The Business Times, 17 January 1996

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    20 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 046/12/95 Internet: http://www.asial.com.sg/biztimes S-I N G A P 0 R E WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 17,1996 85c
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    MARKET SUMMARY
    69 1 Bvn 2397.83 (-15.76) rjBTCOMP mm 223M0 (-14.76) BT-MBA 1122*82 (-1.15) gj MAIKET MOOD: WOCH MiUBT nOWCES Tuesday Change KLSE OOMP ...*****6 -2.89 NIKKEI *****.07 +279.65 HANG SENG *****.15 +36.65 SET INDEX. 1371.64 -6.16 JAKARTA COMP 568.43 -5.47 MANILA OOMP ..2776.75 -til TAIPEI WPI 5815.36 -11.65 SEOUL COMP J68J7
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    FINANCE
    73 1 EXCHANGE KATES ust s$ 08$ 1.426 t 1 1443. 1199 DM 9.687 0.900 Y199 9.947 1.360 9.199. 9.566 HKI 9.129. 0.184 BAHT .0.040. 9.066 SUPIAH 199 .0.044 0.092 FUME BATES SINGAPORE* 144 KUALA LUMPUR.. 8.16 JAKARTA 17 50 BANGKOK 1175 MANILA 1100 HONGKONG MO TAIPEI .8.00 SYDNEY 1175 TOKYO
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    S'pore Technologies buys Micropolis drive business
    465 1  -  Group outbids top industry rivals for a chnnk of US-based company By, Jennifer Lien [SINGAPORE] Governmentbacked Singapore Technologies has outbid several major electronics firms to buy out the loss-making disk drive business of US-based Micropolis Corp, sources said yesterday. Micropolis announced last week it
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    Marco Polo's operations here not affected by parent's sale
    434 1  -  By< Conrad Raj, Quak Hiang Whai in Hongkong MARCO Polo Developments (MPD), whose shares shot up yesterday on news that its parent's sale of the Omni North American hotel chain to US interests might pave the way for the redevelopment of
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    Lock icon KLSE 2nd board stocks plunge
    391 1  -  From'. Ho Kay Tat in Kuala Lumpur JITTERY punters dumped high flying second board stocks yesterday on rumours that some broking houses, including Malaysia's biggest retail brokerage TA Securities, had imposed buying restrictions on their clients. TA denied the rumours yesterday afternoon, but it was
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    Regional markets retreat
    133 1 [SINGAPORE] Regional stock markets came under profittaking pressure yesterday, with the Singapore Straits Times Industrials Index shedding 15.76 points or 0.7 per cent to 2,397.83. An institutional dealer said that foreign funds are waiting for a pullback in the local market before adding to their positions. In
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    Lock icon OECD: Singapore only a more advanced developing country
    548 1  -  By, Anna Teo [SINGAPORE] Singapore's per capita income of U5523,360 (5533,288) may be the world's 12th highest, but it is not a developed country. According to the Organisation for Economic Co-opera-tion and Development (OECD)'s classifications, Singapore is one of six "more advanced
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      160 1 DISIPE DtdUe festivals The joint celebration of the Lunar New Year and Hari Raya Puasa holidays may turn out to be a case of too much of a good thing for retailers, P|2 ■WfUiBB S>re Twtaotogiw to b«y Mmh, thispg. Looks like a strategic move for ST as Micropolis has
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      16 1 Soros' bullish comments lift Nikkei, Page 19 Big bulls could pose dangers for Asia, Page 10
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      217 1 Timeless values. m v Empire Period. Geneva Duplex escapement movement by Hbery of London. These two exquisite watches, The Rolex Day-Date in the shape of peaches, are is appreciated for more called «For China». than just the twenty-five The craftsmen of Geneva were languages in which it can disrenowned for
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      8 1 Retailers must price goods competitively: Cheow Tong, Pg2
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
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      Lock icon Festivals that won't cheer retailers
      574 2  -  Overlapping of Lnnar New Tear and Hari Saya Pnasa holidays could shorten period of festive shopping By« Jenny Lam, Ang Wan May THE coinciding of the Lunar New Year and Hari Raya Puasa holidays may turn out to be a case of too much of
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      Restaurants in hotels expect sales to soar next month
      312 2 FOOD and beverage outlets in hotels expect sales to as much as double over the Lunar New Year period, as hungry revellers seek sustenance and Chinese restaurants remain closed for festivities. Finding an open Chinese restaurant or coffee shop outside a
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      Lock icon Building deals to hit $8b a year
      287 2  -  EYE ON THE ECONOMY Construction By' Teh Hooi Ling AT LEAST $8 billion to $10 billion worth of construction contracts will be awarded annually in Singapore over the next few years, says a report by the National University of Singapore's Centre for Business
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      Retailers must price goods competitively: Cheow Tong
      533 2  -  Minister says high rentals cannot be used as an excuse for charging more By< Anna Teo WITH the sprouting of retail centres in the region, Singapore retailers must price their goods competitively and not use high rentals as an excuse to charge more,
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      Witco of US buys Allied Resins to tap region's markets
      281 2 SPECIALIST chemical manufacturer Witco Corporation has acquired a Singapore resins company to better tap the expanding market in the region. New York-listed Witco announced at its head office in Connecticut last week that it bought Allied Resins Adhesive Products, which
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      General Motors' S'pore unit lays off 8 more employees
      209 2 GENERAL Motors Overseas Distribution Corp, the local arm of the American auto giant, laid off eight more employees here last month. The decision, which affected staff in the vehicle sales and marketing departments, followed a retrenchment of five senior managers in
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      Prospects for refiners improve in first quarter
      406 3  -  Traders say better margins should last for at least 3 months with sustained cutbacks, shutdowns I Siow Li Sen THE outlook for Singapore refiners which faced a rather bleak future just four to five months ago has improved, at least for the first
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      Estella Gardens' first phase 60% sold
      263 3 BUYERS have booked some 110 units of Estella Gardens in the Upper Changi area, about 60 per cent of the 190 units put up for sale in the latest Hong Leong venture to reach the market. The project is a 350-unit freehold condominium coming
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      Visa's Asia-Pacific president quits
      240 3 AFTER just two years in the job, the president of Visa International's Asia-Pacific region, Lindsay Pyne, has given up the helm to pursue "other business challenges". Even before Mr Pyne's appointment to Visa was released to the press, some senior staff had begun leaving the company's
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      Lock icon Microsoft Network targets March launch
      367 3  -  By Kenneth James MICROSOFT Corp will formally launch its online service, Microsoft Network (MSN), in Singapore in early March. It will at the same time announce more details of its strategic partnership with the Singapore government and key local players to provide Internet access, Microsoft's
      CHRIS LOH  -  367 words
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      NCB launches Singapore Pavilion on Internet
      132 3 THE Singapore Pavilion, a pavilion in cyberspace to showcase all things Singaporean, goes on-line on the Internet today. It is organised by the National Computer Board and is part of Singapore's participation in the Internet 1996 World Exposition, a year-long global event centred around
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      151 2 Filial ECONOMETRIC STUDIES UNIT DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS STATISTICS NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE SINGAPORE INDIA The Singapore Economy: Economic Outlook: Quarterly and Annual Outlook Assoc. Prof. Bhanoji Rao The ESU Team, NUS Department of Economics and Statistics, NUS Investment Opportunities: CHINA Mr K. Sadashiv Economic Outlook: Exim Bank of India Mr
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  • FOCUS: PERSONAL FINANCE INVESTMENT
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      Lock icon Picking tips from the charts
      635 4  -  TECHNICAL VIEWPOINT What the price trends of four STI Index-linked counters foretell Naresh Verma The writer is a manager of technical analysis advisory (South-east Asia) at Dow Jones Telerate. The opinions in this column are personal and do not represent the views of the writer's
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      Lock icon Honda, Toyota sales lift Car Track index
      566 4  -  Agents lure December buyers with cash discounts Byi Christopher Tan [SINGAPORE] The Car Track index perked up a little in December, thanks largely to the nearly 500 Honda Civics and 200 Toyota Corollas registered in that month. Distributors Kah Motor and Borneo Motors
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      Career diplomat named as new envoy to S'pore
      245 5  -  MANILA Exchange of en voys shows ties back on right track: Ramos By, Al Labita PRESIDENT Fidel Ramos yesterday named a new envoy to Singapore to normalise bilateral ties strained by the Flor Contemplacion dispute. He is Alberto Encomienda, a former Philippine
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      Vietnam plans to upgrade its airports
      277 5  -  SINGAPORE By Harish Mehta VIETNAM plans to double its airports from 16 to 32 by the year 2010 under a master plan submitted to the government recently for approval. The country's three international airports Ho Chi Minh City's Tan Son Nhat, Hanoi's Noi Bai
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      Keating shows political savvy
      741 5  -  ISIiMfIBV as another member Joins the clnb of tough-talking leaders By Yang Razali Kassim THE club of vocal AsiaPacific leaders is looking a bit too crowded with the rise of Japan's new Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto. It is just as well Aussie Premier Paul Keating made
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      Lock icon Malaysia's inflation rate eases
      122 5 KUALA LUMPUR AFP MALAYSIA'S inflation rate for 1995 eased to 3.4 per cent against 3.7 per cent a year earlier, the statistics department said yesterday. The department said the 3.4 per cent increase in the consumer price index (CPI), the country's national barometer for inflation, was
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      Lock icon Mahathir asks Keating to plug into Mekong project
      452 6 KUALA LUMPUR Australia and Malaysia to upgrade trade ties AFP, Bernama, Bloomberg Business News, Reuter MALAYSIA yesterday invited Australia to participate in an ambitious Asean plan to develop the Mekong region that encompasses six countries including China. Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad told
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      Lock icon Hanoi calls for strengthening of state control over the economy
      275 6 HANOI Leaders see need to limit influence of foreign investors AFP VIETNAM'S communist leaders have reacted to their country's rapid social and economic change by bringing ideology back to the fore and ratcheting up the political rhetoric on state control.
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      Lock icon Plastic products sector faces stiff test
      166 6 BANGKOK AFP THAILAND'S plastic products industry is doing a booming business but it faces a stiff test from abroad over the next few years as tariffs on imported goods come tumbling down, a research report by Bangkok Bank said yesterday. Tariff on imported plastic
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      Lock icon Manila expels 214 foreign 'investors'
      88 6 MANILA AFP THE Philippines has ordered 214 foreigners with investors' visas to leave the country immediately after failing to prove they had actually invested here, it was announced yesterday. Immigration Commissioner Leandro Verceles said the 214 investor visas were cancelled on the recommendation of the
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        Lock icon No Indon tax rise planned
        122 6 Bloomberg Business News [JAKARTA] Indonesia's tax chief said the government isn't planning a tax increase to cover a 20 per cent rise in tax revenues projected in its 1996-97 budget, the Jakarta Post reported. Fuad Bawazier, the director-general of taxes, said the increase in revenue
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        Lock icon Security forum to meet in Tokyo
        65 6 AFP [TOKYO] The Asean Regional Forum will hold a working-level meeting in Tokyo this week to discuss confidence-building measures on security issues, the Japanese foreign ministry said yesterday. The ministry said the 19-member group, which includes China, Japan, Russia and the United States as
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        Lock icon M'sian minister's heart by-pass
        52 6 AFP [KUALA LUMPUR) Malaysia's Foreign Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi underwent a heart by-pass operation at the National Heart Institute, his press secretary said yesterday. Mr Abdullah, 56, was advised by his doctor to go for the Monday operation during a routine medical check up at the
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        Lock icon Indon farmers urged to raise output
        70 6 Reuter (JAKARTA] Indonesia's President Suharto urged farmers yesterday to raise commodities production, including palm oil and cocoa, to meet growing world demand. "Our palm oil output is rising but it needs to be increased. Therefore we must increase investment to develop the oil palm
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      Lock icon Helpless and homeless
      54 6 [MANILA] A Filipino Muslim woman watching helplessly as a government wrecking crew tore down her house in a Muslim squatter colony here yesterday. Mayor Alfredo Lim ordered the demolition of hundreds of shanties in the area, saying it had become a nest of alleged drug traffickers and
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      Lock icon Zamboanga reports record 5.2% growth
      218 6 ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines UPI A PRIME Philippine city in the main southern island of Mindanao reported yesterday unprecedented economic growth rate of 5.2 per cent in 1995 on the back of strong participation from private sectorled export industries. Presidential assistant for Mindanao Paul Dominguez said
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      Lock icon Business group backs VAT
      151 6 MANILA AFP THE Philippines' main business group yesterday reiterated its support for a 10 per cent expanded value-added tax (VAT) that took effect this year, amid opposition from congress and protest groups. The Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI) said that the expanded VAT, which
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      117 6 K~] —ITMI ft*l r—-rr^P-Degree ceremony at the Raffles Hotel IVTRA INNOVATIONS ADVANTAGES First to offer TQM and a Systems Approach to Creative Problem Solving First to offer Entrepreneurship and Project Management as core modules Completion in 21 months 312 seminar hours; 100% conducted by Hull and its international associates First
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  • CHINA-HONGKONG-TAIWAN
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      Lock icon Taiwan passes bills liberalising telecoms market
      304 7 TAIPEI Foreigners can own opto a third of common carrier service companies Reuter, AFP TAIWAN'S parliament passed three bills yesterday that would throw open the island's closed telecommunications market to foreigners and could result in lower telecommunications fees, a parliament official said. "The parliament
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      Lock icon China tightens grip on economic news
      219 7 BEIJING AFP CHINA showed the world who was in charge yesterday, damming the free flow of news to financial markets and boosting earnings for the state. Xinhua news agency, an arm of the State Council, won control of domestic distribution of economic information by
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      Lock icon HK office rents highest in Asia outside Japan?
      204 7 HONGKONG AFP HONGKONG'S 1995 prime office rental rates, at US$B6 (Ssl22) per square foot annually, were higher than in any other Asian city outside Japan, a property consultant said yesterday. Hongkong prices were followed by Beijing and Shanghai, both at US$64 per
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        Lock icon US$400m ais to clean up Huaihe River
        71 7 AFP [BEUING] The World Bank is to grant loans of up to US$4OO million (***** million) to support China's US$3 billion project to clean up the polluted Huaihe River by 20t)0, the China Daily said yesterday. A loan of US$5O million has been
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        Lock icon Boosting farm tie-up with Taiwan
        57 7 Bloomberg Business News [HAIKOU] China's Hainan province will boost agricultural cooperation with Taiwan, Xinhua news agency reported. Taiwanese investment in Hainan has surpassed US$lOO million (Ssl42 million) in ISO agriculture projects. Future projects will include introducing fine seed strains, raising seedlings and sugarcane from Taiwan,
        Bloomberg Business News  -  57 words
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        Lock icon Tarim oil reserves pot at 20b tonnes
        74 7 AFP [BEIJING] Chinese experts have estimated oil and natural gas reserves in the country's north-western Tarim Basin at about 20 billion tonnes, Xinhua reported yesterday. Reserves in the massive basin in Xinjiang province stand at between 19.15 billion and 20.63 billion tonnes, with
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      Lock icon Box lunches
      60 7 [BEIJING] Giving a new meaning to the expression 'box lunch 'are these two young boys sitting in cardboard boxes in a recyling junkyard where their parents, from Henan province, are working. Beijing's transient population of more than 3.3 million is responsible for much of the manual labour out
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      Govt efforts fail to slash HK's jobless numbers
      233 7  -  HONGKONG Ry Quak Hiang Whai DESPITE the Hongkong government's efforts to match jobs and stamp out illegal workers, the territory's jobless problem has not shown any drastic improvement. The government said yesterday that the provisional seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for the three
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  • ASIA
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      Lock icon Planning agency endorses recovery in cautious tone
      315 8  -  TOKYO New FM prepares battleground for acceptance of jusen bailout proposal By, Anthony Rowley JAPAN'S official Economic Planning Agency (EPA) cautiously endorsed the nation's economic recovery yesterday in a report that noted positive indicators such as rising industrial production and a recovery in
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      Lock icon Japan drops plans to reduce bond dependency to 5%
      262 8 TOKYO Bloomberg Business News JAPAN'S Finance Ministry, which will sell a record amount of bonds in the next fiscal year, has abandoned its target for reducing the nation's dependency on bond sales by the end of the century, local media reports
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        Lock icon Murayama re-elected head of Socialists
        61 8 AFP [TOKYO] Former Japanese prima minister Tomiichi Murayama wag easily re-elected yesterday as leader of the Social Democratic Party (SDPX the second largest party in the ruling coalition. With all of the votes counted, the 71-year-old party chairman beat his only rival, former television commentator
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        Lock icon Marubeni in China flour mill venture
        63 8 AFP {TOKYO] Japan's Marubeni Corp will enter China's floa* milling sector, setting up a joint venture in Dalian with a Chinese company and a Japanese milling company, a Marubeni spokesman said yesterday. The venture, Dalian I Marubeni Cereal Foods Co Ltd, is capitalised at
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        Lock icon Gloomy poll casts pall on Aussie govt
        78 8 AFP [SYDNEY] The Australian government suffered another setback to Its reelection hopes yesterday, with the release ofthe second gloomy opinion poll In two days. The latest poll, published in the Sydney Morning Herald newspaper, shows that 80 per cent of voters believe the
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        Lock icon Japaa team to bid for 3 Gorges deal
        63 8 UPI (TOKYO] Seven Japanese firm* have fbrmed an alliance to bid for hydroelectric power-generator orders at the Three Gorges Dam In China, the Asahi Shimbun newspaper reported yesterday. Tha seven companies are Hitachi Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Toshiba, Mitsubishi Electric, Itochu, Mitsubishi Corp
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      Lock icon US warns India not to carry out nuclear tests
      331 8 WASHINGTON It threatens to cut all benefits in first use of sweeping anti-nndear law NYT IN THE first use of a sweeping anti-nuclear law, the Clinton administration quietly warned India last month that if it conducts a nuclear test, the United
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      Lock icon BJP leader named in graft scandal quits MP post
      150 8 NEWDELHI AFP THE leader of India's main opposition party yesterday resigned from his seat in the lower house of parliament after he was named in charges involving the country's worst corruption scandal. Sources in the main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (Indian
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      Chun to stand trial for bribery on Feb 5
      176 8 SEOUL SOUTH Korea's former president Chun Doo Hwan will stand trial on bribery charges on Feb 5, a spokesman for the Seoul District Criminal Court said yesterday. Chun was charged last Friday with accepting bribes of 215.95 billion won (Ss3BB million)
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      254 8 Soros' bullish comments send Nikkei up 1.3%, Pg 19 r >- The United APEC Equity Fund is a THE POTENTIAL OF APEC can enjoy a 1 discount off the quoted WE'RE UNITED new unit trust which is designed to invest Comprising economies on both sides offer price of the Fund.
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  • THE WORLD
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      Lock icon Dollar at 4-mth high alter Buba warns of rate cuts
      460 9 FRANKFURT Weak M 3 money supply growth will give margin for cuts in discount and Lombard rates AFP, Bloomberg Business News Reuter KEY German rates might be cut this year if growth of the M 3 money supply remains weak,
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      Lock icon Budget foes set for another round
      340 9 WASHINGTON Republicans will give op if no deal this week, says Gingrich Reuter THE White House said yesterday it expects talks on the budget impasse to resume today as scheduled between President Bill Clinton and Republican leaders of Congress. White House spokesman Mike McCurry
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      Lock icon It isn't shameful for American retailers to go bust any more
      318 9 NEW YORK Reuter BANKRUPTCY in the US retail industry has lost its social stigma, allowing retailers freely to seek Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection as a restructuring tool, retail experts said on Monday. "Using the Chapter 11 diet to slim
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      Lock icon Berlusconi graft trial starts today
      213 9 MILAN AFP FORMER prime minister and media magnate Silvio Berlusconi goes on trial on corruption charges today, facing a sentence of up to five years in jail if found guilty. Mr Berlusconi is not expected to be in court for the first day, which would
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    • WORLD Watch
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        Lock icon Santer warns of setback for EU
        112 9 AFP [STRASBOURG] European Commission* President Jacques Santer called yesterday for an end to speculation about a delay in the launch of a single currency, warning that the failure of monetary union could prove disastrous for the Union. "The eventual failure of a plan that
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        Lock icon Russian troops still battling rebels
        73 9 AFP [OUTSIDE PERVOMAISKAYA, Russia] Russian forces battling to free dozens of hostages in the Dagestan i border village of Pervomaiskaya faced fierce resistance from the Chechen rebel hostage-takers yesterday. The Russian forces, which began a massive assault on the rebels on Monday, again urged the
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        Lock icon Walesa becomes Solidarity consultant
        79 9 UPI [GDANSK, Poland] Former Polish president Lech Walesa on Monday became a consultant to the Solidarity Union, which he founded in 1960. After sitting at the desk he used as Solidarity leader before he became president in 1990, he told reporters that his goal will be
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      Lock icon November housing starts suggest sluggish new year
      228 9 WASHINGTON Bloomberg Business News THE first economic report released by the Commerce Department yesterday since government statisticians returned to work suggests US housing activity will not set any records in 1996. Though the national numbers show housing construction is sluggish, some regional markets
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      Lock icon A silent protest
      38 9 [MOSCOW] Russian communist supporters standing with posters in front of the State Duma (Lower House) before the first session of the newly-elected parliament yesterday. They were protesting against the policies of President Boris Yeltsin. REUTER
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      Lock icon Indecision over Euro may be costly
      133 9 LONDON Reuter POLITICIANS' indecision over whether Britain should join a single European currency is making it impossible for British banks to plan properly for the birth of the "Euro". Industry leaders said yesterday that this could help their German and French ri- vals, already
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      Lock icon Russia will post 2-4% growth this year: economist
      255 9 MOSCOW Reuter THIS year could be the first year of real economic growth in Russia, which could be one of the world's fastest growing economies by the year 2000, a Western economist said yesterday. The Russian economy will post 2 to 4
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      127 9 jr? j I Ll/YHeX Tuck into the hot spicy good- ness of our Curry Buffet I I IVVI C 7* O I Lunch in the cool comfort of 1 M. 1 M tL the Cricketer Pub. Tantalising Tandoori Chicken. Marvellous Masala Prawns. And the simply H fabulous Fish Otah. Just
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
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      Big bulls could pose dangers for Asia
      836 10  -  THE BOTTOMLIKE OPINION By Vikram Khanna The writer is BT's regional economics editor AFTER a somewhat bleak 1995, the stock market operators of Asia are salivating. In the distance, they hear the rumble of a stampede: the big bulls are heading their way
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      IN OTHER WORDS
      149 10 'We welcome CT9, but the right timing would have been 1992.' 0 -Stanley Shen general manager of corporate affairs at Orient Overseas (International) Ltd, on last week's agreement by China to allow construction on the much-disputed Container Port 9 to go ahead. China blocked its construction in
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      Securing skills for Singapore
      479 10 EDITORIAL SINGAPOREANS, especially those working in multinational corporations, should not be too surprised if increasingly they find their workplaces becoming veritable mini-UNs, comprising people of diverse nationalities. They should welcome this, as much for the opportunity to interact with people of different cultures and backgrounds as
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      More to Hashimoto than meets the eye
      1042 10  -  Japan's new PM may have masterminded a win-win situation ont of the controversial loans-bailout plan By, Anthony Rowley The writer is BT's Tokyo correspondent JAPAN'S new prime minister, Ryutaro Hashimoto, has emerged as almost a national hero in early opinion polls on his
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      WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
      802 10 Symbol of destruction NO matter what the peace arrangements, some things destroyed in war can never be recovered. The destruction of Bosnia's national library by Serb shelling, though less immediately horrific than the atrocities that have marked the Balkan war, might stand as a symbol for
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      Lock icon Making a pitch through movies
      756 11  -  Placing products in movies is an increasingly important way of enhancing exposure, "gqwwrn rammer reports BERNICE KANNER Bloomberg Business News THE hit film Babe may have captured critics' hearts but not the hearts of pig farmers. Farmers squealed that the popular porcine hero fuelled a
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      29 11 [LONDON] US singer Cher plays table tennis during a visit to a hostel fnr the Eos, End of tendon on Monday, where she also REUTER
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        Lock icon Kennedy's list embarrassed Nixon
        113 11 UPI JOHN F Kennedy was such a close buddy of Richard Nixon that he once offered to set Nixon up with several sexy French women, according to a new book, Kennedy and Nixon, by Christopher Matthews. The time: 1947 when Kennedy and Nixon were young colleagues
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        Lock icon Coffee as measure of stardom
        103 11 UPI COFFEE Is serious business on four top-rated US sitcoms. In the interest of giving the viewing public a more informed caffeine buzz, Entertainment Weekly got the dirt —or the grounds—on the coffees of choice on the set and behind the scenes. On Frasier the
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        95 11 UPI NBC sitcoms Friends and were among the top nominees for the American comedy awards. For Friends the nominee* included Jennifer Aniston, LisaKudrow, David Schwimmer and Matthew Perry. For SeWWd, nominations wait to Jerry Seinfeld, Jason Alexander and Michael Richards. Alexander also was nominated for his Co-hosting
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        Lock icon Macaulay Culkin on the brinks mother
        95 11 UPI PATRICIA BRENTRUP, mother of 15-year-old former child movie star MacaulayCulkin, says her son has flipped out and is dyeing his hair blue and scrawling graffiti all over the {unity's luxury Manhattan apartment Brentrup detailed the Home Alone star's decline from cute kid to
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        Lock icon Secret of Diana's sculpted look
        73 11 UPI THE workout fit for a princess is outlined In the current issue of Fitness magazine. Princess Diana's personal trainer, Jenni Rivett, says she tailored a personal programme for the princess. Rivett works out with Diana every Monday and Friday at London's chic Harbour Club,
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      Lock icon Showgirls?What a bore
      266 11 MOVIES Reuter JEN CHUA [LOS ANGELES] Never mind the Oscars and Golden Globes, the list of 1995's most boring movies is in and Showgirls has been given a special category of its own. The critically-derided box office flop about a scheming Las Vegas stripper is the sole
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      Lock icon Kiss of death for Caruso's career after NYPD Blue?
      606 11 PEOPLE LAT [HOLLYWOOD] It doesn't take a gumshoe to figure out what has happened to David Caruso's career. Caruso, the rising star of ABC's hit detective series NYPD Blue, bolted from the show last year for his shot at big-screen stardom.
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      Taiwan's Yeh tops Omega tour
      912 12  -  GOLF The 29-year-old wins HK's richest golfing purse by five strokes By. Eileen Chan [HONGKONG] Yeh Changting of Taiwan rose to the challenges and conditions of the course at Clearwater Bay, dominating the tournament from Day One. After firing his fourth consecutive sub-70 round, Yeh,
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      1249 14  -  DIVERSIONS The industry is just a decade old bat in the last five years it has taken off, opening lip a market for actors William Grimes NYT [NEW YORK] Larry McMurtry's novel Dead Man Walk presents a densely populated world, which means the
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      Lock icon Time to take a reality check, says Armani
      707 14 FASHION IHT [MILAN] Menswear has gone too far in drawing attention to itself it is time to back off and take a reality check and look at the needs of the bewildered consumer. That is the message of an outspoken Giorgio Armani
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      Lock icon Books that lie waiting for a good listener
      767 14  -  DIVERSIONS With audiotape novels, it is all in the voice and in the ear By\ Michael Skube NYT [ATLANTA] What a disappointment audio books are turning out to be. God knows I'm not a hard man to please, and I like to
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      Leong Hup sells its last 20.4% stake in KFC
      347 15  -  At an average price of M$lL5O a share, company can expect to reap M 5263 million By William Chia [SINGAPORE) Listed Leong Hup Holdings has sold its remaining 20.40 per cent stake consisting of 22.9 million shares in chicken fast-food operator
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      Interform Ceramics share offer subscribed 1.5 times
      263 15 [SINGAPORE] Interform Ceramics Technologies' offer of new shares for a secondary listing on the main board of the Stock Exchange of Singapore closed yesterday subscribed 1.5 times. The public offer consisted of 50 million new shares at 64 HK cents apiece. Interform's private
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      Taiwanese Tsai ups Amcol stake to 6.36%
      191 15 [SINGAPORE] Taiwanese tycoon Tsai Sao Chang has bought another one million Amcol Holdings shares, increasing his stake in the trading and property company to 6.36 per cent. Amcol confirmed yesterday that Mr Tsai, who is in the electrical lighting business, purchased the one
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      Lock icon KL police smash gang behind fake shares
      154 15 AFP [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysian police have busted a gang specialising in forging share scrips, arresting the alleged group leader and Ave members, a report said yesterday. The leader, a 30-year-old printing operator, and five others aged between 25 and 36 were 1 picked
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      One financial company that thinks like a pawnshop
      674 15  -  HOGB LOCK SDBW By Lee Han Shih SINGAPORE banks are in an enviable position. They borrow at 3 per cent from depositors and lend at 6 per cent to house buyers that's a virtually risk-free arrangement which guarantees good profit. As long
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      Phone deal sends Transmarco shares up
      204 15 {SINGAPORE] Transmarco shares shot up yesterday to an intra-day high of $13.50 on news of its US$l25 million (Ssl7B million) telephone deal in Sri Lanka. However, only one lot of 5,000 shares was done at that level and soon after the counter started declining,
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      DBS Land likely winner of tender for Balmoral Court
      369 15  -  By Michelle Low [SINGAPORE) DBS Land has emerged as the likely en bloc buyer of Balmoral Court with a bid said be just under $50 million. That price pegs the 37,890 sq ft site at about $1,300 per sq ft, or
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        Bankers Trust in KL venture
        391 16  -  Fond management ventnre with Commerce Asset to focns on wholesale market initially From Quak Hiang Whai in Hongkong THE influx of foreign fund managers into Kuala Lumpur continues with Bankers Trust Group becoming the latest to join in the fledgling industry in Malaysia. BT Fund
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        Intraco sets up units in US, China, India
        242 16 [SINGAPORE] Trading group Intraco has formed joint ventures in the US, China and India to beef up its presence in the food and telecommunications businesses, among others. In the US, Intraco (USA) will strengthen the group's international network and provide better penetration
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        Lock icon Hotel Prop shares hit by Viet loan news
        217 16 Bloomberg Business News [SINGAPORE] Hotel Properties' stock fell as much as 3.2 per cent after the company said it would loan Luks Industrial Co US$23 million (Ss33 million) for its Vietnam ventures. On Monday, Luks Industrial, a Hongkong-based maker of consumer electronics,
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        Uraco plans to inject $20m for machinery at new plant
        340 16 [SINGAPORE] Uraco Holdings plans to pump $20 million into new machinery at its new $22 million plant to tap the strong growth in the disk drive industry. Uraco, which makes components for disk drive makers, plans to make the investment
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        Lock icon Big Four foreign shares hit 6-month highs
        256 16  -  ity\ Shiv Taneja [SINGAPORE] The foreign shares of the Big Four banks have gained significantly over the past two months, with DBS Bank and Overseas Union Bank's foreign shares hitting six-month highs for the second day in a row yesterday. DBS Foreign and
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        Lock icon Daim happy investors making money
        126 16 Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] Daim Zainuddin, the government's economic adviser, says he is happy that investors are now making money in the local stock market. He made these remarks when asked by reporters to comment on the current state of the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange after
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        ATD to build theme park in Beijing
        281 16 The USslsm underwater world is its third in China [SINGAPORE] Alliance Technology and Development (ATD) is to develop a US$l5 million ($2l million) underwater world theme park in Beijing its third in China. The listed company is also developing a US$l2.5 million underwater
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        Lityan to acquire telecom-related firm in M$70m deal
        305 16 [SINGAPORE] Acma's Malay-sian-listed associate Lityan Holdings is acquiring a tele-communications-related company in a Ms7o million (5538.9 million) deal which will result in Lityan becoming a bumi-putra-controlled company. Acma, a diversified electronics group, said last night that the bumiputra status will enhance the
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        Lock icon Berjaya invests in two Aussie firms
        174 16 AFP [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's Berjaya Group Bhd yesterday sealed deals to invest A 543.6 million (5547.28 million) in Australian firms, Video Ezy Unit Trust and Gribbles Pathology group. The deals were among several signed in conjunction with a three-day visit by Australian Prime Minister
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        Lock icon OYL plans rights issue to raise M$184m
        217 16 MBT [KUALA LUMPUR] OYL Industries Bhd has proposed a 1-for-10 rights issue of 12.3 million Msl (550.56) shares at an issue price of Msls each. OYL said in a statement yesterday that the gross proceeds of M 5184.48 million from the rights issue
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          ST Logistics forms Japan tie-up
          71 16 [SINGAPORE! Singapore Technologies Logistics signed a joint venture agreement in Japan yesterday with KWE-Kintetsu World Express (Singapore). It aims to develop freight forwarding in Singapore, China, Myanmar and other Asia-Pacific countries. A new company, ST-KWE Logistics, will be set up next month with an authorised
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          Liang Court unit buys into Aussie firm
          53 16 [SINGAPORE] Liang Court's subsidiary in Australia, Region Investments Pty Ltd, has acquired 63 per cent of a property investment company, Irongem Pte Ltd, comprising 630 shares of All each. Liang Court's Singapore subsidiary, Stanhope Gardens, has acquired a company, LCR Gardens, which also
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          OCBC Finance capital raised
          55 16 [SINGAPORE] OCBC yesterday said the issued and paid-up capital of OCBC Finance Singapore has been raised from $14.03 million to $77.18 million by the issue of an additional 63.15 million shares of $1 each to Eastern Realty Company Ltd for cash at the par value. Eastern
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          C&C's dormant UK subsidiary dissolved
          40 16 [SINGAPORE] Cycle Carriage's subsidiary in the UK, Cycle Carriage (UK) Ltd, dormant since 1969, has been deleted from the register pursuant to the UK Companies Act 1965 and dissolved by notice in the London Gazette.
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          Bored Piling buys construction firrm stake
          54 16 [SINGAPORE] SPP Ltd's subsidiary Bored Piling has acquired a 49 per cent stake in Engineering Construction Pte Ltd, which is engaged in civil engineering work, and has a paid-up capital of $5.38 million. Bored Piling has an option to buy another 2 per cent
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          Kim Eng director sells 3m shares
          40 16 {SINGAPORE] Kim Eng Holdings said its director, Douglas Russell Ooi Thean Seng, has sold 3 million shares at $1.63 per share. Mr Oi's holding has fallen from 55.49 million shares to 52.49 million shares.
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        Finance One set to realise bank ownership with Thai Danu stake
        443 17  -  Proposed deal will make Thai financial group single biggest shareholder From] Loh Hui Yin in Bangkok FINANCE One, Thailand's largest financial services group, is poised to take a sizeable stake in the small-sized Thai Danu Bank, an acquisition which
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        TAC makes active debut on Thai OTC market
        274 17 Mobile phone operator rose to high of 196 b&ht before closing at 193 baht [BANGKOK) Singapore-listed Total Access Communication was traded actively on its debut on the over-the-counter (OTC) market here yesterday. Local investors pursued the Thai mobile telephone operator's shares to
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        Lock icon New trans-Tasman index fails to excite brokers
        455 17 Reuter [SYDNEY] The Australian Stock Exchange's newest index, the Trans-Tasman 100, has so far failed to capture the imagination of the investment community in either New Zealand or Australia. The index, comprising 13 New Zealand and 87 Australian companies, was launched on Jan
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        Lock icon Vitasoy shares plunge after it recalls sour drinks
        276 17 Problem may reduce profit by opto 10%, say analysts AFP [HONGKONG] Shares In Hongkong's soft drink maker Vitasoy International Holdings Ltd plunged yesterday after it recalled 30 million paperpacked products from markets around the world following complaints of sour taste in some
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        Lock icon Relaunch of forward trading fails to lift Bombay market
        387 17 AFP [NEW DELHI] The rein traduction of forward trading on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) on Monday failed to cheer the stockmarket which is reeling under a severe liquidity crunch, reports said yesterday. "Forward trading has taken off on a low
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        Lock icon India's Modicom gets nod to change phone partners
        355 17 Bloomberg Business News [NEW DELHI] India's Department of Telecommunications (DoT) will allow Modicom Network Pvt Ltd to drop Vanguard Cellular Systems Inc and Telecom International of Thailand as partners in a mobile phone joint venture, a senior telecommunications official said. Modicom had
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        Lock icon Shareholders okay Chevalier spinoff
        99 17 Reuter [HONGKONG] Shareholders of Chevalier International Holdings Ltd and its unit Chevalier Development International Ltd have agreed to spin off the development arm's building construction and civil engineering operations, the group said on Monday. Shares in the new company, Chevalier Construction Holdings Ltd, would be listed
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        Lock icon Apple likely to unveil plant closures, staff cuts today
        403 18 Cats may be deepest overseas where it has been hurt by falling PC prices Bloomberg Business News [CUPERTINO, California] Apple Computer Inc, which forecast a US$6B million (5596.6 million) loss for its fiscal first quarter, may sell or close some operations
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        Lock icon Sogo plans A$300m Sydney project
        342 18 Reuter [SYDNEY] Japan's big department store group, Sogo Co Ltd, is within weeks of deciding to enter Australia, a move which will spark one of the biggest property developments in Sydney since the recession of the late 1980s. Sogo plans to open a four storey
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        Lock icon Facing charges of gun-running
        56 18 [LAUSANNE, Switzerland] Heinz Freeh (left), the former head of Swiss engineering group Von Roll AG, and his lawyer leaving the Swiss criminal court here on Monday Freeh and three other businessmen are on trial for illegally exporting parts of a planned 'super gun' to Iraa iust
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        Lock icon Loral chairman to get US$18m bonus
        108 18 NYT [NEW YORK] Loral Corp chairman and chief executive Bernard Schwartz is expected to receive a bonus payment of US$lB million (5525.6 million) as a result of engineering the sale of his company's defence businesses to Lockheed Martin Corp. Mr Schwartz is entitled to
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        Lock icon NBC TV network to launch 24-hour cable channel in Asia
        287 18 Target audience includes business professionals, expats Bloomberg Business News [NEW YORK] General Electric Co's National Broadcasting Co television network said it would launch an English-lan-guage channel in Asia. Called "NBC in Asia", the 24-hour channel is aimed at Asian business
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        Lock icon Citicorp profit dips in final quarter
        159 18 Reuter [NEW YORK] Citicorp, the nation's largest banking company, yesterday reported weaker fourth-quarter earnings, but the results were stronger than predicted by industry analysts. Citicorp said it earned US$9O5 mUlion (551.29 bUlion), or US$l.B9 a share, in the quarter. That was down from US$l
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        Soros' bullish comments send Nikkei up 1.3%
        337 19  -  Investment guru says Tokyo market is best place for investors to pat their money From, Anthony Rowley in Tokyo TOKYO stock prices reacted enthusiastically yesterday after investment guru George Soros described the Tokyo stock market as the best place for investors to put
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        Lock icon Fidelity ups ceiling for Small Cap Fund
        286 19 Bloomberg Business News (BOSTON] Fidelity Investments is changing the definition of "small cap" stock for its Small Cap Stock Fund and has raised the investment ceiling. When Fidelity Small Cap Stock Fund was launched in June 1993, the company said the fund would
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          Lock icon Sakura Bank in Research tie-up
          65 19 Bloomberg Business News [TOKYO) Japan's Sakura Bank Ltd will cooperate with four South-east Asian banks to conduct research on derivatives trading, mergers and acquisitions, and project financing, a Sakura spokesman said yesterday. Sakura will work with Thailand's Bangkok Bank Public Co, PT Bank Negara Indonesia,
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          Lock icon Seoul to dissolve stock fund: report
          60 19 Reuter [SEOUL] South Korea's finance ministry plans to dissolve the Korea Stock Market Stabilisation Fund before June, Maetl Kyungje reported yesterday. The newspaper quoted a ministry official as saying that it will liquidate the government-backed fund in line with the opening of the stock
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          Lock icon Touche Ross to change name
          58 19 Reuter [LONDON] Chartered accountant Touche Ross Co said on Monday that it is changing its name to Deloitte and Touche with effect from Feb 1. "The new name reflects the Arm's membership of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu International," Touche Ross said. Touche Ross Co s management
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        Lock icon CBOT studies plan to trade Nasdaq stocks
        168 19 Reuter [CHICAGO] The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) said on Monday it was studying a proposal to trade stocks in a joint venture with the Chicago Stock Exchange (CHX). "It's certainly fair to categorise the discussions as preliminary, and it represents another part
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        Lock icon Lehman aims to double return on equity in two years
        412 19 Bloomberg Business News [NEW YORK] Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc will double its return on equity to 15 per cent in its next two years as an independent investment bank, said chairman and chief executive Richard Fuld. "I think we can
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        Lock icon Thai bank to arrange mass transit project loan despite land row
        258 19 Project nnlikely to meet June 1998 deadline because of land transfer delay Knight-Ridder (BANGKOK) Thailand's Siam Commercial Bank will arrange a 12.5-billion baht (Ss7o4 million) syndicated loan for Bangkok's first mass transit project even though the project has been
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        Lock icon Loans main source of funds for Taiwan firms
        146 19 Reuter [TAIPEI] Taiwanese firms are borrowing more than 60 per cent of their fUnds and are increasingly turning to bond issues to raise investment capital, rare data released by the central bank yesterday showed. As at the end of 1994, Taiwan's private
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        Lock icon CURRENCY REPORT
        170 19 Reuter, AFP London THE dollar nestled just below a four-month high of 1.46 marks as speculation about lower German interest rates battered the ailing mark. Rate cut hopes were stirred further by Bundesbank president Hans Tietmeyer who said on Monday there was scope for a further drop in
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        Lock icon India loses millions of dollars due to poor ports
        311 19 ENERGY REPORT Reuter (SINGAPORE] India loses millions of dollars in foreign exchange to demurrage claims by shipowners due to port delays as expansion plans lag demand for oil, shipbrokers and traders said yesterday. "India is still wasting a lot of money
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        862 20 {KUALA LUMPUR] The price of tin continued its downtrend on the Kuala Lumpur Tin Market by closing three sen lower at M 515.78 per kg yesterday. Dealers said the easier tone was due to the downtrend for the metal on the overnight London Metal Exchange which dropped by
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          Thai govt okays soymeal, corn imports
          80 20 [BANGKOK] The Thai Cabinet yesterday approved the 1996 import quotas for 830,000 tonnes of soymeal and 550,000 tonnes of corn under a low-tariff programme yesterday, a government official said. The corn and soymeal will be subject to import duties of 3 per cent and
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          Gencor's profit up on higher gold output
          145 20 [JOHANNESBURG] Higher gold production in the three months to end December enabled South Africa's Gencor mining house to lift income after tax by 19 per cent to 65.6 million rand from the previous three months' 54.9 million. And although capital expenditure was 18
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          Japanese sugar firms in merger
          68 20 [TOKYO] Japan's Dainippon Sugar and Meiji Sugar have reached an agreement to merge on July 1, making the new sugar company among the largest in Japan, according to a statement released yesterday by Mitsubishi Corp. The two companies are fully-owned affiliates of Mitsubishi Corp. The
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          India's rice, wheat buffer stocks
          88 20 [BOMBAY] Federal buffer stocks of wheat and rice were 26.78 million tonnes as of yesterday, the government said. The level was described as "more than adequate according to buffer stock norms". The high buffer was due to strong government wheat and rice purchases in 1994
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          Cosmo,Mitsubishi to raise oil prices
          122 20 [TOKYO] Cosmo Oil Co and Mitsubishi Oil Co said yesterday that they will raise wholesale prices of petrol, kerosene, gas oil and other petroleum products effective Feb 1 to make up for rising crude oil prices and the dollar's rally against the yen, Kyodo news
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        Lock icon World sugar output expected to be higher
        1082 20 Reuter [LONDON] Global 1995/96 sugar production should reach 121.37 million tonnes raw value, up from 116.20 million tonnes in 1994/95, German statistician F O Licht said. Beet production would account for 36.26 million tonnes and cane for 85.10 million, Licht said in its
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      4599 21 HTokyo +279J6 SHARES ended higher yesterday, helped by index-linked and arbitrage-related buying against the backdrop of the stronger dollar against the yen. Brokers said the Nikkei was likely to move around 20,500 for a while unless fresh incentives emerged. The Nikkei Average gained 279.65 points to 20,567.07,
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      1590 21 P London *4M UK STOCKS rose, led by Forte and Granada Group after Granada snapped up 9.2 per cent of Forte's shares on the open market. The move pushed Forte's shares to a record high on the back of record trading. It shows confidence Granada's £3.8 billion
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      2479 22 Bloomberg Business News Q Hang Seng +36.66 SHARE prices closed higher as late buying by foreign funds reversed earlier losses. The Hang Seng Index closed up 36.65 points at 10,671.15, having traded to a high of 10,673.49 and a low of 10,559.47. Turnover was 6.6 billion. An analyst said:
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      680 22 Reuter Shanghai B Share Index +QJM SHANGHAI B Share Index closed almost unchanged in dull trading yesterday with institutional speculative buying in late afternoon session supporting the market in its bearish run. The B Index edged up 0.07 point to 51.11 on a volume of 3.2 million shares worth
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      952 22 Bloomberg Business News P Composite Index -5.47 STOCKS fell, on concerns that corporate profit growth won't justify the 10 per cent rise in share prices since the year began. The Composite Index fell 5.47 points to 558.43. "Earnings growth is going to be pretty strong, but the P/Es for
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      1223 22 Bloomberg Business News n SET Index -6J6 STOCKS fell, led by property and publishing issues, as investors wagered that recent gains have overshot the outlook for profit growth, analysts said. Property issues have rallied the past month, on expectations lending rates will soon fall. Publishing shares have gained this
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        7098 23 KUALA LUMPUR Reports Bloomberg Business News CI Composite Index -18Q STOCKS fell, led by Maybank and Sime Darby, as investors decided blue chips were expensive after the benchmark's 7.8 per cent gain since Jan 1. "There are other regional markets that are a lot
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        3242 24  -  WARRANT WATCH By Ven Sreenivasan IT IS said that an Incoming tide raises all ships, and true enough, the liquidity that swept into the local bourse recently has driven up many stocks to their highest levels in months. Nevertheless, there are still a few
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        4427 25 WIS/9* Last Vei Day Left Quota DU DW Yul Hat Cap Avg High Lew StWo Company I'OOO) High Lew jgg Softer C'vr rfl JmH Price INDUSTRIALS 2*4 176 1258 Acer50c US204 -2 357 206 204 202 204 13 S 337.7 494 318* in t IOOO Acma 50c 470
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        235 26 Mwb ¥efc—t •Golden PtasH 13,452.000 •HLeong Prop 50 12,342,000 *KL Industries 7,678,000 •Pro.net 7.309,000 •AntabHWt99 6,980,000 Anted 25c 6,847,000 HK Hod US$0.1 5,353,000 •Sateras Res 4,856,000 Kim Eng Wt97 4,812,000 •CASH 50c 4.673.000 Stocks •Golden Plus H 51.373.470 Afflcol 25c 29,909.060 •HLeong Prop 50 23,570,820 JMH US$0.25 40 18,648,320 •KL
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        77 26  -  by Paul Leo JEN CHUA LINDQUI Development surged eight cents to 53.38 on a strong volume of 1.94 million shares yesterday. With the daily Relative Strength Index at 100 and weekly RSI near 100, a correction should occur soon which will bring the stock back to support between
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        Late bargain-hunting helps market to close off its low
        685 26  -  gTOCIMiRIET COMMENTARY Brokers are upbeat as falling prices were accompanied by low turnover By Paul Leo [SINGAPORE] Local shares fell on profit-taking yesterday but late bargain-hunting led some dealers to conclude today might be better. The Straits Times Industrials Index held
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          Biggs bullish on Asia
          138 26 BARTON "mother-of-all-bull-marketB" Biggs said he is perplexed by the surge in the stock market at the start of the year. "Why the markets moved up so suddenly in the first two or three trading days is a mystery to me," the Morgan Stanley guru told a
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          Open Sesame at HSBC Jakarta
          169 26 HONGKONGBANK'S latest bimonthly investment magazine, Select, features a cover story on Indonesia under the headline, "Open Sesame!". Coming just after a US$4O million (Sss7 million) scam in which the bank's Jakarta branch was the victim of a fraudulent ftmd transfer, it's anyone's guess whether that
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          Rallying the troops at Scotts
          103 26 SCOTTS Holdings' newly-appointed CEO Chng Hee Kok thinks the company has been in the news a lot for the all wrong reasons and wants to change that. Yesterday, he presided over a chit-chat session for management and executives, partly to get to know his troops
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          Shifting sentiment
          106 26 READERS of a news wire service must have marvelled at how fast sentiment on the local stock market has changed within 12 hours. On a Monday's evening report, the agency said that local stocks rose to a 23-month high as investors bid up stocks with potential for higher
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      293 15 I Urban Redevelopment Authority is offering the following sites for sale by PUBLiC TENDER- v MISSION /AN/\\ W \6SE /Mai v\ MM HUM./ Bl JII 9 LAND PARCELS [A] IB] AT KAKIBUKVT LAND PARCELS (C) (D) AT TUAS Four land parcels at Kaki Bukit a I I FACILITATE and Tuas
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      195 16 trcrctm tm.. Introducing EAGLE'S NEST golf club racks from the U.S.A. Well balanced height so that your golf bags are still balanced when you sling them up. Easy to identify and offers immediate supervision hence preventing loss of golf I clubs during play. If 8 No more scratches on the
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      57 16 The West Australian Ostrich Company Pty Ltd invites you to meet in person the owner Mr Ken Kuenlmann on 21st January 23rd January, 1996. NO OBLIGATION FREE CONSULTATION EXPERT ADVISE Venue Harbour View Dai-lchi Hotel Date/Time :21 Jan (11 am-spm), 23 Jan (11 am-6pm) Interested parties, please call 226 0383
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      32 17 Some hotels talk a lot about service. We deliver. pamffflTfteimM—■ the oriental SINGAPORE SM Oriental. Singapore, 5 Raffles Avenue, Marina Square, Singapore *****7. Telephone (65) 33X0066. Facsimile: (65) *****37 J v v
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      458 18 TOLL —FREE TEL. No. 1-BQQ-741-1883 FAX:74I -1298 IN TOE MATTER Of TOE COMPANIES ACT. CAP. 50 AND IN TOE MATTER OF OZVENT (S) PTE LTD (Incorporated In Km RapuMc of Singapore) SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS PASSED ON 15TH DAY Of JANUARY 1996 At an Extraordtary General Meeting d the Company heM at
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      467 18 THE SHIPPIN6 CORPORATION OF INDIA LTD. (A Government of India Enterprise) Shipping House, sth Floor, 245 Madame Coma Rood Mumbal: 400 021 Sealed tenders are invited from reputable manufacturers for supply of Marine Paints for ship's drydocking and maintenance to our owned/managed/ chartered vessels calling at various Foreign ports for
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      500 18 IN THE MATTER OP THE COMPANIES ACT, CAR M AND IN THE MATTER OF HH (PRIVATE) LIMITED (INCORPORATED IN THE REPUBLIC OP SINGAPORE) At aa Extraordinary General Meeting of members of HH (PRIVATE) LIMITED duly coaveaed aad held at 190 Middle Road *16-03 Fortuae Centre, Singapore *****9 on die 15th
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      87 19 I SALE BY TENDER Machinery and equipment for screening, cleaning and bulking of agricultural products incorporating laser technology for high speed sorting and throughput. SGS Testing Control Services Singapore Pte Ltd invites all interested parties to submit sealed bids by 31 January 1996. The Company reserves the right not to
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      89 21 fnQfkivPfl h\7 CM Singapore Handicrafts presents the splendour of majestic rosewood. \J\M €m *Jl|ll ~$C I mi Discover tt>e unique charm and beauty of classic rosewood furniture from Singapore Handicrafts Singapore's leading ■E|flH|K wjl rosewood specialist Arosewood masterpiece with its refined lines and exact proportions add a touch of PT
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      97 22 ARE THE BULLS BACK i rr™ Find out by reading The Business Times daily. j V Occupation: Tbt/FcaV I 12®onttlS I I war* to subscribe tor monlfuafSS I Business Times .tS$ 265.20. I ,<ndo O S$ cheque/money order Vld w#i psyrrrn 10 JSS Cor* <»aft drawn on o Sngapore bar*
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      41 24 SMOOTH AS SILK TO 73 CITIES Thai now brings you more of the world than ever ACROSS 4 CONTINENTS. before. More countries in Asia, Europe and worldwide. And, naturally, more of the smooth as silk service for which we're renowned. aS
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      1512 26 Singapore Closing Share Prices 16/01/1996 CLOSE PREV LOW HIGH US$ US$ USS US$ mill## Jardine Matheson 7.65 7.75 7.55 7.75 Jardine Strategic 3.24 3.22 3.22 3.26 LW J Da,ry Farm 102 106 102 104 Hongkong Land 2.02 2.02 2.01 2.05 Mandarin Oriental 1.25 1.25 1.25 1.25 BfiifiUluS Jardine Strategic WOB
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      225 26 LIQUOR LICENCE NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that. I LAM MUN CHONG of Blk 740 Bcdok Reservoir Road #04-3159 Singapore *****0, have applied for a Retail Beer Shop Licence in respect of M/S VALUE MART PTE LTD located at Blk 417 Yishun Ave 11 #01-335 Singapore *****7 and that this
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      310 27 Knight-Ridder, Reuter THE DRY cargo freight market continued to drift in most areas. Panamax grain rates from the US Gulf for eastern destinations Slipped under pressure from tonnage ballasting in from the Pacific. But trans-Atlantic business was not affected to the same extent because such vessels do not
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      MARITIME STOCKS
      281 27 j«» a w CWT Distribution—166 unch 95 Chuan Hup HoMngs L27 -0.02 122 Cotco investment 2.00 -0.01 17 riLS 6.60 -0.10 216 rrrtfM Unto 0.995 -0X1 350 UmMngi IM -0.02 289 HM Sun Hup L04 .-0 XI 2435 MKacNZaaan Un -0.02 1273 IMC HaMngs HK5.60 Jaya HoMngs US
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      RCL orders two vessels for US$43m from Japan yard
      356 27  -  The ships will replace older ones and are expected to reduce charter costs From. Loh Hui Yin in Bangkok REGIONAL Container Lines (RCL), a major user of the Singapore port, has awarded a US$43 million (Ss6l million) contract to a Japanese
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      Ships sale heralds APL-Matson tie-up
      302 27 APL also launches an all-water service to Latin America [SINGAPORE] American President Lines (APL) has taken the first step in the formation of a 10-year strategic alliance with Matson Navigation Company with the completion of the sale of six containerships to Matson. Three of the
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      Dynamic Asia will become the new focus of world shipping
      590 27  -  STRAIT TALK By\ Seafarer PROM the vantage point of Singapore it is easy to appreciate how quickly the whole Asian economy has grown, is still growing and is likely to continue to keep growing. From the same vantage point it
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      Lock icon S Korea seen to replace Japan as top shipbuilder by 2000
      186 27 AFP [TOKYO] South Korea is expected to replace Japan as the world's top shipbuilder in terms of capacity by 2000, the Kyodo news agency reported on Monday, quoting Japanese industry sources.. Leading South Korean shipbuilders are building and expanding
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      Lock icon Ferry safety under fire
      133 27 Reuter [LONDON] A weekend evacuation exercise has shown that safety procedures on Britain's roll on-roll off ferries are inadequate, says a member of the British parliament's Transport Select Committee. The committee asked for the exercise to test the government's claim that it was plausible to evacuate
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      Asia-Pac transport, logistics conference in March
      195 27 [SINGAPORE] Two hundred key transport and logistics professionals from around the world will be coming to Singapore in March for the Asia-Pa-cific Transport and Logistics Conference '96. The three-day event, which has become the region's premier transport and logistics conference, will be officially opened
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      Lock icon Inland network on the cards
      915 28  -  Transportation in china: opportunity knocks Beijing's practical attitude towards foreign investment promises rapid intermodal development in the nation's heartland by 2000. This, it hopes, will help close the economic gap separating inland provinces from coastal regions ■By] Elizabeth Canna American Shipper CHINA is a land
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      INDEX TO SHIPPING LINES AND FREIGHT FORWARDERS
      490 28 PAGE ABCCont 17 An 17 ANl 3 APL M Able 7 Accord 8 AMers 6 Ahrenkiel 4 Appenship 4 Arowana 15 Astro 12 Austral 9 Avant 6 B'tang Mas 8 BSA 9 BTl 13 Bangladesh 14 Batamindo 7 Benoal Br 15 Blue Star
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      SHIPPING GUIDE
      13955 36 ETA ETA Advertiser vessel Voyage Pq ETA ETA Advertiser Vessel Voyage Pg SIN Dest'n Name Name No. No. SIN Dest'n Name Nam* Me. No. MMMMMMHHNnMMMHniHIMMMMMMMHMMMMMMMMMN MMMMMnMHHMMMMMMnMMMMMMMMMMMMRMMMMHMMVMMMMMM A 23/01 11/02 COSCO R. CRYSTAL/ 0027W 7 23/01 12/02 CMA MED NAGOYA 107W 9 Abidjan 23/01 20/02 Evergreen E. GLORY 9-069W
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        CONVENTIONAL WHARVES
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        CONTAINER SCHEDULES
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        COCKETT BUNKER MARKET REPORT
        828 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
        557 45 JAM 21 Nepal: Market holiday, Lhochhar festival. LAN 22 Pakistan: Market and Public Holiday (Ist Ramadan). JAN 25 Nepal: Market holiday, Basanta Panchami. jan at Australia: Market and Public holiday, Australia Day. Uganda: Market and Public holiday, National Resistance Movement/Army Day. JAN 20 Nepal: Market and Public holiday.
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        Airline sales agent body seeks Asian committee member
        398 46  -  Newly set-up Fagsa in S'pore to co-opt kmmn piflffftnffir carrier agent By Dexter Lee [SINGAPORE] Newly-formed Federation of Airline General Sales Agents (Fagsa), based in London, is on the hunt in Singapore. The non-profit organisation wants to co-opt an Asian passenger carrier
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        Lock icon Boeing-McDonnell merger off: paper
        276 46 Harsh competition in commercial jetliner markets to continue Reuter [LONDON] Boeing Co and McDonnell Douglas Corp have ended their exploratory merger talks largely because the companies were unable to agree on a potential price for McDonnell or on executive leadership of the combined company, the Wall
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        44 46 [MANILA] Firefighters inspecting the wreckage of a Cessna 206 light plane yesterday after the aircraft crashed in a sports club near Manila airport, barely missing a school some 200 metres away. The pilot and the two passengers were injured. REUTER
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        Lock icon Rolls-Royce wins £50m engine orders
        153 46 Bloomberg Business News [LONDON] Rolls-Royce pic said on Monday it clinched orders worth £50 million (*****.5 million) for aircraft engines from three airlines. Two regional airlines in Austria ordered the London company's Tay 620 engine to power a Fokker 70 aircraft. All Nippon Airways (ANA)
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        Lock icon 40% drop in 4th-qtr earnings seen at US car giants
        286 46 Reuter [DETROIT] Higher incentives, difficult markets overseas and new-vehicle launch costs are expected to chop fourth quarter earnings by 40 per cent at the three largest carmakers in the US, industry analysts said. General Motors Corp, Ford Motor Co and
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        Lock icon Jakarta to roll out N-2130 jet in 2002
        168 46 AFP [JAKARTA] Indonesian authorities plan to roll out the first Indonesia-designed 130passenger jet N-2130 in March 2002 for a maiden flight some five months later, a minister said yesterday. "The N-2130 will be launched or rolled out in March 2002 and between
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        Lock icon NY wants US$400m in back rent for city's 2 airports
        311 46 NYT [NEW YORK] In a new turn in the often stormy relationship between the Port Authority and the city administration, New York City is pursuing a legal claim for US$4OO million (Sss6B million) in back rent for the city's two
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        Lock icon TNT sells Spanish freight operations
        213 46 AFP [SYDNEY] Australia's troubled global transport group TNT Ltd said yesterday its Spanish arm had sold its shareholding in domestic express freight company TNT Express Espana SA. TNT, which will retain its logistics operations in Spain, said in a statement that the transaction took effect
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          Lock icon Hyundai to make 4.5-litre sedans
          58 46 Reuter [SEOUL] Hyundai Motor Co Ltd said yesterday that it has agreed to develop sedans with an engine displacement of 4-5 litres Jointly with Mitsubishi Motors Corp. A Hyundai official said the company had submitted an application to the trade ministry for permission to import
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          Lock icon Hanoi set for oil meet
          40 46 Reuter (HANOI] An attendant filling up motorbike tank* at a downtown petrol station here yesterday. Foreign oil sector executives are due here to attend the third annual Vietnam Oil and Gas "96 conference starting today.—Reuter
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          Lock icon EU to clear SAS-Lufthansa tie-up
          64 46 Reuter [BRUSSELS] The European Commission was to conditionally approve yesterday the strategic alliance between Scandinavian Airlines System and Lufthansa, a European Union source sakL An SAS official said on Friday that SAS and Lufthansa had agreed to the conditions which he described as tough but
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          Lock icon Taxi drivers stage protest in China
          62 46 AFP [HONGKONG] Some I,oootaxi drivers blocked traffic for six hours on Monday in southern China's Zhuhai special economic zone to protest alleged harsh treatment by traffic police, a Hongkong television report said. No incidents were reported the protest along Zhuhai's busy thoroughfare which ended
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          Lock icon Swire Cocca-Cola exec kiĺed in crash
          84 46 Bloomberg Business News [MALAD CITY, Idaho] A small plane carrying the chief executive of a Coca-Cola bottling company and seven others crashed, killing everyone on board. The twin-engine plane was flying from Salt Lake City, Utah to PocateDo, Idaho, for a sales meeting when
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          Lock icon Saeaga to start E Malaysia flights
          44 46 Reuter [KUCHING] Saeaga Airlines said it would start flying to 13 1 destinations in East Malaysia before the end of this month, it was reported yesterday. The company was now awaiting approval from the Department of Civil Aviation.—Reuter
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        AIRCRAFT ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES
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      1421 28 Y ,1 I OTHER OtSTMATtOtm I I MOUTH AMERICA I PMACTCAU. TO WEST COAST <BC)Q WEST COAST Of CEWTOAI. AMCWCA (MAWOAWTA SgWfICQ SWOAPO* CAUrOWaTopfiigS (DWECT FTOH WEST COAST! I fTA SH lIP 5M LA OAA VO SU Ml WW OK WT WIDCO OFT VISSH IVOTI SW |n atfTlAl|lAL»Oi[wßmrarV»A|n OUMu|m lQWlgo|*OUinu|m»A
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      221 28 Lines and services represented by Members of the Registry of Accredtted [ffAW Shipping Agents, Singapore National yaBESJj) Shipping Association. iS*y for advertising enquiries, contact Stopping rimes. Tel 740-2089 ■ATHWOULA 15/01 RdnVAtw/Bmn I ■SEA DREAM 15/01 20/01 RdrrVAtwAJK/NvHaa I ■GTS SUNRISE 20/01 RdnVAtvv/IJK/Nantes I Hpan CRYSTAL CVtoa/DarnmarVßahrar/Kuwart I ■HERMELJN Ojbai/DammarVßahrar/KuwaK I
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      842 29 TO: JEDDAH/UK/CONTINENT gZ "N JED R'MM H'BURC rHAVIN STOH UH~~| ALSO ACCEDING CARGO FOR: SltiST ml I To/n M/M m/ 2 m 0, GLASGOW, GRANGEMOUTH rrw 1026 20/01 05/02 07/02 10/02 11/02 AMD SOUTHSHIILOS jNCPiiYP AItfRKA 5034 25/01 13/02 11/02 14/02 BREMEN CFS/LCL TO: MEDITERRANEAN (MED CLUB) VOY SIN PJCLAMG
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      1106 29 I OHANJIN SHIPPING Bmig 1" t—»**> §«*|m| nw ot pn m «a ios pm I■l ni rv. rrz m r« JlBl B !5 iv»» mkt 00/02 u/w n/w n/w fig iyw n/n ii/« u/»j n/oi 11/02 12/02 «7« ij/« fj/w I>/M QDSBH lar —teii I'**? 7/ 11/w wn nm »/ot
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      330 29 EXPORT 3 x Japan -2 x Hongkong -1 x Manila -1 x Kooshiung, Koaiung (Accepting PCI to BKK/NAHA/SENDAI/CEBU/LCH) yp ..y 1 .jy ..pi t* t —f" I I JMi- mm mi no—xa JIB sljl_ JSLMSI l?*i—!£•! IMC nji kji >ij) 3Ui OUB mjj jojmjl—m—im it*i- JML 21M ail sm n«
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      1038 30 II NORASIA I VESSEL VOY ISM ALO LAS BCL VAL HAM BRE ROT ANT FEL LHA I H VALUE HM Ml I!* 2 17*1 17 *2 IMB IMB 1M? 2MB 7102 1 StA MTIATTVE WOW ***** IMB IMB 17*2 11*2 IMB IMB IMB 2MB 21*2 22*2 I JJWASIA FRIOOURG MO4-3
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      605 30 JAP A N/HOMQKONQ/BTRAITB REGULAR SERVICE LOADING FOR PORT KLANG/PENANG vtwti I VOY I STORE I p bum— IHi i— SEAfIALLAMT 3 Ijj SHIM UK 3 3 WPT 1 J5 ""ANUS M IiIST" ~nm~Z II m-TU 224 JAM 21 JAN MAJUJAYA Z ~UWT Minn I CHUMKUAM IS 2t JMI F«~ I
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      932 31 EV STRAITS SHIPPING PTE LTD M 10 Hm Ckia»| Raatf #11-01 Kappal Tanara Wm Singapore 0208 Tal: *****88 Fax: *****17 m if i OWff (A SERVICE OF CHINA NAVIGATION CO) B ETA ETO I STUNTS SIM VMME 11 Jm MJm Mttra, LMsm 4 KM. KkwtoNi ISTRAJTS MOft mat MJm ZSJm
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      2060 31 iMillL P&O Containers P&OContoiner. (Singapore Agencies) Pte Ltd 10 Hoc Chiaag Road, #07-01 Keppcl Towers, Singapore 0208 First Class Connections WORLDWIDE 2 2 3 ;SSSSOX? 4 rsocsr F 225 5327,222 7517 "®IMI VOV "PNO 'P*o SIN SOU AWT HOT MAM OOT Mi LM WBSML VOV AMT ADT MAM MM ami
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      421 31 OWOW WO. JOM «M HKfi KAO TH BEE TOK TOK NAB IKMI OM IMOJ IMM I WAN HM 218 MB2I 14*1 19*1 17*1 18-IMI 2UI NH 2HI Ml 1 MUM I BVK |*l*l Bl*2 I ■row 'wuriMi 21-girw~gii~~ii)B"-wr-gigmrr- I \m I MM HA1212 MBM WMI Ml 28-27/B1 ~W HOT W
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      1049 32 |-Hn "0" *«W H»8 TOP LMV LMV TOP ROM ANW HM PSL MP E. RESULT RW-OM 2*l 1/2 I*2 11/2 IJ/2 14/2 E. GATHER RE-OM 24/12 JO/12 IS/12 27/12 2«/12 2VI 2M E. ROYAL RW-024 27/1 11/2 17/2 11/2 2W2 21/2 E. QMMO RE-OM 31/12 1/1 2/1 3/1 4/1 21/1
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      858 32 msa VOTMI S«r M «N MM MN IWT Ml I msa votmi duo aw dnn mm SCP 1S2 W £E£2 52" &H w/w *2 hSSSS?* D37 ww o*/oi 07/11 oi/oi oi/oi 21/01 nufl 03H-004W 24/01 MJ «/B 12/02 '2/07 |UN OMIT 030<M)27E JI/OI 14/01 IS/01 14/01 17/01 B ANo aooaptmg
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      624 32 ]C£) WCHFIELO MAMNE AOENCTEB (8) PTE LTD TEL: *****33 (12 LINES) FAX: *****16/*****03 Mf TELEX: R8 ***** MBHIP (3 Unas) J CR NO: **********0E •ffR ETwwjPtAiitHwrmum ACCEPTING FCL AND CONVENTIONAL V" «TA Ita— «NB asms I Abyot 49M8 28/03 Mombaa*. Djtoouß H KIEN HUNG UK I FULLY CONTAINERISED REGULARIiNEiffIBWT ACCEPTING
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      1293 33 FIXED DAY DIRECT SAMMS TO HAIFA 14 DAYS NEW YORK -28 DAYS CoJmr'ThlppTnG PTE LTD ciOtthur *****41/U4 ct't'iLt'iM-m vHw Ofn*m n nun SH™- tIH asr So in tIU4SS K JOHOMOffKt f„ ittuil firTtvtu l m Mt 4n COtTAH AtMCIfl IHI ID* MO. Til: §7 SUIIII/117 tit: 17HU171 ISHL fin E£S
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      514 33 HEUNG-A SHIPPING (KOREAN FLAG) I CR NO: **********0 M "'1 I' I 111 l t* rMH.-j MWP si«vki I I KMomtaawßssvc I jwmmm [m|m|M»|tfM«Tfiw|nß f«c TjjilfMOßiwc far fIHI wTI" Ict gumma I mm I 13/01 |io/oi I n/ti 12s/oi 01/02 os/o2| w/wlw/w |iihwmk> I min lio/oi lis/oi 119/01 i^^l^^ll l
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      498 33 1 I FAMOUS CONTAINER UNES 1 lipst 80 ROBINSON ROAD, #22-02 SINGAPORE *****8 HOT UNE: *****33 (30 UNES) TWICE WEEKLY c SAILING TO BUS AN FOR ENQUIRY A. AND BOOKING, PLS CALL 1 A OUR HOTLINE C^ t *****33 "j (30 LINES) f MS SYLVIA KAN CI MS LEONG I
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      985 34 nograEsss^siiis I Vt B VOV I SIN JKT [VESSEL VOY SIN PEN ~l^B B |VESSEL TvOV «N BKK WANA BHUM SOW W*d In Pt "sun |21/01 STAMFORD 8707 ~Thu 18/01 ~St 20/01 MATHII BHUM* Wd h, Pt lit I atwwi 3*±3tm Efl_ JSfflJ »n 21/01 MOB St_ 2*ol Tu* 23/01
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      767 34 79 ANSON ROAD, §21-01, SINGAPORE 0207 CR f **********0N STRAITS SHUTTLE SERVICE *£1* PORT KLANG PENANO va«a vov m I m. vessel vor I m pg, SEA LAUREL 451N 1M)1 THU Ffli MCC VANTAGE 6005 1801 THU 20/01 SAT XOWTWGGI ***** 1901 FRI I 2001 SAT PACIFIC LADY ***** 20/01
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      700 35 BSA i| M MYANMA .pBBk FIVE STAR LINE (Myomiior National Llm) Loading for Yangon (Rangoon) WSsa VOY SIN PKG KN PGU IPUUSHEVSKIY 1W IN PT MYOMAYWA IS4W IN PT 17/01 MALAYSIA AGENTS: KHJSHAO SHIPPING AGENCIES WJL TU 02-03-*****00 PHI: TIL 02-03-37*4101 Pflfc TH 02-04-2****** PGO: HI 02-07-*****21/4 M BANK LINE
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      911 35 asaaKlM pacific international unes (pte) ltd I 140 Cecil Street, #03-00 PIL Building, Singapore 0106. I CR NO: **********06 VESSEL VOY SIN CMS JIB HOO JED AOJ ABE PZU MSW ASA KOTA WUAVA WJASSS 20/1 24/1 30/1 1/2 3/2 B/2 S/2 4/2 7/2 2/2 KOTA BE RANI BRM29S 28/1 2/2
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      892 35 j VESBtLS VOT 8»N DAMgTTA LE HAVRE HAMBURG THAMESPOWT ROTTERDAM ANTWERP VILLE DE VELA VI2W 18*01 29/01 06/02 07/08 08/02 10KB 12/08 VNJ.E DC CAPS-LA TI3W 26/01 07/B2 15AJ2 I&TC 18/02 iwoi 21AK VILLE D€ LIBRA LI3M/ 01/02 12/02 20/02 21/02 23/02 24/02 26/02 VHIE D*AOmLA AI3W 07/02 ISKH Z7AH
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      48 37 I VISA FREIGHT SERVICES PTE LTD Kstiihlislicil Sincc l t >«S4 Till: TOTAL TRANSPORTATION PIOPII Ki (iiii.Ai\ (;roui\u;i ici coxsoi ipation: import tv xpokt si kvk i s OCEANIA PORTS AUCKLAND SYON'KY BRISBANE MKI.BOIIRNK FRKMANTI.K m S < gm' 49' VISA IKI It.lll SI KVICI S PTI I.TD A
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      442 38 KAPAL KRIS Shipping Pte Ltd 708 WJXTON ROAD, S'PORE *****9 U-*****76 Fix: *****77 a NO. *****95QQ00C SYARIKAT PERKAPALAN KRIS SENDIRIAN BERHAD 309-609 BLOCK GIOMAC BUSINESS aHTRE, 10 JAIAN SS 6/1, KEIANA JAYA, P.O. KX M2S ***** PfttUNG JAY*, SELANGOK. TIL *****77/78/79 FAX: *****07 THDfc MA 3043S REGULAR CONTAINER SERVICE FROM
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      259 38 INTERMARITIME B CA,mir ß MltlPl Q&K. LltieS,m SOUTHERN AFRICA SERVICE (FOREST prooocts SERVICE) FROM: U.K./ CONTINEIIT/ MIDDLE EAST TO: FAB EAST DIRECT MONTHLY SAILINGS EUROPE SERVKI VBSa/VOY Ml LA£MOUIAWG HONGKONG KFIUNG VKSa KK TGM SM K MIS DM CT TAW SKN KKU TMA TURANDOT VOlO 31/01 03/02 07/02 M/ 02
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      287 38 50 TEL OK BLANGAH ROAD #02-02 CITIPORT CENTRE, STORE 0409 TEL: *****11 (6 lines! FAX: *****05 TLX: RS ***** CR NO. **********0W VESSEL VOY ETA ETD DESTINATION ILMAMUI 03 2MIM 2MI« PONTUNAK KACUM 02 2MI« PMOKTONTIANAK •wowwa n nmm tvn/m pkloalan/muntok NMANA 02 2MI« 2MI« SENARAN&OREBON "AW 04 2MI« 2MIAI
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      82 38 Astro Shipping Pte Ltd WEEKLY CONSOLIDATION SERVICE SHANGHAI 24/01,31/01 j n*N6l(Ol^^2Voni/0^ Also occtpting to oftw in Okm vio Hongkong TEL 220-6045 (10 LINK) FAX: 325-4080 SPEEDA UNES^ 1 SNOAKWAMNTS: I DtSTRfIRARK SINGAPORE PTE LTD 1; TEL *****83/ FAX: *****33 :f q NO. **********0W I Tele-Games Crack Safe Test your skill
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      446 39 VESSEL I TIGER CAPE 400N 18-2001 21-24/01 29-3001 ISLAND 401N 18-2001 24-28/01 01-0302 I 20-21AJ1 25-28/01 02-03/02 I B 402N 22 2^ol 29-31AJ1 OMMtt 403N 25-27A>1 31-0402 08-1002 I TIGER CAPE 404N 29—3Q01 04-07/02 12-1102 V°Y^ TIGER SPRING 231CN8 16-1001 20-24/01 30-31/01 I ANDROMEDA STAR 160 18-ISVOI 25-2001 04-0602 EAGLE
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      385 39 llSeaEZLand I FOR CUSTOMER SERVICE ASSISTANCE, PLEASE CALL: I SINGAPORE i MAIN SWITCHBOARD *****22 I OUTBOUND I CUSTOMER SERVICE/BOOKINGS HOTLINE. *****33 I CHRISTINA UM *****24 JOREEN LIEW *****26 KAREN HENG *****48 I ROHANA M0HAMED...................................... *****95 ROSNIE ARSHAD *****67 INBOUND CUSTOMER SERVICE LINDA TAN *****00 CY OPERATIONS. *****08/*****62 CFS 0PERAT10N5........................................ *****83
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      943 39 II .y Nedllovd to europe I Nedlloyd Lines Th»rs/Frldoy/Sat»rdoy ((®j)|3C j I CRlooo2*3oooo* r"BT1 I I SINGAPORE *****69 RATE ENCMRIES 32t Cg4l /2W2eO CPS (PHONE *****10 CPS (FAX) 270g723 I OOCI FORTUNE /5026 18/01 OR/m K«» Brtl ILA SEINE /3026 20/01 05/03 06*2 07/02 04/02 I TYNE/1026 20*1 05/02 07/02
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      1207 40 K44 M M M AS AGENTS: "K" UNI (SMQAPOMQ PT* LTD (CRtti*«7MMMOTfttNO:MM»f7MM) TEL *****77 TELEX: MfcVAKJ RS23I6SFAX; *****1&7/B/9 I V T Mjl? MALAYSIA: UMMAfVTM(MALAYSIA}SON MB I JL TEL SA *****00 PK *****75 PEN *****20 J6 *****01 PGU *****256 WOONESJA: AT. SAHARA LAW H ■HMUSA, TH_ JKT *****08 i*t MUfr iactwc
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      840 40 19 UFPa ROAD #02-01 JIT POHHNLMNG SH6AKHE 0090 St (a NO:J0006W0000/W) fU'L CUSTOMBSttVW 225-1-IJS INMMM 224+444 GWBALUMI 225-MM GOCKAL FAX 211-MIS Wc Carry Your Confidence mm 270-S-045 EAGU VOICE 321-MM TP OOOHfM ll—i f i wnvirtf [rW-jjy. HM jtt [OwtmiiwK m yiamummm I»| m IMt |ii ch Imi Ihqu lm
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      785 41 ACCEPTING LCL CARGO Trans-Link Express Pte Ltd Singapore 1 ssrei I I aasF 1 -rar I— ■Zrr jJsTL ISO 9002 BY LRQA [""'H? r—=—-gb. Rotterdam Every SotwrdoY Every I il u—i ((®))Lfe 0m ttvH at yom wrWct.- I Chris U OHh *****64 mmAinmLteA namr DID: *****58 Tel: Fax; a*C£E££V«. Singapore
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      913 41 ll?* ff? I»IHWIMM I IM I In»| Ml l«B Ift WMC I MUM Imm it m I tiamiT MS.TYW 1021 MJI ItJI tO 17M iaaa iim mm 15?..,., *"*f Ml -M HL JHI ITv KUSM MM Mill MJl* 1101 MM SIS MJI 85 I SfSSS EE \H\ ka. M.i "1
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      485 41 EXPORT TO HO CHI MIHH CITY IMPORT PROM HO CHI MIHH CITY WT m m WWII mm mm wr o»«k mm aßoac vttc9 MM tis/W) 04/rn n/11 m a/w «m w/> tHum MM (17/ vii 0«/»i) ?1/»1 em «/»i uum mm ;,>! S, swmw 4» (»/wi oi/ii) a/»i (NO 24/01
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      498 42 SAMUDERA INDONESIA (S) PTE LTD M 15 McCALLUM STREET #03-01/02 NATWEST CENTRE S PORE 0106 TEL: *****81-3 FAX: *****36 (3 HUNTING LIMES) TLX: R*****0 BOOKIH6S CALL DIRECT LIME: *****41/*****43 JESSICA/CELIA J22BEBEBHB 5 SLQS/WEEK 3slgs/WEEK VESSEL |~VW —TSN TBSK IV6yl6w Our ~l BASTION (UTC2) 906 13/01 (SAT) 17/01 (WED) EPONYMA 909
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      487 42 TO E. CANADA US ATLANTIC US GULF LOAONQ VOY IBPORE I PKRANO* HAUFAX N.YORK NORFOLK NXMLEANS SAVANNAH TAMPtCO HOUSTON HOEQH CUPPER 0232 17/18 JAN Io* JAN (OMAR 06 MAR 08 MAR 18 MAR 12MAR 20MAR 23MAR HOEQH DRAKE 0434 03AM FEB 128 JAN 23 MAR 28 MAR 28 MAR 08
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      276 42 PHILI-OnifNT V** LIN€S PT€ LTD j TEL: *****00 (10 UNES) KOUMOS-TSTMOt 27 JAW I AUCKLAND. WELLINGTON. LVTTLJETON. 19 JAN I NAPKR, CHROTCHURCH, NEW PLYMOUTH I LONDON, FELIXSTOWE, LE HAVRE, 22 JAM' I ROTTERDAM, HAMBURG, ANTWERP I AND ALL MLANODESTMATIONSWTTHM EUROPE I KOBE. TOKYO, OSAKA 21 JAM I BUSAN, MAMLA, BANGKOK,
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      602 43 i X Singapore Soviet Shipping Co. Pte. Ltd. CR NO: **********0N m BOMBAY/COCHIN VESSEL VOY SIN BOM COC SEA EXPRESS EPROO6 22/01 30/01 I XCXJR GEMINI 414 23/01 31/01 MEKHANIK KURAKO MKI4N 02/02 10/02 18/02 BSA OLORY QLROO3 08/02 18/02 I. —J—- WEEKLY SAILINGS RUSSIA: MOSCOW, ST. PETERSBURG VLADIVOSTOK, VOSTOCHNNY
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      457 43 J SIN FAR EAST n\ 23/01 KEELUNG/KAOHSIUNG I 21/01 BANGKOK 2101 MANILA/CEBU 21/01 JAKARTA/BELAWAN/SURABAYA 21/01 PORT KELANG/PENAN6/E. MALAYSIA 21/01 BUSAN 21/01 TOKYO/YOKO/KOBE/NGO/OSA J 21/01 HONG KONG I m china I 21/01 GUANGZHOU/HUANGPU/SHENZHEN FUZHOU/XIAMEN/SHANTOU/SHEKOU DALIAN/SHANGHAI/XINGANG TIANJIN/OINGDAO/HAIKOU also accepting LCL cargo m EUROPE/UK 4 21/01 LDN/FLX/LVP/SOU 22/01 RDM/HAM/ANT/LEH/GOA/OSL/GOT/BCN also accepting cargo to
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      610 43 I STAR SHIPPING AGENCIES (S) PTE ITD AOMNTS FOR: ZIM CONTAINER SERVICE GOU) STAR UNE LTD SETH SHIPPING CORPORATION TELEPHONE: 220-6666 (8 LINES) FAX: *****70 Ut *****12 (MARKETING) (CR NO. I0310*5000<K) N. AJAERKA/CARIRRIAN HRYKI 'JggSß&m 10 01/OOa/JJO vtssa yQT mi jmmwb Ii«I ci I sit 1 ore I« I mUONSMK
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      1081 43 »i"wiri A#»wi| (te») UA, H y (Ct NO **********00) xgs. J NEPTUNELMC TEI (03) *****23, Xf OOOKINOS HOTUNI TOi US, CANADA, UK/EUROK. AUSTRALIA. (Mc •A' IKL (03| *****33 WBt AfMa RAWSIAN, HONGKONG, lAJWAN JAMN V wij I PKalotg (03) *****87. i-000-*****00 hnx, *****2*2366 X MTTUNOUNK TOL 1-000-*****00 (TOU-fMi) J BoW
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      139 43 W. TOKYO SHINII KAIUN CO PTE LTD nVJh 10 AMSON ROAD *23-15 "MJ MTERNATIONAL PLAZA 9PM007 TEL: *****26 (6 UNES) FAX: *****06 *****10 C/tt **********0E SERVICE TO: FAR EAST/CHINA/EUROPE 22/01/96) TOKYO, YOKOHAMA, KOBE NAOOYA 22/01/96) OSAKA, USA BANGKOK, HONGKONG AND ALL CHINA PORTS 23/01/96) KEEL UNO 21/01/96) HAMBURG, ROTTERDAM SOUTHAMPTON
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      612 44 SINO EXPRESS SHIPPING (PTE) LTD. M I 11 COLLYER QUAY *06-01 THE ARCADE SINGAPORE 0104. TEL: *****90 (4 LINES) FAX: *****08 TLX: R*****1 SINOEX SINOTRANS SHANGHAI (CONTAINER SERVICE) SIN/HKQ/SHAI S'PORE HKQ SHAJ VESSEL VOY ETA ETD ETA ETD ETA ETP gHANQYING 06/01 11/01 12AM 15/01 17/01 LATMOS 9601/9602 12/01 13/01
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      511 44 KSBWinfcUNTAINEH LINK. IMC I Agents: MACHELS SPORE: *****22 (24 URES) f«*) «*m I~IV/\~ I WifcIMIITHIIB B®U* (064)*****9 MAMLA: (SSZ)9I2MBI BANGKOK: (662) 2*4667 BURAaAvTpi)SSo P (03) *****77 JKT: (21) *****07 MDN: (61) &44R23 MQUft (3)*****86 ACCEPTING TO: CEBU Ex "INTRA BHUM" V.25E ETA 2/2 LONG BEACH ALL USA PORTS Ex "HYUNDAI
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      95 44 MANILA 21/01/96 &sr AND EUROPEAN PORTS. THE RUSSIA SPECIALIST SERVICING MOSCOW FROM THE FAR EAST, INDIAN SUB CONTINENT AND CHINA MAIN PORTS. .V--••A VESSEL voy sin jkt SEHTOAA JAYA 3068 17/01 10/01 SERAYA JAYA 106SR 10/01 22/01 •»A»iO JAYA DftYDOCtUNQ AT JKT ALL VESSELS BERTH AT "W1" M JAKARTA ALSO
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      129 45 I LEGEND: R Thunderstorm Temperature *q V Shower Weother Wind direction with speed in knots Roin Cloudy Sky Wov Serfoce wind* or* indicoted by orrowi •Md, Hy wit* ,h. wind (y One Ml circle represents cotm or light ond vonobte winds J— One hoM Heche represents 5 knots L—. One
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