The Business Times, 19 December 1994

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    12 1 Business Times MITA(P) 194/12/94 Monday December 19 1994 WE KNOW ASIA 75'
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  • 2am LATEST
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      Lock icon Strong retail sales in US
      63 1 Bloomberg Business News NEW YORK MasterCard International yesterday said US retail sales remained strong during the third week of the traditional holiday shopping season before Christmas. The credit-card association's report said that charges by its users in the US totalled USss4.l6 billion (Ss6 billion) in
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      Lock icon Del Monte in talks with Hero
      43 1 Reuter LONDON Del Monte Foods International is in talks with Swiss jam and juice producer Hero that could lead to a bid valuing Hero at about £500 million (S$ 1.15 billion), said the Sunday Telegraph newspaper. Reuter
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    MARKET SUMMARY
    160 1 Stock market indices Friday Week change STII 2.169.72 30.04 KLSE Comp 946.60 35.34 Nikkei 19.163.43 +185.13 Hang Seng 8J66.39 +377.32 SET Index 1.336.47 57.97 Jakarta Comp 458.80 +4.72 CLSA China B 919.83 34.95 Aust All Ord 1.897.0 +46.1 FTSE 100 3.013.6 36.3 Dow. Jones 3.807.19 +116.08 Average of
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    Companies still keen on IPOs despite poor reception
    475 1  -  By Ven Sreenivasan SINGAPORE Next year's calendar for initial public offerings (IPOs) is likely to be as busy as this year's, which recorded 32 companies going public. Financial sector observers expect 30 to 35 companies to list their shares next year. Analysts
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    Anwar urges KL funds to play bigger role
    317 1  -  From Ruth Wong in KUALA LUMPUR MALAYSIAN Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has urged local funds to play a more significant role in the development of the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange. Speaking at the KLSE members' dinner on Saturday night, he said:
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    Lock icon US Fed will hold off rate hike: analysts
    356 1 Reuter WASHINGTON The US Federal Reserve meets tomorrow to consider raising interest rates for the seventh time this year, but most analysts are betting it will hold off from acting rather than spoil the Christmas cheer. After boosting short-term rates sharply just
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    S'pore-Thai venture to build Underwater World in Bangkok
    364 1  -  From Loh Hui Yin in BANGKOK A POPULAR tourist spot for Thais when they visit Singapore is the Underwater World aquarium on Scntosa island. An enterprising Thai developer is now bringing the coneept to Thailand through a joint venture with a Singaporelisted
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    Outlook for S'pore bourse mildly positive
    306 1  -  By R Sivanithy SINGAPORE The week's outlook for the local stock market is mildly positive, although volume is forecast to be thin and prices may be distorted by year-end window dressing. Sentiment in the early part of the week is expected to be cautious,
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    Strong economy, earnings likely to boost Indon bourse
    390 1  -  From Leslie Lopez in JAKARTA INDONESIAN stock prices should trek slowly higher in 1995, buoyed by corporate earnings growth and a strong economy, say analysts and stock market officials. The rising interest rates will, however, prevent any sharp immediate rebound, they add.
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    Lock icon Top priority must be given to agriculture in China: Zhu
    180 1 AFP HONGKONG Top priority must be given to agricultural development in China if the country is to maintain a sustainable, fast and healthy economic development. Vice-Premier Zhu Rongji yesterday said that to achieve this, close attention should be paid to
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      37 1 X m/ Business IT: p* 13 Compaq to set new benchmarks Santa Claus comes by once a year with his bag of goodies but many of Singapore's biggest companies give to charity all year round: Pg 17
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
    • EYE on the ECONOMY
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        Lock icon Visa cardholders spend more
        293 2  -  By Corinne Kerk GROWTH in credit card spending picked up in the third quarter, against the preceding period, although quarterly year-on-year increases are trending down. Visa's Singapore card holders billed $919 million between July and September, up 8 per cent on the $852 million in the
        Source: Visa International  -  293 words
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      S'pore firm using countertrade to sell MiG fighter planes
      322 2  -  By Harish Mehta WANT to buy a squadron or two of MiG fighter planes but don't want to pay in hard currency? Just leave it to Agio Countertrade, a Singapore firm that arranges countertrade deals for buyers of the Russian aircraft.
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    • NEWS ROUNDUP
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        Don't comment on case, urges MFA
        134 2 THE MINISTRY of Foreign Affairs (MFA) said on Saturday that the US State Department should refrain from commenting on the legal action taken by the Singapore government and Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew against the International Herald Tribune (HIT), and former National University of
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        Survey on labour situation
        45 2 THE MINISTRY of Labour will conduct a month-long survey to assess the labour situation in Singapore. The data collected will be used to help formulate plans and policies on employment. Interviewers will carry identification cards. Phone surveys will also be done.
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        Hallmark of a top performer
        76 2 TOP performing companies arc those companies which have put people first before profits, said the the Minister without Portfolio, Mr Lim Boon Hcng. Addressing the staff of Singapore Bus Service (SBS) at the Jurong Bird Park yesterday, he said such companies were better organised to
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      Corrections & clarifications
      102 2 Corrections clarifications SINGAPORE TELECOM said on Saturday that it had yet to dccidc if it would take a stake in a US2 billion personal communications system (PCS) by the US-Canadian joint venture firm, Odyssey. It was responding to BTs article, "Telecom eyes investment in USS2 billion satellite PCS venture" on
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      Growth triangles give impetus to Asean economies: BG Lee
      369 2  -  By A J Leow SUB-REGIONAL groupings, or growth triangles, have proved to be a boon to the economic progress of the Asean region, the Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said on Saturday. He noted that by building on the complementary
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      Lock icon Chuan secures political victory with king's endorsement of cabinet
      445 3 AFP BANGKOK Thai Prime Minister Chuan Leekpai secured a political victory yesterday with the official announcement that monarch King Bhumibol Adulyadej had endorsed a cabinet reshuffle, guaranteeing him a majority in the Thai parliament. The endorsement, which state television said took
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      Lock icon Asean venture to build plant in Vietnam
      267 3 AFP HANOI Companies from three Asean countries are to join together to build a chemical storage and manufacturing centre in Vietnam. The Vietnam Investment Review yesterday said SK Chemical Trading Pte Ltd of Singapore, Malaysia's Chemquest Overseas Ltd and Thai firm Industrial Chemicals
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      Lock icon Suharto appeals for forest protection
      199 3 Reuter JAKARTA President Suharto has appealed to loggers, miners and farmers to take greater care protecting Indonesia's forests to prevent a repeat of this year's damaging fires, newspapers said yesterday. "I ask people who need the forest not to burn trees when preparing the land,"
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      Lock icon The lighter side of Anwar
      53 3 Reuter KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim trying out a jetski at the launch of the Mines Resort water sports club here during the weekend. The club, which has one of the largest man-made lakes in Malaysia, offers other facilities such as water-skiing
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      Lock icon Viet masterplan seeks US$2b for farms
      194 3 Reuter HANOI Vietnam's Ministry of Agriculture has released the country's agriculture development masterplan to 2000, calling for more than US$2 billion (552.9 billion) in foreign investment. The semi-official Vietnam Investment Review (VIR) yesterday said the ministry intended to attract investment to process Vietnamese raw
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        Lock icon Johor port's expansion going well
        118 3 Bernama JOHOR BAHARU The Johor Port will be able to handle 23 million tonnes of cargo annually when phase four of its expansion project is completed in 1996, compared to 14.5 million tonnes this year. However, chairman of the Johor Port Sdn Bhd (JPSB), Bahaudin
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        Lock icon Hanoi disciplines officials
        53 3 AFP HANOI More than one-fifth of all Hanoi city officials have been disciplined for corruption this year, the city's communist party chief told newly-elected officials, the official Vietnam Investment Review reported yesterday. Pham The Duyet urged the newly-elected People's Committee to make the fight against graft their
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        Lock icon ADB pledges loans to Vietnam
        69 3 Reuter HANOI The Manila-based Asian Development Bank (ADB) has pledged three-year loans worth USssl.2 billion to US$l.4 billion (551.76 billion to Ss2 billion) and non-refundable technical assistance of US$5O million to Vietnam. The official newspaper Shan Dan yesterday said Ricardo Tan, deputy of the bank's
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        Lock icon Manila phone workers strike
        79 3 AFP M ANILA Striking workers of the phone giant Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co yesterday defied a government order to return to work, and company officials beefed up security around the firm's main office in Manila. The three-day stoppage was prompted by what strikers said was
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        Lock icon Viet oil refinery to stay put
        111 3 AFP HANOI A top Vietnamese official has ruled out any changes to a controversial decision to build an oil refinery in the centre of the country rather than closer to offshore fields and booming markets in the south. Deputy Prime Minister Tran Due Luong
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        Lock icon Juvenile crimes on the rise in Thailand
        97 3 AFP BANGKOK Thai courts are being saturated by an "alarming" wave of juvenile crimes, with a third more cases reported this year over 1993, a court official was quoted as saying in a local daily yesterday. The courts handled 5,896 cases of juvenile
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  • CHINA/HONGKONG/TAIWAN
    • CHINA WATCH
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        Beijing must seek 10.5% growth
        122 4 ibEUING China should aim for continued high-speed growth of about 10.5 per cent next year while tackling its major economic problems of agricultural development and ailing state enterprises, an important advisory body recommended in a report yesterday. -The China Academy of Social Sciences suggested a
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        Lock icon Taiwan govt gets low rating in poll
        99 4 AFP "ImT* ;TAIPEI Public approval of Taiwanese government pcrforjnance has dropped to a four-ycar-low, while support for Taiwan's ■Sjidcpcndcncc has risen, an opinion poll released yesterday said. Support for Taiwan's independence, which is opposed by the >o>vcrnmcnt, rose from 14 per cent in
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        Lock icon Tourists get bad deal in Beijing: daily
        111 4 UPI Droves of Chinese tourists visiting Beijing every Mr leave feeling cheated and humiliated by legions of crooked J-taxi drivers and unscrupulous tour guides, the official media said "Beijing suffers from chronic bad service, endemic *fhcating and excels in humiliating most of its
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        Lock icon Train fares to rise by 30%
        80 4 AFP tjjEIJING The government has said that train fares will go up 30 per ccnt in the new year, a further sign of the government's 'losing battle against rampant inflation, reports received here •yesterday said. The rise is to take effect before spring, according
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      Lock icon Baker and McKenzie denies violating China's rules
      309 4 Eastern Express Law firm and McKenzie last Friiday denied reports that its operation in Shanghai violated rules. The denial came amid reimports that Victor Ho, a Baker <Imi McKenzie lawyer, had left ?<he southern capital after Beijing put pressure on the firm practising
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      Lock icon China moves to distance itself from bad debt disputes
      412 4 UPI BEIJING The Chinese government moved to distance itself from a series of high-pro-file international disputes over bad debts yesterday, by classing the cases as purely commercial. "Reports by some international media allege the Chinese government tends to break business contracts,"
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      Lock icon Good news for Chinese-made Barbie dolls
      54 4 AFP HONGKONG Two shoppers choosing a Chinese-made Barbie doll from a selection stacked up in a large local toy store on Saturday. Local toy makers say they are confident that orders from their main market, the United States, will increase as economic indicators there
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      Lock icon Beijing urges London to cooperate on Hongkong
      318 4 AFP BEIJING China urged Britain yesterday to set aside disputes and cooperate on Hongkong's future ahead of the 10th anniversary of an historic pact governing the prosperous colony's return to Chinese rule in 1997. The officials also reiterated vows to uphold the "one
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      Lock icon Beijing to audit loans taken out by local authorities
      215 4 AP BEIJING China plans to look more closely at whether provincial and local governments that borrow foreign funds are using them properly. Few foreign commercial loans to local governments have been audited so far, Huang Shiqiang. a senior auditing official, was
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      Castro to visit China early next year, says Cuban ambassador
      451 4  -  From Peter Seidlitz in BEIJING CUBAN leader Fidel Castro is expected to make his first visit to China early next year, an indication of Beijing's growing influence in Latin America. Mr Castro's visit, expected in spring, has been confirmed by
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  • REST OF ASIA
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      Lock icon India's Rao warns of purge to revitalise ruling party
      419 6 Reuter NEW DELHI Indian Prime Minister PV Narasimha Rao has warned of a purge to revitalise the ruling Congress Party, reeling under election losses inflicted by corruption charges, dissidence and infighting, news reports said yesterday. "Those opportunists who want to use
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      Lock icon Strikes cripple Karachi, violence raises death toll
      383 6 AFP, Reuter KARACHI Pakistan's troubled commercial capital of Karachi was crippled yesterday by strikes by a militant sectarian party and a transport union. Six people were killed, three by paramilitary troops. The paramilitary troops opened fire in a predominantly Shi'ite residential area, leaving
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      Lock icon Japanese firms to study Russian Far East projects
      281 6 AFP TOKYO A group of Japanese companies, led by trading houses, plans to launch a feasibility study on four projects worth US$2 billion (552.9 billion) in the Russian Far East, the economic newspaper Nihon Keizai reported yesterday. It will be the first
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    • ASIA NOTES
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        Lock icon Ssangyong cements deals with North
        117 6 Reuter SEOUL One of South Korea's top conglomerates has agreed to produce and export cement with North Korea, the South'? domestic Yonhap news agency said last Saturday. Yonhap quoted Ssangyong Group vice-chairman Lee Chou Bom as saying on arrival in Beijing after a five-day visit
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        Lock icon Japan in for smaller budget
        88 6 AFP TOKYO Japan's general account budget for the year froflfc; next April will shrink 2.9 per cent from the current year's initial budget, contracting for the first time in 40 years, news report* said last Saturday. Next year's budget will total some 70.9 trillion yen
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        Lock icon Tokyo wants to increase aid
        84 6 AFP TOKYO Japan's Finance Ministry wants official economic aid to developing countries in fiscal 1995 to rise 3.2 per cent over this year, a daily said last Saturday. But the Foreign Ministry is expected to demand an increase of at least 4 per cent, the
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  • FOCUS
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      Indonesia's stock market: performance and prospects
      1000 7  -  Interview with Bapepam chief Barcelius Ruru From Leslie Lopez in JAKARTA BARCELIUS RURU, the chairman of Indonesia's capital market supervisory agency called Bapepam, gets high marks for his efforts in building the local stock market. "He is tough but he is also a straight
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  • THE WORLD
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      Lock icon White House shot at — again
      49 8 White House shot at again Reuter j WASHING TON Policemen searching the grounds of the Ellipse behind the White House over the weekend after shots were fired at the presidential mansion. At least one shot struck near the south side of the residence but no one was injured. Keuter
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      Lock icon UK industry warns of higher interest rates next year
      253 8 Reuter LONDON Britain's business lobby groups warned that interest rates were headed higher next year, and may rise to 7 per eent or more from the current 6.25 per cent. "There are increasing signs of a build-up of inflationary pressures. If
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      Lock icon US tax plans will worsen federal deficit, says Treasury
      481 8 LAT, Knight-Ridder WASHINGTON The costs of the major tax plans offered by President Bill Clinton and Republican congressional leaders would increase sharply after their first five years in existence, according to an analysis issued by the Treasury Department. That trend could,
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    • WORLD WATCH
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        Lock icon France's Lang seen as best bet
        92 8 Knight-Ridder PARIS Former French culture minister Jack Lang would be the French socialists' best candidate for next year's presidential election, a new poll by the French polling institute Ipsos indicates. According to poll respondents, Mr Lang would make it to the second and decisive
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        Lock icon Gulf states to hold security talks
        80 8 AFP MANAMA Leaders from the six Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states are likely to tackle disputes over their joint security and borders in a summit beginning here today. The ISth summit of the GCC Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Oman, Bahrain, Qatar and the United Arab
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        Lock icon Lottery winner named despite protests
        83 8 Reuter LONDON A newspaper, in a move certain to cause further controversy around Britain's new national lottery, yesterday named the winner of a £17.8 million (5540.7 million) jackpot despite his pleas to remain anonymous. The News of the World splashed a picture of the winner
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        Lock icon Venezuela sells state-owned hotel
        54 8 Knight-Ridder CARACAS The Venezuelan Investment Fund (FIV) made its last sale for the year last Friday when it sold the state-owned Moruco for 150 million bolivars, FIV officials announced. The disposal of the hotel brings total income from the sale of state interests in 1994 to
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      Lock icon Moscow agrees to boost energy investments in E Europe
      377 9 Reuter LISBON Russia and 45 other nations signed a document called the European Energy Charter on Saturday to boost investment in the energy sector of the former eastern bloc. "This treaty sets the foundations for Russia's entry to an international network
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      Lock icon Presidential sanction for Mercosur trade area
      197 9 Reuter OURO PRETO, Brazil The presidents of Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay sanctioned on Saturday almost the total liberalisation of regional trade from Jan 1. Presidents Carlos Menem from Argentina, Itamar Franco from Brazil, Juan Carlos Was- mosy from Paraguay and Alberto Lacalle from
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      Lock icon Russia's budget revisions may affect Western credits
      371 9 Knight Ridder MOSCOW The prospect of Russia receiving International Monetary Fund and World Bank credits early next year is becoming increasingly doubtful with the government giving in to pressure to revise its 1995 budget. Talks on the stand-by credit between the IMF and
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      Lock icon Economic body sceptical of Kuwait govt's fiscal reform
      238 9 Knight-Ridder Kuwait City A leading Kuwaiti economic consultancy on Friday said it was sceptical about recent government announcements that its fiscal reform measures could achieve a zero deficit for the oil-rich emirate by the end of the century. The Al-Shall Economic Consultancy,
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      Lock icon US firms turning to soft technology for manufacturing competitiveness
      330 9 Bloomberg Business News WASHINGTON The American workplace is changing, again. While US manufacturers are still using computers and robotics to reshape their factories, a majority now also plan to train employees in less traditional production methods, called "soft technologies", according to
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      Lock icon Austria's EU membership may be fatal for local cartels
      532 9 Reuter VIENNA The cold winds of competition that will whip through Austria when it joins the European Union in January may prove fatal for many cosy cartels and inefficient companies that grew fat during years of protected markets. But the ruthlessness
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  • SPORTS
    • SIDE LINES
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        Lock icon Barkley leads Phoenix to victory
        120 12 Reuter PHOENIX, Arizona Charles Barkley posted season highs with 27 points and 14 rebounds on Saturday to lead Phoenix to a 109-98 victory over the Sacramento Kings as the Suns remained unbeatable at home. Phoenix raised its perfect home record to 11-0 this season and
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        Lock icon Gatting enjoys mixed fortunes
        105 12 Reuter TOOWOOMBA, Australia Former England captain Mike Gatting enjoyed mixed fortunes on the second day of his side's four-day match against Queensland yesterday. Gatting. 114 not out overnight, cruised to an unbeaten double-century as England reached 507 for six before declaring. But in the second over
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        France beats Canada in rugby test
        87 12 BESANCON, France Veteran centre Philippe Sella dispelled a bitter memory by helping France beat Canada 28-9 in a rugby union test on Saturday. Sella, who was sent ofT during last June's shock 18-16 defeat by Canada, scored the last of three French tries in
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        Lock icon Crackdown on drug abusers urged
        77 12 AFP ATLANTA US Vice-President A 1 Gore urged the International Olympic Committee to crack down on coaches and other officials who encourage athletes to use performance enhancing drugs. "We cannot have fair competition when we let go unpunished the conspirators to foul play," he said.
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        Lock icon Sumo wrestler wants to be Japanese
        78 12 AP TOKYO Sumo wrestler Fiamalu Penitani of Hawaii will apply for Japanese citizenship shortly, a Japanese sports newspaper reported yesterday. Penitani, 23, who uses the sumo name Musashimaru and holds the traditional Japanese sport's second-high-est rank of ozeki (champion), probably will apply next week,
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        63 12 AFP TOKYO Japanese stallion Sakura Bakushin O ended her racing career by celebrating an easy victory in the 1,200-metre Sprinters Stakes yesterday, her last race before retiring. The five-year-old horse with Futoshi Kojima in the saddle moved into top gear in the final stretch to
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      Lock icon Malaysia loses, Malaysia wins
      174 12 Malaysia Cup Bernama SHAH A LAM, Malaysia Supporters of the victorious Singapore team were believed to have spent between Ms 2 million and MS3 million (551.14 million and 551.71 million) during their short stay in the country for Saturday night's Malaysia Cup final here. Selangor Mentri
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      Lock icon Roaring reception for Lions
      127 12 The Straits Times SINGAPORE Twenty thousand fans gathered at the National Stadium here yesterday afternoon to welcome back the new champions of the Malaysia Cup. Despite the drizzle, the diehards sang, danced, hugged and frolicked even before the Lions appeared. And when they did, ferried in
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      Lock icon Els shoots even-par 71 but still leads comfortably
      579 12 Johnnie Walker World Championship NYT MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica Ernie Els took a little break from his demolition of the Tryall Club on Saturday, treading water in a figurative sense and yet extending his lead in a very real sense in the US$2.5million
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      380 12 AFP SAN FRANCISCO San Francisco, already assured of their conference title and a first-round bye, beat Denver 42-19 here on Saturday to grab home field advantage through the National Football League play-ofTs. The 49ers, winners of the National Conference West
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      544 12 Golf AP GOLD COAST, Australia Laura Davies of England birdied four of the final six holes yesterday to win the US$l9O,OOO (*****.350) Alpine Australian Ladies Masters golf championship, but missed an opportunity to rewrite the record book. Davies had a six-under-par round
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        15 12 NEW YORK NFL Saturday: Detroit 41 Minnesota 19; San Francisco 42 Denver 19.
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        227 12 NEW YORK NBA Saturday: Miami 96 Atlanta 85; Charlotte 111 Denver 92; Philadelphia 92 Detroit 97; Washington 87 Minnesota 96; Houston 109 Boston 112; San Antonio 116 LA Lakers 102; Chicago 89 Utah 97; Phoenix 109 Sacramento 98; Seattle 125 Orlando 84; LA Clippers 87 Dallas 106. Standings (W
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        88 12 TOOWOOMBA, Australia Queensland were 197 for four, in response to England's 507 for six dcclarcd. at the close of play on the second day of their four-day match against Queensland on Sunday. Scores: England 507 for six declared (M Gatting 203 not out. J Crawley 91. A Stewart 53
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        113 12 MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica US$2.7 million World Championship 3rd rd Saturday (US unless staled): 199 Ernie Els (SA) 64-64-71 206 Nick Price (Zim) 71-67-68 207 Paul Azinger 71-74-62. Lan Woosnam (Wales) 70-68-69. Mark McCumbcr 67-70-70. Nick Faldo (Eng) 67-67-73 208 Colin Montgomerie (Scot) 67-74-67. Bern hard Langcr (Gcr) 70-70-68. David
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        19 12 TAIPEI World Cup final Sunday: Jean-Philippe Gatien (Fra) b Jean-Michel Saivc (Bel) 17-21 15-21 21-18 26-24 21-19
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      KT Technology switches focus to making monitors
      767 13  -  Move will get the company away from the cut-throat competition faced in making PCs, KT managing director Melvin Lok tells David Mok David Mok Local computer maker KT Technology is shifting the bulk of its manufacturing resources away from personal computers (PCs) and
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      Microsoft unveils alliances in bid to firm up database strategy
      640 13  -  David Welcher reports on the software company's deals with third-party suppliers for key information management technologies David Welcher Microsoft has firmed up its enterprise database strategy with a series of agreements with third-party suppliers for key information management technologies. At
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      Lock icon Networking industry booming
      383 13 Reuter, NYT Fuelled by an insatiable corporate appetite for networking computers to communicate and share data, the networking device industry is booming as 3Com Corp's second quarter earnings show, analysts said. Some segments of the industry are growing 300 per cent. 3Com is the dominant maker of
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      Compaq to set new price, performance benchmarks
      576 13  -  Joseph Rajendran has details of Compaq's planned products and its rivals' strategies to counter its moves Joseph Rajendran EVEN as top personal computer (PC) maker Compaq Computer plans an aggressive rollout of new products at new price benchmarks in 1995, its competitors both
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      Next Sitex to have general and corporate sections
      437 14  -  By David Mok SITEX '95 will signal a bold new direction for the annual IT showcase and indications are that computer companies here like the changes. Sitex organisers Microcomputer Trade Association of Singapore (MTAS) announced that next year the exhibition segment of
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      Indian software company bucks discount trend
      240 14 INDIAN firm FACT Sortware International refuses to go along with the industry trend of offering discount upon discount on its products, according to the company's founder, Arvind Agarwalla. FACTs flagship product is a real-time accounting software package and Mr Agarwalla told BiisinesslT that it
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      Digital's new notebooks to hit S'pore market in January
      234 14 DIGITAL Equipment's highly touted new notebooks, its first ever, will be available in Singapore from January at prices starting under $2,400. Digital's new offering is divided into two families, the HiNote and HiNote Ultra. The HiNote Ultra consists of five models
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      Marcam reaping rewards of research into object technology
      412 14  -  By Lee Wai Leong Manufacturing software company Marcam recently delivered an object-oriented maintenance management application which it claims is a first for the industry. And more object-oriented applications are in the pipeline as Marcam reaps the fruits of its research into object
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        Compaq launches new computers
        52 14 SINGAPORE Compaq Computer has launched a new server, the ProSignia 500 Server, and its most powerful desktop to date, the Deskpro XL 590. The Deskpro runs on a 90 Mhz Pentium processor and suggested retail prices start at $6,977 for a system with a 535 Mb
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        Wearnes Thakral-NetFrame tie-up
        31 14 SINGAPORE PC maker Wearnes Thakral and US-based computer company Net Frame have formed a business partnership where Wearnes Thakral will market and support the NetFrame line of superservers.
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        Motorola aid for Ngee Ann Poly
        55 14 SINGAPORE Semiconductor manufacturing giant Motorola has begun a collaboration with the Ngee Ann Polytechnic which starts with Motorola donating more than $30,000 worth of microcontroller chips and software tools to Ngee Ann. Students will use these products to build microcontroller kit sets which will
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        New ALR desktop
        40 14 SINGAPORE ALR has introduced the Evolution V STe, a PC running on a 90 Mhz Pentium processor. A second processor can be installed thereby allowing for multiprocessing. The Evolution is also compliant with Intel MP Spec vl.l.
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        Datacraft signs multimillion deal
        46 14  -  Compiled by David Mok SINGAPORE Datacraft China, a subsidiary of data communications systems integrator Datacraft Asia, has signed phase three of a deal with the General Administration of Customs in China. The account has now reached multimillion dollar status, according to Datacraft.
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        Seminar on speech systems
        64 14 SINGAPORE The Japan Singapore Artificial Intelligence Centre (JSAIC) will be conducting a half-day seminar on the topic "Speech and natural language human-computer interface technologies and applications." The seminar will be at the JSAIC Training Room on Jan 20 at 8.30 am. Speech interface systems, speech recognition
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        Help Desk Asia '95
        56 14 SINGAPORE AIC Conferences is organising a three-day conference on IT Help Desk technology, equipment and management at the Pan Pacific Hotel from March 20 to 22, 1995. Speakers from both Singapore and overseas will discuss strategies to minimise user down time and maximise network efficiency. For
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        Meet on digital library system
        53 14 SINGAPORE The National Computer Board and the Ministry of Information and the Arts are organising a conference on planning a digital library system at the Raffles City Convention Centre from Mar 27 to 28. There will also be a multimedia workshop. Contact Ms Low Kwee
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    • IT Moves
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        Microsoft S'pore's new GM
        43 14 MICROSOFT has announced Paul A Lovell's appointment as general manager of the company's Singapore operations. The appointment "demonstrates Singapore's importance in Microsoft's plans", the announcement said. Mr Lovell was formerly GM of Microsoft's worldwide planning operations, based in Washington.
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      A key step back in Man's evolution
      650 15  -  IT THE NEXT WAVE Jean-Luc Lebrun explains why he does not like the computer keyboard Jean-Luc Lebrun exnlai The writer is the manager of Apple-ISS Research Centre. He can be contacted on 772-6571. YEAH, sure. You've seen it in Star Trek, but it's
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      How to get on board the Internet
      928 15  -  NET WATCH! TRACKING THE NETWORKING WORLD Tommi Chen gives an idea of what's needed to get on the Internet Tommi Chen The writer is an internaut and managing partner of Net Centre Pte Ltd which provides specialist networking services. His internet address is
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      Lock icon Muddled steps and suspect motives in great chip war
      578 15  -  Intel's problem is poor public and customer relations, not just a faulty chip, says Barbara Grady Barbara Grady Reuter WHAT has been a public relations mistake for Intel Corp could become more significant now that International Business Machines said it will
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      Getting desktop colour right
      677 16  -  Jeffrey Tsang examines the challenge of obtaining accurate colour on the PC Jeffrey Tsang The writer is a design. consultant and freelance writ&r Wysiwyg What You Sec Is What You Get was the critical buzzword in desktop computing just three years ago. Computer giants were falling
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      Lock icon NeXT Computer ships new version of operating system
      225 16 Reuter NEXT Computer Inc said it has shipped its newest version of its object-oriented operating system, Nextstep Release 3.3, for use with Intel Corp and Motorola Inc chips. An operating system is the core level of software in a computer that tells
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      Lock icon Toshiba develops wireless networking for PCs
      157 16 Reuter JAPANESE electronics maker Toshiba Corp said recently it had developed wireless networking technology allowing users of personal computers and other mobile devices to exchange data and images with each other. A Toshiba spokesman said the technology requires no fixed facilities and makes flexible
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      Getting serious about having fun
      687 16  -  WINDOWS OF OPPORTUNITY DAVID WELCHER The writer heads Computing Dynamics (USA), a Brooklyn-based management consulting and software development firm, and also writes on IT issues. He contributed this commentary to BusinesslT. COMPUTERS and IT can be fun. Here's a list of good stuff for the
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      Corporate Clauses
      1376 17  -  Santa Claus comes by once a year with his bag of goodies but many of Singapore's biggest companies give to charity all year round, reports Juliette Walter Juliette Walker tHRISTMAS is the season for giving. But when people think of gifts under the tree, they probity don't imagine
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      1113 19  -  Richard Fairman reports on an eventful year for the newly-knighted conductor Simon Rattle and his recording company, EMI Richard Fairman FT THERE are not many knights under the age of 40. When the news broke of conductor Simon Rattle's knighthood in June this year,
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      179 19 WEATHER I Singapore: Occasional showers in the afternoon and early evening. (Temperature 25-31* C). Clrt terspe Ml/U' Cut Bueno* Hmm 30/18 Cloudy Auckland 23/16 Cloudy Amsterdam 06/03 Cloudy Crscago 03 Qoudr Bangkok 31/21 Cloudy 16,00 Cloudy n 28/19 Ctoudv s?£l Cloudy Bertn 03/-2 Cloudy Houston 19,07 Sumy Bombay 33/23 07,02
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      957 19 TV RADIO I The Rookie, 8.30pm, TV 2 Charlie Sheen is the greenhorn in this slow 1990 etTort. He is paired with the films director, Clint Eastwood, in the LAPD's grand theft auto division. .waW" Sheen hates his partner's meth- eJBP2 ods. but grows to love them £jbOr T when
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    388 20 Reuter, AP MOSCOW President Boris Yeltsin ordered his forces to strike rebel Chechnya yesterday, ignoring warnings from friends and foes that he risked plunging Russia into a bloody Caucasus adventure. Russian warplanes bombed targets north of the Chechen capital yesterday after a Kremlin
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    Lock icon Taiwan central bank narrows feud with SEC
    230 20 Bloomberg Business News TAIPEI The Central Bank of China, Taiwan's central bank, narrowed its public differences with the Securities and Exchange Commission over the lifting of a ceiling on foreign stock funds to three broad questions. The bank, which has been in a
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    Lock icon Govt-linked KL firms should help private sector: banker
    441 20 MBT KUALA LUMPUR Petronas, Telekom Malaysia. Tenaga Nasional, and other business giants of the Malaysian government should lend their financial and international clout and help local investors hid for multi-million dollar projects in South countries. Azman Hashim, chairman of the Malaysia South-South
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    Lock icon Pyongyang withholds info on two missing US airmen
    350 20 AP SEOUL North Korea yesterday stonewalled US requests for word on two American Army airmen 24 hours after their small, unarmed helicopter crossed into the communist country's airspace. North Korea instead accused the United States of staging a major air war exercise
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    887 20  -  The Bottom Line JOHN HELMER JOHN HELMER The writer is BT's Moscow correspondent THE OTHER DAY. President Boris Yeltsin's two daughters, Yelena and Tatiana, attended a reception on a restaurant boat moored in the Moscow River. They brought their husbands, and some
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    133 20 Bloomberg Business News LONDON Swiss food company Nestle said it will purchase Mexico's largest chocolate maker from Chicago-based Quaker Oats Company to strengthen its worldwide confectionery business. Nestle didn't disclose the price it will pay for Quaker's La Azteca business. It said the
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      Poor showings by IPOs as investors lose enthusiasm
      834 21  -  By Ven Sreenivasan SINGAPORE Subscribing for initial public offerings used to be a good deal that is, if you were lucky to be one of those ballotted but that has changed. With Oakwell Engineering expected to be the last company to go
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      585 21 MBT KUALA LUMPUR Somebrokers want to revive the now sleepy Malaysian Stoekbrokers Association (MSA) through an injection of new blood. Sources said the reason for reviving the association is because stockbrokers want a "united voice". Commercial banks, merchant banks and many
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      400 21 MBT KUALA LUMPUR Southern Bank Bhd has forecast a consolidated pre-tax profit after minority interest of MS 109.013 million (5562.13 million) for the year ending Dec 31. 1994. after completion of its proposed special issue of 31.976 million new shares. This compares with
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      NOL to pay US$6m for Viet oil spill: report
      200 21  -  By Shiv Taneja SINGAPORE National carrier Neptune Orient Lines has agreed to compensate Vietnam U556.75 million (559.9 million) for damage caused by an oil spill involving an NOL vessel last October, a Reuters report from Hanoi said yesterday, quoting an official
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      Is Hopewell bonded to raise money from its bankers?
      709 21  -  jfSfe Yr HOCK LOCK SIEW By S N Vasuki EVEN HIS detractors must admit that Gordon Wu has a great sense of timing. Last fortnight in sunny Melbourne, thousands of kilometres away from his nearest power station, Asia's prospective electricity czar
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        284 22 MBT KUALA LUMPUR Three telecommunications operators are believed to have applied for licence to carry international call traffic, which has been awarded to Telekom Malaysia. Binariang and Cellular Communications Network (Celcom). It is believed that Time Engineering subsidiary Time Telecommunications, Punca Mutiara
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        Lock icon Commission approves Berjaya's proposed rights issue with TSRs
        393 22 MBT KUALA LUMPUR Berjaya Group Bhd's proposed rights issue with detachable transferable subscription rights (TSRs) has been approved by the Securities Commission (SC) with some modifications. The group recently announced a proposal for a rights issue of up to 260.64 million new
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      • COMPANY BRIEFS
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          UOB rep office in Yangon
          52 22 SINGAPORE United Overseas Bank officially opened its representative office in Yangon, Myanmar, on Saturday. The bank said it intends to use the office to build on the strong economic links between Myanmar and Singapore, and to provide business links between Myanmar and the rest of
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          Antah's unit acquires businesses
          47 22 SINGAPORE Antah Holdings Bhd's subsidiary, Euratcch Ltd, has acquired the businesses of Durawills and Roscnbanks Pipe Fittings from Pacific Dunlop Ltd for A 56.2 million (555.3 million). The Antah group is involved in the manufacture of ABS pressure pipes in Malaysia and Indonesia.
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          Lock icon Revaluation lifts NTA
          68 22 Reuter, KUALA LUMPUR Chcmical Company of Malaysia Bhd said its net tangible asset per share had been raised 35.6 per cent to M 54.84 (552.76) after an asset revaluation. The chcmical company said the revaluation of the company's 10 properties was done on Aug 22. The last
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          Lock icon No to Sanda's restructuring
          60 22 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Sanda Plastics Industries Bhd's proposed restructuring schcinc has not been approved by the Securities Commission, Sanda said last Friday. Sanda had on Jul 29 proposed the acquisition of several landed properties in Sungci Bcsi, Kuala Lumpur, for M 563.79 million (5536.4 million) and
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          Lock icon Jeram Kuantan denies takeover bid
          55 22 MBT KUALA LUMPUR Jcram Kuantan (Malaysia) Bhd chairman Nasruddin Mohaincd has denied the plantation company was the target of any takeover. Mr Nasruddin, who controls 31 per ccnt of Jcram Kuantan, told an extraordinary shareholders' meeting last Thursday that he was not aware of any
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        Corrections and clarifications
        79 22 SINGAPORE Amcol Holdings Ltd which is developing a condominium at Tanjong Rhu clarified over the weekend that sales of the 737 units have not started yet. On Friday, BT had reported that the projcct had been heavily overbooked. Amcol said this led some people to believe the
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        UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
        539 22 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS Mm*(N i' »ricM Dec 17 19 US Gf Fund 094 0 97*d— Singapore Unit Trust UOB Asset Mgt Ltd The ("ommcfvc I 60 169 Unifund 140 I The Savings Fund 1.55 1.64 I mhond <- 1.04 1.07 S'pore Prog Fund 0 59 0.63 United Or Fund' 166
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        244 22 NST KUALA LUMPUR Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange executive chairman Nik Mohamed Din Nik Yusoff was re-ap-pointed on Saturday to head the local bourse for another three-year term. The re-appointment marks Nik Mohamed Din's second term as executive chairman. He had earlier
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        289 22 MBT KUALA LUMPUR YTL Corporation Bhd is set to become a major player in the Asian region in the power industry after being the first independent power producer in Malaysia. The group is now in advanced stages of negotiations with Singapore and
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        516 23 Bloomberg Business News FAIRFIELD, Connecticut General Electric Co increased its dividend 14 per cent and authorised the repurchase of as much as US$5 billion of stock over the next two years. Analysts said on Friday that the move
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        49 23 Reuter IMI MIS I I I I 11— LYNCHBURG, Virginia Lynchburg College Professor Thomas Nicely demonstrating the maths problem that Intel's Pentium chip flunked on Friday. The small-town maths professor discovered that Intel's highly-touted Pentium computer chip can make mistakes. Reuter
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        563 23 Bloomberg Business News OAK BROOK, Illinois McDonald's Corp is about to turn up the heat on competitors. To boost lagging sales growth in the US, the world's largest fast-food chain is planning to sell its flagship sandwiches such as
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        271 23 Bloomberg Business News OTTAWA Viacom Inc will invest Cs4lB million (*****.66 million) in Canada to secure government approval for its bid to take over the Canadian businesses of Paramount Communications Inc and Blockbuster Entertainment Corp. Viacom will invest the money in "cultural
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        501 24 Bloomberg Business News, Reuter BEIJING China International Trust and Investment Corp (Citic), the country's main investment bank, blamed "loose screws" at foreign trading firms for helping staff at its Shanghai subsidiary run up losses estimated at USS4O million (5558.6 million) on
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        381 24 Reuter LONDON Creditors of the collapsed Bank of Credit and Commerce International (BCCI) hope Britain's High Court will this week approve a settlement plan worth US$l.B billion (552.6 billion), sources close to the negotiations said on Friday. The deal comes before the
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        204 24 MBT KUALA LUMPUR The Maybank group has connccted its 640 automated teller machines (ATMs) to the MasterCard/Cirrus ATM network, giving instant cash access at a favourable interest rate to more than 367 million Cirrus worldwide cardholders at the bank's ATMs throughout Malaysia. With
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        198 24 Reuter KUALA LUMPUR Malayan Banking Bhd (Maybank), Malaysia's largest bank, yesterday said it was raising its base lending rate to 6.5S per cent from 6.5 per cenf, effective today. Ibis is the bank's first rate hike in more than two years and could mark the
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        Indonesia-Taiwan joint ventures raise US$31m in loans
        139 24 SINGAPORE Two joint venture companies of Indonesia's Ongko Group and Taiwan's Der Kwei Enterprises Ltd have raised US$3l million (5545.41 million) in syndicated loans. The deals were signed yes- terday in Singapore. The two borrowers are PT Der Kwei Kemasan Indah Indonesia and
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        445 24 AFP ABU DHABI United Arab Emirates (UAE) banks are set to make record profits in 1994 as most of them gave more credits and those suffering from bad debts have overcome their problems, bankers and experts said on Saturday. None
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          91 24 Reuter KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's national mortgage firm Cagamas Bhd has issued three-year fixed rate bonds worth Ms46o million (*****.75 million). Cagamas said the bond issue, which was made through a tender open to principal dealers, drew bids totalling MS 1.01 billion. Only 45.8 per cent
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          84 24 Bloomberg Business News OMAHA, Nebraska Guarantee Mutual Life Co said its board adopted a plan to convert the mutual insurance company into a publicly traded one. The company said it expects to complete the conversion with an initial public offering in the second half
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          75 24 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Citibank Bhd now has Sunil Sreenivasan as country corporate officer and global finance head. Citibank, the first US bank to establish operations in Asia in 1902, said Mr Sunil's appointment was effective from Nov 29. Mr Sunil, a chartered accountant and an
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          113 24 Bloomberg Business News MADRID The magistrate leading the investigation of the near-collapse of Banco Espanol de Credito (Banesto) ordered the imprisonment of Arturo Romani, vice-president of Banesto's industrial holding company. Romani was sent to jail after giving more than 20 hours of testimony during the past
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        198 24 KnightRidder WASHINGTON World sugar consumption in 1994-95 will continue to outstrip production for the third straight year, Usda has said. Production is forecast at 112.6 million tonnes in 1994-95, below consumption estimates of 113.8 million, Usda said. The production shortfall is one reason
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        517 26 Reuter LONDON Lloyd s of London will have the capacity to write premium income of nearly £10 billion (5522.9 billion) in 1995 compared with £10.9 billion this year, said the insurance market's top managing agencies as 1995 applications closed. This is
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        449 26 The Orange County financial crisis California law unclear on how case ought to be handled Bloomberg Business News LOS ANGELES California state law may require Orange County to pay off the money invested by pool participants before it recovers anything for itself, said
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        502 26 Reuter MANILA Philippine coconut production is likely to remain sluggish in 1995 as ageing trees and declining hectarage will keep any rise in output small, officials and analysts said on Friday. The government's Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) said output will
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        281 26 Bloomberg Business News BEIJING US oil giant Atlantic Richfield Co (Arco) is poised to sign a contract with China National Offshore Oil Co (CNOOC) to explore a portion of the South China Sea. the official China Daily Business Weekly reported. Arco
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        231 26 Knight-Kidder LONDON Delegates at the International Cocoa Organisation (Icco) have wrapped up three days of talks agreeing to look at how each country can monitor output and introduce measures to limit cocoa production. "Each producer knows very well what he has to do, the
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        300 26 Knight-Ridder NEW YORK The dramatic paying pressure in the US dollar swap market that was generated by hedging related to the Orange County Investment Pool is over. Dollar spreads have fallen back to pre-Orange County levels. The retracement in spread levels was a result
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        2099 26 *Raie\ are the atrrage of 9 stinlnJ hanks IraJe-niifhlnl index <vkiilotesl aguinw Store's l<ip 14 rijthiMt i*irtner\ Base not. /W Fftw IH*Mg rat— As OP Pec 16 BANKS ABN Amro Bank NV Vm AN/ Banking Group 6Vi Allied Irish Bank PLC 6V1 Amcncan Express Bank 7 Arab Banking C orp
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        657 27  -  SIMEX WEEKLY ROUNDUP By Yumiko Iijima. MMS International SINGAPORE A consolidativc tone prevailed for the US dollar against both the yen and the Deutsehemark throughout the week. The dollar showed no strong bias, trading around 1.57 mark and 100 yen in relatively light volume throughout
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        787 27 COMMODITY WEEKLY ROUNDUP AFP LONDON Once again coffee grabbed all the attention, beginning the week in freefall as prices slumped 10 per cent in two days on higher-than-expected predictions for the 1995-1996 Brazilian harvest. The commodity then made up some
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        COMMODITY PRICES
        1359 27 Rubber dcc 16 Singapore Commodity Exchange Physical Prices (futures dosing as at 5.30pai) Burnt 555» As at 12 noon (S cents/kg) RSS 1 Contract (S ccnts/kg) Cl«c Volume 2 Jan 95 2.7 50 2IS.SON Month High Low Sett (tonnes) Interest RSS 3 Jan 95 2,6 50 217 SON
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      4870 28 CORPORATE RESULTS iVl tarn fcPS Dale l\ LV TY LY Company ann (Sm) (S«n) (cts) (cts) \BK Hldgs Sep 14 I 1.109 1.365 2.5 3.3 Vina Sep 16 I 48.926 19 517 710 28.6 MSB* Nov 21 P 3.057L 2 095 204 Alliance Teeh Sep 28
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      752 28 Relative Strength Index: The RSI measures the rate at which prices move. In theory, it ranges between zero and 100. In practice however, it fluctuates between 10 and 90. RSI is calculated over a specified period, say 13 days, and is derived from the formula: 100 100/ [(up
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        923 29 Reuter, AFP New York THE prospect of dueling Democrat and Kcpubliean tax cuts will cast a shadow over the stock market as Wall Street weighs the possibility that the politically appealing move could force the Federal Reserve
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        657 29 Sydney Australian shares rallied 2.5 per cent by the close of the week on Friday, helped by a strong Wall Street, easing interest rate jitters and a record interim profit by market leader BHP. The market barometer, the All Ordinaries Index, suited to a close of 1.897
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        Lock icon Hang Seng surges on overseas selective buying
        276 29 AFP Hongkong STOCK prices surged 4.84 per cent during the week on strong selective buying from overseas institutions looking for cheaper shares after a free-fall. The Hang Seng Index, the key barometer of top shares, gained 377.32 points to close at a week's
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        Lock icon Footsie see-saws through another week
        372 29 AFP London THE Footsie sat out another roller-coaster week, fluctuating under the influence of Wall Street and with economic statistics giving contradictory indictions on future British interest rate rises. The FT-SE 100 index of leading shares rose 36.3 points during the week, or 1.2 per
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        Lock icon Shares rebound in line with Wall Street rises
        384 29 AFP Tokyo SHARE prices rebounded on the Tokyo Stock Exchange last week, heartened by an advance on Wall Street and a stable yen-dollar rate, but trading remained thin in the absence of strong incentives. The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average closed the week
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          2283 29 London Dec 16 Pence Industrials A. A. Corp Adr ***** +120 Abbey National 41S +114/8 Allied L>o«k 551 4/8 +1)4/8 Vnicc 64 4/8 -3 Argyll 252 I Asia Group 64 4/8 f I 4/8 BAT Ind 430 f 2 BICC 3M I BOC Group 711 J BR Petroleum 420 4/8
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          843 29 +41.72 Blue chip stocks rose for the third straight session on Friday, driven by trading related to the triple witching expirations. The Dow Jones Industrial Average ended 41.72 points higher at 3,807.19. Volume was a heavy 478 million shares on the New York Stock Exchange. the highest this
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          242 29 +6.3 Stocks ended mixed on Friday after a heavy session dampened by triple witching in the US. The TSE 300 Composite Index closed up 6.3 points to 4.118.03 on volume of 61.14 million shares valued at C 5663.82 million. Declining issues outpaced advances, 414 to 364, with 345 stocks
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      CLOB INTERNATIONAL
      2441 30 (»r Gr I AM Vol Wrrk Last Qw>ie l>i» 1M> YM Net \l Cmp High Lm ompan? Salt (TWO) High Loo Bajet Seller t~»r P/D Vmil MALAYSIAN STOCKS 398 160 m MSB MX J«» cd *49 1081 WK 245 WO 104 JO -29 O.J J0« 206 105 m
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        Lock icon Prices regain strength on technical rebound
        6843 30 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR A technical rebound from Tuesday led share prices here to regain some strength last week, after eight consecutive days of losses. Over the week, the benchmark Composite Index advanced 35.34 points, or 39 per cent, to 946.60. Meanwhile, the main board
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        8277 31 MAIN BOARD G» U >1 Wl I** 4 Lust Vol Week I JIM Qualr Dt» l>i« Md Net Cm Am High Loo Nile (000) High lo« Burr Seller <"»« P/f Smil Prk-* INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL 720* 417.5* ml s Vma 50c 462 s-30 335 466 430 454 464 88 4.7
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        Lock icon Outlook brightens as recovery set to continue
        1965 32  -  By R Sivanithy SINGAPORE After the recent turbulence in the local stock market, traders are looking forward to a slightly better week ahead although volume will be thin and prices may be influenced by windowdressing activities. Of concern, at least in the early
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      1691 22 CAM MECHATRONIC LTD m (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) ANNOUNCEMENT OF RESULTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 1994 The directors wish to announce the unaudited results of the Company and of the Group for the year ended 30 September 1994. The Company The Group lncreas«/(Decrease) 30/9/94 30/9/93 30/9/94
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      446 25 TTI)~ ~Vy n{ A Mix, IVlcUft \Ji Jt\ Milestone D J, .>- ">> ;t& 'i% f W 1 V Fu Yu Manufacturing Pte Ltd, fIHTUB Singapore's independent AH P'J I 49 H flk one-stop supplier of plastic injection W <^- moulds and injection moulded parts H |jh T i/k_ 4
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      244 27 Financial News A Quick Look At The I I Markets I Call 24 hours a day for I I klse I reports, I I market reports Cost: 30 cents a minute Organised by: |||P|||li ne An SPH AudioTex Service Nacional Financiera, S.N.C. (A National Credit Institution and Development Bank <>f
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      114 28 TOI.I. -t'Kllt: Ti:i,. No. 1-800-741-1883 I AX 741-1298 This announcement appears as a matter of record only. New Issue December 1994 Republic of South Africa U. 5.5750,000,000 9 5 /s% Notes due December 15,1999 Goldman, Sachs Co. Swiss Bank Corporation Daiwa Europe Limited Deutsche Bank AG London J.P. Morgan Securities
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      292 32 IN THE MATTER Of THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP SO AND M THE MATTER Of GENUS SERVICES PTE LTD (Incorporated In the Republic of Singapore) MEMBERS' VOLUNTARY WINDING UP At an EXTRAOROMARY GENERAL MEETING of 9W members of the abovenamed company duly convened and hatd at No. t, Lorong 7 Realty
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      OOCL charters first container train from inland China to HK
      250 33  -  By Ramesh Divyanathan SINGAPORE Hongkongbased Orient Overseas Container Line has chartered the first container train to transport international cargo from inland China to the British colony. The train, carrying 84 TEUs (20-foot equivalent units) of intra-Asian, European and US-bound cargo,
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      Lock icon Sugar cargo fixed from Brazil but details private
      234 33 Knight-Ridder LONDON At least two cargoes were reported fixed from Brazil in late trading on the sugar freight market, but details were being kept private, brokers said last Thursday. Glencore fixed a 12,500 to 13,125 tonne bagged cargo for prompt shipment from
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      367 33 Knight-Ridder LONDON Most areas continue to see at least some trading action, but brokers said this is having little effect on rates. Charterers were seen fixing vessels at Worldscale 1995 levels on Thursday. The Worldscale Association said 1995 levels were some 2.5
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      278 33 LONDON Ship classification society Lloyd's Register has increased its requirements for ro-ro ship bow door securing arrangements, following the sinking of the ro-ro ferry Estonia in September. LR says the rule changes, which apply to both new and existing ships, will take immediate
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      230 33 Knight-Ridder NEW YORK The St Lawrence Seaway Development Corp last Thursday reported the following information about conditions affecting the closing of the navigation season. New ice is beginning to form in the navigation channci from the entrance of St Lambert Lock to approximately
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      INDEX TO SHIPPING LINES AND FREIGHT FORWARDERS
      1065 33 Page Col ABC Containerlinc 16 1 Able Shpg 7 4/5 Accord Group 8 1-3 AhlersLine 13 5 Ahrenkiel 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 Shpg
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      303 33 Knight-Ridder LONDON Some easier rates were paid for Panamax tonnage in the run up to the Christmas holidays with some owners conceding lower rates, brokers said last Thursday. But brokers here believed the slight easing in rates was temporary and the volume of
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      DAILY FREIGHTS
      1861 34 SOME easier rates were paid lor Panamax tonnage in the run up to the Christmas holidays with some owners conceding lower rates, brokers said. But brokers here believed the slight easing in rates was temporary and the volume of business quoted still indicates a strong start to the
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      1262 35  -  The German company is expecting an operating profit of 180 million marks. Peter Kaiser reports Peter Kaiser International Transport Journal THE GERMAN transport and tourist concern Hapag-Lloyd is expected to achieve an operating profit of 180 million deutschemarks (S$ 168 million) in the current
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      THE SHIPPING GUIDE
      10320 42 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. llfiEMO PN: ship calls at Pcnang after
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        603 45 Vesset Voy Wo Berth Arrival Departure Vesvel Voy No Berth Arrival Departure lurong Port Bm Betet 231 TO3 1917/2300 2012/2100 MrtmeFarti 114 jtonpidr 1912/1500 Blast* I 50 94 TOJ 1912 M00 1912 2300 Nwtli Star 01 94 19 10 1912 0800 Uwiuwg 10S TO2 18 12 2030
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        1295 45 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Record Booking/Balance Rstts Ship Voy No Etb/Btr Period From To From Acx VnW 042A 20/0/00 3 18/0/00 18/1159 18/1400 4 18/1200 18/1459 18/1/00 MGondi»« 60SI94 *****0 IB 17/1500 17/1659 1/1900 3 18
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        Lock icon Bad year for US airlines, not to mention passengers
        569 52 Reuter WASHINGTON Americas airlines will count 1994 as their worst since 1988, with several major and puzzling crashes this year killing more than 280 people. No one is saying US carriers aren't still as safe as any in the world, but
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          Lock icon Dutch, Indon carriers sign deal
          86 52 Reuter AMSTERDAM Amsterdam Schiphol airport and KLM Royal Dutch Airlines NV are to help their Indonesian colleagues set up commercial activities at Jakarta's Soekarno-Hatta airport. Schiphol said in a statement that chairman Hans Smits and Angkasa Pura II president Chusjairi signed an agreement on Thursday.
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          90 52 Bloomberg Business News ZURICH Swissair said it plans to launch the first air service between Switzerland and Taiwan next spring. The Zurich-Bang-kok-Taipei service must still be approved by the Taiwanese national carrier, said Swissair spokesman Peter Gutknecht. The new service is to be operated by
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          98 52 Bloomberg Business News SCHAUMBURG, Illinois Santa Fe Pacific Corp on Saturday rejected Union Pacific Corp's request to hold an auction for the railroad and suggested the hostile suitor submit a much-hinted sweetened bid. Santa Fe's response quashes Union Pacific's overture on Friday to increase its
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          Lock icon Colombo flights likely for Air India
          70 52 Reuter COLOMBO India's national carrier Air India is expected to begin operating flights to Colombo from next year, an airline spokesman said on Friday. He said a marketing team from Air India, which visited Colombo recently, had conducted a feasibility study and recommended that
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        Lock icon Eurotunnel sets fares, sees no price war with ferry rivals
        266 52 Reuter LONDON Eurotunnel, the Anglo-French operator of the Channel Tunnel, set fares for its key shuttle passenger service on Friday and said it was avoiding a price war with its ferry company rivals. On Thursday, it received the final operating
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        Lock icon Swissair in Belgian talks to gain stake in Sabena
        473 52 FT BRUSSELS A radical change in the ownership of Sabena, the Belgian national carrier, was on the cards last night as Swissair, Switzerland's national airline, confirmed it was in discussions with the Belgian government. In a move that would provide Swissair
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        Lock icon Pahang national park airstrip to be fully repaired
        210 52 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Repair work, stalled for almost four years, is being carried out on the airstrip near the Kuala Tahan National Park in Pahang and is expected to be completed by next April. Pahang Mentri Besar Khalil Yaakob on Friday said
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        Lock icon Frank Lorenzo's bid to start new airline rejected
        166 52 Knight-Ridder WASHINGTON Frank Lorenzo on Friday lost an appeal against the US government's refusal to let him start a new airline. The Department of Transportation provided "reasonable and substantial grounds" to support its determination that Mr Lorenzo's new company was unfit to
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      25 33 Lines and services represented by Members of the Registry of Accredited Shipping Agents, Singapore National Shipping Association. For advertising enquiries, contact Shipping Times: Tel 740-2089/740-2090
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      1547 35 OOCL (8) PTE LTD JARO4NE SHIPPING AGENCIES JAROINE SHIPPING AGENCIES SON. BHD. 200 CANTONMENT ROAD. #12-05 SOUTH POINT. SINGAPORE 0208 PET AUNG JAYA TEL: 03-*****78 FAX: 03-*****42 CFS: 03-*****42 CR NUMBER: **********0 C PENANG TEL: *****4 FAX: *****1 DOCUMENTATION TEL: *****55 (INWARD)/*****90 (OUTWARD) 'POH TEL: *****3/4 FAX: *****6 CUSTOMER SERVICE
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      641 35 ANL. IT'S AUSTRALIAN FOR SHIPPING TO AUSTRALIA (tASTCOASTi FROM AUSTRALIA (EAST COAST)' wssi/voy *t r*s scp m sto in m ho* wssa/w am. sto m« hoo «t ms MAJAFMgT on It/12 22/12 M/ 17 05/01 M/OI MltfMl OSN 27/11 *1/12 17/12 I M/ 12 21/12 I TtMASOI MS It/12 22/12
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      1057 36 Year enD T PAPERS SINGAPORE TO EUROPE "ESSEN EXPRESS" V.09/351 eta sin 31.12.94 SINGAPORE TO USA WESTCOAST "CALIFORNIA PEGASUS" V.27 eta sin 28.12.94 SINGAPORE TO USA EASTCOAST "NEPTUNE PEARL" V.IBE eta sin 29.12.94 FOR BOOKINGS, PLEASE CALL HOTLINE: *****88 Agents: Singapore HAPAO-LLOYD (S) PTE LTD Malaysia Began! Sdn Mid Booking:
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      549 36 /fsmmmmm 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 I •Loads E./W. Malaysia. Indonesia I I Loading for ENERGETIC Oubai/Bahrain/Oamman/Kuwait I SEA VENUS Hodeidah/Jeddah/Aqaba I •Loads Singapore. E./W. Malaysia. Indonesia I I Loading for DONA V Los Angeles/New Orleans/ I Charteston/Norfolk/Camden I OCEAN
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      963 36 NORASIA] WE'RE ACCEPTING LCL CARGO ON OUR REGULAR WEEKLY SAILING j. TO THE FOLLOWING PORTS:— J l VALETTA, TRIESTE, VENICE, ANCONA, PIRAEUS, ALEXANDRIA, PORTSAID, BARCELONA, VALENCIA. FOR MORE DETAILS/BOOKING:— CONTACT M/S TAN SEOW CHUAN M/S FELICIA PEH ITMi KKUI HOT: NORASIA AGENCIES (S) PTE LTD uso ACCEPTING LCL TOl TU:
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      1686 37 H STRAITS SHIPPING PTE LTD 10 Hoe Chiang Road #11-01 Keppel Towers Singapore 0208 Tel: *****88 Fax: *****17 WffIMMMWMMiIiMIiHIMiBMJMIIM I frfedK NEW OtHN«A PAfcunc limb \SSSv (A SERV,CE 0F CH,NA navigation CO) CARGO DUE SACS C *i»J l 6 ltl7 0* 17 Dk II D«t FCL, LCI CONTAINER ANOME AK
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      1784 37 Singapore Agent: UXvi I I AI n Afic P&o Containers (Singapore Agencies) Pte Ltd A 1 M 9 10 Hoe Chiang Road, *07-01 Keppel Towers, Singapore 0208 First Class Connections WORLDWIDE !^1 M ermcsr fM 225 5327/222 7517 j VEMIL VOY PNO "PKO *M SOU ANT MOT MAM QOT ME
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      240 37 (ft FAMOUS COHTAINER LINES 80 ROBINSON ROAD, #22-02 SINGAPORE 0106 HOT LINE: *****33 (30 LINES) GOTHENBURG/SCAN 26/12 ROTTERDAM 20/12 AARHUS/COPENHAGEN 26/12 HAMBURG/BREMEN 20/12 MARSEILLE/FRANCE 22/12 FELIXSTOWE/UK 21/12 BARCELONA/SPAIN 23/12 LEHAVRE/FRANCE 20/12 GENOA/ITALY 24/12 ANTWERP/BELGIUM 26/12 LOS ANGELES/WC/PI 21/12 SYDNEY/MELBOURNE 21/12 NEW YORK/EC 21/12 FREMANTLE/AOELAIDE 24/12 VANCOUVER 23/12 BRISBANE 21/12 TORONTO/MONTREAL
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      515 38 cfp- Mmi VENTURE WV SAMUDERA INDONESIA SIR RICKMERS V SINGAPORE CHINA GREEN ERA VOY 3NB 5 JAN QMGOAO OASA SEPIA. UH VOY 3NB 29 lAN XINGANG INDUCEMENT CALL P.KELANG INDUCEMENT CAU HK. P GUDANG. BELAWAN. TG MAM XIAMEN. ZHANGJIGANG W UTAMA HARTA f WEEKLY FULL CONTAMERSHIP FEEDER VESSEL NAME VOY
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      436 38 Countdown to 1995 with our Year-end Saiung to USA Vessel: HANJIN BUSAN V. 150E ETA: 30DEC'94 ETD 31 DEC '94 For enquiries bookings, please call Paul Lim *****26 Radiyah *****35 Looi *****30 LINKS EXPRESS 62 Toh Guan Road, FREIGHT LINKS EXPRESS DISTRIPARK, Complex I. Ground Floor. Singapore 2260 waHt Jb
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      1920 39 FIXED DATE I 3 SAILING'S I DIRECT I SOUTH AFRICA 1 Stmtaporat C«wil Agamtt: T1 *****00 ?■<»»•■»»» *tenc, Oapt: rnCTgQ CUIOPIWr PTC I Til IGamarafl: *****66 Contataar: *****41/844 Cmlj/mt Src a/1: *****02 OaaraHoa Coatalnar: *****15 **ZLvll 2\lJi r,t L,U Taiax: ***** COSHIP Cam—ttamat *****50 O/O: *****85 CamramUamal: *****48 7M CK
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      950 39 HEUNG-A SHIPPING (KOREAN FLAG)! I I fIUT CONTMNEMgD SERVtCt I I COKVBtTWWI SDHICE I IiAKAHTAiVC PVaIHKOI JKT I«t iHKOI Ml WC I MOJI IWI HKq| jjKTI MVj HKOj PUS ttOMA I V44BW 12/1? It/12 21/12 24/1? 27/12 30/12 31/12 11/>1 WO. 1 00WAM 420N 05/12 11/ulu/12Jpiiw' 21/12 29/12 OAHH D
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      1101 39 FOR BOOKING 1800-*****00 (TOLL-FREE) outsoumo m wh sm hkg mo tai *hoe os« got bus WAN HAI 202N0/4 14/1? 15/12 11/1? 1819/12 23/1? 24/12 26/12 27/12 02/01 1 03/01 1 04/01 WAN MAI 21b/NOl2 11/12 19/12 21/12 ~22 23/l2 26/12 28/12 30/12 01/01 t/S MMO (ft/01 06/01 0//01 08 01
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      1236 40 VESSEL VOY SN JIT S VESSEL VQY SIN PEN j|f XETHA BHUM 78N Mon M/12~ Thu 22/12~ f BHATRA BHUM 818 S*t 24/13 Tw 37/12 siRI BHUM M^lf" Y ANTRA BHUM 88N Tuo 20/12 Fri 23/12 f VHU BHUM 1148 Sun 25/12 Fri 30/12 B|m M/1J M/1J f^l MpiYABHUM- 3S2N
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      1147 40 79 ANSON ROAD, #21-01, SINGAPORE 0207 TELE: *****92 FAX: *****57 CR *****920QQPN CTHAITB SHUTTLE SERVICE PORT KLANG PENANQ vessel voy stH m vessel voy sit poH S£A LAUttl 346N 21/12 23/12 (FM> MCC CONVIYOR 4004 23/12 (FIR) 25/12 (St*) HRG GIORY ****** 23/12 (FBI) 25/12 (SUN) XOUR JAVA ***** 25
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      990 41 PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL LINES (PTE) LTD J 140 Cecil Street, #03-00 PIL Building, Singapore 0106. I CR NO: **********0E I I 1&P 12 I kwmntan mtos 21/12 £ru 2/u I !&£Z2S sKP**" 0 28/12 28/12 /12 1 KOTA RAKYAT(UTC2) RKYO6I 23/12 20/12 30/12 a CRYSTAL 38N 24/12 XT/12 31/12 r KOTA
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      928 41 i ¥tsgis w u hawk twutc ihames Koirtrom wtwmf HLLE PHYPRA HMN 20/» n/oi wg 15/01 lt/01 17/01 WLH Ot IT«> YO6N 21/12 W/01 22/01 23/01 24/01 Witt PC WIA VO6W n/01 25/01 27/01 23/01 30/01 31/01 wit oc mm* io7w oi/m 03/02 05/02 00/02 07/02 •ALSO ACCtPTMG CARGO TO
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      583 41 I BSA il" mm, MYANMA «BBk five star line r (Myanmar National Line) Loading for Yangon (Rangoon) Spore P.Kit Pen P.Gdf HP* AN V2O6W |r Pi AVA VI3IWT 23/26 0«c 27/30 0m SAGAMG V3OW 23/26 D« PAGAN V2I6N 27/29 D«c MALAYSIA AGENTS BOUSTEAD SHPPING AGtNOES Ail TEL 02 03-*****00 P*l
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      53 43 1/CT VISA FREIGHT SERVICES PTE LTD Q Established Since 1984 OCEANIA PORTS REGULAR GROUPAGE lcl consolidation AUCKLAND SYDNEY RRISRANF IMPORT EXPORT DHIODAIIL MELBOURNE FREMANTLE SERVICES FOR BOOKING fit SAILING SCHEDULE, CALL THE TOTAL TRANSPORTATION PEOPLE. VISA FREIGHT SERVICES PTE LTD VISA LCL CONSOL PTE LTD TOLL-FREE TEL: 1800-*****66 TOLL-FREE TEL:
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      1920 44 TO EUROPE FROM EUROPE mott PKI PEN MOTHER ¥51 STOW LEH 1 ATM I HAM I BBH 1 m «l PKI STOW HK6 FIBAN KOK SHOBfll I N6Q 1 TOW BSE/OBM 4201/4701 17.1? 17.12 KOMSAN 2454~ 21.12 07.01 M.Ol 09 01 1101 12.01 W) HONG KON6 1W 21.12 2212 2*12
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      581 44 MLABMN CONTAINER LINES, INC |~fVVV~l A o* nt MAC-NELS SPORE: *****22 (24 LINES) V X c/R Not ISOOS7SOOOOC SIBU (084) *****9 KUCHING (062) ****** PCNANG: (04) *****6 BANGKOK (662) *****67 MANILA (632) *****61 P.KELANQ: (03) *****77 JAKARTA: (21) *****07 SURABAYA: (31) *****0 ASIA HKG/TWN/BKKI GENOA/EUROPE PEN PKL SIN 5 SAILINGS/WEEK
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      712 45 MEDITERRANEAN FAR EAST SERVICE EXPORT: TO E/W MED IMPOUT: FIKIM MCD/pPOET TO fIUI E*ST] una mm wt w_ cm m lma m ur raw nc in I msai mm not w m »a no on una wmw 20/12 n/12 03/01 07/01 01/01 12/11 11/01 17/01 11,01 22/01 cw iommc ooivow
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      276 45 II VESSELVOYWH MAA SIN I I TIGER SPEED 312N 18-19/12 24 30/12 04-05/01 I TIGER ISLAND 125N 2122/12 27 03/01 08 25/01 I CAPE HERMES 203 M 25 26/12 30 05/01 10 11/01 I TIGER CAPE 012N 27-28/12 02 09/01 14-15/01 I TIGER BRIDGE 313N 29-30/12 04-10/01 15-16/01 il VESSEL
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      349 45 pi DONGNAMA LINE CONTAMEMSED SERVICE SIHAfTS/BLW/MC/BSN «sai (MB) SCP n MM PNC MC BSD ■una) Ml* tv 12 IV il n/u 00/oi 12/11 MM* Wl« 01/11 OVOI #4/01 M 01 li/01 11/11 IViaMS Ml« M/M 11/11 13/01 21/11 21/91 UOOMCTtMU It/01 11/01 10/01 21/01 N/01 02/02 WOUND THE 388 WBBm
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      416 45 RICHFIELD MARINE AGENCIES (S) PTE LTD UTEL: *****33 (12 Lines) FAX: *****15/*****03 TELEX: RS ***** RISHIP (3 Lines) CR NO.: **********0E ETWOPUUi StUPPHN LM& f (Notkwal Lines of Ethiopia) ACCEPTING FCL AND CONVENTIONAL Vmml I Voy ETA I Loading For »Pow Abbay Wonz 42W8 IS/02 Mombasa. Djibouti Assab. Massawa Abbay
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      803 46 ■giMia THIS WEEK'S ARRIVAL: NEXT WEEK'S ARRIVAL: VESSELS VOY NRT ETA EXCHANGE VESSELS VOV NRT ETA EXCHANGE RATE RATE LONDON MS 9502 ***** 19/12 1.4775 NANTAI QUEEN 007S 28/12 HAYAKAWA MARU 9412 19/12 1.4775 ANNA MS 9423 ***** 28/12 1.4740 ALVA MS 9417 ***** 19/12 1.4690 NANTAI PRINCESS 067N 29/12
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      680 46 AFGHANISTAN M&M Afghanistan Ltd., Hairatan, Torghundi, Islamqala (Doqharun) C.1.5./RUSSIA: Alme Ala. Ashkhabad. Baku, Duthan- be, Irkutsk. Khabarovsk, Krasnoyarsk, Korsakov. Moscow, Sochi I Novosobirsk, Tashkent, Tbisi, Vladivostok, Vostochny, etc. I N Korea: Pyongyang. Nampo Mongolia: Ulaan Bator LCL TO CIS EASTERN EUROPE FULL CONTAINER SERVICE TO NORTH/WEST AFRICA VESSEL SIN DKR
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      934 46 IE SAMUDERA INDONESIA (S) PTE LTD 15 McCALLUM STREET #03-01/02 NATWEST CENTRE S'PORE 0106 Tel: *****81-3 FAX: *****36 (3 HUNTING LINES) TLX; R*****0 BOOKINGS CALL DIRECT LINE: *****41/*****43 JESSICA/CELIA ■H 5 SLGS/WEEK 3 SLGS/WEEK VESSEL [VOY I SIN JAK VESSEL VOY SIN SUR PANCARAN SINAR 935 20/12 (TUE) 22/12 (THU)
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      658 47 ORIENT LINE" JAPAN/BAY OF BENGAL/JAPAN SERVICE ACCIPTMG BMMBU.K/SOC CMtGOtS TO/FROM KOK. YOKOHAMA. NAGOVA, MO*. TOKYO*. MANIA*. OA»AO*. Penanj* P. Keta>f Swfapore E'kisia* KARABfVERETT V2OE 28/29 Dec KAMAIEVERETT V24C 12/13 Jan 14/15 Jan KARABfVERETT V2IE 21/22 Feb ACCOTM6 BttAKBUM/FCI SOC CARGOES TO/FROM CMTTAGONG. CALCUTTA AN) MONGU*. Smjjpore P. KHmj* Penanj* Pjw
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      222 47 Q GLORY NAVIGATION GROUP to A REGULAR LINER SERVICE TAIWAN TO SINGAPORE ASEAN SINGAPORE TO KOMPONG SOM •AT ATTRACTIVE RATES* CR NO: **********0W KAO SIN PKG PNG GLORY SELATAN VII 13/12 19/12 21/12 23/12 GLORY SELATAN VIII 10/12 17/12 19/12 SIN KOMPONG SOM GLORY SELATAN VIII 21/12 25/12 SINGAPORE ASEAN
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      599 47 jdk PAKISTAN NATIONAL SHIPPING CORPORATION KARACHI BREAKBULK A CONTAINER SERVICE v° Y an -mmchi MMgjjl 153-HW 06/01/OT U/01/0S BOLAH 144-HW 06/01/>5 14/01/tt HYPEJt ABAO 137HW 02/02/85 12/02/SS ISLAMABAD 130-HW H/02 21/02 n w cxi w f«n mcct to kncoot FAR EAST CONTAINER SERVICE ONLY VESSEL MR HKG BSN OS* NAG
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      662 47 FULL CONTAINER SERVICE FROM SIN TO MADRAS VESSCL/VOV ETA SIN ETA MAA MV BONCA TERATAI V. TERO23 18 19/12 24-25/12 MV PESTOVO VO7 27-28/12 02-03/01 MV SEA ORAGON V DHGO37 29 30/12 04-05/01 MV PRAVOINSK V.ll 01-02/01 07-08/01 MV BUNGA TERATAI V TERO2S 05-08/01 11-12/Ol MV PESTOVO V.OB 15 16/01
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      310 47 SIN FAR EAST j 27/12 KEELUNG/KAOHSIUNG 25/12 BANGKOK I 25/12 MANILA/CEBU 25/12 JAKARTA/BELAWAN/SURABAYA 26/12 PORT KELANG/PENANG/E. MALAYSIA 25/12 BUSAN 25/12 TOKYO/YOKO/KOBE/NGO/OSA 26/12 HONG KONG SjN CHINA 26/12 GUANGZHOU/HUANGPU/SHENZHEN FUZHOU/XIAMEN/SHANTOU/SHEKOU DALIAN SHANGHAI XING ANG TIANJIN/QINGDAO/HAIKOU I also accepting LCL cargo I S!N EUROPE/UK 25/12 LDN/FLX/LVP/SOU 25/12 RDM/HAM/ANT/LEH/GOA/OSL/GOT/BCN also accepting cargo to
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      1053 48 ||tt))miVlll 'Illfll Hi ,rr,r.,■■■,■■■■■ fixed m WEEKLY SAILINGS Tel: 26*3595 Fax :261-0978 Jp GP SHIPPING PTE LTD 1 Call: Kenny/Mas/Peter J 4 a Calling: FAR EAST, INDIA, AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND, EUROPE, MIDDLE EAST, U.SJL I mhml df car CMT Liner Express Agencies Pte Ltd Hot Line i 22-007-22 STAR SHIPPING
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      492 48 y Conform H CONTERM FREIGHT (F.E.) PTE LTD. AUCKLAND 23 DECEMBER (Accepting to all Nm Zealand porta) PENAN6 23 QIC JAKARTA 18 DEC PORT KLANG 22 DEC MANILA 18 DEC BANGKOK 18 DEC MELBOURNE 20 DEC SYDNET 20 DEC BRISBANE 30 DEC ADELAIDE 19 DEC I 'ACCEPTING TO ALL SCANDINAVIA
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      878 48 CONSOLIDATION TO BUSAN w L'iuwt ■roDumnFii IN OFFERING TWICE WEEKLY r U!qa LCL SERVICE TO BUSAN Call SAN ISA at DID: 770 5014 ffiSllfVl for bookings NOW!!! y, Singapore 778 6522 *****38/*****36 Mm Ml Also has offices in:- IMICKKIICS stwets MALAYSIA THAILAND PHILIPPINES PJLZJ JUI*T HONG KONG VIETNAM INDIA V
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      1383 49 ISEAMA^RGENTIN^INE^^^^ CONTAINERISED "HUB" SERVICE If IV I DIRECT TO ARGENTINA/BRAZIL URUGUAY V I mtm I-;-'"" ——i BIROIT NABER 003E 19/12 22/01 24/01 30/01 01/02 08/02 26/02 FRANCISCA SCMUiTE 003E 22/01 26/02 28/02 06/03 08/03 10/03 04/04 R.ORA V 007E 13/02 20/03 22/03 28/03 30/03 03/04 29/04 EUROPEAN 003E 23/02 30/03
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      380 49 CEYLON SHIPPING CORPN National Line of Sri Lanka CONTAINERISED SERVICE TO UK AND NORTH CONTINENTAL PORTS > NOINMOi 4MW nm m 11/1 IV I M/l IB) HMOTI mi WU y»/12 WIW MMMHI MSA 3 21/12 14/1 lt/1 17/1 »d imtwm. tun n/u 4/1 MP miction* OMW 7/1 U/l SU MTUTIW
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      359 49 YEAR END LOADER SIN USA HAKONE MARU 18W ETA SGP 30/12/94 I CLOSING 29/12/94 AT 2130 HRS I.j SIN EUROPE MANHATTAN BRIDGE 74W ETA SGP 31/12/94 CLOSING 30/12/94 AT 0100 HRS "«™NE *****00 NEPUNE SDN BHD MALAYSIA C NEPTUNELINK TEL (03) *****23. ILL.- (031 *****33. P.KMang800WRCS FOR NOL SERVICES TOl
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      1537 50 AMERICAN PRESIDENT LINES, LTD. 19 KEPPEL ROAD .02 01 HI POH BOIIDIWG SINOPOWt 0208 TEL 225 9966 fa» 221 4922 I 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 AMEBIC* CANADA WEEKLY CONTAINERIZED BERVICE [Ittsai WT*g
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      1335 50 Kli v AS AGENTS: K" LINE (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD (CX NO: **********0M/GST REG f»: M2-M*****-6] M TEL: *****77 TELEX: KAWAKI R*****5 FAX: *****16/7/8/9 W iJ^ 1 MALAYSIA "K" LINE MARITIME (MALAYSIA) SON BNO I TEL: SA *****00 PK *****75 PEN *****20 JB *****01 PGU *****25/( INDONESIA: f.T. SARANA LAUT INTERNUSA,
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      511 51 JEDDAH/UK/CONTINENT I STORE |K0 S'TON WBURG R'DAM l£H *Mm AcctnNm C«n F«r n, n S/ll 'f 1 Sw»»*w :I*M IK dnltoatan. BMtel and (MM* 21/354 J*/ 12 2/1 11/1 14/1 11/1 U/l RcHtrtfan :to M Antwerp. Airatvtfam (Mi. HMMU y i'/l 1»/1 Souflumptor :toM UK dttttutax. Brfnt art Outfei ESSEN
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