The Business Times, 15 February 1991

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  • 10 1 Business Times MCI (P) 16/12/90 Friday February 15 1991 75*
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  • NEWS SUMMARY
    • 55 1 ISRAEL confirmed yesterday that it is "seriously considering" exchanging trade offices with Taiwan, but emphasised that it is seeking diplomatic relations only with Beijing. The Israeli consul in Hongkong, Ruth Kahanoff, said there had been "mutual contacts" between Taiwan and Israel on the
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    • 32 1 INDIAN Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha suggested yesterday that his budget for the coming fiscal year would feature austerity and spending cuts despite the possibility of early elections.
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    • 25 1 THE PHILIPPINES is confident that the International Monetary Fund will approve its economic stabilisation programme and release US$7OO million in loans Page 4
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    • 31 1 MALAYSIA will export the excess of its light crude oil imported from Iran and processed at Aden in Yemen to North African countries such as Mauritius Page 4
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    • 27 1 RECENTLY released government statistics point to a slump in capital investment among Japanese corporations, which may indicate a slowdown in economic growth Page 5
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    • 30 1 SOVIET President Mikhail Gorbachev has said that switching to a market economy will not bring the Soviet Union instant prosperity, hinting that he favours a slow transition PageS
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    • 44 1 PRIME MINISTER John Major, in office for less than three months, has won for Britain a new credibility within the EC, and British views on foreign and security aspects of political union now carry a lot of weight, say analysts. Page 6
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    • 23 1 ASTROLOGERS see the Year of the Goat as one of humour, drama, innovation and a measure of weirdness Page 9
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    • 24 1 IN RESPONSE to falling marine fuel prices, the Far Eastern Freight Conference has cut its bunker adjustment factor. Shipping Times Page 1
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  • MARKETS SUMMARY
    • 59 1 STOCKS in London opened higher yesterday following firmer markets in Tokyo and New York. Attention was focused yesterday on January UK unemployment data due out at 1130 GMT and results from British Telecom and British Petroleum, dealers said. By 0859 GMT, the FTSE 100 was 10.8 points higher
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    • 28 1 THE PROPOSED restructuring exercise at Mara Holdings will result in the emergence of a larger entity with a potential paid-up capital of MSI2O million Page 2
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    • 32 1 PUBLIC BANK, hoping to capitalise on a recovery of the New Zealand economy, is buying a 40 per cent stake in Bancorp Holdings for NZ$4.2 million Page 2
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    • 31 1 MAGNUM CORP plans to rationalise its gaming operations by grouping its interest in all its eight Empat Nombor Ekor (ENE) subsidiaries under a wholly-owned subsidiary, Leisure Management Page 2
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    • 22 1 IN SPITE OF the uncertain financial environment, activity in the international markets have registered a sharp recovery P«B e 3
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    • 19 1 BRITAIN has issued its first domestic bond denominated in European Currency Unit (ECU) Page 3
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    • 31 1 TAIWAN markets are closed for the Lunar New Year and will reopen on Feb 20, Wednesday. Malaysian, Hongkong and South Korean markets, closed from yesterday, will reopen on Monday.
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    • 27 1 Thursday Change BT-MGA 654.12 +10.02 Kuala Lumpur ....Closed Hongkong Closed Tokyx> 25,356.37 +216.90 Sydney 1,371.8 -6.-3 Wednesday Change New York 2,909.16 34.41 London 2,267.8 +3.3
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    • 21 1 Exchange rates U SS SS 1.7080 100 Yen SS1.3164 MS SS0.6349 Money market rates Overnight 4-1/2 -1/8 3-month 4-1/2% -3/16
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  • 385 1  -  Buoyant mood boosted by New York and Tokyo By S N Vasuki THE Singapore stockmarket saw the Year of the Horse galloping out in a wave of bullish trading yesterday. The Straits Times Industrials Index rose 15.45 points to 1338.70
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  • 553 1 AFP ROBUST Asian economies will weather the impact of the Gulf war and a US economic slowdown to post economic growth of 4 to 8 per cent in 1991, Nomura Research Institute said yesterday in a special report. "Some economies in Asia
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  • 256 1 Reuter AMERICAN TREASURY Secretary Nicholas Brady on Wednesday played down the negative impact of lower interest rates on the dollar, saying it should not deter the Federal Reserve from further cutting rates to stimulate the economy. "I don't think it should stand in the
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  • 252 1  -  By Magdalene Ng AUSTRALIAN-BASED global financial information service group Pont Data has started providing its clients worldwide with Business Times news on-line. The service, officially launched yesterday, has been on-line since Monday. It is available round the clock to Pont Data clients worldwide. The
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  • 159 1 AFP JAPAN'S business failures soared 41.7 per cent from a year earlier to 646 cases in January, chiefly due to higher interest rates and banks lending restrictions, a credit research firm said on Thursday. The number represented the fourth year-on-year rise, Teikoku Databank Ltd
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  • 474 1  -  By Anna Teo THE YEAR of the Goat may be a leaner year calling for more hard work. But with resolve, Singaporeans can have a reasonably prosperous 1991, said Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong yesterday in his Chinese New Year message.
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    • 9 1 US retail data show economy still weak. Back Pg
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    • 46 1 Quadruple Zoom+Auto Two Color MINOcrA The Editor and staff of 7 Business Times wish all their reoders a happy I Lunar New Year V /There will be no publication^ of BT tomorrow. Implication will resume I**l JML PROSPERITY I I I Oik YU SHENG I I
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  • COMPANY NEWS
    • COMPANY BRIEFS
      • 71 2 SINGAPORE Reinsurance Corporation Ltd has clarified that the M 52.00 paid-up capital of Singße Information Technology Sdn Bhd (Singße Sdn Bhd) is now held by two Malaysian individuals. It had earlier said that Singße Sdn Bhd was 100 per cent owned by Singße Information Technology
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      • 27 2 HWA HONG Corporation has announced that Ong Kay L ng resigned as a director of the company with effect from Sep 19, 1990.
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      • 58 2 DATUK Tan Kim Yeow, a director and substantial shareholder of Parkway Holdings Ltd (Parkway), has announced that Tan Kim Ye'ow Sdn Bhd sold 480,000 Parkway shares to TKY Investment Pte Ltd (TKY) for $1.21 each. Tan Kim Yeow Sdn Bhd also sold a further 2.19 million
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      • 73 2 REPEATING predictions of a 1991 operating loss at its television network, CBS Inc said on Wednesday that competition for national advertising trom cable channels and the Fox Network was hurting prices for prime-time advertisements. "The increased supply of commercial units, in conjunction with the recession, put
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      • 60 2 ANGLO-AMERICAN conglomerate Hanson reported on Wednesday that its pre-tax profit was up by 7 per cent for the first quarter of its financial year, to £241 million against £225 million in the year-earlier quarter. The result exceeded analysts' expectations of £230 million to £235 million but the
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      • 98 2 WELL-KNOWN French businessman Alain Mine said on Wednesday that he is going to cut back on business activity and will leave his position as vice-president of the Cerus firm next April 25. The president of Cerus is Italian financier Carlo de Benedetti, who accepted the resignation
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      • 60 2 SUZUKI Motor Corp will build a machining plant for engines and transmissions in Sagara, 180 km southwest of Tokyo, for a total investment of 25 billion yen, a spokesman for Japan's biggest mini carmaker said yesterday. Suzuki, owned 3.5 per cent by General Motors Corp, will
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    • 245 2 Reuter NCR CORP said it filed a petition with the US Federal Communications Commission for an investigation of American Telephone and Telegraph Co's proposed acquisition of NCR. "The request claims that 'acquiring and operating NCR's computer business would jeopardise AT&T's ability to sustain
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    • 176 2 MBT MAGNUM CORP is proposing to rationalise its gaming operations by consolidating its interest in all its eight Em pat Nombor Ekor (ENE) subsidiaries under a wholly-owned subsidiary, Leisure Management. Leisure Management will thereafter apply for a listing on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange.
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    • 438 2 MBT MARA HOLDINGS will emerge as a larger entity with a potential paid-up capital of Msl2o million (5576.3 million) after its proposed restructuring exercise. The restructuring will see the transfer of all of Mara's 28 subsidiaries to Mara Holdings. This will bring the total
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    • 324 2 MBT PUBLIC BANK has moved into the New Zealand financial sector with the proposed purchase of a 40 per cent stake, or 16 million shares, in Bancorp Holdings for NZ$4.2 million (554.35 million). The acquisition of the stake in Bancorp is being done through
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    • 221 2 Reuter A BUSINESS associate of Asil Nadir, chairman of bankrupt fruit-to-electronics firm Polly Peck, was interviewed by a Swiss magistrate on Wednesday on behalf of Britain's Serious Fraud Office (SFO). Jason Davies answered written questions drawn up by the SFO, which is investigating London-based Polly Peck
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    • 526 2 NYT WITH THE WAR over Atlantic air fares cancelled by government order, the major airlines turned to skirmishing on Wednesday to capture frightened American passengers for their half-empty aeroplanes. After the US Transportation Secretary, Samuel Skinner, vetoed British Airways' one-third price reduction on Tuesday
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    • 503 2 Reuter BY REJECTING most of British Airways pic's proposed fare cuts for flights to London, the US sent a clear signal it is irritated about the slow progress in talks on landing rights at Heathrow Airport. "That's putting pressure where it hurts," Argus Research
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    • 388 2 AP UNCONTROLLED imports of Japanese cars would be a death blow to the European car industry, Peugeot SA president Jacques Calvet said on Wednesday. Asked if Europe's car industry would die if there were no quotas on Japanese car imports, Mr Calvet replied: "Yes."
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    • 181 2 > g > The Pan Pacific Hotel Singapore PUBLIC NOTICE It has come to my notice that members of the public have received promotional pamphlets informing them of the opening of "Rascals", a newly yet to be opened entertainment spot at The Pan Pacific Hotel, Singapore. As part of this
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  • FINANCIAL NEWS
    • 505 3  -  BIS report reveals sharp recovery in third quarter of last year From Christopher Powell in GENEVA THE BASLE (Switzerland) based Bank for International Settlements (BIS) says in its review of the third quarter of last year that despite the uncertain financial environment, activity in the international
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    • 256 3 Reuter THE US Securities and Exchange Commission has adopted tighter investment standards for America's money market funds. The new guidelines arc designed to make money funds safer by limiting their investments in less than the highest grade commercial paper to 5 per cent of
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    • 402 3 Reuter THE choice of US house Morgan Stanley International as lead manager of the UK's first foray into ECU bonds was termed "a surprise", and "staggering" by syndicate managers at leading securities houses. "I think all the market's a bit dazed. Not only
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    • 396 3 NYT BRITAIN, following in the steps of France and Italy, has issued its first domestic bond denominated in European Currency Unit (ECU), a composite of the 12 European Community currencies. The issue, planned since late last year, represents Britain's commitment to developing
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    • 448 3 A GRIM picture of Eastern Europe's finances, with access to credit declining and the cost of outstanding loans escalating, is highlighted by the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) in its quarterly analysis of financial markets issued yesterday. For the first nine months
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    • 276 3 Reuter EUROPEAN Community central bankers will wait to make detailed recommendations on how the bloc should make the transition to Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) until they get more political guidance. European monetary sources said in Brussels on Wednesday that the EC
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    • SMALL CHANGE
      • 106 3 FIRST Mutual Bank for Savings president Gerald Mulligan said the bank was in talks for a private capital infusion but that no approach had yet been made to Federal Deposit Insurance Corp for related assistance. "Discussions have been going on for some time
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      • 64 3 AUSTRALIA'S Westpac Banking wants to buy a bank in the US but it is not currently in negotiations with anyone, a Westpac spokeswoman said. It is interested in a retail bank, with a minimum of US$lO billion (Ssl7 billion) in assets, outside of California, she
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      • 76 3 BERMUDA will introduce tougher legislation to prevent international money laundering schemes from undermining the island's role as a leading offshore financial centre, Finance Minister David Saul said. Bermuda, a British colony of 58,000, is a leading offshore business centre with more than 1,200 insurance company offices.
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      • 100 3 PRUDENTIAL Insurance Co of America said George Ball has resigned as chairman and chief executive of PrudentialBache Securities and that Robert Beck, Prudential chairman emeritus, has been named acting CEO. The Prudential said a search is underway for a successor to Mr Ball, who has agreed to
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  • THE REGION
    • NOTE BOOK
      • 44 4 UNEMPLOYMENT in Australia reached its highest level for more than seven years last month, rising to 8.4 per cent from 8.1 per cent in December and 6.1 per cent a year ago, the Australian Bureau of Statistics said.
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      • 49 4 SLOWER demand and a gloomy economic outlook in many countries continued to depress the Malaysian rubber market last December. The Malaysian Rubber Exchange and Licensing Board said that with no improvement in fundamentals, the rubber market became more sluggish last December, traditionally a quiet month.
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      • 68 4 BRUNEI'S Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah has banned the alArqam, a Muslim movement, for allegedly spreading teachings contrary to Islam. In a royal decree on Wednesday, the Sultan said his decision was based on the tiny oil-rich kingdom's religious council which had studied al-Arqam s activities. The ban
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      • 58 4 HOT WEATHER and fungal poisoning are suspected of killing almost 2,700 cattle at a Japanese-owned feedlot near Brisbane. Australian Department of Primary Industries senior veterinarian Rick Webster said ergot, a fungal growth carried on grass seeds, had been known to cause the deaths of cattle
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    • 459 4 Bernama MALAYSIA will export the excess of its light crude oil imported from Iran and processed at Aden in Yemen to North African countries such as Mauritius, Petronas president Tan Sri Azizan Zainul Abidin said on Wednesday. Currently, a total of 20,000 barrels
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    • 492 4 Approval likely for economic stabilisation programme AFP THE Philippines is confident the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will approve its economic stabilisation programme and release US$7OO million (S$ 1.2 billion) in loans. Finance Secretary Jesus Estanislao said on Wednesday. "Everything is 'go' in the IMF.
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    • 214 4 Reuter THE Philippines is considering importing about 150,000 barrels of diesel to boost its current reserves of 21 days supply by about another 10 days, energy presidential adviser Wenccslao De la Paz said. De la Paz did not say where the Philippines would source
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    • 199 4 ANS FIRMS in Japan, Hongkong and Taiwan plan to launch 30 joint-development projects in South China in an effort to create a promising new industrial centre, a spokesman for Sumitomo Corp said on Feb 12. Sumitomo, a major Japanese trading firm, said it
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    • 271 4 THE effects of the Gulf War have so far failed to deter the high growth of Thailand's electricity consumption, contrary to what was generally assumed. According to the Bangkok Post, Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT) chief spokesman Supin Panyamak said national power usage this
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    • 315 4 THE Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand Labour Union has threatened strong opposition to moves to allow private sector participation in power projects, according to a report in the Bangkok Post. EGAT union leader Sucha Chulapet said the National Energy Policy Committee (NEPC) decision to allow
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    • 668 4  -  Manila accuses US of reneging on commitment to pay rentals From Al O Labita Jr in MANILA THE Manila-Washington standoff on the fate of American military bases in the Philippines boils down to one thing money. Manila's hardline stance is that Washington
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  • THE WORLD
    • 301 5 Indication of possible economic slowdown NYT RECENTLY released Japanese government statistics point to a slump in capital investment among the country's corporations, which may indicate a slowdown in economic growth. The Economic Planning Agency (EPA) announced on Feb 12 that the value of
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    • 267 5 Reuter SOVIET PRESIDENT Mikhail Gorbachev has said that switching to a market economy will not bring the Soviet Union instant prosperity, hinting that he favours a slow transition. "The person who thinks that the market is a panacea for all ills and will
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    • 573 5 THE iGULL ■M&m IHT SAUDI ARABIA, seeking quick access to cash to help finance the Gulf war, is soliciting a small group of international banks, led by J P Morgan of New York, to provide a short-term loan of around US$3.6 billion
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    • 49 5 An American Marine M-60 tank detonating mines during an exercise in the Sandi dewrt on Monday. The exercise gave theanti-lra, allied ground forces practice in dealing with the extensive minefields which they are expected to face in any assault on ku ait.
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    • 211 5 Reuter THE Communist Party leadership of the Soviet armed forces on Wednesday bitterly denounced the US-led campaign against Iraq, and said the real goal was the extermination of civilians and the destruction of Moscow's former ally. Senior officials in the Armed Forces'
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    • 396 5 Reuter FRENCH industrialists are to meet Kuwaiti officials in Saudi Arabia on February 27 for discussions on how they can help in the rebuilding of Kuwait after the Gulf War, said officials of the French Employers' Association (CNPF). The meeting will take
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    • 274 5 Reuter SOVIET Prime Minister Valentin Pavlov's dramatic claims that the Soviet government came close to being overthrown in an economic coup is distracting attention from a new, more conservative economic reform plan, analysts say. Mr Pavlov told the trade union daily Trud on Tuesday
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    • WORLD WATCH
      • 109 5 POLAND is speeding up privatisation and the government will offer 40 state companies for sale to foreign and domestic investors this year. The new government of Prime Minister Jan Krzysztof Bielecki on Tuesday set an ambitious target for the privatisation programme launched last year,
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      • 75 5 BRAZIL expects to raise about US$l7 billion (5528.9 billion) by 1993 in a privatisation programme which is set to begin in late April. Jose Pio Borges. executive vice-president of Brazil's National Economic and Social Development Bank (BNDES), told a conference in New York on Wednesday:
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      • 73 5 VISITING Indian Prime Minister Chandra Shekhar has asked his Nepalese counterpart, Krishna Prasad Bhattarai, in Kathmandu to lift restrictions on the free convertibility of the Indian currency in Nepal. Following the Indian trade blockade between March 23, 1989, and June 30, 1990, Nepal retaliated by
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      • 88 5 TAIWAN plans a research drive into high-definition television (HDTV), an emerging technology that may one day command a large slice of the world's consumer electronics market. "HDTV will be of such importance that we can't afford to neglect it and leave the technology to
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      • 61 5 FINNISH FIRMS are demanding cast-iron guarantees of payment before selling to Soviet customers. Less than six weeks after the end of Finnish-Soviet barter-type clearing trade, some companies were demanding cash in Swiss bank accounts or irrevocable letters of credit, said Erkki Palmqvist, deputy head of the
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      • 92 5 CHINA has launched a three-year study of its major rivers to pinpoint ways of reducing the millions of tonnes of untreated sewage clogging the waterways, the China Daily reported on Wednesday. "It is an urgent task to find the points at which the sewage is
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    • 209 5 Reuter A SENIOR Soviet official has chided French businessmen for hesitating to invest in the Soviet Union and appealed for new industrial joint ventures, notably in sugar and energy. "Many French businesses are overly cautious... and are waiting to see how things develop in the
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    • 420 5 Reuter A POSSIBLE collapse of the Soviet economy would do more psychological harm than real damage to the overall economy of Germany, which has profited most from the opening of the Berlin Wall, say analysts. "Economic effects of the possible collapse of
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    • 229 5 AFP INFLATION hit a five-year peak of an average 6.5 per cent in Western industrial countries and Japan in 1990, but the average price increases eased markedly during the final quarter despite the Gulf crisis. Latest OECD figures released on Wednesday show that
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  • 501 6 EDITORIAL ONE DEPENDABLE sign of political regression is the replacement of action with rhetoric. Soviet Prime Minister Valentin Pavlov's accusation that forces in the West were planning an economic coup to overthrow President Mikhail Gorbachev, and that disaster had been averted by talcing 50-rouble and 100-rouble
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  • WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
    • 224 6 THE new Soviet prime minister, Mr Valentin Pavlov, alleged this week that unnamed foreign forces were using Western and Soviet banks to wage a "financial war" against the Soviet Union in an effort to topple Mr Gorbachev. Mr Pavlov cannot possibly believe his own accusations, which fly in
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    • 141 6 THE emphasis on pre-school education is a right one. By starting early, Singapore can monitor the talent of her young. As Education Minister Dr Tony Tan put it, every possible effort must be made to reduce educational wastage. Rather than pushing pupils who cannot cope to adjust
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    • 122 6 PRE-SCHOOL education may generally not be considered a sphere of formal education but links between the two are getting closer, especially if the bilingual policy is to succeed. The committee set up last year to look into the primary school streaming process has recommended that the formulation
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  • REGIONAL VIEWPOINTS
    • 137 6 OFFICIALS apparently have noticed lately with a degree of concern the unhealthy trend among some segments of the public in Indonesia in their understanding of what is happening in the Gulf today. However, despite the various appeals conveyed by government officials and social leaders that we should remain
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    • 159 6 AMONG the few direct and immediate effects of the Gulf War on Malaysia is the reduced number of foreign tourists, especially from the West. Hotels which were filled to capacity during Visit Malaysia Year 1990 (VMY) have found themselves with occupancy rates as low as 30
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    • 204 6 IF THE Meteorological Department's forecast that temperatures in Bangkok could reach the 40 degrees Centigrade mark in the coming months is proven accurate, Bangkokians will have to brace for the most sizzling summer in more than three decades. Elsewhere in the North, North-east and
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  • 1146 6  -  Britain is no longer in the EC doghouse. But, reports Leigh Bruce, this does not necessarily mean that its influence on European matters is now greater. What it does mean is that Britain's voice will be heard Leigh Bruce, IHT. PRIME minister John Major,
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  • SPORTS
    • 688 7 Donnay Indoor Championship Reuter SEEDED players Guy Forget of France and Michael Chang of the United States easily advanced to the third round of the Donnay Indoor Championship in Brussels with straight-set victories on Wednesday but world number four Andre Agassi suffered a 6-3 7-6 defeat
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    • 301 7 Reuter FORMER world number one Bjorn Borg, due to make his tennis comeback in April, should be happy if he can get back into the top 100, fellow Swede Mats Wilander said on Wednesday. "If he works hard... If he can make it to the top
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    • 519 7 AFP FRENCHMAN Alain Gautier had difficulty maintaining his lead as sailors in the BOC round-the-world solo race enjoyed a heat wave in the Southern Ocean, race officials said yesterday. The officials quoted Gautier's compatriot Philippe Jeantot winner of the two previous BOC races as saying
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    • 259 7 AP SOCCER star Diego Maradona's name came up in wiretapped telephone conversations between suspected drug dealers, a Naples prosecutor said on Wednesday, "There appeared to have been, on the part of Napoli player Diego Armando Maradona, a request for 'stuff, not better specified, and
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    • SIDE LINES
      • 113 7 BRITAIN'S Pat Barrett floored Italian challenger Salvatore Nardino in the first and second rounds before knocking him out in the sixth to win his first defence of the European light-welterweight boxing title in Wembley on Wednesday. Barrett, who is aiming for a world
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      • 76 7 CANADA'S Helen Kelesi rallied from a 3-0 deficit in the third set to upset third-seeded Jana Novotna in the second round of the Virginia Slims of Chicago tennis tournament on Wednesday. Number 2 seed Katerina Maleeva won her match against Ann Grossman, but eighth seed Nathalie Tauziat
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      • 87 7 ITALY drew 0-0 with Belgium in a soccer friendly in Terni that both coaches treated as an occasion for experiment on Wednesday. That attitude was reflected in a match which was technically entertaining but lacked the fire of real competition. None of the three goalkeepers who
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      • 93 7 WORLD number one Boris Becker on Wednesday criticised the one-year-old Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) tour for making him play more than ever. The ATP tour was set up partly because players felt they had to play too many tournaments but Becker said: "I've played more
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      • 59 7 JELLE NIJDAM was declared winner of the Mediterranean Tour's second stage on Wednesday, after Germany's Marcel Wuste was stripped of his victoiy for blocking the Dutchman's path. Wuste crossed the line first but was judged to have blocked Nijdam in the final sprint. He was relegated
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      • 68 7 JENNIFER CAPRIATI has entered the US$5OO,OOO Virginia Slims of Florida in what will mark the one-year anniversary of her professional debut at the 1990 Virginia Slims. Capriati, the teen sensation who climbed as high as No 8 in the Virginia Slims rankings in her first year as
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      • 65 7 NEW ZEALAND'S women rugby union players will wear the country's famous silver fern emblem for the first time at the women's World Cup in April in Cardiff. New Zealand Rugby Football Union chairman Eddie Tonks said yesterday that the fern, which the All Black national
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    • 341 7 AP AMERICAN sprinter Leroy Burrell. upset that his world record in the 60 metres was nullified because he jumped the gun, ran the distance a second time in Madrid on Wednesday and again set a record. Burrell had run 6.40 seconds in the
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  • LIFESTYLE
    • 955 9  -  David R Schweisberg finds the mood around Asia generally sombre at the advent of the Year of the Goat David R Schweisberg UPI The year of the Goat arrives tonight as Chinese worldwide usher in the Lunar New Year, but the Gulf War and economic
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    • 145 9 LOVE, wine and roses can still be had even after Valentine's Day but at Valentine prices too, of course. In a bid to boost its funds, the Singapore Dance Company has put together an evening titled La Vie Fm Rose, a Valentine's
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    • 533 9 CHATTERBOX MOVIE STAR Kirk Douglas and animated voices artist Noel Blanc were injured on Wednesday in Santa Paula, California, when the helicopter they were in collided with a stunt plane, a publicist said. Two people aboard the plane were killed. The collision occurred near
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    • 855 9  -  John Chua reviews the current exhibition of Carlo Carra's works John Chua THE Italian artist Carlo Carra (1881-1966) once wrote: "Art criticism with a philosophical and erudite base is nothing but a huge piss of empty, conceited talk." It was with this venom that
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    • 237 9 AND ENTERTAIN High Fashion At High Tea. Every Saturday, High Tea is highly fashionable at the Fountain Lounge. With a fashion show featuring some of Singapore's top models and best fashion. ANA HOTEL 16 NASSIM MILL. SINGAPORE 1025. TH 732 1222 SINGAPORE Monday to 50% off Standard Drinks Evergreens Chinese
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  • STOCK EXCHANGE OF SINGAPORE 1
    • 4425 10  -  By S N Vasuki THERE WAS a festive mood in the Singapore stock market yesterday. Shares rose across the board as investors went on a buying spree. The market's bullish sentiment was largely due to Wednesday's strong performance on the New York
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  • 3300 11 Main Board S1A Foreign 1470 50 3 5% Shangn-La 590 +45 +8.3% OUE 655 +25 +4.0% SIA 1100 20 +1 9% S1A 200 1100 20 +19% Asia Pacific 1040 20 2.0% ANA Hotels 219 +19 +9.5% DBS 1000 +15 +15% Spore BusF 500 670 +15
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  • BT SHARE INFORMATION SERVICE
    • 256 12 Company Oat* Year Group Not Net earnings Gross ann to profit/loss (I) per share dividend ('000) (cents) H leong Credit Jan 16 Jun 90 M$24,462($18,074) 21 8(16 4) 10(10) C4C Jan 14 Sep 90 $53,947(134.649) 308(23 5a) 15(8 5a) F&N Jan 14 Sep 90 $53,080($62.868) 30 1(36 5)
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    • 217 12 Company Oat* Year Group pro-tax Net earnings Gross ann to profit/loss (L) per share dividend (000) (cents) feppd Fin Feb 13 Dec 90 $5.282(J5.169) 5 8(6 3) 5(4) UMW Feb 8 Dec 90 M$198.464($100,841) 52.3(34 6) 15(—) G Securities Feb 6 Dec 90 $3,029($2,130) 3.1(2.0) 10(75) M Cement
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    • 360 12 Company Date Half-year Croup pro-tax Interim ann to profit/loss (L) dividend COOO) AISB Feb 11 Dec 90 M$10.256($4.005) M Banking Feb 11 Dec 90 M518l.960(5155.358) 5(5.6a) BMT Feb 8 Dec 90 $600(J457) 50(-) Khong Guan Jan 31 Oct 90 $139(J451) Inter Pacific Jan 26 Oct 90 M563.497(555.405) 4(5)
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    • 992 12 Feb 13 Hai Sun Hup has entered into a joint venture with Mitsui OSK Lines to acquire a carrier vessel from the latter for USs9.sm (Ssl6 2m). iit Four companies of the Jardine group Jardine Matheson, Jardine Stratefic HoWmjs Mandarin Oriental and Dairy Farm will be listed on
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    • 251 12 CwrMt Ex Books Data Total lor Total for paymawt data ctoa payaMo tka y*ar last yoar WFPT 3c (e) Dec 14 Jan 3 Feb 18 3c 2 8C teat Find USSO 10(b) Mar 18 Mar 28 Ape 8 USS010 A vino 5*Tt Feb 25 Mai 7 May 15
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    • 529 12 Singapore Stocks La™ FuH YMr Company Panod Oat* Taar Nat EPS &«s *«t an—cti ntx (card) (to pre* last ytar (SW) CMB Padtaim Interim Nov 13 Dec 90 297 112 11.616(e) BMT Interim Jan 10 km 91 254 2 150.0 773 Apolo Final Feb 16 Dec 90 1.746L
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    • 143 12 Company Rights Issue H lea* Creft Two-fix five MJ2 80 per share Ex-date Feb 21 Books dose Mar 7 Acceptance Payment: NY* Company Bonus Issue H Leonj Oedl Three-for-five Ex-date Feb 21 Books dose Mar 7 Oriental Mdp One-forfive Ex-date Feb 8 Books dose Feb 25 Company Others
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    • 255 12 Company Rights Issue Mean One-tor two g, MJ100 pet share Issue of 40m Cumulative Redeemable Preference Shares of MJO10 each at M<1 per share with 10m detachable TSR Bolt or One-foe-tour fe, M<200 per share FAC8 Capital Reduction Scheme to reduce par value of shares from 50 sen
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    • 689 12 BONDS, LOANS WARRANTS fimpwy CimriiMptrM CiwwIm tana tar aaa •rtftaary tkara C4C Wt Before 26/4/93 1 warrant plus $309 cash Causeway Law Caaaway Wt 2/10/89 to 20/10/94 1 warrant plus JO. 77 cash or 1 warrant plus $0.77 normnal amount of loan stock Chuan lk» Notes dun My IR March
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    • 189 12 RECORD HIGHS LOWS rt PAmrwrcitA IhHay ST Industrials Index WMnp0SrW ,n0e 1991 Mc 1338.70 (14/2/91) 1991 Nik 1156.37 (14/2/91) 1)91 *****8 (16/1/91) 1991 low: 1022.52 (16/1/91) 1990 Mfh: 1607.12 (27/3/90) 1990 hidt 1435.43 (16/7/90) 1990 b* 1079.50 (11/10/90) 1990 tow: 981.07 (09/11/90) 19S9 1487.76 (26/12/89) 1989 hiftr 1322.00 (28/12/89) m
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    • 23 12 Weame Brothers Ltd: 76th AGM at 65 Chulia Street #33-00, OCBC Centre, Singapore 0104 on Wednesday, Feb 27, at 10.30 am.
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    • 157 12 THEGROWTH TRIANGLE A Special Business Times Survey February 26,1991 The Growth Triangle began casually as an idea. Singapore. Batam. Johor. Singapore has a rich pool of managerial talent. Batam and Johor are rich in natural resources, land and labour. Combine the three and they make a triangle of growth. Today,
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    • 78 12 You may have been unable to get your Business Times, Straits Times, Sunday Times, LianHe Zaoßao and other daily newspapers from your usual newsstand because of the higher demand lately. To ensure a daily copy, call Customer Services Section on 740-1839 or 740-1840, and ask for home or office delivery
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  • TOKYO STOCK EXCHANGE
    • 2214 13 Reuter TOKYO STOCKS closed firmer yesterday for the eighth straight day in the heaviest trade in over one year. Momentum from the Wall Street rally continued to overwhelm profit-taking pressure as investors debated how long the bandwagon would keep rolling, traders
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  • 1884 13 Vol HK$ High Low (TOO) Feb 13 Allied Ppt W93 0.74 +.010 0.74 0.72 416 Allied Ppt 1.37 unch 1.39 1.36 840 Allied T.W 0.77 .040 0.80 0.74 7640 Allied Tw W92 0.101 .002 0.103 0.10 1011 Amoy Properties 4.10 +.075 4.125 4.025 480 Applied Intl
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  • REGIONAL STOCK MARKETS
    • CPI rise dampens Australian shares
      • 1026 14 THE Australian share market limped to a weaker close yesterday as investors absorbed economic statistics which gave little hope of a rapid recovery from recession. Dealers said Wednesday's worse than expected Consumer Price Index (CPI) rise of 2.7 per cent for December, combined with Thursday's announcement of a rise
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      • 80 14 INDICES TURNOVER Close Feb 14 Previous SYDNEY All Ordinaries Index All Industrials Index All Resources Index Turnover (million) 1,371.8 2,148.5 780.6 79.05 1.378.2 2.158.6 784.3 98.64 -6.3 •11.4 -2.7 -19.59 BANGKOK SET Index Turnover (million baht) 766.24 4,400 753.66 6,200 12.58 -1,800 JAKARTA Composite Index NA 381.24 MANILA Composite Index
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      • 741 14 THAI stocks closed broadly higher in active trade yesterday focused on specu- lative finance issues after advances in New York and Tokyo, brokers said. The SET Index ended 12.58 points higher at 766.24 on about 4.4 billion baht turnover. Siam Cement gained eight baht to close at 658 and
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      • 544 14 PHILIPPINE shares slid slightly yesterday, further below gains made early in the week as traders took profits on revived caution about developments in the Gulf, brokers said. Manila's composite index was 3.53 points down at 862.48 from Wednesday's 866.01. Trading weight shifted to blue chips from centavo-priced oil issues
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      • 358 14 la local currency In S$ la US$ day year S day year day year FEB 12 Index change change change change change ch *nge World 390.3 0.4 9.0 -0.4 9.4 0.1 11.6 |EAFE 507.1 0.5 7.9 -0.3 10.0 0.1 12.2 Europe 389.9 0.7 7.0 0.2
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      • 404 14 Reuter NEW ZEALAND shares yesterday slumped in the afternoon triggered by panicky but inexplicable selling in Fletcher Challenge which posted a nine per cent jump in net profit at midday. "Everyone was trying to outperform everyone else to sell," said Peter Halligan at Buttle Wilson. "It was very
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      • 1159 14 Jakarta Rupiah VoH'OO) Feb 13 Abda 2500 Ahap Insurance 3750 Alumindo Perkasa Utama 7850 100 110 Aqua Golden Missisipi 9500 Argo Pantes ***** unch 50 Aster Jawa 2500 Astra Graph 8250 150 60 Astra Int'llnc ***** 150 1620 Asuransi Bintang 7950 Asuransi Dayin Mitra 7000 Asuransi Jiwa Panin ***** Asuransi
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  • WORLD STOCK MARKETS
    • Eleventh-hour rally lifts Dow up 34 pts
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        1087 15 A LATE barrage of futures-related buying helped jump-start a sagging US blue chip sector on Wednesday. After trailing broader measurements earlier in the day, the Dow industrial average jumped 1.2 per cent and the Standard and Poor's 500 Index soared to a new closing high. "We got hit
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        740 15 UK SHARE prices finished slightly higher on London Stock Exchange on Wednesday on disappointment over a smaller-than-expected cut in Britain's base lending rate. The market changed directions five times during the session, suggesting an uncertain sentiment among major investors. The market's initial reaction to the half-point cut in the
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      • 334 15 DUTCH shares closed mostly firmer on Wednesday in moderate business, cautiously resuming Monday's uptrend after taking a breather on Tuesday. Confidence in the gains posted recently seemed to have grown, dealers said, but they added investors still mistrusted sharp and sudden price rises. The morning's rally was thus met
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      • 141 15 BELGIAN shares closed mixed in moderate trading on Wednesday, with some investors taking profits on sharp gains posted so far this week, dealers said. With a total trading volume worth 806 million francs, 57 shares rose, 58 fell and 13 closed unchanged. The main forward market index fell nine
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      • 83 15 INDICES TURNOVER Feb 13 Close Previous NEW YORK Dow Jones NYSE Financial SAP 500 Turnover (million) 2,909.16 2.874.75 34.41 144 84 143.61 +123 369.01 365.54 3.51 210 256 -46 LONDON Financial Times 30 FTSE 100 Turnover (million) 1.791.7 1.781.1 +>06 2.267.8 2.2645 +13 516.5 582.5 -66 AMSTERDAM CBS Tendency Index
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      • 190 15 THE Paris bourse finished an active session with modest gains, as institutional investors counting on a quick end to the economic slowdown snapped up cyclical stocks that have suffered in recent weeks, dealer said. The benchmark CAC-40 index ended at 1,635.84, up 9.60 points or 0.59 per cent. Volume
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      • 104 15 PRICES on the Stockholm bourse fell across the board in thin and lacklustre trade following overnight declines on Wall Street, dealere said. The bourse general index closed 0.8 per cent down at 958.49 in turnover of only 267 million crowns. Blue chips lost 0.41 per cent. Dealers said Atlas
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      • 389 15 JOHANNESBURG share prices ended a quiet and uneventful day narrowly mixed to slightly firmer on Wednesday. Dealers said investors appeared to be searching for clues to the market's next move in the absence of fresh factors, dealers said. The JSE All-Gold Index finished the day slightly higher at a
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      • 322 15 PROGRAMME trading in New York lifted Wall Street out of the midday doldrums and Toronto followed suit, closing higher in active trade on Wednesday, dealers said. Weaker blue chips, especially banks and Laidlaw, recouped part of their early losses, they added. The composite index gained 14.46 to 3,519.24 after
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      • 193 15 ITALIAN share prices surged nearly 1.5 per cent on Wednesday, registering their eighth consecutive day of gains, as many investors rushed to buy stocks for fear of missing out on a long-expected rebound. But while some brokers heralded the advances as a sign the Italian market was on the
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      • 328 15 SWISS shares firmed slightly in moderate midsession trading as foreign buying after some early profit-taking took most stocks higher, dealers said. They added the firm bond market and Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's willingness to cooperate with a Soviet peace move had prompted the firmer trend. The All-Share SPI Index
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      • 88 15 Frankfurt Feb 13 DM Aeg 198.90 +5.4 BASF 219.90 +3.2 Bayer 242.80 +3.8 Bayer Veremsbank 364.00 +8 BMW 429.00 +3.4 Commerzbank 252.00 +5 Conti Gummi 218.30 +4.3 Daimler-Benz. 549.50 +1.5 Deutsche Bank 647.50 +11 Dresdner Bank 352.00 +4 Hoechst 226.40 +2.7 Hoesch 225.00 +4 Horten 198.80 +17.3 Karstadt 557.00 +5.5
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  • CURRENCY, MONEY & FUTURES MARKETS/COMMODITIES
    • 467 16 Reuter MANY cloak-and-dagger theories have emerged this week over an unusual method being used by one or more foreign central banks to borrow dollars from the US Treasury market. The Federal Reserve confirmed that it has told US primary dealers that it would from
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    • 295 16 Reuter EXPECTATIONS for lower interest rates globally could help offset dollar pressure caused by declining American interest rates, according to Charles Dallara, the US Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for International Affairs. "We are entering a period of easing of interest
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    • 535 16 Bernama MALAYSIA'S exports of palm oil to its major overseas buyers for the month of Fel> ruary are expected to remain stable and will not be jeopardised by the on-going Gulf War, industry sources said. An analyst said except for Saudi Arabia,
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    • 243 16 UPI ANGRY Australian sheep raisers, warning of a looming disaster, have protested against the scrapping of a price support system which they say has provided them with a buffer from the free market. The minimum price is assessed by valuers who attend
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    • 281 16 IMM 2bl 3 DEUTSCHEMARK Open High Low Sett Vol Op/lnt Mar 91 0.6850 0.6865 0.6805 0.6811 30.037 87,715 Jun 91 0.6812 0.6822 0.6762 0.6767 EURODOLLAR Open High Low Sett Vol Op/lnt Mar 91 93.36 93.37 93.33 93.35 102.318 716.714 Jun 91 93.46 93.48 93.43 93.46 JAPANESE YEN Open
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    • 207 16 REPORTS TOKYO: Yen-denominated gold futures opened 10 to 14 yen per gram firmer on the dollar's strength against the yen overnight. "Individual investors are liquidating their short positions particularly in the October contract. Market sentiment is still bearish, and fresh selling from individuals is increasing,"
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    • 1223 16 REPORT THE US DOLLAR closed steady across the board in Japan after a day of dull, thin trading. The market tested the topside shortly after the opening, but comments by US Treasury Secretary Nicholas Brady in New York on Wednesday downplaying the
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    • 408 16 Cross rates Fete 14 USS SS MS l)m Yen SFr AS NZS USS 1.7090 2.6895 1.4620 129 60 0 5040 1.2510 I 2690 ***** SS 0.5851 1.5737 0.8555 0.7583 0.2949 0.7320 0 7426 0.9632 MS 0.3718 63.54 0.5436 0 4819 0.1874 ***** 0.4718 0.6120 Dm 0.6840 I
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    • 553 16 Interbank rates Feb >3 S$ Bid Offer Overnight 4 1/2 4 5/8 1-month 4 7/16 4 9/16 2-month 4 1/2 4 5/8 3-month 4 1/2 4 5/8 Overnight mode: 4-7/16 LS$ Bid Offer 7 days 6 1/2 6 5/8 1 month 6 7/16 6 9/16 2 months 6
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  • 1103 17 City Flight ETA Flight ETD Abu Dhabi GA894 0010 GA890 2225 GA970 2335 GA976 2340 Adelaide QF7 1750 SQ227 2130 Amman RJ182 1400 Amsterdam KL835 1505 SQ42 0100 SQ23 1815 KL836 2150 SQ24 2215 GA890 2225 Athens SQ45 0805 SQ24 2215 Auckland NZ35 1530 BA11 1255
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  • THE TRAVEL PAGE
    • 549 17  -  LETTER FROM CUBA By Pascal Fletcher WANT to dancc the guaguanco? Care to brush up on your rumba? How about dancing a tribute to Chango, or playing the bom bo? For all those dance-shy foreigners who claim they were born tone-deaf or have bodies
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    • 146 17 As at 3pm yesterday: Local dollars to one unit of foreign currency Currencies Bid Offer Australian dollar 1.3380 1.3580 Canadian dollar 1.4650 1.4950 NZ dollar 1.0260 1.0560 Sterling pound 3.3700 3.400 US dollar 1.7030 1.7180 li)cal dollars to 100 units of foreign currency Austrian schilling 16.40 17.40
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    • 89 17 Duration Title Venue Organiser Tel Duration Title Venue Organiser Tel Feb 13-17 International Spain Fena /arago/a (34)76/*****0 Feb 28- International Stuttgart. Stuttgarter Mcsse *****2589-0 Water Fair March 3 Trade Fair for Germany Und Kongrcss Blinds and Sun Feb 19-21 Air Trail*- Holland Expoconsult (0707)*****5 Protection (ontroi 91
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  • Page 17 Miscellaneous
    • 295 17 ACROSS r g p E K 6 —I —H —l (B 1 Trade's so bad. even though TBBT ~Hf 5 Writer accommodating English guide (6) 9 I j I I j 9 Judge one married in Ori- country HF 10 Workers around the fifties Hi_JH^ can be most attractive worn-
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    • 170 17 World forecast Asia-Pacific Hi/La* Cond. Auckland 26/18 Fair Bangkok 34/23 Fair Beijing 07/-4 Sunny Brunei 31/23 Showers Hongkong 23/18 Cloudy Jakarta 3<V24 Showers Kuala Lumpur 33/23 Fair Manila 31/24 Fair Melbourne 26/16 Cloudy |»crth 30/19 Cloudy Seoul 04/-1 Rain Sydney 27/20 Cloudy Taipei 19/15 Rain Tokyo 08/03 Cloudy Wellington 25/17
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    • 37 17 I I HP. Nolj GopißO IT uJp\S \C\POSSi&L£-TO u;P»LK THC ncus 5jL I If guosy «„<< li_sST 1<2 p. i— *i£-4F JSs^ijpjL_ V\ /»i ro to HRpPeM... 1 i\7 "zeP»ux)S, HIS Q,v.N W ..un WM w ,H. 1101
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  • 539 18 Deaths overshadow Syrian conditional agreement to recognise Israel THE GULF Agencies IRAQ said yesterday at least 64 people were known to have died in the US bombing of a Baghdad air raid shelter packed with hundreds of civilians that has provoked
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  • 224 18 Reuter THE US GOVERNMENT said on Wednesday it is seeking US$5.2 billion (558.89 billion) in back taxes from bankrupt Drexel Burnham Lambert Inc, which made its name on high-yield, high-risk "junk" bonds. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) said the claims are for the
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  • 485 18 AP BRITISH Members of Parliament have pressed the government to retaliate against the United States for rejecting British Airways' proposed fare cuts on passengerstarved North Atlantic routes. Washington says it is upset because Britain won't let United and American airlines use Heathrow airport. The UK government
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  • 159 18 UPI TOSHIBA Corp, Japan's second largest all-round electric machinery maker, yesterday denied a news report that it was considering purchasing up to 20 per cent of lime Warner Communications Inc. "We are not considering it; we are not negotiating," said Makoto Yasuda, a Toshiba spokesman
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  • 277 18 Reuter RUPERT MURDOCH'S News Corporation outstripped even the most optimistic forecasts with a 69 per cent leap in net profit in the six months to Dec 31 but said it may not be able to keep up the
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  • 512 18 Reuter A JANUARY decline in US retail sales was close to expectations, but economists said when the numbers are put together with revised December data, there was was little reason to think the US economy is getting better. "We've lost about as much
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  • 254 18  -  By Carolyn Lim FIVE construction companies have in the last two months secured six contracts worth more than $260 million for public housing projects in Pasir Ris. The Housing and Development Board, which has more than 6,000 flats under management in Pasir Ris,
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  • 255 18 THE ASSOCIATION of Muslim Professionals (AMP) will not have to secure Mendaki's approval of its fiveyear plan and projects to qualify for government funding. In a statement yesterday, the association said Mendaki's role in the matter would be purely administrative in that it would
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  • 209 18 AFP IF SOUTH AFRICA frees all its political prisoners by April 30, the administration of President George Bush will ask Congress to lift some of the sanctions Washington has imposed against Pretoria. Senior US officials in Washington say consultations with
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  • Shipping Times
    • 375 19  -  By Selva Kumar WITH marine fuel prices falling to unexpectedly low levels, the Far Eastern Freight Conference has reduced it bunker adjustment factor (BAF). From tomorrow, the Conference will levy a BAF of 4.94 per cent of the ocean freight charge a downward revision of
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    • 196 19 AP MALAYSIA Airlines (MAS) has been granted additional flights to the cities of Jakarta, Denpasar, Medan and Tarakan in Indonesia and has been allowed to operate a new service between Kuching in Malaysia and Pontianak in Indonesia, Transport Minister l ing I Jong Sik
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    • 457 19 AFTER having spent 40 million baht (552.7 million) in the last six months on the promotion of its paging services as an essential business tool, Thailand's Phonelink is now preparing to kick off the second phase of its networking operations by expanding into
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    • 211 19 AFP CHINA has slapped tight re- strictions on light vehicle production until 1995 to prevent runaway growth, the official China Daily reported on Wednesday. A State Planning Commission official told the newspaper that any new projects involving plant expansion would need the commission's
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    • 390 19 AFP AEROSPATIALE of France, the top civil helicopter seller in Japan, plans to link up with Kawasaki Heavy Industries and other firms in Japan in a bid to increase sales, officials said on Tuesday. Company representatives in Tokyo for a four-day
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    • 314 19  -  By Rahita Elias COMPANIES in Asia and the Far East can now have 24-hour access to the credit status of the shipping industry through ECS Marine's "Autofax" service. The UK-based firm provides company-specific credit information, which can be transmitted through a fax machine
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    • 274 19 AFP UNITED NATIONS Secretary General Javier Perez de Cuellar opened an international conference on aviation law and plastic explosives safety marking in Montreal on Tuesday. "The treat of terrorism has become practically universal," the Secretary General told representatives of the International Civil
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    • NEWS SUMMARY
      • 73 19 THE implementation of the Single European Market, or Internal Market, will herald the dawn of a new era of transport within Europe. That dawn will offer substantial opportunities for the major logistics, forwarding and transport companies. It will also result in changes to Europe's
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      • 70 19 LEADING international airport authorities are discussing the creation of a network for sharing operational information and eventually offering business travellers a set of familiar computer and communications capabilities worldwide. Currently, these authorities share little or no realtime information regarding such fundamental logistics as takeoff times, passenger
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      • 43 19 A 20 PER CENT drop in passenger traffic and sharply higher fuel and insurance costs, all due to the Gulf crisis, are forcing the biggest shakeout in Europe's air travel industry in 18 years or more. Back Page
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    • LOG BOOK
      • 98 20 ARMED PIRATES attacked a small Danish ship in the central Gulf overnight, Lloyd's shipping intelligence said. Lloyd's quoted Bahrain shipping radio as saying it received an urgent call from the American tanker Rover saying the pirates, dressed in black and wearing red Arab
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      • 69 20 THE UK government has left open the possibility that it might not approve price discounts on trans-Atlantic air fares introduced recently by US airlines. On Monday, British Airways cut low-priced seats by one-third. Some US airlines then cut prices. The US Department of Transportation has
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      • 54 20 SEVEN union leaders were charged on Wednesday with illegally interfering in a six-day strike at Daewoo, South Korea's second largest shipyard, and 60 others were placed under investigation, police said. The leading opposition Party for Peace and Democracy immediately issued a statement accusing the government of
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      • 75 20 TOYOTA Motor Corp is planning to cut its vehicle exports to the US by 20,000 units in the three months from March, amid cooling demand in that country in the wake of the Gulf war. The report, quoting company sources, said Toyota's move followed
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      • 67 20 SRI LANKA's state-run railway department will next week commission 10 new Hitachi trains bought under a U5552.5 million Japanese credit line. Ten more Hitachi power set trains, each with four compartments, will arrive by the end of the month or early March. Sri Lanka's railway
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      • 54 20 KLM ROYAL Dutch Airlines said it is still interested in linking up with Belgium's Sabena SA, even though a previous plan ran into difficulties with the EC Commission. "It is up to Sabena to choose their best partner. We are still open to offers," said
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      • 59 20 ITALIAN state airline Alitalia, battling with a heavy loss of revenue because of the Gulf crisis, has presented the government with a series of alternatives for cutting costs, including the possible laying off of 2,500 employees. The options include temporary wage cuts, a reduction in
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    • 1491 20  -  Up to 125,000 employees of forwarders and customs house agents are likely to lose their jobs when the Single European Market comes into existence. Concern over this issue was highlighted at a recent conference, organised by the European Federation of Freight Forwarders, which David
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    • 555 20 saw p e b |i DtrartyNatar Residue Art Mumwmi S«imtnt M/M Exxon KG/M*3% V/V M/M M/M PPM method BO/Omc Imrts Spec E25 ***** liU 0T0 30* 010* Spec G35 ***** 180 015 30' 010* Norttwm Einpt 180 Ave iiol 112 005 i 002 180 Mai 9936
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    • 10938 28 This is a list of ships loading at Singapore for ports around 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 a maximum
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    • SHIPS IN PORT
      • 406 35 tftiMi toy No B«rth Mg fcpartm Keppel Wharves Abbay Wocu 27W8 K33 alongside 17 02/2359 B Henanga 2/91 K32 alongside 15 02/1230 laprta 2103 C09 alongside 1502/0200 Trans Hav 260A C10 alongside 1502/1500 Yuteng 91/1 K31 alongside 1802/1830 Beihj 91/1 K32 15.02/1900 2202/0600 Gold Asia 9W K30
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      • 1184 35 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Record Book«*/Balance Rsta Ship Voy No Etb/Btr Patod From To From Aka Bhum 465N 17/0900 3 15/0700 15/1159 15/1400 We*. 3a. 16/2300 2 Wlgj IMg {VOjg As Plutus 061 17/1700 3 15/0700 15/1159 15/1400 B Btndang 17N 16/2300 1 14/1500
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      • 313 35 Port Klang Berth at South Port on Feb 14: 1: Ocean Ruby; 2: Tomoe 565; 3: Spring Star, 4: Kris Merubi; 5: ml; 6: ml; 7: ml; 7A: ml; J.Shefl: Star Right. KCT: 8: ml; 9: Bunga Penaga, Bunga Dahlia; 10: St Louis, Perkasa. North Port 11:
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    • 1125 35 CHARTERING on the dry cargo freight mar- I ket featured active time-charter and grain fix- ings on Wednesday at firm levels. Brokers said the firm rates were a result of i continued tightness in short term supplies of panamax and cape size vessels in both the i Pacific
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    • 291 36 LEADING international airport authorities are discussing the creation of a network for sharing operational information and eventually offering business travellers a set of familiar computer and communications capabilities worldwide. Currently, these authorities share little or no realtime information regarding such fundamental logistics as
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    • 495 36 THE GUL^ AP A 20 PER CENT drop in passenger traffic and sharply higher fuel and insurance costs, all due to the Gulf crisis, are forcing the biggest shakeout in Europe's air travel industry in 18 years or more. European airlines are
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    • 1293 21 JARDINE SHIPPING AGENCIES AmVIVA 200 Cantonment Road #12 06 Southpoint, Singapore 0208 \«ll#r lUU NO RS ***** wma terminal cfs r e i *****18 220 |VFAAAfIfI BOOKINGS Tel *****34 2SB L VXCf J SAKA iARDINE SHIPPING ACENCIES SON KELANG TEL *****18 TELEX MA***** MAJ97OI PENANG TEL *****4 TELEX NO MA*****
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    • 1822 23 SjgSteamers Maritime Holdings Ltd |t.i> PAH M M| STRAITS SHIPPING HMft ÜbV f Slagaport to Brwni East Malaysia, Containers IttJ» tl Voy No IpKlaflf S POM |S!on Mburt Shew* RMam L«* »rr*PT< nnf tAUS HANNOVER EXP 01,51* f B.SERIO/02 DMJ3 07«3 10/03 12/03 ACLtrii uut Mwia KOWIOON BAY 99 M
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    • 704 24 Mjliiiil CR NBR **********0-0 EXPRESS SEMI-CONTAINERSHIP SERVICE TO EUROPE ySLVOY SPORE ROAM,ADAM H'BURG BREMEN ANTWERP TRIAS UNinfltßWß W 9/4 ISfJ SRIWIJAYA.IIWB 129/3 1/5 7/5 U/5 15/5 FAST TRANSIT TIME ACCEPTING BREAKBULK/CONTAINERISED CARGO 3ub|*d to lnduc*<n«nt. AI»o accaptlnfl cargo to CaMblanca. Port Said. Port Alexandria. Ganoa. Trlaata ALSO ACCEPTING BOTH CONTAINERS,
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    • 1137 25 NEPTUNE AGENCIES PTE LTD SINGAPORE TEL: *****77 (CR NO: **********0E) BOOKINGS: UK/EUROPE SERVICE— *****19 USA SERVICE— *****16 v AUST/INDIA/PAK SERVICE— *****18 FAR EAST SERVICE *****48], M— TERMINAL OFFICE :*****22 DOCUMENTATION DEPT. *****44/ *****14 CFS: K27 —IMPORT: *****69/*****50 CFS: K27 EXPORT: *****53/*****04 Kl P (O3) E^l4O3^ H p D *****87, Penang
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    • 128 27 &> M &K ,<rY A M #4 '5' >6" if 4*L y *1 *4 J?" (*4" ?t fa. WE THANK ALL OUR CUSTOMERS, RUSINESS ASSOCIATES AND FRIENDS FOR THEIR SUPPORT AND WISH ALL OF THEM A HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS LUNAR NEW YEAR FROM mpiL WPB^irJ PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL LINES (PTE) LTD
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    • 727 31 NIHON-ASIA CR **********0N TEL: *****22 FAX: *****86 Competitive Rates!! KTA USA All IPI Destns 18/2, 25/2 EUROPE all Ports 19/2, 26/2 BANGKOK 20/2, 23/2 HONGKONG/CHINA 22/2, 29/2 SYD, MEL, ADEL, BRIS 21/2, 28/2 FREMANTLE 17/2, 27/2 MANILA 21/2, 29/2 PKLG/PENANG 17/2, 24/2 Port Kelang Branch Tel: *****21/2/3 Fa*: *****24 Peneng
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    • 291 31 MARINE AGENCIES (S) PTE LTD TEL: *****33 (12 Line*) FAX: *****15/*****03 TELEX: RS ***** RISHIP (3 Lines) "HWPIAN SHIPPING LINES Y J (National Lines of Ethiopia) acceptTng fcl and conventional VESSCI Ivov ETA ILOADING FOR SPORE NETSANET 21WB 30/03 DARESSALAAM MOMBASA DJIOOUII ASSAD MASSAWA ANOINET ?3WB IVO4 OARESSALAAM MOMBASA OJIBOUII
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    • 1186 32 WAC-NELS SINGAPORE 1 export tel *****22 import tel *****02 PENANG TEL (04) *****6 KK TEL: (088) *****0, TAWAU TEL (089) 7786/9 P KELANG TEL (03) *****/7 KUCHING TEL (082) *****3 :SKAN TEL (089) *****2 VIWA I J BAHRU TEL (07) *****2 SIBU TEL (084) *****2 1 LABUAN TEL (087)*****9 JAKARTA
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    • 829 33 COMPANIA PERUANA DE VAPORES "PERUVIAN STATE LINE" ACCEPTING BREAKBULK/FCL/SOC CARGOES TO/FROM CALLAO, MATARANI, ILO* OTHER PERUVIAN PORTS' WITH T/S AT KOBE ON CPV THROUGH BILL OF LADING. Penang* P. Kelang Singapore E'Msia ROSEEVERETT 19/21 Feb 22/24 Feb 27/29 Feb SHAPLAEVERETT 11/13 Mar 14/16 Mar 19/21 Mar KAMALEVERETT 27/29 Mar 30/
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    • 718 33 SING KWANG HANGII SHWMNO TKAMSMMTATION (PTI) LTD WEEKLY LCL/FCL SERVICE [VESSEL Is PORE I JAKARTA [SURABAYA 1 MEKHANIK KURAKO V 46N 14/2 17/2 JENWEL V 164N 16/2 119/2 VESSEL S PORE BANGKOK A VESSEL ]712 20/2 A VESSEL 24/2 27/2 DESTINATIONS ETA SINGAPORE PORT KELANG 15 FEB MANILA 16 FEB
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    • 752 34 <fl4 CB SHIPPING f®> MARINE SERVICES north queenslano/papua new guinea services CONTMNER/LCL/BREMBULK SERVICE "ANKE" SERVICE MR Srt P0« lA£ T'VILLt V2ISB 31/3 M 15,2 Hff I** V22SB 213 Hi I*3 1W 22/3 P.N.G. FREIGHT RATES PER TEU LCL CARGO BfBULK GENERAL/FAK USDISSO USOJS/R T USO7O/R T. ISOM3 CLASS 3 USOIASO
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