The Business Times, 18 August 1995

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    13 1 SINGAPORE Business Times WE KNOW ASIA MITA(P) 194/12/94 Friday August 18 1995 85*
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    Lock icon Dow down 6.7 points
    66 1 Reuter NEW YORK A soft bond market and more selling in multinational stocks yesterday kept the Dow Jones index weak but the Nasdaq index moved further into record ground as investors sought out small and medium cap stocks. At 2pm EDT, the Dow fell 6.69 points
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    167 1 Stock market indices Thursday Change STII 2,075.57 +22.34 KLSE Comp 1,019.94 -8.36 Nikkei 18,149.70 -9.03 Hang Seng 8,896.66 -88.39 SET Index 1,340.52 30.88 Jakarta Comp closed Manila Comp 2,828.60 -16.62 Taipei WPI 4,825.78 +33.39 Seoul Comp 902.82 -1.62 Bombay BSE30 ..3,444.33 +18.51 CLSA China B 858.79 -1.30 Aust All Ord
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    Lock icon 3D Blaster sends Creative shares rocketing 37% to $15.50
    567 1  -  New product promises to bring three-dimensional games to PCs From Claire Leow in SAN FRANCISCO CREATIVE Technology shares soared 37 per cent yesterday to a four-month high of S$ 15.50 on the Singapore stock exchange, propelled by favourable response to the
    Source: Bridge Info  -  567 words
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    Govt to put 20 residential sites up for sale next month
    433 1  -  Lilian Ang SINGAPORE The government plans to sell nearly 20 residential sites with room for more than 3,000 homes next month in a massive exercise that will provide a further indicator of sentiment in the private housing market. These
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    Lock icon Greenback slides in Newark on rise in US June trade deficit
    176 1 Reuter AFP AP NEW YORK The dollar dropped slightly here early yesterday on news of a worse-than-expcctcd US trade dcficit for June, which had similarly dampened market ardour in London earlier. At 2 pm EDT, the greenback was trading
    Reuter; AFP; AP  -  176 words
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    Dollar stability seen at current level
    629 1  -  Change in fundamentals underpins greenback's strength, says Anthony Rowley in Tokyo Anthony Rowley THE SWIFTNESS of the US dollar's dramatic rise against the yen and the scale and suddenness of the recovery in Tokyo stock prices raise obvious questions over whether both represent the
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    Ho Wah chairman and Tan make general offer for Horiguchi at $1
    274 1  -  From Ho Kay Tat in KUALA LUMPUR THERE will be a general offer after all for Sesdaq-listed Horiguchi Engineering Co at SSI a share, which values the engineering service company at $30.85 million, or at a high historical
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    Long road ahead for marine sector rebound
    320 1  -  By Rahita Elias SINGAPORE Investors wishing for a rebound in the marine sector will need the patience of the protagonist in Ernest Hemingway's The Old Man and The Sea. Analysts generally agree that the Big Three local yards' attempt to lift earnings is
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      29 1 Hock Lock Siew: Pg 15 Bad moves may trap Wharf in ebb tide Laid sales overtake income tax in receipts, Pg 2 Rubin: US committed to strong Pg 14
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      95 1 Bottom LinfC^fu Boosting JiMrta Aoet/pxch^^ Sesdaq stocks hit year's high SINGAPORE Sesdaq slocks sparkled yesterday as investors seeking an alternative to Clok stocks seat the UOB Sesdaq Index soaring 4.01 points or more than 4 per cent to a year's high of 94.9. Volume soared from the previous day's 56.5
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      24 1 GROUP TRANSPORTATION fir WAREHOUSING SPECIAUST SINCE 1955 YOUR PARTNER IN TOTAL LOGISTICS CALL: 862-2828 (20 FAX: 861-6366 Horiguchi's interim loss grows to 1.36 m
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      8 1 Sembawang profit dives 28% to $29m, Pg IS
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
    • EYE on the ECONOMY
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        Lock icon June manufacturing output up 103%
        289 2  -  By Genevieve Cua MANUFACTURING activity stepped up in June with a year-on-year output growth of 10.3 per cent, the strongest monthly increase in the second quarter. Manufacturing output rose 4.7 per cent in April and 7.3 per cent in May. Even with June's strong performance,
        Source: EDO  -  289 words
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      Lincoln Cheng sells nightspot Zouk to Shaw Vee King
      402 2  -  Cheng sentenced to six months jail and fined $15,800 on drug and obscene material charges B* Jenny Lam SINGAPORFs hottest nightspot Zouk Discotheque has been sold by Lincoln Cheng to Shaw Vee King, chairman of Shaw Organisation. The sale was announced
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      Petrochemical prices expected to pick up next month
      399 2  -  By Siow Li Sen SINGAPORE Petrochemical prices are expected to start recovering in September after a free-fall in the past two or three months. Demand is picking up and excess supply has been absorbed, traders here say. Several primary petrochemical suppliers in
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      Lock icon Land sales overtake income tax in receipts
      357 2  -  By Chunang Peck Ming LAND SALES overtook income tax as the biggest contributor to the government purse in the year ending March 1995. Receipts from land sales jumped 59.4 per cent from the previous year to $8.7 billion, says the Report of the
      Source: Report of Auditor  -  357 words
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      UBS to push ahead with expansion despite sharp drop in local earnings
      380 3  -  By Paul Leo ÜBS East Asia is pushing ahead with expansion plans, despite a slide in the earnings of its Singapore branch last year. ÜBS East Asia executive vice-president and chief executive Lira Ho Kee said yesterday there
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      Bold growth hinges on taming the devil within
      636 3  -  But if things go awry, the bank can fall back on its Zurich parent, says Catherine Ong Catherine Ong UNION Bank of Switzerland's expansionist strategy in East Asia, despite two lousy years which saw sharp falls in earnings, may well be the
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      S'pore firm buys Brisbane Hilton for A$ 110m
      256 3 A LARGE unlisted Singapore property company is paying about Asllo million (Ssl 14 million) for the Brisbane Hilton and the adjoining Wintergarden retail complex. The deal, believed to be Brisbane's biggest property sale in six years, was brokered by Richard Ellis, whose
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      Lock icon Landlink among M$ 8b growth triangle MOUs
      324 4 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR About 40 memos of understanding for projects including the US$2 billion (SS2.B billion) Pulau Pi-nang-Songhkla land bridge have been signed over two years under the Indonesia-Malaysia-Thailand Growth Triangle. Malaysia's economic adviser Daim Zainuddin told an Armed Forces Staff College's Diners
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      Lock icon Back Daim, Dr M tells Umno division
      267 4 But he says his call is not tantamount to making party undemocratic AFP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad called explicitly yesterday for his economic adviser Daim Zainuddin to be retained as a leader of the ruling party in the premier's home
      AFP  -  267 words
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      Lock icon M'sian varsity courses cut by 1 yr to hasten labour supply
      190 4 Reuter KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia will cut its university courses to three years from four to bring young people into jobs faster in an unprecedented move to ease labour shortages. Human Resources Minister Lim Ah Lek yesterday said the move,
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      Lock icon Fresh doubts raised over KL's Bakun dam
      354 4 Reuter KUALA LUMPUR A Malaysian green group said yesterday that the Bakun hydro-dcc-tric dam, which will be one of the world's biggest when it is built in 10 years, appeared wasteful despite new government assurances of its viability. Energy Minister Leo Moggie told
      Reuter  -  354 words
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      Lock icon M'sia freezes cellular phone licences
      69 4 AFP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia has frozen cellular telephone permits to curt) excessive competition after licensing eight companies to provide telecommunication services in the country. "No more licences will be issued and the government will new encourage some of them to merge, to curb unhealthy rivalry,"
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      Lock icon KL won't appeal on US trade privileges
      106 4 AP KUALA LUMPUR Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said yesterday his government will not appeal against the US move to end trade privileges Malaysia now enjoys as a developing country. "We do not want obligations", and Malaysia would And new markets, he told reporters.
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      Lock icon KL, Hanoi to formalise commission
      89 4 Bernama HANOI Vietnam and Malaysia are to formalise the establishment of a joint commission on economic, scientific and technical cooperation next month, the Foreign Ministry said yesterday. Both sides would also sign a double-taxation avoidance agreement when the minister, Nguyen Manh Cam, visits Kuala Lumpur
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      Lock icon Australia regrets burning of Indon flag
      107 4 AP JAKARTA An Australian Embassy spokesman expressed regret yesterday over the burning of an Indonesian flag by East Timorese protesters in Darwin, but said it was not an illegal act. "We deeply regret that this happened... But we do have to reiterate that the
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      Lock icon Call for stiffer drug penalties
      104 4 AP BANGKOK Prime Minister Banharn Silpa-archa has called for stiffer penalties for illegal amphetamine dealers, a government spokesman said yesterday. Addiction to the stimulant drug is a growing problem in Thailand, particularly among young people. Mr Banharn, speaking at a meeting of the Police Department,
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      Lock icon Ramos' full employment goal getting more elusive: ILO
      433 5 AFP Reuter MANILA President Fidel Ramos' programme to create one million new jobs every year will not stem the Philippines' growing unemployment problem, the International Labour Organisation's (ILO) regional director said yesterday. ILO director Richard Szal said that even if the government
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      Lock icon Philippines trade gap up 5.1% to US$4.3b in first half
      399 5 Bloomberg Business News MANILA The Philippines 1 trade deficit swelled 5.1 per cent in the first half of the year to U554,325 billion (Ss6.l billion) as imports of electronics components surged to feed a booming assembly industry. In the same
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      Lock icon Manila urges calm amidst rice, sugar shortages
      119 5 AFP MANILA The Philippine government yesterday launched an appeal to stop panic buying of rice and sugar in Manila after poor harvests caused shortages. "Panic buying will only worsen the problem for it will trigger artificial soaring of demand,** said Trade Undersecretary Cesar
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      Lock icon East Timor protest
      35 5 Reuter MANILA A Filipino student sqairting red paint on the Indonesian embassy seal daring a protest rally in the Makati district yesterday. The protesters were denouncing the Indonesian occnpation of Timor. Renter
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      Lock icon Hanoi to clamp down on piracy of foreign books
      328 5 AFP HANOI Vietnam is to tighten control over the pirating of foreign books to take the country a step towards international standards of protection of intellectual property rights. An official from the Copyright Office said yesterday that Vietnamese publishers will have
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      Lock icon Indonesia marks 50th anniversary of independence
      415 5 Reuter JAKARTA President Suharto yesterday led Indonesians in marking the 50th anniversary of the country's independence after nearly four centuries of Dutch colonial rule and Japan's wartime occupation. But more than 1,000 people attended a 50th anniversary independence day ceremony that criticised President Suharto's
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      Lock icon Soros finds big is beautiful, after all
      1603 6 Hedge funds Dow Jones Company JUST weeks after telling his investors that macro investing had its limitations, George Soros scored the second-biggest one-day gain in his funds 1 history earlier this month by making a huge "macroeconomic" bet against the Japanese yen. Outsiders
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  • CHINA/ HONGKONG/ TAIWAN
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      HK jobless rate to stay high in near term: govt officials
      398 7  -  From Quak Hiang Whai in HONGKONG HONGKONG'S structural unemployment has worsened and will continue to remain high in the near term, government officials said yesterday. Latest figures released showed the provisional seasonally adjusted unemployment rate is at its highest
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      Lock icon Cab drivers run riot
      52 7 Reuter TAIPEI Stick-wielding taxi drivers from one company attack a cab from a rival firm yesterday after a dispute between the two sides erupted into a riot At least two drivers were seriously injured and 36 taxis destroyed in a series erf street wars throughout the
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      Lock icon Taiwan's supervisory chief joins presidential race
      122 7 AFP TAIPEI The head of Taiwan's powerful supervisory body, Chen Li-an, announced yesterday that he would run in the country's first popular presidential race, saying he wanted to lead the public in some "soul-searching". "We have achieved a lot in Taiwan and we should
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      Lock icon China conducts second nuclear test in three months
      171 7 AP BEIJING China conducted a nuclear test yesterday, its second nuclear test in three months, despite urging from other Asian nations to refrain from explosions. The official Xinhua news agency made the announcement in a two-sentence report that did not include details.
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      Lock icon Taiwan stocks rally as NT$ weakens, Beijing fears ebb
      404 7 Reuter Bloomberg Business News TAIPEI Stocks rose yesterday as concerns over Chinese military exercises subsided and a weak Taiwan dollar raised expectations that exports may pick up. "There is just a lot of bullish news out there to boost investor confidence,"
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      Lock icon Formosa Taffeta not halting China plans
      109 7 Reuter TAIPEI Taiwan's Formosa TafTeta Co Ltd yesterday local newspaper report that it would halt two planned textile plants in China with a total investment of US$56 million (5579.5 million) due to recent bilateral tensions. "The progress of the projects has been slower recently
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      Lock icon Bill on Hongkong, Macau approved
      85 7 Reuter TAIPEI Taiwan's Cabinet yesterday approved a Bill on relntions with Hongkong and Macau, allowing the island to maintain current direct air, shipping and trade ties with the two territories cfl e ma nta ins current regulations in the posititfe lield. But to protect the
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      Lock icon Plan for fund to boost HK's image
      91 7 AFP HONGKONG Several Hongkong tycoons are planning to set up a fund to boost the territory's image after it returns to Chinese sovereignty in 1997, it was reported yesterday. The multi-million-dollar "Better Hongkong Foundation" will be set up next month to improve the
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      Lock icon More Chinese saving for own homes
      129 7 AFP BEIJING About 80 per cent of China's urban residents are saving up to buy their own homes as the concept of free housing is phased out under the country's economic reforms. The Chirm Daily yesterday quoted Chen Xuebin of the State Council's leading
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      Lock icon Shanghai sees shift in foreign investment
      264 7 AFP SHANGHAI Shanghai is experiencing a shift in foreign investment with input from Hongkong, its biggest foreign investor, falling 50 per cent in the first seven months of the year. Vice-Mayor Sha Lin said at a dinner with foreign correspondents on Wednesday that investment
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      46 7 This announcement appears as a matter of record only. August 1995 REPUBLIC HOTELS RESORTS LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) ACQUISITION OF THE ENTIRE ISSUED SHARE CAPITAL i OF HARBOUR VIEW HOTEL PTE. LTD. Financial Adviser to REPUBLIC HOTELS RESORTS LIMITED ÜBS (EAST ASIA) LTD
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  • ASIA
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      Lock icon Aussie merchandise imports up 1.3%
      102 8 AFP SYDNEY Australia's merchandise imports rose a seasonally adjusted 1.3 per cent last month and analysts said the data pointed to a July current account deficit topping As 2 billion (552.08 billion) but narrowing. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) said that merchandise imports were
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      Lock icon Interest sought for Olympics project
      83 8 AFP SYDNEY New South Wales Premier Bob Carr has called for expressions of interest for the design, financing, building and marketing of the athletes village for Sydney's 2000 Olympic Games. The village, estimated to cost AS7SO million, will house up to 15,000 athletes and officials
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      Lock icon India says no cap on telecom licences
      105 8 AFP NEW DELHI The Indian government said yesterday it will not limit the number of licences that could be awarded to a private firm intending to set up cellular and basic telephone services here. "There is no cap on licences going to be
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      Lock icon Economists advise caution over Aussie home loan surge
      355 8 Reuter SYDNEY A massive jump in Australian home loan approvals in June does not signal the end of the housing sector downturn, but more likely reflects a favourable combination of special factors, say economists. Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) data showed that
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      Lock icon Sri Lanka tax cuts seen as bid to woo war-wary investors
      523 8 AFP COLOMBO The Sri Lankan government's offer of tax concessions and duty free im-> ports to industrialists was aimed at reviving flagging foreign investor interest in the country, financial analysts said yesterday. The government on Wednesday announced a fiveyear
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      Lock icon State govt willing to start talks on cancelled Enron deal: report
      380 8 Bloomberg Business News NEW DELHI Pramod Mahajan, the general secretary of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), said the government of Maharashtra state is willing to negotiate with Enron Corp on a 695 MW power project it cancelled, says the
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      Lock icon Japanese govt faces dilemma over land price fall
      328 8 Reuter TOKYO A slide in land prices is posing a dilemma for the Japanese government, as a depressive effect on the financial system is balanced by home buyers' enthusiasm. Land prices fell in 1994 for the fourth straight year, halving the value
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      Lock icon Indian reforms created 6m jobs last yean minister
      171 8 AFP NEW DELHI India's economic reforms created six million jobs during the fiscal year which ended in March and will provide employment for another eight million people this fiscal year, a top official said yesterday. Commerce Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram said the economic
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  • LIFESTYLE
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      Monday's television magic
      460 11  -  Remote control in hand, Kevin Sullivan tells why he stays home Monday nights Kevin Sullivan IN THE couch-potato world, Monday night is inexplicable, a treasuretrove of wit, an outpost of quality. All-American Girl and Friends are shown between Bpm and 9pm, followed at 11 pm by three
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      Stamped in history
      783 11  -  Susan Tsang strolls through the Singapore Philatelic Museum which opens tomorrow Susan Tsang STAMPS are not exactly a topic guaranteed to set the uninitiated heart pounding, but the Singapore Philatelic Museum, which opens tomorrow, aims to change that. The $7 million museum, set up by the Telecommunication
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      Lock icon S'pore wife of HK star Chow quizzed over pills
      332 11 AFP AP AFP THE Singaporean wife of Hongkong film star Chow Yunfatt is in trouble with the law after customs agents found sleeping pills in a parcel mailed to her by her father, press reports said yesterday. Jasmine Tan was questioned
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  • Page 11 Miscellaneous
    • Miscellaneous
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      1027 11 Rugby: Nations 1995, ■r# m v 4 France meets Scotland at the Pare Des Princes. Will the home team play with their usu- flair against the hardworking Scots? W >ypp^. Solar Crisis, 8.30pm, Ch 5 W. HMF The specialist crew of the good JJw I ship Helios explore a solar
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  • Article
    Costs need watching
    551 12 ALTHOUGH the second quarter economic survey suggests that Singapore's economic growth is well on track to come in at the officially forecast rate of 7 to 8 per cent in 1995, there are some indications that expansion in the second half of the year will be somewhat
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  • Article
    As Indonesia powers on...
    234 12 INDONESIA, which today marks its 30th year of independence, has genuine cause for satisfaction for a job going well. It could easily have remained an unremarkable sprawl of islands, rich in possibilities but unfulfilled. The past quarter century of material advancement, though still in its early
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    May our neighbour prosper
    184 12 TODAY Indonesia celebrates the 50th anniversary of its independence with confidence. Not only is it rejoicing its freedom after 300 years of colonisation, but also its freedom from abject poverty of the '50s and '60s. Indonesia's 190 million people enjoy per capita income of US$BB4 (*****7)
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    Worrying rise in some crimes
    216 12 STATISTICS released by the Criminal Investigation Department show a fall in the crime rate for the seventh consecutive year. At the same time, however, there is an increase in serious crimes committed. Murder cases rose an alarming 38 per cent, with a similar increase in
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    Anti-smoking laws work poorly
    155 12 US PRESIDENT Bill Clinton's decision to attack increased smoking by teenagers head-on is depressing. Not because of the hard-nosed attitude of the US leader, we hasten to add. What concerns us is that we have already instituted most of the laws Mr Clinton is only now
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    Meeting valid claims
    157 12 IF PACIFIC Insurance Bhd's chairman Tan Sri Dr Lin See Yan promises his company would pay legitimate insurance claims within seven days, he should be taken seriously. After all, he was, prior to holding his present post, deputy governor at Bulk Negara, the industry's principal regulator, and
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    An ill-conceived proposal
    142 12 JUST BECAUSE Beijing has decided to dissolve the Legislative Council after the handover is no reason for China to also cripple the ability of its successor body to function properly. Yet that is what the Preliminary Working Committee (PWQ legal sub-group is proposing to do with its
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    Link between money and prices may be 2-way street
    693 12  -  Monetary tightening by China's central bank may not be sufficient to rein in its overheating economy, says Yang Haiqun Yang Haiqun The author is a research Jellow at the Institute of East Asian Political Economy, specialising in banking. He contributed this
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      Coke, Pepsi try to put back fizz in cola market
      964 13  -  Coke and Pepsi have finally woken up to their individual strengths and devised belated strategies to boost their market share, reports Chan Slew ling Chan Siew Ling IF ONE doesn't know better, one would think that the Coca-Cola Company and
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      Local ad directors debut as CCA judges
      379 13 THE Singapore advertising industry appears to have come of age. For the first time in the history of the Creative Circle Awards (CCA), Singaporean creative directors will be judging the entries. Newly elected CCA chairman Patrick Low said: "1 didn't desire to be
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      36 13 IN last week's Copylines, we gave the price of Gardenia Muffins as 60 cents for a pack of three. That is incorrect. They cost $1.60 a pack. We are sorry for the error.
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    565 14 Rubin sees no threat to international competitiveness of US business NYT WASHINGTON As the US dollar continued its climb on Wednesday, Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin said that the government was committed to maintaining a strong dollar and did not see it as a threat to
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    389 14 Reuter WASHINGTON Federal Reserve officials, voicing hopes that the US economy has weathered its worst, appear in no great rush to cut interest rates again. While not precluding the possibility of further rate reductions, Fed officials said the economy looks set
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    296 14 Reuter LONDON The governor of the Bank of England, Eddie George, said yesterday it was not only impossible for regulators to prevent all financial collapses and disasters but that it was not even desirable for them to try. He told
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    125 14 AFP WASHINGTON The United States' trade deficit rose to US$ll.3l billion (Ssl6 billion) in June, the second highest figure ever. The Commerce Department said yesterday that the monthly deficit in goods and services was up 2.4 per cent from USS 11.05 billion in
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    43 14 AFP KIEV, Ukraine An old woman filling out her money coupons near a currency exchange office yesterday. She is trying to retain the value of her savings following a 20 per cent inflation increase in the past four days. AFP
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    295 14 Bloomberg Business News WASHINGTON Taking aim at con games thought to cost American consumers around US$40 billion (S$56.8 billion) each year, the Federal Trade Commission unveiled a package of new rules on Wednesday to fight telemarketing scams. The sweeping regulations, required by Congress
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    75 14 Bloomberg Business News SEOUL AT&T Corp yesterday won a US$54O million (***** million) contract to supply wireless phone equipment to Korea Mobile Telecom (KMT), one of the world's largest wireless networks. Under the multi-year agreement, AT&T Network Systems will install its Autoplex wireless
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    90 14 Reuter LONDON Satellite broadcaster British Sky Broadcasting pic (BSkyß) yesterday rcportpd a two-thirds jump in its year profits, while media group Pearson pic said separately it planned to sell its 9.75 per cent stake in the company. The public offer of Pearson's stake should allow BSkyß,
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    55 14 Bloomberg Business News WASHINGTON More American workers applied for unemployment benefits last week than in the previous week. Labour Department figures yesterday showed new jobless claims increased by 6,000 to a seasonally adjusted 338,000 in the week ended Aug 12. In the previous week, claims rose
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    48 14 AP PARIS An explosion in a garbage can near the Arch of Triumph injured at least 16 people, three seriously, yesterday three weeks after a bomb killed seven people in a Paris subway. Authorities had yet to determine exactly what caused the blast. AP
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    58 14 Bloomberg Business News TOKYO Japan's 2,028 major companies surveyed by the Nihon Keizai newspaper yesterday said they will increase their capital investment by an average of 3.9 per ccnt this fiscal year from the year before. This is the first time in four years that Japanese companies
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    373 14 AFP PARIS Japanese tourists in Europe pick Paris for their biggest spending sprees, disbursing a large part of their savings on French luxury goods. Women make up 60 per cent of the million Japanese visitors who finish their European sojourns here.
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    883 14  -  The Bottom Line WILLIAM CHIA WILLIAM CHIA The writer is a BT correspondent with a special interest in Indonesian corporate matters ALTHOUGH Indonesia is one of the most populous nations in the world, with 190 million people, it has one of
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      Sembawang interim earnings dive 28% to $29.6 m
      445 15  -  By Rahita Elias SINGAPORE Sembawang Corporation's announcement yesterday of a 28 per cent fall in half-year earnings to $29.6 million sent analysts scrambling to slash their forecasts for the full year. For the six months to June 30, 1995, earnings per share
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      402 15  -  By David Mok SINGAPORE The interim turnover of computer firm IPC Corp soared 73.2 per cent, but group net profit margins were dragged down by losses from subsidiaries in Australia and the US. For the six months to June 30, IPC
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      Horiguchi's interim loss grows to $1.36 m
      210 15 SINGAPORE Sesdaq-listed Horiguchi Engineering slipped deeper into the red at half-time due to the high start-up costs of its subsidiaries in Malaysia and Indonesia. The engineering service company yesterday reported a net loss of $1.36 million for the half year ended June 30
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      QAF says its ventures abroad yet to make money
      241 15 SINGAPORE Additional investments by food group QAF Ltd in Malaysia, India, Thailand and China will need some time before they can contribute to group earnings, said QAF chairman Didi Da wis. In the group's latest annual report, Mr Da wis said
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      Bad moves may trap Wharf in ebb tide
      824 15  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW By Steve Vines HONGKONG Wharf Holdings, which is traded on Clob in Singapore, and is one of the colony's largest and most progressive conglomerates, was once a flavour-of-the-month stock. It is now looking deeply troubled. On Wednesday, Wharf published
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      Ossia Int'l gears up for mainboard listing
      431 15  -  By Jenny Lam SINGAPORE Homegrown footwear and fashion distributor Ossia International is gearing up for a mainboard listing next year. Group managing director Joe Goh told Business Times the planned listing was to raise funds for expansion in the Asia-Pacific. "Our vision is
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      51 15 Mixed 'Market Mood' indicates Ihe likely trading sentiment today, based on brokers polled at 5-6pm yesterday. Overnight events may alter sentiment. Brokers polled: Alliance. Barings. Credit Lyonnais Securities. Daiwa. Fraser. G K Goh. Kay llian. Morgan Grenfell. Ong Co. Nomura. Phillip. Smith New Court. W Can and SG
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      98 15  -  By Paul Leo HEXZA Corporation broke support at SI. 10 yesterday to end at $1.07. Further downside towards $1.00 can be expected within the next few days at which level it is a buy. Both Relative Strength Indices and stochastics will be deeply oversold. Selling pressure has eased
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        Salomon still bullish on KL shares despite rate fears
        598 16  -  From Ho Kay Tat in KUALA LUMPUR SALOMON Brothers chief Asia market strategist Timothy Moe said yesterday he was maintaining his overweight rating of the Malaysian stock market despite this week's scare over rising interest rates. Mr Moe had, in his
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        Lock icon Leader's M$ 64m profit falls short of forecasts
        428 16 Bloomberg Business News KUALA LUMPUR Cable manufacturer Leader Universal Holdings Bhd yesterday reported net profit for the first half of Ms 64 million (Ss36 million), or 14.7 sen per share, slightly below analysts' forecasts. While the figure represents 16 per cent growth
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        Profit expectations for DBS Land dip
        293 16  -  Earnings INSIGHT By Lilian Ang GOING by figures in the latest issue of The Estimate Directory, government-linked DBS Land should post a near 65 per cent jump in net earnings to $244 million for FY9S, with earnings per share (EPS) at 27.8 cents. But
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        Lock icon Maybank expected to post record pre-tax earnings of M$ l.4b
        337 16 MBT KUALA LUMPUR Malayan Banking Bhd (Maybank) is expected to announce a pre-tax profit of about MSI.4 billion (***** million) for the year ended June 30, 1995. This is an increase of 20 per cent over the record group pretax
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        Auric Pacific seeks shareholder approval to raise Bank Niaga stake
        363 16  -  By Shiv Taneja SINGAPORE Locally-listed Auric Pacific Group is seeking shareholder approval to increase its stake to 20 per cent in Jakarta-listed PT Bank Niaga. Auric owns 1.52 million 12 per cent convertible bonds due 2002 of Bank Niaga, which
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        French-Asian chopper goes into production
        173 16 SINGAPORE A light hettcoplu developed juiatfy by Eurocopter France, ■■f— Aerospace ami China's Catic has compteieo icsn ingnis ado gone into production, the China News 3cmcc lus reponeu. The first siagfe-eagfaw Ecareuil EC-120 hdkuplus are expected to roll off the assembly lines in late 1997.
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        Lock icon Kamunting to benefit from share sale
        161 16 Bermama KUALA LUMPUR Kamunting Corporation Bhd's disposal of a 66.7 per cent equity in Multi-Purpose Insurans Bhd and the entire interest in Multi-Purpose Credit Sdn Bhd will have positive results, said chairman Lim Ah Tam. He said in the company's 1995 annual report that
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        Tuan Sing to sell investment firm
        54 16 SINGAPORE Tuan Sing Holdings will sell two ordinary shares of MSI each, comprising the entire issued share capital of Ecofield Realty Sdn Bhd, to Tiong Nam Trading Transport (M) Sdn Bhd. Ecofidd, an investment holding company, owns three freehold industrial sites at the Lion
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        Great Eastern interim payout
        35 16 SINGAPORE Great Eastern Life Assurance Company has announced an interim gross dividend of six cents a share. The dividend will be payable on Sep 29 to shareholders registered on Sep 19.
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        Avimo director resigns
        16 16 SINGAPORE Avimo Singapore says Anthony Pearson has resigned as director, effective Aug 11.
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        BMT reports 26% drop in net profit
        76 16 SINGAPORE Mainboard finance counter British and Malay, an Trustees has reported a 26 per cent drop in net profit to $641,000 for the year to June 30. Turnover fell 10 per cent to $1.76 million. Net tangible asset backing per share rose 7.8
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        55 16 In our Aug 16 report, "Over a dozen IPOs expected to follow Uraco's offer", we named Gold Peak as a potential Sesdaq listing. The company has clarified that the unit to be listed is GPE Industries Ltd, which is seeking a mainboard listing. Gold Peak is the
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        Lock icon Compaq cuts prices to get headstart in Windows 95 PC buying spree
        685 17 Bloomberg Business News Reuter HOUSTON Compaq Computer Corp on Wednesday cut prices on most of its computers by as much as 25 per cent as it prepared for a Windows 95driven computer buying binge by consumers and businesses.
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        Lock icon Microsoft battles Windows 95 security fears
        380 17 Reuter SEATTLE Microsoft Corp is fighting to calm fears that it is plotting to comb customers' computers through the online product registration system in its Windows 95 computer operating system, which goes on sale on Aug 24. Microsoft said its Registration Wizard feature is
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        Lock icon Seiyu cuts 15% of jobs under retirement plan
        179 17 AFP TOKYO Japanese supermarket chain Seiyu Ltd has axed 1,574 jobs, or 15 per cent of its workforce, over the last two months under an earlyretirement programme, a company spokesman said yesterday. The spokesman said the programme was part of the company's
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        296 17 Reuter AMSTERDAM Beleaguered Dutch plane-maker Fokker NV was forced into publicly assuring the Amsterdam Stock Exchange yesterday that its financial obligations would be honoured by German parent Deutsche Aerospace (Dasa). Shares in the company were suspended earlier yesterday by the bourse's trade supervisor following
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        Lock icon Normandy America withdraws IPO
        279 17 Bloomberg Business News NEW YORK Normandy America Inc withdrew its US$lBO million (Ss2so million) initial public offering (IPO) a day after it began trading on the Nasdaq Stock Market, one of the largest ever to do so. "Generally, withdrawing IPOs from the major firms is an
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        Lock icon Brierley sells all its Guinness Peat stake
        219 17 Bloomberg Business News WELLINGTON New Zealand's Brierley Investments Ltd has sold all its 11.5 per cent stake in Guinness Peat Group pic. It sold the 47.4 million shares at 67 New Zealand cents a share. Brierley spokesman Mike Drogemuller said yesterday the company
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        49 17 AFP PAKJ& A silver 100 French francs coin, France's currency. The franc celebrated the 200 th anniversary of its authorisation as the single currency for all of France on Aug 15. It replaced the "Livre Royale" (royal pound) of the 18th century. AFP
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        292 17 FT LONDON The London Stock Exchange said yesterday it would relax regulations which require companies seeking a stock market listing to make shares available to the general public, blaming insufficient demand from private investors. Michael Lawrence, chief executive of the
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        Lock icon Citibank to upgrade Beijing rep office to full branch
        170 17 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG Citibank will be the first US commercial bank to open a branch in jingAmerica's largest commercial bank said it has permission from the People's Bank of China, the central bank, to upgrade the representative office to a
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        Lock icon Sony in talks for digital TV system
        52 17 Reuter TOKYO Japan's Sony Corp said yesterday it was holding talks with the British Broadcasting Corp (BBC), British Telecommunications and other companies to jointly develop a digital terrestrial television system. A spokesman for the Japanese electronics giant said Sony might announce a deal
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        Lock icon Ssangyong Oil's earnings soar by 59%
        57 17 AFP SEOUL South Korea's third largest oil refiner Ssangyong Oil Refining Co said yesterday its interim net profit soared 59.8 per cent to 113.2 billion won (S$2OS million) in the first half. With the price war easing this year, the firm stood to enjoy
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        Lock icon Deutsche Telekom in new venture
        62 17 Reuter BONN Deutsche Telekom AG, Germany's state telecommunications group, said it will hold a majority stake of 35 per cent in a new multimedia joint venture which hopes to create the dominant standard for new video services. Other shareholders include Bertelsmann AG with 15 per
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        62 17 AFP SEOUL South Korea's Yukong said yesterday its net firet-half P e r ?f'!n SUr^ d l a 1 robu to 82.22 billion won (SSI 50 million). A steady nse in the prices of chemicals products, which had started in late 1994, was a
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        67 17 Reuter BEIJING Honeywell Inc of the United States yesterday signed a strategic alliance with Chinese petrochemical giant Sinopec that should give the Minneapolis-based company US$75 million (SSIOS million) in sales over five years, its chairman Michael Bonsignore said. The deal, signed in Beijing, makes Honeywell a
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        Lock icon Shun Tak ups stake in associate
        46 17 Reuter HONGKONG Shun Tak Shipping has raised its stake in Shun Tak Holdings (STH) by 19.08 million shares or 1.31 per cent on Aug 10. Shun Tak Shipping now holds 502.37 million shares or 34.46 per cent of STH. Reuter
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        356 17 Bloomberg Business News PERTH, Australia Vietnam Industrial Investments Ltd, a company backed by Malaysian and Vietnamese interests, begins an initial public share offering today aimed at raising funds to invest in Vietnam's reconstruction. It is offering to sell 50 million shares at
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        Lock icon South Korean .banks' bad debts surge 42% in first half
        460 18 Bloomberg Business News •SEOUL Bad debts at South Korea's 25 commercial banks nave soared 42 per cent during the first six months of this year amid a growing number of corporate bankruptcies, the Bank Supervisory Board said. The banking watchdog
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        Lock icon KL Islamic banking deposits at M$ 5b
        65 18 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's Islamic banking system has total deposits of about Mss billion (Ss2.B billion), said Nor Mohamed Yakcop, a former senior adviser to Bank Negara. In a recent issue of the Islamic Banker newsletter, Dr Nor said that since January 1994,
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        62 18 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Bank Negara's gold and foreign exchange and other reserves, including special drawing rights, rose to M 567.82 billion (5538.66 billion) on July IS, from M 567.20 billion on June 30. A statement from the central bank said the reserves registered a fortnight ago
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        Lock icon US life insurers to merge
        138 18 Bloomberg Business News NEW YORK Metropolitan Life Insurance Co and New England Mutual Life Insurance Co said on Wednesday that they agreed to merge to become one of the country's biggest money managers, overseeing USS24S billion (SS34B billion) in assets. Met Life will vault into
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        76 18 Reuter BEIJING The Bank of China is to open a branch in Vietnam's Jio Chi Minh City later this year, the Xinhua news agency said •yisterday. The branch would facilitate the development of trade and economic ties between China and Vietnam, Xinhua said.
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        89 18 Bloomberg Business News WASHINGTON Edward L Scherer, a former Merrill Lynch Co Inc analyst, agreed on Wednesday to pay a US$2O,OOO (5528,400) fine for colluding with a co-worker to rig the price of junk bonds traded by the firm so the two could acquire them
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        Lock icon Fidelity's founding family cedes voting control to top execs
        468 18 Reuter BOSTON Fidelity Investments' founding Johnk>n family has given up voting control to its SO top executives and fund managers. Fidelity is the world's biggest mutual fund company and manages some US$34O billion (***** billion) in its various mutual funds. Analysts
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        416 18 Move signals firm's falling creditworthiness Bloomberg Business News NEW YORK Salomon Inc suffered a blow on Wednesday when some of its securities were lowered to below investment grade, a signal to investors and clients that the firm's creditworthiness is dropping. Standard Poor's Corp
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        Thai bank taps US$ 60m from Asian dollar market
        237 18 SINGAPORE Union Bank of Bangkok signed a deal here yesterday with 17 banks to tap US$6O million (SsBs million) •from the Asian dollar market through an issue of transferable loan certificates. The three-year deal, which will bear interest 0.45 of a
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        Lock icon Restart of Asian refineries may not move crude prices
        263 18 Bloomberg Business News SINGAPORE Demand for Asian crude looks set to surge by the end of September as regional refiners finish maintenance that has been under way since the spring, yet the sudden rise in demand may end up putting little
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        Lock icon S'pore brews up steps to revive coffee futures
        378 18 Reuter SINGAPORE Singapore is considering fresh measures to revive the moribund Robusta coffee futures contract, which is facing liquidity woes five months after listing, industry officials say. "It won't be delisted," said Ong Siong ICai, head of Singapore Commodity Exchange's (Sicom) coffee
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        End of Asian refinery shutdowns may do little for crude prices
        287 18 SINGAPORE Demand for Asian crude looks set to surge by the end of September as regional refiners finish maintenance that has been under way since the spring, yet the sudden rise in demand may end up putting little upward
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        175 18 Reuter LONDON The dollar clambered up\/ards throughout the European morning, and while market watchers were confident of further gains they said the going could get tough. "It's going to be a bumpy ride we've had very dramatic moves over the past few days," said an economist. "But sentiment really
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        91 18 AFP NEW YORK The dollar dropped slightly here yesterday morning on news of a worse-than-expected US trade deficit for June. At 1315 GMT, the greenback was trading at 1.4778 marks, compared to 1.4840 at the start of trading and 97.91 yen, compared to 98.30 just ahead of the
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        Lock icon Euroyen, JGBs end flat in choppy trade
        1271 19 Reuter SINGAPORE Simex Euroyen futures and Japanese government bond (JGB) futures ended flat after a day of choppy trading. Euroyen contracts were bought earlier in the day on short covering and the lead March contract traded to a high of 98.87. "The market
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        Tokyo rubber up on short-covering
        692 19 COMMODITY REPORTS Rubber TOKYO: Rubber futures closed at their day's highs as shortcovering surfaced ahead of the close on technical factors. Prices ranged from 2.1 to 5.4 yen per kg higher. Benchmark January finished 4.4 yen up at 125. There was bullish sentiment on news
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        ICO members export less coffee
        69 19 LONDON Coffee exports to all destinations by exporting members of the International Coffee Organisation during June totalled 5.599 million bags, down from 6.190 million in June 1994, according to preliminary ICO estimates. Arabica coffee exports during June totalled 4.102 million 60 kg bags, down from
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        Japan crude steel output up 4%
        116 19 TOKYO Japan's crude steel production totalled 8.681 million tonnes in July, up 4 per cent for the 12th consecutive year-on-year rise, the Japan Iron and Steel Federation reported yesterday, according to Kyodo news service. Production of ordinary steel rose 2.7 per cent to 7.048
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        Chins buys more sugar
        65 19 TOKYO China has taken advantage of a relatively quiet summer market to buy 12 to 15 cargoes, or up to almost 200,000 tonnes, of sugar over the past two weeks, traders said yesterday. China's Ceroilfood, the government's purchasing arm, was said to have made deals with
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        EIU sees global cocoa surplus
        66 19 LONDON The Economist Intelligence Unit forecasts a global cocoa surplus of 50,000 tonnes in 1995-96, compared to its previous forecast of'a 30,000 tonnes deficit. The EIU said this will be partially offset by a revision to its 1994-95 crop cycle estimate. It now pegs 1994-95
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      3889 19 SICOM Futures (Mm dMtag at at S.Mpa) 1 C—tract (S cents/kg) Ctat tNkw Qm Month Huh Low Sen (tonnq) Inlcr-cn SfP 95 I •1.50 171.50 111.50 100 MOO Oct 179.00 1423 Nov 179.00 179.00 179.00 300 1723 Dec ***** 2400 Jan/Mar 96 177.00 4975 Apr/Jun 96 ***** 4300
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        Australia
        915 20 -14.1 SHARE prices finished lower yesterday, pulled down by futures and a weak showing by blue chips. "We didn't stand a chance after the futures started to fall," one broker said, adding that the physical market was lured lower by the September share price index, which finished 21 points
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        564 20 -16.62 Share prices closed lower, dampened by the fall of dominant carrier Philippine Long Distance Telephone (PLDT) and the shift of investor interest to second liners. The PSE Composite Index dropped 16.62 points to close at 2,828.60. Turnover was 14.32 billion shares valued at 1.77 billion pesos. PLDTs drop
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        502 20 +33.39 Share prices finished higher on a continuing bull run, with all eight major categories of shares posting gains. "Foreign institutions remained active in expanding shareholdings," said a dealer. The 321-issue Weighted Price Index inched up 33.39 points at 4,825.78, extending a 200.98-point jump on Wednesday. Turnover was 1.839
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        429 20 -1.62 Stock prices slid back for the sixth consecutive trading session amid concerns that the weakening yen might deal a substantial blow to the nation's economy. Manufacturing counters, which would be affected by the yen's depreciation by eroding the competitiveness of Korean products abroad, spearheaded the retreat, traders said.
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        312 20 -16.26 Stocks declined, led by Telecom whose investors fear that the government is about to force it to allow a competitor into the local call market. Telecom shed 1.8 per cent, its biggest decline since late June. Foresters Fletcher Challenge and Carter Holt Harvey also fell amid investor
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        64 20 +18.51 Shares finished higher ahead of a long weekend. The Bombay bourse will be closed today for a Hindu festival. The BSE 30-share Index rose 18.51 points to settle at 3,444.33 while the 100-share National Index closed 9.94 higher at 1,580.20. Traders said truck maker Tata Engineering Locomotive Co
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        695 20 +5.5 EQUITIES ended another sluggish session marginally higher after trading in a narrow range throughout the day. Trading volumes were thin due to the summer holiday season, dealers said. "It's been another nothing day a waste of time. We're just marking time waiting for something to happen," a dealer
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        127 20 -3.10 French shares ended the day lower, after having spent most of the session higher, under the weight of declines in US bonds, shares and the dollar after the publication of US data the Philadelphia Federal Reserve's August survey. The CAC-40 Index ended down 3.10 points at 1,967.27. Of
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        174 20 +4.11 German shares slip from in-tra-day highs as dollar dropped below 1.48 marks in the wake of US data. Cash market volumes remained moderate. Dealers said there was little selling pressure. The market was waiting to see if the dollar regained its highs. The DAX Index closed up 4.11
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        200 20 +0.03 Good interest for chemical stocks, partly following a brokerage recommendation, helped the Brussels bourse to a marginally higher close. The Bel-20 Index ended 0.03 point higher at 1,460.27 after spending the day in a seven-point range. Volume was worth 1.8 billion francs. Chemicals Solvay and Tessenderlo were up
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        134 20 -74 r Italian shares fell as investors saw few reasons to buy ahead of tomorrow's end of the monthly account. "The market has had a good run this month and it's normal that some people will look to take in their gains," said a trader. The all-share Mibtel Index
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        274 20 -1.60 Dutch shares spent most of yesterday idling around the Wednesday close before lurching downwards late in the session. "We've spent most of the day not doing all that much and then only really pushed down in the last half hour," said one dealer. "What news we've had recently
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        Stockholm
        100 20 -86,49 Swedish shares edged lower ahead of telecoms giant Ericsson's half-yearly report, due out yesterday. Ericsson's share see-sawed; it was trading at 145 crowns by the close, having touched a high of 147.5 and a low of 144.5. The General Index shed 86.49 points to 1,609.48. Turnover was 972
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        227 20 +14.0 Swiss shares were higher as firmer bonds and a higher dollar buoyed the market, dealers said. But the bourse retreated from early highs as some shares were hit by profit-taking. The blue-chip SMI Index closed up 14.0 points to 2,894.6, after a high of 2,904.3. The broad SPI
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        355 20 +8.9 South African gold shares posted steady gains as they recovered in line with bullion, but industrials ended off their best levels. Dealers said the market could be set for a mixed showing today if current Wall Street weakness was extended, but golds should hold up with the gold
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        234 20 +3.0 Stocks rose, ignoring heavy Wall Street losses, as strong Sd and base metal shares >sted Canadian equities. The TSE 300 Composite Index sained 3.0 points to 4,611.30 on volume of 16.91 million shares valued at Cs2so million. Advancing issues outpaced declines 201 to 170, with 282 stocks unchanged.
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        740 20 •26.41 Stock prices turned shaiply lower in active trading after sell programs exacerbated losses fuelled by bonds slide following a strong regional economic report. The Dow Jones Industrial Average, which lost 1.76 points on Wednesday, was down 26.41 to 4,612.67 at 11am EDT. The NYSE Composite Index was
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      2502 21 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG Stocks dropped as earnings from some of the territory's biggest companies heightened concern that profit growth may slow. The decline gathered speed after Salomon Brothers (HK) said it cut the percentage of local shares it recommends investors hold in Asian stock portfolios to 40 per
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      567 21 CLSA IN Hongkong, the H share index lost 8.06 points at 1,097.28 on turnover of HKS7.B million. Qingling Motors rose 22 per cent on the back of the strong US dollar. The worst performer was Luoyang Glass, closing down 5.8 per cent. Shanghai B shares slipped 0.4 per cent
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      2432 21 Bloomberg Business News TOKYO Stocks fell for the first time in five days, led by banking and utilities shares, amid concern a stronger dollar may not be enough to salvage an economic recovery in Japan. "We know the electronics companies will do well; now we need to know whether
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      1421 21 Reuter BANGKOK Stocks surged to their highest levels in a week on better-than-expected profit reports by several financial companies. "The numbers that some companies produced got people a little excited," said an analyst. "I don't think this is a trend, but investors were looking at the finance stocks with
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      CLOB INTERNATIONAL
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        6103 22 Bloomberg Business News KUALA LUMPUR Stocks fell to a three-month low as the cheap yen continued to pull foreign money into Japan from other Asian markets. "The market's having yen jitters," said an analyst. "Japanese companies are more competitive now, so everyone
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        1816 24  -  By R Sivanithy SINGAPORE Sesdaq and other second-liner counters dominated local trading yesterday, as investors concerned over the future of Clob International continued switching funds into Singapore stocks. Among the prime targets were the longer-dated warrants of second liners, many
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      554 25 Knight-Ridder Reuter DRY bulk cargo markets mostly firmed on strong Atlantic rates but shipbrokers warned that ships could ballast if rates on the hitherto steady Pacific market start to fall. "The Atlantic's firming, the Pacific is steady but I think it could rise again," one shipbroker said. "I
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      122 25 Knight-Ridder ATHENS Greece's socialist government said yesterday it was considering ways of reopening Eleusis Shipyards, shut down unexpectedly earlier this week by shipowner Michael Peratikos. Industry minister Kostas Simitis said negotiations were underway with two state banks, Etva Bank and the Commercial Bank of
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      309 25 SES WO Aug 17 S$ Vol CWT Distribution 1.64 +0.01 4 Chuan Hup Holdings 1.28 +0.02 203 Cosco Investment 2.24 +0.11 1281 Far East Levingston 6.10 +0.10 322 GB Holdings Ltd 0.92 +0.075 246 Hai Sun Hup Group 0.89 -0.02 2084 Hitachi Zosen 1.03 +0.035 263 IMC Holdings
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      SML in joint venture deal to set up distripark in Shenyang
      438 25  -  By Teh Hooi Ling SINGAPORE Sembawang Maritime Ltd (SML) has signed a joint-venture agreement with a Chinese company to develop the first full-fledged container distripark and "dry port" at a cost of US$lO million (5514.2 million) in Liaoning province
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      Clarkson reorganises S'pore, HK offices
      460 25  -  Shipbroker opens new office in Beijing Br Alec Almazan SINGAPORE International shipbrokers H Clarkson Co has reorganised its Singapore and Hongkong offices and opened a new office in Beijing in a bid to expand its presence in Asia. Clarkson, which has been operating under the
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      271 25 Knight-Ridder LONDON Leading London and Norwegian tanker brokers have agreed to look at alternative trading systems after an announcement by top UK shipbrokers Clarkson and EA Gibson that they have given Reuters six months' notice on their existing equipment, Claus Waaler, managing director of
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      PSA awards 11 tenders for Tanah Merah Feny Terminal
      191 25 SINGAPORE The Port of Singapore Authority (PSA) has awarded 11 tenders for the provision of ferry, ticketing and travel services at the Tanah Merah Ferry Terminal. Safe Bintan Resort, SafeKNT Travel and Safe and Mansfield Travel Group clinched the tender to
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      272 25 Bloomberg Business News NEW YORK Transportacion Maritima Mexicana, Mexico's biggest shipping company, has won a concession to operate a port facility in the Pacific coast city of Manzanillo and at the same time is expanding its rail and trucking business. 'Today the rail
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      Lock icon Holyman buys catamaran
      98 25 Reuter SYDNEY Ferry operator Holyman Ltd yesterday said it has bought a catamaran ferry, which can carry 700 people and 180 cars, at a contract price of USS33.S4 million (5546.6 million). The ferry is currently under construction by InCat Australia. Holyman said 10 per cent of the
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      Two VLCCs collide off south-west coast of S'pore, no oil spilled
      195 25 SINGAPORE Two verylarge crude carriers (VLCCs) collided off the south-west coast of Singapore early yesterday morning, but no oil was spilled. According to shipbrokers, the Hua San, managed by Ocean Tankers Pte Ltd of Singapore, collided with the Astro
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      171 25 Knight-Ridder BOMBAY India is looking at projects worth US$4 billion (555.5 billion) for modernising and expanding its ports, the Business Line newspaper said on Wednesday. Projects being considered include: electricity plants exclusively for use of ports; expansion of oil and gas handling
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      Lock icon Lada Langkawi to start cargo services next month
      339 25 Bermama LANGKAWI Lada Langkawi (Holdings) Sdn Bhd, a subsidiary of Langkawi Development Authority (Lada), expects to introduce its cargo service next month. Manager Adnan Abdul Rahman said Lada Langkawi, which operates passenger ferries between here and Kuala Kedah* Kuala Perlis and Satun,
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      934 26  -  The US and Britain have signed a pact permitting more direct flights between the two countries. Nine European nations have also signed bilateral agreements with the Americans and air forwarders are now looking to increased air cargo capacity. Chris Gillis looks at the implications Chris Gillis
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      10420 34 Iliis euide lists the sailing destinations from Singapore. The first date indicates the ETA at Singapore followed by the ETA at the destination. T The page number refers to the location of the schedule advertisement ETA n MmNaar VaaaM Mw n ETi w mri
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        COCKETT BUNKER MARKET REPORT
        983 43 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Marine Oil Ltd, stows price ranges in US dollars instead of single prices for a more comprehensive description of the market. Prices shown are based on average-sized stem. Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the individual
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        348 44 UPI WARSAW Representatives of the Polish government and car factory FSO on Wednesday met officials from Daewoo Corp to hammer out details of an agreement that would give the South Korean manufacturer control over Poland's largest car making plant. Daewoo
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        286 44 AFP BEIJING China's car industry remains in the doldrums, with manufacturers slashing prices this year as the government's tight credit policy continues to hit sales, the China Daily said yesterday. The report, quoting ministry of machinery officials, said sales had continued to fall
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        387 44 UPI NEW YORK An Air France Concorde landed at New York's Kennedy airport at 7.16pm EDT (0016 GMT) on Wednesday, shattering the around-the-wortd speed record for a passenger plane. The supersonic An-glo-French built plane spanned the globe in 31 hours, 27 minutes and 49
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        216 44 Reuter TOKYO A US ban on Japan Airlines doing maintenance work on US-registered aircraft will not cause it any major inconvenience, a JAL spokesman said. The action by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) of the United States "has not caused any
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        141 44 Knight-Ridder NEW DELHI India will invite bids to build seven national highways, the Business Standard newspaper said yesterday. CN Ramdas, the secretary i|i the Surface Transport Ministry, said no contract will be given without a global competitive tender. The comments apparently
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        125 44 Reuter FRANKFURT Singapore Airlines (SIA) said yesterday it will hold cargo rates ex-Germa-ny generally stable this autumn. Heinz Icha, the airline's Germany cargo manager, said, however, air cargo prices could go up for Japan and Korea. "We expect some increases but not
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        237 44 AFP TAIPEI Three US-based aerospace Arms have signed industrial cooperation agreements to buy Taiwan-made components and transfer know-how, economic officials said here yesterday. Taiwan's Industrial Development Bureau (IDB) director general Yin Chi-ming and Northrop Grumman Corp president William James inked the agreement
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        276 44 AP SEATTLE The local chapter of the National Air Traffic Controllers Association has disclosed yet another serious air traffic control problem the third in a week to hit the US. A computer glitch shut off radio communications between air-traffic controllers and pilots
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        91 44 Bloomberg Business News SHANGHAI China plans to invest 117 billion yuan (5519.9 billion) in its civil aviation industry between 1996 and 2000, the official Digest Weekly reported, citing a leading official of China's Civil Aviation Administration. The official said 70.5 billion yuan of
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        113 44 Bermama PETALING JAYA Sales of motor vehicles in Malaysia in the first six months of this year rose by 50.6 per cent to 127,564 units from 84,706 units in the corresponding period of 1994. "The figures are above expectations as we had forecast a
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        95 44 Bloomberg Business News MANILA Philippine Airlines filed a petition with the Civil Aeronautics Board to increase fares by 10 per cent for flights between Manila and the US West Coast to cover rising costs, Business World and Today reported. The financially strapped
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        Lock icon Myanmar Airways' US$ 2.lm profit
        81 44 Reuter YANGON Myanmar's national carrier, Myanmar Airways International, made a net profit of US$2.l million (552.98 million) in fiscal 1995 ending March 31, the chairman said. Myanmar Airways chairman Tun Aung said the carrier, which was founded in 1993, had a strong year. "We carried
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        86 44 Bloomberg Business News MELBOURNE General Motors Acceptance Corp, Australia, acquired a controlling interest in Holden National Leasing, a fleet-leasing company, for US$l3 million (5518.5 million) in cash, the carmaker said. The Detroit, Michigan-based carmaker said it bought a 74.9 per cent share in Holden, now called
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        110 44 AFP ATHENS Greek air traffic controllers have announced they would strike on two days next week to press their demands for better working conditions. The strikes, to be held Monday and Tuesday for three hours each day, will result in domestic and international
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      891 28 _resa m mm* am tarn' ammm mm* Miami mwor mww —mrc ma. m n ia. jmmh HAS m 14 ifl m 1a M M IM M—numi 27/13® Wl IVI IV* 11/1 It* If=^EfEE|E=?EEgEEiEEgEEBE3IEESE ■m mll ?i *****1 iJKOiggmHOM NBTMUTM USTMUm MDOMBIA •MM WHOM ass,'- ssasaa swat, I wiH raw I
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      877 28 I NORASIA I VMM. VOV «N ALQ LAI BCL VAL HAM M NOT ANT FBL LHA nprw nw tarn nm rw nm um wm mm urn mm mm nm S. MUX nm MM IN IM U MM M« MM MM M t7« MM MABRBMRUR MM MM MM MM MM MM
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      401 28 JAPAN/HONOKONO/STRAITS REGULAR SCRVtCC I LOADING FOR PORT KLANQ/PENANO vnsa vot iiw p.mmm m —ITS BE fEZZBIIgI hrjoa j nim mpt amm cmsty a ham am •M.TM 1 23 MM aMM «atCT* 11 aMM nmm ftaS wHrrtMMorro n amm '"I HKIWtHT <4 nMM MMM I- YAYASANTURM M VMM I mtm l_
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      1242 29 ji J§ m STRAITS SHIPPING PTE LTD j 10 Hot Cklaii Road #11-01 Koppol Towers j KJB Singapore 0208 Tal: *****88 Fax: *****17 V wiw qwwa paowc um B----— SBSbT (ASiRVICiOf CHINA NAMOffION CO) CAMO OIIE SMLS straits hope vkme mm. kk. lm 11-19 a* ua* 21 a* i -".J
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      1862 29 COHtill|lA|*jß P&H P (Singapore Agencies) Pte Ltd If" First Class Connections WORLDWIDE CR Number *****9 *****Z j EXPORT IMPORT T COLOMBO BAY 5832 18/5 17/06 VMM OS/OS 06/09 |fo9 uSSyMAERSK HOB AMT OOT JOT NAM MMU IMi ALO JBO MM T*o CHESAPEAKE BAY 5633 18/08 lIKN 21/08 06/09 IcyD9 25
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      1048 30 E. RENOWN RW-HI S "2? "Si MM IM IM E. GREET RE-OM 31/7 *1/1 "*5"5 S J E RACER RW-M 2M 1M 1M 17M 1M 2H E GLOWING RE-OJ2 7/S M M 1M 11/1 M U I. RESULT RW-M4 U IM IM IM MM aM E. GAADEN RE-MI 144 IM
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      506 30 Tm M I* rwr I* J MT««W TMM £S IMS r?w «S £5 £m I PtTRALJA BM2«JW >141 tW «M !4 n w H Hum concert 'Mi i«M urn tM MM I L -1 Iwwh wti-wwj nw smi 85 SSS SS I Ta*W tMT UMBO. EOHT BJZAgTH. CM WO DMAM*
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      469 30 IV TEL' *****33 (12 UNO) BL FAX *****18/*****03 n TB£X;WB ***** nwpuwwt CHN0:**********0E ■■p" 1 r (r fiii i—i um« of rmi aP fy• 7 n ACCEPTING FCL AND CONVENTIONAL Wrnil J Vtoy Loot** tor Abyot I 41WB 00/10 aUbtyWam J 4WW ami '144 ir|EN uuHfSi m«l§i 1 FULLY CONTAINERISED
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      1778 31 "y>W» Btrnm AfMs: lto (§—r»{): mim WNfMUif At—crOft: COSTAR SHIPPING PTE LTD **<—««»anm ctt»i-r auuuu* c—umm-m *rmmt i ti.7i7u ric liu w „tuM&sw c~—u—i 4tutu m im;n eSSSS£tSmm onSSTiSmri cam: im?mma ru.ttutm m**min ottunru Jmtm KwZnH 22 jOHOMiorncf r„ tztun IX'tnim UTMn-mmm-x costm MIHCHS IHISO* mo th: v-mrnmnn fo*. t/
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      534 31 FAMOUS CONTAINER LINES 80 ROBINSON ROAD, *22-02 SINGAPORE 0106 HOT LINE: *****33 (30 LINES) DIRECT SERVICE To 4 V- XINGANG ETD SIN: 23/8/95 CONTACT: SYLVIA/KEN SIM HOT LINE: *****33 (30 LINES) j llf S P KLANG PH: 0203/*****02 (10 UNES) PENANG PH: 0204/*****7 (10 LJNES) J. BAHRU PH: 0207-*****22 Imunwtn
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      138 32 I uamvvefnr racfiic «*i*» n TIMBER PLYWOOD SERVICE TO U.K./COMTINEHT KXU S*PORE no. LOADS* FOR FLECHA 8U) SU) FLUfUTT/MfTAJK ADRIATIC PRESTIGE SU) 21* FUMWT/RNT/UK mamak nm mm mm rwwth»mtw 'Lotto lIMMMMII CONTIPAC SNIPPING PTE LTD TBLs SOSSBOS TUb MA ***** MUUIIA WW MA-CONTKAMS Ml MmL SISOS2 AfeM Mini LHAHM nrsnw
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      654 32 79 ANSON ROAD, #21-01, SINGAPORE 0207 CR **********0N PORT KLANQ PENANQ w«a iwr an m. nam. wrr m gg 1 SEA LAUREL 414W 1706 THU IMB FRI M ORAfiOHMAS 45W 17)06 SAT 21/08 MOW -S —SSSr Buiora :_aaz izom mlml XOURTWGGI ***** I&o6ffti 2006 SUN M XOUR SPORE ***** 2008
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      503 33 I BSAa ■■■■■immiimwhv MYANMA i K FIVE STAR UWE vtssa ma m pm to r npmb him su (U0 2S/M l ""B: l m IB 0MM7ai01 TO m 6M4-MIM62 TO IB 6M7-SSIISII/4 f NIGERIAN NATIONAL IP SHIPPING UNE VBSH VOT SM IMOS PTNM m M/M r THE BANK UNE (A
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      745 33 f PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL UNES (PTE) LTD I HO Cad ShoaL #03-00 PlLBufcing, Singapore 0100. I CR NO *****67P000E I I w mm cmbjib moo jmdaaj am mk mu w ma I I I KOTABBRAM BMtaiP <M 84/B Sl* 0/0 4/0 4/0 10TB 14/0 1M IM I jKOTA WUAYA WMM MA
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      599 33 |CH NO: HSSSi TW «N ~ITT IllllWill II ■■■mi AMI WO VUCVAOMA A KM? 2MI 99 U*» 99 vaigpHvnm HWWT aw ww» SIM tM» iw 99~ MiEKOTA WW OMM M am **i*QgvßA HW avid avn mo W* Wtb ALSO ACCEPHNO CAHOO TO ALL U." K. DGBTVMTIOM& 1 QCA»«M«A*i™<MM«M.roMioi^oonMMuwaiA > 3,
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      1678 36 44 A 8 AGENTS: K" UNI (IRIQtfOM)PTV LTD (CTMft ttMfTMiWMMTWHmMMW7MM) TEL *****77 TELEX MWAK) R*****5 FAX *****16/7^9 ■l& T TlkTI? MALAYSIA: IT UNI MAfSTMS (MALAYSIA) SON BHD TiLSA *****00 PK *****75 PEN *****20 J8 *****01 PGU*****2&6 MDONESIA: P.T. SAHANALAUT SII— MA, THjJKTS22O6O6 m /MEBgag*"' m' v'jj-'■ 11 a'rWm ~N i
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      1336 36 AMERICAN PRESIDENT LINES, LTD. 19 KEPPB. WOOD #08-01 JT PQH BULOWG MNOAPORE 0208 MAIN UNE 32MM6 CUSTOMER 9EHVCE *****25 FAX gl-WP EAGLE VOCE aiUM CfS ITQtm TO NORTH AMCfttGA A CANADA mmm WBDCUT OONTAINBfIfIDBD 4HEFWICS win, in ut 111-111" I* I* IS IJSIsfl pnmhm m mm aw imi rvH t.m—m
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      493 37 (A VMOLLY-fIMNED 9BSDMKY OF ML) Seabildge mwonowV MAINUNE: *****72 DIRECT CONSOLIDATION TO \mm mm am AT USD 80.00/RT++ SPECIAL DISCOUNT FOR ABOVE 5 CBM TRANSIT TIME: 10 DAYS FREQUENCY: FORTNIGHTLY OCEAN CARRIER LCL& FCL BL FOR BOOKINGS PLEASE CALL TEL *****72 *****49 ZURAIMI, VASANTHX KALA, FAJtOH, ANDY TEL EXT: 34,38,33,30,37
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      1563 37 irj—— I Nedlloyd TO EUROPE EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY Bl| J F*y(D Sin m sou Uk Rtm AW Hm arti Ham Urn Untl\ bw* NU. AMERICA /3335 20/8 20/8 22/8 23/8 1/9 10/9 11/9 14/9 15/9 13/9 THAMES /4305 23/7 26/7 27/7 9*/7 LA LOIRE /1335 23/8 23/8 25/8 23/B<F)
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      347 37 W SUNSHIP AGENCIES PTE LTD Iff 20 McCaMum Street $16-01/03 Asia Chambers Singapore 0106 Tak *****22 (10 Lines) FAX: *****06 CRNoj *****8 200 OOR ijL W* Y.S.N. I aWO»C»w9« 54 MK g-X hfW IMM J*-*" »mm w m .■rr w a lwl SI tfifll 11-11/1 IHV» IHW Tt j- aisfl
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      1231 38 ■E3BB3=aaHBB NEW WEEKLY SERVICE TO I BRAZIL WITH COMPETITIVE TRANSIT TIME CALL US NOW AT 2286-611. toy ETA I ETD DESTINATIONS >'■< «i wii PANAMA N«d »Mk sTH STONQ MARK MAERSK VJBOB MABttK LONG BEACH V.9606 ■■■■■■■■■■■■■II CV-2******HR8 CY2M 1200HRS CFB-22W0400HRS CFB 23/9 o*oo MRS ATL BAL CHS CLZ LOB
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      522 38 TO E. CANADA US ATLANTIC US GULF HOEQHDENE 0330 XSAUQ f**OU( N. ORLEANS SAVANNAH TAMRCO HOUSTON HOEOH CUPPER 0230 OVO6SEP 29 AUG 190 CT 220CT 250CT UW 16NOV fIMC^ HOEQH DRAKE 0432 24/agSEP 16SEP 08NOV 7?SoJ "Sol JITwV 03 DEC •PJlrtf VIA Tndm to apor» FROM INDONESIA, SPORE TO BELAWAN,
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      349 38 PHIU-OmCNT V** LIN(S PT€ LTD ®TEL *****00 (16 LINES) FAX: *****76/*****38 CR COOK **********0H JjMjf I SYDNEY, M&BOURNE,BRRBANE^^^^^^^^^aOAU^^| I AUCKLAND. WELLINGTON, LYTTLETON, 20 AUQ I I NAPgR, CHRWTCHURCH. NEW PLYMOUTH I LONDON. ROTTERDAM, HAMBURG, ANTWW I AND ALL MLAND DESTINATIONS WITHM EUROPE 21 AUQ I KOBE.TOKYo!oBAK>^^^^^^^^^^^^aOAU6^| BUSAN, MANILA, BANGKOK, P.KELANQ,
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      780 39 ACCEPTING LCL CARGO TO Singapore CFSdbhidby S5 n*ST forwarder in ETEB I M ASIA AWARDED wwy niwiiig vmymm<l t ISO 9002 BY LRQA 55 ton****!— —ESt r^rry— Qpi B, r wry a y /^^rSn I Imy "J""!/. gaUSEHL— /f fijV a\ IhwuM HttfUss 3 wfcji■ —Hi (I liyl I ftr
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      320 40 5 Singapore Soviet Shipping i A c# H CR NO: **********0N >ri r; bombay/cochin Moobl MY IH" 1 MM COC ROUMUTUAA MUTOn WH «7« euoMt to* ai/oa aim MIKHAMK fTUHAItO MKOtN IMB tWfflt OMI i- 0«A «uwv auwi ww arm r- BIHAMOUKVILU/PHMOIM PEMH/HAiPHOMG I?! fVWOB. WQV HM HI S« HPM
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      117 40 SIM FAR EAST 22/8 KEELUNG/KAOHSIUN6 20/8 BANGKOK 20/8 MANILA/CEBU 20/8 JAKARTA/BELAWAN/SURABAYA 20/8 PORT KELANG/PENANG/E. MALAYSIA 22/8 BUSAN 20/8 TOKYO/YOKO/KOBE/NGO/OSA 21/8 HONG KONG SIM CHINA (+B#±»ea) 21/8 GUANGZHOU/HUANGPU/SHENZHEN FUZHOU/XIAMEN/SHANTOU/SHEKOU DALIAN/SHANGHAI/XINGANG TIANJIN/QINGDAO/HAIKOU also accepting LCL cargo SIM EUROPE/UK 21/8 LDN/FLX/LVP/SOU 21/8 RDM/HAM/ANT/LEH/GOA/OSL/GOT/BCN also accepting cargo to Austria/ Hungary/Romania/Poland/Bulgaria/Czech. SIM USA/CANADA 21/8 LOS
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      425 40 I STAR SNIPPING AGENCIES (S) PTE LTD ONCOTAMBSaVKE GOiD STAR UNI LTD SETH SHIPPING CORPORATION TELEPHONE: 220-6666 (I UNES) PAX: *****70 Tafc *****12 (MAtPTHS) (d WO-**********0-0 N. AMBMCA/CARMCANSBVKES mSwmnm' nam Iwrl an laMtaa 1 1» gwwaw m 2MVH2U MM If/I X. JMUUUI Ti/i~ UN V/ 1 M/I W 0/| IUNMW«
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      331 40 TIGER BRIDGE 368N 2122KX 27-30W 040MW I TIGER BAY 3GON 24-2ftOe 30-0309 07-0&09 I mN »2a« 03-0&09 11-12 AM IH 1 1N 31-02 AW 06-1009 14-1&09 H 362N 04-0&09 10-12 AW 18-IMB TIGER BAY 383N 07-08W8 13-17/09 21-2309 1^ VESSEL VOY SIN CAL SIN |M TIGER RIVER 214CN8 18-iaoB 03-04/09
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      71 41 REfimfl HMWOBE WETmi SBIVIC^' war mo n* rro cwwiui ANaMMa" mPt Itm MMWniu ***** Mw emmn vm am mm wmnufraoNCMram OMOMM vm am mm ncmmunbm aqehts-MKOY BWPPWQ CO PTE UP u MMBTM MIMIPHM thj tatm HUL iiihw n im—V AIM MAIMVU WIEKIT ICI/Kl SIIVKI FROM FIN AM/PORT lIAM i CAJAN
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      988 42 AFGHANISTAN MAM Afghanistan Ltd., J£. HAfH Hairatan, Torghundi, Islamqala (Doqharun) ...■WM*«WB C.1.5./RUSSIA: Alma Ata. Ashkhabad, Baku, Dushanbe, LUUtzer Munch Irkutsk, Khabarovsk, Krasnoyarsk, Korsakov, Moscow, International Forwarders Novosobtrsk, Sochi, Tashkent, Tbilisi, Vladivostok, Vostochny Mongolia: Ulaan Bator N Korea: Pyongyang, Nampo EXPRESS CONTAINER SERVICE ■■■■ISuUiHIHIIHI to west coast south america ALSO ItCWH
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      707 42 AM MM CONTAINER Uilig liffi R*W»i»irti: >I*C Wt>lHliMMott(t4UW<)KUCHwa(iitoMw W l-NVV- Iwmoninii iwuniiM PWANfcfIXjaSdSJS BANGKOK: (002) *****67 SURABAYA' <S1) *****0 J.WfcANO:eM»IWWrr JKT: (21) <*****7 MO* <11)>44tP BMDUNft(U)4MMM I ASIA HKG/IWH/BKKj GENOA/EUROPE I PEN PKL SIN DAILY RECEIVING fih..rn/rh.n.>n*hnim/n«i« SSS X 16/8 17/8 HKG/BKK/KEE/KHH s"^ holm/o,l S5 2(VB 21/8 22/8 HKG/BKK/KEE/KHH ■2SKf/nt
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      273 42 SOUTHERN AFRICA SERVICE DIRECT MONTH! v vesa a sm n n tM a ASIAVI22 SU> SID SU> 19/00 2S/0G 02/09 TO* V 123 13/09 22/09 24/09 00/10 12/10 19/10 'Also calls E.L L P.E. MALAYSIA AGBITS: PORTKBANG TG. MAN IB: *****00 TB:34I200 SUI AGBITS: KOTAKMAIAUJ UMMJ IB: *****7 1B:77S0» T
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