The Business Times, 15 January 1997

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    8 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 023/12/96 SINGAPORE 85c
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    MARKET SUMMARY
    65 1 sni 22UL52 (-16.88) BT-SBI 1106.76 (-5:46) BTCOMF 2280J22 (-20.78) BTHGA 106X80 (-7.90) HHABKET KOQDc Mixed STOCK MARKET INDICES Tuesday Change KLSE COUP -9.34 NIKKEI 18,093.13 28.66 HANG SENG I1293J7 >466 SET INDEX 807.67 15.22 JAKARTA COMP —***** +166 MANILA COUP __12«1.72 AM TAIPEI WPI 7,137.76 61.71 SEOUL COMP
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    FINANCE
    73 1 EXCHANGE RATES CSS s$ US« 1.405 1.673 2.349 DM 0.630 0.885 YEN 109 0.869 1.206 MS 0.403 0.566 HKS I 0.129 9.182 BAHT 0.039 0.065 RUPIAH 109 0.042 0.069 FUME BATES SINGAPORE* 6.44 KlIALA LUMPUR 9.25 JAKARTA—. 18-00 BANGKOK 18.25 MANILA 13.50 HONGKONG ..8.50 TAIPEI 9-25 SYDNEY TOKYO ±50
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    Stockbrokers, property agents get good bonuses
    620 1  -  Payouts almost similar to year-ago levels despite slower economic growth By R Sivanithy, Ven Sreenivasan Michelle Low [SINGAPORE] Stockbroking houses and property agencies are, despite last year's slower economic growth, still paying bonuses that are the envy of others, a quick survey by The
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    Lock icon Sailing in for the big show
    54 1 [SINGAPORE] Defence Asia '97, the region 's premier arms exhibition, is on. And putting in an appearance at the World Trade Centre berth in conjunction with the show is the USS Blue Ridge (above), the flagship of the US Navy's Seventh Fleet. Full report,
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    Simex members see tough year ahead as turnover falls
    414 1  -  Commissions, profits under pressure; seat prices drop By\ Siow Li Sen [SINGAPORE] Singapore International Monetary Exchange (Simex) members are expecting a tougher year ahead with commissions under pressure and brokers struggling to maintain profitability in the face of falling turnover. Reflecting
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    Lock icon HK$ 10m is riding on this car plate
    173 1 AFP [HONGKONG] The owner of a "HK1997" car licence plate is hoping to auction it for millions of Hongkong dollars ahead of Hongkong's handover to Chinese rule in July. The car licence plate, seen as a valuable status symbol, is expected to
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    US rate cuts set to dominate Asia telecom firms' meeting
    614 1  -  Some suggest cutting global rates, not just those for the US By] Lee Han Shih (SINGAPORE) Asian telecommunication companies (telcos) are meeting in Hawaii next week to discuss matters of mutual concern, a discussion expected to be dominated by a
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    Lock icon Talk of EU gold sales dismissed
    94 1 AFP [LEUVEN, Belgium] The president of the European Monetary Institute, regarded as the future European central bank, yesterday dismissed speculation that European central banks will sell huge amounts of gold to help their currencies qualify for the European single currency. "Gold sales can only
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      137 1 msn)E Property stocks down Analysts blame retreat on a combination of factors, including the competitive pricing of NTUC's exec condos, Pf 13 MEWS VALUE Tbreefrwa Prmt jm> Ipco boati,pg 13. Investors appear to be unexcited about Promet's takeover of Ipco. KM upturn far Sbppre tow seen, pg 13. General consensus
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
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      Sembawang Media unit ties up with US network company
      188 2 SEMBAWANG Media's corporate Internet unit, Contact, has teamed up with US-based networking products company, Madge Networks, to include Madge's products as part of its services. Central to the partnership are Madge's well-regarded Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) switching products, which allow voice,
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      WP leader Jeyaretnam declared NCMP
      162 2 J B JEYARETNAM, secre-tary-general of the Workers' Party, has been officially declared a non-constituency Member of Parliament. Tan Boon Huat, Returning Officer of the Jan 2 General Election, announced this in a government gazette published yesterday. Mr Jeyaretnam was a member of the WP Cheng
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      Microsoft to boost presence in Singapore
      523 2  -  GOO says move is to take advantage of its emergence as though t centre for infotech By. Raju Chellam MICROSOFT Corp expects Singapore to emerge as an infotech thought centre and, as such, will beef up its operations here, says its chief operating officer.
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      Broaden Asean-Japan relations: Hashimoto
      405 2  -  HASHIMOTO'S VISIT TO SINGAPORE Japan PM calls for joint initiatives to tackle problems of rapid economic growth Bf Vikram Khanna AS JAPAN and Asean play a bigger global role, they should broaden their relationship beyond economic cooperation to embrace other issues relevant to the 21st century,
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      Lock icon Loans growth continues to ease
      350 2  -  EYE ON THE ECONOMY Finance By I Shiv Taneja BANK loans and advances to non-bank customers continued to slow in November 1996 with outstanding loans at $124.7 billion a year-on-year growth of 15.5 per cent, according to the latest data from the Monetary Authority of
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      Sing Tel to cut rates for paging services
      209 2 SINGAPORE Telecom will cut the subscription rates for paging services, and new pricing plans for cellular users are also expected shortly. SingTel's monopoly on cellular and paging services expires in less than three months. From April 1, it will compete with one
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      Lock icon Defence Asia '97 takes off today
      369 2  -  By\ Harish Mehta THE region's premier arms exhibition, Defence Asia '97, opens here today featuring 78 manufacturers from 13 countries. Firms from the US are putting up the biggest presence, followed by companies from Britain and France. Organisers say that the show being held
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      Nanyang Poly expands engineering curricula
      107 2 NANYANG Polytechnic has expanded its engineering curricula to meet industry needs. The polytechnic said in a statement that it had introduced new specialisation electives in data storage technology and wafer fabrication. The first elective is offered as a specialisation subject in the final year following
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      German bank rents Centennial Tower space
      275 2 Deal at close to $9 psf may posh up rents in Suntec/Marina PONTIAC Marina has signed up a German bank as its first tenant for phase two of its Millenia office project Centennial Tower, at a rental rate that office agents are saying may
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      159 2 Turning your Accountant into Suosnnsifi We must be kidding. Consider this weigh a man down with a ton of bricks around his neck and ask him to do a backflip. Naturally, he will not manage it. Now ask your Accountant to produce timely reports when all you have 3 given
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      7 2 Asean and the Hashimoto doctrine, Pg 5
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      240 3 /o you y we 7 re Singapore's top office [easing agents once again. For the past 10 years, Richard Ellis holds the record for leasing out the largest amount of office space in Singapore. Since 1990, we have found suitable tenants for some 8 million square feet of space. Last
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  • FOCUS: PERSONAL FINANCE & INVESTMENT
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      Lock icon Respite in Nikkei's fall seen
      643 4  -  TECHNICAL VIEWPOINT Indications are for short-term technical support around 17,200-17,500 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 of the writer s
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      Analysts see good growth for door maker
      454 4  -  Watch By, Ang Wan May (SINGAPORE! Buy Chuan Soon Huat (CSH) for its growth prospects, say analysts. And given the robust sentiment for initial public offers, the shares are likely to fetch a premium on debut. The timber door manufacturer is predicted to
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      Plainly speaking, this handbook is
      317 4 SEC book that speaks to investors in words they can understand [WASHINGTON] Anyone who has ever tried to read a stock prospectus knows that corporations cannot write. Most reports that companies and mutual funds prepare for investors are so filled with gobbledygook that even financially
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      Lock icon for you and me
      178 4 Washington Post Table is intended to assist investors in understanding the costs and expenses that a shareholder in the Fund will bear directly or indirectly." After: "This fee table shows the costs and expenses you would pay directly or indirectly if you invested in our fund."
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      Unit trust performance ranking
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      Better corporate earnings this year, says Fraser
      373 4  -  Byl Lee Yoke Har [SINGAPORE] The Singapore stock market should see improved corporate earnings this year In line with improving economic fundamentals, says Fraser Securities. The broking firm is projecting an average earnings per share (EPS) growth of 12.2 per cent (excluding Singapore
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      Lock icon Strong fundamentals to boost stocks
      701 4  -  EYE OH THE REGION: PHILIPPINES n 1 By, Al Labita THE Manila stock market rose 22 per cent in 1996, making it among Asia's best performers, but the surge fell short of traders' expectations for a "big bang close" or a 30-40 per cent gain
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      M'sia officials raid offices of 3 NGOs
      103 5 KUALA LUMPUR OFFICIALS from Malaysia's Registrar of Companies yesterday raided the offices of three non-governmental organisations after the government ordered a crackdown on such groups, the national Bernama news agency said. The officials checked documents, accounts books and vouchers at the premises of
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      Lock icon Two hats are better than one
      81 5 [BANGKOK] A construction worker wearing a safety helmet above a broad-rimmed straw hat yesterday on a building site. Safety regulations are increasing on work sites in Thailand but are often ignored by workers who, for the most part, come from the countryside and have
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      Lock icon M'sian, US firms to launch 8 tie-ups in Sepang IT hub
      409 5 LOS ANGELES One of the projects for Malaysia's Multimedia Super Corridor provides interactive TV MBT Bernama SIX agreements and two memoranda of understanding (MOUs) in various commercial activities in the information technology (IT) sector were signed on Monday between
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      Lock icon Malaysia to amend copyright law
      142 5 KUALA LUMPUR Reuter MALAYSIA will amend its copyright act to clarify provisions relating to protection of multimedia products, the national Bernama news agency reported yesterday. "The Copyright Act needs to be amended this year as it will help protect investors in the Multimedia Super Corridor
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      Lock icon Viets deny rejecting US$ 1.4b refinery plan
      183 5 U HANOI Bloomberg Business News VIETNAM'S state-run oil company denied a Financial Times report that it rejected a proposal to build a US$l.43 billion (Ss2 billion) oil refinery made by an international consortium led by South Korea's LG Group, the US' Conoco Inc
      Bloomberg Business News  -  183 words
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      Asean and the Hashimoto doctrine
      638 5  -  ASIAMVXEW A fresh m fffpanwo PM mlllr for personal bonda and mntnaJ tnurt By Yang Razali Kassim JAPANESE Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto yesterday wound up his visit to the region with a policy emphasis on Asean, embodied in an initiative dubbed the "Hashimoto doctrine". In
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      Indon officials to charge 42 for inciting riots
      308 5  -  I JAKARTA Head of biggest Indon Muslim body denies group's involvement By I S N Vasuki INDONESIAN authorities have said that at least 42 people will go on trial for allegedly inciting riots in a small town in West Java last month,
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      Smart year for Salim's telecoms unit in Manila
      285 5  -  MANILLA By Al Labita SMART, the telecoms wing of Indonesia's Salim Group in Manila, posted a 172 per cent jump in cellular phone subscribers to 308,000 last year, an official said yesterday. "We've achieved outstanding results in 1996 that place us in
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      Lock icon Thai housing to get 70b baht govt boost
      188 5 BANGKOK Bloomberg Business News THAILAND'S Cabinet approved measures worth 70 billion baht (553.83 billion) to stimulate housing demand and bail out lenders burdened by bad real estate loans. "It's a good step to stop the domino effect in the economy," said Adisorn
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  • CHINA – HONGKONG – TAIWAN
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      Lock icon China tells army to march out of futures trading
      338 6 BEIJING Watchdog's rating aims to stan state asset losses Reuter CHINA yesterday ordered the army to march out of the futures trade and take the ruling Communist Party with it. The China Securities Regulatory Commission, the watchdog body for the securities
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      Lock icon Galling for more phones?
      51 6 [BEIJING] A Chinese woman making a call at a makeshift public pay telephone in the capital on Monday. The delay and expense of hooking up to China's fast-growing telecommunications network means many of the residents rely on public telephones or mobile phones to keep in touch.
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      Lock icon Permanent MFN status for Beijing unlikely this year
      277 6 BEIJING Congressman says US will monitor HE for a year before any move Reuter AFP CHINA is unlikely to gain permanent Most Favoured Nation (MFN) status this year, US congressman Jim Kolbe said yesterday. The Arizona Republican told reporters that the return
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      Lock icon China bank signs US$ 1.8b loan deals for N-power plant
      253 6 BEIJING Reuter CHINA'S State Development Bank signed loan agreements worth US$l.B4 billion (552.6 billion) with the Export Development Co of Canada and the US Export-Import Bank to fund a nuclear power plant, the China Daily newspaper said yesterday. The loans
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      Lock icon First meeting of HK's Provisional Legislature
      211 6 ■HONGKONG AFP CHINA'S parallel parliament for Hongkong will hold its first meeting next week in the Chinese city of Sheiuhen just across the border, it was reported yesterday. The 60-seat Provisional Legislature, whose members were chosen by a Chinaformed electoral body on Dec 21,
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        Lock icon Shanghai, 29 other China cities, sinking
        74 6 AFP [BEIJING] Thirty Chinese cities, including Shanghai, are sinking because of overuse of underground water, the Ministry of Geology and Mineral Resources revealed yesterday. "Ground subsidence has caused underground pipes to break and houses to collapse and it has also led to the collapse
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        Lock icon Lien Chan going ahead with Pope visit
        69 6 AFP [ROME] Taiwan's Vice-President Lien Chan was set to meet Pope John Paul n at the Vatican yesterday, only hours after Beijing warned against Catholic meddling in Chinese affairs. Mr Lien made no statement as he arrived at Rome's international airport on Monday,
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        Lock icon Visa sees China as top market in 10 years
        67 6 AFP [BEIJING] China's massive population will propel the developing nation to First place in terms of debit card holders within 10 years, the president of Visa International, Edmund Jensen, said yesterday. "There are 550 million Visa cards worldwide and the (Chinese
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      313 6 China futures brokers face probe, Pg 16 ssptirt: AJ^ The Corporate DBS Bank Card is now accepted at NETS outlets. The first bank to introduce the ATM card for corporations adds yet another THE CARD WITH FLEXIBILITY... privilege to its Corporate DBS Bank Card access to over 10.000 NETS outlets.
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  • ASIA
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        Lock icon Tokyo office market rebounds
        92 7 Bloomberg Business News [TOKYO] Tokyo's commercial real estate market continued to rebound in the three months to December. Office occupancy rates in Tokyo rose 0.3 percentage point to 94.0 per cent in the Oct-Dec quarter, according to Ikoma Data Service System, a private research firm. Average
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        Lock icon Adverse market hits Indian privatisation
        79 7 AFP [NEW DELHI] An Indian minister admitted yesterday that the government's bid to raise US$l.4 billion (551.96 billion) by April by selling public sector equity had flopped due to adverse market conditions. Industry Minister Murasoli Maran told the Press Trust of India that New Delhi
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        Lock icon Pollution clouds New Delhi's future
        89 7 AFP [NEW DELHI] New Delhi, the world's fourth most polluted city, is doomed unless the authorities come down heavily on growing pollution, a minister warned yesterday. "There is no time for a soft solution," Delhi's Transport and Environment Minister Rajendra Gupta told a meeting here.
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        Lock icon Major visists Lahore
        82 7 Major vi sists Lahore Reuter [LAHORE] British Prime Minister John Major flew to the Pakistani city of Lahore yesterday on the last leg of a South Asian tour to boost trade and political links. The final day of his week-long tour was packed with visits to British aid schemes and
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      Lock icon S Korea lashes France over Thomson deal
      189 7 SEOUL AFP SOUTH Korean President Kim Young Sam yesterday lambasted France over what he called "discriminatory treatment" of Daewoo in its bid to take over Thomson Multimedia. "The South Korean people think the cancellation of the Thomson deal was the result of France's
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      Lock icon Rajiv's daughter is my wife: politician
      233 7 NEW DELHI AFP AN INDIAN politician has tried to stop the marriage of the daughter of assassinated premier Rajiv Gandhi, claiming she was his wife. Priyanka Gandhi, 26, was ordered by a court on Monday to reply today to a petition by V R
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      Lock icon Japan to steadily implement reforms, budgets: minister
      459 7 TOKYO Economy continuing to recover despite sharp falls in shares: EPA Reuter FINANCE Minister Hiroshi Mitsuzuka says Japan will steadily implement reforms, the supplementary budget for this fiscal year and the full state budget for next fiscal year for the sake of the
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      Lock icon Korean public sector workers join strike
      390 7 SEOUL Another L2m union members taking part in two-day protest Bloomberg Business News AFP TAXI drivers, railway employees and other South Korean public sector workers joined strikes at private companies yesterday in the nation's biggest labour dispute in a decade. The Federation of Korean
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      Lock icon Toyota chief calls for firmer yen
      295 7  -  TOKYO Range of 100-110 yen to US$ suggested, against current 116 Anthony Rowley THE head of Japan's leading carmaker called yesterday for a halt to the continued weakening of the yen against the US dollar in what was seen as a pre-emptive move against
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      Lock icon Bangladesh eases restrictions to attract investors
      211 7 DHAKA Reuter BANGLADESH, desperately seeking rapid industrialisation, said yesterday investors wishing to set up a company in the country were no longer required to declare their income sources to authorities. Officials said a cabinet meeting on Monday approved a proposal that would allow the
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      100 7 USS firms up on benign US inflation data, Pg 8 I Emirates' new Business Class. I I For executives I I who like being stretched. I Imagine stretching vour toes to take advantage of up to 52" seat pitch on our Airbus aircraft. Now imagine reaching out for the personal
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  • THE WORLD
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      Congress set to give Clinton fast-track power
      482 8  -  WASHINGTON Move will open way to free trade pacts with Latin American countries By Leon Hadar LEADERS of the Republicancontrolled US Congress have agreed in principle to grant President Bill Clinton the "fast-track" authority to negotiate trade accords, a move that will permit
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      Lock icon Buba member sees no rate hike
      252 8 FRANKFURT Reuter THE German Bundesbank will have no grounds to raise interest rates any time soon and may even have scope to lower credit costs further this economic cycle, a member of the bank's policy-making council said yesterday. Olaf Sievert, president of the regional
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      Lock icon Ethics panel sends Gingrich audiotape to Justice Dept
      322 8 WASHINGTON Reuter THE senior Democrat on the House ethics committee on Monday turned over to the panel an audiotape of a controversial telephone call by House Speaker Newt Gingrich. but the committee said it forwarded the tape to the Justice Department. A
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      Lock icon Peruvian rebels fire warning shots
      255 8 LIMA Reuter PERU'S hostage crisis ended its fourth week deadlocked as Marxist rebels holding 74 captives underlined their defiant stand by firing three bursts of gunfire into the air. With direct talks between the government and Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA) rebels bogged down in
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      Lock icon Greenback firms up on benign US inflation data
      395 8 I LONDON Reuter THE US currency ended the European session firmer yesterday after benign US inflation data did nothing to dissuade dollar bulls, traders said. The dollar hit a fresh 29month high against the mark at 1.5955 in the wake of consumer
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      Lock icon Yeltsin faces threat of impeachment over ill health
      255 8 MOSCOW Bat House will have to dear legal hurdles in constitution first AFP SENIOR deputies from the main factions of the Russian Lower House of parliament are considering the possibility of impeaching President Boris Yeltsin for ill health, the Speaker said yesterday.
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      Lock icon Soros urges boycott of Myanmar
      151 8 PARIS AFP US FINANCIER George Soros yesterday called for a tourist boycott of Myanmar and an end to investments there by oil companies. Mr Soros appealed to French company Total and US company Unocal to suspend their investments in the Yadana natural gas field. He
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      Lock icon Avoid inflation risks: Greenspan
      470 9 LEUVEN, Belgium Best monetary policy is steady course with appropriate amonnt of restraint, he tells central bankers Reuter FEDERAL Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan yesterday urged central banks not to take risks with inflation and said the best monetary policy was a steady course with the right
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      Lock icon Clinton to ask Congress for US$ 1b to pay UN
      349 9 WASHINGTON WP PRESIDENT Bill Clinton will ask Congress for US$l billion (Ssl.4 billion) to pay off most of the country's debt to the United Nations as part of a proposed, substantial overall increase in spending on international affairs, according to
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    • WORLD Watch
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        Lock icon British Telecom to cot rates
        85 9 Bloomberg Business News [LONDON] British Telecommunications pic, faced with rising competition in a less regulated market, said it would reduce call charges to 33 countries by Feb 19. BT said consumers would save £170 million (***** million) over five months. Rates to North America will
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        Lock icon Record unemployment in Germany
        89 9 Reuter [BONN] Germany has wasted a year as unemployment mounts to record levels, leaving it farther from its goal of halving joblessness by 2000, Federation of German Industry (BDI) president Hans Olaf Henkel said yesterday. "The chances of creating two million new jobs by the year
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        UK Labour gives exports priority
        52 9 [LONDON] A British Labour government would give the promotion of exports "the highest possible priority", appointing leading business people to Foreign Office posts, foreign affairs spokesman Derek Fatchett said yesterday. He said: "We will set out to establish a new partnership between business and the
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        Lock icon Top German tax rate lowered to 30%
        70 9 Reuter [BONN] Germany's tax reform commission has outlined a plan to lower the top income tax rate from 53 to 39 per cent, newspapers reported yesterday. A member of the commission said the lowest tax bracket would fall to under 20 per cent
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      Lock icon Lowest rise in US CPI core rate in decades
      354 9 WASHINGTON Investors welcome news; retail sales finish 1996 upbeat Bloomberg Business News CONSUMER prices in the United States, outside of energy, rose last year at the slowest pace in more than three decades, while retail sales finished 1996 on an upbeat
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      Lock icon US governor could influence China ties
      313 9 OLYMPIA, Washington AFP WHEN he takes office today as the first Chinese-American governor in continental United States, Gary Locke may exert unprecedented influence on Washington state's trade with Asia and on broader USChina relations. Mr Locke's election in November drew heavy media attention in
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      Lock icon S Africa, EU to resume trade talks
      151 9 JOHANNESBURG Reuter SOUTH African and European Union negotiators will meet next week to resume stalled trade talks which Pretoria hopes will give it easier access to EU markets, the Department of Trade and Industry said yesterday. South Africa broke a months-long impasse last
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  • EDITORIAL & OPTION
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      Dose of humility would do West a world of good
      800 10  -  THE BOTTOM LIME OPINION By Leon Hadar The writer is BT's Washington correspondent IT has been said that history is written by the winners. Indeed, if the Axis powers had emerged victorious in World War 11, we would probably be
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      115 10 'We look down on women. This concept comes from Confucianism. And we can't develop women's status without destroying some traditional Confucianism.' -LeeSeaßaick a demographer at Seoul National University. 'It's something you've got to live with, even if you're a president.' Antonin Scalia US Supreme Court justice in
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      697 10 EDITORIAL LIKE a suit from a master tailor, Seagate Technology's new plant in Ang Mo Kio is that most satisfying of investments, a great fit It's not just that the world's No 1 disk drive manufacturer decided to site its single largest facility in Singapore. Or
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      1043 10 Bigger tax breaks for savings may not be best way to make people pnt more in their piggybanks The Economist FEW things please politicians more than fiddling with tax laws. In America, for instance, both President Bill Clinton and the Republicans, who control Congress, are keen to expand
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      831 10 BetaflWH mart be u itUw ONE way to help the retail industry is to convert old shopping centres into offices or space for other purposes. Many retail groups are undergoing a process of re-grouping and elimination. This trend will continue for some time before the situation
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      1602 12  -  The year's picks include one that puts alligators under your bed. johm grossmamn reports JOHN GROSSMANN Bloomberg Business News WHAT'S the wackiest small business in America? Each year, Newsßeach, a monthly small-business newsletter based in Jamison, Pennsylvania, compiles a list of some of the most unusual
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      720 12 AUSTRALIAN OPEN Top players claim their power serves being disarmed AFP Reuter [MELBOURNE] Top tennis players yesterday accused Australian Open organisers of plotting to disarm their power serves with heavier balls and slower courts that have caused injuries. However, tournament director Paul McNamee rejected
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      Lock icon Disappointed Capriati looking for new coach
      320 12 Reuter FORMER US child star Jennifer Capriati burst into tears yesterday after tumbling out of the Australian Open, overcome by past torments and public support for her comeback. A sobbing Capriati was escorted from a news conference after losing 6-2, 3-6, 6-4 to fellow
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      516 12 DIVERSIONS An astrophysicist sees Hamlet as an allegory of competing views of the universe Reuter [TORONTO] William Shakespeare's Hamlet, generally seen as an epic tragedy of guilt, madness and death, was interpreted by an astrophysicist on Monday as a cosmic allegory
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        79 12 Reuter [LONDON] Britain's Queen Elizabeth and her husband Prince Philip are planning to hold a golden wedding party inviting 4,000 other couples who also married in 1947, British newspapers reported yesterday. The Daily Telegraph said ballots were being organised to choose couples from more
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        Lock icon Fergie paid £500,000 for fruit drink ad?
        94 12 Reuter [LOS ANGELES] Britain's Duchess of York, Sarah Ferguson, who is struggling to wipe out heavy debts, shot a TV commercial on Monday endorsing an American fruit drink for which she is reportedly being paid £500,000 (SII.IB million). Fergie filmed the 30-second advertising
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        88 12 AFP [BERLINI British film director Mike Newell, best known for Four Weddings and a Funeral, plans a movie on East German dissident Vera Langfeld, whose own husband spied on her for the secret police. The story hit the headlines in 1991 when she discovered what
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        48 12 AFP [PARIS] France's premier theatre, the Comedie Francaise, marks the 375 th anniversary of its founder Moliere in traditional fashion today. The cast, wearing stage costume, will gather round the bust of the playwright to hear a reading from theatrecritic Alfred Simon's work. AFP
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      201 12 THE WEATiiim Singapore: Showers in the afternoon. Temperature (31-23) Alia-Pacific HVLo* Cood. Europe Hl/Lo* Good. America Hl/lo* Cood. Auckland 18/16 Showers Amsterdam 1/-3 Cloudy Attantt W-l <***•> Bangkok :ttiS Cloudy Athens 11/4 Cloudy BuewisAra WW Ooudy biM «19 Sunny BwteL -2/-6 Chrago Bombay »19 Cloudy Bonn <V"B Showers Honolulu Vt9
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      Lock icon Property stocks slide for third straight session
      337 13  -  Retreat blamed on competitive pricing of NTUCTs exec condo and general market's weak sentiment By. Abdul Hadhi [SINGAPORE] Property stocks, led by bellwether City Developments, fell for the third day in a row amid concerns over residential property prices and the share market's
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      Mild upturn for S'pore bourse seen
      393 13  -  By\ Soh Tiang Keng [SINGAPORE] Jardine Fleming has forecast a "lukewarm upturn" for the Singapore market this year. The almost year-long correction, according to JF, has made Singapore attractive again to investors. Speaking at JFs 1997 Asian Market strategy seminar here on Monday, Lee
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      Faber to sell 61% stake in unit for M$ 80m profit
      256 13  -  From! Ruth Wong in Kuala Lumpur FABER Group Bhd has proposed to sell a 61.16 per cent stake in its unit, Cipriani Sdn Bhd, to private firm Ikatanbina Sdn Bhd for M 5183.29 million (*****.7 million) cash. In a
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      Sim Kee Boon's heir is not yet apparent
      685 13  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW Lee Han Shih TWO weeks into the new year, speculation is again rife over the question of succession at the giant Keppel Corporation. The new round of guessing comes at a time when Keppel chairman Sim Kee Boon has
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      Lock icon M'sian firms win Bakun deals worth M$5b: report
      237 13 AFP [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysian firms have been allocated subcontracts worth some Mss billion (Ss2.B billion) for the massive Bakun dam project in the eastern Sarawak state, reports said yesterday. The local portion represents 40 per cent of the package of contracts awarded
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      Three from Promet join Ipco board
      312 13  -  Promet now owns almost 75% of the S'pore-listed firm iv Ven Sreenivasan [SINGAPORE] Ipco International has appointed three officials from Kuala Lumpurlisted Promet Bhd to its board with effect from Jan 10. And Arthur Ling Ping Sheun has resigned as Ipco's executive director with
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        Datacraft wins HK Net upgrading contract
        129 14 [SINGAPORE] Mainboardlisted Datacraft Asia has won a US$l million (Ssl.4 million) contract to upgrade Hongkong Internet service provider Asia Online's Internet network. Datacraft's Hongkong subsidiary, Datacraft Hongkong, has been designing, supplying and maintaining Asia Online's network backbone since 1995. The latest contract involves enhancing
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        Lock icon Malayan Flour plans issue to raise bumiputra stake
        398 14 Special issue to comply with Miti's condition for approving proposed rights and bonds Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] Malayan Flour Mills Bhd (MFM) has proposed a special issue of 16 million new ordinary shares at an issue price of M 53.10 per share for
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        Lock icon Some Thai stocks may be allowed short-selling by Q3
        282 14 Reuter [BANGKOK] Thailand's Securities and Exchange Commission yesterday said that stock market investors may be allowed to undertake short-sell-ing in about 25 listed companies by the third quarter of this year at the earliest. "There will be about 25 shares in
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        Lock icon C&W, Citic Pacific raise stakes in HK Telecoms
        128 14 AFX-Asia [HONGKONG] Hongkong Telecommunications major shareholders Cable Wireless pic and Citic Pacific Ltd have raised their combined stake in the company to 68.02 per cent or 7.82 billion shares. A disclosure to the Stock Exchange of Hongkong by the two companies yesterday
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        Lock icon Break fast at McDonald's
        68 14 [JAKARTA] Curtains used to keep non-fasters from the view of fasting Muslims are pulled open for buka puasa (breaking of the fast) which takes place every day at sundown during the holy month of Ramadan. Restaurants that continue to serve food during the fasting period (sunrise
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        Lock icon Malaysian group to buy Aussie casino, says report
        298 14 Unnamed firm to pay As2om for Lasseters in Alice Springs Bernama [MELBOURNE) An unnamed Malaysian group is poised to acquire the Lasseters Casino in Alice Springs in central Australia for about As2o million (Ss22 million), according to The Financial Review. The group
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        Lock icon Henderson Land plans Tokyo listing to raise profile
        296 14 Proposed offer of 30m shares expected to raise over HKs2b Reuter [HONGKONG) Henderson Land Development Co Ltd will become the first Hongkong company to obtain a secondary listing in Tokyo with a share offer designed to raise its profile and investor base
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        Changan loan deal revised
        127 14 [SINGAPORE] China North Investment, the investment arm of the China North Industries Group, yesterday clarified its position regarding its loan to car manufacturer Changan Automobile Corp. In a statement dated Jan 13 to the Stock Exchange of Singapore, China North said that although the three-year US$3O
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        Kian Ann takes 51% stake in Transmec
        169 14 (SINGAPORE] Kian Ann Engineering Ltd will acquire a 51 per cent stake in Transmec Engineering Pte Ltd for $1.6 million, the company said yesterday. A sale and purchase agreement was signed yesterday for Kian Ann, which was recently listed, to buy 647,700 Transmec
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          CCL promotes operations director
          78 14 CYCLE CARRIAGE Ltd has promoted director of operations Cheah Kim Teck to the post of managing director in charge of the group's motor operations in Singapore. Mr Cheah, 45, joined CCL barely two years ago in March 1995 —as general manager. But he is not new
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          Nobel bags Slim deals, starts Brunei unit
          94 14 NOBEL Design Holdings Ltd has clinched contracts worth $11 million for 1997 and 1998, mainly for the design, supply and installation of kitchen cabinets in various condominium projects. The big job valued at about $5.3 million relates to NTUC's executive condominium project at
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          Uraco to sell Senoko property for $5m
          64 14 URACO Die Casting Pte Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Uraco Holdings Limited, has given an option to Mac Electric (S) Pte Ltd to buy its leasehold property at 17, Senoko Avenue for $5 million. The book value of the property was $2 million
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          LKN's Nirwana fully owns Victory
          69 14 LKN Development Pte Ltd (LKND), a subsidiary of Lim Kah Ngam Ltd, no longer holds any shares in Victory Horizon Sdn Bhd. The Malaysian company on Jan 8 completely redeemed 4,900 non-convertible redeemable preference shares held by LKND in Victory. The current shareholding of Nirwana
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          Tri-M shares suspended
          52 14 TRI-M Technologies (S) Ltd yesterday asked for an immediate suspension of trading in its shares pending an announcement. The electronics contract manufacturer's share price came under speculation that it was the target of a takeover bid after its shares rose 40 per cent last week on more-than-average
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          Boustead disposes of Jani-Jack shares
          54 14 BOUSTEAD pic has sold, through its subsidiary Boustead Industries Ltd, its entire shareholding in Jani-Jack Ltd for £1.6 million (Ss3.B million). Boustead pic is a UK subsidiary of Jack Chia-MPH Ltd. Jani-Jack designs and manufactures industrial cleaning systems. The proceeds will be placed on interest-bearing
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        Lock icon Ameritech profit up 10% to US$ 552m
        463 15 Baby Bell posts better-than-expected Q4 earnings, fuelled by new phone lines Bloomberg Business News [CHICAGO) Ameritech Corp's fourth-quarter profit rose a better-than-expected 10 per cent, fuelled by services including caller ID and more cellular customers. The Chicago-based Baby Bell's profit from operations rose
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        71 15 [TOKYO] A Toshiba engineer demonstrating the newly developed Global Positioning System (GPS) Reporter yesterday in Tokyo. GPS Reporter, equipped with a digital still camera, GPS system, computer and cellular phone, can transmit picture, voice and its positioning information automatically onto a digital map of a main
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        Lock icon French tycoon buys US duty free chain for US$ 2.47b
        268 15 Reuter [PARIS] Bernard Arnault, the chairman of the world's largest luxury group LVMH and one of the richest men in France, has extended his global empire with the U552.47 billion (553.5 billion) purchase of US duty free chain DFS. LVMH
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        Lock icon Corel, Netscape in deal to integrate products
        352 15 Move aimed at stealing limelight from Microsoft Reuter [TORONTO] Corel Corp and Netscape Communications Corp, seeking to steal some thunder from Microsoft Corp, announced on Monday an alliance to meld office productivity software with enhanced Internet capabilities. Corel said it licensed Netscape Communicator
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        Lock icon Matsushita Electric Wks plans 50b yen buy-back
        210 15 FT [TOKYO] Matsushita Electric Works, a leading Japanese manufacturer of building materials and lighting equipment, yesterday announced one of Japan's largest stock buy-backs since the government lifted a ban on the practice two years ago. MEW, a sister company of Japanese electronics giant
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        Lock icon Poorer Jardine Pacific showing seen hitting 1996 group earnings
        245 15 AFX Asia (LONDON] Jardine Matheson Holdings Ltd said most of its businesses performed in line with expectations since the interim announcement issued in September last year, although the overall earnings outlook for the year ended Dec 31,1996, has been affected by
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        249 15 Fall not unexpected in view of the high PE ratio: analysts Bloomberg Business News Reuter [NEW YORK] Deutsche Telekom stock dropped below its offering price for the first time since the company's November initial public offering, a sign that it's beginning to trade
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        Lock icon China closes investment trust over irregularities
        385 16 Reuter [BEIJINGJ China's central bank yesterday announced the closure of one of the country's largest investment trust houses over irregularities and other serious problems. The China Agribusiness Development Trust and Investment Corp (Cadtic) had been closed with effect from Jan 4, the People's Bank
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        Lock icon Four big US banks post higher 4th-qtr profits
        464 16 Income from trading, fees boost earnings; analysts see steady rise continuing Bloomberg Business News [NEW YORK] Four of the largest US banks, including JP Co and NationsBajpQCorp, said fourth-quar-rose, paced by non-lending businesses such aaitrading and underwriting securities and advising companies. The
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        Lock icon China futures brokers face probe
        162 16 Reuter [SHANGHAI] China's securities authorities have decided to conduct an annual investigation into all futures brokerages and to close down those that fail the test, the Shanghai Securities News said yesterday. The China Securities Regu latory Commission (CSRC) in a circular ordered local securities authorities
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        Lock icon Mergers will benefit M'sian banks: S&P
        443 16 AFP [KUALA LUMPUR] International rating agency Standard and Poor's said yesterday the anticipated increase in mergers among Malaysian banks over the next three years will benefit their credit quality. The agency has assigned credit ratings to nine Malaysian banks, including stateowned Bank Bumiputra Malaysia
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        Lock icon Americans show faith in stock funds
        434 16 Record new cash of USs223b for mutual funds last year NYT [NEW YORK] It might not have been the biggest year ever for the mutual fund industry, but 1996 certainly transformed how Americans think about mutual funds that invest in the stock market. Including
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        Lock icon Thai steel firm to complain against Kazakhstan
        232 16 Reuter (BANGKOK) Thailand's Sa haviriya Steel Industries (SSI), badly hurt by cheap steel imports during 1996. will soon launch steel dumping complaints against Kazakhstan, the company's top executive said yesterday. The move came after the industry's successful complaints about cheap steel imports from
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        Lock icon Euroyen stalls as Nikkei recovers
        226 16 SSMELReport Reuter [SINGAPORE] Simex Euroyen futures came under pressure yesterday after the Nikkei Average wiped out most of its early losses. "Everything is correlated right now between the Euroyen, JGBs and the Nikkei," said a trader. He said September Euroyen had seen good buying interest
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        166 16 Reuter London THE dollar maintained its firm tone after retreating from a fresh 29-month high overnight of 1.5930 marks. By 1443 GMT, the dollar was trading at 1.5880/85 marks after touching an overnight peak of 1.5930. It was little changed from late Monday's European level of 1.5885/95. Against
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        Lock icon Oil extends losses as inventories recover
        297 16 ENERGY REPORT Reuter [LONDON) Global oil prices were looking vulnerable again yesterday after a sudden slump on Monday quashed speculation that crude might challenge recent post-Gulf War highs. London February North Sea Brent blend were trading down six cents at U5523.42 a barrel at
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      1796 17 SICOMFPTPRES Jan 14 RUBBER (hit urn dosing *s «t 5J0pm) RSS1 CONTRACT(S cmtsAg) Close Volume Open Month Hkjh Low Sett (tonnes) Interest Feb 97 173.25 172.75 173.75 900 1175 Mar 97 175.50 175.50 176.25 50 1775 Apr 97 170.00 1100 May 97 179.00 1250 Jun 97 180.00 1100
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      WORLD STOCK MARKETS
      2265 17 LONDON MutrMi JM M Ptnct ABPorts 297 6 ADOey National 790.400 17.400 Allied Domecq 424 -1 91.400 .400 A Ida Group 129 *4.600 BAT Ind 493.400 21 MCC 271.400 2 BOC Group 883.400 10.400 BR Petroleum 713.400 -.600 BTR 249.400 .400 Bank of Scotland 322.400 14 Barclays
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      1680 17 AFXAsia □Nltta 235 -2&M SHARE prices closed slightly lower yesterday, following a volatile trading session of ftitureslinked, technical dealing, with profit-taking also capping the upside, brokers said. The 225-share Nikkei Average closed down 25.66 points at 18,093.13. Trading was moderately active, with volume estimated at 470 million shares. The
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      1549 18 AFXAsia PI Han* Seng +4.t6 SHARE prices closed little changed yesterday after a quiet afternoon session, dealers said, with losses among utilities offsetting gains in financial and property stocks. The fact that the Tokyo market narrowed its losses in closing helped stabilise sentiment. The Hang Seng Index closed up
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      673 18 Reuter QShenzhenßlndex -3.03 SHENZHEN'S A and B share indices ended lower yesterday after rises for three successive sessions. The B Index lost 3.03 points, or 2.1 per cent, to 141.98 on volume of 11.12 million shares worth HK552.12 million compared with Monday's HK577.56 million. The A Index fell 8.43
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      387 18 AFP □WP Index -51.71 SHARE prices finished lower yesterday as some investors locked in profit following recent gains. "The slide was mainly caused by profit-taking as investors turned cautious while the index was trying to test the technical 7,200-point barrier," said a trader. The TSE Weighted Price Index dropped
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      272 18 Bloomberg Business News Q Wellington -*422 SHARES were little changed yesterday. The NZSE Top 40share Index rose 4.22 points to 2,406.21, with risers beating falls by 19 to 10. Trading was valued at NZ543.5 million. JmM US (000) ANZ Bantung 8.80 0.05 3230 Advantaqts HM?s 1.23 -0.01 ***** Air
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      848 18 AFP □seriate -1&22 SHARE prices dropped yesterday amid concern over banking and finance companies' exposure to bad debts in the property sector. The index closed off its day's lows as shareholders tried to boost the prices of their holdings, but investors remained preoccupied with bad debt exposure in the
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      416 18 AFP PI Composite Index +27.05 SHARE prices surged 4.1 per cent yesterday as investors scurried to pick up undervalued stocks on signs of improved supply-demand conditions, dealers said. The Composite Index closed 27.05 points higher at 686.59. Turnover was 36.6 million shares worth 545.4 billion won. Risers beat falls
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      608 18 AFP QAn Ordinaries -19 SHARE prices eased yesterday, struggling under the weight of a slump in the resource and banking sectors, brokers said. The All Ordinaries Index dropped 2.9 points to 2,419.4. Turnover was 396.1 million shares worth A 5779.5 million. Resource giant BHP fell five cents to A
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      722 18 AFP HCwnpogte Index *0156 SHARE prices closed higher yesterday as domestic investors hunted for bargains. "It was the major index stocks like Gudang Garam and Semen Gresik which pushed up the index," said a trader. The Composite Index edged up 0.56 point to 656.65. Turnover was 201 million shares
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      305 18 AFP Q Manila SHARE prices closed lower yesterday as investors took profit after a seven-day rally. The PSE Composite Index fell 8.59 points to 3,261.72. Turnover was 13.9 billion shares worth 10.5 billion pesos. SM Prime Holdings fell 10 centavos to seven pesos and Philippine Long Distance Telephone eased
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        Lock icon Shares fall for 4th day, led by UEM
        520 19 Bloomberg Business News Q Composite Index -934 STOCKS fell for a fourth day, led by construction company United Engineers (Malaysia), on concern Japanese investors were unloading shares. "There was some selling by Japanese funds who were in need of liquidity, after big
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        Palmco warrants a rewarding punt if interest in Clob continues
        178 20  -  WARRANT WATCH Hy R Sivanithy CLOB International counters still seem to be in play, judging by the huge volume done yesterday. Although prices weakened across-the-board, the pressure appeared to be well-controlled, which means it might make sense to look for
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      CLOB INTERNATIONAL
      2397 20 MALAYSIAN STOCKS Gr Gr WM m7 Last Vol Day Last Ouott Dtv Otv YW Net M C ap High Loo SHIP Company SH* COOP) HUh Low Buyer Se6or C'vr H P/t $«n« 625 360 m s 5000 AISB 50c 388 -8 9 390 388 386 396 5.0 4.9
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        1502 21 TURNOVER COOO) VALUf (*000) Win Oo6 Total Mln CIO* Tom industrial 33.411 13.924 47,335 97.024 23,361 120.385 rkiwci 4.702 12.619 17,317 35,818 T7.162 53.000 HOWS 973 662 1.635 3.111 1-205 4,316 Proporttos 6.313 21.402 27,715 37.661 36,760 74 621 Plantation 979 979 2.265 1265 HMM 651 651 ',786 1.788 BLW
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        227 22 y+ffcf Mm SM Summit Kk M,871,000 •KL Industries 9.037,000 •insas Bhd 5326,000 UmEng«t97 5.406.000 LafcroyM20c 5446.000 •Idris Hyd 50c 4,362,000 •Lien Hoc TSW7 3.856,000 •Sri Hartamas 3,438,000 HK Land USS0.1 3.193,000 DBS Land 102*000 Stocks > •KL Industries 22,016,840 SIA Foreign 16J27.800 DBS Land 15.W5.577 City Dev 50c 11,837,499 008
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        68 22  -  bfi Shiv Taneja MULPHA INTERNATIONAL has seen some solid upward price movement this month, and from the looks of it, there may be more to come in the days ahead. This is despite yesterday 's three-cent decline to $1.22 on a volume of 2.6 million shares, more than
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        Tokyo market uncertainty, property concerns hit shares
        645 22  -  STOCK MARKET COMMENTARY Overnight Wall Street volatility also weighs on sentiment but brokers are generally upbeat, saying the selling pressure is 'well-controlled' By R Sivanithy [SINGAPORE] Concerns over the prospects of local property earnings on news of the next executive condominium launch at
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          124 22 THE steep rises and falls on the KLSE Second Board have now become so routine that punters are said to have become quite tired of it all, which has led some observers to say that the party there might finally be over. In the words of one senior
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          The sounds of hunger
          80 22 JARDINE FLEMING held a half-day seminar on its Asian Market Strategy for 1997 at the Raffles Hotel on Monday. After cocktails, the seminar kicked off at noon. The participants sat through the first two speakers in silent concentration. When the third speaker, Steven Li, finished his
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          Meeting dynamic needs
          60 22 TO MEET its "dynamic needs in preparation for growth and expansion into the 21st century", the Association of Accredited Advertising Agents Singapore has appointed an executive director to take on the duties and responsibilities of implementing and coordinating programmes and services for its members. Wow! We wonder
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          Operation Dessert Storm
          68 22 A POSTER, headlined "Operation Dessert Storm", is now prominently displayed along the air-conditioned pedestrian mall in Bugis Junction. It is placed just outside a shop. Yogen Fruz, a North American-based International yogurt group. Beneath the poster headline are the words: "This dessert has taken the world by
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          The good, the bad and the ugly
          140 22 ASIA MONET»latest issue carries a poll on the best-run companies in Asia. In Singapore, top honours went to Singapore Airlines, which was named as best managed. It also garnered top votes for its corporate strategy, financial accounts, having reliable forecasting and best treatment
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          156 22 HONGKONG mega-tycoon and billionaire Robert Miller (of DFS Shoppers fame) set out to get his daughter married and ended up in a legal battle, according to a report in the South China Morning Post. The gala reception in New York was to have been catered by the upmarket Premier
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      243 14 KEPPEL FINANCE LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic o» Singapore) ANNOUNCEMENT Fonkqn Shareholdings Pursuant to Article 23(4) of the Articles of Association of the Company, it is hereby announced that from declarations received by the Company from shareholders and from information supplied by the Central Depository (Pte) Limited, 6.47% of the
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      321 23 Bridge News Reuter IT was an active start to the week on the freight market with reports of concluded business emerging in most sectors, brokers said. Biffex saw another yo-yo day, as prices ran up in the morning, but early on it was apparent that confidence was not
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      517 23  -  Amraal figure should make it the world's top container port once again Reports by' Yong Mei Fong David Taylor in Hongkong HONGKONG looks set to chalk up 13.2 million TEUs (20foot equivalent units) in container throughput for 1996, a tally
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      129 23 THE Hongkong government is currently spending HK$5O million (US$6.4 million) on studies of the proposed Tonggu Channel, which lies in Chinese waters. Asked why taxpayers' money was being spent on a project in mainland waters, Mr lan Dale said: "Hongkong's present boundaries might
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      155 23 AFP •[TOKYO] Russia's ambassador to Japan Alexander Panov will visit the Japanese coast line devastated by a huge oil spill from a Russian tanker, Kyodo News reported yesterday. Mr Panov will meet Fukui prefecture governor Yukio Kurita today and visit the Sea of Japan
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      665 23  -  STRAIT TALK By\ Seafarer OIL pollution from tankers is not the biggest environmental threat facing mankind, not by a long chalk. But there is no way of avoiding the fact that an oil spill, at least one which
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      218 23 Bloomberg Business News {WASHINGTON] Federal regulators abandoned an interim proposal to require tanker owners to make structural changes to their existing sin-gle-hull vessels. The US Coast Guard, which originally proposed structural modifications to reduce the risk of oil pollution by tank vessels in
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      184 23 Reuter [SEOUL) South Korea's two biggest ports were operating normally yesterday despite an all-out strike call by the country's biggest union body, port officials said. "All port operations are normal. I don't see any sign of disruption in the port," said Yoon Kyong
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        97 23 AFP (TOKYO] Resetters continued search yesterday for 10 crew members of a Japanese fishing boat that sank after colliding with a Panamanian freighter in the East China Sea, a Japanese coast guard official said. Thirty vessels, including five Japanese coast guard patrol boats, two South
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        79 23 Reuter [ATHENS] Ships remained at part in Greece on Monday after seamen renewed their strike for better benefits. The Panhellenic Seamen's Federation (PNO) renewed a strike after five days in late December to press for better benefits for unemployment, pensions, insurance and tax. Monday was the
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        Sea-Land adds Houston to Gulf service
        100 23 [SINGAPORE] Sea-Land Service is adding a port call at Houston in its service in the Gulf of Mexico. Its ships will call at Houston every Friday, but will continue to call at New Orleans on Sunday. The carrier said that the revised service was
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      871 24  -  FEDEX AMD UPS XXV ASIA: ON CHINA'S DOORSTEP With Asia a key market where total air freight volume is expected to grow 9 per cent versus 6.6 per cent worldwide, Federal Express is set to open a transhipment centre in Taipei, where United Parcel Service
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      383 24 PACE East M m 2 AEIOcean 16 6 A£L 13 Euro**""* 6 AWL J 6 AW, 16 FL-Bright 9 Accord 8 FMC 15 Ahrenkiel 4 f««ow 7 Appenship 4 13 Astro 3 FoongSun 8 Austral 9 Fro, 4 M Avant 6 FrtUnks 13
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        644 39 Vtssd Voy Wo Nrth Arrival D#p*tiirc Jwm* Nrl tvi JU «m'* «oi/o*oo 2«rtw :ss s s s *sss M S*uti 0W1 JOI Hon*** WWOO OS M #»**> 22.01/2300 r_- G»roi JO* Ma*a« *01/2300 ou J*> «mn« *01/0*00 ST MM J07 WIM. *OV2200 owr jn ***>*• £22? 1Jd KJ/»4
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        208 39 Jaa 15 Japan: Adult's Day. juM United States: Martin Luther King Jr's Memorial Day. Jaa 23 Sri Lanka Duruthu Full Moon Poya Day. JuM India: Republic Day. Jaa 27 Australia Australia Day (not Victoria). Ml Malaysia: (Kuala Lumpar only). Fab 4 Sri Lanka: National Day. Fskß Mexico: Constitution
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        COCKETT BUNKER MARKET REPORT
        693 39 THIS report compiled by Cockett Marine Oil Ltd, shows price ranges in US dollars instead of single prices for a more comprehensive description of the market. Prices shown are based on averagesized stem. Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the individual
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        479 39 CwftM 180 Max 990.6 12 17.0 0.13 64 0.00 jn 9 Dwnlty Wittf RvsMvt AsIi AImMmNmh Stlimnt No ibovc £25 0 2 3300 AM 9047 0.4 U.I 0.06 33 0.00 .S 300 Mix 996.3 1.0 17.9 0.12 83 0.00 WW Ml MAi wm m»m» Mo abOM
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        397 40 European Commission will take UK govt to court if it approves tie-up FT THE European Commission has threatened to take the UK to court if it approved the proposed alliance between British Airways and American Airlines. Karel Van Miert, the competition commissioner, argued
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        246 40 Bloomberg Business News [WASHINGTON] The Federal Aviation Administration is still looking at recommendations from an independent federal panel that the centre ftiel tank of Boeing Co 747 aircraft be modified, an agency spokesman said on Monday. A month ago, the National Transportation Safety
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        73 40 [MANCHESTER] Councillor Graham Stringer, chairman of the board of Manchester Airport, launching at Westminster on Monday the airport's latest advertising campaign in support of "open skies and against the stranglehold on growth imposed on regional airports in the UK due to current government policies. The advertising
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        117 40 AFX-Asia [BANGKOK] Transport and Communications Minister Suwat Liptapnalop said Thai Airways International pic has agreed to convert the planned purchase of six aircraft worth 20 billion baht (Ssl.l billion) to a long-term leasing contract. The six aircraft were part of a purchase agreement made
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        Lock icon Boeing picks defence group head to manage McDonnell acquisition
        152 40 Bloomberg Business News [SEATTLE] Boeing Co has chosen Jerry King, president of its Defence Space Group, to oversee its acquisition of McDonnell Douglas Corp. Mr King led Boeing's absorption of Rockwell International Corp's aerospace and defence operations purchased last year. Seattle-based
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        Lock icon Kuwaiti, Sri Lankan jets in near miss over Bombay
        107 40 AFP [NEW DELHI] A Kuwaiti Airlines Airbus and a Sri Lankan aircraft narrowly missed colliding with each other over Bombay last week, the second "near miss" in three days, newspapers reported yesterday. The Kuwaiti airliner was coming in from Trivandrum in
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        Lock icon Lockheed to consider aerospace centre in Philippines
        136 40 AFP [MANILA] Lockheed Martin Corp of the US has signed an agreement with a local firm to conduct a feasibility study on a proposed aerospace centre in the Philippines, the presidential palace said yesterday. It was signed on Monday in the presence of
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        Lock icon Call to improve air safety to ensure industry growth
        327 40 Reuter [WASHINGTON] A senior Boeing Co official said on Monday that growth in the aviation industry could come to a halt if air safety was not improved. Charles Higgins, vice-pres-ident for safety of Boeing's commercial airplane group, told an aviation safety
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        Lock icon New entity proposed to oversee airport security
        221 40 Bloomberg Business News (WASHINGTON] The chairman of AMR Corp's American Airlines suggests forming a non-profit corporation to handle security at US airports. The new entity would be capitalised by the airline industry, said Robert Crandall, chairman of Fort Worth, Tex-as-based AMR Corp, with
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        250 40 Accords expected with S'pore, Taiwan, M'sia and Branei Bloomberg Business News [WASHINGTON] US aviation officials will meet representatives ftom Singapore, Taiwan, Malaysia and Brunei for talks aimed at opening up air passenger and cargo service, a US Transportation official said on
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          57 40 [SINGAPORE] United Parcel Service (UPS) has renewed its global sponsorship of the Olympic Games. Under an agreement with the International Olympic Committee, UPS will retain the exclusive rights as the international express and package delivery company for the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan and
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          Lock icon HK1997 car plate owner hopes to get rich
          106 40 AFP [HONGKONG] The owner of a "HK1907" car licence plate is hoping to auction it for millions of Hongkong dollars ahead of Hongkong's handover to Chinese rule in July. The car licence plate, seen as a valuable status symbol, is expected to
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          Lock icon Kia expects 10% increase in 1996 sales
          87 40 AFX-Asia [SEOUL] Kia Motors Corp said its 1996 sales will reach 6.6 trillion won(Btlo.s billion), up 16 per cent from 1996, based on the sales 0f460,000 units at home and 820,000 units abroad. The company sakl the brisk sales of mid-size cars, diversified
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      13 23 Air express race in Taiwan Fedex and UPS on China's doorstep. Pago 2
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      348 23 EU threatens UK govt Court case if BA-AA tie-up approved. Back Page The World's Premier Event for the Shipping and Bunkering Industries SIBCON'97 2 3 April 1997 Singapore Positioning for the 21 st Century is what the CanfßnilCe TOOICS 9th Singapore International Bunkering Conference r is all about. Held from
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      748 29 BSA n«fl* MYANMA MHMk FIVE STAR UNE i (Myanmor National Um) I Loading for Y a agon (Rangoon) wssa VOY SIN WG PIN PCU MAWUMYM! 7$ 15/01 PATHON IMW 21/01 MALAYSIA AGfNTV OOUSTUO SHIPPING AGENCIES KUL IE 02-03-*****00 PKL HI 02-03-*****01 PEN: HI 02-04-2****** PGO: HI 02-07-*****21/4 BANK LINE (A
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      1184 29 A HYUNDAI MERCHANT MARINE CO. lIP. WESTBOUND TO EUROPE BKG: *****32 PNA 1 PKI I PGO VISSII VOY SI UN I RTM I ANT I Mi 1 Mil I FB UTOI 16/01 10/01 NY. IMPIROR 303W 11/01 OS/02 #6/02 00/02 00/02 00/02 11/02 23/01 23/01 25/01 HY. GENERAL 301W 26/01
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      401 29 FAMOUS CONTAINER LINES /IB 80 ROBINSON ROAD. #22-02 SINGAPORE *****8 HOT LINE: *****33 (30 LINES) r-xTI 4 SAILINGS A WEEK TO S BANGKOK I J AND REGULAR SAILINGS TO C^fIABANG THAILAND \bangkok r' 1 LAEfJOHABANG L. FOR BOOKING P\ *****33 CONTACT AMY ft w P. KLANG PH: 0203/*****33 (20LINES) PENANG
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      483 31 Wookly ICI FCI Services to Caribbean Kmippi" A Central America MABSK HOUSTON SEA JAOC 9702 61OE Port Country 19/01 26/01 Belize City Belize 22/02 01/03 Bridgetown Barbados 25/02 04/03 Cartagena Colombia 24/02 03/03 Cosines St. Lucia 24/02 03/03 Fort de France Martinique 25/02 04/03 Freeport Bahamas 20/02 27/02 Kingston Jamaica
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      711 31 aaagPlf pacific international unes (pte) ltd 140 Cecil Street, #03-00 PIL Building, Singapore *****0. I MM fli CR NO: **********06 ■in r h I'ri'i i'i i pfc" r i ifi|n B Bi ""i 1 JSLi Sk~ ufi J9l WE s/i 7" iaiggg* -W- HI ,VA 113 83 83 H3 Mfl
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      63 33 1 //—VISA FREIGHT SERVICES PTE LTD I st.iMishcil Siikc 1 4 W4 Till TOTAL TRANSPORTATION PTOPIT KI C.lll AK CiROUPACiK ICI CONSOI 11 >A 1 lON IMPOKI iv I XPOK'I MK\IC I S OCEANIA PORTS AUCKLAND SYPNKY BRISBANE MELBOURNE FREMANTI.E IB VISA I RI K.IIT SERVICI S PTI A I
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      58 34 TOKYO SHINII KAIUN CO PTI LTD \!l*!Sl 10 ANSON ROAD #30-00 11 till INTERNATIONAL PLAZA STORE 0207 TEL: *****25 (6 UNES) FAX: *****06 A *****10 C/R; **********06 1 SERVICE TO; FAR EAST/U.S.A/EUROPE 10/01/97) JAPAN, HONG KONG 19/01/97) IMA 19/01/97) INO4A, SURABAYA, JAKARTA 19/01/97) HAMBURG, ROTTERDAM, FELIXSTOWE ALL BOOKINGS AND ENQUIRIES,
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      106 34 Ifyg}** j W KALIMANTAN DIRECT WEEKLY SERVICE TO JAKARTA/PALUUANG Vmml Vay ITA/FTO DESTINATION RAOMMMJCI I M/ 07 14/17 Jem Jakarta/Pokmbang RACHMANUCI IM J/07 20/21 Jakarta/Potambang lAOMMNUCI II J/07 M/M tm Jakarta/Patwnbang lACHMAMUHI 2/07 27/ M hm Jokorta/PaUmbang SURAIAYA/PANJANC NIAGA 15/14 im Barihsyi/Fiii|a*« CAIAXA JAVA MAGA 17/10 Jw Pa(i|aag/Sarabaya PIRAWAN/DUMAI/JAMBI/P'IARU I
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      101 34 U KAWASAKI KtNKAI KISEN KAISHA. LTD. JAPAN/ HONG KOR6 STRAITS I'port P.Oudang P.Kalang Ptning "UICSYEMMJM V 3 IMI IWI UNISON EVER *1 J7«l J1»1 KM esperanza aci vu nm imi GREEN ERA V 3 2MI 3MI KRTMMG AT JURONG POUT CD NO" 11MM2MK SPORE AB SHIPPING PTE LTD TEL *****08
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      79 34 FCL/LCL CONSOLIDATION SERVICE TO ASIA/F.E., EUROPE, USA, AUST, NZ, INDIA, S. AFRICA, MED., ETC. PLEASE CALL: *****00 (16 UNES) VIETNAM CONVENTIONAL SERVICE "DOOR TO DOOR" SERVICE VB£ EUjM IMOW6KX UTO 21/11 HAIPHONG MUtONGM 2S/01 HO CM MWH Alto Accaptmg Cargo For All Odwr Vietnam*** Porta PLEASE CALL: 223 8622 (8
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      42 34 UNI OVBtSIAS TtANSTOKT CO, tJD. MAUHTUS FULi CONTAINER SERVICE Ikktog yw H ARABIAN Glllf UNMAN SUB-CONT. OS DUBAI BOMBAY ALMA ATA KUWAIT MAMAS TASHKENT •BAHRAIN NEW DELHI •BAKU BANDAR ABBAS KARACHI DUSHANBE ooKunGon ft SEAUOM SHPPWG (S) PIIIID Mm 1E:3993*37(1 IMS) NUL33MI77
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      492 35 I I TIGER WAVE 500N 15-16*01 21-24/01 29-30*01 I I TIGER ISLAND 501N 18-19/01 23-27/01 01-02/02 I I TIGER BRIDGE 502N 22 23/01 27-30/01 04-06/02 I I TIGER BAY 503N 25-2601 30-03/02 08-0»02 I I TIGER WAVE 504N 28-29/01 03-06/02 11-12/02 I I TIGER ISLAND 505N 01-02/02 06-10/02 15-1602 i^SSEL^
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      623 35 FREIGHT LINKS EXPRESS I 62 Toh Cuan Road Singapore *****1 {fl^. Tel: *****66 (60 Lines) Fax: *****33 itW E-MAlL:flesin@singnet.com.sg llliidi ss ISO >002 I CONSOLIDATION SERVICE CANADA ETD SIN SOl/TH AFRICA ETD SIN MONTREAL 22/01 CAPETOWN 21/01 TORONTO 22/01 DURBAN 2/0 VANCOUVER 22/01 JOHANNESBURG 21/01 GREECE ETD SIN SPAIN SIN
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      1132 35 OOCL (Singapore) Pte Ltd CFS Keppel Distrpk for book my i^. 79 A*s«i R»«d *21-04 (S) *****6 Wk 513 #01-128 t enquiry ftfe iV| CR NO **********0H U: 272 7127 cat 3269 180 W M: *****13 F« 221 3942 Far 272 7825 I—l NORTH AMERICA USA/ CANADA <Q> AUSTIAIIA .TO
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      587 36 SAMUDERA INDONESIA (S) PTE LTD mmmmm 15 McCALLUM STREET #03-01/02 NATWEST CENTRE S'PORE 0106 ■■Hi TEL: *****81-3 FAX: *****08 (OUTWARD) *****69 (INWARD) TLX: R*****0 r CR MO. **********00 BOOKINGS CALL DIRECT LINE: *****41/43 7 SLGS/WEEK 3 SLGS/WEEK VESSEL f-VOY |SM JAK IVESSEL |VOV |SW [SOW > &NAR KIUSA iNPT 16/01
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      1271 36 Ijr ilmJ TWICE WEEKLY EVERY THURSDAY/SUNDAY I'.IJ.hH ARRIVAL FIXED DAY-MONDAY ttSStl VOT m m W FIT LBI W *H Vt*»l VOT LfH F*T HAM MM MM SM (XMA BfllOGf A7O2W ***** I OMB 0602 OMB OMB IMB MALACCA BRCGf A64S SLD SID SLD SLD SLD 2101 NORMANOIE BRIDGE J7OBW IfMI
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      434 36 Singapore Soviet Shipping: Co. Pte. Ltd. CR NO: **********0N BOMBAY/COCHIN I VESSEL VOY I SIN BOM KOTACAHAYA CAHI73 19/01 23/01 VANESSA 14N 19/01 28/01 TRADEFAST TFSI77 28/01 00/02 MEKHANIK KURAKO MK2BN 01/02 00/02 ANNOUNCING REGULAR MONTHLY RO-RO BREAKBULK SERVICE SPORE/BOMBAY I VESSEL VOY SIN BOM TRANSOCEANIC 01/97 15/01 23/01 NEAVYUFT
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      1171 37 ASIA EUROPE EXPRESS (AEX) WESTBOUND SERVICE i VESSEL VOY SIN* lEH I KTM I ANT HAM FXT HY EMPEROR 303W 20 JAN 05 FEB 06 FEB 06 FEB 08 FEB 11 FEB J HY GENERAL 303W 27 JAN 12 FEB 13 FEB 13 FEB 15 FEB 18_FEB I HYDUKE 303W
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      546 37 APM SAIQON SHIPPING THRICE WEEKLY DIRECT TO HO CHi MINH CITY If JtrOHT TO HO cm m*H CITY IMFOHT FOOM MO CHI MIKM CITY vbm Iwr| wr m* rus>ott wax visa wot iiiikk iusnb POHTM tm OS/91) (14/01) 17/91 m M/ 01 PONTM WW IS/91 17/91 m ■skmgsotou tm (is/oi)
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      336 38 SINO EXPRESS SHIPPING f ff) 11 COLLYER QUAY #06-01 THE ARCADE fSINOTRANSI J S (*****7). TEL: *****90 FAX: *****98 \\)XUT* TLX: R*****1 SINOEX SINOTRANS SHANGHAI (CONTAINER SERVICE) VESSEL VOYAGE ETA SIH ETAHKG ETA SHA 0. GLORY 9702 17/01 22/0) 26/01 G.WEL 9702 24/01 29/01 02/02 6. LUCK 9702 31/01 04/02
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      151 38 "Tweekly^ AUST, NZ. THAILAND, HKG, CHINA, KOREA, TAIWAN, PHUfINES, INDIA. SW LANKA, PAKISTAN, BANGLADESH, FU, MAURITIUS, NEW CALEDONIA, S. AFRICA, EUROPE, UK. USA h S. AMBfICA. CARGO QUOTB BL NSURED FOR US$6OO,OOO PER CLAJMfMC BONDED HATA > SffA MHWER FOR ENQUIRIES PLEASE CONTACT ml fifty ***** EURO-ASIA CENTRE l uemMTi
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      316 38 W f 5K~" > l~|V/\~ J QMNOiIMOmooOMI B®U: (o*4) SltlTl MANILA: (632) *****81 PENANG: (04) *****6 BANGKOK: (662) *****87 SURABAYA: (31) *****8 P. KELANQ: (03) *****77 JKT (21)*****07 MP* (61) *****3 KUOBNQ: (082) *****3 HONGKONG SHANGHAI "NDUOYD OOAN" V.6526 "KOTA WANOI" V.WNOOOO6 ETA SIN: 16-01 -97 ETA SIN: 17-01 -97
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      276 38 dBBSMIk AGHIOSMINAS mPt 18A>1 Rdm/Aiw/UK/Nan I CENfTAURUS 25/01 28/01 Rdm/Atw/UK/Nan I •LoedsE/W.Mrtajsis. Indonesia I Loading for 1 KASIF KALKAVAN Italy/Aqaba/Pl Sadfrrpc* I PAN CRYSTAL Dubai/A. Dhabt/DamrrwvXuwaft I SAMMI FRONTIER Dubai/A Dhabi/Damman/Kuwart/JecklaTi HERAKLES Hodeidah/Jeddah/Aqaba I APIL Dubai/Damman/Kuw art/Bahrain I toads Singapore, EVW. Malaysia, Indonesia I I Loading for I OTRAOA Los
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