The Business Times, 12 August 1997

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    13 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 023/12/96 85C SINGAPORE Internet: http://www.asial.com.sg/biztimes TUESDAY, AUGUST 12,1997
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    MARKET SUMMARY
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    FINANCE
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    Lock icon Asian stocks savaged by fears over Wall St currency turmoil
    473 1  -  STII stamps to 4-year low on property worries as index sheds SO points By R Sivanithy [SINGAPORE] Wall Street worries, combined with more regional currency turmoil, savaged Asia-Pacific stockmarkets yesterday, sending prices tumbling 4 per cent in Japan and 2.3
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    Redas chief wins backing of management committee
    380 1  -  Heng Chiang appeal letter teMND net intended for public release, ay members By i Conrad Raj [SINGAPORE] The management committee of the Real Estate Developers' Association of Singapore (Redas) yesterday closed ranks behind its president Heng Chiang Meng, surprising those who thought Mr
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    Ringgit falls nearly 3% to 2.7350
    362 1  -  By Larry Wee [SINGAPORE] The Malaysian ringgit fell eight sen or almost 3 per cent in Asian trading yesterday to close at 2.7350 to the US dollar compared with Friday's 2.6550 close. Traders attributed the ringgit's weakness to remarks by Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir
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    S'pore Power profit up 43%, ROE near listing target
    453 1  -  No need to np utility tariffs any further this year if there's no jump in fnei costs: chairman By' Teh Hooi Ling [SINGAPORE] Singapore Power's net earnings surged 43 per cent to $771 million last year, bringing it to a whisker
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      65 1 amIDH A trend-setter, Pf 5 V< Hongkong has turned down the applications of former Merrill Lynch financial consultant Kevin Wallace to return to Singapore for questioning by the courts hoe, P|l Mttconuo is expected to im* sites of fNOm from to* ISB conao units witicn Pok) yptnrrMrn SINGAPORE— 2 ty
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      22 1 Nomura ban a factor in Tokyo's plunge, Pg 6 Indon stocks, rupiahfall amid war of nerves, Pg 6 Market report*, Pg 21-26
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      7 1 8P eyes bigger overseas projects, Pg 2
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
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      HK rejects Wallace's request to fly to S'pore
      425 2  -  Court also dismisses his application to set aside worldwide Mareva injunction By i Conrad Raj THE Hongkong Justice Department and its High Court have turned down the applications of former Merrill Lynch financial consultant Kevin Wallace to return to Singapore for questioning
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      Subscription rate for Sep COE falls to 183%
      416 2  -  Byi Christopher Tan CAR buyers are staying away from the showroom floors, going by the number of bids received in the latest COE tender. The quota for September, released yesterday by the Land Transport Authority, showed a total subscription rate of only
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      SP eyes bigger overseas projects
      249 2 Company looking at billion-$ investment in Australia SINGAPORE Power (SP) is starting to look at "big ticket" investments in the region, after having gained experience investing in smaller projects in China in recent years. At SP's first results announcement as a corporatised entity, president and
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      SingTel gets TAS warning over two breakdowns
      217 2 WHILE satisfied that Sing Tel had not been negligent, the Telecommunication Authority of Singapore has nonetheless given it a warning over two recent exchange breakdown incidents. This follows a review of the full investigation reports submitted by Sing Tel on the Orchard Exchange
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      Draft laws for Net commerce by year-end
      262 2 All's Chambers working with other relevant bodies A DRAFT of proposed standards and laws for Internet security will be presented to the government by the end of this year, National Computer Board assistant chief executive (infrastructure and systems) Michael Yap said yesterday. The
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      Lock icon Singapore's Tone in JB Waterfront City projects
      399 2  -  By< Abdul Hadhi LOCAL developer Torie, which seems to have taken a low profile in Singapore, is going across the Causeway in a big way. To start with, it is developing a sizeable chunk of Johor Barn's Waterfront City. In a written reply
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      Lock icon US electronics orders up 17.8%
      364 2  -  EYE ON THE ECONOMY Electronics By Jennifer Lien NEW orders of electronic components in the US rose 17.8 per cent in June, following May's revised 31.5 per cent surge. While the June figure was more moderate than May's, it was still markedly better than April's
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      Asean leaning towards new Cambodian power equation
      617 2  -  W—HMTiif But dont write off Prince Ranariddh Jnst yet By Yang Razali Kassim YESTERDAY'S special Asean talks in Singapore sounded like bad news for Cambodia's ousted First Prime Minister Prince Norodom Ranariddh. While he is still regarded as key in the search for
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      328 3 Centennial T O W I ft 'Singapore'by lames Rosenquist at North Lobby of Centennial Tower I l m >l jt-v &x■ t i 111 II 9 I \f| An) ij MK|WEI JIM I J M K Sir XI JR atffL /I*t'.' f p^f^dk&r r A* .I- 12: /W. 1 H
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  • FOCUS: PROPERTY
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      Lock icon Price trend-setters
      736 4  -  TBBPBOPBBTT COUUMM In today's declining market, resellers may well hold the vital key to prices By Lee Han Skih IN the last few years, tens of thousands of private houses and condominiums were sold by developers. Now, given the soft state of the property market, many of these
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      Lock icon LTA's first at Dhoby Ghaut
      479 5  -  Exchange on N-E Line will integrate station, commercial development; Obayashi gets $268 m job By l Christopher Tan [SINGAPORE! THE Land Transport Authority yesterday revealed details of its maiden project to integrate a commercial property development with the building of an MRT station. It has
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  • MARKETS IN TURMOIL
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      Lock icon Nomura ban a factor behind Tokyo's plunge
      484 6  -  Nikkei sinks 4% to 18,824 bat some analysts expect it to rebound today if Wall St stabilises Ptvm, Anthony Rowley TOKYO stock prices suffered their largest single-day loss of the year yesterday when the Nikkei-225 stock average plunged 780.28 points, or just under
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      Lock icon Manila stocks dive on peso fears
      369 6 MANILA Bloomberg PHILIPPINE stocks tumbled, with the benchmark index slipping to a one-month low, on concern the weakened peso may come under renewed attack even as measures to steady the currency hurt the economy. "We're being held hostage" by the currency crisis that's gripped
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      Lock icon Indonesian stocks, rupiah fall amid war of nerves
      350 6  -  JAKARTA Frornl S N Vasuki INDONESIAN stocks and the rupiah fell in nervous trading yesterday as the on-going war of nerves between the central bank and currency speculators continued. Analysts feel Bank Indonesia (BI) may have been too brash in cutting short-term
      Source: Bloomberg  -  350 words
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      Funds continue to shun KL
      481 6  -  KUALA LUMPUR Prices attractive but investors still wary about economy From Meera Tharmaratnam THE Malaysian stockmarket has fallen 10 per cent over the week, making it one of the cheapest regional bourses, but fund managers said they are not prepared to invest yet due to
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      Lock icon Properly stocks lead tumble in Hongkong
      348 6 HONGKONG Bloomberg HONGKONG stocks took their biggest tumble in more than a month, following a slide in US stocks and bonds on Friday that rattled stock markets throughout Asia. Property companies such as Henderson Land Development Co Ltd fell as much as 4.7 per
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  • REGION
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      Lock icon IMF, Asian nations ledge US$16b in oans to Thailand
      420 7 TOKYO gpy contrilmting USslb to largest loan package since USs4ob aid to Mexico in TO Reuter Bloomberg Reuter, Bloomberg, Bridge News THE international community came to the rescue of financially strapped Thailand yesterday, pledging a total of US$l6 billion (5123.6 billion)
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      Lock icon Thai budget to be cut by up to US$2.2b
      353 7  -  BANGKOK By] Harish Mehta THE Thai cabinet agreed yesterday to cut up to US|2.2 billion (553.2 billion) from its budget this year, under pressure from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to enact spending cuts and aim for slower growth. But investors
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      Lock icon Financial bail-out may cost Thai govt up to US$33b
      552 7  -  BANGKOK Tbis amount to rescue financial sector is equal to 20% of forecast *97 GDP By] Harish Mehta THE Thai government may end up spending as much as one trillion baht ((US$33 billion or Ss47 billion) —equal to 20 per cent
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      Lock icon PTT plans to raise 75b baht in share sale
      156 7 BANGKOK AFP THE state Petroleum Authority of Thailand (PTT) yesterday said it planned to raise up to 75 billion baht (553.6 billion) through the sale of shares to the public and strategic investors. PTT governor Pala Sookawesh said the agency and
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      Lock icon Indian rupee's surge sparks call for devaluation
      493 8  -  NEW DELHI Exporters say its strength will make them less competitive against countries like Thailand, Malaysia Prorn Rajendra Bajpai THE Indian rupee has climbed against major international currencies, prompting worried exporters to call for its devaluation to boost exports. Since January, the rupee
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      Lock icon Philippine inflation to hit 9.6% this year
      206 8 MANILA AFP THE Philippine inflation rate is forecast to hit 9.6 per cent by year-end as prices of food products rise because of an expected drought caused by the El Nino phenomenon, newspaper reports said yesterday. Inflation could arise from "the possible uptick
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      Lock icon KL warns builders who prefer foreign materials
      134 8 KUALA LUMPUR Bernama DEPUTY Finance Minister Affifuddin Omar yesterday warned that local contractors who preferred to use imported building materials may be blacklisted. The actions of such contractors could weaken the country's current account position which would subsequently lead speculators to attack the
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      Lock icon China banks' flawed loans could be US$200b: S&P ,
      310 8 China banks' flawed loans could be US$200b: S&P HONGKONG Reuter FLAWED or "impaired" loans in China's banking sector could total US$2OO billion (***** billion). Standard Poor's rating agency said yesterday. Estimates of how much of the banking sector's assets were impaired ranged from 10 to 40 per cent, SAP's Hongkong
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      Lock icon Sihanouk contradicts himself on readiness to abdicate
      343 8 BEIJING AFP CAMBODIA'S King Norodom Sihanouk has declared he is "ready to abdicate" if asked to by strongman Hun Sen during a scheduled audience today. But the king who has frequently offered to abdicate in the past also indicated he would soon return
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      Lock icon National Front wrests Kelantan seat from PAS
      170 8 PASIR PUTEH, Kelantan Bernama THE National Front (NF) yesterday wrested the Semerak state seat in Kelantan from PAS, giving an early signal of the coalition's possible return to power in the state. NF, which lost to PAS in a straight fight in Pulai
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      Lock icon Yamaichi chairman, execs quit over payoff scandal
      406 9 TOKYO New team will stress transparency in dealing, says incoming president Reuter AFP THE chairman, president and nine other executives of Yamaichi Securities resigned yesterday to take responsibility for the firm's suspected payoffs to a racketeer at the centre of a high-profile financial
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      Lock icon Telstra float seen as political boost for Aussie govt
      321 9 SYDNEY Besides raising Aslob, it wffl see more citizens owning shares Reuter THE Australian government is likely to receive handsome rewards, including political as well, from its plan to target local investors in the upcoming float of the national telephone Arm
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      Lock icon We paid President Kim's son for favours, say two
      145 9 SEOUL AFP TWO business associates of Kim Hyun Chul, second son of South Korean President Kim Young Sam, testified in court yesterday that they had paid Kim in return for business favours. Kim Tok Yong of the Dooyang group, and Lee
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      Lock icon N Korean famine will be huge killer, aid group warns
      263 9 HONGKONG Summer crop beyond salvage, urgent aid needed: World Vision AFP HUNDREDS of thousands of people could soon perish in North Korea s "invisible famine", an aid group warned here yesterday, as it declared the country's drought-ravaged summer crop was
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  • THE WORLD
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      Lock icon Cutting German solidarity tax may not help growth
      365 10 BONN 'Lost' revenue will probably have to come from higher taxes elsewhere: economists Bloomberg GERMANY'S coalition government is debating ways to lower the "solidarity surcharge" tax next year, although economists see few options for replacing the revenue the government will lose and
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      Lock icon Buba rate rise looms, but it's unlikely to move this week
      462 10 FRANKFURT Pressure mounting, but with dollar receding, it's not the best time; analysts Reuter THE tide is turning for Bundesbank monetary policy, yet economists are increasingly sceptical that the powerful central bank will be scared into raising rates in
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      Lock icon UK jobless to drop, wages seen steady
      152 10 LONDON Reuter BRITAIN'S dwindling Jobless queues are expected to have shrunk by a further 31,000 in July, continuing a long-estab-lished trend of falling unemployment, according to a Reuters poll of economists. And perhaps more importantly for the financial markets, the majority of economists
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      Lock icon Intranet use in UK financial sector set to soar
      281 10 LONDON Reuter THE use of corporate Intranets is growing at an explosive pace in Britain's financial sector, Datamonitor, a consumer market research group, said yesterday. It said in a new report that an increasing number of retail banks, investment banks and
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
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      Does China's economic size really matter?
      638 11  -  THE BOTTOMLDVE OPINION By Reginald Dale The writer is a columnist with the International Herald Tribune, where this commentary first appeared THE COMMON prediction that China may soon have the world's largest economy is something that many people in the West find hard to
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      IN OTHER WORDS
      176 11 'Now we are beset with a supply of condos and houses that can satisfy demand for the next six years. They are sitting empty. Who's living in it? Mosquitoes.' -PaankPlMaffateliit professor of Economics at Chulalongkorn University as Thailand announces an austerity package in an attempt to try
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      Admit China into the WTO
      611 11 EDITORIAL THE latest round of negotiations over China's entry into the World Trade Organisation (WTO) has ended, but the contrasting messages coming from the American and Chinese negotiating teams have been intriguing. US Trade Representative Charlene Barshefsky has been quoted as saying the Chinese remain
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      Lock icon IMF listens to Japan
      1054 11  -  Bretton Woods institutions take more heed of what largest contributor tells them to do By. Anthony Rowley The writer is BT's Tokyo correspondent FOR DECADES Japan has been the "sleeping partner" at the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), paying liberal dues to both
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      WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
      847 11 Drag lords throat to MaaOa COLOMBIA stands as an object lesson in what can happen when drug lords are tolerated. Drug-related crime grows too strong. Whoever appears to govern, criminals do so in the background. The drug lords in such countries are immune to the law
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  • EXECUTIVE LIFESTYLE
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      Of Mother Earth and rural idyll
      901 12  -  Sichuan artist Mao Xuhui's exhibition captures human stoicism and nature's beauty in southern China, says ben momrob BEN MUNROE SICHUAN artist Mao Xuhui, born in 1956, lives and works an age and a continent apart from Romantic poet William Wordsworth, yet there are strong
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      1197 14  -  The resorts of Thailand's Hua Hin and Cha-Am turn up many varied and well-designed courses, says mxcklausd'CßUZ NICKLAUS D'CRUZ The writer is editor of The Asian Golf Review c THROW a dart at a map of Thailand and chances are it will land
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      697 14  - Shan Shui inspires, terrifies and satisfies —what a ride! A new dnb coming up near Sabah offers a challenging game in a majestic environment By\ Nicklaus D'Cruz The writer is editor of The Asian Golf Review CRANK up the Callaway and fire the pistons because you are going be in
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      Vickers Ballas interim profit up 50% to $40.8m
      370 15  -  Earnings boost from vibrant HK market; secondary HE listing saffto be in the offing Clarissa Tan [SIffcAPORE] Vickers Ballas is c£ninuing its strong profit mpp- driven by the vibrant Hoigpkong stock market where the group is said to be planning a secondary
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      Foreign shares retreat, premiums shrink
      404 15 Amtag banks, only UOB Foreign rises; SPH F slips farther [SINGAPORE] Foreign share prices continued a general retreat here yesterday, in some cases further narrowing their recent premiums over local share prices. Meanwhile, governmentowned Singapore Technologies confirmed again yesterday that it does not rule out
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      Lock icon HPL falls for third day to hit 9-month low on profit concerns
      358 15 Bloomberg [SINGAPORE] Shares of Hotel Properties Ltd (HPL), a property and theme restaurant group, fell for a third day on profit concerns. The stock fell 5 cents, or 22 per cent, to $2.19, its lowest in nine months.
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      Funds may be best for Asian investors in the UK market
      669 15  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW Neil Behrmann ONLY a month ago, it was mused in this column that London's FTSE 100 index would break the 5,000 barrier and fund managers would blissfully ignore the dangers of overvalued sterling and rising interest
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      493 15  -  Condo project expected tobringins76otnin sales baaed to average price of psf Ry* Ang Wan May {SINGAPORE] The Marco Polo hotel on Tanglin Road will stop operating in January 1999 to make way for condominiums that are expected to reap $760 million in
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      Lock icon Hotung doubles to 51 US cents on debut
      166 15 Bloomberg (SINGAPORE) Hotung Investment Holdings shares more than doubled in their trading debut on the Singapore exchange yesterday. The shares of the venture capital company rose as much as 28 US cents to 54 US cents. At the close of trading, the
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        KL confirms Bakun listing delay
        371 16  -  Minister poshes for early settlement of dispute; talk of govt raising its stake From. Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur THE Malaysian government has confirmed speculation that the listing exercise of Bakun Hydroelectric Company (BHC), the owner of the M 515.5 billion (SsB.3 billion) dam in
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        DBSAM to launch portfolio service
        321 16 [SINGAPORE] DBS Bank's asset management subsidiary yesterday launched a portfolio service that will invest in the firm's unit trusts. The Personal Asset Manager (PAM) is a managed portfolio service with three distinct portfolios Conservative, Balanced and Growth to suit the different needs of investors, DBS
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        OUS net up 8% to $3.4m
        139 16 [SINGAPORE] Overseas Union Securities (OUS), a closed-end fund, yesterday posted an 8.4 per cent rise in net profit to $3.4 million for the six months ended June 30. OUS, a subsidiary of the Overseas Union Bank group, said group operating income rose 13.8 per
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        Apparel World buys GFT leisurewear line from Ossia
        271 16  -  By, Abdul Hadhi [SINGAPORE] The local arm of listed Indonesian group Great River has bought the GiefTefTee (GFF) leisurewear line from mainboard-listed sports goods distributor Ossia International. The GFF leisurewear line is part of well-known Italian fashion house Gianfranco Ferre. Apparel World,
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        Konsortium, Diperdana shares to resume trading
        281 16  -  Firms still in talks U buy 29.35% stak« in skipping flralOSC From Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur KONSORTIUM Perkapalan and Diperdana, which are close to buying a substantial stake in listed Malaysia International Shipping Corporation (MISC) for about Ms 2 billion (Ssl.l billion), will
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        Harimau interim NTA falls 3.3%
        178 16 [SINGAPORE] Harimau Investments, the closed-end fund of OCBC Bank, last night announced a 3.3 per cent Call in its group net tangible asset backing per share (NTA) for the six months ended June 36, 1997. At half time this year, its NTA amounted to $2.07,
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        177 16 AFP [HONGKONG] Shangri-La Asia Ltd has signed a US$5OO million (Ss74o million) fiveyear unsecured syndicated loan facility to finance its expansion, coordinating arranger HSBC Investment Bank Asia Ltd said yesterday. The proceeds of the issue will be used by Shangri-La, the holding company of the
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        612 17 FCC okays plan to slash payments US long-distance companies pay Bloomberg {SINGAPORE] Shares of Asia's telecommunications companies tumbled yesterday after US regulators approved last week a plan to slash payments US long-distance companies pay to complete calls in foreign countries. The Federal Communications Commission's
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        287 17 Bloomberg [HONGKONG] Hang Seng Bank Ltd staged its biggest one-day rally since June in a tumbling market as investors speculated that the bank might be sold to Chinese interests. Hang Seng Bank, a unit of the London-based HSBC Holdings
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        Lock icon Lend Lease net forecast to rise 13% to A$318m
        214 17 Reuter [SYDNEY] Property and financial services group Lend Lease Corp is expected to report on Thursday a rise of over 10 per cent in pre-abnormal profit for the year. Analysts' consensus is for net gain of A 5317.7 million (***** million),
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        Lock icon Bond market setback – correction or ominous sign?
        532 18 Bond market setback correction or ominous sign? WerU markets, except Japan, kit by profit-taking, position unwinding IHT [PARIS] Was it a simply an overdue correction, or was the setback in bond markets last week the start of something more sinister? Apart from Japan, markets worldwide were hit by profittaking and
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        587 18 APPLE-MICROSOFT TIE-UP Ahscacerf straight answers may suggest trouble for firms making cUnes NYT WITH all the momentous announcements at last week's Mac World Expo trade show, Apple Computer executives were nearly silent on an issue of strategic importance to the 'future of the
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        140 18 AFP [WASHINGTON] Apple Computer co-founder Steve Jobs sold his 1.5 million shares in the troubled company two months before a Microsoft bailout arrived. Time magazine says in its latest issue. "Yes, I pretty much had given up hope that the Apple
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        268 18 AFP [COLOMBO] Sri Lanka's stock exchange officially launched a high-tech screen-based trading system yesterday and called for the easing of foreign exchange restrictions to allow locals to invest in regional markets. Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) chairman Rienze Wijetilleke said locals should be allowed to invest
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        286 18 The Independent News Service [LONDON! More than 14,000 British companies which supply the UK businesses of Siemens, the German electrical giant, are to be asked to switch from the pound to the European single currency in two years. Siemens UK, which conducts business largely
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        136 18 FT [BERLIN] Thyssen and Krupp Hoesch are to open talks next month about prospects for merging more activities after the fusion of their steel businesses. But the two big industrial groups played down speculation that they were working towards a full-scale merger following the failure earlier
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        Lock icon Credit Suisse buys Swiss insurer for 13.5b francs
        426 19 Bank's interim net np 70% to 1.41b francs; Winterthnr buy seen generating savings Bloomberg [ZURICH] Credit Suisse Group said it agreed to buy Winterthur Insurance Co in a share swap for 1,522 Swiss francs per share, valuing Switzerland's biggest insurer at 13.54
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        353 19 Bloomberg [SYDNEY] National Australia Bank Ltd is still looking to buy other businesses and form new alliances with other financial services companies, chief executive Don Argus said yesterday. "We'll be grey and old and some of us will be dead waiting for organic growth,"
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        391 19 Offshore project is first Golf issue open to foreign investors FT [NEW YORK] An Abu Dhabi company will be formed to raise up to US$l billion (551.48 billion) in equity from international investors to develop an offshore financial and commodity trade
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        150 19 FT [HONGKONG] Peregrine Investment Holdings, the Hong-kong-based investment bank, is to acquire the emerging markets operations of Carnegie, the Nordic investment bank, for an undisclosed sum. Peregrine said the deal would expand its presence in the sector, complementing its existing businesses in Asia. "Increasingly,
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        Insurance agents in Asia lack professionalism: poll
        230 19  -  By I Soh Tiang Keng [SINGAPORE] Senior executives in life insurance companies feel there is a lack of professionalism among insurance agents in Asia, according to a survey by a US-based international insurance body. The body, whose survey findings are published in the
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        443 20 UK-baaed bank's plans to switch brought about by coming EMU, pound's fluctuations FT [LONDON] Standard Chartered, the UK-based international bank, is planning to switch its accounts into dollars to avoid the swings in its results caused by sterling's fluctuations against the currencies it
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        339 20 FT [LONDON] Royal Dutch/ Shell, the Anglo-Dutch oil group, will publicly disclose how it is doing against internal performance targets for the first time in an attempt to become more investor-friend- In an interview, Mark Moody-Stuart, chairman of Shell Transport and Trading, the London arm
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        Lock icon Euroyen firms while Euro$ eases
        224 20 StMEXßeport Reuter [SINGAPORE) Simex Euroyen futures were firm in late trade yesterday after a sell-off on the Japanese stock market while Eurodollars ended easier. "There was a bit of flight to quality when the Nikkei sank about 4 per cent today. The March Euroyen tested
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        Futures fall computer-linked stocks tumble
        164 20  -  MSCITAIW AM FUTURES By Ric Trotta Ric Trotta, Floor Manager, Refco Singapore Pte Ltd [SINGAPORE] The Simex MSCI Taiwan Index futures contract closed lower yesterday as computer-related stocks suffered their biggest slide in three weeks. The August futures contract settled at 418.4, down 6.0 points,
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        268 20 ENERGY REPORT Reutert [BAGHDAD] Iraq said yesterday it would resume exporting oil within two days under the second phase of its oil-for-food deal with the United Nations. Baghdad said it would aim for a new post-Gulf War export record in a bid
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        267 20 Reuter THE US dollar gathered steam against the mark and the yen, correcting some of Friday's sharp-fall, dealers said. The dollar looked a buy at lower levels after Friday's sell-off of almost four pfennigs and over four yen as the broad-based picture remained dollar-positive as US economic fundamentals
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      1504 21 AFP Qamg -78MB SHARE prices plunged 4 per cent yesterday following a sell-off on Wall Street on Friday and the yen's advance against the dollar triggering panic selling in late trading, brokers said. "Wall Street's drop on Friday and a surge in the yen depressed market sentiment, with some
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      1524 22 Bloomberg Q Hang Seng -187.07 STOCKS took their biggest ;umble in more than a month /esterday, following a slide in JS stocks and bonds on Friday :hat rattled stock markets :hroughout Asia. > The property sector fell on Concern that rising interest ~ates would raise their costs ind trim
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      610 22 Reuter QShenzhen Blndex +L4O THE Shenzhen B share market closed higher yesterday, fuelled by institutional buying. The B Index gained 1.40 points to 132.88 on turnover of HK$44 million. The A Share Index closed down 8.64 points to 395.19 on turnover of 5.4 billion yuan. Bengang Steel advanced 18
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      343 22 AFP nWPMm 4Un INVESTORS sold electrical issues yesterday to hunt for bargains in the construction sector, dragging the local bourse down. "Retail investors pursued low-priced, lagging construction and asset-backed shares," said a trader. The Weighted Price Index slid 96.27 points to 9,897.27. Turnover was 2.87 billion shares worth NT$l7B
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      251 22 AFP pWeflington -3MS SHARE prices feU sharply yesterday, as heavy losses on Wall Street last week sent a shiver down the spines of bourses around the Asian region. The NZSE-40 Index lost 30.05 points at 2,508.40. —AFP Mfti B nw «TO -0.20 "542 Advantages HMgs 102 -0.03 ***** Air
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      797 22 AFP □set Ma -4JO SHARE prices fell yesterday as investors waited for details of government spending plans for a multi-billion dollar International Monetary Fund (IMF) assistance package. The market did not react to the developments because investors were not sure about what the government would spend the money on.
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      409 22 —AFP QOmpoote Index *423 SHARE prices closed higher yesterday on buying of financial shares. Dealers said most investors remained cautious as they were uncertain on the direction of the market due to lack of fresh news. The Composite Index closed up 4.23 points at 765.07. Turnover was 35 million
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      567 22 AFP Q All Ordinaries -H2 SHARES slumped 1.6 per cent yesterday in what brokers said was a reaction to Friday's sharp drop on Wall Street. Brokers said further weakening in Tokyo-traded US futures yesterday was a strong factor behind afternoon selling, as it suggested another fall in the US
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      755 22 AFP Q Composite Index -17.27 STOCKS closed 2.6 per cent lower yesterday amid concerns over rising interest rates and regional currency stability. The Composite Index 17.27 points at 658.17. Turnover was 269.8 million shares worth 459.1 billion rupiah. "It was another difficult lay. People are still cautious an rupiah
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      248 22 AFP □llMfl* -7&M SHARE prices slumped 2.8 per cent yesterday on a technical correction and amid concerns over corporate results and the currency markets. The PSE Composite Index fell 75.39 points to 2,572.43. Turnover was 2.3 billion shares worth 1.8 billion pesos. Philippine Long Distance Telephone lost 40 pesos
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        227 23 AFX-Asia QOapiitiMß -3M2 SHARE prices closed sharply lower yesterday on ongoing concerns over the ringgit and a possible economic slowdown. Dealers said there was some late selected buying interest by local funds, which helped pull the market off intra-day lows amid strong foreign investor
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        Taiping Cons warrant shows unusual price behaviour
        186 24  -  WARBAMT WATCH By] R Sivanithy REGULAR readers will know that warrants which are near the end of their lifespan will invariably trade at a conversion discount, so today's feature is an odd exception the Taiping Consolidated warrant in Malaysia. This instrument expires on
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        66 26  -  bf Shiv Taneja TAN CHONG MOTORS closed nine cents lower at $1.% on a volume of 1.37 million shares yesterday, compared with its 10-day traded average of 729,600 shares. Despite the fact that both the RSI and stochastics charts are below the 25 level, investors looking to buy
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        694 26  -  STOCK MARKET COMMENTARY A weak ringgit, Nikkei's collapse, uncertainty over Local/Foreign dual listing and jitters over Wall Street all take their toll By R Sivanithy [SINGAPORE] A sudden withdrawal of foreign money, said to be part of a redemption programme
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          192 26 BORED brokers until recently had little better to do than bet when the Nikkei Average and the Hang Seng Index might meet Well, the two took more than a small step towards one another yesterday when the Nikkei plunged 780.3 points to 18,824.18; whereas the
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          126 26 GONE are the days when you advertised for someone to head up your marketing department. Nowadays, it's a "super-communicator-style marketer" that you are looking for. According to a recent issue of Global Money Management, the All billion Queensland Local Government Superannuation Board is looking for a turbo-charged marketing whiz
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          97 26 IT SEEMS Singapore Power's chairman Ho Kwon Ping knows a thing or two about pregnancy. At a reception after the announcement ofSP's first full-year results, Mr Ho said SP is like "half pregnant" now. "As a statutory board, we know what we are supposed to do.
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      330 26 BUSINESS Notices To advertise call toll-free 1800-741 1883 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, I Clara Lum of 319 Ang Mo Kio Avenue 1 #07-1485 Singapore *****9, have applied for a Wholesale Liquor Shop Licence in respect of M/s Rapa-Nui 'Distributors located at 370H Alexandra Road #10-01 Singapore 159% Land that
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      314 26 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, I Pang Yong of Blk 202 #08-639 Petir Road Singapore *****2, have applied for a 2nd Class Beer House Licence in respect of M/s Villa Restaurant located at 134Casuarina Road Singapore *****2, and that this application will be considered by the Liquors Licensing Board on
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      323 26 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, I Ko Kok Hwa of Blk 168 A, #10-242 Queensway Singapore *****8, have applied for a Ist Class Public House Licence in respect of M/s Poppers Cafe located at 83 Tras Street Singapore *****2, and that this application will be considered by the Liquors Licensing
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      502 26 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, I Indrajati Surya of I, Chatsworth Rd. #20-25 Chatsworth Court, Singapore *****5, have applied for a Beer House, Second Class Licence in respect of M/s Ramayana Indonesian Restaurant Pte Ltd located at 6, Raffles Boulevard, #03-242, Marina Square Singapore *****4, and that this application will
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      283 26 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, I Low Eng Seng of 461, Upper East Coast Rd #02-02 Singapore *****6, have applied for a Beer House 2nd Class Licence in respect of M/s Mum Mary Restaurant And Cafe located at 205, East Coast Road Singapore *****4, and that this application will be
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      309 27 Bridge News ROMOURS again circulated of tonnage Hooked in on the key US to Japan grain run as rates remained at weaker levels. In the east, levels W6re holding steady with qpdern vessels continuing to be booked in at the mid u899,000 daily range. Soon after the opening
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      583 27  -  It will be expanded to cater for mega-ships carrying op to 3,000 passengers By] Marcus Hand [SINGAPORE! The Port of Singapore Authority (PSA) has embarked on its $22.5 million upgrade of the Singapore Cruise Centre (SCC), including expanded arrival and departure halls and pier
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      Lock icon Seaport, cargo centre to be built off Kedah coast
      577 27 Project will become springboard for l&ndbridge proposal across north M'sia NST [KUALA LUMPUR] After centuries of being a major shipping route, the Malacca Straits may Anally become a minor cargo passageway following a massive economic project off the coast of Kedah.
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      S'pore maritime industry urged to stay ahead
      218 27 [SINGAPORE] Singapore not only has to further enhance its port but also the other maritime-related sectors to improve its international competitiveness. Dr John Chen, Minister of State for Communication, made this point at the 20th anniversary dinner of the Institute of Shipping Management.
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      229 27 Journal of Commerce [LOS ANGELES] The Pacific Maritime Association (PMA), which represents US west coast waterfront employers, is preparing to sue the International Longshore and Warehouse Union for financial damages suffered during a four-day shutdown of the Port of Los Angeles last month.
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      Whither self-regulation?
      1163 28  -  MAXUTXMH INDUSTRY: SAFETY STANDARDS When port states began stricter policing of vessels, they called into question the industry's tradition of self-regulation American Bureau of Shipping chairman Frank larossi discussed this and other issues with Joe Evangelista Joe Evangelista Evangelista (Q): Classification is often subjected to harsh words in
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      INDEX TO SHIPPING LINES AND FREIGHT FORWARDERS
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      SHIPPING GUIDE
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        182 41 Aogl2 Thailand The Queen's Birthday. AaglS France: Assumption Day. Belgium: Assumption Day. AmgYT Indonesia: Independence Day. Hong Kong: Liberation Day. Philippines: National Heroes' Day. United Kingdom Summer Holiday. A«| 31 Malaysia: National Day. B^l Canada: Labour Day. Sap 15 Japan: Respect for the Aged Day. Sap 16 Hong
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        COCKETT BUNKER MARKET REPORT
        873 41 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Marine Oil Ltd. shows price ranges in US dollars Instead at single prices for a more comprehen stve description of the market. Prices shown are baaed on average sized stem Market movements are lndicat ed. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change
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        VERITAS BUNKER QUALITY REPORT
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        407 42  -  The 40% increase in Asian routes is part of NCA's plan to stabilise fluctuating revenues By\ Felix Chan [SINGAPORE] Nippon Cargo Airlines (NCA) will be expanding its Asian routes by 40 per cent beginning next month, as part of its current drive to improve route
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        Lock icon Portugal orders end to pilots' strike
        211 42 Reuter [LISBON] A Portuguese government decision to order striking pilots at state airline TAP-Air Portugal back to work has apparently failed to solve its immediate staff problems and could lead to more protests. But, by ending the strike, the government may have taken a
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        269 42 Reuter [HANOI] Vietnam's national carrier, Vietnam Airlines, said its growth rate during the first seven months of this year had fallen sharply and blamed a slowdown in the economy. An airline official told Reuters that growth between 1993 and 1995 had reached an annual rate
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        Lock icon Pilot refuses to fly 'unruly' passengers
        168 42 AFP [LONDON] The pilot of a Sabre Airways charter plane refused to fly 187 passengers from Gatwick airport in London to Sicily after incidents between passengers and crew, the British company said on Sunday. Police intervened to escort the crew off the plane, and
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        290 42 NYT [WASHINGTON] Officials at the United Parcel Service stepped up their calls on Sunday for President Bill Clinton to intervene to end the weekold teamsters' strike, but administration officials said Mr Clinton was leaning strongly against such action. Because the negotiations broke
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        FedEx takes off at new Chiang Kai-shek hub
        318 42  -  Company expects better transhipment times from Asia to US By] Marcus Hand (SINGAPORE] Operations began at Federal Express' (FedEx) new hub in Chiang Kaishek (CKS) airport in Taiwan yesterday. Michael Ducker, senior vice-president for the Asia-Pa-cific, told Shipping Times that the 1,680
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          75 42 AFP [JAKARTA] Air fibres in Indonesia will be increased because of the depreciation of the rupiah against the dollar, a news report said on Sunday. The Antara news j agency, quoting Transport Minister Haryanto Dhanutirto, said the government had approved a feir increase request from
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          Lock icon NZ Air Force to farm out meroy dashes
          84 42 AFP [AUCKLAND] A private air ambulance company has taken over the Royal New Zealand Air Force's role of flying acutely ill Pacific Islanders to New Zealand for urgent medical treatment The air fbroe cannot afford the cost of j an average six
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          New Dragonair HQ at Cheak Lap Kok
          59 42 [SINGAPORE] Hongkong's regional airline Dragonair has signed an agreement with the Chek Lap Kok airport authority to build its new headquarters there. This means, tor the flret time, all Dragonair operations will be at the same site. Dragonair and the China National Aviation
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      13 27 Maritime industry: Whither self-regnlation? Interview with American Bureau of Shipping chairman. Paip 2
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      358 27 Nippon Cargo Airlines to expand Asian routes The 40% increase is part of carrier's plan to stabilise revenues. BaokPafs Zim Israel Navigation has confirmed the appoint- Jjj ment of Dr Yoram Sobba, acting head since Jan 9, as the company's president and chief executive officer. Gomatrans Singapore's general manager Captain
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      571 28 Linn MniCM represented /*K9kv by Members o< the Regetry of \\X*p)j AocrwMad SNpptng Agents. S'pore Shipping Aseoc Members at the Singapore Freight Forwarders AaaodaMbn. lAL Container Line (UK) Limited -Ai.vjfs Marine Transport Resources (S 1 Ptr Lt>l Tel 223 8380 Fax 223 8387 "For Smooth Delivery Call us" Weekly to
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      1074 30 rr DSR-SENATOR ill Round the World Container Services TOUK/eOirnNBNT FROM UK/CONTINENT Im fM I RTM I WT IMV I HAM IFU lUU I VOV I LH* IWJ I STM I IRV I NAM IsTI atnimmu wßm HI" —"HIT ibvjhkmtm am mm n.r an hjh mm i7H CMOTMHCMMGi na mi u
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      1377 31 SMGAPOtf'S 6MEML A6BUS: 4SHBHOW WHY TIL 22*1900 FAX: *****01 OUTOftftD (B/l) :7S3o2JOMOtloscfc^^^^^^^^^| COSTAR SHIPPING PTC LTD #17-01 MS UDG SAUS/HGS 4HSMI/43 MMID Den (D/D *****8S COSTAK AGENCIES (M) SDN BHD a MO: ***** WWW TOWtt TWO {MHO*) CCMVHfTKttAI j 4»stsi/ss T/SHHWPgT 4»StiS IE; IM7-IS Hit* MI.JM7j$l»Ut yayw nir~|ws M IM
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      453 33 FAMOUS CONTAINER UNES HtS 80 ROBINSON ROAD, #22-02 SINGAPORE *****8 gF HOT UNE: *****33 (30 UNES) tmrmmmt ihiiiukmji imaa—rn DAILY SAILING TO (f ATTRACTIVE RATES! CALL IVY FOR BOOKING *****33 P. KLANG PH: 0203/*****33 (20 UNES) PENANG PH: 0204/*****7 (10 LINES) J. BAHRU PH: 0207-*****22 WEEKLYSAIUNG TO CANADA ON WEDNESDAY
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      417 39 SINO EXPRESS SHIPPING r 11 COLLYER QUAY #06-01 THE ARCADE iSINOTRANSI i S (*****7). TEL: *****90 FAX: *****98 TLX: R*****1 SIWOEX NQ/ SINOTRANS SHANGHAI (CONTAINER SERVICE) VESSEL I VOYAGE ETA SINGAPORE HONGKONG IHB I 20/08 m I 97ltt g/g SB 31 W NORDSUHD l 9706 ?9/08 03/09 07/09 NEW HAIHUNG
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