The Business Times, 19 August 1991

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  • 10 1 BUSINESS TIMES MCI (P) 16/12/90 Monday, August 19, 1991 75*
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  • NEWS SUMMARY
    • 83 1 Reuter WASHINGTON The US Treasury Department said yesterday it had withdrawn the right of Salomon Bros securities firm to participate directly in further treasury bond auctions until it took appropriate steps to correct irregular business practices. The statement came as the Salomon Bros
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    • 64 1 MOSCOW The Prime Minister and other ministers of the Soviet republic of Georgia have resigned or been dismissed by President Zviad Gamsakhurdia. Tass reported yesterday that the changes were due to a crisis arising from "the failure of the Georgian government to halt the deterioration in
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    • 27 1 LICENSING procedures for investments in Batam are much more arduous than those in Singapore and Johor, says an Indonesian economic observer Page 7
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    • 32 1 A CONTINUING slump in tourism in China and a glut of hotel rooms has left nearly all the country's foreign-funded hotels suffering low occupancy and huge losses Page 8
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    • 37 1 FEARS that the US economy is still not on the way to a full recovery remain in spite of a record low trade deficit registered for the first half of the year Page 8
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    • 32 1 THE DETAILED preparation, calculation and monitoring of staff benefits is a small part of a comprehensive plan worked out by SIA to post its managers abroad Page 11
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    • 40 1 YOU don't have to stick to The Four Seasons and Nessun Dorma to make your mark in the classical music world. Gothic Voices opted for medieval repertory and quickly found itself on the winning track Page 17
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    • 30 1 SHIPPING agent Nedlloyd EAC Agencies has started preparing itself for the impending split of the ScanDutch consortium at the end of this year. Shipping Times Page I
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  • MARKETS SUMMARY
    • 30 1 SHARES of Malayan United Industries Bhd surged late last week amid talk that Malaysia's brashest corporate trader was preparing to wrest control of the conglomerate Page 3
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    • 38 1 STAMFORD Tyres' public offer is regarded as "affordable" but investors need "holding power" since the tyre distributors' growth in the near term will not be as rapid as in the past, say analysts Page 3
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    • 29 1 NINTENDO Co Ltd, the world's leading video game maker, has topped the list of Japan's most competitive companies in the year ended March 31 Page 3
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    • 41 1 US PERSONAL computer manufacturers may be forced to shift production of portable computers out of the US in the wake of a ruling that has triggered steep dumping duties on Japanese-built portable computer displays Page 5
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    • 30 1 CITICORP has announced that sales of travellers cheques in the second quarter grew by more than 18 per cent over the first quarter 4 Page 6
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    • 40 1 GERMANY'S commercial banks are not expected to add a full percentage point to interest rates on loans and deposits following the decision by the Bundesbank to push up two key German refinancing rates Page 6
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    • Article, Illustration
      27 1 Friday Change BT-MGA 675.31 -10.64 Kuala Lumpur ....541.66 -9.26 Tokyo 22,814.37 -204.31 Hongkong 4.063.28 -10.06 Sydney 1,566.9 +9.9 New York 2,968.02 -30.41 London 2,621.02 +3.8
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    • 22 1 Exchange rates USS SS 1.7240 100 Yen SS 1.2593 MS SS 0.6209 Money market rates Overnight 4-7/8 +1/8 3-month 5-3/16% +1/16
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    • 31 1 Rubber S'pore Sep l40.00«/kg -0.25 M'sia Sep 226.50*/kg unch KL Tin Turnover 42 tonnes +22 Spot MS 15.35/kg -0.01 Crude palm oil Turnover 1,371 lots -387 Sep MS862 /tonne +1
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  • 567 1  -  Japanese banks raise short-term Euroyen loans for them By SN Vasuki JAPANESE BANKS in Singapore have lent the equivalent of some Ss4o billion to Ssso billion in short-term Euroyen loans to cashstarved Japanese-based companies cramped by credit restrictions at home. The
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  • 617 1  -  General Election '91 By Anna Teo WITHOUT an elected president as yet to check government spending, Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong needs a strong mandate to proceed with programmes that involve unprecedented dips into the reserves, such as Edusave and Medifund. These initiatives are
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  • 297 1  -  By Schutz Lee QUEENSTOWN. the alpine resort town in New Zealand's South Island, attracted about NZ$45 million (5544.4 million) property investments from Singapore individuals and companies in the past six months. These included purchases of residential properties, as well as interests
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  • 402 1  -  Desaru resort dispute By Dawn Tan CLOUDS continue to gather over the multi-billion-dollar Desaru resort project which has been beset by legai wrangles between the project's major partners. In the latest turn of events, Mr T Thangathurai, chairman and CEO of K&S International, has
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  • 158 1 AFP JAKARTA The Indonesian government looks set to hit the brake on the country's overheated economy even harder with plans to shelve some of its industrial projects, say analysts. President Suharto last week urged state companies to slow their investment and help
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    • 26 1 On Pg 2: PM Goh praises nine retiring backbenchers By-elections in 12-18 months to self-renew govt SDP, WP to allow candidates to switch parties in GRC
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  • HOME NEWS
    • NEWS ROUNDUP
      • 80 2 SINGAPORE'S economy is slowing down and is expected to grow at 5.5 per cent this year, below the government's forecast of 6 to 8 per cent, said the Business Environment Risk Intelligence. Beri, the Washington-based risk analysts, cited the recession in the US and
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      • 80 2 TWO Members of Parliament have praised the achievements of neighbourhood schools, saying that they should be the focus of Singapore's education system in the *****. The MP for Bukit Batok, Dr Ong Chit Chung, said on Saturday that it was right for Singapore to give more
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      • 97 2 THE National University Hospital (NUH) will have a further 200 general beds and eight operating theatres in three years, Education Minister Dr Tony Tan said on Saturday. Under the third phase of the hospital's expansion, costing $160 million, 20 intensive care beds, a specialist outpatient
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      • 61 2 HUNGARY has been added to Singapore's list of 22 destinations for Telecom's Home Country Direct Dial Service. A caller can dial the special international toll-free telephone number 800-3600 from any ordinary telephone or public payphone in Singapore to reach an operator in Hungary. Similarly, Singaporeans in Hungary can
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      • 45 2 THE Ngee Ann Polytechnic will hold its 10th and largest graduation ceremony this week. The 3,965 students graduating will include the first batch of 30 Republic of Singapore Air Force personnel from a part-time day-release programme on electrical engineering and mechanical engineering.
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    • 611 2  -  General Election '91 By Anna Teo THE nine People's Action Party backbenchers who are retiring this year can do so with their heads held high, said Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong yesterday. Singaporeans should not jump to conclusions about their having being dropped for
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    • 439 2 WITH only 10 new faces this round, the People's Action Party has not the full quota of candidates to self-renew the Government. Hence there will be by-elections in 12 to 18 months, said Mr Goh Chok Tong on Saturday night. "Normally
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    • 382 2  -  By Shoeb Kagda THE Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) and the Workers' Party (WP), the two main opposition parties contesting this year's general election, have agreed to allow their candidates to switch parties when contesting in a Group Representation Constituency (GRC).
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    • 265 2 OFFICIALOPENIN^OF>-L CEI^^U EXPRESSWAY TUNNEL A historic event like this will naturally generate a lot of public interest. And Singapore's two main dailies The Straits Times and Lianhe Zaobao will see to it that readers get to know all there is to know about the new CTE. The topics to be
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  • COMPANY NEWS 1
    • 378 3 Bernama HO CHI MINH CITY The participation of Sapura j Holdings Bhd in Vietnam's first public payphone service here has given Malaysian businesses an important foothold in a market rapidly opening up to international trade. Although relatively small, j involving
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    • 798 3  -  Vincent Tan said to be making general offer at M 52.71 per share From Leslie Lopez in KUALA LUMPUR SHARES of Malayan United Industries Bhd (MUI) surged late last week amid talk that Malaysia's brashest corporate trader Tan Sri Vincent Tan Chee
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    • 888 3  -  Stamford Tyres offering By Selva Kumar STAMFORD Tyres Corporation Ltd, which will be the third stock listed on Sesdaq this year, is offering 12 million new shares and two million vendor shares with a par value of 25 cents each. At 60 cents a
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    • 276 3 SOUTH PACIFIC Textile Industries has reported a fall in turnover and profits for the year ended April 30, 1991. But the performance of the company should be viewed from the sale of several loss-incurring subsidiaries during the year that resulted in
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    • COMPANY BRIEFS
      • 84 3 SIME SINGAPORE has informed the Stock Exchange of Singapore (SES) that it has completed the purchase of SPPL Building, located at Alexandra Road, from SPP Limited. The property was purchased in the name of its wholly-owned subsidiary, Alexandra Properties Private Ltd. The total
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      • 82 3 KUALA LUMPUR Batu Lintang Rubber Company's extraordinary general meeting will be held as scheduled today as the injunction taken out by Mr Tan Yeow Ngoh against it in respect of the EGM was dissolved last Friday by mutual consent. This was stated in a brief news
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      • 86 3 KUALA LUMPUR Amalgamated Steel Mills (ASM) said that the amount of borrowings from financial institutions for the proposed acquisition of six plantation companies by Akuijaya Sdn Bhd will be about MSI2O million (5574.4 million) as the company will be capitalised at Ms6o million. Replying to a
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      • 40 3 KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian International Merchant Bankers, on behalf of Malaysian Packaging Industry (Maypak), has announced that the Capital Issues Committee has approved Maypak's bonus issue but on a revised basis. The revised bonus will be two-for-five.
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      • 76 3 KUALA LUMPUR Sungei Way Holdings said the terms of payment for the remaining 90 per cent of the purchase consideration for Sunway Juarasama, Sungei Way Marketing and Sungei Way Setia Quarry will be made in cash. Replying to a stock exchange query, the company said
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      • 67 3 KUALA LUMPUR Nam Fatt has reported a group pre-tax profit of M 58.99 million for the six months ended June 30, 1991. This came on a turnover of M 581.94 million. After-tax profit was M 55.26 million. The company's earnings per share amounted to 11.7 sen.
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    • COMPANY BRIEFS
      • 127 4 BANGKOK Srithai Superware Co Ltd, Thailand's largest melamine tableware manufacturer, made a net profit of 76 million baht (555.09 million) in the first half of this year, company managing director Sanan Angubolkul said. Revenue in the first half of the year amounted to
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      • 81 4 SEOUL Korea Machine Co Ltd (KMC), the largest bearing maker in South Korea, has signed a US$25 million (Ss43 million) contract to buy Universal Bearings Inc (UBI) of the United States, a KMC executive said. "We aim to secure a bridgehead in the United
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      • 115 4 TOKYO Japan's leading trading house Mitsui and Co Ltd will join a project to develop an industrial complex in the suburbs of Manila, a leading economic daily reported yesterday. The Nihon Keizai said the Japanese trading firm has acquired a 10 per cent stake in Science
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      • 86 4 LONDON Thorn EMI pic said in a statement that Japan's Hamamatsu Photonics decided not to proceed with talks to acquire Thorn's Electron Tubes Ltd. "This follows the decision of the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry to refer the proposed acquisition to the Monopolies
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    • 259 4 AFP TOKYO Nintendo Co Ltd, the world's leading video game maker, has topped the list of Japan's most competitive companies in the year ended March 31, 1991, replacing Toyota Motors Corp which sank to third place, a business daily reported on Saturday.
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    • 283 4 BANGKOK Thailand's Queen Sirikit National Convention Centre will rake in annual gross income of up to 700 million baht (Ss47 million) once Bangkok is recognised as one of Asia's major trade show and convention destinations comparable to Singapore and Hongkong, predicts
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    • 618 4 Reuter AUCKLAND Fletcher Challenge Ltd, which has already flagged that 1990/91 profit to be reported tomorrow will fall for the first time in eight years, should sell non-core assets such as the Rural Bank ahead of an even lower profit this year,
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    • 284 4 He urges govt to heed members' views on reforms FT HONGKONG Mr Philip Wong, who resigned as first vice-chairman of the Hongkong Stock Exchange in May following controversy over special share allocations, has spoken out for the first time about reforms the
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    • 303 4 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Sin Heap Lee-Marubeni Sdn Bhd's construction of an integrated township in Cheras, including a golf course, is expected to generate a sales value of more than Msl billion (SS62O million) when fully completed in six years, its chairman,
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    • 419 5 FT Jf &AN FRANCISCO US personal computer manufacjfcurers may be forced to shift production of portable comi outers out of the US in the ,IWke of a ruling by the International Trade Commission ~thai has triggered steep dumping duties on
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    • 301 5 Reuter LOS ANGELES A US bankruptcy court judge refused to grant the creditors' committee of Carter Hawley fjiaie Stores Inc the right to j&te.a lawsuit related to the retailer's 1987 restructuring. Judge James Dooley denied a motion by the committee that
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    • 262 5 Reuter STOCKHOLM Swedish home appliances maker AB Electrolux reported better-than-expected profits for the first half of 1991, but failed to give investors the positive economic outlook they were looking for. Electrolux reported JanJune 1991 profits of 917 million crowns (*****.2 million), down from
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    • 431 5 AP LOS ANGELES All but one major oil company accused in a lawsuit of conspiring to depress the price of oil from a California oil field settled the matter for US$22O million (*****.4 million), a state official said. Chevron Corp, Texaco Inc,
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    • COMPANY BRIEFS
      • 92 5 PALLATINE, Illinois Square D Corp, a subsidiary of Schneider SA, said it is preparing a bid to provide electrical distribution equipment for a US$7 billion (Ssl2 billion) public works programme under way at Kansai International Airport in Osaka, Japan. Square D said
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      • 93 5 LONDON UK confectionery and soft drinks group Cadbury Schweppes pic said it welcomed a Monopolies and Mergers Commission (MMC) report on the UK soft drinks industry which concluded that the industry operates generally in the interest of consumers. Dominic Cadbury, the company's chief executive, said Cadbury welcomed
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      • 78 5 DUSSELDORF, Germany Steel and engineering group Mannesmann AG, which earlier announced a 27 per cent fall in first half 1991 group net profit, said it was unlikely that the business trend would change in the second half. Its interim report said signs for a turnaround were
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      • 95 5 LONDON Invergordon Distillers Group has scotched a takeover bid launched at the start of the month by US tobacco and beverages group American Brands, which would have made the latter the world's third-biggest whisky producer. The bid is worth £286 million (*****.1 million). Invergordon Distillers Group,
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    • 240 5 Reuter AMSTERDAM Koninklijke Nederlandse Papierfabrieken NV faces continued overcapacity in the papermaking sector in the future, said chairman Frank de Wit. "Our estimate is that overcapacity will certainly be a factor for us in 1992 and also in 1993," Mr De Wit said. But
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  • FINANCIAL NEWS
    • 392 6 North America shows strongest growth Bernama CHICAGO Citicorp has announced that sales of travellers cheques in the second quarter grew by more than 18 per cent over the first quarter, with North America accounting for a leading 41 per cent increase. The
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    • 478 6 Reuter FRANKFURT Germany's commercial banks are not expected to add a full percentage point to interest rates on loans and deposits, following last Thursday's decision by the Bundesbank to push up two key German refinancing rates. "In the run-up to
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    • 447 6 NYT NEW YORK The leadership of Salomon Brothers, by resigning last Friday, made a dramatic effort to restore investor confidence in the powerful but troubled investment banking firm. But Salomon still faces many legal and regulatory problems in connection with its admitted irregularities
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    • SMALL CHANGE
      • 82 6 NEW YORK The New York Stock Exchange reported net income of US$lO,Ol7 million (S$ 17.2 million) for the second quarter, compared to U554,591 million a year ago. Revenues were U5596.3 million for the second quarter, up from US$B9.4 million a year ago. For
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      • 92 6 TOKYO The central Bank of Japan topped a list of taxable incomes in the year to March, declaring 1.1 trillion yen (S$ 13.8 billion), a private credit research institute said last Friday. Teikoku Data Bank Ltd said in a survey report that the central
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      • 67 6 OSLO Analysts say they fear that Norway's second biggest bank, Christiania Bank og Kreditkasse, will reveal a huge net loss when it presents its first-half results on Thursday. Two different sources referred to market rumours that the bank's chief executive officer Sverre Walter Rostoft,
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      • 67 6 LONDON BAT Industries pic is confident that a California ruling that insurers there must refund US$2.5 billion (554.3 billion) to motor policyholders would have little significance for its US insurance subsidiary'. Farmers. Analysts earlier attributed a drop in BAT's share price to news of
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  • THE REGION
    • 431 7 Licensing procedures much more arduous than in Johor, S'pore JAKARTA Licensing procedures for investments in Batam are much more arduous than those in Singapore and Johor, said an Indonesian economic observer. A report in the Jakarta Post, quoting Man Pangestu, the
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    • 425 7 MBT KOALA LUMPUR Malaysia's cement and clinker exports will be controlled and restricted to ensure that domestic requirements are met first, Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Minister Datuk Abu Hassan Omar said last week. -In this context, export licences for cement will
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    • 188 7 AFP PERTH Western Australian wheat growers, angered by Washington's grain subsidies policy, are planning a vigorous advertising campaign in America in a bid to gain sympathy from the US public. The president of the Western Australian Farmers' Federation, Peter Lee, said on Saturday
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    • 314 7 FT WASHINGTON A major Cabinet reorganisation in Vietnam has improved the prospects for settling the Cambodian conflict and accelerating the thaw in relations with Washington, senior administration officials say. American officials have expressed hope that the changes in the Cabinet
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    • NOTE BOOK
      • 50 7 KUALA LUMPUR Iranian Post and Telecommunication Minister Seyed Mohamed Gharazi invited Malaysian firms on Saturday to participate in the country's telecommunications industry. He said Malaysian participation would be given due consideration in the industry which was predicted to be worth about US$5O million (SsB6 million).
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      • 62 7 MANILA The US Export-Import Bank and Citibank have signed an agreement extending a U*****.1 million concessional loan to the Philippines, the finance department said here last Friday. Newly-arrived US Ambassador Frank Wisner and Philippine Finance Secretary Jesus Estanislao signed the accord extending the funds for
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      • 65 7 MANILA The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a U*****,000 (S$ 1.03 million) grant to the Philippines to improve the tax collection efficiency of the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR), the Manila-based bank said. The ADB said the assistance is expected to strengthen procedures and
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      • 60 7 BANGKOK Twenty-seven ethnic minority insurgents and dissident Burmese students have surrendered to Burmese authorities in several border areas between July 9 and July 19, the state-run Radio Rangoon said on Saturday. The guerillas belonged to ethnic Karen, Chin, Shan and Burmese Communist Party (BCP). The students were
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      • 84 7 KUALA LUMPUR Bank Negara's gold and foreign exchange reserves declined slightly to M 527,667.16 million (5517.154 million) as at July 15, 1991 from M 527,996.171 million a fortnight earlier. A statement from the central bank here said its total assets and liabilities dropped to M 541,999.159
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      • 61 7 JAKARTA Foreign Minister Ali Alatas said last Thursday that Indonesia and Mozambique have agreed to open diplomatic relations, setting aside their differences over Indonesia's annexation of East Timor. The agreement was reached at a recent meeting in Turkey, requested by his Mozambique counterpart, Mr Alatas told reporters on
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  • THE WORLD 1
    • 438 8 Continuing tourism slump leaves glut of rooms and low occupancy UPI BEIJING A continuing slump in tourism in China and a glut of hotel rooms has left nearly all the country's foreign-funded hotels recording low occupancy and posting huge losses, a government newspaper reported on
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    • 426 8 FT LONDON The UK economy is on course for recovery, the government said last Friday, as official figures showed a large fall in retail price inflation in July. It is the first month-on-month fall this year. The annual rate
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    • WORLD WATCH
      • 98 8 TAIPEI Taiwan will end a state monopoly on imports of brandy and allow private businesses to import it freely next month to help open the island's market for foreign liquor, the Finance Ministry said last Saturday. On April 1, Taiwan ended similar monopoly imports
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      • 86 8 MOSCOW The Soviet authorities will create a public fund open to private investors to develop satellite communication systems in a bid to catch up with Western nations. The I:\estia newspaper reported that according to the Soviet Ministry of Communications, there were only between 10 and
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      • 67 8 OTTAWA Canada's annual inflation rate fell last month to 5.8 per cent, compared with 6.3 per cent in June, Statistics Canada has reported. This is the first time that the country's inflation rate has fallen below 6 per cent since the beginning of the year
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      • 103 8 KUWAIT Kuwait will stop importing refined oil products at the end of this month when its war-damaged Ahmadi refinerv resumes processing. Oil Minister Hamoud Abdulla al-Raqba told the Sawt Al-Kuwait newspaper in a report published yesterday that repairs to the refinery, damaged by Iraq during
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      • 32 8 NEW DELHI India and the Soviet republic of Uzbekistan signed two agreements last Saturday to promote mutual cooperation in economic and cultural cooperation between them, officials said.
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    • 504 9 Economists note sluggish spending and weak job opportunities Reuter WASHINGTON Fears that the US economy is still not on the way to a full recovery remain in spite of a record low trade deficit registered for the first half of the year. The
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    • 560 9 AFP MOSCOW When Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev and the leaders of three republics sign the Union Treaty tomorrow, all will proclaim that a page in history has been turned and the newly-consecrated Union of Soviet "Sovereign" Republics is ready to tackle market
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    • 169 9 Reuter OTTAWA The US, Canada and Mexico have made swift progress in early talks on a free trade zone but negotiators begin a tougher phase of bargaining this week when they tackle more sensitive political issues. "We've gotten off to a very fast start,"
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    • 579 9 Reuter MEXICO CITY Mexico's economy, growing faster than it has for a decade, could suffer a setback if yesterday's mid-term elections were found to be marred by fraud, say economic analysts. Observers also see the mid-term elections as a referendum on the
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    • 258 9 Reuter BAGHDAD Iraq, its economy devastated by the United Nations trade blockade imposed after its invasion of Kuwait a year ago, said yesterday that it lost US$l7 billion (5529.2 billion) during the first six months of the embargo.
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  • ANALYSIS
    • 834 10  -  Leonard Silk looks at the impact of the Gulf War on the US economy Leonard Silk NYT ITS BEEN a year since Iraq invaded Kuwait and half a year since the United States and its coalition partners defeated Iraq in
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    • 1498 10  -  The New Zealand economy shows signs of stirring, but the odds are stacked against it, writes Alvin Tay, who was on assignment in that country recently. This article is the second of four features on New Zealand. Alvin Tay THE MOOD is
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  • Page 10 Miscellaneous
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  • ENTERPRISE & MANAGEMENT 1
    • 1570 11  -  Leaving home is never easy. But it can be made simpler by enlightened companies which realise that the person being posted needs a lot more than an attractive financial package to make his stay in an unfamiliar terrain and culture worthwhile and rewarding. Salil Tripathi reports
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    • 203 11 National Management Game THE last two trading periods of Round 1 of the 21st National Management Game saw 90 per cent of the participating companies accumulating profits. This is in spite of earlier warnings from organisers that the economic climate is "uncertain". At the end
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    • 1332 12  -  The number of MBAs graduating in the UK this year and still looking for work is double the level at this time in 1990. Many are being driven by a lack of alternatives into setting up their own businesses, taking temporary work or freelancing. Andrew Jack
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    • 536 12 Making a case for equal partnerships FT THE rapid growth of cross-border corporate alliances, from distribution agreements and collaborative research to equity partnerships, has been one of the most striking features of international business in the past decade. Yet remarkably little is known for sure
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  • SPORTS 1
    • 743 13 AP JCASTLE ROCK, Colorado Peter Senior and The International made it through 4\yo cuts and three rounds on Saturday. Both the player, an Australian who now plays of his golf in Europe, the tournament did it .the hard way. .> r Senior survived
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    • 330 13 AP KENMORE, Washington Chi Chi Rodriguez struggled for 14 holes on Saturday, then played the last four in 5 under par to take a fourstroke lead after two rounds of the GTE Northwest Classic. Rodriguez eagled the 1 Sth hole, then birdied Nos 16,
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    • 344 13 Pan American Games AP HAVANA Six golds in swimming raised American spirits after the basketball and baseball teams sank into the bronze age. But they are not likely to prevent the first United States loss in total golds at the Pan American Games
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    • 400 13 NYT KENNBUNKPORT, Maine There are those who maintain, and a good many divorce lawyers count themselves in this number, that men and women should not attempt to play sports together. The playing fields are one of the fault lines in the
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    • 346 14 AFP MANHATTAN BEACH, California Unseeded Kimiko Date of Japan stunned second-seeded Gabriela Sabatini here on Saturday to reach the final of the Los Angeles women's tennis tournament. Date, ranked 112 th in the world, shook off early nerves and rallied to win 3-6, 6-1,
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    • 305 14 NYT NEW HAVEN, Connecticut The telephone calls are much the same as they always have been. Srdan and Gorana Ivanisevic wait for their 19-year-old son, Goran, to report from his latest stop on the men's professional tennis tour. The parents want
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    • 533 14 AP INDIANAPOLIS Boris Becker outslugged sixth-seed-ed David Wheaton 7-6 (7-5), 6-4 on Saturday to advance to the finals of the US Men's Hardcourts Championship. Becker advanced to yesterday's championship match for the third time in four years, and will meet No 5 Pete
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    • SIDE LINES
      • 128 14 NEW HAVEN, Connecticut Petr Korda and Goran Ivanisevic scored straight set victories to breeze easily into the finals of the Volvo International tennis, tournament on Saturday. Korda of Czechoslovakia knocked off Switzerland's Marc Rosset 6-4 6-3. The 16th-seeded Rosset, who upset Ivan Lendl
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      • 81 14 BROOKLYN PARK, Minn Jody Anschutz shot a steady 2-under-par 70 on Saturday to take the lead after two rounds of the LPGA Northgate Classic. Anschutz was at 6-under 138 for the tournament. Nineteen-year-old Tour rookie Brandie Burton was one shot back at 139 after matching par-72.
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      • 88 14 SUTTON COLDFIELD, England David Gilford, taking the third-round lead of a PGA European Tour event for the first time, had seven birdies in a 67 on Saturday to grab a one-stroke lead after three rounds of the English Open. Gilford, 25, who also has never won on
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      • 178 14 ALBUQUERQUE Lee Trevino says caddies are becoming as rare in American golf as hickory-shafted clubs, and the losers are the United States' poorest youngsters. "By the year 2000, believe me, every kid that's going to be playing the (US PGA) Tour is going to be college-educated and have
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      • 105 14 TOCHIGI, Japan Masashi "Jumbo" Ozaki polished off an 11-under-par round with a final-hole eagle yesterday and won the Japan PGA Championship by six shots. "I had completely mastered the difficult greens here after the third round but I never expected to post such a score," Ozaki said after
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  • THE ARTS 1
    • 902 15  -  Russian choreographer Bronislava Nijinska created ballets and her daughter Irina preserved them. But with Irina's recent death, the future of some of her mother's works is now less certain. Jack Anderson reports Jack Anderson NYT ONE hundred years ago, on Jan 8, 1891, Bronislava Nijinska was born
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    • 753 17  -  Hyperion CDs used to be hard to find at local record shops. But music lovers here can look forward to more of its releases now that EMI (S) has won the sole distributing rights for this highly-acclaimed label. Andrew Lim on what sets Hyperion apart Andrew
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    • 962 17  -  You don't have to stick to The Four Seasons and Nessun Dorma to make your mark in the classical music world. Gothic Voices opted for the medieval repertory and quickly found itself on the winning track By Andrew Lim HYPERION'S daring ventures into
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    • 568 17  -  Singapore Symphony Orchestra By P Y Van THE Singapore Symphony Orchestra opened its second concert series for 1991 last Friday with a new work, a guest conductor, two guest pianists and a motley parade of musical animals. Bernard Tan's Sinfonietta No 3 received
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    • 378 15 It happens to all of us. We find ourselves unable to speak up when we really need to. We remain in the ranks of the "silent majority" the people who are never beard from while others dominate both thinking and action. And we don't always know why. But whatever the
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    • 294 16 WHERE TO WINE, DINE AND ENTERTAIN WHERE TO WINE, DINE AND ENTERTAIN WHERE TO WINE, DINE m CULINARY HERITAGE For the month of August, the master chefs at Tien Court have prepared six splendid set menus that feature Shark's Fin as the centrepiece. Prices range from SS 188.00 for the
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    • 355 16 nuimeGjf Back to basics with a new menu at Nutmegs. Select from a range of the finest seafoods or superior cuts of prime quality meat prepared just the way you like with a choice of accompaniments. Of course the loPsters still take centrestage at $33". Plu> Vf scnricr vturgr A
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    • 216 17 AND ENTERTAIN U.S. Food Promotion Savour the best of U.S. beef and lamb at Hubertus Grill from 1 to 31 August 1991. All steaks come with a Caesar Salad, Baked Idaho Potato, Grilled Tomato and a choice of Herb Butter, Bearnaise or Black Pepper Sauce. A Sterling 5-course set menu
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  • STOCK EXCHANGE OF SINGAPORE 1
    • 1260 18  -  By Kooi Cho Teng THE SINGLE most important event last week was the announcement that Singapore's general election will be held on Aug 31. But the announcement failed to boost market sentiment. Singapore stocks took a severe beating, crashing through two key support levels
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  • MARKET REVIEWS
    • 696 20 FT NEW YORK SCANDAL rocked one of the most eminent securities houses on Wall Street last week, while in California, America's biggest ever bank merger was unveiled. For what are supposed to be the dog days of August, it was quite a week.
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    • 349 20 AFP TOKYO SHARE PRICES continued to fall on the Tokyo Stock Exchange in lethargic trading last week, with the Nikkei Stock Average closing out the week below the psychologi-cally-important 23,000 yen level. The key indicator of 225 blue chips finished the week at 22,814.37 yen,
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    • 874 20  -  LONDON By Ray Heath AN OLD SEA-DOG can accurately predict local weather conditions from the general trend of pressure areas. An experienced stock market watcher can perform similar feats of forecasting by looking at the trend of indices. So it was not difficult to predict that
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    • 795 20 HONGKONG DESPITE the unbelievably good land auction results last week, the stock market lacked the required buying interest for it to challenge the 4,100 psychological barrier on the Hang Seng Index. Nevertheless, stock prices stayed firm in general as most investors expected further gains
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    • ASIAN MARKETS ROUNDUP
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        64 20 PROFIT TAKING and volatility on overseas markets pushed down Australian stocks last week, brokers said. The market indicator, the All Ordinaries index, slipped 17.4 points to 1,566.9. The All Industrials index shed 18.4 points to 2,398.2 and the All Resources lost 15.7 points to 928.5. Dailv turnover averaged As2o9
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        160 20 THE Philippine stock market continued to fall last week, due partly to continuing resistance in the Senate to ratification of a treaty extending the lease of a huge US naval base in the country. The composite index at the larger Manila Stock Exchange hit 952.76 points on Friday, down
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        120 20 THE Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) index continued to decline slightly last Friday, falling 4.87 points over the week to close at 698.05 points 0.69 per cent down from the previous week's close of 702.92 points. The stock market index fell heavily on Tuesday losing 13.16 points. It was
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        109 20 SHARE PRICES slid further down as trading remained weak in the Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSE) last week. Trading was slack throughout the week with the exception of Thursday when 7.36 million shares worth 32.80 billion rupiah (U5516.73 million) changed hands, mainly through block sales. This could not help compensate
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        82 20 THE BULLS have come back strong on India's stock markets after looking set to beat a retreat, propelling prices on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) to historic highs last week. The BSE's sensitivity index, which measures the price movements of 30 blue chips, soared by 63.5 points during the
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        91 20 SHARE PRICES on the Tai- wan Stock Exchange dropped steadily last week partly because rekindled buying interest was doused by the government's plan to tax enterprises on securities transactions. Eroding the previous week's 2.6 per cent advance, the 235-issue weighted price index plunged 245.25 points or 4.8 per cent
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        83 20 SOUTH KOREA'S bourse ended last week lower as concern over the growing trade deficit and inflationary pressure continued fanning a sell-oflf, dragging the market down. The broad-based composite stock price index fell 22.64 points or 3.1 per cent from the previous week to close Saturday's half-day session at 698.94.
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    • 110 20 PROPERTY& CONSTRUCTION STTPPT .f.MEIJT 1991 A special Business Times Survey September 10,1991 How will the coming year shape up for developers and Investors alike, now that the Gulf War is history? Will we see the long-expected Hongkong influx fill our new office blocks? And where axe residential property prices heading?
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  • KUALA LUMPUR STOCK EXCHANGE
    • 930 21 MBT SHARE PRICES on the Kuala Lumpur stock market sank further into minus territory for the third week running last week with widespread losses seen on four days out of five. Wednesday was the first time in over two weeks that buyers made
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  • WORLD STOCK MARKETS
    • Dow down 30 pts amid Salomon turmoil
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        1311 22 SHAKEN BY the turmoil at Salomon Brothers, in addition to some spotty bad news on earnings, the stock market dropped sharply last Friday. Blue-chip stocks were hit hard, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average tumbling after a lacklustre week. The Dow plunged in the morning and was off
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        828 22 UK SHARES powered ahead to finish last week at record highs, but the market seemed to have lost its way, dealers said. "We've seen action in individual stocks or sectors, but no real momentum in the market one way or the other," said one. An absence of corporate news
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      • 388 22 GERMAN SHARES digested Thurs- day's Bundesbank rate rise calmly, defying both the bulls and the bears by ending almost unchanged on Friday from Thursday levels. As a higher rate rise than actually emerged was already factored into the market, German shares were insured against the usual fall that often
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      • 278 22 DUTCH SHARES closed up last Friday after a spell of options-related trading enlivened an otherwise typical holiday-season day, dealers said. "The market was influenced by the options exchange with some basket buying in the afternoon, but there was no big turnover," Bert Sterk of broker Pierson, Heldring and Pierson
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      • 353 22 SWISS SHARES closed easier near the day's low last Friday after a gradual rise in short-term interest rates prompted profit-taking and wiped out early gains, dealers said. Interest-sensitive banks and insurers edged lower. Dealers said volume was light, and buying interest low after the Swiss National Bank raised its
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      • 472 22 SHARE PRICES drifted slightly lower in generally listless afternoon trading in Johannesburg last Friday, but some moderate buying interest late in the session help lift prices off their day's lows, dealers said. Industrials slipped back a bit further after Thursday's downward correction to another record breaking run earlier in
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      • 361 22 TORONTO STOCKS closed slightly lower last Friday, with investors taking profits following sharp gains earlier this week, dealers said. Lack of news and the usual slow end to the week kept many players away from the market, they added. "It's always going to be two steps forward, one step
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      • 327 22 INDICES TURNOVER NEW YORK Close Previous Aug 16 Dow Jones NYSE Financial SAP 500 Turnover (million) 2.968.02 158.52 385.58 189.5 2,998.43 159.49 389.33 174.7 -30.41 -0.97 -3.75 14 8 LONDON Financial Times 30 FTSE 100 Turnover (million) 2,041.9 2,621.0 506.2 2,042.6 2.617.2 522.5 -0.7 3.8 -16.3 FRANKFURT DAX Index 1,653.33
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  • CURRENCY, MONEY & FUTURES MARKETS
    • 458 23 NEW YORK Reuter THE US DOLLAR last Friday continued to display surprising strength despite market wariness regarding the US economy, posting a one-pfennig gain on the day and a four-pfennig climb on the week. "If you tried to go against the trend this week, you
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    • 725 23 ASIAN CURRENCIES AFP MOST ASIAN CURRENCIES lost ground against the dollar during last week, a reversal of the previous week's performance, which saw most of them gain against the US currency. The only regional currencies to move up against the greenback were the New
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    • 383 23 Cross rates Aug 16 USS SS M$ Dm Yen SFr A$ NZS US$ 1.7240 2.7760 1.7490 137.10 0.5977 1.5355 1.2853 1.7437 SS 0.5800 1.6102 1.0145 0.7952 0.3467 0.8907 0.7456 1.0114 MS 0.3602 62.10 0.6300 0.4939 0.2153 0.5531 0.4630 0.6281 Dm 0.5718 0.9857 1.5872 78.39 0.3418 0.8779 0.7349
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    • 523 23 Interbank rates Bid Offer Overnight 4 7/8 5 1-month 5 1/8 5 1/4 2-month 5 1/8 5 1/4 3-month 5 3/16 5 5/16 Overnight mode: 5 USt High Low 7dim 5 11/16 Jlti 1 month 5 11/16 5 5/8 2 months 5 11/16 5 5/8 3 months 5
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    • 297 23 Reuter PARIS The current system of floating exchange rates is anarchic and could lead to disaster at any time, said former French finance minister Edouard Balladur. In an interview with Le Figaro newspaper last Wednesday, a day before the 20th anniversary of the
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    • 517 23 Foray into bond market expected to meet with warm reception Reuter NEW YORK Argentina's first foray into the international capital market since the 1982 debt crisis could meet with a surprisingly good reception, bankers say. J P Morgan confirmed that it would underwrite the new
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    • 461 23 GOLD FINANCIAL FUTURES REPORT Sing Bullion Futures SINCE slipping below U*****.00 per cent troy oz on Aug 2, spot gold has languished between U*****.50 and U*****.90 with last week's range even narrower between Wednesday's low of U*****.60 and Thursday's high of U*****.70 before
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    • 504 23 BANKS ABN Bank 8V« Allied Irish Bank PLC 8Vj American Express Bank 8V4 Am'Dam R'terdam Bank 8'A Arab Banking Corp 8'/* Arab Bank PLC 7Vi ANZ Banking Group 8V2 Ban Hin Lee Bank 8V4 Banca Com mere lale 8V1 Banco do Brasil 8 Bangkok Bank 8V« Bank
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    • 151 23 COMEX Aug i6 COLD FUTURES (100 oz) USS/oz Open High Low Settle Change Aug 91 358.00 358.30 357.00 358.00 +1.00 Sep 358.50 0.8O Oct 359.60 360.50 359.40 360.20 0.80 Dec 363.10 364.00 362.30 363.50 +0.80 Feb 92 365.80 366.70 365.70 366.70 +0.80 Apr 369.30 369.30 369.30 369.70 +0.80
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  • COMMODITIES
    • 411 24 Reuter NEW YORK Worldwide oil and natural gas deals rose to US$3.l5 billion (555.4 billion) in the second quarter from US$2.2 billion in the first quarter, analysts John S Herold Inc said. "We're starting to see a turnaround in merger and acquisitions,"
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    • 294 24 Reuter LONDON Iraq is unlikely to buy sugar immediately with the US$l billion (551.72 billion) of oil revenue the United Nations will allow it to spend on food and other essentials, London traders said. "Iraq will certainly return to the market,
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    • 918 24 REPORTS AFP LIQUIDATION by Japanese investors and the high level of Soviet exports to the West saw platinum prices slump to US$34O (Sss7B) an ounce last week on the London commodity markets. The slide could take the metal down as far as US$325,
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  • 1152 24 Rubber HAS (fob In bates) S cents/kg Int 1 RSS Close Aug 12 140.00 Aug 13 140.50 Aug 14 140.25 Aug 15 140.25 Aug 16 140.00 MRELB (fob in bait*) M cents/kg Int 1 RSS Close Aug 12 226.50 Aug 13 226.50 Aug 14 226.50 Aug 15 226.50 Aug
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    • 462 24 THE COMPANIES ACT. CAP 50 HEILONG TRADING PTE LTD (In Voluntary Liquidation) At an Extraordinary General Meeting of HEILONG TRADING PTE LTD duly convened and hew on 12 August 1991. the following special resolution was passed WINDING UP It was resolved THAT the Company be wound up voluntarily pursuant to
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  • THE TRAVEL PAGE
    • 817 25  -  LETTER FROM ALSACE By Jill James UNDER white umbrellas in Obernai's Rue du Marche, beers, coffee and apple cakes are being ordered in a mixture of two languages. The air smells French but the predominant sound is German. Who the visitors are in Alsace has
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    • 151 25 As at 3pm: Local dollars to one unit of foreign currency Currencies Bid Offer Australian dollar 1.334 1.3S22 Canadian dollar 1.49 1.52 NZ dollar 0.9773 0.9971 Sterling pound 2.8733 2.9122 US dollar 1.7215 1.7250 Local dollars to 100 units of foreign currency Austrian schilling 13.87 14.15 Belgian
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  • Page 25 Miscellaneous
    • 253 25 9 Going re-roof-A mistake way ~jj 13 Gemstone with old copper LJ— 14 School which teaches only out on his canvas (6,7) 19 We see toast top crumbled to serve as a vegetable 21 He has a right to be told 1111 1 1 I I 1 22 First part
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    • 213 25 Singapore Outlook: Showers over several areas during the late morning and afternoon Report: Maximum temperature 30.2* C Assoc humidity 73% Minimum temperature 22.5 Assoc humidity 100% Hours of sunshine 0.10 Rainfall in mm 66.0 Rainfall this month 84.7 Rainy days this month 6 World report Asia-Pacific Hi/Lo* Cond. Auckland 17/11
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  • 459 26  -  Termination of S'pore-Canada air services pact By Dexter Lee CANADA'S move to terminate its bilateral Air Services Agreement (ASA) with Singapore is likely to have little impact on Singapore Airlines' revenue and profitability but could upset its long-term expansion plans, say aviation sources. This
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  • 203 26 Reuter TAIPEI Taiwan's flag carrier, China Airlines (CAL), will resume services to Vietnam this week after a 16-year break following the communist victory in the Vietnam War. Airline officials said yesterday that the flights twice-weekly between Taipei and Ho Chi Minh City would
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  • 318 26 Reuter TOKYO Japan's Finance Ministry will formally question executives of the Industrial Bank of Japan (IBJ) over huge loans it made to a client who used false deposit certificates as guarantees, a leading newspaper said yesterday. Officials at the ministry, battling to
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  • 411 26 AFP Reuters SYDNEY The Australian government is expected to announce tomorrow its first budget deficit in five years and interest rate cuts soon after, economists said. Treasurer John Kerin was tipped to unveil a shortfall of around As 3 billion (Ss4
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  • 457 26  -  South China Sea barge disaster From Catherine Ong in HONGKONG THE SEARCH for survivors of a capsized oil barge in the South China Sea is expected to be called off today after the bodies of two of the four divers trapped in
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  • 233 26 Reuter LONDON The British Chancellor of the Exchequer has ruled out kickstarting the British economy out of recession by cutting interest rates. In a letter to London's Sunday Times. Norman Lamont rejected calls for a one full percentage point rate
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  • 653 26 The BCCI collapse Agencies KARACHI Employees of the scandal-hit Bank of Credit and Commerce International in Pakistan have offered to buy its operations in the country. An employees' statement said that with the support of the bank's Pakistani customers, a takeover bid
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    • 428 27  -  By Magdalene Phang SHIPPING agent Nedlloyd EAC (Nedeac) Agencies has started preparing itself for the impending split of the Scandutch consortium at the end of this year. According to the August issue of Nedlloyd Lines, the Dutch-based shipping company's monthly newsletter, the Singapore market
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    • 342 27 Operating loss offset by sale of London routes AP NEW YORK Trans World Airlines Inc said last week that it made U*****.9 million (*****.4 million) in the second quarter, mainly because its sale of prized London routes erased what otherwise would have been a loss.
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    • 1203 27 Page Col ABC Containerline 12 1 Accord Group 8 1-3 Aeropak Express 9 5 AFS 15 2 Ahrenkiel Liner 16 4 Allied-Link 16 4/5 Anglo Orient 16 1/2 ANL 3 1/2 APL 5 3 A.P.C. Lines 13 5 A cWarehousing 15 4 Arrow Int 9 4 Asian
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    • 478 27  -  By Selva Kumar MEMBERS of the Pulau Bayan Marina Club will by next year have a high-speed ferry exclusively for their use from Finger Pier to Bintan Island. And by next month the 1,000 initial members 95 per cent of whom are Singaporeans
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    • 231 27 FT BRUSSELS The European Commission is to examine the planned sale of assets by Pan Am, the financially troubled US airline, to Delta Air Lines. Brussels has a month to decide whether the deal might hinder competition in the EC. If the Commission's initial
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    • 148 27 NYT NEW YORK Pan American Airways and Virgin Atlantic Airways on Thursday announced lower fares on some international flights. The announcements follow fare cuts by British Airways, American Airlines. United Airlines. Continental Airlines and Northwest Airlines. In response to a British Airways offer of 15 per
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    • NEWS SUMMARY
      • 59 27 SOICHIRO Honda, who died recently at the age of 84, was a non-conformist whose imagination and drive inspired generations of engineers at the company he founded, Honda Motor. Yet by a curious irony, Mr Honda died, 18 years aAer retirement, just when the company was ditching
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      • 75 27 WHEN work begins at Singapore Aerospace Ltd next month on a new multipurpose light helicopter for the international market, the company will be taking another step in an aggressive expansion plan. Joint development of the PI2OL helicopter with Aerospatiale of France and the
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      • 72 27 A GENERAL Electric Co manager claims he warned of fraud in military contracts with Israel, but the company says it knew nothing until after the employee sued in federal court. Chester Walsh, a manager in GE's aircraft engine division, has filed a whistleblower lawsuit in US District Court,
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      • 65 27 MAZDA Motor Corp is expected to announce the formation of a US sales network for its luxury cars, following similar moves taken long ago by its major competitors. The Japanese automaker will be hosting a dinner reception for the media tomorrow in New York,
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      • 25 27 THE MOST powerful version of the European Ariane rocket blasted off last week with a telecommunications satellite aboard Back Page
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      • 90 28 TAIPEI Eva Airways Corp is to inaugurate flights to Vienna on Nov 11 to become the first Taiwanese airline company flying to the Austria, Eva officials said on Wednesday. Eva, Taiwan's first privately-run airline, founded in April 1989, belongs to the Evergreen Group
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      • 44 28 CMB TRANSPORT recently concluded a successful trial using Seacold reefer containers for the shipment of pineapples from Tema, Ghana, to Rotterdam. The pineapples were kept at a constant eight degrees centigrade and with 25 per cent ventilation during the 20-day journey.
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      • 76 28 CHICAGO AMR Corp's American Airlines said it will introduce jet service between Chicago's O'Hare International Airport and the Illinois cities of Springfield and Peoria by Sep 1, if it receives approvals from the Federal Aviation Administration. The Department of Transportation said it will allow airlines to
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      • 79 28 LONDON British electricity generator Power Gen pic, in conjunction with British Rail's rail-freight distribution division, is seeking partners to develop a Power Gen site as the location for an English Midlands channel tunnel terminal, a Power Gen statement said. Power Gen has identified its 360-ha site
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      • 72 28 EDMONTON Interprovincial Pipe Line Inc said it signed a letter of intent with ANR Pipeline Co of Detroit, a subsidiary of The Coastal Corp, to establish a major new natural gas transport system to serve Ontario, Quebec, and the north-eastern US. The inter-coastal pipeline system will
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      • 84 28 FAIRFAX, Virginia Mobil Corp said last week that its British affiliate has begun engineering studies for a US$l3O million unit that will increase production of high-quality unleaded gasoline. The new isomerisation unit at Mobil's Coryton refinery will convert low-octane feedstock into a high-octane component that, when
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    • 699 28 FREIGHT rates for single voyages and time-charters in the Pacific rose further, boosting market sentiment, dry cargo brokers said. Charterers secured a number of Pacific Panamaxes on time-charter trips starting late August and there was good demand for Handysize vessels at around US$9,OOO daily, they said. The Panamaxes
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    • 1557 28  -  Honda, Japan's third-largest carmaker, is struggling to regain the hurtling momentum of its early years, reports Steven Butler Steven Butler FT SOICHIRO Honda, who died recently at the age of 84, was a non-con-formist whose imagination and drive inspired generations of engineers at the company he
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    • 761 28 THIS twice weekly report, compiled by Cockett Marine Oil Ltd, shows price ranges in US dollars instead of single prices for a more comprehensive description of the market. Prices shown are based on average-sized stem. Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and
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    • 12381 36 This is a list of ships loading 1 at Singapore for ports around the world. It tabulates, by f destination, the name of the 3 ship, the shipping line in- 1 volved and the estimated j dates of arrival and departure from the Port of Singapore. Advanced
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    • SHIPS IN PORT
      • 604 43 Ilwill toy Ho B«\h fcrwal Dgrtw VoyNo Berth Arrival Oyarftf* Marina Terminal 1 Theofano Lw OOl SOI alongside 18 08/1500 Transit 1M/91 M02 alor«side 1808/1500 Ma ***** S02 1908/1000 20 08/0700 Batam Baru B84 M05 1908/0900 20 08/2300 Kuroshio M 1 S03 1808/1930 1908/0830 Batam Sayang *****1
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      • 880 43 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Record Bookiif/Mance Mb SMp Voy No Etb/Btr Pwiod From To From Aha Mm 517N 20/1800 3 19/0700 19/1159 19/1400 4 19/1200 19/1459 19/1700 u yyaiba 61A 20/0700 1 18/1500 18/1659 18/1900 1 2 18/1700 19/0659 19/0900 3 19/0700 19/1159 19/1400
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    • 792 44 IHT SINGAPORE When work begins at Singapore Aerospace Ltd next month on a new multipurpose light helicopter for the international market, the company will be taking another step in an aggressive expansion plan. Joint development of the PI2OL helicopter with Aerospatiale of
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    • 170 44 UPI DETROIT Mazda Motor Corp is expected to announce the formation of a US sales network for its luxury cars, following similar moves taken long ago by its major competitors. The Japanese automaker will be hosting a dinner reception for the media tomorrow in
      UPI  -  170 words
    • 315 44 AP CINCINNATI A General Electric Co manager claims he warned of fraud in military contracts with Israel, but the company says it knew nothing until after the employee sued in federal court. Chester Walsh, a manager in GE's aircraft engine division, has filed
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    • 155 44 AP KOUROU, French Guiana The most powerful version of the European Ariane rocket blasted off last week with a telecommunications satellite aboard. The Ariane 44L rocket was to set an Intelsat VI-F5 satellite into geostationary orbit after its launching from the European Space Agency's facility
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    • 18 27 Lines and services represented by /££flnsK'Y Members of the Registry of Accredited Shipping Agents, Singapore National Shipping Association.
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    • 203 27 «SHIP LASHING MATERIALS SPECIALIST MINTERMARINE SUPPLY CO (PTE) LTD M *****33 (10 Um) Fa: *****77 Codtett Report 2 Container Schedule 17 Daily Frwghts 2 Index to Advertisers 1 Stepping Gude 10,11 Ships m Port 17 Singapore Tries 17 Transport Diary 3 Weather and Sea Conditions 17 fi n|lnnmn i i
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    • 2381 29 M OOCL (S) PTE LTD JARDME SHIPPING AGENCIES *11 TEL *****11 FAX *****09 All IF# BOOKINGS TEL *****34 *****58 |ffXTTIII TERMINAUCFS TEL: *****18-220 I J PESAKA JARDINE SHIPPING AGENCIES SON. BHD VAy PORT KELANG TEL: *****18 FAX *****91/*****88 KVM PENANG TEL: *****4 FAX *****1 CFS TEL: *****6 ■afMßai Dedicated to
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    • 1846 29 TRANSPORT DIARY Aug 21-22: Seminar on Shipbroking and Chartering I Terms. Negotiation and Fixing, organised by Facs World at Carlton Hotel. Sept 4-6: Seminar on Commercial Shipping, L/C and Cargo Claims of International Trade Specific Issues, Contextual Practice and Operational Process, organised by Facs World at Carlton Hotel. Sept 14-18:
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    • 1592 29 mm TWO SAILINGS TO USA SINGAPORE/TACOMA 18 DAYS SINGAPORE/LONGBEACH 19 DAYS Vessel Voy tTA I ETO 'Port Peoang DESTINATIONS Singapore Keiang Thn «Mt Mar<t Maank 9108 FaaMr by ■7922j^^j2^2JflCDC!23ESE322!3!I3CE3BS28^Hi 20/8 oaoo m«s m pm*o CFS 19/8 2350 MRS OAK LGB HOU MEM ATL MIA CHS BAL PHL NYC MON TOR
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    • 1159 30 ROTTEDAM/I VOY NO S PORE SOUTHAMPTON HAMBURG ANTWERP IE HAVRE HAMBURG EXPRESS 04/133 22/8 14/9 10/9 9/9 MHI HANNOVER EXPRESS 04/333 25/8 11/9 13/9 16/9 17/9 iliiSilal KATSURAGI 07/134 29/8 21/9 17/9 16/9 THAMES 07/334 1/9 18/9 20/9 23/9 24/9 LA SEINE 20/135 5/9 28/9 24/9 23/9 J,. BREMEN EXPRESS
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    • 680 30 SEASPAC SERVICE I DWECT SOUTH PACIFIC SERVICE I SIN NOU SUV PPT I IS LA FLOREANA 2509E8 2/9 18/0 21/9 26/9 I ALSO ACCEPTMG CARGO VIA SUVA TO: LAUTOKA. PAGO PAGO. I APIA I NUKUALOAfA I EHWECT CHM.E/ SOUTH AMERICAN SERVICE I SIN IQQ ANF STO VAP CLX I IS
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    • 1671 30 &«ms REGULAR INDEPENDENT FULL CONTAINER SERVICE w£§Tßound for europe VSI/VOT SM ALG BCL HAM BK ROT ANT FEL LHA («U (VM (VIA ALG) HAM) ROT) NORASIA PRINCESS 9123-3 20/02 OS/09 11/09 13/09 14/09 15/09 16/09 17/09 11/09 JAPAN-SEA 124* 25/08 15/09 17/09 20/09 21/09 22/09 24/09 22/09 24/09 CMNA SEA
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    • 2133 31 ®jgSteamers Maritime Holdings Ltd If fITIWSTRAITS SHIPPING containers, fii* 551 ¥«y Nn P»n/+Pfcl Sport Wf Sou Ant lot Hb| ACCEPTS DUE SAHS ICA MA£RSK 9110 17/01 19/01 21/01 05/09 01/09 09/09 11/09 CM GO CARDIGAN MY 0550 I?/0« 19/08 24/08 10/09 12/09 14/09 ST n WTS HOPE WIIE KK, Skan.
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    • 2232 31 TO: U^S.A.PANAMA FM: U S.A./PANAMA ttSML VOY V OAK LGB CM FDB SAV HOK NYC WHI *0' «C IW W Ml l» OAK 9 choyahc park wilT ~wT TTTi 11/1 n/o 2"' n/t *7i* momn jwator maim 1/7 s/7 m ivi nn an 10/0 MftAKAN SNA TO* fflM 24/1 10/1
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    • 385 31 STRAITS/ JAPAN/ STRAITS SERVICE SPECIALIST IN RO-RO HEAVY LIFTS rasa «ot 9 p* Hoic a JULm HPT omwi w* 15 1575 1575 imb 15 H/i 15/5 WI m. "jj «7i 1575 ~n 17/5 www* 15 1175 2/5 aim 1»~ T nTT cosk worn 15 i/5 <75 "T~ cosmc HAra 1
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    • 614 32 CR NBR **********0-0 EXPRESS SEMI-CONTAINERSHIP SERVICE TO EUROPE m/*OT ISTOK UMM/NMM IfBUK BREMEN WTHWf KUTM/23N8 6/9 S/lt 15/10 IS/10 22/11 MATAIUM/***** 7/18 1/11 14/11 11/11 21/11 FAST TRANSIT TIME ACCEPTING BREAKBULK/CONTAINERISED CARGO to Inducement. A!*o accepting cargo to Casablanca. Port Said, Port Alexandria, Genoa. Trleate. ALSO ACCEPTING BOTH CONTAINERS, CONVENTIONAL
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    • 1043 32 I I V/ HANJIN SHIPPING IS'potILEH RTM ANN HAM BRY FEL FEEDER VSL S* UJIE HAUL LGB OAK I HANJM SPORE 002W 20/8 6/9 7/9 8/9 8/9 9/9 10/9; HAN* HAMBURG 007E 20/8 HttCT 18/9 21/9 H HANJM MASAN 064W 25/8 12/9 13/9 14/9 14/9 15/9 16/9< HANJW KWANGYANG 079E
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    • 1241 32 Jd I lIW SGP W6 KSG U.G *US WT OK *Y SB TYO LAI OS BAL NTCIM Hi n W «6 W CM HI SLOT K-050 21/1 22/0 27/0 20/0 30/1 2/1 3/1 S/l 0/1 7/1 1/120/1 2/10 4/10 0/10 15/10 10/10 17/10 10/10 20/10 30/10 0/11 13/11 IVIII t
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  • Page 33 Advertisements
    • 2088 33 NEPTUNE AGENCIES PTE LTD SINGAPORE TEL: *****77 (CR NO: **********0E) BOOKINGS: NEPTUNELINKTEL *****00 USA SERVICE *****16 TERMINAL OFFICE *****22 UK/EUROPE SERVICE *****19 DOCUMENTATION DEPT: *****44/*****14 AUST/INDIA/PAK SERVICE: *****18 CFS K27 EXPORT *****53/*****04 Mill FAR EAST SERVICE *****48 CFS K27 IMPORT *****69/*****50 mmmmrn nepline sdn bhd Malaysia K.L.-(03) *****33, P. Kelang-(03)
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    • 617 33 W SINSOV SINGAPORE SOVIET SHIPPING CO PRIVATE LTD BOOKING: *****51/ *****64/ *****59 (FESCO LINE) ENQUIRIES: *****33 MARINE INSURANCE SERVICE: *****87/ *****87 KL: 03-*****75/697 PORT KELANG: *****43/ *****40 PENANG: *****4/ *****8 JOHORE BAHRU: *****1/ *****1 (REGULAR INDEPENDENT SERVICE) BALT ORIENT LINE BA, T AI>A EASTBOUND—HSCHNtGMG FULL CONTAINERSHIP SERVICES NESTBOlfC)—LOAHNG •Jl !UI3
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  • Page 34 Advertisements
    • 1663 34 K 44 V (CR No: **********0 M) W AS AGENTS: KAWASAKI SINGAPORE (PTE) LTD i md TEL: *****77 TELEX: KAWAKI R*****5 FAX: *****07/8/9 J.J 1, MU MALAYSIA: "K" LINE MARITIME (MALAYSIA) SDN BHD TEL: PJ *****00 PK *****01/5 PENANG *****5 JB *****1. KAWASAKI KISEN KAISHA, LTD Indonesia: p.t. sarana laut
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    • 732 34 V»WS PHM OM€NT UN€S PTC LTD 1108 Robinson Road #07-00 GMG Building Singapore 0106 Tel: *****22/*****69/*****00 Telex: RS ***** PHIU FAX: *****76/*****36 BY AIR, LAND OR 5EA..... WE take on the world for you onO MEMBER OF SINGAPORE FREIGHT FORWARDERS ASSOCIATION If 20 AUG MONTREAL. OTTAWA, TORONTO, 23 AUG DUBAI.
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    • 397 34 /CZZ", GOLDEN LINE A \yTr>i GUAN GUAN shipping (PTE) LTD 1 23. Telok A*er Street SINGAPORE 0104 TEL: 5343 M (10 LINES) F»* *****04 <cr No. loinaoooow) mum/miuw cult mna Spore r. Kelani fen** SOU*H HAVER CotomOo *jr»d>i Dut» 21/28 »m GOLDEN KM Cotombe *»»cln Du6» 2/« rwiMA «qfia a
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    • 1476 35 SSSSmm/lI pacific international lines (pte) ltd BSSSI M mKR ptL Building, 140 Cecil Street #0300, Singapore 0106. 1B ANGKOK ISr" S. HGMUI PAOQRESB SS £5 ST. EDEN 381 tilt 28/8 8/8 KOTA PAHLAWAN 8131 18/8 2A/8 J/J EQUATOR MAS UN 28/8 30/8 4/8 JENLINK 67N 28/8 28£ 1/» ssr™*™ s
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    • 1179 35 BEN LINE CONTAINERS LTD 200 Cantonment Road Tel: *****22 #13-05 Southpoint Fax: *****63 Singapore 0208. Telex: RS ***** EXPRESS CONTAINER SERVICE TO UK/CONTINENT VESSEL VOY NOS SPORE LEHAVRE ROTTERDAM S'HAMPTON HAMBURG GOTHENBURG FRANCE HOLLAND UK GERMANY/SCAN SWEDEN Selandia* 288 19/8 5/9 6/9 8/9 9/9 Benaldef -f 286 24/8 12A9 13/9
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    • 437 35 M MYANMA Wttk FIVE STAR UNE w (Myanmar National Lino) Loading for Yangon (Rangoon) Sport PKIf P«i mm am viui b pi 20/22 Ami MYOMA TWA V 136 N 21/23 Auc 2«/2« Auf 27/2» Auf AVA ¥110* 20/25 Auf PATHEIN VII3W IS/21 Auf i 7'" PAGAN VI74W 20/20 N ;g0
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    • 701 38 TO AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND [wi [s£ |Frm |55 Syd [hick |Wf If CHUM luoTiiSriTr w/i 575 i 2/» 1 lt/t lo7» NUSSI 277 10/J 17/9 22/J M/t 1/10 3/10 4/10 C. VOOLME 270 »7» 2/10 7/10 12/10 10/10 20/10 MIWHII 275"" 10/10 23/10 20/10 1/11 0/11 0/11 »/ll TO USA/CANADA *5
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    • 1025 38 EXPORTS T0 HONGKON6. TAIWAN -APAN TWICE WEEKLY MALACCA STRAITS SfRViCE OUTBOUND VOY PW PEN *T SM MM. HKG KAO KEE TYO SM2 NGO KOB I VESSEL VOY |SW |PKL PEN BLW SIN c ggj n *151 ivi 201 24» k» 301 311 311 i.» ice am im 211 22» 23.8
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    • 1672 38 CHINA OCEAN SHIPPING COMPANY W FULL CONTAINER LINER SERVICE MALAYSIA'S AGENTS SINGAPORE'S GENERAL AGENTS amnesia'S AfiDOi CHUNG CHIAO SHIPPING SON BHD COSTAR SHIPPING PTE LTD P T GLOBAL PUTRA KL TEL *****91/17 FAX: *****92, ***** X,■ MClMAmciim INDONESIA MARITN4E t RLANC TEL MHOi/l TU MA ***** PENAMC TEL *****1 Til
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  • Page 39 Advertisements
    • 621 39 GUARANTEED CONSOL TO:KEELUWG/KAOHSUWG 25.8.91 HONG KONG 25.8.91 BUSAN 25.8.91 BANGKOK 25.8.91 EUROPE 25.8.91 TOKYO/KOBE/YOKOHAHIA 25.8.91 USA 25.8.91 AUCKLAND 23.8.91 FREMANTIE 24.8.91 SYDNEY/MELBOURNE 23.8.91 FOR BOOKING PLEASE CALL AT OUR HOTLINE 538-0155 (8 LINES) FAX: *****92 PLEASE CONTACT CAJNE TAN, KATHLYN TAV. SOPHIA BAY OH KAREN SIM FAST DIRECT REGULAR SERVICE
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    • 487 39 (St) RICHFIELD MARINE AGENCIES (S) PTE LTD A TEL: *****33 (12 LIom) m FAX: *****15/*****03 fTf TELEX: R3 ***** RISHIP (3 Llimb) Pjt\ ETHIOPIAN SHIPPING LINES (National Lines of Ethiopia) ACCEPTING FCL AND CONVENTIONAL VESSEL IVOY ETA I LOADING FOR SPORE ANOINET 24W8 31/08 DARESSALAAM MOMBASA DJIBOUTI ASSAB. MASSAWA ABYOT
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    • 856 39 SEAWARD SHIPPIN6 AND TRADING CO (S) PTE LTD it* en ru spore rati xome raiMC Bttf ink n/i loidir* tor Ma* MMAI HUDHU 30/8 LoadMt tor Calcutta DOUtW 27/8 load«* For Male CanoK s«m For Mile DONAAUU* I* Port Loaded For Fckwaru mots inn 23/1 s«m LoadMt tor Maldives (L«wmit)
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    • 801 39 lAKARTA BANGKOK VESSEL DOT SN MT «gl ¥OT SNWOM MMMOB DASA < 82 21/8 24/8 OCJA BHUH# 23N Ta 28/8 M 23/8 WANA BHUM 105S 24/8 27/8 NANTA BHUM S4N Tte 22/8 Sw 25/8 P«* fW 31/1 CHAIYA BHUM#* 20N 1m 25/8 Btod 2»/8 WANA BHUM lOCS 31/8 3/9 7U)
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  • Page 40 Advertisements
    • 1329 40 S'PORE IMPORT: *****02 I PENANG: (04) *****6 J. BAHRU: (07) *****2 KIC (088) *****0 MEDAN: (061)*****2 P.KEUNG: (03) *****77 JAKARTA: (21) *****32 KUCHING: (082) *****3 SURABAYA:(3I) *****0 UK/SCAN/MED PORTS COLOMBO®. AFRICA I PEN PK SIN PEN PK SIN Colombo. 23/8 24/8 25/8 23/8 24/8 25/8 Ldn/Fli/Rdm/Ant Durban/Pt Louis 24/8 25/8
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    • 302 40 jjfrgfc BLUE star line TO FROM J/ NEW ZEALAND AND T/S TO FIJI TO AND FROM NEWZEALAND PORTS SIN NPI AKL IYT SIN MAHSURt 0502 27/1 1/9 W* "PI 10/9 ?7/9 PHOSPfCT 14S 1/9 20/9 VIA NPI 22/9 MANOAMA 0504 21/9 3/10 VIA NPt 5/10 22/10 FULLY CONTAINERISED SAILINGS DISCHARGING
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    • 1230 40 THONG SOON LINES PTE. LTD. 77 ROBINSON ROAD #15-00, #16-00 SIA BUILDING SINGAPORE 0106 TEL: *****88 FAX NO: *****11, *****22 TLX: RS ***** CARRIER, RS ***** JENHOL CABLE: TOSOCO CONVENTIONAL/CONTAINER I CONTAINER SERVICES SINGAPORE TO WEST MALAYSIA SINGAPORE TO WEST MALAYSIA VESSEL Ivor lETA IttST VESSEL VOY SPOtE P. KUMK
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    • 760 41 —r\K^^^compani3^EßUAN^^^ DE VAPORES "PERUVIAN STATE LINE" ACCEPTHG BREAKBULK/FCL/SOC CARGOES TO/FROM CALLAO, MATARAM, HO* I OTHER PERUVIAN PORTS* WITH T/S AT KOBE ON CPV THROUGH BILL OF LADING. Nam* P. Kdanf Sncapwt fMu SH»LAEVDI£TT 03/04 Sept 05/06 Sept THOMASOOETT 03/05 Oct 06/00 Oct 11/12 Oct MKAMEVEIETT 12/14 Oct 15/17 Oct 20/21
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    • 513 41 VSI DOT STORE MAHUCI LAI KIT SAY NYC fcffl LETNMO K 23/1 OH HONGKONG 21/1 34/9 4/11 8/18 1/14 m OSAKA IS 29/1 ZNKmUNG 2/10 11/lt IS/11 17/14 19/14 m STOREY 12X 9/9 m eCRIA U/10 23/10 27/14 29/14 31/14 m Korat i« u/9 at mu u/10 23/14 27/14 29/14
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    • 605 41 MIDDLE-EAST/PERSIAN GULF Accemno fcl/lcl DUBAI OAMMAN. SHARiAH. DOHA. MUSCAT. BAHRAM. ABU DHABI. BANDAR ABBAS. JEDOAH FAR EAST ACCEPT)NQ FCL/LCL PENANG. P/KELANG, JAKARTA. BANGKOK. HONG KONG. TAIWAN. IAPAN MANILA. KOREA UK/EUROPE ACCEPTING FCL/LCL LONDON. FELIXSTOWE. LEEDS. TILBURY. ABERDEEN. LE HARYE, HAMBURG. ROTTERDAM. ANTWEP, GOTHENBURG. COPENHAGEN I ALL OTHER EUROPEAN PORTS INDIAN
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    • 560 41 rm PERINTIS LINE I ACCEPTING ALL FCL CARGOES BETWEEN SINGAPORE JAKARTA SURABAYA VESSEL VOY SIN JKT BBV DERAJAT 950 20/08 23/08 PRASETIA 191 A 22/08 25/08 PELOPOR 1002 24/08 27/08 DERAJAT 951 27/08 30/08 PRASETIA 193 A 29/08 01/09 TANTO UTAMA 187 24/08 27/08 TANTO UTAMA 189 01/09 04/09 TANTO
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    • 796 42 FIL FIL CONTAINER SERVICE PTE LTD MADRAS CALCUTTA BAN6KOK V>L SIN/MADBAS VBL SIN/CALCUTTA VBL SIN/BANQKOK SM MM SN SM CM. SM SM OKJ( «T AMAMU SID 11-M/00 25-27/01 HIT HVNLABU IJ-14/M 15-24/00 30-31/00 XIT IVUAHi 13/00 1(M 14-15/00 23-24/01 30-31/01 17-11/01 24-25/00 03-04/09 17/01 20 01 20/00 23 01 f
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