The Business Times, 5 August 1993

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    13 1 Business Times WE KNOW ASIA MITA (P) 552/12/92 Thursday August 5 1993 75'
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  • 2am LATEST
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      Lock icon Investment abroad creates US jobs: study
      65 1 Reuter WASHINGTON Direct investment in foreign countries by United States multinational companies helps create American jobs, said a report yesterday by the Emergency Committee for American Trade, an economic study group sponsored by 60 top US multinational companies. The study amounted to a assault
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      Lock icon US Congress vote on budget may be delayed
      54 1 Reuter WASHINGTON The final United States budget report which is the actual version of the budget deal to be voted on has not yet been filed, a House budget committee spokesman said. The delay of the 1,000-plus page document could delay a
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    MARKET SUMMARY
    115 1 Stock market indices Wednesday Change STII 1,859 08 +14.5 KLSE Composite 781.99 HO. 32 Nikkei 20,497.55 +139.91 Hang Seng 7,164.20 -47.63 SET Index 945.38 +7.14 Jakarta Composite ...358.69 +0.56 CLSA China B 836.35 +4 29 Aust All Od 1,861.2 +5.8 FTSE 100 2,941.3 -3.7 Wednesday Previous I pro
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    S'pore to launch revamped CPF investment scheme on Oct 1
    888 1  -  By Magdalene Ng SINGAPORE From Oct I, Central Provident Fund members will be able to invest their CPF savings in a much wider range of instruments from fixed deposits to endowment insurance policies. In a statement announcing the launch date
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    S'pore shares continue climb on foreign buying
    520 1  -  By Amy Balan SINGAPORE share prices soared again yesterday on renewed foreign buying and in anticipation of the expected billions that will pour into the market under the new CPF investment rules. The Straits Times Industrials Index added another 14.5 points to 1.859.08,
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    Lock icon Morita asked to be foreign minister: report
    164 1 AFP TOKYO Sony Corp chairman Akio Morita already touted as a possible trade anil industry minister has been asked by Japan's incoming coalition to be foreign minister. Kyodo news agency said yesterday. The electronics giant that Mr Morita helped found after World War
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    Presidential election to be held on Aug 28
    304 1 SINGAPORE The presidential election. Singapore's first, will be held on Saturday, Aug 28, the Prime Minister's Office announced yesterday. The writ of election issued yesterday declared Aug 18 Nomination Day. The Singapore Conference Hall will be the nomination centre. Voting is compulsory,
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    French food group BSN to integrate Asian operations
    653 1  -  By S N Vasuki SINGAPORE French food giant Groupe BSN plans to incorporate a new regional holding company in Singapore and integrate its diverse US$5OO million (SsBos million) Asian operations under one roof. The move follows the company's US$76 million buyout of
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      215 1 taBSBEHXIZBE^X^SUHiiiw CONTENTS ssrr .^0 Reponal News 3,4.6 Financial 12.13 World News 8 Features Markets Analysis CW/W.SE. StS 17.18 Editorial 24 Reponal 15 Law 23 World 15 Sports 19 Currency 13 TV/Li4esty(c 21 Sann/Commo 14 Subscription Tel 1800-*****7/ fax *****/5 BT Editorial Tel *****18 Fai *****71 Rupert Murdoch intends to make
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      7 1 Innovation: Pg 22 Industry's cup of tea
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      22 1 Hock lj)ck Siew: rx 9 Whither ICB options for (JOB One last defector. Back Pg Analysis: Balancing policies; Diet dinosaur, Pg 25
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      259 1 The Bottom Line&ht China's rise as a siipbgower SEIKO GETS A LITTLE INSPIRATION FROM NATURE. Wmmm sudden glow a firefly orates as w ll punctuates the early evening is one f of nature's wonders. It's also a brilliant source of natural energy: clean, safe. incredibly small and totally portable. (Automatic
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      15 1 i IV 1 1 I m I i Editorial: President and his powers, Pg 24
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
    • eye on the ECONOMY
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        Lock icon Keen interest in US dollar, yen
        308 2  -  By Magdalene Ng GROWTH in the Asian Dollar Market was steady in May, with interest centring on the greenback and yen, particularly in the wake of crisis afflicting the European Exchange Rate Mechanism. Department of Statistics figures show that the total assets of the
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      IRAS tightens control over foreign property sales
      418 2  -  Irresponsible agents risk having licences revoked By A J Leow THE Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (IRAS) will revoke the licences of property agents who do not exercise due care when marketing foreign property projects here. In a recent letter sent to about
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      Pet Computer reaches accord with major creditors
      369 2  -  By Joseph Rajendran PC MAKER Pet Computer is expected to emerge from judicial management today after reaching agreement with its major creditors. The accord involves a three-point plan initiated by judicial managers Soh, Wong Partners. The deal is expected to be considered in
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      Eutech Cybernetics close to winning major palm oil deals
      234 2 HOMEGROWN software and instrument company Eutech Cybernetics is on the verge of clinching several multi-million dollar deals involving the palm oil industry. The clients are from the public and private sectors, but Eutech has declined to name them or say how
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      Privatisation may not improve public services: expert
      234 2  -  By Ven Sreenivasan PRIVATISATION alone will not necessarily improve the cfficicncy and quality of public services, says a management expert. According to management specialist Ted Gaebler, the key to improving public services lies in operating the public scctor like a "flexible, modern, matrix-managed,
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      6 2 •Industry's cup of tea, Pg 22
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  • THE REGION
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      Lock icon Executive shake-up looms as Star TV chief quits after takeover
      475 3  -  Murdoch's Star deal Star's salary levels said to have shocked News Corp execs ft awn wi Imaiii neports irom Catherine Ong in HONGKONG JULIAN Mounter, chief executive of Star TV, has become the first casualty of a News Corp management
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      We will provide sensitive service: News Corp
      250 3 HONGKONG Reading lo criticisms by Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation yesterday said it intends to make Star TV a service which will be "both friendly and useful" to the governments in Asia. A statement by News Corp said its
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      Speaker throws out opposition motion against Ghafar
      364 3  -  From Leslie Lopez in KUALA LUMPUR MALAYSIA's main opposition party tabled a motion of noconfidence against Deputy Prime Minister Ghafar Baba in parliament yesterday. Though the move by the Democratic Action Party (DAP) was immediately rejected by the Lower House speaker. the episode
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      Lock icon Umno denies doing business through cronies
      265 3 Reuter KUALA LUMPUR Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad's ruling party yesterday denied allegations that it was still involved in business through cronn. United Malays National Organiijiß>n (Umno) treasurer Daim /ainuddin said in a statement that Umno did not own any company or shares in any
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      Lock icon Indon party chief urged to resign
      134 3 AFP JAKARTA Home Affairs Minister Yogi Suardi Memed has urged the re-elected chairman of the country's smallest party to resign in order to avoid further internal conflicts. "1 think that it is the best way for Suryadi (the party chairman)," Mr Memed was quoted
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      Lock icon Indonesia to explain labour policy to US
      257 3 Reuter JAKARTA Indonesia, bracing itself against US attacks on its treatment of workers, said yesterday it needed American trade privileges and would try to defend its labour record to Washington. The United States has criticised Indonesia for barring the country's largest independent trade
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    • ASIA NOTES
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        Lock icon HK monetary policy seen unchanged
        97 4 Knight-Ridder HONGKONG The colony's monetary policy is not likely be greatly affected by China's drive to tighten credit and slow its overheating economy, Hongkong Monetary Authority chief executive Joseph Yam said yesterday. The monetary authority is Hongkong's quasi central bank. Mr Yam, who recently returned
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        Lock icon Seoul rejects N Korean condition
        88 4 AP SEOUL South Korea's National Unification Minister yesterday accused North Korea of setting a new "unacceptable" condition for international inspections of its nuclear facilities. But Han Wan-sang said North Korea's decision this week to allow three United Nations officials into the country for an "elementary"
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        Lock icon Indonesian inflation up 0.6pc
        78 4 Reuter JAKARTA Indonesia's consumer price index rose 0.67 per cent in July, compared with a rise of 0.24 per cent in June and 0.23 per cent in July last year, Information Minister Harmoko said yesterday. Year-on-year inflation in July was 9.32 per cent, compared with 8.88
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        Lock icon Warning for Taiwan investors
        85 4 Knight-Ridder TAIPEI President Lee Teng-hui has warned Taiwan businesses against investing in China, citing "chaos" in the country's economy and a lack of legal safeguards. Mr Lee's remarks his first public statement on the subject underscore the government's growing concern over Taiwanese investment across the Taiwan
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        Lock icon Another oil refinery for Terengganu
        106 4 Bernama KEMAMAN Terengganu will see the setting up of another oil refinery, in addition to the Petronas-owned one, by a major British petroleum company in Kertih soon. Chief Minister Wan Mokhtar Ahmad said on Tuesday that the refinery would be set up in Pulau Kerengga,
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      Lock icon China calls US satellite curbs foolish, unfair
      310 4 Reuter BEIJING China's top satellite maker complained yesterday that curbs on export to China of American space technology were unfair, ineffective and foolish. Qi Farcn, head of the stateowned Chinese Academy of Satellite Technology, or Cast, also accused some American makers of handicapping
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      Lock icon Zhu calls for export boost, vows to prop up yuan
      473 4 UPI, Reuter BEIJING China 's economic czar has called for a boost in exports and tighter control of foreign currency management and vowed continued intervention to prop up the Chinese currency, official media reported yesterday. Vice-Premier Zhu Rongji, also the
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      Lock icon Japan paper shows location of Chinese airfield on disputed Paracel island
      353 4 Reuter, AFP TOKYO Japan's top-selling newspaper published a satellite photograph yesterday showing for the first time the scale and exact location of a Chinese airfield on a disputed island in the South China Sea. The photograph, taken by Japan's
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      Lock icon Taiwan may double list of imports from China
      377 4 Reuter TAIPEI Taiwan may double the number of items that can be imported from China to benefit from its cheapcr labour force, trade officials said here yesterday. Approved imports of farm produce, semi-finished goods, industrial materials and minerals currently total 622 listed
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      HK exchange disappointed with Sino-UK airport talks
      334 4  -  From Stephen Vines in Hongkong bystcp HONGKONG investors reacted with disappointment to the limited progress made in Sino-British talks yesterday on financing plans for the territory's new airport. The Hang Seng Index shed 48 points to close at 7,164, after a surge on
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      Lock icon No place to call home
      43 4 Reuter HONGKONG Vietnamese boat people who arrived via China standing under barbed wire in the Chinawan Detention Camp, which houses 1,762 boat people, yesterday. About 2,200 Vietnamese boat people have arrived here from China since June 25. Renter
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      Lock icon Doctors give Deng a clean bill of health: report
      249 4 AFP HONGKONG Senior Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping recently underwent a medical checkup and doctors gave him a clean bill of health, a Beijing-funded newspaper said yesterday. Mr Deng, who turns 89 on Aug 22, went for a medical checkup at a
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      Lock icon India's elections chief comes under fire for postponing polls
      390 6 AFP NEW DELHI India's highprofile elections panel chief came under fire from all sides yesterday for freezing polls until December, as a worried government moved to clip the no-nonsense officer's wings. Leading newspapers threw their weight behind angry political parties and
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      Lock icon India proposes law to restrict Western TV broadcasts
      198 6 AP NEW DELHI The government on Tuesday proposed a law to restrict Western television broadcasts in India, saying such programmes posed a threat to the nation's conservative culture. The programmes, broadcast around the clock from Hongkong via satellite, are received by dish
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      Lock icon Record surplus for first quarter helps balance NZ current account
      486 6 Reuter WELLINGTON New Zealand's current account has turned the corner, tracking back to balance despite the pressures of economic recovery, economists said yesterday after news of a record surplus for the March quarter. The March quarter surplus of NZSSI9 million
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      Lock icon Grim reminder
      45 6 Reuter MATARA, Sri Lanka A statue of a student representing the thousands of youths who have disappeared stands outside a university in this southern Sri Lankan town. The students disappeared from 1988 to 1990 during a government crackdown on a left-wing rebellion. Reuter
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      Lock icon Japan's recession dampens outlook for Aussie tourism
      346 6 AFP CANBERRA The golden age of Japanese tourism, characterised by sound profits and spectacular annual growth, may have ended for Australia, according to a report released here yesterday. The Bureau of Tourism Research said Japan's recession would continue to dampen the outlook for
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      297 4 S ?b suy MBA 12th Intake November 1993 Innovations and Strengths FIRST to offer TQM and A Systems Approach to CPS the Distance Teaching in Singapore contemporary management philosophy of the 1990s n FIRST to introduce Investment Portfolio Management and Programme Structure and Contents (New) Project Management as core modules
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  • THE WORLD
    • WORLD WATCH
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        Lock icon France working on fresh Gatt proposals
        93 8 Reuter PARIS The French government is working on fresh proposals for the Gatt world trade negotiations but will not yield on its demands to renegotiate the agricultural part of the accords, government officials said. They said the proposals would cover four issues on which
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        Lock icon Straightening the Pisa tower
        68 8 Reuter PISA, Italy Technicians work around the Pisa tower which for the first time in 800 years is straighter than it used to be. By the end of the year a total of 670 tonnes of lead will be buried in an attempt to stabilise the
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        Lock icon Yeltsin rejects rumours of ill health
        62 8 UPI MOSCOW In his first public appearance in over three weeks, President Boris Yeltsin yesterday brushed off speculation about his health but failed to silence mounting rumours that he is losing control of his crisis-torn country. "I am completely healthy and feel marvellous," Mr
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        Lock icon UN cameras installed in Iraq
        72 8 AFP UNITED NATIONS UN experts finished installing surveillance cameras on Tuesday at two missile sites near Baghdad, the spokesman for the special commission responsible for monitoring Iraq's disarmament said. Tim Trevan said the officials installed cameras at the Yawm al-Azim site a day after monitoring
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      Lock icon Progress achievable in M-E peace talks, says Christopher
      393 8 AFP, AP JERUSALEM US Secretary of State Warren Christopher said after talks with President Hafez al-Assad here yesterday that progress was "achievable" in the peace process but there was much work left to be done. Foreign Minister Faruq alShara. who attended the
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      Lock icon Russia confirms rocket deal with India fully suspended
      201 8 Reuter MOSCOW Russia has fully suspended a US$35O million (***** million) contract to sell India rocket engines and the technology needed to make them, the foreign ministry said yesterday. "The contract has been fully suspended and the Indian Embassy in Moscow has
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      Lock icon 10pc drop in business failures reflects recovery in US
      534 8 UPI NEW YORK Business failures in the US fell 9.9 per cent in the first half of the year in a sign the economic recovery may be in full swing. Dun Bradstreet Corp reported tuesday. D&B said business failures declined during
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      Lock icon Clinton urges Americans to back budget plan of spending cuts and tax increases
      643 8 Reuter WASHINGTON President Bill Clinton has urged Americans to back his budget plan of spending cuts and tax increases, saying failure to push the deficit-reducing package through a reluctant Congress would endanger growth. "America faces a choice,"
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      Lock icon European currency crisis exposes long-hidden French-German tensions
      401 8 IHT PARIS The European currency crisis has exposed longhidden tensions in the FrenchGerman alliance and is threatening a breakdown over economic problems of the sort that prompted the bond in the first place. The fundamental, perhaps irreconcilable, difference is a growing feeling in
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      Lock icon Nafta trade ministers meet to finalise side accords
      388 8 AFP, AP WASHINGTON Trade ministers from the United States, Canada and Mexico met here yesterday to try to finalise side agreements to a pact that would forge a threeway free trade zone with some 360 million consumers. US Trade Representative Mickey Kantor
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      Lock icon Nafta violates trade rules, says Japanese govt report
      185 8 Reuter, AP TOKYO The North American Free Trade Agreement (Nafta) violates international trade rules, a Japanese government research group concluded yesterday. The Study Group on Economic and Trade Policy in the Asia-Pacific Region said in an interim report that the US-Canada-Mexico agreement
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      Lock icon Italian parliament approves electoral reform
      518 8 Reuter ROME The most scandaltainted parliament in Italian history voted for its own demise yesterday, approving an electoral reform that should soon consign a discredited political system to oblivion. "It's a remarkable achievement nothing less than harikiria jubilant official at Prime Minister Carlo Azeglio Ciampi's
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
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      DBS Land in venture to lease and restore Sri Lankan hotel
      338 9  -  By Lilian Ang SINGAPORE DBS Land has taken a 25 per cent stake in a joint-venture company which will refurbish and lease one of Sri Lanka's oldest and grandest hotels. The Galle Face. The deal was sealed yesterday between
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      General Securities Investments' NTA rises 15pc
      365 9  -  By Quak Hiang Whai SINGAPORE Net tangible assets of General Securities Investments Ltd (GSI) rose 33 cents or 15 per cent to $2.54 a share at June 30, up from 52.21 at the same time last year. Releasing its interim results yesterday, the DBS
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      Lock icon SUMMARY
      322 9 Source: Bridge Info Performance of STII's Index stocks Aug 4 Last Sense Mt Stock uk Chtt factor wnm <$><!) Avimo I 900 -0.020 1.45 -1.95 C4C 7 300 -0.050 5.56 -4 88 Ccrcbos 5 950 0 050 4.53 4.88 FAN IJ 400 -0.100 10.20 -9.76 GF Asu 3 200
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      Eu Yan Sang on sale of medicine business
      360 9 SINGAPORE Eu Yan Sang will use the $21 million from the sale of its Chinese medicine business to reduce borrowings, finance its property developments, as well as for its working capital. In a circular issued yesterday, EYS managing director David Lum urged
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      UOB forms three units in line with M'sian regulations
      277 9  -  By Magdalene Ng SINGAPORE In a move to comply with Malaysia's financial regulations. United Overseas Bank recently incorporated three subsidiaries. In an announcement yesterday, UOB said it set up Chung Khiaw Nominees (Asing) on June 11, and Chung Khiaw Bank (Malaysia)
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      Lock icon Whither ICB — the options for UOB
      859 9  - Whither ICB the options for UOB HOCK LOCK SIEW By Alvin Tay SINGAPORE United Overseas Bank (UOB) may be sending a subtle message to minority shareholders and investors that it intends to keep subsidiary Industrial Commercial Bank as a separate entity the proposed Banking (Amendment) Bill notwithstanding. How else would
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      Asia Pac Breweries gears up for Viet beer war
      172 9  -  From Harish Mehta in HANOI SINGAPORE-listed Asia Pacific Breweries Ltd (APB) has begun trial brewing of its popular Tiger beer in Vietnam, fuelling talk that a beer war is on the cards. The brewery in Hoc Mon. 15 km from Ho
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    • COMPANIES
      • COMPANY BRIEFS
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          Goldtron director buys 222,000 shares
          71 10 SINGAPORE Goldtron's director and substantial shareholder, Ong Soon Kiat, has just acquired 222,000 stock units. Mr Ong now holds 60.701 million shares, representing 27.87 per cent of the company's issued and paid-up capital. This is a 0.1 per cent increase from the 27.77 per cent
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          Sing Inv to buy premises from HDB
          87 10 SINGAPORE Sing Investments Finance Ltd has entered into an agreement to purchase the leasehold premises at Block 715 Ang Mo Kio Avenue 6 #01-4006, from the Housing Development Board (HDB). The purchase price of $910,000 is based on the HDB's assessment of the
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          Lock icon Jasa Megah in two China tie-ups
          59 10 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Jasa Megah Industries Bhd (JMI) has been invited to participate in two joint-venture projects with a combined outlay of US$53 million (SsBs million) in China. JMI said in a statement that it was taking up joint-venture projects to make and sell
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        UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
        430 10 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS Mm—iir pricw Aug 5 Insurance Fund M Income Bond Policy 3.37 3.50 uwi imsi The Commerce 1.36 1.43 rfBOWiuJI The Savings Fund 1.25 1.31 PruLink Mgd Fund 1.17 1-23 S pore Prog Fund 0.58 0.61 ■flABS BiimIiiiiIi S pore Sec Fund 0.91 0%»d Spore Invest Fund 1.03
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        Prospero offers $19.4m deal for Yoshikawa Chemicals
        457 10  -  By Chuang Peck Ming SINGAPORE Prospero Industries, a company controlled by Hongkong businessman Parry Chang, is ready to pump $19.4 million into Yoshikawa Chemicals (YChem) to give it a new lease of life. But the fate of the joint venture between Yoshikawa Oil
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        Lock icon Berjaya Leisure explains purchase of Berjaya Sports Toto shares
        334 10 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Berjaya Leisure Bhd's proposed acquisitions of 60 million Berjaya Sports Toto Bhd shares will enable it to have a larger share of the latter's future profit derived from the gaming business. Aseambankers Malaysia Bhd, an independent adviser to
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        Lock icon Philippines' biggest losers in 1992
        110 10 AFP MANILA State grain trading firm National Food Authority (NFA) and three mining companies were the Philippines' biggest losing companies in 1992, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) said here yesterday. The NFA, which provides a support price for rice and other key staples, suffered
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        Robina lands Australia's biggest retail tenancy
        527 10  -  From Florence Chong in SYDNEY THE Robina group, which is controlled by Robin Loh, has secured the largest retail tenancy ever signed in Australia for its Robina Town Centre development on Queensland's Gold Coast. Three of Australia's largest retailers have pre-leased 39 per cent
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        S'pore Telecom unit aims for bigger slice of market
        425 11  -  Investing in Sri Lanka's telecommunication industry Reports by Teh Hooi Ling COLOMBO Singapore Telecom's cellular telephone subsidiary in Sri Lanka will invest a further $10 million to $12 million within a year to capture a bigger slice of one of the
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        S'pore Telecom in US$50m plant project in Sumatra
        224 11 SINGAPORE Singapore Telecom International, the overseas investment arm of Singapore Telecom, and Indonesia's Kedaung business group will cooperate in building a US$5O-million telecommunications equipment plant in Sumatra, according to Bisnis Indonesia yesterday. In Jakarta, the daily quoted Mr Probosutejo, president commissioner of
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        Lock icon Sincere directors get bonus worth 2.5 times company's net profit
        276 11 South China Morning Post HONGKONG Directors of Sincere Company have paid themselves a huge windfall bonus equivalent to 2.5 times the company's net profit in a move which will heat up the debate on the rights of shareholders. The retail
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        Sri Lanka to spend US$300m on phone lines
        283 11 COLOMBO The Sri Lankan authorities plan to spend US$3OO million (SS4BO million) installing 280,000 new phone lines by the end of 1995. And foreigners may be allowed to buy shares in a new company set up to cany out part of the
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      • COMPANY BRIEFS
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          Lock icon US firm files piracy suit against Acer
          97 11 Reuter TAIPEI A US computer firm has filed a piracy suit against Acer Inc, one of Taiwan's largest computer makers, over a new Acer product, a company spokesman said. The suit was filed because Acer pirated my idea for its product Chipup, said
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          Lock icon BP 2nd qtr profit seen at £220m-250m
          90 11 KnightRidder LONDON The British Petroleum Co pk is expected to post a replacement cost profit of £220 to £250 million for the second quarter of 1993, according to UK equity analysts' estimates. Earnings on a replacement cost basis strip out gains and losses
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          Lock icon UK economy doing little for Glynwed
          85 11 Reuter LONDON British engineering company Glynwed International said in its half-year results statement it expected little benefit from the budding UK economic recovery until the final quarter of the year at the earliest. "Despite some recent hopeful indicators, the outlook for the UK economy,
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          68 11 Platts TOKYO Japan Petroleum Exploration Co (Japex) and Cosmo Oil will soon acquire together a 15 per cent stake from Petrofina SA in blocks 46, SO and SI, covering an area of 11,952 sq km offshore south-western Vietnam, Japex and Cosmo announced on Tuesday.
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        Belgian banking giant sets up regional office, branch in S'pore
        378 12  -  By Quak Hiang Whai SINGAPORE Belgium banking giant Kredietbank N V will open its Asia-Pacific headquarters and an offshore branch in Singapore next month. The regional headquarters will oversee the group's operations in Singapore, Bangkok, Hongkong, Taiwan and China and
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        Life insurance industry growing strongly, says commissioner
        229 12  -  By Soh Tiang Keng SINGAPORE The life insurance industry has grown remarkably in the past few years, says Insurance Commissioner Lim Shu Chiau. "With the increased affluence in our society, life insurers are actively introducing new life insurance products to meet the changing
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        210 12 Reuter BOMBAY The Industrial Development Bank of India (IDBI), one of Asia's largest development banks, announced record lending for 1992/93 and said doubtful loans accounted for 7.4 per cent of its portfolio. Lending rose 15.7 per cent to 66 billion rupees from the
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          Lock icon Commerzbank takes over CCB
          52 12 Reuter FRANKFURT Commerzbank AG said it acquired a 35 per cent stake in Commerz-Credit-Bank AG Europartner (CCB) from French bank Credit Lyonnais on August 1, giving Commerzbank full control of CCB. CCB is a joint venture bank founded by Commerzbank and CL in 1974, a Commerzbank
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          91 12 Bloomberg Business News WASHINGTON Tens of thousands of individual investors may be failing to collect billions in interest and dividend payments owed them each year, according to a House subcommittee report. Dividends often go unclaimed because companies and the agents who distribute their dividends to shareholders
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          77 12 Knight-Ridder MOSCOW The former Soviet republic of Georgia withdrew the rouble from circulation on Tuesday, and is instead using the coupon, a temporary currency introduced in April, the Georgian government says. The government decided to withdraw the rouble from circulation at the start of last
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          87 12 Knight-Ridder FRANKFURT The German Finance Ministry lowered the yield on its 5-year 6.375-per cent government bond, or Bundesobligation series 107, to 5.82 per cent from 5.87 per cent, the Bundesbank announced yesterday. At the same time, the ministry raised the price of the issue to
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        Lock icon Two of UK's biggest building societies to merge
        145 12 AFP LONDON Leeds Permanent and National and Provincial, two of Britain's biggest building societies, are to merge to become the third largest of all British home-loan groups, spokesmen for the companies said yesterday. If it goes ahead, the creation of new group
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        317 12 Reuter LONDON Midland Bank pic's chief executive Brian Pearse said he saw clear signs of a return to confidence and a decline in bad debts as Britain pulled out of recession, but he said the recovery remained fragile. "There is definitely
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        Lock icon Lloyd's losses have knock-on effect on British economy, says report
        262 12 FT LONDON The losses suffered by the Lloyd's of London insurance market have significantly damaged the domestic economy and balance of payments, a report says. Lan Shepherdson, economist with Midland Global Markets Research, writes in Greenwell Gilt weeldy that Lloyd's
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        Lock icon British Coal sell-off plan brought forward to next July
        472 13 FT LONDON The British government wants to sell the bulk of British Coal, one of the country's last state-owned heavy industries, by as early as text July in a privatisation process that is likely to break it *p into at least
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        213 13 Platts BOMBAY The Indian government has offered 23 new blocks for oil and gas exploration to domestic and foreign companies under the sixth round of bidding, according to senior officials of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Ministry. The latest
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        115 13 EMS currencies had a very hectic day yesterday with Deutschemark/French franc experiencing wide swings. Over in the US$/S$ market, trading was very quiet with traders mostly sidelined. Market was thin either side and trading was confined to 1.6150/51 for most of the day. The US$/ringgit
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        175 13 UPI LONDON The dollar made little headway against the main European currencies yesterday, sidelined on Exchange Rate Mechanism movement and quiet ahead of Friday's key July employment report. In European trading, the French franc led other wideband ERM currencies in reclaiming some of their recent lost ground against the
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        Crude oil prices unchanged as traders desert
        201 13 o#oomo*rg ENERGY RETORT LONDON Crude oil prices were little changed on both sides of the Atlantic yesterday, as traders said the market has been deserted by fund managers who are paying more attention to currency markets than crude. Without the speculative buying of
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        85 13 AFP NEW YORK The French franc continued to climb back against the German mark here yesterday morning while the dollar was irregular in quiet trading At around 9:15 am (1315 GMT) the German mark was trading at 3.4530 French francs in cross trading, compared to 3.4800 late Tuesday.
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        1433 14 SIMEX REPORT Reuter SINGAPORE Simex Euroyen Interest rate futures contract ended a slow session marginally weaker yesterday, pressured by the recovery of the dollar as well as the decline in Japanese government bond prices, dealers and brokers said. "The Euroyen was subjected to profit-taking
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        KL tin recovers seven sen
        587 14 COMMODITY REPORTS Tin TIN price recovered seven sen to close at M$ 12.34 per kg, on the Kuala Lumpur Tin Market (KLTM) as the market rebounded after sharp slides the past few days. Dealers said the demand emerged from European and local investors who were
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          Japan stays out of soybean market
          72 14 TOKYO Japan continues to stay out of the soybean market, awaiting declines in basis levels for US and Brazilian soybeans, trade sources said yesterday. Expensive FOB premiums could halt Japan's buying of Brazilian soybeans until next spring, redirecting buying to US origin for September
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          World secondary tin supply flat
          126 14 KUALA LUMPUR World secondary tin supply is unlikely to increase much from the present annual output of 10,000 to 12,000 tonnes, according to sources at Malaysian smelting firms. Recycling tin from old cans is not economic while reduced global demand for most base metals means
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          Philippine coconut exports up
          69 14 MANILA The Philippines exported 797,663 tonnes of coconut products in copra terms during the first seven months of the year, up 30 per cent from 612,556 tonnes a year earlier, the United Coconut Associations of the Philippines said yesterday in a preliminary report. The 1993 figures
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          India's cotton output estimate revised
          79 14 NEW DELHI India's cotton output in the current 1992-93 (Sep-Aug) season has been revised upward to 13 million bales (170 kg per bale) from an earlier estimate of 12.4 million, the government announced on Tuesday. India's cotton output in the 1991-92 season was only 9.4
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      1563 14 Rubber MS CmmmMjt Exchange (Mam dwieg at at lpaO RSS 1 Caatract (S cents/kg) dote Volume Open Month High Low Sett (tonne*) Interest Sep 93 134.30 134.50 134.30 300 3.375 Oct 135.00 135.00 135.00 200 6,100 Nov 0.00 0.00 135.50 0 6.575 Dec 136.00 135.75 136.00 400 6.375
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        1089 15 +5.8 Australian shares recovered earlier losses to close higher, despite another lacklustre day for gold. Brokers said firm resource stocks and blue chips offset tumbling gold stocks after bullion eased offshore. The All Ordinaries Index closed 5.8 points higher at 1,861.2 after opening 4.6 lower. Gold was trading around
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        Manila
        545 15 -14.89 Share prices closed lower as investors took profits following a week-long record-breaking rally, brokers said. "The bottom line is market is correcting and will try to repace itself between 1,700 and 1,750 and will attempt an 1,800 soon," said Nestor Aguila of Sapphire Securities Inc. Manila ended 14.89
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        Taipei
        590 15 +96.92 Strong buying in paper stocks and a technical rebound pulled Taiwan share prices to end sharply higher across the board, but brokers said it was too early to say the weighted index would stay above the key 4,000 level. The index surged 96.92 points to close at its
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        New Zealand
        285 15 +30.62 Telecom was the star in a New Zealand share market that put on another spectacular performance yesterday, rising 1.68 per cent on a volume of NZ$B4 million. The NZSE-40 Capital Index ended up 30.62 at a three year high of 1,857.52, building on an 11.57 point rise
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        Seoul
        301 15 -1.52 Seoul stocks closed slightly lower in weak trading as investors preferred to remain on the sidelines, brokers said. The Seoul Composite Index lost 1.52 points to close at 720.02, after dipping to 716.90, down 4.64 points in mid-after-noon. Brokers said the market was expected to remain lacklustre for
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        Bombay
        41 15 -13.91 Share prices ended steady in after hours kerb deals as traders were reluctant to strike deals for fear of prices falling, brokers said. The Bombay Stock Exchange 30-share index closed at 2,322.71, down 13.91 points from the previous closing.
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        610 15 Britannia Funds Cnh BU Ofc Mim Cap Deport M 6400 U 6300 Mim Jcnry dit 0119) 0 1992 Mim M*> Imrnt ****** *1 0600 L'S$ Cart Income Flat Fund *10 )M0 *10 WOO PS t Rocrve Fund J.2100 5 2200 0 4592 0 49M Far lm F«nd •2.7650 *267 JO
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        642 15 -3.7 A late bounce in September FTSE futures gave equities a lift from the day's lows but the impetus was not enough to prevent a run of nine consecutive blue chip session gains from being broken. The FTSE 100 index closed 3.7 points off at 2,941.3 after a low
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        Paris
        142 15 -9.22 French shares ended lower, but profit-taking was limited since support at 2,100 points on the CAC-40 index had held well during the day, dealers said. They said the market was likely to remain around the same levels until the Bank of France eased rates, with many investors reluctant
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        Stockholm
        129 15 -0.14 pc Share indices closed lower on the day as the steam slowly evaporated from a rally born of European currency turmoil. "It was in the air, there are limits to how far shares can rise," said one broker. The OMX-Index eased 0.31 per cent to 944.14 points after
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        Frankfurt
        194 15 -17.13 This week's gains on the Frankfurt bourse are likely to hold, with new speculation on falling German interest rates underpinning the market. Shares fell back from intraday highs yesterday on later profit-taking, which dealers saw as inevitable given the steep rise earlier on, but 1,850 was a solid
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        New York
        688 15 +0.28 Wall Street stocks, under the shadow of the pending vote on President Clinton's economic plan, traded slightly lower at midday yesterday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 4.47 points at 3,556.80 at I pm EDT. Declines narrowly led advances on the New York Stock Exchange, with
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        Zurich
        222 15 +2.96 Swiss shares failed to carry earlier gains to the close but the broad SPI index nevertheless reached a new record closing high. Selling in Nestle and pressure from the futures market erased earlier index gains in the afternoon. The broad SPI Index closed 2.96 higher at 1,540.17, a
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        Toronto
        266 15 +9.27 Stocks opened lower in moderate trading yesterday following a negative reaction to real estate giant Trizec Corp's restructuring proposal and as traders wait-and-see if banks cut prime lending rates again. The TSE Composite Index opened 2.67 points lower at 3,973.83 on volume of 6.55 million shares valued at
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        Brussels
        139 15 •11.02 Increased profit-taking due to interest rate uncertainty and ahead of today's settlement of the forward market account pushed Belgian shares to a lower close in busy trading. The Bel-20 Index of leading shares closed 11.02 points, or 0.82 per cent, lower at 1,331.44. A high 1.48 billion francs
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        Milan
        131 15 10 Italian stocks rose for the seventh day in a row as institutional investors kept buying ahead of expected drops in interest rates, traders said. Although prices did decline a bit towards the end of the day as some investors sold to lock in profits, traders said they expect
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        Amsterdam
        218 15 -1.18 The Dutch bourse abandoned a new all-time mtraday index high to end weaker as an early surge subsided and light profittaking began, dealers said. The EOE Index closed down 1.18 points at 340.54, a hefty retreat from the day's peak of 344.38 an all-time best hit on sustained
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        Johannesburg
        324 15 •2 South African gold shares ended down but off the day's lows as London investors turned buyers, pick- ing up quality as well as second-tier stocks, dealers said. "London buyers came in late looking to cover short positions. There's little stock coming onto the market so they're having to
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      2559 16 Reuter HONGKONG Share prices closed lower as a late round of selling erased early gains yesterday, brokers said. Profit-taking emerged after stocks put on big gains in the past few days and yesterday's Sino-Bnt-ish talks on Hongkong's new airport failed to produce a breakthrough, brokers said. The Hang Seng
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      CHINA
      462 16 SHARE prices on both the A and B market closed higher yesterday. The CLSA Shanghai A Index edged up 1.88 per cent to 5,248.44, while the B Index gained 1.48 per cent to 638.45. Chlor Alkali was the only share which closed lower, it fell 2.44 per cent to
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      2484 16 Reuter TOKYO Stocks ended moderately higher on broad buying of financial issues on hopes of a rate cut, brokers said. Investors bought shares as the yen took a breather after its recent rally. But profit-taking constantly kicked in, capping the upside when the Nikkei exceeded 20,500. "Sentiment is rather
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      1562 16 Reuter BANGKOK Thai stocks lost a fraction of the ground gained in explosive trade after Tuesday's holiday but brokers were divided on whether the rise could be sustained. The SET Index closed the day up 7.14 at 945.38 with turnover at 8.5 billion baht, after rising as high as
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      742 16 Reuter JAKARTA The Jakarta Stock Exchange closed firmer in moderately active trading after shrugging off a quiet start, brokers said. The official index rose 0.56 point to close at 358.69. "Active trading in several major firms such as Unggul lndah and Bank Intemasional Indonesia helped invigorate the market. More
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      2500 17 Source: Bridge Info Source: Bridge Info MOST ACTIVE volumt MBf Capital 8,317.000 Mulpha ln«l 50c 3.553.000 kins Hyd 50c 3.231.000 MC Bank 50t 2.578.000 FACB 50c 2.372.000 Kenone BM 50c 2.114.000 Pub Bk Foreign 2.011.000 MBf HWp 50c 1.987 000 Hoji M»U 1.794.000 Muht-Purpo»c 1.428.000 Uniphocnm 1396.000 Promct
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        Lock icon Strong institutional buying lifts index to new record
        5210 17 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Strong buying support on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange brought its Composite Index 10.32 points up to another all-time high at 781.99 points yesterday. The all-share Emas Index was up 2.22 points to 213.6S while the KLSE Industrial Index
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        Lock icon Optimism over economy continues to fuel rally
        7423 18  -  By Joseph Rajendran SINGAPORE Optimism over the results of Singapore's big companies and the health of the economy continued to boost sentiment on the local bourse yesterday. The head of research of a local securities firm said that US funds continued buying local
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        79 18  -  Quak Hiang Whai TAT LEE Bank is getting nearer and nearer to its all-time high of $3.50 after breaking resistances at S3 and then $3.20. With its daily, weekly and monthly RSIs in the slightly over-bought region, its upside potential may be limited while the downside risk
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      706 13 GENERAL SECURITIES INVESTMENTS LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) The Board of Directors of General Securities Investments Limited wishes to make the following announcement: UNAUDITED RESULTS FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED 30 JUNE 1993 Company Group Six months ended Incr/ Six months ended Incr/ 30.06.93 30.06.92 (Deer) 30.06.93 30.06.92
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      660 19  -  Golf 16th Asia-Pacific Golf Championship from Shahiron Sahari in KUALA LUMPUR TWO of the top four nations ia the tournament will be the obvious front-runners today. Defending champions Australia and world amateur champions New Zealand look likely to jostle
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      470 19 EGRESS Reuter MOSCOW It was not so much his resignation that hurt, but the manner of his going. With a terse written apology for his "unexpected departure for South Korea", Russia's top cross-country ski trainer slipped quietly away and joined a growing exodus
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      480 19 INGRESS Reuter BONN German soccer fans, accustomed in recent years to their stars leaving to earn big money abroad, will welcome some of their favourite players home when the new league season opens today. Home crowds will thrill to the skills of
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        66 19 Reuter LONDON World 3,000 m champion Tatyana Dorovskikh faces a four-year ban after testing positive for a banned drug at an international athletics meeting in Budapest on June 15 and will miss the world championships. She is suspended pending a hearing by her national athletics federation, which yesterday said
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        80 19 AFP WASHINGTON Major League results, Tuesday. American League: Geveland 9 Detroit 4 (7 innings, rain); Toronto 8 New York 6; Baltimore 13 Milwaukee 8; Minnesota 6 Boston 1; Chicago II Texas 6; California 3 Kansas City 2; Seattle 5 Oakland 4. National League: Pittsburgh 7 Chicago 3; Cincinnati 5
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        50 19 Reuter SYDNEY South Africa beat Australian Capital Territory 57-10 (halftime 10-3) in Canberra yesterday. Scorers: S Africa Tries: Joost van der Westhuizen (2). Chester Williams (2), Adriaan Richter. John Allan. Ruben Krugcr. Penalties: Hugh Reece-Ed- wards (4). Conversions: Reece-Edwards (5). ACT Try: Rodney Hayes. Penalty: Paul Cornish. Conversion: Cornish.
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        48 19 Reuter HUNGARIAN Karoly Guttler acknowledging applause after winning the 100 m breaststroke final at the European Championship in Sheffield, England, on Tuesday. He won the gold medal after setting a world record of 1:00.95 earlier in the day in a qualifying race. Reuter
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        259 19 AP AP IX)S ANGELES Ist rd results of the L *****,000 VoKo-Los Angeles men's tournament, Tuesday: Pete Sampras (US) b Andrew Sznajder (Can) 6-1 6-2; Michael Stich (Ger) b Mikael Pernfors (Swe) 6-2 6-4; Richard Krajicek (Neth) b Gianluca Pozzi (Ita) 7-6 (7-2) 6-3; Alexander Volkov (Rus) b Brian
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        97 19 Reuter SHEFFIELD, England F ran/iska van Almsick confidently lined up her third gold medal of the European swimming championships by leading qualifiers for the women's 200 m freestyle final. The 15-year-old Berliner did not need to exert herself unduly, doing just enough to show she was in charge after
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      590 19 Reuter CLEVELAND. Ohio Wayne Kirby hit a two-run homer and drove in three runs and Carlos Baerga knocked in three more to lead the Indians to a 9-4 victory over the Detroit Tigers in a game shortened to seven innings due to rain.
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      151 19 AFP WELLINGTON Wellington United soccer club's players and members have been warned that unless they- start eating more potato chips they risk losing the sponsorship of the company which makes them. Crunch time for the club could come later this month if they fail to
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  • LIFESTYLE
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      Lock icon French seek slice of US audience
      759 21  -  Film chiefs believe middle America is ripe for the picking, says Bernard Edinger Bernard Edinger Reuter THE French film industry believes it can milk a new taste for European chic among well-to-do middle Americans to pull in bigger audiences for its movies. Industry marketing
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      Simon grants US$81,000 dreams
      445 21 CHATTERBOX CARLY SIMON (right) was overjoyed when a South Carolina couple bid US$Bl,OOO (SS 130,000) to have the singer give them a private concert, all in the name of charity. She was overwhelmed when the losing bidder offered the same amount if she would give a
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      120 21 Swing with Jeremy's Young sidekick. Local jazz legend Jeremy Monteiro will be joined by another jazz great at The Bar. Accompanying him from 3 to 7 August and 10 to 14 August will be Eldee Young. Together with the Jeremy Monteiro Band, they will enthral and delight their audience. And,
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      1174 21 TV RADIO In Stranger's Hand, 10.30pm, l^| A little girl goes missing, but a "JH sees her on a S S 9 train. He gets drawn her A desperate search, I which leads to conspiracy 1 ,p^H Bl■ f J Robert Megan pW fl3 V Riccardo Mutti conducts Wr ILB
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  • INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY
    • IN TAKES
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        Lock icon Science expo opens in S Korea
        91 22 UPI TAEJON, SOUTH KOREA An international science exposition, billed as the first to be hosted by a newly industrialised country, opens this week and is expected to receive some 10 million visitors during its six-week run. Taking part in the Taejon Expo 93 are
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        Lock icon Benign bloodsucker
        113 22 Reuter TOKYO A Japanese company has modelled its new blood-col-lecting instrument on a medieval medical standby the bloodsucking leech. The new instrument, which involves a disposable needle attached to a tube, was developed by Nagoya-based Meitec Corp and uses the same principles as the leech. When sucking blood,
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        Lock icon Flood-proof soybeans
        59 22 UPI COLUMBUS, OHIO A researcher has found flood-resistant soybeans all but lost to science in the gardens of Chinese peasants, leading to hope that US farmers in years to come might be better prepared for natural disasters. US Department of Agriculture researcher Tara Vantoai said she has identified
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        Lock icon Bottled sex attraction
        113 22 AFP LONDON A British scientist claims he has discovered, in the unwashed and unperfumed nether regions of the human anatomy, the elusive key to what sparks lust in others. It's body odour. George Dodd, director of Warwick University's Institute of Olfactory Research, said on Tuesday he had
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      Industry's cup of tea
      775 22  -  A S'pore company is attracting regional buyers with a locally developed software-based system that makes industnal processes more efficient, reports Yen Sreenivasan Ven Sreenivasan If Eutech Cybernetics had its way, tea-tasting in Sri Lanka's tea-producing industry would be done by electronic sensors, rather than human taste
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      Lock icon Sleep and the immune system
      484 22  -  A better understanding of sleep will help business people and students alike. Sandra Blakeslee reports on the latest in sleep Sandra Blakeslee NYT A COLLEGE student goes two nights without sleep to cram for exams and on the third day comes down with a cold.
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      102 22 PORT SHOTS The latest in sea, air and land transportation. Shipping Times. Monday to Friday. m Businesslimes KOOVAJM SINGAPORE goes on a House Hunt How much is private property really going for? Should you buy now, or later? House Hunt is a new feature in Singapore Business which gives you
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  • THE LAW PAGE
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      Lock icon The legal practice of 'vacating' decisions
      1373 23  -  What actually takes place when a court decision is made but the ruling vanishes from the lawbooks months later? Gina Kolata explains Gina Kolata NYT HE LAWSUIT drags on for I years. Finally, the judge I reaches a decision. Then sud- denly, a few
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      Lock icon Make whistles, catcalls punishable: prof
      353 23 NYT SOME consider it playful banter, even a form of flirtation. But to a growing number of women, there is nothing playful about sexual comments, catcalls and whistles from strangers on the street. Now a law professor at Northwestern University is proposing to make such
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      102 23 TOLL—FREE TEL. No. 1-BQO-737 0Q43 FAX:734 3698 All of these securities having been sold, this announcement appears as a matter of record only and does not constitute an invitation or offer to acquire, purchase or subscribe for securities. New Issue July 1993 Cdn. $1,250,000,000 Ontario Province of Ontario (Canada) 7%%
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      257 23 THE COMPANIES ACT, 1 CAP. 50 ANO M THE MATTER Of C.M.T. BSWING CO. PTI. LTD. (MEMBERS' VOLUNTARY WINDING UP) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the creditors of the abovenamed company, which is being voluntarily wound up. are required on or before 6th September 1993 to send the* names and
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      561 23 I I U Almost every organisation, no matter what its business is, has to deal with such fundamental issues as the need to adapt to change, to create a guiding H vision for the organisation, to attract, inspire and retain hey people, and to H innovate in order to stay
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    The President and his powers
    528 24 EDITORIAL ANEW chapter in Singapore's political history will open next month when the country's first elected President takes office, vested with new custodial powers. The change in the role of Head of State from a largely ceremonial appointed post to one bearing certain veto powers
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  • WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
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      A strong candidate
      288 24 DEPUTY Prime Minister Ong Teng Cheong's nomination for the Presidency is a tribute to the importance of the elective post in Singapore's political development. His impressive credentials make him well qualified for the post, whose enlarged powers under the constitutional change of 1991 make it a veritable
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      The civil service's vital role
      163 24 THE CIVIL SERVICE has contributed immensely to Singapore's success. Ensuring it remains efficient and effective is crucial for the nation's future. However, it is increasingly difficult to attract top brains into the service because of the stiff competition from the private sector and given Singapore's
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      Ong's the best
      152 24 THE National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) has nominated DPM Ong Teng Cheong for the post of President of the Republic of Singapore. Nominated MP Chia Shi Teck has expressed that he is prepared to stand as a candidate for the coming presidential election if no one else
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      Hit the pocket
      174 24 ALTHOUGH environmental pollution in Malaysia in all its forms is not at alarming levels, it is never too early to try to negate past excesses and to control existing abuses. As Malaysia stands poised, there is a need to do that not because of pressures from the
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      Flare-up in the Middle East
      158 24 IT REMAINS to be seen what effect the US-brokered ceasefire to halt Israel's tit-for-tat reprisal attacks against the Hezbollah in southern Lebanon will have on Middle East peace negotiations. Although Israel can claim that the Hezbollah provoked its military response, its reaction was cruelly excessive.
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      Different stands on Burma
      126 24 BURMESE military leaders seem to have scored an international triumph through their Asean frontmen as more and more Western countries throw in the towel and ease the pressure on Rangoon for increased democratisation and greater respect for human rights. At the Asean meeting in Singapore, the
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    Lock icon The disappearing secular India
    872 24  -  The besieged Narasimha Rao government in New Delhi is losing the battle against communal and fundamentalist forces, says Khushwant Singh Khushwant Singh The writer is a columnist for The Hindustan Times and a former diplomat NYT IN INDIA, a good monsoon is God's gift to the
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  • ANALYSIS
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      A delicate question of balancing priorities
      1065 25  -  The new Japanese coalition government expected to be formed today has to get the economy going again and also deliver electoral reform. Anthony Rowley reports from Tokyo on tne tough dual job and also discusses the political power chess game going on behind the
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      Lock icon Let the ox walk turn into a Diet dinosaur
      960 25  -  Masatada Kiyohara discusses some reforms that would make the Diet a much healthier place in which to conduct political business Masatada Kiyohara The writer is a political writer with Asahi Shimbun Asahi Shimbun ON July 23, when the move towards forming
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    • Article
      Why the LDP can't be written off just yet
      609 25 JAPAN'S Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), which dominated the nation's politics for 38 years until the collapse of prime minister Kiichi Miyazawa's government on June 18, has been sidelined by its defeat in the subsequent elections. But it is far from being
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    Lock icon Bundesbank cuts repo rate but policy change seen unlikely
    566 26 Reuter FRANKFURT For the second time in two days, the Bundesbank let a key moneymarket interest rate fall yesterday, but economists said the move did not point to a faster than expected easing in German monetary policy. The latest cut in
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    Lock icon Soros says he will speculate against the mark
    123 26 Bloomberg Business News BERLIN International fund manager and currency trader George Soros has said he would sell Deutschemarks for dollars and yen. "I'm speculating against the mark," he said in a recorded interview with German television programme ZDF Morgenmagazin screened here earlier
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    Lock icon Fed sees slow to moderate expansion continuing
    284 26 Reuter, AP WASHINGTON The Federal Reserve said yesterday that the United States economy continues to expand "slowly to moderately" despite devastating flooding in the Midwest. "The effects of flooding were said to be highly concentrated and were not seen to threaten overall economic
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    Lock icon Tokyo apologises to comfort women
    338 26 Reuter TOKYO Japan tried to heal wartime wounds yesterday by formally apologising to tens of thousands of women forced into serving its soldiers as sex slaves. "The Japanese government regrets and sincerely apologises for the unbearable pain that these women, regardless of their nationalities, suffered
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    Lock icon More job losses forecast for UK building industry
    202 26 Reuter LONDON The latest United Kingdom building industry survey forecasting 110,000 more job lasses and poor prospects of recovery this year confirms fears that the much vaunted upturn was trumpeted far too early, businessmen and analysts said yesterday. Share prices in construction
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    Lock icon One last defector before LDP ends 38-year rule
    391 26 Reuter TOKYO Agriculture Minister Masami Tanabu quit the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) yesterday, one day before it was set to relinquish its 38-year hold on power to a coalition determined to cleanse Japan's politics. "I am tired of the party's empty promises
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    Lock icon Japanese current account surplus hits record
    352 26 Reuter TOKYO Japan's current account surplus ballooned to a record U5567.5 billion (SSIOB billion), unadjusted, in the first half of 1993 and economists say it looks set to reach a record level for the full calendar year. The previous record for a six-month period
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    Asean should accommodate China's rise as superpower
    937 26  -  The Bottom Line YONG POW ANG YONG POW ANG The writer is a BT correspondent specialising in Chinese affairs. CHINA is a tiger better tamed than let loose. That was why the Asean countries invited China as a "guest" to their recent meeting
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  • Shipping Times
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      APLS-Bok Seng eyes region's heavy haulage business
      440 27  -  By Ramesh Divyanathan SINGAPORE Asia Pacific Logistic Services (APLS), a subsidiary of governmentlinked Chartered Materials Services (CMS), is aiming to scour the region for opportunities in the heavy haulage business. To this end, APLS has formed a 50-50 joint venture with a local
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      Lock icon UK indemnity club changes strategy to fight rising claims
      321 27 Lloyd's List LONDON A new strategy that will involve a strengthening of finances, a revised underwriting policy, an extended loss prevention campaign and greater efforts to fight claims is to be adopted by the UK Mutual Steam Ship Assurance Association. The
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      Lock icon Move to block US flagging out set to hit APL, Sea-Land
      325 27 Lloyd's List WASHINGTON A dramatic move to block until 1995 the reflagging of all US vessels of 3,000 gt and above has been made on the floor of the US House of Representatives by congressman Gerry Studds. The bold
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      INDEX TO SHIPPING LINES AND FREIGHT FORWARDERS
      849 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 Aussie port workers ban overtime and casual work
      236 27 Reuter MELBOURNE Australian port workers began bans on overtime and the use of supplementary labour in protest against job cuts and other issues, union officials and stevedoring companies said. They said the indefinite bans by the 3,500 workers were delaying ships in
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      MISC to take stake in Klang Port Management
      356 27  -  By Juliette Walker SINGAPORE Malaysian International Shipping Bhd (MISC) will soon take a 22.5 per cent stake in privatised Klang Port Management (KPM) a move that will further reduce its dependence on shipping. MISC confirmed yesterday that it had accepted an invitation
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      Lock icon Europa Cruises' sale of unit blocked
      273 27 Bloomberg Business News PENSACOLA, Florida Europe Cruises Corp said a private financing needed to spin off its Casino World Inc unit cannot be concluded because a major shareholder objects to the unit's proposed sale. The holder also has threatened to file a law suit
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    • SHIPS IN PORT
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        AT CONVENTIONAL WHARVES
        383 28 Veswi Voy Ho B«fth Drrival Pigrtot itsstI <oy Wo Rertti Vritii Papartot JurtMtg Port sn ur*<flg on poib moi/imo Oory SetaUr IX 188 16 akx*-*K 0508,0200 Sundance 5002WIB P07 atongside 0608/0700 MekhankVras 1/93 112 songs** 0508/0800 SyaApartra *****3 P01C 04 08/2300 PeM 1 6 atones** 05.08/1800 Taokr
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        CONTAINER SCHEDULES
        1435 28 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCl CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Record Bookinf/Baiance Rslts Ship Voy No Etb/Btr Period From To From Aa Lity 396 06/1800 2 03/1700 04/0659 04/0900 4 04/1200 04/1459 04/1700 to Swan 77* 04/1600 1 03/1500 03/1659 03/1900 Ad
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      THE SHIPPING GUIDE
      10524 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
      3372 41 Container! ine NV: Belsin Shpg Agencies Pie Ltd (SVManne Handling Sdn Bhd (PK/PN). Accord Group: Accord Shpg Pte Ltd (Sy Accord Contr Line (PK/PN). Adluis Business Corporation Philippine Calsource Shpg A Trdg Pte Ltd (S) Ahrenluel Liner Service: Kim Shpg A Trdg (S). AUmtros Sea-Air Service: Frata Shpg
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      COURIER SERVICES
      267 41 Abacus Couriers Td: 545-8011. Fax: 545-1898. Air Express Travel Td: 533-5771. Fax: 535-6144. Airtarue 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-Liak International Td: 344-3377. Fax: 345-6450. Cluster Link Supplies A Services
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      AIR FORWARDERS
      1469 41 Abe* Express Freight Td 542-7171. Fax: *****84. Actinic Forwarder Tel: 225-1833. Fa*: *****42. i ntliiaL Q Auivu xngapore Tet 542-7822: Fax: *****20. Acroiiak Freight International Tet 545-803 X Fa*: *****05. Tel:'s42-5911. Fa*: *****18. Air Cargo Novo Express Tel: 542-5454. Fa*: *****06. Air Express International Tet 542-7666. Fa*: *****74,
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      PORT CONDITIONS
      2498 42 ALBANIA Duress: Seven vessels in port of \yhich 1 discharging rice, 1 general cargo, 1 steel, 1 flour, 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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      SHIP SALES & TANKER RATES
      1071 42 SHIP SALES TANKER RATES ACTIVITY on the sale and purchase market this week has proceeded in a rather quiet fashion with volume of inteerst in gener--41 being on the low side. We do, however, have a number of sales tb report, the more interesting of which concerning bulkcarrier tonnage. Handymax
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      AIR FREIGHT SCHEDULE
      554 42 ARRIVALS DEPARTURES Op Might Tjpe ETA T From Op Flight Type ETD T To today today KAL KE697 B747F 0150 1 SEL KAL KE697 B747F 0440 I BKK SI A SQ827 B747F 1730 2 CPH/DXB S1A SQ/ B747F 0715 2 DXB/LON CLX CV794 B747F 1845 1 LUX/DXB
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      CRUISE & FERRY SCHEDULES
      270 42 CRUISE FERRY SCHEDULES CRUISE SNIPS Ait Dep Name of Vessel ETA ETD Ports of Calls Port Agent Telephone No AUGUST 06 06 Coral Princess 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
      720 43 DRY CARGO freight fixtures were thin in a generally easier market on Tuesday, with shipping demand suffering from the holiday period, brokers said. The overall Baltic Freight Index was marked down by four points to 1,333 although some higher index routes in the Pacific reflected steadier grain freights
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      COCKETT BUNKER MARKET REPORT
      798 43 THIS twice weekly report, compiled by Cockett Marine Oil Ltd, shows price ranges in US dollars instead of single prices for a more comprehensive description of the market. Prices shown are based on average-sized stem. Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and
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      TRANSPORT DIARY
      168 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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      Lock icon Liner shipping's second reshuffling
      1025 44  -  NYK's Hiroshi Takahashi does a bit of finger-pointing to explain the current shakeout in liner shipping. Elizabeth Canna reports Elizabeth Canna American Shipper LINER SHIPPING has some way to go before it shakes itself out. That's what Japan's most outspoken liner shipping executive says. Hiroshi "Harry"
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    • AIR AND LAND TRANSPORT NEWS
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        Lock icon Motorola's satellite project gets US$100m cash backing
        582 46 FT LONDON Companies from three continents this week threw their weight and credibility behind the world's biggest private-sector aerospace project. They have invested US$lOO million (*****.45 million) in cash and promised another US$7OO million as the first stage in financing Iridium, a US$3.4
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        Lock icon Tunnel accident kills 12
        44 46 Reuter VEGA DE ANZO, Spain Rescue workers inspecting the burnt interior of a train after a passenger train and a goods train collided in a tunnel in northern Spain on Monday. Twelve people were killed and seven were injured. Reuter
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        Boeing freezes spare part prices
        216 46  -  By Dexter Lee SINGAPORE Boeing has frozen spare part prices for current model planes to help tide airlines over lean times. "We think it's important to help the airlines, many of whom are struggling to break even," said Boeing executive Richard Albrecht. Customers can order
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        EVA offers frequent flyer programme
        226 46 SINGAPORE EVA Air, Taiwan's biggest privatelyowned international carrier, has become the latest Asian airline to offer a frequent flyer programme but with a twist. Called Evergreen Gub, the programme promises to reward regular passengers with a host of travel privileges, gifts and fare discounts but
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        Lock icon BA bans smoking on short European flights
        120 46 UPI LONDON British Airways (BA) announced on Tuesday it would ban smoking on all European flights of 90 minutes or less because of passenger preference for smoke-free aircraft. The airline already bans smoking on all flights within Britain, and earlier this year began
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          Lock icon Global Ocean buys bulk carrier
          76 46 Bloomberg Business News PIRAEUS, Greece Global Ocean Carriers said it has purchased a 72,400 dwt bulk carrier ship for U557.22 million. The transportation company, which owns seven dry and combination cargo ships, said the ship will cost about US$5,OOO a day to operate. Under current
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          Lock icon A big help for Nepal
          78 46 Reuter HONGKONG A Russian Antonov An-124, one of the world's largest aircraft, approaching Kai Tak airport on Tuesday. The aircraft is to be loaded with sections of a Bailey bridge, donated by the British government, which will be flown to Nepal where Gurkha soldiers will
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          Lock icon Fire at trans-Alaska pipeline
          72 46 Reuter FAIRBANKS, Alaska More than 125 firemen on Tuesday were fighting a blaze along the Yukon River crossing of the trans-Alaska pipeline, officials said. A smouldering wildfire there flared up at the weekend when winds carried the flames across the pipeline corridor to the east side
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          Lock icon Japanese manager drowns off Tioman
          84 46 Bernama KUANTAN A Japanese national working as a manager in a Singapore company drowned while swimming off Tekek beach, Pulau Tioman, yesterday. Pahang Deputy CID Chief ASP Che Hashim Che Hasan told reporters that Sadakazu Kino, 55, was brought to shore by kampung residents. He
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          Lock icon Santos port to up sugar shipments
          100 46 Reuter RIO DE JANEIRO Brazil's Santos port will ship an estimated 1.7 million tonnes of sugar in the 1993/94 crop, up from 760,000 tonnes in the 1992/93 crop, a spokesman for the port said, Port officials signed an agreement with Copersucar, Brazil's largest sugar
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          Lock icon Work slowdown at Brazil's seaports
          75 46 Reuter SAO PAULO A work slowdown at Brazil's 47 river and seaports entered its second day yesterday. But the slowdown fcos not delayed port activities since several unions voted to return to work, port authority spokesmen said. The job action began on Monday to protest
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        Lock icon Call for tough US stance on air pacts
        317 46 FT WASHINGTON US President Bill Clinton's advisory airlines commission is recommending a tough response to governments which violate bilateral aviation treaties with the US. In its final report, approved on Monday, it urged multilateral negotiations on a range of aviation issues and
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        AIRCRAFT ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES
        1364 46 gg nm eta nm no Afca PtoM GF146 1120 GF147 1850 MetaMe QF81 1930 Qf82 2055 SQ228 2120 Amsterdam KL837 1445 KL832 0020 SQ323 1815 KL838 2320 SQ324 2345 Aaddaad BA1I 1505 SQ288 2015 fafcrafci Gf 148 0905 I Sari Refawaa BW21 1105 SQ182 0915 SQ181
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      2193 29 OOCL (8) PTE LTD JARDINE SHIPPING AGENCIES c, TEL: *****13 FAX: *****42 Cra^EL^WMS DOCUMENTATION TEL: *****55 (INWARD)/*****90 (OUTWARD) PENANG TEL *****4 FAX *****1 CFS TEL. *****6 BOOKINGS TEL: *****80 *****81/ *****82 TEL *****3/41 F/U: *****6 CFS (PSA F5) TEL: *****21/ *****79 TEL. *****2/3 *****41 (OPNS) CUSTOMER SVC TEL: *****92/*****91/*****93 JOHOR
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      1735 29 SAILINGS TO HONG KONG/TAIWAN/JAPAN/KOREA/CHINJf w~SEALAND EXPRESS V.196E ETA SIN 09TH AUGUST 93 MAGLEBY MAERSK V.9306 ETA SIN 10TH AUGUST 93 ANNA MAERSK V.9312 ETA SIN 11TH AUGUST 93 r VMMI Voy ETA ETD FeeOer by SL Jr^T° rt DESTINATIONS tTA Tha MM MAGLEBV MAERSK 9306 —nH.'llM.illgll 1.W.M1..1 1111 .TT»^■ cy
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      590 30 FCL Breakbulk Service to: J AFGHANISTAN M&M Afghanistan Ltd., Sole Foreign Forwarder in Kabul for all services I C.I.S.- Vostochny, Vladivostok, Moscow, Tashkent, Kiev, Minsk, Riga, Baku, Irkutsk, Alma Ata North Korea Vietnam Mongolia Hungary CSFR Poland ocT<§>Trans AGENCIES (FAR EAST) LTD NOUAKCHOTT-BANJUL-BISSAU-LUANDA BATA Feeder Vessel ETA SIN VILLE DE
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      1995 31 H STRAITS SHIPPING PTE LTD 10 Hoe Chiang Road #11-01 Keppel Towers Singapore 0208 Tel: *****8S Fax: *****17 ww own* pacific um' jgW (A SERVtCE OP CHIMA NAVIGATION CO) *cc£pis vc/yy CARGO OUC SM.S RAJAH BROOKE *1* Muari. Lib. KM 05-07 Auf 07 Auf OS Auf FCt. LCL CONTAMCN AMD
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      2632 31 SINGAPORE AGENT: I AtlfaitlAt*C P&O Containers (Singapore Agencies) Pte Ltd X OflJ V^UlllctlllCr^ .V? ,-«T% Tel: 225 2233 Telex: RS ***** PNOCSP Fax: 225 5327/222 7517 CR Number: **********0Z EXPORT POR I VESSEL VO* I 'MM -P«0 MM ALO MU AMT HOT NAM Ml OOT UN VESSEL VOX AMT OOT
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      92 31 »BINTANG MAS SHIPPING PTE. LTD. 39 NEM. ROAD SINGAPORE 0208 TEL: *****88 TLX: R*****5 SMMER FAX: *****64 neons ran or CARGO STOtt DESTWATBR MERCURY JADt VISE 05-04 AUG 07-01 AUG Mara. Lataai BMTANG SOUA VISE <*-07 AUG 07-41 AUG BM*. Mi IM MERCURY KARL VISE 10-10 AUG 10-11 AUG Mora,
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      2407 33 II 'RHEIN BRIDGE 29W ETA SGP 07/08/93 II 11 fajg II ETA RDM 23/08/93 FLX 24/08/93, H II BRE 26/08/93, LEH 28/08/93 II *R2 Connecting C. Jupiter Voy 66€ In HKG 14/08/93 HI MIDWEST USEC CANADA VESSEL VOY "BTt LOS I CLE I CL» DAL OCT 1 WOU 1 MPH
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      1189 33 SINSOV SINGAPORE SOVIET SHIPPING CO PRIVATE LTD BOOKINGS: BALT ORIENT LINE: *****64 FESCO: *****06 ENQURIES: *****33 BLASCO ODESSA: *****51/*****31/*****13 INVENTORY: *****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: **********0/N
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      960 34 K44 v ft AS AGENTS: "K" UNI(SINGAPOK) PTE LTD (CH Mo: 1244«*****0M) w TEL: *****77 TELEX: KAWAKI R*****5 FAX: *****16/7/8/9 I V T ftp MALAYSIA: K" LINE MARITIME (MALAYSIA) SON BHD I W*J TEL: SA *****00 PK *****75 PEN *****0 JB *****1 PGU *****5/6 1 INDONESIA: P.T. SARANA LAIITINTERNUSA. TEL
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      180 34 conunemai rtactnc Shipping J TIMBER PLYWOOD SERVICE TO U.K./CONTINENT KKU STORE PK LOADING FOR WORLD ACHILLES 11 SID MPT 10/1 FLU/ROT/ANT/UK MARIA K 15/8 11/8 22/8 FLU/ROT/ANT UK Loads Sabah/Monesu CONTIPAC SHIPPING PTE LTD Tel: *****32 Fax: *****49 P.K. MULTIPORT SDN BHD. TEL: *****09 TLX: MA ***** MULTRA PNG SEA-CONTRANS
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      301 34 I Tfg\ FOONG SUN V~ SHIPPING (PTE) LTD. WHOLESALE CENTRE. BLOCK 1, #0310 SINGAPORE 0511 TEL: *****55 (12 LINES) FAX: 065-*****16 TELEX: RS ***** FSSHIP CR NO: **********0W VESSEL VOY ETA ETD PESTWATMN GULF KMAJ.D 14/93 12/1 14/S PIAJU PALEMBANG SUN MY 11/93 10/S 12/1 PONTMIMK/SMTETE MA HA) A 7/93
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      712 34 PHILI-ORKNT LIN€S PTE LTD V 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 AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND/SOUTH PACIFIC FCL/LCL SERVICE 5 AUG SYDNEY, MELBOURNE, BRISBANE. FREMANTLE 10 AUG AUCKLAND. WELLINGTON. LYTTLETON. NEW PLYMOUTH. NAPIER, CHRISTCHURCH 4 AUG
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      441 34 f t GOLDEN LINE\ \cc» <?V GU*N gum shipping \&soA < PTE > LTD X 21. Trto* »ym Ontt SHGAPOW (104 V TU ******1 (11 1MB) fm: S343SM (CI to. 1«129SSOOOOW) »TIU«TI/m«AII PULf IMTia S pore P. Kelang Penang MXfIUNMTKST lUradk Dubk irOll GOLOOI STMt Karachi.Dubai 11/12 >* CHIWA IMTICE
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      1028 35 PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL LINES (PTE) LTD^ 140 Cecil Street, #03-00 PIL Building, Singapore 0106. I SBBB* V CR NO **********0E I VESSEL VOY SIN CMS JIB JED AQJ ADE HOD PZU KOTA WIRAWAN WRNO29 IVB 16/8 23/8 2S/8 27/1 25/8 27/8 30/8 KOTA WUAYA WJAO29 24/8 29/8 4/9 7/8 10/8 7/8
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      1293 35 VESSELS I W) I W FEE DM SPORE HAMBURG ROTTERDAM ANTWERP TWWS IE HARVE wilt pc wcana »snm~ w/oi 04/w ot/w ovn o«/oi io/w WLU 01 CANOPUS 9729W 14/ M 01/01 IVM 12/0» 13/ M IVW ftil OC rtOVUCt Mnw 21/ M 17/01 11/01 20/01 Zl/01 23/01 ftlt DC VEGA
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      371 35 BSA ik. wm MYANMA PMHk FIVE STAR LINE (Myanmar National Line) Loading for Yangon (Rangoon) Spore PKif Pin P.Gdf IVA-AN V 193*1 07/10 Auf M PORT BAGO V4OW 11/20 Au| PAGAN V2OOW 15/17 Aug MALAYSIA AGENTS 00USTEAD SVTMG AGENCES KUL TEL 03-*****00 PKL TEL 03-*****7 PE* TEL 04 *****5 PSD:
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      55 37 1/C VISA FREIGHT SERVICES PTE LTD Ql nmamß Established Since 1984 OCEANIA PORTS REGULAR GROUP AGE lcl consolidation AUCKLAND SYDNEY IMPORT EXPORT MELBOURNE FREHANTLE SERVICES FOR BOOKING SAILING SCHEDULE. CALL THE TOTAL TRANSPORTATION PEOPLE. VISA FREIGHT SERVICES PTE LTD VISA LCL CONSOL PTE LTD TOLL-FREE TEL: 1800 *****66 TOLL-FREE TEL:
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      1707 38 Full Container LineF Services Mitaysia s Agents: Indonesia's Agents: General Agent* Booking Agents: Gun Gum Shipping Sdn BM Chung Chuo Shipping Sdn Bhd P.T. Global Pwtra Indonesia maritime Costar Shipping Pte Ltd Skipping Fn«M Booking C*otrt S4oßhd St Nniarao **j Mou Lot 334 3r4 Fhor Hlt H Inanda 11V23 Of
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      227 38 |Pj!l SHINYEI SHIPPING (S) PTE LTD Ufljfl) 10 ANBON ROAD #15-01/02 INTERNATIONAL PLAZA SINGAPORE 0207 CR NO: **********0N HOT LINE: *****38 (8 LINES) EUROPE ROTTERDAM, HAMBURG FELIXSTOWE 12/08 LEHAVRE/ANTWERP MEDITERRANEAN Barcelona, Marseille, qenoa 12/08 USA LOS ANGELES, NEW YORK 08/08 'ALL IPI DESTINATIONS. NATIONAL EXPRESS P*_l FORWARDERS (S) PTE LTD
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      446 38 I I SSfI VOV MKMTI S«*t BANGKOK MAMA. A I OCEANM EXPRESS if AUG 21 AUG 31 SEP 6 S£P 11 SEP 13 0«AIW EXPRESS 87 SEP 24 SEP 27 OCT 4 OCT 9 OCT 11 («EFE« COHTIUNEH AVAB.AIE) I VESSEL *OT ETA SPOW GUAM (T/S) MOTJO VESSEL GUAli^^ro^lP^l<OSl(A^lilAJUlK^Tl!u!^^Yl^^^|(o!^^| OCEANM
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      647 39 FAMOUS CONTAINER LINES 10 ANSON RD. #15-21 INTERNATIONAL PLAZA, SPORE 0207 HOT LINE: *****33 (24 LINES) GOTHENBURG/SCAN 09/08 ROTTERDAM 07/08 AARHUS/COPENHAGEN 09/08 HAMBURG/BREMEN 09/08 MARSEILLE/FRANCE 05/08 FELIXSTOWE/UK 09/08" BARCELONA/SPAIN 05/08 LEHAVRE/FRANCE 09/08 GENOA/ITALY 07/08 ANTWERP/BELGIUM 09/08 LOS ANGELES/WC/IPI 08/08 SYDNEY/MELBOURNE 10/08 NEW YORK/EC 08/08 FREMANTLE/ADELAIDE 12/08 VANCOUVER 06/08 BRISBANE 10/08
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      729 39 RICHFIELD MARINE AGENCIES (S) PTE LTD TEL: *****33 (12 Lines) u-* FAX: *****15/*****03 fHj TELEX: RS ***** RISHIP (3 Lines) ]M\ ETHIOPIAN SHIPPING LINES (National Lines of Ethiopia) ACCEPTING FCL AND CONVENTIONAL vcssci I vo* eta Tloaosng7os spowe ANOINET 31V»e 22 06 DARESSALAAM MOMBASA DJBOUTI ASSAB MASSAWA ABBAV WON 2
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      949 39 JAKARTA BANGKOK RAJA BHUM 09S 575 10/5 HUM BHUM 86N Fri 6 8 Man 9 8 gl GURU BHUM 2S2S V* U/I OSACOM SEWTOSA 47W frit/0 Tut 10/« ij THMIA BHUM «S 57S 13/ i ™«TA BUSS 153W S.E 7/» RNd Wt CHAIY* BHUM* 46N S*t 7/0 BM 11/» 2!
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      1654 40 ILABMN CONTAINER LINES l-K~/\"|Agent#: MAC-NELS SPORE: *****22 (24 LINES) I J \*s 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 6/8 7/8 8/8 Honf
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      186 40 SEAWARD SHIPPING AND TRADING CO (S) PTE LTD hi ci* n* STOW Nil REIMS fINANG BLUE MDE 12/1 lo«knf tor Mile ■UVN HUDMU 7/1 Port Dnclurgmt ind loading tot Bombay Dart* to fort Lojdmi F<x Milt nowu sum* 201 loaftnf Foe Malt UMEEO4 9/1 Foe Mw ntoGKss imrr in lort*
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      898 40 THONG SOON UNES PTE. LTD. M- 78 SHENTON WAY #10-01, SINGAPORE 0207 TEL: *****88 FAX NO: *****11 TLX: RS ***** CARRER, RS ***** JENHOI CABLE: TOSOCO CONVENTIONAL/CONTAINER BOOKING LINE: *****58T, SWOAPOItt TO BANAWAK VESSEL VOT S PORE DEST VESSEL VOT S PORE DEST EQUATOR JADE 86/3E 10 AUG KUCHING EQUATOR
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      59 43 fie Efccufcve Housekeeper -this O im, I wants is me. But 111 never neglec4l fz-iy V_ -bhte house, baby/ J Any Job. Any Career. Available Any Day. Any Time, anywhere. The straits Times The Sunday Times business Times The New Paper I LIANHE ZAOBAO LIANHE WANBAO SHIN MIN DAILY NEWS
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      20 43 EYE ON THE TIGERS Nobody covers East Asia like we do. The Region. Everyday. f 1 Business Times man* Am
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      352 44 NORTH PHILIPPINES FULL CONTAINER SERV CE VESSEL VOYAGE SINGAPORE MAMLA VIGOUR SINGAPORE 59N8 06/08/93 14/08/93 FRC*Y°«e kSmAY VIGOUR SINGAPORE 59ANB 09/08/93 14/08/93 VIGOUR PACriC 2m 16/08/93 21/08/93 VIGOUR PACfIC 24ANB 16. 08 ii 21/08/93 PORT KLANG/PENANG FULL CONTAINER SERVICE i VESSEL VOYAGE SINGAPORE PORT KLANG PENANG VIGOUR PENANG 9303N8 06/08/93
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      424 44 ©APPENSHIP fSs HAMBURG VTv/ CONVENTIONAL t INDEPENDENT LINER SERVICE EUROPE TO SOUTH EAST ASIA AND FAR EAST VESS&S LOMXNG PORTS DISCHARGE 10A0MG FOR K API TAN FOMENKO ANTW SLD SPORE 10/8 HARMONY SEA HAMBURG SLO SPORE. BKK 1/9 FLAG LEADER ANTW SLO SPORE. SHANGHAI KOALA CONTAINER LINE STORE FIX HMI
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      222 44 FZZ SIM SWEE JOO SHIPPING KA SDN. BHD. X REGULAR SERVICE TO BNTULU/MRI VESSEL IVOY PKL PGP KUC SIBUI BTU Mlßr IWII LONG IATVJ 43 m Pi 8 8 9-8 WUAN JAYA 247_ 4, 8 7,8 IQ/8 '1/8 JUT A JAYA 9!) 16 8 U 8 218 22'8 ACCEPTING FCL
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      343 44 iLcosco UKC CONVENTIONAL SERVICE VESSEL PKL PNG P.O. LOADING FOR: A VESSEL 28/08 Rotterdam/Antwerp CHINA CONVENTIONAL SERVICE VESSEL PKL PNG P.O. LOADING FOR: A VESSEL 15/08 18/08 Huangpu/Guangihou COSCO FULL CONTAINER SERVICES (FCL/FCL) EXPORT TO: CHMA/BANGKOK/HONGK ONG EUROPE/CONTINENTAL WEST MEDITERRANEAN AUSTRALIA US WEST COAST PERSIAN GULF/KARA CHI Please refer above
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      932 45 4 HYUNDAI |E MERCHANT MARINE CO. LTD. 1 WESTBOUND TO EUROPE regis VOY PNA PKE PCD VESSELS VOY_ SIW »TM WIT* LPT HAM W£j PEL NOR ASIA MALACCA 9325 A 03/0* 04/0* 05/08 H. FRONTO 306W 09/01 27/01 27/01 21/01 29/08 29/08 31/08 NMM ADVANCE 24A 10/08 11/08 12/08 H.
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      476 45 I STRAITS/ JAPAN/ STRAITS SERVICE SPECIALIST IN RO-RO HEAVY LIFTS INBOUND VESSELS n ssi m n m u T4MK FM4* 11 l/l 4U4 4UM 11/1 UtSMi II l/l l/l u/l HM 14/1 ceaoc TUMI M u/l imm n u/l mt n/s COSIOC CUkUiMU 27 U/l 21/1 4MTI MM 1 I
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      940 45 VESSQ 1 VOY [SI ETA/Dl LAX OAK CM I PAL MEM/COl I HOU 1 NYC 1 NOR HEKY HUDSON BRPCE MA 12-13/01 29/0« 31/ M 01/09 02/09 02/09 03/09 03/09 04/09 ALLIGATOR TRUTH 4IA 19-20/01 05/09 07/09 0«/09 09/09 09/09 10/09 10/09 11/19 MAOUNAC BRPGE 70A tt-27/08 12/09 14/09 15/09
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