The Business Times, 20 December 1995

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    21 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MIT A (P) 046/12/95 Inter net: http: www .asia 1 .com. sg/bizt imes SINGAPORE WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 20,1995 85c
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    MARKET SUMMARY
    74 1 asm 2487.34 (-13.20) [I BTOOHP mm u%u* (-10.05) fl BT-MGA U UML3I (+2.20) Q MAIIET MOOD: Uacertata OTPta ■AMETDTOKES Mowtey Chuff KLSE COUP 977.49 -151 NIKKEI 19,149.49 -170.59 HANG SENG 9,706.8$ -1M.72 SET INDEX *****6 -7.00 JAKARTA COUP 491.74 -1J7 MANILA COUP 2.476.15 -15.81 TAIPEI WPI 5,081 iy
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    FINANCE
    71 1 EXCHARBEIATES US* ss USI 1.415 I litt. 1178 DM JJ»_ 9.988 *199 .9.985 1.J94 Ml .91M 0.5S« HKS .9.129. 0.183 ■AMT 9.949. .9.956 BUPIAH199 9.944 .9.96 HUB BATES SINGAPORE* KUALA LUKflHL 8.15 JAKARTA 17J# BANGKOK 1475 MANILA ISM HONGKONG Mi TAJPH 800 SYDNEY. 1075 TOKYO jtM SEOUL 1100 ZURICH"
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    China plans to cut tariffs to 13% by year 2000
    772 1  -  All import quotas, licensing and other non-tariff import control also to be abolished By Lu Ning [SINGAPORE] China intends to go further than what its leaders have publicly pledged and reduce tariffs from the current average of 35.9 per cent
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    Lock icon Japan to use public cash to solve housing loan problems
    235 1 Reuter AFP [TOKYOJ The Japanese government agreed late yesterday to use public funds to clean up the massive losses of housing loan companies and end a prolonged battle between banks and farm-related lenders. Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama's Cabinet agreed to
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    Lock icon Dow's plunge takes its toll
    317 1  -  By\ R Sivanithy [SINGAPORE] The Dow Jones Industrial Average's alarming 101-point plunge overnight took its toll on the region's stock markets yesterday, sending the majority of players into a cautious mood. Losses, however, were fairly well contained as far as blue chip indices were concerned,
    Source: Bloomberg; ALLAN  -  317 words
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    Lock icon Court order finds Samsuddin back at Landmarks
    352 1  -  The tussle for the firm widens as he says remaining stake won't be divested By R Sivanithy [SINGAPORE] The tussle for control of listed Malaysian firm Landmarks Bhd took another twist yesterday, with ousted chairman Samsuddin Abu Hassan obtaining an order from the
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      143 1 bmeqmb BL u— M U fiß KMC BUB Two apartment blocks Robin Heights and Fontana Gardens in the Stevens Road area have been sold for $78.9 m to Kuo Properties, Pg2 MBWBUBOB IWi this pg. Dow's performance not a significant factor in regional stock markets these days. fars727pf,£g2 Residential property
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      10 1 Wall St likely to remain on tenterhooks: analysts, Pg 18
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      178 1 Mm—i to pioneer new foreign investor policy, Pg 7 It took months to get the sound right. Outstanding RELIABILITY TOOK 1000 HOURS LONGER. MASTER R£VEIL. r *mt£wmWHm K Twmjl Master watches. A lf MADE IN THE TRAINTIONAL SCHOOL. Tuned like a musical INSTRUMENT. AS V DEPENDABLE AS SUNrise, the Master
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
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      Lock icon Stevens Road en bloc parcel sells for $78.9m
      406 2  -  Bid by Peter Fa's Kao Properties exceeds expectations but is in line with area's strong levels Byl Michelle Low TWO neighbouring apartment developments off Stevens Road have been sold for $78.9 million to Kuo Properties, a private company owned by Peter Fu,
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      Growth in precision engineering seen at 15%
      442 2  -  •Healthy performance spurred by strong growth in manufacturing EDB Reports by Teh Hooi Ling SINGAPORE'S precision engineering industry, an important part of the manufacturing sector, is expected to grow 15 per cent to $10.2 billion in 1995. The healthy performance is being driven
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      Heraeus plans $30m expansion to double sales by '98
      273 2 HERAEUS Precision Engineering (HPE), a German-Sin-gapore joint venture, plans to invest $30 million in its Singapore plant over the next three years to double its sales to $70 million by 1998. HPE, in which listed Singapore Technologies Industrial Corporation has a
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      Lock icon Retail woes continued in October
      331 2  -  EYE ON THE ECONOMY Retail By, Jenny Lam DESPITE the emergence of several new shopping centres this year, monthly retail sales figures have been showing sluggish growth since June. The October retail sales index continues the dismal trend, with a mere 2.1 per cent rise
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      Seagate plant to save time and costs with Ediman electronic link
      176 2 SEAGATE Technology's Senoko plant yesterday said it would implement a locally-de-veloped ordering and delivery system which could result in savings of $180,000 a year. The Ediman (Electronic Data Interchange for Manufacturing) standard, which provides direct electronic links between manufacturers
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      Lock icon Taking great pains for a bit of paint
      99 2 THlScrosson top of the steeple of the Armenian Church ofSt Gregory along Hill Street needed a simple paintjob... but getting there to do it wasn't that simple. The contractor for the job had to arrange for a mobile crane with a boom
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      $500m scheme to boost companies' innovation efforts
      291 3  -  Cheow Tong says it will help businesses succeed in rapidly changing markets By David Mok THE government is setting up a |500-million Innovation Development Scheme to promote innovation in Singapore, Minister for Trade and Industry Yeo Cheow Tong said yesterday. The scheme, to
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      New fax service with up to 50% discounts
      231 3 SINGAPORE Telecom is introducing a new service which will offer discounts of up to 50 per cent to customers who send large volumes of international faxes. Called Private Fax Net, the service gives discounts on International Direct Dialling (IDD) charges. It has
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      Good show by hotel F&B outlets run by outsiders
      189 3 THE 81 externally-operated food and beverage outlets in hotels performed respectably in the first 10 months of this year. They recorded a 12 per cent rise in turnover to $141.5 mUlion from the previous corresponding period, according to the latest monthly
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    • NEWSRoundup
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        Fam is head of presidential advisers
        66 3 MICHAEL Fam is acting chairman of the Council of Presidential Advisers from Monday until tomorrow. Council chairman Lim Kim San Is acting President while President Ong Teng Cheong is away at the Stanford Medical Centre in the US for cancer treatment tests. OCBC banker
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        First halal food co-op to be launched
        59 3 THE first halal food outfit formed by the Singapore Malay Chamber of Commerce and Industry—Mesra Halal Food Cooperative Ltd—will be launched today at the Sultan Mosque Auditorium. Mesra will also open its share applications to individuals and organisations. Applicants can opt to buy
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        Corrections and clarifications
        52 3 IT was reported yesterday that it was Singapore Telecom which monitored and uncovered telecommunications infringements when it should have been the Telecommunication Authority of Singapore (TAS) which did so. Also, all references to Singapore Telecom in the story should have been TAS instead. We are sorry for
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      Lock icon New thrills help lift Sentosa visits by 22%
      454 3  -  Bat overall, admissions to 15 leisure attractions here dipped 0.3% By* Agnes Wee SENTOSA Island received 22.9 per cent more visitors during the first half of this year, compared to the first half of last year, thanks to new attractions Fantasy Island
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  • FOCUS: PERSONAL FINANCE&INVESTMENT
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      Going for a consensus
      543 4  -  FUMD MAMAflrore DIARY A consensus forecast may help one decide which way the economic tide's likely to turn By Deep Kapur Deep Kapur is a director at Koeneman Capital Management in Singapore with investment responsibilities in global asset allocation and currency hedging THE art of economic
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      Lock icon Wave-watching: low tide for the yen?
      508 4  -  A credible 1990 forecast of currency moves suggests it's time to sell the yen By Paul Leo [SINGAPORE] SPRING cleaning always uncovers some interesting, longforgotten things. Just last week, I came across an investment newsletter published in November 1990 that attempted to forecast the
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      Lock icon Mastering the costs of a higher degree
      639 4 NYT [NEW YORK] Going back to school for an advanced degree can be mind-expanding, ca-reer-boosting and a walletsized headache. While a second degree can bring career advancement and a higher salary, the price can outweigh potential gains without a cost-reduction programme. Students pursuing
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      759 4 TOLL—FREE TEL. No. 1-BQO-741-1883 HAX :741 -1 Wa IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 5* AND IN THE MATTER OF GOODWOOD (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD NOTICE OF SPECIAL RESOLUTION (PURSUANT TO SECTION HWtHh) At an Extra-Ordinary General Meeting of the company held at 203 A Lavender Street. Singapore *****3
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      111 4 SYDNEY AUSTRALL\ 155 MACQUARIE STREE TJL JL PVJ 1^ i The Department of Public Works and Services, on behalf of the Government of New South Wales, takes pleasure in offering Sydney's State Office Block by Public Tender by way of a 99 year lease on a vacant possession basis. yy
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      Lock icon Asian dragons to remain economic powerhouse
      346 5 PARIS OECD's year-end survey points to more moderate growth of 6-7% for DAEs AFP THE six 'Asian Dragons' will continue to act as major engines of world trade and economic growth over the next two years, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
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      Lock icon Thai growth may slow down a bit
      298 5 BANGKOK AFP THAILAND'S economic growth next year is expected to slow down marginally to 8.5 per cent due to a cooling off in the industrial sector and slower export growth, a government think-tank said yesterday. "Our overall economy will cool down a bit
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      Lock icon Malaysia's inflation rate up 3.5% in first 10 months
      252 5 KUALA LUMPUR AFP Reuter MALAYSIA'S annual inflation rate rose by 3.5 per cent in the first 10 months of the year, compared with 3.7 per cent in the same period last year, the central bank said in a statement yesterday. October's
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      Lock icon Radical Muslim group threatens further bombings
      188 5 MANILA Reuter A RADICAL Muslim group said yesterday that it was ready to launch a campaign of bombings and assassinations in the Philippines as thousands attended the fUneral of a Chinese-Filipino tycoon killed by leftists. "We are ready to carry out bombings and assassinations,"
      Reuter; REUTER  -  188 words
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      Lock icon Thai plans for big convention sites
      119 5 BANGKOK Bernama THAILAND has plans to build giant international convention centres outside Bangkok to cope with roaring demands for the country as the site for international conferences. The plan is being considered because organisers have complained of traffic conges- tion in the capital. Cities
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      A US invasion of another kind
      574 6  -  But Vietnam's prepared to talk to the US about almost anything, if there are no terms attached ASIAN VIEWS By Harish Mehta THE Americans are all over Vietnam, one year after the US embargo has been lifted. Can one blame the Vietnamese for not
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      Lock icon Bribery scandal: Thai govt plans to sue paper
      283 6 BANGKOK Swedish paper alleged Kockums bribed Thai parties to win USs6Bom deal UPI THE Thai government said yesterday it planned to sue a Swedish newspaper in a British court over allegations that Thai politicians took bribes from a Swedish submarine manufacturer. The
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      Lock icon Haryanto says he's been told to wait for Suharto's summons
      296 6 JAKARTA AFP INDONESIAN Transport Minister Haryanto Dhanutirto, at the centre of an alleged financial scandal, said yesterday he was waiting to be summoned by President Suharto about the affair. Mr Haryanto has been accused in a series of secret memos
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        Lock icon Vietnam welcomes M'sian King
        73 6 Reuter (HANOI] Vietnam, with sights set on farther integration into £sean, welcomed Malaysia's King Ja'ator Tuanku Abdul Rahman yesterday in the first such visit since the twocountrias established diplomatic ties in 1073. The Malaysian king, accompanied by hJa wtts and an entourage of government ministers and
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        Lock icon Philippine trade deficit up 9.5%
        80 6 UPI [MANILA] The Philippines trade deficit widened 9.5 per cent to D 517.18 billion (SIIO.I billion) in the first lOmonths of 1986, from billion in the same period last year, the government said yesterday. The national statistics office said exports grew 29.8 per cent to
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        Lock icon English in Thai schools
        67 6 Bernama-Xinhua [BANGKOK] The Thai Council of Social Affairs has agreed that English will be taught as the first foreign language in the country's schools from the primary level upwards. The council has also expressed support for the teaching of more foreign languages at primary and secondary
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        Lock icon Prince Sirivudh released
        55 6 Reuter [PHNOM PENH] Cambodia's Prince Norodom Sirivudh was released from Interior Ministry custody yesterday and placed in the care of his half-brother King Norodom Sihanouk ahead of expected exile in France. Prince Sirivudh has been held since Nov 21 on charges linked to an alleged plot to
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      202 5 Japan heading/or recovery: OECD, Pg 8 Budget failure will jolt markets: OECD, Pg 9 rr-> r~ ■Pil^HJKdnL r ®f HIi^HM^r^^HHKHIMHKSSHHHrPHH //V THE HEART of Bangkok, reengineer branch processes at almost no time in queues. all over Thailand, customers get a call or visit our home page at one bank is
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      35 6 SUCCESS HAS ITS REWARDS. AND FOR A VERY FEW, IT'LL EVEN INCLUDE 2 YEARS' FREE ROAD TAX, AND 0% INTEREST FINANCING FOR 2 YEARS. jjgj v- g jjj 4 v i) V v <%. Wi,.i j
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  • CHINA-HONGKONG-TAIWAN
    • SINOBrief
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        Lock icon Animal explotation: HK steps in
        67 7 AFP [HONGKONGJ Agriculture and Fisheries Department officer So Ping-man showing a paw of a black bear on Monday and three frozen otters after a raid last week. The seizure included live pangolin (a scaly ant-eater), short-eared owls and an eagle owl. Possession of highly-endangered species
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        Lock icon 450m living in Chinese cities by 2000
        71 7 AFP [BEIJING] China's urban population is set to top 450 million by the year 2000, with one in every three Chinese living in a city, Xinhua news agency said yesterday. The urban population in 1994, living in 622 cities, accounted for 28.6 per
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        Lock icon HK journal to stop Sunday edition
        63 7 AFP [HONGKONG] The Hongkong Economic Journal plans to suspend publication of its Sunday edition early next year, probably from Jan 1, the daily's spokesman said yesterday. He said the move has nothing to do with the circulation war raging among Hongkong's Chinese-language newspapers now.
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        Lock icon Taiwan to open Egypt office: report
        51 7 AFP {TAIPEI] Taiwan will open its first representative office in Egypt after almost 40 years of no diplomatic relations, a leading newspaper reported yesterday. Egypt is the only major country in North Africa without a Taiwan representative office. The Foreign Ministry here refused to
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      Lock icon China not keen on 1997 ... as a trademark
      212 7 China not keen on 1997 as a trademark BEIJING Reuter [BEIJING] China has banned the use of 1997 as a trademark and cancelled already registered 1997 trademarks for tobacco and alcohol, an official of the Industrial and Commercial Bureau said yesterday. "According to our national regulations, you cannot use the
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      Lock icon 5-year plan to modernise Liaoning industrial belt
      328 7 BEIJING 155b yuan project, to be launched next year, aims to rejuvenate state enterprises AFP CHINA is to launch a 155 billion yuan (5526.2 billion) project to transform its lumbering north-eastern heavy industrial base into a vigorous modern manufacturing centre, Xinhua said in
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      Amoy group bags govt site with HK$860m bid
      273 7  -  HONGKONG Mid Levels land goes for HK55,247 psf, within the range expected by analysts Quak Hiang Whai YESTERDAY'S closelywatched public land auction did not yield any surprises as Hongkong-listed Amoy Properties bought a government site for HK$B6O million (SslsB million). The auction
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      Lock icon Xiamen to pioneer new foreign investor policy
      225 7 BEIJING Reuter THE Xiamen Special Economic Zone in Fujian province will pioneer China's drive to bring the treatment of foreign investors closer to that of domestic firms in 1996, an official said yesterday. "Xiamen will adopt new measures to give national treatment to
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      Lock icon NT$100b line of credit for small firms
      97 7 TAIPEI AFP TAIWAN is to extend NT$lOO billion (SIS. 17 billion) in loans to help local firms tide over financial difficulties amid an economic slowdown on the island, economic officials said yesterday. The second-tier Taiwan provincial government will direct seven state-run banks to
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      Lock icon China expects to draw US$50b in foreign capital
      151 7 BEIJING Reuter CHINA expects to attract US$5O billion (5570.5 billion) in foreign capital in 1996, with US$ll billion in loans and US$39 billion in actual investment. The Economic Information Daily said yesterday that China's foreign loans and actual investment in 1995 were
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      Lock icon Formosa Plastics may revive petrochem project in China
      290 7 TAIPEI AFP TAIWAN'S petrochemical giant, the Formosa Plastics Group (FPG), is moving to revive a long-shelved multi-bil--1 ion-dollar petrochemical project in China, the China Times said yesterday. This month, FPG chairman Wang Yung-ching and his younger brother Wang Yungtsai, Formosa Plastics Corp
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  • ASIA
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      Lock icon Japan heading for recovery: OECD
      404 8 PARIS Economy projected to grow at about 2% next year, rising to 2.7% in 1997, says OECD AFP JAPAN appears headed for a gradual recovery over the next two years from its longest post-war slowdown, with business investment leading a progressive acceleration of domestic demand,
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      Lock icon S Korea pledges to honour meat import pact with US
      166 8 WASHINGTON Reuter SOUTH Korea has promised to live up to its agreement to open its markets for US meat and meat products and in doing so has averted a confrontation with the United States at the World Trade Organisation, a
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      Aussie-Indon pact won't have impact on trade
      265 8  -  SYDNEY However, defence pact will 'do no harm' to trade diances, says McMullan By: Florence Chong AUSTRALIA'S security pact with Indonesia would not have a direct impact on trade with that country, Minister of Trade Bob McMullan said yesterday. Mr McMullan said he
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      Aussie car designer wins A$120m Indon car contract
      204 8  -  SYDNEY By I Surinder Singh AN Australian car designer who has worked with BMW, Opel and Porsche has clinched a deal worth about Asl2o million (Ssl26 million) to design a people's car for Indonesia. Gary Millard, of Millard Design Australia Pty Ltd,
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      Lock icon S Korean cabinet resigns paving way for reshuffle
      122 8 SEOUL Reuter AFP SOUTH Korea's cabinet ministers handed their resignations to newly-named Prime Minister Lee Soo Sung yesterday to clear the way for what is expected to be a sweeping reshuffle. Mr Lee, South Korea's top legal scholar, was named prime minister
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        Lock icon World's largest zinc plant in Queensland
        68 8 AFP [BRISBANE] The biggest zinc smelter and refinery complex In the world is to be built in the Australian state of Queensland by Korea Zinc Australia, state Premier Wayne Goes said yesterday. Mr Goss said the All billion (5f1.04 billion) project would be the
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        Lock icon Coping with copycats
        70 8 Reuter [SYDNEY] Australian fashion designer Collete Dinnigan at the window of her shop. While talented young designers from Down Undo* are starting to forge reputations abroad, at home, copying clothes designs from overseas is still highly fashionable. The Australian clothing industry has an annual turnover of A|9
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        Lock icon NZ polls next Oct or Nov: Bolger
        38 8 Reuter [WELLINGTON] New Zealand Prime Minister Jim Bolger said yesterday he expected a general election around October or November next year. He said this in an interview with Radio New Zealand.—Reuter
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        Lock icon Japan defence budget seen rising 2.6%
        34 8 AFP [TOKYO] Japan's defence budget for the year to March 1997 is set to rise 2.58 per cent to 4.8 trillion yen (5166.7 billion), news reports said yesterday.—AFP
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      227 8 NO ARGUMENTS ABOUT IT. THE NISSAN CE/VRO IS AMERICA'S BEST-SELLING IMPORT SEDAN. H HT No, it isn't. Yes, it is. The executive sedan you see here is popularly Multi-Link Beam Suspension, ABS and safety Trends 1995 Import Car of the Year"and "Car called the Nissan Cefiro. In America, however, air-bag,
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  • THE WORLD
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      Lock icon US telecoms firms on brink of merger frenzy
      254 9 m NEW YORK Industry sources say companies are to expand Reuter TELECOMMUNICATIONS companies are circling each Other, waiting for new legislation to unleash what could be the biggest merger and dealmaking frenzy ever seen in the OS$lOO billion (Ssl4l billion) industry. j
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      Lock icon 'Euro' doesn't spell German social benefits
      128 9 FRANKFURT AFP THE single currency will oblige EU countries to cut back job protection and must $ot be a pretext for common Welfare standards, a top Bundesbank official implied yesterday. The chief economist at the bank, Otmar Issing, insisted that countries adopting a sinlie
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      Lock icon Communists head for big win in Russia
      261 9 MOSCOW Reuter COMMUNISTS stormed towards a big victory in Russia's parliamentary election yesterday as results showed they could secure a third of the 450 seats in the lower house. In a new blow to President Boris Yeltsin and reformists, the Central Electoral Commission
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      Lock icon Dow's drop inspires another try
      396 9  -  WASHINGTON Clinton, Congress have another go at budget crisis after 101-point plunge By] Lean Hadar STUNNED by the largest financial market decline in four years, President Clinton and Congressional leaders met yesterday to discuss ways to resolve their confrontation over the budget and permit the
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      Lock icon Budget failure will jolt markets: OECD
      200 9 WASHINGTON Reuter THE Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) warned yesterday that US stock and bond markets could be in for a jolt if Washington fails to agree on a plan to balance the budget. "The securities markets could well be vulnerable to
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
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      Tumen projects signal thaw among old foes
      780 10  -  TBB BOTTOMLDTB OPINION By S N Vasuki The writer is a BT senior correspondent IN EARLY December, representatives of China, the two Koreas, Russia and Mongolia signed three agreements at the United Nations that paved the way for accelerated development of the Tumen
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      IN OTHER WORDS
      155 10 *We will be able to make up some of the losses we suffered during file strike with deliveries in 1996, but there will also be losses that we will never recover.' -naowk Boeing Co president on the impact of the end to the strike at the aerospace
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      Asean summit's real work begins
      498 10 EDITORIAL THE real work of the fifth Asean summit is just beginning. Officials and ministers from the grouping have a busy work schedule in the months and years ahead to transform South-east Asia into a vibrant economic zone of more than 450 million people. Asean
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      Lock icon Of Jobs and inflation
      1071 10 Despite low unemployment, US price rises remain subdued, renewing debate en the link between the two The Economist ALAN GREENSPAN, the chairman of America's Federal Reserve, is a numbers junkie: he likes to sift as many indicators as possible to gauge future inflationary pressures. But if
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      WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
      805 10 THE average American spends 40 per cent of his free time watching television and those who watch a lot participate little. Surveys show readers belong to 76 per cent more civic groups than watchers. The time spent in front of the set is one reason why
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      543 11  -  Oliver Stone stirs up another controversy, berkard wbdieapb reports BERNARD WEINRAUB NYT TWO days before the release of Oliver Stone's film Nixon, about the life and career of Richard M Nixon, the late president's family issued an angry statement terming portions of the
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      Penang fare at York Hotel
      458 12  -  EATING OUT By\ Corinne Kerk TELL a Singaporean about Penang food and chances are, he or she will want to have it for lunch or dinner that very day. Knowing the local appetite for Penang fare, York Hotel has decided to swop the traditional honey-baked
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      Hyatt still heads golf league
      254 12 AFTER the third leg of the Golfing World and Business Times Corporate Golf League, held on Friday at Sentosa, league leader Hyatt is still clinging on to its overall lead by just half a point. Golfing World won the third leg from Ernst and Young
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        Lock icon Gump's uniform fetches US$17,200
        126 12 Reuter THE green army uniform worn by Tom Hanks in the 199* 1 film Forrest Gump sold for U5517,250 (8924,336) at Christie's auction house in New York on Monday at a sale r of film and television memorabilia. Actress Greta Garbo'e love letters to actor Gilbert
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        Lock icon It's not weird, it's Lennon
        128 12 UPI Reuter POLICE said in London on Monday that thieves ransackttf the home of pop star Paul McCartney (seen above with hftf* wife Linda) as he waited at Linda's bedside after her t emergency breast cancer operation. Nothing was reported stolen. Meanwhile, something eerie happened
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        Lock icon It's looking serious for Langella, Whoopi
        82 12 UPI FRANK Langella has been seen all over New York with Whoopi Goldberg, his cottar in Eddie. Hie upcoming fllrfV is a comedy about a troubled basketball team that hires its A biggest fen, played by Goldberg, as a coach. Friends say it looks
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        Lock icon White House a little behind the times
        90 12 UPI THE White House sent a Christmas card to the Governor of Alabama—but it was the wrong governor. A spokesman jJT for Governor Fob James Jr said a card arrived from M President Bill Clinton and his wife Hillary and another came from
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      Couples' Jamaican win
      675 14  -  GOLF Bagging the Johnnie Walker World Championship is a fitting dose to Fred's triumphant year By Eileen Chan [JAMAICA] American Fred Couples ended 1995 in pretty much the manner he started it in style. In a sensational three-way play-off with Vijay Singh of Fiji and fellow American
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      One-stroke win for Jeev Singh
      652 14  -  Brave effort by Thailand's Senaprom in US$2OO,OOO Philippine Classic By Eileen Chan [LAGUNA, Philippines] India's Jeev Milka Singh snatched the Philippine Classic title by one stroke from Thailand's Preecha Senaprom. The 24-year-old from Chandigarh fired a finishinground of one over par 73 to claim the
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      WBL's 21% dip in net profit better than forecast
      368 15  -  Slide due to property ventures; technology business sees turnaround By David Mok [SINGAPORE] WBL Corp has managed to turn around its technology business in the year to Sep 30 after four straight years of losses but still saw group net profit
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      FCC seller of 6.5m Heshe shares?
      475 15  -  By' Ven Sreenivasan [SINGAPORE] First Capital Corp appears to have stepped up its efforts to pull out of lossincurring garment seller Heshe Holdings completely, with a married deal of 6.5 million shares yesterday attributed to it. The married deal, representating 2.3 per cent, would
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      Westmont group to undergo revamp
      299 15  -  From Ruth Wong in Kuala Lumpur A MAJOR restructuring is in the offing for the Westmont group, with a US$2OO million (Ss2B2 million) Eurobonds issue to finance the purchase of Philippines' National Steel Corporation (NSC) as part of the exercise. Analysts at a Westmont group
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      Westland likely to be flagship
      654 15  -  BOCK LOCK SEW By William Chia AT A roadshow on Monday, Westmont Group chief Joseph Chong told fund managers and analysts that he intended to make one of the three listed companies—comprising shipbuilder Westmont Industries (Westin), steel manufacturer Wing Tiek Holdings and property developer Westmont
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      F&N to complete KL restructuring by March
      327 15  -  Group to sell KL soft drink, dairy businesses to M6B By] Lee Han Shih [SINGAPORE] Listed Fraser& Neave (F&N) hopes to complete the billion-ringgit sale of its Malaysian soft drink and dairy businesses to associate Malayan Glass Bhd (MGB) by March. In a
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      Eng Wah's profit down 36%
      197 15 CINEMA operator Eng Wah Organisation's net operating profits fell by over a third to $569,000 in the six months ended September, from $893,000 previously. The company yesterday said the decline was due to the closure of Jubilee Theatre in Ang Mo Kio, lack of Chinese
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        Lock icon Amalgamated Ind set to bag M$800m power project
        404 16  -  The 650MW plant will supply power to M'sia and Thailand William Chia [SINGAPORE] Ciob-traded Amalgamated Industrial Steel Bhd (AISB) is on the verge of clinching a MsBoo million (***** million) power plant project that will transform it into a major independent power
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        Lock icon Hume consortium wins M$500m highway project
        285 16 15-km expressway will provide a link to the north-east of EL Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] A consortium led by Hume Industries (M) Bhd has been awarded the first highway privatisation of the Kuala Lumpur North-East Expressway costing Mssoo million (Ss27B million), it was announced yesterday.
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        Inchcape Bhd gets new director
        190 16 [SINGAPORE] The group human resources director of international services and marketing group Inchcape pic, Robert Goodall, has joined the board of directors of Inchcape Berhad. Mr Goodall will be the new non-executive chairman from next year. He succeeds David John, who will be leaving to
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        UEL takes 70% share in Chinese company
        247 16  -  By, Abdul Hadhl [SINGAPORE] Fuelling its regional aspirations, United Engineers Ltd (UEL) has taken a 70 per cent stake in a Chinese joint-venture company to engineer and build major power generation and infrastructure projects in China and Southeast Asia. And back home, it
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          Berjaya lifts Parkway stake to 20.5%
          95 16 [SINGAPORE] Vincent Tan's Berjaya Group bought another 1.18 million shares of Singapore-listed Parkway Holdings for $4.86 million last Friday. The purchase, which raises Berjaya's total stake in the property and healthcare group from 20.13 per cent to 20.5 per cent or 59.18 million shares,
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          Horiguchi Engrg welds new name
          98 16 [SINGAPORE] Horiguchi Engineering, which has stirred up a good deal of market interest this year, intends to change its name to Ho Wah Genting International Ltd, subject of course to approval from shareholders M the Registrar of Companies and Businesses. The company said yesterday the
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          Uraco buys Selangor factory for M$4.8m
          65 16 [SINGAPORE] Uraco Holdings has entered into an agreement to buy a factory in Selangor, West Malaysia, for MS4JJ million (552.67 million). It said it has paid alO per cent deposit on the 38,200 sq ft plant, which will be held by its wholly-owned subsidiary,
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          Eltech on sudden share price jump
          29 16 [SINGAPORE] Eltech Electronics said it was not aware of the cauae for the sudden jump in its share price and trading volume yesterday.
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        Steamers orders two new ships for US$20m
        131 16 [SINGAPORE] Listed Steamers Maritime Holdings is further expanding its container ship fleet. It has ordered two new vessels and bought a used one. The new ships, each able to carry 360 20-foot-long containers, are being built by Wuhu Shipyard in China's Anhui province
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        Lock icon Skellerup CEO launches buyout bid for company
        336 17 NZs4oom bid for 'Baby Brierley' gets backing from Goldman Sarha Reuter [WELLINGTON] Chief executive of New Zealand's Skellerup Group, Murray Bolton, launched a NZ$4OO million (Ss36B million) management buyout (MBO) bid yesterday for the company nicknamed the "Baby Brierley". The company, 30 per
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        277 17 Reuter [SEOUL] South Korea's top carmaker, Hyundai, has ambitions to build its fledgling oil business into an industry leader capable of taking on regional giants, an executive said yesterday. Chung Mong Hyuck, chief executive officer and vicepresident of Hyundai Oil Refinery
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        Boral building 2nd Indon plant
        246 17 LEADING Australian building materials company Boral Ltd is to invest more than As6s million (5J67.6 million) in building a second plant in Indonesia. The managing director of Boral Asia, Tony Wright, said yesterday the decision was prompted by the rapidly expanding market in Indonesia for
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        541 18 Monday's selloff doe to fears that prices have soared too fast and are ready for setbacks Reuter [NEW YORK) The broad-based Wall Street sell-off on Monday that caused the biggest losses in four years stemmed from fears that prices have risen too
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        Lock icon PC sales in US will rise by 22%: researcher
        378 18 Estimate raised because of stable economy and Internet popularity Bloomberg Business News [FRAMINGHAM, Massachusetts) Personal computer sales in the US will rise a greater than-expected 22 per cent in 1995, International Data Corp said. Compaq Computer Corp is expected to have
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        Lock icon Sony may consider equity investors for film production firm
        231 18 Bloomberg Business News [CULVER CITY, California] Sony Pictures Entertainment, seeking to restructure a financial commitment to former chairman Peter Guber's production company, may consider equity investors for the concern. Sony stressed yesterday that it had no plans to abandon its commitment
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          Lock icon Emperor Int'l interim net falls 59%
          66 18 Bloomberg Business News [HONGKONG] Emperor International Holdings Ltd, which invests in and develops property, said net profit dropped 59 per cent in the six months ended Sep 30. Profit after taxes and payments to minority interests Ml to HKJ63.2 million (3911.6 million) from HK1154.5
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          Lock icon Shanghai to tighten securities rules
          64 18 Bloomberg Business News [SHANGHAI] The Shanghai Stock Exchange plans to set up a new department to regulate listed companies and supervise securities companies, Xinhua news agency said yesterday. The department will spot irregular trading and check on the number of shares held by investors and
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          Lock icon BHP Steel to open 2nd Hanoi plant
          59 18 AFP [HO CHI MINH CITY] Australia's BHP Steel Building Products Vietnam is to open a second plant near the capital Hanoi with an investment of US$4 million (555,7 million), newspaper reports said yesterday. The company is a 100 per cent foreign-owned venture that
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          Lock icon Nike's Q2 earnings up 30%
          51 18 Bloomberg Business News [BEAVERTON, Oregon] Nike Inc said on Monday fiscal second-quarter net income rose 38 per cent to USI11&2 million (*****.7 million) on broad growth among all categories of its apparel and athletic footwear business. This compared with year-ago net incomeofUSSB4.9 million. Bloomberg Business
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          Lock icon Yaohan net profit fells 80%
          54 18 Bloomberg Business News (HONGKONG] Yaohan International Holdings Ltd said yesterday net profit fell 80.0 per cent to HK133.8 million (556.2 million) in the six months ended Sep 30. The company said the reduction in profit was the result of lower earnings from property sales and
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          Lock icon Kobe Steel, Alcoa to buy Aussie mill
          55 18 Bloomberg Business News [TOKYO] Kobe Steel Ltd and the Aluminum Company of America (Alcoa) announced yesterday they would buy Comako Limited's aluminum rolling mill in New South Wales in Australia. The mill would become a 50-50 Joint venture pending approval by the Australian
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        S'pore No 5 derivatives centre
        568 19  -  But its daily volume of USslo3b still long way from that in UK, Japan and US From i Quak Hiang Whai in Hongkong SINGAPORE is the world's fifth largest financial derivatives market. But with only a 4.4 per cent share of global business, the Republic
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        433 19 Move to create New England's third-largest bank Bloomberg Business News [LONDON] Royal Bank of Scotland pic and the Bank of Ireland wiU merge their US units to form New England's third-largest bank, in a drive to boost earnings as regional competitors grow
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        Lock icon Fleet to acquire NatWest unit soon?
        358 19 Bloomberg Business News [BOSTON] Fleet Financial Group Inc is close to an agreement to acquire Nat West Bancorp, the US unit of National Westminster Bank pic. Revealing this, a person familiar with the talks also said an announcement could be made this week. London-based
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          Lock icon Bank Bumi Daya to set US$150m loan
          60 19 Reuter [HONOKONQ] Indonesia's Bank Bum! Daya will launch a US$l5O million (SI2IU million) term loan Into general syndication before year-end, said arranger Nat West Markets. The live-year loan will pay a margin of 70 basis points over the three or six-month Singapore Interbank
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          Lock icon Two banks to open trust units
          79 19 Bloomberg Business News [TOKYO] Dai-Ichi Rangyo Bank Ltd and Sanwa Bank Ltd have received permission from Japan's Ministry of Finance to establish trust banking subsidiaries, Joining a roster of other Japanese commercial banks which have set up similar units. Among other services, trust banks
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          Lock icon China insurer premium hits 6b yuan
          52 19 Reuter [BEIJING] Premium Income of China Pacific Insurance Co Ltd reached 6 billion yuan (891 billion) by the end of November, the Financial News said. The company completed its 1996 premium income target one month ahead of schedule, the newspaper quoted unidentified company officials
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        Hang Seng opens first China branch
        237 19 [HONGKONG] Hang Seng Bank, Hongkong's second largest bank, has finally opened a branch in China. The listed subsidiary of Hongkongßank said yesterday it opened its first China branch in the city of Guangzhou in Guangdong province. The branch wUI "tap China's enormous potential in
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        Lock icon Sinopec firms get nod for 3.8b yuan bonds
        150 19 AFP (SHANGHAI] Three companies connected with China National Petrochemical Corp (Sinopec) have been authorised to issue 3.8 billion yuan (*****.9 million) worth of bonds, a newspaper reported yesterday. The Shanghai Securities News daily reported that the bond issuers were Sinopec's wholly-owned Maoming
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        Lock icon Russia agrees to oil law, but Western firms dubious
        312 19 ENERGY REPORT Reuter [MOSCOW] Russia's parliament finaUy passed a BiU yesterday intended to attract billions of dollars of foreign cash for its oil industry, but Western firms said the law feU short of what was needed for them to start investing.
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        Lock icon HSBC unit to buy US network
        72 19 AFP [HONGKONG] US-based Ma rine Midland Bank said yesterday it had reached an agreement, subject to regular tory approval, to acquire the East River Savings Bank branch network from Rivet Bank America for US$93 million (*****.8 million). w Marine Midland, a unit of Hongkong
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        170 19 Reuter London THE dollar was a touch firmer, in Europe but still snared in a tight range ahead of a possible Federal Reserve rate cut yesterday and in the aftermath of the sharp sell-off in US assets on Monday. At 1245 GMT, the dollar was trading at 1.4340/45
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        927 20 [KUALA LUMPUR] Tin price on the Kuala Lumpur Tin Market closed two sen higher at M 515.66 on strong support from European and local buyers. Dealers said the market was firmer in line with a US$l5 rise of the metal on the London Metal Exchange overnight. At the opening
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        1080 20 Reuter [SINGAPORE] Simex Eurodollar futures ended higher on short-covering ahead of last night's Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting, with many players still hoping for a rate cut despite the US budget stalemate. But dealers said Eurodollars were unlikely to move massively whatever the outcome of the Fed meeting,
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          Japan-Russia palladium talks end
          105 20 [TOKYO] Annual negotiations between Russian producers of platinum and palladium and Japanese importers for long-term delivery in 19% have finished, with most Japan trading houses agreeing to reductions of 5-8 per cent from 1995 levels, according to sources. Japan's Nissho Iwai Corp led the way last
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          Japan's rice harvest still abundant
          125 20 [TOKYO] Although Japan's total rice crop in 1995 fell 10 per cent from the previous year to 10.72 million tonnes, the harvest remained abundant due to this year's good weather, Kyodo news reported the farm minister as saying at a Cabinet meeting yesterday. Hosei Norota,
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          Australian Wheat Board pools seen firm
          120 20 (SYDNEY] The Australian Wheat Board's record estimated pool returns have held steady this week, underpinned by early export sales. The estimated pool return for Australia's benchmark grain, Australian Standard White wheat (9.5 to 11.5 per cent protein), is firm at A 5235 per tonne
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          Indonesia coffee exports plunge
          55 20 [SINGAPORE] Indonesian coffee exports plunged to 27,419.2 tonnes from 53,959.4 a year earlier. Steadily falling prices have discouraged Indonesians from selling too actively in case prices pick up later. Other factors which had led to poor August exports include the Association of Coffee Producing Countries' export
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          Japan firm to stop dumping steel
          61 20 [TOKYO] Japan's Daido Steel won't fight a dumping finding by Taiwan's International Trade Commission and will halt some stainless steel exports there. The ITC has ruled that Daido and other Japanese producers have been dumping 15-80 mm stainless steel bars and rods in Taiwan
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        Tokyo
        2384 21 -***** STOCKS closed sharply lower following a plunge in the New York stock market overnight. Indices extended losses in the afternoon on news that a Cabinet meeting to approve a government scheme to wind up Japan's ailing housing loan companies will be delayed. The Nikkei Average ended down 170.59
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        672 21 -MJ Share prices closed as afternoon bargain hunters partially countered early losses triggered by a 2 per cent tumble on Wall Street overnight. "It's not such a bad performance really and it highlights that we have been a bit of an under-performing market anyway," a dealer said. The All
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        460 21 +23J1 Stocks rose for the first time in seven days as investors expected the government to buy shares to support the market. "Investors are anticipating the market will rise as the government signals a green light," said an analyst. News reports said the government sold US$59 million in treasury
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        Bombay
        93 21 -5j56 Shares closed slightly down in end-of-account trade but volumes were very thin, dealers said. The 30-share BSE Index closed 5.56 points down at a provisional 3,037.40 while the 100-share National Index ended at a provisional 1,402.06 against the previous 1,401.16. "Trading was quiet. Investors have more or less
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        Manila
        403 21 -1531 Stocks fell after the biggest drop in US stocks in four years raised concern economic growth in the country's largest trading partner could slow. "People are reacting to the Dow," said an analyst. "If the biggest market is down, all the smaller markets get affected." The PSE Composite
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        Taipei
        360 21 -30.75 Share prices finished lower as market sentiment was dampened by heavy losses in New York, with high technologyled shares hit hardest. "Technology shares slumped from the opening of the session in reaction to a plunge in Wall Street," said a trader. The 321-issue Weighted Price Index dropped 30.75
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        421 21 -15.80 Shares finished weaker but it recovered quite strongly from its session nadir. The NZSE Top 40 Index finished 15.69 points down at 2,097.08 after falling to 2,080.07 at one stage. "Our market had a 17-point bounce so it's not a bad effort," said a broker. He said that
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        646 21 -R2 UK SHARE prices partly recovered by the close, bolstered by a 10-point rise on the Dow amid relief that the US market appeared to have survived the hangover from Monday's 2 per cent drop in the Dow. The FTSE 100 closed 19.2 points off at 3,576.9 having bounced
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        811 21 +10.47 Share prices were slightly higher, with many investors sidelined ahead of news from the Federal Open Market Committee meeting. At 11.25 am, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 10.47 points at 5,085.68, the Standard Poor's 500 was up 0.41 at 607.22, the NYSE Composite was down
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      2464 22 AFX-Asia Q Hang Seng -100.72 SHARE prices closed lower, but off earlier lows, in a day of lacklustre trading despite a government land auction which saw two sites fetch just over HK$l billion, dealers said. The Hang Seng Index closed down 100.72 points at 9,705.86. Turnover was 2.84 billion.
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      715 22 Reuter n Shanghai B Share hdg -&33 SHANGHAI B Share Index ended down in slow trade on the impact of an overnight fall on Wall Stree. The B Index slipped 0.33 point to 48.93 on very thin volume of 2.6 million shares worth US$l.2 million. Only 21 issues were
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      1208 22 Reuter n SET Index -M THAI stocks closed slightly lower after late buying of cheap finance and property stocks helped retard further losses. The SET Index closed 7.00 points down at 1,247.26 on thin 3.74 billion baht turnover. Losers trounced gainers 194 to 77 while 134 were unchanged. The
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      1007 22 Bloomberg Business News P Composite Intel -LO7 STOCKS fell, led by banks, amid concerns that the Federal Reserve may not lower interest rates. "A lot of people who recently bought bank stocks have been panicking as they realise the Fed may not lower rates," said an analyst. "They expected
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        7079 23 KUALA LUMPUR Reports Bloomberg Business News n Composite Index -&51 STOCKS dropped for a third day, led by casino owner Genting and power company Tenaga Nasional, in what analysts described as a knee-jerk reaction to the tumble in US stocks. "It's just a
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        212 24  -  WARRANT WATCH By\ R Sivanithy THE sudden surge of activity in the shares of United Industrial Corp has drawn attention to two of the most reasonably priced warrants trading in the local stock market the firm's 1998 and 1999 warrants. The
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        1909 25 TURNOVCIOOOO) VALUC COOO) 0» Ttl tt* CH> T«*«< Hwfcirirt* 64,521 22.004 M.525 Hitff 34,112 172,729 rtonwi 2,945 4,414 9.541 29,519 4,442 39.362 HottH 1.622 3,379 5,001 3,4*4 7,023 10.440 7,070 12,341 24,307 4.744 34.072 Plantation 1.180 t.140 2,472 2.472 MMM) 1054 1.054 2.655 2.455 M 14,401 5,704 J0.109 21.054 4,209
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        73 26  -  By Paul Leo ANY further decline in the share price of Asia Pacific Land is a good buying opportunity. The Ch>b-traded stock is likety to reach at least $IJ4 in the long-term. Monthly MACD is about to signed a buy. Meanwhile, APL is likety to decline further from
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        944 26  -  STOCK MARKET COMMENTARY Dealers say the local bourse handled Wall Street's fall relatively well, as seen by a recovery in the afternoon session By R Sivanithy [SINGAPORE] Two factors yesterday combined to send whatever few players that were present in the local
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          231 26 INVESTORS who find the idea of Investing in ostrich farms a fanciful idea might want to follow grandma's advice, "don't count your chickens before they are hatched". Of late, there are advertisements about investments in ostrich farms that promise returns of "hundreds of per cent" over two to
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          165 26 AT THE Fraser Neave group's briefing for analysts and the press on Monday, Asia Pacific Breweries' Koh Poh Tiong became particularly animated when he asked the government not to further narrow the tariffs for local and foreign beer "prematurely". His argument APB's life will get tougher and tougher
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          113 26 HONGKONG brokers are getting into the Christmas spirit by playing host to officials of the colony's Securities and Futures Commission. According to South China Morning Post's Lai See column, the lads and lasses have come up with an instant Hongkong Christmas classic. Sung to the tune
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      543 16 SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS LIMITED (Incorporated in Singapore) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Eleventh Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held at News Centre, 82 Genting Lane, Singapore *****7 on Saturday, 6th January, 1996 at 11.30 am for the following business:Ordlnary Business 1. To receive and, if approved,
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      476 16 SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS LIMITED (Incorporated in Singapore) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Members of the Company will be held at News Centre, 82, Genting Lane, Singapore *****7 on 6th January, 1996 at 12 noon (or as soon thereafter following the conclusion or adjournment of
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      88 17 THIY AM RIADY TO PARADI OFF IN THIIR MASON'S R«ST. DRAPID IN CRIAMKD CONSOMMI. DICRID WITH CRAB Ml AT AND SNOW MAS. CLOAKED IN AROMATIC RROTH WITH CHINISI HCRBS. CLOTHID IN THK TRADITIONAL PIRINC ROAST. ADORNID WITH TANCT LORANCI SAUCE. CREATIVE DUCR RECIPES FROM APPETISERS TO DISSERTS THAT MARE FOR
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      142 18 m jEfiSi M[ j »&*fttf* jMg wfßiH ■■■Mmx \5> v *P®sߣs§sPkPs£, y/> f -fr w*xwy A>,vA^?2S^^it?^^S^)f&iWß{^ySfty^&ff PWNEO-CMRS-PN-1140-95 I NOKIA'S PCN PHONES: IF YOU CAN'T CALL, WRITE. Using a revolutionary SMS function, only Nokia allows you to send and receive text messages from the handset without buying an attachment. And with
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      208 19 I I a Straits Steamship Land Limited (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) To: Stockholders of Straits Steamship Land Limited. RESULTS OF EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING Issue of *****,000,000 and U*****,000,000 principal amounts of unsecured bonds (together referred to as the "Bonds") with up to 152,934,241 detachable warrants ("Warrants 2000") to
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      29 22 Financial News Hi A Quick Look At The Markets. Call 24 houn a day for SES A KLSE midday reports, doting world market reports and business news. mine AimitaMkMa
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      1554 26 Singapore Closing Share Prices 19/12/1995 CLOSE PREV LOW HIGH US$ US$ US$ US$ Mluf Jardine Matheson 6.60 6.65 6.90 6.60 Jardine Strategic 2.86 2.00 2.55 2.87 KXSSw 1 Dair y Farm 0.81 0.80 0.79 0.81 Hongkong Land 1.80 1.70 1.76 1.82 ■■■■■■I Mandarin Oriental 1.23 1.20 1.20 1.25 BBlfcimga Jardine
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      401 26 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT CAP 50 PURSUANT TO SECTION 290(2)(b) and IN THE MATTER OF SUNRJSER DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION PTE LTD (In Members' Voluntary Winding Up) At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the above named Company duty convened and held at 6001 Beach Road #1201 12-11 Golden Mile
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      314 27 Knight Ridder Reuter A STEADY start to the week was seen for Panamaxes worldwide and handy-sizes in the US Gulf, but elsewhere demand for handies was poor. The continued weak performance of Capers was responsible for the decline of the BFI on Monday, down seven points to 1,637.
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      283 27 SIS IN im» a CWT Distribution L54 -0.04 72 ChuanHup UO unch 74 Cmco Investment 190 -0.01 11 FCLS 6.60 unch 226 FrotaM LMm 0.76S *0.005 55 GaHotO«V}» 1.39 *0.01 1013 Hal Sun Hup 0.945 -0.005 222 HRacM Zosen 1.04 unch 87 mctnuhm HK 5.60 Jay«HoMln«s 161 -0.06
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      336 27  -  Port also likely to achieve container throughput forecast of 12m TEUs By' Yong Mei Fong [SINGAPORE] The port of Singapore is headed for another record-breaking year in terms of total cargo volume handled. It is also likely to achieve its container throughput forecast
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      161 27 Berna ma [KUALA LUMPUR] Nepline Bhd plans to acquire two aframax crude oil tankers, both with a deadweight of 104,385 tonnes each, at a total cost of M 552.4 million (5529.1 million). Commerce International Merchant Bankers Bhd, on behalf of the company,
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      697 27  -  STRAIT TALK By Seafarer THIS year has been another tough year for Singapore's shipping and marine community. While the container trades have generally experience growth in cargo volumes, freight rates remained relatively soft and kept margins pretty tight. The strong
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      588 27 Scrapping yards suffer from higher costs, foreign competition UPI [BEIJING] In a matter of months, China's shipbreaking industry has plunged from top of the heap to the doldrums on a combination of higher costs at home and stiffer competition abroad. Scrapping yards, mostly owned
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      110 27 Bloomberg Business News [TAlPEl] Taiwan's Uniglory Marine Corp, a container shipping company, has ordered four cargo ships from the state-run China Shipbuilding Corp. The new order will bring Uniglory's fleet to 40 boats. Uniglory has ordered seven other cargo ships from China Shipbuilding. Company
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      56 27 [LONG BEACH, California] Orient Overseas Container Lines chairman C H Tung (left) and Dr James Chao (far right) escorting former US first lady Barbara Bush after the christening of the world's largest container vessel, the OOCL America, on Monday. The ship will make its way
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      199 27 AFP [SHANGHAI] Shenzhen Great Ocean Shipping Co Ltd said yesterday it would list 60 million B shares worth 150 million yuan (5524.7 million) on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange tomorrow. A notice in the China Securities daily said Zhaoyin Securities Company was the underwriter and
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        82 27 Reuter [HONGKONG] A subsidiary of Orient Overseas Container Line Ltd (OOCL), Orient Overseas International Ltd's (OOIL) global containerised transport company, has signed a loan with Deutsche Bank to finance a ship, OOIL said yesterday. The loan will provide a major portion of the
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        53 27 Reuter [STOCKHOLM] Three international shipping companies, Sweden's Nordstrom Thulin, Argonaut and Bermuda-based World-Wide Shipping have said they agreed to coordinate the marketing of a fleet of 18 VLCCs. Argonaut operates six 280,000-tonne tankers. World-Wide Shipping has 12, six comparable tankers and six 260,000-ton
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        34 27 AFX-Asia [TOKYO] Japan's November export shipbuilding contracts fell 9.0 per cent year-on-year, the Japan Export Shipbuilders Association has said. Contract tonnages totalling 777,619 tonnes were awarded in the month.
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      1123 28  -  SBAPABBBS' CONVENTION: REVISIONS TO IMPROVE TRAINING STANDARDS fhe international seafarers' convention has been given a much-needed facelift, with amendments which could bake the industry more confident of seeing an improvement in the quality of seagoing manpower M Sharon Cunningham Lloyd's List Earlier this year an
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      488 28 PACE ABCCont 17 AEL ,7 ANL 3 API M AWe 7 Accord 8 Ahlers j Ahrenkiel 4 Appenship 4 Arowana 15 Astro 12 Austral 9 Avant 6 B'tang Mas 8 USA 9 BTl 13 Bangladesh 14 Batammdo 7 Bengal Br IS Blue Star
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        646 45 VmhI Voy No Barth Arrival Dapartur t (IT) Mi Mmi I 45/95 J1 alongside 20.I2/090C (U) Atrial 12/95 02 J1 alongside 20.12/1900 (MMtOT Jaya J| alongside 20.12/1800 IgjhM Bon« 3/95 J1 alongside 20.12/1830 imvywwi 1/95 J1 alongside 20.12/080C Btot«n Mulya J2 alongside 20.12/2300 EPutra jn alongside 20.12/1300 Be
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        1583 45 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Booking/Kalanct Rstls Ship Voy No Etb/Btr Period Fro* To From Acs Jrtt 2699 1/1700 M 19/800 19/1659 19/1900 2* T9/1700 20/0659 20/0900 1 20/0700 20/TI59 20/1400 4 20/1200 20/1459 20/1700 taT3» 0700 22/2359 2* HI/1700 20/0459 20/0900 21 19/1700 20/0659
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        441 45 DEC 20 Indonesia: Isra Mi'raj. DEC 21 Pakistan: Karachi only, Shab-E-Meraj appx date. DEC 22 Netherlands: Amsterdam stock exchange closed from 1230 GMT. DEC 24 Portugal: Half-day market holiday; close in afternoon. DEC 25 Argentina: Christmas day. Australia: Holiday. Austria: Christmas day. Bangladesh: Christmas day. Belarus: Christmas day.
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        COCKETT BUNKER MARKET REPORT
        836 45 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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        433 46 Management has fundamentally altered and steadied carriers: Moody's Bloomberg Business News [NEW YORK] Airlines could approach investment grade debt ratings by the end of the decade if current trends in the industry continue, Moody's Investors Service said. The credit rating company said
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        50 46 [PARIS] French riot police guarding the tracks near a Eurostar train after some workers resumed blocking high-speed TG V trains at the Fare du Nord, on Monday. Despite a return to normal, union leaders called for another day of protest yesterday against the government's welfare reforms. REUTER
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        241 46 HK carrier confident of surviving sh&keont in industry Bloomberg Business News [HONGKONG] Executives at Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd are confident the airline will survive a shakeout that is likely to hit Hongkong's aviation industry, a Cathay spokesman said yesterday. Cathay managing director
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          103 46 Reuter [TOKYO] Japan has decided to begin a 1.56 trillion yen (5521.8 billion) project to expend Kansai International Airport near Osaka, western Japan, from the next business year starting AprUl, a construction ministry official said yesterday. Under the the second phase of the Kansai
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          90 46 Bloomberg Business News [SYDNEY] Qantas Airways Ltd's share of Australia's domestic aviation market in September was little changed from August, according to flgura published yesterday by the government. Santas accounted for 53.4 per cent of the domestic market in September, up from 53.3 per cent.
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          97 46 Reuter [DEARBORN, Michigan] FOrd Motor Co said it will consolidate facilities, materials and services purchasing and production purchasing operations into a single global purchasing organisation effective January 1,1996, Carloe Maxaorin, was named vice-president, purchasing. Previously, he was vice-president of production purchasing. Ford chairman Alex Trotman said
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        413 46 Reuter [WASHINGTON] The US, bowing to fears about highway safety, will hold up approvals for Mexican trucks seeking to go beyond a limited strip along the border pending the outcome of talks set to begin this week, Transportation Secretary Federico
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        AIRCRAFT ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES
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        270 46 Japanese car maker's exports drop 19J% Reuter [TOKYO] Nissan Motor Co Ltd said yesterday that its domestic vehicle production in November rose 7.6 per cent from a year earlier to 143,448 vehicles. Nissan, Japan's second largest car maker, also said in a statement
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        Lock icon Ford offers rebates in three US regions
        223 46 Reuter [DETROIT] Ford Motor Co said it is offering across-the-board rebates on several car lines, including the 1996 Taurus and Sable sedans, in three select regions of the country. But a Ford spokesman said on Monday the move does not represent a change
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        171 46 Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] Airbus Industrie's new generation A 340 and A 320 airliners have achieved the highest ratings in their respective size categories, according to an independent survey of airline passengers conducted by a US government agency. The November 1995 issue of Airbus Industrie
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      1262 29 EXPORT TO: TO: JEPPAH/UK/CONTINENT voy sm jo roMi innt rmtm sioti in also accepting cargo rot: NEDUOYO HONGKONG ISOS 12/12 07/01 00/01 11/01 13/01 GLASGLOW, GRANGEMOUTH MM HUM 2 3515 20/12 05/01 11/01 17/01 14/01 15/01 cmiTIKMFI IK MfINE 1515 20/12 14/01 10/01 10/01 20/01 I MtDUOTD HONSHU 3525 02/01
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      1007 31 fpW^ STRAITS SHIPPING PTE LTD •IMB 10 Hoe Chiang Road *11-01 Kappel Towers Slaiaporo 0208 Tel: *****88 Fax: *****17 NEW OUINIA PACIFIC UNE CHINA NAVIGATION CO) JTRAITS STIR V96ME m Pwt 21 Dm Muan. Uduo i Kota KinabMi m nnuim ninmrT" CMMAJNM-22 VHIK 24 DK SON MOMi.MIHIkM. TO.ua. BWI«WWIWW» STOUTS
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      2182 31 9 Singapore Agent: vßHlfllL m jAUIAI p& Containers (Singapore Agencies) Pte Ltd m UI4MUVI 9 10 Hoe Chiang Road, #07-4)1 Keppcl Towers, Singapore 0208 First Class Connections WORLDWIDE T^." 52 3 iJSjJg**" PNOCS F 225 5327/*****17 export import T •ML vov 'WW *pko Bn sou ant not mam oot n
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      542 31 ounof PKL PEN JOH SM HKG KAO TAI Kg YOU TDK MAC KOB OSK MOJ WIS MMHAI2I2/MM 17/12 I*l2 2*12 21-22/12 28/12 2*12 2*12 3*12 Ml Bill KII Ml WMHAI2IS*B2S 2*12 21/12 23/12 24-28/12 2*12 gg Ml Ml I7H Ml Ml Mi~ MCTOMMB 24/12 28/12 27/12 21-2*12 11*1 mi Ml
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      1235 32 EUROPE/UK/SCANDINAVIA/FINLAND/RUSSIA SOP ROM ANW HBG THP LHV LHV THP RDM ANW HBG PKL 3SP I E. ROUNO RW-010 23/12 11/1 12/1 13/1 15/1 17/1 E. GUIDE RE-070 28/11 27/11 2*ll 30/11 1/12 2S/12 24/12 E. REWARD RW-ni 91/12 10/1 20/1 21/1 23/1 24/1 E. GIFTED RE-062 4/12 5/12 1/12 7/12
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      877 32 ■52™ SSS. SR, !Sf, fS, 5? IWT m vobmi DM aw mm MN BSSJS? £322 £4! JM? 2l£ 2*' ovo> ovoi u*atow* oj/smk ii/ij mi ivi? u/i? h/i? ■UN COMMA WMM 21/17 07/ DI 01/01 01/1)1 10/01 11/W 11/ M KTIAW *****»5C If/1? ?0/l? 01/01 J 80 FCL to Doha.
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      683 32 SRICHReLOMAWN^oSa^^FT^S?^! TEL: *****33 (12 LINES) FAX: *****18/*****03 TELEX' RS ***** RISHIP (3 Lines) CR MO: **********0E ETHIOPIAR SMPPMB UNES~ (NnHu—l LtoafFtWopia) ACCEPTING FCL AND CONVENTIONAL Voy Fi Loadbtg for Spore A™*™* 42W8 31/01 Abyo« 43W8 26/02 Mombasa, Djibouti Aasato. Maasawa H KIEN HUNG LINE FULLY CONTAINERISED REGULAR UNF.II SERVICE accepting
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      2591 33 DIRECT SMUMS TO NAIFA-14IAVS HEW YORK 30 MVS I'WOT I Slllrtl Til (Slliril) illllll fj<«l/to«t/a#. A##«r Dipt CO STAR SHIPPING PTE LTD t" '">•"« 4 l 4 '•«»"< DBS f/tff T§»tr 2 f#l ZOU W M *****3$ SlnnnnUM ntr 2l £?«r JONOHt OFFKf P»*. f.i ;»IW GST HO W NM4H
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      623 33 I (fc FAMOUS CONTAINER LINES 80 ROBINSON ROAD. #22-02 SINGAPORE *****8 HOT UNE: *****33 (30 LINES) 2 S AILINGS A WEEK TO MANILA t „C> O? J FOR BOOKING *****33 CONTACT SHARON LOW 5 P. KLANG PH: 0203/*****02 (10 LINES) PENANG PH: 0204/*****7 (10 LINES) J. BAHRU PH: 0207-*****22-J GLOBEUNK
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      930 34 nTripgiEgßgll77 !W 3CT BECH3Z—— HHHDHIDHHhI f t f VESSEL VOY SIN JKT VESSEL VOY SIN PEN C= VOY SIN BKK WANABHUM 306S ~Wad I>n Pt St I 23/lT STAMFORD 5603 Thu 21/12 Sat Z3/12~ =Z r— ISRA BHUM 131 SB Fri 22/12 Sun 24/12 AKA BHUM 5801 Sat 23/12 Tua
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      962 34 79 ANSON ROAD, *21-01, SINGAPORE 0207 CR **********0N STRAITS SHUTTLE SERVICE PORT KLANG PENANQ vessel vor sin no. vessel I vor I sw I pa SEA LAUREL 444N 24/12 SUN 2VI2MOW DRAGON JAVA 91N 2IVI2WED 22/12 FRI XOUR SPORE ***** 2VI2MOW 27/12 WED 5077 ~~2*I2SAT ~^1?M0W~ SEA LAUREL 445N 28/12
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      688 35 i a a. M MYANMA \SBBk FIVE STAR UNE «T (Myooaar Natiooal Lioo) loading far Yoa§oo (Rangoon) VfSSfl VOY SIM PIG PIN PCD MYOMA TWA ism su> HfA-AM WOW 27/12 SU> MALAYSIA AOfNTS: MUSTIAO SMfPMG AGBKKS lUL m 02-43-*****00 PIL TH 02-03-37M101 Pl* TH #2-04-*****02 P00: TU 02-07-*****21/4 BANK LINE
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      985 35 gSggPH PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL UNES (PTE) LTD I 140 Cecil Street #03-00 PIL Building, Singapore 0106. I CB NO **********06 vaaaaL vov oat cmb jib moo jbd aoj ado pzu mow asa KOTAMAJU MAJO7S 28/12 t/1 a/1 11/1 13/1 10/1 IS/1 13/1 10/1 11/1 KOTA WIRAWAN WWWOOO a/1 13/1 20/1 33/1
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      942 35 **********Z ji^Wllifi^wsaisil-t'l.l'lJ-^aVi-l-lHV^isl'Jrtr^—^l^wb— VESSELS yOY MW DAMgTTA LE HAVRE HAMBURG THAMESPORT ROTTEROAM ANTWERP "j VLLE DE SAGfTTA SI2W 22/12 02AM I<VOl 11/01 13(01 14/01 1001 3 VTLLE D'AOUM-A AI2W 27/12 00/01 17AM mw 2*ol 21/01 aw S «if DE GEMINA HI2W Q2A)I IVOI 23A)1 MW 2*ol 27/01 29/01 ijg VILLE DE
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      60 37 I //"VISA FREIGHT SERVICES PTE LTD I skihlishcil Sincc 1 4 >S4 Till TOTAI TRANSPORTATION PI OPI i: Kl C ill lAK (.iKOUIVUiI I U Cl)\'SOl II>ATIO\ IMPORT I \POKT SI K\ KI S OCEANIA PORTS AUCKLAND SYDNLY I'.KISBANH MLLKOURNL LKLMA.N'TLL VISA i K'l l(.Ill SI KVK IS I'll lIP
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      449 38 KAPAL KRIS Shipping Pte Ltd I 708 DUXTON ROAD, S'PORE *****9 Tefc *****76 Fax: *****77 CR NO. **********06 SYARIKAT PERKAPALAN KRIS SENDIRIAN BERHAD 309-609 BLOCK A GIOMAC BUSINESS CENTRA 10 JAiAN SS 6/1, KELANA JAYA, P.O. BOX 8428 ***** PEIAIJNG JAYA, SELANGOR. TH: *****77/78/79 FAX: *****07 TEEX: MA ***** REGULAR
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      223 38 4 INTERMARITIME f J,, UW3 SOUTHERN AFRICA SERVICE,»<*IW PKKWCTS fllOM: COKTWt.I/ MIOOU EAST TO: FAR EAST DIRECT MONTHLY SAIUNOS EUROPE SHtVfCf YRS&/VOT SW lta> QUiAWG MMHMjjO imillßi VKM KR TGM SM K NTS DM CT TAW SKN KKU TMA MEDIA VIM 08/01 11/11 15/11 17/01 OttlY A(MI ¥124 N/U 01/01
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      257 38 TEL: *****11 (6 lines) FAX: *****05 TLX: RS ***** C 8 NO. **********0W KSSU *0Y F» ETD DESTMnON mgun iMt mtm nmm mmjrmmm MMuniA mm nntm amm nuhtok umm rxurn umm ranvmw 4i« 2vi tm antm maammmm/m. vnm nnmm am antm tsmm sommngokioh bmoa it* vnim zimm tuNmh/mmmm umnu j7m
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      69 38 I: Astro Shipping Pte Ltd WEEKLY CONSOLIDATION SERVICE Byjllin 1 SHANGHAI 22/12,29/12 I I TEL 220-6045 (10 LINES) FAX: 325-4080 AW/ SPEEPA UNES_[. |s»|SB|kLEi|lF p'p|"HN; WBJJtBIQCOW ICtOIS lniHl- I IJ Tele-Games Crack <&^ the Safe Test your skill against our "Super Safe* Computer. Break the 4-<Jigit odewithin 10 tries. Or
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      485 39 I VESSEL VOY SIN MAA SIN TKSE ISLAND 393N 21-23/12 27-31/12 *****1 TIGER BRIDGE 394N 25-2*12 31-03*01 08-09/01 TIGER OCEAN 395N 2&3(V!2 03-07/01 11-1301 TIGER CAPE 396N 01-02/01 07 1001 15-1601 TIGER ISLAND 397N 04-0601 10-14AJ1 18-2001 TIGER BRIDGE 398N 06-09*01 14-17/01 22 23/01 VESSEL VOY SIN CAL SIN EAGLE
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      1646 39 WEEKLY SAILINGS TO EAST COAST SOUTH AMERICA [S® CM IOOOHWOOOW L I Pm»(F) Pgu(F) Sin PV| Son Uk Rtm Aur* H«m Brtl ■r*l) RturfJ) L*i PU Sin NIL HONGKONG/1505 20/12 20/12 22/12 20/12(F) 12/01 13/01 07/01 08/01 09/01 THAMES/4485 25/11 28,11 29/11 26/11 22/12 23/12 BUNGA PELANGI DIM /3515 24/12
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      305 39 W SUNSHIP AGENCIES PTE LTD 20 McCallum Street 916-01/03 Asia Chambers Singapore 0106 Tel: *****22 (10 Lines) FAX: *****06 CR No.: *****8 200 00R Y.S.N. I vt«gt ypY I Hwamit Singapore PENAHS CMXWOwrafc- 81 SM SM E Port rt-22/1» OMMWW N 23-24/12 2t-M/12 31-tl/tl MwHw M tl-t2*l 174M1 W-IMI 11-12/il
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      43 39 SWIFT ASIA UNE VESSEL VOY SIN LOADING FOR SURA 1 206 20 DEC HAIPHONG SURA 1 208 05 JAN HOCHIMINH SURA 1 210 20 JAN HOCHIMINH/ HAIPHONG (VIETNAM BREAKBULK SERVICE) HARPERS SHIPPING (S) PTE LTD TEL: *****88 TLX: R*****5 FAX: *****76 CR: **********0E
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      1975 40 44 99 AS AGENTS: K" UNE (SMQtfOM) PTE LTD (CR NO: *****73MMM25T REG NO M*****3M4) *****77 TELEX KAWAKIRS23I6S FAX *****1&7/&9 T T MALAYSIA: "K" UNE MARITIME (MALAYSIA) SON BHD U J M TEL SA *****00 PK *****75 PEN *****20 JB *****01 PGU *****2M5 NDONESIA: P.T. SARAMA LAUT MTEIMUSA, TEL JKT
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      1231 40 19 KEPfa ROAD #02-01 JIT POH BUILDING SINGAPORE 0890 Si JIE (a NO-**********0/W] CUSTOHB SERVKI 225-1-225 DOCUMENTATION FAX 224-0-M4 GOttMUMI 225-9-9 M GENOA! FAX 221-4-922 Wc Cany Youi Confidence ®$TH 270-S-065 EAGU VOW 321-9-400 TP NORTH AMERICA ft CANADA WEEKLY cmirm»«iyi|n> frffffyidf I w I m mi |ja |v««LWimg llvemkaioymi
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      855 41 ACCEPTING LCL CARGO TO************* Tnuu-Llnk Express Pte Ltd Singapore Petri—ri— as (kshu day SdfemDoy FIRST FORWARDER IN Ha CS IU Iwarw twarw Krblaw ASIA AWARDED ""I wtqMtooy tvory rimy ISO 9002 BY LRQA fa" ftwry Tlwnfry Every Stwfry Ivory Ewry S—iiy (4j) wm—wo Every rndcy Every 3—doy /V 1 m\
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      1151 41 anf" "Sb i®s SIS BSL_ <£» EB W* H»: Kit* noc S*«U\ »ho«To«?12 an rn- n 712 "5 22 an an an rJTTSL. In? 1,11 WJ 11,1 K mu« *m an an al2 nn an BPfLAMffI 2 »15 2» 12 B.lf 2412 KD MM W4l Mil MM a H MS
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      665 41 APM "thri'ce 9 weekly' direct to ho chi minh city \EXPORT TO HO CHI MIMM CITY IMPORT FROM HO CHI MIMH CITY whb |wi w m msposi' ikk mm. wr hmok euto™" mammsa ntt o«/m ns/m M/ 12 mm 11/ it ■amcvnisa nm uTii SMNTON 48N OS/19 (H/12) 11/12 (WO
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      944 42 7KcieM&4, tpem S*d J&xdei fo yKecUtevuuteeut, <utd TtJeat Africa, Laust Maersk v.9602 Europe and Mediterranean ETA: 28th December 1995, 1900 hrs ETD: 29th December 1995, 0700 hrs Jervis Bay v.5708 Europe ETA: 30th December 1995, 1200 hrs ETD: 31st December 1995, 0600 hrs Maersk Colombo v.9602 i Europe, Mediterranean and
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      673 42 TO E. CANADA US ATLANTIC US GULF SPO«E P.KELANG* MAiJFAX *YORK NORTOCK N-C£LJ-ANS SAVANNAH TAMRCO HOUSTON HOEOH MIRANDA 0732 WPT 27 JAN 90 JAN 31 JAN 07 FEB 03 FEB 11 FEB 15 FEB HOEOHOENE 0332 28/29 DEC 22 DEC 13 FEB 16 FEB 17 FEB 20 FEB 22 FEB
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      373 42 I PHILIOnifNT V* UNfs pre ltd ®TEL *****00 (16 UNES) FAX: *****76/*****38 Of WJ CR COOS: **********0H TmBB R. WUW 03-*****98 rrmiio fM nTttTwi I" SYDNEY, MELBOURNE, BRISBANE, 03JAf^| AUCKLANO, WELLINGTON, LYTTLETON, 27 DEC I NAPIER, CMRKTCHURCH, NEW PLYMOUTH g LONDON, FELIXSTOWE, LE HAVRE, 25 DEC I ROTTERDAM, HAMBURG, ANTWERP
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      583 43 9. Singapore Soviet Shipping jra Co. Pte. Ltd. CR NO: **********0N ih_ BOMBAY/COCHIN I VESSEL VOY SIN BOM COC XCHJR GEMINI 413 20/12 06/01 KOTA MUTIARA MUTO4I 30/12 07/01 MEKHANIK KURAKO MKI3N 06/01 13/01 21/01 |BCA OLORY QLROOI 12/01 20/01 HAIPHONG SERVICE WNB. I VOY SIN HPH KURILSK 005V96 30/12
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      426 43 m FAR EAST 26/12 KEELUNG/KAOHSIUN6 24/12 BANGKOK 24/12 MANILA/CEBU 24/12 JAKARTA/BELAWAN/SURABAYA 24/12 PORT KELANG/PENAN6/E. MALAYSIA 24/12 BUSAN 24/12 TOKYO/YOKO/KOBE/NGO/OSA 24/12 HONG KONG SIN CHINA (*H#£»«n) 24/12 GUANGZHOU/HUANGPU/SHENZHEN FUZHOU/XIAMEN/SHANTOU/SHEKOU OALIAN/SHANGHAI/XINGANG TIANJIN/OINGDAO/HAIKOU also accepting LCL cargo SIN 24/12 LDN/FLX/LVP/SOU 25/12 ROM/HAM/ANT/LEH/GOA/OSL/GOT/BCN also accepting cargo to Austria/ Hungary/Romania/Poland/Bulgaria/Czech. SIN USA/CANADA 25/12 LOS ANGELES/NEW
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      598 43 I STAR SHIPPING AGENCIES (S) PTE LTD I AQMtm mt ZIM CONTAINER SERVICE GOLDSTAR UN! LTD SCTH SHIPPING CORPORATION TELEPHONE: 220-6666 (8 UNES) FAX: *****70 fat *****12 (MARKETING) (a NO. I031MS000M) N. AMERICA/CAMBRIAN SERVKE IwrlwlMMMe IM ci jj tm m MKAUMM II IS/11 Z.MMMI4I IT/1 H/1 M/ 1 1/1 l/I
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      1270 43 l| sex "KASUGAIW eta sgp 27/12/95 I II 4BL JII ARRMNG LOS ANGELES 13/01/96 IN 16 DAYS I aex: 'NEPTUNE PEARL 241" eia sgp 26/12/95 I ARRIVING NEW YORK 20/01/96 IN 23 DAYS I EXPORT RWOAPONi CAIITOWA i»WBBfBCq Tth IWWC CAMABA VMMt "W IPS I OAK I VAN I m
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      101 43 -II "If ill TOKYO SHINBI KAIUN CO PTB Ljfe mrm 10 ANSON ROAD *23-16 llllJ MTERNATIONAL PLAZA S'POBE 0207. TEL: *****25 (6 UNES) FAX: *****06 6 *****10 Cffi: *****X***** J SERVICE TO: FAR EAST/CHINA/EUROPI2 25/12/95) TOKYO, YOKOHAMA, KOBE NAOOYA 25/12/95) OSAKA,USA 25/12/95) BANGKOK, HONGKONG AND ALL CMNA PORTS 4 25/12/95)
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      520 44 Km SINO EXPRESS SHIPPINO (PTE} LTD. V M I 11 COLLYER QUAY fOe-01 THE ARCADE SINGAPORE 0104. f TEL: *****00 (4 LINES) FAX: *****08 TLX: R*****1 SINOEX SINOTRANS SHANGHAI (CONTAINER SERVICE) SIN/HKQ/SHAI Bf*ORE HKQ SHAJ VESSEL VOY ETA I ETD ETA I ETP ETA I ETP LATMQS 2mi 2202 28Q2
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      368 44 lail MN CONTAINER LINES, INC I Ao«rt«; MAC-NILS SPORE: *****22 (24 LINES) KUOSNG: (002)*****3 o\y VIJ SBU: (084)*****8 MANILA: (832)*****81 W POiANO:«M)«34e2B BANOKOK: (882) *****87 SURABAYA: *****0 P. KtLANQ: (03) *****77 JKT: (21) *****07 MDN: (81) *****3 BANDUNQ: (22)*****18 ACCEPTING NOW TO: SHANGHAI UV "GOOOWELL" VOY.NOO6 ETA SIN: 22-12-95 HOHGKOHG
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      168 44 iff MFL SHIPPING (INT1) SSSff PTE LTD SUBSIDIARY OF H/U SUN HUP GROUP > FCL/LCL CONSOLIDATION SERVICES 1 HOT UNES; *****42/345 VESSEL VOY ETA (SIN) DESTRUIKM NEPTUNE ALMA*DINE 10E 22/12 HONGKONG/KAOHSJUNG OiOYANG SUN EM553 24/12 MM MAETAL MAEBK 9601 24/12 TOKYOAOKOHAMA SEALAND PATRIOT HOE 25/12 NAGOYA UNI-OOWN 0375-02K 24/12 KEEUNG
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