The Business Times, 5 December 1995

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    13 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 194/12/94 85e SINGAPORE Internet: http://www.asial.com.sg/biztimes TUESDDAY, DECEMBER 5,1995
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    MARKET SUMMARY
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    FINANCE
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    SES to have a separate foreign board: Dr Hu
    468 1  -  Listingaf infrastructure projects, and new US$ cheque-clearing system, also planned By I Shiv Taneja [SINGAPORE] Finance Minister Richard Hu yesterday announced the formation of a "foreign board" on the Stock Exchange of Singapore, aimed at foreign companies and infrastructure projects which
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    British house committee to summon former Barings execs
    343 1  -  By\ Neill Behrmann [LONDON] Members of a prominent House of Commons committee will summon former senior executives of Barings pic to explain why steps were not taken to prevent the bank's collapse. A spokesman for the Treasury and Civil Services Committee confirmed
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    MCL's $10m homes sold in 5 davs
    252 1 Local professionals grab all 7 bungalow units in Holland Road [SINGAPORE] Five days was all It took. The seven luxury bungalows offered by listed Malayan Credit Ltd (MCL) in its Seven Oaks project were all snapped up by Sunday. The price tag of
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    Lock icon Keppel may face $1.2 billion levy
    653 1  -  Hefty premium for Telok Blangah site may force bullish analysts to slash their profit forecasts By\ Lee Han Shin (SINGAPORE) The Keppel group could be levied a record $1.2 billion differential premium (DP) if it proceeds with a plan to turn its Telok Blangah
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      121 1 f I? M Mn9mlUv Property magnate PL Kna has joined the evergrowing list of Singaporeans investing in property Down Under, P*4 mtf InM SJk SkiilrN*ln|dif»>; flipHt, this pg. Share expected to settle back to the lacklustre performance ba fore the sudden spurt of interest in the last couple of trading
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      80 1 i It takes more than money TO WEAR THE ROYAL OAK. For the past twenty years, some of the most successful and admired men and women have chosen to wear the Royal Oak. A watch like no other. Distinctive. Exclusive. Uniquely designed. And quite simply in a class of its
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      6 1 DP key cost for Sembawang?, Pg4
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
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      Lock icon BG Yeo outlines strategy for survival in a changing world
      466 2  -  Bigness no longer an advantage in pest-industrial information age By< Chan Siew Ling STAY flexible, be alert to the competition, remain close to changes taking place, and network with others. This survival strategy amid a world in ferment was proposed
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      Goodbye Clob, Hello FoB
      667 2  -  Singapore's move to accommodate riskier public listings to timely By > S N Vasuki PINANCE Minister Richard Hu has just announced the creation of a foreign board for listing regional infrastructure projects on the Stock Exchange of Singapore (SES). The listing criteria of the foreign board
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      Lock icon Less powerful growth?
      327 2  -  E7E ON THE ECONOMY INDUSTRY By 1 Teh Hooi Ling THE amount of electricity used by the manufacturing sector rose 4.6 per cent in September to 771.4 million kilowatt hours (kwh). This compares with year-on-year growth of 5.2 per cent in August, 3.8 per cent in July,
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      Republic Plaza said to be asking $12 psf
      296 2  -  CityDev's move to raise rents sets new high for Raffles Place By\ Michelle Low CITY Developments is said to have raised asking prices for office space in Republic Plaza to $12 per sq ft for high floors and $11 psf for lower
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      HK developer sells Canadian property here
      318 2  -  By\ Diana Oon HONGKONG-BASED Fuyisun developments found willing Singaporean buyers for its Canadian office and residential development, The Victoria, over the weekend. Raymond Foo, Fuyisun's director, felt that the response was "not too bad", given that the project got a better response here than
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      8 Katong houses for sale at $4.3 m each
      214 2 PROPERTY developer Asia Sky will offer eight strata-title bungalows for sale this week at $4.3 million apiece. The two-and-a-half-storey bungalows off Mountbatten Road, Katong will share some common areas such as the access road, a basketball court and a children's playground.
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      Hewlett-Packard receives operational HQ status
      272 3  -  Regional HQ expected to generate US$l billion worth of business by 1997 Jenny Lam US ELECTRONICS giant Hew-lett-Packard yesterday received operational headquarters (OHQ) status from the Economic Development Board. Its Singapore headquarters whose OHQ status comes with benefits like tax concessions will be responsible for
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      Telecom to cut IDD rates again from Jan
      250 3  -  Genevieve Cua SINGAPORE Telecom will reduce its rates for IDD calls to nine destinations by up to 11 per cent from January. The most substantial cut 11 per cent is for Austria, South Africa and Greece. Call rates to Denmark, Israel, Norway
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      Mission leaves for Cambodia and Laos
      233 3 THE Trade Development Board, the Singapore Contractors Association, and the Institute of Surveyors and Valuers leave today on their first joint mission to Cambodia and Laos. The 20-member delegation aims to evaluate business opportunities in the two markets and to capitalise on Singapore's position
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    • NEWS Roundup
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        Ghana leader hereto woo businessmen
        74 3 GHANA president Jerry Rawlings arrived here yesterday for a four-day visit. The official delegation trade mission led by him will visit the Monetary Authority of Singapore, the Trade Development Board, Jurong Town Corp and the Port of Singapore Authority. In an address yesterday, Mr Rawlings
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        Corning to open S'pore office next month
        70 3 CORNING Pharmaceutical Services, a world leader in contract research and drug development services, will open an office in Singapore next month. It will be the company's first presence in the region. Chief executive Chris Kuebler said yesterday: "The Singapore office, CPS (Asia), will
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        Conference begins on hi-tech learning
        71 3 THE first international conference on educational technology kicks off here tomorrow. Education Minister Lee Yock Suan will officiate at the International Conference on Computers in Education '95, which will be held at Raffles City Convention Centre till Friday. The event will feature speakers who will
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        10th S'pore-KL navy exercise underway
        53 3 THE Singapore and Malaysian navies began a five-day joint exercise yesterday. Codenamed Ex Malapura 10/95, the exercise is the tenth in a series that began in 1984. This year's exercise focuses on wargames and will be held at the Singapore's Navy Tactical Training Centre at
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      NEC to invest $200-s3oom ii S'pore to boost DRAM output
      236 3  -  It begins assembly of 64-megabit DRAM chips here in two years Ity. Ang Wan May JAPANESE electronics giant NEC will be investing at least $200 $300 million in Singapore when it begins assembling 64megabit dynamic random access memory chips or
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      Rubber futures volume up sharply
      205 3 THE volume of rubber traded on the futures exchange in the first 11 months of the year has exceeded that for the whole of last year by 20 per cent thanks largely to tyre grade contract TSR2O. Rubber traded under the TSR2O. RSSI and RSS3
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  • FOCUS: PROPERTY
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      DP a key cost for Sembawang ?
      626 4  - DP a key cost for Sembawang Redevelopment of yard likely to incur levy THE PROPERTY COLUMN By Lee Han Shih WHAT goes for Keppel goes for Sembawang. At least, when it comes to paying the Land Office a hefty sum for converting shipyard land to other uses. The only difference
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      Lock icon Euro-Asia boss goes Down Under
      784 4  -  P L Kua eyes property next to Melbourne hotel he bought last month By Rahita Elias [SINGAPORE] PROPERTY magnate P L Kua has joined the ever-growing list of Singaporeans investing in property Down Under. Mr Kua, who last month bought a hotel in Melbourne, plans
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      Far East offers 15% discount for its latest project
      333 4  -  Price is 6% higher than nearby project launched last year By\ Michelle Low [SINGAPORE] THE Far East group is offering a 15 per cent discount on units at Laguna Green, its 99-year development launched at the weekend. The discount brings average
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  • SOUTH – EAST ASIA
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      Indon pay rise plans may cause strikes: economist
      305 5 JAKARTA Firms may not be able to cope with increase in some places, he warns INDONESIAN government plans to lift daily minimum wages by at least 12 per cent from April next year will lead to strikes if companies cannot afford the
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      Lock icon Viet-Asean economic cooperation
      268 5 JAKARTA Bernama AFP STARTING next week, Vietnam will be able to participate fully in all areas of Asean economic cooperation with the other six member states, Asean Secretary-General Ajit Singh said yesterday. He said Asean economic ministers were set to amend the Common Effective Preferential Tariff (Cept)
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      Lock icon More tariff cuts on cards at Asean summit
      112 5 MANILA Bloomberg Business News THE seven Asean members wiU push for tariff reductions on more products during their Bangkok summit this month, a Philippine official said yesterday. Philippine Foreign Undersecretary Rodolfo Severino said a consensus has emerged within the organisation to include
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      Lock icon M'sian group, Club Med in separate Viet tourism projects
      280 5  -  SINGAPORE USs3som resort and USssom tourist village planned Ry\ Harish Mehta MALAYSIAN and French investors are planning ambitious tourism resort developments along Vietnam's pristine beaches. Malaysian architect and town planner Goh Hock Guan Group Sdn Bhd and a consortium of foreign
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      Lock icon Malaysia to boost size of all airport terminals prior to corporatisation
      269 5 LANGKAWI, Malaysia MBT PRIME Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad says Malaysia does not wish to be left behind in what is today seen as "the big race in airport-building". He said this was because the role of airports was no
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      Lock icon Philippines woos GM
      85 5 MANILA AFP THE Philippines is working on a package of incentives to lure US car giant General Motors Corp into setting up a US$l billion (511.41 billion) automotive assembly project, the Department of Trade and Industry said yesterday. Trade and Industry Secretary Rizalino Navarro said officials were
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      Lock icon Thailand's inflation up 5.7% but food prices lower
      354 6 BANGKOK Official data supports estimates by analysts of a 7-7.2% rise in the CPI year-on-year AFP THAILAND'S consumer price index (CPI) rose 5.7 per cent in the 11 months to November, according to the Ministry of Commerce, backing up analysts' estimates of
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      Lock icon US working with Vietnam on boat people
      237 6 WASHINGTON NYT SEEKING to end a long epilogue of the Vietnam War, Washington is working quietly with Hanoi to create a programme that would persuade the remaining 40,000 Vietnamese boat people in South-east Asian refugee camps to return home. The is being undertaken
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      Lock icon Keeping watch over human rights
      69 6 [JAKARTA] UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Jose Ayala Lasso (right) receiving a watch from Ali Said, head of Jakarta's official human rights commission, in Jakarta yesterday. The watch, which has the commission's name on the face, was presented to Mr Ayala Lasso who will
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      Lock icon Overseas Chinese groups planning computer link-up
      265 6 BANGKOK China promises to provide satellite channel for project The Straits Times OVERSEAS Chinese are planning a computer link-up to facilitate their trade and investment contacts with each other, and China has promised to provide the satellite channel needed for the purpose, a leading
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      Lock icon Thai PM again denies bribery reports
      224 6 BANGKOK AFP THAI Prime Minister Banharn Silpa-archa yesterday reiterated a denial that his Chart Thai Party had been offered bribes by a Swedish firm to select it for a US billion dollar submarine purchase contract. "It is impossible for the submarine dealers to have
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    • NOTE Book
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        Lock icon Suharto's son-in-law heads special forces
        69 6 Reuter [JAKARTA] Indonesian President Suharto's son-in-law was promoted yesterday to bead the country's special forces (Kopsssus) after a minor reshuffle in the armed forces, the official Antara news agency reported The elevation of Brig-General Prabowo Subianto, 43, to the command of the3,ooo-strong Kopassus regiment means
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        Lock icon Hanoi not ready for bond issue
        77 6 Reuter [HANOI} Vietnam, whtch needs bUHont of dollars to modernise its creaking infrastructure and ageing state industry, indicated yesterday it was not yet ready to test its world credit rating with an international bond issue. "We have no timetable for this at present," said
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        Lock icon Aussie trade mission due in Manila
        91 6 UPI [MACULA] A high-level Australian trade mission is due to visit the Philippines next week in a bid to explore possible business opportunities in the energy sector, officials said. Manila trade officials said the week-long mission starting on Dec 12 will be led by
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  • CHINA – HONGKONG – TAIWAN
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      Vote of confidence for HK
      434 8  -  HONGKONG But business leaders at summit warn Hongkongers against tampering with system after 1997 By i Quak Hiang Whai BUSINESS leaders yesterday reaffirmed their confidence in Hongkong after the handover to China in 1997 and warned of the danger of tampering with a system that
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      Lock icon Law will prevail after 1997: HK judge
      243 8 HONGKONG AFP HONGKONG'S chief justice T1 Liang Yang, who stirred up a controversy by going public with his views on the territory's Bill of Rights, said yesterday the rule of law would prevail after the colony's handover to China in 1997. Speaking at
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      Lock icon BP unit signs US$241 m deal for China acetic acid plant
      379 8 BEIJING Reuter BRITISH Petroleum unit BP Chemicals and two Chinese partners have signed a US$24l million (***** million) contract to build China's largest acetic acid plant in south- western Sichuan province. BP Chemicals executives said the investment was part
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    • SINO Brief
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        Lock icon Export tax rebates to be oat from Jan 1
        92 8 Reuter [BEIJING] China's State Council, or cabinet, has approved the cutting of export tax rebates from Jan 1,1996, the China Securities newspaper said. The rebate on exports erf agricultural processed goods will be cut to 6 from 10 per cent, the
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        Lock icon Siemens unit to build computer factories
        89 8 Reuter [BEIJING] Siemens Group unit Siemens Nixdorf Informations System AG of Germany, a leading information technology company, is to build two computer factories in China's southern Yangtse river valley, Xinhua news agency said. The factories will produce personal computers, notebook computers and automatic teller
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        Lock icon China's forex reserves hit US$ 73b
        59 8 Reuter [BEIJING] China's foreign exchange reserves hit a record US$73 billion (*****.93 billion) by the end of October, the official Xinhua news agency said. It gave no further details. China's reserves stood at US$69.B billion by the end of September, against US$lB.2 billion at
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        Lock icon Increase in social aid
        84 8 AFP [BEIJING] Mounting urban poverty will force the Chinese government to increase social aid for the most needy over the next two years, the China Daily said yesterday. The new 'safety net" will cover more people than a special programme introduced in 10 large cities in
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      Lock icon Taiwan stocks slide in post-poll session
      225 9 TAIPEI Investors expected to remain cautions ahead of presidential elections AFP TAIWANESE investors were slow to warm up to the stock market on the first day of trading following the weekend parliamentary elections. The Taiwan Stock Exchange's Weighted Price Index opened higher but slipped
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      Lock icon Public kept in dark over Taiwan polls results
      355 9 BEIJING Reuter CHINA'S public was kept in the dark yesterday about the results of weekend elections in arch rival Taiwan, despite what a government spokesman indicated was an outcome favourable to Beijing's interests. State-run media, which had spent the last several weeks
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      Lock icon China's biggest graft case: the net widens
      174 9 BEIJING Senior officials and 179 party cadres are involved, says daily AFP CHINA'S biggest embezzlement case in which two persons have already been executed has touched high-ranking officials and involves 179 communist party cadres, a report said yesterday. Investigations into corrup- tion at
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      Lock icon Better property management needed
      228 9 BEIJING AFP CHINESE authorities have urged the development of wellmanaged real estate projects with comprehensive facilities, saying poor services were a key obstacle to boosting housing sales, a report said yesterday. Construction Minister Hou Jie said a "comprehensive, specialised, socialised and multi-functional" urban realestate management structure
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    The new model—the high-tech Sintra
    314 11 The new model —the high-tech Sintra OVER the years, Swiss watchmaker Rado has continually astounded the world with innovative creations that stand the test of time. With legendary watch models such as the oval DiaStar, the anatomically-shaped DiaStar Integral, the protective, domeshaped sapphire crystal of the La Coupole and the
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    The future has begun
    377 11 IT has been 33 years since Rado created history with the world's first scratchproof watch. Since then, Rado has continued to excel in developing new technologies in its timepieces, all the while focusing on strength, beauty, elegance, wearer-comfort and lasting value. So what next, for the
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  • ASIA
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      Lock icon Nikkei hits 19,000 before retreating
      431 12  -  TOKYO Biltiah sentiment underpinned by surge inbaakskares, IqrmiODPlati, lew interest rates By, Anthony Rowley THE Nikkei 22S Stock Average climbed above 19,000 for the first time in nearly a year yesterday before retreating from its highs to end the day 64.27 points higher at 18,897.37.
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      Lock icon All tycoons in slush-fund scandal to be indicted
      276 12 SEOUL ■sports Mot arrest «f Hanbo chief and go beyond prosecution's earlier position AFP Reuter SOUTH KOREAN prosecutors have decided to Indict all the business tycoons implicated in the slush-ftind scandal surrounding former president Roh Tae Woo, newspapers said yesterday. The reports,
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      Lock icon US pleased with progress on trade with Japan
      244 12 TOKYO Reuter THE United States is making progress on the trade front with Japan but must keep working to make sure the progress continues, US ambassador to Japan Walter Mondale told reporters. Mr Mondale said some progress was being reflected in the
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      Lock icon Ex-labour minister may be arrested
      222 12 ■TOKYO AFP JAPANESE prosecutors sought an arrest warrant yesterday for former labour minister Toshio Yamaguchi, suspected of breach of trust and embezzlement in a widening illegal loan scandal, news reports said. The move, reported by local news agencies and television stations, represents the first step
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        Lock icon India raps summit for emissies
        83 12 Reuter [NEW DELHI] Indian Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherfcw bluntly criticised a poup of Asian and European nations for leaving New Delhi out of a summit meeting set for eaW3\ next year. "How could you hold an Aaian summit wltiM 1 taking India into it, a
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        Lock icon Mt Fuji may blow its top – after 300 years
        100 12 Mt Fuji may blow its top after 300 years AFP (TOKYO) Mount Pull, arguably Japan's most sacred symbol, may be getting ready to blow its top for the first time in almost 300 years, according to rssaarchers quoted n to a monthly Japans* magaylns. Agra said scientists became alarmed on
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        Lock icon Okinawa rejects order on lease renewals
        96 12 Bernama fNAHAJ Okinawa Governor Masahide Ota yeeterday wrote to Prime Minister Totaltehl Murayama. saying he waa rejecting the premier's order to sign documents forcing local landowners to renew leases to US military bases, prefectural officials said. Mr Ota's action would force Mr Murayama to
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        Lock icon Over A$ l00m in deals seen for Aussie fair
        71 12 Reuter (MELBOURNE] An Australian trade and investment conference which started in Melbourne yesterday could generate more than ASIOO million (Sslo4 million) of new business for Australia, Trade Minister Bob McMullan •aid. Mr McMullan told reporters that research suggested that more than
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      Lock icon A$400m boost for Aussie high-tech industry
      209 12 CANBERRA Reuter AUSTRALIA'S Labor government, facing a looming national election, will tomorrow announce a As4oo million (*****.6 million) package to boost high-tech industry, but senior economic ministers cautioned there will be no "big bang". Finance Minister Kim Beazley said the self-fUnding Innovation Statement was
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      Lock icon Paris strikes threaten Europe's goal of monetary union by 1999
      427 13 PARIS French austerity moves to meet tough single currency criteria appear to have backfired Reuter THE fate of the Maastricht treaty's goal of a single European currency by 1999 may be at stake in the streets of Paris this week.
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      Lock icon Juppe calls cabinet meeting amid unrest
      156 13 PARIS Reuter PRIME Minister Alain Juppe called an emergency meeting of his cabinet yesterday as a confrontation between French trade unions and the government over welfare reforms hardened and unrest began to spread across the country. Transport strikes caused record traffic jams around Paris.
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      Forte to foil Granada bid with asset sales
      345 13  -  LONDON It hopes sale of Savoy will show up Undervalued offer By Neil Behrmann FORTE pic has decided to sell The Savoy and other luxury London hotels to help ward off a £3.3 billion (Ss7.l billion) fcoetile bid from UK television and
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      Lock icon Clarke may slash rates ahead of elections, say analysts
      280 13 ■LONDON Reuter WSTISH Chancellor of the Ex«quer Kenneth Clarke may set to cut interest rates by sk much as 1.50 percentage points ahead of the next general election, analysts forecast. 1 "Economic policy is now geared to deliver pre-election expansion whatever
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        41 13 AFP PSNNA) The US yesterday said it was pulling out of the ted Nations Industrial Development Organisation, tag that like Unesco, the agency was inefficient. The ldrawal takes effect on Dec 31,1906. —AFP
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        Lock icon 1st wave of Nato force lands in Sarajevo
        56 13 Reuter ■SARAJEVO] Nato troops landed at Sarajevo's battle-scarred airport yesterday in the first wave of a deployment 0f60,000 soldiers to enforce apeace accord In Bosnia. A C-130 aircraft carrying British troops and at taaet one vehicle landed at the airport at 1200
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        49 13 AFP PSA CITY, Gaza Strip) Israeli Prime Minister Shimon will meet PLO leader Yasser Arafat on Friday for the time since succeeding Yitzhak Rabin, a PLO official The meeting will take place at the Erez crossing point een the Gaza Strip and Israel.—AFP
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        Lock icon Saudis finally told King Fahd taken ill
        80 13 AFP jj RIYADH] Saudi Arabia's citizens read for the first time "f Yesterday that King Fahd was ill after newspapers hers reported that he had only been admitted to hospital for routine medical tests. Newspapers carried a > statement from the royal cabinet
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        Lock icon Paris to sell up to 40% of France Telecom
        87 13 FT 4i fPARIS] The French government is planning to sell a stake *$of up to 49 per cent in France Telecom, possibly next year, Jas part of plans to prepare the state-owned operator for the |f .liberalisation of the European telecoms
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      Lock icon Car bomb blast leaves 11 dead in Chechen capital
      124 13 MOSCOW AFP ELEVEN people were killed and 60 wounded in a car bomb attack in Grozny yesterday, Russian official Vladimir Zorin said in the Chechen capital. Nine of the wounded were in serious condition, the Interfax news agency quoted him as
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      Lock icon Low prices may cramp investment in new oil supplies: IEA
      310 13 PARIS Reuter THE world may find it increasingly difficult to satisfy its soaring energy needs in the early 21st century as low prices cramp investment in new supplies, industrialised nations warned yesterday. The head of the International Energy Agency of
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      Lock icon Have wheels can travel
      49 13 [PARIS] A Parisian commuter resorted to using a child's scooter as an alternative means of transport yesterday. Transport strikes over France's welfare reform, now entering the second week as the unions and government remain in a deadlock, have brought the capital to a standstill. REUTER
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      Japan to build compact military
      1094 15  -  Cabinet adopts plan to downsize and upgrade Self Defence Forces after two-year debate From Anthony Rowley in Tokyo JAPAN'S Self-Defence Forces (SDF), which might aptly be described as the world's most "forgotten" or "hidden" military, are about to undergo a metamorphosis. The exercise is ostensibly
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      Businesses unfazed by Sirivudh affair
      733 16  -  OPINION THE BOTTOM UNE By Harish Mehta The writer is a BT correspondent specialising in Indochinese affairs KING Norodom Sihanouk's half-brother, Prince Sirivudh, stands accused of plotting the murder of co-premier Hun Sen. It appears that Sirivudh may have been joking when he allegedly said:
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      170 16 'When a company that has driven the growth of the stock market gets delisted, it's definitely going to take its toll on the market' Renard Fernanda a fund manager at Weizmann Ltd, on a decision by India's largest private sector company. Reliance Industries Ltd, to terminate its
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      616 16 Shadeir prtenmwrt lor HE ii unacceptable to Britain YOUR editorial (Business Times, Nov 29) supports the proposal for the establishment of a shadow government in Hongkong prior to the handover in 1997 put forward by Sir S Y Chung as "not such a bad idea". Like most people in
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      Japan's new defence posture
      557 16 EDITORIAL COMING in the immediate aftermath of vociferous protests over the alleged rape of an Okinawan schoolgirl by US marines, and subsequent calls for a downsizing of the US military presence in Japan, the appearance of a new blueprint for the development of Japan's own armed
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      Singapore drawcards
      934 16  -  The Republic is no longer cheap, but its other advantages outweigh costs to attract multinationals By Toh Han Shih THE conventional wisdom is that Singapore will lose its competitive edge with rising operating costs. Industries will move to neighbouring countries where land and labour are cheaper and the
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      WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
      191 16 Japai'i mv MM policy THE Cabinet has adopted the new National Defence Program Outline, a long-term guideline for Japan's defence in the post-Cold War period. It is the first revision of defence policy in 19 years. The circumstances in East Asia and other parts of the
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      48 16 POOH fcsBPRTBy Gary Trudeau UKB 10 36 I BUT UIS HAVE HSARP THAT ]l SURE, BUT REMEMBER, SON, SURE' SEE 7}£ MARLA GLAMOROUS MARLBORO U UHTH THE CURRENT TRENP, M THAT* NOT ALL SMOKERS' Aucrnrrr B^MANISAN MANINTHtSTYLEOF OVER. 50 MILLION OF MY W ANECOOTALVY, YOU'LL PROB- MMviartL HtUVfX
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  • EXECUTIVE LIFESTYLE
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      Lock icon A new lease of life
      823 17  -  Hanoi's Opera House will be restored to its former glory, thanks to government funding, emus johmson reports CHRIS JOHNSON Reuter Luciano Pavarotti has never sung there he's probably never even heard of it but Hanoi's ornate colonial Opera House will soon be on the world
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      Lock icon Paramount chief Sherry Lansing's money talk
      800 17  -  PROFILE Her investment strategy is a financial adviser's nightmare By Geraldine Fabrikant NYT [NEW YORK] An attractive, well-dressed man drives along a Beverly Hills street in a white Rolls Royce, a glamorous blonde by his side. They see a tattered homeless woman sitting forlornly
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      483 17 HEALTH More Americans take to supercharged cycling on the spot in unison to rock music NYT [NEW YORK] In a dimly lighted room at the Equinox Fitness Club on Lower Broadway, 40 men and women, astride stationary bicycles arranged in a circle, bob up
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      964 18  -  PROFILE Robertson Davies, one of Canada's first literary figures to gain an international following, dies By Peter B Flint NYT [NEW YORK) Robertson Davies, the novelist, journalist and educator who became one of the first Canadian literary figures to gain an international following, died on Saturday at
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      Lock icon Sampras triumphs, Tom ecstatic
      1221 20  -  TENNIS Sampras and US team captain Tom Gullikson overcome emotionally by Davis Cup victory By i Christopher Clarey NYT [MOSCOW] Tom Gullikson was fighting tears from behind a microphone, and it was impossible not to flash back to a spotlighted tennis court in Melbourne, Australia, 11
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        Lock icon Major keeps them guessing
        108 20 Reuter PRIME Minister John Moor's efforts to cement peace in Northern Ireland are apparently much more appreciated than his use of English. The independent Plain Language Commission in London yesterday awarded Major its annual Golden Rhubarb Trophy for the most baffling document of 1995. This was
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        Lock icon Ambassador Di? Unlikely, say ministers
        127 20 Reuter BRITISH government ministers said it is unlikely that Princess Diana could become a formal ambassador for Britain, as she had asked in a television interview last; month, the Times newspaper reported on Sunday. Buckingham Palace confirmed that top officials had talked with Princess Diana
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        Lock icon Jodie stalked on the Internet
        72 20 Reuter AMERICAN actress Jodie Foster has received death threats on the Internet, reported Hollywood newspaper, Daily Variety. It said the Los Angeles office of the Federal Bureau of Investigations had been asked to investigate the messages which included imaginary sexual encounters. They were posted in
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      152 19 UKVFTIC CROSSWORD 30 Prepares for take-off (6) 31 Writing about some fUrniture 14 See this dive a poet found YEBTBBDAYVSOLUTION restorer (9) kinky (5-4) WWH 15 Crawlers receiving angry {s{9XoT&3jtososSsffiE 2 Show evidence, having no letters (9) heart (6) 16 Getting involved in action over Ul|Uy 3 Expenditure for striking
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
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      Lock icon Hot Parkway shares fuel rumours in market
      539 21  -  Market abus over potential takeover, Sukamto's selling out By, Jenny Lam [SINGAPORE] Heavy trading of Parkway Holdings shares— which closed yesterday at a year-high of $3.94 has spawned a flood of rumours, including Indonesian tycoon Sukamto Sia selling out and a possible takeover.
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      Hotel Plaza buys Perth building for A$ 36m
      212 21 [SINGAPORE] Hotel Plaza Ltd yesterday said it had acquired a hotel and office building in Perth for As 36 million (5537.6 mUlion) from Sumitomo Life Realty (Australia) Ltd. The acquisition was made through Hotel Plaza's subsidiary, Success Venture Pty Ltd, acting as
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      Armstrong Industrial's offer 7 times subscribed
      200 21 [SINGAPORE] Precision foam and rubber component maker Armstrong Industrial Corporation has attracted a subscription rate of seven times for its mainboard initial public offering. When applications closed yesterday at noon there were 34,542 applications for 304.8 million shares. Staff and business associates of the
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      Making the right call without getting drenched
      629 21  -  HOCKIOGKSIBW By Christopher Tan SHOWERS over several areas in the early morning and late afternoon. Sounds familiar? Except that the weatherman isn't the only one in the business of hedging their predictions. It would be fair to say the same of stock analysts.
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      New SES trading board will boost foreign listings in S'pore
      339 21 Its saccess will siaka theßapnUfeaiuyMregienal funding ceatre, say analysts By\ [SINGAPORE] The Stock Exchange of Singapore's foreign board will boost the number of international companies listed here, establishing the Republic as a major regional funding centre, analysts said yesterday. They
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      Nat Steel stock's Turkish delight
      377 21  -  Skaree rise after rivals *rdered to pay anti-damping daties far predatory pricing By Ven Sreenivasan (SINGAPORE] Shares in national steelmaker Nat Steel Ltd rose yesterday after the government slapped antidumping duties on three Turkish competitors. After opening at $244, NatSteel shares climbed to an in-tra-day
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    • REGIONAL COMPANIES
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        Steamers may disconnect Viet callzone service
        461 22  -  listed group's telecom arm hit by lack of subscribers and failure to get official approval By harish Mehta [SINGAPORE] Steamers Telecommunications Pte Ltd may soon close its year-old mobile phone service in Ho Chi Minh City because of a lack of subscribers and failure
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        Cerebos buys Aussie specialty coffee firm
        226 22 Asl4m deal part of plan to ygjHwd its core food business [SINGAPORE] Cerebos Pacific has acquired a leading Australian specialty coffee business for about A 514.3 million (5514.8 million). The purchase of Mocopan Pty Ltd comes barely a week after it announced that it
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        SSL: funds are for China Square, regional projects
        254 22 [SINGAPORE] Property developer Straits Steamship Land (SSL) said yesterday it will pump about half the proceeds from its proposed bonds cum warrants issue into its China Square office project and the rest into regional projects. The issue's net proceeds are estimated at
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        Hopes of US rate cut fuel blue chip hunting in region
        331 22  -  STI Index surges 34.09 points to cross the key 2,150-mark barrier By R Sivanithy [SINGAPORE] Foreign funds continued to reshuffle their portfolios in favour of the region yesterday, sending stock markets soaring. Fuelling the rise was a decline in
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        Lock icon MHS said to be eyeing several major deals
        334 22 NST [LANGKAWI] The Malaysian Helicopter Services (MHS) group of companies are expected to be involved in no less than seven memoranda-of-un-derstanding with several aerospace and aviation-related companies in various areas that wiU propel the group to greater heights. Industry sources told the
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        MHE forms joint venture in Turkey
        133 22 [SINGAPORE] Material Handling Engineering Ltd has set up a joint venture company in Turkey which will sell material handling equipment and provide after-sales service. The joint venture, MHE Teknoloji Makina Sanayi Ve Ticaret Anonim Sirketi, has paid-up capital of 7.5 billion Turkish lira (*****,342).
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        Elec & Eltek China plant to boost turnover by 20%
        339 22 Elec Eltek China plant to boost turnover by 20% [SINGAPORE] Elec Eltek International Company expects its recently-opened Chinese plant in Huangpu to boost group turnover by 20 per cent. And when it pumps another $30 million to expand the plant, contribution to turnover would be up by a further 15
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          Sembftwang Media unit denies reports
          58 22 [SINGAPORE] Sembawang Media subsidiary Information Frontiers yesterday denied holding with the Stock Exchange of Singapore over an on-line order placement service on the Internet, as reported by local newspapers last week. The company said it had merely discussed the possibility of an SES home page
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          Two Amcol directors raise stakes
          33 22 (SINGAPORE] Two directors of Amcol have raised their stakes in the company. Amcol said yesterday that Ng Chee Kheong bought 27,000 shares and Lloyd M Lochra, 200,000 shares.
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          Sea View buys computer firm
          45 22 [SINGAPORE] Sea View Hotel Ltd yesterday acquired S V Technology Pte Ltd for $2. S V Technology deals in computers and computer-related products. None of the directors or major shareholders of Sea View Hotel has any interest In yesterday's deal
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          BnperBowl appoints general manager
          27 22 [SINGAPORE] Superßowl Holdings Ltd has appointed Tay Thiang Erng, 32, as general manager. Mr Tay will oversee the group's operational and marketing activities.
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          Teleoom forma paging unit
          30 22 [SINGAPORE] Singapore Telecom has formed a subsidiary that provides telecommunications and related services. Called ST Paging Pte Ltd, the subsidiary has a paid-up capital of $100.
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          Brodway finance director units
          20 22 [SINGAPORE] The Broadway Industrial Group yesterday accepted the resignation of its finance director, Lim Yean San.
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          Sunright ups investment in Taiwan unit
          43 22 [SINGAPORE] Sunright Ltd has raised its investment in wholly-owned subsidiary REST Systems Service to NT$B6 million (554.43 million). KEST was incorporated in the Republic of China and operates in the Science Based Industrial Park in Hsinchu, Taiwan.
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        Damansara eyes majority stake in Antara Steel
        358 22  -  From. Ruth Wong in Kuala Lumpur PROPERTY-based Damansara Realty Bhd has proposed to diversify into the steel business via the purchase of a 51 per cent stake in Antara Steel Mills for M 5244.8 million cash. The company told the Kuala Lumpur Stock
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          Trust sella 5% of Fuji distributor
          83 23 [HONGKONG] The controlling shareholders of China-Hongkong Photo Products Holdings, which distributes Fuji film in Hongkong, China and Macau, have sold 5 per cent of their holdings for HK1182.5 million (Ss33 million), the company said. The femily trust of managing director Dennis Sun sold 50
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          Nisaho Iwai buys into takeover target
          55 23 (TOKYO] Nissho I wai, Japan's sixth largest trading house, said it had been buying shares of British engineering company Araec, which is the subject of a hostile takeover bid by Norwegian company Kvaemer AS. A Nissho spokesman said the purchase was not connected to
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          Forte says more disposals to come
          53 23 [LONDON] Hotels and restaurants group Forte, locked in a takeover battle with Granada Group, said it was planning more disposals, including its 25 per cent stake in Alpha Airports Group. Forte said yesterday it planned to divest its restaurants business and realise its investment
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          Mitsubishi unit denies plan to cut output
          49 23 [TOKYO] Mitsubishi Chemical Corp denied a report that it had decided to cut polyethylene production at one of its plants, although it said it was considering streamlining its polyethylene production facilities. The plan to cut output was reported by Jiji news agency.—Ratter
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          New ceramio part lor chip-making
          64 23 [TOKYO] Kyocera Corp, the biggest Japanese maker of integrated circuit (!Q ceramic packages, said it had developed a new ceramic part to be used in semiconductor-manufacturing equipment. The part Is a vacuum chuck plate made of bead-shaped 99.5 per cent pure alumina ceramics. A vacuum
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        Lock icon Bombay bourse president vows not to allow Reliance to delist
        485 23 Even govt won't be able to help the firm poll out, he says AFP [BOMßAY] The president of the Bombay Stock Exchange vowed ahead of a board meeting yesterday to block an attempt by Reliance Industries, India's largest private sector
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        Lock icon Home sales to boost Wheelock profits?
        188 23 Reuter [HONGKONG] Residential property sales are expected to boost full-year profits of Wheelock Co, managing director John Hung said. Exceptional gains from an asset swap between various units helped at the half-year stage but should not be looked at in isolation, Mr Hung said.
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        Lock icon Fairfax shares surge 7%
        601 23 Rumour that Packer may bid for the paper publisher sends share price to highest since Sep 19 Bloomberg Business News [SYDNEY] Shares in newspaper publisher John Fairfax Holdings Ltd surged by as much as seven per cent yesterday on speculation that the company's second biggest shareholder,
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        354 23 Reuter [HONGKONG] Cash-rich Consolidated Electric Power Asia is considering paying higher dividends to help parent Hopewell Holdings Ltd reduce its debt, said Cepa chairman Gordon Wu. "If we decide, we are going to put it into immediate effect the next payment is
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        Lock icon Three major Aussie firms fined A$ 20m for price fixing
        270 23 Bloomberg Business News [SYDNEY] Three major Australian building materials' companies and their executives have been fined more than As2o million (5520.8 million) after a federal court found they were involved in price fixing in the supply of pre mixed concrete
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        Lock icon S Korean firms leading in sales, says poll
        280 23 AFP [TOKYO] South Korean com? panies account for 38 of the top"' 100 non-Japanese companies.* in Asia in terms of annual sales, followed by China with* 14, according to a survey published by the Nihon Keizai Shimbun yesterday. The survey conducted by
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        Lock icon Japan firms warned about using Net
        343 24 Stock exchange says disclosing results by computer may violate insider trading laws Bloomberg Business News {TOKYO! The Tokyo Stock Exchange is advising companies thinking of posting corporate earnings data on the worldwide Internet computer network that they may be breaking laws governing insider trading.
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        Lock icon Japan investors raise stock, bond weighting: survey
        458 24 But they reduce focus on Asian equity markets and cash instruments Reuter ITOKYOJ Japanese institutional investors Increased the weighting of stocks and bonds in their portfolios for December in a Global Asset Allocation survey by Reuters. 7 But they cut the weighting of
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        Lock icon Hie mother of all computers
        39 24 [LONDON] Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft, turning the handle on the Babbage difference engine No. 2at the Science Musuem in London. The Babbage, invented in 1847, is widely recognised as the world'sfirst computer. REUTER
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        Lock icon London exchange's profit down 46%
        150 24 Bloomberg Business News [LONDON] The London Stock Exchange said first-half net profit fell 46 per cent to £7 million (5515.1 million) from £13 million as a cost-cutting programme reduced income. The exchange also said it will take an £18.5 million charge against earnings in the
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        Lock icon Silicon Valley gears up for battle against Microsoft's Net
        458 24 Son and Netscape plan user-friendly Java technology for World Wide Web NYT [SAN FRANCISCO] Hoping to steal a march on the Microsoft's Corp's Internet strategy, which will be disclosed this week, a number of Silicon Valley companies planned announcements yesterday that
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        381 25 Approval could be given to joint venture firms or foreign insurers next yean official Reuter [BEIJING] China will open all major coastal cities to foreign insurers by 2000, People's Insurance Company of China director Yang Chao told a seminar. At present, only
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        262 25 Reuter [SINGAPORE] Asian countries could risk ending up with empty tanks if they don't do more to encourage foreign investment, analysts say. And to attract foreign investment in refinery projects, Asian countries must speed up reform of their domestic oil markets, they say.
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          Lock icon Tecom ups margin for Dec contract
          56 25 Reuter {TOKYOJ The Tokyo Commodity Exchange (Tocom) will raise the margin requirement on the December rubber fUturea contract by 50,000 yen (SfOOT) per trading lot to 130.000 sen from today. 3 The margin fees on the remaining January, February, March, April and May contracts
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          47 25 Reuter (TOKYO] Hokkaido Takushoku Bank plans to cut up to 30 outlets in Japan and abroad. However, the bank denied a newspaper report that It will reduce the number of its overseas offices by about 10 from the current 24 branches and subsidiaries.—Reuter
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          67 25 AFP (HANOI] Bank of America has agreed to lend USsl2£ million (5517.7 million) for one year to VBC Posco Steel Corp (VPS) as general working capital, a news report said yesterday. VPS is a joint venture between state-owned Vietnam Steel Corp, Haiphong
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          Lock icon Sakura Bank starts India venture
          64 25 Reuter (BOMBAY] Japan's Sakura Bank has launched a Joint venture in India to provide financial-services to Indian clients, its senior managing director Nagayoshi Kudoh said. Sakura Capital India Ltd is the first India joint venture by a Japanese bank. Sakura and its Indian partner, KhimJi
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          60 25 Reuter (BEIRUT] Citibank plans to open a full commercial banking branch in Lebanon in the first quarter of 1996, banking sources said yesterday. It has already signed a lease for premises in a prestigious commercial centre in west Beirut, they said. Citibank closed its ftill
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        126 25 Reuter [SHANGHAI] The Chinese renminbi moved up steadily to around 8.3119 from 8.3149 in November helped by the central bank's intervention on the Shanghai-based China Foreign Exchange Trade System, the China Securities newspaper said. The paper quoted experts as saying the effect of Beijing's decision
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        Lock icon 10-year bonds on horizon, says HK finance secretary
        292 25 Move follows first issue of seven-year notes just weeks ago Bloomberg Business News [HONGKONG] The Hongkong government is considering its first 10-year bond sale, but has not fixed a date for the issue, the territory's top finance official said. "It's on our
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        Kunming to let foreign banks in
        171 25 [BEIJING] Kunming, capital of south-west China's border province of Yunnan, has become the latest city to allow foreign financial institutions to establish branches. An official of the People's Bank of China told China Daily Business Weekly that the State Council took this decision recently.
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        263 25 Reuter (BANGKOK] The sluggish Thai primary bond market should grow more active next year as local interest rates are expected to ease, investment bankers and bond analysts said. "Local interest rates are likely to come down next year from current high levels,
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        475 25 HSBC exec says loans are cheaper and easier to obtain Bloomberg Business News [HONGKONG] Bank loans, not bonds, will finance much of the US$l trUlion (Ssl.4 trillion) needed to build Asia's infrastructure over the next five years, the head of Hongkong
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        1207 25 nrrEEBAMKCORaEMCT RATES Against S$ Against USS Against S$ Aaainst USS Cwt ancles M Offor BM Offf Corroncles BM Offor BM offer J French franc 28.2968 28.3282 4.9915 iii| Local dollars to on* unit of foreign currency: Hongkong dollar 18.26 7.7355 7733*5 Australian dollar 1.0455 1 0449 0.7199 0.7404 Indonesia rupiah
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        163 25 Reuter THE dollar dug in its heds above support at European mid-session, underpinned m the French franc recovered from lows against the mark but still highly susceptible ft the woes of the French unit.. With little else to guide the dollar, traders said the franc's weakness inspired by
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        300 25 ENERGY REPORT Reuter [LONDON) World oil prices continued to climb yesterday, hitting fresh five-month highs on forecasts of icy weather in Europe this week. January futures for North Sea Brent crude, the world oU price benchmark, traded up seven cents at 1630
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        902 26 (KUALA LUMPUR] Tin price on the Kuala Lumpur Tin Market closed five sen lower at M 515.69 on lack of bids and an easier close on the London Metal Exchange last Friday, dealers said. The US$5 drop on the LME was a continuation of the LME's bearish trend
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        1160 26 Reuter [SINGAPORE] Simex Eurodollar futures ended steady with a firm undertone on lingering expectations of a cut in US interest rates later this month, but dealers said any further gains were likely to be limited. The recent flow of weak US economic data and comments by the Federal
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          Manila starts Importing rice
          102 26 [SINGAPORE] The Philippines has begun the use of an option recently approved by President Fidel Ramos to import 500,000 tonnes of rice, according to officials at the National Food Authority. Mr Ramos last month approved the import 0f500,000 tonnes to curb shortages after typhoons damaged part
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          Indonesia slows rice purchases
          97 26 [SINGAPORE] Indonesia has begun slowing its rice purchases ahead of the harvest of its 1996-97 (Feb-Jan) crop, sources said. Indonesia's new rice crop is seen yielding about 46 million tonnes of unhusked rice, and the local authorities are hoping this amount will tide over shortages, they
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          European aluminium output up 1.7%
          104 26 [LONDON] Primary production of aluminium rose by 1.7 per cent to 2.373 million tonnes in the first nine months of 1995 from the year-ago period, according to the European Aluminium Association. European aluminium smelters are currently operating at an average capacity utilisation of about 93.5
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          Taiwan exports more pork
          57 26 [TAIPEI] Taiwan's pork exports stood at 28,617 tonnes in October, compared with 23,880 tonnes a year earlier, the Council of Agriculture said yesterday. October exports were worth U*****.8 million (*****.5 million). For the first 10 months of 1995, pork exports totalled 229,773 tonnes, up from 194,339
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          Food tor Iraq arrives at Jordanian port
          84 26 [AMMAN] A chartered ship arrived at the Jordanian Red Sea port of Aqaba last week carrying 8,018 tonnes of Vietnamese rice destined for Iraq, shipping sources said yesterday. The shipment, directly imported by the Iraqi government, arrived aboard the Vietnamese-flagged Song Thong which
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      1245 26 SICOM FPTUBB8 Dec 4 RUMER (futures dosing is it 5.30pm) RSS 1 CONTRACTU CMtsAf) Close Volume OfM Month High Low Sett (toowoi) Interest Jan 96 224.00 220.00 222.50 600 2275 Feb 96 224.00 223.00 222.50 300 1750 Mar 96 224.00 223.00 222.50 300 1550 Apr/Jun 96 221.00 216.00
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        2318 27 ♦6127 STOCKS climbed to a 10month high, led by banks and brokerages, amid optimism that government help and lower interest rates will help steer Japan's troubled financial system out of crisis. "We can expect the government to give its solution to our financial troubles this month," said a dealer.
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        659 27 +315 Shares closed higher as resource and media stocks pushed the bourse to a 22month high. The All Ordinaries Index surged 39.5 points to finish at 2,202.8, its highest point since February 1994. The All Industrials soared 49.9 points to 3,274.4 while the All Resources rose 32.6 to 1,395.0.
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        Manila
        404 27 +B&S6 Share prices surged, bolstered by the return of foreign investors and expectations of a sin-gle-digit inflation rate. "Foreign investors are starting to accumulate. Investors are already positioning for next year," said a trader. The PSE Composite Index gained 85.86 points to 2,553.00. Turnover was 1.73 billion shares valued
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        384 27 -64.05 Share prices finished lower due to profit taking after the weekend's parliamentary elections, with banking and financial shares hit hardest. "Investors who bought shares before the elections took advantage of early gains in the opening to take profit and hence pulled down the index towards the end of
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        481 27 +3.72 Stocks advanced as investors bid up shares in large export companies and financial shares. The Composite Price Index rose 3.72 points to 934.95 with 12 million shares done, down from this year's daily average of 25 million shares. Gainers beat falls 387 to 357 with 230 shares unchanged.
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        109 27 *4.42 Stocks were little changed as investors and stockbrokers awaited the Bombay Stock Exchange's response to a request by Reliance Industries to delist its shares, analysts said. Reliance, India's largest private sector company and the most heavily weighted stock on the Bombay index, asked for its stock to be
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        Wellington
        363 27 -5.44 Shares declined as brewer Lion Nathan and other stocks shed their dividends, traders said. Harbour manager Ports of Auckland gained after the company's capital reduction, they said. Newspaper publisher Wilson Horton also gained on Friday's news that Irish entrepreneur Tony O'Reilly's Independent Press Holdings has raised its stake
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        577 27 -10.7 UK STOCKS fell, pulled down by British Sky Broadcasting and British Telecom, amid concern the sluggish economy will hobble profit growth before lower rates can rejuvenate the economy. Malaise in the market was compounded by falling prices for brewers after unimpressive results from Scottish Newcastle, and companies that
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        685 27 +U4 Stocks were mixed as Apple Computer Inc and Sun Microsystems Inc led gains in com-puter-related shares. Losses in Procter Gamble Co and Boeing Co offset the gains. At 11.05 am EST, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 6.14 points to 5,093.27. The Standard Poor's 500 Index
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      2476 28 Reuter Q Hang Seng *78.08 STOCKS closed with solid gains but off steep early highs, with profit taking kicking in as the 10,000 psychological cap nears, brokers said. The blue-chip Hang Seng Index put on 78.08 points to end at 9,940.63, off the day's high of 9,971.68. Turnover dropped
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      709 28 Reuter IH| Shanghai B Share Index +&Q7 SHANGHAI B share index closed modestly higher on light demand but trading was dull with most investors reluctant to build new positions given the uncertain market outlook, brokers said. The index rose 0.07 point to 50.60 on volume of four million shares
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      1043 28 Bloomberg Business News Q Composite Index +7.20 STOCKS rose to their highest levels in more than a month as the outlook for lower US interest rates encouraged foreign investors to bet on Indonesia's economic development. "I saw a lot of net foreign buying today," said a trader. The Composite
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      1195 28 Bloomberg Business News rl SET Index *2101 STOCKS rose almost 2.5 per cent to their highest levels in a month, led by financial issues on hopes US interest rates would soon be cut, analysts said. "Domestic fundamentals aren't going to change unless they get some outside help," said an
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        6559 29 KUALA humirvtißeports Bloomberg Business News IHI Composite Index *170 MALAYSIAN stocks rose to a two-month high as investors focused on the prospect of lower interest rates and on the shrinking trade deficit, an indication the currency won't depreciate. "All the regional markets
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        JSH 199B warrants a watch?
        3694 30  -  WARRANT WATCH -Ry R Sivanithy A QUICK look down the gearing column of BT's warrants table shows just how wide a range is available. Figures range from as low as 1.1 times to as high as 10 times. In the latter end of the range
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        2092 31 TURNOVER COOO) VALUE COOO) c»» Tui mm o»> T«t* m*«»rW 36.031 31.7*5 67.526 132,700 47,362 180.062 Fin**# 7,415 15,771 23,156 54.750 24,200 55,950 2,324 1.932 4.256 5,250 2,673 7,923 10,546 25,215 36,064 45.156 25,703 74,559 5.135 5.135 3,758 3,768 MMnq 3,675 3.578 9,t31 9,131 5*.* 11.965 5.930 20,595 19.083 7,125
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        4282 31 Or Gr M Wt 1995 Last Vol Day Last Quota Dt* Div Yld Nat Cap Ava NH> Law StWa Ciwuny «ata COOP) Ht» Law 8uyar SaMar CV M M PHca MBUSTIMLS 210 176 1258 AcarSOc US186 *2 56 186 184 186 187 )2 6 307.9 490 318* mt
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        834 32  -  Surge in trading volume and blue chip interest spark hopes of sustained rally gTOOTMAIPT OOMMXDVTABY By R Sivanithy [SINGAPORE] A strong followthrough of institutional demand from Friday swept the local market higher yesterday, enabling the Straits Times Industrials Index to
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          78 32 WILL SeadaQ-lkted Supercoflfeemix be the next target ofa takeover by an Indonesian party* Several substantial shareholders have recently sold lmys chunks of their holdings, including members of the controllingfemifelMweek,!* Lay Goat and TeKokChiew sold 646,000 and 1.35 million shares respectively Some soureee think the buyer is likely
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          105 32 HOPEWELL Holding's Gordon Wubatievaa P In keeping his infrastructure company, Consolidated Electric Power Asia (Cepa), cash-rich so that it stands ready to tap i potential projects as and when they arise. Explaining his stratafy, he says: ITlwetea young man and a pretty girl winks at me, she won't
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          Telkom underwriters get easy
          135 32 3«£V /v •A\ IiHJS global underwriters of 2 Telekom unikasi Indonesia (Ttfkoffiykirred up a hornefs nest last week when they exercised their option to buy Ave million Telkom American Depository Shares (ADS) representing 100 million Telkom shares. The Green Shoe Option, which expires 30 r daysaftarli^givestlwgWjir^J
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          37 32 Biuiummror toe 434-umt terrace housing iSsed fbr price discounts seemed nacettsrv^ii itLttiipArrrvMrr rr *7* Loym|Vm« looted expensive. Buyers who lnw contracted to buy LoyangVUls may Ibf every llOO.OOOftreqnt y c S|tt4sffl& 1
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      251 32 Singapore dosing Share Prices 4/12/1995 CLOSE PREV LOW HIGH a||||a US$ US$ US$ US$ Mllff Jardine Math—on 6.60 6.20 6.25 6.60 IffflSHl Jard,n strategic. 2.76 2.66 2.67 2.76 iTOf 1 Dairy Faun 0.82 0.82 0.79 0.83 Hongkong Land 1.87 1.80 1.83 1.87 ■■■nill Mandarin Oriental 1.22 1.18 1.20 1.23 EfittUiltfßl
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      299 33 Reuter Knight-Ridder THE dry cargo freight market eased at week's end despite a shrinking supply of modern Panamaxes for December loading in the US Gulf.The BFllost 10 points to 1634, less than 100 points above the low for the year of 1538 recorded a month ago. Early modern
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      301 33 SU *000 Dec4 SS W CWT Distribution 1.45 *0.04 t!4 Chuan Hup 1.16 -OOI 39 Cosco In* 1.92 *0.02 5 FELS 6.05 *0.K> 285 Freight Links 0.765 unch 39 OB Holdings 1.23 unch 338 Hai Sun Hup 0.925 *0.005 562 Hitachi Zosen 1.05 *0.02 59 IMC Holdings HK
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      393 33  -  The IMB received reports of 100 attacks this year against 66 in the same period last year By\ Rahita Elias [SINGAPORE] Pirates continue to terrorise ships at sea. In the first nine months of this year, 100 attacks were reported to the International Maritime
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      Austal wins design award for catamaran
      188 33 [SINGAPORE] Australian shipbuilder Austal Ships has bagged the Design Award in the 1995 Western Australian Industry and Export Award with its catamaran Auto Express. The 79-metre ferry, which can carry 600 passengers and 160 cars, cost about Asso million (5552.5 million) and took 12
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      216 33 [SINGAPORE] Singapore's waste reception facility rate structure could be a model for other countries which currently penalise environmentfriendly tanker operators. The new managing director of the International Association of Independent Tanker Owners (Intertanko), Dagfinn Lunde, said at a press conference here
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      Lock icon Chiwan Wharf sells 40m new shares for HK $2.9O each
      115 33 Bloomberg Business News (HONGKONG) Shenzhen Chiwan Wharf Holdings Ltd, which manages shipping through the Chiwan port in China's Pearl River Delta, has sold 40 million new shares for HKS2.9O each, the underwriter said. Given the depressed state of the Shenzhen
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      279 33 Leon Britt&n hopes to jolt other govts into action by taking lead FT [BRUSSELS] The European Commission plans to ratify next month an international agreement to phase out shipbuilding subsidies, even if other signatories have not given legislative approval. The agreement is
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      HK to call bids for cargo terminal
      140 33 [SINGAPORE] The Hongkong government will formally call for tenders for the new Tuen Mun River Trade (cargo) Terminal in the Dec 29 government gazette, according to a report in the Hongkong Standard yesterday. The Standard also quoted Port Development Board sec retary Tony
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      1089 34 SHIPBUILDING IN CHINA: ALL SYSTEMS GO As China's shipyards look certain to turn in a record production this year, further plans are under way for the country's 160 yards to almost double their output by the year 2000 Lloyd's List A SUBSTANTIAL increase in the output of
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      INDEX TO SHIPPING LINES ANDFREIGHT FORWARDERS
      329 34 PAGE ACL 13 ANL 3 Able n Accord 12 Ahters 6 Ahrenkiel 4 Appenship 4 Astro 10 Austral 13 Avant 6 BSA 13 Batamindo 11 B'tang Mas 12 Bright Express 6 CCNI 4 CMA U COSCO 11 CSAV 3 Centenary 11 Central Ex 13
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        730 47 Vessel Voy No Berth Arrival Departure Halomoan 12/95 '"Jl alongside 05.12/1900 (SI) Man Sari 0V95 Jl alongside 05 12/1800 (ST) Makndo I 1/95 J1 alongside 0512/1600 (IT) Rasa KasAan 4/95 J1 alongside 05.12/1900 (IT) S15-0305 7/95 Jl alongside 05.12/1000 (IT) Sentosa C106 6/95 Jl alongside 05.12/1900 Batam Indah
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        1564 47 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Booking/Balance Rstls Ship Voy No Etb/Btr P»rtod From To From Ac* J*>* 267B 05/1700 J 05/0700 05/1159 05/1400 4 05/1200 05/1459 05/1700 Ati U»ender 005* 05/1400 IA 04/1500 04/1659 04/1900 Ac« Swot 199* 06/0200 II 04/1500 04/1659 04/1900 3 05/0700
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        389 47 DECS Thailand: King's Birthday. DEC 6 Ecuador: Holiday, Quito only. Finland: Independence Day of Finland. Spain: (tentative) Constitution Day. Sri Lanka: Poya Day. DEC 7 Ivory Coast: National Day. DEC 8 Argentina: Immaculate Conception. Austria: Feast of Immaculate Conception. Brazil: Local holiday on some exchanges, Immaculate Conception. Chile:
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        886 47 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Marine Oil Ltd, shows price ranges in US dollars instead of single prices for a more comprehensive description of the market. Prices shown are based on average-sized stem. Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the individual
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        334 48 New Zealand air traffic controllers' strike Both airlines operating at half normal flight frequency on domestic routes Reuter [WELLINGTON] Air New Zealand Ltd and Ansett NZ said they were coping reasonably well with industrial action by air traffic controllers, who began a
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        180 48 [SINGAPORE] Some 30 aviation and aerospace companies from France will descend on the Asian Aerospace '96 exhibition to be held here next February. Companies such as helicopter manufacturer Eurocopter, Aerospatiale and Dassault will be among those taking part, French Aerospace Industries Association
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        382 48 Cambodia's national carrier hopes to expand to Europe, China by next year AFP [PHNOM PENH] Cambodia's national airline Royal Air Cambodge (RAC) has applied for landing rights at Tokyo's Narita Airport as part of an expansion plan that the carrier hopes
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        138 48 Reuter [PHOENIX] America West Airlines Inc said in a statement that rumours of a pending acquisition or merger of the company by or with Continental Airlines Inc or Northwest Airlines Corp in connection with its reduction in work force are not true. A company
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        158 48 AFP [NEW DELHI] The US government on Saturday allowed Air India to expand operations to five more American cities, officials here announced. India's Civil Aviation Secretary Yogesh Chandra said the breakthrough for Air India came after the two
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        144 48 Reuter [BEIJING] The third partner in a Sino-South Korean venture to manufacture a 100-seat passenger aircraft has yet to be decided, state-run Aviation Industries of China said. The official Xinhua news agency last week quoted Aviation Industries vice-president Wang Ang as saying
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        387 48 Demand for passenger cars projected to rise 27% UPI [HONGKONG) New cars and vans are arriving in China and going straight into bonded warehouses to await tariff cuts seen as likely to fuel a buying binge. Officials said 700 sevenseat windstar minivans
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          92 48 Reuter [TOKYO) Honda Motor Co Ltd said it has reached a basic agreement to use diesel engines made by Rover Group, the British unit of Bayerische Motoren-Werke (BMW), for diesel versions of the 1997-model-year, five-door Civic to be produced by Honda's British unit. Honda
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          92 48 [SINGAPORE! The Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group has teamed up with China Airlines and Japan Airlines to offer more benefits to members of the lines' frequent flyer programmes. Under the new agreement with China Airlines, members may chalk extra miles by staying at any Mandarin Oriental
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          92 48 Reuter [HARTFORD, Connecticut] Members of the International Association of Machinists on Sunday ratified a new three-year agreement with United Technologies Corp's Pratt Whitney unit, the company said. The contract grants pay rises of 9 per cent over the three years to the 6,100 workers
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          53 48 Bloomberg Business News (SHANGHAI] Jiangling Motors Corp. a partner of Ford Motor Co, started production at its new diesel engine plant, the China Securities newspaper reported. The plant, first approved in 1992, cost 931 million yuan (Ssls7 million). It will turn out 120,000 engines each year,
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          72 48 AFP [TOKYO] Japan Airlines Co Ltd (JAL) said last week it planned to launch a new service to the Hawaiian island of Kona, which will complement the existing service to Honolulu. JAL said it planned to operate three return flights a week using 404-seat
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        235 48 Bernama-Kyodo [TOKYO] The Nihon Kogyo Shimbun said in a front-page story that a reorganisation has been carried out at the production centre of Japan's no 1 automaker in Motomachi, Toyoda, Aichi prefecture. The daily quoted a Toyota official
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        1665 48 CITY FjJGHT ETA FLIGHT ETO 0F6 1840 LH773 2359 Abu Dhabi BY609 2120 Fukuoka S0989 1730 S0990 0115 AdalaMa BY609 1910 OF82 2050 F«fco« MU5107 1530 1 25 1930 (MM SR187 2310 GuangzhouPRC C2354 0920 S 5 SS S '305 VN744 1405 KL837 1540 S0/D126 2355
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      501 33 BULLETIN BOARD «GAC unit sets up regional base in S'pore ■■I he Gulf Agency Company group has set up a I regional office in Singapore for its freight forwarding arm, GAC Cargo Systems, and has appointed Bill Hill the regional manager for Far East. Mr Hill, who was working with
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      727 36 VGSa VOY HAM riMM ANT IMA S7o* P KELANC SIN I HKG (AO TYO |SM KOH NAC I HAWWHEXWBS H/7H 15/11 17/11 "~U7TI if/TT |/i? l?/l? TW 71/12 I H7iF ~IW JA£A 43/44* 11/11 It/11 IVII TVII 21/11 IQ/1? I 11/1? I 14/1? 11/1? I If/I II NTKAtMI Ot/747 22/11
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      716 36 I I JAPAN/HONGKONG/STRAITS REGULAR SERVICE J I LOADING FOR PORT KLANG/PENANG I vessel vor spore pgudawc pks pen YAYASAN SATU 1« SLD IN PT I intramuros i inpt 07 otc Pm SBIGHT H MPT I I TAMA DREAM 2 >7 DEC M PEC 11 PEC I BYOICIM 25 W DEC
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      958 37 EW STRAITS SHIPPING PTE LTD 10 Hoe Clilai| Road #11-01 Kippai To wars H Singapore 0200 Tel: *****00 Fax: *****17 NEW OUINEA PACIFIC HMF SM6AFORE (A SERVICE Of CHINA NAVIGATION CO) STRAITS SIM V9607E M Dac M Dae Mam I iHan t Kola KinabaLu STRAITS HOPE V9SIK 12 oac HDae
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      1633 37 B&O Containers (Singapore Agendo Pte Ltd First Class Connections WORLDWIDE CR Number *****9 *****/. EXPORT IMPORT VM»«L VOY •*«l4 *U~li SOU AWT WOT HAM OOT IM LEM DRAGOER MAERSK 9602 04/12 05/12 07/12 3*12 26/12 26/12 jJSfj*: OOT WOT HAM MB SOU LEH ALO JK> SHENZHEN BAY MM 06/12 07/12
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      485 37 "a" m k M J Wi M H I^l OOTI °w wa pa I joh| «M HKS KAO TAI B WIT«MGM OBMJM WMNW2I3AM2t 03/12 M/121M/12| 07-o*l2~ 11/12 I*l2 IVI2 17/12 23/12 21/12 21/12 2V12 WAM HA1221 mt\ M/ 12 17/12 M/12| 10-11/12 14/12 I*l2 I*l2 2*12 "W ~2yi2~ "a»12~ 23/12
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      1123 38 EUROPE/UK/BCAHOINAVIA/FIHLAHO/RUSSIA SfiP ROM AJfW HBG TUP LHV LHV TNf RON MW HH KL S6P I. GENERAL RW-044 1/12 30/12 31/12 1/1 3/1 5/1 i GOING RE-OM IMI 13/11 15/11 14/11 17/11 11/12 R REACH RW-ON 11/12 5/1 0/1 7/1 VI 11/1 E GIANT RE 062 ***** 20/11 22/11 23/11 24/11
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      905 38 VfSMI VOTMI WP DM AM DM lAN IWT 111 I VtSSft VOTAM MM AIU DMN lAN SGP I KIUUA 0374-00SW M/ 17 JO/1 J TIM *1/12 71/1? 7V17 74/1J lUM OHWACO 037M1« 03/17 04/1? 04/1? 05/1? I«/ 1? I i* conor asnm* 15/1? ?5/i? ?i/i? ?7/i? ?i/i? t»/i? b/i? tmouir
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      690 38 QT) RICHFIELD MARME AGENCIES (S) PTE LTD IV? TEL: *****33 (12 LINES) LSL FAX: *****15/*****03 IfTl TELEX: RS ***** RtSHiP (3 Unes) 1 CR NO: **********0E KSS ETHIOPIAN SHIPPMfi UNES J (National Line* at Ethiopia) ACCEPTING FCI AND CONVENTIONAL V*wi Voy ETA Loading lor Spore 40WB 15/12 Andtoat 42W8 15/01
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      490 42 B* KAPAL KRIS Shipping Pte Ltd I 701DUXTON ROAD, S'PORE *****9 M: *****76 Fox: *****77 CR NO. **********0G SYARIKAT PERKAPALAN KRIS SENDIRIAN BERHAD 109-609 BLOCK A GLOMAC BUSINESS CENTRE, 10 J ALAN SS 6/1, KELANA JAYA, P.O. BOX 8428 ***** PEIAUNG JAYA, SELANGOR. TH: *****77/78/79 FAX: *****07 THEX: MA *****
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      208 42 INTERMARITIME SOUTHERN AFRICA SERVICE (K fST «OOUCTS SiIVKE) FW: U.K./ COWHff/ —Bl£ EAST TO: FAB EJttT DIRECT MONTHLY SAIUNQS EUKOP! saVKt vnsa/vOY SW lAßloums honckonc khluwg VESSB. U TOM SM K MYS D9N CT TAW SKN KKU TMA MEDCAVI29 99/91 11/91 IS/91 17/91 MTtt«UUmMEVII4 2J/1219/11 9J/91 14/91 29/91 29/91 HANDY
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      287 42 ItJuIJJI.IMII.IIiJ SI TELOK BLANGAH ROAD M 2-02 OTIPORT CBITRE. STORE 0401 TEL *****11 (6 lines) FAX: *****05 TLX: RS ***** CB NO. **********0W rasa m n» etd oanunoo kaguh mm umm mntm pwowoniimim lmmm m« mntm mnm wntvwm MAMJRW IMS WMt tVMM NUNTtX nmmm am Mntm 11mm tauMKcnai nmumm mm
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      78 42 Jw Astro Shipping Pte Ltd WEEKLY CONSOLIDATION SERVICE 08/12,15/12 14 >r. a tmmrn» tfL <n uLM UayuX|yy| MS9 Qu9pM|Wfll« wjwsww) IS VMW fW lI9B^OO| TtL 220-*****10 UMES) FAX: 325-401)0 /jw/ SPEEPAUNES ifl www jmbmka ynra |<qy law lm Iwn Ijw lew Iwe law |w> Ists I ,11. I LTD Financial
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      1392 43 CARGO TO VARNA, ODESSA AND CONSTANTZA VIA UMASSOL M—lt: Til (Gltril): ttHHt 4|f»cr D«»f CO STAR SHIPPING PTE LTD f tmiti cmmtur rmifr x« u «?nw ntt iVr*'* M TlltlZUU tOSHIF CmnwMM/. *****50 0 /0 ***** is Oftrttlll CMll—r: 4ZIS7IS OBS Hi, Tower 2 Cfl«» *****3f0000 M Fit tiittU SSISSiS
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      692 43 ■V —j HEUNG-A SHIPPING [KOREAN FLAG) BIISAN DIRECT SERVICE INCHON DIRECT EXPRESS SVC (8 Days Transit) (9 Days Transit) M/V GLORIA I V.547N M/V HEUNG-A GRACE V.558N ETA SIN 14/12/95 ETA SIN 10/12/95 M/V LEEWARD V.548N M/V CY EXPRESS V.N1560 ETA SIN 24/12/95 ETA SIN 20/12/95 S'FORI AGENTS: M'SU AGOtTS:
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      576 43 I FAMOUS CONTAINER LINES j/l*** 80 ROBINSON ROAD, #22-02 SINGAPORE *****8 HOT LINE: *****33 (30 LINES) Weekly Sailing To a I I AUSTRALIAN PORTS FOR MORE DETAILS CALL KEN SIM I VERON ONG *****33 P. KLANG PH: 0203/*****02 (10 LINES) PENANG PH: 0204/*****7 (10 LINES) J. BAHRU PH: 0207-*****22 GLOBEUNK
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      891 44 BrnnHifliMiiimMl^B VESSEL [vessel VOY SW PEW \s lKmmct n== =T =T= WANA BHUM 303S Wod I 08/12 ~St I 09/12 CHU TIAM 5819 07/12 It 08/12 HATHA BHUM SSN Tue IHPI St I 09/12 Q°o° BASV 2SSB Fri OK/12 Tut 12/12 OURU BHUM 5198 St_ 08/12_ _Tue_ 12/12 §SJ AKABHUM
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      627 45 MA MYANMA wBHk FIVE STAR UNE (MytWMr NattoMl Um) Loading ftr Tango* (Rangooa) VOY SJN PKG MM PGU MTOMATWA I$7W 7-f/U PIKYA MOW SIB SID ■AUYSIA AGCMTV NUSTUO SMPPMC AGWOfS KIIU TE 02-03-*****00 PW: HI 02-03-37M101 Kit Ttt 02-04-*****02 POO: IB 02-07-*****21/4 BANK LINE (A s«fvkt NORTHBOUND TO UKC SCMKONUWa
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      1177 45 Z7": ADVANCE CONTAINER LINES (PTE) LTD 1A P I 140 Cadi street #12-00, PIL Building. Singapore 0106 M V Li TEL: *****21. FAX *****19, TELEX RS ***** ACLPL CR NO **********06 BANOKOK <i lo Ht, i SMm Ml. i falUnp lCh» mnmr *ynipajrff Thailand (2 voy aw bkk sin vtsm
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      945 45 VESS6LS VOY S"" l£ HAVRE HAMBURG THAMESPORT ROTTERDAM ANTWEfIP VBJ-E OE NORMA NI2W 07/12 28/12 29/12 03/01? VM-LE OE CARINA CIZW 14/12 OWI 06/01 08/01 09/01 11/01 VH_L£ DC SAGrTTA SI2W 21/12 08/01 KVOI 12AM 13/01 ISOI VHIE D AQCXLA AI2W 28/12 W2 WW iftfOl 2&01 2*T ALSO ACCEPTING CARGO
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      660 46 PS a- n AC SINO EXPRESS SHIPPING (PTE) LTD. 11 COLLYER QUAY *06-01 THE ARCADE SINGAPORE 0104. V TEL: *****00 (4 LINES) FAX: *****08 TLX: R*****1 SINOEX SIWOTRAWS SHANGHAI (CONTAINER SERVICE) SIH/HKQ/BHAI STORE HKQ SHAI VESSEL VOY ETA I ETD ETA I ETP ETA ETD JFASTER 9525/9526 mi 14/12 15/12
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      483 46 mmrnm contains LINES, tm zsswssL, s ssskssst NEXT CONSOL TO:-FREMANTLE Afl/ "B. DEUMA V 395 ETA SIN: 7-12-95 NEXT CONSOL TO:- SHANGHAI MV "BUNGA SEROJA" V.N006 ETA SIN: 08-12-95 CALL EXPORT/IMPORT: *****22 l-firsTA EASTIRN CAR LINER, LTD. |ii ia (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD j MAO t HEAVY LIFT CARRKR UP TO
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      140 46 111 MFL SHIPPING (INT'L) SSSff PTE LTD SUBSIDIARY OF HAI SUN HUP GROUP FCL/LCL CONSOLIDATION SERVICES MOT LINES; *****42/345 ACCEPTING CARGOES TO EUROPE BASI POUTS/ SYDNEY/MEUOURNE A"®*®™* Fa TO USA PORTS AND CtOSS-iORDa SOVKE i TO MEXICO AND CANADA VKSEt VOY ETA (SIN) HUP TAI 006S 07/12 KOTAIHTAN IHTI2I 10/12
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