The Business Times, 9 March 1993

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    16 1 Business Times Mi l A (P) 552/12/92 Tuesday March 9 1993 \m: know asia 75 c
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  • 2am LATEST
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      Lock icon US rejects plan to send troops to Yugoslavia
      67 1 Reuter WASHINGTON The While Mouse yesterday rejected a suggestion by United Nations Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali that UN member nations must be prepared to send troops against Serbian forces if they fail to reach a negotiated peace in the former Yugoslavia. White House
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      Lock icon Texas cult leader says he's ready for war
      67 1 AFP WACO, Texas Besieged cult leader David Koresh yesterday challenged law officers to come in and get him at his headquarters here, saying he is ready for war as authorities brought in M-IAI Abrams main battle tanks. Koresh and over 100 of
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    MARKET SUMMARY
    112 1 Stock market indices Monda> Change STII 1.661.04 +3.67 KLSE Composite 637.13 -0.41 Nikkei 17.6X6.47 +868.77 Hang Seng 6.482.16 -20.65 SET Index closed Jakarta Composite ...308.50 1.31 CLSA China B 1.564.28 56.94 AuslAIIOrd 1.617.1 +3.5 FTSE 100 2.957.3 -35.2 Monda) Pretious 11 am close Dow Jones 3.434 01 3.404.58
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    Lock icon Canada may postpone Nafta ratification: report
    208 1 Reuter OTTAWA Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney may decide not to seek ratification of the North American Free Trade Agreement (Nafta) before he leaves office on July 1. The Toronto Star on Sunday cited one of Mr Mulroney's closest advisers as saying Nafta ratification
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    S'pore firms seeking to build houses, condos in Russia
    477 1  -  By Walton Morais MUSCOVITES may in future live in homes built by Singapore companies DBS Land. Straits Steamship Land and Intraco. Intraco chief executive Bernard Chen told a visiting Russian delegation led by Vice-President Alexandr Rutskoi at a breakfast meeting yesterday
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    Dr M tables constitution Bill, hits out at Kelantan Sultan
    400 1  -  From Leslie Lopez in KUALA LUMPUR MALAYSIAN Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad tabled eonstitutional amendments in Parliament yesterday to withdraw the special privileges granted to the country's royalty. But despite the compromise struck between the Sultans and the government last
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    Suharto says age is catching up, but gives no hint of stepping down
    474 1  -  From Yang Razali Kassim in JAKARTA PRESIDENT Suharto said yesterday that he was growing old hut gave no hint that he will step down before his new term officially ends. The Indonesian leader, who has been unanimously
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    Walter Woon calls for law to enforce filial piety in S'pore
    510 1  -  By Schutz Lee SINGAPORE Filial piety should he legislated, argued Nominated Member of Parliament Walter Woon in Parliament yesterday. Mr Woon was speaking, on the first day of the Budget dehate. on how the effects of the proposed Goods
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    Quiet start to S'pore options trading
    461 1  -  By Magdalene Ng SINGAPORE Options trading on Kcppcl Corporation and SIA Foreign shares made a quiet debut in Singapore yesterday. There was little fanfare as institutional investors took a wait-and-see attitude, brokers said. They added that interest came mainly from retail investors as institutions
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      25 1 Hock Lock Siew UK market's optimism is premature P# 9 Yeltsin-Parliament standoff a passing phase. Back Pg Suharto: I didn't engineer im wa> up. I'c
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
    • eye on the ECONOMY
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        Lock icon January cargo volume up 10pc
        348 2  -  By Rahita Elias THE Singapore port started 1993 on a strong note, chalking up an almost 10 per cent rise in cargo volume in January to over 20 million tonnes. However, the growth fell short of the increase seen in January 1992, when shipments passing
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      US firm clinches contract to study TV viewing habits
      287 2  -  By Hong Lee Tiam AN AMERICAN research company has pipped Survey Research Singapore (SRS) to win a contract to study the television viewing habits of Singaporeans. Industry sources said Singapore Broadcasting Corporation Enterprises (SBCE) awarded the contract to A C Nielsen
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      MPs urge more help for small companies going abroad
      487 2 Yesterday in Parliament WHILE they hailed as generous and far-sighted the various incentives in this year's "bonanza Budget", Members of Parliament were not short on suggestions on what else was needed to throw up more entrepreneurs in Singapore. One main conccrn
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      Views on CPF top-up scheme
      341 2  -  Reports by Anna Teo,Schutz Lee OPPOSITION leader Chiam See Tong yesterday likened the new CPF share ownership topup scheme to a bank lucky draw that dangles a prize car to induce people to put in money. "It is a very clever move," the Potong Pasir
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      Sisir to set up Institute of Environmental Technology to help regional firms
      298 2  -  By R Sivanithy THE Singapore Institute of Standards and Industrial Research will set up a $20 million Institute of Environmental Technology this year to help regional firms meet international standards. The institute will be 50 per cent funded
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      GST offsets lauded but price rises feared
      448 2 MEMBERS of Parliament yesterday applauded the finance minister for the package of offsets which will accompany the proposed Goods and Services Tax (GST), but were quick to seek assurance from him that costs will not rise by more than the 3 per cent
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      Two MPs suggest ways to vary proposed cap on medical benefits
      318 2 TWO MPs yesterday suggested ways to vary the proposed cap on a company's tax-free medical benefits to ensure that employees are not worse ofT. During yesterday's Budget debate, Nominated MP Toh Kcng Kiat suggested that instead of a fixed
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      Mobil pumping $31m into new tank farm
      161 2 OIL MAJOR Mobil is pumping $31 million into a new tank farm which will increase its storage capacity by 10 per cent. The tank farm will be on Pulau Pesek, an island off Mobil's Jurong refinery Tan Tok Khew. technical manager of Mobil
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  • THE REGION
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      Ramos may seek emergency powers to deal with energy crisis
      506 3  -  Reports from Al Labita in MANILA PHILIPPINE President Fidel Ramos said yesterday he is considering declaring a state of emergency to cope with the country's electricity crisis. But he cannot do so until the Senate gives him the authority. "We
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      Philippines is against military role for Japan in Asia-Pacific
      433 3 MANILA President Fidel Ramos yesterday voiced opposition to a Japanese military role in Asia and the Pacific, saying regional stability should be anchored on economic cooperation. "Our position is very clear on this." he said at a press conference on the
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      Lock icon American businessman proposes US-Asean free trade pact
      254 3 Bernama BANGKOK A top American businessman has proposed that Asean enter into a free trade agreement with the United States to expand economic ties, a news report said yesterday. The Asean-US Free Trade Agreement "might take the form of a link between Afta
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      I've never engineered my way to power, says Suharto
      270 3  -  From Yang Razali Kassim in JAKARTA PRESIDENT SUHARTO said yesterday that he never had ambitions for office and never "engineered his way to power". He said this when accepting nominations for him to continue for another term, according to Akbar Tanjung.
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      Lock icon Manufacturing sector in M'sia forecast to post higher growth
      363 3 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR The Malaysian manufacturing sector is projected to grow at a slightly higher rate of 13.8 per cent in 1993 from an estimated 13 per cent last year following the expected recovery in the industrialised economies, says stockbroking firm
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      Lock icon Thai Nobel prize nominee ordered to stand trial
      149 3 UPI BANGKOK Authorities, ignoring appeals by human rights groups, yesterday ordered a social activist to stand trial on charges of lese majeste and defamation for allegedly criticising the monarchy and former military leaders. A criminal court judge set an April 8 trial
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      Lock icon HK again delays tender for waterfront reclamation project
      378 4 Reuter HONGKONG The SinoBritish row over the colony's political development has forced a third delay in a huge waterfront reclamation that is a key component of Hongkong's controversial U5522.5 billion (Ss37 billion) airport project. Airport projects spokesman Paul Brown said yesterday that
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      Lock icon China shrugs off inflation, ignoring danger signs
      527 4 Reuter BEIJING When credit is easy, prices are rising and China's frugal masses start splurging on luxuries, it is usually time for communist leaders to issue panic-stricken warnings about the "tiger of inflation". Not this time. To the surprise of many people, they
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      Yixing just like Shenzhen five to six years ago: mayor
      297 4  -  By Teh Hooi Ling SINGAPORE Inland cities in China have land, labour and utilities that are just as good as those in the coastal special economic zones. But they are cheaper. Li Zhihao, the mayor of Yixing City, which is
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      Lock icon Kim replaces tainted ministers, Seoul mayor
      298 4 Reuter SEOUL Newly elected South Korean President Kim Young Sam, his anti-corrup-tion crusade embarrassed by the tainted past of key appointees, was forced yesterday into an early cabinet reshuffle. Army chief of stafT, General Kim Jin Young, in a surprise move, was dismissed and
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      Lock icon Old Chinese officials urged to step down
      296 4 UPI BEIJING The Communist Party's flagship newspaper yesterday urged older leading officials to step aside for a new generation and support the younger leaders in China's economic reforms, citing the "inevitability of history". The signed commentary in the People's Daily appeared to be
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    • ASIA NOTES
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        Lock icon First economic meeting in 4 decades
        82 4 AFP TAIPEI Taiwan and India will have their first economic meeting in four decades here today, marking a breakthrough in bilateral relations since New Delhi switched diplomatic recognition to Beijing in 1949. The meeting will be co-chaired by Jeffrey Koo, chairman of the International
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        Lock icon China top venue for Taiwan investment
        77 4 Reuter TAIPEI China has emerged as the main location for Taiwan's overseas investment, luring Taiwanese capital away from other areas such as the US and South-east Asia, according to a government study. Seventy-two per cent of 247 Taiwanese companies now planning to invest abroad
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        Lock icon Leaving HK before 1997
        97 4 Reuter HONGKONG About one in eight residents of Hongkong plan to leave the territory before China's takeover in 1997, according to results of a survey published yesterday. About 13 per cent of Hongkong's 5.9 million people are planning to seek right of abode in a foreign
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        Lock icon Support for Patten's reforms
        68 4 Reuter TOKYO A group of politicians and business leaders from Japan and Britain said it supported Hongkong Governor Chris Patten's democratic reform plans. Mr Patten discussed the future of the British colony at a Japanese-British forum here over the weekend. "We were able to have a
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        Lock icon Aussie job vacancies at 2-yr high
        35 4 Reuter SYDNEY Job vacancies registered with the Commonwealth Employment Service jumped to a two-year high in the three months to Dec 31. the department of employment reported vesterdav. Reuter
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      Lock icon Tokyo wants Asean to liberalise service sector
      418 6 AFP TOKYO Japan is quietly pressing members of the Association of South-east Asian Nations (Asean) to do more to liberalise various service industries. ranging from shipping to construction, government officials say. Tokyo dispatched an unofficial mission to Malaysia. Singapore. Indonesia and Thailand over
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      Lock icon Japan-Russia hostility hardens over Kurile dispute
      246 6 AFP TOKYO Mutual hostility between Russians and Japanese over the two countries" territorial dispute has hardened. according to the results of a poll published here yesterday. The survey, conducted in February, said 86.7 per cent of Japanese favoured the restoration of the Russian-occupied Kurile
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      Lock icon Call for more consumer rights for Japanese
      568 6 NYT TOKYO Japanese consumers now have a test case of just how committed the government is to protecting their rights. Amid recent reports that playing video games could cause seizures in children, the Japanese learnt they had not been receiving warnings that Nintendo,
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      Lock icon Hewson stands by his policy for new immigrants
      290 6 Reuter SYDNEY Australia's opposition leader John Hewson yesterday repeated his call for state benefit cuts for new immigrants. saying taxpayers could not be expected to foot the bill during a recession. Mr Hewson's Liberal-Na-tional Party coalition, slightly ahead of the ruling Labor
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      Lock icon Keating warns of big step backwards if opposition wins
      380 6 AFP BRISBANE Prime Minister Paul Keating began the final week of campaigning for the March 13 poll here yesterday, warning that a coalition victory would mean a step backwards to conservative orthodoxy far more aggressive than anything Australia has seen before.
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  • THE WORLD
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      Lock icon Latest figures raise hopes over US job creation
      604 8 Turnaround in employment would raise questions over Clinton economic package Reuter W ASHINGTON A dramatic rise in the February nonfarm payroll suggests that the US economic recovery may at long last be reaching what has been its most elusive goal job creation.
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      Lock icon Clinton expected to change make-up of courts: report
      236 8 Reuter NEW YORK US President Bill Clinton is expected to appoint hundreds of judges and diversify the court system, dramatically changing the judicial landscape. The Xew York Times reported yesterday. It said a near-record number of vacancies on the bench and the
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      Lock icon Caught red-handed
      60 8 Reuter BALI DOGLE, Somalia A Somali sits with his hands tied behind his back after he was caught stealing near the US military base here. Members of the 23-nation L nited Nations forces are often called on to deal with common crimes in Somalia as the country has
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      Lock icon Graft scandal Bill puts Italian PM in hot water
      323 8 Reuter ROME Italian Prime Minister Giuliano Amato faced a revolt in his own ranks yesterday as even staunch supporters lined up against government plans to defuse the country's devastating bribery scandal. The refusal last Sunday of President Oscar Luigi Scalfaro to
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    • WORLD WATCH
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        Lock icon EC holds talks on Bosnian situation
        71 8 AFP BRUSSELS European Community foreign ministers met here yesterday to discuss a tightening of sanctions against Serbia and hear a progress report on peace talks to end the conflict in Bosnia-Herzegovina. British diplomats predicted that Lord Owen. co-chairman of the UN-EC peace talks in
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        Lock icon Gains for far-right in German polls
        75 8 Reuter BONN Far-right candidates made strong gains last Sunday in local elections in the prosperous western German state ot Hesse, with the nationalist Republican Party taking 9.3 per cent of the vote in Frankfurt, the financial capital. The right-wing gains in municipal and district
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        Lock icon Storm in a D cup?
        74 8 Reuter OSLO A trade union yesterday urged people to send old bras to a woman minister to protest against laws allowing bars in Oslo to employ bare-breasted waitresses. The Hotel and Restaurant Workers' Union published full-page advertisements in major newspapers asking Social Affairs Minister Grete
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        Lock icon British consumer credit up in January
        50 8 AFP LONDON British consumer credit increased by £151 million (SS3SB million) in January after increasing by £105 million in December, official figures showed yesterday. The rise was bigger than had been expected. Economists had forecast an increase of £50 million in the month. AFP
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
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      FCC surpasses expectations with $20m interim earnings
      452 9  -  Turnover jumps by 70 per cent to $189 m By Lilian Ang SINGAPORE First Capital Corporation (FCC) chalked up a sterling set of interim results with net earnings leaping to $20.04 million in the six months to Dec 31, against 5i.29 million in
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      2 new projects pull down Heshe's results
      415 9  -  By Sylvia Wong SINGAPORE Heshe Holdings Ltd yesterday announced sharply lower interim profits because of start-up costs of two new projects the retail outlet Style Singapore and an Indonesian clothing factory. The garment group yesterday said pre-tax profits dropped 27 per cent to
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      CDL gets £40m loan to buy London hotel
      218 9 SINGAPORE CDL Hotels International Ltd has obtained a £40 million (5594.4 million) loan to finance its purchase of The Gloucester, a 548-room hotel in central London. The five-year secured term loan, arranged by CS First Boston. was signed in mid-January with the
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      HK market's optimism on UK-China political talks is premature
      662 9  -  T*o6k lock siew By Catherine Ong HONGKONG British and Chinese officials may well announce the start of talks on Hongkong's political future within the next two weeks, but such an outcome does not warrant the excessive optimism currently registered on the
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      SSE, SEEL, Hitachi Zosen tie up for US Navy contracts
      319 9  -  By Dexter Lee SINGAPORE Singapore Shipbuilding Engineering (SSE) has formed a partnership with a sister company and another Singapore yard to sharpen its edge in bidding for United States Navy contracts. The sister company is Singapore Electronics Engineering Ltd. while
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      Steamers unit launches PageNet in Sri Lanka
      263 9  -  By Genevieve Cua SINGAPORE Steamers Telecommunications, a unit of the Steamers Maritime Holdings group, has launched a messaging and paging system in Sri Lanka, taking it another step closer to operating tele-com-based networks in Indochina and the Indian subcontinent. PageNet was launched at
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      Amcol set to post poor results
      130 9 SINGAPORE Diversified trading group Amcol Holdings Ltd looks set to post dismal results for the year to Dec 31. 1992. In the six months to June last year, the group suffered a 40 per cent drop in earnings to S 10.32 million. At that
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      Lock icon SUMMARY
      370 9 Source: Bridge Info Performance of STII's index stocks Mar 8 Last Sense index Slock sale h« factor mo>ers <$> S Atimo 1920 0.020 160 7.55 C4C 7 250 -6 04 Ccrehos 5 050 0 070 4 21 26 42 f&N 12 000 -0 200 10 00 -75 47 OF
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    • COMPANIES
      • COMPANY BRIEFS
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          Lock icon Bedford plans hotel venture in Hanoi
          99 10 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Bedford Bhd of the Hong Leong group yesterday announced a proposed joint venture with Vietnam's Company of Lxploitation. Import and Export of Car Technical Material to construct and operate a 11-storey hotel in Hanoi. Bedford said HLL-Guoco Investment, a company incorporated
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          Lock icon KLSE listing for NCK tomorrow
          64 10 Bernama. KUALA LUMPUR NCK Corporation Bhd's entire issued and paid-up capital of 37,000,005 ordinary shares of MSI each will be admitted to the official list of the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (KLSE) under the industrial sector. The listing and quotation of these shares on the
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          OCBC sets up Malaysian subsidiary
          35 10 SINGAPORE OCBC Bank said yesterday that it has incorporated a wholly-owned subsidiary in Malaysia. The subsidiary Malaysia Nominees (Asing) Sdn Bhd. has an issued and paidup capital of Ms 2.
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          Lock icon MRCB to sell 89.6pc stake in MRCL
          73 10 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian Resources Corporation Bhd is selling off its 89.6 per cent stake or 1.81 million ordinary shares in Malaysia Resources Credit and Leasing Sdn Bhd for MSBOO.OOO (*****.000) to Imej Khusus Sdn Bhd. Malaysian Resources Credit has an authorised capital
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          SSE director gets promotion
          28 10 SINGAPORE Boon Swan Foo. director and senior vicepresident/general manager of Singapore Shipbuilding Engineering Ltd, has been promoted to managing director with effect from today.
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        Lock icon Tsingtao Beer set to tap growing domestic market
        551 10 Reuter QINGDAO, China In 1903. Germany built a brewery in this beautiful east China seaside resort to slake the thirst of settlers flocking to an area a weak China had been forced to cede to the Kaiser's imperial court. Ninety years later.
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        TRI hopes to get international telecom licence soon
        572 10  -  Company intends to be less reliant on Telekom Malaysia By William Chia SINGAPORE Malaysianlisted Technology Resources Industries Bhd (TRI). which intends to focus on telecommunications. hopes to get an international gateway licence soon which will boost its telecommunications business. TRI chairman and
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        Lock icon FE Assets sees M$33m pre-tax for 16-month period
        267 10 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Far East Assets Bhd has estimated a consolidated pre-tax profit of M 533.4 million (SS2I million) for the 16 months ending April 30, 1993 incorporating the post-acquisition profit of Sports Toto group from Nov 1, 1992. It also forecast
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        Lock icon KLSE chalks up record M$1.03b turnover
        412 10 MBT KUALA LUMPUR The Kuala Lumpur stock market passed a new milestone when it achieved a record volume of 476.8 million shares worth MS 1.03 billion (***** million) yesterday, the first time that turnover exceeded MS 1 billion. Yesterday's performance surpassed the previous record
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        Lock icon Grand Central Enterprises gets nod for KLSE listing
        187 10 MBT KUALA LUMPUR Grand Central Enterprises (GCE), which is involved in hotel operations, has obtained approvals from the authorities to float its shares on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange main board. The flotation will involve an offer for sale of 18.04 million
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        UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
        449 10 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS Managers' prices Mar 9 Prudential Unit TdlSt PruLink Mgd Fund 1.07 1.12 The Commerce 1.2V 1.35 MARA 1—ipntra The Savings Fund 110 I I6*d First B putra 162 1.67 S pore Prog Fund 0 52 0.55 Second B putra 1.70 1.7$ Spore Sec Fund 0 84 0
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        DIVIDENDS ANNOUNCED
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        Lock icon Fare war and traffic woes set to push Cathay Pacific's profits below forecasts
        514 10 MARKET WATCH Reuter HONGKONG Hongkong-based Cathay Pacific Airways, still recovering from a bitter cabin crew strike, is set to suffer another blow on Thursday when its 1992 results are announced, say analysts. A fierce price war and
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        Surabaya Agung plans Jakarta bourse listing
        290 10  -  By William Chia SINGAPORE Indonesia's largest paper board manufacturer. PT Surabaya Agung Industri Pulp Kertas. plans a listing on the Jakarta Stock Exchange. The company intends to offer 20 million new shares, representing 17.9 per cent of its enlarged capital, to the public at
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        Lock icon British money managers all set to go shopping for European shares
        628 11 Bloomberg Business News LONDON Britain's pension funds and other institutional investors are gearing up for a shopping spree for mainland European stoeks. A Gallup poll for Smith New Court pie, released yesterday, shows that institutions also remain bullish on
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        Lock icon Glaxo accused of violating US drag laws with its Zantac ads
        246 11 Reuter LONDON The United States Food and Drug Administration has accused Glaxo Fioldings pic of violating US drug laws in its promotion of its top-selling ulcer drug Zantac, the Sunday Times newspaper reported. The FDA has sent a letter
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      • COMPANY BRIEFS
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          Lock icon Japanese firms in M'sian alloy venture
          65 11 Knight-Ridder TOKYO Japan's Nippon Light Metals Co and Daiki Aluminium Industry Co have invested in a Malaysian aluminum alloy maker, the two companies announced yesterday. Nippon has bought a 35 per cent stake and Daiki 25 per cent in Malaysia's Amalgamated Aluminium and Alloys
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          Lock icon Federal Express sets Taipei deadline
          73 11 Bloomberg TAIPEI Federal Express, the US express freight company, may scrap plans to build a regional shipment hub in Taiwan and instead build it in the Philippines, Hongkong or mainland China, the Economic Daily News reported. Federal Express has given the Taiwan government a deadline
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          Lock icon Up, up and away?
          51 11 Reuter TOKYO A Tokyo businessmen looking up at a quotation board flashing the latest Nikkei Average outside a securities company yesterday. Shares jumped in active trade, with the Nikkei Average up 868.77 points, or 5.17 per cent, to 17,686.47 yen, its highest close since December 1992.
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          Lock icon Thomas Cook bids for Owners Abroad
          67 11 Bloomberg LONDON Thomas Cook Group Ltd said it intends to bid 150 pence per share for 19.44 million common shares, or 12.5 per cent of Owners Abroad, providing the current offer from Airtours lapses. Airtours bid 135p per common share and 236.5p for each
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          58 11 Bloomberg SYDNEY Heavy engineering group Australian National Industries Ltd said cost-cutting and restructuring offset lower demand and boosted profit in the six months ended Dec 31. 1992. ANI said after-tax net profit rose 7.6 per cent to AS26.X million (SS3I million) on a 2 per
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        357 11 Reuter NEW YORK International Business Machines Corp's search for a new chief executive appears to have narrowed to a shortlist of candidates, analysts say. Some industry sources believe the search will be completed by the end of the month and
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        OCBC, OUB, UOB cut prime by 0.25 point
        304 13  -  Moves follow similar reduction by DBS Bank By Magdalene Ng SINGAPORE Three major banks separately announced yesterday a one-quarter-point cut in their prime lending rates to 5 per cent, to take effect today. The cuts by OCBC. Overseas Union Bank (OUB) and
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        Lock icon Nomura group rescues its finance affiliate
        223 13 KnightRidder TOKYO Nomura Securities Co and its group companies have rescued troubled nonbank affiliate Nomura Finance Co by shouldering its swollen bad loans. Industry sources said last Friday that about 10 Nomura group members, including Nomura Real Estate Development Co, had taken over part
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        229 13 Knight-Ridder TOKYO The Ministry of Finance plans to propose liberalising stock trading commissions on transactions worth more than one billion yen (SSI4 million) starting from spring next year, ministry sources said last week. The sources said the ministry will submit its
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          76 13 Reuter HONGKONG The finance arm of US giant General Electric Co (GE) plans to raise funds on Asia's "dragon bond" market, becoming the first corporate borrower to do so, lead manager Lehman Brothers Asia said. GE Capital Corp's South-east Asia unit, a wholly-owned
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          100 13 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG The International Finance Corp (IFC), the private-sector finance arm of the World Bank, is planning to set up a joint-venture commercial bank in China, the South China Morning Post reported yesterday. IFC will take a 12.5 per cent equity stake
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          127 13 Knight-Ridder SINGAPORE A recent cut in loan rates for the farming sector will not overheat Indonesia's economy as the growth in money supply will be limited, an economic official said, according to yesterday's Jakarta Post. Radius Prawiro, coordinating minister for economic, financial and industrial affairs,
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          61 13 Bloomberg Business News BEIJING Thailand's Chia Tai Group has has opened Shanghai's first solely funded finanee company, the official China Daily reported. Chia Tai International Finance Co. with registered capital of USSSO million (SSB2 million), will assist in the introduction of foreign capital into
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        Lock icon Czechs revalue crown by 2pc against ECU
        120 13 Reuter PRAGUE The Czech central bank yesterday revalued the crown currency by 2 per cent against the European currency unit (ECU) to curb a rapid decline in Czech-Slovak trade, the bank's spokesman said. The ECU is used in a clearing system to settle
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        513 13 Reuter BOMBAY A new report on India's biggest financial scandal released at the weekend has accused two foreign banks of transacting dummy deals to cover up losses or camouflage transactions by favoured Indian brokers. In its fourth report on the major
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        Russian legislators to visit M'sia, Indonesia this month
        495 14  -  Members believed to have power to influence oil industry From John Helmer in MOSCOW A GROUP of Russian legislators with the power to influence licences for oil exploration and mining by foreign companies has been invited to visit Malaysia and Indonesia later
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        Lock icon KLCE denies three firms under probe for trading without licence
        315 14 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR The Kuala Lumpur Commodity Exchange yesterday said it is not empowered to issue any licence for its members to carry out commodity trading. "That comes under the purview of the Commodities Trading Commission (CTC), the government watchdog
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        301 14 Bloomberg Business News BEIJING In China's latest effort to contend with a looming oil crisis, Shanghai will join the city of Nanjing in opening the nation's first oil exchanges later this month, the statecontrolled China Daily reported on Sunday. The establishment of
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        354 14 Reuter BOMBAY India expects tie-ups with mining companies from Australia, Canada, the United States and South Africa after throwing open most of its mining sector to overseas firms for the first time. In the latest phase of its reform programme, India announced
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        299 14 Knight-Ridder CHICAGO The New York Commodity Exchange Clearing Association would be dissolved and all of its members brought under the wing of the Board of Trade Clearing Corp in Chicago if the proposed merger of the two exchanges is approved, says a
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        Prices fall as Opec output rises
        429 14 Bloomberg ENERGY REPORT LONDON Oil futures in New York and London fell after reports said Opec's oil output increased in February, brokers said. The International EnergyAgency said total production by the cartel last month rose 150,000 barrels per day to an estimated 25.35 million
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        172 14 The US dollar opened higher across the board yesterday, buoyed by a cut in the German Repo rate and the release of good employment figures in the United States last week. However, the greenback was unable to extend its gains due to profit-taking and the
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        185 14 Reuter LONDON The dollar struggled to break much above its current fairly narrow trading range but analysts said it is set to embark on a sustained rally in the near future. "We are still at the foothills of a mountainous dollar rally this year," said Avinash Persaud, senior currency
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        93 14 AFP NEW YORK The dollar fell back against most other major currencies except the British pound in New York yesterday in calm trading as investors consolidated their positions after Friday's steep rise. The US dollar was trading at 1.6615 German marks against 1.6685 at last Friday's close and
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        1456 16 SIMEX REPORT Reuter SINGAPORE Simex Nikkei futures finished sharply higher yesterday and rallied to limit-up within the first session. Contracts firmed on short-cover-ing and extended gains over the day as arbitrageurs turned active buyers of cash stocks, driving levels up to a high of 17.800
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        KL tin rises one sen in brisk trading
        1013 16 COMMODITIES REPORT Tin TIN price on the Kuala Lumpur Tin Market was up marginally, by one sen. to close at MS 14.62 after a brief trading session. Traders said activity was brisk with market sentiment in line with the higher close on
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        1747 16 Rubber RAS Commodity Exchange (futures dosing as at 1pm) RSS 1 Contract (S cents/kg) Close Volume Open Month High Low Sett (tonnes) Interest Feb 93 Mar 93 Apr 137.00 136.75 137.00 400 5.375 May 139.50 139.25 139.25 350 10.275 Jun 0 00 0 00 ***** 350 6.875 Jul/Sep
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        Australia
        1045 17 +3.5 SHARES closed firmer but off their highs as negative sentiment about Labour's gains in the polls offset the effect of strong overseas markets. Trade was also slack because of Victoria's Labour Day holiday and uncertainty about Saturday's election. The All Ordinaries Index closed 3.5 points up at 1.617.1.
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        Manila
        611 17 -15.67 Stock prices fell on profit-taking with the trend expected to dominate trading in coming days, but investors expect the index to bounce back by the end of the week, brokers said. Fresh business deals that may be reached in a trip to Japan by President Fidel Ramos today
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        Seoul
        396 17 19.69 Stocks rose sharply in weak trading following a nine-day-long retreat but market sentiment remained generally lethargic. Brokers were unsure of the market direction today as they said institutional intervention would decide the move. The Composite Index added 19.69 points to 625.62 with turnover at 258.48 billion won from
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        Taipei
        595 17 •122.07 Share prices closed lower across the board and financial were especially weak as profit-taking since late last week continued. The Weighted Index rose slightly in early trade but closed 122.07 points down at 4.601.58. Turnover remained active at NT574.7 billion. Early institutional buying of industrials soon turned into
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        New Zealand
        265 17 +6.40 Shares ended slightly firmer but off their high for the day. Brierley Investments, after being sold by one big player on Friday, gained four cents to NZ$l.O4 on turnover worth just over NZS7 million. The NZSE-40 Capital Index ended 6.40 points higher at 1,576.57. Turnover was NZSI7.6
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        Bombay
        66 17 dosed The Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) was closed yesterday for the national Hindu spring holiday of Holi. It will reopen today. The BSE index fell 60.93 points to 2,471.74 on Friday after recovering from a low of 2,459.50. Since announcement of the budget on Feb 27, the index has
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        London
        888 17 +35.2 Equities closed with strong gains yesterday thanks to FTSE futures and Wall Street's strength which pushed the FTSE-100 index further into record ground. The surge was helped by signs of fresh confidence in UK economic recovery and a traditional pre-UK budget rally. The FTSE-100 share index ended 35.2
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        Paris
        105 17 +9.14 French shares ended with modest gains after a routine session that saw the CAC-40 index unable to gain a convincing foothold above 2.000 despite a strong bond market. The CAC-40 index ended up 9.14 points, or 0.46 per cent, at 2.004.26. Volume was at 2.6 billion francs. Paris
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        Frankfurt
        232 17 12 Stocks rose yesterday as traders who had earlier sold shares they didn't own. or sold short, bought them back in anticipation of lower interest rates. "Most traders didn't really look at the bearish fundamentals today but rather at the potential for price rises when the Bundesbank cuts interest
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        Amsterdam
        273 17 +1.82 Dutch shares gained solid ground by the close bolstered by a recovery in the local bond market and a strong UK market. Cyclical bargain hunters were out in force, and US buying was noted in Philips. The EOE Index closed 1.82 higher at 313.27. Buying from operators in
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        Zurich
        212 17 +0.1 Swiss shares closed a quiet day little changed yesterday. Cyclical shares in the industrial sector posted slight gains. Banks and insurers were mixed to lower. The SPI Index was 0.1 point higher at 1,305.7. Zurich Mar 8 francs \lusurue Br 4M 12 Bumn Boveri Br 4000 K) CS
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        New York
        797 17 +29.43 A continuing fall in interest rates on the bond market pushed Wall Street share prices up close to record levels yesterday in the wake of the European and Japanese markets. At II am (1600 GMT), the Dow Jones Industrial Index was up 29.43 points at 3.434.01, close
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        Brussels
        187 17 +7.66 The Bel-20 index closed at its day high as hopes for lower European interest rates, a strong rise in the dollar and speculative buying in some stocks buoyed the market. The Bel-20 index of leading shares closed up 7.66 points, or 0.63 per cent, to 1,227.85. About 1.50
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        Toronto
        252 17 +4.81 Stocks opened firm in a continuation of last week's interest rate-driven rally, traders said. "It's declining interest rates, that's what's doing it. The whole thing is a worldwide phenomenon," said Ira Katzin, investment adviser at Richardson Greenshields. "Added to that is of course the prospect that the economy
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        Milan
        163 17 -1.44 pc Italian stocks slumped as investors stayed out of the market yesterday, waiting for a potential political crisis over Italy's corruption scandal to clear, traders said. Traders said trading was very thin and prices dropped more because of lack of interest than because of selling. The MIB index
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        Johannesburg
        336 17 15 South African shares ended up but off highs yesterday as nervousness surrounding upcoming results and the March 17 budget took their toll in steady trade, dealers said. "Shares came off a touch. People are cautious and are waiting for De Beers to give the market direction." a dealer
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      3095 18 SHARE prices recovered partly from lows to close slightly easier in moderate trading, with investors shifting their attentions to second and third line stocks, brokers said. The Hang Seng Index fell 20.65 points to end at 6,482.16. Turnover was HKS3.3 billion against Friday's HK54.69 billion. The All Ordinaries Index
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      CHINA
      451 18 FOUR A share companies announced their results yesterday. The better-than-expected results were well received and heavy buying pushed the CLSA Shanghai A Index 514.09 points higher to 8,003.75. The bullish sentiment spilled into the foreign market with all shares finishing higher. First Pencil, up 8.3 per cent, was the
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      2540 18 Reuter STOCKS rose sharply in active trade yesterday, with the Nikkei Average up 868.77 points or 5.17 per cent to 17,686.47. Hefty technical orders linked to March futures settlement on Friday helped spark widespread buying across the board, brokers said. The broader first section Topix Index was up 52.59
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      BANGKOK
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      867 18 Reuter STOCKS closed mixed in active trading by both foreign and domestic investors, brokers said. The Jakarta Composite Index put on 1.31 points to 308.50. "Foreign investors dominated non-bank deals, while locals concentrated on banking issues." said a broker. Lippobank rose 175 rupiah to 3,225 and Panin rose 25
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      2764 19 Source: Bridge Info Source: Bridge Info MOST ACTIVE volume Bedford MX: I"M)I4.0U0 \Mi)B MK «».<»65.000 Mclroplc* MK *775.000 Fatvr (iroup ft .10.1.000 Multipurpose 6.M6.000 ldri> H\d SOc J IW2.000 MBI Hidg* SOc S.2W.OOO lonnkjh Hldg-» 4 -WS 000 Proanct 4012.000 Icth Resources 3.522.000 MAA 3.313.000 Kcnong Bhd MV
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        Lock icon Turnover value shoots past M$1b
        5220 19 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Share prices coasted to a higher close on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange amidst strong speculation and heavy trading. Yesterday was the first time that the value has shot past the MS 1.0 billion mark in terms of daily transactions. The KLSE's
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        1114 20  -  By Dawn Tan SINGAPORE Shares prices ended little changed on the local market with trading dominated by Malaysian stocks, brokers Sa market is still consolidating after the recent gains, so no one is expecting any major buying or selling on the domestic scene right
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        65 20  -  Paul Leo METRO has broken through the resistance at $4.60 on the monthly chart and is heading towards $6.00. However, wait for the price to decline towards $4.70 before buying. A divergence pattern formed since the beginning of January declining RSI with rising stock prices on the weekly chart
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      Top Singapore amateur golfer going places
      468 21  -  Shahiron Sahari talks to Dino Kwek, the best-placed Singaporean in the just-ended Epson Singapore Open on his game and his hopes, and reflects upon the tournament Shahiron Sahari SINGAPORE The best placed Singaporean for the second consecutive year at the just-concluded Epson Singapore Open
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      51 21 Reuter BOSTON Could this go down in Sherman Douglas' memory as the ball that got away? The Boston Celtic seems determined that history will see it some other way, as he battles Cleveland Cavalier Brad Daugherty for a rebound in action at Boston Garden on Sunday.
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        35 21 Reuter NEW YORK NBA results Sunday: Boston 96 Cleveland 88: Orlando 112 LA Clippers 95; Detroit 98 Milwaukee 91; Portland 113 Golden State 96: Miami 114 Indiana 99; Charlotte 105 LA Lakers 101. Reuter
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        44 21 AFP WELLINGTON The sccond cricket test between Australia andNew Zealand ended here Monday in a draw. Australia arc 1-0 up in the three test scries with the third test to open Friday in Auckland. Scores: New Zealand 329 and 7-210. Australia 298. AFP
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        270 21 Reuter AFP AP MIAMI leading scores after the final round of the I SSI.4 million Doral Ryder Open on Sunday (US unless noted): 265 Greg Norman (Aus) 65 68 62 70 269 Paul Azinger 67 66 68 68. Mark McCumber 69 67 66 67 270 David Frost <SA) 70
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        36 21 Reuter NEW YORK NHL results Sunday: Chicago 4 Ottawa 2: New Jersey 7 Philadelphia 3: NY Islanders 3 Washington 2; BulTalo 2 Winnipeg 1; Detroit 7 Minnesota 1: San Jose 6 Edmonton 3. Reuter
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        197 21 AFP ROME Italian results Sunday: Ancona 0 Genoa 0: Atalanta I Inter Milan 1; Foggia 0 Brescia 0: Juventus 4 Napoli 3; AC Milan 2 Fiorentina 0; Parma 2 Lazio 1: Pescara 2 Udinese 2: AS Roma I Cagliari 1: Sampdoria 0 Torino I. Leading standings (played, won. drawn,
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        87 21 AP INDIAN W'ELIJS, California Results Sunday of the LSSI.7 million Champions Cup (seedings in parentheses): Singles Final Jim C ouricr (US I) b Wayne Ferreira (SA 14) 6-3. 6-3. 6-1 Doubles final Guy forget/Henri Lcconte (Fran) b Luke Jensen/Scott Melville (US) 6-4. 7-5. AP DELRAY BEACH, Honda Results Sunday
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      706 21 Reuter TORONTO Canadian sprinter Ben Johnson, suspended for life on Friday after a second failed drug test, said on Sunday he would not appeal the ruling against him but maintained he had taken no banned performance-enhancing drugs. At a news conference which Johnson
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      626 21 Golf NYT MIAMI Greg Norman didn't produce any final-round pyrotechnics on Sunday at the Doral Ryder Open, but in its own way, his carefully shepherded four-stroke victory was as impressive as any of the all-or-nothing charges with which he has built his image.
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        Lock icon Nobilo takes Mediterranean Open title
        94 21 AFP VALENCIA. Spain New Zealand's Frank Nobilo claimed his third European lour title when he coolly held off Irishman David Feherty and Scot Gordon Brand Jnr to win the Mediterranean Open here on Sunday. The 32-year-old from Auckland had a closing par round of 72
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        88 21 AP OJAI. California Despite feeling weak. Al Geiberger closed with a 4-under-par 66 Sunday to capture the USSSOO.OOO (SS820.000) GTE West Classic by two shots. Geiberger's threeday 198 total in the Senior Four event played at the par-70. 6.190-yard course at Ojai Valley Inn and
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        120 21 Reuter LONDON Clubs may have to consider fencing in the fans again. Manchester City chairman Peter Swales said after a 300strong pitch invasion at his Maine Road ground on Sunday. Swales, sickened by the ugly scenes which wrecked the FA Cup quarter-final against Tottenham,
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        48 21 Reuter MELBOURNE Champion new Zealand racehorse Veandercross (left) pushed his stakes earnings past As 2 million as he won the the A 5650.000 Australian Cup at Remington yesterday. Veandercross. ridden by Mick Dittman. will now race archrival Naturalism in Sydney later this month. Reuter
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        70 21 AP PHILADELPHIA Doug Moe. his team coming ofT a 56-point loss and unable to win with a running game. Sunday night was fired as coach of the Philadelphia 76ers. Moe. the NBA coach of the year in 1987-88 with the Denver Nuggets, will be
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      320 21 NYT NEW YORK The Truth Squad dragged me into the back room and starting roughing me up. They turned up the volume on This Meek in Baseball. like they do in the stadiums before games. I remember a Colonel Vincent and a Captain
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  • LIFESTYLE
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      Memories are made of these
      750 23  -  Audrey Tan on a three-week-long event designed to rediscover what we've forgotten Audrey Tan According to playwright Kuo Pao K.un: "There is a need to search, to rediscover things from the past, and to record them in documents or artistic works". Memory, he says, is
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      Lock icon Belafonte takes Clinton to task
      423 23 CHATTERBOX UPI UPI UPI AP SINGER-ACTOR Harry Belafonte is no stranger to political activism, and now he's taking US President Bill Clinton to task for US policy on Haitian refugees. In a strongly worded letter, Belafonte urged" Clinton to halt the policy of repatriating Haitians
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      Lock icon Recognition at last
      357 23 Clint Eastwood seems set to get his just desserts AP DURING 35 years in Westerns. Clint Eastwood made a name for himself with just about everyone but his peers. Now. with nine Oscar nominations and a prestigious Directors Guild of America award, the star of such films
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      1245 23 TV RADIO neurotic woman who j tients. But that does not prewith her. Streep pla\s*the irres- X &!k* 1 H j^psß istible woman in this disap- vBV^I pointing 1982 tribute to Earthvisions: The Velvet Claw Jfl Tbe Rkk Man's Table, 10.00pm, 'MB Feeding on the leftovers of k A IBur
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  • PROPERTY & CONSTRUCTION
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      Bukit Timah area in for a transformation
      1295 24  -  New development plan will convert industrial land into 18,000 condo units. Sylvia Wong reports Sylvia Wong Bukit timah today is a study in contradiction. Along the stretch of Bukit Timah Road between Sixth Avenue and Hillview industrial estate, rundown factories and warehouses from
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      Industrial phase-out programme started in 1988
      400 24 Groundwork for the redevelopment of Bukit Timah into a purely residential area started in 1988 when the National Development Ministry announced that industrial activity would be phased out. In the mid-1980s, the government rejected an application by Cycle Carriage Ltd to build a corporate
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      Lock icon From red-light to red-hot?
      199 24  -  Text and Photo by Arthur Lee FROM red-light district to red-hot property that is what a property developer hopes to turn a row of Desker Road shophouses into. Vap Ah Tee. whose Yap Family Investments Pte Ltd bought the freehold prewar shophouses along the infamous road,
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      Asian travellers a boon for Jakarta hotels
      333 24  -  From Maggie Ford in JAKARTA JAKARTA hotels in the threeand four-star range are experiencing a boom in occupancy rates due to the intlux of Asian business travellers. The number of priceconscious Asian guests has grown in comparison with that of visitors from recessionstricken
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      Guangdong caps number of golf courses in each city
      220 24  -  jinroim By Kooi Cho Teng THE Guangdong provincial government has decided to limit the number of golf courses in each city to two. Apparently, it is concerned that unrestricted golf course development could eventually put Guangdong in the same situation as
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      Developer with a difference
      799 25  -  Colin Tan is pleasantly surprised to find that the managing director of the Hong How Group is keen on conservation and building for the elderly Colin Tan Daniel teo is not your run-of-the-mill property developIn faet, when you listen to the managing director of the Hong
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      Lock icon Good start for Rasa Sentosa
      154 25 SIIANGRI-LA's Rasa Scntosa Resort has opened its doors to an encouraging response to its promotional blitz. The 459-room hotel, which began operating last week with half the total number of rooms available, has been fully booked for the school holidays which begin next week. The
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      Lock icon HK hotel tycoon moves into San Francisco
      508 25 South China Morning Post HONGKONG Hongkong hotel magnate Mr Chan Chakfu and his sons. Lawrence and Charles, are diversifying their international hotel business. This comes with the completion of a Hongkong-style, fixed-use commercial, retail and residential complex, in San Francisco's East Bay Chinatown.
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    • REGIONAL SKYLINE
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        Lock icon Foreign firms eye Guangzhou plaza
        75 25 South China Morning Post GUANGZHOU Prc-launch interest in the New Century Pla/.a indicates that space there will he sold quickly, says Dominic Leung of selling agent Richard Ellis. He says there have been many inquiries, even though marketing docs not start till the end of
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        Lock icon Hongkongers hunting in Melbourne
        89 25 South China Morning Post IELBOURNE A Hongkongcr and a Hongkong-based compay have paid a total of AS 12.9 million (SSI 4.9 million) for two najor buildings in central Melbourne. The Midcity Building has oeen bought by China Town Cinemas for A 55.4 million, while Tivoli Court
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        Lock icon Sydney landmark attracts 3 bids
        74 25 South China Morning Post SYDNEY Three bids have been made for the Avery Building including one from Macau developer and investor C C Lee. The 20-ycar-old property, which is valued at around S3O million, has a yield of approximately 14 per cent. Located in College
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        Lock icon Thai golf developer pushes ahead
        62 25 Bangkok Post BANGKOK Thanapark Co, developer of Ihc Barington Saiyok Golf Course, is pushing ahead with plans to develop three similar projeets, despite the poor climate for such schemes. In the meantime, the company will sink a further 500 million baht (5532.5 million) on the
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      Lock icon SQUARING UP
      7 25  -  By Colin Tan Source: STPB
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      202 24 BREAKING JAPANESE "SK" 20 21 May 1993 Hilton Hotel Singapore This programme will equip managers to Presented by win not only in Japanese negotiations, obpccfo but also in a broad range of everyday juliaw urttaatit situations unrelated to Japan. Attomey-at-Law. California, usa In addition, participants will learn: when real negotiations
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      86 25 (r f **WWvTTm 10-page auto document feeder 50-number Autodialer: m fIiHIHH one-touch dialling, I; —> 30 two-digit dialling S i_i_j i_2_j i 2_i i—— .*Sf i Autoredial ft I *11oi,« i i i i ii 1 Auto fax/phone changeover Fast transmission speed Hooks up to answering machine an d an
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    From home-owners to share-owners
    519 26 EDITORIAL FOR Singaporeans who have always wanted to own shares but never had the means to. Santa Claus comes early this year. The surprise is that the gifts have come from the People's Action Party, long known for its no-subsidy, no-giveaway approach to governing Singapore. Finance
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  • WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
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      Where the $200 top-up leads to
      270 26 THE Government's move to put $200 into the CPF accounts of all citizens 21 years and above is part of an asset-enlargement programme that will have the same wide-ranging economic and political implications and impact as the highly-successful housing programme. The Government's strategy to
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      The Australia-Asia connection
      173 26 AUSTRALIA has always been described as a European country in the sea of Asia. This kind of perception has influenced the thinking of many Australians and their leaders. They feel a closer bond with Europe and America, rather than with their Asian neighbours. While this may be
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      Suharto's sixth term
      185 26 INDONESIA under the leadership of President Suharto has been able to earn increased respect from others simply because it has made the right policies. Its political compromise in seeking common ground while putting aside differences is in line with the conditions ot the country. Not only has
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      Public health at stake
      212 26 THERE'S nothing new when charges and counter-char-ges of corruption and kickbacks are hurled at and among politicians and officials of our government like in awarding construction contracts, striking oil deals and so on. But the latest allegation by an opposition MP that a group of officials
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      Time for openness
      201 26 IF THERE IS one matter which appears to anger China in its battle with the government over Chep Lap Kok. it is the lack of openness which surrounds much of its financial and other arrangements. Its first chief executive, Richard Allen, steadfastly refused to speak to the
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    Lock icon Maastricht Treaty faces test in German court
    802 26  -  There is a possibility that Germany could be one of the very last EC members to complete ratification of the Maastricht Treaty or even that it might not do so at all. Richard Murphy reports Richard Murphy Reuter COULD the Maastricht Treaty ultimately
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      170 26 TI»M f '-wS^fflS IM MTIU fclflMt' «•*h IM t«m *•> V :i>-* Ul Mw f Hmr«>** I*4 IMM U IM v i«n. ii.i i««.»<ivw) ■i. toUf»».»»ft f jt-d' M aw. w jg l TnJWnVVVVVnH^H IM a *<r~l a mai mm 'VHUBh MC«M<i iii i ii i Opening April 1993 Introductory
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      95 26 rrM lOC.I-TTMG ftT.v thßilleß INI i^wcH£>GjNG F\ ReTifceD 6CN OM BOV hM ION TO is PvN eLDE,RLV OuS\NG CUG-R.K f\ Q££ p* uefce. tJ ?sl <,r s s .>P t4 uweT*MS \S RIGHT UP ComPuiCPTTCD CAS€L INWOLVIN)G ait vTKUZJ&IV lARCCNV. P»fcT THE.FTS J£ui£t- Rofi>B€-R.s Pind f\ touch of »Nl 8879
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  • ANALYSIS
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      Lock icon Armed forces still pose underlying threat to Thai democracy
      794 27  -  Thailand's military establishment still believes that it is entitled to play a political role and also to share in the material spoils of public life, says Michael Leifer Michael Leifer The writer is a professor of international relations at the London
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      Aussie elections: time for a change or more of the same?
      1396 27  -  The Australian Labor Party faces an uphill task in its bid to cling on to power. Florence Chong, reporting from Sydney, looks at the election platforms of the Labor and Coalition parties and assesses their chances of victory in
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      Lock icon Why Yeltsin seeks role of peacekeeper
      737 27  -  Leslie H Gelb looks at the Russian Monroe Doctrine and its implications Leslie H Gelb NYT Recently, in a speech pregnant with bad memories, Russian President Boris Yeltsin called upon the United Nations for an extraordinary grant of authority: Make Russia the "guarantor of
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    Yeltsin prepares decree to impose presidential rule
    595 28  -  Document aims to scrap constitutional and parliamentary curbs on his powers From John Helmer in MOSCOW RUSSIAN President Boris Yeltsin has prepared a decree imposing two years of personal rule and scrapping the limits imposed on his powers by Parliament and the Constitution.
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    Standoff between Yeltsin and Parliament should not be overdramatised: Rutskoi
    342 28  -  By Walton Morais SINGAPORE Russian Vice-Presidcnt Alexandr Rutskoi yesterday said that the current political standoff between President Boris Yeltsin and the hardline Russian Parliament is a symptom of the transition to a new economic and political system and should not
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    Lock icon Clinton to release bank reform plan tomorrow
    259 28 AP WASHINGTON The Clinton Administration's longawaited package of regulatory changes to address the United States' credit crunch will be released by the President tomorrow, a top Treasury Department official said yesterday. Deputy Treasury Secretary Roger Altman said the proposals would seek to spur
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    Lock icon Malaysia to unveil anti-dumping legislation next month
    220 28 AFP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's proposed anti-dumping law will be introduced in Parliament next month for enforcement by the year-end to protect domestic industries against rising competition. International Trade and Industry Minister Rafidah Aziz said yesterday that the proposed Anti-Dumping and Countervailing Duties Bill
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    Lock icon IMF chief tells G-7: Act fast or growth will fall markedly
    299 28 Reuter PARIS The managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said growth in the industrialised world will fall markedly in 1993 and 1994 unless leading countries take rapid, concerted action. Michel Camdessus told French business daily La
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    The business of business is best left to businessmen
    874 28  -  The Bottom Line STEPHEN VINES STEPHEN VINES The writer is a Hongkong-based journalist who contributed this commentary• to BT. IT WAS like a bad dream. For years as an industrial reporter in Britain. 1 spent an inordinate amount of time writing
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    Lock icon All set for Team Spirit
    53 28 Reuter AHNKANG, South Korea United States Sergeant First Class Borja Braph, a paratrooper in the 75th Ranger Regiment from Fort Benning. Georgia, packing his parachute after landing near here yesterday. He and the other parachutists were preparing for I earn Spirit, a joint South Korean-American
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    Lock icon UK reports jump in consumer credit
    404 28 Further evidence that economic recovery is around the corner Reuter LONDON Britain yesterday logged its biggest rise in consumer crcdit since July 1991. further evidence of economic rccovcry from the longest recession since the 1930s slump. The figures backcd a number of other reports
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  • Shipping Times
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      Hai Sun Hup to expand freight forwarding business
      564 29  -  By Dexter Lee SINGAPORE Marinebased Hai Sun Hup Group Ltd will expand its freight forwarding business by acquiring local and foreign competitors. The company is understood to have set up a new department to oversee its efforts to grow through mergers and
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      APL launches Shanghai service
      528 29  -  By Ramesh Divyanathan SINGAPORE North American traders active in the China market now have the fastest service from Shanghai with American President Lines' (APL) all container Shanghai Express. The fixed-day service, which began last Sunday, gets China cargo to the US East Coast in 19 days,
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      Lock icon Speed up sludge dumping probe: Muhyiddin
      294 29 Bernama JOHOR BARU Johor Mcntri Bcsar Muhyiddin Yassin has instructed Marine Police and the State Department of Environment to expedite investigations into the alleged dumping of 4.000 tonnes of sludge by an Iranian supertanker in Malaysian waters. If claims by fishermen about the supertanker
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      Shipowners, exporters want PAT to cut tariff further
      627 30 BANGKOK After reaching agreement with Bangkok Shipowners and Agents Association (BSAA) on the new Bangkok port tariff, the Port Authority of Thailand (PAT) is facing another storm because the Thai Shipowners' Association (TSA) and the Board of Trade (BoT) have asked for
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      INDEX TO SHIPPING LINES AND FREIGHT FORWARDERS
      879 30 Page Col ABC" Containerline 12 I Accord Group 8 1-3 API. 5 3-5 Alpha Feeders 6 I •ANL 3 |/2 •Arrow Trans 19 2 •ASCL 5 5 Avant Shpg 6 4/5 Avia Airways 14 4 Bait Orient Line 7 4/5 Bangladesh Shpg 18
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      TRANSPORT DIARY
      1194 30 COURSES Title: Sea Transport (SDF 70%). Duration: March 10 June 9 (14 evenings) Organiser: Singapore Freight Forwarders Association Tel: All courses are open to nonmembers. For further details and application forms contact SFFA at tel: 253-7550 or fax: 253-2303. Title: Basic Principles of Shipbroking Chartering (SDF 50%) Duration:
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      DAILY FREIGHTS
      470 30 FREIGHT market rates on Friday were lifted by good grain chartering demand especially from the US Gulf to Mediterranean and Middle Eastern destinations, brokers said. The Baltic Freight Index was up five points at 1,385 with all panamax routes up except US Gulf/North Continent. Coal and ore routes
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      THE SHIPPING GUIDE
      10359 38 This is a list of ships loading at Singapore for ports around the world. It tabulates, by destination, the name of the ship, the shipping line involved and the estimated dates of arrival and departure from the Port of Singapore. LEGEND PN: ship calls at Penang after
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      SHIPPING AGENTS
      3354 43 CONFERENCES CONSORTIA Asia-North America Easthonnd Rata Agreement (Far East/North America, excludes Japan): American President Lines; Sea-Land; Neptune Orient Lines; Maersk Line; Nippon Yusen Kaisha Line; Mitsui OSK Lines; Nippon Liner system; "K" Line. Trans-Pacific Westbound Rate Agreement (North America/Far East): American President Lines; Sea-Land; Neptune Orient Lines; Maersk
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      COURIER SERVICES
      261 43 Abacus Couriers Tel: 545-8011. Fax: 545-1898. Air Express Travel Td: 533-5771. Fax: 535-6144. Airborne Freight Corporation Tel: 542-8844 Fax: 542-3716. *****80 Airswift Worldwide Courier Tel: 278-0188 Fax: 273-8283. AJS Supplies Tel: 748-6322 (2 lines). 747-7421. Fax: 742-8975. City-Link International Tel: 344-3377. Fax: 345-6450. Cluster link Supplies Senices Tel:
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      AIR FORWARDERS
      1484 43 A hex Lxpress Freight Tel: 542-7171. Fax: *****84. Actinic Forwarder Tel: 225-1833. Fax: *****42 Activair Singapore Td: 542-7822. Fax: *****20 Aeroliak Freight International Tel: 545-8033. Fax: *****05 Aerospeed Td: 542-5911. Fax: *****18. Air Cargo Novo Express Tel: 542-5454. Fax: *****06 Air Express International Td: 542-7666 Fax: *****74. *****50
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      PORT CONDITIONS
      2240 44 ALBANIA Dunes: Seven vessels in port of which 2 discharging sugar. 2 discharging flour. 1 discharging rice and flour, 1 loading chrome ore. 1 discharging generals. ARGENTINA Buenos Aires: Activity rather slack: general cargo berths available throughout the week. San Lioren/o: Four vessels operating of which 3 loading
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      Lock icon SHIP SALES & TANKER RATES
      1356 44 SHIP SALES TANKER RATES The information was contributed by Simpson Spence Young AFP WE see the recent attraction for non-Japanese owners for taking newbuilding tonnage instead of paying up for the limited number of second hand vessels is fast disappearing With the yen/dollar exchange rate as strong as 117.55 (versa
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      AIR FREIGHT SCHEDULE
      565 44 ARRIVALS DEPARTURES Op Flight Tjpe ETA T From Op Flight l>pe ITI"D I" lo TODAY TODAY NCA KZ203 B747F 0145 I NRT SIA SQ802 B747F 0230 2 SYD/AKL KAL KE697 B747F 0150 1 SLL NCA KZ204 B747F 0335 I BKK/NRT JAL JL617 B747F 0345 1 TYO KAL
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      CRUISE & FERRY SCHEDULES
      271 44 CRUISE FERRY SCHEDULES CRUISE SHIPS Ait Dep Name of Vessel ETA LTD Forts of Calls Port Agent Telephone No MARCH 09 10 Queen Elizabeth 2 0900 1800 World Cruise Thoresen Co (S) 220-1051 09 10 Fantasy World 1000 1200 Sin-Port Klang Lauw Sons Travel 227-8284 10 10 Canberra 1200 2359
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    • SHIPS IN PORT
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        AT CONVENTIONAL WHARVES
        572 45 Vessel Voy No Berth Amvi Departue Vessel Voy Wo Berth Aim* Departure lurong Port Yuheng 9301 P02 alongside 10 03 2300 Chez Nous CB001 J5 alongside 09 03/1500 Yulong 03/93 P09A alongside 10 03 0600 Owi Daya 4 93 12 alongside 0903 2300 Caltex 08 03* P01A
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        MALAYSIAN PORTS
        213 45 Johore Port Berth: 1: Bangkhontii 1; 2: Ping Jiang Thai Yang; 3: Framnes; 4: Ma Long Hai; 5: Yi Hai; 6: Tokyo Bridge. 09 jetty: Global Mercury. D.CJ: nil. Due on Mar 8: Bestari. Hong Soon 11. Ribuan Jaya, Golden Splendour, Ivan Makarin, Kota Makmur. Due on Mar
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        CONTAINER SCHEDULES
        1955 45 DELIVERY OF FCL IMPORT CONTAINERS IN PROGRESS Ship toy No Containers awjhfcte Sip toy No Containers avaiabte Barzan F006S 07 03 93 0700 Aberdeen B 0417 COO(EST) 0803.93 1500 Ngs Ejpress 1293 07.03.93 0720 Dtkgen Cont DC207N COO(EST) 08.0393 1500 Cy Sun NB309 07.03.93 0810 Inzener Yam 13AD93
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        CIAS bids for cargo handling licence at new HK airport
        447 48 SINGAPORE Yet another Singapore group, this time led by cargo handler Changi International Airport Services (CIAS), is bidding for an air cargo handling licence at the proposed Chek Lap Kok Airport in Hongkong. If CIAS or Singapore Airport Terminal Services
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        Lock icon UK car sales up, but where are the owners?
        734 48 FT LONDON New car registrations rose by 16 per cent last month, according to figures released by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders, possibly indicating recovery in the market. Ford, the British market leader in car sales, said that there
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        Lock icon Cathay, Dragonair join Sabre booking system
        208 48 South China Morning Post HONGKONG Cathay Pacific Airways and Hongkong Dragon Airlines have joined giant American computer reservations system Sabre, allowing subscribers of the system access to the seat availability of both carriers. Sabre, understood to be the world's largest and most widely used
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        Lock icon Porsche may double its loss: report
        214 48 Reuter HAMBURG, Germany Sports car maker Porsche AG may report a loss of 240 million marks (***** million) in the current 1992/1993 financial year, twice the loss in the first six months, German magazine Der Spiegel said. In an advance excerpt of an article
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        Lock icon BAe to repay £44m rebate for buying Rover
        406 48 FT LONDON The European Commission will order British Aerospace (BAe) to repay £44.4 million (SSIO6 million) it received in 1988 from the government to "sweeten" its purchase of car maker Rover. BAe will also have to repay interest which has accrued since
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        Lock icon Thai minister backs plan for second airline
        358 48 Bangkok Post BANGKOK Transport and Communications Minister Col Vinai Sompong last week hinted at support for the country having a designated airline in addition to national carrier Thai Airways (Thai). He said if Thailand had another airline, competition would occur and bring an
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      • LOG BOOK
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          Lock icon MAS gets new route via S Africa
          134 48 Bloomberg Business News KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia Airlines (MAS) has readied an agreement in principle that will allow the company to route its planes to South America via South Africa, the Star newspaper reported yesterday. The agreement between Malaysia and South Africa will reduce
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          Lock icon China, US to produce diesel trains
          69 48 Bernama, Xinhua HONGKONG The largest diesel locomotive manufacturers in China and the US will cooperate in developing diesel locomotives. mostly for exports. A USSI4 million (SS*3 million) joint venture contract was signed between the Dalian Diesel Locomotive Plant of China and the General Electric
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          Lock icon Creditors release Ecuatoriana plane
          91 48 Reuter QUITO Ecuador's state airline. Ecuatoriana dcAviacion, said creditors have released an aircraft seized on Thursday in New York due to non-payment of USS2.6 million (554.3 million )in debt payments. The Airbus A3lO-300 was released on Friday after an agreement was reached between the airline and
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          Lock icon Seychelles detains ship carrying arms
          110 48 AP NAIROBI, Kenya A ship flying the Greek flag and carrying weapons has been detained in the Indian Ocean island nation of Seychelles, a government official said on Sunday. Ibrahim Afif, managing director of the state-owned Seychelles Broadcasting Corp, quoted a government communique as saying
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          Lock icon Tahiti airport hit by strike
          84 48 AFP PAPEETE Tahiti airport was hit by strike action yesterday. The indefinite strike which started on Sunday had slowed operation of the airport's various departments, where management, mostly from Air Tahiti, were ensuring minimum services only. Customs officials had decided to work to rule. A
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      3993 31 H OOCL (S) PTE LTD JARDINE SHIPPING AGENCIES BOOKINGS TEL: *****34 *****58/ *****40 CFS (PSA F5) TEL: *****21/ *****79 ■llllf JARDINE SHIPPING AGENCIES SDN. BHD. pCAAAAfI PETALING JAYA TEL: 03-*****76 FAX: 03-*****42 J T— PENANG TEL: *****4 FAX: *****1 CFS TEL: *****6 Dedicated to Quality Service ipoh tel *****3/4 fax
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      401 31 For advertising enquiries, contact Shipping Times: Tel 740-2089/740-2090 IS UASCfi WUNITED ARAB SHIPPING CO.(SAG) To US East Coast B|~«LWT Ml WTC Ml I Off W KSN MOM 21/11 UN ft 21 M 21 M II IMfl MIM 7/M IK II n 11 *5 13; IS SMTt (OU MOM 21, M
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      1338 31 NEXT DIRECT SAILING TO JEBEL ALI KUWAIT BANDAR ABBAS TORBEN MAERSK V.9306 ETA SIN 11TH MARCH 1993 Vessel Voy ETA ETD Feeder by Sea Lark/Aries DESTINATIONS This <mt MC-KWNEY MAERSK V 9304 cv 9/3 *900 MRS CfS 9/3 1100 MRS JOH LPK PEN OAK LGB HOU SOO ATL MIA CHS
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      569 32 FCL Breakbulk Service to: AFGHANISTAN MAM Afghanistan Ltd., Sole Foreign Forwarder in Kabul for all services C.1.5.-Voslochny, Vladivostok, Moscow, Tashkent, Kiew, Minsk, Riga, Baku North Korea t Vietnam Mongolia Hungary CSFR e Poland coarrans AGENCIES (FAR EAST) LTD NOUAKCHOTT-BANJUL BISSAU-LUANDA BATA Feeder Vessel ETA SM VILLE DE CANOPUS 07/03 VILLE
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      1466 32 I ea—ma uai REGULAR INDEPENDENT FULL CONTAINER SERVICE VSL/VOY SIN ALQ BCL* HAM BRE# ROT ANTt FEL LHA NORASIA AL-MUNTA2AH 9301-3 09/03 30/03 31/03 04/04 05/04 06/04 07/04 08/04 09/04 NORASIA SAMANTHA 9302-3 16/03 06/04 07/04 11/04 12/04 13/04 14/04 15/04 16/04 3?° 3S 25/03 14/04 16/04 19/04 20/04 21/04
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      2128 33 H STRAITS SHIPPING PTE LTD 10 Hoe Chiang Road #11-01 Keppel Towers Singapore 0208 Tel: *****88 Fax: *****17 lii3iiiiS9i!l2iiaii/gsSmmMMMUStM «TS snipping pt* LM CARGO' S DUE SAIS MM CONTAINER SERVfCf TO CAMSOOIA KRIS MERUH Vo4£ Muara. KR. Skin. Taw OS M Mar 07 Mat 10 Mar RAJAH BUOOKt WO7E Lab
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      2716 33 SINGAPORE AGENT: IJXtI 1 t ArftfoirftAt*C PAO Container# (Singapore Agencies) Pte Ltd X C3LV-r \jlfllLdlllvl 9 10 Hoe Chian 9 Road #07-01 keppel towers. Singapore 0208 Tel 225 2233 Telex. RS ***** PNOCSP Fax: 225 5327/222 7517 y CR Number: **********0Z EXPORT IMPOBT VflttL VOV -PNC *PKO SIN ALG SOU
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      721 34 mmm I TO EUROPE m BBBBWHBHHHBWBWWHIC«t r mti ili i 11 Wt Wt KIM, MM HlWt wool MflW AUTAI 2/NB 11-13/3 I 8/4 14/4 U/< H/4 TO m Fuu.cgffiMNcK 'east coast ports va/WT PKL STOW STP 1 MELB I BWS Fit Wl SOW* 03S 11/3 10/3 24/3 28/3 4/4 WHO
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      2052 34 HANJIN SHIPPING FORVSI SM lIX HAUL S£A Po* FDR VSI S* lilt HAUL SAV AM NYC HMUN VANCOUVER 012E 13 3 DRECT 1/4 3/4 HANJM HUNS AN OSSC lb 3 H KEELIMC 0411 22/4 23/4 2S/4 HANJM OSAKA 004E 21/3 N. BRERCN 0071 15/4 17/4 HANJM POHANG 127E 22/3 HWW
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      1366 35 SCX: 'NEPTUNE AMBER I*' ETASGPWO3^9^^I| j&j II ARRIVING LOS ANGELES 28/03/93 IN 17 DAYS II gSS JII AEX: NEPTUNE AZURITE 08E'ETA SGP 10/03/93 U\ II ARRIVING NEW YORK 02/04/93 IN 22 DAYS H II R3 SCX: Connecting N. Diamond Voy 12E in HKG 28/03/93 'B4 SCX; Connecting C. Pagnw Voy
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      402 35 HEUNG-A SHIPPING I Korean Flag Vessels FULLY CONTMNEMSED SERVICE TO: HONGKONG, BUSAN, MCHON, MOI STRAITS/KOREA SERVICE nu ui in e» k m •NO. 7 DONAM 302W ta PI 12/03 21/03 2C/03 21/13 LfENMO 310N 16/03 17/13 21/03 25/03 2C/03 27/03 OCTANE IMC NB3II 11/03 19/03 23/03 27/03 21/03 21/03 •NO
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      165 35 CENTENARY SHIPPING SERVICE WEEKLY FULL CONTAINER DIRECT SERVICE SINGAPOim/HO CHI MINH CITY Now providing Container Tracking toVungtau, from Ho Chi Mlnh Qty i VESSEL S NAME VQV. N6W ETA/D S PORE ETA/P HCM CITY TANAH AIR 79N/S in Port 12 12 MAR *3 TANAH AM 90N/S 16 16 MAR 19-19
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      1117 35 SINSOV SINGAPORE SOVIET SHIPPING CO PRIVATE LTD BOOKINGS: BAIT ORIENT LINE: *****64 FESCO: *****06 BLASCO ODESSA: *****51/*****31 ENQUIRIES: *****33 KL: 03-*****75/697 PORT KELANG: *****43/ *****40 JAKARTA: *****57 PENANG: *****4/ *****8 JOHORE BAHRU: *****1/ *****1 MARINE INSURANCE SERVICE: *****87/ *****87 (REGULAR INDEPENDENT SERVICE) FULL CONTAINERSHIP SERVICES EASTBOUND—DISCHARGING WESTBOUND-LOADHC TBANSHPPP VIA ROTTERDAM
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      1477 36 K 44 w AS AGENTS: KAWASAKI SINGAPORE (PTE) LTD (CR No: **********0 M) W W <m. V m TEL *****77 TELEX: KAWAKIRS23I6S FAX: *****07/^9 1J MALAYSIA: "K" UNEMARITIME (MALAYSIA) SON BHD M JL 11/ TEL SA *****00 PK *****75 PEN *****0 JB *****1 PGU *****5/6 INDONESIA: P.T. SARANA LALTTINTERNUSA TEL
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      1176 36 PHIU OniCNT UN€S PT€ LTD V 108 Robinson Road #07-00 GMG Building Singapore 0106 1 Tel: *****22/*****69/*****00 Telex: RS ***** Fax: *****76/*****38 BY AIR, LAND OR SEA.... WE TAKE ON THE WORLD FOR YOU WXZ3 MEMBER OF SINGAPORE FREIGHT FORWARDERS ASSOCIATION 99>r 18 MAR SYDNEY. MELBOURNE. BRISBANE. FREMANTLE 10 MAR
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      921 37 PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL LINES (PTE) LTD^ wwgwiJS? 140 Cecil Street. #03-00 PIL Building. Singapore 0106. I J» mm CR NO **********06 I VESSEL VOY SIN HKG SIN CMB JIB MOO JED AOJ PZU KOTA JATI JTIO7W 11/3 1«/3 22/3 24/3 2S/3 2/4 KOTA WIJAYA WJAO2I 1»/3 23/3 25/3 31/3 3/4 4/4
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      1126 37 WEEKLY LCL SERVICE NORTH EUROPE EVERY TUESDAY FOR THE FASTEST TRANSIT TIMES IN THE TRADE CALL:BEN LINE AGENCIES (S) PTE LTD TEL: 225 3522 BOOKINGS: NOELLE TAN/TS CHOW YEA SHYUAN/SALLY YAP OR EAC TRANSPORT AGENCIES (M) SDN RHD BOOKINGS: ANGELINE TAN SHAH ALAM TEL: *****49 001 ARK KHIANG PENANG TEL:
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      294 37 °BSA° TRANSPORTATION M MYANMA wHBk FIVE STAR LINE (Myanmar National Line) Loading for Yangon (Rangoon) Spore P.KIf Pen P.Gdf PAGAN VI94W 11/13 Mar MYOMAYWA VI47W 14/16 Mar 10/12 M« PATHEK VI22W 13/15 Mar MALAYSIA AGENTS BOUSTEAO SHTPWG AGENCCS NIL TD. 03-*****00 PKI TEL 03-36*6767 PEN: lEI 04 *****S PGD TU
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      2126 40 Full Container Liner Services n tn is. Mm** *t«*y Oemtl Utuls: Booking Ajjfflts. Cua Cum Slwu S* 8M Cfain( Ctoao S*mi Wn BM r.T.OoUMn MaMSia Ihritim Costsr Shipping Pte Ltd r >» II rn*U Bmimg CtMn S* *M 58 Persian flap Muda Mosa Lot 3.34. 3rd Floor. H loanU W/14
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      606 40 EXPORTS TO HONGKONG. TAIWAN, MANIA ft JAPAN "TWICE WEEKLY" MALACCA STRAITS SERVICE outboub ioi na rtw [a m hic mio »g no m» ac wo »oi |ksxl vot |sm |na rw m OCX MOUT 1H *103 -10.03 103 12.03 1103 1103 23 03 23 03 24 03 25 03 ACI
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      469 40 I KSSH. VOY JAKARTA STOW BANGKOK MANILA GUAM SATAN 1 OCEANU EXPRESS II Alii 1 APR 4 APR 10 APR IS APR 17 OCEANIA EXPRESS 12 APR 2« MAT 2 MAT MAY 13 MAT 14 I L^*B*^^^^^W^T^PoR^UA!MT/SM4oTME^SSE^a«3^^roNA^KmßA^Eul^^nwl^^r!^^Kol^^| OCEANM EXPRESS «1 APR 1 ASIAN LIT V5O MAT 4 MAT MAT 11
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      659 41 FAMOUS CONTAINER LINES 10 ANSON RD. #15-21 INTERNATIONAL PLAZA, S'PORE 0207 HOT LINE: *****33 (24 LINES) LIMASSOL/PIREAUS 15/3 ROTTERDAM 15/3 HAIFA/ASHDOO/ALEXANDRIA 15/3 HAMBURG/BREMEN 15/3 MARSEILLE/FRANCE 15/3 FELIXSTOWE/UK 15/3 BARCELONA/SPAIN 15/3 LEHAVRE/ANTWERP 15/3 GENOA/ITALY 15/3 GOTHENBURG/SCANDINAVIA 15/3 LOS ANGELES/WC/IPI 13/3 SYDNEY/MELBOURNE 14/3 NEW YORK/EC 13/3 FREMANTLE/ADELAIOE fl/3 VANCOUVER 10/3 BRISBANE 10/3
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      751 41 tf-rrl RICHFIELD MARINE AGENCIES (S) PTE LTD UTEL: *****33 (12 Lines) FAX: *****15/*****03 TELEX: RS ***** RISHIP (3 Lines) ETHIOPIAN SHIPPING LINES (National Lines of Ethiopia) ACCEPTING FCL AND CONVENTIONAL VESSEL IVOV ETA LOADING fO« SPORE ANDINET 30WB 10/04 DARESSALAAM MOMBASA DJIBOUTI ASSAB MASSAAA ABYOT 32W8 20/05 DARESSALAAM MOMBASA DJIBOUTI
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      667 41 EGIjiD3B|S3UIIHlllli9| JAKARTA BANGKOK *sm I m 1 m I it I Iwr BWMWE mmm mm BHUM ltlS 10/3 14/3 PITA BHUM 274* jut Mi Pt fn I 12/3 RAM BHUM 69S 12/3 18/3 6. KOfINTSEV 17N Wad 10/3 Sat 13/3 THANA BHUM 21S 13/3 17/3 BWJM Wed 10/3 Sw 14/3
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      1431 42 groupage I I\~/\"I PENANG (04) *****6 SIBU: (084) *****9 KUCHING: (082) *****3 V P.KELANG: (03) *****77 JAKARTA: (21) *****32 SURABAYA: (31) *****0 COMPETITIVE RATE TO HONG KONG 3 SAILINGS WEEKLY (MON/WED/FRI) FOR ROOKING, PLS CALL *****76. *****75. *****221 QLOBELINK FORWARDERS PTC LTD TEL: *****33 (19 LINES) FAX: *****36/*****42 TLX: R8
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      241 42 w BLUE STAR LINE SINGAPORE TO AND FROM NEW ZEALAND AND PACIFIC ISLANDS SM ML IVT SM PROSPECT 23S 14/3 26/3 28/3 14/4 #N Z SIM 6S 20/3 1/4 3/4 20/4 PREMER 23S 4/4 17/4 19/4 4/5 s WITH OPPORTUNITY TO CALL BRISBANE ON OR ABOUT 21, 3 FULLY CONTAINERISED
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      1008 42 THONG SOON UNES PTE. LTD.] 77 ROBINSON ROAD #15-00, #16-00 Sl* BUILDING SINGAPORE 0106 TEL: *****88 FAX NO: *****11. *****22 TLX: RS ***** CARRER, RS ***** JENHOL CABLE: TOSOCO CONVENTIONAL/CONTAINER BOOKING LINE: *****86 SINGAPORE TO SARAWAK VESSEL VOY STORE*" PEST VESSEL ¥0Y S PORE PEST EQUATOR JADE 71/3E 11 MAR
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      19 44 WE OFFER GUARANTEED WEEKLY SAILINGS USA/SIN CONFERENCE CARRIERS COMPETITIVE RATES PURCHASE ORDERS FOLLOW-UP CLOSE MONITORING ON YOUR SHIPMENT DOOR/DOO^^WTWWjUPTOYCM^^REMISES
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      598 46 cosco I UKC CONVENTIONAL SERVICE VESSEL PKL PNG P G LOADING FOR A VESSEL 28/03 Rotterdam/Antwerp CHINA CONVENTIONAL SERVICE VESSEL PKL PNG P G. LOADING FOR A VESSEL 15/03 20/03 Huangpu/Guangzhou COSCO FULL CONTAINER SERVICES (FCL/FCL) EXPORT TO: CHINA/BANGKOK/HONGKONG EUROPE/CONTINENTAL WEST MEDITERRANEAN AUSTRALIA US WEST COAST PERSIAN GULF/KARACHI Please refer
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      394 46 a EES FREIGHT SERVICES PTC LTD Jhn #01-60 Wallich Building, Wallich Street, Singapore 0207 Tel: *****66 (10 Lines) Fax: *****69/*****44 II "OLANDIA" 11 "SEALINK" 11 "AROSIA" I I V.137 II V.266N II V.3071 I I ETD SIN: 18/3/93 II ETD SIN: 14/3/93 II ETD SIN: 12/3/93 I We provide competitive
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      880 46 Antwerp 13/3 Fremantle 14/3 Bangkok 13/3 Bremen 14/3 Sydney 18/3 Busan 15/3 Hamburg 14/3 Melbourne 18/3 Hong Kong 15/3 LeHarve 13/3 Kaohsiung 13/3 Felixstowe 14/3 Keelung 13/3 Rotterdam 13/3 Bombay 15/3 Jakarta 14/3 Calcutta 13/3 Manila 15/3 Chittagong 13/3 Lax Nyc 15/3 ai chi J5/2 pivfnvnj We travel all over
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      858 47 A HYUNDAI I MERCHANT MARINE CO. LTD. WESTBOUND TO EUROPE VESSELS VOY 1 PNA I PKE I PGP I VESSELS »0Y I SIN I RIM AWT* LEH* HAM BRE| FEL I HMM ADVANCE 08A 9/3 10/3 12/3 H. CHALLENGER 303W 14/3 2/4 2/4 3/4 4/4 4/4 6/4 HMM ADVANCE 09A
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