The Business Times, 15 February 1996

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    13 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 046/12/95 85<f SINGAPORE Internet: http://www.asial.com.sg/biztimes THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15,1996
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    MARKET SUMMARY
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    FINANCE
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    Lock icon Emporium to set up 5 new outlets in next 3 years
    583 1  -  Retail grwp eyes listing to raise funds f|f atpamting itsOrienUl chain overseas By, Jenny Lam [SINGAPORE] While other retail companies are moaning about the slump in spending, homegrown retailer Emporium Holdings is talking expansion. The contrast is all the
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    Lock icon My dear, dear love...
    168 1  -  -By, Jenny Lam [SINGAPORE] Valentines who were showered with bouquets yesterday had better take a deep breath. Not because the roses will wilt in afew days, but because your suitor could have paid through the nose to give you a whiff Of that pleasant scent Greeting
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    Comfort eyes yellow-top licences
    308 1  -  Tudonpt«Dik» $10,000 offer to 2459 owners soon By I Christopher Tarn [SINGAPORE] Listed transport operator Comfort Group is seeking to buy over licences of yellow-top taxi owners and will be making a $10,000 offer to the 2,159 independent operators soon. Comfort has received approval from the
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    Holiday mood hits S'pore shares
    196 1 [SINGAPORE] The upcoming holiday season was the most commonly cited reason behind the decline in local blue chips yesterday. Elsewhere in the region, however, equity markets enjoyed a reasonably firm day, with Hongkong and Philippines posting the best gains. After falling to 2,399, the Straits
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    Confirmed: SIA in talks to sell its stake in Raffles City
    229 1 [SINGAPORE] Singapore Airlines yesterday confirmed The Business Times report of the proposed sale of its stake in Raffles City (Pte) Ltd. It said that it has been "negotiating privately with an interested party to divest its entire 5.37 per
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  • FOCUS: PROPERTY
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      Lock icon Poor sentiment lingers
      548 2  -  99-year landed properties in the Kew Drive-Jalan Greja area not selling well By] Diana Oon Building work at the Kew Drive area and nearby Jalan Greja is moving steadily ahead but sales are lagging behind if latest figures from the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) are anything to
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      Business trends in Asia-Pacific
      173 2 [SINGAPORE] Three underlying trends provide business opportunities in Asia-Pacific countries the building of infrastructure, the privatisation of state-run businesses, and the increcsing frqedom for investment and trade. So reports a new 208-page book called Asia Pacific Business Guidel996from publisher McGraw HilL The book was prepared by
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      House Hunt
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      Making the market more transparent
      225 2  -  LETTERS TO THB EMTOK May Goh, Public relations officer for chief executive officer A chief planner. Urban Redevelopment Authority I REFER to Mr Lee Han Shih's article, "Secrets for home buyers", published in the BT of Feb 13,1996. Mr Lee said that previously, URA did
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      More Loyang Villas units sold than reported
      165 2  -  Dawn Lum Group company secretary First Capital Corp WE refer to Mr Lee Han Shih's article in the weekend edition of The Business Times, Feb 10-11 1996 headlined "Data on unsold units by project out for first time" and his comments in the
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
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      Lock icon Growth in 1Q to stay double-digit
      339 3  -  EYE ON THE ECONOMY GDP By, Ann Teo ECONOMIC growth is likely to remain double-digit in the first quarter of 1996 in year-on-year terms because of a low base in 1996, predicts J P Morgan. But low-base support will fade as 1996 unfolds further,
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      Ongoing jobs not hit by ban on firms in PUB case
      419 3  -  Ministry says they cm finish jobs under close supervision By Ven Sreenivasan ONGOING projects of the five companies barred from new Singapore government contracts because of their part in the PUB graft case will not be affected by the
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    • NEWS Roundup
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        Securities joins Korn/Ferry
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      Beating MAS' Aug 1 deadline
      434 3  -  Banks working on options to help cardholders meet two months'pay limit on credit card debt By\ Shiv Taneja CREDIT card-issuing banks are working on financing options for cardholders who may be unable to reduce their card exposure per issuer to no more than two months'
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      Land for recreation club entices buyers
      274 3 THE Urban Redevelopment Authority's offer of a land parcel for development as a private recreation club at Dunearn Road is generating a fair deal of interest. The 132,590 sq ft site at the junction of Dunearn and Whitley roads has a 30-year lease. A
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      Lock icon Indonesia sets surcharge on propylene imports
      446 4 JAKARTA Surprise mm reverse! previous policy of not protecting domestic petrochem industry Reuter, AFP INDONESIA, apparently abandoning a commitment last year not to protect its politically-connected but fledgling petrochemical industry, is imposing a 20 per cent surcharge on propylene imports. Industry and Trade Minister
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      Lock icon Construction of resort suspended
      305 4 KUALA LUMPUR KLabo holds back# other projects due to environmental fears MBT THE Malaysian cabinet has directed that construction work on the proposed golf course and holiday resort at Mimaland be suspended to ensure that remedial work is carried out first before the project can be
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      Lock icon Two new states in growth triangle
      177 4 JOHORBARU Bernama THE Indonesia-Malaysia-Sin-gapore Economic Growth Triangle (IMS-GT) has been expanded to include Malacca and Negeri Sembilan in a move to develop the southern peninsular into a regional growth centre. Johor Mentri Besar Abdul Ghani Othman said yesterday the participation of Malacca and Negeri
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      Lock icon Grenade attack in Makati
      197 4 MANILA Reuter A GRENADE attack yesterday damaged the Manila headquarters of the Shell Philippines oil company and Citibank, and injured two passers-by, police said. Police said officers pursuing the attackers found a grenade launcher, an Ml 6 semiautomatic rifle and a priest's white cassock in a
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      Lock icon Manila may opt for lower growth to control inflation
      372 4 MANILA Keeping to inflation targets condition of IMF loan AFP, Reuter THE Philippine government may opt for economic growth below this year's original target rate to enable it to tame a double-digit inflation rate, government sources said yesterday. Manila previously said
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      Lock icon Petroleum Thailand may buy Natuna gas
      195 4 JAKARTA AFP STATE-OWNED Petroleum Thailand (PIT) has been negotiating to buy gas from the giant Indonesian Natuna project, an official here was quoted as saying in a press report yesterday. "Intense discussions are ongoing. At the beginning of March, we will talk about sales,"
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      Lock icon Expat husbands get nod to work in Malaysia
      176 4 KUALA LUMPUR AFP MALAYSIA has agreed to allow foreigners married to Malaysian women to work in the country as part of measures to overcome the country's labour shortage, reports said yesterday. The decision came a month after the government allowed foreign women
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    • NOTE Book
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        Lock icon Suharto aids defends anti-subversion law
        73 4 Reuter [JAKARTA] An adviser to I&doneeian President Suharto defended the country's widely-criticised anti-subversion law, saying it was needed to counter subversion. The Jakarta Post quoted the chairmar of the Supreme Advisory Board, Sudomo, as saying on Tuesday the law enacted in 1963 was still neceeaary
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        Lock icon Army officers may facs trial ever killings
        78 4 Reuter [JAKAOTAJ Six Indonesian military officers could be tried for their alleged involvement in the killing of four protesters at a dam site in East Java's Madura island in 1993, the official Antara news agency reported yeetarday. Security forces opened fire on Sep
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        Lock icon Manila sends back 84 boat people
        70 4 Reuter [PUERTO PRINCESA, Philippines] Philippine troops put 84 Vietnamese asylum-seekers aboard a repatriation flight, yesterday despite a last-minute attempt by hundreds of other Vietnamese to block the plane's takeoff: Wltoeseee said Marines flrtd warning shots into the air and ueeda water cannon to disperse
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        Lock icon First China-Vietnam train in 17 years
        63 4 Reuter [DONG DANG, Vietnam) Vietnam and China marked history yesterday as the flrtt train croeeed the border between the often-uneasy neighbours in more than 17 years. At 7.18 am (0015 GMT), a spotiees Chinese locomotive pulling pristine but empty carriages arrived at Dong Dang
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  • CHINA-HONGKONG-TAIWAN
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      Lock icon Behave like a world power, US tells Beijing
      432 5 WASHINGTON Perry attack* Bering fur sending wrong signals but says US kM no plan to contain or confront it Reuter, AFP IN a hard-hitting Asia policy speech, US Defence Secretary William Perry on Tuesday accused China of failing to fulfil its promise
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      Lock icon China signs US$227m deals with UK firms
      126 5 BEIJING Reuter TRADE and joint venture contracts worth US$227 million (***** million) were signed between Chinese and British companies during Foreign Trade Minister Wu Yi's visit to Britain, the China News Service said yesterday. The contracts were signed between Chinese entrepre- neurs accompanying
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    • SINO Brief
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        Lock icon Franch firm aims for TV surveys in China
        66 5 Bloomberg Business News [HONGKONG] The Sofiree Group, a market-research company, unveiled to an industry group yesterday plans to track China's US$l biUkm (511.4 billion) TV market If it compietee a joint-venture agreement with the state-owned TV network, foreign advertisers for the first
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        Lock icon Economists see slower Taiwan growth
        67 5 Reuter [TAIPEI] Economic In Taiwan gave downbeat predictions yesterday for the island's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth in the last quarter of 1»6 and most said the first quarter ofthis year was likely to remain slow. Citing mounting tensions with China as a major reason,
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        Lock icon Beijing to protect high-tech firms
        63 5 Bloomberg Business News [BEIJING] The Chlneee government it to Introduce rulee to protect China's naacent high technology companies, Xinhua news agency reports. Deng Nan, daughter of Deng Xiaoping and vice-minister of the State Science and Technology Commission, said government departments will be ordered to give
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        Lock icon Controlling inflation is China's top task
        49 5 Reuter [BEIJING] Reining in retail price inflation is to remain China's top macro-economic task in 1998, said a State Council circular. China Iwpss to hold annual inflation to below economic growth during the Ninth Five-Year Plan from 1986 to 2000, said die circular.—Reuter
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        Lock icon Urban households' wealth gap grows
        41 5 Reuter [BEIJING] The wealth gap among China's urban houaehoids has widened, the Workers'Daity said ywterday. Economists are debating ifthe gap is an inevitable phase in the transition to a market economy or the product efsodal inequality.—Reuter
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        Lock icon China's annual population increase alows
        36 5 AFP [BEIJING] I%e annual rate of increase of China's population between 1980 and *****t00d at 12.1 per thousand, foiling "markedly" over the last five-year period, a State Statistical Bureau report said.
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      Lock icon Taking a break from the rat race
      57 5 [BEIJING] An inflatable rat watching over a woman reading her book in front of a shopping mall in Beijing yesterday. The store installed the giant display to attract customers for the Lunar New Year sales. The new year, which is the Year of
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      Lock icon Asian executives bearish on China: survey
      320 5 SINGAPORE AFP TOP company executives in Asia are less confident about doing business in China than they were a year ago, but Singapore provided a rare exception, according to the results of a survey released yesterday. The Asian Executives Poll by the Far Eastern
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      Lock icon Steelmaker: too risky to invest in China now
      271 5 TAIPEI Reuter THE chairman of China Steel Corp, Taiwan's largest steel maker, said that current mounting tensions between this island and China have made it too risky to consider a major investment in the mainland. "The China market is not only an
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      Lock icon Taiwan appeals to China to stop military drill
      439 5 TAIPEI It wants to resume talks with mainland on mending ties AFP, Bloomberg Business News TAIWAN appealed to China yesterday not to hold a planned military driU near the nationalist island and to quickly resume talks in a bid to mend their
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      Lock icon US official's absence from trade talks seen as good sign
      257 5 BEIJING Bloomberg Business News THE ABSENCE of Deputy US Trade Representative Charlene Barshefsky from trade talks in Beijing may be a good sign, a US business representative said. "I read it as a positive," said Anne Stevenson-Yang, director of China
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      89 5 Incorporation of offshore companies I with Chinese name Memorandum and Articles of Association are issued in Chinese Certificate of Incorporation is issued For further information with company name in Chinese immediate service characters pUauamtac,: Michael J Kingston Corporate documents notarised or OFFSHORE authenticated by the Embassy of the CORPORATE SERVICES
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      143 5 THE ULTIMATE DEAL XJMr mm" j ■Circat news if you're visiting Hong Kong soon. Until 8 March 1996 (excluding lan 7-23), stay in one UP TO A AQ/ ofour ncw,y r ,0 d s,lnd d pay n extra HKS29O and I(\ y U Ca UPRraJe U> Uf Kxccu,ivc C:,ub whcrc
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  • ASIA
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      Lock icon Opposition won't question Murayama over jusen
      463 6 TOKYO Decision is victory of sorts for Huhimoto, but other ex-ministers will have to testify Reuter, AFP JAPAN'S Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto won a victory of sorts yesterday when the opposition temporarily froze demands to summon his predecessor over the vexed issue of winding
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      Lock icon Asian pitch in Keating manifesto
      494 6  -  SYDNEY By] Florence Chong AUSTRALIAN Prime Minister Paul Keating unveiled the Australian Labor Party's policy, promising to create a republic and closer integration with East Asia as his conservative opponents fended off accusations of racism. While there was a conspicuous lack of initiatives for business,
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      Lock icon Market watchdog drafts rules for venture funds
      226 6 BOMBAY These fond* may be allowed to invest 80% of their capital In some unlisted firms Reuter THE market watchdog. Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi), on Tuesday drafted regulations for venture capital funds. Sebi proposed that venture capital fUnds be allowed
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    • ASIA Notes
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        Lock icon Aussie confidence index little changed
        64 6 Bloomberg Business News [SYDNEY] A widely watched measure of consumer confidence in Australia was little changed in February, holding just below a seven-month high. Tha Weetpac Melbourne Institute index of consumer sentiment this month fell 0.1 point from January to 106.8 points. Nigel Stapledon, chief
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        Lock icon Seoul firm's timber deal with Macri tribe
        49 6 AFP [GISBORNE, New Zealand] South Korean company Hansol 1 Forem Ltd yesterday sealed a multi-million dollar fbrestry venture with the Ngati Porou native Maori tribe here. The joint venture will involve the planting oflo,ooo hectares of tribal land with radiate pine. —AFP
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        Lock icon S Korea's foreign debt at 8-year high
        43 6 AFP [SEOUL] South Korea's net foreign debt soared to an eight-year high of US$lB billion (SKS.4 billion) at thaeod of 1996, due mainly to a snowballing current account deficit, the Ministry of Finance and Economy eaid.—AFP
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        Lock icon Enron says project to restart in 60 days
        69 6 Bloombergßusiness News [HOUSTON] Enron Corp is working on amendments to its contract far a US$3 billion (Ss2.B billion) power plant in India and expects construction to resume within about 00 days, a company executive said on Tuesday. India's Maharashtra state cancelled the
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  • THE WORLD
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      Greenspan reappointment soon?
      419 7  -  WASHINGTON Fed chief seen jus shoo-in, especially with Republican Congress and Wall St baching By Leon Hadar PRESIDENT BUI Clinton is expected to announce shortly his decision to reappoint Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan for a third term, a move that will enjoy the support of the
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      Lock icon Barings wanted secret account
      393 7 LONDON Leeson says he was told to set 19 account for trading errors AFP NICK Leeson created his secret ***** account on the instruction of a controller at Barings' headquarters in London, the Financial Times reported yesterday, quoting a book by the renegade futures trader about
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      Bondholders to sue ex-Barings execs
      153 7  -  LONDON By: Neil Behrmann BARINGS bondholders who lost £109 million (***** million) in capital and lost interest payments are suing former senior executives of the collapsed bank. Jonathan Stone, the lawyer heading the Barings bondholders actwat'groupvsaid that writs would shortly be issued against Peter Baring,
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    • WORLD Watch
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        Lock icon Dublin reopens talks with Sinn Fein
        54 7 Reuter [BELFAST] The Irish government moved quickly yesterday to reopen direct low-level contacts with Sinn Fain that were ruptured by a London bomb attack last f < week by the party's IRA guerilla allies. A meeting is expected between Dublin officials and the party
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        Lock icon Iraq closer to oil deal with UN?
        44 7 Reuter [BAGHDAD] Iraq is determined to reach a deal with the United Nations allowing it to export some of its oil for urgent humanitarian needs and an agreement is closer than ever before, Iraqi newspapers said. —Reuter
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        Lock icon Pestagon wrongly puts secrets on Net
        44 7 AFP [WASHINGTON] The Pentagon erroneously released sortie 1,400 pages of classified material on the Internet related to its investigation of the Gulf War Syndrome, a spokesman acknowledged on Tuesday. A spokesman said that some documents were inadvertently declassified.—AFP
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        Lock icon UK unemployment rate falls to 5-year low
        42 7 AFP [LONDON] The British unemployment rate fell to an almost five-year low 0i1.9 per cent in January, after the jobless total registered a huge drop of ***** to 2J06 million, official figures showed yesterday. —AFP
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        Lock icon Orange County plans US$1b bond sale
        61 7 Bloomberg Business News [SANTA ANA, California] Orange County, California, may soon emerge from the nation's largest municipal bankruptcy if a planned sale of as much as US$l billion (591.4 billion) in debt succeeds. Orange County will sell the bonds after May 8, when a
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      Lock icon Ell designing plan to avoid single currency chaos
      340 7 ■BRUSSELS AFP PLANS designed to prevent the creation of a single currency from ripping the European Union apart and destroying the single market are beginning to take shape in Brussels. At their heart is the creation of a new exchange rate mechanism
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      Lock icon EU launches strategy to open foreign markets
      150 7 ■BRUSSELS Reuter VOWING to marshall all the trade weapons at its disposal, the European Commission yesterday set out to muscle open foreign markets, boost business and increase employment in the European Union. "The Market Access Strategy we are launching today is a strategy
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      Lock icon European growth seen picking up
      117 7 BRUSSELS Reuter THE European economy is going through a temporary slowdown and should pick up in the second half of 1996, International Monetary Fund managing director Michel Camdessus told Belgian newspapers yesterday. "We are witnessing an economic slowdown, which should end in the course of
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      Lock icon Big Brother's watching
      32 7 [YEKATERINBURGM man walking by a giant symbol of the Soviet era with the image of state founder Vladimir Lenin on it in this hometown of President Boris Yeltsin. REUTER
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      Lock icon 1995 saw smallest rise in labour costs on record
      378 7 WASHINGTON Bloomberg Business News US LABOUR costs posted the smallest annual increase on record in 1995, as corporations cut jobs and expenses to bolster profits, government figures showed yesterday. For all of 1995, the employment cost index rose just 2.9 per
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
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      US ambiguity is problematic, not strategic
      759 8  -  OPINION THE BOTTOM LDVB By Leon Hadar The writer is BT's Washington correspondent JOSEPH NYE, who has just resigned as US Assistant Secretary of Defence for International Security Affaire to return to Harvard University, met journalists in Washington last week to discuss one of
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      IN OTHER WORDS
      111 8 The average guy worries about a traffic violation being on his record. In the business world, memories are short' -hiflyal Mo/i University College of Law professor on how fallen titans, such as junk-bond star Michael Milken and corporate raider Victor Posner. keep on popping up. This result
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      The fluctuating Indian rupee
      612 8 EDITORIAL THOUGH the value of the Indian rupee against the US dollar seems to have stabilised now, foreign investors may have to learn to live with periodic fluctuations, at least for the foreseeable future. This is not to challenge Indian Finance Minister Manmohan Singh's view that
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      Lock icon Key to Asian miracle
      1046 8  -  High retains on investment led U the tnftftg if Asia's dragons, says a new growth theory. And it can be imitated By. Martin Wolf FT ASIA'S miracle is a myth. So claims Paul Krugman the iconoclastic economics professor at Stanford University. "From the perspective of the
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      Income growth relative to HDB prices
      148 8  -  MATfJMI| Larry Tan Singapore *****8 PROFESSOR Kapur of the NUS Econometric Studies Unit (ESU) said that the "growth in household income has kept pace with the rise in HDB prices". (BT, Feb 10). That can't be right. It is simple to illustrate as follows:
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      WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
      531 8 A RECENTLY leaked Republican poll slanted to elicit anti-environmental sentiment found that while nearly 60 per cent of Americans think government regulates too much in general, only 21 per cent feel that way about the environment. Notwithstanding these sentiments, there is a strong worldwide preference for
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
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      1156 9  -  There were notable exceptions and exclusions on the 68th Oscar nomination list reports bbbimbd wokbaub BERNARD WEINRAUB NYT THE 68th annual Academy Award nominations were announced Tuesday morning and, like a good movie, their outcome was thoroughly unpredictable. The Postman (II Postino), a small Italian film
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      Lock icon Babe brings home the bacon
      383 9 While the pork industry complains about fall in sales Reuter [CANBERRA] The creator of the Oscar-nominated Australian film Babe said yesterday he was stunned by the international success of the film. The heartwarming story of an orphaned pig who aspires to be a sheepdog was
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      263 9 Delicately shaded and deeply personal films nominated AFP [LOS ANGELES] European and Australian film stars and directors swamped the critical categories of the Oscar nominations on Tuesday, giving them better future entree into Hollywood's movie fortress. Absent from the prestigious best picture and
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      Lock icon Martin Balsam dies at 76
      613 10 OBITUARY Tony, Oscar winner had roles in scores of films and plays, and hundreds of TV shows NYT [NEW YORK] Martin Balsam, a heavy-set, baldish character actor whose talent earned him an Oscar, a Tony and roles in scores of films and plays and hundreds
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      A special set of legs
      144 10 GOLF THE fifth leg of the Golfing World Business Times Corporate League kicks off tomorrow at the Raffles Country Club with a "Better-Ball Stableford" format being used. MHA Order of Merit leaders Hyatt Regency will undoubtedly be looking to maintain their overall lead from Golfing
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        57 10 UPI MUSIC retailer 1-800 music has conducted spoil asking celebrities tor their fevourite songs for getting ovir heartbreak or sending them into a relapse. RocksrMetisss Etheridge say* Peter Gabriel's In Your gya is «ood for rebounding and Paula Abdul feels blue listening to Bonnie Raitt'a
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        Lock icon Take That splits
        37 10 Reuter POP (roup Take That po«lbrphotM*t<nM(U* conference in Manchester on Tuesday to announoe the band's "amicable" split. They are Jason Orange (top fyt), Gary Barlow (top right), Mark Owen (fhmt kfi) and Howard Donald.—Acutar
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        Lock icon Joan Collins wins legal battle
        53 10 Reuter BRITISH actress Joan CoHins won a legal battle igatart Random House when a jury decided that she could keep a US$l.2 million (Ssl.7 million) book advance which the publishing giant had been fighting to get back. Colltot smiled broadly whan the Jury's decision was
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      709 12 VALENTINE'S DAY Boxer shorts laced with male scents are a hot buy as are the obligatory chocolates NYT [YOKOHAMA] After years of recession and earthquake in-duced-sobriety, Japan's extravagant celebration of Valentine's Day is back, more joyous and eccentric than before. Orders for Sex Angle underwear special Valentine's
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      507 12 Keep your heart healthy —eat more fibre HEALTH MtßMlttfNMrt hwif— NYT [NEW YORK] If findings on dietary fat are confusing to many people, conflicting findings on dietary Hhre may make them want to throw away their diet plans in disgust The latest research suggests that increasing dietary fibre does help
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      Lock icon EON shares hit by talk it may lose sole distributorship
      462 13  -  Proton Aerobacks to be distributed by another firm, says source; M$LlO share price fall seen as over-reaction From Ho Kay Tat in Kuala Lumpur EDARAN Otomobil Nasional Bhd (EON) shares tumbled Msl.lo to MslB.Bo yesterday alter some brokerages recommended that
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      Wing Tai takes up DNP rights shares
      319 13 [SINGAPORE] Wing Tai Holdings has taken up its full entitlement in DNP Holdings Bhd's 1-for-l rights issue, subscribing for 70.1 million shares at a cost of M$U2 million ($62.1 million). The company also said yesterday that it had bought 560,000 DNP rights in
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      SBS bid to run Hanoi service shelved
      174 13  -  By Harish Mehta [SINGAPORE] A two-year-old bid by Singapore Bus Service (SBS) and state-run Hanoi Bus Company (HBC) to jointly run a bus service in Hanoi has been mothballed, but the partners are now negotiating a bus assembly venture in Vietnam. Vietnamese officials
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      Local interest rates likely to fall in the second, quarter
      704 13  -  ■OCEbOOESnW By Paul Leo WHILE domestic factors call for local interest rates to be maintained at current levels, international forces are more than likely to drag local interest rates lower. This probably explains the current popular view that local interest
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      Hal Sun Hup buys another Aussie office building
      397 13  -  Sydney deal worth As9Jm follows Melbourne purchase just days ago By Rahita Elias (SINGAPORE] Shipping-cum-property group Hai Sun Hup (HSH) has moved further along its Aussie acquisition trail by buying a Sydney office building for As9.l million (559.6 million), just two days
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        Telekom to have time-based calls
        496 14  -  Ayprevei tariffs far lfcal calls lmr than proposed; iatanatkoal rates dashed Ifrom Ho Kay Tat ill Kuala Lumpwr HHE Malaysian government Hfcs accepted Telekom Malaysia Bhd's plan to introduce tbne-based charges for local telephone calls but the approved rates were lower than proposed. Z As
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        Lock icon Ayala Land surges to record 37.5 pesos
        211 14 Bloomberg Business News [MANILA] Shares of Ayala Land Inc, the Philippines' largest and most profitable propei ty developer, surged to a record high as investors look to a booming property market to power profit growth. "Ifs fashionable among analysts to say there will
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        Indon plan on state firms gets cautious welcome
        395 14  -  Analysts say closure of unprofitable units poses challenge By\ S N Vasuki INDONESIA'S plan to list profitable state enterprises and liquidate unprofitable units was welcomed by analysts, though many cautioned that the government will face a major challenge in selling the idea
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        Asian firms to tap US$2b in equity-linked funds
        382 14 [SINGAPORE] With falling interest rates and rising stock markets in most of the Asian region combining to form near perfect conditions, corporates are lining up to raise at least US$2 billion (552.84 billion) from equity-linked finance at highly attractive rates, according to
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        Lock icon Hicom-Gadek-DRB likely to streamline core operations
        335 14 MBT {KUALA LUMPUR] The Hi-com-Gadek-DRB empire, now under the stewardship of Yahaya Ahmad, is likely to streamline its core operations into three broad categories, comprising automotive business, finance activities and privatisations. Businesses which do not fall under any of the categories may be divested
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        Land & General earnings dip 4%
        255 14  - Land General earnings dip 4% From Ruth Wong in Kuala Lumpur PROPERTY-based Land General Bhd failed to meet market expectations when it suffered a 4 per cent drop in group net profit to M 1136.61 million for the year ended Dec 31,1995 from M 5142.81 million. The group's earnings per
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        Lock icon Sabah dashes Repco's outlet expansion hope
        212 14 AFP [KOTA KINABALU] Malaysia's Sabah state yesterday said it would no longer issue licences for gambling outlets nor allow existing gaming firms in the state to expand the number of gaming premises. Sabah state chief minister Salleh Said told reporters the decision was in
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          Lock icon No problemsat Sarawak Clinker:owner
          64 14 Bernama PCDALA LUMPUR] Then It no MMkfereealnl or Sarawak Clinker Sdn Bhd and the construction of Sarawak's first clinker plant tn Mambong Is proceeding satisfisctorlly, sakl A4Jtianto, whose alleged feud with his brother was reported to have put the clinker plant's operations In Jeopardy. Mr AdJUanto
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          Lock icon Thai Airways' 1Q profit up 37%
          74 14 Bloomberg [BANGKOK] Thai Airways International said its earnings for the first quarter ended Dec 81 roee 37 par cent toIJB billion baht (5971 million). Per-share profit for the airline, which is 98-per cent government owned, was &91 baht, compared with 0.67 baht a year
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          Lock icon PT Telkom plans satellite launch
          46 14 Reuter [JAKARTA] Indonesian telecommunication firm PT Telkom plana to launch a new satellite, Palape B4» la I9M, a company official was yeeterday quoted by Antera newe agency as saying. The spokesman said the launch waa designed to meet rising domestic demand.—Jtotfar
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        Lock icon Mobil to make A$1.24b takeover bid for Ampolex
        414 15 Price seen right as Ampolex is facing a potentially costly court battle with a MZ entrepreneur Bloomberg Business News [MELBOURNE] Mobil Corp said its Australian unit will offer AJ4.25 a share for Australian oil explorer and producer Ampolex Ltd in a takeover
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        Lock icon SCMP offers HK$1.5b for TVE
        335 15 Newspaper publisher U issue 210 m new shares for acquisition Reuter [HONGKONG] Newspaper publisher South China Morning Post (Holdings) Ltd (SCMP), which announced an offer to buy all the issued share capital of TVE on Tuesday, has valued it at HK$l.5 billion (***** million). SCMP
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          Lock icon Metalbox sales fall 1.1%
          53 15 Bloomberg Business News mmxmcarww»ii<et>RwiSAjnhrdaj > I >; lagTencyto—e cut into rwmm fttetugjpX's fffjil iiiiiliii lying growth using exchange and structure, w tl* p«kagiM company —Id. Fourth-quarter mm fbniWwfittfiai r bfflloo franca. It aaM: "TTw Inteme pitee pt essure... will Jifhct operating profits substantially Airtog the aeootMi
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          42 15 AFP P doable flopw disk drive output by March WTaadslllftaß RasMtt planned to ftoppy disk drive output to nins million units njto March IW7, with ftulh#expansionc*productfon to 20 41 million unitsa war to March »00. —AFP
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          Lock icon Unilever,Helene Curtis in merger deal
          76 15 Reuter [NEW YORK] Unilever pk and Helene Curtis on Tueeday said a subsidiary <rf Unilever United State® planned to acquire all erf the outstanding shares of Helene Curtis for US$7O per share, op about USs77omillion <S$LOB billion), In s joint sfetement the corapaniee said a
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          Lock icon Iwai venture in Ho Chi Mich City
          69 15 AFP rrOKYO) TTnnaj>trarthif onHyatqrHisiiwhHtlCecp•;%!% ysxwdiji as hi ttwouki art qp an ahmi Iniimr proceed Jig jotat venture in Ho Chi MJnhCityinMtath.lt would hold > attperomt rtakein Ota»an AluminhmiCo, witli unlisted Ryows Metal Industry Co Lto holding 20 per f and Saigon Import-ExportTouriit Service
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        Lock icon Henderson's spinoff of unit offers play on China property
        283 15 Bloomberg Business News [HONGKONG] Henderson Land Development Co's spinoff of its China properties offers investors their first chance to gamble on residential and commercial real estate in China. And Henderson, one of Hongkong's biggest landlords, appears only too glad to sell
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        52 15 u^ rtpare i!z r P r ntt on <? "Wials (Wfor use in a ribbon cutting ceremony at the opening o/a Korean bank branch mHongkong yesterday. Hongkong has recently been ranked as the world's freest economy, and as one- Amarkxm "*»*>> institute, the Heritage Foundation,
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        Lock icon New World signs deals for four Guangzhou projects
        295 15 Cost estimated to be 15-20 billion yuan over 5-10 years AFP [HONGKONG] THE New World Development Co Ltd has signed agreements with the Guangzhou municipal government in southern China to develop four property and infrastructure projects, the group said yesterday. The total
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        Lock icon CRA may scrap A$1.1b zinc mine Mowing native title ruling
        269 15 AFP [BRISBANE] Australia's native land rights legislation hit the election agenda yesterday after mining giant CRA Ltd said a multi-million-dollar mine could be scrapped as a result of a court ruling under the law. CRA Ltd subsidiary Century Zinc Ltd
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        Lock icon Carter Holt's net profit falls 16.5%
        212 15 Bloomberg Business News [AUCKLAND] New Zealand, based paper products and fa* estry group Carter Holt Harvey Ltd yesterday said nes profit in the October-Decent ber quarter fell a expected 16.5 per cent from the same quarter a year earlier. Net profit fell to NZ$9l
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        Lock icon Japanese ministry panel proposes breakup of NTT
        382 16 Suggestion is to split it into one long-distance carrier and 2 regional phone companies in 3 years Bloomberg Business News ITOKYOI An advisory panel to the Post and Telecommunications Ministry on Tuesday proposed the breakup of Nippon Telegraph Telephone (NTT), the world's secondlargest
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        Lock icon Apple short of cash, meeting lenders
        386 16 Reuter (LOS ANGELES] Apple Computer Inc. facing a widening gash crunch, said on Tuesday is in talks with its lenders about obtaining alternative sources of financing. In a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Apple said it has suspended its dividend and extended
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        Lock icon Bugs Bunny and friends
        62 16 [LONDON] Lord Hollick (left), chief executive of MAI, Bugs Bunny and Sandy Reisenbach, executive vice-president of marketing and planning at Time Warner, smiling on the announcement of plans for the two companies to build a new film/television complex and theme park in West London, on Tuesday.
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        Lock icon Int'l Paper to take US$500m charge
        262 16 Bloomberg Business News (NEW YORK) International Paper Co said it will take a first-quarter pre-tax charge of US$5OO million (Ss7os million) for costs of closing several plants and boosting the profitability of its imaging products business. The world's largest paper company also said it
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        Lock icon NEC makes watermark to protect copyright on Internet
        292 16 AFP, Bloomberg Business News [TOKYO] Japan's NEC Corp said yesterday its scientists in the United States had developed a digital watermark that could be used to protect the copyright of images and music on the Internet. The digital watermarking method, developed by
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        Lock icon Canon lifts pre-tax profit by 48.9%
        358 16 Firm expects severe business conditions, competition this year AFP [TOKYO] Japan's Canon Inc said yesterday parent pre-tax profit was seriously affected by exchange rate movements in calendar 1995 and forecast severe business conditions and competition from rivals in 1996. Canon, a leading maker of
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        Lock icon Discreet Logic shares dive after chief quits
        339 16 Investors surprised by resignation and poor profit outlook Reuter [MONTREAL] An Academy Award nomination wasn't enough on Tuesday to stop the stock of film and video special effects systems maker Discreet Logic Inc from losing more than half its value after its chief
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        Lock icon Hasbro buys Spanish toy maker
        131 16 AFP [PAWTUCKET, Rhode Island] Hasbro, the world's second largest toy maker, said on Tuesday it was acquiring the Mediterraneo Group of Spain for US$l2.B million in cash (SslB million). The acquisition through Hasbro's Spanish subsidiary MB Espana includes 100 per cent of Juguetes Mediterraneo and
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        Far East buyers pile into gold after price plunges
        342 17  -  luil'lllßMrty •rued m buyers tf fkpktlpllul prifniiitml iivMttn r«Uri By\ Siow Li Sen [SINGAPORE] Far East buyers of physical gold and professional investors in the gold spot market are piling into the market after priixs fell sharply on Monday. As a
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        Lock icon BZW names S'pore-based team to trade bonds
        145 17 Knight-Ridder [HONGKONG] BZW Asia has appointed a four-man debt markets team to trade and sell Asian currency bonds and USdollar bonds for Asian issuers. The team, to be based in Singapore, "is a significant development in BZWs global initiative to originate, trade and
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        Lock icon Dai-Ichi Kangyo in derivatives tie-up with Merrill Lynch
        259 17 Bloomberg Business News [TOKYO] Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank, one of Japan's largest commercial banks, will tie up with Merrill Lynch Co of the US in the sale of derivative financial products, the bank said. Undo* an agreement signed on Monday, Merrill Lynch Derivative
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        Lock icon Thailand gears up to be offshore banking hub
        383 17 FlaattacnpsHM taxes for banks maHng IfHIH via Thai facility Reuter [BANGKOK] A proposed tax exemption scheme for banks making offshore loans via the Bangkok International Banking Facility (BIBF) will place Thailand in a better position to be a key financial centre, bankers
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        Lock icon I gaw my love a pretty penny
        58 17 [BEIJING] Beijing's 1996 Valentine's Day commemorative gold coin showing Venus, the Greek goddess qf love and beauty. The coin, going far 620 yuan (Sslos), is selling well, according to the general manager qf China Gold Coin Inc, Zhang JingUang. With rising qffluence, Chinese
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        Lock icon Dresdner revamps management board, says magazine
        239 17 Reuter [FRANKFURT] Dresdner Bank AG has reorganised its 12-man management board to lighten the workload of its top executives and make its management more efficient, a German business magazine repented on Tuesday. The report in business monthly Manager Magazin said Dresdner had created an
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        De Beers rebuts report, saying it still controls 75% of diamond market
        480 17  -  Consultancy said its share of market last year was just 83% From Neil Behrmann in London DE BEERS insists that it still controls about three quarters of the world's rough diamond market, even though the Russians have flooded
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        155 17 Reuter THE dollar slipped slightly against a strong mark in European trade, easing as the mark steamed higher against the lira, French franc and yen. "The dollar is still quite steady," said a trader. "It's the mark crosses which have really livened up and which are more exciting
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        Lock icon Oil surges; analysts say market may be overbought
        306 17 ENERGY REPORT Reuter [LONDON] Oil prices continued their upward trend yesterday, propelled by bullish news on US oil inventories, but the surge was weaker than on Tuesday as analysts warned the market was becoming overbought. By mid-afternoon in London, world benchmark Brent
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        939 18 [KUALA LUMPUR] Tin price on the Kuala Lumpur Tin Market closed 16 sen easier to M 515.60 per kg yesterday, in line with the weaker overnight London Metal Exchange. Dealers said the market turned bearish in early trading following across-the-board falls in the LME led by copper. The
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          Indon Feb palm oil crop to drop 20%
          93 18 [SINGAPORE] Indonesia's palm oil crop harvest in February is expected to be about 300,000 tonnes, down 20 per cent from January, traders in Indonesia said. The output decline is seen because of seasonal factors and the Hari Raya festivities from Feb 18-24
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          Philippines imports rice for 1996's needs
          139 18 [SINGAPORE] The Philippines has covered its 1996 rice requirements with imports totalling 884,500 tonnes slated for January-April shipment, said Department of Agriculture officials. These purchases are mainly to offset food shortages, particularly in July-September when domestic rice output tends to be the lowest for
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          Taiwan firm buys corn,soybeans
          56 18 [TAIPEI] Taiwan Sugar Corp yesterday bought a 30,000-tonne combination cargo of US corn and soybeans from Continental, FOB, traders said. Traders said Continental sold 18,000 tonnes of corn at U*****.32 (Ss2os) per tonne and 12,000 tonnes of soybeans at U*****.58 per tonne. The cargo is scheduled
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          Aussie mine gold output up
          67 18 [LONDON] Australia's Perilya Mines produced 34,419 ounces of gold in the first-half year ending Dec 31, up from 21,958 ounces in the year-ago period, the company said yesterday. Perilya expects to produce 70,000 ounces for the full financial year, it said. Consolidated net profit for
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          Russian gold mines hit by strike
          38 18 [MOSCOW] Gold mines operating under the Berezovsky Rudnik joint-stock company in Russia's Urals region have halted operation in protest against delays in the payment of wages, according to the Interfax-Eurasia News Agency.
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        1042 18 Reuter [SINGAPORE] Simex Euroyen futures were dragged down to a weak close by a drop in Japanese bond prices yesterday, with dealers expecting the market to head lower. Indications of technical weaknesses on the charts also prompted some traders to sell down the Japanese short-term interest rate futures.
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      REGIONAL STOCK MARKETS
      4453 19 ♦ism SHARE prices closed broadly higher yesterday, with ongoing corporate and institutional selling at the highs. The Nikkei Average closed up 159.36 points at 20,943.59. The Topix Index finished up 7.17 at 1,617.41 with the Nikkei 300 Index ahead 1.53 at 302.36. Turnover was an estimated 450
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      WORLD STOCK MARKETS
      1406 19 LEADING shares ended mixed, resisting the temptation to follow a weaker Dow, down around 30 points, in the light of the the US market's recent volatility. The market opened the morning session slightly higher but drifted aimlessly throughout the day as bonds were pulled lower by weak
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      2279 20 AFX-Asia OBugSmg ****** SHARE prices closed higher on bargain-hunting. Most of the afternoon saw strong buying across the board with blue chip property stocks and conglomerates the main focus of attention. The Hang Seng Index closed up 164.27 points at 11,364.46 on a turnover of HK$4.7 billion. A trader
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      437 20 Reuter PShanghai! Stow hie +MI THE Shanghai B Index rose yesterday on support buying by local traders on selective stocks, which stimulated limited follow-up buying. The B Index ended up 0.46 point to 51.22 on turnover of 5.6 million shares worth US$2.2 million. "Domestic institutions and limited overseas buying
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      1118 20 Bloomberg Business News BSBTMb STOCKS rose in the lightest trading this year, as some investors sought to raise cash before the Lunar New Year. Shares in companies that reported results for the October-December quarter were mostly higher. Although Thailand does not have an official holiday for the Lunar New
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      956 20 Bloomberg Business News MOmpmIOMB +&38 STOCKS rose as market bellwether Telkom surged to a record on optimism that a lack of competition and a growing economy will boost its profit. "In countries like the Philippines, Malaysia, and Singapore, you're seebig a greater degree of competition for the incumbent telephone
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        6837 21 KUALA LUMPUR Reports Bloomberg Business News yiOßmpoßtclMtei *6173 STOCKS rose for a third day, led by Telekom Malaysia after the government said it approved a new rate structure that's expected to increase the phone company's revenues. The shares rose 20 sen to
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        C&C warrants: upside limited
        3281 22  -  WARRANT WATCH By\ R Sivanithy ONE of the most recent blue chips to have a covered warrant issued by BZW is Cycle and Carriage. These were just listed and therefore merit a closer examination. Like most of the other covered warrants, 10 are needed for conversion
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        73 24  -  by Paul Leo HONGKONG Land Holdings'decline Jirom its years of $143 on Feb 5 to $111 yesterday is expected to end soon. Average Directional Movement Index is Indicating a turnaround. Daily RSI near 25 will be pushed into oversold territory on any further prke weakness. Support is likely
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        Market falls but pullback fails to dampen dealers
        858 24  -  STOCK MAUBT COMMBMTAKT Optimism remains that the STII, after losing more than 100 points in one week, will regain its 2,500 level after the consolidation By R Sivanithy [SINGAPORE] After a one-day rebound on Tuesday, local stock prices yesterday resumed their downward
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      • ON THE GRAPEVINE
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          All in the plot
          161 24 NOTICE how the stock price of insure ICS has been quietly creeping northwards? From $M) 6 on Feb 9, the counter surged to $440 on Tuesday befors closing marginally lower at 94.18 yesterday. Market sources who track ICS say that it could be in for a
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          The just-in-time executive lunch
          70 24 DAIWA SECURITIES understands how busy fUnd managers are. During a lunch time seminar yesterday, the Japanese broking firm provided bento box lunches to seminar participants. This was probably done with the understanding that busy fUnd managers could only spare 90 minutes to both set and listen
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          Till debt do us part
          115 24 A READER called to ask if consumer defaults were on the rise because foreign banks in Singapore have been aggressively advertising for "Collection Officers". One such ad from an American bank yesterday sought business diploma holders with strong communication skills and receptive to "new concepts
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          Markowitz on Soros
          70 24 DR HARRY MARKOWITZ, the fether of "modern portfolio theory", said that well-known financier George Soroe is too much of a "plunger" (a risk taker) white he himself is too risk averse. Dr Markowitx prefers Warren Buffet whom he considers a value investor with an uncanny ability to
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          Future shock
          81 24 IF YOU are excited about working in the factory of the ftiture, hare's some sobering news. Printwire, a local public relations IT publication, has this to say about the issue. "The factory of the foture win only have two employees, a man and a dog. The man will
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      43 13 CERRlffl ***** Is Proud To Have-Dressed Harrison Ford In SABRINA. "In Sabrina, clothes are not purely ornamental; they play an essential narrative role." Nino Cerruti y to the merger MrYry year. mm /LyS I imiDßni IHIUII /llMy iiiinimiiiißw (7 WHHMlKllWilil wiuiiiuiimiH wammrimuMm aiiiiiiiiKn
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      543 24 i 1 Y9RK YORK PACIFIC HOLDINGS LTD (tncorpocUd to) the Republic of Singapore) NOTICE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an Extraordinary Ganaral Meeting of Shareholders of the Company will be held at Young Room, 10CoNyer Quay #06-05, Ocean Building, Singapore *****5 on 14 March 1996 at
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      318 24 M THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 80 AND M THE MATTER OF BUKITPELANDOK PRIVATE LOTTED JWk Msaksaa l NOTICE 13 HEREBY QIVEN pursuant to Sscton 308(1) of toa Compart— Act. Cap.SO, that a Final General Meeting of tha abovanamad Company wW ba hald at t Panano Road #12-00
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      586 24 Singapore Closing Share Prices 14/02/1996 CLOSE PREV LOW HIGH US$ US$ US$ US$ MlMr Jardine Matheson 8.20 8.45 8.20 8.55 FBSSH Jardine Strategic 3.42 3.42 3.34 3.50 LVKVi Oairy Farm 0.07 0.04 0.04 0.07 Hongkong Land 2.11 2.14 2.11 2.17 ■■■miPli Mandarin Oriental 1.33 1.20 1.30 1.30 BfiKttttH Jardine Strategic
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      Lock icon DAILY FREIGHT
      308 25 Knight-Ridder, Reuter THE Baltic Freight Index (BFI) was eased by one point on Tuesday to 1,448 points. Brokers said early positions were still weak but some improvement in activity and firmer rates were being reported for first half March from the U.S. Gulf. In the far East and
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      MARITIME STOCKS
      290 25 mm it *h m CWT OtatribuMon 197 undi 2 Chuan Hup HaMngs. 1.22 -0.02 29 Casco Mvastmant 1.99 -0.01 13S rCLS 7.90 *0.20 376 FraW* Links 0.90 undi US G9 HaMngs 134 -0.01 144 Hal Sub Hup Gnu* UN -0.01 1S9 HRacN Zasan Sing —109 Unch 31 IMCHaMngs
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      Trade boom leads to new China-Japan box routes
      452 25  -  Latest figures show steady gains in movement of containerised cargo From Bruce Rutledge in Tokyo WHOEVER says Japan's markets are hard to crack hasn't talked to the Chinese. Statistics for 1995 show that trade is booming between the countries, up 25 per
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      Lock icon Van Ommeren to sell shipping stake
      141 25 Reuter [NEW YORK] Koninklijke Van Ommeren NV said on Tuesday it had agreed to sell a 51 per cent interest in the dry cargo shipping company Van Ommeren Shipping to a group comprising Van Ommeren Shipping management and the venture capital company NeSBIC Groep
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      Disenchantment with bulkers fuels renewed interest in tankers
      686 25  -  MEWBUXLDS By\ David Hughes THE sale and purchase market can give an early indication of the way the newbuilding market is heading. Both are sensitive, arguably absurdly so, to current freight rates. Over the past year or more bulkers have been in
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      Lock icon Penang starts hotlines on feedering via P Klang
      211 25 MBT [PENANG] Penang Port Commission (PPC) has launched two load centring hotlines to assist shippers wishing to opt for the Penang-Port Klang feeder run to take advantage of the increasing number of mother vessel calls and destinations available at Port Hang. The
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      Lock icon Ship captain refuses to allow helicopter rescue
      315 25 AFP [WELLINGTON] An ailing passenger on an American cruise liner died after the skipper refused to allow New Zealand rescue authorities to stage a helicopter rescue. Captain Bo Lewellhaeen of the American ship Golden Princess, when asked why he did not let the
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      Unitor wins second Mitsui deal
      128 25 [SINGAPORE] Norway's international ship supply specialist Unitor has secured a contract for thermal insulation system supply to a newbuilding in Japan, its fourth such contract in recent months. The deal, valued at some- where in the region of 60 million kroner (5513.1 million), covers the
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      Aussie state govt sells port of Portland
      367 25  -  Trans-Tasman group to pay As3omto Victorian govt From Florence Cheong in Sydney IN THE first sale of an entire port in Australia, the Victorian government has sold the port of Portland to a TransTasman consortium. The port is the second largest in the
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        Lock icon APL completes sale of Guam assets
        99 25 Bloomberg Business News [OAKLAND, California) American President Co said its ocean shipping unit hat completed the previously announced sale of its Guam assets to Alexander 4 Baldwin Inc's Matson Nsvigstion Co. The Guam container handling equipment is part of American President Lines' sale ofeix
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        Lock icon China cracks down on abuse at ports
        67 25 Reuter [BEIJING] China is to launch an inspection of toll collection at ports to try to hah rampant overcharging, the China Daily said <» Wednesday. The Inspection will start on March land will be carried out by the ministries of Public Security, Communications,
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        Bremer Vulkan gets cash guarantee nod
        62 25 [LONDON] A 220 million-mark (SSZII million) Bremen cash guarantee for Bremer Vulkan can go ahead, the EU Commission said. But it has charged Vulkan with diverting some of theB6o million-mark in subsidies, intended for firmer East German yards, to its ailing west German yards.
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        Sumitomo optimistic about '96
        71 25 rrOKYO] Japan's Sumitomo Heavy Industries to bullish about 1986 despite the current newbuilding price war between Japanese and Smith Korean yards. It expects to bring in 790 million yen (599.7 million) during fiscal year 1996, up flnom 440 million yen this year. Sales in 1994 were
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        Hamburg rapped for high charges
        63 25 [LONDON] A row between German and Dutch tug operators in Hamburg has sparked critictem of Hamburg's high charges. Newspaper polls ofowners show that Rotterdam and Antwerp charge 26 per cent less. Maersk Line says it paid 25 million marks (S92S.9million) for tugs In Hamburg last
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        Lock icon Georgia wants its share of disputed fleet
        80 25 AFP [MOSCOW] Georgia intends to claim "its share" of the disputed ex-Soviet Black Sea fleet, Interfax news agency quoted the Caucasus republic's foreign minister, Irakly Menagarishvili, as saying. The Interfax news agency quoted him as saying that Georgia contributed to establishmentofthefleetandwasthebaseofmanyofits ships during
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      Lock icon US lets shipping talks sink
      946 26  -  WORLD MERCHANT SHIPPING: OPENING UP IS HARD TO DO World Trade Organisation talks to end protectionist practices on international shipping routes are heading nowhere. Members doubt an agreement can be reached by the June deadline, and many blame Washington's disinterest By I Guy de Jonquieres
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      INDEX TO SHIPPING LINES AND FREIGHT FORWARDERS
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        COCKETT BUNKER MARKET REPORT
        938 39 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
        587 39 FBBM Bangladesh: Market and Public holiday, Jamatul Wida. Taiwan: Stock Market holiday (to Feb 17). Ivory Coast: Market and Public holiday, Day after Night of Destiny (Lailatoul-Kadr). FEB 17 Bangladesh: Market and Public holiday, Shab-e-Qadar. Nepal: Market and Public holiday, Maha Shivratri. Sri Lanka: Market and Public holiday.
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        Qantas expanding services in growing Asian market
        378 40  -  But Australian carrier is aware of overcapacity on some routes in the region By Rahita Elias [SINGAPORE] Australia's Qantas Airways is expanding its Asian network in tandem with its strong growth. And as it does so, it is aware of the challenges this
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        Lock icon China, Vietnam reopen rail links
        160 40 AFP [ON BOARD TRAIN 323, SinoVietnamese border] China and Vietnam reopened their cross-border railway yesterday for the first time in 18 years as they pledged to put aside past animosities for future economic ties. A large red Chinese train pulled into the station in the
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        Lock icon Ford to stop ad campaign in Japan
        135 40 Reuter [TOKYOJ Ford Motor Co said on Tuesday it will end its controversial advertising campaign in Japan, which has upset a number of European car makers by underscoring the much higher prices they charge to Japanese consumers than in their home markets. "I'm
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        Lock icon M'sian carrier to start domestic services
        245 40 Asia Pacific Airlines to fly 9 routes out of Langkawi from April MBT [KUALA LUMPUR] Local carrier Asia Pacific Airlines will mount domestic scheduled operations on nine routes, mostly out of Langkawi, beginning on April IS. Asia Pacific Airlines is the fifth company in
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        Lock icon Thailand expected to raise funds for THAI
        171 40 Reuter [BANGKOK] Thailand is expected to launch big samurai bonds by late February or early March to raise funds for Thai Airways International pic to pay for its two new Boe-ing-7775, finance ministry sources said on Tuesday. The officials declined to reveal the
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        Lock icon Canada's 2 big airlines set for tough battle
        270 40 Air Canada, Air fighting discount carriers Reuter [CALGARY, Alberta] Canada's two major airlines, Air Canada and Canadian Airlines Corp, are expected to launch a dogfight with upstart discount carriers to preserve their domestic passenger base. On Monday, Calgary-based bus company Greyhound Lines
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          Lock icon Honda starts new Legend sole in Japan
          94 40 Bloomberg Business News [TOKYO] Honda Motor Co will begin idling the new version of its Legend luxury sedan in Japan tomorrow and will target sake of Is,oooayear. Honda said the price fbr the updated Legend to 174J000 yen («ga#)gHesa thin tlx prwyirma mnrtol
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          Lock icon Fiji airline's new pact with US
          53 40 AFP [SUVA] rill'i TTntlnnal ■irlhm 1 ir rnrlnr lias i aiiagnllslsii iiyi I ultli IlisTTl7 iiliiniltiiH lHi||lHMllliln the US and allowing it to continue US fttgfctatAtoCanafe and Europe, government officials said yeatartay. The new agreement which received Cabinet approval onTosedav, was negotiated by a
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          Lock icon Michelin sees better in'96
          69 40 Reuter [PARIS] Micheiinnnance director IncDoutdais da Charbonniere said he expected the tyranakar to ahow further profit growth in lflggaadan iMpioiwmtHin tba r —r~ trill mtiiuli—gi mufti mn» un iln antiinw Im ,j ft a> a.* y*- rnr tormr twit nri fiiptiUNl itming ICTTT **ltWTnrffl rrmftiTw liw
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          Lock icon Suzuki launches
          54 40 Reuter rTOKVO] Suzuki Motor Corp aaldUlaincfasdtfae first Wagon, in Japan yesterday. Suzuki hopes to seD XJSOQattim station wagons per month. Prices wifl ratios ftwnUS million yen to 1.78 million yen. Answer developed 1.8-litre engine, a four-wheel-drive (4WD), and dual afe-bw are available for several varsicos of the station
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        TNT S'pore office wins Worldwide Service Award
        225 40 [SINGAPORE] TNT Express' Singapore office recently beat more than 200 other offices around the world to win the latest Worldwide Service Award. The company's vice-presi-dent of operations (worldwide), Fred Beljaars, was in Singapore yesterday to present the award, which is up for grabs
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        AIRCRAFT ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES
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      581 28 JAPAN/HONGKONG/STRAITS REGULAR SERVICE LOADING FOR PORT KLANQ/PENANQ vessel voy spore p.ouqaiio pm pbi COMTTY MPT 18 Fa SELECTA 11 17 Ufa EURASIAN CHARM I 17 FES HFH WMTEHAKUYO T» lIFH 21 FB mmrecwoKi wfo mm 6BKWSAIKI 7 23 Fa nm oorthe oloenporff i zi fh aFa wmar wua M «FB
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      1092 29 FP il STRAITS SHIPPING PTE LTD I 11 Hoe Chiang Road #11-01 Kappol Towers Slaiapore 0208 Tel: *****88 Fox: *****17 NEW QUtWIA PACIFIC LINE Jg™ (A SERVICE OF CHINA NAVIGATION CO) STRAITS STAR VMM KM 1»Fa» Mi Unabala. Latuan A Mm. STRAITS MOPE VMO4E 17 hi llFat Maara AMa KtaaAaia.
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      1993 29 BfeQ CjfllltAiffefiK P&OContaliiera (Singapore Agencies) Pte Ltd VS" llCf 9 10 Hoe Chiang Road. #07-01 Keppel Towers, Singapore 0208 First Class Connections WORLDWIDE Td: 225 2233 Tekx: RS ***** pnocsp f«u 22s 5327/222 7517 CR Number *****9 *****7. EXPORT IMPORT vessel vov pHTW! ißi sou ant hot ham qot am
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      571 29 OUTBOUND PKL PEN XHI SMI MB HP HI KH TOK TOK NAG KOO OS« MOJ BUS WAN HA1213 M3l 11/B2 12*2 114*2| M PORT IX2 21*2 22*2 24*2 (J2*3 2X2 Tim 21*2 WAN HAI 221W8 14*2 15*2 17*2 gg 22*2 14*2 2X2 20*2 Wj W OX3 03*3 WAN HAI T\%!WB2
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      1133 30 EUROPE/UK/SCANDINAVIA/FMUNO/RUBSIA SGP RDM ANW HM THF LHV LHV THF ROM MM HM HO. SSF i. RENOWN RW-11S 11/2 1/3 1/3 11/3 12/3 13/3 i. GAROEN RI-M2 21/1 24/1 2*l 2VI 27/1 11/2 21/7 E. REACH RW-M7 2«/2 Ift/3 17/9 11/3 11/3 21/3 E. GLOWING RE-G34 21/1 31/1 31/1 1/2 2/2
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      842 30 I_ Hfc VOYACI nr MM «M MM MM SWT Ml I VB» VOTMI BW AMI DM tin SO I MOKW mm* mm ivn 11/07 m*7 71/07 71/07 tj/oj umohwn omk m m m n/k 17/07 I UN (OHM 0*7077* IW7 7VOJ JUTJ 77/07 H/U 74*7 74/13 n LAM 030U04C IW
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      565 30 TBi *****33 (12 UNO) FAX: *****15/*****03 TELEX: R8 ***** MBMP (3 Urns) CftN0:**********0E ACCEPTING FCL AND CONVENTIONAL *o> LoMng tor Artt t*™" 7" i Abyot 43NVB 08/ M Hmraunnaiun *rZ FULLY CONTAINERISED REGULAR LINER SERVICE ACCEPTING BOTH FCI7LCL ALSO ISCMSOC AffftAtwftimi nrwt wjm f *ilri InijiM r»i.i Hi liln Mi
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      1615 31 DIRECT SAHJNGS TO HAIFA-14 DAYS HEW YORK 28 DAYS Suflfirti Simrtl AftMt Til (tfftl) MM Sllii/ltokmi Af»*T Oft COS TAR SHIPPING PTE LTD f £iJSSS^£S m Cm mr c Sn 'L'%!?.< tnt7is immimw*ltuts H JL- U,M S'° C—*M—l4MT* OSS ltt§ Ttmtr t Heft. Vein ttutot Irtrttolt $rc Dtct 4!tS7it [flpmtml
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      532 31 ©HEUNG-A SHIPPING (KOREAN FLAG) Clt NO: **********0 M 1 FUIIY COWPUNBHSB) SfltVKl f~ ttKHOW DOKT EXFtKS SVC AISO AC(7IM (AKO TO ROX/MNOSNNM/MAOAB/lOMA/TSUtKA/RAaUM/RAIStfYARA/ MR CMMMMTIOiNOIHNMI MNOHI4/n/»m»-IMNBAin TOOMMNAI/VOYAMA MNK)/IANAZAWA/TOnjSHMA/YO(MKH/A(nillAF'M) W NISAN ON ma VSL nwiBMBOT aOOUIMOBNINSI422S RBMMSc 1) SHANGNAL DAUAR UNGAN& QBKOAO VIA RiSAN HRMG-A SHUT tOTN 1.4222 STORE AGENTS: 2i «°*****)
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      437 31 I FAMOUS CONTAINER UNES 80 ROBINSON ROAD, #22-02 SINGAPORE *****8 HOT UNE: *****33 (30 UNES) I DAILY SAILING I i| TO KB KB HONG4KONG ATTRACTIVE RATES! CALL FAMOUS FREIGHT FOR BOOKING l| SYLVIA KANG IVY *****33 P. KLANG PH: 0203/*****02 (10 LINES) PENANG PH: 0204/*****7 (10 LINES) j. BAHRU PH:
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      430 34 BKAPAL KRIS Shipping Pte Ltd 7M DUXTON ROAD, S'PORE 0*9529 %fc *****76 Fax: *****77 CR NO. **********0G SYARIKAT PERKAPALAN KRIS SENDIRIAN BERHAD 309-609 MOCK A GLOKIAC BUSINESS CENTRE, 10JA1AN SS 6/1, KEIANA JAYA, P.O. BOX 8428 ***** PHALING JAYA, SHANGOR. TH: *****77/78/79 FAX: *****07 THE* MA 3063S REGULAR CONTAINER SERVICE
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      232 34 INTERMARITIME HE BEIMWHM SOUTH afmcansmvki wtmnoMassavKi) fmm: «.«v carman/ mmu east rTMiun VESSEL KK TGM SM PI NTS DM CT EUROPE SERVICE TRADE ANIMATION VIIS 20/0331/03 01/04 03/04 14/04 20/04 27/04 SS~~ill KKU TMA iT/in r TWVI2* 02/05 07/0S 00/0$ 10/0$ 21/0$ 27/05 02/N NCSWIVI/N SSI SU> 5> DON JUAN
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      292 34 SO THjOK OLANGAH ROAD *02-02 OTWORT CENTRE. STORE 0409 TEL: *****11 (6 lines) FAX: *****05 TLX: RS ***** CR NO. **********0W Vtssa HOT. ro eto oonunoN MNMMH NM7 14flZM M*2M nMNKOBOH NUGUN MM IWW IU2M SURAMYWfNOK nhoukw mm nmm hmm mibmmmmmtomkl oalam SMELA MM IM2M IM2M SURAMTMAIUAMMSM UMMN 07M IMZM
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      77 34 MXtt!Hriߣi9 Astro Shipping Pte UJ" i WEEKLY CONSOLIDATION SERVICE SHANGHAI 21/02,28/02 BANGKOK 21/oui/0^ I TEL 220-6045 (10 LINK)/ FAX: 325-4080 /SS7 speedaunes 1 B I VPY [5 |pm pfK Iju l|Uf |my Ifli I rjr 1 SMWOKAGCHTS: fc Tele-Games Crack Safe Test your skill against our "Super Safe* Computer. Break
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      606 35 mm MYANMA FIVE STAR UNE W (My—w NatiMol Um) loMfaf for Ym|m (Rrr|Bor) VBSa VOT SM H6 FBI Nil Mfitfl MOW MPT bawubymi n/n o ;/oj BAUTSIA AGCNTV OOUSTIAft SMffM MBKKS WL m 02-03-1417M0 HO: TH 01-03-S7MIOI rak IB 01-04-*****01 IB 02-*****2321/4 BANK LINE (A Mnki af hdnm WMr Slrippfef)
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      1102 35 M rr= ADVANCE CONTAINER LINES (PTE) LTD ■Af* I 140 CrcM StrMt, PIL BuMdlng. Singapore *****0 TEL: *****21, FAX *****10, TELEX RS ***** ACLPL CR NO. **********0E I ■HOW— JAKARTA y n HI. I uLm n HIT, i Ukrn n L 5» .T-TT?. FCOCTAUTMOBIrtrTBAMJUm VOY 3M M BKK I aw
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      827 35 VEWEI m O—enA |I£HWHE HAMBURG THAMESPORT ROTTERDAM ANT*EM> MLLEKCARNA CI3W 16KB 27/02 08/03 07/03 OM3 tWD3 IMB V-LE DC SAfIfTTA SI3W 21AB OMQ ~55 IMB W W& 2MB VHfOIMOWO 27/02 11/03 IMB 2MB 22/03 2MB 2MB |\fti£PEOBW«A |hi3W [»roj IMB 2MB 27/03 2MB 3MB W/04 ALSO ACCEPTING CARGO TO ALL
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      863 36 VEBBCL vov sin PBJ VESSEL VOV SIM BKK OURU BHUM 0888 Sat 17/02 Tu> 20/02 STAMfORD WW 1 Sat 17/02 VANTRA BHUM 124N Thti In Pt Sun FSS 252 JSfIS. _Sst_ 24*2. *521 St 17/02 Tua WM NANTABHUM 24/02. ULA BHUM OON sZ~ISST W=" 21/02 Sun _2S/02_ H ANAU iiiF
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      706 36 v j Xt/iAi 79 ANSON ROAD, >21-01, SINGAPORE 0207 CRt *****920QQQN STRAITS SHUTTLE SERVICE SFittSS PENANA VOT WO. VESSEL WOT ra. iUSAK ***** 21/02 WED 23AK FRI XOUR TINGGI ***** 1602 FRI 1702 SAT PACIFIC LADY ***** 70/ m thii SZmcTF 460N 18Q2SUN 1902M0W 35-N «SCWjjWg 6014 1902 MON 21/02
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      516 37 SINO IXPRISS SHIPPING (PTI) LTD. .j V MM I 11 COLLYER QUAY #06-01 THE ARCADE SINGAPORE 0104. TEL: *****00 (4 LINES) FAX: *****08 TLX: R*****1 SINOEX v BINOTRANB SHAHOHAI (CONTAINER SERVICE) SIM/HKO/SHAI STORE HKO SHAJ VKBBEL VOY ETA ETP ETA ETP ETA ETP L/TMOS 9603/9604 QUQ2 OSflB 10/02 13/02 14/02
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      473 37 cqijwiMiftUMgfcaHi; uTTTTIS AfMiits. MAC-WHS SPORE: 2tflM2t <24 UNEB) wmn, MO mm sasff« P.KELAMO;<MHMM77 JK* (21) MQH47 MOM: (91) MMB3 BANDUNftO2)4M»S t MADRAS FCL US$375/20' HAMBURG FXT ROTTERDAM mv "HANJIN KOBE" V.059W ETA 19/2 VAN (BC) MTL TOR mv "HANJIN ROTTERDAM" V.033E ETA 22/2 j CALL: EILEEN, PNYLISS, XIUHUA I i
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      102 37 m WBKLYSAIUNgTtft M fM PTATLfI 21 OS STAIESI 3 (VIA BANDAR ABBAS/BUSAIV) UKRAINE I nmocessw MOSCOW 1 MAFMUUO) «5 £*+1 agu THI RUSSIA SPSCIALHT ACCEPTING BOOKING FROM FAR EAST, INDIAN SUB-CONTINENT AND CHINA MAIN PORTS. ATTRACTIVE FCL/LCL RATES TO; Indian Sub-Continent Ports MADRAS/BOMBAY/ CALCUTTA/ COLOMBO CHITTAGONG NHAVA SHEVA WENDER >NTAINER
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      538 38 SHIPPINGTIMES BUSINESSCENTRE ADVERTISING THAT DELIVERS YOUR BUSINESS FACTS THROUGH THE FAX JUST CALL 740-6000 #t Document Code 8001 NOW YOUR ftKWJEOLLI AWAY Now keeping /atouch with your loved ones has never been easier and cheaper, introducing /Mtmich, the phone card specially designed for professionals like you who work on board
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      375 38 f— 1 TEAMWORK is when everyone goal. A quality which has been The Total Transportation People The Total embraced by all at Visa Freight Tronsportotion ll* transportation needs in our hands and join the winners' circle. car»mjSHto smcc im VISA FREIGHT SERVICES PIE LID JISSSSSZ. 10 Anson Rd#2CM>?lnterrx3ttonc<PlCEa9ngapofe *****3 V/ICA
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      120 39 LEGEND: R Thunderstorm T.mperoture c A y Shower Wtoltw _X Wind dwection with speed in knot* Ravi vJ Cloudy Sky Wov Sertace winds ore indicated by arrows wfecti My with the wind One hJ circle represents cokn or light and variable wtnds One half Heche represents sknots One Hi Heche
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      58 40 WE ARE MOVING... We will be located at SEA CONSORTIUM PIE LTD's f~ premises on 18 February 1996. n B ~i r ~N Illy I XOUR LINE PTE LTD \v» SA' c/o Sea Consortium Pie Ltd f A 11 Duxton HIU, Singapore *****5 Tel *****92 Fax *****57/*****34 Customer Svc& Doc/
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