The Business Times, 14 April 1993

Microfilm: NL18520
Total Pages: 48
1 48 The Business Times
Page thumbnail Page 1
  • Title Section
    Masthead
    13 1 Business Times MITA (P) 552/12/92 Wednesday April 14 1993 WE KNOW ASIA 75*
    13 words
  • 2am LATEST
    • Article
      Lock icon Jakarta to buy advanced jet fighters
      75 1 UPI JAKARTA Indonesia is projected to buy as many as five squadrons of advanced jet fighters by 2018, including the US-built F-16s. The Kompass daily has quoted the newly-ap-pointed air force chief ViceMarshall Rilo Pambudi as saying Indonesia is projected to need at least
      UPI  -  75 words
    • Article
      Lock icon Brittan warns of EC action on dumping
      65 1 Reuter COPENHAGEN Sir Leon Brittan, EC Commissioner for external economic affairs, has warned that the EC would not hesitate to crack down on goods which it felt were being dumped at unrealistically low prices. He was speaking earlier this morning at a conference
      Reuter  -  65 words
  • Article, Illustration
    MARKETS SUMMARY
    112 1 Stock market indices I uesda> Change STII 1.693.51 -14 33 K.LSE Composite 655.58 -1.55 Nikkei 20.740.29 858.15 HangSeng 6.418.21 +132.54 SET Index closcd Jakarta Composite ...307.23 -1.21 CLSA China B 1.367.33 -7.86 Aust All Ord 1.688.7 +23 FTSE 100 2.846.8 +25 1 ursdav Previous I lam close Dow
    112 words
  • Article
    Britain and China break deadlock on Hongkong talks
    570 1  -  From Catherine Ong in HONGKONG AFTER six months of raging controversy over Hongkong's political future, Britain and China yesterday announced that they will hold talks on arrangements for the territory's 1994-95 elections. The announcement by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, and in
    570 words
  • Article, Illustration
    Lock icon Nikkei, yen soar as US$117b stimulus plan is approved
    396 1  -  By S N Vasuki SINGAPORE The Tokyo stock market and the yen soared yesterday after the Miyazawa government approved a US$ll7 billion (*****.2 billion) economic recovery package. The Nikkei index smashed the psychological 20,000 barrier for the first time in 12
    Source: Bloomberg  -  396 words
  • Article, Illustration
    Lock icon Malaysian regulators keep a lookout for share rigging
    407 1 AFP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's stock market regulators yesterday said they were monitoring alleged syndicated rigging amid a speculative mania on the local bourse which has upstaged New York in daily trading volume. Nik Din Nik YusofT, the executive chairman of the Kuala
    AFP  -  407 words
  • Article
    Singapore stocks shed 14 points as KL dips
    170 1 SINGAPORE Share prices in Singapore fell on continued profit-taking yesterday, ending a series of record-breaking rallies last week. The Straits Times Industrials Index closcd 14.33 points lower at 1,693.51. A total of 212 million units were traded, worth 5254 million. Brokers said
    170 words
  • Article, Illustration
    Acma lands Russian telecom deal worth US$160m
    436 1  -  By William Chia SINGAPORE Electronics equipment supplier Acma yesterday signed a US$l6O million (about SS26O million) contract to supply and install telecommunications systems in Russia over the next three years. It also agreed to set up a joint venture company in Singapore with
    436 words
  • Article
    Gareth Evans on Australia and Asia
    131 1 SYDNEY Asia's acceptance of Australia as part of the region still has "some distance to go", says Gareth Evans, Australia's Minister for Foreign Affairs. In an interview with BT in Canberra, he said acceptance by Asian nations was an evolutionary process. But the cur-
    131 words
  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 1 Advertisements Column 1
      165 1 I[HPORARY PtBHIUItHT JJgggjS CONTENTS ium* Com names IWWI S'pore News 2 sia ...9.10,11 Regional News 3.4.6 Financial 12.13 World News 7.8 Futures Markets Analysis a Oob/RLSt. StS 17.18 Edrtoral 24 Reponal 15 Sports 19 World 16 TV/lifesttfe 21 Currencies 13 Reg Analysis 22.23 Stmex/Commo .13.14 Subscription TH 1800 /4925/7 F<u
      165 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 1 Advertisements Column 2
      18 1 Regional Analysis Cambodia: Bloody show or no show/ Pr 22 Stimulus will double Japan's economic growth Back Page
      18 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 1 Advertisements Column 3
      19 1 Hock Lock Siew NOL s bottom line Pn 9 How Britain can get its way with China, Pg 25
      19 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 1 Advertisements Column 4
      123 1 The Bottom Lihef I-J A k P Cost of Arab inMUxtiiarS failure Hack j\ a z bei (north) lU *Z7he best of the Forge new frontiers. Ui North. And South. Cross the boundaries. And East. And West, in matters of taste! O There is truly no limits .it r, to
      123 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 1 Advertisements Column 5
      18 1 SCHUHE BOUTIQUE #02-28 RAKH tS C ITY SHOPPING (TR TfcL V**C2B Full interview in Regional Analysis, Pg 23
      18 words
Page thumbnail Page 2
  • SINGAPORE NEWS
    • eye on the ECONOMY
      • Article, Illustration
        Lock icon M2 component on the lean side
        314 2  -  By Paul Leo THE GROWTH in quasimoney slowed dov\ n over the last four months and is not likely to pick up for some time. Quasi-money which consists of fixed deposits, Singapore dollar negotiable certificates of deposit, savings and other deposits is a major
        Source: MAS  -  314 words
    • Article
      House concludes dismissal of Chee Soon Juan justified
      700 2  -  Yesterday in Parliament By Anna Teo IN A debate that lasted some four and a half hours. Parliament yesterday heard greater details on the National University of Singapore's dismissal of opposition politician Chee Soon Juan, and concluded that the action by NUS
      700 words
    • Article
      Chiam asks why Chee wasn't summarily sacked at first
      353 2 IF Dr Chee Soon Juan had indeed been dishonest or misused his research funds, the National University of Singapore (NUS) should have summarily sacked him in the first instance instead of dismissing him under purely contractual terms, contended Singapore Democratic Party
      353 words
    • Article, Illustration
      More power for subordinate courts
      199 2  -  By Chuang Peck Ming SUBORDINATE courts will be given more power and leeway under legislation passed by Parliament yesterday. The Subordinate Courts (Amendment) Bill, which is part of a plan to revamp the jurisdiction and powers of courts in Singapore, will allow them to hear:
      199 words
    • Article
      Foreigners to sit on heritage committee
      222 2 FOREIGNERS will be asked to serve on advisory committees of the National Heritage Board, which was approved by Parliament yesterday. "Their members need not and should not be confined to Singaporeans." said Minister for Information and the Arts George Yeo. "We must look for
      222 words
    • Article
      WP's Low discharged from GST panel
      325 2 OPPOSITION Member of Parliament Low Thia Khiang was yesterday discharged from serving on the Select Committee on the GST Bill but not before he got a chiding from Leader of the House Wong Kan Seng for not taking his parliamentary duties seriously. The MP
      325 words
    • Article, Illustration
      Coming soon
      203 2 THE former I.ido complex will reopen next month as Shaw House, the new home of Isetan and a five-cinema complex. Shaw Organisation, which spent three years rede> eloping the landmark Lido Theatre site, will market the 11-storey office tower on top of the retail podium only at the
      203 words
    • Article
      Conner's decision to cut output leads to talk of layoffs
      433 2  -  By Claire Leow TALK of an impending layoff has gripped disk drive company Conner Peripherals ever since its chairman ordered a 20 per cent cut in secondquarter output. BT learnt that a circular had also been sent out forbidding top
      433 words
    • Article
      Regionalisation forum to focus on turning words into action
      180 2 NEXT MONTH'S regionalisation forum will be action-ori-ented and not just talk, Singapore Manufacturers' Association president Robert Chua said yesterday. This was in line with the "let's do it" mentality adopted by the government to help firms go regional, he said after
      180 words
    • Article
      Three companies awarded R&D grants worth $11.6m
      258 2 A HOMEGROWN electronics firm and two multinationals arc the first to receive grants under the National Science and Technology Board's latest scheme to boost R&D. Eutech Cybernetics. Motorola Electronics and National Semiconductor will receive a total of SI 1.6 million under the Research
      258 words
  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 2 Advertisements Column 1
      189 2 Valentino HHH QD HOMO FOR A BRIGHT, BREEZY LIFESTYLE, MOVE TO MANDARIN GARDENS Full-Service Accommodation by the Sea Mandarin Gardens is the only resort-style accommodation that offers you a wide range of amenities for a new lifestyle. The sun, the sea and open spaces. It's waiting for you. 15 minutes
      189 words
Page thumbnail Page 3
  • THE REGION
    • Article
      China looms as S-E Asia's biggest rival for investment
      654 3  -  By Joyce Quek SINGAPORE China is emerging as South-east Asia's biggest rival for foreign investment, says international broker Merrill Lynch. And unless the region changes tack, its prospects look gloomy. In its latest Asian Economic Commentary. Merrill says direct foreign investment
      654 words
    • Article
      Lock icon US wants Vietnam to shed light on secret document about POWs
      468 3 Reuter NEW YORK The United States said yesterday that it planned to ask Vietnam to explain a secret document suggesting Hanoi had lied about about how many US prisoners of war it held during the Vietnam War. In Hanoi,
      Reuter  -  468 words
    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon Laos' port in Vietnam may be financed by BOT plan
      513 3  -  By Harish Mehta SINGAPORE Laos plans to build a deep-sea port in Vietnam financed by a build-operate-and-transfer scheme or by multilateral loans. In an interview with BT in Vientiane, Lao Deputy Prime Minister Khamphui Keobulapha said the port would serve
      Source: Lacs and Vietnam Goverments  -  513 words
    • Article
      Lock icon Phnom Penh govt forcing Cambodians to vote for it: report
      369 3 AFP PHNOM PENH Foreign and local human rights workers in Cambodia said in a report released yesterday that Phnom Penh government authorities are systematically harassing and intimidating people into voting for them in the upcoming May elections. The deaths of
      AFP  -  369 words
    • Article
      Thailand expects to lose trade privileges under GSP scheme
      378 3  -  By Schutz Lee SINGAPORE Thailand is not confident of winning the fight to keep the trade privileges its exports enjoy in the US under the Generalised Svstem of Preferences. Thai Board of Trade chairman Suvit Wanglee says that with the Clinton
      378 words
    • Article
      Lock icon KL probes firms suspected of breaking forex laws
      165 3 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Certain companies are under police investigation following complaints that they were conducting deals in foreign exchange in contravention of the Exchange Control Act, 1953. A Bank Negara spokesperson said yesterday that the central bank had received a number of
      Bernama  -  165 words
    • ASIA NOTES
      • Article
        Lock icon Cambodia to get transport study grant
        56 3 AFP MANILA The Asian Development Bank said yesterday that it would administer a U551,319 million technical assistance grant to Cambodia to fund a study on that country's transport needs. The grant will he financed partially by the United Nations Development Programme and partially by
        AFP  -  56 words
      • Article
        Lock icon Taiwan planning free trade zone
        85 3 AFP TAIPEI Taiwan is to build its first free trade zone along the central west coast in an effort to turn the island into a regional operation centre for multinational firms. A free trade zone covering 2.000 hectares will be situated on an islet off
        AFP  -  85 words
      • Article, Illustration
        Lock icon Happy meal
        42 3 Reuter KOTA BARU, Malaysia Muslim fundamentalist Nik Aziz Nik Mat, the Chief Minister of the opposition for kelantan state, enjoying his first taste of a McDonald s meal after opening a new outlet of the fast-food chain on Sunday. Reuter
        Reuter  -  42 words
      • Article
        Lock icon Thomson-CSF's Viet project
        75 3 AFP PARIS France's Ihomson-CSF group will build a regional aii control centre in Da Nang. Vietnam. The company said yesterda\ that construction will begin in 1994 for the project that will cost "tens of millions of francs". The project, which will comprise an RMS 670 secondary radar
        AFP  -  75 words
      • Article
        Lock icon In the dark no more?
        97 3 AFP MANILA The power shortage that has afflicted the main Philippine island of Luzon for almost two years may be over b> the middle of this year. But Energy Secretary Delfin Lazaro said yesterday that this would take place only if additional powei projects which
        AFP  -  97 words
    • Article
      Lock icon Beijing seeking prosperity for peasants, assures Li Peng
      394 4 AFP BEIJING Prime Minister Li Peng has tried to reassure China's increasingly unhappy peasants by telling them that one of his government's objectives is prosperity for the country's rural population of 900 million. His remarks, made on Monday during a symposium on
      AFP  -  394 words
    • Article
      Lock icon Beware harmful side-effects of reforms, China's Communist Party members told
      444 4 South China Morning Post HONGKONG China's 50 million Communist Party members have been put on alert against "unhealthy social tendencies" engendered by the country's economic reforms. The party's official newspaper. the People's Daily, warned that the party and the people
      South China Morning Post  -  444 words
    • Article
      Lock icon Chinese president to visit Seoul for summit talks
      297 4 AFP SEOUL China's newly installed president, Jiang Zemin, will pay a state visit to South Korea this year for summit talks with his counterpart, Kim Young Sam. a Foreign Ministry' official said yesterday. Mr Jiang's visit would be in return for a
      AFP  -  297 words
    • Article
      Lock icon Beijing residents' forex savings pass US$1b
      201 4 AP BEIJING Total foreign currency bank savings held by Beijing residents have surpassed US$l billion (551.64 billion) and now account for 15 per cent of all such savings in China, the Economic Daily said yesterday The sum puts the capital just behind Guangzhou, which
      AP  -  201 words
    • Article
      Lock icon Polluted water hits production at Taiwan petrochem plants
      292 4 AFP. AP TAIPEI Twenty major petrochemical plants in southern Taiwan had to suspend or curtail production because industrial waste from other factories polluted their water supplies, officials said yesterday. The plants drew water from two rivers for use in their boilers, but
      AFP.; AP  -  292 words
    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon Ending on a flat note
      56 4 Reuter TAIPEI A road roller crushing thousands of pirated cassette tapes of Mandarin and Taiwanese songs outside the Interior Ministry building in Taipei on Monday during a protest by about 200 singers and staff of music recording companies demanding that the government step up protection
      Reuter  -  56 words
    • Article
      Lock icon China's industrial output up 22pc in first quarter
      205 4 Reuter BEIJING China's industrial production galloped ahead during the first quarter of 1993, rising 22.4 per cent over the same 1992 period to hit a total of 744.1 billion yuan (*****.32 billion), the State Statistics Bureau said. "The growth rate in the
      Reuter  -  205 words
    • Article
      Lock icon Taiwan property slump set to last until year's end
      508 4 Reuter TAIPEI Taiwan's oncebooming property market, which saw prices triple in the late 1980s, is in the doldrums and the slump will last at least through the end of this year, analysts said yesterday. The market has been hit by high
      Reuter  -  508 words
    • Article
      Lock icon Seoul to outline five-year economic plan this week
      313 4 Reuter SEOUL South Korea will outline this week its longawaited five-year economic plan of deregulation and liberalisation. a senior Economic Planning Board (EPB) official said. Chang Seung Woo. direc-tor-general of the EPB's Economic Planning Bureau, said the government would seek comments from
      Reuter  -  313 words
    • Article
      Lock icon Golf taking on political overtones in South Korea
      330 4 AP SEOUL To play golf or not to play golf. This is the hottest politieal dilemma for tens of thousands of public officials under the government of President Kim Young Sam. As part of an austerity campaign. Mr Kim declared he would
      AP  -  330 words
    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon Miyazawa rejects higher targets for imports of US goods
      460 6 NYT TOKYO In spite of growing pressure from the Clinton administration on- trade issues, Japanese Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa has rejected the idea of establishing new higher targets for Japanese imports of US goods and has cautioned that trade tensions could
      NYT  -  460 words
    • Article
      Politicians blamed for Australia's economic woes
      235 6  -  From Brian Gomez in SYDNEY AUSTRALIA's gross domestic product would have been 25 per cent larger today had politicians made the right decisions between 1970 and 1990, says the head of a Mel-bourne-based economic research institute. The executive director of the National Institute of
      235 words
    • Article
      Growing intra-regional trade cushions Asia-Pacific from world slowdown
      646 6  -  By Magdalene Ng SINGAPORE The US economic recovery and Asia's own continued growth will help cushion the Asia-Pacific economies against the slowdown in Japan and recession in Europe. According to an American Express Bank study of nine Asia-Pacific countries, the proportion of
      646 words
    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon Taking no chances
      64 6 Reuter TOKYO Japanese policemen manning a checkpoint on a road leading to the Imperial Palace on Sunday night, lokyo has been put under a full alert as police began stepping up guard by mobilising 26,000 police officers on members of the imperial family and the palace prior
      Reuter  -  64 words
    • Article
      Lock icon Queensland urges burning of Aussie wool stockpile
      402 6 Reuter BRISBANE A major Australian wool-producing state yesterday callcd for the wool industry to seriously consider burning its wool mountain to remove the threat it posed to already depressed prices. Queensland state Premier Wayne Goss said something had to be done to reduce
      Reuter  -  402 words
    • Article
      Lock icon Police break up Kashmiri protest against killings
      388 6 Reuter SRINAGAR Indian paramilitary police yesterday broke up a separatist protest march with canes, tear-gas and gunfire in Srinagar. summer capital of India's troubled Jammu and Kashmir state. Some 1.000 Kashmiri Muslims attempted to march in protest against the alleged killings of five
      Reuter  -  388 words
  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 3 Advertisements Column 1
      160 3 Western Samoa long term international companies are the most cost effective solution for your offshore company structure. Available at an effective annual cost from as low as US$4OO per annum. We also provide offshore companies from British Virgin Islands, Bahamas, Bermuda, Cook Islands, Hong Kong and many others together with
      160 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 3 Advertisements Column 2
      75 3 6 Lunch at Prima Orchard with fine dining standards, at hawker centre pricesl Prima Orchard Restaurant presents 38 hotel-standard a la carte dishes, from as little as S6.oo++ each. This delectable lanch is yours to enjoy, from 11.30 am 3.00pm daily. Make your resertation m now at 736 2133! {surprise!
      75 words
Page thumbnail Page 4
  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 4 Advertisements Column 1
      98 4 uni PROMARK The most versatile |j| fluorescent markers 111 that work on HI any paper. HI Colours will not change on heat-sensitive facsimile paper. VcSl Ink will not erase text on the second leaf of I NCR paper. Kfll Ink features extremely strong resistance to BP® I fading or discolouration
      98 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 4 Advertisements Column 2
      246 4 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT. CAP. JO And BILLION PtASTIC MANUFACTURING (S) PTE LTD (In Mtmkfi' VtUmtsrj Ac an Extraordinary General Meeting of tht abovenamed company duly convened and held at 30 Jalan Sultan *21-04 Jalan Sultan Centre, Singapore 0719 on 7th day of April 1993 the following
      246 words
Page thumbnail Page 5
  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 5 Advertisements Column 1
      1317 5 Marking new frontiers in manufacturing research WE are delighted to be one of the first recipients of the National Science and Technology Board's RISC (Research Incentive Scheme for Companies) grant for the setting up of Motorola Manufacturing SystemsAsia (MMS-A) in Singapore. To us, there could be no better location for
      1,317 words
Page thumbnail Page 6
  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 6 Advertisements Column 1
      186 6 Will it be trade? Aid to Russia? Rice? Or what? Pg 24 EAT&WIN AT TAMBUAH MAS SEAFOOD RESTAURANT IST PRIZE: Get a free SINDA $1,000,000 Draw ticket with every $10 spent for lunch, or $20 for dinner. Eat at Tambuah Mas and you could win one of the hundreds of
      186 words
Page thumbnail Page 7
  • THE WORLD
    • Article
      Lock icon Japan to give G-7 aid but wants Russia to improve ties
      347 7 Reuter, AP TOKYO Japan will this week join other industrialised nations in extending emergency aid to Russia but wants assurances Moscow will stop dumping nuclear waste in Far East waters and restore diplomatic harmony. Yesterday, the eve of the
      Reuter,; AP  -  347 words
    • Article
      Lock icon Yeltsin heads for Siberian coalfields on referendum campaign trail
      394 7 Reuter MOSCOW President Boris Yeltsin, struggling to convince suffering Russians that market reforms are working, took his campaign for popular support to the vast western Siberian coalfields yesterday. Less than two weeks before an April 25 referendum to determine Russia's political
      Reuter  -  394 words
    • Article
      Lock icon Clinton toughens up against Republicans to get jobs plan moving
      378 7 Reuter WASHINGTON President Bill Clinton is talking tough with Republicans with the hope of overcoming a political stand-off in Congress that threatens his US$l6.3 billion (5526.5 billion) jobs programme. But his apparent willingness also to seek a compromise is encouraging
      Reuter  -  378 words
    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon Kuwait-bound plane carrying Bush makes emergency landing
      351 7 Reuter HOUSTON A Kuwait Airways jet carrying former US president George Bush and his wife Barbara to Kuwait made an emergency landing here on Monday after part of the left wing peeled away, aviation officials said. None of the 59 people aboard the
      Reuter  -  351 words
    • WORLD WATCH
      • Article
        Lock icon Talks on Nafta side agreements
        81 8 Reuter MEXICO CITY Talks resumed yesterday on side agreements to the North Ameriean Free Trade Agreement (Nafta) sought by the US on labour standards and environmental protection, ofticials said. Negotiators Herminio Blanco ot Mexico, Rutus Yerxa of the US and John Weekes of Canada would
        Reuter  -  81 words
      • Article, Illustration
        Lock icon Jewish holocaust remembered
        72 8 Reuter WASHINGTON Photos of Jewish residents of the Lithuanian town of Ejsyzki adorning the walls of an exhibit during preparations for the opening of the Holocaust Museum on Monday. The photos were collected by a survivor from the town, where 95 per cent of the inhabitants were
        Reuter  -  72 words
      • Article
        Lock icon UN delays vote on Yugoslav sanctions
        80 8 Reuter UNITED NATIONS Under pressure from Moscow and Washington, the Security Council on Monday postponed for two weeks a vote imposing tighter sanctions on Yugoslavia in an effort to help Russian President Boris Yeltsin against his hardline opponents. But the five non-aligned council members
        Reuter  -  80 words
      • Article
        Lock icon Khasbulatov sets Start-2 ultimatum
        81 8 Reuter MOSCOW Parliamentary chairman Ruslan Khasbulatov said yesterday that the Russian parliament would never ratify the Start-2 disarmament treaty while Andrei Kozyrev remained foreign minister. Asked at a public meeting about prospects for ratification, he said: "First of all this treaty should be submitted by a
        Reuter  -  81 words
      • Article
        Lock icon France to recall general from Bosnia
        66 8 Reuter PARIS Defence Minister Francois Leotard said yesterday he expected France would recall Gen Philippe Morillon, commander of UN peacekeeping forces in Bosnia, before the end of this month. Asked by a Europe 1 radio interviewer whether Gen Morillon would still be in his
        Reuter  -  66 words
    • Article
      Lock icon IRA spurns UK, Irish peace feelers, rejects ceasefire
      290 8 Reuter DUBLIN The IRA, spurning peace feelers from Britain and Ireland, has ruled out the prospect of a ceasefire in one of the world's longest-running guerilla conflicts. In an uncompromising message, the Irish Republican Army said its "denial of national rights" would
      Reuter  -  290 words
    • Article
      Lock icon Final campaigning begins for Italian reform referendum
      280 8 Reuter ROME Italy yesterday began the countdown to an electoral reform referendum which its backers say will trigger a bloodless political revolution. Opinion polls suggest some 70 per cent of the country 's 47.5 million voters will turn out next Sunday and that
      Reuter  -  280 words
    • Article
      Lock icon Israel offering new proposals to woo Palestinians back to talks
      463 8 Reuter JERUSALEM Israel is Offering unspecified new proposals on self-rule to try to coax Palestinians back to Middle East peace talks, say Palestinians, US government officials and diplomats in Washington. Israel's expulsion of 415 Palestinians to Lebanon derailed the US-brokered
      Reuter  -  463 words
    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon Doggone it! Even Snoopy's a security risk
      66 8 Reuter W ASHINGTON A uniformed US Secret Service agent checking cartoon character Snoopy with a magnetometer on Monday. The famous beagle was at the White House for the annual Easter Kgg Roll. The traditional event, which dates back to 1809, takes place on
      Reuter  -  66 words
    • Article
      Lock icon Kuwaiti bonanza turning out to be mirage for US firms
      343 8 AP BALTIMORE When Kuwait emerged from the wreckage of the Gulf War. business and political leaders around the US foresaw a US$lOO billion (SSI63 billion) silver lining in contracts to help the wealthy little country rebuild. The US Commerce Department
      AP  -  343 words
    • Article
      Lock icon Court places Hani's alleged killer in custody
      488 8 Reuter BOKSBURG. South Africa A white right-winger accused of shooting dead black South African leader Chris Hani appeared in court yesterday and was remanded in custody until May 12. Heavily-armed police ringed the Boksburg magistrates' court 40 km from Johannesburg when Janusz Walus
      Reuter  -  488 words
    • Article
      Lock icon Gorbachev's wife checks into US hospital for fatigue
      315 8 Reuter RICHMOND. Virginia Former Soviet first lady Raisa Gorbachev checked herself into a hospital here on Monday complaining of fatigue as her husband. Mikhail Gorbachev, abruptly cancelled a local trip. After undergoing examinations and confering with doctors. Mrs Gorbachev left the hospital,
      Reuter  -  315 words
    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon President, PM or king: Brazilians to choose form of government
      370 8 AP SAO PAULO First they got rid of the generals and elected a civilian president. Now. four months after Fernando Collor de Mello was impeached for corruption, Brazilians will decide if they might not be better ofT with a prime
      AP  -  370 words
  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 7 Advertisements Column 1
      260 7 Let us handle your faxing worldwide, and you'll have nothing but time on your hands. J w IPP P* y-j#.. L~ .vserob- —^«IPI rr_l y- r mr j *^j|jj|j|j|jjj|jjj^|jjj|jjiK^ Fax Net is an electronic store-and-forward service your fax line to receive the important inbound traffic that operated by Singapore Telecom.
      260 words
Page thumbnail Page 8
  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 8 Advertisements Column 1
      97 8 DYNASTY GARDEN'S -f. J SECRETARIES'WEEK PROMOTION L r With sumptuous food, lush ambience and j r splendid promotions. fb MONDAY SPECIALS: i Lucky Draw for all secretaries. t t, Fashion Show by Carrie Models from r/v k Ipm to 1.30 pm. Featuring fashionwear w r from Lady Like Boutique. Free
      97 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 8 Advertisements Column 2
      8 8 The Bottom Line: Arab intellectuals* failure. Back Pg
      8 words
Page thumbnail Page 9
  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
    • Article, Illustration
      HPL, Vietnam Airlines in US$25m Hanoi venture
      534 9  -  Hotel Properties makes second foray into Viet hotel sector By Harish Mehta SINGAPORE Hotel magnate Ong Beng Seng's flagship Hotel Properties Ltd (HPL) and state-run Vietnam Airlines are planning to invest USS2S million (Ss4l million) to build a 302-room luxury hotel in Hanoi.
      534 words
    • Article
      Sembawang Shipyard seeks major international role with more MNC tie-ups
      385 9  -  By Rahita Elias SINGAPORE Sembawang Shipyard will forge more alliances with multinational companies in line with its plan to become a major force on the international engineering scene. In the group's 1992 annual report, released yesterday, executive chairman Hsu TseKwang
      385 words
    • Article
      S Maritime confirms S'pore Offshore Petroleum purchase
      320 9 SINGAPORE Sembawang Maritime yesterday confirmed its strategic takeover of a onethird stake in Singapore Offshore Petroleum Services (Sops) for $12.6 million cash despite the current gloom in the offshore industry. The Sembawang group member paid $42 for each of the 300,001 shares held
      320 words
    • Article
      NOL's profitability depends much on financial factors and ship sales
      702 9  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW By Lee Han Shih SINGAPORE The set of 1992 results released by Neptune Orient Lines (NOL) recently has thrown up interesting insights into the company. The most interesting of these is the revelation that the non-traditional shipping
      702 words
    • Article
      F&N to start River Valley property project next year
      253 9  -  By AJ Leow SINGAPORE Soft-drinks group Fraser Neave will start building a commercial and residential complex early next year on the site of its former bottling plant in River Valley Road. The project, covering 5.9 ha. will comprise a 20-storey office
      253 words
    • Article
      Fels clinches US$60m Panama deal
      163 9 SINGAPORE Far East Levingston Shipbuilding has clinched a LS$6O million (5597.4 million) deal to build a drilling tender vessel for Pana-ma-based Petrodil Offshore. The local rig builder signed the deal last week. Fels managing director Choo Chiau Beng said in a statement yesterday: "We are
      163 words
    • Article
      GF Asia seeking new food businesses in the region
      286 9 SINGAPORE The new chief executive of GF Asia Holdings is out to convince investors that the group will continue to grow without the Cold Storage supermarket business it built its name on. A month after taking over the revamped company. Ken
      286 words
    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon SUMMARY
      344 9 Source: Bridge Info Performance off STII's index stocks Apr 13 Slock Last sale TC Seat* factor a Ia4e\ M*«n Asimo CAC Ccrcbos FAN GF Asia CtcnMag Ha» Par Inchcapc Iniraco kcpfxrl (ocp Lum (hang Metro Hldgs NOL NatSlccI KIX S Aerospace SIA SPC SPH Scmb Ship Si me Spore
      Source: Bridge Info  -  344 words
    • COMPANIES
      • COMPANY BRIEFS
        • Article
          Lock icon Idris, Aokam deny tie-up plans
          138 10 Reuter KUALA LUMPUR High-flying ldris Hydraulic (Malaysia) Bhd has denied market rumours that it plans a tie-up which will swap four Idris shares lor one ot Aokam Perdana Bhd. Aokam also issued a similar denial in response to a query trom the Kuala Lumpur Stock
          Reuter  -  138 words
        • Article
          Powermatic buys firm
          57 10 SINGAPORE Powermatic Data Systems announced yesterday that it will pav $61,847 for Powermatic Pte Ltd. a company' owned by Chen Mun and Chen Mong Chea. The deal involves the purchase of 100.000 fully-paid ordinary shares of $1. representing all the issued capital of Powermatic Pte Ltd. The
          57 words
        • Article
          Lock icon Evergreen posts NT$2.7b profit
          59 11 Knight Ridder TAIPEI Taiwan's Evergreen Marine Corp. the world's largest container shipping line, posted 1992 after-tax profits at NTS2.7I billion (about SSI6B million), up from NT52.26 billion a year earlier. This brought after-tax earnings per ordinary share to NTS2.7I from 1991's NT52.26. At the end of
          Knight Ridder  -  59 words
        • Article
          Lock icon Qingdao Brewery plans HK listing
          103 11 AP BEIJING The Qingdao Brewery, manufacturer of China's most famous beer, plans to list shares on the Hongkong stock market by the end of June, an official report said. Qingdao, which also plans a listing on the Shanghai bourse, would become one of the first
          AP  -  103 words
        • Article
          Lock icon British splurge on foreign takeovers
          112 11 Bloomberg Business News LONDON British companies bucked a global trend and splurged on USS4.7 billion (about 557.6 billion) of foreign takeovers in the first quarter, up from USSI.9 billion a year ago. a survey from KPMG Peat Marwick McClintock said. The actual number of UK
          Bloomberg Business News  -  112 words
        • Article
          Lock icon Cochin bourse warns brokers to pay up
          66 11 Reuter KOCHI, India The Cochin Stock Exchange is facing a payments crisis and has threatened to suspend 24 stockbrokers unless they pay up arrears within three months. Bourse officials said the CSE's governing council took the decision last week and told defaulters their
          Reuter  -  66 words
        • Article
          Lock icon Mitsubishi wins Thai order
          67 11 Reuter TOKYO Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd said it and Mitsubishi Corp jointly won a 9.20 billion yen (about *****.8 million) order for two flue gas desulfurisation (FGD) systems from the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGA F). The systems will be used in the No. 12
          Reuter  -  67 words
      • Article
        Corrections and clarifications
        71 10 IN OUR REPORT yesterday on Jurong Engineering posting a 24.7 per cent rise in profit to $7 million, we reported that the company had proposed a 7.5 per cent dividend. It should have been a dividend of 7.5 cents a share. Also, the figures in yesterday's table
        71 words
      • Article
        Hong Leong-led group in US$52m China deal
        354 10  -  Multi-national partners buy 51 pc stake in engine-maker By Clarissa Tan SINGAPORE A group of foreign investors led by Hong Leong Corporation has agreed to buy a majority stake in Chinese engine-maker Guangxi Yuchai Machinery Company. The USSS2 million (SSB4 million) deal for
        354 words
      • Article, Illustration
        Lock icon Starting up a new plant
        13 10 Reuter LT^ A^K h o^.7 gl^:^s G z' >
        Reuter  -  13 words
      • Article
        Lock icon Wharf unit to acquire 40-storey hotel in Chicago
        291 10 AFP. Reuter. UPI HONGKONG Hongkongbased Harbour Centre Development Ltd (HCDL) announced yesterday that it has entered into an agreement to acquire a plush 40-storey hotel in Chicago. HCDL. a subsidiary of The Wharf (Holdings) Ltd. said it has agreed to acquire City
        AFP.; Reuter.; UPI  -  291 words
      • Article
        Lock icon HK's Dairy Farm on Australian Options Market from today
        220 10 Bloomberg Business News Reuter SYDNEY The Australian Stock Exchange said Hong-kong-based retailer Dairy Farm International Holdings will be listed on the Australian Options Market (AOM) beginning today. The company is already listed on the stock exchange. Dairy Farm, controlled by the
        Bloomberg Business News; Reuter  -  220 words
      • Article
        Lock icon Damansara Realty plans to diversify
        386 10 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Kesang Corporation Bhd. which is now known as Damansara Realty Bhd. intends to diversify its operations into other activities with property as a core business. deputy chairman and chief executive officer Ibrahim Mohamed said yesterday. Speaking to reporters after the the company's
        Bernama  -  386 words
      • Article
        UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
        518 10 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS Mmigari' pritw (i) Apr 14 RnidWltMl Singapore Unit Trust p™u-k M,d F«d i w i u The Commerce 12* US MARA-Bumiputra The Savings Fund I II I I7*d First B'putra I 64 169 VporeProgtund 0 53 0 56 Second B'pulra 162 167 Spore See Fund 0 86
        518 words
      • Article
        DIVIDENDS ANNOUNCED
        1502 10 Payment Ex Books Pay date close date \cma F 7.5 Jun 10 Jun 22 Jul 5 Amtek Eng 20* I 6TE Apr 15 Apr 21 Apr 30 Apollo F 2.5 Jun 21 Jun 25 Jul 15 Avimo 20* F 12.5TE Feb 17 Marl Apr 15 Beriava Group I
        1,502 words
      • Article
        Lock icon Intel posts record revenue and profit
        459 11 NYT SAN FRANCISCO Intel Corp on Monday announced record revenue and earnings for the first quarter of 1993. Strong sales of 386 and 486 microprocessors pushed quarterly revenue at the world's largest computer chip maker to the USS2 billion (about 553.25 billion) level for
        NYT  -  459 words
      • Article
        Lock icon Alcoa profits up 26pc despite lower aluminium prices
        290 11 Bloomberg Business News MELBOURNE Alcoa of Australia Ltd. the world's largest producer of alumina, reported a net profit of A 580.9 million (about 5593.2 million) for the first quarter of 1993. The result represents a 26 per cent improvement on the A
        Bloomberg Business News  -  290 words
      • Article, Illustration
        Lock icon Workers unite in protest
        33 11 Reuter DUNDEE, Scotland About 1,000 protestors picketed the Timex factor) and about 6,000 turned up for a rally and march last Monday in support of sacked Timex workers Reuter
        Reuter  -  33 words
      • Article
        Lock icon Chips demand helps to boost Motorola profit by 63pc
        347 11 Bloomberg Business News SCHAUMBURG, Illinois Motorola Inc's first-quarter net income rose 63 per cent, boosted by factors that include strong demand for semiconductors. particularly communi-cations-related chips. The third-largest US chip maker reported that its net profit grew to USS2O4 million (about
        Bloomberg Business News  -  347 words
    • FINANCE
      • SMALL CHANGE
        • Article
          Lock icon Guangzhou allows private forex trade
          72 12 Reuter BEIJING Guangzhou has become the first place in China to allow private citizens to trade foreign exchange, the official Financial News said. The newspaper said the new regulations allowing foreign exchange trade through the Bank of China were designed to deal a blow to
          Reuter  -  72 words
        • Article
          Lock icon Lloyds unlikely to raise Abbey stake
          69 12 Reuter LONDON Lloyds Bank is unlikely to spend surplus capital to increase its 60 per cent share in Lloyds Abbey Life, its insurance arm. Brian Pitman, Lloyds* chief executive, said that purchasing the remaining 40 per cent at a cost of £1.1 billion would
          Reuter  -  69 words
        • Article
          Lock icon Card fraud extensive in Thailand
          98 12 AFP BANGKOK Credit card fraud and theft is extensive in Thailand mainly because of an absence of legislation on the credit card business. The Bangkok Post said Thailand was ranked third in the Asia-Pacific region in card fraud and theft, behind Hongkong and Malaysia in
          AFP  -  98 words
        • Article
          Lock icon Japanese trusts' bond sales rise
          104 12 Reuter TOKYO Japanese investment trusts' net sales of foreign bonds rose to 85.25 billion yen (S$ 1.23 billion) in March from net sales of 66.35 billion yen a month earlier, a spokesman for the Investment Trusts Association of Japan said. The trusts' gross purchases totalled
          Reuter  -  104 words
        • Article
          Lock icon France cuts key interest rate
          98 12 Reuter PARIS The Bank of France cut one of its key interest rates yesterday, taking advantage of the welcome that financial markets have given to the centre-right government of Prime Minister Edouard Balladur. The central bank lowered its emergency repurchase rate, which forms the ceiling
          Reuter  -  98 words
        • Article
          Lock icon Credit Suisse defends takeover
          98 12 Knight-Ridder ZURICH Credit Suisse, Switzerland's third largest bank, has defended its decision to take over Swiss Volksbank in spite of Credit Suisse's recent credit rating downgrade by Moody's Investor Services. Moody's cut its long-term deposit rating to AA2 from AAI to "reflect the adverse impact that
          Knight-Ridder  -  98 words
      • Article
        Lock icon Singapore, Tokyo banks gear up for exotic Asian currencies
        625 12 Dealers in S pore estimate daily volumes to be just over US$ lb Reuter SINGAPORE Banks in Tokyo and Singapore are positioning themselves to take advantage of trading in "exotic" Asian currencies as deregulation in Asia gathers steam and trade and
        Reuter  -  625 words
      • Article, Illustration
        Lock icon Westpac sells off one third of US assets
        255 12 AFP SYDNEY Australia's troubled Westpac Banking Corp, announced that it had sold off about one third of its US assets in a single stroke. Westpac, Australia's largest private bank, said it had signed an agreement to sell US$5.5 billion (SsB.9 billion) worth
        AFP  -  255 words
      • Article
        Lock icon Japanese banks ready to lend again after dry spell
        593 12 Reuter OSAKA After two years of being buried under a mountain of bad loans, Japanese banks are coming out of their holes and are ready to lend again. For three years, they have been restricted by a burden of bad loans,
        Reuter  -  593 words
    • FINANCE & COMMODITIES
      • Article
        Lock icon US banks post higher first-quarter earnings
        550 13 Bloomberg Business News PRINCETON, New Jersey US bank holding companies began the first-quarter earnings season where they ended 1992, posting higher earnings and improved credit quality. Several banks reported higher profits. Among them were Jacksonville Barnett Banks Inc, whose earnings rose 37 per cent;
        Bloomberg Business News  -  550 words
      • Article, Illustration
        Banque Indosusz REGIONAL CURRENCY REPORT
        107 13 DOLLAR trading was quiet and cautious yesterday as market searched for fresh directions. Against the Singapore dollar, the US dollar traded a narrow 1.6225-1.6237 range with little interests on either side. Dollar/ringgit trading was confined to a narrow 2.5785-05 range with initial selling meeting support
        107 words
      • Article
        Indon mine's sales for two years assured
        592 13  -  Customers' commitments cover Freeport's output till end of next year From Brian Gomez in SYDNEY SYDNEY Indonesia's largest copper mine, run by P T Freeport Indonesia in Irian Jaya, has completed sales agreements with several customers for shipments of its copper-gold concentrates in
        592 words
      • Article, Illustration
        Lock icon Asian log prices double as supplies dwindle
        453 13 Reuter WELLINGTON Japanese importers scrambling to grab a share of the Pacific Rim's dwindling log supplies have almost doubled the price they pay for New Zealand logs in the last six months. "It's gone crazy in the last three months in particular," Wayne
        Reuter  -  453 words
      • Article
        Lock icon Oil producers considering response to carbon taxes
        311 13 Reuter MUSCAT Opec and other oil producing nations have claimed they are being victimised by the West's plans to levy carbon taxes on petroleum and are trying to decide how to react. But any bid to reply with higher oil prices would be
        Reuter  -  311 words
      • Article
        Lock icon London
        199 13 AFP LONDON The French central bank's decision to cut its repurchase rate by two points boosted the franc on European markets yesterday as the Spanish peseta suffered from political turmoil in Madrid and the dollar fell against the mark. The dollar ended the day under the 1.58 mark level
        AFP  -  199 words
      • Article, Illustration
        Untitled
        1219 13 IradessetrHled index tub ulated a*imsi S pore's Itv H tradinx partners Base year 198? US$/S$ forward rates Noon Apr 13 ss Bid oiler I -month 1.6212 1.6227 2-monlh 1.6197 1.6212 3-monIh 1.6178 1.6193 6-month 1.6138 1.6158 Source: OCBC FOREIGN CURRENCY NOTE RATES At at lfcrn jrtstnrday: Singapore Mm to one
        1,219 words
      • Article
        Traders unimpressed by Opec's quota pledge
        362 13 Bloomberg ENERGY REPORT LONDON Oil futures in New York were about unchanged yesterday as traders shrugged off Opec's pledged to abide by its quotas. London was trading higher as the market caught up to New York levels after being closed on Monday for Easter.
        362 words
      • Article
        Lock icon New York
        80 13 AFP NEW YORK The dollar fell against most major currencies except the yen in New York yesterday on disappointing news about US retail sales. At 1:00 pm (1700 GMT), the dollar was trading at 1.5790 German marks, down from 1.5940 late on Monday, but rose to 113.20 yen
        AFP  -  80 words
    • COMMODITIES & FUTURES
      • Article
        Lock icon Nikkei futures surge in active trade
        1428 14 SIMEX REPORT Reuter SINGAPORE Simex June Nikkei futures ended sharply higher in active trade yesterday, pushed up by the upward spiral of the cash index in Tokyo and buoyant market sentiment. The lead June contract ended 845 points higher at 20,865 on a total
        Reuter  -  1,428 words
      • Article
        KL tin price edges up on foreign covering
        955 14 COMMODITIES REPORT Tin Kuala Lumpur tin ended marginally higher yesterday on light Japanese and European covering but trade was cautious ahead of LME stock data released later yesterday, dealers said. Prices rose one cent to MS 14.29 a kg. Turnover was 25
        955 words
      • Article
        COMMODITY PRICES
        1596 14 Rubber A P f 13 IMS Commodity Exchange (futures closing as at 1pm) RAS (physical prices) RSS 1 Contract (S ccnis/kg) Buyors Sollors rr— As at 12 noon (S cents/kg) C lose Volume Open Month High Low Sett (tonnes) Interest RSS 2 Ma\ 43 129.50 I 30.50N TT7
        1,596 words
    • REGIONAL STOCK MARKETS
      • Article
        Australia
        1033 15 +23 Stocks closed at their highest in 17 months yesterday, bolstered by strong Japanese and US markets, brokers said. "The number one focus has been Japan," a broker from BOS Stockbroking said. "The Nikkei has broken through the 20,000 barrier and just romped on." Arbitrage trading kept volumes up
        1,033 words
      • Article
        New Zealand
        238 15 +9.24 New Zealand shares, led by modest gains in a handful of leading and mid-sized stocks, ended the session firmer on moderate volume yesterday. The NZSE-40 Capital Index finished 9.24 points higher at 1,571.54. Volume was worth NZ526.5 million. Cavill White Securities' Richard Burton said a stron?er performance
        238 words
      • Article
        Manila
        545 15 -0.54 Manila share prices eased as profit-takers swarmed the market yesterday, but brokers said the slight decline that broke a six-day advance was healthy. "Most investors went on profit-taking today," said Joseph Roxas of R Coyiuto Securities. "This is good because it means within the next few weeks the
        545 words
      • Article
        Taipei
        599 15 -84.61 Taiwan stocks closed lower for the fifth straight day in very thin turnover as buyers stayed on the sidelines, brokers said. The Weighted Index spent most of the session moderately lower and a late wave of selling pushed it down to close 84.61 points or 1.8 per cent
        599 words
      • Article
        Seoul
        353 15 +0.44 Seoul stocks fell slightly for the first time in three sessions yesterday in what brokers described as a technical downward correction after recent sharp gains. The Composite Stock Index stood 0.44 points higher on 720.52 at the close, comfortably off a day low of 714.37. Brokers expected the
        353 words
      • Article
        Bombay
        35 15 Share prices ended with slight gains in a declining market on intervention by the stateowned Unit Trust of India (UTI), brokers said. The Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) index closed at 2,226.84, up 4.15 points.
        35 words
    • WORLD STOCK MARKETS
      • Article
        Untitled
        599 15 Brussels Apr IJ F«" FORWARD MARKET 2s*o m> \«c 2550 \rt*d 2*» 20 AUM MO BrV*rt Bravjn JM 1 Cap*' CcckZ ni > Beers «00 Eh^ f Icvlrahd G Brig (Pi 2215 (•b-lnno-Bm 12'* (ietirfl uB t»r Bru Lamb J6A0 20 Hah* Prim WO 50 R>l Duli.ii 2»W» Srfru I
        599 words
      • Article
        London
        759 15 +25 Share prices closed firmer yesterday, with a solid 25 point gain on the FTSE 100 index to 2,846.8. But the rise was in thin volume and owed much to gains in overseas markets such as the US and Japan, and traders and strategists said the outlook was uncertain.
        759 words
      • Article
        Paris
        155 15 +31.22 French shares closed sharply higher yesterday after bouncing first on news the Bank of France cut its ceiling rate, then on comments from Economy Minister Edmond Alphandery that French rates should fall more in coming days. Some dealers saw his remarks as foreshadowing a fall in money market
        155 words
      • Article
        Stockholm
        84 15 +0.22pc The Easter holiday looks likely to continue on the Stockholm bourse, bringing low volume and only small price changes, brokers said. The all-share index closed 0.22 per cent up at 990.49 yesterday while the OMX-index closed 0.29 per cent higher at 770.49. Stockholm 4«ra ft MOO *00 AiU$
        84 words
      • Article
        Frankfurt
        186 15 15.32 German stocks clocked up their biggest gains in a month yesterday, but with underlying volume remaining very thin, the market's strength could prove short-lived, dealers said. Blue chips had already faded from their highs in the last half-hour or so of official trade on positionsquaring, the 30-share DAX
        186 words
      • Article
        Amsterdam
        232 15 Dutch shares closed broadly firmer yesterday, supported by stronger foreign bourses and a French interest rate cut which fuelled big gains in the bond market. Prices slipped back from intraday highs as the dollar weakened, but this had only a limited impact given the market's exuberant mood after a
        232 words
      • Article
        Toronto
        286 15 +23.21 Stocks edged higher yesterday, led by banks which received a shot in the arm following Toronto-Domin-ion Bank's assumption of up to US$5.5 billion of Westpac Banking Corp's credit commitments, dealers said. The TSE 300 Index rose 8.79 points to 3,623.50 on volume of 33.7 million shares valued at
        286 words
      • Article
        Milan
        111 15 +0.09pc Shares ended tightly mixed yesterday and were expected to trade around these levels for next few days as technical factors dominate with approaching end of April account. The MIB all-share index gained 0.09 per cent to 1,133, with the underlying trend down 0.26 per cent. Milan Apr 13
        111 words
      • Article
        New YorK
        599 15 +31.61 Wall Street share prices rose yesterday, boosted by the firmness of overseas markets and a further fall in long-term interest rates following news of a fall in US retail sales in March. At 11 am, the Dow Jones Industrial Index was up 14.84 points at 3,442.93 in
        599 words
      • Article
        Zurich
        243 15 ■2.1 Swiss shares ended mixed yesterday with a lower bias in slow trading as a lack of following through buying allowed prices to slip back from a firmer opening. The all-share SPI Index closed down 2.1 points to 1,342.1. Dealers said the consolidation was expected to continue today as
        243 words
      • Article
        Johannesburg
        278 15 -60 Most South African shares finished lower yesterday following Saturday's assassination of Communist Party chief and ANC national executive member Chris Hani. Dealers said a major sell-ofT had been avoided, but today's general stayaway, called by the African National Congress, was expected to dictate short term direction. The overall
        278 words
    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon HONGKONG
      2978 16 Reuter HONGKONG The blue chip Hang Seng Index surged to close over the 6.400 level yesterday amid rumours of SinoUK talks on a dispute over Hongkong political reforms, brokers said. The index soared 132.54 points, or 2.11 per cent, to finish at 6,418.21, while the broader All Ordinaries Index
      Reuter; Source: Bridge Info  -  2,978 words
    • Article, Illustration
      CHINA
      436 16 THE SHANGHAI A MARKET soared 8.12 per cent yesterday with the CLSA Shanghai A Index closing at 8,609.49. The closure of the OTC stock market in Tianjin has helped to shift some investor money from Tianjin into Shanghai. Yesterday's announcement of the results of eight listed companies in Shanghai
      436 words
    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon TOKYO
      2504 16 Reuter TOKYO Stocks ended briskly higher yesterday and the Nikkei Average soared 858.15 points or 4.32 per cent to 20,740.29. Broad-based buying was triggered after the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) proposed a stimulus package totalling 13.2 trillion yen. The Nikkei last closed above 20,000 on March 25, 1992.
      Reuter; Source: Bridge Info  -  2,504 words
    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon JAKARTA
      1020 16 Reuter JAKARTA Jakarta stocks closed lower in dull trade yesterday. The composite index slipped to 307.23 from Monday's 308.44. "The market was featureless with major volume coming from internal crossings." a broker said. "Local investors are still sidelined and the market as a whole is a bit weak." another
      Reuter; Source: Bridge Info  -  1,020 words
    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon CLOB INTERNATIONAL
      2237 17 Source: Bridge Info Source: Bridge Info MOST ACTIVE volume Mulpha Intl Mk' Asia P*c I J SO, 10.004.000 Kcnong Bhd MV 2j7i!SI! liJimi Insas Bhd MroH>«l50c IS125 I® mmSE Mcnangt orp <77a'ono "288 LS?Hoe *****00 Mel ropfcx 50c ******0 MOST ACTIVE value Mulphj Intl MX I4.I0MIJ ldmH>dMX IJ.J4MMO
      Source: Bridge Info  -  2,237 words
    • KUALA LUMPUR STOCK EXCHANGE
      • Article, Illustration
        Lock icon Bulls in market take a breather
        3944 17 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Bulls took a breather yesterday after charging strongly on the local share market over the last two weeks. Share prices, spiralling upwards in frenzied buying activity during the rallies, ended mixed with an easier tone as investors unloaded positions for profits.
        Bernama; Source: Bridge Info  -  3,944 words
    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon STII weakens as blue chips face profit-taking
      5374 18  -  By R Sivanithy SINGAPORE Speculation in Malaysian second and third-liners continued in the stock market yesterday while several blue chips succumbed to profit-taking. The Straits Times Industrials Index fell for the second consecutive day. this time by 14.33 points to below the 1,700
      Source: Bridge Info  -  5,374 words
    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon Edaran Otomobil Nasional
      64 18  -  Quak Hiang Whai EDARAN Otomobil Nasional is trading into a double-top formation. which means the stock will move to test resistance at $10. Failure to break that level could see it trade back towards $9. Bearish divergence is also seen in the weekly RSI. Daily, weekly and
      SOURCE: BRIDGE INFO  -  64 words
  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 9 Advertisements Column 1
      141 9 The bottom line is still comfort. On our new passenger-friendly MD-1 Is, you can't MD-ll SR 183 Daily help but gain something from our extras. More Singapore dep 2105 Via Bangkok legroom. More elbow room. Greater comfort all Zurich* arr 0620 i Geneva arr 0815 round. In short, just more
      141 words
Page thumbnail Page 10
  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 10 Advertisements Column 1
      764 10 B U S I N E S S_T_l_M_E_S_ TOLL-FREE TEL. No. 1-800-737 0043 FAX:734 3698 PROPOSAL TO CHANGE OF SHIP'S NAME We, Hai Yin Dteeel Trading Pie Ltd of 6001 Beach Rd #13-06 Go4den MM*T ower, Singapore 071#, hereby give notice that in consequence of change o♦ Ship'* Name. We
      764 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 10 Advertisements Column 2
      386 10 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT. CAP. SO AND IN THE MATTER OF SOTEC (S) PTE LTD (In Member*' Voluntary Liquidation) NOTICE OF FINAL MEETING NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to Section 308 of the Companies Ad. Cap. 50. the Final Meeting ol the member; of the Leong
      386 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 10 Advertisements Column 3
      5 10 TECHNOLOGY Tomorrow in Business Times
      5 words
Page thumbnail Page 11
  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 11 Advertisements Column 1
      110 11 i For the price of a Business Class ticket, KLM puts If you're wondering what we really charge for you in First Class. All you need to pay is the full I.A.T.A. Business Class, find out by calling your Travel Agent or Business Class Fare for any trip originating from
      110 words
Page thumbnail Page 12
  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 12 Advertisements Column 1
      706 12 Category Women's Women's Women lIHfl KwJV I Open Junior Veterans Open Junior Veterans M f|M I A[2S B| lIS "A"is 11 (No age (20yre& (40yis& (No age (20yre& (35yrs& limit) below) above) limit) below) above) Team Entry aISitSS/Team) 12 1 13 4 15 1 |AH Team Name (if any)] Till"
      706 words
Page thumbnail Page 13
Page thumbnail Page 14
  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 14 Advertisements Column 1
      627 14 BUSINESS TIMES TOLL-FREE TEL. No. 1-800-737 0043 FAX:734 3698 OFFICIAL NOTICE We, Thong Soon Maritime Pte Ud of 77 Robinson Road #15-00 SIA Building, 0106, hereby give notice thai in consequence ol our purchase of the ship MV "GENIUS". We have j*)plied to the Registrar Of Singapore Ships, under Section
      627 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 14 Advertisements Column 2
      33 14 As and w hen the latest London/ Rotterdam prices are not available, the previous trading day's closing figures are carried instead (Make new business contacts through classification 203 in The Classified, cxtj. 737-11**
      33 words
Page thumbnail Page 15
  • Page 15 Advertisements
Page thumbnail Page 16
  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 16 Advertisements Column 1
      57 16 Sparkle Portfolio... Mondial. The source for the acquisition of internationally certified G.1.A., H.R.D. and 1.G.1, diamonds, emeralds |HHH| J and other gemstones. H9H 'I: |J| Main Showroom: Mondial Promenade 300 Orchard Road 001-06 The Promenade Singapore 0923 Tel: 734 2033/4 Fax: 737 5138 PLAY SMART Be part of the good
      57 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 16 Advertisements Column 2
      9 16 The Bangkok market was closed for a holiday yesterday
      9 words
Page thumbnail Page 17
  • Page 17 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 17 Advertisements Column 1
      71 17 All warrants and bonds are listed ia StS pag* msm INVEST IN A FOREIGN CURRENCY AND GET TO A FOREIGN COUNTRY. Citibank and Qantas bring vou one of the greatest investment opportunities. Open a new Citibank foreign currency deposit and you'll be guaranteed a free trip. For details, call our
      71 words
Page thumbnail Page 18
  • Page 18 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 18 Advertisements Column 1
      45 18 Portfolio... Mondial. The source for XjJfeflHSg the acquisition of internationally ST BKjt certified G.1.A., H.R.D. and I.G. I. diamonds, emeralds HHH| |^HH| an^nt^ cr^eTnstortcs jWPWRL I Main Showroom: Mondial Promenade I JOO Orchard Road 001-06 The Promenade Singapore 0923 Tel: 734 2033/4 Fax: 737 5/38
      45 words
Page thumbnail Page 19
  • SPORTS
    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon Kimiko Date juggling work with pleasure
      536 19 AFP PATTAYA. Thailand She's known among her friends as "Sleeping Beauty" a nickname Kimiko Date has picked up from her penchant for a quick forty winks. Born in Kyoto in 1970, but now resident in Tokyo. Date first made her mark in a minor
      AFP  -  536 words
    • SCORE CARD
      • Article, Illustration
        Lock icon Baseball
        59 19 Reuter NEW YORK Major l>eague Monday's results: National League Giants 4 Marlins 3(11); Phillies 5 Reds 4: Chicago Cubs 5 Braves 1; Pirates 4 Padres 2; NY Mets at Colorado Rockies (postponed). American NY Yankees 4 Royals 1; Angels 12 Brewers 5; Twins 3 Chicago White Sox 2: Rangers
        Reuter  -  59 words
      • Article, Illustration
        Lock icon Basketball
        33 19 Reuter NEW YORK NBA Monday's results: Chicago 98 Detroit 95: LA Clippers 111 Phoenix 104; Miami 106 Milwaukee 95; Utah 107 Dallas 94. Charlotte 120 Philadelphia 101; Denver 107 Golden State 96.
        Reuter  -  33 words
      • Article, Illustration
        Lock icon Golf
        216 19 Reuter AP LONDON Leading world rankings issued on Monday (LS unless stated): I Nick Faldo (UK) 23.24 points average 2 Bernhard Langer (Gcr) 16.36 3 Fred Couples 14.26 4. Nick Price (Zim) 13.99 5 Greg Norman (Aus) 13.92 6 Tom Kite 12.07 7 Jose Maria Olazabal (Spn) 11.69 8
        Reuter; AP  -  216 words
      • Article, Illustration
        Lock icon Ice hockey
        18 19 Reuter NEW YORK NHL Monday s results: Capitals 3 Canadiens 2 (OT); Flyers 1 Rangers 0.
        Reuter  -  18 words
      • Article, Illustration
        Lock icon Tennis
        297 19 AP Reuter Reuter NEW YORK Top money winners on the ATP Tour as at April 11: 1 Jim Courier U*****,859 (SSl.l million) 2 Pete Sampras 521.377 3 Michael Stich 506.742 4 Boris Becker 339.506 5 Richard Krajicek 337.643 6 Karel Novacek 325.885 7 Wally Masur 324.505 8 Andrei Medvcdev
        AP; Reuter  -  297 words
    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon Langer lifts an otherwise humdrum Masters
      832 19 Golf NYT AUGUSTA, Georgia The 57th Masters will be remembered for Bemhard Langer's clinic in textbook shotmaking and composure under pressure, and forgotten for just about everything else. Beginning with a four-under-par 68 on Thursday, the 35-year-old German seemed to be playing on a
      NYT  -  832 words
  • Page 19 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 19 Advertisements Column 1
      322 19 PAN-WEST SHOWCASES We take golfing needs very when comes to you play better MM only an You have seen the extensive quality clubs from Honma. We now LB-300 Series. THE EXCITING NEW LB-280s LB-300s The Woods feature newly developed smm wider carbon-faced inserts with shorter necks for weight 1 transference
      322 words
Page thumbnail Page 20
  • Page 20 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 20 Advertisements Column 1
      1018 20 Nothing WHERE to wine, dine and entertain HIKING OF CLUB 5 IS lIP FOR AUCTION It's Auction Time with a difference. For every dollar spent, collect an equivalent 'Club 5 Dollar' Use it to bid for attractive and valuable items put up for sale during Auction Time. Held every alternate
      1,018 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 20 Advertisements Column 2
      515 20 ijiWE INTO THE Enjoy an unforgettable evening of spectacular world-class revues at the Neptune. And our Early Dinner Special menu prepared by experienced Hong Kong chets. Free parking in the evening. Showtimes: B.oopm to 8.30pm 9.30pm to 10.00pm 7* Boot Om<» Lmok Hoax. Cottyß <Z**l 01<H TH U*YiU I b
      515 words
Page thumbnail Page 21
  • LIFESTYLE
    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon Life, the universe and all that jazz, by Wynton Marsalis
      1172 21  -  Life is one huge banquet to this veteran musician, writes Mike Zwerin Mike Zwerin IHT THIS is not an interview, it's an occasion. A happening. Suite theatre in the Intercontinental Hotel in Paris one fine spring day. Jet-lagged and with
      IHT  -  1,172 words
    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon Anywhere, any time, any movie
      535 21 Toronto is earning the reputation of being a huge movie set for all needs NYT TO THOSE who make movies, this city, like Hollywood itself, is a chameleon that can be Anywhere. USA. For that matter, it can be Anywhere, period. Filmmakers have found the
      NYT  -  535 words
    • Article
      Lock icon Extras on Costner film end strike
      311 21 CHATTERBOX UPI Reuter Reuter UPI EXTRAS on a film being produced by Kevin Costner on Easter Island ended a strike on Monday after they were offered higher wages. La Segiuida newspaper reported. The film company last week offered to increase pay for night work
      UPI; Reuter  -  311 words
  • Page 21 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 21 Advertisements Column 1
      106 21 jUhoWyour appreciation to your right-hand ladies V_/and say'Thanks'at Marina bay China China Restaurant Set menus from $98.00 (4 persons) Nishiki Restaurant Set menu at $25.00 per person (Inclusive of a glass of plum wine) Tee-Off Cafe Buffet Lunch at $16.80 per person (Inclusive of a glass of Champagne and a
      106 words
  • Page 21 Miscellaneous
    • Miscellaneous
      Page 21 Miscellaneous Column 1
      1070 21 I TV RADIO Martin a former track star j«r who docs the pushy-parcnt L by driving his son to excel in "Ti Wl/ r sports. But when the pressure yfCfl|AL of excellence gets to the young kV man. he turns to steroids as a solution. James and Josh Bro- r
      1,070 words
Page thumbnail Page 22
  • REGIONAL ANALYSIS
    • Article, Illustration
      Khmer election: bloody show or no show?
      1385 22  -  Change and reform in Cambodia Special to BT ABDULGAFFAR PEANG-METH ABDULGAFFAR PEANG-METH Dr Abdulgaffar Peang-Meth is assistant professor of political science at the University of Guam, United States. Born in Cambodia, he was assistant to the commanderin<hief of the non<ommunist Khmer People 's
      1,385 words
    • Article, Illustration
      Sons and fathers in politics
      1635 22  -  HARISH MEHTA HARISH MEHTA Harish Mehta, a BJ correspondent specialising in Indochinese affairs, filed this article from Cambodia TWO INFLUENTIAL Phnom Penh families are running for office in the Cambodian elections. One is the Norodom clan led by Prince Norodom Sihanouk and his son. Prince
      1,635 words
    • REGIONAL WHISPERS
      • Article
        The problem of security
        70 22 LAOS, struggling to join the market economy, seems to have a problem shedding its Marxist habits. In Vientiane, the word "security" soon pops up in discussions between government officials and foreigners seeking investment licences. But it is not too clear to the investors just what the
        70 words
      • Article
        History repeating itself?
        105 22 WHEN Ferdinand Marcos was president of the Philippines, a major cause for the near-collapse of government banks was the granting of so-called "behest loans" to the strongman's business cronies. Nowadays, the emerging practice seems to be to make "behest investments" sinking state-owned money into listed firms favoured
        105 words
      • Article, Illustration
        Habibieconomics.. ... or Suhartonomics?
        110 22 Habibieconomics.. or Suhartonomics? IF YOU can have Reaganomics and Clintonomics, why not Habibienomics and Suhartonomics? These two terms are now being used in Jakarta in discussions of the direction of Indonesian economic policy. Habibienomics. of course, refers to the approach favoured by the increasingly influential Minister for Research and Technology
        110 words
    • Article, Illustration
      Turning kangaroos into tigers
      1527 23  -  Change and reform in Australia In an exclusive interview with Regional Analysis. Foreign Minister Garetn Evans talks about the Great Australian Transformation with BT's Sydney Correspondent, Florence Chong. Florence Chong. Q: Is Asia accepting Australia as part of Asia? A: I think it is an evolutionary
      1,527 words
    • Article, Illustration
      The great barrier lift?
      1067 23  -  Special to BT STEPHEN FITZGERALD STEPHEN FITZGERALD Professor Stephen Fitzgerald is director-general of the Asia-Australia Institute in Sxxlney WOULD IT have made any difference to Australia's relations with Asia if Paul Keating's Labor government had not been re-elected on March 13? There has been more than
      1,067 words
Page thumbnail Page 23
  • Page 23 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 23 Advertisements Column 1
      28 23 VI Mar k..«..mafltmndia on the orospccts of Australia's Asianisation policy; BPs Florence Chong on Asians inside Australia. NEXT WEEK: Former Indonesian Foreign Minister Mochtar Kusumaatmaaja on ine pr
      28 words
  • Page 23 Miscellaneous
Page thumbnail Page 24
  • Article
    Changing mindsets about old age
    583 24 EDITORIAL IT IS a pity indeed that a law is needed to stipulate that at age 55, one is just too young to be retired forcibly from working life. In this day, 55 is no longer a ripe old age. To get this message across
    583 words
  • WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
    • Article
      Stop the Serbs
      235 24 THE SAVAGERY in Bosnia is now more than a year old, with the Serbs capturing more and more territory in pursuit of their ambition of creating a Greater Serbia. With the recent Muslim setback in eastern Bosnia, the Serbs have moved closer to carving out a Greater
      235 words
    • Article
      The future's in their hands
      139 24 NEXT MONTH. Cambodians will cast their votes for their next government in their historic free general election. However, the scenario seems gloomy and threatening, given the Khmer Rouge's vow to disrupt the event. Many UN personnel were wounded during the recent skirmishes. Unless all the
      139 words
    • Article
      Work towards better Sino-US ties
      192 24 THERE ARE many aspects in the relations between former US President Richard Nixon and China and his views on Sino-US ties that the present US government can learn from. Mr Jiang Zemin, in a meeting with Mr Nixon, said ideological differences should not hinder closer
      192 words
    • Article
      Myopic officials
      145 24 IT MUST have been a case of myopia. What else could explain the Health Ministry's much-delayed move in requiring qualified optometrists and opticians to be registered? Concerned consumers had cautioned the authorities on the horrible spectacle of unqualified tukang cermin mala in the country who have been fitting
      145 words
    • Article
      Be firm in Cambodia
      190 24 PERHAPS the greatest danger for Cambodia itself is that the UN will run next month's elections, declare success and leave. The current schedule for the massive Khmer operation calls for a troop pullout before the end of this year. Mr Boutros-Ghali must reconsider this. The elections
      190 words
    • Article
      Hit the traffic hoodlums hard
      141 24 THE ANNOUNCEMENT by Pol Maj Gen Cherngchai Chomthawat, chief of the Traffic Police Division, that he plans a serious crackdown on errant drivers can only be welcomed. Similarly, the call for "social sanctions" involving other motorists using their horns to "embarrass" a driver committing a
      141 words
  • Article
    Lock icon Will it be trade? Aid to Russia? Rice? Or what?
    1062 24 As Kiichi Miyazawa heads for Washington for Friday's summit with Bill Clinton, analysts are divided on what the top of the agenda will be Asahi News Service WHAT HAS preoccupied Japanese diplomats since Bill Clinton became US president in January
    Asahi News Service  -  1,062 words
  • Page 24 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 24 Advertisements Column 1
      46 24 Press Here For Financial News! Call 1-900 840 8460 for Financial News and you'll stand to win $500 worth of dinner ware each week. Calls are charged at 30 cents a minute. mTMtjij l!IC" linp Prizes are sponsored by: '<■■■ 111 I\J BSMlsial /\n SPH AudioTex Service
      46 words
  • Page 24 Miscellaneous
    • Miscellaneous
      Page 24 Miscellaneous Column 1
      87 24 pteAse. kbsP you* heap off the. of THOSC c.LepvMirJG peSK 1~~^ ===:r hjg &*&>- XT C ASSOCIATED NEWSPAPERS LTD.. IM2-IMI DOONESBURY garry trudeau m TALKING TOGUS TOLANP, WELL. PRETTY GOOQ, NCW ANY IDEA WELL,CUR. iJt "JT Ji J JLJLJLJ J> SECONP-SHIFT CREW CHIEE THAT MJE GOT THE HEAW WHEN YOU'LL
      87 words
Page thumbnail Page 25
  • ANALYSIS
    • Article
      Lock icon How Britain can get its way with China
      831 25  -  Jason T Shaplen discusses the three unplayed trump cards London can use in dealing with Beijing Jason T Shaplen IHT IS China bargaining from a position of strength in its fight with Britain over democratic reforms in Hongkong? Chinese officials certainly act
      IHT  -  831 words
    • Article, Illustration
      Citic faces the future without Mr Citic
      1495 25  -  As Rong Yiren relinquishes control of the state-owned company he formed to bring capitalism to China. Stephen Vines in Hongkong traces the man's remarkable career and looks at what lies in store for Citic Stephen Vines RONG Yiren, 76, the Chinese government's favourite
      1,495 words
    • Article
      Lock icon Will the volatility turn off foreign fund managers?
      729 25  -  Kevin Murphy examines the implications of the suggested opening of China's B-share market to domestic investors with foreign currency Kevin Murphy IHT CHINA is sending signals that it may allow domestic investors to buy stocks that are currently restricted to foreigners, a
      IHT  -  729 words
  • Page 25 Advertisements
Page thumbnail Page 26
  • Article, Illustration
    Lock icon Japanese stimulus will double growth, rein in trade surplus
    446 26 Reuter, AFP TOKYO Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) yesterday unveiled a recordhigh stimulus package that it said would double the growth rate and cut the country's soaring trade surplus. Hiroshi Mitsuzuka, head of a special LDP task force set up
    Reuter,; AFP  -  446 words
  • Article
    Lock icon Japan's trade surplus surges to record US$111b
    247 26 Reuter TOKYO Japan yesterday announced a record trade surplus, three days before a summit between Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa and President Bill Clinton at which the nations trade imbalance will be high on the agenda. The customs-cleared trade surplus surged to a record
    Reuter  -  247 words
  • Article
    Lock icon US seeks large aid package to support Yeltsin
    420 26 Reuter TOKYO The United States j called on its rich allies yester- day to put together a multi-bil- j lion-dollar aid package for Russia to bolster Boris Yeltsin's shaky hold on power and further the country's democratic and economic reforms. "We must,
    Reuter  -  420 words
  • Article
    Lock icon Khmer Rouge withdraws from Phnom Penh and SNC
    311 26 AFP PHNOM PENH Cambodia's radical Khmer Rouge closed their office in Phnom Penh and left the city yesterday saying they no longer felt safe enough to remain and continue working in the Supreme National Council (SNC). The faction's nominal leader Khicu Samphan,
    AFP  -  311 words
  • Article
    Lock icon Hainan remains 'window' in China's reform drive
    242 26 South China Morning Post. HONGKONG Top Chinese leader Jiang Zemin has reassured the sub-tropical island of I lainan that it remained one of the "windows" in the country's drive to widen reforms. Mr Jiang, party and state leader, gave the upbeat message yesterday
    South China Morning Post.  -  242 words
  • Article, Illustration
    Cruelty and silence: the cost of Arab intellectuals' failure
    722 26  -  The Bottom Line AM ROSENTHAL AM ROSENTHAL The writer is a columnist with the New York Times, where this commentary first appeared. SINCE World War U. the Arab world has failed to produce a single government that shares power with its
    722 words
  • Article
    Lock icon Paris ready to make trade concessions at Gatt talks if Washington does the same
    274 26 Reuter PARIS France will tell the US this week that it is ready to make concessions at world trade talks provided Washington docs the same. Aides to Prime Minister Edouard Balladur said yesterday that Foreign Minister
    Reuter  -  274 words
  • Article
    Lock icon US team learns importance of MFN to China
    188 26 South China Morning Post HONGKONG Aides to US congressmen and senators are to explain to US legislators the importance of an unconditional renewal of China's Most Favoured Nation (MFN) trading status. The move comes after US aides spent eight days here and
    South China Morning Post  -  188 words
  • Page 26 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 26 Advertisements Column 1
      616 26 I Tomorrow in Business Times KHAW AND SONS PRIVATE LIMITED PLUGGING INTO THE CHINA CONNECTION Exploring Exploring Manufacturing Opportunities China's Silicon Valley in Northern China Jiangnan's Electronic ii Computer Industry Belling, Tlaniin, Shenyang, Yingkou, Dalian Shanghai, Suzhou, Wuxi May 9 to 16, 1993 May 24 to 29, 1993 Visit the
      616 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 26 Advertisements Column 2
      4 26 Tomorrow in Business Times
      4 words
Page thumbnail Page 27
  • Shipping Times
    • Article
      Mitsui sets up training institute for Filipino seamen
      303 27  -  By Ramesh Divyanathan SINGAPORE Mitsui OSK Lines has opened a training institute in the Philippines, a first for a Japanese shipping company. The USS2.B-million (554.6 million) Magsaysay Institute of Shipping, set up jointly with Hongkong's Fairmont Shipping and its Philippine sister company
      303 words
    • Article
      Dry bulk export terminal to be built in Los Angeles
      414 27 SINGAPORE Thirty-six parties on Monday signed a shareholder agreement to develop and operate a state-of-the-art dry bulk export terminal in Los Angeles, which will serve as a link between US coal producers and Pacific Rim consumers. In its first phase,
      414 words
    • Article
      World shipbuilding output hits high
      320 27 SINGAPORE World shipbuilding output in 1992 reached 18.6 million gross tonnes (gt), the highest since 1977, according to statistics from Lloyd's Register. Japan and South Korea once again topped the list of top shipbuilding nations by gross tonnage, accounting for twothirds of the world's total.
      320 words
    • Article
      INDEX TO SHIPPING LINES AND FREIGHT FORWARDERS
      1152 27 Page Col ABC Containerlinc 12 1 Accord Group 8 1-3 Ahrenkiel Liner 16 4 Allied-Link 16 4/5 Alpha Feeders 6 1 ANL 3 1/2 APL 5 3-5 ASCL 5 5 Asian Breakbulk 16 3 ASXCLShpg 15 2 Avant Shpg 6 4/5 Bait Orient
      1,152 words
    • Article, Illustration
      M'sian ports squeezed for space
      642 27  -  Rising cargo volume threatens to swamp their existing handling capacity From Jimmy Yeow in KUALA LUMPUR PORT operators in Malaysia are bracing for a hard time over the next two years as they cope with rising cargo volume which threatens to swamp their existing handling
      642 words
    • SHIPS IN PORT
      • Article
        AT CONVENTIONAL WHARVES
        592 28 Vwstt Voy No Berth Arrival Departure Vessel Voy No Berth Arrival Departure^ luramr Part CaMe* 09 04' P01A 0905 1100 0905 1900 01 a, 123 j(ones«le 1404 2300 Champ Trader 32 P08A 1005,0100 1105 1800 „5 ,6 S 1404 0600 Elane 9305 P07 10 05/1100 005/2300 fento
        592 words
      • Article
        CONTAINER SCHEDULES
        1686 28 DELIVERY OF FCL IMPORT CONTAINERS IN PROGRESS SNp Voy No Containers available Ship Voy No Containers available Sea Link 27IN COO(EST) *****3 Cent Pans 3113 COO(EST) 10 04 93 Fong Shm 9311 COO(EST) *****3 Rata Own 72S COO(EST) 10 04.93 r* Kseiev 07W93 COD* EST; 10 04 93
        1,686 words
    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon Cruise lines sail turbulent seas
      878 30 In the current soft market, the strong have been gobbling up the weak and the spate of consolidations appears to be far from over Fairplay CELEBRITY Cruise Lines has just confirmed its US$32O-mil-lion (***** million) order for a 1,740 pas-senger-capacity cruise ship from Germany's Jos
      Fairplay  -  878 words
    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon HK airport takes shape despite Sino-British row
      760 31  -  Work on Chek Lap Kok airport and other related projects are proceeding on schedule but will they be completed as hoped by 1997? Jeffrey Parker reports Jeffrey Parker Reuter THERE ARE many adjectives to describe Hongkong's huge, expensive and controversial airport project but
      Reuter  -  760 words
    • Article
      THE SHIPPING GUIDE
      11231 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
      11,231 words
    • Article
      DAILY FREIGHTS
      10 45 The Baltic Exchange was closed for the holidays.
      10 words
    • Article
      WEEKLY FREIGHTS
      14 45 The weekly London freight report was unavailable due to the Easter holidays.
      14 words
    • Article
      TRANSPORT DIARY
      915 45 COURSES Title: Strategic Information System. Duration: April 15-16 Organiser CAI Consultants/Heriot—Watt University. Tel: 339-2733 or fax: 339-1733. Title: Shipping and Transport Executive Programme Duration: April 15-17 Organiser CAI Consultants/Her-iot-Watt University. Tel: 339-2733 or fax: 339-1733. Title: An 8-evening Course on Import/Export and Shipping Procedures (SDF 50%) Duration: April
      915 words
    • AIR AND LAND TRANSPORT NEWS
      • Article
        Lock icon McDonnell trims losses from C-17 military project
        530 48 Bloomberg Business News ST LOUIS McDonnell Douglas Corp, hit last year with big losses from its C-17 military transport programme, said that it lost USSI million (551.62 million) on the programme in the first quarter. That compares with a pretax loss provision of
        Bloomberg Business News  -  530 words
      • Article, Illustration
        Lock icon Truck safety dispute could send GM shares falling
        591 48 US carmaker has no plans to recall five million allegedly unsafe pickups Bloomberg Business News DETROIT General Motors' earnings could be reduced by about US$l.4O (5522.68) a share if it decided to comply with the government's request to recall almost five million
        Bloomberg Business News  -  591 words
      • Article
        Lock icon Honda raises prices of popular models in US
        379 48 Reuter DETROIT Honda Motor, hurt by slumping sales and a sinking dollar, hiked prices on some of its most popular cars on Monday. The Japanese carmaker raised prices on its Civic, Accord and Prelude models by an average of 1.17 per cent,
        Reuter  -  379 words
      • Article
        Lock icon China may order new wide-bodied jets from Boeing
        262 48 AP NEW YORK The Chinese government, which ordered US$BOO million (Ssl.3 billion) in small passenger jets from Boeing Co last week, is considering spending at least that much on new Boeing wide-bod-ied aircraft. The Wall Street Journal reported on Monday. The new
        AP  -  262 words
      • LOG BOOK
        • Article
          Lock icon American gets top marks for service
          83 48 AP WASHINGTON American Airlines is top-rated for quality performance in the skies in an industry beset by declining service, a research group said on Monday. American scored highest for the third straight year. The study was conducted by the University of Nebraska at Omaha's
          AP  -  83 words
        • Article, Illustration
          Lock icon Off to enforce no-fly zone over Bosnia
          63 48 Reuter GEILENKIRCHEN, Germany A Nato Airborne Warning Control System (Awacs) Boeing 707 taking ofl" from Geilcnkirchen Air Base on Monday at the start of a Nato operation to patrol the skies of Bosnia and to enforce a no-fly zone over the former Yugoslav
          Reuter  -  63 words
        • Article
          Lock icon US firm in Russian airport project
          43 48 Knight-Ridder MOSCOW The US transport company Ralph and Parson and the Khabarovsk design institute, Dalacroprockt, have signed an agreement to carry out a feasibility study for the reconstruction of Khabarovsk airport in the Russian Far East. Knight-Riddcr
          Knight-Ridder  -  43 words
        • Article
          Lock icon Emery starts aerospace programme
          57 48 Reuter PALO ALTO, California Emery Worldwide, a subsidiary of Consolidated Frcightways Inc. said on Monday it was setting up a marketing and operations unit for aerospace-related businesses. It said the new group will develop tailored service programmes to expedite shipments and meet transportation logistics needs of
          Reuter  -  57 words
      • Article
        Lock icon UAL to sell Air Wisconsin's turboprop operations
        230 48 Bloomberg Business News CHICAGO UAL Corp, the parent of United Airlines, has reached a tentative agreement to sell its Air Wisconsin unit's turboprop airline business to Hulas Kanodia. owner of Trans States Airlines. Terms of the sale weren't disclosed. United said on Monday
        Bloomberg Business News  -  230 words
      • Article
        AIRCRAFT ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES
        1596 48 ctt* nwt eta rnw 5L E* OL <Mw DHaM GA893 1335 Fatal «ka SQ989 1645 SQ990 0110 SQ227 2230 tlM»l SR183 2105 Amman I RJ183 2335 Haadyai MI895 2300 TG408 0910 M1896 1920 Amsterdam KL831 0935 SQ324 2230 SQ323 1725 KL832 2310 Nawi SQ175 1935 SQ176
        1,596 words
  • Page 27 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 27 Advertisements Column 1
      73 27 IKB VITAL UK W MLAVBU" Ratf lmk Express provides a tcnal service to saw your money time and worry aa *m deliver your goon* speedily and promptly to your destinations m our organised Malaysia road networks Rail-Link Express (S) Re Ltd T«l: 354-1223 Fax *****10 OUR SERVICES. Exprts* Pare* Bulk
      73 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 27 Advertisements Column 2
      27 27 Lines and services represented by Members of the Registry of Accredited /fgWfkY Shipping Agents, Singapore National Shipping Association xs/ For advertising enquiries, contact Shipping Times: Tel 740-2089/740-2090
      27 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 27 Advertisements Column 3
      170 27 CARGO-PAK Ensure optimum protection lor your k cargoes cLnng transport at Icmt cosh. •yfcn fUJI IMPING (SINGAPORE) Pit ITP TIL *****55 FAX:*****43 INTRODUCING EXPRESSRAIL'S EXPANDED ON-DOCK SERVICE. Seamless, on-dock transfers are only part of it The Port of New York New Jersey offers the most first-in/last-out sailings and new, daily
      170 words
Page thumbnail Page 28
  • Page 28 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 28 Advertisements Column 1
      459 28 EXPORTS TO HONGKONG, TAIWAN, MANILA ft JAPAN "TWICE WEEKLY" MALACCA STRAITS SERVICE oummi mm jg mi m. hub hoc re no ro> an wo m~| Iwaa m [m w m Id |XT Kl **1104 •*14.04 DM 16 04 2004 22.04 27 0* 17.04 2104 tit*" »CI KB 133* Ml ums
      459 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 28 Advertisements Column 2
      807 28 jjrtgjiurimMiiuftMiiMmfflM j %ssl\ I iii ,ii i" ia 11 iti 11" nrtm If liii 11 hi miiii igjßiiiii I" htrl" I"j I S!JWsff^ffWWrl^sj MPTUM MM* VI2C 214 CAllfOHflA SATUtW JO/4 IS 114 lIS 111 11J MtM t I tu aoar till fl< m ifMuffiM 1«i M/ I—■ ■*> r ¥f
      807 words
Page thumbnail Page 29
  • Page 29 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 29 Advertisements Column 1
      133 29 Why 1 Hand Your Shipments Over To Someone Who Will Hand Them Over To Someone Else? ••:->--^ "x-a 1 'PFJIiIl 11 I j --"f" v ;«S fUSA Sfflß At UPS, we personally pick up your shipments, handle all customs formalities (using our own UPS-employed brokers) and personally deliver them. That
      133 words
Page thumbnail Page 30
  • Page 30 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 30 Advertisements Column 1
      184 30 Some Reasons For THE STRAITS TIMES WEEKLY OVERSEAS EDITION You've posted a manager to head your Tokyo office. The Straits Times Weekly Overseas keeps him posted. For other reasons, send in your subscription now. The Straits Times WEEKLY OVEKICA9 IWTIOH Making an issue of the major issues r KmUMWHW Name
      184 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 30 Advertisements Column 2
      40 30 Your son is studying overseas. And you want him close to home -with news from home. To your principals and business associates overseas, it's assuring that Singapore is great for business. The Straits Times Weekly is like a country report.
      40 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 30 Advertisements Column 3
      55 30 Someone dose has been Mag in Canada for some years. You've given up writing those long letters. The Straits Times Weekly tefls it better. (He might comeback after reading au the good news.) You travel often on business and want to catch up on your return. The week's main issues
      55 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 30 Advertisements Column 4
      23 30 o o o Q o LEAD BY EXAMPLE For some of the best examples of good management. Enterprise Management. Every Monday. Business Times
      23 words
Page thumbnail Page 31
  • Page 31 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 31 Advertisements Column 1
      1115 31 OOCL (S) PTE LTD JARDINE SHIPPING AGENCIES mmm *****11 FAX: BOOKINGS TEL: *****34 *****58/ *****40 AH IF# CFS (PSA F5) TEL: *****21/ *****79 IVfD93QHI JARDINE SHIPPING AGENCIES SDN. BHD. P ***** 'J PETALING JAVA TEL: 03-*****76 FAX: 03-*****42 PENANG TEL: *****4 FAX; *****1 CFS TEL: *****6 Dedicated to Quality Service
      1,115 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 31 Advertisements Column 2
      334 31 For advertising enquiries, contact Shipping Times: Tel 740-2089/740-2090 fmuASC/j| mmrED arab shipping cojsaghlM W~~~_ To US Eatl Cowl a/4 a/» JJ/J M IMH NOOW Jl< J w wow Miw a/» a J kihwimiii a/t a/7 JJ/J 'J 'J y From US East Coast w not I wtc Ml Bl —111
      334 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 31 Advertisements Column 3
      1463 31 lOiW'HiHUWI^ NEXT DIRECT SAILING TO lEBEL ALI/ DAMMAM/ BAHRAIN/ BOMBAY MUSCAT BAY V. 2765 ETA SIN 16TH APRIL 1993 Voy ETA ETD Feedw by I s L k A DESTINATIONS I maersk v 9304 I 359 HPS JOH LPK PEN OAK IGB HOU MEM ATL MIA CHS BAL PHI WYC
      1,463 words
Page thumbnail Page 32
  • Page 32 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 32 Advertisements Column 1
      1543 32 AOABA R OAM/ le also accepting from VESSEL VQY NO SPORE JEDDAH (VIA JED) STON H BURG A WERP HAVRE WEST MALAYSIA LA SEINE 29/114 14/4 1/5 4/S 2/5 Port Kelang. Penang HOECHST EXPRESS 06/314 17/4 26/4 2/5 5/5 8/5 10/5 12/5 Pasir Gudang TOKIO EXPRESS 10/115 22/4 8/5 11/5
      1,543 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 32 Advertisements Column 2
      604 32 rrr— FCL Breakbulk Service to: I AFGHANISTAN M4M Afghanistan Ltd., I Sole Foreign Forwarder in Kabul for all services I F C.I.S.- Vostochny, Vladivostok, Moscow, Tashkent, Kiev, Minsk, Riga, Baku, Irkutsk, Alma Ata North Korea Vietnam Mongolia Hungary CSFR Poland L ocwrans AGErXaES(FAREAST)LTP I NOUAKCHOTT-BANJUL BISSAU-LUANDA-BAT A Ftsder Vesael ITA
      604 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 32 Advertisements Column 3
      1397 32 Blgoaaaia un REGULAR INDEPENDENT FULL CONTAINER SERVICE VSL/VOY SIN ALG BCL* VAL* HAM BRE# ROT ANT# FEL LHA NORASIA SHARJAH 9306-3 16/04 07/05 08/05 09/05 11/05 12/05 13/05 14/05 15/05 16/05 NORASIA MUBARAK 9314-3 23/04 14/05 15/05 16/05 18/05 19/05 20/05 21/05 21/05 22/05 NORASIA AL MANSOORAH 9315-327/04 19/05 21/05
      1,397 words
Page thumbnail Page 33
  • Page 33 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 33 Advertisements Column 1
      2017 33 pK m STRAITS SHIPPING PTE LTD ■fcTV 10 Hoe Chiang Road #11-01 Keppel Towers Singapore 0208 Tel: *****88 Fax: *****17 NEW GUINEA PACIFIC LINE EIaiKUSSISBfaiadIBSMIAIAAIMtfKKUKIMaBH /Srdgp (a service of china navigation co) CARGO DU SAUS RAJAH BROOK I »10t Mbarj. lab IN PI 15 Apr FCL. LCL COMTAINM AMD BREAKBULK
      2,017 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 33 Advertisements Column 2
      2375 33 SINGAPORE AGENT: P&O Containers (Singapore Agencies) Pte Ltd (twm I i(lflL#llllCr9 10 Hoe Chiang Road #07-01 KEPPEL TOWERS. SINGAPORE 0208 w Te) 225 2233 Te(ex RS ***** PNOCSP Fax 225 5327/222 7517 CR Number **********0Z EXPORT IMPORT vessel vovantrot nam soulemalg jeo pPNG *pkg sm ulfß c, aui uTS l7o«
      2,375 words
Page thumbnail Page 34
  • Page 34 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 34 Advertisements Column 1
      768 34 v indonesi^lationalline^^ bt6 eur6pe T? < fgXMg&S sawics 1_ |fSI DOT HOAAI VM H-—6 WOW Ut\M» MA I ARAM 34N8 30 44 5 I 29/5 3/6 9/6 14/6 TO AUSTRALIA mU^COfrfT^NER EAST COAST POUTS VSI VOY PKI SPOtt SYP I MEIB i BMS fltt *Kl ANRO AUSTRAIIA «3S 15 4
      768 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 34 Advertisements Column 2
      2235 34 HANJIN SHIPPING^ I I tna ki SM IX MM. SEA IU« IOR VSI SM IIINE MAUI SAV ILM NYC I i.I uic.i, mu A DIRECT 13/5 HANJW KNANGYANG 100E 5 4 H LONG BEACH 042E 13/5 14/5 16/5 iIS WM OML 2S 4 OMCT 20/5 22/5 HANIW POHANG 12K 12
      2,235 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 34 Advertisements Column 3
      1612 34 I m w i# *t w fw i«i o« m sb iio ui as mi «c iw m t* bo c« m I l <*0«! M «MOI3 4 14 4 1» 4 214 23.4 4 27/4 2S/4 30 4 1/5 J/S 14 5 26,5 2|/S 2»/S 1/6 9/6 lB t
      1,612 words
Page thumbnail Page 35
  • Page 35 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 35 Advertisements Column 1
      1455 35 ARE ELECTRONICALLY LINKED TO OUR CONTAINER DEPOT (OCWS) II I yg' II ALL SHIPPERS/HAULIERS CAN COLLECT EMPTY CONTAINERS HI I II WITHOUT PRESENTATION OF RELEASE ORDERS HI I I II FOR ALL EXPORT SHIPMENTS (NOL SERVICES) HI I u ,zz~r i~ z zzz z z tr zz-Mil C JUPITER 63E
      1,455 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 35 Advertisements Column 2
      940 35 SINSOV SINGAPORE SOVIET SHIPPING CO PRIVATE LTD BOOKINGS: BAIT ORIENT LINE: *****64 FESCO: *****06 BLASCO I 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 EASTBOWD—DtSCHMQHG WtSIBOUIC-LMMIG TKMWttii W
      940 words
Page thumbnail Page 36
  • Page 36 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 36 Advertisements Column 1
      1189 36 'O v K" W AS AGENTS' KAWASAKI SINGAPORE (PTE) LTD ,CR No 1 ********** M) W w TELT *****77 TELEX: KAWAKI R*****5 FAX: *****07/8/9 I TJ T CV MALAYSIA: SmSTSPEN 1H2020 JB *****1 PGU *****5/6 'NDONES.A: P.T.SARANA LAUT .NTERNUSA, TEL: JKT 5707,76. 5707,77. *****06 N N.AMERICA PACIFIC SWTH^WSST^ 11 MlfSI
      1,189 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 36 Advertisements Column 2
      1115 36 y—PHILI-Oni€NT UN€5 PT€ LTP \lOB Robinson Road #07-00 GMG Building Singapore 0106 Tel: *****22/*****69/*****00 Telex: RS ***** Fax: *****76/*****38 A MEMBER OF THE SINGAPORE FREIGHT FORWARDERS ASSOCIATION ffTjj AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND/SOUTH PACIFIC FCL/LCL SERVICE 14 APR SYDNEY. MELBOURNE. BRISBANE. FREMANTLE 18 APR AUCKLAND. WELLINGTON. LYTTLETON, NEW PLYMOUTH. NAPIER. CHRISTCHURCH 28 APR
      1,115 words
Page thumbnail Page 37
  • Page 37 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 37 Advertisements Column 1
      994 37 saglMM PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL LINES (PTE) LTD] 140 Cecil Street, #03-CX) PIL Building, Singapore 0106. OSSSSSS& K CR NO 100a*****00£j ~ZZ o iu VESSEL VOY SIN JKT SIN VESSEL VOY SIN BKK SIN KOTAINDAH 3261 1«/4 21/4 2S/4 KOTA BINTANG KBTI4N 1«/4 21/4 25/4 BUNQA TERATAI 3263 20/4 23/4 27/4 KOTA
      994 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 37 Advertisements Column 2
      1699 37 EXPRESS CONTAINER CFPVirF TO I)K.-NORTH CONTINE JT-SCANDINAVIA WEEKLY p P GUDANG PENANG PKELANG I OCEAN VSL/VOY SIN SOUQt RTM (2) HAM (3) GOT (41 p ~9/4 9M 10/4 BEN ARTY 3132 14/4 4/5 6 5 E *16/4 1674 1774 ALSIA 3142 20/4 111 D ~2374 2371 24/4 BEN A VON
      1,699 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 37 Advertisements Column 3
      302 37 °BSA° TRANSPORTATION M MYANMA wBBk FIVE STAR LINE (Myanmar National Line) Loading for Yangon (Rangoon) Spore P.Kit Pen P.Gdf PAGAN VI%W 19/21 Apr HPA AN VIB9W 26/28 Apr MALAYSIA AGENTS BOUSTEAD SMPMNG AGENCtS MJI IfL 03-*****00 PHI TU 03-36M7«7 PEN TEL 04 <1(135 PGD TEL 07-*****1/4 NIGERIAN NATIONAL SHIPPING LINE
      302 words
Page thumbnail Page 38
Page thumbnail Page 39
Page thumbnail Page 40
  • Page 40 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 40 Advertisements Column 1
      2225 40 Co/ita/ner L/uer Services m**,;** TZLTL'*m* Booking Ac** C "»«CM*. SimSU Costdr Shipping Me Ltd **.'>*» Mu<u 764 lur nn Onese Chamber of Commerce #07 05/07 Setongor Oarut Ehsan Ja/an Rata CMan. ***** K.L. Tel: < 21 > 36 163 c niTr &>SSoreo6l7 Tel: 367 2855/ 368 7961 Tel: 03 *****16
      2,225 words
Page thumbnail Page 41
  • Page 41 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 41 Advertisements Column 1
      739 41 (it FAMOUS CONTAINER LINES I 10 ANSON RD. #15-21 INTERNATIONAL PLAZA, S PORE 0207 I HOT LINE: *****33 (24 LINES) I GOTHENBURG/SCAN 19/04 ROTTERDAM 19/04 I AARHUS/COPENHAGEN 19/04 HAMBURG/BREMEN 19/04 I MARSEILLE/FRANCE 19/04 FELIXSTOWE/UK 19/04 I BARCELONA/SPAIN 19/04 LEHAVRE/FRANCE 19/04 I GENOA/ITALY 19/04 ANTWERP/BELGIUM 19/04 I LOS ANGELES/WC/IPI 17/04 SYDNEY/MELBOURNE
      739 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 41 Advertisements Column 2
      717 41 m RICHFIELD MARINE AGENCIES (S) PTE LTD V TEL: *****33 (12 Lines) *"L FAX: *****15/*****03 (fl TELEX: RS ***** RISHIP (3 Line#) L§t\ ETHIOPIAN SHIPPING LINES r" (National Lines of Ethiopia I ACCEPTING FCL AND CONVENTIONAL VESSEL VOY ETA LOAWNG fOP SPORE AND4NE 1 30WB 22 04 DAHESSALAAM MOMBASA OJIBOU'I
      717 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 41 Advertisements Column 3
      683 41 JAKARTA BANGKOK Tgj» VESSEL VOY SM KT VESSEL VOY SWGAPONE BANGKOK pH VIRA BHUM IMS IN PT 17/4 G KOfINTSEV 22N Wed In Pt Sat to Pt BfSX iiiiTSS m S7i MAMA BHUR4 15JW Wed lARU BHUM 71N In 16/4 Mon 15/4 IHANA BHW 26S 17/4 21/4 NAWTA BHUM IJ7N
      683 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 41 Advertisements Column 4
      382 41 11l nttß-iK BAY OF BENGAL SERVICES 5 I I IKU SIM iS h Nrl 21 22/4424-24/44 iTj c*i #o**wt» 252* W-IMJ 2 *22 Ch I (KM MM* (X 21-22/44 24-21/44 45-44/45 CJ tan bh« jiv/m >m» 14-11/45 Lwjww^TTif^MjWfJinyWWlCHH^p"* c* m ty I I TO IMII ItKM 14-17/44 JJ-S/M 43-44/45§—% I
      382 words
Page thumbnail Page 42
  • Page 42 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 42 Advertisements Column 1
      1230 42 CONTAINER LINES o\=/\jdAgentB: MAC-NELS SPORE: *****22 (24 LINES) PENTN^TS 8160:1084) *****9 P.KELANG: (03) *****77 JAKARTA: (21) *****32 SURABAYA. (31) *****0 COMPETITIVE RATE TO HONG KONG 3 SAILINGS WEEKLY DEPARTURE EVERY:(TUES/THURS/SAT) FOR ROOKING, PLS CALL SWK BIN i£ 1 I/JSt GLOBEUNK FORWARDERS PTE LTD v-JKMftfl TEL: *****33 (16 LINES) FAX: *****36/*****42
      1,230 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 42 Advertisements Column 2
      243 42 BLUE STAR LINE 1| SINGAPORE TO AND FROM NEW ZEALAND AND PACIFIC ISLANDS SIN AKL LVT SW AUST STAR 86S 19/4 1/5 3/5 19/5 FGUARD BAY 2S 1/5 13/5 15/5 1/6 PROSPtCT 24S 12/5 25/5 27/5 12/6 FULLY CONTAINERISED SAILINGS DISCHARGING AT AUCKLAND. LYTTELTON, ACCEPTING FCL LCL FOR NEW PLYMOUTH.
      243 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 42 Advertisements Column 3
      1013 42 THONG SOON UNES PTE. LTD. Mi 77 ROBINSON ROAD #15 00, #16-00 SIA BUILDING SINGAPORE 0106 TEL: *****88 FAX NO: *****11, *****22 TLX: RS ***** CARRIER. RS ***** JENHOL CABLE: TOSOCO CONVENTIONAL/CONTAINER BOOKING LINE: *****55 SINGAPORE TO SARAWAK VESSEL 'VOT SPORE PEST VESSEL VOY SPORE lEST EQUATOR 111 85/3E 15
      1,013 words
Page thumbnail Page 43
  • Page 43 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 43 Advertisements Column 1
      760 43 snipping rimes, Wednesday April h iwj ORIENT LINE" JAPAN/BAY Of BENGAL/JAPAN SERVICE ACCEPTHG BREAKBU.K SOC CARGOES TO/FROM KOBE TOKOHAMA. NAGOTA. MOD TOKYO*. MANR.A* OAVAO*. Penanj* P. Kelanj Singapore E'Msia* KARABCVERETT VIIE 15/16 Apr 17/18 Ape SHAPLAEVERETT VISE 01/02 May IVYEVERETT V4E 12/13 May ACCEPTKG BREAKBULK fCL SOC CARGOES 10 FROM
      760 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 43 Advertisements Column 2
      292 43 fife GLORY NAVIGATION GROUP I r ttk I REGULAR LINER SERVICE TAIWAN TO SINGAPORE t ASEAN DIRECT WEEKLY TO PORT KELANG/PENANG •AT ATTRACTIVE RATES* CR NO: **********0W SP PKL PNG KAO GLORY SELATAN VII 27/4 3/5 4/5 24/5 I GLORY SELATAN VIII 8/4 13/4 14/4 4/5 SP PKL HCM HK
      292 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 43 Advertisements Column 3
      673 43 PGSI -WORLDWIDE I W" MIIAIIA GLOBE STEAMEKS UMCS F REGULAR FCL SERVICE TO THE FOLLOWING WEEKLY SAILING TO HUANG PU A SHANTOU Lg Connecting Feeder to Huang PuSUI TUO CONTAINER NO 2 11 Connecting Feeder to Shantao LIAN BO NO 9 WE HV LEASING CONTRS FOR RENTAL FEi SAILING TO
      673 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 43 Advertisements Column 4
      638 43 FORTNIGHTLY DIRECT CONTAINER SERVICE lb| SIN TO DURBAN B ESSEL SIN DURBAN P EUZABETH SIN II INGSHUNSHAN V 43/44 10/04 05/05 08/05 26/5 I ENGANSHAN Vl2O 04/05 20/05 23/05 11/6 I Z( ENGKANGSHAN VSQSI 19/06 05A)6 08AX 26/6 I I V, ALSO ACCEPTING TO JOHANNESBURG PRETOFttA VIA I 1< KJRBAN
      638 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 43 Advertisements Column 5
      425 43 iIH FAR EAST I 0/4 KEELUNG/KAOHSIUNG I 7/4 BANGKOK I 9/4 MANILA/CEBU I 8/4 JAKARTA/BELAWAN/SURABAYA I i 7/4 PORT KELANG/PENANG/E. MALAYSIA I 17/4 BUSAN 18/4 TOKYO/YOKO/KOBE/NGO/OSA I [9/4 HONG KONG I HN CHINA I 19/4 GUANGZHOU/HUANGPU/SHENZHEN I FUZHOU/XIAMEN/SHANTOU/SHEKOU I DAL lAN SHANGHAI XINGANG I TIANJIN/QINGDAO/HAIKOU I also accepting LCL cargo
      425 words
Page thumbnail Page 44
  • Page 44 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 44 Advertisements Column 1
      692 44 HONG KONG/CHINA 19/4 26/4 JAKARTA 8/4 25/4 BANGKOK 21/4 28/4 MANILA 18/ 4 4 26 4 BUSAN 19/4 26/4 KEELUNG 20/4 27/4 TOKYO/KOBE 18/4 25/4 KAOSHIUNG 16/4 23/4 PORT KELAN6/PENANG 18/4 25/4_ YOKOHAMA j COLOMBO 20/4 27/4 FELIXSTOWE/HAMBURG 17/4 24/4 CHITTAGONG/MADRAS 21/4 4 28/4 ROTTERII'J \2| f BOMBAY/KARACHI 19/4 26/4
      692 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 44 Advertisements Column 2
      530 44 y Con term CONTERM FREIGHT (F.E.) PTE LTD. AUCKLAND 21 APRIL ACCEPTING TO ALL PORTS IN NEW ZEALAND PENANG 22 APR PORT KELANG 22 APR BANGKOK 18 APR JAKARTA 18 APR FREMANTLE 19 APR SYDNEY 18 APR MELBOURNE 18 APR BRISBANE 19 APR 17 APR i |*ACCEPTING TO ALL SCANDINAVIA
      530 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 44 Advertisements Column 3
      504 44 This Week's Sailings lIKSI K)KW \KI)KK IS lo- K I D lo: K I D ASIA AWARDED Singapore Singapore ISO 9002 B\ IJtQA EVERY EVERY t Bangkok SL'N Hamburg SAI EVERY EVERY Manila SLN Ho (hi Minh ERI JgJ EVERY EVERY ■"EK Colombo lIE Eos Angeles SUN INTERNATIONAL SEA FREIGHT
      504 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 44 Advertisements Column 4
      204 44 NIPPON EXPRESS Arrow International (Worldwide Consolidation S\stem) WEEKLY lO: rOKYO/YOKOH AM V NAGOY A/KAOSHIUNG/ HONG KONG/BANGKOK/KEELUNG/KOBE/ LOS ANGELES (LONG BEACID/NEW YORK./ t HICAGO/SYDNEY/MELBOLRNE/HAMBURG/ EE LI XS TOWE/ RO I"I'ERDAM/Dl SSEI DORK WE ALSO DEAL IN EC L CARGO WORLDW IDE ARROW EXPRESS (SERVICE TO MALAYSIA) MALAYSIA I RI CK CONSOLIDATION
      204 words
Page thumbnail Page 45
  • Page 45 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 45 Advertisements Column 1
      1285 45 VESSEL/VOYAGE SINGAPORE DURBAN PORT ELIZABETH CAPE TOWN NEDLLOYD COLOMBO VS364F 22/4 24/4 2</< OSAKA Mm V9469F 20/4 2/5 4/5 6/5 HAKATA V9332F 30/4 12/5 14/5 16/5 OOAWJE Wjg ?/5 21/5 23/5 25/5 HAYAKAWA MAttJ Hjg 19/5 31/5 2/6 4/6 "ALSO ACCEPTING AIR CARGO ON THE ABOVE DESTINATIONS AND TO JOHANNESBURG"
      1,285 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 45 Advertisements Column 2
      64 45 "BANGKOK" P.A.T. KLONG TOEY PORT ETA ETA VESSEL VOV SW BANGKOK NANTA BHUM 137N 17/04/93 21/04/93 MAHA BHUM 154N 21/04/93 25/04/93 NANTA BHUM 138N 24/04/93 28/04/93 MAHA BHUM 155N 01/05/93 05/05/93 (MAHA BHUM IS A FULL THAI FLAG VESSEL) ETA ETA ETA VESSEL VOY SW MANILA CEBU HARI BHUM 1218
      64 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 45 Advertisements Column 3
      109 45 VFS*gy CRYSTAL FREIGHT SERVICES PTE LTD TOLL FREE LINE *****88 rffi MA|N L|NE: *****33 3^ AMMI WITS MEW gAiAMO/AttTlAm «MPf i*/4 91/4 AUCKLAND 18/4 ANTWERP 18/4 qmqaw i«/l' ADELAIDE 28/4 FELIXSTOWE 17/4 HnNR KflKir, 16/4 21/4 BRISBANE 16/4 HAMBURG 18/4 .akaqta 16/4 IH/4 FREMANTLE 18/4 ROTTERDAM 18/4 SurIRIYA 19/4 MELBOURNE
      109 words
  • Page 45 Miscellaneous
    • Miscellaneous
      Page 45 Miscellaneous Column 1
      311 45 ff TODAY'S TIDES (height in metres) HOUR 0000 0100 0200 0300 0400 0500 0600 0700 0800 0900 1000 1100 1200 1300 1400 1500 1600 1700 ISOO 1900 2000 2100 2200 23§ Ml 1 7 2.0 24 2.6 26 2.5 2.2 1.9 15 1.2 1.0 0.9 08 10 1.2 1.4 1.6
      311 words
Page thumbnail Page 46
  • Page 46 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 46 Advertisements Column 1
      576 46 fIBBBSBIII Ewood line SOUTHERN AFRICA SERVICE SPORt Pt OBN C! *A VESSEL ***** 30/« 19/5 29/5 6/6 'ALSO CALLS E.L. AND P.E. PK SEAFIX SHIPPING SON BHO TEL *7 5525 TLX. ***** tC.K.: CAPWICORN FREIGHT SERVICES TEL 213 202JUXT12M SECIL MARITIMA, U.E.E. Luanda, Angola. FAR EAST/ ANGOLA SERVICE SPOKE LOADING
      576 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 46 Advertisements Column 2
      266 46 A EES FREIGHT SERVICES PTE LTD! H BBraTa #01-60 Wallich Building, Singapore 0207 ■MM ZM 3CI Tel: *****66 (10 Lines) Fax: *****69/*****44 AIRPORT OFFICE: *****11 *****13 (FAX) IMPORTING FROM USA I WE PROVIDE WEEKLY SAILINGS WI T H FAST TRANSIT TIMES AND LOW INLAND RATES ENQUIRIES: I CONTAINER LINE, LTD.
      266 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 46 Advertisements Column 3
      487 46 crosswater] <» OFFICE: 291 SOUMGOON ROM) #06 00 SCRWtGOON BUUXNG $(0421) WAREHOUSE (CFS): BtK 37 #04-25/24 IS M6M FKIGHT SIATUM HI *****05 :T1 M !<»T^l^^Ml7/4 I PT KELANG/PENANG I 19/4 pTX>KYO/VOKOHAMA 19/4 ■2Q2D^^333!HH^IHj2Z±. I BUSAN I 19/4 I USA l 17/4 I SYP/MELB I 18/4 M22M I NEW ZEALAND I
      487 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 46 Advertisements Column 4
      373 46 WORLDGATE EXPRESS UNES PTE LTD 'Tel: *****11 Fax: *****73 Telex: ***** WGATE NEXT VESSEL CONSOLIDATION TO BOM/KAR/MAD 19/4 KEELUNG 21/4 COLOMBO 18/4 HONG KONG 19/4 PORT LOUIS 17/4 KAOHSIUNG 17/4 ROTTERDAM 18/4 PENANG 19/4 USA PORTS 22/4 PORT KELANG 19/4 BANGKOK 17/4 JAKARTA —18/4 BREAK BULK SERVICE SIN LDG FOR
      373 words
Page thumbnail Page 47
  • Page 47 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 47 Advertisements Column 1
      712 47 Jk HYUNDAI MERCHANTMARINECO^D. 111 i»"WESTBOUND TQ EUROPE VESSELS VOY PNA PKE PGP VESSELS VOY_ S« RTM AWT MM ADVANCE 12A 06/04 07/04 08/04 H. COMMANDER 303W 11/04 30/04 30/04 01/05 02/05 02/05 04/05 22 SIS 3A 13 04 14 04 15/04 SI FREEDOM 304W 18/04 07/05 07/05 08/05 09/05 09/05
      712 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 47 Advertisements Column 2
      570 47 STRAITS/ JAPAN/ STRAITS SERVICE I C SPECIALIST IN RO-RO HEAVY LIFTS I I INBOUND VESSELS I VESSEL VOT IP ARC M I RIISIRM II M ■PT I j ASIAN Cimß ISI ITL H/9 M/ 9 I consensus ar s 19/4 I ROMA CWOtSt* 9 M/A 19/4 I MM RUM II
      570 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 47 Advertisements Column 3
      895 47 JEDDAH/UK/CONTINENT SPOrTIeD S lON HSURG R OAM UM *Mm Acc*ta( C*|« F«: l« S(M 25/114 15/4 1/5 4/5 2/5 Southjmpton to MIM dtttoutan. B««mI ami Mh HOICHSI (IMSS VM 314 17/4 2t/4 5/5 1/5 11/5 12/5 R«tt«4an :to M Anlwwp Aimtorton. O*.NMN TONTO UPRtSS 11/115 22/4 1/5 11/5 13/5 SoullMmpto"
      895 words
Page thumbnail Page 48
  • Page 48 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 48 Advertisements Column 1
      65 48 Tomorrow in Business Times wrmna iamuua M.V. •OCIANIA QUIWVOY. 71 Arrived 7th April 1993 Consignees of all damaged cargoes ex the captioned vessel is hereby notified that a general survey will be held on the 15th April 1993 0900 -1200 hours at PTIO. No further survey will be entertained thereafter.
      65 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 48 Advertisements Column 2
      50 48 Tomorrow in Business Times Finnair Business Class Speed, Comfort and Space Fly Finnair's new wide bodied MD-11 to Europe and find out why long hauls are a thing of the past. Call your travel agent or 733 3377 for more details. We know the world from start to Finnish. I
      50 words