The Business Times, 24 December 1997

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    12 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA(P) 110/12^97 85c SINGAPORE Internet■ http://www.asial.com.sg/biztimes WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 24,1997
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    MARKET SUMMARY
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    FINANCE
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    Lock icon SPH to scrap dual listing through novel scheme
    708 1  -  Compensation shares for Foreign shareholders, bonus shares for all By. R Sivanithy [SINGAPORE] Diversified media and property group Singapore Press Holdings yesterday announced the not-unexpect-ed merger of its Local and Foreign shares but combined it with a surprising first a novel scheme
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  • Article
    SingTech's loan, equity loss in Micropolis may total $575 m
    450 1  -  By, Jennifer Lien [SINGAPORE] Governmentowned Singapore Technologies Pte Ltd stands to lose more than half a billion dollars from its failed foray into the disk drive industry. Sing Tech yesterday said that in addition to its initial $80 million equity
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  • Article
    Foreign funds flocking back to Taiwan stocks
    543 1  -  From Bruce Cheesman in Taipei OVERSEAS Investors are returning in droves as institutions use Taiwan's resilient bourse as a sanctuary for retaining exposure in Asia's battered financial markets. Foreign investors transferred a net U*****.5 million (Ss6lo million) for stock investments in the first
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    Lock icon Seoul teeters on brink of sovereign debt default
    574 1  -  Borrowers stampede for what's left of country's reserves From Louis Beckerling in Seoul SOUTH KOREA was last night teetering on the brink of a sovereign default on its foreign debt repayments and facing the grim prospect of calling a debt moratorium to
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      132 1 Pigftto wtktk far choßßcais cfaiflUr Tl* investment outlook for Singapore's cluster is "encouraging" as interest remains strong, says the EDB, Pf 2 TaO-freetrip Motorists can use the Ssoood Link between Sbigapore and Malaysia far free in the first two weeks of its opening, as die toD nmramt is «HTI being
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      28 1 Id Saturday's BT Our annual Turk^J^ Okay, it's been a rotten year so it's time for some fun. Even if it means finding yourself on our Turkeys list.
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
    • Article
      Investment outlook for chemicals cluster encouraging
      528 2  -  Chemicals output up 12% to $27b in past year; star was petrochemicals: EDB By Ronnie Lim THE investment outlook for Singapore's chemicals cluster "is encouraging" as investment interest "remains strong", said the Economic Development Board (EDB). After chalking up "strong growth" in 1997, chemicals
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      Lock icon No toll on Second Link for two weeks
      328 2 Y&an minister says toll rates still being discussed Bernama (KUALA LUMPUR] Toll on the Second Link between Malaysia and Singapore will only be decided two weeks after it is opened to traffic on Jan 2, and in the meantime motorists can use
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      Only 50% of CPF can be used to pay insurance premiums
      210 2 [SINGAPORE] The Life Insurance Association of Singapore (LIA) has introduced a 50 per cent limit on how much available Central Provident Fund money an individual can use to buy regular premium insurance policies. The limit on the use of
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      Income to pay out between $2m and $3m in claims
      150 2 [SINGAPORE] NTUC Income yesterday said it will be paying out between $2 million and $3 million in claims for victims of the Silk Air crash. Income's chief executive, Tan Kin Lian, said it has identified 30 claims involving more than
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      Lock icon Inflation rate slips to 2.3%
      311 2  -  EYE ON THE ECONOMY Inflation By. Audrey Tan AN increase in healthcare and transport costs led to a 2.3 per cent inflation rate last month, down slightly from the high of 2.5 per cent in October and September. The monthly inflation has been more than
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      Lock icon No confirmation Qantas plane received distress signals: CMS
      487 2 SILKAIR DISASTER Locatioo of Silk Air plane's black box found in aerial sweep THE Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) yesterday said there is no confirmation that a Qantas aircraft had received distress signals from Silk Air flight MI 185. It said
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    • NEWS Roundup
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        Royal Brothers'trial set tor Feb
        53 2 THE High Court trial of Royal Brothers' Raj and Asok Kumar, who face a total of four corruption charges and one attempted cheating charge, will run from Feb 2 to March 6, it was announced yesterday. If found guilty, the pair could be jailed as
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        Istana on presidental advisers
        71 2 SINGAPORE Press Holdings executive chairman Lim Kim San, Fraser Neave chairman Michael Fam and National University Hospital chairman Cheong Siew Keong will serve another six years on the Council of Presidential Advisers, die Istana said yesterday. Mr Lim will continue as the council's chairman. The other
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        Income to invest in hostel venture
        35 2 NTUC Income Insurance Cooperative is planning to invest $20-140 million in the UK and Australia to develop student hostels over the next three years in its first such venture.
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  • REGION
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      Lock icon Thailand eases foreign ownership rules
      449 3 BANGKOK Cap on foreign stake in mutual fond firms raised to 49% from 25% AFP FOREIGN investors are allowed to own bigger stakes in Thai securities firms and mutual fund companies after the government eased ownership restrictions this week. The government said yesterday that foreign
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      Lock icon Jiang calls for more action to protect growing army of jobless
      400 3 BEIJING AFP PRESIDENT Jiang Zemin on Monday urged greater action to protect the growing army of jobless as the Chinese authorities announced around 400,000 redundancies in the chemical industry from next year. "There are still firms in the state
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      Lock icon Sounds cheap?
      61 3 [BEIJING] A Beijing shopper inspecting a Christmas tree constructed from wind chimes on display in front of a popular downtown department store yesterday. Department stores across town have slashed prices by up to 50per cent on various goods for Christmas, New Year and the Lunar New Year, in
      REUTERS  -  61 words
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      Lock icon Asean adopts blueprint for battling haze
      268 3 m SINGAPORE Indonesia, M'sia, S'pore will take lead in implementation AFP ASEAN environment ministers and senior officials yesterday adopted a plan to prevent a recurrence of the haze that enveloped the region and made tens of thousands ill. Asean member countries would try to
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      Lock icon 15,000 Protons left unsold because of credit squeeze
      187 3 SHAHALAM Bernama A TOTAL of 15,000 new Proton cars have been left "abandoned" as potential owners find it difficult to obtain loans due to the current credit squeeze. Edaran Otomobil Nasional Berhad (EON) managing director Adzmi Wahab said yesterday EON would monitor
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      Lock icon Bangkok, KL property worst hit in region: analysts
      374 3 BANGKOK Office rentals down 30% in Bangkok, 21% in KL in 3rd quarter AFP BANGKOK'S property market is the worst-hit in South-east Asia, with office rentals falling almost 30 per cent in the third quarter of 1997, consultants said yesterday. Jones Lang
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  • MARKETS IN TURMOIL
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      Thomson Bankwatch lowers its rating of Malaysia
      487 4  -  But it says economy is in better shape to weather storm than many neighbours From Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur THOMSON Bankwatch has downgraded its rating of Malaysia but the world's largest bank credit-rating agency is confident that Malaysia is better, positioned to
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      S'pore banks among Asia's soundest: IBCA
      1013 4  -  DBS, OCBC, UOB outdo Japan banks in credit-worthiness By< Conrad Raj [SINGAPORE] Singapore banks are among the most credit-worthy in Asia, according to international ratings agency Fitch IBCA. It gave the Republic's three largest DBS Bank, OCBC Bank and UOB 'A/B' ratings for their
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      Lock icon China to scrap bank lending quotas
      304 4 Reuters AFP [BEIJING] In a major financial reform spurred by the Asian currency crisis, China yesterday announced plans to gradually scrap bank lending quotas. #he People's Daily newspaper yesterday quoted Li Tieying, Minister of the State Commission for Economic Restructuring, as saying the quotas
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      Lock icon Policies adequate: Anwar
      182 4 Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR) Malaysia's Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said yesterday that policy measures announced to date are adequate to tackle the ongoing economic crisis. "I think the measures are adequate. I mean the belttightening is really tight, and I think it is difficult to see that
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      Lock icon Indonesian foreign debt payment may hit 32t rupiah
      319 4 Bloomberg [JAKARTA] The Indonesian government's foreign debt repayment and interest bill for next year will amount to about 32 trillion rupiah (559.6 billion), President Suharto said on Monday. "It's best if we sort it out so we can pay for the capital
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      Japanese banks' bad loans hit 28 trillion yen
      587 4  -  Falling stock prices may thwart efforts to increase write-offs From Anthony Rowley in Tokyo NON-performing loans among Japanese banks and other de-posit-taking institutions climbed to 28 trillion yen (***** billion) as of Sept 30 reversing what had been a falling trend for
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      Lock icon Japan brokerage Maruso goes bust from 46b yen debt
      361 4 Company ratable to raise new loans amid credit crnnch Bloomberg [TOKYO] Maruso Securities Co, a midsize Japanese brokerage, filed for voluntary bankruptcy after it was unable to obtain new loans amid a worsening credit crunch. The privately-held brokerage has 46.3 billion
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      Lock icon Japan firms turning to bondsfor funds amid credit crunch
      314 4 Bloomberg [TOKYO] Japanese companies are turning to the bond market to raise short-term funds as the nation's banks themselves struggle to secure funds for their own needs, analysts said. Nissho Iwai Corp, a trading firm with revenue last year of 8.89
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  • THE WORLD
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      Lock icon UK trade deficit hit £1.4b in Oct due to strong £
      308 5 UK trade deficit hit £1.4b in Oct due to strong LONDON Reuters BRITAIN'S trade position took a turn for the worse in October with a deficit of nearly £1.4 billion (553.9 billion) in goods traded as sterling's strength stalled export growth and boosted imports. The Office for National Statistics said
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      Lock icon China talks more productive as ties improve: US official
      358 5 WASHINGTON Year-end review cites better Sino-US ties as a big AFP THE US and China are talking "much more productively" about major issues in the last year as a result of improved ties illustrated by the recent summit in Washington, a
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      Lock icon Explosive growth seen for world tourism between now and 2020
      325 5 ISTANBUL NYT THE worldwide tourism industry will expand so fast between now and 2020 that "it will not only be the world's biggest industry, it will be the largest by far the world has ever seen", according to a new
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      Lock icon US lowers Q3 GDP growth estimate from 3.3% to 3.1%
      573 5 WASHINGTON But Q4 figures indicate that current economic expansion will continue Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] The government yesterday lowered its estimate of third-quarter growth, although more recent statistics for the fourth quarter suggest there's no end in sight to the current expansion.
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      Lock icon Palestinians prepare for pilgrims' visit
      72 5 [BETHLEHEM] A Palestinian craftsman carving Nativity characters from olive wood on Monday. Christian pilgrims are expected to flock to this West Bank town on Christmas Eve to watch the Latin Churches parade and to attend the traditional midnight Mass in the Church of Nativity, where
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      Lock icon EMU'S big problem: Who'll head new bank?
      253 5 LONDON Reuters BANK of England governor Eddie George said yesterday that arguments over who should head the new European Central Bank (ECB) could be the biggest problem in the run-up to the launch of the European single currency. Mr George told the Financial
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    • WORLD Watch
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        Lock icon US blackmailed Security Councils Iraq
        64 5 AFP [BAGHDAD] Iraq accused the US yesterday of "blackmailing" the UN Security Council and manipulating the UN Special Commission on disarmament to prolong economic sanctions. Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Tareq Aziz said a Security Council declaration on Monday urging Iraq to give UN weapons inspectors
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        Lock icon Defending weltere state reforms
        30 5 Reuter [LONDON] Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown defended plans to reform the welfare state. He pledged it will not be a "slash and burn exercise".—Reutert
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        Lock icon Clinton to visit Russia next year
        58 5 AFP [MOSCOW] US President Bill Clinton is to visit Russia next year, Russian presidential spokesman Sergei Yastrzhembsky said yesterday. He said the two sides had not yet agreed on a date. Mr Clinton had said he would visit Moscow only after the Duma (Russian
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        Lock icon israeli ministers in copter tour
        40 5 AFP [JERUSALEM] Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu too&* most of his ministers on a helicopter tour of the West Bank yesterday to assess which parts of the occupied territory cannot be relinquished to the Palestinians. —AFP
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        Lock icon Yeltsin goes to work briefly
        42 5 AFP [MOSCOW] Russian President Boris Yeltsin returned to work briefly st the Kremlin yesterday under s compromise agreed with doctors treating him for a heavy cold. He is expected to return to his desk again today. —AFP
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      Lock icon £lb in bonuses for City's sharpest
      394 5 LONDON 1997 payouts a third more than 1996 amid mergers, Asian crisis Bloomberg THE City of London's most valuable workers will take home about £1 billion (Ss2.B billion) in bonuses this year a third more than last year even after a wave of mergers
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
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      History may be repeated by Ramos choice
      738 6  -  THE BOTTOM LIMB OPINION By Al Labita The writer is BT's Manila correspondent WHY has President Fidel Ramos chosen to anoint somebody perceived by rivals to be the easiest to beat in next May's presidential polls? After all, Congress Speaker Jose de Venecia,
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      IN OTHER WORDS
      132 6 'I'm selling everything, all sectors. I want 30 per cent cash at the end of the month.' Jacques-Antome Bretteil who manages USs2oomillion (***** million) in assets at International Capital Gestion in Paris, as world stock markets fell last week after Japan suffered its third-biggest bankruptcy in history,
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      Crossing the bridge—at a price
      646 6 Crossing the bridge —at a price EDITORIAL IT stands to reason that the toll charges that are fixed for the second link between Singapore and Malaysia must serve the interests of both countries. It follows too that, Malaysian Works Minister Samy Vellu's contrary view notwithstanding, whatever the new rates, they
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      Lock icon The values Asia needs
      1042 6  -  Transparency and directness may be the values Asia should take on to get out of its malaise quickly George T Haley The writer, who is Associate Professor of Marketing at DePaul University, Chicago, has spent the last four years teaching and doing research at the Instituto
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      WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
      818 6 Obsqaal trwtmet FAR from creating a sense of cooperation, the Foreign Bankers Association in Thailand is creating grudges among Thai corporate borrowers, bankers and policy makers. The association of foreign banks with branches in Thailand will have to do better if its members think they are
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
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      Lock icon MRCB says lenders ready to reschedule bridging loan
      358 8 Interest servicing on all loans are current; associate companies generating income Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysian Resources Corp Bhd (MRCB) said its lenders have agreed to reschedule a bridging loan facility, and maintained that it is up to date on the interest servicing
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    • Article
      Bambang's VDH shares sold by bank
      137 8 [SINGAPORE] Bambang Trihatmodjo's shares in Van der Horst have again been sold by a bank holding them as collateral. The engineering and construction company notified the stock exchange that on Dec 18 Societe Generale sold 173,000 of Mr Bambang's shares pledged to it as
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      Market cool to news of Uraco's new strategic partner
      273 8 [SINGAPORE] Investors yesterday shrugged off news that Uraco was getting a new strategic partner, with its shares closing one cent down at 32.5 cents on thin volume of 213 lots traded in a quiet market. The Straits Times Industrials Index closed
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      Capital injection crucial for IPC's new ventures to succeed
      683 8  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW Lee Han Shih IN SPITE of its setback in its investment in Hagenuk of Germany, IPC Corporation seems set to continue pushing into the telecommunication field. Is it a case of too little, too late? In the last
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      Bariston's deal to buy HWGI stake terminated
      312 8  -  Lim Hui Boon, Ho Wah Genting release company from obligation By, Abdul Hadhi [SINGAPORE] Lim Hui Boon and his Malaysian-listed Ho Wah Genting Bhd (HWGB) have released Bariston Investments from its obligation to acquire their joint 26 per cent stake in Sesdaq-listed Ho
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      Lock icon Hopewell shares hit record low
      360 8 Concern over its new Asian infrastructure projects blamed Bloomberg [HONGKONG] Hopewell Holdings Ltd shares fell to a record low yesterday on concern over the Hongkong builder's new infrastructure projects amid Asia's mounting financial problems. Hopewell's plan to build a US$l.3 billion (552.2 billion) power plant
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      Pacific Can's plans for Malaysian project hit snag
      418 8 Joint venture partner unable to provide bank finance [SINGAPORE] Pacific Can Investment Holdings' plans to set up a can manufacturing project in Malaysia have hit a snag. The company announced in March that under a joint venture agreement, its partner Qarira Holdings
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      Nat Steel conditionally agrees to sell bulk of stake in HK firm
      226 8 [SINGAPORE] Industrial group Nat Steel has conditionally agreed to sell the bulk of its 24.17 per cent stake in Hongkong listed steel company BurwiU Holdings. Nat Steel yesterday said it win sell 142.62 mUlion BurwiU shares, representing 18.8
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    • COMPANY Briefs
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        DelGro to operate buses in Shanghai
        51 8 [SINGAPORE] DelGro Corp (formerly Singapore Bus Service) has teamed up with a Chinese company to operate public buses in Shanghai. It said yesterday that the joint venture will have a registered capital of about $19.2 million, of which around 19.4 million will come from
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        Ossia consolidates M'sian operations
        32 8 [SINGAPORE] Retailer Ossia International has consolidated its Malaysian operations by acquiring OF Manufacturing and its subsidiary OF Marketing, as well as all the issued capital of Ossia Marketing.
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        Lock icon Pacific Andes unit selling supertrawier
        56 8 Reuters [SINGAPORE] Seafood trader Pacific Andes (Holdings) Ltd yesterday said its wholly-owned unit, Sea Glory Ltd, will sell a deep-sea supertrawler to a trading partner for US$4.5 million (597.5 million). Under a hire-purchase agreement signed on Monday, Sea Glory will retain legal title of the
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        Lock icon Westmont shares to stay suspended
        82 8 Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] Shares of Malaysian maritime engineer Westmont Industries Bhd will remain suspended until Jan 5 so that it can announce the results of an "investigative audit", the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange said yesterday. Westmont earlier this month said its 1996 results may not
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        Lock icon MMC shares resume trading today
        94 8 Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] Shares of Malaysian Mining Corporation Bhd (MMC) will resume trading today, the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange said in a statement yesterday. Homestake Mining Co said on Monday it planned to acquire Australian gold miner Plutonic Resources Ltd in a US$64O million (551.07
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        Lock icon FACB to expand steel products output
        79 8 Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] FACB Industries Incorporated Bhd, formerly Kanzsn Bhd, is to expand its steel products manufacturing but will place its Sabah property plans on hold, says director Sulaiman Sujak. He said steel demand remained strong and the group was committing 7 million Malaysian
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    • COMPANIES
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        Lock icon Merger frenzy grips Wall Street, with 6 deals worth US$ l2b
        440 9 Latest bids push up total value of US takeover deals this year to a record USsB79b FT [NEW YORK] The merger mania that has gripped Wall Street all year came close to a frenzy on Monday with the announcement
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        Hong Leong unit sells stake in Manila firm
        275 9  -  From Al Labita in Manila A UNIT of Malaysia's Hong Leong Group (HLG) is disposing of its majority stake in a listed firm to streamline its Philippine operations. In a statement yesterday to the Philippines Stock Exchange, Atlas Fertiliser Corp (AFC) said
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        Lock icon Coke adds an orange flavour
        79 9 [PARIS] An unidentified customer checking bottles of Coca Cola (right) and Orangina (left) at the soft-drink counter of a Parisian food store yesterday. Coca Cola is to buy the Orangina brand from Pernod Ricard of France, giving the US group a new sparkling orange drink
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        Lock icon First Bangkok City Bank fires chief and execs
        588 9 Exec suite massacre seen linked to Citibank's interest Bloomberg [BANGKOK] First Bangkok City Bank pic fired its president and chairman and replaced several board members an executive suite massacre apparently connected to US giant Citicorp's courtship of the bank, which is Thailand's
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        Lock icon London exchange studying 'millennium bug" threat
        391 9 Reuters [LONDON] The London Stock Exchange, the world's thirdlargest bourse, is studying whether the "millennium bug" poses any threat to its trading systems and expects to issue its preliminary results by next spring. FTSE International, which calculates the official prices on equity and bond
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        Lock icon Ameritech to sell 25% stake in NZ's Telecom
        381 9 Announcement sends Telecom Corp's shares down 11.5% Bloomberg [WELLINGTON] Telecom Corp of New Zealand shares fell NZ$l.OO, or 11.5 per cent, to NZ$7.7O after US telephone company Ameritech Corp said it will sell its 24.95 per cent stake in New Zealand's largest
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        Lock icon Nasdaq hits back by seeking to recruit NYSE companies
        369 9 Big Board lured 93 firms from Nasdaq this year Bloomberg [NEW YORK] The Nasdaq Stock Market wants to do to the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) what the Big Board has done to Nasdaq for years poach its listed companies. Nasdaq
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      • Article
        Parkway signs $300 m loan facility
        157 9 [SINGAPORE] Healthcare group Parkway Holdings has signed a $300 million loan facility jointly arranged by DBS Bank and OCBC Bank. The five-year fixed-rate transferable loan comes with an option to convert the loan to fixed-rate guaranteed bonds amounting up to $300 million. Payment of
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    • FINANCE & COMMODITIES
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        Lock icon De Beers sales hit by Asia crisis, Japan slowdown
        423 10  -  2nd-half diamnnH sales fall 16% to US$LBb; slump in Japan orders to blame From Neil Behrmann in London THE Japanese economic slowdown and the Asian crisis are hitting diamond producers, dealers and jewellers. This is reflected in a 16 per cent
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        Lock icon AIG buys US insurer for US$ 2.2b
        426 10 American Bankers deal gives it foothold in credit insurance Reuters [HARTFORD, Connecticut] Global insurance giant American International Group (AIG) said on Monday it agreed to acquire American Bankers Insurance Group Inc for US$2.2 billion (553.68 billion) in AIG stock, giving AIG a foothold
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        Lock icon Commerzbank takes reports of Deutsche Bank bid seriously
        387 10 Bank worried that Deutsche Bank hasn't denied talk Bloomberg [FRANKFURT] Commerzbank AG said it considers as "very serious" unconfirmed reports that Deutsche Bank AG, Germany's largest bank, is preparing a takeover bid, according to a Commerzbank supervisory board member. On Saturday, German
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        Lock icon German bank BHF sells 50% stake in UK venture
        291 10 Reuters {FRANKFURT] Germany's BHF-Bank AG on Monday said it was pulling out of its joint venture British investment bank Charterhouse pic by selling its 50 per cent stake to French partner Credit Commercial de France (CCF). The Frankfurt-based bank, under new
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        MMI sets up S'pore reinsurance branch
        234 10 {SINGAPORE] Australian insurer MMI has set up a reinsurance branch in Singapore to serve as its overseas headquarters in the Asia Pacific. Known as MMI General Insurance, the branch here is the second Australian company to undertake reinsurance business in Singapore. The other is
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        Lock icon Euroyen, Eurodollars lethargic
        185 10 SlMEZJieport Reuters [SINGAPORE] Simex Euroyen and Eurodollar futures barely twitched yesterday as the market's growing year-end lethargy was intensified by a public holiday in Japan, dealers said. Activity was confined to half-tick movements on very thin turnover and analysts and dealers said that there was little prospect
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        Asian currency woes weigh on sentiment
        158 10  -  MSCI TAIWAN FUTURES -By Perry Gilbert Perry Gilbert, vice-president, Refco Singapore Pte Ltd {SINGAPORE! The Simex MSCI Taiwan Stock Index futures were unable to hold early gains yesterday as concerns over Asian currencies continued to weigh on sentiment. Only the technology sector remained in
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        Lock icon Taiwan's CPC privatisation set for mid '98
        276 10 ENERGY REPORT Reuters [TAIPEI) Taiwan state monopoly Chinese Petroleum Corp (CPC) yesterday pledged to begin selling itself off in tjie middle of 1998 a year behind schedule and complete its privatisation by July 2000. "Chinese Petroleum has planned to start the privatisation process
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        285 10 Reuters London THE US dollar slipped slightly by early afternoon yesterday compared with its morning levels, pulled down by dollar sales for yen, dealers said. At midday, the dollar was at 1.7777 marks against 1.7807 in the morning and 1.7806 on Monday, and to 130.11 yen against 130.46
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      COMMODITY PRICES
      1709 11 SI COM FUTURES Dec 23 RU0KR (Mara do** as at SJOpn) RSS1 CONTRACTS CMts/kg) Close Volume Open Monte W|h low Sett (tots) hrtorort Jan 96 120.50 120.25 120.00 120 Feft 96 121.55 700 Mv 96 122.25 595 Apr/Jw 98 128.25 127.25 127.25 1500 ***** Jol/Sep 96 ***** 2145
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      WORLD STOCK MARKETS
      2325 11 imm- Wk' > kiutvUs Nc 23 Noel *h 31 Group 499.400 -.600 AB Parts 300.400 .400 Abbey National 1069 29 AHIed Domecq 5T1 -3 A mac 118 unch Asda Croup m200 4.800 BAT M 539.400 .400 BGPfc 277 2 BICC 164 2.600 BOC Group 984 *19 BR
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      735 12 AFP Composite Indei +IUB SHARES rose 2.9 per cent yesterday on year-end windowdressing by companies and fund managers despite a weaker rupiah, dealers said. "There was a lot of win-dow-dressing," a dealer said. "Some companies are hoping to repair their figures so that the annual report financial statement looks
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      1578 12 AFP H Hang Seng +195.63 HONGKONG share prices rose 1.9 per cent in fairly volatile trade yesterday, buoyed by an overnight gain on Wall Street and stable interbank rates, analysts and dealers said. "The local stock market is performing quite well following Wall Street's gains last night on a
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      620 12 Reuters C 3 Shenzhen B Index -U< THE Shenzhen B share market ended at a new 1997 closing low yesterday, as selling focused on stocks with gloomy earnings prospects. The B Index lost 1.16 points to 92.79. Turnover was HK$2O.7 million. The previous 1997 closing low of 93.95 was
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      410 12 AFP Qwp Index -65.72 SHARE prices dropped yesterday as investors fretted about the fallout of South Korea's financial crisis. "The won breaking the 2,000-mark have investors worried that the South Korea economic crisis would spread to Japan, Taiwan, Hongkong and China," said an analyst. The Weighted Price Index fell
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      Lock icon WELLINGTON
      268 12 Bloomberg n Wellington -73.42 SHARES fell yesterday, with Telecom Corp slumping on news US telephone company Ameritech Corp will sell its 24.95 per cent stake in the firm through a public share sale. The NZSE Top 40-share Index fell 73.42 points to 2,227.20. Trading was valued at NZ$7O.7 million.
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      831 12 AFP Q SET Index -10.08 FOREIGN selling in the battered banking sector forced share prices 2.7 per cent down yesterday as the baht again approached historic lows. Analysts said investors were abandoning positions in Thai banks in expectation of more bad news over the quiet holiday period. The SET
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      Lock icon MANILA
      334 12 AFP n Manila -3L52 STOCKS fell yesterday due to renewed uncertainty caused by the peso's fall and bearish sentiment across the region. "Everybody is worried about the steady decline of the peso. If you look at the region as a whole, there is still a lot of bearishness," said
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      Lock icon SEOUL
      415 12 AFX -Asia CI Composite Index -29.70 SHARE prices closed sharply lower yesterday as concerns over the falling won and higher money market rates exacerbated early losses which were compounded by the latest credit downgrades, dealers said. They said Moody's and Standard Poor's downgrades were particularly damaging given that they
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      Lock icon SYDNEY
      603 12 AFP H All Ordinaries *65j SHARE prices rose 2.2 per cent yesterday, thanks to renewed vigour in the gold sector magnified by light pre-Christmas turnover. The All Ordinaries Index rose 55.5 points to 2,558.9. Turnover was 269.1 million shares worth A 5697.6 million. BHP climbed 34 cents to AJ14.08
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    • KUALA LUMPUR STOCK MARKET
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        Lock icon Shares close lower in thin trade
        501 13 AFX-Asia QCompositelndez -13.48 SHARE prices closed lower across the board in thin trading yesterday after Malaysia's debt ratings were downgraded by a number of international agencies, analysts and dealers said. The KLSE Composite Index closed down 13.48 points at 556.35 on volume of 189.1
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        9061 13 INDUSTRIALS COHMMf pfWlKti 1997 LMt Vat Oay Net Cap High Law Company Sala OOP Lao P/l 790 220 Ajlnomoto 220 -10 6 231 220 12-2 89.2 448 99 Angkasa 99 15 56 114 99 2.3 146.0 905 210 ApoMoFoodHIg 270 40 1 270 270 7.9 ]O8 0 765 181 BerlayaLand
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        Hong Leong Fin wrt: a two-cent investment and a nine-month wait
        188 14  -  WARRANT WATCH By R Sivanithy WARRANTS are funny creatures. When everyone wants them, they provide holders with the best gains, but when they fall out of favour, they're shunned in a big way. Take, for instance, Hong Leong Finance's
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      CLOB INTERNATIONAL
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        1681 15 TURNOVER OOO) VALUE ('000) a tu<n ci— thi mm cm Ttti IrwfastrW 44,672 20.231 66.903 104,n5 9,116 113^30 Fin«nc» 11,743 11,615 23,356 97,449 6.209 '03,658 Hotels 2.345 998 3343 2.764 24* 3.012 Prop*fti«» 8,556 8.204 16,762 28.923 ll» 30.746 Plantation 1.534 1.534 *43 943 Muting 376 376 133 133 81W
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        MAIN BOARD
        5136 15 Gr Cr M *»t 1997 Lut Vol Day Last Ouot# Oty Dlv YW Net Cap A«9 High Law StNa Company Sal* COOO) High Law B«y*r Srttaf C'yr PH $">« Price INDUSTRIALS 157 25 e 1020 ACE Dynamics60c 26 -15 351 26.5 25 26 26.5 213 27 5146 ASC
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        223 16 Stocks Votam* •RH6 Cap Wt99 5.712,000 •MBf Capital 4.737,000 Asia FoodS Prop 4,058,000 SingTel 15c 4,023,000 HK Land USWc 3,487,000 OUB Foreign 3,185.000 •Rekapacific Bh 2,902.000 DairyF US5c 2,781,000 UOB Foreign 2,651,000 DBS Land 2,606,000 Steti I DBS Foreign 27,196,896 UOB Foreign 25,383,270 OUB Foreign 20,609,437 OCBC Foreign 15,350,722 SingTel
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        HOT STOCK
        57 16  -  TS, by Shiv Taneja DAIRY FARM INT'L closed five US cents higher at U550,975 on a volume of 2.78 million shares yesterday, compared with its 10-day traded average of 775,600 units. In the medium term, the upside looks limited going by the daily and weekly MA CD charts,
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        Early gains wiped out as regional gloom lingers
        666 16  -  STOCK MARKET COMMENTARY Observers blame the slowdown in electronics, lower growth forecasts and poor outlook for corporate profits next year for the weak sentiment By R Sivanithy [SINGAPORE] Lingering regional currency worries, renewed pressure on the Korean won and the absence of
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      • ON THE GRAPEVINE
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          Crisis, what crisis?
          144 16 ITS turning out to be a sobering year-end for most, so what better way to cheer oneself up than with a nice big bunch of jewels? At a private sale held by French luxury jeweller Cartier recently, some Singaporeans reportedly went off with one of the most
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          Sorry, sorry, sorry
          137 16 CENTRAL banks are not supposed to make headlines, according to headline hogging central banker Joseph Yam. Therefore, the fast-talking chief of the Hongkong Monetary Authority (HKMA) who was recently named the central banker of the year by Euromoney on Monday, apologised on behalf of the HKMA for
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          Starting them young
          123 16 THE word "networking" has become such an oft-abused word that it seems to apply even to the lives of elementary school kids. A soundbite caught off AM Singapore yesterday featured the principal of a local primary school commenting on the cultural exchange between the children of her
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          Fresh from the womb
          133 16 IN PROVIDING cover for Singaporeans, NTUC Income believes in getting them fresh from the mother's womb. Income yesterday launched its First Education Fund at K K Women's and Children's Hospital. Its target: the 15,000 babies born each year at the hospital This policy provides funds for
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          Nice try
          57 16 CHRISTMAS brings out the creative streak in some companies. Here's Jurong Town Corporation subsidiary Arcasia Land's version of the season's greetings: A time for Revelry and Cheer. A Season of Indulgences. Have A Great Holiday. It doesn't look as if the copywriter concerned is made for the big
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  • SHIPPING TIMES
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      Lock icon DAILY FREIGHT
      314 17 Bridge News Reuters TRADING was sluggish on the freight market with most charterers appearing to have covered their requirements. With the festive season upon us Biffex did not find any inclination to join the party, Clarkson Securities Ltd said in its daily Biffex report. Even the Baltic Fright
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      MARITIME STOCKS
      264 17 SIS i^smhki Nc2) tt V- 1M CWrTOMrikutton—OTIS -0005 ***** CftuanHup 035 -032 ***** C«cokwM*TMHt_a.77 *032 ***** rNWIWB 031 ***** CS HeMkiqi O-JW *0305 ***** MM Sun Hup 0.72 -0305 ***** HNacMZaaaa OA *002 ***** tKHMtofl HK 5.6 034 -035 ***** JurenaSI#yard 8AO *O.I0 ***** MnMCart 5.05 *005 *****
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      Masterbulk orders 4 open-hatch bulk carriers
      426 17  -  S'pore-based company to get newbuildings at turn ofcentury By\ Marcus Hand [SINGAPORE] Singaporebased Masterbulk is expanding its fleet of open-hatch bulk carriers with orders for four newbuildings to be delivered at the turn of the century. The contract for the four 39,500 dwt open
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      Lock icon Hutchison pays US$ 300m to raise stake in HIT to 85%
      207 17 Bloomberg [HONGKONG] Hutchison Whampoa Ltd, Hongkong's biggest diversified company, paid US$3OO million (Ss49B million) to increase its stake in its Hongkong containerport unit. Hutchison bought the 5 per cent stake from HSBC Holdings pic, parent of Hongkong Bank, raising
      Bloomberg  -  207 words
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      Industry can look ahead to a challenging, watershed year
      826 17  -  STRAIT TALK By Seafarer IT IS CUSTOMARY at this time of the year to look back over the past 12 months. Today this column has to be written in the knowledge that the entire transport community in Singapore will be sharing
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      Greenbay clinches 2 overseas deals
      360 17  -  By\ Felix Chan [SINGAPORE) Continuing its drive into the international arena, local yard Greenbay Marine said yesterday it has bagged two newbuilding contracts worth $13 million. The first is a $10 million contract to build two self propelled shallow draft fuel oil supply barges and
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      Lock icon Chittagong port workers continue go-slow tactics amid talks to end dispute
      381 17 Reuters [CHITTAGONG] Dock workers at Chittagong continued their go-slow tactics on Monday, amid government-backed talks to resolve the dispute and stave off a threatened new surcharge for berthing delays. Dhirendra Nath Sambhu, Minister of State for Ports and Shipping,
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      Lock icon United Arab Shipping may take US$ 350m loan
      221 17 Reuters [DOHA] United Arab Shipping Company (UASC) is considering raising a loan of around US$35O million (*****.5 million) to help finance an expansion scheme, a top company official was quoted as saying. "We will finance 50 per cent of the cost of
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        Lock icon Philadelphia signs deal with Kvaerner
        82 17 Reuters [PHILADELPHIA] Norwegian shipbuilder Kvaernar A/S signed documents with state and city officials to mark the start of a multi-year lease at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard. Officials safd the US$7OO million (SSIJJ Mfiion) deal would mean at least I,ooodirect jobs, in addition to other jobs
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        HK's cross-border links to expand
        93 17 [HONGKONG] Existing cross-border links are to beexpanded, and new bridges built, to link Hongkong with Shenzhen, Zhuhai and Macau. The exiting border croesings at Lok Ma Chau, Shau Tau Kok and Man Kam To will be expanded to cope with traffic, which is increasing annually
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        CTO delayed again
        79 17 [HONGKONG) Land premium negotiations for Hongkong's new Container Terminal 0 (CT9) have stalled again and will not be reeohred this year. Port Development Board Secretary, Richard Yuen, now says that negotiations will be concluded by the first quarter 0f1996, according to a South China Morning Post report
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        Anmgio-Eastern's training centre certified
        100 17 [BOMBAY] Anglo-Eastern Ship Management's Training Centre in Bombay has been awarded a Det Norske Veritas (DNV) Management Systran Certificate, which will enable compliance with new STCW requirements. "In our continuing commitment to "safety first" we have taten the occasion ofDNVs certification of our Bombay traioing centre
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        Cosco investing in Chinede ports
        76 17 [HONGKONG] Coeco Pacific is seeking major stakes in three mainland Chinese ports with an investment of US$256 million (*****.9 million). Letters of intent tat been signed with authorities in Dalian, Qlnhuangdaoand Qingdao and contracts were expected to be signed by mid 1998. Cosco is expected
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      Barging in on the competition
      1174 18 BAROI2 TRANSPORTATION Dutch firm CTN has made inroads in convincing companies that moving containers by barge is a viable alternative AS more shipping lines saw the advantages of moving containers by barge, Container Terminal Nijmegen (CTN) saw its container turnover increase by a factor of
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      INDEX TO SHIPPING LINES AND FREIGHT FORWARDERS
      367 18 PAGE Fl-Bright 15 ami 3 Famous 7 Accord 8 Farwide M A hr w*tel M Foon< Sun 8 Appenshtp 5 Ff0ti 15 Astro 3 Frt links 16 Austral 9 G 4 Avant 16 Gmartrans 8 B tang Mas 8 Gwsh M 9 j
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      SHIPPING GUIDE
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        CONVENTIONAL WHARVES
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        GLOBAL HOLIDAY
        187 33 Dae 24 Austria, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Luxembourg, Portugal, Slovakia Sweden: New Year's Day. Switzerland: Christinas Eve. Dee 2S Albania, Andorra, Angola, Argentina, Austria Australia: Christmas Day. Belarus, Bolivia, Brazil Bulgaria Belgium: Christinas Day. Brunei: Christmas Day. Cameroon, Chile. Colombia, Congo, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Czech Republic
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        COCKETT BUNKER MARKET REPORT
        834 33 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Marine Oil Ltd. shows price ranges In US dollars instead of single prices for a more comprehensive description at the market. Prices shown are based on average-si«d stem. Market movements are indicated The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the Individual
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        VERITAS BUNKER QUALITY REPORT
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        Lock icon Cathay's Nov passenger revenue down 19%
        441 34  -  ASIA'S FINANCIAL CRISIS Hongkong carrier expects slight upturn during the coming holiday season By Felix Chan [SINGAPORE] Cathay Pacific said its November passenger revenue was down 19 per cent year-on-year and down 23 per cent on budget, amid a slump in regional traffic caused
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        Lock icon Passenger numbers up in Oct: Qantas
        243 34 AFP [SYDNEY] Australian flag carrier Qantas Airways Ltd said on Monday its domestic and international passenger numbers grew in October despite predictions they would dip as the region's economies softened. Qantas domestic passenger numbers for the month increased by 5.1 per cent compared to
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        Mercedes A-class compact passes stability test
        298 34  -  Car will be relaunched in February next year By Christopher Tan [SINGAPORE] MercedesBenz's modified A-class compact has passed the moose test the infamous sudden lanechange manoeuvre that dented the car maker's image and cost it thousands of cancelled orders. In response to a query
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        Lock icon American Airlines to add 2 routes to UK
        161 34 Bloomberg [LONDON! AMR Corp's American Airlines said it will begin two new routes between the US and Britain early next year, becoming the latest US carrier to add new services in a booming transatlantic air market. American will begin a daily non-stop
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        Lock icon Airline passengers survive crash landing in Bangladesh
        295 34 AFP [DHAKA] A Biman Bangladesh Airlines plane carrying 89 passengers and crew crashlanded in north-eastern Bangladesh but everyone onboard survived in what one official described as a "miracle". Civil Aviation Minister Alamgir Khan Mohiuddin said no one was killed but 18 people were
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        Lock icon Thai Airways seeks better air deal from Australia
        410 34 AFP [BANGKOK] Thai Airways International and Thailand's aviation authorities have welcomed more "friendly" talks with Australian negotiators over an aviation pact which the Thais say is unfair, reports said on Monday. Negotiators failed to agree on mutual aviation rights amendments in talks
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        Lock icon Number of infl tourists forecast to triple in 2020
        423 34 Tourism industry will be the world's biggest: study NYT [ISTANBUL, Turkey] The worldwide tourism industry will expand so fast between now and 2020 that "it will not only be the world's biggest industry, it will be the largest by far the
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        AIRCRAFT ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES
        1650 34 CITY FU6HT ETA FLIGHT CTO S025 0655 0126 2355 Alu Maht 0*156 1725 0K157 2025 0,7,4 1645 2355 0F6 1840 LM7«7 2359 Uiiiiii S0230 1920 mm r*mtm mm» us sowo trns AnstrrdMi SO327 0820 SO328 2330 U.837 1540 KL838 2335 I WBW8 WOO Auckland ****** 2045
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      1129 21 I VESSEL VOY |MN 1 BKK POU PKO PEN BLW SUN lOA OIK ■UN MOOM PJL-1202 02/12 11/12 13/12 RAM VAHOAT PJL-1269 20/12 04/01 ACCEPTING CONTAINER/BREAK-BULK SHIPMENTS TO INLAND POINTS IN IRAN CIS COUNTRIES I.E. AZARBAUAN, ARMENIA. KAZAKHSTAN. UZBEKISTAN. TURKMENISTAN. KIRGISTAN. TADZHIKISTAN A GEORGIA VIA B. ABBAS, BIK AGENT 1
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      1589 21 ISMGATOKE'S GENERAL AGENTS: 6 SHEMTON WAY TEL 226 1900 FAX: *****08 OUTWARD (l/U^^^^2osSo^™™!oHosnSFlS? 8,,,, ,liM ,Blil ,1 ~l,i ~,BM" COSTAR SNIPPING PTE LTD #17-OINSHOG SAUS/MGS *****41/43 MWAID DIPT (D/ 0) *****85 COSTAR AGENCIES (M) SDN BND Q NO; **********0 M TOWEi TWO (*****9) COWVIimOWAI *****50/SS T/SHPWPEfT *****25 TIL 02-07-35 *****
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      523 21 I v .fi EASTERN CAR UNER, LTD."Tf3XT* fc) Ea (SINGAPORE) PTE LIP SI7JSHL sfKMun w moi EQKSMWOtQffiITV LOADING FOR YANGON POST KLANG/KUCHMG/MUARA/ MV "COSMIC CHALLENGER" V.S6 KOIA IONABAUU ETA SIN 23/12/97 MV 'OCEAN BLUE" V.50 ETA YGN 28/12/97 ETA SW 27/12/97 EIA PKL 28/12/97 EIA KUC 30/12/97 ETA MLIARA 02/01/98
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      877 22 SSIKMI WWA I i\-/\ J WW.IMHTWI- 80U: (064) *****9 MAMUf fU) *****81 v V PENANQ: (04)*****36 BAMQKOK: (662) *****67 SURABAYA: (31) *****0 P. WB-ANQifM) *****77 JKE (21) *****07 MPlfc (61) *****3 PUSAN USA/JAPAN MV "EUROPEAN EXPRESS" V.I6N MV "SEVEN SEAS CHARIOT" V.632E ETA SIN: 26-12-97 ETA SIN: 28-12-97 ROTTERDAM/HAMBURG AUCKLAND
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      447 22 NANTAI LINE FUUY CONTAINERISED SERVICE TO MAURITIUS SOUTH AFRICA vtssa I VOT si I mj out I CTT I i/iw mmrmg om n/i? ii/di h/ii immiyaus O?4S 04/D1 12/D1 H/Dl 21/tl 2XDI GOtDBI MAGOW 00K 12/D1 22/01 MP) 31/01 ijjgimm oits it/01 03/w 07/ M jjjgM QUffll OTSS ?S/PI 02/0?
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      1300 23 HYUNDAI MERCHANT MARINE CO. UP. Ivcsa VOT I SIN I UH I ITM lAW I HAM I Ml I ftl IVISSII VOT UN IMI I HAM PEL lAWI W I SIN HTGBKRAI JO9W 20/12 15/01 14/01 10/01 10/01 10/01 21/01 NT ((NBMOOOtf 3001 M/ 12 07/12 07/12 M/ 12 00/12
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      609 23 I FAMOUS CONTAINER UNES I Mm** 80 ROBINSON ROAD, #22-02 SINGAPORE *****8 s/T" HOT UNE: *****33 (30 UNES) WB Kg MWEM:- lanfrtmil HM«.MWE»:-^>ini—*lllll Call Us *****33 For Bookings Attractive Rates! Surabaya, Ho Chi HaiS^^VDETNAM Keelung &Tfbrb Port Kelang Penang, W. MALAYSIA P KLANG PH: 0203/*****33 (20 UNES) PENANG PH: 0204/*****7
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      896 24 IANOKOK/lAlli CHABAMO JA K AWT A/PA N JANG VESSEL VOY SIN BKK LCH VESSEL VOY SIN JKT PJN XETHA BHUM 222N In Pt 28/12 MATHU BHUM 364S 26/12 27/12 BANI BHUM" 77N In Pt 27/12 28/12 MATHU BHUM ***** 28/12 27/12 SINO OCEAN OCNQ39 In Pt 27/12 DANU BHUM' 018S
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      721 24 ACCORD A SHIPPING PTE LTD TIL ***** IS (40 Unei) PAX *****30 POffTKLAMG 1031M7 1001 M M WWfCT ACCESS Tft: *****55 (EXPOOT 0OO4UNO) MSM GUDAHC <07)UII 177 *****34 (EXPOOT DOC), *****39 (IMPOOT) KMAMG 104) U1144$ OOt:HTTP://WWW.ACCOOO.COM.SO WUUTU (71) 040 0770 VAA^ fmy® mjmM to all our clients, bu&mes& and friend*
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      523 25 INDONESIA NATIONAL LINE TO EUROPE EXPRESS SEMI-CONTAINERISED SERVICE "m VOY DAM/R DAM H BURG BREMEN ANTWERP A VESSEL 42W8 517 9it OMIT 13/? TO AUSTRALIA T~ I FULL CONTAINER SERVICE m BNE SYD MIL HSA MX. FWE AUST ENTERPRISE V.IOI I*l2 2*12 31/12 02*1 06,01 11«1 NO. CRYSTAL VS3S 2V12
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      878 25 f aaaapff pacific international unes (pte) ltd I 140 Cecil Street, #03-00 PIL Building, Singapore *****0. I I NO: **********06 "iiiirs A w, k lOTA HADUH H1A023 IZJ iZJ 14ZJ UZI UZI 25ZJ lln ILL. 00(1 ACCORD 145 IB LLZJ Z2ZJ 24/1 ttZI UZI 1/2 1/2 ROM tMMNN HSOT7 19/1
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      786 25 |gg^§SS^H| VESSELS VOY SIN JED MLA LEH HAM THP RTM ZEE VM-LE 06 VIRGO S23W 30/12 07/01 12/01 2CVOI 21/01 22/01 23/01 WJ-EOE NORMA N23W 06/01 14/01 IftW 26/01 27/01 26/01 28/01 28)01 VtLLE DE GEMINA H23W 15AM 2VOI 28/01 02/02 04/02 06/02 06/02 07/08 VJ-ED-ORION Y23W 2tVOl 28/01 02AB
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      36 27 To retrieve more schedules, just follow these simple steps... 740-6000 your -3mdkey in the four number digit code Key in your Exsmpto: r-l—l fax number |To NEW YORK (NYC) 2275 United States •for calls within Singapore
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      989 30 SAMUPERA SHIPPING LINE LTD 15 McCALLUM STREET #03-01/02 NATWEST CENTRE S'PORE *****5 mmmmm TEL: *****81-3 FAX: *****08 (OUTWARD) *****69 (INWARD) TLX: R*****0 CR HO. ID47S6BMSOO BOOKINGS CALL DIRECT LIME: *****41/43 JE^ICA/CELIA/ME^HAN IQTIGIZHBQBSi 7 SLGS/WEEK 3 slgs/WEEK I VESSEL [VOY Ism |JAK I VESSEL |VOY \SM |BUR SMARNUSA 9M IN PT
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      341 30 Pv, NEWARK SHIPPING I J AGENCIES PTE LTD I 48-A Campbell Lane, Singapore *****1 S CHfTTAGONG BOMBAY 1 CALCUTTA If NHAVA SHEVA COLOMBO A MADRAS P DUBAI/JEBEL ALI 0 TimCORIN n HT COCHIN E KARACHI MALDIVES CALL: (65) 294 0949 FAX (65) 294 9395 Agmmftr CONTINENTAL LINES tNTL BREAKBULK CONTAINERS
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      513 30 SIN FAR EAST 28/12 KEELUNG/KAOHSIUNG 28/12 BANGKOK 29/12 MANILA/CEBU 29/12 JAKARTA/BELAWAN/SURABAYA 29/12 PORT KELANG/PENANG/E MALAYSIA 30/12 BUSAN 28/12 TOKYO/YOKO/KOBE/NGO/OSA 28/12 HONG KONG SIN CHINA 28/12 GUANGZHOU/HUANGPU/SHENZHEN FUZHOU/XIAMEN/SHANTOU/SHEKOU OALIAN/SHANGHAI/XINGANG TIANJIN/OINGDAO/HAIKOU SIN EURQPE/UK 28/12 LDN/FLX/LVP/SOU ROM/ANT/LEH/HAM/GOT/OSL also accepting cargo to EASTERN BLOCK COUNTRIES SIN USA/CANADA 30/12 LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK all IPI points
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      510 30 Singapore Soviet Shipping fl&Co. Pte. Ltd. CR NO: **********0N BOMBAY VESSEL VOY SIN BOM PNG PKL TRADE FAST TFS2O6 27/12 04/01 18/01 18/01 ORIENT CORD 107N 02/01 10/01 22/01 24/01 HAI XJONG HXGO6I 11/01 1 W*ol 31/01 01/02 TRADE FAST TFS2O7 19/01 27/01 08/02 09/02 REGULAR MONTHLY RO-RO BREAKBULK SERVICE
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      462 32 I VESSEL VOY SIN MAA SIN TIGER ISLAND 589N 19-22/12 2S-29H2 03-04*11 TIGER BRIDGE 590N 24-24/12 29-0 M) 1 o*o7/01 TIGER BAY 591N 25-27/12 31-04/01 09-1001 TIGER WAVE 592N 30-31/12 05-0801 13-14/01 TIGER ISLAND 593N 03-04/01 06-12/01 17-18/01 TIGER BRIDGE 594N 06-07/01 12-15/01 20-21/01 [VESSEL VOY SIN CAL SIN TIGER
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