The Business Times, 4 December 1991

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  • 17 1 Business Times THE BUSINESS PAPER FOR S-E ASIA MCI (P) 16/12/90 Wednesday, December 4, 1991 75* I
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  • NEWS SUMMARY
    • 77 1 WASHINGTON The US government's main economic forecasting gauge barely rose in October, the Commerce Department said yesterday adding to signs that the economy was losing momentum entering the final quarter of 1991. The department's Index of Leading Indicators, designed to forecast economic
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    • 41 1 HONGKONG The SinoBritish Joint Liaison Group began a three-day meeting here yesterday to prepare for the smooth transition of Hongkong to Chinese sovereignty in 1997, amid calls by local legislators to disclose details of talks.
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    • 34 1 THE Urban Redevelopment Authority, which put up eight parcels of land along the Singapore River for sale yesterday, has assured investors that it wants them to succeed in the project Page 2
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    • 29 1 A STRATEGIC alliance has been forged in Singapore's intensely competitive credit and charge card business, providing a foretaste of the shape of things to come Page 3
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    • 25 1 CHINA is seeking to regain the support of Hongkong's Chinese community with a campaign based on a common national heritage Page 10
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    • 25 1 JAPAN'S direct investments in Europe are expected to slow further in the next few years, say London-based Japanese economists Page 11
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    • 27 1 A NEW spirit of selfconfidence is sweeping the Gulf oil states almost a year after a war that threatened to devastate them Page 11
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    • 25 1 FINNISH enterprises, which went on a buying spree in the world market in the 1980s, are now reassessing their global strategics Page 13
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    • 31 1 THREE more cruise lines have revealed plans to launch services to South-east Asia, either passing through Singapore or using the Republic as their hub. Shipping l imes Page I
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  • MARKETS SUMMARY
    • 28 1 WALL STREET opened down slightly yesterday with the Dow Jones index of leading industrials slipping 3.81 points to 2,931.57 in the first five minutes of trading.
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    • 29 1 LONDON share prices were lower at midday yesterday. At about 1215 GMT, the broadbased FTSE 100-Share Index was down 6.3 points, or 0.2 per cent, at 2.408.6.
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    • 29 1 HOTEL Grand Central has bought two office buildings in North Sydney the alternative business district to Sydney city for As 39 million (Sssl million) Page 6
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    • 30 1 HAI SUN HUP Group Ltd, which has reported a higher interim group after-tax profit, is offering a US$39 million (564.8 million) bonds cum warrants issue Page 6
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    • 25 1 JARDINE Fleming Unit Trusts yesterday launched a new fund to invest in small to medium-sized listed companies in the region Page 6
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    • 39 1 SINGAPORE banks put up a good showing last year. They achieved a 16.3 per cent increase in combined after-tax profits, contributing 36.4 per cent to the financial sector's total earnings of 52.017 billion Page 9
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    • Article, Illustration
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    • 23 1 Exchange rates USS SS 1.6625 100 Yen SS 1.2853 MS SS 0.6041 Money market rates Overnight 3 -1/8 3-month 3 1/4% -1/8
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    • 37 1 London Gold AM fix USS366.00 -USS2.25 Rubber S'pore Jan l34.25*/kg -0.75 M'sia Jan 219.00Mcg unch KL Tin Turnover 48 tonnes +22 Spot MS 14.66/kg +0.05 Crude palm oil Turnover 958 lots +41 Feb MS873 /tonne -2
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  • 609 1  -  Lim Tan Securities takes issue with Sunbird over share deal By David Gabriel SINGAPORE A legal dispute between a stockbroker and its client has raised some questions about current stock market practices and the trading of Malaysian shares. The case may not come before
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  • 515 1  -  Contractor PLUS seeks Msl.sb loan From Leslie Lopez in KUALA LUMPUR RISING building costs and a host of technical problems have forced Malaysia's main highway contractor Projek Lebuhraya Utara-Selatan Bhd (PLUS) to seek a new syndicated loan to finance the ongoing construction of one of
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  • 336 1  -  By Hong Lee Tiam SINGAPORE The Monetary Authority of Singapore has lifted a two-year ban on loans by Singapore-based financial institutions to Vietnamese companies, or companies doing business in Vietnam. An MAS circular to banks, merchant banks and finance companies said
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  • 171 1 AFP LONDON Kevin Maxwell yesterday announced his resignation as chairman of Maxwell Communications Corporation (MCC) after a meeting with creditor banks of the private companies of the empire of his father, the late Robert Maxwell. He said he was stepping down because of
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  • 440 1  -  From Leslie Lopez in KUALA LUMPUR AFTER more than five years of uninterrupted growth, Malaysia's fast-overheating economy could be headed for some knocks as rising inflation and a worsening bal-ance-of-payments position take their toll, according to the country's top economic think-tank
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  • 112 1 AFP TAIPEI The Government of Singapore Investment Corp Pte Ltd is planning to invest up to US$lOO million in Taiwan's stock market, an official with the Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) said yesterday. The Singapore govern-ment-affiliated investment firm on Monday applied for permission
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  • PAGE 2 NEWS
    • 543 2  -  Eight parcels of land with 99-year leases on tender By Colin Tan SINGAPORE The Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA), which put up eight parcels of land along the Singapore River for sale yester- day, has assured investors that it wants them to succeed j
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    • 792 2  -  Cost overruns may squeeze long-term profits of Renong units From Leslie Lopez in KUALA LUMPUR MASSIVE cost overruns on Malaysia's controversial North-South Highway project have sparked quiet debate over the effects on the contractor, Projek Lebuhraya Utara-Selatan Bhd (PLUS), and other units of the
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    • 273 2 Reuter TOKYO Japanese companies are expected to react coolly to appeals by China s Vice-Premier Tian Jiyun for more investment and technology, saying his country lags behind others as an investment base, traders and manufacturers said yesterday. Mr Tian. the highest ranking Chinese
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    • 565 3 AFP MANILA The world economy is experiencing nearly zero economic growth in 1991, one of the worst years for some time, but Asia remains a powerhouse of expansion, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) said yesterday. The Manila-based ADB's forecasting journal, the Asian
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    • 560 3 Demand for EC goods likely to shrink due to German unification IHT BRUSSELS Economic growth in the European Community is projected to improve only slightly to 2.5 per cent in 1993, after reaching 2.25 per cent in 1992, the EC Commission said in a
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    • 276 3 AFP TOKYO The world economy will suffer capital shortfalls of US$lO3 billion (S$ 170.9 billion) next year and US$92 billion in 1993, a Japanese government white paper warned yesterday. Based on statistics from the Organisation of Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the International
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    • 515 3  -  New card will comply with MAS guidelines By SN Vasuki SINGAPORE A strategic alliance has been forged in Singapore's intensely competitive credit and charge card business, providing a foretaste of the shape of things to come. Barely two weeks after the Monetary Authority of
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
    • NEWS ROUNDUP
      • 63 4 PROFESSIONALS must help Singaporeans understand and apply information technology, the Senior Minister of State, Lim Boon Heng, said yesterday. Opening the International Conference on Information Engineering, at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, he said graduates of Nanyang Technological University and the Institution of Engineers could
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      • 82 4 LIANG COURT Complex, along River Valley Road, has clinched the Best Decorated Building Award this Christmas, taking the wind from the sails of traditional winners in the Orchard Road/Scotts Road shopping belt. A panel of judges put Liang Court's decorations ahead of those of 22
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      • 49 4 THE Ministry of Labour will conduct a survey this month and early next month to collect data on employment and unemployment. The information will be used to help evaluate and formulate plans and policies on employment. The Labour Force Survey will involve a sample of 11,500 households.
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      • 48 4 THE Fourth Asean Health Ministers' meeting will begin in Jakarta today. The two-day meeting will involve the exchange of health information in Asean, with emphasis on Aids and the environment. The Minister of State for Health, Dr Aline Wong, will attend the meeting.
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    • 327 4  -  By Carolyn Lim THE Economic Development Board has set up a new group under the manpower development division which will focus on applied research and development and technology innovation. The Applied R&D Group (ARG), set up earlier this year, will help local
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    • 375 4  -  By Chuang Peck Ming THE Enterprise Collaboration Forum, started a year ago by the Economic Development Board, is likely to be pushed as the model for cooperation among local small and medium enterprises. The EDB hopes to extend the forum now a monthly
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    • 408 4  -  Redas seminar on property market By Colin Tan THE general outlook for private residential properties is expected to be more resilient than anticipated, according to a team of property consultants from Richard Ellis. This is especially so for well-located upmarket residential units. In the
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    • 217 4 A THREE-FOLD RISE in the amount of office space in Singapore under the URA's revised Concept Plan would not harm the commercial property market, a real estate consultant said yesterday. Richard Ellis director Christopher Fossick said that even though the amount of office space would
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  • COMPANY NEWS 1
    • COMPANY BRIEFS
      • 88 6 SINGAPORE Metro Holdings Ltd and subsidiary Transmarco Ltd were queried by the Stock Exchange of Singapore about their interim results. Metro was asked to explain the decrease of $1.72 million in its share of profits less losses of associated companies. It was also asked
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      • 53 6 KUALA LUMPUR Zalik Securities, a Malaysian broking firm, will be listed on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange under holding company Zalik Bhd next month. It will offer 9.26 million shares at M 52.30 each. The offer will be launched on Dec 4 and close
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      • 70 6 KUALA LUMPUR Leong Hup Holdings Bhd has proposed a one-for-five bonus issue of 7.35 million shares and a rights issue of 18.39 million shares of Msl each for Ms 3 per share for every two shares held. The net proceeds of about M 554.56 million
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    • 280 6 SINGAPORE City Developments Ltd, which owns a 30 per cent stake in the Plaza by the Park along Bras Basah Road, will hold a meeting soon with its partners in the development to decide what action to
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    • 475 6  -  From Florence Chong in SYDNEY HOTEL Grand Central has bought two office buildings in North Sydney for As 39 million (Sssl million). The group bought a 16storey building in Berry Street for As 26 million and a 14-story block in Miller Street
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    • 468 6  -  By Dexter Lee SINGAPORE Marinebased Hai Sun Hup Group Ltd is tapping the market for cheap funds through a US$39-million ($64.8 million) bond-cum-warrant issue to finance the acquisition of more ships. In a statement yesterday, the company said that
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    • 296 6  -  From Catherine Ong in HONGKONG BULLISH about growth prospects in East Asia, Jardine Fleming Unit Trusts yesterday launched a new fund to invest in small to medium-sized listed companies in the region. The JF Eastern Smaller Companies Trust will take stakes primarily
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    • 159 6 L M tightens up group's activities for the year SINGAPORE Specialist contractor L&M, with orders of more than $350 million in hand, is sounding an upbeat note for the current year. While the group's activities are focused largely on construction, it is also going into the manufacture of precast concrete
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    • 204 6 SINGAPORE Listed GP Batteries International Ltd and Japan's Toshiba Battery Co Ltd have set up a jointventure company with China's Huizhou City Industrial Development Co (HIDC) to manufacture batteries in the country. The formation of TG Battery Co (China) Ltd follows
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    • 289 6  -  By Genevieve Cua SINGAPORE Haw Par Brothers International Ltd has acquired an associate company of the Sembawang group in a bid to beef up its industrial division and its international presence. Haw Par paid $3.9 million for an 84 per cent stake
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    • 383 7 BANGKOK Hopewell Holdings Ltd has confirmed that it will go ahead with a USS3.2 billion (555.3 billion) mass transit rail and highway system despite a Thai government rejection of proposed tax breaks and privileges for its development plans, a Thai official said.
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    • 275 7 Joint venture with Pertamina and US firm AFP TAIPEI Economic authorities have approved a NT$33 billion (552.13 billion) joint venture oil refinery project in Malaysia by the state-run Chinese Petroleum Corp (CPC). Company officials said yesterday that the project, in partnership with two foreign
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    • 393 7 Reuter SYDNEY The Australian Securities Commission (ASC) said it has charged former Adelaide Steamship Co Ltd directors John Spalvins and Michael Kent over share deals in Adsteam and associate David Jones Ltd. The ASC said it alleges that Spalvins and Kent entered an
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    • 286 7 FT HANOVER Continental, the German tyre company, on Monday reacted to the collapse of its co-opcration talks with Pirelli of Italy by saying it would strengthen its internal operations and seek strategic alliances elsewhere. It also said 1992 would bring a clear return to the black
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    • 347 7 AP SEOUL Foreigners began to register on Monday to trade on the Korea Stock Exchange for the first time, but analysts say a weak economy and strict regulations would keep much capital away. The Korean Securities Supervisory Board said 41
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    • COMPANY BRIEFS
      • 96 7 PHILADELPHIA Unisys Corp, one of America's leading computer makers, is said to be the target of a possible takeover attempt by a group of multinational investors, USA Today reported in Monday's edition. Unisys is the No 3 computer maker behind International Business Machines
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      • 62 7 JAKARTA Indonesian Minister of Mines and Energy Ginandjar Kartasasmita said that 12 firms would be allowed to explore for oil and gas in the Timor sea, the Kompas daily said yesterday. Mr Ginandjar said that an agreement for the oil and gas
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      • 96 7 MELBOURNE The Broken Hill Pty Co Ltd and its Queensland coal mine partners plan to invest A 5248.5 million in developing their mines over five years, BHP said. Bob Flew, group general manager of BHP's Australian coal division, said the decision followed the government's
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      • 78 7 TOKYO The government must make an effort to sell 500,000 shares of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp to the public as planned in the current fiscal year ending March 31, 1992, Finance Minister Tsutomu Hata said. But Mr Hata told a finance committee
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  • FINANCIAL NEWS
    • 327 9 Agencies IRVING, Texas Visa USA announced plans on Monday to change its membership rules to make it easier for companies other than banks, like department stores, to issue Visa cards. The decision to lift the moratorium on non-bank participation, imposed a
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    • 231 9 Reuter NEW YORK The World Bank has decided to resume dealings with Salomon Brothers, the brokerage said on Monday, paving the way for other clients to reforge links with the scandal-ridden firm. The World Bank suspended business with Salomon on Aug 21 after the
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    • 182 9 FT LONDON Invitations to international banks and fund management firms to bid for the running of Poland's new national investment funds will be sent out this week, according to Jerzy Thieme, director of the country's privatisation project. About 200 medium to large
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    • 562 9  -  By Chew Eng Han SINGAPORE Local banks continued to exert their dominance in the financial sector last year, recording a 16.3 per cent increase in combined after-tax profits and contributing 36.4 per cent to the sector's total earnings of $2,017 billion. The 1991 survey of
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    • SMALL CHANGE
      • 66 9 TOKYO Japan's Agriculture Ministry has instructed seven of the country's 12 farm-related commodity exchanges to merge into two large regional exchanges, one near Tokyo and the other near Osaka, ministry officials said. "The instruction was aimed at making the exchanges more competitive
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      • 76 9 MANILA President Corazon Aquino is set to announce shortly new rules on foreign exchange trading in the Philippines, Central Bank governor Jose Cuisia said. He did not disclose what these were but said they were significant reform measures designed to liberalise trade. The package
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      • 61 9 NEW YORK Goldman, Sachs Co, one of Wall Street's last surviving independent partnerships, has completed the sale of US$275 million worth of interests in the firm to 22 insurance companies, industry executives said on Monday. The deal, which was completed last week, marks the third
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      • 89 9 LONDON The High Court has adjourned until Jan 14 a hearing on a Bank of England petition to liquidate the closed Bank of Credit and Commerce International. BCCI's provisional liquidators, accountants Touche Ross, asked for the delay so they could synchronise winding up orders in Britain,
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  • THE REGION
    • NOTE BOOK
      • 83 10 SEOUL The South Korean government will pull out of an oil exploration project in the west Madura area of Indonesia due to the lack of economic feasibility, a spokesman for the Energy and Resources Ministry said. The government invested about US$2OO million
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      • 46 10 BANGKOK The Thai Commerce Ministry will ask its Japanese counterpart to act as a guarantor for letters of credit issued by the Soviet Union for a short-term credit sale of 200,000 tonnes of rice from Thailand, the Bangkokbased The Nation reported on Monday.
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      • 55 10 MANILA Former Philippine defence secretary Fidel Ramos said here yesterday that he was compiling evidence to protest against a ruling party convention vote in which he lost the presidential nomination for next May's elections. He said that the LDP executive committee agreed to look into the
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      • 29 10 BANGKOK Thailand's army will reduce its number of combat troops by 25 per cent over the next 10 years, the official Radio Thailand said on Monday.
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    • 576 10 AFP HONGKONG China is concerned that it has lost much of the grassroots support it formerly enjoyed in Hongkong and is working to woo the local community with a campaign based on a common national heritage. Since the crushing of the democracy movement
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    • 289 10 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR The Malaysian government has signed 70 counter-trade agreements with a total value of M 51.29 billion (***** million) between January and October this year. Malaysian Deputy International Trade and Industry Minister Chua Jui Meng said yesterday that a further M 5568.45
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    • 251 10 BANGKOK The Thai Fisheries Department has proposed a comprehensive plan to regulate internal and overseas fishing activities. The Bangkok-based The Nation reported that the plan was aimed at developing Thailand's marine resources and end disputes with neighbouring countries over illegal trespassing by Thai trawlers.
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    • 273 10 PHNOM PENH Cambodia's headlong rush from Marxism-Leninism has become so frantic in the last few months that even committed capitalists are nervous about the future of an uncontrolled and unintentional experiment in extremist free-market economics. The Financial Times reported that the formal economy has almost
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    • 210 10 Would 30 Singaporeans dare to question the world's top authority on global business? Dr Kenichi Ohmae is Because our studio audience business, just ask. And if regarded by many as for this exclusive programme you think you've got an the world's leading answer to any of its authority on global
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    • 52 10 HENRY DESIGNCENTRE PTE LTD TEAR END SALE OFFICE FURNITURE) 29 November 8 December 1991 Sale hours: Mon Sat 9.00 am to 6.00 pm Sun -10.00 am to 5.00 pm Venue: Henry*a Building No. 5 Eunoe Avenue 8A Singapore 1440 Tel: 748 6666 Fax: 748 0007 s E3is| Paya Leber E
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  • THE WORLD
    • 560 11 Reuter LONDON Slowing direct investment in Europe by Japanese firms can be expected to get even slower in the next few years because of financing difficulties and poor profit prospects back home, London-based Japanese economists say. There have been increasing calls from European
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    • 46 11 NEW YORK Boutros Ghali (left), talking to Javier Perez de Cuellar tefore luiKh at the latter's residence. Mr Ghali was scheduled to be formally elected as the new United Nations secretary-general yesterday, taking over the post from Mr Perez de Cuellar.
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    • 129 11 FT WASHINGTON The US manufacturing sector is on the brink of recession, the National Association of Purchasing Managers said. The Purchasing Managers' Index, a closely-watched indicator of US industrial conditions, fell sharply last month to 50.1 per cent, compared with 53.5 per cent
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    • 366 11 Reuter DUBAI A new spirit of self-confidence is sweeping the Gulf oil states almost a year after a war that threatened to devastate them. Most of the Gulf economies are recovering from Iraq's invasion of Kuwait and the subsequent US-led war. Iraq, its
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    • WORLD WATCH
      • 73 11 WASHINGTON The government will change the way it reports the broadest measure of US economic activity to focus more narrowly on activity that takes place within US borders, officials said. Beginning with today's release of revised thirdquarter figures, the Commerce Department will
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      • 68 11 TORONTO US Commerce Secretary Robert Mosbacher said on Monday that a North American free trade agreement could be enacted before next year's US elections. Speculation has grown that troubles and the presidential election will stall an agreement until at least 1993, but Mr Mosbacher said
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      • 66 11 PARIS Ministers of Western industrial countries and Japan sat down on Monday for two-day talks on ways to integrate environment, development and economic policies to achieve sustainable worldwide development. "If we do not succeed in creating the conditions for sustainable development, we will have to pay a heavy
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      • 55 11 HONGKONG China and the US will eventually settle their trade problems without Washington having to impose penalties against Beijing for unfair trade practices, a US business official here predicted on Monday. American Chamber of Commerce president Warren Williams said he was confident China and the US would
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    • 339 11 FT GENEVA An agreement on public procurement that would open up a potential market of some US$l,7OO billion (552,825 billion) a year to* international competition is within the grasp of negotiators working in the shadow of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade talks. Over the
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  • 508 12 EDITORIAL THE whitewashed, new image Khmer Rouge (KR) lost the election, in a sense, long before polling day. Cambodians voted with their fists and boots when a mob attacked KR leader Khieu Samphan. In doing so, some would say the mob also voted against the peace process. The
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  • WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
    • 346 12 APPARENTLY at least, the attack against two leaders of the Khmer Rouge in Phnom Penh last week was a violent expression of people's power. It is not impossible that the Hun Sen government orchestrated the attack, as some critics, including China, have charged. Phnom Penh might
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    • 81 12 SINCE its formation in 1981, Mendaki has been focusing its attention and resources on improving the standard of education of Malay-Muslim students. While this remains its priority. Mendaki has made a very important move by running courses for workers as well. Mendaki's move is certainly welcomed by
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    • 80 12 THE 13th Party Congress of the Communist Party of China has once again recognised the contradiction between the "people's increasing needs of material culture and backward social production". In order to remove this contradiction. China has to put all its energy into economic development and production, and'not the
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  • REGIONAL VIEWPOINTS
    • 171 12 THE G-15, calling for a new global partnership, recognised the urgent need to have a dialogue with the North in evolving a New World Order and replacing the North-South imbalanced relations with a meaningful North-South co-operation. This is stated in the communique, whereby the G-15 "will continue to
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    • 157 12 MOST private economists share the government's view regarding the crucial task of the money squeeze which is to prevent the economy from devastating instability. Of the greatest concern to most analysts, though, is the fact that the government is sometimes still not consistent with its policies. Its
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    • 153 12 THE Japanese Diet's reported decision to adopt a resolution that would amount to an apology for Tokyo's aggression in World War II is the latest in a series of attempts to assuage anti-Japanese feeling. It comes in a week when Japan is expecting to be the target
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  • 1044 12  -  Does Japan want a partnership with South-east Asian nations based on equality and mutual benefit, or an arrangement that would subordinate the region to Japanese interests? Michael Richardson reports Michael Richardson IHT N EARLY 50 years after Japan began its military conquest of
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous

  • ANALYSIS
    • 1262 13 European Community nations are tussling over the control that governments should exert on the European central bank FT OF all the matters occupying the minds of European governments during the run-up to the Maastricht summit next week, none is more emotive than one central question: who
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    • 1234 13  -  Buffeted by a recession in Scandinavia and faced with shrinking Soviet orders, Finnish enterprises which went on a buying spree in the world market in the '80s are now reassessing their global strategies. A J Leow, who was in Helsinki recently, reports A J Leow CONFRONTED
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    • 1049 14  -  David Gabriel examines a dispute that raises legal issues for the stockbroking community David Gabriel IN JANUARY 1990, Sunbird Pte Ltd, the defendants, instructed Lim Tan Securities to buy shares of Dayapi Industries, now known as Golden Plus Holdings Bhd. Altogether, 1,840,000 shares were bought and
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    • 555 14 CAM PUBLIC PROSECUTOR V. KUM CHEE CHEONG High Court of the Republic of Singapore, Magistrate's Appeal No 437/90/01: Judicial Commissioner KS Rajah. SECTION 16 of the Motor Vehicles (Third-Party Risks and Compensation) Act requires that a person driving a car produce a motor insurance
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    • 664 15 SEA Games AP MANILA A lucky fall at the finish line helped Malaysian star sprinter Govindasamy Shanti take the gold medal in the women's 200 metres by edging ahead of arch rival Lydia de VegaMercado of the Philippines yesterday. Shanti beat Mercado by 0.03 seconds
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    • 388 15 Reuter LAUSANNE. Switzerland lowa lawyer Robert Helmick could be ousted from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) this week following allegations of unethical conduct. There is growing pressure for Helmick to resign from the lOC following disclosures that he was paid about U*****.000 in
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    • 220 15 Reuter BONN About 20 former East German swimming coaches have admitted that doping helped the Communist state's remarkable success in the pool in the past two decades. "We confirm that anabolic steroids were used in former East German swimming," a statement, signed
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      • 89 15 ANTWERP, Belgium Netherlands Jan Siemerinck and American Aaron Krickstein won their first round matches at the European Community Championship on Monday. Siemerinck beat Alexander Volkov of the Soviet Union 6-2, 4-6, 6-1, and Krickstein ousted Belgian Bart Wuyts in straight sets 6-0, 6-3. Siemerinck upset the
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      • 91 15 ANTWERP, Belgium Top seed Stefan Edberg may be forced to pull out of the European Community tennis championship. Tournament director Sergio Palmieri said on Monday: "I'm not very optimistic about his chances." He said world number one Edberg, sidelined for three weeks with a knee injury,
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      • 104 15 BONN Lutz Dombrowski, the 1980 Olympic long jump champion exposed last week as a former agent for the Stasi, has claimed that many top athletes and sports officials had worked for the East German secret service as unofficial members. "It is a fact that I was not
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      • 60 15 HOUSTON Houston Rockets centre Hakeem Olajuwon has stopped taking one of two medicines for an irregular heart rhythm and could return for games tomorrow or Saturday. General manager Steve Patterson said yesterday that Olajuwon, hospitalised four days last week for tests that showed he had
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      • 86 15 CANBERRA The government will provide US$2O million towards the cost of staging the 1998 Commonwealth Games if Adelaide is named as host city. Prime Minister Bob Hawke said yesterday: "Adelaide is making a very strong bid for the Games and deserves federal government support to help
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  • LIFESTYLE
    • 226 19 US VICE-PRESIDENT Dan Quayle won a dubious award on Monday from the Plain English Campaign for making an incomprehensible remark on an unidentifiable subject. He won his Golden Bull prize for two sentences attributed to him by a British newspaper, which picked up the
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    • 382 19 Bernadine Morris has her eyes following the movements of spring's hemlines NYT Hemlines are no problem, right? Spring collections, on average, showed about 10 per cent of skirt lengths passing the knees, the rest baring them. Retailers are picking the styles that
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  • STOCK EXCHANGE OF SINGAPORE 1
    • 3465 20  -  By Magdalene Ng THE Singapore share market yesterday remained oblivious to the rise of Wall Street and Tokyo. "The market's in au-to-pilot now," said an institutional dealer. "It will just move along steadily and quietly, unless Dow cracks." Though Wall Street's
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      80 20  -  By Chew Eng Han Comment HONG FOK is nearing a support level at $1.77 to $1.80. As five-day stochastics are almost zero, a rebound may come soon. At most, expect a further slide to $1.68 to $1.70. If reached, this should be a good level to buy. A
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  • KUALA LUMPUR STOCK EXCHANGE
    • 4890 23 Bernama SHARE prices here closed a shade higher in thin trading yesterday. The market was steady in the morning on Wall Street's strong performance on Monday and Tokyo's rebound yesterday but cautious selling in late afternoon erased some of the gains.
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  • BT SHARE INFORMATION SERVICE
    • 392 24 Company Data Yaar Croup Nat Nat aaraiap Crass ana to proflt/lass (L) par sharo dhrMand COM) (cants) H Metal Ctainers Nov 27 Jun 91 $7,209l($8,131l) 0.5(1) YTL Corpn Nov 25 Jun 91 M$19.961($ll,530) 13.7(7.9) 10(10) B«rjaya Ind Nov 23 Apr 91 M$33,942($34,714) 81(10.4) 6(12) Burwril Hldgs Nov 22
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    • 219 24 Company Date Year Group pro-tax Not earnings Gross ann to profit/loss (L) par share dividend (*000) (coats) H Leong Credit Nov 28 iun 91 MJ5 7 561 ($35,181) 18(12 9a) 9(5.9a) Times Pub Nov 22 Aug 91 550,932(545.408) 29 5(23) 10(10) Ind Oxygen Nov 18 Jun 91 M534.844(524.335)
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    • 747 24 Company Date Half-year Group pre-tax Interim ann to profit/less (L) dividend ('000) Metro HhJgs Nov 29 Sep 91 $4 410($8.538) Trans.narco No* 29 Sep 91 $3.716(S6632) Golden Hope Nov 27 Sep 91 M$43.049($30.248) -(3) QAF Ltd Nov 27 Sep 91 13 358(11.516) J Cement Nov 25 Sep 91
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    • 655 24 Dec 2 The Semtoawang (roup has opened a representative office in Dubai in a bid to tap the vast business opportunities in the Middle East Scotts Holdings has leased all 2,5005 m of space at the Festival Market, the former Telok Ayer Market, which is expected to bring
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    • 1811 24 Trans Registered Substantial Buy/ No. of Amonnt Shareholding Stock Date Holder Shareholder/Director Soil shares S Before After PCL 27/11/91 Natalon Co Ltd Natalon Co Ltd S 1 260 000 2.167.200 000 53.146 000 17 720 51 886 000 17 300 Tat Lee Bank 27/11/91 Highland Developments Pte
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    • 872 24 Current Ex Baaks Date Total tor Total far payment data dose payable the year last year MS8 50c 121(b) Dec 30 Jar 14 Jan 21 12% 10% Ami St* 50c 10% Dec 9 Dec 23 Jan 20 20% 20% An* Steel 50c 10%(l) Dec 9 Dec 23 Jan
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    • 124 24 Company Rights Issue CKy Dm Renounceabte nghts issue on the basis of one-tor-ten $2 85 per share Ex-dale Dec 9 Books dose: Dec 19 Acceptance Payment NYA H Ntfara One-tor one $2 75 per share Ex-date Nov 12 Books dose Nov 22 Acceptance Payment: Jan 2 1992 MM
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    • 537 24 Company Rights Issue taaPacLjnd Fourforseven MSO 50 per share Hhnci Todi One-forone fe $100 per share Bwjaya Group Rights issue of S89m nominal amount 10% Irredeemable Convertible Unsecured Loan Stocks (CULS) on the basis of one tor four Baton issue of 190 9 78m nominal amount of 35%
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    • 467 24 Main Board Last FuH Year Company Period Date Ye* Net EPS Grow Net arranced «ndh( (cents) <fv profit last rear (TOM) EMS Final Nov 6 Jul 91 3 OTE 17.8781 MC Httdnp interim Nov 29 Mar 92 560 400 197.832 C1C Final Dec 6 Sep 91 30 8
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    • 208 24 Hfing Tai Holdinfs Ltd: 27th AGM EGM at Carlton Hotel, Seminar Room 11, Level 6, 76 Bras Basah Road. Singapore 0718 on Thursday, Dec 5, at 11.30 am. Tonfkah Holdhgs Bhd: 50th AGM at the Pahang Room. Shangri-La Hotel, Jalan Sultan Ismail. ***** Kuala Lumpur on Friday, Dec
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    • 90 24 Conversion Special Trdg Scriptess Conversion deadline Period Trading Company starts (IDP) (ST) starts H Negara Nov 25 Dec 12 Dec 3 Dec 12 Dec 13 HTP Hldgs Sep 16 Oct 10 Sep 30 Oct 10 Oct II Nlincbct Parkway Hldgs Oct 11 Nov 7 Oct 25 Nov 7
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    • 181 24 RECORD HIGHS LOWS BT Composite Index ST Industrials Index 1991 to* 1333 08 (3/6/91) 1991 *****8 (3/6/91) 1991 tow: 1022.52 (16/1/91) 1991 49 (16/1/91) 1990 hi* 1435.43 (16/7/90) 1990 1607.12 (27/3/90) 1990 tow: 981.07 (09/11/90) 1»0 tow: 1079.50 (11/10/90) 1919 h* 1322.00 (28/12/89) 1M9 Mdc 1487.76 (26/12/89) 1919 tow: 917.42
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  • STOCK EXCHANGE OF THAILAND
    • 2116 25 Agencies BANGKOK Thai stocks closed mostly lower for the second consecutive day as the market shrugged off sharp rallies on Wall Street and Tokyo, brokers said. The SET Index closed down 2.85 points at 663.75 on light turnover of 2.09 billion baht (S$
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  • JAKARTA STOCK EXCHANGE
    • 1044 25 Reuter JAKARTA stock trading was slow with brokers nervous ahead of a deadline for them to bump up their capital, traders said. The government told stockbrokers last year that the paid-up capital for Indonesians would have to rise to 500 million rupiah from 25
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  • TOKYO STOCK EXCHANGE
    • 2612 26 Reuter TOKYO Tokyo stocks staged a technical rebound from Monday's plunge to close sharply higher. Arbitrage buy programs combined with bargain hunting to lift prices, brokers said, with a stronger yen and Wall Street's overnight recovery helping to support sentiment. The 225-share Nikkei Average
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  • STOCK EXCHANGE OF HONGKONG
    • 2511 26 Reuter STOCKS closed solidly higher yesterday with the Hang Seng Index breaching the 4.100-level on New York's overnight surge and Tokyo's rebound, but sharp initial gains were pared by profit taking. The Hang Seng jumped 29.96 points to 4,124.38, having once surged about
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  • REGIONAL STOCK MARKETS
    • Aussie prices rise sharply on Wall St surge
      • 894 27 THE Australian share market closed sharply higher yesterday in quiet trade, with investors looking for further direction from Wall Street and signs of sustained economic recovery locally and overseas. "The market has been stronger than expected," said Eric Gale, director at Ord Minnett. "I thought it would have run
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      • 511 27 SHARE prices climbed across the board yesterday, buoyed by the strong performance of telephone stock PLDT and expectations of a year-end rally. The Manila Stock Exchange composite index rose 8.88 points to finish at 1,104.91. "Some people are optimistic and buoyed by PLDTs behaviour. But from the technical standpoint,
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      • 506 27 PROFIT-TAKING after early gains yesterday pulled Taiwan shares down to end lower but brokers said selling was not heavy and falls should be limited in coming days. The weighted index lost 11.78 points to finish at 4,343.24. Turnover was a thin at NTS 15.9 billion against NTS 17 billion.
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      • 853 27 SEOUL stocks slumped yesterday on mounting worries about financial difficulties and potential defaults on debts, exacerbated by concerns the authorities may announce the results of tax evasion investigations soon, brokers said. The composite stock index ended 7.51 lower to 643.93 on a turnover of 134 billion won against 125
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      • 223 27 NEW ZEALAND shares ended slightly higher yesterday but turnover, although an improvement on Monday's, was light. The NZSE-40 capital index gained 4.57 points at 1,490.08. Turnover was worth about NZ$l6.4 million. James Lock of Craig and Co said the market's cautious response to Wall Street's rapid 40-point turnaround
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      • 327 27 Close Previous Dec 3 AUSTRALIA All Ordinaries Index 1,608.2 1,590.1 +18.1 All Industrials Index 2,516.5 2,487.7 +28.8 All Resources Index 915.7 905.6 +10.1 Turnover (million) 95.94 70.54 +25.4 NEW ZEALAND NZSE-40 Capital 1.490.08 1,485.51 +4.57 MANILA Composite Index 1,104.91 1.096.03 +8.88 Turnover (million) 802.5 1,090 -287.5 TAIPEI Weighted Price Index
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  • WORLD STOCK MARKETS
    • Dow closes higher after White House news
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        1253 28 THE stock market closed sharply higher on Monday, bouncing back briskly late in the day after a steep decline earlier. The Dow Jones industrial average finished 40.70 higher at 2,935.38. Various forces converged to drag prices down in the morning: weakness in the Japanese and London markets, a
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        800 28 WALL STREET'S recovery from opening falls saw shares bounce back from sharp early losses in London Monday to finish only slightly below Friday's close. A sharp reverse overnight in Tokyo and worries that Britain would be isolated on a single European currency at the key European Community summit in
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      • 325 28 THE Amsterdam Stock Exchange ended broadly lower on Monday but shares had recovered the worst of the day's lows as a late bout of short-covering offset the early shock of London's bearish beginning. The EOE share index closed down 2.61 points at 271.97, fractionally below a previous resistance level
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      • 286 28 THE Frankfurt stock market dropped by 1.35 per cent on Monday, hit by a three per cent plunge of the Tokyo market, worries about Wall Street, Soviet debt problems and rumours of a possible rise of German interest rates, operators said. The DAX spot trend index, consisting of 30
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      • 215 28 THE Paris bourse blue chip CAC-40 index never recovered from an early plunge on Monday and clocked up its lowest close since the Soviet coup attempt in mid-August. Dealers said sentiment was hit by steep losses in Tokyo, recurring worries about the Soviet Union, a possible rise in German
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      • 341 28 SWISS shares ended lower on Monday in moderatelv active trade but closed marginally off earlier lows despite Wall Street's weak opening. Dealers said a combination of negative factors weighed on the market. Small orders were enough to drive prices down and investors were reluctant to open new positions. The
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      • 347 28 THE stock market had mixed fortunes on Monday in thin and uncertain trading conditions as traders kept a wary watch on shaky international markets, dealers said. Gold shares found support from strong world bullion prices but industrials lost ground with the trend exacerbated by some key stocks trading ex-dividend,
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      • 301 28 TORONTO stocks turned around from a sharp opening drop to end mixed on Monday with moderate gains in blue chips, though trade was sluggish, dealers said. Futures-related selling in the US, short covering and bargain hunting all helped to lift the market, they added. "Everybody was worried about the
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      • 176 28 PRICES on the Stockholm bourse closed sharply lower on Monday in active trade after Tokyo fell 3 per cent overnight and following losses on European markets. The bourse general index lost 2.03 per cent to 924.70 in turnover of 412 million crowns. Blue chip shares fell 2.22 per cent
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      • 259 28 Dec 2 Close Previous NEW YORK Dow Jones 2,935.38 2.894.68 +40.70 S&P 500 381.4 375.22 +6.18 Turnover (million) 188.3 78.6 +109.7 LONDON Financial Times 30 1,831.5 1,840.1 -8.6 FTSE 100 2,414.9 2,420.2 -5.3 Turnover (million) 399.3 490.5 -91.2 FRANKFURT DAX Index 1.545.4 1,566.6 -21.2 AMSTERDAM EOE Index 271.97 274.58 -2.61
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  • CURRENCY, MONEY & FUTURES MARKETS
    • 1224 29 REPORTS ASIA Tokyo: The dollar was lower against the yen yesterday but ofT morning lows as trade steadied in late Asian trading, dealers said. The dollar fell to 128 yen levels for the first time in a week on comments
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    • 475 29 Reuter FRANKFURT German call money rose to the Bundesbank's 9.25 per cent Lombard rate on Monday and some dealers and economists say it is no longer possible to rule out a rise in official central bank interest rates this week. The market
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    • 321 29 Reuter MOSCOW The Soviet rouble lost almost half its official value against the US dollar on Monday, the first day it was traded without exchange rate restrictions. Soviet state bank Gosbank lifted the fixed tourist exchange rate last Friday as the rouble steadily
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    • 1135 29 SIMEX EURODOLLAR 1 Open High Low Sett Est Vol Op/lnt Vol Dec 91 95.08 9109 2800 ***** 4624 Mar 92 95.31 95.33 95.31 95.32 4348 ***** 70 0 01 os iQ 95 22 95.19 95.21 2433 9916 4811 Seo 92 94 95 94 98 94.95 94.97 2408 4831
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    • 402 29 Cross rates USS SS MS Dm Yen j SFr AS NZS tsS 1 6610 2.7510 1.6110 130.15 0 5640 ***** 1.2"?80 1.7778 SS 0.6020 1.6562 0.9699 78.3564 0.3396 0.8579 0."'694 10 7 03 MS 0.3635 0.6000 0.5856 47.3101 0.2050 0.5180 0.4645 ***** J < Dm 0.6207 1.0310
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    • 531 29 Interbank rates SS Bid Offer Overnight 3 3 1/8 1-month 3 3/16 3 5/16 2-month 3 1/4 3 3/8 Vmonth 3 1/4 3 3/8 Overnight mode: 3-1/8 L'SS Bid Offw 7 Jays 4 7/8 1 month 5 3/16 5 5/16 2 months 4 15/16 5 1/16 3 months
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  • COMMODITIES
    • 435 30 AP CARACAS, Venezuela The world's oil-producing countries are unequipped to fill the vacuum left by a drop in production by the Soviet Union, according to the president of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec). Celestino Armas, speaking
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    • 276 30 Reuter NEW YORK News that Brazil and Colombia are ready to coordinate policy to lift sagging world prices rallied coffee futures, traders and analysts said. But whether producers can agree on details of a plan that would be accepted by other producers as
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    • 845 30 REPORTS THE PRICE of tin on the Kuala Lumpur Tin Market recovered five sen to close at M$ 14.66 per kg yesterday after dropping to a five-year low for the second time over the past week. Dealers attributed the recovery to short
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  • THE TRAVEL PAGE
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    • 595 31  -  POSTCARD FROM ARGENTINA By Nathaniel Nash The isolated coastline in Punta Delgada, Argentina, below 21 m-high bluffs, gives every appearance of being a wildlife paradise. This is the season the elephant seals come up on the beach to give birth and to mate. Bull elephant
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    • 152 31 As at 3pm yesterday: Ix>cal dollars to one unit of foreign currency Currencies Bid Offer Australian dollar 1.293 1.308 Canadian dollar 1.451 1.466 NZ dollar 0.9240 0.9540 Sterling pound 2.9310 2.9460 US dollar 1 6540 ***** Local dollars to 100 units of foreign currency Austrian schilling 14.45
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  • 389 32 Soviet leader issues grim warning of racial strife Reuter MOSCOW Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev, his political future undermined by the Ukraine's massive vote for independence, fought grimly yesterday to hold his disintegrating country together. He warned in an appeal to Parliaments of the 12
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  • 197 32 AP MOSCOW The Russian Republic has taken permanent control of the Soviet government's finances and will free the rouble exchange rate for tourists from Jan 1. a Russian official said on Monday. "The consolidation of Russia's budget and the central Union's budget is not
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  • 41 32 HAMBURG Members of the German Green Party throwing copies of 1,000-Deutschemark (551,031) notes into the Hamburg state Parliament last Thursday in protest against a new law, which had just been passed, permitting an increase in the parliamentary allowance.
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  • 363 32 AFP PATTAYA Cambodia's ailing peace plan was dramatically revived here yesterday when the Khmer Rouge agreed to return to Phnom Penh. The group accepted a compromise security blueprint that clears the way for them to return to the capital which, less than a week
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  • 235 32 Reuter TOKYO A controversial Bill allowing Japanese troops to take part in United Nations peacekeeping operations cleared a major hurdle yesterday, but the government is racing against time to get it passed this year. The Lower House of Parliament voted 311-167 in favour of
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  • 244 32 Agencies WASHINGTON Arab delegations began arriving yesterday for the scheduled Middle East peace talks, while in Jerusalem, Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir said Israel will not show up for the talks until next week, five days after the date set by
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  • 291 32  -  By Genevieve Cua SINGAPORE The rising capital costs of new oil and petrochemical projects in South-east Asia are reducing the attractiveness of such investments, says a senior economist with British Petroleum. Dr Steve Neve said yesterday: "There are not enough contractors,
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    • 479 33  -  By Rahita Elias SINGAPORE Three more cruise lines have revealed plans to launch services to South-east Asia. They will either pass through Singapore or use the Republic as their hub. The US-based Windstar Cruises will base a ship in Singapore starting
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    • 279 33  -  From Shirish Nadkarni in BOMBAY THERE may soon be many liners plying between Singapore and India, as there were in earlier years, if more private sector shipping firms take advantage of concessions announced in India's new shipping policy. "There will be relaxation
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    • 205 33 Reuter OSLO The International Association of Independent Tanker Owners (Intertanko) said it wants all oil tankers visiting US ports to be insured for US$2 billion (553.3 billion) in response to new unlimited liability pollution laws. "We believe tanker owners should be covered
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    • 398 33  -  By Dexter Lee SINGAPORE Helped ironically by rival Japan Airlines, All Nippon Airways (ANA) has launched its Sin-gapore-Tokyo service after two abortive attempts in the past year. ANA vice-president for international passenger sales and services Yoshinobu Nishikawa told BT yesterday that at the eleventh hour, JAL
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      • 43 33 IS BTs ambition of becoming the world's leading telecom group a farsighted policy allowing shareholders to reap large future returns? Or is it a grandiose expansionist scheme which will leave shareholders cursing the management? Hugo Dixon reports Page 2
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      • 68 33 THE Boeing Co. which built 68 airborne warning and control systems on the venerable 707 airframe, is now soliciting customers for Awacs mounted on 7675. A study is being made to set the price, determine how the airframe will be modified and decide which
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      • 37 33 McCAW Cellular Communications Inc and Oracle Corp said on Monday that they had agreed to develop high-speed data technology that will beam information over cellular telephone lines Back Page
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      • 39 33 YIELDS on bonds issued by government-owned Telecom Australia rose in morning trading yesterday on a report that Telecom would begin operating on a commercial basis next year with a AA credit rating Back Page
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      • 123 34 JIDDAH, Saudi Arabia A Saudi-flagged small tanker ran aground, breaking part of its hull and spilling tons of oil off the Red Sea port of Jiddah, the Meteorological and Environmental Protection Agency reported last Sunday. The agency identified the vessel as the Petroleum Star
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      • 123 34 GALLIPOLI, Italy An Albanian trawler with 23 emigrants aboard berthed late last Sunday at the southern Italian port of Gallipoli after being refused access for several hours by Italian patrol boats. Maritime sources said permission to berth was granted following a deterioration in the weather. However,
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      • 96 34 GOTHENBURG, Sweden A Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS) plane made an unscheduled stop in Sweden last Sunday after the pilot was warned by Danish police that a bomb had been placed aboard. The plane, a DC-9 travelling between Copenhagen and Oslo, landed at Gothenburg's Landvetter airport
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      • 149 34 DHAKA At least 30 fishermen have been injured in recent attacks by pirates in the Bay of Bengal off Bangladesh, newspapers reported here last Sunday. Thirty pirates in two boats attacked eight local fishing vessels off the southern port town of Barisal late Friday before
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      • 38 34 Corrections clarifications IN MONDAY'S Shipping Times article "Regional Container expands fleet with two newbuildings". it was mentioned that the vessels were from Hyundai Industries. They are in fact from Hanjin Heavy Industries. We are sorry for the error.
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    • 579 34 DRY CARGO chartering activity on Monday was limited as US operators made a slow return to the market after the holida> weekend, brokers said. The Baltic Freight Index was down eight points at 1.581 with nearly all panamax routes lower. Grain fixtures were sparse and mostly involved small
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    • 972 34  -  Is BT's ambition of becoming the world's leading telecom group a farsighted policy allowing shareholders to reap large future returns? Or is it a grandiose expansionist scheme which will leave shareholders cursing the management? Hugo Dixon reports Hugo Dixon FT BRITISH Telecom has often stated its
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    • 1216 34 Page Col ABC Containeiiine 12 1 Accord Group 8 1-3 Ahrenkiel Liner 16 4 Allied-Link 16 4/5 Anglo Orient 16 1/2 ANL 3 1/2 APL 5 3 A.P.C. Lines 13 5 A cWarehousing 15 4 Arrow Int 9 4 Asian Break-Bulk 16 2 ASXCL Shpg 15 4
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    • 12168 42 This is a list of ships loading at Singapore for ports around the world. It tabulates, by destination, the name of the ship, the shipping line involved and the estimated dates of arrival and departure from the Port of Singapore. Advanced dates are published for a maximum
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      • 574 49 feud Voy Hi 8«rth Arm* Dqarturt Vtml »oy W» B«th *"*»< 0«partiM Marina Terminal 1 Jurong Port M12/18OO Brastagi 21/91 M02 atongsrfe 03.12/2300 Angel CPC-2A ill jongade M 2/1800 C**nateel 02/91A MOB ator*s* 0312/2100 Betty No 1 g/J aionpje 04.12 2200 Htem L Aung 002 M04 ator«stoe
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      • 230 49 Johore Port Berth: 1: Pernas Safari: 2: Hae Woo 3: Tomoh Satu: 4: Fortuna No 3; 5: Edo Maru. 6: Sea Admiral Oi jetty: Bunga Semarak. Asif N. DCJ: Kyoei Maru No 1 Due on Dec 3: Shimakaze, Bow Sun. Golden Frontier. Nur Marina, Soon Hoe. Due
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      • 1032 49 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO < Record Bookrt Balance Rdts Voy No Etb/Btr Period From To From 7T a. 1S00 3 03 0700 03/1159 03 1400 ACXJade 61* W 1500 J *****9 03 1700 M ta 71(10 2 02,1700 03 0659 03 0900 WMirqab 59
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    • 399 50 AP SEATTLE The Boeing Co, which built 68 airborne warning and control systems on the venerable 707 airframe, is now soliciting customers for Awacs mounted on 7675. A study is being made to set the price, determine how the airframe will
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    • 281 50 Reuter KIRKLAND, Washington McCaw Cellular Communications Inc and Oracle Corp said on Monday that they had agreed to develop high-speed data technology that will beam information over cellular telephone lines. Currently electronic data such as faxes, stock quotes, or graphics are sent over
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    • 155 50 SYDNEY Yields on bonds issued by gov-ernment-owned Telecom Australia rose in morning trading yesterday on a report that Telecom would begin operating on a commercial basis next year with a AA credit rating. Dealers said some market participants misunderstood a newspaper report to mean Telecom's
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    • 93 33 T i il4y IS STILL HERE MOL's New Alligator Service to North America is bigger and better than ever. More sailings, even more cargo space contact your local MOL agent and find out why to North America, there's still nothing better! WO/. ifi and sure on land and sea. wak,
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    • 28 33 Container Schedule 17 Oady Freights 2 Indei to Advertisers 2 Shipping Guide 10.11 Ships in Port 17 Singapore Tides 17 Transport Oary 3 Weather and Sea Conditions 17
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    • 166 34 NOTICE NOTICE M. V. Princess Voy. 31 arrived Singapore 14/11/91 consignees of all damaged cargoes ex the captioned vessel is hereby notified that a general survey will be held "on the sth December 1991 (Thursday) Pasir Panjang Wharves at PTIO 0900-1200 hours. No further survey will be entertained thereafer. Agents:
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    • 690 35 ■"ypmg iime», Wetoeeday December 4 IWI TEL: *****11 FAX *****09 Alllfr BOOKINGS TEL: *****34/*****58 MTfQQOQIIV TERMINAL/CFS TB.: *****18 -220 I Rr9 I PESAKA JARDINE SH»»P»KS AGENCIES SON. BHD J PORT KELANG TEL: *****18 FAX *****91 *****88 B^WMI PENANG TEL: *****4 FAX: *****1 CFS TEL: *****6 ■fIPPTPPH Dedicated to Quality Service
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    • 1733 35 TRANSPORT DIARY Dec 3-7: Marintec China 91, organised by Seatrade at Shanghai Exhibition Centre, Shanghai, Peoples Republic of China. 1992 Feb 21-24: Air Traffic Services in the 21st Century 4th Symposium, Jointly organised by Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore, Federal Aviation Administration, USA, Department of Civil Aviation, France and State
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    • 661 35 YEAR END LOADER PANAMA REGINA MAERSK VOY. 9201 RNW SEALAND VOYAGER VOY. 170E ETD SIN 31/12/1991 Vessel Voy I ETA I ETD Feeder by 1 DESTINATIONS Work) Lynx/ Johanna to MARCHEN MAERSK 10/12 l 11/12 7/12 1 6/12 26/12 30/12 2/1 3/1 4/1 7/1 9/1 10/1 10/1 12/1 .2/1 12/1
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    • 1054 36 ROTT EDAM/1 VOY NO S PORE SOUTHAMPTON HAMBURG ANTWERP LE HAVRE KAMAKURA 20/148 5/12 28/12 26/12 23/12 MONTE ROSA 18/348 8/12 30/12 28/12 26/12 I ELBE 08/149 12/12 4/1 2/1 J}? I. Ml if— LEVERKUSEN EXPRESS 04/349 15/12 2/1 3/1 6/1 in MIT KBJWB 4 PEMANG LONOON EXPRESS 05/150 19/12
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    • 1550 36 KSlwmmmka UMT HBMBB REQULAH INOEPENOENT FULL CONTAMCR SeRVICE WESTBOUND FOR EUROPE VSL/VOT SM ALG BCL HAM K SOT AKT FH. LNA (VIA (MA (MA NORASIA SM6A 9139-3 OS/12 29/12 31/12 04/01 06/01 05/01 06/01 07/01 NORA3M AL-MUNTAZAH 9140-3 15/12 05/01 07/01 10/01 12/01 11/01 13/01 12/01 13/01 NORASM SAMANTHA 9141-3
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    • 2071 37 SjgSteamers Maritime Holdings Ltd P&O I Containers tar H* Hi Hint #ni S'para M W Ikf ACCIPTS DUE SMLS LNWC MMKU till 3t/ll (2/12 (1/12 #5/12 21/1* 23/12 24/12 2S/12 CARGO PMPO»T MY MM 2S/11 13/12 01/12 *7/12 23/12 25/12 27/12 RAJAH BftOOKf V32E Hurl, Lab. KK 04-05 Dr OSOkOIOk
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    • 413 37 I STRAITS/ JAPAN/ STRAITS SERVICE I SPECIALIST IN RO-RO HEAVY LIFTS J VESSEL DOT SP PK KUC KK SOU KOCH li "W 11ORANGE OCCAM ioT" 4/12 J SHI AKEBH M S/U 1/12 GAYATRI 1 5/12 l/U II TRANS WTO 34 9/12 U/12 15/12 I CONSENSUS SKY 1 11/12 II OMR
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    • 576 38 H W^j^L xI f J CR NBR **********0-D 4 EXPRESS SEMI-CONTAINERSHIP SERVICE TO EUROPE 5 njtor STORE UMM/UMM IfBUW BREMEN WTWOIf 3 9UMMYA/33N8 14/12 17/1 23/1 2/2 4/2 MITM/24N8 3/1 J/2 11/2 15/2 11/2 V FAST TRANSIT TIME V ACCEPTING BREAKBULK/CONTAINERISED CARGO J 9oto)«ct lo lnduG«m*nt. Also accepting c«r®o to
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    • 976 38 HANJIN SHIPPING I DIRECT FORTNIGHTLY I SERVICE TO MARIN VOY 002E ETA SINGAPORE 10TH DEC 91 ETA SYDNEY 23/12/91 (12 DAYS) ETA MELBOURNE 27/12/91 (15 DAYS) PLEASE CALL US TEL NO: *****88 i CROWN MARINE CO PTE LTD FOR BOOKING PLEASE CONTACT: TAY CHEE WEE EXT 227 RADIYAH EXT 202
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    • 1966 39 NEPTUNE AGENCIES PTE LTD SINGAPORE TEL: *****77 (CR NO: **********0E) BOOKINGS: NEPTUNELINK TEL *****00 (TOLL-FREE) UK/ EUROPE SERVICE *****19 USA BERVICE *****16 AUST/INDWPAK SERVICE *****18 FAR EAST BERVICE *****48 TERMINAL OFFICE *****22 DOCUMENTATION DEPT :*****4V27»0114 J CFS: MBS- IMPORT CFS: MBS EXPORT *****53/*****04 Jw NEPUNE SDN BHD MALAYSIA K.L-(03) *****33,
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    • 1058 39 &SINSOV SINGAPORE SOVIET SHIPPING CO PRIVATE LTD r lll 1 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 EASTBOUPC—OCCHAKGWG WESTBOUND—LOACTNG HWBIOTED W ROTTERDAM mn |mu wc ww |s» |m |hbc [bw
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    • 1529 40 K U W AS AGENTS: KAWASAKI SWGAPORE (PTE) LTD ICR No: 1244I*****0M) Y W VT\ TEL *****77 TELEX: KAWAKIRS23I6S FAX: *****07/8/9 I I I |\i MALAYSIA: "K" LINEMARITIME (MALAYSIA) SONBHO Ami MrnJl M, M-J TEL SA *****00 PIC *****01/5 PENANG *****0 JB *****1 mmmm KAWASAKI KISEN KAISHA, LTD Indonesia: p.t.
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    • 957 41 Shipping Times, Wednesday December 4 IWI gasgwff PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL UNES (PTE) LTD gg MflV P ll Budding, 140 Cecil Street #0300, Singapore 0106. I JAKARTA I IBANQKOK ~1 SE* 1 r Z, wS«u« phoomss Si S« BUNQA TERATAI 483 8/12 10/12 15/12 JENUNK «1N 7/12 10/12 14/12 BUNGA TERATAI IQ/12
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    • 1218 41 BEN LINE CONTAINERS LTD 200 Cantonment Road Tel: *****22 #13-05 Southpoint Fax: *****63 Singapore 0208. Telex: RS ***** VESSEL VOY NOS SPORE LEHAVRE ROTTEROAM S'HAMPTON HAMBURG GOTHENBURG FRANCE HOLLAND UK GERMANY/SCAN SWEDEN Bunga Stfia* 438 5/12 23/12 24/12 26/12 27/12 Nedlloyd Hoorn-t- 436 7712 30/12 28/12 Benavon 448 11/12 28/12
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    • 356 43 mmm r ScanDutchO I TO EUROPE (NORTH CONTINENT-UK-SCANDINAVIA) WEEKLY VESSEL EKLAMQ HMA..O OCEAN VESSEL IM,| L« KAVI«<I) rHAMWONW H»U«y, 0™« W [Hi" i» ill sin l=s i t 4- iss afIUSE I s I s s a nun 13/12 15/12 12/12 14/12 S«U«M/W 1,1 i</i 8 s£2. 5 13/12 15/12
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    • 441 43 jrNctloiyrt NEDLLOYD OFFERS YOU WEEKLY, FIXED DAY, Nedlloyd Lines DIRECT CALL TO AMD FROM EUROPE/MEDITERRANEAN l^P* u B/F —sj—^^a;? L gy"" 5% sy (C fnr J N Rouen/9129S 2/12 5/12 4/12 4/12 7/12 9/12 23/12 30/12 9/1 10/1 I EMS" 23/12 mm 11/12 25/12 15/11 30/12 13/1 20/1 W\ 16/1
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    • 822 44 TO AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND ("ST [to Fr«m IMb ISyd |*uck |NPf if CHALM WUSUL ?«3 20/12 29/12 ~~3/1 »/l 15/1 TiTl C KMII 2M tTT" 14/1 1»/1 23/1 2»/l 317 i ANTWCWfN 2K M7l iiT~ 11/2 15/2 21/2 M/ 2 MMTHA I 29C l»/2 25/2 1/3 «7T~ 12/3 75/3 TO USA/CANADA
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    • 826 44 EXPORTS TO HONGKONG, TJUWM. MANIA JAPAN "TWICE NEEKLT" MALACCA STRAITS SERVICE I OUTBOUND VOY PKI PEN ir ISWI MB HKC KAO AEE TYO SM2 N6Q APR II VKSa VOT [aw IrKL FO» M-W SM~| "H/U(AIA 238 "2.12 **412 3.12 5.12 9.12 11.12 17.12 15.12 14.12 ACI —T 33A 8.12 >.12
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    • 289 44 SEAWARD SHIPPING AND TRADING CO (SI PTE LTD EH ETA EH SPORE TOUT KELANG PENANG BLUE lADE 10/12 Hit Loading tor Mate RUVAI HUDHU 15/12 Loading tor Calcutta OOLPHM IS/12 Loading For Mate PIONEER SUPREME 15/12 Loading For Male DONAKULH SAILED Loaded For FHnrafu PROGRESS LBERTT IN PORT Loading tor
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    • 607 45 FAMOUS CONTAINER LINES I B 10 ANSON RD. #15-21 INTERNATIONAL PLAZA, S'PORE 0207 HOT LINE *****33 24 LINES m j LIMASSOL/PIREAUS 8/12 ROTTERDAM 8/12 HAIFA/ASHDOO/ALEXANDRIA 8/12 HAMBURG/BREMEN 8/12 I MARSEILLE/FRANCE 8/12 FELIXSTOWE/UK 8/12 i BARCELONA/SPAIN 8/12 LEHAVRE/ANTWERP 8/12 GENOA/ITALY 8712 GOTHENBURG/SCANDINAVIA 8/12 LOS ANGELES/WC/IPI 5/12 SYDNEY/MELBOURNE 9/12 I NEW YORK/EC
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    • 1096 46 i*»ge M —7— M AC-NELS S'PORE M P0RT:'*****02 I I PENANG (04) *****6 SIBU (084) *****9 KK: (088 *****0 TAWAU: (089) *****9 SeLANQ: JAKARTA-'(21) *****32 KUCHINQ: (082) *****3 SURABAYA: (31) *****0 V: N r-» SIN PEN PK SJN Colombo 5/12 6/12 7/12 5/12 6/12 7/12 Ldn/Fh/Rdm/Ant Durban/Pt Louis 10/12 11/12
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