The Business Times, 10 October 1997

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    13 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 023/12^6 85c SINGAPORE Internet: http://www.asial.com.sg/biztimes FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10,1997
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    MARKET SUMMARY
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    FINANCE
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    Lock icon Ringgit soars 4% as Asean currencies rally
    463 1  -  Marian nnit now back above 50 S'pore cents; budget hopes underpin its strength By. Larry Wee [SINGAPORE] The Malaysian ringgit extended its stellar recovery yesterday, rising another 14 sen, or more than 4 per cent, to close at 3.0350 to the US dollar.
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    Lock icon Latest Fed comment steadies Dow
    97 1 Reuter [NEW YORK] Wall Street prices plunged nearly 87 points In early dealing yesterday but recouped some losses as Investors felt encouraged by a Federal Reserve official's latest comments on the economy. Fed vice-chairman Alice Rivlin said the economy may slow towards the end of
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    Lock icon Asian stocks succumb to overnight slide on Wall Street
    219 1  -  By R Sivanithy [SINGAPORE] Stocks here and in Malaysia yesterday succumbed to Wall Street-re-lated worries, but not before a spirited resistance for the greater part of the day, mainly because of a third day of gains for the Malaysian ringgk. After
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    German rate hike hits European markets
    501 1  -  First hike in five years knocks bonds and equities From 3 Neil Behrmann inLondon EUROPEAN bonds and equities fell sharply yesterday after the German central bank raised interest rates for the first time in five years. Already unsettled by US Federal Reserve chairman Alan
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    Taiwan blacklists three foreign banks over run on NT dollar
    372 1 IN moves reminiscent of Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad lashing out at US currency speculator George Soros, Taiwan has "blacklisted" three top foreign banks for encouraging a run on the NT dollar. The Central Bank of China, reacting to continuing
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    Indonesia is not broke, World Bank stresses
    942 1  -  Financial package expected to be finalised in weeks From S N Vasuki in Jakarta THE World Bank yesterday emphasised that Indonesia was not broke and any financial package that multilateral institutions put together would be utilised to restore confidence and macro-eco-nomic stability. A
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      105 1 UISUNi •M/ MjW COB pnmiums continue to soften on weak buyer agnnmenT t Wlui felling an average 3.7% in fee latest tender, fgPW' W&*kffflSffiftf <<• f PI-; -.jfti' An Indonesian company, in which Bambang tipped to build a 480 km gas pipeline from West Natuna to Singapore, Pg 2 I
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      6 1 Wall Street: shades 0f1987, Pg 11
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      9 1 Manila to tighten rules on forex trading, Pg 4
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      95 1 g Eg Pi L L I I i ii i hfl iHfc* a* V v# Chavalit in Japan iff [TOKYOl TTuxi Prime Minister Chavalit Yongchatyudh (left) being welcomed by Ryutaro Hashimoto at the Japanese f premier's residence yesterday. Air Chavalit arrived here on pZ Wednesday night and began a two-day
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
    • Article
      Bambang-linked firm tipped to build West Natuna-S'pore gas line
      480 2 DttuDme for SembCorp consortium to close Pfertamina gas deal lathis month Btf Ronnie Lim INDONESIAN company P T Tranaco Utama, in which P&sident Suharto's son Bambang Trihatmodjo has an interest, is tipped to build a pfenned 480 km pipeline banging natural
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      Lock icon PM Goh appealing against $20,000 award in Jeya case
      456 2 The Straits Times PRIME Minister Goh Chok Tong is appealing against the High Court judgement awarding him $20,000 in damages from Workers' Party chief, J B Jeyaretnam, who defamed him at a WP election rally on Jan 1, this year. Lawyers
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      Lock icon US electronics orders rise 48%
      309 2  -  EYE OK THE ECONOMY Electronics By, Jennifer Lien NEW orders of electronic components in the US rose a whopping 48.3 per cent in August, reversing July's disappointing revised 17.3 per cent fall. With the latest figure, the widely-watched measure returned to positive territory. Before July's
      Source: US Commerce Dept  -  309 words
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      Mitsubishi Petrochem plans 2nd plant
      352 2 USs2oBm plant on Jnrong Island to make pyrene mourner JAPAN'S Mitsubishi Petrochemicals plans to invest US$2O6 million (*****.24 million) in a second downstream plant on Jurong Island to make styrene monomer (SM), just months after its first such plant here, a joint venture with Shell
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      Nov COE prices fall 3.7%, led by luxury category
      398 3  -  Denaiii rate now relatively low; traders say market softer due te general uncertainty Christopher Tan COE premiums softened again in the latest tender on weak buyer sentiment, but remained high compared with rates same time last year. On average, premiums for
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      Mitsubishi recall doesn't seem to involve S'pore
      181 3 SINGAPORE appears to be unaffected by a recall of Mitsubishi cars by their Japanese maker. Cycle Carriage, the agent for Mitsubishi cars here, said it had received no recall instructions from Mitsubishi Motors. "I suppose no news is good news," a C&C spokeswoman
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    • NEWS Roundup
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        NUS graduate business school's plane
        123 3 THE National University of Singapore Graduate School of few years in a bid to strengthen its pretence as one of tbe f V*rilT Theeetnctads: :as f% the introduction of new study programmes Parting to a Doctor afßusinew Administration qualification and six I mamr-level programmes, ♦a
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        MRT service disruption
        97 3 THE breakdown of a works train which was carrying out maintenance work at ToaPayoh station yesterday disrupted train services on the north-south MRT Has between Nowtnn and Bishan stations from Pain toMD am. f Sixty-four SBB buses and 100 staff were deployed toruna y bridging operation between
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        CEOs to swap ideas at Ases III
        103 3 ABOUT3oocompany boeeee wffl gather at the third assembly of chief arcecutives and eiapluji ess in Stwgagnrs to swap ideas on emerging business trends. Ths Aces 10 conference, organised by the Singapore National Employers Federation, will be heldonOct»stthe Shangri-La HoteL SNEF sa id: Employers
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      123 2 IRro Hvl ■Si i i j •> i,'"'* S. i 'v; i 'y -.jt j liitor.- > x r/ S^l 'B A ■B^B^BeY lßxv, \B J •i ,vV to*'- •> .7^• .j The Sydney Opera House with its high-tech innovation and futuristic design, t represented an architectural challenge successfully undertaken
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      125 3 Horwath Hotel Partners 0 HOTEI TRANSACTIONS WORLDWItX J L I; :L Ho Chi Minh City. Vietnam iji| Manila. Philippines j[ San Francisco P memsrtei°c««i«9««e o !> i: Garapan. Saipan fn^^ST ch rowdev OP m i* < 4 J; i 1 < L AUSTRALIAN HOTEL PORTFOLIO 1 THE STRAITS TIMES CLASSIFIED
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      Japan unveils financial aid package for Thailand
      642 4  -  TOKYO Plan includes trade insurance scheme worth USslb, loans for joint venture projects: press report By, Anthony Rowley JAPANESE Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto yesterday granted a financial aid package for Thailand, Including a new trade insurance programme worth US$l billion (SH.S billion), an
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      Thais to let creditors seek repayment from ailing firms
      391 4  -  BANGKOK B&nkrnptcy law to be changed to help ease liquidity problems By\ Harish Mehta THAILAND will soon amend its much-criticised bankruptcy law, that currently does not protect foreign creditors, to allow creditors to seek repayment of loans given to ailing Thai
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      Lock icon MAS offers reserves to defend ringgit
      338 4 KUALA LUMPUR Bloomberg, AFP MALAYSIAN Airline System Bhd, the country's flagship carrier, has offered the Malaysian government its foreign exchange reserves to help defend the ringgit, Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said. Dr Mahathir said the company's chairman, Tajudin Ramli, "says we can use whatever
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      Lock icon World Bank interested in forex regulation plan: Dr M
      225 4 KUALA LUMPUR Reuter, Bernama THE World Bank has taken interest in Malaysia's plans to regulate currency trading, and has asked for a Malaysian to be seconded to the organisation to assist it in looking into the matter, Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad
      Reuter,; Bernama  -  225 words
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      Manila to tighten screws on forex speculation
      250 4  -  MANILA By, Al Labita MONETARY authorities are poised to crack down on banks using foreign exchange contracts to hide their speculative activities, central bank governor Gabriel Singson said yesterday. He said banks will have to submit a list of all contracts, including those
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      Asian financial crisis seen testing political leadership, structure
      420 5  -  HONGKONG Bat decks will art affect regta's median-term peteatiafcWßFbeai Byi Quak Hiang Whai THE financial crisis in Southeast Asia will severely test the region's political leadership and structure over the next two to three years, said Workl Economic Forum managing director Claude
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      Lock icon HK magazine Asia Inc sold to management for US$2m
      253 5 HONGKONG SCMP THE cash-strapped monthly magazine Asia Inc has been sold to its management for US$2 million (553.08 million), a long-awaited move that further breaks up the publishing empire in Hongkong built up by Thai media tycoon Sondhi LimthongkuL The price
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      Lock icon Foreign plans to invest in Vietnam down 65% in value
      141 5 HANOI Reuter THE latest Vietnamese figures show that applications to invest by foreign firms have fallen sharply. Data from the Ministry of Planning and Investment released yesterday showed that foreign investors applied for licences for 218 projects worth billion (553.86
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      801 4 SUMS THE FUJI BANK, LIMITED (Incorporated In Japan) Non-Consolidated Balance Sheet Non-Consolidated Statement of Income As at March 31,1997 For year ended March 31,1997 Millions of yen Millions of yen ASSETS 1997 1996 INCOME 1997 19% Cash and Due from Banks V *****45 V 5,578,972 Interest Income: Call Loans and
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      110 4 4, Enjoy fine Cantonese cuisine i in the most elegant surroundings Shanghai Hairy Crabs Promotion at Hua Yuen Chinese Restaurant! For all of October, you can savour one of the best-known seafood delicacies around —Live Shanghai Hairy Crabs at Hua Yuen Chinese Restaurant, in Grand Plaza Hotel. Master Chef Li
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  • CHINA-HONGKONG-TAIWAN
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      Lock icon HK to speed up land availability by slashing red tape
      417 6 HONGKONG Specific measures revealed to ease housing shortages, check property prices Reuter, AFP HONGKONG will slash red tape in a bid to make more land available faster to ease housing shortages and pull back spiralling property prices. "A steady and
      Reuter,; AFP  -  417 words
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      Lock icon Hang Seng plunges 3.8% on rate fears
      174 6 HONGKONG Reuter RENEWED fears of higher interest rates rocked Hongkong stocks to a sharply lower end yesterday after US Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan sounded a warning bell on inflation and on the US stock market boom. The Hang Seng Index tumbled 565.40
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      Lock icon Beijing confirms plans to buy Boeing planes
      451 6 BEIJING Boeing chief calls for China's entry into WTO, permanent MFN AFP, Reuter THE Chinese government said yesterday that it would buy aircraft from US aviation giant Boeing, but avoided specifying when a contract would be signed and how many would be purchased.
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      Lock icon China okays new forex rules for foreign trading firms
      209 6 BEIJING Reuter THE Chinese State Council, or cabinet, has approved new rules to allow large foreign trading companies to keep a portion of their hard-currency earnings, state television said yesterday. The rules, unveiled earlier in the official media, are designed to
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      Lock icon Beijing pledges to offer services package at end-Nov: EU official
      302 6 GENEVA AFP CHINA has pledged to give the European Union a firm offer at the end of November on opening its services market, a Western trade official said yesterday. The offer was made during two days of bilateral talks starting
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  • ASIA
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      Lock icon S Korea eases M&A rules to save troubled firms
      428 7 SEOUL Govt also announces plans to relax controls on foreign takeovers Reuter SOUTH Korea plans to ease controls on mergers, acquisitions and foreign takeovers, in a move partly aimed at preventing corporate collapses. "Merger and acquisition (M&A) is a quicker way
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      Lock icon India bourse seeks action after disruption
      220 7 BOMBAY AFP THE head of India's flagship stock exchange, which reopened here yesterday after a four-day interruption due to a satellite failure, said urgent government action was needed to avoid a "disastrous" repetition. The National Stock Exchange (NSE) is estimated to have lost around
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      Indian tycoons'phones tapped
      626 7  -  Contents open Tata to charges of hiding evidence In criminal case UTTHmUMMBWDaUBI By Rajendra Bajpai ozTW" NDIA's rich and mighty are yiol shaking in their shoes after Indian I Express, the country's largest 1 newspaper chain, published tape _M_ recordings of telephone conversations between the country's richest
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      Lock icon Sporting a new currency
      61 7 [SYDNEY] Australia's Federal Treasurer, Peter Costello holding up one of the Sydney2ooo Olympic gold coins at yesterday's launch of the collection in Sydney. The coins will be sold internationally from the end of this month, making it the first officially licensed product to go on sale
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      Lock icon Aussie job growth ends expectations of rate cut
      130 7 SYDNEY Bloomberg AUSTRALIA'S highest monthly jobs growth in 22 months in September quelled expectations of another cut in official interest rates, and sparked a rally in the dollar and a plunge in bond prices. The economy created 74,700 jobs in September, including
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      Lock icon Aussie minister on warpath after navy corruption report
      309 7 SYDNEY Navy personnel said to have smugged trap, arms, taken bribes AFP THE Australian Defence Ministry moved yesterday to limit the damage after a leaked secret internal report detailed systematic corruption in the Royal Australian Navy, including drugs smuggling and arms running.
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  • THE WORLD
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      Lock icon EU warns members: liberalise telecoms
      312 8 •-BRUSSELS FT EUROPEAN Union countries that have failed to pass laws necessary for full telecoms liberalisation will face legal action by the European Commisajpn before the end of the gionth, Karel van Miert, the competition commissioner, sqP on Wednesday. With just three months to go
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      Lock icon Italian PM resigns after communists reject budget
      557 8 ROME President expected to appoint new govt, rather than call elections analysts Bloomberg, Reuters ITALIAN Prime Minister Romano Prodi resigned after his communist coalition partners refused to approve a draft 1998 budget aimed at enhancing Italy's chances of joining the European single currency.
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      Lock icon Levy hits out at assassination bid, threatens to quit
      320 8 BEIT SHEAN, Israel AFP ISRAELI Foreign Minister David Levy strongly criticised his own government yesterday for trying to assassinate a Palestinian leader in Jordan and threatened to resign over the affair. Leaving a northern Israeli hospital where he spent two days
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      Lock icon Purge Russia's 'robber capitalism': Soros
      246 8 MOSCOW Bloomberg BILLIONAIRE money manager George Soros told a group of Muscovites that he was looking for an end to the "robber capitalism" that has dominated Russia since the 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union. "The market in Russia is not dominated by efficiency," said
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      Dramatic twist to sad tale of stationer W H Smith
      887 10  -  BUKOPBAVTIBW Former executive sacked by company 16 years ago is now offering to rescue tt By Kevin Sullivan NICE, the way commerce inserts a common element in activities as far apart as poultry farming and film making. Buying and selling
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      Lock icon US jobless claims lowest in 9 weeks
      154 10 WASHINGTON Bloomberg THE number of US workers applying for state unemployment benefits unexpectedly slipped last week, government figures showed, suggesting job creation remains healthy possibly too healthy for infla-tion-wary Federal Reserve policymakers. First-time jobless claims fell by 5,000 in the week ended Oct
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      Attention grabber
      49 10 [BONN] An activist of the metal workers union lowering himself down in front of dummies hanging on ropes to attract attention to the protest at a bridge over the River Rhine in Bonn yesterday. Youth groups of different unions run campaigns nationwide to demand more training places.
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      Lock icon German lower house passes solidarity tax cut
      158 10 BONN Reuter GERMANY'S Bundestag, lower house of parliament, yesterday passed a cut in the solidarity income tax surcharge which Chancellor Hetanut Kohl is banking on as a votewinner at next year's general election. The Bundestag passed .the two-point cut in the 7.5 per
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      Lock icon World Bank warns of mother of all El Ninos
      252 10 WASHINGTON Current weather phenomenon may well be century's worst Reuters THE powerful weather phenomenon known as El Nino could this year be the mother of all El Ninos, the World Bank warned on Wednesday and urged countries to prepare for the
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      Lock icon Bre-X report won't stop lawsuits
      352 10 CALGARY, Alberta Bloomberg BRE-X Minerals won't avoid a series of lawsuits or an ongoing criminal investigation even though a private investigator's report shows its key executives were likely unaware of a fraud that collapsed the company. Bre-X delivered the report to the Royal Canadian Mount-
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
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      Can Java weaken the Microsoft grip?
      741 11  -  THB BOTTOM LZMB OPINION By Leon Hadar The writer is BT's Washington correspondent FOR foreign observers, Microsoft Corporation and its founder Bill Gates have become symbols of American economic power, technological innovation and business entrepreneurship in the new global economy of the post-Cold War
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      IN OTHER WORDS
      129 11 The market will not give them peace... The bottom is near, but I'm not sure we've reached it yet' -Hum Monk president of New York-based consulting firm Rundt and Associates, on South-east Asian currencies, at the opening of a three-day international trade and finance conference. 'People were
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      Tung's vision for Hongkong
      601 11 EDITORIAL IT was somewhat unfortunate that the long-awaited policy address by Hongkong Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa was delivered the day US Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan decided to sound warning bells on inflation in the United States For what followed Mr Tung's bold, if not visionary,
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      Lock icon Wall St: shades of '87
      1275 11  -  With stocks in a bull phase, what are the prospects of a replay of 1987 or even 1929? By Martin Wolf FT "There is no cause for worry. The high tide of prosperity will continue." Andrew Mellon, 1928 Andrew Mellon, one of the great financiers
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      WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
      855 11 IMF for Jakarta THE Indonesian government's decision to seek help from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and other international agencies was inevitable... Many people had hoped the currency crisis was a temporary monetary phenomenon. But as the crisis continued, it was beginning to undermine the real
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  • Page 11 Miscellaneous
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      57 11 POOMUSBURY By Garry Trudeau BOOP&e, SOMB OF US ONLY f~ r I'M SORRY, d.D; BUT HAVB ONB UPS.' WHY CANT iOU'VP REALLY /tu J PON7MJANT TO MCMB! YOU JUST PULL A TRAVOLTA HHHHRRRIPHISI E THOUGHTTHG MY MAUBU UF£ IS MY ANP BE REBORN AS A SJAR. 1 I THROUGH, AU'VME
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  • EXECUTIVE LIFESTYLE
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      Pockets of sensual secrets
      857 12  -  Aiyda's first solo show spears to be her way of putting down things in her mind that no one has taught her as she explores the shoe as a sexual symbol, writes bbwuiumb BEN MUNROE Yesterday saw the opening of the first solo exhibition by Aiyda,a
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      A rich collection of fascinating images
      807 12  -  ART Malaysian artist Lee Long Looi retains to region after painting on other side of Pacific By Ben Munroe A SECOND exhibition opening this week also represents a first solo show in Singapore, hut from an artist much further down the road of his
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      Anticipating the arrival of a beautiful old love
      483 12  -  COLLECTING ChMtfiimkaj akUtavflhitm annniiinvyß By] Lu Chisen IT WAS my birthday, London 1964, and I fell in love. Wide mouth, slim necked with a well-rounded body. This was the start of a long-term, illicit affair with a beauty that would never be
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
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      Mahindra: driving force behind India's M&M
      1413 14  -  A lumbering automobile manufacturer, now the second largest in India, makes it back to success thanks to its innovative managing director, reports shxvtambja SHIV TANEJA IT is a warm Saturday afternoon in Bombay, and other than the interview for this profile, the only other
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      The importance of being family
      212 14 MAHINDRA Mahindra (M&M) is one of India's most professionally managed fami-ly-controlled companies, yet there seemed little doubt that Anand Mahindra, who returned from Harvard Business School in 1961 would one day run M&M. After a 10-year stint at Mahindra Ugine Steel Co a manufacturer of
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      FCC to launch 4 more residential projects by June
      548 15  -  Angsts say move is a declining market Diana Oon [SINGAPORE] Mainboardlistftd First Capital Corporation is looking to launch another four residential projects before the end of their financial year next June. Including its newlylaunched 720-unit Aquarius by the Park, the company
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      Serial System gets R&D grant
      119 15 (SINGAPORE] Chip distributor Serial System has received a National Science and Technology Board research and development (R&D) grant. The size of the grant was not revealed, but it boosts Se-rial'sAve-year R&D budget to $27 million. This will allow it to hone its expertise in data
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      KepLand launching condo
      126 15 KEPPEL Land yesterday sakl it would launch The Mayfair, a 452-unit leasehold condo project in Jurong East, next Saturday, joining a slew of developers rushing out their projects before the year-end lull. The company said the project will be lauached simultaneously in Hongkong. It wUI lead the
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      NatSteel-led group in Sydney office deal
      201 15 [SINGAPORE] Nat Steel Ltd's property subsidiary is leading a consortium to buy a Sydney office building for A 115.05 million (5117.1 million), the main-board-listed company said yesterday. Wholly-owned Nat Steel Properties holds a 51 per cent stake in the consortium, 7 Bridge -Street Pty
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      Not all share buy-backs have positive impact on EPS
      508 15  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW Ng Eng Juan IN RECENT weeks, there has been much discussion on share buy-backs. One of the oft-quoted advantages of share buy-backs is its positive effect on earnings per share. It is argued that by reducing the share
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      461 15  -  By, Jenny Lam [SINGAPORE] Bonvests Holdings has reduced the selling price of its Kim Yam Heights project to about 10 per cent less than comparable condominiums In the prime River Valley Road district. The company doubled the discount for Kim Yam Heights to 20 per
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      NatSteel Electronics IPO draws $1.2b in application funds
      347 15  -  Some analysts see shares trading as high as $2J>O today By, Annette Pau [SINGAPORE] Nat Steel Electronics Ltd's initial public offer drew over $1.2 billion in application monies with a subscription rate of 30 times at its close on Wednesday. Together with
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        Lock icon Malaysian Resources to call off NST and TV3 restructuring?
        521 16 M&CB said to ha ve told bankers at recent meeting that deal is to be called off AFXAsia [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysian Resources Corp Bhd plans to call off its restructuring exercise involving New Straits Times Press (Malaysia) Bhd and Sistem Televisyen
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        351 16 Transaction amounts to back-door listing for Salim carmaker Bloomberg (JAKARTA] PT Indomulti Inti Industri, a shoe company controlled by Indonesia's Salim family, said it plans to pay for its purchase of affiliated carmaker PT Indomobil with an issue of new shares. Indomulti
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        393 16 Bloomberg [SINGAPORE] Cerebos Pacific Ltd, Fraser Neave Ltd and local banks are most likely to have earnings crimped by the South-east. Asian currency turmoil, Singapore brokerage Kim Eng Securities said. "The losers will be companies deriving a significant portion of their
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        58 16 \TVKYO] Japanese electronics giant Panasonic introduces the world's lightest A 4 size notebook computer "Let's note Ace" which weighs 2 kg during the Japan Electronics Show '97 in Chiba. suburban Tokyo, yesterday. "Let's note Ace" has a 168 MHz MMX Pentium processor and 12.1-inch colour Liquid
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        409 16 Reuter [BANGKOK] Thailand said yesterday it was looking to the private sector to complete the much-delayed multi-billion-dollar Bangkok mass transit project which has been taken away from Hongkong's Hopewell Holdings pic. The Thai government last week decided to scrap Hopewell's contract to build
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        166 16 AFX-Asia [MANILA] The Securities and Exchange Commission has amended the rules on companies seeking suspension of loan payments to give creditors the same protection debtors have, SEC chief Perfecto Yasay said. Mr Yasay said a special hearing panel composed of a commissioner and two hearing
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        Lock icon Nam Fatt bond gets AA- rating
        308 16 Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysian Rating Corporation Bhd has affirmed an AA- long term rating to a 3 per cent, bank-guar-anteed, RM4OO million (Ss2ol million) redeemable bond issuance of Nam Fatt Corporation, the property, steel and construction group. The bond, issued on a 1997 to
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        147 16 Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] UCP Resources Bhd will acquire the entire issued and paid-up share capital of Universal Concrete Products Bhd (UCPB) comprising 3.360 million shares of 1 Malaysian ringgit for RM14.734 million (557.4 million) to be satisfied by the issue of 14.734 million new ordinary
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        Lock icon ISS shares gain 17% on news it may beat estimates
        257 18 Bloomberg [SANTA CLARA, California] Integrated Silicon Solution Inc shares rose as much as 17 per cent on Wednesday after the company said earnings for its fourth quarter would meet or exceed analysts' expectations. The Santa Clara, Califor-nia-based integrated circuitmaker made
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        422 18 Net drops to USsl6m on poor results from Dow Jones Markets despite advertising gains at Journal Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Dow Jones Co's third-quarter earnings fell 49 per cent as lower profit from its financial information unit offset advertising gains at
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        484 18 Bid to treat acquisition of MCI tinder purchase accounting method Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] World Com, as part of its U5533.88 billion (Sss2 billion) offer for MCI Communications, may seek an agreement with rival bidder British Telecom (BT) that would enable World Com to use a
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        446 18 Talk of imminent Aussie tie-np to grow caffeine-free beans The Independent News Service (LONDON] Nestle, the international food giant, could soon be selling genetically engineered Nescafe. The company looks set to link up with ForBio, an Australian plant biotechnology group which specialises in
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        Lock icon Two Japanese regional banks to merge next year
        339 19 Announcement comes ahead of Big Bang reforms expected to intensify competition AFP [TOKYO] Two Japanese regional banks, Fukutoku Bank and Naniwa Bank, yesterday announced a merger plan aimed at weathering stiff competition expected following Financial reforms. Finance Minister Hiroshi Mitsuzuka welcomed the
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        Challenging time for BZW Asia head
        516 19  -  His priorities: keep key people, reassure clients as parts of firm go on sale By\ Shiv Taneja (SINGAPORE! Keeping the BZW team together in the runup to the sale of parts of the firm's business will be the key challenge for Roger Davis, BZW's
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        204 19 NYT [NEW YORK] Some of the biggest insurance companies in the country squared off on Wednesday against consumer advocates led by Ralph Nader on the structure of insurance companies. TTie debate, in which billions of dollars are at stake, took place at a
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        237 19 Report Reuter [SINGAPORE] FEDERAL Re serve chief Alan Greenspan's comment that the markets were unrealistic in their outlook on the US economy and inflation punctured enthusiasm on Simex Eurodollar futures yesterday. "What he said was very basic, but the market was just overbought. So funds
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        Moves to support financial markets lift prices
        165 19  -  MSGI TAIWAN FUTURES By Perry Gilbert day. By Perry Gilbert, vicepresident, Refco Singapore [SINGAPORE] The Simex MSCI Taiwan Stock Index futures contract rose yesterday, propelled by government moves to shore up Taiwan financial markets. Confidence filtered through to the equity markets with the
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        261 19 ENERGY REPORT Reuter [LONDONJ Apparent oil demand in China rose sharply in the first half of the year but may rise less steeply over the next few months, the International Energy Agency (lEA) said yesterday. Apparent demand, calculated from netting oil trade against
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        287 19 Bloomberg, AFP IrOnrifffl THE US dollar plunged to a three- month low against the mark after the Bundesbank unexpectedly raised its benchmark securities repurchase rate by 30 basis points to 3.30 per cent. Most analysts had expected the German central bank to wait for more evidence of a
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      2314 21 IOMOON Industrials Oc1» Unci 3) Group 509 -13 AB Ports 287 *3 Abbey National 922 -S Allied Oomecq 490 3 Amec 149 -.400 Asda Group 158.400 4.200 BAT Ind 540 -5.400 BG Pic 260 -8 BtCC 168.400 -3 BOC Group 1103.400 -3.600 BRPetroMum 916 -9.400 BTR 240
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      1658 21 AFP □mkfa»22s -Mm SHARE prices closed 1.4 per cent lower yesterday, with renewed futures-linked selling accelerating the pace of declines after buying support from pension funds ran out steam. "The absence of buying support from public sector pension funds, along with active basket selling by foreign securities houses added
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      1605 22 AFP n Hang Seng -568.40 SHARE prices plunged 3.8 per cent yesterday following heavy losses on Wall Street. "There is a strong pressure of selling on the market, following the sharp falls on Wall Street overnight," said a dealer. "There is no good news, with the threat of higher
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      594 22 Reuter Shenzhen B Index *0.43 THE Shenzhen B share market closed slightly higher in dull trade yesterday as investors moved to the sidelines awaiting details of regulations on stock investment funds. The B Index gained 0.43 point to 127.82 on turnover of HK$l7 million. State media on Wednesday reported
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      385 22 AFP Qwpiofcx +***** SHARE prices closed higher yesterday as investors were encouraged by the government's actions to stabilise the Taiwan dollar and ease capital flow in the bourse. "The government's pledge not to devalue the Taiwan dollar convinced investors that putting funds in foreign currency is not as profitable
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      263 22 Reuter QWeDmgton +SJB SHARE prices edged higher at the close yesterday, boosted by a recovery in Telecom shares and a big rise in Fletcher Energy. The NZSE-40 Capital Index closed 5.18 points higher at 2,596.92. Turnover was a moderate 25 million shares valued at NZ575.2 million.— Reuter octt rtoo)
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      817 22 AFP QSETlnfax +I*4 SHARE prices rose yesterday after a rebound in major banks, despite concerns over how small and medium-sized institutions will fare under an upcoming rehabilitation plan. "Worries that small to me-dium-sized banks will have the toughest time when the finance reform package is announced on Oct 15
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      423 22 AFP D Composite lata -LOB STOCKS closed slightly lower yesterday as investors went bargain-hunting for large-cap shares in the afternoon. "Investors went bargainhunting in the last minutes just before the close to take advantage of the low prices. That helped the index today but that is unlikely to happen
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      605 22 AFP □AHOrdmiriea -4&2 SHARE prices fell 1.7 per cent yesterday, led down by a weaker Wall Street and the release of strong unemployment data that dampened hopes of an interest rate cut. The All Ordinaries Index lost 46.2 points to 2,722.2. Turnover was 337.4 million shares worth AJ997 million.
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      747 22 AFP |f| Composite Index *117 SHARE prices closed higher yesterday with the government's move to seek long-term assistance from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) having a positive impact. "The IMF issue has boosted sentiment," said a trader, adding that both foreign and local investors "have started to open a
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      303 22 AFP Q Manila +58.67 SHARE prices rose 3 per cent yesterday on a technical rally and lower interest rates. "This is a technical rally as the market has been oversold," said an analyst. "Overnight rates are normalising, so the market is not as tight as in the past few
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        188 23 AFX-Asia Composite lifcx -UJI SHARE prices closed lower across the board yesterday on profit-taking after Wednesday's big rally, despite the ringgit's continued strength. Dealers said the overnight downturn in New York and Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan's comments also had a dampening effect on
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        OUE wrt: good gearing, but risky
        200 24  -  WARRANT WATCH By] R Sivanithy OF ALL warrants trading here, the one which could possibly offer the highest gearing is that issued by hotel company Overseas Union Enterprises. All the numbers for the instrument are exceedingly favourable, yet we'd hesitate to recommend it purely
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        60 26  -  Shiv Taneja SIME DARBY closed two cents lower yesterday at $3.36 on a volume of 2-3 million shares, compared with its 10-day traded average <tf 1.16 million units. In the near term, the counter may fall a few more cents, but in the longer term, based on the
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        Lock icon Bears win battle between firm ringgit and weak Dow
        671 26  -  STOCK MARKET COMMENTARY Bat brokers believe that the STII and KLCI may have ended in pins territories had the Hongkong market not fallen 565 points By R Sivanithy [SINGAPORE] Stock prices yesterday struggled between rallying on the back of continued strength
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          91 26 STOCKBROKERS lead a fast-paced, nerve-wracking life. They have to answer endless phone calls from clients and cope with the rapid, unpredictable swings in the share market Therefore, it Is not surprising that Reinsurance, a London-based publication, reported that "those in the insurance industry suffer the second
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          84 26 FEW would have guessed that a Malaysian owns 60 per cent of Neutronics, the Austrian associate of Dutch giant Philips, which plans to float the company on the European electronic bourse, Easdaq. According to a Dutch newspaper, the launch of the public offer is expected
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          178 26 ITS good to know that despite the energy-sapping environs that executives in the financial world have to toil under, one can still find hot-blooded executives out there who obviously know where their life's priorities stand. After a colleague faxed a, research analyst a couple of articles from
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          127 26 THE way people in the little town of Tsuku i in Kanaga w a Prefecture are spending good money, you wouldn't think that Japan is now in the throes of one of Its worst economic downturns. Hie town is said to spending some 2.9 billion
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      351 26 ALEXIS MARKETING PTE LTD Voluntary Liquidation I IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 30 AND ALEXIS MARKETING PTE LTD At an Extraordinary General Meeting of Alexis Marketing Pie Lid held on 3 October 1997 at 130 Orchard Road *06 19 Orchard Plaza Singapore *****1. the following resolution was
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      419 26 KEVELINE PTE LTD (la Vitaliry UpHwj IN THE MATTES OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 50 AND KEVELINE PTE LTD Al Extraordinary General Meeting of Keveline Pie Ltd held on J October 1997 at 150 Orchard Road MS-19 Orchard Plaza Singapore *****1. the following resolution was patted SPECIAL RESOLUTION WINDING-UP That
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      306 27 Bridge News, Reuter PANAMAX rates are under strong upward rate pressure as a growing list of grain charterers and operators move onto the market, brokers said. Liftings on the key run from the US Gulf to the Far East have been gaining momentum and are expected to rise
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      396 27 Proposed deal does not breach company law: ICB Slipping FT [OSLO] Frontline, the Bermu-da-based tanker operator bidding 3.22 billion Swedish kroner (*****.1 million) for its Swedish rival, ICB Shipping, is taking legal action to prevent ICB pursuing a friendly US$3O9 million (*****.9 million) merger
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      173 27 [SINGAPORE] Newly corporatised PSA Corp has launched a new website which gives greater focus to users of shipping services in Singapore. Distinct features include real-time vessel arrival and departure schedules, vessel itineraries and an on-line maritime directory. Plans are also underway for access to
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      492 27  -  COMTAXNER ASIA '97 M'sian shippers in the south may switch to Tanjung Pelepas From Marcus Hand in Kuala Lumpur THE new port at Tanjung Pelepas in Johor will provide an alternative to Singapore for shippers in Southern Peninsular Malaysia, and may in
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      308 27  -  From« Jerry Farynski in Sydney AUSTRALIA'S Northern Territory has announced the go-ahead for the development of an As2o million (5522.6 million) supply base servicing the offshore oil and gas industry in Darwin. The Northern Territory Minister for Lands, Planning and
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      704 27  -  ADMIRALTY CASEBOOK By\ Selva Kumar THE EXTENT to which an employer would go to avoid paying compensation to a deceased seafarer's family was demonstrated recently in a Darwin court, which had to decide whether a vessel that capsized before reaching its destination
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      668 28 Lines services represented r o« of Members o> the IiIMWU Aocredrted Shipping Agents. Singapore Freight Forwarders Stxxe National Shipping Assoc. Assooalion o^liliiiiajM 7W& Speedy and Quality Service to CALCUTTA EXPORT 3 x Japan -2 x Hongkong •1 x Manila -1 x Kaoalwing, Kniung (Accopting FCL to UOC/NAHA/SEHDAJ/COU/ICH) VM vov wa
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      1078 29 TO EUROPE FROM EUROPE fnssa voy sm m ui m sou isT! [vessel wr mmi «v sou m~m sm OOCLMOTAM 1407 10/10 10/10 20/10 31/10 01/11 MM 2307 21/ M 13/00 20/ M 27/W 14/10 ooaßuna 3407 11/1001/11 M/ 10 27/10 20/10 00a Germany *****0/00 2S/00 22/00 23/00 15/10 NBUOYD
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      2341 29 H ANJIN SHIPPING USA CANADA' [u«mm/vor m "sST"* sa j~roT nw top 100 ptt lea I PHt lia I ioi I myc lotf yv« ytz Yut ~m nc QPTAN6AMOO2I N/10 M/ 10 30/10 Tl/11 31/10 M/ 11 M/ 11 01/11 04/11 05/11 04/11 M/ 11 07/11 M/ 11 01/11 M/
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      107 29 ORIENT EXPRESS UNES (U.K.) LIMITED ISPJ, (MANAGER FOR SHREYAS SHIPPING LIMITED) WEEKLY SIMGAPORE/MUMBAI (BOMBAY) SHUTTLE VfSSCL VOY SINGAPORE lOMIAY VESSEL VOY WMH SWGAfOtE OOCL ADMIRAL 007 13/10 21/10 JUTHA PARICHART 007 30/09 11/10 JUTHA PAR (CHART 008 17/10 27/10 OOCL ADMIRAL 006 04/10 13/10 MEGHNA 831 20/10 29/10 MEGHNA 830
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      1628 30 <jT DSR-SEMATOR in Round the World Container Services TO UK/CONTINENT FROM UK/CONTINENT VtlStL TOY SIN HTM OUT OWV HAM FLX LHA VttStL VOT IMA FU BTM WW I HAM~ l» PVSAM SENATOR WN744 14.10 nil M.ll DM ROSTOCK EF747 11 It 911 nlO 2311 2411 11 1* HANJMOAKLAND WF746 15
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      1379 31 IveSSKL VOY I SIN 1 BKK I POU I PKO I PKW BLW I SUB IBA BW IRAN TAKHTI PJL-1249 28/08 08/08 08/08 MAN VAHOAT PJL-1253 04/08 31/08 07/08 22/08 24/08 MUNVAMDAT PJL-1258 18/10 18/10 28/10 27/10 ACCCPTING FULL CONTAINER SHIPMENTS TO INLAND POINTS IN IRAN ft CIS COUNTRIES I.E.
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      1704 31 I BREAK-BULK CAMOIO MOMBASA, I DAK ES SALAAM, DURBAN A LAftOS. I VESSEL LTJL S'PORi I*U/10 I SINGAPORE'S GENERAL AGENTS: 4 SNENTON WAY TIL: 226 1900 FAX: *****08 OUTWARD (l/L) *****02 JOHORE OFFICE: COSTAR SHIPPING PTE LTD #17-0ID»$K10G SAUS/MGS *****41/43 INWARD DEfT (D/ 0) *****85 COSTAR AGENCIES (M) SDN BHD
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      295 31 EASTERN CAR LINER, LTD. "ttSST 1 |£j KL (SIMOAPOW) PTE LTD JSESZ SPtOAIiZI IN ROUP A HEAVY UFT UTTO IMTONsI Ed (S)K6APOSE) PTE UO LOADING FOR MUARA T SURABAYA MV "BRIGHT VEGA" V.176 MV "SPRING TRADER" V.lB ETA SIN 13/10/97 ETA SIN 13/10/97 ETA MUA 15/10/97 EXA SUR 15/10/97 PORT
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      1185 32 EUROPEAIKVSCANOINAVIA/FINLANO/RUSSIA fSGPI ROM ANW HBG THP ZEE LHV LMV THP ROM ANW HBG PKL SGP E OAJNTY RW-002 12/10 30/10 05/10 31/10 02/11 03/11 04/11 i. GOOOS RE-060 13/09 IMM 15/00 17/09 IMM 13/10 14/10 E RESULT RW-015 10/10 07/11 12/11 00/11 10/11 11/11 12/11 E. GUEST RE-060 22AM 21/00
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      478 32 /CZT NANTAI LINE FUUY CONTAINERISED SERVICE TO MAURITIUS SOUTH AFRICA vessel I VOY I sm PUi I out gf~ mnr*i Ptmctss om 14/10 01/11 w/10 NAHTA) QUEEN O?3S If/10 27/10 31/10 04/11 gmtaihum oois is/io oy/n 11/11 mmi DtAGOtl OQ2S W/10 08/11 13/11 14/11 NAKIAI fttWCE 01IS 04/11 I|/11 72/11
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      1144 33 HYUNDAI I MERCHANT MARINE GO. LTD. WESTBOUND TO EUROPE BKG: *****32 |wa I vot Is— I tai I »m I aw I mm I m 1 m NTIMOAIHKMMSS M7W 12/10 29/10 M/ 10 01/11 01/11 01/11 04/11 MTIABON 309W 19/10 05/11 M/ 11 M/ 11 M/ 11 M/ 11 11/11
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      1031 34 BANOKOK/LAIM CHABANO JAKAWTA/PANJAMO VESSEL VOY SIN f BKK LCH VESSEL VOY SIN JKT PJN DANU BMUM 013N ~in Pt 1.18/10 XETHA BHUM ***** In Pt 11/10 DANU BHUM 013NB ~1/10 1 18/10 ANAN BHUM 818 11/10 14/10 YANTBA BHUM" 209* 12/10 18/10 18/10 ACX JADE* 06S 13/10 18/10 KITI BHUM
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      691 34 PUL INTERNATIONAL $e*s »«d l l—le Rm< B* Utww Ii Ifan»fc| MX CaftlDry/Iwhrl 4 «»i«rii«i i an Mm. JAKARTA (UTC 1) SSI6S/WK yy YQT XT I Mi |SH 888 4f< I 11/10 I SAT I 15/10 1 WH) 11/10 I fflmr" mi I ilvii fen ffifl ftiil MI jjs» i
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      725 34 ri ACCORD A SHIPPING PTE LTD Til *****54 (40 Lin*s) FAX *****46 KXTKIAM6 (03) U7lOOl tK mk D«KT ACCiSS m *****37 (EXPOKT BOOKING) fASM GUDAMG (0/) SSI 1377 2251M7 (EXPORT DOC), *****64 (IMPORT) KHAMG (04) *****40 UW^HTTP://WWW.ACCORD.COM. SO iAMM (11)640 0770 PO»T m SIN "POtT ITA SIN POKT IU $IW
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      354 35 INDONESIA NATIONAL LINE TO EUROPE EXPRESS SEMI-CONTAINERtSCD SERVICE ~VU VOY J I PORE |A'MM/R OAM H OUR 6 |OREMEN ANTWERP A.VESSEL 40WB 21/12 24/12 OMIT 27/12 TO AUSTRALIA 1 FULL CONTAINER SERVICE vs. voy rffTHffl m m svp Ma noa wl m AUSTBITBVnK KM o*lo 11/10 22/11 WO 27/10 02/11
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      811 35 f PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL LINES (PTE) LTD 1 I 140 Cecil Street, #03-00 PIL Building, Singapore *****0. I Off NO **********06 Iff'] w. jj. iThSaST ssaagffls. ul. i" 11 -am =i(i itii Si. Sii, iiiii wii OOQAMfTT 801 liZlfl 2ZIL. 11/11 ii/ii 17/ ii li/ii it/ii mi ROTAHADtAH HUOIf 7/1) 1/11
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      822 35 vessels voy sm jed pso leh ham rtm twp anr VW-LE 06 TAURUS A22W 13/10 2VIO 2S/10 (XVII 04/11 08/11 07/11 ~sy?i VfiLLEDECARWA C22W 2IVIO 30H0 01/11 1(yi1 11/11 IVII 18/11 V-lEDEVWOO 322W 28/10 06/11 07/11 18/11 17/11 20/11 21/11 VILE DE NORMA N22W Qg/11 12/11 Wll 2yil 24/11 28/11
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    18658 36 THEBUSINESSTIMES EXPORT ETA ETA Advartlsar VMM* Voyaqa Talaphona ETA ETA AdvartHar V«n( Voyaga TalapHona SIN OMfn Nama Nan* Numftar Nwntar sin Oastci Nam Nam Nwafear Kumar MMNMMMMMMMNMMNNMMBHMNNMMMNMMIMMBMMMRHMB HBMIHMMMMHHBMnnNHMHMHHHHHBBMM N/10 04/11 OOCL NEDLLOYD AFRICA 5417 45-*****U A N/W 04/* POL Alia NL AFRICA 5417 *5 *****55 N/10 (N/11 CfcoYaog
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      49 37 To retrieve more schedules, just follow these simple steps... document 740-6000 tep be faxed JT M Press"l" the port your Step key in the four number digit code_^ Key in your Example: i t fax number To NEW YORK (NYC) 2275 jtLi c« United States for calls within Singapore
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      46 38 JAPAN MAIN PORTS WHUMSHHSSUMA OSA ItVcKT mo SUN) CALCUTTA, MADRAS, COLOMBO, MunrTinui TUTICORIN, COCHIN, BOMBAY, KANDLA, DUBAI, COMPETITIVE RATES BANGKOK A PASIR GUDANG, REGULAR SAIUNGS TO ABOVE PORTS, CONTACT: JULIA/ ROSII/ KEITH/ DAVID NEW PORT SERVICE: UMM QASR, IRAQ Regular FCL Service/ Ship Broking/ Shipping Agency
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      56 38 CONVENTIONAL BREAKBULK SERVIcT BANGKOK PORT (TPT YARD) LOADING FOR TBN 13/10 COiOMBO/TUTICORIN Accepting Class I! LCL ten 16/10 durai/dammam r Q rr.« riM 20/10 KAOHSIUNG uargo UN tbn 25/10 CHmAGONG/CAiCunA VESSEL ETA SIN ETA BKK MO»ASSA/LAGOS uaumi ou. .u t/GENERAL AGENTS: INTERNAVE AGENCIES PTE LTD YANTRA BHUM V.209N 12/10/97 15/10/97
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      38 38 REGULAR DIRECT CONTAINER A BREAKBULK SERVICE TO PORT LOUIS 4 DURBAN EXPORT VOY ("SIN PTL DBN ALSMARY 12WB 30/10 10/11 15/11 ALSDANAOS 12AW 19/11 30/11 05/12 ACCEPTING TO JOHANNESBURG AGENTS: SINGAPORE BEN LINE AGENCIES Tel: *****22 Fax: *****83
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      372 39 OSINO EXPRESS SHIPPING 11 COLLYER QUAY #06-01 THE ARCADE fSINOTRANSI S (*****7). TEL: *****90 FAX: *****98 TLX: R*****1 SINOEX X^i^Z SINOTRANS SHANGHAI (CONTAINER SERVICE) VESSEL VOYAGE ETA SINGAPORE ETA HONGKONG ETA SHANGHAI JIN YU 9750 03/10 08/10 12/10 JIN FU 9752 10/10 15/10 19/10 CHANG YING 9702 19/10 24/H) 30/10
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      Lock icon Boeing continues to hire hundreds of workers
      332 44 Plane maker on hiring binge in attempt to increase output Reuter [SEATTLE] Boeing Co has continued to hire workers at a rapid pace as it tries to clear up a shortage of aircraft parts and get production back on track, a company spokesman
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      Lock icon Chrysler ordered to pay record US$262.5m in damages
      271 44 Reuter [DETROIT] A jury in South Carolina ordered Chrysler Corp to pay U*****.5 million (*****.8 million) in damages to the parents of a six-year-old boy killed in a minivan crash, setting a new record for jury awards against car makers. Chrysler said
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      Lock icon Turkish Airlines to pay US$854m for 26 B737s
      331 44 Bloomberg [ISTANBUL] Turk Hava Yollari AO, or Turkish Airlines, said it agreed to pay Boeing Co US$B54 million (Ssl.3 billion) for 26 new 737-800 aircraft, compared with a list price of US$l.3 billion. Turkish Airlines, which arranged a discount with the US
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      Lock icon Dassault returns to China market
      52 44 [BEIJING] A visitor to an international aviation exhibition photographs a display of commerical planes and jet fighters by the French aircraft maker Dassault. The exhibiton marks Dassault's first return to the China market following the government's five-year ban in retaliation for selling Mirage jetfighters to
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      Lock icon MAS loses bid to ferry pilgrims to new domestic earner
      288 44 AFP [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia Airlines lost out in a tender bid to ferry Malaysians to Mecca for the annual haj pilgrimage, Transport Minister Ling Liong Sik said. The national carrier, which had previously been flying Muslim pilgrims, lost the bid
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      Lock icon Varig Cargo seeks new freighter aircraft leases
      278 44 Reuter [FRANKFURT] Varig Cargo, the airfreight unit of Brazilian airline Varig SA, said it is seeking to lease several freighter aircraft under its network expansion plans. The new aircraft were needed to cope with growing demand for capacity to Brazil and within the
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      Lock icon French transport workers go on strike
      55 44 [PARIS] A crowd of passengers waiting at Paris Gare du Nord railway station for a train as a nationwide public transport strike overpay and working conditions causes widespread disruptions to commuters. The Paris metro service was reduced by about half by the 3&hour strike
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      Lock icon Indon aircraft workers demonstrate
      122 44 Reuter [JAKARTA] Thousands of employees of Indonesia's stateowned aircraft maker held a demonstration yesterday over rumours that 20 per cent of the workforce was to be laid ofT. The workers, who are also demanding higher pay, had already downed tools on Wednesday at the Bandung plant
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      Lock icon Honda dealers' suits on bribes likely to get class-action status
      417 44 Jndge also expected to call for separate trials on damages to be awarded Bloomberg [BALTIMORE] US Honda Motor Co dealers were expected to persuade a judge yesterday to combine their lawsuits, which claim that the car maker shipped fewer hot-selling
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