The Business Times, 17 September 1993

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    13 1 Business Times WE KNOW ASIA MITA (P) 552/12/92 Friday September 17 1993 75«
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  • 2am LATEST
    • Article
      Lock icon EC tells China to cut trade surplus
      74 1 AFP BRUSSELS European Community chief executive Jacques Delors met Chinese Vice-Premier Zou Jiahua last night and told him Beijing must take steps to reduce its ballooning trade surplus with the EC. An EC spokesman said that Mr Delors also held out the prospcct
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      Lock icon German will urge US to relax steel duties
      67 1 Reuter BONN German Economics Minister Guenter Rexrodt, under pressure from the steel industry, will appeal to the US to reconsider import tariffs it placed on some German steel products. A spokeswoman for the economics ministry said yesterday that Mr Rexrodt agreed at
      Reuter  -  67 words
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    MARKET SUMMARY
    110 1 Stock market indices Ihurviay Change Sill 2,000.71 -0.64 KLSE Composite 819.77 +3.33 Nikkei 20,502.15 -445.64 Hang Seng 7,418.11 -70.66 SET Index 989.64 -2.72 Jakarta Composite ...430.05 -1.26 CLSA China B 1,033.77 -4.87 Aust All Ord 1,902.6 -1 FTSE 100 3,003.9 +14.5 Thursday Prrviow I lam dose Dow Jones
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    Pressure from banks puts S'pore money brokers in dire straits
    652 1  -  By Paul Leo SINGAPORE The profits of money-broking houses operating here plunged 60 per cent last year to only Sss million, despite a booming foreign exchange market which has seen daily average turnover of US$B5 billion (S$ 136 billion). Total
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    Filipino-Chinese tycoons to invest more at home
    112 1 MANILA Six FilipinoChinese taipans have formed a consortium on the suggestion of President Fidel Ramos to invest more in the Philippines rather than abroad, particularly in China. Called Asia's Emerging Dragon Corp (AEDC), the con- sortium groups the who's who in Philippine business
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    Govt to go ahead with Holland Road flyover
    343 1  -  By Sylvia Wong SINGAPORE The government will proceed with the building of a flyover along Holland Road, rejecting an appeal from condominium residents concerned that heavy road works would pull down property values. The Ministry of National Development said this in response
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    UK, Australia, China in war of words over Olympic venue
    449 1 SYDNEY Britain, Australia and China have joined in a slanging match over the venue for the year 2000 Olympic Games. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) will announce late next week which city has been selected to host the games. Sydney,
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    China to scrap dual exchange rate for yuan from next year
    415 1  -  From Catherine Ong in HONGKONG HONGKONG China will scrap its dual exchange rate system next year but is not ready to allow its currency to be freely convertible, says a senior official. Finance Ministry Vice-Min-ister Jin Renqing was quoted
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    Pictures from the past
    86 1 SINGAPORE Rarely-seen photographs of Mr and Mrs Lee Kuan Yew like this one from his private album yesterday helped raise $550,000 for charity', with the money going to Nanyang Girls' High School. A new book of the Senior Minister's speeches and family photos was launched yesterday,
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      105 1 H depms 1921 Ssr SIEBBIrS ft made in France Petite 102-38, Centrepoint (Tel: *****68) Takashimaya Dept Store Level 3 Gateres Lafayene Singapore and selected retail outlets CONTENTS STpore News 2 Vpor^M s*a '9.10.11 Regional News 3,5,6 Financial 12,13 World News 8 Features Markets Analysis 25 Oob/RISE. StS 17.18 Edrtoraf 2«
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      18 1 Advertising: Pg 22 Saatchi has reason to celebrate Price-earnings ratio of Idris Hydraulic hits 280 times, Pg 9
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      19 1 Hock Lock Siew: pg 9 What makes Dharmala attractive Electronic broking in forex market here to stay, Pg 12
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
    • eye on the ECONOMY
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        Lock icon Mid-year gastronomical lull
        333 2  -  By Chuang Peck Ming THE school holidays in June failed to boost spending on food and drink in restaurants, Department of Statistics figure show. Restaurant and pub takings that month were $123 million, compared with $126 million in May, according to calculations based on cess payments collected
        Source: Dept of Statistics  -  333 words
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      COEs for goods vehicles post biggest rise in two months
      544 2  -  By Dexter Lee GOODS vehicles and buses are just as coveted in Singapore as passenger cars, going by the latest Certificate of Entitlement results. According to figures released yesterday by the Registry of Vehicles, October COE premiums are up across
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      Boon Heng to head NTUC from Oct 11
      173 2 LIM BOON HENG will head the labour movement from Oct 11, the National Trades Union Congress announced yesterday. But Mr Lim, who is now Minister in the Prime Minister's Office and Second Trade and Industry Minister, will keep his cabinet rank as
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      Local franchise organisation created
      175 2 THE Singapore International Franchise Association (Sifa) was inaugurated yesterday. In addition to networking with relevant organisations overseas, Sifa intends to provide a forum for exchange of ideas in the local franchise community and assist its members market their franchises in- temationally. One of Sifa's first projects
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      More S'poreans hold professional and technical jobs
      471 2  -  By Chuang Peck Ming MORE Singaporeans moved up the job ladder in the decade ending 1990. filling up professional, management and highly-skilled positions. The number in the working population who filled jobs in the professional and technical field swelled from 12 to 16
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  • THE REGION
    • Article
      Thai govt considering raising car duty by 10-20 pc
      610 3  -  From Alan Boyd in BANGKOK THAI motorists will face some of the highest prices for imported cars in Asia if planned increases in vehicle duty are approved to protect the struggling local assembly industry. Deputy Industry Minister Pornthep Techapaibul said the
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      Lock icon Waiting for changes in Cambodia
      35 3 Reuter PHNOM PENH Buddhist monks gathering outside the National Assembly here on Wednesday while Cambodia's new constituent Assembly convened to debate a new Constitution that will revive the monarchy. Reuter
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      Proton in joint venture with Diversified Resources
      387 3  -  From Leslie Lopez in KUALA LUMPUR MALAYSIA'S national car manufacturer Perusahaan Otomobil Nasional Bhd (Proton) has entered into a wideranging agreement with vehicle assembler Diversified Resources Bhd, a development that has got investment analysts worried over Proton's future growth. At a signing ceremony
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      Thailand to create more seats on stock exchange
      541 3  -  From Loh Hui Yin in BANGKOK THAILAND's Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is to create more seats on the stock exchange, a move which could pave the way for more foreign participation in the stockbroking industry. It plans to let an existing
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      Lock icon Indon minister urges Asean nations to launch more satellites to control airwaves
      278 3 AFP, Reuter KUALA LUMPUR Southeast Asian nations need to launch more of their own space satellites to help them control broadcasts entering their territory, Indonesian Information Minister Harmoko said yesterday. Members of Asean should depend less on foreign
      AFP,; Reuter  -  278 words
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      Lock icon Indonesia to change policy to get more foreign investment
      283 3 AFP, Reuter JAKARTA Indonesian Investment Minister Sanyoto Sastrowardoyo pledged his government would change its policy on investment to attract more foreigners. "The government is discussing deregulation of investment policy. We are going to improve the things that hamper investment. We will
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      Lock icon China's industrial growth down as cooling measures take effect
      481 5 AFP, Reuter HONGKONG China's industrial output grew 23.4 per cent last month, down 1.7 per cent from July, as government measures aimed at cooling .the overheated economy took hold. The State Statistical Bureau said yesterday that the figure for July, when
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      Lock icon Beijing, London blame each other for stalemate in talks
      166 5 AP BEIJING China and Britain blamed each other yesterday for failure to make progress in talks on technical matters relating to the 1997 handover of Hongkong to Chinese rule. "There was some progress, but it was pretty thin. There are some
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      Beijing set to ease controls on new hotel projects
      323 5  -  B* Yong Pow Ang MAJOR Chinese cities are likely to regain the authority from the central government to approve new hotel projects, as hotel occupancy and tariffs go up. The deputy director of the Foreign Economic Relations and Trade Commission of
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      Lock icon Taipei eases credit with cuts in reserve ratios
      286 5 Reuter TAIPEI Taiwan's central bank yesterday moved to ease monetary policy by slashing the required reserve rate for banks. Reserve requirements, the proportion of deposits that commercial banks must retain instead of lending out, were reduced by between 0.75 and one percentage
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      Lock icon Chinese hungry for investment funds
      175 5 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG Mainland Chinese investors are hungry for investment funds and Hongkong fund managers are helping their Chinese counterparts satisfy their appetites. "The domestic fund industry in China has undergone major development in the past two years." said Richard Haw. manager at Schroders
      Bloomberg Business News  -  175 words
    • ASIA NOTES
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        Lock icon KL approves Sarawak project
        47 5 Knight-Ridder SINGAPORE Malaysia's Cabinet has approved plans to build a hydroelectric project in Sarawak costing M 530.6 billion (5518.9 billion). Radio and Television Malaysia said yesterday that the Bakun hydroelectric project will provide up to 16.000 megawatts from Sarawak to peninsular Malaysia. Knight-Ridder
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        Lock icon Peace be with you
        40 5 Reuter MAE LA CAMP, Thailand Dressed in Karen costume, Nobel Peace Prize laureate from Guatemala, Rigoberta Menchu, chatting with a Karen girl yesterday. She was visiting a Myanmar minority refugee camp near the Thai-Myanmar border. Reuter
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        Lock icon Keating's message for Queen
        46 5 Reuter LONDON Australian Prime Minister Paul Keating was due in Britain yesterday for a three-day visit during which he was to tell Queen Elizabeth II he hoped to end her reign as his country's monarch by the end of the century. Reuter
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        Lock icon Vietnam cuts state firms
        58 5 AFP HANOI Vietnam has slashed the number of state-owned firms from more than 12.000 in 1990 years ago to 7.050 as of June 1993, under a policy to revamp the state sector. The communist party daily Nhan Dan said yesterday that 3.000 were amalgamated or scrapped
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      Lock icon Indian companies seeking alternate energy sources
      599 6 Reuter BOMBAY Power-starved India can expect 2,000 megawatts of electricity within three years from wind, solar and hydro projects that serve the interests of the economy and the evironment, a senior government energy official said. "Indian companies have begun accepting that renewable energy is
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      Lock icon Hosokawa seeking support in parliament for political reform
      399 6 Reuter TOKYO Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa will reconvene parliament today to try to win support for political reform. an issue that has brought down two previous Japanese governments. Mr Hosokawa will make a formal policy speech next Tuesday, with Budget Committee sessions
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      Lock icon Bangladesh minister criticises World Bank
      156 6 Reuter DHAKA Bangladesh Finance Minister Saifur Rahman has accused the World Bank of pressuring his country because it knows it depends on foreign aid. Mr Rahman, speaking at an economic seminar on Wednesday, blasted the bank for "putting undue pressure on a country heavily dependent
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      Lock icon India's watchdog calls for more efficient capital market
      255 6 AFP BOMBAY India's capital market watchdog called for more transparency and efficiency in stock exchanges yesterday to conform to world standards and lure foreign investors, projecting rapid market growth. "We need an efficient capital market to encourage more investors and issuers and
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      Lock icon Australian space firm seeks Asian investors
      237 6 Reuter SYDNEY An Australian company which has signed a deal with several Russian space firms to build the world's first privately owned spaceport in the South Pacific said yesterday it was seeking Asian investment. "The major funding is likely to come from a variety
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  • THE WORLD
    • WORLD WATCH
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        Lock icon Muslims, Serbs sign new agreement
        75 8 AP GENEVA Bosnian Serbs and Muslims in a hastily arranged meeting yesterday signed a new agreement on cessation of hostilities that clears the way for the possible signing of a peace package for the war-torn country, an official said. The Serb-Muslim agreement provides for a
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        Lock icon Sony's new phone for Mr Spock
        47 8 Reuter LONDON Mr Spock look-alike Roy Ives displayed Sony's newest and smallest mobile phone, the CM-Rlll, during its launch in the UK on Tuesday. The phone weighs only 185 grammes and has a battery the size of a credit card. Rcuter
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        Lock icon Russia, Estonia fail to reach accord
        76 8 AP MOSCOW Russia and Estonia failed to agree on Wednesday on the withdrawal of former Soviet troops from the tiny Baltic nation, and US aid to Russia could be cut off next month as a result. Under the so-called Byrd Amendment, the US Congress
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        Lock icon Venezuela plans to sell electric firms
        69 8 Reuter NEW YORK Venezuela plans to sell three state-owned electricity companies by year-end for at least US$l billion and is currently touting them on the international roadshow circuit, a government official said. "We can reasonably expect to sell these companies," Julian Villalba, president of
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      Lock icon British unemployment up, economy growing too slowly
      201 8 AFP LONDON The number of people out of work in Britain rose by 5,800 in August to 2,922,100, but the rate of unemployment remained at the figure for July of 10.4 per cent, the employment department said. The second rise in British unemployment
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      Lock icon US to push for an information network
      202 8 Reuter WASHINGTON The Clinton administration on Wednesday began promoting development of an information super highway that would link schools, businesses, government and citizens nationwide. "We are going to push as hard as we possibly can to put this national information infrastructure in place,"
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      Lock icon Still no sign of upturn in west German economy: Bundesbank
      556 8 Reuter. AFP FRANKFURT The Bundesbank said yesterday the west German economy still showed no sign of an upturn, but it dimmed hopes of a boost to domestic demand through interest rate cuts in the nearterm. The Bundesbank said in its
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      Lock icon Lamont challenges Major over handling of economy
      278 8 AFP LONDON Former Chancellor of the Exchequer Norman Lamont yesterday challenged Prime Minister John Major over his handling of the economy, fuelling Tory fears of a public feud at next month's Conservative Party conference. Writing in The Times newspaper and The Sun. Mr
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      Lock icon Paris pledges to be open-minded at EC farm meeting
      487 8 PARIS Prime Minister Edouard Balladur says France will be open-minded at a meeting of European Community ministers next week to debate a US-EC farm trade agreement, but carefully protect its national interests. "We must not reject everything that's proposed." Mr Balladur
      Reuter  -  487 words
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      Lock icon Canada's Liberal Party will review Nafta if it wins polls
      215 8 Knight-Ridder TORONTO Canada's Liberal Party has pledged to renegotiate the 1989 US-Canada Free Trade Agreement and the North American Free Trade Agreement if it comes to power in the general election due on Oct 25. The Liberals made the promise
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      Lock icon Italy's job issue may complicate EC steel negotiations
      315 8 Reuter MILAN Growing resistance to job cuts in Italy's sickly public sector could complicate attempts to forge a deal with the EC on steel production cuts and state aid. analysts said. The EC is demanding lossmaking state steel group ILVA SpA cut
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
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      Lock icon Idris Hydraulic soars 54 cents in rumour-driven frenzy
      422 9  -  By R Sivanithy SINGAPORE Speculators pushed the price of Malaysian stock Idris Hydraulic through the roof yesterday. The financc-bascd firm traded a whopping 68.8 million shares, making it the day's most active countcr. It also headed the gainers' list, shooting up 54
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      Lock icon KLSE hopes to have new trading floor by year-end
      325 9 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange hopes to set up a trading floor at its own premises in Bukit Damansara here before the end of the year to enhance its trading and settlement systems, executive chairman Nik Mohamed Din
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      Lock icon Union Paper case: No new arrest reports made, say police
      197 9 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Police in the Klang Valley yesterday confirmed that no arrest reports have been made to date on persons other than Ibrahim Mohamad for involvement in the Union Paper Holdings Bhd shares scam. Reports on Wednesday said the
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      GRP China in Shanghai pipe factory link-up
      232 9 SINGAPORE GRP (China) Pte Ltd has entered into a joint-venture with the Shanghai Hang Tou Commercial City Co Ltd (SHTC) to set up a factory to manufacture pipes, hoses and building materials in Shanghai. The China-based subsidiary of Sesdaq-iistcd General Rutv ber Plastic
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      Financial supermarket approach of Dharmala's flagship makes it attractive
      812 9  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW By William Chia SINGAPORE Diversified financial services group PT Dharmala Sakti Sejahtcra (DSS) is well placcd to benefit from the pick-up in the Indonesian economy because of its "supermarket" approach to the financial markets. DSS, which is the
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      APB to pump US$40m into Shanghai beer expansion
      454 9  -  By Genevieve Cua SINGAPORE The Asia Pacific Breweries group will invest about US$4O million (SS63 million) to expand its brewing capacity in Shanghai, even as it gears up to take part in a SSI23 million jointventure brewery in Thailand. The group is
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      Lock icon SUMMARY
      336 9 Source: Bridge Info Performance of STII's Index stocks Sep 16 l-asl Sem§t la4ex Slock sale (S) °s; (actor Avimo 2 020 1.43 CftC 72JO 0250 5.15 -555.56 CtfrtMs 5 800 -0 050 4 12 III.II FAN 14.700 1043 j GF AM 3 120 -0.020 2.21 44 44 (•enMag 1.320
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    • COMPANIES
      • COMPANY BRIEFS
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          G K Goh forms subsidiary
          58 10 SINGAPORE G K Goh Holdings has formed a wholly-owned subsidiary G K Goh Derivatives (HK) Ltd to transaet derivatives on stoeks listed on the Far Eastern stoek markets. The authorised and paid-up capital of the new company is HKSIO million (552.06 million). Its directors are
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          Mandarin Oriental details KL plans
          109 10 LONDON Mandarin Oriental International Ltd said it has modified plans for its development in Kuala Lumpur. Rather than developing a hotel on the original site, it has agreed that Kuala Lumpur City Centre (Holdings) Sdn Bhd will take a 25 per cent interest and manage
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          Lock icon Tenaga seeking partners for servicing
          95 10 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Tcnaga Nasional Bhd is looking for suitable joint venture partners to set up a separate maintenance and servicing company in efforts to reduce maintenance cost for its operations, said executives director Mohd Ariffin Abdul Rahman yesterday. Speaking to reporters after receiving the
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          GenMag's earnings plunge 71pc
          87 10 SINGAPORE General Magnetics Ltd yesterday announced a 71 per cent drop of earnings to $871,000 for the six months to June 30. This was based on a turnover of 5i9.64 million, a drop of 17 per cent. The group said in a statement that its results
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        UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
        467 10 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS Managers' prices Sep 17 Insurance Fund Singapore Unit Trust 365 379 The Commerce 1.49 1.56 Prudential The Savings Fund 1.40 1.47 PruLink Mgd Fund 1.23 1.30 S'pore Prog Fund 0.62 0.65xd yani p, i. S'pore Sec Fund 0.94 0.99 PMUIA BUmipUtra S'pore Invest Fund 1.10 1.16 Firs*
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        Lock icon Citibank and Credit Lyonnais launch regional China fund
        395 10  -  By Magdalene Ng SINGAPORE Citibank and Credit Lyonnais International Asset Management yesterday jointly launched Southeast Asia's first regional China fund. The Credit Lyonnais Regional China Fund, which is an open-ended unit trust denominated in Singapore dollars, will invest in companies that have
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        Ng Teng Fong's firm poised to sweep Kew Drive land parcels
        476 10  -  By Sylvia Wong SINGAPORE Property tycoon Ng Teng Fong's Far East Organisation looks set to again sweep most of the land parcels offered in a government land tender at Kew Drive which closed yesterday. Erishi Holdings Pte Ltd, a
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        Lock icon Time Engineering revises WTF acquisition
        162 10 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Time Engineering Bhd has proposed to acquire a 68.18 per cent stake in World Trade Facilitation Sdn Bhd for M 551.64 million cash. This followed a rejection by the Securities Commission of the company's original proposal to acquire WTF for M 547.81
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        Lock icon Allied to seek Privy Council ruling on HK police probe
        370 10 AFP HONGKONG Hongkong's Allied Group Ltd, the target of police raids for two days, said yesterday that it wanted to ask the Privy Council in London to block an investigation into its affairs. Its announcement came as police continued their
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        Lock icon Jakarta to probe activities of leading logger
        254 10 AFP JAKARTA The government is to investigate Indonesia's leading timber processing company, soon to be listed on the Jakarta Stock Exchange, over allegations that it violated logging rules. Forestry Minister Jamaludin Suryohadikusumo was quoted yesterday by the daily Republika as saying in a
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        Lock icon Golden Hope to invest in palm oil refineries
        224 10 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Golden Hope Plantations Bhd expects to invest Ms 46 million (5528.5 million) in three new palm oil refineries in Malacca. Perak and Sabah. Group chief executive Abdul Rahman Ramli said yesterday that for the Malacca project, in Jasin, it
        Bernama  -  224 words
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        Pan Pacific Pub in Yunnan hotel joint venture
        166 10 SINGAPORE Pan Pacific Publications has invested 18 million renmimbi (554.9 million) to form a joint venture in China in order to invest in a hotel in Yunnan, the company announced last night. The investment represents a 60 per cent stake in the
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        IPC clinches $5.6m deals to supply 5,000 PCs
        147 10 SINGAPORE Publiclylisted computer firm, IPC, has clinched 555.66 million contracts to supply over 5,000 personal computers (PCs) to Holland and Saudi Arabia. The larger of the two contracts came from Saudi Arabia, where the Ministry of Education ordered 553.42 million worth of
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        SBC lifts net surplus 26pc to $59m
        423 10  -  By Genevieve Cua SINGAPORE The Singapore Broadcasting Corporation lifted its net surplus 26 per cent in the 12 months to March, buoyed by strong advertising revenue. The surplus was $59 million, after tax of $2 million and a SIS million contribution to the
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        Lock icon ICI plans to sell stake in Teesside plant
        357 11 FT LONDON Imperial Chemical Industries, Britain's biggest chemicals company, on Wednesday said it wanted to sell a substantial stake in its Teesside ethylene plant, one of Europe's largest petrochemicals operations. The move would continue ICl's withdrawal from commodity petrochemicals. Ronnie Hampel, chief
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        Lock icon Coke expects earnings to grow 16-17pc, announces a US$55m charge
        394 11 Bloomberg Business News ATLANTA Coca-Cola Co said on Wednesday that it expects 1993 earnings to grow by 16 to 17 per cent, excluding one-time items, and said it will take a USSSS million (5587.4 million) charge. The charge, which will
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        Lock icon Taiwan to probe stock holdings of board members
        314 11 Reuter TAIPEI Taiwan's Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) said it would investigate the stock holdings of board members of listed companies to establish whether they had been selling shares illegally. "We will especially look into stocks that have recently been moving irregularly,"
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          Lock icon Honeywell, Fuji settle dispute
          78 11 Bloomberg Business News MINNEAPOLIS Honeywell Inc announced yesterday it has settled its autofocus patent dispute with Fuji Photo Film Ltd of Japan and its United States subsidiary. Fuji will pay Honeywell an undisclosed amount, which will be included in Honeywell's third-quarter results. Honeywell agreed to drop
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          Lock icon Driving a bargain with Ford
          64 11 Reuter MICHIGAN United Auto Workers vice-president Ernest Lofton (left), and the union's president Owen Bieber sharing a laugh with reporters as they announced a tentative labour agreement with Ford Motor Co on Wednesday at the car giant's headquarters after a marathon bargaining session. It lasted
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          Lock icon Komatsu to lift overseas production
          86 11 Reuter TOKYO Construction machinery maker Komatsu Ltd said it would increase overseas production and imports of parts and products to counter the yen's rise. The company will produce more super-large dump trucks and wheel loaders at its US unit, Komatsu Dresser Co. and transfer some
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          Lock icon Sega in movie link-up
          63 11 AP TOKYO Video game giant Sega Enterprises and movie distributor Shochiku Co plan to work together on new forms of entertainment such as a detective film that gives viewers a role, Sega said yesterday. Rampo, a detective story in which viewers help characters make decisions in
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          68 11 AFP TOKYO Japan's Nishimatsu Construction Company has won a contract to extend a thermal power station operated by Hongkong Electric Company. The contract for the third phase of thermal power construction project, was due to be signed in Tokyo today. The third phase is worth
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          81 11 Bloomberg Business News BOARDMAN, Ohio Edward J Deßartolo's cash-starved shopping mall empire, following a pack of retail developers, is going public with the largest offering of a property-owning real estate investment trust to date. Deßartolo Realty Corporation, a new real estate investment trust, on Wednesday
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          Lock icon Citicorp to renovate units worldwide
          67 12 Bloomberg Business News NEW YORK Citicorp said it plans to spend an average of US$BOO,OOO (SSI.3 million) on each of its 1,400 branches worldwide to replace computer systems and redesign interiors over the next few years. The changes will link branches worldwide and enable customers
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          81 12 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG Crosby Asset Management's China fund, China Investment Co (CIC), has invested US$2.3 million (553.7 million) for a 40 per cent stake in an unlisted China soft drinks company, the South China Morning Post reported. The investment accounts for about 8.5
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          64 12 Reuter WELLINGTON National Australia Bank (NZ) Ltd said it would cut its base lending rate to 9.75 per cent from 10.25 on Oct 26. The mortgage base lending rate and revolving credit lending rate would be cut by half a percentage point to 7.9
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          98 12 Bloomberg Business News WASHINGTON The World Bank said it planned to sell its first global bond issue denominated in marks during the fourth quarter. The World Bank has sold 13 global bond issues since September 1989, nine denominated in US dollars and four in yen. Global
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        187 12 Reuter SEOUL South Korea's finance ministry said it would ease stringent regulations on domestic companies seeking to raise foreign exchange to save businesses money and time. A ministry official said the new rules would take effect from Oct 1. Importers will from then on
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        Simex may enter mutual offset deal with IPE to trade in Brent
        338 12  -  By Soh Tiang Keng THE Singapore International Monetary Exchange (Simex) is planning to join hands with London's International Petroleum Exchange (IPE) to trade in Brent crude, the world's most actively traded crude oil. IPE chief executive Peter Wildblood
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        286 12 Reuter NEW YORK Southwest Bank of St Louis and Central Fidelity Bank of Richmond, Virginia, which have often been leaders in setting lending rates for the nation's banks, said on Wednesday they were cutting their prime rates to 5.75 per cent The
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        Lock icon Bad loans of Japan's top banks up 10pc
        191 12 AFP TOKYO Bad loans by Japan's 21 major banks are likely to top 14 trillion yen (*****.8 billion) at the end of this month, up about 10 per cent from six months ago, the Nikon Krizai Shimbun said yesterday. The leading economic
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        Electronic broking in forex market here to stay
        356 12  -  By Paul Leo SINGAPORE The foreign exchange market has accepted that electronic broking is here to stay, said Ong Seng Jin, a director of Minex, an international consortium of companies in international telecommunications, financial information and banking industries. But how much market
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        Bank of China launches Dragon credit card
        237 12 SINGAPORE The Bank of China branch here yesterday launched its own credit card the banking group's first overseas branch to do so. BOC Singapore's Dragon crcdit card makes it the second full-licensed bank here to join the group of credit card issuers this
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        Statoil plans to sell North Sea oil in Asia by year-end as region's demand grows
        399 13  -  By Helen Chang NORWEGIAN oil giant Statoil hopes to start selling North Sea oil in Asia by the end of the year in a move to tap the region's growing appetite for crude oil. The
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        Lock icon Indon crude oil output grows 3.5pc a year
        138 13 AFP JAKARTA Indonesia's crude oil production grew by an annual average of 3.5 per cent in the five years ending in 1991. Antara news agency yesterday quoted the director of Pertamina state oil company, Faisal Abda'oc, as saying that from 1987 to
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        576 13 Reuter COLOMBO When Anslem Pcrera set out 10 years ago to offer gourmet flavoured teas in attractive packaging, he little realised he would revolutionise an untapped segment of the Sri Lankan tea market. With just 16 workers, Mr Pcrera packcd tea in four
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        337 13 Reuter bOGOTA Latin American, African and Asian coffee producers on Wednesday finalised their ambitious plans to hold back up to 20 per cent of their coffee exports to push up depressed world prices. Jorge Cardenas, general manager of Colombia's National Coffee Growers
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        403 13 Reuter LONDON Amid gloom on oil prices, some analysts can yet be found to doubt prophecies of a 1986-style crash though even they differ on the timing of a rebound. "Demand remains strong. Prices should recover soon,"
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        212 13 KnightRidder NEW DELHI India exported 403,000 tonnes of white sugar in the first 10 months of the current 1992-93 (Oct-Sep) season, down from 468,000 tonnes the same period a season earlier. The export details were given out in a statement by the
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        Traders rush to buy crude oil before Opec meets next week
        402 13 Bloomberg ENERGY REPORT LONDON Oil futures priccs on both sides of the Atlantic rose yesterday as recent low oil priccs attracted traders who were betting that Opec for once will achicvc the internal discipline it needs to drive priccs
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        Banque Indosuez REGIONAL CURRENCY REPORT
        142 13 THE USS moved lower across the board yesterday in expectation of a press conference in Tokyo and a cut in US prime rate by two small banks. The US$/S$ market saw the USS move lower throughout the day with the market generally caught with long
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        177 13 UPI LONDON Better-than-expec-ted US economic figures yesterday lifted the dollar in late European trading as it regained the ground lost in the previous session. A better-than-forecast US merchandise trade deficit of USS 10.3 billion in July and a 0.2 per cent rise in industrial production in August formed the
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        89 13 AFP NEW YORK The dollar gained ground in early trading here yesterday against all currencies except the yen. At 1400 GMT, the dollar was trading at 1.6070 German marks against 1.5960 at Wednesday's close but at 104.75 yen against 105.95 yen. The dollar was up against the other
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        Lock icon Eurodollars end off lows on late buying
        1496 14 SIMEX REPORT Reuter SINGAPORE Simex Eurodollar interest rate futures recovered from early lows on late bargain hunting interest yesterday, traders said. The contract declined initially, in reaction to fears of Federal Reserve tightening as well as a continued sell-ofT in response to the
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        KL tin ends near record low
        617 14 COMMODITY REPORTS Tin TIN drifted back to end two sen down at MSI 1.23 a kg yesterday, just one sen above historic lows, on persistent miners' selling. Dealers said the metal is poised for further losses with the London market showing little signs for
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          Raw sugar cargo sold at big discount
          84 14 TOKYO The Philippines has sold only one cargo of raw sugar since Sep I, the beginning of the 1993-94 crop year, trade sources here said yesterday. The nearby cargo was said to have traded at a steep discount of about 25 points to
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          M'sia ready to ship palm oil to Iran
          88 14 KUALA LUMPUR A Malaysian refinery is ready to ship 9.000 tonnes of palm oil to Iran if a letter-of-credit from that nation arrives within the next few days, traders said. Iran contracted to buy the cargo 2 to 3 weeks ago. The
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          Lower Indon '94 cocoa crop expected
          97 14 SINGAPORE Indonesia's 1994 cocoa crop may fall below an earlier estimate of 240,000 tonnes as some areas have been hit by unusually dry weather, according to the executive director of the Indonesian Cocoa Association. P S Siswoputranto. But he could not say how far
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          Felda won't confirm palm oil sale
          96 14 KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's state-backed Federal Land Development Authority has declined to comment on rumours that it sold palm oil to India. The talk generated support for prices here on Wednesday. The authority is rumoured to have sold 12,000 tonnes of late Sep-early Oct palm
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      1700 14 Rubber Sep 16 HAS Commodity Exchange (futures closing as at 1pm) MS (physical prices) RSS 1 Contract (S ccnts/kg) Buyers Sellers Close Volume Open As at 12 noon ts ccnts/kg) Month High Low Sett (tonnes) Interest RSS 2 Oct 93 130 00 131 00N Oct 93 Nov Dec
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        Australia
        1175 15 -1 The Australian share market took a brief dip below the 1.900 mark before closing slightly down on the day as buyers remained sidelined on currency concerns yesterday. The focus was on Amcor, soaring 35 cents or 4 per cent to A 59.24. The All Ordinaries index closed one
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        Manila
        569 15 +23.57 Share prices closed higher on heavy buying of blue chips and secondary issues and renewed interest in mines, dealers said. "It is still a commerciallydriven market but there was some shift to oils and mines," said Jonas Ferrer of Pryce Securities. The Makati index rose 23.34 points to
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        Taipei
        512 15 -17.09 Taiwan stocks ended down but off intra-day lows in slow trade as investor confidence remained weak and the market lacked fresh news, brokers said. The weighted index, which dropped more than 40 points at one stage, closed 17.09 down at a seven-month low of 3,765.01, its lowest finish
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        Seoul
        404 15 -5.05 Across-the-board selling dragged the stock market lower for the third consecutive session in a day of lacklustre trading, brokers said. Rumours of serious liquidity constraints facing smaller companies put further pressure on the wobbly market. The composite stock index shed 5.05 points to 686.39 with turnover at 205.26
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        New Zealand
        304 15 19.56 New Zealand shares snapped a five-day losing streak yesterday on strong overseas buying, brokers said. The New Zealand Top 40 capital index rebounded 19.56 points to 1.968.61. "The underlying tone isn't that bright, but it is heartening to see interest returning to some leaders." said lan Weddell,
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        Bombay
        73 15 -54.04 Shares recovered in after hours kerb deals on short-covering by speculators who had sold during the official trading session, brokers said. During the official session prices fell sharply on stop-losses sales by speculators anticipating a plunge on rumours of a fresh crisis over proxy-held shares. The Bombay Stock
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        London
        643 15 14.5 Increased confidence prevailed in the stock market yesterday, helped by firmer FTSE futures and in the absence of adverse company and UK economic data after Wednesday's sharp 1.27 per cent drop in the blue chip index. "There was definitely a better feel about the market today. People seemed
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        Paris
        90 15 -2.87 French shares ended weaker but reduced their losses in the afternoon as bond futures firmed. The CAC-40 index closed down 2.87 at 2,075.64. Paris Sep 15 Fr \irlivjuKV WOO 200 Xkaici ?3I00 -200 F It- X«4uit (uk Dr Ranquc ***** .100 *****0 -1000 Lafjrpr 420 V) KOI) MKHM
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        Frankfurt
        148 15 -4.72 Equities ended a dull session lower, despite a slim recovery towards the close yesterday. Trade had been thin and dominated by technical, options-related deals. The DAX-30 index was down 4.72 points at 1,855.67. Frankfurt Sep 15 DM v« imoo -:s> BASF M*50 -I 50 BMW 546.50 -«> HO
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        Stockholm
        130 15 -0.56 Swedish shares fell slightly as concern over a weak crown and debt rates dominated choppy trading. Dealers saw no significant news to move the market. At the close the OMXindex was down 0.16 per cent at 979.41 while the blue-chip top-16 had risen 0.04 per cent to 1,319.54.
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        Brussels
        151 15 -9.54 Belgian shares closed lower, extending their nega- tive consolidation phase, as buyers continued to stay on the sidelines. Traders said the market could slip further in the next days if buyers did not return. They also said volatility might increase today due to expiry of options contracts, but
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        Milan
        136 15 -4.22 pc Italmobiliare set the ball rolling with its announcement before the opening of trade that it was asking shareholders for 262 billion lire of fresh funds through a mix of stocks and bonds. Fiat tumbled as domestic fund managers began unloading blue chips on fears of more capital
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        Amsterdam
        260 15 1.92 Dutch stocks ended higher, partly because of the dollar's favourable response to a smaller-than-expected trade deficit in the US. traders said. "It's been a dollar-driv-en market," said a trader with Effectenbank Van der Floop. The EOE index of the leading 24 Dutch stocks gained 1.92 points to close
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        Zurich
        219 15 +4.58 Prices on the Swiss share market are seen moving erratically today as the bourse digests expiring SofTex options and futures contracts. Thereafter, however, major price changes are unlikely ahead of the weekend, dealers said. The SMI closed 12.6 points higher at 2,374.4. The broad SPI added 4.58 up
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        Johannesburg
        304 15 -22 South African gold shares finished yesterday's otherwise dull trading day appreciably firmer, but dealers warned that investors remained nervous about bullion following Monday's slide to US$34O an ounce. The gold index, which gained a substantial 4.1 per cent on Wednesday, gained 68 points, or 4.3 per cent to
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        Toronto
        299 15 +20.12 Toronto stocks opened higher yesterday on the back of a strong precious metals index as prices rebounded from four-month lows set earlier this week, dealers said. The market also appeared to be gaining strength from a firmer Canadian dollar, they said. The TSE 300 composite index opened 20.12
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        New York
        791 15 -8.11 The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 8.11 points to 3,625.54 at 11 am EDT. The New York Stock Exchange composite index was off 0.80 to 254.87, while Standard Poor's 500-stock index was down 1.92 to 459.68. Declines topped advances 902-653 among the 2,255 issues crossing the
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      2812 16 Reuter HONGKONG Stocks closed sharply lower yesterday, with sentiment hit by Sino-British friction and a police probe into Allied Group, brokers said. The blue chip Hang Seng index dropped 70.66 points or 0.94 per cent to 7,418.11, finishing just 10 points above its day's low. Preliminary turnover was a
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      CHINA
      525 16 THE CLSA Shanghai B Index dropped 6.58 points to close at 776.29 yesterday in thin trading. Wing Sung, gaining 1.72 per cent, was the only counter which closed higher. First Pencil was the worst performer, losing 5.56 per cent. Dazhong, China TM and Tyre Rubber also closed lower while
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      2549 16 Reuter TOKYO Stocks ended sharply lower on unwinding of arbitrage positions yesterday. The Nikkei average fell 445.64 points or 2.13 per cent to 20,502.15. Brokers said major investors were sidelined on a lack of incentives ahead of the government's economic package yesterday. An estimated 250 million shares changed hands.
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      1779 16 AFP BANGKOK The Slock Exchange of Thailand (SET) index shed 2.72 points to close at 989.64 points yesterday. Trading was light with 135.3 million shares worth 8.4 billion baht changing hands. Losers outnumbered gainers 166 to 90, while 80 stocks were unchanged. Three new stocks, the office automation firm
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      1021 16 Reuter JAKARTA Share prices ended mixed due to profit-taking during the afternoon trading session yesterday, brokers said. The official index closed 1.26 lower at 430.05. "Most prices gained in the morning due to strong buying interest, but profit-taking drove several prices down in the second session." one broker said.
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      Lock icon CLOB INTERNATIONAL
      2648 17 Source: Bridge Info Source: Bridge Info MOST ACTIVE volume Idns Hyd 50c 68.7T9.000 FACB 50c 29.241 000 kema>jn 50c 2J.669.000 KI. Industries 16.962.000 M Mosaics 16.6*9.000 Hex/a Corpn 50c 12.379.000 Mcnang Corp 9.248.000 Landmarks Bhd 8.942.000 Kamunhng 50c 8.834.000 Kabertiroup 7.615.000 Bedford 50c 6.629.000 Promet 6.628 000 Mulpha
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        Lock icon Shares end steady in volatile trading
        5599 17 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Share prices here closed steady in volatile trading yesterday. Bargain-hunting ahead of the midday break halted earlier decline and follow-through in the afternoon reduced losses. However, several blue chips closed oft" their highs as investors took profits after chasing them up
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        Lock icon Focus on Clob continues with Idris a star performer
        1057 18  -  By R Sivanithy SINGAPORE Share priccs closcd largely unchanged yesterday, despite fears of a slight easing of interest in Malaysian counters. The Straits Times Industrials Index closcd 0.64 of a point lower at 2,000.71, while the BT-MGA Index edged up 0.19
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        Lock icon Lien Hoe Corp
        61 18  -  HOT STOCK Quak Hiang Whai LIEN HOE Corporation is going through a period of consolidation with some signs of bearish divergence seen in its daily and weekly charts. The monthly RSI is also at its 10year high. Trading in Lien Hoe should be restricted to speculative play
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      917 19 Golf Reuter ST NOM LA BRETECHE, France Just in time for the Ryder Cup next week, Fred Couples may have discovered the virtues of practice. By his own admission, the laid-back American has never been one to put in the hours of practice
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      56 19 Reuter TOKYO High-ranking wrestler Akebono of the US (left) improved his record to 4-0 on Wednesday the fourth day in the 15-day Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament. Wrestling before 11,000 spectators, yokozuna (grand champion) Akebono, or Chad Rowan, sent komusubi (junior champion, second class) Takatoriki somersaulting to
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      407 19 AP BEIJING The man behind the string of world records set by Chinese women distance runners in the last week is a flamboyant former soldier and farmer who thrives in the limelight. Ma Junren, coach of the track team from north-cast China's Liaoning
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        68 19 Reuter NEW YORK American league Wednesday: Milwaukee 15 NY 5; Toronto 14 Detroit 8; Boston 6 Baltimore 5; Oakland 15 Minnesota 2; Chicago 10 Kansas 6 (in 11); Texas 7 Cleveland 4; California 15 Seattle 1. National: Chicago 3 SF 1; Pittsburgh 8 Florida 1; Atlanta 7 Cincinnati 6;
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        103 19 Reuter MONTE CARLO China's top Olympic official denied on Wednesday that the release of political prisoners and a recent spate of Chinese world records had been timed to help Beijing secure the 2000 Games. Western critics have speculated that the recent release of a number of political dissidents and
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        229 19 AFP Reuter, AFP Reuter HONG KONG Digital Women's Open 2nd rd Wednesday: Patricia Hy (Can) b Beverly Bowes (US) 6-2 6-4; Erika De Lone (US) b Rachel McQuillan (Aust) 6-4 2-6 6-4; Kristine Radford (Aust) b Karin Kschwendt (Ger) 6-4 7-6. BORDEAUX, France Bordeaux men's tournament Ist rd Wednesday:
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        81 19 AFP BANGKOK Runners-up South Korea defeated Taiwan 15-11, 15-10. 15-1 in a Group C first round match in the 7th Asian men's championships here on Wednesday. In Group B. Iran beat New Zealand 15-8. 10-15, 15-11, 15-8. Both Iran and South Korea now go through to the quarter-fi-nals of
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      716 20 Budweiser BUD LIGHT Yangzhou dianxin If-,,.!1( Yangzhou Dianxin Executive Lunch With more new items, for 2, 4 and 6 people, the Yangzhou dianxin Call *****93 for reservations, lunch in Tien Court has Tien Court also introduces 3 executive lunch menus. At $78 $98 and *»>«'» H te i i -t
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      346 20 WHERE TO WINE, DINE AND ENTERTAIN Make Up For Every Meal You've Had To Skip This Week 4 i If you've been living on a solid diet of work-and-not-much-else lately, give yourself a well-earned rest and head for the Plaza Hotel's Seafood Theatre Restaurant this weekend. Select any item from
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      310 20 Fancy Beijing? Then, we're delighted 10 suggest y the Pine Court for a memorable dining experience. Try our Beijing specialities such as V Baked Tench, Beijing Duck and Marinated Lamb and our lunch menu of Beijing dian xin. |»I.i i To add to your enjoyment, BIJICJ all these are well
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  • LIFESTYLE
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      1007 21  -  The room where the painter spent his last hours is ready for the public, writes Stephens Broening Stephens Broening IHT Adeline Ravoux was only 12 when Vincent van Gogh died in an upstairs room at her father's inn at Auvers-Sur-oise in France, having exhibited what
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      465 21 CHATTERBOX UPI MORE THAN 100.000 personal items of the late Marlene Dietrich have been bought by the city of Berlin, where she is buried, for a film museum opening in 1998. Maria Riva. the legendary actress' only child and biographer, said the German city paid her
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      1228 21 1 TV RADIO SBC 5 Brosnan stars as who finds when he leads delegation to stop the near the Unfortufor a now wants j War SBC 5 town a ex- the best thing fto a young boy 1 11 pressures >o|n film applauds as Jon fights for i ®|p Silver
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  • ADVERTISING & MARKETING
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      Cheers to Saatchi
      391 22  -  By Corinne Kerk ADVERTISING agency Saatchi Saatchi has good reason to celebrate these days. About two weeks ago, it pitched for and won the Asia Pacific Breweries' (APB) Tiger Beer and Tiger Classic advertising account. It also won two gold Clios, one for its Traffic Police ad
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      Lock icon More Benetton bold
      44 22 AFP PARIS Yet more controversial posters by Benetton. One of the two, viewed by a woman from the window of a train shows a naked rear end while the other, shows an arm rubber stamped with the words "H.I.V. Positive" AFP
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      Lock icon Aladdin video sales likely to hit record 30 million
      440 22 NYT NO ONE is sure how many copies of "Aladdin" will be sold when the Disney film is released on videocassette on Oct 1. All the industry knows is that the title looks like the biggest ever. Always at the top
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      Deviant advertising under control
      512 23  -  No "gutsy" ads are seen these days probably due to a soft market, reports Sanjay Monsanto. Sanjay Monsanto. The writer contributes occasionally to BT MORE and more cases are being brought to the advertising watchdog's attention, but sources in the industry maintain that deviant advertising is
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      Lock icon No Chiat/Day Inc on Planet Reebok
      528 23 NYT In an unexpected move, Leo Burnett Co of Chicago was handed Reebok International's large US$l4O million (***** million) brand account after the sports shoe company dismissed its New York advertising agency Chiat/Day Inc on Tuesday. "Burnett had the resources; Chiat didn't," Dave Ropes,
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      Lock icon A hand-restored Coke delivery truck, anyone?
      219 23 Bloomberg News Service COCA-COLA Co says it has mailed the first of two million merchandise catalogues to American households, marketing 400 products emblazoned with its trademark logo from golf balls to a hand-restored CocaCola delivery truck from the *****. The catalogue has been sent
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    • COPY LINES
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        UK drinks maker eyes China market
        76 23 CHINA International Distillers Vintners (IDV), the drinks unit of Grand Metropolitan pic, has set up a nw company. International Distillers China, to market and distribute IDV brands in China. It is also looking for manufacturing and production opportunities there. John McGrath. director of Grand
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        New publisher for Time Int'l Asia
        65 23 HONGKONG Time Inc Magazines, Asia (Tima) has just promoted Steve Marcopoto to publisher of Time International Asia and vicepresident of advertising for Tima. Mr Marcopoto was formerly the managing director of Fortune Asia. His responsibilities will include the supervision of sales activities in South-east
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        RS Advertising to do Noritake ads
        62 23 SINGAPORE RS Advertising has been appointed to take charge of ad campaigns for Noritake. a luxury chinaware brand. The five-year-old local ad agency will use the press media to spearhead a campaign near the end of the year. Advertisements will aim to reinforce the
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      91 23 AN EXPRESSION OF INDIVIDUALITY Welcome to the world of Panther Kallista. The brand new classic sports car built with the latest technologies that meet the ROV, Singapore standard on safety and emission. Be forewarned that in a Kallista, you'll view the world differently. And the world will view you differently
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      387 23 NOTICES IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, IN THE MATTER OF ASIAN MACHINE (PRIVATE) LIMITED (IN LIQUIDATION) Extract of tha Minutes of tha Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company hetd on the 10th day of September. 1993"SPECIAL RESOLUTION" That the Company be wound up voluntarily pursuant to Section 290(1
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      449 23 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. M AND MIIXIoItjfXVELSPTE LTD (IN MEMBArT 'WLUkrkßt WINDING-UP) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN thunui Extnordawy Ganenl Meeting of tha Company oj«i»i imil aid bald at No. 139 Tyrwbiß Road Singapore o*2o co 13 September 1993 the following resolution! were duly paued a* SITCtAL
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      253 23 MTHE MATTER Of THE COMPAMES ACT, CAP.SB AND M THE MATTER OF HI-EQUIP MOOS TRIAL PTE LTD 0n Member's Vofcintary liquid—on) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to Section 306(1) at the Companies Act, Cap. 50 thai the Final Ganaral Meeting of the iiwmbers of the ebovemertioned Compeny wR be held
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      454 23 IN THE MATTER Of THE COMPANIES ACT. CAP. SO ANO IN THE MATTER Of NAVITRAOE SHIPPING PTE LTD n AA m m fr-i M-i. ppfmotri votunury Liquidation) NOTICE Of SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS [Pursuant to Sactton 290 (2Kb)] At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company hetd at 10 Anaon Road *28-15
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  • Article
    Goodbye Untac, hello Cambodia
    531 24 KDFTOMALI IN 1970, just a few months before Prince Norodom Sihanouk was removed in a coup, the mercurial Cambodian leader organised a film festival in which a movie he directed, called Twilight, won an award. The prize was a solidgold statuette forged from what little gold
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      Bloody road to democracy
      209 24 IT IS a tragedy that the landmark decision that South Africa's political parties took on July 2 should be in danger of being nullified by mounting bloodshed. What is worse is that the main violence is not between white and black, historic enemies during 350 years
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      Northern hypocrisy
      168 24 THE FRENCH SAY the more things change, the more they remain the same. How very true that is; how unbelievably sad, too, for the developing South. It is getting very bored, very fed up with the antics of some countries of the North which think they can fool
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      Kindness is in the air
      149 24 WHILE IT IS almost certain that the release of China's most famous dissident Wei Jingsheng is critical to Beijing's no-holds-barred bid for the 2000 Olympics, the gesture has a significance that is wider than currying favour with international opinion. It is generally assumed that patriarch
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      Provide support to Arafat
      194 24 IT IS AS IF the winds of peace are suddenly blowing swiftly in the Middle East. A day after the historic signing of the Israel-PLO agreement in Washington, Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and Foreign Minister Shimon Peres made a surprise visit to Morocco on Tuesday.
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      China's Olympic obsession
      173 24 IN A vigorous bid to host the 2000 Olympics, China mended the negative image of its aviation services, shifted the national sports meet to Beijing, and elaborately commended the women runners who broke world records time and again. The parole given to dissident Wei Jingsheng is also
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      Belated attention
      176 24 AS TIMES get tougher for the US computer software industry, many companies have been trying to apply legal muscle to marketplaces that they had hitherto ignored, and in some cases still fail to address. Raids in Bangkok last month, by Thai police and led by lawyers acting on
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    Dawn of the convergent, interactive era
    1078 24  -  On Sep 1, media mogul Rupert Murdoch spoke in London at the launch of Sky Multi-Channels. Reproduced below are extracts of his speech. Rupert Murdoch UW "W" y E ARE on the edge of a new Wr Wr technology T cal revolution. It is
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      168 24 ATTENTION HOTEL GUESTS! CHECKOJT OUR SEPTEMBER SCREEN SPECIALS KM! If you haven't the likes of Clint Eastwood, Al RIIiMIH Pacino, Sigoumev Weaver or Sean Young in your ti uljJlU JJAI LJ room right now, you're not enjoying Movielink, Singapore's up-todate hotel in-house movie service. Movielink's network extends to over 37
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      60 24 1.1 *L..AON "TV4& DRY IOMG>J P\ NICE. D/VA MP^Ctuc LA t E> LPTC.BOOC VM* s*>STOu) y 1 I, 1( —1| ijp UtOCUID NMMKMI TO. <(U-IM] gcj, DOONESBURY GARRY TRUDEAU P*IFIOBAPSVSTUPYANPTHBCAWO6 IASTYEARS I P&S6G&6AWN MAY s££M TO U HONOR.THE VARIETY OF HEY, r SfiftTHlS CATALC6. I'VE IsanßOFycu.iseeNOOTHßßm homage* UE^ —MOM GtHecm
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  • ANALYSIS
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      Where traders smile and manufacturers worry
      806 25  -  Recently in Myanmar, Amy Balan learned about the problems of doing business there from a Korean multinational and the Singaporean Toshiba agent. She also found out how the International Business Centre is shaping up in Yangon. On the same trip, Nirmal Ghosh met a
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      An early bird who made good
      457 25 LOW Kim Yong went to Myanmar some 15 years ago to chase a debtor. He never recovered the $18,000 debt half his savings then but he discovered a fortune. It was pure chance. He was asked by some Myanmar friends during that fateful trip
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      On the ground floor of the boom
      718 25 UMYO HTOON, 66, is a man with a mission and in a hurry to get it done. The road has been rocky, though: his original business was nationalised in 1964. Until 1991, he represented three foreign hand-tool makers, including Black and Decker. Two
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      Going for top rates in Yangon
      550 25 WHEN THE International Business Centre in Yangon becomes operational in January 1994, it will have one of the most coveted services in Myanmar: an International Direct Dialling connection. Not a few, but 150 fibre-optic lines. When you realise that this is a country that
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    Tokyo's six trillion yen stimulus package falls flat
    659 26 TOKYO A six trillion yen (5591.6 billion) economic stimulus package unveiled yesterday disappointed those seeking a quick fix for Japan's ailing economy. Share prices slid with the Nikkei share average ending down 445.64 points, or 2.13 per cent, at 20,502.15. The US
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    Lock icon Dinosaur eggs fetch £46,000
    67 26 AFP LONDON The largest collection of dinosaur eggs to come on the market, this extremely rare nest of 10 eggs, laid between 70 million and 100 million years ago, was sold at Bonham's on Wednesday for £46,000 (Ssl 13,160) to an unnamed American by a telephone
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    Lock icon Euro-American deal to resolve battle over textile tariffs
    469 26 IHT PARIS Joining forces against Asia's low-cost clothing exports, US and European industry leaders say they have agreed to resolve a long-stand-ing battle over tariffs, a potential breakthrough on a key issue in world trade talks. What's more, industry officials say that
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    Lock icon Russia to go ahead with Indian rocket engine deal
    164 26 AFP MOSCOW Russia plans to go ahead with the controversial sale of completed cryogenic rocket engines to India but will not transfer technology for their production. Valery Alaverdov, deputy director of the agency, told Itar-Tass news agency yesterday that Russia had
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    Lock icon US industrial production up 0.2pc in August
    298 26 AP. Reuter, AFP WASHINGTON United States industrial production rose 0.2 per cent in August, the third straight advance in an economic sector that had been struggling earlier in the year. The Federal Reserve said yesterday that the rise in output at the nation's
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    Lock icon Mahathir tells Umno members to stop pressing Ghafar to quit
    324 26 AFP, Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad told members of his United Malays National Organisation (Umno) yesterday to stop pressuring his deputy Ghafar Baba to quit ahead of forthcoming party polls. Dr Mahathir said he supported the views
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    Lock icon Taipei allows direct dealings with Beijing but only on Apec issues
    245 26 Reuter TAIPEI Taiwan has eased curbs on contact with China, allowing its foreign ministry to deal directly with the mainland authorities on issues related to the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) forum. Foreign Ministry spokesman Andrew Hsia said yesterday
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    France must align itself with wider European interest
    640 26  -  The Bottom Line REGINALD DALE REGINALD DALE Reginald Dale is a staff writer with the International Herald Tribune IT IS amazing how easily people still fall for French propaganda. And it is happening again, as France pulls out all the stops to
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    200 26 Reuter SYDNEY Media mogul Rupert Murdoch says his News Corporation is developing the foundations for pay-television networks around the globe. He expects his television and filmed entertainment businesses to be a major source of future growth. His comments, released yesterday with News
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  • Shipping Times
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      Lock icon Sembeth to focus on specialised tanker market
      401 27  -  By Ramesh Divyanathan SINGAPORE The ship and rig-building arm of the Scmbawang Group, Scmbawang Bethlehem (Sembcth), aims to carve a niche in the construction of specialised vessels. General manager Tang Ying Kcc said at a ship christening ceremony yesterday that Sembcth, which first
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      Lock icon Sterling Freight extends SeaBox to M-E, US
      326 27 International Transport Journal LONDON Scaßox, the oceanfrcight product launched last year by independently owned British freight forwarder Sterling Freight Services, has now been extended to cover services to the Middle East and the US. The company has recently introduced a weekly lcss-than-container load
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      INDEX TO SHIPPING LINES AND FREIGHT FORWARDERS
      1124 27 Page Col ABC Containerlinc 12 I Accord Group 8 1-3 Africa Container 16 3 Ahrcnkicl Liner 4 1/2 Alpha Feeders 6 1 ANL 3 1/2 APL 5 3-5 Appenship 18 3/4 Arabian Express 15 3 ASCL 5 5 ASXCLShpg 15 2 Avant Shpg
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      OOCL opens warehouse in Taiwan
      198 27 SINGAPORE Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL) of Hongkong has opened a warehouse in Taiwan which provides multi-country consolidation (MCC) serv ices. The facility is run by the carrier's subsidiary Cargo System. In a statement, OOCL said that the warehouse will benefit shippers since it offers
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      Lock icon North Europe-India trade poised for growth
      418 27 Seatrade Week Newsfront LONDON The Northern Europe/Indian sub-contincnt trade is looking up. Volumes are growing and. although rates are still low, they arc soon set to rise. This trade is heavily influenced by the sub-contincnt's proximity to the Mid-East Gulf, from where a number
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      Lock icon Rates for large-size carriers expected to firm
      202 27 Knight-Ridder NEW YORK Although there appears to be only a limited volume of dry cargo ship activity being reported, an undercurrent of activity with firming rates apparently is taking place for the large size carriers. Brokers here point to some upward movement in
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        688 28 Vessel Voy No Berth Arrival Departure Vessel Voy No Berth Arrival Departure Jurong Port Kota AKDar AMtO/W PO*) alongside 1809/7300 Bennevis 100/93 11 alongside 1709/0130 Marine P 16/09* P01A alongside 1609/1800 larku 13/93 13 alongside 1709, 0700 Prog liberty MA P098 alongside 1609/1500 KabariaHe 36/93 112 alongside
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        CONTAINER SCHEDULES
        1551 28 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Record Bookini/Balance Rslts Ship Voy No Etb/Btr Period From To From Ac. Hose 448 17/2000 1 16/1500 16/1659 16/1900 2 16/1700 17/0659 17/0900 Aci Vnfct 25A 19/1800 3 17/0700 17/1159 17/1400 4
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      THE SHIPPING GUIDE
      10575 36 This is a list of ships loading at Singapore for ports around the world. It tabulates, by destination, the name of the ship, the shipping line involved and the estimated dates of arrival and departure from the Port of Singapore. LEGEND PN: ship calls at Penang after
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      DAILY FREIGHTS
      1148 43 THE BALTIC Kreight Index for spot dry cargo shipping rates rose to 1,424 on Wednesday from 1.419 on Sep 14. A steady increase in rates paid for Pananax grain cargoes from the US Gulf has spilled over into time-charter rates BTC was said to have offered significantly over
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      VERITAS BUNKER QUALITY REPORT
      540 43 September 9 Density Cafe* Water Residue Ash Akmnan Sednent Density C arbor Nate Rttdue Ash Afa mmm s*~t KG/M*3 V/V M/M M/M PPM M/M Exxon method KG/M*3 V/V M/M M/M PPM X M/M Exxon method BO/Cimac Lints i Spec E25 Spec G35 991 991 1.0 15.0
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      Changing trends of oil shipments
      1237 44  -  David Isaak and Nancy Yamaguchi assess the oil supply/demand situation David Isaak,Nancy Yamaguchi 4 Dr Isaak is director of research Of' the Seattle Research Trading Center, Seattle Washington: Dr Yamaguchi is a Fellow at the East-West Center, Honolulu. Hawaii. TWO DECADES have passed since the
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        Lock icon Market disappointed with BAe despite £20m profit
        438 46 FT LONDON British Aerospace yesterday returned to profit after one of the most turbulent periods in its history. The company, Britain's biggest exporter of manufactured goods, reported a £20 million (5549.6 million) pre-tax profit for the first half of this year compared with
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        Lock icon GM to sell turbine unit for US$300m to private group
        433 46 NYT NEW YORK The General Motors Corp said on Wednesday that it had agreed to sell its Allison Gas Turbine division to a group of managers and the private investment firm of Clayton. Dubilier Rice. The all cash transaction, which
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        Lock icon Airbus crash: high-tech controls unlikely to be cause
        293 46 Reuter PARIS Aerospace industry officials and analysts said on Wednesday they did not believe the crash of an Airbus Industrie A 320 in Poland, the fourth since it went into service, was linked to its controversial fly-by-wire controls. The Lufthansa jet carrying
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        Lock icon EC airline chiefs meet
        136 46 Reuter BRUSSELS The heads of several major European Community (EC) airlines converged on Brussels yesterday for the second of two hearings aimed at finding a cure for their re-cession-battered sector. Among them were British Airways president Sir Colin Marshall, owner of Virgin Airlines Richard Branson, Air
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        Lock icon Rocky the survivor
        39 46 Reuter NORTHOLT, England Rocky, a South American panut, sitting in the cockpit of a Royal Air Force flight to Northolt, north-west Ixmdon, after being discovered in a plastic bin liner by customs officials in Gilbraltar. Reuter
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        Lock icon Taipei pressures Paris to buy BAe jets
        377 46 FT LONDON Taiwan, which recently formed a joint venture with British Aerospace (BAe). is putting pressure on France to buy regional passenger jets from the company in return for its own purchase of USS3.B billion (SS6.I billion) worth of French Mirage jets and
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        AIRCRAFT ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES
        1395 46 <*» Flight HA Flight ETD Abu Dhabi GA970 2205 Adelaide QF81 1930 QF82 2055 SQ227 2230 Amsterdam KL837 1445 KL832 0020 SQ323 1725 KL838 2320 Athens SQ348 2300 Auckland MZ35 1550 BA1 1 1505 SQ288 2030 SQ285 2015 BA12 2200 NZ36 2340 Bahrain Gf 149 0650
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          Lock icon MSE serviced 29 vessels in 2nd qtr
          107 46 Bernama JOHOR BARU Twenty-nine vessels totalling 1.8 million dwt were serviced by the Malaysia Shipyard and Engineering (MSE) Sdn Bhd in Pasir Gudang near here in the second quarter, the MSE Newsletter reported. The latest issue of the MSE publication said the figure
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          Lock icon Shenzhen airline to begin Beijing route
          104 46 AFP HONGKONG The newly set up Shenzhen Airline Co Ltd is to begin flight services to Beijing this week. After the launching of the Beijing service last Friday, the airline, based in China's prosperous Shenzhen special economic zone at the border with Hongkong, will
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          Lock icon Shipping giant to sell Yankee bonds
          96 46 Bloomberg Business News MEXICO CITY Mexico's largest shipping company, Transportacion Maritima Mcxicana SA (TMM). plans to sell up to US$l5O million (SS24O million) worth of Yankee bonds. The bonds are expected to have a maturity of between seven and 10 years. Bear, Stearn Co
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          Lock icon US Navy awards US$1.3b contract
          91 46 AP WASHINGTON The Navy awarded a US$l.3 billion (Ss2.l billion) contract to National Steel and Shipbuilding Co of San Diego for the construction of six strategic sea-lift ships. The Pentagon announced on Wednesday that the ships will help stockpile military supplies overseas before they arc
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      66 30 JL Hapag-Lloyd CONTAINER SERVICE TO UK/CONTINENT IKHI lam*ll-T u KWlk'l^TTM— KQWQggggg BCTEIM3U 888 [J B4KM nkiillkialE lEOH9IBhim|HMM| CONTAINER SERVICE FROM UK/CONTINENT .T 181 CONTAINER SERVICE TO USA SCX SERVICE m2QIHI2Qil^^3SS3^S^fl CONTAINER SERVICE FROM USA SCX SERVICE mi wiiowi siii»(. c 001 s\i di \u\m\ I ™.v Ejxm^^BSSßiß AHRENKIEL LINER SERVICE
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      550 30 FCL Breakbulk Service to: AFGHANISTAN M&M Afghanistan Ltd., Sole Foreign Forwarder in Kabul for all services C.I.S.- Vostochny, Vladivostok, Moscow, Tashkent, Kiev, Minsk, Riga, Baku, Irkutsk, Alma Ata North Korea Vietnam Mongolia Hungary CSFR Poland ocwrans AGENCIES (FAR EAST) LTD NOUAKCHOTT-BANJUL-BISSAU-LUANDA-BAT A Feeder Vessel ETA SIN NED ASIA V 2313
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      109 30 TO EUROPE/W. MEDITERRANEAN TO SOUTH INDIA/ADRIATIC/E. MEDITERRANEAN VIA VALETTA (MALTA) TO FAR EAST EXPRESS TO EUROPE EXPRESS FROM EUROPE i n.L t Wl'im i V|i! ii LLOYD TRIESTINO SINGAPORE AGENT MALAYSIA AGENT INDONESIA AGENT LLOYD TRIESTINO (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD STRAITS TRANSPORTATION PTE LTD JAKARTA PT BINTANG TATABAHARI 76 SHENTON WAY
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      2018 31 STRAITS SHIPPING PTE LTD 10 Hoe Chiang Road #11-01 Keppel Towers Singapore 0208 Tel: *****88 Fax: *****17 NEW GUINEA PACIFIC LINE c±Cg3© <a service of china navigation co> CARGO DOt SAILS MERUBI VI3I KK. Skan. law ISIB Sep 19 Sep 20 S«p FCL. LCL CONTAINER AND BREAK BULK SERVICE TO
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      2680 31 i SINGAPORE AGENT: 13jCrii P*o Containers (Singapore Agencies) Pte Ltd V LjLKJ aw PI t I I BCT 1 10 Hoe Chiang Road #07-01 KEPPEL TOWERS. SINGAPORE 0208 w Je) 225 2233 TeJex RS ***** pNOCSp Fax 225 5327/222 7517 Y CR Number: **********0Z EXPORT IMPORT VESSEL VOY 'MM 'KO
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      38 31 SPORE SIMON BOLIVAR OC-179 25/26 SEP To Butnarartura/BarTanqula/Santa Mart a Cartafena Mo Quetial, Acaiutla San loromo/Corirto/Pto CaWera SPORE SONIA JC-289 7/8 OCT To: Macacaijo/Puerto Caboto Geortt Town Guaranao La Guaira/PTo Sucre Matatuas Port ot Spaov Paramaribo/Panama/Colon/ Cristobal/El Guamactw
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      852 32 im eka jaya agencies >plor TEL: *****22 (8 LINES) FAX: *****05 SALES REPRESENTATIVES IN CHARGE L MYANMAR THAPC PAQgR HANPPWOWE/DWgCT 1 WLtIAM Wtl n.». TAH «IWI MJt KQt<n HO CHI MINH CITY THADC HCHHT HOB 2KSBI 7275m/534m4 W.K.KgftQ aHMM KELVIN CHAN *****25 *****22/t3622t3 I TO MYANMAR/YANGON SEMI CONTAINER SERVICE 7
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      1882 32 0 HANJIN SHIPPING FM VSI SIN lIK HAUL St* TOX fW VSI SN IIM HAUL SAV HM NYC HAN*H BRtMEN 00* 23/9 0«£C1 14/10 14/10 HAMN BREMEN 00* 23/9 K KEaUNC 044E 21/10 28/10 31/10 HANJIN HAMBURG 015E 30/9 WttCT 21/10 23/10 HWUW HAMBURG 01* 30/9 H *«fTO«K 051E 4/11
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      832 32 EVERGREEN o rull ontjtmy Service Round-The-World East Bound IFE/CARIB/UStEC/EURO/FE k is w u w mi os n h no ut at m ntcun n ih w nt ru scr 2 *1'*. S 1/11 4/11 1/11 7/11 VW V14 1.10 22/11 1/11 VU 1/11 14/11 17/11 11/11 19/11 21/11 M 11
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      1118 33 ~y <£•'?' ..yf^p-''' With effect from 20/09/93, our main switchboard number will be changed to *****00 To contact staff direct, please dial DID number, 371, followed by their extension number. For bookings (NOL Services), please dial 1-800-*****00 CENTENARY SHIPPINGI SERVICE I I TWICE vmUTFUU. CONTAINER DtMCTSEImC( I SINGAPORE/HO CHI MINK
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      1218 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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      1696 34 Ktfc V f f AS AGENTS *1" LMI (SINGAPORE) PTC LTD (CM No: **********011) TEL: *****77 TELEX KAWAKI R*****5 FAX *****16/7/8/9 I W Ml 1 MALAYSIA 1" LINE MAJtrTIME (MALAYSIA) SON BHD W*J TEL SA *****00 PK *****75 PEN *****0 JB *****1 PGU *****5/6 1 INDONESIA P.T. SAAANA LAUT MTCANUSA.
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      1124 34 PHILI-ORI€NT UN€S PTC LTD r" 108 Robinson Road #07-00 GMQ Building Singapore 0106 Tel: *****22/*****69/*****00 Tetex: RS ***** Fax: *****76/*****38 A MEMBER OF THE SINGAPORE FREIGHT FORWARDERS ASSOCIATION I AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND/SOUTH PACIFIC FCL/LCL SERVICE 23 SEP SYDNEY. MELBOURNE, BRISBANE. FREMANTLE 24 SEP AUCKLANO. WELLINGTON. LYTTLETON. NEW PLYMOUTH. NAPIER. CHRISTCHURCH 28
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      1017 35 (SsSSBII PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL LINES (PTE) LTD I 140 Cecil Street, #03-00 PIL Building, Singapore 0106. I CR NO: **********06 VESSEL W SIN BKIC SIN VESSEL Vof WN JKT SJN KOTA SABAS KSBI7N 19/9 22/9 26/9 ■UNQATSUTAI 3483 21/9 24/9 a/2 SRISAMUT (THAI FLAG) SRS3BN 21/9 24/9 28/9 EQUATOR RUBY 11N
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      1475 35 vissils not sum iia—ubc rottirdam Mimtf threes 5 howk WLlt Dl VtMUS 12XM 10/00 15/10 17/10 18/10 21/10 mm CARRRJ 7330W 24/00 21/10 23/10 24/10 2S/10 27/10 CLutcusamc turn 05/10 31/10 02/11 03/11 04/11 00/11 ttLLAS M*CtDOHA 0430W 10/10 04/11 00/11 07/11 00/11 10/11 •ALSO ACCIPTtK CARGO 10 ALL UK
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      500 35 BSAik mm MYANMA Wmk FIVE STAR LINE (Myanmar National Line) Loading for Yangon (Rangoon) S'pore P Kit Pen P.Gdf PINYA VI3OW In ft AVA VI23W In Pi SM PAGAN V2OOW 17 Sap PATHEIN VI24W 27/29 Sap HPA AN *195* 28 30 Sap MALAYSIA AGENTS BOUSTEAD SHPPWG AGENOES Kll TEL 03-*****00
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      661 39 fit FAMOUS CONTAINER LINES 10 ANSON RD. #15-21 INTERNATIONAL PLAZA, S PORE 0207 HOT LINE: *****33 (24 LINES) GOTHENBURG/SCAN 18/09 ROTTERDAM 18/09 AARHUS/COPENHAGEN 18/09 HAMBURG/BREMEN 20/09 MARSEILLE/FRANCE 24/09 FELIXSTOWE/UK 20/09 BARCELONA/SPAIN 19/09 LEHAVRE/FRANCE 20/09 GENOA/ITALY 18/09 ANTWERP/BELGIUM 20/09 LOS ANGELES/WC/IPI 19/09 SYDNEY/MELBOURNE 20/09 NEW YORK/EC 19/09 FREMANTLE/ADELAIDE 18/09 VANCOUVER 22/09
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      1715 39 1 VESSEL VOV I SIN I JttT I VESSEL VOY SIN PEW |B I ISRA BHUM Ffi lw Pt Tilt 11/t DEJA BHUM 2149 Fri In Pt Bft 11/9 I I [VESSEL VOY IN BKK AAA BHWM MS Sll ttH 22 9 RERKASA QIN ~Frt~ ~21/T 1 JARU BHUM 92N
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      1857 40 BjfcflMN CONTAINER LINES I I ~fV~/\*V"|Agent#: MAC-NELS SPORE: *****22 (24 LINES) LJ W vUc/R Not **********0 C PENANG: (04) *****6 BANGKOK (662) *****57 MANILA (632) *****61 P.KELANG: (03) *****77 JAKARTA: (21) *****07 SURABAYA: (31) *****0 I HKG/TWN/BKK GOTH/UKB/MED PORTS PEN PKL SIN 5 SAILINGS/WEEK PEN PK SIN 19/9 20/9 21/9
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      186 40 SEAWARD SHIPPING AND TRADING CO (S) PTE LTD ETft HA ETA stok rati kfimg kmng Blue MOt 23/9 Lotdirt loi Md'f RUVAI HUDHU 28/9 Oschafjirg and liudHif tor Bombay [KXPrtN S«M loading For MM notcEß sum* 30 9 loadirj For Ma>» UMCIOH 219 loading For Mate PWGKSS IBEMT m Port
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      1033 40 THONG SOON UNES PTE LTD I 78 SHENTON WAY #10-01. SINGAPORE 0207 I I TEL: 227-5088 FAX: 227-6011 I I TLX: RS ***** CARRIER, RS ***** JENHOL CABLE: TOSOCO I SINGAPORE TO SARAWAK VESSEL VOY SPORE PEST VESSEL VOY S'POiE PEST EQUATOR 111 100/3E 18 SEP KUCHING EQUATOR GRACE 98/3E
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      468 41 Everett Lines Everett Steamship Corpn.S/A Clifford Centre PESAKA JARDINfc No 7 vVeld Qu.ly Singapore P J.iy.i Tel *****84 Ist Fir Bin No 1 Pen.inq Tel *****81 5 P Kl.wg Tel *****18 TeI"«SJSf, *****0 J M L. I CAMBODIA VIETNAM MYANMAR -J 111 SEMI CONTAINERS .4 CARS CARRIFR .RORO. H LIFT
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      339 41 Bt 6LORY NAVIGATION CROUP 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 25/9 27/9 3/10 TIMBER TRADER VIII 18/9 1/10 SP PKL HCM HK KAO GLORY SELATAN IX 21/9 23/9 28/9 *ALSO LOADING
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      507 41 PGSL -WORLDWIDE PANAMA —GLOBE STEAMERS UNES REGULAR FCL SERVICE TO THE FOLLOWING WEEKLY SAILING TO HUANG PU A SHANTOU Connecting Feeder to Huang PuSUI TUO CONTAINER NO 2 Connecting Feeder to Shantao LIAN BO NO 9 WE HV LEASING CONTRS FOR RENTAL SAILING TO PHNOM PENH' FORTNIGHTLY FCL/LCL SERVICE TO
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      559 41 ItumsijBBSBBBH FORTNIGHTLY DIRECT CONTAINER SERVICE SIN TO DURBAN/ P. ELIZABETH VESSEL SIN DURBAN P ELIZABETH SIN FENGHANGSHAN VS4/5S 19/09 OS/IO OS/IO 26'10 FUYUSHAN V4B/49 04/10 20/10 23/10 11/11 FENGSHUNSHAN V49/SO 19/10 OS/11 08/11 26/12 ACCEPTS CARGO TO JOHANNESBURG PRETORIA VIA DURBAN BOOKING AGENT FOR COSCO LCL CONSOL SIN TO DURBAN/
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      290 41 SIN FAR EAST 21/9 KEELUNG/KAOHSIUNG 25/9 BANGKOK 20/9 MANILA/CEBU 19/9 JAKARTA/BELAWAN/SURABAYA 19/9 PORT KELANG/PENANG/E. MALAYSIA 19/9 BUSAN 19/9 TOKYO/YOKO/KOBE/NGO/OSA 19/9 HONG KONG SjN CHINA 19/9 GUANGZHOU/HUANGPU/SHENZHEN FUZHOU/XIAMEN/SHANTOU/SHEKOU DAL lAN SH AN G HAI XING AN G TIANJIN/QINGDAO/ HAIKOU also accepting LCL cargo SjN EUROPE/UK 20/9 LDN/FLX/LVP/SOU 20/9 RDM/HAM/ANT/LEH/GOA/OSL/GOT/BCN also accepting
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      673 42 HON6 KON6/CHINA 19/9 26/9 JAKARTA 19/9 26/9 BANGKOK 18/9 22/9 MANILA 20/9 27/9 BUSAN 19/9 26/9 KEELUN6 21/9 28/9 TOKYO/KOBE 19/9 26/9 KAOSHIUNG 18/9 25/9 PORT KELANG/PENAN6 20/9 27/9 YOKOHAMA COLOMBO 16/9 19/9 FELIXSTOWE/HAMBUR6 20/9 27/9 CHITTAGONG/MADRAS 19/9 26/9 ROTTEROAM/LE HARVE/ANTWERP 20/9 27/9 BOMBAY/KARACHI 20/9 27/9 BARCELONA. MARSEILLES. GENOA 24/9
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      447 42 y Contemn CONTERM FREIGHT (F.E.) PTE LTD. AUCKLAND 26th SEPTEMBER ACCEPTING TO ALL NEW ZEALAND PORTS PENANG 24 SEP PORT KELANG 23 SEP JAKARTA 19 SEP BANGKOK 18 SEP SURABAYA 22 SEP FREMANTLE 01 OCT MELBOURNE 23 SEP SYDNEY 23 SEP BRISBANE 30 SEP I6OTHENBUR6 25 SEP 'ACCEPTING TO ALL
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      563 42 Next Week's Sailings Singapore I II FIRST FORWARDER IN Io: LTD To: EID asiaauardkd Singapore Singapore 'SO 9002 B\ I.RQA EVERY EVERY Bangkok SUN Jakarta SUN yjL EVERY EVERY Manila SUN Ho Chi Minh FRI (j fD] 5) EVERY EVERY Colombo TUE Limassol THUR L===U .*< INTERNATIONAL SEA FREIGHT FORWARDING
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      123 42 II m NIPPON EXPRESS Arrow International (Worldwide Consolidation System) WEEKLY TO: TOKYO/YOKOHAM.VNAGOY.VKAOSHIUNG7* HONG KONG/BANGKOK/KEF.LUNG/KOBE/" LOS ANGELES (LONG BEACHVNEW YORK/. CHICAGO/SYDNEY/MELBOURNE/HAMBURG/ FELIXSTOWE/ROTTERDAM/DUSSELDORF WE ALSO DEAL IN FCL CARGO WORLDWIDE ARROW EXPRESS (SERVICE TO MALAYSIA) MALAYSIA TRUCK CONSOLIDATION Depart Singapore DAILY to K.L. BANGI. SHAH ALAM ARROW EXPRESS BONDED CONSOLIDATION Depart Singapore
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      1207 43 rCONDOR LINE SEMI-CONTAINERISED SERVICE EASTBOUND PORTS VOY BUENOS MOMTEVBCOI DURBAN P SWGAPORE IHONQ KON«| KAOOSHBNA TMMMM VESSELS Aiߣ»— N. KRUTSKAYA EBOI BABCP IMH> SMLIO IUT/Ot 22/09 2* 30/01 02/10 wussk EBO2 2i/oa-oa/oa saacp 20/09 03/1007/10 12/10 10-23/10 24/10 DEKABBIST EBO3 28/00-02/10 03/10 18-17/10 30/1004/11 00/11 13-20/11 22/11 PRW2ERSK EBO4 27/10-01/11
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      613 43 TIDES AND WEATHER TODAY'S TIDES (height in metres) HOUR 0000 0100 0200 0300 0400 0500 0600 0700 0800 0900 1000 1100 1200 1300 1400 1500 1600 1700 1S00 1900 2000 2100 2200 2300 JR 3.2 2.9 2.3 1.5 0.9 0.5 0.3 0.4 OS 1.5 2.4 2.9 2.9 2.7 2.3 1.6
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      541 44 NORTH PHILIPPINES FULL CONTAINER SERVICE VESSEL VOYAGE SINGAPORE MANILA VIGOUR SINGAPORE 62N8 17/09/93 25/09/93 MONDAY VIGOUR SINGAPORE 52M __l 20/09.81 25:09.11 VIGOUR PACIFIC 27Nfi 24, 09. 93 02/10/93 VIGOUR PACIFIC 27ANB 27/09/93 02/111/33 PORT KLANG/PENANG FULL CONTAINER SERVICE VESSEL VOYAGE SINGAPORE PORT KLANG PENANG VIGOUR SINGAPORE 62N8 T 17/09, 93
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      436 44 @APPENSHIP HAMBURG {T\J CONVENTIONAL ft INDEPENDENT LINER SERVICE EUROPE TO SOUTH EAST ASIA AND FAR EAST VESSELS 10AWNG PORTS DISCHARGE 10AHNG FOR GLIDER HAMBURG SLD SPORE 30/9. JKT 2/10 AGAUEMNON BREMERHAVEN 8/9 SPORE 8/10. SHANGHAI. RIZHAO. XINGANG KOALA CONTAINER LINE SPORE FLX HAM ROT LEH DKK CS PSWKH Vl3 24/09
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      370 44 iL cosco UKC CONVENTIONAL SERVICE VESSEL PKL PNG P.G. LOADING FOR: A VESSEL 28/09 Rotterdam/Antwerp CHINA CONVENTIONAL SERVICE VESSEL PKL PNG P.G. 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 Pteas« refer above mentioned
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      882 45 I HYUNDAI I MERCHANT MARINE CO. LTD. WESTBOUND TO EUROPE VESSELS VOY Pttt PKE PCD VESSELS VQY SIN HTM MIT* LEH* HMI PEL NORASIA MALACCA 9328 A 14/09 15/09 16/09 H. CHALLENGER 306W 20/09 08/10 08/10 09/10 10/10 10/10 12/10 HMD ADVANCE 27A27A 21/09 22/09 23/09 OOCI CHARISMA 307W 27/09
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      427 45 STRAITS/ JAPAN/ STRAITS SERVICE RO RO SERVICE TO BANGKOK, HO CHI MINH AND MUARA Orange Sky VlO eta Sin 26/f Orange Moon V 44 eia Sin 9/10 Koushun V3l eta Sin 19/10 IMLintermaritime SOUTHERN AFRICA SERVICE DIRECT MONTHLY SAILINGS KK SPORE PK PI DW CT •OMMSTOS «U SID SID SID
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      985 45 JEDDAH/UK/CONTNENT I STORE ID S'TON HBURG A DAM UH Alm Acccpta* Cmf hr UVERKUSEN LIPRESS 14/331 19/9 27/9 t/19 9/10 11/19 13/19 SauUwnplw :toal UK tfntsutnn. Bcltut md Oubta lIAMIFURT EXPKSS (9/137 22/9 9/19 12/19 14/19 Kottwdw :to M Anhwrp Airatcrdan. o*. Htfcriu KITAMO 21/337 25/9 4/19 13/19 IC/10 19/10
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      42 46 Tomorrow in Business Times VAN OMMEREN PETROLOG This is to inform that with effect from 20 September 1993 we will be located in our new office at: Block 203, #08-03 Henderson Industrial Park Singapore 031 5 Tel: 274-1001, Fax: 274-0422 (remain unchanged).
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      99 46 fcR&bNM*ii4M4Hi INVESTMENT Tomorrow in Business Times If WITH EFFECT FROM 16TH SEPTEMBER 1993, J I HILL DELAMAIN (S) PTE LTD 11 (SEAFREIGHT DIVISION) HAS CHANGED ITS NAME TO: j I 1 0B COMAT DISTRIBUTIONS f j LjQ)Mat (S) PTE LTD d BLKI, PASIR PANJANG ROAD I #03-05 PASIR PANJANG DISTRIPARK
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