The Business Times, 12 January 1996

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    13 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 046/12/95 Internet: http://www.asial.com.sg/biztimes SINGAPORE FRIDAY, JANUARY 12,1996 85c
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    FINANCE
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    Why some KL actions will hurt S'pore economy
    623 1  -  Marian PM pats in perspective questions about 'economic rivalry' between the neighbours From Ho Kay Tat in Kuala Lumpur PRIME Minister Mahathir Mohamad said yesterday that some of the measures Malaysia is taking to strengthen its economy may affect Singapore, but that
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    Tokyo market gives thumbs down to new cabinet line-up
    360 1  -  From Anthony Rowley in Tokyo THE Tokyo stock market yesterday delivered what was seen as an unfavourable verdict on Japan's new Cabinet line-up when the Nikkei-225 average ended 234.40 points or 1.14 per cent lower at 20,337.92 after being some 350
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    Local bourse shrugs off Dow's fall
    309 1  -  By Ven Sreenivasan [SINGAPORE] Singapore stocks shrugged off Wall Street's 97-point plunge overnight, lending credence to the argument that a correction in New York could benefit Asian equities. The Straits Times Industrials Index ended the day 7.38 points higher at 2,369.49 points, but not
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    Lock icon Taipei tycoon's Amcol stake may trigger takeover fight
    428 1  -  By' William Chia [SINGAPORE] Taiwanese electrical lighting king Tsai Sao Chang has acquired a 5 per cent stake in mainboard counter Amcol Holdings for $62.45 million a move that could trigger a takeover fight. Mr Tsai said yesterday he paid an average
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      140 1 KSIIIE, Stufards get tht chop The Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Singapore tells why it has rejected two international standards relating to extraordinary items and goodwill, Pf 2 Retail cutback Tangs Studio gives up one floor of its retail space at Ngee Ann City, **a CTWgTAMIB pg. Mr Prlbadi
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      8 1 Hashimoto picks SDP stalwart Kubo to weather jusenstorm,PgB
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      39 1 KL won't reschedule mega projects, Pg 5 and Malays! Available at PwWsk*lf Timet HrteiMe, Newsstands NTUC Supermarkets Caltex mmterel STOP PRESS kiosks 7 Eleven Mobil Times the Bookshop Cold Storage SPC Kinokuniya Shell BP MPH Esso Stofsport Press hoMtfs
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
    • Article
      International accounting standard rejected by local body
      668 2  -  Some say Dot Mowing role on extraordinary items will pot STpore out of sync with world Byi Catherine Ong A PROPOSED international accounting standard on extraordinary items has been rejected by the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Singapore (ICPAS) although some accountants
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      Lock icon Tangs Studio gives up a floor at Ngee Ann City
      727 2  -  Galeriea Lafayette decides to dose both outlets By< Jenny Lam TANGS STUDIO has joined the list of victims hit by the current retail crunch. Sources told The Business Times that it has finalised an agreement with landlord Toshin Development to
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      Lock icon Fewer firms, people going bust
      372 2  -  EYE ON THE ECONOMY Business climate By' Teh Hooi Ling HERE'S an encouraging sign: fewer companies and people went bust last year. The number of company wind-ing-up suits filed in 1995 fell 2 per cent to 309, from 314 the year before, figures obtained from
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      MobileOne offers free calls during 6-month network trial
      283 2  -  Group aims to inveto several thousand Singaporeans By* Genevieve Cua MOBILEONE aims to get "several thousand" Singaporeans to take part in its network trial to be held over six months, starting from November. A Mobile One spokesman said there will be no
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      JTC's new board members
      129 2 POUR new members have been appointed to the Board of Jurong Town Corporation. They are JTC chief executive officer Lim Neo Chia, Ministry of Defence director (Military Security) Col Lee Fook Sun, Member of Parliament for Tanglin and Banque Indosuez general manager Lew Syn Pau and
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      Russian space show in S'pore?
      356 2  -  By William Chia MALAYSIAN exhibitor Sumurwang Group, the organiser of the first ever Russian aerospace show in Malaysia, is keen to bring the exhibition to Singapore. Sumurwang chief executive Lim Kim Hong, a Malaysian entrepreneur who controlled listed Kanzen Bhd until he sold out his
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      US$190m in sales seen at furniture fair
      198 2 THE organiser of International Furniture Fair Singapore (IFFS'96) expects the event to ring up spot order sales of US$l9O million (*****.8 million), up 50 per cent from the amount registered last year. The number of trade visitors is expected to grow 25 per
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      Revamp won't affect Dun and Bradstreet in S'pore
      207 3 THE restructuring of Dun Bradstreet in the United States will not affect the business information services firm's Singapore operations. A spokesman for Dun Bradstreet (Singapore) told BT last night: "As far as we know, there will be no change in the operations
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      APB, Broadway unit win Overseas Enterprise awards
      381 3  -  EDB incentive award part of efforts to spar local enterprises to invest overseas By( Genevieve Cua LISTED Asia Pacific Breweries aims to invest at least $180 miUion over the next five years in its various breweries in the region, of which at least
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      More S'pore-MNC ventures this year: EDB
      447 3  -  MNCskeen to join hands in regional projects By i Chuang Peck Ming THERE will be more joint ventures between Singapore and multinational corporations this year, said a senior Economic Development Board official yesterday. EDB director of international business development Chua Talk Him said many
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      SembMedia chosen as Tandem's reseller
      147 3 US-BASED systems vendor Tandem Computers has appointed Sembawang Media a value-added reseller of its server and World Wide Web products in Singapore on a non-exclusive basis. SembMedia, which wants to grow its systems integration business, will sell complete Internet systems normally a combination of hardware
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      34% of Signature Park's final phase sold at soft launch
      304 3  -  By] Michelle Low CITY Developments sold over 100 units out of 288 In phase three of Signature Park at Its soft launch yesterday. Analysts found the response heartening, especially since this phase was pitched at a net average of $770
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  • FOCUS: ADVERTISING & MARKETING
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      No child's play when it comes to kids' clothes
      507 4  -  Children are brand conscious and have strong preferences, a survey shows By< Chan Siew Ling [SINGAPORE] WHEN it comes to clothes, kids' stuff is no longer child's play. Image-con-scious children are preferring trendy branded goods, thank you very much. A recent
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      Exhibition organisers see bountiful 1996
      492 4  -  More and bigger shows expected to boost turnover By, Agnes Wee [SINGAPORE] Professional exhibition organisers are expecting a stellar year with bigger shows and rising turnover. An added plus is that as this is an even-number year, many biennial shows will be held, and these
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      DY&R bags Pepsico agency
      290 4 [SINGAPORE] Singaporebased multinational Dentsu, Young Rubicam (DY&R) has been appointed the Agency of Record (AOR) for PepsiCo Foods International (PFI) across the Asia-Pacific region. Fees and billings were not disclosed. DY&R is the first advertising agency in this region to receive a regional assignment fTom PFI.
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        DMAS introduce code of predige
        51 4 [SINGAPORE] The Direct Marketing Association of Singapore (DMAS) yesterday introduced a revised code of practice to tighten acceptable practices among number companies. The Consumer Association of Singapore, which works cloeely with DMAS, ah» hopes to set up an umbrella unit to improve the standard of
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        Leo Burwitt chief in regional
        70 4 [SINGAPORE] Ttta managing director ofLeo Burnett month, lis will be taking up regional raaponsihfflfiaa to aggwanwp more ooapweiiwrint company, men as PuiMing up a recently won account with American PC firm Packard c BaH Mr Banks will be succeeded by the managing diretter of Leo
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        From ailing to
        47 4 [SINGAPORE] Executives seeking insists into turning i aroundailing companies will be well catered irwttha r ?'i conference organised by the Marketing Institute of Singapore to beheld today. MlkeTeng, a well-known speaker and managing director of aPS muftlwatinnal company here, will share his hande-on experiences.
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        Sony tries a different track
        42 4 [SINGAPORE] Sony Singapore has booted the entire <rfl»t>lkT Hal—as part of a year-long advertising VbtL One train runs oil the NWline, while the other is on the EW line. Thecamwiign hit the tracks laat lWMlfc-' V-frr* ♦*13
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        Demographics on print and radio
        50 4 [SlNGAPORE]Marketeers andaflmtliligigeiM tajlwro\'A willbe able tofkA out more aboutprint and ratio 1 audiences across the Causeway ina talk to be held next Thursday. It la being hosted by Utusan Media and preeoited by Survey Reeearch of Malaysia at the Singapore Royal Holiday Inn Crowne Plasa.
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        SIM debuts on cyberspace
        46 4 [SINGAPORE] The public and members of the Singapore j Institute of Management (SIM) can now, at the elicit of a mouse, call up information about the aervfcee that the institute offers via the Internet The SIM World Wide Web address is http://www.sinLac.sg/.
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      38 4 up to 60% off now till Jan 24 isetan scotts (level 4) isetan katong (level 2) isetan tampines (level 2) HI pure simple and pastel designs. t SKSSm!9^> CARPET COLLECTIBLES Handmade using techniques that are centuries old IgDHgB
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      KL won't reschedule mega projects
      496 5  -  KUALA LUMPUR Mahathir says no need to slow economy or nae rates to narrow current account deficit Byl Ho Kay Tat MALAYSIA will not reschedule any of its mega projects as suggested by some economists because they are not a major cause of the country's
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        Lock icon Ho Chai Minh City to vet investments
        76 5 AFP [HANOI] The Vietnamese government has authorised tne southern hub ofHo Chi Minh City to evaluate and license foreign investment projects worth less than US$2O million <5t28.4 million), a report said yesterday. The city would be guided by representatives of the Ministry tfPlanningand
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        Lock icon Subic investments doubled in 1995
        57 5 Bloomberg Business News (MANILA] Investment in Subic Bay, a former US naval base transformed into an export and tourism zone, more than doubled to U*****.9 million <*****. lmillion) in 1906. Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority said that figure was 116 per cent more than the U*****.2
        Bloomberg Business News  -  57 words
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        Lock icon Ex-Supreme Court judge found dead
        77 5 Bernama [PENANG] Former Supreme Court Judge Eusoffb Abdoolcader was found dead with gunshot wounds in his house here yesterday. Georgetown CID chief Supt Ibrahim Abdul Rahman said the booy was found in hia room at 4pm. Eusoffe was suspended with four other Supreme Court judges
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      Lock icon Cuepacs rejects M$2b pay rise
      196 5 KUALA LUMPUR AFP MALAYSIA'S civil servants have rejected a Ms 2 billion (SII.I billion) government offer Of wage increases for 1996 in protest against the way pay rises will be distributed, union officials said yesterday. Key officials of the Congress of Unions of Employees in
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      Lock icon Suharto calls on firms to help the poor
      142 5 JAKARTA AFP INDONESIA'S President Suharto called on foreign and publicly-listed companies to donate 2 per cent of their profits to state-run poverty alleviation programmes, a press report said here yesterday. "All companies, including those which are publiclylisted and foreign-owned, are urged to
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      Frenzied trading in M'sian ringgit
      304 5  -  SINGAPORE By] Paul Leo THE Malaysian ringgit closed unchanged against the US dollar in Asia yesterday but only after volatile trading throughout the day. The Malaysian unit rose 1.3 sen to a high of M 52.5435 against the greenback at the opening of Asian trading
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      Lock icon Indon president says he is willing to be corrected
      137 5 JAKARTA Reuter INDONESIAN President Suharto has acknowledged his administration is not without faults or weaknesses and said he is willing to be corrected, the Jakarta Post newspaper reported yesterday. "We have to admit that there are quite a lot of shortcomings
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      7 5 hilwiwii'i problems of plenty: Editorial, Pg 10
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  • CHINA-HONGKONG-TAIWAN
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        Lock icon Retail inflation this year projected at 6%
        77 7 Reuter [BEIJING] China's retail price inflation will be 6 per cent this year compared to 14.8 per centin 1996, a research institute under the State Planning Commission said. Inflation will rise by an annual 5 per cent in the first half of 1996
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        Lock icon Shandong to close 100 polluting factories
        56 7 UPI [BEUING] China's Shandong province has ordered 100 factories to close down within two years In a move aimed at cleaning up the severly polluted waterways, the China Daily said yesterday. Another 200 marked for inspection also fece the threat of a shutdown, throwing
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        Lock icon Taiwan VP leaves for US stopover
        58 7 Reuter [TAlPElhTaiwan Vice-President Li Yuan-m left tor Guatemala yesterday with a planned stopover in the US, which has upset China. Mr Li, who is going for the inauguration erf the Guatemalan president on Jan 14, was due to land in Los Angeles for a
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        Lock icon Special zones to lose tax breaks
        61 7 Bloomberg Business News (SHANGHAI] China s special economic zones will lose some of their tax privileges over the neoct five years, the Shanghai Securities newspaper said. Liu Xiaohua, head of the State Council's office overseeing the zonae, BaJd<iuotas for duty-free imports of capital equipment
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      Lock icon Securities law expected to be passed this year
      192 7 BEIJING Reuter CHINA'S National People's Congress, or parliament, is expected to pass a badly needed securities law in 1996, the China Daily said yesterday. A draft of the law is to be submitted to parliament for review and "hopefully will get a
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      Lock icon China agrees to proceed with HK's container terminal
      356 7 BEIJING But no rethink on after handover or keeping out Patten Bloomberg Business News AFP THE Chinese government said it supports the construction of a new US$l.2 billion (511.7 billion) container terminal in Hongkong. "China is positive on the issue," said foreign
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      Lock icon US business chief rebuts reports on HK's demise
      181 7 HONGKONG AFP REPORTS of Hongkong's demise are "greatly exaggerated", the new chairman of the American Chamber of Commerce in Hongkong said yesterday, although unresolved issues on the territory's handover to China were causing US businesses concern. "Hongkong certainly has problems current and
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      Lock icon This the way to the Great Wall?
      48 7 [BEIJING] British Foreign Secretary Malcolm Rifkind taking some time out for a visit to the Great Wall yesterday. He is in the Chinese capital for turn days of talks, focusing mainly on the handover of Hongkong to China in 1997. REUTER
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      Lock icon Free book on Basic Law
      145 7 HONGKONG AFP THE Hongkong government released a handbook yesterday on the territory's post-1997 constitution in a bid to promote public understanding of the Basic Law before China's takeover in July next year. Entitled "Introduction to the Basic Law" a mini-con-stitution promulgated by Beijing to serve
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      Lock icon Leaders to disclose assets, spending
      207 7 BEIJING Reuter CHINA'S graft busters hailed unprecedented successes in 1995 and said yesterday new tough action in 1996 would include an order to all leaders of party and government to reveal their assets and spending plans. "We dare to say that last year we have
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  • ASIA
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      Lock icon Hashimoto picks SDP stalwart Kubo to weather jusen storm
      530 8  -  TOKYO Opposition Shinshinto may force new govt to seek a mandate on bailout scheme By Anthony Rowley RYUTARO Hashimoto, who is widely expected to bring a bold and aggressive new style to Japanese politics, was formally elected Prime Minister yesterday. But
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      Lock icon N Korea may open free trade zone
      127 8 SEOUL Bernama [SEOUL] North Korea may open the port of Chongjin as a free trade zone in the near future in an effort to attract foreign investment to the RajinSonbong free economy and trade zone, business sources said yesterday. The sources, who asked
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      Lock icon BOJ chief rules out any immediate rise in rates
      172 8 TOKYO AFP BANK of Japan governor Yasuo Matsushita has indicated that the central bank's discount rate, now at a historic low of 0.5 per cent, will rise but not in the immediate future, a newspaper said yesterday. "Since the rate cut,
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      Lock icon Strong jobs data dash hopes for rate cut
      200 8 SYDNEY Reuter [SYDNEY] Continuing strength in Australian employment, against expectations of a slowdown, dashed hopes of a near-term rate cut, but were still good news for a government heading to the polls in the first half of 1996, analysts said yesterday. A
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      Lock icon BJP vows to close Indian economy if it wins polls
      243 8 NEW DELHI Fereign investment policies against nation's interests, says opposition party AFP A LEADER of India's main opposition party has threatened to change the country's freemarket policies if it takes power in general elections this year, the Press Trust of
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      Lock icon Keating to push Aussie bid for KL navy deal
      184 8 CANBERRA Reuter PRIME Minister Paul Keating would push an Australian company's bid for a As 3 billion (553.2 billion) navy patrol vessel project in talks with Malaysian leader Mahathir Mohamad next week, a government source said yesterday. Canberra has been supporting
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  • THE WORLD
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      Mega-firms, mega-debt
      742 9  -  WORLD VIEW Economic crises can be caused by bananas as well as by huge projects By Kevin Sullivan RUMOURS circulated on Tuesday that Eurotunnel, the French-British consortium which operates the channel tunnel and owes a cool £8 billion (5517.6 billion) to 225 anxious banks around the world, was
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        Lock icon Dole-Powell ticket?
        74 9 AFP O f flX)NDON] US Senator Bob Dole is holding secret talks Mrith General Colin Powell on a Joint Republican presidential ticket that would give Mr Powell, as vVice-president, broad new powers in defence and foreign < policy. Fereign Report, part of the Jane's Defence group, bt yesterday
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        Lock icon Pessimism over EU economies
        80 9 Reuter [BRUSSELS] Nearly 40 per cent of the European Union's citizens believe the economic climate in their countries will deteriorate this year, a survey showed yesterday. Polling conducted across the 15-nation bloc by the European Commission in the last three months of last year showed 39
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        Lock icon Blue Dog Democrats may end impasse
        80 9 Bloomberg Business News [WASHINGTON! They call themselves "Blue Dog" Democrats. They're 22 fiscally conservative House members, mainly from the south and west. They're the best —and perhaps last—hope to break the budget impasse between President Bill Clinton and Republican congressional leaders. To end the
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        Lock icon No cellular phones here please
        41 9 AFP [GAZA] Visitors to PLO bead Yasser Arafat's headquarters must now leave their cellular phones far from the door, phone that was booby-trapped. Journalists yesterday said that guards demanded they and other visitors leave their dStsssEsasfisstt*
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        Lock icon More gloom for Major
        76 9 Reuter [LONDON] Beleaguered British Prime Minister John Major received more bad news yesterday when an opinion poll showed his ruling Conservative Party had slumped in popularity following a recent defection. The poll, published in the Guardian newspaper, said backing for the Conservatives in January had fallen
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      Lock icon Fed must bring rates to neutral: Blinder
      123 9 NEW YORK Reuter US FEDERAL Reserve Board vice-chairman Alan Blinder has said that the US central bank must bring real interest rates to neutral levels to allow the economy to grow. "Holding the nominal interest rate fixed while the inflation rate is changing
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      Lock icon US economy losing steam, say analysts
      258 9 WASHINGTON Bloomberg Business News ECONOMIC forecasters, deprived of government indicators, say private industry reports, stock and raw materials prices and other data are signalling that the US economy may be losing steam fast. "There's a slowdown in the economy, just like official figures would
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      Lock icon France bids farewell to Mitterrand
      225 9 PARIS AFP IN a steady drizzle that mirrored the mood of the day, France yesterday bid farewell to former president Francois Mitterrand in two simultaneous, but starkly contrasting requiems. In the splendour of Paris' Notre Dame cathedral, world leaders gathered for a memorial mass to
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      Lock icon Comments on budget talks depress markets
      369 9 WASHINGTON Clinton to address nation as Dole hopes market reaction will help a deal Bloomberg Business News PRESIDENT BUI Clinton was to address the nation in a televised speech yesterday afternoon, a day after pessimistic comments by federal budget negotiators helped send US financial
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      Lock icon German economic growth down sharply to 1.9% last year
      245 9 WIESBADEN, Germany Reuter THE German economy slowed sharply in 1995 with gross domestic product (GDP) rising just 1.9 per cent after 2.9 per cent in 1994, according to preliminary government data released yesterday. The Federal Statistics Office said west German GDP
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      Singapore takes confident step forward
      825 10  -  THE BOTTOM LIMB OPINION By Ong Wee Hock The writer was with the Economic Development Board for more than 15 yean and last worked as general manager of CSA Holdings SINGAPORE officially became a developed nation on Jan 1. Yet, there was no celebration on
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      134 10 'You have a power rate hike, a water rate hike, a possible wage hike and even a postal rate increase. Combined, these fuel fears of inflation.' -Connul Andres research director of DBP-Daiwa Securities Philippines. Philippine stocks fell on these inflation concerns. 'Nintendo is strong on the back
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      Indonesia's problems of plenty
      519 10 EDITORIAL INDONESIAN President Suharto is not a man given to using hyperbole in his public pronouncements. That is precisely why economists are sitting up and taking notice of the president's budget speech to Parliament last week It was characterised by usual bluntness as Mr Suharto warned
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      Greed grips Wall St
      1081 10  -  US investors expect the good times to roil on Irat some brave voices warn that not all is weO By] Leon Hadar The writer is BT's Washington correspondent A BLIZZARD in the north-east of the United States forced the shutdown of Wall Street and the federal
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      WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
      812 10 RnrMMMkrOBP WHEN Congress and the White House finally put aside their bickering over the budget and reopen the government, one of the first things the Commerce Department will do is issue sweeping changes to its flagship measure of economic performance, gross domestic product. The new data
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      30 10 POOMEgBORYIft/ Gary Trudeau N£XT UP- GRAZING RJGHIS! (UfH-rrHERE MR. i FROM VALUtPAT ffOA MOH7H PER QOI SPEAKER! MEANP I■. CORPORATE COHJPOYS. 1 ACRB, TP UKBTOOPENTHB HEAR fug. fjotfu. SE£ J
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  • EXECUTIVE LIFESTYLE
    • CHATTER Box
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        Lock icon Gabor has the hots for Van Damme
        81 11 AFP HOLLYWOOD'S hottest martial arts expert, Belgium's Jean Claude Van Damme, has received praise of sorts from unexpected quarters. Zsa Zsa Gabor says she considers Van Damme the sexiest of men. "It could be his European accent. Then again, it could be his
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        Burns hits a century
        133 11 ,;tyISE-CRACKJNG, fjpr.p»fflng George Burns, who has entertained audiences In every form of show business this century from vaudeville to television and f Jfloviee, turns 100 years old on Jan 20, too frail to fulfil his dream of performing at the London Palladium or Dalaaa 4nT A
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        Lock icon Wayne Newton' 25,000th appearance
        62 11 AFP COUNTRY singer Wayne Newton celebrated his 25,000 th performance on Tuesday in Las Vegas, where he began in 1960, with a six-night stand at the Desert Inn. "I wanted to be a man who dares to dream and pursue tt using my head tor myself
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        Lock icon At the premiere...
        44 11 Reuter THE stars and director of the new film Once Upon A Time When We Were Colored poeing together at the film's /wemiere In Loe Angeles on Tuesday. (From left) Richard Roundtree, Phylicia Rashad, Leon and director/producer Tim Reid. Reuter nry
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      Savouring American Cabernet
      672 11  -  WINE w David Gabriel THE Cabernet Sauvignon has flourished in America, where winemakers are producing some excellent, fruity and moderately-priced wines. What struck our depleted panel of three, as two of the ladies were away on holiday, was how similar to the Australian wines the American Cabernet
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      Lock icon Bid to circle the globe in a balloon fails
      496 11  -  US balloonist forced to land two days after lift off. sally cuKamras reports SALLY CUMMINGS Reuter AN ATTEMPT by a millionaire soybean trader to circle the globe in a balloon ended abruptly on Wednesday when he made a forced landing in
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      1996 wishlist of an Internet user
      381 11  -  INTERNET By John Lui John Lui (johnlui @singnet. com.sg) provides computer support in Singapore Press Holdings DECEMBER last year was a strange month for Singapore Internet users. Long used to the indifference of access providers Singnet and Pacific Internet (formerly known as Technet), they
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      Lock icon Outstanding children as cartoon characters
      290 12 CARTOONS UPI [BEIJING] Determined to create cartoon models appealing to Chinese youngsters, television artists said yesterday they are finishing a series based on China's 10 most outstanding Young Pioneers to compete with popular US and Japanese programmes. While children are dazzled by the imaginative imports
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      Lock icon UK drinks firms to curb alcoholic lemonades
      205 12 BEVERAGES Reuter [LONDON] Britain's drinks industry has agreed to tighter curbs on alcoholic lemonades and colas blamed for a rise in under-age drinking. A string of new "alcopops" have been a major marketing success in Britain with the market leader, Hooper's Hooch Alcoholic
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      Lock icon What's so wrong with being ugly?
      691 14 DISCRIMINATION Should employers bear the burden of fighting prejudice against ugly people? NYT [NEW YORK] Is prejudice in hiring ever justified? Most Americans agree that discrimination on racial, sexual or religious grounds is wrong. But what about against people who just happen to be
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      Lock icon Ramayana in splendrous colours
      951 14  -  CULTURE International festival is testimony to Cambodia's revival By 1 Toh Han Shih IN THE light and shadows of an ancient temple, a haunting beauty approaches while a demon emerges from the dark. The unreal becomes real. Against the background of ancient towers, dancers in colourful
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      Lock icon I'm not strong enough for top tourneys: Date
      314 14 m TENNIS World No 5 feels disadvantaged by mall AFP [SYDNEY] Japan's Kimiko Date said yesterday she was just not strong enough to compete against the top players, and that she believed her slight build would limit her tennis career. > The
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      Lock icon Swedish censorship angers Scorsese
      189 14 FILM AFP [STOCKHOLM] American film director Martin Scorsese is fuming at Swedish censorship authorities who want to cut two violent scenes from his latest movie Casino, the Swedish daily Dagens Nyheter (DN) said yesterday. Scorsese has written a letter to the country's Supreme Administrative Court asking
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      108 13 Well done, medium or rare. U.S. T-Bone Steaks you can really sink your teeth into. The Huhertus Grill U.S. T-Bones Steak Promotion at the ANA Hotel, perfect (or lunch or if you prefer, after dark. A ANA HOTEL SINGAPORE 16 NiMim Hifl, Smppor. 25M67. "U 732 1113/236 6660 ft. 236
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      707 13 TVARAPIO ■mmhhhmmmwmh ue Work! of Nursery Tales. OB Friday Prayer. 7jN Good Morning Singapore. IjM PentasJumaat 330 AM M.O.G. as Seen on TV mo Story from the East. 330 SinarZaman. Show. m Casper the and 433 Perdana Menteri bersa tt®o Close. Friends. ma Ke Arah Kecemerlan LOO PM M.O.G. as
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
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      Chip stocks recover from fears of US slowdown
      417 15  -  Eej US indicator ptjltltolUfUflßT than expected fixture chip demand By David Mok [SINGAPORE] Most electronics stocks here recovered yesterday after the sector suffered a sharp fall a day earlier on fears of a slowdown in the US semiconductor industry. Analysts contacted by
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      Hotel Prop cuts stake in Aussie retailer
      323 15  -  Daikhiteb«y49% share intone entertainment firm Brash* for AslLBm From] Florence Chong in Sydney ONG Beng Seng's Hotel Properties Ltd (HPL) is diluting its holdings in the Australian home entertainment retailer Brashs Pty Ltd. It has agreed to sell 49 per cent to Daiichi
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      Telecom committed to Globe venture
      118 15  -  LETTER TO THE EDITOR Ivan Tan, corporate communications officer, Singapore Telecom I REFER to yesterday's Hock Lock Slew "SingTel set to buy out some of its rivals in Philippines?" hi The Business Times Singapore Telecom's participation in the Philippines is solely through its investment in
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      HK property stocks running too far ahead of fundamentals?
      748 15  -  HOCK LOCK SBW By Quak Hiang Whai IS the current Hongkong rally in property stocks well grounded? In a matter of three weeks, the sectoral Hang Seng Property Index has risen by almost 10 per cent. But the euphoria that is
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      New V-P helps YHS in property thrust
      223 15 [SINGAPORE] TO help set up its property division, Yeo Hiap Seng Ltd (YHS) has appointed Jenssen Lee Yuan Shin as vice-president of property development from the start of this year. YHS said yesterday that Mr Lee was formerly deputy chief project manager with
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      Infrastructure listings in KL face strict screening
      411 15  -  From\ Ruth Wong in Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA'S Securities Commission (SC), keen to make infrastructure project companies (IPC) listings a success, will be strict in screening eligible companies. SC chairman Dr Munir Majid said yesterday that the intention of IPC listing, without a track
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    • REGIONAL COMPANIES
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        Morgan Stanley fund unit for KL
        341 16  -  Joint venture with cooperative will kick-start Malaysia's fond management drive From* Quak Hiang Whai in Hongkong US-BASED Morgan Stanley yesterday signed a preliminary agreement with a Malaysian cooperative to set up a fund management unit in Kuala Lumpur kick-starting Malaysia's development as a fund
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        Lock icon EON defends hire purchase directive
        168 16 Bernama [KUALA LUMPURJ Edaran Otomobil Nasional Bhd (EON) said the directive to its authorised dealers to direct 80 per cent of their hire purchase businesses to two finance companies under the group was on the basis of good commercial practice. This was for EON shareholders'
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        Funds from IPOs and rights issues in Indonesia down 22%
        650 16  -  By William Chia [SINGAPORE] The total amount raised from initial public offers and rights issues on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSE) last year fell by 22.38 per cent to 9.40 trillion rupiah (555.82 billion) from 12.11 trillion rupiah in 1994.
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        Lock icon Manila, US firms form paging unit
        119 16 Reuter [MANILA] Power Page, a Philippine paging company, has set up a subsidiary with USbased MTel International Inc to operate a paging system that lets subscribers receive messages outside the country, the subsidiary Sky Tel said yesterday. In a letter to Transportation and Communications
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        Lock icon KL govt approves M$1.4b Pernas privatisation plan
        288 16 Vehicle used is up to management buyout timnr offtoial AFP [KUALA LUMPUR] The Malaysian government has approved a management buyout plan to privatise state-owned trading corporation Perbadanan Nasional Bhd (Pernas), a top official said yesterday. "The Pernas management buyout has been approved. The
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        Lock icon Telekom raises stake in Penang Shipbuilding
        98 16 Reuter [KUALA LUMPUR] Telekom Malaysia Bhd raised its stake in Penang Shipbuilding Construction Industries Bhd (PSCI) to 11.96 per cent as of Dec 29, it said yesterday. Its stake in PSCI stood at 4.738 million at that date after it acquired 938,000 shares through
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        Lock icon PAL signs Boeing, Airbus deals worth US$3b
        266 16 AFP [MANILA] Philippine Airlines announced yesterday it had signed agreements to acquire 36 aircraft from Boeing Co and Airbus Industrie for about US$3 billion (554.3 billion). The airline said it had wrapped up a financing deal on the first, a Boeing 747-400, with
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        Plenty left of Tuan Sing's rights funds
        253 16 [SINGAPORE] Property group Tuan Sing Holdings and its subsidiary SPP have updated the Stock Exchange of Singapore on the status of the proceeds raised in a rights issue more than a year ago (November 1994). As at end-November 1995, Tuan Sing had used
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        Lock icon Shares rise as Unicord nears deal with creditors
        137 16 Bloomberg Business News [BANGKOK] Unicord pic shares rose 0.2 baht to 3 baht, as the financially ailing tuna canner said it expected to "reach a conclusion" this month with its creditors regarding the company's future. Trading in Unicord was halted for the
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          Transmarco unit to be Ser M$
          60 16 iranamarco said yesterday that Sabre Development Sdnßhd would be sold to Pan Global Properties Sdnßhd tor not more than MS«JS million (5136.8S million). The sale is slated to be completed to July, following an agreement struck on Jan B.Babrs Development is a property firm
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          WBL JV in China
          49 16 [SINGAPOfUfIWBL Corporation has fbrmed a 75 per cent owned subsidiary, Chen«rtuWearneeUEST Co, in China to research, develop and produce bioeleetronic products tor the domestic market The University of Electronic Bdence andTechnotogy<rfChinaownatheremainlnf»percent Tbejolnt venture will have an initial paid-up capital of 16 million renminbi (812.5 million).
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          Uraco takes over plastics maker
          57 16 [SINGAPORE] Uraco Holding* has takan control of Maxplas Singapore Pte Ltd, a thermoplastic synthetic yesterday tt bad bought 1.04 million tl par value Maxplas ;M sharw for 1806,000. With the acquisition, Uraco now owns per cent if operations manager Willy Koh exercises an option to
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        Bidders lining up war chest for HK's mega project
        496 17  -  Hang Long group seen as front runner for HKs4ob development From' Quak Hiang Whai in Hongkong [HONGKONG] With one day to the close of tender for the HK$4O billion (Ss7-35 billion) airport-railway station property project in Central, the market is abuzz
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        Lock icon Hopewell shares up 6% on restructuring plan
        107 17 Bloomberg Business News, AFP [HONGKONG! Shares of Hongkong developer Hopewell Holdings Ltd rose 6.06 per cent after it said it planned to restructure operations. Hopewell, which ran into trouble building roads and power plants across Asia, wants to revamp its businesses within a
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        Lock icon Acer to move global telecoms hub abroad
        246 17 AFP [TAIPEI] Computer giant Acer Group is planning to shift its global telecommunications centre here to either Hongkong or Hawaii because of the costly and controlled telecommunications environment on the island, China Times said yesterday. The paper quoted Acer group chairman Stan Shih
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        Lock icon Smart may take lead in Manila telecoms mergers
        425 17 Company says it is interested In baying one of its competitors Bloomberg Business News [MANILA] Smart Communications Inc said it's interested in buying one of its competitors this year, which could be the first of several mergers in the Philippines' telecommunications industry.
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        Lock icon Apple unveils shocking US$68m loss in 1st qtr
        368 18 Company blames price pressures, plans restructuring Reuter [LOS ANGELES] Apple Computer Inc, citing fierce competition in the personal computer market, stunned investors on Wednesday with news that it would post a US$6B million (5596.7 million) operating loss in the first quarter and
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        Lock icon BP slashes refining capacity
        270 18 Knight-Ridder [LONDON] British Petroleum pic (BP) has announced a major restructuring of its worldwide refining system. It will shut down three of its refineries and significantly cut its overall refining capacity. The aim is to create a global network of plants that are among the most
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        Lock icon Lonrho to float its mining assets
        162 18 Reuter [LONDON] British-based conglomerate Lonrho pic said yesterday it plans to list its mining assets as a separate company and said more measures were in the pipeline to streamline its business and unlock shareholder value. The company also reported that pre-tax profit in the
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        Lock icon Gold tops US$400 for first time in nearly 2½ years
        444 19 Rifle sparked partly by speculators' temporary flight from stocks, bonds NYT (NEW YORK] The price of gold rose above US$4OO (Sss6B) an ounce for the first time in nearly two-and-a-half years on Wednesday, pushed higher in part by speculative demand
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        Lock icon China bankers to meet on loan policies
        230 19 Bloomberg Business News [BEIJING] Chinese central bankers gather in Beijing this weekend to decide whether to loosen lending controls that helped push four out of 10 state companies into the red. Yang Xiaolu, chief economist at China's State Development Bank, said the annual
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        Lock icon Rice prices start 1996 on an uptrend
        568 19 Reuter World rice prices began the New Year on an upward trend lifted by strong global demand, limited supply from Thailand, the largest exporter, and on delays to Indian shipments caused by heavy port congestion. Thai rice prices have gradually Armed up in
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        S'pore banks rich but lack innovation: rating agency
        349 19  -  By\ Siow Li Sen [SINGAPORE] Singapore banks are rich and well-con-trolled but boring while private Indonesian banks are exciting but potential minefields, says an executive of a bank rating agency. Somewhat in between are Thai banks which, although highly profitable, could be
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        Lock icon Oil prices retreat as warmer weather is forecast in US
        292 19 ENERGY REPORT Reuter [LONDON] Oil prices turned sharply lower yesterday as the market retreated from the heady gains made early in the week in anticipation of warmer US weather. World benchmark Brent blend crude futures for February delivery were down
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        Lock icon Sinochem sues Lehman over US$20m trading losses
        199 19 Bloomberg Business News [NEW YORK] Lehman Brothers Inc is being sued by China's Sinochem (USA) Inc, which is seeking to recover US$2O million (5528.4 million) in losses it says Lehman caused through unauthorised trades. Sinochem claims in its suit that Lehman made bad
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        Lock icon CURRENCY REPORT
        160 19 Reuter. AFP THE dollar, propped up by weaker than expected German economic data, barely budged in Europe after recuperating from an overnight drop on the back of tumbling US stocks and bonds. Analysts said gloomy prospects for US budget talks had been superceded by even gloomier growth prospects
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        COMMODITY Reports
        915 20 [KUALA LUMPUR] Tin price on the Kuala Lumpur Tin Market closed 27 sen firmer to M 516.02 in line with the strong undertone on the overnight London Metal Exchange. At the opening level, bids amounted to 284 tonnes while offers were at 59 with major support coming from
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        1032 20 Reuter [SINGAPORE] Late profit-tak-ing and the US dollar's brief recovery against the yen caused Euroyen futures to give up their early gains and finish on a flat note. Early losses on the Nikkei cash market boosted September Euroyen to a mid-day high of 99.24, but dealers said the
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          China may buy less sugar
          108 20 (TOKYO] Estimates for Chinese sugar imports in 1996 are likely to be revised downward, but Asian traders said yesterday it was not conceivable that China could avoid making any purchases this year. Traders pegged China's 1995-96 production at 6.5 to 6.6 million tonnes, up froifi°December
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          Benton Oil-Shell US$30m deal
          99 20 [NEW YORK] Benton Oil and Gas Company yesterday announced that it has signed a letter of intent to sell all the stock of its wholly owned subsidiary, Benton Oil and Gas Co of Louisiana, to Shell Offshore Inc, an affiliate of Shell Oil Company, for U5535.4
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          Pakistan cotton yield set st 10m bales
          70 20 [KARACHI] Pakistan is likely to produce 10 million bales of cotton this year; 1 according to official estimates reported yesterday. A committee set up to survey the 1995-96 crop reduced the estimate given by officials who earlier had predicted a harvest of 10.5
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          Zimbabwe gold output at 55-year high
          118 20 [JOHANNESBURG] Zimbabwe mined a record 24.29 tonnes of gold last year, which was 18 per cent up on the 20.5 tonnes produced in 1994, according to the Zimbabwe Chamber of Mines yesterday. Output in 1995, which is the highest in 55 years. The chamber
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          Jordan invites corn tenders
          75 20 [AMMAN] The Jordanian Ministry of Supplies yesterday invited tenders from local traders for the supply 0f50,000 tonnes of US corn, that could be raised to 100,000 tonnes, ministry sources said. The ministry set Feb 13 as a deadline for submitting the bids, according to the sources.
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      COMMODITY PRICES
      1093 20 *****1FUTUALBS Jan 11 1 NMCI (falarn dMtoi« at SJOhD L HSieOiT«ACT(ScMliA« 0m VaftMO 9m NMI Mfli Imp lilt (toMM) Mtiost F5H ***** 22U0 221.50 300 55 Mr 90 ***** 220.00 ***** ISO 2400 sflroo 220.00 iso «rs f %90 220.00 ISO 4179 J+N 220.00 190 392$ MtUpH 223.00
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      WORLD STOCK MARKETS
      1481 21 Qbata -1M RENEWED turbulence on Wall Street again washed over onto UK stocks, sending the FTSE-100 Index down for a third day running, though the index rallied by the close as the Dow made a partial recovery from Wednesday's slump. The Footsie closed 16.6 points lower at
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      REGIONAL STOCK MARKETS
      4637 21 Dlttyt -***** SHARES ended lower in quiet trade yesterday after a collapse of high-tech shares on Wall Street overnight prompted small-lot foreign sell orders in high-techs. Many traders were sidelined, waiting to see how the Dow will fare in the next few days. The Nikkei Average ended
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      2380 22 Bloomberg Business News EH Hung Seng ♦12&1> SHARE prices closed sharply higher, returning to positive territory one hour into the afternoon session after sharp falls early in the day, as several financial institutions were seen v accumulating stocks in order to issue covered warrants. "There is talk that Peregrine
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      466 22 Reuter D Shanghai B Share lilei 437 SHANGHAI B share market ended down in dull trade with most investors keeping to the sidelines due to weak sentiment after the B share index repeatedly hit record lows last month. The index lost 0.27 point to 51.17 on volume of 3.1
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      1188 22 Bloomberg Business News ffSETMa +V2X STOCKS rose to a six-month high, led by big banks. Investors wagered back-to-back stumbles in US shares could spark a shift to markets such as Thailand's that lagged last year. Brokerage shares also gained, as the interbank interest rate fell to 6 per cent
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      955 22 Bloomberg Business News QOifMttiMg STOCKS rose to a 23-month high, led by Telekomunikasi Indonesia, as foreign investors bet the country will tackle the dual problems of rising inflation and a growing trade deficit. "There is worry, but we believe the recent numbers show concern over the trade imbalance and
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        6426 23 KUALA LUMFUK Reports Bloomberg Business News QjCompofltc -6J6 MALAYSIAN stocks feU yesterday, led by Malaysian Airline System on concern that the national carrier will call on shareholders to help pay for a US$4 billion (515.7 billion) jet airplane order announced on Tuesday. The
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        3384 24  -  WARRANT WATCH By' Ven Sreenivasan SOMETIMES, picking a lucrative warrant is a bit like fishing you've researched your area, the conditions are good, you have a few strikes .but there's always the one that got away. Inevitably, it's a big one. During the past week,
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        74 26  -  bf Paul Leo JEN CHUA i MBNANQ Corporation* tuxxent decline to $1.18 an tower turnover yesterday is a precursor to further weal nem. Yesterdays volume qf 1 J million shares was less than a quarter of Wednesday* 5.5 million units. Both daify and wrnkb RSIs are overbought But
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        619 26  -  nOCZMAKKBT OOMKHMTAXY Undertone still positive as institutions and retail investors take oppoi linilj provided by previous two days'pnllback to accnmnlate stocks By Ven Sreenivasan [SINGAPORE] The market shrugged off early nervousness alter Wall Street's overnight plunge as institutional and retail investors
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          Timely disclosures on mergers
          130 26 WE DO NOT always agree with the missionary zeal in which the Slock Exchange of Singapore sometime* go about rSa!r^!w?«nlS But you can take It that wear* Ml percent behind the SSB efforts to make directors of listed companies disdoes more about their personal ralatkm Without
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          102 26 IF YOU think banksrs In Hongkong are loan sharks, you haven't heard of the 14K triad society. The latter commands the highest financing margin, a polka raid on a I4K-bacfcodk>en carts! reveals. This cartel boeets I,ooocustomers, total lending of HK$lOO million (Ssia4
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          124 26 ALOCALbrokIHf flrmhaa,Qow«Trwayaf describing recent stock mart* events. In its wesklytnveetmsnt report, it said buyers ofstocks are like kids in a candy store. At Qrst, they §o tor the old ftuniliar candies. ~p. Thai the kids—tired of the old detectabies —went fcr the rave and the new. And
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          26 26 BUSlNKSSMraoftaaeomplainodrtoutthe like Myanmar We reckon the Group which Is to a Joint-venture with BfcdtoofNrateAirMendalay,iefalheatiy qualified ror doing Dustnees in met country
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      1483 26 Singapore Closing Share Prtcoa 11/01/1906 CLOSE PREV LOW HIGH tlllf# uss uss uss uss \lHir Jardine Matheaon 7.40 7.30 7.15 7AO FCmV| Jsrdine Strategic. 3.10 3.14 3.08 3.14 LWJ Dairy Farm 0.06 0.07 1.00 Hongkong Land 1.02 1.68 1.86 1.02 ■ppvaatg Mandarin Ortental 1.27 1.25 1.26 1.27 BfiUUliya Janflno Strategic
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      304 27 Knight-Ridder, Reuter RATES were described as "patchy" for panamax tonnage, with reasonable rates paid for early positions in the Atlantic but February rates easier, brokers said. The Baltic Freight Index was 7 points down at 1,570, with capes ize routes static, but, as with Panamaxes, there is more
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      Japan's shipbuilders survive '95, look forward to '96
      453 27  -  Degpita same hard knocks they remain world's Mo 1 for second year running Prom. Bruce Rutledge in Tokyo JAPAN'S shipbuilders took a few punches during 1995 a right jab from the high yen, a left from the aggressive Korean buUders but stUl
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      167 27 AFP [SYDNEY] Chinese and PhUlppine flagged vessels were among the worst offenders of Australian safety requirements based on the number of vessels seized last year, officials said on Wednesday. More than 200 foreign ships were detained in Australian ports in the past year, the
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      Delivery of goods without B/L makes shipowner liable
      664 27  -  CASEBOOK By Selva Kumar A SHIPOWNER which delivered goods without receiving an original bill of lading (B/L) was liable to the shipper regardless of whether the goods were delivered directly from the ship or from a warehouse. That liability was strict and
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      215 27 [MALACCA] Three steps are being taken to make Port Klang a major terminal in the region, Transport Minister Ling Liong Sik said. The first is to forge strong long-term relations with the ports of neighbouring countries. The second step calls
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      233 27  -  By' Yong Mei Fong [SINGAPORE] A consortium of four shipping lines, including national carrier Neptune Orient Lines (NOL), has finalised the details of its trans-Pa-cific services, to be launched by the middle of this year. The group, which also comprises Nippon Yushen Kaisha,
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      S'pore ship allowed to load after agreement on wages
      181 27 [SINGAPORE] Indian seamen have lifted a "siege" on a Sin-gapore-registered ship MV Jaipur after its owners agreed to increase the wages of the crew. "We aUowed the ship to commence loading at Madras after its owners assured us that wages as
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      905 28 ENHANCED SURVEY PROGRAMMES: FACT OR FUDGE? Enforcement of stricter rules for vessels is well under way despite initial fears about how the shipping industry Would cope. The health of many sectors of the industry is also being enhanced along with it Fairplay INCE the 111ception
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      INDEX TO SHIPPING LINES AND FREIGHT FORWARDERS
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        CONTAINER SCHEDULES
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        COCKETT BUNKER MARKET REPORT
        851 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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        GLOBAL HOLIDAY
        447 45 JAlf 15 Japan: Market and Public holiday, Adults' Day. Sri Lanka: Market and Public holiday. JAN 21 Nepal: Market holiday, Lhochhar festival. JAN 22 Pakistan: Market and Public Holiday (Ist Ramadan). JAN 25 Nepal: Market holiday, Basanta Panchami. JAN 28 Australia: Market and Public holiday, Australia Day. Uganda:
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        379 46 Imparted vehicles, largely Japanese brands, make up 10.2% of the market AFP [TOKYO] Japan imported nearly 30 per cent more cars in 1995 than the year before but despite intense pressure from the US to prise open the car market,
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        Lock icon A happy 100th birthday
        69 46 [WASHINGTON] The chiefexecutive officers of (from left) Ford Motor Co Alex Trotman, Chrysler Corp Robert Eaton and General Motors Corp Jack Smith posing together with the first cars manufactured by their companies in celebration of the 100 th anniversary of the US car industry. In the
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        301 46 Cash rebates by Ford, and special discounts ljy Chrysler Bloomberg Business News [DETROIT] US car makers are returning to sweeping incentive programmes in an effort to boost business, as evidence grows that the general economy is too weak to generate sufficient sales. In one
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        Lock icon Blizzards disrupt international air cargo services
        289 46 Cargo carriers will take up to a week to recover Reuter [TORONTO! It will take up to a week for international air freight operations to shake off all the effects of this week's monster snowstorm that closed US east coast airports from Richmond, Virginia,
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        Lock icon TWA in talks to buy new aircraft
        177 46 Bloomberg Business News [ST LOUIS] Trans World Airlines Inc (TWA) is talking with aircraft lessors and aircraft and engine makers about acquiring a significant number of new aircraft. TWA could announce the orders during the first quarter, said Robert Peiser, chief financial officer.
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          Lock icon McDcunell close to putting Thai deal
          76 46 Bloomberg Business News [BANGKOK] The Thai Air Force iadoaa to ordering eight. FA-18 Hornet jet fighters from McDonnell Douglas Carp, as the US government has approved a Thai government request that the planat be capable offlringair-tfreir missiles. the Bangkok Post reported. Rival airplane 1
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          Coming soon to Asian Aerogace
          76 46 [SINGAPORE] The new Boeing 777-300 (above) will be one of the stars tn next month's Asian Aeroepace-96. Its appearance follows Singapore Airlines' recent announcement ofan $18 bUllop deal for Boeing to supply 77 8777s between 1007 and 9004. The Boeing 777-3 DO is the world's
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          Lock icon Qantas-American Airlines new pact
          75 46 Reuter [SYDNEY] Qantas Airways and American Airlines will extend a US <x>da*harina agreement with new sei vices t».. Miami anA Dan—, Forth Wotito,ttamlm Angrtas >^»JF said in a statement From Feb 1,19 codasliareflightso© W American Airlines will operate each wmh ft urn Ua 1 Angeles to
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          16 46 Reuter owned subsidiary In aS^wjpeosto^ subsidiary, capitalised at wouU Involve capital
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          28 46 Bloomberg Business News [NEWDEUfI] Sujuki Motor Co < the Indian government's move toocatOMlMlnddflr Osamu Suxuki, president and dhitf aiflNkkMqAbipof Japanese company, said the mow Jeua&rand laid. Ttm-
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        Lock icon Indian car market forecast to reach 1.2m by 2000
        345 46 Reuter [DETROIT] Fuelled by a fastgrowing economy, India's vehicle market may top 1.2 million units in 2000, more than double the 560,000 car and truck sales projected for 1996, according to the top official of Premier Automobiles Ltd. "The projections are
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        Lock icon 48.5% of Americans prefer used cars
        195 46 Reuter [DETßOlT] Nearly 49 per cent of Americans would rather buy a two to three-year-old used car or truck than a new one, indicating serious consequences for the car industry, according to a new survey released on Tuesday. The survey, conducted by the Dohring
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        AIRCRAFT ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES
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        Lock icon Aerospatiale chief renews call for fresh capital
        109 46 NYT [PARIS] Aerospatiale might need a capital injection from an outside company, president Louis Gallois said yesterday. This would be necessary if the French government did not recapitalise the loss-mak-ing business. Mr Gallois has been calling on the French state for a capital
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      12 27 Enhanced survey proflrammwc Fact or fudge? Owners adjust to new rules. Paf»2
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      72 27 US losing to Europe in figjit for Japan car market Imported vehicles make up 10.2% of market. Back Pafß I HANJIN SHIPPING I I Weekly Direct Service To I I MEDITERRANEAN Ports I I From 16 January 1996 I I u »J?: ;^frW J W n^HTvj^^Hr I HANJIN SHIPPING (SINGAPORE)
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      432 30 JAPAM/HONOKOMa/STRAfTS REGULAR SCRV>CS LOADING FOR PORT KLANQ/PSNAMQ VEUa VOV SPORE P.BUBMM PU m CB gg »MUJ«T WW WJMI 17MN PAOBC BRACE 27 WW WJMi wu—imm. wrr mjmi BHMUNI3 WJW U JAN lmwo nm 1 I www m a Jim I mSTTI IALTIA 2 24JAN I aJMI ■Ml Mr A 2
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      825 31 3pv STRAITS SHIPPING PTE LTD mm II Naa CMaai Mai #11-01 Kappal Tavava I IfIHjHV Slafapara 02S8 Tal: *****88 Fax: *****17 ®Hf (A SERVICE OF CHINA NAVIGATION CO> STNMTSnM MK ttJM 11 Jm Mm, LMaM AUtlOaaMto g; 1 ■r' stmhunok vmk njm sjm Mwa.MiHaaMtoftLMM ooin M W WlM simhssm «mm
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      1911 31 Singapore Agent: HH WW 1 I iIfIIAIIIMHi P&O Container* (Singapore Agencies) Pte Ltd 1* Hoe Chiang Road, M 741 Keppel Towers, Singapore 02M First Class Connections WORLDWIDE ""x* l rmZZSshtim mi V-- DIMMIT ■-r'v IMPOWr 'V IT: waaa wov i-fwo *p*B HH laou ant nor nam oot ana um wml
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      239 31 OUTMOUMP PKL PM JON SM MBMPM MEtMTMMMMK—IM MMNM22I/MS Ml 1141 Ml 14-14*1 Ml Ml HH «H Ml IVH IW -Ml wnaran® —www uw Twrwr-asw —an —r-~ir ioftwiw MMHM2BMMI Ml W Mil H-Ml Ml "gUT Mil WB ~gg" gg gg ~IW MMHAI2I2M36 Ml Ml Ml _ZtML Ml Ml Ml Ml M
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      818 32 Vtssa VOTAOI W M Ml DOW OAM IWT lAO VKSH VOTAOI DM AM OMI MM SOP moon numr 2voi own oym wn um oun 01/02 mcokoio oumk 31/12 01/01 01/01 ovoi 14/01 HUM Ml WW Ml OW OW IMB 12/02 |UN COM** 037V-02M 04/01 07/01 01/01 OVOI 11/11 •AM>aooapMnßEeL*oPt*».Shaqah.Jrt»lAlvta thbai.
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      636 32 U TEL: *****99 (12 UNfIS) FAX: *****10/*****09 TELEX: M ***** MBHP (9IM CR NO: **********0E 9B 1 111 1 1 1 1 q S |r ACCEPTING FCL AND COHVENTIONAL j Vws Way I iST 11 n*i|tif —1 AndW 42W8 21/02 T22T112^ Atoyot 43M8 IMB H KIEN HUNG UNE 1 FULLY
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      1653 33 MECTSJUUMS7B NAM-14 BAYS MW YORK 2S BAYS tnwiwl $mmlAO—H: TH (t—M): Zttlttt Aftf Oft: COSTAR SHIPPING PTE LTD SE/SSSMS"' tmt m9m ~'£iSlL +*»—c SfcfSBSSS. %X$S& 4mm .&25% ffrSSSmm-, SZSE""""" S s T»t 17-MMIU/117 hi 8 7-MM 17V SS«MRWSW MW !W W SolcIiTOW?" 1 W »5! SCKHE«OtK mrl WJ Ml W
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      433 33 I -jg FAMOUS CONTAINER LINES JlpS 80 ROBINSON ROAD, #22-02 SINGAPORE *****8 HOT UNE: *****33 (30 LINES) Weekly Sailing To UNITED KINGDOM r-J[ SCOTLAN^ CALL OUR FRIENDLY GROUP FAMOUS EUROPE GIRLS RAMLAHIIMAHI MOLLY I *****33 P. KLANG PH: 0203/*****02 (10 LINES) PENANG PH: 0204/*****7 (10 LINES) j. BAHRU PH: 0207-*****22
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      706 34 vessel voy sm jkt yam vor «w pb* I^B k«—« n«sv 2 BKK MRABHUM ***** Fri mPt Bun IVDI STAMFORD «70«__ ■LSSs ia /oi WWPHVM 0488 fcLil!LJH_m *fc«_ JB«l—PM_ _IIMI_ H nSwtabhum ywABHUM as jvoi__sst_ jofla_ I stamforo «Z52 I!sl_ Js22__|-_ «£L■ WAMTA BMUM 27>N S«t WANA BHUM 3006 Wnd
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      106 34 BKK/LAEM CHABANG/LAOS 18/01 21/ VI 25/01 JAKARTA 27/01 03/02 10/02 PT KLANG/PENANG 25/01 01/02 01/02 MANILA 20/01 02/02 00/02 HONG KONG 04/02 11/02 25/02 TAIWAN 21/01 20/01 04/02 BUSAN 15/01 21/01 20/01 ad Ifn atom iMttaahr TWQETUS 2MI/M Otl/K WMIIOMMOIi KIM W K to UGMETUS IVt/H nlawMn reaaa zmm rtnm
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      581 34 7# AM SOW ROAD, §21-01, SINGAPORE 0207 CR **********0N WWW «HUTTLt MWWCB POBT W PEMAHO vEsia \Krt_ m m. ««a voy si pa SEA LAUREL 450N UMSUK 1 SOI MOW MCC VANTAGE 6003 1001 WED ***** FW SS— PAtfmcusPY iwimu gl SEA LAUREL 1901 FBI PfIAGOH TEKONG 25N 1301 SAT
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      199 34 II 'i iCSweSeßuEwNGMreaffl BoowMa/w|Qo|( *****4 nnnn innnnw J TEL: *****93 ItOtOWOOOWrji FAXs 221 40IDIW> J vosa vot sura sunt nstmbim SWWKI VH 15/01 17/11 FUN/MBMK 16 DIM 1 VH 17/01 If/01 POMMM/SnOE ausma i/m u/oi lyoi wwitinwc j WOMB i/H ipor m wmmm Ma 2/M IMI 20/01 JMMB^MMK SB ROM
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      613 35 I: EISA 1 MYANMA VHHBk FIVE STAR UNE T NOIUMI UM) L»li| fw YM|M Hmml I nssa vot sm m rai poi j LUIMYSBT 1W HPT BTOBAVWAISIW 14/11 1 BAUftU MOTS: MUSIUO SEPfM MBKBS J ML Itt 42-13-***** M Kk IE IMS-*****11 KNs IB 42-04-*****42 ME IE IM7-2512M1/4 BANK LINE
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      809 35 I PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL UNES (PTE) LTD I 140 Cecil Street, #03-00 PIL Building, Singapore 0106. I cn no iooeo67ooooE VO44E voy am earn noo jbd aoj am ru mm aba KOTA WUAYA WJA444 30/1 34/1 30/1 1/3 3/4 4/4 4/1 4/1 7/4 1/1 t KOTA44RAM 4WHH4 33/1 4/3 4/3 10/3
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      748 35 0237—0000Z \trmn h w m* oametta leh/kre hambubo thamlm uiii wrr—MM animct?H MLLEOEVBLA Vtaw WW 28*01 OMB 07/02 OMB KMt IMB VLLEDECAFBLA TI3W SMH OMB IMB 17/02 IMB BMB SBBS VLLEOEUBRA LI3MT OMB 12*B 20KB 21/02 2VOt Ml Ml AI3W WWg~ IMS 27*2 M WE ~~SSS ALSO AOCEFTBIO CAROO TO
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      427 38 aKAPAL KRIS Shipping Pte Ltd 708 DUXTON ROAD, S'PORi *****9 *****76 *****77 Q NO. **********00 SYARIKAT PERKAPALAN KRIS SENDIRIAN BERHAD k 309-609 HOCK A GIOMAC MJSMSS CEMTM, 10 MIAN SS 6/1, KHANA JAYA, P.O. lOX 8428 ***** PfttUNG JAYA, SBAMGOt. Jth *****77/71/79 FAX: *****07 IHfX: MA ***** VCSS& VOT ER9QB
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      375 38 DIRECT MONTHLY SAIUNQS BWOfISHtVKI VBSa/WT SI UKMOWS WMMm BB I vissa n tgm i k in m a nw n nu m Mttvuo u nrr 11/01 is/oi OORTROWB VIM SU fl» Hi BP! JJ/II 19/11 «/M MCSHVI/II 15/11 27/11 SI/11 02/il MMMTVIII 31/11 03/W 17/11 0»/W •tt.jiu.irx jn/gri/uWHMW/11 IWMWWB n/B
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      599 39 TIGER OCEAN 399N 12-1301 17-21/01 25-27/01 I TIGER CAPE 400N 15-1001 21-2401 29-3QOI I TIGER ISLAND 401N 18-2001 24-2001 01-***** I TIGER BROGE 402N 22-2301 29-31,01 *****2 I TIGER OCEAN 403N 25-27/01 31-04/02 08-1002 I TIGER CAPE 404N 29-3001 0407,02 1213/02 I VESSEL VOYSIN CAL SIN I TIGER RIVER 228CN8
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      889 39 ISeaHLand I FIXED WEEKLY SAILING TO PANAMA Iwo DW mm mm I'—'— wot m ao T~ms~~mTT mm n mm m ombvmmm mr ~isfli u/11 aauwa jot r/r «/w u/w m/r 1W "ii^T bdmss m iw on agwy 2« iKS 12-C5 !M5 ]t/n um OMBMRM MM B/01 B/OI ll« J" >J/"
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      930 39 toeuropi (^Tr# Nedlloyd Lines ««nr Tkw»/FHdoy/Sotwdoy MHQAPOBE phone (General) 22uses rate enquiries *****4ummm cfs <phone) *****10 cfs <fax) *****23 I 1 1 gMIM TO EMMK nmv tmhuwsbP I—— i mmwmt Mi 8m Ul mm Aw* Han Ml ELBE /3016 13/01 29/01 30/01 03/02 04/02 01/02 .r 00CL FORTUNE /5026 18/01
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      1028 40 14 AS AGENTS: "K* L— (MiaHWM) PTI LTD (CWWOc HIffIWMMIHIT«BM>:MMW7MM| TH: *****77 7H_EX KAWAW R*****5 FAX; *****167/8/9 ■ft T T WTV|\ MALAYSIA: If UNi MAIVTiM (MALA YSUk) SON BHD I Pi TEL SA *****00 PK *****75 PEN *****20 JB *****01PGU*****256 1 MDONE9A: P.T. SAftAMA LAUT 11— UMA, TEL JKT *****08
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      311 40 PUL NTERNATIONAL ♦MrfHi 111 I9i»i»iili ti I «***9jdwlliiH»tiBj|iii M*» "'V fIWOTI ISMt/KIK ■}-f I fet,|ilrihJfligjS^ fffit I !«/»< I Ml m l»/«l I wiiawaiMMw I BL I HOT f HI I Mj Mum ivi \fm I imiTmm h/iilm n/t\ ffMfffltflllliff iH/fl I Tit 17/tl iWd 1 lf/11 I m/KniM/mi 5*55
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      1021 40 jaMF h Pftt boab ioi-oi it row womb SMfINK OOMSI JM HMH <a MO-miiiimi/W) ■U'L aisrwMsavw ns-i-ns aoc—rowm ih^m4 GBOALUM 225-W* GBBALMX *****12 We Carry Your Confidence mm V%+W lAfill VOKE 321-Mtt m "Win WM/wmi •TT MM*OTM ST ~uu~ 15" Wen I o*. I 'dm Iml we M^fMX Ml Ml
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      838 41 ACCEPTING LCL CARGO TO Singapore SSSC QStkdmhr SS first forwarder in MaAiMhL fuuuU.-i--*rr r ASIA AWARDED mfy niiiiag "«T WW T I iso 9002 »y lrqa wmeb Sitwiiy ***** (vary Friday bmiSmkn aST i^lg 1,n,,i„ t i> —j— /yI I Unbiiil Phase Plmm 3 idh|S mmlli (sUyiJIJLI w stiff if
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      1764 41 WjL„_. -KM—BML -ME: -M MB Ml 11 AH ML- BB Jft JEM- JB BM_ JH T M J—LJBMTNMKS Ml IUI M IUI UK ajl MB WMM BM BB* MB OB 111 Ul M «ll MMMM KM IIH 11B* MB MB BB KB MB M.BMtt «l til till til Mil tt.fi
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      540 42 SAMUDERA INDONESIA fS) PTE LTD I —"Bf" 15 McCALLUM STREET #03-01/02 NATWEST CENTRE S'PORE 0106 TEL: *****81-3 FAX: *****6 (3 HUNTING LINES) TLX; R*****0 IOOKIIBS CALL DIRECT LIME: *****41/*****43 JEBSICA/CEUA 5 SLGS/WEEK 3 SLGS/WEEK HE V6Y Ifcw jak Iggf Mir B5fi5N~(OTSj 906 13/01 (SAT) 17/01 (WED) EPONYMA 909 13/01 (SAT)
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      469 42 TO E. CANADA US ATLANTIC US GULF I fWMMO VOY SPORE I PJffl WHr] HAUFAX N.YORK NORFOLK N. ORLEANS BAVANNAH TAMPICO HOUSTON HOEQH CUPPER 0232 I&I7JAN 108 JAN 08MAR 06MAR 00MAR 16MAR 12MAR 20MAR 33MAR HOeQM DRAKE (MM (JVM FEB 128 JAN 23 MAR 28MAR 28MAR 08APR 01 APR 08
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      252 42 PHILIOHKNT V* UN€S PTC LTD ®TBL: *****00 (16 UNES) FAX: *****70/*****38 17 JAN I NAPER, CHRKTCHURCH, NEW PLYMOUTH I LONDON, FBJXSTOWE, LE HAVRE, ISJSNI ROTTERDAM, HAMBURG, ANTWERP I AND ALL MLAND DESTViATIONS WITHM EUROPE 16 JAN I KOBE. TOKYO. OSAKA 14 JAN I BUSAN, MAMLA, BANGKOK, PJCELANQ, 14 JAN I
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      415 43 •_L. Singapore Soviet Shipping iwt Co pto Ltd CR NO: **********0N IHiHHbkAiAßalllaH||iSfißUlkli3^HHHi BOMBAY/COCHIN jvraSCL VOY SM BOM 000 XOOR MA 001 IMI mot SCA QLOfIY OLftOOl 12/01 23/01 www- epmob woi aim i. I«°**OBWNI 414 2VOI >1/01 ■^^■■■|HnTi7TFTTRTTTTni^HHI^H^H HAIPHONG SERVICE "3T- r JvEBBB. vov Ism dm PIOMER KIROI 108F96 12m
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      333 43 m FAR EAST I 16/01 KEELUNG/KAOHSIUNG 1 14/01 BANGKOK 14/01 MANILA/CEBU 14/01 JAKARTA/BELAWAN/SURABAYA 14/01 PORT KELANG/PENANG/E. MALAYSIA 14/01 BUSAN 14/01 TOKYO/YOKO/KOBE/NGO/OSA 14/01 HONG KONG 1 SIM CHINA 14/01 GUANGZHOU/HUANG PU/SHENZHEN FUZHOU/XIAMEN/SHANTOU/SHEKOU DALIAN/SHANGHAI/XINGANG TIANJIN/QINGDAO/HAIKOU also accepting LCL cargo SIM EURQPE/UK 14/01 LON/FLX/LVP/SOU 15/01 ROM/HAM/ANT/LEH/GOA/OSL/GOT/BCN also accepting cargo to Austria/ Hungary/Romania/Poland/Bulgaria/Czech. SIM
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      496 43 I STAR SHIPPING AGENCIES (S) PTE LTD zn (xmSShb SBtVKK GOIO STAK UNI LTD SiTH SMPfMG CORPORATION IHfPHONfc 220-6666 (I IMS) FAX: *****70 fcfc *****12 (MAtKETMG) (d NO. IUIMSMOKI It ANERKA/CARMIAN SaVKK W |WT INMUM IMII pi I Iwtl 5i auooaw i«t a/i zjbmmm n/i i/i s/i //i «/a MU
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      606 43 (q»» iMQwiworia /!Ss yr-x J NBIUFdMK 18. (03) 24)2323. I aOO»4Qa MOIUNi 10l US. CANADA. UK/EUaOTt. AUSIUUA. (MK rVb\ 'A' K.L (03)*****33. ■BB Hf#M# I ,'*!y? ONS lA<y<w I FWwr (03) 34a9067, *wl fWK#Ar I Mi i-aaa-amaaa ma mm i» iou r»ru* I 1 *°*»M»oo(soa>M| 1an*****«/V4, I CFS Ml 17MU7
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      136 43 TOKYO SNMII KAIUN CO PTI LTD HSSII 10 AMBON ROAD #23-15 UIUJ MmNCnONAL PLAZA WOMOM7 TSL: *****28 (6 UNO) FAX: *****06 A *****10 Cflfc **********0S SERVICE TO: BUI EAST/CHWA/EUWOPg 1 10*01/981 TOKYO, YOKOHAMA, KOBE NAOOm 18/01/96) OSAKA, USA BANGKOK, HONQKONQ AND ALL CHMA PORTS 18/01/98| KfWlin 12/01/981 ROTTERDAM SOUTHAMPTON ALL
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      486 44 f INO IXnill IHIMINO |m) LTD. V MM I 11 COLLYHI QUAY §06-01 THE ARCADE SMQAPOMS 0104. TIL: *****00 (4 LINES) FAX: *****0S TLX: R*****1 BINOEX SINOTRANS SHANGHAI (CONTAINER SERVICE) SIN/HKQ/SHAI vrom HKQ BHAJ vnm VOV ETA I ETP ETA I ETP ETA IHP CHANQ YHQ 9617/9618 06/01 06/01 11/01
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      411 44 rasas. ssaagi.— ~gS& j HONGKONG US$l/m 3++ I EX "WAN HA1221" VOY. N022 ETA 14/1 j KEELUNG/KAOHSIUNG i EX "UNI OBTAIN" VOY. 0472-AN ETA 18/1 I ICEBU US$45/m*H EX "INTRA BHUM" VOY. 24E ETA 20/1 LOW-LOW RATES FOR CO-LOADERS lwr im I «I w I msa vor m m TTfi
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      141 44 r™^ ££i MFL SHIPPING (INTL) SSSff PTE LTD SUBSIOURY OF HAI SUN HUP GROUP FCULCL CONSOLIDATION SERVICES HOT LINES; *****42/346 VKSa VOY EU(SM) MSTWAJKM WITUAN 0107-043E 15/01 KEELUN6 AflSfOK fOK 17/11 HONGKONG chow* sun mn ii/ii Ibm T~ v I) AIiMSSADOtW ftX 1M KAOHSMMG ~li SEAIAN6B OH 21/01 OSAKA MONT
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