The Business Times, 19 October 1992

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    16 1 Business Times THE BUSINESS PAPER FOR S-E ASIA MITA (P) 35/12/91 Monday, October 19, 1992 75*
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  • NEWS SUMMARY
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      KL hopes to replace airport radar immediately
      55 1 KUALA LUMPUR Transport Minister Ling Liong Sik said yesterday Malaysia was willing to buy radar equipment immediately from anyone to help restore normal flight operations at the fire-damaged Kuala Lumpur International Airport. Mr Ling said the government was prepared to make the purchase
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      Nato must go on, says Cheney
      56 1 GLENEAGLES, Scotland The US and its Nato partners must not let the struggling Atlantic military alliance die in their preoccupation with postCold War domestic problems, US Defence Secre4ary Dick Cheney said yesterday. Mr Cheney is due here tomorrow for a two-day Nuclear Planning Group
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      A smaller stake
      27 1 TROPICAL Resorts will reduce its stake in a $55 million hotel project on Bintan to pave the way for more foreign equity P»ge 2
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      Homegrown Apples
      22 1 APPLE Computer has announced a range of new products, including three that were designed and made in Singapore Page 2
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      Manila short-circuited
      23 1 ELECTRICITY black-outs have returned to plague Manila's industries and cast a pall over the Philippines' dream of economic recovery Page 9
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      Bush camp gloomy
      42 1 WITH JUST over two weeks remaining in President George Bush's quest for a second term, an air of general gloom has settled over his White House as it struggles in vain to narrow Democrat Bill Clinton's lead Page 10
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      Reforms in danger
      38 1 TOP AIDES to Russian President Boris Yeitsin have warned that his reforms are under siege and could fall victim to a "constitutional coup" by a coalition of ex-communists, industrialists and collective farm managers Page 10
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      Hide of success
      28 1 HOMEGROWN tanning business Heng Long Leather Co is stretching into its third generation, and prides itself on an annual turnover of $20 million Page 13
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      Signed and sealed
      17 1 MEDIUM-SIZED Pan-United Shipyard has secured two newbuilding contracts worth $30 million Shipping Times 1
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  • MARKETS SUMMARY
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      Next on the list
      25 1 PRINTED circuit board maker Next Electronic Technology plans to get a listing on Sesdaq within the next 24 months Page 3
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      RDC ups quarry stake
      41 1 Local quarry operator Resources Development Corp plans to raise its stake in a joint-venture granite quarry on Indonesia's Karimun Island, from its current 30 per cent to 50 per cent within the next five years Page 3
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      Second resort
      27 1 MALAYSIA-based Rekacantik Sdn Bhd is tipped to buy Palm Cove Travelodge Resort, its second tourism property in Australia, for As2B million (5532.48 million) Page 4
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      Taipei gives nod
      31 1 THE Taiwan government has decided to support a US$5OO million (SSBOO million) joint venture between British Aerospace pic and Taiwan Aerospace Corp to build passenger jets Page 6
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      Hovis fights back
      43 1 BREAD and cake maker Ranks Hovis McDougall pic has reacted to Hanson pic's hostile takeover by announcing it will spin off shares in its three main divisions to existing shareholders, and buy all of Dalgety pic's baking operations Page 6
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      Breaking free
      14 1 HOW organisations can shake off the shackles of narrow thinking. Page 14
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      STOCK INDICES
      29 1 Friday Chaff BT-MGA 637.74 -1.24 Kuala Lumpur ....608.03 +0.67 Tokyo 17,369.81 -258.68 Hongkong 5,985.33 +71.69 Sydney 1,419.8 -19.2 Friday Change New York 3,174.41 -0.27 London 2,563.9 +17.3
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      CURRENCIES
      20 1 USS SS 1.6050 100 Yen SS 1.3308 MS SS 0.6412 Mofl6y rjtw Overnight 1 1/2 +1/2 3-month 13/8% -1/16
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      COMMODITIES
      29 1 Rubber Spore Nov 143.25Vkg -1.00 M'sia Nov 223.50»/kg -0.50 KL Tin Turnover 25tonncs -11 Spot M$14.69/kg -0.11 Crad* palm ofl Turnover 168 lots -162 Nov MS874 /tonne -1
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    Indonesian banks wooing S'pore money managers
    460 1  -  Deregulation has accelerated growth of Indon financial sector By Paul Leo SINGAPORE Deregulation of the Indonesian financial sector is creating immense opportunities for Singaporeans with money management skills. A number of Indonesian banks and corporations have been scouting for Singapore expatriates to head their
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    Foreign insurance agents soliciting in Indonesia face stiff penalties
    368 1  -  By Soh Tiang Keng SINGAPORE Armed with new laws, the Indonesian authorities are planning tough action against life insurance agents from Singapore and other countries who go to Indonesia to solicit business. Sophar Toruan, director of insurance from Indonesia's Finance Ministry,
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    You can check out anytime...
    52 1 M— > THIS is the infamous 'Hanoi Hilton*, a prison used during the Vietnam War to hold captured American pilots. It was built at the turn of the century by French colonialists to imprison Vietnamese revolutionaries. Find out on Pg 2 what it will soon
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    Singapore, Vietnam to sign investment guarantee pact
    252 1  -  From Harish Mehta in HANOI SINGAPORE and Vietnam are expected to sign an Investment Guarantee Agreement (IGA) at the end of this month which will provide safeguards to Singapore investments in Vietnam against nationalisation or takeovers by the Hanoi government. The IGA will
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    Jakarta may allow full foreign ownership of firms on Riau islands
    217 1  -  From Genevieve Cua in BINTAN INDONESIA is taking steps to liberalise investment laws for the Riau islands to allow 100 per cent foreign ownership of companies there. The country's Junior Minister of Industry, Tunky Ariwibowo, yesterday said the government
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    Lock icon New Central Committee set to boost reforms
    609 1 14th Chinese Party Congress Reuter, AFP BEIJING China's Communist Party yesterday elected a Central Committee filled with new faces, among them some of the young technocrats now driving the country forward in trade, technology and defence. The vote at the end of the
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      7 1 Kan Seng begins Vietnam visit, Pg 2
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      127 1 There's no place like home with Dulux. THE WORLD S NO I PAINT Bintan's first resort project takes off, Pg 2 Remember when flying made dreams come true? Once, an aeroplane (light opened up a world of new opportunity for you. Even today, every business flight represents a chance to
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  • PAGE 2 NEWS
    • SINGAPORE ROUNDUP
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        Belgian finance minister to speak to press club
        141 2 THE FINANCE MINISTER of Belgium, Philippe Maystadt, will address the Singapore Press Gub during his visit to the Republic from tomorrow to Thursday. Mr Maystadt is leading a high-level delegation which includes the governor of the central bank and presidents of five
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        New organiser for Informatics
        87 2 TECHNOFAIRS Corp, which has run Singapore's premier computer trade show Informatics for the last seven years, has handed over the management of the show to Times Conferences Exhibitions, a member of the Times Publishing group. Technofairs, a local company, had been organising the show annually since
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        New Safra corporate membership
        63 2 THE SINGAPORE Armed Forces Reservists Association (Safra) has introduced a new corporate membership called the "Flexible Corporate". The entrance fees range from $300,000 to $350,000 depending on privileges applied. A flexible corporate member can circulate the card to any person in the company using it for
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        Irish president visiting S'pore
        39 2 THE PRESIDENT of Ireland, Mary Robinson, will visit Singapore from Oct 19-21, on her way to Australia. President Robinson will be accompanied by her husband, Nicholas K Robinson, and Minister for Foreign Affairs David Andrews.
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        Dr Tay to launch poly lecture
        28 2 THE SENIOR MINISTER of State for Education, Dr Tay Eng Soon, will launch the Singapore Polytechnic's General Affairs Lecture on Oct 20.
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      Bintan's first resort project gets off the ground
      443 2  -  Fran Cuj in BINTAN A GROUND-BREAKING ceremony was held for Banyan Tree Bintan hotel yesterday, marking the start of resort development on Bintan. The ceremony was officiated by Indonesia's Junior Minister of Industry Tungky Ariwibowo and Singapore's Senior Minister of State for
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      Kan Seng begins official visit to Vietnam
      359 2  -  From Harish Mehta in HANOI SINGAPORE'S Minister for Foreign Affairs, Wong Kan Seng, arrives in Hanoi today for an official three-day visit, during which he will hold talks with Vietnam's newlyappointed president, prime minister and foreign minister. The highlights of Mr Wong's visit
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      S'pore firm plans to convert prison into a posh hotel
      286 2  -  From Harish Mehta in HANOI A SINGAPORE company is planning to invest about US$29 million (5546.4 million) to convert a Vietnam war-era military prison, nicknamed the "Hanoi Hilton" by American troops, into a luxury 200-room hotel. Burton Engineering Pte Ltd
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      Locally designed products among Apple's new offering
      411 2  -  By Clarie Leow SINGAPORE Apple Computer of California, which has just reported record revenues for fiscal year 1991 ended Sep 25, announces today a slew of new products, including three designed and made here. At a press briefing on Friday to introduce the
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      Ang Mo Kio plant plays vital role in design and development
      288 2 SINGAPORE Apple Computer Singapore is playing an increasingly important role in design and development. Managing director Peter SchefTler said besides new products, the Ang Mo Kio plant has developed production processes which are transferred to other Apple plants. For
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      88 2 The Straits Times Weekly Overseas Edition HOME BROUGHT CLOSER Introducing a new daily to Hong Kong .MMP' jW£_ -db Jljl From 25th October, Qantas flics to Hong Kong 7 days a week. We depart at 2:sopm and arrive at 6:35pm, leaving you with ample time to savour Hong Kong's famous
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  • COMPANY NEWS 1
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      PCB maker Net plans Sesdaq listing in 2 years
      760 3  -  By Teh Hooi Ling SINGAPORE Local printed circuit board manufacturer Next Electronic Technology (Net) plans to get a listing on Sesdaq within the next 24 months. Michael Low, founder and managing director of the four-year-old company, said the firm has been
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      It's time for rethink on marginable securities list
      780 3  -  THE HOCK LOCK SIEW COLUMN By Moiz Tyebally SINGAPORE If you are tempted by I the stock market and don't have cash to spare, what do you do? Simple, you can borrow from your broker or banker or 1 better still, dip
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      RDC plans to raise stake in Karimun granite quarry
      350 3  -  By Lilian Ang SINGAPORE Local quarry operator Resources Development Corporation (RDC) plans to raise its stake in a joint venture granite quarry on Indonesia's Karimun Island, from its current 30 per cent to 50 per cent within the next five years.
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      Lock icon Leong Hup to set up Philippine poultry project
      218 3 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Leong Hup Holdings Bhd on Saturday said it will start broiler chicken parent stock production project in the Philippines next year to supply the local market there. It has set up a subsidiary company, Phil Malay Poultry Breeders Inc,
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    • COMPANY BRIEFS
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        Pay rise for Kelang Container employees
        60 3 KUALA LUMPUR Soon-to-be-listed Kelang Container Terminal Bhd has agreed to increase the salaries of nonexecutive employees by 9 per cent under its new collective agreement (CA) starting this month. KCT chief executive Abdul Samad Mohamed said the new agreement, which would run for three
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        Update on interests in PJ Devt
        107 3 KUALA LUMPUR PJ Development Holdings Bhd has said that MCB Holdings Bhd has increased its shareholdings in the group by another 5.5 million shares to 41.31 million shares. Dindings Consolidated Sdn Bhd has also acquired 5.5 million shares in PJ Development, increasing the former's
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        Tongkah reports pre-tax loss
        47 3 KUALA LUMPUR Tongkah Holdings Bhd has registered a group pre-tax loss but after minority interest of M 54.862 million (Ss3.l million) for the financial year ended June 30, 1992, the company said in reply to a query from the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange.
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        Tanjong shareholder cuts stake
        59 3 KUALA LUMPUR Tanjong Public Limited Company has said that Tunku Mahmud Tunku Besar Burhanuddin has reduced his indirect beneficial interest in the company to 14.90 million shares on Oct 2. It said Intan Tegap Sdn Bhd had also on the same date reduced its interest in
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      Lock icon Ekran to see stronger growth: broking firm
      196 3 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Ekran Holdings Bhd is poised for stronger growth, given the promising future for the cables and infrastructure sector, says a securities firm. Ekran was recently listed on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange to replace the listing status of the suspended
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      Trafalgar House admits net loss of £45m last year
      435 4 Group revises figures under threat of legal action HONGKONG Trafalgar House has restated its accounts and admitted that it made a net loss of £44.7 million (SSI2I million) last year, rather than a pre-tax profit of £122.4 million as it had
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      M'sian firm tipped to buy Aussie resort for A$28m
      231 4  -  From Florence Chong in SYDNEY SYDNEY Malaysianbased Rekacantik Sdn Bhd, reported to be associated with a John Soh, is tipped to buy its second tourism property in Australia. The company is said to be negotiating to buy the Palm Cove Travelodge
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      KLCE launching new palm kernel oil futures contract
      194 4 KUALA LUMPUR The Kuala Lumpur Commodity Exchange (KLCE) will launch a new crude palm kernel oil (CPKO) futures contract on Oct 29. Officials say they hope to lure South-east Asian business to boost the contract. The contract, the first of its kind,
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      Thai food company to open noodle factory in China
      344 4 BANGKOK Thai President Foods Co, a subsidiary of Saha Pathanapibul Group, will enter into a joint venture with Food Organisation of Yannan to set up an instant noodle factory in Kunming, China. The Nation reported that the investment is part of
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    • COMPANY BRIEFS
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        Evergo interim profit rises 23pc
        57 4 HONGKONG Evergo International has recorded a 23.6 per cent higher net profit of HK$ 114.45 million (5523.8 million) for the six months ended June 30, the South China Morning Post reported. Subsidiary Chinese Estates recorded a profit of HK5282.68 million over the same period, up
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        Privatisation drive continues
        88 4 NEW DELHI India's government sold public sector equity worth US$227 million (*****.3 million) to institutional investors last Saturday as part of its gradual privatisation programme. Banks, insurance companies and mutual funds bought the 128 million shares up for grabs in eight blue-chip corporations at an auction here,
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        Itochu in Indian joint ventures
        73 4 BOMBAY Japan's Itochu Corp will put a total of US$5O million (5580.3 million) into two joint ventures in India with Reliance Industries Ltd to make polyethylene and polypropylene. A Reliance spokesman said it was the largest single direct Japanese investment in India. Itochu Corp and
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        Lower profits expected for Japanese companies
        104 4 TOKYO Japanese companies will report an average current profit decline of 10.7 per cent for the year through March 31, 1993, the Nihon Keizai newspaper said yesterday, citing its survey of 1,556 publicly-traded companies. The survey excluded non-life insurance companies and companies that didn't
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        Taipei okays British aerospace venture
        71 6 TAIPEI The Taiwan government has decided to support a US$5OO million (SsBo2 million) joint venture between British Aerospace pic and Taiwan Aerospace Corp to build passenger jets, newspapers reported yesterday. The cabinet agreed on Saturday that the government would help provide land for a manufacturing
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        GM may post smaller loss
        87 6 DETROIT The General Motors Corp, in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, confirmed last Friday what Wall Street has been bracing for another quarter of large financial losses. The loss won't be quite so large, however, as the US$l.O6 billion deficit the leading
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        Texas Instruments back in black
        80 6 DALLAS Texas Instruments Inc reported a sharp improvement in earnings last Friday for the third quarter, with its computer chip unit posting its first quarterly profit since the last quarter of 1989. The company earned US$57 million, or 58 cents a share, in the quarter
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        Kellogg's earnings up 18pc
        55 6 BATTLE CREEK, Michigan Kellogg Co said last Friday that strong business at home and overseas boosted third-quar-ter sales 11 per cent and lifted earnings 18 per cent. The company reported third-quarter earnings increased to U*****.2 million, or 86 cents per share, from U*****.4 million, or 71
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        Lock icon Cost of Kodak revamp
        80 6 Reuter ROCHESTER, New York Eastman Kodak Co said it will incur an after-tax restructuring charge of US$l4O million for the third quarter 1992, one-fourth of which includes the cost of a previously announced retirement plan 600 employees will take. About one-half of the charge comes from
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        Owens-Coming's profits surge
        103 6 TOLEDO, OHIO Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp, the world's largest fiberglass company, last Thursday reported its third-quarter earnings rose 23 per cent, buoyed by strength in its construction and industrial materials businesses. OwensComing said net income rose to USS32 million, or 75 cents a share, from US$26 million, or
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      Lock icon Ranks Hovis to spin off shares in main divisions
      165 6 Bloomberg LONDON Bread and cake maker Ranks Hovis McDougall pic has reacted to Hanson pic's hostile takeover by announcing it will spin off shares in its three main divisions to existing shareholders, and buy all of Dalgety pic's baking operations for
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      Lock icon Where there's a bull, there's always a bear
      474 6 Investors looking for advice are likely to end up confused NYT NEW YORK Investors looking for a reason to sell stocks in the months before the October 1987 stock market crash got to choose from some gems. The price-to-earnings ratio of the
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      Lock icon A hint of sunshine on Wall Street?
      191 6 NYT NEW YORK Foreign investors the world over have earned a reputation for a lack of astuteness. They generally know less about any market dan do the locals, and are thas most likely to bay and sell at exactly the wrong time. So
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      Lock icon Bertelsmann having difficult time with US acquisitions
      356 6 NYT NEW YORK Maybe it's something in the air, but American media companies have proved especially irksome to foreign buyers. Some newcomers, like Sony, Matsushita and Hachette, snapped up sizable media properties here in the late 1980s and ran into unforeseen snags. Bertelsmann
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      Lock icon German engineering industry slips deeper into crisis
      437 6 Reuter FRANKFURT Germany's vital engineering industry, once a pillar of the country's economic success but now shaken by a slump in demand, has slipped further into crisis as the year progressed. The VDMA industry federation said last Thursday its early 1992 forecast of
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      22 3 The Royal Oak One of the great designs of the 20th iiT century. And Audemars Fight probably the next The master watchmakers.
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      953 5 DO YOU FIND INTEREST IN ACCOUNT? Are you getting a good return on your money Take Unit offer price guaranteed until 31 October.The offer How your investment can grow bankinterest rates. Currently a savings account will pay you price of units in the PruLink Managed Fund will be held at
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      357 6 PUT US ON THE STAND THEN TAKE YOUR STAND AT STOPW 12-15 MAY 1993 WORLD TRADE CENTRE, HALL 1, SINGAPORE. SIBEX '93 is on* of the best business moves you can make. But don't just take our word for it; look at the facts. Put SIBEX on ttM standi Ask
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  • FINANCIAL NEWS
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      UOB Australia applying for branch licence
      352 8  -  From Florence Chong in SYDNEY THE Australian merchant bank of the United Overseas Bank is following the footsteps of the Overseas Union Bank Australia in applying for a licence to upgrade its status in Australia. Both banks are seeking to convert from a subsidiary
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      Lock icon Major Finnish banks report losses
      298 8 FT HELSINKI The crisis in Finland's financial sector deepened after three of the country's leading banks announced losses of more than six billion Finnish markka (SS2.I billion) for the first eight months. The scale of the losses forced the government to reiterate its support for
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      Lock icon Link-up talks with Globex at early stages: Liffe
      259 8 Reuter LONDON A Liffe link-up with Globex, the after-hours electronic futures and options trading system, is still in the very early stages of discussion, says Liffe chairman Nick Duriacher. In a letter to members of the London International Financial Futures and Options
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    • SMALL CHANGE
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        Stanchart to open branch in Tianjin
        96 8 HONGKONG Standard Chartered pic has been granted the first foreign banking licence in the northern Chinese city of Tianjin, the Beijing-controlled China News Service (CNS) reported yesterday. The British bank's new unit has registered capital of US$lO million (Ssl6 million) and will engage in
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        US govt seizes S&L's assets
        80 8 WASHINGTON The Office of Thrift Supervision has seized U*****.1 million (SS44O million) assets of Security Savings Loan Association in Jackson, Mississippi, a thrift that was earlier involved in a court battle with the OTS. Security in 1984 and 1985 had expanded by taking over assets
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        Bank of Spain eases rules
        108 8 MADRID The Bank of Spain has decided to permit more flexible treatment of huge losses sustained by banks and savings institutions because of the plunging value of their government debt holdings, Spanish newspapers reported. A circular issued by the central bank gave banks more time
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        Silverado exec pleads guilty
        99 8 DENVER The former majority owner of Silverado Banking, Savings Loan Association, the failed thrift where US President George Bush's son served as a director, pleaded guilty last Friday to misusing almost US$lOO,OOO (S$ 160,000) of the institution's money. James Metz entered the first guilty plea yet
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      326 8 REASONS to VISIT The ASEAN's First Big International Event for Pulp and Paper Producers and Users on 21 23 October 1992 An Exhibition of the newest equipment and services for the production of pulp, paper and paperboard. An Exhibition of paper and board products from ASEAN and key international suppliers.
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  • THE REGION
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      Lock icon Power crisis threatens to derail Philippine recovery
      371 9 Reuter MANILA Electricity blackouts have returned to plague Manila's industries and cast a pall over the Philippines' dream of economic recovery, businessmen and analysts said on Friday. The energy crisis had spared President Fidel Ramos' government during its first months in ofFice because
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        Slow business for Thai hotels in high season
        92 9 BANGKOK Hotel bookings in Thailand for the last quarter of this year, the traditional high season, are still below what they were at the same time last year, says The Nation newspaper. Although the bloody events of May in Bangkok seemed to
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        Khmer Rouge denies accusation
        65 9 PHNOM PENH The hardline Khmer Rouge guerilla faction has formally denied responsibility for destroying two bridges in central Cambodia. In a statement over the weekend, it accused the United Nations of "deliberate distortion" after the military commander of the UN Peacekeeping operation, Lt-Gen John Sanderson, blamed
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        Casualty of war
        39 9 HANOI A Vietnamese cyclist passing the wreckage of a downed B-52 bomber in Hanoi's Ngoc Ha Lake yesterday. The plane, shot down during the Vietnam War, is one of the last visible reminders of the conflict.
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        Indon rice output to rise 2pc
        92 9 JAKARTA Indonesia's rice production is expected to rise by about 2 per cent this year, the Bisnis Indonesia daily yesterday quoted Agriculture Minister Wardoyo as saying. He said that in spite of the recent rise in fertiliser prices, the country's rice production this year
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        Growth to pick up in Mauritius
        76 9 PORT LOUIS Economic growth in the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius will increase in 1992 after a recovery in the sugar and tourism sectors, officials said last Friday. Gross domestic product growth of 6.4 per cent was expected this calendar year compared with the
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      Lock icon Australian plan to buy F-111 bombers not a threat, says Try
      418 9 Reuter, AFP JAKARTA Indonesia has apparently put aside objections to Australian plans to expand its F-11l strike bomber force, a news report said on yesterday. "It is not necessary to question the purchase of military aircraft and weapons by
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      11 9 Naked Truth: Exposure in The Straits Times Classified catches the eye.
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  • THE WORLD
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        Record number visiting, leaving Japan
        83 10 TOKYO Japanese went abroad and foreigners visited Japan in record numbers during the first half of the year, the Justice Ministry said last Saturday. The number of Japanese going abroad between January and June rose by 1.24 million from a year earlier to 5.782 million,
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        Russian gold body discussed
        59 10 MOSCOW Acting Russian Prime Minister Yegor Gaidar last Saturday discussed creating a large gold-mining consortium in the east Siberian region of Magadan, Itar-Tass news agency said. Mr Gaidar, during a tour of the region, agreed with local officials that the territory should retain its present 10
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        Canadian economy picks up steam
        60 10 TORONTO The struggling Canadian economy picked up steam heading into autumn as August manufacturing output jumped and exports surged to record levels. Canadian exports rose to a record C 513.03 billion (about 5516.7 billion) in August, largely due to strength in Canada's mighty forestry products
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        Paris fights political corruption
        68 10 PARIS The French National Assembly acted last Saturday to stamp out political corruption by curbing business funding of political parties and insisting on more publicity for such gifts. Legislators narrowly approved a complex bill in a dawn vote after a marathon four-day debate. It aims at
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        Italian budget deficit worsens
        61 10 ROME Italy's huge budget deficit rose 11.8 per cent in the first eight months of 1992 over the same period last year, according to figures published last Saturday by the Treasury Ministry. The January-August deficit was 91,400 billion lire (about 5594.5 million), against 81,762 billion lire
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        Oslo ratifies economic pact
        54 10 OSLO Norway has ratified the European Economic Area agreement with a narrow margin after an emotional two-day parliamentary debate accompanied by mounting public opposition to the pact. Parliament squeezed through the ratification by 130 votes to 35 last Friday after a marathon debate monitored by four
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        Walesa gets more powers
        65 10 WARSAW The Polish parliament has given the final go-ahead for constitutional reforms granting more powers to President Lech Walesa and strengthening the government. The Sejm (lower house) approved the changes in a document which in effect replaces the old communist constitution. The reforms give Mr Walesa
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        Turkey pins hope on new budget
        57 10 ANKARA Turkey, struggling to reach key economic targets this year, hopes the 1993 budget will help get its inflationhit economy back on an even keel. Officials say the 397.7 trillion lira budget envisages a deficit of about 70 trillion lira. Turkey had set the
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      299 10 US^PRESIDENIim' Rpggi Reuter WASHINGTON With just over two weeks remaining in President George Bush's quest for a second term, an air of general gloom has settled over his White House as it struggles in vain to close Democrat Bill Clinton's lead. Officials
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      Lock icon Yeltsin aides warn of threat to reforms
      290 10 AP MOSCOW Top aides to President Boris Yeltsin have warned that his reforms are under siege and could fall victim to a "constitutional coup" by a coalition of former communists, industrialists and collective farm managers. "These forces show pathological rejection of the Yeltsin
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      Lock icon Russian sales of arms systems to China worry US
      436 10 NYT WASHINGTON In a move that is undercutting efforts to stem the spread of arms, Russia is selling mis-sile-guidance technology, rocket engines and other advanced weapons systems to China, its one-time adversary, American officials say. The exports to Beijing worry Bush
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      Lock icon UK mine equipment makers fear 120,000 job losses
      235 10 FT LONDON The fallout from last week's pit closure announcement spread on Friday, with a warning from colliery equipment makers that up to 120,000 additional jobs could quickly be lost in the wake of the British Coal decision. Coal industry suppliers expressed
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  • ANALYSIS
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      693 12  -  Friday's British interest rate cut underscores how little consideration John Major gives to rejoining the European monetary system, says Richard Stevenson Richard Stevenson NYT T HE move by British Prime Minister John Major's government to lower interest rates an additional point
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      Are Labor's days numbered?
      1812 12  -  The Liberal party seems set to win Australia's federal elections, which are due by next April. Philip Bowring looks at the impact a Liberal government is likely to have on the country. Philip Bowring The writer, a former editor of the Far Eastern Economic Review, contributed
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  • ENTERPRISE & MANAGEMENT 1
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      A family's croc of gold
      897 13  -  SINGAPORE'S EtHiREBREBIEHBS; Sylvia Wong reports on a backyard tanning trade that grew into a $20m a year business Sylvia Wong The heart of the Defu industrial estate is probably the last place one would expect to find crocodiles in Singapore. But there they were, or
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      EXECUTIVE MOVES
      428 13 ROBERT TEH has been appointed General Manager and Director of Singapore Industrial Equipment Fte Ltd (Sinquip). Prior to his appointment he was managing director of Masoneilan (S-E Asia) Pte Ltd. Mr Teh has also held sales and engineering positions in various companies including UMW. He has over 20
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      Problem bosses
      811 14  -  Kenneth Stott and Allan Walker discuss how organisations can shake off the shackles of narrow thinking Kenneth Stott Allan Walker Kenneth Stott lectures at Nanyang Technological University and Allan Walker is Senior Lecturer at Northern Territory University in Australia. They are authors of Making Management Work: A Practical
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      Evolution beats 101 rivals to win 22nd management game
      250 14 A "COMPANY" called Evolution has outproduced, outmarketed and generally out-traded 101 rivals to win the 22nd National Management Game and the right to represent Singapore in a Regional Management Game in New Delhi later this month. Evolution was one of six
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      Lock icon Women at the top: role models or relics?
      783 14  -  Barbara Lyne reports on the state of women in business Barbara Lyne NYT THEY MET behind closed doors. Eighteen women at the highest levels of business from across the country. And the discussion about the state of women in business was anything
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      297 13 ■TUJHjK 18-19 November 1992 Hilton International, Singapore ASIA' S PREMIER GOLF CONFERENCE The conference has been structured to cover Key Contributions from: as P* ct of 8 0,f course development reInternational Management Group (IMG), Tokyo eve opment IMG Resort Management, Singapore How to make your development and rePacific Golf Inc.,
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      277 13 JaMS The at a va Manchester University tItICt Business of Wales TaVaT School Structure Content Innovations and Strengths This highly innovative MBA programme by distance Flexible structure with speciafist options learning consists of 12 modules and a project; 288 hours of seminars and work shops Specialist International Capital Markets conducted
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  • SPORTS
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      Lock icon Lendl trounces Holm to win first title of the year
      413 15 AFP TOKYO Former world No 1 Ivan Lendl clinched his first singles title of the season when he downed Henrik Holm of Sweden to win the million dollar Seiko Super men's tennis tournament here yesterday. The veteran Czech-born American, who
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      Lock icon Bruno closer to shot at crown
      337 15 AP LONDON England's Frank Bruno, twice defeated in world heavyweight bouts, moved a step closer to a third challenge with an eightround defeat of South Africa's Pierre Coetzer at Wembley last Saturday. Coetzer, dismissed by the English press before the fight and labouring under
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      Lock icon Australia chalks up first in squash
      282 15 AFP VANCOUVER Australia became the first country to hold both the men's and women's world team squash titles when its women beat New Zealand 2-1 in the final here last Saturday. The victory meant that the Australians regained the trophy they last won nine
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      Lock icon 161 wins — the perfect gift for Navratilova
      235 15 161 wins the perfect gift for Navratilova AP FILDERSTADT, Germany The party will come later. First, Martina Navratilova will have to work on her 36th birthday, seeking to add one more tournament victory to her record 160. Navratilova routed Arantxa Sanchez Vicario 6-1, 6-1 last Saturday on reach the final
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    • SIDE LINES
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        Beijing shrugs off Tiananmen stigma
        114 15 BEIJING The negative impact of the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown will gradually fade away as China's reforms advance and will not hurt Beijing's bid to host the 2000 Olympic Games, says a vice mayor. The West had made a "mountain out of a molehill" with
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        Swiss eyes Tour de France title
        84 15 MONZA, Italy Tony Rominger has his sights set on the 1993 Tour de France after a daring win in the Tour of Lombardy here last Saturday. The 31-year-old Swiss, who won this year's Tour of Spain, triumphed in pouring rain by attacking a dangerous
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        Tee for one
        44 15 ST ANDREWS, Scotland Japanese golfer Nobumitsu Yuhara teeing off on the fourth hole on Saturday during the Dunhill Cup here. The event has been marked by a controversy surrounding remarks by American Fred Couples and Ireland's Christie O'Connor about a disqualification.
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        Behind that Maradona transfer
        93 15 NAPLES The transfer of Diego Maradona to Seville was forced by Fifa and Napoli relented so it wouldn't lose a transfer fee of several million dollars, said club president Corrado Ferlaino in a published interview last Saturday. He said Maradona could have been given a provisional
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        Fischer wins 21st game
        78 15 BELGRADE US grandmaster Bobby Fischer won his 21st game against Russian-born French challenger Boris Spassky here on Saturday after an eight-hour showdown. Fischer for he first time used the main variant of the Sicilian defence, probably unhappy with results of his use of secondary variants of
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      292 15 The Asian International Refining. ING ftctrochcmicjl Technology Exfigaltion 4 Conference SBjqf 1-4 December 1992 World Trade Centre Singapore Join The Event Created Exclusively For. Regional Downstream Oil Gas Industries! Complementary Event: H7 H First Downstream Technical 1 I 1 Conference of Its Kind! W" I Prestigious Offshore South East A,
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      404 15 So You Want A Yes, we are talking about a golf PAN"WEST dub, the difficult driver. WHhfe We have, perhaps, the widest 10y degrees loft, to the metal choice of driven, and if you heads, from the Boron shaft, to want a brand or a weight that ;j the 45-inch
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      865 16 Nothing Beats A Bud. ft&Villwhere to wine, dine or ORGANISE YOUR OWN KARAOKE! It's your very own Karaoke party! King's Hotel has come up with a Daily Karaoke package for groups of 10-200 people from 12 noon to*s pm. After your Penang Buffet Lunch, the Ist round of drinks >
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      327 16 I THEEtyITWNT.^ Enjoy an unforgettable evening of spectacular world-class revues at the Neptune. And our EaHy Dinner Special menu prepared by experienced Hong Kong chefs. Happy Hour Early Dinner Special Menu from 6.30pm to B.oopm on no-function day. Free parking in the evening. Showtime*: B.oopm to 8.30pm KJnM 9.30pm to
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      598 16 TELEVISION AND RADIO T loVif pntprtdinmpnt it* vMsSwr'" 1 business ON wno: ClllCl LdllllllClll iS 14 I F^W^C^ce) 1 7 CaKSS' SoSho* (Game 8.00 fUtwulMm(M) World Business Report (.30 Mmqr MM. Show). 8.30 DraM Swaata Kcrtas Ko- Ratio 1, M.S nHz in VNF Baad I turn, hr tko um. M.3**
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  • THE ARTS
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      Red-hot? Not quite
      841 17  -  Innocuous is not a word to describe Simply Red's singer but that just about sums up its concert, says Dawn Tan Dawn Tan OOH, wot a luvly cuppa tea," enthuses Mick Hucknall of British-made pop chartist Simply Red, as he sits waiflike, nurturing his pre-ordered beverage nothing
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      Lock icon Madrid joins art elite with opening of two new museums
      740 17  -  The displays represent an artists' Who's Who Jude Webber discovers Jude Webber Reuter KEEN to join the arts glitterati and forever bury its image as a cultural backwater, Madrid has chosen to open two new museums in a month displaying
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      Lock icon Fax flap at The New Yorker over Murdoch biography
      317 17  -  By Deidre Carmody NYT TRANS-ATLANTipv faxes have been flying at The New Yorker in V a literary furore involving the British novelist John Le Carre, the British author William Shawcross, the British editor Harold Evans and Tina 1 Brown, the new
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      252 17 Sumptuous Salmon The King of Fish reigns supreme this month at Cafe-in-the-Park Enjoy its luscious taste and flavour at our Salmon Buffet from 19 to 30 October 1992. Available at dinner only from 7.00pm to 10.00pm $24.00++ per adult $12++ per child ANA HOTEL Par reservation*, please call SINGAPORE 732-1222
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      170 17 Available at Tee-Off Cafe with fragrant sweet potatoes porridge or plain porridge. Mondays to Thursdays 6.30pm to IO.OOpm Adult $9.50 Child $5.50 ror reservations, please call Tee-Off Cafe at 322 4221/ 3 (Direct) or at 221 2811 Our mtnuranH toflcome ibe public to rnjoy fnu imtnf MARINA BAY GOLF A
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  • STOCK EXCHANGE OF SINGAPORE 1
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      Market expected to trade in narrow range this week
      4236 18  -  By S N Vasuki INTEREST in Malaysian shares listed on Gob continued to dominate activity on the Singapore market last week. The benchmark Straits Times Industrials Index ended the week at 1,334.12 on Friday, virtually unchanged from the previous week. Average
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    STOCK EXCHANGE OF SINGAPORE 2
    3307 19 BAT 21* 620 +40 +6.9% S1A 1290 30 2.4% C Properties 685 +25 +3.8% Inchcapc 585 +20 +3.5% Jurong Eng 50* 342 +20 +6.2% Cold Store 50* 260 +17 +7 0% CMB Packaging 500 +12 2.5% Cerebos 25« 332 +12 +3.8% OUB Foreign 476 +12
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      178 19 YOU VERY OWN HASSLE-FREE BfCTRONIC QJ PPIKGSERVKE! If news and other pertinent information on companies listed on the Stock Exchange And for a subscription fee of only $250 per month, you and your company can IBf^°f Singapore Clob International are important to you and your business, then SPH subscribe to
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    STOCK EXCHANGE OF SINGAPORE 3
    3369 20 Magnum Corp 50* 580 50 +9.4% IJM Corpn 330 +49 +17.4% YTL Corpn 50* 207 36 +21.1% Sg Way TSR97 148 +32 +27.6% Dunlop Est 354 +26 +7.9% MISC F;>reign 488 f26 +5.6% George Kent 50* 230 24 +11.7% Dunlop Est CULS 326 +20 +6.5%
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      967 20 BUSINESS TIMES Toll free Tel No 737 0043 Fax No: 734 3698 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF PSM PTE LTD (IN MEMBERS' VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION) NOTICE OF FINAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to Section 308 of The Companies Act, Cap.
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  • KUALA LUMPUR STOCK EXCHANGE
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      Lock icon Demand for speculative issues buoys market
      5604 21 Bernama THE MARKET moved on a firm note last week, buoyed by unyielding buying support for speculative and situational stocks. Blue chips again took a back seat as two main factors the budget and the uncertainty surrounding Wall Street deterred fund managers and institutional
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  • BT SHARE INFORMATION SERVICE
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      AUDITED RESULTS
      220 22 Cmmmy Date Y«ar Gro«p N«t N«t MmiRgs Grou mm to prtftt/lMS (L) par skart dividend ('000) (CMts) Sime Darby Oct 13 Jun 92 M$335.500(MS310.300 22.6(19 9) 36u(31) Smw Spwe Oct 13 Jun 92 $42,327(133,426) 4 7(46) 14(14) PCI Oct 12 Jun 92 J9,024(J3,245) 6 1(2.3) 7(—) Khong Guan
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      OTHER RESULTS DUE
      799 22 RaiM l*t MYea Cmmm Nriad late Tor EPS Grass IM mmmat edtag (ets) praflt Mm (sun) EMS final Nov 6 Jul 91 30TE 17.8781 tap Interim Sep 10 Dec 92 5 3 5 0 4.436 S8S Final Oct 2 kin 92 101 70 2.190 SM Interim Oct
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      DIVIDENDS ANNOUNCED
      940 22 Current Ex Books Date Total far Total tar payment date dose payable tee year last year MS 50c 3 51(b) Sep 10 Sep 24 Oct 23 35% 35% Bedford 50c 1% Nov 2 Nov 16 Dec 7 2% BMT J10 100% Nov 12 Nov 24 Nov 26 1409%
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      PRELIMINARY RESULTS
      228 22 fimnirr Date Year Cro«p pre-tax Net earnings trtu MR to prcflt/teu (L) per than dhridMd (•OM) <cwrts) To«kah Oct 12 Jun 92 M$4,811l(M$2,551L) <—) Amai Steel Sep 30 Jun 92 M$134.025(M$143.495) 16.4(13) 12(10) Antah Sep 30 Jun 92 M$25.132(M$37,468) 6.4(11.9) 6TE(6) Bedford Sep 30 Jun 92 M$40,092t(M$25.500) 3.2t(2.2)
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      INTERIM RESULTS
      343 22 C— wmt Date HaM-yMr Crwip pre-tax luterwn a«a to profit/loss (L) dividend COM) Umphone Tel Oct 15 M 92 M$15,292(l«$l 1,018) Cheung Kong Oct 13 Jun 92 HK$2,896d(HK$2,296d) 40(34) Inno vest Oct 13 Jun 92 M514.475L(MS102) Causeway In* Oct 13 Jun 92 1602 ($784) Dairy Farm Oct 12
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      COMPANY MEETINGS
      197 22 CMB Packaging Singapore Ltd: EGM at the Hibiscus Room, Tower Wing, Shangri-La Hotel, 22 Orange Grove Road, Singapore 1025, on Wednesday, October 21, at 12.00 noon Centrepoint Properties Ltd: AGM at Level 2, Alexandra Point 438 Alexandra Road, Singapore 0511, on Thursday. October 22, at 10.00am Hexza Corporation
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      RESULTS FORECAST
      121 22 u M I* M Y«r Faint Mi Rat IMFraft EPS mtt tar EPS finis pnfll la* fa* f*l W (cb) (HN) (SJa) (cts) SH F No* 8 Aug 92 62.6 25.0 153.810 166.5 —177.4 67.8—72.8 ■m Nb F Nov 18 Dec 92 1.8 1.5 4,925 4.5—7.5 1.2—2.0 Dm
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      CORPORATE DEVELOPMENTS
      267 22 Oct 16 Samta Investment Pte Ltd, a substantial shareholder of Apolo Enterprises Ltd, bought 213,000 Apollo shares for $362,100 on Oct 14, raising its stake to 14.2 million shares or 20.77 per cent from 13.9 million shares or 20.45 per cent. Oct 15 Textile and garment maker Heshe
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      SUBSTANTIAL SHAREHOLDER/DIRECTOR TRANSACTIONS
      841 22 Trees Registered Sentential Bey/ No. oi Aeiaeat Sturifcoldim Stock Data HaMar SkarefcoMar/Director Sail slum Before After Apoto 14/10/92 Samta Investment B 213.000 362,100 13,996.000 20 45 14.209,000 20.77 FES 14/10/92 Street Names Kepppel Corporation B 250.000 671,835 79.176.370 56 10 79.426.370 5630 Metal Ctainers 14/10/92 TC Realty
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      APPROVED ISSUES
      382 22 Company Rights Issue Gdden Hap* One-tor sa MSI SO per share Ei-date Ai« 27 Books dose: Sep 10 Acceptance Payment Oct 22 MAS One-tor-one g, M$S 00 per share Ei-date Sep 7 Books close Sep 21 Acceptance Payment Nov 2 0C8C One-ferine S3 00 per local share One-tor
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      SCRIPLESS CONVERSIONS
      271 22 Cob version Special Trdg Scripfess Conversion deadline Period Trading Company starts (IDP) (ST) starts Alex Hides Sep 28 Oct 22 Oct 12 Oct 22 Oct 23 Bonvests Nov 9 Dec 3 Nov 23 Dec 3 Dec 4 Cerebos Oct 16 Nov 12 Nov 2 Nov 12 Nov 13
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      RECORD HIGHS & LOWS
      144 22 RECORD HIGHS LOWS BT Composite Index ST Industrials Index 1992 h* 1316 68 (21/2/92) 1992 N* 1545 92 (27/1/92) 1992 tar. 1122 50 (18/8/92) 1992 tar 1310 95 (18/8/92) 1991 h*t 1333 08 (3/6/91) 1991 hi* 1565.58 (3/6/91) 1991 tar 1022.52 (16/1/91) 1991 tar 1149 08 (16/1/91) 1990 htft 1435.43
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      MORGAN STANLEY CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL INDICES
      350 22 Id local cwt la S$ la US$ dy yr dy yr dy yr Oct 16 Index chge chgc chge chge chge chge Wor1d 373.9 -0-2 -8.4 -0.7 -9.5 -0.6 -8.6 tEAFE 439.4 -0.3 -12.5 -1.0 -13.1 -0.9 -12.2 Europe 394.4 0.5 -4.1 -1.4 -8.5 -1.4
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      PROPOSED ISSUES
      482 22 Company Rights Issue Afanct Tedi One-tor one $100 per share Ami Strt One-tor three M$2 20 per share Issue of 211 62m 50% Cumutatn* Redeemable Preference shares of 10 sen each 1992/97 (CUPS) with up to *****m Transferable Sobscnpton R«bts (TSR) for an aggregate pnce of MSI per
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  • MARKET REVIEWS
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      639 23 FT TWO broad factors will be driving the sentiment of equity investors on Wall Street over the next fortnight the tenor of third-quarter results from corporate America and increasing speculation about which stocks are likely to benefit or suffer from a Clinton presidency. The
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      Lock icon Nikkei rebounds on hopes of easier credit
      395 23 AFP SHARE PRICES rebounded on the Tokyo Stock Exchange in thin trading last week, on expectations of easier credit in Japan, the US and Europe. The Nikkei Stock Average of 225 selected issues in the major first section ended at 17,369.81 on Friday,
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      Consolidation likely before HSI hits high
      784 23  -  Sun Hung Kai S HONGKONG THE MARKET was in a bullish mood last week, stimulated by a last-minute compromise between the US and China on the Section 301 talks and the speech by Chinese Communist Party General Secretary Jiang Zemin praising the success of
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      Testing time for government set to leave stock market jittery
      948 23  -  LONDON By Ray Heath POLITICAL RISK is one of the key elements built into the calculations of those analysing countries from a top-down approach. If it was strictly applied to UK share prices, the FTSE 100 Share Index would now
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    • ASIAN MARKETS ROUNDUP
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        BANGKOK
        230 23 THE Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) eased slightly last Friday, ending a rollercoaster week that saw it shed 14.76 points, or 1.7 per cent, from its close seven days earlier. The index closed on Friday at 871.58 points, down 0.08 point for the day in light trading. Daily turnover
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        SEOUL
        144 23 SHARE PRICES seesawed during the week in dull trading. The Composite Price Index closed at 526.45 points in Saturday's half-day session, up 0.68 point from a week earlier. E>aily turnover averaged 13.8 million shares, up from 13.57 million shares the previous week. Specialists said the steady decline of interest
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        MANILA
        122 23 THE ANNOUNCEMENT of a power rate hike effective next month and the beginning of daily six-hour power outages here sent the stock market falling, analysts said. The Composite Index at the Manila Stock Exchange fell by 2.6 per cent to hit 1,371.11 points on Friday, while the index at
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        TAIPEI
        243 23 SHARE PRICES on the Taiwan Stock Exchange rebounded on restored market confidence last week, buoyed by a possible cut in securities transaction tax and ample money supply here. Recouping a 2.6 per cent loss the preceding week, the 305-issue Weighted Price In- dex moved up 84.43 points, or 2.3
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        BOMBAY
        212 23 REVENUE detectives raided the homes and offices of top brokers last week in a crackdown that could spell new uncertainty for stock markets trying to recover from a huge securities fraud. Trading on the Bombay Stock Exchange ground to a halt after 30 minutes on Friday as officers swooped
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        JAKARTA
        178 23 TRADING remained dull and weak at the Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSE) last week and kept most prices stagnant. The week's trading improved slightly over the previous week with the daily average standing at 3.30 million shares worth 15.25 billion rupiah. An average of 2.68 million shares worth 9.19 billion
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  • WORLD STOCK MARKETS
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        NEW YORK
        1368 24 STOCKS closed narrowly mixed in heavy but choppy trading last Friday as computer-guided buy programs tied to the "double-witching hour" helped the market pare earlier sharp losses. The late program buying enabled the Dow to nearly wipe out a deficit of about 30 points. The Dow Jones Industrial
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        120 24 THE STOCK MARKET made moderate progress on Friday, as the DAX Spot Trend Index finished at about 1,461.61 points, up by 0.6 per cent from 1,453.43 at the Thursday close. Frankfurt Oct 16 DM A eg 153.10 -1.50 BASF 207.40 2.20 BMW 458.50 4.50 Bayer 246.90 .40 Bayer Vercinsbank
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        682 24 STOCKS made a moderate advance on Friday, but midday gains scored on lower British interest rates were reduced before the close by a weak Wall Street. The 100-share Footsie index gained 17.3 points or 0.6 per cent on the day to end at 2,563.9, although it had been up
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        AMSTERDAM
        271 24 SHARES were depressed in spite of positive signals including a British interest rate cut by the nonappearance of demand players expected from a major expiry on the options exchange. "Things didn't go as people expected," said Han Vermeulen, chief trader at Van Meer James Capel. "The buying everyone had
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        PARIS
        241 24 A CUT in British interest rates stirred hopes of a coordinated reduction in European rates and boosted French share prices 2 per cent at midday, but Wall Street's weaker start later cut the legs out from under the rally. The CAC-40 Index peaked after Britain cut rates by one
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        MILAN
        135 24 SHARES closed broadly firmer in good volume on Friday, although late profittaking brought prices off highs. Talk of an imminent cut in the discount rate again spurred the market, although analysts said such a move was unlikely until the budget made further progress in Parliament. The MIB All-share Index
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        ZURICH
        306 24 SHARES closed slightly higher on Friday after a weaker Wall Street opening prompted profit-taking to erase some of the earlier gains, dealers said. The broad SPI Index closed 3.4 points firmer at 1,140.3 and the SMI Index of leading shares rose 5.5 points to 1,883.5. Dealers said Friday's rate
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        STOCKHOLM
        210 24 SHARES ended the week irregular in low turnover, with eight-month results by both Trelleborg and Modo unable to breathe life into the bourse. "Also, some superstitious people have started selling ahead of today (the anniversary of the 1987 crash), but Wall Street will show the way ahead," one dealer
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        BRUSSELS
        337 24 INTEREST RATE-sensitive shares propped up the bourse, which ended on Friday slightly firmer, but oil major Petrofina weighed heavily on the market. Dealers said Petrofina nose-dived to its lowest level since the early 1980s on pessimism over its Norway Ekofisk oil field, news it planned lay-offs in France, and
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        TORONTO
        274 24 STOCKS finished stronger on Friday, buoyed by recoveries in the precious metals and transportation sectors, traders said. "For the past couple of days, we've been up more than it seems. IBM has been weighing the markets down, so has Phillip Morris," one trader said. The TSE 300 climbed 11.56
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        73 24 INDICES TURNOVER NEW YORK (lose Oct 16 Prcviow Dow Jones SAP 500 Turnover (million) 3.174.41 411.73 235.92 3,174.68 -0.27 409 60 2.13 213.59 +22.33 LONDON Financial Times 30 FTSE 100 Turnover (million) unav 2,563.9 585.3 1,850.2 2,546.6 +17.3 475.1 +110.2 FRANKFURT DAX Index 1,461.61 1,453.43 -8.18 AMSTERDAM EOE Index 275.97
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        302 24 Other markets in Europe, South Africa and Canada Johannesburg Oct 16 Rand MMiSTKIALS A Alpha 3000 100 AECI 580 unch AMIC 5150 -100 Abercom 125 Amaprop 640 10 BAZ 1300 Barlows 4450 75 Basil Strk 10 Blyvoor 335 35 CG Smith ***** unch Cnagalo 2175 Curfin 640 Edgars 5100 Fed
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      460 25 NEW YORK Reuter NEW YORK The US dollar gained 1-1/2 pfennigs on Friday on speculation that a realignment of the European Exchange Rate Mechanism could come over the weekend. It dropped one yen as the widening US trade gap raised hopes
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      664 25 ASIAN CURRENCIES AP HONGKONG The US dollar weakened on Asian currency markets last week, after strong gains in the previous week's trading, amid persistent predictions of an imminent cut in American interest rates. The only currency to fall against the greenback was the Taiwan dollar.
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      413 25 Cross rates 0*16 USS SS MS Dm Yen SFr AS NZ$ USS 1.6070 2.5030 1.4630 120.70 0.5896 1.3070 1.3850 1.8450 SS 0.6223 1.5576 0.9104 75.1089 0.3669 0.8133 0.8619 1.1481 MS 0.3995 0.64 0.5845 48.2221 0.2356 0.5222 0.5534 0.7371 Dm 0.6835 1.0984 1.7109 82.50 0.4030 0.8934 0.9467 1.2611
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      527 25 Interbank rates a Bid Offer Overnight 1 1/2 1 5/8 1-month 13/8 11/2 2-month 1 3/8 1 1/2 3-month 1 3/8 1 1/2 Overnight mode: 1-7/16 USS High Low 7 days 3 1/4 3 3/16 1 month 3 1/4 3 3/16 2 months 3 1/4 3 1/8 3
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      516 25 survives rate cut, but only temporary: analysts Pound expected to decline given Britain's domestic problems Reuter LONDON The pound took only a modest hit after the UK cut base rates by a full point to 8 per cent, but most analysts feel the currency's nonchalance could not last. "Sterling had
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      463 25 Reuter FRANKFURT The German Eurobond sector, already the most active in Europe after a flurry of issues in the past few weeks, is now readying itself for the first ever mark issue from the UK government, say syndicate bankers. EMS uncertainty
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      Lock icon World bond issues total US$14 trillion: Salomon
      262 25 Knight-Ridder NEW YORK Salomon Brothers' annual survey of the world bond market puts the year-end 1991 nominal value of outstanding publicly issued bonds in the 21 major bond markets at more than US$l4 trillion (Ss22 trillion). That level of bonds is a 12.4
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      486 25 BANKS ABN Amro Bank NV 6 ANZ Banking Group 6% Allied Irish Bank PLC 6% American Express Bank 6Vj Arab Banking Corp 6% Arab Bank PLC 6 Asahi Bank Ltd 6Vfc BFCE 6* Ban Hin Lee Berhad 6 Banca Commerciale 6% Banco do Brasil 7 Bangkok Bank
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      139 25 COM EX Oct i6 COLD FVT1HCS (100 oz) USS/oz Open High Low Settle Change Oct 341.80 341.80 341.80 342.40 +1.40 2, Nov 342.40 +1.30 Dec 342.50 343.80 342.40 343.20 +1.30 Feb 93 343.90 345.00 343.60 344.50 +1.40: Apr 345.60 346.10 345.60 345.70 +1.40 Jun 346.50 347.10 346.50 347.10
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      Lock icon West still wary about investing in Russian oil
      343 26 Reuter MOSCOW Predictions of a whirlwind romance between the West's oil industry and post-Soviet Russia still seem wide of the mark. Something more like a long, wary courtship seems to be going on even as decline continues in the oil output of
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      273 26 Knight-Ridder LONDON Metal industry executives from around the world will gather here this week amid growing pressure for the London Metal Exchange to reform its membership structure which critics say is actively discouraging companies from joining the ring. Ring-dealing membership has dwindled
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      Lock icon Raw materials, metals hit by depressed climate
      859 26 REPORTS AFP LONDON A wave of redundancies in British industry, depressing economic statistics, and monetary uncertainty hung over traders on commodity markets last week and induced selling pressure on raw materials used in industry. Base metal prices on the London Metal Exchange suffered
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    1389 26 Rubber HAS Common ttty Exch) Mga (Mi ros dosi ag as at ipm) RSS I Contract (S cents/kg) Close Volume Open Month High Low Sett (tonnes) Interest Nov 92 0.00 0.00 143.25 0 1,100 Dec 143.25 142.75 142.75 2,375 3,500 Jan 93 142.75 141.25 142.50 1,150 4,400 Feb 141.50
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      618 27 LETTER FROM BRIDGEPORT NYT ON a hilly road in the exclusive enclave of Black Rock, where sprawling homes overlook Long Island Sound, stands a tall fir tree, a tree that can be heard from three blocks away, thanks to the chirping, squawking and
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      153 27 As at 10am on Friday: Local dollars to oae unit of foreign ciaiety Currencies Bid Offer Australian dollar 1.1549 1.1712 Canadian dollar 1.2744 1.3002 NZ dollar 0.8617 0 8800 Sterling pound 2.7312 2.7493 US dollar 1.6020 1.6120 Local Jottan to 100 arts of fwcJga cwreacy Austrian
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      163 27 Singapore Outlook: Showers over trail areas ia the aaora^. Report Maximum temperature 31.3 Assoc humidity 72% Minimum temperature 25.2 Assoc humidity. 99% Hours of sunshine 7.00 Rainfall in mm nil Rainfall this month 131.5 Rainy days this month 10 wono report Asia-Pacific Hi/Lo* Cood. Auckland 15/08 Cloudy Bangkok 31/23 Cloudy
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    466 28 IHT SINGAPORE Governments and companies in Asia tracking the US presidential campaign have concluded that Democrat Bill Clinton is almost certain to win. But they do not know quite what to expect and tend to fear the worst in particular,
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    Lock icon Clinton likely to speed up troop cuts: Seoul
    216 28 AP SEOUL A President Bill Clinton would be likely to accelerate cuts in US forces stationed in South Korea as a way of slashing defence spending, the Foreign Ministry said yesterday. In a report to Parliament, the ministry said the Democratic presidential
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    Lock icon Rise of trading blocs may mean end of Gatt
    467 28 Washington sees regionalism as efficient alternative: experts Reuter OTTAWA Could the North American Free Trade Agreement be the last nail in Gatt's coffin? Trade experts fear the rise of regional trading blocs in the 1990s may signal the sunset of the
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    649 28  -  The Bottom Line PAUL WEDEL PAUL WEDEL The writer, a director of the Pacific Rim Consulting Group, was formerly Bangkok bureau chief for UPI news agency. He contributed this commentary to BT FOR THE PAST five years, Thailand has managed to succeed
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    201 28 Reuter NEW YORK A private Chinese group called in a full-page newspaper advertisement yesterday for Japanese Emperor Akihito to apologise for Japanese atrocities in China before and during World War n. The Chinese Alliance for Memorial and Justice took out the advertisement in
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    Germany bids farewell to Brandt
    46 28 BERLIN A military guard of honour carrying the coffin of former West German Chancellor Willy Brandt after a state funeral ceremony last Saturday. German President Richard von Weizsaecker, Chancellor Helmut Kohl and foreign leaders were present to pay their last respects.
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    Lock icon Dominant LDP faction set to split: ex-minister
    261 28 UPI TOKYO A former Cabinet minister predicted yesterday the political fallout from an ongoing bribery scandal will cause the largest clique in the ruling party to disintegrate, throwing politics into turmoil. Shintaro Ishihara, a former transport minister, said even if the Takeshita faction
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    Lock icon Taiwan corporations in land fraud probe
    191 28 AFP TAIPEI Some of Taiwan's leading business groups are under investigation for fraud over massive tax-free land purchases, investigators said yesterday. Three conglomerates, Shin Kong, Lucky Cement and Union Construction, were alleged to have bought up vast tracts of land using farmers as front
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    Lock icon UK papers unite to blast Major over mines, economy
    264 28 Reuter LONDON British newspapers, many traditional allies of the Conservative Party, joined yesterday to attack Prime Minister John Major over his handling of an economic crisis and plans to close half of Britain's coal mines. The chorus of editorial outrage was
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      Pan-United clinches two deals worth $30m
      297 29  -  By Juliette Walker SINGAPORE Mediumsized Pan-United Shipyard has secured two newbuilding contracts worth $30 million. Pan-United will build three highly-manoeuvrable tugboats for the Port of Singapore Authority and an integrated bulk cement pusherbarge for an overseas client, the local yard said. Pan-United is scheduled
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      M'sian feeder line plans to expand S'pore service
      261 29  -  By Rahita Elias SINGAPORE Trengganubased Kemaman Feeder Service, which launched a service to Singapore early this year, is planning to add a second ship to the operations at the start of next year. The company, a whollyowned subsidiary of the Trengganu State
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      187 29 AFP SANTIAGO A Japanese delegation has met Chilean officials to allay fears over the shipment of a tonne of highly toxic plutonium from France to Japan, possibly via Cape Horn, officials said last Saturday. The ship carrying the explosive and highly radioactive cargo may
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      Lock icon Pakistan's first private shipping firm buys carrier
      188 29 AFP KARACHI Pakistan's first shipping company in the private sector has begun operations with a bulk carrier acquired from a Norwegian company, shipping sources said on Saturday. The flag-hoisting ceremony for the 34,686-tonne bulk carrier Delta Star, purchased by the Pakistani private firm
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      1186 29 Page Col ABC ConUinerline 12 1 Accord Group 8 1-3 Ahrcnkiel Liner 16 4 Allied-Link 16 4/5 Alpha Feeders 6 1 ANL 3 1/2 APL 5 3-5 Asia Cont Lines 14 5 Asian Break-Bulk 16 3 ASCL 5 5 ASXCL Shpg 15 2
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      Lock icon Penang to upgrade box facilities
      345 29 Port confident of double-digit growth Bernama BUTTERWORTH The Penang Port Commission (PPC) will invest Ms 22 million (SSI4 million) this year to upgrade its container facilities to ensure that its port remains the best in terms of service in the region. PPC chairman Syed Mohamad
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        Stolt Spur fire caused by negligence: inquiry
        125 30 SINGAPORE A fire on a tanker which killed six people last July was caused by negligence, a state counsel told a commission of inquiry. The fire occurred on board the MT Stolt Spur while it was undergoing repair work at Singapore's Sembawang Shipyard.
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        Cabinet awaits airport fire report
        111 30 KUALA LUMPUR The Malaysian Cabinet will decide on appropriate action after the results of the investigation into the fire at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport are known, Deputy Prime Minister Ghafar Baba said. "TTiis is an important matter and the Cabinet will make a decision.
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        ADM will wait for ethanol ruling
        89 30 WASHINGTON The United States' largest ethanol producer will play it safe and wait for final approval of revised pro-ethanol clean air rules before going forward with plans to expand production of the corn-based fuel additive. Archer Daniels Midland Co said it was not sure
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        Panama ship breaks down
        47 30 LONDON The Panamanian vessel Andhika Adiraja suffered an engine breakdown and flooding in the South China Sea, but has now restarted its engines, Lloyd's Shipping Intelligence Service said. The 7,120 dwt vessel's pumps are working and it is proceeding under its own power.
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        Storm threatens N Sea shipping
        55 30 BEDFORD, Massachusetts A strong storm will be a threat to shipping in the North Sea, especially in southern and southeastern areas, private forecaster Weather Services Corporation said. The storm will cause moderate to strong gusty winds through northwestern Europe, bringing colder temperatures and occasional rainfall
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        Jogger disrupts air flights
        88 30 NEWARK, New Jersey A jogger who ran across two major runways kept planes from landing at the busy Newark International Airport, police said. "How he got there I don't know," said officer John Nesbitt Friday after Darrell Stokling, 30, ran from one end of the airport
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      1191 30  -  Thai Airways' first civilian president aims to erase the airline's sullied image and restore it to its former gloiy as one of Asia's leading carriers, reports Denholm Barnetson Denholm Barnetson UPI Thai airways International has emerged from a period of turmoil with a new and
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      COCKETT BUNKER MARKET REPORT
      826 30 THIS twice weekly report, compiled by Cockett Marine Oil Ltd, shows price ranges in US dollars instead of single prices for a more comprehensive description of the market. Prices shown are based on average-sized stem. Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and
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      THE SHIPPING GUIDE
      9930 38 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. LEGEND PN: ship calls at Penang after
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      DAILY FREIGHTS
      965 46 STEADIER FREIGHT market fixtures and a large volume of time-charters were accompanied by a one point rise in the Baltic Freight Index (BF1), brokers said on Thursday. The BFI at 1,049 showed higher transatlantic rates on exSoviet charter hopes and mostly unchanged rates elsewhere. US Gulf/Japan heavy grain
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      803 46 Oct 21 (1215-1430 hrs* Luncheon talk on Implementation of GMDSS organised by Singapore National Shipping Association at WTC Gub. For further details, please contact SNSA at tel: 278-3464 or fax: 274-5079. Oct 23: Revision to the Uniform Customs Practice for Documentary Credits: ICC No 400. Talk organised by
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      Lock icon Chinese magazine slams Patten over airport, port
      336 48 AP BEIJING Hongkong governor Chris Patten has undermined the British colony's stability by proposing more democratic reforms before the colony reverts to Chinese rule in 1997, an official Chinese magazine says. The state-run Xinhua News Agency carried excerpts from the Outlook Weekly article
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      Lock icon Petrol tax proposal may give US another crack at oil import problem
      529 48 NYT NEW YORK The United States has a budget deficit, a trade deficit and an appetite for oil so huge that the fate of oil-exporting kings and emirs is a major focus of foreign policy. To help get
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      Lock icon New light shed on mysterious air crash
      266 48 AP ROME Transcripts of a telephone call between air traffic control towers show two fighter jets were in the area of a passenger plane that mysteriously crashed 12 years ago, killing 81 people, Italian news agencies reported last Saturday. The conversation, only partially
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      Lock icon Pratt & Whitney to lay off 3,600 workers
      473 48 Pratt Whitney to lay off 3,600 workers NYT HARTFORD, Connecticut Pratt Whitney, the jetengine maker, said that it would lay off 3,600 workers in Connecticut, more than 16 per cent of its work force here, over the next eight months because of a steep drop in commercial-airline contracts. Nearly 470
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      220 48 AP NICOSIA, Cyprus Iran has taken delivery of five German-made Dornier 228 aircraft, the Islamic Republic News Agency reported last Saturday. The agency, monitored in Nicosia, said the aircraft were handed over to Iranian officials during a ceremony in Bonn last Friday. It did not
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      Lock icon Petrol trucks idle as fuel shortage hits Kabul
      261 48 AFP KABUL Eleven petrol tankers manufactured by the Jangalak government industrial complex in Kabul sit idle in the factory grounds as the capital suffers a shortage of fuel transportation. An Afghan government minister recently expressed concern about a potential winter shortfall of
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      544 48 AP MOGADISHU, Somalia International relief agencies say 500 armed UN troops in Mogadishu can't possibly keep looters from seizing food shipments destined for starving Somalis. "You should have 15,000 otherwise it's a joke," said Mike McDonna, field director for the
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      1283 32 ll ggBBBBBIB 188 REGULAR INDEPENDENT FULL CONTAINER SERVICE EXPRESS LCL SERVICE DEPARTING EVERY SUNDAY WE ARE PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE AS FROM S MARINER V 9233-4 ETA SINGAPORE 25/10/92, LCL CARGOES CAN BE ACCEPTED TO THE FOLLOWING DESTINATIONS: TRANSIT UNITED KINGDOM FELIXSTOWE 23 DAYS GERMANY HAMBURG 20 DAYS THE NETHERLANDS ROTTERDAM
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      2507 33 SINGAPORE AGENT: pw| AnfoinAf*G p container* (Singapore Agenciea) Pie Ltd X ULV/ VjlVllLCllllvl O 10 Hoe Chiang Road #07-01 KEPPEL TOWERS. SINGAPORE 0208 Tel: 225 2233 Telex: RS ***** PNOCSP Fax: 225 5327/222 7517 CR Number: **********0Z VCMCL VOY UN -HQ Mt ALO MU AMT HOT HAM VI MCI VOY
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      645 34 tgJJIUIiMIiIJ CR NBR **********0-D EXPRESS SEMI CONTAINERSHIP SERVICES TO EUROPE WSL/WY STOtt ROAM ADAM H'BUtG BttUN «T*W WTM/2MB In Port IJ/11 24/11 27/11 21/11 mmmjim 2</i2 3/1 7/1 12/1 15/1 FAST TRANSIT TIME ACCEPTING BREAK BULK/CONTAINERISED CARGO Bubi«ct to Inducement. Also accepting cargo to Casablanca, Port Said, Poet Alexandria, Genoa.
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      1457 34 ©HANJIN SHIPPING FDR VS. SN UK HAU. LB 0M FOR V3L llfE HAUL IN U NIC HAIUN 10NG8EACH 0391 25/10 DKCT 15/11 18/11 HAMM KMMYMK 0941 19/10 N. ASM 0041 21/11 27/11 29/11 HAMM ROTTODAM 0201 1/11 DKCT 22/11 25/11 HAMN KH6AN 080E 26/10 H. KEQUNC 0391 3/12 4/12 6/12
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      1685 35 II PLEASE DIAL TEL *****00 II II FOR ALL BOOKIH6S NOL SERVICES) I I U FEEDER VSL VOY I SGP MOTHER VBL VOY SET PLD VEBBEL VOY BGP LOS OAK VAN CHI DAL/HOI MPH ATL NYK I N AMBER 08E I 21/10 C. ZEUS 41E 08/11 12/11 12/U N AMBEK
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      1140 35 m sinsov SINGAPORE SOVIET SHIPPING CO PRIVATE LTD BOOKINGS: BALT ORIENT LINE: *****64 FESCO: *****06 BLASCO ODESSA: *****51/*****31 ENQUIRIES: *****33 KL: 03-*****75/697 PORT KELANG: *****43/ *****40 JAKARTA: *****57 PENANG: *****4/ *****8 JOHORE BAHRU: *****1/ *****1 MARINE INSURANCE SERVICE: *****87/ *****87 (REGULAR INDEPENDENT SERVICE) FULL CONTAINERSHIP SERVICES EASTBOUNP—OtSCH/MtONG WESTBOUC-lOOOWG TRAIOHPfED VIA
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      1507 36 K *W* AS AGENTS: KAWASAKI SINGAPORE (PTE) LTD ICR No: **********0 M) ■A W W lfcT TEL *****77 TELEX- KAWAKIRS23I6S FAX: *****07/8/9 H MALAYSIA: "K' UNE MARITIME (MALAYSIA) SON BHD I AMh MmJi JL A TEL SA *****00 P< *****01/5 PENANG *****0 JB *****1 KAWASAKI KISEN KAISHA, LTD INDONESIA: P.T.
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      1078 36 PHIU-ORI€NT LINK PTC LTD «h 108 Robinson Road #07-00 GMG Building Singapore 0106 Tel: *****22/*****69/*****00 Telex: RS ***** FAX: *****76/*****38 9>jU BY AIR, LAND OR SEA.... /4f|S IV£ TAKE ON THE WORLD FOR YOU MEMBER OF SINGAPORE FREIGHT FORWARDERS ASSOCIATION 18 OCT SYDNEY, MELBOURNE, BRISBANE, FREMANTLE 26 OCT AUCKLANO, WELLINGTON,
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      1156 37 IL PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL LINES (PTE) LTD 140 Cecil Street. #03-00 PIL Building, Singapore 0106. Tel: *****33 CR NO: **********0E •UNQATtRATAI S 2?*> 23/10 5/10 "T*****" EOUAToiI HAWK 2," KOTA MNTANO KBT3ON 10/10 M/ 10 *7/10 KOTA i2OAH I!? ?2/« EQUATOR CRYSTAL 113N 11/10 K/10 M/ 10 KOTA INOAH 431 M/
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      1367 37 eOI 1 I jPSBBSKwISKi^^ I P P GUOANG PENANG PKELANG OCEAN VSL/VOY SIN SOU (1) RTM (2) HAM (3) GOT (4) I E 16/10 16/10 17/10 BENAVON 2412 20/10 6/11 8/11 9/11 11/11 I E 23/10 23/10 24/10 JUTLANPA 2422 27/10 oTTi isTTi ***** iiTTi I D 30/10 30/10 31/10
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      268 37 II BSA° TRANSPORTATION M MYANMA wßik FIVE STAR LINE (Myanmar National Line) Loadmg for Yangon (Rangoon) Spore PJ(I| Pen P.Gdf PAGAN VIUW 30/1 MM HPA-AN VIB3W 4/7 Net PAGAR VIWW 15/11 NM NIGERIAN NATIONAL SHIPPING LINE NIGERIA EXPRESS SERVICE RIVER MAJC VJO SPORE 23 Nov Lago* 16 D«c PI Har
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      46 39 L/C VISA FREIGHT SERVICES PTE LTD Established Since 1984 IrflL'consOLibAiloN AUCKLMO S¥DRCT ImOTT EXPORT mow nmiffli SERVICES yj FOR BOOKING at SAILING SCHEDULE, CALL THE TOTAL TRANSPORTATION PEOPLE. VISA FREIGHT SERVICES PTE LTD VISA LCL CONSOL PTE LTD TOLL-FREE TEL: *****66 TOLL-FREE TEL: *****34 FAX:*****86 FAX:*****37
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      2497 40 Conventional Semi-Container Fuil Container Liner Services Liner Services Malaysia's Ajents: Indonesia's Agents: General Agents: Booking Agents: General Agents: Booking Agents: Gnan Coan Skipping Sdn BH Chung Ckioo Shipping S4n BM P.T. Ghkal Pntra Indonesia Maritime Ykk Fung Shipping SHppmg FnigM Iwtiir CnatsMp ggmiu Costsr Shipping Pte Ltd Shipom Fright Booking
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      280 40 n== SAMHOBU HKMESU (S) S STI 15 McCALLUM STREET #03-01/« NATWEST CENTRE W Singapore OHM Totes: R*****0 Tot: 22M301-3 Foe 225 4030, 227*130 FOR BOOKMQS CALL OMECT UNE TEL: *****41/*****43 SM/JAK SERVICE VESSEL VOY sm JAK MERKUR DELTA 944 20/10 (TUE) 24/10 (SAT) LAWANTI 982 21/10 (WED) 23/10 (FRI) DERAJAT
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      617 41 FAMOUS CONTAINER LINES 10 ANSON RD. #15-21 INTERNATIONAL PLAZA, S PORE 0207 HOT LINE: *****33 (24 LINES) LIMASSOL/PWEAUS 21/10 ROTTERDAM 25/10 HAIFA/ ASHDOO/ALEXANDRIA 21/10 HAMBURG/BREMEN 25/10 MARSEILE/FRANCE 21/10 FEUXSTOWE/UK 25/10 BARCELONA/SPAM 21/10 LEHAVRE/ANTWERP 25/10 GENOA/ITALY 21/10 GOTHENBURG/SCANDINAVIA 25/10 LOS ANGELES/WC/P1 25/10 SYDNEY/MELBOURNE 25/10 NEW YORK/EC 25/10 FREMANTLE/ADELADE 22/10 VANCOUVER 25/10
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      683 41 CZa RICHFIELD MARINE AGENCIES (S) PTE LTD »1 TEL: *****33 (12 Lin**) LS FAX: *****15/*****03 |t| TELEX: R8 ***** RIBHIP (3 Linaa) ETHIOPIAN SHIPPING LINES (National Lines of Ethiopia) ACCEPTING FCL AND CONVENTIONAL VESSEL Ivoy I eta Iloaomo fob wow ANOINET 2SWB 27/10 OAftESSALAAM. MOMBASA. DJBOUTT" ASSAB. MASSAWA ABBAY WOW
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      1530 42 |LA§MAC-NELS groupage I I K-/\ JPENANG: (04) *****6 SIBU: (084) *****9 KUCHING: (082) *****3 W P.KELANG: (03) *****77 JAKARTA: (21) *****32 SURABAYA: (31) *****0 HKG/TWN/BKK I GOTH/U.K/MED PORTS PEN PKL SIN PEN PK SIN 21/10 22/10 23/10 Honi Konj Ldn/Fta/Rdm/Ant 22/10 23/10 24/10 25/10 26/10 27/10 Honi Kong G'bwf/Chafen/Sholm/Oslo 25/10
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      333 42 BLUE STAR LINE SINGAPORE TO AND FROM NEW ZEALAND AND PACIFIC ISLANDS SM ML LYT SM MJST STAR 0530 26/10 7/11 9/11 26/11 PROSPECT 21S 6/11 18/11 20/11 6/12 N Z STAR 0532 17/11 25/11 1/12 17/12 FULLY CONTAINERISED SAILINGS DISCHARGING AT AUCKLAND, LYTTELTON. ACCEPTING FCL LCL FOR NEW PLYMOUTH,
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      1177 42 f THONG SOON UNES PTE. LTD.] Ms 77 ROBINSON ROAD #15-00, #16-00 SIA BUUXNG SINGAPORE 0106 TEL: *****88 FAX NO: *****11, *****22 TLX: RS ***** CARRER, RS ***** JENHOL CABLE: TOSOCO i MwwnuimA'niiHßf i SINGAPORE TO SARAWAK SINGAPORE TO WEST MALAYSIA VESSEL IVOT Is PORE IttST lESSQ VOT SfWE P.
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      804 43 COMPANIA PERUANA WKA DE VAPORES V "PERUVIAN STATE LINE" ACCEPTMG BREAKBUK/FCI/SOC CARGOES TO/FROM CALL AO, MAT ARAM, 10* I OTHER PERUVMM PORTS* MTH T/S AT KOBE ON CPV TWOUGH HLL OF LAOMG. WgV'EVERETT ORIENT LINE" JAPAN/BAY OF BENGAL/JAPAN SERVICE ACCEPTMG BREAKBULK/SOC CARGOES TO/FROM KOBE, YOKOHAMA. NAGOYA, MOA, TOKYO*, MANLA*. OAYAO*,
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      593 43 IICZJ JSL, El N. AMERICA/CARRIBEAN SERVICES WML DOT m MAOUO VOT UU IST SAD Wt *1 m TOROHMM 21E 2»/10 ZN ROMA S JO/11 1/12 11/12 1&/12 17/U m OAT 7IE 14/11 mOH INS J* 11/12 24/12 24/12 24/12 21/12 ZN 4MOKMA 2H 14/11 ZN IDUNB IS 11/12 24/12 24/12
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      589 43 CONVENTIONAL SERVICE TO/FRO A) VIETNAM B) HONG KONG C) BANGKOK D) INDIAN SUB-CONTINENT PORTS REGULAR UNER CONVENTIONAL SERVICE TO BELAWAN/JKT VOY. NO. PK BLW JKT SEA QUEEN 6GB 22/9 24/9 SEA QUEEN 609 28/9 29/9 SEA QUEEN 610 1/10 3/10 GULF TRAVELLER 41 5/10 11/10 GULF TRAVELLER 42 19/10 25/10
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      405 43 MONTHLY DIRECT CONTAINER SERVICE SIN TO ALGERIA ALSO CALLMC MARSEILLE/LASPEZIA TWICE WEEKLY CONTAMER SERVICE SIN/MADRAS/SIN WEEKLY CONTAMER SERVICE SIN/CALCUTTA/SIN WITH TRANSNftftHT TO: ASEAN/AISTRALIA/FAR EAST/WMTERRANEAN/EUROPE WEEKLY CONVENTIONAL SERVICE SIN TO CHINA WEEKLY CONVENTIONAL SERVICE MADRAS/COLOMBO/ BOMBAY/KARACHI WEEKLY CONVENTIONAL SERVICE EAST AFRICA/RED SEA/ MEDITERRANEAN CAM MOKIRE LBCXT TIABSPBBT A FKIBHT CO (PTE)
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      340 43 SIN FM EAST 27/10 KEELUNG/KAOHSIUNG 25/10 BANGKOK 23/10 MANILA/CEBU 25/10 JAKARTA/BELAWAN/SURABAYA 26/10 PORT KELANG/PENANG/E. MALAYSIA 26/10 BUSAN 25/10 TOKYO/YOKO/KOBE/NGO/OSA 26/10 HONG KONG S|N CHINA (+B#±«*n) 26/10 GUANGZHOU/HUANGPU/SHENZHEN FUZHOU/XIAMEN/SHANTOU DALIAN/SHANGHAI/XINGANG TIANJIN/QINGDAO/HAIKOU also accepting LCL cargo S|N EUROPE/UK 24/10 LDN/FLX/LVP/SOU 24/10 RDM/HAM/ANT/LE HAVRE/GENOA/OSLO also accepting cargo to Austria/ Hungary/Romama/Poland/Bulgaria/Czech. Si USA/CAMAD* 25/10
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      730 44 I ECONOLINES We deliver 2040 points throughout 17 We provide weekly consolidations to 32 1 countries in conformity with 13 imcoterms Discharging ports at own Bonded Warehouse total demands in shipping for carrying your with in house customs service and Routier goods from door to door trucks for home deliveries
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      511 44 BontermJ CONTERM FREIGHT (F.E.) PTE LTD. AUCKLAND 26TH OCTOBER ACCEPTING TO ALL PORTS IN NEW ZEALAND BANGKOK 25 OCT JAKARTA 25 OCT PENANG 22 OCT POUT KELAMG 22 OCT MELBOURNE 25 OCT SYDNEY 25 OCT FREMANTLE 23 OCT BRISBANE 30 OCT HAMBURG 24 OCT FELIXSTOWE 24 OCT GOTHENBURG 24 OCT
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      299 44 This Week's Sailings j To: ETD To! ETD Singapore Singapore B k k 18/10 92 Hamburg 17/10/92 Manila 16/10/92 (Onforwarding to Mid West/ 18/10/92 Colombo I 19/10/92 Tel: Fax: voa fhtm IHHtt WW Singapore 778 6522 *****38 c^th. &M Johore 07-*****8 07-*****3 Alfred Ng YJmr Jakarta 021-*****40 021-*****01 Troy Hsu
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      512 44 CHINESE-POLISH JOINT STOCK SHIPPING CO 1 CONTAMER/BREAK BULK I PARANDOWSKI V.50 «/11 CASABLANCA lAXMG VOl 24/11 SHANGHAI/XMGANG 2 BALTIC FAR EAST SHIPPING PTE LTD 2 USTM ROAD #10-00, HMC BULOMG. STORE 0207 i TEL: *****69 FAX: *****09 TU: RS ***** BALFES OEL OR,ENT EXPRESS LINES ouiai REGIONAL OFFICE Tel: 2272M7
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      1240 45 FAST TRAHSIT ***** 35 DAVS ONLY SINGAPORE TO MANTA (ECUADOR) FEEDH «5Sa PUG PtM OCUM KSSEL SM l£H RTM(I) HAM (2) IN FU SOU SOT a Bhum B Seroia 16/10 14/10 NLI Hoorn/2362 23/10 7/11 8/11 10/11 11/11 9/11 10/11 11/11 NLL *osano/*****® 19/10 22/10 21/10 20/10 23/10 27/10 13/11
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      347 46 NORTH PHILIPPINES FULL CONTAINER SERVCE VESSa VOYAGE SXGAPORE MANILA VIGOUR LUZON 2NB 23/10/92 (FRO 28/10/92 TWO SALINGS WEEKLY VIGOUR SINGAPORE 3»« 26/10/92 (MON) 31/10/92 MONDAY AND FWDAY VIGOUR PACffIC 74N8 30/10/92 (FRI) 04/11/92 m VIGOUR LUZON 3NB 02/11/92 (MON) 07/11/92 iWWWa PORT KLANG/PENANG FULL CONTAINER SERVICE VESSEL VOYAGE SWGAPORE PORT
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      310 46 .flLcosco ukc coNvewnowAL Mfflg VESSEL PKL PNG P.O. LOAD*NO FOR: A VESSEL 28/10 Rotterdam/Antwerp CKNA COHVPmOHAI SgHVICt VESSEL PKL PNG P.O. LOADING FOR: A VESSEL 15/10 20/10 Huangpu/Quangzhou COgCO FULL COjjTAjHW K*VICt» (FCL/TCL) EXPORT TO: CHIMA/BAHttKOH/HOWQKOWO EUROPE/CONTMENTAL WEST MEDITERRANEAN AUSTRALIA U« WEST COAST PERSIAN OULf/KARACHI Pleas* rater above mentioned services
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      275 46 mmm CONTAINER LINE VW Auckland fc AUCKLAND WEEKLY 5 CONSOLIDATION Inland Destinations: S NEW ZEAIAND NEW PLYMOUTH DUN EDI N l WELLINGTON HAMILTON CHRISTCHURCH/ LYTTLETON y* TAURANGA/ WELLINGTON NAPIER »Christchurch Tel: 538 0155 OWENS CONTAINER LINE (S) PTE LTD /bunedm 133 New Bridge Road #09-06 Chinatown Point S'pore 01 OS
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      1081 47 HYUNDAI I MERCHANT MARINE CO. LTD. WESTBOUND TO EUROPE ttssas rm-t- mtt rq>+ aw mm r nr him fd. SI. MMKR JOIN 23/10 23/10 23/10 25/10 13/11 13/11 14/11 14/11 14/U 17/11 H. OTIORER 302* 30/10 30/10 30/10 1/11 20/11 20/11 21/11 21/U 21/11 24/11 H. CHALLENGER 301* 6/11 6/11
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      444 47 STRAITS/ JAPAN/ STRAITS SERVICE SPECIALIST IN RO-RO t HEAVY LIFTS INBOUND VESSELS visa nv n kk u TUB MTO MM fi! MA PT tauk raut II ■PT n/ii BAMUTU I I 11/11 21/H IS/19 tWMi 3 3 23/11 mua ocua m 2s/ii m h/io BMTWBI 7 1 21/11 21/11 nmrn
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      756 47 JEDDAH/UK/CONTNENT |rp«E Id rron nut rtmm idi *Mm acc**« U* f* MOMIE MM 21/142 22/11 7/11 1/11 1/11 'IM 11 .hM mi Mfc MUttH Of 17/342 B/10 3/11 U/U 14/11 1< /U 11/11 MM* :to N AMvm. 'i Inn OMI MMM KANMIMA2VM3 21/11 21/11 11/11 17/11 :to M" l.lTl JMh
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      131 47 «BINTANG MAS SHIPPING PTE. LTD. 39 NOL ROM) SMGAPORE 0208 TEL: *****88 TLX: R*****5 SMO FAX: *****64 ACQTO PORTS OF CM6O STQH OCSTMTm KKUtT HML V2K 17-21 Oct IS2I Oct Man. Utaai WTME SOW *2lf 19-21 Oct 22-22 Oct BM*. Mrt. KM VBCJKI JNX VISE 24-21 Oct 27 28 Oct
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