The Business Times, 7 October 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, OCTOBER 7,1997
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    MARKET SUMMARY
    59 1 nan M ISBU (-21.45) DSuff-KK) BSRb* D MU4t&6B) BSE?™* STOCK HABXET DOHCES Monday Change ID OOMP 794.16 4M nikkh \7taA.n—+irm BANOSKNO 14,*****—*L14 SET INDEX Wt* 4X JAKARTA OOMP -l» MANILA COMP —IM114 -«&43 TAIPEI WH &39LM *»L7« SEOUL OOMP Uil\ -LM CI £A CHINA B WW4JS 4IJ« AUST
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    FINANCE
    72 1 SZC8AN6E BATES USI 81 UB»_ IJ48 I UN twi Ml < Wfit M81 YEN 100 tai LJ7I ms uan—o.<59 HKS l» 8500 BAlfT 1128 0.043 WJP1AH 100 0.027 0.042 FUME BATES SINGAPORE* (.44 KUALA LUMPUS 9J8 JAKARTA 18.88 BANGKOK 112* MANILA. 11W HONGKONG 875 TAIPEI 9.80 SYDNEY iM TOKYO
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    Don't scramble for US$, Suharto urges business
    719 1  -  President calls emergency meeting, pledges steps to protect rnpiah From S N Vasuki in Jakarta FACED with a deepening economic crisis and a plunging rupiah, President Suharto yesterday urged Indonesian corporations with high foreign debt levels not to panic and to refrain from
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    Lock icon Rupiah takes another 4% knock
    289 1  -  Sing dollar hits 41-month low of 1.5510 against US$ By 1 Larry Wee [SINGAPORE} The Indonesian rupiah again took the brunt of pressure on Asean currencies yesterday, losing another 4 per cent to hit a low of 3,850 per US dollar before ending Asian trading
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    Taiwanese exporters lash out at massive defence of NT$
    446 1  -  Conglomerates say their goods are no longer competitive From. Bruce Cheesman in Taipei THE Taiwanese central bank's massive defence of the NT dollar has come under attack from leading conglomerates who say their exports particularly electronics and computers are no longer
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    Lock icon Dr M continues to blast speculators
    379 1  -  From Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur PRIME Minister Mahathir Mohamad continued to blast currency speculators upon his return to Malaysia yesterday, saying "we have to do something about it". But he would not say what that something would be. "We cannot forgive them for
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      125 1 DISKDE Gaaaewij juis Johor Customs will ease up on lorry checks once operators are familiar with its enforcement system, Pg2 "t fLU uqm contort Singapore oil refiners, hit by a bad third quarter, are counting on approaching winter for some reprieve, P| 2 IML »0— Idc mperty uoinnm The Government's
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      18 1 Rupiah crisis: more reports, Pg 6 Analysis: East Asian solutions, Pg 13 Taiwan overnight rate hits 3-mthhigh, PgB
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
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      Thai dumping after currency crisis adds to refiners' Q3 woes
      516 2  -  Njyor refiners cut output and are looking to a good winter to help them out By Ronnie Lim OIL refiners here suffered a bad third quarter, not helped by the regional currency crisis, and are now counting on the approaching
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      Lock icon JB to ease checks once system becomes familiar
      474 2  -  Enforcement stepped op on lorries to prevent any abuse By\ Siow Li Sen [JOHOR BARU] The Johor Customs will ease up on its checks on lorries once operators are familiar with its enforcement system, said a senior customs official. Lasa Mohd Desa,
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      UOB launches Internet service
      198 2 UNITED Overseas Bank (UOB) yesterday launched its Internet banking service, called UOB Cyberßank, which can be accessed at http:// www.uobcyberbank.com.sg. UOB Cyberßank will roll out its services in a series of phases. Under the first phase, which is from yesterday till year-end, 1,000 selected customers will
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      Minor fire at CSM wafer fab: delays but capacity unaffected
      348 2  -  By Jennifer Lien FIRE broke out at Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing's second wafer fabrication plant (Fab 2) two weeks ago, causing "some delays in production" but no impact on production capacity, the chipmaker said yesterday. Responding to BT's queries, a CSM
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      Lock icon Visa S'pore billings up iust 9%
      285 2  -  EYE OK THE ECONOMY Credit By. Frances Lui i BILLINGS of Visa's Singapore cardholders grew 9 per cent to US$3.l6 billion (554.9 billion) in the year ended June 1997, figures from the credit card company show. Growth has slowed compared to the previous year,
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      Ml to invest $50m to boost GSM network capacity
      292 2  -  It expects 200,000 subscribers by 2nd half of next year By' Teh Hooi Ling SINGAPORE'S second mobile phone operator, Ml, will invest $50 million to expand its GSM network capacity to accommodate about 200,000 customers. Ml corporate communications manager Chua Swee
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      39 2 Keeping Up Vith What's New "Cats' Mews introduces new products and services in a very light-hearted manner. I read it every Sunday to keep up with the latest available on the market." John Ng, technical manager migZf&Si amsm _-3i
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      109 2 Perhaps it's the way we move for you. In this fast moving corporate world, isn't it nice to know there's one corporate venue that moves just as fast? The 5-star Marina Mandarin Singapore. Fast, efficient service. From a team of professionals that will make you feel right at home. That
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      306 3 Centennial tew i a 'Persistence of Electrical Nymphs in Space' by lames Rosenquist at South Lobby of Centennial Tower MtL "MM b a JH ■> ISK fc §■?t? I r wQn^ l»^j^Mf v e j J, HERE NAN'S ART -'iTjW w INSPIRES MAN'S ACHIEVEMENT "Inspired works of achievement, genius and
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  • FOCUS: PROPERTY
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      A new mild card in the property game
      646 4  -  THE PROPERTY COLUMN BOND'S Taqjong Pagar experiment creates uncertainty By Lee Han Shih AN UNUSUAL policy was announced by the Ministry of National Development two weeks ago. At the press conference to announce its land sale programme for 1998, the ministry also
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      In Sydney, city apartments are star performers
      361 4  -  From Surinder Singh in Sydney s APARTMENTS in Sydr i ney's central business district (CBD) and surrounding suburbs have performed better than other Sydney residential property and are tipped to continue doing so, according to a five-year survey of the city's residential market.
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      Lock icon Beware approval process, Sydney developer warns
      601 4  -  Liang Court director tells of his experience with Australian planning authorities Reports by, Abdul Hadhi [SINGAPORE! Spooked by the planning approvals process in Sydney, Liang Court director Stanley Quek has warned Singapore developers to be extra careful when dealing with town councils Down Under.
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      For sale: 17.5 ha retail site in Auckland
      210 4 [SINGAPORE] The National Trading Company of New Zealand Ltd has put up for sale a 17.5 ha plot of land at East Tamaki, within Auckland's Botany Downs District Centre. The site is zoned for the development of a huge regional shopping centre
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      Liang Ct to launch Keng Lee devt before year-end
      406 4 36-unit Spinnaker likely to be sold at 'prevailing prices' [SINGAPORE] Listed Liang Court Holdings plans to launch the 36-unit Spinnaker at Keng Lee Road/Suffolk Road before the year-end, says Liang Court director Stanley Quek. He told BT recently that the project
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  • RUPIAH CRISIS
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      Reality check for Indonesian developers
      620 6  -  Rnpiah's plunge has dried op housing demand as mortgage rates soar From S N Vasuki in Jakarta INDONESIA'S residential property developers are bracing themselves for hard times as the steep fall in the rupiah has led to an even steeper fall in housing demand. As
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      Lock icon S'pore investors in Indonesia say they won't be hit
      592 6  -  Trade, mostly oil shipments in US$, also seen unaffected By\ Ronnie Lim (SINGAPORE] Singapore investors in Indonesia, including developers of industrial parks and resorts, and exportoriented electronics manufacturers, say they won't be hit by the rupiah crisis at least not in
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      Thai govt approves plan to revamp financial sector
      811 7  -  BANGKOK Asset management agency to be formed; details to be unveiled on Oct 15 By] Harish Mehta THAILAND'S embattled government yesterday approved the core of its financial restructuring plan that includes the setting up of a state restructuring and asset management agency
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      Lock icon M'sian export earnings up
      174 7 KUALA LUMPUR AFP MALAYSIA'S export earnings for the first eight months of the year rose 4.1 per cent year-on-year to 135 billion Malaysian ringgit (5561.9 billion), the statistics department said yesterday. "This improvement was brought about by a significant rise in export volume by 8.8 per
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      Lock icon Anwar sees need to bolster capital markets
      166 7 KUALA LUMPUR AFP MALAYSIA'S Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim yesterday called for the strengthening of local capital markets amid a recent crisis in its currency and stock market. "It is now clear that all facets of our capital markets equity, bond and futures
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      Fears of loan defaults grow in Manila on SEC info freeze
      322 7  -  MANILA RegnUtor's move covers troubled firms' petitions for debt relief By, Al Labita FEARS of loan defaults grew in the Philippines yesterday after the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) froze the release of information about petitions for debt relief
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      94 7 Mesdaq could start trading by Feb, Pg 18 PRIME OFFICE SPACE FOR LEASE CONSIDER LOCATING YOUR OFFICE AMONG OTHER PRESTIGIOUS TENANTS. Situated just outside the restricted zone Close proximity to the MRT Station, CBD, shopping hub and other conveniences Ample car parking Shuttle bus service from City Hall MRT Station
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  • CHINA-HONGKONG-TAIWAN
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      Lock icon US endorses Tung administration
      470 8 HONGKONG HE leadership staying the coarse in terms of remaining a free and open society: commerce secretary AFP US SECRETARY of Commerce William Daley, the most senior American official to visit Hongkong since its July 1 return to Chinese rule, yesterday endorsed the new administration as
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      Lock icon Taiwan overnight rate hits 3-mth high as govt defends NT$
      246 8 TAIPEI Central bank has spent US$LBb since Friday Bloomberg TAIWAN'S overnight interbank lending rate reached a three-month high after the central bank spent US$l.B billion (552.78 billion) to defend the currency since Friday. The rate banks charge each other for
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      Lock icon Lien Chan's Europe trip seen angering China
      223 8 TAIPEI Reuter TAIWAN'S Vice-President Lien Chan has started a 10 to 12-day visit to European countries with which Taipei has no diplomatic ties, state-run Central News Agency reported yesterday. Beijing strongly objects to any contact between its own diplomatic allies and Taipei, and
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      Lock icon HK workers' pay grows 8.6%, directors' pay up 30%: survey
      171 8 HONGKONG Reuter ORDINARY Hongkong workers received an average 8.6 per cent pay rise iast year, whUe company directors' pay packets grew 30.4 per cent, according to a survey in the South China Morning Post. Manuel Pangilinan, head of conglomerate First
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    • SINO Briefs
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        Lock icon Opening of stock accounts in China slows
        88 8 Bloomberg [BEIJING] The rate at which Chinese Investors opened new stock accounts slowed sharply after the government stepped up efforts to cool the over-heated market, stock exchange officials said. About 1.9 million new accounts were opened in the past four months. In August,
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        Lock icon Jiang meets Chinese-American governer
        66 8 AFP [BEIJING] President Jiang Zemin yesterday met the Chinese-American Governor of Washington State, Gary Locke, who is making his first visit to his ancestral homeland, state television reported. Mr Jiang extended cordial greetings to Mr Locke, the United States' highest-tovel elected official of Chinese descent, and
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        Lock icon PLA in Bast China Sea naval exercises
        89 8 AFP [HONGKONG] Chinese naval forces based in Shanghai has mobilised 16 vessels for a series of exercises in the East China Sea, it was reported yesterday. The People's Liberation Army's naval forces manoeuvres began over die weekend and would last 10 days in
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        Lock icon Zhao punished over June 4 appeal
        101 8 Reuter [BEUING] Disgraced Chinese Communist Party chief Zhao Ziyang has been barred from receiving visitors as punishment for his appeal for a review of 1969 pro-democracy protests, Chinese sources said yesterday: A weekly golf game that was one of his few privileges, offering him
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      157 8 STIMULATE YOUR BUSINESS. An internet connection from Sing Net can help you stir up business opportunities. Get the latest economic news. Snap up emerging deals. Set up your own website. Sing Net has an extensive menu of connections and services that can be tailored to your specific business needs. We
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      114 9 CISCO lt^ r l^B^ToIRl *KB? A CORPORATE NEWSLETTER OCTOBER 1997 LBAaIC r i, mßm™**"™- Kin immn m. .ui -w»wH|iyji|, ji, •^V^-^g.ff' CISCO offers -a I py^^jpj|h)|~ security ihM their cottftcfitivc security protect their jiod flofvofltiiDCitts I r.by high-tech security systems and sectary maopoMCr ty "WMgcawat lllKsBiSlo2isl^^ Bfe-clock by tiie Ceiwal'Alarm
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  • ASIA
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      Lock icon NZ's current account gap hits 10-year high
      382 10 WELLINGTON Larger-than-expected deficit drives down NZ$, pushes up money market rates Bloomberg NEW Zealand's current account deficit ballooned to 6.4 per cent of the economy in the year ended June 30, the largest in 10 years, driving down the domestic currency and pushing
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      Lock icon Kia rejects receivership
      77 10 SEOUL AFP SOUTH Korea's near-bank-rupt Kia Group yesterday rejected court receivership, vowing to stay afloat through court mediation in a move expected to prolong the crisis. The group notified creditor banks of its written refusal to file for receivership to meet yesterday's deadline ultimatum given by creditors,
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      Crime and business in India
      570 10  -  raranuMiißVDßUi Security agencies thriving as kidnappers target businessmen Bp Rajendra Bajpai UNTIL recently Indian businessmen feared words like licences and quotas which gave the government a vice-like grip over them. They also feared the country's poorly paid civil servants who could nip in the bud
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      Lock icon Economy in slowdown phase, says BoJ chief
      296 10 NIIGATA, Japan But this is temporary and recovery is expected te resume Reuter JAPAN'S economy is now in a temporary slowdown phase, Bank of Japan (BoJ) governor Yasuo Matsushita was quoted as saying yesterday. But the recovery will resume after the slowdown ends,
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      Lock icon Bushfires raging out of control in W Australia
      279 10 PERTH One the worst fires in history destroys vast areas of pasture AFP THE worst bushfires in memory were raging out of control in Australia's north-west, the West Australian Bushfires Board said yesterday. Some of the fires, blazing on at least 40
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      Lock icon Boom for Indian software
      136 10 NEW DELHI AFP INDIA'S software industry is expected to grow almost 50 per cent in the fiscal year to March over the previous year and to continue its boom into the next century, business chiefs said yesterday. The National Association of Software and Service Companies said
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      403 11 Since we launched the North we've seen it grow by 20%. f I jr r Looks like there's been some healthy growth in well as being home to such global leaders as Toyota, invest by 30th October 1997, you will enjoy discounts the Schroder North Asia Fund. Hardly surprising. Sony
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  • THE WORLD
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      Lock icon Russia signs deal to restructure ex-Soviet debts
      488 12 MOSCOW Mescew gets 25 years tepay offUSs33b loans; new foreign investment expected Reuter RUSSIAN officials and representatives of the London Club of commercial banks signed a long-awaited agreement yesterday to restructure debts run up by the former Soviet Union. The formal signing in
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      Lock icon Blair meets Yeltsin, signs pact to fight int'l crime
      334 12 MOSCOW AFP BRITISH -Prime Minister Tony Blair met President Boris Yeltsin yesterday at the start of his first official visit to Russia and signed an accord on fighting international crime organisations. Mr Blair, whose one-day visit was his first to Moscow
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      Lock icon Remembering a war
      48 12 [CAIRO] Egyptian boys inspecting a Russian-made MiG-17fighter at an open-air military exhibition in Cairo on Sunday, the eve ofthe 24th anniversary of the Oct 6,1973, war against Israel. The MiG 17 was one of the Egyptian fighter jets that participated in the 1973 war. AFP
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      Lock icon White House reveals videotapes of Clinton's meetings with donors
      496 12 WASHINGTON Republicans call for independent probe into fund-raising AFP THE US government has revealed the existence of videotaped meetings between President Bill Clinton and campaign contributors inside the White House, information that could show that Mr Clinton broke the law by
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      Lock icon EU agrees to extend talks with US beyond deadline
      367 12 LUXEMBOURG AFP THE European Union moved yesterday to defuse the risk of a trans-Atlantic trade war over controversial US legislation designed to punish companies that do business with Cuba, Iran and Libya. EU foreign ministers agreed here that Trade Confmissioner Leon
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      Lock icon US lawyers could earn US$15b in tobacco deal
      187 12 SEATTLE Reuter PRIVATE lawyers could get US$l4.7 billion (Ss23 billion) in fees over 25 years from the tobacco industry's proposed U*****.5 billion settlement of litigation brought by 40 states, the Seattle Times reported on the weekend. The lawyers, retained by state attorneys-general
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      Lock icon Many MNCs yet to study EMITs impact: survey
      194 12 LONDON Reuter A VAST number of multinational companies have not yet begun to assess the impact Europe's planned single currency will have on their businesses, Price Waterhouse said yesterday. In a survey covering 485 multinationals in 21 countries, it found that nearly
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
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      Why Indian rupee escaped baht's fate
      975 13  -  OPINION THE BOTTOM LIMB By Prem Shankar Jha The writer, former editor of the Hindustan Times, contributed this article to BT FOR almost two months, as first the Thai baht, and then in quick succession, the Malaysian ringgit, the Indonesian rupiah the Philippine peso
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      63 13 4 lt is not very usual for a minister who has given tens of millions of dollars in aid to a country to be arrested when he or she goes there.' Emma Booino the European Union's commissioner for humanitarian affairs, to her captors, after being arrested by
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      Washington's unilateralist impulse
      613 13 EDITORIAL THE decision by Total, the French energy company, in partnership with Russia's Gazprom and Malaysia's Petronas, to sign a US$2 billion (Ss3.l billion) contract with the National Iranian Oil Company to develop a gas field in Iran has ignited a dangerous unilateralist impulse in Washington The
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      Lock icon East Asian solutions
      1174 13  -  Policymakers in region consider alternatives to IMF vision of economic policy By. Anthony Rowley The writer is BT's Tokyo correspondent THE annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank which wound up in Hongkong late last month may mark a separation, if not the start
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      WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
      806 13 Staying tIM coarse in Bosnia THE 18-month mandate of Nato's Stabilisation Force (Sfor) in Bosnia has reached its half-way point, and the international community must turn its attention to what happens after June 1998 when it expires. It is doing so, but without the necessary sense
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  • Page 13 Miscellaneous
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  • EXECUTIVE LIFESTYLE
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      Lock icon Shaking off her phantoms
      809 14  -  Sarah Brightman has recovered from her divorce and built a new career, reports paul majemdie PAUL MAJENDIE Reuter THE pain of divorce has faded. Now Sarah Brightman and Andrew Lloyd Webber are not just friends but eager to make music together. But the singer who shot
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      Lock icon Mixed reviews for Polanski's Vampires
      273 14 U MUSIC AFP (VIENNA J Roman Polanski's The Vampire Killers premiered here as a musical to mixed reviews by Austrian critics, 30 years after the Pol ish-born director made the widely acclaimed film in the United States. The music by US composer Jim Steinman, also
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      Lock icon Vision of a pop Sicily
      559 16 FASHION Dolce and G&bb&n&'s Comer collection tares Madonna and Child pictures Reuter [MILAN] Italian design duo Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana presented sequinned pictures of the Madonna and Child on the chests of their models on the catwalks of Milan on Sunday in a vision
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      BT Golf Index at its highest level since Nov
      457 16  -  GOLF Interest in golf dabs seems immune to poor business sentiment By' Ven Sreenivasan THE BT Golf Index achieved a six-month uninterrupted climb to reach last month its highest level in almost a year. After recording a 1.25 point gain to
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      Lock icon Ossia sets its sights on listing properly arm in 5 to 7 years
      540 17  -  Qssia Land eyeing properties in London, Sydney; plans to move into KL in 1999 By Rahita Elias [SINGAPORE] Listed Ossia International Holdings plans to float wholly-owned property arm, Ossia Land, on the Singapore stock exchange in five
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      Penguin to raise $17.5 m through IPO
      466 17  -  By' Ven Sreenivasan [SINGAPORE] Charter boat operator Penguin Boat International yesterday launched its mainboard initial public offering which will raise $17.5 million for its expansion. The IPO the 31st new listing on the Stock Exchange of Singapore this year and the 18th on
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      Should SES allow companies to choose currency of lsting?
      674 17  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW Lee Han Shih TWO decisions by the Stock Exchange of Singapore (SES) last week raise an important question under what circumstances will a company be asked to change to a foreign currency listing? Last Monday, Nat Steel Electronics
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      Lock icon Japan supermarket giant Jusco to try save Yaohan
      396 17 It may take over Yaohan Japan's domestic AFP [TOKYOI Japan's major supermarket store operator Jusco Co Ltd pledged yesterday to help rehabilitate Yaohan Japan Corp, the core of the international retail group Yaohan that is on the brink of collapse. Jusco said
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      Tuan Sing gains $10.6 m on sale of four factories
      169 17 [SINGAPORE) Tuan Sing Holdings will reap $10.6 million through its sale of four Tannery Road factories, the company said yesterday. The four terrace factories were sold for $20.45 million, generating pre-tax profit of $8.9 million. With a realised revaluation surplus
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        Lock icon Malaysia's Mesdaq could start trading by February '98
        618 18 Trial runs of the new hi-tech, hi-growth, hi-risk stock exchange to start soon Reuter Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia yesterday unveiled Mesdaq, a high-technology, high-growth stock exchange that it said could begin trading by February 1998. "We hope that Mesdaq will over time,
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        Lock icon THB to float 23% of share capital to raise RM 3O.6m
        329 18 Tongk&h moves closer to rationalising three main businesses Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] THB Industries Bhd, the engineering and machine tools company of Tongkah Holdings Bhd, yesterday received an underwriting agreement for part of its 23.01 per cent share capital sale.
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        Dovechem apologises for breaking SES rules
        351 18  -  By Conrad Raj [SINGAPORE] Dovechem Terminals Holdings yesterday apologised to its shareholders after breaching the Stock Exchange of Singapore's listing rules on transactions between interested parties. The transactions involved two loans totalling $3.5 million one for $1.6 million in February this year and the
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        Lock icon HK's UDL building group to tie up with China state firm
        499 18 Partnership aims to develop business in China, S-E Asia SCMP [HONGKONG] UDL, one of Hongkong's largest construction and dredging groups, will link up with China Construction, an arm of China's Ministry of Construction, to develop business opportunities in the
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        Lock icon Sarawak's Zecon set for bigger projects
        178 18 Bernama [KUCHING] Sarawak's homegrown construction star, Zecon Engineering Berhad, which is en route to a listing on the second board of the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange, is set to take on bigger and more ambitious building projects. Executive chairman Zainal Abidin Ahmad said in
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          Fu Yu now a CPP trustee stock
          53 18 [SINGAPORE] The CPF Board has added mainboard-listed Fu Yu Manufacturing to Its list of trustee shares with immediate effect. There are now 156 trustee shares on the main board, four on Sesdaq and nine trustee loan stocks on the main board under the
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          Lock icon MAS close to Rolls Royce deal
          61 18 AFN [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysian Airline System Bhd (MAS) and Rolls Royce International are in final discussions over the manufacturing of aircraft engine components in Malaysia, Bernama news agency quoted Rolls Royce regional executive for Malaysia, Jonathan Asherson, as saying. Mr Asherson said the companies
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          Lock icon Siam Cement denies report
          82 18 AFX-Asia [BANGKOK] Slam Cement has not met foreign creditors over foreign exchange losses, nor does it plan to hold such a meeting. The company denied a Prachachart Turakit report which quoted a senior official as saying it would invite about 20 foreign creditors to discuss its
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          Lock icon Globe wants coverage limited
          102 18 AFN [MANILA] Globe Telecom has asked the National Telecommunications Commission to limit the coverage of new mobile phone operators to specific areas of the country rather than allowing them to go nationwide. Globe Telecom vice-president Rodolfo Salalima said it will be "too tedious and expensive" to
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          Lock icon Press Metal rethinks bonus, rights issues
          72 18 Reuter [KUALA LUMPUR] Press Metal Bhd said it was reconsidering the terms of previously announced proposals for bonus issues, rights issues and an increase in authorised share capital, due to the weak stock market. The aluminium products maker said an announcement would be made
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        Lock icon Retailer Coles Myer tipped to post 8% profit rise as it recovers
        262 19 Reuter [MELBOURNE] Australia's biggest retailer, Coles Myer, is expected this week to rouse further from its earnings nightmare with an 8 per cent rise in annual profit. Coles is expected to report tomorrow a full-year profit before abnormals
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        Aussie telecoms firm AAPT to raise A$ 76m in float
        461 19  -  Sing Tel affiliate will ose foods to expand network and make acquisitions From. Russell Baker in Sydney AAPT Ltd, which counts Singapore Telecom as one of its major shareholders, is raising As 76 million (SsBs million) via a public float
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        392 19 Company boys management rights for As29om Reuter [MELBOURNE] The owner of Australia's biggest casino, Crown Ltd, yesterday said it has bought the management rights to its own operation for As29o million (***** million) in a deal it said was designed to please its big
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        Lock icon C&W makes fresh moves to join Global One telecoms alliance
        483 20 Group said to have set up new US office to lobby regulator The Independent News Service (LONDON] Cable Wireless (C&W) has renewed its interest in forging an alliance with a US telephone giant, just as British Telecom's hopes of merging
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        80 20 [LONDON] Carousel art enthusiasts had a rare opportunity to buy historic pieces on Sunday when a collection of fairground art went under the hammer at Wookey Hole caves in Somerset. The Tussaud's collection is expected to fetch up to some U*****,000 (SSI. 03 million). It was buiU
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        Lock icon France Telecom tipped to be priced at high end of range
        379 20 Govt expects to raise over USs6b in the country's biggest IPO Bloomberg [PARIS] The French government was yesterday expected to price France Telecom SA at the high end of the range, investors and analysts said, letting it raise more
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        Lock icon Appliance maker Whirlpool plans global drive
        448 20 New microwave oven exemplifies new strategy FT [LONDON] Whirlpool, the largest domestic appliance maker in the US, is planning to produce and sell its Europe-an-designed microwave ovens worldwide as part of a plan to challenge the dominance of Asian suppliers in the market. The
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        S'pore to admit more reinsurers
        488 21  -  Move is part of blueprint to become reinsurance centre of the fixture: Yock Suan Reports by I Soh Tiang Keng [SINGAPORE] Singapore will open its doors to more international reinsurers and reinsurance brokers as part of its blueprint to become the reinsurance centre of the
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        Patchy future seen for reinsurance
        229 21 [SINGAPORE] There will be a "soft and painful" market for certain classes of world reinsurance in the next few years, a top French reinsurer, Jacques Blondeau, predicted yesterday. Among these classes are transport, marine and aviation reinsurance, he told the Fourth Singapore International Reinsurance Conference.
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        Lock icon Sumitomo Bank sells 40b yen in bad loans to Goldman
        328 21 S&le fuels hopes that Japan banks are starting to tackle huge backlog FT [TOKYO] Sumitomo Bank has sold 40 billion yen (Sssos million) of property-related bad loans to Goldman Sachs, which is expected to turn them into asset-backed securities. The
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        Nomura affiliate to get special loans: report
        444 22  -  Daiwa Bank to help finance 'drastic' restructuring at Sanyo Securities From Anthony Rowley in Tokyo SIGNS that another Japanese financial institution is in serious difficulty emerged yesterday, with news that Sanyo Securities an affiliate of market leader Nomura Securities will receive special loans
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        432 22 Equitas posts better cash flow, claims payments on track Reuter [LONDON] Equitas, the company set up to run off the Lloyd's insurance market's pre-1993 liabilities, yesterday said its results for the six months to end-March 1997 were on track, with claims payments
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        248 22 STMRX Report Reuter [SINGAPORE] Simex Japanese government bond (JGB) futures yesterday recovered from an early drop triggered by a Japanese Finance Ministry (MOF) official's comments. Senior MOF official Eisuke Sakakibara was quoted by a major Japanese daily as saying JGB yields were too low and
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        High-tech issues take market off its lows
        164 22  -  MSCI TAIWAN FUTURES By Perry Gilbert By Perry Gilbert, vice-presi-dent, Refco Singapore [SINGAPORE] The Simex MSCI Taiwan Stock Index futures contract opened lower yesterday due to continued currency concerns. However, quiet optimism regarding profit figures for leading hightech issues took the market off
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        243 22 ENERGY REPORT Reuter (LONDON) Buoyant world oil markets might tiptoe higher over the next few days but a recent surprise rally is unlikely to be sustained for long, oil analysts said yesterday. They said crude supplies and inventories would prove sufficient to prevent a repeat
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        283 22 Reuter AFP London THE US dollar suffered a mild setback against the mark after data showing German manufacturing was stronger than expected. Perceptions that German interest rates were about to head higher prevailed, and combined with waning expectations of a US rate hike following soft jobs data, this
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      COMMODITY PRICES
      1716 23 SICOH FUTURES Oct 6 BU6KR (Mum deshe as at SJOpa) «SS 1 CO*TIACT<S cnrtiA«i Ctow Volume Open M—til Hjffe Low Sett (twws) Interest Nov 97 MO.50 140.00 140.00 SO 237S Dec 97 144.50 142.75 142.75 350 1700 JM 96 145.75 2170 Fefc96 143.75 2170 Mar 96 151.75 2170
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      1657 23 AFP P Nikkei 225 *177.33 JAPANESE share prices closed one per cent higher yesterday as domestic institutional investors bought selected blue chips while pension funds also gave moderate buying support Brokers said the market's interest was focused on tomorrow's listing of Central Japan Railway (JR Tokai), one of the
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      WORLD STOCK MARKETS
      2212 23 (MM! IndastrMs Oct t Nik* 31 Group 514.400 unch AB Ports 277.400 H.600 Abbey Notional 943 -4 Allied Domecq 464 3.600 Amec ISO unch Asda Group 157 unch BAT md 356 -5 BG Ptc 267.400 2.400 BICC 173.400 -2 BOC Group 1117 *22 BR Petroleum 93B 1
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      Lock icon HONGKONG
      1560 24 AFP Q Hang Seng -38L24 SHARE prices fell 2.3 per cent yesterday on profit-taking due to lack of fresh news, dealers said. "Buying has dried up, so sellers, particularly US and European investors, come in by selling in futures," said an analyst. "There is no bad news. I believe
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      Lock icon CHINA
      657 24 Reuter n Shenzhen B Into -L 49 THE Shenzhen B share market ended lower in thin trade yesterday as a new criminal law curbing securities crimes pushed investors to the sidelines. The B Index lost 1.49 points to 128.73 on turnover of HK$2O million. The A Index inched up
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      385 24 AFP Q VP Index +IL7S STOCKS rose yesterday as investors sought plastic/chemical and construction shares. "Plastic/chemical issues rebounded after strong falls in the previous sessions, while constructions moved up due to expectation of strong selling of new apartment buildings," said a trader. The TSE Weighted Price Index rose 11.76
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      267 24 Reuter Bloomberg F1 Wellington +BJB The NZSE 40-share Index closed at a new record high yesterday. The index ended 8.52 points firmer at 2,602.10, For index stocks, advances outnumbered declines by 17 to 15. Trading was valued at NZ547.5 million, up from NZ$4l.B million on Friday. Oci t m
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      825 24 AFP □set Into -132 SHARE prices fell yesterday as the government delayed an expected cabinet reshuffle and the market awaited details of a rehabilitation plan for the finance sector. Analysts said political uncertainty rose on reports Prime Minister Chavalit Yongchaiyudh will delay a cabinet reshuffle until after his official
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      416 24 AFP Pjimiuuilt ii ill I .J 1 AJ U uomposte index *Ln SHARE prices closed lower yesterday as investors worried about the market outlook. "There were neither negative nor positive market-driv-ing factors. Investors just remained uncertain about the market," said one dealer. Dealers said the market gained in the
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      Lock icon SYDNEY
      598 24 AFP FlAllOrdnurieg *11 SHARE prices edged up 0.2 per cent yesterday in an uneventful day for the bourse, prompted by the Labour Day bank holiday across some states. The All Ordinaries Index rose 6.6 points to 2,769.7. Turnover was 143.1 million shares worth A 5224.2 million. Market bellwether BHP
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      Lock icon JAKARTA
      706 24 AFP Q Composite Index -2^o SHARE prices fell slightly yesterday, after the rupiah steadied and the government issued a statement calling for cooperation with the private sector to organise orderly repayment of foreign debt. Investors appeared to react warmly to suggestions by State Secretary Murdiono that the government and
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      Lock icon MANILA
      318 24 AFP □Manila -68.43 STOCKS fell yesterday due to rumours of more companies defaulting on bank loans and tight liquidity due to the sharp fall of the peso. The market was spooked by rumours that "a big company is on the verge of default", said a trader. The Composite Index
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        Lock icon Shares close lower on lack of support
        540 25 AFX Asia Q Composite Index -3J4 SHARE prices closed lower in thin trade yesterday on a lack of support as investors remained cautious amid persistent economic and political uncertainty. Dealers said investors were also jittery in the wake of a series of rumours
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    • WARRANTS & OPTIONS
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        Kulim wrt worth checking out
        200 26  -  WARRANT WATCH By Ven Sreenivasan DESPITE the broader market's decline, stocks of Malaysian plantation firms have been rising on expectations that prices for their products will go up as fires burning in Indonesia reportedly wipe out large tracts of timber land and oil palm plantations.
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      CLOB INTERNATIONAL
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        MAIN BOARD
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        HOT STOCK
        65 28  -  bf! Shiv Taneja BERJAYA GROUP closed 4.5 cents lower yesterday at 69.5 cents on a volume of 2.79 million shares, compared with its lOday traded average of 3.02 million units. Daily and weekly RSI and stochastics are almost at zero, but based on the weekly MA CD chart,
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        Lock icon Continuing currency woes put a lid on share prices
        655 28  -  STOCK MARKET COMMENTARY Market players are also concerned over reports that some analysts are lowering their 1997 and 1998 growth forecasts for the Singapore economy By Ven Sreenivasan [SINGAPORE] Continuing concerns over the state of the regional currency markets and their
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        224 28 Stacks Volume DBS Land 5.296,000 •Rehapaciftc Bh 4,866,000 *RHB Cap Wt99 4,597,000 Asm FoodiProp 2,926,000 *Ber)aya Group 2,796,000 HK Land USIOc 2,642,000 SingTel 15c 2.527,000 Keppel LandWOO 2,165.000 OairyF US5c 2.100,000 Keppel Land 50c 2,031,000 Stacks DBS Land 18,619,334 City Dev 50c 12,034,157 SIA Foreign 11.569,820 UOB Foreign 8,846,395 HK
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          In bad taste
          127 28 IF THIS is not a fitting example of bad taste in advertisement, we don't know what is. Woodlands, which claims to be Hongkong's first and only Indian vegetarian restaurant, took out this ad in the South China Morning Post last week. The ad showed a photograph of
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          Thai hard sell
          124 28 SPEAKING of unusual advertisements, various agencies of the Thai government, including the Thailand Board of Investment, the Department of Export Promotion, the Bank of Thailand and the Tourism Authority of Thailand, have gone on a PR offensive to trumpet the virtues of the country, which is facing
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          More daring?
          104 28 WILL stock market players become more daring over illegal activities in Malaysia? Some in the stockbroking community think so after the ruling by the High Court last week that the Securities Commission chairman is not allowed to authorise its officers to conduct prosecutions. The judge made the ruling
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          Mannfacturiag reality
          90 28 VISITORS to a recent exhibition on industrial properties organised by the EDB's Enterprise Promotion Centre might have been surprised to see among the various industrial buildings on show a distinctively different building in the Far East Organisation exhibit. Not content with showing the public its techpark projects, Far
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          Put it oil my card
          90 28 w JAPAN'S economy may not be out of the woods yet, but when it comes to racking up credit card transactions, it is definitely No 1 in Asia. According to data from Visa International, in the 12 months to end-June 1997, Japan had 322.5 million
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      614 28 BUSINESS Notices To advertise call toll-free 1800-*****83 IN THE MATTER OF AKBAft AND ANAND HOLDING PRIVATE LIMITED (IN VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION) MEMBERS' VOLUNTARY WINDING-UP At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the members of the abovenamcd company duly convened and held at 234 Serangoon Road. Singapore *****3 on 29 September 1997, the
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      376 28 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT CAP. 50 And IN THE MATTER OF TSIN FAR (IMPORT A EXPORT) PTE LTD (IN MEMBERS' VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION) NOTICE is hereby given pursuant to Section 308 of the Companies Act Cap. 50 that the final meeting of the members of the abovementioned company
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      29 28 FREE! If you have found something, you can advertise for free in Classification 821 (Found) to seek its owner. Call C.A.T.S. at 1800-737-1166. i CAT A Another Classified Service
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      46 28 THE STRAITS TIMES CLASSIFIED YOUR GUIDE TO MORE PRODUCTS SERVICES 1 |B i i jL .a ,^^B /l j^^S/l^jkk If vSk jtf For more details, look out for The New Pbper from 6th to 25th Oct "97. IjfjjpjSd <3E> TRADE ALLIANCE (S) PTE LTD I I
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      309 29 Bridge News Reuter SPOT RATES in the Atlantic for Panamax tonnage remained weak but brokers were optimistic that November would herald firmer rates. Virtually inactive morning session with only 13 lots traded in Oct and Nov at Thursday's close, but after the Baltic Freight Index came in 5
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      256 29 <818 n *h w CW7WM LIO -0.02 8 OW>IM> 0.825 -0.025 HO CMC* In* 0.945 -0.02 WO FMaMtMU 0.385 -0.025 40 StMMnqi 0X4 MrtSunlH* 0.91 -0.01 74 HKacM Zaaan .0.55 -0.01 5 IMCHoldings HK5.60 JayaHoMinfi 0.72 -O.OI 11 jMrw*SNpy*« 6.80 -OJO 41 HammlCtrf 5X5 -0.05 1157 4.52 *0.10
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      Argonaut to switch six VLCCs to Singapore flag
      534 29  -  Move by Swedish company wiDboost Singapore fleet to over 19m gt By. Marcus Hand [SINGAPORE] Swedish tanker owner, Argonaut AB, is to reflag its fleet of six very large crude carriers (VLCCs) to the Singapore flag. Bjorn Ersman, president of Argonaut, announced
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      NOL ship picketed again in Vancouver
      415 29  -  Vessel the target of onion action supporting sacked Liverpool workers By Felix Chan (SINGAPORE] A Neptune Orient Line (NOL) container ship picketed last week in the US in support of sacked Liverpool dockers has run into the same treatment in Vancouver. After spending several
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      IMO protocol on air pollution from ships little short of irrelevant
      580 29  -  STRAIT TALE By\ Seafarer [LONDON] REMEMBER Start the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks between the Soviet Union and the US? In the initial phases the two sides set limits on weapons which were actually higher than existing weapon stockpiles. Well
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      Focus on KL's rising prominence in shipping
      335 29  -  CONTAINER ASIA 97 Three-day conference in KL starts today with limelight on Malaysia From. Marcous Hand in Kuala Lumpur THE Container Asia Conference and Exhibition 1997 opens today in Kuala Lumpur, with over 30 presentations covering a range of trade, shipping, port and
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      Uniglory expands Far East-Gulf service
      194 29 [SINGAPORE] Uniglory Marine Corp of Taiwan is expanding its Far East-Middle East Gulf service with the delivery of five new 1,164-TEU (20-ft equivalent units) container ships. Four of the ships, UniAmple, Uni Ahead, Uni-Angel and Uni-Arise, were ordered from China Shipbuilding Corp of Taiwan, with
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      Hongkong to prosecute importers of illegal waste
      145 29 [HONGKONG] Hongkong's Environmental Protection Department (EPD) is to take legal action against importers of illegal waste, following a recent raid by Greenpeace on the Zim Sydney at the Kwai Chung Container Port. Following the Greenpeace alert, officials have inspected the cargo and EPD
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      Lock icon Traffic control goes high-tech
      762 30  -  PANAMA CANAL Canal authorities are installing a new traffic management system to handle increasing traffic and larger ships By Jon Mitchell Journal of Commerce USING laptop computers, satellites and a new operating system that Bill Gates would be proud of, the Panama Canal Commission is pushing
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      INDEX TO SHIPPING LINES AND FREIGHT FORWARDERS
      267 30 PAGE Ethiopian 6 ACl n Eurohans 6 •AMI 3 Evergreen 6 Accord 12 Famous 7 Appenship 5 FL-Bright 6 Astro 3 tonflSun 12 Austral 11 Glii* 4 Avant 6 Gwnartrans <3 BSA 7 g «K"W n Batamindo 7 0oWw 4 Bayswater 7 GuanGuan
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      14135 36 THEBU SINESSTIMES EXPORT ETA ETA Advertiser Vassal Voyaga Talaphona ETA ETA Advartlsar Vassal Voyaga Talaphona SIN DasTn Nama Nam. Numtar Number SIN Dastn Nama Nama Numbar NumOar 12/10 2W0 SCI HY. PPIMORSKIY V.I04W 45-2H1355 A 12/10 24/n Hyundai MM HY PRIMORSKIY I04W IWWM4 g.K a aj /ad oaa
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        493 43 Vt$$*l Voy No B*rth Arrival Dtpartur* Jim Nit MX 0997 J03 alongsid* 0610/2000 «8a* MM 0ct3 J01 a longs k>« 06.10/1900 ItHMdraJ 0H097 J01 atongsx)* 0610/1400 H Nad Tama *****7 J01 alongsid* 0610/1500 H tio Mr« *****7 J01 alongsid* 06.10/1200 It S*nt C108 *****7 J01 alongside 0610/1400 K
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        1461 43 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCl CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Boofcing/Bolonco Rstls Ship Voy Ho Etb/Btr Period From To From ««M 722* 09/1300 14 04/1500 04/1459 04/1900 a ot/noo 04/1459 04/1400 a ot/rroo 07/0»s» o?/otoo 2* 04/1700 07/0499 07/0900 1 07/0700 07/1199 07/1400 4 07/1200 07/1499 07/T700 •NK' •«> 0300
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        215 43 Oct 10 Hong Kong Chung Yeung Festival. Japan: Sports Day. Taiwan Double Tenth National Day. Oct 13 Canada: Thanksgiving Day. United States: Columbus Day. Oct 23 Thailand. Chulalongkorn Day. Oct 28 Taiwan Taiwan Retrocession Day. Oct 27 New Zealand: Labour Day. Oct 30 Malaysia: Deepa val i. Singapore:
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        902 43 THIS report compiled by Cockett Marine Oil Lid, showi price ranges In US dollar* Instead of •ingle price* for a more comprehensive description of the market. Prices shown are based on average-sited stem. Market movements are Indicated The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the Individual
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        352 43 HO te 912 8 u» 17.3 0.10 59 0.04 2fli Dtntlty Wrttr IhWih ti» tomtom itmnt No *6ov* £25 1 0 3 0 0 0 300 AM 905.7 0J 13J 0.06 31 0.02 U/«ri M0M 0J 17-7 0.09 91 0.08 %¥/v %M/ g» He abort C35
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        Lock icon Indian Airlines hostesses threaten strike
        222 44 AFP [NEW DELHI] Indian air hostesses have threatened to go on hunger strike unless their working hours are reduced. The Indian Airlines hostesses, who staged a rally in the Indian capital on Friday, said a hunger strike would be a last resort as they did
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        458 44 Gar viewed as an opportunity to develop more niche products FT [FRANKFURT] MercedesBenz, the German executive carmaker, has learned not to devalue the prestige image on which its big profit margins are based. But it is hinting that it wants to turn Smart, the
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        Lock icon Japan's imported car sales down in Sept
        314 44 AFP [TOKYO] Japan's sales of imported vehicles in September dropped 15.8 per cent from a year earlier to 32,026 units, the sixth consecutive year-on-year decline, an industry group said yesterday. The Japan Automobile Importers Association said sales of imported cars declined 12.0 per
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        Lock icon Expert panel set up to help loss-making Air India
        230 44 Govt appoints six-man team to draw tip strategies to torn around national flag carrier AFP [NEW DELHI] The government here has set up an expert panel to help the ailing national flag carrier Air India regain its corporate health, officials said.
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        273 44 Bloomberg [LONDON] Eurotunnel said it carried 2.4 per cent fewer tourist vehicles through the Channel Tunnel in September, capping a summer season that has seen its year-on-year traffic decline for four Straight months. The tunnel linking France and Britain carried 219,346 cars, motorcycles,
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        251 44 Bat fears growing that new law will be floated by motorists and passengers AFP [BANGKOK] A new law making seatbelts compulsory in all motor vehicles will come into force today in a bid to cut down on road carnage in Thailand, reports
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        Lock icon China aviation firm to start roadshow in Hongkong
        171 44 Reuter [HONGKONG] China National Aviation Co Ltd (CNAC) is expected to hold a presentation for analysts in Hongkong next week, the beginning of its international roadshow, market sources said yesterday. CNAC, a red chip listing candidate under the control of China National
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        Lock icon Easy Jet founder plans to offer shares in 1998 or 1999
        375 44 Bloomberg [LONDON) Easy Jet Airline Co founder Stelios Haji-loannou said he plans to sell shares to the public in his no-frills carrier in late 1998 or 1999, another illustration of the growing investor acceptance of smaller, low-cost carriers in
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        AIRCRAFT ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES
        1451 44 CITY FUGMT ETA FUGHT ETO AJataWa Of81 1930 Of12 2055 Haaol «00 VM744 MOO S0229 2220 ¥***** 1310 VM740 W Amitartam S0327 0®05 GA892 0030 Hrtjfal TG407 2105 TG408 0820 GA897 1045 KL844 0040 MI895 2150 Mi8% 1815 K1837 1455 IU838 2300 No CM Mint) VN741
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      797 30 jSffOGAPORE CALIFORNIA EXPRESS {DIRECT FROM WST COAST) I |GULF KARACHI EXPF ESS fOKX) |WT I<ml V» su [u sm vtssa j vor |ju dm mm km cot m sm NOIIWY 40W537 IS/09 11/09 10/09 13/09 09/10 WISIBMUHUN IK 19/09 11/09 21/09 24/09 12/10 00/10 07/11 WtOKON S4WS3O a/09 25/09 25/09
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      635 30 L"** service# represented by Members of the Registry at lw§pi/ Accredited Shipping Agents. National Shipping Assoc ®1t Membersoflhe Singapore Freight Forwarders Association. lAL Container Line (UK) Limited -4s Agents: Marine Transport Resources (S) Pie Ltd Tel 223 8380 Fa* 223 8387 "Now Accepting LCL to Middle East." Weekly to the
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      1134 31 PACIFIC SOUTH WEST EXPRESS (DIRECT) ALSO ACCEPTING MANAUS VIA LAX/HOU ygsa vot m Iswra giro uut pal mbr |oo Ixrc ah 1 hou wot |su AfIOWA 021E 30/09 01/10 02/10 17/10 21/10 22/10 22/10 23/10 23/10 22/10 23/10 M/ 10 AWSWGAPOtf 0171 06/10 o>/10 09/10 24/10 20/10 20/10 29/10 30/10
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      2245 31 (g) HANJIN SHIPPING (MA CANADA* UNtHAH/VPY MM SRI SiA FM TTW TOP ~oj Off BOIjrHIIWMjMIM|OOSjNYC| OPT" "f« YYZ Wlm I YB qtmmmmm o»/io m/io m/io oi/n n/io 82/n m/ii m/h oi/h m/h m/ii m/ii o«/n 07/11 os/n oi7n~ m/h m/ii m/h~ m/h h.ia*cronao4« is/it ia/io m/h m/ii oy/11 m/h m/h
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      111 31 r%*rs) ORIENT EXPRESS UNES (U.K.) LIMITED UEL (MANAGER FOR SHREYAS SHIPPING LIMITED) WEEKLY SINGAPORE/MUMBAI (BOMBAY) SHUTTLE VBStL VOT SMOWOHI IQMKY VtSSCL VOT lOWMT gjgggt ALBERT BRIDGE 005 07/10 15/10 ALBERT BRIDGE 004 29/09 07/10 OOCL ADMIRAL 007 13/10 21/10 JUTHA PARICHART 007 30/09 11/10 JUTHA PAR (CHART 008 17/10 27/10
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      1603 32 <<r DSR-SENA TOR ■■I Round the World Container Services TO UK/CONTINENT FROM UK/CONTINENT ttwa vov s» wtm wn mv I ham~ ax uw llvtsstt I voy I lha ax w [iw ham~ w MEMEN SENATOR WF744 Nit *111 011 (2 11 SS.II 04 11 SS 11 VLADIVOSTOK SENATOR ECHO MM
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      1076 32 I NOR ASIA I I VESSEL VOY| SM 1 OOA BCLVALALOHOT MX ANT NOA SHANGHAI 9739-3 00/10 24/11 20/10 H/10 MHO *1/11 17/11 30/10 31/10 7*lo I MSC ALEXA 9740-3 15/10 31/10 02/11 08/11 Wll 00/11 15/11 00/11 07/11 Kill NO* FRBOORG *7414 21/11 00/11 MHI 12/11 W1 IVII 20/10
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      525 32 LINE WBr JS TILi SISI3II FAX: SISU37 I MUARA 1 LABUAN vtssa vor m m vtssa voy no in STOM RUARA SfOtl UN JPROtfB V2S/97 00/10 12/10 JPROSPB V2M/07H/M 12/10 APttttOOY V2X/V 11/10 U/10 tfItCUXT V2SI/07 12/10 10/10 jrtova V24E/97 10/10 21/10 JPROtfB V24E/07 10/10 22/10 APttOORY V2OI/97 22/10 2S/10
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      1403 33 |v««aa. vov I sin bkk pqu pko pew atw sub ba I bik IRAN TAKHTI PJL-1249 28/08 06/09 08/09 IRAN VAHOAT PJL-1253 04/09 31/08 07/09 22/09 24/09 MAN VAHOAT PJL-1259 18/10 14/10 29/10 27/10 ACCEPTING FULL CONTAINER SHIPMENTS TO INLAND POINTS IN IRAN CIS COUNTRIES I.E. AZARBAUAN ARMENIA. KAZAKHSTAN. UZBEKISTAN,
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      1191 33 ACCEPTING 6AR6O TO UANYUNGANG WITH EFFECT PROM M.V. HACK RIVER/0091 ETAW U. 10.97 I r l A G e2«mi.i Gl ii S SHIMTOM WAY TIL 226 1900 FAX; *****04 OUTWARD (l/U 4205W2 JOHORf OfFKE: I COSTAR SHIPPING Ml ITD *17-04 MS BUG SAUS/MGS *****41/43 INWARD DIPT (D/ 0) *****85 COSTAR
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      195 33 I I SPKUUZE IN ROUP HEAVY LIFT UPTO 122 TOHs] Ed (SIN&APORf) FTC HO LOADING FOR PORT K LANG/BANGKOK JAKARTA/KOTA KINABALU/BINTULU MV "ORANGE MOON" V.95 MV "ORIENT ULAC" V.B 10/10/97 ETA SIN 09/10/97 ETA IKT 11/10/97 U/10/97 ETA KKU 17/10/97 ETA BTI 19/10/97 PORT KLANG MUARA MV "KEISHUN" V.70 MV
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      964 34 I ix port vissa VOTM( scr m m«ipm im int ui vtssa voyam du na aw imn iam up I imoxom WM4IW up i»/w mi a* n/io 77/1 otto« 77/10 umcmcoi ?Tm Sm SToo iioo I UN WW M ****** WW M 9 74/10 77/11 11/10 »/10 J»/I0 7VIO UWCOIKOtO
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      467 34 NANTAI LINE FULLY CONTAINERISED SERVICE TO MAURmUS SOUTH AFRICA vissa vot sm pui m cn~ mm whkks om 14/10 01/11 w/io mtuiouffli o?3s wio 27/10 31/10 04/11 aymwmi 001s »/io 03/11 87/11 11/11 nmioum 00a n/10 01/11 13/n wn mm mug 010s 04/n 11/11 a/11 Q23S it/n ?4/n 02/12 ~m7?T
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      612 35 mm MYANMA wBBk FIVE STAR UNE \T (Myaiaior Notioaal Um) Loading for Yaayoa (Rangoon) vtssn vor sin pig ph kii ava ujw m pi BAUYSJA AGENTS: 60USTEAD SMPfWG AGENCIES KUL HI 02-01-*****40 PHI: HI 02-03-*****01 KM: Til 02-04-2****** PGO: TU 02-07-*****21/4 BANK LINE (A sarvki of Aadrow Wok Shipping) NORTHBOUND
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      998 35 HYUNDAI MERCHANT MARINE CO. LTD. WESTBOUND TO EUROPE BKG: *****32 SSbiMMm Mm 12J10 ivio offii oljfi ovfi ojii •"•AW IOWf 10/10 05/11 00/11 00/11 00/11 00/11 11/11 HYIMQAJ EMPftOt JOOW 10/10 12/11 13/11 IS/11 IJ/II 15/11 10/11 WT GtWItAl JMB 10/11 20/11 23/11 22/11 22/11 25/11 EASTBOUND TO FAR EAST
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      504 35 FAMOUS CONTAINER UNES JIfSS 80 ROBINSON ROAD, #22-02 SINGAPORE *****8 g/ HOT LINE: *****33 (30 UNES) Wtß PAff HUBb- mmmJmtk rm.l9 HIM APPHBS:-a**^t»afcLca«j| 4 SAILINGS A WEEK TO K S BANGKOK J J AND REGULAR SAILINGS TO CMABANG /THAILAND \bangkok I > f FOR BOOKING *****33 CONTACT AMY P. KLANG
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      39 37 To retrieve more schedules, just follow these simple steps... the port J? your Step key in the four number digit code Key in your Exampto: r-L, fax number To NEW YORK (NYC) 2275 for calls within Singapore UftftOd States
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      352 39 INDONESIA NATIONAL LINE TO EUROPE H EXPRESS SEMI-CONT/UNgRISED SERVICE m VOY I "PORE |A DAM/* OAM H OURS lORERKN ANTWERP WTAI 3VHt MM 2VJ 21/10 24/10 OMIT 27/11 TO AUSTRALIA 1 FULL CONTAINER SERVICE v* Ivor Is* FRI IWK I SYD MB. IMA I tOL IFRI I P4O neo wiioi
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      1147 39 ADVANCE CONTAINER LINES (PTE) LTD API 140 Cadi SltmL #12-00, PIL Building, Singapore *****0 I—" TEL: *****21, FAX *****19, TELEX :RS ***** ACLPL —CR NO. **********0E HHK I IARAAfJL voy ja ——sr~ VfSSB. VOY SM IKK SIN Yt a> ygT *T >IN SWSAMUT SKS34S 08/10 11/10 Sat 15/10 gsI NUSA
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      745 39 ["VESSELS VCH «N JEP> PSO LSH HAM RTM THP AW vheoetaurus A22W 12/10 zmo avio oa/11 06/11 00/11 ~Wii VHEOECAHNA C22W 10/10 2S/10 3i/i 0 1(yi1 ~jyfj jyH i^T" MLLEOEVWOO 322W 28/10 00/11 07/11 Wlll7/11 19H1 2VII 21/11 Ivheoenorma |N22W 02/11 12/11 14/11 gam avii ~am zF/ii 28/11 W C
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      817 40 HAJiOKOK/LAlil CHAMHQ JAKARTA/PANJANQ VESSEL VOY SIN j BKK LCH VESSEL VOY BIN JKT PJN BAN! BHUM 88N In Pt 11/10 10/10 D6JA BHUM. 7168 In Pt 10/10 08/10 MATVHJ BHUM 349N 08/10 12/10 EAGLE TIDE* 200 In Pt 11/10 NANTA BHUM" 382N 08/10 11/10 12/10 XETHA BHUM 2168 08/10 11/10
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      167 40 SO TH.OK BLANGAN ROAD N2-«2 CmPORT CafTK, fPOK MM TEL: *****11 (6 lines) FAX: *****05 TLX: RS ***** CR NO. **********0W vESsa voy. En rro destination KAGUM IM7 MIM7 17/IW7 JAAARTA^ONTMNAK MAMJONA 3497 WIM7 MIH7 KLMUMMUNTOK MMAMA IM7 IMM7 11/IM7 MMMMMWBMI UMMU 2M7 14/1*97 IVIM7 PONTIANAK MAMJKWA 34/17 11/IW7 17/I«*7
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      521 40 IjjyE PUL INTERNATIONAL UME }Qgsgte^9ixm'tKg=sx jI jj||| amwmwsAw I v 4 VOY f ua Icm 1 |jwMM| B Ini I 10/iol na I n/ieTßi I 1771 a I BBvk (ass 111/10 via I it/ii nu M7ial mkScms«u 1 oil Jij/io »i Im/'? SL Hv zl TaKwranrora —*~in —I »/io I
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      803 40 m /ICCORD B SHIPPING PTE LTD Til: *****56 (40 Lines) PAX s *****46 MtTKUUK (03) U7 ltsl WM Wk OltlCT ACCESS TIL *****57 (EXPORT BOOKING) FISM CAJDJUtG (07) SSI )577 *****67 (EXPORT DOC), *****64 (IMPOOT) HHifQ (04) WJ1444 MMU (i),* ***** msm "pokt msm rot? m sin poit ni sw
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      521 41 zO\ SINO EXPRESS SHIPPING /jf) 11 COLLYER QUAY #06-01 THE ARCADE fSINOTRANSI f J S (*****7). TEL: *****90 FAX: *****98 WM4JT* TLX: R*****1 SINOEX N^J^Z SINOTRANS SHANGHAI (CONTAINER SERVICE) VESSEL VOYAGE ETA SINGAPORE ETA HON6KOHG ETA SHANGHAI JIN YU 9750 03/10 08/10 12/10 Jlifl! 2Z52 10/10 15/10 19/10 CHANG YING
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      399 41 BMNMSMDfc (162)*****57 PKgLAMfc 1MH*****7 JtCft (11)*****07 MPM: (61)*****3 SHANGHAI T LAX/LGB/NYC MV *KOtt WIMYA" V.WJA 090 MV "Hi OfUNGMU" V 1391 ETA SIN: 15-10-97 ETA SIN: 13-10-97 SYD/mt/IHE/API AUCKLAND MV "AUST. ENTIRPRISI" VOBS MV "KOIA HASH." V 277 ETA SIN: 11-10-97 ETA SIN: 9-10-97 FREMANTLE MANILA MV "BUNGA DILI MA"
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