The Business Times, 9 September 1996

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    14 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 046/12/95 85< SINGAPOKE Internet: http://www.asial.com.sg/biztimes MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1996
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    MARKET SUMMARY
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    FINANCE
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    Bank Negara poised to boost bank mergers
    472 1  -  Central bank likely to impose moratorium on branch expansion by small mmwiArfiyl |yfcg From] Ruth Wong in Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA'S central bank is expected to announce stronger measures this week to accelerate the pace of strategic alliances and mergers among smaller banks. One
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    World Bank unit to set up S'pore bond insurance agency
    513 1  -  Move will bolster financing for Asian infrastructures From. Anthony Rowley m Washington IN A move that will add to Singapore's standing as a regional financial centre and help ease the shortage of long-term debt financing for Asian infrastructures, the World
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    Lock icon More allegations of irregularities surface at Morgan Grenfell unit
    330 1 NYT [LONDON] Further allegations of irregularities at Morgan Grenfell Asset Management emerged at the weekend after the fund management company suspended three of its equity fUnds. According to the Sunday Times, investigators have found "clear evidence of criminality" at Morgan Grenfell
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    Lock icon Malaysian growth slowed to 8.4% in second quarter
    301 1 AFP [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's robust economy grew by a slower annual rate of 8.4 per cent in the second quarter to June compared with 9.6 per cent in the same period a year earlier, the central bank said yesterday. The gross domestic
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    Lock icon UN SIN THAI' ST "We cannot afford. » have a new generation grow up ignorant of the bask facts of how we became a nation. "—Prime Minister Goh at a Teachers' Day rally yesterday. See Pg 2
    39 1 UN SIN THAI' ST "We cannot afford. have a new generation grow up ignorant of the bask facts of how we became a nation. "—Prime Minister Goh at a Teachers' Day rally yesterday. See Pg 2 LIM SIN THAI/ST
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      7 1 Morgan QrenUßLfaces big compensation claims, Pg 22
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
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      PM Goh unveils national education programme
      651 2  -  Tkinkiiig drills also needed to prepare Singaporeans for even better fntnre By Chuang Peck Ming A "NATIONAL education" programme and the development of thinking skills in schools are the key ingredients in a two-pronged approach unveiled last night by Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong
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      Re-merger issue not intended to provoke our neighbour, says PM
      316 2 COMMENTING on his Malaysian counterpart's latest reaction on the re-merger issue, Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong said last night that there never was any intention on the part of Singapore leaders to provoke their neighbour or throw a bad light
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      Young don't know enough about the past
      287 2 A SURVEY by the Education Ministry has confirmed that the young do not know enough of Singapore's recent history, Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong said last night. 'They are more familiar with Singapore's colonial past and the Japanese Occupation than our struggles for
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      Lock icon Job ads dip for 4th straight month
      337 2  -  EYE ON THE ECONOMY Jobs By. Denesh Divyanathan THE total volume of recruitment advertisements in The Straits Times fell again in August the fourth consecutive month that the figure dipped. Compared to figures for the same period a year ago, last month's job
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      Lock icon Homegrown firm produces innovative phone
      579 2  -  COMPACT VISIT Astralic Technology Ctiptae can bold op to four handsets, each weighing 95 grams By. Annette Pau THEY operate out of an office unit In Ayer Rajah Crescent. And although they set up just three months ago with a start-up capital of $3.5 million,
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      Lock icon Western Digital plans to double output by mid-1998
      596 3  -  Increase in output to come from improvement in proancuviiy ntner ti—w aMMwnl MM§ By, Jennifer Lien HARD disk drive maker Western Digital (WD) is planning to double unit output at its Chai Chee factory by mid-1998. "This factory will probably produce double
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      Lock icon Senior Minister impressed by changes in Shanghai
      494 3 SHUBfSVBiriOOBBI CttjenlioNhrisM ft ftafaaM amoMnrnsnmire grtw^ksays The Straits Times (SHANGHAI] Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew yesterday told Shanghai leaders that he was impressed by the changes he could see in the city since his last visit three-and-a-half years ago. Mr Lee, who arrived
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  • FOCUS: ASIA'S MONETARY POLICY
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      Lock icon Lessons from S'pore's experience
      1418 4  -  The Republic's Asean neighbours will find compelling merits even in a partial use of an exchange-rate centred policy By Vikram Khanna fSINGAPOREI OVER the last couple of years, Asia's booming economies have been buffeted by foreign capital inflows that have produced acute dilemmas for the conduct
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      Lock icon South-east Asian economies under spotlight
      306 5 JAKARTA Meetings of Asean free trade body, economic ministers this week Reuter SOUTH-EAST Asian economies are under the spotlight this week with meetings of an Asean free trade body and of economic ministers ahead of wider regional and global gatherings later in the year. The
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      Continued Philippine recovery seen
      251 5 MANILA UNITED States-based investment house Merrill Lynch forecasts continued economic recovery in the Philippines over the next two years, a report obtained yesterday said. Merrill Lynch predicted an average real gross domestic product growth of more than 6 per cent until 1998, fuelled by domestic demand
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      Lock icon DAP breaks through by taking 3 seats
      153 5 KUCHING Bernama [KUCHING] Malaysia's opposition Democratic Action Party (DAP) has made a breakthrough after 18 years of trying in the Sarawak state election by winning three seats. Both the DAP's upset wins were at the expense of the Sarawak United People's Party. Sarawak
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      163 5 Few of us bother to get health advice Mauritius, Mexico, Nepal, The Philippines, before travelling. Because we tend to think Thailand, Turkey, Vietnam... the list goes on. that we are "seasoned" travellers. After all, So, if you'd like to be better prepared we travel all the time and have always
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  • CHINA-HONGKONG-TAIWAN
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      Lock icon China to maintain tight monetary policy
      474 6 BEIJING Central bank governor says this, together with high foreign investment, will keep ynan strong AFP TIGHT monetary control and high foreign investment will maintain the strength of the Chinese yuan, senior People's Bank of China (PBOC) officials have said. By the end of
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      Lock icon Mao and I
      80 6 [SHAOSHAN, China] An attendant waiting for customers at a shop where people can buy a computer-generated picture of themselves posed next to the "Great Helmsman" Mao Zedong (right). This is achieved by means of a digital image manipulation software in a small exhibition hall at Mao's birthplace
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      Lock icon Fears over HK's future after '97 exaggerated: poll
      298 6 SINGAPORE Perc says MNC head offices too cautions about HK business Reuter FEARS about Hongkong's future after the British colony returns to Chinese rule next year tend to be exaggerated by head offices of Western multinationals. A survey of common head office
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      Lock icon HK's top expatriates see pay schemes cut
      203 6 HONGKONG Reuter HONGKONG'S best-paid expatriates are seeing their pay packages trimmed. The Sunday Morning Post yesterday quoted a study by Q3 Associates as saying a relatively sluggish economy and a continuing drive by employers to recruit qualified local executives had created a more
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      Lock icon Beijing protests expected over US official's visit
      156 6 TAIPEI AFP DEPUTY US Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers will visit Taiwan next week in a move expected to draw protests from China, a government source said yesterday. Mr Summer will be the highest-ranking US official to visit Taiwan since the United States switched
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      Lock icon Industrial sector lays off more than 2m workers
      313 7 BEIJING Streamlining, delays in various projects lead te jeb cots in first half AFP MORE than two million workers in China's industrial sector lost their jobs in the first half of 1996 as the result of streamlining and delays in construction and
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      Lock icon Ikeda in hot soup
      85 7 [HONGKONG] A demonstrator holding a placard in the shape of a turtle, with a head ofJapanese Foreign Minister Yukihiko Ikeda, while another chanted during a rally in Hongkong yesterday, protesting against Japanese claims to the disputed Diaoyu Islands. The turtle symbolised Mr Ikeda s avoidance of
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      Lock icon High-profile China business team to visit Taiwan
      257 7 BEIJING AFP. Reuter A HIGH-PROFILE delegation of businessmen from the Chinese mainland's private sector is due to arrive in Taiwan today for a landmark visit. The delegation, led by the executive vice-chairman of the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce Zhang Xuwu, will
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      Lock icon Imports expected to reach US$149b, up 13%, this year
      284 7 BEIJING Growth due to 2 round* of domestic rate cstc official Reuter CHINA'S imports are expected to gather momentum in the months ahead and reach US$l49 billion (*****.6 billion) for the ftill year, up 13 per cent over 1996, the Business
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      Lock icon New head for securities body
      110 7 TAIPEI Bloomberg Business News IN A surprise move, Taiwan's Finance Ministry has said it would appoint a new Securities and Exchange Commission chairman. The Economic Daily News yesterday said incumbent Gordon Chen will be replaced by Lu Tung-ying, chairman of the Central Deposit Insurance Corp.
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      Lock icon Insurer expects to pay out 3.2b yuan in flood claims
      147 7 BEIJING Reuter CHINA'S big insurer, the People's Insurance Group, expects to pay out 32 billion yuan (*****.6 million) in damage claims for widespread flooding this summer, the Business Weekly said yesterday. The People's Insurance (Property) Co of China Ltd had
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  • ASIA
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      Lock icon Okinawans vote to cut US military presence
      414 8 NAHA, Japan OrewMmiiig ranks pot pressure on Haririmoto to decide on island's future AFP THE people of Okinawa voted massively in an historic referendum yesterday in favour of reducing the American military presence on the island, according to partial results. About 90 per
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      Lock icon Congress chief quits to form party before key state election
      231 8 NEW DELHI AFP A FARMERS' leader has quit the Congress (I) party of former Indian prime minister PV Narasimha Rao ahead of a crucial state election, newspapers reported yesterday. Ajit Singh said on Saturday that he had floated a regional
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      Lock icon Aussie bourse asks members to back move to become corporation
      477 8 SYDNEY Nod will make ASZ world's Ist publicly traded Bloomberg Business News THE Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) is recommending its members back a proposal to restructure the exchange from a mutual company to a corporation, paving the way for it
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      Lock icon S&P may raise Aussie credit rating
      255 8 SYDNEY Bloomberg Business News AUSTRALIA'S credit rating could be raised from "AA" in one to three years, reflecting optimism the government will balance the national budget, said Standard Poor's Corp (S&P). "The positive outlook means that it's possible within the next one to three
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    • ASIA Notes
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        Lock icon Seoul to liberalise OTC market access
        58 8 Reuter [SEOUL] South Korea will allow foreigners direct accost to the over-the-counter stock market sometime during the first half of 19f7, the domestic Yonhap news agency arid yesterday. The combined foreign shareholding would be limited at 10 per cent of a stock and individual
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        Lock icon Sro Lankan gemstone exhibition opens
        64 8 Reuter [COLOMBO] Some of the world's rarest and most expensive gemstones win be up for sale this week when international buyers gather in Colombo for "Facets M", the annual Sri Lankan «em and jewellery show. About 100 dealers win exhibit their products, while a similar
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        Lock icon Indonesia may get Aussie uranium
        43 8 AFP [SYDNEY] Australia win take an nscessary precautions before exporting uranitnn to Indonesia, Science Minister Petsr McGeuran sehl yesterday. The government, which Is promoting increassd uranium saports, has not rulsd out exports to Indonesia for nuclear power stations.—AFP
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        Lock icon Seoul threatens to boycott forum
        70 8 Reuter [SEOUL] South Korea yesterday threatened to boycott a businees forum in North Korea aimed a* attracting overseas companies to an investment sons bsceussit believes it has been snubbed over invitations. Seoul applied for 53 invitations to the forum in the Rajin-Sonbong zone but received
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  • THE WORLD
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      Lock icon Govt firm on austerity drive despite protests
      453 9 BONN PMkagi witt USs46b WN-th tfcots brings 240,000 protesters to the streets in 6 cities AFP THE German government refused to budge yesterday on its unpopular austerity measures despite protests by more than 240,000 demonstrators on the streets of six German cities. "Nothing
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    • WORLD Watch
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        Lock icon Clinton 14 points ahead of Dole
        82 9 AFP [WASHINGTON] Preeident Bill Clinton's qpproval rating isastrong 61 percent, according to a recent poll which put the Democrat a full 14 percentage point! ahead of hit Republican rival Bob Dole. Just 90 per cent of the 2,080 likaly voters surveyed disapproved of Mr
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        Lock icon Arafat to visit Japan
        46 9 AFP [GAZA CITY] Palestinian President Yasser Arafat is to leave here tomorrow for an official three-day visit to Japan, a Palestinian source said. He is scheduled to hold taiiftirift iTflpensm kiartsri ihfffagehkftlwtntHMtefe illsr ms Ills flul minting iMt WHtrvTiriny f B—Umilii Natwijalw—AFP
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        Lock icon Northern Italy to declare independence
        65 9 Bloomberg Business News [CKBNOBBIO, Italy} Northern Italy will declare itself a national state, not Jnst an ttMlupwylwit region, so as to join Europe's stogie currency, said Northern League leader UmbertoßoeslOnBeplS,heplanstosaildo«rathePo River to Venice and dedare northern Italy an independent itataqlkd W »tll Imm ctoTancy and
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      Lock icon Major says he won't call elections until next year
      292 9 LONDON Reuter BRITISH Prime Minister John Major, who insists he will not call a general election until next year, said yesterday he was writing to more than two million voters in key districts to convince them his policies were right. With
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      Lock icon Insurance firm offers Virgin birth cover
      135 9 LONDON Reuter A BRITISH insurance firm yesterday offered "Virgin Birth By Act Of God" insurance. Following the successful launch of its alien impregnation insurance policy to 300 women in just one week, city insurance broker Goodfellow Rebecca Ingrams Pearson (Grip) offered the new policy.
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      Lock icon Iraq warns Turkey against buffer zone
      282 9 BAGHDAD Official blames US for forcing Ankara to make proposal Reuter IRAQ yesterday said it would take whatever action was necessary to stop Turkey from setting up a security buffer zone in its Kurdish region. "We will take every necessary action on our part
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      Lock icon EU ministers criticise US trade laws again
      158 9 TRALEE, Ireland Reuter EUROPEAN Union foreign ministers, withholding support for US attacks on Iraq, delivered a second snub to Washington yesterday, reiterating their sharp criticism of US trade laws against Cuba, Iran and Libya. "We are entirely of one view in the European
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  • BUSINESS IT
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      Digital banking on Windows NT 4.0 to fuel PC growth
      815 11  -  Expecting a boom in demand from the operating system, it's investing heavily in its Intel-based server strategy By, Jennifer Lien [SINGAPORE] Digital Equipment is looking to the upcoming launch of Windows NT 4.0 to fuel the growth of its PC
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      Security woes 'in way of electronic commerce'
      561 11  -  By, Audrey Tan (SINGAPORE) Electronic commerce is poised for takeoff, but problems of security and the absence of a uniform environment must be resolved first, participants at the Information Superhighway Summit Asia here heard last week. The US Assistant Secretary of Commerce for
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      Xylan sees sales surge in South-east Asia
      503 12  -  Regional share of the company's total revenue will doable in a year, chief Steve Kim says By] Kenneth James [SINGAPORE] Is he brash or just super-confident? Hotstreaking Xylan Corp's president and CEO Steve Kim sees skyrocketing sales for his company worldwide, and an
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      Cisco's key to routing networking rivals
      502 12  -  It will develop ties with customers by offering integrated single-vendor solutions By, Annette Pau [SINGAPORE] Leading internetworking solutions provider Cisco Systems believes that being able to successfully offer customers integrated singlevendor solutions will help keep it head and shoulders above rivals in the networking
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    • IT TAKES
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        Sun's 'rapid-fire' products
        90 12  -  Compiled by Nicholas Fang (SINGAPORE] Sun Microsystems announced last week competitive-edge products that enable its customers to easily build and rapidly deploy sophisticated business applications throughout their enterprise and the Internet. The new Solaris Open Step operating environment and Workshop Open Step development environment are based on
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        Java tool at promotional price
        84 12 [SINGAPORE] Sun Microsystems announced last week an aggressive introductory price promotion ofUS$99 (Ssl39) for its Java Workshop development tool, a price which is one-third that of competitive products. The promotional price is valid until Dec 31. Unlike rival products, Java Workshop runs on major business
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        NEC and Scala join forces
        117 12 (SINGAPORE] NEC Singapore Pte Ltd and Scala Business Solution Pte Ltd announced last week that they had formed a business partnership under which the companies would work to develop hardware and software solutions for the Singapore market. The partnership enables NEC Singapore to offer an
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        Anixter picks Scitor
        91 12 [SINGAPORE] Scitor, the world's largest value-added network services provider, has been awarded a US$B million (SSI 1 million) three-year contract by Anixter to provide communication services for Anixter in 60 locations across the world. With this contract Anixter, a US$2.2 billion global provider of integrated communication systems
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      Microsoft's online service to go the Internet route
      492 13  -  For Singapore users, it means better service and lower prices By) Kenneth James [SINGAPORE] Internet. Even Microsoft couldn't fight it. So from Dec 1, Microsoft Network (MSN), the software giant's proprietary dial-in online service, becomes Internet-based. For MSN's 1,000-odd Singapore subscribers, this
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      Companies need to learn new tricks from old
      952 13  -  By Craig Ower The author is lead manager at Arthur Andersen (Singapore) Business Consulting's Information Technology group. IT IS well accepted that Singapore companies have much to gain from leveraging off the experiences of their counterparts in the United States, Europe and
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      Lock icon National Semiconductor starts to look attractive
      369 13 NYT HAS National Semiconductor Corp hit bottom? Some analysts are betting that it has, after last Thursday's disappointing earnings report. When Gilbert Amelio resigned earlier this year as chairman, president and chief executive of National to assume those positions at Apple Computer Inc, the
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      Motorola introduces PC card with cellular connectivity
      372 15  -  Ideal for executives who travel throughout the region and further afield on business By 1 Deneah Divyanathan [SINGAPORE] MO TO R OLA'S Information Systems Group has announced the launch of its award-winning Montana 28.8 data/ fax modem PC card in Singapore. It is
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      Compex launches new 24-port switching hub
      245 15 [SINGAPORE] Compex has launched its new 24-port manageable switching hub, the Freedom Switch. Unlike conventional switches where the network is divided manually into segments, the Freedom Switch utilises Auto Dynamic Load Balancing (ADLB) technology. This allows it to automatically assign the 24 ports to
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      Wearnes introduces multi-tasking 10-speed drive
      290 15  -  Qy\ Denesh Divyanathan [SINGAPORE] Wearnes Peripherals International has launched its latest CD-ROM drive, the 10-speed multi-task-ing CDD-1020. In keeping with its previous line of multi-task-ing CD—ROM drives, the CDD-1020 is targeted at the North American Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM) market. In the OEM market, vendors
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      Lock icon IBM unveils its first network computer
      559 15 The scaled down PC will be priced at under $1,800 without a meniter Reuter [NEW YORK] International Business Machines Corp last week unveiled its first network computer, one of the first major personal computer makers to deliver the hyped low-cost computers for accessing the
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      634 16  -  Alexandra Nechita is only 10 and already her work has been compared by critics to the early 20th century Cubists, says akdrsw storm ANDREW STERN Reuter SHE is called urechila or "big ears" in her native Romanian because "I see everything and I hear everything", a nickname
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      219 16 VENICE FILM FEST AFP [VENICE] A controversial film about Ireland's struggle to shake off British rule scooped the top prizes in the Venice Film Festival on Saturday when Michael Collins won both the Golden Lion and the best actor awards. Michael Collins
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      730 19  -  Ms6B2mg?unisits 9th straight record; group also announce London delisting From. Ruth Wong in Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIAN conglomerate Sime Darby Bhd has not only posted its ninth straight year of record earnings but surprised analysts by beating market forecasts. The group's net profit grew
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      743 19  -  HAMO SENG DfSIOHT There's a severe shortage of rooms as visitor arrivals surge By Quak Hiang Whai IN AN interview with BT recently, property and hotel tycoon Kwek Leng Beng was asked if he has plans to expand his hotel portfolio in
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        370 20  -  Losses from BMW unit major reason for lower gain of $12.7 m By\ Diana Oon [SINGAPORE] Sime Singapore's big dive in profits 59 per cent to $12.7 million for the year ended June 30 provided no great surprise as it
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        276 20  -  From. Ruth Wong in Kuala Lumpur FOLLOWING are Sime Darby Bhd's various Malaysianlisted subsidiaries' results for the year ended June 30: Sime UEP Properties Net profit jumped a hefty 47 per cent to M) 116.8 million. Earnings per share also went up 47 per cent
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        268 20 Purchase will give Khong Guan Holdings stakes in 15 hotels MBT (KUALA LUMPUR] Amin Shah Omar Shah is on the acquisition trail again. Last Friday, he purchased interests in seven hotels in two countries valued at M 5265.1 million (*****
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        118 20 Reuter [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's Kuantan Flour Mills Bhd has proposed to acquire the entire paid-up capital of Strategic Alliance Construction Sdn Bhd for Msllo million (5561.8 million) cash. The company also planned a one-for-one rights issue of 23.94 million new shares at M
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        435 21 Shenzhen market outperforming Shanghai, gays Xinhua AFP [SHANGHAI] The Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) broke annual turnover records this year while th« Shenzhen bourse has seen significant growth in the number of investors, listings and capital stock. China's stock and fund trading has
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        301 21 AFP [BEIJING] A Chinese-con-trolled firm listed in Hongkong yesterday announced the acquisition for HKS2I3 million (Ss3B million) of development rights to three large sites in Beijing's premier shopping district. Asian Securities International Ltd (Asil) has purchased the rights to the three sites
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        382 21 Govt approves US$Um investment by News Corp affiliate Reuter [BOMßAY] The big cat of the media world, Rupert Murdoch's News Corp, has moved closer to sinking its teeth deeper into India's vast Hindi and regional language television audience, analysts said at the
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        287 21 Reuter [SAN FRANCISCO] Netscape Communications Corp on Saturday quashed emerging rumours that Netscape and Novell Inc could be eyeing a merger, saying its strategy and philosophy are opposite to Novell's. Conjecture in the industry last week about how Novell and Netscape would make a good
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        155 21 Reuters [HONGKONG] Conglomerate First Pacific Co Ltd's property unit First Pacific Davies has scrapped plans to list this year after a proposed merger with a property management company fell through, the South China Morning Post said yesterday. But it did not rule out
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        311 22 Accountancy firm called in to value 3 suspended fond* holding £Ll4b in retail savings FT [LONDON] Morgan Grenfell, the troubled fund management company, was steeling itself for a substantial compensation claim from 90,000 Investors after a Big Six accountancy firm was called in
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        56 22 [YANGON] Bank employees counting wads of Myanmese banknotes on Saturday. The opening of the Myanmese economy has seen the emergence of a growing number of tycoons, but analysts say the gap between the rich and the poor is widening, especially as rampant inflation cuts into the
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        267 22 AFX-Asia [KUALA LUMPUR] Kuala Lumpur Options and Financial Futures Bhd general manager John Lee said he hopes the exchange will introduce composite index options within the next six months, making it the second contract traded on the exchange. Thereafter, he said the exchange will
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        192 22 AFP [TOKYO] The Industrial Bank of Japan (IBJ) plans to lower its long-term prime lending rate on Wednesday by 0.2-0.3 percentage points from the current 3.3 per cent per annum, press reports said on Friday. The bank will formally decide on the cut,
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        342 22 Total compensation lip 6% from U*****,200; survey Bloomberg Business News [BOSTON] Mutual fund company chief executives are earning more and more money as the industry keeps getting bigger and bigger. Fund company CEOs will earn an estimated average of US$l.O2
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        238 22 Bloomberg Business News [CHARLOTTE, North Carolina] First Union Corp said it has agreed to acquire Keystone Investments Inc, a Bos-ton-based mutual fund company, for about US$lB3 million (***** million) in stock. The purchase would make First Union the No 3 US mutual
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        623 23 Demand for Opec ail set to rise by 300,000 bpd in third quarter: lEA Reuter [LONDON] Opec will benefit from higher-than-expected demand for its oil for the rest of this year and well into 1997 as supplies from rival sources fail to match
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        122 23 Bloomberg Business News [FAIRFAX, Virginia] Mobil Corp said it has agreed to buy Exxon Corp's marketing operations in Kenya, including 80 retail outlets. Terms weren't disclosed. Mobil said the deal marks its re-entry into Kenya after 10 years. The company already markets 120,000 barrels
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        259 23 FT (LONDON] Spain has a "legal gap" in dealing with companies offering high-risk currency investments to private investors, the country's financial regulator admitted recently. The schemes invite investors to undertake heavily leveraged trades on foreign exchange markets typically 20 to 50 times their
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        617 24  -  SIM ht Weeklyßoundup Reports suggest an imminent hike of 19 to 50 basis points is a distinct possibility Callum Henderson, MMS International This report does not constitute a solicitation to Invest in any currency or Simex product. [SINGAPORE] Leaving aside Friday's US August
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        862 24 COMMODITY Weeklyßoundup AFP [LONDON] Oil prices flared up last week as tension gripped the Middle East. American missile attacks launched to punish Baghdad sent crude prices soaring for a time. But the market mainly reacted to a delay in
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        733 26 NEW YORK llarkets normally do little prior to an election, bnt this year they're nnlikely to stay inactive FT WOLVES were circling the Wall Street wagon all week. None pounced. Markets did little, showing their jitters with brief over-reactions to the appearance of
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        875 26 QSydney -3L7 AUSTRALIAN share prices fell 1.4 per cent last week amid concerns about domestic and US interest rates. "It is the same old story in the American markets with fears of an interest rate rise there," Dicksons broker Diane Jenner said, adding that investors were nervous
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        161 26 HONGKONG AFP, Reuter SHARE prices dropped 1.2 per cent over the week to Friday due to concerns over US interest rates, dealers said. The Stock Exchange of Hongkong's key Hang Seng Index plunged 133.43 points during the week to close at 11,025.59
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        1576 26 □Parte ♦L 73% FRENCH stocks are poised to advance in the days ahead if first-half earnings keep coming in at the high end of expectations, money managers said. On Friday, the benchmark CAC-40 Index rose 8.52 points, or 0.43 per cent to 2,004.75, bringing gains for the
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        389 26 TOKYO Analysts hold mixed views on scope of ongoing correction AFP JAPANESE share prices eased during the week to Friday with investors sidelined amid concerns about prospects for an early general election and the outlook for the domestic economy, brokers said. The
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        309 26 LONDON AFP THE London stock exchange ended the week slightly higher on Friday as the threat of increased US interest rates seemed to recede, dealers said. The FT-SE 100 Index of leading shares rose by 25.4 points on the week
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        8171 27 Reuter, AFP P Composite Index -1124 MALAYSIA'S stock market ended a volatile week 1.2 per cent lower on Friday after a recovery late in the week failed to offset sharp falls on Tuesday on news of US missile attacks on Iraq. Analysts said the
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        Time to look at Kulim warrants
        3791 28  -  WARRANT WATCH -By Ven Sreenivasan MALAYSIAN plantations and propertiesbased Kulim Bhd's shares hit a 52-week peak of M 55.30 on May 2 but have since retraced almost IS per cent to M) 4.64 last Friday. In the process, its warrants have also dropped considerably,
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        1518 29 TURNOVER OOO) VALUE ('000) KU4n CT» Ttl M<ln Ct— Ttfi toduslrw 132.321 48,530 180,851 396.922 102,001 496,923 rm«K» 11,914 12,452 24,364 97,250 20.673 117,923 Hot*» 6,316 1,175 7,491 20.502 1,860 22,362 Pr«p«rttM 16.342 43.877 62.219 89,570 62.786 152.357 PUnUMon 4.231 4,231 9.991 9.991 1,693 1,693 4.555 4,555 •LW 19.839 31.844
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        63 30  -  -Ur Paul Leo LINDETEVES JACORBERG rose 2 cents to 78 cents last Friday with 495,000 units traded. 25 per cent more than its lOday average 0f397,300 shares. Wave analysis shows that there is a possibility of a decline before the Sesdaq counter picks up again. Support is at
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        1047 30  -  STOCK MARKET COMMENTARY Re-rated MSCI regional index, fine-tuned bnying-in rules, renewed fear of US rate hikes dampen interest By Ven Sreenivasan IT HAS indeed been an eventful week for regional markets as investment house Morgan Stanley's re-rated regional index kicked-in,
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      15 19 Sime S'pore posts 59 profit fall, Pg 20 Sime Darby's M'sian units sparkle, Pg 20
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      1117 20 Jv9nmk r V Sime Singapore Limited I PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT OF RESULTS I FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 1996 I The Directors are pleased to announce the following:- I 1. Unaudited results of the Group end of the Company for the year ended 30 June 1996 I Group Company I
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      377 30 BUSINESS Notices •TO \l)\ KKTISi: CAM T01.1.-I-KI K ISIMI-741 IXSJ X [DM] POWERMATIC DATA SYSTEMS LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) NOTICE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Shareholders of > the Company will be held on the 25th day
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      270 31 Contributed by Simpson Spence Young A VERY slack week has seen very little worthy of comment, the major sale being the coated Panamax tanker "Andromeda" (63,000/84) which has been reported sold to clients of Thenamaris region US$lB.2 million. There have been a number of bulk carriers coming onto
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      3b-baht network to ease shift to Laem Chabang
      391 31  -  Truck terminals being built to connect Bangkok with delivery routes to main ports From< Alan Boyd in Bangkok A THREE-billion-baht (*****.2 million) network of truck terminals is being built to the east, north and west of Bangkok, aimed at connecting with delivery
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      Hyundai Merchant Marine sets up subsidiary in S'pore
      224 31  -  By] Felix Chan [SINGAPORE] Worldwide multi-modal shipping company Hyundai Merchant Marine Co (HMM) has opened a subsidiary in Singapore, as part of its globalisation plans. The subsidiary, Hyundai Merchant Marine (S) Pte Ltd (HMMS), represents HMM's effort to increase its investment in
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      Overcapacity, ageing tanker fleet complicate matters for repairers
      617 31  -  DOCKYARD By\ David Hughes THERE is no doubt that these are anxious times for shiprepairers. This is certainly so in Singapore where hopes are pinned on an upturn in the tanker market which should translate into more work for the big yards
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      70 31 Reuter [SHANGHAI] Shanghai will open a navigation services exchange to enable customers to openly bargain for prices of international and domestic shipping services, the Shanghai Securities News said yesterday. The exchange, jointly set up by the Shanghai city government and the Ministry of Communications, will
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      Mixed commodity shippers get TWRA service scheme
      290 31  -  TSA to charge documentation fee for shipments from China to the US from Oct 15 By Yong Mei Fong [SINGAPORE] The 11 shipping lines of the Trans-Pacific Westbound Rate Agreement (TWRA) are offering mixed commodity shippers greater cost savings by extending their service
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      TWRA to cut currency and fuel surcharges
      162 31 [SINGAPORE] The Transpacific Westbound Rate Agreement plans to lower its currency and fuel surcharges for the fourth quarter of this year. It said the strengthening of the US dollar against most Asian currencies has led the conference to lower its currency surcharge. Effective
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      Lock icon Hutchison keen on 2 China berths
      165 31 AFX-Asia [HONGKONG] Hutchison Whampoa Ltd has signed a letter of intent with Xiamen Harbour Bureau to buy at least 49 per cent of two berths at Haican. Yang Jinlai, secretary of the bureau's party committee, said a tentative agreement was reached during a visit
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      1136 32  -  SHIPS HELD IN PORT: TOUGH TIMES FOR THOSE ON BOARD With the arrest of a ship becoming more and more common these days, the position of seafarers on the arrested ship needs international clarification because, in many cases, they are being treated disgracefully Michael Grey
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      479 32 PAGE Evergreen 6 AEIOcean 16 Fl-Boght 7 ML M FMG 15 AFT Shpg M Famous 7 AMI 3 Farwide 14 AMe 16 Feedertran 7 9 Accord 8 Foong Sun 6 Ahrenkiel 4 Frota 8 Appenship 4 ft Frt Links 13 Astro 3 Frt
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        157 47 SEPT 11 Pakistan: Quaid's Death Anniversary. Spain: Market and Public holiday in Catalonia, Catalan National Day. Madrid markets open. Chile: Anniversary of 1973 coup. SEPT 14 Nicaragua: Battle of San Jacinto. SEPT 15 Israel: New Year. Costa Rica/El Salvador/Guatemala/ Honduras/Nicaragua: Independence Day. SEPT 16 Japan: Respect for the
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        394 48 Recommendations aimed at improving control of 737's rudder and 757's warning system Bloomberg Business News [WASHINGTON] US transportation safety officials are working on a series of recommendations aimed at improving the safety of the Boeing Co's 737 and 757 commercial
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        Lock icon Farnborough air show's future seems secure after strong week
        357 48 Bloomberg Business News [LONDON] The Farnborough International air show's future seems secured into the next century, despite worries earlier in the summer that it may fall victim to the UK government's eagerness for asset sales. "The government wishes to see this
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        293 48 Mergers seen by industry leaders as vital to survival Reuter [FARNBOROUGH, England] Sales have already more than tripled at Britain's biggest ever air show, giving a welcome boost to a world aerospace industry emerging from the storm clouds of recession. Passenger jet rivals Boeing and
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        205 48 AFP [TOKYO] Japan's Toyota Motor Corp and General Motors Corp (GM) of the US may cease the mutual supply of finished cars in Australia, a Toyota official said late last week. But the official declined to comment on the timing or to
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        Lock icon New KL airport to have biggest carpark in S-E Asia
        266 48 4 seven-storey blocks will provide 6,300 bays Bernama [SEPANG] The Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) here will have the biggest covered carpark in South-east Asia when the airport opens on Jan 1,1998. The Msl7l million (5596.1 million) fast-tracked shortterm car
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        Lock icon CAL officials to be charged in '94 Airbus crash in Japan: reports
        247 48 AFP [TOKYO] Japanese police will charge six officials of Taiwan's China Airlines (CAL) this week with pilot error and neglecting safety management in a 1994 Airbus jet crash at Nagoya airport, press reports said yesterday. But they have
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          71 48 AFX-Asia [MANILA] Federal Express Corp said it has started operating cargo flights into Shanghai and Beijing via its Asia One Network that operates an Asian cargo hub in Subic port. "The flights to China were launched to service expanding import and export operations in China,"
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          Lock icon Optica aircraft for Sabah Air
          80 48 Bernama [LONDON] Sabah Air has signed an agreement with aircraft manufacturer British Aerospace (BAe) for the lease of the Optica OA7 300 light air-to-ground observation aircraft which will soon undergo a series of trials in a number of operational requirements including border mapping and surveillance.
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          Lock icon Typhoon forces Taiwan airport to close
          84 48 Reuter [TAIPEI] Typhoon Sally gained strength yesterday, forcing one of Taiwan's domestic airports to shut down and blocking part of the traffic in mountain areas, but officials did not expect the storm to cause major damage. Sally, the fourth typhoon to hit the island
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          Lock icon Dasa, unions agree on cost-cutting plan
          61 48 Bloomberg Business News [MUNICH] Daimler-Benz Aerospace AG said it reached an agreement with unions on a cost-cutting programme intended to make the company profitable. Employees approved the so-called "Dolores" plan, announced in October, after months of demonstrations and walkouts protesting proposed job cuts and
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          Lock icon Swissair to offer cargo service to Brazil
          66 48 Bloomberg Business News [ZURICH] Swissair AG said it will offer a weekly cargo service between Basel and Sao Paulo, Brazil, to meet a growing demand for flights over the South Atlantic. Swissair said the flights will be operated by Gemini Air Cargo of
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        145 48 Reuter [JAKARTA] Merpati Nusantara Airlines, a subsidiary of Indonesia's national carrier Garuda, has said it will fly more international routes, the Jakarta Post reported over the weekend. Merpati's director of operations, Prasetyo Wisaksono, was quoted as saying that the airline plans to link Jakarta
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      624 44 TO E. CANADA US ATLANTIC US GULF LOADING VOY SPORE PXOANG- HALF AX N.YOfiK NORFOLK N.ORLEANS SAVANNAH TAMWCO HOUSTON £22 11 ff£ 01 NOV 04 NOV 06 NOV 12 NOV 06 NOV 16 NOV 20 NOV HQ6GH DENE 0336 OVO6 OCT 27 SEP 19 NOV 22 NOV 25 NOV 02
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      661 46 SINO EXPRESS SHIPPING (PTE) LTD. MM I 11 COLLYER QUAY *06-01 THE ARCADE SINGAPORE *****7. m 1 TEL: *****90 (4 LINES) FAX: *****98 TLX: R*****1 SINOEX SINOTRANS SHANGHAI (CONTAINER SERVICE) Also accepting container cargo to: VESSEI/VOY ETA SIN ETAHKG ETA SHA W/T HKG: Beijiao, Chiwan, CHANG YING 9623/9624 13/09 18/09
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