The Business Times, 10 August 1994

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    12 1 BUSINESS TIMES WE KNOW ASIA MITA(P) 010/12/93 Wednesday August 10 1994 15'
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    Lock icon Dow down 5.18 points
    47 1 Reuter NEW YORK Wall Street stocks were slightly lower yesterday in dull midday trading. In the broad market, declines led advances by 11 to eight at lpm EDT. The Dow Jones industrial average was down 5.18 points at 3,748.63 at 2pm EDT. Reuter
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    Lock icon US software sales up
    46 1 Bloomberg Business News WASHINGTON Surging demand for entertainment and educational computer software for the home contributed to a 67 per cent growth in unit sales of software in North America during the first quarter, the Software Publishers Association reported yesterday. Bloomberg Business
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    159 1 Hiffc Built liwHttt Tatriajr Ckn|t ST1I dosed KLSE Comp 1,073.59 -2.75 Nikkei -....20,590.22 -45.61 Hana Sent 9,446.43 -91.44 SET Index 1,406.33 -7.71 Jakarta Comp 469.92 -2.49 CLSA China B ....1,122.88 -9.43 Aust All Ord 2,086.8 5.7 FTSE 100 3,168.6 -3.3 Taesfey Previous 2pm doac Dow Jones 3,748.63 3,753.81 Average of
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    Lock icon MGM Grand strikes possible casino deals in Hainan
    181 1 Bloomberg Business News LAS VEGAS MGM Grand Inc has signed a memorandum of understanding with the government of Hainan Province, China, to explore the possibility of developing two casino resorts. The memorandum grants Las Vegas-based MGM Grand exclusive rights for six months
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    S'pore's US$4.8b investment in China ranks fifth
    479 1  -  By Schutz Lee SINGAPORE Singapore is the fifth largest investor in China in terms of the number of projects and value of contracts signed between 1979 and the end of 1993, the latest statistics from China's Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation
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    Lock icon Giordano founder likely to quit for treading on Beijing's toes
    516 1  -  From Lim Soon Neo in HONGKONG GIORDANO chain founder Jimmy Lai Chee-ying, who recently used his outspoken weekly Next Magazine to condemn Chinese Premier Li Peng for his role in the Tiananmen incident, is likely to resign from the board
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    3 killed in blast at Sembawang yard
    247 1 SINGAPORE Three people were killed and eight seriously injured in an explosion at Sembawang Bethlehem's yard at Admiralty Road West yesterday morning. The incident took place at the stern of a ship under fabrication, a police statement said. Gerard Vincent, spokesman of Sembawang
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    BG Lee ready to be future PM if called to serve
    409 1 SINGAPORE Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong is ready to be the future Prime Minister of Singapore if the people think he is the best person for the job. In an interview published in The Straits Times' National Day
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    Lock icon Entitlements will use up most of US tax funds by 2012: report
    378 1 AP WASHINGTON A bipartisan group has warned that entitlement benefits such as social security, Medicare, Medicaid and civil service pensions are growing so rapidly that they will consume nearly all federal tax revenues by the year 2012, leaving
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      7 1 Regional Analysis: Pg 10 Indochina thinks Asean
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      7 1 Hock Lock Siew: Why was YHS shutmffry
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
    • ASIA NOTES
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        Lock icon Bali volcano spews ash
        97 2 AFP JAKARTA A volcano on the Indonesian resort island of Bali $as ended 10 vears of inactivity by spewing ash and smoke up to 500 m into the'sky. The head of volcano control at the Directorate ©J" Volcanologv, Suratman, yesterday said residents of nearby villages had
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        Lock icon Thai police general queried
        64 2 AFP BANGKOK Thai police general Sanong Wattanawarangkul leaving police headquarters yesterday after surrendering for questioning over the disappearance of part of US$2O million in jewellery stolen from a Saudi prince five years ago. The case has soured relations between Thailand and Saudi Arabia as all but
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        Lock icon Jakarta urged to ban Al-Arqam
        109 2 AFP JAKARTA Indonesia's highest Muslim authority yesterday urged the government to ban the Al-Arqam sect, saying it posed a threat to the unity of the world's largest Muslim-populated nation. The call for the sect to be "rapidly banned" came from the Indonesian Council of Ulemas
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        Lock icon Philippine trade deficit soars
        55 2 AFP MANILA The Philippines' trade deficit surged 41.6 per cent on the previous year to U554,066 billion (556.13 billion) for the Sjx months to June. The official National Statistics Office yesterday said export earnings rose 17.2 per cent to U556,074 billion while imports soared 25.9 per
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        Lock icon Advice for UK media
        80 2 Bernama GENTING HIGHLANDS The British media has been asked to seek the views of the Malaysian High Commission in Britain before publishing news on Malaysia. Malaysian High Commissioner to Britain Kamaruddin Abu yesterday said the request was made at a meeting he had had with newspaper
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      Lock icon Java nuclear plant to go ahead despite public hearing pledge
      309 2 Reuter JAKARTA Indonesia announced it will start building a nuclear power plant on Java island in May 1996, days after saying it would hold a public hearing on the controversial matter, Antara news agency said yesterday. Djali Ahimsa, director-gen-eral of
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      Lock icon Ho Chi Minh City plans to halve number of state firms
      406 2 AFP HANOI Ho Chi Minh City is planning to halve the number of state enterprises under its administration by forcing weaker companies to close or merge by the end of next year. The Saigon Newsreader reported yesterday that the
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      Lock icon Petronas to start output at new Viet oil field by 1998
      284 2 Reuter KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's national oil company, Petroliam Nasional Bhd. could start production in 1998 at a recently discovered oil field off the coast of Vietnam. Petronas chairman Azizan Zainul Abidin said yesterday. "That will be the earliest date,"
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      Lock icon Indon commodities bureau proposes ban on palm oil exports
      290 2 Reuter JAKARTA Indonesia's logistics bureau, which regulates the country's vast commodities sector, has proposed an export ban on palm oil to stabilise soaring domestic prices of cooking oil, industry sources said yesterday. The bureau made the proposal at a closed meeting
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      Lock icon Johor signs two industrial pacts with Indon firms
      214 2 Bernama PADANG, Indonesia The Johor State Economic Development Corporation (JSEDC) yesterday signed two agreements in Indonesia to venture into the downstream woodbased industry in Indonesia and to develop an integrated industrial area in West Sumatra. Under the first pact, JSEDC subsidiary Sindora
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  • SINGAPORE'S 29TH NATIONAL DAY
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      Lock icon Brilliant birthday bash lights up the night
      366 3  -  By Alec Almazan IT WAS light and laser. Sensation and spectacle. Fireworks and firepower. They set the backdrop for a nation turning 29. A crowd of 60,000 filled the Kallang Stadium to rejoice in yesterday's birthday bash the National Day Parade with the
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  • CHINA / HONGKONG /TAIWAN
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      Lock icon Taiwan eases limits on foreign bank branches
      335 4 Cap on NT dollar deposits also lifted Reuter TAIPEI Taiwan has relaxed limits on foreign bank branches and lifted restrictions on the holding of Taiwan dol-lar-denominated deposits. "We hope the revision can help to upgrade foreign banks' efficiency and service quality, paving the
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      Lock icon Beijing to open mining to foreigners
      127 4 AP BEIJING China is opening its mining industry to foreign investors, an official report said yesterday. The projected economic growth of 8-9 per cent over the next few years requires the same growth in ore supply and a higher rate for energy, the China
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      Lock icon Typhoon brings death... and life
      47 4 Reuter TAO YUAN, Taiwan Excess water gushing out from the Shihmen Reservoir here yesterday as a result of Typhoon Doug. The storm left 10 people dead but also brought 178 mm of rain, which helped ease this summer's acute water shortage. Renter
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      Lock icon Jiang vows to step up efforts to protect intellectual property
      317 4 Reuter AFP BEIJING President Jiang Zemin pledged yesterday that China would do everything in its power to ensure the protection of intellectual property rights currently the source of a bitter Sino-American dispute. In a meeting with Edgar Wollard, chairman of
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      Lock icon China could get grace period to meet Gatt terms: US
      279 4 Reuter HONGKONG China could be given a grace period before having to meet some conditions of membership in the General Agreement on Trade and Tariffs, a senior US official in charge of Asian affairs said yesterday. "We would recognise that
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    • CHINA WATCH
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        Lock icon Chinese silk exports up 37.2 pc
        104 4 Reuter BEIJING China's exports of silk products soared 37.2 per cent to US$l.22 billion (551.84 billion) in the first six months of this year from the year-earlier period, the China Daily said. Exports of raw silk totalled US$544 million compared with US$353 million a
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        Lock icon Grain output expected to fall
        68 4 Reuter BEIJING China's 1994 grain output will be lower than the 1993 level of 456.44 million tonnes, the Ministry of Agriculture said. The summer grain harvest was 104 million tonnes, down 4.6 million from last year. The Economic Information Daily quoted the ministry as saying
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        Lock icon Senior officials held for corruption
        75 4 AFP HONGKONG The Authorities in China's Hainan province have detained five senior officials for taking bribes to grant land rights to developers. The five were all vice-chairmen of the standing committee of the Conference of People's Representatives of Qiongshan city, near the Hainan provincial capital
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        Lock icon Taipei exports to China, Japan up
        73 4 Bloomberg Business News TAIPEI Taiwan's exports rose 9.1 per cent on the year in July to US$7.BB billion (SS 11.87 billion) on increased sales to China and Japan, the Ministry of Finance reported. Sales to Hongkong, the conduit for Taiwan's trade with China, gained
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  • REST OF ASIA
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      Lock icon Growth in Aussie business confidence seen slowing down
      480 5 Bloomberg Business News SYDNEY Growth in business confidence in Australia is slowing and no dramatic surge in business investment is in sight, according to a July survey by the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry. "Given the level of investor confidence, there
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      Lock icon Aussie jobless rate down in July: poll
      150 5 Bloomberg Business News CANBERRA Australia's unemployment rate in July declined to 9.9 per cent from 10 per cent in June, according to the average forecast of economists polled by Bloomberg and published yesterday. The forecasts by 10 economists point to growth of about
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      Lock icon Japan's ruling coalition considers privatising 22 public bodies
      268 5 AFP TOKYO Japan's ruling coalition parties are considering plans to privatise 22 of the country's 92 existing public bodies to help raise 1.7 trillion yen (about Ss2s billion) a year. The Nihon Keizai Shimbun yesterday quoted a draft presented by a coalition
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    • ASIA NOTES
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        Lock icon D-day for investors with borrowed names
        67 5 Knight-Ridder HONGKONG The South Korean Ministry of Finance will move against foreign investors who own South Korean stocks under borrowed Korean names on Saturday. Friday is the deadline for foreign investors owning such stocks to sell their equity, following a one-year grace period. In
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        Lock icon Remembering Nagasaki
        46 5 Reuter NAGASAKI Japanese Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama presenting a wreath for Nagasaki atomic bomb victims yesterday, the 49th anniversary of the bombing. The blast killed an estimated 70,000 people, including about 12,000 Koreans who were forced to work as labourers in the city. Reuter
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        Lock icon Canberra supports arms sale to Thais
        74 5 Reuter CANBERRA The Australian government said it would support a controversial bid by a state-owned defence company to sell rifles to Thailand's army, which critics had charged could wind up in the hands of the Khmer Rouge. Australian Defence Industries will bid for the
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        Lock icon Downer on the way down?
        74 5 Reuter CANBERRA The political honeymoon is over for Australia's new opposition leader, Alexander Downer. Voter support, which soared immediately after he became Liberal Pary leader in May, has collapsed after stumbles last week over Aboriginal land rights. Only 36 per cent of voters preferred him
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        Lock icon Progress in US-Pyongyang talks
        83 5 NYT PARIS Resuming talks after a weekend break, the US and North Korea said on Monday that they had made some progress in dealing with an array of issues related to North Korea's nuclear programme. After nine hours of talks in the North Korean Mission to
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      238 5 NORANDA SQUARE 3 SHOPPING CENTRE 2 PERTH WESTERN AUSTRALIA Registrations of Interest are called for this modern suburban Centre located 9kms north of the city of Perth. There is an opportunity for sub-division and expansion. Tenants include Coles Supermarket, Bi-Lo Supermarket, Liquorland, Red Rooster and 36 specialty shops. Estimated Net
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  • THE WORLD
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      Lock icon Murdoch hints at support for UK Labour
      469 6 AFP LONDON International media mogul Rupert Murdoch, owner of three staunchly conservative British newspapers, has stirred the political pot here with a suggestion he might support the new Labour leader, Tony Blair. Mr Murdoch, in an interview with German magazine Der Spiegel, praised
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      Lock icon Schroders pays dearly for gaffe during takeover bid
      286 6 FT LONDON A technical slip by Schroders, one of London's leading merchant banks, is to result in an unprecedented £4 million (559.3 million) compensation payment to investors who sold shares in a takeover target on the basis of a misleading announcement. The
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      Lock icon Lightning strikes goalie
      78 6 Reuter UPPSALA, Sweden Bandaged, battered, but alive, 16-year-old Swedish girl Veronica Ronn is recovering in hospital here after being struck by lightning 13 days ago. Veronica was hit while standing in goal during a soccer game in Gayle, north Sweden. She was thrown into the air and
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      Lock icon Germany's 1993 current account deficit revised down
      184 6 Bloomberg Business News FRANKFURT Germany's current account deficit totalled 33.2 billion marks (5531.6 billion) in 1993, down from the original estimate of 35.2 billion marks, the Bundesbank said yesterday. The restatement of the current account, which reflects trade in merchandise and services as
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      Lock icon Britain's merchandise trade deficit hit £1.03b in May
      260 6 Reuter LONDON Britain's visible trade deficit widened to £1.03 billion (552.38 billion) in May from £770 million in April, the Central Statistical Office said yesterday. The May figure was in line with independent forecasts and caused little stir in quiet financial markets.
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      Lock icon VAT system in EU may be delayed, Germans told
      262 6 FT BONN German industrialists were warned on Monday that a new collection system for value added tax in the European Union might be seriously delayed. It was intended to streamline and simplify the cumbersome transitional system currently in operation. But tax
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    • WORLD WATCH
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        Lock icon Israel, Jordan en route to peace treaty
        70 6 Reuter DEAD SEA, Israel Israel and Jordan, two weeks after marking a formal end to 46 years of conflict, began yesterday the tough task of removing obstacles to a full peace treaty. After warmly greeting Fayez al-Tarawneh, his Jordanian counterpart, chief Israeli negotiator
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        Lock icon Kuwait makes big Russian arms buy
        53 6 Reuter KUWAIT Kuwait has made its first major arms purchase from Russia since the Gulf War and given cash-strapped Moscow a firmer foothold in the lucrative Gulf arms market. The move signals that Kuwait is resuming its careful balance between Washington and Moscow in
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        Lock icon No change to UK's monetary policy
        83 6 Bloomberg Business News LONDON At their last meeting July 28, the minutes of which will be released today, UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Kenneth Clarke and Bank of England governor Eddie George were satisfied with current monetary policy, the Times (London) said, citing unidentified
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      Lock icon Coalition urges Clinton to put off signing Gatt treaty
      393 8 AP WASHINGTON An eclectic, incongruous coalition of liberals and conservatives on Monday urged President Bill Clinton to put off until next year final congressional consideration of the new General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade treaty negotiated by more than 100 nations
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      Lock icon Berlusconi's brother admits secret bribes fund: report
      168 8 Reuter MILAN The Fininvest me-dia-to-supermarkets company of Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi kept a fund to make secret payments, ANSA and AGI news agencies said on Monday, quoting the media tycoon's younger brother Paolo. They said Paolo Berlusconi, under house arrest on suspicion
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      Lock icon Resourceful owner of resource
      60 8 AFP KRIENS, Switzerland The owner of a piece of forest land near Lucerne has a novel way of storing firewood for the long winter months ahead. He stacks them up to form wooden chalets, complete with window segments, shutters and a roof. What an idea like
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      Lock icon Interactive TV top bidder in standoff with FCC over downpayment
      464 8 NYT WASHINGTON The top bidder in the Federal Communications Commission's experimental auction of interactive television airwaves challenged the agcncy on Monday, saying it would not pay its required downpayment on 20 regional licences. The FCC, which had issued a strong
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      Lock icon US cable TV group plans to buy US$2b of phone switches
      313 8 AP WASHINGTON A consortium representing seven of the nation's largest cable television companies announced yesterday plans to order as much as US$2 billion (Ss3 billion) worth of telephone-switching equipment, moving cable firms a step closer to offering phone services
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  • WORLD FOCUS
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      Kremlin reneges on debt to ailing state enterprises
      1005 9  -  Crime and bankruptcy in Russia Critics smell political favouritism in Moscow's decision to wind up many state firms and repay its debts to others, writes John Helmer John Helmer OFFICIALS responsible for Russia's new bankruptcy policy say they don't know how much
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      Is a Russian Don Corleone the answer?
      600 9  -  Sergei Khrushchev fears Russians are being manipulated into thinking an honourable gangster can restore order Sergei Khrushchev Racketeering, hos-tage-taking, bank bombings, contract killings all this crime worries today's Russians even more than the increasing problem of unemployment. In Russia's cities, people are afraid
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  • REGIONAL ANALYSIS
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      Six gear up for Hanoi to come aboard next year
      1450 10  -  Indochina thinks Asean FACE TO FACE Yang Razali Kassim, BT T s Regional Analysis editor, met Vietnamese Foreign Minister Nguyen Manh Cam during the recent Asean Regional Forum to find out more about Hanoi's impending entry into Asean and what
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      Cambodia opts for a no-confrontation policy
      1610 11  -  Indochina thinks Asean HARISH MEHTA HARISH MEHTA The writer, BT's Indochina correspondent, was in Cambodia recently CAMBODIA and Thailand are on the verge of forging a new "no confrontation policy" to end decades of mutual suspicion and a war of words, said Cambodia's .Deputy
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      Phnom Penh leaders eye golf, stability and trade
      968 11  -  Harish Mehta asks Prince Norodom Sirivudh about Cambodia's interest in joining Asean Harish Mehta RINCE Norodom Sirivudh says he sometimes jokes with his Vietnamese counterpart Ngvyen Manh Cam that they must leafh to play golf because it is a gaiie all Asean
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  • LIFESTYLE
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      Lock icon The latest growth crop — tourists
      603 13  - The latest growth crop tourists Japanese small-plot farmers are renting apple trees to city slickers to bring in more money, reports Yoko Kobayashi Yoko Kobayashi Reuter WANT to rent an apple tree? Or pick grapes by the hour? Japan's small fanners, once the backbone of the nation's agriculture, have found
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      Lock icon Duchess of York is still best friends with estranged husband
      347 13 AP BRITAIN'S Duchess of York says she is "best friends" with her estranged, husband, Prince Andrew, and refuses to say whether she is considering divorce. |n a copyright interview by Pjess Impact Italia, published iQ Woman's Day magazine in Australia
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      Lock icon Hepburn says 'I will' to Beatty
      655 13 cHAtfflwsy AP AP AP AP AP AP LIKE many other women, Katharine Hepburn found it's hard to say no to Warren Beatty. When Beatty asked Hepburn to play a small role in his next movie. Love Affair, the grande dame of film declined repeatedly.
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  • Page 13 Miscellaneous
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  • SPORTS
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      661 14 Countdown to the PGA Championship Reuter TULSA, Oklahoma Southern Hills Country Club, which really has only one hill, has a golf course which can be as deceptive as its name, as players in this week's PGA Championship will quickly leam. Southern Hills
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      361 14 AP GRAND BLANC, Michigan Fred Couples gets tired of people saying he watches too much television. And anyone who was on hand to see Couples outduel Corey Pavin to win the Buick Open last weekend could see that it's a bad
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      34 14 AFP HELSINKI Injury-plagued British javelin star Steve Beckley launching his lance in the men's event in the European Athletics Championships on Monday here. Beckley won the gold medal, throwing 85.20 metres. AFP
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      457 14 AFP LEEDS, England South Africa captain Kepler Wessels' joy at salvaging the second Test match against England was marred last night by the injury to paceman Allan Donald. After the tourists had stood firm to reach 116-3 in their second innings
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        104 14 UPI HELSINKI, Finland Steve Backley won the event the Finnrf hold dearest to their hearts, while Linford Christie emerged victorious in the discipline just about everyone else rates as tbs most important to give Britain a prestigious golden double on Monday at the European Track
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        94 14 Reuter MANHATTAN BEACH, California Martina Navratilovt'i declaration on Monday that she is still uncertain about playing the US Open later this month overshadowed the opening day of play at the US$4OO,OOO (SS600,000) Virginia Slims of Los Angeles. "1 haven't made my mind up yet,"
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        97 14 AFP NEW DELHI Former Junior Wimbledon and US Oped champion Leander Paes will spearhead India's fight to stay in th* Davis Cup world group in the September playoff against Soutli Africa. Paes, India's main hope following the retirement last yeaf of Ramesh Krishnan, will
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        101 14 Reuter HELSINKI Former world high jump champion Patrick Sjoberg has criticised fellow athletes, officials and the media for excessive drinking and bad behaviour in a controversial autobiography published on Monday. Sjoberg said at the European athletic championships: This is how I see things. Athletes are not
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      465 15 World Baskteball Championships Reuter TORONTO Fanis Christodoulou scored five of his gamehigh 26 points in a late secondhalf run and made a game-sav-ing defensive play in the final seconds as Greece held off a Canadian comeback for a 74-71 victory on Monday at
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      730 15  -  The NBA is watching with glee as basketball catches on, writes Harvey Araton Harvey Araton NYT TORONTO One night during the first round of the world basketball championships, the coaching staffs of the United States and China sat down to dinner,
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      46 15 AFP CHICAGO A baseball fan displaying his feelings about the possible baseball strike by major league players during the game between Chicago Cubs and San Francisco Giants at the Wrigley Field here on Monday. The strike date is set for Friday. AFP
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        64 15 NEW YORK M*jor league Mondav National: Pittsburgh 2 Montreal 3: Colorado 7 LA 6; Cincinnati 4 Atlanta 6; Florida 1 St Louis II; Philadlephia 2 NY 3; Chicago 4 SF 5. American: Minnesota 5 Boston 2: Detroit 4 Milwaukee 12: NY 6 Baltimore 5 (II innings); Texas 4 Seattle
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        61 15 TORONTO 12th World Championships quarter-final round-robin play Monday: Greece 74 Canada 71: Croatia 105 China 73. Standings (Games Played. Wins. Losses. Points): I Croatia 110 2 2 Greece 11 0 2 3 Canada 10 10 4 China I 0 I 0. Consolation games: Spain 98 South Korea 57: Argentina
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        60 15 PONT*: VKDRA, Florida LS PGA lour lop 10 money winners Mondav (LS unless noted): 1 Greg Norman (Aust) U551.118.498 2 Nick Price (Zim) 846.927 3 Tom Lehman 783.384 4 Loren Roberts 731.070 5 Hale Irwin 695.926 6 Jeff" Maggert 676.543 7 Corey Pavin 635.305 8 Fuzzy Zoeller 569.216 9
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        237 15 MASON, Ohio LSSI.72 million ATP Championship Ist rd Monday: 11-Yevgeny Kafelnikov (Rus) b Scbastien Lareau (Can) 6-4 6-3: 12Wayne Ferreira (SA) b Marc Goellner (Ger) 7-5 6-4: 13-Cedric Pioline (Fra) b Wally Masur (Aust) 3-6 6-4 6-2; Martin Da mm (Cze) b 14Patrick Rafter (Aust) 6-3 3-6 7-6 (7-3):
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    531 16 Kicp IJWL& WHEN Indonesia announced a plan to increase wages by up to 46 per cent earlier this year, there were mutterings of discontent from some foreign investors. Indonesia risked pricing itself out of the market, they said, citing low-cost China, Vietnam and other
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      171 16 TODAY, at 29, Singapore has much in common with its successful, well-educated twenty-something citizens. It earns more than it could dream of and basks in an economic sunshine that shows no sign of dimming. To ensure that few hitches mar its future, Singapore needs to deal
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      154 16 THIS YEAR'S National Day comes along when the republic is enjoying another year of good growth in fact, phenomenal. This is because double-digit growth is rare in a country entering its developed and growth-to-maturity phase. At the same time, Singaporeans, especially the young, are beginning to view
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      149 16 IT IS not difficult for Singaporeans to achieve a per capita income comparable to that of developed countries by 2000, as long as they maintain a positive and realistic attitude. But success will bring certain problems. The present situation of developed countries in the West can
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      169 16 FOREIGN BANKS and securities firms that moved into the Tokyo stock market during the boom years of the late 1980s are shifting their focus to other Asian markets. And it isn't hard to understand why. The Hongkong and Singapore markets are expanding, while performances in
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      168 16 IN THE 1992 US presidential election, Ross Perot liked to ridicule politicians who go on television, talk about doing something and then feel they have done it. If he thinks America is bad, he should try the Philippines, where politicians are unabashed at announcing solutions to
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    885 16  -  Paul Adams and Robert Corzine find Shell, Mobil and Chevron treading cautiously as the industry strike drags on, wary of offending either party Paul Adams and Robert Corzine FT WESTERN oil companies in Nigeria find themselves caught between a political hard place and
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      76 16 VwWfcflqfißl j ALL LINOS TO WJST Give OLD UNCL£ e>G4?Ti£ L Thailand ARC £NGf\G£D POONESBURY GARRY TRUDEAU J" tHO.rrsA AND me MOWER HAS I MAN-TUB f I R PRESUME? hohjcan rrs not denial, and maybe loute in denial.' W 10U BELIEVE MAN.ITZM&- LIKE 4 LOT OF MURES, YOU UM...UELL... CONVERSAVONM
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      1559 17  -  Australia's agri-food industry is regarded as an area of excellence, but there are warnings that its exports are losing market share in Asia. In the second of a two-part series, Peter Osborne examines the structural challenges facing the domestic food industry
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      1311 17 Japan's 124 million consumers are demonstrating a new thrift that corporate giants are being forced to cater to Bloomberg Business News PEOPLE like 53-year-old Misuo Nishigami are sparking a revolution in the way Japanese corporate giants from Nissan Motor to Japan Airlines do business.
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    468 18 Reuter WASHINGTON The largest gain in work hours since 1988 pushed the productivity of American workers down in the second quarter, the first decline in more than a year, the Labour Department said yesterday. Non-farm productivity a measure of output
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    51 18 Reuter CAPE TOWN South Africa's Transport Minister Mac Maharaj welcoming London cab driver Jeremy Levine outside Parliament House yesterday. Mr Levine drove his cab from England in an effort to set a record for the world's longest metered fare and raise money for charity.
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    475 18 Knight-Rid-der HONGKONG Office rents in Hongkong's central business district edged upward last fnonth amid signs that certain downtown tenants are refusing to pay higher rents. The Vigers Knight-Ridder Property Index, released yesterCy, showed that rents in
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    319 18 AFP Bloomberg Business News Reuter HONGKONG China is ready to reach agreement with Britain over a multi-billion-dollar airport for Hongkong which has been bogged down by a diplomatic row over the colony's political future, according to television reports here yesterday. Beijing's
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    719 18  -  The Bottom Line CRAIG COPETAS CRAIG COPETAS The writer, a Paris-based journalist, spent six years in Moscow as a news correspondent and is author of Bear Hunting with the Politburo. He contributed this commentary to BT WHEN the going gets weird, f the weird
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    318 18 AFP HANOI Vietnam will order companies to deposit foreign exchange in authorised banks and will ban the use of the US dollar for most transactions in an effort to boost use of the Vietnamese currency, reports said yesterday. According to new
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    254 18 Reuter JAKARTA The US, concerned about alleged abuses of worker rights, is likely to further postpone a decision on trade privileges with Indonesia, the US embassy in Jakarta said yesterday. Washington, which earlier this year postponed by six months a decision expected
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    126 18 AFP TOKYO Japanese Foreign Minister Yohei Kono plans to meet US Trade Representative Mickey Kantor in Los Angeles in an attempt to ease their bilateral trade dispute. Kyodo News Agency yesterday said Mr Kono and International Trade and Industry Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto will represent Japan at
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      328 19  -  By Joseph Rajendran SINGAPORE Flextech Holdings, which has just received approval for a Sesdaq listing, plans to expand its industrial distribution business by more than 50 per cent a year in the next two to three years. Managing director Joseph Au told BT this
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      404 19 Bloomberg Business News SINGAPORE Booming but volatile stock markets in the Far East last year helped make Morgan Stanley's Institutional Asian Equity Fund a big winner for its holders. It grew 47.53 per cent in the past 12 months and 13.67 per cent
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      881 19  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW By Lee Han Shih SINGAPORE The decision by Wing Tai and Far East Organisation to exclude Yeo Hiap Seng from the Tien Wah project surprised many, but probably none more than YHS itself. Property sources say that
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        286 20 Reuter KUALA LUMPUR Aokam Perdana Bhd hopes to win the right to log reafforested areas in Malaysia's Borneo state of Sabah, a local newspaper reported. The Malaysian Business Times quoted Aokam managing director Teh Soon Seng as saying that approval from
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        490 20  -  From Al Labita in MANILA THE FIGHT for ownership of the Keppel-controlled Philseco is now a full-blown "legal war". Late last week. Philyard Holdings asked the Court of Appeals to dismiss a petition by tycoon John Gokongwei seeking ownership of the 300,000
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        361 20 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR The Malaysian government has no immediate plan to privatise the transmission of electricity now undertaken by Tenaga Nasional Bhd, Energy. Telecommunications and Post Minister S Samy Vellu said yesterday. "Power transmission will not be privatised. It requires skill and a big pool
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        180 20 MBT KUALA LUMPUR At a meeting chaired by Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad recently, Khazanah Holdings Bhd has approved the appointment of six new directors to its board. The new directors of the government's investment arm comprise two representatives from the public sector and
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          85 20 Bernama JOHANNESBURG Landmarks Bhd has proposed to invest MS2OO million (SSII6 million) to develop a S6l ha integrated industrial estate near here, its second development project in South Africa. Its representative here, Hamidah Maktar, said the first phase of the Samrand Development project
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          68 20 AFP KUALA LUMPUR Malayan United Industries Bhd (MUI) declined comment yesterday on reports of a probe by Hongkong authorities into alleged links between sugar king Robert Kuok and MUl's Khoo Kay Peng. MUl's key executives, when contacted, said they were unsure whether the company
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          84 20 Bloomberg Business News BANGKOK Shares in Thailand's largest engineering and construction company, Italian-Thai Development pic, yesterday finished their first trading day on the stock exchange at a 31 per cent premium to their initial sale price in July. The closing price of 230 baht per
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          64 20 Reuter KUALA LUMPUR Consolidated Plantations Bhd yesterday requested a voluntary suspension of trading* in its shares next Monday so it can merge with its parent Sime Darby Bhd. Sime Darby has proposed merging with Consplant and transferring the listing to a newly incorporated company. The
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        478 20 MaMfWl' prfctt Au( 10 Mendaki Gr Fund 1.19 1.22® mt US Or Fund 100 104" Singapore Unit Trust MMt IM The Commerce 164 1.74 The Savings Fund I.J6 1.65 Unifund I.JO 1.56 Spore Prog Fund 0.70 0.74 u bo r£+._ 1 ,°J? S'pore Sec Fund 1.02 108*d United GrFtHid! 1.71
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        460 21 Reuter HONGKONG Hongkong analysts forecast Swire Pacific Ltd would post an improvement of 15-21 per cent in its interim profits due tomorrow with the majority plumping for the higher end of the scale. "I'm looking for first half 1994 profit
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        Hutchison Whampoa unit opens regional HQ in S'pore
        310 21  -  From Lim Soon Neo in HONGKONG PAN ASIAN Systems, a subsidiary of Hutchison Whampoa, has opened a regional headquarters in Singapore. The new Singapore base will supply the company's customers in the telecommunications and cable television industries with engineering, sales and project
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        Lock icon Shanghai's A shares plunge after last week's dramatic rise
        233 21 AFP SHANGHAI Shanghai's domestic stock market plunged 95.64 points yesterday, or 13.1 per cent, as investors cashed in profits after a week-long surge boosted by record turnovers. The Shanghai A-share index restricted to Chinese investors closed at 633.88 on heavy turnover
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        Lock icon Citibank selling 20m warrants on Taiwanese stocks in EU
        239 21 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG Citibank AG of Frankfurt, a unit of financial giant Citicorp, is selling investors in Europe up to 20 million warrants on a basket of 10 Taiwanese stocks. Citibank is selling two sets of put and call warrants
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          126 21 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG Hongkong Aircraft Engineering Co, one of the world's largest aircraft maintenance firms, said its net profit rose a lower-than-expected 0.6 per cent in the six months ended June 30. The company said in a statement it was hit by losses on
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          114 21 Bloomberg Business News TOKYO Japan's Ministry of Finance has created a study group to look into why foreign companies and brokerage firms are leaving the Tokyo Stock Exchange, the Japan Times reported yesterday. The project team will meet foreign and domestic brokers, then suggest in
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          96 21 Bloomberg Business News AMSTERDAM Philips Electronics NV was set to announce a sharp rise in second-quarter earnings yesterday because of solid profit growth in its components business and narrowing losses at PKI and Grundig AG, its German units, analysts said. Sales of both components and
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          Lock icon Smith & Nephew to take £148 m loss
          103 21 Smith Nephew to take £148 m loss Bloomberg Business News LONDON Health-care products group Smith Nephew Pic said it would take a £148 million (*****.1 million) exceptional loss in its first half 1994 results due to poor performance in its US lens business. Smith Nephew said it would sell the
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          Lock icon Sara Lee's profit falls 2.1pc
          58 21 Bloomberg Business News CHICAGO Sara Lee Corp said earnings fell 2.1 per cent in the fiscal fourth quarter as its interest expense and tax rate rose. The food and personal products company said profit from operations was USSIB6 million (*****.9 million) compared with net income
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        457 22 Bloomberg Business News ENGLEWOOD, Colorado Tele-Communications Inc, seeking to strengthen its position as the nation's largest cable television operator, has agreed to acquire Tele Cable Corp for stock worth about US$l.5 billion (552.28 billion). TCI will acquire TeleCable's 740,000 customers and 21 cable systems
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        Lock icon Analysts see quantum leap in KLM profits
        336 22 Reuter AMSTERDAM Analysts agree first-quarter profit at KLM Royal Dutch Airlines will be impressive. What they are less clear on is if tomorrow's result for the quarter to June 30 will be double, treble, or even five times the 40 million guilders (5533.6
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        48 22 Reuter NEW YORK This new Dell Latitude XP notebook computer offering a record-setting 13-hour battery life was introduced by the Austin, Texas-based manufacturer on Monday. The company is attempting a comeback into the mobile computer market after a dramatic withdrawal a year ago. Reuter
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        185 22 Reuter NEW YORK The earnings of individual stockbrokers in the US rose to record levels last year, the Securities Industry Association (SIA) said. Median earnings of retail securities brokers rose 15 per cent last year to a record USS9O,OOO (S$ 135,900) from the previous high
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        229 22 Reuter LONDON Saatchi and Saatchi Co pic, the advertising and marketing services group recovering from over-expan-sion and recession, reported a 68 per cent suige in first-half profits on Monday and was upbeat on prospects. The British company announced pre-tax profits for the
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        Thai banks upset brokers with move into debt market
        349 23  -  From Loh Hui Yin THAILAND'S banks are moving into the business of underwriting and trading debt instruments, upsetting some finance and stockbroking companies. The latter's unhappiness arose from what they say is an encroachment by banks into business activities that were
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        231 23 AFP ABU DHABI Low interest rates have forced United Arab Emirates (UAE) national banks to slash their deposits with banks abroad and switch to stocks and other investments, the Central Bank said on Monday. Deposits by the 19 local banks, invested
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        150 23 Reuter LONDON British commercial bank Barclays pic reported it had trebled its half-year pretax profits yesterday, largely thanks to a dramatic decline in bad debt provisions to £358 million (SsB33 million) from £997 million. Pre-tax profits in the half year to June
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          123 23 Bloomberg Business News BANGKOK Bangkok Metropolitan Bank said its net profit for the three months that ended on June 30 nearty tripled on the year to 521.4 million baht (5531.4 million). On a per-share basis, earnings were 0.75 baht, a rise of 142 per
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          95 23 Bloomberg Business News FRANKFURT Berliner Handels-und Frankfurter Bank KGaA, or BHF-Bank, said it made a first-half operating profit of 148 million deutschcmarks (*****.6 million), unchanged from the first half of 1993. However, operating profit before tax but including risk provisions and proprietary trading was down 8.6
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          Lock icon Principal unit to buy brokerage firm
          69 23 Bloomberg Business News DALLAS Principal Mutual Life Insurance Co said its Principal Financial Securities unit agreed to buy Chicago-based regional brokerage firm Hamilton Investments from Household International Inc for an undisclosed amount. If completed, the purchase would more than double the number of customer
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          67 23 Reuter BOMBAY India's Creditcapital Finance Corporation, 40 per cent owned by Britain's Lazard Brothers Co, said its Taurus Mutual Fund was launching a new fund which would mainly, invest in new issues. The fund, called Taurus the Newshare and to be managed by Creditcapital Asset
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        524 24 NYT NEW YORK The decline in oil prices that helped bring down inflation in the United States to 3 per cent may be ending. Many oil analysts and economists are suggesting that this year's sharp price increases, which have
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        81 24 Reuter AFP MOURA, Australia Hopes of rescuing II Australian coal miners trapped 250 m underground after an explosion at this central Queensland mine were abandoned yesterday after it was rocked by more blasts. The pit had been engulfed in flames and toxic gases (seen coming
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        586 24 Reuter LONDON World coffee prices slumped on Monday but surging retail prices after frosts ravaged crops in Brazil looked unlikely to abate, traders said. On the London futures market, coffee for November delivery fell US$l6O to U553,390 a tonne
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        299 24 Reuter NEW YORK The information superhighway that will bring an interactive flow of video, computer data and sound to your living room will also carry a massive pricetag of up to US$lOO billion (SSISI billion). Who'll pay the cost? Wall Street
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        195 24 AFP JAKARTA Indonesia will award general mining exploration contracts to five joint venture firms, a news report said yesterday. Beni Wahyu, SecretaryGeneral of the Asean Federation of Mining Associations, said the contracts were expected to be officially awarded this month to
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        Lock icon Uncertainty over rise in Opec output
        349 24 Bloomberg Business News LONDON Despite expectations of higher oil demand over the next few months, an increase in Opec's production ceiling for the first three months of 1995 is not a certainty, senior Gulf Opec delegates say. The sources say that even if oil
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        195 24 Reuter LONDON The dollar was basically unchanged from opening levels at midsession with volume again thin and interest at an extremely low level. All eyes are on the US Treasury auctions but more important for the dollar will be inflation data later in the week. As well as the
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        95 24 Bloomberg Business News NEW YORK The dollar slipped against major currencies as traders awaited the results of the US Treasury's quarterly debt sale yesterday. A poor sale could hurt the dollar if traders conclude the rest of the world has limited interest in buying US assets. The dollar
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        Crude slips amid concern over rising US supplies
        186 24 Bloomberg ENERGY REPORT NEW YORK Crude oil futures on the New York Mercantile Exchange slipped amid concern that US supplies of crude oil are rising and that a five-week-old strike by Nigerian oil workers could be settled. Prices fell on reports that
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        1347 24 I rade-*ei*tiied index ixtkukued against Spore j lop 14 trading partners. Base year I9S! US$/S$ forward rates Noon Aug 8 ss BM Offer 1-month I.S042 I.JOJ7 2-monlh 1.3031 I.JO* 3-month 1 5021 I.M>34 6-month 1.4978 I.499J Source: OCBC FOREIGN CURRENCY NOTE RATES As at tan m Aug Singapore dollars to
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        1322 25 Reuter SINGAPORE Simex Euroyen and the Japanese government bonds (JGB) futures were weaker but the Eurodollars futures were firmer on the dollar's rebound against the yen. The dollar firmed against the yen on Monday on expectations of a US interest rate hike and broke
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        Palm oil surges on Indonesian factor
        676 25 COMMODITY REPORTS Pakn Oil Crude palm oil prices surged yesterday in the spot market on strong buying activity spurred by the continued talk that Indonesia may ban palm oil exports. The Indonesians Logistics Bureau, which regulates the country's commodities sector, had proposed an export
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          Drought destroys crops in Henan
          68 25 HONGKONG Drought in China's central Henan province, one of the country's largest grain producers, has destroyed crops on 380,000 ha of land, the official People's Daily newspaper reported yesterday. Dry weather in central and eastern China since July has hit several provinces, with a total
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          Copper plunges on sluggish demand
          117 25 TOKYO In sharp contrast to market conditions earlier this year, slackening demand for metals is causing spot sales of copper to wane and premiums to plunge, industry sources say. Spot premiums for copper in Taiwan are around US$5O (5575.50) a tonne over the London Metal
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          79 25 LONDON The closure of the Moura coal mine in central Queensland following an explosion on Sunday could cause shortages in the medium term at the port of Gladstone, according to Lloyd's Intelligence. The explosion at the BHP mine trapped 11 men. The extent of
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          Drought has little effect on rice crop
          65 25 TOKYO Drought in Japan's mountainous areas is stressing the rice crop, but has so far caused only small portions of the crop in paddies to wilt, according to an official at the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. The dry weather impact is
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      COMMODITY PRICES
      1374 25 Rubber Stogsptft CMMNMlity ExduMg* {fMww ctoilm m at S.Stpn) KSS I Cmtract (S ccnts/kg) Ck>sc Volume Open Month High Low Sett (tonnes) Interest Sep94 208 00 300 2750 Oct 198.00 112.00 195.50 375 4475 Nov 183.00 180.00 182.75 525 4450 Dec 183.00 178.50 180.00 325 5375 Jan/Mar 95
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        Australia
        1050 26 +5.7 STOCKS closed marginally higher yesterday, pulled ahead by firmer futures. The key All Ordinaries Index closed 5.7 points higher at 2,086.8. The All Industrials Index ended 3.1 higher at 3,057.0 and the All Resources finished up 8.1 at 1,358.2. Turnover totalled 161 million shares, worth A 5252.7 million
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        Manila
        641 26 •1.66 Stocks fell marginally yesterday in what analysts described as a technical correction. The PSE Composite Index fell by 1.66 points to 2,882.37. Turnover dropped to 5.107 billion shares, valued at 1.032 billion pesos. Brokers said the technical correction would continue but not greatly affect the market in the
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        Taipei
        524 26 +4.59 Stocks ended little changed yesterday amid concerns about higher oil prices and inflation. The benchmark Weighted Price Index crept up 4.59 points to 6,944.91 for its third consecutive four-year high. "There are some worries about oil prices and inflation," said a dealer. Turnover was worth NT$ 108.9 billion,
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        Seoul
        463 26 -2.26 Prices slipped for the third straight day yesterday on concerns over liquidity among investors, dealers said. The Composite Price Index fell 2.26 points to close at 917.5, with both turnover and value hitting year's lows at 14.6 million shares worth 329 billion won. Rises led falls 434 to
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        New Zealand
        362 26 -30.39 The NZSE-40 Capital Index slumped 1.4 per cent because of concerns about Saturday's by-election in the vacant parliamentary seat of Sclwyn. The index fell 30.39 to 2,076.23. "Concerns about the Selwyn by-election have hit home to the market," a broker said. The fall was led by two
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        Bombay
        62 26 +36.69 Share prices closed higher on buying across a broad front in the second half of trading and brokers said the market ended on a buoyant note. The BSE 30-Share Index closed at 4,334.03, up 36.69 points. The National Index closed 15.62 up at 2,048.18. "All shares are suddenly
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        679 26 Britannia Funds Sterling Cask BM Offer Mim Cap Depout 3*6400 J* 6500 Mun knn (jit 0.1*93 0.1992 Mim Mix Income .0.9200 0 9600 USt Cask Income Ptat Fund *9 5600 *10 0700 PS S Rnerve Fund 5 2500 5 2600 Stcriiaf Euro Performance .***** 0 493* Fir Easl Fund *2
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        London
        669 26 -3.3 STOCKS closed mixed as bonds declined amid speculation about the anti-infla-tion resolve of the Fed and the Bank of England. Bank stocks were the biggest decliners as half-year earnings from Barclays were held back by a lack of growth in its core business. Stripping out one-time items, pre-tax
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        Paris
        148 26 -31.86 French stocks had their biggest one-day drop in more than a month, with the principal market index down 1.5 per cent as investors worry about a possible rise in US and European interest rates. The CAC 40 Index fell 31.86 points to close at 2,074.48. Big decliners were
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        Frankfurt
        213 26 -3.65 German stocks extended their losses as anxieties that US rates may rise while German rates stop coming down weighed on investors' minds. The DAX Index closed the day at 2,160.55 points, down 3.65. Bank shares, already under pressure after disappointing half-year results out last week, were among the
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        Brussels
        173 26 -10.53 Belgian stocks shed early gains as concern that interest rates will rise overshadowed hopes for improved company earnings as European economies recover. The Bel-20 Index closed down 10.53 points at 1,475.31 after climbing to 1,490.48 in early trading. "Interest rates are not helping, although the major topic is
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        Milan
        165 26 -228 Italian stocks had their sharpest fall in two weeks as weak overseas markets combined with renewed worries about Italian politics. "The fault is the political situation, which isn't brightening up," said a trader. "And then the overseas markets seem to be in some confusion about the interest rate
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        Amsterdam
        250 26 -4.53 Dutch stocks posted their biggest decline in more than a month as earnings from PolyGram disappointed investors and pulled down stocks of other companies that will report this week. "People had been expecting reallv good results from a lot of companies, so if one of them comes with
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        Stockholm
        120 26 -7.52 Swedish stocks and bonds fell amid concerns that Germany mav not continue its policy of cutting interest rates and that rates in the US may soon rise. The OMX Index fell 7.52 points to 1,147.90. Twenty stocks declined, five rose and five were unchanged. "Government bond yields were
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        Zurich
        269 26 •32.0 Switzerland's leading share index fell 1.2 per cent, more than wiping out Monday's gains, as investors sold bank stocks on earnings concern and locked in gains on drug and industrial shares. The SMI Index fell 32.0 points to 2,585.5, with 21 shares falling and only watchmaker SMH advancing.
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        Johannesburg
        284 26 +47 South African shares extended their gains amid improved sentiment across the board and in a continuation of the recent upward trend. Strong selective buying of industrials and continued expectations of a gold price bounce led the gains. The Overall Index ended up 33 points to 5,791, the Industrial
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        Toronto
        290 26 +2.64 Stocks moved sideways, trading mixed with a slight positive bias as players waited for key US inflation data later this week. "I think it's still summer doldrums. People haven't decided what direction they want to go," one dealer said. "Some of them are winning, some are losing and
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        New York
        623 26 -4.85 Stock prices mirrored weak bonds and remained modestly lower early yesterday in light trading. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 4.85 points to 3,748.96 at Ham EDT. The New York Stock Exchange Composite Index was on 0.46 to 252.53, while Standard Poors 500-stock Index was down
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      2825 27 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG Real estate stocks led the market into its third straight decline as investors worry about falling housing prices. Investors lowered offers for shares mainly because housing developer Sun Hung Kai Properties failed to sell all the units in its new apartment project, said a property
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      504 27 CLSA TURNOVER in Shanghai A shares subsided to S.B billion renminbi after Monday's record high of 11.4 billion renminbi. Most Shanghai B shares closed lower yesterday following Monday's 5.8 per cent rally, The overall market was down 18.S1 points to 858.43 on active turnover of US$9.B million. Turnover in
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      2473 27 Reuter TOKYO Stocks ended an uneventful day little changed, with nobody predicting a pickup in activity later this week. Many investors are on vacation, and a lack of market-moving news is discouraging those investors not away from coming off the sidelines. "We're in the middle of summer holidays. Many
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      1697 27 Reuter BANGKOK Stocks closed lower on concerns of a possible US interest rate rise. Otherwise, trade was dominated by the debut of Italian Thai Development, which ended at 230 baht, well above its initial public offer price of 175 and gray market price of 220. The SET Index closed
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      1147 27 Reuter JAKARTA Stocks closed mixed in active trading on profittaking by foreign and local investors but brokers said this was no cause for concern. "Looking at the way the market has trended up since the start of last week, today's profit taking was certainly expected and is healthy for
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      2221 28 AMPICU 12.035,000 Prow 10,017.000 JOc 9.6)7.000 B Ran TSR97 1,317,000 IfcMw lull JOc 1263.000 Whs Hwl JOc 7,512,000 UiMMWrtt 4,164,000 FteOmp 5,755.000 KjflMHiting 50c 3,169,000 B Km 4,978,000 KJB Carpi TSK 4,935.000 Lica Hoc TSR97 4,710,000 Rcnoag Bhd JOc 4.341.000 Idns Hyd 50t 23.862.100 Mulpha I nil JOc.
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        Lock icon Stocks fall on concern over US interest rates
        5584 28 Bloomberg Business News KUALA LUMPUR Stocks fell amid concern that the Federal Reserve Board may raise interest rates next week, leading foreign investors to sell Malaysian equities and chase the rising yield of US securities. The Composite Index fell 2.75 points to
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      STOCK EXCHANGE OF SINGAPORE
      7664 29 Cr Cr M Wt Laat Val Day Last QhM Oh Dn YU Net Cap A«1 H%h Low Comptmy Smk (1*1 High Lw Buyer Seller C*vr P/E Will Pricc industrial and commercial 1440 835 I s Acma 940 -20 84 950 940 940 945 17.5 2.1 1.9
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      BT SHARE INFORMATION SERVICE
      4474 30 CORPORATE RESULTS Net Earn EPS Date TV LY TY LY Company ua ($m) (5m) (cts) (ct«) Acma Jun 15 F 41 518 14.268 62.5 23.1 Alcorn* Aug I I 9.373 7 905 7.44 6.40 Alex Hkfes Jun 24 P 12.421 1.479 21.1 2.65 Alliance Tcch Jun
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      323 30 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that. I. Kennedy Lim Kok San of Block 48 Circuit Road #07-717, Singapore 1337, have applied for a Beer House Second Class Licence in respect of premises at The Food Mall 2, 302 Tiong Bahru Road #03-31/54, Tiong Bahru Plaza, Singapore 0316, and that this application
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  • SHIPPING TIMES
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      Local shipbuilder ventures into shipping business
      434 31  -  By Alec Almazan SINGAPORE While bigger shipyards are on the lookout for work, homegrown shipbuilder Southern Ocean Shipbuilding Co Pte Ltd not only has its 1994/95 order book quite full, but is also venturing into the shipping business. Eight newbuildings worth $50 million are
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      Lock icon Upgrading monitoring systems in old ships
      429 31 International News Service STOCKHOLM Faster and lower-cost replacement of ships' alarm systems is now an option for vessels struggling with costly maintenance of old monitoring equipment. Existing control panels can be used, and the upgrade even carried out while the vessel is under way.
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      INDEX TO SHIPPING LINES AND FREIGHT FORWARDERS
      1082 31 Page Col ABC Containerize 16 4 Accord Group 8 1-3 Ahrenkiel Liner 4 1/2 ANL 3 1/2 Antaco Mgmt 17 4/5 APL 5 3-5 Appenship 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 Korean shipyards fear anti-dumping suits
      231 31 Seatrade Week Newsfront SEOUL Korean shipbuilders are already looking at new marketing strategies in the wake of the Paris OECD accord and its coming into force on Jan 1, 1996. The Organisation far Economic Cooperation and Development agreed to ban government subsidies to the shipbuilding
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      Thai govt urged to stop favouring state-owned lines
      496 31 BANGKOK The government must end privileges for nationally-owned shipping operators in the transport of goods of state enterprises and encourage fair competition with private Thai shipping lines, a lecturer has said. According to a recent report in The Nation, Supoj Chawawiwat, lecturer
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      Lock icon China is world's largest container handler
      123 31 AFP BEIJING China has overtaken South Korea as the world's largest handler of containers, with an annual capacity of more than three million, state transport officials were quoted as saying yesterday. Since opening its first international container transport route between Shanghai and Australia in
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      Lock icon Trading war for peace
      660 32 Israel and her Arab neighbours can now look forward to expanding trade*: with the recent signing of a peace treaty between Israel and Jordan Fairplay PEACE between Israel and its Arab neighbours has taken another step forward with the signing of an agreement between Israel's premier,
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      THE SHIPPING GUIDE
      11356 40 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. LE6END PN: ship calls at Penang af-
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        AT CONVENTIONAL WHARVES
        301 48 wVcsmI Woi No Berth Arrival Departure Vessel Voy Wo Berth Arrival Departwe_ Mariiu Whines Mc Diamond oiwe POl 1008/1700 1108/1500 jSSTl 1UB* M01 alongsrte 0908/1/00 Ned Rosano 4219S POl 0908/2330 1008/1600 iSSl 344S* M0 100M800 10.08/1900 Nee Oak 1 10 94 P04 1008/0830 1008/2300 MC 008 0800
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        CONTAINER SCHEDULES
        1337 48 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO "J Record Bookint/Balance Rslts Voy No Etb/Btr Period From To From to SwB 130* 10/1500 1A Q9/1500 09/1659 09/1900 An fftmartle 05S 12/1900 4 10/1200 10/1459 10/1700 tab *****N 11/1900 3 10/0700
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        Daily Freights
        743 48 THE Baltic Freight Index for spot dry cargo shipping rates rose to 1.475 on Monday from 1,474 on August 5. It has so far been a slow start to the week on the freight market with little reported fixed, brokers said. Panamax activity in the Atlantic was slow,
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        Lock icon Car maker Renault on course for early privatisation
        577 50 Reuter PARIS French car maker Renault looks set for partial privatisation as early as November, industry analysts said on Monday. Prime Minister Edouard Balladur's conservative government could cut its stake in the company, which brokers value at up to 50 billion French
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        Lock icon MGM Grand Air reborn as luxury cruiser
        68 50 Reuter NEW YORK MGM Grand Air, the carrier service created and then turned into a charter service in bad times, has been reinvented as a luxury cruiser with frills all but forsaken in top-class travel. The interior'of one of the airline's three Boeing
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        Lock icon Fare wars hitting US airlines' short routes: Amex
        500 50 The Washington Post WASHINGTON The lower fares airlines arc charging will apply to almost two-thirds of all flights of less than 1,600 km by the end of this year, according to a comprehensive study by the American Express Airfare Management Unit. The
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        Lock icon Sales of Mercedes cars up 37pc in first 6 months
        211 50 Bemama KUALA LUMPUR Mer-cedcs-Benz AG sold 302,300 passenger cars in the first six months of this year, an increase of 37 per cent over the same period of 1993, said Helmut Werner, its president and chief executive officer. He said
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        AIRCRAFT ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES
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        Lock icon Bill to help Olympic Airways to go before parliament soon
        173 50 Reuter ATHENS Greece's socialist government will present a bill to parliament by the end of August incorporating a survival plan for Olympic Airways agreed with the European Union, a minister said. "The bill will go (to parliament) by the end
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          Lock icon BA expands service to South Africa
          86 50 AFP JOHANNESBURG British Airways (BA) is to expand its service between Johannesburg and London from eight to nine non-stop flights per week, the airline said on Monday. The ninth weekly flight will commence on Nov 4 and will depart London's Heathrow airport on Fridays,
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          Lock icon Smiths Industries wins RAF deal
          101 50 Reuter LONDON Smiths Industries pic said its Smith Industries Aerospace division had won a contract to make upgrades to 30 Royal Airforce C-130 Hercules aircrafl, half the current Hercules transport fleet. Smiths Industries said on Monday it was not releasing the value of the contract,
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          Lock icon JR West applies for listing
          86 50 AP TOKYO West Japan Railway Co, once part of Japan's former national railway company, said on Monday it has applied for listing its shares on the Tokyo and Osaka stock exchanges. JR West, as it is commonly known, will become the second of the former
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          Lock icon El Al seeks Russian air cargo deal
          64 50 Reuter JERUSALEM El Al is negotiating with Russia's Volga Dnieper airline to cooperate in cargo flights between Israel and Russia, a spokesman for the Israeli national carrier said on Monday. Volga Dnieper is the largest all-cargo airline in Russia. "We're looking to expand
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          Lock icon Mexican bus maker completes merger
          77 50 Bloomberg Business News NEW YORK Mexican bus and truck maker Consorcio G Grupo Dina SA completed the acquisition of Arizona-based Motor Coach Industries International Inc. The US$337-million (SSSS.B million) merger makes Dina the largest maker of intercity buses in North America. "We are confident that
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        235 50 Bloomberg Business News PONTIAC, Michigan General Motors Corp's Automotive Components Group Worldwide (ACG) has formed an organisation to oversee its operations and coordinate marketing and customer programmes in South America. ACG South America, to be headquartered in Sao Paulo, Brazil, will operate along the
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      2063 33 noCL (81 PTE LTD JARDINE SHIPPING AGENCIES JAROINE SHIPPING AGENCIES SON. SHO. I 5 0*» PET.LJMO JAVA TEL £>»»>> F« <g^ 2 CF* M-7M5342 I Z CR NUMBER: **********0 C Jfh M97M/4 FAX *****6 I 7 DOCUMENTATION TEL *****55 (INWARD)/*****90 (OUTWARD) IP JEL; "2703/4 FAX. *****6 CUSTOMER SERV.CE Sitlk.27o FS
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      1764 33 U. S. A. /CANADA 3 TIMES A WEEK MAREN MS. V.9408 ETA SIN 16TH AUGUST 1994 ALVA MS. V.9412 ETA SIN 16TH AUGUST 1994 AXEL MS. V.9414 ETA SIN 17TH AUGUST 1994 VMM! Voy ETA ETO Fe«tor«j by DESTINATIONS N*>t week MAREN maersk vMoe ii.RtUHMHW!— 16/08 0800 MRS CFS 15/08
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      1424 34 1~—"1 AQABA R-DAM/ LI ALSO ACCEPTM4G FROM VESSEL VOY NO SPORE JEDOAH (VIA JED) S'TON H'BURQ A WERP HAVRE a WEST MALAYSIA KAMAKURA 39/131 10/8 27/8 30/8 28/8 Port Koiang. Ponang "iTii 23/331 13/8 22/8 29/ a 31/8 3/9 6/9 7/9 Poo* Qudang THAMES 24/132 17/8 3/9 6/9 4/9 EAST
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      632 34 AFGHANISTAN MAM Afghanistan Ltd., Halratan, Torghundi, Islamqala (Doqharun) C.1.5./RUSSIA: Vostochny, Vladivostok, Moscow, Baku, TMl*(fit, Irkutsk. Alma AU, AahgstMd, Oushanba, Ki*v N Koraa: Pyongyang. Nampo Mongolia: Ulaan Bator LCL TO CIS t EASTERN EUROPE FULL CONTAINER BERVICE TO ISTNORTH/WEST AFRICA VESSEL SIN DKR CGM Korrigan V.2274 16/8 14/9 CGM Normandle V.2284
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      1179 34 NOR ASIA i 1 WEEKLY SERVICE li WITH fj FIXFH DAY SAILING t'. IQ H LA SPEZIA. FOS f BARCELONA VALENCIA; FOR MORE DETAILS, PLEASE CONTACT: MS TAN SEOW CHUAN/MS FELICIA PEH II S-PM mmML AGENT: NORASIA AGENCIES (S) PTE LTD ALSO ACCEPTING LCL TO: TEI *****83 FAX: *****90 CR
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      1377 35 H STRAITS SHIPPING PTE LTD 10 Hoo Chiang Road #11-01 Keppd Towers Singapore 0208 Tel. *****88 PACIFIC LINI CARGo" QUI SAKS OF CHINA HAVOAfOW.CO) VOX Mm». Lib PT3 MA* rCt LCI CONTAMKN ANO MMAKKJUC URVICE TO MtW QUMCA STOUTS PWK »IS£ Muara. LA 08-10 *uf 11 A* 12 A«| STINTS
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      2072 35 W%A 4 SINGAPORE AGENT: TlO /A P&O Containers (Singapore Agencies) Pte Ltd I Aft J m jlllll tftlllCra 10 Hoe Chiang Road #07-01 Keppel Towers. Singapore 0208 VPjßk Tel: 225 2233 Telex: RS ***** PNOCSP Fax: 225 5327/222 7517 CR Number. **********0Z umi—l. nn T tew VHHL VOYANT OOT ROT
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      42 35 0 ORIENTAL LINES I INDIAN OCEAN SERVICE CONTAINER/BREAKBULK ETA ETA ETA ETA i?A SINGAPORE COLOMBO MALE MAHE MOMBASA M.V. THOR METTE 01/94 11/8 18/8 20/8 M.V. ORIENTAL 2 25/8 1/9 3/8 8/9 11/9 A<«nt»: Inchcape Shipping Services Bookings: *****54/*****98 Fax No: *****88
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      447 36 MO: *****81-***** ifflk EKA JAYA AGENCIES \3||f TEL: *****22 (8 LINES) FAX: *****05 SALES REPRESENTATIVES IN CHARGE f~iS~CMiM— city 1 Ptamm IfIARBftWRMWCI—| pSSrvHOM rw« I7CTMMMIM4 [~Shm_ I n—i |HH7g lllllu >T6 VITTITAM/HCMC CONTAINgR^EIDCR-CENTER-POINT ÜBS 7 LINES ««n WW I n» dot n> mac an 2221 LUtWM— Ml tiin-niu 2222 2VN2t/N
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      1282 36 HANJIN SHIPPING BOOKING TEL:- *****35-237 OPERATION TEL: *****41-253 SALES TEL:- *****30-233 DOCUMENT TEL: *****71-275 nx vs. Ilk haul rw pdi mm sm Ilk haul sav im rtc HAWM ROTTERDAM 027E 12/8 OOttCT 1/9 2/9 J/9 HWW WnODAII 02* 12/8 K !«/> HANJM l£ HMVE 027? 19/8 ORECT 8/9 9/9 10/9
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      1885 37 ■■■■H I I I PLEASE CALL I I NEPTUNELINK (1800 *****00 TOLL-FREE) H H jDSSL I for the following information: H KB IWfc I VESSELS ETA/ETD/EXCHANGE RATES/SHIPPING SERVICES/ HI n FREIGHT CHARGES PAYABLE/STORE RENT CHARGES/ II jr AVAILABILITY OF DOCUMENTS FOR COLLECTION HM EXPORT TO: PSW/PNW SINGAPORE CALIFORNIA EXPRESS (SOX)
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      1085 37 A MULTILINE SHIPPING PTE LTD W (a member of SJNSOV Group) CR NO: **********0 C ENQUIRIES: *****33 BOOKINGS: *****64, *****51, *****31, *****13 -X BALTIC: INWARD *****97 OUTWARD *****10 T/S *****10 jfc- A BLASCO: INWARD *****65 OUTWARD *****28 T/S *****46 FESCO: BOOKINGS *****99/*****01 DOC *****07 MARINE INSURANCE: *****87 INVENTORY: *****59 AGENTS:
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      1280 38 44 AS AGENTS: "K" UNI (SIN6APOM) FTE LTD (CI NO: 1244J*****0M/GST REG NO: M 2-*****99-€) TEL: *****77 TELEX: KAWAKI R*****5 FAX: *****16/7/8/9 If W W lfcX WJ* MALAYSIA: "K" UNI RNAMITIMI (MALAYSIA) SON BHD I Mm TEL: SA *****00 PK *****75 PEN *****0 JB *****1 PGU *****5/6 INDONESIA: P.T. SARANA
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      1221 38 ®APPENSHIP /CJvi HAMBURG [+-rj! CONVENTIONAL ft INDEPENDENT LINER SERVICE EUROPE TO SOUTH EAST ASIA AND FAR EAST J VESSELS LOADMG PORTS O6CHMGE/LOMNN6 FOR SEAKITTIE HAM 01/07 SPORE 18/08 ELENA V ANTW 05/07 SPORE 25/08/BKK 11/08 WINTER ANTW 29/07 SPORE 03/09 J CARRIBEAN PRINCESS ANTW 03/08 SPQRE 07/09 /iTv\ ISLAMIC REPUBLIC
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      982 39 f PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL LINES (PTE) LTD 140 Cecil Street, #03-00 PIL Building, Singapore 0106. I CR NO: 100e*****00E VESSEL VOY SIN JKT SIN EQUATOR CRYSTAL 16M 13/t 16/6 20/8 KOTA MO AH IDMOI3 14/» 17/« 21/8 KOTA BABAS *****1 14/8 17/« 21/S BUNQA TERATAI 4813 IS/8 19/8 23/8 SRtMANEE (THAI
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      934 39 vessels VOT sm it mm mowukc thamis aotkkdam antwcw 1 VH.ll OC LYM TO4W 10/01 31/06 02/08 03/09 04/01 o*/W ALE DC YEGA Go 4* 15/01 06/03 08/09 05/05 10/09 12/05__ VILE DC YfLA VO4W 23/01 14/09 16/05 W/05 U/0» VULE 0C TITAMA TOSW 21/09 23/09 24/09 25/09 27/09 "ALSO
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      801 39 bsa il MR MYANMA vflßßk FIVE STAR LINE (Myanmar National Line) Loading for Yangon (Rangoon) S'porc P.KIf Pen P.Gd| AVA VI 29*1 12/14 Au| M Pt SAGANC V36W 15/27 Au| PAGAN V2I2W 18/20 Au| 21/22 Aug HPA-AN V2O4W 24/20 Au| MTOMAYWA VIS3W 24/30 Au( MALAYSIA AGENTS: OOUSTEAO SHTPMG AGENCCS KUI
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      1403 42 FOR BOOKING 1800-*****00 (TOLL-FREE) OUTIOUMO PHI PIN IOH SW HUG *A 0 TAI *EE YOK I TKY I NAG *06 OS* MO WAN HAI 206 N037 02/08 IK/01 06/08 09 09/08 17/ OS 13/08 15/08 16/08 22/081 23/081 24/08 ?< 08 WAN HM 211/NO2O 06/08 08/08 10/08 11 12/08 16/08
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      762 43 (f£ FAMOUS CONTAINER LINES 10 ANSON RD. #15-21 INTERNATIONAL PLAZA, S'PORE 0207 HOT LINE: *****33 (24 LINES) GOTHENBURG/SCAN 14/8 ROTTERDAM 13/8 AARHUS/COPENHAGEN 14/8 HAMBURG/BREMEN 14/8 MARSEILLE/FRANCE 16/8 FELIXSTOWE/UK 15/8 BARCELONA/SPAIN 15/8 LEHAVRE/FRANCE 17/8 GENOA/ITALY 1578 ANTWERP/BELGIUM 15/8 LOS ANGELES/WC/IPI 13/8 SYDNEY/MELBOURNE 12/8 NEW YORK/EC 13/8 FREMANTLE/ADELAIOE 12/8 VANCOUVER 17/8 BRISBANE
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      942 43 Biio3^s^^3QfflQ3S^^9 l?? 5!: T llvtssn. VOY 1 si 1 pen M ISWA IMUM M W 12/1 Tw W/l jQ pf mm TTt Fri 12/$ Sal I}/| I VESSEL VOY SM IKK BHATWA gggj 421 Sal 11/1 TIW H/l U mmm~. TT~ m RATH* BHUM 17H THu 11/1 Sun 14/» WAHA
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      271 43 RICHFIELD MARINE AGENCIES (S) PTE LTD UTEL: *****33 (12 Linoo) FAX: *****15/*****03 TELEX: RS ***** RI3HIP (3 Lines) CR NO.: **********0E |[si*C ETHIOPIAN SMPPIN6 LMES (National Lines of Ethiopia) ACCEPTING FCL AND CONVENTIONAL Veeeot Voy CTA I Loading For Iffort Abbey Wont 40WB 10/06 Mombtu, Djibouti AuiC Massawa Abbay Worn
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      532 43 Qumrani—d Sailing* to:BAHGHOK/LAEM CHABAH6/LAOS| 11/KTHU) 13/1 (SOT) 16/1 (TUE) PORT KELANG/PENANG U/t (THU), 12/S (FIB) HOWE KONG 16/1 (HI). 12/ i (FM) JMMTA 13/1 (SAT) MANLA/CEBU/SUBK BAY 16/1 (TUE) HO CHI WW 12/1 (Fid) SURABAYA 14/» (SUN) BUSAN 14/1 (SUM) LINE COWTAINWWKP tIUVICg ITHATf/BLW/WIC/Btl wssa rs n M M R
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      1448 44 AjfclMN CONTAINER LINES, INC K= /W|AQ«nU: MAC-NKLB SPORE: *****22 (24 LINIS) t)v \ZJcmm noomaooM SIBU (064) *****9 KUCHINQ (062) *****3 PENANG: (04) *****6 BANGKOK (662) *****67 MANILA (632) *****61 P.KELANO: (03) *****77 JAKARTA: (21) *****07 SURABAYA: (31) *****0 ASIA HKG/TWN/BKKI GENOft/EUROPE PEN PKL SIN 5 SAILINGS/WEEK PEN PK SIN 9/8
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      173 44 I SEAWARD SHIPPING AND TRADING CO (S) PTE LTD cm in IH SrOH POT KUANS KMNG Btm MK loading to< kbit ftUVN HUDHJ W/S loading tw Dubai DOUMN 2/» loading Fm Male naoianw i« pi loading Fo» Mait UMKEOH S»W loading Fo» Male moottss IBUH 25/1 Loading tof Male rma
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      1119 44 f SL THONG SOON UNES PTE LTD 78 SHENTOH WAY #10-01, SINGAPORE 0207 IV 7 V/ Ttt: 227-5088 FAX: 227-6011 II TLX: RS ***** CARRER, RS ***** iENHOL CABLE: TOSOCO __m c a au#Atf SINGA express SINGAPORE TO SARAWAK SINGAPORE TO THAILAND VESSEL VOY Is PORE IPEST "vtSSEL VOY S
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      609 45 WgV'EVERETT ORIENT LINE" JAP AM/BAY OF BENGAL/IVAN SERVICE ICCOTMS NEiOU/nC CAMOCS TO/FHOM KOK. VOKONMH. MfiOH. MM. TOKYO*. WNU*. o***o* Pwunt* P. KMa* Sncipart EHm* IARAHEKRETT VIK 11/12 Auj KABALEVERETT V22E 05/0S S«p4 ITfEWIETT VIOE 22/23 Sop 24/25 Sop< ACC&TVK KMWU/Fa/SOC CMtKS TO/TWM QOTT*fiON6. CAICUTT* MB MONGLA* Sanporo P Kttae* Pw»c*
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      235 45 Yfe GLORY NAVIGATION 6MMIP to REGULAR LINER SERVICE TAIWAN TO SINGAPORE ft ASEAN SINGAPORE TO KOMPONG SOM •AT ATTRACTIVE RATES* CR NO: **********0W SP PKL PNG KAO GLORY SELATAN X 7/8 16/S GLORY SELATAN VI 22/8 24/8 SP KOMPONG SOM GLORY SELATAN V 17/8 20/8 LMER SERVICE USA, VANCOUVER. VERACRUZ
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      471 45 jdk PAKISTAN NATIONAL SHIPPING CORPORATION KARACHI BREAKBULK ft CONTAINER SERVICE VESSEL VOV I sm KARACHI ISLAMABAD 124-HW 27/01 05/0> gOUW 13«HW 31/00 09/09 HYDERABAD 133-tB» 13/W 23/09 MAKRAH 151-HW 22/09 02/10 FAR EAST CONTAINER SERVICE ONLY vcssel """TTST aw «6** bsw Ipsa Inag Itok HTPEJUBAP 132-OW 15/00 U/M 23/00 25/00
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      659 45 [B|HM FORTNIGHTLY DIRECT CONTAINER SERVICE SIN TO DURBAN/P. ELIZABETH CAPETOWN/LAGOS VESSEL SIN DURBAN P ELIZABETH CPT LOS SHUNHE/lOS 11/08 28/08 28/ OB 02/09 15/09 TAO HE/87 28/08 09/09 10/09 IS/OS 30/08 NAN HE/87 11/09 25/09 28/09 02/10 18/10 ML* HE/lOe 28/08 OS/IO 10/10 18/IO 30/10 ACCEPTS CARGO TO JOHANNESBURG PRETORIA
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      262 45 SIN FAR EAST 16/08 KEELUNG KAOHSIUNG 14/08 BANGKOK 14/08 MANILA/CEBU 14/08 JAKARTA/BELAWAN/SURABAYA 14/08 PORT KELANG/PENANG/E. MALAYSIA 14/08 BUSAN 14/08 TOKYO/YOKO/KOBE/NGO/OSA 14/08 HONG KONG S|N CjHNA 14/08 GUANGZHOU/HUANGPU/SHENZHEN FUZHOU/XIAMEN/SHANTOU/SHEKOU DALIAN/SHANGHAI/XINGANG TIANJIN/QINGDAO/HAIKOU also accepting LCL cargo SjN EUROPE/UK 15/08 LDN/FLX/LVP/SOU 15/08 RDM/HAM/ANT/LEH/GOA/OSL/GOT/BCN also accepting cargo to Austria/ Hungary/Romama/Poland/Bulgaria/Czech. Si USA/CANADA 14/08 LOS
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      824 46 PHILI-OniCNT LINGS PTt LTD 108 Robinson Road #07-00 QMG Building Singapore 0106 Tel: *****22/*****69/*****00 Telex: RS ***** Fax: *****76/*****38 P. Kelang: 03-*****98 Penang: 04-*****6 (CR CODE: **********01^ A MEMBER Of THE SINGAPORE FREIGHT FORWARDERS ASSOCIATION 12 AUG SYDNEY, MELBOURNE. BRISBANE, FREMANTLE 12 AUG AUCKLANO, WELLINGTON, LYTTLETON, NEW PLYMOUTH, NAPIER. CHRISTCHURCH
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      283 46 y Conlerm CONTERM FREIGHT (F.E.) PTE LTD. AUCKLAND 18 AUGUST (Accepting to all Ham Ziilwd port*) PENAN6 12 AIM JAKARTA 14 AUG PORT KLANfi 18 AIM BAN6KOK 14 AIM MELBOURNE 12 AIM SYDNEY 12 AIM BRISBANE 22 AUG FREIRANTLE 14 AIM ADELARME 12 AUR CCEPTMR TO ALL SCANDMAVIA PORTS RORIRAY
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      388 46 This Week's Sailings < FIRST FORWARDER IN To: ETD To: ETD ASIA awarded Singapore Singapore lso 9002 BY LR Q A EVERY EVERY Bangkok SUN Jakarta SUN EVERY EVERY Manila SUN Ho Chi Minh FRI J ID] f EVERY EVERY P"S^ Colombo TUE Limassol THUR H HTDtNATIONM. SEA FREIGHT FORWMDMG
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      1414 47 iSEAMA^RGENTINMJN^^aI M CONTAINERISED "HUB" SERVICE I i DIRECT TO ARGENTINA/BRAZIL URUGUAY V I «WU VOY Ml KMttU VMHM M WVMO HI FRANCISCA SCHULTE 02E 18/08 18/09 21/08 28/08 I 27/08 30/08 I 24/10 ALEXANDER SCHULTE 03E 02/08 07/10 08/10 14/10 I 18/10 18/10 I 13/11 i CANOPUS 03E 04/10 08/11
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      455 47 CEYLON SHIPPING CORPN (SIS) National line of Sri Lanka CONTAINERISED SERVICE TO IK AND NORTH CONTINENTAL PORTS as Iw I w|ao|tHlHi|nu[ mi 111 maw saw i »/M ?3/M NOUS* SWQ> WM-3 M/M WOIASU SHMUW MM 3 31/ M W/W wiu <tu M* 04 VIW I M/W l l</W I ,T/W
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      531 47 JO ONDOR LINE SEMI-CONTAINERISED SERVICE EASTBOUND SCHEDULE N0.48 VESSEL N. KRUPSKAYA PRIMORSK PAVLOGRAO PETRODVORETS PRIOZERSK OEKABRIST PORTS EBI4 EBl5 ESI6 EBl7 EBIB EBI9 BUENOS AIRES' Sailed Sailed 22 27/07 03 05/08 24-27/08 08-08/09 MONTEVIDEO Sailed Sailed 28 29/07 08-07/08 29/08 09-10/09 RIO GRAN DO SU Sailed 13 14/08 14 18/09
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      369 48 79 ANSON ROAD, #21-01, SINGAPORE 0207 TELE: *****92 FAX: *****57 CR **********0N STRAITS SHUTTLE SERVICE SINGAPORE/PORT KLANG/SINGAPORE SINGAPORE/PENANG/SINGAPORE VESSEL VOYAGE SIN PKL VESSEL VOYAGE SW PEN XQUR JAYA *****N 09/08 (TUE) 11/08 (THU) MCC CONVEYOR 9433 10/08 (WED) 12/08 (FRI) MCC CONVEYOR 9433 10/08 (WED) 12/08 (FRI) XQUR lAYA *****N
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      53 50 SHIPS FOR SALE (IMA FLAG) DWTI4OO, YR'73 2X3T DWTIS32, YR'B5 GEARLESS f s |l~~| 4 7600 A Beach Roaa, #08-301/302. yfhe Piaxa Singapore y:( s Accepting Heavyiift Breakbulk SOC to from MANILA SUBIC BAY Direct Enquiries Bookings S'pora Tel: 294 5022 ExL 227 Fax *****30 K.L. Tel: (03) 731 6842/3/4
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