The Business Times, 5 April 1993

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  • 13 1 Business Times WE KNOW ASIA MITA (P) 552/12/92 Monday April 5 1993 75'
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  • 2am LATEST
    • 57 1 UPI DUBLIN A suspcctcd Irish Republican Army terrorist who made a dramatic cscapc from London's Brixton Jail two years ago using a handgun smuggled in his shoe has been arrested in the Republic of Ireland. Irish policc have arrested 29-year-old Ncssan Quinlivan in a dawn raid
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    • 70 1 AFP GARHI DOPATTA, Paki-stani-controlled Kashmir Kashmiri activists, overcoming repeated barricades, have reached this midway town to spend the night before launching an attempt to cross the line of control into Indian-con-trolled Kashmir. The marchers, estimated at 3,000, broke through three road blocks and several
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    114 1 Exchange rates us$ s$ USS 1.632 1.529 2.496 DM 0 629 1.027 100 Yen 0 877 1.432 MS 0.386 0.630 HKS 0.129 0.211 Bahl 0.039 0.064 Rupiah 0.048 0.078 Crude oil US$ C hange WT1 20.50 0.09 Brent blend 18.97 0.07 Dubai fatch 16.50 0.20 Minas 20.40 unch
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  • 193 1 Bernama JOHOR BARU Mentri Besar Tan Sri Haji Muhyiddin Yassin said yesterday there was a possibility that the conferment of state awards will not be held this year. He said state government had so far received no indication either from the
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  • 511 1  -  By A J Leow SINGAPORE A group of Japanese companies and a Singapore-based property and investment firm have bagged a US$9O5 million (S$ 1.48 billion) contract to develop the coastal port of Vung Tau in Vietnam. The two-stage project, 120
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  • 340 1 AFP. Reuter TOKYO The Japanese government is set to adopt a record economic recovery package, estimated at more than 13 trillion yen (SslB6 billion), a daily newspaper said yesterday. According to the Nihon Kcizai Shimbun newspaper, the fresh package to be
    AFP.; Reuter  -  340 words
  • 209 1 Reuter TAIPEI A four-member Taiwanese delegation left for China yesterday to pave the way for an unprecedented meeting between representatives of both sides. The delegation from Taiwan's Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF), a semi-official body which handles ties with China, will make preparations
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  • 296 1  -  From Steven Vines in HONGKONG WHY do China's communist leaders live so long? Because they drink a tonic called the Chinese Wonderful Prescription, says the Hongkong agent for the product. The Washer (International) Company claims the "outstanding and superior" elixir not only improves health, fitness
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  • 657 1 Agencie VANCOUVER. British Columbia The Clinton administration yesterday announced a US$l.6 billion (552.6 billion) aid package to Russia and said it was ready to begin spending the money almost at once. The plan, outlined on the final day of President Bill
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
    • eye on the ECONOMY
      • 379 2  -  By Anna Teo THE year-end festivities, and no doubt the prospect of driving away a Mercedes Benz 300SL. spurred Visa credit cardholders on a spending spree in the final quarter last year they charged some $743 million to the card, 27 per cent more
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    • 447 2  -  Staff, production costs cut; marketing efforts stepped up By Joseph Rajendran HANOVER Leading Singapore computer maker IPC Corp has moved swiftly to "overhaul" Texas-based Austin Computer Systems, which it acquired just two-and-a-half months ago. The president and chief executive officer of US-based
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    • 170 2 THE National Computer Board (NCB) has launched a survey to assess the performance of the Singapore information technology (IT) industry last year and to poll companies' expectations of the sector for the future. The Singapore IT Industry and Manpower Survey 1993, launched on March 31,
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    • 366 2  -  By S] Sylvia Wong MALAYSIAN retailer KerryStores Sdn Bhd will open two department stores in Singapore as part of its international expansion plan. The Malaysian paper At'w Straits Times reported last week that the two Singapore stores will be at Tanglin Mall, and
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    • 175 2 THE MINISTRY of Trade and Industry has denied charges by the US government that Singapore has put up unfair trade barriers against the US. The Sunday Times yesterday quoted an M i l spokesman as saying that the Republic's trade practices did not discriminate and
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  • THE REGION
    • 380 3  -  Stories by Harish Mehta in PHNOM PENH A TOP GENERAL has defected from Prince Ranariddh's party to join Prime Minister Hun Sen's government, marking the third toplevel defection since last year. The latest defection comes just about a month and a
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    • 529 3 THE SUPREME National Council of Cambodia (SNC) must "assert" the embattled riel as the currency of the greater part of Cambodia, the United Nations Transitional Authority chief Yasushi Akashi said yesterday. Mr Akashi was speaking at a marathon four-hour meeting of the SNC which consists
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    • 487 3  -  From Maggie Ford in JAKARTA INDONESIAN President Suharto has reappointed two senior economists as his advisers. The move will allay mounting fears in the business community that the country's economic policies could change with the new Cabinet line-up announced last month. Widjojo Nitisastro and
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    • ASIA NOTES
      • 63 3 UPI JAKARTA United Nations special envoy Amos Wako on Saturday said he planned to visit the troubled Indonesian province of East Timor today to investigate human rights conditions 15 months after Indonesian troops fired on demonstrators. He said he would speak with different groups
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      • 54 3 AFP SEOUL South Korea has resolved a trade dispute with the US by agreeing to allow US firms to compete in telecommunications equipment contracts, officials here said yesterday. The South Korean Communications Ministry notified the US Trade Representative's Office in Washington of the
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      • 45 3 AFP BANGKOK The Thai Prime Minister has ordered tight security for Indian Prime Minister P V Narasimha Rao when he visits on Wednesday, including a ban on anyone attempting to give him flowers, a news report said yesterday. AFP
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      • 75 3 Reuter TAIPEI Taiwan will remove restrictions on wheat imports in June as part of government efforts to liberalise the island's markets, the Council of Agriculture said on Saturday. From June 1, any Taiwanese firm will be allowed to import wheat freely. Currently, wheat
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    • 201 3 AP HANOI Germany's foreign minister has pledged to pressure Washington to end its economic embargo against Hanoi. "We won't let Vietnam down," said visiting Foreign Minister Klaus Kinkel at a news conference on Saturday after two days of talks
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    • 438 4 AFP Reuters LONDON North Korea is very close to making a nuclear bomb, the British Sunday limes newspaper reported, saying the weapon was being developed at the Yongbyon nuclear complex in a facility where international inspectors have been refused access.
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    • 343 4 Reuter MELBOURNE Australian Finance Minister Ralph Willis has said the government has a responsible fiscal outlook and there is no reason for recent financial market nervousness about the budget deficit. He said the government maintained its commitment to reduce the
      Reuter  -  343 words
    • 285 4 Reuter BEIJING China is optimistic about its hid to join the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (Gatt) and hopes officials can prepare the way for Beijing's admission when they meet in May, the China Daily said yesterday. "We're not being overoptimistic, but
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    • 240 4 AFP CANBERRA Australian Governor-General Bill Hayden yesterday admitted he had eaten both animals represented on the country's national emblem. He said he had eaten the meat of both the kangaroo and the emu. and thoroughly enjoyed both. Speaking on TV. Mr Hayden said
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    • 231 4 Reuter BEIJING The high-collared "Mao jacket", once China's last word in politically correct fashion, is now selling so poorly that factories are ceasing production and shops are yanking them off the shelves. Beijing's Meidu Garment Factory chosen by the Ministry of Light Industry
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  • THE WORLD
    • WORLD WATCH
      • 83 6 UPI NEW YORK US President Bill Clinton has ordered federal disaster aid to help cover emergency costs from the bombing of the World Trade Centre, officials announced on Saturday. The declaration will probably mean millions ot dollars of federal aid. paving 75 per cent
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      • 65 6 AP BILECA, Bosnia-Herzegovina Bosnian Serbs have rejected an international peace plan, and at the United Nations, diplomats prepared for tougher sanctions against the rebels' patrons in Yugoslavia. In New York, the UN Security Council met in an emergency session last Saturday and issued a statement condemning
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      • 88 6 Reuter JERUSALEM Israel said yesterday that Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, in Washington to try to revive Middle East peace talks, wants to meet Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin after his return. Arab negotiators have refused to renew peace talks in Washington on April 20 until a
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    • 307 6 DOHA Gulf Arab states met here on Saturday in what had been touted as a bid to revive a proposed aid fund for less wealthy Arab countries which fought to liberate Kuwait. notably Egypt and Syria. Finance
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    • 330 6 AP WASHINGTON Lacking enough votes to blast through a Republican logjam blocking a US$l6.3 billion (5526.7 billion) economic stimulus package. Senate leaders intensified a search on Saturday for what one Democrat said was inevitable compromise. US President Bill Clinton took a
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    • 216 6 Reuter PARIS French Socialists, voted out of power in last month's general elections, have ousted their party leadership in a show of support for presidential hopeful Michel Rocard. Mr Rocard. a former prime minister and the party's favourite contender to succeed Socialist President Francois Mitterrand
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    • 97 6 BARNSLEY, Fngland A miners supporter displaying a placard while listening to Arthur Scargill at a rally held by his Union of Mine workers last Friday as part of its national Day of Action. Miners' leaders hoped that 10,000 people would join a march through
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    • 243 6 Reuter LONDON A British Sunday newspaper quoted "ministerial sources" as saying Prime Minister John Major may reluctantly agree to a referendum on Europe if he runs a serious risk of parliamentary defeat over the Maastricht Treaty. The Sunday Times said the sources
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
    • 456 7  -  By Ramesh Divyanathan SINGAPORE DBS Land has teamed up with Japanese retail giant Sogo to develop a block of flats on a piece of land in Bideford Road. The 100,616 sq ft site, now valued at 554 million, was the centre
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    • 868 7  -  Corporate results review: marine transport Reports by Joyce Quek SINGAPORE The year 1992 was not the best for the marine sector as many under the umbrella struggled to maintain their performance. All in all, most of the marine companies performed within analysts' expectations.
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    • 154 7 SINGAPORE In spite of mixed results, listed transport companies Singapore Bus Service and Tibs Holdings have given shareholders plenty of cheer. Revenue rose in 1992 and bonuses and higher dividends were recommended. SBS surprised many by earning $1.02 a share against the
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    • 634 7  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW W* rZ'4 ■•,-FMW 9 w> MH By Conrad Raj SINGAPORE Oncc again minority shareholders of Japancsc-controllcd ANA Hotels Singapore Ltd face disappointment. Despite the reporting of a substantial profit of 53.7 million this time (for
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    • 335 7 MBT KUALA LUMPUR Magnum Corp. in spite of increasing competition from other local gaming operators, is confident of recording continued growth in future based on the forecast bright economic future for Malaysia and the Asia-Pacific region. Executive chairman Lim Ah Tam said
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    • 185 7 SINGAPORE Overseas Union Bank has trimmed a quarter point off its housing loan rates, matching the cuts announced recently by United Overseas Bank and DBS Bank. Loans of between 11 and 30 years will now enjoy a 6.25 per cent
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    • Article, Illustration
      360 7 Source: Bridge Info Performance of STII's index stocks Apr 2 Ijst Vn*» Index Mock sale (hat factor notrrs (SI S \v i mo 1480 0 040 1*2 2 40 C A( 6 700 5 44 Ccrebos 5 200 4 26 h&N 13 500 0 500 1106 36 23 OF
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    • COMPANIES
      • COMPANY BRIEFS
        • 82 8 Reuter BANGKOK The leading shareholder in Thailand's rescued hirst City Investment Co and two former executives surrendered to police over the weekend to face charges ot forging legal documents, falsifying account records and producing incorrect and incomplete financial statements. Ihe three, shareholder Patcharec Wongpaitoon;
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        • 78 8 Bloomberg Business News LONDON Britain's Trade and Industry Minister, Michael Heseltine. is recruiting about 20 companies to give him confidential sales information to help his department keep tabs on economic activity independently of the Treasury. limes said. So far, TI Group. J
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        • 79 8 Bloomberg Business News TOKYO Marubeni Corp. a major Japanese trading company. will shoulder 12 billion to 13 billion yen (S$ 171 million to SSIB6 million) in securities appraisal losses incurred by an affiliate. Marubeni Lease, the Nihon Keizai newspaper said. Marubeni would write off the
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        • 69 8 Bloomberg Business News LONDON British jet engine maker Rolls-Royce pie told union officials on Friday that some of the 5,000 job cuts it is planning to make in this year and next might not be voluntary. Amalgamated Engineering Union officials said they might hold
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        • 65 8 Reuter FRANKFURT The government will investigate Germany's largest chemical group to see if poor organisation was to blame for a string of accidents at its plants, officials said on Saturday. Environment Minister Klaus Toepfer said he and local officials had agreed on the investigation into the
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      • 207 8 Reuter BRUSSELS Bankruptcies among Belgian firms jumped by more than one quarter last month compared with March 1992, according to a report published on Saturday. The report by Dun and Bradstreet International is likely to fuel the debate over plans to create a
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      • 521 8 Bid to revive country's stalled privatisation process AFP HANOI Hanoi has agreed in principle to let foreigners buy shares in Vietnamese stateowned companies, according to a government directive aimed at jump-starting the paralysed privatisation process. The State Bank had also
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      • 31 8 RIO DE JANEIRO Hundreds of demonstrators staging a protest last Frida> at the Rio stock exchange to oppose the privatisation of Brazil's largest steel manufacturer, CSN Reuter Reuter
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      • 356 8 Reuter BEIJING The China International Trust and Investment Corp (Citic). Beijing's premier overseas investment company, expects its profits to increase by at least 10 per cent this year, says president Wei Ming>i "Citic will lose no opportunities to expand its operations and
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      • 201 8 Reuter HONGKONG Gambling tycoon Stanley Ho has resigned from the boards of four Hongkong-listed firms because of increased regulation of public companies' affairs. Mr Ho stepped down from the board of Peregrine Investment Holdings Ltd. Starlight International (Holdings) Ltd, Tomson Pacific Ltd
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      • 331 8 South China Morning Post HONGKONG Li Ka-shing has entered the convoluted Allied Industries sale of Santai Manufacturing with a HKS3I4 million (Ss66 million) deal to take control of Santai with mainland-owned steel company Shougang Holding (HK). Allied Industries, part of
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      • 348 8 FT LONDON Enron, one of the largest gas companies in the US, expects to announce plans to build at least three gas-fired power stations worldwide by the end of the year at a total cost of close to US$6 billion
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      • 321 8 Reuter YEKATERINBURG. Russia Russia's giant Uralmash heavy engineering plant is planning a new share issue later this year to raise money for reconstruction work and to attract foreign investment. Senior officials at the plant, the largest of its kind in the former
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      • 309 8 South China Morning Post HONGKONG Standard Chartered Securities has issued a writ in the High Court claiming about HKS4O million (SSB.4 million) plus damages from three former directors of the securities firm when it was known as ChinTung. The three are Arthur Lai
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    • FINANCE
      • 349 9  -  By Quak Hiang Whai SINGAPORE Citicorp International has won a hotly contested US$65O million (551.06 billion) aircraft financing mandate from Garuda Indonesia. beating three other major banking groups. The American banking giant was said to have offered the best bid
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      • 325 9 AFP MELBOURNE The halfyearly results of Australia's major banks may be hit by further write-downs of property values, the head of the country's most successful bank warned yesterday. National Australia Bank Ltd managing director Don Argus said the struggling commercial property market
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      • 311 9 South China Morning Post HONGKONG The Hongkong Chinese Bank (HKCB), controlled by the Indonesian Lippo Group, has reported a 59.6 per cent rise in net profit to HK566.6 million (Ssl4 million) for last >ear, in line with market expectations.
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      • 288 9 Reuter MELBOURNE National Australia Bank Ltd has said it expects further banking rationalisation in Australia but it may not pursue an acquisitive strategy. It also said the bank was adjusting its results for the six months to March 31, based on a 10
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      • SMALL CHANGE
        • 100 9 Bloomberg Business News TOKYO Major Japanese banks are selling non-performing loans made to US and European companies involved in leveraged buy-outs, according to the Nihon Keizai newspaper. Fuji Bank and Tokai Bank this month each sold about US$5O million (5581.6 million) of loans extended to
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        • 77 9 Bloomberg Business News LONDON Britain will let building societies, the equivalent of savings and loans, form their own "captive" insurance companies to protect them against losses from mortgage loans, the Financial Times said last Saturday. Old rules stopped building societies from owning over 15 per cent
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        • 97 9 Bloomberg Business News NEW DELHI Indian brokers which underwrite new share offerings have withdrawn their commitments to scores of new public issues for fear the issues would be undersubscribed and they would have to bridge the gap. "Broker-underwriters have told hundreds of their clients
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        • 112 9 Reuter MANAMA The Saudi British Bank (SABB) said over the weekend its net profit for the first quarter of 1993 rose 51 per cent to a record 88.5 million riyals (5538.5 million). SABB. 40 per cent owned by HSBC Holdings pic. the parent of Hongkong
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        • 88 9 Reuter MANAMA United Saudi Commercial Bank (USCB) reported a 30 per cent increase in its first quarter net profit last Saturday, continuing its trend of strong growth. The Riyadh-based bank said unaudited results showed net profit rising to 61.3 million riyals from 47.1 million
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      • 343 9 Bloomberg Business News WASHINGTON The New York Mercantile Exchange will consider making a bid for the struggling Commodity Exchange of New York, says Nymex chairman R Patrick Thompson. "In a pure world, it makes a lot of sense," he told reporters at the
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      • 278 9 LAST WEEK was characterised by widespread profit-taking in the US dollar with the easing of political tension in Russia and an unchanged German monetary policy. Dollar selling was sparked by a break of important technical supports in the dollar/yen and dollar/mark which spilled over into other
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      • Article, Illustration
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    • COMMODITIES & FUTURES
      • 724 10  -  SIMEX WEEKLY ROUNDUP By Soh Tiang Keng SINGAPORE The launch of Hongkong stock index Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) added a touch of drama to trading on the Singapore International Monetary Exchange last week. Last Friday the third day of trading for the new
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      • 760 10 COMMODITIES WEEKLY ROUNDUP AFP LONDON The failure of negotiators to agree on new price support mechanisms for coffee and rubber depressed the commodities markets, marking the end of the price support attempts begun over 30 years ago. The fears that the coffee,
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    • 1569 10 Rubber Apr 2 RAS Commodity Exchange (futures dosing as at 1pm) RAS (physical prices) RSS 1 Contract (S ccnts/kg) Buyers Sellers tt— As at 12 noon (S ccnts/kg) C lose Volume Open Month High Low Sett (tonnes) Interest RSS 2 May 93 I32 00 I33.00N ~rz —TJ TTTTT
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    • 5472 11 CORPORATE RESULTS Net Earn EPS Date rv LY TY LY Comtaay ann (Sm) <*■> (Cts) (Ctt) Aetna Mar 30 P ***** 10 647 23.1 17 3 MSB* Mar 30 1 0 173 1 255 0.2 12 Alliance Tech Mar 24 P I079L 0962L Amal Steel* Mar
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    • 753 11 Relative Strength Index: The RSI measures the rate at which prices move. In theory, it ranges between zero and 100. In practice however, it fluctuates between 10 and 90. RSI is calculated over a specified period, say 13 days, and is derived from the formula: 100 100/ [(up
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    • MARKET REVIEWS
      • 775 12 FT New York NEW YORKERS love bad weather. It gives them an opportunity to kick and scream, gripe and grumble, and all without apportioning blame to anyone in particular, or without having to accept any responsibility for the mess it creates. Wall
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      • 349 12 AFP London SHARES rose slightly last week as dealers remained cautiously optimistic that the recession was mov ing to its end in Britain. The FTSE 100 Index ended the week up 17 points at 2.869.9 points. Lacking both important company
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      • 379 12 Sun Hung Kai Research Hongkong WITH no more harsh words from Chinese officials condemning Hongkong Governor Chris Patten's political reform bill, the local bourse continued to recover its lost ground in last week's trading. Program trading also helped the market to perform better. However,
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      • ASIAN MARKETS ROUNDUP
        • 85 12 Restrained buying at the Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSE) following the discovery of fake shares circulating throughout the market pared the market's key stocks index only slightly last week. The JSE Index ended last Friday at 310.078, a mere 0.6 per cent down from the previous week's close. Average daily
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        • 81 12 Political uncertainty hit the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) last week with the index losing 10.24 on the previous week's close to finish last Friday at 857.2 points. The average daily volume last week was 41.9 million shares, up from the previous week's average of 33.32, while the average
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        • 140 12 Share prices on the Philippine stock exchanges closed higher last week on bargain-hunting and confidence in President Fidel Ramos' efforts to solve the energy crisis, analysts said last Saturday. At the larger Manila Stock Exchange, the Composite Price Index inched 2.202 per cent higher to close at 1,480.30 points
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        • 75 12 Share prices surged last week to end at 689.24 last Saturday amid signs that South Korea's economy was beginning to strengthen and that a government anti-corruption drive was easing. The broad-based Composite Stocks Price Index ended Saturday's half session up 32.76 points, or 5 per cent, from the previous
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        • 72 12 Share prices on the Taiwan Stock Exchange soared during the holidayshortened week, propelled by the announcement of the largest-ever private project on the island. Extending a 0.3 per cent rise the previous week, the 332-issue Weighted Price Index piled up another 345.91 points or 7.5 per cent to settle
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        • 85 12 Indian stock markets, hit by last month's blast at the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), rallied last week as institutional investors moved in on the last day of the fiscal year to pull prices out of a tailspin. The BSE Sensitivity Index, which tracks 30 blue-chip companies, closed at 2311.44
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      • 385 12 AFP Tokyo INSTITUTIONAL investors came out joining a buying spree last week as the Tokyo Stock Exchange remained on the upbeat with its daily turnover swelling to its largest in 40 months last Friday. Rebounding from a midweek respite on profit-taking, the 225-issue Nikkei Stock
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    • WORLD STOCK MARKETS
      • 2229 12 London Apr 2 Puct Industrials A. A. Corp Vlr 25 400 I \bhey National 385 4 3 Allied Lyons SIO unci! Amec IJ -2 Asda Group 6* 4/8 4/8 BAT Ind 942 -J7 Blt'C 352 -J B<X (.roup 720 -22 BOC Group 720 -22 BR Petroleum 300 I BTR 609
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      • 921 12 -68.63 Wall Street was battered by a sweeping sell-off in tobacco stocks and by inflation fears last Friday that left blue chips with their biggest losses in six weeks. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell a steep 68.63 points to 3,370.81, nailed down by a plunge of 22
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      • 270 12 19.45 A steep slide on Wall Street, fuelled by a scll-ofT in tobacco stocks, dragged down Toronto stocks in spite of continued gains in Canadian gold stocks. A spike up in Canadian money market rates following a slump in the Canadian dollar added to the negative tone. The TSE-300
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      • 274 13 Bernama THE Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange picked up a frenzied trading pace last week as investors went on a shopping spree while institutional portfolio managers renewed their enthusiasm on the local front, especially for blue chips. The bourse closed on a steadier note
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    • STOCK EXCHANGE OF SINGAPORE
      • 1327 14  -  By Magdalene Ng THE SPURT in stock market activity on Friday is expected to continue this week on improved economic prospects, better corporate results released last month and spillover interest in speculative Malaysia counters. In its weekly review. OCBC Investment Research said it
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  • SPORTS
    • 465 15 Golf AFP LYON. France New Zealander Frank Nobilo stands poised to rob five Europeans chasing a first Tour victory in the Lyon Open here at Villette D'Anthon. The Kiwi, who won the Mediterranean Open at Valencia last month, had a
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    • 525 15 Reuter HONGKONG Hongkong's gambling-mad race-goers yesterday scoffed at Britain's ill-fated Grand National steeplechase on Saturday after the Royal Hongkong Jockey Club beamed the race live to a local race track. Local punters, who had wagered about HK524.35 million (555.2 million) on one ot the world's
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    • SCORE CARD
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        69 15 AFP HONGKONG Results at the LSS3O.OOO (5549.000) Asian Badminton Championships yesterday: Division One Final Indonesia beat China 3-2 (Heryanto Arbi b Wu Wenkai 15-3. 15-8; Ricky Subagja/Rexy Mainaky lost to Chen Kang/Chen Hongyong 12-15. 13-18: Allan Budi Kusuma b Liu Jun 15-6. 17-18. 15-4; Zheng Yumin/Huang Zhangzhong conceded to
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        216 15 AP. Reuter NEW YORK NBA results Saturday: Bullets 114 Trail Blazers 102; Rockets 118 Warriors 111; SuperSonics 129 Hawks 105. Standings (x-clinched play-off berth) Eastern Conference; Atlantic Di>ision (W L Pet GB): I x-Ncw York 50 20 .714 2 Boston 42 29 .592 8 1-2 3 New Jersev 42
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        26 15 PARIS Virgil Hill of the US retained his WBA light-heavy-weight title on Saturday when he outpointed Fabrico I iozzo ol Franco over 12 rounds. Router
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        62 15 JOHANNKSBI R<; Result in the third and deciding leg of the semi-final of the Benson and Hedges Cup one-dav tournament between Transvaal and Eastern Province on Saturday: Transvaal 218-8 in 45 overs (Mandy Yachad 63), Eastern Province 213-8 in 45 overs (Kepler Wesscls 122 not out. Stefan Jacobs 3-37).
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        29 15 AFP WELLING lON Super 10 rugb> results yesterda\ Pool A: Western Samoa 27 Queensland 19. Pool B: Waikato 29 North Harbour 24: Transvaal 42 Northern Transvaal 22. AFP
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        282 15 AP AFP AFP MIKI, Japan Final scores in the 80 million yen (551.15 million) Descente Classic Munsingerwear Cup Tournament yesterday (Japanese unless noted): 281 Tetsu Nishikawa 70-74-69-68 283 Shigcnori Mori. Tsuyoshi Yoneyama 285 Seiki Okuda, Yutaka Hagawa. Also: 289 Samson Gimson (Sin) 73-72-72-72. Peter McWhinney (Aus) 293 Lin Chie-hsiang
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        59 15 Reuter NEW \<)Rh Nlll. results Sat- urday: Red Wings 5 Canucks I; Flyers 6 Lightning 2: Bruins 3 Sabres 3: Flames 3 Sharks 2 (ot); Whalers 7 Senators 3: Penguins 5 Nordiques 3; Jets 6 Oilers 4: Canadiens 3 Islanders 2; Maple Leafs 1 Devils 0; Black hawks
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        184 15 AFP. Reuter SHAII AI.AM, Malaysia Malaysian (.rand Prix results yesterday 500 cc (31 laps. 108.655 km): 1 Wayne Rainey (US) Yamaha 44 mins 54.102 sec 2 Darvl Beat tic (Aus) Honda 45:00.247 3 Kevin Schwantz (US) Suzuki 45:12.469 4 Mick Doohan (Aus) Honda 45:15.075 5 Alex Crivillc (Spn) Honda
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        40 15 Reuter lIIFION IIEAI), South Carolina Results from the I *****.000 (SSI.2 million) Family Circle Cup yesterday. Semifinals: Steffi Graf ((ier) b 3-Ciabriola Sabatini (Arg) 6-0 7-6 (7-3); Arantxa Sanchez Vicario (Spn) b Jennifer Capriati (LIS) 2-6 7-5 6-0. Router
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    • 532 15 Reuter NEW ORLEANS Chris Webber led Michigan to a tense 81-78 overtime victory over Kentucky last Saturday as the Wolverines reached their second consecutive NCAA championship game, where they will face North Carolina. Webber led all scorers with 26 points, including the
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    • 293 15 AP NEW ORLEANS Greg Kraft, who has never finished higher than sixth in seven pro seasons, shot a three-under 69 last Saturday and took a oneshot lead after 54 holes in the USSI million (551.63 million) Freeport-McMoßan Classic. Kraft was at 212
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    • SIDE LINES
      • 114 15 AP MIKI. Japan Tetsu Nishikawa shot five birdies yesterday as he came from behind with a four-under-par 68 for a two-stroke victory in the 80-million-yen (SSI. 15 million) Descente Classic Munsingwear Cup golf tournament. It was the second career win for the 24-year-old Nishikawa. who started
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      • 91 15 AP MANILA Taiwanese rookie Yeh Chang-ting sank a four-metre par putt on the final hole yesterday for a one-stroke victory over Carlos Espinosa of Mexico in the Philippine Open Golf Championship. American Dennis Paulson, who came to the final hole tied with Yeh.
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      • 122 15 AFP SHAH A LAM. Malaysia Three-time world champion Wayne Rainey of the US led from start to finish to win the Malaysian 500 cc Grand Prix here yesterday. Rainey, clocking 44 min 54.102 sec on his Yamaha, finished 6.145 sec ahead of secondplaced
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      • 118 15 Reuter OSAKA, Japan Michael Chang won a popular victory yesterday with a hard-fought 6-4 6-4 win over Israeli Amos Mansdorf in the final of the Salem Open. The second-seeded Chinese-Amer-ican. who has been the focus of thrilled autograph hunters in this western Japanese city, won
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      • 134 15 Reuter PHOENIX. Arizona Briton Nigel Mansell ended up in hospital and Canadian Scott Goodyear in pole position after Saturday's eventful practice and qualify ing sessions for yesterday's Valvoline 200 IndyCar race at the Phoenix International Raceway Mansell crashed heavily at the start of the
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  • THE ARTS
    • 1090 17  -  David Keeps looks at a relationship of not always equal and not always supportive partners David Keeps NYT Ellen burstyn is fending off Harvey Keitel's advances, none too successfully. In Martin Scorcese's film Alice Doesn 't Live Here Anymore, he is a
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    • 596 17  -  P Y Van on last Saturday's concert by the Singapore Symphony Orchestra P Y Van Hair CHINESE guest conductor Shui Lan coaxed some expressive as well as impressive playing from the Singapore Symphony Orchestra last Saturday night. Under his baton, the thematic transformation in Richard Strauss' Death and
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    • 363 17 Susan Tsang on a forum for aspiring art collectors ANYONE can buy a painting or a piece of antique pottery. but how does a buyer become a collector? I he transition need not be too traumatic, especially with the upcoming Forum for the Arts.
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    • 1238 17 TV RADIO Bl: The Untold Stories, 9pm. w his re-enacts a bank robbery i Cleveland in 1975. Fifty-six- tfr ;fe XU V car old tddie Watkins is a f *>/",. \*j areer criminal with more than k'hal he never bargains for is I V S, V|iv to rn.erven.ion of a
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  • ENTERPRISE & MANAGEMENT
    • 1069 18  -  Lorena Tan examines some of the changes planned to make financial statements more comparable worldwide Lorena Tan The writer is technical senices director at an internatu mal accounting firm. Accountants in Singapore follow International Accounting Standards (lAS). Many changes are being made to these standards
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    • 872 18  -  Many British employers appear unwilling to recruit older staff. Diane Summers and Catherine Milton report that cost is the most obvious incentive for hiring younger employees Diane Summers, Catherine Milton FT ANYONE born much before 1950 is battling against stiff odds in the
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    • 1525 19  -  Lawrence M Fisher finds out how Chiron Corp has built up a much broader portfolio than any other biotechnology company today Lawrence M Fisher NYT MOST scientistfounders return to their test tubes in short order, but the founders of the Chiron Corp three
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    • 883 19  -  Christopher Lorenz discusses the identity crisis Christopher Lorenz FT POWERFUL new management concepts tend to go through a natural but unfortunate cycle. At first they are applied with care by an informed minority. But then, as word spreads, they are seized upon with abandon and taken
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    • 543 19 DAVIDSON Axmith International Pty Ltd has announced the appointment of Da* id French as managing director of the company's first overseas branch in Singapore. He will be providing outplacement consulting services to both individuals and firms in the South-east Asia region. A resident of Singapore for eight years.
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    • 540 18 INVESTING IN THE ASIA PACIFIC KNOW THE LEGAL IMPLICATIONS AND SAFEGUARDS 15 16 April 1993, The Oriental, Singapore CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS An overview of company laws in the Asia Pacific Directors' duties ana responsibilities in the Asia Pacific Regional company formation practices Legal structures for joint ventures in Asia Pacific T
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    • 42 18 The Right Connection Get in touch with the latest features of cellular phones other telecommunication equipment available. Go on-line with "Telemart", a special focus in The Straits Times Classified on 6 April Lianhe Zaobao Mini-Ads on 7 April. CATS. ■"■-i 1 i
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    • 64 19 DOONESBURY HEY, EVER/BODY! COME QUICKLY! MR. PUKB'S BEEN 0URJEP ALIVE IN HIS CABIN BY AN AVALANCHE'S, BOY, IT'S BEEN QUITE A YEAR FOR AVALANCHES, I HASN'T IT? GARRY TRUDEAU NO, NO, MR. DUKE'S VEPVRE90URCEFUL! I WINK THERE'S a HOPS' A iL 60 FEET? INCR5P' IBLS! CAN'T SEE ANYONE SURVIVING THAT.
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  • 421 20 AFP, Reuter HONGKONG Chinese Premier Li Peng has blocked pressure from hardline communist officials to impose tough retaliatory measures against Britain over the row on Hongkong's political future. Press reports in Hongkong yesterday said that Mr Li reportedly ordered a
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  • 232 20 AP VANCOUVER President Bill Clinton will seek tougher UN economic sanctions against Serbia and "deeply believes" Serbs must be punished for their aggression. George Stephanopoulos, Mr Clinton's spokesman, said yesterday that the Bosnian Serb Parliament's rejection of the proposed peace plan for
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  • 490 20  -  By Philip Bowring in HONGKONG A DISPUTE between a foreign investor and its minority Vietnamese state partner has landed in the lap of Vietnamese Prime Minister Vo Van Kiet. He has been petitioned by the foreign group to investigate the
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  • 264 20 AFP NEW DELHI Financc Minister Manmohan Singh said yesterday that New Delhi would soon empower India's securities watchdog panel to curb scams such as the one which last year shattered investor confidence in stock markets and banks. Mr Singh told a Joint
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  • 275 20 AFP NEW DELHI Indian public sector companies worth a total of US$l5 billion (5524.6 billion) fetched a combined dividend of U*****.3 million or less than 2 per cent in fiscal 1991-92, according to an auditor's report. However, the Press Trust of
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  • 105 20 Reuter MANILA Philippine Central Bank governor Jose Cuisia urged commercial banks yesterday to lower interest rates after the average of government Treasury bill rates fell to 13.277 percent from 13.533 in last Friday's weekly auction. Mr Cuisia told reporters banks were still charging interest
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  • 436 20 NYT CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia The University of Virginia is considering a ban on sexual liaisons between professors and students, which one university administrator called higher education's "dirty little secret". Several universities in recent years have adopted policies that forbid relationships between faculty
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  • 648 20  -  The Bottom Line LESLIE GELB LESLIE GELB The writer is a columnist with the New York Times NOT SO long ago, Boris Yeltsin was Communist Party boss in Sverdlovsk and Bill Clinton was governor of Arkansas. Now both country pols have made
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  • Business IT
    • 968 21  -  The workstation leader has unveiled endorsements from PC majors. Claire Leow reports from Santa Clara, California Claire Leow SCOTT McNcaly turned up at the Second Annual Solaris Developer Conference here last week in a tuxedo top with jeans. He had on his favourite monogrammed white
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    • 755 21  -  Japan's No 1 PC-maker is focusing on technology and innovation, writes Helen Chang from Tokyo Helen Chang THE future of the Japanese personal computer (PC) market may lie somewhere between an airport room and a hot bath. Tomorrow's "PC" is likely to be
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    • TECH TAKES
      • 85 22 SINGAPORE Computer distributor SiS Technologies has introduced a few bargains for the month of April. CorelDraw 3.0 from Corel Corp will retail for $399, instead of the usual $690. There is also the option of Stacker 3.0 at $149, from the usual $266. Aldus PageMaker will sell
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      • 54 22 SINGAPORE Fuji Xerox has introduced the Xerox 4213 laser printing system, the company's first low-cost desktop printer to offer two-sided printing. It offers a resolution of 300 dots per inch at speeds of 13 pages per minute. The printer supports applications running on mainframes, minicomputers
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      • 61 22 SINGAPORE Malaysian computer firm MCSB Systems has launched its second Novell Authorised Education Centre in Penang, after Kuala Lumpur. The Penang facility will have three instructors and training rooms which are expected to train up to 1.000 participants in the next 12 months. A third centre
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      • 62 22 SINGAPORE The Institute of Systems Science and Automated Systems Pte Ltd have launched the Druid User Interface Management System. The product helps software programmers to design and implement graphical user interfaces, which make computers more friendly to work with. The product is based on standards
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      • 122 22  -  Compiled by Joseph Rajendran SINGAPORE Disk drive heavyweight Seagate Technology has launched three new products the 127M-byte ST9I4SAG, 260M-byte ST329OA and the 340M-byte 5T3390 drive. The 127M-byte drive is a 2.5-inch drive designed for portable computers. Some of the key features of the drive, OEM price
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    • 809 22  -  Even a muscular DOS needs protection, as Kenneth James finds out Kenneth James Microsoft Corporation has added more muscle to MS-DOS. the world's most widely-used software. At the same time, the software giant's regional arm has moved quickly to protect its products, including
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    • 664 22 Some outsiders sceptical of the financial data Corrigan is eyeing NYT IBM's much-maligned personal computer business is far more healthy than rivals and most industry' analysts think, according to Robert Corrigan. president of IBM Personal Computer Co. Last year, the business was a
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    • It's happenin'
      • 66 22 INFORMATION Technology and the World Around You is the theme of a one-day seminar on how businesses can benefit from IT. The seminar, on April 13, is co-organised by Enterprise Promotion Centres Pte Ltd, IBM and the Singapore Manufacturers Association. Separate afternoon sessions for distributors, retailers
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      • 118 22 MICROSOFT Singapore is organising two courses for programmers and MIS professionals. A four-day course on programming in Microsoft Visual Basic 2.0 will be held from April 13-16. Participants should have a basic working knowledge of Visual Basic and some experience in developing MS-DOS or Windowsbased applications. An
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      • 57 22 ICL Singapore is organising a series of training courses between April 7 and April 30 for current and prospective Unix users. The courses are fully accredited by Unix International. And according to Unix marketing manager Nigel Pitcher topics are "definitely not hardware specific". Call Alicia Chow at
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      • 107 22  -  Compiled by Kenneth James THE Information Communication Institute of Singapore (ICIS) will run a course on Object Oriented Analysis and Design from Mav 24-28. The course will be run by Richard Lee of A T&l Bell Laboratories. For more details, call Amnah Abu Samah. Tel:
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    • Article, Illustration
      119 22 PLRSONAL computer products distributor Tech Pacific has appointed two managers, both to be based in Singapore. hdwin Huang is Tech Pacific's new regional director for Asia, overseeing operations in Singapore, Malaysia. Hongkong and Taiwan. He was formerly the company's regional marketing manager, and before that was marketing manager
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    • 777 23  -  The quiet economic mood did not stop Asian companies from turning up the volume for their multimedia products. Joseph Rajendran wraps up from Hanover Joseph Rajendran Europe's premier computer exhibition Ceßit '93 lived up to its reputation with a show of the latest technology from a
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    • 692 23  -  Also from Hanover, Cynthia Johnson finds out more about the brave new world of personal communication Cynthia Johnson Reuter com-m-J munication is the JL latest buzzword among consumer electronics and computer firms and they don't mean a quiet dinner for two. This
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    • 953 24  -  Nasdaq-listed Gupta Corp is an example of a highly focused small company holding its own against giants. The founder, who was in Singapore recently, tells Joseph Rajendran how he did it llrilerVlEW Joseph Rajendran In this series, IT people speak on what matters to them in the
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    • 708 24  -  IT for SMEs Teo I at-Khai points out some pitfalls on the road to computerisation Teo Tat-Khai The writer, an IT consultant, has managed product development projects in an MSC and has held Information Systems managerial responsibilities with a regional organisation SMEs have a narrower margin
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    • 699 24  -  IN SYNC INTEGRATING IT BUSINESS Cecilia Chua explains why business should drive the technology Cecilia Chua The writer is a senior manager with Andersen Consulting Singapore. She has been involved with clients in rethinking their business strategies and in managing the resultant change SO your company's computerised.
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    • 951 25  -  Schutz Lee explores an exciting new technology developed in Singapore Schutz Lee THE phone buzzes. Jane Tan presses a key on her IBMcompatible personal computer keyboard, and in a matter of seconds she is not only talking to her client Tom Kite in the UK, but she
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    • 284 25  -  Multimedia is also making its entry into news magazines, as John Enders, writing from San Jose, finds out Jonn Enders, AP NEWSWEEK announced last week that it will offer subscribers a quarterly version of the magazine for CD-ROM players that allows users to browse through text,
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    • Article, Illustration
      1118 26  -  Printer companies are not only racing to meet new user needs but are also embroiled in a tough price war, Claire Leow reports Claire Leow HewlettPACKARD announces today the worldwide launch of its LaserJet 4 Si and 4 Si MX network printers, capable of talking to a multi-lingual
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    • 1017 26  -  -WINPOB^OP-dPPORM^ DAVID WELCHER The writer heads Computing Dynamics (USA), a Brooklyn-based management consulting and software development firm, and also writes on IT issues. He contributed this commentary to BusinesslT I USUALLY write from New York City. This month, it is my good fortune to have business
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    • 448 26 AP SAN JOSE Apple Computer Inc, Intel Corp and others last week began showing off the latest in high-tech gadgets and computer software for the quickly growing CD-ROM market. Apple introduced a new three-in-one CD-ROM, PhotoCD, and audio CD player called PowerCD. to
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    • 270 26 UPI SOMERS. New York International Business Machines Corp said last week that by the end of the year, it will design all of its business-oriented computer products to comply with worldwide health, safety and crgonomic standards. IBM said the move will make it the world's
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    • 36 22 M6I ()(u .Sw/rm 'MS-DOS 6 was designed from the beginning to support users of Windows. There are other DOS (versions) around, but there are problems with compatibility, especially in Windows.' Microsoft's S-E Asia GM Peter Wong
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  • Shipping Times
    • 487 27  -  By Juliette Walker SINGAPORE Five oil majors expect to incorporate their ambitious brainchild. Hast Asia Response Ltd (Earl), in Singapore this month to fight oil spills in the Asia Pacific region. BP, Caltex, Exxon. Mobil and Shell jointly initiated the Earl
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    • 367 27 Reuter COPENHAGEN Major Danish shipping, oil and gas group A P Moeller said 1992 was a difficult year for its shipping operations and results were mixed. It said container operations between the US and Far East Asia performed better in 1992 than
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    • 699 27 Already the world's biggest shipyard South Korea's Hyundai Heavy Industries aims to compete with the Japanese in building highly sophisticated ships Reuter ULSAN, South Korea Amid the gloom of low orders and closures in the world's shipbuilding industry. South Korea's mammoth Hyundai
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    • 401 27  -  By Bob James Boh James is a Lloyd's List reporter on attachment with BT SINGAPORE The Malaysian Government is poised to announce the development of a new port in Johor. Sources close to the project say a decision is likely "within months" because the
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    • 423 27 The Nation BANGKOK NYK Shipping Service (Thailand) and Siam Paetra International have improved their joint services in the intra-Asia region. The joint services, launched in June 1991, were called Clipper and Quartet and sailed from Bangkok to Hongkong. Taiwan. Japan and South Korea. To
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    • 176 27 Reuter HAVANA A Cyprus-regis-tered tanker carry ing fuel oil to a Cuban port was fired on by j "pirate" gunmen in a speedboat off Cuba's northern coast last Friday night. Cuban state television said on Saturday. It said the Sikonos. carry ing a crew ol"
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    • SHIPS IN PORT
      • 719 28 Vessel Voy No Berth Arriwai Departure Vessel Voy No Berth Arrival Departure iurong Port AS Success 301 P05 04 04 2359 0604 2300 AngeMu R SM931 115 16 alongside (ft04,2300 Atlantic Cha SWAM P08A 04 04 1600 0504 2300 Bet Abbes 1CNA93 14 alongside 05 04 0600
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      • 2514 28 DELIVERY OF FCL IMPORT CONTAINERS IN PROGRESS Ship Voy No Containers ayaiable Shp Voy No Contaiwrs avadable Archimcdes 3101 *****3 0810 B Penaga 8313 COOlEST) 04 04 93 1930 Shade 92V* 03 04 93 0830 Castor 3203 COOlEST) 04 04 93 0700 Sopereight 2NB 03.0493 0840 Danube 06
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    • 1173 29 Pane Col ABC' Containerize 12 1 Accord Ciroup 8 1-3 Ahrcnkiel Liner 16 4 Allied-Link 16 4/5 Alpha Feeders 6 I ANl. 3 1/2 API 5 3-5 ASCL 5 5 Asian Breakhulk 16 3 ASXCLShpg 15 2 A\ant Shpg 6 4/5 Avia Airways
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    • 10812 36 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
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    • 239 43 THE Baltic Freight Index for spot dry cargo shipping rates fell to i.499 on April 1 from 1,503 on March 31. FIXTURES l anker Tanker brokers reported little fixing activity and steady freight rates in the leading loading areas, but they saw widely-spread enquiries until mid-April. VLCCs were
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    • 130 43 COURSES Title: Marine Insurance (SDK 70%) Duration: Apr 2 May 14 (6 evenings) Organiser: Singapore National Shipping Association Tel: For further details and application forms contact SNSA at tel: 278-3464 or fax: 274-5079 title: Managing Human Resources. Duration: April 5-6 Organiser CAI Consultants/Heriot—Watt University, lei: 339-2733 or fax:
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    • 840 43 THIS twice weekly report, compiled by Cockett Marine Oil Ltd, shows price ranges in US dollars instead ot 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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    • AIR AND LAND TRANSPORT NEWS
      • 336 46 AP WASHINGTON American Airlines last Friday asked the government for authority to fly between Philadelphia and London, setting ofT a heated dispute with its chief rival. United Airlines. United on Monday announced an agreement to buy the route from USAir for US$l4.5 million (5523.8
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      • 49 46 Reuter LONDON A man gazing at the deserted Clapham Junction train station on Friday before starting his eight-kilometre walk to work. Train drivers across the country and most bus drivers in London were on a 24-hour strike in protest against job and pay cuts. Reuter
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      • 221 46 AFP HONGKONG Hongkong has again asked two bidders for a major land reclamation project related to its new airport to extend the validity of their tenders this time by three months. In a statement, the government said last Saturday the two lowest bidders for
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      • 458 46 Nikkei Weekly TOKYO In late January, just after the US' Big Three carmakers were reported to be preparing an anti-dumping law suit against imported passenger cars, Toyota Motor Corp and Nissan Motor Co announced price hikes in the US. Although officials at
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      • 296 46 Bernama BINTULU, Sarawak The Federal Government is unable to meet Sarawak's request for cheap flights like those proposed for Sabah, Transport Minister Dr Ling Liong Sik said. Malaysia Airlines (MAS) could not consider lowering air fares on the Sarawak sector
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      • 157 46 AP MANILA President Fidel Ramos made a mistake in privatising Philippine Airlines and he has a moral obligation to regain control of the company, a prominent senator said last Saturday. Senator Arturo Tolentino said in a speech that Philippine Airlines had no competition
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      • 321 46 NYT NEW YORK The budget agreement in Albany giving the Metropolitan Transportation Authority virtually all of the US$9.6 billion (5515.7 billion) it requested for a rebuilding programme over the next five years promises a smoother trip for mass-transit riders in the New York
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      • LOG BOOK
        • 91 46 Reuter TOKYO Japan's Transport Ministry issued 13 shipbuilding permits in February, unchanged from january. Permits by volume fell to 408.998 gross registered tonnes (grt) in February from 531,732 grt the month before. Volume was 776.500 grt for 19 vessels in February 1992. In February, the
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        • 85 46 Air travel down in February says Iata UPI GENEVA Airlines affiliated with the International Air Transport Association (lata) saw their passenger traffic growth fall from 11 per cent in January to 4 per cent in February, the trade association reported on Thursday. Combined passenger traffic growth over the two months
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        • 97 46 Reuter SEOUL South Korean shipyards received foreign orders for 29 ships of 1.79 million gross registered tonnes (grt) during the first three months of 1993. up from four ships of 242,000 grt a year earlier, the Korea Shipbuilders' Association said. But exports in the first
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        • 74 46 Reuter BAD DOBERAN, Germany Economics Minister Guenter Rexrodt said on Saturday he saw no chance for subsidies to help German shipyards win a Chinese order for 70 vessels. He said he was sceptical China would pick German shipyards because he said they could
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        • 76 46 Reuter LONDON Libya is prepared to hand over two suspects in the bombing of a Pan Am airliner that killed 270 people in Scotland in 1988 to a neutral European or Commonwealth country, a British politician said on Saturday. Ron Brown, a
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        • 72 46 Reuter CARACAS Ten people were killed when a DC-9 owned by Venezuelan airline Aeropostal crashed into the Caribbean Sea just north of the Margarita island tourist resort. Caracas Radio reported on Saturday. The plane went down with its three-man crew and a group of
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      • 1345 46 cut, Flight ETA Fl*t ETD Abu Dhabi GA970 2205 GA892 2359 SQ228 2055 Amsterdam SQ319 0715 KL838 2310 KL837 1445 SQ324 2345 SQ288 2030 SQ285 2015 B Sari Begawan BI421 1105 SQ182 0915 SQ181 1410 BI422 1205 BI429 2030 B1430 2125 Bangkok SQ69 1145 TG402 0830
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    • 1802 29 Lines and services represented by Members ol the Registry of Accredited A|fj?\Wv Shipping Agents, Singapore Wggjpjj National Shipping Association Fa advertising enquiries, contact Shipping Times: Tel 740-2089/740-2090 OOCL (S) PTE LTD JARDINE SHIPPING AGENCIES *11If# BOOKINGS TEL: *****34 *****58/ *****40 Allffr CFS (PSA F5) TEL: *****21/ *****79 ■TCRMi JARDINE SHIPPING
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    • 144 30 u Hapag-Lloyd CONTAINER SERVICE TO UK/CONTINENT |*2iDC&ftM25EfeH WBBi^miKCTiKUB H2£2SDC2mSE«3 BSsspSs^^^^^H KTigBBCg^M^BWi^MMEmnn^SE^B mmmmmmm CONTAINER SERVICE FROM UK/CONTINENT BBIiiKI^H^IH^RIHIiiHi9 »TBM MM ■HM mlb EM I jilm WULM IpgyjpiMEjgaMM CONTAINER SERVICE TO USA SCX SERVICE CONTAINER SERVICE FROM USA SCX SERVICE D'AFFRETEMENT FULL CONTAINER SERVICE OUTBOUND TO MEDITERRANEAN Malta. Aigiors and Casablanca via
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    • 91 31 I If f !i VrWTi 1 BHSB Weekly Round The World Container Service PHONE: 222-2212 FAX 222-1833 TLX: RS ***** CR. NO. **********0G iTTTTTi ii op ezewkm CI sm^ni SEAWARD SHIPPING AND TRADING CO (S) PTE LTD FOR BOOKINGS ENQUIRIES PIEASE CONTACT SMGMTO SUNMD SHTPWG t IRtMK CO <S) PIE
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    • 1417 31 SINGAPORE AGENT: PAritairiAl*C p&0 Containers (Singapore Agencies) Pte Ltd K m 43L\_f \iUllLdlllvl 3 10 Hoe Chiang Road #07-01 KEPPEL TOWERS. SINGAPORE 0208 Tel: 225 2233 Tele* RS ***** PNOCSP Fax: 225 5327/222 7517 v V _V CR Number **********0Z EXPORT IMPORT VFCCfL VOY 'PNG 'PKO MM *1.0 SOU ANT
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    • 100 32 {SSI DJAKARTA Jggji LLOYD 1 ■■HZM 1M II I■ ~M T lEM E B" '•I-Y'ir— ■maimi K.^amitm r^»IT7TI fj^B qtm mm estct^mbm OHKH3 EUS ;".'.!TTTrri BC3MSSMMiJJ AGENTS: SINGAPORE EKA JAYA AGENCIES (S) PTE LTD D'PFC" I'NF ,V:2 PAGEP MALAYSIA: HARPER WIRA SDN BHD AYA V :"v; h ■^^^^^¥7TT?^B*7T! T T^Br'!r
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    • 221 32 r EVERGREEN 1 Full Container Service Round-The-World East Bound (FE/CARIB/USEC/EURO/FE) I Round-The-World West Bound (FE/EURO/USEC/CARIB/FE) I US WEST COAST/PNW SERVICE I ouTBQi 1 I inn mil FAR EAST/RED SEA/MEDITERRANEAN I OUTBOUND MED/RED SEA/F.E. I I FAR EAST/ SRI LANKA/ INDIA/ PAKISTAN/ FAR EAST I hi i in mmi iki bound
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    • 1970 33 II PLEASE DIAL TEL: 1-800 *****00 (TOLL-FREE)!! I I] FOR ALL BOOKINGS (NOL SERVICES) H JL NORTH WEST EXPRESS (NWXf "K| SINGAPORE CALIFORNIA EXPRESS (SCX) TO PNW UHA INLAND POINTS I TO CALIFORNIA ■U* GULF»MUUtO POtMTS- ATLANTIC VtA MLB I U FEEDER VSL VOY SGP MOTHER VSL VOY SET PLD
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    • 203 33 BALT-ORIENT LINE/ j XX N ES—EI SO HBMUJ i>i rnrSHBrJBniTB Cl— fFO LUKMEEB em BMTnpnmm n~7—ittw imcni tnca EMBO EEM HUM KrwrMgrMnraECTEOi (XUHnim HE3SZ—EHI HEM MT.Minri qem rrmmEljEU>•»«nw'■■ rrr —ttbtm EUUEgI EH I'ti Mt'g'i m nub— ffiEinranMnrarFM rrr—itttm ma ngrifnrra HIJ MHJBia»nrTr«nr« SO ■>::?■ rr» rTTTTTr» ii i —naam ulw—hi
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    • 1447 34 AS AGENTS: KAWASAKI SINGAPORE (PTE) LTD < CB **********0 M) W W TEL: *****77 TELEX: KAWAKI R*****5 FAX: *****07/8/9 imi M MALAYSIA: "K" LINE MARITIME (MALAYSIA) SON BHD JK, JL X TEL: SA *****00 PK *****75 PEN *****0 JB *****1 PGU *****5/6 MIIHB KAWASAKI KISEN KAISHA, LTD Indonesia: p.t. sarana
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    • 1055 35 f sagglig PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL LINES (PTE) LTD SSSSSSSSKI4O Cecil Street. #03-00 PIL Building. Singapore 0106. CR NO **********0E VESSEL VOY SIN BKK SIN VESSEL KOTA SURIA KCRIAM 7/4 10/ A n/A BUNGA TERATAI 3243 S/4 9/4 13/4 KOTA SURIA KSRI4N 7/4 10/4 14/4 EQUATOR HAWK 86N 7/4 10/4 14/4 SINO
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    • 1920 35 EXPRFSS CONTAINER SERVICE TO UK-NORTH CONTINENT-SCANDINAVIA WEEKLY p P GUDANG PENANG P KELANG OCEAN VSL/VOY SIN SOU (1) RTM (2) HAM <3| GOT (4) ~2/4 274 3M NIHON 3122 6/4 23/4 25/4 26/4 28/4 E ~~gTi 574 10/4 BENARTY 3132 15/4 2/5 4/5 5'5 7/5 D 1i74 17.4 ALSIA 3142
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    • 303 35 BSA° TRANSPORTATION Hi MYANMA PBA, FIVE STAR LINE (Myanmar National Line) Loading for Yangon (Rangoon) S pore P.KIf Pen P Gdj HP* AN VlBBl* In Port PAGAN VI96W 19/21 Apr MUATSiA AGENTS BOUSTEAO SHPPMG AGENOES *11 TEL 03 *****00 PHI ia 03 3MS7S7 PEN HI 04 *****S P® TEI 07
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    • 52 37 1/C VISA FREIGHT SERVICES PTE LTD Q Established Since 1984 OCEANIA PORTS regular LCL consolidation AUCKLAND SYDNEY import export mmm FRENAIYTLE services yyr FOR BOOKING SAILING SCHEDULE. CALL THE TOTAL TRANSPORTATION PEOPLE. VISA FREIGHT SERVICES PTE LTD VISA LCL CONSOL PTE LTD TOLL-FREE TEL: 1800-*****66 TOLL-FREE TEL: 1800-*****34 FAX: *****86
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    • 428 38 c oBHIgHI ■B r: x/' '> /1//■ o y pWJlii 1(1 ('///a'4 so I O(fa\ |gi \hippix(, lesbbl co M PA W EZKEMII!3 v H!y.y-l;F mam une ush^bbsis KYOWA LINE MANILA/GUAM/SAIPAN DIRECT SERVICE (BREAK-BULK/CONTAINER) MICRONESIA SERVICE VIA GUAM (CONTAINER /LCL'S ACCEPTABLE) SOUTH PACIFIC SERVICE VIA GUAM (CONTAINER /LCL'S ACCEPTABLE) S
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    • 711 39 FAMOUS CONTAINER LINES 10 ANSON RD. #15-21 INTERNATIONAL PLAZA, S PORE 0207 HOT LINE: *****33 (24 LINES) GOTHENBURG/SCAN 11/04 ROTTERDAM 11/04 AARHUS/COPENHAGTN 11/04 11/04 marseille/francT 08/04 FELIXSTOWE/UK 11/04 barcelona/spaST 11/04 LEHAVRE/FRANCE 11/04 GENOA/ITALY TI/04 ANTWERP/BELGIUM tl/04 LOS ANGELES/WC/IPI 10/04 SYDNEY/MELBOURNE 10/04 NEW YORK/EC 10/04 FREMANTLE/ADELAIDE 08/04 VANCOUVER 07/04 BRISBANE 06/04
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    • 764 39 (S) PTE LTD TEL: *****33 (12 Lines) FAX: *****15/*****03 TELEX: RS ***** RISHIP (3 Lines) \MS ETHIOPIAN SHIPPING LINES (National Lines ot Ethiopia> ACCEPTING FCL AND CONVENTIONAL VESSEL IvOV ETA I LOADING FO« SPOHE ANDINt' 30VVB 17 04 OARESSALAAM MOMBASA DJIBOUTI ASSAB MASSAAA ABVOT 32W8 TiTos DARESSAIAAM MOMBASA OJIBOUTI ASSAB
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    • 1753 40 container lines I IBfV'l IfHf EMM o\c/vHJ Agents: MAC-NELS SPORE: *****22 (24 LINES) PENANG: (04) *****6 SIBU: (084) *****9 KUCHING: (082) *****3 P.KELANG: (03) *****77 JAKARTA: (21) *****32 SURABAYA: (31) *****0 g y LINE COMPETITIVE RATE SINGAPORE TO AND FROM NEW ZEALAND AND PACIFIC ISLANDS SIN AKL LYT SIN PREMIER
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    • 813 41 -'■"rr""© ""VOJ kiviiumj II v IWWU ORIENT LINE" JAPAN/BAY Of BENGAL JAPAN SERVICE ACCEPTMG BBEAKBU.K SOC CARGOES 10 FROM KOtt YOKOHAMA. NAGOVA. MOD. TOMO* MANHA* DAVAO*. Penanj" P. Kelanj Singapore E Msia° KARABtVERETT VIIE 09/10 Ape 11/12 Ape SHAPIAEVERETT VISE 01/02 May IVYEVERETT V4E 12/13 May ACCEPTING BREAKBUIK FCI SOC
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    • 42 42 INDIAN EUROPE WEST MED U.S!MALU?.I. POINTS) AUSTRALIA ESPANA LINES ME N G HORNG SHIPPING PTE LTD >.'' :'.UIM»'I:':! mutim r^\iL-^ nwam; w HH'.TWJI: mmum BBWBM!ffIiWBIWWi!WWiWnH MM'-l HIM. 1 i".':!n.i-!ii" Kim > i i Wim BEE^BEIEIK^EMEO -V CCNI Compania Chtlena de Navegacion Interoceanica S A
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