The Business Times, 3 August 1993

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    13 1 Business Times MITA (P) 552/12/92 Tuesday August 3 1993 WE KNOW ASIA 75<
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  • 2am LATEST
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      Lock icon Russia's investment 'insurance' fund
      71 1 Reuter MOSCOW Russia has taken the first formal step to establishing an insurance fund for foreign investors, arranging for the removal of USSIOO million (SSI6O million) worth of precious stones and metals to a western country for storage as a financial "hostage", Izvestia newspaper said yesterday.
      Reuter  -  71 words
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      Lock icon Technical problems delay Iraq cameras
      54 1 AFP UNITED NATIONS UN experts have been delayed in installing surveillance cameras at two Iraqi missile test sites due to technical problems but work should be finished tomorrow, a UN spokesman said here yesterday. The spokesman added that the Iraqi authorities had cooperated fully with
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    MARKET SUMMARY
    108 1 Stock market indices Monday Change Sril 1.813.24 +424 KLSE Composite 763.46 -2.62 Nikkei 20.343.53 -36.61 Hang Seng 7,029.03 +40.07 SET Index 938.24 +10.04 Jakarta Composite ...356.84 0.12 CLSA China B unav Ausl All Ord 1,854.8 +10.8 FTSE 100 2,941.7 15.2 Monday Previous Ipm close Dow Jones 3,554.56 3,539.47
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    Interest rates set to tumble as EC lets currencies float
    790 1  -  From Neil Behrmann in LONDON EUROPEAN interest rates are expected to tumble in the coming months after finance ministers yesterday bowed to market forces and allowed their currencies to float. Beleaguered finance ministers meeting in Brussels reluctantly agreed that the
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    French franc slides further against Deutschemark in Asia
    215 1 SINGAPORE The French franc continued to weaken against the Deutschemark in Asian currency markets yesterday, closing at nearly 3.50 to one mark. But the reaction to the latest Exchange Rate Mechanism (ERM) crisis was not as pronounced as last September when the
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    S'pore bank stocks surge on expectations of higher earnings
    363 1  -  By Quak Hiang Whai SINGAPORE Singapore bank stocks surged yesterday on the back of higher earnings expectations after United Overseas Bank announced last Friday a 30 per cent jump in interim profits. From the start, investors chased shares in the finance
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    Private property prices up in 2nd qtr
    440 1  -  By Sylvia Wong PRICES of all types of residential property rose strongly in the second quarter of this year, according to the Urban Redevelopment Authority's Private Property Price Index published yesterday. The overall index rose 10.3 per cent to 147.7 points, compared with
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    Ong Teng Cheong to stand for executive president post
    720 1  -  By Anna Teo SINGAPORE Deputy Prime Minister and union chief Ong Teng Cheong has agreed to contest Singapore's first presidential election, the National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) announced yesterday. Mr Ong, a Cabinet minister since 1978 and NTUC secretary-general for 10
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      43 1 Property: Pg 22 CPF driving the property market Editorial: Beyond ERM, Pg 24 Analysis: The pragmatic way to union, Pg 25 Bottom Line: Dreams of unity in tatters. Back Page S'pore government caps The Economist's sales for refusing to print reply, Pg 2
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      8 1 Property: Pg 23 Growth of a hotel chain
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      19 1 Hock Lock Siew: Pg 9 > x, r nV^ rzj v f CEW v Capital requirements-Arid CPF factor, Pg 22
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
    • eye on the ECONOMY
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        Lock icon Growing demand for professionals
        269 2  -  By Teh Hooi Ling DEMAND for professionals and executives remains strong. The number of job advertisements in The Straits Times' Appointments section rose almost 30 per cent in July to 2,023. Compared to a year ago. all sectors except non-elec-tronics manufacturing and service industries recorded robust
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      Govt caps Economist's sales for refusing to print its reply
      647 2  -  Reports by Chuang Peck Ming THE government yesterday capped The Economist's circulation here for refusing to print its one-paragraph reply to a letter from J B Jeyarctnam carried in an earlier issue. The British weekly currently has a circulation of
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      Vital for govt to set records straight: BG Yeo
      264 2 THE government must set the record straight when news reports get their facts wrong, otherwise such inaccuracies could hurt trust and the integrity of institutions. George Yeo, the Minister for information and the Arts, said in a recent interview. "The question
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      Furniture maker Hwa Tat Lee setting up China plant
      216 2 LOCAL leather furniture maker Hwa Tat Lee Holdings Pte Ltd (HTL) is setting up a manufacturing plant in Kunshan. China. HTL is buying a 65.000 sq m piece oLland costing about 52.2 million. The site is in the Singapoiy Furnjture Industry
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      Health-care firms expand into Bangkok, Medan
      210 2  -  By Jenny Lam TWO leading health-care companies. National Medical Enterprises (NME) Inc and Gleneagles International, are expanding aggressively into the region. According to the latest issue of Singapore Business. NME, which owns Mount Elizabeth and East Shore hospitals, has taken a 40 per cent
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      S'poreans snap up JB's Wadihana condo project
      169 2 SINGAPOREANS and other foreigners have snapped up 70 per cent of The Wadihana. an upmarket condominium project in Johor Baru. Marketing agent Jones Lang Wootton said yesterday the 119 units sold to Singaporeans and foreigners made up the quota for foreign ownership. The
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  • THE REGION
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      Lock icon KL opens services sector wider to foreign competition
      412 3 Unprecedented move to liberalise sector in line with Gatt talks AFP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia has offered to give national treatment to foreign participation in non-financial services in an unprecedented move to liberalise its service sector. Sheriff Kassim, the finance ministry's secretary-general, yesterday
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      Lock icon M'sia wants amicable solution to Spratlys row, Dr M tells Brunei
      319 3 Reuter BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Brunei Visiting Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad told the Sultan of Brunei yesterday that Kuala Lumpur would continue to push for a peaceful settlement to the Spratly islands dispute. "Any problems regarding the Spratly islands
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      Lock icon Phnom Penh faces new peacetime threat
      377 3 Reuter PHNOM PENH War-weary residents of Cambodia's capital are facing a new peacetime threat a wave of violent crime fuelled by a booming black-market gun trade. Not a night has gone by in the past couple of weeks without gunfire echoing over what police
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      Lock icon Indon party leader under pressure to quit
      118 3 Reuter JAKARTA The besieged leader of Indonesia's Democratic Party (PDI), the country's smallest political party, yesterday appeared ready to give in to official and party pressure to step down. Soerjadi was re-elected chairman of the small but vocal PDI at a chaotic congress
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      Lock icon Asean power grid links need 20 years to come on line: experts
      384 3 AFP KUALA LUMPUR An ambitious USSIO billion (5516.3 billion) plan to link power grids to ensure sufficient energy in Asean countries would take 20 years, experts said yesterday. The network allowing Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and
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    • ASIA NOTES
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        Lock icon N Korea may open N-plants this week
        59 4 AP SEOUL North Korea, bowing to international pressure, is expected to reopen its registered nuclear facilities to outside inspections this week, Seoul officials said yesterday. The resumption of inspections by the Vienna-based International Atomic Energy Agency could mean that the communist state has
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        Lock icon Consumer complaints rise in China
        74 4 AFP BEIJING As China prepares to introduce its first law to protect consumer rights, hundreds of thousands of Chinese have complained of being duped into buying shoddy goods in the first half of 1993. Regional consumer associations received 135,000 complaints between January and June, 69.6
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        Lock icon China cracks down on polluters
        63 4 UPI BEIJING China is targeting industries as major environmental polluters and warned of tough new measures to control discharges into the air and water, an official newspaper reported yesterday. Xie Zhenhua, the newly appointed director of China's National Environmental Protection Agency, has pledged "stern legal
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        Lock icon Raindrops keep falling on their heads
        54 4 Reuter SEOUL The rainy season is drawing to a close in South Korea but five-year-old Hae-won (centre) and her brother Hae-jung,4, out shopping yesterday with their mother, were taking no chances. It may have been drizzling, but on went their new raincoats, buttoned up
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        Lock icon Tourism booming in Vietnam
        80 4 AFP HANOI The number of foreign tourists visiting Vietnam has risen by between 25 and 30 per cent annually since 1990, the new director of the Vietnam Tourist Department, Do Quang Trung, said yesterday. About 440,000 tourists arrived last year including many overseas Vietnamese bringing in
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      Lock icon Indicators point to regressing S Korean economy: officials
      303 4 Bernama SEOUL Major economic indicators point to regression rather than recovery in South Korea with a current account deficit, the highest unemployment in six years and rising interest rates, officials said yesterday. The Economic Planning Board and the Bank of Korea announced
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      Lock icon Japan's trade with China likely to slow sharply in second half
      405 4 Jetro cites China's credit crunch as a reason AFP TOKYO Japan's trade with China, the country's second biggest trading partner in the six months to June, is expected to slow sharply in the second half, the Japan External Trade
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      Lock icon Jiang Zemin tries to cement ties with military
      330 4 AP BEIJING Communist Party chief Jiang Zemin, who has no military experience, has been working hard in the past three years to cement his ties with the armed forces, a powerful force in Chinese politics. A report yesterday that nearly covered the
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      Lock icon Getting an early start
      51 4 AFP TAIPEI A volunteer worker putting up posters yesterday to solicit signatures supporting Judiciary chief Lin Yang-kan in the country's presidential elections in three years' time. The posters read: "For lasting order and stability of our country, we support Lin Yang-kan to be our ninth president/*
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      Lock icon Taipei expects trade deficit with Japan to reach record high
      440 4 Reuter TAIPEI Taiwan expects its trade deficit with Japan to hit an all-time high this year, and prospects of reducing it will be slim for the next two or three years, officials said yesterday. They said the recent appreciation of
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      Lock icon Taiwanese trade with Europe likely to be hit by ERM crisis
      283 4 Bloomberg Business News TAIPEI The turmoil surrounding the European Exchange Rate Mechanism (ERM) is expected to slow already slumping trade between Taiwan and Europe this year, analysts said yesterday. "It wjll have a negative effect on trade over the
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      Lock icon Taipei to reduce fines on Taiwanese firms investing in China without approval, say reports
      280 4 AFP TAIPEI Taiwan has decided to be lenient to local companies investing in China without government approval by easing the punishment on violators, press reports said yesterday. In reviewing the Statute for People-to-People Relations Across the
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      Lock icon ANC will remain China's friend: Mandela
      489 4 AFP TAIPEI South Africa's Nelson Mandela reiterated yesterday that he and his African National Congress (ANC) will not abandon their old friend China although they are establishing new ties with Taiwan. "If because we are now winning a new friend we can then drop
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      Lock icon Non-LDP govt likely to delay moves to stimulate economy
      464 6 Knight-Ridder TOKYO The prospect of a new coalition government in Japan has thrown a wrench into hopes of imminent action to catapult the economy out of its doldrums, economists say. Seven opposition parties and one political group formally agreed last Thursday
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      Lock icon Japanese employers call for cut in investment tax
      235 6 Knight-Ridder Reuter TOKYO The head of the Japan Federation of Employers' Association (Nikkeiren) said yesterday that the future coalition government should cut the investment tax as the best way to boost domestic demand. Nikkeiren chief Takeshi Nagano, speaking to reporters at a
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      Lock icon Crocs tanning their leather
      48 6 Reuter CAIRNS Some of the 12,000 crocodiles from Edward River Crocodile Farm in Cairns basking in the sun last week. The farm, run by the Pormpuraaw Aboriginal community, is the largest in Australia and its skins are sold to French and Japanese markets. Renter
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      Lock icon Australia's economic climate poor, say business leaders
      282 6 Knight-Ridder SYDNEY Australian business leaders consider the current climate for the overall economy and investment in particular to be "poor", according to a privately prepared quarterly survey. The survey for the three months through July, conducted by the Australian Chamber of Commerce and
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      Lock icon Housing starts will fall over next five years: govt report
      175 6 Knight-Ridder CANBERRA New housing construction in Australia will fall over the next five years due to lower immigration levels and a decline in pent-up demand, according to a government report. The government housing industry forecaster, the Indicative Planning Council, said
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      Lock icon Japan's TV, VCR exports continue to slide in June
      359 6 AFP TOKYO Japan's exports of home video recorders (VCRs) and television sets fell in June, led by slumping shipments to China, a major destination of its electronics products, an industry association said yesterday. The Electronics Industry Association of Japan said June
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      Lock icon Cathay Pacific sees surge in Chinese tourists to Australia
      348 6 AFP HAYMAN ISLAND, Australia Australia could benefit from a surge in tourism from mainland China by the end of the century, Hongkong-based airline Cathay Pacific said yesterday. Cathay marketing director Rowland Cobbold said that by the turn of the century there
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  • REGIONAL FOCUS
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      Vientiane Commercial Bank takes on Thai giants
      964 7  -  Competition in the Laotian banking scene By Harish Mehta VIENTIANE When the communist Pathet Lao captured power in Laos in 1975 and nationalised private enterprises, most rich Laotian business families fled abroad. Sop Sisomphou and his family, like most wealthy Laotians, abandoned their
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  • THE WORLD
    • WORLD WATCH
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        Lock icon Yeltsin not in poor health: spokesman
        84 8 Reuter MOSCOW The head of President Boris Yeltsin's press service yesterday dismissed a report the Russian leader was in bad health, saying he was in fine form and keen to tackle a busy schedule this week. "1 can tell you his health is normal,"
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        Prince Albert to be new Belgian king
        88 8 BRUSSELS Belgium's Prince Albert of Liege (right) will succeed his late brother. King Baudouin, because Prince Albert's son Philippe has not yet been fully groomed for the monarchy, political analysts say. Prince Albert, 59, surprised the nation on Sunday by accepting the government's
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        Lock icon Activists defy US embargo on Cuba
        92 8 Reuter HAVANA Opponents of the US economic embargo against Cuba said on Sunday they were shipping nearly 150 tonnes of humanitarian aid to the communist-ruled island and would keep on defying the embargo until it was lifted. Cuban President Fidel Castro on Sunday personally
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        Lock icon Omani economy up 4.5pc in 1st qtr
        108 8 Knight-Ridder ABU DHABI Oman's economy grew about 4.5 per cent in the first quarter of 1993 but most of the growth was in the oil sector, the state-run Omani Development Council said in a report published on Saturday. Gross domestic product stood at
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        Lock icon W German industrial output down
        110 8 Bloomberg Business News BONN Western German industrial production in June fell a preliminary seasonally adjusted 1.5 per cent compared with May, the Economics Ministry said in a statement yesterday. That compares with a revised monthly increase of 0.7 per cent in May, originally reported as
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      Lock icon Zealous Germans choke recycling scheme with too much plastic
      369 8 Reuter BONN Germany's ambitious scheme to recycle plastic packaging has run into trouble because environment-conscious Germans have collected too much. "People have gathered far more plastics than we had expected," said Martina Kreck of Duales System Deutschland GmbH (DSD), a private
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      Lock icon US govt hopes for tax bill nod with tiny Democratic majority
      488 8 AP WASHINGTON The Clinton administration and US Congressional leaders are predicting they can hold together a fragile Democratic majority to win final approval of a defi-cit-cutting package of tax increases and spending curbs. The White House played down a
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      Lock icon E Europe industrial output down in first quarter
      420 8 AFP LONDON After two years of recession, eastern European output fell again in the first quarter of 1993, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) said in its quarterly report yesterday. The continued downturn was caused notably by poor agricultural performances
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      Lock icon Christopher tries to revive M-E peace talks
      302 8 Reuter ALEXANDRIA US Secretary of State Warren Christopher met Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak yesterday at the start of a tour of Middle East capitals to try to revive Arab-Israeli peace talks. The two men met at a presidential palace in Alexandria. Neither spoke
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      Lock icon Small firms in UK may be edging out of recession faster
      482 8 Knight-Ridder LONDON Small-sized UK firms are planning to increase their investment in plant and machinery, suggesting that the small firms sector is edging out of recession faster than larger businesses, according to a Confederation of British Industry report released
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      Lock icon Walesa's new bloc seen changing face of Polish politics
      454 8 Reuter WARSAW Lech Walesa, the shipyard electrician who led Poland's struggle against communist rule and became its president, has a new battle on his hands. Four years after he led the Solidarity movement to victory over the communists. Mr Walesa has
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      Human rights, democracy still vital in trade ties, says US official
      558 8  -  By Nirmal Ghosh SINGAPORE Human rights and democracy will continue to figure in international trade relationships, said a US official involved in crucial bilateral trade negotiations with Japan and Korea. "If you have a democracy you have a more
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
    • Article
      Lock icon Liquid crystal display maker Vikay to be listed on Sesdaq
      307 9  -  By Joseph Rajendran ity. SINGAPORE Liquid crystal display (LCD) maker Vikay Industrial has obtained in-principle approval to seek a listing on the secondary board of the Stock Exchange of Singapore. The proposed Sesdaq listing, confirmed by a source close to
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      City Developments relaunching Nassim Park condo project
      212 9  -  By A J Leow SINGAPORE City Developments is relaunching the Nassim Park condominium project at Nassim Hill. Local buyers virtually ignored the 104-unit development when it hit the market in 1991 because the price at the time about $865 per square foot was
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      Marco Polo, two S'pore firms tie up to run Xiamen hotel
      218 9 SINGAPORE Three local construction and property development companies have entered into a joint-venture agreement to operate a new hotel in the city of Xiamen in China's Fujian province. Construction firms Lee Kim Tah and Woh Hup Holdings will take
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      BATS' first-half profit slips by 8.8pc due to weak demand
      250 9 SINGAPORE Weaker domestic sales and lower demand for contract manufacture cut the first-half earnings of Brit-ish-American Tobacco Company (Singapore) by 8.8 per cent. BATS yesterday announced group net earnings of $16.96 million for the six months to end-June. Group pre-tax
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      Informatics acquires Compaq's dealership
      180 9 SINGAPORE Sesdaq-listed Informatics Holdings Ltd has acquired the dealership for the computers and peripheral products of US personal computer giant Compaq. The Informatics group, which operates various schools in 11 countries, made the acquisition recently through wholly-owned Informatics Technology Systems Pte Ltd (ITS), its computer hardware
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      Ship sales lift Jaya Holdings' earnings slightly
      207 9 SINGAPORE Gains from vessel sales helped Jaya Holdings post a marginal 2.5 per cent rise in group net profit to $7.3 million for the year ended June 30. In a statement yesterday, the Sesdaq-listed company said it reaped a profit of 1.4 million
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      Minimum capital requirements would benefit finance companies
      755 9  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW By Alvin Tay SINGAPORE With last Friday's introduction in Parliament of the Banking (Amendment) Bill calling for minimum shareholders' funds of $800 million for local banks, the next question is: Will finance companies be subject to minimum capital requirements too?
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    • COMPANIES
      • COMPANY BRIEFS
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          Lock icon Setron back in the black
          72 10 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Setron (M) Bhd group has returned to the black with a pre-tax profit of MS 1.49 million (*****,000) for the six months ended June 30, compared to a pre-tax loss of M 52.9 million in the same corresponding period in 1992. Announcing
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          Lock icon Resorts World's profit rises 53pc
          76 10 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Resorts World Bhd has announced a 53 per cent rise in its group pre-tax profit to M 5348.09 million (*****.29 million) for the half-year ended June 30, from M 5226.94 million in the previous corresponding period. Releasing its unaudited results yesterday, Resorts
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          Faber Group to build hotel in Labuan
          46 10 SINGAPORE The Faber Group announced over the weekend that it will build the four-star, 200-room Merlin Labuan hotel on the island of Labuan. The hotel is scheduled for completion in 1995. Estimated investment cost is MS4S million (SS2B million).
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          Wing Tai raises funds for Tiong Bahru
          99 10 SINGAPORE The listed Wing Tai group has helped raise about $100,000 for the Tiong Bahru community through its role as a middleman in the resale of Central Green condominium units. The 412-unit development was sold out shortly after its end-April launch. Wing Tai
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          Change of directors at Wepco
          37 10 SINGAPORE Wepco has appointed Chia Ping Yuen as a director of the company with effect from July 26. On the same day, Ho Kwon Ping has resigned as a director of Wepco.
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          MUM's interim profit up 64pc
          81 10 SINGAPORE Malayan United Manufacturing has posted a 64 per cent rise in group net earnings to M 54.57 million (552.87 million) for the half-year ended June 30, due largely to improved results from its cement-based associate in Singapore. Group pretax profit was M 56.92 million,
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        Lock icon Granite's China gaming venture disappoints analysts
        493 10 Reuter KUALA LUMPUR Analysts offered a first-hand view of Malaysia's Granite Industries' gaming venture in China have come home disappointed, although some see long-term potential. "Judging from the first two days, it was disappointing as half the (400) slot machines were not occupied," said
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        304 10 SINGAPORE Rasa Sentosa Resort on the island of Sentosa has not only provided a place of retreat for Singaporeans, it has also added significantly to the range of attractions that Singapore offers to tourists, said Lim Boon Heng, Second
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        Lock icon London bourse chief invites M'sian firms to seek listing
        353 10 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian companies should seek a listing on the London Stock Exchange to gain access into the British market, its chairman Andrew Hugh Smith said here yesterday. "When they wish to have access to our market, there might be
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        Lock icon KL bourse reprimands Aokam over slow reply
        224 10 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (KLSE) yesterday publicly reprimanded Aokam Perdana Bhd for failure to reply to its query promptly. "Die KLSE said in a statement issued by executive chairman Nik Mohamed Din Nik Yusoff that the exchange queried Aokam
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        Lock icon Securities panel to decide on Union Paper: minister
        303 10 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR It is now up to the Securities Commission (SC) to decide on the trading suspension of Union Paper Holdings Bhd on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (KLSE), said Deputy Finance Minister Abdul Ghani Othman. Mr Ghani said the KLSE
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        Lock icon MBf Holdings buys into New China Hong Kong Group
        170 10 Reuter HONGKONG Malaysia's MBf Holdings Bhd has taken a one per cent stake in the New China Hong Kong Group (NCHKG), MBf Asia Capital Corp Holdings Ltd said. The HKSS million (about Ssl million) stake, which will make the diversified financial
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        Lock icon Lion Nathan ups Aussie market share to just behind Fosters'
        581 11 Reuter WELLINGTON Lion Nathan bought Australia's SA Brewing's brewing assets yesterday, bringing its market share almost level with heavyweight Fosters Brewing and ending a major investment foray into the region that began when it bought National Brewing in 1990. The
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        70 11 AFP BEIJING People looking at a Cadillac Sedan De Ville on display at an auto show at the China World Trade Centre yesterday. The three LIS auto manufacturers. Ford, Chrysler and General Motors have cars on display with prices ranging from U5536,000 (5558,700) to
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        Lock icon Japanese banks, Nomura Securities to help Sanyo
        381 11 Reuter TOKYO Three Japanese banks and Nomura Securities Co Ltd will send working-level officials to ailing Sanyo Securities Co Ltd to aid the Sanyo group's restructuring programme. bank and brokerage officials said. However, they said the move does not mean the three banks
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          79 11 Reuter BEIJING A securities firm in the south-west province of Guizhou has converted a gymnasium into the remote region's biggest centre for trading of stocks on China's two stock exchanges, the official Financial Nens said. Guizhou Securities Co invested more than two million yuan to
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          Lock icon Cadbury plans £20m Chinese ventures
          78 11 Reuter LONDON Cadbury Schweppes pic said it proposes to enter into a £20 million (Ss4B million) joint venture and investment initiative to establish Cadbury as a leading brand of chocolate confectionery in the People's Republic of China. Cadbury Schweppes said in a statement it plans
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          70 11 AFP TOKYO Japan's NEC Corp has won a 450 million yen (Ss7 million) order to supply Vietnam's Ho Chi Minh City with digital and optical telecommunications equipment, a company spokesman said yesterday. The contract involves eight digital exchanges providing a total of 15,000 lines and
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          Lock icon Coles Myer sales rise 3.7pc
          77 11 Reuter MELBOURNE Retailer Coles Myer Ltd said its sales for the year to July 25 rose 3.7 per cent to AS 15.17 billion (5516.7 billion) from AS 14.63 billion a year earlier. Coles Myer said the annual sales are adjusted for the sale of Sandhurst
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          Lock icon Japan's shoe giant sees profit drop
          74 11 Bloomberg Business News TOKYO Chiyoda Co, Japan's largest shoe retailer, is expected to report current profit of 5 billion yen (SS77 million) for the half year through August, down 9 per cent on the year, the Nihon Keizai newspaper said. Sales are expected to
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        268 11 Reuter SYDNEY Retailer Foodland Associated Ltd and the Davids family company Allind Pty Ltd are discussing the possibility of a merger to form a nationwide independent grocery wholesaling group. "If the groups were to merge, they would form the third largest grocery
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        602 11 Reuter NEW YORK International Business Machines Corp has jumped into the clone market in the United States yesterday, launching Ambra Computer Corp, an independent subsidiary that will sell low-cost computers through direct mail to consumers. The new subsidiary will be headed
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        647 11 Reuter LONDON British gamblers are starting to have more money to play with, amid signs that the crushing recession is slowly coming to an end for the betting business. "I think as far as our company is concerned...the recession is over," Leonard Steinberg,
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        Existing pre-paid cards not affected by Banking Bill, say analysts
        373 13  -  Bankers welcome move to allow sharing of information on default accounts By Magdalene Ng, Paul Leo SINGAPORE None of the existing pre-paid or storedvalue cards will be affected by the controls proposed by the government under the Banking (Amendment) Bill
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        324 13 BloofnbGrf ENERGY RETORT LONDON Crude oil in London and New York were trading about unchanged yesterday as traders said continued oversupply, jitters about Iraq, and a refinery fire at a key US refinery kept prices in check. Oil prices have plunged about 13
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        167 13 THE turmoil in the EMS persisted yesterday with currencies moving out of the ERM grid. Over in the regional currencies, trading was again quiet as the market focused on the European crisis. The USS/SS saw the SS in demand throughout the day again as foreign
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        222 13 AFP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia, alarmed by an increasing outflow of insurance premiums abroad, is devising a plan to build a national ability to retain and underwrite large specialised risks, a top central banker said yesterday. Lin See Yan, deputy governor of Bank
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        Indon firm raises US$23m in Asian $ market
        239 13  - Indon firm raises US$23m in Asian market By Soh Tiang Keng SINGAPORE Sorini Corporation, a listed Indonesian chemical company, has made its debut in the Asian dollar market by raising US$23 million (5537.16 million) through a syndicated loan. The three-year loan bears an interest rate of 1.75 per cent above
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          69 13 Reuter LONDON Abbey National pic's half-year results showed improvement in the bank's main UK operations, reflecting more buoyant economic conditions generally and especially in its key home lending market. Pre-tax profit for the six months to June 30 was up 11 per cent to
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          95 13 AFP BANGKOK Thailand has established an Export-Import Bank with an initial capital of US$lOO million (*****.6 million) to boost exports, the Bangkok Post reported yesterday. The new bank will begin operating as soon as its board of directors has been appointed, Finance Minister Tarrin Nimmanhaeminda
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          98 13 Reuter TAIPEI Taiwan's state-run Hua Nan Bank said it slightly lowered its prime rate, effective yesterday, in line with the central bank's 0.5 per cent cut in its secured loan rate last week. Hua Nan reduced its prime rate to 8.30 per cent from 8.32
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          69 13 Bloomberg Business News FRANKFURT, Germany Germany's Berliner Handels-und Frankfurter Bank, or BHF-Bank, said group operating profit in the first half climbed 10.4 per cent to 148 million deutschemarks (*****.8 million). Group partial operating profit, which excludes profits from trading on the bank's own account, was
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        50 13 Reuter BISCIIOFFERODE, Germany Some 10,000 mineworkers demonstrating outside the potash mine in this city on Sunday, protesting against the closure of the mine. "Bischofferode must live!" reads a poster in the background. Mineworkers from the potash mine have been on hunger strike for three weeks. Reuter
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        Lock icon Jardine's purchase will help Ord Minnett to focus on Asia
        322 13 Reuter SYDNEY Westpac Banking Corp's sale of the Ord Minnett Group yesterday to Ord's management and Hongkong-based Jardine Fleming reflects Ord Minnett's new focus on Asia, analysts and industry sources said. The deal, worth an estimated As 36 million (5540.22
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        188 13 Reuter LONDON The dollar slipped on the mark and the yen yesterday. but its fate was little noticed as massive sales convulsed the European Exchange Rate Mechanism. Early in the morning, the EC Monetary Committee overhauled the buckling ERM, allowing most member currencies to fluctuate in wider, IS per
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        94 13 AFP NEW YORK The French franc was stable against the German mark in quiet early tradiru on Wall Street yesterday after losing ground several hours earlier in London. At 9:10 am, the mark was at 3.5020 francs compared to 3.5185 in London an hour earlier and 3.4328 at
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        Eurodollars end steady after early selling
        1444 14 SIMEX REPORT SINGAPORE Simex Eurodollar interest rate futures ended steady to marginally weaker yesterday, as the surge of gold prices in Asia and expectations for a rate hike in the US spurred early selling interest, brokers and dealers said. "The remarks Federal Reserve chairman
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        KL tin falls four sen to another low
        670 14 COMMOOITY REPORTS Tin TIN price hit a fresh record low of MS 12.36 per kg at the close yesterday, down four sen from last Friday on initial heavy selling and a lower London market last week, traders said. The previous low was
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          Australian commodity price index up
          74 14 CANBERRA Australia's commodity price index (base 1987-88= 100) rose 0.4 per cent in July from June to 91.3 points in Australian dollar terms, the Australian Bureau of Agriculture and Resource Economics said yesterday. Reflecting an increase in the value of the Australian dollar, the index
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          Thailand's corn exports up
          69 14 BANGKOK Thailand exported 4,225 tonnes of com from July 23-29, bringing the total for the year to date to 131,208 tonnes, the Thai Maize and Produce Traders Association said yesterday. Shipments from Jan 1-July 29. 1992 totalled 99,009 tonnes. The July 23-29 exports were comprised of
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          Japan ferro-nickel output down
          72 14 TOKYO Japan's production of ferro-nickel fell 15.8 per cent from a year before in May to 23.822 tonnes, according to the Ministry of International Trade and Industry. In May, Japan's ferro-alloy makers consumed 193,671 tonnes of nickel ores, down 17.5 per cent from a year before.
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          Indonesia's July crude prices down
          66 14 TOKYO Pertamina, Indonesia's national gas and oil company, has cut its official July crude oil > prices from June levels, traders said. They said the price that Pertamina charges its term customers for Minas crude was calculated at U5517.44 per barrel for July, down from
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      1597 14 Rubber Am 2 MS Com mod fry Exchange (Maw closing M at lpa) HAS (physical prim) RSS1 Coatract (S cents/kg) feqwi Softer* Ootc Volume (S cents/kg) Month High Low Sett (tonnes) Interest »SS 2 Sen <n 110 75 I1I7SN OM OM HTTi 0 775 «S 3 Sep 93
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        Australia
        1108 15 10.8 The escalating value of gold propelled the Australian bourse yesterday to establish new post--1987 crash highs. The main market indicator, the All Ordinaries Index, gathered 10.8 points to finish at 1,854.8. The strength of the precious metal was mirrored by the gold marker which soared 105.1 points or
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        Manila
        549 15 +24.65 Share prices closed at new record levels, buoyed by gains made by Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co (PLDT) on Wall Street, a rise in gold prices and aggressive buying, brokers said. PLDT hit 1,105 pesos, up from 1,080 last Friday, replicating its jump to USS39-7/8 from US$39-1/8 on
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        Taipei
        559 15 -13.82 Taiwan stocks finished lower after trading narrowly in the lowest turnover since January this year as many investors stayed on the sidelines, brokers said. The weighted index moved in a 21-point range and closed down 13.82 points at 3,946.56. Turnover shrank to NT$B.93 billion from NT59.62 billion in
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        Seoul
        388 15 -10.49 Institutional selling exacerbated by stop-loss selling by individual investors sliced more than 10 points off the index to send the sickly stock market down to close lower for the fifth straight session, brokers said. The composite stock index ended 10.49 points lower at 719.45. General gloom over the
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        296 15 -0.71 The New Zealand share market followed up a 5.4 per cent rise last week to new three-year highs with a solidly-traded session on Monday. The NZSE-40 Capital Index recovered from an early 9.67 point fall to end to day down just 0.71 points at 1,815.33 despite a
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        692 15 +15.2 The temptation to take profits proved irresistible on the London Stock Exchange yesterday after share prices boiled over on hopes for European interest rate cuts. The blue-chip Financial Times Stock Exchange 100share index closed at 2,941.7, up 15.2 points and three points off its all-time high. The narrower
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        Paris
        131 15 +2.07pc Shares ended up 2.07 per cent, just shy of their record 2,129.32 close set April 20, 1990. Dealers said prices are unlikely to rise much more without a quick French easing, saying mild profit-taking held back the market in the afternoon. The CAC-40 index rose 43.15, or 2.07
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        Stockholm
        118 15 +0.19pc Swedish shares closed mixed as the market struggled to digest implications of the weekend ERM reform, amid hopes of lower interest rates. The OMX-index ended 0.01 per cent up at a new high of 934.96, the top-16 index was 0.41 per cent off at 1,249.01 while the allshare
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        Zurich
        328 15 1.02 Swiss shares ended a quiet day little changed and dealers said the market was likely to move within its current range over the next one to two weeks. After that, cyclical shares should be the main feature of the market. The fundamentals of banks also looked good although
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        Frankfurt
        173 15 11.85 German shares ended a relatively quiet session 0.7 per cent up from the previous official close but still down on the firmer levels seen in last Friday's post-bourse. After last week's volatility, the market was holding back to see where currencies settled following the weekend ERM deal. The
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        New York
        830 15 15.09 Wall Street stocks moved higher at midday yesterday, bolstered by the prospect of lower short-term interest rates in Europe and strength in semiconductor issues. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 15.09 points at 3,554.56 at 1 pm EDT, with advancing issues leading declines by 10-7. "The
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        Brussels
        159 15 18.27 The Bel-20 index of leading Belgian shares ended 1.38 per cent higher at a new all-time high, boosted by improved competitiveness of Belgian companies following the weakness of the franc, the firm dollar and lower interest rates, dealers said. The Bel-20 closed 18.27 points higher at 1,344.63 points
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        Milan
        145 15 +0.69pc Profit-taking pulled Italian shares off session highs in a market that was otherwise well supported by strong interest in the telecommunications sector. "The rest of the market was propped up by telecomms," one trader said. "The real focus of buying was on the phones. The more the price
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        Amsterdam
        274 15 -2.1 Dutch shares were hit by worries that exports will suffer from the guilder's effective revaluation within the ERM and by the lower dollar. The EOE finished down 2.10 points at 336.82 and was seen easing further today. "The Dutch export position has been eroded," said dealer Marc Wassenaar
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      2673 16 Reuter HONGKONG Stocks finished higher yesterday, though off their early peak, after a day of sleepy trading with little news to move the market, brokers said. The blue chip Hang Seng index closed 40.0/ points, or 0.57 per cent, higher at 7,029.03 and the broader All Ordinaries Index added
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      468 16 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG China's B share markets ended mixed in light trading yesterday that brokers say is a result of bull markets elsewhere in Asia and continued investor nervousness about the economic problems in China. "It has been pretty slow," said Steve MacNamee, director at Martin Partners brokerage
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      2525 16 Reuter TOKYO Stocks ended weaker on profit-taking on the strength of the yen which hit a new postwar high against the dollar overseas last Friday, traders said. But the bottom was steady, held by buying from investment trust funds and individual investors in incentive shares. "The sudden surge late
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      1641 16 Reuter BANGKOK The day s buying spree continued as investors shifted their attention to property and building-ma-terial shares yesterday, brokers said. The SET closed at its day's high of 938.24. up 10.04 points or 1.08 per cent. Turnover was 6.05 billion baht. Big property developer Bangkok Land rose four
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      742 16 Reuter JAKARTA Share prices held to mild gains in dull afternoon trade yesterday but volume was boosted by a cross deal in indah Kiat. brokers said. The composite index finished 0.12 point higher at 356.84. Brokers said an additional listing of 40 million shares of Indah Kiat derived from
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      2459 17 Source: Bridge Info Source: Bridge Info MOST ACTIVE votom Kcnona Bhd 30c 3.765.000 ■dm Hyd 30c 5.597,000 FACB 50c 2.566.000 Promet 1.928,000 Pub Bk Foreign 1.915.000 kjmunlinj Mc 1.904.000 Pc«i Mm 1.746.000 Muhi-Purpow 1.593,000 MMC lOcTl 1.527.000 Asia Pac Ld 50c 1.149,000 kcmayan 50c 1,316.000 Boustead 50c 1.181.000
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        5155 17 Bernama, Reuter KUALA LUMPUR Share prices closed lower on selling activity yesterday. The KLSE Composite Index slipped 2.62 points 'to 763.46 while the all-share Emas Index dipped 0.93 of a point to 209.05. The KLSE Industrial Index fell 4.22 points to 1,325.68. At
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        Lock icon Finance counters outshine rest of the market
        7291 18  -  By Joseph Rajendran SINGAPORE Stocks in the finance sector outshone the rest of the market yesterday, with the Straits Times Finance Index jumping 148.60 points to 3,469.85. Dealers said the index was bolstered by widespread buying in banking stocks as investors revalued several
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        73 18  -  HOT STOCK Quak Hiang Whai ON the daily charts, the upward trend for Giken Sakata is still intact as the stock continues to trade with higher bottoms. The nine-week moving average has cut the price line from the top which means the stock could be ready to surge
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      348 19 Nick Price says St Jude Classic victory is a gift from above Golf AP MEMPHIS, Tennessee Nick Price has an explanation for his outstanding year on the PGA Tour. "Someone is looking down favourably on me," Price said on Sunday after winning his fourth tournament
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        68 19 AP WELLINGTON New Zealand rugby union international Michael Jones is facing a career crisis caused by his religious beliefs. Three of New Zealand's five home tests during 1994 are scheduled to be played on Sundays. Jones, a devout Christian, refuses to play rugby on Sundays and
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        46 19 Reuter LONDON Jo Chamberlain (left), 'man* of the match, throwing her arms into the air as the England team crushed favourites New Zealand in the Women's World Cup cricket final at Lord's on Sunday. England won the match by 67 runs.
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        128 19 AFP ATLANTIC CITY, New Jersey Hank Dekker, trying to become the first blind person to sail alone across the Atlantic Ocean, was rescued on Sunday after his boat began taking on water. Dekker, who left New Jersey on Thursday, was rescued about 160 km off
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        236 19 AFP Reuter WASHINGTON American I>eague Sunday: Toronto 2 Detroit 1; Milwaukee 9 New York 2; Boston 2 Baltimore 1; Cleveland 9 Kansas City 5; Minnesota 9 California 2; Oakland 9, Texas 5; Chicago 4. Seattle 0. National league Florida 5 Montreal 4; Philadelphia 5 Pittsburgh 4; San Diego 3.
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        93 19 Reuter BROOKLYN, Michigan Nigel Mansell delivered another stunning demonstration of his courage and skill on Sunday when he won the daunting Michigan 500 in convincing style. Britain's Formula One world champion, who had never seen the humpy, high-speed Michigan International Speedway before he armed at the hanked 3.2
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        240 19 AFP Reuter AFP MEMPHIS, Tennessee Final results from the LSSI.I million St Jude Classic (I S unless noted): 266 Nick Price (Zim) 69 65 66 66: 269 Jeff Maggert 67 65 71 66. Rick Fehr 68 66 68 67; 270 Fuz/v Zoeller 67 68 65 70; 271 Gil Morgan
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        90 19 AFP AFP AFP MONTREAL Unseeded Swede Mikael Perfors beat 13th seed Todd Martin of the US in a threeset thriller of a final 2-6. 6-2. 7-5 to win the Canadian Open here on Sundav. AFP SI RATION MOUNTAIN, Vermont Spain's Conchita Martinez won her fourth title of the season
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      590 19 NYT WASHINGTON Mark Twain once said that golf was a good walk spoiled. Such ridicule must smack of blasphemy to countless people around the world who worship the game. Even the US Patent Office offers remarkable if unscientific evidence of golfers' devotion
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      160 19 AP BEIJING A Japanese member of the International Olympic Committee yesterday said that he saw no technical or physical obstacles to Beijing holding the Olympic Games in the year 2000. "Only speaking for myself." Chiharu Igaya said, "no problem." lgaya, who held
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  • LIFESTYLE
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      1378 21  -  Film maker Robert Altman faces the luxury of filming his own projects, reports Bernard VVeinraub Bernard Weinraub NYT AT 68, an age when most of Hollywood's film-mak-ers are retired, ignored or treated like dinosaurs by movie executives and talent agents, Robert Altman has embarked on the most
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      Lock icon Rehearsing in the dark
      332 21 CHATTERBOX Reuter NYT NYT AP AP AMERICAN writer Susan Sonntag (right) talking to cast members during a rehearsal for the play Hailing for Godot which she is directing in the besieged Bosnian capital. The play is rehearsed in pitch black by candlelight due to the lack
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      1237 21 TV RADIO T Defenders of the Wild: The Sting of Jose Palazzo, 9.30pm, SBC 12 world's best wetlands. fh-%!. dEjSgIH Blue Iguana. 8.30pm, TV 2 ?i A down and out bounty hunter j t goes on a suicide mission, this 1• 1988 movie stars Jessica Harp- }*3> > v Jgaj
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  • PROPERTY & CONSTRUCTION
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      910 22  -  It's CPF money that has helped most people make the jump from public to private housing. Sylvia Wong reports. Sylvia Wong MORE than 86,000 people had applied to withdraw part of their Central Provident Fund savings to buy private residential property by June this year,
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      Lock icon Little sign of let-up in surging demand for HK flats
      586 22 Reuter STRONG demand for Hongkong apartments shows few signs of abating but analysts say more supply, new austerity measures in China and the sheer size of gains may moderate future price hikes. Prices were supposed to continue a consolidation begun
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      Hotel chain owes its birth to Mr Honda's dream
      1666 23  -  A J Leow traces the growth of Malaysian Loh Boon Siew's success from motor mechanic to hotel tycoon A J Leow MOST businessmen even true-blooded entrepreneurs would be counting their laurels if they owned and controlled one of Malaysia's most profitable
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      PROPERTY WATCH
      330 23 Selected ERA transactions In the past week trarwmitftnf j Pitted Typt (aqft)* Twuirt Slptf PWVATE Jul 30,1993 0513 TengTongRd Terrace (1,600) 999 520,000 325~ Jul 27,1993 0923 Far East Mansion Apt 1300 FH 485,000 373 Jul 26,1993 1025 Margoliouth Rd Apt 1388 FH 880,000 634 Jul 28,1993 1027
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      China and Vietnam face housing crunch
      153 23 AN invasion of overseas multinationals has put the Chinese and Vietnamese residential markets under pressure. Unprecedented demand for luxury rental apartments in Beijing and Ho Chi Minh City has forced prices so high they are now often outstripping office rentals. The Australian Weekly quoted
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      416 23 ——MB—^^^ i^— British-American Tobacco Company (Singapore) Limited (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) ANNOUNCEMENT The Board of Directors is pleased to announce the following unaudited results for the six months ended 30th June 1993. SIX MONTHS TO 30TH JUNE HHBi THE GROUP ■■■HHHI 1993 1992 SOOO SOOO Turnover 129,558 161,531
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  • Article
    Beyond the ERM
    526 24 EDITORIAL IT MAY survive in one form or another, but it won't survive as a basis for monetary union that's certain. So said British economist Alan Walters as panic-stricken European Community finance ministers went into a huddle over the weekend to save the 14-year-old European Exchange Rate
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  • WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
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      A reprieve for India
      299 24 IT APPEARS almost bizarre that the economic fate of 870 million people should be decided by 14 parliamentary votes, but in this case the bizarre is welcome. Last week, Indian Prime Minister Narasimha Rao survived a no-confidence motion brought against him by the left. It criticised
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      Property investment safeguards
      198 24 THE LURE OF overseas property investment can be seen by the flurry of activities displaying the attractions in China, Malaysia as well as distant lands of Florida and New Zealand. Flushed with cash and dismayed with the escalating property prices here. Singaporeans are greatly swayed by these
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      Addressing the risk factor
      245 24 FIGURES HAVE SHOWN that nearly 80 per cent of Singaporeans have never bought any shares. This is despite the CPF top-up scheme introduced by the 4 government to encourage investment in shares. Given the Singaporean quickness to jump on the bandwagon when something promises profit and
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      Crisis in Lebanon
      159 24 ISRAEL'S deliberate objective to create a refugee crisis in South Lebanon to subdue the Hizbollahs provides yet another indication of its attitude: that the end justifies the means. In its bid to avenge the deaths of its seven soldiers in July inside Lebanon, it has in turn
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      Japan's coalition govt
      131 24 JAPAN'S non-communist opposition formally announced on Thursday night that it had formed a majority coalition and named anti-graft campaigner Morihiro Hosokawa, the leader of the Japan New Party, as its candidate for prime minister. If the opposition coalition forms the new government, it will end 38 years
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    Lock icon The long road to development
    1387 24  -  A free South Africa could be the engine that fuels the continent's development, writes Kenneth Kaunda Kenneth Kaunda The writer is one of the fathers of African independence. He led Zambia to independence in 1964 and was its first president from that year until 1991,
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      56 24 1 I New: House hunters guide with prices I of aH homes sold each month MITA(P) 101/8/92 J AUGUST VOL 17 NO 8 EyUUfeKSJEBBfIKSMaisSS 1993 $4 MORGAN'S TEAM SPLIT CAN KLSE CLEANUP G°l»: THE MARKET? HOW MUCH ASIA'S HOT 4 TELECOM STOCKS HOB, PCI L"IQ Li' L[£S_ Priced out? |!jjjj:|
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  • ANALYSIS
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      Lock icon A single consciousness eludes Europe
      1093 25  -  The policy on Europe's currencies, and the political union r prescribed for Europe in the Maastricht treaty, presupposed a 'Europe' that did not exist, writes Brian Beedham Brian Beedham IHT IT WAS TIME somebody said to them: please, rub your eyes, look again, stop pretending
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      Lock icon The pragmatic way to union
      905 25  -  The European currency crisis One of the most outspoken critics of the way the European Monetary System has operated during the past few years has been Rudiger Dombusch, professor of economics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. With the EMS close to collapse, he talked last
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      Lock icon Risky business
      993 25  -  The European currency crisis can work against individual investors. Kurt Eichenwald reports Kurt Eichenwald NYT SOME advice for the individual investor thinking about trying to profit from the currency crisis in Europe: Don't. While Wall Street traders made millions last week betting on the direction of European currencies,
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      202 25 Eat full. Pay nothing. Every one hour one meal is given away free. Salad Cucumber, Tomato, Sweet Corn. Lettuce, f Cabbage, Onion, Carrots, i n e \xa SV*^°V apple, Redbeans, Mushrooms, CauliV flower. Soup: with Mushroom gJS&C Soup, Fish Ball with Egg York Soup. Appetizer 1 T&Celery with Mushroom, Chicken
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    Lock icon Japanese coalition partner calls for elections by mid-1994
    485 26 AFP, AP TOKYO Morihiro Hosokawa, who is certain to succeed outgoing Japanese Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa, should hold general elections by mid--1994, an influential politician said on Sunday. A seven-party coalition government led by Mr Hosokawa, chief representative of the Japan New
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    Lock icon Japan, US plan to counter N Korean missiles
    258 26 AFP TOKYO Japan and the United States agreed yesterday to hold talks in September to look at joint defence measures against North Korean interme-diate-range missiles which are capable of hitting a large part of Japan, officials said. Japanese officials said the US
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    Lock icon US construction expenditure up 1.2pc in June
    429 26 AP WASHINGTON US construction spending, propelled by a big increase in outlays for highways and other government projects, rose 1.2 per cent in June, the largest gain this year, the Commerce Department said yesterday. The department said that spending on residential, nonresidential and
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    449 26 Reuter JOHANNESBURG Archbishop Desmond Tutu yesterday called for foreign peacekeepers in South Africa as the body count from one of the bloodiest weekends during the transition period from apartheid to democracy neared 100. Police spokeswoman Janine Smith said 89 people were killed between
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    Lock icon US seeks Nato support for action to save Sarajevo
    443 26 Reuter BRUSSELS The United States sought support from its Nato allies yesterday for a new plan for tougher action to prevent Bosnian Serbs from capturing Sarajevo or starving its inhabitants. Ambassadors of the 16-na-tion alliance met at Nato headquarters to hear
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    European dreams of unity in tatters
    700 26  -  The Bottom Line NEVILLE STACK NEVILLE STACK The writer is a UK-based journalist who j contributed this commentary to BT. I THE European Community is built on three pillars: economic, social and commercial. Take one away and the whole edifice totters. And now. as
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    Lock icon Britain finally ratifies European union treaty
    415 26 AP, Reuter LONDON Britain finally ratified the Maastricht Treaty on European union yesterday, ending 15 months of sweat and struggle which had threatened to bring down Prime Minister John Major and his government. Just hours after a last-ditch court challenge to the government's plans
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    Lock icon India warns striking truckers
    149 26 AFP NEW DELHI The Indian government yesterday warned cargo haulers to call ofT a strike as tens of thousands stayed ofT the roads for a second day to press for an end to highway taxes, as shortages increased. The All India Motor Transport Congress (AIMTC). which
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    Lock icon Money makes the world go round the bend
    262 26 Reuter BEIJING China's cmbrace of market capitalism has triggered a sharp rise in mental illness as would-be millionaires succumb to the unfamiliar pressures of uncertainty and risk, an official newspaper said. The biggest mental hospital in economically sizzling Guangdong province is overflowing
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  • Shipping Times
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      3 operators upgrade joint Straits-Australia service
      393 27  -  MISC, Mitsui, Nedlloyd to start fixed-day weekly sailing from Aug 12 By Juliette Walker SINGAPORE Three liner operators on the SingaporeAustralia route are upgrading their joint service from a nine-day to a fixed-day weekly frequency. Malaysian International Shipping Corporation (MISC), Mitsui OSK and Nedlloyd
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      Sembeth to build oil product tanker
      189 27 SINGAPORE Serabawang Bethlehem (Sembeth), the rig and shipbuilding arm of the Sembawang Group, has won a contract to build an oil product tanker. Sembeth clinched the deal from PT Humpuss Sea Transport, a leading Indonesian shipowner and ship manager of the Humpuss Group in
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      Lock icon Oil spill threatens South Korean beaches
      176 27 AFP SEOUL A 16-kilometre long oil slick was threatening iouth Korea's most popular beaches yesterday at the peak of the holiday season after a freighter-oil tanker collision, maritime police said. Ah estimated 120 tonnes of bunker oil leaked from the 15,000-tonne Greek-registered Falstria after
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      INDEX TO SHIPPING LINES AND FREIGHT FORWARDERS
      847 27 Page Col ABC Containerline 12 1 Accord Group 8 1-3 Ahrenkiel Liner 4 1/2 •APL 5 3-5 Appenship 18 1/2 Alpha Feeders 6 1 •ANL 3 1/2 •ASCL 5 5 Avant Shpg 6 4/5 •Bait Orient Line 7 4/5 Bank Line, The 9
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      Lock icon Subic Bay to get US$100m loan from Taiwan
      174 27 Reuter MANILA Taiwan will lend the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) US$lOO million (Ssl62 million) to develop a parcel of land within the Philippines' first and only free port, SBMA chairman Richard Gordon said. Proceeds of the loan will be used to
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      APL and Evergreen win quality awards
      257 27  -  By Ramesh Divyanathan SINGAPORE American President Lines (APL) and Taiwan's Evergreen Line have won quality awards from separate organisations. APL clinched Distribution Magazine's 1993 Quality Carriers award, according to a statement from APL. The magazine is a trade publication for corporate users of logistics
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        AT CONVENTIONAL WHARVES
        455 28 Voy No Borth Arrival Dopartat VttMl Voy No Borlh Arrival Dopartwo Jurong Port 1 30/93 k>3 0201/2300 a*ch Dan« 10 1/93 12/3 Jtonjw* 03.08/1230 Chang M 9307 P088 Kong** 03.01/0700 Oooyang Opal 3 15 atone** 03.08/0200 Equator Roya 80/3E P03 Hotfsik 0301/0600 Komdo 08/01/93 11 *X*sj* 03
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        CONTAINER SCHEDULES
        1365 28 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Rocord Bootinf/Baianct RtNt Ship Voy No Etb/Btr Period From To From Ac* S«mi 77A 04/1500 I 02/1500 02/1(58 02/1900 2 02/1700 03/0151 03/0000 4 03/1200 03/1459 03/1700 Ad Gonctarov 37S93 05/0915 1
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      THE SHIPPING GUIDE
      11421 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 at Penang after
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      SHIPPING AGENTS
      3364 41 *7 •A JL II.BC ontainerline NV: Belsin Shpg Agencies Pie Ltd (SyManne Handling Sdn Bhd (PK/PN). Accord Group: Accord Shpg Ptc Ltd <SVAccord Contr Line (PK/PN). Adkris Business Corporation Philippine: falsource Shpg A Trdg Pte Ltd (S) Liner Service: Kim Shpg A Trdg(S). AUwtros Sea-Air Service: Frata Shpg
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      COURIER SERVICES
      264 41 Abacus Couriers Td: 545-8011. Fax: 545-1898. Air Express Travel Td: 533-5771. Fax: 535-6144. Airborne Freight Corporation Tel: 542-8844. Fax: 542-3716, *****80. Airswift Worldwide Courier Td: 278-0188. Fax: 273-8283. AJS Supplies Td: 748-6322 (2 lines). 747-7421. Fax: 742-8975. City-Link International Td: 344-3377. Fax. 345-6450. Cluster Link Supplies A Services
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      AIR FORWARDERS
      1484 41 Abe* Express Freight Tel: 542-7171. Fax: *****84. Actinic Forwarder Td: 225-1833. Fax: *****42. Activair Singapore Tet: 542-7821 Fax: *****20. Aerolink Freight International Tel: 545-8031 Fax: *****05 Td: n M2-59l I. Fax: *****18. Air Cargo Novo Express Tel: 542-5454. Fax: *****06. Air Express I nternat ional Tel: 542-7666. Fax:
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      PORT CONDITIONS
      2495 42 ALBANIA Duress: Seven vessels in port of which 1 discharging rice, 1 general cargo. 1 sleel. I Hour. 1 loading chrome ore. 1 watermelons. ARGENTINA Santa Fe: No vessels; max draft 17 ft 4 ins. Diamante: No vessels berthed, none in roads. 1 vessel due to load sorghum,
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      Lock icon SHIP SALES & TANKER RATES
      1197 42 SHIP SALES TANKER RATES The information was contributed by Simpson Spence Young AFP CONFLICTING sales showed up in the aframax tanker market. Troodos wre said to have taken the second BP tanker Teekay Vision 98.000 dwt and built 1975. at about US$6 million although it is understood they may have
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      AIR FREIGHT SCHEDULE
      556 42 ARRIVALS DEPARTURES Op Flight Type ETA T From Op Flight T>pe ETD T To TODAY TODAY NCA KZ203 B747F 0145 1 NRT SIA SQ802 B747F 0230 2 SYD/AKL KAL KE697 B747F 0150 I SEL NCA KZ204 B747F 0335 I BKK/NRT JAL JL6I7 B747F 0345 1 TYO KAL
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      CRUISE & FERRY SCHEDULES
      271 42 CRUISE FERRY SCHEDULES CRUISE SHIPS Ait Dep Name of Vessel ETA LTD Ports of Calls Port Agent Telephone No AUGUST 06 06 Coral Pnnccss 1700 2030 Cruise to Nowhere Semjom Agencies 227-8284 06 07 Continental World 2000 1000 Arrival Only Lauw Sons Travel 227-8284 08 08 Coral Princess 1100 1500
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      DAILY FREIGHTS
      470 43 FIXINGS in the Atlantic freight market were sluggish but the key US Gulf/Japan heavy grain route was fixed at US$23 for first half September against USS22 indicated in the Baltic Freight Index. Brokers said although the BFI dropped another five points to 1,339 on July 30, there may
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      TRANSPORT DIARY
      1055 43 COURSES Title: Jetty Operations Safety Seminar Duration: Aug 16-19 Organiser J S Shipping and Trading Pte Ltd Tel: For further details and application forms contact Trina or Mahani at tel: 223-6118 or fax: 223-9929 Title: Basic Principles of Shipbroking Chartering (SDF 50%) Duration: Aug 16 Oct 4 (8
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      Taking down the Stars and Stripes
      1178 44 Will plans by Sea-Land and APL to flag out be enough to revive US maritime reform? Almost half the ships operated by the three largest Americanflag liner companies already sail under foreign flags. The federal government seemed unconcerned. So on June 29, Sea-Land Service
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    • AIR AND LAND TRANSPORT NEWS
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        Lock icon Indian trucks keep off roads as strike enters second day
        308 46 Reuter NEW DELHI A strike by India's truckers entered its second day, paralysing most long-distance goods traffic, after talks with the government ended in deadlock. S P Singh, spokesman for the 1.8 million-member All India Motor Transport Congress (AIMTC), said
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        Lock icon Taiwan Aerospace seeking corporate funds
        340 46 Reuter TAIPEI Taiwan Aerospace Corp, forced to delay its planned US$375 million (*****.5 million) joint venture with British Aerospace pic due to lack of funds, is seeking investments from Taiwanese conglomerates, a source said. President Enterprises Corp, the island's largest food manufacturer, has pledged to
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        Lock icon Kampuchea Airlines to add two more flights to KL
        126 46 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Kampuchea Airlines will mount two additional flights, bringing to three its total weekly frequency between Kuala Lumpur and Phnom Penh. The airlines said in a statement that the new schedule would begin today, which was aimed at meeting
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        Lock icon All 18 bodies in Nepal air crash identified
        256 46 AFP KATHMANDU All 18 bodies recovered by army and police rescue teams from the area surrounding the wreck of a domestic airliner have been identified, a Home Ministry official said yesterday. The plane slammed into a hill west of here on Saturday.
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        Lock icon Cathay Pacific chief not interested in Qantas top job
        349 46 AFP SYDNEY Cathay Pacific Airlines managing director Rod Eddington has ruled himself out as a replacement chief executive of Qantas Airways Ltd. John Ward resigned as chief executive and managing director of Qantas last Friday, effective at the company's Aug 12
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        Lock icon Toyota Motor to merge two plants in Australia
        150 46 KnightRidder TOKYO -T- Toyota Motor Corp Australia plans to integrate its two existing automobile plants in Australia with a factory costing about As42o million (***** million) under construction in suburban Melbourne and scheduled to start operating by the end of 1994, company
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        Lock icon Air India plane clips jeep on Bombay runway
        198 46 UPI BOMBAY More than 400 people on board escaped a possible disaster on Sunday when an Air India jetliner coming in from Frankfurt clipped a jeep while landing at Bombay's Sahar International Airport. One of the engines on the Boeing 747 struck
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          PSA revises passenger wharfage
          57 46 SINGAPORE The Port of Singapore Authority (PSA) will be revising its passenger wharfage for the Regional Ferry Terminal, located at the World Trade Centre's Singapore Cruise Centre. The charge will be raised from $1 to $2 per departing passenger from Oct 1, 1993. The existing charge
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          Lock icon Japan vehicle sales down in July
          65 46 Reuter TOKYO Japanese vehicle sales were estimated at 485,566 in July, down 10.3 per cent from a year ago, and marking the fourth consecutive monthly decline, the Japan Automobile Dealers Association (JADA) said. Except for March this year, when domestic vehicle sales rose 1,7
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          Lock icon Two killed in train explosion
          86 46 AP YEREVAN, Armenia A mine exploded on Sunday under a train heading from Georgia to Armenia, killing two people and injuring 10 others, authorities said. There was no immediate indication of who planted the mine. The region where the mine exploded is populated mainly by
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          Lock icon India buys 5 jet fuel cargoes for Sep
          70 46 KnightRidder Singapore The Indian Oil Corp bought at its tender five jet fuel cargoes totalling 197,000 tonnes for September from four trading companies, traders said yesterday. The only shipment to the west coast is a 30.000-tonnc cargo sold by a Japanese trading
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          Lock icon Ship prevented from leaving Bangladesh
          172 46 Reuter KHULNA, Bangladesh A Hongkong-owned freighter stranded in Bangladesh for nearly four months has been refloated but a marine court has prevented it from sailing, the ship's agents said on Sunday. "The Liberian-registered Tony Best regained its movement on Saturday but was not given permission
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          Lock icon Russian crew strike over pay
          95 46 AP ALEXANDRIA, Egypt Hundreds of sailors and their officers took over a Ukrainian ship in Alexandria harbour and went on strike to demand payment of months-overdue salaries, Alexandria harbour authorities said last Saturday. About 400 crew members of the 25,720-ton Sovietskaya Ukraina, a factory ship
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      24 27 If you want it therej 1 us today, J yTj Gra^MKINETIC-MSOI^I Taking down the Stars and Stripes, Pg 18 Indian truckers' strike, Back Page
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      28 27 Unas and ssrvicss rtprasartsd by Mam bars of the Registry ol Accredited Shipping Agents, Singapore National Shipping Associat ion X."y For advertising enquiries, contact Shipping Twnes: Tat 740-2069/740-2090
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      32 27 International Freight Forwarder EUROPE LCL FCL Services "^OOOOOOO M+R FORWARDING PTE LTD HIGH STAKES Don't get shortchanged, go for a coverage you can bank on. Financial News. Everyday. Business Times wt atom
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      414 28 TSKUNE AQENCCS (S) PTC. LTD. rI 1 V 17 W fWTfI T*i: 226-3363 i JL Fax: 226-1972/3 I tjltfrrw Tlx: RS *****/TSKSIN TOKYO SENPAKU KAISHA, LTD, CR Ho: **********0N I I ACX UIT M» **IM> -KM 03J0 I rcorc ww wm iIM iroi 20.00 n» »CX LOTOS 418 04.00 *0100
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      2215 29 ssßawsfßSßr BH,PPIMQ AOCNC,eB DOCUMENTATION TEL: *****55 (INWARDJ/*****90 (OUTWARD) 1 CFS TEL: *****6 BOOKINGS TEL: *****80 *****81/ *****82 "»OH I F^;M27O6 CFS (PSA F5) TEL: *****21/ *****79 TEL. *****2/3 FAX. 51W14 (OPNS) CUSTOMER SVC TEL: *****92/*****91/*****93 JOHOR BAHRU TEL. 07-*****0 FAX. 07-*****9 Qp DUMBER **********0 C Dedicated to Quality Service 200
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      1724 29 ■Qmsa FRANCE/ITALY/PORTUGAL/SPAIN/MOROCCO NEXT AVAILABLE SAILINGS LEISE MAERSK V.9308 ETA SIN 12TH AUGUST 93 SINGAPORE BAY V.5135 ETA SIN 14TH AUGUST 93 VMM Voy ETA ETD Ftedtr by s DESTINATIONS TNa m* magleby MAERSK 930« bi^T»«HHHm'.»^rET«ffTI^rggTTIHnHTMWBIgI^^HIMHgTHHMi M/M 0600 MRS CFS 09'06 2359 MRS JOM LPK PEN OAK LOB HOU MEM ATI
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      1676 30 AOABA R'DAM/ [I ALSO ACCEPTING FROM VESSEL VOY NO SPORE JEOOAH (VIA JED) S TON H BURG A WERP HAVRE WEST MALAYSIA ELBE 17/130 4/8 21/8 24/8 22/6 Port Ketang Penang HANNOVER EXPRESS IS/330 7/8 16/8 17/8 25/8 28/8 30/8 1/9 Paslr Gudarig THAMES 18/131 11/8 28/8 31/8 29/8 EAST
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      560 30 FCL Breakbulk Service to: AFGHANISTAN MAM Afghanistan Ltd., Sole Foreign Forwarder in Kabul for all services C.I.S.- Vootochny, Vladivostok, Moscow, Tashkent, Kiev, Minsk, Riga, Baku, Irkutsk, Alma Ata North Korea Vietnam Mongolia Hungary CSFR Poland ocT<i>Trans AGENCIES (FAR EAST) LTD NOUAKCHOTT-BANJUL-BISSAU-LUANDA-BATA Feeder Vessel ETA 8M VILLE DE TUCANA V9529W 7/O8
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      1258 30 NORASIA I VSL/VOY I 152, 06/ M 25/01 2| 25/01 M/OS 31/08 01/09 02/09 03/09 04/09 I S^, 9330 3 12/01 01/09 04/05 05/05 05/05 06/05 07/05 °8/09 09/09 10/09 I I 19/ M 05/05 13/05 15/05 14/05 15/05 18/05 1 7/05 I* /05 15/05 I 26/08 15/09 18/09 19/09
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      2110 31 H STRAITS SHIPPING PTE LTD 10 Hoe Chiang Road #11-01 Keppd Towers Singapore 0208 Tel: *****88 Fax: *****17 IHlrlllfmiKM JilglWilrliWMMilddllJiiHl NEW OWNEA PAOmc uwi~ /aeßp <A service OF CHINA HAV>GAT»ON CO accepts iMJV CARGO OK SAaS STRAITS VCNTUW VIK Muri lab 31 iO2 Auf tart 03 Auf FCL. LCI CONTAIN**
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      2826 31 m_ SINGAPORE AGENT: \i\j4 1 Irl At*C P*o Container* (Singapore Agencies) Pte Ltd X ViUlllCtlllvl 3 10 Hoe Chiang Road #07-01 KEPPEL TOWERS. SINGAPORE 0208 Tel: 225 2233 Telex: RS ***** PNOCSP Fax: 225 5327/222 7517 CR Number: **********0Z EXPORT IMPORT VESSEL VOY 'MM *PXO MM ALU SOU ANT ROT
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      1753 32 HANJIN SHIPPING FDR VSL SM LIE HAUL StA POX FOR VSL SSI LME HAUL SAV IH NYC HANJM YOKOHAMA 047E 5/8 ORECT 25/1 SXP HMUN YOKOHAMA 0471 5/8 M. PROGRESS 0271 9/9 10/9 12/9 NAIUN ROTTOOAM 02X 12/8 OBICT 2/9 4/9 HARJM ROTTDtOAM 0231 12/8 K 10NGBEACH 0441 16/9 17/9
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      1966 33 SCX: 'OOCL FAIR 43E' ETA sgp 11/08/93 H II ARRIVING LOS ANGELES 28/08/93 IN 16 DAYS H feSk II AEX:'NEPTUNE PEARL 10E'ETA SGP 04/08/93 II II yx? ARRIVING NEW YORK 27/08/93 IN 22 DAYS ■I ■I 'HI Connecting C. Saturn ¥«f 58E hi NK6 07/08/93 HI *112 Connecting C. Jupttar
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      1102 33 m sinsov SINGAPORE SOVET SMPPMG CO PRIVATE LTD BOOKINGS: BALT ORIENT UNE: *****64 FESCO: *****06 ENQUWES: *****33 BLASCO ODESSA: *****51/*****31/*****13 MVENTORY: *****45 INWARD: *****81 OUTWARD: *****80 TRANSHIPMENT: *****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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      1394 34 mmm «i ft AS AGENTS: LMI (SINGAPORE) PTI LTD (01 **********0 M) TEL: *****77 TELEX: KAWAKI R*****5 FAX: *****16/7/8/9 1 T IVT Vi 1 MALAYSIA: 1" LINE MAJtITMI (MALAYSIA) SON INO i M TEL: SA *****00 PK *****75 PEN *****0 JB *****1 PGU *****5/6 INDONESIA. P.T. SAAANA LAIIT MTIAMiSA. TEL:
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      676 34 PHIL! onI(NT LIN€S PTC LTD K 108 Robinson Road #07-00 GMG Building Singapore 0106 1 Tel: *****22/*****69/*****00 Telex: RS ***** Fax: *****76/*****38 j A MEMBER OF THE SINGAPORE FREIGHT FORWARDERS ASSOCIATIOH I AUSTRAUA/NEW ZEALAND/SOUTH PACIFIC FCL/LCL SERVICE 5 AUG SYDNEY. MELBOURNE, BRISBANE. FREMANTLE 10 AUG AUCKLANO. WELLINGTON. LYTTLETON, NEW PLYMOUTH.
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      411 34 GOLDEN LINEA GUAN GUAN SHPPMG y\/\ (PTE) LTD 1 a T«M kjm S>wl SKirai MM m UUNt (11 (IKS) fm U4JSM (»ih. wammmm> OTILAITO/PMIOIA* OPLT OKKTICK Spore P. Mang Penang GOLOEM HMNDI *a>acf« Dub* V 4 fa| eOUO STK K»ad« o*B 14/17 4* anwA mnci GOUKM mm Qwu Ports 3/5
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      918 35 PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL LINES (PTE) LTD^ SSSSSSSSS 140 Cecil Street. #03-00 PIL Building. Singapore 0106. j 88SS9V CR NO **********0E I I VESSEL VOY SIN CMS J» JED AOJ ADE MOO PZU I KOTA WIRAWAN WRNC29 11/8 16/8 23/8 2S/8 27/8 25/8 27/8 30/8 I KOTA WUAYA WJAO29 24/8 28/8 4/8
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      1268 35 VtSStIS VOY MA FEEDER STOW KOM6 ROTTERPAM ANTWRP THAIMS LE HARVE Mill Of TUCANA 9529W Ot/M 03/09 05/09 00/09 07/09 09/09 MUE 01 CANOPUS 9729W 14/01 09/09 11/09 12/09 13/09 15/09 MILE OE PROVENCE 9929W 21/00 17/09 19/09 20/09 21/09 23/09__ Mil M VEGA 9029W 29 00 24/09 20/09 17/09
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      374 35 BSAii. mm MYANMA pBBk FIVE STAR LINE (Myanmar National Line) Loading for Yangon (Rangoon) S pore P Kit Per P Gdf HPA AN *19JW 07/19 Au t 02/05 Auf BAGO V4OW 11/20 «u| PAGAN V2OOW 15/17 Auc mm.arsu imrs: oousteao swnc AGEKOES XUL m 03-*****00 PKI IE 03 35M7(7 pat
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      2625 38 9 Conventional Semi-Container Full Container Liner Services Liner Services n tMs: General Agents: Booking Agents: General Agents: Booking Agents: Gun Com Skipping Sdn Bhd Chung Chioe Shipping Sdn Bhd P.T. Ghbsl Mra liinwli Maritime Ykk Fung Shipping Shipping Freight Betting Lucky Transport Costar Shipping Ptt Ltd Shipping Freight Meeting Centre
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      620 39 fj£ FAMOUS CONTAINER LINES 10 ANSON RD. #15-21 INTERNATIONAL PLAZA, S'PORE 0207 HOT LINE: *****33 (24 LINES) GOTHENBURG/SCAN 09/08 ROTTERDAM 07/08 AARHUS/COPENHAGEN 09/08 HAMBURG/BREMEN 09/08 MARSEILLE/FRANCE 04/08 FELIXSTOWE/UK 09/08 BARCELONA/SPAIN 04/08 lEHAVRE/FRANCE 09/08 GENOA/ITALY 04/08" ANTWERP/BELGIUM 09/08 LOS ANGELES/WC/IPI 08/08 SYDNEY/MELBOURNE 05/08 NEW YORK/EC 08/08 FREMANTLE/ADELABE 05/08 VANCOUVER 04/08 BRISBANE
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      1196 39 RICHFIELD MARINE AGENCIES (S) PTE LTD UTEL *****33 (12 Lines) FAX: *****15/*****03 TELEX: R8 ***** RISHIP (3 Lines) \W\ ETHIOPIAN SHIPPING LINES (National Lines of Ethiopia) ACCEPTING FCL AND CONVENTIONAL VESSEL IVOV ETA ILOAOMQ foS eow ANONET 31 we 22/0* DARESSALAAM MOMBASA OJBOUTI ASSAB MASSAWA ABBAY WONT 37W8 23/09 DARESSALAAM
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      334 39 \°l DONGNAMA LINE omnmmmn mk*c* rmAtr%m.w/9tcmm BP 8 Ml M (B -Ml NUTS* aOKT ixm 1» 5/1 11/« U/l 22/ I HONBONCaORT «30SM 13/1 15/1 17/1 2*l 21/1 mm W3OSH 21/1 23/1 25/1 2VI V* V 5 nunu V399M 21/1 */l 1/5 12/5 15/5 WOUMP TMt ASIA SBIVICg asm SK
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      1731 40 ptAIMN CONTAINER LINES ~l\=/V*~n A 9 ents: MAC-NELS SPORE: *****22 (24 LINES) V J\/ V"* Jr/P No: **********06 PENANG: (04) *****6 SIBU: (084) *****9 KUCHING: (082) *****3 P.KELANG: (03) *****77 JAKARTA: (21) *****32 SURABAYA: (31) *****0 HKG/TWN/BKK I GOTH/UKB/MED PORTS PEN PKL SIN EVERY TUE/THUR/SUN PEN PK SIN 3/8 4/8
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      197 40 SEAWARD SHIPPING AND TRADING CO (S) PTE LTD lIA ETA STOH rail KUMK riNME nil MIX 12/1 la*** Km MA DIMM HUDML 12/1 9/1 Divhugtng and loading to< Bombay Dan* s 8 iMdtnf For M* POUR sum* 20/8 loading For Ma* UtttEDH 9/1 loading For Mate HKHKSS LKtTT IS. 8
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      899 40 THONG SOON UNES PTE. LTD. Mi 78 SHENTON WAY #10-01. SINGAPORE 0207 TEL: *****88 FAX NO: *****11 •Br TLX: RS ***** CARRER, RS ***** JENHOL CABLE: TOSOCO CONVENTIONAL/CONTAINER BOOKING UNC: M7BBBB SINGAPORE TO SARAWAK T VESSEL VOT S PORE OEST VESSEL VOT STttE UST EQUATOR 111 96/3E 04 AUG KUCHING
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      52 43 ~~~i E)<eajfcue Housekeeper -this O qy* I I wants >s me. But I'll never neglect L Any Job. any Career. Available Any day. Any Time. Anywhere. The Straits Times The Sunday Times Business Times The new Paper Lianhe Zaobao Lianhe wanbao Shin Min Daily News Berita harian Berita minggu Singapore
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      19 43 EYE ON THE TIGERS Nobody covers East Asia like we do. The Region. Everyday. rri Business Times wttmm Am
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      734 43 TODAY'S TIDES (height in metres) HOW 0000 0100 0200 0300 0400 0500 0(00 0700 0100 o*oo 1000 1100 1200 1300 1400 1500 1600 1700 1100 1900 2000 2100 2200 2300 2.9 2.7 27 1.5 10 OS 05 04 OS 10 1.7 2.2 2.4 2.4 2.2 1.7 17 0.9 OJ 0.9
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      369 44 NORTH PHILIPPINES FULL CONTAINER SERV CE VESSEL VOYAGE SKGAfOKE MANIA VIGOUR PACIFIC Zm. 30/07/93 07/01/93 nriSfXEis* VIGOUR PACfIC 23AWB 02/08/93 07/08/93 MW Y VIGOUR SWGATORE 59N8 06/08/93 93 VIGOUR SXGAPORE 59ANB 09/01/93 14, 08 93 PORT KLANG/PENANG FULL CONTAINER SERVICE VESSEL VOYAGE SWGAPORE PORT KIANG PENANG VIGOUR PENANG 9301N8 30/07/93
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      613 44 @APPENSHIP /2\ HAMBURG VTvJ CONVENTIONAL INDEPENDENT LINER SERVICE EUROPE TO SOUTH EAST ASIA AND FAR EAST BSE" LOMNN6 TORTS D6CHAKE/10A0K FOR KAPtTAM FOMENKO ANTW SLO SPORE 10/8 YOROAN LUTMROOSKI PORT SAtO SPORE 2/8 HARMONY SCA HAMBURG SPORE. BKK FLAG LEADER ANTW SLO SPORE. SHANGHAI KOALA CONTAINER LINE STOK FIX HAM
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      336 44 1 COSCO; UKC CONVENTIONAL SERVICE VESSEL PKL PNG P.O. LOADING FOfl A VESSEL 28/00 Rotterdam/Antwerp ft CHWA CONVENTIONAL SERVICE VESSEL PKL PNG P.G. LOADING FOR: A VESSEL 15/08 18/08 Huangpu/Guangzhou COSCO FULL CONTABgR SEW VICE 8 (FCL/FCLI EXPORT TO: CHMA/BAMGK OK/HONGKONG EUROPE/CONTINENTAL WEST MEDITERRANEAN AUSTRALIA US WEST COAST PERSIAN GULF/KARACHI
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      924 45 ▲HYUNDAI MERCHANT MARINE CO. LTD. WESTBOUND TO EUROPE VESSaS WY 1 WW I PKE I P6O 1 VESSELS VOT I SIM I HTM AM* LEH* HAM mi FIL NORASJA MALACCA 9325 A 03/08 04/08 05/08 H. FRONTIER 306* 09/08 27/08 27/08 28/08 29/08 29/08 31/08 MM ADVANCE 24A 10/08 11/08
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      469 45 STRAITS/ JAPAN/ STRAITS SERVICE SPECIALIST IN RO-RO HEAVY LIFTS INBOUND VESSELS II SKI MY H IK U TUM PM 1) 1/1 l/l MM till M 11/1 U/I lUM 11 l/l l/l 12/1 HI 14/1 CMMC TIMM M 11/ l RMMM 21 11/ l MS/I CftJMC OULLEMEI 27 11/ l 21/1
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      944 45 Vtssa VQT SMETA/B LAX "5aT I CHI I QAL MEM/COL MOM |NTC I NOR ALLIGATOR VICTORY OA 05-00/01 22/01 24/01 25/01 20/00 21/01 27/01 27/00 21/01 ICMY HUDSON BRPGE MA 12-13/01 25/01 31/01 01/05 02/01 02/05 03/05 03/09 04/05 ALLIGATOR TRR—H OA 15-20/01 05/05 07/05 08/05 05/05 05/05 10/05 10/05
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      5 46 ANALYSIS Tomorrow in Business Times
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