The Business Times, 18 December 1996

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    13 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 023/12/96 85f SINGAPORE Internet: http://www.asial.com.sg/biztimes WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18,1996
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    MARKET SUMMARY
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    FINANCE
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    Lock icon Pidemco to move into luxury condo market
    487 1  -  82-nnit project in W&lshe-Stevens Sds will lead the way By. Jenny Lam PIDEMCO Land, the govern-ment-linked property company, plans to enter the luxury condominium sector with projects in Singapore's prime residential districts. It will kick it off with an 82unit project at Walshe/Stevens
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    Dow down 1.9 at 2pm as market awaits Fed move
    140 1 [NEW YORK] The Dow Jones Industrial Average eased in early afternoon trading yesterday, reflecting nervousness in the market despite widespread expectations that the meeting of Federal Reserve policymakers would take no action on short-term interest rates. As at press time
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    Lock icon All hooked up
    28 1 Media magnate Rupert Murdoch has signed a major deal with Japanese businessman Masayoshi Son to deliver Japanese satellite television on 150 channels, Pg 11 AFP
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    TCS suspends actress Fann Wong over Taiwan contract
    322 1 [SINGAPORE] Popular television actress Fann Wong has been suspended by the Television Corporation of Singapore (TCS) in a dispute over a Taiwan contract she entered into independently. The 25-year-old actress signed on as a full-time artiste with the station from July 1,
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    Regional bourses remain on edge
    198 1  -  By\ R Sivanithy (SINGAPORE] Regional equities yesterday again fell victim to Wall Street's nervousness, with investors having the additional worry of whether this morning's US Federal Open Market Committee (FX3MC) meeting would result in any interest rate changes. Turnover was low in most markets. Here,
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    Big local companies match MNCs in net profit terms
    551 1  -  By Siow Li Sen [SINGAPORE] Large local companies more than hold their own against foreign multinationals in terms of net profits, but MNCs are far ahead in terms of sales turnover. More than two-thirds of the top SO companies in terms
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      72 1 DVSDB i IFTfiiFirf «vt 1 Is *>-9 J MSt hVtmky pratu* There may be a better Yardstick of corporate performance, a method embraced by corpo rates like Singapore Technologies and PSA.F.4 SSsSH fron Gandd Geata ting ■sally bad. ear at m>ng too I SSSL. that his appointment late last month
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      17 1 US housing starts up 9.2%, in November, Pg 11 The Dow is not yet doomed, Pg 13
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      4 1 Regional markets, Pg 22-26
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
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      Lock icon Chiam See Tong quits SDP to join Singapore People's Party
      438 2 Stay out of Potong Pasir or well fight on your turf, he tells SDP The Straits Times CHIAM See Tong yesterday resigned from the Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) to join the fledgling Singapore People's Party (SPP). He also issued a
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      Arianespace opens Asean office here
      298 2  -  Toh Han Sblh EUROPEAN satellite company Arianespace yesterday opened its Asean office here, saying the Asia-Pacific region offers the highest growth potential in satellite launching. The office is Arianespace's third non-European one after the US and Japan. The director of the new office, Richard Bowles,
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      Royal Brothers sell 6 Aussie, Kiwi hotels for A$200m
      284 2  -  From Surinder Singh in Sydney SINGAPORE'S Royal Brothers have finally decided to sell off their hotel properties in Australia and New Zealand after flirting with various buyers for the past two years, according to a report in The Australian Financial Review
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      Lock icon Money-supply growth moderates
      336 2  -  EYE ON THE ECONOMY Finance Ry\ Shiv Taneja 1/ A J. w GROWTH in M 2. the chief measure of money supply, continued to moderate in October after surging to a 12-month high in July. Figures from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) show that M 2
      Source: MAS  -  336 words
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      Lian Huat Group buys Sydney site for A$11m
      210 2  -  From Surinder Singh in Sydney THE Singapore owner of Sydney's Southern Cross Hotel, the Lian Huat Group, has made another foray into the Sydney property market. The group has purchased a development site in George Street in the central business district for
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      SCCCI elects another 26 council members
      211 3 THE Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCCI) has elected 26 council members in its thirdstage election of corporate and individual members to its council. Among the new faces are Wee Ee Cheong, who represents the Industrial and Commercial Bank and who is
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    • NEWS Roundup
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        Mapping out NTUC's future strategies
        71 3 LABOUR MPs and grassroots leaders will start mapping out new goals and strategies for the National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) after the general election, said Minister Without Portfolio Lim Boon Heng last night. The project, dubbed NTUC 21, will be debated at the next Triennial
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        S'pore, Zambia step up ties
        41 3 SINGAPORE and Zambia have agreed to establish diplomatic relations at the ambassadorial leveL said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in a statement yesterday. The move is to strengthen and develop friendly relations between the two countries.
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      S'poreans think the best goods are from Japan, Germany, US
      522 3  -  Poll also shows that 18% approve of locally-made goods By Anna Teo SINGAPORE consumers, like people everywhere else, give top marks to goods manufactured in Japan, Germany and the United States, a poll by advertising agency Bozell Worldwide and The
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      Dow Chemical to invest US$7b in Asia-Pacific
      399 3  -  Petrochem projects over next 10 years include ethylene cracking, derivatives Ry\ Genevieve Cua US-BASED Dow Chemical Company plans to invest US$7 billion (SS9.B billion) in petrochemical facilities in the Asia Pacific over the next 10 years in projects ranging from ethylene cracking to
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  • FOCUS
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      Lock icon EVA: a measure of bottomline
      1353 4  -  Will Singapore firms switch to economic value-added as a measure of how profitable they are? Reports byj Anna Teo [SINGAPORE] IT's been touted as the hottest financial idea of the 90s, and companies in America, Europe and Australia have for some years now adopted it
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      Yeo Ning Hong is a firm adherent of EVA
      935 4 He notes that the EVA, unlike other measures, allows the direct comparison of different companies ONE OF the first things Dr Yeo Ning Hong did when he took over as chairman of the Port of Singapore Authority (PSA) in September 1994
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      A test to see whether value is created or destroyed
      394 4 EVA provides a yardstick to assess the performance of reinvested profits BECAUSE many Asian companies "reinvest and give no dividends", they can actually show gains in earnings per share (EPS) even if they plough profits into lowreturn businesses, says Credit
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      157 4 BUSINESS Notices VIAKRIISKC Ml 101 I -I Kl I ISIHI-741 IHS3 NOTICE Bank of Queensland Limited Series 1 Transferable Loan Certificates ("TLCs") repayable 9 December 1997 In accordance with the provisions of the TLCs, notice is hereby given that for the Interest Period from 18 December 1996 (inclusive) to 18
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      63 4 MORE NOTICES ON PAGE 26 I You may r.ave been unabte to 9e» your copy o» The Business Times I The Straus Tunas The Sunday Times i UanH* Zaobao and oitier i larlv newsoacws from youusual newsstand because of tn» higne' demand latety To ensure a daily eoey can Customer
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  • FOCUS: PERSONAL FINANCE & INVESTMENT
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      Lock icon Narrow ranges the order for STII
      554 5  -  TECHNICAL VIEWPOINT: STII Wait for the index to break above 2,220 before turning more bullish for the next leg forward to 2,350-2,400 ay Naresh Verma The writer is a manager of technical analysis advisory (South-east Asia) at Dow Jones Telerate. The opinions in this
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      Lock icon Index down 7.4 points since August
      596 5  -  BT GOLF INDEX No signs of recovery yet but small Nov drop offers hope worst may be over <*y\ Shahiron Sahari SINGAPORE] While interest n the game of golf is growing ill the time, the same can lardly be said for the market or
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      Lock icon Asset-backed bonds hot
      369 5 Juicy yields and sterling credit fuel growth of almost 40% Bloomberg Business News [NEW YORK] Companies are selling bonds backed by assets, ranging from credit card receivables to Harley-David-son bikes, at a rate never seen before, and investors cannot seem to get enough of them. "We seem
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      Lock icon Ramos to oppose move to extend term
      173 6 MANILA Reuter PHILIPPINE President Fidel Ramos has reiterated that he will oppose moves to extend his term in office and said those who had misgivings about his commitment would just have to accept his word. "Let me be very clear here. I said
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      Lock icon Indonesia ready to fully open IT market by 2005
      247 6 JAKARTA But Jakarta will not succumb to pressure, warns minister AFP INDONESIA will be ready to fully open its information technology products market by 2005. The Jakarta Post yesterday quoted Jonathan Parapak, the secretary-general of the Ministry of Tourism, Post and
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      Lock icon Amnuay outlines plans to develop money markets
      444 6 BANGKOK But investors find little relief in policy speech; stocks slide to 42-month low AFP. Bloomberg Business News FINANCE Minister Amnuay Virawan said yesterday that Thailand's new government is aiming to develop the country's money markets and is expecting a healthier economy in
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      Lock icon Ho Chi Minh growth down
      253 6  -  SINGAPORE By] Harish Mehta VIETNAM'S commercial hub of Ho Chi Minh City is expected to have grown at a slightly slower pace of 14.9 per cent this year compared to 17 per cent last year. The slowdown is due to nationwide floods and typhoons that
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      Lock icon Sirivudh can return if pardoned: Hun Sen
      181 6 ■PHNOMPENH AFP CAMBODIA'S Second Prime Minister Hun Sen said yesterday he would not oppose the return of the exiled half-broth-er of King Norodom Sihanouk if the monarch grants the prince a pardon. The statement came just two days after Hun Sen threatened to
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      Lock icon Ramos on conditions for joining Asean
      157 6 MANILA AFP MYANMAR does not need to democratise to join Asean, Philippine President Fidel Ramos said on Monday. "When the five founding members came in, no one was asked 'Are you a democracy? Do you have a constitutional system?'," Mr Ramos said in a
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      Lock icon Aircraft buy sends M'sian trade deficit to M$773m
      317 6 KUALA LUMPUR Bat positive trend still intact despite red October: analysts Bloomberg Business News MALAYSIA said it recorded its second-largest trade deficit this year in October, swelled by the purchase of two large commercial aircraft. Malaysia racked up a trade deficit of
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  • CHINA-HONGKONG-TAIWAN
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      Lock icon China's two stock markets fall 10% for second day
      519 7 SHANGHAI Confidence shaken by unprecedented sharp drop in prices, says analyst AFP. Reuter CHINA'S two stock markets fell by almost 10 per cent for the second day in a row yesterday, as a government warning against excessive speculation continued to scare
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      Lock icon China to name next batch of H shares soon
      225 7 BEIJING AFP CHINA has completed its selection of the next batch of mainland companies to be listed on the Hongkong stock exchange, a top government securities official was quoted as saying yesterday. The composition of what will be the fourth group
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      Lock icon China warns of Net poaching
      140 7 BEIJING AFP CHINA warned yesterday that trademarks belonging to Chinese companies and city names such as Beijing and Shanghai were being poached on the Internet. Officials from the Trade Mark Office under the State Administration for Industry and Commerce told the China Daily that Chinese
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      Beijing's balancing of hard currency rule fading away quietly
      373 7  -  SINGAPORE Ry\ Lu Ning WITH the announced current account convertibility of the yuan, the past Chinese practice of requiring overseas investors to balance their own hard currency needs is in effect abolished, said a senior Chinese economist. Professor Deng Liping of
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      Lock icon Taiwan foreign minister on a secret mission
      151 7 TAIPEI AFP TAIWAN'S foreign minister has embarked on yet another overseas mission, in a trip cloaked in secrecy to evade rival China's tightening diplomatic embargo. State media yesterday said Foreign Minister John Chang had arrived in Abu Dhabi, a member of the United
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      Tung vows to preserve HK citizens' freedom
      440 7  -  HONGKONG He also pledges level playing field in economic activities By i Quak Hiang Whai HONGKONG'S first chief exec-utive-designate, Tung Cheehwa, yesterday pledged to preserve the freedom of Hongkong citizens and promised a level playing field in economic activities for mainland Chinese and
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      Lock icon Beijing 'suspicious' of Anson Chan
      216 7 MHONGKONG AFP CHINA may not want the incumbent chief secretary of Hongkong to be the No 2 administrator in the post-han-dover territory because of her close links to the British government, a newspaper said. The Chinese authorities are "suspicious" of Anson Chan's stance, and are
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  • ASIA
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      Lock icon Tokyo okays sweeping economic reforms
      360 10 TOKYO Scheme aims to make key Japanese industries globally competitive by 2001 AFP PRIME Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto's cabinet has approved a sweeping programme to reform the Japanese economy, aimed at making key industries globally competitive by 2001. Officials yesterday quoted him as saying: "There is
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      Lock icon Former Korean minister gets four years' jail
      205 10 SEOUL Reuter DISGRACED former South Korean defence minister Lee Yang Ho was sentenced to four years' jail yesterday on charges of bribery and leaking military secrets, court officials said. The verdict came a day after an appeals court upheld convictions on former presidents
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      Lock icon Unflagging support for Aussie govt
      132 10 CANBERRA Reuter THE Australian government has ended 1996 with its electoral support undiminished since the March 2 election. The Australian newspaper's Newspoll found primary vote support for the LiberalNational coalition was at 48 per cent, one percentage point above the March result, while Labor was
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      Lock icon Gearing up for the new year
      50 10 [TOKYO) A shopper looking at battledores featuring pictures of Japanese pop star Takuya Kimura, baseball star Hideo Nomo and various Kabuki actors at a temple yesterday in preparation for the new year. Battledores are wooden racquets used in an ancient game using shuttlecocks. AFP
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      Lock icon Japan aims for 1.9% GDP growth
      131 10 TOKYO AFP JAPAN'S Economic Planning Agency and finance ministry have reached basic agreement to set Japan's gross domestic product (GDP) growth target at 1.9 per cent in real terms for the year to March 1998. The Mainichi Shimbun yesterday said the formal decision on
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      Lock icon Indian industry hit by rising costs, falling margins and sales
      363 10 ■BOMBAY Newspaper survey of companies says trend likely to continue AFP LOWER profit margins, rising costs and a slowdown in sales have squeezed Indian industry in the six months to September 1996 and the trend is likely to continue for
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  • THE WORLD
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      E Asian miracle not over: expert
      514 11  -  WASHINGTON Economic slowdown reflects temporary phenomena: World Bank economist By Leon Hadar RECENT figures have suggested that East Asia may be facing major obstacles to its continued growth, prompting many observers to say the Asian "miracle" may be over. Not so, according to some
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      Lock icon France aims to boost ties with Brunei
      285 11  -  PARIS By I Salil Sarkar SULTAN Hassanal Bolkiah of Brunei is on a state visit to France at the invitation of President Jacques Chirac, who is keen to strengthen ties with the oil-rich kingdom. The Brunei ruler's visit, which began on Monday, is
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      Lock icon US housing starts up 9.2% in November
      145 11 WASHINGTON Reuter, Bloomberg Business News CONSTRUCTION starts on new homes and apartments in the US jumped the highest in more than a year, during November, as cheaper mortgages spurred building. The Commerce Department said yesterday that total starts increased 9.2 per cent to
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      Lock icon House panel raps Bank of England over Barings
      372 11 LONDON AFP THE Bank of England's handling of the Barings affair came under strong criticism from an influential parliamentary committee in a report released yesterday. The Commons Treasury Committee, which conducted a two-year inquiry into the bank's collapse, questioned whether the Bank
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      Lock icon News Corp, Softbank form Japanese TV satellite venture
      287 11 TOKYO JSkyß expected to begin operations in April 1998 AFP MEDIA magnate Rupert Murdoch and Japanese partner Masayoshi Son jointly announced yesterday the formation of Japan Sky Broadcasting Co Ltd to deliver Japanese satellite television on 150 channels from April 1996. JSkyß,
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
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      Stop slaughter of children in our moral void
      715 13  -  THE BOTTOM LINE OPINION By Anthony Lewis The writer is a columnist for The New York Times THERE ARE 200,000 child soldiers in the world today, many of them as young as 10. Young girls are impressed into armies, abused, raped, awarded
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      IN OTHER WORDS
      158 13 'It is a revenge and control paradox. When the person is shopping, they feel they are in control when they are most out of control. It is an area of their lives where they are taking the decisions.' Professor Richard Elliott co-author of an Oxford School of
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      EU's rocky road to monetary union
      636 13 EDITORIAL EUROPEAN Union leaders may have reached an accord last week on what has been dubbed a stability pact for a single European currency. But the road to monetary union the EUs grandest plan yet will be anything but easy. The weakness of the
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      Lock icon Dow not yet doomed
      1089 13  -  The good times won't last but barring a catastrophe, they probably have another 5-10 years to run By i Charles Morris The writer, a Wall Street consultant, is the author of' 'The Cost of Good Intentions", an analysis of the New York fiscal crisis LAT-WP THE
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      WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
      799 13 Phumi In Boalng merger THE proposed US$l3 billion (5518.2 billion) takeover of McDonnell Douglas by Boeing would create an aerospace behemoth that would do little to stifle competition in the commercial and military aircraft industries... McDonnell Douglas no longer wins contracts from many commercial airlines and
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  • Page 13 Miscellaneous
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  • EXECUTIVE UPESTYLE
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      Lock icon I'm singing of a White Christmas
      971 14  -  Tis the season to be critics as j d comsidimi: and friends review CDs J D CONSIDINE LAT-WP CHRISTINE said firmly: "This is not a topic for debate. If you're finally going to be in New York the day I have my Christmas party,
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      698 14 I CHRISTMAS US post offices face the annual deluge of letters addressed to Santa Clans Reuter {PITTSBURGH) Out of the mouths of babes come pearls of wisdom, and children are usually savvy about what to say to Santa Claus but can it get them a
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      77 16 [OSAKA] Singer-actress Madonna and actor Antonio Banderas posing for photographs during a photo session last weekend at the world premiere of the new film, 'EvitaThe event was held at the Shrine auditorium in Los Angeles. In the movie based on a successful West End musical by
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      719 16 THEATRE Without govt subsidies, Britain's theatres are destined for a major cash crisis, says study Reuter [LONDON] Britain's worldclass theatres face the final curtain unless the government saves them from a potentially disastrous cash crisis. TTiat js the stark message delivered by leading lights of
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      667 16  -  HOME But unless yon can afford them, the prices may keep you awake all night Tan Su Yen [SINGAPORE] Singaporeans may live well and dress decently but apparently we are scraping the bottom of the barrel as far as the quality of our sleep
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      Lock icon Chuan Soon Huat to list on mainboard
      464 17  -  Wooden door maker to use proceeds to expand production at least 5M By. Ang Wan May [SINGAPORE] Wooden door manufacturer Chuan Soon Huat (CSH) will list on the mainboard within the first two months of next year, said managing director Lee Thian Soon.
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      GPE Ind interim profit up 18.8%
      165 17 [SINGAPORE] Gold Peak group unit GPE Industries yesterday posted an 18.8 per cent rise in interim net profit to $6.7 million. Turnover rose 14.7 per cent to $99.2 million. The electronics and cable maker's earnings per share fell slightly, to 3.37 cents from 3.78
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      Hour Glass surprises with 49.7% fall in interim earnings to $2.5m
      291 17 Watch retailer faces first fall in fall-year profit since 1992 [SINGAPORE] Watch retailer and distributor The Hour Glass suffered a 49.7 per cent slide in interim net profit to $2.54 million for the six months ended Sep 30. The
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      702 17  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW R Sivanithy AMONG the more interesting developments over the past year has been the increasing number of foreign companies which have listed their shares on the local exchange, often in foreign currencies. Apart from the fact that they
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      216 17 [SINGAPORE] Property counter Singapore Land rose 4.46 per cent or 35 cents yesterday to $8.20 after Merrill Lynch raised its recommendation to a "buy". Volume was also heavy. Some 989,000 shares changed hands almost triple its sixmonth daily trading average of 345,791
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      Thakral to buy Melbourne Hilton hotel for A$59m
      293 17  -  Deal includes two adjacent properties, allows redevelopment By' Tan Su Yen [SINGAPORE] Listed Thakral Corporation Ltd announced yesterday that it will be acquiring the 430-room Hilton on the Park Hotel in Melbourne for Ass 9 million (5565.4 million). The hotel and its
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        552 18 Rest of the fands for Msl3.6b project to come from bond issues and other borrowings in about 3 years' time AFP [KUALA LUMPURJ Malaysia's Bakun Hydroelectric Corp Bhd, developer of a M 513.6 billion (557.5 billion) dam in eastern Sarawak
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        283 18 Bernama (KUALA LUMPUR] Shareholders of Inchcape Timuran Bhd (ITB) yesterday unanimously approved a proposal to take over Kewangan Bersatu Bhd (KBB), thus paving the way for the company to be a financial services provider. The approval was obtained at the company's extraordinary general
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        362 18  -  From Quak Hiang Whai in Hongkong THE cut-throat competition in the Hongkong newspaper industry claimed another victim yesterday when listed Sing Tao Holdings decided to close its evening edition. Sally Aw, chairman of Sing Tao, which also sells the Chinese daily Sing Tao Daily
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        491 18 But it depends on the govt's cross-media ownership review Reuter, AFP [CANBERRA] Ron Brierley, founder and non-executive vice-president of New Zea-land-based Brierley Investments Ltd. yesterday said the company could seek to increase its newly-acquired stake in newspaper publisher John Fairfax Holdings depending on
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        145 18 AFP (KUALA LUMPURJ Malaysia's Berjaya Group yesterday said its group pre-tax profit jumped 73.5 per cent from a year earlier to M 5240.51 million (Ssl3s million) for the six months to October. This was achieved on a 31 per cent rise in turnover to
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        437 18 Thailand and Korea may surprise with rebounds, it says Reuter [HONGKONG] Investors should continue to remain overweight in Hongkong equities next year, with Thailand and South Korea seen as potential dark horses in the second half of 1997, Merrill Lynch said
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        Lock icon Sungei Way to list building unit by Q1 1997
        237 18 Bernama IPETALING JAYA] Sungei Way Holdings Bhd, a member of Sungei Way Group, expects to list its wholly-owned subsidiary, Sungei Way Construction Bhd, on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (KLSE) main board in the first quarter of next year. Sungei Way
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        Lock icon Maybank leads 3 bidders for PNB-Republic stake
        149 18 Bloomberg Business News [MANILA] Malayan Banking Bhd leads the list of three bidders for a 60 per cent stake in Philippine National Bank's subsidiary, PNB-Republic Bank. Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas deputy governor Alberto Reyes said yesterday that Ma-nila-based Equitable Banking Corp and a
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          Saangyoag unit in Thai IT venture
          75 18 [SINGAPORE] Ssangyong's wholly-owned subsidiary, Pacific Technology, has signed a memorandum of understanding with Spec Thai Public Co to provide networking solutions to the Thai market through a joint-venture company. Spec Thai has expertise in retail systems and data/voice communication systems. It will own 60
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          ST Electronic & Engineering names MD
          27 18 ST Electronic Engineering names MD [SINGAPORE] ST Electronic Engineering has appointed Yap Eng Lip as managing director. He has been vice-president/ general manager since April last year.
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          Berger revamps audit committee
          51 18 [SINGAPORE] Berger International has restructured its audit committee to comprise three members as required by new stock exchange rules. The chairman is Steven Tan Chee Chuan and members are Frank Yung-Cheng Yung and Rizal Ishak. Both Mr Tan and Mr Yung are independent directors of the
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          70 18 Bloomberg Business News [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's Lion Land Bhd has agreed to form a joint venture with Germany's Masser Griesheim Gmbh and the Selangor state government's Investment arm to produce industrial gases in Selangor state. They will invest Msll7 million (5164.8 million) in
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        Lock icon Bass sells 61 Holiday Inns in US for US$640m
        272 19 Amount includes a 36% stake in US buyer, Bristol Hotel Company FT [LONDON] Bass is to dispose of most of its Holiday Inns in North America in a cash and equity deal worth US$64O million (SsB96 million). The UK-based brewer and
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        154 19 AFXAsia [TOKYO] Tokyo Stock Exchange president Mitsuhide Yamaguchi said the TSE will study the possibility of listing holding companies in the wake of the Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp reorganisation plans. "The (NTT reorganisation) plans assume the introduction of a holding company, which may
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        Lock icon Mannesmann misses out on Omnitel stake
        236 19 FT [MILAN] Mannesmann of Germany lost the chance to increase its stake in Omnitel Pronto Italia, the Italian cellular telephone company, when Bell Atlantic International of the US exercised its pre-emp-tive rights on the holding on Monday. The move by Bell Atlantic overrides an
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        329 19 Bloomberg Business News [NHW YORK) Barton Biggs, Mo rgan Stanley Co's head of global investment strategy, has cut stock holdings in his mo< lei global asset portfolio by aim ost a quarter. The move comes less than one month after Mr Biggs forecast
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        200 19 Bloomberg Business News [NE W YORK] AT&T Corp will distribute 101.4 million shares of WCR Corp in this month's spinoff, valuing the moneylosing computer maker at US*}.96 billion (555.54 billion) a bout half of what AT&T paid for it in 1991. AT&T will spin
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        289 19 Bloomberg Business News [BOISE, Idaho] Micron Technology Inc said profit from operations in the fiscal first quarter fell 95 per cent, less than analysts had expected, as computer memory chip prices declined. Micron said profit from operations for the three months ended Nov 28
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        Lock icon Former Daiwa trader sentenced to 4 years in jail
        568 20 Toshihide TgnrJii also ordered to pay USs2J>7m in fines and restitution Bloomberg Business News [NEW YORK] A former Daiwa Bank Ltd bond trader was sentenced to four years in prison for concealing US$l.l billion (Ssl.s billion) in trading losses from US
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        299 20 Move will bring total pat in by Deutsche B&nkto£4oom FT [LONDON] Morgan Grenfell Asset Management will this week embark on the next stage of its costly effort to repair the damage of the Peter Young affair by announcing it intends to pay
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        197 20 Reuter [TOKYO] The Japan premium the extra cost Japanese banks are charged when raising funds in the Euro interbank market rose further yesterday due to foreign banks' reluctance to lend money ahead of the end-year book closing, money traders said. Major Japanese city
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        Indo Kodeco Cement in US$345m offshore loan
        235 20  -  By\ Soh Tiang Keng [SINGAPORE] A group of 18 banks has signed a deal in Singapore to lend US$345 million (Ss4B3 million) to Indo Kodeco Cement, an Indonesian joint venture with Korean and Japanese partners. The project financing package was arranged and underwritten
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        UOB Sec opens Manila office
        105 20 [SINGAPORE] UOB Securities, the stockbroking subsidiary of United Overseas Bank, has set up its first overseas office in the PhUippines. Incorporated on Dec 5, UOB Securities Philippines has a paid-up capital of 25 miUion pesos (Ssl.3 mUlion). The company's office in Makati City, Manila, is
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          60 20 NYT [NEW YORK] Conseco Inc, a rapidly growing insurer, said on Monday that it was buying Pioneer Financial Services Inc in a stock swap valued at US$4l7 million (SssB4 million). Conseco also agreed to take on US$6O million of Pioneer's debt. The transaction with Pioneer
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          Lock icon Merrill Lynch sells Bloomberg LP stake
          90 20 Bloomberg Business News [NEW YORK] Merrill Lynch Co said it sold a 10 per cent stake in Bloomberg LP back to Bloomberg. The biggest US' securities firm sold one-third of its 30 per cent interest in Bloomberg, reducing its stake in the partnership to
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          Lock icon Creating 4th largest bank in the US
          93 20 Bloomberg Business News [WASHINGTON] The Federal Reserve Board on Monday approved Nationsßank Corps plan to acquire Boatmen's Bancshares Inc, a U559.42 billion (5513.2 billion) transaction creating the fourth largest bank in the US stretching from Maryland to New Mexico. As expected, analysts said,
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        229 20 Sim r,&Report Reuter [SINGAPORE] Simex Euroyen futures were firmer while Eurodollars lost some ground late yesterday ahead of the US Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting at which the Fed is expected to leave rates unchanged. "The Fed would be shooting themselves in the
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        155 20 T^tMkwi Currency traders were digesting pointers to German views on exchange rates after Friday's agreement on a European Union budget stability pact to back up a future single euro currency. The Bundesbank's latest report said exchange rates broadly reflected fundamental factors and the mark had completely corrected a
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        289 20 ENERGY REPORT Bloomberg Business News [BEIJING] China has been offering 14 on-shore oil exploration areas to foreign companies including Exxon Corp and Italy's Agip Group in a low-key bid to boost the country's sagging oil output. The blocks have been on offer
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      WORLD STOCK MARKETS
      2279 21 LOHDOH Mntriate Nota AB Ports 269 *4 Abbey National 71*400 4.400 Anted Domecq 425 *2 A met 88.400 unch Aide Croup 124 unch BAT Ind 469.400 -9 BtCC 24B -6 BOC Croup 875.400 -8 BR Petroleum <63.400 -4.600 BTR 257 -.400 Bank of Scotland 294.600 -.600 Barclays
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      1624 21 Bloomberg Business News QNikkei 225 -BJSB JAPANESE stocks traded little changed as shares of top-ranked banks rose on hopes that deregulation will lead to stronger profits and electronics makers fell amid concern that overseas sales may slow. Financial institutions such as the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi Ltd and carmakers like
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      1623 22 Reuter QHugSeog -***** STOCKS ended lower yesterday. with the upcoming US central bank policy meeting on interest rates providing an excuse to take some gains, brokers said. "The FOMC (Federal Open Market Committee) meeting is just an excuse to take profit." said Peter Lai. associate director at OCBC Securities.
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      626 22 Reuter n Shenzhen B Index -12.79 [HONGKONG) Shenzhen s A and B share indices continued to plunge yesterday, closing near their limitdown levels of 10 per cent due to Beijing's crackdown on the stock markets. traders said. The A Share Index plummeted 41.69 points, or 9.99 per cent, to
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      393 22 AFP □*P Index -3535 SHARE prices in Taiwan finished 0.5 per cent lower yesterday as investors sought to lock in profits. "As institutional investors managed to take profit to win-dow-dress year-end financial reports, retail investors followed to reduce shareholdings." said Steven Ou of Jen Hsin Securities Co Ltd. The
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      271 22 AFP J3 Wellington -2.76 [WELLINGTON] The NZSE 40 Index was down 2.76 points to 2,353.71 on turnover of NZ$47.l million. Telecom Corp closed down seven cents at NZ$7.3O. Brierley Investments was steady at NZ$l.2B. AFP tun «n cooot ANZ Banking 8.50 -010 4)01 AOvantogo* Mldgi 1.25 unch ***** AlrNow2*olond<A)
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      867 22 AFP Q SET Index -5.53 THAI share prices closed 0.6 per cent lower yesterday, with investors finding little fresh leads in the policy statement by Finance Minister Amnuay Virawan, brokers said. Aphisak Limthamrongkul, analyst at Union Asia Finance, said the market had been expected to take its lead from
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      405 22 AFP n Composite Index -10J7 SHARE prices closed 1.6 per cent lower on the Korea Stock Exchange yesterday as investors continued to dump holdings despite the government's announcement of marketboosting measures, dealers said. "The government measures fell short of expectations with little effect on the market," said Hwang Doo
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      621 22 AFP NAD Ordinaries -20.5 AUSTRALIAN shares closed 0.9 per cent weaker yesterday amid lacklustre trade attributed by brokers to investor concern about a possible rise in US interest rates. The key All Ordinaries Index fell 20.5 points to 2,315.8 after trading in a narrow band for most of the
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      757 22 AFP PI Composite Index +OJ9 STOCKS closed 0.03 per cent higher yesterday in subdued trading focused on banking shares and selective blue chips, dealers said. "We see banking stocks are in an upward m00d....1 think it was because the sector is still at a discount to the market." Sasoon
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      320 22 AFP kJ Manila -22J7 PHILIPPINE share prices fell 0.7 per cent yesterday in dull trading. "It's primarily because of a drop in the prices of Meralco and PNB. Most of the locals are liquidating for the holiday season." said Oliver Plana of Asiasec Equities Inc. The Philippine Stock Exchange
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        8036 23 AFP Q Composite Index -3.47 MALAYSIAN shares fell, led by Telekom Malaysia Bhd, on concern over the overnight fall of US stocks ahead of the Federal Reserve policy-setting committee's meeting later yesterday. "If you look at the Dow, it was down" yesterday, said Ben Chan,
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        55 26  -  Shiv Taneja THERE is more downside in the medium term for Singapore Telecom, which closed eight cents lower yesterday at $130 on a volume of 1.7 million units traded. Weekly RSI and daily Stochastics are overbought, and investors should take profits with a view of buying back when
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        Volatile Dow continues to haunt local market
        888 26  -  STOCK MARKET COMMENTARY One dealer sees current softness heralding a rally early next year amid low global interest rates and corrections in the US R Sivanithy [SINGAPORE] Volatility of Wall Street stocks and bonds on Monday continued to worry investors here yesterday, leaving
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          107 26 BT reported recently that global software giant Microsoft was taking the piracy bull by the horns in setting up shop in Sim Lim Square, a shopping complex infamous for pirated software. We got a letter from the managing agents of Sim Lim Square saying that our report sounded
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          53 26 THE Singapore Press Holdings (SPH) management diary looks to be in hot demand, going by this phone mail message that one journalist received yesterday: "Do you believe in cheque book journalism? If you do. give me an SPH diary and I'll give you news of an
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          The boss is at home
          114 26 TUNG Chee Hwa is in high spirits despite his highly-stressed schedule following his election as the first post-1997 chief executive of Hongkong. At his first public speech yesterday, the former shipping tycoon showed off his wit. "We aU value very much our freedom in Hongkong.
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          Gas bags
          92 26 ACCORDING to a survey of people who work in the media by SmithKline Beecham, self-medication is the preferred approach to treatment for gastric pains a symptom of dyspepsia. Now this raises a question: why were only people from the media chosen for the survey? According to SmithKline, the
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          Guarding market share
          68 26 CUSTOMER loyalty needs to be lubricated. One oil company, concerned that its customers may migrate to other brands when its petrol kiosk in Ang Mo Kio undergoes renovation, has started giving out discount vouchers. The customer is encouraged to top up at other kiosks of the same
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      321 26 f IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 50 ANO IN THE MATTER OF OFFSHORE ENGMEERMG (S) PTE LTD (In Voluntary Liquidation) At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the company held at 750QA Beach Road #11 -320/322 The Plaza Singapore *****1 on Monday. 16th December, 1996 at 10.00 a.m.
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      329 26 IN THE MATTER Of THE COMPANIES ACT, CHAPTER 80 SINGAFORANE INDUSTRIAL PTE LTD MEMBERS' VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION At an Extraordtoary General Meeting of the Company deemed to be held on 16 December 1996, toe following reeduttone were duly paeaed: 1. SPECIAL RESOLUTION WINDING-UP That the Company be wound up voluntarily purauant
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  • SHIPPING TIMES
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      310 27 Bridge News, Reuter BIFFEXwas again caught by the Monday morning lethargy, which is now getting worse prior to Christmas, Clarkson Wolff said in its daily report. < Prices opened in low volume at 20-25 points up on the Jan position, but the technical target of 1484 was hot
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      248 27 1 CWT OtttrtbuBon LIS -0.01 4 OmmiNm 0.92 -O.OOS 164 ttlCf iMMtiMnt 1.50 undt 23 rtL$ Ut *0.25 55 FretaMLMM OM *0.005 25 MHeMta* OM Med *7 WkllHw 0 975 -OAS 404 HtacWZeaan O.m -0.005 M MCllllftm MR 5.60 1.02 *041 II OC *0.05 4M KaweiCerp AM WKk
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      Anera revises contract discussions with shippers
      419 27  -  Pilot programme promises greater flexibility for both big and small customers By Yong Mei Fong [SINGAPORE] Ratemaking group Asia North America Eastbound Rate Agreement (Anera) has revised its con-tract-making procedures, promising shippers more direct discussions with carriers and greater flexibility in negotiations. The group,
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      Lock icon TSA members told to delay changes
      205 27 Lloyd's List [WASHINGTON] The US Federal Maritime Commission has suspended introduction of Transpacific Stabilisation Agreement modifications. The delay must be used by the agreement's 15 member lines to respond to a series of fundamental questions from the commission before it decides whether to approve
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      Use high-tech means and a greater resolve to fight piracy
      620 27  -  STRAIT TALE By\ Seafarer IIT IS always tempting to shoot the messenger when awkward and unwelcome news arrives. There is something of that in the criticism of the International Maritime Bureau (1MB) by the Federation of Asean Shipowners' Associations (Fasa)
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      Gulf-Karachi Express to serve 2 more ports
      191 27 [SINGAPORE] A consortium of carriers comprising Neptune Orient Lines, Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) and P&O Containers will be upgrading its Gulf-Karachi Express (GKX) loop service next year with the addition of two ports to its current schedule rotation. Beginning January, the consortium will
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      66 27 [AL-BAKR] Iraqi port workers at the offshore oil terminal ofAl-Bakr attaching ropes to the super tanker Start of Africa on Monday. The United Nations has allowed Iraq to sell US$2 billion (SS2.B billion) in crude oil over six months to pay for food and
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      174 27 Reuter [TAIPEI] Taiwan's ruling Nationalist Party has proposed turning Japan's southern island of Ishigaki into a transhipment centre for restricted trade with rival China after Hongkong comes under Beijing's rule in July. "Use Ishigaki as a transhipment centre for the mainland," the United
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      103 27 BernamaXinhua [QINGDAO] China's biggest berth to handle cargo containers went into operation yesterday at the Qingdao Port in east China's Shandong province. The number three berth in Qianwan, Qingdao Port, is presently the only one in all of China's seaports able to accommodate container ships of
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      1123 28  -  PAMAMA CANAL: COUNTDOWN TO US HANDOVER IN 1999 b The shipping industry is wary and domestic interests are jockeying for position as Panama's Congress drafts the law that will govern the operation of the Panama Canal when the US gives up control of the waterway in
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      INDEX TO SHIPPING LINES AND FREIGHT FORWARDERS
      426 28 PACC Ethiopian 6 AEIOcean 16 EwoHama 6 AEl 14 fwgrtw 6 AFTShpq 14 FL-Bright 9 AMI 3 FMC 15 AMe 16 F 7 i Accord 8 F*wde M Ahrenkiei 4 FoongSun 8 Appenslup 4 Froti 8 Astro 3 W Links 13 Austral 9
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      SHIPPING GUIDE
      9934 36 EXPORT ETA ETA Advertiser Vessel Voyage Telephone ETA ETA Advertiser VhmI Voyage Telephone SIN Oesfn Name Nam* NumOer Number SIN Oest'n Name Nam* Number Number a To BINTULU (BTU) 2051 Sarawak, Malaysia To ABIDJAN (ABJ) 2003 23/12 N/12 M-siaSMp bunga butang 9*59 *5-*****57 Ivory Coast, Cote D Ivoire
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        CONVENTIONAL WHARVES
        791 43 Voy No Barth Arrival Dapartu **•«>« tn vssi Jmm itonruo* noms* IM*QMM *32* JK> *»HI| 1712/2300 Wo» 7 J12 1*12/2200 0" Oaf* J02 «OHQ»» *12/0200 OnO* ohm 03 J23 Jtonqsok 2!.12/2300 MM 12/* JOS Manr 20.0/1000 P SaqSM 13/* 303 *12/0700 Praa*tafclf> P*3 J21 atcngMt *.12/2300 p» 30O
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        CONTAINER SCHEDULES
        1789 43 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Book log/B*Unct Rstls Ship Voy No Etb/Btr Ported From To From Au my 0*31 20/1030 It 17/1500 17/MM 17/1900 U 17/1700 a/0459 *,'0900 I a/o/oo a/m* b/uoc 4 WWOO a/1459 14/1700 mSSm" <os< w/ttoo a wsm 17/mm irmoo 17/1700 a/0459
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        GLOBAL HOLIDAY
        259 43 Dec 23 Japan Emperor Akihito's Birthday. Dm 24 Austria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Slovakia, Sweden Christmas Eve. Germany Market holiday, Christmas Eve. No IBIS trade or floor trade tin Frankfurt stock exchange. Netherlands Markets close at midday. Last session before Christmas. Portugal: Markets closed in afternoon. Christmas Eve.
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        COCKETT BUNKER MARKET REPORT
        840 43 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Marine Oil Ltd. shows price ranges In US dollars instead of single prices for a more comprehensive de scriptton of the market Prices shown are based on average-sized stem Market movements are Indicated The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the
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        VERITAS BUNKER QUALITY REPORT
        534 43 Carton 180 Mai 990.0 u M.5 0.10 64 0.00 Dmlty mm twMw Art *1—lidiw Sediment Mo abow E25 0 2 0 0 0 0 380 Aw 985.0 04 13.6 0.0T 33 0.00 Em 380 Max 9964 12 17.9 0.t2 64 0.00 "»i m/w mt watted no
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        462 44 PROPOSED BOEDTO-MCDOMMELL DOUGLAS Shares of both companies rise; Pentagon has only minor reservations NYT [WASHINGTON] The proposed merger of Boeing Co and McDonnell Douglas Corp has received the blessings of Wall Street and aerospace industry analysts, who said the deal would cement Boeing's
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        Lock icon Deal may hurt Boeing sales to China
        282 44 NYT [SHANGHAI] China, expected to be the world's biggest customer for commercial aircraft in the coming decade, is looking at Boeing Co's planned purchase of McDonnell Douglas with more than casual attention. Yet the takeover, combined with Boeing's past success in China more
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        Lock icon Japan ministry begins probe into near collision of plane, fighters
        261 44 NYT [OKINAWA] The Transportation Ministry has begun an investigation into the near-colli-sion of an Air Nippon Boeing 737 and two Air Self-Defence Force F4 fighters. The two planes narrowly averted a collision over Naha airport on Dec 12, officials of
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        Lock icon US car industry celebrates 100th year, expects 1997 to be tough
        262 44 Reuter [DETROIT]WhiIe the US car industry celebrated its 100 th birthday in 1996 with higher sales and a new labour accord, it expects its 101 st year to feature a flat environment and tougher competition from foreign shores. Forecasts
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        Lock icon Boeing feared bid by McDonnell
        193 44 FT [LONDON] Boeing moved swiftly to buy McDonnell Douglas because it feared that its US aerospace rival was about to bid for the defence operations of Hughes Electronics, it emerged on Monday. McDonnell is understood to have been planning to submit a bid for the
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        Lock icon M'sian firm, Cambodian govt sign air cargo deal
        184 44 Bridge News [PHNOM PENHJ A Malaysian firm has signed a US$lOO million (Ssl4o million) deal with the Cambodian government to establish a massive global air cargo hub at an unused airport northwest of Phnom Penh, officials said yesterday. The agreement, signed yesterday
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        Lock icon US and France begin aviation talks
        187 44 New final agreement not expected to be reached Bloomberg Business News [WASHINGTON] US and French government officials began formal talks in Paris on Monday aimed at building a new treaty governing air travel between the two countries. The talks, which aren't expected to yield
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        Lock icon Quiet day at SAA Taipei office
        71 44 [TAIPEI] Business at the Taipei office of South African Airways (SAA) is at a lull on Monday after Taiwanese Foreign Minister John Chang announced that air links between the island and South Africa would be suspended from Feb 15 in a protest against Pretoria's
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        Lock icon Lawsuits in TWA crash expected to increase
        267 44 Reuter [NEW YORK] Lawsuits in the deadly TWA Flight 800 crash will begin to multiply this week after the National Transportation and Safety Board said a fuel tank problem could have caused the explosion, lawyers said on Monday. Lee Kreindler of New York's
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          Trent engine wins award for 3rd time
          70 44 [SINGAPORE] Rolls-Royce's aircraft engine, the Trent, has bagged the British Royal Academy of Engineering Macßobert Award for the third time. The award is given for innovation in engineering. The company said the engine has been ordered for Boeing 777 and Airbus A 330
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          Lock icon Asiana picks P&W engines for new jets
          58 44 AFP [EAST HARTFORD, Connecticut] Seoul-based As tana Airlines has selected Pratt and Whitney's PW4OOO engine family to power its 48 new Airbus Industrie A 330 and Boeing 777 jets, the US engine maker announced. The engine deliveries span the period from 1966 to
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          Strike costs ANA about 300m yen
          83 44 [TOKYO] All Nippon Airways Co (ANA) incurred an estimated 300 million yen (513.6 million) loes in operating revenue resulting from a 24-hour walkout by the pilots union on Dec 15, company officials said. ANA's new wage I system for flight attendants, an attempt to
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          Lock icon GM to launch new cars in India
          47 44 AFP [BOMBAY] General Motors of the US plans to laurtch new cars and a utility vehicle In India, a newspaper reported on k Monday. General Motors has a tie-up with India's Blrla business house and manufactures the Opel Astra here.
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        AIRCRAFT ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES
        1273 44 cmr FlIOHT ETA FU6MT ETP AtaDhaM RJ8300 0145 RJ8301 0300 MUSS8 WO 8Y6M 2050 $0442 200* tamriMNC MUSKM MM MM* S0229 2220 Hmrtoa S08OT 2130 SOflX) K>20 Ammm RJ8300 0145 RJT83 2210 KaMl VN741 1310 $0176 1130 *M2 WO SOT75 1W0 VW740 Aastartaa S0327 0620 S0328
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      14 27 Panama charts the future of canal Countdown to US handover in 1999. Page 2
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      90 27 Wall St hails Boeing merger Shares of Boeing, McDonnell rise. Back Page n»i 11 'w mm —iin MONTHLY RO-RO SERVICE FROM PORT KELANG AND SINGAPORE TO AUSTRALIAN MAIN PORTS i|3 jqjp *g«I ju^l 1 19 r I s&> |Jr% 4 '"L. 1 &U&-• V*^•r'i c iI.IL ilfcayi 4 i^Kmj i
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      1081 28 ■uw— i export i I othi* disnumns-] 1 tHRICt TO WIST COAST IWIBT COAST Of CEMTKAL AMERICA (MAROARITA MRVKD I Imta vot mg noaw uoaawisiapaihouoknt nbocqott mm I vot |ai|njiniM 1 lams oat 0* 11/12 10/12 os/oi os/oi 07/01 04/01 07/11 v/n 00/oi 04/01 is/oi SSJw SSu I t/S I
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      640 28 Uim MfvfcM fpr—n>»d 'mwil Mwnbw oi \MSggW/ Accna-d Shipping Agantt, Shipping Amoc. Mmbfottw Singapore Freight Forwatdare AwodHon. NEW IN SINGAPORE SMITHEUS (S) PTE LTD DUST FREE PREPARATION OF CONCRETE AND STEEL SURFACES FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL *****00 OR *****57 EXPORT 3 x Japan •2 Hongkong -1 x Mania •1 x
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      1019 29 EXPORT TO: TO: JEDPAH/UK/CONTINENT K VOY UN JCD R'DAM H'BWG »'MAVW S7OM UN ALSO ACCEPTING CARGO FOS: AW INDONESIA 3506 20/iJ 10/01 ot/01 04/01 07/01 GLASGIOW GRANGEMOUTH ooctHOfE ssm jo/ii 00/01 07/01 n/oi A||o ft 7' TY* ISM 20/12 05/01 07/01 10/01 11/01 MWt HIUIHSHIILDS NtDUOTD AMttICA 5516 2A/12 10/01
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      2016 29 HANJIN SHIPPING UM CANADA* |>mham/vot umT sm g* m m wr oo oei iwt |ww I—i|»osji»Yg [o» rvt m w m tk""| H.ajawxom u/u w/»i n/n u/oi u/oi u/oi u/oi n/oi u/oi is/oi u/oi u/oi 17/01 "W" Ti/oT ~u/oT "woi~ ~u*i iiflT nowuMPmi a/12 m/u u/oi u/oi 17/01 u/oi 10/01
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      105 29 (rtMl ORIENT EXPRESS UNES (U.K.) LIMITED ?j£l. (MANAGER FOR SHREYAS SHIPPING LIMITED) WEEKLY SINGAPORE/MUMBAI (BOMBAY) SHUTTLE vßsa vot sttmront iowmt vbsii vot ttmm smcwst NORDKAP 404 20/12 27/12 NORDKAP 403 12/12 20/12 LEERORT 911 25/12 01/01 LEERORT 910 17/12 25/12 SINARTOBA 205 04/01 11/01 SINAR TOBA 204 27/12 04/01 NORDKAP
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      1015 30 DSR-SEHA TOR 1h Round the World Container Services TO UK/COPTTINENT FROM UK/CONTINENT Ma J5 in* «rv I ham 1 m mtt lha 11 vessel [voy |dm htm irv ham lajtlwr sm* Mll »11 W "STT Isli Till aIT J ,3tl CNOYMM WORLO EE7T *112 811 811 Mil Ml? an ail
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      1120 30 I NORASIA 55T 2°* V* *u nor «T Fa w* NOA SHANGHAI 2V12 Srt2 uIE ?SE f?2J 1221 122! 11,1 I tl 2S?2r« Sij oifli £2i 111! IMI 2** l I**l 17S1 17/tl IMI SccmS El S5- S5 3E SS S 2S SS SSS SS! SIS "«m« L^i—gyl w« £5
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      50 30 FULL CONtAIHIH *fc«VICI VESSEL VOY SIN JKT 382SN 19/12 21/12 SENT OS A JAVA 468S 21/12 24/12 BOTH VESSELS BERTH AT "Wr AND VTC 2* ALSO ACCEPTING CARGOES TO UTC 1 AND BANDUNG OFFERING OPEN-TOP SERVICE TO ANO FROM JAKARTA JAKARTA AGENT PT. SENTOSA OCEAN LINE TEL; <*****4 FAX; <*****9
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      425 30 Direct Container to «ni» —«p Fangcheng -i H Zhanjiang Vessel S'pore Fangcheng Zhaniianf UANBAO 19/12 24/12 26/*.,.; 'm «•••>» tt /VOfiTRANS CONVENTIONAL SERVICE TO THAILAND AND MALAYSU «**.ot BREAKBUUC, RO/RO AND HEAVYUFT ANY WBQWg THAI FLAG STATUS PRIORITY BERTHS A* Express VJJk SUP MB 22-23/12 19-21/T?" A* Express VJIA 20-21/12
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      1373 31 :W1 STRAITS SHIPPING PTE LTD J "HS |9i 10 Hoe Chiang Road #11-01 Keppel Towers Singapore *****5 Tel: *****88 Fox: *****17 SABAH BRUNEI CONVENTIONAL SERVICE IHO CHI MINH FULL CONTAINER SERVICE |w vot mua a Ivissa vot (tahoktiks) VHWI I 10/12 B/H OtKNT MAIUUIOV VH?4« M/H n/n numwon vhjci I
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      1761 31 3 SAILINGS PER WEEK FOR SINGAPORE EUROPE SERVICE I SINGAPORE'S GINCRAI AGCNTS: 6 SHENTOH WAY TEL 226 1900 FAX; *****0* OUTWARD (l/L) 4205*02 iOHORE OfFKECOSTAR SHIPPING PTE LTD #17-04 DISIIDG SAIiS/IRGS 4205*41/43 INWARD MPT (I/O) ******5 COSTAR AGENCIES (M) SDN BHD I «WO:II7S7>WOOOM TOWER TWO (06M09) CONVENTIONAL 4205*50/55 T/SHPMT DIPT
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      605 32 ft* NANTAI LINE 1 FULLY CONTAINERISED SERVICE TO MAURITIUS SOUTH AFRICA EAST COAST SOUTH AMERICA nssa hot mi I fu) Idm I <yr IMI 19 HK tg mm aw m 71/ij mi_ mi_ _iw _mi_ mi JM mi **sa iis Tmm" ivii mi mi bvb mj mmwK ~tiys~ "ii*T mi"
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      492 35 Weekly LCL FCL lt i IODICaI Servkes to Caribbean Is hipping 6 Central America MABSK VMNCOUVB I MOTMAaBK 9702 9702 Port Country 22/12 29/12 BJiwCHy Belize 25/01 01/02 Bridgetown Barbados 28/01 04/02 Cartagena Colombia 27/01 03/02 Caslrm S». Lucia 27/01 03/02 Fort de France Martinique 29/01 04/02 Freeport Bahamas 23/01
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      802 35 PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL UNES (PTE) LTD j 140 Cecil Street, #03-00 PtL Building, Singapore *****0. CR NO **********06 ii i J fc II 1 filial f- I'll It 111 I 111 ESEs JSL ,9!?, j* mi m r n ikw "am~ SffiwAi**.. iV9; IA/i s/] un I/L_ SI —i 3/1,/ 1
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      848 35 VESSELS VOY~ SIN DAMgTTA LE HAVRE HAMBURG THAMESPORT ROTTERDAM ANTWERP VILLE OS CAPELLA TI6W WI2 29/12 07AM 08/01 10*01 11/01 iioi VILLE DC ÜBRA LI6W 23/12 03/01 12AM 13/01 15* M 18/01 iaoi VILLE D" AQUARIUS UIBW 30/12 11/01 20W 21/01 OW 2*ol 26/01 VILLE D-AQUILA AIBW lfl/01 27/01 28/01
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      29 37 1 //"VISA FREIGHT SERVICES PTE LTD Established Since 1984 THE TOTAL TR/\NSPORTATION PEOPLE REGULAR GROUPAGE I CL CONSOLIDATION IMPORT iV EXPORT SERVICES OCEANIA PORTS AUCKLAND SYDNEY BRISBANE MELBOURNE FREMANTLE
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      1130 38 K44h Hi f 9 AS AGENTS: "K" LINE (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD (CH NO 1244J*****0HG5T REG NO M2-*****8M) TEL *****77 TELEX KAWAKIRS23I6S FAX: *****16/7/8/9 i W T MALAYSIA: "K" LINE MARITIME (MALAYSIA) SON BND I JL Mmjt A TEL SA *****00 PK *****75 PEN *****20 JB *****01 PGU *****25/6 7 MOONEStA:
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      423 38 mmm island line pte ltd Jfm S4*ri*ry tt HH 5m Nhf Gntf 190 "NTONMNT ROAD #04-07 SOUTWOWI S'POtl 0047U TEL 32*4340 FU: *****41 TU; IS *****1RS ***** INTRA-ASIA CONTAINER SERVICE TO INDONESIA VESSa VQT si JKT VESSH VOT SRI SUR VtSSA VOT SM Kw SSr- BB" Sfli -gjf- —S!S-^r=a«f TO
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      206 38 P.t PKUSAHAAN PEAYARAN W KALIMANTAN DIRECT WEEKLY SERVICE TO JAKARTA/PALEMBANG I *»T n*/IT» DESTINATION lACHMANUEI II V/H J3/14 Dm Jckorto/PoUmbono RACHMANUCI I IS/H 17/21 Dm Jokorto/PolambonS IACHMANUd HI U/W 10/31 Dm joko*a/PoWmbon£ IACHMAMUfIII 1/»7 U/MJ. jekorto/Swobeyo" SURAiAYA/PAMJAHG I H/MD* Sarafeaya/Paataai I (AIAKA JATA NIAGA IJ/J4 Dm P»|Hoiribi r i PERAWAN/DUMAI/JAMBI/P'BARU
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      913 38 PH yancmngune Mii-j.f.im TWICE WEEKLY EVERY THURSOAY/SUNOAY |Q2LSI AAflfVAi. FIXED DAY-MOMOAY *I*l m IW I HTM HAM FKT Ifit MM NH Vf SKI WY L» «T m urn u »«NGGAIAXV MW 11«Tt2 I 1001 OMI 07«1 11A>1 2001 MMGMOON M4SE SLO SU) SLO SO) SIX 131/12 I Ha ,M [XMSBR,OGt
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      624 39 i U I VESSEL 1 TIGER ISLAND 493N 20-20/12 25-28-12 02W01 I TIGER BRIDGE 494N 24-24/12 28-31/12 04-05*01 I TIGER BAY 495N 27-28/12 01-04/01 09-1001 I TIGER WAVE 496N 30-31/12 OWJB/01 13-14/01 1 I TIGER ISLAND 497N 01-02/01 06-10/01 15-16/01 1 TIGER BRIDGE 498N (H-Q5/01 10-1301 18-19*01 I^ESSEL^^VO^^^SI^^CA^^SI^^I XOUR SPORE
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      408 39 Sea K Land DIRECT SERVICE TO LONG BEACH SL INITIATIVE V.9629 ETA SIN ETD SIN 24 DEC '96 24 DEC '96 CALL BOOKING HOTLINE TEL: *****33 NOW! SINGAPORE MALAYSIA INDONESIA MAINLINE *****22 KUALA LUMPUR 03-*****28 BANDUNG 022-*****5 CUSTOMER SVC(IN) *****00 PORT KLANG 03-*****08 BELAWAN 061-*****3 CUSTOMER SVC(OUT) *****33 PENANG 04-*****90
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      1374 39 cfa Nedlloyd EVERY FRIDAY edlloyd UneS TO MEDITERRANEAN SINGAPORE > > HOie (GENERAL) *****89 RATE ENQUIRIES *****4 a/ 2eo CFS (PHONE) *****10 CFS (FAX) *****23 TO EUBOK tVHTY THUB&TW/W oocLWE'Ssoe !?,12 Sfu So, T 5R,, Zoi A« indonfsia /vra /12 10/01 11/01 05/01 06/01 07/01 IrarA 21/12 06/01 07/01 10/01
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      523 40 SAMUDERA INDONESIA (S) PTE LTD Ty* 1 1 15 McCALLUM STREET #03-01/02 NATWEST CENTRE S'PORE 0106 TEL: *****81 -3 FAX: *****08 (OUTWARD) *****69 (INWARD) TLX: R*****0 CR NO. IQ47MSOOOOD OOOKINSS CALL *****41/43 JESSICA/CELIA/AUDREY 7 SLGS/WEEK Q*****31 3 SLGS/WEEK [vessb. j voy isw ijak (vessel ivoy Isin |sur MAERSKNARA 9661 INPT
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      169 40 FOUR THUS/ Wg| SAJUWCS: f. GUPAMO/SIN6APORI SOOTH IOUND resa wr I r suomk m HMU9AIV SITT? 14/12 CM) IS/1?(9M) mwv mm jmmi sins mm- MBz OMUSIMV SI 76 71/1? (SAJ) 72/1? (SUM) ■HE m fIM bmusimv si/is m/i im~ r/iitii NOtTH SOUND ttSSa WT I SB E6UOMK tutami mr~ fgyw
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      447 40 TO E. CANADA US ATLANTIC US GULF L Q^P <WQ VOY PXELANG* HALIFAX NYORK NORFOLK N.ORLEANS SAVANNAH TAMPICO HOUSTON 22 2 ***** OEC 17 FEB 20 FEB 21 FEB 20 FEB 24 FEB 04 MAR 08 MAR 225 iart4JAW 08JAN 08 MAR 06 MAR 10 MAR 17 MAR 13 MAR
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      182 40 ■SB SIM PAR EAST 21/12 KEELUNG/KAOHSIUNG 22/12 BANGKOK 22/12 manila/cebu 22/12 JAKARTA/BELAWAN/SURABAYA 22/12 PORT KELANG/PENANG/E. MALAYSIA 22/12 BUSAN 22/12 TOKYO/YOKO/KOBE/NGO/OSA 22/12 HONG KONG SIM CHIN* 22/12 GUANGZHOU/HUANG PU/SHENZHEN FUZHOU/XIAMEN/SHANTOU/SHEKOU OALIAN/SHANGHAI/XINGANG TIANJIN/OINGDAO/HAIKOU M EUROPE/UK 22/12 LDN/FLX/LVP/SOU RDM/ANT/LEH/HAM/GOT/OSL also accepting cargo to EASTERN BLOCK COUNTRIES SIM usa/canada 22/12 LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK all
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      303 40 Singapore Soviet Shipping «jß> Co. Pte. Ltd. CR NO: **********0N BOMBAY/ScHlll^^^^Z VESSEL VOY BOM KOTACAHAYA CAHI7I 10/12 28/12 TRAHBCOHO 051 20/12 20/12 Y ELENA SHATROVA 153/90 22/12 30/12 VANESSA 13N 24/12 01/01 regular MBBBML VESSEL' VOY I S PORE I ILYCHEVSK EVER GOVERN 01SO-OOOW 17/12 14AM EVER QO4NQ 0140-070W 24/12
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      1030 41 I I I ASIA SERVICE VtSSEL VOY LEH RTM ANT HAM FXT HY FEDERAL 302W 23 DEC 08 JAN 09 JAN 09 JAN 11 JAN 14 JAN HY ADMIRAL 304W 30 DEC 15 JAN 16 JAN 16 JAN 18 JAN 2) JAN HY HIGHNESS 302W 06 JAN 22 JAN 23
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      1344 41 MLHM ima Tai Fslr hffa, m «B HB WHII HI IT BT lIW W7M TTP i 2 1! #7 I" 11-J L„ OCLMWI 2414 1112* 17.11 ail Hl2 Hl2 Hll JJ "J* KS. DAAUOt 4414 1112* MLH Hll 17.1 J Hll *.12 ND MAAS ISH 27.11 Hlf 25.12 14.01 1741
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      666 41 APM THRl'cE 0 WEe'k'lv'DIRECT TO HO CHI M iNTTcTTY EXPORT 70 HO CHI MIHH CITY IMPORT FROM HO CHI MIHH CITY mm wot nr m- P BBW mat vtssa wr ntioK ntra ESTo-™* 2522 51 "75 auoeSSWKKA MS2 (It/18 01/18 B/11 (SNB M/ll SBKMSSBIIOSA *5) M/ll B/11 nun OtAGOH MUBANIAN
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      388 42 SINO IXPRKSS SHIPPING (PTK) LTD. V MM I 11 COLLYER QUAY #06-01 THE ARCADE SINGAPORE *****7. m 1 TEL: *****00 (4 LINES) FAX: *****08 TLX: R*****1 SINOEX SINOTRANS SHANGHAI (CONTAINER SERVICE) Also ocieptinq contoinef coroo to: VESSEI/YOY ETA SIN ETAHKG ETA SHA W/T HKG: Beiiioo. Chiwon. GOOD LUCK 9611/9612 19/12
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      176 42 GOLDEN LINE GUAM GUAM SHIPPING KO.Q\ (PTE) LID 1 >T 23, "Wok %ar Bfcaat SNGAPOHE *****6 1 TEL 53*3968 (10 UNES) Fax: *****04 TaAITS/PKaSIAW OIILP IMVICI S'pore PKebng Penang GOLDEN GRACE KaracfeOut>*«ui«a* 19-2CH2 GOLDEN SIM K*ati*Oub*«uwa* 08-KVOI YVJ LONG Ona Ports 20-22/12 A VSL HjangpiVShangha 26-2JVI2 CPHTAIMI HMOffl ypora Fangdwng
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      406 42 HONGKONG "MONTI ROSA" V.5494 "NOL AMUR- V.44S ETA SIN 22/12 ETA SIN 21/12 j MANILA PINANG/PORT KELAHG "PIYA RHUM" V 491 "ACX CLOVER" V.021A ETA SIN 20/12 ETA SIN 23/12 BANGKOK ROTTERDAM/HAMBURG "HUSUM" V 907 "HY PIDIRAL" V.302W ETA SIN 23/12 ETA SIN 23/12 CALL BOOKING: 220-2022 XIUHUA/HAMIDAH/YEO/PHYUIS SB wa
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      315 42 '^SSMMMMHk JOSHUA 2C/12 28/12 Rt*iVAIwAJK/Nan f AGHOS MMAS 03A)1 OSAM Rc*rVAh»AM/N*i Lot* EML Mgjgfc tnrtonsla I MMBUPWWPWWPWWBBWi^BH^K^'* ILoKtefor KAVO ALEXANOROS Dubai/ADhab*'Bahr»rVD«TrTwVKiJw»t I nl RAfSER Duba^ADhatot/Bahra<rVDamn'»rVKu»»«SM~..» ORKUN KALKAVAN Hodeidah/JaddarVAqrttt'Pt S«d f KASF KALKAVAN Itaty/AqabWPt SadTrlpo* PAN CRYSTAL Dubai/A.Oh«bi/Dvnm«VKuwot 2 SAMMI FRONTIER DubatfADhab»/DanTrwVKi/w*t/Jadd*i I "Load* Singapore, EVW. Malaysia, Indonesia J siTi Loving
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      125 43 LEGE NO: R Thunderstorm Temperature •<, X\ A y lower Weother Wmd drection with speed m knots Rom vy Cloudy Sky Wove height S(/rf<K« winds or* indicated by orrows which Hy with the wind One Mi circle represents calm or bght ond variable winds One half Heche represents 5 knots
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