The Business Times, 5 May 1992

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    17 1 Business Times THE BI S!NESS PAPER EOR S-E ASIA MITA (P) 35/12/91 Tuesday, May 5, 1992 75*
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  • NEWS SUMMARY
    • Article
      Taiwan trade surplus balloons by 427pc
      60 1 TAIPEI Taiwan's trade surplus, buoyed by strong exports to China, soared 427 per cent from a year earlier to US$l.46 billion (552.4 billion) in April, the Finance Ministry said yesterday. Exports hit a monthly record high of U557.25 billion in April, up from $6.94
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      EC ministers to dicuss economic issues
      68 1 BRUSSELS EC finance ministers, worried that the European Community economy is running out of steam, will debate short-term ways to give it a kickstart this weekend, Brussels officials and diplomats said yesterday. At the urging of France, they will mull over the poor state
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    • Article
      Compaq's new strategy
      28 1 HOUSTON-BASED computer company Compaq Corporation has set up a news management team, headed by Lim Soon Hock, to spearhead growth in the Asia-Pacific. Page 2
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      ADB's capital request
      38 1 THE annual meeting of the Asian Development Bank (ADB), which opened in llongkong yesterday, called on Asia's wealthy nations to fork out as much as US$3O billion to help the region's needy countries Page 2
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      Empress Place uproar
      31 1 A REQUEST by the Singapore Tourist Promotion Board that travel agents include Empress Place Museum in their city tours has caused an uproar among travel agents. Page 3
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      Mending ties
      34 1 THE SPEED with which United States and Vietnam, two former enemies, are improving their ties might result in a restoration of full diplomatic relations by early 1993, say some experts Page 10
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    • Article
      More firms eligible
      32 1 THE National Computer Board yesterday extended the scope of its national awards on information technology to cover local enterprises, said NCB chief executive officer Ko Kheng Hwa Page 19
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      Forwarder's expansion
      37 1 WITH A cash pile of HKS6O million (5512.79 million) from a recent public offering. Hong-kong-based freight forwarder Baltrans Holdings is expanding its operations in South-east Asia using Singapore as the hub. Shipping Times Page 1
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  • MARKETS SUMMARY
    • Article
      Dow higher
      37 1 WALL STREET share prices opened higher yesterday, with the Dow Jones index of leading industrials up 6.26 points at 3,342.35, five minutes after the opening. The London stock market was closed for a holiday yesterday.
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    • Article
      Pacific Can voting
      36 1 SHAREHOLDERS of Pacific Can Investment Holdings Ltd will vote on a resolution to oust chairman Edward Goh Kim Hai and two of his fellow directors at an emergency general meeting today Page 4
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    • Article
      Sale to boost capital
      28 1 SAFE Enterprises Private Ltd will boost its paid-up capital from Ss2 million to S$ 15 million to prepare for a public listing Page 4
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    • Article
      Is it the right fit?
      33 1 SOME ANALYSTS are wondering how successful Sembawang will be in translating its obvious strengths in the global shiprepair business to a niche area like merchant banking. Page 4
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    • Article
      Small rise in sales
      38 1 SALES at PT Gadjah Tunggal rose slightly to 223.7 billion rupiah (SSI79 million) last year from 217.5 billion rupiah in 1990. Net profit, however, surged 41 per cent to 35.4 billion rupiah Page 7
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      STOCK INDICES
      29 1 Monday Change BT-MGA ***** +12 67 Kuala Lumpur ....597.47 5.84 Tokyo closed Hongkong 5,613.78 +129.57 Sydney 1,664.4 -0.8 Friday Change New York 3,336.09 -23.03 London 2,659.8 +5.7
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      CURRENCIES
      30 1 London Gold AM fix USSCIosed +USS Exchange rates USS S$ 1.6540 100 Yen S$ 1.2455 MS SS 0.6566 Money market rates Overnight 3 1/2 +1/8 3-month 3 1/4 unch
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      COMMODITIES
      30 1 Rubber S'pore May l45.50«/kg -1.00 M'sia May 22l.50*/kg unch KL Tin Tumover 35 tonnes -4 Spot MSl4.59/kg -0.02 Crude palm oil Turnover 994 lots -397 May MS879 /tonne unch
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    MCA-linked investment fund dissolved
    517 1  -  Fund failed to find buyer for MPHB stake From Leslie Lopez in KUALA LUMPUR AFTER failing to find a buyer for its strategic 19.7 per cent stake in the widelydiversified Multi-Purpose Holdings Bhd (MPHB), members of an investment fund linked to Malaysia's largest ethnic-Chinese political party
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    Two-week grace for owners of 10-year-old vehicles
    356 1  -  By Dexter Lee SINGAPORE The Communications Ministry has given owners of vehicles which are 10 years or older a two-week grace period to either revalidate their Certificates of Entitlement (COE) or scrap their vehicles. The move, disclosed by the Registry of Vehicles (ROV)
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    Club members file suit against Pulau Bayan Marina owner
    436 1  -  By Dawn Tan SINGAPORE About 20 members of Pulau Bayan Marina Club are said to be taking legal action against its proprietor, Indonesian businessman 1 jetty. A group of mainly Singaporean executives is reportedly filing writs against Mr Tjetty alleging misrepresentation
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    US-S'pore trade forum holding first meeting
    289 1  -  By Schutz Lee SINGAPORE Officials from Singapore and the US yesterday convened the first meeting of a bilateral council set up under the Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (Tifa) signed last year. In Singapore for the meeting are two trade officials from Washington Robert
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    Malayan Credit's valuation exercise could raise NTA above $3: analysts
    360 1  -  By Lilian Ang SINGAPORE Propertybased Malayan Credit Ltd's (MCL) latest valuation exereise eould raise its net tangible assets (NTA) to more than $3 a share, analysts say. News of MCL's valuation exercise, released over the weekend, has sparked off talk
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    STII surges 33 points to close just below 1,500
    223 1 SINGAPORE The Singapore stock market surged yesterday, with the key Straits Times Industrials Index jumping 33.02 points to close at 1,498.97, just short of the psychologically important 1,500 harrier. "The index is just a hairline below 1,500, so we should see
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      11 1 Sang Kancil is back, and he's bearish on US$, Page 8
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  • PAGE 2 NEWS
    • Article, Illustration
      Compaq aims to break into new Asian markets
      335 2  -  By Claire Leow SINGAPORE The head of Compaq Computer's Asia operations, Lim Soon Hock, has been given wider responsibilities to oversee the American company's strategic investments in Asia and to break into new markets. Mr Lim now heads a high-powered management team
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    • Article
      Lock icon Jakarta limits foreign ownership of insurance firms
      293 2 AFP JAKARTA Foreign investors will not be allowed to hold a 100 per eent equity share in any Indonesian insuranee company, a Finance Ministry official said yesterday. "A 100 per cent foreign investors' shareholding is strictly forbidden under the insurance law, so foreign
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      Asia's rich nations urged to cough up US$30b for region's needy
      394 2  -  Asian Development Bank annual meeting Reports from Catherine Ong in HONGKONG THE annual meeting of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) opened here yesterday with a call for Asia's wealthy nations to fork out as much as US$3O billion (5549.5
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      Singapore may contribute to ADB soft loans
      343 2 SINGAPORE may begin contributing to the Asian Development Bank's soft loans for developing member countries programme when the next call for funds comes due before 1995. BT understands that the Republic, which graduated from ADB borrowing-mem-ber status in the early 1980s, is reviewing
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      Former Soviet republics expected to lobby for aid
      321 2 FIVE former Soviet Central Asian republics attending the Asian Development Bank (ADB) meeting as observers for the first time will meet ADB officials today to discuss the question of aid to the newly independent states. None of the five has applied for
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      Japan, Australia, HK, S'pore explore financial cooperation
      311 2 MONETARY regulators from Japan, Australia, Hongkong and Singapore met yesterday to facilitate future cooperation among the AsiaPacific region's four main financial centres. The meeting, initiated by officials from Japan's Ministry of Finance and chaired by Hongkong Monetary Affairs Secretary David Nendick, was held
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
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      Agents resist bid to include Empress Place in tours
      365 3  -  Association to take up matter with STPB By Hong Lee Tiam TRAVEL AGENTS arc resisting a move by the Singapore Tourist Promotion Board to force them to include the Empress Place Museum in their city tours. In a letter to travel
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      Feedback Unit to reach out to non-English-speaking S'poreans
      193 3 THE GOVERNMENT'S Feedback Unit, under new chairman Ow Chin Hock, wants to reach out to the "silent majority" of non-En-glish-speaking Singaporeans. Of those who had written to the Unit so far, only about one-third were non-English-speaking, Dr Ow said yesterday at a
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      Business Times gets a new editor
      291 3 A NEW editor takes over the helm at Business Times this week. Patrick Daniel, 38, has been appointed to succeed Mano Sabnani as BT's editor. He will also edit Singapore Business, the group's monthly business magazine. Mr Sabnani in turn replaces Mr Daniel as
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    • NEWS ROUNDUP
      • Article
        Small Claims Tribunal to stay open longer
        45 3 THE SMALL CLAIMS TRIBUNAL will stay open an hour longer for three days each week. A statement from the Subordinate Courts said that from May 11, the tribunal would stay open until 6pm on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
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        More SIA flights to Vietnam
        51 3 SINGAPORE AIRLINES will fly to and from Vietnam six times a week from tomorrow. It will operate an Airbus in and out of Hanoi on Wednesdays and Saturdays. SIA has been flying four times a week to and from Ho Chi Minh City since Feb
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        Help poor through groups: MP
        66 3 THE LESS FORTUNATE would be better placed to help themselves if more people supported groups such as Mendaki, the Singapore Indian Development Association (Sinda) and the Chinese Development Assistance Council (CDAC), Bukit Batok MP Ong Chit Chung said over the weekend. The system of monthly
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        Launch of book
        61 3 THE MARINE PARADE Branch Library and Malay Cultural Society will be jointly organising the launch of the book Tit is Tinta by Yatiman Yusof, the Parliamentary Secretary for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. To be held on May 16 at the library's auditorium, the programme will include
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        Fines payable at post offices
        46 3 FINES for parking offences committed in public carparks can now be paid at post offices. Motorists can pay by cash, cheque or Nets. Post offices, however, will not accept overdue fines. These must be paid to the organisation that levied them.
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      Standard Chartered in tie-up with IBN
      192 3 STANDARD CHARTERED has entered into an alliance with International Business Network, Inc, of the US to offer business and financial services through a worldwide computer network. The service, known as International Business Network (IBN), will be offered to subscribers in Singapore from this month.
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  • COMPANY NEWS 1
    • COMPANY BRIEFS
      • Article
        D&C Bank forecasts M$148m pre-tax profit
        66 4 KUALA LUMPUR Development and Commercial Bank Bhd (D&C Bank) has forecast a consolidated pre-tax profit of M$ 148.58 million (5596.58 million) for the year ending Dec 31,1992. In a circular to shareholders here yesterday relating to its rights issue, D&C Bank said the forecast
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        Idris Hydraulic to develop resort
        75 4 LANGKAWI Idris Hydraulic (M) Bhd will develop Tanjung Rhu here into an integrated tourist resort while retaining the natural environment and beauty of the area. Business development general manager Abu Bakar Man said yesterday that the company was taking over the interests of Promet Bhd
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        New deal for Telekom employees
        94 4 KUALA LUMPUR Telekom Malaysia will spend an additional Msso million (5532.5 million) a year under a new three-year collective agreement which takes effect from Jan 1 this year, said Telekom executive chairman Rashdan Baba yesterday. He did not give details of the agreement when addressing
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        M'sia British Assurance profit up
        81 4 KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia British Assurance Bhd reported a 117 per cent increase in its group pre-tax profit to M 56.72 million (554.37 million) for the year ended Jan 31, 1992, compared with M 53.09 million previously. It said group turnover rose 27 per cent to
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        Boost for Tan Chong
        52 4 KUALA LUMPUR The proposed acquisition of two pieces of freehold land by Tan Chong Trading (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd recently is expected to ensure long-term continuation of Tan Chong Motor Holdings' group motor distribution and after-sales service in Seremban, vice-chairman Mohd Arifif Darus said in a circular
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      Pacific Can holders to decide outcome of board tussle today
      446 4  -  EGM resolution calls for replacement of chairman By William Chia SINGAPORE The two-month-old boardroom struggle at Pacific Can Investment Holdings Ltd will come to a head today when shareholders decide whether to replace chairman Edward Goh Kim Hai with another
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      Safe Enterprises to raise paid-up capital for listing
      475 4  -  By Rahita Elias SINGAPORE Fastexpanding Safe Enterprises Pte Ltd will boost its paid-up capital from the present $2 million to $15 million to prepare for listing on the Stock Exchange of Singapore. The company will have no problem doing this as its
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      Lock icon IGB to pay special interim dividend
      215 4 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR IGB Corporation Bhd proposes to pay out a special interim dividend by way of a distribution in specie of 13.26 million ordinary shares of Asl each in Ipoh Garden (Aust) Ltd. In a statement for IGB yesterday, adviser D&C Sakura Merchant
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      Is merchant banking the right fit for Sembawang?
      684 4  -  HOCK By SN Vasuki SINGAPORE Large corporations have always been fascinated with the business of banking. Sceptics might add that the attraction can sometimes prove to be fatal, given the considerably different skills required in managing a manufacturing unit and a bank.
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      Small rise in sales for Gadjah Tunggal amid lower demand
      353 7  -  But Indon tyre maker's net profit up 41 pc From Maggie Ford in JAKARTA PT GADJAH TUNGGAL registered a marginal rise in sales to 223.7 billion rupiah (SSI79 million) last year from 217.5 billion rupiah in 1990 as domestic demand
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      Wah Chang to launch Phuket resort condos
      316 7  -  By Colin Tan SINGAPORE The Wah Chang International Group will begin marketing condominiums in its Phuket Island resort project here this Friday. Group president Ho Kwon Ping yesterday said that each unit would come with a membership in the Bayan Tree Golf Club.
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      Lock icon Indian bourses set to stabilise after shakeout
      587 7 MARKET Reuter BOMBAY India's volatile stock markets, enjoying their biggest boom ever, appear ready to stabilise after a shakeout last week which clipped 17 per cent off the index in two days, brokers and fund managers said. "There's been some liquidation, a correction
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      Lock icon HK's Furama may still be keen on buying Ritz Carlton
      298 7 Sunday Morning Post HONGKONG Hongkong's Furama Hotels Enterprises is reportedly willing to re-open discussions to buy the troubled Ritz Carlton Hotel if the hotel's owner agrees on a deal without preconditions. According to a source close to the parties involved,
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      Lock icon Lion's profit up 22pc; earnings from brewing unit doubles
      378 7 Reuter AUCKLAND Lion Nathan Ltd said yesterday that its share of pre-tax earnings from 50 per cent-owned Australian brewer National Brewing Holdings Ltd doubled to NZ541.58 million (5536.9 million) in the six months to Feb 29 from NZ520.98 million a year
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  • FINANCIAL NEWS
    • SMALL CHANGE
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        Tokai Bank applying to set up Taipei office
        127 8 TAIPEI Major Japanese bank Tokai Bank Ltd has applied to set up a representative office in Taiwan and other Japanese banks are expected to follow suit, officials at the Bureau of Monetary Affairs said yesterday. Tokai would become only the third Japanese
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        Assets of UAE Central Bank up
        94 8 ABU DHABI The United Arab Emirates (UAE) Central Bank recorded a 15 per cent increase in its assets last year, the official news agency WAM reported yesterday. It quoted a central bank report as saying assets stood at 20.1 billion dirhams (Ss9 billion) in
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        Revamp among insurers seen
        113 8 LONDON The insurance distribution market will undergo a major restructuring in the next decade with many smaller brokers bought up by big players, Sedgwick Group chairman David Rowland told an industry conference in Paris last Saturday. "At present too many intermediaries are chasing too little business,"
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        Public Bank's new deposit offer
        124 8 KUALA LUMPUR Public Bank Bhd yesterday said it will launch a new fixed deposit scheme that offers life insurance coverage and insurance against permanent disability, up to a maximum amount of Msl million (*****,000) per depositor. Depositors will be able to place their deposits with
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        NZ Reserve Bank's cash input
        107 8 WELLINGTON The Reserve Bank of New Zealand has forecast a net cash injection before government bond tender settlements and open-market operations of about NZ$l.32 billion (SS 1.17 billion) in May. It also expects primary liquidity (PL) to average NZ$524 million this month. PL is cash
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      Lock icon HKBank rapped for not doing better job in promoting bid
      329 8 Battle for Midland Bank IHT PARIS Following Lloyds Bank's threat last week to make a hostile counter bid for Midland Bank, executives at Hongkongßank, Midland's original suitor, are being criticised for not doing a better job of selling their offer
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      Lock icon Lloyds reneged on non-hostile takeover pledge, says Midland
      396 8 Reuter LONDON Britain's Midland Bank pic has said that rival Lloyds Bank pic, which has made a hostile £3.7 billion (5510.7 billion) takeover approach, made clear in talks from last November that it would not make an offer without its recommendation. Last
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      Lock icon Sang Kancil bearish on US$, bullish on mark
      742 8  -  THE SANG KANCIL Sang Kancil has a live account set up by futures house Refco to trade in currency, interest rale, stock index and commodity futures. It has a capital base of L'S$50.000. but no more than half of this will be
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      Lock icon Tokyo's tax probe worries arbitrageurs
      464 8 Agency denies singling out foreign firms Nikkei Weekly TOKYO The audit of foreign brokerage arbitrage trading by Japan's National Tax Administration Agency has sparked fears that the authorities are about to slash the profitability of the highly lucrative activity and to slap retroactive levies on
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      203 8 I Management Seminar Series New Performance Levels I in Statutory Boards and Government Linked Companies Throughout the world, government enterprises are facing new pressures caused by the need to increase commercialisation improve customer service provide greater employee development address such issues as asset management, taxation, and the environment These issues
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  • THE REGION/THE WORLD
    • WORLD WATCH
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        Australia offers US site for missile range
        115 10 CANBERRA Australia is offering part of its remote Northern Territory as a ballistic missile training range for the United States and other allies in the Asia-Pacific region. The offer was made during talks between visiting US Defence Secretary Dick Cheney and government ministers
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        Indonesia cites military threats
        128 10 JAKARTA A former governor of Indonesia's National Defence Institute has cited China, Japan and India as potential military threats while calling for compulsory military service. The leading Kompas daily quoted retired General Sayidiman Suryohadiprojo as saying that Indonesia needed a draft to beef up the country's
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        Philippines to cut spending
        122 10 MANILA The Finance Department will cut spending by an additional three billion pesos (*****.9 million) in the current fiscal year to offset projected losses due to the scrapping of a five per cent import levy, a finance official said. The official, who spoke on condition of
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        Poll candidates call for sanctions
        114 10 MANILA Presidential candidates called on Sunday for sanctions against rival Ramon Mitra after opponents charged that he was using the House of Representatives printing press to publish material for his campaign. The controversy over Mr Mitra's campaign emerged on Saturday when supporters of Fidel Ramos,
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      Lock icon Aussie trade deficit widens but govt still upbeat on recovery
      294 10 Reuter SYDNEY A worse-than-expected Australian trade deficit for March, after months of improvement, has failed to dent the government's belief that it is closing the trade gap. Economists said the trade data released yesterday, together with data showing a rise
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      Lock icon US, Viets moving faster towards mending ties
      476 10 Reuter WASHINGTON The pace of improving ties between the United States and Vietnam is quickening, leading some experts to believe the two former enemies could restore full diplomatic relations by early 1993. After nearly 30 years of an economic embargo, first against communist
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      Lock icon California's economy faces bleaker future
      552 10 Impact of US race riots NYT, Reuter LOS ANGELES California, already mired in a recession that was exposing jagged cracks in its "golden state" facade, now faces an even bleaker economic future after the spate of violence, looting and arson that swept wide areas of
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      Lock icon Economists argue over whether US will fall behind in more industries
      524 10 NYT WASHINGTON Must commerce among nations always be a dog-eat-dog fight lor absolute advantage? Economic Darwinians fear that America's loss of leadership in a few key industries is the beginning of an irreversible decline in competitiveness. A more sanguine
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      Lock icon Jakarta wants half of new power needs from private sector
      306 10 AFP JAKARTA Indonesia plans to rely on the private sector to provide 6,500 of the 13,500 megawatts of electricity projected for construction between 1994 and 1999, press reports here said yesterday. The Pelita daily quoted Mr Zuhal, the newly-appoint-ed director
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      Lock icon Sluggish, patchy growth expected for US economy
      377 10 Reuter WASHINGTON The US recession may be over, but happy days are not yet here again. A spate of government data last week left economists convinced the listless US economy is growing again. But, they say, it is plain that growth will be
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    Race riots and political will
    485 12 EDITORIAL THE RIOTS that ravaged Los Angeles last week have resurrected the spectre of grave social ills that Americans know never really died. Thirty years after the landmark civil rights reforms of the early '60s, a socio-economic chasm as large as any ingrained racial rift
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  • WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
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      President Perot?
      342 12 TEXAS BILLIONAIRE H Ross Perot likes to say that his as-yet undeclared candidacy for the American presidential elections is all about responsibility. Not surprisingly, in the face of America's continuing economic slowdown, mounting national debt and looming budget deficit, many are inclined to believe him. Few, however, seriously
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      An eye to the future
      73 12 THIRD WORLD countries have good reason to be united in presenting their case at the Earth Summit in Brazil in June. They have to be firm in demanding their right to use their forests or natural assets. However, in view of the deteriorating global environment,
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      Unhealthy situation
      93 12 WHY, of the one-million-strong workforce in Singapore, are less than 220,000 union members? Maybe it is an issue worth studying. Basically, the benefits a non-union member enjoys are not much different from what a union member enjoys. It is not wrong to treat union members and non-union members
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      Carry on Anand's work
      173 12 WHEN former army chief-cum-coup leader Suchinda Kraprayoon was appointed prime minister in the face of widespread protests, businessmen and economic analysts felt that Thailand's bullish economy would not be harmed, and they expected him to try to stave off the criticisms by retaining much of the
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      Time for soul-searching
      174 12 THE SIGHT of 4,500 troops and armoured vehicles on the streets of downtown Los Angeles might have been made for Hollywood. Unfortunately, it is all too real, and the anguish of ordinary Americans was plain to see on every television news bulletin last night. It is indeed
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      Weakling adults
      182 12 THIS IS the decade for moral deficit as reflected in the pervasive problem of child abuse in our society. It is a social problem that threatens the very core of the national well-being. Where did we go wrong and what is it that we did not do? The
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    991 12  -  Transforming the former USSR from a Stalinist command economy to a market-oriented system is a tall order for the IMF. Tom Redburn reports Tom Redburn IHT NOW THAT Russia and the other republics of the former Soviet Union have taken the fateful step of
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      362 12 REPUBLIC NATIONAL BANK OF NEW YORK A SUBSIDIARY OF REPUBLIC NEW YORK CORPORATION Consolidated Statements of Condition f March 31. Liabilities and March 31, Assets Stockholder's Equity (Dollars in thousands) Cash and due from banks 314,984 293,126 Non-interest bearing deposits: Interest bearing deposits j" SI'lK with banks 8,775.523 8.159.798 In
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      59 12 DOONESBURY BY GARRY TRUDEAU I fr*sorey*rT MAT semuwe jusrAtmm.efwe. kVS. POONES-) OSTURBYOU IK VVJCF &HS6GTMOST MS. DOON&OJR/, THAT* gy \\BUKf!HOUJ L jmc. PROBUM. CFWATWH- M- WST CRK&. AFTER ALL, uC AMT ALMAUS U NKXTDSee BUT ALPHAS i peal V0N.909 M- T/HA FtMALt WSGIF-. Z]2. If IT. I£VSF*C> YOU H&&! Mate
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      911 13 Once, seniority was all in Japan. But, slowly, a new managerial pay scheme is gaining favour among corporations there Asahi News Service THOUGH the seniority system is entrenched in corporate Japan, some companies are taking a look at merit pay for managers
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      Gradually getting the state out of business
      975 13  -  From Kuala Lumpur, Leslie Lopez reports on the progress of Malaysia's ambitious privatisation programme and how KL is dealing with criticism Leslie Lopez TANGLED in an economic web of huge debts in the mid1980s, Malaysia embarked on an ambitious privatisation programme to strengthen
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      864 13  -  Critics charge that the emirate's assets are being squandered. Youssef Ibrahim reports Youssef Ibrahim NYT THE Kuwaiti government is in the middle of a seemingly unrestrained multi-billion-dollar spending spree, raising fears among Kuwaiti economists and opposition figures that this once fabulously wealthy
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      789 14 Mfl Nothing BeatsAßud. Intffijl where to wine, dine OF A "ileavenly" Feast DAILY SPECIAL Mon Superior Shark's Fin with Seafood 22.00 (per person) Tue Braised Whole Abalone with Oyster Sauce 16.00 each Wed Steamed Live Baby Lobster 5.00 /100g Thu Steamed Sultan Fish with Ginger 14.00 /10Og Fri Sauteed Geoduck
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      840 15  -  James Flannery tours the gloomy guts of what was once one of the world's most feared organisations James Flannery Reuter FOR AN offbeat tour in Moscow, visit the KGB's grim Lubyanka headquarters. It's a change from the art splendours of the Kremlin and state museums. The
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      Lock icon English documentary is centre of suit and counter-suit
      520 15 Film withheld as anti-porn crusader sues producers NYT An award-win-ning documentary about recent clashes over censorship, art and pornography in the US has been dragged into the cultural battles it chronicles. For the past seven months, the English documentary, Damned in the
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      David Bowie and model Iman secretly married
      534 15 CHATTERBOX ROCK SINGER David Bowie has secretly married the fashion model Iman in Lausanne, Switzerland, a city official said Sunday. Michel Perret said he supervised the brief city hall ceremony April 24 in the Lake Geneva city, where Bowie has a house. Two
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      Lock icon Author and child psychologist Lee Salk dies
      465 15 NYT The author of eight books on family relationships and a popular commentator on social change, domestic strife and changing family patterns, Dr Lee Salk, died Saturday at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Centre in Manhartan. He was 65 and lived in Manhattan. He died
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      161 15 AND ENTERTAIN I Ra Shai Mase For the fresh and flavourful taste of Japanese haute cuisine only at Unkai Japanese Restaurant. I Lunch 12 noon to 2.15 pm Dinner 6.30 to 10.15 pm. A ANA HOTEL For reservations, SINGAPORE please call 732-1222 ext 1589. 6 FREE LUNCH FOR FAST MUMS.
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      242 16 Wh ere Space Is At A Premium. i v^sHHIR-^jy ccmcomse'"' business tower, shopping mall apartments I At The Concourse we've put space a massive skylit atrium. It's simply price. It's the place for space at a nicer at a premium, which means that you room to breathe to live a
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      Lock icon Gadgets to bring you into the next century
      805 17 Some devices that we cannot do without didn't exist 10 years ago. There's more to come Reuter ANEW parlour game is making the yuppie rounds. Name a device in your home or office that you could not live, without today but did
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        HP develops palmtop Chinese computer
        75 17 TAIPEI The Taiwanese unit of US company HewlettPackard Corp said it has developed the world's smallest Chinese-language computer, a palmtop machine weighing 300 grams. The computer, with a memory of one megabyte, measures 16 cm by 8.6 cm, Hewlett-Packard Taiwan Ltd said. The computer will
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        S'pore firm unveils new CD-ROM
        66 17 SINGAPORE A new line of CD-ROM drives (compact disc-read only memory) has been released in Singapore by a local PC manufacturer and distributor, ACS Computer Pte Ltd. Shaped like a compact disc, CD-ROM software can contain up to 540M8 of data in various forms. These
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        Special printer for CAD
        86 17 SINGAPORE Pacific Data Products, a manufacturer of printer peripherals, has launched a personal CAD printer that produces both large drawings and standard text documents. Known as Pro Tracer, this printer is priced at U551,499 (552,480). The Pro Tracer can produce fast, high quality C-size plots or
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        Satellite to help locate oil
        63 17 lOK.YO Japan's Ministry of International Trade and Industry (Miti) and Saudi Arabia are to begin developing satellite-related technology to locate oil and other natural resources. Quoting a ministry official, the economic daily Nihon Kcizai Shimbiin said the two countries would jointly begin work in July
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        New drug boosts antibiotics
        70 17 WASHING lON A genetically engineered drug helps increase the effectiveness of antibiotics and treat bacterial infections associated with cystic fibrosis. The University of Washington conducted the second phase of clinical trials for the drug DNasc, produced by Gcnentech Inc of San Francisco. Those trials showed the
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      More firms eligible for local enterprise award
      381 19  -  National IT Awards '92 Reports Joseph Rajendran, Ang Wan May,Clarissa Tan THE National Computer Board (NCB) yesterday relaxed the criteria for its local enterprise category in its national awards on information technology to include those with at least 30 per cent local equity.
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      IT investments pay off for Superskill
      490 19 Graphics firm leapfrogs to forefront of technology WHEN desktop compute r s appeared on the publishing scene in the early 1980s, Kelvin Tan knew the road he wanted his Superskill Graphics company to travel. He invested heavily in new technology and hasn't stopped spending
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      DHL keeping tabs on parcels the high-tech way
      290 19 YOU'RE in safe hands all the way and you can take DHL's word for it. Parcels sent by the international courier service can be tracked at any stage of their air journey across continents and arc all delivered by hand. DHL's efficient
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      PSA testifies to intangible benefits of award
      354 19 WINNING an information technology award can reap tangible and intangible benefits for an organisation, as the Port of Singapore Authority (PSA) will testify. The PSA came out tops in the public sector category for the National IT Awards in 1990, the last time
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      173 17 i p When the news is over in this part of the world, the rest of the world is getting on with the day's work. Making news. Making war. Making money. If you can wait until tomorrow, you'll eventually catch up with events. By which time, they'll be old news.
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      307 18 Now for the price* of a dot matrix printer, you can change from I h I k whenever you like. I f The HP DeskJet 500 C printer is a black and white Except, with the HP DeskJet 500 C printer, you can ■■■■ppi inkjet printer with colour capability. do
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      181 19 Fly Emirates. Europe t&fi Subcontinent EVERY PASSENGER GETS THE BEST SEAT IN THE HOUSE. Arabic language channel. Not surprisingly, Emirates Economy, the screens will be world to install a personal inu^l int° the seat back in flight video system in all three Because from Ist May we adjustable and feature
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      Lock icon Knock, knock, knockin' on EC's door
      968 20 Now that the European Economic Area issue has been resolved, the Efta states are looking to join the European Community as full-fledged members AFP THE EUROPEAN integration train is picking up steam, but arguments over politics and money will make it a long and
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      570 20 One of the problems that the EC faces comes from within the inability of its 12 members to forge a common foreign policy Reuter THE EUROPEAN Community's inability to overcome internal rifts over Yugoslavia has rekindled arguments about the efforts of the 12 member states to
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      316 20 a Senior Managers Jorge Veiga Franca and Pedro Amaral >— m are in Singapore from Monday May 4h till Wednesday M May 6th and can be contacted at the Pan Pacific Hotel >— A m a •—-w a r»r through their Representative Office in Hong Kong on MV lA#l#y if
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      947 22 THE ALLAMANDACOURSE PALM RESORT GOLF COUNTRY CLUB MAY STH 1992 SENAI, JOHOR —S I 1 MESSAGE It is my pleasure to have been invited to be Guest of Honour at the opening of the Allamanda Course at Palm Resort Golf Country Club today. mPjtVJHJ am delighted that Amcol Holdings and
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      527 23 OPENING OF THE ALLAMANDA COURSE PALM RESORT GOLF COUNTRY CLUB MAY STH 1992 SENAI, JOHOR —S <C O ISI G R /VX U L AT We are proud to be associated with the Palm Resort project. MAIN CONTRACTOR JDC (M) CORPORATION SDN BHD 21ST FLOOR, TECHNOLOGY RESOURCES TOWER 161-B, JALAN
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        Win puts Ammaccapane atop LPGA earnings list
        98 24 TALLAHASSEE, Florida Danielle Ammaccapane shot her fourth straight sub-70 round last Sunday and held off three challengers by one stroke to win the richest tournament in women's golf the US$l.2 million (Ss2 million) Centel Classic. The US$lBO,OOO winner's purse catapulted the 26-year-old atop
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        Funk ends four-year drought
        81 24 THE WOODLANDS, Texas Fred Funk finally ended four years without a win on the US PGA tour when he shot a two under par 70 to win the Houston Open last Sunday. The former college golf coach shot a course record 62 on Saturday and held
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        Showjumping champ banned
        73 24 LAUSANNE France's showjumping world champion, Eric Navet, has been banned for four months because his horse failed a dope test after winning the European Championships. The International Equestrian Federation (FEI) announced last Sunday that there were "abnormally high" amounts of cortisone in a sample provided by Waiti
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        King faces accusations
        130 24 WASHINGTON Boxing promoter Don King creamed off several million dollars of former world champion Mike Tyson's rightful earnings, says a former business associate. Joseph Maffia, who worked for Don King Productions from July 1986 to last September, said last Sunday that King distributed part of Tyson's riches
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      431 24 First senior in five years to win three events in row AP LAS VEGAS Lee Trevino became the first senior golfer in five years to win three consecutive tournaments when he shot a 67 last Sunday to beat Orville Moody by a stroke in
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      Lock icon Mansell wins again to boost title hopes
      406 24 AP BARCELONA He has won all four Grand Prix races this season and has a huge lead in the drivers' standings. He has started from pole position in each of those races. And with his victory last Sunday in the Spanish Grand Prix,
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      Lock icon Reynolds set for hearing to appeal against suspension
      400 24 AFP DES MOINES, lowa Butch Reynolds is getting ready for the race of his life. Only it won't be run on a track. Reynolds, the world record holder at 400 m, goes to London later this month for a hearing that could
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      Lock icon Agassi wins AT&T Challenge — his way
      602 24 Agassi wins AT&T Challenge his way And it's back to chilli fries, beers and chips NYT ROSWELL, Georgia The traditionalists told him to clean up his act, shave, practise more, goof off less, cut out curly fries, go on a diet, stay out of the limelight, hire a coach who
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      112 24 MYNA" Brand NC4OIO, NC4012 Striped Printed Bed Sheets (Originally "SPARROW 333" Bed Sheets) are traditional commodities of Jiangsu in China. Art No. NC4OlOs All Cotton, Weight 24 Liang/Piece 80"x9Q". IVV cXs> Art Na NC4012: All Cotton, Weight 12 Liang/Piece 54"x78". "MYNA" Brand also used foralllund of home-textiles: Western style Bed
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  • STOCK EXCHANGE OF SINGAPORE 1
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      Active institutional buying boosts prices
      4105 25  -  By Joseph Rajendran SHARE prices rose sharply yesterday, fuelled largely by foreign fund managers buying index-linked stocks and some local investors trying to catch up with developments. In active trading, the benchmark Straits Times Industrials Index rose 33.02 points, or 2.25 per cent, to close
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      69 25  -  By Chew Eng Han Comment ASM is a good buy at current levels. Daily, weekly and monthly stochastics all look bullish. The wave counts also suggest a rise to $2.60 and perhaps $2.752.80 which should be good medium-term levels to take profit. A break above $2.25 will confirm
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    2874 26 SIA Foreign 1880 +70 +3.9% SPH Foreign 1400 50 3.7% Jurong Ship SO* 1060 40 3.9% Semb Shipyard 880 +40 +4.8% Inch tape 615 +35 +6.0% Keppel Corpn 840 +35 +4.3% DBS Foreign 1410 +30 +2.2% OCBC Foreign 1270 +30 +2.4% Spore Land 535 +30
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    3212 27 Oriental Hldgs 630 +25 +4.1% Gentings 50« 805 +15 +1.9% MISt' Foreign 490 +12 +2.5% NST 340 +10 +3.0% (iuiden Plus H 107 +8 f8.l% Ciuinness 50« 348 8 *2.4% Sungei Way 206 t 8 4.0% Antah Hldgs 50* 128 tl t- 5.8% II Leong
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      177 27 HONG KONG WATCH CLOCK FAIR '92 A TDC FAIR WATCH OUT FOR ASIA'S J LARGEST TIMEPIECE EVENT ill SEPTEMBER 7-11 I HONG KONG CONVENTION wIJ EXHIBITION CENTRE In its 11th year, the Hong Kong Watch and Clock Fair '92 will attract over 600 international exhibitors from around the world. Held
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      AUDITED RESULTS
      186 28 Ciip—y Date Vmt 6ro«» Itet ttot Mratag* firm HI to prom/toss (L) 9*r skan dlvktond COOt) (cants) DBS Land Apr 30 Dec 91 $50.908($30.978) 7 9(4 8 5(4) Heppel Cocpn Apr 30 Dec 91 S144.718($118.202) 35(33 1) 10(8) SCS Apr 30 Dec 91 $2.828($2.467) 28(2.5) 55(-) S Steamship
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      PRELIMINARY RESULTS
      212 28 Co—My Date Year Group prt-tax H«t tarniags Cross mi to pram/tost (L) p#r ttora tivM«Ml ('••0) (eMt») Ganda Hldgs Apr JO Sep 91 KI$2.464($12.700L) l-2(—) Heua Corpn Apr 30 Jan 92 M$220(S1.313L> 2(2) lacks Int Apr 30 Ian 92 $1,5521(12.5061) Low Keng Huat Apr 28 Jan 92 $9.429($11.148)
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      INTERIM RESULTS
      332 28 Cwpawy Date Half-year Group pre-tax Interim ma to profit/tost (L) 4MM COM) SPH Ape 24 Feb 92 $123.204($110,396) 10(8) Times Pub Apr 20 Feb 92 S18.782(S25.132) 4(4) New World Apr 1 Dec 91 HK$1.276d($521,808) 21(16) Burwill Mar 31 Dec 91 HK$14,779($11,169) 25(25) H leong Credit Mar 31 Dec
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      DIVIDENDS ANNOUNCED
      1660 28 Carnal Ex tMks Date Tatal far Tatal ter payniwt dite ctoM pcyaMa tfca yMt teat ym tana 5% tun 5 )un 18 Jul 2 1221 10%TE Avtno 20c 125*Tt Mar 3 Mar 13 May 15 175*TE 125*11 2% tun 9 tun 22 M 8 3% 7% fkutaad 50c
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      217 28 Company Omars Mm Issue of J909?8m normal amount of 35% Redeemable Unsecured Guaranteed Bonds 1992/97 with *****m detachable TSRs on the bass of S2 nominal amount of Bonds for every three existing shares heM Ei-date Apr 15 Books dose: Apr 30 Acceptance 8 Payment NYA Cwbyowt Renounceatte preferential
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      CORPORATE DEVELOPMENTS
      225 28 Apr 29 Superior Metal Printing Ltd has entered into a joint venture with a Japanese firm, Inoue Manufacturing Inc relating to the operation of SMP's wholly-owned subsidiary, Nissei Engineering Co Pte Ltd. Granite Industries Bhd, the publicly-listed Malaysian company, has an nounced it will form a joint venture
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      COMPANY MEETINGS
      121 28 Sngmame Industries Bhd: AGM at the Board Room, Keppel Corporation Ltd, 325 Tetok Blangah Road, Singapore 0409, on Tuesday, May 5, at 9.30 am Lion Land Bhd: EGM at Room 506, sth Floor. Wrsma SPS, 32, Jalan Imbi. ***** Kuala Lumpur, on Wednesday, May 6, at 3pm MBf
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      MORGAN STANLEY CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL INDICES
      356 28 la local curr la S$ la USS S dy yr dy yr dy yr May I hfa cfagc chgc cty jg cfcge dg World 392.0 0.0 -4.0 -0.3 -5.7 0.1 -7.5 $EAFE 469.8 -0.2 -6.4 -0.2-10.1 0.2-11.8 Europe 447.7 0.| 8.8 0.2 3.9 0.6 1.9
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    594 28 Relative Strength Index: This indicator measures the rate at which prices move up or down, and theoretically ranges between zero and 100. In practice, it normally fluctuates between 10 and 90. RSI is calculated over a specified period, say 13 days, and is derived from the formula: 100
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      Lock icon Stocks close generally higher on retail support
      5130 29 Bernama. Reuter RETAIL INVESTORS' support for second- and thirdliner stocks took share prices in Kuala Lumpur to a higher close yesterday. The KLSE Composite Index firmed 5.84 points at the close to 597.47, the Industrial Index finished 15.91 points higher at 1,083.60 and
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      Lock icon Share prices end almost unchanged in very thin trade
      2167 30 Reuter SHARE PRICES in the stock market closed flat in very thin trading yesterday with investors anxious over the evening's scheduled rally organised by opposition parties and student activists against the premiership of General Suchinda Kraprayoon, brokers said. The SET Index
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      1179 30 JAKARTA share prices rose but activity remained subdued yesterday. The market index ended 2.13 points higher at 280.04 while turnover was a low 5.04 million shares. Brokers said last week's announcement by the newly privatised exchange that it would not after all
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      2700 31 Reuter HONGKONG'S Hang Seng Index jumped 129.57 points yesterday to elose at a new reeord high of 5.613.78 on strong institutional purehases, brokers said. "European fund managers bought heavily in the afternoon and that eovered all local profit-taking that emerged." a broker said.
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    TOKYO STOCK EXCHANGE
    2079 31 Vol May Yen High l-ow ("00) PI Ajinomoto 1290 +10 1320 1280 H200 69 Akai Electric 491 *-16 495 472 1050 2? AH Nippon Airwavs 1010 unch 1020 1000 3640 126 \mada 1080 -20 1 UK) 1080 ***** 16 Asahi Breweries 1070 -30 1100 1070 3250 142
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      157 31 The Tokyo stock market was closed yesterday for a public holiday. The prices below are Friday's closing prices [shine) YOUR KEY TO BETTER BUSINESS DEOSIONS! Shine is Singapore Press! foldings intorich database financial statements highlights, graphs, latest results team: T. S. Liu on 740 1035. Hazd Ong on 740 1771
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      2119 32 Reuter THE Sydney stock market ended marginally weaker yesterday as news of a worse-than-cxpected March current account deficit wiped out early gains. However, brokers said the trade figures were the only negative in an otherwise bullish market which was looking forward to a
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        767 32 PROFIT-TAKING yesterday put a slight dent in a vigorous across-the-board buying spree fuelled by anticipation that a bullish month lies ahead but Seoul stocks still ended a comfortable 5.38 points firmer at 620.33. "Buying pushed the market up 12.29 points before profit-taking brought it off the intra-day high," a
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        457 32 STOCKS wavered in a 30-point range yesterday and finished slightly higher as investors were sidelined and brokers predicted narrow trade in coming days. The weighted index ended at 4,539.47, 6.94 points higher than Saturday's 4,532.53 close. Turnover was NTS 17.3 billion. Brokers said investors turned conservative again as they
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        554 32 SHARE PRICES in Manila rose across the board yesterday in reaction to last week's lifting of a controversial 5 per cent import levy and investor perception that the May 11 general election will be clean and honest. The Manila Stock Exchange Composite Index rose 6.81 points to close at
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        439 32 THE share market recovered from a poor open to close slightly higher yesterday, buoyed by good support for leading stocks. Quality second-line stocks eased in thin trade, while leaders Carter Holt Harvey and Fletcher Challenge recovered after an indifferent performances last week. "It was a bit of a
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        53 32 INDICES TURNOVER C1we May 4 v» V NEW ZEALAND NZSE-40 Capital 1,467.54 1.460.60 +6.94 MAftll ft Composite Index Turnover (million pesos) 1.245.83 370.74 1,***** 301.1 +6.81 +69.7J TAIPEI Weighted Pnce Index Turnover (NTS billion) 4.539.47 17.3 4,532.53 19.3 +6.94 -2.0 SEOUL Composite Stock Index Turnover (billion won) 620.33 unav 614.95
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      547 33 Reuter NEW YORK A sharp increase in foreign investment Jn Mexico has not been pitched by a similar rise in £eso trading, but US bankers cay. that may soon change. jEyChere is a tremendous pßdw of dollars into the country, indicating
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      504 33 Reuter SYDNEY The brightest inflation outlook in decades will fuel a continued bull run in Australia's bond market, with yields falling to 14-year lows, economists said yesterday. The release of lower-than-expected March quarter inflation figures last week paved the way
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      INTERBANK FOREX RATES
      380 33 Ctoss rates M» y 4 US$ S$ MS Dm Yen SFr AS NZS U9S 1.6510 2.5210 1.6470 132.90 0.5615 1.5455 1.3233 1.8587 SS 0.6057 1.5270 0.9976 80.4967 0.3401 0.9361 0.8015 1.1258 MS 0.3967 0.65 0.6533 52.7172 0.2227 0.6131 0.5249 0.7373 Dn» 0.6072 1.0024 1.5307 80.69 0.3409 0.9384
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      523 33 Interbank rates St Bid Offer Ovpnight 3 1/2 3 5/8 1-month 3 1/4 3 3/8 2-month 3 1/4 3 3/8 3-fttonth 3 1/4 3 3/8 Overnight mode: 3-3/16 LSS Bid Offer 7 days 3 7/8 4 1 (nonth 3 7/8 4 2 months 3 15/16 4 1/16 3
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      316 33 REPORTS ASIA Tokyo: Closed Singapore: The US dollar closed at 1.6540/1.6550 yesterday. Kuala Lumpur The American currency closed at M 52.5225/35 and the Singapore dollar at M$ 1.5258/74 yesterday. Jakarta: The US unit was fixed at 2019.00/2025.00 rupiah yesterday. Hongkong: The local unit yesterday closed at
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      1342 33 SIMEX CUHOOOUJW Open High Low Sett Est Vol Act/Vol Op/lnt Jun 92 95.95 9*96 9V95 675 2485 ***** Sep 92 95.61 95.61 95.59 95 60 1100 5452 ***** Dec 92 94.88 94.88 94.87 94.87 360 3976 9775 Mar 93 94.64 94.64 94.63 94.63 300 1119 3797 Jun 93
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      Lock icon New cocoa accord seen within reach after Geneva talks
      533 34 Reuter GENEVA A new international agreement to stabilise the world eocoa market appears aehievable after two weeks of negotiations in Geneva, say trade diplomats. At the end of the first round of a conference aimed at drawing up a new accord,
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      Lock icon China's silk exports expected to pick up
      241 34 Reuter BEIJING China's silk exports should climb back this year after sluggish performances in 1990 and 1991, thanks in part to lower prices and to rival India's poor mulberry leaf harvest, says the official China Daily. The president of the stateowned China National
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      KL Tin Market finishes lower in dull trade
      726 34 Singapore rubber prices also end easier REPORTS THE PRICE of tin on the Kuala Lumpur Tin Market yesterday closed two sen lower from last Thursday at M$ 14.59 per kg in quiet and easier trading. Dealers said the market opened at M
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    1389 34 Rubber May 4 MS hi >•<•«) S cents/kg Noon Close Int I RSS Prompt 145 00/I46.00N 144.50/145.50N Int I RSS June 92 146.00/146.50 145.50/***** Inl 1 RSS July 146 75/147.25 146.25/146.75 Int 2 RSS OP I44.50/I45.50N 144 50/145.50N Int 3 RSS OP I44.00/145.00N 144.00/145 OON Int 4 RSS OP
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      1227 35 Crty FlicM ETA FNgM ETD Mm Mato GA893 1345 GA974 0005 Mgtoijto SQ228 2025 QF82 2205 Amtarian KL837 1255 SQ24 0115 GA893 1345 GA892 0250 SQ323 1815 KL838 2240 At*— SQ348 2300 Ancfclmd N235 1550 SQ285 2115 NZ36 2355 ■iHfcMpaa GA525/910 1755 ■llhr W BI421 1105
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      642 35  -  POSTCARD FROM BORNEO By Nirmal Ghosh Perhaps it was the high-protein breakfast of wild boar and rice that I had just had with the Penan tribals. With my backpack and 15 unnecessary kg of camera equipment, I set out confidently, and was soon panting as
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      FOREIGN CURRENCY NOTE RATES
      151 35 As at 3pm yesterday: IiOcal dollars to one unit of foreign currency Currencies Bid Offer Australian dollar 1.2417 1.2585 Canadian dollar 1.3733 1.4010 NZ dollar 0.8785 0.9007 Sterling pound 2.9267 2.9664 US dollar 1.6470 1.6580 Local dollars to 100 units of foreign currency Austrian schilling 14.08
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      76 35 Duration Title Venue Organiser Tel Duration Title Venue Organiser Td May 26-31 International Istanbul. Afeks Organizas- (90)1/*****20 June 1-7 International Buenos Aires Argentine 541-*****09 Construction Turkey yon Pazarlama Exhibition Federation of Machinery 8c Bldg Ve Ticaret AS of Rubber the Rubber Technology Industry Exhibition June 3-9 Beijing
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      220 35 7 Talented group of relatives Paddle vessel plying 10 Environmentally friendly j lO j 11 Swindle uncovered in _JHL— No methods are publicity in these times (8) I^M"" 15 Clued in a way take one in 17 Arching in embarrassment |l»— ML 25 Times of enchantment (6) ■■l ■■"■H may
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      154 35 Singapore Outlook: Showers over seven! areas in the afternoon. Report Maximum temperature 33.3 Assoc humidity 69% Minimum temperature 24.5 Assoc humidity 99% Hours of sunshine 9.65 Rainfall in mm trace Rainfall this month 17.3 Rainy days this month 3 World forecast Asia-Pacific Hi/Lo* Cood. Auckland 19/14 Ram Bangkok 38/28 Gear
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    Lock icon About 50,000 take to streets in rally against Thai PM
    382 36 Ex-Bangkok governor to start protest hunger strike Reuter BANGKOK Up to 50.000 Thais protested yesterday against the appointment of an unelected general as prime minister and an opposition leader said he would fast to death unless the premier quit. Social
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    Suchinda to stress monetary and fiscal discipline
    308 36 BANGKOK Thai Prime Minister Suchinda Kraprayoon will stress a continued liberal economic regime and monetary and fiscal discipline in a policy statement to be presented to Parliament tomorrow, the Bangkok Post reported. The policy statement, an advance copy of which was distributed to
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    424 36 The US race riots Reuter, AFP LOS ANGELES US national guardsmen killed a 20-year-old Hispanic man on Sunday in the first reported fatal shooting by the heavily armed troops since they were deployed on Thursday to quell rioting. The shooting broke the calm
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    Lock icon UN envoy to assess need for peace-keeping troops in Bosnia
    368 36 UPI. Reuter SARAJEVO UN envoy Marrack Goulding was expected to arrive in Belgrade yesterday to begin a mission assessing whether UN peacekeeping troops should be deployed in Bosnia. In Sarajevo, the Yugoslav army charged that its troops were attacked as
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    EC won't be in hurry to admit Europe's poor
    676 36  -  The Bottom Line HARISH MEHTA HARISH MEHTA The writer is a BT correspondent NOT MANY leaders of the European Community (EC) can pronounce, hand on heart (or more pertinently, on wallet), that the EC would like to open its membership to
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    256 36 Reuter HONGKONG China's central government is to proclaim a new law aimed at making all state-run enterprises truly autonomous and market-driven by the year 2000, a Beijing-controlled newspaper said yesterday. The Hongkong-based Ta Kung Pao said the new law would change the
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    145 36 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR A Malaysian minister has asked the government to reconsider building a second link to Singapore because of the Republic's unfriendliness, the Bemama news agency reported yesterday. "We're a bit uneasy with Singapore's attitude now," Information Minister Mohamad
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      HK forwarder using S'pore to expand into region
      450 37  -  Baltrans has 49pc stake in Thai joint venture By Dexter Lee SINGAPORE With a cash pile of HK$6O million (S$ 12.79 million) from a recent public offering, Hong-kong-based freight forwarder Baltrans Holdings Ltd is fast expanding its operations in South-east Asia using
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      Tanker freight rates likely to fall
      571 37  -  Drop will not be as drastic as in the mid-80s: MISC chief By Rahita Elias SINGAPORE Freight rates for tankers and most dry bulk carriers are likely to fall this year from 1991 rates but not to the depths seen in the mid-1980s, said
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      Far East-Europe trade most profitable
      282 37 SINGAPORE The Far East-Europe trade had "brought the brightest ray of hope for most line operators" last year, said R M Alias, chairman of Malaysian International Shipping Corp. In the company's 1991 annual report, he said: "Virtually all ships westbound were full and enabled the
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      INDEX TO SHIPPING LINES AND FREIGHT FORWARDERS
      841 37 Page Col ABC Containerline 12 I I Accord Group 8 1-3 APL 5 3-5 Arrow Inter 9 2 ASCL 5 9 Alpha Feeders 18 4 ANL 3 1/2 Bait Canada Line 7 4/5 Bait Orient Line 7 4/5 Batamindo 19 3 The Bank
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      Week-long German strikes hit airports
      364 37 FRANKFURT German airports were hit by industrial action for the first time yesterday, bringing many services to a halt as a public sector strike went into its second week. The longest, toughest strike by public sector workers since World War Two hit airports in Berlin,
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        Oman expands port facilities
        31 37 AN ambitious plan of modernisation has been drawn up for Mina Qaboos, Oman's port at Muttrah. Shirish Nadkarni who visited Oman recently, reports from Bombay Piqje 2
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        Swissair's Far East routes now profitable
        30 37 SWISSAIR'S Far East routes have returned to profitability, helped by the national carrier's new long-haul fleet, its route restructuring and cost-effec-tiveness programmes Back Page
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        Thai car industry may be reviewed
        26 37 THAILAND'S automobile industry is likely to be the first to face a review of the industrial liberalisation policy Back P«ge
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        Major GPA holders agree to lock-in
        42 37 THE major shareholders in Guinness Peat Aviation have agreed to retain most of their shares in the first year after the world's largest aircraft leasing firm stages a multi-billion dollar global dotation in June Back Page
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        South Africa to relax aviation policy
        35 37 THE South African government said last week it would relax its highly restrictive aviation policy, clearing the way for more flights to South Africa by more airlines. Back Page
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        China, Netherlands sign plane, dredger deals
        173 38 BEIJING China signed contracts with the Netherlands at the weekend to buy three Fokker-100 aircraft and US$lOO million worth of dredging equipment, the official China Daily said. The China National Aviation Equipment Corporation signed a contract with Koninklijke Nederlandse Vliegtuigenfabriek Fokker to purchase three
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        New Cambodian airline formed
        113 38 BANGKOK A new airline, Cambodia International Airlines Company Ltd, will begin services between Phnom Penh and Bangkok on Saturday, the company's managing director has announced. Cambodia International Airlines will fly a Boeing 737, with a capacity of 111 passengers, ten times a week between the two
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        One new bus service, 3 withdrawn
        76 38 SINGAPORE Transit Link Pte Ltd's phase seven of the nationwide bus route rationalisation programme will feature one new service, three withdrawals, an extension of operating hours to one service and route changes to 13 other services. The new service is SBS Townlink 410 which
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        Tokyo to host transport meeting
        99 38 SINGAPORE Some fifty papers about the transport of dangerous cargoes will be presented when Tokyo plays host to the Eleventh International Symposium on the Transport of Dangerous Goods by Sea and Inland Waterways from Nov 9 to 12. The four-day event is supported by the
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        Corrections and clarifications.
        46 38 IN the Sembawang Maritime's $2m crane secures 2 deals story last week, it was reported that Sembawang Maritime Ltd had sharpened its competitive edge... with a new $2million floating sheerleg crane. It should have been US$2 million. We are sorry for the error.
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      Oman expands port facilities
      1048 38  -  An ambitious plan of modernisation has been drawn up for Mina Qaboos, Oman's port at Muttrah. Shirish Nadkarni reports on the plan Shirish Nadkarni SINCE the building of Oman's Mina Qaboos port at Muttrah in 1974, to handle two million tonnes of cargo a year, the
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      3106 51 .Albc Containerline NV: Bel sin Shpg 1 AgAcies Pie Ltd (SVMarine Handling Sdrt Bhd (PK/PN) Accord Group: Accord Shpg Pt<? Ltd (SWlccord Contr Line (PK/PN). Vdkris Business Corporation Philippine Calaource Shpg A Trdg Pre Ltd (S) \hwnkiel Liner Service: Kim Shpg A Trjg (S). Albntros Sea-Air Service: Frata
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      PORT CONDITIONS
      3287 52 ARGENTINA Labour working normally. Buenos Aires: Several vessels in roads; waitin time for some arrivals was from 24 to 36 hours; from Apr 22 vessels expected to berth without delays. San Lorenzo: Four vessels operating in various terminals of which 2 loading grain, 2 loading pelletized meals; 3
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      553 52 ARRIVALS DEPARTURES Op Flight Type F/IA T From Op Flight Type ETD T To TODAY TODAY NCA KZ203 B747F 0145 1 NRT SIA SQ802 B747F 0230 2 SYD/AKL KAL KE697 B747F 0150 1 SEL NCA KZ204 B747F 0335 1 BKK/NRT JAL JL6I7 B747F 0345 1 TYO KAL
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      SHIP SALES & TANKER RATES
      992 52 SHIP SALES TANKER RATES VESSELS ON OFFER Bulk Carriers Vikara: 64,432 dwt and built Nov 1973 Mitsubishi Kobe, best outright offers. Sverdstad: 62,593 dwt and built Aug 1973 Mitsubishi Kobe, best outright offers. Alarm: 38,606 dwt and built 1977 Fredriksstad, minimum price at U556.75/US$6.B5 million. Reform: 38,416 dwt and built
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      667 52 CRUISE FERRY SCHEDULES Air Pep N—e of Vessel ETA ETD Ports of Crib Port Age* MY 05 06 Asean World 0900 1800 Sin-Hkt Sembawang Johnson 06 06 Royal Pacific 1000 2000 Sin-Jakarta Ocean Trade Chartering 07 07 Cora Princess 1000 1800 Sin-Jakarta Harpers Shipping 10 10 Asean World 0900 1800
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      1211 54 May 8 (1 day): Implementing and Developing Strategic Logistic Systems, organised by Singapore Institute of Purchasing and Materials Management. For more details, please contact SIPMM Secretariat at tel: 273-4172 or fax: 274-1132. May 15-16 (l'/i days): ISO 9000 for Warehousing and Distribution Centres, organised by Singapore Institute of
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      496 54 FREIGHT market strength looks set to persist as the Baltic Freight Index showed a three-point rise to 1,219 after gaining 15 points on Thursday, brokers said on Friday. Firmer rates were reported in virtually all sectors, including Panamax and Capesize routes. The only exception was the US North
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      Swissair's Far East routes return to profitability
      544 56  -  By Juliette Walker SINGAPORE Swissair's Far East routes have returned to profitability, helped by the national carrier's new longhaul fleet, its route restructuring and cost-effectiveness programmes. Marcel Hungerbuehler, the carrier's general manager for Singapore, Malaysia, Brunei and Sri Lanka, told BT: "For the
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      272 56 Reuter CAPE TOWN The government said last week it would relax its highly restrictive aviation policy, clearing the way for more flights to South Africa by more airlines. Transport Minister Piet Welgemoed said the cabinet approved changes to "deregulate tariff
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      254 56 AFP NOUMEA New Caledonia's domestic airline, Air Caledonie, has predicted a large deficit this year and is worried enough to have sought financial help from its majority shareholder, the territorial government, officials said. The 1992 loss was projected at 38.5 million French
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      Thai car industry may be reviewed by new govt
      502 56 BANGKOK Thailand's automobile industry is likely to be the first to face a review of the industrial liberalisation policy. Newly appointed Industry Minister Sompong Amornvivat told The Bangkok Post recently that the new government may review the previous government's policies if
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      Lock icon Major holders in Guinness Peat Aviation agree to lock-in
      370 56 Reuter DUBLIN The major shareholders in Guinness Peat Aviation have agreed to retain most of their shares in the first year aAer the world's largest aircraft leasing firm stages a multi-billion dollar global flotation in June. Announcing that a major hurdle
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      440 56 AP BEIRUT, Lebanon Beirut International Airport, once a shell-pocked haven for hijackers, is back in business. Eighteen months ago, only national carrier Middle East Airlines and Trans-Mediter-rancan, a Lebanese cargo carrier, used it. But since June, after a peacc agreement ending the 1975-90 civil war
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      2057 43 NEPTUNE AGENCIES PTE LTD SINGAPORE TEL: *****77 (CR NO: **********0E) BOOKINGS: (TOLL FREE) NEPTUNELINK TEL *****00 (TOLL-FREE) USA SERVICE *****00 TERMINAL OFFICE *****22 FAR EAST SERVICE *****00 IMPORT CFS MB2 *****69/*****96 UK/EUROPE SERVICE *****00 EXPORT CFS MB2 *****53/*****50 AUST/INDIA/PAK SERVICE *****00 NEPLINE SDN BHD MALAYSIA K L (03) *****33. P
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      685 45 EXPRESS CONTAINER SERVICE TO UK-NORTH CONTINENT-SCANDINAVIA WEEKLY FEEDER VESSEL PENANG P KELANG OCEAN VSL/VOY SOU (1) RTM (2) HAM (3) GOT (4) ANSON'TBN 1/5 2/5 BENALDER 2172 5/5 22/5 24/5 25'5 27/5 ANSON/TBN 8/5 9/5 TOY AM A 2182 WS 29/5 31/5 1/6 3>6 ANSON'TBN 15/5 16/5 ARQSIA 2192 19£5
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      305 48 SAMUDERA INDONESIA (S) PIE LTD 15 McCALLUM STREET 14-04 NATWEST CENTRE *1 Singapore 0106 Tatax: R*****0 Tat: *****51-3 Fa«: 225 4*39, *****30 FOR BOOKINGS CALL DIRECT LINE TEL: *****41/*****43 SM/JAK SERVICE VESSEL VOY SIN JAK DERAJAT 980 06/05 (WED) 08/05 (FRI) MERKUR DELTA 921 IN PT 09/05 (SAT) TWADIKA 923
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      647 49 fit FAMOUS CONTAINER LINES 10 ANSON RD. #15-21 INTERNATIONAL PLAZA. S'PORE 0207 S' HOT LINE *****33 (24 LINES LIMASSOL/PIREAUS 10/5 ROTTERDAM 10/5 HAIFA/ASHOOO/ALEXANDRIA 10/5 HAMBURG/BREMEN 10/5 MARSEILLE/FRANCE 10/5 FELIXSTOWE/UK 10/5 BARCELONA/SPAIN 10/5 LEHAVRE/ANTWERP 10/5 GENOA/ITALY 10/5 GOTHENBURG/SCANDINAVIA 10/5 LOS ANGELES/WC/IPI 10/5 I SYDNEY/MELBOURNE 10/5 NEW YORK/EC 10/5 FREMANTLE 7/5 VANCOUVER
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