The Business Times, 14 December 1994

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    13 1 Business Times MITA(P) 194/12/94 Wednesday December 14 1994 WE KNOW ASIA 75 c
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  • 2am LATEST
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      Lock icon Dow down 2.7 points
      58 1 Reuter NEW YORK Blue-chips drifted lower at midsession yesterday after profit-taking erased a rally that was fuelled by positive news about the economy. The Dow was off 2.70 points at 3,715.67 at Ipm EST, after touching 3,727.45. In the broader market, advances led declines 11-9 on
      Reuter  -  58 words
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      Lock icon Orange County liquidates investment
      41 1 Bloomberg Business News SANTA ANA, California Orange County yesterday authorised its financial advisers to liquidate the county's investment pool as its losses have grown about 33 per cent since last week to US$2.O2 billion (552.9 billion). Bloom-
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    MARKET SUMMARY
    165 1 Stock market indices Tuesday Change STII 2,089.14 -2.55 KLSEComp 900.41 +4.64 Nikkei 18,875.48 -99.62 Hang Seng 7,849.75 +141.97 SET Index 1,305.58 +27.08 Jakarta Comp 447.04 -0.72 CLSA China B 928.51 -9.82 Aust All Ord 1,852.7 +10.7 FTSE 100 Tuesday Previous 1pm EST close Dow Jones 3,715.67 3,718.37 Average
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    S'pore hotels to raise room rates by up to 20% in 1995
    581 1  -  By A J Leow SINGAPORE l ocal hotels will be raising their room rates by 5 to 20 per cent from the first quarter of next year. And unlike last year when rate hikes were confined to a
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    S'pore firms to continue selling computers with Pentium chips
    561 1  -  By Claire Leow SINGAPORE Five major computer companies here said they would continue to sell computers fitted with Pentium chips, although IBM had announced on Monday that it would stop doing so because the chips were flawed. The five Compaq. Acer,
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    Lock icon Regional markets regain some stability
    150 1 SINGAPORE An overnight rally on Wall Street helped restore some semblanee of stability in regional markets yesterday. In Singapore, the market made a feeble attempt to eross the psychological support level but failed. Early morning bar-gain-hunting had pushed the Straits l imes Industrials Index higher
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    S'pore, HK are tops in new US index of economic freedom
    472 1  -  From Leon Hadar SINGAPORE and Hongkong have the freest economies in the world, and rank higher in terms of economic freedom than the United States and all the Western Europe countries, a new study by a leading conservative research
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    Lock icon Car COE prices take a tumble, luxury category down $45,500
    444 1  -  By Ven Sreenivasan SINGAPORE The cost of Certificates of Entitlement (COEs) for almost all vehicle categories has fallen, with luxury car COEs experiencing the most drastic drop of 545.500. After rising steadily for most of the year. January 1995 COEs
    Source: ROV, compiled by BT  -  444 words
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    Lock icon US producer prices up 0.5% in Nov
    333 1 Bloomberg Business News. Reuter, AP WASHINGTON Prices paid to US factories, farmers and other producers rose 0.5 per cent in November the first rise in three months as energy costs surged by the largest amount in almost a year. However, the core rate
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      20 1 Focus: Pg 14 The crisis in Chechnya Armstrong Industries plans to list on SES main board next year, Pg 21
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      13 1 Hock Lock Siew: pg 21 /yr Cerebos Pacific's Chinfcfushz Regional markets, Pg 28-32
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
    • EYE on the ECONOMY
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        Lock icon Retained imports buoyant
        301 2  -  By Genevieve Cua RETAINED imports grew at a healthy rate in the first 10 months of the year, in line with the manufacturing industry's strong performance. Retained imports (imports less re-exports) are widely used as an indicator of confidence in the economy because they are channelled into
        Source: Dept of Statistics  -  301 words
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      Electrolux earmarks $75m for strong expansion in region
      238 2 SWEDISH household appliance giant Electrolux will spend $75 million in the next three years on an expansion programme in South-east Asia. It said yesterday it would set up a regional headquarters in Singapore and might eventually apply for OHQ status. The Singapore
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      More promising local enterprises emerge
      430 2  -  INDUSTRY UPDATE I EDB year-end briefing highlights outward-looking PLEs with progressive management By Michelle Low MORE: companies have emerged as promising local enterprises this year, reflecting their international orientation and the promise of strong growth, the Economic Development Board said yesterday. This in turn reflected
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      Japan to keep up investment flow, says chamber chief
      279 2  -  By J Juliette Walker JAPANESE investment would continue to flow steadily into Singapore, the president ot the Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Industry forecast yesterday. But Seiichiro Suzuki said investment would shift from heavy manufacturing towards higher value-added manufacturing, financial services
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      Appreciate union leaders, urges Boon Heng
      345 2 ~MINISTER"Hvithout Portfolio Lim Boon Heng last night urged union members to show appreciation to their union leaders instead of being quick to criticise them when they delivered less than what was expected. Mr Lim, who is also secrc-tary-general of NTUC, noted that getting good
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      Authorities draw up guidelines to make sure new houses don't mar old estates
      365 2  -  By A J Leow THE government has drawn up guidelines to ensure that new buildings will not affect the character of existing landed housing estates. Senior Parliamentary Secretary (National Development and Defence) Matthias Yao said yesterday people
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      Biscuit king Pillai to start defence on 26 charges
      180 2 BISCUIT king Rajan Pillai today begins his defence on 26 criminal charges brought against him by the Commercial Affairs Department. Mr Pillai. 45. former managing director of Britannia Industries Pte Ltd (BIPL), will take the stand to defend himself against 23
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      Corrections & clarifications
      55 2 Corrections clarifications IN A report yesterday headlined "Pidemco and LKN buy prime Shanghai site for USsloom", we stated incorrectly that the parties bought the land for US$lOO million. This sum is, in fact, the total projected development cost of the project not just the cost of the land alone. We
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      Lock icon Aussie firm opens $12m plant in Tuas
      356 2  -  By Soh Tiang Keng NATION ALPAK, a fullyowned subsidiary' of Australia's National Foods Limited, yesterday opened a Sl2 million manufacturing, marketing and distribution plant in Tuas. The plant, which makes plastic carrier bags, refuse bags and bulk film, is the company's first regional
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      Telecom in pact to study new fibre-optic cable link
      417 2 SINGAPORE Telecom and 15 other telecommunications operators signed a memorandum of understanding yesterday to study the construction of a third digital fibre-optic cable system linking South-east Asia, the Middle East and Europe. The pact to study the link dubbed SEA-ME-WE 3,
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
    • Article
      Cambodia gets ADB aid for law on oil, mineral exploration
      403 3  -  Legal framework a bid to increase investor confidence By Harish Mehta SINGAPORE Cambodia is drafting a comprehensive oil and minerals law funded by an Asian Development Bank grant, in a bid to increase confidence among oil and resources firms that
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      Jakarta to license more radio paging operators
      245 3 JAKARTA The Indonesian government has introduced a regulation allowing 10 operators to serve national radio paging networks. The Jakarta Post yesterday quoted director-general of post and telecommunications Djakaria Purawidjaja as saying the new rule was formulated in November after a government study concluded
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      Lock icon Special funding plan for Philippine infrastructure
      250 3 Reuter MANILA An unusual private sector funding plan is being devised for the Philippines which could also provide a solution for the massive infrastructure needs of other Asian countries. World Bank officials yesterday said that under the plan, major financial institutions had agreed to
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      Lock icon Foreign investment in Indonesia set to treble this year
      410 3 Reuter JAKARTA Indonesia is set to treble foreign investment approvals for the year after approvals for the first 11 months topped U5523.49 billion (5534.4 billion) compared to US$B billion in 1993, according to figures released yesterday. The Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM),
      Reuter  -  410 words
    • NOTE BOOK
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        Lock icon Caterpillar opens office in Hanoi
        60 3 Reuter HANOI US senator Paul Simon, a Democrat from Illinois, speaking here yesterday at the launch of V-Trac, the sales and service company of US construction firm Caterpillar Inc in Vietnam. With him is an unidentified interpreter. Mr Simon arrived yesterday in the Vietnamese capital
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        Lock icon Keidanren's views on EAEC
        82 3 Knight-Ridder TOKYO The leadership of Keidanren, Japan's blue-chip business organisation, has "strong sympathy" for a controversial Asian economic grouping proposed by Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, but it is not ready to formally request that the Japanese government back the group. Keidanren managing director Kazuo Nukazawa
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        Lock icon Tanzil gets 3 more years in jail
        81 3 AP JAKARTA An appeals court has added three years to the original 17-year prison sentence for a business tycoon at the centre of Indonesia's biggest financial scandal, officials said yesterday. Eddy Tanzil, 40, was convicted and sentenced in August for corruption and violating
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        Lock icon Indonesia must free up trade
        91 3 AFP JAKARTA President Suharto yesterday said that Indonesia had no choice but to free up trade and called for every effort in working towards that objective. "We need to be awaic that, whether we are ready or not, capable or not, the free trade system
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        Lock icon Thailand to let in more foreign banks
        59 3 AFP BANGKOK Thailand is preparing to open its market to more foreign banks, and is likely to offer a "limited" number of branch licences. A central bank official yesterday said the Finance Ministry had already granted 49 offshore banking licences called Bangkok International
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  • CHINA/HONGKONG/TAIWAN
    • CHINA WATCH
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        Lock icon Seoul-Beijing pact on govt loan
        78 4 AFP BEIJING South Korean and Chinese officials struck an agreement yesterday on Seoul's first ever government loan to Beijing. The Xinhua news agency said the 34.5 billion won (SS62 million) loan carried an annual interest rate ot 3.25 per cent and a 20-year maturity period.
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        Lock icon Shandong revokes 224 licences
        69 4 Reuter BEIJING The east China province of Shandong has revoked the licences of 224 unqualified Sino-foreign joint ventures. The People's Daily yesterday said that after receiving official approval, the 224 did not bring in capital, start production or operate efficiently according to the terms stipulated in
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        Lock icon China's exports up 41%
        76 4 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG China's exports surged 41.6 per cent on the year in November to USS 12.669 billion (5518.5 billion). China's State Statistics Bureau yesterday said imports grew much slower, up 8.1 per cent over the same month last year, to USS 10.3 billion. The
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        Lock icon Taiwan cabinet reshuffle soon
        91 4 Bloomberg Business News TAIPEI Taiwan President Lee Teng Hui and Premier Lien Chan have agreed on a cabinet reshuffle that is expected to involve nearly half its members. The China Times yesterday said that among the shifts that would occur. Interior Minister Wu Poh Hsiung would
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      Lock icon US warns China it will act if copyright talks fail
      207 4 AFP WASHINGTON The United States will take action against China if copyright talks being held in Beijing do not reach agreement by the end of the month, a senior US trade official warned here. "We have told the Chinese' that
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      China firms likely to cut down on HK property investments
      419 4  -  From Lim Soon Neo in HONGKONG MAINLAND Chinese companies are likely to slow down their investments in Hongkong property next year in the face of a cooling market and the mainland government's austerity measures, a property consultant said yesterday. David
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      Lock icon End of the road
      40 4 Eastern Express HONGKONG This double-decker bus hit a lamp-post, ran up a bank, spun 18(f around and toppled over in Aberdeen on Monday. All 43 passengers, including the woman driver, were injured, four seriously. Eastern Express
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      Lock icon HK property sector all set for year's final land auction
      325 4 AFP HONGKONG The battered property sector yesterday braced itself for Hongkong's final land auetion for 1994, but analysts said it would have little effect on a cautious market fearing higher interest rates. The government expects two lots in the outlying
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      Lock icon Beijing to tighten central control on real estate sector
      183 4 AFP BEIJING China is moving to strengthen central control over the country's chaotic and volatile real estate sector a major source of inflationary pressure a senior government official was quoted as saying yesterday. The government will "strengthen and improve" macro-control over
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      158 4 NAt Federal Express we take a highly balanced view of all we do. Which is why we believe in shipping heavy freight with the same efficiency and speed as smaller packages. Simply because that's the way the real world operates. For example, what good is shipping a customer's software across
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  • REST OF ASIA
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      Lock icon Hashimoto lashes out at BOJ-led rescue of two credit firms
      505 6 Some concern over use of public funds to bail out troubled firms Reuter TOKYO Japan's trade minister yesterday attaeked a central bank-led rescue of two troubled credit firms in remarks which analysts said in part reflected concern about using public
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      Lock icon Japan economy gives cheer, but execs hesitate to open saki yet
      395 6 Reuter TOKYO Japan will greet the new year with guarded optimism that the dark days of its worst post-World War II slump arc over and the economy is headed for recovery. But executives and economic planners still have plenty
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    • ASIA NOTES
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        Lock icon Sydney university slammed over grant
        76 6 AFP SYDNEY A Sydney university has been bitterly attacked by academics here for accepting a As 2 million (552.3 million) grant from a foundation set up by Japanese gambling tycoon and alleged war criminal Ryoichi Sasakawa. Two of Macquarie University's own professors protested about its
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        Lock icon Rabin visits Sony HQ
        30 6 AFP TOKYO Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin trying out a new model video camera during a visit to Son> C orp s headquarters here yesterday. AFP
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        Lock icon Colombo police unit to tackle strikes
        90 6 AFP COLOMBO President Chandrika Kumaratunga yesterday announced a special police unit to deal with wildcat strikes plaguing Sri Lanka's private sector following her victory at parliamentary elections four months ago. Ms Kumaratunga, in a statement issued after a discussion with 15 top business executives,
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        Lock icon Japan machinery orders down 1.8%
        88 6 AFP TOKYO Japan s private sector machinery orders in October fell 1.8 per cent from the previous month, reversing a one per cent growth in September, the Economic Planning Agency said yesterday. The machinery orders excluding orders for ships and from electric power companies, which
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        Lock icon Korean farmers protest over freer trade
        76 6 AP SEOUL Farmers used 90 trucks and cars to block a major highway yesterday to demand that South Korea stay out of the Uruguav Round global trade pact. The protesters destroyed a police car, and 15 were arrested during the hour-long demonstration. The farmers
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      Lock icon Rao meets Congress party leaders to take stock after rout
      294 6 Reuter NEW DELHI Indian Prime Minister PV Narasimha Rao meets party leaders beginning today following a debacle in state polls to consider growing demands for subsidies and to decide how to muzzle dissidents. The spokesman for Mr Rao's ruling Congress
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  • THE WORLD
    • WORLD WATCH
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        Lock icon Ex-Brazil president acquitted of graft
        91 8 AFF BRASILIA The Supreme Court acquitted ex-president Fernando Collor de Mello on Monday, saying there was insufficient evidence to find him guilty of massive corruption when in power. The 8-3 vote ends a long and volatile battle for the former president, the first chief executive
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        Lock icon UK rules out appeal on Pergau ruling
        68 8 Reuter LONDON The British government said yesterday it would not appeal against a High Court ruling that it acted unlawfully in authorising £234 million (***** million;aid for the controversial Pergau dam project in Malaysia. British Foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd told parliament the government
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        Lock icon Major may call EU referendum
        87 8 Reuter LONDON Prime Minister John Major, battling to repair a split in his ruling Conservative Party over Britain's European policy, said on Monday he may call a referendum on the future development of the bloc. "The circumstances may be appropriate to have a referendum, and
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        Lock icon Father of the modern franc dies
        83 8 Reuter PARIS Former French prime minister Antoine Pinay, father of the modern franc, died yesterday in his hometown of Saint Chamond, aged 102, officials said. Pinay was credited with snatching France twice from the verge of post-war financial ruin through austerity measures, earning the
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      Lock icon Developing countries' external debt up US$75b in 1993
      460 8 AFP PARIS External debt held bv developing countries rose bv US$75 billion (Sslo9 billion) in 1993, mainly through commercial finance, hitting a year-end total of U551,629 billion. The OECD's Development Assistance Committee (DAC) yesterday said a group of 10 fast-growing Asian and
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      Lock icon Berlusconi questioned by investigators
      450 8 Reuter MILAN Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, protected by tight security, met Milan's elite team of "Clean Hands" investigators yesterday to be questioned over alleged corruption in his business empire. The billionaire tycoon was driven to the city's court house in a steel-grey limousine accompanied by
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      Lock icon Three attracts a crowd
      58 8 AFP LONDON The Three Graces was back in the limelight in London at the Victoria and Albert Museum on Monda>. I he £7.6 million (5517.4 million) 19th century white marble statue depicting Jupiter's three daughters in a scantily clad embrace was back on display at the
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      Lock icon Europe, US risk trade clash over issue of compensation
      222 8 Reuter BRUSSELS A trans-Atlan-tic row is brewing over demands from Washington for compensation to offset the trade effects of the enlargement of the European Union to 15 members on Jan 1, EU and US officials said yesterday. Under world trade rules
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    • Article
      Islamic states urged to adopt market approach
      333 8 CASABLANCA The world's foremast grouping of Islamic states is bogged down in polities and needs a good dose of free-market medicine to solve its problems. Asian delegates to a two-day summit meeting said here. Saodah B A Syahruddin, an economics specialist from Indonesia's
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      Lock icon Onerous tax laws put US MNCs at disadvantage
      484 9 Bloomberg Business News NEW YORK US multinationals are at a competitive disadvantage with many of their European counterparts because of onerous tax laws here, according to the director of Ernst Young's international tax practice. Many countries with growing economies hope to lure
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      Lock icon UK union draws up plan for new system of employee rights
      350 9 FT LONDON A radical plan for a new system of employee rights involving the creation of workplace committees at British companies employing more than 100 workers has been drawn up by the TUC. Union leaders believe the blueprint, representing
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      Lock icon Saudi Arabia faces cuts in spending
      124 9 Reuter DUBAI Saudi Arabia will face short-term spending cuts but its huge oil reserves and infrastructure will ensure continued economic strength, the kingdom's central bank governor told King Fahd on Monday. Maintaining a strong economy required "sacrifices and additional efforts in the short term",
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      Lock icon Moo-ving protest
      52 9 Reuter BRUSSEIi* European campaigners opposed to the use of a milk hormone placing a giant inflatable cow in front of the European Council building here on Mondav. EU ministers were holding talks to decide on the request by pharmaceutical firm Monsanto to put the milk hormone on the
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      Lock icon Ukrainian officials sacked over gas debts
      276 9 Reuter KIEV President Leonid Kuchma sacked Ukraine's top energy official on Monday for failing to make payments on arrears of U*****.5 million (551.05 billion) owed for gas supplies from Turkmeniya. Mr Kuchma said Ukraine had on Sunday made a USS4I million payment to the
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      416 8 You may have been unable to get your Business Times, Straits Times, Sunday Times, LianHe Zaobao and other daily newspapers from your usual newsstand because of the higher demand lately. To ensure a daily copy, call Customer Services Section on 1800-749-2577, and ask for home or office delivery service. I
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  • LIFESTYLE
    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon Russell Wong finds himself
      780 13  -  Vernon Scott learns how the American-Chinese actor discovered his ethnic roots Vernon Scott UPI YOUR name is Russell Wong and you were reared in an upstate New York town where Asians are as rare as sunny days in January. You're different because you look different. Your
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      Lock icon O J Simpson tops list of boring celebrities
      243 13 Reuter HE MAY be embroiled in one of America's most sensational murder cases, but for the Boring Institute the flood of stories about O J Simpson has become, well, a little dull. The Maplewood, New Jersey organisation said on Monday the former
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    • Article
      Lock icon The year's 10 most offensive books
      375 13 UPI A BRITISH COLUMBIA University on Monday published its list of the 10 most offensive books of 1994, including OJ Simpson. American Hero. American Tragedy. and Everyone Poops. Simon Fraser University book buyer Joann Field said the list began as a weekly joke two
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      Lock icon Ronald Reagan might not like it
      146 13 CHATTERBOX AP Reuter AP HER DAD, Ronald Reagan, might not appreciate the gesture but when has that ever stopped her? Patti Davis. 41, will appear in an I 'd-rather-go-naked-than-wear-Jiir ad. It will feature Reagan's rebel daughter seated naked, with legs crossed and a puppy
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  • Page 13 Miscellaneous
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  • WORLD FOCUS
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      Lock icon Yeltsin may have been led into a trap
      689 14  -  The Chechnya crisis Reports from John Helmer in MOSCOW THERE were signs in Moscow that President Boris Yeltsin and his advisers may have been led into a trap by ordering a military push into the rebel republic of Chechnya. The political damage
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      Chechens have a history of squabbles
      529 14 CHECHENS like to think of themselves as descended from a powerful kingdom of the 10th century BC. In fact, their mountainous isolation has kept them in a backwater for centuries, while their nine clans squabbled among themselves or with their neighbours for the few
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      400 15 National Football League NYT NEW YORK Never in the history of the National Football League has the playoff picture been so muddy so late. A week ago. 25 of the 28 teams remained in the playoff picture. Only the Washington Redskins, the Cincinnati Bengals and the
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      827 15 NYT SAN DIEGO It is Christmas already in Cleveland. In Pittsburgh, where the Steelers await the Browns on Sunday in a match for divisional supremacy, their fans sure feel like this is the 70s and a championship is once again ringing in the
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      493 17 NYT ATLANTA Monaco's Prince Albert, the only athlete on the 101-member International Olympic Committee, called on Monday for a lifetime ban for athletes who test positive for banned substances. The prince also admonished the lOC over its efforts at doping control,
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      465 17 AFP BEIJING The Chinese Olympic Committee (COC) spelled out on Monday a range of sanctions that will be imposed on four more Chinese athletes who tested positive for drugs at the Asian Games in October, but it strongly denied the existence of any doping
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      Lock icon Emphasis on defence helps NBA's Kings become competitive
      349 17 AP SACRAMENTO. California With a new emphasis on defence to go with new team colours. the Sacramento Kings are suddenly competitive. A 10-8 record, including 4-1 in their past five games, may not excite fans in Phoenix or Houston, but it is
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        106 17 Bloomberg Business News NEW YORK Sports llluMralcii will give a behind-the-scenes look at the making of its famous swimsuit issue in a syndicated television special. The programme will run in December 1995. The national sports magazine's swimsuit issue is known lor attractive models and skimpy bikinis. The magazine,
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        529 17 Reuter MIAMI Dan Marino threw a pair of touchdown passes and ran for another score on Monday as the Miami Dolphins used a third-quar-ter explosion to trounce the Kansas CitV Chiefs 45-28 and clinch a playoff berth. Miami, with coach Don Shula perched on a golf cart on
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        215 17 NKW U)Rk NBA Monday: New Jersey 128 Orlando 101: New York 111 Miami 122: Boston 113 Denver 103: San Antonio 122 Washington 101: l)tah 101 Portland 89: Phoenix Golden State 84. Standings (W I. Pet GB Eastern Conf. Vtlantie: I Orlando I s 4 .789 2 New York II
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        215 17 AFP CHANDIGARH. India West Indies set India 358 runs to win the third and final test yesterday when they declared their second innings at 301 for three in the final session of the fourth day. West Indies need to win the match to square the rubber and avoid their
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    Rao on the ropes
    558 18 EDITORIAL IT'S EASY to see why the drubbing that India's ailing Congress Party received in the recently concluded elections in the southern states ot Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka has set off alarm bells in New Delhi. The extent of the defeat has left senior party leaders
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      Need the young go into debt?
      371 18 IN RECENT years, tertiary-level students have been encouraged to run up overdrafts and other loans. Banks view them as a market worth developing, especially when the borrowers are most likely to become tomorrow's top earners, providing a lucrative customer base. Perhaps the banks are
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      Curbing the speed habit
      99 18 MOTORISTS tend to drive faster than the speed limit, especially on highways, for a number of reasons: to release their frustration after being stuck in a road jam. to reach their destination on time, or for sheer pleasure. But this habit must be curbed. The installation
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      New attitude to death penalty
      117 18 THE defeat of the United Nations draft resolution calling on all nations to abolish capital punishment by the end of the decade shows once again that differences in values do exist among countries. But its significance goes beyond this it shows a change in attitude
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      Unsafe airports
      176 18 IT IS too early to be certain what caused the explosion on board a Philippine Airlines jet headed for Japan yesterday, but it is not too early to condemn Manila's lax approach to the safety of air travellers and the terrorist group that claimed responsibility. Anyone who has
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      On the brink
      137 18 THE annals of diplomacy arc peppered with lessons in which reluctant powers are pushed over the brink they had worked so diligently to stay clear of. For Bosnia, the world powers by trying to prevent a situation from getting worse without trying to resolve it have helped
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      Protection for Chandra Asri
      158 18 CONTROVERSY and the PT Chandra Asri Petrochemical Centre seem to be inseparable. The latest one was set off when the company told the House of Representatives last week that the plant would not survive if its products were not protected trom imports by tariffs of between
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    Clinton flows with the political tide
    1280 18  -  In the struggle over Bill Clinton's political soul, the Right appears to he gaining ground. Leon Hadar reports Leon Hadar The writer is BT's Washington correspondent YOU cannot blame the average American television viewer for failing to notice that President Bill Clinton and 33
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      Planning for the big Cambodian light-up
      1535 19  -  Power projects in Indochina HARISH MEHTA HARISH MEHTA The writer is BT's Indochina correspondent CAMBODIANS are looking to Ith Praing to banish darkness from their cities with a flip ot a toggle switch. To accomplish this herculean task. Mr Praing, who is the Secretary
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      Vietnam moves out of the dark age
      1231 19  -  The country is already meeting its power needs and soon may have a surplus capacity, says Harish Mehta Harish Mehta IN A short time, war-ravaged Vietnam has moved from being a country of acute power shortages to one which manages to meet its
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      231 19 NEW CENTER NOW OPEN IN PETALING JAYA If you are worried about your hair you doubt/ess study every tiny area of your scalp that seems to show through more than it should. You cant be sure, there f y may not be any problem but then again, it could be
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    Lock icon Two bourses shaken by political uncertainty
    122 20 Reuter BEARISH SENTIMENT has hit both the Karachi and Bombay stock exchanges. In KARACHI (above), floor brokers were seen keeping the stock exchange alive yesterday despite the low trading volumes on Monday. Investor confidence has been shaken because of uncertainty over Pakistan's political situation
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    Lock icon Relax stance on China, urges top Taiwanese official
    495 20 Call for offshore shipping centres to facilitate trade Reuter. AEP TAIPEI The man tipped to become Taiwan's top policy maker on China yesterday said that Taipei should consider relaxing its stance towards its adversary of 45 years. Vincent Siew. expected to become
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    Japanese govt to probe shift off-shore by firms
    377 20  -  From Anthony Rowley in TOKYO JAPANESE Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama yesterday announced the formation of a cabinet-level committee to examine the "hollowing out" of Japanese industry as more companies shift production facilities offshore. Mr Murayama told a cabinet meeting Japan was having
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    Lock icon New SEC rules make it easier for foreign firms to list in US
    388 20 Bloomberg Business News WASHING lON The Securities and Exchange Commission yesterday approved rules designed to make it easier for foreign companies to meet US disclosure standards when listing on US exchanges. In a public meeting, the agency
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    Lock icon Heavy fighting as Russian troops advance on Chechen capital
    357 20 Reuter GROZNY, Russia Russian troops backed by warplanes fodght fierce battles yesterday with Chechens in a sharp upsurge of fighting for control of Chechnya's capital Grozny. Russian soldiers and tanks, trying to crush the southern region's three-year-old bid for independence from
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    Asian infrastructure projects: beware the hype
    865 20  -  The Bottom Line SN VASUKI SN VASUKI The writer is a BT correspondent specialising in regional infrastructure THE ASIAN infrastructure bandwagon is getting dangerously overloaded. And the ultimate irony is that companies that genuinely need capital to finance power or telecommunication projects are getting
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    Lock icon US economy going strong but may slow down next year: Fed official
    425 20 Reuter, Bloomberg Business News WASHINGTON The US economy has a "good deal of momentum" and seems to be growing faster than expected, but it is likely to slow next year as higher interest rates begin to bite, a
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    Lock icon Chuan's party to take over interior ministry
    253 20 Reuter, AP BANGKOK Prime Minister Chuan Leekpai's Democrat Party will take over the all-im-portant interior ministry in a cabinet reshuffle caused by the defection of a coalition partner last week. Party officials yesterday said Sanan Kachornprasart, now Industry Minister, will take over the
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      Armstrong Industries sets its sights on main board listing
      420 21  -  By Michelle Low SINGAPORE Homegrown precision die-cut component and rubber parts maker Armstrong Industries is working towards a main board listing next year to finance its expansion plans. While it has yet to file an application to the Stock Exchange of
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      HDB awards 3 land parcels to 4 firms
      317 21  -  Two are for condo development, the other a multi-purpose complex By Schutz Lee SINGAPORE Four companies yesterday announced their successful bids for three land parcels from the Housing and Development Board, two for condominium developments and one for a multipurpose complex. The
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      NatSteel accuses Malaysian mill of dumping
      243 21 SINGAPORE Nat Steel said yesterday it had lodged a formal complaint with the Ministry of Finance against Malaysian bar producer Amalgamated Steel Mills for allegedly dumping reinforcement bars in Singapore. Nat Steel said it had evidence that ASM exported reinforcement bars to Singapore at
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      Cerebos may have to put out more shares to make a major China push
      720 21  -  HCfCKLOCK SiEW By Lee Han Shih SINGAPORE Another year, another reeord profit. If not for the faet that its shares are thinly traded. Cerebos Pacifie Ltd would have been the most sought after listed food eompany
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      ITE shares 1.06 times subscribed despite poor retail demand
      294 21 SINGAPORE Despite poor retail demand for its public offer tranche. ITE Electric has managed to achieve an overall subscription rate of 1.06 times for its initial public offering. Of the 11 million new shares being tloated. 8.25 million shares were offered
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      WBL denies BT report
      183 21 SINGAPORE Listed WBL Corp has denied a BT report on Monday that its subsidiary. Wearnes Technology, is trying to sell off half of its CD-ROM business for USS4O million (SSS9 million). A WBL statement said that chairman I F Tang had not issued any circular saying
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        42 21 Mixed 'Market Mood' indicates the likely trading sentiment today, based on brokers polled at 5-6pm yesterday. Overnight events may alter sentiment. Brokers polled: Alliance. Baring. GK Goh. Morgan Grenfell. OngCo. Nomura. Phillip. Smith New Court. WI Can and SG Warburg.
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        HOT STOCK
        147 21  -  -By Paul Leo Tongkah Holdings has been trading between $2.00 and $3.20 since March and is likely to continue to do so in the medium term. The five-week and 15-week moving average lines are criss-crossing each other in the middle of the range, indicating a consolidation pattern. However,
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        Lock icon Call warrants on KLSE from January
        393 23 First step to other derivatives and an over-the-counter ringgit bond market Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Call warrants are expected to be issued and traded on the local bourse in January, says Securities Commission executive chairman Munir Majid. "We already have received a few applications to
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        491 23 Singapore Unit Trust uob Asset Mgt Ltd 50 59 Umfund 135 M2 S'porc Prog Fund 0.57 061 Unbend* 04 1 065 S pore Set Fund 0 92 0.98 ji t l?rl S pore Invest Fund 1.13 I 20 United Asia Fund 1.54 l.62<» S'porc Equity Fund 0.69 0.73xd (JOB [_jfg
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        Lock icon UMFM sees higher wheat prices hitting profits
        158 23 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR United Malayan Flour Mills Bhd (UMFM) sees difficulty in maintaining its profit level due to the substantial increase in wheat prices compared to a year before and the highly competitive nature of export markets for cereal products. Its managing director
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        Lock icon M'sia's Electcoms pulls out of Indian paging project
        306 23 MBT KUALA LUMPUR Electcorns, the first local company to secure a paging licence in India, has pulled out from the consortium undertaking the project, citing "uncertainties" over its viability. Electcoms' decision was followed by the withdrawal of Singapore consortium member Steamers Telecommunication,
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        Lock icon Hicom unit buying land for heavy commercial vehicle plant
        272 23 Bernama MALACCA Hicom Indungan Sdn Bhd. a subsidiary of Hicom Holdings Bhd, has signed a sales and purchase agreement with the Malacca State Development Corporation (MSDC), to acquire 292 hectares in the Pegoh industrial zone, in Alor Gajah, tor the first
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        Siam Tyre to take over assets of Philtread
        190 23  -  From Al Labita in MANILA THAILAND'S Siam Tyre Public Co Ltd is acquiring the assets of Philippines-listed Philtread, which produces tyres for US tyrc-inanufactur-cr Firestone. The purchase was revealed in a disclosure report submitted yesterday by Philtread president Harry McMillan to the
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          Make-up of SES committee unveiled
          85 23 SINGAPORE The Stock Exchange of Singapore yesterday announced the make-up of its committee for 1994-95. with only one change from the previous group. Tan Lee Meng. deputy vice-chanccllor of the National University of Singapore, replaces Philip Pillai of law firm Shook Lin Bok. The SES
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          Berger wins $6m town council deal
          50 23 SINGAPORE Berger International's subsidiary. Berger Paints Singapore, has been awarded a $6.32 million contract by the Jalan Besar Town Council for repairs and redecoration of 18 blocks. The contract is expected to start this month, but most of the work is scheduled for 1995.
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          Lock icon Diethelm posts 76% premium on debut
          52 23 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Diethelm Holdings (Malaysia) Bhd. a subsidiary of Switzerland's Diethelm Holding Ltd, ended its first trading day on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange yesterday with a 76 per cent or M 51.36 (77 S cents) premium over its offer price at M
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          Lock icon Berjaya purchase of Intiplus approved
          77 23 Reuter KUALA LUMPUR Berjaya Group Bhd shareholders approved the sale of 260.7 million shares of associate company Intiplus Bhd to the group at an extraordinary general meeting held yesterday. The sale of one Intiplus share for every two Berjaya shares is part of a rescue
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        Lock icon HK's stock market watchdog seeks to liquidate MKI Corp
        463 24 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG In a first for Hongkong, the territory's securities watchdog panel has applied to the high court to have the troubled MKI Corporation wound up. The Securities and Futures Commission said it took the action because the company
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        Lock icon SEC spells out directors' duties in probe
        433 24 Conduct of Cooper directors in fraud investigation used as example Bloomberg Business News WASHINGTON Corporate directors who learn of manage-ment-led fraud must ensure that any company statements on the subject are accurate and complete, the Securities and Exchange Commission said in a special
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        61 24 Reuter HANOI A Vietnamese transporting goods past a huge banner at the Opera House here announcing the opening of Caltex V ietnam's representative office. The I S oil company, which operated in Vietnam from 1936 until 1975, is re-entering the V ietnamese market with the opening
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        210 24 Los Angeles Times Washington Post NEW YORK General Electric Co's board will explore the possibility of a merger of NBC with Turner Broadcasting Corp at a meeting on Friday with NBC executives, sources confirmed on Monday. The meeting is one of
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        362 24 Bloomberg business News WASHINGTON International Business Maehines Corp must, for the second time, fight an anti-trust lawsuit by a computer services company, according to orders issued by the Supreme Court yesterday. The justices rejected IBM's appeal of a lower-court ruling, which
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        Lock icon Microsoft sees door opening in China as feud over Windows ends
        281 24 Reuter HONGKONG Microsoft Corp needed eight months to sweeten its soured relationship with Beijing but the United States software giant is betting their new-found rapport will mean official support in developing the China market. "The participation of the government
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          Lock icon Wharf Cable to carry financial service
          75 24 Reuter HONGKONG Wharf Cable Ltd said it had signed an agreement to carry data and information from three financial and information companies on its 24-hour financial text service for Hongkong viewers from January. The service will provide realtime data and information on stocks from
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          Lock icon Intel to close Japan design centre
          64 24 Bloomberg Business News TOKYO Intel Corp. the world's largest maker of semiconductor chips, will close down a chip design centre in Japan because the company no longer saw a need to develop products specifically for Japanese users, a spokeswoman said. The spokeswoman said Japanese
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          Lock icon S&P negative on outlook for Sony
          54 24 AFP TOKYO Standard Poor's Asia Ltd upheld yesterday its credit ratings for Sony Corp and three of its subsidiaries, but issued a negative outlook for the Japanese electronics giant. "The rating outlook reflects continuing uncertainties over the financial health of the picture business." the
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        Lock icon QBE plans alliance with Kemper
        103 24 Reuter SYDNEY QBE Insurance Ltd yesterday said it plans to enter a strategic alliance with Kemper International Corp and that both companies intend to establish a joint venture. The alliance involved reciprocal servicing and development of multinational business by both parties. QBE said in a
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        Lock icon UK banks will have to boost capital under proposed laws
        381 25 FT LONDON British banks will have to hold additional capital to cushion them against market movements, such as rising interest rates, under proposed rules intended to bring the UK into line with a new European directive. The proposals, drawn up
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          Lock icon China savings deposit subsidy rate up
          99 25 Knight-Ridder HONGKONG China's central bank on Monday announced a hike in the subsidy rate for long-term savings deposits in order to reassure bank customers their savings will not be eaten away by the country's high inflation, the official Xinhua News Agency reported yesterday. The
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          Lock icon Thais may offer more offshore licences
          65 25 KnightRidder BANGKOK Thailand may offer more offshore banking licences in 1995 but the decision depends on a performance review of banks now holding the licences, the Bangkok Post said yesterday. The licences issued under the Bangkok International Banking Facility allow the banks to lend
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          Lock icon Bangkok Bank to open Hanoi branch
          64 25 Reuter HANOI Thailand's Bangkok Bank will open a branch in Hanoi next week, becoming the second foreign bank to have two branches in Vietnam, bank officials said yesterday. The bank, which set up its first branch in Ho Chi Minh City in 1992, announced
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        Lock icon German bank's results show resilience to tough conditions
        259 25 NYT MUNICH Bayerische Vereinsbank on Monday rounded off the autumn reporting season of Germany's big banks by producing results which showed a greater resilience to this year's tough trading conditions than most of its competitors. In spite of a collapse in profits
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        Indonesian petrochem maker gets US$44m in 2 loans
        219 25 SINGAPORE Indonesian petrochemicals manufacturer FT Petrowidada has raised two loans totalling US$44.B million (5565.8 million) in the Asian dollar market. The loans, signed in Jakarta yesterday, were arranged by Singapore-based merchant bank Wardley l td. The first is a seven-) ear outstanding
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        Lock icon Morgan-Warburg merger depends on fate of Mercury
        338 25 NYT LONDON To complete their proposed merger. Morgan Stanley and SG Warburg Group must still negotiate a number of issues, and the most difficult may be the fate of Warburg's fund-management subsidiary. Mercury Asset Management, say analysts and people involved in the deal.
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        Lock icon Banks, investment firms, trusts scramble to determine exposure
        311 25 Orange County financial crisis Reuter, Bloomberg Business News CHICAGO The effects of the Orange County financial crisis have begun to ripple into the Midwest, as banks, investment banking firms, investment trusts and insurance companies rush to determine their exposure. Among those with
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        Lock icon Hanoi may issue 1st int'l bond of US$100-200m next year
        507 26 Reuter HANOI Vietnam, seeking more investment capital, is banking on selling more domestic Treasury bonds and inching towards its first international bond issue, bankers and officials say. Le Thi Bang Tam, general director of the State Treasury, savs an international
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        Lock icon US thrifts earn US$1.5b in 3rd qtr
        466 26 Lower provisions for loan losses boost figures Bloomberg Business News WASHINGTON Earnings by the US thrift industry rose to US$l.5 billion (552.2 billion) in the third quarter of this year, as lower loan loss provisions offset a slight decrease in interest rate margins.
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        Lock icon S-E Asian rubber prices may extend rally
        406 26 Reuter SINGAPORE South-east Asian rubber prices, led by Indonesian tyre grades, will stay firm this week to extend a year-end rally on the back of tight raw material supplies and a spurt of Western offtake. Traders said Indonesia's SIR2O rubber prices, helped by
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        Lock icon Aussie, Canadian companies expand diamond mine plans
        233 26 Reuter VANCOUVER Australia's Broken Hill Proprietary Co Ltd and Dia Met Minerals Ltd said they were expanding their plans for a diamond mine in Canada's Arctic. The two companies released on Monday a revised proposal for a mine at Lac de Gras in
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        235 26 Knight-Ridder SYDNEY The Australian state of Queensland, which produces 95 per cent of the nation's raw sugar, has notched up its third consecutive year of record production. The Queensland Sugar Corporation yesterday released final figures showing the state produced 4.68 million
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        Lock icon Citibank keen to sell bonds to buy Brazil assets
        431 26 Bloomberg Business News SAO PAULO Citibank could sell as much as US$2 billion (552.9 billion) in bonds it received in a swap of Brazilian debt in April to buy stakes in state assets the government is expected to sell, the president
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        Futures stable before inventory report
        295 26 Bloomberg ENERGY REPORT LONDON Crude oil futures were little changed after declining for two sessions on the back of a 3.1 per cent plunge in US petrol values. Oil traders were cautious before last night's weekly inventory and production report from the American Petroleum Institute,
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        191 26 Reuter LONDON The dollar was making little effort to break out of narrow ranges in the morning session as plavers quietly awaited the first of this week's swath of US economic data. "The dollar is a touch softer as markets anticipate a PPI figure which would give the
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        86 26 AFP NEW YORK The dollar was up against other major currencies in active early Wall Street trading Tuesday following the publication of the November inflation figures. The ounce of gold meanwhile was up USSI.SO at U*****.00 and ounce. Shortly after trading opened, the dollar was at 1.5735 German
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        1348 27 SIMEX REPORT Rcutcr SINGAPORE Simex Eurodollars were easier while Euroyen futures were firm at the close. Dealers said Eurodollars were easier ahead of the US retail sales and producer prices data due yesterday. "The market still prefers to be on the short side though
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        M'sia rubber firms on European interest
        680 27 COMMODITY REPORTS Rubber KUALA LUMPUR: Rubber priccs ended stronger on persistent European enquiries, shortcovering and rising Tokyo priccs, but trade was sluggish. "Consumers still need to cover their positions and are expected to buy more January rubber in the near-term," a dealer said. "But
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          Indon aluminium smelter lifts output
          58 27 TOKYO PT Indonesia Asahan Aluminium has increased production of aluminium ingot 18 per cent to 213.000 tonnes annually. The plant, located in East Java, had been operating at a 180.000tonne rate for the past several years due to low water levels at a volcanic lake
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          Japanese-Venezuela steel joint venture
          56 27 TOKYO Kobe Steel Ltd expects to strike a USS2S6 million (***** million) joint venture deal by next March to manufacture semi-finished steel products in Venezuela. Other foreign concerns to be involved in the joint venture will be Oregon Steel Mills of the US. Falck of Italy
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          S Korea may import 7m tns US corn
          61 27 WASHINGTON South Korea could import seven million tonnes of US corn in 1994-95 (Oct-Sep), up from just 380.000 in 1993-94. if Chinese sup- plies remain unavailable, the USDA attache in Seoul said. He raised his estimate of South Korea's overall corn imports
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          US cotton exports lose sheen
          68 27 KANSAS CITY Fresh export sales of US cotton are expected to be dull for several weeks now that market conditions will not allow a US export subsidy certificate. US exporters said. Massive registrations of US cotton sales for 1994-95 and 1995-96 were posted the past
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          Unusual jump in Taiwan copper imports
          49 27 TAIPEI A 63.3 per cent jump in Taiwanese copper imports in October from September is a short-term spike-up due to strong buying in July and August, local traders said. Taiwan imported 53,324 tonnes of copper in October, up sharpl* from September's 32,651 tonnes.
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      1401 27 Rubber Singapore Commodity Exchange (futures closing as at 5.30pm) RSS 1 Contract (S ccnts/kg) Close Volume Open Month High Low Sen (tonnes) Interest 219.50 475 Feb 219.50 217.50 219.00 1000 3350 Mar 218.00 218.00 219.00 200 2850 Apr/Jun 220.00 215.75 219.00 750 ***** Jul/Sep 214.75 214 50 217.50
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        1024 28 10.7 A STRONG banking sector and firmer blue chip stocks led the stocks higher yesterday in generally featureless trade. "There were no features at all, really pretty lacklustre," said a broker, adding that the outlook for the bourse was positive. "I think the market is undervalued and should rise.
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        Manila
        632 28 +0.76 Stocks barely budged in indecisive trade yesterday, a situation likely to prevail until the end of the year. The market opened strongly before going into a sharp decline, only to be saved at the last minute by selective buying of blue chips. The Composite Index rose 0.76 point
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        476 28 -16.89 Share prices dived yesterday, with investors frosty about a lingering liquidity squeeze. The Composite Price Index fell 16.89 points to close at 1,025.89 in languid trading, with turnover thin at 39 million shares valued at 720 billion won. Falls beat rises 602 to 260, with 123 unchanged. "Local
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        Taipei
        557 28 •24.83 Stocks closed slightly lower for the fifth consecutive losing session yesterday, dampened by pulp and paper shares. The 394-issue Weighted Price Index lost another 24.83 points to settle at 6,697.57. Falls outnumbered rises 213 to 96, with 85 issues unchanged. Turnover was 1.33 billion shares worth NT553.27 billion.
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        353 28 +24.23 Stocks recorded their biggest rise since Nov 24 yesterday alter the central bank indicated current monetary conditions were firm enough to maintain price stability. The NZSE-40 Capital Index closed 24.23 points higher at 1.902.32 after the Reserve Bank released its six-monthly monetary policy statement, although some of
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        Bombay
        65 28 -39.35 The BSE 30-share Index fell another 39.35 points to 3,845.13 in the wake of the Congress party loss at key state polls. The broader 100-share National Index slipped 19.58 to 1,815.95. "It was another day of panic selling for most small investors," said a broker. Mutual funds scaled
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        Frankfurt
        183 28 +7.87 German stocks rose as a US wholesale prices report was seen as evidence that economic growth there has not caused inflation to quicken. Producer prices rose 0.5 per cent in November. The report quelled concerns that the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates a seventh time this year,
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        Brussels
        167 28 -4.12 Belgian stocks fell for the sixth day amid speculation US interest rates will rise, pushing rates higher. The Bel-20 Index fell 4.12 points to 1,380.33, its lowest close for five weeks. Banks and insurers were among the steepest decliners amid concern rising interest rates will raise financing costs
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        Amsterdam
        303 28 +2.32 Dutch stocks rose, reversing a five-day decline as a low-er-than expected increase in US producer prices boosted bonds. European bonds followed Treasuries higher, paring earlier losses, after the US Labour Department said core producer prices, excluding food and energy, rose 0.1 per cent in November. That was less
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        Milan
        161 28 145 Italian stocks rose as local investors were tempted into buying blue chip companies after political worries knocked 8.5 per cent oft" share values over the past six sessions. "The political worries are what they are," said a trader. "But yesterday was clearly excessive." Stocks on Monday suffered their
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        Paris
        144 28 -2.46 French stocks closed lower, tracking bonds weakened by uneasiness about the presidential elections in the wake of Jacques Delors' decision not to stand. France has been thrown into confusion about who will be the next president following European Commission President Delors' decision on Sunday not to stand for
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        London
        673 28 +3.0 STOCKS closed mixed amid concern that rising interest rates across Europe and the US will crimp company profit growth during 1995. Stocks lost most of their early gains, driven by a bounce back in US stocks on Monday, as an interest rate rise in Sweden heightened speculation rates
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        Stockholm
        133 28 11.30 Swedish stocks rose as telecommunications giant LM Ericsson surged amid a raft of new orders. The OMX Index rose 11.30 points to 1,140.75. Ericsson soared 12.5 kronor to 407.5, adding 4.8 points to the index, as a string of orders boosted confidence in the company. The company's American
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        Zurich
        254 28 +3.2 Swiss stocks were mixed following inconclusive US economic reports, with a stable dollar boosting Roche Holding and Nestle. Union Bank of Switzerland fell after newspaper reports raised questions about its share structure change. The SMI Index of 23 leading stocks rose 3.2 points to 2,566.0. Eleven stocks rose,
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        Toronto
        254 28 +3.45 Stocks edged higher in very subdued early dealings, and traders expect the session to remain fairly quiet and cautious. "I think it's going to stay reasonably quiet today," said one trader. US bonds were mixed after November producer prices rose 0.5 per cent, in line with economists' expectations.
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        New York
        736 28 +2.69 The Dow Jones Industrial Average, which climbed 27.26 on Monday, was ahead 2.69 points to 3,721.06 at Ham EST. The NYSE Composite Index was ahead 0.82 to 246.08, while Standard Poor's 500stock Index was up 1.53 to 451.00. Advances topped declines 1,034-789 among the 2,661 issues crossing
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      2931 29 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG Stocks rose for the first time in five days yesterday, led by real estate companies and conglomerates, as some investors perceived that prices were at historically attractive levels after the recent slide. The Hang Seng Index closed up 141.97 points at 7,849.75 after dropping almost
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      566 29 CLSA H SHARES rebounded 1.8 per cent in line with Hongkong. Chengdu Cable fell 13.4 per cent against its IPO price of HK.52.80 to HK52.425 in its debut trading. Turnover improved to HK.5130 million. Turnover in the Shanghai market remained low at US$2.2 million. Post Telecom plunged 14.1 per
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      2492 29 Reuter TOKYO Stocks closed lower, but off earlier lows as buying by investment trusts supported prices in the late afternoon, brokers said. However, trade remained lacklustre and sentiment was still too weak to expect a substantial recovery, they said. Many participants were afraid the Nikkei Average would fall through
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      1716 29 Reuter BANGKOK Stocks closed higher despite some profittaking in the afternoon, after a strong morning rise on news that a major opposition party would join the coalition and signs that US short-term interest rates would not be raised this month. The SET Index closed 27.08 points higher at 1.305.58
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      1101 29 Reuter JAKARTA Share prices rebounded in moderate trading following sustained falls in recent weeks with international telecommunications company lndosat leading the charge. "Finally, a rebound, but we are not reading too much into it. The way the market had been trending down recently, it had to bounce back at
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        6554 30 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Share prices here managed to sustain a slight gain in the morning to close higher in thin trading. The Emas Index finished 3.51 points higher at 263.27, the Composite Index was 4.64 up at 900.41, while the Industrial Index increased
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        Lock icon Early gains eroded by bearish sentiment, fall in F&N
        1992 32  -  By Paul Leo SINGAPORE Early bar-gain-hunting pushed the key local index above the psychological support level but the bears won the day in the end. The Straits l imes Industrials Index rose in the first one-and-a-half hours of trading to 2,103.94
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      199 21 NEWS VALUE S'pore hotels to raise room rates by up to 20% in 1995 (Pg I) Most of the gains might be absorbed by rising labour cost. Car COE prices take a tumble, luxury category down $45,500 (pg I) Negative short-term impact on motoring stocks, especially luxury car distributors. S'pore
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      377 33  -  By Ramesh Divyanathan SINGAPORE A recruitment drive by the Singapore Maritime Officers' Union (SMOU) has brought in 1,468 new members. SMOU secretary-general Thomas Tay said the campaign, from March to September, increased membership to 5,433, from 3.965 in September last year. The
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      134 33 Bloomberg Business News TAIPEI Shipping stocks yesterday gained in early trading on reports that the government would appoint a new mainland policy chief, analysts said. The China Times, Taiwan's largest circulation daily, reported that Vincent Siew, the current head of the Cabinet's economic planning unit, will
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      Lock icon Not many tankers buying oil-spill coverage despite Dec 28 deadline
      395 33 AP NEW YORK Shipping insurance executives say policies are available for oil-spill coverage and premiums are falling, but importers aren't lining up to buy the insurance despite a Dec 28 deadline. The federal deadline and the lack of tankers with
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      195 33 Reuter ANKARA A Greek Cypriot petrol tanker and a Greek freighter collided in the Dardanelles Straits off the Turkish coast on Monday but there was no danger of an oil leakage, officials said. The Athenian Harmony, a 17,000-tonne Greek Cypriot tanker and the 24.700-tonne
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      INDEX TO SHIPPING LINES AND FREIGHT FORWARDERS
      1061 33 Page Col ABC Containerize 16 1 Able Shpg 7 4/5 Accord Group 8 1-3 Ahlers Line 13 S Ahrcnkiel Liner 4 1/2 ANL 3 4/5 Antaco Mgmt 17 3 APL 18 1/2 Appenship 4 4/5 Arabian Express 15 5 •ASCL 5 5 Astro
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      40 33 Reuter HAMBURG A worker at Blohm Voss shipyard cleaning up underneath the Queen Elizabeth II in a dry dock on Monday. The luxury cruise liner is undergoing the biggest refit in the last 25 years. Reuter
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      214 33 Reuter NEW YORK Rescuers, refusing to abandon hope, combed 7,800 sq km of the blustery North Atlantic on Monday for 22 crew from a Ukrainian-registered cargo ship that sank last Friday in a violent storm. "We remain optimistic that there will be more
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      DAILY FREIGHTS
      1399 34 THE pace slowed after last week's frenetic activity, but rates remained generally firm with brokers describing the day's activity as "typically Monday". The Baltic Freight Index gained another 11 points to stand at 2,038 on Monday with the US Gulf-Japan route up 23 points at 2,350. Both charterers
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        1677 35 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO •Receiving of export fcl containers and lcl cargo *J2 Record Bookinf/Baiance Rstts Voy No Etb/Btr Period From To From 0696 16/7359 13/1/00 14 0659 U/0900 m0° laba m 28 13/1/00 14,06M 14/0900 3 14 0/00 14/1159 14/1400 V 4 14;
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      THE SHIPPING GUIDE
      12453 42 This is a list of ships loading at A 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. LECENO PN: ship calls at Penang
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      1355 45 The Dec 28 deadline for greater oil spillage coverage has raised fears there will be a shortage and that higher oil prices may result NYT THE FLOW of foreign oil into the US could be disrupted late this month because of a
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        450 52 Los Angeles Times LOS ANGELES In the months-long review by the Los Angeles Times of the Federal Aviation Administration's air safety record and the need to improve performance, a number of potential safety reforms emerged: Amend a law that requires the FAA
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        61 52 Reuter TOKYO Tokyo's commuters jostling at Shinjuku railway station on Monday to take a train of the Yamanote line, one of the busiest commuter lines carrying five million passengers a day. The commuters had to endure added miser) when the city s main loop line, usually the pride
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        Lock icon Airline attendants' suit over smoking made class action
        258 52 Bloomberg Business News MIAMI A lawsuit brought by 25 airline attendants who allege they were harmed by exposure to second-hand smoke has been awarded class-action status. The ruling on Monday by a state judge hearing a Florida suit against the major cigarette
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        420 52 Bloomberg Business News WASHINGTON The Pentagon can meet its airlift needs with 40 McDonnell Douglas Corp C-17 transport planes and does not need 120 of the aircraft, the General Accounting Office says. In a draft study reported by the Defense Week newsletter on
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        392 52 AFP PARIS French civil aviation authorities said on Monday they were taking no measures restricting flights by A I R planes despite their total grounding in Canada and a US ban on their take-off in icy conditions. The French body responsible for
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        Lock icon TWA to save US$15m from deferral
        294 52 Bloomberg Business News ST LOUIS Trans World Airlines Inc said it reached agreement to defer US$l5 million (SS22 million) in cash payments to two companies that financed its aircraft purchases. The agreements with Orient Leasing Co and Itochu Corp, formerly C Itoh Co, allow
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          101 52 Reuter LONDON BAA pic opened a new flight connections centre at London's Heathrow airport yesterday to make things easier for international transfer passengers. The flight connections centre will allow transfering passengers to avoid going through security and cheek-in for a second time. BAA said in
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          Lock icon Martin Marietta gets Air Force extra
          82 52 Bloomberg Business News WASHINGTON Martin Marietta Corp has received a U*****.6-million (*****.4 million) addition to an existing Air Force contract involving the Titan IV launch vehicle. The money will help the company's aerospace division adjust the Titan programme for schedule changes. The Air Force
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          73 52 Bloomberg Business News WASHINGTON Westinghouse Electric Corp agreed on Monday to pay the government almost USSI.9 million to settle charges that it misled the Air Force in setting prices for radar equipment parts. The Justice Department said Westinghouse withheld from the Air Force during contract
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          50 52 Reuter LONDON Bayerische Motoren-Werke AG has made a lastminute bid to forge an alliance with Rolls-Royce pic and fend off rival Mercedes-Benz, the Sunday Times said. Speculation about a potential partner has focused on Rolls, owned by Vickers pic, linking up with Mercedes-Benz. Reuter
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        395 52 FT LONDON West European new car sales increased by 11.9 per cent year-on-year in November to 926.000, the European motor industry's strongest performance since the early summer. The rebound last month was supported by clear signs of recovery in Germany and Italy combined
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      1918 34 IMPORT.... IMPORT^ I WORTH AMERICA) I OTHER DESTINATIONS I NORTH AMERICA I If call Trt w. V CQAAT HCI.L ITo IA.T COAAT .OUTH AM—CA ItBVKt 1 I WWAWHH CAUTOWA nmM (BWCT moM WMT COW) 1 ll *ESSU yOY STORE u (MR yot Ml HOUSTON CMC NT MEXICO CITY VESSEL STORE
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      1472 35 /w*i /Q\ ©TP iTn JARDINE SHIPPING AGENCIES JAROINE SHIPPING AGENCIES SDN. BHD. 200 CANTONMENT ROAD. #12-05 SOUTH POINT, SINGAPORE 0208 AYA JEt 7^ 7776 5342 CFS: 0 3 7565 42 CR NUMBER: **********0 C TIL- *****3/4 FAX *****6 H. Ali A. DOCUMENTATION TEL: *****55 (INWARD)/*****90 (OUTWARD) ll[ »«2™3/4 FAX *****6
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      642 35 ANL. IT'S AUSTRALIAN FOR SHIPPING TO AUSTRALIA (EAST COAST) I FROM AUSTRALIA (EAST COASTj VtUtl/VOV *t KC SGr BM STO MEB M HM WSW./VOT ME STD M HW I! tft |f*S MAJWAMT m M/ 12 22/12 M/U M/U M/U FUMKK MT 4S» M/lf 14/12 A TIMASfK 4*S 11/12 24/12 24/12
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      1377 36 AQABA ROAM/ LE VESSEL VOY NO SPORE JEDOAH (VIA JED) STON H BURG A WERP HAVRE THAMES ***** 14/12 31/12 2LI ELBE ***** 17/12 26/12 2/1 4/1 7/1 2i! li£J KAI 11/150 21/12 7/1 !2U HANNOVER EXPRESS 23/350 24/12 2/1 9/1 Llil i KITANO 28/151 28/12 1 EESEN EXPRESS 09/351
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      583 36 |gpgp|p|P|||p|B||" I S pore P.Kelang loading for CELTIC 31/12 2/1 Rdm/Atw/UK/Nantes I WORLD ARES 25/12 28/12 Rdm/Atw/UK/Nantes Loads E./W. Malaysia. Indonesia H I Loading for U ENERGETIC Dubai/Bahrain/Damman/Kuwait I SEA VENUS Hodeidah/Jeddah/Aqaba •Loads Singapore. E./W. Malaysia. Indonesia I I Loading for V DONA V Los Angeles/New Orleans/ I Charleston/Norfoih/Camden H
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      878 36 NORASIA WEEKLY SERVICE WITH FIXED DAY SAILING 10 LA SPEZIA- FOS t BARCELONA VALENCIA FOR MORE DETAILS, PLEASE CONTACT: MS TAN SEOW CHUAN/MS FELICIA PEH STORE GENERAL MENT NORASIA AGENCIES (S) PTE LTD I ALSO ACCfPTBtO Id TO: TEL: 479M53 FAX: *****80 CR NO. **********00 VENICE/TRIISTE/ANCONA/ALEXANDRIA/PORT THAILAND AGENT :p« agencies
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      1792 37 STRAITS SHIPPING PTE LTD 10 Hoo Chiang Road #11-01 Keppol Towers Singapore 0208 Tol: *****88 Fax: *****17 MJ.IfJHI dM NEW QUIHiA PACIFIC LINK fiSIIIHMiBBIBHIMW aWtf (A service of china navigation co ACCEPTS xStZm CARGO DUE SAIS MOUBI VISE KK. Skan. Ta« In '<*' 17 0* FCL. LCt CONTAINER AND MEAKMM.K
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      2227 37 w Singapore Agent: MXtI 1 I fIAyC P&O Containers (Singapore Agencies) Pte Ltd A V^vIIIXiA■ IV■ 0 10 Hoe C hiang Road. *07-01 Keppcl lowers. Singapore 0208 First Class Connections WORLDWIDE PN<K SP 225 7,17 EXPORT lmL vot fM fU WT) SOU ANT HOT NAM OOT IM LEM VESSEL VOY
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      532 38 C D JOINT VENTURE #%l SAMUOERA INDONESIA SIR RICKMERS w«i« SINGAPORE CHINA OAS* SENIUM VOY 2*B 05 DEC SHANGHAI GREEN ERA VOY 3NB 2« DEC QtNGDAO DASA SEPULUH VOY 3NB 12 )AN XINGANG INDUCEMENT CALL P KELANG INDUCEMENT CALL HK. P GUDANG. BELAWAN. TG MAM XIAMEN. ZHANGJKANG UTAMA HARTA If
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      1241 38 HANJIN SHIPPING BOOKING TEL:- *****35-237 OPERATION TEL: *****41-253 SALES TEL:- *****30-233 DOCUMENT TEL: *****71-275 cqd SW LM HAUL Sl* TV* TO* fW VS. SM IIK HMA IN WTC MM OAKLAND 02tt 16 12 OKECI 5/1 C/l 7/1 HAW* HUMS AN 10K 17/12 H WWM* (ft* 19/1 M/l 72/1 HANW <AHCOUVW
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      3029 39 DIRECT SERVICE I TO ISMAIL (HAIFA, ASHDOO I VIA HAIFA) I 4 SJUUM'S PBHOWTN &2255: 2m'i 1/044 Mi *****02 C'.Utm.r: COSTAR SHIPPING PTE LTD r T SJfTZIk cosif" cS^Z^f^siso 4 "*«*S,7 7 5 50 SMM W<r •17 M C* M*. **********0 M F«r: *****00 *****50 jTs see DBS SMc rmr
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      1222 39 FOR BOOKING 1800-*****00 (TOLL-FREE) OUT»OUNO PKt PtN IQH Sfl HKG MO TM KEE KO6 OSK MOJ BUS WAN HN 211 N024 11/12 12'12 14/12 IS IS 12 20/12 22/12 24 12 T/S ma MO 26 12 2//12 29/12 30 12 WAN HM 202 NO 74 ***** ***** iTTS 1/ 18
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      1249 40 P a VESSEL VOY SIN JKT ffi VESSEL VOY SIN PEN fU 1 WANA BHUM MIS Wod in PT s«t 17/12 KOTA JADE JAOO2I W«d In PI Fri j 16/12' Hi VESSEL VOY SIM BKK ISHA BHUM 768 Ffl 16/12 _Wod_ jVJL SWI BHUM 4060 Wld In Pt Fri 16/12
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      1164 40 79 ANSON ROAD, #21-01, SINGAPORE 0207 TELE: *****92 FAX: *****57 CR **********0N ■TRAITS SHUTTLE BSRVICE i PORT KLANG PENANG VESSEL VOT I SX HBL VESSEL VOT SW fO» SEA LAUREL 344N 1412 <M€o> 16/12 (ERI) MCC CONVEYOR <00? 13/12 (THE) 16/1? (F») BAUHNA *****K IS/12 tFRI) 11/12 (SUN) HOUR JAVA
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      990 41 r PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL LINES (PTE) LTD jBiBgSj> 140 Cecil Street. #03-00 PIL Building. Singapore 0106. I wfIHF CR NO: **********06 ■nrvrTTVHTinssrxßVSßff^nTSi^H VESSEL VOY SIN BKK SIN VESSEL VOY SIN JKT SIN EQUATOR CRYSTAL MM 17/12 20/12 24/12 KOTA RAKYAT (UTC2) RKYO46 16/12 16/12 23/12 KOTA BABAS SBSOS7 16/12 21/12 25/12
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      938 41 K£>||||g§^M ftSS{L$ i57-| It MAVtt HAMBURG THAMES ROTTERDAM ANTWERP VHU DWDRA HO6W 20/12 U/01 13/01 15/01 1«/01 17/01 W.IE LYRA TO6N 27/12 10/01 20/01 22/01 23/01 24/01 VALE M VELA WO6W 05/01 25/01 27/01 20/01 10/01 31/01 MUE DE TITANA IO7N 01/02 03/02 05/02 06/02 07/02 •AISO ACCEPTMG CARGO TO
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      573 41 MYANMA FIVE STAR LINE (Myanmar National Line) Loading for Yangon (Rangoon) S pore P Kit Pen P.Gdf H>A AN *20«W 20/22 AVA VI3IN 11/20 Dm 21/23 D«c SAGANG WWW 23/2 C Dec PAGAN V2I6W 27/29 D«< MALATSU AGENTS BOUSUAO SHPfWG AGENCCS All TEL 02 03-*****00 P*L: TEL 02-03 36M767 PEN
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      1743 44 f opE TU CUHOrE rrr— "Si PHI Vf«n HKG fUSAN KOBE shmuu ngo ton tuper Htt KM moikb wt STOK |uh vu ham m hi_ mz 2212 STi mi *12 iuT~ Bg/MM 4107/4W 10.12 10.12 18. MKMCA 2444 1112 31.12 OTOI 0241 _o*ol_ jjjj #J#l Bg/MM 4201/4701 17 12 17.12
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      520 44 LAAmn Container lines, inc MAC-Nil. INftUUI UHe l(^w ((e; ***** a gggMT 2.16^0 ASIA HKG/TWN/BKKI GENOfI/EUROPE Wl2 14/12 ***** 15/12 Uj/12 17/12 16/12 17/12 18/12 HKG/BKK/KEE/KHH Gburg/C hagen/S holm/Oslo 8/2 19/12 20/12 21/12 22/12 HKG/BKK/KEE/KHH Si?Utm/Ant/Ha m/l* 17/12 1812 19/12 SHANGHAI/DALIAN JPN/KOREA/MANILA XIAMEN/BEIJING Manila/Cebu 14/12 15/12 16/12 I AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEAL
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      124 45 TITIMAS SHIPPING U TRADING SDN. BHD. KELANO (03)*****55 (H/UIM) FM: 03-*****83 The: MA ***** TIBITA |«sas IQT t.tIUK KMT Of HOTWTIOItCTtIHW6 H/04 11/12/ M MMM/IMKMiII amw >/» my* Momtmt tcuno oommo) Ml WO 11/04 IVI2/04 KIKWK/MI IWW HOW MB i/Vl 11/12/04 HNWM/lIMAII/UWO OATM jEtf PINESEAS MARITIME PTE LTD rtSStL VOY
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      93 45 7b SCHINDON SHIPPING PTE LTD 2 HAVELOCK ROAD, #08-02 APOLLO CENTRE, «N 0108 TEL: 53(1820 Unas) FAX: *****38 TLX: RO ***** SCMIN CO NO: **********QN BOOKING: LUI/JESSIE maun cowmnom sawctTQ/w mow I NWCSM AGENT: P.I. TWO** LLOYO. lAKMIA IB.: (21) *****70/*****51 CIP: OMW/MOUS FAX: (21) *****17 WESTBOUND vs. BUI W
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      280 45 VOY «H MAA Mt I TIGER BAY 124N 14 16/12 2128/12 02 03/01 I TIGER SPEED 312N 18-19/12 24 30/12 04 05/01 I I TIGER ISLANO 125N 2122/12 274)3/01 08 09/01 I CAPE HERMES 203N 25-26/12 30-05/01 10-11/01 1 I TIGER CAPE 012N 27-28/12 02 09/01 14-15/0181 ft SIN CAL
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      367 45 pLi DONGNAMA LINE COfTAHPttMO ttwvici TlUlf/ILW/mcyMN WSSI (MSS) W K U* nK MC BSD turns V4I3R 11/11 11/12 »/U 3«/U wok two Mia ni: a/u n/u n/u «oi oj oi tUTOI Ml* 2V12 VM U/12 00/01 '*/•> mm mi« ii/ii u/ti 04 oi oi/n m/«i »/oi ROUHO THt APIA MWVICt
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      415 45 RICHFIELD MARINE AGENCIES (S) PTE LTD UTEL: *****33 (12 Line*) FAX: *****15/*****03 TELEX: RS ***** RISHIP (3 Line*) CR NO.: **********0E I® ETHIOPIAN SHIPfIM LINES V (National lines of ttiiopta) ACCEPTING FCL AND COWVEWTIOHAL Vmml Voy IT A I Loading For *pw Abbay Worn 42W8 15/02 Mombasa. O|ibouti Asaab Massawa
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      1312 46 ■aimwi; WHEN YOU HAVE TO DELIVER ON TIME COUNT ON US! Vessei Voy ETA ETO DESTINATIONS Nut wee* MARGRETHE MAERSK V 9502 AH_ MU_ C"S BAL PHL NYC TOR_ MARGRETHE MAERSK 9502 20/12 I 21/12 07/01 09/01 08/01 07/01 13/01 17/01 WOl 20/01 23/01 22 Jl/0) MAGLEBY MAERSK 9502 27/12
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      596 46 i I I Hairatan, Torghundi, Islamqala (Doqharun) I C.1.5./RUSSIAI Alma Ala, Aahkhabad, Baku. Duahan- I be, Irfcuttk, Khabarovak. Kraanoyarak. Korukov, Moacow. Sochi I Novoaobirak, Taihkent, Tbtliai. Vladivostok Voatochny, etc. I N Korea: Pyongyang. Nampo Mongolia: Ulaan Bator 11 LCL TO CIS EASTERN EUROPE FULL CONTAINER SERVICE TO NORTH/WEST AFRICA VESSEL
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      1034 46 SAMUDERA INDONESIA (S) PTE LTD 15 McCALLUM STREET #03-01/02 NATWEST CENTRE S'PORE 010* Tel: *****81-3 FAX: *****36 (3 HUNTING LINES) TLX: R*****0 BOOKINGS CALL DIRECT LINE: *****41/*****43 JESSICA/CELIA fffWWHWI 5 SLGS/WEEK 3 SLGS/WEEK "VESSEL VOY SIN IJAK VESSEL VOY SIN SUR LAWANTI 1085 16/12 (FRI) 18/12 (SUN) LUMOSO 957 15/12
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      659 47 i 4 EVERETT ORIENT LINE" JAPAN/BAY OF BENGAL /JAPAN SERVICE ACCtPTMG BKEAKBULK SOC CAHGOIS TOFROM KOK. YOKOHAMA. NAGOYA. MOA. TOKTO*. MAMA* OAVAO*. Penwf* P. Kelan| Smjapore EMsia* KM ABC VERET T V2OE 28/29 Dec m> KAMAL EVERETT V24E 13/14 Jan KARABEVERETT V2IE 21/22 ACCtPTMG BKAKBU.K/FCI/SOC CARGOES 10/ fROM CWHAGOWG, CALCUTTA
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      217 47 Wl GLORY NAVIGATION CROUP REGULAR LINER SERVICE TAIWAN TO SINGAPORE ASEAN SINGAPORE TO KOMPONG SOM •AT ATTRACTIVE RATES* CR NO: **********0W KAO SIN PKG PNG GLORY SELATAN VII 9/12 16/12 18/12 20/12 GLORY SELATAN VIII 10/12 17/12 18/12 SIN KOMPONG SOM GLORY SELATAN VIII 20/12 24/12 SINGAPORE ASEAN TO TAIWAN
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      548 47 jJK PAKISTAN NATIONAL SHIPPING CORPORATION KARACHI BREAKBULK CONTAINER SERVICE vtssti vor "mmchT" SAItGOOHA 149-HW 17/12 27/12 MAM AH 153HW 01/01 10/01 ISt AMABAP 12tMW 03/01 13/01 BOLAM 1«4-HW W/01 11/01 Wl Ml CAU OA) routs SMCT tO MUCUOI FAR EAST CONTAINER SERVICE ONLY vtssti ""voT" SIN hkg~ bsh osa nag
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      644 47 FULL CONTAINER SERVICE FROM SIN TO MADRAS VESSCL/VOV ETA SIN ETA MAA MV PftAVDINSM V.IO IS 16/12 21-22/12 MV BUNGA TERATAI V TERO23 19-20/12 25-26/12 MV PESTOVO V.07 24 25/12 30-31/12 MV SEA DRAGON V DRGO37 29-29/12 03-04/01 MV PRAVOINSKV.iI 30-31,12 05-06/01 MV BUNGA TERATAI V TERO2S 05 06/01 II
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      275 47 SIN FAR EAST 16/12 KEELUNG/KAOHSIUNG 18/12 BANGKOK 18/12 MANILA/CEBU 18/12 JAKARTA/BELAWAN/SURABAYA 19/12 PORT KELANG/PENANG/E. MALAYSIA 18/12 BUSAN 18/12 TOKYO/YOKO/KOBE/NGO/OSA 19/12 HONG KONG SIN CHINA 19/12 GUANGZHOU/HUANGPU/SHENZHEN FUZHOU/XIAMEN/SHANTOU/SHEKOU DALIAN/SHANGHAI/XINGANG TIANJIN/QINGDAO/HAIKOU also accepting LCL cargo SJN EUROPE/UK 18/12 IDN/FLX/LVP/SOU 18/12 RDM/HAM/ANT/LEH/GOA/OSL/GOT/BCN also accepting cargo to Austria/ Hungary/Romania/Poland/Bulgaria/Czech. SIN USA/CANADA 18/12 LOS ANGELES/NEW
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      1111 48 ■Mitiiojiiiixij-iij—LLLLLi-L-i-_i-LULLLUj-ujjiiJuiui>>iw»m>mwir»ir>i wwwowwwwwtumtwwowownw———■ LL'.'LV.'..'™ t• ff a FIXED Jgf L ij WEEKLY SAILINGS 1 Tel: 261-3595 I 11 ||i Fax :261-0978 fmm. MELBOURNEGP SHIPPING PTE LTD I Call: Kenny/Mas/Peter Ibbsssbbsss !g sasss—a J i. i Iwi SW FttM MIIB SYO AUCK ITIT jj MMTHA I3M 20/12 31/12 04/01 00/01 11/01* J
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      527 48 Conterm :ONTERM FREIGHT (F.E.) PTE LTD. I AUCKLAND 16 DECEMBER (Accepting to alt N«w Zealand poets) I PENANG 16 DEC I JAKARTA 18 DCC PORT XLANG 22 DEC 11 MANILA 18 DEC I BANGKOK 18 DEC I MELBOURNE 23 DEC SYDNEY 23 DEC BRISBANE 30 DEC FREMANTLE 16 DEC I
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      891 48 CONSOLIDATION TO BUSAN Singapore KIRS I FOR* ARDER IN OFFERING TWICE WEEKLY LCL SERVICE TO BUSAN Call SANISA at DID: 770 5014 f®|Bj for bookings NOW!!! CSj Tel Fax INTERNATIONAL SEA FREIGHT Sia B .po re 778 6522 7W27M/*****36 aM MM Also has offices in:Y Ifl r MALAYSIA THAILAND PHILIPPINES
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      1355 49 ISEAMA^VRGENTIN/^IN^^JS^ CONTAINERISED "HUB" SERVICE I I DIRECT TO ARGENTINA/BRAZIL URUGUAY I I Vfisn vov m p. arenas ushuaia m I wv*to j Wff 1 BIRGIT NABER 003E 19/12 22/01 24/01 30/01 I 01/02 05/02 I 26/02 FRANCISCA SCHULTE 003E 22/01 26/02 28/02 06/03 I 08/03 10/03 I 04/04 FLORA V
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      395 49 /2§x CEYLON SHIPPING CORPN (Sign National Line of Sri Lanka CONTAINERISED SERVICE TO I K AND NORTH CONTINENTAL PORTS una |wt I w Ipo m wm the mm mo m»m Howaiow6 m<m is/w n/i? i/\ >/i n/i a Moißwiai «m a/u 2/1 tin n/i 2*/ i MP MMStELK 04W 11/1?
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      725 49 YEAR II M_w_rm I SGP-USA: 'HAKONEMARUIBWeta sgp3o/12/94 I S I CLOSING 29/12/94 AT 2130 HRS I jy I SGP-EUROPE: WANHAnAN MIDGE 74W eta sgp 31/12/94 I CLOSING 30/12/94 AT 0100 HRS pi EXPORT JWI PWK^FOIIZAD(PRnr(>CXr^ VESSEL SOP LOS ~OAK VAN UT ATI. CCC HOU MPH PLC TOW KAON CALIFORNIA SATURN
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      1395 50 AMERICAN PRESIDENT LINES, LTD. 11 19 KtPPtL ROAD >02-01 JIT POH BUILDING SINGAPOHC 0208 TEL 235 9966 fai 221 *<*22 ALSO OFFERING SERVICE TO/FROM ♦PRC *CIS 'VIETNAM 'EAST RUSSIA 'CARIBBEAN *LATIN AMERICA *EAST MEDITERRANEAN CALL 225-1-225 FOR BOOKING OR ENQUIRY TO NORTH AMERICA CANADA WEEKLY CONTAWHMZIP MWICt »ga w»»g m
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      1219 50 S. AS AGENTS: "K" LIME (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD (CR NO; **********011/6 ST REG NO M2-*****W4) TEL: *****77 TELEX KAWAKI R*****5 FAX" *****16/7/8/9 MM* MALAYSIA "K" LINE MARITIME (MALAYSIA) SON BNO u TEL: SA *****00 PK *****75 PEN *****20 JB *****01 PGU *****25/6 L INDONESIA: P.T. SARANA LAUT INTERNUSA, TEL JKT
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      412 51 MERCHANT MARINE CO., LTDWESTBOUND TO EUROPE BKG: *****61 I PNA PKE I PGP I VESSELS VOY I SIN RTM ANT LEH HAM BREt PEL "u/ii 16/12 ywT h. challenger OS 19/12 06/01 08/01 07/01 oi/oi 08/01 10/01 21/12 23/12 24/12 H. PIONEER 312W 26/12 13/01 15/01 14/01 15/01 15/01 17/01
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      409 51 STRAITS/ JAPAN/ STRAITS SERVICE MULTI-PURPOSE RORO CARRIER SPECIALIZE IN HEAVY LfT CARGO UPTO 120 TONS RAMP CAPACITY UPTO 50 TONS VfSSCI KIT S* PK lOMHNG fOR cosmic lemkr a sun m n OWNT Mm 2 IS/12 tMMTD 17/12 SEMARANG It/12 SURHfIATA 20/12 UJUNG PMOANG 21/12 TANAJNG PR** 1( 17/12 19/12
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      615 51 JEDDAH/UK/CONTINENT I SPORE KD S TON H°BURG I DAM LEH *Mm Acctptnf Cjffc f« ÜBE 2S/349 17/12 20/12 4/1 7/1 9/1 U/l Southampton :toal UK tfnKulion. Bdtast and MM KM U/ISO 21/12 7/1 10/1 12/1 Rottndam :to al Antwerp Aimlodam. CMo HoMriu MANNOWR EIPRESS 23 350 24/12 2/1 U/l 14/1
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