The Business Times, 20 April 1993

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  • 13 1 BUSINESS TIMES WE know AStk^TJlj MITA (P) 552/12/92 Tuesday April 20 1993 75*
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  • 2am LATEST
    • 99 1 Reuter WACO, Texas A massive fire early this morning destroyed the compound where cult leader David Korcsh and about 90 followers have been holed up for 51 days after the Federal Bureau of Investigation fired tear gas into the buildings in a bid to bring
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    • 54 1 Reuter WASHINGTON President Bill Clinton's plan to increase US economic support for Russian reforms has won endorsement from members of a key House of Representatives committee. "This committee wants to help and I'm sure will be prepared to help," said David Obey, chairman of
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    112 1 Stock market indices Monday Change Sill 1.772.02 +8.67 KLSE C omposite 664.95 +2.9J Nikkei 20.112.34 -185.52 Hang Seng 6,680.15 -17 SE1 Index 890.73 1-77 Jakarta Composite ...310.49 +1.81 CLSAChinaB 1,350.44 -14.12 Ausl All Or J 1,696.4 -6.8 F1SE 100 2.830.0 t 5.6 Monday Prejions llam close Do« Jones
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  • 618 1  -  From Leslie Lopez in KUALA LUMPUR MALAYSIA'S central bank governor yesterday issued a personal defence against mounting national criticism of the bank's massive M 59.3 billion (555.9 billion) loss in a special reserve fund last year. In a nine-page statement issued to
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  • 516 1 Reuter TOKYO Japan's top policymakers strongly attacked the relentless rise of the yen, hoping to prevent further damage to Japanese exporters and to protect the nation's nascent economic recovery. The yen has risen more than 11 per cent since February,
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  • 186 1 SINGAPORE The Singapore and Malaysian stock markets both set new records yesterday. The Singapore stock exchange's benchmark Straits Times Industrials Index rose 8.67 points to close at 1,772.02 while the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange's benchmark Composite Index advanced 2.93 points to 664.95. The
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  • 377 1  -  By Joyce Quek SINGAPORE Analysts yesterday gave a mixed reaction to the massive fundraising exercise announced by DBS Bank at the weekend. Some see it as a clever way to raise cheap cash while lowering foreign shareholdings in the hank
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  • 285 1  -  From Yong Pow Ang in BEIJING SINGAPORE is keen to invest in power-generation plants and telecommunication projects in China, Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong told Chinese premier Li Peng yesterday. Mr Goh said the Singapore government was developing an external economy and thus
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  • 566 1 Reuter AFP BEIJING China's gross domestic product powered ahead at 14.1 per cent growth in the first quarter, but the rise was accompanied by the worst quarterly inflation in five years. Officials of the State Statistical Bureau said yesterday that national
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
    • eye on the ECONOMY
      • 325 2  -  By Anna Teo RETAIL and catering sales continued to he in the doldrums in February, figures released by the Department of Statistics (DOS) yesterday show. Both the retail and catering sales indices have been recomputed to expand their coverage and to change the base year
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    • 405 2  -  By Joseph Rajendran BSA. a group of leading US software companies formed to combat software piracy, has busted two local companies and sei/.ed alleged pirated software whose copyright versions would have been worth S S(X).(XX). BSA representative Alban Kang said the
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    • 215 2  -  By Genevieve Cua BRITISH pharmaceuticals group Fisons' Sl(K) million facility in Jurong its biggest single overseas investment has been completed and is set to begin production this year. The plant will make nedocroniil sodium, a chemical which forms the base for asthma medication
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    • 314 2 SENIOR MINISTER Lee Kuan Yew is resting his case against former president Devan Nair. who had suggested that Mr Lee teamed up with foreign powers to interfere in Malaysia's internal affairs when Singapore was part of the federation. A High Court statement
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    • 148 2 THE two bast Luropean states of Poland and Slovenia will be the focus of separate talks to he held this week involving Singapore's Trade Development Board. Today, the Export Institute of Singapore, a division ot the TDB. is holding a briefing on
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  • THE REGION
    • 406 3  -  By Alec Almazan SINGAPORE Some of Malaysia's biggest firms are planning to invest in eight joint-venture projects in the Philippines, the Philippine Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) said yesterday. A 16-man Malaysian mission headed by former finance minister Daim
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    • 324 3 AFP KUALA LUMPUR South Korea yesterday announced that it will participate in the proposed East Asian Economic Caucus (EAEC) when the entity takes off, ending more than two years of speculation on its commitment to the
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    • 432 3  -  By Anna Teo SINGAPORE Far from being weeded out, corruption has worsened in most of Asia in the past six months, according to a survey of 10 countries by the Hongkongbased Political Economic Risk Consultancy (Perc). Senior business executives surveyed in March have
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    • 285 3  -  From Yang Razali Kassim in BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN CHINA'S changing relationship with the US and with Japan dominated talks yesterday between Brunei's Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah and Singapore's Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew. who is on a fourday visit to the sultanate.
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    • 369 3  -  By Harish Mehta SINGAPORE Laos is expected to amend its foreign investment law and enact a new Enterprise Law to further liberalise its economy and slash red tape at a key session of the National Assembly that starts today. The Lao
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    • ASIA NOTES
      • 81 3 SINGAPORE The successful conclusion of the second round of exploratory talks between Muslim separatist guerillas and Philippine government emissaries in Jakarta have bolstered the chances of peace in the troubled southern Philippines. A statement released by the Office of the Philippine President to Business
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      • 57 3 Reuter MANILA Power project loans topped borrowing from the Asian Development Bank for the second straight year as countries scrambled to head off a looming energy crunch. The bank said yesterday that total volume of loans rose 6.6 per cent last year to over US$5.lO
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      • 78 3 Reuter HANOI Retired Vietnamese General I ran Van Quang (left) and US presidential envoy to Vietnam, General John Vessey. before the start of their talks on the reported documents Iran allegedly authored found in Soviet archives in 1972. The documents claimed that Hanoi was holding 1,250
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      • 74 3 AFP WASHINGTON China uses a top-secret nuclear city in the Tibetan plateau as its primary research centre and has deployed nuclear missiles in at least three sites in the semi-autonomous province. The International Campaign for Tibet (ITC) reported yesterday that the Chinese have plans to build
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    • 283 3 Reuter BANGKOK The Thai Cabinet has approved the first draft of a new national budget Bill for the fiscal year starting Oct 1, that allows a moderate deficit. A spokesman said yesterday that the coalition government of Prime Minister Chuan Leekpai would propose to
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    • 384 4 Reuter SEOUL South Korea has announced a five-year economic development blueprint which promises across-the-board reform and deregulation. The 138-page blueprint, released by the state Economic Planning Board (EPB), pledges economic restructuring, the development of social welfare and environmental projects,
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    • 408 4 Bills revised after Washington's threat of trade war AFP TAIPEI Taiwan's economic chiefs, in seeking support from Parliament for the passage of two Bills, yesterday said they would resign if the United States launches a trade war against Taiwan over
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    • 161 4 AFP BEIJING China has dropped the Marxist objective of ever-increasing output as its main indicator of industrial performance, a government spokesman said yesterday. After four decades under central planning, industrial enterprises and local officials would now be judged on a more market-oriented
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    • 59 4 Reuter SEOUL Army deserter 1m Chae Song being pinned down by South Korean soldiers yesterday after he was shot and wounded b> the soldiers. Im had gone on the rampage in central Seoul and fired random shots at passers-by, killing at least one of them and
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    • 311 4 South China Morning Post HONGKONG Senior Chinese Communist Party officials touring the provinces have endorsed their fast-paced development in spite of new calls by bureaucrats to cool down the economy. In the past fortnight, leaders including politburo member Qiao Shi, Prime
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    • 486 5 Reuter OSAKA European businessmen say they are optimistic Japan's market will open further, despite a recession-induced dip in their exports here last year. EC exports to Japan amounted to U5531.27 billion (about SSSO billion) last year, down 1.6 per cent from 1991 but up
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    • 323 5 Reuter TOKYO The relentless surge of the yen could wreck plans to put the Japanese economy back on its feet, economists said yesterday. The yen, which has been setting one record high after another in the last two weeks, threatens to cripple
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    • 281 5 TOKYO Nearly one in four young Japanese men believes that hiring gangsters to settle disputes is a necessary evil, according to a survey published in newspapers yesterday. About 23 per cent of men and 17 per cent of women in their 20s said
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    • 366 5  -  By S N Vasuki SINGAPORE The Indian market is open for business and the recent wave of communal riots has not rocked foreign investor confidence, according to Commerce Secretary A V Ganesan. But he cautioned that as the experience of other developing countries
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  • REGIONAL FOCUS
    • 566 6 Benazir from political pariah to powerbroker Sacking of Pakistani prime minister Reuter ISLAMABAD Former prime minister Benazir Bhutto has been transformed from political pariah to Pakistani powerbroker because of the mistakes of her successor and the anger of his mentor. Ms Bhutto left for London six weeks ago the sidelined
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    • 321 6 Reuter ISLAMABAD Pakistan's new interim prime minister. Balkh Sher Mazari. brings back feudal power to a country whose industrialist premier. Nawaz Sharif, was sacked on Sunday on corruption charges. Mr Sharif was the first industrialist to become prime minister in Pakistan, where throughout
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    • 326 6 AFP ISLAMABAD Nawaz Sharif was a shy. soft-spoken businessman whose attempt to take on President Ghulam Ishaq Khan and trim his powers cost him his job as prime minister. Since being appointed by the president in 1990. the 43-year-old Sharif had operated
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  • THE WORLD
    • 611 7  -  Opinion polls show no clear indications of support From John Helmer in MOSCOW RUSSIAN President Boris Yeltsin is going into the final week of campaigning for a vote of confidence in himself and a vote to reject the parliamentary opposition. A
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    • 332 7 AFP LUXEMBOURG The European Community aeeepted a 35-billion-ECU (Ss6B billion) economic growth plan to boost employment and investment at a meeting of EC finance ministers here yesterday. EC Finance Commissioner Henning Christophersen, presenting the plan on behalf of the European
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    • WORLD WATCH
      • 74 7 AP JOHANNESBURG Running battles broke out yesterday between police and rampaging youths who hurled rocks and firebombs as tens of thousands of blacks mourned at the funeral of slain black leader Chris Hani. Some 80,000 praying and singing mourners, many who had been there
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      • 75 7 Reuter ANKARA Turkish commentators yesterday tipped Prime Minister Suleyman Demirel to win an awkward race for president after Tuigut Ozal's sudden death on Saturday. Mr Demirel has yet to confirm he will be a contender, but he told Hurriyet newspaper such expectations were natural. "It
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      • 74 7 Reuter FRANKFURT Germany's largest union was expected to call a strike ballot yesterday that could plunge eastern Germany into its first organised wage battle for 60 years. Workers are protesting against a management decision not to pay a promised 26 per cent pay rise from
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      • 44 7 Reuter BEIJING China and Russia will cooperate on nuclear research, but the technology will be used for peaceful purposes, the Xinhua news agency said yesterday. It was the first known cooperation of its kind between the two countries. Reuter
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      • 47 7 Reuter NEW ORLEANS US Federal Reserve Board governor Edward Kelley has said higher inflation rates are unlikely in the short term. "We are watching inflation very carefully," he told the annual meeting of the conference of state banking supervisors last Sunday. Reuter
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    • 353 7 Reuter LONDON Economic activity in London, the hub of the British economy, is now at its best level since mid-1990, when the recession started to bite, the London Chambers of Commerce and Industry said yesterday. Residential house prices, which have tumbled for
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    • 412 8 NYT NEW YORK When a blizzard gripped the East Coast of the US in Mareh. it took a wicked slice out of the economy and raised questions about the durability of the expansion. But as the weather has improved. consumers have
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    • 275 8 Reuter WASHINGTON The US Senate returned from its Easter break yesterday with its bitter fight over President Clinton's jobs Bill still unsettled and plenty of other contentious items waiting in the wings. Republicans have so far managed to
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    • 53 8 Reuter TREBLINKA. Poland A Jewish woman weeping near symbolic tombstones at the 1 reblinka death camp, where 80,000 jews were killed bv Nazis in World War 11. Jews from all over the world converged at the site over the weekend to commemorate the 1943 uprising in
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    • 172 8 AP CAIRO Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has appeased Muslim radicals by firing his interior minister, whose harsh campaign failed to stanch antigovernment violence and raised accusations ol humanrights abuses. The new minister has firsthand experience with the militants and is a known crusader
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
    • 587 9  -  Multi-million-dollar project to produce fuel additive By Loh Hui Yin SINGAPORE Two listed companies, Nat Steel and Singapore Petroleum, are teaming up with Thai partners to invest in a petrochemicals venture in Thailand. One of their Thai partners is Bangkok Synthetic, a company
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    • 442 9  -  By Quak Hiang Whai SINGAPORE Mandarin Singapore, the flagship hotel of listed Overseas Union Enterprise Ltd (OUE), is worth $403 million, about $300 million more than what is reflected in the company's accounts. The open market valuation by independent property consultant
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    • 246 9 SINGAPORE Liang Court Holdings has entered into a joint venture to develop 20 luxury apartments in Sydney, Australia. The 50 per cent partnership is with Dr Stanley Quek, a private developer of boutique residential projects in Singapore and Malaysia. The
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    • 679 9  -  SHOCK LOCK SIEW By Magdalene Ng SINGAPORE On the surface. United Industrial Corporation (UIC) has "made" a great deal in refinancing its borrowings with cheaper funds. But the $200 million it is raising through a loan-cum-warrant issue works out to be
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    • 353 9  -  By Magdalene Ng SINGAPORE Broker Kim Eng Holdings is the latest listed company to join the queue of firms tapping the bull market for cheap funds. The home-grown broking house said yesterday it was raising $32.12 million in a
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    • 396 9  -  By Dexter Lee SINGAPORE The Keppel Group has expanded the reach of its direct investment in China to include the north-eastern province of Shandong. The latest investment comes in the form of a 55 per cent stake in a Si million equipment
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    • Article, Illustration
      382 9 Source: Bridge Info Performance of STII's index stocks Apr 19 Last Sens* Index Slin k sale (h« factor mot rr> (S) (S) S S Avimo 2 090 -0 040 I 65 -6 45 &< 7 200 0 250 5 68 40 32 <crctvvs 5 400 0 050 4 26
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    • COMPANIES
      • COMPANY BRIEFS
        • 63 10 SINGAPORE Provisions Suppliers Corporation Ltd has expanded into the leisure industry with the purehase of half of Pulai Springs Resort Bhd for MsB million (Sss million). The acquisition was carried out through PSC's wholly-owned substdiary. I'SC Resort Pte Ltd. Pulai Springs Resort is developing a
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        • 50 10 SINGAPORE Kay Hian James Capel Holdings yesterday announced that FJ Fergusson had resigned as chairman. KHJC said Mr Fergusson relinquished his directorships earlier this month in James Capel Co and its subsidiaries and as a result, stepped down from KHJC. A successor will be announced soon.
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        • 70 10 SINGAPORE Alliance Technology and Development has taken full control of three of its subsidiaries by buying the remaining 25 per eent stake in each of the companies. Alliance bought the stakes in Igel Far East, CM Laboratory and International Vision Laboratories through its
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        • 99 10 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR The proposed change of name of Far East Asset Bhd to Berjaya Sports Toto Berhad is aimed at creating a common identity among the listed companies ot Berjaya Group Berhad and to better reflect the primary focus activities, the company said in
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        • 77 10 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Faber Group Bhd will seek a bridging loan to finance the development of a 59-hectare piece of land in Bandar Baru Salak Tinggi in Sepang, Selangor. Replying yesterday to a Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange query on the joint-ven-ture agreement with Konsortium
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      • 221 10 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Metroplex Bhd, which is diversifying from the property sector, expects the hotel sector to contribute between 15 to 20 per cent of group revenue by 1995/1996. Revenue from this sector is zero now but the group has
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      • 605 10 MBT KUALA LUMPUR Gross earnings of companies listed on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (KLSE) rose by 11.7 per cent to M 57.72 billion (554.86 billion) last year, buoyed by the nation's strong economic growth of 8 per cent. A Malaysian
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      • 264 10  -  From Al Labita in MANILA SAN MIGUEL Corps (SMC) annual general meeting today is expected to turn into a mudslinging session over the government's sequestration of shares in the conglomerate. Expected to lead the assault is Eduardo Cojuangco
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      • 365 10  -  From Florence Chong in SYDNEY A GROUP owned by a Singa-pore-based Indian family has paid AS 19 million (SS22 million) for a 32 per cent stake in Australia's troubled Kern Property Fund. The Thakral Group, headed by Kerter Singh, has bought 75
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      • 446 10 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS Maaapra' print Apr 20 PlvdwrtW SMgSpOTC Unit Tniri PruLmfc Mgd Fund 1.08 1.13 TV Commerce .32 1.39 MAWA"BlWi(Hlt I The Savings Fund 1.13 1-21 Kirst B'putra 166 1.71 S"porc Prof Fund O SS 0 58 Second B'putra 166 1.71 S pore Sec Fund 0 89 0.93 Third
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      • 476 11  -  Advanced may challenge rival with new chip it it wins court battle By Claire Leow SINGAPORE Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), which was granted a new trial in the US last Friday in its copyright fight with Intel Corp, would challenge its rival
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      • 550 11 AP NEW YORK During the first three months of the year, IBM declared a US$5 billion (SSB.I billion) 1992 loss, slashed its dividend, dispatched its chairman and laid off workers for the first time. If that wasn't bad enough, business was
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      • 252 11 AFP TOKYO Japan s Toyota Motor Co Ltd yesterday said its production and sales ot motor vehicles in March rose for the first time in six months, while Nissan Motor Co Ltd announced further declines. Toyota also announced an increase in exports in
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    • FINANCE
      • SMALL CHANGE
        • 130 12 SINGAPORE The Republic will host the three-day Asia Money Laundering Symposium which begins tomorrow. It is jointly organised by the Financial Action Task Force and the Commonwealth Secretariat. The Financial Action Task Force was established in 1989 by the G-7 nations and the
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        • 92 12 Bloomberg Business News TOKYO Japan's seven major trust banks are expected to report current profit declines of 10 per cent to 60 per cent for the fiscal vear ended March 1993, the Nihon Keizai newspaper said. On average, they are likely to post
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        • 109 12 Bloomberg Business News WASHINGTON Wendy Gramm (right), former chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, joined a Houston energy company that benefited from a decision she made while in office. The Washington Post said last Saturday. Ms Gramm as a regulator began CFTC moves
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        • 82 12 Reuter BANGKOK Thailand's foreign reserves of gold, special drawing rights and convertible currencies increased to U5521.94 billion (SS36 billion) at end-January from US$2l.lB billion in December last year, the Bank of Thailand said. The January reserves included U*****.2 million of gold, US$l2.l million of
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        • 73 12 Reuter WELLINGTON Barclays New Zealand Ltd raised its net profit to NZ$ll.2 million in calendar 1992 from NZ$6.l million in 1991, the Evening Post reported yesterday. It quoted general manager Warren Salisbury as attributing the profit rise to both lower costs and increased revenue.
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      • 439 12  -  By Quak Hiang Whai SINGAPORE Once again, the energy sector in fast-grow-ing Asian economies dominated the bulk of Asian Development Bank's (ADB) approved loans and investments last year. ADB disclosed this in its latest annual report released ahead of the bank's
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      • 225 12 Reuter Knight-Ridder BEIJING China's biggest international futures company was established last Sunday in Nanjing, the official Xinhua news agency reported. It is a branch of the China International Futures Company (Cifco) and will trade in agricultural products, metals, energy products, rare metals and foreign exchange.
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      • 233 12 Reuter PARIS The Bank of France cut interest rates yesterday for the second time in a week, underlining how far the new government has persuaded international investors that it will keep the franc pegged to the German mark. Economists said further rate cuts, which are
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      • 148 12 Reuter BANGKOK Bangkok Bank Lid said it is considering an offer to take a 10 per cent stake in International Trust and Finance Co Ltd. The bank did not say how it would respond to ITFs offer, which was made ahead
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      • 477 12 IHT LONDON Press accounts of conspicuous spending and slow lending at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) have so soured relations between the bank's president, Jacques Attali, and its 23-member board that several directors are considering trying to seriously curtail
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    • FINANCE & COMMODITIES
      • 261 13 Reuter BEIJING Chinas non-fer-rous metals industry will open to foreign investment and some factories may seek stock market listings abroad, the China Daily reported. Fei Ziwen, head of China National Nonferrous Metals Industry Corp, was quoted by the official paper as saying the corporation
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      • 150 13 Knight-Ridder HONGKONG China's largest commercial bank over the weekend announced it would guarantee funds for the purchase of grains, cotton and edible oils from Chinese farmers, the official China Daily newspaper reported today. The Industrial and Commercial Bank of China is establishing special funds and
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      • 163 13 Reuter BRISBANE MIM Holdings Ltd said plans to build a ASSOO million (SSSBO million) lead and zinc smelter in Japan along with a consortium of three Japanese companies have been hit by delays. "While delays have been encountered in the approval process, it is anticipated that
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      • 164 13 Bloomberg Business News BEIJING China's new oil trader United Petroleum and Chemicals Corp. or Unipec. plans to set up subsidiaries in Hongkong. Singapore. London and the US, the China Daily reported. Feng Shikai, executive vicepresident of Unipec. which was formed early this year, also told
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      • 159 13 TIIE US dollar opened lower against most of the regional currencies, pressured by a large sellofT in the dollar yen, following Friday's remarks by US President Bill Clinton. Mr Clinton had reiterated the need for a strong yen to help redress the current large US-Japan
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      • 358 13 Reuter MOSCOW Russia holds almost half the world's reserves of the nuclear fuel uranium and, as it tries to shake off communist central planning and open up to the West, it wants a share of the world market to match. "We must
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      • 248 13 Reuter NEW YORK Several US copper producers have muted the effect of the steep slide in copper prices as most have already protected themselves from volatility by buying put options as a form of insurance. "Copper producers have become more pro-active in their
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      • 387 13 Bloomberg ENERGY REPORT NEW YORK Oil futures in New York and London were mixed yesterday as traders question Opec's ability to control production amid weak demand for petroleum products. Crude settled lower last week as a strong build in US supplies
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      • 176 13 Reuter LONDON The soaring yen dominated international currency markets for a third day yesterday. testing new highs against the dollar and mark and overshadowing a long-awaited cut in French interest rates. Encouraged by US political pressure for a higher yen exchange rate as a means of tackling Japan's huge
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        1308 13 raJrMt ifhwd indi x ivkulatai atam\t S'purr\ top 14 trading panntrv Bav year I9Bf US$/S$ forward rates Noon Apr 19 S$ BU Offer 1-mon(h 1.61% 1.6211 2-month ***** 1.6199 J-month 1.6176 1.6191 6-month 1.6140 1.6160 Source: OCBC FOREIGN CURRENCY NOTE RATES As at ltani yesterday. Singapore dollars to one unit
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      • 92 13 AFP NEW YORK The dollar fell in New York yesterday, Erticularly against the yen, in riy active trading. The dollar fell faster in the wake of President Bill Clinton's statement last Friday that he welcomed the yen's rise. At 9:35 am, the dollar was trading at 111 .00
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    • COMMODITIES & FUTURES
      • 1413 14 SIMEX REPORT Reuter SINGAPORE Simex turoyen futures ended sharply higher in active trade yesterday, spiralling up early in the day due to the strength of the yen in Asia and tails in the l okyo stock market, dealers said. Gains were capped at
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      • 1002 14 COMMODITIES REPORT Tin THE Kuala Lumpur Tin Market weakened further to close eight sen lower at MS 14.15 per kg yesterdav from last Friday's close ol MS 14.23. "It looks like there's serious lack of buyers in the market." a
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    • 1595 14 Rubber HAS Commodity 1 xchange (fntnri do* tag as at 1pm) RSS 1 Contract (S cents/kg) Month High Lo» Close Sett Volume (tonnes) Open Interest May 93 130 Jun 133. Jul 134. Aug 0. Sep 0 ()ct/Dcc 137 Jan/Mar 94 0 Apr/Jun 0 30 31 33 34 35
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    • REGIONAL STOCK MARKETS
      • 1010 15 -6.8 Stocks slipped as profit takers cashed in on last week's gains, dragging the key market indicator below 1,700 points. "There has been quite a bit of profit-taking predicated by the fact that the Nikkei dropped below 20,000 for the first time in a while," one broker said. "All
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      • 550 15 -12.3 Share prices closed weaker on profit-taking after last week's record-breaking advance but the market could be gearing up for another climb, brokers said. The Manila Composite Index shed 12.03 points to close at 1,568.65 while the Makati Index was up 0.53 point at 1,602.98. Favourite blue chip Philippine
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      • 419 15 13.46 The stock market closed at its highest level for 20 months on the back of an individual buying spree for financial shares, brokers said. The Composite Stock Index climbed 13.46 points to 725.76, bypassing the previous high of 721.00 on August 10, 1991. "The index finally breached a
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      • 246 15 +2.03 New Zealand stocks closed little changed in the absence of strong leads from offshore markets, said Philip Hunter, a broker with CS First Boston. The New Zealand Top 40 capital index closed up 2.03 points at 1,589.36. Carter Holt Harvey, the forestry group controlled by a joint
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      • 46 15 -31.6 Indian stock prices will keep falling because of fears that year-end company results will be significantly lower than last year, traders said. The Bombay Stock Exchange Index yesterday fell by 31.6 points to 2,268.15 and the national index dropped by 1.49 points to 1,018.01.
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      • 527 15 +86.4 Share prices ended higher across the board in a technical rebound from last week's losses, but brokers said the gains were not firm. The Weighted Index finished 86.40 points higher at 4,577.48. Turnover was thin at NT533.47 billion. Bargain-buying in industrial shares was strong in late trade, brokers
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    • WORLD STOCK MARKETS
      • 996 15 Britannia Funds Sterling Cash Bid (Hfcr Mim Cap DvbomI W *U>0 )K M09 Mim Jcnrv (nit 0 l*W2 0-003 MimMaiWome *0>N00 *t 0300 I SS Cash Income Plus Fund 10 JUIO I0**«0 PS Re*r%e Fund 5 2000 5 2100 Sterling lquit> Euro Performance 0 45"»2 0 WM Far East Fund
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      • 604 15 +5.6 Share prices started the new three-week trading account firmer yesterday, but they ended well below the day's highs and strategists said the market was unlikely to break out of its recent range in the near term. The FTSE 100 index closed 5.6 points higher at 2,830.0 after a
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      • 167 15 -17.78 Shares took the French interest rate cuts with a pinch of salt, ending nearly 1 per cent lower as the market chose to focus on poor company fundamentals and the possibility further rate cuts may be slow in coming. The CAC-40 index ended down 17.78, or 0.89 per
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      • 133 15 +o.spc Swedish shares rose on hopes of an interest rate cut late in the week, but trade was thin. The all-share index closed up 0.5 per cent at 997.15 in turnover worth a meagre 617 million crowns. Dealers said, however, that they expect trade to pick up later in
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      • 268 15 +9.14 Toronto stocks opened firmer yesterday, boosted by a positive story in Barron's newspaper and indifferent to early softness in New York. The TSE 300 rose 9.14 points to 3,661.00 on turnover of 8.5 million shares valued at C 562.2 million. Advances outstripped declines 177 to 104, with 197
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      • 646 15 -18.66 Wall Street stocks fell back yesterday on unexciting company results and concern over the high-technol-ogy sector after finishing out last week at a record high. At 11 am (1500 GMT), the Dow Jones index of leading industrial stocks was down 18.66 points at 3.459.95 in fairly heavy
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      • 133 15 +14.45 German shares were boosted by hopes of German rate cut this week following a reduction in key French rates. The DAX 30 Index ended 14.45 points higher at 1,693.30. Frankfurt Apr 19 DM i >n n hi BASf MO 70 I BMW 4KMW >00 n> Ra\(f -W* 1
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      • 147 15 -0.83 Belgian -shares closed marginally lower in moderate trade on the last day of the two-week trading account. Trade is expected to be livelier today with the start of the new account, dealers said. The Bel-20 index of leading shares closed 0.83 points, or 0.07 per cent, lower at
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      • 264 15 1.12 Dutch shares closed ahead, but oft" 12-month trading peaks hit during the session. Market analysts saw the gains at least holding in the short term, but cited rising nervousness that the current bull run in Dutch shares is not underpinned by mid-term fundamentals. "Even the greatest bulls among
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      • 76 15 +0.4 Swiss shares ended little changed, with only a few blue-chips being actively traded as the Zurich bourse was closed for a public holiday and trading was limited to Basle and Geneva. The SMI index of leading shares ended 4.0 points up at a final 2,166.9, and the all-share
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      • 313 15 -5 South African shares closed lower in slow, cautious trade on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange as investors abandoned interest amid the funeral of slain black leader Chris Hani and work boycott, dealers said. The all-day funeral activities and extensive work boycott passed relatively peacefully, but businesses fear the possible
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      3114 16 Reuter HONGKONG Stocks closed slightly lower amid light profit-taking aimed at bank shares yesterday, brokers said. The blue chip Hang Seng Index lost 17 points to end the day at 6.680.15. after reaching a day's high of 6.709.38 in early afternoon trade. "Blue chips have been mixed this afternoon.
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      444 16 THE Shenzhen markets were not in step yesterday. The A market edged down almost 2 per cent in moderate trading. Stocks declined across the board with Shenbao and Zhongchu among the biggest losers. The CLSA Shenzhen A Index was down 1.77 per cent to close at 3,085.92. The B
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      2515 16 Reuter TOKYO Stocks ended sharply lower on profit-taking, triggered by the yen's rise but the Nikkei average crawled back above the 20,000 level on arbitrage buying. Earlier, the Nikkei fell below that psychological suppoit for the first time since last Tuesday. •"The Nikkei had risen about 4.000 points in
      Reuter; Source: Bridge Info  -  2,515 words
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      1740 16 Reuter BANGKOK Selling of big hank shares in late afternoon trade pulled the index hack yesterday, but gains made by small banks and major construction material firms held it to a higher close, brokers said. The SET Index rose to 894.78 by mid-afternoon before pulling back to finish 1.77
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      1063 16 Reuter JAKARTA Jakarta stocks ended mostly higher following active trade yesterday, brokers said. The official index jumped by 1.81 points to close at 310.49. Unggul Indah and Tjiwi Kimia were among the big gainers on the regular board. They rose 275 and 200 rupiah respectively in heavy volume. Bank
      Reuter; Source: Bridge Info  -  1,063 words
    • 2110 17 Source: Bridge Info Source: Bridge Info MOST ACTIVE volume Mulli-Purpwc ?t52flK kjmunling MV V'W.OUO NlulphJ Intl HV I6.W.UOO Kcnong Bhd MV ';'9?fciS2i Bedford XV £2 AMDB Mli 7.92S.OUO Asia Pac I d 50c t-Stl-SS Prumil J-*-'®® Mm H>d 50c t m'SS Dniphocnn 5 ,77 J*K) Mctroplc* 50c 5.000.000
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    • KUALA LUMPUR STOCK EXCHANGE
      • 5106 17 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Intermittent profittaking in the afternoon trimmed gains on the Kuala Lumpur share market yesterday, leading prices to close mixed in brisk trading activity. The KLSE Composite Index retreated from an intra-day best of 665.48 marked at 3pm to close at
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    • STOCK EXCHANGE OF SINGAPORE
      • 6792 18  -  By Paul Leo SINGAPORE Share prices closed firmer yesterday but off their morning highs with investors showing signs ot caution. The benchmark Straits times Industrials Index rallied 1.3 per cent or 23.55 P°' a new record intra-day high ot 1,/bo.w within the
        Source: Bridge Info  -  6,792 words
      • Article, Illustration
        76 18  -  HOT STOCK Paul Leo UIC has been trading between 82.5 cents and S 1.04 for the last one and a half years. It failed to break the resistance at $1.04 yesterday, closing at $1.02. With weekly and daily RSI at 75 indicating an overbought situation, UIC is likely to
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 95 9 Banking, Finance and Insurance 93 1993 marks the 25th anniversary of the establishment of the Asian dollar market. It is a time to reflect on past achievements and ponder over the challenges ahead. This year's Banking, Finance and Insurance supplement of Business Times will commemorate this important milestone in the
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 523 10 Q DBSBANK THE DEVELOPMENT BANK OF SINGAPORE LTD (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) To: All Shareholders NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Twenty-Fifth Annual General Meeting of the Shareholders of the Company will be held in the Board Room, 46th Storey, DBS Building, 6
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    • 795 10 The Dividends table has been held over due to pressure of space ■'SS SM TEH LTD (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Third Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held at its registered office, San Teh Industrial
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    • 279 11 r Take your non-Accounting degree and upgrade it to an Accounting Masters. SIM, in conjunction with David Syme Faculty of Business of Monash University is now open to applications for the 2 year Masters Programme. The course structure includes: Business Law Introductory Accounting and Financial Information Systems I Quantitative Methods
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    • 1960 11 Q A DBSBANK THE DEVELOPMENT BANK OF SINGAPORE LTD (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) NOTICE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN thai an Extraordnary General Meeting of the Company will be held in the Board Room. 46th Storey. DBS Bwttng, 6 Shenton Way. Singapore 0106 on Saturday
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    • 170 12 >4 i pPWftA mJ^Ml&pl^H^^^H V>S«£» X *sy^yrJ!..»./J: i -s ?•-s>■. w* t J§?. >* \^Q^IL? cJgiSi VlSlOn. rv-' .SM?- <^SU *f SilW V j^^lH^B m Jfe f&% *>•■> 'i;|i9M I UNISYS. I I UNIX STRATEGY I ON TRACK I I h««rtnnly ■uMd UNIX I I ff '4!.. iffiV "w*/ •"■**«r.
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    • 367 13 HARIMAU INVESTMENTS UMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) NOTICE OF MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Twentieth Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held at 65 Chulia Street #19-00, Conference Room, OCBC Centre, Singapore 0104 on Wednesday, 12 May 1993 at 12.00 noon for the purpose
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
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  • SPORTS
    • 296 19 Golf AFP HILTON HEAD ISLAND. South Carolina David Edwards celebrated his 37th birthday here on Sunday with a two-shot victory in the Heritage Classic golf tournament. Edwards had three birdies in a row in his closing 69 for 11-under-par 273. two shots ahead of
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    • 476 19 AFP EDINBURGH England's low-key preparation for the Rugby World Cup Sevens paid off here on Sunday as they exacted revenge over Australia for their defeat in the 15-a-side final two years ago. While the Pacific nations spent many hours preparing for
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    • 53 19 LONDON A runner dressed as Superman adjusting his wig while crossing lower Bridge during the Ivondon Marathon on Sunday. Each year, the London Marathon attracts thousands of fun runners as well as professional athletes. Katrina Dorre of Gennany won the women s race and Briton hamon
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    • 565 19 AP NEW YORK Shaquille O'Neal might be the best big man since Kareem AbdulJabbar. And he just might turn out to be a bigger pitchman than Michael Jordan. Jordan is currently making more money off the court than O'Neal, but the Orlando Magic's superstar
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    • SPORT SHORTS
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        77 19 AP NEW YORK National league Sunday: Montreal 4 Colorado 2; Cincinnati 3 New York 2: Philadelphia 11 Chicago 10 (11 innings): Houston 3 Florida 0; San Diego 10 St Louis 6: San Francisco 13 Atlanta 12 (11 innings): Los Angeles 6 Pittsburgh 4. American League: Boston 4 Chicago 0;
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        39 19 Reuter NEW YORK NBA results Sunday: Cleveland 103 Chicago 94: Orlando 88 Boston 79: Portland 105 San Antonio 101: Indiana 108 Milwaukee 98: LA Lakers 115 Golden State 112: Denver 94 LA Clippers 83: Philadelphia 106 Minnesota 79.
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        33 19 Reuter PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: West Indies beat Pakistan by 204 runs on the third day of the first test on Sunday. Scores: West Indies 127 and 382: Pakistan 140 and 165.
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        222 19 AFP Reuter AP Reuter HILTON HEAD ISIAND, South Carolina: leading final scores Heritage Classic (US unless stated): 273 David Edwards 68-66-70-69 275 David Frost (SA) 67-67-70-71 277 Don Pooley. Fuzzy Zoellcr. Lan Baker-Finch (Aus). Mark McCumber. Paul Azinger. AFP ROME Jean Van de Velde Sunday became the first Frenchman
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        104 19 AP BIRMINGHAM, hngland Vitali Scherbo and Shannon Miller confirmed themselves as the world's best gymnasts on Sunday when thev wound up with three titles each at the World Championships. Scherbo, a Belarussian who won six gold medals at the Barcelona Olympics, added the vault and parallel bars titles to
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        72 19 Reuter AFP NEW YORK NHL first-round plav-ofTs Sunday (best of so en): St Louis 4 Chicago 3: Pittsburgh 6 New Jersey 3: LA Kings 6 Calgary 3. Buffalo 5 Boston 4 <OT). Washington 3 NY Islanders 1: Quebec 3 Montreal 2 (OT). Reuter DORTMUND, Germany World Championships results
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        309 19 Reuter Reuter AFP AFP LONDON Arsenal's 2-1 victory over Sheffield Wednesday in the English League Cup final on Sunday was overshadowed by a Ireak injury to young Arsenal player Steve Morrow alter the final whistle. As the Arsenal players cavorted on the pitch. Morrow, who scored the winning goal
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        65 19 AFP LONDON British Open semifinals Sunday: Women Michelle Marlm (Aus il)h Sue Wnghl (I ng x 5) 9-2. 10-9. 10-X: Su/anne Horner (F.ng \6) ht Sarah I it/-(ierald (Aus \X) 10-9. 6-9. <M>. l >-6. 4 >-4. Men Chris Dittmar (Aus \2) b Brett Martin (Aus \4) 9-4. 9-1.
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  • Page 19 Advertisements
    • 829 19 IPILECON I PILECON ENGINEERING BERHAO (Incorporated in Malaysia ANNOUNCEMENT The Directors are pleased to announce the audited results of the Group and of the Company GROUP COMPANY for the year ended 31 December 1992 1992 1991 1992 1991 RM'OOO RM'OOO RM'OOO RMOOO GROUP COMPANY (3) Consolidated Operating profit reported for
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  • Page 20 Advertisements
    • 1106 20 BilNotliingßeatsAßud. feffinfll where t w,ne dine and entertain JOKING [shut's put your secretary on the next plane to Penang HI to reward her for all the haril work she's to Cafe during Secretaries' Week (19-23 April she'll |V I I A International huffet Stylish fashion Daily lucky draw trip 1
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    • 396 20 YOUR SECRETARY CALLS THE SHOTS It's her week. Pamper her with I a lunch and fashion show at < f% I The Stables or Pine Court. V 1 I She deserves it. Secretaries' Week 19 24 April 1993 For reservations, please To commemorate Earth Week. The I Mandarin Singapore will
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  • LIFESTYLE
    • 1079 21  -  Singapore Film Festival 1993 Film director Frank Beyer, who is sometimes obliged to produce movies for TV, admits to S N Vasußi that only his reputation in west Germany has ensured that he gets a steady flow of assignments S N Vasuki Europe should be
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    • 432 21 CHATTERBOX UPI UPI UPI UPI PRINCESS Margaret, Queen Elizabeth H's sister, is steeling herself for yet another onslaught of allegations about her personal life this time from a new biography of Mick Jagger that reportedly claims the princess' longtime friendship
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    • 525 21  -  By Audrey Tan Heartstrings SENT to live with a grandfather he had never met, 10-year-old Jing Jing is in for an unforgettable summer. Dad and Mum are getting divorced hut Grandpa does not know that. What he does know, is that his daughter and son-in-law have not visited
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  • Page 21 Miscellaneous
    • 1109 21 TV RADIO Boxcar Hot Topic GST. 10.30pm, J typical W B(K-sklc tenor fikk Martin Scorsese takes abk al relationships «m the^ron^ can be quite enjoyable. side of the road in Boxcar Bertha, 10.30pm, SBC 12 o p^ <o Stereo). PrKra""** listed tn carrot at press 9.30 Fif#**' Love (C). 1
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  • PROPERTY & CONSTRUCTION
    • 510 22  -  Alan Boyd on the Thai developer's switch from bungalow projects Alan Boyd WHEN Thai developer Land and House switched from building bungalows to townhouses last year, more than one real estate analyst had doubts. The property vehicle of businessman Anant Asavabhokin had made
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    • 100 22 SINGAPORE Newly-completed Wilmer House in St Thomas Walk is leasing its 32 maisonettes. Marketing agent Colliers Jardine says several commitments have been received, mainly from expatriates. Monthly rent for a two-year lease ranges from $4,200 to $5,700 for the furnished 2,217 sq ft maisonettes. The
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    • 377 22  -  By Kooi Cho Teng SINGAPORE Singaporeans who have bought Australian hotels in the past two years will make good capital profits, according to estate agent Colliers Jardine. Tony South, director of hotels and leisure at Collier's Sydney office, said 1993 was expected
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    • REGIONAL SKYLINE
      • 62 22 The Australian Financial Review BRISBANE Singaporean Philip Lim has bought Brisbane's Landmark Tower from the collapsed Kern Corporation and Commonwealth Funds Management for just over As 6 million (556.96 million). The building, on 5,478 sq m of land, fronts Mary and Margaret streets. It was bought
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      • 92 22 SINGAPORE A study by the Construction Industry Development Board shows that the Singapore retrofitting sector won a record $813 million worth of contracts last year. The public sector accounted for $490 million of jobs, while the private sector accounted for $323 million. Most of the
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      • 54 22 SINGAPORE Singapore-owned Robina Land Corp has posted AslB million in first-quarter sales at its Gold Coast development. Of the 87 sales, 39 involved established properties, realising almost AsB.2 million. So-called Village homes, built on smallish lots, also attracted significant interest. Twenty-four of these sold
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      • 67 22 South China Morning Post HONGKONG Guangzhou's municipal government will sell a plot of prime land to raise funds for the construction of a suburban rail system. Proceeds from the sale of a 5.2 sq km site in the Tianhe district will be used to
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      • 84 22 Malaysian Business Times KUALA LUMPUR OLYMPIA Land, a subsidiary of Olympia Industries, will spend about MS27O million (SSI67 million) on a mixed development at Triang, Pahang. The project, covering 403 ha. will start when the Pahang Land gives approval. Sixty per cent of the land will
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      • 68 22 IN AN ARTICLE, Full steam ahead for conservation plans. published by BT last week, we said that a total of 6.987 private and state-owned properties had been selected by the Urban Redevelopment Authority for conservation. URA has clarified that the correct figure should be 6.787. In the
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    • 871 23  -  Boutique hotels are naming popularity in Asia, but investors should be aware of the pitfalls. A J Leow reports. A J Leow WHETHER for business, pleasure or both, towering hotels have done mueh to change the skyline of Asia's major cities and resorts. From the Pan-Pacific
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  • Page 22 Advertisements
    • 128 22 gig Breakfast in a garden terrace overlooking the curvilinear swimming pool, and listen to the waterfall gently cascading into a Balinese-inspired sunken courtyard and a lily pool set amidst rich tropical foliage. Enjoy resort-style facilities that come with a full-time Manager, Facilities Co-ordinator and exemplary concierge service. Your apartment, superbly
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    • 300 23 LIQUOR LICENCE NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN thai, I, Soh Chuan Swee of Blk 239 Hougang Si 22 #08-17 Singapore 1953, have applied for a Beer House, First Class Licence in respect of premises at M/S Hua Ker Ealing House, at 12 Jalan Leban, Singapore 2057, and that this application
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    • 343 23 TOLL-FREE TEL. No. 1-800-737 0043 FAX:734 3698 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT (CHAPTER SO) AND IN THE MATTER OF SIN AH HANG (IMPORTS EXPORTS) PRIVATE UMITEO (In Members' Voluntary Winding-Up) At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the abovenamed company duly convened and held at 101-AUpperCrossStreef.#ll-22 People's Park Centre.
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    • 158 23 LIQUOR LICENCE NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN thai, I, Tan Siew Luui of Blk 413 Hougang Avenue 10 #02-1212 Singapore 1953. have applied for a Wholesaler Liquor Shop Licence in respect of premises at M/S Hua Tien Trading at 50 Paya Lebar Crescent, Singapore 1953, and that this application will
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    • 186 23 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT. CHAPTER SO AND IN THE MATTER OF BUGIS PARADISE SEAFOOO RESTAURANT PTE LTD NOTICE OF MEETING OF CREDITORS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to Section 296 of the Companies Act, Chapter 50 that a meeting of the creditors of the abovenamed Company will
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    • 544 23 PORTSHOTS The latest in sea, air and land transportation. Shipping Times. Monday to Friday. Business Times 'WINTUM VENTURE MANUFACTURING (SINGAPORE) LTD (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) NOTICE Of ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Eighth Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held at Enterprise
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    • 205 23 IN THE MATTER OP THE COMPANIES ACT.CAP.SO AND JM DELFI ACCESSORIES PTE LTD (In Menders' Voluntary Liquidation) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuart to Section 308(2) oI tha Companies Ad Cap 50. that tha Fr4 Meeting of tha abovenamed Company will be hald at 27 Cartonmarl Road. Singapore 0208 on 20
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  • 477 24 EDITORIAL IF AMERICA'S liberal establishment is to be believed. US President Bill Clinton is a "free trader by disposition" and an enthusiastic believer in the merits of a multilateral trading system. Try selling this line to the Japanese, who have just received an earful ot threats Irom
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  • WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
    • 166 24 ATTEMPTS to promote regional cooperation in South Asia have failed to bear fruit. The seven-nation South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (Saarc) has little to show after eight years of its existence. India and Sri Lanka have pushed for measures to increase intra-regional trade. But Pakistan is
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    • 182 24 AFTER A&W and McDonald's, it is now Kentucky Fried Chicken's turn to apply for a halal certificate. Muslims in Singapore will undoubtedly welcome this move. KFC, however, will have to wait for a while before the Muslim Religious Council of Singapore (Muis) issues them with the
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    • 234 24 THE Area Licensing Scheme (ALS) has succeeded in reducing congestion in the Central Business District (CBD) during peak hours, surveys have shown. This is why an all-day ALS will be implemented from January 1994 to even out traffic flow in the city throughout the day.
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    • 167 24 MR CLINTON should have the courage of his 1970s convictions and end America's hostility to Vietnam. It is now 18 years since the war was lost. American attempts to win the peace instead now help keep Vietnam poor and its remaining hardline leaders in office.
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    • 141 24 THE JUDICIARY has traditionally enjoyed an enviable special status in Thai society. And Thai people, in general, have always held this institution in respect and regarded it as above criticism. In view of the bitter judicial bickerings last year and recent controversial court rulings, it is both
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    • 168 24 APART FROM the security umbrella provided by America which did not protect Asean countries from themselves but allowed them to be left alone to get on with the job of nation-building Asean owes little to the West for where it finds itself today. The spontaneous self-assertiveness
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  • 1271 24  -  Although the Italian referendum's official results won't be out till later this week, Neville Stack reports exit polls showed most people voting 'si' to electoral reform Neville Stack The writer is a L'K-based journalist who eontributed this comment to BT ITALIAN voters went to the polls
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  • Page 24 Advertisements
    • 118 24 The Best Of /taly At Prego 12-24 APRIL 1993 Savour the best of authentic Italian specialities preparea by Chef Extraordinaire. Franco Gioco. from the Ristorante 12 Apostoli in Verona, Italy. Specialities such as "Marinated Breast of Pheasant With Salsa Peverada "Golden Eel With Parmesan Cheese and Bread Crumbs" and "Pandoro
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  • Page 24 Miscellaneous
    • 65 24 A D\DN-T Aoe. scttled <T. *S UC fctu*vs [&EE.U TO SEEL FUDG6J SMqUTiMG.. J \pO, IOfTM CX# £>/£5.... w r-— T jLi SM4| Aes....THe. rnpme£\ V IS r.nKICLUPf-1!?— c a»»ociat*d mbwwwm ltd, np-mi Mot DOONESBURY garry trudeau IQUKWW.MR.AMefif&M. rVBB&IIN TIGHT SPOTS sm i, 7W«XXSW I /!*>«= 30 I UKBVOURSMMOLe THB
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    • 1486 25  -  In the light of Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew's visit to Brunei this week, Yang Razali Kassim reports from Bandar Seri Begawan on the challenge the sultanate is facing in building a throbbing modern economy upon the massive oil wealth it has accumulated
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    • 214 25 BRUNEI'S economic links with Singapore have been expanding rapidly over the past three decades, loday, Singapore is the sultanate's second largest trading partner and its fifth largest export market. Official figures show that between 1990 and 1992, Singapore's bilateral trade with Brunei grew at an annual
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  • 573 26 Reuter UPI AFP ISLAMABAD Pakistani President (ihulam Ishaq Khan has ordered eleetions on July 14 after dissolving the National Assembly and saeking Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif for corruption, subversion and terrorising opponents. As troops guarded the state television and Parliament, Pakistan's sacked
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  • 263 26 Reuter BblJlNCi China said yesterday that Hongkong (iovemor Chris Patten's political reform proposals cannot be the basis of talks between London and Beijing that are scheduled to start on Thursday. The official Xinhua news agency quoted China's top official in charge of policy about
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  • 313 26 Reuter WASHINGTON Top US and European officials met yesterday in a final bid to resolve a market-access row that could determine whether war or peace shapes trans-Atlantic trade under President Bill Clinton. Unless a deal materialises by today, the United States
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  • 330 26 UPI AFP PHNOM PENH The regime in Phnom Penh has refused to attend a meeting of the country's Supreme National Council scheduled to he held in Beijing this month. A government spokesman said yesterday that head of state Prince Norodom Sihanouk
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  • 952 26  -  The Bottom Line KARIM RASLAN KARIM RASLAN The writer is a Kuala Lumpur-based writer who contributed this commentary to BT UK reccnt elevation of Bill I brnmott. 37. io the editorship of I Ihe Economist would seem to he I confirmation
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  • 206 26 AP ROME Italians have overwhelmingly approved a referendum calling for more direct elections, scorning nearly half a century of weak governments by parties now discredited byscandal. Exit polls yesterday showed that after two days of voting. Italians passed a measure that would permit three-quarters
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  • SHIPPING TIMES
    • 456 27  -  From Florence Chong in SYDNEY THE Keating Government should deal with two major issues concerning the reform of the Australian waterfront in its current term of office, said Senator Peter Cook, the former Minister tor Industrial Relations. Mr Cook, who
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    • 487 27 MBT KUALA LUMPUR The North Klang Straits Bypass is to be expanded to a dual carriageway to cater for the future traffic flow to Port Klang. The improvement of access to the North Port is crucial for the development of Port Klang
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    • 891 27 Page Col \BC Containerize 12 I Accord Group 8 1-3 •APL 5 3-5 Alpha Feeders 6 1 •ANL 3 1/2 •Arrow Trans 19 2 •ASC'L 5 5 Avant Shpg 6 4/5 Bait Orient l ine 7 4/5 Bangladesh Shpg 18 3 Bank Line.
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    • 414 27 SINGAPORE Seven new line haul services and 20 new feeder services began calling here last year, enhancing Singapore's ability to relay cargo to ports around the world. Four of the seven line haul services have joined the primary Europe/Far East trade. They are
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      • 738 28 Vessel Voy No Berth Vmal Departure Vessel Voy Wo Berth Arrival Departure Itironc Port Asian Cosmos 301 POb 2004 0900 2204 0/00 6 93 il alongsde 2004 2300 Biastag. 1 Alb 93 P03 20 04 IbOO 20 04 2300 2 alongside 20 04 1200 Calte. 20 04"
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      • 2024 28 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO DELIVERY OF FCL IMPORT CONTAINERS IN PROGRESS *S«p Voy No Containers avaiabie Ship Voy Ho Containm ivaiable Kola Buana KBN08H *****3 0/00 Ctuiya Bhum 31N 25'[5l! I™ Huaqinefie 41E *****3 0900 Olandia 140 COO(fST) *****3 2300 Kola fcntang KBT14N 18.0493
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    • 1007 29 Criminal activities ranging from theft to smuggling have prompted the shipping industry to look at new security measures in the design ot boxes and seals Lloyd's List Containerisation THERE are few statistics about container crime on a worldwide basis, but there is no doubt that
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    • 11125 36 This is a list of ships loading at I Singapore lor ports around the I world. It tabulates, by destination. L the name of the ship, the shipping I line involved and the estimated f dales of arrival and departure from 2 the Port of Singapore. 1
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    • 3429 41 C ontainerline NV BcUm Shpg Agi.-tKK.-N Ptc Ltd (SV Marine Handling Sdn Bhd (PK/PN). Accord Croup: Accord Shpg Ptc Ltd (SVAccord Conlr Line (PK'PN). Adkris Business Corporation Philippine: Calsourcc Shpg 1 rdg Ptc Ltd (S) Ahrenkiel l.iner Sen ice Kim Shpg I rdg <S). Albatros Sea-Air Service: Lrata
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    • 277 41 Abacus Couriers Tel: 545-8011 Fa*: 545-1898 Air Express I rau-l Tel: 533-5771. Fax: 535-6144. Airborne Freight Corporation Tel: 542-8844 Fax: 542-3716. *****80. Ainwifl Worldwide Courier Tel: 278-0188 Fax: 273-8283. .VJS Supplies Tel: 748-6322 (2 lines). 747-7421. Fax: 742-8975. Cits-Link International Tel: 344-3377. Fax 345-6450. Cluster link Supplies A
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    • 1509 41 Abex txprcss Freight I Tel: 542-7171. Fax: *****84. Actiaic Forwarder I Tel: 225-1833. Fax: *****42. Arthur Singapore Tel: 542-7821 Fax: *****20. I Aeroliak Freight International Tel: 545-8033 Fax: *****05 mSjNL Fax: *****18. I Air Cargo No*o Express Tel: 542-5454. Fax: *****06. Air F'xpress International Tel: 542-7666 Fax: *****74.
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    • 2521 42 ALBANIA I Durres: Two vessels in port of I which I discharging bagged sugar. 1 discharging bulk wheat. i ANGOLA Luanda: Port operating with low traffic levels, no waiting time for general cargo/cont a i ner/ Ro/ Ro berths. Lobito: No uessels in port. Naniibc: Port \cry quiet
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    • 944 42 SHIP SALES TANKER RATES AFP DESPITE the week proving to be a quieter one in general a number of sales have come to light as can be seen listed hereunder with lower capital bulkcarrier deals dominating. VESSELS ON OFFER Bulk Carriers Ri/al: 71.730 dwt and built Feb 1977 Nippon Kokan.
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    • 560 42 ARRIVALS DEPARTURES Op High! I>pe ETA T From Op High! I>pe KID I lo TODAY TODAY NCA KZ203 B747F 0145 I MKT SIA SQ802 B747F 0230 2 SYD/AKL KAL KE697 B747F 0150 I SEL NCA KZ204 B747F 0335 1 BKK/NRT JAL JL6I7 B747F 0345 I TYO KAL
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    • 251 42 CRUISE FERRY SCHEDULES CRUISE SHIPS Ait Dep Name of Vessel EX A LID Ports of Calls Port Agent Telephone No APRIL 20 21 Azertnyd/han II*) 1600 World Cruise S pore Soviet Shpg Co 535-2333 22 23 Regent Spirit 2100 2000 Weekend Cruise Regency Cruises 271-2911 23 23 Fantasy World 1000
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    • 369 43 DRY cargo brokers noted more signs the freight market is on the mend as fresh Pacific enquiry and coal chartering news emerged, boosting freights. The Baltic Freight Index was marked up 10 points to 1,488 on April 16, with all of the 15 routes steady to higher. Pacific
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    • 1246 43 COURSES i i Title: An 8-evening Course on Import/Export and Shipping Procedures (SDE 50%) Duration: April 22 Organiser Elim Mgt Services Tel: 292-5670. Title: An 8-evening Workshop on Laytime Technicalities in Chartering Ship Duration: April 26 Organiser FACS World Pte Ltd Tel: 293-4571 or fax: 292-2875. Title: Principles
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      • 374 46  -  From Harish Mehta in VIENTIANE LAO AVIATION International. the national carrier of Laos, has just leased its second Boeing-737 passenger jet for international routes, in another step to project a progressive and reliable image. The carrier also plans to buy two
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      • 111 46 Reuter HANAMAKI, Japan Wreckage of a domestic Japan Air System (JAS) jetliner sitting on a runway after it caught fire on landing in strong winds at Hanamaki airport in northern Japan on Sunday. Shigeru Watanabe of JAS said strong rnnds were reported
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      • 1761 46 City Flight ETA nut CTD Afen Dhabi GA893 1335 GA984 0150 Adelaide QF81 1940 ooon QF82 2055 Amsterdam RJ182 GA893 KL837 1335 1445 SQ320 GA974 KL838 1100 2215 2310 Athens Auckland Bahrain B Seri Begawan NZ35 SQ286 GFI48 BI455 SQ181 BI95 1550 2030 0905 1105 1410
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      • 441 46 Reuter NEW YORK The anticipated emergence of two large airlines from bankruptcy in the next few months will likely benefit the battered US industry because cut-throat pricing should ease, analysts said last week. The lack of bankruptcy protection means Continental Airlines Holdings
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      • 418 46 South China Morning Post HONGKONG The Hongkong government is to seek only enough money to pay for the Provisional Airport Authority s (PAA) basie operations in the absence ot a Sino-British airport agreement, the Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood's (ADPL) vice-chairman. Leung
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        • 124 46 UPI BEIJING The governor of China's Guangdong provinee says China has reversed an earlier decision and will allow I reneh firms to help build a major subwav project in the city of Guangzhou, a state-run news service >aid last Friday. Guangdong governor Zhu
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        • 122 46 Reuter DUBLIN GPA Group pic. the world's largest aircraft leasing company, has reached an agreement with 132 of its 138 creditor banks for its restructuring package, the Sunday Business Post reported. The banks which have agreed to the package included Daiwa Bank Ltd and National Westminster
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        • 107 46 Reuter MINNEAPOLIS Northwest Airlines said on Sunday it is cutting all domestic and selected trans-Atlantic tares by up to 35 per cent for travel through June 30. The company said the non-refundable tickets must be purchased bv April 23 and at least
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        • 75 46 Bloomberg Business News PRAGUE The Czech government is reviewing a proposal by three former US car officials to help rescue troubled Czech truck maker Tatra Koprivinice, a government trade official said last Friday. Pavel Stejskal. director of the Czech Trade Ministry's general engineering department, said
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      • 286 46 Bloomberg Business News MILAN Fiat SpA Chairman Giovanni Agnelli said his company had paid bribes to win government contracts but said the large bulk of the company was clean. Separately, RAI television reported that Fiat's lawyers on Saturday held a meeting with
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