The Business Times, 21 May 1992

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    25 1 BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 35/12/91 Thursday, May 21, 1992 I III: HI SIM SS H I FHR lOK S I I.S/ l J 75" I
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  • NEWS SUMMARY
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      Tokyo House panel approves securities watchdog Bill
      64 1 TOKYO The Finance Committee of the Lower House of Parliament yesterday approved a Bill aimed at preventing a recurrence of financial scandals that rocked Japan last summer. Ihe Bill would establish a watchdog body to monitor and inspect securities and financial futures markets
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      KL to deport aliens who fail to register
      35 1 KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia will deport more than 100.000 illegal foreign workers, mainly Indonesians, who tail to register themselves by endJune, Deputy Prime Minister Abdul Ghafar Baba said.
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      Oil companies press on
      31 1 OIL COMPANIES in Singapore. upbeat about long-term prospects in the Asia-Pacilic market, are pressing ahead with plans to step up processing capacity at their refineries Page 2
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      Bullish on computers
      26 1 MOST computer firms in Singapore expect local sales to grow this year, according to a survey by a major industry association Page 2
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      Favourite candidates
      35 1 FIDEL RAMOS and Miriam Santiago, locked in a close battle with tycoon Eduardo Cojuangco for the Philippine presidency, are more favoured by the business community there of the top three contenders Page 8
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      Rough ride for US
      32 1 WHILE many analysts believe the US economy has finally turned the corner towards a sustained recovery, their forecasts show anything but smooth sailing in the months ahead PageS
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      Warning by Friedman
      26 1 NORTH AMERICAN free trade talks are heading towards "managed trade", rather than truly open commerce, says Nobel Prize-winning economist Milton Friedman Pane 9
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      Chip market to grow
      32 1 THE world semiconductor market, fuelled by growth in the US and the Asia-Pacific region, will increase 6.8 per cent to US$5B.3 billion (SS9S billion) this year Page 9
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      P&O weighing options
      36 1 BRITISH shipping giant Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Co (P&O) is studying new investments in Singapore as part of an aggressive drive to boost its presence in Asia. Shipping l imes Page 1
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  • MARKETS SUMMARY
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      Dow lower
      31 1 WALL STREE'I stocks were virtually unchanged early yesterday. Villi the Dow Jones index of 30 leading industrials declining 0.48 point to 3,397.51 in the first five minutes of trading.
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      Footsie higher
      39 1 LONDON shares were higher at midday yesterday, cheered by gains on Wall Street and some good corporate earnings reports. At about 1100 GMT, the FTSE l(X)-Share Index was up 13.9 points, or 0.5 per cent, at 2.714.5.
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      CCL pessimistic
      33 1 CYCLE Carriage Ltd. which edged closer to majority control of Malayan Credit Ltd with a purchase of 500.000 M Credit shares yesterday, expects to do less favourably this year Page 4
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      OUB share placement
      32 1 OVERSEAS Union Bank Ltd yesterday announced that it would place out 31 million new shares, or 9.1 per cent ol its enlarged share capital, to raiseSl3l.s million. Page 4
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      Condition set for UEL
      39 1 UNITED Engineers Ltd (UEL). which has been seeking government approval to redevelop its River Valley site, has been told that it can only proceed if it buys an adjacent plot of state land Page 4
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      STOCK INDICES
      33 1 Wednesda) Change B l-MCiA 709.33 +0.76 Kuala Lumpur ....594.09 f3.18 Tokyo 18.674 93 -79.18 Hongkong 5,753.76 1 1 1.52 S>dney 1.682.01 H5.7 luesda) (lun||t New York 3,397.99 21.96 London 2,700.62 -3.0
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      CURRENCIES
      30 1 London Gold AM fix US$337.45 -USS2.55 Exchange rates USS SS 1.6285 UK) Yen SS 1.2590 MS SS 0 6452 Money market rates Overnight 3 unch 3-month 3 1/16 unch
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      COMMODITIES
      32 1 Rubber S pore June l42.00«/kg -MM) Vl'sia June 2l8.50«/kg +0.50 KL Tin Turnover 75 tonnes f5 Spot MSI 5.40/kg +0.11 Crude palm oil Turnover 1,0% lots +230 July MS865 /tonne unch
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    Lock icon Rebel troops moving in on Bangkok
    513 1  -  From Ben Davies and Kevin Clarke KFBFL troops were reported to be moving in on Bangkok from the north-east last night in a bid to oust unelected ruler Suchinda Kraprayoon. Senior army officers, allegedly supported by rebel elements already in the capital, were said
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    Economy turned the corner in March
    583 1  -  Analysts point to encouraging signs of uptrend By Kenneth James SINGAPORE The Singapore economy is on an upward trend again but the upturn will be gradual and that's good, say analysts. Most point to recent trade and investment data, in Singapore and in the
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    SES turns down listing of Pan Malaysia Cement Works
    343 1  -  By William Chia SINGAPORE THE Stock Exchange of Singapore has rejected the proposed listing of Pan Malaysia Cement Works (Singapore), a company linked to the giant Malayan United Industries group. Pan Malaysia Cement's two major shareholders Malayan Cement Bhd and Pan
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    Some S'pore-based banks put Thai loans on hold
    586 1  -  By Kooi Cho Teng SINGAPORE The cscalating crisis in Bangkok has led some Singapore-based banks to put Thai loans on hold. Some loans, which arc in the pipeline, have been stalled. while others which have been finalised may not be disbursed until
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      125 1 Senior army officers demand Suchinda's resignation Curfew imposed Business goes on despite concern over unrest, Pg 3 Confidence in stock market shaken, Pg 3 Residents consumed by mood of total siege, Pg 3 Asean official reactions muted, Australia drops military exercise, Pg 3 The Bottom Line, Back Page brlp^magli son
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      5 1 A RODENSTOCK Editorial, Pg 10
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      79 1 CCL cash call? CYCLE Carriage is full of surprises these days. First, there was the Malayan Credit bid. Now, there are ambiguous noises about whether there would be a cash call to finance the bid. So is CCL making a cash call or not? Hock Lock Siew, Pg 4 Smell
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  • PAGE 2 NEWS
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      Mobil to raise refining capacity by 10,000 bpd
      555 2  -  Move follows similar action by Shell, S'pore Refining Co Reports by Lilian Ang SINGAPORE Oil companies in Singapore, upbeat about long-term prospects in the Asia-Pacific market, are pressing ahead with plans to step up processing capacity at their refineries. Sources say the
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      Kuwait Petroleum renews ties with S'pore oil firms
      321 2 SINGAPORE Kuwait Petroleum Company (KPC), whose operations came to a standstill during the Gulf crisis, is back on its feet, aggressively renewing ties with oil companies in Singapore and scouring the region for opportunities. Sources say the Kuwaiti oil company, whose refineries
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      Most firms bullish on sales growth for this year
      486 2  -  Focus on the computer industry Reports by Ang Wan May SINGAPORE Most computer firms expect local sales to grow this year, according to a survey by a major industry association. Sixty-six per cent of firms surveyed by the Singapore Federation of
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      Wages, rents are companies' chief cost concerns
      349 2 SINGAPORE Wages and rents are the main cost concerns of the computer industry according to a Singapore Federation of the Computer Industry (SFCI) survey. Total costs are expected to rise by between 10 and 20 per cent this year, according to the poll
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      Maxtor to put US$10m into S'pore operations
      331 2  -  ft Imj Reports ny Claire Leow SINGAPORE Disk drive maker Maxtor Corporation will spend US$lO million (5516.3 million) this year to expand its local manufacturing operation, reflecting renewed vigour in the industry after months of uncertainty. The California-based firm is adding 150,000 sq
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      HP guns for a share of IBM's mainframe market with mid-range computers
      390 2 SINGAPORE HewlettPackard (HP) yesterday launched a new series of midrange computers it hopes would eat into the mainframe computer market, now dominated by International Business Machines (IBM). HP is pitching the Corporate Business Systems series as an inexpensive
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      Dr Goh to be executive chairman of government think-tank on China
      456 2 SINGAPORE Dr Goh Keng Swee will, from June 1, be full-time executive chairman of the Institute of East Asian Political Economy, the government think-tank on China. In a statement yesterday on his retirement as deputy chairman of the Monetary
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      Business goes on despite concern over unrest
      498 3  -  Some businessmen optimistic about long-term prospects From Ben Davies in BANGKOK DESPITE the bloody unrest in Bangkok in recent days, it is still too early to talk of cancelling large-scale investment projects in Thailand, businessmen and analysts say. Pointing to China's Tiananmen Square
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      Lock icon Confidence in stock market shaken
      537 3 Reuter BANGKOK Many European and American investors in Thailand, shaken by the military crackdown on protesters, are ditching their shares although their Asian counterparts prefer to wait and watch, analysts said. The stock market's official index plunged 65.05 points, or 8.87 per cent, to 667.84
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      Lock icon Asean official reactions muted, Australia drops military exercise
      401 3 AFP Reuter AP BANGKOK The bloody confrontation between government forces and prodemocracy protesters in Thailand has drawn muted official reactions from Asean countries. Malaysia and the Philippines said they regard the unrest as a purely internal matter while Singapore and Indonesia have
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      Hope for peace
      137 3  -  The Thai military crackdown By Shoeb Kagda SINGAPORE Samphon Wongviriya, a Thai who has been working in Singapore for the past three years, said he was shocked by the violence in Bangkok. The worker from Chiangmai echoed the sentiments of many of his countrymen when he said
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      Bangkok residents in a mood of total siege
      395 3  -  How are ordinary Thais reacting to the military crackdown? Ben Davies reports from Bangkok Ben Davies "Please tell your country what is happening." begged a middle-class Thai early on Tuesday morning outside Royal Hotel when soldiers began to shoot at protesters on
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      119 2 y IL.mW On Wednesday 27 May 1992, Sun will I/O 1116 ri&nl 111 I llg. unveil its latest systems for rightsizing during the "Right Time to Rightsize Seminar", 9.00 am The Oriental Singapore. Rightsizing is our word tor matching the right computer with the right task. Putting the power no
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  • COMPANY NEWS 1
    • COMPANY BRIEFS
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        Goldtron appoints new executive director
        52 4 SINGAPORE Goldtron Ltd, formerly Gold Coin, has appointed 37-year-old Lee Ean Lean as its executive director with effect from Tuesday, May 19. Mr Lee, who was formerly the group financial controller for LOS Group Management Sdn Bhd, replaces Low Seow Chye, who left on the
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        Harimau's NTA is $1.71 a share
        38 4 SINGAPORE Harimau Investments Ltd yesterday announced that the net tangible assets (NTA) backing for each of its $1 ordinary share is $1.71, based on the group's unaudited accounts as at April 30.
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        MD of Pan Pacific Pub unit quits
        32 4 SINGAPORE Andrew Chua Kim Poh has resigned as managing director of Linguapac Distributors Pte Ltd, which is a subsidiary of Sesdaq-listed Pan Pacific Publications Ltd.
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        KCT prospectus expected in Aug
        98 4 PORT KLANG The Klang Container Terminal Sdn Bhd, which is seeking a listing on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange, is expected to release its prospectus by early August, industry sources said. They said that KCT is expected to make a public offer of 50 million
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        Mancon wins M$194m contracts
        119 4 KUALA LUMPUR Mancon Bhd and its 65-per-cent-owned subsidiary, Perwik Sdn Bhd, have been awarded contracts worth Msl94 million (Ssl24 million) to build condominiums and industrial buildings, as well as to undertake infrastructural works in Johor Baru. In a statement yesterday, Mancon said that it was awarded
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        Guthrie's Viet investment sectors
        81 4 LANGKAWI The Guthrie group has identified the plantation, manufacturing and recreation sectors for investment in Vietnam, director Mohamad Aminuddin Rouse told reporters after opening a Guthrie seminar on agriculture here. Guthrie Landscaping Sdn Bhd, a Guthrie subsidiary, will develop an 18-hole golf course on a 230-hectare
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        MISC plans M$2.3b expansion
        82 4 PORT KLANG The Malaysian International Shipping Coiporation Bhd (MISC) will spend an estimated M 52.3 billion (S$ 1.5 billion) over the next five years on an expansion programme, including vessel purchases and development of land-side activities. MISC managing director ArifTin Alias said yesterday that the projected
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      CCL expects lower profits despite better first half
      492 4  -  Slower M'sian sales, additional interest cost from takeover cited By Dexter Lee SINGAPORE Cycle Carriage Ltd (CCL), whose purchase of 500,000 shares of Malayan Credit Ltd yesterday brought it closer to majority control of the company, expects to do less favourably this
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      OUB to place out 31m new shares
      450 4  -  Move seen as further boost to bank's capital adequacy ratio By Quak Hiang Whai SINGAPORE Ending weeks of market speculation, Overseas Union Bank Ltd (OUB) yesterday announced that it would place out 31 million new shares, or 9.1 per cent of its enlarged
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      URA sets pre-requisite for UEL
      299 4  -  Re-development of site tied to purchase of adjacent state land By Lilian Ang SINGAPORE United Engineers Ltd (UEL), which has been seeking government approval to re-develop its River Valley site, has been told that it can only proceed if it buys an adjacent plot of
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      Lock icon Govt won't tolerate irregularities in cashing of share refunds, says Anwar
      230 4 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR The government will not tolerate any irregularities in relation to the cashing of refund cheques of share applicants and those responsible for the loss or negligence will be severely punished, Malaysian Finance Minister Anwar Ibrahim said
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      Corrections and clarifications
      87 4 IN THE TABLE accompanying the article, "Banks all set to woo buyers of HDB shops", published in the May 16/17 issue of BT. we said that the United Overseas Bank charges 6.75 per cent for term loans of one to five years, 7.0 per cent for 6-10
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      CCL holders deserve straight answer on whether cash call is in the works
      579 4  -  JHOCK By Lee Han Shih SINGAPORE Cycle Carriage Ltd (CCL), once a staid blue-chip distributor of Mercedes Benz cars, is full of surprises these days. Having launched a successful bid for Malayan Credit Ltd, CCL is now
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      Haw Par sets up representative office in Shanghai
      250 4 SINGAPORE Haw Par Brothers International Ltd has set up a representative office in Shanghai to oversee its activities in China. The office will be headed by Ken Ngo Chin Chow, who was appointed its general manager last month. Haw Par has identified
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      Shangri-La's former chairman returns to old post
      248 4 SINGAPORE Mr Goh Soo Siah, the former chairman of Shangri-La Hotel Ltd, has resumed his old position at the Kuok-controlled company, following the stepping down of Mr E W Barker. Mr Barker, currently chairman of the Stock Exchange of Singapore (SES), stepped down
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      Lock icon Strong yen, competition pull down Honda profits
      338 5 Company also losing touch with market, say some analysts Reuter TOKYO A strong yen and fierce competition in slow Japanese and North American car markets dragged down Honda Motor Co's profits for the year ended March 31, 1992, the company announced yesterday. "We
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      Two Indonesian cement giants post higher profits
      418 5  -  From Maggie Ford in JAKARTA HIGHER cement prices played a big role in increasing the revenues of two major Indonesian cement producers, PT Semen Gresik and PT Semen Cibinong. Sales for PT Semen Gresik rose 16 per cent in 1991 from 134 billion
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      Lock icon Supreme Court stops privatisation of Philippine steel company
      277 5 AFP MANILA The Supreme Court yesterday stopped the Philippine government from proceeding with the June 4 sale of 51 per cent of statecontrolled National Steel Corp (NSC), the country's largest steel mill. In a temporary restraining order issued by chief justice Andres
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    • COMPANY BRIEFS
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        Aiwa's pre-tax earnings fall 33pc to 3b yen
        100 5 TOKYO Japanese electronics manufacturer Aiwa Co Ltd said yesterday that its consolidated pre-tax earnings tumbled 33.6 per cent from a year earlier to 2.98 billion yen (5537.5 million) in the year to March 1992. The company, a subsidiary of Sony Corp and
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        Japanese textile giant's profit down
        85 5 TOKYO Japanese textile giant Toray Industries Inc said yesterday that its consolidated pre-tax profit fell 11.4 per cent to 64.S billion yen (SsBl3 million) in the year to March, 5 per cent below its forecast. The company, Japan's biggest producer of synthetic textiles, said group
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        TNT expects return to the black
        79 5 SYDNEY International transport group TNT Ltd will show signs of a return to profitability in the three months to June 30 and will make a profit in the year to June 30, 1993, chief executive Peter Abeles said. "The fourth quarter will be already
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        Peregrine sets up Indon venture
        70 5 JAKARTA Hongkong's Peregrine Investment Holding Ltd, a subsidiary of Indonesia's Gunung Sewu business group, yesterday announced the setting up of a joint venture operating in financial securities. Peregrine and PT Gunung Sewu Kencana have set up PT Peregrine Sewu Securities (PSC) with a paid-up capital
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        TDK pre-tax earnings down 25pc
        91 5 TOKYO Japan's TDK Coip said on Tuesday that its unconsolidated pre-tax profit in the year to March dived 25.4 per cent to 33.4 billion yen (Ss42l million). Sales totalled 408.3 billion yen, down 1.4 per cent from the preceding year, the world's largest manufacturer of
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        BTR sells soda ash stake
        108 5 MELBOURNE BTR Nylex Ltd said it has agreed on the terms for the sale of a 24 per cent partnership interest in General Chemical Soda Ash Partners to Tosoh America Inc, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Tosoh Corp of Japan. The sale is worth about Aslo9
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    • COMPANY BRIEFS
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        Unocal to slash up to 1,200 jobs to cut costs
        84 6 LOS ANGELES Unocal Corp plans to cut up to 1,200 jobs by the end of the year through voluntary retirement and severance programmes as part of a restructuring plan designed to save US$2OO million (Ss32B million). Richard Stegemeier, Unocal's chairman,
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        Macy given more time for revamp
        82 6 NEW YORK A federal bankruptcy judge on Tuesday gave RH Macy Co more time to prepare a long-term business plan and a reorganisation plan to usher the retailer out of Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. After the hearing, Myron Ullman 111, a Macy co-chairman and
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        Upjohn to fight Halcion critics
        69 6 KALAMAZOO, Michigan The Upjohn Co will battle Halcion critics vigorously, chairman Theodore Cooper said on Tuesday, one day after a federal review panel gave the world's most popular sleeping pill a clean bill of health. "The advisory committee's ruling not only justifies our faith in
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        Dowty rejects TI Group's bid
        88 6 LONDON Dowty Group has rejected a takeover bid worth £504 million (Ssl.s billion) launched on April 23 by TI Group, specialising in metal tubes and industrial gaskets. In a formal defence document issued on Tuesday, Dowty forecast that its pre-tax profit for last year would
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        Sun Micro launches new desktop
        94 6 SAN FRANCISCO Sun Microsystems Inc has unveiled the SPARCstation 10, a desktop computer that quadruples the speed at which data can be processed and doubles the rate at which the system can retrieve data from disks. The company said the SPARCstation 10 includes a SuperSparc
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        Eurotunnel gets banks' ultimatum
        78 6 LONDON Bankers to Eurotunnel are threatening to withdraw its funding unless the Channel Tunnel company reaches a settlement of its longstanding dispute with its building contractors by August. The banks have told Eurotunnel that it must have reached agreement with Transmanche Link, the Anglo-French building consortium,
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      Lock icon Unit unable to make debt payments on NY property
      474 6 Collapse of Olympia York NYT NEW YORK A unit of Olympia York Developments Ltd has told holders of two series of bonds, which it sold to finance an office building in lower Manhattan, that starting next summer, it would not be
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      Lock icon IBM to buy 5.68 pc of French computer maker
      368 6 AP PARIS IBM Corp will purchase 5.68 per cent of the parent company of France's state-owned computer maker Groupe Bull SA, the group's chairman said on Tuesday. IBM will buy the shares in Cie des Machines Bull for 540 million francs
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      Lock icon Sony invited to join US-led multi-media venture
      207 6 AFP TOKYO Japan's Sony Corp has been invited by IBM Corp and Apple Computer Inc of the United States to join their planned consortium to develop standard multi-media technology, a Sony spokesman said yesterday. The spokesman said that the two US computer giants
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      Lock icon Shenzhen stock exchange steps up security
      405 6 Move follows two deaths, arrest of gangsters Reuter GUANGZHOU The Shenzhen special economic zone (SEZ) stock exchange is stepping up security following two recent deaths and the arrest of some 460 gangsters suspected of queue-jumping, according to an exchange official. "The number of police
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      Lock icon Plan for third China bourse seen slowing down
      316 6 Reuter GUANGZHOU The race to set up China's third stock exchange is likely to slow after scandals on the Shenzhen and Shanghai exchanges and with plans afoot to list more firms from other provinces on the two existing bourses. There was no
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      Lock icon Allied-Lyons profits fall as recession takes its toll
      255 6 Reuter LONDON British food and drinks giant Allied-Lvons pic has reported a 2.1 per cent fall in full-year profits as the group refocused its businesses with many of its key markets caught in the grip ol recession. The group on Tuesday reported
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      Lock icon Koito needs more shareholders to keep its listing
      263 6 AFP TOKYO Japan's Koito Manufacturing Co, once targeted by United States corporate raider T Boone Pickens, has said that it needs to boost the number of shareholders to remain listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. The top maker of automotive lighting equipment
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      193 6 PERSONAL INVESTING FINANCE SUPPLEMENT '98 A Special Business Times Survey July 53,1992 Bank deposit rates have plunged to one of their lowest levels. Banks and finance companies In Singapore are paying peanuts for such deposits; in some cases they are not even enough to cover the rising cost of living.
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  • FINANCIAL NEWS
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      Lock icon Westpac posts A$1.67b loss for first half
      465 7 AFP SYDNEY Westpac Banking Corp yesterday reported a AS 1.67 billion (552.05 billion) first-half loss in the six months to March 31, mainly due to a review of its property holdings, and announced a AS 1.2 billion capital raising programme. Managing director Frank
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      Pontiac Land seeks to raise $900 m for Marina project
      429 7  -  By Kooi Cho Teng SINGAPORE Pontiac Land Pte Ltd is seeking $900 million to fund the ambitious $1.5 billion Pontiac Marina project at Marina South. Banking sources said the mandate to arrange the deal was given to United Overseas Bank
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  • THE REGION/THE WORLD
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      Business leaders favour Ramos and Santiago
      451 8  -  Philippine election From i Al O Labita Jr in MANILA OF THE TOP three contenders locked in close battle for the Philippine presidency, Fidel Ramos and Miriam Santiago are more favoured by the Philippine business community than business tycoon Eduardo Cojuangco. Business leaders that
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      Lock icon South Korean consortium to explore for oil off Vietnam
      501 8  -  Ssangyong, Hyundai, Samsung in Hanoi production-sharing deal By Harish Mehta SINGAPORE A South Korean consortium has signed a production-sharing contract for a potentially lucrative offshore Vietnamese oilfield. The deal gives the consortium, which includes the state-owned Petroleum Development Co, Ssangyong, Hyundai
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      Lock icon Europe offers best hope for boosting US exports: group
      221 8 AP WASHINGTON The European market still offers the best opportunity for boosting American export sales, a lobbying group for US manufacturers said. The National Association of Manufacturers said on Tuesday that the level of American exports to the 12nation European Community
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      Lock icon Azerbaijan may be first republic to quit CIS
      406 8 AP MOSCOW Azerbaijan will become the first republic to withdraw from the Commonwealth of Independent States, the head of the coalition that toppled the country's president was quoted yesterday as saying. Abulfaz Elchibek, chairman of the country's nationalist Popular Front, also said
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      Lock icon Jakarta considering setting up company to market satellite services abroad
      256 8 AFP JAKARTA Indonesia may set up a company to handle the marketing of its satellite services within the country and overseas. Speaking on Tuesday after a meeting with Indonesian President Suharto, Telecommunication Minister Susilo Sudarman said the country currently had
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      Lock icon Analysts see bumpy ride ahead for American economy
      495 8 AP WASHINGTON While many analysts believe the US economy has finally turned the corner towards a sustained recovery, their forecasts show anything but smooth sailing in the months ahead. And US President George Bush, while insisting there were "reasons to be encouraged
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    • WORLD WATCH
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        China rejects Viet claims over Spratlys
        105 8 BEIJING China has rejected Vietnam's claims of sovereignty over the Spratly and Paracel islands in the South China Sea where a Chinese and American company are to carry out joint oil exploration. A foreign ministry spokesman said yesterday that "China has indisputable sovereignty on
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        Vietnam's first gem auction
        83 8 HANOI Vietnam opened its first auction to sell 90 kg of uncut rubies and other precious stones to about 50 international buyers here yesterday. The two-day auction was organised by a Vietnamese-Thai joint venture and the State Bank of Vietnam. The sale is expected to make
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        Bangladesh reserves up
        93 8 DHAKA Bangladesh's foreign exchange reserves, export earnings and remittances from expatriates have risen steadily during the current financial year compared to the previous year, the central bank said on Tuesday. Foreign exchange reserves at the end of April stood at US$l.3B billion, up about 88 per cent
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        HK gets pro-Beijing party
        66 8 HONGKONG The colony's first pro-China political party was launched on Tuesday. It claims it is not a Beijing mouthpiece. Political analysts agreed that the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hongkong was set up by Beijing supporters mainly to counter the United Democrats of Hongkong, the
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        Recalculating UK inflation
        75 8 LONDON British Chancellor Norman Lamont hopes to remove the figures for average home loans from the calculations of British inflation. Indicating that he considered the annual rate of inflation, up to 4.3 per cent in April, too high, Mr Lamont said on Tuesday that he had ordered
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        Hunger may spread: report
        79 8 LONDON Climate swings caused by global warming could push the world's total of hungry people to one billion by the year 2060, an expert study reported on Tuesday. The three-year study, led by British and American scientists, said only reduced population growth, full trade liberalisation and
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  • THE WORLD
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      Lock icon Nafta talks leading to managed trade, says economist
      406 9 Friedman advocates reduction of tariff barriers UPI MEXICO CITY North American free trade talks are heading toward "managed trade", rather than truly open commerce. Nobel Prize-win-ning economist Milton Friedman said on Tuesday. "In my opinion, worldwide reduction of tariff barriers is much
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      Lock icon Semiconductor market forecast to grow 6.8pc
      395 9 UPI SAN JOSE The world semiconductor market, fuelled by growth in the US and the Asia-Pacific region, will increase 6.8 per cent to US$5B.3 billion (Ss9s billion) this year. The American Semiconductor Industry Association said on Tuesday that shipments to the US would reach
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      Lock icon British economy shows faint stirrings of recovery
      462 9 Reuter LONDON Britain's economy is showing faint signs of emerging from recession with factory output up slightly in the first three months of this year, but the recovery is not yet fully in place, economists said. "We will soon be talking about the
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    More investments, please
    483 10 EDITORIAL UNCLE SAM had some good news for Singapore, and it came at just the right time. Shortly after the Trade and Industry Ministry announced that growth of the Singapore economy had slowed further in the first three months, the US Department of Commerce came out with
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  • WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
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      Stop the violence
      319 10 WHILE the outbreak of violence in Bangkok is immensely regrettable, it is undeniable that the immediate provocation was grave. The protesters are fighting against what they see as manifold betrayals by Thai Prime Minister Suchinda Kraprayoon: his decision to accept the premiership after saying that he would
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      A hot seat
      83 10 EVER since he assumed the Thai premiership. General Suchinda Kraprayoon has found that he is in a hot seat. His appointment of 11 former Cabinet members who were previously charged with corruption has made his intention of eradicating graft in his country questionable. The current unrest in
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      The king solution
      100 10 THE political crisis in Bangkok seems to have exploded out of control. As a member of Asean, we sincerely hope that the Thai military would exercise self-restraint. The crisis reflects the complexity of Thai politics. Even within the opposition, conflicts abound. In such explosive circumstances, the person
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  • REGIONAL VIEWPOINTS
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      No more bloodshed
      161 10 THOSE who witnessed the fightings and street battles in 1973 and 1976 could hardly believe that in their lifetime, they would ever again see such bloody horrors on the streets of the city the capital of a country long regarded as being devoutly Buddhist. Again we saw
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      Political education
      183 10 WITH one week of election campaigning already passed, one could easily come to the conclusion that nothing much has changed in this country's way of political expression. People now are wiser and more mature politically. They no longer unthinkingly swallow all the political statements and promises that in
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      Cement price increase
      178 10 WHENEVER an increase in the price of a strategic commodity like cement is being sought, the implications are far-reaching. The warning bell rings louder when such a request comes at a period of rising inflationary pressures. Such is the situation now as the government comes under increasing
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    Gearing up for the polls
    1076 10  -  As Indonesians prepare themselves for parliamentary elections next month, Maggie Ford examines the issues facing the three parties Maggie Ford The writer is BT's Jakarta Correspondent A RIOT of flags and a little old-fashioned singing and dancing kicked ofT the Indonesian election campaign last week.
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      51 10 DOONESBURY BY GARRY TRUDEAU mr riITBLYOUONe BUSHHASB&H A PtS6STBK, NCR&IBLY I M THING, MAN. THIS AND PBFOT UJCUP BE iirTlini \7 WSNOTA COMMUNIS 60iN6 tvEHWOßsemeeorrA waiMN.MZ B& issue IN HV TO HAVE TO 6£T M 0& G£T BEH/NP CUffTON THEGHBTTO M INTERESTED IN THE j &VME! 2E2L —L zieaioN.y j
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  • ANALYSIS
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      Lock icon Talkers but not quite doers
      794 11  -  The members of the OECD may agree on the remedies necessary for their ailing economies, but few are willing to implement them. Tom Redburn finds out why Tom Redburn IHT A CERTAIN amount of double talk is to be expected at any international gathering of
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      A Cambodia for Cambodians
      1427 11  -  In a wide-ranging interview with Harish Mehta, former Cambodian Prime Minister Son Sann diagnosed the problems of the Cambodian economy, and discussed the power play going on in the country ahead of the UN-supervised elections scheduled for next year Harish Mehta CAMBODIA will be sold within
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      Splendour's not for Son Sann
      490 11 FORMER Prime Minister of Cambodia, Son Sann, shares a house in Phnom Penh with 60 people. "Life," he quietly intones, "is difficult under the Hun Sen regime. Often the phone and electricity are cut off." His political rival Prime Minister Hun Sen lives in the
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      89 11 Perth, Western Australia, the growth city of Australia. Perth properties available from A 5200,000 to As6o Million for astute investors. Yields ranging from 9to 14%. Stanton Hillier Parker, Perth Directors, David Ross Robin Hammond will be in Singapore between Monday fune 1 and Friday June 5 with further details. Interested
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      745 12 TELEVISION AND RADIO rp 1 SBCI2 emKKS? 7 M C P BUSINESS ON BAMO I Ari I lAOCCIAHC 930 Jahe and th Fatman 8.00 National News (M). I ***** II >/l I I 1/1 It II I 655 PM Opening. Pennies from Heaven g.35 Sandiwara Semasa Breeze BBC, 88.9 fflHz
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  • LIFESTYLE
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      751 13  -  Former Polish communist leader Wojciech Jaruzelski has published two books defending his record. Stephen Engelberg reports Stephen Engelberg NYT SOME OF Eastern Europe's Communist leaders have faded into obscurity, and others have repented their life's works. But Wojciech Jaruzelski of Poland, the last party chief in the
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      Lock icon Much ado about De
      723 13 Shobha De's raunchy bestsellers on Bombay's rich and famous are shocking many Indians Reuter HER BOOKS have crowded Jackie Collins and Judith Krantz off paperback shelves in India's airports and railway stations. The mix is the same raunchy tales of the rich and famous but the
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      Writer gets award for worst opening line of a novel
      630 13 CHATTERBOX WRITING the best bad fiction is not hard work, according to Laurel Fortuner. who was awarded the annual Bul-wer-Lytton Fiction contest on Tuesday for the worst opening line of an imaginary novel. San Jose State professor Scott Rice, who
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      179 13 AND ENTERTAIN (SfttU Hubertus Grill Goes Austrian Again; The ever popular Austrian Food Promotion is on again at Hubertus Grill... Come savour this annual affair of glorious Austrian specialities... Dinner only 7 pm to 10.30 pm 19 30 May 1992 SINGAPORE For reservations, 16 h.ii. s-ogaco'* '0» call 732-1222 extension
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      158 13 When you see this sign you can expect the best because only restaurants which meet the highest stanJarJs of beef cuisine receive it. Y(X' TILL SEE THE SIGN AT THH FOLLOWING RESTAURANTS JACK'S PLACf STEAK HOUSES <7)9-***** THE COMPASS ROSE THE TEA ROOM (WESTIN HOTELS *585) HI'BERTI'S GRILL (t CAFF.
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      Hot in all senses
      559 14  -  In Singapore, $5 million was spent on placing perfume ads in the media last year. Sangeeta Mulchand hits the sensory trail. Sangeeta Mulchand Real men do wear perfume. More than US$l billion (551.62 billion) of it worldwide, with $30 million worth splashed on Singapore men last
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      Are you man enough to wear scent?
      285 14 BURBERRYS has launched a new fragrance for men, and Singapore males are the first in the world to smell it. Burberrys For Men was launched at Robinsons department store this week, its first launch in the international market. The US launch was held
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      Putting the copycats out of business
      794 14  -  Tom and Jerry may bring laughter to your kids, but franchising them is no child's play, as Salil Tnpathi finds out from the plans of Megacept, a local franchising company. Salil Tripathi WHAT earns more revenue annually than the total sales of alcohol beverages,
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      332 14 ifs called System 3, and Ifs the latest open plan Even accommodate geomancers whose sole purpose office system calculated to help you manage one in life is to turn your office plans upside down, important office asset. what makes System 3 so versatile is that, no space. matter you or
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      Lock icon Sitting cool in the hot seat
      1029 15 NYT LYN ST JAMES will not be taking many telephone calls at her apartment in Indianapolis this week. She will be preparing for Sunday, when she will drive before about 325,000 spectators at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Lyn St James will be only the
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      Lock icon The ice man thaws
      1262 15 NYT He would hate to he accused of being a cockeyed optimist, hut Ivan Lendl thinks he can win the French Open. After all. it's nothing he hasn't done three times already, and it wasn't so long ago August of 1990 to be exact that he
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        Korda makes short work of Stich
        79 15 DUSSELDORF. Germany Left-hander Peira Korda swept aside Wimbledon champion Michael Stich as Czechoslovakia beat Germany in straight rubbers in the ATP World Team Cup on Tuesday. Stich. who earlier in the day launched a broadside against the German press for invasions of his privacy
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        Short trounces Timman
        70 15 AMSTERDAM Nigel Short of Britain trounced Jan Timman of the Netherlands on Tuesday in a preview of their showdown to select a challenger to world chess titleholder Garry Kasparov. Short check-mated the Dutch grandmaster in 58 moves in a fifth round match at the Spaarbank chess tournament.
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        Reynolds to file petition
        107 15 BELMONT. California Suspended 400-metre world re-cord-holder Butch Reynolds said on Tuesday that he will file legal paperwork by the end of the week in his attempt to qualify for the US Olympic team. Reynolds, who has been banned from competition since 1990 because of a positive
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        No guarantee
        107 15 COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado Eleven National Basketball Association stars and the top university player in ths country won't guarantee a great US Olympic basketball tean*. Coach Chuck Daly admits he will be in charge of "no question, the greatest array of talent ever put together. But having an array
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        Change is good — or is it?
        151 15 Change is good or is it? LONDON English cricket chiefs insist change is for the better despite the opposition of eight counties to a new domestic package and the views of players led by England captain Graham Gooch. A special meeting of the Test and County Cricket Board at Lord's
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      380 15 ARE THESE SOME OF YOUR GOALS bSSj MVEUWWWr -T -j hydraulics, specialised include: Manufacturing, Planning, If even one of these objectives production machinery robotics Control and Information Systems, are part of your business goals for l 0 CAD/CAM systems. Management of Industrial the 92/93 cycle, plan now to visit programmable
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      831 16 BT Special Advertising Feature IVlake it 3, the obvious c wbfek. Heater MM JH The Canon BJC-800: silent, high quality output Designed bv Tron Chan and printed on Canon BJC 800 0 Introducing Taking a k ANON, a tech- produces severa o"* r-1 a D f QHAH C AAlrvilf* I
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      1100 17 BT Special Advertising Feature ke it a Canon, obvious choice Nozzle ink heats up Heater bubble forms HMI iS*'■ SBT^Sj™ bubble forces fe& V bubble cools and contracts H dHßfes?%* vacuum pulls more ink into nozzle lent high quality output Jflfigg ready to start again ANON, a J m *no
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  • STOCK EXCHANGE OF SINGAPORE 1
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      Foreign fund managers chase bank stocks higher
      4285 18  -  By Joseph Rajendran FOREIGN fund managers pickcd up Singapore hanking stocks yesterday, but the rest of the market was quiet. The benchmark Straits Times Industrials Index ended only 3.07 points higher at 1,472.87. Brokers said banking shares were favoured by foreign investors because
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      Lock icon HOT STOCK
      73 18  -  Quak Hiang Whai Comment RKNONG was traded within a range of 61 to 73 cents for months with the 60-cent level proving to be a strong support. Daily, weekly and monthly stochastics are all near zero indicating that it could be oversold. It appears to be headed downward
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    STOCK EXCHANGE OF SINGAPORE 2
    2822 19 B Sembawang 735 50 7. 3% OUT 243 +43 +215% DBS Foreign 1350 30 F2.3% SPH Foreign 1340 30 2 3% Jurong Ship 50* 1010 +20 *2.0% Keppel C Wt 525 15 2.9% Inehcape 620 f 10 1.6% Jurong Fng 50* 310 10 +3.3% OCBC
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  • KUALA LUMPUR STOCK EXCHANGE
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      Lock icon Shares close off day's best on late profit-taking
      5375 21 Bernama SHARE prices in Kuala Lumpur closed oft the day's highs yesterday after retail investors took advantage of the sharp rises in the morning session. The KLSE Composite Index at the close added 3.18 points to 594.09. the Industrial Index 0.43 of
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  • BT SHARE INFORMATION SERVICE
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      AUDITED RESULTS
      461 22 Company Date Year Group Not Not earnings Gross ann to profit/loss (L) per share dividend COM) (cents) San Teh Ma, 19 Dec 91 $8 806($6119) 12(15) 91(6) UE May 19 Dec 91 $10 000(119/000) 65(129 1) 3(3) ANA Hotels May 14 Dec 91 $2706L($1 0511) TIBS H May
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      PRELIMINARY RESULTS
      277 22 Company Date Year Group pre-tax Net earnings Gross ann to profit/loss (L) per share dividend (000) (cents) Rothmans M May 14 Mar 92 M$326.578($303.607) 74 4(65.1) 110(85) Metroplex May 11 Jan 92 M$35.899($28,160) 28(22) 6(6) Promet May 8 Dec 91 M$22,036($2,7771) 3 5( Venture Mfg May 7 Dec
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      INTERIM RESULTS
      374 22 Company Date Half-year Groap pre-tax Interim ann to profit/loss (L) dhrideod (000) NST May 14 Feb 92 M$46.248($43.849) 5(10) Goodwood Park May 7 Mar 92 $20,643($14.753) 45(35) H Msja May 7 Mar 92 $4.445($313) 20(5) SPH Apr 24 Feb 92 $123,204($110.396) 10(8) Times Pub Apr 20 Feb 92
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      DIVIDENDS ANNOUNCED
      1553 22 Current Ex Books Date Total tor Total tar payment data dose payable the year last year A ana 51 Jun 5 Inn 18 Jul 2 122% 101TE B Raya 1% Jun 24 Jul 8 Jul 20 3% 21 Boustcad 50c 7 5*(l) Apr 23 May 8 Jun 5
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      APPROVED ISSUES
      140 22 Company Rights Issue K«pp4 Franc* One-tor four <& $1 10 per share Ei-date May 25 Books dose tun 4 Acceptance Payment NYA Company Bonus Issue Amcal three Ei-date NYA Books dose NYA San M One-for ten Ej-date tun 1 Books dose Jun 5 Keppel France One-tor four Ei-date
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      CORPORATE DEVELOPMENTS
      98 22 May 15 Natsteel Ltd is locked in competition with a Japanese and a Malaysian steel company to set up a US$4O million steel rolling plant in the port city of Haiphong in Vietnam. Natsteel hopes to set up a joint venture with the Hanoi-based Vietnamsteel. Haw Par Brothers
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      COMPANY MEETINGS
      79 22 Singapore Shipfauidng Engineering Ltd: 24th AGM at the Board Room. 7 Benoi Road. Singapore 2262, on Thursday. May 21, at 2.30pm The Great Eastern Life Assirance Company Ltd: 84th AGM at 65 Chuiia Street. #18-01, OCBC Centre, Singapore 0104, on Thursday, May 21. at 11 30am Timuran HokSngs
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      MORGAN STANLEY CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL INDICES
      370 22 In local chit In S$ In US$ dy S yr d) yr S d> S yr 19 Index chgf chge chge chge chge chge World 397.7 0.4 -2.6 0.1 -4.1 0 4 -4.5 $EAFE 482.3 0.5 -3.9 0.4 -6.3 0.6 -6.7 Europe 452.9 -0.2 10.1
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    610 22 Moving Averages: A moving average curve shows at any one time the mean of the prices over a specified time frame. A five-day moving average, for instance, is the average of the last five days' prices. Moving averages (MA) are normally plotted with the prices, and serve as
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      Lock icon Stocks close higher as investors seek out bargains
      1785 23 Reuter STOCKS finished higher yesterday after a day of moderate see-saw trade. Investors actively sought bargains after an 8.87 per cent plunge on Tuesday. "Late buying came in for sharply discounted issues led by finance. The recovery will fizzle out if more
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  • JAKARTA STOCK EXCHANGE
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      Lock icon Strong local buying interest boosts stock prices
      1217 23 Reuter STOCKS closed higher yesterday, boosting the index 1.76 points to 294.23, brokers said. They said the market was active with strong local buying interest in most sectors. The volume jumped to 8.80 million shares compared with Tuesday's 5.33 million. Cigarette company Sampoerna
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      Lock icon Nikkei ends lower in directionless market
      2584 24 Reuter THE NIKKEI AVERAGE closed moderately lower yesterday but stocks overall were little changed after dull, narrow trade. Sentiment was firm but the market lacked direction on reaching the top of its trading range and was taken down by profit-taking and soft futures prices.
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      Lock icon Shares surge on talk of rate cut
      2665 24 Reuter SHARE PRICES ended sharply higher on speculation about an interest rate cut and on money diverted from Thailand's market into Hongkong, brokers said. "Most blue chips got hit hard today but this time they were hit up and not down," said Larry
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      Lock icon Index closes within hair's breadth of year's high
      2160 25 UPI A SURGE of buying in the afternoon session boosted the Sydney Stock Exchange to just a fraction under its best finish for the year yesterday, brokers said. At the close of trading, the All Ordinaries Index was up 15.7 points to
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    • Manila stocks rise to close at year's high
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        MANILA
        526 25 SHARE prices rose across the board yesterday, reflecting investor confidence after last week's peaceful election, pushing the Manila Stock Exchange Composite Index to a new 1992 high. The Manila index closed 19.25 points higher at 1,358.20. "The market is bullish because it is confident the gains achieved by the
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        TAIPEI
        548 25 SHARE prices in Taipei yesterday extended early gains to finish higher across the board as major players entered the market and bought up prices in late trade, but brokers said a correction might emerge soon. The weighted index closed at 4,560.00 points, 59.18 higher than Tuesday's 4,500.82 finish. Turnover
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        SEOUL
        741 25 SHARE prices finished sharply lower in brisk trading on the Korea Stock Exchange yesterday. The composite index of the exchange, which slid 0.08 points on Tuesday, plunged 8.06 points to close at 579.91. Losers outpaced gainers 545 to 255 among the 840 issues that changed hands. Volume rose to
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        NEW ZEALAND
        293 25 A SEVEN-SESSION rising streak in Wellington was broken yesterday as profit-takers took advantage of the market trading near its year's high. The NZSE-40 capital index closed 5.26 lower at 1,547.43 on volume of NZ$l9.4 million. Brokers remain optimistic. "I think it will return to the upward trend," a
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        BOMBAY
        102 25 BOMBAY share prices recovered further on Tuesday as the market gained in confidence. The BSE Index rose 112.51 points to 3,568.67. The National Index gained 34.46 to 1,547.15. "The panicky conditions have subsided," a broker said. Analysts said the rally was a correction after the Bombay Stock Exchange Index
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        48 25 Clow Prerkwa May 20 NEW ZEALAND NZSE-40 Capital 1,547.43 1,552.69 -5.26 Composite Index 1,358.20 1,338.95 +19.25 Turnover (mil pesos) 340.6 443.8 +215.6 TAIPEI Weighted Price Index 4,560.00 4,500.82 59.18 Turnover (NTS billion) 30.1 26.58 +3.52 SEOUL Composite Stock Index 579.91 587.97 -8.06 Turnover (billion won) 400.0 346.3 53.7
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    • Dow hits new record on hopes of rate cut
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        656 26 May 19 (."lose Previous NEW YORK Dow Jones 3,397.99 3.***** *21 96 SAP 500 416.37 412.81 +3.56 Turnover (million) 189.40 151.38 +38.02 LONDON Financial Times 30 2,129.5 2,129 1 f0 4 hTSE 100 2,700 6 2,703 6 -3.0 Turnover (million) 563.6 442.6 121.0 FRANKFURT DAX Index 1.763.26 1,758.43 +4 83
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        NEW YORK
        1369 26 STOCKS rallied for the second straight day on Tuesday in active trading, as dismal economic news heightened investors' optimism about another interest rate cut, boosting the Dow to its 20th record close of the year. The Dow Jones Industrial Average, which rebounded 22.94 points on Monday, gained another
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        LONDON
        723 26 THE London Stock Exchange closed almost unchanged on Tuesday after a day of drifting share prices that reflected mixed company trading statements. The blue-chip FTSE-100 Index, which rose 21 points on Monday, dropped 3.0 points to 2,700.6 at the close. The narrower Financial Times 30 Index rose 0.4 points
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        FRANKFURT
        144 26 THE Frankfurt stock market made a moderate advance on Tuesday, as the DAX Spot Trend Index rose 0.30 per cent on the day to close at 1,763.26 points. The Commerzbank indicator was also up 0.30 per cent, finishing at 2,000.90 points. Chart readers said that the 2,000point level on
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        AMSTERDAM
        58 26 SHARES had a fitful session, with sporadic activity at first lifting the EOE Index but in the absence of followthrough selling, prices drifted to a slightly lower close. The EOE lost 0.05 to 313.90, having made a high of 314.34, but never quite enough for a decisive break of
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        559 26 SHARE prices continued their rollercoaster ways, plunging on a volatile mix of arbitrage, profit-taking and jitters about the US economy, dealers said. The CAC-40 index, down about 0.6 per cent at mid-session, went into a tailspin after it was announced that US housing starts fell 17 per cent in
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        464 26 THE Zurich bourse closed lower in moderate trading on Tuesday. Brokers said the market was consolidating, after rising strongly recently. The all-share SPI Index closed 7.9 points lower at 1,194.1 and the SMI index of leading shares eased 11.1 to 1,928.0. The market lacked buying interest, one broker said.
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        340 26 STOCKS failed to follow an afternoon rally on Wall Street and closed slightly weaker after a slow session, dealers said. Wall Street climbed to its 20th record high of the year, after US bond prices shot sharply higher. Toronto continues to flounder far below its all-time high. "We had
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      Dollar closes slightly higher against yen and mark in Tokyo
      1168 27 REPORTS ASIA Tokyo: The dollar ended slightly higher yesterday against the yen and the mark in Tokyo, but off earlier highs on selling from interbank dealers and life insurers in the afternoon, dealers said. The topside for the currency is
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      INTERBANK FOREX RATES
      377 27 Cross rates May 20 USS SS MS Dm Yen SFr AS NZS USS 1.6310 2.5230 1.5960 129.50 0.5453 ***** 1.3228 I 8727 SS 0.6131 1.5469 0.9785 79.3991 0.3343 0.8982 0.8110 1.1482 MS 0.3964 0.65 ***** 51.3278 0.2161 0.5807 0.5243 0.7422 Dm 0.6266 1.0219 1.5808 81.14 0.3416 0.9179
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      529 27 Interbank rates s$ Bid Offer Overnight 3 3 1/8 1-month 2 15/16 3 1/16 2-month 3 3 1/8 3-month 3 1/16 3 3/16 Overnight mode. 2-15/16 USS Bid Offer 7 days 3 3/4 3 7/8 1 month 3 3/4 3 7/8 2 months 3 3/4 3 7/8 3
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      316 27 Reuter TOKYO Longer trading hours for Japan's money market, expected from next March, could invite more frequent operations by the Bank of Japan (BOJ) and some rate fluctuations, senior money traders said. "I doubt the BOJ will be able to
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      FINANCIAL FUTURES
      1450 27 SIMEX EUWOOOiLAH Open High Low Sett Est Vol Act/Vol Op/Int Jun 92 96 14 96.16 96.14 15 4000 2622 ***** Sep 92 95.90 95.94 95.89 95.92 ***** 3151 ***** 95.89 Dec 92 95.30 95.34 95.29 95.33 9000 2700 ***** Mar 93 95.14 95.19 95.14 95.17 6000 475 5425
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      Lock icon Gold jewellery demand at record level last year
      338 28 Reuter LONDON Gold demand in jewellery fabrication rose by nearly 4.0 per cent in 1991 to reach a record 2.111 tonnes and exceeded all-time high mine output by an unprecedented 351 tonnes, says Gold Fields Minerals Services (GFMS). A rapid rise in
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      386 28 Reuter RIO DE JANEIRO The Coffee Sugar Cocoa Exchange (CSCE) announced here it will launch a new Brazil Differential coffee futures contract on June 12 and that trading will begin with the September 1992 contract. The new contract is based on
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      KL tin hits new 9-month high of M$15.40
      823 28 REPORT THE price of tin finished at a new nine-month high of M$ 15.40 per kg, up 11 sen from Tuesday's close on the Kuala Lumpur Tin Market yesterday. Last Friday, the metal reached a nine-month high of MS 15.29 per kg.
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    1490 28 Rubber May 20 MS (fcfc to W—) S cents/kg Noon Close Int I RSS Prompc I43.00/I44 00N 142.00/143.00N I Int I RSS June 92 143.00/144.00 142.00/143 00 Int I RSS July 143 00/143.50 142.00/142.50 Int 2 RSS OP 142.50/143.50N 142.00/143 00N J Int 3 RSS OP I42.00/143.00N 14I.50/I42.50N J
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      442 29  -  LETTER FROM LONDON By Peter Millership AN Englishman's home may be his castle but the Chelsea Flower Show reveals his garden is his real passion. The exotic showcase for plant-lovers, a highlight of the English social calendar, was opened by Queen Elizabeth at a champagne
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      FOREIGN CURRENCY NOTE RATES
      151 29 As it 3pm yesterday: Local dollars to ooe unit of foreign currency Currencies Bid Offer Australian dollar 1.2270 1.2440 Canadian dollar 1.3620 1.3900 NZ dollar 0.8600 0.8780 Sterling pound 2.9750 3.0155 US dollar 1.6250 1.6320 Local dollar* to 100 Baits of foreign currency Austrian schilling 14.30
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      166 29 Singapore Outlook: Showers over several areas in the afternoon. Report Maximum temperature 33.8 Assoc humidity 64% Minimum temperature 25.0 Assoc humidity 96% Hours of sunshine 7.70 Rainfall in mm 0.1 Rainfall this month 52.8 Rainy days this month 9 World forecast Asia-Pacific Hi/Lo* Cond. Auckland 15/12 Goudy Bangkok 36/27 Clear
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    540 30 Success of trade talks vital to sustainable growth AFP Reuter PARIS Western industrial nations and Japan have agreed to stay the course on economic policy despite the weakness of the upcoming economic recovery and said an urgent successful outcome to world trade
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    Lock icon Members urged to lower trade barriers with E Europe, CIS
    360 30 Reuter PARIS Member countries of the OECD should support eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union by liberalising their own import policies, the economic thinktank said after its two-day ministerial meeting. The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development said in
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    329 30 Philippine election AP MANILA Fidel Ramos widened his lead for the presidency yesterday but an ally of Ferdinand Marcos surged near second place as questions emerged about the tally from the May 11 election. Nine days after the balloting. fewer than half the votes
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    Lock icon US trade deficit rises to US$5.8b
    275 30 AP WASHINGTON America's trade deficit soared to US$5.B2 billion (559.5 billion) in March as imports jumped to an 18-month high, the government said yesterday. The Commerce Department said the March imbalance was 77 per cent larger than a revised February trade gap of U553.29
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    Lock icon Taipei widens credit card issuing business
    188 30 AFP TAIPEI Taiwan yesterday widened the credit card issuing business as part of financial liberalisation efforts. Finance Ministry officials announced. Under the latest measure, all local and foreign banks on the island would be allowed to issue credit cards without joining the National Credit
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    713 30  -  The Bottom Line YANG RAZALI KASSIM YANG RAZALI KASSIM The writer is a senior BT correspondent IKthL uncomfortable with ihe sudden switch 1 have had to make in my images of Thailand. for some years. Asean's northernmost partner has been to
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    81 30 SINGAPORE Indonesian Joint Chief of Staff Soedibyo Rahardjo, here on a four-day visit, stopped over at Pulau Telup in the Phillips Channel to visit an Indonesian naval post. Leading a high-level team, VADM Soedibyo is in the Republic to discuss further
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    446 30 Reuter TAIPEI Taiwan's export orders, buoyed by rising demand from the United States, Japan and China, hit a record high in April and officials said yesterday that the boom would continue for the rest of the year. Taiwan's export orders for April
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      416 31  -  Discussions held with Singapore government agencies From Catherine One in HONGKONG BRITISH shipping giant Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Co (P&O) is studying new investments in Singapore as part of an aggressive drive to increase its presence in Asia. The world's
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      PSA finalises $139 m contract for Keppel Distripark
      220 31  -  By Juliette Walter SINGAPORE The $400 million Keppel Distripark took clearer shape as the Port of Singapore Authority finalised the project's single largest contract with Low Keng Huat (S) Ltd. PSA deputy executive director Goon Kok Loon and LKHS executive director of
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      High speed electric train proposed to link KL and Sepang airport
      436 31  -  From Fauziah Ismail in KUALA LUMPUR THE HIGH-SPEED electric train service between Kuala Lumpur and the proposed Ms 2 billion international airport at Sepang will be much faster than the planned dou-ble-track electric commuter train services which will link
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      INDEX TO SHIPPING LINES AND FREIGHT FORWARDERS
      838 31 Page Col ABC Containerline 12 1 Accord Group 8 1-3 APL 5 3-5 Arrow Inter 9 2 ASCL 5 9 Alpha Feeders 18 3 ANL 3 1/2 Bait Canada Line 7 4/5 Bait Orient Line 7 4/5 Batamindo 19 3 Bcngal Tiger Line
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      Lock icon Indian ship finance group plans further expansion
      397 31 Lloyd's List BOMBAY Substantial expansion is planned by India's leading ship finance organisation to support a US$7 billion (S$ 1 1.4 billion) modernisation of the country's private sector shipping industry. The Shipping Credit and Investment Company of India (SCICI) plans to raise US$2
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      Lock icon Brazilian exporters seek gateway port to Asian market
      233 31 AFP SAO PAULO Brazilian exporters are looking for a Pacific gateway port to Asia, which this year edged the United States as Brazil's sec-ond-largest export market behind the European Community, an export official said. Alaor Jose Gomes, spokesman of the Brazilian Exporters
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        Going beyond port-to-port shipping
        47 31 JAPAN'S shippers are riding the wave of Japanese manufacturers into the European market. Going beyond port-to-port shipping. Nippon Yusen KK, Mitsui OSK Lines Ltd and Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd are buying local trucking companies, forming partnerships and setting up independent operations P»«e 2
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        BA more than doubles profits
        40 31 BRITISH Airways pic (BA), flying higher than its rivals above the turbulence of recession and the Gulf War tourism slump, said on Tuesday that it more than doubled profits in the last year Back Page
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        Chrysler to build jeeps in Malaysia
        42 31 CHRYSLER Corp said on Tuesday it has signed an agreement to build and sell right-hand-drive jeep Cherokees in Malaysia. Assembly is expected to begin next year, said Joseph E Cappy, vice president of Chrysler Back Page
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        Shell to market unleaded fuel
        34 31 EXECUTIVES of Royal Dutch Shell announced they would immediately start marketing unleaded fuel in Argentina, the same day the state-owned petroleum giant began its sales of gasoline Back Page
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        Japan foreign ship orders fall in April
        82 32 TOKYO Foreign ship orders received by Japanese shipyards fell in April to 194,400 gross registered tons (grt) for three ships, from 243,490 grt for six ships in March. Orders totalled 1.257 million grt for 12 ships in April 1991. April orders comprised two
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        Argentina seizes Taiwan trawler
        81 32 BUENOS AIRES The Argentine coast guard on Tuesday seized a fishing ship from Taiwan which was illegally fishing within Argentine waters. The vessel, Her-Wen 1. was spotted near the coast of Buenos Aires province. When it attempted to flee Argentina's exclusive economic zone, the coast guard
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        Aid ship hijacked by crew
        96 32 JOHANNESBURG A ship with 10,000 tonnes of maize to feed the hungry in Zimbabwe has been hijacked to Cuba by its crew. The Cotopaxi. set sail on March 25 and docked for repairs after passing through the Panama Canal. The captain then made a break
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        Rolls engines cleared for tests
        55 32 RESTON, Virginia Rolls-Royce pic said its RB2II-535 airliner engine was cleared by the British Civil Aviation Authority for test flights on Russia's Tupolev Tu-204 commercial jet. Rolls-Royce said it is currently preparing to begin shipments of the engines to Moscow-based airline design firm Tupolev Design
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        Cargo plane crashes at air base
        68 32 EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, California A cargo plane leased by the Navy crashed on Monday on a runway at Edwards Air Force Base, killing two of nine people on board, officials said. The other seven passengers were taken to hospitals, and six were listed
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        UN to meet on Cuban request
        63 32 UNITED NATIONS The Security Council agreed on Tuesday to meet on Cuba's call for condemnation of the US for allegedly harbouring two Cuban exiles accused of bombing a Cuban airliner in 1976. No date was set, but diplomats said they expected the meeting today
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        Air bridge to Somalia
        64 32 GENEVA The United Nations is to set up an air bridge from Kenya to Somalia to fly food to thousands of starving people in the war-torn capital of the east African country. The UN children's fund, Unicef, announced that the flights would go to Mogadishu from
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      Lock icon Shippers go door-to-door
      920 32  -  As Japanese companies expand their businesses in the European market, shipping firms are competing to acquire more orders. But Japanese lines have gone beyond port-to-port shipping, says Takehiro Fukuda Takehiro Fukuda Nikkei Weekly JAPAN'S shippers are riding the wave of Japanese manufacturers into the European market. Going
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      COCKETT BUNKER MARKET REPORT
      800 32 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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      THE SHIPPING GUIDE
      12506 40 This is a list of ships loading Ap< at Singapore for ports around the world. It tabulates, by A<t destination, the name of the ship, the shipping line involved and the estimated kt dates of arrival and departure Ni from the Port of Singapore, jjj LEGEND PN:
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      3338 45 C ontainerlinr NY: Beisin Shpg Agencies Pte Ltd (SVManne Handling S«gi Bhd (PK/PN). Accord Croap: Accord Shpg Pte Ltd (SyAccord Contr l ine (PK/PN) Aftris Business Corporation Philippine CaJsource Shpg Trdg Pte Ltd (S) AfeKnkiel liner Service Kim Shpg I fldg (S) Xfcatros Sen-Air Service: Frata Shpg Pte
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      COURIER SERVICES
      266 45 Abacus Couriers Tel: 545-8011. Fax: *****98 Air Express Travel Tel: 533-5771 I an: *****44 Airborne Freight Corporation Tel 542-8844 Fax: *****16. *****80. Airswift Worldwide Courier Tel: 278-0188 Fax: *****83. AJS Supplies Tel: 748-6322 (2 lines). 747-7421. Fax: *****75. City-link International Tel: 344-3377. Fax: *****50. Cluster link Supplies A
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      1517 45 Abex Express Freight Tel: 542-7171. Fax: *****84. Actinic Forwarder Tel: 225-1833. Fax: *****42. Activair Singapore Tel: 542-7822. Fax: *****20. Aerolink Freight International Tel: 545-8031 Fax: *****05. Aerospeed Tel: 542-5911. Fax: *****18. Air Cargo Novo Express Tel: 542-5454. Fax: *****06 Air Express International Tel: 542-7666. Fax: *****74. *****50. Air
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      2862 46 ARGENTINA Labour working normally Buenos Vires: Slight congestion after the long weekend and vessels needing deep-draft berths are ha\ ing to wait up to 2 days for a berth. Grain loaders allocated to elevator berths arc having to wait 1-2 days. After a long period of inactivity, a
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      1328 46 SHIP SALES TANKER RATES Simpson Spence Young VESSELS ON OFFER Bulk Carriers Aegean Lion: 72,044 dwt and built Feb 1977 Mitsubishi. 15 buyers so far inspected, ideas in excess of USSB million. Nordpol: 61.77S dwt and built Aug 1982 Koyo Mihara. reported to have been offered USS 14.75 million. Tamar:
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      674 46 CRUISE FERRY SCHEDULES CRUISE SHIPS AfT Pep Nik of Vca—l ETA ETP Pom of Calls Port Agent MAY 21 21 Cora Princcss 1000 1800 Sin-Jakarta Harpers Shipping 22 22 Asean World 0900 1800 Sin-Hkt Sembawang Johnson 24 24 Royal Pacific 1000 2000 Cruise to Nowhere Ocean Trade Chartering 24 26
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        613 47 Vessel Voy No Berth km* Departut Vessel V°»Jto Berth Arrival Departae Marina Terminal 1 Jurong Port Batam Murni *****2 M03 alongside 2005 2300 Alara 3/9 14 alongside 2105/2359 Batamindo 1 200S M02 alongside 20 05/1900 Emerald 1 J5 alongside 20 05/2300 Garuda G48 M04 alongside 20 05
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        212 47 JOHOT6 ron Berth: 1: Geniki; 2: Juta Jaya, Kris Madura; 3: Kota Bakti; 4: Ikan Sepat; 5: nrl; 6: Jevel All. 01 jetty: Mangola DCJ: ml. Dim on May 20: Kisogawa, Global Mars, Ding An. Barge Munar No 2. Uni Moral. Dim on May 21: Stolt Crown,
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        1359 47 DELIVERY OF FCl IMPORT CONTAINERS IN PROGRESS SNp Voy Mb Contain** avafabto S# Ni vn*U» Zrni Mbourne 215E 19.05 92 0700 Skulptor Gol 10-92E COO(EST) 19 05.92 0 700 0 Sentosa 58N 1905.92 0810 K V Ushakov 13CW92 COO(EST) 20 05.92 1500 Fufengshan 06N 1905 92 0810 Lampung
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      TRANSPORT DIARY
      1188 48 June i-2 (2 days): Contract Formation The Materials Management Way, organised by Singapore Institute of Purchasing and Materials Management. For more details, please contact SIPMM Executive Officer at tel: 273-4172 or fax: 274-1132. June 4-5 (2 days): Advanced Inventory Management, organised by Singapore Institute of Purchasing and Materials
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      DAILY FREIGHTS
      759 48 DRY CARGO brokers on Tuesday saw tightness in the supply of Panamax vessels continue in the Atlantic sector, but the better supplied Pacific was generally weaker. The Baltic Freight Index (BF1) reflected these trends by rising one point to 1,286 on the strength in the Atlantic but also
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      Lock icon British Airways more than doubles profits to £285 m
      379 50 UK airline is only major European carrier to show a gain Reuter LONDON British Airways pic (BA). flying higher than its rivals above the turbulence of recession and the Gulf War tourism slump, said on Tuesday that it more than doubled
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      231 50 AFP STUTTGART, Germany Daimler-Benz, the biggest German industrial group, increased profits by 14.2 per cent at an annual rate during the first quarter to 480 million deutschemarks (***** million), the company reported. President Edzard Reuter said that the group was on a rising cycle and intended
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      Lock icon Chrysler to produce Cherokees in M'sia
      213 50 UPI HIGHLAND PARK, Michigan Chrysler Corp said on Tuesday it has signed an agreement to build and sell right-hand-drive jeep Cherokees in Malaysia. Assembly is expected to begin next year, said Joseph E Cappy, vice president of Chrysler's international operations. The domestic Malaysian four-wheel-drive
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      Lock icon Shell to market unleaded fuel in Argentina
      526 50 UPI BUENOS AIRES Executives of Royal Dutch Shell announced on Tuesday they would immediately start marketing unleaded fuel in Argentina. the same day the state-owned petroleum giant began its sales of lead-free gasoline. "To be successful in today's market, the consumer needs fuels
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      Lock icon Car dealer arrested for cheating GM
      170 50 Reuter NEW YORK Federal prosecutors seized more than US$4OO million (***** million) in assets from a Long Island car dealer accused of defrauding General Motors Corp of hundreds of millions of dollars in a phony loan scheme. The dealer, John McNamara, did not contest
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      452 50 MD-12 programme will need USssb, say analysts UPI NEW YORK Standard and Poors may change its ratings on McDonnell Douglas Corp's debt and commercial paper following the disclosure that Taiwanese investors may not spend up to USS2 billion (SS3.2 billion) for 40 per cent of McDonnell
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      374 50 NYT NEW YORK The former Soviet Union, which only last year could receive fewer telephone calls from beyond its borders than a mediumsize Manhattan apartment building, got direct-dial service on Tuesday to more than 2,000 cities in 15 republics. For the first time,
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      566 34 SEASPAC SERVICE CONTAINERS U IREAUUU DWECT SOUTH PACIFIC SERVICE SIN |NOU SUV PPT JANIKA II 3601E8 25/5 7/6 tO/6 16/6 PALEMBANG 3702E8 25-28'6 10/7 13/7 18/7 Transit fim« 1(13) <16) (22) ALSO ACCEPTWC CARGO VIA SUVA 10 lAUIOKA. PAGO PAGO. APIA, NUKUALOFA. P V*A FASTEST SERVICE TO CHI/PERU SIN VAP
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      1552 34 KlgONftNia uvs REGULAR INDEPENDENT FULL CONTAINER SERVICE WESTBOUND TO EUROPE VSI/VOY SM ALG BCI HAM BRE ROT ANT FEL LHA (VIA (MA (VIA ALG) HAM) ROT) JAPAN SEA 212W 23/05 16/06 18/06 20/06 21/06 22/06 23/06 23/06 24/06 CHINA SEA 213W 01/06 22/06 23/06 24/06 25/06 26/06 27/06 28/06 29/06
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      1834 35 H STRAITS SHIPPING PTE LTD 15 Hoe Chiang Road #09-01 Sanford Building Singapore 0208 Tel: *****88 Fax: *****17 ACCEPTS 0« SAILS SPOKI B'KOK CARGO MARION V 006N 23 24 MAY 26-27 MAT MIS MADURA Vos€ *K. 10. Ia» m C«l 21 May K(m b, nung W K***** 24-25 MAY 27-28
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      2546 35 i SINGAPORE AGENT: PAnfoiflAfC P&O Containers (Singapore Agencies) Pte Ltd tV A OIV/ d 10 Hoe Chiang Road #07-01 KEPPEL TOWERS. Singapore 0208 ■P?SI -w- Te) 225 rs pNOCSp Fax 225 5327/222 7517 fT-* CR Number **********0Z EXPORT ll<lPoß l___ini^^M VESSEL VOV FPNO *PKG UN ALO SOU ANT HOT HAM
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      585 36 S3BB CR NBR **********0-D EXPRESS SEMI CONTAINERSHIP SERVICES TO EUROPE VSI/VOY STORE «MM/MM H'BUtG BREMEN ANTWERP ETA/D nn«l/2MB 24-27/5 1/7 S/7 9/7 13/7 MIMUM/32M8 2-C/7 5/8 9/1 14/t 17/1 FAST TRANSIT TIME ACCEPTING BREAKBULK/CONTAINERISED CARGO lub|Kl to Inducement. Also accepting cargo to Casablanca. Port Said, Port Alexandria. Genoa. Triasta. ALSO
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      1851 37 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 KB UK/EUROPE SERVICE *****00 EXPORT CFS MB2 *****53/*****50 AUST/INDIA/PAK *****00 NEPLINE SDN BHD MALAYSIA K.L.-(03) *****33. P Kelang-(03) *****87.
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      1098 37 SINSOV SINGAPORE SOVIET SHIPPING CO PRIVATE LTD BOOKING: *****51/ *****64/ *****06 (FESCO LINE) ENQUIRIES: *****33 MARINE INSURANCE SERVICE: *****87/ *****87 KL: 03 *****75/697 PORT KELANG: *****43/ *****40 JAKARTA: *****57 PENANG: *****4/ *****8 JOHORE BAHRU: *****1/ *****1 (REGULAR INDEPENDENT SERVICE) FULL CONTAINERSHIP SERVICES E>STBOUNO —OtSCHAftGHC WCSTBOWD—LOADWC TRAWSHPPtD VIA ROTTERDAM wsms vot
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      1261 38 K" T f AS AGENTS KAWASAKI SINGAPORE (PTE) LTD (CR No: **********0 M) w v %.T TEL- *****77 TELEX: KAWAKIRS23I6S FAX: *****07/8/9 I I f%| 14 MALAYSIA: *K" UNE MARITIME (MALAYSIA) SON BHD I aL MmJ JL MIJ TEL SA *****00 PK *****01/5 PENANG *****0 JB *****1 KAWASAKI KISEN KAISHA,
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      828 38 PHIU-ORI€NT UN€S PTC LTD »|9 by air, land OR SEA.... IVE TAKE ON THE WORLD FOR YOU MEMBER OF SINGAPORE FREIGHT FORWARDERS ASSOCIATION AUSJHAUA/MEW Z£ALAMD/SOtJTH PACIFIC FCULCL SERVICE "V) MAY SYDNEY MELBOURNE. BRISBANE, FREMANTLE lin ,eT/«ui .oru 27 MAY AUCKLAND. WELLINGTON. LYTTLETON, NEW PLYMOUTH. NAPIER. CHRISTCHURCH 28 MAY SUVA. NOUMEA,
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      1679 39 f PAC.RC INTERNATIONAL LINES (PTE) LTD g "IM g/ mKKK 140 Cec street #03-00 PIL Building. Singapore 0106. Tel: *****33 p.r NQ: 1008Q670QQQE JAKARTA —I fBAtoQKOK VEEEEL »OY UN «T EM KOT WN7 ANO CTTEIE S/E KOTA INO AH 211 24/8 28/5 31/3 ninTllilTMV 28N 23/8 28/8 2/3 BUNOA TERATAI
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      709 39 EXPRESS CONTAINER SERVICE TO UK-NORTH CONTINENT-SCANDtWAVfA WEEKLY FEEDER VESSEL PENANG PKELANG OCEAN VSL/VQY SIN SOU 1) RTM (2) HAM (3) GOT (4) ANSON TBN 22/5 23/5 NIHON 2202 26/5 12/6 14/6 15/6 17/6 ANSON/TBN 29/5 30/5 BENARTY 2212 2/6 19/6 2l_/6 22/6 24/6 ANSON/TBN 5/6 6/6 ALSIA 2222 9/6 26/6
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      301 39 mk MYANMA wßmk FIVF star line IT (Myanmar National Line) Loadini for Yanfon (Ranfoon) Sport P.KIf P*n P.Gd« MTA-AN WI77W 23/21 May M MYOMA YWA VI42W 24/26 Mi, PAGAN VII3W 25/21 Ml* HPA-AN VI7IN 1/10 lun NIGERIAN NATIONAL SHIPPING LINE NIGERIA EXPRESS SERVICE MAJE V.49 SINGAPORE 28 May ETA Lagos
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      2628 42 Conventional Semi-Container Full Container i Liner Services Liner Services Agents: hm—tn'tAin*: Guon Boon Shipping Sdn Bhd Cl*n§ CM** Shipping Sin AM P.T. fIMW Ml MMHM SSortmo General Agents: Booking Agents: General Agents: Booking Agents: Pemann Muo» Huu 29 a nun flow/ hi* jhh mmhwh Ylck Fung Shipping Shipping Frolgkt Booking
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      278 42 SAMUOEM MOONESIA (S) PTI LTD 15 McCALLUM STREET #14-04 NATWEST CENTRE M§ Singapore 0104 T«tu: R*****0 Tel: *****41-3 Fax: 225 4*34, *****36 FOR BOOKINGS CALL WRECT UWE TEL: *****41/*****43» SM/JAK SERVICE VESSEL VOY SIN OAK TWADIKA 925 23/05 (SAT) 27/05 (WED) LAWANTI 962 25/05 (MON) 27/05 (WED) MERKUR DELTA 924
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      628 43 FAMOUS CONTAINER LINES 1 o ANSON RD. #15-21 INTERNATIONAL PLAZA, S'PORE 0207 TSr HOT LINE *****33 (24 LINES LIMASSOL/PIREAUS 24/5 ROTTERDAM 24/5 HAIFA/ASHDOD/ALEXANDRIA 24/5 HAMBURG/BREMEN 24/5 MARSEILLE/FRANCE 24/5 FEUXSTOWE/UK 24/5 BARCELONA/SPAIN 24/5 LEHAVRE/ANTWERP 24/5 GENOA/ITALY 24/5 GOTHENBURG/SCANDINAVIA 24/5 LOS ANGELES/WC/IPI 24/5 SYDNEY/MELBOURNE 26/5 NEW YORK/EC 24/5 FREMANTIE 24/5 VANCOUVER 24/5
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      1099 43 ffAii richfieIoTKTTSIES (S) PTE LTD 0 TEL: *****33 (12 Lldm) If II I^jWUIiFI^WiWiIBIHIIITPBWITiE^^^W SFAX: *****15/*****03 TELEX: R3 ***** RIBHIP (3 LinM) JAKARTA BANGKOK h3T\ ETHIOPIAN SHIPPING UNES |«m »> I T" I I 1 (National Lines of Ethiopia) iaou bhum oi» 22/ os 25/05 hta mm 234N met 21 /05
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      132 43 "Vessel Voy ETA LTD Destn TZU HANG 9242S 25/5 28/5 Kompongsom SHUHO MARU NO 18 9201S IN PT 25/5 Ptwom Penh ERMINIA 9235S IN PT 21/5 Ptwom Penh HONGZHAN 9234S 29/5 2/6 Ptwom Penh HOSHO MARU 9226S 13/5 20/5 Ptwom Penh SHUNFU 9217S 18/5 23/5 Vungtau GENKAI NO 8 9206S
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      375 43 mmi iKER-unc VSL VOY SINGAPORE MADRAS SINGAPORE ttSSEI «0T SM kUt SW lis* CIOUD ICN M PT 2» 29 05 03-04/06 UGH BROGt 205* 23 24 05 30 01 06 06 07 06 lIGER SIM 17M 27 21/05 03 05/06 10-11/06 UGH Sflto 206N 30-31/05 06 01/06 13-14/06 VSL VOY
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      1453 44 S'PORE IMPORT: *****11 111 i 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 |||K/SCAN/MEDPORTS I AFRICA p fN pK S|N PEN PK SIN Cotombo 24/5 25/5 26/5 23/5 24/5 25/5 ldn/FI«/Rdm/Ant Durban/Pt Louis
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      287 44 ■■HH^HOTTTSPyTST^RTm^HI^H^H BLUE STAR LINE TO FROM 0/ NEW ZEALAND AND T/S TO FIJI TO AND FROM NEW~ZEALAND PCIRTS sm NPI Ml ITI SM PRiMttR US 29/5 10/6 WA Id 12/6 MUBIRA 27S 12/6 2«/« W* "1 13/7 AUSI SIM V 0522 21/6 3/7 WA Nft 5/7 22/7 FULLY CONTAINERISED SAILINGS
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      1145 44 THING SOON LINES PTE. LTD. ——77 ROBINSON ROAD #15-00, #16-00 SIA BUILDING SINGAPORE 0106 TEL: *****88 FAX NO: *****11, *****22 TLX: RS ***** CARRIER, RS ***** JENHOL CABLE: TOSOCO CQMVIHTIOHAL/CQWTAIWBH I COWTftHWI BHWMWf 1 SINGAPORE TO WEST MALAYSIA SINGAPORE TO WEST MALAYSIA VESSEL Ivor let* Ipest vessel HOT SPOtE P.
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      79 47 Geared to keep the busy business executive abreast of new technologies he can exploit to full advantage, INNOVATipN TECHNOLOGY page provides news, reviews and features in the areas of information technology, biotechnology, electronics and just about everything high-tech. Although its primary focus is on local news, INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY in Business
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      463 47 TIDES AND WEATHER TODAY'S TIDCS (height in metres) HOW 0000 0100 0200 0300 0400 0500 0600 0700 OSOO 0900 *****100 1200 **********00 1600 **********00 2000 21(10 2200 2300 JR 28 31 30 2 7 22 16 1 1 0 7 05 05 06 10 15 19 2.2 2.2 21 18
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      267 48 1. UI.TIMATE F WEKwHT SERVICES ""1 rNMpJ .~3ifßpT *> iiimiiii ~*mfo (IM> —torn,rmv*\,sro,u.wwrwr y ports «*El*Mrfs wfe^'i'iiPSLdhtafc#^flpito*S- -CilwiliiiiiiiliifcWwfci*, rMiirirnir t ottMO. SIUrtUN, T««to, VMMMr, BXN6KOK «**f UK NM safe. Qmlmc on. MAURITIUS -MM a4EUMR %t -MM* MO.MM PACIfIC JSIANDS 1|- ftw* tflMi. Hiirfii, Iggjf t,; K t*utak iMM* 1 AFWCA
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      419 48 JLcoscol UKC CONVENTIONAL SERVICE VESSEL PKL PNO P.O. LOACH NO FOR: A VESSEL 28/05 Rott«rd«m/Ant¥»*rp QUA CONVENTIONAL SERVICE VESSEL PKL PNG P.O. LOAWNG FOR: KAIHENQ 15/05 20/05 Huanflpu/Ooanflzhou COSCO FULL CONTAMER Bflgj <FCL/FCL> EXPORT TO: CMNA/MANOKOK/HONOKONO EUROPE/CONTINENTAL WEST MEDITERRANEAN AUSTRALIA US WEST COAST PERSIAN OUt-F/KARACHI I Please refer above mentioned
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      383 48 J <^\J¥eek!yLCL I Consolidation I COLOMB I ChHTTAGONG Wkk rilHriT' 1 n 7c/.~ 227 4788 IV4# 7"" Fax: *****83• IBOCSI EUROPE/S.E.A. BREAKBULK SERVICE VESSEL MARITIME LAPIS BREMEN 74/5 ANTWERP 10-16/5 TO EDOAH PORT KELANG. SINGAPORE. HONG KONG KAOHSJUNG KEELUNG AND MCHON TBN GDANSK 11-26/5 ANTWERP 29/5-3/6 TO PORT KELANG. SWGAPORE.
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      41 48 CHINA REGULAR (XI LCL AND FCL SERVICES J- FROM PKLAN6 PENANG IS 10 MAINLAND CHINA AND INLAND CITIES. FOR BOOKINGS PLEASE CALL General Agents: imf\ GULFSHIP AGENCIES SDN. BHD, PORT KLANG 1- Tel 03-*****70/1 Fax. 03-*****69 culfS> Tlx: MA ***** GULFPK
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      1224 49 A HYUNDAI I MERCHANT MARINE CO. LTD. VIA FEEDER PACIFIC SOUTH-WEST SERVICE PWA* PKE* PGP* SW* TO US* VOY MO LBH OAK DM./HOU CHI SLU NYC 28/04 22/04 24/04 0105 H. INNOVATOR 49E OS/OS 25/05 21/05 21/05 29/05 29/05 31/05 05/05 29/04 01/05 08/05 H. EXPLORER 48E 15/05 01/06 04/06
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      459 49 >»JlWLW!l?lW!fgifiaßBl*Bi STRAITS/ JAPAN/ STRAITS SERVICE SPECIALIST IN RO-RO HEAVY LIFTS INBOUND VESSELS nssti VOT H MC hi lam si ai ai SQMAI II PT 11/$ SMI IKM M M/S It/S TMUOK IMAS 19/S U/% CMIMPIOO TUMI IS IS S 17/1 lISTtM NOT IS S COSNK MISTII I 11/J COSMC TIAOCI
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      1092 49 OUR USA SERVICE CALLS SINGAPORE If MM. hw IMM. m IUNWWQinUK wn DIRECT EVERY ■MM MM <570 DM IUMIOO W IW1! 27 20 05 10/ M 17/ M 17/ M 17/ M U/00 II M It M 70/ M UfCHIJCCnAV M. UN SltOK 7HI Mto 4UOIOO WKI »0«?I1 UM M
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      120 49 MVBINTANG MAS SHIPPING PTE. LTV. MJ 39 NEIL ROM) SINGAPORE 0208 TEL: *****88 TLX: R*****5 SINMER FAX: *****64 icctrn wb w CMGO STCK HSimnOß bwtmk sim »ia a n B-a HIT UK KLMI »m M 1121 MDH»T RJW. *1« 2«» 2i n*" ""l l*«"- 1 Ml KURT MH *111 »01
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