The Business Times, 2 July 1993

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    13 1 Business Times WE KNOW ASIA MITA (P) 552/12/92 Friday July 2 1993 75®
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  • 2am LATEST
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      Lock icon Italian unions to face ultimatum
      58 1 Reuter ROME The Italian government, seeking a deal on a key labour pact, will present a final "take it or leave it" proposal to groups representing union and employers today. Pietro Larizza, head of the UIL trade confederation, said Ciampi would give both sides until
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      Lock icon BaHadur faces no-confidence motion
      69 1 AP PARIS Socialists and Communists have filed a no-con fidcncc motion in the National Assembly against Premier Edouard Balladur's conservative government. The motion, to be considered in an extraordinary session of Parliament on Monday, culminates a leftwing delaying campaign against Mr Balladur's Bill to privatise 21
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    MARKET SUMMARY
    110 1 Stock market indices Ttenfey Chang* STII 1,798.94 -3.84 KLSE Composite 719.84 -1.33 Nikkei 19.924.61 +334.61 HangScng 7,205.38 +106.10 SET Index dosed Jakarta Composite ...360.54 +0.19 C'LSA China B 954.54 10.6 Aust All Ord 1,755 3 +17.2 FTSE 100 2.888.8 -11 2 Tharvb) Previous Iptn dose Dow Jones 3,516.36
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    Lock icon China's Communist Party to get grip on economic problems
    492 1 Turmoil in the Chinese economy AFP, UPI, Reuter BEIJING China's ruling communist party marked the 72nd anniversary of its founding yesterday with a dire warning from party leader Jiang Zemin that the country was facing "profound economic and social problems". The
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    Lock icon Chinese banker gets suspended death sentence for fraud
    289 1 Reuter BEIJING A Chinese court has passed a suspended death sentence on the former head of a state-run bank and jailed seven other bankers who took bribes in a US$l3 million (Ss2l million) loan fraud. Xinhua news agency said yesterday the sentences
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    Lock icon Angry fanners attack post offices in 11 provinces
    174 1 Reuter BEIJING Angry peasants unable to cash postal remittances have attacked post offices and injured employees in unrest in 11 provinces, the China Daily said yesterday. News of the disturbances follows reports of recent unrest in the countryside triggered by arbitrary taxes
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  • Article
    KL media group MRCB set to take over M$3.4b power plant
    531 1  -  From Leslie Lopez in KUALA LUMPUR MALAYSIAN Resources Corp Bhd (MRCB), a fast-rising media grouping linked to associates of Finance Minister Anwar Ibrahim, is set to purchase a controlling stake in a small private company which holds a licence
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    Lock icon Beijing to recall US$10b in loans to coastal provinces
    293 1 Reuter BEIJING China will call in loans of about US$lO billion (Ssl6 billion) used to fund speculative experiments in everything from real estate to stock manipulation, a Beijingcontrolled newspaper in Hongkong said yesterday. The move, part of a growing chorus of
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    German central bank cuts key interest rates
    91 1 THE German Bundesbank yesterday cut key interest rates, reducing its discount rate by half a percentage point to 6.75 per cent. It also trimmed the less important Lombard emergency lending rate by a quarter point to 8.25 per cent and reduced a key
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    Sembawang unit in China's Three Gorges project
    363 1  -  By Dexter Lee SINGAPORE Sembawang Maritime has become the first Singapore company to be involved in China's huge and controversial Three Gorges Dam project across the Yangtze River. The company said in a statement yesterday that it has signed a letter of intent
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      8 1 Advertising Marketing: Pg 22 Striking a confident note
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      17 1 Hock Lock Siew: pg 9 Retailers need niche markets Shanghai raises prices as inflatkxi bites, Pr 4
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      23 1 yfe HAN BOONS Tel: 250 8070 Fax: 250 8471 Full report, Back Page The top 100 Malaysian companies by market capitalisation, Page 10
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
    • eye on the ECONOMY
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        Lock icon Lethargic growth in Asian $ market
        325 2  - Lethargic growth in Asian market By Magdalene Ng THE gradual switch by banks to off-balance sheet trading continues to affect the Asian Dollar Market, where growth has been lethargic for nine or 10 months. No respite is in sight, according to a dealer with a foreign bank, pointing out that
        Source: Dept of Statistics  -  325 words
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      Telecom expects debt-free days to be over soon
      508 2  -  By Joyce Quek SINGAPORE First it was SIA. now Singapore Telecom, another cash cow, is also forecasting that its debt-free days may soon be over. The cost of a listed status in the form of dividends and the big-time funding of new
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      Yaohan S'pore undergoes restructuring
      335 2  -  Company preparing for listing in three years' time By Sylvia Wong SINGAPORE Japanese supermarket operator Yaohan Singapore has been restructured to prepare for a listing here in three years' time. Its parent, Yaohan Department Store Co of Japan, last month hived off the Singapore retail arm
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    • NEWS ROUNDUP
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        Lim Chong Yah to receive award
        51 2 PROFESSOR Lim Chong Yah. emeritus professor of economics and statistics at the National University of Singapore, will receive the John Ryan award from Indiana University for his contribution to international education. Prof Lim will receive the honour on Sunday from Indiana University president Thomas
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        S'pore, NZ amend taxation accord
        78 2 SINGAPORE and New Zealand signed a pact yesterday amending their existing double taxation agreement. The pact basically brought about a change to a tax-sparing provision for tax credits. The Inland Revenue Authority said it had been brought to the attention ol the tax authorities of
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        EDB streamlines upgrading schemes
        76 2 THE Economic Development Board has streamlined efforts to help companies to upgrade through automation. Finance will now be provided through the Local Enterprise Finance Scheme and the Automation Leasing Scheme. LEFS can be used by local firms with fixed assets of up to $12 million and
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        PUB to raise reconnection fee
        49 2 THE Public Utilities Board will raise the reconnection fee for each utility to Sl5 from July 15. The PUB said yesterday the increase was necessary because the cost of disconnection and reconnection had risen. The last increase was in 1981 from $5 to SlO.
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        Lock icon Hurd due on Monday for 2-day visit
        124 2 AFP SINGAPORE British Foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd arrives here on Monday for a two-day visit. The British High Commission said yesterday that Mr Hurd would meet Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong. Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. Trade and Industry Minister S Dhanabalan
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    • Article
      Thomson Medical Centre's owners buy UK fertility clinic
      224 2 SINGAPORE The owners of Singapore's Thomson Medical Centre have purchased a leading UK infertility clinic. Hallam Medical Centre (HMC) of London. Medical Supply Services Pte Ltd (MSS) of Singapore made the purchase through its London subsidiary. The London Women's Clinic (LWC). Dr
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  • THE REGION
    • Article
      S'pore govt-linked firms show interest in Subic projects
      464 3  -  From Al Labita in Manila SEVERAL Singapore govcrn-ment-linked companies yesterday expressed plans to put up major projects at Subic Bay, the former US naval base and now a free port zone in the Philippines. Topping the list is Singapore Technologies Ventures (STV),
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      Indonesia gets US$5b in aid pledges
      423 3  -  fnm Maggie Ford in JAKARTA INTERNATIOMAL aid donors are rewarding Indonesia for its economic performance by pledging US$5.l billion (SSB.2 billion) in new soft loans and grants. Meeting in Paris, the World Bank-chaired Consultative Group on Indonesia has commended Jakarta's economic management and increased
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      Malaysian trade surplus up in first quarter
      266 3 KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia recorded a cumulative trade surplus of M 51.697.7 million for the first quarter of this year, compared with a large deficit of M 52,152.2 million recorded in the same period in 1992, thanks to a higher growth in exports. The
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      Cambodia's economic reform plans win assembly's backing
      435 3  -  From Harish Mehta in PHNOM PENH A MAJOR reform package* of fiscal, industrial, investment, infrastructural and foreign policy initiatives of the Provisional National Government of Cambodia (PNG) won the approval of the newly-elected National Assembly yesterday. The measures are aimed at steering the
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      Bank of Thailand to stop pressuring commercial banks on rates
      348 3  -  From Andrew Cooke in BANGKOK THE Bank of Thailand has agreed to stop haranguing commercial banks about their lending rates. The central bank's governor, Vijit Supinit, yesterday said he was "satisfied" by the 0.25 percentage point cut in the maximum
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    • ASIA NOTES
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        Lock icon China's US$1b trade surplus with US
        65 4 Reuter BEIJING China's trade surplus with the United States from January to April reaehed US$l.l billion (551.78 billion). The China Daily said yesterday that China exported US$3.B7 billion worth of goods to the US while it imported U552.77 billion from the US during the
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        Lock icon Seoul lifts ban on China tourists
        76 4 AP SEOUL South Korea lifted a ban on Chinese tourists yesterday, but it will continue to curb individual trips because of security concerns. Justice Ministry officials said Seoul established diplomatic relations with Beijing last year, but the two have restricted free civilian visits, allowing
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        Lock icon Umno expects snap poll in Kelantan
        111 4 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Umno is anticipating a snap election in Kelantan. The party's information chief, Hussein Ahmad, said yesterday that Umno would gather in the state next week all its information officers from the rest of the country. He said he saw signs of
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        Lock icon Four children die in march
        69 4 AFP KARACHI Four children were killed and 50 people injured when a grenade was thrown into a Shiite religious procession in Kotri in southern Pakistan's Sindh province. Police said yesterday that the procession, to mark the annual Shiite holy day Moharam. was nearing Kotri's bazaar
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        Lock icon In remembrance
        42 4 Reuter ISLAMABAD Blood oozing from the backs of Shiite Muslims who had beaten themselves with knives slung on chains to mourn the martyrdom erf Hussain, a grandson of the Prophet Mohamad, who was killed in battle 14 centuries ago. Reuter
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        Lock icon Bangkok dismisses Yangon claims
        77 4 Oana-TNA BANGKOK Thai Minister of Agriculture Nipon Promphan yesterday dismissed Myanmar s accusations that Thailand is supporting ethnic rebels in their fight against Yangon. Mr Nipon said the allegations were not Myanmar's real reason for refusing Thai businessmen any new logging concessions. He said basic economics
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        Lock icon HK to lower import levy
        96 4 AFP HONGKONG Hongkong intends to lower its tiny levy on imports used to finance its Trade Development Council from 0.05 per cent to 0.035 per cent. The change, subject to Legislative Council approval, would take effect on Oct 1 and save the colony's importers about
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      Lock icon Time is not limitless in Sino-UK talks on HK: Patten
      437 4  -  From Neville Stack in LONDON EXACTLY four years to the day of handover. Governor Chris Patten declared after a meeting here with Prime Minister John Major and Foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd that "time is not limitless" for reaching some agreement
      Reuter  -  437 words
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      Lock icon Shanghai raises prices of everything as inflation starts to bite
      550 4 Reuter SHANGHAI Shanghai increased prices yesterday of everything from bus tickets to coal as officials seek to shield city coffers from the impact of high inflation. The cost of bus tickets in China's largest city doubled overnight and prices for
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      Lock icon Taiwan to develop free trade zone on west coast
      235 4 Reuter TAIPEI The Taiwan government plans to spend US$ll billion (S$ 17.8 billion) over 25 years to develop a strip of the island's western coast into an industrial and trade zone. The Industrial Development Bureau said yesterday that the money would
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      Lock icon South Korean trade deficit widens to US$239m
      240 4 Reuter SEOUL South Korea's trade deficit in June widened to US$239 million (SS3B7 million) from US$l94 million a year ago because of slow exports. The Ministry of Trade. Industry and Energy yesterday put the blame for this on a new wave of labour
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      Lock icon HK, Macau take different roads to China
      561 4 Reuter MACAU Europe's last two colonial outposts in Asia will share a common fate, but the Portuguese-administered territory of Macau and the British colony of Hongkong are heading along very different roads to it. Hongkong, which reverts to China in 1997. is embroiled
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      Lock icon Beijing says it is not trying to set up HK shadow govt
      448 4 Reuter AFP BEIJING China pledged yesterday that it was not trying to set up a shadow government for Hongkong to sap the authority of the British colonial government before its 1997 return to Beijing rule. A senior official
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      Lock icon China's new code of conduct demands absolute integrity from top officials
      245 4 AFP. BEIJING Members of the standing committee of the National People's Congress must be absolutely incorruptible, according to a code of conduct to be passed this week. The official China Daily said yesterday that in what it described as
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      Lock icon Hongkong economy set to continue growing: bank
      236 4 AFP HONGKONG The British colony's economy is likely to keep growing in the coming years, despite signs that China's over-heating economy is about to hit the boiling point, the Bank of East Asia said. In its July economic analysis. released yesterday, the bank
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      Lock icon Business groups to keep funding LDP until election
      539 5 Reuter TOKYO Leaders of Japan's four most powerful business groups decided at an emergency meeting yesterday to reconsider their political funding after this month's general election but stick with the ruling party until then. Leaders of the groups agreed to review their
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      G-7 must focus on Uruguay talks: Aussie minister
      308 5  -  By Schutz Lee SINGAPORE The Group of Seven industrialised nations must use next week's Tokyo summit to bring world trade talks to a successful conclusion, Australian Trade Minister Peter Cook said yesterday. Their first obligation is to show leadership, he told a
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      Lock icon Pakistani crisis worsens as Sharif fails in Punjab
      429 5 AFP ISLAMABAD Pakistan's political crisis deepened yesterday after Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif failed to gain control of his home province in spite of parliamentary endorsement of emergency powers. The two houses of Parliament on Tuesday gave Mr Sharif emergency powers to clamp
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      Lock icon Ruling party seeks coalition partners
      357 5 UPI, Reuter TOKYO Japan's ruling party, hoping to prolong its 38year hold on power after the July 18 election, has started scouting for potential coalition partners, party officials said yesterday. The Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), disgraced by corruption scandals and weakened by large-scale defections, is
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  • REGIONAL FOCUS
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      Malaysia's purchase of 18 Russian fighters upsets America
      464 6  -  Fears raised over escalation of arms race in South-east Asia From Leon Hadar in WASHINGTON MALAYSIA'S decision to order 18 Russian MiG-29 fighters and only eight American F/A-18 attack aircraft will hurt the US defence industry, officials and defence analysts here say.
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      Lock icon Deal a breakthrough for Moscow hardware in region
      459 6 Reuter KUALA LUMPUR Russia has made a significant breakthrough into South-cast Asia's traditionally pro-Western arms market by selling its MiG-29 warplanes to Malaysia, defence analysts said on Wednesday. Malaysian Dcfence Minister Najib Razak announced on Tuesday Kuala Lumpur's decision to buy 18
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      Thai firm to promote Russian arms for Bangkok military use
      360 6  -  From John Helmer in MOSCOW A NEW Thai firm was in Moscow last week to develop Russian military sales to the Thai armed forces. Russthai Pte Ltd managing director Grerksak Sakbodin told BT that he is preparing for demonstrations and
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      Lock icon Ramos wants to modernise Philippines' air force
      237 6 Reuter MANILA President Fidel Ramos promised yesterday to modernise the Philippines' obsolete air force, which includes 30-year-old aircraft that are in danger of crashing if they turn too quickly in mid-air. Mr Ramos said in a speech on the 46th anniversary of the
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  • THE WORLD
    • WORLD WATCH
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        Lock icon Canadian economy stalled in April
        92 8 UPI OTTAWA Government figures released on Wednesday show Canadian economic and job growth both stalled in April. Statistics Canada said the gross domestic product figure of C 540.8 billion (5551.8 billion) was unchanged in April following a 0.6 per cent gain in March and an
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        Lock icon UK manufacturing sector up
        103 8 Reuter LONDON Britain's manufacturing sector is showing increase ing signs of confidence with orders and output remaining on a rising trend in June, the latest survey from the Chartered Institute of Purchasing Supply published yesterday said. "The latest survey suggests that UK manufacturing has now undergone
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        Lock icon Belgium takes over EC presidency
        66 8 Reuter BRUSSELS Belgium took over the European Community's presidency yesterday hoping to start implementing the long-stal-led Maastricht treaty and find ways of fighting high unemployment. Prime Minister Jean-Luc Dehaene's centre-left coalition replaced Denmark for a six-month stint at the head of a Community mired in
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        Lock icon UK anti-fraud agency under scrutiny
        100 8 Reuter LONDON Britain's top anti-fraud agency came under scrutiny yesterday after a former minister alleged in parliament that it broke the rules in pursuing fugitive tycoon Asil Nadir. Michael Mates, who resigned as a Northern Ireland minister last week, accused the SFO of leaking information
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        Lock icon French trade surplus widens further
        89 8 Reuter PARIS France said yesterday that its trade surplus widened in March, suggesting that the strength of the franc has not yet fully taken its toll on exports. France's seasonally adjusted trade surplus rose in March to 7.10 billion francs (552.01 billion) compared with a
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        Lock icon Russian warships in Canada
        66 8 AP HALIFAX Russian warships docked in Canada for the first time in 51 years on Wednesday, bearing soil from the graves of Canadian pilots shot down over the Soviet Union during World War 11. "This friendship is sealed in blood on the battlefields of the Second
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      Lock icon Judge has record of siding with green causes
      504 8 Nafla's environmental roadblock AP WASHINGTON The judge who ordered the Clinton administration on Wednesday to assess the environmental consequences of a free-trade agreement with Mexico and Canada has a long record of siding with environmental causes. US District Judge Charles Richey ruled
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      Lock icon Mexico sees Nafta going ahead as scheduled
      450 8 AP MEXICO CITY Mexico's top trade official said on Wednesday he expects a free trade treaty with the US and Canada will take effect as scheduled Jan 1 despite a US court order thai threatens to delay it. Commerce Secretary Jaime Serra Puche
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      Lock icon Japanese surpass British as biggest owners of US assets
      572 8 AP WASHINGTON Japanese investors surpassed the British last year as the largest owners of American assets, helping to sink the United States deeper into its status as the world's biggest debtor, the government said. Direct Japanese holdings in the US rose
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      Lock icon IMF approves US$1.5b loan for Russia to help steady economy
      379 8 Reuter WASHINGTON The IMF has approved a US$l.5 billion (552.43 billion) loan for Russia to help the country steady its shaky economy and make the transition from communism to capitalism. "The International Monetary Fund has approved a credit... to support
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      Lock icon US formally backs UN council seats for Germany, and Japan
      160 8 AFP UNITED NATIONS The United States formally backed giving Germany and Japan permanent seats on the UN Security Council on Wednesday. Although it supported creating at least two new seats, the status of the council's five current members Britain, China.
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      Lock icon No home to call their own
      42 8 Reuter JAJAVIA, Greek-Albanian border Two young Albanians seating on their belongings on Wednesday after their family was deported by Greek police. In the last few days, Greece has expelled more than 13,00 illegal Albanian refugees. Renter
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      Lock icon EC may retaliate against American anti-dumping duties on its steel
      505 8 AP, Reuter WASHINGTON European Community foreign ministers will consider possible countersanctions against the US today in retaliation for anti-dumping duties on EC steel, a European Commission spokesman said yesterday. But he said there were no concrete proposals and the Commission's
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      Lock icon US steps up pressure on Japan over construction dispute
      317 8 NYT WASHINGTON Stepping up pressure on Japan over access to its markets, the Ginton Administration on Wednesday formally identified Japan as a nation that discriminates against the US construction industry but said sanctions would be deferred for four months. The move
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
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      Lock icon Volume on S'pore bourse pulls back after strong run
      371 9  -  By R Sivanithy SINGAPORE After months of feverish trading which saw activity in the first half of the year surpassing that for the whole of last year, stock market volumes are finally consolidating at least until the flotation of Singapore Telecom.
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      Causeway beefs up its board with four new directors
      261 9 SINGAPORE Listed industrial gas supplier Causeway Investment Ltd has beefa/ up its board with the appointment of four new directors. The company announced yesterday that they are Phoon Chiong Kit, Bernard Pouliot, Robert Ti and Leslie Struys. Their appointment took effect
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      Granite suspended pending announcement on China deal
      501 9  -  Firm gets franchise to manage jackpot-machine parlours By Agnes Chen SINGAPORE Granite Industries Bhd asked for a suspension of the company's shares yesterday and is expected to announce, either today or Monday, that it has secured a franchise to manage jackpotmachine parlours in
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      Hitachi Zosen knew of $50m repair job cancellations only in January
      265 9 SINGAPORE Hitachi Zosen Singapore, the smallest of the Big Four yards here, was told only in January this year that some $50 million worth of repair jobs would be postponed or cancelled. In a letter to the Stock Exchange
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      S'pore retailers must find niche markets to remain competitive
      651 9  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW By Lilian Ang SINGAPORE Singapore may still be a shopping paradise for many, but the retailers that flank both sides of the prime Orchard Road shopping belt know that something has gone very wrong. For the second year
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      Maybank seeks S'pore partner for broking venture
      403 9 SINGAPORE Malayan Banking is looking for a local securities firm to start a stockbroking joint venture in Singapore. This was disclosed yesterday by Spencer Lee, general manager of the Malaysian bank, when he announced the launch of the tradename "Maybank" to project the
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      Fels wraps up Philippine floating powerhouses deal
      271 9 SINGAPORE Rigbuilder Far East Levingston Shipbuilding (Fels) has finalised a longawaited deal involving three floating powerhouses for the Philippines, costing a total of US$9O million. According to a statement issued yesterday, the yard will build the power plants and operate them for five
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      346 9 Source: Bridge Info Performance of STII's Index stocks Jul 1 Last Snk lain Stock uk C'hgc factor no>m <s> (V) Avimo 2.2SO 1.75 CAl 7.200 0.150 5 60 -54.55 Ccncbos 5.250 4 08 FAN 12 400 -0 100 9 64 36 36 OF Asia 2.710 -0 060 2.11 21*2
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          Noel extends franchise to Thailand
          56 10 SINGAPORE Sesdaq-listed Noel Gifts International has granted Asoke International Trading Co a master franchise to market its products in Thailand. Noel, which specialises in gift items, said the franchise covers the whole country. Marketing is expected to start from early next year. Noel also has
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          GRP buys over Region Suppliers
          89 10 SINGAPORE Sesdaq-listed GRP announced yesterday that it will buy the entire issued share capital of Region Suppliers Pte Ltd for $1.96 million in cash. GRP, which specialises in the manufacture of marine hoses, said the purchase will be financed from a private placement of 3.7S
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          CCL relaunching jeep in Australia
          81 10 SINGAPORE Car distributor Cycle Carriage announced yesterday that it has formed a new company to relaunch Chrysler's Cherokee jeep in Australia. CCL's partners in the deal are Rizona (Hongkong) and Komoco Auto Pte Ltd. The jeep was last sold in Australia in 198S, when local
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          Pacific Carrier buys vessel
          36 10 SINGAPORE Pacific Carrier Ltd has agreed to buy a panamax bulk carrier, the MV Doric Armour from Greenway Maritime Corp of Liberia. The Singapore-listed company paid U5520.29 million for the 1986-built vessel.
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          Prima unit raises stake in firm
          55 10 SINGAPORE Prima Ltd said its wholly-owned subsidiary Prima Food Services Pte Ltd raised its stake in Confectionery Transformation Pte Ltd on June 16 to 4.8 million shares from 2.28 million shares. CTPL now has an authorised capital of $6 million and an issued and
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          Lock icon Thai electricity firm plans listing
          111 10 Bloomberg Business News BANGKOK Thailand's Electricity Generating Co (EGCO) plans to raise 5 billion baht in a Stock Exchange of Thailand share listing by November, the firm's managing director said yesterday. The public offering price will be less than 20 baht per share, but an
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        UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
        443 10 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS Mifiri' pric* <$) jui 2 Insurance Fund Unit TrUSt Income Bond Policy 3.22 3.33 The Commerce 1.33 1.40 PllKlWltill The Savings Fund 1.20 1.26 PruLink Mgd Fund 1.14 1.20 S pore Prog Fund 0.55 0.58 yiu S pore See Fund 0.8* 0.92 WUU» UUUM|)UTra S pore Invest
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        Lock icon Nineteen more join billion-ringgit club
        2091 10  -  Top 100 Malaysian companies Market capitalisation of KLSE surges 24pc, thanks to feverish trading From E Ganesalingam, Radzusn Tajuddin MBT in KUALA LUMPUR BUOYED by a strong economy and a spectacular run-up on the Kuala Lumpur stock market, the "billion-ringgit club" of companies rose to
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        Metroplex in venture to build power plant in Guangdong
        195 10 SINGAPORE Malaysian property and construction group Metroplex Bhd confirmed yesterday that it had recently signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with a Chinese partner to jointly build a power plant in Guangdong. The agreement, which was sealed during Malaysian Prime Minister
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        Lock icon Thai hospital stocks offer investors new opportunities
        587 10 MARKET WATCH Patients attracted to better facilities at private hospitals Bloomberg Business News BANGKOK Dr Prapa Wongphaet used to spend her working hours examining patients. Now most of her examinations are reserved for invoices and balance sheets. As managing director of Vitacor pic,
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        Thai electronics firm Hana switching from watches to chips
        533 10  -  Fraw Joseph Rajendran in BANGKOK HANA Microelectronics, one of Thailand's largest publicly listed electronics firms, is rapidly moving away from its traditional watch business towards semiconductor manufacturing President and chief executive officer Richard Han told BT that by the end of
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        Lock icon Union Paper investors urge Anwar to intervene
        119 10 AFP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's finance minister was yesterday urged to intervene and fix a fairer settlement price for shares of suspended Union Paper Holdings Bhd now under an intense probe for suspected share-rigging. Investors, in an unsigned letter to the minister Anwar Ibrahim,
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        Bakrie Plantation buys three Lewis and Peat films
        222 10 JAKARTA Publicly-listed Bakrie Sumatra Plantation has taken over Lewis and Peat's three rubber trading arms in Britain, the United States and Singapore at a total transaction value of US$ll.B2 million, the Jakarta Post reported yesterday. The acquired companies include the London-based L
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        Lock icon Hanson launches US$3.2b agreed bid for Quantum Chemical of US
        510 11 FT LONDON Hanson, the An-glo-American conglomerate, launched an agreed US$3.2 billion (SSS billion) bid for Quantum Chemical Corporation of the US on Wednesday. The price includes US$72O million for Quantum's share capital plus the assumption of Quantum's US$2.5 billion of
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        Lock icon Intel disputes Japanese firm's patent claim on flash chips
        398 11 NYT TOKYO A mid-sized Japanese semiconductor company is claiming to have a basic US patent on a new type of memory chip that is expected u> become a huge seller. The claim is being disputed, however, by the Japanese chip maker's
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        Lock icon Fiat forecasts US$7b debt, Ferruzzis quit
        256 11 NYT TURIN Italy's richest fami-ly-owned business empires acknowledged deepening troubles on Wednesday with their separate companies. Fiat, the giant car and industrial company controlled by the Agnellis, forecast a near-tripling of debt to some US$7 billion (Ssll billion) by the end of the year,
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          Burmah Castrol gets Manila licence
          48 11 SINGAPORE The Philippine Securities and Exchange Commission has granted Burmah Castrol pic (UK) an operating licence under the new Foreign Investment Act (1991). Burmah Castrol Philippines Inc, the new company marketing Castrol brands, comprises three divisions Castrol Philippines, Fosroc Philippines and Foscco Philippines.
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          Lock icon Kader fire victims paid 60m baht
          78 11 Reuter HONGKONG Kader Holdings Co Ltd said its 40 per centowned associate, Kader Industrial (Thailand) Co, had paid 60 million baht (SS3.B million) in compensation to those affected by the blaze at its toy factory in Thailand. The May 10 factory fire near Bangkok
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          Lock icon Kmart Holdings is mystery buyer
          82 11 Bloomberg Business News SYDNEY Coles Myer Ltd, Australia's largest retailer, said Kmart Holdings Ltd is the mystery buyer of a 10.8 per cent stake in grocery wholesaler Independent Holdings Ltd. The stake was bought earlier this week for about A 520.4 million (SS22 million). Coles
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          Lock icon Pepsi seals 10th venture in China
          89 11 AFP HONGKONG Pepsi-Cola International announced yesterday its 10th joint venture agreement in China, this time to produce and market an existing line of domestic soft drinks. Pepsi said it would have a 60 per cent stake in the new company, known as Pepsi and
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          Lock icon Chiyoda venture wins Korean contract
          66 11 AFP TOKYO Japan's Chiyoda Corp has won with South Korea's Samsung Engineering Co Ltd a 20 billion yen (SS3OO million) contract to build a chemical plant in South Korea for Samsung Petrochemical Co Ltd. It is due to be completed in April 1995 and will
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        Lock icon Taiwan's Tuntex to build oil refinery and 3 petrochem plants
        273 11 AFP TAIPEI Taiwan's Tuntex Group, which has interests mainly in textile and construction, plans to build an oil refinery and three petrochemical plants in an NTSB7 billion (555.2 billion) project. Tuntex will cooperate with Mobil and Exxon of the US
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    • FINANCE & COMMODITIES
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        Simex sets tougher standards for trading Nikkei futures
        266 12  -  By Quak Hiang Whai SINGAPORE The Singapore International Monetary Exchange has strengthened requirements for individual nonclearing members trading Nikkei futures contracts. A one-million-yen deposit must now be lodged by locals who want to initiate Nikkei trades. The minimum initial margin remains the
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        Lock icon 'Steady Eddie' vows to make Bank of England more open
        375 12 Reuter LONDON A chain-smok-ing monetarist known as 'Steady Eddie' in the money markets takes over the top job at the Bank of England on Thursday warning against politically motivated interest rate changes. Eddie George, who has a strong reputation for
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          Lock icon ADB president Tarumizu to quit
          64 12 Knight-Ridder MANILA Asian Development Bank president Kimimasa Tarumizu announced yesterday that he was resigning his post in November, citing health reasons. No other details were available. John Sipper, a bank spokesman, said Mr Tarumizu's successor would be named by Nov 24, when Mr Tarumizu's resignation
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          Lock icon BCCI payouts to creditors delayed
          92 12 Knight-Ridder LONDON Payouts to creditors of the failed Bank of Credit and Commerce International will be delayed until the end of next year at the earliest, according to the Times newspaper yesterday. The delay is caused by postponement of a ruling by a Luxembourg court
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          Lock icon East German mark is history ...
          95 12 East German mark is history Reuter BERLIN The East German mark, the currency expelled East Germans once deliriously tossed from trains on their way out of the country, passed into history at midnight on Wednesday. Three years to the day after the German monetary union, Wednesday marked the deadline for
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          Lock icon ... and so is the rouble zone
          109 12 and so is the rouble zone UPI MOSCOW Russia's Finance Minister announced the death of the rouble zone on Wednesday, saying all former Soviet republics effectively had their own currency now even though some were still using the Russian rouble. "There is no rouble zone," Boris Fyodorov told reporters. "There
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          Lock icon AIG forms firm with General Re Corp
          102 12 Bloomberg Business News NEW YORK American International Group Inc and General Re Corp have formed a Bermuda-based company to provide excess general liability insurance to large multinational companies. The new company, SELIC Holding Ltd. has total committed capital of US$5OO million. US$lOO million
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        Lock icon Analysts see A$ at 7-year low before rebound
        367 12 Reuter MELBOURNE The besieged Australian dollar could plumb its lowest levels in almost seven years before being rescued by an eventual upturn in commodity prices later this year, analysts said yesterday. They said the currency, which is sensitive to changes in the
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        Lock icon China's sudden halt in oil exports baffles traders
        255 12 Reuter SINGAPORE Singapore oil traders are speculating that a sudden halt in oil product exports by China's state trader Sinochem is a bid to conserve hard currency reserves. A Sinochem official in Beijing confirmed that China's Ministry of Energy had recently ordered
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        Lock icon Goldman, Sachs is top financial adviser
        168 12 Knight-Ridder NEW YORK Goldman, Sachs and Co was the top financial adviser for worldwide mergers and acquisition deals for the first half of 1993, completing 65 transactions valued at U5528.13 billion (5545.8 billion). Securities Data Co said yesterday. "The return of the billiondollar deal."
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        Futures fall on approval of Iraqi crude oil sale
        449 12 Bloombmrg ENERGY REPORT LONDON Oil futures prices fell in London and New York yesterday after the US mission to the UN confirmed the Clinton administration wouldn't block a one-time sale of Iraqi crude oil. brokers said. US representative Madeleine K Albright
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        Banque Indosuez REGIONAL CURRENCY REPORT
        149 12 THE US$ opened higher across the board yesterday aided by President Clinton's comment about urging the Germans to lower interest rates to help stimulate the world economy. Over in the US/S$ trade, the US$ rose to a high of 1.6286 as the market scrambled to
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        198 12 Reuter LONDON The dollar staged a lacklustre performance yesterday after a widely expected cut in official German interest rates with the market jittery ahead of today's US employment report, dealers and analysts said. The cuts had been made possible by concrete moves by the Bonn administration to reduce Germany's
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        New York
        75 12 NEW YORK The dollar fell against most major currencies in New York yesterday despite the drop in German interest rates. The greenback was trading at 1.6970 marks against 1.7055 Wednesday and at 106.75 yen against 107.08. The dollar also fell against other European currencies, dropping to 5.7285 French
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        Lock icon Eurodollars end steady in thin trade
        1411 14 SIMEX REPORT Reuter SINGAPORE Simex Eurodollar interest rate futures ended steady yesterday but trade was thin as deaiers clung to the sidelines ahead of today's release of pivotal US employment data at 1230 GMT, traders said. The key March contract ended at 96.19, unchanged
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        KL tin up with stronger LME
        599 14 COMMODITY REPORTS Till TIN extended its overnight gains, closing two sen higher at M$ 13.06 per kg yesterday after a stronger London market prompted heavy buying. Traders said a higher offering did not affect sentiment. The market noted opening bids of 82 tonnes against
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          Philippine miners' excise tax offset
          56 14 MANILA Philippines' mining companies can use unrefunded claims from the government to offset quarterly excise tax payments, the Trade and Industry Department said yesterday. The Bureau of Internal Revenue is preparing the guidelines Tor this "offsetting arrangement," which mining companies can call on starting this
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          LME copper expected to be volatile
          62 14 TOKYO Copper prices arc likely to remainvolatile ahead of next Wednesday's deadline for declaration of options on July London Metal Ex* change copper, trade sources here say. They also expect the 3-month price to test upward resistance at U551,950 before the declaration date. LME
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          Gas oil, jet fuel prices to stay weak
          88 14 SINGAPORE The gas oil and jet fuel markets in Asia will remain weak through this month and next with several cargoes heading here from the Persian Gulf and South Korea for end-July, traders said. At least four 30.000-tonne gas oil cargoes are
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          Ghana exports 69,030 tonnes of cocoa
          89 14 ACCRA Ghana exported 69,030 tonnes of cocoa between January and May this year, according to statistics released by the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority. The data said that cocoa shipments from Tema port during the period totaled 29,267 tonnes, with the highest export figure
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          Japan's aluminium alloy output down
          38 14 TOKYO Japan's output of secondary aluminium alloy ingots fell 6.6 Der cent to 72,359 tonna in May from a year before, according to figuref provided yesterday by the Japan Secondary Aluminium Alloy Association.
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      COMMODITY PRICES
      1544 14 Rubber MS CiwiHy Exduagt (htm dating at at lpa) RSS 1 Cwtnid (S cents/kg) Close Volume Open Month High Low Sett (tonnes) Interest Jul 93 OOO OOO 132.23 0 925 Aug 132.2) 132.00 132.50 175 4.550 Sep 0.00 0.00 134.00 200 5.050 Oct/Dcc 0.00 0.00 135.00 300 19.650
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        Australia
        1407 15 +17.2 Shares closed sharply higher yesterday in what one broker described as a "sensational start to the new year." "It was very bullish, indicating it might continue strong over the next quarter." said Simon Poidevin of PrudentialBache Securities. Brokers said the rise which happened despite a dip on Wall
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        New Zealand
        249 15 +5.82 New Zealand shares again revisited highs not seen since August 1990 in generally quiet pre-bud-get trade. Fletcher Challenge was the main riser among the leaders. The NZSE-40 Capital Index gained 5.82 points to 1,686.49 on turnover worth NZ526.2 million. Fletcher Challenge, after languishing for several weeks, is
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        Manila
        594 15 +9.51 Share prices closed higher as local investors sustained a technical rally which began on Monday, brokers said. "Trading was heavily driven by local funds due to excess liquidity," Charles Ngan of Abacus Securities Corp said. The Manila Composite Index rose 9.51 points to close at 1.586.98 compared to
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        Seoul
        466 15 +4.39 Healthy interest in shares with low price/earnings ratios pushed the stock market to a higher close for the third consecutive session in a day of lacklustre trading, brokers said. They expected low-PERs to gain further momentum with the index little changed today. The Composite Stock Index rose 4.39
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        London
        663 15 -11.2 Shares closed weaker yesterday as an early burst of excitement over German rate cuts faded and strategists doubted whether there would be sufficient fresh good news in the shortterm to pull the market out of the doldrums. The FTSE 100 index closed down 11.2 points at 2.888.8 with
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        Paris
        105 15 -11.72 French shares succumbed to profit-taking in the wake of Germany's cut in official interest rates, which dealers said was already discounted in prices. The CAC-40 index ended down 11.72, or 0.59 per cent, at 1,960.15. Volume was a brisk 3.7 billion francs. Puis J«lj I Ff Air-LiguKk mOO
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        Stockholm
        121 15 +0.55pc Swedish shares closed up on cuts in the key marginal lending rates in both Sweden and Germany. The Swedish Central Bank cut its key marginal lending rate from 8.75 per cent to 8.50. The all-share index climbed 0.55 per cent to 1,075.78 in low turnover worth 872 million
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        Frankfurt
        234 15 +9 German shares are seen moving sideways now that the expected cut in leading Bundesbank interest rates has materialised and fresh stimuli, such as a further easing of credit, cannot be expected in the near term. "The market will trend down now. There is nothing to keep it up
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        Brussels
        169 15 12.83 The Bel-20 index of leading Belgian shares closed at an all-time high for the second consecutive day after the already bullish sentiment 8)t another boost by the undesbank's decision to cut interest rates. A trader said he did not expect the market's bullish sentiment to fade in the
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        Milan
        150 15 +1 Italian stocks ended mostly higher with telecom shares leading the way after the Bundesbank cut interest rates, traders said. The Milan market's MIB index ended one point higher at 1,184, after rising two points on Wednesday. But the index reflects many prices settled earlier in the day, and
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        Amsterdam
        234 15 +0.74 Dutch shares closed higher after the German Bundesbank and then the Dutch central bank cut interest rates, traders said. The EOE index of the leading 24 Dutch stocks closed up 0.74 point at 324.94 after reaching an intraday high of 327.04 points, only a point below its all-time
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        Zurich
        226 15 1.52 Swiss shares ended mixed after a day of good volume. Dealers said a cut in the Swiss discount rate in the morning gave the market a slight lift. But news later that the German Bundes- bank also cut its discount and Lombard rates failed to move the market.
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        Johannesburg
        332 15 Gold shares shrugged off early weakness in steady trade yesterday as the market rallied on a weaker rand and a late surge in the gold price, dealers said. However, they warned that the market was taking a more cautious view following the major strength of recent months, and further
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        Toronto
        231 15 +3.14 On Wednesday, stocks staged a late rally to close slightly higher after holding to weaker levels most of the session, traders said. The TSE 300 finished 3.14 points higher at 3,966.37 on turnover of 78.98 million shares valued at C 5811.14 million. Advances nudged ahead of declines 422
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        New York
        769 15 -2.77 Blue chips recouped some losses in afternoon trading yesterday but analysts said the stock market would remain hesitant and tentative ahead of today's unemployment figures for June. The Dow stood at 3,516.36 at Ipm EDT while advances led declines 10 to eight. US Treasuries, failing to respond
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      2758 16 Reuter HONGKONG Stocks closed sharply higher yesterday, buoyed by a late round of buying on hopes that Britain might be ready to compromise with China over the colony's political future, brokers said. The blue chip Hang Seng Index ended 106.10 points (1.49 per cent) higher at 7,205.38, its high
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      CHINA
      500 16 HONGKONG China shares mostly weakened yesterday, while Shenzhen B shares continued to firm, brokers said. The Credit Lyonnais Securities Shenzhen B index jumped 1.8 per cent after gaining 0.81 per cent on Wednesday, while Shanghai B shares plunged more than 4 per cent. Among Shenzhen B shares, port operators
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      2521 16 Reuter TOKYO Stocks ended stronger, with the Nikkei Average closing at its day's high yesterday. Surges in non-bank issues and high-tech shares lifted the market, encouraging sentiment, brokers said. But many investors were still cautious about fresh positions amid concern over domestic politics. "The market was fundamentally quite bullish,
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      Lock icon JAKARTA
      1071 16 Reuter JAKARTA A market correction occured in late afternoon yesterday, pushing more shares to close lower in light trading on the Jakarta bourse, dealers said. Although losers led gainers, the official index closed slightly higher at 360.54 compared to 360.35 on Wednesday. "The market was rather dull as many
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      Lock icon CLOB INTERNATIONAL
      2489 17 Source: Bridge Info Source: Bridge Info MOST ACTIVE votore Kenong Bhd 50c 5.857.000 Idm Hyd 50c 5.5)1.000 Promet 4.694.000 FACB 50c 4.485.000 Boustead 50c 1,868 000 Beijaya Group 1.552.000 M Resources 1.538.000 Pc»i Mua 1.447.000 Multi-Purpose 1.433.000 kemayan 50c I.I9S.000 AMDS 50c 1.124.000 Kamunting 50c 1.094.000 Ind Oxygen
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        5011 17 Source: Bridge Info WXCES TURNOVER Chat rinl— Chaagr KLSE Composite 719 84 721.17 -1.33 NST Industrial 4077.61 4075.53 2.08 NST Finance 5042.70 5053.79 -11.09 NST Properties .1253.75 1256.90 -3.15 NST Tins >12.65 801.60 +1105 NST SRubbers 4180.66 4131.94 48.72 rnmm ToUl volume 162.300 162.059 +241 Total value (M$) ...626.720 544.396
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        Lock icon Index edges down in thin trading session
        252 17 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Share prices here were traded lower for most of yesterday but closed mixed and off the day's lows on late bargain hunting. Reflecting the mixed market, the KLSE Composite Index fell 1.33 points to 719.84, after touching an intra-day low
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        Lock icon Interest in M'sian stocks helps market recover
        1070 18  -  By Sylvia Wong SINGAPORE Share prices yesterday recovered slightly in the afternoon to close ofT the day's lows in extremely quiet trading which took turnover to a three-month low. The lack of buying interest pushed the Straits Times Industrials Index below the 1,800
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        NatSteel
        78 18  -  hot STOCK Quak Hiang Whai souks: miks into NATSTEEL, which is on a downward trend after its recent rise, is likely to find support at $4.20. The daily and weeidy RSIs are also heading down, which could drag the stock as low as $4. A fall to this level
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      Lock icon Graf to face Novotna in women's finals
      615 19 Wimbledon Reuter WIMBLEDON Defending champion StclTi Ciraf will meet hard-hitting Czech Jana No votna in tomorrow's Wimbledon women's final after Novotna upset nine-times champion Martina Navratilova yesterday. Top seed Ciraf, 24, disposed of Spanish clay-court specialist Conchita Martinez 7-6 6-3, meeting more resistance
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      589 19 Golf AP LEMONT, Illinois Lee Janzen got a nice big trophy and nice big check when he won the US Open. He also got some advice. And a pair of peeled bananas stuffed into the toes of his street shoes. The
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        71 19 Reuter NEW YORK American League Wednesday: Cleveland 4 Chicago 2; New York 7 IX'troit 0: Baltimore 6 Toronto 0. Boston 12 Milwaukee 2: Seattle 5 Minnesota 3: Texas 5 Kansas City 4; Oakland 5 California 4. National: Cincinnati 5 Houston 4: New York 7 Florida I. Montreal 9 Pittsburgh
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        204 19 AP AFP LONDON Wimbledon yesterday (x-seed) W omen's singles semi-finals: Steffi Graf (Ger xl) b Conchita Martinez (Spn \6) 7-6 (7/0) 6-3; Jana Novotna (C/e x 8) b Martina Navratilova (US x 2) 6-4 6-4. Men's doubles semi-final: Grant Connell (Can x5)/Patrick Galbraith (US) b Kikard Bergh (SweVßyron Talbot
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        45 19 Reuter TOKYO PGA Philanthropy tournament leading first round scores yesterday (Japanese unless staled): 68 [odd Hamilton (US) 69 Katsunari Takahashi. Frankie Mino/a (Phi). Iliroshi Gouda 70 Katsuji Hasegawa. Rick Gibson (Can). Koichi Su/uki. Koki Idoki. Brian Watts (US). Also: 80 Samson Gimson (Sin). Reuter
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        189 19 AFP AP Reuter FONT ROM El', France Police detained virtually the whole Olympiquc Marseille lirst team on I hursday for questioning into France's growing soccer bribes scandal. Plain clothes officers went to the French and European champions' training camp at font Romeu in the Pyrenees and took 10 players
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      Britain's last bastion of hope
      577 19  -  British Lions Rugby Tour By Shahiron Sahari SINGAPORE There was talk, before the current New Zealand tour began, that, because of the increasing importance of the Rugby World Cup as well as; the,(possibility of some kind -©f njgby circuit being created, this would be the
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      Lock icon Martina vs Martina
      627 19  -  George Vecsey compares veteran Navratilova with her 12-year-old namesake George Vecsey NYT WIMBLEDON Martina I and Martina II have never met. but they already disagree. Martina Navratilova. age 36. American citizen, bom in Czechoslovakia, thinks Martina Hingis, age 12. Swiss citizen. bom in Czechoslovakia, is too young
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      So where did the All Blacks go wrong last weekend?
      528 19  -  By Ramesh Divyanathan SINGAPORE The All Blacks' 20-7 loss to the Lions last week was New Zealand's heaviest test loss for 13 years. But what struck me more were after-match comments made by New Zealand coach Laurie Mains. He said:
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      502 19 NYT ALBURN HILLS. Michigan In a bold move, the Orlando Magic traded Chris Webber's draft rights to the Golden State Warriors on Wednesday night after the Magic selected Webber as the No I pick in the National Basketball Association draft. In exchange for Webber's
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      990 21  -  China's nouxeaux riches are fuelling a growing demand for women bodyguards. Nicholas Kristof visits a school that trains them Nicholas Kristof NYT WITH HER chipmunk checks, graceful smile and the somewhat insistent way she declares she is 93 pounds not a bit less Peng Guimei looks about as
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      Lock icon Ballerina goes home to Russia after 69 years
      482 21 CHATTERBOX NYT Reuter Reuter AP Reuter ALEXANDRA DANILOVA, considered one of the greatest ballerinas of the 20th century, went home to Russia last month for a five-day visit, her first in 69 years. Miss Danilova left St Petersburg in 1924, when she
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      813 21  -  The Radcliffe Pitches toss aside their textbooks to bring some fun to Singapore. Magdalene Phang reviews Magdalene Phang IF THERE can be just one right chord that one might say the Radcliffe Pitches had struck on Wednesday night, it must be the E
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      1137 21 TV RADIO 1 ■iHEEIIiIHM gHH 1985 flick.' Both acting and Old campaigners Scan Conner) and lJ^u^^l^^^ action fall far short of Rambo. times as Robin and Marian, 9.00pm, TV 2 cDri4 (M). €.00 Double Bonus Sleep--=£i JO.OO Dapur keDapur (M). ing With the Enemv. 7.00 PM Tennis Wimbledon 10.30 Destmasi(M)
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      Lock icon Clocking into a growing niche market
      509 22  -  Sincere Watch is confident that the time is right to focus on top-end exquisite old pieces, reports Yen Sreenivasan Ven Screenivasan FANCY owning a watch that costs more than $80,000? A growing number of Asians wear just such a timepiece on their wrist. The
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      Lock icon Mailers rope in car buyers
      610 22 NYT Cars can't be delivered through the mail, but it appears that car buyers can. Saab Cars USA, the importer of luxury automobiles from Sweden, has undertaken an ambitious programme to use direct-response media to sell models like the 9000 CS and CSE sports sedans
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      Lock icon Baby food catches on in Japan as birth rate falls
      485 22 Asahi News Service PRODUCTION of easy-to-cook baby food has since 1981 been steadily increasing in Japan, although the birth rate has been falling since 1973. And more than 90 per cent of Japan's babies have eaten it at one time
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      Targeting Asia for future growth
      843 23  -  Corinne Kerk finds out ad agency DBB Needham's global business plans Corinne Kerk IF John Bern bach, president of advertising agency DDB Needham Worldwide, were 25 years old, there would be no doubt where he would be living today Asia. The reason becomes increasingly clear
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      Lock icon Coming up with right male image no easy task
      539 23 NYT MADISON Avenue seems no more able to figure out what women want than Freud was. Since most advertising executives are male, perhaps they will fare better at divining what men want. Two campaigns being introduced soon try the tricky task
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        Anchor's new smoothie
        69 23 SINGAPORE Anchor Beer last week launched its new "I like it smooth" television commercial, which will be followed by a marketing blitz. The spot was created by McCann-Erickson and took six months to complete. It will be aired over television, radio and cinema as well as MRT
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        Leo Burnett wins 6 medals in NY
        92 23 SINGAPORE Leo Burnett Singapore recently picked up five medals in the New York Advertising Festival and a medal from the prestigious One Show. In the New York Festival, the firm walked otT with one gold, 3 silver and a bronze. The gold is
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        Oriental opens spa and beauty centre
        75 23 HONGKONG The Oriental Hotel in Bangkok will open an Oriental Spa Thai Health and Beauty Centre this year blending the Asian tradition of relaxation and service with a range of European skin care and body treatments. The Oriental Spa will offer treatments in private
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        UA and Regent on joint promotion
        46 23 SINGAPORE United Airlines and Regent International Hotels have teamed up for a huge consumer promotion this summer. Trans-pacific passengers on United Airlines in First or Connoisseur Class will be invited to free accommodation or an upgrade at all Regent hotels.
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        Omnilink's stake is 90pc
        77 23 SINGAPORE In Business Times' story of June 25, on the tie-up between Actmedia International and Omnilink Communications International, it was reported that the new joint-venture company Actmedia Asia would be 90 per cent owned by Actmedia International. A spokesperson for Omnilink has clarified that the 90
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      328 22 M THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT. CHAPTER 90 AND M THE MATTER OF MGM-IT ASIA PACIFIC PTE LTD (IN LIQUIDATION) Extract of the Minutes of an Extraordinary General Meeting signed by the Representative of Holding Company relating to proceedings of Subsidiary Company pursuant to Section 179(6) of the Companiea
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      608 22 NOTICES IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. SO AMD M THE MATTER Of PFW SINGAPORE PTE LTD (In MMkmf Voluntary liqriMbn) NOTICE OP SPECIAL AND ORDINARY RESOLUTIONS [Pursuant to Stdsn 290(2Kb)] At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company held at 9 Penang Road *12-00 Park Mall. Singapore
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      367 22 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT. CHAPTER SO AND IN THE MATTER OF TECK SAY MOTOR CREDIT (PTE.) LTD. (MEMBERS VOLUNTARY WINDING UP) At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the abovenamed company deemed to have been held on Friday. 25 June 1993. the following resolutions were duly passed SPECIAL
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      348 22 THB COMPANIES ACT. CAP.* BABATA NUBA WTEHJAYA PTE LTD dm Villi lh) I Ijnltoßia) VUMIB EtosordißaigMQsaenU Coaqpaay held on the 2BAday of haaOWtoefoUn«*j»9pnckl WTCMNC-UP k was taaoted THAT Mi Company bs wound up vokahrih pursuaaf is Ssction 290(1 Wb) of C'■fiiii i Act, Cap. 30 aad that Mr Cheat Tua|
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      368 22 M THE MATTER OF THE COMPAMEB ACT. CAP. 90 UAN FUAT TRADING (PTE) LTD MEMBERS'VOLUNTARY UOWOATION At an EaliauwMnary General Meeting of the Corrpany convened and IwM at No 1. Lorong 15. Geytong. Singapore. 1438 on 29ft June 1983 the following resolution wespasssd: "That tie Corrpany be wound up votuMarly
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      238 22 BOWN ELECTRONICS MVESTMfT(PTE)LTD (In Mwbwt' Voluntary WMing-Up) LIQUIDATORS' OFFICE: 19 DNCfI nON <03-10 Beach Centre Singapore 0718 NOTICE OF FINAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to Secson 306 of the Companies Act. Chapter 50. that the Fnai Meeting of the Company w* be held at 80 Manne Parade Road.
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      147 23 I -V- I Personal Investment and Finance Supplement 93 Money makes money. Let the experts tell you what, where and how. Don't miss this year's supplement: "Investing around the World". There is plenty of money-making topics, including: Stocking up stocks experts review opportunities in Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, India, Australia,
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      26 23 M'i ITS REIGNING CATS AND DOGS (and 1001 other things) in The Straits Times Classified yf/\ A'f L v>'A \s4y—<r*"vH I th I m C.A.T.S. 737-1166
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      213 23 Why was our Receptionist sent TO A PRISON? To prove that we do trees. The purpose? justice to serving clients' To feature in advertineeds, our receptionist, f sing to launch a condoSarinah, was called upon minium in Holland to make a sacrifice. She Village "The Mera willingly gave up her
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    Loyalty and the CPF
    552 24 EDITORIAL IF SINGAPORE did not have its Central Provident Fund (CPF) and you were an employee on a company pension scheme, would you forsake a sizable pension to switch jobs? The chances are that you would at least think twice, especially if you have put in
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      Japan looks at itself
      305 24 THE TOKYO Metropolitan Assembly election on Sunday, coming nine days after Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa dissolved the Lower House after losing a no-confidence motion, was to he a dress rehearsal for the general election on July 18 except that the orchestra was not playing. Only 51.4
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      Appropriate recognition
      102 24 THE LATEST ROUND of promotions in the SAF saw three prominent figures moving up to the rank of one-star general and another to commodore. The whole exercise reflects the growing importance of strengthening the Singapore defence leadership. Ever since independence, the army has grown in sophistication and stature.
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      Too many doctors?
      164 24 THE DOCTOR-PATIENT ratio in Singapore is 1:830. The Ministry of Health hopes that by the year 2000, the ratio will be 1:650. The government has explained that an oversupply of doctors will lead to higher medical charges. The more doctors there are, the smaller will be their
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      Playing into Iraq's hands
      154 24 THE LATEST US strike on Iraq has raised questions rather than offered answers about American intentions in the region. Two questions beg to be answered. Firstly, why was unilateral action taken by President Clinton without any consultations with his Gulf allies? Secondly, why was it necessary
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      Tough choices for Patten
      160 24 AS CHRIS PATTEN left for London last night, some elements of his game plan had become clearer than they were two weeks ago, when his talks with the Cabinet Committee on Hongkong were announced. Far from a brainstorming session with the key figures on the British
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      Buffalo Bill rides again
      152 24 IT WAS ALMOST too easy for six-gun twirling Buffalo Bill Clinton to swagger "Don't tread on us." Behind the military technology of push-button retribution, the United States can play cowboys and Indians, comic book hero and judge, jury and executioner without letting anything like international law
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    More games in Hongkong
    1259 24  -  From Hongkong, Jackie Sam reports on the motley group that Beijing has appointed to a body which could form an alternative government Jackie Sam The writer is a Hongkong-based political consultant who contributed this article to BT WHAT nature of beast did China create for Hongkong
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      47 24 MITA (P) 101 8 92 JULY vol 17 No 7 m 1993 S4 EBift 'it* ASIAN AIRLINES IN FREEBIE WAR THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING CONGO LIFE INSURERS: -.0 Ikl c 1 v 1r A f j H BhAhbilk hr•! r^^ 3 i wh jail■nil !Jt| K ON SALE
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  • ANALYSIS
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      Lock icon Heavy debt and interest rates stand in the way
      675 25 In its semi-annual Economic Outlook, the OECD paints a grim scenario for its member countries, and continental Europe in particular. At the same, time, it lauds the performance of the six Dynamic Asian Economies and forecasts even better times ahead for
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      Lock icon Dynamic Asian dragons still lead the pack despite slowdown
      794 25 AFP THE SIX Dynamic Asian Economies (DAEs) outperformed the rest of the world despite slower growth last year, and should put on a still better showing in 1993 and 1994. the OECD said yesterday. It said the six "dragons" Hongkong. South
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      155 25 Personal Investment and Finance Supplement 93 Wondering where to put your money? Properties or stocks? Singapore or overseas? Keen on gold but not sure how to invest? This year's supplement "Investing around the World" will explore these and more. Other money-making topics include: Stocking up stocks experts review opportunities in
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    Bundesbank slashes key rate, triggers wave of cuts in Europe
    566 26  -  From Neil Behrmann in LONDON THE German central bank yesterday slashed its key discount iate by a substantial half percentage point to 6.75 per cent, the biggest cut since it started reducing rates last year. The move, partly in response
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    Lock icon Washington to drop opposition to international loans for Vietnam
    430 26 NYT, Reuter, AFP WASHINGTON President Bill Clinton will announce today his decision to drop US opposition to a plan to refinance Vietnam's US$l4O million (***** million) debt io the International Monetary Fund. A White Mouse official said yesterday that the shift
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    Lock icon New Zealand goes for growth with bullish election year budget
    358 26 Reuter WELLINGTON New Zealand's conservative government, four months away from general elections, introduced a bullish budget yesterday with predictions of strong growth until the end of the century. Finance Minister Ruth Richardson softened the austere economic policies that have guided
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    Lock icon Clinton to urge G-7 to help boost US economy
    264 26 Reuter WASHINGTON President Bill Clinton says the US economy needs help from abroad and he will urge leaders of the richcst industrial nations at the upcoming Tokyo summit to boost growth and resolve trade disputes. "It is very hard for the
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    Lock icon Plastic cash in Vietnam
    81 26 AFP HANOI An employee of the Bank for Foreign Trade holding up credit cards issued by the bank for the first time in the country. The cards, issued on an experimental basis, are exclusively for the use of public and semi-public enterprises in Ho Chi Minh
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    Lock icon Clinton likely to approve base closing list: official
    252 26 AP WASHINGTON President Bill Clinton intends to approve a federal commission's plan to shut or cut back do/ens ot US military bases, and send the list to Congress for final action. A White House official said yesterday that Mr Clinton has already
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    Indonesia benefiting from a more open policy
    888 26  -  The Bottom Line MAGGIE FORD MAGGIE FORD The writer is BT's Jakarta correspondent. INDONESIAN ministers have never known anything like it. Long used to a technocratic style of decision-making, in which the only person who needed to be satisfied was President Suharto, they
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    Lock icon New jobless claims in US down last week
    203 26 Reuter, AP WASHINGTON New claims for unemployment benefits fell by 11.000 last week. The Labour Department, in a report yesterday that some economists said could be a preview of today's June employment data, said 340,000 people filed new claims for state benefits,
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    153 26 Rcutcr NICOSIA Iraq has no intention of avenging the US cruise missile attack on Baghdad and still hopes Tor better relations with the Clinton administration. Iraq's Deputy Prime Minister Tarcq Aziz, in an interview in Baghdad with the US television network CNN yesterday,
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      Nations urged to adopt conventions on compensation
      448 27  -  Oil spill response in Asia-Pacific waters Reports from Juliette Walker in KUALA LUMPUR SINGAPORE, Malaysia and other countries which have yet to ratify the international conventions providing for compensation against maritime disasters have been urged to adopt them as soon as possible. lan
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      Joint venture to market microbes to fight spills
      332 27 BIOREMEDIATION, or the use of microbes, to fight oil spills came closer to reality in South-east Asia this week with the launch of a joint venture, CNZ Technologies, in Malaysia. Canadian environmental specialist CNZ Technologies has formed a joint venture with two
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      Thailand reviewing Navigation Act
      328 27 BANGKOK The Harbour Department is revising the Navigation in Thai Waters Act, last amended in 1982. With the change, water transport owners and operators would be required to obtain liability insurance so that people involved in accidents on waterways can be compensated. It is also aimed
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      INDEX TO SHIPPING LINES AND FREIGHT FORWARDERS
      1103 27 Page Col ABC Containerline 12 I Accord Group 8 1-3 Africa Container 1S 3 Ahrenkiel Liner 4 1/2 Alpha Feeders 6 1 ANL 3 1/2 •APL 5 3-5 Appenship 18 3/4 Arabian Express IS 5 ASCL 5 5 Asian Breakbulk 15 1 ASXCLShpg
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      Lock icon Salvage surveyors inspect more ships
      563 27 But they are powerless to enforce necessary repairs Knight-Ridder LONDON The number of condition surveys of all types carried out by the Salvage Association has increased "dramatically" but the association lacks power to enforce the necessary repairs, Bryan Roddick, the association's chairman, said in London
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      Lock icon Panamax rates on Gulf/Japan route weaken
      263 27 Knight Ridder NEW YORK Weakness was in evidence on Wednesday as rates for Panamax tonnage on the Gulf/Japan route started dipping lower. Details of most recent fixtures on the route were not easy to come by, but there were claims that Hanjin had booked
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        CONTAINER SCHEDULES
        1617 28 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO RECEIVING Of EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCI CARGO Record Bodung/Balanct Rdts *SNp Voy No Etb/Btr Period From To From Aci Uy 38A 04/1030 2 01/1700 02/0669 02/0)00 4 02/1200 02/1159 02/1700 Aa Vntet 228 02/2000 1 01/1500 01/1659 01/1900 2
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      THE SHIPPING GUIDE THE SHIPPING GUIDE
      11070 36 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
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      DAILY FREIGHTS
      730 43 THE BALTIC Freight Index for spot dry cargo shipping rates fell to 1,473 on June 30 from 1,484 on June 29. Weaker rates have been agreed for Panamax cargoes on the key US Gulf to Japan run grain, brokers said. Continental Grain was said to have agreed a
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      TRANSPORT DIARY
      371 43 I COURSES Title: Handling Transportation of Dangerous Liquids (Ap-proved-in-Principled SDF) Duration: July 2 Dec 17 (6 courses of 3 mornings duration) Organiser Singapore Port Institute Tet For further details and application forms contact SPI at 321-1707 (Operations Courses) 321-jl 107 (Marine Course) or fax: 321-1416. 1 itle: Developmental
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      VERITAS BUNKER QUALITY REPORT
      559 43 Carbon Caftan km 24 Denrity Water Resdue Mi Mumum Scdmant Density Water Residue Mi Akmun Sedment M/M M M Exxon Exxon KG/M*3 V/V M/M M/M PPM method KG/M*3 IV/Vt M/M M/M PPM method BO/Cnac Lints Spec E25 991 1.0 15.0 0.10 30* 010* Eastern USA 180
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      Lock icon China's maritime law breaks new ground
      911 44  -  Jim Mao explains why China's new maritime code, seen as part of its open policy towards foreign trade and investment, is a departure from the usual Chinese practice Jim Mao Fairplay CHINA'S new maritime law, which came into effect yesterday, represents the culmination of
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        543 46 NYT TOKYO Japanese automobile manufacturers appear to be on track toward reaching their target of doubling their 1990 purchases of auto parts by 1994, according to executives and analysts on both sides of the Pacific. But that is not reducing the flow
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        Asia-Pacific airline group to hold conference
        239 46 SINGAPORE The Orient Airlines Association (OAA) a loose grouping of 15 carriers in the Asia-Pacific will hold a three-day conference in Kuala Lumpur next year to discuss economic and environmental issues dogging its members. The conference, the first organised by the OAA, represents another
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        Lock icon Northwest Air misses US$5.4m payment to Mesaba
        462 46 Bloomberg Business News MINNEAPOLIS AirTran Corp said Northwest Airlines missed a US$5.4 million (SsB.B million) payment due on Monday for passengers carried by its Mesaba/Northwest Airlink subsidiary. The company said it remains in almost hourly contact with Northwest and expects to receive its
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        Lock icon Capable of moving 30,000 daily
        70 46 Renter HONGKONG A view from the start of Hongkong's new escalator system that snakes its way up to the Mid-levels residential area of the city and is due for completion next month at a cost of US$27 million (Ss43 million). The new transportation system consists
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        Lock icon Renault, Volvo look to Japan for new designs
        468 46 NYT NEW YORK The joint strategic and product planning operation announced on Tuesday by Volvo and Renault as part of their tightening alliance will borrow Japanese strategies to design and build large cars more cheaply, Volvo officials said. Taking a lesson from
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          72 46 Reuter LOCKERBIE, Scotland Johanna Maas, from Pennsylvania, USA touchcs the name of her good friend Peter Vuleu, who was killed when Pan Am (light 103 blew up over Lockerbie. Ms Maas attended a ceremony at the memorial where Her Majesty the Queen laid a wreath
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        205 46 AP WASHINGTON Weather reports from international airports in the United States will look a little different beginning yesterday. But the change will not be visible to the public. The US is adopting an internationally standardised code for weather reports arid forecasts issued at
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      2136 31 W STRAITS SHIPPING PTE LTD flßfif MM 10 Hoe Chiang Road #11-01 Keppd Towers Singapore 020S Tel: *****88 Fax: *****17 lliiiM&iMmimtiknmwM&mim new guinea pacific line ~BBP (A SERVICC CHINA NAVIGATION CO) CARGO DUE SMS f*'*" 8 0 1 L* 30-02 hi 03 U 04 M FCL LCI C OMT AIMER
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      2804 31 SINGAPORE AGENT: PXifi I P&o Containers (Singapore Agencies) Pte Ltd X 9 10 Hoe Chiang Road #07-01 KEPPEL TOWERS. SINGAPORE 0208 A Tel: 225 2233 Telex RS ***** PNOCSP Fax: 225 5327/222 7517 W CR Number: **********0Z EXPORT IMPORT VESSEL VOY 'PMC 'PKO MM ALO SOU ANT NOT NAM M
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      2440 33 T—y U sex: CALIFORNIA JUPITER 65E' eta smp 07/07/93 HI H gff? II ARRIVING LOS ANGELES 24/07/93 IN 16 DAYS HI B II AEX: 'PACIFIC BRIDGE CHE' eta SQP 06/07/93 HI II H ARRIVING NEW YORK 31/07/93 IN 22 DAYS HI If II *R1 Connecting C. Saturn Voy 58E in
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      1191 33 SINSOV SINGAPORE SOVIET SHIPPING CO PRIVATE LTD BOOKINGS: BALT ORENT LINE: *****64 FESCO: *****06 ENQUftIES: *****33 BIASCO ft ODESSA: *****51/*****31/*****13 MVENTORY: *****45 INWARD: *****81 OUTWARD: *****80 TRANSHPMENT: *****78 KL: 03-*****75/697 PORT KELANG: *****43/ *****40 JAKARTA: *****57 PENANG: *****4/ *****8 JOHORE BAHRU: *****1/ *****1 MARINE INSURANCE SERVICE: *****87/ *****87 CR NO:
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      1601 34 K 44 -W f f AS AGENTS: KAWASAKI SM6APME (PTE) LTD (CR No; G*****0000M) W TEL: *****77 TELEX: KAWAKI R*****5 FAX *****07/8/9 W H IVI Bj MALAYSIA "K" LINE MAMTMt (MALAYSIA) SON BHO M W TEL: SA *****00 PK *****75 PEN *****0 JB *****1 PGU *****5/6 INDONESIA: P.T. SAKANA LAIIT
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      620 34 PHIU OttICNT LINGS PT€ LTD f 108 Robinson Road #07-00 GMG Building Singapore 0106 Tel: *****22/*****69/*****00 Telex: RS ***** Fax: *****76/*****38 A MEMBER OF THE SINGAPORE FREIGHT FORWARDERS ASSOCIATION I I AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND/SOUTH PACIFIC FCL/LCL SERVICE 8 JUL SYDNEY. MELBOURNE, BRISBANE. FREMANTLE "in!" UCKLANO WELLINGTON. LYTTLETON. NEW PLYMOUTH. NAPIER. CHRISTCHURCH
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      424 34 GOLDEN LINE A Vtt &V GUAW GUAM SHPfMG yyv\ (PTE) LTD 2J. MO Aw Skwl —WOK tIM m. MUM (II UKS) fat 534X44 <ct m. iiummm) gnffltflßatfgegßig S pofe 9. ReUni Pmam GOUXX KM kwacia Onto t/ll Mr Goun mhest ***i« cm» s/aHr CMIHA lUTICI GOLDEN Rom Chm» Ports 4/1
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      1024 35 I PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL LINES (PTE) LTD J I 140 Cecil Street, #03-00 PIL Building. Singapore 0106. I CW NO: **********06 IHH:W ———W mn VESSEL VOV SM BKK SIN VESSEL VOV SIN JKT SIN HOT A SABAS KSBMtt 4/7 7/T 11/7 KOTA SIMOA Mil W 7/7 IS/7 Miliunrirui, C 4 J1
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      1629 35 VESSELS VOt VW FEEDER SPOUE WMMC ROTTERDAM ANTWBP THAMES IE HWW VILE Of VENUS 122** 04/07 30/07 01/0« 02/00 03/ M Oi/M Pa EAST 7229* 12/07 Qt/00 0»/0« 0»/0« 10/00 12/ M WLLE DC FONT At M2VK 17/07 13/04 IS/04 I*/M 17/00 10/00 HUM MACEDOWA I I I 25/07 20/00
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      404 35 BSfl n. mm MYANMA M FIVE STAR LINE (Myanmar National Line) Loading for Yanfon (Rangoon) Spore P.Kl| Pen PS* LOKAW VIMW hi Pwt HTA-AN VI92W to Part PAGAN Vmw 00/00 M MYOMA TWA VI4OW 11/12 JUL 1/10 M Malaysia team, bousteao s»pmc mokes Ul: m 03-*****00 r«L TB. 03-3(007(7 PEN
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      2647 38 I Full Container Liner Services AUeysu's Agents: Monesu's Agents: General Agents: Seeking Agents: Gun Gnsn Skinning Sdn SM Cknng CMm SUggtm Sdn Bki F.T. fiMaf Mra Miiwfc Msritime Costar Shipping Pte Ltd simfrafcM(nUkc«rtr» miu si M*mmimnm wikmav, h. nr.«.mi miw 2 Math»oad 47 IM Stmt 42MMDh Mmh tteftm, Mart* I*l2s
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      667 39 (fc FAMOUS CONTAINER LINES 10 ANSON RD. #15-21 INTERNATIONAL PLAZA, S PORE 0207 HOT LINE: *****33 (24 LINES) GOTHENBURG/SCAN 05/07 ROTTERDAM 05/07 AARHUS/COPENHAGEN 05/07 HAMBURG/BREMEN 05/07 MARSEILE/FRANCE 03/07 FaiXSTOWE/UK 05/07 BARCaONA/SPAIN 03/07 LEHAVRE/FRANCE 05/07 GENOA/ITALY 03/07 ANTWERP/BELGIUM 05/07 LOS ANGELES/WC/IPI 07/07 SYDNEY/MELBOURNE 07/07 NEW YORK/EC 07/07 FREMANTLE/ADELABE 00/07 VANCOUVER 07/07
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      662 39 S RICHFIELD MARINE AGENCIES (S) PTE LTD TEL: *****33 (12 Unas) FAX: *****15/*****03 TELEX: R8 ***** RISHIP (3 Line*) ETHIOPIAN SHIPPING LINES (National Lines of Ethiopia) ACCEPTING FCL AND CONVENTIONAL VESSEL |Vo* ETA LOADING FOR SPOKE ANCMNET 31WB M/ 06 OARESSALAAM MOMBASA DJ»CHJTI ASSAB MASSAWA ABYOT 33W8 06/09 OARESSALAAM MOMBASA
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      574 39 JAKARTA BANGKOK ts> BK < 3/7 7/7 OB*SOW StRTOS*" 42M fri 2/7 Ta» 4/7 (HAN* BMUM 37S 5/7 J/7 WANTA BMW 140H Sat 3/7 W* 7/7 GURU BHUM 198S 7/7 10/7 CHWT> BUM* 41N Sat 3/7 It 4/7 RAJA BHUM «5S J/7 13/7 gIH> ii? ¥2! *11 >/7 Ml> PITA
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      319 39 pi DONGNAMA LINE > »»idl m r« n mm km WUBAS ¥***** 4/7 4/7 4/7 U/7 71/7 MUTSM SLOtY ¥***** 11/7 U/7 14/7 IV7 25/7 21/7 mokkonc a«r *N7N 17/7 u/7 a/7 2/1 4/« MWW ¥301 I 24/7 24/7 24/7 a/7 t/l 11/4 "WTW Am iwwci <* vraa W *T
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      1486 40 jiikjfciMN LlNis 1 aZKn/VVnAgents: MAC-NELS SPORE: *****22 (24 LINES) aI I\y V Jr/P Mo; **********0 C h PENANG: (04) *****6 SIBU: (084) *****9 KUCHING: (082) *****3 P.KELANG: (03) *****77 JAKARTA: (21) *****32 SURABAYA: (31) *****0 Z HKG/TWW/BKK I GOTH/UKC/MED PORTS PEN PKL SIN EVERY TUE/THUR/SAT PEN PK SIN 4/7 5/7
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      116 40 INDOJAYA SHIPPING A TRADING PTE LTD Vmml ETA/ETD DESTINATION i Sinar Jay* 15-16 July Jakarta/Patombang Lampuhg Jay* 3- 5 July Jakarta/Patombang i Mas Jaya 8- 7 July Jakarta/Patombang i Parita Intan 8-10 July Jakarta/Patombang i Pinang Jaya 12-13 July Jakarta/Patombang i J Waaian 9-10 July Duma! Wakaka 8-10 July Surabaya/Samarang
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      189 40 I SEAWARD SHIPPING AND I TRADING CO (S) PTE LTD ll* ill HI SWM Nil nil INC FINING KK MOi 5/7 in Pt lo«lMf Hx Milt RUVM HUDMU 15,7 loading tor Calcutta DOIfHN hi Port Fo> ttik noNKR ami 22/7 Loading Foi Mate IMCEDH 14/7 Loading Fof Male NOCKS! U«rr
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      890 40 THONG SOON UNES PTE. LTD.] 71 SHENTON WAY #*****, SMGAPORE 0207 TEL: *****81 FAX NO: *****11 TLX: RS ***** CARMER, RS ***** ENHOL CABLE: TOSOCO CONVENTIONAL/CONTAINER BOOKING UNK: 227mST" INWORE TO SARAWAK «ssa m |store pgr ussa Im Irpwt Ikit EQUATOR JAOE 82/3E 04 JUL KUCHING EQUATOR GRACE 91/3E 03
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      779 41 WgV'EVERETT ORIENT LINE" JAPAN/BAY OF BENGAL/JAP AM SERVICE ACCEPTOR BREAKBULK SOC CARGOES TO FROM KOBE. YOKOHAMA. KAGOYA, MO*. TOKYO*. MANIA*. DAVAO*. Ptnanj* P. Kelanf Smgapor* Ethia* KARABEVERETT VI2E 06/07 Jul SHAPLAEVERETT VI6E 23/24 M 25/26 Jut IVYEVERETT VSE 17/11 Jul 19/20 Jul ACCEPTMG BREAKBULK FCI SOC CARGOES TO/FROM CMTTAGONG. CALCUTTA
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      319 41 lßj GLORY NAVIGATION GROUP REGULAR LINER SERVICE TAIWAN TO SINGAPORE ft ASEAN DIRECT WEEKLY TO PORT KELANG/PENANG •AT ATTRACTIVE RATES* CR NO: **********0W SP PKL PNG KAO GLORY SELATAN VN 25/6 27/6 28/6 7/7 GLORY SELATAN 5/7 12/7 SP PKL HCM HK KAO HSJEH YUNG 1/7 ACCEPT CLASS CARGO TO
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      639 41 PCSI WMIOHIM wuuu -turn snwiEis uws REGULAR FCL SERVICE TO THE FOLLOWING WEEKLY SAILING TO HUANG PU A SHANTOU Connecting Feeder to Huang PuSUI TUO CONTAINER NO 2 Connecting Feeder to Shantao LIAN 60 NO 9 WE HV LEASING CONTRS FOR RENTAL SAILING TO 'PHNOM PENH' FORTNIGHTLY FCL/LCL SERVICE TO
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      448 41 FORTNIGHTLY DIRECT CONTAINER SERVICE SIN TO DURBAN VESSEL SIN DURBAN P ELIZABETH SIN FENGHANGSHAN V 52/53 19/07 05/0e 08/08 26/08 FUYUSMAN V4B/47 04/08 20/08 23/08 11/09 ALSO ACCEPTING TO JOHANNESBURG PRETORIA VU DURBAN BOOKING AGENT FOR COBCO SIN TO MADRAS VESSEL SIN MDS SIN SEA DRAGON SORO2W 06/07 12/07 18/07
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      305 41 IB SIN FAR EAST 6/7 KEELUNG/KAOHSIUNG 10/7 BANGKOK 6/7 MANILA/CEBU 4/7 JAKARTA/BELAWAN/SURABAYA 4/7 PORT KELANG/PENANG/E. MALAYSIA 4/7 BUSAN 4/7 TOKYO/YOKO/KOBE/NGO/OSA 4/7 HONG KONG SIN CHjNA 4/7 GUANGZHOU/HUANGPU/SHENZHEN FUZHOU/XIAMEN/SHANTOU/SHEKOU DALIAN/SHANGHAI/XINGANG TIANJIN/QINGDAO/HAIKOU also accepting LCL cargo SjN EUROPE/UK 5/7 LDN/FLX/LVP/SOU 5/7 RDM/HAM/ANT/LEH/GOA/OSL/GOT/BCN also accepting cargo to Austria/ Hungary/Romann/Poland/Bulgaria/Czech. SIN MSA/CANADA 6/7 LOS
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      795 42 HONG KONG/CHINA 5/7 ft 12/7 JAKARTA 9/7 ft 16/7 BANGKOK 7/7 ft 14/7 MANILA 9/7 ft 16/7 BUSAN 5/7 ft 12/7 KEELUNG 8/7 ft 14/7 TOKYO/KOBE 9/7 ft 16/7 KAOSHIUNG 6/7 ft 13/7 PORT KELAN6/PENANG 9/7 ft 16/7 YOKOHAMA 9/7 ft 16/7 COLOMBO 8/7 ft 14/7 FELIXSTOWE/HAMBURG 9/7 ft 16/7
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      331 42 y Contemn CONTERM FREIGHT (F.E.) PTE LTD. AUCKLAND 16TH JULY ACCEPTING TO ALL NEW ZEALAND PORTS PENANG 8 JULY PORT KELANG 8 JULY JAKARTA II JULY BANGKOK II JULY FREMANTLE 8 JULY MELBOURNE 8 JULY SYDNEY 8 JULY BRISBANE 15 JULY I^^6oTBNBUBG^^^kijul^^^| 'ACCEPTING TO ALL SCANOMAYIA PORTS BOMBAY 12 JULY
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      704 42 CONSOLIDATION TO LIMASSOL '"-"SiST FIRST FORWARDER IN VESSEL CHOYANG FRONTIER WM326 ETD 7 JULY 93 CLOSING: 5 JULY 93 ALSO ACCEPTING CARGO VIA LIMASSOL TO rH. BEIRUT, HAIFA, LATTAKIA, MALTA nSf CALL US NOW FOR BOOKINGS as MTEmATKMAL SEA FREIGHT FORWARDMG Tel: Fax: AND LOGISTICS SERVICES n|A Singapore 778 6522
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      1124 43 f NLL JAVA/3206 eta Spore 9/7 DIRECT TO BURNIE (AUST) OCEAN VESSEL Sft LEH RTM(I) HAM(2) HIV FU GOT VESSEL ftt P*f Sn Sluyi AfcJ Ff(A) NPtymauth Timani Lyt(B) Dm*(B) Napier Nfc(C) Tnra«a Ml Ncban NIL. Africa/2213 6/7 24/7 25/7 26/7 28/7 29/7 27/7 *-<- Rochester/3218 7/7 10/7 12/7 14/7
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      324 44 NORTH PHILIPPINES FULL CONTAINER SERV CE VESSEL VOYAGE SHGATOWE MMtH VIGOUR SHGAPORE 56W 25/06/93 03/07/93 r»AJ^2EL VIGOUR SXGAPORE 56ANB 2S/06/93 03/07/93 WBQUR PACHC 2118 02/07/93 10/07/93 port kIA'AS/penang co iTXi^iiseftviee VESSEL VOYAGE SWGATORE POUT KLANG ftHAN6 WWWA MA$ 9Wm 24/06/93 26/06/93 WTIS WE 325N8 24/06/93 25/06/93 VIGOUR SINGAPORE 56M8 25/06/93
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      626 44 @APPENSHIP /2\ HAMBURG ITT) CONVENTIONAL t INDEPENDENT LINER SERVICE EUROPE TO SOUTH EAST ASIA AND PAR CAST KSSLS LOAOMG PORTS D6CHMGE/LOMMC FOR VAMUY MATUZENKO SZCZECIN SLD GBURG SU). BILBAO SLD SPORE 05/7 HKQ 11/7 BEILUN 18/7 LOMELEY SZCZECIN 28/6 HAM 30/6 ANTW 5/7 SPORE. BKK KOALA CONTAINER LINE STORE FIX
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      321 44 cosco UKC CONVENTIONAL SERVICE VESSEL PKL PNG P.O. LOADING FO«: A VESSEL 28/06 Rotterdam/Antwerp CHMA CONVENTIONAL IERVICS "j£ VESSEL PKL PNG P.O. LOADING FOR: A VESSEL 15/06 20/06 Huangpu/Ouangztwx^ COSCO FULL CONTAMER BERVICEB fFCLTFCL) EXPORT TO V CHMA/BANQKOK/HONGKONQ V EUROPE/COWTMENTAL m WEST MEIMTERfUNEAM W AUSTRALIA 2 US WEST COAST PERSIAN
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