The Business Times, 31 December 1991

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  • Title Section
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    16 1 Business Times THE BUSINESS PAPER FOR S-E ASIA MITA (P) 35/12/91 Tuesday, December 31, 1991 75-
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  • NEWS SUMMARY
    • Article
      Hongkong governor to retire next year
      67 1 LONDON Hongkong's governor, Sir David Wilson, who has been at the centre of negotiations on the British colony's return to China in 1997, will retire from the post next year, the British government said yesterday. Senior officials said no successor would probably be announced
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      M'sian industries post 20.3pc rise in sales
      48 1 KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's major industries registered a 20.3 per cent increase in total sales to M 563.948 billion (5541.56 billion) in the first 10 months of 1991, from M 553.154 billion in the corresponding period last year, the Statistics Department said.
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      No surplus yet again
      32 1 A CHANGE of accounting policy has turned what would have been the first surplus in years for the Housing and Development Board into yet another deficit Page 2
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    • Article
      Studio/park sets aim
      24 1 MOVIE STUDIO and theme park Tang Dynasty Village expects a $20 million turnover in its first year of operation Page 2
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      Hanoi reviewing pacts
      14 1 VIETNAM is reviewing all its existing treaties with Cambodia Page 4
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      Major test
      27 1 BRITISH Prime Minister John Major is facing what is possibly his sternest political test in the 13 months since he succeeded Margaret Thatcher Page 5
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      Warning for Russians
      42 1 RUSSIAN President Boris Yeltsin has acknowledged that Russians will be sorely tested in coming months as the state begins to set the economy free, but he insists that life will be improving by the end of 1992 Page 5
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    • Article
      Chaos theory jitters
      28 1 THE chaos theory of investment is causing analysts to be very nervous as it makes it difficult for them to justify their salaries Page 6
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    • Article
      Anera to raise rates
      44 1 MEMBER LINES of the AsiaNorth America Eastbound Rate Agreement (Anera) have unanimously decided to raise their freight rates for US-bound cargo next year, amidst protests from local shippers that they should have been consulted earlier. Shipping l imes Page 1
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  • MARKETS SUMMARY
    • Article
      Dow higher
      37 1 PRICES rose 2.46 points on Wall Street to 3,103.98 in the first five minutes of trading yesterday. The Dow Jones index of 30 leading industrials closed up 18.56 points last Friday at a record 3,101.52.
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      Footsie lower
      25 1 LONDON share prices were slightly lower at midday yesterday. At about 1215 GMT, the FTSE 100-Share Index was down one point at 2,417.7.
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    • Article
      FCC to buy A-Z
      23 1 FIRST CAPITAL Corporation will purchase the entire issued capital of A-Z Holdings Pte Ltd for $37.1 million. Page 3
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    • Article
      Director steps down
      33 1 ONE of the two prominent company directors charged last Friday with making alleged multiple share applications has resigned as managing director of merchant bank N M Rothschild Sons Page 3
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    • Article
      CityDev GM quits
      22 1 RICKY GOH has resigned as general manager of City Developments' hotel division, after five years of service. Page 3
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    • Article
      Lower trigger mark
      43 1 SENIOR staff members of Hongkong's Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) are expected to push for the lowering of the shareholding threshold triggering mandatory takeover bids when the revised code of takeovers and mergers is implemented early next year Page 3
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      STOCK INDICES
      29 1 Monday Change BT-MGA 719.93 +3.40 Kuala Lumpur ....554.38 +2.58 Tokyo 22.983.77 546.45 Hongkong 4,275.20 39 Sydney 1.612.6 17,7 Friday Change New York 3.101.52 +18.56 London 2.418.7 +34.3
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      CURRENCIES
      24 1 Exchange rates USS SS 1.6290 100 Yen SS 1.2939 MS SS 0.5963 Money market rates Overnight I 1/2 -1/2 3-month 2 7/8 -1/8
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      COMMODITIES
      37 1 London Gold AM fix USSS353.30 -USS2.80 Rubber S'pore Jan 126.00'/kg unch M'sia Jan 212.00*/kg unch KL Tin Turnover 50 tonnes -II Spot MS 14.81/kg unch Crude palm oil Turnover 1.067 lots -32 Feb MS913 /tonne -7
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    Credit POSB plans to cut mortgage rates
    519 1  -  Cheaper housing loans to be announced soon By Kooi Cho Teng SINGAPORE Home owners will be able to enjoy cheaper housing loans when Credit POSB cuts its mortgage rates soon. Singapore's largest provider of housing loans is expected to announce details on when
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    Lock icon Bank of Japan cuts discount rate by 0.5 point to 4.5pc
    280 1 AFP TOKYO The Bank of Japan (BOJ) cut its official discount rate by a half percentage point to 4.5 per cent per annum yesterday in a move that the finance minister said would enable the economy to grow without
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    Lock icon Bush to urge action on trade imbalance during Japan visit
    304 1 Reuter WASHINGTON Senior aides to US President George Bush say his patience is wearing thin at the persistently high US trade deficit with Japan and he is determined to do something about it during his Jan 7-10 visit to Japan.
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    Canberra trying to avert protests by farmers
    187 1  -  From Florence Chong in SYDNEY THE Australian government was holding talks with farmers yesterday to try to avert protests against US agricultural policies during this week's visit by President George Bush. Thousands of farmers have threatened to converge in Canberra on Thursday when
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    Top Indon firms to study ways to boost E Timor economy
    489 1  -  From Maggie Ford in JAKARTA NINE of Indonesia's top companies will form a development corporation to identify ways to boost businesses and jobs in the troubled province of East Timor. The move, which has been made at the request
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    Lock icon China, South Korea to sign historic trade agreement
    365 1 Reuter BEIJING China and South Korea are set to sign a landmark agreement which will complete the transformation of the two former enemies into trade partners. A South Korean official said yesterday that the agreement will give South Korea most favoured nation
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      27 1 Rate cut not enough to spur economy: analysts, Back Pg Rising calls for US trade retaliation, Pg 5 JRD Tata: A legend in his lifetime, Pg 7
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
    • NEWS ROUNDUP
      • Article
        Chewing gum to be banned completely
        92 2 THE import sale and manufacture of chewing gum will be banned from Friday, Jan 3, 1992, under a directive issued by the Ministry of the Environment. Citing problems caused by littering, the ministry said yesterday that spent gum had been found in MRT trains
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      • Article
        Tie-up to offer fine arts degree
        59 2 THE Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts has tied up with Curtin University in Perth to offer a four-year degree course in fine arts to Singapore students. The examinations will be held here. The academy is also working on plans to offer applied art with
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        Reminder on new levy system
        91 2 THE Ministry of Labour has reminded employers that from tomorrow, a two-tier levy system will be introduced for manufacturing firms which employ foreign workers. Under the new system, foreign workers may account for up to 45 per cent of a company's total workforce, or five
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        Last day for 1990-91 coupons
        37 2 MOTORISTS with URA/HDB parking coupons valid for 1990 and 1991 cannot use them after today. Unused coupons can be exchanged for new coupons of equivalent value between Jan 2 and March 31.
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      Asean summit to cost more than $1m to stage
      215 2 THE FOURTH Asean Summit, to be held in Singapore next month, is the biggest conference staged by the Goh Chok Tong government, and will cost more than the $1 million originally alloted. It will also be the biggest such event here
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      Accounting change makes HDB surplus a deficit
      478 2  -  Board's $167 m surplus turns into deficit of almost $45m By Lee Han Shih A CHANGE of accounting policy has turned what would have been a surplus for the Housing and Development Board (HDB) into a deficit. According to the HDB's 1990-91 annual
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      Revenue of HDB-owned firms doubles
      411 2 THE REVENUE of four private companies belonging to the Housing and Development Board doubled to $68.7 million in the year to March 31, 1991. According to the board's 1990-91 annual report, the companies collected $20.7 million in payments from the HDB and $37.8 million from
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      Dr Tan stresses universities' role in 21st century
      485 2  -  By Shoeb Kagda TO SURVIVE in the 21st Century, universities will have to plug into the information and communications revolution as well as compete for staff in ways similar to those of businesses, said outgoing Education Minister Dr Tony Tan yesterday. Speaking
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      Theme park builder sets turnover target
      308 2 MOVIE STUDIO and theme park Tang Dynasty Village, to open its doors in the middle of next month, expects a $20 million turnover in its first year of operation. The developer Tang Dynasty Village Ptd Ltd expects to recoup its $70 million investment within
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      Public tenders: validity to be extended
      277 2 Builders and suppliers to enjoy substantial savings CONTRACTORS and suppliers taking part in public sector tenders can expect to pay up to two-thirds less in registration fees from next year. A Ministry of Finance (Budget Division) statement yesterday said that it was extending the
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      35 2 I V I B W'- 1 Ilinpu ifiivjjte c •■'-£Wr I Jk^K Mil J Titanium 686 A RODENSTOCK THE WORLD OF VISION 5 0 f Agmtt /or Singapore and Malaysia: Sin Kwang Optical Pte. Ltd.
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  • COMPANY NEWS
    • Article
      First Capital to buy A-Z Holdings
      306 3  -  A-Z Building a quality factory/warehouse: FCC By Salil Tripathi SINGAPORE Propertybased First Capital Corporation (FCC) has agreed to purchase the entire issued capital of A-Z Holdings Pte Ltd for $37.1 million. A-Z Holdings, whose shareholders are Thakral Realty Pte Ltd, Peing Hoe Pte Ltd,
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      Land sale helps boost profits at KL Kepong
      343 3 SINGAPORE Plantation concern Kuala Lumpur Kepong has declared flat earnings for the 12 months ended Sep 30, 1991, but it notched up a 29 per cent growth in bottom-line profit because of a land sale. The company, run by businessman Lee Loy
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      Lock icon Japanese firms cut products, brands to reduce inventory
      435 3 NYT TOKYO Japanese manufacturers of consumer goods are reducing the number of products and brands they offer in an effort to focus on better-selling items and to reduce unsold inventory. The slimming down reflects changing consumer attitudes, according to Tomoyuki Ogata, a
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      Director charged with criminal deception quits
      274 3  -  By Dawn Tan SINGAPORE Patrick Teo, one of the two company directors charged with criminal deception for allegedly having made multiple share applications, has resigned as managing director of merchant bank NM Rothschild Sons. Teo, 44, and another company director, Ang Lay Leong, 42,
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      HK's securities commission staff want takeover bids down to 25pc
      527 3 HONGKONG Senior staff members of Hongkong's Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) are expected to push for the lowering of the shareholding threshold triggering mandatory takeover bids from 35 to 25 per cent when the revised code of takeovers and mergers
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      Lock icon US retail industry seen facing shakeout next year
      575 3 Reuter NEW YORK With retailers' 1991 holiday sales disappointing for the third year in a row, some analysts have predicted a significant shakeout in the industry in 1992. "There are many retailers for which this might be their last Christmas," said analyst
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    • COMPANY BRIEFS
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        Leader aborts plan to buy MC Industry
        82 3 KUALA LUMPUR Leader Universal Holdings Bhd has aborted its proposal to acquire the entire stake in MC Industry Sdn Bhd, the company said in a statement here. It said the decision was made after one of the offerers, who was a director and
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        United Malayan's earnings
        75 3 KUALA LUMPUR United Malayan Flour Mills Bhd expects to maintain the same level of earnings as achieved in the previous year in light of the current business conditions and the ending of the Gulf War, said chairman Saw Eng Lock t in the company's 1991 annual report.
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        Nippon Steel notebooks for US
        56 3 TOKYO Nippon Steel Corp will sell two types of new high-performance notebook personal computers in the US starting next spring. Both products use different high-speed 32-bit microprocessors made by Intel Corp, company officials said. Currently, Nippon Steel sells 2,000 to 3,000 units of the existing
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        China closes garment firm
        86 3 BEIJING A Chinese-Macau textile joint venture has been I shut for illegally exporting Chinese-made garments, a newspa- per said yesterday. The Yuen Fa Fashion Co, in the Zhuhai v special economic zone bordering Macau, had contracted out all its work to the Portuguese enclave's Fat Keong
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      Ricky Goh resigns from City Developments
      184 3 SINGAPORE Ricky Goh, the general manager of City Developments' hotel division, is leaving the property giant after five years of service. Mr Goh, who is also the president of the Singapore Hotel Association, tendered his resignation on Nov 11. His last day is expected
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      33 3 IT MUST BE TIME FOR THE ALFRED DUNHILL SALE. I BE SURE TO VISIT US TODAY. ill ALFRED DUNHILL AT PALAIS RENAISSANCE, HILTON INTERNATIONAL HOTEL, THE PARAGON AND LEADING DEPARTMENT STORES. AD 5/91
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  • THE REGION
    • NOTE BOOK
      • Article
        Imelda endorsed as presidential candidate
        81 4 MANILA Former first lady Imelda Marcos was endorsed yesterday by her late husband's political party as its candidate for president in next May's elections. She avoided making a categorical announcement that she would run in the May 11 election but told about 300 members of
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        No threat from neighbours
        55 4 BANGKOK Thailand is unlikely to face any major military threat from any of its neighbours for at least the next five years, according to the head of the country's National Security Council. However, General Charun Kulavanich warned that the military-installed government would have to be on
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        Indonesian inflation in check
        57 4 JAKARTA Indonesian Information Minister Harmoko said yesterday tight monetary policies had kept annual inflation to a single digit, with inflation in 1991 standing at 9.52 per cent. Speaking after a Cabinet meeting on the economy, Mr Harmoko said inflation in December stood at 0.19 per cent
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        Recognition for Russian groupings
        58 4 JAKARTA Indonesia has recognised the Federation of Russia and the 10 other republics that form the Commonwealth of Independent States. Antara yesterday quoted a foreign ministry press release issued over the weekend that the recognition was contained in a letter from Indonesian Foreign Minister Ali Alatas
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        Manila crushing private armies
        60 4 MANILA Philippine police will crack down on more than 100 "private armies" set up by politicians nationwide before next May's national elections. National police chief Cesar Nazareno sent an order to his regional and provincial directors over the weekend to disarm such groups. The police and
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        HK to do without death penalty
        65 4 HONGKONG Hongkong said yesterday it planned to scrap the death penalty, unused for 25 years, amid fears that China could resume executions for a wide range of crimes when it takes back the British colony in 1997. Government spokesman Paul Brown said legislation formally
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        Mahathir on paper's closure
        89 4 KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has denied he revoked the permit of a Malaylanguage tabloid because the weekly had published an article describing his administration as a failure. Dr Mahathir, speaking to reporters on Sunday night on his return from a week-long visit to
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        Fighting in northern Cambodia
        31 4 BANGKOK Artillery exchanges between Phnom Penh troops and Khmer Rouge guerillas have forced the postponement of plans to allow tourists to visit ancient ruins in northern Cambodia.
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      Lock icon Malaysia set to be world's top condom producer
      284 4 MBT KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia is set to be the world leader in the manufacture of condoms next year, with production expected to touch 2.5 billion pieces annually, according to Medilatex general manager Lim Beng Huat. Medilatex is one of the fast-growing condom
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      Vietnam reviewing its treaties with Cambodia
      399 4  -  Defence and security pacts may be scrapped From Harish Mehta in HANOI VIETNAM'S Ministry of Foreign Affairs is reviewing all its existing treaties with Cambodia, with a view to scrapping defence and security pacts and leaving only economic agreements in place. Vietnam's Deputy Minister
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      Lock icon Hanoi protects private firms in new constitution
      245 4 AFP HANOI Vietnam unveiled a new constitution yesterday that protects private enterprise but enshrines the Communist Party's guiding role over the country. The National Assembly is due to ratify the document in April after public review, according to assembly spokesman Vu Mao. The
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      Khieu Samphan returns, again
      53 4 PHNOM PENH Khmer Rouge leader Khieu Samphfcn (centre) being surrounded by security personnel upon his arrival at Phnom Penh's airport yesterday, about a month after he was forced to flee the capital due to a nolent protests Welcoming him was Khmer Rouge envoy to China, Chan
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      Rosier economic forecast for Thailand
      361 4 Growth will be up and inflation will shrink, says report BANGKOK Thailand will enjoy a better economic situation next year, according to a Bangkok Post report. National Economic and Social Development Board Secretary-General Pisit Pakkasem said Thailand would have an 8 per cent economic growth
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      Lock icon Closing of Subic may worsen Philippines' economic woes
      531 4 NYT MANILA The withdrawal of American forces from the Subic Bay naval base by the end of 1992 will close a chapter in the Philippines' turbulent relationship with its former colonial ruler, but it poses economic problems for this already poor country.
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      333 4 Where Can You Get A Top Quality MBA Program In New York City? St. John's Unwe^J^. Quality. St. John's Graduate any of 11 fields of specialization, in New York City has top quality School of Business Administra- These specializations empha- education, a cogent curriculum, tion is accredited by the AAGSB
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  • THE WORLD
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      Lock icon Rising calls for US trade retaliation against Japan
      442 5 Tokyo partly to blame for recession: Mosbacher Reuter WASHINGTON American business and political leaders, increasingly restive <jver the US-Japanese trade imbalance as the domestic economy sputters, are urging retaliation if Tokyo takes no action to limit its exports. While the White House
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      Lock icon Yeltsin warns of tough start for '92
      294 5 NYT MOSCOW In a sombre televised New Year's address to his nation, Russian President Boris Yeltsin acknowledged last Sunday that Russians will be sorely tested in coming months as the state begins to set the economy free. But he insisted that life tfould
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      Lock icon Talks offer chance for c'wealth to build rather than destroy
      444 5 NYT MOSCOV In proclaiming their new Commonwealth of Ifidepentent States, the 11 survivors of the old Soviet Union snowed again that they are *ery good at destroying the «ld. This week, they will hav< the chance to show if they
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      Lock icon Major faces sterling woes, weak economy
      562 5 Reuter LONDON Jitters about the pound sterling amid renewed gloom over Britain's economy presented Prime Minister John Major yesterday with possibly his sternest political test in the 13 months since he succeeded Margaret Thatcher. Mr Major returned from the Christmas break to a torrent
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    Fine-tuning by HDB
    503 6 EDITORIAL TWO years ago, the Housing and Development Board (HDB) decided to radically change the way it allocated flats, moving from the waiting list to the booking system. The new system, in theory, removed the kinks from the old one by giving people their choice of flat.
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  • WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
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      Public means, private means
      279 6 IT was reassuring to hear Brigadier-General (Res) George Yeo reiterate that more choice, better programmes and more value for money would result from the privatisation of the Singapore Broadcasting Corporation (SBC). Speaking a few days after he announced the privatisation plans, the Minister for Information and
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      Better health care
      98 6 FOR Singaporeans in general, the new Private Hospitals and Medical Clinics Regulations (1991) mean extra protection for them. But, the new regulations also cause some concern. Will they mean extra costs for patients? The Ministry of Health has said that there are no valid reasons for medical
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      Play an active role
      141 6 THE continued existence of Government Parliamentary Committees is good for both the people and the government. The question is how they will adjust their roles in parliament from now on, so that they can see to the interests of the voters and yet not jeopardise the
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  • REGIONAL VIEWPOINTS
    • Article
      A welcome initiative
      114 6 AFTER nearly 20 years of mundane existence, the Interior Ministry's Office of Policy and Planning has finally come up with an instant-winner suggestion: Let's dissolve the Office because its redundant. Interior Permanent Secretary Anand Anantakoon likes the idea and Interior Minister Gen Issarapong Noonpackdee wants it implemented
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      Chilling message
      181 6 LAST year, according to Amnesty International, at least 750 were put to death in China for crimes ranging from petty crime and robbery to murder. While the three Hongkong smugglers will be added to Amnesty's tally this year, the same crimes they allegedly committed would, in the West,
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      Change for better services
      189 6 THE postman does not ring twice here he just doesn't turn up at all. This, including snail-like delivery and missing mail, is one of the common grouses about Malaysia's postal services. Hopefully, this malaise will not plague the postal services when the Postal Services Department goes
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    Lock icon An element of the random
    584 6  -  Martin Baker explains the chaos theory of investment while some experts make guesses as to what could happen in the New Year Martin Baker IHT THERE is an investment theory, increasingly popular but by no means new, which makes many investment analysts somewhat nervous. It
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    Lock icon What might happen in 1992
    1340 6 IHT Political crises CHINA could begin to emerge as a market-econ-omy superpower. It's the complete opposite of what the Soviet Union was, where you now have political freedom but no economic freedom. In China, they've got no political freedom but complete economic freedom and they're
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
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  • ANALYSIS
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      A legend in his lifetime
      1351 7  -  JRD Tata was at the helm of the biggest Indian conglomerate until he stepped down earlier this year. Frorn Bombay, Shirish Nadkarni finds out more about the man behind the industrialist, while Salil Tripathi reports on the group's companies here in Singapore Shirish Nadkarni, Salil
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      Making an impact in Singapore
      1245 7 WHEN IBM decided to re-enter the Indian market after Indian economic reform allowed multinationals to hold majority stakes in India, it chose the Tata Group as its partner. When Honda Motors bid unsuccessfully some three years ago to make automobiles in India, again, its partner
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      747 8 Nothing Beats A Bud. Bsib where to wine d,ne KING OF Christmas New Year's Eve Celebrate the occasion in style J with a lovely CANDEIJGHT fj I DINNER at $50 Or let the a Jkj romance linger longer with a DINNER DANCE at Club 5 at $8 Christmas New Year's
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
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  • LIFESTYLE
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      Lock icon French up in arms over cheese
      644 9  -  Andrew Gumbel on France's outraged reaction to the EC's suggestion that its national cheese is a health hazard Andrew Gumbel Reuter TO HEAR the French tell it, catastrophe is about to strike one of their cherished national institutions Camembert cheese. Ever-watchful officials of the
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      Lock icon Art dealers hoping for boost from the Forgotten Continent
      616 9  -  Ancel Martinez on hopes for a Latin American-led turnaround Ancel Martinez Reuter INTERNATIONAL art dealers, hard-hit by recession, are looking to artists and buyers in Latin America to lead a turnaround. Art galleries from Tokyo, Stockholm, Chicago and several Latin American
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      Simon urged not to perform in S Africa
      495 9 A MILITANT black group on Saturday urged American musician Paul Simon to cancel his upcoming concerts in South Africa. The Azanian Youth Organisation said blacks continued to be oppressed, despite claims of change in the country. "The conditions are still not conducive
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      Lock icon Death sentence for an underwater sanctuary
      325 9 AP FLORIDA'S 320-km barrier reef is protected as a national marine sanctuary, but the fragile coral habitat is still dying faster than ever, a study shows. University of Georgia marine researcher James Porter calculated in 1986 that the reef was dying at the rate
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  • SPORTS
    • SIDE LINES
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        Moroccan out-runs rivals to win road race
        109 10 HOUILLES, France Morocco's Kalid Skah, the world cross-country champion, shrugged off his Kenyan rivals to w 1 n France's most popular road race here in Paris' western suburb on Sunday. Skay won the Houilles race for the fourth time, comfortably beating Kenya's Osoro
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        Nieminen soars to victory
        67 10 OBERSTDORF, Germany Toni Nieminen of Finland used the "V-style" to record jumps of 117.5 and 111 metres and with the first of the season's Four Hill ski jumping events with 229.9 points. Tabbed as the likely successor to Finland's four-time Olympic champion Matti Nykaenen, the 16-year-old
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        Sumners' flawless win
        111 10 SEATTLE Skating before a hometown crowd, Rosalynn Sumners won her first US Open Professional Figure Skating Championship women's title. Sumners, a native of nearby Edmonds, skated a near flawless programme on Saturday night hold to off challengers Charlene Wong of Canada and Rory Rack of the United
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        Honours for NZ sportsmen
        95 10 WELLINGTON New Zealand professional golfer Bob Charles, cricket captain Martin Crowe and retired netball captain Waimarama Taumaunu have received awards in the queen's New Year's Honours. Charles, who has won 17 Senior PGA titles, was awarded the CBE (Commander of the British Empire). Crowe, one of
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        Hell-bent on victory
        96 10 WELLINGTON England's cricketers arrived in New Zealand on Sunday and captain Graham Gooch said they were "hell-bent on victorv" against a team with an unbeaten home Test series record stretching back 12 years. "We are hell-bent on victorv. I play my cricket to win so we will
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      Lock icon Shriver beats Kijimuta in Australia
      160 10 UPI BRISBANE American Pam Shriver yesterday gained her revenge on Japan's Akiko Kijimuta to advance to the second round of the US$l5O,OOO Danone Women's Open at the Milton Stadium. The ninth-seeded Shriver recorded a solid 6-4, 6-4 victory to avenge last year's surprise opening round
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      Auriol back in charge after second win
      388 10 Paris-Cape Town Rally TUMU, Libya France's Hubert Auriol was back in charge of the Paris-Cape Town rally on Sunday, after notching up his second stage victory in the four-day-old race. Auriol, who won Thursday's first stage in his Mitsubishi Pajero, was nearly eight
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      Double victory for Irish
      71 10 AFP SYDNEY— Irish vachtman Harold Cudmore (second from right) sitting on the side of his yacht Atara at the start of the Sydney to Hobart race on Dec 26. Cudmore steered both his Irish team and yacht to a double victory on Monday when they won
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      496 10 AFP COLOMBO India clinched its fifth consecutive South Asian Federation (SAF) Games, consolidating its position at the top of the medals table with 60 golds on the seventh day of competition here on Sunday. Pakistan, meanwhile, survived a First-half ordeal against giant-killers Maldives
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      404 10 Reuter PERTH The newlyformed Commonwealth of Independent States, until recently the Soviet Union, had its run through the Hopman Cup mixed team tennis event cut short by Switzerland on Sunday. Jakob Hlasek and Manuela Maleeva-Fragniere won a hotly-contested struggle 2-1 to become the first
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      853 10 8 THE FUJI BANK,LIMITED (Incorporated in Japan) Non-Consolidated Balance Sheets Non-Consolidated Statement of Income As at March 31. 1991 For ended 31 l 9*'' Millions of yen Millions of yen 1991 1990 199] i 990 income ASSETS Interest Income Cash and Due from Banks *11.740.707 ¥13.511 426 'merest on Loans
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      When numbers don't tell the whole story
      3039 11  -  By Salil Tripathi NUMBERS are supposed to be certain, solid, concrete, identifiable, verifiable, even comparable. They are meant to tell a story. Numbers are like the ineffable truth. But the trouble is that truth is never an exactitude, as Pontius Pilate observed almost
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      59 11  -  By Anthony Pang Comment KEPPEL CORP has broken out of the strong resistance level of $8.00-58.10 on reasonably good volume. A pull-back, however, may be on the cards as short-term stochastics are reaching high levels. Watch for buying opportunities on dips as the next upside target could be
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      4522 14 Advancing issues lead declines by 134 to 60 Bernama SHARE prices here closed higher in fairly active trading yesterday on cautious buying with the return of retail investors. The K.LSE Composite Index at the close added 2.58 points to 554.38, the Industrial
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      AUDITED RESULTS
      268 15 Company Date Year Group Net Not earnings Cross ann to profit/loss (I) per share dividend ('000) (cents) SPH Dec 24 Aug 91 $153.802($133.374) 62 6(54.3 25(30) Ind Oxygen Dec 14 Jun 91 M$21.269($16,754) 4.7(6) 5(4 5a) Seal Inc Dec 13 Jun 91 M$648($8.476) 1 4(21.2) 2TE(6TE) lum Chang
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      PRELIMINARY RESULTS
      172 15 Company Date Year Croup pre-tax Net earnings Gross ann to profit/loss (L) per share dividend COOO) (cents) Kl Kepong Dec 27 Sep 91 M$85.468( $84,804) 15 3(14.8) 15(15) Pacific Can Dec 24 Sep 91 $138(51 387L) 02(-) Van Der Worst Dec 24 Sep 91 $2 960($2 800) 4.7(4.2)
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      INTERIM RESULTS
      347 15 Company Date Half-year Group pre-tax Interim ann to profit/loss (L) dividend (000) [mate* Dec 27 Sep 91 MJ3.270US2.615L) KLIH Dec 26 Sep 91 M$17.335($309Le) Choc Prod Dec 20 Sep 91 M$2 481(11.901) MCB Hldgs Dec 20 Sep 91 M$241 ($1,333) Rash id Hussain Dec 20 Nov 91 M$30
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      CORPORATE DEVELOPMENTS
      356 15 Dec 28 Malaysian stocKbroking house Zaßi Bhd intends to venture into merchant banking, insurance and asset management as well as property investment, which is more related to its main securities business. Dec 27 Inno-Pacific Holdings Ltd has partially withdrawn from its purchase of 12.86 m shares of Hongkong
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      DIVIDENDS ANNOUNCED
      873 15 Current Ex Books Date Total for Total for payment date dose payable the year last year AIS8 50c 12%(b) Dec 30 Ian 14 Jan 21 12% 10% Amal Steel 50c 10% Dec 9 Dec 23 Ian 20 20% 20% Asia Pacific 18%N Ian 9 Ian 21 lan 29
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      APPROVED ISSUES
      155 15 Company Rights Issue City On Renounceable rqjhts issue on the basis of one-for-ten $2 85 per share Ex-date Dec 9 Books dose: Dec 19 Acceptance Payment Ian 28 1992 H Necara One-tor-one $2.75 per share Ex-date No* 12 Books dose: Nov 22 Acceptance Payment Jan 2 1992 Yco
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      PROPOSED ISSUES
      517 15 Company Rights Issue Asa Pjc land Four-tor-seven fe MSO 50 per share Aiance ltd) One-tor-one fe $100 per share Saltan Issue of $90 978m nominal amount of 35" Redeemable Unsecured Guaranteed Bonds 1991/96 with *****m detachable warrants on the bass of $2 nominal amount of Bonds for every
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      COMPANY MEETINGS
      146 15 Jacks International Ltd: EGM at 11 Jalan Lembah Kallang, Singapore 1233, on Wednesday, Jan 8 1992, at 11am. Jurong Cement Ltd: EGM at 2 Finlayson Green #03-08, Asia Insurance Building, Singapore 0104, on Thursday, Jan 9 1992, at 11am. Metroptex Bhd: EGM at Sabah Room, Level 3, Putra
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      SCRIPLESS CONVERSION
      104 15 Conversion Special Trdg Scripless Conversion deadline Period Trading Compan) starts (IDP) (ST) starts City De» Dec 26 Jan 16 Jan 6 Jan 16 Jan 17 H Negara Nov 25 Dec 12 Dec 3 Dec 12 Dec 13 HTP Hldgs Sep 16 Oct 10 Sep 30 Oct 10 Oct
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      422 15 Relative Strength Index: This index indicates overbought or oversold conditions as when a stock moves too much and too fast in either direction. Generally, an RSI above 80 indicates an overbought condition, while levels below 20 indicates an oversold market. The RSI is used
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      Lock icon Bank issues, blue chips boost index to close higher
      2158 16 Reuter HEAVY buying in major bank issues and other blue chips boosted the stock index to close higher yesterday in active trading ahead of the year-end, brokers said. The SET index rose 8.76 points to 711.36 on turnover of 3.22 billion
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    JAKARTA STOCK EXCHANGE
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      24 16 The Indonesian stock market is closed for the holidays Read Chartpoint, a guide to investing in the stock market. Every Saturday in Business Times.
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      782 16 BUSINESS TIME S Toll fro© Tel No 737 0043 Fax No: 734 3698 IN THE MATTER Of THE COMPANIES ACT. CAP. 50 AND IN THE MATTER Of YONQ IMM PTE LTD incorporated n sngapore Aj an Extraordnary General Meeang of s of MM PTE LTD <JJy corvened arc netd at
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      Lock icon Stocks stronger after BOJ cuts rate
      2636 17 Reuter STOCKS closed stronger after the Bank of Japan (BOJ) cut the official discount rate to 4.5 per cent from 5 per cent. Brokers said optionslinked buying added an extra boost, lifting the Nikkei briefly above 23,000 points. Yesterday was the last trading day
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      Lock icon Stocks end firmer in quiet year-end trade
      2506 17 Reuter STOCKS ended firmer in quiet trading, largely on the strength of rallies in Tokyo and New York, brokers said. The blue-chip Hang Seng Index ended 39.00 points higher at 4.275.20 on turnover of HKSI.O2 billion. Last Friday's volume totalled HKSI.OI billion. "Overseas
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  • REGIONAL STOCK MARKETS
    • Wall Street gains lift Aussie stocks higher
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        AUSTRALIA
        976 18 ANOTHER surge on Wall Street on Friday lifted local investor confidence yesterday, causing the Australian share market to close sharply higher. Brokers said the rise combined with a weaker currency and market speculation that Treasurer John Dawkins will move to ease monetary policy further enhanced the positive mood. "It
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        NEW ZEALAND
        283 18 LEADING issues propelled the New Zealand share market to a higher close yesterday, but prices were off their highs as players withdrew orders later in the session. Fletcher Challenge, Lion Nathan and Carter Holt Harvey led the rises and all had a "robust feel" to them, a broker
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        MANILA
        448 18 THE Manila and Makati stock exchanges are closed until tomorrow because of the New Year holidays and will resume trading on Thursday, Jan 2. On Friday, share prices finished mostly firmer on Wall Street's overnight rally and the composite index was 13.09 points up to close at 1,151.87. Manila
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        TAIPEI
        430 18 THE Taiwan stock market is closed for the New Year holidays. It reopens on January 4. On Saturday, share prices closed higher almost across the board on strong buying interest by big players and individual investors. The weighted index rose 60.12 points or 1.3 per cent to finish at
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        1124 18 Close Previous Dec 30 AUSTRALIA All Ordinaries Index 1.612.6 1,594.9 +17.7 All Industrials Index 2,548.2 2,526.7 +21.5 All Resources Index 900.9 886.6 +14.3 Turnover (million) 89 66.36 +22.64 NEW ZEALAND NZSE-40 Capital 1,483 1.470.0 +13 MANILA Composite Index Closed 1.138.78 Turnover (million) 634.8 TAIPEI Weighted Price Index Gosed 4.540.55 Turnover
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  • CURRENCY, MONEY & FUTURES MARKETS
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      US dollar weaker against mark, yen in late Asian trading
      872 19 REPORTS Tokyo: The dollar was weaker against j both the yen and the mark in late Asian trading. This was despite a surprise half-per- centage point cut in Japan's official dis- count rate to 4.5 per cent, traders said. A
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      INTERBANK FOREX RATES
      390 19 Cross rates 060 30 USS SS MS Dm Yen SFr AS NZS uss 1.6300 2.7400 1.5230 126.30 0.5362 1.3500 1.3149 1.8416 a 0.6135 1.6810 0.9344 77.4847 0.3290 0.8282 0.8067 1.1298 MS 0.3650 0.59 0.5558 46.0949 0.1957 0.4927 0.4799 0.6721 Dm 0.6566 1.0703 1.7991 82.93 0.3521 0.8864 0.8634
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      MONEY MARKET
      519 19 Interbank rates ss Bid Offer Overnight I "2 1-month 2 13/16 2 15/16 2 7/8 Joonlb 2 7/8 3 Svernight mode: 3 1/2 USS Bid Offer 7daw 4 7/16 4 9/16 1 month 4 1/4 4 3/8 2 months 4 1/8 4 1/4 3 months 4 1/8 4
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      Lock icon Fed expected to ease US credit policy again
      466 19 Reuter NEW YORK Wall Street economists cxpcct the Federal Reserve to ease credit policy again soon, a move they say could be hastened in part by its desire to outflank Congressional efforts to stimulate the cconomy. Congress will reconvene on Jan 3,
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      Lock icon Boom in options likely to go on
      315 19 Reuter NEW YORK Dealing in currency options is expected to account for an increasing portion of foreign exchange revenues for many major banks, thanks to the dollar's volatility and to advances in technical support systems, dealers and analysts say. The dollar's soaring volatility
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      FINANCIAL FUTURES
      1005 19 SIMEX EURODOLLAR Open High Low Sett Est Vol Op/lnt Vol Mar 92 95.90 9?92 9189 500) ***** 46?2 SS £3 S3 £3 Hm 218? 7483 Dec 92 95.08 95.11 95.07 95.11 2094 2089 343 Mar 93 94.82 94.83 94.82 94.84 350 3102 455 Jun 93 94.36 94.39 94.36
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      Lock icon Platinum prices expected to fall to US$300 in early '92
      384 20 Reuter TOKYO Platinum prices are likely to sink to US$3OO an ounce early next year as operators in the Tokyo platinum futures market unwind long positions, traders said. "Japanese investors are waiting for a chance to liquidate their long positions,
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      Lock icon European steelmakers need to forge new identity
      320 20 FT BONN The European steel industry needs a "new look", according to Sir Robert Scholey, chief executive of British Steel. Investments should be coordinated to avoid over-ca-pacity, and the sector's workforce ought to be cut by 20 per cent if the industry is
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      KL tin price unchanged in thin trading
      853 20 REPORTS TIN PRICE on the Kuala Lumpur Tin Market closed unchanged at MS 14.81 a kg in thin trading yesterday. The LME market resumed trading yesterday. There was not much movement on the local market as players sidelined ahead of the New Year
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    PRICES
    1420 20 Rubber 30 WSPIiXI*) S cents/kg Noon Close Int 1 RSS Prompt 125 50/126 50N >25 JOjlM.MW Int I RSS Jan 92 126 (XV126.50 126.00/126 50 Int 1 RSS Feb 126.50/127 00 126.50/***** Int 2 RSS OP l25.0<yi26.00N 125.OQM26.OON Int 3 RSS OP 122.00/I23.00N I22.00/*****N Int 4 RSS OP 120
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      1036 20 BUSINESS TIMES Toll free Tel No 737 0043 «Fax No: 734-36Q8 This is to inforni that Mr Kan Seng Chut, NRIC No. 1 *****11/J, an Executive Director has resigned I from M/s Ship-Control Services Pte Ltd with effect I from 1 January 1992. I Therefore, he is no longer authorised
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      1046 21 City r%lrt ETA FHgM ETP Mm DfcaM GA893 1225 GA892 OHO MotaWc S0228 1910 QF82 2115 I RJ183 0030 RJ183 0100 AmtonUM GA893 1225 GA892 Ojlo KL837 1340 SQ24 0115 SQ23 1815 KL838 2305 asm N235 530 SQge |°g Bandar Sari Bt421 1105 SQ1K ?oo5 BMMM
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      Beaches hit by sewage pollution
      617 21  -  LETTER FROM SYDNEY By Michael Perry Despite new mui-ti-million-dollar deep-ocean sewage disposal, Sydney beachgoers are dodging tampons, condoms and grease balls trapping dangerous organisms. The arrival of the southern hemisphere summer coincided with reports that the three sewage outfalls, costing a total of As4so million
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      MONEY CHANGER RATES
      151 21 As at 3pm yesterday: Local dollars to one unit of foreign currency Currencies Bid Offer Australian dollar 1.2352 1.2519 Canadian dollar 1.3916 1.4197 NZ dollar 0.8755 0.9110 Sterling pound 3.0271 3.0681 US dollar 1.6270 1.6330 Local dollars to 100 units of foreign currency Austrian schilling 15.02 15.32
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      WORLD TRADE EXHIBITIONS
      83 21 Tr Duration Title Venue Organiser Td Duration Title Venue Organiser Id I 1992 Fair of Home Spain no InternacioJan 12-19 Do-it-yourself Utrecht, Koninklijke *****55.911 Textiles nal De Valencia 1992 Trade Show Netherlands Nederlandse Decoration Jaarneurs Jan 15-19 Tourism Utrecht, Koninklijke *****55.911 Jan 14-17 Aerospace NEC, Centre 021-*****18
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      241 21 reer as a executive director involvement? 17 Robespierre's proposal for ending parliamentary de- Everyone ex- ~"~i^JßC— the marriage stakes (4) I I I I I I I—L—^BL—L—l I 26 a 6 Advertisement which is line added to a letter (5) 27 lo havean soft on the ear (4) 22 You
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      162 21 Singapore Outlook: Showers over several areas in the afternoon. Report Maximum temperature 30.5 Assoc humidity 71% Minimum temperature 23.8 Assoc humidity 94% Hours of sunshine 3.85 Rainfall in mm Nil Rainfall this month 429.3 Rainy days this month 21 World forecast Asia-Pacific Hi/Lo* Cond. Auckland 22/17 Cloudy Bangkok 31/19 Cloudy
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    Lock icon Japan rate cut not enough to spur economy: analysts
    366 22 GNP expected to grow 3.5 pc in current fiscal year Reuter TOKYO A half-percent-age point cut in Japan's discount rate announced yesterday will boost waning business confidence slightly, but may not be enough to prevent the economy slowing further, analysts say.
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    Lock icon Britain resists devaluation, higher rates
    153 22 Reuter LONDON Britain's Conservative government yesterday resisted pressure to devalue the pound sterling or to raise interest rates despite new signs of economic stagnation in the run-up to a general election which must be held next year. Reports of record business failures in the past
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    Lock icon Toxic waste from S'pore said to be dumped in Perak
    253 22 Reuter KUALA LUMPUR Nearly 1,600 tonnes of toxic waste from Singapore have been illegally dumped near a coastal town in Malaysia's Perak state, Malaysian Deputy Environment Minister Peter Chin said yesterday. He said a Malaysian company had been dumping waste
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    Lock icon Bond served bankruptcy notice at airport
    234 22 Reuter SYDNEY Failed tycoon Alan Bond, once called Australia's corporate Houdini, was unable yesterday to escape being served with a bankruptcy notice. After a six-day chase, agents acting for a group of banks caught Mr Bond at Sydney's Kingsford-Smith Airport to serve him with
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    Lock icon China claims economic success, record growth
    399 22 Reuter BEIJING Spurred by reform and stability, China's economy posted a banner year in 1991 in happy contrast to depression and chaos sweeping other parts of the world, Beijing's chief spokesman said yesterday. State Council (cabinet) spokesman Yuan Mu painted a rosy picture of
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    Lock icon Chinese currency sliding as reforms move ahead
    365 22 Reuter BEIJING China's currency is headed some 7 per cent lower as Beijing prepares further financial reforms, bankers and diplomats say. Analysts generally agree the yuan will soon be devalued to around 5.85 to the US dollar from its current 5.4206. They disagree,
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    Lock icon First test for C'wealth of Independent States
    294 22 Agencies MINSK The Commonwealth of Independent States, frail successor to the Soviet Union, faced its first trial yesterday when leaders met to discuss disputes on economic and military policy. Russian President Boris Yeltsin flew into the Belarussian capital of Minsk yesterday, insisting that
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    Don't misread role of bonuses in wage reform
    770 22  -  The Bottom Line CHUANG PECK MING CHUANG PECK MING The writer is a BT correspondent CIVIL SERVANTS will miss a special bonus in 1991 because economic growth looks like falling short of target. But they will still enjoy a bigger bonus, and
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    Lock icon Khieu Samphan back in Phnom Penh for meeting
    246 22 Agencies PHNOM PENH Khmer Rouge leader Khieu Samphan returned here yesterday under heavy security, one month after being chased out by a lynch mob, for the first meeting in the Cambodian capital of the Supreme National Council (SNC). Khieu Samphan, who arrived
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      Anera to raise rates in March and May
      387 23  -  By Selva Kumar SINGAPORE Member lines of the Asia-North America Eastbound Rate Agreement (Anera) have unanimously decided to raise their freight rates for USbound cargo next year, amidst protests from local shippers that they should have been consulted earlier. The eight-member ratemaking
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      Big names eye $100m Telecom deal
      356 23  -  AT&T. Motorola among 7 vying for mobile radio system order By Dexter Lee SINGAPORE Seven telecommunications giants are competing for Singapore Telecom's $100 million order for a new cellular mobile radio system (CMRS). They are Alcatel of France. American Telephone Telegraph and Motorola of
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      Lock icon Japan not thinking of US auto restrictions
      246 23 AFP WASHINGTON Japanese Deputy Foreign Minister Koji Watanabe denied on Sunday that the Japanese government was considering asking the country's auto makers to restrict exports to the US. Mr Koji Watanabe told NBC Television on the eve of President George Bush's departure for
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      Lock icon US union calls for cuts in Japanese car exports
      425 23 Reuter WASHINGTON The United Auto Workers union has called on President George Bush to demand that Japan cut its car shipments to the US by one million vehicles a year to 800,000. In letters to Mr Bush and Japan's Deputy Foreign
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        Bombardier looks to its rail roots
        69 23 MUCH LIKE Japanese companies, Canada's Bombardier Inc has a knack for getting innovative technology cheaply and turning it into gold. That strategy has worked particularly well with the company's aeronautics and military products division. Even so, Bombardier is returning in a big way to
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        GM unveils fuel-efficient car
        68 23 THE latest experimental vehicle from General Motors Corp, a high-mileage four-passenger car with a body made of carbon fibre, promises to enliven the debate over fuel-efficiency legislation. At the North American International Auto Show in Detroit next week, GM will show its Ultralite, which the company
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        Five presumed dead in Taiwan plane crash
        52 23 FIVE crew members of a China Airlines Boeing 747 cargo flight were presumed dead after their plane crashed into northern Taiwan's Wan Li mountain range on Sunday. The five, who were Taiwanese nationals, could not be found among debris near the crash site
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        Yeltsin orders fuel for power stations
        82 24 MOSCOW Russian President Boris Yeltsin has instructed fuel producers and railway networks to speed up shipments of fuel to power stations in the giant republic, Radio Russia said on Sunday. "The president committed the managers of these enterprises to ship fuel for electric power
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        Chrysler's future shaky: Iacocca
        95 24 HIGHLAND PARK, Michigan Chrysler Corporation's heavy losses mean the US carmaker s future is shaky, chair man Lee lacocca says. Mr lacocca, who will join President George Bush on a trade tour in Japan next month, said in an interview with Newsweek magazine that Chrysler's future
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        Indian protesters arrested
        99 24 NEW DELHI Police on Sunday arrested hundreds of opposition activists who tried to prevent buses from running in the Indian capital in a peaceful protest against a snap doubling of bus fares. The temporary detention of some 700 members of the Bharatiya Janata Party came after they
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        Iran wants to deal with downing
        73 24 NICOSIA Iran, challenging US demands that two Libyan suspects in the Lockerbie disaster be tried in the West, said its courts should be allowed to deal with a US warship attack that killed 290 people on an Iran Air jet. In a sermon at
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        Stowaways die in freighter blaze
        83 24 NAPLES, Italy Two stowaways died in a fire aboard a Yugoslav freighter here on Sunday, port officials said. They said that rescuers managed to evacuate the 17 crew members, all Croats, from the Mikulica Oreb, which arrived from Kenitra in Morocco with a cargo of
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        US close to lifting Iran ban: BAe
        109 24 LONDON British Aerospace pic (BAe) said the US was close to lifting a ban on exports of its 146 aircraft to Iran, clearing the wav for sales to domestic Iranian airlines. There are indications it is moving towards that," said BAe spokesman lan
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      Lock icon Bombardier looks to its roots
      1351 24  -  After lucrative diversification, Canada's Bombardier is returning in a big way to its earlier business the rapid movement of people on and under the ground. Clyde H Farnsworth reports Clyde H Farnsworth NYT Much like Japanese companies, Bombardier Inc the Canadian developer of snowmobiles that
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      7799 32 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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      3303 37 Containeriine NV: Belsin Shpg I Agenaes Pte Ltd (SVMarine Handling Sdn Bhd (PK/PN). Accord Group: Accord Shpg Pte Ud (SVAccord Contr Line (PK/PN). Adkris Business Corporation Philippine: Calsource Shpg Trdg Pte Ltd (S) Ahrenkiel liner Service: Kim Shpg Tulg(S). Aibatros Sea-Air Service: Frata Shpg Pte Lid (S). Alfred
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      255 37 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. Ouster Link Supplies it Services
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      1531 37 Abex Express Freight Tel: 542-7171. Fax: *****84. Actinic Forwarder Tel: 225-1833. Fax: *****42. Activair Singapore Tel: 542-7821 Fax: *****20. Aerolink Freight International Tel: 545-8033. Fax: *****05. Aerospeed Tel: 542-5911. Fax: *****18. Air Cargo Novo Express Tel: 542-5454. Fax: *****06. Air Express International Tel: 542-7666. Fax. *****74, *****50. Air
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      3366 38 ARGENTINA < Labour working normally. Buenos Aires: Port busy; no congestion except for vessels requiring deep draft berths; approximately 24 hours awaiting berth for these vessels. The new gantry crane on the north side of Basin D has been completed and is cxpected to start operating next week.
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      903 38 SHIP SALES TANKER RATES VESSELS ON OFFER Bulk Carriers Arisan: 135,748 dwt and built Sept 1974 Kawasaki Kobe, best offers invited. Mercedes Knvoy: 75.450 dwt and built Nov 1976 Cockerill, on offer for US$l3 million. Nusmas: 71.694 dwt and built Oct 1970 Nippon Kokan, on offer in excess of US$6.5
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      487 38 ARRIVALS Op night Type ETA T Frwn DEPARTURES Op Flight Type ETD T To TODAY NCA KZ203 B747F 0145 I NRT KAL KE697 B747F 0150 1 SEL JAL JL6I7 B747F 0345 1 TYO SIA SQ835 B747F 1125 2 BSL/DXB RJA RJ024 B707F 1900 1 AMM/DXB CLX CV796
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      603 38 CRUISE FERRY SCHEDULES CRUISE SHIPS Art Pep Name of Vessel ETA ETD Ports of Calls Port Agent JAN 01 01 Orient Sun 1000 1800 Sin-Jakarta-Sin Sembawang Johnson 02 04 Roval Odvssev 0800 1500 Sin-P Klang Harpers Shipping 0"> 02 Cora Princess 1000 1800 Sin-Jakarta Sembawang Johnson 0 1 0 1
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        531 39 Hi Berth krhtl Dnmtn ins* fay Wo Berth jntal Departn Marina Terminal 1 Jurong Port M* *****1 M04 3012/2300 M»ter 12/91 Jll 3112^000 Siyjnj *****1 M04 ato«*side 30 12/2300 a 91 {3 30.12/1800 31J2/1200 Batanwido I 140S M01 alongside 30 12/1800 Shm Ho Me. J2 atongside 31
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        224 39 i a LAMA RamA jonore ron B«rth: 1: mJ; 2: Riau; 3: Hang Wan; 4: Van Trader; 5; Sea Concert 6: Sea Leopard. 01 jetty: Stolt Sydness, Queen Chie. AKademik Uznadze OCJ: mi. Due on Dec 30: Bum Hi, Successway, Suci. Gloria. Jambongan, Ermima. New Line No
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        916 39 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Record Booking/Balance Rsfts Ship Voy No Etb/Btr Period From To From ACX Jade 65A 01/1500 2 30/1700 31/0659 31/0900 4 31/1200 31/1459 31/1700 ACX Rose 22B 31/1430 1 30 1500 30/1659 30/1900 AJk Cdumbu ***** 01 0900 1 30/1500 30/1659
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      159 40 UPI TAIPEI Five crew members of a China Airlines Boeing 747 cargo flight were presumed dead after their plane crashed into northern Taiwan's Wan Li mountain range on Sunday. The five, who were Taiwanese nationals, could not be found among debris near the
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      324 40 NYT DETROIT The latest experimental vehicle from General Motors Corp, a high-mileage four-passenger car with a body made of carbon fibre, promises to enliven the debate over fuel-efficiency legislation. At the North American International Auto Show in Detroit next week, GM will show its Ultralite,
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      47 23 Nedlloyd EUROPE SERVICE comnnoncng Jsnusfy 1992 CALL: 221 8989 NEDLLOYD EAC AGENCIES PTE LTD with effect from 1/1/92 will be known as 138 Robinson Road, #01-00 Hong Leong Centre, Singapore 0106, Tel: 221 8989 Fax: 225 5267 Telex: RS ***** All our contact numbers remain unchanged. r
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      49 23 Air Forwarders 15 Air Fraght Schedule 16 Container Schedule 1? Courier Services 15 Cruise 4 Ferry Schedules 16 lnde» to Advertisers 2 Port Conditions 16 Shipping Agents -15 Shipping Guide 10.11 Shtpsales/Tanker Rates 16 Ships in Port 1' Singapore Tides 17 Transport Diary 3 Weather and Sea Conditions 17
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      203 24 The Straits Times Weekly Overseas Edition. A crisp summary of happenings in Singapore. Politics, the economy, investment opportunities,appointments... >t<c\ And snippets on Malaysia and tJSzKBBKSsSk Asean. if\ A convenient tabloid delivered to you everyweek, whereever you may be. Subscribe now. And be in touch. Making an issue of the major
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      39 24 U«m ami —nrtcy bv /ttSSk Mwhn «f tin »>g»it»y #f Accradltei SMpptaf Amt*. Staf*«« ""M"* VvKaf/ plag HnifTitlw /•'or advertising enquiries, contact Shipping Times: Tel 740-2089/740-2090. The Daily Freights report was not available duo to a holiday in London
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      1779 25 rnaeg, ineggay uccemper <i iwi I' OOCL (8) PTE LTD JARDINE SHIPPING AGENCIES TEL: *****11 FAX: *****09 Alllf# BOOKINGS TEL: *****234 *****58 FRSIII M TERMINAL/CFS TEL: *****218 220 af%M -un V ****** PESAKA JARDINE SHIPPING AGENCIES SDN BHD LV(y A PORT KELANG TEL: *****18 FAX: *****91 *****88 PENANG TEL: *****4
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      1574 25 TRANSPORT DIARY I Feb 21-24: Air TrafTic Services in the 21st Century 4th Symposium, jointly organised by Civil Aviation Authority of I Singapore, Federal Aviation Administration, USA, Department of Civil Aviation, France and State Institute for Air Navigation, USSR at the RafTles City Convention Centre. For further information please contact
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      1360 25 ■OBnwwwM NEXT SAILINGS TO MIDDLE EAST OCEAN BLESSING VOY. 109W ETA SIN 2/1/1992 Vernal Voy I ETA I ETD Feeder by 1 DESTINATIONS Wortd Lynx/ Johanna to TNs wok Merte Maersk 9302 7 6/i°2369 H HRS PaoanQ OAK LGB HOU MEM ATL MIA CHS BAL PHL NYC MQN TOR METTE
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      927 26 j |nOTTEOAM>| VQY NO S PORE SOUTHAMPTON HAMBURG ANTWERP LE HAVRE KATSURAGI 09/152 2/1 25/1 21/1 20/1 MMM; THAMES 09/352 5/1 22/1 24/1 27/1 28/1 Mf|j||3R LA SEINE 22/101 9/1 1/2 28/1 27/1 HOECHST EXPRESS 01/301 12/1 29/1 31/1 3/2 4/2 KAGA 22/102 16/1 8/2 4/2 3/2 WjtjMKt IWW6 HANNOVER
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      756 26 BEABPAC SERVICE FASTEST DKECT SERVICE TO SOUTH PACfIC POUTS COPIAPO 3002 EB ISMOI/OI 13/01 10/101 ***** LJ BONTANQ 3100 EB 25-28/01 10/02 13/02 18/02 Tranatt Time (13) (18) (22) ALSO ACCEPTOR CARGO VIA SUVA TO LAUTOKA. PAGO PAGO. APIA. NUKUALOFA, P. VILA FASTEST SERVICE TO CHLE/PERU SIN lOQ ANF SAI
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      1492 26 MmaiinA ins MMW REGULAR MOEPEMO6MT FULL COMTAMEB SERVICE WESTBOUND FOR EUROKfc VSi/yOY SM ALG BCI HAM ME ROT ANT ru. lIP (VIA (HA (WA ALG) HW) NOT) NORASIA SUSAN 9142-3 31/12 21/01 23/01 27/01 29/01 2«/01 30/01 »/01 30/J1 NORASIA SHARJAH 9143-3 06/01 0«/01 30/01 02/02 04/02 03/02 05/02 04/02
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      1891 27 SgSteamers Maritime Holdings Ltd P&O I ktlklll WKan, #M J>»« Ml Sou Art J* *rSffl lAiat UAfRSX 47H2 2«/12 )1/12 29/12 03/01 10/01 11/01 M/® 1 #l m 1/12 20/12 04/01 21/01 23/01 20/01 MJM4 BROOKE VOIE Muari. Lab. KK 31-01 Jan 02 Jan 03 laa {IA MAEASX 0202 03/01
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      954 27 WE WISH ALL OUR SHIPPERS AND CLIENTS A HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS 1992. CHO YANG (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD »*V».ANOKC* BAN" BU*.<MNO 1«e CICA. BTR«*T. 0108 JAKARTA AMOAL LAUTAN NIAOA T«U OOMM T*Li n> 2t« FA*» 98M SURABAYA i».T. AHPAL tAUTAW ORAOA TH: WW TUtttWtICYWI MHOItOK :BKVUN» M'UNB tWVICM TH: «»MH O|UVW
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      438 27 pTRAITS^APAN^TRAIT^ERVIC^; I LOADING FOR OSAKA/ HftGOYA I I COSMIC PIONEER VlB I. I ETA PK SLD I ETA SPORE IN PT I I LOftDIWC FOR OSAKA/ I MACOYA/YOKO I I COSMIC LEADER VI I I ETA SPORE 8/1 I I ETA PK 10/1 I LOADING FOR KM ANT AN/ SENBOKU/TOKYO
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      529 28 -8" CR NBR **********0-0 FXPRESS SEMI-CONTAINERSHIP SERVICE TO EUROPE KL/WT I STOKE ROAM ADAM BREMEN ANTWERP KUTM/24N8 10/1 14/2 11/2 23/2 26/2 MATARAM 31WB 14/2 20/3 2«/3 1/4 5/4 FAST TRANSIT TIME ACCEPTING BREAKBULK/CONTAINERISEO CARGO Subject to Inducement Also accepting cargo to Caaablanca. Port Said, Port Alexandria. Genoa, Trieste. ALSO
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      1351 28 (g) HANJIN SHIPPING FDR VSL run IME HAUL LGB OAK FOR VS. W LINE HAH SAV IM NYC HANJIN MASAN 066 El/l IH. FELIXSTOWE 01 IE 20/1 23/1 FISHGUARD BAY 201N 30/12 II NEWINK OME fi/2 7/2 9/2 HANIIN SPORE 6/1 DIRECT 27/1 30/1 HANJIN CHEJU 077E 6/1 H. YOKOHAMA
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      1265 28 Id -1 rl ImviKwncwKTOiinKnouicMHncuMMifnwiKnDaiiii I l SOUW *433 1/1 2/1 7/1 1/1 10/1 13/1 14/1 lt/1 17/1 11/1 20/1 31/1 12/2 U/2 11/2 25/2 21/2 27/2 21/2 1/1 11/3 21/3 25/3 21/3 EOUDCOMSO 1/1 S/l 14/1 IVI 17/1 21/1 21/1 23/1 24/1 25/1 27/1 7/2 U/2 21/2 23/2 3/3 4/3
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      1654 29 NEPTUNE AGENCIES PTE LTD SINGAPORE TEL *****77 (CR NO: **********0E) BOOKINQS- NEFTUNELINK TEL *****00 (TOLL-FREE) #UK/EURCHPE SERVICE *****19 USA SERVICE *****10 AUST/INDtA/PAK SERVICE *****19 FAR EAST BERVICE *****49 ™MKaLOFfEE *****22 DOCUMENTATION DEPT *****44/*****14 J CFS: MB2- IMPORT *****360/*****06 CFS: MB2 EXPORT *****53/*****50 Mf NEPUNE SDN BHD MALAYSIA *****0, J.Bahru-(07) *****3,*****4
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      936 29 SINSOV rSw#J|tosas PENANG: *****4/ *****8 JOHORE BAHRU: *****1/ *****1 (REGULAR INDEPENDENT SERVICE) FULL CONTAINERSHIP SERVICES EASTBOUPC—DBCHMfiWC WESTBOUND—LOMW6 TKWBWfP VW >Ul vctbj WW law |MJ> we WT la lua Iwc In. |Ri» «w >a ««a wt im «nnnm 4X91 22/12 28/12 26/12 43M1 02/01 03/01 X/ 01 27/01 28/01 30/B1 «H
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      1190 30 44 M —iff AS AGENTS: KAWASAKI SINGAPORE (PTE) LTD (CR No: 1244I7JOOOOM) TEL *****77 TELEX: KAWAKI R*****5 FAX: *****07/B^9 W ¥ml IT MALAYSIA: *K" UNE MARITIME (MALAYSIA) SDN BHD B V M Ci TEL SA *****00 PK *****01/5 PENANG *****0 JB *****1 1 MSEnICAISHA, VTD INDONESW: P.T. SARANA LAUT WTEHNUSA
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      1410 30 IfQ PHIII-OMCNT UN€S PT€ LTD I I 108 Robinson Road #07-00 GMG BuUdlng Singapore 0106 I Td: *****22/*****69/*****00 T»l«x: RS ***** PHIU FAX: *****76/*****38 I BY AIR, LAND OR SEA I WE TAKE ON THE WORLD FOR YOU J**, flfg I v hjH5 i tLiff- I MEMBER OF SINGAPORE FREIGHT
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      907 31 SSalPff PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL LINES (PTE) LTD JAKARTA Z1 i sr r ssbbs" sss s EQUATOR MAS 30N 1/1 3/1 8/1 M" 4/1 7/1 BUNOA TERATAI 013 5/1 7/1 12/1 J®*** Pf,o MN 4/1 7/1 IVI EDEN 021 7/1 9/1 14/1 HK KSR2OI 8/1 8/1 12/1 EQUATOR MAS 31N «/1 10/1
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      1248 31 EacßenV k F CLASS CONTAINER TRANSPORT FEEDER VESSEL PENANG P.KELANG OCEAN VSL/VOY SIN SOU (1) RTM (2) HAM (3) GOT (4> ANSON/TBN 17/1 18/1 NIHON 2022 21/J 7/2 9/2 10/2 12/2 ANSON/TBN 24/1 26/1 BENARTV 2032 28/1 14/2 1612 17/2 19/2_ ANSON/TBN 31/1 1/2 ALSIA 2042 4/2 21/2 23/2 24/2
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      488 31 IM* MYANMA pBBk FIVE STAR UNE (Myanmar National Line) Loading for Yangon (Rangoon) Spore P.KI| Pen P.Gdc I GUI VIIIW In Pt 6/7 Jan HEIN Vllsl* 3/5 Jan In Pt M4AYWA VI3SW In Pt Sid 6/7 Jan i-AN VI7IW 3/6 Jan KAW VIBOW 4/5 Jan S& THE BANK LINE (A
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      609 33 /g A total approach to transportation SCANDUTCH mmuiur OCEAN VESSEL LE HAVRE! 1) ROAM<3) «-HAliPToli<3> MWKM4) CSURG (5) FEEDER VESSEL P ULANG PENANG OCEAN VESSEL lg/ v H/ a/i r r*„ ?r sr sb? sr -< sr Br- sr* sr 5^- ,c, ']*r ißz£H Is is sssSs iSsT li li
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      834 34 TO AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND wi Tito Ifrwn IMb |]yd lAuck INK I P. CHUM C ?M 5/1 IC/1 21/1 2C/1 31/1 Til toimmN 2*5 1/2 9/2 14/2 17/2 2J/2 2572 MA*TrtA II 2M 25/2 275 7/3 10/3 16/3 11/3 flltd HUOtG 2»7 5/3 1 7/3 21/3 25/3 31/3 575 TO USA/CANADA
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      820 34 EXPORTS TO HONGKONG, TAINAN, MANIA t JAPAN "TWICE WEEKLY" MALACCA STRAITS SERVICE OUTBOUC VOY MIL PEN ir SM I MNE HKG K«0 KEE TTO SMZ NGO KOS VESSEL VOY |SM |PKL PEN BIN SM ACX PAST 218 '2912 '27 12 30 12 3.1 7 1 91 101 U1 IS.I U.l
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      306 34 SEAWARD SHIPPING AND TRADING CO (SI PTE LTD EM ETA ETA SPORE fOIIT KELANG PENARG BLUE M 15/1/92 loading lor Male KUVAI HUDHU 10/1/92 loading for Calcutta [XX PUN 10/1/92 SAILED loading For Male PIONEER SUPREME 7/1 92 Loading For Male DONAKUIHI 20.1 92 Leaded Fof Feliwaru PROGRESS IBERTY «l
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      1522 34 r tea 1 CHINA OCEAN SHIPPING COMPANY PULL CONTAINER LINER SERVICE n*l£r*rSin cuiooinp cnu Dun SINGAPORE'S GENERAL AGENTS KWNEWI MEKT* COSTAR SHAPING PTE LTD P T. GLOBAL PtTTRA P. RLMK IB.: KNiot/i TU :MA ***** TEL: *****00/22(1133 INDONESIA MARITIME rotttt Ttt *****1 TU: MA ***** TELEX: RS 26*30/1 COSHP KT
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      583 35 FAMOUS CONTAINER LINES 10 ANSON RD. #15-21 INTERNATIONAL PLAZA, S'PORE 0207 HOT LINE *****33 24 LINES LIMASSOL/PIREAUS 5/1 ROTTERDAM 5/1 HAIFA/ASHOOO/ALEXANORIA 571 HAMBURG/BREMEN 5/1 MARSEILLE/FRANCE 571 FELIXSTOWE/UK 5/1 BARCELONA/SPAIN 5/1 LEHAVRE/ANTWERP 5/1 GENOA/ITALY 57l GOTHENBURG/SCANDINAVIA 5/1 LOS ANGELES/WC/IPI 5/1 SYDNEY/MELBOURNE 4/1 NEW YORK/EC 5/1 FREMANTLE 4/1 VANCOUVER 5/1 BRISBANE/ADELAIDE 4/1
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      903 35 153 RICHFIELD MAMNE MENCItS (S) PTE LTD V S »***** <t*U£o> S PAX: *****18/2*3303 P TELEX: Rt ***** RWHIP (3 UnM) ETWOHWi BMPPM6 UWES (National Lin«s o( Ethiopia) ACCEPTINQ FCL AND CONVENTIONAL VESSEL IVOY ETA LOADING FOR SPORE A NO) NET MWB 02/01 OARESSALAAM MOMBASA DJIBOUTI ASSAB MAS3AWA ABBAY WONZ
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      491 35 JAKARTA BANGKOK mm. toi m m <ewr wi mmm mmm J Km BHUM US 1/01 4/01 lARU BHUM lON In Pt 31/12 FH 3/01_ AKA BHUM 124S 4/01 7/01 ™AHA ■HUM*## jg In Pt 31/12 S*t 04/01_ wn bhum 5 Ml 11/»1 «25 1= ISWSS m 1./.I as. JARU BHUM
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      346 35 &aagai TBtB-lK VSL VOY SINGAPORE MADRAS SINGAPORE VESSEL VOY SIN MA A SIN TIGER SHARK 05N In Port 07-09/01 15-16/01 TIGER BRIDGE 185N 05 06/01 11-13/01 18-19/01 TIGER SPEED 186N 12-13/01 18-20/01 26-27/01 VSL VOY SINGAPORE/CALCUTT A/SMGAPORE VESSEL VOV SIN CAL SIN TIGER RIVER 142CN8 05 06/01 12-16/01 22-23/01 EAGLE
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      1301 36 »gp MAC-NELS S f PORE MTORT: *****021 sXBA^3?^7O PEN PK SIN Colombo 9/1 W 1 11 4/1 5/1 6/1 Durban Pt Louis r u^ f 31/12 1/1 2/1 Penanf 5/1 6/1 7/1 7/1 8/1 9/1 Syd/RMb/BH 7/1 8/1 9/1 Fremantta ■MBWilii 3/1 4/1 5/1 Auckland/ VKIf Christchurch Tohyo/Kobe 7/18/1 9/1
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      410 36 BLUE star line I TO FROM I EW ZEALAND AND T/S TO FIJI I TO AND FROM NEW ZEALAND PORTS I SIN MPI AKL LTT SIN I doackpt IC« I/I IC/1 MA NPI IS/1 I PROSP£CT lw JJ'J y.. m M/ 1 i«/ 2 I MANDAMA V 0512 U/l »/l
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      1145 36 THONG SOON LINES PTE. LTD. Mil 77 ROBINSON ROAD #15-00, #16-00 SIA BUILDING SINGAPORE 0106 TEL: *****88 FAX NO: *****11, *****22 TLX: RS ***** CARRIER, RS ***** JENHOL CABLE: TOSOCO CONVENTIONAL/CONTAINER I CONTAINER SERVICES SINGAPORE TO WEST MALAYSIA SINGAPORE TO WEST MALAYSIA VESSEL |WI IET* IICST VESSEL VOT SfOtE f.
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      26 39 Read Chartpoint, •A;.;"- U k w v >. i ':v' '*v;:Kvi& &k g% a guide to investing in ■v** the Stock Market. Every Business X > •\£^Av-V' Times
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      271 39 BEN LINE CONTAINERS LTD 200 Cantonment Road Tel: *****22 I #13-05 Southpoint lim Fax: *****63 I Singapore 0208. W Telex: RS ***** I VESSEL VOY NOS. SPORE LEHAVRE ROTTERDAM S"HAMPTON HAMBURG GOTHENBURG FRANCE HOLLAND UK GERMANY/SCAN SWEDEN Bonga Permai 478 2/I 18/1 19/1 21/J 22/1 Toyamt* 476 3/1 27/J 26/J
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      1162 40 CHARTPOINT Every Saturday in Business Times HYUNDAI MERCHANT MARINE CO. LTD. EASTBOUND FEEDER TO PACIFIC SOUTH-WEST TO PACIFIC NORTH-WEST FEEDER VOT PKE PCD ISW Lit HAUI VOT MO LBH OAK St* lit HAUL VOV HKG TCtt/S£A PTI NAN HAI 20« NOO6 05/12 10/12 12/12 LUANDA «5£ 20/12 ot/01 09/01 11/01
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      252 40 CONTAINER LIKES WEEKLY CONSOLIDATION SERVICES BANGKOK 3/1 HONGKONG 2/1 KEELUNG 2/1 JAKARTA 7/1 MANILA 4/1 SYDNEY 11/1 MELBBOURNE 11/1 FREMANTLE 2/1 317 Outran Road, <02-29 Concorde Shopping Centre, Singapore 0316 Tel: 733 3069 Fro 734 1827 bfiuiuua Accepting LCL/FCL to: Penang P Helang on C Busan 28 12 Rotterdam Hamburg
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