The Business Times, 18 October 1991

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    9 1 BusinessTimes MCI (P) 16/12/90 Friday, October 18, 1991 75*
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  • NEWS SUMMARY
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      Higher consumer prices, wider trade deficit in US
      81 1 WASHINGTON US consumer prices rose a brisk 0.4 per cent in September. The US trade deficit also widened by 13.6 per cent during August to U556.76 billion (S$ 11.43 billion) as sales abroad weakened from July levels, the Commerce Department said on
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      Ukraine rejects Soviet umbrella agreement
      57 1 MOSCOW The Ukraine, the second most powerful Soviet republic, decided on Thursday not to sign a key umbrella agreement on economic relations, a senior Ukrainian official said. Vladimir Grinyov, Deputy Chairman of the Ukrainian parliament. told reporters in Kiev the republic's observations on the proposed
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      HDB relaxes rules
      32 1 IN A further liberalisation of HDB's policies on single ownership, singles over 35 years of age may for the first time buy HDB flats on their own Page 2
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      Mission to Philippines
      40 1 THIRTY-ONE local companies will leave on Sunday for a five-day economic and trade mission, jointly organised by the TDB and Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCCI), to Manila and Cebu in the Philippines Page 2
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      Manila sees 3pc growth
      38 1 THE Philippine economy will expand by at least 3 per cent in 1992 in spite of poor growth of 0.5 per cent this year, predicts the chief aide of President Corazon Aquino. Page 6
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      Japanese cartels in US
      23 1 JAPANESE cartels is gaining a foothold in the United States, much to the anger of the Americans Page 9
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      Opportunities in USSR
      20 1 MOST East Asians see more opportunity than risk in the death of the Soviet empire Page 10
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      Plight of Asian elephants
      29 1 WHILE the world agonises over the tragedy of the African elephant, the threat facing the majestic and charismatic Asian species is largely ignored Page 21
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  • MARKETS SUMMARY
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      Footsie higher
      36 1 SHARE PRICES were higher at midday yesterday on the London Stoek F.xehange. At about 12:15 pm (1115 GMT) the Financial Times-Stock Exchange 100-share index was up 10.7 points, or 0.4 per cent, at 2,589.7.
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      Dow higher
      45 1 THE New York stock market was mixed in early trading yesterday. The Dow Jones average of 30 industrials dropped 8.5 points in the first half-hour but then recovered to show a 0.67-point gain at 3,062.39 by 1430 GMT, one hour into the session.
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      Golden Plus ups stake
      29 1 GOLDEN PLUS Holdings Bhd is buying a 50 per cent stake in a MS76O million (about Ss46o million) office-cum-hotel project in Kuala Lumpur Page 3
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      Parkway suit resolved
      29 1 A US$6O million (about Ssloo million) suit taken against Parkway Holdings Ltd and managing director Tony Tan Choon Keat has been resolved in principle Page 3
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      Tokyo seeks rate cut
      30 1 JAPAN, worried about Tokyo's burgeoning trade surplus and a domestic economic slowdown, is campaigning to persuade monetary authorities to loosen their grip on credit Page 5
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      STOCK INDICES
      30 1 Ihursday Change BT-MGA 679.14 f 3.77 Kuala Lumpur ...517.59 +0.35 Tokyo 24,439.85 +105.18 Hongkong 4.018.43 -15.32 Sydney 1,612.5 +21.1 Wednesday Change New York 3,061.72 +20.35 London 2,579.0 +2.3
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      CURRENCIES
      24 1 Exchange rates USS SS 1.6920 100 Yen SS 1.3056 MS SS 0.6156 Money market rates Overnight 3 11/16% -1/16 3-month 4 3/16% -1/16
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      COMMODITIES
      40 1 London GoM AM fix US$357.75 US$1.35 Rubber S'pore Nov 14l.50*/kg -2.00 M'sia Nov 228 00«/kg -1.50 KL Tin Turnover 88 tonnes f18 Spot MS 14.92 /kg f 7 Crude palm oil Turnover 638 lots -630 Jan MS842 /tonne -4
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    Conner Peripherals lays off 500 workers in S'pore
    528 1  -  US-based company also giving up a third of its premises By Joseph Rajendran SINGAPORE Little more than a week after it opened a spanking new $90-million facility in Penang. US-based Conner Peripherals has laid off 500 workers in Singapore. Confirmation of this
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    Ministor to make 1.8 inch disk drives
    475 1  -  Company seeks funds to beef up operations By Claire Leow SINGAPORE A newlyformed company, Ministor Peripherals Corp, plans to produce 1.8 inch disk drives here. This makes it the second new player after Integral Peripherals of Colorado with such intentions. Ministor would lease
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    Wharf to buy 65pc stake in Regent International Hotels
    400 1  -  From Catherine Ong in HONGKONG WHARF (Holdings) yesterday announced it had entered into a conditional agreement to buy a 65 per cent stake in one of the world's leading hotel management companies. Regent International Hotels. It said the deal to acquire
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    Indonesia drafting new laws covering capital markets
    328 1  -  From Maggie Ford in JAKARTA INDONESIA is to draft a major new scries of laws covering the capital markets which will impose new penalties for illegal activities in both the banking and stock markets, the chairman of the market supervisory agency (Bapcpam) said.
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    Aid to Moscow not at expense of Third World
    192 1 BANGKOK Chiefs of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund yesterday reassured developing countries that assistance to the Soviet Union would not be at their expense. They also expressed the hope that the stalled Uruguay Round of negotiations would come
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
    • NEWS ROUNDUP
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        Mix-up in labelling of some medicine batches
        100 2 LOCAL pharmaceuticals company Little Pharmaceutical Suppliers (LPS) has mixed up batches of its medicine. Cyproheptadine and Prochlorperazine have been wrongly labelled as Stilboestrol Tablets Img in the process of manufacturing. I'he public is advised not to take any Stilboestrol Tablet Img made by
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        Committee to visit schools
        73 2 THE Chinese language review committee headed by Deputy Prime Minister Ong Peng Cheong will be visiting three schools to observe the conduct of Chinese language classes and obtain feedback from teachers and pupils on the teaching and learning of the language. The first visit will be
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        Double taxation agreement
        28 2 THE double taxation agreement between Singapore and Papua New Guinea will be signed tomorrow. Finance Minister Dr Richard Hu will sign on behalf of Singapore.
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        Enhancing education
        103 2 TWO computer companies Waterford Educational Systems and Ednovation are spending a total of more than $5 million to develop computer-aided instruction (CAI) packages for the PAP Community Foundation's Project Pre-Sehool kindergarten programme. Dr Tay Eng Soon, chairman of the PCFs executive council, said at a press conference yesterday
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        No more free parking here
        48 2 THE free parking scheme on Sundays and public holidays will be withdrawn from carparks Wl, W2 and W3 in Woodlands Town Centre from Sunday. The Housing and Development Board advises users of the carparks to note the change and observe the parking rules.
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        About academic standards
        51 2 AN INTERNATIONALLY well-known educationist Professor Kwong Lee Dow will give a public lecture on "Academic Standards: Criteria and Measures" today. It will focus on the procedures by which the quality of teaching and education can be assessed at ditYerent levels. The lecture is organised by the Singapore
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        Growth Triangle symposium
        49 2 OPPORTUNITIES and challenges of the Growth Triangle is the theme of a symposium by AIESEC. The symposium will be the 18th by the group, and will be held on Nov 1. AIESEC is the French acronym for the International Association of Students in Economics and Management.
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      Singles above 35 may buy HDB flats on their own
      494 2  -  By Elaine Koh SINGLES over 35 years of age may for the first time buy HDB Hats on their own. in a further liberalisation of the Housing and Development Board's policies on single ownership. The flats will have to be
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      Mindef to implement system linking vendors
      248 2 THE Ministry of Defence is planning to implement Profnet. its first electronic data interchange system, which allows vendor companies to communicate with Mindef through their computers. A statement from Mindef said that Profnel will be implemented on Dec 1, following a successful ninemonth pilot
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      Mission to explore trade opportunities in Philippines
      279 2 rHIRTY-ONE local companies will leave on Sunday for a five-day economic and trade mission to Manila and C'ebu in the Philippines. The mission, jointly organised by the Trade Development Board (TDB) and Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCCI), is a follow-up
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      Building sector expects to need 90,000 foreign workers next year
      207 2 THE construction industry is expected to need some 90,0<X) foreign workers next year, compared with 60.000 this year. To help reduce the dependence on foreign labour, the Construction Industry Development Board will launch a productivity campaign next year, called Build-in-Time,
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    • COMPANY NEWS 1
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        Golden Plus in M$760m property deal
        511 3  -  Company taking up 50pc stake in KL office-cum-hotel project By William Chia SINGAPORE Golden Plus Holdings Bhd. in which Singapore businessman William Goei is reported to be selling his 30.1 per cent controlling stake, is taking a 50 per cent stake in a Ms76o
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        Investigations into BBMB scandal continuing: Anwar
        307 3  -  From Magdalene Ng in BANGKOK THE INVESTIGATION into the Ms 72 million BBMB Securities Sdn Bhd scandal earlier this year has not ended, Malaysian Finance Minister Datuic Anwar Ibrahim said in an interview in Bangkok yesterday. Last July, stock markets in Singapore and Malaysia
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        Suit against Parkway Holdings resolved
        254 3  -  By Chew Eng Han SINGAPORE A US$6O million (about Ssloo million) legal suit taken against Parkway Holdings Ltd and its managing director Tony Tan Choon Keat has been resolved in principle. The company announced yesterday that it received written advice on Monday from its counsel
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        The corporate battle that may injure quite a few bystanders
        763 3  -  MARKET TALK By Leslie Lopez KUALA LUMPUR As the corporate battle between Tan Sri Khoo Kay Peng of Malayan United Industries Bhd and Tan Sri Vincent Tan of the Berjaya Group Bhd comes to a lull, analysts and businessmen are
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        Lock icon PKNS raises stake in Genting theme park
        294 3 State body now has 40pc in Samaworld project MBT KUALA LUMPUR Prospects for the completion of the proposed Samaworld theme park have been enhanced following the investment of a 40 per cent stake in the project by the Selangor State Economic Development Corp
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        Lock icon PKNS enters joint venture with Timuran
        189 3 MBT Bernama KUALA LUMPUR PKNS, the Selangor State Economic Development Corp, has entered into a joint venture with Timuran Holdings for the ownership of substantial stakes in 12 companies. They will jointly own these 12 companies through a joint venture company called PKNS-Timuran. Timuran
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        Lock icon Hospital Pantai building in two towns
        169 3 MBT KUALA LUMPUR Hospital Pantai is spreading its wings and will be building two new hospitals, one each in Cheras and Ipoh. The one in Cheras, to be called Pantai Cheras Medical Centre, will be undertaken on its own, while the one in Ipoh,
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      • COMPANY BRIEFS
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          Duff to recall old share certificates
          64 3 SINGAPORE Directors of Duff Bhd have decided to recall old share certificates printed on non-security paper under the name Duff Development Bhd for replacement with new certificates on approved security paper. The recall was prompted by the discovery of a forged share certificate. To
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          Bangunan Arab-M'sian revalued
          114 3 SINGAPORE Mayban Trustees Bhd, on the recommendation of Arab-Malaysian Property Trust Management Bhd (AMFPT). has undertaken a revaluation of Bangunan ArabMalaysian. Bangunan Arab-Malaysian has been revalued at MS2I7 million (about SSI33 million), or about Ms6o4 per sq ft. on an open market basis as of Sep 30.
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          First Allied director quits
          32 3 SINGAPORE First Allied Corp Bhd has announced that Y B Mohd Tamrin bin Abdul Ghafar has resigned as a director of the First Allied board, efTective Oct 16.
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          OUE forms new Hainan unit
          85 3 SINGAPORE Overseas Union Enterprise Ltd has incorporated a wholly-owned subsidiary: Hotel Investment (Hainan) Pte Ltd. The company will own and hold shares in Hainan Mandarin Hotel Ltd in Haikou, Hainan, in China. An OUE statement said the new company would complement OUE's investments in hotels
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          Jurong Shipyard director quits
          20 3 SINGAPORE Jurong Shipyard Ltd announced that Kan Komatsuzaki resigned as alternate director to Saburo Otsuka yesterday.
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          Nod for Hotel Negara listing
          71 3 SINGAPORE The Stock Exchange of Singapore has given in-principle approval for the listing and quotation of Hotel Negara's rights shares, subject to shareholders' approval at the extraordinary general meeting to be held on Oct 31. Hotel Negara's rights issue comprises 7.5 million new ordinary shares
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          OUB directors accept options
          63 3 SINGAPORE Overseas Union Bank directors Lee Hee* Seng and Peter Seah Lim Huat have accepted their OUB share options for the year 1991. The options come under the OUB Share Option Scheme for this year. The acceptances were made on Oct 14. Mr Lee accepted the
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      • COMPANY BRIEFS
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          Sony planning large cut in capital spending
          83 4 lOKYO Japan's Sony Corp is planning to reduce its capital spending by at least 20 per cent next fiscal year because of weak demand for electronic equipment, a company official said yesterday. He said Sony is also studying a cutback in capital spending
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          NZ bans some high-strength drugs
          72 4 WELLINGTON New Zealand is to ban high strength doses of Upjohn Co's Halcion, Hypam, and Triazolam, as well as a similar drug named Trycam, but low-strength doses of these sleeping tablets would still be available. Associate Health Minister Maurice Williamson said. Britain ordered Halcion be
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          BHP's reorganisation plans
          71 4 MELBOURNE The Broken Hill Pty Co Ltd's Hawaiibased refiner Pacific Resources Ine (PRI) said it hopes to boost pre-tax results by up to US$2O million (Ss34 million) a year through a company reorganisation and asset sales. President and group general manager Robert Reed said PRI plans to
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          Merck profits climb 19pc
          50 4 RAHWAY, New Jersey Merck, the No 3 US pharmaceuticals firm, on Wednesday announced a 19 per cent jump in its third quarter profits of U*****.4 million from US$465 million one year earlier. The company's third quarter turnover totalled US$2.l billion, against US$l.9 billion a year earlier.
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      Lock icon SocGen and Accor bid S$1.6b for tourism group
      387 4 Target firm has interests in rail services and hotels Agencies BRUSSELS Societe Generale de Belgique, Belgium's largest holding company, and Accor, the French hotel group, last night mounted a 34.8 billion Belgian franc (551.67 billion) bid for Wagons-Lits, the Franco-Bel-gian tourism group
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      Lock icon Japanese retailers post mixed results for first half
      357 4 FT TOKYO Leading Japanese department stores reported mixed results for the first half and pointed to a 0.1 per cent year-on-ycar increase in sales for September, the lowest rise in eight years, as an indication of a difficult second half. Mitsukoshi, the
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      Lock icon Major UK independent TV operators lose licences
      447 4 Bidding war knocks out Thames and 3 others Reuter LONDON Four of Britain's leading commercial television companies on Wednesday lost their licences in a bidding contest to operate independent stations into the next century. The four, Thames Television, TV-AM, TVS and TSW, will
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      Lock icon Hongkong's Wing On moving base to Bermuda
      227 4 Reuter H()N(i KONCi Wing On (Holdings) l td and its 60 per cent-owned Wing On Co Ltd are moving their bases to Bermuda in a reorganisation, the companies said. The restructuring plan involves establishing a Bermuda incorporated company Wing On International Holdings Ltd
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      Coca-Cola earnings rise 15.8pc in third quarter
      331 4 ATLANTA, Georgia Co-ca-Cola Co, the world's largest soft drink company, said on Wednesday earnings rose 15.8 per cent in the third quarter as a result of sales growth in Europe and Latin America. The Atlanta-based company said its net income for the third
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      Lock icon Philip Morris posts 20.6pc rise in profits
      265 4 NYT NEW YORK Philip Morris Cos announced a 20.6 per cent rise in third-quarter earnings on Wednesday, based on the strong growth of its cigarette sales abroad and the sound performance of its food products. The results were marred only by a decline
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  • FINANCIAL NEWS
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      Lock icon Miti steps up drive for discount rate cut
      536 5 Ministry fears tight credit will dampen profits further Reuter TOKYO Japan's Ministry of International Trade and Industry (Miti), worried about Tokyo's burgeoning trade surplus and a domestic economic slowdown, is campaigning to persuade monetary authorities to loosen their grip on credit. Although
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      Lock icon Nomura sees its market share gradually shrinking
      345 5 UPI TOKYO While the brokerage scandal has dealt Nomura Securities Co a body blow, analysts say the lead the world's largest brokerage holds over the rest of the pack had been declining for years and is bound to grow smaller still. The company
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      Lock icon Sweden acts to save its biggest savings bank
      323 5 FT STOCKHOLM The Swedish government said on Wednesday that it is to guarantee a 3.8 billion kroner (551.03 billion) loan in order to save the country's biggest savings bank, Forsta Sparbanken, from threatened insolvency. The move followed a forecast by the bank
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    • SMALLCHANGE
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        Probe finds no CIA wrongdoing in BCCI
        80 5 WASHINGTON An internal review of the ClA's dealings with the Bank of Credit and Commerce International found no evidence of wrongdoing. The agency's inspector general said the Central Intelligence Agency had "limited and legitimate relations" with the bank, which is under indictment in
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        Salomon may get reprieve
        61 5 WASHINGTON Efforts by Salomon Brothers to clean house following its Treasury auction scandal may help the brokerage avert criminal charges and heavy civil penalties that could effectively close it down. Sources inside and outside government said there was relatively little desire in Washington to punish Salomon
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        Unidanmark going it alone
        55 5 COPENHAGEN Unidanmark A/S managing director Steen Rasborg does not expect the severe problems facing leading banks in other Scandinavian countries to lead to closer cooperation with Danish banks. The task of rescuing banks in trouble involves so much national prestige that it will not be handed
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        Yamaichi expecting lower losses
        93 5 TOKYO Yamaichi Securities Co Ltd expects to report a smaller parent current loss of 5.4 billion yen in the six months ended Sep 30, 1991, compared with a September forecast of a 12 billion yen loss in the period. The company also expects to report an
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  • THE REGION
    • NOTE BOOK
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        Australia to remain flexible on interest rates
        80 6 CANBERRA Interest rate cuts must he based on the ability to sustain a low rate of inflation, Australian Finance Minister Ralph Willis said. But he said the government would maintain a flexible economic policy. "If we want sustainable lower interest rates, both nominal
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        Nod for Cambodia peacekeepers
        85 6 UNITED NATIONS The Security Council has approved an advance force of peacekeepers for Cambodia to kick off one of the most complex and costly operations in UN history A group of 268 military officers and civilians will go to Cambodia shortly after a settlement ending two
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        Canberra to help put out fires
        57 6 KUALA LUMPUR Australia is sending an eight-member team of fire-fighting experts to help the Indonesian authorities bring under control large fires in Kalimantan and Sumatra. Trade and Overseas Development Minister Dr Neal Blewett said: "As in Australia, bushfires occur regularly in Indonesia. This year,
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        Indon-Aussie dealings
        71 6 SYDNEY Australia must take a more direct approach in its dealings with Indonesia and encourage it to be more active in regional affairs, according to the chairman of a parliamentary inquiry into relations between the two countries. Andrew Theophanous, who heads a Committee of Inquiry into Australia-Indonesia Relations,
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        Biggest Asean tourism forum
        45 6 KUALA LUMPUR The Asean Tourism Forum in Pulau Langkawi and Penang planned for January, expected to be the biggest ever, has received an overwhelming response. Hosted by Malaysia, the week-long forum, beginning on Jan 17, would see more than 1,200 participants.
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        Jakarta expects 2.4m visitors
        83 6 JAKARTA A total of 1.3 million tourists have visited Indonesia in the first nine months of the year, the head of the tourism office in Jakarta has said. Bambang Sungkono said that of the total number of tourist arrivals, 40 per cent paid visits to the
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      Lock icon Philippines expected to post 3pc growth in '92
      366 6 AFP MANILA The Philippine economy is expected to expand by at least 3 per cent in 1992 in spite of poor growth of about 0.5 per cent this year, according to the chief aide of President Corazon Aquino. Presidential executive secretary Franklin
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      The wrath of Vulcan
      52 6 SYDNEY A fire inspection officer walking past the burnt-out remains of a car yesterday at the property where two people were burnt to death during bushfires on the outskirts of Sydney on Wednesday. The fires destroyed more than 20 houses and thousands of hectares of native
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      Laos' poor telecom system hampers investment
      310 6 BANGKOK The lack of an effective telecommunications system in Laos is one of the main factors obstructing foreign investment, according to a Business Post report. Joint Development Bank (JDB) president Amnuay Leelacharti told the daily the lack of such facilities had forced the bank
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      Lock icon NZ recession likely to last another year
      305 6 Reuter WELLINGTON New Zealanders can expect more tough times ahead as unemployment surges and business confidence crumbles, analysts said, after yesterday's news that the economy had shrunk for the sixth successive quarter. "We're all expecting this to be a slow haul out," said
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      Aussie investors seek Thai partners
      250 6 BANGKOK About 100 investment projects from Australia are awaiting Thai partners, according to C Boonkul, the economic counsellor of the Board of Investment office in Sydney. The projects involved textile, agriculture, machinery, automotive parts, chemicals, plastics and the medical sector. Australians did not want to
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  • THE WORLD 1
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      Progress achieved on major issues
      861 8  -  46th annual International Monetary Fund-World Bank meetings From SN Vasuki in BANGKOK THE curtain fell yesterday on the momentous meeting of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund in Bangkok. And before the dust had time to settle, some cynics were arguing that even
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      Asia voices needs that have been ignored at meetings
      400 8  -  From Magdalene Ng in BANGKOK ASIA fought a rearguard action to protect its interests as all eyes focused on the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe during the World Bank/IMF meetings, which ended yesterday. Low-key at first, Asian voices collectively raised the
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      Chinese delegation keeps low profile
      290 8  -  From SN Vasuki in BANGKOK CHINA'S delegation to the World Bank-IMF meetings in Bangkok kept an extremely low profile throughout the various sessions, a posture observers said could be due to the Tiananmen Square incident. The delegation, led by central bank chief Mr Li Guixian
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      The man they fear more than traffic jams, floods
      271 8 BANGKOK Traffic jams and flooding were not the only factors which could have disrupted the World Bank and IMF meetings which concluded in Bangkok yesterday. A third and greater threat came in the form and shape of Mr Randall Hayes. And
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      Lock icon Loans to Asia may be raised by US$1b
      138 8 Reuter BANGKOK The World Bank expects to increase its lending to Asia by US$l billion (about Ssl.7 billion) and does not see the region suffering because of any shift in the West's focus to helping the Soviet Union. Attila Karaosmanoglu. the bank's
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      Lock icon Call for US retaliation against Japanese cartels
      451 9 Keiretsu gaining a foothold in the US: senators AP WASHINGTON Japanese cartels that have frozen out Japanese competitors at home are gaining a foothold in the United States and threaten to lock US industries out of traditional markets, angry senators said on Wednesday.
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      Lock icon Taiwan exporters hit by competition from China
      423 9 Reuter TAIPEI Taiwan's economic relationship with its huge neighbour China is turning from cooperation to rivalry as the mainland becomes a competitive threat to Taiwan firms in world markets, officials and businessmen say. "We have reached the stage where we cannot compete with
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      Lock icon Industrial growth in EC behind that of US, Japan
      362 9 AP BRUSSELS Growth in EC industrial output has lagged behind that of the United States and Japan over the past five years, aeeording to a European Community Commission study released on Wednesday. But EC companies expanded intra-EC trade and consolidated their
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        UK government finances show nearly £3b deficit
        86 9 LONDON British government finances showed a monthly deficit of £2.92 billion (558.43 billion) last month, taking the total deficit for the financial year so far to almost £3 billion more than the government's full-year forecast. According to provisional, official figures released here on
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        Tie aid to row: Keidanren
        72 9 lOKYO The chairman of Japan's influential Federation of Economic Organisations (Keidanren) said large-scale financial aid should not be provided to the Soviet Union until I okyo's territorial dispute with Moscow over the four Northern lerritories islands is settled. Gaishi Hiraiwa told reporters Japan should not
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        Paris Club reschedules debt
        70 9 BANGKOK The Paris Club of government creditors has rescheduled a record U5563.3 billion (S$ 107.1 billion) of debt so far this year, reflecting huge, landmark deals for Poland and Egypt, a senior official of the informal grouping said. Since 1983, when the Third World debt crisis
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        Mid-East peace efforts
        101 9 WASHINGTON US President George Bush and Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev may attend the opening of a Mid-East peace conference in Switzerland late this month, the White House said on Wednesday. "Certainly that's possible," said presidential spokesman Martin Fitzwater, emphasising, however, that there arc no firm plans for
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      Lock icon German data confirm new trade pattern
      328 9 Reuter FRANKFURT Data released on Wednesday confirmed a sharp shift this year in the pattern of German transfers of goods and capital as the country struggles to come to terms with the challenges of unification. August data showed a widening surplus in the capital
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      204 8 |jP2|R < H". 4 :-TPMiMlfaiK^ <o x > 4fll ~J^B > r *^^^HP^' r 'v<fli ;j^^K£ t v i, ;J i..^- IT ANY WONDER THAT *#>' V *-v The tinv village ofSitges lies on the Spanish coast, some fifteen ft miles from Barcelona. Even vear, it comes alive with a
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      81 9 it's aramis to a tee The aramis golfing partner. Yours free with any $38 purchase or more of Aramis products. EkL On the course. On the ball. On par! WMafiißu This golf umbrella opens to a large 29" canopy. With colourfully bright panels. And an oversized golf tee for the
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    Small retailers need help
    491 10 EDITORIAL THE neighbourhood shop may soon become an endangered species. HDB estates, once the province of these small retailers, are shaping up as the new battleground for big names such as Cold Storage and St Michaels as they shift their attention away from over-heated Orchard Road
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  • WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
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      Private lives, public goals
      231 10 WITH his confirmation as a justice of the United States Supreme Court, Clarence Thomas has been vindicated. It is the hearings process that stands shamed. The basic question is how much and what kind of public scrutiny should be accepted by those aspiring to public office.
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      Helping the retailers
      91 10 THE retail sector is facing problems arising from changing consumer habits. New ideas are not forthcoming because the trade has not attracted children of shopkeepers who prefer more challenging vocations. While the EDB or the government can formulate plans to stimulate the retail sector, the hard decision
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      Different values
      184 10 THE choice of Aung San Suu Kyi for this year's Nobel Peace Prize is another reflection of the West's attempt to continue its influence in Asia with issues of human rights and democracy. The West's target is China. Not only is China the only remaining big socialist country,
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  • REGIONAL VIEWPOINTS
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      A prudent move
      178 10 THE 11-member ministerial team in charge of coordinating and managing foreign commercial debts has apparently been working at a very high pace. Only about five weeks after its establishment, the team has succeeded in setting annual ceilings on new foreign commercial borrowings for the next five years
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      What should be done
      106 10 THE World Bank asks: "What can the international community do to spur development and alleviate poverty?" A good question. Our answer is that the international community must demand a complete overhaul of the World Bank's management to transform it into a global body truly capable of
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      Talking about talks
      210 10 THERE are many people talking about not talking in the Middle East at the moment. Much discussion is taking place except between people who should really be speaking to each other Arabs and Israelis. Once more, US Secretary of State James Baker is on another round of
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    Lock icon Where East does not meet West
    866 10  -  Depending on whieh part of the world you eome from, the eollapse of the Soviet Union eould either be a huge risk or the opportunity of a lifetime. Gerald Segal reports from London Gerald Segal IHT THE disintegration of the former Soviet Union is
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      28 10 DOONESBURY by garry trudeau SrSKJES- WHAT* T^ S imSi S l ...UM...THA7 IKNOU), TCu?m'SH& gem on* ZemajrcF on thing you rrstNcxtv SS.i iEKSK T 00. mffwm —-y CCUA^O!
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  • ANALYSIS
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      Lock icon A foreign attraction
      1320 11  -  Loretta McLaughlan predicts hectic trading days ahead for the foreign registered board when the stock market goes scripless Loretta McLaughlan The writer contributes regularly to BT on financial matters. THE recent scramble for OCBC shares when the portion allocated for foreigners slipped below the 40 per cent
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      Getting the balance right
      1120 11  -  Finding viable, long-term solutions to Singapore's labour shortage remains the economic task at hand. Anna Teo reports on the Strategic Economic Plan's recommendations for dealing with this issue Anna Teo THE big goal that the Strategic Economic Plan has set for Singapore to catch up with
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      A two-pronged control
      465 11 THE new foreign worker policy for the manufacturing sector cffcctivc next January is yet another refinement of the levy-and-quota dual control scheme. Except for shipyards which can hire liberally, a quota of foreign workers set as a percentage of each company's work force is imposed on each
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      The launching of India Inc
      617 12  -  Harish Mehta looks at recent moves to integrate India with the Asean and East Asian economies Harish Mehta THJ lirst moves to set up India Inc arc to he taken today at a h igh-pow ered cabinet-level conference in Singapore aimed at attracting investments from
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      Indian minister in S'pore for investment seminar
      188 12 INDIAN Finance Minister Manmohan Singh says an investment seminar he is anending in Singapore today was arranged at the suggestion of the Singapore government. I he seminar to attract foreign investment to India is organised by the Indian government and Singapore's I rade
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      Influx of capital worries businessmen
      615 12 India's economic liberalisation India's moves to unearth unaccounted money abroad is causing concern among some Singapore businessmen INDIA'S no-questions-asked amnesty scheme, aimed at unearthing money salted away by Indians abroad, has begun to show quick results. Some SS26 million are said to have already cascaded
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      MNCs rushing back to India... cautiously
      806 12  -  India has opened its doors to foreign businesses, but are they taking the bait? Shirish Nadkarni reports from Bombay Shirish Nadkarni INDIA is open for business. International business, that is. And this time after so many false starts in the past the authorities are
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      269 12 BUSINESS TIMES TELEPHONE: 7 3 0-577 1/5772/5773 FAX: 734-4982 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIFS ACT, CAP 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF PRAIRIETEK-SINGAPORE PTE LTD NOTICE PURSUANT TO SECTION 291(4) STATUTORY DECLARATION BY DIRECTORS OF COMPANY'S INABILITY TO CONTINUE BUSINESS BY REASON OF ITS LIABILITIES LODGED WITH THE REGISTRAR
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      313 12 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT. CAP. SO ANO IN THE MATTER OF ARCTIC SHIPPING SINGAPORE (PTE) LTD (In Members Voluntary Liquidation) NOTICE OF SPECIAL ANO ORDINARY RESOLUTIONS [Pursuant to Section 290(2)(b)] At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company held at 200 Cantonment Road #07-02 Southpoint. Singapore 0208
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      299 12 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF STEENSTED SERVICES PTE LTD (In Members' Voluntary Liquidation) NOTICE OF SPECIAL AND ORDINARY RESOLUTIONS (Pursuant to Section 290(2)(b)] At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company held at #07-35 Cuppage Centre. Singapore 0922 on the 11th
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      418 12 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF GR-CEILCOTE (ASIA) PTE LTD (In Members' Voluntary Liquidation) NOTICE OF RESOLUTIONS At an Extraordinary General Meet ing of the members of the abovenamed Company duly convened and held at 33 Tuas Avenue 11 Singapore 2263 on
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      400 12 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT CAP 541 AND IN THE M ATTER OK TAIVI E PIC; FARM PI E I I I) (In Members' Voluntary Liquidation I NOTICE OF FINAI. MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to Scclion MtX of the Companies Act Cap 5(1 that a final
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      114 12 This announcement appears as a matter of record only Series B ©DBS LAND DBS LAND IJMITED (Incorporated with limited liability in the Republic of Singapore) Issue of 5550,000,000 Floating Rate Notes Due 1996 Arranged and Lead Managed by NDC MERCHANT BANK LTD Managers ABN AMRO Bank N.V. Banque Indosuez The
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  • SPORTS 1
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      Lock icon They didn't mean to be fighters
      1270 13  -  Phil Berger reports on the career moves of two unlikely boxers Phil Berger NYT Neither man meant to be a fighter. Tommy Morrison had fought amateur bouts and won some money beating up his elders as a teenager. But as his senior year in
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    • SIDE LINES
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        Elkington grabs share of lead
        107 14 LAKE BUENA VISTA, Florida Australia's Sieve Elkington looked more like a beaten boxer than a golfer here on Wednesday but he did not let a broken nose get in his way as he grabbed a share of the lead after the opening round of the
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        Hallett triumphs
        72 14 READING, England Mike Hallett, snooker's leading mon-ey-winner this season, finally started to clock up some world ranking points here on Wednesday when he reached the fifth round of the Rothman's Grand Prix. The world number eight from England, who pocketed nearly £90,000 in prize money from invitation events
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        Auriol on course
        69 14 SAN REMO, Italy France's Didier Auriol kept Lancia on course for a record fifth successive manufacturers' world title on Wednesday with a comfortable lead after the penultimate stage of the San Remo rally. Auriol completed the third stage more than two-and-a-half minutes clear of Lancia team-mate Miki
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        Moral victory
        78 14 SAN DIEGO Challengers for the America's Cup have earned a moral victory after the Trustees Committee pushed back by more than a month the date by which they must name their competing yachts. By a majority vote, the threeman committee ruled that each challenging syndicate must identify its
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        Mountaineer killed
        83 14 BEIJING (AP) A Japanese mountaineer has been killed by an avalanche while trying to climb Mount Namjiarbawa in Tibet, the world's highest unsealed peak. The state-run Xinhua News Agency said yesterday that Hiroshi Onishi, 29, was a member of a joint Chinese-Japanese expedition trying to conquer the 25,680-foot
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        Navratilova downs Reinach
        81 14 FILDERSTADT, Germany Top-seeded Martina Navratilova of the United States defeated Elna Reinach of South Africa 6-4, 7-5 on Wednesday in the second round of the U*****,000 WTA women's tennis tournament. Reinach, No 63 in world rankings, put up an admirable fight against the fourth-ranked player, and equalled
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      Lock icon Careful, mind those knees now
      885 14 NYT THE knee is fast becoming an active woman's Achilles' heel. Growing numbers of women who pursue sports and other physical activities are discovering that there is often a price to pay for fitness in the form of injury to their body's most vulnerable joint.
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      Lock icon Marshall deals devastating blow to Robertson
      357 14 AFP NEW YORK Chris Robertson, a member of Australia's world title-winning squash team, went down to a shock defeat here on Wednesday in the second round of the US Open to 20-year-old English number two Peter Marshall. Robertson, from Brisbane, had been on track
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      Lock icon Coghlan using NY Marathon to warm up
      300 14 Reuter NEW YORK World indoor mile record holder Eamonn Coghlan of Ireland has an eye on future victories, not past glories, when he runs his first marathon race next month in New York. "I'm not trying to be a hero or to relive
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      240 13 ___B_y_JLJ_N ESS TIMES TELEPHONE: 730-577 1/5772/5773 FAX: 734-4982 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF PRAIRIETEK-SINGAPORE PTE LTD (Provisional Liquidator Appointed) NOTICE OF MEETING TO CREDITORS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to Section 296 of the Companies Act, Cap 50, a meeting
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      250 13 Notice I We, MUNCK KRANSERVICE A/S, who have the distribution rights I of MUNCK equipment in the Norwegian market, had on 29 December 1989 I purchased and acquired the entire assets ofMUNCK A/S of Bergen, Norway I which had management problems. I This was to ensure the continuance of the
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      534 13 MORTGAGEE AUCTION M '-wwm HOTEL ST. MORITZ ST KILDA AUSTRALIA MELBOURNE'S NEWEST BEACHSIDE HOTEL The only 4-star hotel offering Land Registered under the superb views of Port Phillip Bay Transfer of Land Act. from most rooms and suites yet Und in p, an of co(uo idation riu I, .!SJ" ,y
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      83 14 p' ''^^^l^ti^nH I .£t^^^^^2j2(M^S Bh -Js tmzn* vv a FiM. ii_-aßWHalf2n. i- :*nf fy t^yv t. >1-. /h _j _^B .JBKM J^w Vk /^SL~* K l 2 SABdbk 17 jH/ V K. hL Y ■fe fip|H; $<; HB-'" f'r'r I Jmrfi N t \/fr ~4~ i HMfc- /m\ Jf-r^-7-T^w--'-I 5
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      367 14 round you also tie eligible for the Lucky Draw. Pick designated and on Nov 26th 1991 will win a fantastic Porsche 911 Yes, there's $1 Million to be won if you score a Hole- Turbo worth $600,000. The w inner also gets to donate in-One. The Courvoisier FCN $1 Million
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      114 15 BBL from TRADE ARBED PRIVATE LIMITED -rmnrrnnammiD #24-02 /04, Shaw Centre, Singapore 0922 Tel: 733 9033 Telex: RS ***** AITSIN Fax: 732 5916 —7=r SOLVAY ASIA PTE LTD solvay 80 Anson Road, #37-00, IBM Towers, Singapore 0207 Tel: (65) 222 6991 Fax: (65) 221 2768 Telex: SOLVAY RS ***** hMAGOTTEAUX
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      53 16 Pusat Penyalur Rokok "Pjarum" Jl. AipdalCS. Tubuh 11Q57, Jakarta Indonesia Phones *****08/548 6901/548 6905 Telex ***** jarum jkt Fax: 548 0738 548 6893 548 6894 P® P.T. TRAMPIL MUTIARA REZEKI 36 Jalan K.H. Fachrudin Block C 44-45 Jakarta ***** Indonesia Phones: 3SO 1286/ *****88 380 1289 Telex: ***** Tries IA
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      57 17 Office :36 BlodcC.N^ Phone t(021) *****88 (Hunting) Fax: 327 844 Telex: ***** TRIES IA Branch Office 16A Jalan Wolter Monginsidi, Biak, Irian Jaya Indonesia Phone: (0961) *****/***** Telex: *****: WMTIA 2 POLYCORE GROUP OF COMPANIES y 400 Orchard Road #22-06, Orchard Towers, Singapore 0923 Tel: 737 8655 Fax: 235 2803
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      240 19 YfiL-JL. w. w JK^ I H :;|HB W H W :;fl k H I I I from LUCKY GOLDSTAR TRADING (S) PTE LTD I 8 Shenton Way, #39-03 Treasury Building, Singapore 0106 IK! Te1:*****66 (Blines) CabIe:"FOURCLOVER" Telex: RS ***** LGTSPO Fax: 224 9049 rL-_nji-iuLn_rLr i r niniLfrnT-ifi—iiWf'f rr^r'T^^**^*'**^^**ji.f^n.rirriri^iirvijvxfW\rmafTTr-rirr-rLniT--inr.riiTirmr-fTViiTn^jvii\TrnAfitn.nnrnrrnmr. i iuwui.—
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      231 20 WHERE TO WINE, DINE AND ENTERTAIN WHERE TO WINE, DINE AND ENTERTAIN WHERE TO WINE, DINE ORGANISE YOUR OWN KARAOKE! It's your very own Karaoke party! King's Hotel has comc up with a weekend Karaoke package for groups of 10-200 people from 12 noon to 5 pm. After your Penang
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      316 20 PETE'S PLACE BECOMES 18 AS HYATT GOES 20 Pete's Place celebrates turning 18 in her usual style of fun and revelry. With waiters rendering opera excerpts, flying bricks and the introduction of a total novel art pasta art, not to mention an irresistible menu specially prepared for this occasion, it'll
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      179 20 Japanese Food Fest I—3l October PICK UP SOME JAPANESE Come on over to Cafe Plaza's popular Japanese Buffet and pick up some W Japanese treats. Hai! Adult: $18++ (lunch) W Y $20++ (dinner) /s^-n7 Child: $12++ (lunch dinner) (f** Haza f j Plaza Hotel roP? OO A lb r ifvK
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      254 20 jj! <Cut, 2) r .nLJj£ nu, ill^ 0„„W, 18 7pm Midnight \\3 Adult: S4o+ inclusive of a beer [m\\ Child below 10: $20++ .«tfi V .1 U«' serve the world to you at The Belvedere. 'Hi I Njwimorcd by H? ||)l 'IdTrn L Lii l)lOnh*d«o*d S<n«ipotr'M]< Id *****11 7 j
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      760 20 TELEVISION AND RADIO ->*->■ r ■;-irnriir «r r irn mm n w ..1 Trrn fwn -j r m itw 11—i r lu'mii ...rn—» 1.. u 1.1 nnM mini. la. ir m■ n ;.-irowri-"Tr-nir r r 1 1 j j earn* 7 930 Friday Background (See Our 4.30 Mac Ross (M).
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  • LIFESTYLE
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      1234 21  -  While the world agonises over the tragedy of the African elephant, the threat facing the majestic and charismatic Asian species is largely ignored, says Nirmal Ghosh Nirmal Ghosh Abackbreaking one-hour niotorbikc ride through mud and undergrowth, across rocky streambeds and up and down
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      Paintings said to be by Hitler sold for £3,100
      344 21 CHATTERBOX TWO PAINTINGS believed to he the work of Adolf Hitler were sold on Wednesday to an anonymous telephone bidder at an auction in northern England. The pastel pictures of flowers, signed A Hitler and dated 1901 and 1911, fetched a
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      206 21 AND ENTERTAIN 4J Danish pastries. Fresh cakes. Savoury Dian Xin. Mee Siam. Samosas. Quiche Lorrain. Spring Rolls. Fresh Fruits. Cookies. Every Saturday. 3 to 5 pm. $12.50++ per person. Fashionshow at 4 pm. SINGAPORE: For reservations, 16 Nass<m Hill S.ngapore 1025 please call 732-1222 ext 1581. Te,ephone *****32 1222 Mongolian
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      156 21 DYNASTY GARDEN RESTAURANT 4042 Craig Road, Singapore 0201. Ttk227Mli BjjWSfl ENJOY THE RICH, TANTALIZING AND D'LIGHTFUL TASTE OF IsacSt DYNASTY'S HAIRY mm-) is pri ced 3 l7(Sn) Merry Shark's Fin Set C J? 0 l23 0gB»1 dSm For 10 Persons I S&V V Barbecued Duck in Peking Stifle Combination of
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      448 21 m SEAFOOD (For PekingDucß Offer till 31/10/91 Shredded Chcken with Bean CNk Prawns m Pineapple Noodles Kai Lan with Dry Scalop Shark's Fin with Crab Meat Heng Hwa Noodes Red Fish with Soya Bean Crumbs Sweet Com with Water Fned ScaAops with Oned Red Chfe Chestnut I 'I MAPLE LEAF
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      365 21 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. SO ANO IN THE MATTER OF neilson McCarthy asia PTE LTD (In Msmbera' Voluntary UquMrton) NOTICE OF RESOLUTIONS At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the members of the abovenamed Company duly convened and held at 1196 Meyer Road Singapore 1543 on the
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  • STOCK EXCHANGE OF SINGAPORE 1
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      Prices end higher but with no surging trend
      4838 22  -  By Dawn Tan SINGAPORE share prices ended slightly higher yesterday in trendless trading. The Straits Times Industrials Index managed a 6.21-point gain to close at 1.376.44. Brokers said the local market yesterday ignored the lead of overseas markets. in particular Wall Street's
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    4275 23 Main Board NatSteel SO* 414 M6 I 1.8% OUE 700 f 15 >2.2% PM llldgs 247 H2 f5.l% Keppel Corpn 715 f 10 f 1.4% SIA 1300 f 10 10.8% SIA Foreign 1980 M0 »0.5% SPII Foreign 1240 10 fO.8% Senth Shipyard 715 MO t
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  • BT SHARE INFORMATION SERVICE
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      AUDITED RESULTS
      396 24 Company Date Year Group Net Net earnings Gross ann to profit/loss (L) per share dividend (000) (cents) Sea View Oct 16 Jun 91 $5.627 ($5.262) 25.5(238) 8(8) BM1 Oct 14 )un 91 $931($773) 306 3(254 2) 150(150) Khong Guan Oct 10 Apr 91 $619.218L($711.159l) 4(4) Roth Inds Oct
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      BONDS, LOANS & WARRANTS
      780 24 BONDS, LOANS WARRANTS Company Conversion period Conversion term for one ordinary share Burwfl Wt Before 30 6 94 1 warrant plus HH$1 00 cash C4C Wt Before 26,4/93 1 warrant plus S3 09 cash Causeway Loan Causeway Wt 2 10 83 to 20 10 94 warrant plus SO 77 cast)
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      PRELIMINARY RESULTS
      363 24 Company Date Year Group pre-tax Net earnings Gross ann to profit/loss (L) per share dividend (000) (cents) YTL Corpn Oct 9 Jun 91 M$30.889($19.311) 138(7 9) 10(10 Boustead Oct 2 tun 91 M$35.810($32.503) 10 4(8 5) 15(15) SBS Oct 2 Jun 91 $4,315($4,140) 10.1(11.5) 7(7) Antah Hldgs Sep
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      CORPORATE DEVELOPMENTS
      461 24 Oct 16 IGB Corporation Bhd has tied up with the Kuala Lumpur city authorities to create a mini-city that will link the Malaysian capital to Petaling Jaya Development will be carried out in phases. The first phase (slated for first half of 1992) of Bandar Mid-Valley or the
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      DIVIDENDS ANNOUNCED
      1039 24 Current Ex Books Date Total for Total for payment date dose payable the year last year Aero 5%TE(I) Oct 21 Oct 31 Nov 15 5%1E 10%TE AMD6 50c 3 51(b) Sep 13 Sep 27 Oct 25 3 5% 2 5% Ant* Mdp 50c 6%(b) Nov 21 Dec 5
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      INTERIM RESULTS
      515 24 Company Date Half-year Group pre-tax Interim ann to profit/loss (L) dividend ('000) VtMC Oct 10 Jul 91 M$25,871 ($35,303) 20(20) Umphone Tel Oct 9 Jun 91 M$ll,018($8,115) So Hartamas Oct 8 lun 91 MJ1.124L($2.531L) M Resources Oct 3 Jun 91 MJ99($6i31L) Causeway Sep 30 Jun 91 $784($372) Fuji
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      WARRANTS: PREMIUMS AND GEARING
      1004 24 Prices as at 17.10.91 Conversion terms Premium/ Expiry (discount) Amount Optional" using issued Company (mil Wrts Share Loan Com Exer Lnstk Cash Cash. Loan Gearing Date Mths units) stock ratio price nom Stk Left value S Bumill 115.2 0 200 0 660 1 00 1 00
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      RESULTS DUE
      215 24 Main Board Last Full Year Company Period Date Year Net EPS Gross Net mourned endng (cents) if* profit last rear ($000) Cerebos interim Apr 27 Jul 91 12 6 200TE(a) 38.911 Tonf Menf Interim Aug 2 Dec 91 8 5.0 385 Clob Last Full Year Company Penod Date
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      APPROVED ISSUES
      62 24 Company Bonus Issue HTP Hdp One for two Ej-date Oct 11 Books dose Oct 17 Company Others Am* Steel Restricted Otter tor Sale of Angkasa Marketing Bhd shares on the basis of 50 Angkasa shares of MSI each at M$2 50 per share for every 1.000 Amal Steel
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      PROPOSED ISSUES
      631 24 Company Rights Issue Aw Px Laid One-for two <« M$0 65 per share ABance Tech One (or-one fe $100 per share Bolt on Issue of $90 978m nominal amount of 3 5% Redeemable Unsecured Guaranteed Bonds 1991/96 wth 45 439m detachable warrants on the basis of $2 nominal
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      COMPANY MEETINGS
      376 24 Sime UEP Properties Bhd: 25th AGM at the Kristal Foyer, Ist Floor, Main Block, Petaling Jaya Hilton. No 2, Jalan Barat, ***** Petaling Jaya. Selangor Darul Ehsan on Monday. Oct 21, at 10.30 am. MBf Finance Bhd: EGM at The Penthouse, 23rd Floor, Plaza MBf, Jalan Ampang, *****
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      RECORD HIGHS & LOWS
      190 24 RECORD HIGHS LOWS BT Composite Index ST Industrials Index 1991 hieh: *****8 3/6/91) J* 1565 58 (3/6/91) 1991 tow: *****2 (16/1/91) *****8 <16/1/91) 1990 hifh: *****3 (16/7/90) }>* 16 °7 12 (27/3/90) 1990 tow: 981.07 09/11/90) (11/10/90) 1989 hifh: 1322 00 28/12/89) *****6 (26/12/89) 1989 tow: 917 42 4/1/89) 1989
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      244 24 NOTICE IPPF (ESEAOR) LIMITED (In Member?' Votntary Uqudatton) NOTICE OP FINAL MEETINQ NOTICE 6 HEREETV GIVEN pursuant to Section 306(1) and (2) of the Comparies Act, Cap. 60 that the Frd Meeting of Members of the abovenamed Company vtfl be held at 220 Orchard Road •05-01 Midpoint Orchard Singapore 0023
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      Lock icon Stocks finish firmer but off their highs
      2211 25 Reuter lOKYO SKX'KS yesterday ended firmer hut well off their highs, brokers said. Widespread small-lot buying on a strong bond market gave the market a firm tone, and ripples of arbitrage buying gave the indices occasional boosts. But prices pulled baek in late
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      Lock icon Share prices end lower in lacklustre trade
      1848 25 Reuter HONGKONG share prices finished lower in lacklustre, directionless trade with many players awaiting fresh developments, brokers said. "Sentiment is essentially quite positive, but many institutions are still sidelined," said Mr Larry Tam, director of Hongkong sales at Sun Hung Kai Investment Services.
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      Lock icon Market closes mixed in cautious trading
      4325 26 Bernama SHARE PRICES in Kuala Lumpur retreated from early gains to finish narrowly mixed in moderate trading yesterday. Dealers said profit-taking and the laek of followthrough support erased earlier rises because investors remained cautious about the market's near term prospects. The KLSE Composite Index
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  • REGIONAL STOCK MARKETS
    • Aussie prices follow Wall St surge
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        AUSTRALIA
        753 27 THE SYDNEY sharcmaikct sliced through ihe psychologically critical 1600 harrier yesterday following Wall Streets best ever finish overnight, brokers sau! At the close of trading, the \II Ouh naries Index was up 21.1 points to 1612.5. Solid rises occurred across the boards as the market chalked up its fourth
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        BANGKOK
        813 27 LOW INVESTOR confidence pulled the Thai stock market down to a lower close in quiet trade yesterday, brokers said. "They don't know when the prices will bottom out and prefer to wait and see," one said. The SET index ended 12.28 points lower at 614.08 on a thin turnover
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        JAKARTA
        683 27 THE JAKARTA stock index eased to 236.83 from Wednesday's 238.16 on tunuv.ci of around 2 million shares from I 6 tn ill ion. Brokers said [lading was slow with most prices under pressure. Sepatn Bata fell to 2.100 rupiah from 2.950 in thin trade. (iudang Ciaram and Ineo eaeh
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        MANILA
        578 27 SM \RI I'KK I S toti as investors took a breather yesterday, breaking a three-day surg. boosted b> the rise ot Philippine Long Distance Companv's (IM.DT) stocks in the I mted States, brokers said. 1 he Vlanila Stocl I xchangc Composite Index slipped i 3~ points to end at
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        TAIPEI
        510 27 I \il Bl'\ !\(i in ccmcnt shares pulled shaic prices oil their lows yesterday, hut dealers said political worries would continue hurting the market. i he weighted index, which was more than points lower at one stage, finished 5 I 1) points lower at 4.304.04. luniovei was a light
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        SEOUL
        830 27 SI.OIiL SI (>( KS rose modestly in slug- gish trading partly on bargain-hunting yesterday, brokers said. "Some bargain-hunting appeared, focused on small and medium si/ed companies shares, which have recently lagged." Dongsuh Securities broker Chung Chang-shik said. Brokers said general market sentiment remained dampened due to worries over worsening
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        NEW ZEALAND
        270 27 A SHARP turnaround in the share price of Fletcher Challenge and a stronger Australian market helped local stocks rebound in active trade yesterday. The NZSE-40 Capital Index ended 31.96 points higher at 1,469.08, prompted by FCL's 18 cent rise to NZ53.18. A four cent rise in Telecom NZ52.62
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        BOMBAY
        89 27 BOMBAY STOCK Exchange (BSfj share prices rose on Wednesday the International Monetary Fund (IMF| meeting in Bangkok praised India's eepi nomic reforms, brokers said. The BSE index jumped 49.41 points* or 2.87 per cent, to 1,773.47. The National Index firmed 19.59, or 2.37 •pfc* cent, to 846.44. I he
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        INDICES & TURNOVER
        121 27 INDICES TURNOVER 1 IttH' I'ri«inns (kl I 1 AUSTRALIA V > i 1 Iil2.5 1 S 'M i 2! 1 In.lu-.ii i. 1 2-MP 2.4 2 t< 29 o \ll Kim iuu ln»U\ 91.X I t 14 1 111 !>• -> "I" (il l' I *1 l<S 9 7 U
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        MORGAN STANLEY CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL INDICES
        406 27 In local currenc* In ss In IISS (M 16 da> >ear da> year da> year Index change change change change change change World 411 4 0.3 14.9 0.1 9.5 0.1 12.3 IIAM 528 2 0.0 12.4 0.0 6.0 0.1 8.8 T.urope 425 9 0.0 16.8
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  • WORLD STOCK MARKETS
    • Dow up 20 points to set new high
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        NEW YORK
        1176 28 STOCK PRICES rose smartly Wednesday, on the strength of corporate earnings that exceeded expectations and were free of jolting surprises. The Dow Jones Industrial Average capped a five-day rally to vault past the high it set less than two months ago, and some other indexes continued plowing into
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        LONDON
        695 28 SHARE PRICES were firm but off their earlier highs in early afternoon Uading here yesterday after the publicafijrn of disappointing data on wage inflation. 1. At 1210 GMT the FT-SE 100 index stood at 2,588.1, up 9.1 points from Wednesday's close. On Wednesday, share prices finished slightly higher as
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        AMSTERDAM
        308 28 DUTCH SHARES lost almost all of Wednesday morning's Wall Street-in-spired gains. Even Fokker which was quite turbulent earlier sank back to close lower, dealers said. The EOE Index added 0.33 to 275.19, having traded narrowly between 274 to 276. Most professionals were absent, leaving to today last-min-ute position changing
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        FRANKFURT
        320 28 WEAKNESS in the chemical sector sent German shares lower on Wednesday, as the 30-share DAX index fell 14.93 points to 1,570.11. Traders said chemical shares were marked lower within minutes of Deutsche Bank's research arm Degab revising earnings forecasts down. Chemical shares comprise 17.5 per cent of the DAX.
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        PARIS
        237 28 TALK of an imminent cut in France's benchmark interest rate buoyed French share prices on Wednesday, which posted their second consecutive day of solid gains. The blue chip CAC-40 index added 6.51 points or 0.35 per cent to end at 1,863.40, its highest finish in two weeks. Volume was
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        MILAN
        176 28 ITALIAN SHARES were generally weaker on Wednesday as stockbrokers took over for striking floor traders, who shut down the market for three days. The traders voted Wednesday night to continue their protest of bourse reform legislation, but brokers said they planned to conduct business and carry out the session
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        ZURICH
        307 28 SWISS SHARES closed higher on Wednesday as strong demand in chemicals dominated the market. Other sectors ended mixed to slightly firmer, dealers said. The All-Share SPI Index rose 8.6 points to 1,088.6 while the SMI Index of leading shares added 16.4 to 1,692.6. Several pieces of favourable news released
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        STOCKHOLM
        54 28 PRICES on the Stockholm bourse had by noon yesterday recovered half of an early one per cent fall. Dealers said Wall Street's all-time high on Wednesday supported the recovery. The bourse general index was 0.43 per cent lower at 959.68 in turnover of 161 million crowns. Blue chips were
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        BRUSSELS
        223 28 BELGIAN SHARES closed almost unchanged in directionless trading on Wednesday, as the market awaited an announcement on suspended Cie Internationale des Wagons-Lits et du Tourisme. Traders said they thought a takeover bid would be announced, but they said they had no further indications on the terms of the bid.
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        JOHANNESBURG
        368 28 THE STOCK market closed another quiet session mixed to easier on Wednesday as uncertain investors awaited fresh news from both the political and economic fronts, dealers said. Gold shares extended their recent losses as world bullion prices continued to disappoint the market, but other leading minings closed firm against
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        TORONTO
        246 28 THE HERD mentality overwhelmed the Toronto stock market on Wednesday, sending stocks sharply higher as investors succumbed to rising expectations of a turnaround, dealers said. "These things sort of build up," said Rolie Bradley, a salesman with Maison Placements. The TSE-300 officially closed up 68.2 at 3,463.0. Advances led
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        125 28 Oct 16 (lose Previous NEW YORK IJow Jones 3,061.72 3,041.37 4 20.35 S&P 500 392.8 391 01 +1.79 Turnover (million) 225.4 214 +11.4 LONDON Financial Times 30 1,980.5 1.973.5 +7 FTSE 100 2.579.0 2.576.7 +2.3 Turnover (million) 482.3 534.3 -52 FRANKFURT DAX Index 1.570.11 1.585.04 -14.93 AMSTERDAM CBS Tendency Index
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  • CURRENCY, MONEY & FUTURES MARKETS
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      US dollar lower in Tokyo ahead of key US economic data
      1206 29 REPORTS 1 HE US DOLLAR was easier against the mark and the yen in Tokyo yesterday on squaring of long dollar positions ahead of the release of key US economic data. "The dollar should stay under pressure," a dealer
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      INTERBANK FOREX RATES
      389 29 Cross rates (V [7 US$ S$ MS Dm Yen SKr AS NZS USS 1.6935 2.7480 1.7035 130.00 0.5848 1.4885 1.2571 1.7637 S$ 0.5905 1.6227 1.0059 76.7641 0.3453 0.8789 0.7423 1.0414 MS 0.3639 0.6200 0.6199 47.3071 0.2128 0.5417 0.4574 0.6418 Dm 0.5870 0.9941 1.6131 76.31 0.3433 0.8738 0.7379
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      MONEY MARKET
      536 29 Interbank rates ss Bid Offer Overnight 3 11/16 3 13/16 1-month 4 4 1/8 2-month 4 1/8 4 1/4 3-month 4 3/16 4 5/16 Overnight mode: 3-7/8 LSS BW Offer 7 days 5 1/4 5 3/8 1 month 5 3/16 5 5/16 2 months 5 3/16 5 5/16
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      Lock icon EC treaty draft gives UK exemption from EMU
      344 29 Reuter BRUSSELS The latest treaty draft on European Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) offers Britain the chance of an "exemption" from the final stage of EMU. The draft, circulated by the Dutch, includes a clause allowing any member state six months after
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      Lock icon Corporates still baffled by OTC options
      302 29 Reuter LONDON Customised over-the-counter (OTC) options allow institutions to hedge their risks in almost any market, yet despite their growing use such options arc still seen as niche products. Since the first OTC options were launched in the mid-1980s, banks have spent much time
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      FINANCIAL FUTURES
      1089 29 SIMEX EURODOLLAR Open High Low Sett Est Vol Op/lnt Vol Dec 91 94.54 94.55 94.53 94.55 4000 ***** 3704 Mar 92 94.63 94.65 94.63 94.64 3400 ***** 4141 Jun 92 94.43 94 45 94.42 94.44 1900 6423 1532 Sep 92 94.14 94.16 94.14 94.16 1020 2036 563 Dec
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    PRICES
    1403 30 Rubber Oct i? MS (tab til bates) S cents/kg Noon Close Int I RSS Prompt 141 00/I42.00N 140 50/141 50N Int I RSS Nov 91 I42.OWI4.VOO 141 50/142.50 Inl 1 RSS Dec *****/141.50 140.75/141.25 Int 2 RSS OP I37.50/I39.50N 137.50/139.50N Int 3 RSS OP 136.00/138.00N 136.00/138 OON Int 4
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      Lock icon Rubber producing countries to press for new price pact
      390 30 Reuter KUALA LUMPUR Rubber producing nations will press for early renegotiation of a price stabilisation pact at a meeting of the International Natural Rubber Organisation (Inro) here next week. Consumers, who have been benefiting from the weak rubber prices, will resist
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      Lock icon Oil prices heading towards Opec's US$21 a barrel target
      322 30 Reuter LONDON Oil buying ahead of winter is taking the price of Opec's basket of seven crudes back towards the US$2l (Ss3s) a barrel level adopted as a target price in July 1990, but last seen 10 months ago. The basket
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      Early short-covering trade helps to boost KL tin
      831 30 REPORTS SHORT-COVERING activity in early trade helped push the price of tin to close seven sen higher at M$ 14.92 per kg yesterday on the Kuala Lumpur Tin Market. Dealers said the market was again boosted by the US$35-rise on the London
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      770 30 BUSINESS TIMES TELEPHONE: 730-5771/5772/5773 FAX: 734-4982 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF GEN CO PRIVATE LIMITED (Incorporated in Singapore) (In Members' Voluntary Liquidation I At an-Extraordinary General Meeting of members of GENCO PRIVATE LIMITED duly con vetied and held at 151 Chin
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      735 30 IN THE SUBORDINATE COURTS OF HIE REPI BI.IC OF SINGAPORE M.C. Suit No. 8938 of 1991 Between OVERSEA-CHINESE BANKING CORPORATION LIMITED ...Plaintiffs And SOH PENG YAM ...Defendant NOTICE OF ADVERTISEMENT To: Soh Peng Yam whose last known address is at Block 657 Yishun Avenue 4 #06-375 Singapore 2276 TAKE NOTICE
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      15 30 Read Chartpoint, a guide to investing in the stock market. Every Saturday in Business Times.
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      AIRCRAFT ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES
      1132 31 Ci *y Flight ETA Flight ETD Abu Dhabi GA970 2245 GA976 J310 Adelaide B742 1815 Amman RJ182 1400 Amsterdam KL837 1255 SQ24 0100 SQ23 1815 KL838 2240 Athens 0A471 2355 Auckland NZ35 1550 SQ325 2115 SQ338 2030 NZ36 2330 BA12 2200 Bandar Sari SQ181 1410 SQI82
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      Still scaling the peaks at 90
      563 31  -  POSTCARD FROM SWITZERLAND By Marcus Ferrar IN THE grey light of dawn, Ulrich Inderbincn waits for clicnts he is to guide through glaeicrs, rocks and snowfields to the top of a mountain over 4,000 metres high. Mr Inderbincn is 90. At an age when
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      MONEY CHANGER RATES
      152 31 As at 3pm yesterday: I.oeal dollars to one unit of foreign currency Currencies Bid Offer Australian dollar 1.3418 1.3532 Canadian dollar 1.4804 1.5028 NZ dollar 0.9493 0.9780 Sterling pound 2.8815 2.9061 US dollar 1.6900 1.6950 Ixical dollars to 100 units of foreign currency Austrian schilling 13.98 14.19
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      WORLD TRADE EXHIBITIONS
      50 31 Duration Title Venue Organiser Tel Duration Title Venue Organiser Tel Oct I International \alencia. Fcna Muestra- ********** Oct 17-21 6th International Milan Trade Associazione 02/*****04 Fair o» Horn- Spain rio Internacional Audio. Video. Fair. Italv Promozione culture. Equip- De Valencia Broadcasting Mostre ment. Sundries Telecommunication Machinery Show
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      49 31 MALAYSIA GUP ACTION Even though Singapore is out of the Malaysia Cup, the action is not over for us. The New Paper team is in Kuala Lumpur to bring you exclusive reports and pictures of the Pahang-Selangor clash in last night's first-leg semi-final. NEW,N^MEWSY From luncMime. Monday to Saturday.
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      280 31 1 Boring but also disccrn9 Important occasions when everybody can be choosy s i j I 10 Saw a large number ahead Irregular wanting a Conti- LJ— H| 12 Film about trade not prop- erly shared out (8) I 1 j 13 This really makes one feHHr HH 15 Breaking
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      199 31 Singapore Outlook: Hazy with showers out a few areas in the afternoon. Report: Maximum temperature 32.4 Assoc humidity 54% Minimum temperature 23.3 Assoc humidity 97% Hours of sunshine 7.65 Rainfall in mm Nil Rainfall this month 12.7 Rainy days this month 3 World forecast Asia-Pacific Hi/Lo* Cond. Auckland.. 17/12 Showers
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      46 31 ''rhfiMiigßjlPSq He GeTs Mis kicks driving! oe.Lt ,uey. so this IS SIR. KesiNPiu?) siou>uy DOON countev J cnesTejg ffejggys OM?. J [lAME.'S ~~Z S ■Wis IT!wftossißLew TiW MQPSL'.-- A 1 I I i 1 I I 1 rni I —A C ASSOCIATED NEWSPAPERS LTD.. IM2-IMI 8539
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    Lock icon Compromise on sanctions against S Africa
    370 32 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting Agencies HARARE, Zimbabwe A Commonwealth compromise on sanctions against South Africa was being hammered out yesterday, the second day of the summit, diplomats attending the conference said. The 43 heads of government of the Commonwealth yesterday discussed the issue
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    High interest rates hit building boom in Malaysia
    337 32 KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's housing boom may grind to a halt soon as escalating interest rates push houses beyond the reach of many people and banks become reluctant to finance medium-cost houses because of lower returns. "The industry's recovery from the recession in
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    Anand renews his commitment to reforming economy
    380 32  -  From Magdalene Ng in BANGKOK THE THAI government is pushing ahead with reforms and laying the groundwork for rapid growth that succeeding governments will find difficult to dismantle, even if they wish to do so, premier Anand Panyarachun has told a gathering of
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    Kajima ordered to pay damages to estranged partner K&S Int'l
    286 32  -  Desaru resort dispute By Dawn Tan SINGAPORE The Singapore High Court has ordered Kajima Overseas Asia to pay damages to its estranged joint-venture partner K&S International over Kajima's failure to arrange financing for the ill-fated resort project at Dcsaru in
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    Award for world's best airport
    59 32 LONDON Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore chairman Sim Kee Boon (left) receiving an award from British Transport Secretary Malcolm Rifkind on Wednesday. Changi Airport was named the best airport by the Business Traveller magazine. It won with an overwhelming 49 per cent of the votes,
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    India to spend US$150b on infrastructure, housing
    363 32  -  By Harish Mehta THE Indian government plans to embark on a massive capital expenditure on infrastructure and housing, forking out about US$l5O billion (*****.5 billion). Some of these contracts would probably be open to bids by foreign companies. In an interview with BT,
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      Tiphook to start trading on HK exchange today
      322 33  -  By Dexter Lee SINGAPORE UK-based Tiphook has secured in-prin-ciple approval from the Hongkong authorities for a listing of its shares on the stock exchange there. Trading of Tiphook's shares on the Hongkong stock exchange is expected to commence today. This is Tiphook's
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      Lock icon Air traffic control procedures to blame for LA collision
      268 33 AP WASHINGTON A breakdown in air traffic control procedures led to an accident at Los Angeles International Airport last February in which two passenger planes collided on the ground and burned, safety officials said yesterday. The National Transportation Safety Board, voting
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      Lock icon Profits of American Airlines' parent up 7pc
      317 33 NYT NEW YORK American Airlines' parent company reported a 7.2 per cent rise in earnings on Wednesday, providing evidence that the industry is continuing to put many of the hardships of the Persian Gulf crisis behind it. Robert Crandall, chairman of AMR Corp,
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      INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
      1244 33 Page Col ABC Containcrlinc 12 I Accord Group 8 1-3 AFS 15 5 Ahrcnkicl 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 c Warehousing 15 4 Arrow Int 9 4 Asian Break-Bulk 16 2
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      Japanese ship chandler sets up local branch
      298 33  -  By Rahita Elias SINGAPORE Drawn by the abundant business opportunities in Singapore, Japanbased Toyo Ship Chandler Co Ltd has expanded into the Republic its first overseas venture. The new company, Toyo Trading, will tap the experience and resources of its parent, which has
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      Lock icon Air France reports heavy half-year loss of $336 m
      363 33 FT PARIS Air France, the French national carrier, on Tuesday became the latest international airline to announce a heavy loss for the first half of the year, hit by the Gulf War and the general economic slowdown. Net losses at the
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        More power under the hood
        31 33 AS THE new model year begins, ear makers arc touting their engines as never before to consumers, who arc increasingly savvy about power plants. Page 2
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        US phone companies follow state of economy
        39 33 A STAGNANT economy took its toll on third-quarter earnings reported on Wednesday by three telephone companies, setting a pattern for the industry that is in line with Wall Street expectations Back Page
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        McCaw unveils cellular network
        42 33 A NEW ccllular telephone network, announeed on Wednesday by McCaw Ccllular Communications Inc. is a significant step towards challenging the monopoly on local service enjoyed by the regional Bell operating companies and other operators, analysts say. Back Page
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        Honda to show high-mileage prototype
        40 33 AT THE Tokyo Motor Show next week, Honda Motor Co is expected to display a prototype of an unusual two-seat passenger ear whose fuel efficiency it says eould top 100 miles a gallon Back Page
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        US curbs on lap cars unlikely
        37 33 US lawmakers arc unlikely to provide trade relief to Detroit's ailing ear makers despite claims that Japanese cars arc hurting US car company profits, trade experts said on Wednesday Back Page
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        Seoul seeks ban on cars with less than 3 people
        93 34 SEOUL South Korea's transport ministry wants to ban private cars carrying fewer than three people from using highways between Seoul and two nearby cities. "The plan is under consideration to help thousands of export industries which have often failed to
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        Aeromexico sets public offers
        79 34 MEXICO CITY Mexican airline Aeromexico won approval to go public with a joint placement of up to US$lOO million (Ssl69 million) abroad and 150.66 billion pesos at home, the National Securities Commission said. The placement of share certificates convertible into "Series A" shares within 5'A years
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        Continental waives restrictions
        68 34 NEW YORK Continental Airlines Inc, a Continental Airlines Holdings Inc unit, said that it had waived the Saturday night stay requirement on its Max Saver fares from Dec 22 until Jan 4. Reservations must be made seven days before departure and tickets must be issued within 24
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        Travelling in convoys for safety
        67 34 BOGOTA Trucks carrying Colombian coffee to ports will travel in convoys with guards in some areas to protect them from robberies, a spokesman for a transport federation said. Mr Juan Estcban Henao, executive director of the Colombian Federation of Road Cargo Transporters in the province
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        Pay freeze for top execs
        89 34 LOS ANGELES Hughes Aircraft Co said it is freezing total compensation of its senior management next year The annual salary review for all other salaried employees, which normally occurs in March, will be delayed until July. Hughes chairman Malcolm Curries attributed the salary action to
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        Telesphere sales plans approved
        76 34 ROCKVILLE Telesphere Communications Inc said the US Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division approved the sale of the company to the highest bidder in a sale to be completed on Monday. The company said an initial bid of US$l4 million was submitted
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      DAILY FREIGHTS
      1037 34 MOST dry cargo freight rates on Wednesday continued to rise as brokers reported brisk vessel employment especially in the Atlantic grain and the iron ore sectors. The market's strength was reflected in a nine-point rise of the Baltic Freight Index to 1,621. Most Panamax routes were higher and
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      Lock icon More power under the hood
      1191 34  -  Car makers are going all out to develop more powerful, fuel-efficient engines, reports Adam Bryant, as consumers become more discerning about performance and demand Bryant NYT AS THE new model year begins, car makers are touting their engines as never before to consumers, who are
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      VERITAS BUNKER QUALITY REPORT
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      8675 42 This is a list of snips 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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        AT CONVENTIONAL WHARVES
        577 49 Vessel Von No Berth Arrival Departure Vessel Vo» No Berth Arrival Departure Marina Terminal 1 Hwa Chyang 19/10 alongside 1810/1630 Batam Baru B98 M05 alongside 18 10/2300 Ivan /agubansk. 18 alongside 18 10/0700 Batam Maiu *****1 M04 alongside 17 10/2300 Samudra Ram 6/91 19 alongside 18 10/0700
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        IN MALAYSIAN PORTS
        242 49 johorc Port Berth: 1: ml; 2: ml; 3: ml; 4: Kapitan Danilkin; 5: nil; 6; nil 01 jetty: Kil Chem Mediterranean. Hai Heng 88 DCJ: Silver Pride Due on Oct 17: Maasdijk. Nur Marina. Tzu Hang. Due on Oct 18: Queen Chie. Kris Merubi. Timber Trader VI,
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        885 49 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Record Booking/Balance Rstts Ship Voy No Etb/Btr Period From To From ACX Lily 16A 19/1600 4 17/1200 17/1459 17/1700 An Fremantte ***** 18/0700 1 16/1500 16/1659 16/1900 2 16/1700 17/0659 17,0900 8 Ra a *02 18/2300 1 16/1500 16/1659 16/1900
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      583 50 Third-quarter earnings show slight declines NYT NEW YORK A stagnant economy took its toll on third-quarter earnings reported on Wednesday by three telephone companies, setting a pattern for the industry that is in line with Wall Street expectations. The Pacific Telesis Group and
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      164 50 Reuter DETROIT US lawmakers are unlikely to prov ide trade relief to Detroit's ailing car makers despite claims that Japanese cars are hurting US car company profits, trade experts said on Wednesday. Officials from several auto manufacturing states are planning legislation aimed at limiting
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      361 50 NYT NEW YORK A new cellular telephone network, announced on Wednesday by McCaw Cellular Communications Inc. is a significant step towards challenging the monopoly on local service enjoyed by the regional Bell operating companies and other operators, analysts say. Cellular service, which is markedly more expensive
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      254 50 DETROIT At the Tokyo Motor Show next week. Honda Motor Co is expected to display a prototype of an unusual two-seat passenger car whose fuel efficiency it says could top 100 miles a gallon. Though most car makers have created ultrahigh-effi-ciency prototypes for research and
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      31 33 Contamer Schedule 17 My Frajhts 2 Mo to Advertisers 1 Shipping Guide 10,11 Sh*K m Port 17 Singapore Iris 17 Transport Dury 3 Veritas Report 2 Weather and Sea Condrtions 17
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      691 36 SEASPAC SERVICE DIRECT SOUTH PACIFIC SERVICE SIN NOU SUV PPT L J BONTANG 2505E8 28/10 12/11 14/11 20/11 AISO ACCEPTMG CARGO VIA SUVA TO: lAUTOKA. PAGO PAGO. APIA t NUKUAIOAFA DIRECT CHUE, SOUTH AMERICAN SERVICE SIN IQQ ANF VAP CLX L J BONTANG 2805E8 28/10 2/12 3/12 10/12 11/12 AISO
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      1600 36 Bamaftsis mm REGULAR INDEPENDENT FULL CONTAINER SERVICE W£STB6UNO FOR EUROPE VSL/VOY SM ALG BCL HAM BRE ROT ANT FEL LHA (VIA (VIA (VIA ALG) HAM) ROT) NORASIA Al MANSOORAH 9132-3 21/10 13/11 15/11 17/11 19/11 18/11 20/11 19/11 20/11 NORTH SEA 133W 28/10 18/11 19/11 23/11 25/11 24/11 25/11 26/11
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      1910 37 ssfjgSteamers Maritime Holdings Ltd P&O aiTW STRAITS SHIPPING 1B& Containers Nb Klf H Kon S pc.l Mf Sou Ant lot Ht| IK* IMfRM 1112 U/10 1//10 13/10 11/10 02/11 05/11 OMIT 07/11 ACCEPTS DUI SAIS LIVERPOOL Mf 0556 10/10 13/10 21/10 00/11 07/11 00/11 CARGO LMJMKIS* 0112 10/10 21/10 20/10
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      54 37 jLSEACROSS Loading SIN DESTINATION MV "GREAT STAR" 28-30 OCT DUBAI MV "GLORY STAR" 20-25 NOV B ABBAS S'pore: Seacross Shipping Chartering Te4: *****51 Fax: *****70 Tlx: ***** SECROS Dubai: World Seas Ships Agencies (Est.) Tel: *****0 Fax: *****9 Tlx: ***** WSSA EM Abo SUpbnttrs for hfi/i Ottrttn (Dry Ctrl*) t
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      563 38 m CR NBR **********0-D EXPRESS SEMI-CONTAINERSHIP SERVICE TO EUROPE va vot STORE ROAM ADAM H'BURG BREMEN ANTWERP MATARAM 30WB 20/10 19/11 25/11 29/11 2/12 SIfIWATA 33W8 30/11 3/1 9/1 15/1 20/1 FAST TRANSIT TIME ACCEPTING BREAKBULK/CONTAINERISED CARGO Sut>|»ct lo Inducement Also accepting cargo to Casablanca, Port Said, Port Alexandria. Genoe
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      1199 38 H ANJIN SHIPPING FM VSL FsiNn LINE HAUL IGB OAK FOR VSL JS* LINE HAUL SAV HM NYC HANJIN 10NG8EACH 035E 71/10 DIRECT 11/11 14 11 HANJIN KWANGVANG MIE 77 10 M. PROMINENCE 01SE 21/11 2VII 1/12 HANHN HONGKONG 03IE 79/10 DIRECT 1811 71/11 HANIIN KIMSAN 067E 79/10 H NENYORK
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      56 38 REGULAR WEEKLY SERVICE TO: DUMAI* PERAWANG* PEKANDARU 5 VESSELS OPERATING BATAM SERVICE EVERY MONDAY A THURSDAY OWNERS A OPERATORS OP CARGO VESSEL. TUGS A BARGES SPECIALISE IN HEAVY-UFT, PROJECT CARGOES TO ALL INDONESIA, MALAYSIA. THAILAND. PHIUPINE PORTS. OFFER CHARTERING OP OUR CARGO VESSEL. TUOS A BARGES. TEL: *****26 FAX: *****63
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      2021 39 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 B AUST/INDIA/PAK SERVICE: *****18 CFS <27 EXPORT *****53/*****04 FAR EAST SERVICE *****48 CFS K27 IMPORT *****69/*****50 NEPLINE SDN BHD MALAYSIA K.L.-(03) *****33, P. Kelang-{O3) *****87,
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      1059 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) FULL CONTAINERSHIP SERVICES EASIBOUPC OBCHMKaNG WtSTBOUC—IQADWG TRM6HFPCD VIA ROTTHPMI hkc wt in nu. me am n in* ant
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      1640 40 1 V t ICR No: 12******000M1 I W v v AS AGENTS: KAWASAKI SINGAPORE (PTE) LTD I W TEL *****77 TELEX: KAWAKI R*****5 FAX: *****07/8/9 LA3 M 1V MALAYSIA: "K" LINE MARITIME (MALAYSIA) SON BHD TEL SA *****00 PK *****01/5 PENANG *****0 JB *****1. ■■■■i KAWASAKI KISEN KAISHA, LTD Indonesia:
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      1253 40 tfS PHILI OMCNT UN€S PT€ LTD I 108 Robinson Road #07-00 GMG Building Singapore 0106 Tel: *****22/*****69/*****00 Telex: RS ***** PHIU FAX: *****78/*****38 d* BY AIR, LAND OR 5EA..... A WE TAKE ON THE WORLD FOR YOU (ffl MEMBER OF SINGAPORE FREIGHT FORWARDERS ASSOCIATION 22 OCT MONTREAL. OTTAWA. TORONTO. 24
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      1251 41 gaaPfl PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL LINES (PTE) LTD MM PIL BuHding, 140 Cecil Street HKXWX), Singapore 0106. 1 JAKARTA I IBANQKOK I vessel voy sin jkt sin vessel vov SIN bkk sin BUNOA TERATAI 423 20/10 22/10 27/10 PEGASUS PROGRESS MSN 11/10 22/10 20/10 EDEN <31 22/10 24/10 29/10 KOTA PAHLAWAN 0137
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      1105 41 BEN LINE CONTAINERS LTD 200 Cantonment Road Tel: *****22 #13-05 Southpoint 11% Fax: *****63 Singapore 0208. Telex: RS ***** EXPRESS CONTAINER SERVICE TO UK/CONTINENT VESSEL VOY NOS SPORE LEHAVRE ROTTERDAM SHAMPTON HAMBURG GOTHENBURG FRANCE HOLLAND UK GERMANY/SCAN SWEDEN Seianjia* 378 21/10 7/JJ 8/n 10/11 TiTTi Beralder 376 25/10 15/11 Z
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      548 41 MYANMA M FIVE STAR LINE \a (Myanmar National Lino) Loading for Yangon (Rangoon) S'pore P.KIj Pen P.Gdf PWYA WU7W In Pt SID HP* AN VI SIN 29/22 Oct THE BANK UNI (A aervice of Andrew Weir Shipping) SEMI-CONTAINER SERVICE \l HEAVY LIFT CAPABILITY I EXPRESS TO PAPUA NEW GUNEA 1
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      725 43 Flj ScanPutchfy A TO EUROPE (NORTH CONTINENT-UK-SCANDINAVIA) WEEKLY fltDtW VIIHL PKLANO PENANO OCgAN VEMSL UN LS HAVWE(I) rO»M(2) IHAMPTONQ) WOUOO<4) Q-QUWO (5) S«reia/W hn IsTTo 15/10 17/10 11/10 M*mb/37l 21/10 7/11 1/11 10/11 11/11 Seraia/ll Bhuro 22/10 20/10 17/10 15/10 BanaMer/371 21/10 15/11 S Jar»|»/W Btun 22/10 25/10 17/10 24/10
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      632 43 m WEEKLY. FIXED DAY. DIRECT CALL _^TNedHovd FROM PORT KELAN6 AND SINGAPORE TO JEDDAH, Nedlloyd Lines oanietta, la spezia fos and Barcelona from jam rasa KEWZUUNO/fUi -I irwi ST m Ski Sin Am Auckland FMi<A) Twiaro Lyttaltan(B) te»dta(B) Nap* «Wfegton(C) T«"«e« N Rouen/9124S 26/10 24/10 21/10 21/10 23/10 27/10 11/11
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      757 44 TO AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND pft [Si |Fr«n IliMb ISyd I Audi INK If CHAIM HmT "TTT~»7inr is/11 i«/n u/n MM I 2(1 U/1I 21/11 M/ll 1/12 J/12 »/12 10/12 EUCN HUUG 2*2 1/12 9/12 1«/I2 11/12 24/12 27/12 b MUSSEL 2(3 14/12 2»/l2 31/12 4/1 12/1 15/1 TO USA/CANADA [Si I
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      981 44 EXPORTS TO HONGKONG. TAIWAN. MANILA 4 JAPAN "TWICE WEEKLY" MALACCA STRAITS SERVICE OUTBOUND VOY SI PEN «T SM MM HKG KM) KEE TYO SM2 NGO KOR VESSEL VOY |SM |PKL PEN BIN SM TSK MELODY 318 *11 10 15 10 19 10 22 10 24 10 29 10 30 10
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      1577 44 CHINA OCEAN SHIPPING COMPANY FXILL CONTAINER LINRR SERVICE Malaysia's agents SINGAPORE'S GENERAL AGENTS nxmesia s agents CHUNG CHIAO SHIPPING SON BHD COSTAR SHIPPING PTE LTD P-T. GLOBAL PUTRA Kl TEL: *****91/17 FAX: *****92, ***** TEL: *****00/*****33 INDONESIA MARITIME t. KIANG TEL 3MJ106/I TU MA ***** TELEX: RS 26J30/1 COSHf JKT
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      559 45 KEELUNG HIKAWA V 80 LOADING COMMENCE: 18/10 21/10 noon KAOHSIUNG ACE LILY V.168 LOADING COMMENCE: 22/10 24/10 noon FAST DIRECT REGULAR SERVICE TO INDONESIA PORTS PK. BALAM/PANJANG/PAIEMBANG/MUNTOK VSL ETA ETD LOADING FOR OELI INOAH 22 10 91 23 10 91 PK BALAM lAMPUNG JAYA 20 1091 22 10 91 PANJANG/PALEMBANG
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      494 45 SSpSiETSTXumW TEL: *****33 (12 Linos) BFAX: *****15/*****03 TELEX: RS ***** RIBHIP (3 Linos) Pt\ ETHIOPIAN SHIPPING LINES (National Lines of Ethiopia) ACCEPTING FCL AND CONVENTIONAL VESSEL VOY ETA LOADING FOR SPORE ANDINET 25W8 30'tl OARESSALAAM. MOMBASA. DJIBOUTI ASSAB MASSAWA ABYOT 27W8 20/12 OARESSALAAM. MOMBASA DJIBOUTI ASSAB. MASSAWA 35 MEN HUNG
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      777 45 SEAWARD SHIPPING AND TRADING CO (S) PTE LTD ft* IT* ETA SWRt Km KfUNG PEJUNC BIUC lAtt 19; 10 Sailed Loading lot MM KUVAI HUDHU ?5 10 Loading lor Calcutta OOLMN 25/10 20^10 Loading for Male met SUPftf Ml 23/10 24/10 loading F<h Malt DONAKmM 30/10 Loaded For Felmaru WOGWSJ
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      747 45 JAKARTA BANGKOK urn bhum* ocm k< Pt i«/io 2110 EAGLt UMNO 137 ?Q/10 25/10 DASA ENAM 72S 23/10 26 10 MAHA BHUM# 7QH 3/ AKA BHUM IMS 26 10 29 10 JAW BHUM 01N Tm 22/1# Fri 25/10 SURABAYA Mm* BHUM tw n» 24/10 s«n 27/11 in m M WW
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      1287 46 S'PORE IMPORT: *****02 J PENANG: (04) *****6 SIBU: (084) *****9 KK: (088 *****0 TAWAU: (089) *****9 P.KELANG: (03) *****77 JAKARTA: (21) *****32 KUCHING: (082) *****3 SURABAYA: (31) *****0 UKSCAN/lliD PORTS I COtOMBO/S. AFRICA PFN PK S.N PEN PK S N m Colombo 21/10 22/10 23/10 I 24/10 25/10 26/10 Ldn/Fli/Rdm/Ant
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      343 46 BLUE STAR LINE TO FROM Jf/ NEW ZEALAND AND T/S TO FIJI TO AND FROM NEW ZEALAND PORTS SIN NPI AKL LTT SIN MAHSURI 0506 27/10 6/11 Vl* NPI 8/11 2S/U PROSPECT 15S 7/11 19/11 VIA NPI 21/11 1/12 MANDAMA 0508 19/11 30/11 VIA NPI 2/12 29/12 FULLY CONTAINERISED SAILINGS
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      1215 46 I THONG SOOM LIMES PTE ltd. 77 ROBINSON ROAO #15-00, #16-00 SIA BUILDING SINGAPORE 0106 TEL: *****88 FAX NO: *****11. *****22 TLX; RS ***** CARRIER, RS ***** JENHOL CABLE: TOSOCO CONVENTIONAL/CONTAINER CONTAINER SERVICES SINGAPORE TO WEST MALAYSIA SINGAPORE TO WEST MALAYSIA VESSEL |VOT Inr DEST VESSEL VOY SPOIE P. AEiAWC
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      825 47 >sS^^^companw^eruan^^^ DE VAPORES "PERUVIAN STATE LINE" ACCEPTING BREAKBULK FCL/SOC CARGOES TO/FROM CALLAO. MAT ARAN), ILO* OTHER PERUVIAN PORTS* WITH T/S AT KOBE ON CPV THROUGH BILL OF LADING PenMt* p Kelanc Smjipoft f Msia THOMASfVERETT 19/20 Oct 21/22 Oct KARABIfVERETT 03/05 No» JOHNCVCRETT 15/16 Nov 17/18 No» "EVERETT ORIENT LINE"
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      588 47 MULTI-MODE SHIPPING PTE LTD MIDDLE-EAST/PERSIAN GULF ACCEPTING FCL/LCL DUBAI OAWMAN SHARIAH DOHA MUSCAT BAHRAIN ABU DHABI BANDAR ABBAS lEDOAH FAR EAST ACCEPTING FCL/LCL PINANG P HEIANG lAKARTA BANGKOK HONG KONG TAIWAN lAPAN MANILA KOREA UK/EUROPE ACCEPTING FCL/LCL LONDON FELIXSTOWE LEEDS TILBURY ABERDEEN LE HARVE HAMBURG ROTTERDAM ANTWEP GOTHENBURG COPENHAGEN ft
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      942 47 PERINTIS LINE I ACCEPTING ALL FCL CARGOES BETWEEN SINGAPORE JAKARTA SURABAYA VESSEL VOY SIN JKT SBY PELOPOR 1010 19/10 22/10 DERAJAT" 959 23/10 25/10 PELOPOR 1011 26/10 29/10 DERAJAT 960 29/10 01/11 TANTO UTAMA 201 20/10 23/10 BONTANG PACIFIC 078 24/10 27/10 TANTO UTAMA 203 28/10 31/10 BONTANG PACIFIC 088
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      978 48 «T FIL CONTAINER SERVICE PTE LTD C" MADRAS CALCUTTA BANGKOK V»«- SIN/MADRAS V3L SIN/CALCUTTA VSL SIN/BAWQKOK Stft MAA SIN SIN CAI SIN SM BKK NEXT AVMABU 11-IJ/10 25-27/10 02 03/11 ICX! AVMABIC 17-11/10 24-21/10 03 04/11 NCXI AVAN.ABLE In Pi II Oct 22-23/10 29-31/10 04-07/11 20-21/10 28-31/10 0 7 08/11
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      559 48 Donterm! CONTERM FREIGHT (F.E) PTE LTD. GUARANTEED WEEKLY CONSOLIDATION SYDNEY GOOD RATES! FAST TRANSIT! ALSO ACCEPTING CARGOES TO: PORT VESSEL ETA NEXT BANGKOK CONTERM INGENUITY 21/10 21/10 JAKARTA CONTERM EDEN 22/10 29/10 PENANG CONTERM SEROIA 22/10 29/10 PORT KELANG CONTERM SEROJA 22/10 29/10 AUCKLAND CONTERM MAHSURI 25/10 2/11 FREMANTIE CONTERM
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      483 48 CUJi con wnv inTEßmopni\ LCL/FCL SERVICE FROM f I II B fpWl operates ov©r 600 tomiwate/oHicw mUS A. I II /ll\ \CWI ovw 35,000 iractors trucks. II mm MCW! services over 60.000 points in U.S.A. l/rwih m ottef LCL/FCL services General Aflents: -rD^Aftr-F/AH< ofi PENANG- KL: SINGAPORE: M&- 04-*****2 *****8995
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      467 48 liflM MANILA ETA VIGOOR SINGAPORE 11NB 19/10 VIGOUR PACIFIC 48NB 26/10 BANGKOK 19/10 20/10 BUSAN 21/10 28/10 HONGKONG 25/10 1/11 DURBAN PT LOUIS 23/10 5/11 KEELUNG 21/10 28/10 US A 21/10 28/10 PT KELANG 20/10 26/10 KOBE 22/10 29/10 PIRAEUS 23/10 8/11 OSAKA 23/10 30/10 IAKARTA 20 10 25/10 DUBAI
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      857 50 CHARTPOINT Every Saturday in Business Times HYUNDAI MERCHANT MARINE CO. LTD. EASTBOUND FEEDER TO PACIFIC SOUTH-WEST TO PACIFIC NORTH-WEST renm voy pcd m. law it haul wt mo ibh oak sea it haul vot km tcm/«a rn NAN HM 201 N035 14/10 15/10 17/10 H COMMAMXR 2* 25/10 11/11 14/11
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