The Business Times, 3 February 1992

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  • 16 1 Business Times THE BUSINESS PAPER FOR S-E ASIA MITA (P) 35/12/91 Monday, February 3, 1992 75*
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  • NEWS SUMMARY
    • 67 1 ANKARA At least 135 people were killed and some 180 were missing believed buried under snow when avalanches hit several villages in south-eastern Turkey, reports said yesterday. The avalanches, which hit five villages in the mountainous region close to the Iranian and Turkish borders
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    • 38 1 TOKYO At least 32 people were injured after a strong earthquake measuring 5.7 on the open-ended Richter scale shook Tokyo and surrounding areas before dawn yesterday, television and press reports here said.
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    • 30 1 VIETNAM'S investment code will be amended soon to make it easier for foreigners to invest in the country, says Vietnamese Prime Minister Vo Van Kiet Page 6
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    • 38 1 A LEADING Thai academic has predicted that Thai agricultural and textile products would be the hardest hit if the final draft proposal to wrap up the Uruguay Round of Gatt is adopted Page 6
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    • 46 1 MOSCOW'S shift to support anti-missile defences is a turning point in the diplomacy of nuclear weapons, even though the leadership of Russia is determined to bargain hard on the exact conditions for its support of a US-led programme, say Western officials Page 8
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    • 31 1 ONE MONTH after Russia freed prices in a move to a market economy, there is little evidence of either a functioning market or a working economy Page 8
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    • 29 1 FIRST came political unity, then a common currency. Still, east Germans are behind their western counterparts in living standards. But they want equality soon Page 9
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    • 21 1 EVELYN GLENNIE may be deaf, but the Scottish percussionist is a woman of extraordinarily acute perceptiveness Page 11
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    • 30 1 COMPANIES and individuals may not realise it, but they incur a charge for all facsimile transmissions, including those that do not get through. Shipping Times Page 1
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  • MARKETS SUMMARY
    • 38 1 PRODUCT improvements introduced by the New Straits Times Press during the year will provide greater stimulation and opportunities for the group and further enhance its position as the industry leader, says its chairman Page 2
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    • 31 1 BANK BURUH's express shares credit, a new share financing package designed for the application of Proton shares, has received an overwhelming response from the investing public Page 2
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    • 39 1 A MASS MARKET for highdefinition television (HDTV) was brought years closer last week when Sharp surprised the industry by introducing an HDTV receiver for about a quarter of the price of the nearest competing product Page 3
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    • 33 1 THE WORLD'S biggest aircraft leasing company, Ireland's Guinness Peat Aviation (GPA), could go public this spring with a share offering of US$l billion (551.63 billion) to US$l.5 billion Page 3
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    • 29 1 THE Bank of Thailand has thrown its support behind Thai businessman Thaksin Shinawatra's bid to acquire 10 per cent of the Bangkok Metropolitan Bank Page 4
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    • 24 1 THE US government's sale of assets from the multi-billion-dollar portfolio of failed thrifts is proceeding ahead of schedule Page 4
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  • 524 1  -  But in real terms, total trade last year grew by 9.Bpc By! Schutz Lee SINGAPORE Singapore's total trade last year grew by 5.4 per cent at current prices to hit $216.2 billion. This is the first single-digit trade growth figure since
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  • 480 1  -  By Anna Teo SINGAPORE The pay packets of Singapore's top executives are the biggest in Asia, and go furthest. Singapore's top management executives emerged, for the second year running, the best paid in the region in World Executive Digest's
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  • 291 1 WHAT will the Year of the Monkey hold for stags, bulls and bears? In its annual stock market forecast, Singapore Business magazine reports that professional stock-pickers are looking forward to a better year. They believe that strong liquidity will force the market out
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  • 386 1  -  By Magdalene Ng SINGAPORE Indonesian tyre-maker PT Gadjah Tunggal has received all approvals required from the Singapore and Indonesian authorities to list its depositary receipts here. Industry sources say the conglomerate is now finalising details for the listing. The issue is expected
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  • 160 1 Reuter SEOUL South Korea's foreign debt is expected to top a record US$5O billion (5581.7 billion) this year because of its snowballing current account deficit, newspapers reported yesterday. Preliminary finance ministry figures published in several Seoul newspapers showed the nation's outstanding debt
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  • COMPANY NEWS 1
    • COMPANY BRIEFS
      • 102 2 KUALA LUMPUR Cold Storage (Malaysia) Bhd has entered into a memorandum of understanding with A S Watson Co Ltd to cooperate broadly in the food retailing and manufacturing business via strategic joint ventures. Cold Storage Malaysia said the rationale for the proposed strategic
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      • 56 2 KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia Airlines will fly to Madrid, Spain from June this year, according to Transport Minister Ling Liong Sik. This followed the signing of an air services agreement between Spain and Malaysia recently. The initial weekly flight might be increased to twice weekly at
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      • 77 2 KUALA LUMPUR Hutchison Paging, the service arm of Hutchison Setting Telecommunications Sdn Bhd, has completed the launch of its southern regional paging centre with the inclusion of Johor to its network in January. Hutchison Paging said the company now operated four regional paging centres, with
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      • 93 2 KUALA LUMPUR Malayan Cement Bhd recorded a M 580.35 million (about Ss4B million) group operating pretax profit for the year ended Nov 30, 1991, up 31.1 per cent from M 561.31 million in the previous corresponding period. This came on the back of a 26.3 per
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      • 94 2 KUALA LUMPUR Affin Holdings Bhd will use the proceeds from the exercise of its transferable subscription rights (TSRs) as additional capital for its three operating subsidiaries. The three subsidiaries are Perwira Habib Bank Malaysia Bhd (PHB), Permata Merchant Bank Bhd and Affin Finance Bhd. Affin
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    • 175 2 MBT KUALA LUMPUR Mancon, a subsidiary of Pilecon Engineering, made an impressive debut on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange Second Board last Friday, closing at M 54.34 for a premium of Msl34 over its offer price of M 53.00. The first day
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    • 431 2 Boost for group's venture into financial sector seen MBT KUALA LUMPUR Product improvements introduced by the New Straits Times Press (NSTP) during the year will provide greater stimulation and opportunities for the group and further enhance its position as the industry leader, says
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    • 253 2 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Pengkalen Holdings Bhd's proposed acquisition of Siap-Kon Sdn Bhd is expected to enhance Pengkalen's long-term profitability and contribute to the group's broad and stable earnings base. In a circular released last Friday to shareholders relating to the proposed acquisition, Pengkalen said
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    • 346 2 KUALA LUMPUR Bank Buruh's Express Shares Credit, a new share financing package designed for the application of Proton shares, has received overwhelming response from the investing public. While some commercial banks and finance companies have virtually scrapped their share financing facilities, Bank
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    • 259 2 NST KUALA LUMPUR Hongkong-based Wo Kee Hong (Holdings) Ltd is considering investing at least Ms3o million (about SslB million) in Malaysia to set up a plant to assemble electrical and electronic equipment. Vice-president Richard M F Lee said the company was
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    • 331 2 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Union Paper Holdings Bhd's MS23 million (about 5513.8 million) plant in Bentong, which specialises in the production of high-quality paper products, will help boost the company's total exports to about 35 per cent from its current level of 15 per cent.
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    • 616 2  -  MARKET TALK Chinese becoming one of the strongest forces By William Chia SINGAPORE The Chinese in Asia will become one of the strongest and most positive forces to shape the economies of the region, says the Hongkong-based Political Economic Risk Consultancy (Perc). This
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    • 506 3 Reuter TOKYO A mass market for high-definition television (HDTV) was brought years closer last week when Sharp, the Japanese electronics company, surprised the industry by introducing an HDTV receiver for about a quarter of the
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    • 318 3 JAKARTA PT Bimantara Citra, the widely diversified business group controlled by Bambang Trihatmodjo, is consolidating its businesses into nine divisions to promote efficiency, the Jakarta Post reported. Two senior executives for the holding company said last week that some subsidiaries would be merged or even liquidated
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    • 220 3 AP BHOPAL, India A judge last Saturday ordered a freeze on the assets of Warren Anderson, the retired chairman of Union Carbide Corp who ignored a summons to face criminal charges in the 1984 gas tragedy that killed nearly 4,000
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    • 229 3 Reuter GUANGZHOU China's southern city of Guangzhou is well on its way to setting up the country's third stock exchange, and foreign banks will be allowed to open branches there soon. Its deputy mayor, Lei Yu, told a news conference last Friday that
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    • 358 3 Reuter LONDON Market forces should be enlisted to fight global warming by creating an international exchange to trade in pollution rights, a United Nations study recommended. The 300-page report, prepared for the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (Unctad) and released
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    • 319 3 Reuter LONDON The world's biggest aircraft leasing company, Ireland's Guinness Peat Aviation (GPA), could go public this spring with a share offering of US$ I billion (S$ 1.63 billion) to US$l.5 billion, say industry sources. The company has declined to confirm a recent
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    • 193 3 AP RIYADH Saudi Arabia's biggest public issue has been oversubscribed almost three times, in spite of boycott calls by religious zealots, say Riyad Bank officials. The flotation, which closed on Jan 29, brought in 11.5 billion riyals (Sss billion) in subscriptions. Riyad, the
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    • COMPANY BRIEFS
      • 94 3 NEW YORK International Bechtel Inc, a unit of Bechtel Group, said it signed a US$25 million (5540.8 million) contract with the Hongkong government under which it will continue to provide consultancy services for Hongkong's new airport project. The company said the Phase
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      • 123 3 JAKARTA Atlantic Richfield Indonesia Inc has found offshore gas in the Java Sea, the state oil and gas company Pertamina said. The KLX-1 and the KLY-1 delineation wells in the North-west Java block, each yielded 38 million cubic feet and 59 million cubic feet of gas
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      • 112 3 MELBOURNE A consortium led by First National Resource Trust (FNRT) and China International Trust and Investment Corp (Citic) said it has offered to buy 20 per cent of the Portland aluminium smelter from the Victorian state government for more than US$2BO million (*****.4 million).
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      • 104 3 MELBOURNE Japan's Nissan is considering the shutdown of its car-making operations in Australia, costing up to 2,000 jobs, according to a report. The Sunday Age yesterday said Nissan's managing director in Australia, Leon Daphne, had been in Tokyo last week discussing the operations and he refused
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      • 89 3 SEATTLE Microsoft Corp is mounting an aggressive campaign to claim for itself the branding rights for the huge "IBM-compatible" personal computer market. Microsoft said it is offering the 130 hardware suppliers whose PCs run its best-selling Windows program including International Business Machines Corp use of
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    • 149 3 Aim for a bigger audience in ASIAN AEROSPACE' 92 SPECIAL FEATURE IN The Straits Times FEBRUARY 24,1992 ft -s-j? Ik Lianhe Zoobao FEBRUARY 24, 1992 Businesslimes FEBRUARY 25, 1992 ASIAN AEROSPACE is considered one of the worlds most important air shows. Three of our newspapers will be publishing a special
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  • FINANCIAL NEWS
    • SMALL CHANGE
      • 111 4 TOKYO Japanese bank lending in the December quarter prew 4.7 per cent from a year earlier, down from 5.3 per cent in the three months to June and the smallest quarterly increase on record, the Bank of Japan said last week. In
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      • 95 4 WARSAW The American owner of Poland's first private bank, detained last Friday on a prosecutor's request, was officially arrested on Saturday and may be extradited the US as a tax criminal. "David Bogatin is under a temporary, one-month arrest," Justice Ministry spokesman Andrzej Cubala told
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      • 87 4 BEIRUT A rush of faltering Lebanese banks is sending shock waves among depositors and undermining trust in its banking sector, once the strongest in the Middle East. Four out of 84 working banks stopped paying their depositors in 1991. In the past two weeks, the Libano-Bresilienne
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      • 77 4 UTRECHT, the Netherlands Dutch cooperative bank Rabobank Nederland has said its net earnings were flat in 1991 although it saw slight growth in its gross profit. The bank, the Netherlands' second largest, previously said it thought substantial earnings were possible for the year. Rabobank's net
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    • 278 4 Reuter SYDNEY Westpac Banking Corp is not considering a rights or a bonus issue at present, chairman Sir Eric Neal told the annual meeting. Answering a shareholder's question concerning speculation about a rights issue, Sir Eric said no issue was being considered. "We
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    • 465 4 BANGKOK The Bank of Thailand has thrown its support behind Thai businessman Thaksin Shinawatra's bid to acquire 10 per cent of the Bangkok Metropolitan Bank, the Bangkok Post reported on Friday. Bank of Thailand Assistant Governor Charoong Nookwan told the Post
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    • 395 4 Reuter WASHINGTON The US government's sale of assets from the multibillion-dollar portfolio of failed thrifts is proceeding ahead of schedule, a top Resolution Trust Corp official said on Friday. Lamar Kelly, deputy executive director of the federal agency created to clean up the
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    • 298 4 FT PARIS Societe Generate* one of France's largest pfi-" vate sector banks, expects to see a recovery in gross operating profits to around 10 billion francs (552.97 billion) in 1991, after a fall in profits during the fmevious year. The Societe Generale's
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    • 300 4 Reuter NEW YORK Citibank and the Depository Trust Co said on Friday they were assisting in an investigation into international corporate bond fraud. Corporate bonds that have already been cancelled or redeemed are circulating around Europe and the United States, said banking
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    • 543 4 Reuter FRANKFURT German holding company AMB has said it will give serious consideration to an expected bid from French state-owned bank Credit Lyonnais for part of its stake in BfG bank. Aachener und Muenchener Beteiligungs-AG (AMB) owns just over
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    • 422 4 Reuter NEW YORK Argentina has proposed a menu of options to commercial banks for easing its foreign debt burden and pledged some US$l5 billion (5524.5 billion) in total debt payments over the next three years. Economy Minister
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    • 97 4 INVESTMENTS' IN <* Business Times SPECIAL FEATURE February 17,1992 n i t hethemefor BuanessTmes' speciaJ feature is "New Zealand Gathering Strength for Recovery". The feature will also coincide with a seminar in Singapore on investing in New Zealand. Readers can look forward to vital information on business opportunities given by
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  • THE REGION
    • NOTE BOOK
      • 97 6 MACAU The Macau government has signed a contract worth an estimated US$l.6 billion (552.6 billion) with a joint-venture company for a land reclamation and development project here. Last Friday, it signed the deal worth more than double Macau's biggest ongoing infrastructure project to construct a
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      • 108 6 MANILA The US Navy will begin pulling out from its largest base in Asia by mid-May and will turn over the garrison to the Philippines by the end of the year, it was reported yesterday. The Stars and Stripes, the unofficial newspaper of the
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      • 75 6 MANILA Lending and investment by the Asian Development Bank in the developing countries of Asia jumped 25 per cent last year to more than US$5 billion (SsB.2 billion), the bank said in its latest quarterly review. In spite of fears of a global credit shortage
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      • 54 6 LABUAN The Malaysian government has allocated more more than Ms2o million (5512.4 million) for the development of the Labuan Federal Territory, the Chief Secretary to the Government, Tan Sri Ahmad Saiji Abdul Hamid, said last Saturday. The allocation would cover development in the industrial, finance
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      • 96 6 IPOH The Malaysian government will soon introduce the area specialisation concept with one product for one village similar to the Oita Prefecture in Japan. The Housing and Local Government Minister, Dr Ting Chew Peh, said last Saturday that the move was aimed at enhancing productivity,
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      • 78 6 BANGKOK A government-backed watchdog set up ahead of the March elections has failed to find volunteers to monitor polling in the home province of the country's best-known "godfather", it was reported here yesterday. Poll Watch, a body comprising academics and lawyers, had been unsuccessful in
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    • 554 6 —Procedures to be simplified for foreigners, special zones developed AFP HANOI Vietnam's investment code will be amended soon to make it easier for foreigners to invest in the country, Vietnamese Premier Vo Van Kiet said in an interview published on Friday. "In order to strengthen
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    • 393 6 BANGKOK A leading Thai academic has predicted that Thai agricultural and textile products would be the hardest hit if the final draft proposal to wrap up the Uruguay round of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (Gatt) is adopted,
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    • 368 6 Reuter COLOMBO Despite a world recession, the Gulf war and a continuing ethnic conflict, Sri Lanka last year recorded the highest number of tourist arrivals in eight years, hoteliers and tourism officials said on Friday. A total of 317,000 people visited the Indian Ocean
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    • 268 6 BANGKOK The Thai garment industry is ready to compete with other Asean members once the Asean Free Trade Area (Afta) provisions agreed to recently at the Asean Summit reduce tariff levels, says a report in the Bangkok Post. But
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    • 227 6 BANGKOK The International Monetary Fund and Bank of Thailand will jointly provide technical assistance to Myanmar's central bank to help the neigh bouHug country develop its economy, according to a report in The Nation. Central bank governor Vijit Supinit said the central bank was asked
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    • 628 6 Mammoth projects to develop countries' infrastructure Reuter TAIPEI South-east Asia, its transport and communications systems creaking under the strain of rapid eoonomic growth, is launching a string of giant construction projects to develop the region's infrastructure. From Taipei to Bangkok,
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  • THE WORLD
    • WORLD WATCH
      • 98 8 BONN Finance minister Theo Waigel said a revised tax Bill that he would present on Wednesday was "a fair financially feasible compromise for the federal government" that would benefit the east German regional states. In an interview with the Welt Am Sonntag
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      • 64 8 DAVOS, Switzerland Romania and newly independent Ukraine have agreed to establish diplomatic relations, despite a territorial dispute between the two neighbours going back to World War 11. Romanian President lon Iliescu said he had met Ukrainian President Leonid Kravchuk during the World Economic Forum to
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      • 74 8 LONDON British Prime Minister John Major has asked his Chinese opposite number Li Peng to allow him to send a delegation to monitor respect for human rights in China, a Downing Street spokesman said on Saturday. The request was made on Friday in New York, where
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      • 89 8 CAIRO Egypt will ask Japan to revive plans for a Hongkong-style industrial zone north of the Gulf of Suez, a senior government official said last week. The zone, first mooted in 1985, would transform Middle East economies and create jobs for Egypt's unemployed youth, the chairman
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      • 58 8 ISLAMABAD Kazakhstan's President Nursultan Nazarbayev will make an official visit to Pakistan from Feb 25, Pakistan's state television said on Saturday. It quoted Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif as saying in the Swiss town of Davos after a meeting with Mr Nazarbayev that the Kazakh
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      • 73 8 SEOUL South Korea will urge North Korea in resumed border talks this week to ratify its nuclear safeguards accord promptly and allow inspectors to gain access to its secret nuclear facilities, the domestic Yonhap news agency said yesterday. "The North has not clearly said when it
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    • 361 8 Reuter DAVOS, Switzerland Ukraine dealt a blow on Saturday to Russian hopes of preserving a single economic area on the territory of the former Soviet Union when its president said the area had already disintegrated. "I can imagine the joint economic space in theory, but
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    • 302 8 AP SEOUL A serious shortage of energy and raw materials and shrinking overseas demand keeps more than half of North Korean factories closed, a South Korean business leader said. Kim Woo Choong, chairman of the Daewoo Business Group, said
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    • 252 8 UPI TAIPEI Consumer confidence may be down in reces-sion-hit areas of the world, but business in Taiwan is booming in advance of Chinese New Year. Armed with dollars more valuable than ever before, retailers report Taiwan consumers spent 10 to 20 per
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    • 502 8 But Yeltsin's shift to back anti-missile system seen as turning point PARIS Moscow's shift to support anti-missile defences is a turning point in the diplomacy of nuclear weapons, even though the leadership of Russia is determined to bargain hard on the exact
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    • 298 8 Reuter MINSK, Belarus Central Asian republics fear they will lose out in a major Western aid programme for the Commonwealth of Independent States, Western aid officials said. Representatives from the mostly Muslim states told an aid conference in the Belarus capital that
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    • 192 8 AFP MOSCOW Nationalists in the autonomous republic of Tatarstan, in the Russian Federation, proclaimed the restoration on Saturday of an independent Tatar state that went out of existence more than 400 years ago. Delegates to the Tatar Kurultaya, or congress, meeting in the
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    • 340 8 Reuter MOSCOW One month after Russia freed prices in a move to a market economy, there is little evidence of either a functioning market or a working economy. The price liberalisation, introduced on Jan 2, was heralded as an essential first step towards
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    • 225 8 Reuter BONN Economics Minister Juergen Moellemann said Germany could face a wave of refugees from the former Soviet Union if democratic and economic reforms there should fail. "If economic and democratic reforms fail in the countries (of the Commonwealth of Independent States),
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    • 78 8 SAN SALVADOR Several hundred soldiers celebrating on Saturday the formal ceasefire which went into effect that day, shortly alter returning to their barracks from the Guazapa Volcano area where they had taken part in military operations. Fighting between leftist rebels of the Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front
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    • 171 8 Reuter LUSAKA Leaders of 18 east and southern African states closed a two-day conference on economic cooperation with a pledge to work speedily towards the establishment of a regional common market. The leaders of the 18nation Preferential Trade Area (PTA) said on
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  • ANALYSIS
    • 977 9  -  First came political unity, then a common currency. Still, east Germans are behind their western counterparts in living standards. But not for long. Amy Baian catches up with the German unification process and its corporate reflection in Carl Zeiss Amy Balan Keeping
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    • 763 9 THE recent unification of giant optical products maker Carl Zeiss is a microscopic study of German unity itself. Founded in 1846 in the university town of Jena by German engineer Carl Zeiss and his partner Ernst Abbe, the German company, like the country, was split up
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    • 519 9 SINCE the Berlin Wall came tumbling down in November 1989, Gisclla Linz has gone over to the east many times. Each time, she brings visitors from all corners of the world. Ms Linz works for Inter Nationes (IN), a German institute set
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    • 414 9 AT the Carl Zeiss head office in Jena, an enterprises department works with potential investors to create new companies, and hence new jobs for displaced staff of the former conglomerate. As a symbol of its importance, the department has, along its corridors, a newlooking photocopier. From
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
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    • 304 10 '^mdmvian fCaty The freshest salmon, smoked to perfection. Marinated Prawns, Pickled Herrings, Rock Oysters and other Scandinavian favourites are in our sumptuous buffet. You 11 fall for it hook, line and sinker. Scandinavian Buffet I unch February 1 2^ Noon 2.30 pm Adult: $36 Child below 10: A la carte
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  • Page 10 Miscellaneous
    • 652 10 TELEVISION AND RADIO Family problems OUR CHOICE Cousins, 10.30pm, SBC 5 American remake of the French film Cousin. Cousine. Two friends, played by Ted Danson and Isabel Rossellini, become relatives when his uncle marries her mother. Their lives become even very complicated when his wife has an affair with her
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  • THE ARTS
    • 1212 11  -  Julie Chatterjee gets some interesting insights into a rare personality when she talks to Scottish percussionist Evelyn Glennie over a Cantonese dinner Julie Chatterjee EVELYN Glennie is as dextrous at the dinner table as she is on stage wielding her drumsticks and hammers. A pair of chopsticks
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    • 566 11  -  P Y Van listens to Evelyn Glennie in concert P Y Van EVELYN Glennie's concert last Wednesday at the Victoria Concert Hall was a lesson in communication. Together with accompanist Philip Smith, she demonstrated that music is a highly disciplined, beautiful and enlightened way of conveying and sharing
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    • 628 11  -  Philip Smith enjoys his musical partnership with Evelyn Glennie, but he also has his own solo career. Jufie Chatteijee reports Julie Chatterjee TALL, clean-shaven, possum-eyed Philip Smith may not look a day older than 27, but he is 34 and has been playing the piano since he
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  • SPORTS
    • SIDE LINES
      • 131 12 CANBERRA Australian Kieren Perkins smashed the 1,500 m freestyle short course world swimming record at the second Grand Prix swim meet here yesterday. He clocked 14 min 32.40 sees to carve 5.2 sees off the old world record set by the former Soviet Union's
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      • 118 12 DAYTONA BEACH, Florida The Nissan R9O of Geoff Brabham, Chip Robinson and Bob Earl moved to a one-lap lead over the all-Japanese Nissan R9l after the first seven hours of the Rolex 24-hour sports car endurance race at Daytona International Speedway last Saturday. The Japanese
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      • 64 12 MELBOURNE The Australian Football League will introduce new rules for its 1992 season aimed at protecting players from the danger of catching Aids on the field. New guidelines will include empowering club doctors to remove from the field players "bleeding profusely", not allowing players back
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      • 82 12 LAS VEGAS Black Tie Affair, winner of the 1991 Breeders' Cup Classic and six other stakes races, was named 1991 Horse of the Year in the annual Eclipse Awards announced last Saturday. Black Tie Affair earned nearly US$2.5 million (Ss4.l million) during the year. The five-year-old
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      • 89 12 SAN DIEGO New Zealand, the "little boat with the funny nose", defeated Spain's Espana 92 here last Saturday in what became the only real race on day six of the America's Cup challenger series. New Zealand, skippered by Rod Davis, led from start to finish
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      • 109 12 LAS VEGAS Former heavyweight champion George Foreman will meet contender Alex Stewart in Las Vegas on April 7, it was announced last Saturday. The 42-year-old veteran will be fighting for only the second time since losing a decision to world champion Evander Holyfield in April. Foreman,
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      • 73 12 LAS VEGAS Undefeated contenders Lennox Lewis of Britain and American Michael Moorer both battered their opponents with ease to take unanimous decisions on a heavyweight fight card last Saturday. Lewis pummelled the head of sturdy but outclassed American Levi Billups for 10 rounds to improve his record
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    • 721 12 England's batting legend remains as passionate as ever Reuter CHRISTCHURCH At 51, Geoffrey Boycott, England's most prolific batsman, is still following his beloved game around the world, in spite of retiring six years ago. "I love the game. I'd like to be out there
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    • 536 12  -  Club Nautico to provide more services with Marina View, reports Nirmal Ghosh Nirmal Ghosh SINGAPORE The world's largest boat rental operation has tied up with a marina here to offer more sophisticated services to boat-lovers. Florida-based Club Nautico signed an agreement with Singapore's Marina View
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    • 327 12 AFP LAKE WORTH, Florida Helen Alfredsson joined a three-way tie for the lead in the Oldsmobile Classic last Saturday, putting herself in position to score her first victory on the LPGA tour. The Swede, a British Women's Open champion
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    • 369 12 AP PEBBLE BEACH, California Mark O'Meara shot a four-under-par 68 in nearideal conditions last Saturday to take a two-stroke lead into yesterday's final 18 holes of the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am. "Anywhere but Pebble Beach, his lead would not be insurmountable," said defending
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    • 292 12 Reuter ATLANTA As nearly 85,000 buyers and sellers of sporting goods gather for their annual trade fair, manufacturers are betting Americans' fitness obsession will offset economic woes and give the industry a healthy year. In spite of a year-long recession, US
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    • 483 12 AP ALBERTVILLE, France Crews swept streets last Saturday and put up signs with the five interlocking rings throughout this crossroads at the foot of the Alps as preparations for the 16th Winter Olympics entered their final week. In the mountains high above
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    • 867 14  -  By Quak Hiang Whai WITH investors sidelined ahead of the Lunar New Year, stocks in the Singapore stock market drifted lower last week on profit taking marked by cautious trading. Brokers said investors had given up hopes of the traditional pre-Lunar New
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  • KUALA LUMPUR STOCK EXCHANGE
    • 532 17 Bernama WIDESPREAD bargainhunting last Friday reduced losses on the local bourse and prices ended off their lows last week. Selected quality stocks posted good gains in the final 30 minutes of the week's trading day before the market closed for the weekend for
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  • BT SHARE INFORMATION SERVICE
    • 24 18 Forecast figures are contributed by Baring Securities, Crosby Securities, DBS Securities, GK Goh Securities, Hoare Govett Securities and Kay Hian James Capel.
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    • 49 18 Net Profit represents consolidated earnings after provision for depreciation,interest charges, taxation and minority interests; t Interim; F: Final; (b): In million yen; (c): In Australian dollars, (d); In million guilders, (e) In HKsm; Profit before tax; TE. Tax Exempt; NA: Not Available; L: Loss; (f): USShI
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    • 1486 18 Trans Registered Substantial Buy/ No. of Amount Shareholding Stock Date Holder Shareholder/Director Ml shares Before After NOL 27/01/92 Street Names Temasek Holdings (Pte) Ltd S 25,000 41.559 182.567.481 39 08 182.542.481 39 06 DBS Foreign 27/01/92 Street Names Temasek Holdings (Pte) Ltd •s 5.000 68.700 109,059.497 20
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    • 121 18 Figures in brackets are for the previous corresponding period L: Loss. TE: Tax Exempted. N: Net, NYA: Not Yet Available Adiusted tor scrip issues, (k): In million Dutch Florins, (c): Profit after tai. (d): In million HK$. Company's profit. (0: "**M yen. (g): Profit after tax minority interests,
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    • 649 18 Jan 31 Oriental Hokfings Bhd s subsidiary, Teck See Plastic Sdn Bhd has set up a new company, Hicom-Teck See Manufacturing Bhd, to make plastic motor car parts in Malaysia. Berjaya Group Bhd's stake in Inter-Pacific Capital Sdn Bhd will be increased from 30.1% to 70.3% following its
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    • 124 18 Al shares Quoted have a par value of {1 unless otherwise specified. NYA Not Yet Available: kit Interest. I Interim. N Net TE Tai Eiempt S Special divriend. (i) Adjusted for scrip issue; (b) First and Final, (c) Includes 4% special dividend (d) Includes 6% special diwlend: (e)
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  • MARKET REVIEWS
    • 502 19 AFP SHARE PRICES of leading stocks on Wall Street hit a record high last Tuesday, then slid the rest of the week as US Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan tacitly ruled out more interest rate cuts in the near future. Blue-chip
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    • 579 19 v •> TOKYO AFP SHARE PRICES rose substantially on the Tokyo stock market last week after declining for three consecutive weeks, as individual investors who have long been away returned in the last few days. The benchmark Nikkei Stock Average closed last Friday
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    • 212 19 HONGKONG AFP THE Hongkong stock market finished slightly higher last week even after profit-taking dragged the Hang Seng Index down twice. The key indicator gained a negligible 1.7 points or 0.04 per cent to close at 4,601.78 last Friday. Average daily turnover, however, dropped
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    • ASIAN MARKETS ROUNDUP
      • 246 19 THE Australian share market finished the week marginally firmer in spite of solid trading in most major stocks, brokers said last Friday. The main market indicator, the All Ordinaries Index, rose 3.7 points on the week to finish at 1,619.5. The All Industrials Index finished the week 3.4 points
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      • 102 19 SOUTH KOREA'S stock market closed the week higher amid lower interest rates and expectations of more foreign investment. The broad-based Composite Price Index closed Saturday's half-day trading at 691.37, up 27.08 points or 4 per cent in value from the previous week. Average daily turnover was a heavy 29.8
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      • 129 19 SHARES on the Philippine stock market fell slightly last week due to profit-taking amid rumours of another offshore oil strike. The composite index at the Manila Stock Exchange fell to 1,255.97 points last Friday, down 22.71 points or 1.8 per cent from the previous week. The composite in- dex
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      • 307 19 SHARE PRICES went up on the Jakarta Stock Exchange as a bullish mood reappeared on the market, strengthening prices for the fourth week in a row. The volume of average daily transactions rose to 12.67 million shares worth 50.88 billion rupiah from the 8.21 million shares worth 31.49 billion
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    • 876 19  -  By Ray Heath REMEMBER Britain's recovery, which the politicians told the public was taking place in the closing months of 1991? Forget it. It was in the minds, or rather, the mouths of Conservative Party spokesmen. If they genuinely believed that the
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  • WORLD STOCK MARKETS
    • Wall Street retreats in choppy trading
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        542 20 STOCKS in New York retreated in choppy trading on Friday after investors took profits, as prospects for an economic recovery and lower interest rates remained uncertain. The Dow Jones Industrial Average, which rebounded 19.90 points on Thursday, plunged 21.47 points to 3,223.39 for its second straight losing week.
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        170 20 DESPITE a fall on Wall Street in early trading and the German steel workers' decision to strike, share prices on the London Stock Exchange held on to gains to close higher on Friday, buoyed up by rumours about a possible takeover bid for a leading British company. The blue-chip
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      • 255 20 UNDETERRED by the threat of the first strike in the steel sector in more than a decade, German shares pushed higher on Friday on strong buying in selected issues. The 30-share DAX index rose 6.58 points to 1,687.49. The share price of BMW jumped 12.50 marks to 536, bolstered
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      • 130 20 DUTCH shares gained a little more ground on Friday, with selective demand propping up a market that most dealers saw as fairly tired and in need of a short-term consolidation before further rises. The EOE Index was 2.31 higher at 295.01, right on the overhead chart resistance blocking the
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      • 172 20 UNWINDING of stock index futures and options pumped up the Paris bourse volume to its highest level in six months on Friday, but the share index ended only fractionally higher. The CAC-40 index added 1.31 points to 1,875.25 on volume of 4.9 billion francs. "It's all futures related," a
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      • 117 20 ITALIAN shares closed slightly higher on Friday after a session of choppy trading that saw the market rally, fall back and gain once more at the close. Brokers said volumes were slightly up from Thursday's 97 billion lire. The MIB all-share index ended 0.66 per cent higher, but was
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      • 111 20 SWISS shares ended a quiet Friday session slightly firmer as gains were limited by position squaring ahead of the weekend. Trading had slowed down after a Wall Street-inspired active opening session. The all-share SPI index closed 4.6 points firmer from Thursday at 1,111.4. The SMI index of leading shares
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      • 61 20 PRICES on the Stockholm bourse closed firmer on Friday, supported by stronger foreign markets. But dealers said trading was dull and cautious ahead of an upcoming string of 1991 company results. The bourse general in- dex rose 0.27 per cent to 961.56 in turnover of 414 million crowns. Dealers
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      • 201 20 CURRENCY-linked shares gave up-' much of Thursday's gains on Friday in quiet and cautious pre-weekend trading as the financial rand stabilised for thetime being. South Africa's foreign investment v currency boosted the market on Thurs- day as it plunged sharply on foreign investor concern after a report that foreigners
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      • 95 20 TORONTO stocks finished a feature- less Friday mixed, with the market lack- ing direction. The market's decline was "< not as severe as in New York, which. dropped more than 21 points in late dealings amid uncertainty about interest rates and US economic policies. .i' The gold and silver
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      • 4 20 Source: Z-Landerbank Bank Austria
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      • 78 20 INDICES TURNOVER NEW YORK Close Prrriouv Feb 1 Do* Jones SAP 500 Turnover (million) 3.223.39 3.244.86 408.79 411.62 197.62 195 09 -21.47 -2.84 H2.53 LONDON Financial Times 30 FTSE 100 Turnover (million) 1.996.6 2.571.2 627.2 1.973.6 2,550.8 589.6 f 23.0 ■♦-20.4 37.6 FRANKFURT DAX Index 1.687 49 1.680.91 +6.58 AMSTERDAM
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  • CURRENCY, MONEY & FUTURES MARKETS
    • 355 21 NEW YORK Reuter NEW YORK The dollar fell slightly against most major currencies last Friday in quiet New York trading. The dollar dipped to 1.6115 German marks, from its Thursday close of 1.6160 in New York. But the dollar was unchanged against
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    • 701 21 ASIAN CURRENCIES THE US dollar gained last week against most Asian currencies, but fell against the volatile Australian dollar, the South Korean won, the Taiwan dollar and the Philippine peso. Interest rate rises in the US had a greater impact on the
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    • 489 21 High-yield European issues seen as particularly attractive Reuter TOKYO Japanese investors should continue to show a healthy appetite for foreign bonds this year, especially high-yield European issues, say senior fund managers here. "Given the recent declines in both long- and short-term
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    • 370 21 Reuter STOCKHOLM Swedish central bank governor Bengt Dennis says Sweden has no plans for a currency-support arrangement with the European Community before it enters the European Monetary System (EMS). "We have not engaged our colleagues in the Community in any such discussion
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    • 67 21 Source: UOB Source: Astley Pearce OCBC Exchange Rate Index j an 31 The OCBC trade-weighted index for the Singapore dollar was down 0.02 per cent to 135.99. The index is calculated against the currencies of Singapore's top 12 trading partners. us$/s$ forward rates v,.„j a r i
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    • 39 21 Rates quoted by Astley Pearce Rates quoted by NatWest Note: Based on latest issues Source: The Monetary Authority of Singapore Central bunk discount rates Average of 12 battle,. Float Source: National Westminster Bank Source: National Westminster Bank
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    • 421 21 Reuter WASHINGTON The Treasury Department is expected to sell fewer 30-year bonds and more short-term debt to lock in low interest rates and save taxpayers money, government sources said. White House budget director Richard Darman told lawmakers last Thursday that proposed Bush budget
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    • 9 21 Source: Association of Banks in Singapore
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  • COMMODITIES
    • 379 22 Reuter PRETORIA South Africa is gradually rebuilding its gold reserves but remains prepared to intervene selectively in the market, selling or buying, to calm sharp price swings, says a senior central bank official. However, James Cross, general manager for gold and foreign exchange operations
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    • 304 22 Reuter MOSCOW A vast new project to explore and develop energy reserves off Russia's Far East coast could cost up to US$l9 billion (Ss3l billion) over the next two decades, said Russia's Ecology Minister, Viktor DanilovDanilyan. He told reporters that estimated
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    • 876 22 REPORTS LONDON Coffee prices fell to their lowest point this week since the beginning of the year as operators became increasingly pessimistic on chances of progress towards reintroduction of export quotas at the International Coffee Organisation's (ICO) meeting in London this week. Brazil,
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  • 182 22 Source: UOB Metals Jan 31 Close Previous ALUMINIUM M.7% parity USS/tonne Cash 3 months Settlement Turnover 1222/1223 1247/1248 1223 27,992 1235/1236 1260/1261 1236 31,684 1 COPPER, Gratk A £/tonne Cash 3 months Settlement Turnover 1235/1236 1258/1258.5 1236 10.981 1216.5/1217 1243/1243.5" 1217 8.460 LEAD £/tonncCash 3 months Settlement Turnover 281.5/282
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    • 294 23 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD ACROSS 1 Unglazed earthenware (seconds) for English cookies (8) 5 Cartridge sought by kerb crawler (4-2) 9 It reminds one to stock eastern wine (8) 10 Not applicable to the way one discovers an Italian city (6) 11 Free evening spent close to very loud music (5,3) 12
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    • 166 23 WEATHER Singapore Outlook: Windy with showers over a few areas in the afternoon. Report Maximum temperature 31.8 Assoc humidity 61% Minimum temperature 24.6 Assoc humidity 93% Hours of sunshine 8.10 Rainfall in mm Nil Rainfall this month Nil Rainy days this month 0 World report Asia-Pacific Hi/Lo* Cond. Auckland 24/17
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  • 405 24 Russian leader warns against failure of reforms AP OTTAWA Russian President Boris Yeltsin has declared his visit to the US a success but criticised countries and investors who are slow to help his troubled nation, saying that failure could bring war. At
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  • 339 24 NYT WASHINGTON President Bush and President Boris Yeltsin of Russia on Saturday proclaimed a new era of "friendship and partnership" as they declared a formal end to end to seven decades of rivalry, then agreed to exchange visits in
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  • 365 24 Reuter CAMP DAVID, Maryland US president George Bush said on Saturday he wanted to explore a proposal by Russian President Boris Yeltsin to develop a joint "Star Wars" missile defence programme. "We're prepared to discuss President Yeltsin's idea that he announced
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  • 388 24 Reuter DAVOS, Switzerland Russian city leaders and economists argued over the weekend that the government's price reform policies were pushing the country towards mass unrest and possible political collapse. But young ministers from the administration of President Boris Yeltsin with support from Western experts
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  • 358 24 Reuter BRUSSELS European Community foreign ministers are expected to clear the way today for a deal with the European Free Trade Association (Efta) that would save an accord to create the world's biggest single market. Diplomats and officials said the ministers were likely to
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  • 522 24 Fed's cuts in interest rates so far seen to be enough Reuter WASHINGTON US central bank policy makers appear satisfied that, despite recent reports showing widespread weakness in the economy, a slow recovery will begin to take hold within a few months
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  • 343 24 AFP TOKYO Japanese Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa faces a possible noconfidence motion following the indictment last Saturday of one of his former top aides on charges of taking bribes from the steel frame company Kyowa. "Prime Minister Miyazawa should follow a responsible course of action,"
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  • 323 24 AP TOKYO Japan's Fair Trade Commission is investigating 66 domestic contractors on suspicions that they rigged bids for billions of dollars of public works projects. The contractors were suspected of having agreed to divide up projects in Saitama Prefecture (state) among one
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  • 319 24 Ex-BMF chairman gets nod after early morning sitting of High Court Bernama LONDON Two judges have allowed former Bumiputra Malaysia Finance Limited (BMF) chairman, Lorrain Osman. to proceed with his seventh application for habeas corpus after an unprecedented early morning sitting of the High
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    • 416 25  -  Subscribers have complained to Singapore Telecom By Dexter Lee SINGAPORE Companies and individuals may not realise it, but they incur a charge for all facsimile transmissions, including those that do not get through. BT understands that a couple of annoyed telephone and fax subscribers who discovered
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    • 207 25 AFP DHAKA An Australianaided As3o million hanger complex was added on Saturday to Zia International Airport in Dhaka, aiming to reduce maintainence cost of aircrafts of the national flag carrier, Biman Bangladesh. Biman's small fleet, including three DC-10's, have been maintained abroad, and the new
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    • 365 25 UPI SEOUL Three international consortiums are competing to undertake the construction of a multi-bil-lion-dollar high-speed trainand railroad system linking South Korea's two largest urban centres by the end of 1998, officials said. The three consortiums, led by GEC Alsthom of France, Siemens AG
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    • NEWS SUMMARY
      • 62 25 ON DEC 11, 1991 the Commission of the European Communities adopted a proposal of its member responsible for transport, Karel Van Miert, to amend the commission's proposal of 1989 for the establishment of a community ship register, Euros. The Euros proposal needed "flesh on the bones"; this much
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      • 32 25 SYRIA protested to Germany on Saturday over the seizure of a German ship carrying 16 Czechoslovak-made T-72 tanks to Syria, the foreign ministry said Back Page
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      • 39 25 HIT by the uncertainty created by the Gulf War, world airline traffic in 1991 never really recovered despite a late-year rally, the head of the International Air Transport Association (lATA) said. Back Page
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      • 66 25 A TORPEDO fired from a Soviet submarine caused Sweden's worst sea disaster, the 1944 sinking of the passenger ship Hansa with the loss of 84 lives, Swedish media reported on Saturday. Until now the official version was that a German submarine had sunk
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    • 103 25 SINGAPORE The Port of Singapore Authority is requesting bunker barges and supply boats to ascertain where the ships to be serviced are before proceeding to the location. On several occasions, these barges and supply boats were reported to be moving in an indiscriminate fashion, hazardous
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    • 445 25 UPI BEIJING The Year of the Monkey arrives tomorrow as Chinese around the world prepare to usher in the Lunar New Year with traditional feasting and fireworks, and a resumption of holiday travel subdued last year by the Persian Gulf War. From Beijing
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    • 1640 26 The EC commission has adopted a proposal to amend the establishment of a community ship register, Euros. But shipowners were divided on the revised Euros International Transport Journal ON DEC 11, 1991 the Commission of the European Communities adopted a proposal of its member responsible for transport,
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    • 508 26 DRY CARGO brokers reported lower rates on Thursday amid continuing freight market gloom, with only a few fundamental news items lifting sentiment. They noted news European traders had bid for export to Russia of over 600,000 tonnes of German intervention wheat as well as reports the former Soviet
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    • 461 26 THIS twice weekly report, compiled by Cockett Marine Oil Ltd, shows price ranges in US dollars instead of single prices for a more comprehensive description of the market. Prices shown are based on average-sized stem. Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and
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    • 1104 26 p» r Col ABC Conuineriine 12 1 Accord Group 8 1-3 Ahrenkiei Liner 16 4 Allied-Link 16 4/5 Anglo Orient 16 1/2 ANL 3 1/2 APL 5 3-5 A.P.C. Lines 13 S A cWare housing IS 5 Arrow Int 9 4 Asian Break-Bulk 16 5 ASXCL Shpg
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    • 6557 34 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
      • 347 41 Voy Ho Berth Arrival Departwe Vessel Voy No Berth Arrive Departure Marina Terminal 1 Sheraton 2 292 M01 alor*side 0302/0700 WMy« 1 006 M04 alongside 02 02/2300 8atamwdo 1 155S M03 03.02/0700 0402/0400 Cahaya Harap 14 M04 02 02/0800 02 02/2200 Marina Terminal 2 No Records Pasir
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      • 206 41 )phof6 Port ■etc 1: Geniki; 2: Kota Warn; 3: Kamn*; 4: Karyatis; 5: Roman Karmen; 6: Wan Hai 203. 01 jetty: SKan Grete. Howa, Permanen, Global Mercury C&; Alstergas DM m Jan 31: Inzhener Ptavinsky, Jupiter Ace. Jaru Bhum, Bunga Bindang, Barge Josindo Satu. be on Feb
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    • 295 42 AP DAMASCUS, Syria Syria protested to Germany on Saturday over the seizure of a German ship carrying 16 Czechoslovak-made T-72 tanks to Syria, the foreign ministry said. But it indicated in a statement that the two countries were trying to settle the
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    • 220 42 UPI GENEVA Hit by the uncertainty created by the Gulf War, world airline traffic in 1991 never really recovered despite a late-year rally, the head of the International Air Transport Association (lATA) said. "Traffic in 1991 was very disappointing for the airlines," Guenter
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    • 234 42 UPI LONDON British tax authorities confirmed on Friday they have issued a warrant for the arrest of Octav Botnar, the chairman of car distribution firm, Nissan UK, for his part in an alleged multi-million pound corporation tax fraud. The warrant was issued by
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    • 178 42 AP TAIPEI Officials reported on Saturday the recovery of an engine from a China Airlines cargo jumbo jet that crashed in December and said the engine may have broken off shortly after the plane took off from Taipei for Anchorage, Alaska. All five
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    • 107 42 Reuter STOCKHOLM A torpedo fired from a Soviet submarine caused Sweden's worst sea disaster, the 1944 sinking of the passenger ship Hansa with the loss of 84 lives, Swedish media reported on Saturday. Until now the official version was that a German submarine
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    • 925 27 TRANSPORT MARY Feb 21-24: Air Traffic Services in the 21st Century 4th Symposium,jointly organised by Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore, Federal Aviation Administration, USA, Department of Civil Aviation, France and State Institute for Air Navigation, USSR at the Raffles City Convention Centre. For further information please contact Singapore Aviation Academy's
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    • 933 27 MAERSK LINE NEXT SAILINGS TO HONG KONG AND JAPAN MATHILDE MAERSK VOY. 9204 ETA SIN 11/2/92 SL VOYAGER VOY. 172E ETA SIN 10/2/92 Voy TNa «Mk CY 11/2 oaoo HRS CFS 10/2 2359 MRS MATHILDE MAERSK MARIE MAERSK MARIT MAERSK MARCH EN MAERSK MAPLE BY MAERSK 9204 9204 9204 9204
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    • 891 28 Hapag-Lloyd We wish all our valued Customers Business Associates a Happy sM] Prosperous Lunar New Year COMPAGNIE MARITIME D'AFFRETEMENT FULL CONTAINER SERVICE OUTBOUND TO NORTH EUROPE 'ALSO ACCEPTING CARGO TO ALL U.K. DESTINATIONS. SCANDINAVIAN (AARHUS COPENHAGEN. GOTHENBURG) AND OTHER EUROPEAN INLAND POMTS •ALSO ACCEPTING VERACRUZ (MEXICO) VIA ANTWEP EXPRESS DIRECT
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    • 453 28 El CSAV Compare SudAmericana a de Vapores SA SEASPAC SERVICE DKECT SOUTH PACfIC SERVICE SIN 23-26/2 11-27/3 IMPERIAL 3202 EB PAL E MBA NG 3301 EB Tranalt Tim* ALSO ACCEPTMG CARGO WA SUVA TO LAUTOKA. PAGO PAGO. APIA. NUKUALOFA. P WLA NOU SUV PPT 12/03 15/03 20/03 7/4 10/4 14/4
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    • 766 28 REGULAR INDEPENDENT FULL CONTAINER SERVICE VSL/VOY NORASIA SUN 9147-3 NORASIA PRMCESS 9144 3 NORASIA PEARL 9149-3 JAPAN SEA 1 SOW CHMA SEA 151* *¥9 lt/M ism nm 03/04 ALSO ACCEPT** CARGO TO AU U.K. DESTINATIONS, SCANOMAVUN (AARHUS. COPENHAGEN. GOTHENBURG) AND OTHER EUROPEAN ML AND PORTS. VALENCIA VIA ALGERCRAS WESTBOUND FOR
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    • 1074 29 STRAITS SHIPPING PTE LTD 15 Ho* Chiang Road #09-01 Sanford Building Singapore 0208 Tel: *****88 Fa/: *****17 SERVICE TO SABAH, SARAWAK BRUNEI STRAITS STAR MM* BROOKE STRAITS HOPE ST*/UTS ttNTUK VO2E Muara. Skan. Taw VO4C Muara. Lib. KK VO2E Muara. Skan. Ta« VO4C Muara. Lab. KK ACCEPTS DUE SAILS CARGO
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    • 1000 29 P&O Containers SINGAPORE AGENT: P&O Containers (Singapore Agencies) Pte Ltd 15 Hoe Chiang Road #08-02 to 06 Sanford Building. Singapore 0208 Tel: 225 2233 Telex: RS ***** PNOCSP Fax: 225 5327/222 7517 CR Number: **********02 EXPORT TO UK CONTINENT JEDDAH ALSO ACCEPTING FCL/LCL FOR A« UK Location* Bailaat Dublin. Aarhua.
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    • 305 30 DJAKARTA LLOYD INDONESIAN NATIONAL LINE CR NBR **********0-D EXPRESS SEMI CONTAINERSHIP SERVICES TO EUROPE VSL/VOY MATARAM 31WB SPORE 21/2 ROAM ADAM H'BURG BREMEN ANTWERP 24/3 29/3 2/4 5/4 FAST TRANSIT TIME ACCEPTING BREAK BULK/CONTAINERISED CARGO Subject to IflduMflwit Alao accepting cargo to Caaablanca, Port Said, Port Alexandria, Qanoa, Trtoato. ALSO
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    • 548 30 (g) HANJIN SHIPPING TO EAST COAST (ALL WATER SERVICE) fdr «i HANJM CHEJU 07K HANJM KNANGYANG MX HANJM KUNSAN 071E FISHGUARD MY TOM LME HAU. H. KOK MX M PLEASURE 02K H. KEELUNG 035E M PROMMENCE 0211 u« 12/3 19/3 nn 2/4 LM NYC 13/3 IS/3 20/3 22/3 27/3 21/3
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    • 726 31 NEPTUNE AGENCIES PTE LTD SINGAPORE TEL *****77 (CR NO: **********0E) NEPTUNEUNKTEL DOCUMENTATION DEPT TERMINAL OFFICE IMPORT CFS MB2 EXPORT CFS MB2 *****00 (TOLL-FREE) *****44/*****14 *****22 *****68/*****96 *****53/*****50 BOOKINGS: (TOLL FREE) USA SERVICE *****82 FAR EAST SERVICE *****31 UK/EUROPE SERVICE *****89 AUST/INDIA/PAK SERVICE *****32 NEPLINE SON BHO MALAYSIA K.L-(03) *****33, P.
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    • 505 31 SINSOV SINGAPORE SOVIET SHIPPING CO PRIVATE LTD BOOKING: *****51/ *****64/ *****59 (FESCO LINE) ENQUIRIES: *****33 KL: 03-*****75/697 PORT KELANG: *****43/ *****40 JAKARTA: *****57 PENANG: *****4/ *****8 JOHORE BAHRU: *****1/ *****1 (REGULAR INDEPENDENT SERVICE) BALT ORIENT LINE 1 '.All \I > mm; FULL CONTAINERSHIP SERVICES VU ROTTEJIOAM FOR DISCHARGE ONLY Pmm
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    • 1358 32 K Kline KAWASAKI KISEN KAISHA, LTD AS AGENTS KAWASAKI SINGAPORE (PTE) LTD (CR No: 12******000 M) TEL *****77 TELEX: KAWAKI R*****5 FAX: *****07/8/9 MALAYSIA *K" UNE MARITIME (MALAYSIA) SDN BHD TEL SA *****00 PK *****01/5 PENANG *****0 JB *****1 INDONESIA: P.T. SARANA LALFT INTERNUSA TEL: JKT *****76. *****77. *****08 EXPORT
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    • 785 32 9 PHILI-ORI€NT LINGS PTC LTD 108 Robinson Road #07-00 GMG Building Singapore 0106 Tel: *****22/*****69/*****00 Telex: RS ***** FAX: *****76/*****38 BY AIR, LAND OR SEA.... INE TAKE ON THE WORLD FOR YOU MEMBER OF SINGAPORE FREIGHT FORWARDERS ASSOCIATION 15 FEB SYDNEY. MELBOURNE. BRISBANE. FREMANTLE 17 FEB AUCKLAND. WELLINGTON. LYTTELTON. NEW
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    • 634 33 PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL LINES (PTE) LTD IPIL Building, 140 Cecil Street #0340, Singapore 0106. REGIONAL CONTAINER SERVICES t" VESSEL EDEN BUNOA TERATAI EOEN EQUATOR MAS SUNQA TERATAI KOTA RAKYAT EQUATOR MAS SUNQA TERATAJ EQUATOR MAS 3 VESSEL VOY KOTA BAHAQIA KM 204 KOTA MELATI KML 203 KOTA MELATI KML 204 SIN
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    • 79 33 L SB S iii§ il MM EXPKH (t) fit, in. Arrow International Worldwide Consolidation System JAPAN/FAR EAST WEEKLY TOKYO, YOKOHAMA, NAGOYA, KAOSHIUNG HONG KONG, BANGKOK, KEELUNG, KOBE U.S .A. WEEKLY LOS ANGELES (LONG BEACH), NEW YORK CHICAGO EUROPE WEEKLY FELIXSTOWE, ROTTERDAM, HAMBURG, DUSSELDORF WE ALSO DEAL IN FCL CARGO WORLDWIDE
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    • 338 33 BOUSTEAD SHIPPING AGENCIES MYANMA FIVE STAR LINE (Myanmar National Una) Loading for Yangon (Rangoon) S'port MM AH *173* |/10 Fab MYOMA TWA VI39W 16/11 Feb PAGAN VISO* 23/25 Feb PK»C P.Gdf W THE BANK LINE (A itfvic# d Aiidftw W#4r $hlppinQ) SEMI-CONTAINER SERVICE HEAVY UFT CAPABILITY EXPRESS TO PAPUA NEW
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    • 561 34 Hai Smi fI up Co (Ptc) I ti KASTKKN \K I IN I K I II > STRAITS/ JAPAN/ STRAITS SERVICE SPECIALIST IN RO-RO HEAVY LIFTS IN BOUND VESSELS OUTBOUND VESSELS LOAPIW6 FOR NAG/OS* SONBAI VII ETA SP SLD PK IN PT IOAPWC FOR NAC/TOK/SEN COSMIC PIONEER VII ETA SP
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    • 149 34 PAN OCEAN \JPAN) SHIPPING V V COMPANY LTD \REGUUR CONVENTIONAL SERVICES/ TO UK CONTINENT PORTS S'pore MO In Pt H. OLOENDORFF 4/2 NORMAN MARINER 12/2 P.Kelang Loading for Rdm/Atw/UK/Nantes/Valencia Barcelona' Bilbao Atw/UK 16/2 Rdm/Atw/UK/Nantes TO MIDDLE EAST PORTS [GLOBAL STAR GLORY SKY PAN RISER S'pore Loading for 7/2 Jeddah/Aqaba 10/2
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    • 134 34 EUROPE/S.E.A. BREAKBULK SERVICE VESSEL KKJKIANG CAREER UMUDEN 10-14/1 ANTMRP 22/1 TO PORT KELANG 11/2, SMGAPORE 21/2 KAOHSUNG 21/2 ANTWERP 7-15/2 TO PORT KELANG, SMGAPORE. HONGKONG, KAOHSUNG. KEELUNG, OSAKA, CMBA GDANSK 16-20/2 ANTWERP 24-21/2 TO PORT KELANG, SMGAPORE, KEMAMAN. HONGKONG THESSALONKJ, OTHER MED PORTS TO SMGAPORE, PORT KELANG S porr Iqrnls
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    • 713 35 Nedlloyd Nedlloyd Lines TO EUROPE (NORTH COIMTINENT UK SCANDINAVIA) NEDLLOYD GIVES YOU EUROPE EXPRESS WEEKLY■ NEW ZEALAND FIJI VESSEL N Rosano/2102S N Rotterdam/2103S N Rouen/2104S N Rochester/*****# TO WEST MEDITERRANEAN Shum/JM Sm|«/127 Mmi/SS7 a. Swad/tse H. Mam/500 a (1) Mm Hn WNANO mn a/2 13/2 20/3 27/1 3/4 OCIAN VCtaCL
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    • 573 36 iMMHihjnna: TO AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND TO USA/CANADA Also tccaptlni cargo totUS* Houston, Soinuli. Norfo*. Battimort. Now York CANADA MontroM. Toronto FROM USA/ CANAD A /EUROPE/ MEDITERRANEAN (,l \l R\l \(.l \I. i; BELSIN SHIPPING AGENCIES PTE. LTD. >1 15 \(.KYI'S, MACOLINE HI .'.'h.'lt fA* J.> 1 t Ih'SlO*. f A .f«.|
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    • 393 36 T.S.R. LINE (TOKYO SENPAKU KAISHA, LTD) STORE AGENT TSKLINE AGENCIES (S) PTE LTD 70 SHENTON WAY #04-01 MARINA HOUSE SPORE 0207 TEL: *****63 EAX: *****72/3 TLX: 2*220 TSKSIN EXPORTS TO HONGKONG, TAIWAN, MANIA I JAPAN "TWICE WEEKLY" MALACCA STRAITS SERVICE ACX MM ACX RUBY (ALSO ACCIPTHG Fa TO BANaiOK/CHMA/OSAM/MON/HAMTA/HftOSHftM/SHBUSH/NAIM/SEIIMI) iffORTS
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    • 159 36 SEAWARD SHIPPING AND TRADING CO (S) PTE LTD FOR BOOKMGS i ENQURES PLEASE COMTACT: SEAWARD SHPPMG I TRADRK CO (S) PTE I ID. liu. ifraownoMU. run MOON ROM). SWGAPORE 0207 TEL *****77 (5 IKS) PORT KELANS OREHTM SMPPMC CORPORATOR TEL K.L *****1/*****4 PORT KELAMG *****8 KIMNTM o*s *****3 4 MJR
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    • 929 36 CHINA OCEAN SHIPPING COMPANY tMUTM-S AGEMTS CHUNG CHiAO SMPPMG SON BHD Itt TEL: 4425M1/I7 FU: *****92. ***** P. KLAN6 TEL 36M106/1 TU :MA ***** TEL (***** TU: MA ***** FULL CONTAINER LINER SERVICE GUM GUAN SWPPING SON BHD PJLMG TEL: *****00/7, 3(***** FAX 03-3(007(4 TLX: MA ***** POMNG TEL: *****407/(*****
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    • 439 37 FAMOUS CONTAINER LINES 1 o ANSON RD. #15-21 INTERNATIONAL PLAZA, SPORE 0207 HOT LINE *****33 24 LINES LIMASSOL/PIREAUS 9/2 ROTTERDAM 9/2 HAIFA/ASHDOD/ALEXANDRIA 9/2 HAMBURG/BREMEN 9/2 MARSEILLE/FRANCE 9/2 FELIXSTOWE/UK 9/2 BARCELONA/SPAIN 972 LEHAVRE/ANTWERP 9/2 GENOA/ITALY 972 GOTHENBURG/SCANDINAVIA 9/2 LOS AWGELES/WC/PI 9/2 I SYDNEY/MELBOURNE 8/2 NEW YORK/EC 9/2 FREMANTLE 6/2 VANCOUVER 9/2
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    • 705 37 m m RICHFIELD MARINE AGENCIES (S) PTE LTD TEL: *****33 (12 UnM) FAX: *****15/22*3303 TELEX: RS ***** RISHIP (3 UnM) (National Lines of Ethiopia) ACCEPTING FCL AND CONVENTIONAL ETA SPORE LOADING FOR ABBAY WONZ DARESSALAAM MOMBASA DJIBOUTI ASSAB MASSAWA DARESSALAAM MOMBASA OJWOUTI ASSAB MASSAWA KIEN HUNG LINE FULLY CONTAINERISED FORTNIGHTLY
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    • 24 37 Regional Container Lines wish all their customers, friends their families a fflpfsVery Happy Prosperous Lunar New Year! ■WI|WWWWW.\WIWVWWWWW TEL: *****07 TLX: ***** FAX: *****76
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    • 157 37 L CONTAINER LME FUST FULLY CONTAINERISED EXPRESS SERVICE TO YANGON (RANGOON) ACCEPTING BOTH FCL/LCL AND SOC 2SZ 8! IMMB 3*l 14-15/2 11-22/2 AON 27-2S/2 3-1/3 4 IN 11-11/3 IS-11/3 Ofotfii Ao#nt: UN UNI AQI AGENCIES (t) PTI LTD Tefc Tlx: R*****0 A.P.C. LINES FULL CONTAINER COMMON FEEDER SERVICE SINGAPORE/JAKARTA/BURABAY A/SINGAPORE
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    • 426 38 S'PORE PENANG: (04) *****6 SIBU: (084) *****9 KK: (088 *****0 TAWAU: (089) *****9 P.KELANG: (03) *****77 JAKARTA: (21) *****32 KUCHING: (082) *****3 SURABAYA: (31) *****0 EXPORT: *****22 IMPORT: *****02 Colombo Durban/Pt Louis Pt Klang Panang Tokyo/Kobe Bus an Mania 5/2 6/2 7/2 25/1 26/1 9/2 11/2 12/2 8/2 9/2 6/2
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    • 321 38 AUSTASIA LINE AND MERLION SHIPPING AGENCY BLUE STAR LINE "SINGAPORE TO FROM NEW ZEALAND AND T/S TO FIJI TO AND FROM NEW ZEALAND PORTS SM HI mi in MUUKM 255 10/2 22/2 VU Ml 23/2 12/3 IMHSUM 0514 19/2 2/3 \M NPI 4/3 21/3 PROSPECT 17$ 4/3 l«/ 3 «A
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    • 618 38 THONG SOON LINES PTE. LTD. 77 ROBINSON ROAD #15-00, #16-00 SIA BUILDING SINGAPORE 0106 TEL: *****68 FAX NO: *****11, *****22 TLX: RS ***** CARRIER, RS ***** JENHOL CABLE: TOSOCO VEBBEL VOY PUS HKQ EQUATOR RUBY 6/92S EQUATOR CRYSTAL 1/92S 01/02 12/02 EQUATOR STAR 7/92S 22/02 26/02 SIN POM HON NORO
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    • 469 39 Everett Lines COMPANIA PERUANA DE VAPORES PERUVIAN STATE LINE" E ?I IN6 "®wbulk/fci/soc cargoes to/from CALLAO, MAT ARAM, HO* I OTHER PERUVIAN PORTS* *»TH T/S AT KOBE ON CPV THROUGH BUI Of LAOMG. ta "EVERETT ORIENT LINE" JAPAN/BAY OF BENGAL/JAPAN SERVICE ACCpTING BREAK BUI K/SOC CARGOES TO/FROM KOBE. YOKOHAMA, NAGOYA,
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    • 335 39 T N.AMERICA/CARRIBEAN SERVICES •ccapta| carp It: Hand USA OntnaMm. Carnkaan. Cantral hnanca and Catt Canada, Cakanfca, fare. CMa Um accepting 40' IF t* Hangkeng. Taiwan, and J wan AUSTRALIA SERVICE ISRAEL/ADRIATIC SERVICES aiaAi m lOK TO M HMFA 11/1 »/2 l/I 1/1 11/ l 11/ l 11/1 11/ l kcaytaf
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    • 331 39 MULTI-MODE SHIPPING PTE LTD WEEKLY CONSOL SERVICE MIDDLE-EAST/PERSIAN GULF ACCEPTING FCL/LCL DUBAI OAMMAN, SHARIAH DOHA MUSCAT. BAHRAIN ABU OHABI BANDAR ABBAS JCDOAH FAR EAST ACCEPTING FCL/LCL PENANG. P/KELANG. JAKARTA, BANGKOK HONG KONG. TAIWAN JAPAN MANILA. KOREA UK/EUROPE ACCEPTING FCL/LCL LONDON. FELIXSTOWE. LEEDS. TILBURY. ABERDEEN. LE HARVE HAMBURG. ROTTERDAM. ANTWEP GOTHENBURG
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    • 465 39 LUCKY SEAWAY SERVICES PTE LTD TLX ***** FAX *****77 ASEAN/CHINA SERVICES VESSCI lGt P* PW r GUOANG KTN FOR Q SHAN 22/02 HUANGPU-SHANGHAI P. CU #3/03 DALIAN QMGOAO MADRAS/COLOMBO/BOMBAYA(ARACHI SERVICES scr pi nc T. TING 17/02 T. TANG 29/02 TANGOON KTN FIX KAAACH COIOMB COiOMBO SWBAPOREMAORAS/NNQAPORE F CIA CI SERVICES
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    • 367 39 PTC CONTAINER LINES p T (WOU FCL LCI SFRVICF SIN FM EAST 10/2 KEELUNG/KAOHSIUNG 08/2 BANGKOK 12/2 MANILA/CEBU 10/2 JAKARTA/BELAWAN/SURABAYA 08/2 PORT KELANG/PENANG/E. Malaysia 10/2 BUSAN 10/2 TOKYO/YOKO/KOBE/NGO/OSA 11/2 HONG KONG Si CHINA 11/2 GUANGZHOU/HUANGPU/SHENZHEN FUZHOU/XIAMEN/SHANTOU DALIAN/SHANGHAI/XINGANG TIANJIN/QINGDAO/HAIKOU also accepting LCL cargo S§ EUROPE/UK 10/2 LDN/FLX/LVP/SOU 10/2 RDM/HAM/ANT/LE HAVRE/GENOA/OSLO also
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    • 419 40 Pli FIL CONTAINER SERVICES PTE LTD Cs- MADRAS CALCUnA V«L SIN/MADRAS SM MM SM NUT AVMUSU M 20-20/01 02-03/02 20-27/01 01-03/02 01-00/02 30-31/01 OC-00/02 14-15/02 VOL SIN/CALCUTTA SM CM. SM WIT tmULE 23-24/01 30-03/02 09-10/02 26-27 01 02-00/02 12-13/02 01-02/02 01-12/02 11-10/02 JAKARTA. DUBAI HONGKONG ALSO ACCEPTHG RtV« cjrft 20
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    • 479 40 Eonterml CONTERM FREIGHT (F.E.) PTE LTD. GUARANTEED WEEKLY CONSOLIDATION TOUR FIRST CHOICE TO*.— AUCKLAND 10 FEB NEW PLYMOUTH, WELLINGTON. LYTTLETON, NAPIER, HAMILTON, CHRIBTCHURCH, DUNEDIN, PORT CHALMERS ©235 0633 (KATHLEEN/ NICHOLAS/ MARILYN) P.Kelang: 03-*****32 Penang: 04-*****7/*****4 PGSL WORLDWIDE Pjjjjjj CLOSE STEAMEKS LINES REGULAR FCL SERVICE TO THE FOLLOWING PORTS LCL- Buenos
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    • 324 40 This Week's Sailings Singapore Johore Jakarta Tel: 778 6522 07-*****8 021-*****40 Fax* *****38 Esther Yap /7?W\ 07-*****3 Alfred Ng WTMJ 021-*****01 Troy Hiu INCHCAPE SHIPPING SERVICES (S) PTE LTD Til: *****11 Fax: *****5S CI: **********0 C IHI NA JHJNAI SHIPPING COMPANY Of SAUDI ARABIA CONIM&/ltO-ltO/BIt£AKBU.K SBWCFS I UN I DAM
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    • 442 42 CHARTPOINT Every Saturday in Business Times HYUNDAI MERCHANT MARINE CO. LTD. Gong Xi Fa Cai to all our invaluable clients and business associates A Happy Prosperous Lunar New Year M Agents: BOUSTEAD SHIPPING AGENCIES ran KLMG TEL •2-***** CC •3-*****00 03-3C***** •4-*****2 FAX 02-*****71 03-*****52 03-*****2S *****307 1U n *****
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