The Business Times, 3 September 1993

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    13 1 Business Times WE KNOW ASIA MITA (P) 552/12/92 Friday September 3 1993 75*
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  • 2am LATEST
    • Article
      Lock icon Pentagon cuts will cost thousands of jobs
      65 1 Reuter WASHINGTON A Clinton administration plan to protect segments of the US arms industry will not save "hundreds of thousands" of jobs which are being lost due to Pentagon budget cuts. Deputy Defence Secretary William Perry says: "We fully expect many defence companies
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    • Article
      Lock icon Bonn's blueprint to boost competitiveness
      72 1 Reuter BONN Chancellor Helmut Kohl's Cabinet has approved a report calling for a radical overhaul of Germany's economic, welfare and education systems which it hopes will boost the country's flagging competitiveness. The 96-page report, Securing Germany's future as an economic location, says Germans have to
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    MARKET SUMMARY
    111 1 Stock market indices Thursday Change STII 2.021.87 4 9 09 KLSE Composite 851.16 +30.12 Nikkei 20.983.20 +29.9 Hang Seng 7.493.45 -48.74 SET Index 987.11 +8.2 Jakarta Composite ...418.42 -4.41 CLSA China B 1,004.8 -11.04 Ausi Alt Ord 1,968.4 -8.7 FTSE 100 3,072.6 -12.5 Thursday PrcrioiK close Dow Jones
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    Murdoch plans to dominate world TV; SCMP sees heavy buying
    720 1  -  From Catherine Ong in HONGKONG MEDIA mogul Rupert Murdoch has announced ambitious plans to dominate global television as rumours surround heavy buying of shares in his Hongkong newspaper company, the South China Morning Post, yesterday. Mr Murdoch, head of the
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    American MNCs reap US$11b from Asian investments
    677 1  -  Reports by Chuang Peek Ming SINGAPORE American multinational corporations made a total of US$ll.4 billion (S$ 18.2 billion) from investments in Asia last year, up 19 per cent from 1991, says the United States Department of Commerce. Only in Latin America did the
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    Region is second biggest operating ground for US firms
    397 1 SINGAPORE Asia is American multinational corporations' second biggest operating ground outside the United States. Around one-fifth of the MNCs' assets, sales and workforce were deployed in the region in 1991, figures published in the US Department of Commerce's latest Survey of
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    Lock icon Bundesbank holds out hope for rate cut
    249 1 Reuter FRANKFURT The Bundesbank, sounding an optimistic note about the future trend of inflation and money supply growth in Germany, held out the prospect of a fall in German interest rates yesterday. Bundesbank president Helmut Schlcsingcr also rounded on critics who say August's
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    S'pore, KL stocks at new highs again
    265 1 SINGAPORE Institutional buying of blue chips powered the Singapore and Malaysian stock markets to record finishes yesterday for the second day running. The Straits Times Industrials index closed 9.09 points higher at a new peak of 2021.87. Earlier in the day, it had
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    Lock icon China govt officials blow 100b yuan on wining, dining and travelling
    225 1 Reuter AFP HONGKONG Chinese government officials spent 100 billion yuan (5527.7 billion) of public money on unofficial entertainment and travel last year, the Beijing-owned China News Service said yesterday. The figures were contained in a strong attack by the
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
    • eye on the ECONOMY
      • Article, Illustration
        Lock icon Engine of growth revving strongly
        278 2  -  By Dexter Lee IF YOU already own motor stocks, fine. If you don't, then kick yourself because car dealers are laughing all the way to the bank if the surge in car registrations is any indication. According to latest Registry of Vehicles figures, registrations in
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      Residential project planned on island off Sentosa
      462 2  -  Reports by Dexter Lee A NEW lifestyle is dawning in Singapore that of the marina village. By the end of the decade, some Singaporeans will have a chance to live in houses surrounded by the sea. Going to work will mean taking a
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      Proposal to turn southern islands into multi-million-$ resort
      316 2 SINGAPORE will be home to South-east Asia's first canallaced marine village resort if a Singapore Tourist Promotion Board (STPB) plan gets parliamentary approval. The village will be built on Singapore's southern islands: St John's. Lazarus. Renget and Kusu turning them into a
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      Lock icon S'pore must stay competitive through science and technology, says Dhana
      454 2  -  By Teh Hooi Ling IN THE FACE of strong competition from the region. Singapore has to increase val-ue-added in its economy and strengthen its external wing to continue growing, says Minister for Trade Industry S Dhanabalan. And value-added comes from
      Source: NSTB  -  454 words
    • Article
      Far East likely to net 25-30pc profit on Woodlands bungalows
      347 2  -  By A J Leow NG TENG FONG's Far East group will reap a 25 to 30 per ccnt profit on bungalow developments at Woodlands, property consultants say. The Housing and Development Board confirmed yesterday that Far East subsidiary Kanopy Investment
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    • NEWS ROUNDUP
      • Article
        Congratulations, President Ong
        54 2 NUMEROUS heads of states and governments have sent congratulatory messages to newly-elected President Ong Teng Cheong. They include President Yeltsin of the Russian Federation; Brunei's Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah: Queen Elizabeth; President Richard von Wcizsacker of the Federal Republic of Germany; Chinese President Jiang Zemin; and New Zealand
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        Botswana minister on visit
        55 2 BOTSWANA'S Minister of Presidential Affairs. Lt-Gcn Mompati Merafhe. is here as a guest of the government. He is being briefed on Singapore's productivity movement. He will meet officials from the National Productivity Board, the NTUC, Singapore National Employers Federation. Ministry of Labour. Civil Serv ice Institute
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        Changing needs of Indian families
        50 2 THE Singapore Indian Development Association has organised a seminar on "Addressing the Changing Needs of Today's Singapore Indian Families". The seminar will be held on Sep 5 between 9am and 5.30pm at the Raffles Institution. MP for the Sembawang GRC K Shanmugam will be guest-of-honour.
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        Corrections and clarifications
        138 2 YESTERDAY'S Pg 1 report titled "Brokerage fees may be cut in Singapore" made reference to a "private report presented to the Parliamentary Select Committee last year arguing for negotiable brokerage rate". It has been clarified that a submission not a private report was made to the Parliamentary
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  • THE REGION
    • Article
      Thai pension funds to be released for share investment
      625 3  -  From Alan Boyd in BANGKOK ABOUT 3.75 billion baht (***** million) in state pension funds is likely to be released for stock market investment in Thailand early next year, following the government's decision to launch a central provident fund. Legislation changing
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      Lock icon US firms to invest US$600m in Philippines
      277 3 Reuter MANILA American companies, bullish about economic prospects in the Philippines, plan to invest at least US$6OO million (Ss96o million) in power and manufacturing projects over the next three years, US executives said yesterday. "American firms are confident about the prospects under the
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      Lock icon Bangkok opens expressway at centre of toll dispute
      333 3 Reuter BANGKOK Thailand yesterday opened an expressway closed for five months by a toll dispute and hundreds of cars in traffic-clogged Bangkok swarmed onto the pristine road before the opening ceremony ended. Cars were driving up the ramps to the elevated road
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      Lock icon Manufactures to form 81pc of M'sian exports by 2000
      235 3 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's total trade is expected to reach MS49O billion (SS3OB billion) and exports of manufactures were projected to account for 81 per cent of total exports by the year 2000. says International Trade and Industry Minister Rafidah Aziz.
      Bernama  -  235 words
    • Article
      Lock icon 2 quakes jolt Sumatra but no damage, casualties reported
      179 3 Reuter JAKARTA Two earthquakes measuring 6.1 and 5.4 on the open-ended Richter scale shook areas of Indonesia's Sumatra island on Wednesday but there were no reports of damage or casualties, a meteorological official said yesterday. They were felt in Bengkulu. 580
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    • ASIA NOTES
      • Article
        Lock icon Keidanren stops political funding
        71 4 Reuter TOKYO Japan's most powerful business lobby said yesterday it would halt its 32-year practice of funnelling donations to political parties. The Japan Federation of Economic Organisations. or Keidanren, began offering cash gifts in 1961, mainly to the then ruling Liberal Democratic Party. "Donations by companies
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        Lock icon China targets 2010 for space shuttle
        101 4 AFP BEIJING China has the capacity to put its first space shuttle iajjo orbit before 2010, even though it has yet to attempt a mission. The Beijing Youth News said yesterday that because of fiscal constraints China would use as a blueprint France's shuttle,
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        Lock icon Bath time
        44 4 Reuter KOMPONG THOM, Cambodia Khmer Rouge guerillas take a bath inside a detention camp here. About 500 fighters have surrendered to the government over the past month, due to the lack of food, medicine and the continued government offensive against them. Reuter
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        Lock icon Aussie investment incentive plan
        79 4 Bloomberg Business News CANBERRA Fifty projects were registered in the June quarter under an Australian government investment incentive programme a four-fold increase on the previous quarter. Treasurer John Dawkins said 50 projects valued at Asl2 billion (5512.7 billion) were registered, taking the value of projects in
        Bloomberg Business News  -  79 words
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        Lock icon N Korea offers goods for food
        73 4 AP SEOUL North Korea, anticipating bad crops this year, is making new requests to South Korean firms to barter goods for food. The state-run Korea Trade Promotion Corp said yesterday that several South Korean companies abroad had been approached by North Korean officials for
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        Lock icon Miti to review energy policy
        67 4 Reuter TOKYO The Ministry of International Trade and Industry (Miti) will set up a committee to review Japan's energy policy in ifiew of a possible energy shortage after the year 2010. A Miti official said yesterday that the main topic for discussion will be how
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      Lock icon Zhu calls for more spending on farms instead of offices
      558 4 Reuter BEIJING China's economic chief has called for money to be spent on agriculture instead of new office buildings as evidence mounts that farmers are falling further and further behind in the race for prosperity. The official press yesterday quoted
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      Lock icon China and Taiwan disagree on agenda, talks break down
      359 4 Reuter TAIPEI Talks between Taiwan and China broke down yesterday after the two sides failed to set a working agenda Taiwanese negotiators will return to Taipei, Taiwanese media reported yesterday. Hsu Hui You. head of the Taiwanese delegation in Beijing. was
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      Lock icon Taipei cracks down on corruption in public service
      326 4 AP TAIPEI Launching a crackdown on corruption, the Cabinet decided yesterday to seek tougher prison terms, offer cash prizes to whistle-blowers and make civil servants report gifts worth more than US$75 (SSI 20). The move was an apparent attempt by the government
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      Lock icon China says no chemicals found on ship bound for Iran
      405 4 Reuter BEIJING China said yesterday that an inspection of a Chinese cargo ship had found nothing to back up US charges that the vessel was carrying banned chemical materials to Iran. Foreign Ministry spokesman Wu Jianmin said the joint Sino-Saudi
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      S'pore-based Indon group organising mission to Yantai
      226 4  -  By Yong Pow Ang SINGAPORE A Singa-pore-based Indonesian group is organising a trade mission to Yantai, a coastal city in Shandong province. It is stringent in the selection of participants only corporate decision-makers need apply. This is because Thian Bing Investments of the
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      Speculative buying boosts HK office prices in 2nd qtr
      390 4  -  By A J Leow SINGAPORE Hongkong mainland buyers pushed up the prices of prime office space by speculative purchases in the British colony during the second quarter of 1993. Property consulting firm Richard Ellis, in its latest report, noted that the
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      Lock icon Bank of Japan not cutting discount rate: governor
      365 4 Reuter NAGOYA The Bank of Japan (BOJ) is not considering cutting the official discount rate at all at present. BOJ governor Yasushi Micno said yesterday: "At present, we arc not considering changing the (discount) rate at all." He said that there was
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      Lock icon Keeping pollution at bay
      55 4 Reuter SYDNEY Peter NYigle) demonstrates a pollution control machine which will prevent millions of litres of contaminated water pouring into harbours and mers in Australia. The machine, Portahoom. is a flexible semi-circular suction tube which is attached to a powerful >acuum unit which sucks contaminated water
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      Lock icon Japanese joint venture wins HK$5.7b contract to build HK harbour tunnel
      338 4 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG Japanese joint venture Nishimatsu kumagai has signed a HKSS.7 billion (SSI. 14 billion) contract to build a tunnel under Hongkong's Victoria Harbour. The Hongkong government announeed the signing yesterday afternoon, ending months of negotiations. Nishimatsu
      Bloomberg Business News  -  338 words
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      Lock icon Indian industry hails interest rate cut, but seeks further reductions
      268 4 AFP NEW DELHI Indian industry yesterday welcomed a one percentage point cut in lending rates by the central bank, but called for further reductions. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI), citing progress in the battle against inflation, slashed the minimum
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  • THE WORLD
    • WORLD WATCH
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        Lock icon Yeltsin visit is on, says Japan
        85 6 Reuter TOKYO Japan cxpects Russian President Boris Yeltsin to visit Tokyo in mid-October as planned despite the deepening political crisis in Moscow, Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa said yesterday. Asked about Mr Yeltsin's announcement on Wednesday that he was suspending Vice-President Alexander Rutskoi and First
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        Lock icon Rutskoi clings on to office
        92 6 AP MOSCOW Alexander Rutskoi still clung to the vice-presiden-cy and his Kremlin office yesterday despite a decree from his boss, Boris Yeltsin, suspending him pending the outcome of a corruption investigation. Mr Yeltsin's enemies said they would ask the Constitutional Court to overturn the measure.
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        Lock icon Emily's fury
        42 6 Reuter CAPE HATTERAS, North Carolina A Coast Guard Group apartment that had its roof ripped off by Hurricane Emily's winds of over 110 mph on Tuesday. Cleanup has begun in Cape Hatteras, which took the brunt of Emily's winds. Reuter
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        Lock icon US consumer confidence down
        105 6 Reuter NEW YORK Consumer confidence in the US economy and its future has slipped. Money magazine said. The publication reported that its Money/ABC News consumer comfort index for the week ended Aug 29 showed that 85 per cent of those polled continued to rate the economy
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      • Article
        Lock icon Chile seeks Chinese arms tie-up
        112 6 UPI SANTIAGO Chile's military arms manufacturers are negotiating a deal with the Chinese to build weapons and develop the country's military industry, top army officials said. Luis Iracabal. director of the army's military industrial complex known as Famae, on Tuesday displayed Chile's most recent development,
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        Lock icon Kuwait tapping reserves to fund budget
        134 6 Reuter KUWAIT Kuwait said it will lean on its general reserves to finance a 1993/4 budget deficit of US$4.l billion which was approved by parliament on Wednesday. Finance Minister Nasser Abdulla al-Rodhan said the deficit, down by a third from 1992/93 levels, will be
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      Lock icon Clinton sets 1998 deadline for new health care plan
      442 6 AFP WASHINGTON President Bill Clinton has set 1998 as the deadline for implementing his health care reform plan providing universal health care to all Americans, The Washington Post said yesterday. Mr Clinton on Tuesday held the first of three high-level meetings
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      Lock icon UK budget unlikely to see big cuts in social security outlay
      492 6 Reuter LONDON Despite repeated calls for an overhaul of Britain's mammoth welfare state, the ruling Conservatives look unlikely to make big spending cuts in November's budget for fear of a political backlash. Analysts predict Britain's chronically unpopular government may
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      Lock icon W German economy may have hit trough, says Bundesbank board member
      288 6 Reuter FRANKFURT Bundesbank board member Helmut Schieber said some economic data and surveys showed that the west German economy may have reached a trough. In a speech to bankers in Dresden, Mr Schicber also said that there was not
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      Lock icon Re-employment part of Clinton's workforce scheme
      294 6 UPI WASHINGTON President Bill Clinton's workforce strategy will include a re-employ-mcnt system that will help Americans find jobs and guarantee health care coverage. US Labour Secretary Robert Reich said. Mr Reich said part of the Clinton administration's efforts to reinvent government lies in a
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      Lock icon Keating to seek German help to revive trade talks
      223 6 AFP CANBERRA Australian Premier Paul Keating is likely to seek German help to recharge stalled world trade talks during the seven-day state visit by German President Richard von Weizsacker, which begins in Melbourne today. Geneva trade talks aimed at lifiing many
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      Lock icon It's been a long walk
      53 6 Reuter TANGIERS, Morocco Moroccan men dressed in traditional attire looking at Ffyona Campbell on the Mediterranean beach in Tangier on Wednesday after walking for 16,088 km from Cape Town in South Africa. Ms Campbell is the first woman in history to walk the entire length
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      Lock icon Cairns Group seeks clarification of Kohl's remarks on EC-US farm deal
      255 6 Reuter CANBERRA The Cairns Group of free trade agricultural nations yesterday expressed alarm at reports that German Chancellor Helmut Kohl favoured watering down a compromise US-EC deal on agricultural trade. Australian Trade Minister Peter Cook, the current Cairns Group
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      Lock icon Millions of Romanians invest in easy money scheme despite warnings
      553 6 AP CLUJ. Romania Maria Samson was a poor peasant until she deposited her meagre savings in loan Stoica's bank last year. After a nice return on her investment, she's buying a U*****,000 (SS400.000) mansion. Ms Samson, 42, is one of
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
    • Article
      Inchcape pays $3.3m for Indon contract manufacturer
      350 7  -  By Teh Hooi Ling SINGAPORE Trading group Inchcape Bhd, making its first foray in the Indonesian manufacturing sector, has bought a contract manufacturer for $3.3 million. The acquisition of PT Tensia Manufacturing Indonesia is part of Inchcapc's strategy to develop expertise and operations
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      Telecom appoints international marketing agents
      190 7 SINGAPORE Singapore Telecom has appointed a group of securities houses to act as international marketing agents for its initial public offer this year. Led by Goldman, Sachs Co as international coordinator, the agents are CS First Boston Group, Daiwa Securities Co Ltd, Lehman Brothers and
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    • Article
      DBS says its bonus issue will reduce NTA
      245 7 SINGAPORE DBS Bank said that its proposed one-for-four bonus issue will reduce its net tangible assets per share to between $6.08 and $6.11 from $7.61. The bonus issue commemorating DBS' 25th anniversary was announced on Aug 12 when the bank reported a
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      Hour Glass to focus on Aussie market
      364 7 SINGAPORE Watch and jewellery retailer The Hour Glass plans to concentrate on the Australian market this financial year, even though Asia Pacific sales fell 34 per cent last year. Explaining the group's optimism Down Under, chairman Henry Tay says in the 1993 annual
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      Lock icon Misunderstood link with construction puts Lim Kah Ngam at a disadvantage
      838 7  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW By Quak Hiang VVhai SINGAPORE It's time to re-classify Lim Kah Ngam under the property section. And re-rate it too. It has been a few years since the group shifted its focus from construction to development.
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      Lock icon Share price surge due to rumours over results: Acma
      376 7  -  By R Sivanithy SINGAPORE Engineering group Acma was asked by the Stock Exchange of Singapore yesterday whether it knew of any reason for the sharp rise in its share price and turnover. In its reply, Acma referred to a press report
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    • Article
      Powermatic places out 11m new shares at $1.58 each
      269 7  -  By Joseph Rajendran SINGAPORE Sesdaq-listcd computer firm Powermatic Data Systems has placed out 11 million new shares at $1.58 each, a 10 per cent discount to the last transacted price of $1.76. Placement underwriter Keppel Bank said yesterday the 11 million
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      Lock icon SUMMARY
      314 7 Source: Bridge Info Performance of STII's Index stocks Sep 2 Last Scan ladex Stock ulc Ckfe (actor aoxn (S) (I) Aviroo 2.000 1.40 CAC 7 J00 -0.1 SO 5.13 -23.44 Ceretoos 5.950 -0.100 4,l« -15.62 FAN 15 000 0.100 10.53 15.62 GF Awa 3.060 0 060 2.15 9.37 CienMa»
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    • COMPANIES
      • COMPANY BRIEFS
        • Article
          Tonhow's chairman resigns
          62 8 SINGAPORE Tonhow Industries Ltd said yesterday that Henry Ngo had resigned as chairman and director and that it had appointed George Thia Peng Heok managing director. It added that Choo Si Sen and Philip Ng Lin Ai had resigned as independent directors and that their positions would
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          Summa director retires
          64 8 SINGAPORE Summa Investments Ltd said yesterday that William Soeryadjaya had retired and ceased to be a director. It said Chng Hee Kok had resigned as executive director, from Aug 24, but would remain a board member. Directors Hcnricus Hendra and Chng Hee Kok have each disposed 180,000
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          Lock icon Palmco makes M$24m pre-tax profit
          60 8 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Palmco Holdings Bhd has reported a group pre-tax profit of M 524.21 million (Ssls million) for the year ended June 30, 1993, up 2 per cent from M 523.63 million during the corresponding period last year. Group turnover fell by 5 per
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        • Article
          Lock icon Uniteers' videophone sales target
          80 8 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Unitecrs Communications Sdn Bhd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of United Engineers (M) Bhd, plans to sell 4,000 to 5,000 units of the first-ever videophone, "Nucleus Visual 2000 Videophone", over the next 12 months. The Britishmade videophone features a fold down unit with a compact
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          Lock icon KL Kepong sells subsidiary
          66 8 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Kuala Lumpur Kepong Bhd yesterday announced the sale of its wholly-owned subsidiary, KL-Kcpong Hevea Products Sdn Bhd, to Batu Kawan Bhd for M 52,500. The disposal of the MS2 dormant company was still pending the approval of the Malaysian Industrial Development Authority and
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          Lock icon Tiong Nam confident of better results
          53 8 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Tiong Nam Transport Holdings Bhd is confident that its results for the current financial year will be better compared to the results achieved for the last financial year, chairman Wan Abdul Razak Muda said in the company's 1992 annual report released
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        Lock icon Berjaya Industrial plans rights issue
        405 8 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Berjaya Industrial Bhd has proposed a rights issue of M 5250.6 million (SSI 57.8 million) nominal amount of 5 per cent bond with 250.6 million detachable transferable subscription rights (TSR). This would be on the basis of MSI nominal amount of bond
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        Lock icon Trans water aiming for M$100m turnover within five years
        248 8 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Transwatcr Corporation Bcrhad is aiming to take on bigger contracts and manufacturing orders and has targeted to achieve Msloo million (Ss63 million) in turnover within the next five years. "We want to be in the frontline," said executive
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        Lock icon Registrar confirms two more involved in Union Paper case
        558 8 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR The Registrar of Companies yesterday confirmed that the report implicating two other persons for offences involving shares of Unioh Paper Holdings Bhd has been submitted to the Attor-ney-General's Office. Registrar Zainun Ali said Attorney-General Abu Talib Othman had
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        Lock icon Indon power firm to float 600b rupiah bonds
        218 8 AFP JAKARTA The state electricity company (PLN) will float seven-year bonds worth 600 billion rupiah (***** million) later this month to finance the company's development programme, an official said yesterday. An official of the state PT Danareksa Securities, which acts as the
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        Lock icon Blackouts factor has limited impact on Manila stocks: report
        519 8  -  From Al Labita in MANILA MANILA The Philippine stock market has shrugged off the effect of power cuts on the economy, says the Manila subsidiary of a Singapore broking firm. According to DBS Securities Philippines, combined average daily turnover on the
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        Indonesia to allow use of shares as collateral for loans
        367 8  -  From Maggie Ford in JAKARTA STOCK market investors in Indonesia arc to be allowed to use their shares as collateral for loans under a new ruling to be issued shortly. Finance Minister Mar'ie Muhammed has announced. Welcoming the recent boost
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        UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
        495 8 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS Manager*' pricn Sep 3 lltSUrMICC FlMld f: ii_i* t Income Bond Policy 3.60 3.73 xngapore unn inisi The Commerce 1.50 1.58 PrOOWltial The Sawngs Fund 1.42 1.49 PniLink Mgd Fund 1.24 I 30 S pore Prog Fund 0.65 0.68 y> D > n,.—. S pore Sec Fund
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        790 8 Payment Ex Books Pay date close date ABN-Amro I 29 Aug 31 Sep 8 Sep 25 Alex Hldgs 50* b 6 Aug 31 Sep 6 Sep 28 Asia Pac I d 50« b 2TE Jul 26 Aug 10 Sep 8 BAT 21* I 61.9 Aug 23 Aug 27
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        Lock icon Japan's big carmakers brace themselves for bleak results
        568 9 Strong yen, poor demand contribute to weak showing Reuter TOKYO Japan's giant carmakers are bracing themselves for poor results this business year caused by a strong yen and a corresponding slump in demand. Analysts said yesterday that the carmakers, who have been
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        Lock icon Brambles pins growth hopes on turnaround in Europe
        317 9 Reuter SYDNEY Transport and security group Brambles Industries said margins were likely to continue to be under pressure in Europe in the year to June 30, 1994, but improvements were expected in Australian operations. Brambles earlier reported a 7.8 per cent fall
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          Lock icon NEC may supply Apple with LCD panels
          78 9 AFP TOKYO Japan's NEC Corp is considering plans to supply |iquid crystal display (LCD) panels to Apple Computer of the US in addition to setting up its first LCD plant abroad, a spokesman said yesterday. The company would reportedly become the first to
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          Lock icon RJP Electronics in the red
          75 9 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG RJP Electronics said it posted a net loss of HK526.5 million (SSS.S million) for the fiscal year ended March 31, compared with year-earlier profit of HKS 172,000. The company, which designs, makes and markets consumer electronic products, said much of the
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          Lock icon Chinese firm buys NZ dairy plant
          80 9 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG In its first foray into New Zealand, Chinese beverage giant Jianlibao Group has bought a dairy processing plant in the northern part of country for about US$ll million (S$ 17.6 million), Xinhua news agency reported. The plant, located in the
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          Lock icon Taipei courts Australia's CSR
          68 9 Bloomberg Business News TAIPEI CSR Lid, an Australia sugar and building materials company, has been invited to form a strategic alliance with Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs, a senior company official said. If CSR accepts, it would be the first Australian company to reach such an
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        Lock icon Aussie packaging group Amcor posts 18pc rise in profit
        528 9 Bloomberg Business News SYDNEY Australian packaging group Amcor said profit in the year ended June 30 surged 18.2 per cent with all divisions reporting improvements. Its share price jumped on the news. The company said net profit after tax and one-time
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        Lock icon Bowater's pre-tax profit surges 64pc in first half
        327 9 Bloomberg Business News LONDON Bowatcr pic said its pre-tax profit climbcd 64.4 per cent in the first half ended June 30 as the group took a one-time gain and sales increased through acquisitions. The UK packaging and container group said in a
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          Lock icon Bank of China may merge HK banks
          98 10 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG Bank of China's 14 sister-banks in Hongkong may be merged into a single corporate entity to help maintain Hongkong's monetary stability in the run-up to the territory's return to Chinese sovereignty in 1997, the Hongkong Standard newspaper reported. Chinese
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          Lock icon Bank fined for late annual report
          85 10 AFP JAKARTA The Capital Market Supervisory Board (Bapepam) said it has fined a bank listed at the Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSE) for submiting a late annual financial report. Bapepam secretary Irsan Nasarudin said that state-bank Bank Tabungan Negara (BTN) was fined one million rupiah
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          Lock icon One trillion yen in loans for sale
          114 10 Bloomberg Business News TOKYO The joint venture entity set up by banks is expected to purchase devalued real estate-backed loans exceeding 1 trillion yen (551.52 million) in face value in the six months to Sep 30, the Nihon Keizai newspaper reported. In August,
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          Lock icon Sun Alliance posts £62m pre-tax profit
          84 10 Bloomberg Business News LONDON Sun Alliance pic, a UK composite insurer, said it swung to a pre-tax profit of £61.7 million (SSI49 million) in the first half from a £97.9 million loss a year earlier. The company said losses at its domestic mortgage indemnity
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        ECICS' interim profit hit by lower claim recoveries, soft rates
        396 10  -  By Quak Hiang Whai SINGAPORE Lower claim recoveries and soft interest rates dragged down the firsthalf group earnings of ECICS Holdings by two-thirds to Ss9.B million. ECICS, the parent of re-cently-listed International Factors Singapore, recovered claims of only 5516.41 million
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        S'pore far behind developed countries in life insurance
        332 10  -  By Soh Tiang Keng SINGAPORE Singapore is still far behind the developed countries in life insurance, Asean delegates were told yesterday at the opening of a twoday conference. Aloysius Teo, assistant general manager of NTUC Income, said that compared to the developed
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        Swiss Bank Corp to sell its S'pore commodity trade financing arm
        505 10  -  By Cond Raj SINGAPORE Swiss Bank Corp plans to sell its multi-bil-lion dollar commodity trade financing arm in Singapore. This is one of the options the ofTshore branch here is looking at following its headquarter's sudden decision last week
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        Lock icon First-half interim profit surges 98pc
        234 10 Bloomberg Business News ZURICH Swiss Bank Corp's first-half net profit surged 98 per cent to 719 million Swiss francs (*****.4 million), helped by a rocketing trading and derivatives income. Net profit was up from an estimated 364 million francs in the same period last year.
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        Lock icon Rubber producers discuss proposal to quit world pact
        434 11 Reuter BANGKOK Major rubber producing nations yesterday discussed pulling out of an international rubber agreement in response to consumer nations' failure to renegotiate the pact. Members of the Association of Natural Rubber Producing Countries (ANRPC), said their threat to quit the International
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        650 11 Reuter BOMBAY A one-day strike by nearly a million Indian bank, financial and insurance company employees paralysed the country's banking system yesterday, bankers said. They were pressing for better wages and protesting against possible privatisation of the state-run banking and insurance
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        Lock icon World oil prices plunge 70 cents despite strikes in Nigeria
        338 11 Reuter SINGAPORE World oil prices have plunged 70 US ccnts in two days, despite prodemocracy strikes in Opecmember Nigeria, as markets refocus on high inventories. "The market realised it was over-reacting to the Nigerian strike fears and people rushed to
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        544 11 Reuter NEW YORK China increasingly is drawing the interest of oil majors, who are leery of political instability in Russia and find China more accommodating about ownership deals than other nations, oil analysts said. "In China, you still have a
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        Crude prices fluctuate on Nigerian strike
        418 11 Bloomberg ENERGY REPORT LONDON Crude oil futures prices fluctuated yesterday on conflicting reports regarding the strike in Nigeria, brokers said. After discussions between Nigeria's interim government and the Labour Congress in Abuja, the industrial action, which had paralysed large areas of the country, is
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        Banque Indosuez REGIONAL CURRENCY REPORT
        114 11 THE YEN again dominated trading in the currencies market yesterday. The yen was sold across the board despite denied of a further ODR rate cut. Over in the US$/S$ market, trading was caught in an extremely narrow 5-point range with good interest either way. Trades
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        87 11 AFP NEW YORK The dollar traded unevenly yesterday, climbing against the Japanese yen and falling against the German mark. In early trading, the greenback traded at 1.6340 German marks against 1.6595 and at 105.70 yen against 105.35 yen. In London, the dollar traded at 1.6510 German marks and
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        197 11 Reuter LONDON The mark steamrollered over a host of currencies in a frenetic European session yesterday as money poured into the German unit from every quarter. Dealers said investors had marked the start of September with a major portfolio shake-up which left the mark as main beneficiary. "We're seeing
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        History of Eterna
        711 12 ETERNA watches have their beginnings in a little Swiss village called Grenchen, at the foot of the Jura mountains. Watchmaking was introduced to the village in 1851, by the community's doctor and philanthropist, Dr Josef Girard. He thought the watch industry could provide the* solution to the
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        Today's collection
        487 12 The power of the mechanism WHAT makes Eterna watches stand out from the crowd is the presence of five little ball bearings which support a winding rotor, enabling the rotor to turn more freely than has been possible. It also made the self-winding mechanism more rugged than anything
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        The sporty KonTiki range
        660 12 1 TERNA'S range of professional wM sports watches, the KonTiki JLii range, has been firmly linked witji the Great Age of Adventure, thapks to its genesis in a historical Soiith Seas crossing in 1947 with Norwegian explorer, Thor Heyerdahl. Heyerdahl was a zoologist who becarfce so
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        Eterna on display at watch exhibition
        123 13 KAPOREANS can get their glimpse of the Eterna collecat the International Clock and Watch Exhibition 1993, which will start on Sunday, 5 Sep, 1993, at the Raffles City Shopping Centre. The highlight of the Eterna booth will be an enlarged original and transparent Eterna-Matic
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        The DESCO Group of Companies
        247 13 THE Singapore office of the traditional and long-established Swiss trading house, Disco de Schulthess Ltd, is set to take on a higher profile with the launch of the Eterna brand of watches. S A Desco (Singapore) Pte Ltd's Managing Director, Marco Fleischmann, said the Eterna
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        Eurodollar rates firmer, Euroyen softer
        1463 14 SIMEX REPORT SINGAPORE Simex Eurodollar interest rate futures ended marginally firmer in a spate of late buying, dealers said. "December dollars drew some good buying interest, 1 think people are expecting the employment figures to be weak and therefore bullish for the dollars," said one
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        Tin gains one sen on technical correction
        620 14 COMMODITY REPORTS Tjn Tin price on the Kuala Lumpur Tin Market gained one sen to close at MS 11.70 per kg on technical correction after registering its first "below the MS 12" mark. Dealers said some light buying helped to push the price
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          India urged to import palm olein
          85 14 NEW DELHI India's vegetable oil associations say they will ask the government to import 100.000-150.000 tonnes of palm olein to overcome possible oil shortages in the October-November festival season. Wholesale vegetable oil prices have risen about 5 per cent every week in the last
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          Spot CIF aluminium weakens
          79 14 TOKYO Spot CIF aluminium premiums in Japan continue to weaken due to easier US premiums and the absence of producer buying, while domestic demand maintains a sluggish pace, traders here say. Spot aluminium CIF Japan is now quoted USS27-USS29 a tonne over cash London Metal Exchange
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          Aussie coal miners on strike
          94 14 CANBERRA Close to 21,000 Australian coal miners walked off their jobs yesterday, launching the first day of an intended 5-day strike. Tke strflce has brought activity ah the black coal mints to an abrupt halt. President of the United Mine Workers John Maitland said the
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          Abu Dhabi sets crude price
          81 14 TOKYO The Abu Dhabi National Oil Co has set its August Murban crtide price at U5516.50 per barrel, up 50 cents from the USSI6.OQ it charged its term customers for July crude, traders said. They said the Lower .Zakum price was set at U5516.40. up
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      COMMODITY PRICES
      1709 14 Rubber Sep 2 RAS Commodity Exchange (futures dosing as at lpm) HAS (physical prices) RSS1 Contract (S ccnts/kg) Bayers Setters Close Volume Open As at 12 BOO* (S ccnts/kg) Month High Low Se«t (tonnes) Interest i« «n Oct 93 137.50 137.25 137.7$ 300 3.125 RSS 3 Sep 93
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        Australia
        1030 15 -8.7 Shares slid off their early highs to plummet in late trade after investors sold off blue chips including News Corp, BHP and NAB. "News Corp and BHP have been behind the market's recent strong run, and they were hit hardest," said Rob Ebsworth, a director of Potter Warburg.
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        Manila
        597 15 15.52 Share prices soared to new record highs as Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co (PLDT) defied its overnight retreat in New York and led a second-day rally in the local market, broker said. The Manila and Makati Composite Indexes shot up by at least 15 points as PLDT climbed
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        Taipei
        507 15 +3.61 Stocks finished narrowly mixed in slow trade after an early technical rebound failed to last, brokers said. The Weighted Index closed 3.61 points up at 3,862.70 in turnover of Tslo.B billion against Wednesday's T511.6 billion. Bargain-hunting was seen in the banking and electronic sectors, but selling emerged as
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        Seoul
        368 15 +3.17 Late interest in small and midsized counters brought the index into positive territory after a day of lethargic trading, brokers said. The Composite Index was 3.17 points higher at 678.03. "Early profit-taking, which emerged in reaction to Wednesday's gains, was exceeded by late buying of lowpriced shares," said
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        New Zealand
        290 15 +32.42 The New Zealand share market resumed its bull run with style and with a little help from a 12 cent-rise in market leader Telecom. The NZSE-40 Capital Index rose 32.42, or 1.63 per cent to close at 2,016.45, a smidgeon below the 2,016.55 session high. This was
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        Bombay
        96 15 +53.85 Share prices declined in kerb deals on profit taking by speculators, after a sharp rise in the official trading session, brokers said. "The sharp rise of nearly 60 points in the index was bound to bring a reaction," broker Sunil Kothari said. The rise in share prices follows
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        950 15 Britannia Funds Sterling Cadi Bid Offer Mim Cap Depoul 3* 6400 3* 6500 Mim Jcrw> Gifc .0.189} 0 1992 Mim Ma* Income 1.0600 I 1000 LSI Cast Income Phn Fund *10 6500 *11 2200 PS J Reserve Fund ***** 5 2200 0.4W! 0 493* Far Ea* Fund ****** -2 97)0
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        London
        680 15 •12.5 Share prices closed easier after a late bout of selling accompanied renewed FTSE futures weakness on a relatively heavy day for company results, which on balance failed to please, dealers said. The FTSE Index ended 12.5 points lower at 3,072.6, well supported by drug company share price gains
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        Paris
        113 15 -6.81 Shares ended weaker, but off their lows, as consolidation in the wake of recent hefty gains continued and operators fretted that first-half company results in coming weeks, if poor, could make the market look expensive. The CAC--40 Index 2,185.12, down 6.81. Paris Scf 2 Fr Au-Uquidc 76 5
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        Frankfurt
        205 15 +7.04 Shares ended yesterday's session mostly slightly higher, but dealers said the gains came in thin volumes and showed the market was still sounding out the possibility of further near-term gains. The 30-share DAX index has been hovering in a broad 1,905-1,945 range this week, with every move higher
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        Brussels
        123 15 -1.86 Stocks closed slightly lower, pulled down more by a weak dollar and feeble franc than by interest rate hikes. The BEL-20 index closed down 1.86 points to 1315.50 Volume was firm with 394,000 shares traded, slightly less than the 443,000 shares traded the previous day. Brussels Sep 2
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        Zurich
        275 15 -5.04 Shares closed off lows, lifted by chemicals, which gained on a report in the Washington Post that President Bill Clinton had dropped the idea of imposing short-term price controls in the US health industry. Most-active Roche certificates rose 40 francs to 5,115. Sandoz certificates added 40 to 3,270.
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        Johannesburg
        333 15 -7 Shares drifted to a lower close but off intraday lows yesterday in what dealers said was a market lacking any clear direction. A weaker rand had little effect, they said. Nudged down by a weaker gold price, the Gold Index ended 30 points lower at 1,722. The Industrial
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        Toronto
        317 15 +6.19 Stocks opened down on falling gold and consumer product stocks following Wednesday's record close, dealers said. "We may be due for a rest heading into the long weekend," one said. The TSE 300 Composite Index dropped 15.02 points to 4128.72 on volume of 13.2 million shares for a
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        New York
        754 15 -6.15 A rally in drug shares failed to lift Wall Street stocks into positive territory and they continued to trade lower at midday. Drug stocks rallied on a Washington Post article saying that the Clinton Administration had shelved the idea of imposing price controls on the sector. Analysts
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      2848 16 Reuter ACROSS the board prof-it-taking sent share prices to their second consecutive lower close though late demand helped stocks trim their losses, broker said. The blue chip Hang Seng Index ended the day down 48.74 points to 7,493.45 but it managed to claw back some of its early loss
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      CHINA
      502 16 THE CLSA Shanghai B Index closed down 1.78 points on low volume. The biggest mover was Tyre Rubber, losing 1.23 per cent. Rubber Belt and Jinqiao also closed lower. Dazhong gained 3.8 per cent while First Pencil and Refrigerator closed slightly higher. Others closed unchanged. In Shenzhen, the CLSA
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      2530 16 Reuter STOCKS ended slightly firmer on buying by foreign investors in individual shares, brokers said. However, the Nikkei average, depressed by a large amount of profit-taking by institutional investors, failed to climb over the 21,000 barrier. The Nikkei closed just below that level. "But the bottom was firm. If
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      Lock icon BANGKOK
      1731 16 Reuter STOCKS gained again in active turnover focused on banks and property, but brokers said some local investors were starting to take a wait-and-see attitude ahead of breaking the 1,000-point mark, brokers said. The SET Index rose 8.20 points to close at 987.11, on volume of 8.4 billion baht.
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      996 16 Reuter PROFIT TAKING dominated trading on the Jakarta Stock Exchange and prices closed mixed, brokers said. The Composite Index ended down 4.41 points at 418.42. 'Profit taking was strong on banking shares and several other shares where foreign had strong presence, such as Inco and Astra International." one broker
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      Lock icon CLOB INTERNATIONAL
      2459 17 Source: Bridge Info Source: Bridge Info MOST ACTIVE-V0ium» j Kamunling 50c 31.478.000 Promet 29.067.000 Mulpha Intl 50c 17.403.000 Metroptex 50c 11.066.000 Faber Group 7.142.000 FACB 50c 6.709.000 MUI 6.364.000 AMDB 50c 5.202.000 Bedford 50C 4.786.000 Idro Hyd 50c 4.457.000 Pegi Msia 4.438.000 Landmarks Bhd 4.263.000 Mulli-Purpose 4.258.000 MOST
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        5182 17 Source: Bridge Info *DC£3 TURNOVER Chat Prrvtow Change K.LSE Composite .851.16 821.04 30.12 NST Industrial 4548.02 4453 56 +94 46 NST Finance 6628.30 6540.38 +87.92 NST Properties ...1568.37 1564.18 4.19 NST Plantation ...5927.33 5927.12 +0.21 NST Mining 1395.63 1411.06 -15.43 r«rag*er (D00) Total volume 498.058 536.215 -38.157 Total value (MS)
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        Lock icon Index hits new high on buying of blue chips
        255 17 Bernama The K.LSE Composite Index soared 3.6 per cent over the previous record to close at a new high yesterday on strong buying of heavy-weighted blue chips. The benchmark indicator which tracks 85 quality stocks skyrocketed to 851.16, up 30.12 points
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        Lock icon Market hits new high on institutional interest
        1106 18  -  By R Sivanithy SINGAPORE Strong institutional presence yesterday sent the market to its second straight record high, while second-tier stocks and Malaysian counters continued to capture centrestage. Brisk trading in blue chips saw the Straits Times Industrials Index putting on 9.09 points to
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        87 18  -  I un» Mwwi i "Vf FW Paul Leo HOUR GLASS shares have risen from 72 cents in April to $1.70 yesterday. Applying wave theory, the stock is at the end of a brief correction from its recent high of $1.88. From $1.70, it will have one last burst
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      622 19  -  46th Singapore Amateur Open Golf By Shahiron Sahari MARDAN MAMAT and Dino Kwek gave Singapore a healthy eight-stroke lead in the team event of the 46th Siqgapore Amateur Open when both earded good opening scores at the Jurong Country Club yesterday. In doing so, Mardan is
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        114 19 AFP HONGKONG China is to send a 20(f-mcmbcr delegation to Monaco for the Sep 23 decision on which city is to host the 200() Olympic Games, a Beijing-run newspaper said here yesterday. The delegation, which will include top officials as well as Barcelona Olympic gold
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        41 19 Reuter LONDON British chess grand master Nigel Short relaxing during a press conference on Wednesday at which he accused World Champion Garry Kasparov of having links with the KGB. They began a world title clash here on Tuesday. Reuter
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        95 19 AP LONDON The money on offer at next week's Grand Prix final will make for a payday unprecedented in the history of track and field. "It's the most prize money ever offered at an lAAF meet." Matthew Brown, a spokesman for the International Amateur
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        81 19 AP MUNICH Magic Johnson made his first appearance as an "international spokesperson" for the National Basketball Association at a Munich sporting goods fair on Wednesday. The retired Los Angeles Lakers star, who had hinted before at possibly coming back in the second half of
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        Lock icon Injuries abound
        60 19 AP MANUELA MALEEVA-FRAGNIERE was the seventh player in three days to be forced out of a match by injury or illness. Besides her injured pinky, there's been one knee (Ivan Lendl). one ankle (Jeff Tarango), one case of leg cramps (Kenny Moore) and three bouts of stomach cramps
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        91 19 AFP MATS WILANDER (above), whose last Grand Slam tournament was the 1991 French Open, made the most of his US Open wild card by winning his first-round match against Brazilian Jaime Oncins. The former champion said he was looking no further than the second
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        132 19 Reuter SO FAR, Bruguera, the French Open champion, has found two things he doesn't like about the US Open the food and the courts. They added up to an early exit on Wednesday. Bruguera. a clay-court specialist seeded fifth on the hardcourts of Flushing Meadow,
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        Sporting sunglasses
        71 19 SUNGLASSES are everywhere in the Open, even on court during matches. Trying to battle hazy sunshine, players such as Americans Shaun Stafford and Meredith McGrath compete in trendy, wraparound shades the kind with jet-black lenses, colourful earpieces and no frames. Both needed more than just protection against sunglare.
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        67 19 AFP THE SCOREBOARD on Court 21 was no mistake. "MalcevaMaleeva v.v deLone-deLone," it said. Manuela Malceva-Fragnierc and her youngest sister. Maggie Maleeva. were playing the deLone sisters. Erika and Amy. from Lincoln, Massachusetts, in the first round of women's doubles. The deLones won when Manuela had to quit
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        72 19 Reuter NEW YORK National Wednesday: Houston 3 New York 2: Philadelphia 4 Chicago 1; San Diego 13 Florida 5; Pittsburgh 5 Los Angeles I; San Francisco 3 Atlanta 2: St Louis 7 Cincinnati 4; Montreal 11 Colorado 3. American: Milwaukee 7 Kansas City 1; Toronto 8 Oakland 3: Seattle
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        43 19 AFP TOKYO Defending champions Ghana overwhelmed Chile 3-0 and Nigeria whipped Poland 2-1 on Wednesday to set up an all-African final at the World Under-17 Championships. The final of the second Under-17 Championships will be played at Tokyo's National Stadium tomorrow. AFP
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        713 19 Reuter NEW YORK LS Open Ist rd Wednesday Men: Javier Sanchez (Spn) b Sergi Bruguera (Spn) 7-6. 6-3. 6-4; Andrei Medvedcv (Ukraine) b Fernando Meligeni (Bra) 6-2. 6-2. 4-6. 6-1; Richcy Reneberg (US) b Christian Bergstrom (Swe) 6-4. ret; Richard Krajicck (Neth) b David Rikl (Czech) 6-3. 6-3. 6-1;
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      Lock icon Lendl limps off, Bruguera bundled out
      793 19 US Open AP NEW YORK The carnage on the courts goes on. Ivan Lendl is the latest victim in the worst collapse of men's seeds ever in the first round of the tournament. Three-time champion Lendl. 33, limped closer to the end of his
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      272 20 1 j j iiV' "i Our French culinary "Jdventure is a toast to the best of French fare. And /||rjp(' this month, it brings us to ~V Bordeaux and Perigord. <(' ,SjfiP* Stop by to taste j and toasi the bounty Jrf thesexegions. For reservations, J please cafll|4 6151. PORDEAUX
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  • LIFESTYLE
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      1078 21  -  Bernard Weinraub on the difficulty of making 'The Joy Luck Club' into a movie Bernard Weinraub NYT AMY TAN's debut novel, "The Joy Luck Club", emerged in 1989 as a major critical and commercial success, but it frightened the movie studios. Virtually all the central
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      469 21 CHATTERBOX MICHAEL JACKSON met celebrity orang-utan Ah Meng at Raflles Hotel yesterday before touring the simian's home, the Singapore zoo, accompanied by his actress friend Elizabeth Taylor. Singapore Zoological Gardens executive director Bernard Harrison told reporters that Ah Meng and five other orang-utans sat at
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      1234 21 TV RADIO W the London r tra mancc at the Barbican Centre in Lon- jHrJ\ don in 1989. The first time the %.y_. I|PJr maestro has ever conducted V i the entire work, this features A Jerry Hadley as Candide. This r episode covers Act the y Poor Little 9.10pm,
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        RS to handle Bridgestone ads
        66 22 SINGAPORE RS Advertising has been awarded a $300,000 account to handle the sale campaign for Bridgestone Sports (S E A) Pte Ltd, the Japanese manufacturer of mountain bikes and golf equipment. The ad campaign for their bicycles and golf equipment features simple headlines that depict
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        Hotel Express' gold card offer
        78 22 SINGAPORE Hotel Express International is offering a Gold Card membership scheme which guarantees 50 per cent off* published room rates at over 3,500 hotels worldwide. There are three versions of the Hotel Express Card, Britain at £40 (Ss96), Britain and Europe at £60 pounds and
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        Green calendar for free
        88 22 SINGAPORE Dataßase Resources Pte Ltd, a printing and colour separation company will be distributing a na-tion-wide "Save the Earth, Go Green" calendar free to 900,000 households and companies in Singapore. The colourful calendars are printed on recycled paper and carry conservation messages from major corporations, they
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      Network of six Chinese TV stations to broadcast to 55m
      422 22 Simultaneous transmission of entertainment and current affairs SIX Chinese television stations have announced the launch of a new inter-regional hook-up for the simultaneous broadcast of networked programmes to more than 55 million potential viewers. The City Network Corporation (CNC) will
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      3 firms pick CNN for 4th quarter Asian ads
      241 22 CNN International (CNNI), the global television network, has been chosen to launch the fourth quarter Asian advertising campaigns for Malaysian Airline System (MAS), the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) and VW Audi. MAS and TAT are firsttime CNNI advertisers while this
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      Lock icon Elle tries to broaden its appeal
      680 22  -  Geraldine Fabrikant finds out what the magazine is doing to counter falling sales Geraldine Fabrikant NYT ONCE the darling of the fashion industry, Elle magazine has suffered the trauma of the trendy moment. Judging by advertising pages and newsstand sales, the publication has apparently
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      Lock icon Human touch crucial for old shopping centres
      715 23  -  Corinne Kerk gets the success formula from a UK design consultant Corinne Kerk OLDER shopping centres which are feeling the squeeze in the Iq<cal retail industry can hold their own so long as they fully understand and act on their customers' attitudes, needs
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      Lock icon Sony tries out new ad medium
      455 23 NYT A 1 LABORATE billboards ■H and electronic signs, J from Pepsi-Cola's splashy waterfall to CocaCola's glitzy bottle, have long helped make Times Square a commercial showplace. Now the cacophonous crossroads of the world is also becoming known as a place for showing commercials.
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      Lock icon Coping with a disrupted ad blitz
      647 23 Agencies have to make painful choices when the unexpected crops up NYT IN AN often indecent world. Madison Avenue is struggling to define a "decent interval." Increasingly, agencies find themselves confronting unexpected problems with the campaigns they create. External forces as serious as a
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      Lock icon Results of US consumer survey on colours give plenty of food for thought
      340 23 NYT Sociologists, whether armchair or professional, will find plenty to gnaw on in the Cooper Marketing Group's recently released annual survey in the US of what colours attract consumers of various ages, income levels, regions. and ethnic
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      350 22 IN THE MATTER OT THE COMPANIES ACT, CAT. AND EVERSHINE* CENTURY COMPLEX PTE LTD ON VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION) AlaaExtiaordiaary GeacraiMee&agcf Ike Mfaen of EVERSHINE A CENTURY COMPLEX PTE LTD My ooaveaed aad kdd M 45 Beack Road, "Tiayymi WII m rrifij ft 1993, Ike foOowiag Special keaohabaae were daly paaaed: 1)
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      99 23 MYNA NC4OIO, MYNA NC4012 h "MYNA" Brand NC4OIO. NC4012 Striped Printed Bed Sheets (Originally "SPARROW 333" jfg\ Bed Sheets) are traditional commodities of Jiangsu in China. (UM Art. No. NC4010:All Cotton. Weight 24 liang /piece 80"X90". Art. "o. NC4012: All Cotton. Weight 12 liang/piece 54"X78". li "MYNA" Brand also used
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      812 23 THE OAI-ICHI KANGYO BANK, LIMITED (INCORPORATED IN JAPAN) Non-Consolidated Balance Sheets Non-Consolidated Statements of Income Years ended March 31, 1993 and 1992 Years ended March 31, 1993 and 1992 Millions of yen Million* of yen IW3 1992 'W ASSETS INCOME Cash orvd Due from Banks 7,932,903 >0.792.373 Interest Income Call
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  • Article
    Change at the Istana
    553 24 EDITORIAL WHATEVER the number-crunchers and the pundits might say, it was an outright win for Mr Ong Teng Cheong last Saturday in Singapore's first presidential polls. Garnering 58.7 per cent of the valid votes in a national election is a respectable mandate. Those who read the
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  • WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
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      Partners in the Himalayas
      208 24 THE STATED PURPOSE of next week's visit to Beijing by Indian Prime Minister P V Narasimha Rao is to consolidate the modest gains of recent Sino-Indi-an exchanges and remove the residual possibility of another conflict breaking out in the Himalayas. Disputed borders, undefined lines of control,
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      Peace on the horizon
      127 24 THE DRAFT AGREEMENT between Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organisation can be seen as the Middle East equivalent of the fall of the Berlin Wall seemingly irreconcilable foes, who demonised one another for decades suddenly breaking down a barrier to peace few thought would ever be
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      Standing firm on Taiwan
      147 24 THE WHITE PAPER issued by Beijing is a slight affirmation of Taipei's existing mainland policy. It carries a disproportionate amount of attacks and praise, and lashes out in no uncertain terms at calls for Taiwanese independence. The issuance of the White Paper shows that Beijing will
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      Make Kashmir independent
      147 24 THE FUTURE of Kashmir lies in the balance despite and partially because of Indian Prime Minister PV Narasimha Rao's recent declaration that it would always be a part of India. Kashmir has been the subject of two wars, not to mention the endemic skirmishing on the Siachen
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      A little give, a little take
      147 24 BEIJING'S White Paper on "The Taiwan Question and Reunification of China" is a firm restatement of the mainland government's view of the island as an inalienable part of China. It speaks of a "relaxation" across the Taiwan Strait which is "auspicious" for peaceful reunification.
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    How economic realities stir fraternal instincts
    976 24  -  Leon Hadar finds (he Israelis and Palestinians much more willing to walk the road to peace in today's harsher global economic climate Leon Hadar The writer is a Washington-based journalist who contributed this article to BT ISRAELI and Palestinian delegates gathered at the State
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      296 24 I f Endangered enterprise Everyone loves an entrepreneur these days but few care to put I their money where their mouth is. But other than suspicious 1 Tl 11 I I U bankers, what other woes do budding businessmen face? And vlllW what is the state of enterprise in Singapore
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      Lock icon When is Hosokawa sending in the bulldozer?
      1058 25  -  Yasuo Muramatsu likes Morihiro Hosokawa's refreshing new style but found his major policy speech late last month insipid. And Anthony Rowley discusses how the economic slump in Japan is worsening while the Bank of Japan and the Finance Ministry waver Yasuo Muramatsu Anthony
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      Lock icon Talking about lifestyle when the patient needs intensive care
      1230 25 JAPAN'S sick economy has suffered what looks like a serious relapse after an earlier mild recovery. "The patient is deteriorating," says one Japanese former central banker, while the doctors stand round bickering about what, if anything, they should do. Further injections
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    Lock icon PLO sees Israeli recognition soon, urges Arab participation
    661 26 Reuter, AFP TUNIS The PLO said yesterday it could be only days possibly even hours away from winning Israeli recognition and urged Arab governments to sign agreements with the Jewish state. A senior PLO official said the Palestine Liberation Organisation also expected
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    Lock icon Jakarta needs to improve efficiency to attract foreign funds: minister
    252 26 Reuter JAKARTA Indonesia, facing a severe decline in foreign investment and increased regional competition, must improve efficiency to attract foreign funds. Investment Minister Sanyoto Sastrowardoyo said yesterday. "Indonesia has to offer more efficiency in competing with other countries to lure
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    Lock icon Gaddafi threatens to set own oil fields ablaze
    189 26 AFP TRIPOLI Libya will set fire to its own oil fields if it loses a confrontation with the West over the Lockerbie bombing, the country's leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi warned. UN sanctions against Libya may be broadened to include oil equipment if
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    Lock icon Japanese flying fish
    57 26 AFP TOKYO A jumbo jet of Japan's AH Nippon Airways arriving yesterday at Tokyo International Airport from Seattle, where it was painted in 12 colours to look like a whale. The paintings are part of the promotion campaign of the airline. The plane is to be deployed
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    Lock icon US factory orders down 2.1pc in July, the worst decline in 19 months
    455 26 AP WASHINGTON Orders to US factories dropped 2.1 per cent in July, the worst decline in 19 months, pulled down by plunging orders for aircraft and communications equipment, the government said yesterday. Orders fell to a seasonally
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    Japan's new prime minister is no push-over
    839 26  -  The Bottom Line SN VASUKI SN VASUKI The writer is a BT correspondent specialising in Japanese affairs JAPANESE Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa should never have agreed to head a fractious coalition government. The first casualty of Mr Hosokawa's three-week-old administration is his image.
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    Lock icon Murdoch shocks competitors with new expansion plans
    326 26 Reuter LONDON Australian-born media magnate Rupert Murdoch piled pressure on his rivals yesterday with new expansion plans for his global empire and a British price cut that set ofT charges of "unfair competition". His 205-year-old flagship London paper. The Times, announced a 33
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    Lock icon South Africa prays for end to spiralling violence
    561 26 Reuter JOHANNESBURG South Africans prayed for pcace yesterday a silent pica for an end to the spiralling violcncc in which more than 10,000 people have been killed in three years of apartheid reform. But the white right wing spurned the Pcacc Day.
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      UK firm unveils software for marine pilot training
      403 27  -  By Juliette Walker SINGAPORE PC Maritime, a UK-based marine software specialist, is positioning its PC-based simulator as an affordable, standardised tool for pilot training along the lines of a language lab. The company's managing director, David Edmonds, says the software, called Oftlcer
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      462 27 KnightRidder NEW YORK New York arbitrators recently denied owners' claims against charterers under tanker time charters for additional insurance premiums required to maintain coverage for the additional risks incurred in trading to the US under the Oil Pollution Act of
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      Lock icon Gulf/Japan freight rates face strong downward pressure
      332 27 Knight-Ridder NEW YORK Freight rates for September slots on the Gulf/Japan route are under heavy downward pressure as grain houses look to secure freight well under last done levels. Panamax rates on the run have slumped drastically this week as Cargill stepped up
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      INDEX TO SHIPPING LINES AND FREIGHT FORWARDERS
      1117 27 Page Col ABC Containedine 12 1 Accord Group 8 1-3 Africa Container 1S 3 Ahrenkiel Liner 4 1/2 Alpha Feeders 6 1 ANL 3 1/2 Anchor Orient 18 5 APL 5 3-5 Appenship 18 3/4 Arabian Express 15 4 ASCL 5 5 ASXCL
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      Lock icon Nafta expected to boost shipping
      390 27 US managers see rise in shipping volume, survey shows Knight-Ridder CHICAGO A majority of corporate shipping managers in a new survey believe the North American Free Trade Agreement, if ratified, would provide a boost to the US shipping industry. Regardless of the fate of the
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      307 27 Bloomberg Business News MEXICO CITY The Mexican government, through its Communications and Transportation Ministry, has awarded the construction and operation of three new port facilities to three private companies. The new port facilities, which will have an overall estimated cost of 38.5 million
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        CONTAINER SCHEDULES
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      THE SHIPPING GUIDE THE SHIPPING GUIDE
      9198 36 This is a list of ships loading at Singapore for ports around the world. It tabulates, by destination, the name of the ship, the shipping line involved and the estimated dates of arrival and departure from the Port of Singapore. LEGEND PN: ship calls
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      DAILY FREIGHTS
      636 43 THE BALTIC Freight Index for spot dry cargo shipping rates fell to 1.422 on Wednesday from 1,434 on Aug 31. Cargill quickly fixed two more September cargoes on the key US Gulf to Japan grain route at U5523.75 with combination port discharge, brokers said. Sources said even the
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      VERITAS BUNKER QUALITY REPORT
      558 43 Carbon Carton Aupist 26 Density Niter Residue Ash Alumnum Sednent Dere*) Niter Residue Ash Alumnum Sedmnt M/M MM Euon Exxon KG/M*3 1 V/V M/M I M/M PPM method KG/M*3 V/V M/M MM PPM method 60/Cnuc Limits Spec E25 991 1.0 15.0 010 30* 010* Eastern USA
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      Lock icon Intermodal shippers set for more liability
      945 44  -  Joseph Bonney looks at the impact the proposed US rules on overweight containers will have on the transportation chain Joseph Bonney American Shipper NEW US rules making shippers responsible for overweight intermodal containers will require adjustments not only by shippers but by others in
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        Lock icon Report of plans to spin off units speculative, says American Airlines
        584 46 NYT DALLAS American Airlines executives played down as "highly speculative" a newspaper report on Wednesday that the airline may spin off some units into separately traded companies. But industry analysts said they believed the airline was, in fact, analyzing
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        Lock icon Delta's chief vows to turn around airline
        699 46 Company plans further cost-cutting and considers starting low-cost no-frills airline NYT NEW YORK Vowing to return Delta Air Lines to profitability as "a lean, tough competitor", Ronald W Allen, the carrier's chairman and president, said on Wednesday that the financially troubled company was
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        Lock icon Honda defends decision to keep old price on new Accord
        478 46 NYT MARYSVILLE, Ohio The Honda Motor Co held the line on the base price of its new 1994 Accord family sedan at U5514,330 (5523,000) the same as the current model which could provoke protectionist pressure by the Big Three automakers
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        Lock icon TNT arranges A$252m facility to help revival plan
        253 46 Reuter SYDNEY Transport group TNT Ltd said it has arranged a facility totalling A 5252 million (***** million) from the Commonwealth Bank of Australia. TNT said the facility represents a renewal of, and an increase in, existing facilities. The major components are
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        Lock icon JAL to set up maintenance plant in China
        217 46 AFP TOKYO Japan Airlines Co Ltd will transfer part of its aircraft maintenance operations to China from 1996, a company spokesman said yesterday. Japan's largest airline plans to acquire a 10 per cent stake for US$3.l5 million (Sss million) in the Hongkong-China
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          Lock icon 4 groups buy into Taiwan Aerospace
          121 46 Knight-Ridder TAIPEI Four Taiwan conglomerates have agreed to invest in Taiwan Aerospace Corp. The four groups will each take a minimum 5 per cent stake in TAC, the Chinese-language Economic Daily Ne*s yesterday quoted Vice-Economics Minister Yang Shih-chien as saying. TAC is currently 29
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          Lock icon MISC to start service to S Africa
          60 46 Reuter KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian International Shipping Corp Bhd (MISC) said it will deploy two of its vessels on its Far East/South Africa service which will run on a 19-day frequency to Singapore, Colombo, Durban and Cape Town. The maiden voyage to South Africa
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          Lock icon A giant debut
          49 46 Reuter SYDNEY A cleaner scrubbing the side of a Sydney monorail on Wednesday under the threatening gaze of a Tyrannosaurus Rex, featured in the movie Jurassic Park. The film opened simultaneously at hundreds of Australian cinemas yesterday, the largest film debut in the country's history. Reuter
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          Lock icon Charter change for MC Shipping
          80 46 Bloomberg Business News NEW YORK MC Shipping Inc, owner and operator of second-hand vessels, said shareholders yesterday approved its plan to change the company into a perpetual business entity. Under its previous charter, the company had to be liquidated by the year 2009. "We expect
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          Lock icon Yangon rush to claim vehicles
          60 46 AFP YANGON There has been a rush by car dealers to claim stockpiled cars at Yangon's dockyards following a government warning that vehicles unclaimed within a month of their arrival would be auctioned. The Mirror daily said yesterday. Over 3,000 vehicles including luxury sedan cars
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      1742 29 lulling ilines, ruuay cjcjiirinucr o ijjj /ov arc ■TO iioniuc quipping AGENCIES JARDINE SHIPPING AGENCIES SDN. BHD. I SH AGENCIES PETALING JAVA TEL: 03-*****76 FAX: 03-*****42 DOCUMENTATION TEL: *****55 (INWARD)/*****90 (OUTWARD) T |L^e24 l*.4 ™XJ*****1 CFS TEL *****6 BOOKINGS TEL: *****80 *****81/ *****82 PGUDANGTELSI43I2/3 ***** (OPNS) I CFS (PSA F5)
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      1763 29 ■UimHHWH U. S. A. /CANADA NEXT AVAILABLE SAILINGS SL DEVELOPER V.192E ETA SIN 6TH SEPT 93 MAJESTIC MAERSK V.9308 ETA SIN 7TH SEPT 93 LUNA MAERSK V.9314 ETA SIN BTH SEPT 93 VMM Voy ETA ETD r—d«r by S.LaurWbnrort DESTINATIONS ThM M> MAJESTIC MAERSK V93ot J«l.l WaBBWBffiTIBHBM cv 07/09 0800
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      1619 30 AOABA R'DAM/ LE ALSO ACCEPTING FROM VESSEL VOY NO SPORE JEDOAH (VIA JED) S TON H BURG A WERP HAVRE yyggy MALAYSIA DRESDEN EXPRESS 12/334 4/9 13/9 19/9 22/9 25/9 27/9 29/9 p orl Kelang. Penang KAGA 31/135 8/9 26/9 28/9 26/9 Pasir Godang LUDWIGSHAFEN EXPRESS 09/335 11/9 20/9 26/9
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      581 30 CnZ!E^9 FCL Breakbulk Service to: AFGHANISTAN M4M Afghanistan Ltd., Sole Foreign Forwarder in Kabul tor all services C.I.S.- Vostochny, Vladivostok, Moscow, Tashkent, Kiev, Minsk, Riga, Baku, Irkutsk, Alma Ata North Korea Vietnam Mongolia Hungary CSFR Poland ocisrrans AGENCIES (FAR EAST) LTD NOUAKCHOTT-BANJUL-BISSAU-LUANDA-BAT A Feeder Vessel KTA SIN A. ABRAHAM V7130W
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      1330 30 NOR ASIA I NORASIA SAMANTHA 9334-3 09/09 29/09 02/10 03/10 03/10 04/10 05/10 07/10 08/10 09/10 I NORASIA SUSAN 9335-3 16/09 06/10 09/10 10/10 10/10 11/10 12/10 14/10 15/10 16/10 I NORASIA SINGA 9336-3 23/09 13/10 16/10 17/10 17/10 18/10 19/10 21/10 22/10 23/10 I NORASIA SHARJAH 9337-3 30/09 20/10
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      2069 31 M STRAITS SHIPPING PTE LTD 10 Hoe Chiang Road #11-01 Keppel Towers Singapore 0208 Tel: *****8S Fax: *****17 I NEW GUINEA PACIFIC UNC ■■■UIIHSISfiiAUUIHiAiMIiIiUKiKiHaHHi aPEp (A service of china navigation co) CARGO IX* SAM.S ME RUB) VI2E KM. Skan. Taw 31 01 Sep bl PI 03 S«p FCL. LCI. CONTAINER
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      2860 31 SINGAPORE AGENT: PAtii'Oiil4Vft*£? P&O Containers (Singapore Agencies) Pte Ltd IVI W V jIVIILuIIICI O 10 Hoe Chiang Road #07-01 KEPPEL TOWERS. SINGAPORE 0208 V 1 TeJ 225 2233 Telex: RS ***** PNOCSP Fax: 225 5327/222 7517 CR Number: **********0Z EXPORT IMPORT yfIKL VOY -PM -PKO MM ALO SOU ANT ROT
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      804 32 EKA JAYA AGENCIES TEL: *****22 (8 LINES) FAX: *****05 SALES REPRESENTATIVES IN CHARGE MYAMMAH TRADC PAPER HANDPHONE/MRECT mum wk una namoami N.». TAW 41WS KOMC Mfl Chi WHh-gm TWADC HKWWY HOt 21KW24 ZH—fIMMM wjcjconQ TmTtVTiHMW KtLVMCHAM i1«t» I HMTWrWITIM ►TO MYANMAR/YANGON BEIM COMTAWCR SERVICE jgjjgjb' M OCEAWLINE3 vsi/vor stok CARAKA
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      1814 32 0 HANJIN SHIPPING FOR VSI $M ILK HAUL S£A POI FOR VSL SM ILVC HAUL SAV HM NYC HAfUN VANCOUVER 014E 9/9 ORECT 31/9 2/10 HMUN VANCOUVER 01« 9/9 K HONGKONG 041E 14/10 15/1017/10 HANRN OAKLAND 023E 16/9 DOSCT 7/10 9/10 HANRN OAK LAN) 02X 16/9 M EUROPE 00* 21/10
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      2548 33 ll v;'II SCX: 'NEPTUNE CYPRINE 02E' ETA SGP 08/09/93 II II YBL II ARRIVING LOS ANGELES 25/09/93 IN 16 DAYS II 11 II AEX: 'PACIFIC BRIDGE 02E' ETA sgp 08/09/93 II ARRIVING NEW YORK 01/10/93 IN 17 DAYS II EXPORT TO: PSW/PNW SINGAPORE CALIFORNIA EXPRESS (SCX) TO: USWC US QULF
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      1229 33 m sinsov SINGAPORE SOVIET SHIPPING CO PRIVATE LTD BOOKINGS: BALT ORIENT LINE: *****64 FESCO: *****06 ENQUIRIES: *****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:
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      1672 34 AS AGENTS "K" LINE (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD (CM No: **********0 M) TEL: *****77 TELEX KAWAKI R*****5 FAX *****16/7/8/9 I T T MALAYSIA: K" UNI MARITIME (MALAYSIA) SON BHD 1 TEL: SA *****00 PK *****75 PEN *****0 JB *****1 PGU *****5/6 INDONESIA: P.T. SARANA LAUTINTERNUSA, TEL: JKT *****08 f expost h.
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      1169 34 PHI lion* NT LINtS PT€ LTD V" 108 Robinson Road #07-00 GMG Building Singapore 0106 1 Tel: *****22/*****69/*****00 Telex: RS ***** Fax: *****76/*****38 A MEMBER OF THE SINGAPORE FREIGHT FORWARDERS ASSOCIATION I AUSTRAUA/NEW ZEALAND/SOUTH PACIFIC FCL/LCL SERVICE 4 SEP SYDNEY. MELBOURNE. BRISBANE. FREMANTLE 12 SEP AUCKLAND, WELLINGTON. LYTTLETON, NEW PLYMOUTH.
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      1015 35 (S£»JEftll PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL LINES (PTE) LTD I 140 Cecil Street, #03-00 PIL Building, Singapore 0106. I I Cfl NO: **********0E HfVQRRnfB BmuZmAUml VESSEL VOV Sm BKK SIN 1 *"SEL VOY SIN JKT S*N KOTA SABAS KSBISN 5/9 9/9 12/9 BUMGA TERA T AI 3463 7/9 10/9 14/9 SEA GLORY SQYINB
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      1640 35 VESSELS I HO) I W FEEDER STOW HARBURG ROTTERDAM ANTWERP THAMES U HARVE ADAM ABRAHAM 7130W 05/01 01/10 03/1 C 04/10 05/10 07/10 w.u m mm niow 12/01 ot/io 10/10 11/10 12/10 14/10 VB.Lt 0t VENUS 1230W 10/01 14/10 It/10 17/10 U/10 20/10 POi EAST 7230W 21/09 23/10 25/10 20/10
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      424 35 BSfl x M MYANMA pßfe. FIVE STAR LINE (Myanmar National Line) Loading for Yangon (Rangoon) S pore P Kit Pen P Gdj PWYA VI3OW lr Pi AVA VI23W 10 Sep 4/8 Sep HP* AN VI94W 10/13 Sep 6/8 Sep PAGAN V2OOW 15 Sep PATHEM VI24W 17 Sep 19/22 Sep MALAYSIA
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      2543 38 Full Container Liner Services Malaysia's Agents: Indonesia's Agents: I General Agents: Booking Agents: Guan Guan Shipping Sdn Bhd Chung Chiao Shipping Sdn Bhd P.T. Global Rutra Indonesia Maritime Costar Shipping Pte Ltd Shipping Freight Booking Centre Sdn Bhd St Persiaran ffi/j Mutt* Musa Let 3.34, 3rd Floor. 11. IK. H.
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      661 39 (ft FAMOUS CONTAINER LINES 10 ANSON RD. #15-21 INTERNATIONAL PLAZA, S'PORE 0207 HOT LINE: *****33 (24 LINES) GOTHENBURG/SCAN 6/09 ROTTERDAM 4/09 AARHUS/COPENHAGEN 6/09 HAMBURG/BREMEN 6/09 MARSEILLE/FRANCE 4/09 FELIXSTOWE/UK 6/09 BARCELONA/SPAIN 4/09 LEHAVRE/FRANCE 6/09 GENOA/ITALY 4/09 ANTWERP/BELGIUM 4/09 LOS ANGELES/WC/IPI 5/09 SYDNEY/MELBOURNE 4/09 NEW YORK/EC 5/09 FREMANTLE/ADELAIDE 3/09 VANCOUVER 3/09 BRISBANE
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      1652 39 VESSEL vessel voy sin pes I k I ::5 PHVM 138 Eli In Pt —lII* ZZt_ BHUM 2141 Fri (in Pt Sat I 4/9 VESSEL VOY SN BKK QURU 28*5 JUL </» Wrt _JZi_ j I 98N Fri taPt 7/T I JARU BHUM 90N Fri In Pt Mofi 6/9 WANA
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      1735 40 ■L4SMN CONTAINER LINES 2fV/VV^ Agents: MAC-NELS SPORE: *****22 (24 LINES) LJ \y Jem No: **********0E PENANG: (04) *****6 SIBU: (084) *****9 KUCHING: (082) *****3 P.KELANG: (03) *****77 JAKARTA: (21) *****07 SURABAYA: (31) *****0 HKG/TWN/BKK I GOTH/UKB/MEP PORTS T PEN PKL SIN 5 SAILINGS/WEEK PEN PK SIN 3/9 4/9 5/9 Hong
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      191 40 SEAWARD SHIPPING AND TRADING CO (S) PTE LTD IT* ETA ET» STOW POII KEIMG PfNANG Bit* MOf 23,9 loading tor Milt RUVM HUOHU IS 9 Dnclwgmg and loading tor Bombay DOIPtIN 6 9 loading For Mate noKK sum* 15/9 loading For Mate UMCEDH Sailed loading For Mate PHOOttSS IBBTT In
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      1013 40 THONG SOON UNES PTE LTD 78 SHENTON WAY #10-01, SINGAPORE 0207 TEL: 227-5088 FAX: 227-6011 TLX: RS ***** CARRKR, RS ***** JENHOL CABLE: TOSOCO SINGAPORE TO SARAWAK VESSEL VOT SPORE PEST VESSEL |VQV |S'POtE [IEST I EQUATOR 111 99/3E 06 SEP KUCHING EQUATOR ROYAL 83/3E 04 SEP SIBU T EQUATOR
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      845 41 WgV'EVERETT ORIENT LINE" JAPAN/BAY OF BENGAL/JAPAN SERVICE ACCEPTMG BREAKBULK/SOC CARGOES TO/FROM KOBE. YOKOHAMA. HA GOYA. MOD. TOKYO*. MANIA* DAVAO* Ponanj* P. Keianf Snjapofe E'Msu* KAMALEVERETT VI7E 10/11 Sep KARABJEVERETT VI3E 19/20 Sop 21/22 Sep SHAPIAEVERETT VI7E 09/10 Oct 11/12 Oct ACCEPTMG BREAMUU/FCL/SOC CARGO*S TO/FROM CHTTTAGONG. CALCUTTA AM) MONGLA*. Singapore P.
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      320 41 IftL GLORY NAVIGATION GROUP REGULAR LINER SERVICE TAIWAN TO SINGAPORE ASEAN DIRECT WEEKLY TO PORT KELANG/PENANG •AT ATTRACTIVE RATES* CR NO: **********0W SP PKL PNG KAO GLORY SELATAN V 5/9 8/9 14/9 TIMBER TRADER V 1/9 3/9 SP PKL HCM HK KAO GLORY SELATAN IX 3/9 6/9 13/9 EXTENSION OF
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      603 41 PGSI WORLDWIDE HMNA —GLOBE STMRHS UWtS REGULAR FCL SERVICE TO THE FOLLOWING WEEKLY SAILING TO HUANG PU ft SHANTOU Connecting Feeder to Huang PuSlll TUO CONTAINER NO. 2 Connecting Feeder to Shantao LIAN BO NO 9 WE HV LEASING CONTRS FOR RENTAL SAILING TO PHNOM PENH' FORTNIGHTLY FCL/LCL SERVICE TO
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      495 41 FORTNIGHTLY DIRECT CONTAINER SERVICE SIN TO DURBAN VESSEL SIN DURBAN P ELIZABETH SIN FENGANSHAN V 124 04/09 20/09 23/09 11/10 FENGHANGSMAN VS4/S5 19/09 OS/IO 08/IO 26/10 FUYUSMAN V4B/49 OA/IO 20/10 23/10 11/11 ALSO ACCEPTBtG TO JOHANNESBURG PRETORIA VIA OURS AN BOOKING AGENT FOR COSCO SIN TO MADRAS VESSEL SIN MOS
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      324 41 SIN FAR EAST 7/9 KEELUNG/KAOHSIUNG 11/9 BANGKOK 6/9 MANILA/CEBU 5/9 JAKARTA/BELAWAN/SURABAYA 11/9 PORT KELANG/PENANG/E. MALAYSIA 11/9 BUSAN 11/9 TOKYO/YOKO/KOBE/NGO/OSA 11/9 HONG KONG S|N CHINA (4>n#±«*n) 11/9 GUANGZHOU/HUANGPU/SHENZHEN FUZHOU/XIAMEN/SHANTOU/SHEKOU DALIAN/SHANGHAI/XINGANG TIANJIN/QINGDAO/HAIKOU also accepting LGL cargo Si EUROPE/UK 6/9 LDN/FLX/LVP/SOU 6/9 RDM/HAM/ANT/LEH/GOA/OSL/GOT/BCN also accepting cargo to Austria/ Hungary/Romania/Poland/Bulgaria/Czech. SIN USA/CANADA 7/9 LOS
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      730 42 HONG KONG/CHINA 5/9 12/9 JAKARTA 5/9 12/9 BANGKOK 4/9 8/9 MANILA 6/9 13/9 BUSAN 5/9 12/9 KEELUNG 7/9 14/9 TOKYO/KOBE 5/9 12/9 KAOSHIUNG 4/9 11/9 PORT KELAN6/PENAN6 5/9 12/9 YOKOHAMA 5/9 12/9 COLOMBO 4/9 9/9 FELIXSTOWE/HAMBURG 6/9 13/9 CHITTA6ON6/MADRAS 5/9 12/9 ROTTERDAM/LE HARVE/ANTWERP 13/9 BOMBAY/KARACHI 6/9 13/9 BARCELONA. MARSEILLES. GENOA
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      331 42 Con term CONTERM FREIGHT (F.E.) PTE LTD. AUCKLAND 12th SEPTEMBER ACCEPTING TO ALL NEW ZEALAND PORTS PENAN6 09 SEP PORT KELANG 09 SEP JAKARTA 05 SEP BANGKOK II SEP SURABAYA 06 SEP FREMANTLE 12 SEP MELBOURNE 09 SEP SYDNEY 09 SEP BRISBANE 15 SEP GOTHENBURG 11 SEP 'ACCEPTING TO ALL
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      563 42 Next Week's Sailings Singapore I To: ETD To: ETD N Singapore Singapore is° by i.rqa EVERY EVERY Bangkok SUN Jakarta SUN Ct^j EVERY EVERY Manila SUN Ho Chi Minh FRI EVERY EVERY V Colombo TUE Limassol THUR yggx L"SJ| MTDtNATIONAL SEA FREIGHT FORWARDMG Tel: Fax: AND LOGISTICS SERVICES 0§ II
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      120 42 H NIPPON EXPRESS Arrow International (Worldwide Consolidation System) WEEKLY TO: TOK.YO/YOKOHAMA/NAGOYA/KAOSHIUNG/ HONG KONG/BANGKOK/KEELUNG/KOBE/ LOS ANGELES (LONG BEACH)/NEW YORK/ CHICAGO/SYDNEY/MELBOURNE/HAMBURG/ FELIXSTOWE/ROTTERDAM/DUSSELDORF WE ALSO DEAL IN FCL CARGO WORLDWIDE ARROW EXPRESS (SERV ICE TO MALAYSIA) MALAYSIA TRUCK CONSOLIDATION Depart Singapore DAILY to K..L, BANGI. SHAH ALAM ARROW EXPRESS BONDED CONSOLIDATION Depart Singapore
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      1339 43 gC ONDOR LINE SEMI-CONTAINERISED SERVICE EASTBOUND PORTS VOY BUENOS MONTEVIDEO DURBAN SMOAMMi HONG KONG KAGOSHNMA YOKOHAMA WWBI AIRES'" N. KRUPSKAYA EBOI SAILED SAILED 30/08 13 17/09 22/09 26 30/09 02/10 POLESSK EBO2 02/09 IS 16/09 30/09 04/10 09/10 13 20/10 22/10 DEKABRIST EBQ3 03/10 16 17/10 30/1004/11 09/11 13 20/11
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      393 44 NORTH PHILIPPINES FULL CONTAINER SERVICE VESSEL VOYAGE SINGAPORE MANILA VIGOUR SINGAPORE filtffi Q3/Q9/93 11/Q9/93 "jy*® VIGOUR SINGAPORE 61ANB Qfi/09/93 11/09/93 VIGOUR PACIFIC 10/Q9/93 18/Q9/93 VIGOUR PACIFIC 26ANB 13/09/93 18/09/93 PORT KLANG/PENANG FULL CONTAINER SERVICE VESSEL VOYAGE SINGAPORE PORT KLANG PENANG VIGOUR PENANG 9311N8 03/09/93 PS/99/93 VIGOUR SINGAPORE 6U« 03/09/93 Q4/Q9/93
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      494 44 ©APPENSHIP /2\ HAMBURG [7\J CONVENTIONAL A INDEPENDENT LINER SERVICE V-/ EUROPE TO SOUTH EABT A3IA AND FAR EAST VESSELS LOADING PORTS DISCHARGE LOUNNG FOR HARMONY SEA HAMBURG SLD SPORE 1/9. BKK 5/9 YEW TREE HAMBURG SLD SPORE 3/9 LORELEY ANTWERP SLD SPORE 12/9 GLIDER HAMBURG SLD SPORE 30/9. JKT 2/10
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      360 44 i. cosco UKC CONVENTIONAL SERVICE VESSEL PKL PNQ P.O. LOADING FOR: A VESSEL 28/09 Rotterdam/Antwerp CHINA COWVEHTIOHAL SERVICE VESSEL PKL PNG P.O. LOADING FOR: A VESSEL 15/09 20/09 Huangpu/Guangzhou COSCO FULL CONTAINER SERVICES (FCL/FCL) EXPORT TO: CHINA/BANGKOK/HONGKONG EUROPE/CONTINENTAL WEST MEDITERRANEAN AUSTRALIA US WEST COAST PERSIAN GULF/KARACHI Pieaae rater above mentioned
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      917 45 A HYUNDAI I MERCHANT MARINE CO. LTD. WESTBOUND TO EUROPE VESSELS TOY I PWA PKE I PGP VESSELS SIR RTM ANT* LEH* HAM BK$ FEL NORASIA MALACCA 9327 A 31/08 01/09 02/09 SI MARINER 306W 07/09 24/09 24/09 25/09 26/09 26/09 28/09 MM ADVANCE 26A 07/09 08/09 09/09 H. EXPLORER
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      491 45 STRAITS/ JAPAN/ STRAITS SERVICE SPECIALIST IN RO-RO HEAVY LIFTS INBOUND VESSELS VESSEL «W N MC U SMI MGOIA 17 SLD PT SOMAI 22 SLO TAUOK EMS 21 l/l KEtSWUM 21 11/1 li/l TMNO 17 l/l lECCLES J 11/1 22/1 UN SO* PtAISE 1 21/1 23/1 MEIM 1 12/1 111 OUTBOUND
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      980 45 JEDDAH/UK/CONTINENT S PORE IIED STON ITBURG R DAM LEH Atw Acctpti* C*|» F«r. DRESDEN EXPRESS 12/334 4/1 13/1 22/1 »/l 27/1 21/1 Swthamplan :Ital UK dntnatwi. Brfnl and D*fa KAGA 31/131 l/l 21/1 30/1 Rotterdam ;It al Anhm>. Amttrdam. o*. Hahi*. LUDMGSHAfEN EXPRESS 01/335 11/1 21/1 21/1 2/11 4/11 1/10
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