The Business Times, 28 August 1996

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    22 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 046/12/95 Internet: http://www.asial.com.sg/biztimes s I N (i A P 0 II E WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 28,1996 v 85c
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    MARKET SUMMARY
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    Lock icon IPC profit plunges 85% on weak PC sales
    499 1  -  By, Jennifer Lien [SINGAPORE] Hit by a components glut, keen competition and weak PC sales, IPC Corp yesterday announced a hefty 85 per cent drop in net profit to $5.32 million. Announcing this yesterday, chairman Patrick Ngiam said he did not see
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    FINANCE
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    S'pore investors too optimistic about China business: survey
    606 1  -  Small firms also tend to underestimate funds needed for China ventures By' Teh Hooi Ling [SINGAPORE] Singapore investors are generally a tad too optimistic about making money in China, and smaller firms, in particular, tend to underestimate the financing needs of their
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    DBS Securities sacks 6 brokers
    380 1  -  Analysts see move as a sign local broking industry may be on verge of shakedown By Ven Sreenivasan [SINGAPORE] In what could be the start of a shakedown in the local broking industry, DBS Securities has terminated the employment of six brokers who failed to
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    S'pore company designing Indon car
    397 1  -  Gadat's first project isamnlti-parpose vehicle for Bakrie By* Christopher Tan [SINGAPORE] Global Automotive Design Technology (Gadat), Singapore's first and only vehicle design company, is spearheading Indonesian Bakrie Group's maiden car project. It has SQld Bakrie the design and development plans for an MPV (multi-purpose vehicle)
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
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      Lock icon Cooperation in 4 new areas
      407 2  -  TEO CHEOW TOKO'S VISIT TO THAILAND Mutual help in agriculture, tourism, training, human resources development From Loh Hui Yin in Bangkok FOUR new areas to enhance bilateral economic cooperation have been initiated by the Thai and Singapore governments. The moves could also spawn benefits for
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      Singapore civil servants give more bang for the buck: May
      359 2 Share of govt spending in GDP fallen by almost half since 1970 CIVIL servants have been able to deliver "a lot more bang for the buck" since 1970, according to retired senior civil servant and Singapore envoy to the UK,
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      Pager service for Cyberway subscribers
      94 2 CYBERWAY subscribers can now get their pagers to alert them when electronic mail is received. Launched yesterday, the Internet Mail Alert Paging Service (i.maps) is free for Cyberway customers. I.maps also allows subscribers to set pagers to react to urgent mail, mail from particular sources,
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      Lock icon Manufacturing output shrinks
      366 2  -  E7E ON THE ECONOMY Manufacturing By Genevieve Cua THE manufacturing industry's output shrank 1.4 per cent June in its first monthly decline in four years or so, dragged down by a sharp slowdown in the key electronics industry. The electronics subsector crept up a mere 2.2 per
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      Operation Lucky Can aims to win people over to recycling
      250 2 RECYCLING Industries Singapore will kick off on Sunday its latest project to install machines to collect used beverage cans at shopping malls and food courts. Operation "Lucky Can" will be officially launched at Takashimaya Square on Sunday at 3 pm
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    • HOUSE Briefs
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        Top 229earners paid $116m in taxes
        105 3 THE 229 top earners of 1994, who made $1 million or more, paid $116-3 million in taxes, or 5.4 per cent of the total taxes paid that year (year of assessment 1995), Finance Minister Richard Hu said. Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew disclosed the
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        More workers to benefit from skills fund
        70 3 THE Skills Development Fund will extend its support for the upgrading of skills to those preparing to join or rejoin the workforce if the Skills Development Levy (Amendment) Bill tabled by Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong is passed by Parliament. With the
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        Settle traffic tickets electronically
        128 3 TRAFFIC offenders can now plead guilty electronically even when they are late in paying the composition fine, says the Criminal Procedure Code (Amendment) Bill approved by the House. The Automated Traffic Offence Management System (Atoms) "will enable offenders to settle traffic tickets containing an offer to
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      SMCCI offered China deals worth up to $400m
      191 3 MEMBERS of the Singapore Malay Chamber of Commerce Industry (SMCCI) were offered commercial projects worth $300 million to $400 million by the Chinese during their recent trade mission to China. SMCCI said in a press release yesterday that the projects included a
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      Aussie firm to open 200 amusement halls in Asia
      261 3 AUSTRALIAN-based Leisure Allied Industries (LAI) yesterday announced $500 million expansion plans to open at least 200 Timezone family amusement centres in Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines and India by the year 2000. The first centre will be launched in Singapore in
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    • NEWS Roundup
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        NYP's new campus contraction deal
        65 3 NANY ANG Polytechnic (NYP) will sign a contract worth almost $138 million with Evan Lim Co Pte Ltd this morning for the construction of Phase Two of its new campus at Ang Mo Kio. This phase will see the construction of the School of Business
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        NTU Career Fair today
        37 3 A RECORD 42 organisations are taking part in this year's Nanyang Technological University Career Fair, which is being held today. The fair is a chance for NTU students to interact with prospective employers.
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        Brunei minister due tomorrow
        58 3 SPECIAL adviser to the Sultan of Brunei and Brunei's Home Affairs Minister Pehin Isa Ibrahim arrives in Singapore tomorrow for an official visit at the invitation of the Minister for Home Affairs, Wong Kan Seng. Pehin Isa will call on Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong and
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      Male maintenance gets female champion
      629 3  -  ZM PARLIAMENT By Chuang Peck Ming Bat men of Hoase unmoved by Dr Sow's plea during reading of Women's Charter amendments By\ Chuang Peck Ming IT would seem ironical for Nominated Member of Parliament and champion of women's causes Kanwaljit So in to be fighting
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      Complaint against SDP team taken up
      188 3 SPEAKER Tan Soo Khoon, satisfied that Health Minister George Yeo has a case, has accepted his complaint against the Singapore Democratic Party research team for contempt of Parliament. Mr Tan said he has referred the complaint to the Committee of Privileges. If found guilty,
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  • FOCUS: PERSONAL FINANCE & INVESTMENT
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      Lock icon Rise of US$ against baht is overstretched
      590 4  -  TECHNICAL VIEWPOINT Against the Indonesian rupiah, greenback's uptrend is set to continue By. Naresh Verma The writer is a manager of technical analysis advisory (South-east Asia) at Dow Jones Telerate. The opinions in this column are personal and do not represent the views
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      Lock icon Fund founder now helps others become spiritually rich
      573 4 John Templeton doesn't miss managing people's money Bloomberg Business News [NASSAU, Bahamas] One of the world's most astute investors has not changed his personal stock portfolio mix throughout this turbulent year in international equity markets. At the same time, John Templeton has
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      Fortunes still changing at Simex game
      429 4 [SINGAPORE] "All is not lost but nothing is yet won" seems to best describe the slugfest taking place at Simex Challenge 11, a simulated futures game which began on Aug 16 and is nearly into half time. As one member from this week's leading
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      Bank Indonesia's head of treasury suspect in scam
      533 5  -  JAKARTA Five under arrest; scandal raises questions over internal controls By\ S N Vasukl BANK Indonesia (BI) governor Sudradjad Djiwandono yesterday said a senior official in the central bank's treasury section was allegedly involved in a 7 billion rupiah (554.2 million) fraud.
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      Lock icon Tsang visits Indonesia
      57 5 [JAKARTA] Hongkong Financial Secretary Donald Tsang speaking to reporters after meeting Indonesian President Suharto at the state palace here yesterday. Mr Tsang, who is on a four-day visit to Indonesia, discussed cooperation in the banking sector, progress of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum as well as current
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      Lock icon Dr M ends China visit rejects Western fears of Asian threat
      377 5 BEIJING Concept of Asian domination in next century too simplistic, he says AFP MALAYSIAN Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad left Beijing yesterday after a threeday visit that saw him join Chinese leaders in rejecting Western fears over Asia's growing economic
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      On track for the Apec summit
      609 5  -  uuMimw With the Anules ready to lead a hand... By Yang Razali Kassim ABOUT a week or so ago, someone from the Australian High Commission in Singapore wrote to a newspaper editor on the coming Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) summit in Manila. The official
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      Lock icon Hyundai to invest M$3b in M'sia
      159 5 KUALA LUMPUR Bloomberg Business News THE Hyundai group of South Korea plans to use Malaysia as a strategic manufacturing base with a planned investment of M 53.2 billion (Sll.Bo billion) there. "It's a good central base" to reach South-east Asian and Middle East markets,
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      Lock icon Govt okays sale of stake in steel firm
      112 6 MANILA Reuter THE Philippines' Committee on Privatisation has approved the sale of the 20 per cent government stake in the National Steel Corp through public bidding. State-owned National Development Co (NDC) is to sell 448 million shares of the country's largest steel
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      Lock icon Umno told to cancel social functions
      212 6 KUALA LUMPUR AFP MALAYSIA'S ruling party yesterday ordered a nationwide cancellation of social functions that could be used to camouflage campaign activities in the run-up to the party's October polls. Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, who is also deputy president of the ruling United
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      Trade surplus up 141% in June
      461 6  -  KUALA LUMPUR Surge due to higher exports hot positive showing fails to spark interest in stocks By] Ruth Wong MALAYSIA posted a M 5574.1 million (*****.1 million) trade surplus for June, the second consecutive positive monthly balance following May's M 5238.2 million showing a
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      Lock icon Room at the top
      45 6 [BANGKOK] Workers hauling building materials to the top of a low rise building under construction in front of an advertisementfor a leading real estate agent yesterday. Bangkok's property market remains healthy, although there are few vacancies in the sprawling metropolis. AFP
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        Lock icon USAID funding for Indonesia to be out
        64 6 AFP [JAKARTA] The United States is to decrease its USAID funding for Indonesia following Washington's budget cuts, US Ambassador Stapleton Roy was quoted by the Antara news agency as saying yesterday. Due to the recent US budget cuts, USAID would "only focus on
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        Lock icon Bill to free Thai telecoms sector gets nod
        46 6 Reuter [BANGKOK] The Thai cabinet yesterday approved a bill that would liberalise and free competition in the country's telecommunications industry, a deputy minister said. Currently four listed companies control the mobile and fixed telephone lines business in Thailand.—Reuter
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        Lock icon No-confidence debate on Sep 18
        40 6 Bloomberg Business News [BANGKOK] The no-confidence debate which could force Prime Minister Banharn Silpa-archa to shuffle his coalition government or call an election will begin Sep 18, delayed by a week because of scheduling conflicts.
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        Lock icon Rally against Philippine peace pact
        41 6 Reuter [ZAMBOANGA, Philippines] Thousands of Christians opposed to a peace pact between the Philippine government and Muslim rebels held a rally yesterday, vowing to fight the accord through the courts, force of arms and prayer. Reuttr
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      Lock icon Body to form policy for developing E Corridor
      201 6 KUALA LUMPUR Industries will get infrastructure and other facilities Bernama THE Ministry of International Trade and Industry (Miti), together with the Economic Planning Unit (EPU), will set up a special committee to formulate a policy package for the development of the Eastern
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      6 5 r OWN YOUR OWN TRAINING BUSINESS
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      92 6 MONEY DOESNT GROW ON TREES IT GROWS ON LAND. H From the award-winning financial news reporting tradition of CNBC, the Asian Property Report brings you a weekly experts eye-view of news and trends in the Asian property market. Host Raine Grady talks to experts and strategists in the region for
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  • CHINA-HONGKONG-TAIWAN
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        Lock icon New Korean peace mechanism needed
        70 7 Reuter [BEIJING] Chinese Foreign Minister Qian Qichen has called few a new peace mechanism on the Korean peninsula with Betying willing to play a role, the official People 's Dotty said yesterday. "It is necessary to build a new peace mechanism in the Korean peninsula
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        Lock icon Beijing supports nuclear test ban treaty
        66 7 Reuter [BEUING] China yesterday reaffirmed its support for a global nuclear test ban treaty blocked by India last week, saying the pact would be an important step in achieving total nuclear disarmament "Although the final draft of the treaty probably didn't totally satisfy any
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        Lock icon China warns new HK human rights group
        72 7 AFP [BEIJING] China issued a clear warning yesterday to a newly established human rights alliance in Hongkong to avoid any activity that might threaten the colony's smooth transition to Chinese sovereignty in 1997. Foreign ministry spokesman Shen Guofang said: "Any political factions or
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      Lock icon China trade up just 0.1% as war games take their toll
      340 7 TAIPEI Reuter, AFP TAIWAN'S trade with China grew only 0.1 per cent year-on-year to U5510.44 billion (5514.62 billion) in the first six months of 19%, a period of acute tension across the Taiwan Strait, the Board of Foreign Trade
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      Lock icon China officials to get visit invite
      348 7 TAIPEI Trip to Taipei will help raise mutual understanding, says Taiwan business delegation leader AFP THE head of a high-powered Taiwan business and industrial delegation yesterday said he would invite senior Chinese officials to visit Taipei "to increase mutual understanding", during his trip to
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      Lock icon Tycoons to invest US$110m in hotel
      106 7 HONGKONG AFP FIVE Hongkong property tycoons have agreed with their Chinese partner to invest US$llO million (Ssls4 million) in renovating the five-star China Hotel in Guangzhou, a newspaper said yesterday. The tycoons were Li Ka- shing of Cheung Kong, Gordon Wu of Hopewell Holdings,
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      Lock icon Aiming to get streets ahead with a name
      418 7 SHANGHAI MNCs are fighting to name roads in Shanghai after themselves AFP US COMPUTER giant IBM is planning to set up a factory in Shanghai's Pudong New Area development zone, joining other multinationals like Siemens, Carnaud Metalßox and Sharp the problem is
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      Lock icon Photo film industry bugged by debts, smuggling
      275 7 BEIJING Bloomberg Business News .b CHINA'S photographic film industry is under siege with local producers facing rising debt and smuggled products, an industry official said. "The rolled film and photo-.' graphic industry is not consid- ered a 'pillar industry* in China, so the
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  • ASIA
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      Lock icon Sentences mark new era
      536 8 bribery fallout or south korea The Korean people have finally achieved justice, says Member of Parliament NYT, Bloomberg Business News, AFP [SEOUL] Many South Koreans rejoiced and some fumed on Monday after a court sentenced one former president to death and another to 22 years in
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      Lock icon Major media blunder at Chun and Roh trial
      212 8 SEOUL AFP ALMOST all South Korean and foreign news media blundered over a major point in covering the trial of former South Korean strongman Chun Doo Hwan, it was learned here yesterday. Chun was sentenced to death for masterminding a 1979 military
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      Lock icon S Korea's GDP growth in first half tapers off to 7.3%
      409 8 SEOUL Central bank revises downwards forecast for whole year AFP SOUTH Korea's year-on-year gross domestic product (GDP) growth tapered off to 7.3 per cent in the first six months of 1996 from 9.8 per cent a year earlier. The
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      Lock icon Tokyo's homeless get evicted
      57 8 [TOKYO] Homeless people moving a cardboard box which they used as a shelter at the Shinjuku station here yesterday. The Tokyo metropolitan government is carrying out a three-day clean up operation, which began on Monday, following complaints that the illegal settlement by some 250 homeless people
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      Lock icon Congress sacks former telecoms minister over bribe scandal
      342 8 NEW DELHI AFP INDIA'S former telecommunications minister was kicked out of his party on Monday in connection with a huge bribery scandal, the Congress (I) of former premier P V Narasimha Rao here said. Sukh Ram was suspended from the historically dominant
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      Lock icon Economic planner worried about impact of consumption tax: rise
      432 10 TOKYO Recovery has not gained enough momentum to offset tax hike next year AFP, Bloomberg Business News JAPAN'S chief economic planner, Economic Planning Agency director-general Shusei Tanaka, said yesterday he was concerned about the possible impact of consumption tax rise due
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      Lock icon Top leader of ruling alliance to quit ahead of new party's birth
      312 10 TOKYO Drive to create new party flounders as big names voice donbts AFP A TOP official in one of Japan's three ruling parties announced his intention to resign yesterday amid signs that the new party he has been
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      Lock icon Rifkind visits Pakistan
      101 10 ISLAMABAD Reuter BRITISH Foreign Secretary Malcolm Rifkind began talks in Pakistan yesterday. He is expected to cover efforts to clinch a global nuclear test ban treaty, the Kashmir dispute and bilateral issues. Trade and investment, and efforts to combat drug smuggling, were also likely to be on
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      Lock icon Land move worries businessmen, farmers
      219 10 m suva AFP FIJI'S volatile land problem, already the cause of nervousness and uncertainty, was heightened yesterday by reports that the government intends transferring some state land to native ownership. Cane farmers and business groups have warned that the move will further erode confidence in
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  • FOCUS
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      Lock icon Getting a slice of that American pie
      697 11  -  US overseas investments have soared with the surge in global mergers and armiisitinns and Asia has heen one of the main beneficiaries Reports By Chuang Peck Ming [SINGAPORE] A GLOBAL boom in corp or a t e mergers and acquisitions last year sent
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      Manufacturing No 1 in Asia for US
      310 11 Sector took up 37% of US investments in region, followed by oil and wholesale trade THE biggest chunk of American investments in Asia 36.5 per cent is in the manufacturing sector, figures from the US Department of Commerce show. This amounts to US$46.l
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  • THE WORLD
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      Lock icon Britain's SFA acts against three more ex-Barings staff
      406 13 LONDON Responding to criticism, it will issue paper soon, proposing changes to its rules Reuter BRITAIN'S key markets regulator took further disciplinary action against former Barings directors yesterday as it prepares to react to critics of its regulatory regime with proposals to
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      Lock icon Diluting EMU criteria is out of question: Issing
      340 13 HAMBURG He also backs a stability pact with scope for sanctions Reuter BUNDESBANK chief economist Otmar Issing has warned that entry criteria for Europe's planned currency union must not be altered, speaking out in a smoldering debate on the issue among European
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      Lock icon Unions plan long protest against cuts
      229 13 BONN Reuter THE German Trade Union Federation (DGB) yesterday said it was prepared to hold protest actions from now until the next parliamentary elections in 1998 against Bonn's spending cuts plans. DGB deputy chairwoman Ursula Engelen-Kefer told German radio: "We assume we will have
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      Lock icon Protest notes
      35 13 [STOCKHOLM] A choir performing during the opening ceremony of the 'World congress against commercial sexual exploitation of children 'yesterday. The international conference calls for action to combat sex tourism and child pornography. REUTER
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      Lock icon Gulf oil income set to hit 16-year high
      290 13 ABU DHABI AFP THE oil earnings of six Gulf Arab states are set to climb to their highest level in 16 years in 1996 because of a surge in crude prices after a sharp drop in world stockpiles, experts said yesterday. The
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      Lock icon Democrats also aim at the heart
      438 14 CHICAGO Uke the Republicans, their convention opens on emotional note AFP DEMOCRATS opened their convention on Monday where they will nominate President Bill Clinton for a second term in the city where their gathering 28 years earlier was rocked by riots and division. The
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      468 14 NEW YORK The upbeat report could set stage for rate rise in Sep Bloomberg Business News CONSUMERS' confidence in the US economy unexpectedly strengthened in August, reaching its highest level in more than six years, a Conference Board survey released yesterday suggests. The
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      163 14 WASHINGTON NYT US BANKS tightened their standards for consumer loans over the past three months in response to rising personal bankruptcies and credit card delinquencies, the Federal Reserve said on Monday. The Fed's findings are based on a periodic survey of senior loan officers
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      176 14 JOHANNESBURG Reuter McDONALD's Corporation and McDonald's South Africa have been confirmed as the rightful owners of all McDonald's trademarks currently registered in South Africa, the group said in a statement yesterday. It said the judgment was handed down by a South African Appeal Court ruling. McDonald's
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        58 14 Reuter PTEHERAN] Russia is to transfer aerospace technology to Iran and the Islamic republic's first educational satellite win be launched within the next three years, Teheran's ambassador in Moscow said yesterday. Mehdi Safari tola""" the newspaper 7ro/i the transfer would be to three stages? fj
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        77 14 Reuter [LONDON] Britain'# global trade deficit is expected to > widen in June, reflecting arise to the trade deficit with fy countriee outside the European Union to £1.13 billion (512.5 billion). The Reuters conssnaua forecast is for a deficit on world trade in
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        68 14 Reuter [BONN] German economics minister Guenter Rexrodt said yesterday he sees signs from the European Union of an easing of tensions over disputed subsidies by the state of Saxony to Volkswagen AG. The cabinet discussed whether to file a complaint with the European Court of Justice
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        73 14 Reuter [PARIS] France's largest labour union, the Socialist warned yesterday of "tension and conflict" when the country grinds back to work after the summer break and called for a drive to create up to 500,000 jobs In nine ,ij months. CFDT leader Nicole Notat said
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      Brave Aussie budget might miss its mark
      709 15  -  THB BOTTOM LIMB OPINION By Vikram Khanna The writer is BT's regional economics editor AS BUDGETS GO, the one presented by Australia's Treasurer Peter Costello last week was certainly radical Any conservative government that can commit to slash AsB billion (SsB.9 billion) in
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      153 15 'One of the results is that we pay higher interest rates in this country because we are not regarded as quite as safe as we would have been if entrepreneurs had not kicked over the traces in the *****.' -Henry Bock retired chairman of the Australian National
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      Politics of poverty
      613 15 EDITORIAL THE Reverend Jesse Jackson put his foot in it with his simplistic, misleading and potentially dangerous notions of the cause and effect of Asian prosperity and American inner-city poverty at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. Though Mr Jackson has twice pursued the Democratic presidential nomination,
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      1013 15 Reports that the OECD has changed its mind ahont the job-creating benefits of wage flexibility are exaggerated "WHEN the facts change, I change my mind. What do you do, sir?" snorted Keynes when chided for altering his views. Recently, plenty of minds have been changing on some
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      MAS:Housing loan portfolios sound
      176 15  -  MAILBOX Low Kwok Mun PLEASE refer to the article on "Make provisions for overdue home loans, MAS tells lenders" (The Business Times, Aug 27). We wish to clarify that banks and finance companies have, for prudential reasons, always made the necessary provisions for non-performing loans, including
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      WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
      631 15 Th«taprta«dcrmck4m NOBODY howled last week when the federals asserted a right to ban and/or edit advertising in the US. This was strange because almost everybody opposes the government's right to do anything nowadays. There are two possible explanations. One: "The press, like the public, has room
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      44 15 DOOMESBURT By Garry Trudeau TW&SNOMORZ I THOUGH YOUKJBS■ *£T& 'OJFLfARE STATB"— HX-RB NOLONG&t UJARPS |SO THE W A FANCY— WHAT! oFTHCP&iocxAn.PoveR- ACFuec-McAueen^^ I STAMPS MHATVOI 6X/CJWP UHYT REVOLUTION TV HAS BESN BIPARTISAN l\£ST/MU-ll FOR. DthiNfzUrF Ywtwhcf\\*rm./ kovSV K&>' MRS eve/moms \\iNimt\Sk- n2£K£ J j
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        108 17 Reuter [LOS ANGELES] Chen Sam, Elizabeth Taylor's business manager and spokeswoman who fielded questions about the actress's stormy relationships and her health problems for years, has died. A spokeswoman for Chen Sam and Associates Inc yesterday said Sam died at Taylor's Bel Air home on Sunday. She
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        86 17 Reuter {SANTA MONICA] O J Simpson's attorneys have filed a battery of motions asking the judge in his civil wrongful deaths lawsuit to bar evidence ranging from spousal abuse to the former football hero's financial worth. Simpson, found innocent by last October of the
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        115 17 Reuter [PARIS] The six-shooters and black 10-gallon hat used by the late Yul Brynner in the film The Magnificent Seven will go under the hammer in Paris next month. French auctioneers Tajan said on Monday that other Brynner memorabilia to be auctioned include 30 pipes
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      530 17 OPERA Soprano Ting Hung infuses Puccini's geisha with a style of ho* own Reuter [NEW YORK] No movie of Madame Butterfly, Puccini's beloved operatic warhorse, could soar, much less fly, without a cinematic Cio-Cio-San. Cavernous opera houses may be forgiving
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      75 17 IN yesterday's Cycle Carriage Golf Page, we omitted some details about the Mercedes Benz Trophy '96 Programme. This is the correct and complete table. We are sorry for the error. Date: Sep 22-26,1996 Vmm Stuttgart, Germany Data Aug 14 16,1996 fMW Hyatt Regency Sanctuary Cove Resort Queensland,
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      383 17 DIVERSIONS NYT [NEW YORK] Egyptian officials are demanding that a 3,000-year-old mummy on sale at a Maine antique shop be returned to its motherland, but its owner is threatening to throw it into the nearest river if anyone comes to take it. Meanwhile, the US Customs Service
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      Lock icon Four years of forgettable fashion
      721 17  -  robot cnvHAM offers some friendly advice to the First Lady on her wardrobe ROBIN GIVHAN Washington Post Hillary Clinton, you've had four years to sort out your style as first lady. Your progress has been excruciatingly slow. Where to begin? There were the headbands, the
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      Lock icon A bunch of reasons for Brady sequel
      779 18 MOVIE Family values and nostalgia make TVs most blended family eminently watchaUe LAT-WP [NEW YORK] The Brady Bunch is back with the largest collection of 1970s kitsch in cinema in A Very Brady Sequel. The Brady Bunch Movie, budgeted at about US$l2 million
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      Lock icon Tasty news: fat substitute with no calories
      435 18 HEALTH Z-Trim likely to have major impact on food processing NYT (ORLANDO, Florida] Z-Trim, a new fat replacer, promises great taste without adding any calories as it substitutes for fat and carbohydrates in cheese spreads, hamburgers and other foods, say researchers at the
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      Lock icon Charles under fire over prospect of Queen Camilla
      427 18 PEOPLE Reuter [LONDON] Prince Charles, heir to the British throne, found himself under attack on Monday amid media speculation that he might try to win over a hostile public and marry his long-term mistress. Just two days before his divorce from Princess
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      Lock icon Opening round follows a US dream script
      836 20 us OPEN AnwivtM Agftffffij Chang and Washington tiro op to seeding; and flurvivo first round [NEW YORK] Olympic gold medal or not, he's been maligned lately by his less spectacularly sneakered peers, who think he thinks he's bigger than the game, big enough
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      Lock icon Jordan tops US sports' '10 Most Wanted again
      668 20 BASKETBALL Nfcklans, Palmer and Agassi only non-team sports stars on list Bloomberg Business News [WESTPORT, Connecticut] Chicago Bulls superstar Michael Jordan tops the list of 1996's "Ten Most Wanted" sports spokesmen published annually by the Sports Marketing Letter. The Westport, Connecticutbased publication
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
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      FCC, Indon firm to develop Jakarta property
      309 21 [SINGAPORE] Listed First Capital Corp (FCC) has teamed up with Indonesia's Duta Anggada Realty to undertake a mixed development in Jakarta. FCC said yesterday its wholly owned subsidiary, First Capital (Overseas), has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Jakarta-listed company in
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      Uraco to take 51% stake in venture
      121 21 [SINGAPORE] Mainboardlisted Uraco Holdings has finalised an agreement to take a majority stake in a joint venture with Longs Manufacturing Inc (LMI). US-based LMI makes custom precision parts for semiconductor and medical equip- ment industries. The Singa-pore-incorporated joint venture, Uraco Manufacturing Pte Ltd
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      Indon property stocks weak but outlook for big firms good
      649 21  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW S N Vasuki INDONESIAN property stocks, which were star performers during the first quarter of 1996, are languishing over concerns that the sector will witness a major shakeout. But analysts feel that the earnings outlook for large,
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      Lock icon Shiprepair industry set to recover: Keppel boss
      421 21  -  Boost next year from rising charter rates for tankers By Rahita Elias [SINGAPORE] Singapore's shiprepair industry looks set to recover next year as charter rates for tankers have risen strongly, Keppel Corp group managing director Loh Wing Siew said yesterday. Mr Loh told
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      UIC, SingLand spring no surprises with flat results
      372 21  -  Parent profit up 10% due to higher rentals, subsidiary up 4% By] Lee Han Shih [SINGAPORE] United Industrial Corporation and subsidiary Singapore Land have once again turned in two sets of flat earnings. UlC's turnover fell 4 per cent to $163.9 million
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      Transpac's interim profit surges to $5.5m
      187 21 [SINGAPORE] Mainboardlisted Transpac Industrial Holdings' half-time net earnings rocketed to $5.55 million, up from $208,864 in the same period last year. It did not have to pay any tax during the six months to June 30 since profits realised from the company's investment activities
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        Lock icon Listing rules for bumi firms eased
        356 22 Relaxation aimed at encouraging more bumi-controlled companies to be listed, says regulator AFP [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's Securities Commission said yesterday it was relaxing its rules to allow companies controlled by ethnic Malays to pool their strengths and qualify for listing on the local bourse.
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        Lock icon Mocement net profit up 18.4% to 252b rupiah
        330 22 AFP [JAKARTA] Higher cement prices and increased food sales helped Indonesia's PT Indoeement Tunggal Prakarsa posit an 18.4 per cent interim net profit rise yesterday Indonesia's largest cement producer said net profit for the six months to June was 252.2 billion rupiah
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        Lock icon Aussie stock exchange to vote on becoming publicly traded
        315 22 Bloomberg Business News [SYDNEY] The Australian Stock Exchange yesterday took a major step towards becoming a publicly traded company when its directors decided to put a restructuring proposal to members on Oct 18. If the plan gets 75 per cent or
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        46 22 [PHILADELPHIA] Microsoft chairman Bill Gates (right) sharing a laugh with Hasso Plattner, the vice-chairman of SAP Germany, during the North American computer user conference here on Monday. The two companies announced that they will integrate their software for use with Internet retailing. REUTER
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        Lock icon Matsushita posts 18.5b yen profit
        439 22 Weaker yen, better sales help it rebound from last year's loss from sale of MCA Bloomberg Business News [TOKYO] Matsushita Electric Industrial Co rebounded to profit in the latest quarter as the weaker yen and better sales helped the company overturn last year's losses from
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        Lock icon Finns delay listing on Thai bourse
        223 22 Reuter [BANGKOK] Dozens of companies have delayed plans to list on the depressed Thai stock exchange and are expected to do so only when the bourse turns bullish again, market analysts said yesterday. Unfavourable market conditions caused by investor worries about local political and
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        Lock icon Strong US$ helps TDK triple profit
        239 22 Bloomberg Business News [TOKYO] TDK Corps profit for the latest quarter more than tripled, reaching a record high, as a stronger dollar boosted revenues from exports such as computer hard disk drives. Net profit for TDK group which includes overseas subsidiaries rose 253 per
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        Lock icon Citic profit surges 256% on exceptional gains
        438 22  -  Divestments in HE Telecom, Dragonair boost earnings From l Quak Hiang Whai in Hongkong CHINA-CONTROLLED Citic Pacific Limited yesterday reported an impressive 256 per cent jump in net profit to HK54.99 billion (*****.6 million) for the six months to June 30, thanks to
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        Lock icon Bangkok Bank's 2nd-qtr profit up just 2.7%
        301 22 Bloomberg Business News [BANGKOK] Thailand's largest bank, Bangkok Bank pic, said its second-quarter consolidated net profit rose 2.7 per cent year-on-year, below most analysts' forecasts and the slowest growth among the Big Four Thai banks. Profit was 5.29 billion baht (***** million), or
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        Lock icon Lufthansa profit drops 37% alter rivals cut prices
        262 22 FT l FRANKFURT] Lufthansa, the German airline, said yesterday that aggressive price cuts by competitors and a fire at Dusseldorf airport had contributed to a 37 per cent fall in pre-tax profits in the first six months. Interim profits were 119 million
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          UIS'NTA backing per share at $1.48
          84 22 [SINGAPORE] United International Securities Limited (UIS), a subsidiary of the UOB group, announced yesterday that its unaudited consolidated net tangible assets backing per share was $1.48 as at the end of July. The main board-listed closed-end investment fund announced a 17.7 per cent rise
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          HSBC's Premium Credit sale completed
          71 22 [SINGAPORE] HSBC Gibbs Holdings Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of HSBC Holdings pic, has completed the sale of its unit Premium Credit Ltd to Vendcrown Ltd In a leveraged buy-out financed by short-term debt provided by Electra Fleming Ltd. Under the agreement, HSBC Gibbs received
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          Hitachi Zosen, Taylor Woodrow in tie-up
          54 22 [SINGAPORE] Hitachi Zosen Singapore Ltd and UK-based Taylor Woodrow Construction have formed a ***** joint venture, Taywood-HZSL, to market and manufacture precast concrete products for the construction industry in the region. Taywood-HZSL has an authorised share capital of $1 million and an issued and
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          Glenagles ups unit's capital
          61 22 (SINGAPORE] Gleneagles International Pte Ltd (GIPL) has raised the paid-up capital of its subsidiary, Gleneagles Dialysis International, to $400,000, by subscribing to a further 51,000 $1 shares at par. GIPL, a wholly owned subsidiary of Parkway Holdings, owns 51 per cent of Gleneagles Dialysis International. The
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          Superbowl to buy Bt Timah Plaza shop
          61 22 [SINGAPORE] Superbowl Holdings Ltd announced yesterday that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Super Funworld Pte Ltd, signed an option on July 13 to buy a shop-lot in Bukit Timah Plaza for $4.44 million. The purchase is subject to an existing three-year tenancy agreement, starting on
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          Ariza's formal bid for Berger Int'l
          61 22 [SINGAPORE] Ariza Holdings, through DBS Bank, yesterday issued a formal notice of a takeover offer for Berger International's shares. The unconditional offer is open to acceptance for 21 days, unless an extension is announced. Ariza is a British Virgin Islands incorporated company owned by
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          Lock icon Sime Darby HK profit down 47%
          77 22 Bloomberg Business News [HONGKONG] Car dealer Sime Darby Hongkong Ltd said yesterday net profit in the year ended June fell 47 per cent to HK$266 million (Ss4B million) due to thinner profit margins and slumping new car sales. The company earned 57.1 HK cents
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        Lock icon Chase unit, Softbank setup Internet fund
        229 34 Bloomberg Business News [NEW YORK] Chase Manhattan Corp and Japan's Softbank Corp have set up a US$5O million (Ss7o million) fUnd to invest in fledgling Internet-relat-ed software, service and media companies. The investment fund, called Flatiron Partners, will target a growing number of small
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        Siam City Cement gets US$125m loan
        196 34  -  By\ Soh Tiang Keng Siam City Cement, Thailand's second largest cement producer, has tapped US$l25 million (Ssl7s million) from the Singaporebased Asian dollar market. The five-year syndicated loan, with interest at 0.65 per 'Cent above the London Interbank Offered Rate, was signed in Hongkong
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        63 34 [BANGKOK] A farm labourer in rural Thailand gathering a bundle of padl A leading Thai rice exporter said that Thai rice exports might fall by the end of the century as there are insufficient farm workers to do harvesting. A growing number of farm labourers are defecting
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        Lock icon Lloyd's assets in the US could be frozen
        354 34 Regnlator mulls action onUSsl2bhehlin trust funds to support US underwriting FT [NEW YORK] The New York state's insurance regulator said on Monday it was poised to take action, if necessary, to freeze Lloyd's of London's assets in the US, adding to pressure
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        Lock icon Conseco in US$2b buying spree
        151 34 FT [NEW YORK] Conseco, the acquisitive US life insurer, on Monday announced four acquisitions totalling US$2.O4 billion (552.87 billion) which will make it the largest supplier in the US long-term care insurance market. It has now bought 25 life insurance companies since 1982. Stephen Hilbert,
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        Lock icon Prudential to sell M&G to Swiss Re
        292 34 Firm will get £1.7b cash and £50m as special dividend from Swiss Re Reuter [LONDON] British insurer Prudential Corp said yesterday it had agreed to sell its Mercantile General (M&G) reinsurance operation to Swiss Reinsurance Co in a £1.75 billion (553.83 billion) deal.
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        Lock icon Money market fund insurance set to take off
        275 34 Bloomberg Business News [NEW YORK] Money market fund insurance is the latest trend in the US$B6O billion (551.21 trillion) money market mutual fund business in the United States. Fidelity Investments, the US's No 1 fUnd group, is seeking approval from the Securities
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        Lock icon Viag pays 1.6b marks for Sandoz division
        298 34 It's creating world's largest construction cfceakals business FT (ZURICH] Viag, the German conglomerate, is creating the world's largest construction chemicals business through the 1.6 billion-mark (Ssls2 billion) acquisition of Master Builders Technologies (MBT) from Sandoz, the Swiss chemicals group. Wilhelm Simson, chief executive
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        Lock icon Euro$ firms, Euroyen ends flat
        231 34 Simnf Report Reuter [SINGAPORE] Simex Eurodollars were firmer and Euroyen flat at the close. Volumes were thin with most market players sidelined ahead of the release of the tankan report today. "The Euroyen market was soft in the morning but came back in the afternoon.
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        Lock icon CURRENCY REPORT
        166 34 Reuter, AFP London THE dollar was keeping to narrow bands around 1.4750 marks and 107.75 yen at a quiet session with few factors seen driving it out of these ranges in the near-term. Dealers said the dollar tone remained slightly bearish but the absence of any fresh news,
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        Lock icon NY crude futures seen steady after decline
        309 34 ENERGY REPORT Bloomberg Business News [LONDON] New York crude futures are seen steady after being pulled lower on Monday by tumbling US petrol futures. Petrol futures declined amid perceptions that demand for the product is falling at a time when supplies are adequate
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      1666 35 Reuter Owttriaas +2153 STOCKS closed marginally higher, after a rebound in the morning withered. Turnover was the lightest this year with institutional investors waiting for the Bank of Japan's key tankan survey due out today. Investors also kept an eye on Japanese firms' announcements of earnings revisions to gauge
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      2301 35 LONOON *o« 21 hw *h A. A. Corp Adr 561/4 unch AS Port* 299 unch Abboy National 604 -1 ARM Lyons 451.400 1.400 Amoc 95.400 *.400 Argyll 346 Amu Group rv4.600 -4.800 •AT M 436.400 12.400 WCC 335.400 -.600 BOC Group 878 -2 BRPotroloum 624 -10 BTR
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      1622 36 Reuter Hi* Sen* -86.71 RENEWED fears about rising interest rates pushed stocks to a weaker close, with investors prompted to take profits after recent gains following a rise in the US long bond yield. The Hang Seng Index closed 85.71 points lower at 11,338.93. Turnover was HK$3.5O billion. "The
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      619 36 Reuter Q Shanghai B Share Index +0.56 SHANGHAI B shares ended up on active buying mainly from overseas. The index rose 0.56 point to 52.27 on volume of 15.2 million shares worth US$6.5 million. Brokers said cuts in interest rates last week encouraged overseas investors to buy selected stocks.
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      367 36 AFP QWPlndex +32J6 SHARE prices closed higher due to selected purchases by some institutional and retail investors. "Encouraged by increased purchases by institutional investors, some retail investors snapped up electrical and cement shares," said a trader. The TSE Weighted Price Index rose 32.05 points to 6,232.53. Turnover was 827
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      267 36 Reuter n Wellington 411 SHARE prices clawed their way back from initial weakness to end marginally lower but on very light volume. The NZSE-40 Capital Index was down just 0.90 of a point to 2,219.97 Reuter *a« v m rmm AN2 BanMnf 7.4S -an MM A«v«n««»i HW«t 1.50 uoch
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      830 36 AFP D SET Index -QJ6 SHARE prices fell as investors were sidelined by political concerns and in expectation of monthly trade figures due out later this week. "The market was very quiet ahead of the announcement to be made on Thursday of trade figures by the Bank of Thailand,
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      419 36 AFP n Composite Index -&14 SHARE prices closed lower amid bearish sentiment over latest economic data and the possible fallout from the sentencing of top business leaders for bribery. The Composite Price Index fell 5.14 points to 761.75. Turnover was 16.8 million shares worth 357.6 billion won. The market
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      607 36 AFP □AHOrttttriti -MLB SHARE prices eased as falling bond prices and a lower Wall Street hurt the local bourse, ending a week-long rally sparked by the federal budget. The All Ordinaries Index fell 19.8 points to 2,262.3. Turnover was 261.5 million shares worth A 1663.7 million. Among leading stocks,
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      737 36 AFP Q Composite Index -122 SHARE prices closed lower in lacklustre trading on profittaking by local investors, with foreign buyers largely absent. "A lot of buying orders from foreign clients were suddenly put on hold. Fund managers are having second thoughts about this market." said a dealer. The JSE
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      333 36 AFP Q Manila -13J1 SHARE prices closed lower on mild profit taking as foreign investors stayed away from the bourse. The PSE Composite Index fell 13.91 points to 3,196.39. Turnover was 10.7 billion shares worth 1.76 billion pesos. Philippine Long Distance Telephone fell 20 pesos to 1,555 while Petron
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        7523 37 Bloomberg Business News P Composite fata -112 STOCKS fell, led by Tenaga Nasional, which sank close to its 52-week low amid concern about its earnings. The KLSE Composite Index fell 2.92 points to 1,113.45. The Emas Index dropped 1.14 to 321.19. Turnover was 171.2 million shares
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    • WARRANTS & OPTIONS
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        Keppel Bank wrts worth picking up
        3878 38  -  WARRANT WATCH By R Sivanithy BANKS have always been a favourite among institutional investors, although their popularity in recent months seems to have slipped somewhat. However, the sector is seen as one of the bastions of the local economy and so it makes sense
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      CLOB INTERNATIONAL
      2464 38 MALAYSIAN STOCKS 6r Or 1996 Last Vet D*v Last Ouott ON Mv Yld Net M Cap High Lav Stno Company Sat* COOO) High Law Buyar Sailer C*vr P/E $m* *625 364 ms 5000 AISB50C 378 1 9 378 376 374 380 50 4.9 0.4 78.8 387.7 119 84
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        1152 39 TURNOVER COOO) VALUE COOO) tum cm mm mi* Cl t«* MwtrM 41.377 6.132 47,709 193.495 13,316 206,811 nwKI 3.270 1,499 4.7** 29,430 2.442 32 071 3M 321 709 U4J 596 1944 PrwwtlM 2.671 5.676 8.549 14.099 7.018 *,077 Ptentatton 1.626 1.626 X*VT 3.697 MMM 3TC 317 911 911 64.W 7.862
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        MAIN BOARD
        4457 39 Or Cr M Wt 1996 Lut V* Day Laat OiMta Ohr Otv VM Nat Cap A»g High Law StNo Company SiK COOO) High Low Buyar Sallar Cw f/t $m» Prica MOUSTMALS 5146 ASE NT $10 200. US- 214 165 1258 Acor 50c US180 "2 184 181 180 180
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        940 39 Or Qt M Nt 1996 LMt Vai Day LMt Ouet• Wv Dlv YM Nat Ca» A«* hi» l— tm» ciw>wy i* rooot m> u» »■>* cv w W 289 135 2000 ABRHWqsSc MS unch 66 192 183 184 186 1.0 14.2 0.1 115.6 82-3 '88 90 66 AS Auto
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        HOT STOCK
        59 40  -  va je -■f Ven Sreenivasan METRO HOLDINGS, which has surged recently amid takeover talk, could rise further in the near term as suggested by the momentum indicators. However, the technicals indicate that the stock is already deep into overbought territory and will fall just as suddenly once the
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        Takeover targets dominate otherwise tepid market
        886 40  -  STOCK MAKKET COMMENTARY Top gainer Metro and top loser Transmarco hog trading again; Chuan Hup joins band of speculated takeover targets H'l Larry Wee [SINGAPORE] On a slightly improved volume compared to Monday, the Singapore market yesterday traded 78.34 million shares for a value
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      • ON THE GRAPEVINE
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          Keen competition?
          207 40 NOTHING like competition to get a fund manager to point out that the other side is getting undeserved publicity. Yesterday, two flind managers phoned this newspaper to point out that Templeton Investment Funds* unit trusts come with a management fee of 2.5 per cent, not 0.75 per cent
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          I want my Mer-ce-des
          101 40 THESE days, car agents are often the ones coaxing customers to take early delivery, not the other way around. So Cycle Carriage must have had a pleasant surprise when a buyer recently insisted on airfreighting an S-class sedan instead of waiting a month for the usual
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          The Bulls and the Bears
          67 40 HONGKONG stockbroking firms appear to be running out of either imagination and/or names to call themselves. You have heard of Cheerful Securities. You have heard of Lucky Securities. Now there is one broking firm which has been making very positive calls on the market of
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          Power to the shareholder
          140 40 HEARD of power of the investor? Try selling your company's stock if the management does not meet analysts. One broking source has this story to tell. His firm had quite a sizeable sell order for Robinson stocks recently after the company turned down a request for
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      189 24 We began with two holes in the ground. That was 1859. The world floated into these holes, as ships from all corners of the globe came to be serviced and repaired. from "Tough Men, Bold Visions" The Story ofKeppel i ■in it Today, Keppel Shipyard is operating with three docks
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      205 25 c t WRy fw "'.'■ai^B. JBKrtßff^ «lr/i I^lHkLli. oD £wlm^^^^H^ ISHHll^^Hß^H^HmHi^SflMpfiaßK BmH^^BBIBWHH^H TIiHBBV r v .t£mm k Vf'J Kmmmi IJ 1 -nlii Mi I ft '/f jfc.lL fiH &%j Li E r iAv PW nflr B&f -»JlBjafUßM^^^B?--I An ISO-certified shipyard. Committed to name beyond Singapore with a a tradition of
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      205 29 Tuas dock is now opeN Aggreko (Singapore) Pte Ltd Allbest II Marine Services A Leader in Generators and Loadbanks Rental 3 Admiralty Road East #02-40 7 Tuas Ave 3 Singapore *****6 Singapore *****6 Tel: 862 1501 Tel: 756 5921 Fax: 862 0182 Fax: 756 7497 ascent uQ Ascent Equipment Pte
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      197 30 Tuas DOCK IS mow opeN Eng Chuan Co Elevator Pte Ltd Importer 8t Exporter of Brakelining, Oil Jointings Hardware Marine and Landbased Elevator and Escalator Maintenance and Repair Specialists 41 Bendemeer Road #01-1256 40 Blk 3 Pandan Loop Singapore *****1 Singapore *****6 Tel: 292 8158 Tel: 861 6944 Fax: 861
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      174 31 Tuas pock is now opeINI Lam Bee Industrial Supplies Lian Seng Hardware (Pte) Ltd PteLtd 8 North Bridge Road #01-4150 Singapore *****8 9 Hamilton Road Singapore *****0 Tel: 298 3322 (5 lines) Tel: 298 3539, 298 3543 Fax: 296 1297 Fax: 293 6730 MacGREGOR f MEMBER OF THE INCENTIVE GROUP
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      239 32 CONGRATULATIONS TUAS DOCK IS NOW OPEN m OPOSFORD P9 DUVIVIER ISI CONSULTING ENGINEERS POSFORD BURNS D.V.SION POWCrCOII Pte Ltd Posford Burns are proud to have been the Civil Consulting Engineers Marine Industrial Insulation Flooring Works Mechanical Works for the whole of Keppel Tuas Yard lm P° rt Ex P° rt
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      36 36 TRANSPORTATION PROBLEM? It' y *..*4 Wm L s W* i £v' TURN TO OUR £fisS 85*7 \X r-v 8"K $J*v' ?1/T t > llVr *l.s A. >* <-■ 24-hour BUSINESS CENTRE. SHIPPING TIMES, PAGE 14. 6 t r r
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      416 40 BUSINESS Notices TO ADVKRTISK CAI. I- IO I I- I KK I. IXOO 7 41 I,S S 3 SUPER COFFEEMIX MANUFACTURING LTD (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) ANNOUNCEMENT ISSUE OF 60,000,000 DETACHABLE WARRANTS ("WARRANTS") TO SUBSCRIBE FOR 60,000,000 NEW ORDINARY SHARES OF $0.05 EACH ("NEW SHARES") IN THE CAPITAL
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      28 40 For real-time stock information, call Quickstock on 1900-913-0003 at 30 cents a minute. Stock numbers are available in the stock pages of The Business Times and Lianhe Zaobao.
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      384 40 Singapore Closing Share Prices 27/8/1996 CLOSE PREV LOW HIGH alii# uss uss uss uss All If# Jardine Matheson 6.50 6.50 6.45 6.50 IffflSYl Jardine Strategic 3.24 3.24 3.22 3.24 L VdMf J Dairy Farm 0.80 0.80 0.79 0.80 Hongkong Land 2.33 2.38 2.31 2.35 Mandarin Oriental 1.38 1.38 1.38 1.38
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      248 40 IN THE MATTER Of THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. Si And P RINSE PRATAMA PTE LTD (In Mem ben Voluntary Liquidation) At an Extraordinary General Meetinj of the abovenamed company duly convened and held at SO Jalan Sultan #21-04 Jalan Sultan Centre, Singapore *****4 on 23cd day of August l£*> the
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      374 40 In the Maucr of the Companies Act Cap SO GENERAL SAWMILL COMPANY (PRIVATE) LIMITED (Incorporated In Singapore) SPECIAL RESOLUTION At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the members of the abovenamed company. daly convened and held at 16 Taman Siglap. Singapore *****4 on 23rd August 1996 (he following Special Resolution was
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      303 41 Knight-Ridder, Reuter THE freight market was quiet and lifeless, with London brokers enjoying a tong holiday weekend, brokers said. Fixtures TANKERS: With the exception of moderate Caribbean activity, there was little in the way of new business reported as the Week's trading got off to a slow start.
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      MARITIME STOCKS
      298 41 %a *ooo trnzi s$ w dirt Ohtribubon U3 -0.02 24" 0HMn Hup HoMings. 1.03 *0.02 3167 Coico Invostmont 1-26 -0.03 19 FCLS 6.55 FroigM Links 0.71 -0.02 3 5b HoMngs 0.995 -0.015 44 MM Sun Hup 1.0S *0.01 137 MKochi Zoson 0.945 *0.04 860 Mk Holdings HK5.60 Jaya
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      3 Japanese ports post strong export, import figures
      447 41  -  First-half growth at Tokyo, Osaka and Kobe points to better times From Bruce Rutledge in Tokyo TOKYO, Osaka and Kobe ports all posted strong import and export figures through the first half of 1996, contributing to indications of an economic turnaround in
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      Lock icon China urges Taiwan to allow direct links
      160 41 AFP [BEIJING] China urged Taiwan yesterday to allow direct shipping links with the mainland and denounced Washington for encouraging Taipei's defiance. US weapons sales to Taiwan have affected the "stability of the Taiwan Strait" and seriously violated agreements between Beijing and Washington, a
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      Asian owners will be deciding factor in P&I club liability issue
      686 41  -  STRAIT TALE By! Seafarer PROTECTION and indemnity clubs are scarcely the subject of everyday conversation. Even within the shipping industry it is easy to find people who are pressed to define the role of a P&I club. Until recently
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      Lock icon Oil spill exercise off Pulau Semakau
      195 41  -  By Felix Chan [SINGAPORE] AN oil spill exercise was conducted by the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) off Pulau Semakau yesterday. Codenamed "Jose 96", the exercise involved officers from MPA, the Port of Singapore Authority (PSA), Ministry of Defence, Police Coast Guard,
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      Lock icon Transworld plans to acquire 5 box ships
      241 41 Business Line [BOMBAY] The Transworld group of shipping lines plans to acquire five more container ships through Bombay-based Shreyas Shipping in the coming few years, and will continue to focus on container feedering. The group, which also includes Orient Express Lines of Dubai,
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      Two ships run into sunken wreck
      230 41 [SINGAPORE] Despite a barrage of navigation warnings and precautionary measures, two ships ran into the sunken wreck of a bulk carrier which went down after a collision last week outside the Singapore port limits. On Aug 18, Maltese-flagged ship Herceg Novi collided with Taiwanese
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      Lock icon Beirut awards port contract to Spanish firm
      163 41 Reuter [BEIRUT] The port of Beirut awarded Entracanales y Tavora of Spain a US$lO2.B million (*****.9 million) project to renovate the war-damaged facility, port chairman Antoine Rayes said recently. "We decided to award the contract to Spanish Entracanales y Tavora as it submitted
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      Lock icon Global Carriers buys 3 vessels
      200 41 Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] Global Carriers Bhd has acquired two vessels for M 519.3 million (5510.9 million) in cash. The group has also signed a memorandum of agreement to acquire another vessel for a cash consideration of MJ16.37 million. In a statement on Monday, Global Carriers
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      Lock icon HK puts off CT10 project
      74 41 AFX-Asia [HONGKONG] The Port Development Council is to postpone the CTIO container terminal project until the end of the year 2000, a delay of three years compared with original plans, the Hongkong Economic Times reported. The newspaper, quoting an unidentified source in the council, said
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        Lock icon S Korean ship leaves to tow mutiny boat
        90 41 Reuter {SEOUL] South Korea, which has offered to take over an investigation into an apparent fishing boat mutiny in the Pacific, sent a coast guard ship to Japan yesterday to tow the vessel to Korea, a foreign ministry official said. Five countries
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        Lock icon More than 100 rescued from ferry fire
        110 41 Reuter [LONDON] More than 100 people were safely evacuated on Monday from a ferry that caught fire soon after leaving Guernsey in Britain's Channel Islands, police said. Police said the 111 passengers and six crew on board the ferry Trident Seven, owned by
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        Lock icon Indian Oil Corp given more land at Cochin
        102 41 Business Line [KOCHI, India] The Cochin Port Trust has alloted 1.3 ha of land to Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) adjacent to its existing land in the port area for putting up additional installations needed for meeting the fuel needs of Brahmapuram Diesel
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        Shipbroker quits Baltic Exchange
        49 41 [LONDON] A prominent London shipbroker, Carl Lee, head of J E Hyde, has resigned from the Baltic Exchange, apparently as a result of the controversy surrounding the vote in June which rejected proposals to restructure the exchange's constitution. J E Hyde voted against the proposals.
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      Lock icon Pan Am set to take off again
      809 42  -  AZRUME XMDUST&YsiIS AIRLINE RISES FROM_ASHES Despite being delayed by the ValuJet and TWA crashes, the global aviation pioneer which went bankrupt after Pan Am Flight 103 crashed over Lockerbie in late 1988 is making a comeback as a domestic airline By. Joseph Sims
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      INDEX TO SHIPPING LINES AND FREIGHT FORWARDERS
      434 42 PAGE Evergreen 6 AEIOcean 17 Everprime 16 AEL 14 FlBright 7 AFT Shpg 14 FMC 15 •A* 3 Famous 7 Able 16 M Accord 8 Feedertran 7 Ahrenkiel 4 Foon S n 8 Appenship 4 Astro 3 2L ,1 t Austral 9 iu
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      SHIPPING GUIDE
      10380 50 EXPORT ETA ETA Advartlsar VmM Voyaga Telephone ETA ETA Advartlsar Vnul Voyaga Talaphona SIN Dast'n Hum Man Numbar Numbar SIN Dast'n Nam* Nun* Number Number SMMMMMMMNMMMMMMMMNMNMIHMHMMMMMMNMMMflMMMI XMNWMMHMMMRiMEffMflMMHMWMMMnMKMMnMMMnMHMMKMWMMMMMMMMMi A To BREMEN (BRE) 2056 Germany To ABIDJAN (ABJ) 2003 n/N 21/09 strund linooe ms m *9-*****22 Ivory Coast, Cote D'lvolre
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        CONVENTIONAL WHARVES
        1126 57 Vassal j Voy No d«rth Arrival Dapartura I j»»m N>t Aeydos 06/9* JM Mom»KM 29 08/2300 IMCKitri I J05 alongsiM 2706/1630 3a:ar oci N305 J02 alonQJida 27 04/2300 9.011 'ai-M W0396 J02 alongside 27 08/2000 It Dhiwi JJv 35/* JOI alonQSJda 27 08/2100 It tWM 11/96 JOI alongsiat
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        CONTAINER SCHEDULES
        2113 57 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Booklng/BaKnce Rstls Ship Voy No Etb/Btr Period From To From »<■ jtot jok miooo vmoo 27/1*5* 27/1*00 21 27/1700 21/0*5* 21/0*00 21/0700 21/IH* 2I,HOO 4 28/1200 21/145* 21/1700 tau« em tarim a n/rm 2imm mm 28/0700 21/IH* 28/1400 4 28/1200
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        GLOBAL HOLIDAY
        369 57 AUG 28 Sri Lanka: Market and Public holiday. AUG 29 Slovakia: Market and Public holiday, National Uprising Day. AUG 30 Turkey: Market and Public holiday, Victory Day. Peru: Market and Public holiday. St. Rose of Lima Day. AUG 31 Kyrgyzstan: Market holiday. Malaysia: Market and Public holiday, National
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        BA building up Gatwick as its second hub
        438 58  -  South London airport will act as cwnptomontary hnh to Heathrow By Yong Mei Fong [SINGAPORE] British Airways (BA) is building up Gatwick airport as its second hub, expanding its short-haul network linking to it and boosting the frequency of existing services there.
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        Lock icon US calls off aviation talks with UK, citing inadequate offer
        268 58 Bloomberg Business News [WASHINGTON] A British proposal for a new US-UK aviation agreement was so inadequate that the two countries won't go ahead with scheduled talks this week, a US Transportation Department official said. The impasse is a potential blow
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        Lock icon Mercedes Benz India: no plans to phase out models
        142 58 Reuter [BOMBAY] Mercedes Benz India Ltd (MBIL) denied newspaper reports that it planned to phase out the models it has been marketing in India. "The joint venture launched E220 (petrol) and E2SOD (diesel) highly successful models of the Mercedes Benz E-Class
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        Lock icon American Air's idea of low-cost airline upsets union
        206 58 Bloomberg Business News [FORT WORTH, Texas] American Airlines is considering beginning a low-cost operation to rival its largest competitors, a move that has rankled its pilots union. For years, airline Chairman Robert Crandall said such an "airline within an airline" concept wouldn't
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        Lock icon Kia workers file suit against chairman
        146 58 AFP [SEOUL] Union leaders at South Korea's Kia Motors Corp said yesterday they had filed suit against their chairman for allegedly embezzling company funds for political donations. The criminal suit, filed by five union members with the Seoul District Prosecutors' Office, accused Kia chairman
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        Lock icon New airport will be ready on schedule: KL
        205 58 AFP [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's government said yesterday that despite some delays, the country's second international airport would be completed as scheduled on Jan 1, 1998, in time for the hosting of the 1998 Commonwealth Games. "There were some problems and I admit,
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          Lock icon TNT announcement on Ansett deal
          57 58 Reuter [SYDNEY] Australian transport group TNT Ltd said yesterday it might make an announcement today in relation to the proposed sale of its SO per cent stake in Ansett Airlines Ltd to Air New Zealand Ltd. "There might be an announcement tomorrow in relation to
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          Lock icon PAL and Canadian Air farm alliance
          65 58 AFP [MANILA] Philippine Airlines (PAL) and Canadian Airlines have formed an alliance to offer a daily direct air service between Manila and Vancouver, PAL said here yesterday. Under the agreement, PAL and Canadian will offer seven flights a week between the two cities under
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          Lock icon First Escort rolls out of Indian plant
          69 58 Bloomberg Business News [NASHK, India] Ford Motor Co said the first Escort model rolled out from its plant in Maharashtra state, 10 months after the company signed a joint venture with India's largest utility-vehicle maker Mahindra Mahindra Ltd to make Ford cars in
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        Lock icon Bombardier bids to strengthen role as world's 4th largest plane maker
        262 58 Firm rolls oat the first of its USs34m Global Express aircraft AFP [TORONTO] Less than 10 years after entering the market for civilian aircraft, Bombardier Inc pledged on Monday to solidify its position as the world's fourth largest civil
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        AIRCRAFT ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES
        1620 58 OTY FU6MT ETA FU6HT CTO LM778 1605 S026 2355 Aba MmM S0442 2025 IH772 1615 IH779 2359 Adalataa S0229 2220 1 tap RJ182 1445 RJ183 2225 S0W» IMS S0990 0120 Amstartfam WJ33 0935 *1838 2300 S0009 2120 SOtlO J020 CA893 1205 *L834 2345 *K741 1310 S0T76
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      166 42 NYK LINt 1993 (S) rlt LIU Malaysia Indonesia TTI ?9S01? < NYK AGf NCItS (Mt SDN BHO PIPf I ABAKAN PUSA*A AJIBAVU (AX ?9??856 (MKlfii P93/109 IOPSI KUAt A lUMPUR o.' 0-t INf Si A*AH T A SW .ML Mwllise 2995 W) II'OCUMf'ITAIIONi PORT KfIANG 0? 03 36/131S |6 I
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      252 42 Lines services representee by Member* of the Registry of Accredited Shipping Agents. S"por* National Shipping Asso Members of the jj Singapore Freight Forwarders V Association Send out 48,000 copies of your Place an ad in... Shipping Times Just talk to ua... T Iris Lim 740-2044 Tan Lip Chuan 740-1949 J
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      147 43 w* MQL MitsciOSK Lines JLtd FULL CONTAINER ,3Mi±gsl Blßllifl SINGAPORE: MITSUI OSK LINES (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD ADMIN OPERATION *****11 TLX R*****1 MOLINE MARKETING *****86 FAX *****73 USA SERVICE *****03 FREIGHT DOCUMENTATION *****98 PSA PPW ,GDN P4j 41 ***** *****82 CFS GODOWN *****60 KEPPEL DISTRIPARK 515 =01 1 17 MALAYSIA: MITSUI
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      2108 43 ©HANJIK SHIPPING USA CANADA* umhauwot oam nr su wi bw l n> ptt oa w I iwi I wat oos wrt log iw I m I m I m nt nwaienn y/n wm w/w 22/w 22/w n/w gg m/w 23/w 25/w 23/w m/w 25/w 25/w 25/w ?i/w m/w m/w 2s/w
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      106 43 APT ORIENT EXPRESS UNES (U.K.) LIMITED IMI, (MANAGER FOR SHREYAS SHIPPING UMITED) WEEKLY SINGAPORE/MUMBAI (BOMBAY) SHUTTLE VESSEL VOY SINGAPORE lOMIAY VESSEL VOY MMMAY SIHGAPOtE EUZA 301 29/09 09/09 ELIZA 300 20/08 28/08 ORIENT MUMBAI 102 01/09 09/09 ORIENT MUMBAI 101 24/06 01/09 ACTURIA 200 08/09 16/09 LAMPHUN NAVEE 201 06/09
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      1623 44 <BSa VOT SM6AMHE C010MI0 JEDOAH MALTA SjWjjjggjj HAMIUI6 MBgMjjH tOTTHMM jjWWf ilHAUK JBSftilAI 0*034 M M U0 !A0 miQUBMU* 15m, —2J z Li3 M !ZZ5__ mutmsEOTCs owm 3i/» iv* S£ i w» M KWftoonAt oiwos 3i/i a/i -.?</> w/t n/i ii/j HOKHSIOfftSS ?»W03S 4/1 13/T M W M jsLSSiM mm—sa
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      1494 44 sNORASIA VESSEL VOY [SIN PKL OOA LAS BCL VAL ALO ROT ANT FEL LHA NOR HONGKONG M 34-3 fOM MB 2549 2208 2040 MM 2040 2740 2740 2040 MMSHMUAM 9636 3 1149 1241 27 40 02.11 24M WH 67/10 03/10 MAI Mil MM MSCINSA TM 1149 1949 04/10 Mil Mil
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      430 44 Direct Container Service to 5 •m? Fangcheng O O f Zhanjiang «mi< Vessel S'PQTC Fangyheng Zhaniiang: UANBAO 01/09 06/09 06/09" tuts /VOffTRANS TEL: 65-*****67 FAX: 65-*****90 Mnhi-Piirpos« RO/L0 Carrier Accepting: M RO/RO, Ramp Capodty •pto 40 toas Heavy lift opto 65.5 tons Commtmal/ Bnak Bok /Coatmm/Rnhn Thai Flog Status A*b|rass
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      635 45 r'i HOI KIfIuBIPEJ IEOB B£r^ls Eg—OM uvu llfußlFni 'I I BtiTEJI BH7HM Tny 117,:■ \M m-'fiim ttotm EUSm—itm llfl Ji Y r v-MB—MEfflM E3!lMWmi ■i"ii- 1 Mii'.'.'i j|! Hi j 1 [t]' frg j 11J iVo! >I}i h ITTTITn— EHUEES3— EEB jgnuj;'.■pra 1 1 1 irm iryn»:7i:«77rri IZ—Oi vB gncmMOMC7Ucngngnßrnwra
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      1852 45 ACCIPTING FCITQ- i e r -2 XtIWANt JAftN VIA HONGKONG I nip Mfani mum auriiwmmi MBMMBMbOMi—H—IId ami oma Vr*** I COSTAM SHIPPING PTI LTD fm* !t t mim «rfcccsK ri a ii 4— coaittmanmmm. rmi Sm i/uMftt: cm*. «»sm u^uh/ji I «a—■%«!/•«mrn,i~m7Sk** n mm mmmumw-i human mv-umim/iv MtOPWMM fatm»n cmW«i»
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      277 45 /7 /IPERKAPALAN DAI ZHUN Ifjf TONG JOO SHIPPING PTE LTD CR NO: ********** C REGULAR CONTAINERISED SERVICES TEL: (65)535 7793 FAX: (65) 533 2952S 7KKam+fASTiST TUAMStr/ mVMMA+UOUTY BUT* /j HO CHI MIHM-MMCATt* A APPII HI 71 28/01 GWO Ml 13 01/00 GIHUAT A 5356 01/09 GBOOH 0677 30/00 GIHENG 0674
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      275 46 p EVERGREEN f <jH Container Service RTW SHIPPING (S) PTE LTD M SIA Agents: GREEN PENINSULA AGENCIES SDN BHD 70 ANSON ROAD «21-00 i *23-00 SHAH AIAM TEL 03 *****66 fAX: 03-7048C16 API* TOWER SiNGAPORf *****5 PORT KIANG (MAIN) TfL 03-*****66 fAX: 03-*****16 BKG DEPT DID: *****6S *****54 *****74 PORT
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      311 46 njr UNIGLORY LINE Full Container Service ARABIAN PERSIAN GULF SERVICE MAURITIUS SOUTH AFRICA SERVICE SOUTH AMERICA SERVICE HONG KONG SERVICE MANILA SERVICE TAIWAN SERVICE JAPAN SERVICE MALAYSIA SERVICE LAEMCHABANG SERVICE RTW SHIPPING (S) PTE LTD M SIA Agents: GREEN PENINSULA AGENCIES SDN BHD 70 ANSON ROAD *21-00 »22-03 '21-00 SHAH
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      718 46 I^^S^IcHnELDMAWNEAOwS^^PTEU^^ V TEL: *****33 (12 LINES) SL FAX: *****15/*****03 r m m TELEX: RS ***** RISHIP (3 Lines) CR NO: **********0E V ETHIOPIAN SHIPPING LMEt* y (National Lines of Ethiopia) ACCEPTING FCL AND CONVENTIONAL I Ml Vmml VoyETA Loading for Spore *SWB 15/08 Nrtsanet 44W8 18/10 Mombasa, OpbouK Assab, Massawa
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      688 47 Shipping Times, Wednesday, August 28, 1996 Mft MYANMA iflßßk FIVE STAR UNE (Myaaaiar Natioaal Um) Jr loodiag for Yoagoa (Raagoon) VlSitt VOT SIN PIG PIN PGII PAGAN 23SW 30/04 AVA um OS/Of MALAYSIA AGMTS: OOUSTtAD SMPfMG AGOKKS KUL TH 02-03-*****00 PHI: TH. 02-03-37M101 Pttfc TU 02-04-*****02 Pfife HI 02-07-*****21/4 i«|
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      968 47 A HYUNDAI MERCHANT MARINE CO. LTD. WESTBOUND TO EUROPE BKG: *****32 wa 1 r« I wo msa/YQT vor sm ant uh nam mi m 20/M 30/00 II/M MtAMMUU J07W OJ/M 10/M JJ/09 24/09 H/M 22/01 M/M 04/09 04/00 07/00 NT OUUIHGM J2JW 00/00 17/tO 21/01 01/10 *9/09 19/09 01/10 11/09
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      158 47 FAMOUS CONTAINER LINES BtTCOBINSON RQAfcaZTtaSNGAPORE *****8 HOT LINE: *****33 (30 LINES) 4 SAILINGS A WEEK TO r-r L BANGKOK 1 J AND REGULAR SAILINGS TO /MXem CHABANG THAILAND \bangkok I"** 1 I v m mii" M m a f FOR BOOKING *****33 CONTACT AMY P. KLANG PH: 0203/*****02 (10 LINES)
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      1637 48 [V Ulll'll MB llftMK HI A ■|j VESSEL VOY SIN JKT VESSEL ~VOV~ SIN PEN W- luceec. Hwiv =33 WANA BHUM 341S "~W«d In Pt Sun 01/09 B.MAS DtIA 6121 Thu I 26/06 St 31/QB~ j— GURU BHUM 3758 Sat 31/06 Tut 03/09 JAWU BHUM 6738 Sun 01/06 Tu> 03/06
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      613 48 tBCTowT/TiwHSmN» WMIVICI 1 WW VOY I WW I CTO BVKMI VOY »t* I COt I SHPfTON 426 THU [29/Ot MONj 02/09 BxOUH SPOUE 1333 |MON 30/0B I WH>| 04/09 I CONSISTENCE 337 SUN 01/09 TW 127/0t Btiqbi SHAftK |o»4CN»|iui~ 03/09 I ~SUN ot/P9 I MBOHNA |»11 THU |03/09 |MOWIO9/09 B*ND«OMIDA
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      297 48 #09-00 NEHSONS BUILDING 24 PECK SEAH STREET!: BOOKINCVEMOU»WeS GAPORE CRNO: 10MM*****» TEL: 323 1133 FAX: 221 4053/96/58 TUt^^R*Ml2W2sos^SSMlP^^__^_ rasa VOT SMEtt smetd kstmokm WDUUO 10/H 06/w w/w ruju/ma«AN6 WANUAKU 9/96 02/W 04/W P(MTUMK/SMTHE AGEI 15/H 02/W 04/W MGnUI/MMNG iMUAU 9/96 02/W 04/W jtftfWMMK GWKHAUO 10/96 06/W M/IT JAUttt/MOAW GULF SUUAN
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      528 49 Weekly LCL A FCL Services 4 iQUIvCII to Caribbean A Central likiminq America SLCHAMPON MUNKEBO 015E MAERSK96O9 Counlry 03/09 10/09 B%K*eCily Beiize 07/)0 U/J0 Barbados 10/10 17/10 Cartagena Colombia 09/10 16/10 Ga>kfei Si. locia 09/10 16/10 Forfde France Martinique 10/10 17/10 F<««port Bahamas 2/|0 Jamaica 07/)Q u/)0 Panle a Pilre
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      896 49 TroiRE WPSRNATIONAL LMESiPTE) LTD 140 Cecil Street. #03-00 P1L Bui<anrS25afflnrQflS3»(rr 7 CR NO **********06 VMH ~W PKG I Mi I llB MH Z A& ~llL_ m& »l"1 pfcg, _.-.-Hr w M g(! i w- 1 I lift I liii m y« tM m»* I w 1K I ib. E m.
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      923 49 I |cR NO: **********0Z I VESSELS VOY SIN DAMtETTA IE HAVRE HAMBURG THAMESPORT ROTTERDAM ANTWERP VILLE D€ SAGITTA SI6W 03/09 14/09 23/09 24/09 26/09 27/09 29/09 I VH-LE DE NORMA ~NIgW 10/09 21/06 30/09 01/10 03/10 04/10 06/10 J VILLE DE GEMINA HI6W 17/09 26/09 07/10 08/10 10/10 11/10 13/10
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      59 51 1 //—VISA FREIGHT SERVICES PTE LTD Established Since 11>.54l l >.S4 TUT TOTAI TRANSPORTATION PTOPiT KI C.UIAK (iRDUPAC.i: I CI CON'NOI lOATION! IMPORT S XPOKI SI RVICI S OCEANIA PORTS AUCKLAND SYDNEY BRISBANE MELBOURNE FREMANTLE :|r visa i ri:ic;iit services i»ti: i.ti> A jjjj VISA ICI CONSOI. PTI LTD f
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      1182 52 K44 v .ft AS AGENTS "K" UNE (SINGAPORE) PTC LTD (C 8 MO: **********0HG5T REG NO M2-W1739M IEI: *****77 TELEX. KAWAKIIRS23I6S FAX: *****16/7/8^ iJV LlNfi »vo«i^^|rniirju^»_ <#*«P NDONESIA: P.™SSR4NAI_AUTWrERMM^tLJKTS22OBOB 1; IXPOfIT M. AMERICA-PACIFICSOUTH-WEST EXPORT SINOAPORE/PHILIPfHHES/JAPAN SERVICE FEEDER VESSU VOY JKT 'H/PEN SIN MOTHER VESSEL IVOYI U I OAK I CHI
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      759 52 't&Mt SfaftuHp (fa, (&te) *dtd. ttfl (SHIPOWNERS I SHIPPING AGENTS) 10 to- M *14-13/14, It/17,19-21 kHrwti—/ Hut *****3 hkJ2oosllJ24lhul far:(iS) *****94 Cdlt AM 'UAMUOM" Ttkx:fS233S94IIMHUAT aoob 1001H7M09W wmur SAiUNG to YANGON INDONESIA^ **$0 VOY SM YGN VTSSfI VOT 1 SIN DISTWATION MOM 07/09 07/01 HONG HOCI N2S4 IN FOOT POKTUIUJI
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      963 52 IJ/I YANG MMC LJNE .ml fcl A if *1 i mil TWICE WEEKLY EVERY THURSDAY/SUNDAY I'lJ.U* ARRIVAL FIXEO DAY-MONDAY ««a Wl IS I HTM NAM FIT LfH AMR VESSEL VOT l£M FXT HAM MM I H L MINGEAST J634w101X>9 I IMS 2009 2108 2309 MMG GLORY *62* $10 SID SID
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      144 52 ROHUG ROHLIG INTERNATIONAL (S) PTE LID SMppiag Fontwdtag Airtmjptt ATTRACTIVE RATES TO: ETA Destination 02/09 09/09 Hamburg, Bremen 02/09 09/09 Felixstowe/London Other Porte 30/06 06/09 Johannesburg, Durban, Port Louis 31/08 07/09 Sydney, Melbourne, Fremantle WEEKLY CHINA CONSOLIDATION VTA HONGKONG 01/09 05/09 HKG, Guangzhou, Qtngdao, Shanghai, Xiamen, Xingang Global Capabilities Personal
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      594 53 MAA SIN I TIGER BAY 463N 30-31/08 04-0&09 13-14 A» I TIGER WAVE 464N 02-03/09 08-11AJ9 16-17/09 I TIGER ISLAND 465N 06-07-09 11-1&09 20-21/09 TIGER BRIDGE 466N 09-1009 15-18/09 23-24/09 I TIGER BAY 467N 13-14/09 18-22/09 27-2&09 I TIGER WAVE 468N 16-1709 22 25/09 3001/10 IVESSEL^^VO^^^SI^^^CA^^SI^^I TIGER SPRING 255CN8 28-2&08
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      906 53 SeaKlxxiHiF ALL WATER SERVICE TO NEW YORK DORTHE MAERSK V.9608 ETA SIN ETDSIH SEPT '96 2 SEPT '96 «i »0T msi {ipso la*—cmovßsa |w|at su oo owl ios |vm wo« ro« Iml m g HO7 5751 «T709 SI PtaK 0W 20/09 "WW 25/09 27/09 27/09 22/09 24/09 27/09 »/09 09/14
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      1475 53 JBW£M*S l^y&E WiaKydLines TO AUSTRALIA '®p£CR **********W f SINGAPORE PMOtf (GENERAL) *****69 RATE ENQUIRIES *****4* 280 CFS (PHONE) *****10 CFS (FAX) *****23 toeuwope gwarwOTwrj Sin Sou Lai) Rtm Am* Hm Mi TYNE /1346 30/08 15/09 16/09 17/09 W>L INDONESIA /3346 30/08 16/09 17/09 21/09 22/09 19/09 ALL AMERICA /5356 04/09
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      655 54 :-w- SAMUDERA PIEJC 15 McCALLUM STBgEt OgTPC «JPflg3ttML. iii 11 hiiii imw uriini MMiim iT^ S HK IH7MMMW -BOOKIMBS CAU DIRECT LI«: *****41/*****43 JESSICA/CEUA J J r lj 11 Wil|l,'l J|ll.'l J jJll|||y •J S^SIMESBSSISM 8 SLQS/WEEK gJJJQIEEB 3 SLGS/WEEK [~\75? —fSN TjSk IvtftiHfi IvflY 1&N I sun SFT3 TTPT
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      389 54 USATSNTII^^jsgulf LOADING VOY SPORE I PX£LANQ* HAUFAX N.VORK NORFOLK N. ORLEANS SAVANNAH TAMPKX) HOUSTON HOEOHDUKE 0636 29/30AUG I 18OCT 18OCT 21 OCT 28OCT 24OCT 1 NOV 8NOV HOEGH MIRANDA 0736 18/17 SEP 08 SEP 01 NOV 04 NOV 06 NOV 12 NOV 08 NOV 16 NOV 20 NOV HOEQH DENE
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      118 54 SIM FAR EAST 03/09 KEELUNG/KAOHSIUNG 01/09 BANGKOK 02/09 MANIUVCEBU 02/09 JAKARTA/BE LAWAN/SURABAYA 02/09 PORT KELANG/PENANG/E. MALAYSIA 02/09 BUSAN 02/09 TOKYO/YOKO/KOBE/NGO/OSA 02/09 HONG KONG sin china 02/09 GUANGZHOU/HUANGPU/SHENZHEN FUZHOU/XIAMEN/SHANTOU/SHEKOU OALIAN/SHANGHAI/XINGANG TIANJIN/OINGOAO/HAIKOU SIM EUROPE/UK 02/09 IDN/FLX/LVP/SOU 02/09 RDM/ANT/LEH/HAM/GOT/OSL also accepting cargo to EASTERN BLOCK COUNTRIES SIM USA/CANADA 02/09 LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK all
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      577 54 I SingaporeSovietShipping Co. Pte. Ltd. ~CR NO: **********0N V BOMBAY/COCHIN VESSEL VOY ISM BOM l ARIES 001/00 20/00 06/00 J KOTA CAHAYA CAHI63 20/08 06/00 MEKHANtK KURAKO MK22N 04/00 12/09 ORIENT CORD 011 07/00 10/00 J BMUnmUMB W1 VOY 13' PORE I HYCHEVSII EVER GROWTH 0123-064W 03/00 01/10 EVER GOVERN
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      845 55 A\ super ExWffiar^ SERVICE TO SEA lAL SHIPPING AGENCY (S) PTE LTD 2 TEL NOS: *****66 (INBOUND) *****77 (OPS) FAX: *****33 CFS: *****31/*****42 Z > CR NO. **********0Z INBOUND FROM JAPAN VESSEL VQY OSAKA KOBE YOKOHAMA TOKYO HONGKONG PKELAMC SINGAPORE AS PEGASUS 331 30-31/08 01-02/09 SEA RANGER 341 27/08 28/08
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      75 55 ACCEPTING BREAKBULK CARGO FROM SIN TO SUEZ, ALEXANDRA, JEDDAH AND AQABA rasa I hot msm ro oo) 10/ot/H jflK. PAKISTAN NATIONAL SHIPPING CORPORATION DIRECT SERVICE TO KARACHI ACCEPTING BREAKBULK A CONTAINERS rasa m ru sin I mi™ I/3WW TS/OVH Ti7osr~ KTDERABAD IS4HW H/OtM QiAoM mm it** is/io/H wm~ SEA-PAC MANAGEMENT
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      1039 55 Si -jiTSm" SXr —1/Sf SoStfUiN 2jjr"Mar —j^gf- JMfi KPT HW -MitflLlM! m.morns* nu mm M .or ?ioi iim 17.09 mm irS 22J ~2T 0249 oim 0109 gjf JK.MAS 135* 06.09 050T 04.09 24M 7749 7109 aJ I T£L 0549 Oa«A*a 3356 0749 06.09" 05.09 7X09 74 09 76 09 7109
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      537 55 APM SAIGON SHIPPING THRICE WEEKLY DIRECT TO HO CHI MINH CITY f EXPORT TO NO CNI MINN CITY IMPORT FROM NO CNI MINN CITY fj 355 vot rar w mac rasa wr I no hcmc MACON KAUMANTAM 77* (73/00) (74/01) 77/ M (TIK) 30/ M =77 w™ HV at/on aim
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      634 56 11 COLLYER QUAY f0«-01 THE ARCADE SINGAPORE *****7. W m TEL: *****90 (4 LINES) FAX: *****98 TLX: R*****1 SINOEX SIMOTKANS SHANGHAI (COHTAINIt SIKVICI) Also accepting container cargo to: VtSSfl/VOY ETA SIN ETAHK6 ETA SHA W/T HKG: Bwjioo. Chiwon, mi 9tn/9ti2 ***** SOODUKK 9601/9602 06/09 _JJ/09 [5/09 Huadugang, Jiongmen, Ningbo, (HANG
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      775 56 mjM MN CONTAINER LINES, INC I Agents: MAC-NELS SPORE: *****22 (24 LIMES) kuchmgu (082)*****3 ITh ■<! "i l Mill lIHI MR): (034) *****9 MAMUL (932) *****91 w FOMNGMO4) *****9 BANGKOK: (992) *****97 SURABAYA: (31) *****0 P. KELAWQ: (03) *****77 JKT (21) *****07 MDft (91) *****3 BAWDUNQ: (22)430W9 HKG ETA ASHDOD
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      363 56 tajjn WENDER CONTAINER LINES ATTRACTIVE FCL/LCL RATES TO: Indian Sub-Continent Ports: MADRAS /BOMBAY/ CALCUTTA COLOMBO CHHTAGONG NHAVASHEVA/ PORT KELANG PENANG MADRAS WWSHPG FWDG (P) LTD TEL:9I44-534 0450 FAX :91-44-534 0200 BOMBAY W.WAGENCIES PVT LTD TEL 91-22-207 5832 FAX 91-22-207 5831 PKLANG SIiASA MASYHUR SDN BHD TEL 02-03-368 9199 FAX :02-03-367
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      117 57 JS fk S'potb P.Ketang Loading For 1 OZGURAKSOY SLD 27/06 RdnVAtwAJK/Nan I ASPILOS 30/08 Atw/RdrrVUK I ■AGIASOFIA 14/09 20/09 RdrrVAtwAJK/Nan I J' Loadi EVW. Malaysia, Indonesia 1 II I ftftrihj for Hptsns DubatfA. Dhabi/Doha/Barrari/DarrrnarVKuwart I ■AYNUR KALKAVAN Hodeidah/Jeddah I ■hermelin Dubai/Doha/Bahrain/Dammari/Kuwait I ■LEOPARD 1 Dubai/A. Dhabi/Doha/Dam man/Kuwait I ■s. FRONTIER
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      174 57 USA Vessel departs on every Monday (For booking, please call Jenny Tian at 548 9584 or Stella Gan at 548 9585) Dubai Vessel departs on every Tuesday (For booking, please call Serene Ghui at 548 9586 or Ann Goh at 548 9593) We accept FCL LCL CONSOLIDATION, WAREHOUSING, TRANSPORTATION. HOUSEHOLD
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