The Business Times, 17 August 1994

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    13 1 SINGAPORE Business Times MITA(P) 010/12/93 Wednesday August 17 1994 WE KNOW ASIA 75*
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  • 2 am LATEST
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      Lock icon IBM plans on-line software service
      50 1 Reuter SOMERS, New York International Business Machines Corp yesterday said it planned to provide an electronic software shopping, ordering and delivery service for corporations worldwide through IBM's Global Network. The system will enable corporations to electronically order and automatically install software on personal computers. Reuter
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      Lock icon NYSE revenue
      31 1 Reuter NEW YORK The New York Stock Exchange reported revenues of U*****.2 million (SSI7I million) in the second quarter of 1994, compared with U*****.4 million a year earlier. Reuter
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  • Article
    MARKET SUMMARY
    161 1 Stock market indices Tuesday Change ST1I 2,308.57 +6.82 KLSEComp 1,108.18 +15.38 Nikkei 20,786.36 +160.03 Hang Seng .9,366.62 -119.51 SET Index 1.461.71 +8.30 Jakarta Comp 483.59 +5.56 CLSA China B ....1,154.55 -2.07 Aust All Ord 2,040.0 -15.7 FTSE 100 3,147.3 +5.1 Tuesday Previous 2pm close Dow Jones 3,755.76 3,760.29
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    KL bourse leads rise in regional markets
    198 1 SINGAPORE Although caution was the watchword on the region's major stock markets yesterday, prices generally closed higher, with the Malaysian bourse leading the way. In Kuala Lumpur, the market was buoyed by two pieces of good news that inflation for July was just
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    Lock icon Fed raises interest rates by half point
    413 1 Fed funds and discount rates at highest level since Dec 1991 2am LATEST AP Reuter AFP WASHINGTON The Federal Reserve, attempting to squelch intlation before it gets started, raised short-term interest rates yesterday for the fifth time this year. After a closed-door meeting
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    Bank Negara lifts ban on foreigners in currency swaps
    525 1  -  From Ho Kay Tat in KUALA LUMPUR MALAYSIA'S central bank yesterday continued to unwind the capital restrictions it imposed earlier this year to curb speculation in the ringgit by allowing commercial banks to resume currency swap transactions with foreigners in non-trade
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    Manila loses tax evasion suit against magnate Lucio Tan
    462 1  -  By Alec Almazan SINGAPORE The Philippine government has lost a tax evasion case against its tobacco magnate, Lucio Tan. A Philippine tax appeals court ruled, on Aug 10, that the imposition of a 55 per cent ad valorem tax amounting to
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  • Article
    SAe, Russian Academy of Sciences to set up joint venture firm in S'pore
    279 1 SINGAPORE Singapore Acrospacc (SAe) yesterday signed an agreement to set up a joint venture company with the Russian Academy of Sciences. The joint venture, in which SAe will have a 51 per cent stake and the Russian
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    Political stability vital to Indonesia's growth: Suharto
    473 1  -  From Leslie Lopez in JAKARTA PRESIDENT Suharto said yesterday that Indonesia had laid the foundation for sustained economic growth, but stressed that failure to ensure continued political stability could threaten the target to quadruple real incomes over the next 25 years and achieve
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      204 1 I CONTENTS News Companies S'pore News 2 S .21.22.23 Regional News 3,4,5 Financial 25,26 World News 9,10 Features Markets Analysis 19 Oob/KISE. S£S 30-32 Editorial 18 Reponal 28 Sports 16,17 World -29 TV/Lifestyte 13 Currencies 2( Reg Analyse 14.15 Smex/Commo 26,27 Subscriptiefl lei 1800-*****77 Fat *****75 BT Newsdesk Tel *****18
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      26 1 Regional Analysis: Pg 14 Mandela's first 100 days Full reports, Pgs 28-32 Genting's profit up 26pc to M$280m, Pg 22 Thai Airways' profit soars, Pg 22
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      256 1 Line: Pg 20 (sfyivodian trade doors ajar Grand \TZigwin pte. Ltd. Tel: *****78 THE COMPLETE HOP EH §1 was not yet born when Japan occupied Singapore. But those who lived through it will never forget their j experiences as long as they live. Both my parents lived their most impressionable
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
    • EYE on the ECONOMY
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        Lock icon 2nd-half productivity set to slow more
        347 2  -  By Claire Leow ECONOMISTS expect productivity to slow further to 3-4 per cent for the second half, after posting a 4.1% rise in the second quarter and 7.1% in the first. Economist Chan Kok Peng of Smith New Court says: "It will be coming
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      World Bank praises S'pore's environmental policies
      196 2 SINGAPORE is cited as a model of environmentally friendly economic development in a report published last month by the World Bank. The report, called Managing Urban Environmental Quality in Asia, looks at patterns of economic development and environmental degradation in Asia since 1960. It
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      Lock icon COE prices hit new records as two categories breach $80,000
      466 2  -  By Ramesh Divyanathan PRICES of Certificates of Entitlement (COE) have continued to soar, with two categories breaching the $80,000 mark for September. Dealers contacted by Business Times said they were shocked at the premiums and a Motor Traders Association (MTA)
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      Japan must focus on common links with other nations: BG Lee
      339 2 THE Japanese must appreciate how others view them and emphasise more what they share with other countries and less how they differ from other people, says Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. "1 hope Japan succeeds in doing so,"
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      Invest abroad but upgrade at home, says 1993's top businessman
      430 2  -  Reports by Joseph Rajendran LOCAL firms should invest abroad in a way that is complementary to the Singapore economy, rather than to its detriment, the 1993 Businessman of the Year said yesterday. Patrick Ngiam, chairman and chief executive of computer
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      Tip from the top: scholarship not the only way to success
      223 2 THERE are more ways to climb the ladder of success than winning a scholarship and getting into politics, says 1993 Businessman of the Year Patrick Ngiam. "There is no one formula. If you really want to get into business,
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      Harris to pay workers US$ 7m over closure
      320 2  -  By Claire Leow HARRIS Semiconductor of the US, one of the biggest chip makers here, will pay over US$7 million (S$ 10.5 million) in compensation to its 475 workers following Monday's announcement that its plant in Kallang will be closed in 12
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      Petition to wind up Qureshi's Carpets dismissed
      203 2 A HIGH COURT on Saturday dismissed a petition filed last month by Aslam Qureshi to wind up his family-owned business, Qureshi's Carpets. At a hearing on Friday, Judge G F Selvam expressed concern that the petition was in fact a "dummy petition", filed
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      Committee releases draft on living will
      165 2 THE National Medical Ethics Committee (NMEC) yesterday released a draft proposal for "living will" legislation that would allow doctors to withhold life-sustaining treatment on terminally-ill patients. Copies of the proposal were sent to 26 religious and professional organisations for their feedback. The committee will
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      4 2 Averting disaster, Pg 19
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      Lock icon KL airport urgently seeks temporary radar after fire
      395 3 The Straits Times, NST KUALA LUMPUR Kuala Lumpur International Airport authorities have launched an urgent search for a mobile radar system to overcome flight delays caused by a fire that knocked out the airport's sophisticated electronic equipment. Transport Minister Ling Liong Sik
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      Malaysia, Thailand lead Asean investment in Philippines
      270 3  -  From I Al Labita in MANILA MALAYSIA and Thailand have overtaken Singapore as Asean's biggest investors in the Philippines. Board of Investments (BOI) figures show that from January to July this year, Malaysia poured in 1.943 billion pesos (S$ 112 million) in equity
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      Lock icon US business in Vietnam picking up, 6 months after embargo lifted
      301 3 Reuter HANOI Six months after President Bill Clinton lifted the US economic embargo against Vietnam, business is starting to pick up. But the growth has been less spectacular than some pundits forecast and some Vietnamese hoped in the euphoria
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      Lock icon Mahathir attacks critics of brokers appointment
      130 3 AFP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian premier Mahathir Mohamad yesterday hit out at corporate critics who questioned the government's appointment of a well-connected top stockbroker to a new state-owned investment arm managing billions of dollars in assets. The appointment earlier this month of Rashid Hussain who
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    • NOTEBOOK
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        Lock icon Manila business impatient with Ramos
        93 3 Reuter MANILA Top Philippine businesses, although bullish about the immediate economic future, are increasingly impatient with what they see as the agonisingly slow pace of change under President Fidel Ramos. A Makati Business Club survey showed that most members, who include the country's top companies,
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        Lock icon Thailand acts against violence in south
        68 3 AFP BANGKOK The Thai cabinet yesterday approved a project to suppress terrorism and crime in five southern border provinces. The project will establish 68 police stations and 13 special operations units in Songkla. Pattani. Vala. Narathiway and Satun provinces, a brief cabinet statement said.
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        Lock icon Myanmar, Cambodia establish full ties
        43 3 Reuter BANGKOK Myanmar and Cambodia have established diplomatic relations at full ambassadorial level, Myanmar's state radio announced. The radio, in a broadcast monitored by the British Broadcasting Corporation late on Monday, said the decision took immediate effect. Reuter
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        Lock icon US fret over Indon unionist's arrest
        76 3 Reuter JAKARTA The US embassy in Jakarta expressed concern yesterday over the arrest of the head of Indonesia's largest independent labour union and said his case may come up in dialogue over a bilateral trade privilege. "The US Embassy is concerned about Mr Pakpahan's
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        Lock icon KL may lift ban on public rallies
        66 3 AP KUALA LUMPUR Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said yesterday he is prepared to lift a 25-year-old ban on outdoor public meetings ahead of general elections scheduled in 1995. The ban was imposed after more than 500 people were killed in Kuala Lumpur in
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      PAL hits back at strikers, sues union leader
      218 3  -  By Al Labita MANILA The Philippine Airlines (PAL) yesterday hit back at striking employees maligning its safety standards and defying the return-to-work order. It sued a union leader, PAL Employees Association director Eduardo Ibanez, for libel and malicious mischief for saying that
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      471 3 I IT S A FACT. I I We're The No. 1 Selling Aircon In Singapore 8 years in a row! I FACT. In the recent Survey Research Singapore's (SRS) Home Appliances Index 1993, Sanyo Aircon came out top in all the 9 I categories featured in the survey. 9 I
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  • CHINA/HONGKONG/TAIWAN
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      China praises Giordano — minus former chairman Jimmy Lai
      422 4  - China praises Giordano minus former chairman Jimmy Lai From Lim Soon Neo in HONGKONG CHINLSE authorities yesterday praised the Giordano chain six days after Jimmy Lai. the retail chain's former chairman and director, agreed to relinquish control of the firm. Analysts see the move as a gesture of China's encouragement
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      Piling for Ist factory in S'pore Suzhou Township begins
      218 4  -  By Schutz Lee SINGAPORE Piling commenced for the first factory in the Singapore Suzhou Township yesterday, after a groundbreaking ceremony in the Chinese city witnessed by high-ranking government officials. Officiating at the event was Yang Xiaotang. the newlyappointed party secretary of
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    • CHINA WATCH
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        Lock icon Foreigners gain from Taiwan wage rise
        90 4 AFP TAIPEI Foreign nationals working in Taiwan will benefit from a decision by Taiwan to raise the basic monthly salary for 2.76 million workers here, labour officials said yesterday. "We have approved a 4.94 per cent rise in basic salary for the workers... who
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        Lock icon Royalty row
        46 4 Reuter BEIJING Two workers at the Ming Tombs walking past a guard of carved stone animals along the "spirit way". A popular tourist destination, each Ming Tomb, started in 1489. held the body of an emperor, his wives and concubines and funerary treasures. Reuter
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        Lock icon Taiwan govt ally takes over paper
        79 4 Reuter TAIPEI A business affiliate of Taiwan's ruling Nationalist Party took over the island's oldest and most outspoken independent newspaper yesterday, prompting angry editors to publish a virtually blank edition. President Enterprises Group and other major shareholders sold 78 per cent of the Independence
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        Lock icon Fewer Russian visitors to China
        69 4 Reuter BEIJING The number of Russians visiting China has dropped sharply due to falling living standards at home, tighter visa requirements and a reduction in trade, the China Business Daily said yesterday. It said the fall in visitors began in May last year. In the
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      Lock icon Chinese cities have floating population of 50-60 m: report
      176 4 Bloomberg Business News BEIJING China's cities are now home to a "floating population" of between 50 million and 60 million rural migrants at a time when nationwide unemployment is on the rise. The official Xinhua news agency yesterday quoted Labour Ministry
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      Lock icon Call for end to squeeze on Chinese farmers
      490 5 Reuter BEIJING China yesterday called for an end to a centu-ries-old squeeze by middlemen which is robbing farmers of the higher incomes they should be making. The Farmers Daily recounted how a county in Hebei in north China used 80 officials in
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      Lock icon China looking at abuse of building projects on farmland
      364 5 Bloomberg Business News BEIJING In an effort to stem urban encroachment on farmland, China's central government says it will crack down on "rampant approval" of real estate development on rural lands, the state-run China Daily reported yesterday. State Land Administration deputy
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      Lock icon Madcap manoeuvre
      58 5 Reuter BEIJING While wearing hats upside down may not be standard operating procedure on a parade square, the move makes for useful exercise in posture. These Chinese soldiers struggled yesterday to keep their hats at a barrack near Tiananmen Square. The upturned hats help them to keep still
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      Lock icon Unemployment in China expected to worsen
      159 5 AP BEIJING The Ministry of Labour has said that worker supply in China will continue to exceed demand for a long time to come, as the nation develops a modern industrial sector. By the year 2000. the ministry expects 68 million jobless people in
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      Pisces joins China industrial park tie-up
      255 5  -  By Markos Tando SINGAPORE Pisces Land Pte Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of retailer Pisces Group Holdings, has signed a joint venture estimated to be worth US$3O million (SS4S million) with China-based Beihai Tieshan Port Industry Zone General Co. Pisces Land managing director Koh
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      Lock icon Beijing assures HK police of freedom from interference
      225 5 AFP HONGKONG A senior Chinese official has assured Hongkong's police chief that Beijing will not interfere with the territory's internal police work after 1997, it was reported yesterday. The assurance came from Lu Ping, director of China's Hongkong and Macau Affairs Office,
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  • REST OF ASIA
    • ASIA NOTES
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        Lock icon Hyundai shipyard ends lockout
        105 6 AFP SEOUL South Korea's largest shipyard. Hyundai Heavy Industries, yesterday ended a lockout and called on workers to halt a 54-day-old strike that has cost the company hundreds of millions of dollars. "Both the company and workers have been seriously hit by the drawn-out labour dispute,
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        Lock icon Japanese firms' capital spending
        79 6 Bloomberg Business News TOKYO Japanese companies' capital investment will fall 2.4 per cent in fiscal 1994 from a year earlier, according to a survey of 1.567 companies compiled by the Nihon kcizai newspaper. In a similar survey conducted in February, the companies said they would spend
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        Lock icon Tokyo protests against Russian attack
        75 6 AFP TOKYO Japan yesterday lodged an official protest to Russia over an attack by Russian coastguards on two Japanese fishing boats off the disputed South Kuril Islands, a senior foreign ministry spokesman said. The protest was made by Japanese ambassador to Russia, Koji Watanabe, in
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        Lock icon LDP pushes for pension for returnees
        113 6 NYT TOKYO The Liberal Demoeratie Party has proposed a change in the pension system that would increase substantially the minimum pension that Japanese who were abandoned in China receive upon returning. It also has proposed a change that would allow returnees to get more
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        Lock icon Iran exporting alcohol: report
        92 6 AFP TEHERAN An Iranian foundation set up after the Islamic revolution has been exporting natural alcohol for several years, the daily Jahan-e-Islam reported yesterday. An official from the Foundation for the Oppressed, Ahmad Mohajer, told the newspaper that several million litres of fruit juice, concentrated fruits
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        Lock icon Assam boosts Muslim police force
        56 6 Reuter GUWAHATI, India The Indian state of Assam, reviving an old British colonial practice, has decided to hire more Muslim policemen to check rising violence against the minority group, officials said yesterday. Authorities said the north-eastern state's government had issued a circular increasing Muslim representation
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      Lock icon Indian business leader blasts government's economic policies
      350 6 Reuter NEW DELHI The head of India's most influential business trade association has launched a blistering attack on the government's economic policies, accusing it of coddling domestic industries and lacking strategic vision. Subodh Bhargava. president of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), told
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      Lock icon Seoul police detain students for taking part in pro-unification rallies
      323 6 Reuter SEOUL South Korean police yesterday said they had detained more than 1,300 students nationwide for taking part in banned pro-unification rallies and the interior minister promised a crackdown on violent protests. "Hanchongryon (a radical student organisation) and other dissidents
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      Lock icon Murayama's coming trip set to boost Japan's ties with S-E Asia
      380 6 Reuter HANOI Japan's dialogue with South-east Asia will receive a major boost when Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayania visits the Philippines. Vietnam. Malaysia and Singapore this month. The Japanese embassy here yesterday said that Mr Murayama the first Japanese prime
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      Lock icon Pakistan opposition members resign from parliamentary committees
      238 6 Reuter ISLAMABAD Two Pakistani opposition parties trying to oust Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto have resigned from parliamentary committees. Members of the Pakistan Muslim League (PML) and the Awami National Party (ANP) gave their resignations to National Assembly Speaker Yousaf Raza Gilani on Monday
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  • THE WORLD
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      Lock icon US to link labour rights with support for lending agencies
      437 9 FT WASHINGTON President Bill Clinton is set to approve legislation which would make observance of workers' rights a condition of lending by the international lending institutions. With no fanfare. House Democrats have included in an appropriations Bill a requirement that
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    • WORLD WATCH
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        Lock icon Nuke agency hopeful over N Korea visits
        107 9 AFP VIENNA The International Atomic Energy Agency (lAEA) said yesterday it hoped to restart all its inspections in North Korea following the agreement reached between the United States and North Korea in Geneva on Saturday. The lAEA said it welcomed the accord signed
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        Lock icon IMF team in Kiev for aid programme
        88 9 Bloomberg Business News KIEV An International Monetary Fund mission has arrived in Ukraine to help formalise a stabilisation policy with the government, the Financial Times said. Last month, the Ukrainian government pledged to work with the IMF over the next two months to
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        Lock icon Greenhouse pact needs revamp: US official
        122 9 Reuter NEW YORK The 1992 treaty to reduce the threat of global warming needs to be strengthened and the Clinton administration has concluded that the US may already be doing too little to comply with it, The New York Times reported yesterday. Energy Secretary
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        Lock icon Espy may visit Russia next month
        84 9 Reuter WASHINGTON Agriculture Secretary Mike Espy will visit Russia and possibly other independent states of the former Soviet Union in September or October. He said "very much wanted to go to Russia and visit some Russian farms and see the countryside". Mr Espy said
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        Lock icon Israel may not meet inflation target
        87 9 Bloomberg Business News TEL AVIV Israel's central bank said on Monday its 8 per cent target rate for 1994 inflation will not be met despite the maintenance of tight monetary policy, the Financial Times reported. Bank governor Jacob Frenkel said rising house prices and
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    • Article
      Lock icon Italy, France and Britain to build warships together
      331 9 NYT LONDON Italy, France and Britain, each needing a new destroyer for its navy, set aside tradition for common sense last month and agreed to build the warships together. They awarded contracts that could run as high as US$l2 billion (SslB billion)
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      Lock icon Lower British deficit raises scope for tax cuts before next elections
      338 9 Reuter LONDON A sharp fail in Britain's public sector deficit is sending the clearest signal yet that embattled Prime Minister John Major will be able to deliver tax cuts before the next general election. Economists yesterday said the government's
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      Lock icon UK to halve company registration fees
      507 10 Move expected to wipe out annual contribution to trade and industry department FT LONDON The British Parliament is to reduce by half the fees it charges for registering British companies and for the annual submission of returns to avoid a legal battle following a
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      Lock icon French veterans mark World War II
      60 10 Reuter CAVALAIRE, France French Prime Minister Edouard Balladur walking past a row of French war veterans during a ceremony in the southern French town of Cavalaire on Monday. The ceremony was part of several organised to mark the 50th anniversary of the Allied landings
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      Lock icon New legal twist strikes New York bomb-plot conspiracy case
      326 10 Reuter NEW YORK A lawyer representing the alleged mastermind of a plot to blow up New York buildings has asked to be taken ofT the case because of a potential conflict of interest. Defence lawyer Howard Leader said he felt it
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      Lock icon Christopher hopeful about peace in Middle East
      251 10 AFP WASHINGTON Peace between Israel and all of its Arab neighbours, including Syria, is "entirely possible" by the end of 1996, US Secretary of State Warren Christopher said in a newspaper interview published on Monday. Mr Christopher, who has downplayed the impasse in
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      Lock icon New York A-G accuses Amex of ticket-scalping for Broadway shows
      385 10 Los Angeles Times NEW YORK American Express calls it "concicrgc service" when it provides the wcll-hcclcd holders of its Platinum Card entry to the best of Broadway at a hefty premium. New York Attorney General Oliver Koppcll calls it tickct
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  • WORLD FOCUS
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  • LIFESTYLE
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      More single males in China facing a lonely future
      985 13 Shortage of eligible women starting to fray the fabric of family-oriented society IN THE free markets of the new China, young men are coming to realise that there is something even more precious than a new car, an electronic pager or
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      Lock icon Western flavour seeping into Asian food industry
      612 13  -  Region's burgeoning middle class has a craving for all the spices of life, writes Jason Szep Jason Szep Reuter WESTERN-style food firms believe they have the recipe for success in Asian markets, where a growing and increasingly rich middle class hungers for greater
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      Lock icon Rourke charged with abusing his wife
      346 13 Reuter Reuter AP AP NIGHT CLUB bouncer-turned actor Mickey Rourke was charged on Monday with misdemeanour spousal abuse for allegedly slapping and kicking his wife at an office in Hollywood last month. Rourke, 44. is accused of knocking his wife down and kicking her.
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      1300 13 I TV RADIO 1 Th« Man Who Knew Too Much, 10pm, SBC 12 Vf James and Doris Day happy who are cy when spies kidnap their son. M The kidnapping shows up the /SsgA^HWl' flr&|N couple of flaws in their picture- «Y V *J| perfect marriage. Boasts a x famous
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  • REGIONAL ANALYSIS
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      Lock icon The pluses and minuses balance out — so far
      1283 14  - The pluses and minuses balance out so far First 100 days of Mandela government MERVYN FROST MERVYN FROST The writer is a professor in the Department of Politics, University of Natal. Durban, South Africa Special to BT The inauguration of President Nelson Mandela, who completes 100 days in office tomorrow,
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      Beneath the potential, a well-kept secret lurks
      1225 15  -  South-east Asian business in South Africa SIDHARTH BHATIA SIDHARTH BHATIA The writer is a journalist based in Durban, South Africa OUTH AFRI- CA," says Prasad Dole, "is the I world's best kept r r investment secret" f~ Dole should know. As the South
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      Lock icon Ambitious reform plan set in train
      982 15  -  GRAHAM MULLER GRAHAM MULLER e The writer is director of Moi tie Touche Management Consultants Ptv Ltd. Durban. South A frica Special to BT OUTH AFRICA begins a new democratic era in its history with a Government of Natifeal Unity (GNU) determined to tvlb
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  • SPORTS
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      Lock icon American golf Grand Slammed
      883 16  -  By Larry Dorman NYT NEW YORK If there were any lingering notions that American golf might salvage a vestige of its former pre-emi-nence this year, they were erased this past weekend in the PGA Championship coronation march of Nick Price of South Africa. His compelling and
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      Lock icon Crunch time as baseball and business collide
      309 16 Reuter NEW YORK When it comes to economics, major league baseball now threatened with a players' strike is a business with few parallels. It is a select club of 28 teams half of which, the owners claim, are losing money. but one which
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        95 16 AFP PARIS The cancelled Italian Grand Prix has been reinstated in the Formula One calendar, motor sports* governing body announced here on Monday. The Federation International de I'Automoblie (FIA) called ofT the Sep 11 race at the historic Monza circuit outside Milan on Friday
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        Lock icon Viacom choosy over cable TV sale
        129 16 Reuter NEW YORK Viacom Inc said on Monday the bidders for Madison Square Garden Corp, its Knicks and Rangers sports teams and cable TV service, shouldn't expect a quick answer on the winner of the sale, which could bring US$l billion (551.51 billion). "This
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        Lock icon Lacklustre Hudson in doubt for Test
        125 16 Reuter PONTYPRIDD. Wales Opener Andrew Hudson is in danger of losing his place in South Africa's Test side after another batting failure on Monday. He followed his first innings four with a jittery 23 as the touring team drew their three-day game against Glamorgan.
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        Lock icon Star-studded lineup at track meet
        106 16 AP ZURICH, Switzerland The Weltklasse Grand Prix track meet, billed as the competition of the season, offers a star-studded lineup for the men's 100-metre dash despite a last minute pullout by Carl Lewis. America's sprinting elite world recordholder Leroy Burrell, rival Dennis Mitchell and record-greedy
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        Lock icon Jordan injury not serious
        106 16 Reuter BIRMINGHAM, Alabama The injury to Michael Jordan's left shoulder is a strained rotator cuff and not considered serious, a doctor said after examining him on Monday. Jordan, the former basketball superstar turned minor league baseball player, underwent a magnetic resonance imaging examination. "Michael's left shoulder
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      Lock icon Courting new tennis fans with music and gimmicks
      473 17 AP NEW HAVEN, Connecticut The majority of tennis purists will eventually embrace the innovative changes being introduced to the sport, even the radical ideas premiering at the Volvo International. Tour organisers say that for the first time at an ATP Tour event,
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      Lock icon Bates takes a break from baby to upset Yzaga at RCA Championships
      186 17 Reuter INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana Jeremy Bates of Britain can continue his break from house husband chores after upsetting 1 Ith seed Jaime Yzaga of Peru 6-4, 6-3 yesterday at the US$l.O4 million (551.56 million) RCA Championships tennis tournament. After
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      Lock icon World champ disqualified over riding position
      60 17 Reuter PALERMO, Italy Scotsman Graeme Obree bending over the handlebars during his four km individual pursuit qualifying heat at the World Cycling Championships on Monday. Obree, the defending World Champion in the four km pursuit, was disqualified for what judges labelled as 'betraying the
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      Lock icon Chang sees biblical link in outplaying towering rivals
      585 17 NYT MASON, Ohio He had just advanced to the semifinals of the Thriftway ATP Championship ousting Jason Stoltenberg 6-1, 3-6, 7-5 in as athletic a tennis match as you'll find and now Michael Chang stood outside the dressing room door. He was
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      Lock icon Dream Team comes to grips with nightmare of a misnomer
      689 17  -  Harvey Araton on the search for a down-to-earth identity Harvey Araton NYT TORONTO It got the job done but this was not a memorable US team, no Dream Team, not in performance, style or grace. Upon reflection, several of its
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        207 17 PONTE VEDRA. Florida I S PGA leading prize m«>ne> winners on Monda> (IS unless noted): I Greg Norman (Aust) USS 1.195.164 2 Nick Price (Zim) 1.156.927 3 Corey Pavin 795.305 4 Tom Lehman 789.414 5 Loren Roberts 772.070 6 Male Irwin 701.956 7 JelT Maggcrt 676.543 8 Jose Maria
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        458 17 AP NEW HAVEN, Connecticut LSSI.O4 million Volvo International Tournament first round on Monday: I l-Malivai Washington (US) b Shuzo Matsuoka (Jpn) 6-3 5-7 6-2; 13-Andrei Chesnokov (Rus) b By- ron Black (Zim) 6-4 6-0; Marc Goellner (Gcr) b 14-Kichard Fromberg (Aust) 7-6 (7-4) 6-2; 16-Stcfan Pescosolido (Ita) b Tim
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      Lock icon Australia-NZ Test shapes up as rugby's 'ultimate contest'
      419 17 AFP SYDNEY New Zealand rugby, for so long the high-water mark of the international game, is uncharacteristically jittery going into tonight's Bledisloe Cup match against rivals Australia here. The famed All Blacks are not rated favourites, even by their own fans, and
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      303 16 Whichever way J you look at it, j| it's a singular honour. I 10 t A C&i nnivevbavy KB l \ingaporo 818 was Hill, Business Times jp J| Businessman of the Year Enterprise Award Outstanding Manager If To some the Singapore Business Awards (SBA) is Sim Wong Hoo of Creative
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  • Article
    Mandela's biggest challenge yet
    494 18 SOUTH AFRICAN President Nelson Mandela will mark 100 days in office tomorrow with sound ratings from the business community. They will cite his commitment to market-based policies and his prescription for pragmatic political reforms to promote badly needed investments. But South Africa's political and economic rehabilitation
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  • WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
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      A flicker in a stormy world
      233 18 BRIGADIER-GENERAL (NS) George Yeo, the Minister for Information and the Arts, and others were right to tone down in National Day dinners some of the headiness created by an economy showing double-digit growth despite its growing maturity. He told Singaporeans that they still had
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      Boost Indon entrepreneurship
      182 18 TOMORROW, Indonesians will be celebrating their nation's 49th Independence Day. Indonesia has certainly progressed under President Suharto. Its per capita income has risen 10 times in a span of 25 years. And now a bold attempt at addressing income disparity is the implementation of a minimum wage
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      Hawkers co-op a good idea
      142 18 MINISTER without Portfolio and NTUC SecretaryGeneral Lim Boon Heng has proposed the setting up of a cooked food cooperative of hawkers to moderate price increases at hawker food centres and protect the interests of people who eat out. Establishing a food hawkers' cooperative to stabilise
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      Righting a terrible wrong
      141 18 AFTER 28 MONTHS of bending over backwards, the international coalition find themselves once more against the backstop of the Bosnia Serbs' unrepentant aggression. Even President Clinton's announcement of an end-October deadline for the Bosnian Serbs to accept the peace plan was an attempt to insert a
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      Tight credit policy works
      159 18 THE NARROWING of Beijing's foreign trade deficit reported at the weekend is a very important step along the road to healthy economic development. After decades in the doldrums, the Chinese economy has in recent years expanded at a breakneck pace that has worried Chinese and foreign
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      Highlands under siege
      151 18 JUST OVER four months ago. an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) report concludcd that the proposed development projects to be carried out over the next decade would make Cameron Highlands hotter and drier. It also indicated that temperatures would rise by 2 to 3 degrees Celsius and the
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    Bring on the glamour boys
    1090 18  -  The accent has shifted to youthful good looks in British politics. Neville Stack finds three Tory candidates presentable enough to take on Labour's Tony Blair Neville Stack The writer is a political commentator based in London. He writes regularly for BT. THERE IS a song
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      148 18 The Ingenieur Chrono Alarm. From You may come to see it, but you'll also hear I The new Chrono Alarm, with proven «Ingenieur» precision, will remind you of your long-standing passion for punctuality. Beep-beep-beep. We would be happy to schedule a demonstration for you. This once, you may even arrive
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  • ANALYSIS
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      Averting an Asian environmental disaster
      1582 19  -  Leon Hadar delves into a new World Bank report which warns of a looming urban environmental crisis unless Asia takes urgent measures. Anthony Rowley examines a plan to inject massive doses of greenery into big Japanese cities without sacrificing undeveloped land. Leon Hadar Anthony Rowley
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      Turning Japanese concrete jungles into oases
      640 19 THE concrete jungles of Japan's major cities are among the hottest and most unpleasant places in Asia during the summer. In a heat wave such as the current one, they sap strength, create stress and even kill people. An official body is proposing a
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    Lock icon Japan, US reach accord on patent rights
    329 20 Reuter TOKYO Japan and the United States have reached an accord on intellectual property rights, their first sectoral agreement in 13-month-old trade talks, a Japanese Foreign Ministry official said yesterday. The two nations were to sign a pact detailing ways to strengthen protection
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    Lock icon Morgan Stanley shifts from Japan to US and EU stocks in model portfolio
    452 20 Bloomberg Business News TOKYO Morgan Stanley has lowered the weighting of Japanese stocks in its model portfolio to 20 per cent from 30 per cent, Alexander Kinmont. the brokerage's strategist in Tokyo, said yesterday. "It's not that
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    Lock icon Chancellor Kohl gets the sock
    78 20 Reuter BONN In a bid to hit back at German Chancellor Helmut Kohl, the opposition Social Democrats (SPD) put up a poster lampooning Mr Kohl as a 'red sock' a symbol of eastern German communists. Mr Kohl had accused the SPD of collaborating with the
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    Lock icon Defiant HK paper's report likely to irk China again
    169 20 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG Less than a year after one of its reporters was arrested and jailed for breaking a finance story in China. Hongkong newspaper Ming Fao has again run a story likely to infuriate China. Ming Pao protested bitterly
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    277 20 AFP TOKYO Japan's Defence Agency is conducting a secret study on the feasibility of developing reconnaissance satellites for use by the country. The daily Mainichi newspaper yesterday reported that Tokyo's possession of such satellites would run counter to a 1969 parliamentary resolution limiting the
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    Lock icon US housing starts up larger-than-expected 4.7 pc in July
    353 20 Bloomberg Business News WASHINGTON Starts of new housing construction rose a larger-than-expected 4.7 per cent in July, bouncing back from a sharp decline a month earlier. Commerce Department figures released yesterday showed that although higher mortgage rates had put a damper
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    Cambodia has yet to open doors fully to free trade
    733 20  -  The Bottom Line HARISH MEHTA HARISH MEHTA The writer is a BT correspondent specialising in Indochinese affairs WHEN Cambodian Members of Parliament raised their hands to pass their investment law earlier this month arguably among the most liberal laws in
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    Lock icon UK banks seen trimming risky bond trading
    322 20 Reuter LONDON Turbulent financial markets have left British banks' dealing divisions reeling, with one group so shaken it is curtailing risky bond market trading. Overall dealing profits at the four major British clearing banks ranged from a rise of only 4 per cent
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    Lock icon US denies alleged plan to raise workers' rights at Apec forum
    223 20 ST JAKARTA The United States said yesterday that it would not raise workers' rights or link trade and environmental issues at meetings of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) forum which Indonesia will host in November. The US embassy said
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
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      Foreign tranches in S'pore finance firms up seven-fold
      574 21  -  By Shiv Taneja SINGAPORE The foreign shareholding percentage of eight of the nine locally listed finance companies has on average increased seven-fold in the past five years. And judging by the growing number of companies that have foreign shareholdings in excess of
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      Ng Teng Fong mops up more YHS shares
      314 21 SINGAPORE Property tycoon Ng Teng Fong has picked up more shares in food and beverage group Yeo Hiap Seng through the conversion of warrants. In a letter to the Stock Exchange of Singapore on Monday, YHS said Mr Ng's Far East Organisation
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      Wanted: $300,000 CEO for YHS
      322 21  -  By Lee Han Shin SINGAPORE Listed softdrink maker Yeo Hiap Seng has launched a three-country search for a chief executive. YHS, through consultant Coopers Lybrand, is offering an annual compensation package of "above $300,000 plus benefits" for a chief executive who will report to chairman
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      Is Yeo Hiap Seng seriously seeking a top-class chief executive?
      733 21  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW By Lee Han Shih SINGAPORE What can you get for $300,000 in Singapore nowadays? Maybe a third of a good-class condominium, perhaps four to five certificates of entitlement to own a car, or even a second-hand Mercedes
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      Seapower takeover to spearhead Richard Li's push into China, India
      254 21 SINGAPORE Richard Li's Hongkong-based Pacific Century Group, which is making a takeover ofler for Singaporelisted Sea power Asia Investments, said yesterday it would seek business opportunities in Asia, particularly China and India. Pacific Century has ottered to acquire the rest
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      QAF eyes new bakeries in East Asia
      209 21 SINGAPORE Food group QAF is keen to invest in new bakeries in East Asia, but its expansion is likely to be capi-tal-intensive and will mean high start-up costs, chairman Didi Da wis says in the group's 1993 annual report. At Mar 31, the
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        MARKET MOOD
        39 21 Firm Market Mood' indicates the likely trading sentiment today, based on brokers polled at 5-6pm yesterday. Overnight events may alter sentiment Brokers polled: Dai*a. Fraser. OA Goh. Morgan Grenfell. Nomura. Ongco. lat Lee and Smith New Court.
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        135 21  -  By Quak Hiang Whai Straits Steamship Land is going through a badly needed consolidation phase, having been bought up from below $3.50 from early July. The stock fell another four cents to J3.98 yesterday. Daily and weekly charts now show more easing ahead although the indicators are not
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          Keppel completes merger with ABS
          60 22 SINGAPORE Keppel Finance said yesterday its merger with Asia Builders Society had been completed. It said all conditions leading up to the merger had been satisfied. The 4.72 million new ordinary shares of 50.50 each issued by Keppel Finance for acquiring ABS were listed and
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          MHE gets approval for rights
          65 22 SINGAPORE Material Handling Engineering has been granted in-principle approval by the Stock Exchange of Singapore for a rights issue with warrants and the listing and quotation of the rights shares, warrants and mew shares. In June, the company announced its proposal to olTer three rights
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          L&M raises stake in subsidiary
          41 22 SINGAPORE L&M Group Investments has increased its capital stake in fully owned subsidiary L&M Systems by four million shares at SI each. This equity injection has raised the paid-up capital of the subsidiary to $5 million.
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          100 22 Reuter MANILA The Philippine Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has summoned officials of Interport Resources Corp (IRC) to a hearing to explain their failure to disclose in advance a deal with a Malaysian firm. The directive was prompted by the oil firm's late disclosure of a deal
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          Lock icon Smart can keep ringing
          65 22 Reuter MANILA A Philippine court has ruled in favour of Smart Communications Inc. allowing it to continue operations in the booming cellular phone business. The company yesterday said the Court of Appeals denied a petition filed by Express Telecommunication Co (Extelcom), a rival phone operator, to
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          Lock icon KLK to develop oil palm estate
          76 22 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Kuala Lumpur Kepong Berhad (KLK) will be developing 14,000 hectares of contiguous leasehold plantation land on Belitung Island, Indonesia, into an oil palm plantation. The company yesterday said the development would be done through an Indonesian incorporated joint venture company, PT
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        Lock icon Granite expects China leisure venture to be major profit contributor
        236 22 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Property developer Granite Industries Bhd is confident that its leisure venture in China will be a major contributor to its profits in the near future. This will be achieved through its newly-acquired company, Kensen (China) Ltd, which
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        Genting and subsidiaries post strong interim results
        331 22  -  From Ho Kay Tat in KUALA LUMPUR GAMING giant Genting Bhd and subsidiary Resorts World have posted a healthy set of interim results but profit at plantation unit Asiatic Development was down slightly, the companies said yesterday. Genting's net profit for the half-year
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        Thai telecoms firm's results boost shares
        438 22  -  From Loh Hui Yin in BANGKOK THAI telecommunications stock Jasmin International whose trading debut last month was a flop found favour with investors yesterday after it announced strong first-half results. Its shares gained four baht to close at 382 baht, up from 320 baht
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        Lock icon Sapura-Nokia phone line venture takes off
        390 22 AFP KUALA LUMPUR Nokia Telecommunications OY of Finland and Malaysia's Sapura Holdings Sdn Bhd yesterday opened a joint-venture plant after securing a government contract to supply digital public telephone lines. The Ms4o million (5523.6 million) plant south of Kuala Lumpur, opened by Prime Minister
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        Lock icon Tan Chong unit in venture to build Sarawak galvanising plant
        208 22 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Tan Chong Motor Holdings' subsidiary, TC Motors (Sarawak) Sdn Bhd, has entered into a joint venture agreement with Sarawak Electricity Supply Corporation (Sesco) and Central Paragon Sdn Bhd to build a steel fabrication and galvanising plant in
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        Lock icon Uniphoenix plans property, tech park projects in India
        218 22 Bernama NEW DELHI Uniphoenix Corporation Berhad plans to make an entry into the Indian market in a very big way. The company, which has already announced the setting up of a heat resistant rubber thread plant and chemical factory. both in the
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        Lock icon Thai Airways' profit soars almost 4 times
        345 22 Reuter BANGKOK Thai Airways International pic said a 289 per cent higher profit for the nine months ending June 30 was due to increased traffic, especially earlier in the period, following a disastrous year for the industry. "The increase in earnings was due
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        Lock icon Utusan Melayu chalks up 17.7 pc rise in group pre-tax to M$ 6m
        275 22 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Utusan Melayu (Malaysia) Berhad. which made a strong debut on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange main board on Monday, has reported a 17.7 per cent increase in group pre-tax profit to M 56.18 million
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        Lock icon Wesmont's M$ 26m profit lower than forecast
        175 22 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Wesmont Bhd has reported a group operating pre-tax profit of M 526.366 million (5515.3 million) for the year ended March 31, 1994. from M 53.397 million before. Announcing its unaudited results yesterday, the company said group turnover surged to M
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        Lock icon Goodman to change board, but key investors unhappy
        491 23 Reuter SYDNEY Australia's largest food group, Goodman Fielder Ltd, yesterday announced plans to appease dissident shareholders by reshaping its board as part of an effort to get the struggling company back on track. But the moves went ahead without the blessing of
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        366 23 Reuter TOKYO Japan's Seiyu Ltd expects to open a high-grade supermarket in Hanoi early next year, setting up the first Vietnamese supermarket venture joined by foreign interests. Seiyu senior managing director Harumi Sakamoto yesterday said the joint venture, capitalised at US$5OO,OOO (*****,000), would be
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        Lock icon Cathay in HK$ l.lb Xiamen airport venture
        311 23 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG Extending its close ties with China, Cathay Pacific Airways yesterday signed an agreement to take a one-third stake in a HKSI.I billion (Ss2l4 million) joint venture to develop and run China's fourth busiest airport. The Hongkong carrier estimates that
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        Lock icon Proctor and Gamble in US$ l4m Vietnam joint venture
        321 23 AP HANOI Proctor and Gamble Co is forming a US$l4.3 million (5521.45 million) joint venture 'that will make it the first well-known US consumer products company to invest in Vietnam, a news report said yesterday. The Cincinnati, Ohio-based company has signed
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        Lock icon HK's Wharf Cable says rival should have licence
        167 23 Reuter HONGKONG Wharf Cable Ltd, Hong Kong's exclusive pay television licensee, said future media rival Hongkong Telecommunications Ltd should be forced to apply for a broadcast licence because its planned video-on-demand service would be similar to pay TV. Wharf Cable, which launched
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          Lock icon Scott Paper in Chinese joint venture
          98 23 AP PHILADELPHIA Scott Paper Co announced a joint venture with China's largest paper manufacturer on Monday to bring sanitary tissue products to the vast Chinese market. The Philadel-phia-based Scott and Shanghai Paper Co will create Scott Paper (Shanghai) Ltd in a multi-million-dollar deal, officials
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          Lock icon Viacom in talks to sell cable TV systems
          135 23 Bloomberg Business News NEW YORK Viacom Inc is involved in talks to sell its cable-television systems for US$2 billion to US$2.5 billion (Ss3 billion to 553.7 billion) to InterMedia Partners, a cable-TV partnership whose owners include Tele-Communications Inc, the Wall Street Journal
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          75 23 AFP TOKYO Japan's Sharp Corp will start making refrigerators without chlorofiuorocarbon (CFCs) in Thailand this autumn for sale mainly in South-east Asia and the Middle East, the Nihon Keizai newspaper reported yesterday. Sharp Appliances Thailand Ltd said it would revise its production line by the
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          Lock icon Beauforte's interim profit up 63.8 pc
          105 23 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG Ship-owning, real estate and investment concern Beauforte Investors Corp said its net profit rose 63.77 per cent in the six months ended June 30. The group, which is 49.9 per cent owned by Hongkong conglomerate Wharf (Holdings), said that its
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          Lock icon Philips in takeover talks with Regina
          54 23 Bloomberg Business News AMSTERDAM Philips Electronics NV is in talks with vacuum cleaner-maker Regina Company Inc of the US, Dutch business daily Het Financieele Dagblad said yesterday. A Regina official confirmed the negotiations but didn't want to say if Philips was the only suitor
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          Lock icon Marubeni to form China unit
          97 23 Reuter TOKYO Trading house Marubeni Corp will set up a whollyowned subsidiary in Shanghai to make galvanised steel sheet, a Marubeni spokesman said yesterday. The subsidiary, to be capitalised at US$6 million (Ss9 million), will invest another US$6 million to build a plant scheduled to
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        Selling hits HSBC after disappointing interim result
        370 23  -  From Lim Soon Neo in HONGKONG HSBC Holdings, the largest bank here, and its subsidiary. Hang Seng Bank, came under selling pressure yesterday after releasing disappointing interim results on Monday. HSBC, which accounted for 10 per cent of the total market capitalisation here,
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        Lock icon China may let insurance and retirement funds invest in stocks
        117 23 Bloomberg Business News BEIJING China's securities authorities are considering permitting insurance and retirement funds to invest in the country's two stock markets as a way of introducing more mid- and long-term investors, the official China Securities newspaper reported yesterday. The
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        Lock icon Wall St broking firms' earnings hit as bond market rally ends
        534 24 Bloomberg Business News NEW YORK Wall Street's most painful year since 1990 is taking a turn for the worse. Merrill Lynch Co, the biggest US securities firm, yesterday said its third-quarter revenue fell 14 per cent from the second
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        Lock icon Federated and Macy boards give nod to merger
        298 24 NYT NEW YORK The boards of Federated Department Stores Inc and R H Macy Co gave their formal approval on Monday to a merger between the two department store operators. But the two companies did not make any announcement because their lawyers
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        Lock icon Investors pressured into buying Japan Tobacco shares: sources
        413 24 Reuter TOKYO Japanese institutional investors are feeling pressured to become long-term shareholders of Japan Tobacco Inc (JT), industry sources say. A general manager of a leading Japanese life insurance firm said JT had asked major financial institutions to bid in an auction
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        Lock icon Three-firm tie-up sets stage for video-on-demand across Europe
        160 24 Bloomberg Business News AMSTERDAM A new Eu-ro-American joint venture will let cable television companies ofTer individualised programming. such as video-on-demand and pay-per-view, across Europe. Partners are electronics giant Philips Electronics NV, with a 45 per cent stake; telecommunications provider Roval PTT Nederland
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        Lock icon Three European telecom firms' alliance may lead to merger
        236 24 FT LONDON The alliance between the national telecommunications companies of Sweden, Switzerland and the Netherlands could lead to a full merger in response to accelerating cross-border telecoms competition, according to senior company strategists. The three companies last year launched a joint
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        Lock icon Toys R Us second-quarter profit up 7pc to US$ 38m
        142 24 AP PARAMUS, New Jersey Toys R Us Inc reported on Monday that second quarter profits rose 7 per cent, and sales rose nearly 10 per cent as the toy retailer continued to expand. The company earned US$3B million (Sss7 million),
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        441 24 Thinking Machines. Washington Post WASHINGTON A tiny company that pioneered a new style of computing and created some of the most powerful computers in the world is suffering the financial equivalent of a computer crash. Thinking Machines Corp, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, announced
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        Khong Guan shares rose day after MD charged in court
        362 25  -  From Ho Kay Tat in KUALA LUMPUR KHONG Guan Holdings (M) Bhd shares shot up in speculative trading a day after managing director Zakir Basree Abdul Rahman was charged with four others for attempting to cheat Rakvat Merchant Bankers Bhd
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        Lock icon KL securities watchdog urges tax breaks for unit trusts
        456 25 Reuter KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's Securities Commission (SC), seeking to encourage the development of the country's fund management industry, has urged the Finance Ministry to cut taxes for unit trust income in the 1995 budget. Khairil Anuar Abdullah, research and development director
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          Lock icon Fenang Bridge firm gets M$ 550m loan
          82 25 Bloomberg Business News KUALA LUMPUR The company that manages the Penang Bridge has obtained a MSSSO million (***** million) loan package from five local banks, according to the Star newspaper. Mekar Idaman Sdn. which is leasing the bridge for a 25-year concessionary period,
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          Lock icon Thai furniture firm plans bond sale
          59 25 Bloomberg Business News BANGKOK Thai furniture manufacturer STA Group (1993) pic plans to sell 1.2 billion baht (SS72 million) in convertible debentures on the domestic market, the company's chief executive said. The money will be used to diversify into producing and exporting plywood and
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          46 25 Reuter DHAKA Standard Chartered Bank yesterday began offshore banking service in Bangladesh's Dhaka Export Processing Zone which, investors said, would greatly contribute towards boosting foreign investment. "No red tape will be faced in export processing." said Commerce Minister Shamsul Islam. Reuter
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          Lock icon Wells Fargo units forming new firm
          71 25 Reuter SAN FRANCISCO Wells Fargo Bank and Wells Fargo Nikko Investment Advisors (WFNIA) said they will be forming a new company to focus on the defined contribution market, effective Jan 1. 1995. Wells Fargo Defined Contribution Trust Co will combine Wells Fargo Bank's 401(K)
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        Lock icon PNB leads in M'sian unit trust industry
        388 25 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Permodalan Nasional Berhad (PNB) continues to have a runaway lead in the unit trust industry with an 85 per cent grip on the units issued in the country. Jas Bir Kaur, the Securities Commission's manager for trust and investment management,
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        HK Bank Malaysia interim earnings soar 54pc
        211 25  -  By Shiv Taneja SINGAPORE HongkongBank Malaysia has announced its first interim results as a locally incorporated foreign bank. Net earnings were M$ 100.59 million (5559.1 million) for the six months to June 30, up 54 per cent from Ms6s million last year. Net
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        Lock icon Citicorp derivatives revenue down sharply in 2nd quarter
        103 25 Reuter WASHINGTON Citicorp has reported a sharp drop in revenue from financial derivatives for the three months ended June 30. The banking group said in a report to the Securities and Exchange Commission that derivatives revenue fell to US$lOO million (SSISO million),
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        289 25 KnightRidder Reuter BANGKOK Thailand's ccntral bank plans to limit foreign loans for the Thai financial system to an annual average of USS7 billion (SS 10.5 billion) over the next 10 years, the bank's governor said yesterday. Bank of Thailand governor Vijit said the
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        496 26 Bloomberg Business News Reuter TOKYO In an effort to stay competitive after the expected liberalisation of oil imports, Japan's two major oil refiners and distributors will tie up in production and distribution to cut costs. Starting in January, Showa Shell Sekiyu
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        426 26 Reuter JAKARTA Indonesia, a major palm oil producer, is considering taxing crude palm oil exports to dampen cooking oil prices and rein in inflation, officials and traders said yesterday. Traders said the proposed move would make Indonesian crude palm
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        291 26 AFP JAKARTA Indonesia awarded on Monday exploration rights for gold, copper and zeolite in five provinces in the country to five joint venture firms and 19 others to local firms for coal mining. Mining and Energy Minister Ida Bagus Sujana signed the contracts
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        Lock icon Viet coffee traders deny bungling price boom
        279 26 Reuter HANOI Vietnamese coffee traders disputed a press report on Monday that they "bungled a boom" by failing to cash in on high world prices caused by frost damage to crops in Brazil. The English-language Vietnam News said the 1993-94 crop of 150,000
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        Lock icon US cotton futures tumble for second day after Dept of Agriculture forecasts
        363 26 Bloomberg Business News NEW YORK Cotton futures on the New York Cotton Exchange plunged down to the daily limit for the second straight day on Monday as traders reacted to a government report forecasting a record crop this
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        Lock icon Australasian oil, gas output to peak in 1996: report
        209 26 Reuter SINGAPORE New fields will boost Australasian crude oil and natural gas output to record levels in 1996 but production will fall steadily thereafter. said Wood Mackenzie Consultants Ltd (Wood Mac) in a report yesterday. The firm said 17 fields are
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        130 26 THE SINGAPORE dollar yesterday opened a touch weaker and traded in a narrow band for most of the day. The market was very quiet, awaiting the decision on US interest rate hikes from the FOMC meeting. The Malaysian ringgit went through a very volatile day
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        211 26 Reuter LONDON The dollar was modestly firmer in early Europe after gaining ground overnight in Tokyo as players covered short dollar positions ahead of the Federal Open Market Committee meeting Dealers said it was no longer a matter of if the Federal Reserve raises short term interest rates for
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        Crude oil futures rise as Abiola trial is suspended
        182 26 Bloomberg ENERGY REPORT LONDON Crude oil futures rose yesterday after the judge appointed to hear the treason trial of detained Nigerian opposition leader, Moshood Abiola, stepped down. At 4pm London time, Brent erode here was 15 cents higher at U5517.02 a
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        94 26 AFP NEW YORK The dollar edged up in early trading here yesterday as the market waited to see the Federal Reserve's Open Market Committee would raise interest rates for the fifth time this year. At 1345 GMT the dollar was trading at 1.5560 marks, up from 1.5522 at
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        1297 27 SIMEX REPORT Reuter SINGAPORE Simex Euroyen followed Japanese government bond (JGB) futures to end lower in light trade ahead of the Federal Open Market Committee meeting last night. Dealers said Euroyen weakened in the afternoon following the JGBs but trading was limited with
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        KL tin eases on poor foreign demand
        687 27 COMMODITY REPORTS KL Tin TIN eased two sen to close at M$ 13.20 a kg after a lower London market overnight discouraged foreign demand. "The small drop is due to falls in London overnight," a trader said, noting that a higher local premium
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          Aussie cane harvest back on track
          52 27 SYDNEY The Australian sugar cane harvest is more than 32 per cent complete with early harvesting problems overcome. the industry's grower organisation said yesterday. Canegrowers' general manager lan Ballantyne said the harvest for 1994-95 (July-June) is back on track, with improved weather through the
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          Brazil's green coffee exports down
          56 27 SAO PAULO Brazil's July green coffee exports declined 37 per cent from a year ago to 1.065 million 60-kg bags, according to preliminary data published by the Brazilian Coffee Exporters Federation (Febec). July's exports brought Jan-July shipments to 7.181 million bags, nearly steady with the
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          100 27 BRASILIA The Brazilian government later this month will announce a broad investment plan for recuperation of frost-damaged coffee regions and improvement in yields and quality, a National Coffee Department official said yesterday. He said the government recognised the urgency of coffee-devel-opment investment needs in regions affected by
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          China makes inquiries on raw sugar
          103 27 NEW YORK China was said to be making inquiries on raw sugar, but traders had few details about the talk. China's purchase plans have been a source of uncertainty for the market all summer. However, traders said the possibility of off-take has kept the
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      1472 27 Rubber Singapore Commodity Exchange (futures dosing as at S.34pm) RSS 1 Contract (S cents/kg) Close Volume Open Month High Low Sett (tonnes) Interest Sep 94 207.50 205.00 207 50 100 2750 Oct 194.25 4425 Nov 180 50 4325 Dee 177.25 5575 Jan/Mar 95 174.50 8700 Apr/Jnn 177.50 300
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        Australia
        1012 28 -15.7 CONTINUING anxiety over the likelihood of a hike in US interest rates dogged shares yesterday, forcing the market to its lowest close for a month. The All Ordinaries Index closed 15.7 points weaker at 2,040.0, while the All-Industri-als slipped 23.8 to 2,983.6 and the All Resources eased 9.5
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        Manila
        686 28 +5.65 Stocks reached their highest level in over two months as local investors were encouraged by declining local interest rates, rising liquidity and strong first-half growth. Meanwhile, foreign investors remained on the sidelines waiting for a decision by the Federal Reserve on a new interest rate increase. "Foreigners have
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        Taipei
        583 28 +40.33 Stocks registered a modest rebound in light trading after five consecutive losing sessions, propelled by good performances of pulp, paper and textile shares. The 376-issue Weighted Price Index gained 40.33 points to settle at 6,583.9. Turnover increased to 1.199 billion shares valued at NT559.07 billion. The market started
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        Seoul
        468 28 -4.71 Share prices turned bearish yesterday in dull trading. The Composite Price Index slid 4.71 points to settle at 939.9 on turnover of 19 million shares valued at 450 billion won. Falls led rises 561 to 251, with 106 counters ending unchanged. While 86 issues rose to the daily
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        New Zealand
        266 28 -14.67 Investors remained unsettled about the nation's political outlook, despite the National Party's parliamentary by-election victory last Saturday. "There's a bit of a realisation that, on the political front, there are still issues to be addressed," said a broker. Phone company Telecom and forester Fletcher Challenge led the
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        Bombay
        121 28 19.44 Share prices rose 19.44 points to a provisional record closing high of 4,527.59, mainly on buying by speculators and foreign investors. Brokers had expected the 30-share BSE Index to cross the record intra-day high of 4,546.58 of April 2, 1992, but there was an air of caution in
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        London
        655 28 +5.1 STOCKS were mixed amid speculation the Federal Reserve is set to raise US interest rates for a fifth time this year. The FT-SE 100 Index closed 5.1 points up at 3,147.3, led by rising shares of Wellcome and Unilever. Expectations for a rate rise increased after the US
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        Paris
        159 28 +5.40 French stocks rose in response to a conviction among analysts that the Federal Reserve was poised to increase interest rates to moderate inflation in the expanding US economy. The prospect such a move will lend stability to international financial markets more than offset investors' concerns that higher US
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        Frankfurt
        187 28 +4.30 German stocks rose as investors continued to bet the Federal Reserve would end market uncertainty by raising short-term interest rates. The DAX Index rose 4.30 points to 2,143.14. The advance, which was the second in as many days, was led by gains in chemicals and financial shares. Machinery
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        Brussels
        182 28 +0.35 Belgian stocks were little changed, failing to make up for four days of losses, as investors waited for the outcome of yesterday's crucial Federal Reserve monetary policy meeting. Most economists expected the Fed to raise interest rates to steady the pace of economic growth and ward off inflation.
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        Milan
        136 28 +47 Italian stocks closed higher for the first time in nine days, lifted by easing concerns about the government deficit and stability of the government. "During the weekend people had a chance to calm down," said an analyst. "But several still decided to take some profits when the chance
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        Amsterdam
        266 28 1.89 Dutch stocks closed higher for a second day as investors took their cue from favourable earnings announcements and monitored interest rates in the US The EOE Index of 25 leading stocks closed 1.89 points higher at 417.07, led by gains in household products company Unilever, publisher Wolters Kluwer
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        Stockholm
        159 28 1.34 Swedish stocks were mixed as local investors mulled their higher interest rates and anticipated higher rates in the US The OMX Index of 30 leading stocks rose 1.34 points to 1,078.78, its first gain since Aug 8. Thirteen stocks rose, 15 declined and two were unchanged. "We could
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        Zurich
        278 28 18.1 Swiss stocks rose, benefiting from higher bond prices in the US and across Europe, as investors mulled the ben- efits of a possible rise in US interest rates. The SMI Index, which tracks the top 23 stocks, fained 18.1 points to ,588.7, with 15 stocks advancing, two unchanged
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        Johannesburg
        272 28 +3 Investors remained on the sidelines yesterday, awaiting new factors to spur interest and direction. "Everybody's in limbo taking no stand at all," a dealer said. The Overall Index shed two points to 5,787, the Industrial Index added three to 6,584 and the Gold Index eased two to 2,124.
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        Toronto
        257 28 -3.95 Toronto stocks were down at midday in thin trade as North American financial markets procrastinated while the Federal Open Market Committee met in the US. An announcement is expected at the conclusion of the meeting at 1830 GMT. "There could be some reaction at two o'clock," said one
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        New York
        659 28 +0.65 The Dow Jones Industrial Average, which retreated 8.42 points on Monday, was ahead 0.65 point to 3,760.94 at 1 lam EDT. The key barometer was ahead 7.45 points shortly after the market opened. The New York Stock Exchange Composite Index was ahead 0.68 to 255.20, while Standard
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      3087 29 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG Stocks fell amid investors' concern about the earnings quality of HSBC Holdings and an imminent rise in US interest rates. HSBC, the most heavily weighted stock in the Hang Seng Index, led the market lower. Analysts are concerned that the first-half earnings of HSBC and
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      520 29 CLSA SHANGHAI B shares ended mixed with the index 1.76 points up to 881.91 on turnover of US$4.B million. Vacuum gained 8.2 per cent to US$O,lB4, while Refrigerator fell 4.4 per cent to U550,344 on thin turnover. The Shenzhen B Index eased 10.08 points to 1,164.46 and turnover decreased
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      2513 29 Reuter TOKYO Stocks ended moderately firmer on hopes that the market may rally after investors return soon from the summer holidays. Speculation that US interest rates would rise, weakening the yen and helping boost Tokyo share prices, also supported sentiment, brokers said. "Ahead of the Japan Tobacco share listing
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      1835 29 Reuter BANGKOK Stocks closed higher in heavy trade with the index fluctuating all day ahead of the Federal Open Market Committee meeting yesterday. The SET Index closed 8.30 points higher at 1,461.71 after fluctuating between 1,444.13 and 1.464.22 on 18.13 billion baht turnover. "Scattered profit-taking surfaced in all sectors
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      1150 29 Bloomberg Business News JAKARTA Stocks reached a two-month high as reports of strong earnings prompted investors to buy shares in companies selling to the country's increasingly affluent consumers. The Official Index ended 5.56 points higher to close at 483.59. The top gainer for a second day was pharmaceutical maker
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        6129 30 Bloomberg Business News KUALA LUMPUR Stocks bounced back as Bank Negara lifted another restriction on foreigners investing in Malaysia. Also, the government reported that consumer prices rose 2.9 per cent on an annual basis in the month of July, down from 3.2 per
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        1837 32  -  By R Sivanithy SINGAPORE Following two favourable announcements in Malaysia yesterday, stocks on both sides of the Causeway scored decent gains, but the overall mood was one of caution ahead of the Federal Open Market Committee meeting on whether to raise US
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      279 33  -  By Rahita Elias SINGAPORE More people were killed in shipyard accidents in the first seven-and-a-half months of this year than in the whole of last year. Between January and July this year, 19 people died in yard accidents the same
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      428 33 AP MEXICO CITY Some 700 Cubans who occupied an oil tanker in hopes of fleeing to the US left the ship voluntarily on Monday, the Cuban government said. There were no immediate details about the end of what appeared to be the largest attempt
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      198 33 Bernama IPOH The Perak government wants the federal authorities to formulate laws to check the emission of excessive smoke by fishing boats and merchant ships. Perak Environment Committee chairman Au How Cheong said yesterday that Perak would table a working paper on this
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      206 33 Bernama PORT KLANG The fate of the grounded cargo vessel Arklis Island is still undecided and it looks like it will remain where it is after hitting a wreck last Tuesday. Shipowner Elite Shipping AS of Copenhagen was to have decided
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      180 33  -  By Alec Almazan SINGAPORE Sea Containers suffered a 62 per cent drop in net income to US$6.B million (5510.2 million) in the first six months this year. The marine transport company's profits were dragged down by interest costs, which in the second quarter alone were U5533,372
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      336 33 SINGAPORE The Asia North America Eastbound Rate Agreement (Anera) has promoted Robert Giannetta to manage the ratemaking group's Hongkong office. He will take over as Hongkong manager effective Sep 1, the group announced in its July 1994 quarterly trade report. The relocation of
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      211 33 Reuter SYDNEY The major staterun ports in the Australian state of New South Wales Sydney/Botany, Newcastle and Port Kembla will come under the control of autonomous port authorities to be run on a commercial basis from early 1995, state ports minister lan Armstrong
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      900 34 Shipbuilding is subject to cyclical fluctuations. In the past, this led to serious disturbances in production and severe problems for shipyards Seatrade Week Newsfront THE shipbuilding cycle is mainly a result of new orders for tankers and bulkers, and less a result of orders for
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      15146 42 This is a list of ships loading at Singapore for ports around the world. It tabulates, by destination, the name of the ship, the shipping line involved and the estimated dates of arrival and departure from the Port of Singapore. LEGEND PN: ship calls at Penang after
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        494 50 Vend Voy No Berth Arrival Departure Vessel Voy Wo Berth Arrival Departure Jurwt( Pert Sri Puiut 14 94 P04 alongside 1608/1300 Bdtsr Bahagia 08/02/94 II? alongside 1708/2330 Syi "hi 2/94 P01A alongside 1608/2359 Oek lestari D63 II alongside 17 08 2300 Tamper 8416 P01 alongside 1/08-2100 Dew
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      741 50 THE Baltic Freight Index for spot dry cargo shipping rates rose to 1,501 on Monday from 1.499 on Aug 12. A holiday in much of continental Europe and a holiday in South Korea curtailed activity on the freight market with trading slow to start, brokers said. Trading was
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        314 52  -  By Rahita Elias SINGAPORE Cargo and passenger traffic through Changi Airport grew strongly in the first half of this year. Figures released by the Civil Aviation Authority ot Singapore (CAAS) show a 9 per cent increase in the number of
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        31 52 Reuter BANGKOK, Thailand Two F-16A Fighting Falcons of the US Air Force Demonstration Squadron, the Thunderbirds, fly back-to-back during an aerobatics show at Bangkok's military airport on Monday. Reuter
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        489 52 Reuter CHICAGO It's a fantasy many business travellers have while stranded in an airliner waiting for a gate or takeoff clearance: a private jet at their command. But it is not as much a fantasy as it might seem, according to
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        133 52 Bloomberg Business News EDEN PRAIRIE, Minnesota Chrysler Corp signed an agreement with MTS Systems Corp for MTS to equip Chrysler's 11 North American manufacturing plants with automated "buzz, squeak and rattle" detection systems. The order from Chrysler is the largest it has
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        314 52 AP TOKYO The US will overtake Japan as the world's No 1 car producer this year for the first time since 1980. a major financial newspaper predicted on Monday. The forecast by the Nihon Keizai Shimbun, Japan's main financial daily,
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        347 52 AFP AP MANILA Philippine Airlines (PAL) chairman Carlos Dominguez said here on Monday airline officials would hold talks with the cargo firm. DHL Worldwide Express, next week on the possible sale of 13 per cent of PAL. Mr Dominguez
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          116 52 Bloomberg Business News TAIPEI China Airlines, Taiwan's flagship carrier, said it plans to lease two passenger jets before the end of the year. "We want to add them before the winter season," said Betty Lu, a company spokeswoman. The jets will carry 150
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          114 52 Reuter WASHINGTON The United States' 85,000 airline flight attendants will for the first time work under rules that set length of work time and minimum rest periods, the Transportation Department announced. Previously, duty and rest rules applied only to personnel such as flight crews,
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          103 52 AP BRAMPTON. Ontario The Canadian Air Line Pilots Association says it is concerned that Canadian pilot Barry Woods has been ordered not to leave South Korea. Mr Woods was the captain of the Korean Air Lines plane that was destroyed by fire after landing in
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          89 52 Bloomberg Business News HANOI Vietnam Airlines, the country's national air carrier, will open a new direct air link to Osaka in Japan in November, the Vietnam Ne*\s reported yesterday. The airline, which has carried nearly one million passengers so far this year, recently introduced
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          59 52 Reuter NEW YORK Siemens Transportation Systems said its Germa-ny-based parent company won two major orders from Germany's Federal Railway. The order for another 50 second generation high-speed InterCity Express or ICE-2 trains for German Rail is valued at US$l billion (S$ 1.51 billion) and was
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        218 52 Bloomberg Business News LEXINGTON, Massachusetts Raytheon Co said on Monday it won a U5526.3 million (5539.4 million) contract from the Hongkong government for an air traffic control system for a new airport in Hongkong. Under the contract. Raytheon will install 22
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      2324 35 OOCL (S) PTE LTD JARDINE SHIPPING AGENCIES JARDINE SHIPPING AGENCIES SON. BHD. 200 CANTONMENT ROAD, #12-05 SOUTH POINT. SINGAPORE 0208 PETAUNG JAVA TEL: 03-*****76 FAX: 03-*****42 CFS 03-*****42 CR NUMBER: **********0 C PENANG TEL: *****4 FAX: *****1 DOCUMENTATION TEL: *****55 <INWARD)/*****90 (OUTWARD) Ip O H TEL *****3/4 FAX: *****6 CUSTOMER
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      1809 37 STRAITS SHIPPING PTE LTD 10 Hoe Chiang Road #11-01 Keppel Towers Singapore 0208 Tel: *****88 Fax: *****17 new guinea pacific line $\SSu (A SERVICE 0F CHINA NAVIGATION CO) CAS GO DUE SAHS aXMr MERUBI VIOE KK. Skin. Taw IS-16 *u( 17 Auf 19 Auf rct LCL CONTAINER AND MCAKBULK SERVICE
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      3323 37 SINGAPORE AGENT: PXtI I P&O Containers (Singapore Agencies) Pte Ltd HpT ■'t&'-\ JL IIV/i 10 Hoe Chiang Road #07-01 Keppel Towers. Singapore 0208 ■F': 14^'Tel: 225 2233 Telex: RS ***** PNOCSP Fax: 225 5327/222 7517 CR Number: **********0Z EXPORT IMPORT I VESSEL WO* 'WW "PKO SM "l SOU ANT NOT
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      469 38 i§K EKA JAYA AGENCIES Vtaf TEL: *****22 (8 LINES) FAX: *****05 i SALES REPRESENTATIVES IN CHARGE lIPjPW l—l CITY PAPER I HANDPHONE/DIRECT HrtHT wx vjsh* 'rramwiw J KUYH CKAH 21*0*23 MSJ7ZLMM2*3 mlra iiitis iMMTa i »iwn» IraimrnHim 1 Y6 COKTAUMMm* SERVICE CENTER-POINT fl* 7 LINES <STI 1 101 1 [lISTOK
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      1334 38 0 HANJIN SHIPPING BOOKING TEL:- *****35-237 OPERATION TEL: *****41-253 SALES TEL:- *****30-233 DOCUMENT TEL: *****71-275 FOR Wl SM lIIC HAU. SEA mm PWt VSI s#< lift HAUL SA¥ 1M HTC HAMJM IE HMVE 027E 18/8 OKCI 1/9 9/1 10/9 H*MK LE HMVE 027E 18/8 M EUROPE 015E 22/9 23/1 2S/9
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      1036 41 B;M|| PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL LINES (PTE) LTD j 140 Cecil Street, #03-00 PIL Building, Singapore 0106. I CR NO: **********06 VESSEL VOY SIN BKK SIN VESSEL VOY SIN JKTSIN X EQUATOR CRYSTAL 17N 20/8 23/8 27/S KOTA INOAH IDHOIS 21/8 24/8 28/8 KOTA SABAS *****3 21/8 24/8 2S/8 BUNQA TERATAI 4823
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      647 47 liiua'ailLMiWiJl FORTNIGHTLY DIRECT CONTAINER SERVICE SIN TO DURBAN/P. ELIZABETH CAPETOWN/LAGOS VESSCL SIN DURBAN P ELIZABETH CRT LOS TAO ME/87 26/ OS 09/09 10/09 15/09 30/09 JIAN ME/87 11/09 25/09 26,09 02/10 IS/lO MUIME/108 28,09 09/10 10/IO IS/IO 30/10 VIME/102 11/lO 25/10 28/10 02/11 18/11 ACCEPTS CARGO TO JOHANNESBURG PRETORIA VM
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      316 47 Ii^aiIIUUIMUM SfN FAR EAST 23/08 KEELUNG/KAOHSIUNG J 21/08 BANGKOK 21/08 MANILA/CEBU 21/08 JAKARTA/BELAWAN/SURABAYA < 21/08 PORT KELANG/PENANG/E. MALAYSIA 21/08 BUSAN 21/08 TOKYO/YOKO/KOBE/NGO/OSA < 21/08 HONG KONG S SIN CHINA (+B«L»*n) 21/08 GUANGZHOU/HUANGPU/SHENZHEN FUZHOU/XIAMEN/SHANTOU/SHEKOU DALIAN/SHANGHAI/XINGANG J TIANJIN/QINGDAO/HAIKOU also accepting LCI cargo w S|N EUROPE/UK 22/08 LDN/FLX/LVP/SOU i 22/08 RDM/HAM/ANT/LEH/GOA/OSL/GOT/BCN I also
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      847 48 PHI LI- ORIENT LINCS PT€ LTD Y" 108 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: **********0HL (S3 Xf A MEMBER OF THE SINGAPORE FREIGHT FORWARDERS ASSOCIATION 20 AUG SYDNEY. MELBOURNE, BRISBANE. FREMANTLE 18 AUG AUCKLAND.
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      281 48 y Conlerm CONTERM FREIGHT (F.E.) PTE LTD. AUCKLAND 29 AUGUST (Accepting to all Maw Zealand ports) PENANG 19 AUG JAKARTA 21 AUG PORT KLANG 25 AUG BANGKOK 21AU6 MANILA 21 AUG MELBOURNE 29 AUG STONIY 29 AU6 BRISBANE 29 AUG FBEMANTLE 28 AUG ADELAIDE 26 AUG I*ACCEPTING TO ALL SCANDINAVIA
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      421 48 This Week's Sailings Singapore FIRST FORWARDER IN lo: EID To: ETD asia awarded Singapore Singapore ,so BY l -RQ A EVERY EVERY Bangkok SUN Jakarta SUN —yy^ EVERY EVERY Manila SUN Ho Chi Minh FRI (J (Dl EVERY EVERY J Colombo TUE Limassol THUR 1| INTERNATIONAL SEA FREIGHT FORWARNNG £k
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      1405 49 ISEAMA^RGENTINMJN^^^n CONTAINERISED "HUB" SERVICE f > I I DIRECT TO ARGENTINA/BRAZIL URUGUAY 1 I MK »Y m P ARENAS UIMJAU M I WWPtO I WT I Ml ALEXANDER SCHULTE 03E 02/09 07/10 09/10 14/10 I 15/10 18/10 I 13/11 CANOPUS 03E 04/10 08/11 10/11 15/11 I 16/11 19/11 I 21/11
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      442 49 zJgx CEYLON SHIPPING CORPN \SIPy National Line of Sri Lanka CONTAINERISED SERVICE TO UK AND NORTH CONTINENTAL PORTS ■Ml SUMW MM) «/M 2U«t 13/« 1V« wot ASIA irn&A MIH H/W jliM 22/» jjgtt» SHMIW Mi* 3 11/ M Oi/W »/M 2>/« ■U Ot fITMW lOiW M M 21;« 21W W
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      516 49 riCONDOR LINE SEMI-CONTAINERISED SERVICE EASTBOUND SCHEDULE NO.SO VESSEL N. KRUPSKAYA PRIMORSK PAVLOGRAO PETROOVORETS DEKABRtST PRtOZERSK PORTS EBI4 EBIS EBI6 EBI7 EBI9 EBl9 BUENOS AIRES* Sailed Sailed 22-27/07 08-09/08 11-13/09 30/08 10/09 MONTE VIDEO Ssllsd Sailed 28 29/07 10-14/08 14-15/09 RIO GRAN OO SU Ssllsd 18/08 18-17/09 13-14/09 OURBAN Ssjjed 03
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      407 50 hbhh 79 ANSON ROAD, #21-01, SINGAPORE 0207 TELE: *****92 FAX: *****57 CR **********0N >; y y .V*"' STRAITS SHUTTLE SERVICE SINGAPORE/POFtT KLANG/SINGAPORE SINGAPORE/PENANG/SINGAPORE VESSEL VOYAGE SIN PKL VESSEL VOYAGE SH PEN MCC CONVEYOR 9435 17/08 (WED) 19/08 (FRt) MCC CONVEYOR 9435 17/08 (WED) 19/08 (FRI) VIGOUR SPORE *****N 19/08 (FRI)
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      992 51 4 HYUNDAI I MERCHANT MARINE CO. LTD. WESTBOUND TO EUROPE BKG: *****61 PKE* Pgr rasas VOY SW RTM AWT* leh* HAM BWtt I FEL 17/08 19/08 20/08 H. PIONEER 310W 22/08 09/09 11/09 12/09 11/09 11/09 13/09 2«/08 26/ OS 27/01 H. FRONTO 312W 29/08 16/09 18/09 19/09 U/09 11/09
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      445 51 STRAITS/ JAPAN/ STRAITS SERVICE SPECIALIST IN RO-RO HEAVY LIFTS INBOUND VESSELS KSSU VOT Sf PK KUC KK MM MT COSMC UAttR 4i Sid U/l TRAI6 AUTO 75 24/1 TANKING EMAS 35 21/1 ORANGE SAY 23 31/1 l/> 4/9 TAMUNG ftn IS 27/1 21/1 OUTBOUND VESSELS SP CHITTAGONG/YANGON 24/8 MV Trans
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      900 51 JEDDAH/UK/CONTNENT I STORE CD S'TON HBURfi AT)AM LEH Ab> Acccpti* C« t o F«: 21/, M n/l 7/1 10/9 12/1 14/5 Souftanpta to MUK dntoubon. Bdtat mi (M*< j|'| U/l 15/1 A»tl«fdj«i :to M Antwwp Airelcrdan. Mi. Htkakj 7/ V 14/ 17/9 {i,i Zl/ S«rth»wpti» :toM UK dntouta. Mnl and
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