The Business Times, 22 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 WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22,1997
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    Lock icon 2 AM LATEST
    72 1 Reuters BOW JtMB at IpmEDT NEW YORK: Hie Dow Jones industrial average rose strongly in early afternoon trading yesterday, buoyed by a recovery in the recently battered technology stocks and good earnings from big pfwtipnrticm At Ipm EDT the Dow was up 94.06 points at as better-than
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    MARKET SUMMARY
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    FINANCE
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    Lock icon HK stocks reel from fears over HK dollar peg
    612 1  -  Hang Seng loses 4%, interbank rates surge, HE$ forward drops Frorrv Quak Hiang Whai, R Sivanithy CONCERNS over the Hongkong dollar's peg to the greenback and rising interest rates sent the Hang Seng Index reeling by another 567.78 points or 4.4
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    Taipei closes 5.7% up
    93 1 TAIWAN'S stock market bounced back with a vengeance yesterday with the benchmark index soaring 5.7 per cent the biggest one-day increase in three years. Taiwan has for the last three months resisted any fallout from South-east Asia's financial crisis. But it had to reach into its
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    Asian stocks hit by Biggs' portfolio cut
    327 1  -  By 1 R Sivanithy [SINGAPORE] Already battered by the currency crisis, regional stocks had to contend yesterday with news that Morgan Stanley's global strategist Barton Biggs has cut his weighting in developed Asian markets from 2 per cent to zero. The result was
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    Lock icon Fidelity Investments hit by big M'sian losses
    142 1 Bloomberg [BOSTON] Fidelity Investments said it will remove the manager of its Emerging Markets Fund after the fund slumped 25 per cent this year because of big investments in Malaysia. Richard Hazelwood, who has managed the fund since July 1993, was criticised for
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    Lock icon PM Goh extends S'pore help to restore confidence in Indonesia
    599 1  -  Jakarta expects IMF package to be wrapped up by weekend From! S N Vasuki in Jakarta PRIME Minister Goh Chok Tong yesterday offered Singapore's help to supplement the efforts by the International Monetary Fund to restore confidence in the Indonesian
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      82 1 HORDE What's ia the ffO attest We take a look at the IPO pipeline given the bad state of the stock market, US$l mBS* The US Justice Department on Monday nrnimH the Microsoft Of stifling ion oo the Internet and urged a federal court to fine the company US$l million
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      64 1 Markets In Turmoil: More reports, Pg 4 Peg or free float? Pg 19 A League of Their Own Hijacked at 30 by Barton Biggs from Singapore's GIC, Chin Ean Wah now manages Morgan Stanley's Vv billions in Asia. How did she get there? Find out tomorrow in our new series,
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      8 1 Biggs sees gloom for Asian stocks, Pg 4
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      184 1 DANIEL ROTH S/eef: Only T)anie[ CRoi/i can turn into a precious meiaf. UNMISTAKABLE IN UNWAVERING IN PRECISION AND TREASURED AS A M POSSESSION EVERY DANIEL ROTH TIMEPIECE HAS ALL THE MAKINGS OP A DISTINGUISHED HEIRLOOM Daniel Roth's first-ever Sports Watch, water- While the components of the fully automatic resistant to
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
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      Foreign firms not deterred by currency crisis: EDB chairman
      375 2 THE regional cuireiiyy crisis has not dampei>«<Mh»reign companies' optiifiEEOQbout Asia, Economic Dgygggment Board chairman Philip Yeo said yesterday. Speaking to remortg^£fter an EDB award presentation ceremony, he sai(CTßsy soc the long-term grovWTH HTftsia The currency situation is something that coSSSaahad to
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      Eastman Chemical opens Asia-Pacific technical centre
      359 2 EASTMAN Chemical yesterday opened an Asia-Pacific technical centre here to provide customer support for products to be manufactured at two new plants. One is its US$2OO million (Ss3ls million) oxo chemicals complex being built on Pulau Sakra, Singapore, and the other is a smaller
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      Casafina gets nod to delay progress payment collection
      476 2  -  Other observi^feSf^^: before iftftgy should doiSuhrise By Diana Oon DBS i^i^3nioarEGtt'ar: ganizatigii fiay« secared Jjtegreen light from the author i ties to delay tha collection of progress. pafrnflJhtS "for .their Casafina eondominium-pro-ject but oihar cleveloperalare not jumping on the bandwagon just yet.
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      July pawnshop loans down 3%
      323 2  -  EYE ON THE ECONOMY PA WNBROHNG By l Clarissa Tan Pawnshops gave out a total of $86.7 million in loans in July, a slight drop of 3 per cent from the $89.5 million given out in June. This is the lowest amount-given out by the
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      Proposals to ease Causeway jams
      271 2  -  Plans drawn up by S'pore, Johor business chambers By' Teh Hooi Ling THE Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCCI) and its Johor counterpart have come up with a set of recommendations to help ease the traffic Jam at the Causeway. One of the
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      Asean arrivals up 8.4% in Sept despite currency woes
      311 2 ASEAN visitor arrivals rose a surprising 8.4 per cent in September despite fears that the currency turmoil would dampen growth. According to the Singapore Tourist Promotion Board's September figures, Asean arrivals were boosted by a 13.3 per cent increase in Indonesian
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      Team keeping S'pore Fever up in Japan
      225 2 SINGAPOREAN and Japanese tourism officials will meet in Tokyo today to discuss ways of increasing Japanese arrivals in Singapore following a decline last year, the Singapore Tourist Promotion Board (STPB) said yesterday. The 40-strong Singaporean delegation, led by STPB chairman Edmund Cheng, will
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      Richard Ellis office in S'pore unaffected by UK buyout talks
      268 2 [SINGAPORE] The local office of property consultants Richard Ellis (RE Singapore) will not be affected by talks to buy over UK's Richard Ellis. RE Singapore managing director Willy Shee told BT yesterday that there are two Richard Ellis groups Richard
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      Merge to survive, small S'pore insurance brokers told
      310 2  -  By\ Soh Tiang Keng [SINGAPORE] Insurance Commissioner Lim Shu Chiau yesterday called on Singapore's small insurance brokers to merge with other brokers to counter the recent wave of mergers of major global players. "The emergence of these megabrokers is bound to have
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      346 3 X'^Bf »T Palmer and Nicklaus. A legendary pairing. For more than three decades Arnold "Looking back on all our years of Palmer and Jack Nicklaus have been competition," says Nicklaus, "I see it has joined in one of the most intriguing worked exactly the way it should. It has rivalries
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  • MARKETS IN TURMOIL
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      Lock icon Biggs sees gloom for Asian stocks
      499 4 But his predictions have not always been accurate Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Asian stocks are headed for further declines after months of tumbling financial markets, Morgan Stanley, Dean Witter, Discover Co global strategist Barton Biggs told the firm's sales force on monday. Mr Biggs has
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      Lock icon Taipei's market-boosting measures trigger rebound
      535 4  -  Stabilised inter-bank rate, NTS, Wall Street rise also help By] Bruce Cheesman in Taipei IN A sign that the Taiwanese market was not to be trifled with, a host of new marketboosting measures announced by the government on Monday night had the desired impact. The
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      Lock icon Put crisis on top of Asean agenda: Ramos
      160 4 AFP [MANILA] Philippine President Fidel Ramos yesterday called on fellow Asean leaders to put the regional currency crisis on the top of the agenda at their informal summit in Malaysia in December. "I can foresee we will be having serious discussions on
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      All Thai ministers quit; new cabinet expected today
      300 4  -  Bangkok sees day two of protests demanding Chavalit's resignation From Harish Mehta tn Bangkok IN A dramatic move yesterday, all 48 Thai cabinet ministers resigned en masse to pave the way for a new cabinet which is expected to be announced today.
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      Lock icon Thai crisis in spotlight at IMF board meeting
      148 4 Reuters [WASHINGTON] Thailand's battered economy came under the spotlight at the International Monetary Fund on Monday, but monetary sources said Bangkok's ability to meet an IMF reform programme had not been on the agenda. "The board met for scheduled discussions about recent
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      Economists see sharp growth fall for S-EA
      480 4  -  Expect inflation hike, even negative growth, ADB seminar told By, Anthony Rowley in Manila SOUTH-EAST Asia will suffer a significant decline in economic growth possibly turning negative in some countries and a sharp rise in inflation as a result of financial turmoil, development
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      Lock icon S&P seeks review of Asian firms' debt
      218 4 AFP [HONGKONG] International rating agency Standard and Poor's yesterday called for a risk assessment of Asian corporate debt amid volatility on Asian financial markets. Robert Richards, director of corporate ratings for the Asia-Pacific at Standard and Poor's, said opportunities must be assessed "more
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      Thailand passes 6 decrees for financial restructure
      392 4  -  Creditors banned from suing 58 finance firms for three years By\ Harish Mehta in Bangkok m THAILAND'S cabinet yesterday passed six executive decrees aimed at restructuring the ailing financial sector, one of which bans all creditors from suing 58 suspended Yinance companies for
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      The pressure builds up
      682 5  -  ASIAN VIEW Chavalit looks shaky but Suharto's staying power may be crucial to Indon stability Hi/ Yang Razali Kassim HIS column some time W ago noted how Asean W 1 leaders have been 1 having a tough time H facing up to the regional financial crisis,
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      Lock icon Carpenters wait for work
      51 5 A [HANOI] Carpenters waiting at the corner of a Hanoi street yesterday for a job to come their way. Many job-seekers are from the countryside. The flow ofpeasants coming to the cities looking for better incomes has been increasing since Vietnam switched to a market economy.
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      Lock icon Near-zero visibility in some parts of Indonesia
      303 5 JAKARTA AFP INDONESIA is desperately waiting for delayed monsoon rains as thick smoke which has choked much of the region since August worsened in many areas yesterday, despite international aid. Some areas in Sumatra and on Borneo island registered near-zero visibility yesterday, causing
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      Lock icon Thai SEC relaxes rules on property funds
      345 5 BANGKOK Move aimed at helping glutted property market AFP i(THAILAND'S Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has relaxed regulations on '(property funds to boost investment in the glutted local market, a commission spokes-I-woman said yesterday. Spokeswoman Ruenvadee 'Suwanmongkol said the SEC iioard gave its
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      Lock icon Japanese, European banks offer US$500m loan to Thailand
      188 5 TOKYO AFP A GROUP of Japanese and European banks have signed an agreement to provide a US$5OO million (*****.3 million) loan to the Export-Import Bank of Thailand, Japanese bank officials said yesterday. The agreement was reached late on Monday in Thailand, the
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      Lock icon Garuda crash: Cockpit voice recorder found
      100 5 JAKARTA Reuters INDONESIAN rescue workers yesterday found the cockpit voice recorder of a Garuda Indonesia Airbus which crashed into a ravine more than three weeks ago, killing all 234 people on board, officials said. The twin-engine A3OO-B4 plane smashed into a hillside plantation near
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      KL loans will grow slower than govt forecast: analysts
      617 5  -  KUALA LUMPUR Tough credit policies likely to drive down domestic demand Meera Tharmaratnam ANALYSTS yesterday predicted that loan growth would be considerably slower than the Malaysian central bank's forecast that it would be down to 15 per cent by year-end 1998.
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      Lock icon Manila eases curbs on investment houses
      174 5 MANILA AFP PRESIDENT Fidel Ramos yesterday signed into law a bill liberalising the curbs on foreign equity in investment houses in the Philippines. Under the new law, the limit on foreign equity in investment houses has been raised from the previous level of 40
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      100 5 «L& jL ji t immi a|^ Kauhaus* lb/10 to 26/10)show Oktoberfest brew and a traditional Oktoberfest band Iroifl Munich. coupons only. Sets of $25 coupon are now available at both outlets, hilly drinks and games. Oktoberfest brew is also available at Paulaner Brauhaus Orchard. For $200 or above of tickets
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  • CHINA-HONGKONG-TAIWAN
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      Lock icon HK listing only for top-qualify state enterprises: Zhu
      246 6 HONGKONG AFP CHINESE Vice-Premier Zhu Rongji has told Hongkong business leaders only topquality state-owned enterprises will be allowed to list in the territory, press reports said yesterday. "Only quality companies will be allowed to list overseas. We won't pick the bad ones
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      Lock icon HK home prices may fall another 5-10%
      379 6 HONGKONG Poll shows buyers waiting for govt price curbs to take effect AFP, Reuters HONGKONG's apartment prices could fall a further 5 to 10 per cent by the middle of next year, as home-buyers wait for government price curbs to take effect, according
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      Lock icon Clinton to talk about summit agenda on Friday
      430 6 WASHINGTON He will touch on issues to be discussed daring meeting with Jiang next week Bloomberg, AFP US President Bill Clinton on Friday will talk about the US agenda for next week's summit with Chinese President Jiang Zemin which includes an agreement
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      Lock icon HK govt gives nod to movies on Tibet
      237 6 HONGKONG Reuters THE Hongkong government said yesterday two new Hollywood movies about Tibet which have upset Beijing are within the law and can be shown in the former British territory. "Under existing laws, there is nothing to prevent these movies from being
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    • SINO Briefs
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        Lock icon Taiwan's Sept exports, output soar
        68 6 Bloomberg [TAIPEI] Taiwan export orders rose to a record in September and its index industrial output posted its second-biggest monthly gain since May 1995, suggesting the island's economy is gathering steam. Export orders rose a better-than-expected 3.6 per cent to US$lO.B9 billion (5517.17 billion) last
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        Lock icon HK to keep links with Commonwealth
        88 6 Reuters [LONDON] Hongkong, handed over by Britain to Chinese rule, is to retain some links with the Commonwealth, the association of former British colonies, Commonwealth Secretary General Emeka Anyaoku said on Monday. He said Tung Chee-hwa, chief executive of the Hongkong region, had agreed
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        Lock icon Duet with Mark Twain
        38 6 Reuters [BEIJING] Chinese architect Kwong Yusheng singing karaoke style, as the lips of a mechanical head of American author Mark Twain move in sync, at an exhibition displaying goods used in amusement parks yesterday.
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        Lock icon Two KMT members freed
        90 6 AFP [TAIPEI] Two members of Taiwan's Kuomintang (KMT) party were freed yesterday after spending eight months in jail on charges they spied for China while stationed in Hongkong and Macau. The High Court set Wu Tao-ming and Chang Lu-chung free after the judge decided they were
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  • ASIA
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      Lock icon India woos ISPs with fee perks, access to bandwidths
      305 7 NEWDELHI Reuters INDIA rolled out a red carpet to Internet service providers (ISPs) on Monday by giving them a five-year holiday on licence fees and easy access to band widths. The move, which follows last month's announcement that New Delhi would
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      Lock icon Tokyo to suspend Nikko from bond underwriting
      203 7 TOKYO AFP r JAPAN'S finance ministry said yesterday it would susi pend Nikko Securities from bbond underwriting after two executives were ari rested for alleged illegal payI ments to a corporate racke- teer. L The ministry said the susFpension would remain in until
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      Lock icon IMF approves US$1.6b 3-year loan to Pakistan
      234 7 WASHINGTON Country praised for catting inflation, tax and banking reforms Reuters THE International Monetary Fund approved a US$l.56 billion (552.4 billion) three-year loan for Pakistan on Monday and praised the country for lowering inflation and reforming the tax system and the banking sector.
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      Lock icon LDP calls for major tax cuts in package to boost economy
      339 7 TOKYO Measures to bolster property market, bring forward public spending also urged AFP JAPAN'S ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) called yesterday for a "substantial cut" in corporate tax, an end to the securities transaction tax, and earlier public investments
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      Lock icon S Korean banks to protect viable firms
      325 7 SEOUL But move sparks fears that debt-ridden firms will get more loans Bloomberg SOUTH Korean banks have agreed to band together to prevent the country's deepening financial crisis from toppling even profitable companies. The decision, which reflects a government commitment to prop up
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      Lock icon Protective gear
      68 7 [TOKYO] A model in a suit that can protect wearers from radiation from electronic equipment. Asahi Chemical Industry Co said it had developed a fabric with silver-plated fibres that blocks out electromagnetic radiation from computer screens, televisions and mobile phones. Another Japanese manufacturer, Kane bo, planned to sell
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      Lock icon India cuts key rate, moves to add liquidity to system
      319 7 BOMBAY Reuters INDIA'S central bank cut its key bank rate yesterday and moved to add liquidity to the banking system with a package aimed at stimulating the economy and further deregulating the financial sector. The Reserve Bank of India's bank
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  • THE WORLD
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      Lock icon US trade deficit widens in Aug on record imports
      413 8 WASHINGTON Exports op bat at slower pace; toys from China, computer parts pad imports Bloomberg THE US trade deficit widened unexpectedly in August as imports set a record, led by computer parts, and Chinese-made toys and Christmas decorations. Exports also rose,
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      Lock icon Greenspan delays testimony on economy
      141 8 WASHINGTON Reuters FEDERAL Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan on Monday postponed giving testimony on the state of the country's economy before the Joint Economic Committee (JEC) of the US Congress by one day to Wednesday next week. A central bank spokesman said Mr Greenspan had decided
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      Lock icon Hairs to Art
      96 8 [CAPE TOWN] A visitor last Saturday being fascinated by South African artist Tracey Rose, who sat in a glass box and knotted strands of her own hair at the opening of the Cape Town leg of the Johannesburg Biennale. Ms Rose's display was part of an exhibition
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      Lock icon US budget deficit forecast to hit low of US$26b
      320 8 WASHINGTON That would be the smallest gap the US has seen since 74 Bloomberg THE US Treasury will soon report that the budget deficit for the just-concluded fiscal year was the smallest in almost 25 years one reason why the economy
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      Lock icon Rosy German data raises long-term doubts
      266 8 FRANKFURT Reuters A PAIR of closely-watched economic indicators painted an apparently rosy view of Germany's fledgling economic recovery yesterday, but some analysts warned the data raised questions over the lon-ger-term outlook. At least on the surface, the Ifo economic research institute's September business climate
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      Lock icon Russian Opposition may drop no-confidence vote
      191 8 MOSCOW Reuters RUSSIAN opposition leaders, saying President Boris Yeltsin had met most of their demands, yesterday signalled they could drop a Communistbacked vote of no-confidence in the government. "The president took steps to meet practically all our demands. After a normal conversation has started,
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      US markets rally on 10th anniversary of '87 crash
      600 9  -  Last week's drop due to jitters; another crash of the magnitude of Oct '87 nnlikely: experts Riji Andrew Marks in New York US EQUITY markets were relatively active in trading on Monday, closing up 74.41 points at 7,921.44 on the trading
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      Lock icon Japan, US in basic accord on port talks
      378 9 TOKYO But issue of fines, port ban on Japanese ships still not settled Reuters JAPAN and the US have reached a basic agreement on the reform of Japanese port practices but talks with the private sector are still needed for a final
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      Lock icon Strong £ saps UK export orders
      227 9 Strong saps UK export orders LONDON Reuters BRITISH export orders are at their lowest level since 1991, punished by the strong pound, but business leaders said yesterday that early entry into a single European currency was not the answer. The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) said 40 per cent of
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      306 9 GIRARD-PERREGAUX Pushing the Limits of Time The quest for the ultimate timepiece has seen the limits of horology constantly being pushed by watchmakers keen to make their mark on the march of time. And Girard-Perregaux has been at the forefront of this quest since its founding in Geneva, in 1791.
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
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      NZ-Singapore pact sets air markets free
      804 10  -  THE BOTTOMLDfB OPINION By Lee Yoke Har The writer, who is based in Auckland, contributed this article to BT ANEW bilateral air services agreement between Singapore and New Zealand is a landmark. The official cementing of the agreement, announced last week, will take place
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      IN OTHER WORDS
      107 10 US stock investors are falling out of love.' -Tliomas Madden an investment executive, who oversees US$l2O billion (SSIBB billion) in assets, after US stocks began gyrating last week. It certainly is a freak star that's burning its candle at both ends.' -Mark Morris UCLA astronomer who was
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      Thailand's shameful politics
      645 10 EDITORIAL Thailand's economic recovery plan was dealt a severe blow when Finance Minister Thanong Bidaya said he would leave the cabinet when it is reshuffled this week. Dr Thanong's valedictory comments confirmed the region's worst fears Thailand's coalition politics is holding hostage the country's economic recovery. The
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      Lock icon New hurdles block Clinton's fast track
      927 10  -  US president fights for trade negotiating authority to pursue his Latin American free-trade agenda By Leon Hadar The writer isßT's Washington correspondent AT the centre of the agenda of US President Bill Clinton's Latin America trip which ended at the weekend are growing US
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      WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
      874 10 Asean meeting a letdown GIVEN the currency and stock market turmoil which has gripped Asean's four largest members, it was expected that the 29th annual meeting in Kuala Lumpur last week of Asean ministers with economic portfolios would be much more than a routine gathering to
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  • Page 10 Miscellaneous
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  • FOCUS
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      Lock icon A dialogue between the deaf
      1417 11  -  World Bank and Japan unveiled new initiatives on infrastructure at World Bank/IMF meetings in HK but both seem to speak different languages ;> 8u.< Anthony Rowley h [TOKYO] WHAT ought to be a "great debate" on how to provide developing countries in Asia and elsewhere
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      211 11 BPFWIfFlf^' MI ri 't* 1 j! 11 T B GROUP Can a British company still influence 4iu. the world car market? Alec Issigonis unveiled his revolutionary Mini 38 years ago. The To help us we have recruited a global network of automotive errrrrtr* country s volume car makers haven t
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  • EXECUTIVE LIFESTYLE
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      Lock icon Self-help books not for men
      1100 12  -  Men write non-self-help books for people who will never admit they need any self-help, says hesterl&cet HESTER LACEY NYT WRITING advice books about relationships tends to be what women do. When men do it, you get something else: non-self-help books for people who'd never admit
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      656 12  -  ■PEOPLE Golden Boy deserves credit for working Seven Tears in Tibet By\ Elenor Ringel NYT (ATLANTA] Most of the reviews of Seven Years in Tibet were less reviews of the movie than reviews of Brad Pitt. Pitt gets to people. People old
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      Lock icon Bluesman BB King honoured
      511 12 PEOPLE Jazz legend gets Blues Foundation's lifetime achievement award Reuters [LOS ANGELES] Blues legend BB King was the man of the hour on Monday night as the music industry honoured him at a star-studded ceremony. Guests such as Bonnie Raitt, Ruth Brown, Buddy Guy and John
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  • WIRED FOR BUSINESS
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      Big growth potential in EDI
      852 14  -  Electronic Data Interchange will boost business-to-business commerce on the Net, says tohbamshzh TOH HAN SHIH SOME of the most promising areas of electronic commerce are not obvious. Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) is one of them. Business-to-business commerce takes place in the back alleys of both
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      Want to launch a business on the Web?
      567 14  -  Here's an exhaustive guide covering the key factors By Raju Chellam GIVEN the wildfire spread of the Internet, there are armies of newbies wanting to get more out of the new, pervasive medium. Most either flock to training institutes that claim to
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        Clean sweep
        88 14 SINGAPORE'S "clean" image gets a further boost from two companies with Web sites that take the term literally. One of them, Keow Hong Cleaning Services (http://www.living2ooo.com.sg/keowhong/) will "keep your office spick and span, yet cost you minimum". A CIDB-registered contractor, Keow Hong promises prompt and quality service with
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        Drycleaning services
        41 14 COMPLEMENTING the "clean office" service, another firm will clean the office workers' laundry. Of course, Hi-Tech Drycleaning Laundry Services (http://www.hi-tech.com.sg/) will also take orders from individuals and homes. They even clean curtains. And it's doorstep pick-up and delivery too.
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        Check out Case's survey
        93 14 WITH the kind of hours most of us put in, who's got the time to rim around supermarkets looking for a favourite food or delicacy and comparing prices? Consumers Association of Singapore (Case) to the rescue. Case has conducted a survey of supermarkets comparing the prices
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        Find out more about MAS
        98 14 THE next time the elderly lady in the local comedy series goes "Richard who?", spare a thought for "Monetary what?". Seriously, anyone involved in business here can benefit from knowing a bit more about the institution that's been instrumental in keeping Singapore's financial environment on
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        Net trade through Asia One
        78 14 ALTHOUGH Asia One has long been acknowledged as the host of one of the busiest Websites in the region, it was only last Friday that the folks from Singapore Press Holdings launched Asia One Commerce, providing secure electronictransactions over the Web. You can now subscribe
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
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      IPO launches may dwindle amid poor sentiment
      478 15  -  Four companies hold back floats as two recent SES entrants stumble at debuts By. Annette Pau [SINGAPORE] The last two months or so have seen a rush of 10 IPOs, most of which did fairly well. But the strong flow may soon dwindle
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      KepLand eyes stake in Modernland
      303 15  -  By- Abdul Hadhi [SINGAPORE] Taking advantage of the lower rupiah, listed Keppel Land is looking at investing in Indonesian developer Modernland. A Keppel group spokeswoman said yesterday: "We are exploring opportunities in a number of investment projects in the region and Modernland is one of
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      Inchcape marketing to get $70m cash transfer
      501 15  -  By* Christopher Tan [SINGAPORE) Inchcape Bhd plans to transfer $70 million incash to its marketing services' division to kick-start an expansion programme after its demerger at year-end. This will give Inchcape Marketing Services the proposed name for the separately listed company about $120
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      Diversification is the name of the game for SML
      756 15  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW Rahita Elias A DEAFENING blast of fireworks at Ritz Carlton heralded the launch of Sembawang Maritime Ltd's new name Sembawang Marine and Logistics (SML). The new name, said chairman Er Kwong Wah at last week's ceremony, marked a
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      Indon firm in VDH swap deal worth US$250m: ING
      323 15 ButVDH, Soeryadjayas have yet to agree on value (SINGAPORE] The Soeryad-jaya-held telecommunications business which is to be injected into listed Van der Horst is worth around US$25O million (***** million). ING Barings has informed VDH that this is the value, according
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        Lock icon SC clarifies new 'capital base' rules for brokers
        614 16  -  Broking firms have to boost their shareholders' foods not paid-up capital From Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur STOCKBROKING firms in Malaysia will have to boost their shareholders' funds and not their paid-up capital within a year, the Securities Commission clarified yesterday. It
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        Citibank sold off Amcol bonds well before default
        275 16  -  Bank cites move as example of careful credit rating process By Siow Li Sen [SINGAPOREI Citibank liquidated its Amcol bonds six months before the company defaulted on them, revealed a Citibank portfolio manager. "We held Amcol bonds and sold out six months
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        GPE to buy loudspeaker firm from parent
        285 16  -  GPE will get master licence to Celestion, KEF brands By. Ang Wan May [SINGAPORE] Gold Peak Industries Holdings (GPIH) is injecting its loudspeaker division into its mainboard-listed subsidiary GPE Industries in exchange for U5533.68 million (5553.1 million). By buying loudspeaker division GP Accoustics
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        Lock icon China Telecom drops below issue price in grey market
        293 16 Red chip expected to see weak debut in HK bourse tomorrow Reuters [HONGKONG] Shares of China Telecom (Hongkong) Ltd fell below their net issue price of HK$ll.6B per share to a range of HK511.65 to HK$l2.OO in unofficial grey market trading
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        Lock icon Yaohan to axe 1,000 jobs in revamp
        82 16 AFP [TOKYO) Japanese retailer Yaohan, which has filed for court protection against creditors, will cut two-thirds of its workforce to speed up restructuring, a daily said yesterday. It plans to cut 1,000 employees, including 400 now working at 16 outlets purchased by Japan's
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        Thakral unit in plan to buy listed Romanian steel mill
        442 16  -  w Ven Sreenivasan [SINGAPORE] Singaporebased trading company Windmill International Pte Ltd has roped in a private unit of the Thakral group in a plan to acquire a listed Romanian steel mill. Under a state privatisation programme, Windmill will first acquire
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        OUB eyes broking presence in M'sia
        280 16  -  Prorn Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur SINGAPORE'S Overseas Union Bank (OUB) the only Big Four bank without a stockbroking arm in Malaysia is keen to have a broking presence in the country. "We will continue to look around," said Peter Seah, president and chief
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        Lock icon Permasteelisa unfazed by turmoil
        221 16 Bloomberg {SINGAPORE] Permasteelisa Pacific Holdings Ltd, an architectural design and construction company, said its earnings will be unaffected by the region's currency crisis and slowdown in infrastructure spending. Permasteelisa will start trading on a when-issued basis on the main board of the Singapore stock exchange tomorrow
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        Lock icon Japanese banks face paper losses of 2,000b yen
        515 17 Stock market fall intensifies squeeze on 20 major banks in rnn-np to Big Bang FT [TOKYOJ The fall in the Japanese stock market is set to leave the 20 major Japanese banks registering more than 2,000 billion yen (5526.1 billion) in paper
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        Lock icon Digital, Intel seen settling Alpha chip deal in days
        405 17 Bloomberg [MAYNARD, Massachusetts] Digital Equipment Corp and Intel Corp are days away from an agreement through which Intel will license Digital's flagship Alpha chip and buy its manufacturing plant, analysts and investors said on Monday. The agreement, worth at least US$l
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        Lock icon Rival US bids for MCI face anti-trust probe
        410 17 Lawyers expect investigation to delay merger plans The Independent News Service [LONDON] The US Depart ment of Justice (DoJ), the main anti-trust regulator, had amassed a substantial team of experts to investigate the two rival bids for MCI. The DoJ has already
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        Lock icon Daiwa Europe to finance £16.4m purchase of UK pubs
        317 17 FT LONDON A second Japanese investment bank has ventured into the UK pub market by backing Avebury Inns, a new company which is about to acquire 147 licensed houses from Wolverhampton Dudley Breweries, a group based in the Midlands region of
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        Lock icon Microsoft stifling competition on Net?
        574 18 Justice Dept calls for USslmadayfine, move may weaken firm's grip on computer industry LAT-WP, Reuters [WASHINGTON] In a bold move that could weaken Microsoft's grip on the computer industry, the Justice Department on Monday accused the software giant of stifling competition on the Internet and
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        Lock icon IBM earnings rise over 6%, beating analysts' estimates
        423 18 NYT [NEW YORK] Sailing slowly but smoothly through the stormy seas that have buffeted other technology companies recently, IBM Corp said on Monday that its earnings increased by more than 6 per cent in the third quarter. IBM earned U551,369 billion (552.16
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        Lock icon AT&T names Hughes man to top job
        400 18 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] AT&T Corp for the first time named an outsider as chairman of the struggling long-distance company, and plans to sell its credit-card unit and some telemarketing businesses in its latest turnaround effort. Michael Armstrong, chairman of Hughes Electronics Corp, beat
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        Lock icon Microsoft net income up 8% to US$663m in Q1
        470 18 Sales of Windows NT, Office 97 rise strongly, Windows 95 hit record Bloomberg [REDMOND, Washington] Microsoft Corp said fiscal firstquarter net income including a charge rose 8 per cent as the company reported strong sales of software that links personal computers
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        Lock icon France Telecom up 13% on debut
        314 18 Group beats Elf Aquit&ine to become bourse's biggest firm Bloomberg [PARIS] France Telecom SA shares rose 13 per cent on the first day of trading, giving it a market capitalisation of 206.5 billion French francs (5554.77 billion) and making it the biggest company on
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        Lock icon Peg or free float—is there a magic solution?
        1402 19 Peg or free float —is there a magic solution? For South-east Asia, now in a currency turmoil, the answer probably lies somewhere in between The Economist Following the recent currency turmoil in South-east Asia, there is widespread agreement that countries such as Thailand and Malaysia were foolish to peg their
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        Managing risks: top-down coordination is crucial
        468 19  -  Lack of central control will result in higher costs, loss of revenue, say experts By] Larry Wee [SINGAPORE) After an introduction to how market risk is measured, this week we take a step back to provide a brief overview of how all kinds of
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        KL budget: better than the market thinks
        333 19 AMALYSE3 OVERALL, a better budget than the market has thus far given credit to, and one which does not justify the adverse reaction on the Malaysian ringgit. With regards to the current account, although the finance ministry was over-optimistic regarding the projected level
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        Lock icon THE WEEK AHEAD
        327 19  -  Compiled by Larry Wee ANZ Investment Bank (ANZ), Deutsche Morgan Grenfell (DMG), Independent Economic Analy sis (IDEA), JP Morgan (JPM) and MMS Int'l (MMS) United States Oct 29: Fed chairman Alan Greenspan has postponed addressing the Joint Economic Committee (JEC) of the US Congress on the state
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        Overnight rates down to 4% on MAS intervention
        456 20  -  R&tes had risen as high as 20% on Monday before MAS took action By I Siow Li Sen [SINGAPORE] Overnight interbank rates fell back yesterday to 4 per cent on intervention by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), after rocketing to 20
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        Privatisation, freer markets seen driving insurance growth
        251 20  -  By I Soh Tiang Keng [SINGAPORE] Privatisation and deregulation of the world insurance industry will open up new growth opportunities in developing and developed markets, said a UK-based insurance executive yesterday. Speaking at the Singapore International Insurance Brokers Conference, he said that privatisation
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        Lock icon Plans to boost cotton output
        52 20 [SHIHEZI, China] A farmer unloading raw cotton last Saturday at a depot in Shihezi, in China's north-western province of Xinjiang. The region, which produces about a quarter of China's cotton, plans to slash internal taxes on the commodity to make it more competitive and encourage
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        Lock icon Simex, Tokyo tie up against rigging
        133 20 Bloomberg [SINGAPORE] The Singapore International Monetary Exchange, or Simex, and the Tokyo Stock Exchange have signed an information-shar-ing agreement that aims to prevent market manipulation in both exchanges. The agreement will set up formal communications between the two exchanges on Nikkei index futures and
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        Lock icon LME hints at reforms in metals markets
        295 20 It wants to bring in more ring dealers, reduce squeezes FT [LONDON] The London Metal Exchange (LME) on Monday signalled a radical reform in the way the market operates. The LME the world's leading market for metals is planning to make substantial changes
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        Lock icon Euroyen steady on economic package
        222 20 KIMKI Report Reuters [SINGAPORE] Slmex Euroyen futures were steady yesterday after the release of an economic stimulus package by Japan's Liberal Democratic Party doused fears of any interest rate hikes. The package included measures like the lifting of price controls for international phone calls and
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        Futures soar to close 10% limit-up
        175 20  -  MSCX TAIWAN FUTURES Perry Gilbert Perry Gilbert, vice-president, Refco Singapore Pte Ltd. [SINGAPORE] The Simex MSCI Taiwan Stock Index futures contract soared yesterday with the October contract closing at the limit up of 10 per cent at 309.9 points. The Taiex Index rose 417.3
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        Lock icon Talk of Indon demand offers support
        222 20 ENERGY REPORT Bridge News [SINGAPORE] Talk of Indonesian gas-oil buying interest for November lent a measure of short-term support to the market yesterday despite the tempo still remaining somewhat flat as far as the market here was concerned. Traders were mulling whether reports that
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        Lock icon CURRENCY REPORT
        285 20 AFP THE US dollar gained against the mark but was stable against the yen at mid-session. Dealers said its rise against the German unit was due to buying by US banks, and fhey put its next resistance level at 1.7830 marks. In the morning, the greenback did not
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      Lock icon TOKYO
      1630 21 AFP Q Nikkei 22S -84.42 JAPANESE share prices closed 0.5 per cent lower yesterday due to profit-taking amid the market's disappointment over an economic stimulus package proposed by the ruling party, brokers said. "The details were not largely different from those reported earlier," a Meiko Securities broker said, referring
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      WORLD STOCK MARKETS
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      Lock icon HONGKONG
      1593 22 AFP Qj Hang Seng -567.78 HONGKONG shares slumped 4.4 per cent yesterday, pressured by regional currency woes which overshadowed an overnight technical rebound on Wall Street, dealers said. "The market is further weakened by selling pressures from overseas and domestic funds managers, by renewed currency instabilities in the Asia-Pacific
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      Lock icon CHINA
      649 22 Reuters n Shenzhen Binder -0.67 THE Shenzhen B share market closed lower yesterday, dragged down by sharp losses in the Hongkong market. The B Index lost 0.67 point to 126.84 on turnover of HKS3O million. But brokers said impact from the Hongkong stock market was limited by the strong
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      TAIPEI
      405 22 PI WP Index +417.27 STOCKS rallied 5.7 per cent yesterday, on government action to bolster the flagging bourse and an overnight rise on Wall Street, dealers said. "Investors returned to the trading floor encouraged by the favourable moves announced by the finance ministry and a rise of American share
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      Lock icon WELLINGTON
      267 22 Reuters Wellington +27.27 STOCKS rose yesterday and closed on their highs as various factors combined to boost prices. The NZSE-40 Capital Index gained 27.27 points to its closing peak of 2,599.94. Brokers said the fact that the market closed on its highs augured well for today's session. Reuters octn
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      848 22 AFP n SET Index -L 57 SHARE prices posted marginal losses yesterday amid political uncertainty, poor third-quarter earnings reports and a plunging baht, but progress on financial reform stemmed losses. Dealers said the main factor overhanging the market was the outcome of the planned cabinet reshuffle. "It was expected
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      402 22 AFP PI Composite Index +L2l SHARE prices closed 0.2 per cent higher yesterday after the government announced plans to increase liquidity. But investors still lacked confidence amid underlying concerns over the troubled financial market. Steep morning falls were reversed after the government announced plans to increase liquidity and news
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      Lock icon SYDNEY
      616 22 AFP AD Ordinaries +IL3 STOCKS halted nearly two weeks of decline with a 0.4 per cent improvement yesterday on the back of an improved performance on Wall Street. The All Ordinaries Index rose 11.3 points at 2,650.7. Turnover was 292.9 million shares worth A 5767.2 million. Media conglomerate News
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      727 22 Bloomberg f% Composite Index +<180 SHARE prices close mixed yesterday, reversing earlier gains, after cuts in key money market rates failed to reassure investors, who still see liquidity in the banking sector as too tight. "The government's moves are positive, but it's shortterm, it's only one step, and more
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      Lock icon MANILA
      320 22 AFP Q Manila -2L89 SHARE prices fell 1.1 per cent yesterday as investors fretted over corporate results amid regional currency turmoil and a possible domestic wage hike. The PSE Composite Index fell 21.89 points to 1,993.89. Turnover was 850.6 million shares worth 2.3 billion pesos. Ayala Land fell 75
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        Lock icon Shares end lower on continued selling
        305 23 AFX Asia CI Composite Index -7.67 SHARE prices closed lower yesterday on foreign and domestic selling amid continued disappointment over the 1998 budget. Dealers said the fall was also aggravated by weaknesses on the Taiwan and Hongkong stock markets. The KLSE Composite Index closed
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        Minho wrt: too high a premium
        199 24  -  WARRANT WATCH By R Sivanithy THIS column has featured out-of-the-money warrants several times in the past, either to highlight a bargain that offers solid gearing, or just how large the conversion premiums for these instruments can become. Rather than look for the former type
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        56 26  -  Ven Sreenivasan WING TAI HOLDINGS, which fell to its lowest level in two years yesterday, is deep in oversold territory, according to both the daily and monthly RSI charts. The stochastics suggest that the counter will shortly bounce back from its l&cent fall to $2,70, but faces stiff
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        227 26 VoiWM HK Land USIOc 19,115,000 •RHB Cap Wt99 7,171.000 08S Land 6,660,000 Nat Elec 10c 6,441,000 HKLRFWt*****3 5,010,000 UoitMg Inv NTS 4,233,000 tPCCorpn 5c 3.724,000 •Rekapacific Bh 3,436,000 •m Capital 3.325,000 Cfttt Land 50c 2,923,000 Stocks HK Land USWc 55.322,311 DBS Foreign 30,471,068 Qty Qev 50c 22,315,270 DBS Land 20,313.536
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        680 26  -  STOCK MARKET COMMENTARY STII drops 23.70 points to 1,771.22, its lowest since May 1993; shares of companies in Jardine group worst hit By R Sivanithy [SINGAPORE] Faint hopes of a recovery that were stirred by an early rise yesterday were
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          127 26 DAIMLER-BENZ's revived Maybach project, which will see a "mother of all Mercs" model by 2000, is set to rival existing Rolls-Royce limousines as well as BMW's super-long L 7. Asia and the Middle East will be among target markets. In Singapore, it'd be
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          Lies, lies, and damned statistics
          164 26 ANALYSTS in Morgan Stanley's Hongkong office have run a statistical rule over corporate earnings forecasts made for regional markets over the past eight years and come up with some Interesting conclusions. In Hongkong, they observed over-optimism and over-pessimism were equally weighted. Consensus forecasts were too
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          74 26 DUTCH firm Philips Semiconductors will build an 800 million guilder (Ss63l million) chip-testing plant in the Philippines, reported a Dutch newspaper. In addition, Philips Semiconductor is also seeking a location for a chip-manufacturing plant there. The testing plant, to be located near Manila, is Philips'third chip-testing plant
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          113 26 BANK INDONESIA on Monday gave the press corps covering its currency crisis and economic restructuring just one hour's notice of a hastily-convened conference and was then an hour late in getting the gathering underway. As it happened, the measures it unveiled, which were intended to lure
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          134 26 CHINESE men, for long the envy of their "liberated" counterparts in the West, look set to lose their unquestioned authority over their wives. According to a study published on Monday in the English-language China Daily in Beijing, Chinese women are no longer content with playing a
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      118 19 In conjunction with ICCIM 97 The 4th International Conference on Computer Integrated Manufacturing 21 -24 October 1997 World Trade Centre, Singapore, Halls 3 3A J fIRML w '*Ika&*-*^^. VISIT ASIA'S a LARGEST AUTOMATION LOGISTICS !l u V EXHIBITIONS BE PART OF IX! Foctory Automation Robotics Power Transmission Fluid Control Technology
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      580 20 BUSINESS xotircs IN THE MATTER OFTHE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. SO MARINA SEJAHTERA LINES PTE LTD (Members' Voluntary Liquidation) At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the members of Marina Sejahtera Lines Pte Ltd held at 38 Lok Yang Way Jurong Industrial Estate Singapore *****2 on 14th October 1997 at 10.30 a.m.,
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      47 22 s *ck m lt GENEVE SINCERE SINCERE \\\T(H LIMITED: MNC.APOKf v.ll \\Min ill MMviw m>i \ki ill ;j;; 4imm. n (k> I'l \/\id r 4V»: si mk (m mvii m it" ".r.n MM \>s| Kl PI \/\III Hi _'4I ir.41l M\K Hill sHOPPIM, (IMKI TH ot. .'4l
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      111 24 awpwdo INTRODUCING THE MOVADO VIZIO: A POST-MODERN PERSPECTIVE ON TIME. ISSL m i tw a Bharath Watch A £g I It M 1 The Movado Vizio™. M 4029 l\ /l| II I PW^ 3 vm 7mTSolid stainless steel or steel/18KgokJ. Chew cheong Watch Centre I Y|V \f I J V
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      79 25 Other loans Home Offices Shops Short loan* Easy Share 1- above *r m«m jut»* »in ltd rnn Yn 11 R I'loai amount up is currently 6.625% for a rUn TU II wfl II Mto $50,000. -AngMoKio Tel 458 4222/458 4333 Y\ -Beach Road Tel 292 1459/292 1610 Bedok t«i 445
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      654 26 BPSIMHSS Notices To advertise call toll-free 1800-741 1883 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT. CAP. 50 PURSUANT TO SECTION 290(2)(b) and IN THE MATTER OF FOODELIGHT PTE LTD (In Members' Voluntary Winding Up) At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the above named Company duly convened and held at 32A
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      327 26 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, I Chan Choon Siong of 23 Brighton Avenue #03-03 Singapore *****8, have applied for a Beer House First Class Licence in respect of M/s McSing Food Centre located at Blk 340, Ang Mo Kio Ave 1, #01-1697 Singapore *****0, and that this application will be
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      505 26 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, I Sua Tock Hai of Blk 54. Telok Blangah Drive #11-22 Singapore *****4 have applied for a Beer House First Class Licence in respect of M/s Hai Siang Cafeteria located at 136, Telok Ayer Street Singapore *****1, and that this application will be considered by
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      366 26 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF PANHONQ PTE LTD (In Members' Voluntary Liquidation) NOTICE OF FINAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN in pursuant to Section 308(1) of the Companies Act, Cap. 50, that a Final General Meeting of the abovenamed company
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      316 26 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that. I Richard Kuah Ah Eng of 38. Martaban Road Singapore *****1 have applied for a Public House First Class (Tourist Hotel) Licence in respect of M/s Ocean Hotel located at No. 5. Lorong 6 Geylang *****7, and that this application will be considered by the
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      346 26 f THE COMPANIES ACT CHAPTER 50 SECTION 2flo(2Kb) HOTtd Of MSOLUTIOM SIOMAC RTE LTD (IN MEMBERSVOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION) At an Extraordinary General Meeting of Sigmac Pte Ltd held at 11 Floor Danchiseimei Bid, 3-20 Myojin-cho. Hachioji-shi, Tokyo 192. Japan on the 14th day of October 1997, the following special resolutions were
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      312 27 Bridge News, Reuters ATLANTIC Panamaxes remained under downward pressure as optimism Evident only a week ago appears to have evaporated, brokers said, g Further pressure on flitures, in response to gearby weakness in the physical Panamax market, particularly for prompt tonnage in the Atlantic, Clarkson Securities Ltd said
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      245 27 Oct 21 it y- CWTDM aw -ao4 S" OtuonMup 0.82 -0.02 1141 cmomw an »aoi 32 MaMLMif CX2 -0.03 290 HtMlw 0.47 -OlOI 12 Sun Hup 0.91 *0M *3 HMCNZMMI 0365 -0.01 19 OCIIlMmi HK9.60 Mr* 0.739 Junna Shipyard —7.00 -atO 30fl HipnlCorp 3.45 -0-25 1609 MpptfFZLS *CM
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      554 27  -  It has also signed 20-year contract to manage and operate terminal By. Felix Chan [SINGAPORE] Newly corporatised PSA Corp has taken an equity stake in its new Aden container terminal project in Yemen and has signed a contract to manage the port,
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      168 27  -  By] Rahita Elias [SINGAPORE] Sembawang Marine and Logistics will retain all of its shiprepair operations, instead of selling it off to parent Sembawang Corp, according to SML president Billy Lee. Sembawang Corp (SembCorp) said last year that the group would be restructured. This restructuring would
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      782 27  -  STRAIT TALK By Seafarer SOONER or later there was bound to be a really nasty oil spill right on Singapore's doorstep. That is a drawback to the Republic's otherwise highly favourable geographical position. The Singapore Strait could have been designed to give
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      352 27  -  SINGAPORE'S WORST OIL SPILL By\ Felix Chan [SINGAPORE] Clean-up and recovery of oil, following Singapore's worst-ever oil spill, continued for the sixth day yesterday. Authorities are also keeping an eye on preventing the oil patches from spreading to neighbouring Malaysia and
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      436 27  -  Under 1969 Convention, liability falls on shipowner, conference told By Marcus Hand [SINGAPORE] Claimants in the oil spill off Singapore could receive more than US$l3 million (5520.3 million) available under the Civil Liability Convention of 1969 (CLC 69) if the shipowners or managers were proved
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      941 28 US-JAPAN PORT ROW US delays threat to ban Japan lines after agreement in principle to make Japan's ports more accessible to US lines Bloomberg IF the US Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) ratifies a tentative agreement to open Japan's ports to US shipping lines, it would end
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      379 28 PAGE Fl-Bright 6 AEL famous 7 ANL 3 Farwide 12 Able 16 Foot? Sun 8 Accord 8 froti Ahrenfciel 12 W Links 16 Appenship 5 0fW Astro 3 LWl 4 Austral 9 '3 Avant 6 GMSh W 9 B'tang Mas 8 Glory Kav
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      18214 36 THEBUSINESSTIMES EXPORT ETA ETA Advartisar Vassal Voyaga Talaphona ETA ETA Advartisar VnM Voy*g» Taiaphona SIN Oasrn Nam* Nama Number Numbar SIN Dast'n Nama Nam* Number Numtat ■MHNMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMHHMMMMMMMBI 27/10 19/n Hanjin PUNJAB SENATOR 00IW *5-32*0224 To ABIDJAN (ABJ) 2003 To SSISIIiSK^JSS? 6 Ivory Coast. Cote D'I voire Queensland. Australia
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        188 43 Oct 23 Thailand: Chulalongkom Day. Oat as Taiwan Taiwan Retrocession Day. Oct 27 New Zealand: Labour Day. Oct 30 Malaysia: Deepavali. Singapore: Deepavali. Oct 31 Taiwan Birthday of President Chiang Kai-Shek. Not 1 Belgium: All-Saint Day. France: All Saints Day. Philippines: All Saints Day. Sioeden: All Saints Day.
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        886 43 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Marine Oil Lid. shows price ranees in US dollars instead of single prices for a more comprehensive description of the market. Prices shown are baaed on average sixed stem. Market movements are indicated The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the
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        209 44 Reuters [TOKYO] Ail interim aviation deal with the US this week could be harder to reach than first thought, a Japanese Transport Ministry official told reporters yesterday. "There were views within the ministry that we had a 30 to 40 per cent
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        49 44 [ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast] Workers adjusting parts on the assembly line of the first Chinese truck plant Hua Ke set up here. Hua-Ke will be associated in a joint venture with local investors. It expects to roll out 800 vehicles by 1998. AFP
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        177 44 US car maker is also building assembly plant in Shanghai Bloomberg [DETROIT] General Motors Delphi Automotive Systems unit said it formed a joint venture with Tianj,in Automotive Industrial Corp to make shock absorbers and struts in China for undisclosed terms. The move
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        260 44 Reuters [STUTTGART, Germany] Porsche AG will decide this year if it will add a sports utility vehicle to its line of sports cars, a company spokesman said. "The decision on if, and with whom, we will build such
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        417 44 Individuals and companies will be able to boy as little as one-eighth of a Boeing Business Jet Reuters [SEATTLE] Boeing Co yesterday announced a venture that will allow individuals and companies to buy shares in a business version of its 737 jet,
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        169 44 Bloomberg [SEATTLE) Boeing Co said Eastwind Airlines ordered two 737-700s valued at US$92 million (*****.6 million) based on list prices. Terms of the transaction were not released. Airlines usually pay less than list price if they are regular buyers of a manufacturer's planes. Greensboro,
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        450 44 TOKYO MOTOR SHOW AFP [TOKYO] Japanese car makers, suffering from plunging domestic sales, are pinning their hopes for a market revival on the opening of the Tokyo Motor Show this week. But analysts say sales at home could decline until at least
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        397 44 Financial Times [TOKYO] Honda has upped the stakes in the race to develop cleaner and more frugal vehicles with two engines offering unprecedented emission reductions and ftiel consumption of around 70 miles per gallon. The "integrated management assist" system combines a 1-litre,
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      570 33 FAMOUS CONTAINER UNES 80 ROBINSON ROAD. #22-02 SINGAPORE *****8 3/ HOT UNE: *****33 (30 UNES) r-»ri 4 SAILINGS A WEEK TO BANGKOK J J AND REGULAR SAILINGS TO CMABANG THAILAND BANGKOK I 1 I f FOR BOOKING *****33 CONTACT AMY P. KLANG PH: 0203/*****33 (20 LINES) PENANG PH: 0204/*****7 (10
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      801 34 BAMOKOK/LAIM JAKAUTA/PAH jAMf VESSEL VOY SIN BKK LCH VESSEL VOY SIM JUT PJN BAN! BHUM" 68N In Pt 28/10 28/10 XETHA BHUM 2178 33/10 28/10~ SRISAMUT SRS349 In PI 28/10 XETHA BHUM ***** 84/10 28/10 MATHU BHUM 380N In Pt 28/10 ANAN BHUM 82S 28/10 28/10 MATHU BHUM 3SONB 23/10
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      164 34 9* TH.OK HANBAH ROAD M2-M OTTONT CENTRE. STONE MM TEL: *****11 (6 lint) FAX: *****05 TLX: RS ***** CR NO. **********0* vessel m. em etd ocstmahm UMMU 2M7 2WIM7 2VH67 PONTMNW MAMMA 3M7 241 A§7 2Vt%f7 HM—W.MUH NWMMM 14/17 2VIM7 2%1W7 OMMMOMMN KAGUM 2M7 2WIM7 3MM7 JAMOTWMTMNAK UMMU 3M7 WIM7
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      423 34 PUL INTERNATIONAL JWMBKWCI) SSI6S/WK I m iippf smwnisiosAn I E IWr I a I m ml fitt 1 ife ill i MACONUJJUTTJ lU/ll |RONf M/Tl |WU |U/ll| a«umwisi6/wK I mmmtlmm*"'" '~j &■—e IgI.rVLA muk I W7WIN/|0 iFtl ht/10 Istl h»/)0 ■WMWHWAW va Ivor im ru "15~ ill— 26/19 |«H n/HITW
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      763 34 A ACCORD SHIPPING PTE LTD "r TIL *****56 (40 lit***) PAX *****44 Kt7KLAMC (01) N/ IMI MtfCT ACCISS TCL *****57 (CXPOKT SOOKINO) HS» GUM* 1071 SSI 1177 />■ *****57 (IXPOST DOC), *****64 (UMPOST) KHAMG (04) SSJI44I USLrffTTP://WWW.ACCOED.COM.SO MgAMTA (IIIMVTt yotr nA SIM POKT ITA SIN POtT ni >IN EOiT nA
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      347 35 INDONESIA NATIONAL LINE TO EUROPE EXPRESS BEMI-CONTAINBRIBEO SERVICE vsl vot I Hore a oam/r oam h iuka iremen amtwerT A VESSEL 40W8 ri/IWVII 21/12 24/12 OMIT 27/12 TO AUSTRALIA 1 FULL COKTOUN6R SERVICE Wl VOT WTBT FB IK W IB HW na w NOl AMOER V ies 2110 2410 OS/11
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      878 35 f PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL LINES (PTE) LTD I mUm 140 Cecil Street, #03-00 PIL Building, Singapore *****0. CR NO **********06 TCS! j iLI i% H. la' fIfIOAHDI M 21/10 2711 ii/ii i*/" i»ii »>" M/ii Im/iil KOTAHAMAH MAO 19 ZZli 1/11 "/ll *4/11 T/li I 7/11 I QQtL ACfQto m LiZJJ
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      792 35 VESSELS VOY 3*4 JED P3Q LEH HAM RTM THP ANR V-LEOEVWOO S22W 26/10 06/11 07/11 IVII 17/11 20/11 21/11 \nU£KNQHHA N22W 02/11 12/11 14/11 23/11 24/11 28/11 27/11 ~28/11 VHEDEGEMm H22W Oft/11 18/11 21/11 30/11 01/12 (XVI 2 04/12 06/12 IVXED-OWON Y22W 16/11 28/11 28/11 07/12 08/12 Wl2 u75 ?2At2
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      44 37 i VM M •3HJ4433 To retrieve more schedules, Just follow these simple steps... the port your Step key in the four number Jb m digit code Key in your Exampte: p-i—, fax number To NEW YORK (NYC) 2275 tor calls within Singapore United States
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      14 38 JAPAN MAIN PORTS KOB/NGO/TKY/ SHI/OSA (EVERY WED/SUN) COMPETITIVE RATES CONTACT: MM/ ROSK/ KEITH/ DAVID
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      34 38 ACCEPTING FCL CONTAINERS TO CALCUTTA, MADRAS, COLOMBO, TUTICORIN, COCHIN, BOMBAY, KANDLA, DUBAI, BANGKOK A PASIR OUDANO, REGULAR SAILINGS TO ABOVE PORTS, NEW PORT SERVICE: UMM QASR, IRAQ Regular FCL Service/ Ship Broking/ Shipping Agency
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      6 38 Regular FCL Service to:SOUTH CHINA PORTS
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      40 38 [CONVENTIONAL BREAKBULK SERVICE m SPO« LOADING f(X TEN 21/10 BOMBAY' TBN 23/10 MADRAS TBN 26/10 CHfTTAGONG/CALCUTU TBN 28/10 COLOMBO TBN 29/10 MOMBASA/LAGOS TBN 30/10 HONGKONG TBN 30/10 KAOH SUING SBBW. MOTS MTBMME AGENCIES PTE LTD TEL53M322 TLX: ***** FAX: *****63
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      39 38 REGULAR DIRECT CONTAINER A BREAKBUuTH SERVICE TO PORT LOUIS A DURBAN EXPORT VOY rSSR PTL DBN ALSMARY 12WB 30/10 10/11 15/11 ALS DANAOS 12AW 19/11 30/11 05/12 ACCEPTING TO JOHANNESBURG AGENTS: SINGAPORE BEN LINE AGENCIES T«4: *****22 Fax: *****53
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      359 39 /O. SINO EXPRESS SHIPPING. f 11 COLLYER QUAY #06-01 THE ARCADE iSINOTRANSI J 3 (*****7 J.TEL: *****00 FAX: *****08 UUJJV TLX: R*****1 SINOEX X^L^Z SINOTRANS SHANGHAI (CONTAINER SERVICE) VESSEL VOYAGE ETA SINGAPORE ETA HONGKONG ETA SHANGHAI JINYU 9752 21/10 29/10 02/11 jiHiu m 31/10 m wfi CHANG YING 9704 07/
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      280 39 K| MAC-NELS S'PORE M'SIA |5??5?55l Carrier MM COUTH LINES, INC 1 -IX 3 V JWMOiIWIHWWi 8BU: (064)*****9 MAMLA:(6X2)*****61 V PCNANQc (04) *****6 BANGKOK: (662) *****67 SURABAYA: (31) *****0 RKHAMQ: (OS) *****77 JKE (21) *****07 MOM (61)*****3 SHAMCHAi T LAX/168/NYC MV KOmWUMSA" V.WSA 016 MV "HVKN MAS CHARIOT" V62M ETA SIN:
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      164 39 B OCEAN JADE 28/10 NanffidnVAtw/BmVUK I SOLTA 05/11 RdnVAtWBmnAJK/Nan I ■•an FORTUNE 15/11 NaVMnVAtm/BmnAJK I Loads E7W Malaysia. Indonesia I IM Loading for ■pan CRYSTAL Dubai/A.Oiab</Bahrain/OammaiVKuwait I ■eva MARIA Dubai/Doha/Bahrw/Damm«VKuwait I ■pan FORTUNE Hodetdafv JeddafVAqaba/Egypt/Tnpoli I ■XIHA] Hodetdah/Jeddah/Aqaba/Egypt I Toads Singapore. E7W. Malaysia. Indonesia I Loading for ■ocean HOST Los
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      1509 40 MY MINn IByE 1 YML Internet Web Site http: //www.yml.com.tw E-mail Address: csQhp72o.yml.com.tw EQ2231 TWICE WEEKLY EVERY THURSOAY/SUNOAY ARRIVAL FIXED DAY-MONOAY VOY M*** FXT LEH AIM VESSEL WOT LEH FIT HAM AIM MM DOVER BRIOGE A742W 124/10 I 30/10 tS/11 13/11 12/11 17/11 MALACCA BRIOGE A736E SID SID SIO SLO
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      211 40 NEWARK SHIPPING AGENCIES PTE LTD I 48-A Campbell Lane, Singapore *****1 s CHTTTAGONG I BOMBAY CALCUTTA P NHAVA SHEVA u COLOMBO A MADRAS p DUBAI/JEBEL ALI O w TtmcoßiN r H- COCHIN E KARACHI MALDIVES ALSO ACCEPTING ICD DELHI, iCD DHAKA CALL: (65) 294 0949 FAX (65) 294 9395 Aftmttftr
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      602 40 SAMUDERA shipping line ltd 15 McCALLUM STREET #03-01/02 NATWEST CENTRE S PORE *****5 JFLi i AX: *****08 (OUTWARD) *****69 (INWARD) TLX: R*****0 CM HO. 1Q*****000QD 122.??l 22 .??l 1 --?,i E CA/CELIA/MEI CHAN kIII:FMW 3 SLQS/WEEK |VOY is* jak ||vßg- IvovTair Tsur IN PT 25/10 (SAT) SINAR LOMBOK 901 IN
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      369 40 .X. Singapore Soviet Shipping 4m Co. Pte. Ltd. v CR NO: **********0N BOMBAY/COCHIN VESSEL VOY SS BOM PNG PKL HAIXIONO HX0066 20/10 06/11 10/11 12/11 DUMA 106N 30/10 00/11 22/11 24/11 KOTA CAHAYA CAHIO6 04/11 12/11 27/11 20/11 TRADE FAST TFS2OI 10/11 10/11 30/11 02/12 REGULAR MONTHLY RO-RO BREAKBULK SERVICE
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      77 41 BREAKBULK CONTAINERS DIRECT SERVICE FROM S'PORE TO KARACHI ivnsa voucf immpott mcotowo Irouutw KAMWO IWHW \y\\m I\f\\/V HA«M IM-HW M/U/J7 7Q/IW |HTMUUO 171HW W/IZ/i; 07/01/H AtSO ACCEPTING FUU CONTAINERS FOR DRY PORT LAHORE, SULKQT, RAWALPINDI AND RISHAWAR SEA-PAC MANAGEMENT PTI. LTD. 3 Maritime Squarv #11-02 AHA CaW To,w Singoporm *****4
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      180 41 For Booking Pto—m Call -k Cmitom/Zmrinm: (38) 222 7022 4 ft t i \L Changzhou Shanghai '2 Foshan v£ Shantou \l Fuzhou \l Shenzhen 3 \L Guangzhou Tianjin v£ Hangzhou \L Wuhan Huangpu Xiamen J Qingdao \L Zhongshan 1 *i San Shan \L Zhuhai j OUR NEXT SAILINGS p MV.
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      519 42 ■^I^l I VESSEL VOY SIN MAA SIN TIGER BAY S7SN 24-25/10 29-02/11 06-07/11 TIGER WAVE 576N 27-27/10 01-05/11 09-10/11 TIGER ISLAND 577N 30-31/10 04-09/11 13-14/11 TIGER BRIDGE 578N 03-03/11 08-12/11 17-17/11 TIGER BAY 579N 06-07/11 11-16/11 20-21/11 TIGER WAVE 580N 09-10/11 15-19/11 23-24/11 I VESSEL VOY SIN CAL SIN XPRESS
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      630 42 FREIGHT LINKS EXPRESS 62 Toh Guan Road, Singapore *****1 Tel: *****66 (60 Lines) Fax: *****33 E-mail flesin@singnet.com.sg CONSOUDJOTON SERVICE ARGENTINA ETD SIN SOUTH AFRICA ETD SIN BUENOS AIRES 27/10 CAPETOWN 26/10 CHILE ETD SIN DURBAN 26/10 VALPARAISO 22/10 JOHANNESBURG 26/10 GREECE ETD SIN SPAIN ETD SIN PIRAEUS 28 /10 VALENCIA/BARCELONA
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      763 42 OOCL (Singopore) Pte Ltd CFS Keppel Distrpk 74 Amm l«W #21-04 (S) *****4 M 513 ****** t mmkr I (Ufi2\\ V dNO 11S7I7MOOOH 1* 272 7127 ,J two/*/) I VW Ml Ut *****13 hx 221 3142 Fm: 272 7125 J*J2*9JMOJ HOOT AUKA UIA/ CANADA <> TO USA w SPO OAK
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      103 42 AS *AMAGE*S KM YANGON UNI SJL BITWCIN YANftON MUMBAJ (Karachi/Colombo subject inducement*) VISSfU YANOON ***** ttA I nt>- IB Itb TBN-1 25-31/10/1997 TIH-i M I*7ll/1W FOR BMUWB/CAIQO lOOMNGS coN»aim«»3— immuum/mmtmm MANAS BOMBAY/ CAICVTTA AISOSOVICi TO COLOMBO, NNIMft MTM, COCHIN, MW D«UM, CHfTIAOOMO Accepting fCI t LQ lo worid wdi 1
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