiny immigration law firm in Phoenix, Arizona flooded the Internet with advertisements for its services, outraged Internet users responded by "flaming" sending the firm electronic hate mail and various other forms of hackers' revenge. Martin Nisenholtz, an
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    Russian roulette
    504 14 lorroßiAL THE journey from comrade to savvy stockmarket investor is proving to be a painful one for ordinary people in the (former) communist world. In Russia this week, hapless investors have been maintaining a vigil outside the offices of MMM, an investment fund that has squandered their savings.
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      Elitism for the masses
      277 14 SENIOR MINISTER Lee Kuan Yew's speech to university students last Friday might appear elitist to some, but it touched on innate realities that will continue to exist whether or not they are mentioned. For any country to succeed, it must be led by its best and
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      A bold step by Jakarta
      130 14 THE Indonesian government has taken a bold step in increasing the minimum daily wage by between 19 and 35 per cent in nine provinces. Jakarta has strong reasons to approach the issue of wage increases rationally in view of Indonesia's attractiveness as an international investors'
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      Reassuring blueprints
      158 14 THE Urban Redevelopment Authority has recently made public several private housing development blueprints in some areas over the next 15 years. These blueprints will undoubtedly help stabilise Singapore's private residential market. Latest government information shows that the number of people who use CPF to apply for purchase of
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      Down the right direction
      183 14 CHINA'S rapid growth brings problems of overheating and Beijing is now showing a degree of finesse in trying to slow the rate of expansion. Most of the economic indicators remain worrying. With inflation running at an annual rate of about 20 per cent, and with real-es-tate
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      Spectre of Algeria in Cambodia
      143 14 WITH THEIR bloody ambush of a train and the capture of three Western tourists, the Khmer Rouge have intensified the political stand-off in Cambodia to an alarming level. The guerillas, who were ordered out of their office in Phnom Penh last month and then outlawed
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      Control competitiveness
      157 14 THE INCIDENT where five pupils were prevented from sitting the Ujian Pencapaian Sekolah Rendah (UPSR) at the Bukit Kayu Hitam school should be an elucidation to education planners: that no matter how much they want to dismantle the examination-manic rigidities in the education system, perfoimance still means prestige,
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    Lock icon Raw deal for the new ronin in Japan
    971 14  -  Andrew Fisher finds the virtues of the Japanese employment system jobs for life and high commitment now tending to work against young graduates Andrew Fisher FT MANY of Japan's graduates are having a hard time these days as companies respond to sagging
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      58 14 I LPT"; r,n Tug mnr>f I I LfVZ-V Bf?ISTcXU VGfcy QUICKL-V IfAKING UP "TYPINGJ R3K JUMPS OV£R l?OTS JINX ON FuDG£ DOONESBURY GARRY TRUDEAU jes&ixrMWYM' \mu.nmAuy. jaooubs 1 eoct*€S6! 71* .•Ei'-L, a=t PMs&BfiaACHaa ANDI HAVBA 9TT OF A wrmH9 XXJ ruZ-r *"2P* OAMSnUWOZ!UA6 HtSKXf. HJHCNICAUtPIO AUTTLB wrr* CHCfo naPHOJUToeerA BOOK
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      A new Cambodia welcomes the world
      1796 15  -  In an exclusive interview in Phnom Penh, Cambodian Prime Minister Prince Norodom Ranariddh talks to Harish Mehta about his country's economic plans and obstacles to stability Harish Mehta Prince Ranariddh promised. daring last year's election campaign. that he would clean up the country's "jungle
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      Facing the mid-term blues
      1033 15  -  Despite some economic gains, the Clinton presidency remains clouded by foreign policy problems and the Whitewater scandal, says Leon Hadar Leon Hadar The writer is BT's Washington Correspondent AS ANY third-rate political analyst in Washington will explain to you, Bill Clinton won the presidential elections by
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      231 15 "PSHQ:. t *SSs!r 4 JHV *jj .■i-.--4 V^D|^9 m fL r «n 'l' Sink Your Teeth Into A Soft Shell Crab... The Soft Shell Crabs are back for another season at Trader Vic's this August more succulent and scrumptious than ever! Soft, tender and juicy, we're sure these tasty side-crawlers
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    Lock icon Fed officials hard put to decide whether to raise rates
    623 16 Bloomberg Business News NYT WASHINGTON Top Federal Reserve officials are in a quandary: despite what other analysts see as signs of slowing growth in the United States economy, they sense early signs of rising inflation and strong business confidence that
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    Lock icon Securing a home
    53 16 AFP KOMPONG SPEU, Cambodia Inhabitants of this village about 30 km south of Phnom Penh attempting to tie a rope around a collapsed house yesterday to keep it from floating away after torrential rains flooded most of southern Cambodia. Hundreds of people have been reported missing in
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    Lock icon Taiwan, China close to first agreement
    345 16 Reuter, AFP TAIPEI Taiwan and China resolved a longstanding fishery dispute yesterday, and officials said the two rivals could sign their first agreement in six rounds of talks when the meetings end next week. "This kind of result comes from mutual respect between the
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    Lock icon Chinese court rules in Disney's favour in groundbreaking decision
    314 16 Reuter BEIJING In a groundbreaking decision, a Chinese court has ruled in favour of Walt Disney Co in a copyright suit accusing Chinese firms of pirating Mickey Mouse and other valuable Disney intellectual property. "The Walt Disney Company won a round
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    Lock icon HK police raid companies, homes of ex-National Mutual staff
    305 16 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG Hongkong police have raided 10 homes and 17 companies as part of an investigation into the activities of former staff of the territory's second-largest life insurance concern. National Mutual Asia. The Commercial Crime Bureau gained search warrants
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    A US-Japan trade war is not far off
    908 16  -  The Bottom Line ANTHONY ROWLEY ANTHONY ROWLEY The writer is BT's Tokyo correspondent THERE seems to be an awful, even scripted, inevitability about the coming clash between the United States and Japan over trade. Some might say the clash has already come,
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    Be vigilant as regional strategic equation is still evolving: Rear-Adm Teo
    349 16 SINGAPORE The new mood of optimism and confidence prevailing in East Asia is based on the post-Cold War easing of international tensions, the end of Soviet ambitions in the region, and an assumption that rapid growth and increasing economic
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      Keppel Corp interim profit jumps 11pc to $95m
      469 17  -  By Rahita Elias SINGAPORE Homegrown conglomerate Keppel Corp's interim net earnings rose 11 per cent to $95.2 million, on the back of strong performances from its banking, rigbuilding and property arms. Analysts contacted yesterday said that Keppel's halftime performance was in line
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      ICB's 6-month earnings up 33pc to $25m
      342 17 But sister firm UOI sees 21 pc fall in profit SINGAPORE Industrial Commercial Bank and United Overseas Insurance both listed subsidiaries of United Overseas Bank yesterday reported contrasting results. ICB said net earnings for the six months to June 30 surged 32.9 per
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      HBM Print intact despite 2 resignations: MD
      435 17  -  By Corinne Kerk SINGAPORE Sesdaqlisted HBM Print is "left intact" despite having lost two of its directors and there have been no differences or management disputes within the company, its managing director David Chew Heng Ching said yesterday. "I want to emphasise that
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      Big 4 local banks' interim results won't disappoint, but second half will be tough
      980 17  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW By Alvin Tay SINGAPORE It will be too much to expect Singapore's Big Four local banks to emulate Keppel Bank's feat of a 71 per cent jump in interim group earnings. Keppel Bank
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      Republic Hotels' profit falls 5.3pc at half time
      297 17 SINGAPORE Listed Republic Hotels and Resorts has reported a 5.3 per cent drop in after-tax profit to $8.72 million for the six months to June 30. Pre-tax profit at the group level was also down, by 1.4 per cent to $12.69 million.
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      BAT's first-half earnings up 16pc to $19.7m
      166 17 SINGAPORE BritishAmerican Tobacco Company yesterday reported interim group net earnings of $19.7 million up 16.2 per cent from $16.9 million last year. For the six months ended June 30, the group turned in pre-tax profit of $26.2 million on a turnover of $156.5
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        MARKET MOOD
        42 17 Firm 'Market Mood iminutes the likely trading sentiment today, based on brokers polliil at 5-6pm yesterday Overnight events may alter si-nti-ment. Brokers polled illiance. I)at\\a. hraser, Kay Hum. OngCo. Nomura. Phillip. Smith Sew Court. 117 Carr and SG M arburg.
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        HOT STOCK
        127 17  -  By Quak Hiang Whai Speculative favourite Idris Hydraulic has recovered quite sharply after losing heavily from mid-June. The stock is now poised to break out decisively of resistance at $3.00. But a consolidation in the short term may be required before it could move up further as the
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          HL Finance on foreign shareholding
          41 18 SINGAPORE Hong Leong Finance said yesterday that the percentage of foreign interest in its shares was 19.58 per cent as ot Aug 3. This was after adjusting for settlement of trades done up to July 27.
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          Lock icon Ganda to pay M$286m for Johor firm
          89 18 Bloomberg Business News KUALA LUMPUR Plantation and property company Ganda Holdings Bhd has proposed paying MS2B6 million (S$ 166 million) to acquire a property firm in Johor, the New Straits Times reported. Light Industrial Estate (Johore) Sdn Bhd, the target firm, owns 449
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          Lock icon Renong's 600b rupee road plan in India
          84 18 Bernama NEW DELHI Renong Bhd has expressed its willingness to build 10,000 km of dual two-lane expressways in India at a cost of 600 billion rupees (5525.8 billion). The Surface Transport Ministry has received the proposal from the company for the project, and
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          Lock icon Ex-KFC chief joins Metroplex board
          67 18 Bloomberg Business News KUALA LUMPUR Real estate concern Metroplex Bhd yesterday named former Kentucky Fried Chicken Holdings chief executive officer Patrick Low Han Hing as executive director. Mr Low's resignation from Malaysia's leading fast-food chain was announced last month amid stories of conflicts among the
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          Lock icon Int'l Cosmetics' three-month profit up
          58 18 Bloomberg Business News BANGKOK International Cosmetics pic said its net profit for the three months ended June 30 rose 4.8 per cent to 167.2 million baht (SSIO million). On a per-share basis, earnings were 11.39 baht, down 1.5 per cent. Under Thai securities regulations, companies
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        UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
        484 18 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS ftUMftrt' prins Aug 5 Mcndaki Gr Fund I IS l.2l(« CiMiiHir* llnit Tru«t US Gr Fund 100 I 04'* SSElTTS 75 UMB Invest Mgt Ltd The Savings Fund 1.57 1.66 Unifund 1.49 1.55 S pore Prog Fund 0.70 0.74 Unibond 4- 1035 1 060 S pore See
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        Shinawatra chief buys ADB's Bangkok Expressway stake
        398 18  -  From Loh Hui Yin in BANGKOK THE Asian Development Bank has sold its 3 per cent stake in a controversial expressway project here to Thaksin Shinawatra, founder of Thailand's Shinawatra telecommunications group. Dr Thaksin, who bought the equity as a personal investment, felt
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        Lock icon Most KLSE firms have met deadline for setting up audit committees
        275 18 MBT KUALA LUMPUR Of the 431 companies listed on the local bourse, 406 309 on the main board and 97 on the second board have set up audit committees in compliance with the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange's (KLSE) Listing
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        Lock icon Metrojaya may expand retail operations in the region
        284 18 NST KUALA LUMPUR Metrojaya Bhd is exploring the possibility of expanding its retail operations in the Ascan region, especially Philippines and Indonesia. Executive deputy chairman Mohd Ibrahim Mohd Zain said on Wednesday that the company was scouting for locations as well as
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        Lock icon Lopez clan's Benpres surprises with 633m peso net profit
        225 18 AFP MANILA Benpres Holdings Corp, the newly incorporated investment firm of the Lopez clan of the Philippines, said it posted a higher than expected net income of 633 million pesos (5536.4 million) in the six months to June. The listed holding
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        DRB ventures into commercial vehicle inspection
        451 18  -  From Ho Kay Tat in KUALA LUMPUR DIVERSIFIED Resources Bhd (DRB), which is emerging as a major automotive group, will take over the government's commercial vehicle inspection services from Sep I. A 15-year agreement, which entitles the government to a 12.5 per cent share
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        Lock icon New Thai venture to run S-E Asia's largest salt plant
        250 18 Reuter BANGKOK Three major Thai chemical companies Thasco Chemical, Thai Refined Salt and CP Group subsidiary Vinylthai have formed a joint venture to operate what they believe will be the largest salt producing plant in South-east Asia. Pimai Salt, the
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        Lock icon Sabah state seeks to raise equity in SFI to maximum of 30pc
        242 18 MBT KUALA LUMPUR The Sabah state government is seeking to increase its equity in Sabah Forest Industries Sdn Bhd (SFI) to a maximum of 30 per cent of the company's enlarged share capital. This follows earlier reports that
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        Lock icon Shanghai punters empty bank accounts to buy stocks
        425 19 Reuter SHANGHAI Chinese investors pulled funds out of bonds and bank accounts and poured cash into the Shanghai stock 'market yesterday, sending turnover soaring to an all-time record and pushing the index 'sharply higher, brokers said. Turnover hit 10.5 billion yuan (SSI.B
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        Lock icon Brokers sceptical over China's US$1b B-share target
        471 19 Reuter SHANGHAI China's plan to add US$l billion (SSI.S billion) shares to its class B markets for overseas investors this year is more a public relations ploy than a realistic target, brokers said yesterday. "It's impossible," said one Shanghai-based analyst at Crosby Securities.
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        Oei Hong Leong's HK unit taps US market with ADRs
        425 19  -  By Quak Hiang Whai SINGAPORE Oei Hong Leong's China Strategic Investment (CSI) has placed out American Depositary Receipts in the US to tap the capital market there. The Bank of New York told Business limes yesterday that Hongkong-listed CSI placed
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          Lock icon US$333m from Shandong Huaneng ADRs
          78 19 Reuter HONGKONG China's Shandong Huaneng Power Development Co Ltd raised about US$333 million (*****.5 million) from its American Depositary Receipts (ADRs) issue, a market source said. He declined to give the subscription level but said the option to issue an additional 3.5 million ADRs was
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          Lock icon China Steel to issue GDRs
          82 19 Reuter TAIPEI Taiwan's state-run China Steel Corp will soon offer 360 million shares overseas, or 4.96 per cent of its total, in the form of Global Depositary' Receipts (GDRs), the Commission of National Corporations said. "We will soon release 360 million shares overseas in the
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          Lock icon Petron offer seen fully subscribed
          79 19 Reuter MANILA The public offer of shares of Petron, the Philippines' largest oil refiner, will be fully subscribed, a senior bank official involved in the sale said. About 250,000 investors have bought 595 million of the 600 million shares set aside for local investors in
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          Lock icon Goldstar signs export deal with US firm
          70 19 AFP SEOUL South Korea's Goldstar Electronics Co signed a contract yesterday to export its newly-developed computer-aided design (CAD) software to Technology Modeling Associates (TMA) of the United States, a company spokesman said. Under the contract, Goldstar can collect 28 per cent of total
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        Lock icon Telecom NZ shares rise on signal of record profit
        356 19 Reuter WELLINGTON Telecom Corp, New Zealand's biggest stock, appears on track to report a record profit for the year after raising first-quarter earnings by 17 per cent, analysts said yesterday. Telecom, which represents about a fifth of the total share market
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        Lock icon Scott Paper to shed one-third of workforce in revamp
        427 20 NYT WASHINGTON The Scott Paper Co, the world's largest producer of tissue products, --has announced the biggest corporate restructuring in its history, with plans to lay off nearly a third of its workforce by the end of the year, reduce its
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        Lock icon Viacom-Blockbuster merger back on track?
        258 20 Bloomberg Business News FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida The planned merger between Blockbuster Entertainment Corp and Viacom Inc, for months considered a long shot, may be back on track. Viacom's improving stock price, and the possibility of sweetening its offer for Blockbuster, have increased the likelihood of
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        Lock icon Buying up the store
        53 20 Reuter CUMBERLAND, Scotland A shopper at Wm Ix)w, owned by William Low Co, taking home her weekly shopping on Wednesday unaware of a takeover tussle between Sainsbury and Tesco. Tesco finally knocked Sainsbury out of the race with a £247.4 million (***** million) bid for the
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        Lock icon Lockheed to head US$5b US energy dept programme
        350 20 Bloomberg Business News CALABASAS, California Lockheed Corp has won a fiveyear, US$5 billion (557.55 billion) contract from the US Department of Energy to manage the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory (INEL). A new subsidiary, Lockheed Idaho Technologies Co. will lead a team of
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        Lock icon Euro Disney says 80pc of rights issue was subscribed
        272 20 AP PARIS The struggling Euro Disneyland amusement park reported on Wednesday that a recent rights issue to raise 5.95 billion French francs (551.66 billion) has been 80 per cent subscribed by the public and parent company Walt Disney Co. "Given the
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        Lock icon US bank lending surges despite rising interest rates
        435 21 Reuter WASHINGTON Banks have rapidly increased lending to consumers and business in the past few weeks, suggesting that higher interest rates may not have curtailed the economic expansion. "What we have seen over the last six months is a lot of discussion
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        IBM homing in on banks' IT needs, says new regional chief
        287 21  -  By Paul Leo SINGAPORE IBM intends ,to help banks cope with change, says its newly appointed Asia-Pacific finance industry general manager Kent Price. Mr Price said during a visit to Singapore this week that banking was going through enormous
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        Lock icon Higher fees, commissions send Kleinwort Benson's profit up 8.5pc
        354 21 Bloomberg Business News LONDON Kleinwort Benson Group pic, a leading British investment bank, said firsthalf pre-tax profit rose B.S per cent as a surge in fees and commissions offset a slump in income from securities trading. Strengthened by a 42 per
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        Banks sign M$100m LC for Arab-M'sian Securities
        172 21 SINGAPORE A syndicated deal to provide a Msloo million (S$5BJ million) stadtfby letter of credit to ArabMalaysian Securities was signed here yesterday. The two-year facility was arranged by Tokai Bank and co-arranged by Sumitomo Bank. Tokai is also the facility agent Other issuing
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        Lock icon BankAmerica, Continental to invest US$1b in Chicago
        220 21 Bloomberg Business News CHICAGO Bank America Corp and Continental Bank Corp said they planned to invest US$l billion (S$l.S billion) in low and moderate-in-come areas in Chicago over the next Ave years, in connection with their plan to merge. Bank America, the nation's
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        Lock icon Halim Securities seeks licence for M$50m unit trust fund
        227 21 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Halim Securities Sdn Bhd, through its subsidiary, Halim Capital Management Sdn Bhd. has applied for a licence from the Ministry of Finance to launch a Msso million (5529.2 million) unit trust fund. Halim Securities chairman Mohd Saufl Abdullah
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        Lock icon Cagamas to issue bonds worth M$1b
        60 21 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Cagamas Berhad, Malaysia's national mortgage corporation, yesterday said it will issue Cagamas Fixed Rate Bonds amounting to Msl billion (SSSB3 million). In a statement here, Cagamas said the bonds will have tenures of three, five and six years and will be
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        Lock icon Standard Life to wind up unit trust
        74 21 Reuter LONDON British mutual life assurance company Standard Life said yesterday that it is to wind up Standard Life UK Larger Companies Trust following changes in the capital gains tax. The trust, operated by Standard Life Trust Management Ltd, is the largest British
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        Lock icon BP Australia-Marubeni talks fail
        113 21 Knight-Ridder CANBERRA British Petroleum Australia yesterday said it is ending negotiations with Marubeni Corp of Japan over the sale of part of its oil exploration and production interests in Papua New Guinea. "We couldn't come to an agreement so the sale didn't go through and now
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        287 22 Reuter NEW YORK The New York Mercantile Exchange (Nymex) and Commodity Exchange Inc (Comex) have completed their long-awaited merger, creating the world's largest physical commodity futures exchange. Wednesday s merger brings together futures contracts ranging from crude oil on the Nymex to gold on the
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        Lock icon Room for growth in M'sian private debt securities market
        488 22 MBT KUALA LUMPUR The country's private debt securities (PDS) market is still relatively young and robust, and hence there is still wide scope for increased efficiency, breadth and depth. Yeah Kim Leng, Rating Agency of Malaysia (RAM)'s deputy manager for economics
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        177 22 Reuter LONDON Opec production quota adherence was maintained in July but this was due again to output problems in a key member country rather than to discipline. A survey on Wednesday showed that crude oil output of the 12 members of the Organisation
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        Lock icon Non-profit institutions switch to high-risk hedge funds
        188 22 Bloomberg Business News NEW YORK Some nonprofit institutions seem determined to stay that way. In the past six months, at least a dozen colleges and foundations have put money into high-risk "hedge funds". Interesting timing. The largest global hedge funds, which invest internationally
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        131 22 THE Singapore dollar closed a touch firmer against the US dollar in quiet trade. For the Malaysian currency. rumours about lifting of restrictions on the sale of short term papers to foreigners brought the ringgit to a low of 2.5660. The rumour was later denied
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        190 22 Bloomberg Business News LONDON The dollar rose more than a pfennig against the mark as traders became reluctant to bet against the US currency ahead of a July US jobs growth report, it was little changed against the yen with no new developments expected in bilateral trade talks between
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        Futures seesaw as general strike in Nigeria ends
        176 22 Bloomberg ENERGY REPORT LONDON London crude futures fluctuated within a 51cent range, reversing Wednesday's modest decline, after Nigerian oil workers continued their month-old strike even as a general work stoppage ended. September Brent crude futures were little changed at about US$lB.5O a
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        83 22 AKP NEW YORK The dollar rose against the other major currencies except the yen early yesterday in hesitant trading with dealers awaiting US jobless figures for July. Gold rose 20 cents from its Wednesday closing price to U*****.50 per ounce. Around 1400 GMT, the dollar was trading at
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        1294 23 SMEX REPORT Reuter SINGAPORE Simex Euroyen futures and Eurodollar futures ended firmer. Dealers said Euroyen was caught in a tight trading range in the absence of fresh news. They said the undertone of the market is still a bit bearish and investors would be looking
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        Tokyo rubber ends limit-up
        661 23 COMMOOUY reports Rubber TOKYO: Spot August. September and October rubber futures surged the daily price limit of six yen per gram in the afternoon on short covering and stayed there until the close, backed by renewed worries over supply tightness, dealers said. Spot August closed at
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          Taiwan to free sugar imports
          84 23 TAIPEI Taiwan may begin to allow sugar imports in 1995, in lino with its bid for Gatt membership. Taiwan's application to enter the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade will require it to liberalise various markets, including sugar, over six years. Taiwan now allows sugar
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          Aussie meat promotion under fire
          62 23 SYDNEY Australia's generic meat promotion strategy in export markets has come under fire from exporters who are pressing for changes as part of an industry shake-up being considered by the federal government. Australian Meat Council chairman Jack Ware said the industry needed to drop promotions
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          China's metals prices rise
          99 23 HONGKONG Shrinking supplies of copper and aluminium are lifting prices at China's Shanghai and Shenzen metals exchanges. Industry figures suggest China will need to import 100.000 tonnes of copper and a similar amount of aluminium in the second half of the year to keep pace with
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          Jiangxi expects good rice harvest
          78 23 HONGKONG China's coastal Jiangxi province expects a good harvest of 5.4 million tonnes of rice this summer despite severe flooding, the official Xinhua News Agency reported yesterday. That would be a 320.000-tonne increase from the same period last year, the report said. The province planted
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      COMMODITY PRICES
      1448 23 Rubber Aug 4 Singapore Commodity Exchange Physical Prteas (futures closing as it 5.30pm) Buyws Sollors As at 12 n«i (S ccnts/kg) RSS 1 Contract (S ccnts/kg) Cow volume Jg 5 Sep j«-gj Month High Low Sett (tonnes) Interest KSS 3 94 191.00 I9..00N RSS 4 Sep 94 185.25
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        Australia
        1127 24 11.2 BARGAIN hunters helped bolster stocks yesterday, as the bourse defied a slump in the gold sector to close firmer. The key All Ordinaries Index finished at 2,083.5 points, up 11.2. The All Industrials Index rallied 18.8 to 3,058.0 while the All Resources Index climbed 5.2 to 1.351.0. Turnover
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        Manila
        653 24 13.34 Stocks rose to their highest level in more than six weeks as investors bought Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co (PLDT) while moves are afoot to stop the appreciation of the peso and the economy continues to recover, analysts said. "If you are a fund manager keen on the
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        New Zealand
        334 24 19.68 Telecom was the star performer of a market which shrugged off an indifferent opening to close solidly ahead. Telecom reported a first quarter profit of NZ5138.5 million, at the higher end of expectations, which put it on course for a NZ$6OO million annual profit. An analyst said
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        Taipei
        597 24 +66.01 Stocks staged a comeback in light trading after a heavy drop the previous day, boosted by good performances of electrical, pulp and paper shares. The Weighted Price Index recovered 66.01 points to settle at 6,789.57. Turnover totalled 1.78 billion shares valued at NT585.29 billion. The market opened slightly
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        Seoul
        439 24 +4.02 Stocks rose on the belief that strong economic growth boosted corporate earnings for the first half of this year, traders said. "As next week's disclosures of first half-year corporate earnings approach, investors are targeting firms with sharp earnings growth," said an analyst. The Korea Development Institute said on
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        Bombay
        129 24 18.70 Selling pressure from overseas investors in the second half reduced early gains though most index-linked shares closed slightly higher, brokers said. The BSE 30-share Index gained 18.70 points to close at a provisional 4,300.34, after hitting a high of 4,331.30. The 100-share National Index gained 13.47 to 2,038.42.
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        London
        690 24 -9.9 STOCKS were mixed yesterday as declines in BAT Industries, oil and phone issues outweighed takeover speculation that boosted drug and food retail issues. The PT-SE 100 Index fell 9.9 points to 3150.5. Stocks were overshadowed by expectations that British interest rates will rise later this year, as Nat
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        Paris
        131 24 •18.62 French stocks fell amid signs that the German economy's recovery is becoming too vigorous for interest rates to continue falling. "The German numbers gave people an excuse, but they've been waiting to sell," said a broker. The CAC-40 Index fell 18.62 points to close at M&096.45. Falls outnumbered
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        Frankfurt
        215 24 -14.17 German stocks extended their earlier losses in afterhours trading as fears about the inflationary potential of Germany's recovery outweighed expectations of rising corporate earnings. A sharp rise in German factory orders renewed concern that the Bundesbank's recent policy of cutting rates may have come to an end. Investors
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        Milan
        166 24 -24 Italian stocks ended mixed as investors saw few reasons to buy before September, when the government releases its 1995 budget. Traders said the market is supported by signs that Italy's economy is picking up, which should be reflected in half-year earnings expected in September. But they said political
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        Brussels
        187 24 +4.02 Belgian stocks closed at their highest levels for more than nine weeks after better-than-cxpected profit from oil company Petrofina boosted earnings prospects for industrial companies. The Bel-20 Index rose 4.02 points to 1,483.69, its highest since May 31. Petrofina is Belgium's biggest industrial company and its earnings from
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        Stockholm
        140 24 -5.20 Swedish stocks slipped for the second consecutive day, pacing declining German markets. The OMX Index of 30 leading stocks slid 5.20 points to close at 1,159.54. Seven stocks rose, 17 declined and six were unchanged. "Stocks and bonds were down in Europe, in most of the big markets,
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        Toronto
        255 24 -1.52 Stocks were mixed in aimless midday dealings as losses in bank stocks counterbalanced gains in conglomerates and gold issues. "It's actually pretty quiet here. Earnings are just about done for the quarter," said one trader. "Besides, August is a reasonably favoured holiday time." The TSE-300 Composite Index dipped
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        New York
        667 24 -9.06 The Dow Jones was down 9.06 points to 3,783.60 at I lam. EDT. A big loss in Dow component General Motors, which was down 1% to 51 '/i, put extra burden on the key barometer. The New York Stock Exchange Composite Index was on 0.42 to 254.16,
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        Amsterdam
        263 24 •1.09 Dutch stocks closed lower for the first time in six days in line with lower bond and share prices across Europe. The EOE Index fdl 1.09 points 419.79. The decline was led by ABN Amro, food and consumer goods producer Unilever and chemical company DSM. "We had gained
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        Zurich
        286 24 -5.4 Swiss stocks closed lower for the second straight day as interest rate fears pushed down financial shares. The SMI Index closed down 5.4 points at 2,615.30.. The broader SPI Index ended 1.08 lower at 1,732.6. "There is little interest in bank and insurance shares. The interest rfate situation
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        959 24 Britannia Funds Merliax Cash Bid Offer Mim Cap Deposit J* MOO J* 6500 Mim Jersev (i.ll 0 1 *9J 0 1992 Mini Mat income *0 9100 *0 <»M» I SJ C ash Income- Ptus Fund *9 MIX) *10 1100 PS J Reserve Fund 5 2900 5 WOO Mnliqi Mail) Euro
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      3136 25 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG Stocks rose as expectations of strong corporate profits overwhelmed persistent concerns over housing prices. Sound economic and business prospects as shown in expectations, of strong company results should give some support to the market, said a fund manager. The benchmark Hang Seng Index ended up
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      494 25 CLSA BOTH A markets recorded historical high turnovers. In Shanghai. 10.5 billion renminbi changed hands while Shenzhen's turnover soared 85 per cent to 3.7 billion renminbi. The Shanghai B shares eased 13.21 points to 811.08 on turnover of US$B.6 million due to profit taking. Chlor-Alkali was the biggest loser,
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      2560 25 Reuter TOKYO Stocks ended a little firmer as buying of large-capital issues by foreign investors and dealers emerged in late trade. The stabler currency market supported stock market sentiment. But overall, trade was uneventful as domestic institutions retreated to the sidelines, brokers said. "Foreigners bought steel and shipbuilding shares,
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      1809 25 Reuter BANGKOK Thai stocks closed higher on overall bullish sentiment despite heavy profit-taking in banks in late afternoon trade, brokers said. The SET Index closed 9.43 points higher at 1,416.71. Turnover was a heavy 14.87 billion baht. Rises led falls I S3 to 147. "Considerable buying interest emerged in
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      1166 25 Reuter JAKARTA Share prices closed higher in moderate trading with good support for banking stocks driving the market. The Official Index rose 3.88 points to close at 468.73. "Banking stocks led the day. especially Bank BDNI. When BDNI is running hot, it is a good indication that locals are
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      CLOB INTERNATIONAL
      2379 26 SOc 6.663.000 kjmuniing 50c 6.506.000 IGB Corpn TSR 6.422.000 \s*a Pac Ld 6.300.000 Mm Hyd SOc 3.122.000 uHhrucpotc 4.235.000 Mulpha I nil 50c 4.0S7.000 i Tan (hoof 50c 3.991.000 I mi Oxygen W|95 3.975.000 c FACB SOc 3.806.000 11 Fabcr Group 3.698.000 ?i Mctnoki TSK 3.676.000 w Lien
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        Lock icon Stocks firm on earnings, economic confidence
        5305 26 Bloomberg Business News KUALA LUMPUR Stocks rose to a five-month high as foreign investors were drawn to Malaysia by solid earnings growth and confidence in the country's economy. Leading the index were stocks in large companies that have reported higher profits in the past
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        7826 27 Trmwetton d«te: Aug 4 Ce Of M »l IW4 I«u Vol D»> iMOnk Di. Dl> VU Nd Cap V.g lllck l« CMf>D s«ic (-000) lligk law Buyer SdWr C*»r P/E Sail Price MMISTMAL AND COMMERCIAL 1440 835 s Acma 965 >S 5 96S %5 960 9 70 1 7.5 2.1
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        Lock icon Share prices drift as buying interest fades
        1840 28  -  By Quak Hiang Whai SINGAPORE Shares closed mixed yesterday with prices drifting within narrow ranges most of the day. Without fresh domestic and overseas factors and with the excitement over interim corporate results fading, investors, particularly the foreign buyers, were sidelined. Profit-taking by
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      Big jump in traffic at Cruise Centre
      488 29  -  By Alec Almazan SINGAPORE The Singapore Cruise Centre handled more passengers in the first six months of this year than in the whole of last year. The Port of Singapore Authority (PSA), which runs the centre, said yesterday it handled 285,080 passengers in
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      Wah Kwong expects freighter industry to grow 10pc in next 6 months
      270 29 HONGKONG Economic recovery in the US and Europe will help the freighter industry to grow by 10-15 per cent over the next six months, George Chao, managing director of Wah Kwong Shipping Holdings (WKSH), said. According to the
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      1091 29 Page Col ABC Containerline 16 4 Accord Group 8 1-3 Ahrenkicl Liner 4 1/2 ANL 3 1/2 Antaco Mgmt 17 4/5 APL 5 3-5 Appcnship 8 4/5 Arabian Express 15 5 •ASCL 5 5 Assist Marine 6 1 Avant Shpg 6 2/3 Bait
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      Lock icon Vietnam seeks foreign help to rebuild shipping fleet
      360 29 KnightRidder HONGKONG Vietnam is looking for foreign investors to help revitalise its ageing shipping fleet to meet the demands of growing foreign trade, the Beijing-backed Ta Kung Pao reported yesterday. According to the Hongkong daily. Vietnam plans to build its own container
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      Lock icon Report warns against too much new tonnage for fear of overcapacity
      389 29 International Transport Journal BASLE According to the Platou Report 1994 from the Norwegian shipbroker company RS Platou, prospects for the world economy for the next few years are somewhat brighter than in the recent past. Recovery of world trade
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      PSA, cruise ship hold fire-fighting exercise
      147 29 SINGAPORE A joint firefighting exercise has been carried out by officials of the Port of Singapore Authority and the crew of the cruise ship Star Aquarius. Such an exercise is held yearly to ensure that ship and shore response is prompt and efficient in
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      Lock icon New twist to rivalry between Japanese, Korean shipyards
      832 30 The world's leading shipbuilding countries, Japan and South Korea, will certainly benefit from the recent decision to end government subsidies but the introduction of anti-dumping duties could pose problems for them r FT THE recent agreement by leading shipbuilding nations to end
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      THE SHIPPING GUIDE
      12583 38 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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        AT CONVENTIONAL WHARVES
        497 46 VoyHo B«fth Amval Dtp* hire Vcsut Voy Wo Vmal Pqwhte JVMf Port Batam SpecdJ ****** P01A 04 08/2000 0*08/2100 AS> 188/B J1 alongside 0508/0700 Balam Speed3 ****** P01A 0508/2000 0508/2100 Asa Prosperity SM.003/94 J7 alongside 0508/0600 Balam Speed* A7594* P01A 0508/1200 0508/1400 H l Vigour 120 alongside
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        CONTAINER SCHEDULES
        1426 46 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCl CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Record Booking/Balance Rstts Ship Voy No Etb/Btr Period From To From fcx liy 0628 05/2000 1A 04/1500 04/1659 04/1900 IB 04/1500 04/1659 04/1900 2* 04/I/Q0 05/0659 05/0900 Apsta (Mo 10-94W 06/1500 1A
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      Daily Freights
      708 46 THE Baltic Freight Index for spot dry cargo shipping rates rose to 1,462 on Wednesday from 1,449 on August 2. Trading was sluggish in most sectors of the freight market, but rates generally remained steady, brokers said. FIXTURES Tuker Shell opened with two cargoes for very large crude
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      India seeks S'pore investors for new Bangalore airport
      312 48  -  By Alec Almazan SINGAPORE India is inviting Singapore investors to build an international airport in the southern city of Bangalore. The Karnataka State Government said yesterday it was inviting offers from industrial and business concerns here to construct the airport on a
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      Lock icon Bridge collapses on Amtrak train
      70 48 Reuter BAT AVI A, New York A Lake Shore Limited Amtrak train, heading for Chicago from Boston and with 340 passengers, b derailed under a tressle bridge that collapsed on it on Wednesday. An Amtrak spokeswoman said 96 passengers have been treated for injuries, with
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      Lock icon Supply shortfall deflates US July vehicle sales
      563 48 Reuter DETROIT US car and truck sales fell flat in July as dealers continued to run short of inventory while assembly plants idled for model changeovers fell woefully short of demand, auto-makers said on Wednesday. Detroit's Big Three and imported makes sold a
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      ANA likely to join Passages next month
      414 48  -  By Juliette Walker SINGAPORE Japan's All Nippon Airways (ANA) finally looks poised to join Asia's joint frequent flyer programme, Passages. ANA vice-president for international passenger marketing and sales Koji Vamashita told Business Times in Tokyo that an agreement with Asian Frequent Flyer (AFF),
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        Lock icon Clarion plans audio venture in China
        83 48 AFP TOKYO Clarion Co Ltd of Japan plans to form a joint venture in China by December to produce car audio equipment, including compact disc and cassette tape players, a company spokesman said yesterday. The Japanese car audio equipment maker is negotiating with Chinese
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        Lock icon Mad Max Chopper to be auctioned
        76 48 Reuter SYDNEY Two workers positioning a Chopper motorcycle called the Cyclops at a Sotheby's auction in Sydney yesterday. It was featured in the Australian film Mad Max. The bike is expected to fetch A$ 15,000 to A 520,000 (S$ 16,500 to 5522,000). The auction
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        Lock icon Airlines backtrack on smoking bans
        91 48 Reuter LONDON Several European airlines have reversed bans on smoking on their international flights because they drove passengers away, a British pro-smokers lobby group said yesterday. The Freedom Organisation for the Right to Enjoy Smoking Tobacco announced the results of an annual survey into the
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        Lock icon Chief of shipbuilders council to quit
        81 48 Reuter NEW YORK John F Stocker will resign as president of the Shipbuilders Council of America (SCA) effective end of this month, the SCA said on Wednesday. It did not specify the reason for his resignation but said he had discussed it with members
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      Lock icon USAir pilots seek 25pc stake with US$750m offer of wage concessions
      618 48 Reuter NEW YORK The pilots' union for USAir Group Inc on Wednesday made a sweeping proposal to restructure the troubled carrier, offering US$75O million (SSI. 12 billion) in wage concessions in exchange for employees getting a 25 per cent
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      1786 33 M STRAITS SHIPPING PTE LTD AfHf fgyav 10 Hoe Chiang Road #11-01 Keppol Towers I I 0208 *****88 Fax: *****17 Afe&t NEW quinMePACWHC tINE FZK&SP (A SERVICE OF CHINA NAVIGATION CO)accepts yaflyy CARGO DU SM.S 1 g ASIAN VENTWE Vos£ KK. Skin. Tiw MPT 06 Au| FCL, LCL CONTAINER AND
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      538 34 4fiW eka jaya agencies TEL: *****22 (8 LINES) FAX: *****05 SALES REPRESENTATIVES IN CHARGE iHQCWMHMCITY »M» I HAMPfWOM/PMKCT I MtMBY MX It—M KILYIH CHAW imm -MAHfij »HB«a Itwrn 1 WILLIAM Ml g I.——— I ►T6 VIETNAfcI/HtMfe *AVICf CENTER-POINT S WW LINES ««a I Hi I nistw w 1 ti»«ae BUM
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      1167 34 HANJIN SHIPPING BOOKING TEL:- *****35-237 OPERATION TEL: *****41-253 SALES TEL:- *****30-233 DOCUMENT TEL: *****71-275 FM VSI rWlum HAUL S£A TVft POX FDR VS. »I UK «UL SAK IM NTC HANJM ROTTERDAM 0271 12/8 OWCT \/9 2/9 1/9 HWMN WITOOAM 0271 12/1 K IS/J U/9 18/J HANJM LE HARVE 0271 19/8
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      2183 35 II ~j/ I sex: 'CALIFORNIA SATURN 67E' eta sgp 10/08/94 HI II I ARRIVING LOS ANGELES 27/08/94 IN 16 DAYS II SStt I AEX: 'NEPTUNE CORAL 16E f ETA SGP 10/08/94 II 11 I ARRIVING NEW YORK 03/09/94 IN 23 DAYS I VSSSU. VOY LOS ||T ATL tA (LB D4l.
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      1086 35 I A I MULTILINE SHIPPING PTE LTD ■V (a member of SMSOV Group) CR NO: **********0 C ENQUIRIES: *****33 S —BOOKINGS: *****64, *****51, *****31, *****13 BALTIC: INWARD *****97 OUTWARD *****10 T/S *****10 ifcv BIASCO: INWARD *****65 OUTWARD *****28 T/S *****46 FESCO: BOOKINGS *****06 DOC *****07 MARINE INSURANCE: *****87 INVENTORY: *****59
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      918 36 vft AS AGENTS: "K" LINE (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD (CR NO: **********0M/GST R£G NO: M 2 *****99-6) TEL: *****77 TELEX: KAWAKI R*****5 FAX: *****16/7/8/9 I H IVI MALAYSIA: "K" LINE MARITIME (MALAYSIA) SON BHD I 1 TEL: SA *****00 PK *****75 PEN *****0 JB *****1 PGU *****5/6 1 INDONESIA: P.T. SARANA
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      475 36 irrr foowg sun V SHIPPING (PTE) LTD. WHOLESALE CENTRE. BLOCK 1. #0310 SINGAPORE 0511 BOOKINC/ENOUIRIES CR NO: 1098—3Q000W TEL: *****55 (12 LINES) FAX: *****16/*****25 TLX: R*****0/***** FSSHIP vessel voy cta HD ccstwation MANUAKU 12/94 12/1 14/1 PLAJU/PALEMANG SEAMAR 7/94 10/1 12/1 PONTIANAK/SMTETE GULF SULTAN 12/94 13/1 IS/t BANTEN/BENGKULU SUN MY
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      1227 36 @APPENSHIP /pi HAMBURG CONVENTIONAL INDEPENDENT LINER SERVICE EUROPE TO SOUTH EAST ASIA AND FAR EAST m KSSELS LOADING POUTS DISCHARGE/LOADfIG FOR Z ANANGEL PEACE RTM 06/07 SPORE 06/08 SEAKITTIE HAM 01/07 SPORE 18/08 ELENA V ANTW 05/07 SPORE 06/08 a (i I i\ REPUBLIC OF ACCEPTING CARGO TO GULF PORTS
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      959 37 PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL LINES (PTE) LTD] 1. .2 140 Cecil Street, #03-00 PIL Building, Singapore 0106. I m cr no iooeo67ooooe EH VESSEL VOY 8m BKK 8M fl VCSSCLVOYMI JKT SIN at H ROTA BABAS MMH 7/8 18/8 14/8 I KOTA MO AH IDHOII 8/8 11/8 U/8 HIL BUAMA (BMT/LCH) BNAO2I
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      1245 40 FOR BOOKING 1800-*****00 (TOLL-FREE) ouwouno nu. rtw aw sw mc tm mo os* wu m ww him ?io/wooo 30/01 oi/os 03/00 ovos/oo 09/00 io/m 12/00 14/00 w/oo i»/oi m/oo W WW HM 206/W037 02/00* 05/00 00/00 0/QB/08 12/08 13/08 IVM H/M 22/08 1 23/08 24/08 ?4/M WW MM 211/MO2O 00/08
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      753 41 FAMOUS CONTAINER LINES JlO ANSON RD. #15-21 INTERNATIONAL PLAZA, S'PORE 0207 HOT LINE: *****33 (24 LINES) GOTHENBURG/SCAN 07/8 ROTTERDAM 06/8 AARHUS/COPENHAGEN 07/8 HAMBURG/BREMEN 07/8 MARSEILLE/FRANCE 09/8 FELIXSTOWE/UK 08/8 BARCELONA/SPAIN 08/8 LEHAVRE/FRANCE 10/8 GENOA/ITALY 08/8 ANTWERP/BELGIUM 08/8 LOS ANGELES/WC/IPI 07/8 SYDNEY/MELBOURNE 07/8 NEW YORK/EC 07/8 FREMANTLE/ADELAIDE 1273 VANCOUVER 10/8 BRISBANE 07/8
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      1821 41 x*,*m»~~*< 1 1 B H| 9 ML s*: J> VESSEL VOY SIN PEN ■f —1 l»W* BHUM M» Fn IN PT Tu* »/l K* VESSEL VOY SIN BKK BHATRA BMUM 41» B*l Tin 9/8 MtUA Bp WANT A BMUM 20SN S*t 6/8 Tw WANA BMUM 240S Tw t/» >«t 13/»
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      1524 42 5/8 6/8 7/8 HKG/BKK/KEE/KHH Genoa/Barcelona/Marseiles 12/8 13/8 14/8 7/8 8/8 9/8 HKG/BKK/KEE/KHH G'burf/C'haien/S'holm/Oslo 8/8 9/8 10/8 9/8 10/8 11/8 HKG/BKK/KEE/KHH Piraeus 6/8 7/8 8/8 Mil v Dcrc|yi N p Ldn/Fli/Rtm/Ant/Ham/Leh 8/8 HONGKONG/BANGKOK/PUSAN 1 JPW/KOREA/MANILA I EgJStOSSSS?"- 6UOANO Minij/C«bti 10/8 11/8 12/8 KEELUNG/KAOHSIUNU I<*yo/Ko(»/OM/Y«lio 8/8 9/8 10/8 AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND -—2i 7
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      177 42 SEAWARD SHIPPING AND I TRADING CO (S) PTE LTD IT* IT* IT* yew rati hung route am tut n/a lo«fcn« tor Mate KUVM HUDHU 29/1 loading t#f Oubat DOIMR 2/1 29/8 Loading For Malt racu sum* i/g Loadmf for Mate UMMEDH 8/8 Loadmf For Male morass imrr »/s Loading tor
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      1164 42 f O THONG SOON UNES PTE LTD f I 78 SHENTON WAY #10-01, SINGAPORE 0207 I I \y V/ TEL: 227-5088 FAX: 227-6011 I I TLX: RS ***** CARRER, RS ***** JENHOL CABLE: TOSOCO I SINGAPORE TO SARAWAK S |NGAPORE TcTTHA?LAND ytSSEL WT_ S PORE_ DCST VESSEL VOT 1 S
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      643 43 WSVEVERETT ORIENT LINE" JAPAN/BAY OF BENGAL/JAPAN SERVICE ACCtPTMS WMMR/SOC CMtGOtS TO/FROM KO6E, YOKOHAMA. NAGOTA. MM. TOKYO*. MANLA*. OAVAOr Ptiunj* P. Kttwi Scjjpore EMsia* KARABIVERETT VISE 11/12 Au( KAMALEVERETT V22E 05/06 Sept IWHEJKTT VIOI 22/23 Sep 24/25 Sept ACCEPTMG KMMU/ra/SOC CAKOIS TO/FROM CHTTAGON6, CALCUTTA MB MOMLA*. Sin(jpart P. Ketmf* Ptn»(* Past
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      237 43 Ife GLORY NAVIGATION GROUP REGULAR LINER SERVICE TAIWAN TO SINGAPORE ASEAN SINGAPORE TO KOMPONG SOM •AT ATTRACTIVE RATES* CR NO: **********0W SP PKL PNG KAO GLORY SELATAN X 29/7 1/8 7/8 16/8 GLORY SELATAN IX 6/8 8/8 SP KOMPONG SOM GLORY SELATAN VIII 8/8 11/8 LINER SERVICE USA, VANCOUVER, VERACRUZ
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      488 43 jdk PAKISTAN NATIONAL SHIPPING CORPORATION KARACHI BREAKBULK A CONTAINER SERVICE "vESSE^^~" M ""KMAC!*™*" ISLAA4ABAO 124HW 27/00 05/09 BOl** 138HW 31/08 09/09 HTDERABAO 133-HW 13/09 23/09 MAKRAN 151 H* 22/09 02/10 FAR EAST CONTAINER SERVICE ONLY vor"* sw wiT" bsn osT" hog 7aT**" 1 HTPERAaAO 132 OW 15/ M 19/08 23/01
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      664 43 FORTNIGHTLY DIRCCT CONTAINER SERVICE SIN TO DURBAN/P. ELIZABETH CAPETOWN/LAGOS VESSEL SIN DURBAN P ELIZABETH CPT LOS SHUN HE/1 OS 11/ OS 25/ OB 26/08 02/09 15/09 TAO HE/87 26/08 09/09 10/09 15/09 30/09 JIAN HE/87 11/09 25/09 26/09 02/10 15/10 HUV HE /108 26/ OB 08/IO 10/10 15/10 30/10 ACCEPTS
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      259 43 SIN FAR EAST 09/08 KEELUNG/KAOHSIUNG 07/08 BANGKOK I 07/08 MANILA/CEBU J 07/08 JAKARTA/BELAWAN/SURABAYA 07/08 PORT KELANG/PENANG/E. MALAYSIA 07/08 BUSAN 07/08 TOKYO/YOKO/KOBE/NGO/OSA 07/08 HONG KONG SjN CHINA 07/08 GUANGZHOU/HUANGPU/SHENZHEN FUZHOU/XIAMEN/SHANTOU/SHEKOU DALIAN/SHANGHAI/XINGANG TIANJIN/QINGDAO/HAIKOU also accepting LCL cargo SIN EUROPE/UK 08/08 LDN/FLX/LVP/SOU 08/08 RDM/HAM/ANT/LEH/GOA/OSL/GOT/BCN also accepting cargo to Austria/ Hungary/Romania/Poland/Bulgaria/Czech. SIN USA/CANADA 07/08
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      823 44 PHIUORICNT UN€S PTi LTD 1 08 Robinson Road #07-00 GMG Building Singapore 0106 1 Tel: *****22/*****69/*****00 Telex: RS ***** Fax: *****76/*****38 P Kelang: 03-*****98 Penang: 04-*****6 (CR CODE: **********0H) 5T3 V A MEMBER OF THE SINGAPORE FREIGHT FORWARDERS ASSOCIATION 7 AUG SYDNEY, MELBOURNE, BRISBANE, FREMANTLE 11 AUG AUCKLAND, WELLINGTON. LYTTLETON,
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      323 44 y Contemn CONTERM FREIGHT (F.E.) PTE LTD. AUCKLAND 11 AUGUST (Acctptinfl to tN Now Zttitod poets) PENAN6 12 AUG JAKARTA 9 AUG PORT KLANG 11 AUG BANGKOK 7 AUG MELBOURNE 11 AUG STDNET 11 AUG IHlltfthf 22 AUG FREBUNTLE 14 AUG AOELABE 12 AUG 'ACCEPTING TO ALL SCANOMAVIA PORTS BIAORAS
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      416 44 Next Week's Sailings Pte L»4 I FIRST FORWARDER IN To: ETD To: ETD asia awarded Singapore Singapore iso 9002 by lrqa FVFRY FVFRY Bangkok SUN Jakarta SUN A EVERY EVERY Manila SUN Ho Chi Minh FRI fD] £J EVERY EVERY 1 Colombo TUE Limassol THUR LJHLJ| INTERNATIONAL SEA FREIGHT FORNMOK'
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      1431 45 ISEAMA^VRGENTIN^IN^^Sg^ CONTAINERISED "HUB" SERVICE I DIRECT TO ARGENTINA/BRAZIL URUGUAY K m VOV m ft ARMAS USMJMA "M"|TVWO IWT "pT^ FRANCISCA SCHULTE 02E 15/08 19/09 21/09 29/09 I ZT/09 I 30/09 I 24/10 ALEXANOCR SCHULTE 03E 02/09 07/10 09/10 14/10 I 18/10 18/10 I 13/11 CAftOPUS 03E 04/10 08/11 10/11 18/11
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      460 45 CEYLON SHIPPING CORPN Notional Line of Sri Lanka CONTAINERISED SERVICE TO UK AND NORTH CONTINENTAL PORTS bb. |Q» irn 1 11 f|—lm I I m I BOMS* MMMmW Mil 1 U/W M/M I mum tuvm MB i n/w tim I mm mm win 2*m z*m I ■MM SHMMW MMI 11/
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      514 45 |C CONDOR LINE SEMI-CONTAINERISED SERVICE EASTBOUND SCHEDULE N0.48 I VESSEL N. NRUPSNAYA PRIMORSK PAVLOORAO PETRODVORETS PRIOZERSK DEKABRIST FORT 9 EBI4 EBIS EBI6 EBI7 EBIS EBI9 SUENQ9 AWES" SaHad >aWad 22 27/07 03-09/09 24 27/09 08-Q9/09 MONTE VIOCO SaHad SbSbS 29 29/07 08-07/08 29/09 09-10/09 RIO OR AN OQ 9U Saßad
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      385 46 TE^r22S92FA3rMr6S7^CR7ISS792OOOW STRAITS SHUTTLE SERVICE SINGAPORE/PORT KLANG/SINQAPORE SINGAPORE/PENANG/SINGAPORE VESSEL VOYAGE I SW PKL VESSEL VOYAGE SW PEN VIGOUR LUZON *****N 02/08 (TUE) 04/08 (THU) MCC CONVEYOK 9431 02/08 (TUE) 05/08 (FRI) MCC CONVEYOR 9431 02/08 (TUE) 04/08 (THU) VIGOUR LUZON *****N 05/08 (FIB) 07/08 (SUN) VIGOUR SPORE *****N 05/08 (FRI) 07/08
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      813 47 I HYUNDAI I MERCHANT MARIHE CO. ITD. WESTBOUND TO EUROPE BKG: *****61 rnr pke* pgr vessels vot sw rtm ant* leh* hah mt fei 03/01 05/08 06/08 NOR FRIBOURG 312W OS/0S 26/08 28/08 29/08 21/08 28/08 30/08 10/08 12/08 13/08 M. CHALLENGER 311W 15/08 02/09 04/09 05/09 04/09 04/09 06/09
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