The Business Times, 7 February 1991

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  • NEWS SUMMARY
    • 56 1 MALAYSIA has opened a consulate in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam's economic capital. the Vietnamese News Agency (VNA) announced yesterday. Malaysia was the tirst Asean country to open a consulate there, it said, adding that "a number of Malaysian businessmen have ties
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    • 76 1 KUALA LUMPUR police blew up two packages one in a building housing a ministry and Pctronas offices and the other outside the Brazilian embassy fearing they contained bombs as security was beefed up in the city's diplomatic quarter following an attack on a US embassy
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    • 26 1 THE Growth Triangle takes a significant step forward later this month when all partners meet in Johor for the first time Page 2
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    • 38 1 PROSPECTS for a speedy conclusion to stalled Gatt trade talks are fading as negotiators start to accept that a quick agreement on the key issue of cutting farm subsidies is beyond their grasp Page 8
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    • 36 1 THE Bush administration says export growth is the elixir for the struggling US economy, but some analysts caution an export-led recovery may be threatened by recession in key trading countries Page 8
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    • 36 1 THE THAI government budget for the 1992 fiscal year is likely to provide for a larger increase in expenditure than this year's budget by setting aside special funds for various projects Page 8
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    • 17 1 THE film industry has become an extra that Latin American states can ill-afford. Page 15
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    • 30 1 STATE-OWNED Western Australia Coastal Shipping Commission is boosting the capacity of its Australia-South-east Asian service as it prepares to increase its market share. Shipping Times Page I
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  • MARKETS SUMMARY
    • 51 1 SHARE PRICES opened down on Wall Street yesterday, with investors apparently cashing in on the gains of recent days. Five minutes after the opening bell, the Dow Jones average of 30 leading industrials was down 10.64 points at 2,777.72 points. The Dow was up 16.09 points a day
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    • 32 1 LONDON shares were easier at midday yesterday but above the day's lows in moderate trading, tracking the futures market. By 1230 GMT, the FTSE was 12.4 points off at 2,189.6.
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    • 23 1 RENONG Bhd's latest restructuring exercise will enable most of the companies within the group to end up debtfree Page 3
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    • 24 1 SINGAPORE Electronic Electrical's increased emphasis on its product development division will help it gain a firm foothold in major markets Page 3
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    • 21 1 ASTLEY Pearce has emerged as the first local money broker to tap the Taipei money market Page 6
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    • Article, Illustration
      29 1 Wednesda) Change BT-MGA 628.60 -0.11 Kuala Lumpur ....513.72 +4.74 Hongkong 3,365.46 +20.05 Tokyo 23.952.04 +130.47 Sydney 1.348.7 -4.9 Tuesday Change New York 2,788.36 +16.09 Ix>ndon 2.202.0 +29.6
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    • 19 1 Exchange rates USS SS 1.7115 Yen SSI.3257 MS SS0.6360 Money market rates Overnight 4-1/4 unch 3-month 4-9/16% unch
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    • 35 1 London Gold PM fix US$360.90 -USS6.25 Rubber S'pore Feb 145.50*/kg VTsia Feb 229.00«/kg -2.50 KL Tin Turnover 25 tonnes-5 Spot MS 14.72/kg unch Crude palm oil Turnover 1,077 lots A Feb MS848 /tonne -4
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  • 406 1  -  Gulf crisis causes sudden fall-off in tourist arrivals By Chitra Rajaram TO FORESTALL the possibility of hotels resorting to undercutting in the face of the sudden fall-off in tourist arrivals, the tourism industry is holding an emergency meeting this month. The meeting will also
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  • 365 1 NYT THE Bush administration has formally presented its plan for the most sweeping overhaul of the US banking system since the Great Depression. The proposal, the broad outlines of which had been widely known for weeks, offers the vast US commercial banking system a
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  • 303 1 THE US dollar, which rose to a high of 1.77 against the local currency shortly after shooting started in the Gulf, has since fallen back to just above the all-time low of about 1.70. In Singapore yesterday, the greenback touched an
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  • 297 1 THE GULF WAR Agencies THE COMMANDER of US forces in the Gulf, General Norman Schwarzkopf, said yesterday that he thought the war against Iraq would be over sooner rather than later. He said in a television interview that it was "too
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  • 464 1  -  By Lilian Ang THE Tamara group has placed on hold property projects worth US$7O million (S$ 120 million) in Indonesia, pending the outcome of the Gulf war. Two of the three affected projects are in partnership with Singapore's Guan Bee group, which
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  • 138 1 AFP TAIWAN is to open the domestic bond market to foreign investment in an effort to raise funds to finance an extensive U*****.6 billion (Sssl4 billion) national construction plan. Taiwanese Finance Minister Wang Chien-shien said in Taipei yesterday that his ministry would allow
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    • 27 1 Rafsanjani jockeying for bigger role for I eheran after war, Pg 9 US gets Raifu off the hook over use of funds, Pg 9 Analysis, Pg 11
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  • HOME NEWS
    • NEWS ROUNDUP
      • 86 2 MEMBER of Parliament John Chen will be joining the National Trades Union Congress, bringing to 11 the number of labour MPs. The latest issue of NTUC News reports that Dr Chen is taking no-pay leave from the National University of Singapore, where he is
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      • 88 2 MALAYSIA'S Deputy Minister for Home Affairs, Dato' Megat Junid bin Megat Ayob, arrives in Singapore today for a three-day official visit at the invitation of Law and Home Affairs Minister Professor S Jayakumar. Dato' Megat Junid, who is accompanied by his wife and a delegation of
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      • 60 2 MENDAKJ, the Council for the Development of the Muslim Community, will hold its first charity art exhibition at the National Museum Art Gallery tomorrow. Proceeds from the sale of the works of art will go towards the Mendaki Cultural Education Fund. Professor Tommy Koh, director of the
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      • 61 2 THE Chemical Process Technology Department of the Singapore Polytechnic will be organising an Open House on Feb 8 and Feb 9 from 9am to spm. More than 100 student projects on the development of new products, alternative processing methods, and product recycling will be on display
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    • 334 2  -  From Suzanne Soh in Jakarta THE Growth Triangle concept will take a significant step forward later this month when Singaporean and Indonesian officials meet their counterparts in Johor Baru. This is the first time that all three partners of the tripartite economic zone,
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    • 371 2  -  By Anna Teo THE National Trades Union Congress is appealing to the Ministry of Labour to abolish the laws that prevent executives from joining or remaining in unions. The labour body will present a paper to the ministry seeking to annul
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    • 152 2 UNION membership reached 211,575 last December, breaching the 211,000 mark for the first time since 1981. But the National Trades Union Congress is pushing on with efforts to raise its numbers, especially among non-unionised companies. NTUC's organising secretariat is working with unions in a new
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    • 299 2 THE Singapore Press Holdings (SPH) group is to reward its employees for the group's record performance for the financial year ending Aug 31, 1990. The media giant, which last year turned in $194 million in pre-tax profits, has decided to give employees an
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    • 206 2 SINGAPORE'S overseas trade magazine, Singapore Trade News, has been revamped to give broader coverage to local companies, products and services as well as to enhance their quality image. The bi-monthly magazine, published by the Trade Development Board (TDB) j since 1984, will, from this
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  • SINGAPORE – MALAYSIA COMPANY NEWS
    • 700 3  -  From William Chia in KUALA LUMPUR ONE of the major benefits of Renong Bhd's latest restructuring exercise is that it will enable most of the companies within the group to end up debt-free. A company representative pointed out that Renong Bhd currently has debts
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    • 253 3 THE NEW management of Sunshine Allied has agreed to sell its interest in a Beijing hotel to Lee Ming Tee, a Malaysian entrepreneur who was the former substantial shareholder of the company. An announcement by Sunshine said Mr Lee's investment
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    • 389 3 GENERAL Securities Investments (GSI), which yesterday reported after-tax profits of $1.69 million, plans to focus its activities on Hongkong, Singapore and Malaysia. The closed-end investment trust company associated with DBS Bank has liquidated its investments in the United States and Japan and
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    • 362 3  -  By Claire Leow SINGAPORE Electronic Electrical (SEEL) is keen on more product development to complement its business of taking on turnkey projects and providing services as an integrated systems house. General manager Lye Hoeng Fai said an increased emphasis on its product
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    • 467 3  -  By Alvin Tay INDONESIAN tycoon Liem Sioe Liong, who called off a deal to sell a 28-per-cent stake in Marina Bay Hotel (MBH) the owner of The Oriental Hotel to Singapore Land, has now decided to hive it off to Mandarin Oriental
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  • COMPANY BRIEFS
    • 53 3 SAPURA Telecommunications Bhd, the manufacturer of a hands-free phone, is expected to penetrate the United Kingdom market in August, said executive chairman Tan Sri Shamsuddin Abdul Kadir in Kuala Lumpur yesterday. The company is awaiting approval from the British authorities to market the product
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    • 33 3 WEE CHO BIAN has sold 100,000 units of United Overseas Bank (UOB) shares at $6.45 each and another 100,000 shares at $6.40 each, all on Feb 5.
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    • 23 3 MR CHANDRA Das, director of Neptune Orient Lines, bought 20,000 NOL shares at $1.29 each on Jan 27.
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    • 70 3 THE Stock Exchange of Singapore has queried First Capital Corporation on its means of financing the $25.3 million cash consideration to be paid for its acquisition of shares in the British American Insurance Company Ltd (BAGI). FCC has also been asked to disclose the net
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    • 52 3 JACK CHIA sold 1.045 million of HTP Hldgs Ltd TSRs on Feb 5, held through Camphill Ltd and Inter Park Ltd, priced between 25.5 cents and 31 cents each. After the sale, his direct interest in HTP TSRs is 31,000 units, with another 379,500 units
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    • 39 3 MOHD Noor Yusof, 58, was appointed chairman of Sistem Televisyen Malaysia Bhd (TV3) from Feb 1. Mr Mohd Noor has been political secretary to the Malaysian prime minister, Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad, since 1982.
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    • 37 3 SYARIKAT Telekom Malaysia Bhd, in a reply to a Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange query, says that the percentage of foreign shareholdings in the company as at Dec 31, 1990, stood at 2.63 per cent.
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    • 38 3 INSAS Bhd has appointed Benson Foo Ton Hin chief operating officer. Mr Foo was formerly group general manager of Tai Wah Garments Manufacturing Bhd and served as a manager of Arab-Malaysian Merchant Bank Bhd.
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  • REGIONAL COMPANY NEWS
    • 385 4 RJ Reynolds and Philip Morris plan to import brands for Thai market US cigarette manufacturers RJ Reynolds Co and Philip Morris Co are awaiting approval from the Thai Excise Department to import a number of famous brands for the Thai market. R J Reynolds, the
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    • 363 4 UNICORD Co, one of Thailand's largest packers of tuna and parent company of Bumble Bee Seafoods in the United States, met officials of Earth Island Institute (EII), an environmental group, on Unicord's worldwide dol-phin-safety policy, reported The Nation on Tuesday. EII is
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    • 518 4 Reuter CHINA has decided to give official approval to the fledgling stock market in the southern city of Shenzhen after share prices plummeted in the past two months, city officials said on Tuesday. During the last two months, the bourse, which has only
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    • COMPANY BRIEFS
      • 111 4 AMERICAN EXPRESS Co is seeking to set up a travel agency in South Korea, the first by a foreign firm, Transport Ministry officials said in Seoul on Tuesday. "American Express recently asked us about procedures for establishing a travel agency here. I think
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      • 107 4 THE THAI CABINET has approved an Industry Ministry proposal to give British Gas pic a 50 per cent stake in an offshore oil concession in the Gulf of Thailand. A government spokesman said on Tuesday that British Gas unit BG Thailand Ltd and state-owned PTT
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      • 110 4 SSANGYONG CEMENT Industrial Co has signed a contract to buy half of Riverside Cement Co in California for US$35 million, Ssangyong officials said yesterday. The current owner of Riverside Cement, Dallas-based Beazer West, will retain the other half of the cement company. Officials said the South
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      • 92 4 HONGKONG'S Jardine International Motor Holdings Ltd has agreed to sell the industrial trading division of whollyowned subsidiary Zung Fu to Jardine Engineering Corporation Ltd. The sale, valued at HKS7S million, will be payable in cash one week after the signing of the agreement on
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      • 111 4 ESSO PRODUCTION Malaysia Inc on Tuesday announced it had struck an oil and gas find in the South China Sea off the coast of Malaysia's north-eastern Trengganu state. Esso exploration manager Dennis E Francis said drilling at the North Lukut 1 wildcat well, about 280
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      • 82 4 CARTER HAWLEY HALE Stores Inc said in Los Angeles on Tuesday that the company and General Electric Capital Corp terminated previously announced discussions on the General Electric Co unit's purchase of Carter Hawley's credit card business for about US$65O million. It also said it does not
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  • INTERNATIONAL COMPANY NEWS
    • 357 5 Reuter NESTLE SA, the world's largest food company, should turn in higher profits this year despite the Gulf war and recession in some markets, the head of the Swiss-based group said on Tuesday. Sales volume would certainly be higher and, unless the Swiss franc
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    • 38 5 Donald Keough, president and CEO of Coca-Cola, downing a bottle after announcing at the World Economic Forum in Davos on Tuesday that Coca-Cola would buy soft-drink bottling and distribution operations in eastern Germany.
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    • 327 5 NYT PEPSICO, the soft drink company that also makes Fri-to-Lay snacks and operates Taco Bell restaurants, on Tuesday said its fourth-quar-ter earnings rose 31.6 per cent, to U*****.9 million (***** million), or 34 US cents a share, from $202.1 million a year earlier,
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    • COMPANY BRIEFS
      • 72 5 GENERAL ELECTRIC Co's Polaris Aircraft Leasing Corp unit said it will hold talks with a "small number of industry investors" which might be prepared to provide Polaris with several hundred million dollars of additional capital for expansion. Polaris said, "The appropriate investment partner would be prepared
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      • 106 5 BF GOODRICH CO, a producer of plastic resins, specialty chemicals and aerospace components, said on Tuesday that its net income fell nearly 48 per cent in the fourth quarter, as sales from some specialty chemical products were hurt by higher costs for petrochemical-based raw materials. Goodrich
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      • 68 5 MOODY'S Investors Service said on Tuesday that it was placing the debt ratings of Ford Motor Co, Ford Motor Credit and their subsidiaries under review for possible downgrading. In announcing the move, the rating agency cited declining profits, market share and debt protection, which is money
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      • 78 5 INTERNATIONAL COMPUTERS Ltd. which is 80 per cent owned by Fujitsu, said on Tuesday that it was no longer a member of the pressure group called the European Information Technology Roundtable. The other members of the group wanted to exclude ICL because Fujitsu, a Japanese company,
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    • 427 5 IHT WHILE General Motors Corp, America's largest industrial behemoth, struggles to catch up with the global competition, it concedes in its latest report that recession and war have made the race even more difficult. In an announcement that drove down the New York stock market
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  • FINANCIAL NEWS
    • SMALL CHANGE
      • 97 6 MORGAN STANLEY Group Inc. Goldman Sachs and Co and Salomon Brothers plan to launch banking activities in Japan in coming months, officials of the three US Securities firms said. The officials said they hoped to begin between February and March, focussing on foreign
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      • 79 6 BANK OF JAPAN (BOJ) governor Yasushi Mieno said the BOJ was ready to intervene in the foreign exchange market in concert with other central banks if the dollar falls sharply. "It the dollar falls sharply, we will take appropriate steps based on G-7 international
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      • 78 6 THE Bush Administration will recommend that the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp (FDIC) lose its authority to supervise banks, according to senior government officials. The recommendation would strip the FDIC of its role as a regulator of America's more than 12,000 banks, but the agency would
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      • 77 6 CHINESE banks lent 1.514 trillion yuan in 1990, 22 per cent more than a year earlier, the official Xinhua News Agency reported. The amount was equivalent to US$29l billion (***** billion) after a 9.57 per cent currency devaluation in November. The Chinese State Statistics Bureau
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      • 2 6 Dollar$ Non$en$e
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    • 620 6 US banking law reform NYT THE US Treasury's proposals to overhaul the banking system provoked objections on Tuesday from competing financial companies and from within the banking industry. Although the latest Treasury suggestions have the backing of the president, bankers remain cautious because so many earlier
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    • 407 6  - Astley Pearce enters deal to tap Taipei money market By Shoeb Kagda SINGAPORE-incorporated Astley Pearce has become the first local money broker to tap the Taipei money market. The firm will sign an agreement with the Taipei Foreign Exchange Market Development Foundation (TFEMDF) tomorrow which will allow the two parties
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    • 261 6 Bernama OFFSHORE insurance and offshore insurance-related activities in Malaysia would have substantial freedom of operations with minimum of controls once the initial screening of entrants has been achieved, a Bank Negara official said. Zamani Abdul Ghani, manager, insurance regulation department of Bank
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    • 255 6 Reuter THE White House is ing sweeping reform of US."J banking laws, but appears wary of radical* change and is likely to con-.n cent rate on narrower of deposit insurance and in- dustry supervision. Lawmakers, anxious to* avoid a repeat of the taxpay-
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  • THE REGION/THE WORLD
    • WORLD WATCH
      • 73 8 INDUSTRIES can now apply to the Malaysian Industrial Development Authority for several incentives to promote and assist industrial adjustments. The Malaysian Minister of International Trade and Industry, Datuk Seri Rafidah Aziz, said in Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday that they included a new incentive an
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      • 95 8 THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENTS plans to send cash to help the allied war effort in the Gulf have been attacked by student representatives as supporting the killing of Arab people. "War money is black money. We would be supporting Allied troops killing Arab people. See how
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      • 93 8 UNEMPLOYMENT in former East Germany is expected to leap this year because of the slow pace of economic recovery. German Labour Minister Norbert Bluem was quoted by a newspaper on Tuesday as saying, "We are facing a collapse in the labour market in former East
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      • 71 8 CANADA'S January unemployment is seen rising after two consecutive monthly jumps in December and November as Canada's downturn deepens. Economists in Toronto forecast a rise to 9.5 per cent in January's unemployment from 9.3 per cent in December and 9.1 per cent in November. January employment is
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    • 463 8 Dim outlook for quick farm subsidy agreement Reuter PROSPECTS for a speedy conclusion to stalled world trade talks are fading as negotiators start to accept that a quick agreement on the key issue of cutting farm subsidies is beyond their grasp, say delegates in
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    • 41 8 Members of the opposition Israeli Labour Party walking out of Parliament in Jerusalem on Tuesday during the swearing-in of Rehavam Zeevi as minister without portfolio. The retired general's Moledet party advocates the transfer of Arabs out of Israel.
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    • 424 8 Reuter THE Bush administration says export growth is the elixir for the struggling US economy, but some analysts have cautioned that an export-led US recovery may be threatened by recession at key trading partners. "The notion that our economy will be
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    • 282 8 THE THAI government's budget for the 1992 fiscal year is likely to provide for a larger increase in expenditure than this year's budget by setting aside special funds for various programmes, according to the Bangkok Post. Finance Minister Banharn Silpa-archa yesterday said
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    • 222 8 Reuter LITHUANIA will soon announce plans to sell off state industries and raise prices on basic goods. Its new Prime Minister, Gediminas Vagnorius, said on Tuesday that the republic hoped eventually to implement its own currency system, but had no immediate plans
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  • THE GULF WAR
    • 566 9 Reuter DIPLOMATS say Iranian President Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani is positioning his country, the most populous Gulf state, to play a bigger regional role after the war. To achieve this, he had to ensure that Iran was not dragged into the
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    • 446 9 IHT LEADERS of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party appeared visibly relieved on Tuesday after the US State Department said that it would be all right for Tokyo to limit its Gulf aid to nonmilitary uses. Within minutes after it was
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    • 416 9 Reuter BRITAIN is drawing on its long experience as an imperial power, military adventurer and trader in the Gulf to try to help shape the peace when the war ends. As its 40.000-strong military contingent shares in the battering
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    • 410 9 Reuter THE GULF WAR has sown discontent and division within the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (Nato) at a time when the Western alliance most needs unity to preserve its future in the post-Cold War era. Analysts and diplomats say creating an effective
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  • 521 10 EDITORIAL Banks in Malaysia had merely wanted permission from the country's central bank to raise their base lending rates (BLRs), but they got more than what they had bargained for. They were given the freedom to fix their own interest rates. Starting this month, each bank
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  • WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
    • 179 10 A PALL of gloom settled on the world when the Gatt talks broke down in Brussels last December. Last week, the EC's executive commission acknowledged that the increasing cost of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) was unsustainable. This does not amount to a breakthrough, but it is
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    • 147 10 THE JOHOR state government accorded Mr Goh Chok Tong the honour of transforming his short visit to Johor to an official visit. Such an honour augurs well for the continued co-operation between the two countries in fully realising the potential of the Johor-Singapore-Riau Growth Triangle. With
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    • 139 10 THE IRANIAN president is keen to play peacemaker in the Gulf War. As far as Iran is concerned, both US and Iraq are its old enemies and it now has the rare opportunity to watch them engage in mutual destruction. Washington will always view Teheran, the powerful
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  • REGIONAL VIEWPOINTS
    • 158 10 IN HIS budget message this year. President George Bush has said to the effect that the figure given for the federal budget deficit is more reliable than in the past. Even if things come out as projected by the US government, the outstanding government debt
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    • 200 10 IF PREVIOUS National Party governments had not reduced South Africa to the status of an international pariah. President Frederik de Klerk would have been recognised as a visionary leader working to transform his country. He has already gone a long way towards dismantling apartheid, and
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    • 134 10 THE LATEST round of negotiations between the Philippines and the United States on the status of the US bases Subic Naval base and Clark Air Base has made the problem of regional security in the Southeast Asian region more prominent. It seems that a new trend of thought
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  • 888 10  -  Tom Redburn examines the possibility that Europe may be heading for a period of economic isolationism Tom Redburn IHT THE European economy, although its heartbeat is still strong, risks turning inward in the 1990s as it focuses on the immense task of bringing its former
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  • ANALYSIS
    • 961 11  -  Koichi Ishiyama, reporting for BT from Tokyo, examines the difficulties facing the Kaifu government as it tries to raise the US$9 billion it has offered as Japan's contribution to the Gulf war Koichi Ishiyama, THE Japanese government may have offered US$9 billion (S$ 15.4
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    • 1703 11  -  As the war continues, Zbigniew Brzezinski argues that the US should not become so entangled in the Gulf that it loses sight of its wider and longer-range interests Zbigniew Brzezinski Zbigniew Brzezinski was national security adviser in the Carter Administration NYT THE United States, the recent
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  • ADVERTISING & MARKETING
    • 550 12 Move spurred by HDM's change of partnership IHT NLW YORK HDM Worldwide, jointly owned by USbased Young Kubicam and Dentsu, the giant Japanese agency, has been realigned and consolidated into three agency groups. 1 he most striking change conies in the United States, niiere
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    • 348 12 HAVAS, Dentsu and Marsteller Advertising Group (HDM), now renamed Dentsu, Young and Rubicam (DY&R), is aiming to make Singapore its regional centre in Asia. HDM was a joint-venture between three top advertising agencies', the French Havas Consell, Dentsu of Japan as
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    • 496 12 NYT The bloom agency, known for its ads for Scott Paper and Pcntax cameras, was acquired on Jan 31 by Groupc FCA, a French agcncy that creates advertising in Europe for clients like Nestle, L'Oreal and Bayer. The combined agencies, to be called Bloom FCA,
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    • 185 12 READER'S DIGEST has come up with a free advertisement for the Volunteer Action and Development Centre of the Singapore Council of Social Service in its January issue. The free service is to recruit volunteers and has drawn 200 enquiries so far. The advertisement was written by Peter Ling,
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  • SPORTS
    • 487 13 Milan Indoor AP MICHAEL CHANG'S first ever appearance in Milan was short lived just 83 minutes. The fourth-seeded American lost in straight sets to Carl-Uwe Steeb on Tuesday night in a first-round match of the US$6OO,OOO Milan Indoor tennis tournament and admittedly started the year "not
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    • 234 13 AFP THE British Open's organisers have pledged to make life harder for foreign professionals and amateurs wanting to play in the £900,000 tournament. Michael Bonallack, secretary of the Royal and Ancient, said on Tuesday that they had tightened up considerably on conditions for entry
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    • 411 13 Reuter SUGAR RAY LEONARD finished his four rounds of sparring on Tuesday, sending his opponent sprawling with a crushing left hook to the head and impressing just about everyone in the gym except the Five-time world champion himself. But Leonard's reluctance to say
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    • 206 13 AP SECOND-SEEDED Andres Gomez of Ecuador fought off a first-round upset bid in the Volvo-San Francisco tennis tournament on Tuesday and beat 371st-ranked Brian Devening of the United States, 4-6, 6-4, 6-4. "1 can't remember how long it has been since I won a first-round
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    • SIDE LINES
      • 82 13 WORLD number two Stefan Edberg, who lost all his three matches when Yugoslavia knocked Sweden out of the Davis Cup, insisted on Tuesday that a late-night disco visit had nothing to do with his last defeat. Yugoslavia's Goran Ivanisevic easily beat Edberg in Sunday's
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      • 92 13 BRYAN ROBSON, whose England future looked over when he returned early from the World Cup last year, was to resurrect his international career in the friendly international against Cameroon at Wembley yesterday. Robson even returns as captain, taking over from Gary Lineker, as England manager Graham Taylor makes
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      • 94 13 GERMAN Boris Becker has asked for a wild card in next week's Donnay Indoor Championships to bolster his No 1 ranking and defend the title in the ATP Tour event. Tournament director Jean-Noel Bioul said Becker's agent, lon Tiriac, requested the entry and noted the Australian
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      • 88 13 TONY MEO, who has slipped from 15th to 45th in the world rankings after winning only one match in six events, looks to have stopped the rot in the Masters invitation event in London. He scored a 5-2 victory over fellow-Englishman Dean Reynolds on Tuesday to reach
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  • LIFESTYLE
    • 608 15 There aren't too many rich, or crazy, people in Latin America, judging by the state of its movie industry, which is languishing in a web of debt The Economist A MAN has to be cither rich or crazy to make films in Latin America these
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    • 418 15 CHATTERBOX SOUTHERN accents, dipped in honey, are dripping with movie chic, says Entertainment Weekly, which lists the top four cinematic drawls: Andie MacDowelL, a real South Carolinian, in Green Card. Melanie Griffith, a Yankee, in Bonfire of the Vanities. Laura Dern, a Californian, in
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    • 793 15  -  To many Singaporeans, rijsttafel and reindeer meatballs may not rate as exotic food. However, Dena Kleiman, who plans her holidays around her taste buds, has a different story Dena Kleiman, NYT ONCE, as a teenager, I was having lunch at a resort in the
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  • STOCK EXCHANGE OF SINGAPORE 1
    • 4304 16  -  By Diana Oon AFTER four days of consecutive gains, the stock market took a breather yesterday, closing broadly mixed on profittaking in afternoon trade. The Straits Times Industrials Index picked up 6 points in an early morning rally, but virtually gave it all later
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  • 4118 17 Main Board Sl,\ Foreign 1180 f20 1.5% DBS Foreign 1140 20 1.8% Asia Paeilie 1020 f 20 2 0% I'OB Foreign 600 20 3CH> (HJE 590 US 2.6% City l*v 50* 312 H5 5.1% OlIB S05 HI 2.2% (X'BC t-'oreign 910 f 10 1.1% Semb
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  • BT SHARE INFORMATION SERVICE
    • 243 18 C—ipmy Date Year Groop Not Not earnings Gross im to profit/loss (L) por share dividend ('000) (cents) C&C Jan U Sep 90 $53,947($34,649) 30 8(23 5a) 15(8 5a) F&N Jan 14 Sep 90 $53.080($62,868) 30 1(36 5) 179(179) HMsia Jan 14 Sep 90 $1,886($402) 11 4(2 4) 20(5)
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    • 189 18 Comaaav Oat* Year Group pro-tax Mat earniags Grow ana ta profit/law (L) par sfcaro dhrWaad (•000) (caats) M Cement Jan 17 Nov 90 *$61,313(539,640) 18 5(11.5) 68 3,(16TE) H Leong Credit Jan 8 Jun 90 MS35.181 (MS25.440) 218(16 4) 10(10) Leong Huat Jan 2 Dec 89 $1821(*****) Pacific
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    • 319 18 Company Date Half-year Group pro-tax lotorim ann to profit/loss (L) dWWood (000) Khong Guan Jan 31 Oct 90 $139($451) Inter Pacific Jan 26 Oct 90 M$63.497($55,405) 4(5) Centrepoint Jan 25 Dec 90 $10,309($7,926) 2.9(2.9) Berpya Corpn Jan 24 Oct 90 M$56,996($55,012) 5(6) Sports Toto Jan 23 Oct 90
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    • 1021 18 Feb 5 First Capital Corporation has added a supplementary agreement to its acquisition or 89% stake of locally incorporated British American General Insurance GK Goh Holdings Ltd has set up a new wholly owned subsidiary, GK Goh Securities (HK) Ltd. in Hongkong with a current paid-up capital of
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    • 299 18 CwTMt Ex Boohs Date TctHlar ToMfar payawrt date do»o Mr** ttm ytr lact par MffT 3C(e) Oec 14 Jw 3 Feb 18 3e 28% AuaiFtnd USM 10(b) Mar 18 Mar 28 Apr 8 US»W Km, 5%TC Feb 25 Mar 7 May 15 12 5%TE 25%TE Barjaya Copn 5*0)
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    • 587 18 Singapore Stocks L** 4 Year Corpan? Nnod Date Year Net EPS »W nancfd nkx (cwt*) pro* t*t r (TOOO) CtC Pidum Intenm Nov 13 Dec 90 297 13.2 11.616(e) BMT Intenm tar 10 Jun 91 2542 1500 773 6 SeorbM Fral Feb 8 Oec 90 2 0 7.5
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    • 174 18 Company Rights Issue M Meea One-tor-one MSI 50 per share Ei-date Dec 10 Books dose Dec 26 Acceptance Payment Feb 11 Company Bonus Issue OnenUI rtdgs One-for-fwe Ei-date Feb 8 Books dose Feb 25 Company Others «B8 Offer tor sate of 56.970,950 ordinary shares of $1 each m
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    • 267 18 Company Rights Issue Alcorn One-tor two MSI 00 per share Issue of 40m Cumulative Redeemable Preference Shares of MSO10 each at MSI per share with 10m detachable TSR Bdt or Or*-tor lour <a, MS2 00 per share FAC8 Capital Reduction Scheme to reduce par value of shares from
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    • 686 18 BONDS, LOANS WARRANTS firrri Cwwniw p«rt»d Cmwrri— tw tw n<n>iy rtaw ctc m Before 26/4/93 1 warrant phis 13 09 cash Causeway Loan Causeway Wt 2/10/89 to 20/10/94 1 warrant plus JO 77 cash or 1 warrant plus 10.77 nomnal amount of loan stock. Ctuan Notes Chuan *«> Wt March
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    • 180 18 RECORD HIGHS LOWS BT Composite Index ST Industrials Index 1991 htfi 1118.01 (6/2/91) 1991 low: 1022 52 (16/1/91) Si IS'S 27/3/90 1990 h* 1435.43 (16/7/90) J* J07-JJ 2 3/* 1990 km: 981 07 (09/11/90) J" 2 89 1989 tide 1322.00 (28/12/89) Jf J>7.76 1989 low 917.42 (4/1/89) J» J* g
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    • 60 18 Press Holdnfs Ltd; 6th AGM at News Centre, 82 Genting Lane, Singapore 1334 on Saturday, Feb 9, at 11.30 am. Goodwood Pat Hotel Ltd; 43rd AGM at the Tudor Ballroom, Goodwood Pari* Hotel, 22 Scotts Road. Singapore 0923 on Saturday, Feb 9, at 1145 am. Oriental Hokfcifs Bhd:
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    • 154 18 THEGROWTH TRIANGLE A Special Business Times Survey February 26, 1991 The Growth Triangle began casually as an idea. Singapore. Batam. Johor. Singapore has a rich pool of managerial talent. Batam and Johor are rich in natural resources, land and labour. Combine the three and they make a triangle of growth.
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  • KUALA LUMPUR STOCK EXCHANGE
    • 4094 19 Bernama SHARE PRICES in Kuala Lumpur closed on a higher note yesterday but off the day's highs as investors took profits during the current rally. The KLSE Composite Index firmed up 4.74 points to 513.72 at the close while the Industrials Index was
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  • TOKYO STOCK EXCHANGE
    • 2245 20 Reuter TOKYO STOCKS closcd firmer but sharply off their highs yesterday as a morning rally quickly lost steam in afternoon trade. The Nikkei Index slipped under the key 24,000 level shortly before the close as late market rumours and protit-tak-ing sales trimmed gains. "We
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  • STOCK EXCHANGE OF HONGKONG
    • 2095 20 Reuter SHARE PRICES closcd higher after rebounding from a light profit-taking session around midday yesterday, brokers said. "After yesterday's rally, investors are sitting back to take a breather. But funds arc still coming in from overseas institutional buyers and smaller local investors," said James
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    • 24 20 Chartpoint, a guide to investing in the stock market. Every Saturday in BT. THINK! Before you make your move, read EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENTS Business Times
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  • REGIONAL STOCK MARKETS
    • Aussie market falls as buy orders dry up
      • 851 21 AUSTRALIAN STOCKS floundered into negative territory yesterday after a day of frantic see-saw trade highlighted by large overseas buy orders and profittaking. The market was more than 10 points stronger at its peak in mid-morning before closing near its lows as buying orders evaporated and arbitrageurs moved in. "The
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      • 617 21 JAKARTA STOCKS closed generally lower with the index down 1.78 at 381.00 but most blue chips held their ground in active trade. Tyre maker Goodyear picked up 50 rupiah on the block board, trading 344,250 shares at 4,900 rupiah. On the regular board it traded 150,000 at 4,850 rupiah.
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      • 580 21 A SURGE OF BUYING yesterday drove Philippine shares up to their strongest close in months as institutions and housewives dismissed Gulf War fears and shifted investments from the currency market back to stocks, brokers said. The Manila Stock Exchange Composite Index jumped 58.29 points to end at 863.45, up
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      • 722 21 THAI STOCKS closed broadly lower yesterday on heavy profit-taking with foreign investors dumping second liners in favour of bank and construction bluechips, brokers said. The SET index fell 9.34 points to end at 701.75 after the indicator rose to nearly touch the 720 resistance level during the first hour.
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      • 864 21 SEOUL STOCKS yesterday closed higher after opening firm on a technical rebound from days of declines, brokers said. The Composite Stock Index closed at 635.66, up 3.73 points from Tuesday's close. Trade volume was relatively heavy with 9.1 million shares changing hands against 5.1 million on Tuesday. Gainers outstripped
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      • 375 21 THE TAIWAN STOCK INDEX ended lower yesterday after an early surge met selling pressure centred on the financial sector and plastics shares, dealers said. The Weighted Index dropped 77.39 points, or 1.8 per cent, to 4,236.88 compared with Tuesday's 4,314.27 finish. Turnover was NTSSB.4 billion compared with NTSSB.9 billion.
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      • 100 21 BOMBAY Stock Exchange (BSE) share prices closed mixed yesterday after the exchange relaxed curbs on trading, brokers said. The exchange removed a ban on resales until the stocks were transferred to the name of the buyer. However, a ban on short sales will continue, it said. "The relaxation allowed
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      • 606 21 (lose Previous Keb 6 SYDNEY All Ordinaries Index 1,348.7 1,353.6 -4.9 All Industrials Index 2,116.2 2,124.3 -8.1 All Resources Index 765.0 767.5 -2.5 Turnover (million) 125.49 112.13 +13.36 BANGKOK SET Index 701.75 711.09 -9.34 Turnovertmillion baht) 4,356 4,800 -444 JAKARTA Composite Index 381.00 382.78 -1.78 MANILA Composite Index 863.45 805.16
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  • WORLD STOCK MARKETS
    • Lower interest rates give Dow a boost
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        1049 22 WALL STREET STOCKS closed higher on Tuesday with the broad market especially strong as lower interest rates continued to bolster the market. The Dow Jones average of 30 industrial stocks rose 16.09 to 2,788.36. Volume was a heavy 290.57 million shares on the New York Stock Exchange, where
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        814 22 LONDON SHARES were easier but above the day's lows in moderate trading yesterday, tracking the futures market. Dealers said sentiment remained cautious ahead of the corporate reporting season. Although UK Prime Minister John Major's remarks on Tuesday that interest rates would fall with inflation rekindled talk of an early
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      • 255 22 GERMAN SHARE PRICES closed 0.7 per cent lower in a quiet, featureless session yesterday, after no new factors emerged to affect the market. Dealers saw the down-swing in prices as a technical correction following five straight days of gains. But a gentle upswing in the final hour of the
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      • 251 22 BUYERS re-emerged in the latter part of a see-saw session yesterday to help steady prices and Milan shares ended mixed overall in relatively lively trade, brokers said. De Benedetti company stocks were once again in evidence following ClR's sharp rise on Tuesday on reports, later confirmed, that the industrialist
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      • 335 22 DUTCH SHARES were mixed to lower in quiet mid-session trading yesterday as the profit-taking which hit European bourses after Tuesday's gains spread to Amsterdam. At 1300 GMT the CBS tendency index was 0.1 points lower at 81.4 after slipping from an opening level of 81.6, equal to the new
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      • 307 22 THE ZURICH BOURSE was lower at midsession in lacklustre trading yesterday, in line with other European equity markets in what dealers described as a technical reaction to recent gains. Traders said volume was very thin and selling light. "There are practically no follow-through orders," one said. The all-share SPI
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      • 198 22 FRENCH SHARE PRICES drifted lower at midsession yesterday, largely in a technical reaction to Tuesday's strong rise, and volume was thin, dealers said. The CAC-40 Index stood 16.68 points or 1.04 per cent lower at 1589.70 by 1108 GMT. It had opened at 1601.60, on profit-taking after a 1.56
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      • 178 22 BELGIAN HOLDING COMPANY Societe Generale de Belgique yesterday led Belgian shares higher at the start on initial positive reaction to the appointment of a new chief executive officer, Gerard Mestrallet, who was a key executive at Generale's majority shareholder France's Cie Financiere De Suez. "Suez taking things in hand
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      • 259 22 TORONTO STOCKS rose sharply for the fifth straight day on Tuesday, propelled by heavy retail and institutional buying in a wide range of cyclical shares. Sidelined cash continued to pour back to the market, pushing volume to its highest level in months. The Composite Index surged 37.91 or 1.1
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      • 383 22 Fob S (lost- l*re»ious NEW YORK Dow Jones 2.788.36 2.772.27 16.09 NYSE Financial 138.32 136.22 2.10 S& I' 54M) 351 26 .348 34 f2.92 rurnovcr (million) 290.6 250 8 f39.8 LONDON Financial rimes 30 1724 8 1700 6 f 24.2 FrSF 100 2202 0 2172.4 f29.6 rurnovcr (million) 689.8 346
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  • CURRENCY, MONEY & FUTURES MARKETS
    • 1246 23 REPORT THE US DOLLAR was hovering just above a new record traded low of 1.4545 marks at yesterday's Frankfurt opening, with most traders expecting the US currency to slide further. Traders were wary of central bank intervention in support of the US dollar
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    • 651 23 Reuter A EUROSWISS franc interest rate future the latest addition to the London family of European financial futures contracts is destined to follow in the footsteps of its successful older relations. The first of its kind, it should thrive on high volatility in
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    • 1174 23 SIMEX EURODOLLAR Open High Low Sett Est Vol Op/lnt Vol Mar 91 93.28 93.28 93.27 93.28 4000 ***** 7848 Jun 91 93.39 93.39 93.37 93.38 7000 ***** ***** Sep 91 93.24 93.25 93.24 93.24 1800 4028 2645 Dec 91 92.87 92.89 92.87 92.88 800 4406 1046 Mar 92
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    • 390 23 Cross rates Feb 6 US$ SS MS Dm Yen SFr A$ NZS USS 1.7075 2.6890 1.4580 129.35 0.5023 I 2440 1.2853 ***** SS 0.5857 1.5748 0.8539 0.7575 0.2941 0.7286 0.7528 0.9745 MS 0.3719 63.50 0.5422 0.4810 0.1868 0.4626 0.4780 0.6188 Dm 0.6859 1.1711 1.8443 88.72 0.3445 0.8532
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    • 561 23 Interbank rates S$ Hid Offer Overnight 4 1/4 4 3/8 1-month 4 1/2 4 5/8 2-month 4 9/16 411/16 3-month 4 9/16 4 11/16 Overnight mode: 4-3/8 US$ Bid Offer 7 days 6 3/8 6 1/2 1 month 6 3/8 6 1/2 2 months 6 9/16 6 11/16
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  • COMMODITIES
    • 395 24 UPI OPEC CRUDE OIL production fell by 800,000 barrels a day in January to 22.9 million barrels a day while the surplus of unsold oil increased to about 120 million barrels, the International Energy Agency said. The agency said the
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    • 330 24 AFP CHINA has become a major market for Malaysian palm oil and is set to outstrip traditional big buyers India and Pakistan with purchases estimated at one million tonnes last year, industry sources said. Preliminary figures showed direct shipments to China
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    • 817 24 REPORTS THE price of tin on the Kuala Lumpur Tin Market was unchanged at MS 14.72 per kilogram for the third consecutive day on lack of buying interest. Dealers said miners were not selling at a low price. At the same opening
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  • THE TRAVEL PAGE
    • 635 25  -  LETTER FROM BEIJING By Nicholas Kristof Behind 15-ft wails in the centre of Beijing is a vast and lovely park called Zhongnanhai, which was once a playground of the emperors and their concubines, and which today doubles as the Communist version ot a Forbidden City
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    • 144 25 As at 3pm yesterday: I,ocal dollars to one unit of foreign currency Currencies Bid Offer Australian dollar 1.3240 1.3440 Canadian dollar 1.4600 1.4800 NZ dollar 1.0150 1.0450 Sterling pound 3.3900 3.4200 US dollar 1.7050 1.7150 IxKal dollar* to 100 units of foreign currency Austrian schilling 16.40 17.40
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    • 242 25 ACROSS [i j2 p— 1 Single buffer in digs like 9 Operating strangely for a 3 1111 butterfly(6-3) "TBTIM 111 10 I laze about and do little, pBL--pBI HI the 12 Bank subsidy about to ex--15 Mackintosh, for example, off the hook is quite unda- 1111 MB 18 Recording equipment
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    • 224 25 Singapore Outlook: Showers over several areas in the afternoon. Forecast: Maximum temperature 30.4 Assoc humidity 72% Minimum temperature 24.6* C Assoc humidity 93% Hours of sunshine 2.65 Rainfall in mm Trace Rainfall this month 2.1 Rainy days this month 1 World forecast Asia-Pacific Hi/liJ* Cond. Auckland..... 22/14 Fair I Bangkok
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  • 409 26 Move likely to push opening of global commerce Reuter A NORTH AMERICAN free trade zone is likely to encourage the liberalisation of world commerce at a time when talks aimed at bringing down global trade barriers are stalled, say American analysts. The
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  • 191 26 Reuter THE Soviet Union is sharply cutting aid to its long-time ally Vietnam under a oneyear agreement that shifts their trade relationship to hard currency payments at world market prices. The two sides signed two agreements in Hanoi on Jan 31, including a four-page pact
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  • 558 26  -  From Catherine Ong in HONGKONG CONFOUNDING sceptics, the Hongkong government's issues of short-term bills have traded so briskly that a new one-year paper will be added to the money market on Feb 27. The impending issue is expected to pave the
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  • 229 26 Reuter THE Hongkong government will amend legislation governing its Mass Transit Railway Corp (MTRC) to give the company complete legal power to enter into swap transactions. The move followed a decision by the House of Lords in London on Jan
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  • 761 26  -  The Bottom Line CHUANG PECK MING CHUANG PECK MING The writer is a correspondent on BT's Politics and Economics Desk BOSSES are due to meet next week. On their agenda: Employers sabotaging union membership. It's an unlikely item for discussion in these times of
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  • 499 26  -  From Said Abdullah in KOTA KINABALU THE SHOCK announcement on Monday that the Parti Bersatu Sabah had proposed forming a coalition government with rival Usno has set Kota Kinabalu abuzz with political activity. The Supreme Council of the PBS discussed the issue all day
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  • Shipping Times
    • 370 27  -  By Rahita Elias STATE-OWNED Western Australia Coastal Shipping Commission (Stateships) is boosting the capacity of its Australia-South-east Asian service as it gears up for a bigger share of the market. A spokesman from Hai Sun Hup, Stateships' general sales agent for Singapore, Malaysia and
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    • 337 27 Reuter AMERICAN Transportation Secretary Samuel Skinner predicted on Tuesday that the number of major US airlines still flying would drop to between four and six before long. There are now about a dozen big US carriers, although two Pan American
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    • 390 27  -  From Al O Labita in MANILA THE Philippines' overseas shipping industry has called for a status quo in the equity ownership structure of vessels engaged in international trade. In a position paper, the Filipino Shipowners Association (FSA) said it neither
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    • 356 27 AFP BRITISH Aerospace (BAe) executives are to challenge a Bangladeshi government decision to ground two BAebuilt aircraft owned by Biman Bangladesh Airlines, official sources said in Dhaka on Tuesday. "BAe officials are here with their lawyers to challenge the Bangladesh government's decision
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    • 161 27 NYT PLASTIC composite wingtips installed on older Boeing 727 airliners could raise fuel economy as much as 5 per cent, said Valsan Partners, developer of the device. This could help airlines struggling to cope with high fuel costs and make the aircraft more
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    • 452 27  -  From Shirish Nadkarni in BOMBAY THE SHIPPING Credit and Investment Company of India (SCICI) will be asked to pump in about Rs3s billion (553.2 billion) to ensure high quality of shipping vessels in India, and for the replacement of the existing fleet
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    • 200 27 AFP INDIA'S Directorate General of Civil Aviation has ordered sellers of aviation gas at airports to seek "specific approval" before refuelling unscheduled flights, the Press Trust of India (PTI) said on Tuesday. PTI said the new guidelines were issued last week in
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      • 40 27 ALASKA, once a major international passenger plane refuelling stop, is now begging airlines to fly routes that will link the far-flung state to the rest of the world and keep the tourists coming Back Page
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      • 70 27 SHIPBUILDING is in a stronger position than for many a year, but will the boom of the past two years give way to a slump? Some commentators point to a slowdown in orders, and fear a return to the desperate times of the
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      • 57 27 SPENDING up to US$ll million to refurbish a very large crude carrier that is 15 to 20 years old is economically justifiable, say findings of a recent study. The findings also say the urgent replacement of tanker and dry bulk fleets over 15 years
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      • 33 27 AN ADVANCED airport radar system intended to avert accidents like the runway collision in Los Angeles on Friday is being developed for the US Federal Aviation Administration Back Page
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      • 95 28 THE NEW Inmarsat-C lightweight mobile satellite communications system is now operating in the Atlantic East an area including Europe, Africa and the eastern section of North America. The service will be provided through a new Inmar-sat-C land earth station in Pleumeur Bodou, France.
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      • 65 28 LUXEMBOURG-BASED all-cargo carrier Cargolux Airlines has selected GE Aircraft Engines' CF6-80C2 fuel-etfi-cient high bypass turbofan engines to power three Boeing 747-400 Freighter aircraft on order. The airline will take delivery of the aircraft in November and December 1993. In the overall high-thrust engine widebody aircraft market,
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      • 71 28 EUROPEAN intermodal operator Intercontaincr has called for tenders for rail cars to be used in the Channel Tunnel. The group plans an initial order of about 1,000 cars costing about US$BB,OOO (S$ 150,000) each. Provisional invitations to tender have been sent to about 30 European
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      • 89 28 SALES of US-produced cars fell 28.5 per cent in late January as the effects of the Gulf war on consumer sentiment took hold, industry analysts said. The weakness of the period was somewhat exaggerated by comparisons with the year-ago period, which was among the
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      • 83 28 PAN AM CORP, already suffering from huge debts and high fuel costs, said it would cut about 4,000 jobs due to lower passenger traffic and fewer advance bookings as a result of the Gulf War. Pan Am has been operating under bankruptcy protection for
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      • 89 28 ROCKWELL International Corp, General Dynamics Corp, McDonnell Douglas Corp and United Technologies Corp's Pratt Whitney and three other companies teamed on the Air Force's National Aerospace Plane said they signed a formal cooperation agreement. The agreement allows them to equally share work on a
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    • 1069 28  -  David Hughes looks at the current world orderbook, and explains why a slowdown in newbuilding orders is no surprise David Hughes Fairplay SHIPBUILDING is in a stronger position than for many a year. But will the boom of the past two
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    • 870 28 THIS twicc weekly report, compiled by Cockctt Marine Oil Ltd, shows pnee ranges' in US dollars instead of single prices for a more comprehensive description of the market. Prices shown arc based on average-sized stem. Market movements arc indicated. The Cockctt Bunker Price Index change and
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    • 12437 36 This is a list of ships loading I at Singapore for ports around J the world. It tabulates, by destination, the name of the ship, the shipping line involved and the estimated dates of arrival and departure from the Port of Singapore. Advanced dates are published for
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    • 3267 41 Containeriine NV: Belsin j Shpg Agencies Pte Ltd (SVManne Handling Sdn Bhd (PK/PN). Accord Group: Accord Shpg Pte Ltd (SyAccord Contr Line (PK/PN). Adkris Business Corporation Philippine: Calsource Shpg Trdg Pte Ltd (S) \hrenkiel liner Service: Kim Shpg Trdg (S). Albatros Sea-Air Service: Frata Shpg Pte Ltd (S).
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    • 249 41 Abacus Couriers Tel: 545-8011. Fax: *****98. Air Express Travel Tel: 533-5771. Fax: *****44 Airborne Freight Corporation Tel: 542-8844 Fax: *****16, *****80. Airswift Worldwide Courier Tel: 278-0188 Fax: *****83. AJS Supplies Tel: 748-6322 (2 lines), 747-7421. Fax: *****75. City-Link International Tel: 344-3377. Fax: *****50. Cluster link Supplies A Services
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    • 1489 41 Abex Express Freight Tel: 542-7171. Fax: *****84. Actinic Forwarder Tel: 225-1833. Fax: *****42. Activair Singapore Tel: 542-7822. Fax: *****20. Aerolink Freight International Tel: 545-8033. Fax: *****05. Aerospeed Tel: 542-5911. Fax: *****18. Air Cargo Now Express Tel: 542-5454. Fax: *****06. Air Express International Tel: 542-7666. Fax: *****74, *****50. Air
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    • 3215 42 ARGENTINA San Lorenzo: Six vessels in port of which 4 loading pdletized meal, 1 loading grain, 1 loading vegetable oil; 4 vessels in roads awaiting berth of which 3 to load pellets, 1 to load grain; sailing draft reduced to approx 21 ft 4 in. Roanrioc Four vessels
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    • 549 42 ARRIVALS DEPARTURES Op Flight I ypt F.IA T From Op Flight Type LTD T To TODAY TODAY KAL KE697 B747F 0220 I SEL KAL KE697 B747F 0450 I BKK NCA KZ203 B747F 2005 I NRT SIA SQ822 B747F 0540 2 BOM/LON FDX FM75 B747F 2235 ATL/BOS/JFK/ ANC/NRT/TPE
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    • 551 42 SHIP SALES TANKER RATES VESSELS SOU) FOR FURTHER TRADING Some of the sales reported below may not be final as they may be subject to survey, inspection or other conditions before completion. Tatars Anito: 155,505 dwt and built 1976, sold to French interests for about US$l7 million. The buyers are
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    • 391 42 CRUISE FERRY SCHEDULES CRUISE SHIPS AfT Pep Name of Vessel ETA ETP Poets of Calls Poet Agent FEBRUARY 08 08 Cora Princess 1000 1800 Sin-Jakaita Sembawang Johnson 08 08 Vigncsswara 1000 2000 Cruise-To-Nowhere Greenseas Shipping 09 09 Vigncsswara 0700 1800 Cruise-To-Nowhere Greenscas Shipping 10 10 Vignesswara 0730 1730 Cruise-To-Nowhere Greenseas
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      • 760 43 Vessel Voy No Bvlti Arrival Departure Vessel Voy No Berth Arrival Departite Keppei Wharves Kris Verut* oiw pic oj 02/2300 0902 0600 Als Trust 32tB CIO 06 02'1100 Mahaja 02 91 P?C 0/02 1600 080? 0600 Bang Progoti 9/-OW C09 06 02/2000 Melita SJ1 91 P4B 06
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      • 1226 43 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Record Bookiig/ Balance Rslts Sty Voy No Etb/Btr Period From To From An Fremantle ***** 08/1600 1 06/1500 06/1659 06/1900 2 06,1700 07,0659 07/0900 3 07/0700 07/1159 07/1400 4 07/1200 07/1459 07/1700 Anson *****N 08/1700 1 06/1500 06/1659 06 1900
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      • 341 43 Port Klang Berth at South Port on Feb 6: 1 ml; 2: Young Chemicary; 3: Ouches; 4: ml; 5; ml; 6: Builder; 7: Swee long Satu 7A Sutra; J.Shell: ml. KCT: 8: Kota Pahlawan. 9 ml; 10: Korrigan North Port: 11: ml; 12: Johan 111, 13: nil.
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    • 1198 43 CHARTERING on the dry cargo freight market on Tuesday saw continued firmer fixings on key routes, brokers said. There were also some lower gram and timecharter fixtures, but the market was underpinned by Monday's news of the Soviet Union buying an unspecified amount of grain in Canada. "The
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    • 345 44 SPENDING up to USSII million to refurbish a very large crude carrier that is 15 to 20 years old is economically justifiable, say findings of a recent study. The findings, published in "Bulk Vessel Life Expectancy: Refit versus Replacement", also say
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    • 594 44 NYT AN ADVANCED airport radar system intended to avert accidents like the runway collision in Los Angeles on Friday is being developed for the US Federal Aviation Administration and could be ready for operation within three years. The system is supposed to warn
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    • 237 44 UPI ALASKA, oncc a major international passenger plane refuelling stop, is now begging airlines to fly routes that will link the far-flung state to the rest of the world and keep the tourists coming. Alaska has been a midI point refuelling stop for flights between
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    • 475 27 SSWEE HENG METAL CO PTE LTD No. 13, Tuas Avenue 14, S'PORE 2263 FAX 861 2946 TEL: 861 -5855 (5 LINES) TLX: RS ***** SHMCPL Soto Agent CIFA 1 CinnnDnrt 'Ol International Conference Hn I fcft DingaKorryi fortheMaritimelndustry Raffles City Convention Centre, n9opore THEME: SHIPPING NEW FRONTIERS SINGAPORT/the premier event
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    • 51 27 Air Forwarders 15 Air Fraght Schedule 16 Cochett Report 2 Container Schedule 17 Courier Sendees 15 Cruise Ferry Schedules 16 Daily Freights 17 Index to Mvertsers 3 Port Conditions 16 Shipping Agents 15 Shipping Guide 10,11 Shipsaies/Tanlef Rates 16 Ships in Port 17 Singapore Tides 17 Weather and Sea Conditions
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    • 89 28 FOR SUCCESSFUL MANAGEMENT OF YOUR BUSINESS <> Stories on labour and its relationship with management, management concepts in practice, profiles of leading managers in Singapore and relevant book reviews. ENTERPRISE MANAGEMENT, in Business Times every Monday, is must reading for managers who want the competitive edge. Plus an occasional look
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    • 1697 29 »iu|>|iiiio mirs, iiiui suaj rruiuai) lARDINF SHIPPING ACFNCIFS AmllvA HO Cantonment Road #1205 Southpoint. Singapore 0208 AlllF* Tel .'-180H TtLEX NO RS 241/9 wmm TERMINAL CFS lei *****18 220 BOOKINGS Tel *****34 258 7*S 1 lfifififif J tSAKA JAROINE SHIPPING AGENCIES SON PORT KELANG TEL *****18 TELEX MA***** MA***** PENANG
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    • 931 29 MDEXf TO ADVERTISERS Page Col P>» Col All M I ABC Containerline 13 5 Mac-Nds Agencies 14 1/2 Accord Group 8 1-3 Albatros Sea-A.r 14 3 .MamkLine 3 4/5 .APL 5 3-5 «MISC 14 1-3 APC Line 13 4 M'sia Shpg Corp 9 1/2 Arrow Lines 9 5 Mercury Line
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    • 1193 30 |rottedam/| VOY NO S PORE SOUTHAMPTON HAMBURG ANTWERP LE HAVRE jMßßfljp KATSURAGI 04/513 11/2 4/3 2/3 28/3 KBUm BENALDER 99/517 11/2 28/2 3/3 5/3 MCTMMiafI p HAMBURG EXPRESS 01/516 14/2 7/3 5/3 4/3 4/3 I. AU. IRM BUUriU r HANNOVER EXPRESS 01/518 17/2 5/3 9/3 7/3 M-LANCi■i UJKW KOWLOON BAY
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    • 528 30 DIRECT SOUTH PACIFIC SERVICE SIN NOU SUV PPT ISLA FLOREANA 22-2H/2 11/3 13/3 19/3 V ALSO ACCEPTING CARGO VIA SUVA TO LAUTOKA PAGO PAGO APIA NUKUALOAFA DIRECT CHILE SERVICE J SIN IQQ ANF VAP CALLAO SAN N (PERU) ANTONIO N ISLA FLOREANA 22-28/2 1/4 3/4 6/4 714 8/4 N a
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    • 1406 30 rawii«»i msmrs REGULAR INDEPENDENT FULL CONTAINER SERVICE WESTBOUND FOR EUROPE /SL/VOY SIN ALG BCL HAM BRE ROT ANT FEL LHA (VIA (VIA (VIA W-6) HAM) ROT) NOR ASIA SUN 9049-3 14/02 02/03 03/03 06/03 09/02 10/03 11/03 12/03 13/03 HoSisll PEARL«M-3 18/02 10/03 11/03 15/03 16/03 17/03 18/03 19/03 20/03
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    • 1920 31 m. iiiivo) iiiuiauaj rcuiuttij ivvi steamers Maritime Holdings Ltd! fITIVSTRAITS SHIPPING I WmV/ p* sinaMort to Brand, East Malaysia, I WSk Containers fiLtfl Voy No P Kurt S pore Stcn H'burg B hawn R Oam Led ACCEPTS DUE SAILS I KATSURAGI OA, SI 3 DOl 05® 110? O'OJ 0103 27/
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    • 1358 31 TO- U S A /PANAMA FM; V.S,A,/PANAMA sss sss s sseWA a im >» ssarr» ,s £a a a TO: EUROPE FM; EIjRQPE V RTM BMV FU ANR LIH EUROPIAN SENATOR «ff 107* W 4/3 M 7/3 X, LtH BMV HAH FIX RTH ANR SP CHOYANC FRONTIER »f 101 14(3
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    • 388 31 STRAITS/ JAPAN/ STRAITS SERVICE SPECIALIST IN RO-RO HEAVY LIFTS VESSEL COSMIC ASEAN CHAMPION TRADER TRADER TRADER VOY NO IS 7 15 Spore 10/2 10/2 15/2 P Kelang 13/2 12/2 Penang Yingon > Mongla Ch.ttagong Calcutta Yokohama Nagoya Osaka Senboku Hochiminh i NOTE ALSO CALLING OTHER JAPANESE PORTS. HONGKONG. <• TAIWAN
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    • 735 32 Mum CR NBR **********0-D EXPRESS SEMI-CONTAINERSHIP SERVICE TO EUROPE VSL VOY S PORE 1 ROAM ADAM H BURG BROKEN ANTWERP MAT ARAM In Pt 22/3 28,3 2/4 4/4 TRIAS UNITY 002WB 4J_ 64 12/4 17/4 21/4 FAST TRANSIT TIME ACCEPTING BREAK BULK/CONTAINERISED CARGO Subject to Inducement Alio accepting cargo to
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    • 853 32 I I I HANJIN SHIPPING FEEDER VSL SIN LINE HAUL LAX OAK DIM AMS mam DDu ici HANJIN HAMBURG OObl 10'? DIRECT 4/3 7/J MANIIN MASAN IfM 17 7 1 -T 1. Si HANJIN ROTTERDAM 012E 18/2 H POHANC 107E 2S/3 27/1 HANUN UHAVRE oTm 17/2 lfl 8 3 %l
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    • 169 32 AT HAM HUAT SHIPPING CO., (PTE) LTD. 10 Anson Road. #14-19/20 International Plaza, V Singapore 0207. FAX: *****94 Tela: *****11/*****22 Tlx: RS ***** AB LENHUAT DAILY RECEIVING CARGO AT MARINA WHARVES GON MCI TEL *****19 AND P2 TEL *****97 TO INDONESIA VESSEL ETA ETD DESTINATION HONG HWA In Pt 1/2
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    • 1322 32 [PKL SCP HKC KSC KLG PUS HKT OSK NCY SiU TYO LAX CHS BAI NYC LHV ANN RDM THP HBC PSO CMB PKL SGP I E LOADING Re 068 20,2 25.2 2 1/3 2 3 3/3 4/3 IS 3 27/3 29 3 30.3 14 9 4 10 4 114 13)4
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    • 1497 33 rr*"o tUUVO| lllUiaUO T I L m u»l J avwm NEPTUNE AGENCIES PTE LTD SINGAPORE TEL: *****77 (CR NO: **********0E) BOOKINGS: UK/EUROPE SERVICE— *****19 USA SERVICE— *****16 mm AUST/INDIA/PAK SERVICE— *****18 FAR EAST SERVICE— *****48', TERMINAL OFFICE .*****22 OOCUMENTATION 27W114 gjggjg CFS: K27 —IMPORT: *****69/*****50 CFS: K27 EXPORT: *****53/*****04 K1
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    • 1059 33 m sinsov SINGAPORE SOVIET SHIPPING CO PRIVATE LTD BOOKING: *****51/ *****64/ *****59 (FESCO LINE) ENQUIRIES: *****33 KL: 03-*****75/697 PORT KELANG: *****43/ *****40 PENANG: *****4; *****8 IQHORE BAHRU: *****1/ *****1 (REGULAR INDEPENDENT SERVlCE)_^^^_^. DISCHARGING FROM EASTBQUND LOADING FOR WESTBOUND VESSELS VOYACE |SPO»t |MAmiA HHQWC VOYAGE SPOUE PHLANG HBU»G »HAVEM TIL»U»Y TOTT
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    • 1516 34 *ge rK. line KAWASAKI RISEN KAISHA. LTD. EXPORT AMgmr A PAmnr SOUTH-WEST IMPORT N. AMERICA PACIFIC SOUTH-WIST MOTHER VESSEL wOY HOUS LB OA* THY FEEOtR VESSEL VOY THY SGP FEEDER VESSEL VOY -INOO -PK.PNG SGP MOTHER VESSEL VOY lB OA* CHI NYC BROOKIYN BRIDGE it 91 15 1 171 271
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    • 1246 34 p w PHILI Oni€NT LIN€S PT€ LTD IO« ROBINSON ROAD #0/ 00 GMG BUILDING SINGAPORE 0106 y~~ TEL *****22/*****69/*****00 TELEX RS ***** PHILI FAX *****76/*****38 BY AIR, LAND OR SEA WE TAKE ON THE WORLD FOR YOU MEMBER OF SINGAPORE FREIGHT FORWARDERS ASSOCIATION I TORONTO, I I VANCOUVER, S'WESTERN ONTARIO.
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    • 1431 35 aaas JDJff pacific international lines (pte> ltd JAKARTA 1 1 BANGKOK 3 VESSEL VOY SIN JKT SIN 9105 VS U/2 "72 MAJAPAHIT 9102 11/2 13/2 u/2 12<2 It/2 KOTA PANJANG 9106 12/2 15/2 ™T 11#N 11/2 14/2 It/2 EDEN 9106 12/2 14/2 19/2 PEGASUS PROGRESS 655N 14/2 17/2 21/2 MAI
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    • 1070 35 r BEN LINE CONTAINERS LTD 200 Cantonment Road Tel: *****22 #13-05 Southpoint m Fax: *****63 Singapore 0208. Telex: RS ***** EXPRESS CONTAINER SERVICE TO UK/CONTINENT VESSEL fvOY SPORE P KLANG S HAMPTON HAMBURG BHAVEN R DAM LHAVRE Katsuragi 04/513 11/2 4/3 2/3 1/3 VIA RD Benalder* 99/517 11/2 VIA DOL
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    • 330 35 Mfc MYANMA P& FIVE STAR UNE w (Myanmar National Line) Loading for Yangon (Rangoon) S pore P.KIg Pen P Gdg MYOMAYWA VI32W In Pt sw PAGAN VI67W 14/17 Feb PATHEIN VIO9W 14/1® Feb lz w THE BANK LINE (A service of Andrew Weir Shipping) \\r SEMI-CONTAINER SERVICE \1 HEAVY LIFT
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    • 769 38 INTEGRATED CONTAINER SERVICE FROM FAR EAST TO NORTH CONTINENT OUTBOUND SIN FLX BRV ROM ANT HBG BRANDtNBURG NMIiK In Pt 1/3 7/3 10/3 4/3 V 3 EUROPEAN SEN WFIO7 %2 12/3 «/3 4/3 H/3 CVS FRONTItR WFIOB 15/2 13/3 11/3 10/3 14/3 LONDON SEN WFIO9 17/2 17/3 15/3 14/3 11/3
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    • 1010 38 I xr\r±: CRYSTAL FREIGHT SERVICES PTE LTD TEL: *****88/*****22 OUR CONSOLIDATION SERVICES TO: EUROPE 10/02 17/02 LONDON ROTTERDAM FELIXSTOWE ANTWERP SOUTHAMPTON HAMBURG MANCHESTER LE HARVE AND ALL EUROPE INLANO DESTINATIONS FAR EAST PORT KELANG 22/02 1/03 MANILA 9/02 16/02 PENANG 22/02 1/03 BUSAN 9/02 16/02 BANGKOK 11/02 16/02 TOKYO 14/02
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    • 218 38 LOADINC FOR VESSEL SPORE CBO 08N BAIRES MVIMO *10 STS VIT PAGUA MOSTHtEN I 1/4 M 17/4 »4 4/5 OPT v n« i DISCHARGING FM BRAZIL VESSEL riPO« 1 HKC MNL KEE rOK NCO "06 MOSTWEEN I I V «50l I W I U/l IM WW 3 Regular BBuik and
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    • 1148 38 5P CHINA OCEAN SHIPPING COMPANY I FULL CONTAINER LINER SERVICE EX TE R L S I 2, MISTRI ROAD, HMC BUILDING FAX: *****66 I #15-00, SINGAPORE 0207 CABLE COSTARLINE I CR NO: **********0 M I General Agents: 008 TAR SHIPPING VIE LTD I TO EUROPE FROM EUROPE v I VESSELJVOY
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    • 860 39 NIHON-ASIA CR **********0N TEL: *****22 FAX: *****86 Competitive Rates!! ETA USA All IPI Destns 11/2,18/2 EUROPE all Ports 12/2, 19/2 BANGKOK 12/2, 17/2 HONGKONG/CHINA 12/2, 16/2 SYD, MEL, ADEL. BRIS 14/2, 21/2 FREMANTLE 16/2, 21/2 MANILA 14/2, 21/2 PKLG/PENANG 10/2, 17/2 Port Kelang Branch Tel: *****21/2/3 Fax: *****24 Penang Branch
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    • 260 39 SSRhf!ELO MARINE AGENCIES (S) PTE LTD T rJft'l TEL: *****33 (12 Lines) r m FAX: *****15/*****03 1 |fTl| TELEX: RS ***** RISHIP (3 Lines) 1 ETHIOPIAN SHIPPING LINES (National Lines of Ethiopia) < ACCEPTING FCL AND CONVENTIONAL VESSEL IVOY ETA ILOADIMO FO« SPOWE ABBAY WONZ 27W8 11/02 0/4RESSALAAM MOMBASA DJIBOUTI
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    • 680 39 i—l——i^—■— I fltafc-PT. MASKAPAI PELAYARAN WpULAU LAUT FULLY CONTAINERISED REGIONAL FEEDER SERVICE TWICE WEEKLY/WEEKLY FIXED DAY SCHEDULE BETWEEN THE PORTS OF S PORE, INDONESIA. MALAYSIA ft THAILAND ALSO ACCEPTING LCL CARGO TO ALL DESTINATIONS WE SERVE FOR BOOKINGS CALL SPECARGO FORWARDING AT TEL: *****55 SINGAPORE INDONESIA SERVICE VSL VOY SIN
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    • 629 39 SYDNEY/MELBOURNE BANGKOK VESSEL VOY SPORE SYO MEL VESSEL VOY SINGAPORE BANGKOK PIYA BHUM 0101 13 14/2 26 28/2 02 44 3 NANTA BHUM 27N Thur 7/2 Sun 10/2 PLANETA 0246 28-01/3 13 15/3 17 IS/3 JENLINK 43N Fh 8/2 Mon 11/2 PIYA BHUM 0302 15 16/3 28 30/3 01 03/4
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    • 394 39 TO AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND |"vSL [s«< IrrM jMtlb Cwk [NPE |p CHAIN BRUSSEI M 02 ?V2 W M iw 155 1M c VEROLME m Hi 15/3 Si zw 5H iw ANTWERPEN 247 17/3 273 2/4 fc4 15/4 M/ 4 17/4 TNT EXPRESS 2» It/4 14/4 lW 55 2#4 2/5 Also accepting
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    • 1222 40 »S e MAC-NELS SINGAPORE tel *****22"] impobt Tti: *****02"! TEL (04) *****6 KK TEL (088) *****01 TAWAU TEL: (089) *****9 p KELANG TEL (03) *****77 KUCHING TEL (082) *****3 SKAN TEL (089 2 4682 U\-/\~ I J BAHRU TEL (07)*****2 SIBU TEL (084) *****2 LABUAN TEL (087) j]4599 —\zrr 'JAKARTA
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    • 450 43 TIDES AND WEATHER TODAY'S TIDES (ha»t in metres) HOUR 0000 0100 0200 0300 0400 0500 0600 0700 0800 0900 1000 1100 1200 1300 1400 1500 1600 1700 1800 1900 2000 2100 2200 2300 «t 14 18 22 25 26 25 23 19 15 12 10 09 10 12 14 1
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    • 379 44 CHARTPOINT Every Saturday in Business Times PT- PELAYAHAN SAMUDRA AGUNG KUALA SIAK IV 11/2 BATU AMPAR/SEKUPANG/BATAM SAMUDERA 102 9/2 DUMAI/PEKAN BARU KUALA SIAK 111 7/2 DUMAI KUALA SIAK V 15/2 BALIKPAPAN/SAMARINDA SENGGATA (TG BARA) 5 vessels (weekly) to PERAWANG.PEKAN BARU/DUMAI 3 vessels (weekly) to BATAM SUMATRA PORTS Also accepting cargo
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