The Business Times, 20 January 1995

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    12 1 Business Times WE KHOW ASIA MITA(P) 194/12/94 Friday January 20 1995 75"
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  • 2 am LATEST
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      Lock icon Dow down 42.73 points
      107 1 Reuter NEW YORK Blue-chip stocks came under pressure yesterday as fears of higher interest rates intensified. The Dow Jones industrial average was down 42.73 points at 3,886.25 at 1 pm EST. In the broader market, declining issues beat advances 2-1 on trading of more than 169
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    MARKET SUMMARY
    164 1 Stock mirfctt indict* Thursday Change STII 2,081.33 -22.23 KLSEComp 901.72 -17.02 Nikkei 19,075.74 -147.57 Hang Seng 7,422.00 -208.20 SET Index 1,283.35 -2.22 Jakarta Comp 451.79 +1.95 CLSA China B 836.00 -5.07 Aust All Ord 1,894.4 +5.8 FTSE 100 3,028.6 -26.3 Thwraday Previous lpm EST doae Dow Jones 3,886.25
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    Falls in HK, S'pore add to region's stockmarket gloom
    612 1  -  Singapore property stocks take a tumble By R Sivanithy SINGAPORE The region's stock markets skidded again yesterday as the ebb of foreign funds from the region was made worse in Singapore and Hongkong by market-ad-verse news. In Singapore, the release of
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    S'pore residential property market may be running out of steam, say analysts
    432 1  -  By Abdul Hadhi A J Leow SINGAPORE Residential property market observers are reluctantly admitting that the almost decade-long bull run finally appears to be running out of steam. They point to the lower prices achieved for residential parcels
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    S'pore-Asean trade up 34%, thanks to big rise in non-oil exports
    515 1  -  By Genevieve Cua SINGAPORE Two-way trade between Singapore and the rest of Asean grew at a robust pace last year, led by an impressive 65 per cent rise in non-oil domestic exports. Total trade with Asean (except Indonesia) grew
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    Tokyo expected to face quake bill in excess of 2 trillion yen
    471 1  -  From Anthony Rowley in TOKYO AMID mounting domestic criticism over the way in which Japanese authorities have handled disaster relief in the wake of the Kobe earthquake. Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama is expected to announce an emergency supplementary
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    Lock icon Record imports widen US November trade deficit
    355 1 Reuter Bloomberg Business News WASHINGTON The United States' trade gap widened unexpectedly in November, swollen by a record volume of imports, as the country headed for its worst year in history' on trade in goods. The Commerce Department yesterday said the total deficit
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      85 1 Advertising: Pg is Ad spending soars 18% THE SINGAPORE stockmarket will trade a half-day on Monday, Jan 30, before closing on Tuesday and Wednesday for the Chinese New Year holidays. Trading will resume on Thursday, Feb 2. The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange and its subsidiaries will be closed from Saturday,
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      8 1 Hock Lock Siew: p# PLRs may inch up
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      11 1 Call to overweight M'sia and stay neutral on S'pore, Pg 19
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      25 1 Mill, OM HAJI&BOONS A^HTES 1 IftllFaxj 250 Shipping lines stop accepting cargo for Kobe, Pg 2 Insurers won't sell assets for quake claims, Pg 24
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
    • EYE on the ECONOMY
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        Lock icon Clouds linger on retail front
        296 2  -  By Corinne Kerk THE retail industry continued to perform poorly in the 1994 pre-Christmas period, going by the latest retail sales index. Sales in November totalled S 1.677 billion a year-on-year decline of 3.1 per cent in real terms and 2.9 per cent down from
        Source: Dept of Statistics  -  296 words
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      Ministry amazed at US response to court ruling on Lingle case
      270 2 THE Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) expressed amazement yesterday at the US State Department's response to the Singapore court ruling against American academic Christopher Lingle and the International Herald Tribune (IHT). On Tuesday, the court found Dr Lingle, a
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      East-West differences in doing business hinge on relations versus law
      346 2  -  Global Entrepreneur Forum By Corinne Kerk THE Chinese way of doing business may be different from the Western way, simply because the former is entrenched in Chinese philosophy and strategies. Chinese are also more concerned about building relationships and strategies
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      Jumabhoys plan regional chain of duty-free stores
      390 2  -  From Florence Chong in SYDNEY THE ACQUISITION of Australian duty-free chain Downtown Duty Free will form a key plank of the Jumabhoy family's expansion plan into neighbouring countries. Asad Jumabhoy, managing director of the family's privately held travel retail arm. Lion City Holdings,
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      Swiss packaging machinery maker opens regional HQ
      285 2  -  By Jenny Lam PUBLICLY listed Swiss conglomerate SIG Swiss Industrial Company has set up a regional headquarters in Singapore for its packaging technology division. At the official opening of SIG Asia yesterday, managing director Werner Gessner said the new centre was part of
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      S'pore-based firm scores medical first in China
      209 2 SINGAPORE-based AEA International. which runs a global emergency evacuation service, will open the first foreign managed clinic in China next week. The clinic is a joint venture between AEA International and the Beijing Red Cross Society of China. AEA has already set up
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      Lock icon Shipping lines stop accepting cargo for Kobe
      361 2  -  Japan's quake disaster By Rahita Elias SHIPPING lines operating out of Singapore have stopped accepting cargo for the Japanese port of Kobe, which is closed indefinitely because of massive earthquake damage. A shipping executive told Business Times yesterday: "None of the shipping lines'
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      Little impact on Japanese firms in S'pore
      507 2  -  By Claire Leow SIX companies contacted here yesterday had only two things to say about the impact on their business of the Great Southern Hyogo Earthquake in Japan there had been little effect, or too little information so far on the effects. With
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      Indon wood marketing chief defends monopolistic role
      554 3  -  From Leslie Lopez in JAKARTA THE Indonesian Wood Panel Association (Apkindo), the country's powerful timber trading organisation, has rejected charges that its monopolistic practices have hurt plywood exports and posed a serious threat to Indonesia's position as the world's largest supplier. Apkindo chairman
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      Ramos bent on extraditing fugitive Dee
      286 3  -  From Al Labita in MANILA PRESIDENT Fidel Ramos yesterday ordered the foreign affairs and justice departments to pursue the extradition from Canada of a fugitive Filipino-Chinese businessman. The order came after Mr Ramos was told by the foreign affairs department that the Canadian Federal
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      Lock icon Jakarta property market set for solid demand this year
      405 3 Reuter JAKARTA Jakarta's property market is set to stabilise in 1995 with solid demand across most sectors, but 1996 could be a tough year for office leasing, industry sources said yesterday. They also said the residential sector was under pressure and
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    • NOTE BOOK
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        Lock icon Sabah timber exporters fuming
        78 3 Bernama KOTA KINABALU Sabah timber exporters are at loggerheads with shipping companies in the state following a move by the latter to impose a Msls (558.55) documentation fee, purportedly to cover the cost of bills of lading or delivery orders, since early this month. The Timber
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        Lock icon Big spenders in France
        56 3 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian tourists were ranked among the top 10 spenders in France last year, spending an average of M$ 1,000 per day. Christophe Carvenant, the Asean promotion manager of the French Tourist Bureau, yesterday said that besides Malaysians, the other big spenders included the
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        Lock icon Viet shrimp farms doing well
        53 3 AP HANOI Rapid growth in Vietnam's shrimp farming industry helped boost the nation's seafood exports to US$45B million (***** million) last year, 24 per cent higher than in 1993. The Saigon Newsreader yesterday said seafood ranked as Vietnam's third most valuable export, behind crude oil
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        Lock icon KL's light rail system on track
        76 3 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR The test run for the Light Rail Transit (LRT) System in the city is scheduled for July 18. If all goes well, the service will start with the 12 km stretch from Jalan Ampang to Jalan Sultan Ismail by February 1996.
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        Lock icon Suu Kyi still under detention
        73 3 AP YANGON Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi remained under house arrest yesterday despite the expiration of the period of her detention set by Myanmar's military junta. The junta has confined the Nobel Peace Prize winner to her lakeside home here since July 20, 1989,
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      Manila upset over inclusion in US copyright watch list
      278 3 MANILA The Philippines has protested against its continued inclusion, along with 16 other nations, in the US "watch list" for alleged intellectual property rights (IPR) violations. In the latest list released earlier this month by the US Trade Representative office, the
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  • CHINA/HONGKONG/TAIWAN
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      Lock icon China spurns WTO talks over exorbitant Western demands
      426 4 Reuter BEIJING China yesterday said it would not return in the near future to talks on its application to join the World Trade Organisation, condemning Western conditions for its membership as exorbitant. "At a time when the major developed contracting parties haven't
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      Lock icon Guangdong plans 40% cap on foreigners' share of expressways
      346 4 AFP HONGKONG Expressways have become so lucrative in the booming southern Chinese province of Guangdong that the authorities arc planning to limit the role of foreign investors and take a bigger share themselves, in order to boost the state's coffers. A
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      Lock icon Beijing takes steps to limit speculative foreign capital inflows
      345 4 Reuter BEIJING China is to implement stricter controls on foreign exchange used in capital funds to limit the inflow of short-term money seeking to profit from high domestic interest rates. The official Xinhua news agency yesterday said banks must monitor foreign
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      Lock icon Beijing seeks to calm fears over Deng's health
      275 4 Reuter AFP BEIJING China tried yesterday to calm fears that its paramount leader, Deng Xiaoping, might be on his deathbed, saying he was generally healthy for a man of 90 and that his daughter's remarks to the contrary might have been mistranslated.
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      Lock icon China's population will hit 1.2b five years earlier, say officials
      419 4 Reuter BEIJING China's population will hit its end-of-the-cen-tury target of 1.2 billion this February, five years early, putting a near-unbearable strain on limited resources, officials said. The number of Qtiiresc grew by 58.000 a day or 40 people a minute
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      Lock icon A lesson in survival
      57 4 AFP KUKUAN, Taiwan A soldier, using a thin flat stone as a frying pan, demonstrating how a military serviceman survives in the wilderness during an exercise of the army's airborne unit in Kukuan, central Taiwan, yesterday. Members of the unit have to go through a varied
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      Lock icon Beijing aims to crack new export markets
      227 4 Bloomberg Business News BEIJING China will focus on cracking new markets for its exports this year in order to dilute the risks of trading with the United States and other industrialised nations. The official China Daily yesterday said General Administration of Customs data
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    • CHINA WATCH
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        Lock icon Taiwan eases up on China imports
        83 4 AFP TAIPEI Taiwan will further ease imports of raw material and semi-finished products from China in a bid to help boost local exporters' competitive edge in overseas markets, economic officials said. Along with 650 firms located in the island's three export processing zones and
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        Lock icon Beijing to review securities law
        111 4 AFP BEIJING China's parliament will examine the nation's longdelayed securities law at its meeting in Beijing in March, the China Daily reported. Tian Jiyun, vice-chairman of the National People's Congress, was quoted by the paper as saying the session will also review laws covering commercial
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        Lock icon China Airlines faces possible boycott
        122 4 Bloomberg Business News TAIPEI Taiwan's leading private consumer advocacy group yesterday said it will organise a boycott of China Airlines unless .the cacrier agrees to lower unreasonably high fares to Hongkong before March 13, reported The China Times, Taiwan's highestcirculation daily newspaper. Foundation chairman Lin
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        Lock icon Bankrupt Chinese firm sold to bank
        117 4 AFP BEIJING One of the largest Chinese firms to go bankrupt, with debts totalling 146 million yuan (SS2S million), has been sold to the Agricultural Bank of China (ABC) for 42 million yuan, Xinhua said yesterday. The Wuhan Freight Container Co Ltd a Sino-Hongkong
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      HK govt, MTR body in HK$ 10b financing scheme
      361 4  -  From Lim Soon Neo in HONGKONG HONGKONG'S Mass Transit Railway Corp and the territory's de facto central bank yesterday joined hands in a HKSIO billion (Si.3 billion) financing scheme which officials said will boost the territory's debt market. Under the sheme,
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  • REST OF ASIA
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      Lock icon Calm in the face of calamity
      438 6 Kobe city and Japan take the killer quake in their stride AP TOKYO They stand in an orderly line for food and water. Nobody cuts in. They walk by easy pickings in shattered storefronts and homes. Nobody loots. They witness the painfully slow arrival
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      Korean power giant buys into Aussie coal venture
      400 6  -  From Florence Chong in SYDNEY KOREA Electric Power Corporation (Kepco) has acquired a 5 per cent stake in an Australian coal company, the Bayswater Joint Venture, operator of the Bayswater colliery in the Hunter Valley of New South Wales. Kepco's participation would
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      Lock icon Australian merchandise imports up 6%
      155 6 Bloomberg Business News SYDNEY Australian merchandise imports in December surged 6 per cent to a record, fuelling expectations that interest rates will rise again within weeks to cool the economy. Imports rose to A 56.43 billion (557.07 billion), from A 56.05 billion in November. Analysts
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      Lock icon All out to derail a government
      60 6 AFP rONGI, Bangladesh Several hundred opposition activists demonstrating yesterday on a train after forcing it to stop at Tongi industrial town near the capital of Dhaka. The opposition enforced a nationwide eight-hour road, rail and waterways blockade to oust Prime Minister Khaleda Zia and
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      India has potential to be the next economic success story
      420 6 SINGAPORE Claims made about India's current economic performance often reflect fashion as much as fact, according to a survey published yesterday by The Economist magazine. The discovery of emerging markets by the West's financial institutions at the beginning of the
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      Lock icon S Korea's ruling party chairman quits, may form own group
      426 6 AFP SEOUL Kim Jong Pil of South Korea's ruling Democratic Liberal Party (DLP) yesterday resigned as DLP executive chairman in an apparent move to launch his own breakaway conservative group. "My role as DLP executive chairman is now finished. From
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      Lock icon Debt of bankrupt Japanese firms dives 64.6%
      309 6 Reuter TOKYO Total debt of bankrupt Japanese companies tumbled 64.6 per cent from a year earlier in December to 324.27 billion yen (554.74 billion). the lowest level in nearly two years, a private research firm said yesterday. Although the number of bankruptcy cases
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      Lock icon Bank of Korea to trim fat, slash jobs
      259 6 Bloomberg Business News SEOUL The Bank of Korea, South Korea's central bank, said it would trim down its organisational fat in line with a government move to reduce bureaucratic regulations and maximise the efficiency of the private sectors. A bank spokesman yesterday
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    • ASIA NOTES
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        Lock icon US may ease N Korean sanctions soon
        82 6 Reuter SEOUL The US will soon announce a partial lifting of economic sanctions against North Korea following the breakthrough nuclear deal between the two countries last October, a Seoul Foreign Ministry official said yesterday. "We are expecting to hear soon from the United
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        Lock icon Japan's industrial output rises 3%
        69 6 AFP TOKYO Japan's industrial production in November grew a revised 3 per cent from October, faster than the preliminary estimate of 2.7 per cent, the International Trade and Industry Ministry' said yesterday. The ministry said the increase was highlighted by expanded output of electrical machinery,
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        Lock icon Tokyo to draw long-term economic plan
        66 6 Reuter TOKYO Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama formally asked the Economic Advisory Council, one of his groups of advisers, to map out a new long-term economic plan, the Economic Planning Agency said in a statement yesterday. At a council meeting yesterday. Chief Cabinet Secretary Kozo
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        Lock icon NZ concerned over plutonium ship
        64 6 Reuter WELLINGTON New Zealand expressed concern yesterday over reports that a ship carrying high-level nuclear waste might sail through the Tasman Sea and said it was considering action against it. A spokesman for Foreign Minister Don McKinnon said he was aware of reports that a
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  • THE WORLD
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      Lock icon US may raise minimum wage as part of welfare reform
      379 8 Reuter WASHINGTON Labour Secretary Robert Reich suggested that a minimum wage increase might be part of an overall welfare reform effort aimed at reducing the number of people on public assistance. A higher minimum wage combined with the current tax
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      Lock icon Berlusconi's camp pours cold water on PM's pledge to quit after limited reforms
      516 8 Reuter ROME Italian Prime Minister Lamberto Dini's former mentors in the conservative "Freedom Alliance" yesterday poured cold water on his pledge to pass limited reforms and then resign to make way for early general elections. Leading members
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      Lock icon US push for reciprocity could derail Sprint telecom alliance
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      Lock icon American firms pledge support for global summit to fight poverty
      457 8 AP WASHINGTON The largest gathering of US organisations working for international development pledged support on Wednesday for a global summit that some Western government officials say will accomplish nothing. The International Development Conference, which included over 1,500 American participants in
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      Lock icon Mexico's problems may spread without US aid, warns Clinton
      447 9 NYT WASHINGTON With Democrats and freshman Republicans alike in open revolt over the administration's plan for a financial rescue package for Mexico, President Bill Clinton on Wednesday made an unusual, direct appeal to keep that country afloat. Making his case to
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      Lock icon Balladur says he will keep strong franc policy
      540 9 AFP Reuter PARIS Premier and presidential candidate Edouard Balladur yesterday promised to maintain a strong franc policy,, boost growth and restrain the cost of welfare as it emerged that a surge of imports had cut the French trade surplus. Mr Balladur, speaking
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      Lock icon Orange County lowers loss to US$ l.69b
      382 9 NYT Bloomberg Business News SACRAMENTO. California Officials of Orange County, California, announced on Wednesday the sale of all risky securities in the county's ill-fat-ed investment pool, leaving it with a loss of US$l.69 billion (552.45 billion) rather than the USS2.O2 billion predicted earlier.
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      Lock icon Russia's central bank tightens monetary policy to curb inflation
      223 9 Reuter MOSCOW Russia's central bank has toughened its monetary policies and will keep policy tight to fight inflation and control liquidity. Deputy chairman Alexander Khandruyev told a bankers' conference here yesterday that recent central bank measures. including a rise in the
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    • WORLD WATCH
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        Lock icon A clean sweep
        48 9 Reuter GLOUCESTER. England Lithuanian-horn 73-year-old pensioner Andy Paliunovas celebrating his record-breaking pools win on Wednesday. Handyman Paliunovas. who was once forced to spend four years in a Nazi labour camp, received a cheque for more than £2.3 million (555.2 million) from the Littlewoods pools. Reuter
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        Lock icon Peru head's wife faints in hunger strike
        86 9 AFP LIMA Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori's estranged wife Susana Higuchi was rushed to a clinic on Wednesday after fainting during a hunger strike to protest being found ineligible to run in April 9 general elections. Ms Higuchi began the hunger strike on Tuesday
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        Lock icon Bundesbank keeps key rates unchanged
        84 9 AFP FRANKFURT The central council of the Bundesbank held its key rates unchanged at a regular meeting yesterday, the bank said. The discount rate was held at 4.5 per cent and the Lombard rate at 6.0 per cent. These rates have been in force since
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        Lock icon French military backing for UAE
        107 9 AFP ABU DHABI The United Arab Emirates (UAE) and France on Wednesday signed a landmark accord which a French official said allowed for Abu Dhabi to call on military support in case of a threat to its territory. French Defence Minister Francois Leotard signed the
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        Lock icon Russia says it may be WTO member
        75 9 AFP MOSCOW Russia could be admitted to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) this year, its deputy premier Oleg Davydov said on Wednesday. In an interview with the news agency Interfax. Mr Davydov, who is also foreign economic relations minister, said membership of the
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        Lock icon Salinas vows to bridge North-South gap
        75 9 Reuter GENEVA Former Mexican president Carlos Salinas de Gortari told envoys to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) yesterday that he would help bridge a gap between North and South if he became head of the new body. Diplomats said that was the key message
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      Lock icon Rising factory usage may add to inflation: Fed officials
      359 9 Bloomberg Business News WASHINGTON Factories straining to produce more goods in a booming economy may experience rising costs that will push up the US inflation rate. Federal Reserve policy makers said on Tuesday night. The Fed must not back away from
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      Rebel Tories take on Major with EU reform agenda
      339 9 LONDON Conservative rebels deepened the divisions in Britain's ruling party yesterday by challenging Prime Minister John Major to consider an eight-point wish list for sweeping reform of the European Union. The demands, including abandoning the EU's farm policy and any idea
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  • SPORTS
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      Lock icon Edberg celebrates birthday with straight-sets win
      595 10 Australian Open AP MELBOURNE Stefan Edberg celebrated his 29th birthday with a straight-sets victory yesterday that propelled him to somewhere he feels very much at home the third round of the Australian Open tennis championship. Edberg, a two-time Australian Open champion, downed Romanian qualifier
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    • SPORT SHORTS
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        Lock icon Basketball
        175 10 AFP NEW YORK NBA on Wednesday: Atlanta 80 Philadelphia 92; Charlotte 111 San Antonio 110; Detroit 86 Utah 99; Indiana 106 LA Lakers 105; Miami 121 Boston 93; Chicago 93 Milwaukee 97; Dallas 97 Orlando 108; LA Clippers 92 Cleveland 83. NEW YORK The Charlotte Hornets have bumped off
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        92 10 AFP NEW YORK Riddick Bowe says Mike Tyson sees him as his only real challenger when the exchampion gets out of prison in May. "Tyson knows I'm the best fighter in the heavyweight division right now and he expressed to me that I'm the only true challenge to him
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        99 10 AP WELLINGTON Three New Zealand cricketers have been suspended for smoking marijuana during the recent tour of South Africa. Stephen Fleming. Matthew Hart and Dion Nash were banned for three one-day internationals against the West Indies. New Zealand Cricket chairman Peter McDermott said yesterday. Confirming that the players would
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        138 10 Reuter DUBAI leading first round scores in the £450,000 (SSI million) Desert Classic golf tournament yesterday (Brit unless stated): 64 Greg Norman (Aust) 65 Fred Couples (US) 66 Nick Pricc (Zim) 67 Stccn Tinning (Den). Raymond Burns. Peter Baker. Eoghan O'Connell (Ire), Gordon J Brand. Wayne Riley (Aust) 68
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        Tennis
        346 10 MELBOURNE (JS$6.2 million Australian Open yesterday Men's 2nd rd: 2-Andre Agassi (US) bt Jerome Golmard (Fra) 6-2, 6-3, 6-1; 6-Stefan Edberg (Swc) b Adrian Voinea (Rom) 6-3 7-6 (7-3) 6-4; Marcos Ondruska (SA) b 16-Rich-ard Krajicek (Neth) 7-6 (7-5) 6-4 6-3; Hendrik Dreckmann (Ger) b Fabrice Santoro (Fra) 6-3
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        208 10 AP SAN DIEGO A New Zealand sailor who lost the tips of two fingers in an accident during an America's Cup race was listed in good condition on Wednesday. Steven Cotton, a crewman for Tag Heucr. lost the fingers during the final leg of a race on Tuesday when
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      430 10 Five Nations championship Reuter LONDON Paris, Dublin and Edinburgh in the icy depths of winter provide the backdrop this weekend to the start of the European challenge for the third World Cup which culminates in the heat of Johannesburg on
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      Lock icon Norman powers ahead of main rivals
      516 11 Golf Dubai Desert Classic Reuter DUBAI Greg Norman fired an eight-under-par first round of 64 in the Desert Classic yesterday while two of his main rivals fell just short of catching him. Fred Couples missed good chances on the closing greens and finished one
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      Lock icon Faldo seeks to be World No 1 again via US Tour
      636 11  -  The shift from the European Tour follows a two-year drought of major titles, reports Larry Dorman Larry Dorman NYT TUCSON, Arizona A broad smile creased Nick Faldo's face as he heard the question. He was clearly amused. Asked how
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      Lock icon Knicks' celebrity fan still haunted by brush with Pacer's Miller
      875 11  -  Film maker Spike Lee wants to forget the 'Reggie Thing', reports Harvey Araton Harvey Araton NYT NEW YORK It was a few minutes before tipoff at Madison Square Garden, and Spike Lee was courtside, wearing his genuine Knicks jersey, John
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      91 11 In other words, the new 7 Series expresses much more than all the old cliches about status: it reflects your attitude and personality as well. And just why this concept is so well suited to the fast-changing, fast-moving world of Asia, we II be emphasising extremely soon. But even before
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      749 13  -  A New York auction may just prove that rock n' roll has investment potential, reports Ira Robbins Ira Robbins Los Angeles Times-Washington Post News Service Forget the cheap old days of 69-cent singles, USSIO posters and USS2SO guitars: Roek V roll has developed a collectors'
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      301 13 CHATTERBOX AP AP AP ROCK musician Billy Joel, on tour in Osaka when Tuesday's earthquake hit Japan, is donating concert proceeds to victims. Joel was shaken but unhurt in the quake. None of his band or crew members were hurt, added spokeswoman
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      444 13 I WEATHER 1 Singapore: Occasional light rain overnight, and showers over several areasn the afternoon. Temperature (23-30*). Asla-PacMe M/U* Cond Ear*** M/le* Cmml Buero* Am* 28/17 Cloudy Auckland 23/16 Cloudy Amsterdam 06 03 Cloudy Oca«o -I/-7 Cloudy Banghoh 33/20 Cloudy Athens 11/04 Ooudy HoooAjAj 27 18 Cloudy Beijing 00/-7 Cloudy
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  • ADVERTISING & MARKETING
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      Lock icon China advertising poses more problems than opportunities
      394 14 Foreign advertisers lament poor level of service Bloomberg Business News IMAGINE placing an ad for the front page of tomorrow's newspaper and seeing it 10 days later on page 10. This is what advertisers face in China, say executives at American advertising companies.
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      304 14 Reuter SOFT drinks giant PepsiCo Inc said on Wednesday it was launching a fresh attack on Coca-Cola Co and other rivals in the "cola wars" with an advertising blitz starring model Cindy Crawford. Crawford features in two of the 17 ads in the
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      Lock icon Advertising spending in S'pore jumps by a record 18%
      420 15  -  Survey shows newspapers again take lion's share. Corinne Kerk reports Corinne Kerk Advertising expenditure in Singapore surged by a robust 18.4 per cent to $976.3 million in 1994. with newspapers retaining the lion's share 49.8 per eent. This is well ahead
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      Lock icon Honda hopes dead artist's works will drive up mini-van sales
      469 15 NYT Although much of his work hung in galleries and museums. Keith Haring also designed art to sell Swatch watches and Absolut vodka. So perhaps it should come as no surprise that four years after his death his colourful, genderless
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      Lock icon Ad industry feels the ripples from Saatchi Shockwave
      606 15 NYT Reuter FOR Madison Avenue, the epic power struggle at global advertising company Saatchi Saatchi has been as fascinating as the boardroom back-stabbing of a movie such as Wall Street or the ego clashes of a TV soap opera. But many advertising
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      272 15 MFlilline In English Number Horoscopes (Daily) 8450 The Capricorn Woman: Win Prizes.' Entertainment News 8451 New The Latest In Music Scene Ghost Stories 8452 Ant I Happy?; Win Prizes' Children's Funland 8453 Kid's Quiz Face Facts: Ears 8454 Dreamland 8455 See A Star; Fandi Ahmad A Eating Dream Chinese Almanac
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    The logic of KL-S'pore partnership
    544 16 EDITORIAL DEPUTY Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong's first official visit to Malaysia this week may not have ended with dozens of business deals. That was not the intention of his three days there; it was instead to stay in touch with developments across the Causeway
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      Focus on the big picture
      333 16 IN RECENT YEARS, predating the accession of Goh Chok Tong to the premiership, Singaporean and Malaysian leaders who visit each other have made a virtue of stressing two things: no problem can be so bad that it cannot be solved, and the overall relationship is
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      A new milestone in relations
      173 16 THE INAUGURAL Malaysia-Singapore Defence Forum and the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding on defence industrial cooperation two days ago indeed marked a new milestone in relations between the two countries. They are historic because they institutionalise the ways and means defence relations will be
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      Better ties with Malaysia
      171 16 SINGAPORE and Malaysia are now able to build mutual trust between them after years of trials and tests. The two countries are able to build up this trust for several reasons. The main political leaders and important figures in the public and private sectors are able
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      Just what is he looking for?
      157 16 MUCH NOISE and heat have been generated over Lu Ping's demand for access to more information including, presumably, personal data on senior Hongkong civil servants. The government says it will work to facilitate the administration's transition to Chinese rule and denies that a refusal
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      Yeltsin's disastrous adventure
      98 16 THE WAR in Chechnya, which Moscow thought could be won easily, has turned into a disaster for both the Russian government and President Boris Yeltsin. The war is shattering not only Moscow's finances and budgetary plans for 1995, but also its credibility among the donor countries already
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      A fitting niche for Japan
      112 16 ALTHOUGH JAPAN has committed itself to never becoming a military power, the nation's considerable economic and technological resources make it the ideal candidate to take up the sword of leadership in another type of war: the struggle to preserve and protect the global environment. The
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    Passions run high in letting go of British Railways
    977 16  -  The planned privatisation of loss-making British Railways is more than just a matter of economics in a Tory-Labour tussle, says Neville Stack Neville Stack The writer is a political commentator based in London. He writes regularly Jor BT. ONE WOULD hardly
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      227 16 INVESTING IN 1995 investment options? Find out in trimmings m Spotlights: Pan-United Corp, Country Heights I to/Mn/Mortfc Get your copy of this month's Singapore Business Company fromyour nearest newsstand or, if you prefer the convenience of doorstep delivery, send in the pre-paid 17 86 e subscription form now. Please send
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      Lock icon Capitalising on Japan's debt of history
      1044 17  -  Asian countries which have borrowed heavily from Japan are facing a crippling burden as debt service costs rise sharply in line with the yen's appreciation. Gerard Baker finds them hoping to ease that burden this year, the 50th anniversary of Japan's surrender in World
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      Lock icon After the Cold War, hot US-India deals now
      1395 17  -  Visits by top Clinton administration officials to expand trade and defence ties herald a new phase in Washington-New Delhi relations, reports Leon Hadar Leon Hadar The writer is BT's Washington Correspondent WITH THE END of the Cold War freeing USIndia relations from
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      28 17 HIGH STAKES V Don et shortchan 6 ed Y\varivUVZ&" or a covera 6 e ou can ank on 1 y Financial News. Everyday. T\SD«apo«B« rn Business Times WIKMJWASIA
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      203 17 Being able to identify the most suitable source of up-to-date information can make a major difference to the effectiveness of your capital markets operation. The following publications are just some of those produced by the International Securities Institute, one of the region's major providers of securities-related information and all are
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    Lock icon EC campaigns for global rules on cross-border investment
    630 18 AFP BRUSSELS The European Commission yesterday launched a campaign for worldwide rules on cross-bor-der investment to match those established for trade by the Uruguay Round accord and to be policed by the newly-formed World Trade Organisation. External Trade Commissioner Leon Brittan said
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    US team chalks up US$ 7b deals during India visit
    342 18 BOMBAY A US business delegation headed by Commerce Secretary Ron Brown yesterday signed deals worth US$l.7 billion (552.46 billion) with Indian companies, taking the total during a landmark week-long visit past the US$7 billion mark. "This has been a truly
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    Singapore has lowest political risk in Asia, says EIU
    481 18  -  By Chuang Peck Ming SINGAPORE This country has been rated politically the most stable country in Asia by The Economist Intelligence Unit, earning the only "A" rating in its 1995 country risk scoreboard for foreign investors. Placed at the bottom of
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    317 18 Reuter SINGAPORE A summit meeting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) forum scheduled this November in Osaka will consider expanding the organisation, the new executive director of the Apec Secretariat said yesterday. "The ministerial meeting preceding the summit will discuss this very important
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    902 18  -  The Bottom Line ANTHONY ROWLEY ANTHONY ROWLEY The writer is BT's Tokyo correspondent THERE are those who argue that the Mexican currency crisis and its attendant financial problems elsewhere came and went in a very short space of time thus proving
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    Lock icon Sungai Siput to be developed as industrial town
    359 18 Bernama KUALA KANGSAR, Pcrak Sungai Siput will be developed as an industrial town with facilities for small and mediumscale industries, Kuala Kangsar district officer Lokman Hakim Mohd Jasan said yesterday. He said the project, costing about MSI billion (***** million), would be
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    Lock icon Indon central bank says top priority is ridding bad debts
    210 18 Reuter JAKARTA Indonesia's central bank governor says that ridding the country's banks of bad debts is his top priority, but he has also warned banks to abide by legal lending limits and improve internal controls. Sudradjad Djiwandono told a bankers'
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    Lock icon Russian troops in control of Chechen presidential palace
    179 18 Reuter MOSCOW President Boris Yeltsin declared yesterday that the military stage in the campaign in rebel Chechnya was "effectively over" after Russia said its troops had taken the presidential palace, symbol of Chechen resistance. A government spokesman said troops moved into the
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
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      Call to overweight M'sia and stay neutral on S'pore
      578 19  -  By Paul Leo SINGAPORE Yamaichi Merchant Bank recommends that stock market punters overweight Malaysia, underweight Indonesia and remain neutral on Singapore and Thailand this year. Its local head of equities research, Phoon Kok Fai, told clients at a seminar yesterday the
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      Hang Seng to hit 6,700, then rise to 10,500: report
      261 19 HONGKONG The Hang Seng Index (HSi) will bottom out at 6,700 between February and April after the Year of the Dog whimpers out to make way for the Year of the Pig, but it will rise to 10,000 to 10,500
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      Berger sets up new subsidiary in China
      197 19 SINGAPORE Mainboardlisted Berger International has set up a new subsidiary in the Chinese city of Ningbo. Berger has a 60 per cent stake in the US$3.B million (555.5 million) venture, Berger Paints (Ningbo). The other 40 per cent is held by the Ningbo
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      Prime lending rates may rise just half a pt in '95
      1084 19  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW By Alvin Tay SINGAPORE Arch-rivals United Overseas Bank and DBS Bank are locked in a tussle for Singapore-dollar fixed deposits. DBS fired the first salvo on Dec 21 when it raised its fixeddeposit rates for 12
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      Koh Brothers unit bags two maiden jobs worth $30m
      210 19  -  By Rahita Elias SINGAPORE Listed construction group Koh Brothers, through a newly formed subsidiary, has bagged two contracts totalling $30.5 million. Koh Brothers Infrastructure (Overseas) Pte Ltd (KBIO), a subcontractor for the Keppel Shipyard Tuas project, was awarded the two deals
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      SuperBowl plans $4m upgrade for club at Marina South
      191 19 SINGAPORE Superßowl Holdings plans a $4 million facelift for its latest acquisition, the Superßowl Golf and Country Gub. The club, the former Marina Bay Golf and Country Gub, is located on a four-hect-are site at Marina South. Superßowl bought it from
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        MARKET MOOD
        46 19 Weak '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, Daiwa, Fraser, GK Goh, Kay Hian, Morgan Grenfell, OngCo, Nomura, Phillip, Smith New Court. WI Carr and SG Warburg.
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        HOT STOCK
        116 19  -  -By Quak Hiang Whai ANTAH Holdings has traded to support at $1. The shortterm indicators represented by the daily RSI and stochastics point towards limited downside risks. But the medi-um-term charts show there could still be some room for downward movements. There could therefore be some contra-opportunities should
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    • COMPANIES
      • COMPANY BRIEFS
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          Nuri acquires 36.8 m Tuan Sing shares
          59 20 SINGAPORE Nuri Holdings, a company owned by the controlling shareholders of locally listed Tuan Sing Holdings, has acquired 36.8 million Tuan Sing shares at 48 cents each from Lim Tjoen Kong. Nuri now owns 484 million Tuan Sing shares, and Mr Lim has
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          Lock icon Setron, Actacorp in China deals
          89 20 Bloomberg Business News KUALA LUMPUR Setron and Actacorp Holdings have set up joint ventures with Chinese interests to carry out public works projects in the southern Chinese city of Beihai. Setron will hold a 49 per cent stake in a venture to develop and operate
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          Lock icon Back plan, Mosaics shareholders urged
          48 20 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Independent adviser Utama Wardley has recommended that minority shareholders of Malaysian Mosaics approve the company's plan to acquire properties in Malaysia for MS 189.86 million (S$ 107.5 million) cash. The properties are mainly in Sabah, Kuala Lumpur and Penang. Bernama
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          Lock icon Topgroup hoists turnover and profit
          40 20 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Topgroup Holdings hoisted group pre-tax profit 24 per cent to M 511.7 million (556.65 million) in the year to Oct 31, 1994. Turnover rose 38 per cent to MS 109.024 million. Bernama
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          Lock icon OSK subscribes for 40% of PW Asia
          57 20 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR OSK Holdings has subscribed for a 40 per cent stake in PW Asia Holdings for HK561.58 million (SSI 1.4 million). OSK said the price was lower than the HK565.76 million earlier agreed to because of the drop in the net
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        Lock icon Sandakan Turf Club may have clinched four-digit licence
        449 20 MBT KUALA LUMPUR The Sandakan Turf Club, which owns a sweepstakes and lotto licence in Sabah, is believed to have obtained a gaming licence to operate a network of fourdigit outlets in Sabah. Sandakan Turf Sdn Bhd, in which Sandakan Turf Club
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        Lock icon Proton has enough stock to continue production
        401 20 Reuter KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian national car maker Perusahaan Otomobil Nasional Bhd (Proton) expects "some shortfall" in its production, due to parts supply disruption from Japan, but has enough stock to continue production. "There will be some shortfall from our current planned production volume.
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        Lock icon Sri Hartamas mulls over revamp plan
        136 20 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Sri Hartamas Corporation Bhd is considering the revisions and conditions imposed by the Securities Commission (SC) and Foreign Investment Committee (FIC) concerning its restructuring scheme. Amanah Merchant Bank Bhd, the advisers to Sri Hartamas. said in a statement here yesterday that
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        Lock icon Sime Darby ventures into heavy engineering in Terengganu
        294 20 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR SD Holdings Bhd of the Sime Darby Group yesterday signed a memorandum of understanding with the Pcrbadanan Memajukan Iktisad Negeri Terengganu to develop heavy engineering business in the state of Terengganu. A new holding company will be formed to
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        Lock icon Ayala Corp's new chief maps out regional expansion plans
        337 20 Reuter MANILA Ayala Corporation, one of the Philippines' biggest conglomerates, wants to expand into South-east Asia to take advantage of a more liberal trade environment. President Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala yesterday said: "We would like to be part of what
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        Lock icon Berjaya Textile's interim pre-tax down 24%
        182 20 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Berjaya Textiles Bhd reported a 24 per cent drop in its unaudited group pre-tax profit to M 52.69 million (SS 1.53 million) for the half-year ended Oct 31, 1994. from M 53.55 million in the previous corresponding period. In a statement
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        Lock icon FCW Hldgs will be better poised for expansion after bonus, rights
        466 20 MBT KUALA LUMPUR FCW Holdings Bhd (FCWH) is expected to be in a better position for expansion after the completion of its proposed bonus and rights issues and the disposal of a 17.52 per cent stake in Fujikura Federal
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        Lock icon Nintendo sues Samsung over alleged counterfeiting
        515 21 Reuter SEATTLE Nintendo of America Inc has charged in a lawsuit that Samsung Electronics of Korea helped produce hundreds of thousands of counterfeit copies of the hit video game Donkey Kong Country. While counterfeiting runs rampant in the video game industry, costing manufacturers billions
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        Lock icon Marietta gets US$ 11-a-share offer from Dickstein
        281 21 Bloomberg Business News NEW YORK Mark Dickstein. who earned more than 30 per cent a year for his partners by profiting from investments in troubled companies' bonds, is making his first raid on a public company. The 36-year-old trader's firm, Dickstein Co, offered
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      • COMPANY BRIEFS
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          Lock icon Acer's pre-tax up nearly four times
          58 21 AFP TAIPEI Taiwanese eomputer giant Acer Inc said yesterday that pre-tax profit nearly quadrupled to U*****.9 million in 1994 on a record turnover of US$l.3 billion. The Acer Group, including Acer Peripherals. Acer Sertek and Texas Instrument-Acer Semiconductor, registered a 240 per cent surge
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          Lock icon China to maintain HK Telecom stake
          87 21 Reuter ZURICH The head of group investor relations at Cable Wireless, John Doherty, expects China to stick to its 14 per cent ownership of Hong Kong Telecommunications Ltd. The Chinese government's investment agency had in recent years reduced its holdings in Hong Kong Telecom
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          Lock icon Bayer's dyestuff venture in China
          66 21 Reuter LEVERKUSEN, Germany German chemicals giant Bayer AG said yesterday that it has formed a joint venture with China's Wuxi Dyestuff Factory to produce disperse dyestuffs. Bayer will have a 75 per cent stake in the new joint venture which is slated to begin production
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          Lock icon Nestle sales dip in Germany
          42 21 Bloomberg Business News FRANKFURT Nestle Deutschland AG, the German unit of Swiss food giant Nestle SA, said 1994 preliminary total sales dipped to 6.91 billion Deutschemarks (556.54 billion), down from 6.94 billion Deutschemarks in 1993. Bloomberg Business
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        Lock icon JR West's earnings unlikely to be derailed by quake
        255 21 Reuter TOKYO West Japan Railway Co (JR West), which operates railways in quake-struck central Japan, says Tuesday's killer tremor will not severely hurt its earnings for the year ending March 31, 1995. "The impact (on earnings for 1994/95) will be minor
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        Lock icon Intel's write-off over Pentium flaw eases concerns about inventory
        605 21 Bloomberg Business News SANTA CLARA, California Intel Corp made an effort to cast off the dark cloud of the flawed Pentium processor by writing off much of its bloated inventory, allaying fears that the inventory could haunt the company later this
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    • US COMPANY RESULTS
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        Lock icon Bank America's 4th qtr gain up 19% as loans surge
        557 22 Bloomberg Business News SAN FRANCISCO BankAmerica Corp said fourthquarter earnings rose 19 per cent as consumers and businesses borrowed more and California's economy rebounded from recession. The nation's second-largest banking company on Wednesday said net income rose to US$59l million
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        529 22 Bloomberg Business News FORT WORTH, Texas AMR Corp made money in 1994. The parent company of American Airlines is the first of the big US carriers, excluding Southwest Airlines Co, to break a four-year string of losses. Industry analysts expect several other carriers may
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        672 22 Bloomberg Business News MAYNARD, Massachusetts Digital Equipment Corp, making good on its promise to return to profitability by the end of 1994, has surprised Wall Street by reporting a profit for its fiscal second quarter. The third-largest United States computer maker
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        Lock icon Business programs lift Microsoft's 2nd qtr profit by a robust 29%
        411 22 Bloomberg Business News REDMOND, Washington Microsoft Corp's fiscal secondquarter earnings rose 29 per cent more than Wall Street forecast on better-than-expected sales of general business programs. The world's largest personal computer software company said on Wednesday that net income
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        511 22 Bloomberg Business News MEMPHIS, Tennessee Federal Express Corp shareholders ought to brace for a bumpy ride, analysts said yesterday. Sure, the package delivery concern is fresh off its strongest quarter ever a 44 per cent second-fiscal-quarter surge to US$B6.l million (SSI2S million), or
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        Lock icon US West, Ameritech profits up on increase in customers
        364 22 Bloomberg Business News NEW YORK US West Inc and Ameritech Corp both reported higher profit from operations for the fourth-quarter amid increased cellular customers and access line growth. Analysts weren't overly impressed. "Revenue was below expectations in the local telephone and
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        79 22 Bloomberg Business News LAWRENCEVILLE, New Jersey First Fidelity Bancorp, New Jersey's largest bank, said it will cut 1,000 jobs and close 40 branches this year to reduce expenses following its purchase of Baltimore Bancorp in November. Its fourth-quarter net income rose 11 per
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        85 22 Bloomberg Business News NEW YORK Pfizer Inc said fourth-quarter earnings rose 16 per cent, boosted by strong sales of its newer drugs. The company posted net income of US$334 million (Ss4Bs million), or US$l.OB a share, compared with profit from continuing operations of US$2BB.B
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        101 22 Bloomberg Business News CHATSWORTH, California Great Western Financial Corp said fourth-quarter earnings rebounded from a year-earlier loss, even as rising interest rates depressed loan income. The thrift said profit from operations was US$59.l million (5585.9 million), or 39 US cents a share. A year
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        78 22 Bloomberg Business News GREENWICH, Connecticut UST Inc said fourth-quarter profit rose 14 per cent from a year earlier on higher volume sales of its smokeless-tobacco products. The company, which dominates the US market for snuff and chewing tobacco, said net income jumped to US$99
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        113 22 Bloomberg Business News SAN MATEO, California Electronic Arts Inc said its fiscal third-quarter net rose 32 per cent on strong holiday sales, with three of its video games on many retailers' Top 10 lists. The software company said its net income rose in the
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        415 23 BANGKOK The Bank of Thailand, learning a valuable lesson from last week's monetary crisis, plans to become active in the money market so that it can intervene before crises occur, the Bangkok Post reported on Tuesday. The central bank's
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        229 23 Bloomberg Business News NEW YORK Instinet Corp, the broker owned by Reuters Holdings pic, yesterday said it was asked to turn over detailed trading records to the Justice Department as part of the government's anti-trust probe of the Nasdaq Stock Market. Instinet received the request
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        281 23 Knight-Ridder HONGKONG The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corp has denied rumours that it speculated against the Hongkong dollar last week during strong volatility, the South China Morning Post reported on Wednesday. Stuart Gulliver, head of treasury and capital markets, was quoted as denying the rumours
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        202 23 NYT WASHINGTON In a major victory for banks and for the federal agency that regulates them, the Supreme Court on Wednesday unanimously upheld the Comptroller of the Currency's policy of permitting national banks to sell annuities. Beyond its immediate impact, the
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        340 23 Reuter BOMBAY India's commercial banks are raising interest on short-term deposits in a battle for public funds as the country edges closer to full interest rate deregulation as part of its economic reforms. Bankers yesterday said smaller banks had taken
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        429 23  -  By Quak Hiang Whai SINGAPORE Despite the scarcity of past issues and an uncertain global interest rate environment, bankers here may see a boom in Malaysian debt issues this year, including equity-linked instruments. A report by finance journal Euroweek says Malaysia's huge
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        473 23 Reuter HANOI Citibank became the first US bank to open a branch in Vietnam since the war and Bangkok Bank opened its second branch in the country yesterday, raising the question are there too many? "Everyone's complaining," a Vietnamese banker who works
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          69 23 Reuter TOKYO Asahi Bank Ltd will close its New York trust bank subsidiary, a bank spokesman said. The subsidiary had halted operations last year, but it still has some employees working, he said. He did not say when the office would be actually closed. "The
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          57 23 HONGKONG The HKCB Bank Holding Co Ltd said it had appointed Edwin Neo as an independent non-executive director on Jan 16. HKCB Bank is the local banking unit of Lippo Ltd. Its interim net profit rose 42.4 per cent to HK563.74 million (S$ 11.97 million)
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          61 23 Bloomberg Business News BRUSSELS Belgium's biggest bank, Generale de Banque SA, and insurer Royale Beige SA have reached agreement to sell financial products in Belgium's 1,800 post office outlets. Profit will be divided between Generale de Banque, Royale Beige and the Post Office. Analysts said
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          49 23 Bloomberg Business News VIENNA Bank Austria, the country's biggest bank, said 1994 operating profit fell below the 4.2 billion schillings (***** million) reported in 1993. "There will be a decrease," Bank Austria spokesman Helmut Roubin said without giving further details. Bloomberg Business News
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        294 24 Bloomberg Business News Reuter TOKYO Japanese insurance companies see no need yet to sell off foreign or domestic assets such as stocks and bonds to raise cash for insurance claims resulting from the earthquake that flattened the city of
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        338 24 Bloomberg Business News TOKYO While Tuesday's killer earthquake in western Japan will lead to trillions of yen in damages. Japan's casualty insurers will probably pay just tens of billions of yen to meet claims. That's the prediction of Rie Ota.
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        45 24 Reuter LIGHTNING RIDGE, Australia A miner using a pick to gouge opal gemstones from the wall of a small underground shaft here. Many miners in the drought-stricken region are deserting their claims because they cannot find the water to process their diggings. Reuter
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        429 24 AFP Reuter KUALA LUMPUR The present high prices of rubber could help wrap up the UNbrokered producer-consumer negotiations for an elusive global price pact in Geneva next month, officials said on Wednesday. Prices in the world's leading producing countries were on
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        297 24 KnightRidder Reuter SINGAPORE The Indonesian government has asked the banking industry to extend credits to the coffee sector, the Jakarta Post said on Wednesday. Banks should support the country's plan to increase coffee output by 3 per cent per year in
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        261 24 ENERGY REPORT Reuter LONDON North Sea oil producers will shrug ofT pressure from Mideast oil-rich nations to cut output and will pump at record high levels in 1995, analysts say. The higher non-Opec output, milder-than-normal winter temperatures in the northern hemisphere
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        96 24 AFF NEW YORK The dollar was mixed in early Wall Street trading with the dollar-yen link being the most active. The morning trade and jobless figures had little impact on the exchange rates, analysts said. At 1445 GMT. the dollar was at 1.5340 marks, unchanged from Wednesday's close
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        202 24 Reuter LONDON The dollar was holding overnight gains in early Europe as players settled down ahead of news from yesterday's Bundesbank council meeting. Dealers said talk on Wednesday that the German repo rate would be trimmed by 10 basis points yesterday had brought the fortnightly meeting into
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        1321 25 SIMEX REPORT Reuter SINGAPORE Simex Eurodollars were lower while Euroyen was flat at the close. Eurodollars saw more selling pressure in the afternoon when European traders came in. Sentiment for Eurodollars was bearish and as inflation fears surface again following overnight comments by a top
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        Tin gains 43 sen on sharp rise on LME
        679 25 COMMODITY REPORTS KL Tin TIN price on the KLTM closed 43 sen higher to MS 15.93 per kg. following the sharp rise on the LME overnight. The uptrend in the local market was also due to the increasing buying interest. The
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          122 25 BOGOTA Colombian coffee exports last year generated income of US$l.B billion (552.6 billion), the most since 1986, the Colombian National Coffee Federation announced yesterday. The 1994 figure topped 1993's US$l.O5 billion in coffee exports and is the third-highest export total ever, according to a
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          113 25 NEW DELHI India's coffee growers yesterday decided not to deal with the state-run Coffee Board, and threatened to block exports in protest against the government failure to totally deregulate the industry. Anil Bhandari, a leading grower, said a Joint Action Committee formed by growers
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          S Korea to import more steel slabs
          100 25 SEOUL The earthquake that pummelled Japan's key industrial regions on Tuesday has hastened a plan by South Korea to boost its stainless steel slab imports, a government trade official said yesterday. The official said that South Korea is poised to import extra steel
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      1397 25 Rubber Singapore Commodity Exchange (futures closing as at 5.30pm) RSS 1 Contract (S cents/kg) Close Volume Open Month High Low Sett (tonnes) Interest Feb 95 I 253.00 I 825 Mar 254.50 975 Apr 261.50 255.00 256.50 125 3425 May 255.00 255.00 256.50 25 3775 Jun 255.00 255.00 256.50
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        1050 26 +5.8 .STRONGER gold bullion prices •lifted shares to a firmer close although the market drifted off its highs after a futures sell-otT and weaker performances on some Asian markets. The key All Ordinaries Index closed 5.8 points higher at 1.894.4. The All Industrials Index rose 9.7 to 2,753.1, while
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        Manila
        621 26 14.79 Share prices climbed on buying in the blue chips and a rebound on the mining sector. C, The PSE Composite Index edged up 14.79 points to close at 2,554.38. Turnover was 6.53 billion shares valued at 1.44 billion pesos. A dealer said investors were {positioning on blue chip
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        Taipei
        568 26 •25.5 Stocks declined for a technical correction, dampened by construction shares with a 1.1 per cent drop. The 414-issue Weighted Price Index dropped 25.5 points to settle at 6,598.02. Turnover was 1.73 billion shares worth NT568.68 billion. The market opened slightly higher but steadily lost momentum towards the end
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        Seoul
        458 26 +8.24 Share prices retained their strength amid mounting expectations that earthquake damage to Japan's industry would provide a windfall for local firms. With core blue chips especially in the semiconductor and petrochemicals sectors jumping, the Composite Price Index staged a 8.24-point gain to finish at 974.9. Turnover swelled to
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        313 26 +25.12 Shares closed higher as offshoreled buying continued for the second straight day, but brokers said activity was heavily concentrated in a handful of leading shares. The NZSE-40 Capital Index gained 25.12 to 1,979.76. Among the main beneficiaries was market leader Telecom, playing catch-up after lagging for some
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        Bombay
        79 26 1.73 Share prices closed steady as selling pressure from foreign and individual investors eased and leading Indian mutual funds focused on reshuffling their portfolios, brokers said. The BSE 30-share Index closed at 3,656.08, up just 1.73 points. The 100-share National Index gained 4.75 to 1,758.77. Brokers said volumes were
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        683 26 Britannia Funds Sterling Cash Bid Offer Mini Cap Deposit 18 6400 38 6S00 Mim Jenej Grit jO.1893 0 1992 Mini Ma> Income ****** *0 9400 LISS Cask Income Phn Fund 9 )900 10 1100 PS Reserve Fund 5.3700 J. 3800 SterliiHr t fldh Euro Perfornuncc .0.4592 0.4*11 Far Em Fund
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        679 26 -26.3 STOCKS declined as a .greater-than-expected increase in British retail sales revived speculation about a quick rise in interest rates. The Bank of England is committed to preventing inflation by raising rates, which could slow company ..earnings growth and suck investment cash out of the < stock market. Banks
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        128 26 -23.16 French shares finished with fall of 1.24 per cent as i fears over property assets Weakened blue chips, including insurers and Generate des Eaux, traders said. Volumes, although creeping up, remained relaly thin. CAC-40 Index closed down 23.16 points at v 1,837.11. Of the CAC-40 stocks, four ended
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        Frankfurt
        197 26 -9.76 stocks fell as a < weak bond market offset a tally in chemical stocks. j The DAX Index of 30 closed at 2,079.60, "down 9.76 points. Of index t stocks, 18 fell and 12 rose. ;Thc decliners were headed »iby Allianz AG Holding, the •gainers by chemicals, w
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        Brussels
        144 26 1.69 'Belgian shares closed with a higher bias after «ica(m. directionless trading •■"On the last day of the two- week forward market ac- count period. The Bel-20 Index of leading shares ended 1.69 points higher at 1,363.37 with many shares making moderate gains. Steel wire maker Bekaert bounced higher
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        Milan
        147 26 -0.03 pc Italian shares fell back after starting firm on a mix of political nervousness and the impact of arbitrage trade between the futures and the cash market, brokers said. News that hard-right National Alliance leader Gianfranco Fini had rejected incoming Prime Minister Lamberto Dini's offer to stand down
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        Amsterdam
        276 26 -0.94 Dutch shares gave up early advances made on encouraging overnight corporate news to close mostly easier as Wall Street headed downwards in early business, spooked once more by interest rate worries. "We came down in the afternoon because Wall Street started moving lower. We've got the options and
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        Stockholm
        142 26 0.53pc Swedish shares closed lower in reaction to weak foreign markets and rising bond yields. The OMX Index fell 0.53 per cent to 1,165.73 in turnover of 4.180 billion crowns. "There was quite a lot of selling, particularly towards the close as a reaction to the fall in New
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        Zurich
        254 26 1.9 Swiss shares ended little changed in slack and directionless trade. Dealers said market sentiment was bad. Yesterday's US data underpinned interest rate worries. Today's Soffex expiry put pressure on the market as some players were short in the SMI future and wanted the SMI below 2,600 to cover
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        Johannesburg
        294 26 -91.7 South African shares ended weaker in nervous trade as a weak futures market and spot share selling kept prices pinned lower, dealers said. They said few positive factors had emerged to offer support, but a better gold price had stemmed the decline in related stocks. The Overall Index
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        Toronto
        238 26 -15.16 Stocks fell early as investors took profits in most sectors following Wednesday's rally. Dealers said the market will keep a keen eye on Bank of Canada governor Gordon Thiessen's speech later yesterday. The TSE-300 Index dropped 15.16 points to 4,155.68 on volume of 14.79 million shares valued at
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        731 26 -27.59 The Dow Jones Industrial Average, which slid 1.68 points on Wednesday, was down 27.59 to 3,901.39 at 1 lam EST. The NYSE Composite Index was off 0.98 to 254.99, while Standard Poor's 500-stock Index was down 1.81 to 467.90. Declines topped advances 1,104-608 among the 2,559 issues
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      2977 27 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG Stocks fell after three straight days of gains, tumbling 2.73 per cent as a new report fuelled renewed speculation on the health of senior Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping. The report in the South China Morning Post said one of Deng's daughters had postponed a trip
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      577 27 CLSA H SHARES fell 2.9 per cent on the back of weakness in the Hang Seng Index. Turnover also shrank to HKSB4.B million from HK5140.3 million on Wednesday. Trading in Maanshan Steel, which was down 4.2 per cent, accounted for 40 per cent of total turnover. The Shanghai B
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      2552 27 Bloomberg Business News TOKYO Stocks recorded their biggest loss in six weeks as the earthquake in western Japan encouraged investors to unloading electronic, car and utility shares. Investors lowered offers on electronics and car shares to raise money to buy stocks expected to benefit from the quake, especially construction
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      1649 27 Reuter BANGKOK Stocks closed slightly lower on light across-the-boiard profit-taking, especially in the banking sector. The SET Index ended 2.22 points lower at 1.283.35 after ranging between 1,277.03 and 1,294.32 on 6.4 billion baht turnover. Rises led falls 175 to 95 with 117 issues unchanged. Thai-Germany Products, which debuted
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      1161 27 Reuter JAKARTA Share prices ended higher in dull trading, with rises in Barito pushing the index over the 450 resistance level. "The market as a whole was quiet and in-line with an easing in the region." a broker said. However, rises in Barito seemed to have helped the index
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      2456 28 o Or l*M/* Last Vol 13., Last Ono«r W. W» VM W MC«» High Low (ompunt Sale COOO) High lo* Buier Srtkr CV P'l *>>" MALAYSIAN STOCKS 398 160 n> MSB MX 224 vd -IS II 224 224 220 226 3.0 -2 9 04 23" 206 96 m
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        6618 28 Bloomberg Business News KUALA LUMPUR Stocks fell a second day as investors focused on bad news overseas. The Kobe earthquake led Japanese shares down, with the Nikkei falling 147.57 points to 19,075.74. And US investors remain spooked by the spectre of
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        1963 30  -  By R Sivanithy SINGAPORE The local stock market suffered another heavy blow yesterday, as the exodus of foreign money accelerated after, the release of details on the latest property transactions. Property stocks were active for the second successive session, and were again
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      359 31  -  By Rahita Elias SINGAPORE Pacific International Lines' newly formed feeder arm. Advanced Container Lines, plans to expand its coverage of the Indian market. ACL, launched on Jan 1 this year, was formed in a corporate reorganisation. Under the restructure, PlL's Liner
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      387 31 Reuter SINGAPORE Ships calling at India's Kandla port to load and offload crude and oil products will find some reprieve from nagging congestion problems once the port's revamp programme is completed by end-January, shipping and oil industry sources said. "A third
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      179 31 Bloomberg Business News TOKYO A ship, not yet completed, is about to jar loose of Kawasaki Heavy Industries' shipbuilding docks in Kobe, national broadcaster NHK reported yesterday. The maritime safety agency has sent out patrol ships to guard against the 24,000 liquid
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      462 31 KnightRidder NEW YORK There was a bit more activity seen on Wednesday for handy-sized tonnage, although details of concluded business remained slow to emerge, brokers said. From the US Gulf, Copragri had originally been quoting a total of 50,000 tonnes of heavy
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      1039 31 Page Col ABC Containerize 16 1 Able Shpg 7 4/5 Accord Group 8 1-3 ACL 9 1/2 Ahlers Line 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 4 ASCL
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      315 31 Knight-Ridder NEW YORK There was a rush of tanker chartering activity from the Caribbean and US Gulf sector late on Wednesday, brokers said. Brokers said prompt tonnage was getting tight, and rates could rise shortly for Panamax tonnage. One broker said it was difficult to
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      2426 32 THE Baltic Freight Index held firm despite potentially weaker caper rates worldwide and anticipated softer conditions on the Atlantic for panamaxes, brokers said. The index, which has been rising non-stop since January 4, came to a halt, fixing unchanged at 2,071. A large number of panamax ships are
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      1203 33  -  Clay Maitland looks at the Marshall Islands' growing ship registry Clay Maitland The writer is the Marshall Islands' Senior Deputy Commissioner of Maritime Affairs THE Marshall Islands ship register was founded in 1990 and is growing steadily. It expanded by 500,000 DWT in
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      12346 40 This is a list of ships loading at Singapore for ports around the worid. It tabulates, by destination, the name of the ship, the shipping line involved and the estimated dates of arrival and departure from the Port of Singapore. LEGEND PN: ship calls
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        431 50  -  From Florence Chong in SYDNEY QANTAS has deferred plans to cancel one of its two daily Perth-Singapore flights and will increase capacity on services from other Australian cities to Singapore. In a major reshuffle of flight schedules to favour Asian
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        449 50 AP WASHINGTON The United Auto Workers' strike that began on Wednesday against a key General Motors Corp parts plant underscores one of the most basic questions facing industries nationwide: How many people should it take to run a business? Or, put another way,
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        457 50 Ml LONDON The operator of the new Eurostar trains linking London to Paris and to Brussels may have an odd new ally in its effort to wrest business from the airlines. British Midland, one of several carriers flying those routes, said on
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        256 50 Bloomberg Business News WASHINGTON Reacting to passenger complaints, US federal regulators on Tuesday proposed a rule that would require airlines and ticket agents to tell passengers when a flight involves a change of planes. This practice is becoming
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        198 50 FT STOCKHOLM Volvo, the Swedish car and commercial vehicle maker, on Wednesday announced plans to invest around five billion Swedish kronor (***** million) in the expansion of its car and truck businesses in Europe. The group is moving aggressively to strengthen its
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          93 50 Knight-Ridder NEW DELHI India's 11 major ports moved 140.99 million tonnes of cargo in the first nine months of the 1994-95 (AprilMarch) fiscal year, up from 130.22 million a year earlier. A statement from the government said the country's major ports handled 17.78 million tonnes
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          65 50 Knight-Ridder LONDON The 7,828 dwt freighter Bergen was detained at Falmouth with stability problems, according to Lloyd's Intelligence on Wednesday. The vessel was leaving Falmouth anchorage for Aberdeen when the stability problems were encountered and the UK Marine Safety Agency detained the vessel. The tug
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          99 50 Reuter BANGKOK United States aerospace company executives visited the Bangkok office of the Joint United States Military Advisory Group (Jusmag) and the Airports Authority of Thailand on the first day of a trade mission on Wednesday. The team were to have been briefed about business
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          78 50 Reuter BOMBAY The National Union of Seafarers of India (Nusi) on Wednesday announced it has called ofT a six-day strike which affected six major ports of the country and blocked the movement of 14 ships. Nusi, the main lobbying body for Indian seamen, said
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          73 50 Bloomberg Business News CHICAGO United Airlines said it would waive ticket restrictions temporarily on all flights between the US and Osaka, Japan, in the wake of the earthquake at Kobe. Japan. UAL Corp's United said the restrictions being lifted for travel through Jan 31
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        244 50 Reuter DUBAI Saudi Arabia's national carrier Saudia could break even in 1995 or record a slight profit because of higher domestic travel rates that will earn the airline an extra 250 million riyals (Ss97 million), bankers said on Wednesday. "The new
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      1369 34 AQABA ROAM/ [I VESSEL VOY NO SPORE JEOOAH (VIA JED) STON H'BURQ A WERP HAVRE PRESOEN EXPRESS 20/302 21/1 30/1 7/2 ȣ2 IU2 13/2 15/2 FRANKFURT EXPRESS 77/103 25/1 11/2 14/2 12/2 lUOWIGSHAFEN EXPRESS 17/303 28/1 6/2 13/2 15/2 18/2 20/2 22/2 DANUBE ***** 1/2 W2 21/2 LEVERKUSEN EXPRESS 22/304
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      465 34 IS'pore P.Kelang Loading for FORUM AKASAKA 25/1 30/1 Rdm/Atw/UK/Nantes I VLAHERNA 5/2 9/2 Rdm/Atw/UK/Nantes 'Loads E./W. Malaysia. Indonesia I I Loading for ENERGETIC Duba/Bahrain/Damman/Kuwait I SEA VENUS Hodetdah/Jeddafi/Aqaba H 'Loads Singapore. E./W. Malaysia. Indonesia I I Loading for DONA v Los Angeles/New Orleans/ I Charleston/Norfolk/Camden OCEAN EVER Los Angeles/New Orleans/
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      1792 35 STRAITS SHIPPING PTE LTD flMcf 10 Ho« Chiang Road #11-01 Koppd Towers Singapore 0208 Tel: *****88 Fax: *****17 NEW GUINEA PACIFIC LINE t3L\&> (A service of china navigation co> accepts Kj^yv CARGO OU SMS C I NASA *30 ****** Muni. lib. KK 11-1S Jan 20 Jan 21 lan FCL LCL
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      2000 35 w W^O—• Singapore Agent: 1 AtITQ 111P|pG P&O Containers (Singapore Agencies) Pte Ltd 10 Hoc Chiang Road. #07-01 kcppcl Towers, Singapore 0208 First Class Connections WORLDWIDE fjjjg l {Jj^ 44 pnocsp f.«: 225 5327/222 7517 EXPORT IMPORT Vllllt VO* -MM *PKO tm SOW ANT ROT HAM OOT BMC LEN VEIML
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      1150 36 HANJIN SHIPPING BOOKING TEL:- *****35-237 OPERATION TEL: *****41-253 SALES TEL:- *****30-233 DOCUMENT TEL: *****71-275 r» vs. i* hau sea m m fo> wl sm lime hau sa» im wic HANIN HONGKONG 0471 21/1 WMCT 9/2 10/2 11/2 HANNN BUS AN ISIE 22/1 N MCJUC* OIK 2J/2 24/2 2C/2 HANIN SEATTLE
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      232 37 —Q~ //jg FAMOUS CONTAINER LINES 80 ROBINSON ROAD, #22-02 SINGAPORE 0106 HOT LINE: *****33 (30 LINES) GROUPAGE SERVICE TO CHINA WEEKLY CALLING:SHANGHAI XINGANG QINGDAO DALIAN XIAMEN HAIKOU WHAMPOA CONTACT: SYLVIA OR KEN SIM HOT LINE: *****33 (24 LINES) P. KLANG PH: 0203-*****02 (10 LINES). PENANG PH: 0204-*****7 (10 LINES) J.
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      862 38 79 ANSON ROAD, #21-01, SINGAPORE 0207 TELE: *****92 FAX: *****57 CR *****92QQ0f)N STRAITS SHUTTLE SERVICE j j PORT KLANG PENANG VESSEL VOY SM PKL VOY I 5 Sf! J™ *>'» (SUW > ~«*cc conveyor 55 HTuaSrst>l*wtL 1 ?3/1 D| <oufi £5£ WCOURSPORE 9M07 ?3 1 (MOW) 2VI (WtD) MCC CONVEYOR
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      1197 39 25 m ADVANCE CONTAINER LINES (PTE) LTD Ivl yv I 140 Coctf StTMt, #12-00, Pit Building, Singapore 0100 LbZ TIL: *****21, FAX *****18, TELEX :RS ***** ACLPL ia—■iMißipa— i taWngs/WMfe to PAT, 1 SatMng* la MIT, 1 SaWng lo LCM) llMngt/fM) iAf VtMKL VQY I I" UK I WW VtOOCL
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      799 44 TO E. CANADA US ATLANTIC US GULF VO* fZtL. P L 1 H LIFAX N YORK NORFOLK N ORLEANS MOBILE TAMPICO HOUSTON HOEGH CAIRN 0128 2/3 Feb 4/5 Feb 16 Mar 19 Mar 22 Mar 28 Mar 31 Mar 3 Apr 8 Aor HOEGHDUKE 0528 18/19 Feb 20/21 Feb 2
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      593 45 VSVEVERETT ORIENT LINE" JAPAN/BAY OF BENGAL/JAPAN SERVICE ACCttTMG MfMBUK SOC CMGOK TO/FROM KOBE. YOKOHAMA. NAGOTA. HOI. TO*TO*. UAMLA*. OAVAO*. Ptnani* P. Kelani Sintapore E'Msu* KARABtVERETT »21E 24/25 Feb KAMAL EVERETT V2SE 14/15 M* "A" VESSEL 22/23 Mir ACCCPHK BKAKBUU;FCI, SOC CMGOCS TO/FROM CHTTAGONG. CALCUTTA ANO MONQ.A* Sinfiport P. Kcianc* Pwunj*
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      197 45 lit GLORY NAVIGATION GROUP REGULAR LINER SERVICE TAIWAN TO SINGAPORE ASEAN SINGAPORE TO KOMPONG SOM •AT ATTRACTIVE RATES* CR NO: **********0W KAO SIN PKG PNG GLORY SELATAN VII 16/1 22/1 24/1 26/1 GLORY SELATAN X 19/1 25/1 27/1 29/1 SIN KOMPONG SOM GLORY SELATAN VIII 20/1 23/1 SINGAPORE ASEAN TO
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      585 45 jdk PAKISTAN NATIONAL SHIPPING CORPORATION KARACHI BREAKBULK A CONTAINER SERVICE "VKSET WOT ~ACHI HVOERABAO 137-HW 15/02 25/02 ISLAMABAD 132 HW 03/03 13/03 SARGOOHA 151 -HW 06/03 l»/03 MAKRAN 155HW 15/03 25/03 «i mu c«u aif ports otter ro imamm FAR EAST CONTAINER SERVICE ONLY vessel vor law hkg" bsw osa
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      692 45 ItIHMiIiUIEIMHMIIrMMIiI FULL CONTAINER SERVICE FROM 6IN TO MADRAS VESSCL/VOV ETA SIN ETA MA A **V. PESTOVO V.OS Sailing 24-2S/01 MV SOCCK. FOUR V 950 1 23-24/OI 29-30/01 "V SEA DRAGON V.0RG039 25 26/01 31-01/02 MV TIGER CAPE V.013N 26-27/01 31-01/02 MV TIGER ISLANO VI27N 28-29/01 03 09/02 liy I 1?"
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      292 45 SIN FAR EAST 22/1 KEELUNG/KAOHSIUNG 22/1 BANGKOK 22/1 WIANILA/CEBU 22/1 JAKARTA/BELAWAN/SURABAYA 22/1 PORT KELANG/PENANG/E. MALAYSIA 22/1 BUSAN 22/1 TOKYO/YOKO/KOBE/NGO/OSA 22/1 HONG KONG SIN CHINA 22/1 GUANGZHOU/HUANGPU/SHENZHEN FUZHOU/XIAMEN/SHANTOU/SHEKOU DALIAN/SHANGHAI/XINGANG TIANJIN/QINGDAO/HAIKOU also accepting LCI cargo SjN EUROPE/UK 23/1 LDN/FLX/LVP/SOU 23/1 RDM/HAM/ANT/LEH/GOA/OSL/GOT/BCN also accepting cargo to Austria/ Hungary/Romania/Poland/Bulgaria/Czech. SjN USA/CANADA 28/1 LOS ANGELES/NEW
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      924 46 1 FIXED SAILINGS j i ■Tel 1261-3595 ttblld-0978: L MELBOURNE- Jn GP SHIPPING PTE LTD I Call: Kenny/Mas/Peter mttmmmmm 4 I j B^^^M J^^^^^^M?wl*l7TTiirtilT7rrti»l3WT7r%T!iWiTillT7iTiT7Tß'r.l. J '>z i mi-y W '11 »c AFGHANISTAN MAM Afghanistan Ltd., ■LJH q ■kJH Hairatan, Torghundi, Islamqala (Doqharun) Iwloclwl C.1.5./RUSSIA: Aim Ata, Ashkhabad. Baku, Dushanbe. I
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      707 46 Conlerm CONTERM FREIGHT (F.E.) PTE LTD. AUCKLAND 2 FEBRUARY (Accepting to all N«« Zealand porta) PENAN6 27 JAN JAKARTA 29 JAN PORT KLANG 26 JAN BANGKOK 22 JAN MANILA 22 JAN MELBOURNE 29 JAN SYDNEY 29 JAN BRISBANE 3 FEB FREMANTLE 26 JAN ADELAIDE 28 JAN 28 JAN "ACCEPTING TO
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      1185 46 CONSOLIDATION TO LIMASSOL ACCEFI ING LCL CARGO AT hrs ™»aK in ISC) 9002 B\ LRQA AITRACriVE RATES Transhipment available to Beirut, Lattakia via Limassol Qb. Call Te at DID: 277 1064 for bookings NOW!!! Sinsaporv 561 1668 :7> 9838 TUMlwm st. fgian MM Also has ofTiccs in:- AND LOGISTICS SERVICES
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      1659 47 W SUNSHIP AGENCIES PTE LTD 20 McCallum Street #16-01/03 Asia Chambers Singapore 0106 Tel: *****22 (10 Lines) FAX: *****05 CR No.: *****8 200 00R m Y.S.N. LI""— Vmil Voy Hong K<wa Singoporo P. Koioog Ptnina Skluo 15 SAILED 24-28/1 23-27/1 QjgM jggjM 1 24-29/1 31-1/2 2-3/2 Sow Ruby 13 S-«/2
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      386 47 rfgjs CEYLON SHIPPING CORPN (Sgf) National line of Sri Lanka CONTAINERISED SERVICE TO IK AND NORTH CONTINENTAL PORTS —a I w» I ao I ia I w liwl I «w HOW KOWt own a/1 1/2 a rta w vn n/i tut n/t nn ft WW SOW 2jt ill tUI till
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      725 47 II II 'NEPTUNE AMA2ONITEI3W' ETA SGP 28/01/95 I 11 IjH AfWJv H ETA RDM 13/02, FLX 14/02 I I BRE 16/02, LEH 18/02 I EXPORT Wr 1.08 QAM I VAM *CT ATL CCC HOD A4PM PU» TOR MOW CALIFORNIA SATURN 716 2VOI 1V0? 13/02 I 15/02 16/02 17/02 15/02 15/02
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      1531 48 AMERICAN PRESIDENT LINES, LTD. 19 KEPPCL ROAD *02-01 HT POH BUtiDtXG SIWCAPOWC 0208 TIL 225 9966 fan 221 4922 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 A CANADA— WEEKLY CONTAINSVUZID SERVICE vßgi/vwog foi m
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      1897 48 K" "V AS AGENTS. 'V LINE (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD (CK NO: **********0M/GST REG NO: IC-*****W4) v TEL: *****77 TELEX: KAWAKI R*****5 FAX: *****16/7/8/9 IVI MALAYSIA 'V LINE MARITIME (MALAYSIA) SON BNO 3L WrJ TEL: SA *****00 PK *****75 PEN *****20 JB *****01 PGU *****25/6 INDONESIA: F.T. SARANA LAUT IMTERMUSA. TEL:
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      137 48 BANGLADESH SHIPPING CORPN. REGULAR SERVICE TO/FROM CHITTAGONG tt B l VOYAGE CHITAGON6 SINGAPOUt MONO. A CHTTAGON6 \l BANGLAR MOW 40W 13/01 ;3 01 ft Qi 4 BANCLAR RO6I «3W 2101 26 01 01 02 BANCLAR MOW 41* 25/01 05/02 I iI/02 4 _1558**399 oi 02 09/02 15/02 n/n BANGLAR I
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      471 49 ▲HYUNDAI MERCHANT MARINE CO. ITD. WESTBOUND TO EUROPE BKG: *****61 M* WE PCD VESSELS VOY SM RTM ANT LEH HMI BRE| fa 1«/«1 20/01 21/01 SI MARKER 314W ***** 10/02 *****~ 11/02 12/02 ***** U702~ > VJHI 21/01 u f!SJhI? 313,1 30/01 17/02 19/02 10/02 19/°2 19/02 21/02 03/02 04/02
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      339 49 STRAITS/ JAPAN/ STRAITS SERVICE MULTI-PURPOSE I ROftO CARPER SPECIALIZE M HEAVY UFT CARGO UPTO 120 TONS RAMP CAPACITY UPTO 50 TONS KSHI 101 W PK LOMXNG FOR OCEAN BLUE 9 20/1 MUARA 29/1 SONBAI 31 1/2 BAM TEN 3/2 lAKARTA 4/2 COSMK CHALLENGER X 2/2 S/2 DUMAJ 4/2 COSABC UAOER
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      532 49 JEDDAH/UK/CONThENT I STORE Ira STON KDURG It DAM UH the Acceptnt Carta For: 77/1,3 X/l 30/1 Ml W'l l l' 2 15/2 toutomvitr :toal UK dndubon. Bcßait and DuMn rRWrIRI tXrllM 77/193 25/1 11/2 14/2 l£/2 Rotterdam •U J IrtNini ftimtfritMi fwu ty^xj OSS^/im w/,m ,/2 yi 17/104 I attar
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      319 49 TODAY'S TIDES (height in metres) HOI* 0000 0100 0200 0300 0400 0500 0600 0700 0800 0900 1000 1100 1200 1300 1400 1500 1600 1700 1800 1900 2000 2100 2200 2300 2.3 2.6 2.7 2.5 2.1 1.5 LI 0.9 0.9 1.1 1.6 2.2 2.9 3.1 3.1 2.7 2.2 1.5 1.0 0.6
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