The Business Times, 19 August 1996

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    21 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 046/12/95 Internet: http://www.asial.com.sg/biztimes S.I N G A P o R E MONDAY, AUGUST 19,1996 85c v
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    MARKET SUMMARY
    50 1 miMimrDWB Week Chup STB 2,199.43 -28.61 KLSECOMP 1,182.09 4.11 NIKKEI .20,834.90—+282.96 HANG SENG U.I7S.M +71.95 SET INDEX 1 ,983.88 -38.45 JAKARTA COMP—536.73 -19.98 MANILA COUP 2,108.7 +21.51 TAIPEI WP1 1228.62 -86J6 SEOUL COMP 819.69 -2168 CISA CHINA B -JSMM -45.41 Mimmum} ttas +tu WW.™ 5,689.45 r +^14 A
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    FINANCE
    69 1 EXEXAMHBIATE3 m si USt__ 1.419 t— 1 m js.i8& DM i 9.972. 0.M7 1,109 Ml 0.491 9.596 HKS 9.121 .9.182 BAHT 9.049 9.9*9 RUP1AH199 9.944 9.999 PUKE BATES SINGAPORE* .144 KOALA UJMPUR 8.15 JAKASTA 18.M BANGKOK 1175 MANILA M.50 HONGKONG 8.75 TAIPEI .8.00 SYDMT 10.75 TOKYO-—, 180 38Q0L 1100
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    Lock icon 500 Sing Tel shares at $2.50 for adult S'poreans
    936 1  -  Second tranche offer represents 26% discount over Friday's dosing price of $3.40 By l Genevieve Cua [SINGAPORE] Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong yesterday unveiled the much-awaited details of Singapore Telecom's second tranche of shares for Singaporeans. Each adult Singaporean will be
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    Sampoerna launches bid for Transmarco at $6.50 a share
    252 1  -  By] Rahita Elias [SINGAPORE] Indonesian tobacco tycoon Putera Sampoerna has launched a conditional takeover offer for listed retail and telecommunications company Transmarco at $6.50 a share. The move, announced on Saturday by Standard Chartered Merchant Bank Asia Ltd (SCMBA) and Swiss
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    $607 m question over Price Waterhouse sums
    583 1  -  THE Amcol SAGA Is Sinar Mas paying too much or has PW been alarmist? Byi Catherine Ong [SINGAPORE] The all-share bid by Indonesia's Sinar Mas group to save Amcol Holdings has raised questions about the write-down values made by Price Waterhouse (PW) accountants
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      122 1 Overseas strength Building materials company PD International believes that regional expansion is vital to its growth, Pf 3 Way ta get ahead A new decision-making tool for companies seeking to get ahead of the competition, TO KmHrtm IBM takes on more regional partners, thanks to new open-systems software policy, ITI
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      23 1 PM irgM voters to give clear signal in election; 2Ut«Mrtny housing concept for Punggol PM tails why SM raised re-merger with M'sia, Pg2
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
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      21st century housing concept for Punggol
      322 2  -  By, Rahita Elias THE government will launch a new concept of housing in Punggol called Punggol 21, which will serve as a model for new towns in the 21st century, Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong said yesterday. Outlining the master plan, Mr Goh said:
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      PM urges voters to give clear signal in coming election
      684 2  -  NATIONAL DAT RALLT S'pqp-eans can decide to change govt but be sure it's a better alternative: Mr Goh Reports by Chuang Peck Ming INVOKING his six-year track record in office, Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong last night appealed to voters
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      Lock icon PM tells why SM raised re-merger with M'sia
      370 2 Issue not on his agenda, bat Mr Goh wants closer ties IF SINGAPORE falters, it will have no choice but to ask Malaysia to take it back, on Malaysia's terms that was the point Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew was driving at
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      Enhancing cohesion with communities plan
      327 2 IN A move to boost social cohesion, Prhne Minister Qoh Chok Tong last night proposed that Singapore be divided into 10 to 15 communities, each with a newly-formed community development council headed by a mayor. Each community could be a whole town like Ang Mo
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      Indian minister to reassure investors
      349 2  -  He is likely to focus on country's economic reforms during visit From K P Nayar in New Delhi INDIAN External Affairs Minister I K Gujral will arrive in Singapore tomorrow to reassure officials that New Delhi's economic reforms are on course under the new government.
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      Lock icon J P Morgan sees 6% GDP growth
      372 2  -  E7E ON THE ECONOMY GDP By, Anna Teo JP MORGAN has slashed its full-year gross domestic product (GDP) growth forecast for Singapore to just 6 per cent down from 8.3 per cent previously, and below the official 7-8 per cent range. In seasonally-adjusted
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      Lock icon PD group builds basis for regional expansion
      734 3  -  spotlight on SINGAPORE'S BEST: Building materials firm has expanded overseas, increased its STpore operations By) Diana Oon IN AN interview more than three years ago, Poh Ah Tee, founder and managing director of PD International made it clear that he believed future growth
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      New public relations partnership aims to be quick on its feet
      616 3  -  COMPANY VISIT Fleishman-Hillard Hicfcson Company expects to benefit from access to FITS worldwide network By Kevin Sullivan FLEISHMAN HILLARD International Communications, the world's fourth largest public relations firm, is settling down with its new Singaporean partner after breaking up
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      Konica to set up regional HQ here
      254 3  -  By] Poo-Cheong Wai Ming KONICA of Japan will be setting up a regional headquarters in Singapore, Konica Asia, to oversee as well as hold ownership of Konica subsidiaries here and in Hongkong and Thailand. The exception is Konica Photochem Thailand, a photochemical factory
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      187 2 MRCcntre Do you have a need for a temporary or permanent satellite office? Do You Hmv* A Special Corporate Project In Mind Singapore's Finest Serviced Office Witn Complete Secretarial Support Amp* > 1 Pi <* i r WE ARE THE FIRST (Office access, air-con, 1 Promotional rental rale I 1
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      Lock icon Razaleigh to dissolve Spirit of 46
      184 4 KUALA LUMPUR Reuter A FORMER foe of Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said on Saturday that he would dissolve his party in a reconciliation with the ruling United Malays National Organisation (Umno). Razaleigh Hamzah, who announced earlier this year that his Spirit of 46
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      Lock icon Baht will continue to be fixed against basket of currencies
      579 4 PHUKET Central banker says he is happy with baht's value, warns against speculation Reuter THAI central bank governor Rerngchai Marakanond told over 100 currency dealers from South-east Asia on Saturday that Thailand had no plans to abandon its practice of
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      Lock icon Bank Negara seen sitting out Thai, Indon turbulence
      425 4 KUALA LUMPUR Reuter MALAYSIA'S central bank is expected to sit out the turbulence in Thai and Indonesian financial markets, although fund inflows from the two countries are threatening its tight monetary policy, analysts said. The analysts told Reuters at the weekend the
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      Lock icon Fairy tale wedding
      117 4 [BANDAR SERIBEGAWAN] Brunei Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah (right) escorting the bridegroom, Pengiran Anak Haji Abdul Rahim.26, to sit next to Princess Hajjah Rashidah, 27, during their wedding ceremony at the NurcUlman palace yesterday. There will be a week- long celebration to mark the marriage of the sultan's eldest
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      Lock icon Sharp joins M$ 3b chip project in Sarawak
      183 4 TOKYO AFP JAPAN'S Sharp Corp has reached a basic joint venture agreement with the Malaysian state of Sarawak to produce application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs), a leading Tokyo business daily reported yesterday. Sarawak's state government is negotiating with leading European manufacturers and US
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  • CHINA – HONGKONG – TAIWAN
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      Lock icon Plan to revive flagging machinery sector
      391 6 BEIJING Modernisation scheme resembles Mao's Great Leap Forward AFP CHINA has unveiled an ambitious plan to revive its flagging machinery sector in a blueprint reminiscent of former leader Mao Zedong's Great Leap Forward. The "Three Major Campaigns" plan is intended to modernise the sector,
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      Lock icon Japan to shift cheap loans to inland China
      114 6 TOKYO AFX-Asia JAPAN plans to shift low-in-terest official loans from fastgrowing Chinese coastal regions to underdeveloped inland areas. The Nihon Keizai Shimbun yesterday said the government wiU send a fact-finding team to China next year to map out aid guidelines, taking into
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      Lock icon Flight of fancy
      54 6 [BEIJING] Visitors to a travelling European fair in Beijing screaming as they spun around a giant picture of US television star Pamela Anderson on Saturday. The amusement fair is being operated by a British company which claims to be the first to bring this traditional European style
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      Lock icon Taiwan gives assurance on China investment
      371 6 TAIPEI Move to calm fears that business flow will be curbed Reuter TAIWAN'S government yesterday sought to calm fears it might curb the island's business flow to China, saying it would maintain a "consistent" policy on mainland investments and not impose additional restrictions. "The
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      Lock icon China to form 10 big pharmaceutical groups by 2000
      179 6 BEIJING Reuter CHINA plans to form 10 large pharmaceutical enterprise groups by 2000 in a restructuring of the industry. The Business Weekly yesterday said the plan was aimed at transforming China's pharmaceutical industry from small and inefficient companies to larger, more
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      Lock icon floods prevent second rice crop in Hunan province
      167 6 BEIJING Reuter FLOODS in China's Hunan province have prevented farmers from planting rice for the autumn harvest and could force them to depend on food aid until next summer. "The floods in the province have reached historic highs in terms of the
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  • FOCUS: JAPAN'S OVERSEAS INVESTMENTS
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      Lock icon Concern over Japan's industry hollowing out
      1179 7  -  As more and more Japanese firms relocate overseas, many fear the impact of capital outflows on domestic employment and investment From, Anthony Rowley in Tokyo AS JAPAN E S E Arms continue to pour tens of billions of dollars of investment annually into new
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  • ASIA
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      Lock icon Budget will go for short-term pain to get long-term gain
      498 8 CANBERRA Economists see large govt spending cots, say over-spending must be tackled now while the economy is strong Reuter AUSTRALIAN Treasurer Peter Costello promised shortterm pain for long-term gain yesterday as the new conservative government prepared a historic assault on
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      Lock icon Telephone privatisation plan under cloud again
      358 8 NEW DELHI Officials seize 36.5 m rupees from homes of former govt minister Reuter AGENTS from India's fentral Bureau of Investigation (CBI) have seized some 36.5 million rupees (Ssl.3 million) from the homes of former communications minister Sukh Ram, casting a shadow over one
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      Lock icon Indian bank to issue US$ 400m global depository receipts
      368 8 BOMBAY Move comes amid pressure to stop sale of public-sector firms IHT UNDER increasing pressure from India's leftist parties to halt sales of public-sector companies to foreign investors, government institutions like the State Bank of India (SBI) are finding novel ways
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      Lock icon Alan Bond said to be shattered by night in jail
      327 8 PERTH AFP CONVICTED former tycoon Alan Bond was shattered by his first night in jail after he was found guilty of corporate fraud. The Perth Sunday Times reported investigator and author James Fawcett as quoting Bond's English wife, Diana Bliss,
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  • THE WORLD
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      Lock icon Fed may hold rates amid mixed economic signals
      490 9 WASHINGTON But rates may be raised later to slow economy and ward off inflation: analysts Reuter THE Federal Reserve will consider this week whether an in-terest-rate rise is needed to head off potential inflationary pressures, but in the end the central bank
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      Lock icon French franc's fate seen hanging on German rate move
      536 9 PARIS Bloomberg Business News THE French franc, whose recent fall was dismissed by Prime Minister Alain Juppe as "a storm in a teacup", could be blown out of the water on Thursday if the Bundesbank fails to cut interest rates, investors
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      Lock icon Kohl silent on whether he will run again in 1998
      286 9 BONN Reuter CHANCELLOR Helmut Kohl kem Germans guessing yestenlay as to whether he would run for office again in 1998, when he expected a broad coalition of leftist parties to try to topple his centre-right government. Already Europe's longestserving government
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      Lock icon Dole cuts Clinton's opinion poll lead to two points
      409 9 WASHINGTON Survey taken after his acceptance speech at Republican Convention Reuter REPUBLICAN presidential candidate Bob Dole moved within two percentage points of President Bill Clinton following his party's convention in San Diego, a Newsweek poll said last Saturday. The poll found
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  • BUSINESS IT
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      Lock icon Way to get ahead, via data warehousing
      635 10  -  New decision-making tool for companies seeking to get ahead in cnt-throat competition Toh Han Shih {SINGAPORE] Companies seeking to get ahead in cutthroat competition will drive demand for data warehousing, a new technology for accessing data to make decisions. That is the consensus
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      IBM ups number of partners in region
      520 10  -  All thanks to new open-systems software policy By' Toh Han Shih [SINGAPORE] Computer giant IBM has boosted the number of sales staff and partners, particularly in Asia, as a result of its new open-systems software policy introduced last year, said IBM Asia-Pacif-ic software
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      S'pore to play key role as Wang acquires I-Net
      511 11  -  Focus now shifts to providing work management software and services By Denesh Divyanatham k {SINGAPORE] US-based computer giant Wang Laboratories has acquired network v company I-Net for US$l67 mil- lion (***** million) in a move will see Singapore an increasingly important
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    • IT TAKES
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        Thomson's compact transistor package
        91 11  -  Compiled by Nicholas Fang [SINGAPORE] SGS-Thomson Microelectronics has introduced a range of low-power Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistors (Mosfets) housed in one of the smallest surface mounting packages currently available, the SOT-223. The STNxNxx devices are n-channel enhancement mode Mosfets designed to withstand high energy
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        Samsung opens homepage on the Net
        94 11 [SINGAPORE] Samsung Electronics Co has opened a homepage on the Internet to boost dealings with parts and equipments suppliers around the world. The page enables new companies wanting to do business with Samsung to communicate with the electronic goods manufacturer quickly, accurately and at
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        Kodak Imaging system reaches 500 mark
        65 11 [SINGAPORE] Eastman Kodak Company's Business Imaging Systems division has received the 500 th order for its PC-based document storage and retrieval system. The entry-level imaging system, known as the Kodak Imagelink business solutions/PCPlus system (IBS/PCPlus), allows customers to replace large volumes of paper files
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        More responsibilities for TIs Asia head
        68 11 [SINGAPORE} Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) has announced management changes which increase the responsibilities for TI Asia's president, Keh-Shew Lu. He assumes additional responsibility as manager of worldwide memory products for the company. This change reflects the growing importance of Asia for Tl's global semiconductor
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        TI strengthens digital solutions position
        62 11 [SINGAPORE] Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) has announced several management changes designed to enhance the company's position in digital signal processing solutions. The moves bring seasoned management talent to Tl's digital imaging organisation as it makes the transition from venture project to a full-fledged commercial business
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        Course for software management
        70 11 [SINGAPORE] The Singapore Computer Society (SCS) will conduct a certified software managers course on Sept 13, which aims to equip participants with skills to diagnose and solve an organisation's software management problems. The course will last from 9 am to 5 pm and will cost $257.50
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      NUS in R&D pact with Australian research agency
      276 11  -  Hy\ Denesh Divyanathan THE National University of Singapore's Department of Information Systems and Computer Science (DISCS) signed a memorandum of understanding with the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) for research collaboration in information technology last Friday. CSIRO is Australia's governmental
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      Dummies 101 – a smart buy despite its title, even for computer-illiterates
      672 11 Dummies 101 a smart buy despite its title, even for computer-illiterates [SINGAPORE] Dummies 101 is a concise set of computer tutorial books just released by IDG Books Worldwide and is part of its world-famous Dummies series. Don't be put off by the title it's a smart buy. For at a
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      Lock icon Outdoor surfing, anyone?
      329 11 [SINGAPORE] Fancy surfing the Internet outdoors for a change? Then, pop on down to Cafe@boatquay at where else, Boat Quay. This cybercafe has notched up a first in Singapore, and possibly in the world offering Internet access beyond the confines of a building. The establishment, owned by
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      Lock icon Picturetel to set up regional office in Singapore
      308 11  -  Annette Pan [SINGAPORE] US-based videoconferencing giant Picturetel will set up a regional office in Singapore soon to manage its business in Southeast Asia. The 213 sq m office in Carlton Building, which incorporates a service support centre, is slated to be opened
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      Net Explorer 3.0 ups the ante
      690 12  -  Microsoft throws down the gauntlet with the release of its Internet software for Windows 95 Web-browser By] Koh Sa Haw Microsoft Corp released its Internet Explorer 3.0 for Windows 95 Web-brows-er last Tuesday with much fanfare. To draw more Web surfers to download the
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      It's help from the ActiveX
      383 12  -  Byl Koh Sa Haw ALTHOUGH HTML is effective in the display of text with all it* formatting requirements, it is not capable of handling the more complex presentations available to desktop applications. With IE 3.0, Microsoft introduces ActiveX which allows different programs to be run,
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      Lock icon British Telecom drops FTP software browser
      121 12 Bloomberg Business News [LONDON] British Telecommunications pic will use Microsoft's new Internet browser, Internet Explorer 3, for its mass-market Internet service, and drop the Mosaic browser from FTP Software Inc. Future versions of Microsoft's operating systems will also include details of the BT Internet
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  • EXECUTIVE LIFESTYLE
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      Lock icon An elusive and eccentric musical genius
      1154 14  -  Behind the tune of Danny Boy stands one of the strangest figures in musical history, awx boss takes a look at the life and works of Percy Grainger ALEX ROSS NYT WHAT makes a great melody? Take, as a not quite random example, Danny
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      Ka-Ra-you-OK? is certainly OK
      860 16  -  THEATRE Ming Wong's comedy captures the charm, nuances of a singnlarly Singaporean world By] Holly Harrison [SINGAPORE] "There are two kinds of people," says the earnest debater Elvis, whose father (much to his mortification) owns a seedy karaoke lounge, "those who love karaoke, and those who
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      An evening of rich melodies, Russian-style
      389 16  -  CONCERT REVIEW The SSO played with conviction to capture the music's essence By] Benjamin Lob [SINGAPORE] Well-known for their broad, expansive melodies and colourful orchestration, Russian composers such as Mussorgsky, Shostakovich, Khachaturian, Rachmaninov and Stravinsky dominated the programme at last Friday evening's concert by
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      Lock icon Two gentlemen of The Globe
      690 16  -  ■THEATRE It took an American to Mi a replica of fthikcirpoiro'n thwitro By Helen Smith Reuter [LONDON] A replica of the theatre where William Shakespeare's greatest dramas were first performed begins its first season of plays this week, fulfilling a long-cherished dream of late US
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      668 17  -  Property trading income doubles, lifting interim net earnings to $100.6 m By, Abdul Hadhi [SINGAPORE] DBS Land reported over the weekend a 25.1 per cent rise in interim net group earnings to $100.6 million buoyed by a doubling of income from property trading.
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      255 17 Bloomberg Business News [SINGAPORE] A group of Malaysian investors has agreed to buy a 51.9 per cent stake in main board-listed Berger International Ltd and make a general takeover offer for the rest of the paint maker's shares at $1.50 a share. The
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      Sinar Mas' rescue of Amcol expected to boost market
      432 17  -  Conglomerate latest Indon company to seek listing here Catherine Ong [SINGAPORE] News that Indonesia's Sinar Mas group is saving Amcol Holdings from possible bankruptcy with a $645 million share offer is expected to boost share prices in the stock market today.
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      140 17 Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] Advance Synergy Bhd has entered into an agreement with Pembinaan Redzai Sdn Bhd for the disposal of 30 million ordinary shares of Msl each in Westport Holdings Sdn Bhd for Mslos million in cash. The company said in a statement
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        Thistle Hotels expected to be floated in Oct: reports
        385 18  -  Brierley subsidiary valued at up to £1.5b; listing plans likely to be unveiled this week From Neil Behrmann in London THISTLE Hotels, Britain's second largest hotel group, is expected to be floated on the London stock market in October at a
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        528 18 Management buyout led by Tunku Shahriman is the largest ever in M'sia MBT [KUALA LUMPUR] Four senior Perbadanan Nasional fihd (Pernas) executives will create Malaysian corporate fliistory today with the single ■argest management buyout l(MBO) to be carried out in the
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        312 18  -  Fromi Quak Hiang Whai in Hongkong FRESH from its initial public offer this month, Robert Kuok's Kerry Properties Limited has wasted little time in taking advantage of its new gearing position. The property group yesterday said it has appointed HSBC Investment Bank
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        303 18 But analysts say recurring incomes won't excite market Reuter (HONGKONG) Tycoon Li Kashing's Cheung Kong (Holdings) Ltd and Hutchison Whampoa Ltd are expected to post strong interim results this week, buoyed by one-off exceptional. Stock analysts yesterday said an exceptional gain Hutchison would book
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        695 18  -  HAM a SHHO DTSKfHT HE property stock Investors should wait for corporate results By Quak Hiang Whai NOT too long ago, Ng Teng Fong was asked why he continued to buy land at seemingly high prices. The Singapore billionaire replied that he was in the
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        373 18 Emerging market indices boon or bane? Reuter [HONGKONG! Soaring Taiwan stocks in July revealed the growing influence of emerging market indices, but the extent of their influence remains a matter of debate. Taipei stocks rose IS per cent when Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) announced that it would include Taiwan
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        454 19 Pepsi taken by surprise, will fight near-monopoly bottler's sudden switch in court FT [LONDON] An unprecedented defection in the global cola wars on Friday saw 4,000 blue Pepsi-Cola delivery trucks turn to Coca-Cola red in Venezuela and a network of 18 bottling plants
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        352 19 UK authorities investigating 10-fold rise in share price FT [LONDON] Seven investors in Skynet Corporation, the vehicle tracking group, have made a cash and paper profit of more than £9 million (5519.6 million) in eight weeks on an investment of just £250. Skynet,
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        318 19 Reuter [LOS ANGELES] Walt Disney Co on Saturday promoted Richard Cook to chairman of the studio's motion picture group as part of a broad restructuring of the division. In a statement, Disney said Mr Cook, formerly president of domestic and international
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        312 19 Xatra hopes to wrest control of France's Thomson CSF Bloomberg Business News [LONDONJ British Aerospace pic and Lagardere SCA of solidate Europe's defence industry across national borders, agreed to form a missile-making joint venture with an aim to expanding the business. The two
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        331 19 Bloomberg Business News [STOCKHOLM] Saab Automobile AB said it had a secondquarter pre-tax loss of 95 million kronor (Ss2o million) because of a stronger krona and higher costs, and said those pressures would affect earnings in the coming year.
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        1144 20  -  But watch the US dollar fall against the yen, says Goldman Sachs A/ Vikram Khanna GLOBAL currency markets are stable these days, compared to four years ago when George Soros broke the back of the pound sterling, and the msuor currencies are unlikely
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        510 21 Exporters wan t further weakening while analysts warn of higher inflation IHT [SEOUL] South Korea's currency, the won, is nudging sixyear lows against the US dollar, prompting intervention by the Bank of Korea to prop it up amid growing criticism of government policy by exporters
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        482 21 India leads way with 3-year quarterly high of 135.7 tonnes AFP [SINGAPORE] Gold demand in developing markets reached 465.3 tonnes in the three months to June its second-highest quarterly level ever on the back of booming Indian consumption. The World Gold Council said during
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        64 21 [HAU LOC Vietnam] Women forming a long queue to carry stones to reinforce a dyke in the district ofHau Loc in central 5 T f hanh Hoa province yesterday. Heavy rains caused serious floods in the province last week and damaged some 60,000 ha of
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          56 21 AFP [SHANGHAI] France's Banque Francaise du Commerce Exterieur (BFCE) has applied for a branch licence in Shanghai to develop its China portfolio, now standing at US$2 billion (512.8 billion), its vice-president Erik Lescar said on Friday. He was in Shanghai to submit the application to
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          62 21 Reuter [HONGKONG] Deutsche Morgan Grenfell said on Friday that it has appointed Frank Cheung as treasurer and head of money markets/repo trading in Hongkong, effective tomorrow. Mr Cheung will be responsible for the funding of Deutsche Bank's Hongkong branch as well as the trading and
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          68 21 Bloomberg Business News [MANILA] The Philippine government plans to sell its first 10-year bond next year. It has been gradually adding to the menu of borrowing instruments for peso-denominated debt as regulatory reforms and economic growth build investor confidence in the country. Before
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        227 21 FT [LONDON] Bank customers in Britain are leaving their chequebooks at home and switching to debit cards to pay for their groceries. Debit cards such as the Switch card issued by Midland Bank and Nat West or Barclays Bank's Connect and
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        284 21 Bloomberg Business News NYT [NEW YORK) Palladium prices fell to their lowest level in 30 months amid concern General Motors Corp's new vehicular emissions technology will cut consumption. Earlier last week, GM's Delphi Energy and Engine Management Systems unit said it together with a
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        122 21 Bloomberg Business Netys [MANAMA, Bahrain] Arab Insurance Group (Arig), a Bah-rain-based international reinsurer, said its half year profit rose 18 per cent on increased sales. Net earnings for the period ended June 30 rose to US$25.B million (5536.4 million) from US$2l.9 miUion a
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        1737 21 PRIME LEMPIMO RATES •m ABN Amro Bank NV ftv, ABSA Bank Limited (H AN2 Banking Group 6 AAed Irish Bart PIC ft American Express Ink 7 Arafc Banking Corp 7 Arak Bank PIC ftv, AsaM Bank Ltd 7 BfCI ftv, Ban Hln Lee Bank Bhd ftvt Banca Commercial® ft v,
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        579 22  -  SIMBX Weeklyßoundup Financial data released in France and Germany may affect European highyielders Callum Henderson [SINGAPORE] The first shots of 1996 have been fired at Fortress ERM. They are unlikely to be the last we see this year. In the first six months,
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        864 22 COMMODITY Weeklyßoundup AFP (LONDON] Cereal and vegetable oil prices soared last week as dry weather on the American Great Plains threatened to ravage this year's US harvest. Dealers around the globe shivered in a cold sweat as production in
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      1794 22 SICOM FUTURES Aug 16 RUBBER (futures closing is rt 5.30pm) RSS I CONTRACTS ctntsAq) Close Vohiroe Open Month Hkjh Low Sett (tonnes) Intamt Sep 96 184.00 625 Oct 96 186.50 185.00 185.00 200 2045 Kov96 186.50 75 3000 OK 96 188.50 187.50 187.50 350 2900 Jan/Mar 97 189.00
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      750 23 Relative Strength Index: The RSI measures the rate at which prices move. In theory it ranges between zero and 100. In practice, however, it fluctuates between 10 and 90. RSI is calculated over a specified period, say 13 days, and is derived from the formula: *****0/[(up average/down average)
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        841 24 £fl NEW YORK It might be easier for 'financial gurus to predict the weather than the Dew FT GIVEN the chilly drizzle that fell over Manhattan on Monday, an average New Yorker could not be faulted for assuming summer was over and the city had
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        858 24 Q Sydney ♦lU AUSTRALIAN share prices firmed 0.5 per cent over the week as a series of unremarkable profit results failed to jolt the market out of its pre-bud-get lethargy. "There is no real direction from overseas markets, which have mostly been fairly steady, and base metal
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        153 24 HONGKONG AFP SHARE prices rose 0.2 per cent over the week to Friday in cautious trading due to a lack of fresh incentives, dealers said. The Stock Exchange of Hongkong's key Hang Seng Index gained 71.95 points during the week to close at 11,175.98
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        1533 24 Paris -17J0 THE French stock market was closed on Friday as part of a four-day break which started with Assumption Day on Thursday. The CAC-40 Index closed 1.05 points lower at 1,979.52 on Wednesday. A total of only 2.2 billion francs was transacted. For the week, the
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        Lock icon Stocks rebound on bargain hunting
        246 24 TOKYO AFP SHARE prices rose during the week on bargain hunting and futures-led gains, with investor sentiment gradually recovering following six weeks of declines, brokers said. "Sentiment appeared to be recovering," a broker at a Japanese securities house said. But he added that trading remained
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        Lock icon Positive economic data lifts FT-SE Index to record high
        468 24 LONDON AFP THE London stock exchange rose to new highs as the FT-SE 100 Index reached both an end of trade and intra-day record on Friday. The FT-SE 100 closed at 3,872.9 points on Friday, compared with 3,810.7 at the close
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        Lock icon Tenaga downgrading sidelines investors
        8036 25 million. AFP, Bloomberg Business News Q Composite Index -3JI MALAYSIAN share prices ended a lacklustre week 0.3 per cent lower on Friday as foreign institutions were sidelined by a downgrading of embattled power giant Tenaga Nasional Bhd. Analysts said a move during the week by US
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        Metroplex wrts attractively priced
        3722 26  -  WARRANT WATCH -By\ R Sivanithy THE resurgence of speculative interest on Clob International has drawn attention to this segment, which has been largely neglected for some weeks now. Among the warrants which are traded here are two issued by Metroplex, a diversified company that back in
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      CLOB INTERNATIONAL
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        63 28  -  Paul Lee SRI HARTAMAS rose cents last Friday to f1.02 on a strong volume of 5.17 million units, 3.8 times the 10-day average of 1.35 million shares. It appears that the Clob counter is bottoming out, with a break of immediate resistance at $1.10 possible in the shortterm
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        Takeover activity fuels non-performing market
        1071 28  -  STOCK MASIBT OOMMZDVTABY Deals show that a Singapore listing is still a valuable feather to have in one's cap By R Sivanithy [SINGAPORE] There isn't a stockbroker in town who. isn't waiting with bated breath for activity to pick up this week, if Friday's volume
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      592 20 MIEL INVESTMENT CORPORATION (Incorporated in the British Virgin Islands) CONDITIONAL TAKE-OVER OFFER FOR TRANSMARCO LIMITED Standard Chartered Merchant Bank Asia Limited ("SCMBA") and Swiss Bank Corporation ("SBC") announce, for and on behalf of Miel Investment Corporation ("Viel" or the "Offeror*), that pursuant to Section 213 of the Companies Act, Chapter
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      173 23 I i st OsEAQfi I I wywCßw iSI The 11th Offshore South East Asia Conference Exhibition M| 24 -27 September 1996 World Trade Centre Singapore Ejj9*||R pV Held in conjunction with: g RLPAs!a96 H IJI <■—»» »«»»>» BsSifls S jL3| n«r £r- j| aaaia. m=s-zzr B HKTtI 2 Handy Road,
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      29 28 For real- time stock information, call Quickstock on 1900-913-0003 at 30 cents a minute. Stock numbers are available in the stock pages of The Business Times and Lianhe Zaobao.
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      292 29 Contributed by Simpson Spence Young Demolition is the focal point with a number of interesting deals concluded at very firm levels. Long may the market hold up, enticing others to scrap which may be some remedy to improve rates in the dry sector. Two capesize bulkers, Bocimar's Mineral
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      367 29  -  It will fight ICTSTs appeal against its decision to choose Hutchison Wh&mpoa to rim terminal From, Al Labita in Manila [MANILA] The Subic free port will challenge any appeal against its decision to award a terminal to Hongkong's Hutchison Whampoa Group, an
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      354 29 Matter of time when direct Taiwan-China shipping links start Reuter [HONGKONG] Hongkong port is preparing itself for tough competition when maturing ports in north China and Taiwan set up direct shipping links, senior port officials said. "Our prime hinterland (has) become more and more
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      Enough containerised cargo for all Asian ports up to 2008
      658 29  -  LZNER SCENE l By. David Hughes IN 12 years' time, Singapore's annual container throughput could have reached 42 million TEUs (20-ft equivalent units). Its share of the region's container trade may, however, have dropped to about 40 per cent, from
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      Evergreen launches its first U-class vessel
      101 29 [SINGAPORE] Taiwanese shipping giant Evergreen has introduced into service the first of five U<lass 5,364-TEU (20-fl equivalent unit) post-panamax container vessels it is deploying on its trans-Pacific routes. Ever Ultra (above), built by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries' Kobe shipyard, is now operating on the Taiwan/Hongkong-US
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      121 29 Bernama [BUTTERWORTH] Penang Port Sdn Bhd (PPSB), a company incorporated in 1993 to manage and operate the port of Penang, is willing to share its technical know-how with Myanmar. Chairman Zahrain Mohd Hashim said PPSB hoped to strengthen its bilateral relationship with the Myanmar
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      171 29 Knight-Ridder [OTTAWA] Canada and the US are examining ways to bring down costs of services to shippers in the Great Lakes-St Lawrence Seaway System. A new Canada-US working group is trying to And "a more integrative and cooperative
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      274 29 Daewoo, Samsung Hyundai hit by fewer orders, high labour costs in Ist half Reuter [SEOUL] South Korean shipbuilders, hit by a global slowdown in orders and high labour costs, are expected to post significant declines in profits for the first six months
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      197 29 [HONGKONG] The Tri-Conti-nent Line of Zim Container Services, one of five shipping units worldwide managed by Zim Navigation Co of Israel, has added its latest vessel, (he Zim Asia, to its fleet of seven. The 3,400-TEU (20-ft equivalent unit) container ship,
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        72 29 [HONGKONG] Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) plans to launch its new high-speed ferry in November. The 250-seat twin-hulled ferry will cut the journey time between Pusan and Ulsan from 90 minutes to one hour. It was developed under the first phase of HHl's three-phase, high-speed vessel
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        41 29 [HONGKONG] American President Lines has won Maritime Administration approval to operate a second foreign-flag feedership between Kaohsiung, Taiwan and Fujayrah. United Arab Emirates. The feeder vessel will have capacity of about 2,700 20-ft equivalent units.
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        76 29 Bloomberg Business News [OSLO] Kvaerner ASA, Europe's largest shipbuilder, said second-quarter pre-tax profit fell 83 per cent as it acquired loss-making Trafalgar House pic. Kvaerner, which recently moved headquarters to London from Oslo, said second-quarter pre-tax profit fell to a lower-than-expected 169 million kroner (SS37
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      687 30 MEDITERRANEAN SHIPPING: FOCUS ON TURKEY The state, endowed with skilled and cheaper labour in the region, is setting up a maritime ministry to focus on its burgeoning shipping industry in the aftermath of the Cold War and its customs union with the European Union
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        410 46 US aircraft maker compared 777 with A 340 in sales talks with Air India Reuter [NEW DELHI] Aircraft maker Airbus Industrie said that for the time being it has shelved plans to take legal action against Boeing Co for remarks the European
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        180 46 Bloomberg Business News [WASHINGTON] The Federal Aviation Administration said it is increasing the minimum flying distances aUowed between certain types of aircraft, in response to several recent accidents caused by wake turbulence. So-called "wake vortices" are tornado-like disturbances created as an
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        57 46 [BEIJING] Traffic on Beijing's Third Ring Road, opened only three years ago, clogs this main route around the city even on off-peak hours as well as causing heavy pollution on Saturday. With several years of 25 annual increase in vehicles on China's roads congestion has become
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        188 46 Bloomberg Business News [ATLANTA] ValuJet Inc said it completed a test flight over the weekend in preparation for Federal Aviation Administration inspection flights this week, bringing the airline a step closer to resuming passenger services. The low-fare airline hasn't flown since June
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        125 46 Reuter [HONGKONG] Hongkong Dragon Airlines (Dragonair) will launch a new service to the Chinese coastal city of Qingdao today, the carrier's spokeswoman Anna Lo said. The twice weekly scheduled service on Mondays and Fridays is operated by an Airbus Industrie A 320 aircraft with
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        295 46 AFP [TOKYO] Touted as the largest share float on the Japanese bourse this year, state-owned West Japan Railway Co (JR West) is up for sale, but unlike its sister, East Japan Railway Co (JR East), it could be left standing at the
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          74 46 AFX-ASIA [HONGKONG] Landing and other airline fees at the new airport at Chek Lap Kok will be about double the fees at Kai Tak, Airport Authority commercial and operations director Chern Heed said. The Hongkong Standard quoted Mr Heed as saying
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          71 46 Reuter [BASLE] Swiss freight forwarding firm Panalpina Welttransport AG Holding said it has signed an agreement to acquire Dutch forwarder Chart Air Europe BV, effective Jan 1,1997. "With this acquisition, Panalpina is strengthening its position in the Dutch market and solidifying its leading position
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          84 46 NYT [NEW YORK] A Carnival Air Lines flight from Newark, New Jersey, to Puerto Rico returned to Newark International Airport shortly after takeoff on Saturday afternoon when a passenger found a note warning that the plane was going to explode. No bomb was found.
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      633 34 S RICHFIELD MARME TEL: *****33 (12 LINES) FAX: *****15/*****03 TELEX: RS ***** RtSHIP (3 Lines) CR NO: **********0E PB ETHIOPIAN SHIPPING LINES f (Natkmi Uses of EtttopM) ACCEPTING FCL AND CONVENTIONAL Vws Voy CTA Loadbigfor Spof» AbycK 4SWB 15/09 Pjtooutl Assab Massawa N«*»fw< 44W8 ia/10 Mombasa, Djtooot wiAssafc, Massawa B
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      1190 35 HYUNDAI I MERCHANT MARINE CO. UD. WESTBOUND TO EUROPE BKG: *****32 wa I pri I poo I vnsa/voT vot sw in aw 1 um ma pan m 14/ M 14/04 17/ M NTBMOVATOa 327W 11/ M M/M M/M 10/09 m 709 44/49 10/49 21/ M 23/ M 24/ M MT
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      467 35 FAMOUS CONTAINER UNES 7//—— 80 ROBINSON ROAD, #22-02 SINGAPORE *****8 7 HOT LINE: *****33 (30 LINES) BARCELONA/SPAIN 23/08 LEHAVRE/FRANCF 23/03 MARSEILLE/FRANCE 23/08 HAMBURG/BREMEN 23/08 GENOA/ITALY 22/08 ANTWERP/BELGIUM 21/08 GOTHENBURG/SCAN 22/08 ROTTERDAM 23/08 AARHUS/COPENHAGEN 22/08 FELIXSTOWE/UK 26/08 LOS ANGELES/WC/IPI 20/08 SYDNEY/MELBOURHE M/M NEW YORK/EC 20/08 FREMANTLE/ADELAIPE 23/08 VANCOUVER 21/08 BRISBANE 23/08
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      68 36 CONVENTIONAL SERVICES TO BANGKOK "THAI FLAG" ttssu _JSDL J™. otsnmnow "AAN'I 1M« MNCKOIISONGKHL* OfIUNT EXPRESS I M/M IN PT BANGKOK MANIIII M/M T/C LAIMCHAIANG «3/W tm IANOKOK/MAPTHAPWn ma>6*" 1M MAPI Mas 17/ M PERAWANGDUMAI *API» 9601 ?2/M SUNGAI TUNGKAL TEBIMG TIMGGf JAMB I PANCON SHIPPING MAP IN E SERVICES PTE
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      153 36 LINER SHIPPING PTE LTD r//i? Est ST Pi? LINER LINKR LINER I *****33 I ETA SIN MIDDLE EAST PORTS ISm DUBAI, DAMMAM, KUWAIT. BAHRAIN. DOHA. KM i'tT* 2MB WTADH, SHARJAH, ABU DHABI MM QttOQI, JUTV UAttr 1 BAADARABBAJANDJKDAH w Lim A LEADING MIDDLE-EAST CONSOLWATOR E C I L|[ EAST WIST
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      543 37 Tropical Wmlclv LCL A FCL Services I fSHIPPING to Caribbean A Central I SI METEOR SI MERCURY 007E 009E fort Country 20/08 27/06 City Belize 23/09 30/09 Bridgetown Barbados 26/09 03/10 Cartagena Colombia 25/09 02/10 Castries St. Lucia 25/09 02/10 ■fort de France Martinique 26/09 03/10 Freeport Bahamas 21/09 28/09
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      846 37 SgggftM PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL LINES (PTE) LTD I 140 Cecil Street, #03-00 PIL Building, Singapore *****0. I I CR NO **********QE I YtSSIL VOY WG IMI I STB Mi. Aft PIG T m. =s=fr-&- ift iiL ir BP I ill I ilft iiii ft iia IB [|j_ IS 1 ff ft
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      888 37 **********0Z VESSELS VOY SIN DAMtETTA LE HAVRE HAMBURG THAMESPORT HOTTEROAM ANTWERP VHE CXAOCHLA AlflW 2CVO6 31/06 09/09 10/09 12/08 13/09 i&QO VILLE OE CARINA CI6W 27/06 07/09 16/09 17/06 19/08 20TO Z2/W VILLE OE SAGfTTA SI6W 03/09 14/08 23/06 24/06 26/06 27A» 2006 \fILLE DE NORMA NIBW 10/08 21/08 30/08
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      44 39 unker Fuel Specialist DNVPS Worldwide HQ 10 Science Park Drive DNV Technology Centre HfilpK Tel: +65 779 2475 ■KEBBUH Fax: +65 779 5636 Tlx: RS ***** ***** DNVPS For a complete list of DNVPS Services and ■■H offices, 740-6000 and for document code 8888.
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      1343 40 AS AGENTS: "K" LINE (SMGAPORE) PTE LTD (CR NO 12«*****000»MST REG NO MZ-0H 739M1 TEL: *****77 TELEX KAWAKIRS23I6S FAX: *****16/7/8/9 I T T IWT MALAYSIA: "K" LINE MARITIME (MALAYSIA) SON BHO I TEL: SA *****00 PK *****75 PEN *****20 JB *****01 PGU2SIB62S€ INDONESIA: P.T. SARANA LAUT INTERNUSA, TEL JKT *****08
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      657 40 jffafc UAN HUAT SHIPPING CO. (PTE) LTD TEL: *****11 FAX: *****94 XIAMEN Also provides inland haulage via Xiamen to Fuzhou, Fuqing, Zhangzhou Quanzhou |H| *****37 ZHENG RU *****36 JESSIE UM I *****04 UNDACHOO J mMM ISLAND LINE PTE LTD SuhstSmy of Hm Sm Hup Griep 200 CANTONMENT ROAD #02-11 SOUTHPOINT
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      77 41 I SHIPPING CO., LTD.I MULTI-PURPOSE VESSEL FOR RO/RO, CONTAINER lIREAK BULK CARGO VISSII VOT PI SIM JIT 1U II jm HANS PACIFIC 5 55 13/01 IS/01 3 TOTOFUJI HO. II 102 17/00 H/00 22/01 23/00 04/00 VESSU VOT I SIM 1 Pt I KU IMI lit JM PIIPPIS 24/00 FING
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      1526 41 Nedllovd weekly to Nedlloyd Lines east coast south america W§)j L~| CM **********0R f I SINGAPORE PHONE (GENERAL) *****89 RATE ENQUIRIES *****41/240/260 CFS (PHONE) *****10 CFS (FAX) *****23 I TO EUROPE EVERY WEDS/FRI/S*T l Sin Sou Leh Rim Anf Ham Brti THAMES /5336 21/08 12/09 10/09 11/09 08/09 MOSCL /1336
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      679 44 mJO-. SINO EXPRESS SHIPPING (PTE} LTD. MM I 11 COLLYER QUAY #06-01 THE ARCADE SINGAPORE *****7. m m TEL: *****00 (4 LINES) FAX: *****08 TLX: R*****1 SINOEX SINOTRANS SHANGHAI (CONTAINER SERVICE) Also accepting container cargo to: VESSEI/VOY ETA SIN ETAHK6 ETA SHA W/T HKG: Beiiioo, Chiwan. CHANG YIN 6 9621/9622
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      378 44 tggfl WENDER CONTAINER LINES ATTRACTIVE FCL/LCL RATES TO: Indian Sub-Continent Ports: MADRAS BOMBAY CALCUTTA COLOMBO CHITTAGONG NHAVA SHEVA PORT KELANG PENANG MADRAS WW.SHPG FWDG (P) LTD TEL 9144-534 0450 FAX 9144-534 0200 BOMBAY W.WAGENCIES PVT LTD TEL 91-22-20"' 5832 FAX 91-22-207 5831 PKLANG SUASA MASYHUR SDN BHD TEL 02-03-368 9199
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      108 45 W Spore P.Katang Loading For "1 OZGUR AKSOY 20/06 24/06 RdnVAtw/UK/Nan I ASPILOS 26/08 Atw/RdnVUK I AGIASOFIA 12/09 18/09 RdrrVAtw/UK/Nan I Loads EVW. Matayaia, Indonesia J I Loading for PISTIS Dubai/A. Dhabi/Dohj^BahrairVDanrnan/Kuwartß AYNUR KALKAVAN Hodeidah/Jeddah/Pt. Said/Tripoli I HERMELIN Dubai/Doba/Babrain/Damman/Kuwait I LEOPARD 1 Oubai/A. Dhabi/Doha/Damman/Kuwait I S. FRONTIER Hodeidah/Jeddah/Aqa/Pt. Said/Tripoli I
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      76 45 RW SHIPPING AGENCIES (S) PTE LTD BLK 809 FROCH ROAD 106-166 KITCHENER COMPLEX SWGAPORE *****9-TEL 295 8400* FA* 298 9639 CR: **********0N (RW) CALL US NOW!! ATTRACTIVE RATES FOR REGULAR FCL/FCL SAILINGS JAKARTA QINGDAO, SHANGHAI SURABAYA HOCHIMINH HONGKONG BUSAN BANGKOK KAOHSIUNG LAEMCHABANG COLOMBO P KELANG CALCUTTA PENANG MADRAS SHANGHAI BOMBAY
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      193 45 USA Singapore to all USA destinations via Los Angeles We accept both FCL LCL, vessel departs every Monday. For general enquiries, please call 542 7668. For booking, please call Jenny Tlan at 548 9584 or Stella Can at 548 9585. JIN XING DISTRIBUTION SERVICES PTE LTD I PORT KLANO 25/8
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      395 46 IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE Admiralty in Personam No. 35 of 1996 Between SYABAS OIL SINGAPORE PTE LTD (R.C. No. I*****289R) Plaintiff)*) And THK PORT OH SINGAPORK AUTHORITY (a body corporate under the Port of Singapore Authority Act. (Cap 236) and all other persons claiming or
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      117 46 CORRIGENDUM We refer to the advertisements published on Page 4 of the Shipping Times on 17th July '96, 24th July '96, 31st July '96 and 7th August '96 and to our letter to our customers dated 10th July '96 wherein it was mentioned that NORASIA AGENCIES (S) PTE LTD had
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      127 46 LEGEND: R Thunderstorm Temperature c A\ y Shower Weather —S Wind direction with speed in knots ee Rom W Cloudy Sky Wov Serfoce wind* ore indicoted by arrows which Hy with the wind One ful circle represents calm or light and vanoMe winds J— One ho« Heche represents 5 knots
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