The Business Times, 14 December 1990

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    10 1 Business Times MCI (P) 16/12/90 Friday December 14 1990 75*
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  • NEWS SUMMARY
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      EC to propose central bank to manage ECU
      61 1 EUROPEAN Commission President Jacques Delors will put forward a draft monetary union treaty tomorrow which says that a future EC central bank should manage a strengthened European Currency Unit (ECU). The proposal is seen as an olive branch to Britain's new prime
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      More refining plans
      27 1 ESSO SINGAPORE and the Singapore Refining Company (SRC) are the latest to announce plans to expand and upgrade their crude distillation units Page 2
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      Packaging investment
      29 1 A LEADING US specialist in packaging for pharmaceutical products is investing $10 million over the next three years in a new state-of-the-art factory in Singapore Page 2
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      Cool response to plan
      34 1 CHINESE Premier Li Peng has given a guarded reception to a Malaysian proposal for an Asian trading bloc, saying that regional cooperation should be boosted but remain loose' Page 7
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      Exporters' efforts fail
      28 1 THE EFFORTS of powerhouse exporters such as South Korea, Taiwan and Hongkong to reduce their US trade surpluses have largely failed, analysts say Page 8
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      Way cleared for US aid
      48 1 US President George Bush has cleared the way for the Soviet Union to buy up to US$l billion in food with US farm credits and said he would go to Moscow in February for a summit with Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev. Page 10
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      EC calls for change
      33 1 THE US must change its attitude towards the European Community's agricultural policy if stalled global trade talks arc to be revived, says European Commission president Jacques Delors Page 10
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      Sifting out the truth
      31 1 THE Western media has painted a nightmarish picture of an exodus of refugees from the Soviet Union: just how much of this is an exaggeration? Page 12
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      Tiger eyes bigger slice
      32 1 HAMBURG-BASED feeder operator Bengal Tiger Line is gearing up for an even bigger slice of the Singapore-India box trade, where it already leads. Shipping l imes Page 1
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  • MARKETS SUMMARY
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      Dow higher
      32 1 US BLUE CHIPS recovered slim early losses and moved tentatively to the plus side in early morning trading. The Dow rose about three to 2625, with gainers narrowly trailing deeliners.
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      Footsie higher
      33 1 UK SHARES held in a narrow range up to mid-session yesterday. The FTSE 100 index was 2.2 points higher at 2159.1 at 1205 GMT, on a volume of 370.1 million shares.
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      Nylex's strengths
      36 1 NYLEX (Malaysia) Bhd, which starts trading on KLSE on Monday, will depend on its three core areas of polymer, engineering and packaging to achieve a annual growth rate of 20 per cent Page 3
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      L&M optimistic
      26 1 L&M predicts two strong years ahead in construction and is confident of bettering its net profit of $1.10 million achieved last year Page 3
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      Issues losing shine
      24 1 NEW share issues on the KLSE have lost much of their lustre since the start of the Gulf crisis Page 3
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      Foreign bankers wary
      21 1 FOREIGN BANKERS in Indonesia, concerned about fraud scandals, arc wary about dealing with Indonesian private banks Page 6
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      CURRENCIES
      20 1 Exchange rates US$ S$ 1.7120 Yen S$ 1.3024 M$ SS0.6354 Money market rates Overnight 5-1/4% +7/8 3-montn 5-5/16% -1/16
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      COMMODITIES
      36 1 London Gold AM fix US$373.00 USSI.I0 Rubber S'porc Jan 150.25*/kg -0.25 M'sia Jan 240.00'/kg unch KL Tin Turnover 30 tonnes -12 Spot M$I5.17/kg -0.07 Crude palm oil Turnover 573 lots -553 Dcc M$835/tonnc f 2
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      STOCK INDICES
      29 1 Thursday Change BT-MGA 591.03 5.07 Kuala Lumpur ....505.43 +6.41 Hongkong 3,150.12 -10.67 Tokyo 24,642.97 +643.56 Sydney 1,320.0 -3.6 Wednesday Change New York 2,622.28 +36.14 London 2,156.9 -8.9
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    CAD joins investigation of Electro-Magnetic
    447 1  -  By Conrad Raj THE Commercial Affairs Department (CAD) has joined the Stock Exchange of Singapore and the Securities Industry Council in investigating Electro-Magnet-ic (S) Ltd (EMS). A CAD source says the department is looking at possible offences under Section 100 of the Securities Industry Act,
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    Weekend cars up to $15,000 cheaper, road tax 30%
    563 1  -  First vehicles should be on the road on May 1 By Dexter Lee THE long-awaited weekend car scheme will be implemented next year with cars cheaper by up to 5i5.000 each from tax waivers and rebates. Communications Minister Dr Yeo Ning
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    Lift tax-savings ceiling on weekend cars: AAS
    299 1 THE AUTOMOBILE Association of Singapore (AAS), while welcoming the weekend car scheme, has suggested that the tax-savings ceiling of $15,000 be eventually lifted to allow owners to upgrade their cars. In a statement yesterday, the association said that the incentive could be based
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    Lock icon Brent price rises on Opec agreement
    160 1 Reuter PRICES for the benchmark Brent blend North Sea crude rose after Opec ministers agreed that, once the Gulf crisis is resolved, they will return to price and production quotas decided last July. Brent for January loadings reversed an earlier decline to trade around
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    In Executive Lifestyle tomorrow
    173 1 IT's Christmas, EL style, and what better way to kick off the season than with a good old-fashioned fairy talc? In the true spirit of the season, Jaime Lye conjures up the story of Benny the Bear, a disillusioned teddy who wants to be more than
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    SIA can now offer around-the-world flight services
    380 1  -  By Magdalene Ng IN A MAJOR breakthrough, Singapore Airlines can now fly to the cast coast of the US, including New York, following further liberalisation of the Singapore-US Air Transport Agreement (ATA). Singapore Airlines can thus for the first time offer around-the-world flight
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    Lock icon 'US too rigid at Gatt'
    62 1 AFP A SENIOR Japanese official yesterday blamed the US and the Cairns Group of agricultural exporters rather than the European Community for last week's suspension of trade talks in Brussels. "Many participants felt that the US and the Cairns Group were very, very rigid," said
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  • HOME NEWS
    • NEWS ROUNDUP
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        ISDN service to UK available
        68 2 INTERNATIONAL ISDN (Integrated Services Digital Network) service between Singapore and the United Kingdom is now available. The service allows voice, data and image to be simultaneously transmitted at high speed and accuracy via telephone lines. Apart from Britain, Singapore also has ISDN service links with
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        Dr Yeo to open sports museum
        72 2 DR YEO NING HONG, the Minister for Communications and Second Minister for Defence, will open the Singapore Sports Council's Sports Museum tomorrow morning as the president of the Singapore National Olympic Council (SNOC). There will also be the signing of the pledge for the
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        Enplas celebrates
        52 2 ENPLAS SINGAPORE, the first overseas subsidiary of Dai-I-chi Seiko of Japan, is celebrating its 15th anniversary with two donations. The Singapore Symphony Orchestra will receive $100,000 while the Japan Singapore Technical Institute will receive $50,000. Enplas specialises in the design and manufacture of fine engineering parts for the
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        Longer banking hours
        70 2 STANDARD Chartered Bank's Tanglin branch will be extending its banking hours on five Saturdays from Dec 15 to Jan 12. Instead of operating from 9:3oam to 11:30 am, the branch will open until 3:3opm on these five Saturdays. The bank, located at Shaw Centre in Scotts Road,
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        $50 Transitlink
        41 2 TRANSITLINK, the fare card which can be used both for travelling on selected bus services and the Mass Rapid Transit system, will have denominations in multiples up to $50. Two weeks ago, the $10 and $20 denominations were introduced.
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        Officer commissioning
        41 2 MORE THAN 370 officer cadets from the Army, Navy and Air Force will be commissioned as officers next Saturday, Dec 22, at the Singapore Armed Forces Training Institute. The Minister for Finance, Richard Hu, will be the reviewing officer.
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      Oil majors to raise refining capacities
      461 2  -  Regional demand increasing By Shoeb Kagda IN RESPONSE to growing demand for refined crude in the Asia-Pacific region, overworked oil companies in Singapore arc planning to increase their refining capacities next year. The latest to announce plans to upgrade their crude distillation units arc
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      IT 2000 to guide Singapore into next decade
      216 2 THE National Computer Board is mapping out an IT (information technology) blueprint to guide Singapore into the next dccadc. The mastcrplan, to be called IT 2000, will be unveiled towards the end of next year, said Dr Tay Eng Soon, Senior Minister
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      West Pharmapack injects $10m into new factory
      338 2  -  By Schutz Lee A LEADING American specialist in packaging for pharmaceutical products, The West Company, is investing $10 million over the next three years in a new factory. The investment, carried out through its wholly-owned local subsidiary West Pharmapack which has served as
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      Van Ommeren wins contract for Du Pont storage facility
      311 2 STORAGE terminal operator Van Ommcrcn has won a contract to build and manage a storage facility for chcmicals giant Du Pont, the first time it is handling a turnkey project here for a third party. Du Pont's storage facilities, on Pulau
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  • SINGAPORE – MALAYSIA COMPANY NEWS
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      Nylex expects 20pc annual growth
      472 3  -  Group to rely on polymer, engineering and packaging By William Chia NYLEX (Malaysia) Bhd, which starts trading on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange on Monday, will rely on its three core areas of polymer, engineering and packaging to achieve growth of 20 per cent per
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      L&M upbeat about prospects
      236 3 SPECIALIST contractor L&M sees two strong years ahead in construction, with a healthy regional market and $220 million in its order books. Chairman Paul Lim is therefore confident that the group can improve on its net profit of $1.10 million last year. Mr Lim made this
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      Lock icon Debutantes on KL exchange losing much of their lustre
      713 3 MBT NEW SHARE ISSUES on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (KLSE) have lost a great deal of their shine since the start of the Gulf crisis, with several companies enjoying much smaller premiums on their first day of trading. Of the
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      Singatronics shares actively traded ex-rights
      196 3 SINGATRONICS Ltd topped the active list for the second day running yesterday on a turnover of 20.92 million shares. But this staggering figure includes the 18 million shares that Prudential Asset Management Asia Ltd placed out through OCBC Securities on Wednesday. Singatronics shares slipped two
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      Sembawang group proposes executive share scheme
      277 3 EXECUTIVES of Sembawang Shipyard Ltd (SSL) and its subsidiaries who have completed at least 12 months' service can look forward to owning shares under a proposed Share Option Scheme. "The scheme will provide an opportunity for full-time executives of the company and its subsidiaries,
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    • COMPANY BRIEFS
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        SSL seals stake deal with S'pore Computer
        52 3 STRAITS Steamship Land (SSL) and Singapore Computer Systems (SCS) have signed the sale and purchase agreement for SSL to take up an 8 per cent interest in SCS. In payment, SCS will buy the entire paid-up capital of Computer Processing Services, SSL's computer
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        Pegi sells Hongkong unit
        29 3 INVESTMENT holding company Pegi Malaysia has disposed of its entire three million HK$l shares in whollyowned, Hongkong-based subsidiary, Mactra Ltd, for HK$ 1.266 million cash.
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        Room for KL banks to survive
        99 3 THE BANKING INDUSTRY in Malaysia may be getting more competitive "but there is still plenty of room for survival", BHL Bank chairman and chief executive Datuk Goh Eng Toon said yesterday. Speaking to newsmen during the balloting for the open portion of the bank's
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        IOI optimistic about property
        114 3 INDUSTRIAL OXYGEN Inc (IOI), which announced a group pre-tax profit of M 524.33 million for the financial year ended June 1990, expects profit contribution from its property development division to more than double for the current year from Mss million last year. The bulk of the
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        Listing of new Maybank shares
        73 3 MALAYAN BANKING'S additional 187,383,416 new one Msl ordinary shares issued pursuant to the one-for-two bonus issue will be listed and quoted with effect from 10am on Dec 17, the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange said yesterday. In a circular to members, the KLSE said as the
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  • REGIONAL COMPANY NEWS
    • COMPANY BRIEFS
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        Carter Holt to seek Aussie listing
        97 4 NEW ZEALAND'S forestry group Carter Holt Harvey Ltd is applying for a listing on the Australian Stoek Exchange following its near-complete takeover ot Elders Resources Ltd. It said in a statement yesterday that it now controlled 96.9 per cent of the ordinary shares and
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        Crosby in Beijing
        46 4 CROSBY Securities (HK) has become the first Western securities house to open a Beijing office, the South hinu IHorning Post reported on Wednesday. The new office will concentrate on research on China's economy and the country's emerging securities markets in Shanghai and Shenzhen.
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        JAIC buys Habitat stake
        62 4 JAPAN Asean Investment Co Ltd (JAIC) has acquired an 11.8 per cent equity stake in carpet producer Habitat Industries (Thailand) Corp Ltd) for 10 million baht. Japan Asean Investment Co is an unlisted Tokyo-based company that invests in companies in Asean countries. JAIC's investment in Habitat
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        French venture in Vietnam
        90 4 THE French firm Brasseries et Glacieres Internationales (BG1) has formed a joint venture with Chung Duong company of Ho Chi Minh City to produce soft drinks, the Vietnamese press reported on Wednesday. BGI, once known as Brasseries et Glacieres d'lndochine, will provide US$6 million of the
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        Japanese win Indon job
        73 4 FOUR Japanese firms, including Mitsui and Co Ltd and Mitsui Engineering and Shipbuilding Co Ltd, have won a US$23O million order to rebuild an oil refinery in Indonesia, a Mitsui and Co spokesman said yesterday. The project, due for completion in 1993, was ordered by Indonesia's
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      Lau brothers rationalise activities of Evergo subsidiary
      443 4 AFTER their close shave with Taiwanese corporate raider Hwang Chou-shiuan last October, brothers Joseph and Thomas Lau of Evergo International Holdings have embarked on a programme to rationalise the activities of its subsidiary China Entertainment and Land Investment. According to plans announced on
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      Lock icon BHP's oil output up 9pc in half year
      218 4 Reuter BROKEN HILL Pty Co Ltd says its production of crude oil in Australia rose 9 per cent in the six months to Nov 30 to 35.5 million barrels from 32.48 million in the same period last year. BHP disclosed in its
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      Lock icon Hitachi, Nissan pair up in car-electronics fast lane
      290 4 Reuter VISIONS of high-speed growth in sales of vehicle information and communications equipment have sparked an alliance between Japan's biggest electronics maker and its number-two carmaker. Hitachi Ltd and Nissan Motor Co Ltd said they will set up a joint venture to
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      Lock icon Increased royalty to TI won't hit profits: Toshiba
      279 4 Reuter A NEW cross-licensing pact under which Toshiba Corp will pay Texas Instruments Inc more than under a previous agreement will not affect Toshiba's profits, a Toshiba spokeswoman said. "We will not lose our international competitiveness and it will not affect profits,"
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  • INTERNATIONAL COMPANY NEWS
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      Lock icon Occidental likely to be revamped
      411 5 New chief seen taking more aggressive approach Reuter OCCIDENTAL Petroleum Corp's new chairman, Ray Irani, is likely to take a more aggressive approach in restructuring the diversified company to focus on its core oil and chemical businesses, industry analysts said. "I would expect to sec
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      Lock icon Waterford to split crystal, china businesses
      332 5 Reuter WATERFORD Wedgwood pic, hit by a crippling threemonth strike earlier this year and by worries about recession in its major markets, yesterday announced plans to separate its quality crystal and china businesses. The company said each operation would have its own board, management
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      Lock icon Third parties have shown interest: NCR
      535 5 Reuter NCR CORP said that it has received expressions of interest from third parties about a possible merger or acquisition and that it will put a time limit on its offer to consider negotiating with American Telephone Telegraph Co if it bids US$l25 a
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      Lock icon Polly Peck to ask courts for March deadline
      282 5 Reuter JOINT administrators to Polly Peck International pic agreed with an informal creditors' committee at a meeting on Wednesday that they will ask the courts for a March date to set out a restructuring plan for the group. Mr Richard Stone and
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    • COMPANY BRIEFS
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        CBS not for sale, says new chairman
        96 5 CBS INC quoted its new chairman Laurence Tisch as saying the company is not for sale. CBS was responding to a query about speculation that the company may be acquired. Tisch's statement was made at a meeting with CBS executives this morning, said
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        MCA, Matsushita settle suits
        94 5 MCA INC and Matsushita Electric Industrial Co Ltd said they have reached agreement in principle with counsel in five of six lawsuits challenging Matsushita's proposed buyout of MCA. The agreement would dismiss all five of the actions pending in the State of Delaware Chancery Court, the
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        Westinghouse-Skoda tie-up
        62 5 WESTINGHOUSE Electric Corp said it was chosen by Skoda of Czechoslovakia for a long-term business and technology association in the power systems business. Terms of the agreement are being negotiated, it said. Westinghouse will team with Skoda for the design, manufacture and construction of the next two nuclear
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        Earnings up at General Mills
        90 5 GENERAL MILLS Inc said second quarter net earnings of 72 cents a share, up from 55 cents a year ago, were led by strong operating gains in consumer foods and restaurants. The company said it still expects record fiscal 1991 sales and earnings. Consumer foods
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        Daimler denies report on plans
        38 5 A DAIMLER-Benz AG spokeswoman dismissed as incorrect newspaper reports saying plans by its Mercedes-Benz AG unit to create a joint venture with Japan's Yanase Co Ltd and Mitsubishi Motors Corp had been abandoned.
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  • FINANCIAL NEWS
    • SMALL CHANGE
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        Five arrested in NZ's Equiticorp fraud case
        88 6 >lI.W ZEALAND'S Serious Fraud Office said five people were rrested yesterday after an investigation of crashed investment ompany Equiticorp International. Four former officers of •quiticorp and a professional adviser had been charged with raud offences involving about NZ$44O million, the office aid in
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        Chase AMP sacks 75 staff
        101 6 HASE AMP Bank said it sacked 75 employees in Sydney nd Melbourne because of poor conditions affecting the Australian banking industry. Managing director Lynn Anderan said the sackings were part of a realignment to improve ic bank's performance and ensure its long-term viability, 'he bank
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        Deutsche to be US main dealer
        84 6 )EUTSCHE Bank AG's US securities unit is expected to be tamed a primary dealer in US government securities soon, .ond market sources said. This would make it the first ierman-owned company to be given that status, bond maret sources said. The Federal Reserve Board
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        O'Connor voted CBOT chief
        72 6 "HE Chicago Board of Trade said incumbent William Billy )'Connor was elected exchange chairman for a two-year term icginning Jan 21, 1991. The CBOT said Mr O'Connor eceived 557 and l/6th votes, edging out Patrick Arbor, who eceived 503 and l/6th votes. The exchange has 1,402
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      Lock icon Foreign banks wary of Jakarta counterparts
      491 6 Reuter FOREIGN BANKERS in Indonesia, made wary by fraud scandals and cashflow problems, say they are avoiding dealing with Indonesian private banks and keeping business in-house. Cracks in the edifice of Indonesian banking, hastily thrown up in the two years since deregulation, are showing
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      Lock icon Bush reappoints tough US bank regulator
      239 6 Reuter THE reappointment of a tough US banking regulator shows the Bush administration wants a firm grip on the fragile banking system as it pushes for a radical reform of the industry. But a White House power struggle over granting Robert Clarke a new
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      Lock icon Major merchant banks likely to pare operations
      582 6 Reuter SECURITY PACIFIC Corps decision to disband its merchant bank is a sign of the times, and other major banks arc likely to pare these operations, even if they don't follow suit, bankers and analysts said. For one thing, they noted that investment
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  • THE REGION 1
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      Lock icon Guarded response from Li Peng
      333 7 Reactions to Malaysia's Asia-Pacific trade bloc proposal AFP CHINESE Premier Li Peng gave a guarded reception yesterday to a Malaysian proposal for an Asian trading bloc, saying that regional cooperation should be boosted but remain "loose". Mr Li made his remarks at the end of
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      Big changes for Thai textile sector
      260 7 THE INTRODUCTION of advanced computer-aided manufacturing equipment and pressure arc expected to bring about a big transformation in the Thai textile industry. The Nation on Wednesday quoted Tanyuth Sriyksiri, vice-president of the Thai Garment Manufacturers Association, as saying that the Thai textile industry had
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      Lock icon Indonesia will develop nuclear power: Suharto
      172 7 UPI INDONESIAN President Suharto said on Wednesday that despite exporting oil it is facing an energy shortage in the near future and will need to concentrate on developing nuclear power over the next two decades. Speaking at the inauguration of two new facilities owned
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      Lock icon Japan, Indonesia wary; Australia, NZ sceptical
      317 7 AFP MALAYSIA'S initiative to build an Asia-Pacific trading bloc has drawn little enthusiasm and some criticism from those most affected by the proposal. Malaysian officials said Kuala Lumpur was hoping Japan would head the grouping, with China playing a major role. But Japan quickly
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    • NOTE BOOK
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        Indonesia gets US$1.2b Japanese aid
        102 8 INDONESIA yesterday received 181.6 billion yen (US$l.2 billion) in new soft loans from Japan as part of the lokyo's aid commitments for this year, the foreign ministry in Jakarta said. The latest aid comprised US$5OO million in un-ticd cash loans to help Indonesia strengthen its
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        More Japanese to travel
        85 8 MORE JAPANESE are going abroad for Christmas-time breaks, with Hongkong and the Caribbean the years most fashionable destinations, a survey by the Japan I ravel Bureau shows. With a late December holiday opportunity created by celebrations of Emperor Akihito's birthday on Dec 24. over 28 million
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        NZ mini-budget out next week
        80 8 THE New Zealand government will make an economic statement to Parliament next Wednesday, Leader ot the House Paul East said. The new National Party government promised the statement, effectively a mini-budget, after it won the Oct 27 general election. Analysts expect it to include spending
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        Cambodian meeting in Paris
        78 8 FRANCE and Indonesia have invited members of the Cambodian Supreme National Council (SNC) to meet in Paris, in an effort to get peace talks off the ground, informed sources said on Wednesday. Prince Norodom Sihanouk, Cambodia's former head of state, also moved to deblock the talks
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      Mexico challenges China for Asian investment
      466 8 WITH THEIR low labour costs and liberal financial regulations, China's special economic zones have been magnets for foreign investment since the early 1980s. The five special zones in southern China have become centres for labour intensive manufacturing, much of it bankrolled through the neighbouring
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      Taiwan vulnerable to global slowdown: report
      311 8  -  By SN Vasuki TAIWAN remains vulnerabje to an international economic slowdown due to the Gulf crisis and recession in the US, according to the latest risk report published by Hongkong-based consultancy firm. Political Economic Risk Consultancy Ltd. Together with mounting domestic economic and social
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      Lock icon Canberra hails new EC farm plan
      315 8 Reuter A PROPOSED new European Community farm reform plan may help defuse a grain subsidy war with the US and pave the way to agreement in Gatt world trade talks, a senior Australian farm ministry official said on Wednesday. Australia, the world's fourth largest
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      Lock icon Unemployment rate in Australia jumps to 8.2pc
      397 8 AFP AUSTRALIA'S seasonally adjusted unemployment rate soared from 7.6 per cent in October to 8.2 per cent in November, official figures showed on Thursday. The November figure, which compared with a rate of 5.9 per cent in the same month last year, was
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        The honeymoon seems over for Major
        81 10 THE POLITICAL "honeymoon" period for the new British Prime Minister, Mr John Major, seems to be over, according to an opinion poll published in the (iuardian newspaper yesterday, showing the Conservative lead over the opposition Labour Party had been cut to 2 per cent.
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        USSR may get toehold in IMF
        66 10 THE US hopes the USSR can become a "special associate" of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank early next year but believes that full membership tor Moscow in the two groups is premature, a senior US Treasury official said. "We want
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        EC to extend car aid controls
        73 10 THE EUROPEAN Community on Wednesday said it has extended, for two years, its controls over state subsidies to the beleaguered car industry in its 12-member states. The continued authority of the commission to bar large state aids to car manufacturers "is crucial to ensure
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        Austerity budget for Portugal
        76 10 NEXT YEAR will bring austerity to Portugal, following Parliamentary approval early on Wednesday morning ot a Budget marked by what the government calls necessary adjustments, due to the Gulf crisis and the preparation of the economy for changes in the European Community. Following a marathon debate,
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        Keeping E Germany's markets
        81 10 OFFICIALS on Wednesday announced measures to help some 2,000 companies in the former East Germany keep their export markets in the USSR and other East European countries. Exports to the rouble-based trading bloc were economic mainstays of East Germany before it united with West Germany in
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        S Korea to offer USSR aid
        79 10 SOUTH KOREA will offer the USSR economic aid at talks this week, aimed at cementing recently established diplomatic relations between the two countries, according to a government adviser. South Korean president, Mr Roh Tae-Woo, will arrive in Moscow tomorrow to discuss ways of improving
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      Lock icon Bush clears way for Soviet food purchases
      530 10 US leader to meet Gorbachev in Moscow in February Reuter US PRESIDENT George Bush has cleared the way for the Soviet Union to buy up to US$l billion in food with American farm credits and has said that he will go to Moscow
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      Lock icon US attitude must change, says Delors
      325 10 Reuter THE US must change its attitude towards European Community agricultural policy if stalled global trade talks are to be revived, says European Commission president Jacques Delors. A ministerial meeting in Brussels of the Uruguay Round of trade talks had failed last week for
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      Lock icon Call for better access to Tokyo projects
      198 10 UPI THE US is asking Japan to improve and expand a 1988 agreement that allows foreign companies to bid on 14 major Japanese construction projects. In talks held in Tokyo in the last two days, the US side asked Japan to open all
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      Lock icon Beijing urges Taipei to discuss reunification
      389 11 'One country, two systems' proposal repeated AFP BEIJING has called on Taipei to discuss reunification with mainland China, which it says is 'the primary task" of the *****. The call followed a weeklong meeting focusing on reunification of the nationalist island with China which
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      Ceausescu back to haunt successor
      34 11 Anti-government protesters hanging a poster of Romania's executed dictator, Nicolae Ceausescu, in Bucharest's University Square on Wednesday. The words on the portrait read 'father of Iliescu', Romania's acting president.
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      Lock icon UK Chancellor's speech offers little cheer
      469 11 Reuter BRITAIN'S Chancellor of the Exchequer has held out little prospect of Christmas cheer for a nation facing a recession. spiralling unemployment and business failures. In his first major statement on the economy since Margaret Thatcher resigned as prime minister last month, Norman Lamont
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      Lock icon US accuses Iraq of blocking agreement on dates of talks
      456 11 The Gulf Crisis Reuter THE US has accused Iraq of blocking agreement on the dates of high-level talks seen as the last chance to avoid war in the Gulf. US President George Bush proposed visits to Washington by Iraqi Foreign
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      Lock icon France set to ban tobacco ads, curb alcohol publicity
      315 11 AFP FRANCE is poised to ban tobacco advertising and severely curtail alcohol publicity in what will be a victory for Health Minister Claude Evin in the teeth of a powerful tobacco and drinks lobby. If the Senate voted, as expected, in
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      216 10 Editorial, Pg 12 Ciive yoiiirsel a Christmas pasl as a CLirkllmas present u Do you remember how good Christmas used to be? P Ump ove roas,ed Stuffed r. i i i ii $jtrJ»SilP libf with chestnuts and laced with a truffle It was the time of the year when the
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    Aid is what Gorbachev needs
    477 12 EDITORIAL IT IS USSR's winter of discontent. In stores across the country, food shelves are bare. The nation's republics are getting more vocal and are resisting pressure to sign a new union treaty which promises to give them greater autonomy. And within the monolithic Communist
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  • WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
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      Transition, stage two
      240 12 DESPITE Chiam See Tong's denial that there is dissension within his Singapore Democratic Party, it is clear that the party is having some problems. But at least SDP is alive and kicking. The same cannot be said of other opposition parties. No doubt they will suddenly be
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      Hungry winter
      119 12 WINTER in the Soviet Union is hard. And it is only humane that aid from the rest of the world should be rushed to the Soviets. The European Community's decision to do so is therefore a welcome move. The United States and Japan have also pledged support. China's
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      Cut home accidents
      127 12 THERE were ten times more accidents in the home last year than in the previous year. The increase deserves attention. The crux of the problem lies in a lack of concern for safety at home by adults. Many parents are aware of the dangers but fail to
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  • REGIONAL VIEWPOINTS
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      No time to wait
      219 12 FEW ISSUES in recent weeks have aroused so much debate as the question of language in education in Hongkong. A symposium on the fourth Education Commission Language Campaign continued that discussion on Tuesday. A clear message emerged for the government to heed that the time for
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      Incompetence won't help
      148 12 WITHOUT a credible alternative to the ruling coalition, and with the Solidarity's inability to assert itself as a core for an alternative coalition, Thailand is stuck with Premier Chatichai and his Chat Thailed coalition until the end of his four-year term in mid-1992. This means there will
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      Code of ethics
      132 12 THE COLLAPSE of Bank Majapahit last month and the near failure of Bank Duta in early September fully confirm Finance Minister J B Sumarlin s and Bank Indonesia's Adrianus Mooy's observations, made not long after the introduction of the October, 1988 banking deregulation measures, that mismanagement and
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    Lock icon Rushing out of the Soviet Union
    1062 12  -  The Western media have painted a nightmarish picture of an exodus from the Soviet Union. How much of this is an exaggeration? Joseph Fitchett reports Joseph Fitchett IHT THE threat of a tidal wave of Soviet refugees pouring Westward this winter is highly exaggerated
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      31 12 DOONESBURY by garry trupeau Htv, fl CXGIT. we jjst got I iTrvrrrir' B rr~' M 3AR^ eß THR&MORZ TALXJHG I (AFP? H 0N8... fK H w JT\ HJ£ TUPFP SHOP SHAIKHS'
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      Helping Singapore make its international mark
      701 13  -  Tan l ee Jim on why the Trade Marks (Amendment) Bill is a milestone in developing a sophisticated economy Tan Tee Jim The writer is a practising lawyer with a local law firm THE Government recently introduced in Parliament the Trade Marks (Amendment) Bill
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      Africa's missing middle
      1062 13 Even before the bust-ups at Gatt and in the Gulf, some economists doubted whether Africa's free-market reforms would be rewarded with fresh investment and loans. They were too pessimistic, says The Economist IN 1976 Mrs Irene Dufu. a Ghanaian nurse, took her retirement bonus back to her
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      Lock icon Moving from the backwater
      634 13 Japan's local governments are looking overseas for new ideas Asahi News Service MORE and more Japanese prefectural and town governments are looking overseas for ideas on how to revitalise their economies. As a result, a few Japanese civil servants who expected to spend their careers working
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      Lock icon Editors plump for Germany story
      348 14 With two weeks to year's end, the Associated Press asks editors what they think are the year's momentous events. Here's their verdict AP THE reunification of Germany was the top news story of 1990, narrowly edging out Iraq's invasion of Kuwait, according to editors on
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      Lock icon Benazir's fall voted Asia's top story
      535 14 AP THE ouster of Benazir Bhutto as Pakistan's prime minister after 20 months in office was voted the top news story of Asia in 1990 in a poll of editors throughout the continent. The No 2 regional story was the continuing guerilla war in
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      Daim may spring some surprises
      701 15  -  Today is Malaysia's Budget Day. P S Nair, writing from Kuala Lumpur, makes an educated guess as to what is likely to come out of the minister s bag P S Nair THE Malaysian government's 1991 Budget is being awaited with greater anticipation than usual.
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      144 14 The Art of Fine Cognac. "J I WHAT TO LOOK FOR IN I I A GENUINE I I CLASSIC COGNAC. 1 Mr |ll L 1 I H^H B B |H j- H v H HH HH fl B a^|H Pr jpp- co G n a Co. COGNAC H BOTTLED lON
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      452 15 You are invited to the "Show of Shows" Some of the latest and most sophisticated computer technologies will go on show when Singapore Informatics '90 opens on December 13 at Singapore World Trade Centre. The exhibition will occupy nearly 20,000 sq.m. in all the three halls (3,4 &5) at the
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  • SPORTS 1
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      Lock icon Martyrs without a cause: saga of King and Tyson
      856 16 NYT OF ALL THE sports, boxing is both the most integrated and the most racial. Not long after Jack Johnson, a black man, won the heavyweight title in 1908, a white ex-champion, James J Jeffries, was beseeched to come out of
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      Lock icon Serious money
      493 17 Grand Slam Cup AP THE difference of US$2OO,OOO made David Wheaton and Brad Gilbert stop and think. It made no difference to Ivan Lendl. Wheaton and Gilbert needed three sets on Wednesday to advance to the quarter-finals of the US$6million Grand Slam Cup in Munich, the richest tournament
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      Rafferty leads in Johnnie Walker
      431 17  -  From John Burgess in HONGKONG RONAN Rafferty, the 26-year-old Northern Irishman, held a single-shot advantage after two rounds of the Johnnie Walker Classic in Hongkong yesterday. At six under par, he fired a two under to keep the diminutive Welshman lan Woosnam in second spot,
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        Reneberg heads New Zealand entry
        80 18 SOVIETS Andrei Cherkasov and Alexander Volkov and American Richey Reneberg head the entries for the U*****,000 BP Nationals tennis tournament starting on Dec 31 in Wellington. The tournament is the opening event of the 1991 Association of Tennis Professionals tour, along with the Australian Men's
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        Record fine for trainer
        70 18 TRAINER Mohammed Moubarak was handed a record £8,000 fine by the British Jockey Club in London on Wednesday for allowing six of his horses to be given anabolic steroids. Post-race urine tests taken between May and July this year found the horses to contain boldenone, a
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        You can't always win, Mac
        143 18 JOHN McENROE, who has earned a reputation as a bad boy of tennis through feuds with umpires and smashing rackets, got into a shoving match with airline officials on Wednesday when they refused to delay a flight for his Hawaii-bound party. A San Francisco International
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        Jarvis ordered to stay
        50 18 YORKSHIRE has turned down a request by former England pace bowler Paul Jarvis to be released from his contract. The 25-year-old, who criticised the club over its refusal to sign an overseas player for next season, had his request unanimously rejected by the county's general committee.
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      Lock icon German victory bags top story award
      476 18 AP A WEST GERMAN team that methodically captured its third World Cup soccer title and an unknown fighter named Buster who floored the seemingly invincible Mike Tyson have been voted the top 1990 sports headlines in an Associated Press poll. Soccer and tennis captured
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      Lock icon White storms into matchplay final
      200 18 AFP JIMMY WHITE underlined his determination to hang on to the World Matchplay Snooker Championship on Wednesday night when he thrashed Welsh veteran Terry Griffiths in the semi-finals in Brentwood. The Englishman, who has failed to win a tournament since he beat John Parrott 18-9
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      331 16 ■■■■■■■■■IHHHKHHHHHHHHP ifc MBsir^<jfl E* fl Jp> ifc. Wr J He .^■■■R^ m V| Kg| «6j ii^tifr ft 1 *V,\ ~W. r n i L ki' sSW ™>; T J "P*i-*i p '■■> ;■> s >• &&-*M -"'v.: fv v"'**~ -T J ./v V<r* r W::' MUBi 20 OFF impressive than
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      393 16 AWOABSAMAAA qjLf KJ&MMENT 4f2| 11TH AMOASSAAAAAA GOLF TOURNAMENT RAFFLES COUNTRY CLUB, LAKE COURSE FRIDAY, 14TH DECEMBER 1990 IST TEE IQTHTEE Time Time 12.31 Richard Goh (17) 12.32 Kuok Khoon Kuan (121 Lee Fong Yuen i2oi Steven Yong illi LeowJinTat 22 TeoJooKim 14 Raymond Chew (21) John Kedzierski (9 12.37 Urn
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      1104 17 SOCIETE GENERATE H<e.d Oflcez Singapore Branch: Notes to th. Accounts which term an inteoral 29, Boulevard Haussmann, ***** Pans 105 Cecil Street #24-01 part of the financial statements can be Soa6t6 Anonyme founded in 1864 The Singapore 0106 obtained from the GeneraJ Manaoer Soa6t* Tl: 222 7122 (General). 222 2866
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      58 18 ~uL AJm f| 11 HMk v^^BL. raffi jc^Ey" iSSJyf: rf -;^6Qf^S^BSr. v v <3li^HßE£*Kfc, ■>' •»v<i- aifee. V^afffSfiStiSKiiHSk. J&- ;^MBa^yjM|^^^HP 'V K -<v. •>.*-.. Jp- ■f V f? A s I |PiV--j *3? Sfc&. f®4 v vJm > w f 1 ITALIAN FASHION ITALIAN PASSION T t- -x v* V
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      37 18 Am r Stape is set. !*<>)» in to Singapore's newest |»ul». Join us for nights of laughter, fun anil spirits. !No cover «-har|»«*/no service charge/no cess We're at bwbwwppwm ■MMMBBBIB IK l*>MO onwartls. 11* f rw t\ I
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    1053 19 City FHght ETA Flight ETD City Flight ETA Flight ETD AIM DfcaM GA894 0010 SQ105 1050 SQ106 1045 cp i Q7 q 135 SQ107 130o oQ 1 Oo 1 145 <*«» 2225 i™ S 1215 f-AQ7n O-joc MH646 1525 SQ110 1445 ±=£2 MH607 1550 SQ112 1545
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      Safari is Zimbabwean for romance
      645 19  -  LETTER FROM HARARE By Neville Stack THE lioness did not waste her valuable time on exchanging growls with mere humans. She just closed her great yellow eyes and yawned. Although I could have reached out the window and touched her, I thought that, all things
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      MONEY CHANGER RATES
      153 19 As at 3pm yesterday: Local dollars to one unit of foreign currency Currencies Bid Offer Australian dollar 1.2970 1.3270 Canadian dollar 1.4620 1.4820 NZ dollar 1.0200 1.0600 Sterling pound 3.3200 3.3400 US dollar 1.7080 1.7180 Local dot Ian to 100 wits of foreign currency Austrian schilling 16.20
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      WORLD TRADE EXHIBITIONS
      65 19 Duration Title Venue Organiser Td Jan 16-20 Tourism Netherlands Komnklijke (31)30/*****1 Recreation Fair Nederlandse Jaarbeurs (46)711/2589-0 Jan 19-27 International Germany Stuttgarter Exhibition For Messe Und Caravaning. Kongrcss Motoring. Tourism Duration Title Venue Organiser Tel Jan 21-24 Middle East Manama, Arabian Exhibition 973/*****3 Computer Show Bahrain Management WLL
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      226 19 DRESS FOR SUCCESS. Admit it, wouldn't you like to be in Nick Faldo s shoes? Well you can be. Since 1988, the winner of the Volvo Masters, Dunhill British Masters and 1989 and 1990 US Masters (to name just a few) has been working with the Stylo design team. The
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      294 19 8 Regretted sounding dis- *****1111 courteous |H 9 Hill the counsellor a most irritating individual I P° |j 1 I 11 11 Walks softly for protection 12 I 12 Fight, and turn green (3) P 1 f* 5 1 1 1 I 1 13 Valuable view of ducks (9) VHT
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      213 19 Singapore Outlook: Showers over many areas in the late morning and early afternoon. Forecast: Maximum temperature 29.9* C Assoc humidity 77% Minimum temperature 23.3* C Assoc humidity 98% Hours of sunshine 3.40 Rainfall in mm 0.2 Rainfall this month 130.6 Rainy days this month 9 Work! forecast Asia-Pacific HL/Lo* Cond.
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      257 20 WHERE TO WINE, DINE AND ENTERTAIN WHERE TO WINE, DINE AND ENTERTAIN WHERE TO WINE, DINE Didn't I see you at Scandals? mm* Jr. IHHHhb Kvery Thursday: ladies Niflht. Kvery Ihe place to see and he seen. Scandals. Singapore's most sophisticated club and meeting place. For details on membership, call
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      333 20 A SHRkLING TUMQIT scans w>\i> Kiar itiafifar With its spectacular glass frontage, the ('.innpv Uai 'is the ideal place to see the stars It's alv>(Sing; t pore°s newest and most exclusive rencle/vous The < amipy Bar. upstairs at the Hyatt 8.8. Q. under the stars Tantalising steaks and chops barbequed
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      235 20 You've every reason to sing in The Streets! Hours (6-Bpm) VV Variety of snacks for y <& Mandann songs fm Wide screen monitors Full-powered speakers f¥ mm gl. t < Plaza Hotel V sincAPOßt TT vHH' w AH wcOLOOßfui•itivirntcl «SSS I— TETEjA-TETE TVcat youi'self to our HIGH TEA BUFFET which
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      418 20 ofas6afc 7% u "Tfce Dream Unfolds Anew'' Let your nights awaken to new wonders Come back to our dream oasis of music and magic the newly refurbished, invigorated Kasbah where the magical nostalgic past, the glittering present and the shimmering promise of the future meet. Each night is a flight
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      763 20 TELEVISION AND RADIO A J A SBCI2 imlmrnmrnmk. BUSINESS ON RADIO 1%/ I *Jk |1 1%/ I I der of a young woman. 7.11 Maghrib Prayer Call. RRT fIQ 4 mHi in VHF Band II 1 IdU 1 lvl 7.25 PM The Making of Supersense 10.40 Friday at the Movies
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  • LIFESTYLE
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      1054 21  -  At 19, Winona Ryder has a number of Hollywood necessities: starring roles in two new movies, her own house in the canyons north of Beverly Hills, and articles of her in the supermarket tabloids, writes Aljean Harmetz Aljean Harmetz NYT WI N O N
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      Joan Chen wants no link with Penthouse
      317 21 CHATTERBOX CHINESE ACTRESS Joan Chen has obtained an interim court order to halt further distribution of the Chinese edition of Penthouse Magazine that features her as the cover girl, her lawyer said on Wednesday. Gordon Oldham said pictures of the 29-year-old actress in
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      267 21 AND ENTERTAIN High Fashion At High Tea. Every Saturday, High Tea is highly fashionable at the Fountain Lounge. With a fashion show featuring some of Singapore's top models and best fashion. it ANA HOTEL Ifc NASSIM HILL. SINtiAPORh IO2S II I 732 12M. SINGAPORE The Neu Faces 3BP3k V sfl
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      170 21 1* «3fl8|»»/->-Spec t al Off# till 31/12/90 t/lO persons fgaj L ssii Sj Lobster Cold Dish |G Sharks Fin with Crab Meat The Beggar Chicken Sliced Fish in Pineapple Prawns with Dried Red Chilli Stuff Marrow with Minced Meat Three Layer Special Dishes Braised Noodles with Shredded Chicken [in Dessert
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      312 21 FESTIVE WINING Ri AND DINING AT JO3 WYk* faym TEE OFF CAFE ftgdf I CHRISTMAS EVE BUFFET DINNER CSI $36* (Adult) Sl6* (Child under 12) 1900 hours to 22 BO hours IqZJ CHRISTMAS DAY BUFFET BRUNCH K9 $28. (Adult) SIS* (Child under 12) HPN 1100 hours to 1430 hours NEW
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  • STOCK EXCHANGE OF SINGAPORE 1
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      STII fails to breach 1,200 level again
      4719 22  -  By Diana Oon BOOSTED BY stronger performances on international markets, local stocks climbed yesterday to a stronger finish. The Straits Times Industrials Index of 30 Singapore blue chips closed at 1,195.15, higher by 10.46 points. Gains were made on a moderately high volume
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    STOCK EXCHANGE OF SINGAPORE 2
    4176 23 Main Board Semb Shipyard 498 +38 8.3% SIA Foreign 1350 30 +2.3% OCBC Foreign 840 +30 +3 7% K Kellas 25p 206 +17 +9 0% SPH Foreign 915 +15 +17% Jurong Ship 50* 550 +15 +2.8% ICB 442 12 +2 8% DBS Foreign 1040 +10
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  • BT SHARE INFORMATION SERVICE
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      PROPOSED ISSUES
      350 24 Company Rights Issue Ulcon, One lor two MJ1 00 per share Issue at 40m Cumulative Redeemable Preference Shares ol M$0 10 each at MJ1 per share with 10m detachable ISR Dolton One tor tow (a, M$? 00 per share I f ac8 Capital Reduction Scheme to reduce par
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      AUDITED RESULTS
      240 24 Company Date Year Group Net Mat earning* Crass ann to prefit/less (L) per share dividend (*000) (cents) #mg Tat Dec 11 kin 90 $9,458($19.684) 54(12.3) 16(16) Pan Pacific Dec 10 Jun 90 $1.492(11,174) 4 7(4 8) 3.5(3) Sunshine Allied Dec 10 lun 90 $3.348($2,645) 32 3(26 3) 12.5(10)
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      RECORD HIGHS & LOWS
      154 24 RECORD HIGHS LOWS BT Composite Index ST Industrials Index 1990 *h: M35 43 (16/7/90) h* 1607.12 (27/3/90) 1990 low ***** (09/11/90) 1*90 tow: *****0 (U/10/90 1989 high: 1322 00 28/12/89) j«9 J«76 1989 tow 917 42 (4/1/89) 1989 °30g 1988 hijti 1043 86 8/8/88) J* J g 1988 tow 737
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      PRELIMINARY RESULTS
      133 24 Company Data Yaar Croup prt-tox Mat earnings Grow ann to profit/lass (L) P«r slurt *hrkto«d ('000) (c#«to) Palmco Hldgs Dec 11 Jun 90 $835(55,3551) 0.«(-) Goodwood Park Dec 7 Sep 90 $32 799(518.722) 47.1(27.2) 651(35) H Maa Oec 7 Sep 90 $3.360($734) 11.4(2.4) 20(5) C4C Oec 6 Sep
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      INTERIM RESULTS
      249 24 Company Oat* HaW-year Group pre-tax Interim ann to profit/loss (L) dividend (*000) Choc Products Dec 10 Sep 90 M$l,801 ($1,180) QAF Ltd Dec 8 Sep 90 $1,516(52.996) Burw.ll Hldgs Dec 7 Sep 90 HK$U.169($14.008) 25(30) Wharf Hldgs Dec 7 Sep 90 HKJ818 9d($692 9d) 125(105) AMD6 Dec 5
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      CORPORATE DEVELOPMENTS
      359 24 taMI Asset Management Asia Ltd sold its entire 15.93% stake comprising 18m shares in Singatronics Ltd for $12 4m or 68.9 cents per share. Singapore Press Hotfngs is ottering a share option scheme to senior executives Dec 11 Ifing Court Hotel has clinched a government tender for a
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      DIVIDENDS ANNOUNCED
      803 24 Current Ex Books Date Total (or Total for payment date dose payable the year last year US8 10%(b) Jan 4 Jan 18 Jan 28 10% 12% AMP NYA Dec 14 Jan 3 Feb 15 NYA 28% Aral Sled 126%(b) Nov 29 Dec 13 Jan 21 126% 8%TE Amtck
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      RESULTS DUE
      856 24 Singapore Stocks Last Full Year Company Period Date Year Net EPS Gross Net amwiced endnt (cents) profit l»« par (JDOO) Leone Huat Interim Mar 30 Dec 89 5351(h) Sport Laid Final Nov 3 Aug 64(a) 75(a) 15.842 CM Padugmg Interim Nov 13 Dec 90 29 7 13 2
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      APPROVED ISSUES
      286 24 Company Rights Issue Causeway kn Three-tor tour SO 60 per share Ei-date Dec 10 Books close Dec 20 Acceptance I Payment NYA C»W Fivetortour (a. MJ4 00 per share Ei-date Nov 23 Boots close Dec 7 Acceptance Payment NYA Emtti One tor one (a. MJ1 00 per share
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      BONDS, LOANS & WARRANTS
      764 24 BONDS, LOANS WARRANTS Company Conversion period Conversion term far one ordinary share C1C Nt Before 26 4 93 1 warrant plus $3 09 cash Causeway Loan Causeway Nt 2 10 89 to 20 10 '94 1 warrant plus $1 cash or 1 warrant plus $1 nominal amount of loan stock.
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      COMPANY MEETINGS
      225 24 Pentex-Schweuer Craits Ltd: Bth AGM EGM at the Gateway 5-6, 2nd Level, The Pan Pacific Hotel Singapore, Marina Square, 7 Raffles Boulevard, Singapore 0103 on Friday, Dec 14, at 2pm First Capital Corporation Ltd: EGM at the Board Room. 20 Collyer Quay, #11-01 Tung Centre, Singapore 0104 on
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      358 24 NOTICES IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 5« AND BIANCA UOMO BOUTIQUE PTE LTD At sn Extraordinary General Meeting of the Conwarry held an 6 December 1990 it Blk 3014 Bedok bdunral Put B *03-2158. Singapore 1648 the following resolution were passed 1. SPECIAL RESOLUTION WINDING -UP That
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      250 24 M THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP 50 M THE HATTER OF OFFSHORE SMEX TRADER PTE LTD NOTCEBUCREBV OVENbe** Extaordnary General Maalng of tie Company oonwmd and Iwtd at J6 Robtwon Road. 106-0102 C% Houaa Singapore 0101 an 12 Dicub** 1960 twUoMbgraacfcfcnasNradutypaaaad as:SPECIAL RESOLUTION Thai N Company be wound
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      266 24 THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP II PINAM IMPEX PTE LTD (la Member*' Voluntary WMlag-(Jp) FINAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to Section 308 of the Companies Act, Cap. SO, that the Final Meeting of the members of the abovenamed company will be held at 1 Colombo Court, #08-11, Singapore 0617
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      44 24 THE SOLID SINGAPORE JOKE BOOK by Ben Mathews i At long last here's a joke book Singapore can call its very own. It's packed with over 450 jokes plus lots of special items to keep you entertained for a long, long time. STP Distributors
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  • KUALA LUMPUR STOCK EXCHANGE
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      3965 25 Bernama SHARE PRICES on the Kuala Lumpur stock market closed higher yesterday on some renewed buying and bargain hunting following the strong performance of major overseas bourses and a decline in oil prices. The KLSE Composite Index rebounded above the 500-point level to finish
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      110 25 ROBIN, JEFF G U LAM All eyes are on national coach Robin Chan. What's up his sleeves? How will he play y^f the Lions? TJf C<e& We watch him closely. j! Today we take a side I V Chan look at the most i M important people in Robin's l^s
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  • TOKYO STOCK EXCHANGE
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      Stocks close higher on heavy index buying
      2230 26 TOKYO stocks dosed higher as heavy indexlinked buying overwhelmed selling spurred by yesterday's ex pin, of the December futures contract. Expectations of lower interest rates fuelled gains, with the key Nikkei average closing above 24.000 for the first time since November 5. The
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  • STOCK EXCHANGE OF HONGKONG
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      Lock icon Shares end easier in uninspired trade
      2098 27 Reuter HONGKONG stocks ended easier in dull, sluggish trade yesterday, showing little reaction to strong performances on Wall Street and in Tokyo. Brokers said turnover, which was up to HK5752.29 million from HK5682.74 million on Wednesday, remained uninspired. The blue-chip Hang Seng Index slid
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      1856 27 cFil PUBLIC FINANCE COMPANY LIMITED SUBSIDIARY COMPANY (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) j BALANCE SHMiT JINK M. ItW CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET JUNE 30. 1990 Nate 1990 iw Note 1«N iw SHAMfcHOCPCBy fcUCriV AND UAH JFIK-S T T t MURM \PIT\I 3 7«Bnnan 2.000.000 SHARfcC APICAL 3 2.000.00U 2Wojm STATITORY
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  • REGIONAL STOCK MARKETS
    • Prices end lower despite rate cut hopes
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        INDICES & TURNOVER
        82 28 INDICES TURNOVER Close Dec 13 Previous SYDNEY All Ordinaries Index All Industrials Index All Resources Index Turnover (million) 1.320.0 2,003.4 792.5 66.04 1.323.6 2.010.7 793.5 55.90 -3.6 -7.3 -1.0 10.14 BANGKOK SET Index Turnover (million) 644.10 NA 640.28 67.12 3.82 JAKARTA Composite Index NA 383.66 MANILA Composite Index Turnover (million)
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        MORGAN STANLEY CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL INDICES
        347 28 In local currency In S$ In US$ S day year S da> vear S day year DEC 12 Index change change change change change change World 363.0 0.3 -21.9 0.0 -24.8 0.0 -16.6 JEAFE Europe Pacific 481.4 0.2 -29.3 -0.1 -29.0 0.0 -21.2 378.0 0.0
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        AUSTRALIA
        967 28 HOPES of a cut in interest rates sparked by a sharp rise in unemployment numbers in November, failed to sustain a small rally on the Australian share market, which closed slightly weaker. Brokers said investors were unimpressed by the release of data showing unemployment rose to 8.2 per cent
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        BANGKOK
        645 28 THAI stocks fluctuated in a volatile session as uncertainty over Prime Minister Chatichai C'hoonhavan's ability to lorm a credible coalition prompted prices to close off highs, brokers said. The SET Index rose 3.82 points to close at 644.10 in moderate trade after it climbed nine points in the first
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        TAIPEI
        361 28 LAST minute buying pushed Taiwan stocks higher yesterday and dealers said the gains might stimulate investors in Friday's trading session. The weighted index gained 37.12 points to close at 4,372.38 after being 133.96 points down mid-morning. Turnover was about NT549.3 billion against NT555.6 billion on Wednesday. Dealers said investors
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        NEW ZEALAND
        356 28 BRIERLEY Investments led the New Zealand share market sharply lower at the close, despite strong performances by major overseas bourses. Brierley, which makes up about 13 per cent of the Barclays index, fell eights cents to NZ$l.Ol on mainly overseas selling, brokers said. Its recent share price slump
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        MANILA
        554 28 SHARE prices closed mixed yesterday but the Philippine market made a net gain after blue chips sustained a rally to compensate for a slowdown in oils. The Manila Stock Exchange composite index rose for the fourth successive day, closing 11.89 points up at 687.87. Brokers said the market welcomed
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        829 28 Reuter SEOUL stocks yesterday fell for the third straight session on investors' dismay at the outcome of talks between the prime ministers of North and South Korea, brokers said. The prime ministers ended their third round of talks yesterday as far apart as when they started. The composite index
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        509 28 Jakarta Rupiah VoK-OO) Abda 2500 unch 10 Ahap Insurance 1600 350 10 Alumindo Pcrkasa Utama 6600 Aqua Golden Missisipi 9550 Aster Jawa 2250 Astra Graphia 8300 Astra Infllnc ***** +150 370 Asuransi Bintang Ind 7950 Asuransi Dayin Mitra 6000 Asuransi Jiwa Panin ***** Asuransi Ramayana 6600 Bakrie Brothers ***** Bank
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  • WORLD STOCK MARKETS
    • Peace and lower rate hopes boost Dow
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        NEW YORK
        967 29 WALL STREET stocks closed sharply higher on Wednesday, buoyed by the belief that the US central bank would soon lower interest rates, and by hopes for peace in the Middle East. The same pressures pushed the dollar lower against major currencies. Fears of an oil glut sent crude
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        LONDON
        995 29 UK SHARES held in a narrow range up to mid-session. The market opened slightly firmer following gains in New York and Tokyo, slipped back midmorning, and then showed a steadier trend around midday. The FTSE 100 index was 2.2 points higher at 2159.1 at 1205 GMT, on a volume
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        AMSTERDAM
        259 29 DUTCH shares started firm in quiet trade yesterday in line with other European share markets which were buoyed by Wall Street's 36 point gain on Wednesday. Lower oil prices boosted chemical firms but weighed on Royal Dutch. Chemical firms Akzo and DSM rose 1.70 and 1.80 guilders to 77.90
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        FRANKFURT
        198 29 GERMAN shares rose sharply in early trade, sailing through important resistance at 1,520 points on the 30-sharc DAX index. Dealers said demand tor blue chip stocks in particular was heavy. They expected prices to continue to rise throughout the session. Lower interest rates in the US and Japan and
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        INDICES & TURNOVER
        90 29 INDICES TURNOVER NEW YORK Close Previous Dec 12 Dow Jones NYSE Financial S&P 500 Turnover (million) 2.622.28 2.586.14 +36 14 122.87 121 65 +1.22 330 19 326 44 +3.75 182 145.3 +36.7 LONDON Financial Times 30 FTSE 100 Turnover (million) 1.692.2 2,156.9 504 1 1.706 0 2.165 2 825.5 -13.8
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        PARIS
        159 29 FRENCH share prices trimmed their gains at yesterday's midsession as the market's early enthusiasm following Wall Street's overnight gain on expectations of lower US interest rates waned, traders said. The CAC-40 index, which touched a peak of 1,681.79 in morning trading, was up 1.34 at 1,669.19 at 1200 GMT
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        JOHANNESBURG
        355 29 THE JOHANNESBURG stock market remained in a gencraj sideways trend yesterday morning amid a lack of fresh stimulus, dealers said. At 1(J:00 the JSE all-gold index had drifted down further to 1162 after dropping to a 1168 close on Wednesday, but the industrial index continued firm, gaining further ground
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        STOCKHOLM
        158 29 SWEDISH share prices firmed in moderate early trade yesterday following overseas gains and despite worse than expected Swedish current account data released late on Wednesday, dealers said. By mid-morning, the bourse general index had firmed 0.38 per cent to 892.76 in turnover of 140 million crowns. Blue chips had
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        MILAN
        162 29 A BUYING wave lifted Italian shares sharply higher in active volume at the start of the new trading account, dealers said. "It's a euphoric start to the 1991 account." one broker said. The MIB index moved up three per cent at 1000 GMT. Ordinary and savings shares of holding
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        302 29 Reuter SWISS shares fell back from earlier highs to trade quietly steady with a firmer bias at midsession. Dealers said volume was light and even small orders were sufficient to move prices. The allshare SPI index was 0.3 points higher at 926.5 but under its earlier high of 929.5.
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        TORONTO
        310 29 TORONTO stocks staged a broad- based rally in late trade on Wednesday, following a spurt on Wall Street, dealers said. Futures-related buying on hopes of a peaceful settlement to the Gulf standoff and expectations of lower interest rates lifted New York, they added. The composite index rose 13.3 to
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        123 29 Brussels Dec 12 Francs FORWARD MARKET Acec. 2685 -15 Arbed 3105 -65 Aslur 1094 +94 Brascan 417 -3 Canpac 536 +2 r<yt 147 unch Dc Beers 604 -6 Ebes Gb-Inno-Bm 1102 -6 Gevaeit 6650 40 Gr Bru Lamb 3550 unch Hobok Petro.......... ***** -75 Ryl Dutch 2330 -15 Sidro 1550
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  • CURRENCY, MONEY & FUTURES MARKETS
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      US$ little changed ahead of Bundesbank meeting
      1240 30 REPORTS THE US DOLLAR was little changed in quiet early European business yesterday ahead of a meeting by the German central bank council which will set money supply targets for 1991 but is not expected to alter interest rates. The US currency started
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      INTERBANK FOREX RATES
      384 30 Cross rates p«i3 USS S$ MS Dm Yen SFr A$ NZS US$ 1.7130 2.6945 1.4770 131.35 0.5123 1.2620 1.3098 1.6653 SS 0.5838 1.5730 0.8622 0.7668 0.2991 0.7367 0.7646 0.9721 MS 0.3711 63.57 0.5482 0.4875 0.1901 0.4684 0.4861 0.6180 Dm 0.6770 1.1598 1.8243 88.93 0.3468 0.8544 0.8868 1.1265
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      MONEY MARKET
      560 30 Interbank rates SS Bid Offer Overnight 5 1/4 5 1/8 1-month 5 3/16 5 5/16 2-month 5 1/4 5 3/8 3-month 5 5/16 5 7/16 Overnight mode: 4 1/2 L'St Hid Offer 7 days 7 1/4 7 3/8 1 month 7 7/8 8 2 months 7 11/16 7
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      Lock icon Peseta supported by rate differentials
      507 30 Reuter DESPITE the strength of the deutschemark and rising interest rates in Europe, the peseta will retain sufficient advantage from interest differentials to avoid much near-term weakening, analysts and currency dealers said. The peseta lost 4 per cent against the mark since August but it
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      FINANCIAL FUTURES
      1244 30 SIMEX EUROOOtLAR Open High Low Sett Est Vol Op/ln( Vol Dcc 90 92.32 92.36 92.32 92.35 1600 ***** i385 Mar 91 92.77 92.78 92.75 92.77 5500 ***** 5875 Jun 91 92.83 92.87 92.82 92.85 2800 7401 1268 Sep 91 92.74 92.79 92.74 92.78 700 2811 305 Dec 91
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  • COMMODITIES
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      Lock icon China hints at reducing palm oil import duty
      527 31 Bernama CHINA, which raised its import duty on palm oil by 10 per cent in November, has indicated that it will reduce the levy to bring it to the same level as for soyabean oil and peanut oil, Malaysian Primary Industries Minister
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      Lock icon Saudi refinery to close for repairs
      161 31 Reuter SAUDI ARABIA'S Ras Tannurah refinery, the world's biggest, will be shut down completely for about three weeks for repairs following a recent fire, oil industry sources said. The refinery had been producing jet fuel and dicsel oil for the US-led multi-na-tional forces massed
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      Weaker LME pushes KL tin seven sen lower
      843 31 REPORTS THE TIN PRICE on the Kuala Lumpur tin market fell 7 sen yesterday to M$ 15.17 a kg following the easier trend on the London Metal Exchange overnight. LME tin prices drifted to the bottom of the day's narrow range on
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      PRICES
      1451 31 Rubber Dec 13 MS(hfclnH») S cents/kg Noon Close Inl I RSS Prompt 151 25/152.25N 151.00/152.00 Int I RSS Jan 91 150 50/151 00 IS0 2VI50 75N Int 1 RSS Feb 151.00/151.50 150.75/151.25N Inl 2 RSS OP 147 50/149 50N 147 50/149 50N Int 3 RSS OP 142.50/144 SON 142.50/144
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      846 31 NOTICES FORM 14 (Rule 109) NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF FIRST MEETING AMIN TIMBER (PTE) LTD (IN COMPULSORY LIQUIDATION) (Under the Order for winding up the above-named company dated the 20th day of July 1990) Notice is hereby given that the first meeting of creditors in the above matter will be
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      716 31 IN THE MATTER OP THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. M AND IN THE MATTER OP KOH NAI YEE HOLDINGS PTE LTD (INCORPORATED IN THE REPUBLIC OP SINGAPORE) NOTICE OP RESOLUTION PURSUANT TO SECTION 2M<2) At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the members of the abovenamed Company duly convened an held at
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      7 31 Executive Jobs every Saturday in Business Times
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    Johor ready to cooperate in MRT extension study
    412 32  -  Muhyiddin also discloses S'pore wants more water By Sangeeta Mulchand JOHOR is willing to cooperate with Singapore to study the viability of extending the Mass Rapid Transit system across the Causeway, Mentri Besar Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said yesterday. Prime Minister Goh
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    Ritz-Carlton still on the lookout for hotel projects
    390 32  -  From Suzanne Soh in JAKARTA ALTHOUGH foiled in its bid to manage the hotel proposed by department store Sogo, the Ritz-Carlton Hotel chain is still on the lookout for projects in Singapore and Malaysia. Planning approval was not given for Sogo's proposed
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    Lock icon Japan's trade surplus falls by 35.6pc
    257 32 AFP JAPAN'S trade surplus shrank 35.6 per cent from a year earlier to U552.27 billion in November for the third year-on-ycar decline in a row, the Finance Ministry in Tokyo said yesterday. Exports jumped 16.3 per cent to U5525.69 billion while imports soared 26.2
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    Lock icon Saddam appoints new defence minister
    424 32 The Gulf Crisis Agencies IRAQI President Saddam Hussein, faced with the threat of war, changed his defence minister on Wednesday, appointing a veteran soldier known for his grim realism on the battlefield. Analysts say it indicates support is crumbling for the apparent drive towards war.
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    NPB and Tokyo counterpart sign R&D accord
    317 32  -  From Genevieve Cua in TOKYO HOW should the economy be restructured in the face of a shrinking labour pool? This may soon be the focus of a joint research project between the National Productivity Board and Japan Productivity Centre, as the two bodies
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    Lock icon Moscow needs US$11b in loans and food aid
    269 32 Reuter THE SOVIET UNION needs 18 billion roubles (US$ll billion) in loans from the West and Japan in addition to emergency food aid to avert economic disaster, a Soviet embassy spokesman in Tokyo said yesterday. The required loans include eight billion roubles
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    Lock icon Violence continues in India
    232 32 Agencies HINDUS and Muslims continued killing cach other across four Indian cities on Wednesday, worsening a communal explosion which has claimed more than 200 lives since the weekend. The worst-hit was the southern city of Hyderabad, in Andhra Pradesh, where at least 17 people have been
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    The chief meets the chef
    60 32 Dealing with colourful personalities is just one of a politician's tasks, and Britain's new Prime Minister, John Major, seems to have taken this encounter with a Disney cartoon character in his stride. Mr Major and Chef Louis from the film The Little Mermaid were at
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  • Shipping Times
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      BTL aiming for even bigger slice of S'pore-India box trade
      403 33  -  By Rahita Elias HAMBURG-BASED feeder operator Bengal Tiger Line is gearing up for an even bigger slice of the Singapore-India box trade, where it is already the market leader. On the Singapore-Madras route, BTL recently increased its weekly offering to
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      Global slowdown may affect Asian yards
      516 33  -  From Al O Labita IN MANILA THE CURRENT global economic slowdown is expected to trigger a slump in Asia's shipbuilding, but will spark the revival of the beleaguered shiprepair industry, experts say. A study by the Manila subsidiary of the Hongkongbased Sun Hung Kai
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      Thai Customs to reconsider conditions for ICDs
      399 33 THE THAI Customs Department is to reconsider the conditions for the operations of the planned four inland container depots (ICDs) on the outskirts of Bangkok rather than extend the closing date for applications. A spokesman said this was the most likely scenario given
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      Lock icon EC moves to free air cargo market could be unfair
      248 33 Reuter MOVES to open the European Community's air cargo market to greater competition could unfairly exclude some airlines, diplomats said on Wednesday. The 12-nation bloc's transport ministers are set to rubber stamp legislation next Monday which would give air cargo
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      Lock icon Frequent fliers allowed to bring suit against American
      230 33 NYT THE APPEALS Court of Illinois decided on Wednesday that frequent fliers can bring suit against American Air- i lines over changes in the rules of its frequent-flier programme that made it more difficult to get seats to desirable destinations. The court
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      Indian seamen's union starts indefinite strike
      261 33  -  From Shirish Nadkarni in BOMBAY THE SEAMEN'S Union in India has just launched an indefinite strike, complaining that the owners of Offshore Supply Vessels (OSVs) have not yet implemented a wage accord reached in September 1990. The OSV owners have not introduced the new
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      Lock icon France looks at aircraft maintenance centre
      138 33 AFP THE FRENCH government has started a feasibility study on setting up an aviation maintenance centre in Thailand, an official with French aircraft maker Aerospatiale said in Bangkok. The study was being undertaken by Sogerma, an Aerospatiale subsidiary which does aircraft maintenance and repair
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        A world of airline alliances
        58 33 WORLD airlines are establishing business partnerships among themselves at a rate unprecedented in the post-deregu-lation era. Though the partnerships may vary from simple interlining agreements to substantial equity positions, they are bound to influence the structure of the world airline industry as it matures in
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        Draft EC air accord with Scandinavia
        69 33 THE EUROPEAN Commission has given its blessing to a draft accord that would impose European Community rules on aviation on non-members Norway and Sweden. But the two countries, linked with EC member Denmark through their partnership in the Scandinavian Airlines System airline, will not
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        Kuwait Airways wins record claim
        35 33 LLOYD'S underwriters have agreed to pay US$3OO million to settle a claim by Kuwait Airways for 15 aircraft seized by Iraq, a record on the war risks market Back Page
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        Woes remain despite fall in US jet fuel prices
        45 33 US JET fuel prices have tumbled nearly 44 per cent since October as refiners raise output to take advantage of prices that remain at 20 cents a gallon above year-ago levels, industry sources said Back Page
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        SX unit opens office Budapest
        54 34 IAL carrier Sea-Land Service Inc, a unit ot CSX C orp, is opening an office in Budapest to provide transportand related trade services to the growing East European :t. Sea-Land operates international freight transportation elated trade services and already provides services in d, Hungary and
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        bankruptcy declaration
        65 34 rSCHE Airbus GmbH, a unit of Daimler-Benz AG, ot declare bankruptcy despite being hard hit by the s of the lower dollar, a state secretary in the Economlinistry said. Erich Riedl, responsible tor aerospace said in an interview that the government and Daim>uld come up with a solution
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        HL completes sale of stakes
        92 34 INTERNATIONAL, a subsidiary of privately-held Corp, has completed the sale of stakes in the compaJapan Air Lines Co Ltd, Deutsche Lufthansa, and o Iwai Corp. JAL and Lufthansa now each own a 5 :nt stake in DHL and Nissho Iwai owns 2.5 per cent, md
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        omon is Greek airport choice
        75 34 :CE chose Salomon Brothers International Ltd, part Salomon Inc group, to act as consultants in the uction of a new international airport near Athens, port and Communications Minister Nicolaos Gelessaid Salomon would be paid U*****,000 a month xpenses for its services, which will include choosing
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        scheduling of PanAm debt
        45 34 ED Technologies Corp is working with PanAm Corp ;chedule US$l6 million that the airline owes the my. "PanAm is a valued customer of our Pratt and iey business," said United Technologies spokeswomg Hashem. "We are working with them to reschedule :nts."
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        CI, AT&T settle suits
        59 34 Communications Corp has reached an out-of-court nent with American Telephone and Telegraph Co on its involving advertising and telemarketing practices. > were not disclosed. MCI said it and ATT also agreed jpose adoption by the US Federal Communications nission of a mandatory industry standard to protect
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        VA sells USX shares
        64 34 >JS WORLD Airlines Inc sold five million of its USX shares to its parent company TWA Inc at U5530.75 a Eliminating related margin debt, Trans World said it ;d about US$77 million from the sale, and will post a 0 million profit. It said proceeds would
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        R net income forecast
        59 34 CORP said net income for the second quarter ended mber 30 is expected to total US$l2O,OOO or one cent nare, reflecting a pre-tax charge of US$3.3 million, ales are expected to total US$ll5 million, up from 04.6 million a year ago. Net income in last year's
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        eaning up Osaka Bay
        57 34 [ONAL port officials at Kobe are studying a plan to weather satellite to spot floating rubbish in an effort an up Osaka Bay. "Sea pollution from rubbish here in i Bay is quite serious, getting worse every year," said ti Kawai, environment control division manager of
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      Lock icon The age of airline alliances
      1118 34  -  The new linkages being formed among world airlines may be a prelude to the development of truly international privately-held carriers with large-scale operations in every region of the globe. James Ott reports. James Ott WORLD airlines are establishing business partnerships among themselves at a rate
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      COCKETT BUNKER MARKET REPORT
      504 34 Dec 10 OenvtjWater Cartoon Residue Ash A1 mHM Sednwnt KG/M*3% V/V MM M/M PPM M/M ■won method ISO/Canac Irmts Spec E25 Spec G35 ***** ***** 150 180 010 015 30' 30* 010* 010* M,. iL a ii f aMAgu HOftnffn tlaopc 180 Ave 180 Mat No
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      THE SHIPPING GUIDE
      12800 42 This is a list of ships loading at Singapore for ports around the world. It tabulates, by destination, the name of the ship, the shipping line involved and the estimated dates of arrival and departure from the Port of Singapore. Advanced dates are published for a maximum
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    • SHIPS IN PORT
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        AT CONVENTIONAL WHARVES
        760 49 VtSMl toy No Berth Armai Departs** Keppel Wharves Li Heng 15 K32 alongside 17 12/0600 Ocean Pearl *****4 (P K29 alongside 1412/1800 Shaplaeveret 4C K30 alongside 14 12/1500 Xinheng 9006 K33 alongside 1312/1330 Andaman Pees 09/90 (P) K31 13.12/1300 1312/1700 Andaman Pees 10/90 (P) C09 1412/1500 14
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        CONTAINER SCHEDULE
        1200 49 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Record Booking/Balance Rstts Ship Voy No Etb/Btr Period From To From ACXlily 5A 15/2359 3 14/0700 14/1159 14/1400 4 14/1200 14/1459 14/1700 ACX Rose 68 16/1500 3 14/0700 14/1159 14/1400 4 14/1200 14/1459 14/1700 Anro Aust ***** 18/1200 3 14/0700
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        IN MALAYSIAN PORTS
        355 49 Port Klang Berth at South Port on Dec 13: 1 Mutia Hayu; 2: Star Eight; 3: Hansa Merchant; 4 Megah Brooke; 5 ml; 6: ml; 1 Asean/Asean I; 7A Yong Hua; J Shell Star Eight KCT: 8: Perkasa, Anro Temasek. 9: Ned Rouven, 10: Ever Gather North
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      1733 37 SLgSteamers Maritime Holdings Ltd W ,i> PftrQ |T]f STRAITS SHIPPING MlfL A CT 13 to Br«Ml, East Malaysia. Containers IB m Voy No P Klang S pore S ton H'burg B haver ftdam Lefc ACCEPTS DUE SAILS KURAMA '38/553 MNR 12.12 16/01 0201 0M)1 0&01 CARGO MY 'f, 12 !SJ!
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      383 37 HjHHI STRAITS/ JAPAN/ STRAITS SERVICE SPECIALIST IN RO-RO HEAVY LIFTS VESSEL COSMIC YOUNG ASIAN ASEAN CHALLENGER SOLDIER STAR TRADER VOY NO 3 9 116 6 S'poce In Pt 13/12 11/12 17(12 P Kelang 13/12 15/12 20/12 Yangon 17/12 Mongla Chittagong Calcutta Yokohama 24/12 3/1 10/1 Nagoya 27/12 1/1 |/1 Osaka
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      612 38 SyUkkßU CR NBR **********0-O EXPRESS SEMI-CONTAINERSHIP SERVICE TO EUROPE VSLVOY j SPORE ROAM,ADAM H BURG BREMEN ANTWERP KUTAK2IWB 20/12 ttfl W 3ft M MATARAM;2BWB 8/2 R 2 FAST TRANSIT TIME ACCEPTING BREAKBULK/CONTAINERISED CARGO Sub|act to Inducement Also accepting cargo to Casablanca. Port Said. Port Aleiandrla. Genoa. Trieste ALSO ACCEPTING BOTH
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      887 38 HANJIN SHIPPING I V/W FULL CONTAINER SERVICE CHOYANG GLORY 012W I "IT \"f "<7 "u "t *12 H LOIAVRE 'owl 21/1 24/1 CHOYANC SUCCESS 012* 22/12 9,1 10,1 11 1 11 1 13,1 141 CHOYANC VICTORY IMIE 2 H n m HANJIN HAMBURG 004W 29,12 16,1 17,1 18/1 18 1
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      1931 39 NEPTUNE AGENCIES PTE LTD SINGAPORE TEL: *****77 (CR NO: **********0E) BOOKINGS: UK/EUROPE SERVICE— *****19 USA SERVICE— *****16 AUST/INDIA/PAK SERVICE— *****18 FAR EAST SERVICE— *****48 TERMINAL OFFICE :*****22 DOCUMENTATION DEPT: *****44/ *****14 CFS: K27 —IMPORT: *****69/*****50 CFS: K27 EXPORT: *****53/*****04 *****87, Penang (04) *****0, J.Bahru-(07) *****3, *****4 PTI INTI TRIDENT NUSANTRA
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      1058 39 m sinsov SINGAPORE SOVIET SHIPPING CO PRIVATE LTD BOOKING: *****51/ *****64/ *****59 (FESCO LINE) ENQUIRIES: *****33 KL: 03-*****75/697 PORT KELANG: *****43/ *****40 PENANG: *****4/ *****8 JOHORE BAHRU: *****1/ *****1 (REGULAR INDEPENDENT SERVICE) DISCHARGING FROM EASTBOUND LOADING FOR WESTBOUND VESSELS VOY ACE ISPOOf |MANILA H*ONG VOYAGE SPORE PKLANC HBURC BHAVEN TILBURY
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      123 39 pNBSW^LVySR^ i V® KALIMANTAN DIRECT WEEKLY SERVICE TO JAKARTA/TG. PRIOK I Vessel ETA/ETD DESTINATION I I NIAGA XXII Voy 26/90 17/18 Dec Jakarta/Palembang I I i NIAGA 42 Voy 19/90 17/18 Dec Jakarta/Palembang I NIAGA XXI Voy 24/90 21/22 Dec Jakarta/Palembang j NIAGA XXII Voy 27/90 24/26 Dec Jakarta/Palembang NIAGA
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      1513 40 I P K line KAWASAKI KISEN KAISHA. LTD. J EXPORT N. AMERICA PACIFIC SOUTH-WEST 1 I IMPORT N. AMERICA PACIFIC SOUTH-WEST "7 FEEDER VESSEL VOY -INDO -PK/PNC SGP MOTHER VESSEL VOY LB OAK CHI NYC 7/ 2?HM A 5" »|1 "u L«B n" *412 IVU LIOHS GATE BRIDGE 11 12(1?
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      1181 40 PHIU-ORI€NT UN€S PT€ LTD 108 ROBINSON ROAD #0/ 00 GMG BUILDING SINGAPORE 0106 TEL *****22/*****69/*****00 TELEX RS ***** PHILI FAX *****76/*****38 BY AIR, LAND OR SEA SJteajjr WE TAKE ON THE WORLD FOR YOU MEMBER OF SINGAPORE FREIGHT FORWARDERS ASSOCIATION 22 DEC MONTREAL, OTTAWA, TORONTO, VANCOUVER, S'WESTERN ONTARIO. 25) LJtL
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      1486 41 SSSSg PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL LINES (PTE) LTD wy gg M Jhv p,l Buikjing, 140 Cecil Street #03-00, Singapore 0106. I JAKARTA I I BANGKOK I J™* J?., %lil PtGASUS PIOMEER mH fsjil Wl2 22/12 cncU «lo \h\l Smj SINO CREDIT 01NB 11/12 21/12 PEGASUS PROGRESS 647N IS/12 21/12 25/12 ®9* A
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      1053 41 f BEN LINE CONTAINERS LTD > 200 Cantonment Road Tel: *****22 #13-05 Southpoint m F**- *****63 Singapore 0208. Telex: RS ***** EXPRESS CONTAINER SERVICE TO UK/CONTINENT VESSEL [VOY SPORE PKLANG SHAMPTON HAMBURG BHAVEN RDAM L'HAVRE Kurama 08/553 15rt2 Via MNR 2/1 5/1 J/J Kowtoon Bay* 98/552 20/12 14/1 8/1 10/1
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      54 41 JORDAN FAR EAST LINE S.A.. REGULAR MONTHLY BREAKBULK SERVICE TO RED SEA PORTS Vess«l/Voy IkTAN ISKAN K KALU** SPORE FO»~ Hodetdah FORTUNE BETA 15/12 20/12 26/12 29 12 JEDOAH JFOOBW |__l lAQABA LOAD FM E. M'SIA/INDONESIAN PORTS SUBJECT TO INDUCEMENT. General Agents: VBEN LINE AGENCIES (S) PTE LTD. Tel: *****22
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      324 41 MYANMA FIVE STAR UNE w (Myanmar National Line) Loading for Yangon (Rangoon) S'pore P.Ktg Pen P.Gdg AVA VIOSW In Pt PiNYA VU2W 21/24 Dec PAGAN VI6SW 23/25 Dec PATMEIN VIOBW 24/2S Dec 28/31 Dec THE BANK UNE (A service of Andrew Weir Shipping) \\r SEMI-CONTAINER SERVICE \1 HEAVY LIFT CAPABILITY
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      808 44 INTEGRATED CONTAINER SERVICE FROM FAR EAST TO NORTH CONTINENT OUTBOUND SIN FLX BRV ROW ANT HBC JAPAN SEN WFIOI SM VI Bfl l BREMEN SEN WFIO2 23/12 15/1 16/1 18/1 19/1 CARMEN CARINA WMIO2 24/12 17/1 14/1 »/l 18/1 15 /1 ARABIAN SEN WFIO3 25/12 17/1 18/1 20(1 a/1 CERMAN
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      1279 44 TEL: *****88/*****22 OUR CONSOLIDATION SERVICES TO: I LOADING FOR yrsstl SPORE CBO DSN BAIHIS HVIOtO RIO STS VtT PACUA FIIRfIPF 7*2n nt w w 14/1 mm twllwi ALSO LOADING FOR BUENIS AIRES 15 DEC 22 DEC LONDON ROTTERDAM FELIXSTOWE ANTWERP SOUTHAMPTON HAMBURG —Sll MANCHESTER LE HARVE AND ALL EUROPE INLAND
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      186 44 CONTAINER LINE) < TEL: *****59 FAX *****63 GUARANTEE LCL CONSOL SERVICES FAR EAST tsr&m. isisp s iilH PENANG 14/12 i a/12 NACOYA 16/12 i 3/12 sssr amis asr BANGKOK 13/12 is/12 HONGKONG 13/12 17/12 KEELONG 13/12 a 13/12 EUROPE/UK FELIXSTOWE 16/12 a 20/12 I HAMBURG IS/12 i 20/12 j LONDON
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      1229 44 S 1 CHINA OCEAN SHIPPING COMPANY FULL CONTAINER LINER SERVICE TELEX L S 25*^. 2. MISTRI ROAD. HMC BUILDING FAX: *****66 #15-00. SINGAPORE 0207 CABLE: COSTARLINE CR NO: **********0 M General Agents: COSTAH SHIPPING PTE LTD TO EUROPE FROM EUROPE VESSEL VOT SCP nx WOT HAM ANT OKU VESSEL/VOV Fl<
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      804 45 NIHON-ASIA CR **********0N TEL: *****22 FAX: *****86 Competitive Rates!! ETA USA All IPI Destns 22/12, 29/12 EUROPE all Ports 22/12, 29/12 BANGKOK 18/12, 22/12 HONGKONG/CHINA 21/12, 27/12 SYD, MEL, ADEL, BRIS 16/12, 24/12 FREMANTLE 18/12, 27/12 MANILA 21/12, 25/12 PKLG/PENANG 16/12, 23/12 Port Kelang Branch Tel: *****21/2/3 Fax: *****24 Penang
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      242 45 MARINE AGENCIES (S) PTE LTD TEL: *****33 (12 Lines) FAX: *****15/*****03 TELEX: RS ***** RISHIP (3 Line*) ljlT\ ETHIOPIAN SHIPPING LINES f i (National Lines of Ethiopia) ACCEPTING FCL AND CONVENTIONAL VESSEL IVOV ETA LOADING FOR SPORE ABBAY WONZ 2WB 15/01 DARESSAI AAM MOMBASA DJIBOUTI ASSAB MASSAWA NETSANEf Tiwi 16/02
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      778 45 maskapai pelayaran WpULAU LAUT FULLY CONTAINERISED REGIONAL FEEDER SERVICE TWICE WEEKLY/WEEKLY FIXED DAY SCHEDULE BETWEEN THE PORTS OF S PORE, INDONESIA, MALAYSIA THAILAND ALSO ACCEPTING LCL CARGO TO ALL DESTINATIONS r WE SERVE FOR BOOKINGS CALL SPECARGO FORWARDING AT TEL: *****55 SINGAPORE INDONESIA SERVICE VSL VOY SIN JKT PAJ SIN
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      572 45 BANGKOK CEBU/MANILA VESSEL VOY SINCAPORE BANGKOK VESSEL VOY SPORE CEBU MANILA SIRI BHUM#* 473N Sat 15/12 Tut 10/12 SO STAR SOS IN PT 20/12 TJJU MAHA BHUM# XN Sit 15/12 Tut I>/12 KITI BHUM SIR 21/12 27/12 iffl2 SIAM PAETRA 57N Sun 16/12 Wed 19/12 SO STAR 52S 2t/12 3/1
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      408 45 TO AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND [*5 IsTn Eik ]A*» TSR |P CHAUR TNT EXPRESS 2U TH 15/1 SH HIT »1 1/2 3/2 E HUDIG 94 an V 2 U/2 15/2 5(2 M 2V2 MUSSEL 2*5 5/2 EH W *3 13/3 C VEROLRK 2H "1/3 M/ 3 5/3 5/3 5/3 27/3 5/3 1*
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      1058 46 m &AC-NELS SINGAPORE tel: *****22"] import tel 22i»ooT| TEL. (04) *****6 KK TEL: (088) *****0 TAWAU TEL (089) 7786/9 KELANG TEL: (03) *****77 KUCHING TEL (082) *****3 SKAN TEL: (089) *****2 I-f\-/\ )|j BAHRU TEL (07)*****2 SIBU TEL (084) *****2 LABUAN TEL: (087) *****9 JAKARTA TEL (21) *****32 MEDAN TEL
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      400 46 fUfc BLUE STAR LINE SINGAPORE TO jjNEW ZEALAND AND T/S FIJI FULLY CONTAINERISED MONTHLY SAILINGS DISCHARGING AT NEW PLYMOUTH PORT CHALMERS ACCEPTING FCL LCL FOR AUCKLAND, NAPIER. WELLINGTON, BLUFF, CHRLSTCHURCH. DUNEDIN, LYTTELTON, INVERCARGIL, FIJI AND TAHITI SIN N. PLY AUCK IYT MULBERA ISS 15 D«c 25 Dec Vu NPL M
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      1380 46 /351 THONG SOON LINES PTE. LTD. 51 Bras Basah Rd #01-01 Plaza By The Park S (0718) Tel: *****22 Fax No: *****73 CONVENTIONAL/CONTAINER SERVICES *****11 (BOOKING LINES) SINGAPORE TO WEST MALAYSIA SINGAPORE TO SABAH vessel Ivy leta [kit vessel wt eta deit KIM SOON LI 48/90E 15 DEC PENANG JENHOL
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      752 47 1 "XTTJTTTJT m rJ T%■ Al f/y/ m SvilVMI// V&cv compania peruana de vapores T "PERUVIAN STATE LINE" ACCEPTING BREAKBULK/FCL/SOC CARGOES TO/FROM CALLAO. MATARANI, ILO* OTHER PERUVIAN PORTS* WITH T/S AT KOBE ON CPV THROUGH BILL OF LADING Penang* P Kelang Singapore SHAPLAEVERETT K3O/14 Dec KAMALEVERETT 02/03 Jan 04/05 Jan
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      633 47 Msing kwang hang •HWMNO TRANSPORTATION (PTE) LTD WEEKLY LCL/FCL SERVICE I VESSEL [S PORE I JAKARTA [SURABAYA I MEKHANIK KURAKO V 4QN 20/12 23/12 EQUATOR JOY VO6N |22/12 |2S/12 VESSEL S PORE BANGKOK A VESSEL 18/12 22/12 A VESSEL 21/12 27/12 DESTINATIONS ETA SINGAPORE PORT KELANG 21 DEC MANILA 23
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      483 47 [W PERINTIS LINE I ACCEPTING ALL FCL CARGOES BETWEEN SINGAPORE JAKARTA SURABAYA VESSEL VOV SIN JKT SBY PELOPOR 966 IS/1? 18/12 PHASETIA 129 A 19/12 22/12 PELOPOR 967 22/12 25/12 PHASETIA 131 A 26/12 29/1? TANTO UTAMA 127 15/12 18/12 TANTO UTAMA 129 19/12 22/12 TANTO UTAMA 131 26/12 29/12
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      615 48 "ST CB SHIPPING (B). MARINE SERVICES NORTH QUEENSLAND/PAPUA NEW GUINEA SERVICES j CONT AINER/ LCL/ RREAKBULK SERVICE "ANKE" SERVICE SPI LAt MISIMA POM TVILIE VI9SB Sa.lefl jl/U J l2 2 »20SB «39.12 101 12.1 15(1 I*l Ljt TS <u Pom BUNKER SURCHARGE EFFECTIVE VI9SB TEU USD 53.50 B/BULK USD 5.00
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      935 48 SINGAPORE/MEDITERRANEAN FULL CONTAINER SHIP SERVICE VESSEL/VOY ETA SPORE NAPLES GENOA ILYICHEVSK MERSIN TRIESTE I M B V 24-CW9O 20/12/90 11/1/91 12/1/91 17/1/91 1 YM V22-90W 22/12/90 17/1/91 7/1/90 12/1/91 1 IY V23-90W 28/12/90 25/1/91 16/1/91 20/1/91 1 K.V.T V 26-CW9O 30/12/90 19/1/91 20/1/91 25/1/91 KM V24-90W 8/1/91 03/2/91 24/1/91 29/1/91
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      365 48 ama FCL/LCL SERVICES MANILA ETA VIGOUR PACIFIC 24N8 15/12 VIGOUR PACIFIC 25N8 23/12 BANGKOK 15/12 22/12 BUSAN 18/12 27/12 HONGKONG 17/12 26/12 DURBAN 27/12 13/1 KEELUNG 16/12 23/12 PT. LOUIS 27/12 13/1 PT KELANG 21 12 28 12 KOBE 17/12 24/12 PIRAEUS 23 12 6 1 OSAKA 18/12 25/12 JAKARTA
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      323 50 ICHARTPOINT Every Saturday in Business Times VSL VOY ETA SIN ETA P.PNH SENTIASA 15/90 12/12 25/12 TONG SERN 10/90 20/12 31/12 For Enquiries Call CALVIN HO/DANY LAU fU!| HIAP HOE SHPPNG ENTERPRISE V f/li| J TEL: *****66 FAX: *****10 \JIJy TLX RS ***** HHSHPG jJZTT PT. PELAYARAN. SAMUDRA AGUNG PERFECT
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