The Business Times, 7 February 1996

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    13 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 046/12/95 w SINGAPORE Internet: http://www.asial.com.sg/biztimes WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 7,1996
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    MARKET SUMMARY
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    FINANCE
    68 1 USS St y» 1.41.1 l. 1—1517 1171 DM _.J.«1 0.963 1.342 MS ***** .8.566 RKt 0183 BAHT 0.040 0.066 RUPIAH m..,. 0.044. 0.062 PUKE BATES SINGAPORE* 6.44 KOALA LUMPUR 8.15 JAKARTA 18.00 BANGKOK 1175 MANILA 14.50 HONGKONG .8.75 TAIPH .8.00 SYDNEY 14.75 TOKYO .180 SUB. .1100 ZURICH** .1750 FRANKFURT***
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    Lock icon Sunrise shares jump 4.5 times to hit M$12 on debut
    450 1  -  Closing premium of 151% still way above expectations From. Ho Kay Tat in Kuala Lumpur SHARES of property company Sunrise Bhd skyrocketed 4.5 times to a high of Msl2 at the opening bell on its first day of trading yesterday
    Source: Bloomberg; JEN CHUA  -  450 words
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    Lock icon STII takes volatile path to another record high
    313 1  -  By) R Sivanithy [SINGAPORE] The Straits Times Industrials Index yesterday traced a volatile path on its way to its second consecutive record high first breaking the 2,500 barrier in early morning trades, but eventually closing just 9.7 points higher at 2,493.71. The
    Source: Bloomberg; JEN CHUA  -  313 words
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    Former DBS Bank president said to have joined Indonesian group
    322 1  -  By Conrad Raj [SINGAPORE] Former DBS Bank president Patrick Yeoh Khwai Hoh is said to have joined the Gadjah Tunggal group, one of Indonesia's largest conglomerates with interests in banking, property and tyres. According to a source close to the
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    Lock icon Record US$1.25m for NYSE seat
    330 1 Bloomberg Business News [NEW YORK] A seat on the New York Stock Exchange has sold for US$l.25 million (551.77 million), eclipsing a record dating from just before the 1987 stock market crash and raising concern among some investors that stock prices have climbed too high.
    Bloomberg Business News  -  330 words
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    Hottest seats in region are on the Thai exchange
    495 1  -  By Quak Hiang Whai in Hongkong IT HAS been said that a seat on a stock exchange is like a licence to print money, and that appears to be more so in Asian bourses. The Stock Exchange of Thailand sits right
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
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      Seagate will not cut jobs at Conner plants
      241 2 US DISK drive leader Seagate Technology will not lay off any workers at Conner Peripherals' manufacturing plants in the region, but some sales and marketing jobs are likely to be cut as a result of Seagate's acquisition of Conner. Senior vice-president Richard
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      S'pore Power buys into US$140m China project
      354 2  -  By< Genevieve Cua SINGAPORE Power has taken a 50 per cent stake in a US$l4O million (Ssl97 million) power facility in China the group's biggest operational investment in the country to date. The 150-megawatt plant in Hainan was built by US-based Enron Corporation.
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      Car dealers ignite new round of price slashing
      470 2  -  Cheaper yen, expected COE drop, stock clearance cited as reasons for cuts By Christopher Tan A CHEAPER yen, an expected drop in COE prices and stock clearance were some reasons given for a new round of priceslashing among car traders. The discounting
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      Lock icon December wholesale prices up
      342 2  -  E7E ON THE ECONOMY Prices By 1 Teh Hooi Ling WHOLESALE prices picked up in the last month of 1995, latest figures from the Department of Statistics show. The Manufactured Products Price Index for December was 81.5 0.8 of a percentage point higher than a year
      Source: Dept of Statistics; JEN CHUA  -  342 words
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      Apple cuts prices in US, launches trade-in promotion in S'pore
      379 2  -  Analysts expect bargains as company clears inventory By] David Mok TROUBLED American firm Apple Computer has cut prices of its PCs in the US and launched an attractive tradein discount promotion locally, with more bargains likely to come later in
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    • NEWS Roundup
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        Former opposition politician dies
        44 3 UM CHIN SIONG, who was a member of the People's Action Party until he broke ranks to join the opposition B&risan Sosialis, died of a heart attack on Monday. He was 62. He leaves behind his wife and two sons.
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        Belville Gardens in en bloc sale
        90 3 THE rising prices for freehold sites in the Stevens Road/Balmoral Road area have prompted the owners of Belville Gardens, in nearby Robin Road, to sell their 12-maisonette development to the highest bidder. Handled by property agents Jones Lang Wootton, the en bloc tender for
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        Tencor Instruments sets up S'pore unit
        57 3 TENCOR Instruments has established a Singapore subsidiary. Tencor Instruments (Singapore), to provide direct sales service and support capabilities to customers in Singapore and Malaysia. Tencor Instruments is a major player in innovative wafer defect inspection, software-based yield management, thin film measurement and metrology systems
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      HRD practices lag behind world leaders, says NPB official
      218 3 UNLIKE the global leaders, human resource development (HRD) practices in Singapore are still largely pedagogical in approach, a National Productivity Board (NPB) official said yesterday. HRD practices here are still largely in the education and training domain and have yet to
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      Scheme to propel aerospace industry
      318 3  -  ASUIAIROSPACB'N BAD programme aimed at lifting technology capability and competitiveness By. Rahita Elias SINGAPORE will launch an Aerospace Technology Programme today aimed at boosting the aerospace industry here, Deputy Prime Minister Tony Tan announced yester- day. Dr Tan, who is also Defence Minister, said at
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      Lock icon Boeing Airbus stake claims on new class of huge jets
      433 3  -  Reportsby Kevin Sullivan BOEING and Airbus Industrie executives yesterday staked competing claims in the booming Asia-Pacific aircraft market, while the Montreal-based Bombardier Aerospace Group announced it was expanding its system of alliances with Asian partners. Boeing's vice-president for product strategy,
      ARTHUR LEE  -  433 words
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      Fokker upbeat about takeover talks with 5 parties
      191 3 ROBERT Brown, president of Montreal-based Bombardier Inc, said yesterday that talks between Bombardier and Fokker, the troubled Dutch airplane manufacturer, are at a preliminary stage but that "all options are open". Bombardier, which has doubled its aerospace sales in the last five
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  • FOCUS: PERSONAL FINANCE & INVESTMENT
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      Lock icon The SES Property Index: where's the ceiling?
      646 4  -  TECHNICAL VIEWPOINT While the charts put the index's resistance at 830-880 region, there are also signs of caution By] Naresh Verma [SINGAPORE] Will the 830-880 level on the SES Property Index pose some resistance, and maybe a correction? Looking once again at the
      JEN CHUA  -  646 words
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      Local property stocks liquidity driven: analysts
      456 4  -  They are cautions about staking out strong boys By] Lee Yoke Har [SINGAPORE! Property stocks underwent notable correction yesterday after the SES Property Index hit new records late last week. While the supply-demand side of the property market remains intact, analysts are less inclined
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      Different funds for different folks
      632 4  -  Details on four new nnit trusts that were launched in January By\ Shiv Taneja [SINGAPORE! January was a busy month for the unit trust industry, with three fund managers launching four unit trusts and the good news for investors is that each of the funds
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      Lock icon US investors put record US$21.6b in int'l stocks
      286 4 Bloomberg Business News [NEW YORK] American investors bought a record US$2l.6 billion (5130.5 billion) of foreign stocks in the third quarter, seeking higher returns «*kl flfte* at to ti*ftsecuriries lndu«rK Association (SIA). "We are seeing flows into international funds," said Jesus Duarte,
      Bloomberg Business News  -  286 words
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      Lock icon End of glory days for US shares?
      259 4 Bloomberg Business News [NEW YORK] Stocks have hewed to a simple formula in the past three years. Quarter after quarter, US corporate profits were higher than analysts predicted and prices went up and up. For 11 straight quarters, more companies whose shares make
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  • FOCUS
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      Thai politics at low ebb: academics
      424 5 like lack of political awareness makes it difficult fa> rhangA the system (BANGKOK] The 1982 revolution that put an end to the absolute monarchy and established a constitutional monarchy was a major step in modernising the country, but as they have done with most
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      Civil service has long way to go
      670 5  -  It may take a lot more than 300 m baht and 2 years of consultancy work to change Thai bureaucrats' attitudes Alan Boyd [BANGKOK] WHEN Thailand's national passports office decided recently to move to larger premises, bewildered travellers were directed to two new
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      178 5 LEASE FOR SALE HEADLEASE INTEREST CURRENT 5 STAR HOTEL OPERATION Site Area 1611 Square Moires (apprax.) 93 Year Lease (or Hotel Usage Currency Ritz Carlton Hotel Strong Yield as Turnover Percentage Market Growth Towards 2000 Olympics Location Sydney Opera House Thoroughfare located in the heort of Sydney's tourist and business
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      Sending the right signals
      707 6  -  muniv Rising China-Taiwan tension may pose a dilemma for the region By Yang Razali Kassim THERE was a time when the slightest display of belligerence by China would immediately trigger alarm bells throughout the region. That was the Cold War era, when Beijing-inspired communist insurgency led
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      Lock icon Internal Security Act still needed to protect M'sia: Dr M
      251 6 KUALA LUMPUR Bernama, AFP THE Internal Security Act (ISA) is still needed to protect Malaysia from irresponsible groups bent on destroying the country. Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said yesterday that the groups included those which triggered racial riots and staged
      Bernama,; AFP  -  251 words
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      Lock icon Thais to go for slower growth
      85 6 BANGKOK AFP THAILAND yesterday said it was targeting slower growth until the turn of the century in order to avoid overheating the economy and would attempt to reduce a gap between the level of savings and investment. The council of economic ministers decided at
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      Lock icon Revoke unnecessary levies: Suharto
      290 6 JAKARTA President's order aimed at making Indonesian industry more competitive Reuter INDONESIA'S President Suharto has ordered his ministers to revoke unnecessary levies in an attempt to make industry more competitive. "We must encourage the revocation of irrelevant levies. It will help increase our goods' competitiveness," Mr
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      Lock icon Mahathir dismisses calls for slower growth
      373 6 KUALA LUMPUR He's confident moves to lower imports and boost exports will help improve trade deficit AFP, Bernama MALAYSIA'S Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad yesterday dismissed calls to rein in growth as an antidote to the country's weak trade balance. He was confident that the
      AFP,; Bernama  -  373 words
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      Lock icon Govt won't force privatised entities to lower charges: Dr M
      243 6 KUALA LUMPUR AFP PRIME Minister Mahathir Mohamad yesterday bristled at persistent complaints of high charges by privatised entities, sfying he would not force them to lower charges and fork out higher government subsidies. Dr Mahathir's remarks came as consumers intensified
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      Lock icon Sex-for-hire trial: Ex-Lord President mentioned
      176 6 KUALA LUMPUR Bernama, AFP FORMER Lord President Hamid Omar's name was brought up yesterday in the Sessions Court trial of two people charged with acting as intermediaries for four actresses for the purpose of prostitution. The witness, an 18-year-old actress whose name has been withheld
      Bernama,; AFP  -  176 words
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  • CHINA-HONGKONG-TAIWAN
    • SINO Brief
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        Lock icon Zhu Rongji in Germany to boost ties
        53 7 Reuter (DRESDEN] Chinese Deputy Premier Zhu Rongji arrived here yesterday to start a seven-day visit that aims to boost bilateral economic ties. Mr Zhu, accompanied by senior economic officials, is scheduled to meet German Chancellor Helmut Kohl, President Roman Herzog and cabinet ministers
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        Lock icon UK, Chinese officials hold HK talks
        57 7 AFP [HONGKONG] British and Chinese officials met here yesterday for a four-day meeting with pledges to speed up work on settling outstanding issues ahead of the territory's handover to China next year. Both heads of the Sino-British Joint Liaison Group expressed hopes of progress
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        Lock icon HK growth at six-year low
        54 7 UPI [HONGKONG] Economic growth in the British colony slowed to 4.2 per cent during the third quarter of 1996, dipping to its lowest level in nearly six years, local newspapers reported yesterday. Still, economists remained hopeful that the government's full-year target of 5 percent growth
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        Lock icon Blast: Suspect held
        56 7 AFP [BEIJING] Police in the southern Chinese province of Hunan have confirmed the arrest of He Geng, the man believed responsible for the massive explosion last week that left as many as 125 people dead, press reports said yesterday. Some 20 tonnes of explosives blew up last
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      Lock icon Another move towards yuan convertibility
      203 7 SHANGHAI AFP CHINA will allow yuan convertibility in current account transactions from April 1 but will retain control of foreign exchange in the capital account, Xinhua news agency reported yesterday. The report quoted a State Administration of Exchange Control (SAEC) spokesman as saying that enterprises
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      Lock icon News of China's military drills sends stocks diving
      367 7 TAIPEI Shares down 1.5%; US voices concern over exchange of verbal barbs across Taiwan straits AFP, Bloomberg Business News TAIWAN stocks fell to their lowest level in more than two months yesterday after reports that China will start military exercises near Taiwan
      AFP,; Bloomberg Business News; Source: Bloomberg; JEN CHUA  -  367 words
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      Lock icon News on China ties: Taiwan warns media
      294 7 TAIPEI Bloomberg Business News TAIWAN yesterday put out new rules on financial reporting meant as a warning to news organisations not to be sloppy in covering the mounting tensions between Taiwan and China, officials said. "During sensitive TaiwanChina relations, we hope information firms
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      Lock icon He's got a ticket not to ride
      61 7 [BEIJING] A Beijing policeman writing a ticket for a delivery man who rode his tricycle on a main street here outside designated hours yesterday. Thousands of delivery tricycles are used to transport produce in and around the city but as traffic congestion mounts
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      Lock icon US trade deficit with Beijing may hit US$50b
      150 7 HONGKONG Reuter THE United States' trade deficit with China could grow to US$45 billion (5563.4 billion) to US$5O billion in 1996 if current trends continue, a US trade official said yesterday. But he emphasised the estimate was based on adding the present
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  • ASIA
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      Lock icon Rupee tumbles to new low
      236 8 NEW DELHI Reuter THE Indian government yesterday sent an SOS to the central bank as the rupee crashed to an all-time low of 38.50 against the US dollar but the industry said the situation was still far from serious. The rupee fell to 38.50 at
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      Lock icon Chaos or stability? Kim asks voters
      326 8 SEOUL President spells out choices in speech setting ont election platform for party Reuter, AFP SOUTH Korea's President Kim Young Sam has offered voters a stark choice between chaos and stability in a speech setting out an election platform for his ruling New Korea
      Reuter,; AFP  -  326 words
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      Lock icon Roll over easy
      47 8 [KILARAIPUR, India] A villager displaying his physical strength as a tractor goes over him at a sports festival in the Kilaraipur village in the Punjab state earlier this week. Thousands of people travel to the village to watch and participate in the festival REUTER
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      Lock icon Farmers torch bus, block traffic in KFC protest
      223 8 BANGALORE, India Latest incidents aimed at getting release of leader AFP A FARMERS' group blamed for wrecking India's first Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) outlet torched a bus and blocked traffic in their protest against the US fast-food chain, police said yesterday. Activists
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      Lock icon Break-up of finance ministry gets backing
      182 8 TOKYO AFP JAPAN'S International Trade and Industry Minister Shumpei Tsukahara says that most lawmakers back the idea of breaking up the country's powerful finance ministry, increasingly criticised for the current mess with failed housing loan companies. "Some 80 per cent of parliamentarians would agree
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    • ASIA Notes
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        Lock icon Pakistan Telecom to short-list buyers
        64 8 Reuter [ISLAMABAD] Pakistan yesterday invited firms to pre-qualify as potential buyers of a 98 per cent stake in Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd (PTCL). The financial advisers on the PTCL sale, Morgan Grenfell Co Ltd and Pakistan's private Muslim Commercial Bank Ltd, said in newspaper advertisements
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        Lock icon No room for UN advice on comfort woman
        77 8 AFP [TOKYO] Japan has "no room" for UN advice to provide state compensation to women forced into sexual service tor the Japanese military before and during World Warn, Chief Cabinet Secretary Seiroku Kajiyama said yesterday. "Legally, we have no room to accept,
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        Lock icon Laying foundation for an Asian forum
        62 8 AFP [ALMATY] Sixteen countries m Asia and the Middle last, including China and India, will meet today in the capital of Kazakhstan to lay the foundation tor an Asian confidence-building forum inspired by the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe. The forum would
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      168 10 Introducing the Morgan Stanley Asian Growth Fund Minimum Subscription: Ssloo,ooo AH front-end loads will be waived before February 15,1996. The Morgan Stanley Asian Growth Fund will be managed by Morgan Stanley Asset Management Singapore Ltd. The Fund seeks long-term capital appreciation through investment in the stock markets of Asia excluding
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  • THE WORLD
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      Lock icon Clinton proposes US$1.6 trillion budget for 1997
      360 11 WASHINGTON His spending plan repeats last offer made to Republicans when talks broke down last month NYT WITH the federal budget for the current year still far from settled, President Bill Clinton has proposed a US$l.64 trillion (552.3 trillion) spending plan for 1997,
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      Lock icon No decision yet but Greenspan seems certain to stay at Fed
      297 11 WASHINGTON Reuter THE White House said on Monday that it had not decided whether to nominate Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greespan to a third term, but officials believe his reappointment as central bank chief is assured. "It's a done
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    • WORLD Watch
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        Lock icon Yeltsin may ease fiscal policies: Yasin
        64 11 Reuter [DAVOS, Switzerland] Russia's Economy Minister Yevgeny Yasin voiced fears yesterday that President Boris Yeltsin could drop tight fiscal policies and opt for spending in a bid to prevent a communist return to power. Mr Yasin also hit out at the leader of the
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        Lock icon Pope visits Guatemala
        43 11 AFP [GUATEMALA CITY] Local nuns reading programmes for the two-day visit of Pope John Paul II a few hours before his arrival in the central Plaza here on Monday. Pope John Paul II last visited Guatemala in March 1963. —AFP
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        Lock icon Human rights commission members quit
        56 11 AFP [MOSCOW] Four members of Russia's eight-strong human rights commission resigned on Monday after delivering a damning report on growing militarism, intolerance and violence, Interfax reported. The members denounced "a rising social phenomenon which is directly endangering civic and personal rights as well as peace,
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        Lock icon UN sees bankruptcy by year's end
        50 11 AFP [UNITED NATIONS] The United Nations will be bankrupt by the end of this year. The UN "will have no more cash left on Dec 31,1996," UN Under Secretary-General for Administration and Management Joseph Connor told the General Assembly working group on finances. —AFP
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        Lock icon Prop transatlantic barriers: Rifkind
        37 11 Reuter [LONDON] British Foreign Secretary Malcolm Rifkind called for new efforts to drop barriers to transatlantic commerce, saying success could be worth at least US$7O billion (Ss99 billion) a year in extra trade.—Reuter
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      Lock icon Rubin urges higher debt ceiling
      208 11 WASHINGTON Reuter UNITED STATES Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin has urged Congress to pass legislation to increase the US$4.9 trillion (556.9 trillion) debt limit to allow the government to keep operating into 1997. "I think we should try to get it out beyond this calendar year
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      Lock icon Clinton plans to testify in Whitewater case
      177 11 WASHINGTON Reuter US President Bill Clinton intends to testify on behalf of the defendants in a criminal trial stemming from the federal probe of the Whitewater land deal controversy, but does not expect to appear in court, aides say. "The president is anxious
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      Lock icon Germany reaffirms commitment to EMU goal
      194 11 BONN Reuter GERMAN Foreign Minister Klaus Kinkel yesterday reaffirmed Germany's determination that European Economic and Monetary Union should go ahead in 1999 as planned in the Maastricht Treaty. "The German government remains unreservedly of the intention to introduce the third stage of economic and
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      Lock icon Still room for rate moves: Zeitler
      116 11 MARKTSCHWABEN Reuter BUNDESBANK council member Franz-Christoph Zeitler says there is leeway for interest rate moves after the Bundesbank set its next two repo tenders at a fixed 3.3 per cent. In comments to a federation of small companies on Monday, Mr Zeitler said the
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      Lock icon US rates seen falling this year and next
      430 11 WASHINGTON Clinton's 1997 budget plan predicts slide in 3-month T-bill rate NYT THE Clinton administration predicted on Monday that US interest rates will fall this year and next, although not by enough to suggest it expects substantial interest rate cuts soon by
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
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      China bashers risk starting new Cold War
      766 12  -  THE BOTTOM LKVB OPINION By Leon Hadar The writer is BT's Washington correspondent THE noisy and diverse coalition of "China bashers" that has emerged in Washington is urging the Clinton administration to "contain" Beijing and to confront it on various diplomatic, military and
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      IN OTHER WORDS
      116 12 'If a country or a marketplace chooses not to embrace this technology, they are going to fall behind as an economy/ -Jim Clark chairman and founder of Netscape, which makes software to navigate the global computer network. 'Investors are beginning to wonder if the government plan for
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      Singapore's industrial strength
      475 12 EDITORIAL WHAT immediately grabs the attention about the five-year incentive plan unveiled last week by the Economic Development Board is the quantum involved: $4.3 billion, more than double the $1.9 billion budgeted for the previous half-decade. Singapore's planners could not have signalled more clearly their seriousness about
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      Carr causes uproar over governor's role
      1001 12  -  NSW Labor premier's appointment of a piut-time governor angers monarchists, and could hart Keating in the polls By. Peter Lynch The writer, a Sydney-based journalist, contributed this article to BT EVEN by the rarefied, colonial standards of Sydney's Government House, where liveried servants still
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      WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
      832 12 Hon tuts ataaad tor Hato THE Atlantic alliance has recovered its morale. This was apparent over the weekend at the annual Wehrkunde gathering in Munich of western defence ministers and security experts. A year ago, the allies were demoralised by their inability to agree on how
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      66 12 900NESBUR7 By Gary Trudeau GOOD MORNING. TP UKB AS YOU KNOW, AT THS COPE I I VIARt THE FORKS TV MUCOME EVER YONE OF EVERY 6REAT CAMPAIGN PREAM Of A FLAT TAX' YEAH 1 ID TUB CYBERCJTIZENS ARB THE VOUJNIEBR& 10HO J OBLIBVB.' MHO ELSE OVER \OB6eT77N6\ FOR-STEVE-FORBES ORGAN- J
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      528 13  -  Hot debate, mixed reactions in Canada over the possible 'invasion', reports aleksandar htic ALEKSANDAR MITIC Reuter THE possibility that the two biggest US book retailers will open superstores in Canada has aroused a heated debate about whether the Canadian book industry can survive such
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      475 13 MOVIE Jim Carrey who has five straight hits on his record will star in two films this year UPI [LOS ANGELES] Inhere are few sure things in the brutally competitive movie business, but Jim Carrey has become one of them. With five straight hits on his record,
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      331 14 ENTERTAINMENT Osaka's Hollywood theme park expected to pall in crowds Reuter [OSAKA] A Hollywood theme park to be opened in Osaka, western Japan, in five years' time by MCA of the US is expected to be a big crowd puller, attracting some eight million visitors a year,
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      Lock icon Seeking protection in Japan
      957 16 MUSIC Washington threatens to file complaint at WTO over Japanese copyright law NYT [TOKYO] A Beatles fan in Japan has to pay about US$3O (Ss42) for a recording of Rubber Soul or Revolver produced under licence in Japan. But for as little as US$5, a fan
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        Lock icon Springsteen song for Dead Man Walking
        89 16 NYT BRUCE Springsteen is on call to write soundtrack songs for serious Alms. After Academy and Grammy awards for Streets of Philadelphia, he provides the title song for Dead Man Walking, Tim Robbins' film about capital punishment. Robbins also commissioned other songs, most of
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        Lock icon Capriati to play at Paris Women's Open
        71 16 UPI TROUBLED tennis star Jennifer Capriati will return to the pro ranks next week at the Paris Women's Open, organisers said on Monday. Capriati, who will be 20 next month, was granted a wild card entry. She battled drug and legal problems in
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        Lock icon Big day for John Woo
        46 16 AFP HONGKONG director John Woo (centre) posing with actors Christian Slater (left) and John Travolta at the world premiere of the movie Broken Arrow on Monday in Westwood, California. Slater and Travolta star in the action thriller about nuclear terrorism. —AFP
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        Lock icon Liz dumps seventh husband
        75 16 Reuter CRITICS of the marriage said it was a virtual union between the beauty and the beast and predicted it would never last. It didn't. Elizabeth Taylor, one of Hollywood's most glamorous stars, formally ended her 52-month marriage to her seventh husband, former construction worker Larry
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        Lock icon It's Gingrich's turn with Murphy Brown
        98 16 UPI THERE'S something about Murphy Brown and Republicans. Years ago, then US Vice-President Dan Quayle criticised the CBS sitcom for allegedly setting a bad example for viewers when its title character, played by Candice Bergen, had a baby out of wedlock. Now, House Speaker
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        Lock icon They don't care about Jacko's video
        95 16 UPI MICHAEL Jackson and director Spike Lee are bent on shooting scenes for his next video They Don't Care About Us in Rio de Janeiro despite objections from local officials. They plan to shoot footage of Rio's Santa Marta area, a hillside slum controlled
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      YHS acts to ensure 'arms-length' land bids
      504 17  -  It seeks approval for proper procedures in tenders where parent Far East also likely to take part By< Agnes Wee [SINGAPORE] Listed Yeo Hiap Seng is drawing up procedures to ensure an "armslength" relationship when it bids for future property tenders which its
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      S'pore Tech, China tie up to develop new commercial jets
      337 17 [SINGAPORE] Singapore Technologies Pte Ltd (ST) has agreed to join Aviation Industries of China (Avic) in a programme to develop a new family of commercial jets in the 100-seat segment. ST said yesterday that the two parties had agreed to
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      ST Precision eyes German medical firm
      101 17 [SINGAPORE] Singapore Technologies Precision, a subsidiary of Singapore Technologies Pte Ltd, is in negotiations to take a majority stake in German medical technology firm Dornier Medizintechnik. This was confirmed yesterday by a spokesman for Daim-ler-Benz AG's Dasa aerospace division, which owns 50 per cent
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      Bending over backwards for SES queries may hurt firms
      746 17  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW By Lee Han Shih HOT that many people noticed, but Singapore quietly slipped into a new era of corporate disclosure last Thursday. That was when United Industrial Corporation (UIC), faced with a Stock Exchange of Singapore (SES) query,
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      Lock icon DBS Land: no plans for debt issue or share sale
      218 17 Reuter [SINGAPOREJ Singapore property developer DBS Land said yesterday it was not planning an early share placement or other issues aimed at raising funds. "There is not going to be a share placement," a company spokesman told Reuters in response
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      Rafiq demands answers on India land deal
      399 17  -  He says nothing in Scotts' announcement answers his questions By Conrad Raj [SINGAPORE] Former Scotts Holding managing director Rafiq Jumabhoy yesterday fired another salvo over the company's controversial Indian project. Clearly not satisfied with the company's refutations of his allegations on the Indian
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        Rate cuts in near term unlikely: DBS officials
        459 18  -  Group's finance unit opens 'loans-only' outlet to meet customers' needs Shiv Taneja [SINGAPORE] Local banks are unlikely to cut their interest rates in the near term, despite rates trending downwards in the United States, according to senior officials of the DBS Bank
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        Indosat subsidiary buys into leading telecoms provider
        284 18  -  By i Genevieve Cua [SINGAPORE] A subsidiary of Jakarta-listed PT Indosat has invested in a 20 per cent stake in one of the world's biggest providers of discount telecommunication services. PT Sisindosat paid US$2O million (Ss2B million) for the shares in USA Global
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          GSI plunges into red with $7m loss
          72 18 [SINGAPORE] General Securities Investments plunged into the red with a $7.1 million loss for the year ended last December. As a result, the ftind's net tangible assets declined by 9 per cent to 12.11 per share, before distribution of any dividends. GSI attributed
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          Two S'pore firms in asphalt terminal deal
          59 18 [SINGAPORE] Singapore Petroleum Company and Summit Transportation Warehousing have entered into a 50:50 Joint venture to invest in a $1.3 million asphalt storage terminal in Guangxi, China. The Singapore-incorporated joint venture will take a 85 per cent stake in Fangcheng Port zhrmgrtn Terminal
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          Alliance Technology ups stake in Igel
          44 18 [SINGAPORE] Alliance Technology and Development (ATD), through its subsidiary Igel Visioncare (TVC), has increased its interest in Igel Optical Science Technology (Shenzhen) Co from 60 per cent to 90 per cent IVC paid HK5708,173 ($128,000) for the purchase.
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          Freight Links leases JTC site for factory
          49 18 [SINGAPORE] Freight Links Express Holdings, through its subsidiary SE Plastics Technology, has leased a 6,797 sq m land at the junction of Tuas Avenue 1 and Avenue 10 from Jurong Town Corporation. It will build an industrial pallet factory on the site.
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          Hotel Prop replies to SES query
          46 18 [SINGAPORE] In response to a letter from the Stock Exchange of Singapore, Hotel Properties has denied knowledge of any significant or material fects which could have accounted for the increase in its share price and the unusually high trading volume.
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        Corrections and clarifications
        72 18 IN OUR report yesterday "Wong Kok Siew becomes STICs non-exec chairman", we said Tay Siew Choon was the group's executive vice-president. He is STIC's president In another report on the same day, "Key execs of Datacraft sell stakes totalling 10.9%", we incorrectly said Frank Yung had sold
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        Pidemco awards job to build Myanmar hotel
        202 18 [SINGAPORE] Pidemco Land has awarded a U5534.2 million (Ss4B million) contract for its Myanmar hotel development its third overseas hotel project. Pidemco appointed Syn-tech-Woh Hup Pte Ltd as the main contractor for the Hotel Equatorial Yangon, which is scheduled for completion in mid-1997.
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        Utusan Melayu and Starlite team up in packaging printing
        265 18 MOU signed for Ms6om investment in joint venture (SINGAPORE] Malaysianlisted publishing group Utusan Melayu and Singapore's Starlite Printers have entered into a packaging printing venture in Malaysia. Starlite announced in a press statement yesterday that a memorandum of understanding has been
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        116 18 Reuter [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia Mining Corp Bhd (MMC) will continue to expand its overseas mining operations, Bernama news agency reported yesterday. Bernama quoted chief executive Ibrahim Menudin as saying the company was looking for precious metals in Sierra Leone and Liberia through its Australian associated company, Ashton
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        Lock icon Cheung Kong raising HK$5.3b from share sale
        327 19 HK property giant selling as many as 100 m shares te cash in on rising prices Bloomberg Business News [HONGKONG] Cheung Kong (Holdings) Ltd is raising as much as HK15.3 billion (Ss96B million) with the third stock sale by a leading Hongkong company
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        Lock icon Shekou Port buys 90% of S'pore firm
        131 19 Reuter [HONGKONG] Shenzhenlisted China Merchants Shekou Port Service Co said yesterday that it has paid SsBoo,ooo for a 90 per cent equity stake in Singapore-based Sintra Merchants Pte Ltd. It said it bought the stake from China Merchants Development Co of Hongkong. A
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          Lock icon AT&T names spin-off company
          107 19 Bloomberg Business News [MURRAYHELL, New Jersey} AT4T Corp yesterday named the equipment business it {dans to spin offthis year Lucent Technologies as it moves to distinguish its new businesses from the AT&T name. The new company filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission after the markets
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          Lock icon Johnsosn Matthey to buy PCB business
          43 19 Reuter j| [LONDON] UK firm Johnson Matthey pic yesterday said it had signsda letter of intent to buy the printed circuit board making (PCB) business of US firm Cray Research Inc for US$4O million (S$S&4 million). —Reuter
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          Lock icon Casie licenses Motorola's protocol
          43 19 Reuter [TOKYO] Casio Computer yesterday said it had agreed to license Motorola Inc's next-generation Flex protocol for high-speed pagers. Under the agreement, Casio will develop high-speed pagers and begin marketing them globally in the second half of this year.—Reuter
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          64 19 Bloomberg Business News [PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island] A Hasbro Inc shareholders frcwp yesterday sued the company for rejecting a US$5.2 billion (557.3 billion) takeover bid from rival Mattel Inc U and demanded the company put itself up for sale. The plaintiffs also asked the court to prevent Hasbro
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        38 19 [TOKYO] A clerk displaying piggy banks, comic character Ultraman (left) and Baltan at Tokyo's Seibu department store yesterday. Piggy bank sales are up 120-138 per cent on the previous year's figures. AFP
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        Lock icon Hanny gets new blood on its board
        332 19 Bloomberg Business News [HONGKONG] Hanny Magnetics (Holdings) Ltd, which ran into trouble after buying the Memorex brand trademark, is finding friends in high places. In the past two weeks, a former head of Goldman Sachs Asia Ltd and a former chief executive of
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        Lock icon Daewoo, Samsung offer to lend billions to Korea's SMEs
        336 19 Move seen as bid to mitigate criticism of conglomerates Bloomberg Business News [SEOUL] Daewoo and Samsung, two of South Korea's top three conglomerates, said yesterday they will extend billions of dollars in loans and other aid to small and medi-um-sized companies
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        Lock icon Bank Negara Indonesia to go public in July: report
        152 19 AFP [JAKARTA] State-owned Bank Negara Indonesia (BNI) plans to make an initial public offering of its shares in July. "We hope to list at the bourse in July 1996." BNI president director Willy Sambalao was quoted as saying by Bisnis Indonesia
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        Aestar to issue 30% more shares to meet oversubscription
        310 19  -  From. Florence Chong in Sydney AESTAR Investment (International) Ltd, a Chinese manufacturer of insecticides and cosmetics, has decided to issue 30 per cent more shares than originally intended in its flotation to meet oversubscription. The company, due to make its debut
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        Lock icon Grundig cuts 3,000 jobs, reports US$230m loss
        446 20 Philips will stop covering the firm's losses from 1997 NYT [FRANKFURT] German industry's pride and strength were dealt another blow on Monday when the country's premier maker of consumer electronics, Grundig AG, announced a severe retrenchment. Grundig said it will lay off almost
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        Lock icon Microsoft to give away software for Internet Web sites
        279 20 NYT, Reuter [NEW YORK] Microsoft Corp said on Monday that it would begin distributing free software for businesses to create World Wide Web sites on computers using its Windows NT operating system. The move is seen as a direct salvo against
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        54 20 [TEL AVIV] Citibank vice-chairman William Rhodes (right) and Bank of Israel Governor Jacob Frenkel announcing the opening of a Citibank office in Tel Aviv, marking the first presence of a US bank in the Jewish state. Mr Rhodes said Citibank's arrival reflects the improved Israeli economy
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        Lock icon British Gas to split into two
        284 20 Bloomberg Business News [LONDON] British Gas pic said it will split into two companies and that chief executive Cedric Brown will retire in moves intended to contain potentially huge losses on natural gas contracts and restore investor confidence. British Gas, facing stiff competition and
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        Lock icon Plans for Net-based travel service
        200 20 NYT [SAN FRANCISCO] The executive in charge of American Express' retail travel business has resigned to become president and chief executive of Middlegate Inc, a new start-up venture that plans to develop an Internet-oriented travel system to compete against conventional travel agents. John Williams Jr,
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        Lock icon Rubber industry bounces back on higher prices
        450 21  -  Rubber companies eqjoy higher margins with prices rising abont 70% last year to US$l.6O a kilo By\ Siow Li Sen [SINGAPORE] The rubber industry in South-east Asia, led by the giant Singapore-based Lee Rubber, bounced back in 1995 after six lean years. Rubber
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        Lock icon Thailand tops in rubber
        81 21 Bernama-Xinhua [BANGKOK] Thailand has become the world's biggest rubber producer, edging out Indonesia to second place, according to the Thai commerce ministry. Thailand produced 1.8 million tons of rubber last year, 100,000 tons more than the year before. This was followed by Indonesia with 1.4 million
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        Baht holding well despite bids to depress it
        445 21  -  Confidence in nnit, central bank behind currency's stability By\ Siow Li Sen [SINGAPORE) Confidence in the Thai baht and the Bank of Thailand's (BOT) ability to defend the currency has become so strong that the latest speculative attempt to move the currency
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        174 21 Reuter, AFP THE dollar looked set to take a breather in Europe yesterday after a sharp corrective move lower on Monday took the shine off the US currency. Dealers said the liquidation of long dollar positions had not finished yet and reckoned the dollar will struggle to overcome
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        Survey shows dealers bullish about greenback
        272 21  -  By\ Paul Leo [SINGAPORE] Dealers are bullish about the US dollar this year, not because of the greenback's intrinsic strength but because the alternatives look no better. According to a global survey of 100 foreign exchange traders by Technical Data, a division of Thomson
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        325 21 ENERGY REPORT Reuter [LONDON] The outcome of talks at the United Nations on Iraq's possible return to the world oil market after a fiveyear absence could have at least a US$l a barrel impact on oil prices, traders and analysts said yesterday.
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        836 22 [KUALA LUMPUR] Tin price on the Kuala Lumpur Tin Market yesterday eased nine sen to M 515.72 a kg in active liquidation following weaker overseas metal prices. Dealers said the market's bearish tone was amidst a drop of US$2O for tin on the overnight London Metal Exchange. At
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        1150 22 Reuter [SINGAPORE] Concerns over supply from upcoming Japanese and US bond auctions dominated Simex activity yesterday, causing Euroyen and Eurodollar futures to finish on a weak note. After rising to a high of 99.10 on the back of a Firmer yen in early trade. September Euroyen came off
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          Effects of blast at Pasar unclear
          141 22 (TOKYO] Philippine industry sources said they were unaware whether production has been affected by an explosion at a Philippine Associated Smelting and Refining Corp (Pasar) copper plant that reportedly caused several deaths. One of the smelter's main suppliers of copper concentrates said it had
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          Hongkong buy 40,000 bales of cotton
          84 22 [HONGKONG] Hongkong mills in the past weeks bought about 40,000 bales of cotton for February-April shipment, traders said. The purchase brought coverage for the three nutfor spinners in Hongkong up to June. They have bought more than they need for Feb-Apr and are expected
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          Asia cotton trade outlook
          79 22 [HONGKONG] Cotton buyers in most of the region will most likely stay on the sidelines, awaiting prices to decline several US cents before extending their coverage, Asian traders said. Poor yarn prices in Indonesia, Thailand and Taiwan were also said to have depressed local buying activities.
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          US feed group eyes Pakistan, India
          119 22 [SAN ANTONIO] US Feed Grain Council (USFGC) members yesterday voted to focus increased attention on India and Pakistan as part of a general goal to increase US bulk feed grain exports 10 per cent by the year 2000. Members of the USFGC's market development
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          India cotton output revised upward
          68 22 [NEW DELHI] A cotton body has revised upward India's 1995-96 (Sep-Aug) cotton output to 13.65 million bales, versus an earlier forecast of 13 million bales and last season's output of 13.85 million bales The Cotton Advisory Board, an autonomous and influential body comprising growers, millers,
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      REGIONAL STOCK MARKETS
      4836 23 +97.77 SHARE prices closed higher yesterday, but off their highs, on buying by public sector funds and flitures-led gains. The Nikkei Average closed up 97.77 points at 20,751.15. The Topix Index closed up 1.89 at 1,602.89, while the Nikkei 300 Index was up 0.60 at 299.05. Volume
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      WORLD STOCK MARKETS
      1612 23 yi London EQUITIES flnished slightly higher as the FTSE continued to consolidate after closing at a record high last Friday. A lack of bullish corporate or economic data kept many institutional investors on the sidelines for the second day running, dealers a said. "It has been another
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      2475 24 AFX-Asia Q Hang Seng -#2.74 SHARES closed lower on profittaking after recent sharp gains. Dealers said sentiment remains firm, however, with strong buying support seen emerging after the Lunar New Year. The Hang Seng Index closed down 92.74 points at 11,391.38. "Investors are seen selling property blue chips," a
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      704 24 Reuter Ushanfltifliß Shire Index -&3S THE Shanghai B Share Index ended down in sluggish trade yesterday with most investors little interested in building positions on weak market sentiment ahead of the long Lunar New Year holiday. The two-week holiday begins on Feb 19. The B Index dropped 0.36 point
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      1032 24 Bloomberg Business News Q Composite Index +L7B STOCKS rose for a sixth session as investor optimism about earnings propelled Telkom, the domestic phone monopoly, to a record high. "Investors expect that Telkom will report good 1995 earnings, so they're bidding it up," said a trader. "Telkom will definite beat
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      1223 24 Bloomberg Business News H SET Meg *4.01 STOCKS rose to a seven-month high, led by export issues, on expectations a strong dollar will boost profits, analysts said. The two publicly traded rubber products producers, Thai Rubber Latex and Bangkok Rubber, were among the biggest gainers, buoyed by a commerce
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        7012 25 KUALA Lvmrimßeports Bloomberg Business News rl Composite Indei *191 SHOCKS rose, led by Genting Bhd, a blue chip stock that has lagged behind the rest of the market in its 19% rally. Genting, a casino owner with a market value of around MslB.l billion
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        Keep an eye on Kulim, Metroplex
        3647 26  -  WARRANT WATCH By] R Sivanithy AS WE have often said before, the Malaysian market constantly produces interesting, often inexplicable developments in the warrants sector. Two of these relate to warrants issued by Kulim and Metroplex (both are traded on Clob International). They are similar
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        MAIN BOARD
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        66 28  -  Paul Leo JEN CHUA JACK CHIA-MPHftUJbur cents to $1.32 on a strong volume of I.o6million sham I.T times the lOday average 0f644,000 units. Further downside Can be expected as the datfy and weekly Relative Strength Indices are above 75 indicating an overbought situation Momentum indicators like MACD and
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        Dealers welcome broader market's correction
        860 28  -  STOCK MARKET COMMENTARY Second linen take centrestage as investors search for nnder-performers By R Sivanithy [SINGAPORE] Although its final reading was not representative of the overall weakness that was apparent in the broader market yesterday, the Straits Times Industrials Index nevertheless continued its volatile, recordbreaking
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      • ON THE GRAPEVINE
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          Syndicated shift
          106 28 WE REPORTED yesterday that Malaysian syndicates were having a field day ramping up new listings. The funds to accomplish this may have come from huge profits made elsewhere in the market, and two prime candidates, we believe, are last year's "wonder stocks"—Kilang Papan Seribu Daya and MGR. KPSD
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          New Benchmark for Asian funds
          108 28 THE fluid management industry in Asia is booming, and riding on its coat-tails is a new magazine devoted to this sector. Called Benchmark—lnvestment Funds at Asia, this bilingual (English and Chinese) quarterly magazine will soon hit the stands in Singapore. The aim of Benchmark, we
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          The triads are back
          94 28 IS THE soft Hongkong residential property market finally creeping back to life? One indicator that some analysts are using as a gauge as to whether the bulls are returning Is the extent of triad activity during a public sale of flats. By such an indicator, the
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          Plagiarism,Thai-style
          176 28 US PRESIDENT BUI Clinton said he didn't inhale when he was confronted with accusations that he once sniffed dope. Thailand's Prime Minister Banharn Silpa-archa is hoping that he too can get away just as ingeniously from allegations erf a past deed. The Thai press has been going to town
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      Lock icon DAILY FREIGHT
      285 29 Knight-Ridder, Reuter PAN AM AX rates were mixed with weaker rates in the Atlantic to some extent countered by improved conditions reported for vessels in the Far East. Four panamax timecharter routes on the Baltic Freight Index were upgraded and weighting factors adjusted accordingly. Adverse trading conditions for
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      MARITIME STOCKS
      285 29 in m NM St Ml Cm attribution —1.63 -0.04 440 ClMan Hup Holdings. US *0.02 224 Cosco Investment 2.00 *0.01 M FtLS 8.00 -0.05 890 Freight Unfes 0.94 *0.005 149 CSIMMIngs 1.32 unci) 360 Hal Stm Hup Group _t05 -0.01 740 HNacNZoMn tis -0.01 MS IMC Holdings MK5.60
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      ST Electronic & Engineering wins $3.6m PSA deal
      407 29  - ST Electronic Engineering wins $3.6m PSA deal STIC firm to provide lmkg for Pasir P&qj&ng terminal By Rahita Elias (SINGAPORE) ST Electronic Engineering, part of Singapore Technologies Industrial Corp, has bagged a $3.6 million contract from the Port of Singapore Authority (PSA). The company said in a statement that it
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      Lock icon Two Iraqi tankers ready to supply fuel
      119 29 Reuter [BAGHDAD] Iraq has announced that two of its tankers were ready to supply fuel to ships calling at Iraqi ports, the Iraqi News Agency (INA) reported. INA said the tankers, with a capacity of 17,000 tonnes, would serve ships within Iraq's territorial
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      When 1995's low loss rate was not good news to underwriters
      738 29  -  STRAIT TALE By\ Seafarer PRESENTATION counts for a lot these days. Reports of all sorts give that professional look. Last week Seafarer was poring through one such report. It had a glossy, visually attractive cover and was very well
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      NOL signs long-term charter accord with Mitsui
      103 29 [SINGAPORE] Neptune Orient Lines has signed a long-term charter agreement for two 4,400-TEU post panamax containerships with Mitsui Co. The vessels, to be constructed by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, will have a service speed of 24.5 knots and will be equipped with the latest
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      Lock icon Plans to improve Aqaba
      110 29 Knight-Ridder [AMMAN] Jordan's Ports Corp has adopted 2 short- and long-term plans to promote the competitiveness of the Red Sea port of Aqaba in shipping trade from the Mediterranean to Europe, the US and the Far East, the official Jordanian news agency Petra reported. The agency
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      Lock icon Cargo volume at Penang port up 10% last year
      309 29 Imports jump 15% while exports np marginally by 3% BT [KUALA LUMPUR] Reflecting Malaysia's strong economic growth, Penang Port Sdn Bhd (PPSB) reported a 10.18 per cent increase in cargo throughput to 16.67 million tonnes in 1995 from 15.13 million tonnes
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      Lock icon A walk along the beach
      41 29 [HAMBURG] People walking on the frozen beach of the river Elbe near Hamburg's museum port Oevelgoenne. Temperatures in northern Germany have been under zero degree Celsius for several days and many lakes and beaches arefrozen. REUTER
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      Singamas Container's HK$348m investment set to pay off
      208 29 Reefer joint-venture in Shanghai expected to boost profit [HONGKONG] Singamas Container Holdings' HKS34B million (5163.7 million) injection into its container manufacturing and depot business over the past two years is set to bear fruit this year, managing director David Wong Chun Chung
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        Lock icon Guangiong stops building new ports
        93 29 Bloomberg Business News [BEIJING] China's southern province of Guangdong will curb construction of new ports for foreign passengers am) vessels, the Xinhua news agency reported. The government has decided to promote the upgrading of existing ports, especially those along the coast and in the Pearl
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        Lock icon Korean shipbuilders'technology move
        68 29 AFX-Asia [SEOUL] Shipbuilding units of the Hyundai, Daewoo, Samsung, Hanjin, and Halla groups plan to jointly develop next-generation shipbuilding technology over the next five years, the Maeil Economic Daily reported industry sources as saying. Initial investment in research and development this year will be about 1 billion
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        India opens up training
        60 29 [LONDON] India's government is throwing open entry to the country's nautical training institutes. Until now, only ratings sponsored by shipping companion have been admitted. Director -General of Shipping R Vasudevan quid it was doing this "to create a larger pool of trained ship crew to meet
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      Lock icon Investing for high growth
      1143 30  -  BOMBAY PORT: ON THE EXPANSION PATH j Bombay port, with its strategic location and natural deep waters, accounts for more than 16 per cent of India's seaborne trade. It has big plans for more facilities to handle a surge in traffic, especially in container cargo Vivek
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      INDEX TO SHIPPING LINES AND FREIGHT FORWARDERS
      397 30 PAGE Everett 18 ABC Coot 17 Evergreen 6 ACL 17 Excel Point 17 ANL 3 •15 13 API 14 ™G 13 Afcte 7 7 Accord 8 Farwide 16 Ahrenk.el 4 8 Appenship 4 Frt Links 16 Arowani 15 W World 8 ST S
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      SHIPPING GUIDE
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        CONVENTIONAL WHARVES
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        CONTAINER SCHEDULES
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        COCKETT BUNKER MARKET REPORT
        782 47 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Marine Oil Ltd, shows price ranges in US dollars instead of single prices for a more comprehensive description of the market. Prices shown are based on average-sized stem. Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the individual
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        GLOBAL HOLIDAY
        561 47 FEB 8 Slovenia: Market and Public holiday, Cultural Day. FSB* Lebanon: Market and Public holiday, St Maroun. FEB 11 Iran: Market and Public holiday, Revolution Day Holiday (National Day). FEB 12 Japan: Market holiday, National Foundation Day. (in lieu of Sunday, February 11). Bangladesh: Market and Public holiday,
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        Lock icon European car makers expect poor sales this year
        418 48 Pessimistic outlook doe to severe overcapacity and stagnant demand NYT [LONDON] Europe's leading car makers are bracing themselves for a poor year because of severe overcapacity and expectations of stagnant demand in many markets. Helmut Werner, chairman of Mercedes-Benz, said on Monday
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        Lock icon Boring job for LRT workers
        75 48 [KUALA LUMPUR] Workers of the Malaysian Light Rapid Transportation (LRT) monitoring the boring machine which excavates the 4.4 km tunnel of the LRT Phase Two in Kuala Lumpur yesterday. The boring machine, weighing over2ootonnes and with a progress rate of 10 metres a day, is
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        Lock icon Japanese group plans online traffic info system
        292 48 Interactive service to start in April in Tokyo Reuter [TOKYO] A group including the Tokyo police and 50 big Japanese firms will start offering what it said would be the world's first online, interactive traffic information service in April, a spokesman for the
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        Lock icon SIA to share codes with American Airlines
        140 48 Bloomberg Business News [SINGAPORE] Singapore Airlines Ltd (SIA) said it will share reservation codes with American Airlines Inc to allow passengers to fly more easily from Singapore to Chicago. Passengers flying Singapore Airlines flights from Singapore to Chicago will be able to connect
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        Lock icon Beijing to impose strict traffic rules
        176 48 AFP [BEIJING] Beijing unveiled yesterday draconian new regulations to deal with worsening traffic congestion, forcing drivers of small vehicles from the Chinese capital's roads on alternate days from next week. According to a circular released by the Public Security Bureau (PSB), jeeps, light buses
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        Lock icon Virgin may take stake in European airline
        244 48 AFP [LONDON] British leisure and travel group Virgin is in talks With European Belgian Airlines (EBA) about taking a majority stake as part of its strategy to expand into continental Europe, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday. The paper said that City Hotels,
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        Lock icon Japanese airlines criticised for meddling
        301 48 Stay out of aviation talks with US, says miniitor AFP [TOKYO] Japan's Transport Minister Yoshiyuki Kamei yesterday criticised Japanese airline companies for getting involved in government-level talks on aviation with the US. "It is troublesome to speak out without talking to us," Mr Kamei told
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        Lock icon Foreign car sales soar in S Korea
        195 48 AFP [SEOUL] Foreign car sales in South Korea, spurred by newly relaxed tariffs and improved consumer perception, jumped 65.6 per cent year-on-year in January to 747 units, businesses said yesterday. Sales of the 11 official foreign car dealers here stood at 451 units
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          Lock icon Daewoo plans new cars in India
          61 48 Bloomberg Business News [NEW DELHI] DCM Daewoo Ltd, 51-percent owned by Korea's Daewoo Corp, plans to make four new passenger cars by early 1998, including a multi-purpose vehicle, the Business Standard newspaper reported. DCM Daewoo made its first car, Cielo, in July 1996 and
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          Lock icon A day on a Hanoi street
          36 48 AFP [HANOI] A woman carrying her goods through the traffic of a bustling street Circulation on Hanoi's roads leaves much to be desired despite extensive plans to address the problem.—AFP
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          Lock icon KLM eyes Europe freighter network
          68 48 Reuter [AMSTERDAM] KLM Royal Dutch Airlines is establishing an intra-European freighter network, a company spokesman said But he adds that this is a long-term plan which will not be implemented until at least Ave years' time. Currently, the carrier separately operates one nightly cargo flight
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          Lock icon China cuts import duty of some sedans
          92 48 Reuter [BEUING] China's import duty for sedans with engines between 1,000 and 1,500 cc will fall to 100 per cent on April 1 from 110 per cent, the official International Business daily reported yesterday. The planned import duty for sedans with larger engine
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          Lock icon Check on security at Athens airport
          66 48 AFP [ATHENS] Three US experts are checking out security at Athens airport after fears by US authorities that it is too lax, police sources said. They will continue checks, particularly on anti-terrorist measures, until Friday, the sources added. Press reports said the US threatened
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          Lock icon Mini vehicles sale up in Japan
          71 48 Bloomberg Business News [TOKYO] Japanese sales of mini vehicles rose 4.8 per cent from a year ago to 107,082, the Japan Mini Vehicle Association said. Sales of passenger cars rose 17.7 per cent to 62,748, while sales of small trucks and vans fell 9.2
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          Lock icon Sabena staff on 24-hour strike
          58 48 AFP [BRUSSELS] Staff of the Belgian airline Sabena began a 24-hour strike yesterday to protest the management's restructuring plans, an airline spokesman said. The strike, which follows several stoppages in December, halted all Sabena traffic here. The Belgian state owns 50.1 per cent <rf the
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      25 32 For real-time stock information, call Quickstock on 1900-913-0003 at 30 cents a minute. Stock number are available in the stock pages of BT and ZB.
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      991 33 IJW STRAITS SHIPPING PTE LTD I tegf ssW 10 HM Ckiaßfl Mai #11-01 Ksppal Tawtre IHJB Slaiaptra 0208 Tal: *****00 Fax: *****17 frfcA nbw QUtwgA pacific line aNMPOK (A SERVICE OF OBNA NAVIGATION CO) MWMJUi-a WW MFHIIN> Mala. KHi ttrtm, IrtltH ttawa. l. CMMIIHt HWE NUIIU AmISmMH *0.10. COWMWMBWMMUUWWCiTOMWtIWIIMm STMTS
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      2241 33 Singapore Agent: VMiiifll[ KM I I lAfll fliflAVfi P&O Containers (Singapore Agencies) Pte Ltd *?>Vf XAWUUWtO WH«Ckto,R^»M4illK^To^Sta OT iK.«2M First Class Connections WORLDWIDE c« iiSwi'Si? 44 ,NOCSP tKU 215 5327/*****,7 :> PCPOHT IMPORT j[ em, BaamfflEaiM^^^—— 3apiim^injijyjL«y.iißw———gi vnm VOY nn *Wnß Ml tllT NT NAM OOT Ml LSM VMM. VOY
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      1226 34 fMJ J l H l J H I L. EUROPE/UK/SCANDINAVIA/FINLAND/RUSSIA ■miSM Mlll-J.^M SSP I ROM ANW H»G TMP LHV LHV THP ROM ANW HM PKL SGP 1 i. REPUTE RW-002 187 17 27 37 57 87 E. GAR UNO RE-043 IS/1 11/1 11/1 I|/1 It/1 13/2 14/2 E. RENOWN RW-tIS
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      910 34 H VKStI VOTAGi W M Mil (M UK Iff UI vissa VOTAGI DU UU DW UK W I IS[2T StSJS 2£ i£S 3£ S5 35 2£ IT 00 R R SXi 8* I ■IN (MOM C3*/«77W li/W R/W H/J? 27/ TO Jl/W »/W J»/» |If LAM 03H 0041 W/W 10/W
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      630 34 gMCHHELD MAMNE AOENCIES (S) PTE LTD TEL: *****33 (12 UNEB) FAX: *****18/*****03 TELEX: R8 ***** RIBMP (3 Unw) CR NO: **********0E ETHIOPIAN SHIPPM UMES ACCEPTING FCL AND CONVENTIONAL I «TA Loadbig for Spora A"** 08/03 Abyot 43W8 06/04 Momto—a. Dpbout I Amb, Mhmm B KIEN HUNG LINE FULLY CONTAINERISED REGULAR
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      1547 35 FOB-MY MKT MUM TO WUFA-14MVS M* YORK Zt MTS Wawgiw* tmw>4iin. ti (at»»ftii: mint umsuhim o„i CO STAR SHIPPING PTE LTD SE/ftBMV"* wr.auuinu cwmmw t„ -*t umm* f Uuftl n, H7-at Tlltl IH3! COSHir Cttnah—ll 4tsuts nm- jwth OfrttiH CMMMT WH/II OiSlliiTtwJr t CHHKllTtrammm A'ttUttt /?«.<;«;« CmnMtM! 4TM744 nSZiw tanh.eetn
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      347 35 ©HEUNG-A SHIPPING (Korean flag) **********0 M WRS9SSMSF sRBRsr S'fotC AGCWTV HEUNG-A (S'POCE) PTI LTD 79 Ansa M #15-03 5(*****6) HRM&AM) SON WO STI E?S£I£ifSSSo. m.***!*** ua coot, wam crgATOt coot: m B -jfrfrffqtoo iftitltHaL vesfl mi sub ijss KK am whom 4m ot/oi nc 00-n/oi m 11/01 MKMvnBSi was 00/oim
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      383 35 I rig FAMOUS CONTAINER LINES 80 ROBINSON ROAD, #22-02 SINGAPORE *****8 y HOT UNE: *****33 (30 UHES) Hfiaisliiwi P. KLANG PH: 0203/*****02 (10 LINES) PENANG PH: 0204/*****7 (10 LINES) J. BAHRU PH: 0207-*****22 QLOBELINK FORWARDERS PTE LTD ■HHB TEL: 2X81*33 (13 UNtt) FAXi *****30/2X***** TLXi lIS ***** ACT ■BJM PKU
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      976 36 f» P yiwgL isi j t vessel w «w |vessel Tvoy «h bkk wahabhum 312s wod mp« to 111/02 ***shum mit ~thu OS/02 "in 10/02 MATHU BHUM* 2MN Wod mPt St 10/02 SBASflfli 1*99 M WB *1" JUAL. STAMFORO 6717 tot 10/02 Tuo IMB M smuts* SBB Sft_jaa__r sa _J3flß.
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      763 36 79 ANSON ROAD, •11-01, SINGAPORE 0207 OR **********0N STItAITt SHUTTLE MHVICI PORT KLAMQ PENANQ vpsb. w I m m. jam. voy m I mi SEA LAUREL 456N 11 AC SUN 12*2 MOW SUSAK ***** 12*2 MOW 1402 WED MCC VANTAGE 6012 12/02 MOW 14*2 WED PACIFIC LADY MB 1402 WED
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      726 37 M MYANMA PHU FIVE STAR LINE IT (Myoonor National Um) Loodiog f»r Ysafoa (Roofoo«) I Vfssa VOT SM fl( KN KU nsw 11/02 MA6WAY WW N/01 17/01 I MALAYSIA AGENTS: OOUSTIAO SMPfMG AGCNOtS <UL TU 01-03-*****00 KL IE 01-03-17MI01 ret m 01-04-I*ll4ol m oi-omsiimi/4 r BANK LINE (A sorvks al
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      787 37 PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL UNES (PTE) LTD J l4O Cecil Street, #03-00 PIL Building, Singapore *****0. CR NO: *****67Q000E "■OOOL VOV OM COOS JIB HOO JU> AOJ AM KU MSW AAA KOTA MAJU "AJW 10/S 23/2 1/3 2/3 O/O 0/3 7/0 WO To 4U KOTAWMAWAN WMM7O 20/2 4/3 12/3 14/3 ta/3 ~/3
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      814 37 1 I I VEBSa3 ~g* DAMgTTA LE HAVRE HAMBURG THAMESPORT ROTTERDAM amtvh^"~l I VHED'AQUEA AI3W 07Ag 19/02 27/02 28/02 01/03 I VEIEDECARB4A CI3W Wg 20*02 08/C3 00/03 I VtLEDESAQfTTA SI3W 22AH 06A33 14/03 15/03 IMX3 J VM-LED6 NORMA XI3W 27Ag 11/03 18/03 2C/TO a/03 »m I ALSO ACCEPTING CARGO TO
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      87 39 I visa freight services pte ltd I st.lhlislKll SiIKC I l '.s iVar Till TOTAI TIiAXSPORTATIOX />/()/>// KI I .111 \K l,KOlll» \(.l IU C t)\SOI IMI'OK I S I >K I SI KVK I S OCEANIA PORTS AllCKl.A\l> SVDM V I'.KISI.AXL MLI.IKRIRN'L LKLMAN'TI.L M t*l visa i k ii(.
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      423 40 OKAPAL KRIS Shipping Pte Ltd 701DUXTON ROAD, S'PORE M 9529 Tafc *****76 Fax: *****77 CR NO. **********06 SYARIKAT PERKAPALAN KRIS SENDIRIAN BERHAD 309-609 HOCK A GiOMAC BUSINESS CENTRA 10 JAIAN SS 6/1, KEUNA JAYA, PA BOX 8428 ***** PnAUNG JAYA, SQANGOU TH: *****77/78/79 FAX: *****07 THEX: MA ***** REGULAR CONTAINER
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      225 40 VBSa KK TGM SM PR MTS MM CT EUROPE SERVKI VBSa/VOY AN IABIOtAIAIg HOUMOUS mm TRADE AIMUTK*VI2S 24/03 31/03 02/04 03/04 14/04 20/04 27/ M TAW SKN KKU TMA TURANDOTVOIO SID SID MPT M/M IWVI2O #1/05 07/15 00/0511/15 21/05 27/05 02/04 PACSUAVI/N SID SU) MPT 01/02 99/91 TWVI27 •5/04 10/00
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      237 40 SO TttOK RLAN6AN ROAD #02-02 dTIPORT CENTRE, STORE 0409 TEL *****11 (6 lines) FAX: *****05 TLX: RS ***** CR W0.**********0W W» VOY. EU ETD OESTMfINM mrnxm mm nmm vmm no. imammtitk man mm mmm mmm nwc/tontmnm tiMMui mm mmm mmm ponimnm nmmm am mmm hmm kmwmmmoiw mmxm mm umm umm
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      84 40 Astro Shippiwg Pte Ltd WEEKLY CONSOLIDATION SERVICE 07/02,14/02 1 r^^rTzz^rsr 1 Ttk *****45 (10 UNES) WX: 325-4010 /sm/ SPEEDA UNES «—i— B&. l&JBwllllMBU&^l!&»lgVilM£l ffßwTrtdr Mlffflh 11MSIIffilpy fTffl m»WMWB |ywn|ivw|- |M/B3| WwUMHIIZ/WI IV94| IVWIUIn WMWKMMk 111 l I rain »njj mmm 1M DtSTRIRAroC SfwArOn rIE LTD TB^mm^^masn Tete-Games Crack <3^^^ Safe
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      609 41 I VESSEL VOY SIN MAA SIN I TKJER OCEAN 407 N 08-1002 14-18/02 22-24/02 I TIGER CAPE 406N 12-12/02 17-21/02 26-27/02 I TIGER CREEK 13-1302 18-2002 I TIGER ISLAND 409N 15-17/02 21-2502 29-02/03 I TIGER BRIDGE 410N 19-2002 2S-2&02 04-06/03 I TIGER OCEAN 411N 22-24/02 28-0003 0748/03 I I VESSEL
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      898 41 Sea K2 Land I DIRECT CALL TO I SOUTHAMPTON IWBt WW B»gl C—CMt W» |W|K|ai|fl||m|||| W|M I W |Ml Mi Wg WOHMM MM 12/W IW n/n n/n "n/n" "W li/M" "n/n" ~~m~ "Sir iMrama im n/n nm a «b n/n n/n u/n u/n u/n M/n u/n u/n u/n v/v am
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      932 41 Nedllovd EUROPE Nedlloyd Lines every Thrs/Frldny/Saturday ((^IIXI CM **********0 ft iTSH S<HQAPQBE phone (Qeneral) gnaw rate enquiries mmv&aaio cfs (phon€) *****10 cfs (fax) *****23 I TQEiwoft emammuwu 222 S!a SHa T K2 NLL ASIA /3056 I 25/02 26/02 27/02 NLL 27/02 29/02 01/03 02/03 03/03 7m J™ «w» US 05/03
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      1429 42 _M AS AGENTS: "K" LMI (SMQAPORC) PTI LTD (nNO:I24«73MMMGSTREGMO; M2-0017MM) 1* TEL *****77 TELEX KAWAKJ R*****5 FAX *****167/^9 -I V W lkj ft| A MALAYSIA: IT UNI MAMTMI (MALAYSIA) MM BHD TEL SA *****00 PK *****75 PEN *****20 JB *****01 PGU *****256 MDONE9A: P.T. SARANA LAITT MTWUMA, TEL JKT *****06
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      1059 42 19 KEPPO. ROAD #02-01 JIT POH MUNNG SINGAPORE *****8 H (a NOjMOOMJOOOO/W) lIMI CUSTOMBSaVKI HS-l-225 DOCUMENTATION FAX 214+444 GSntAIIM 225-M44 GOOAIFAX 211-4-fH Wc Carry Your Confidence. CRIR Wo"S"ott LAGU VOKI 321-4-441 TO NOfHTH AMBWCA CANADA WMOY COKTWMIIMI —IWHB II wa I wn| jg Immb/wmei g<| uu iw iwi |6i o*
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      606 43 IMPORT FCL/LCL CONSOLIDATION ITALY/SINGAPORE V V Marshalling Forwadlng services (MFS) T» via Genoa and Milan f«st forwarder in staff At Your service: NICHOLAS/SALHA/MARIA ASIA AWARDED ""bvw HvSy DID-277-1077/71/78 INTERNATIONAL SEA FREIGHT f J forwarding AND LOGtSTICS SERVICES "W-^-SUPER EXPRESS SERVICE TO SEA lAL SHIPPING AGENCY (S) PTE LTD TEL NOS:
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      1717 43 I"*** Iyylj? Hp] jG MH Imm I om~| Im m |w« It |wm I M m Im ln» I a—pii ty^ 5-iL 10 1 I2t !!5 55! 7JI 27* 01* 02* 21* as.MM MM MJT 0102 m* lSf 13* 14* is* K HnHGinr. f2 55 25 25 ljW IKUM2 11*
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      886 44 SAMUDERA INDONESIA (S) PTE LTD 15 McCALLUM STREET *03-01/02 NATWEST CENTRE S'PORE 0106 TEL: *****81-3 FOX: *****36 (3 HUNTmB UWES) TLX: R*****0 BOOKIII6S CALL DIRECT LINE: *****41/*****43 JESSIO/CELI* kIU M-WM 3 SLGS/WFFK ng IJAK fg»g Iv6v|toi BuA KEDAH 928 07/02 (WED) 10/02 (SAT) LUMOSO EXP 904 IN PT 10/02 (SAT)
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      217 44 1 toB PHILI'OttIfNT Y**LIMS PTC LTD ®TEL: *****00 (18 LINES) FAX: *****78/*****38 cncoofe 10M7MOOOOH tCoT R KBLANQ 03-7873M8 Bvdney. MBJoußNTaniaSMi^^^^^^^^oanail AUCKLAND, WEUJNGTON, LYTTLETON, 19 FEB NAPCR, CHRMTCHURCH, NEW PLYMOUTH LONOON.FEUXaTOWE.LE HAVRE. 12 FEB ROTTERDAM, HAMBURG, ANTWERP AND ALL MLAND DESTINATIONS WTTHM EUROPE 19 FEB KOBE, TOKYO, OSAKA n FEB BUSAN,
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      526 45 Singapore Soviet Shipping aa Co. Pte. Ltd. CR NO: 100S*****00N BOMBAY/COCHIN VCBBEL voy sin bom coc VANESSA 01N 00/02 17/02 SEA GLORY QLDO63 11/02 10AH XOUR MA 008 12/02 20/02 SRIMANEE SRMISO 14/02 22/02 WEEKLY SAILINGS RUSSIA: MOSCOW, ST. PETERSBURG VLADIVOSTOK, VOSTOCHNNY UKRAINE: ILYICHEVSK, ODESSA AFGHANISTAN AND ALL OTHER C.I.S.
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      437 45 SIM FAR EAST 13/02 KEELUNG/KAOHSIUNG 11/02 BANGKOK 11/02 MANILA/CEBU 11/02 JAKARTA/BELAWAN/SURABAYA 11/02 PORT KELANG/PENANG/E. MAUYSIA 11/02 BUSAN 11/02 TOKYO/YOKO/KOBE/NGO/OSA 11/02 HONGKONG SIN CHINA (+a*±««n) 11/02 GUANGZHOU/HUANGPU/SHENZHEN FUZHOU/XIAMEN/SHANTOU/SHEKOU OALIAN/SHANGHAI/XINGANG TIANJIN/QINGDAO/HAIKOU also accepting LCL cargo SIM EUROPE/UK u 11/02 LDN/FLX/LVP/SOU 12/02 RDM/HAM/ANT/LEH/GOA/OSL/GOT/BCN I also accepting cargo to Austria/ Hungary/Romania/Poland/Bulgaria/Czech. SIN USA/CANADA 12/02
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      591 45 STAR SHIPPING AGENCIES (S) PTE LTD MWTSfM ZIM CONTAINER SERVICE GOID STAR UNE LTD SETN SHIPPING CORPORATION TELEPHONE: *****64 (I LINES) FAX: *****70 M: *****12 (MARKETING) (CR NO. 1031MS000M) N. AMERKA/CARIRKAN SERVICE |V9T W I BMW hff PT M UK UtL Wt L UVOMOM 7/1 17/1 11/ l U/l M/J
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      1006 45 H y I 2^22.^2^22^5,., neptunei**TH W3i*****23 I "P*"*®* HOIUNi TOt US, CANADA. UK/EUROPE AUSTVAUA fttfe I KL-103) *****33 m M I _HONQCO NG IAftVAN iAMN '.A/ 1 I "L- >-«00-a7«7a00 r»cw B I J »oW 107) *****<2/3/4, Sr. 17*9397 (IMPOtT/KXPOKT) (*****6051 L OffCES TEI MHQM I Molocco (06) *****9 J|
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      157 45 TOKYO SHINBI KAIUN CO PTB LTD HJIS 10 ANSON ROAD #23-16 IlliJ INTERNATIONAL PLAZA STORE 020? r I TBj *****28 (6 UNEB) FAX: *****06 6 *****10 1 C/R: **********0E T SERVICE TO: FAR EAST/CHINA/EUROPE i j 12/02/96) TOKYO, YOKOHAMA, KOBE I NAQOYA 12/02/96) OSAKA,USA BANGKOK, HONQKONQ J AND ALL CHMA
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      586 46 m n SINO IXPRISS SHIPPING (PTI) LTD. W M I 11 COLLYER QUAY *06-01 THE ARCADE SINGAPORE 0104. 1 TEL: *****00 (4 LINES) FAX: *****08 TLX: R*****1 StNOEX SIMOTRAWS SHANGHAI (CONTAINER SERVICE) BIN/HKQ/SHAI 3'PORE MKQ MAI VB»tL VOY ETA ETD ETA ETP ETA ETD LATMOS 9603/9604 04/02 05/02 ~09/02 10/02
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      478 46 MIhCONTAINEMHIEfc INC «'l Agents: MAC-NELS SPORE: *****22 (24 UNES) Kucm«:(oa>)«443> I I SOU: (OM) MANLA:(6U)II26MI ssssgsgs&n sssggar ACCEPTING TO:CEBU 1 mv "INTRA BHUM" V.26E ETA 17/2 SONGKHLA, THAILAND US$55/m 3 (BC) MTL TOR mv "HANJIN HAMBURG" V.025E ETA 8/2 CALL: EILEEN, PHYLISS, XIUHUA I cm MWUiMMMi |flr=-, lASTIRN CAR LINER,
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      107 46 WEEKLY La CONSOL 1 HONG KONG 11/Q2/96 KEELUNG 13/02/96] JAKARTAII/02/96 MANILA .11/82/86.' 2" SERVICING ALL INDIAN, MIDDLE EAST AND EUROPEAN PORTS. THE RUSSIA SPECIALIST SERVICING MOSCOW FROM THE FAR EAST, INDIAN SUB CONTINENT AND CHINA MAIN PORTS. ATTRACTIVE FCL/LCL RATE&TO: Indian Sub-Continent Ports MADRAS/BOMBAY/ CALCUTTA I COLOMBO CHITTAGONG NHAVA SHEVA
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