The Business Times, 28 April 1993

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    14 1 SINGAPORE Business Times WE KNOW ASIA MITA (P) 552/12/92 Wednesday April 28 1993 75*
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  • 2am LATEST
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      Lock icon Nymex to propose merger with Comex
      55 1 Reuter NEW YORK The New York Mercantile Exchange (Nymex) said yesterday that its board has voted to propose a merger with Commodity Exchange Inc (Comex). Under the proposal, all equity interest and voting rights in Comex would become vested in Nymex. Comex would become
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      Lock icon Indefinite curfew clamped on Srinagar
      52 1 AFP SRINAGAR, India TTie Indian army clamped an indefinite curfew on Srinagar late yesterday ahead of an assault aimed at disarming hundreds of striking policemen, witnesses said. Some 1,000 policemen are holed up inside the police control room area during their six-day siege of the
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      Lock icon UAE, Qatar making military purchases
      66 1 Reuter ABU DHABI The United Arab Emirates and Qatar are close to concluding deals to buy Western anti-submarine helicopters and battle tanks, industry officials said yesterday. Qatar is in advanced talks with France's state-owned GIAT Industries to buy about 54 Leclerc battle tanks. The UAE
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    MARKET SUMMARY
    111 1 Stock market indices Twtaiaj Change STII 1,786.63 -10.63 KLSE Composite 692.57 -0.87 Nikkei 20.206.71 583 08 Hang Seng 6,836.88 -8.87 SET Index 869.98 -13.70 Jakarta Composite ...311.26 +0.12 CLSA China B 1.288.27 0-3' AusI All Ord 1,704.7 -5{» FTSE 100 2,832.7 10.4 Tufa; Pietfaw» I pa claae Dow
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    Lock icon US Treasury steps in with warning as dollar hits record low
    127 1 Reuter NEW YORK The US dollar rose on the yen after hitting an all-time low of 109.15 yen in early US dealings. At the US midday, the dollar stood sharply higher against the yen after reports of repeated Federal
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    Beijing-backed candidates sweep HK Chamber elections
    578 1  -  From Stephen Vines in HONGKONG CHINA scored a stunning "political" victory yesterday when prominent businessmen backed by Beijing swept the board in elections to the governing committee of the Hongkong General Chamber of Commerce. The passing of control of the colony's oldest, largest and
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    Singapore's non-oil exports surge 25.6 pc in March
    570 1  -  By Schutz Lee SINGAPORE The volume of Singapore's non-oil domestic exports grew by 25.6 per cent in March, bringing the growth of these exports in the first quarter up by 20 per cent compared to the same period last year. Even discounting
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    Lock icon Singapore stocks break 1,800 mark but fall back on profit-taking
    306 1  -  By Paul Leo SINGAPORE Followthrough buying after Monday's rccord closc pushed the Straits Times Industrials Index above 1,800 points in the first hour of trading yesterday. But the all-time intra-day high of 1,803.13 lasted all too briefly profit-taking resulted in
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    PM offers two-pronged strategy for S'pore investors
    432 1  -  Goh Chok Tong in China From Yens Pow Ang in ZHUHAI SINGAPORE companies should catch (he tide in China and invest in its booming economy, said Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong as he ended a nine-day visit which has left him very bullish
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    Is Suzhou the best bet?
    171 1 ZHUHAI Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong will ask Deputy Prime Minister Ong Teng Cheong to take a hard look at the proposed Suzhou project now that other attractive projects are on ofTer elsewhere in China. Mr Ong, who is looking into the Suzhou township proposal
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    GLC rivalry unhealthy but inevitable
    191 1 ZHJJHAI Competition between Singapore governmentlinked companies (GLCs) for overseas projects is unhealthy, said Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong. But this competition is inevitable because of the way they arc organised, he added. The government will not tell the GLCs what to do. It is up
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
    • eye on the ECONOMY
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        Lock icon Demand index picks up
        259 2  -  By Anna Teo DEMAND should grow at 4.5 per cent this year, slightly faster than last year's 4.3 per cent, according to United Overseas Bank research division's in-house aggregate demand index. The UOB index reflects both external and domestic demand levels, taking into account growth trends
        Source: UOB Research  -  259 words
    • Article
      Boon Heng to lead business mission to Australia
      234 2 SINGAPORE Senior Minister of State for Trade and Industry Lim Boon Heng will lead a mission to Australia to build up business ties between the two countries. The mission was agreed at a meeting yesterday morning between visiting Australian Trade Minister Peter
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      Sisir adding 4-storey annexe to Science Park premises
      263 2  -  Cost: $30m Area: 7,600 sq m By Clarissa Tan THE Singapore Institute of Standards and Industrial Research (Sisir) is constructing a four-storey building next to its present premises at the Science Park. The S3O million project, to be completed by October next
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      Lock icon Better-off households tend to use English at home
      352 2  -  Reports by Anna Teo PEOPLE in better-off households tend to speak English at home, according to the 1990 census. The Department of Statistics released yesterday detailed findings on literacy, language and education from the 1990 census, the third in a series of
      Source: 1990 Census  -  352 words
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      Engineering popular with overseas students
      232 2 THERE was a shift towards business and engineering courses among Singaporeans who studied in overseas universities during the 1980s. According to the 1990 census, 54 per cent of the 17,452 who graduated from overseas universities between 1981 and 1990 took up management, accountancy, commerce or
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  • SINGAPORE ROUNDUP
    • Article
      Call to retrain older workers
      129 2 WORK with employers to retrain older workers so that they can keep up to date and stay productive, as their lives on the job have been extended with the new retirement age law, the Labour Minister told unions in his May Day message. Unions should
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      Reaching out to the needy
      74 2 THE management committee for the 25th Anniversary Endowment Fund invites organisations to submit applications to finance programmes and schemes which can enhance the lives of destitutes and low-income families. The fund, established in 1991, has funded 36 Voluntary Welfare Organisations for Programmes and Schemes amounting
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      Clearing the air
      58 2 HEALTH MINISTER Yeo Cheow Tong yesterday opened this year's National Smoking Control Campaign. At the opening address, Mr Yeo emphasised the need to continue the battle against smoking. He said that while his ministry will continue to persuade smokers to give up the habit, it was important
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      Wen Hsi's painting on stamp
      56 2 A REPRODUCTION of one of Chen Wen Hsi's paintings will make its debut on a $2 postage stamp on May 28. The painting of cranes in a semi-abstract style is one of the best works of the late artist, who was honoured with the National
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  • THE REGION
    • Article
      Bangkok mass transit project to be delayed for at least 18 months
      477 3  -  From Alan Boyd in BANGKOK A PLANNING agency has warned that one of Bangkok's three mass transit systems will be delayed for at least 18 months, setting back hopes for improved transport services in the congested capital. The
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      Lock icon KL refuses to elaborate on Bank Negara losses
      266 3 AFP KUALA LUMPUR The Malaysian government yesterday ignored opposition demands that it give Parliament a breakdown of the colossal losses incurred by the central bank in its international foreign exchange dealings. Opposition leader Lim Kit Siang, presenting an urgent motion to examine
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      Lock icon Chuan and Suharto pledge to promote Cambodian elections
      453 3 AFP JAKARTA Thai Prime Minister Chuan Leekpai and Indonesian President Suharto yesterday agreed that they would do their best to get all Cambodian factions, including the Khmer Rouge, to take part in elections there next month. "The two sides agreed to try
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      Asean to mobilise private sector to promote Afta
      325 3  -  First Asean Institute forum By William Chia SINGAPORE Asean will mobilise the private sector to promote the Asean Free Trade Area (Afta), said Asean secretary-general Ajit Singh. Giving the keynote address at the first Asean Institute forum yesterday, he said that while
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      Lock icon Viets pessimistic about resumption of IMF loans
      160 3 AFP HANOI Vietnamese officials yesterday acknowledged that chances are limited that the International Monetary Fund will decide to resume lending to Vietnam during its spring meeting in Washington. Even though Japan and Germany have joined the countries calling for Vietnam's return to the
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      Lock icon Developing countries call for quick and fair end to Gatt talks
      373 4 Reuter GENEVA Developing countries yesterday called on major trading nations to wrap up a "balanced" Uruguay Round deal which would open up world markets to their goods. The Group of 77 charged that trade tensions between Japan, the United
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      Lock icon Vietnam reasserts claims to Spratlys and Paracels
      301 4 Reuter HANOI Vietnam has restated its claims to the disputed Spratly Islands and the Chinese-held Paracel Islands in the South China Sea. A legislator said two official delegations were sent to the Spratlys this month. "In the current complex world situation, it is
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      Lock icon Asia should see China as economic model, not military threat: Ramos
      287 4 Reuter AFP BEIJING Philippine President Fidel Ramos ended a sixday visit to Beijing yesterday saying Asia should see China as a possible economic model and not as a military threat. Mr Ramos said he had been personally reassured that
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      Lock icon Eight MPs defect to S Korean ruling party
      174 4 Reuter SEOUL Eight independent members of South Korea's Parliament joined forces with the ruling party yesterday in a move that analysts say shows the unprecedented level of popular support for the new President. A spokesman for the ruling Democratic Liberal Party (DLP)
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    • ASIA NOTES
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        Lock icon Vietnam keen to join Gatt
        69 4 Reuter HANOI Vietnam, building a market economy on a communist base, is keen to join the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade and will discuss this with the trade body's secretary-general Arthur Dunkel next month, Trade Ministry officials said here yesterday. Mr Dunkel is expected
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        Lock icon Taiwan truck drivers show their anger
        53 4 AFP TAIPEI About 400 gravel trucks converging on the Taipei County police station yesterday to protest against a ban on gravel trucks entering the county as well as the government's failure to provide appropriate sites for some of them to dump dirt excavated from
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        Lock icon Property investment in China up 117 pc
        62 4 AFP BEIJING Property investment in China rose by 117 per cent in 1992 compared with the previous year and is rising rapidly again this year, Vice-Minister for Construction Zhou Ganzhi said yesterday. Last year, investments totalled 73.1 billion yuan (5519.7 billion), representing nearly
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        Lock icon France may stop N-fuel supply to India
        97 4 UPI NEW DELHI France will cut off supply of enriched uranium fuel to an Indian atomic power plant in October unless India opens all its nuclear facilities to outside inspection. Parliament was told on Monday. "France has taken the stand that the future
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        Lock icon Jakarta won't tighten monetary policy
        64 4 Reuter JAKARTA Indonesia will not reintroduce a tight monetary policy to counter rising inflation, which it considers only a temporary problem, reported the Jakarta Post yesterday, quoting Senior Economic Minister Saleh Afiff. Devaluation rumours hit the rupiah last week, but dealers said the central bank
        Reuter  -  64 words
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        Lock icon Thailand to deport Cambodian refugees
        61 4 AFP BANGKOK Thai authorities have told Cambodian refugees refusing to return home from a Thai border camp under a UN repatriation programme that they will be deported, a UN official said yesterday. Jahanshah Assadi, who heads the repatriation programme of the UN High Commissioner for
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      Lock icon Japan's leading index at 32-month high in February
      399 5 AFP Reuter TOKYO Japan's leading index of future economic trends jumped to a 32-month high of 80 points in February from a revised 54.5 points in January, the Economic Planning Agency said yesterday. The latest figure marked the second straight month in
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      Lock icon Aussie inflation expected to be at high end
      418 5 Reuter SYDNEY Australian Treasurer John Dawkins says he expects March quarter consumer price index data to be released today to be at the high end of expectations. However, he said that Australia's underlying rate of inflation would remain between 2 and 3
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      Lock icon Pakistan president rejects call for dissolution of assemblies
      205 5 AFP ISLAMABAD Pakistani President Ghahun Ishaq Khan rejected on Monday former premier Benazir Bhutto's demand for the dissolution of four provincial assemblies. The official Associated Press of Pakistan quoted the president as saying the provincial legislatures "cannot be dissolved so long as
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      Lock icon Islamic states may stop importing labour from India
      492 5 Move to stop alleged atrocities in Kashmir valley UPI KARACHI A fact-finding mission of Islamic states on Monday asked a Conference of Muslim Nations to stop importing labour from India to force it to stop its alleged atrocities in the Kashmir valley.
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      161 4 The Shortest Distance Between Two Points Is Usually Via Seoul. It is our good fortune that Seoul happens to be located almost precisely half-way between the centers of trade in the Eastern and the Western hemispheres. But what is no lucky chance is the carefully planned timetable of routes and
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      275 4 HANDBOOK FOR BUSINESSMEN DOING BUSINESS IN SINGAPORE I_ Revised Edition 1993 The aim of this Handbook is to provide employers, employees and Ithose who want to start doing business in Singapore.with essential linformation which they may require in everyday activities The book is designed to cover the more important provisions
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  • THE WORLD
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      Lock icon Yeltsin win good for aid package: Clinton
      496 6 Reuter WASHINGTON President Bill Clinton predicted on Monday that President Boris Yeltsin's victory in the Russian referendum would help get a proposed US$4 billion (S$6.S billion) aid package for the country through Congress. Mr Clinton, who congratulated Mr Yeltsin during a 15minute telephone
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      Lock icon Major stresses commitment to manufacturing sector
      276 6 Reuter AFP LONDON Prime Minister John Major stressed the priority he is giving to manufacturing as the economy recovers and called for a mobilisation of private finance in the manufacturing and service sectors. In a speech to the Freight Transport Association, Mr Major hailed
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    • Article
      Lock icon Bonn downgrades 1993 forecast
      195 6 AFP BONN Economy Minister Guenter Rexrodt, downgrading a two-month-old forecast, said yesterday he expected the German economy to shrink by one percentage point this year, as officials said west German inflation was still riding at a high 4.3 per cent a year. The government's official estimates,
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      Lock icon Brittan urges US not to apply public contract sanctions
      257 6 Reuter BRUSSELS The European Community's trade chief urged Washington yesterday not to apply sanctions in a row over public contracts and said the two sides had made no agreement to prevent a spiral of retaliation. The United States and the EC
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    • WORLD WATCH
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        Lock icon Arabs and Israelis resume talks
        59 6 AP WASHINGTON Israel and the Arabs have opened a new round of negotiations under the watchful eye of the Clinton Administration, which is about to have its first brush with Mid-East peace talks. Yesterday's session at the State Department ended a four-month recess, with the
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      • Article
        Lock icon Cultists started fire: investigators
        74 6 AP WACO, Texas Independent arson investigators have supported FBI claims that members of the Branch Davidian doomsday cult started a fire that consumed their prairie compound in a suicidal inferno a week ago. Paul Gray, assistant chief investigator for the Houston fire department, said experts from
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        Lock icon Police arrest 10 over IRA bombing
        62 6 Reuter LONDON Police said they arrested up to 10 people after an IRA bomb devastated London's financial district at the weekend, as vital clues about the explosion emerged. "Anti-terrorist officers made a number of arrests this morning and the people are being held at
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        Lock icon Brit Rail privatisation questioned
        68 6 Reuter LONDON A Parliamentary committee yesterday expressed strong TESti rations about plans to privatise Britain's rail network, warning long-suffering passengers and taxpayers that the scheme may hit their wallets. Rail unions and many politicians fear that the privatisation plans for state-owned British Rail's passenger services and
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        Lock icon Former Italian PM may lose immunity
        59 6 AFP ROME An Italian Senate committee yesterday approved a request for the lifting of parliamentary immunity for former premier Giulio Andreotti for alleged links with the Mafia, parliamentary sources said. The lifting of immunity from prosecution must still be approved by the full Senate,
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    • Article
      Oman to open securities market to foreign investors
      608 8  -  From Philip Bowring in MUSCAT INTERNATIONAL investors may soon have a new stock market to think about. Oman has decided in principle to open the local securities market to foreign portfolio investment, according to Commerce and Industry Minister Maqboul bin Ali Sultan
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      Lock icon Privatisation fuels flow of foreign funds into Peru
      433 8 Reuter LIMA After more than two decades of mostly bad news on the foreign investment front, Peru is seeing a steady flow of foreign funds, fuelled by a hot stock market and an aggressive privatisation drive. This year the government has an
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      Lock icon EBRD annual meeting focuses on trade barriers, small businesses
      429 8 Bloomberg Business News LONDON On the penultimate day of the annual meeting of the European Bank for Reconstruction A Development, speakers on Monday stressed the need to remove trade barriers to boost East European exports. Delegates also highlighted the need to
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      Lock icon S Africa's foreign investment hopes dashed by Hani's killing
      499 8 AP JOHANNESBURG The unrest following black leader Chris Hani's assassination has dashed hopes for any immediate foreign investment, desperately needed in this recessionwracked nation. Economists say only a quick political settlement, bringing a government of blacks and whites, can start to
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
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      Liem's KMP buys five million Sing Land shares
      531 9  -  Announcement quashes rumour of major Sing Land transaction By Lee Han Shih SINGAPORE An announcement last night has effectively scotched the rumour that property counter Singapore Land is on the verge of a major transaction that will substantially boost its earnings for
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      No big deal even if the rumour on Singapore Land were true
      736 9  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW By Lee Han Shih SINGAPORE For almost a week, the share market has been abuzz with talk that Singapore Land is about to sell an office building for a "huge profit". Now that the prospect
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      Don't let risks in China deter you, tycoon advises S'pore businessmen
      436 9  -  By Sylvia Wong SINGAPORE Hongkong tycoon Peter Woo yesterday urged Singapore businessmen not to let the risks of investing in China hold them back from doing so. And private businesses should take the initiative, not the government, he said.
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    • Article
      Tender price for IPC shares fixed at 80 cents
      394 9 SINGAPORE IPC Corporation has fixed the cut-off price of its shares offered to the public by tender at 80 cents. This means that those who bid more than 80 cents will be entitled to the shares at this price, while those
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    • Article
      GFW buys 30pc stake in Prima's China flourmill joint venture
      261 9  -  By Kooi Cho Teng SINGAPORE Australian food giant Goodman Fielder Wattie has bought a 30 per cent stake in a Prima jointventure flourmill in China. According to Prima's latest annual report. Goodman Fielder's participation in Qingdao Xinghua Cereal Oil and
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      Lock icon SUMMARY
      335 9 Source: Bridge Info Performance of STII's index stocks Apr 27 Last Scas« Ia4c\ Slock sale Chfe (actor a ■men (S> (V) Awmo 2 300 0040 1 80 -5.26 ChC 7 500 -0.050 587 6 58 Cerebos 5 100 3 99 26 32 FAN 12 300 -0.200 9 63 GF
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    • COMPANIES
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        Thai market falls again over crackdown on share manipulation
        461 11  -  From Loh Hui Yin in BANGKOK THE Thai stock market fell for the second day running yesterday as speculation raged on who would be the next political casualty in the government's crackdown on share manipulation. The rumour mill was working on
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        Lock icon KLSE investors increasingly trading on fundamentals: Nik Din
        227 11 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange, one of the top 10 bourses worldwide in terms of market capitalisation, is increasingly trading on fundamentals, its executive chairman Nik Mohd Din Nik YusofF said yesterday. He said the further downplay of rumours
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      • Article
        Lock icon Uniphoenix, Kesang plan to enter power-plant venture
        238 11 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Uniphoenix Corporation Bhd and Kesang Corporation Bhd yesterday announced a proposed joint venture with a foreign company for constructing a power plant. A memorandum of understanding with George Zaferos International Ltd (GZI) was signed yesterday for the purpose of jointly
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        Lock icon Uniphoenix's operating profit rises 42pc
        167 11 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Uniphoenix Corporation Bhd yesterday reported a 42 per cent increase in its group consolidated operating pre-tax profit to M 522.14 million (5513.95 million) for the year ended Dec 31, 1992. The figure for the previous corresponding period was MS 15.59 million. Releasing
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        Lock icon Faber Group to rationalise core activities
        321 11 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Faber Group Bhd yesterday announced a proposed rationalisation of its corporate structure to reflect its three distinct activities hotels, properties and transportation. Under this exercise, Faber proposed to acquire the relevant subsidiaries through three wholly-owned subsidiaries which would be converted into
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      • COMPANY BRIEFS
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          Jacks International turns around
          92 11 SINGAPORE Jacks International Ltd turned around in the financial year ended Jan 31 with earnings of $651,(XX) compared to a loss of $770,000 in the previous year. Turnover was down 18 per cent to $119.87 million. The group said its Singapore health food chain. Nature's Farm,
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          EON raises stake in CCL
          51 11 SINGAPORE Edaran Otomobil Nasional has increased its stake in Singapore motor distributor Cycle Carriage Ltd (CCL) by converting 923,000 CCL warrants into shares. The exercise, done on April 19, cost $2.85 million and raised EON's stake in CCL from 45.79 million shares to 46.72 million
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          UOB buys 500,000 more UOL shares
          45 11 SINGAPORE United Overseas Bank Group bought 500,000 shares in its associate, United Overseas Land Ltd on Monday, raising its stake in the property company from 31.3 per cent to 31.4 per cent. The bank paid $780,000 for the transaction.
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          SES nod for Goldtron placement shares
          52 11 SINGAPORE Goldtron Ltd said it had obtained the Stock Exchange of Singapore's approval to list and quote the 19.8 million shares it placed out privately earlier this month. The company placed out the 20-cent shares at $1.33 apiece to raise $25.9 million to lower
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        UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
        418 11 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS ShRgiptrf IM Tfflt PniLrak M|d Fund 109 I.IS The Commerce 1.34 1.41 MARA~BMMpHtTO The Savings Fund 1.16 1.22 Fint B'putra 1.73 1.71 S pore Prat Fund 0.55 0 58 Sccond B'putra 1.71 1.76 S pore Sec Fund 0.89 0.93 -punj B'putra 5J3 5.88 S;pore Invest Fund 0.99
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    • COMPANIES AND FINANCE
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        NCHK takes two seats on Hongkong stock exchange
        417 12  -  By Teh Hooi Ling SINGAPORE The New China Hongkong Group, in which the Singapore government has a strategic stake, has acquired two scats on the Hongkong Stock Exchange and one seat on the Hongkong Futures Exchange. The acquisitions, made through its wholly-owned
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        Shenzhen plans still in infancy: Sino Land
        376 12  -  From Catherine Ong in HONGKONG PLANS for a Singapore consortium to develop a second airport runway in Shenzhen were at "a very preliminary stage", the head of the public-ly-listed Sino Land group in Hongkong said yesterday. Robert Ng, son of tycoon Ng Teng
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        53 12 Reuter SEOUL South Korean rock climber Lee Gun Taek making his way up the 63-storey Daehan Life Insurance building, the tallest in the country, yesterday. He successfully reached the top of the 249m building in three hours and 45 minutes. It was not clear whether he was insured
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        393 12 Reuter TAMPA, Florida IBM shareholders, angry at the plunging value of their shares, fired harsh criticism at the computer giant's management on Monday and served notice to new chief executive Louis Gerstner Jr that he must move quickly to turn the company around. "IBM stock
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          Lock icon Hopewell denies separate listing report
          74 12 Reuter HONGKONG Hopewell Holdings Ltd said the company is investigating the possibility of seeking a separate listing of its power plant business but no decision has been made yet. It denied a local newspaper report that the company would raise HK$5 billion (SSI billion) by
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          60 12 Reuter BOMBAY The Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) has imposed new restrictions on trading as the 30-share index slides close to the psychological 2,000 barrier. The BSE announced that shares of five more companies, in addition to five blue chips already specified, should be deposited
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          61 12 NYT NEW YORK Robert P Bauman, who created SmithKline Beecham, a trans-Atlantic success story, by combining two lacklustre health care companies, will retire as chief executive in April 1994, the company announced on Monday. He will be succeeded by Jan Leschly, who has
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          Lock icon Hitachi unveils faster neural computer
          49 12 Reuter TOKYO Hitachi Ltd announced a new neural computer which it says possesses the world's fastest learning ability. 1 he computer, which it developed along with Hitachi Microcomputer System Ltd, will go on sale on May 6, priced at 15 million yen (*****,000). Reuter
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        283 12 Reuter TOKYO The worldwide economic slowdown and heavy stock losses will force Japan's six major trading houses to report a second successive year of lower profits, industry analysts said. Japan's six major trading firms Mitsubishi Corp. Mitsui Co Ltd.
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        Lock icon Opposition from foreign brokers delays new Japanese stock futures rules
        388 12 Reuter TOKYO Heated opposition from foreign brokerages is forcing Japanese authorities to delay plans by the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) to introduce strict new rules on stock index futures trade, industry sources said yesterday. "The discussion has become too heated,
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        150 12 IT WAS a dav of choppy trading in the USS/SS market, with initial short covering pushing the greenback up to 1.6160. from an opening of 1.6140-45. The US dollar, however, failed to sustain the higher level. which attracted offshore selling, and it drifted down to
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        180 12 Reuter LONDON The dollar dropped to a new record low against the yen yesterday but closed firmer in Europe after intervention by the US Federal Reserve. Gold slipped from an earlier eight-month high on prof-it-taking. The American currency slumped to 109.15 yen in New York, before the US central
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        90 12 AFP NEW YORK The dollar steadied in trading against other major currencies yesterday after the Federal Reserve intervened to stem the dollar's decline against the yen. The Fed's intervention signalled its intent to move to support the dollar should it fall below the 110 yen mark and it
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        India's largest bank planning to float shares this year
        380 14  -  By S N Vasuki SINGAPORE The State Bank of India (SBI), India's largest bank, will soon float shares in the Indian stock market in yet another sign that the government plans to gradually dilute its holdings in stateowned financial institutions. The
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        253 14 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Bank Bumiputra Malaysia Bhd has registered higher profits, both for the bank and the group, for the financial year ended March 31, 1993, its chief executive Abdul Aziz Othman said. Speaking to reporters after a signing ceremony to allocate Amanah Ikhtiar
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        China Trust to raise another US$ 100m offshore this year
        198 14 SINGAPORE The China Trust Investment Corporation for Economic Development plans to raise at least another US$lOO million (Ssl62 million) offshore this year to finance the country's development. This was revealed by vicechairman Gong Chengxi at the signing of a US$2O
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        Citic unit sets up broking venture with Aussie firm
        241 14  -  By Quak Hiang Whai SINGAPORE A China International Trust and Investment Corporation (Citic) unit has set up a joint venture broking firm with an Australian financial institution to deal in and underwrite Chinese stocks. Citic Australia Pty Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary
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        192 14 Reuter SYDNEY The Reserve Bank of Australia has decided to relax its rules on bank ownership of authorised money market dealers. "In certain circumstances, it is willing to allow a bank, or a bank owner, to hold up to 75 per cent equity
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          94 14 Reuter WASHINGTON Japan won backing from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for its campaign to rein in the rocketing yen, but it's not clear whether that will be enough to convince the US and Europe to join the effort. "At this stage, it
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          70 14 Reuter ZURICH Union Bank of Switzerland (ÜBS), the country's biggest commercial bank, said its cash flow in the first quarter was well above the year-earlier level both at group and parent company levels. The bank said that the increase was helped by an impressive
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          55 14 Reuter ZURICH Credit Suisse reported that despite good business and higher cash flow in the first quarter, substantial write-downs were again necessary. "The persistently difficult business climate and the continuing need for structural adjustments, notably in the Swiss economy, once again compelled us to carry out
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          79 14 Reuter HONGKONG The local pension funds industry is on the verge of significant growth, Hongkong Financial Secretary Michael Cartland said. As of last July, more than 22,000 businesses provided some type of retirement benefit for employees but this covered only one-third of the workforce,
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          50 14 Reuter SYDNEY Commonwealth Bank of Australia said it plans to reduce staff by 7,500 over the next two years as part of plans to reshape its branch banking operation. The bank said the reductions would be spread throughout administration and the branch system. Reuter
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        195 14 AFP HONGKONG Liquidators of the Bank of Credit and Commerce (BCC) Hongkong announced on Tuesday that another HKS6OO million (SSI2S million) would be paid to its creditors. The dividend will be paid over the weekend to creditors owed
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        440 15 Reuter KUALA LUMPUR Political uncertainties in Pakistan linked to increased production and sluggish demand could see Malaysian palm oil prices drop further, say traders. Pakistan, a major buyer of Malaysian palm oil, may limit imports in the short term, while India has
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        290 15 AFP KUALA LUMPUR The world's major natural rubber producers have offered to have a new deal at next month's talks with consuming nations to end a stalemate over a new price stabilisation pact. "We will agree to amend and make more
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        47 15 Reuter SYDNEY Lachlan Sullivan, a senior wool valuer and auctioneer, cycles past part of the 3.9 billion-bale stockpile or Australian wool at the Yennora Wool Centre. Wool prices have dropped to the lowest on record in the past few weeks Renter
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        Oil futures prices drop as traders await US stock figures
        429 15 Bbomb&rg ENERGY REPORT LONDON Oil futures prices in London declined marginally yesterday as traders awaited the latest US stock figures to provide some firm direction, brokers said. The American Petroleum Institute was expected to release its weekly US inventory and
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        261 15 Bloomberg Business News WASHINGTON Slower growth in world petroleum demand could mean lower oil prices in the next few years, says the International Monetary Fund in its World Economic Outlook. "There is the possibility of substantial downward pressure on oil prices
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        1372 16 SIMEX REPORT Reuter SINGAPORE Simex Euroyen futures ended marginally firmer yesterday recovering oflF the day's iows in a spate of late profit-taking on short positions, dealers said. September Euroyen ended at 96.79 against 96.77 previously while December was unchanged at 96.73 on 15,620 lots traded.
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        KL tin falls five sen in large offerings by miners
        952 16 COMMODITIES REPORT Tin TIN price on the Kuala Lumpur Tin Market shed five sen to close at MS 14.11 per kg due to large offerings by miners. After rising two sen to M 514.16 on Monday, the market turned weaker
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        Australia
        1273 17 -5.4 Australian gold stocks continued to follow Monday's massive rise, but the share market closed lower yesterday as prof-it-takers cashed in on other sectors. The main market indicator, the All Ordinaries Index, closed at 1,704.7, down 5.4 points on Monday's three-and-a-half year high of 1710.1. But the gold marker
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        New Zealand
        258 17 -1.74 Volatility in leading stock Fletcher Challenge took the NZSE-40 Capital Index up marginally in early trade yesterday, only to take it lower at the close on moderate turnover. The NZSE-40 ended 1.74 points down at 1,603.67 in volume worth NZ525.3 million. Tony Gallaugher. head dealer at Cavill
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        Manila
        500 17 -3.02 Philippine shares closed mixed after a strong start as a host of commercial issues that have risen rapidly the past days succumbed to profit-tak-ing. The Manila Stock Index cased 3.02 points at 1,549.39 while the Makati Index edged up 4.29 points at 1,585.76. "The market remains strong but
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        Taipei
        534 17 •41.67 Share prices finished lower across the board as trading interest remained very thin yesterday, brokers said. The Weighted Index closed 41.67 points down at 4,506.11. Turnover was NTS27.I billion against Monday's NT531.77 billion. Brokers said the two-day talks between Taiwan and China representatives which started yesterday in Singapore,
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        Seoul
        369 17 -7.96 Stocks ended lower for the fourth consecutive session on an across-the-board sell-off that brokers described as a continuing technical correction. The Composite Stock Index shed 7.96 points to 722.96, well off an early high of 733.97. "The market is expected to stage a consolidation this week but the
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        591 17 +10.4 Shares pushed to a higher close yesterday as details of a substantial buy programme ticked through the market sparking a surprise late turnaround and auguring well for today, dealers said. The FTSE 100 Index closed 10.4 points higher at 2,832.7 in volume of 594 million shares, recovering from
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        Paris
        105 17 15.79 French shares gained momentum during the last half hour of trade to close higher, mainly due to fu-tures-led buying, dealers said. The CAC-40 Index closed up 15.79, or 0.83 per cent, at 1,927.41. Volume was 2.6 billion francs. Paris Ape 27 Fr Vir-Liguhic 754 00 unch Akalel Anslhom
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        118 17 -1.05 pc Swedish shares fell 1 per cent in light trading, posting a loss for the third day in a row. A combination of a weaker dollar during the day, a technical correction after recent gains and a lack of foreign buying sent the bourse lower, dealers said. A
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        135 17 -9.03 German shares turned sharply lower in late trading. The 30-share DAX ended 9.03 points down at 1,640.78. 1 per cent off from the high. Frankfurt Apr 27 DM Acs I MOO 50 B\Sh HMD -I BMW 4Nf>0 -I.JO Batei :WJO -J 10 Bavcr Vfmibhani 451.00 -5 00 ommcr/hank
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        Milan
        133 17 lpc Shares gained in heavy volume but most blue chips ended off highs as the market awaited confirmation prime minister designate Carlo Azcglio Ciampi was able to form a government. Some dealers said the bourse would tick up more if Mr Ciampi announced an administration in the next few
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        Zurich
        247 17 -7.1 Swiss shares ended lower on a lack of buying interest in dull trading, and dealers said they expected the current trend to continue in the next days. The broad SPI Index ended down 7.1 points at a final 1,318.7. However, they said support was seen at the 2,100
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        Johannesburg
        331 17 +6 South African gold shares went off the boil in choppy trade yesterday as investors took advantage of a softening in the gold price to take profits from their recent sharp gains. A dealer said New York trade overnight would be important for determining short term direction. However, he
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        Toronto
        291 17 -1.61 Stocks eased at midday yesterday, weighed down by losses in heavilyweighted gold shares and continued jitters over Canada's federal budget, released after Monday's close. The TSE-300 Index fell 4.71 points or 0.13 per cent to 3,679.10 on volume of 28 million shares valued at C 5232 million. On
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        New York
        587 17 •15.4 Blue-chip stocks were little changed yesterday despite upbeat economic news and strength in drug and bank stocks. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 1.35 points at 3,397.02 at 1 pm EDT. Declining issues led advancers 9-7 on New York Stock Exchange volume of 157 million shares.
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        Brussels
        150 17 -4.57 Belgian shares closed slightly lower in a market dominated by oil major Petrofina, which dipped by 2 per cent but then clawed its way back to close level. The Bel-20 index of leading shares closed 4.57 points, or 0.38 per cent, lower at 1,205.93 points on a volume
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        Amsterdam
        240 17 -2.19 Akzo grabbed the limelight, gaining sharply on first quarter results while the market as a whole closed lower. Akzo advanced 4.40 guilders to 157.30 after the chemicals group said first quarter net profit after extraordinary items fell to 157.9 million guilders from 205.8 million. Gaining in Akzo's slipstream
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      2786 18 Reuter HONGKONG Stock prices shed early gains yesterday and closed easier on profit-taking ahead of Sino-British talks starting today, brokers said. "Whether they are good or bad. the talks should throw some light this time," said Adnan Ngan, senior research manager at Vickers Ballas Hong Kong Ltd. The talks
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      426 18 HONGKONG The Shenzhen A market slipped back in moderate trading yesterday and nearly all stocks lost ground, brokers said. The Credit Lyonnais Securities Asia Shenzhen A Index fell 0.89 per cent to finish the day at 3,017.16 points. But the Shenzhen B market rose slightly on the back of
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      2490 18 AP TOKYO Share prices on the Tokyo Stock Exchange surged in active trading yesterday, leading the benchmark Nikkei Stock Average past the 20,000-point level. The US dollar edged lower against the Japanese yen. The 225-issue Nikkei index gained 583.08 points, or 2.97 per cent, to close at 20,206.71. It
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      1672 18 Reuter BANGKOK Stocks fell across the board for a second straight day yesterday, led down by finance and securities firms, as investors worried over the implications of an expanded investigation of alleged share price manipulation, brokers said. The SET Index dived 13.70 points, or 1.55 per cent, to close
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      1056 18 Reuter JAKARTA Share prices closed mixed in moderate trade yesterday, brokers said. The official index closed at 311.26, up slightly from 311.14 on Monday. Sampoema gained 125 rupiah at 5,375 following reports of a sharp rise in its net profit. Indah Kiat fell to 1,450 rupiah from its previous
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      2284 19 Source: Bridge Info Source: Bridge Info MOST ACTIVE volume Asia Pat I d MV 26.518.000 Fabcr tiroup 15.637.000 Kcnon» Bhd 50c 9.943 000 Ind ()*>icn MX' 8.991.000 Mulpha Intl 50c 4.715.000 Multi-Purpose 4.620.000 Idns Hyd 5<Jc 4.584.000 IndOnvjcnWl ..4.3)9.000 Prom* 3.992.000 Mctroplc* 50c 3.651.000 (Jniphucnix 3-S31.000 kamunting 50c
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        4991 19 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Share prices closed mixed in brisk trading yesterday. Among the gainers were situational stocks while key index stocks came under some selling interest. The 85-stock KLSE Composite Index shed 0.87 of a point to 692.57 from Monday's close. It
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        6383 20  -  By Soh Tiang Keng THE Straits Times Industrials Index breached the important 1,800 barrier in early trading yesterday but succumbed to profittaking for a net loss at the end of the day. Following Monday's sharp gains, the benchmark index yesterday lost 10.63 points
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        66 20  -  HOT STOCK Paul Leo BUY Steamers Maritime Holdings at $1.31. The stock has broken above a downward sloping trendline formed by connecting the peaks since mid-1990 on the monthly chart and should trade towards 51.90 in the next few months. Resistance is at $1.51 and above that
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      550 21  -  Run-up to the South-east Asian Games Golf By Shahiron Sahari SINGAPORE Singapore's South-east Asian Games trainees had mixed results in golf tournaments in Malaysia and Taiwan last week. Three of the six-member squad, which will be reduced to four for the Games starting on
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      502 21 NYT NEW YORK In his own words, Michael Jordan had just played a lousy game. But as he emerged from the training room of the visitors' locker room, resplendent in brown alligator shoes and suspenders to match, there was a gleam in
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        65 21 AFP WASHINGTON Detroit Pistons coach Ron Rothstein was sacked on Monday after a disastrous season. The Pistons, who won the NBA title in 1989 and 1990. were eliminated from the playoff this year for the first time in 10 seasons. Rothstein took over as coach this year from Chuck
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        87 21 Reuter NEW YORK Former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson said in a television interview that he may not return to boxing when he completes his jail term for rape, and hinted that he is no longer wealthy. Asked if he would like to fight current World Heavyweight Champion Riddick Bowe,
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        215 21 AFP Reuter LONDON Latest world rankings released Monday: 1. Nick Faldo (Eng) 23.43pts 2. Bern hard Langer (Ger) 15.93 3. Fred Couples (US) 14.19 4. Greg Norman (Aus) 13.92 5. Nick Price (Zitn) 13.88 6. Tom Kite (US) 11.91 7. Jose-Maria Olazabal (Spn) 11.86 8. Lan Woosnam (Wales) 11.64
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        35 21 Reuter NEW YORK NHL fintromi plqnA Moaiay: Pittsburgh 5 New Jersey 3 (Pittsburgh wins best-of-seven-series 4-1); Montreal 5 Quebec 4 (OT) (Montreal leads series 3-2); Washington 6 Islanders 4 (Islanders lead series 3-2).
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        134 21 AP AFP NOTTINGHAM, England Nottingham Forest manager Brian Clough, one of the most colouful and controversial figures in English soccer, is stepping down after 18 years with the club. On Monday, team chairman Fred Reacher said it had been agreed that Clough would retire at the end of the
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      319 22 THE NEPTUNE^ iN7v wt Enjoy an unforgettable evening of spectacular wortd-class revues at the Neptune. And our Early Dinner Special menu prepared by experienced Hong Kong chefs. Free parking in the evening. 9wwtwu. I.oopm to 8.30pm 9.30pm to 10.00pm I 7* §mm tanUa» HkCaSyo Qmr '01 0104 T<l W»U I
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  • LIFESTYLE
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      Lock icon Chinese power in art
      1401 23  -  The overseas Chinese are now a force on the art collecting scene especially Chinese works. Souren Melikian tries to find the reasons behind this sudden surge Souren Melikian IHT ANEW power is rising fast on the art collecting scene. The Chinese community, from Hongkong and Taiwan
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      Lock icon The Sisters Rosensweig bags 4 Outer Critics Circle awards
      426 23 CHATTERBOX NYT AP AP AP WENDY Wasserstein's comedy The Sisters Rosensweig won the Outer Critics Circle Award for best Broadway play of the 1992-93 season. Tommy, with music and lyrics by Pete Townshend, was named best Broadway musical. Robert Klein and
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      260 23 M ANAGE COSTS A, /ft MORE WITH E JACTIVITY-BASED COSTING 13-14 MAY 1993 HM.TW WNOAPORE Reveal those situations in which ABC Demonstrate general analytical tools information is likely to be most needed for diagnosing cost system problems How ABC data is best used to achieve Analyse cost system design maximum
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      1070 23 I TV RADIO Based on of jV SBC lV SwitzerUnd 9pm made. J The Grizzly Bear. Losing Ground, wK 9.30pm, SBC 12 r m Silent and solitary, the grizzly > j.,, -^Kki. bear is a symbolic part of I North American wildlife. This *fT,... i— 1991 documentary takes a look
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  • REGIONAL ANALYSIS
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      Liberalise by all means, but not at any price
      1320 24  -  Change and reform in South Asia Special to BT INDER KUMAR GUJRAL INDER KUMAR GUJRAL The writer is a Member of Parliament in India from the opposition Janata Dal party. He was India's Foreign Minister in 1989-90, and served as ambassador
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      Indo-Pacific as an alternative to Asia-Pacific
      1518 24  -  Special to BT CANAGARATNAM GUNASINGHAM CANAGARATNAM GUNASINGHAM The writer is the director of the Colombo-based Institute of I ntio-Pacific Studies. He served as an economic adviser to Sri luwkan President Junius Javenardene from I9HJ-88, and thereafter worked as an economic adviser to President Ranasinxhe
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        High and dry
        103 24 VIETNAMESE cashewnut farmers are up in arms. They have been left holding slocks worth USSIS million after a foreign company that had promised to buy the entire shipment backed out of the deal at the eleventh hour. Some of the foreign businessmen involved have been placed under
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        Crossed wires?
        146 24 THE Singapore media made the news in Brunei last week, when Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew was on a four-day visit to the sultanate. The day after the SM met Brunei businessmen, the Borneo Bulletin ran a short front-page report on how the Singapore journalists covering the SM's
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        Thai hit-list
        133 24 THAI politicians ran for cover. Stockbrokers and businessmen scoured the newspapers for familiar names, or worse, their own names. Analysts said the Securities and Exchange Commission had trimmed its list of suspects from as many as 500 to 153 about 30 companies and 120 individuals to avoid sending
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      All ayes on Indian economic reforms
      1119 25  -  Change and reform in India FACE TO FACE Pranab Mukherjee, India's Minister of Commerce ana deputy chairman of the Planning Commission, spoke to correspondent Rajendra Bajpai earlier this month in New Delhi. Rajendra Bajpai Q: Are India's economic reforms irreversible? W hat is the
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      Can the Indian Elephant dance with the Asian Tigers?
      1218 25  -  Special to BT BHABANI SEN GUPTA BHABANI SEN GUPTA The writer is a research professor at the Sen Delhi-based think-tank. Centre for Policy Research FEWER than 30 days from now, the government of Indian Prime Minister P V Narasimha Rao will
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    First round to Boris
    465 26 EDITORIAL BORIS Yeltsin has confounded a bitter opposition by securing a convincing vote of confidence in a historic referendum over the weekend. The consummate politician has proved once again that he enjoys the strong support of Russia's 106-million strong electorate. And what is more surprising is
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  • WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
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      Affluent S'pore from all angles
      370 26 REFRIGERATORS, television sets and telephone lines, once inaccessible luxuries, have now become so commonplace here that it is a rare Singapore household that is without them. Fast reaching saturation is ownership of washing machines four out of five households have one and video cassette recorders,
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      The promising road to China
      166 26 PRIME MINISTER Goh Chok Tong's proposal to set up a Singapore-Shandong business council and plans to replicate a Jurong industrial estate in Suzhou reflect Singapore's intention to tap the growing prosperity of China. Hopefully, the Government's stake in China would encourage more cash-rich and enterprising
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      Aussie move on sex tours hailed
      102 26 THE Australian government is making serious efforts to prevent paedophiles travelling overseas on organised tours for the express purpose of having sex with minors. Australian Federal Police have been targeting travel agencies organising the tours and Canberra is considering following Germany in introducing new
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      Bombs' sad reminder
      147 26 THE WEEKEND'S devastating bombings in London are evidence, if any were needed, that the Irish Republican Army has long since become so blinded by its own callous code of terror that it no longer has any sense of cause or direction. Like Hongkong's triads, whose honourable and
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      A bold move by Thai government
      125 26 IF Prime Minister Chuan Leekpai's administration failed to live up to expectations during its firet seven months, last Thursday's move by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to cleanse the stock market of manipulators went some way to restoring confidence in the government. This
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      New image for Chinese-educated
      125 26 OUR SOCIETY should not eventually be divided be- tween the English-educated and the Chinese-educated. What the Chinese-educated must do now is to strive to build a new image and not have people think that they are always a "conservative" lot. For instance, to encourage views from
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    Lock icon Clinton should stop trying to manipulate exchange rates
    779 26  -  Boosting the yen will not provide the 'quick fix' that Washington appears to be hoping for to narrow its trade deficit with Japan, argues Reginald Dale Reginald Dale IHT Not content with trying to "manage" trade flows through Comecon-style quotas. President Bill
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      106 26 h«l-iff K il-f w 'W a IWT |that's veßv wno of y0u..... uegg eSUMfeK I wfts p«p&p t u*sGo»yfV IT nC tD WSS -TVHS ISSUE PvHO f SPRING NUM66X ov THt- I y/jsjou) HOU) r^UO-l" /A-N vjs. noose journal. £S I \Sepeoße.* rr Gives JJjfoe f'PT^ >fou ptfe fmj old
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      Corporate America's infatuation
      1724 27 US companies, drawn by China's booming economy, are cutting deals fast and furious FOR YEARS, impoverished Henan Province in northern China has been largely ignored by foreign investors. Eager to change that, Henan officials jumped at a proposal by US energy concern WingMerrill International Inc to build
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      Lock icon Greater China as Asian economic powerhouse
      1025 27  -  Michael Richardson on why the area is emerging as a vital global player Michael Richardson IHT FOR the last decade, western nations and many Asian countries have i been mesmerised by the rising economic power of Japan and its potential for dominance. But as
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      194 27 Emperor Yang ,o ontkrallad k, Hoai,an, onp.mll.UJ. Rk, p l. amacmJ to it k, a m.r. .kiff .nJ Jinlin* Purine .U «ool»J k, «W. fro- Coirin., k. k.iUJ it .> TK. Aromatic Fl.vour of Sooth- of if Imaotiful a.oma. AnJ tk,. montk. Ck.n, G.rJ.n Jinlin* Hot.l in Ck.n. -ko. Worn
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    It's 'no' to new elections for Parliament and presidency
    552 28  -  Russian referendum From John Helmer Yeltsin win good for aid package: Clinton, Pg 6 Editorial: First round to Boris, Pg 26 in MOSCOW RUSSIAN President Boris Yeltsin's hopes for a decisive victory over his parliamentary opponents received a setback yesterday, with
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    China raises issue of direct links with Taiwan
    551 28  -  China-Taiwan talks in Singapore By I Lin Soon Neo Schutz Leo SINGAPORE China yesterday brought up the issue of direct links with Taiwan as the two long-time rivals opened their historic two-day "Wang-Koo" meeting in Singapore. But the Taiwanese side refused to
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    Lock icon EC farm ministers' talks on verge of collapse over budget disputes
    297 28 AP LUXEMBOURG The European Community's "marathon talks" on farm prices appeared on the verge of collapse yesterday because of disputes between nations seeking a tight budget and others wanting more farm subsidies. Officials said the gap between the two
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    Lock icon Shanghai's penalty for bad drivers — make them direct traffic
    297 28 Shanghai's penalty for bad drivers make them direct traffic AFP BEIJING Shanghai authorities are trying a new approach to relieve the city of traffic congestion during next month's East Asian Games: revoking licences for the smallest infraction and requiring offenders to direct traffic for a month, several drivers there said.
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    A strong yen could be good for Japan
    804 28  -  The Bottom Line LAI HOCK MENG LAI HOCK MENG The writer is executive director. Tat Lee Securities. He contributed this commentary to BT OVER the last two months, the Japanese yen has risen more than 11 per cent against the US dollar,
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    Lock icon Fed vice-chairman sees moderate growth for American economy
    328 28 Reuter AP WASHINGTON US Federal Reserve vice-chairman David Mullins has said the US economy is on a path of moderate growth in spite of the expected slowdown in the first quarter. "We still feel we are on a path of moderate growth,"
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    Lock icon Budget director has doubts about US recovery
    188 28 AFP WASHINGTON US Budget Director Leon Panctta has voiced serious conccrns about the country's economic recovery, as well as the fate of the free trade agreement with Canada and Mexico and plans to aid Russia. "The optimism that camc out of the November
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    Lock icon UN official refuses to rule out force in Bosnia
    289 28 Reuter AFP ZAGREB, Croatia The leader of a high-level United Nations Security Council mission has declined to rule out force as a means of halting the fighting in Bosnia. Asked by a reporter on Monday whether he thought military intervention was
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      256 28 Tomorrow in Business Times -18-19 May 1993 Pan Pacific Hotel t A timely reassessment of the latest changes in Singapore taxation 17 treat Mm wodng krt«MMi occwbwj 3 separately bookable modules for maximum benefit! a David Mason Steven M Timms MOOUfI SINGAPORE TUATNN IBMCI Of LAIBT QWNGB SumY« Loong K.»g
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      German freight forwarder opens Singapore office
      431 29  -  By Ramesh Divyanathan SINGAPORE German freight forwarder Ipsen has set up an office in Singapore, which will act as its regional headquarters. Group president Klaus Platz said the office, in Sanford building, would help Ipsen pc nctratc the Indonesian, Philippine, Thai and Vietnamese markets.
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      LA, Long Beach ports reach deal with railroad
      384 29 SINGAPORE The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach have agreed to pay Southern Pacific Railroad US$275 million (Ss4sl million) for the right-of-way along 32 km of the Alameda Corridor. In a joint statement over the weekend, the ports said their boards
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      INDEX TO SHIPPING LINES AND FREIGHT FORWARDERS
      1150 29 Page Col ABC Containerline 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 ASXCL Shpg IS 2 Avant Shpg 6 4/5 Bait
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      Indon shipbuilder gears up for tanker boom
      200 29 JAKARTA Leading Indonesian slatc-owncd shipbuilder PAL Indonesia is seeking government approval for construction of a USSIOO-million (SSI64 million) to USSISO- graving dock large enough to allow for construction of very large crude carriers (VLCCs). PAL has to get the go-ahead this year in
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      Lock icon Kuching Port cargo handling up by 6.8pc
      355 29 MBT KUCHING, Sarawak Kuching Port recorded a 6.77 per cent increase in cargo handling to 3.14 million tonnes last year up from the 2.94 million tonnes throughput in 1991. Imports jumped by 6.10 per cent to 2.46 million tonnes from 2.31 million tonnes
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      Lock icon Bangkok ponders south-east ferry link
      448 29 The Nation BANGKOK The Thai government is studying the feasibility of promoting water transport particularly between the south and east coasts, by establishing a transportation centre in Prachuap Khiri Khan province in the south to connect with the east coast. Sathien Vongvichien, Harbour Department director
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      Lock icon Pirates kill nine in southern Philippines
      232 29 AP ZAMBOANGA, Philippines Pirates killed nine people and wounded six in two separate attacks in the southern Philippines, police said yesterday. Two other people were missing in one incident. Police superintendent Servando Dizon said the first attack occurred over the weekend near Maluso town
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        CONTAINER SCHEDULES
        1341 30 DELIVERY Of Fa IMPORT containers in progress Voy Hi Contain** auM* WP Ih CwUhw Rvbnovsk 928 CONEST) 27.04.93 2100 Ood Freedom 51E *mm lMfl EmTookI 148 COO(EST) 2704.93 1500 Cape fay 907 00 ESI »04 93 500 mnoiii mffST) 77 04 93 2359 fasa Sepyhiti 925 COO (EST)
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      Lock icon Charting the course ahead
      1042 31  -  Hapag Lloyd s modem tonnage embodies an innovative management philosophy that is carrying the German line forward into the future, reports Nigel Kitchen Nigel Kitchen Ocean Voice IN TODAY'S world of corporate sales and management buy-outs, few shipping companies can boast a history to match that
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      THE SHIPPING GUIDE
      11027 38 This is a list of ships loading at I Singapore for ports around the i world. It tabulates, by destination, I the name of the ship, the shipping line involved and the estimated dates of arrival and departure from J the Port of Singapore. LEGEND PN: ship
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      DAILY FREIGHTS
      1081 45 FREIGHT markets received a further boost from active transatlantic grain and iron ore chartering. which pushed the Baltic Freight Index six points up to 1,530 on Apr 26, a new 15month high, brokers said. The dry cargo market shrugged off any impact from last Saturday's bomb explosion in
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      179 45 COURSES Title: sth BIMCO Course <Jn Voyage Chartering Eliminating Trouble Spots, Time Chartering Understanding Securities for Payment of Hire and Principles in Common Disputes, Chartering Practice Earning and Getting the Freight, and what must be known about In- surance. Duration: May 3 4 Organiser Baltic International Maritime Council
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    • AIR AND LAND TRANSPORT NEWS
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        McDonnell eyes Asia-Pacific market for 150-seat plane
        430 48  -  By Juliette Walter SINGAPORE Aerospace giant McDonnell Douglas Corp expects the Asia-Pacific region to account for 20 per cent of demand for 150-seat aircraft in 25 years. Lynn Brubaker, the company's regional vice-president of marketing for the mid-size MD-90, estimates that global demand
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        Lock icon BA top execs knew of Virgin campaign, says ex-employee
        379 48 AFP LONDON British Airways chairman Sir Colin Marshall and managing director Robert Ayling knew about the "dirty tricks" campaign waged against Richard Branson's Virgin Atlantic Airline, a former BA employee claimed on Monday. Brian Basham a public relations consultant sacked for
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        Lock icon Bomb explodes at Manila airport
        165 48 Reuter MANILA A bomb exploded at Manila's domestic airport yesterday, injuring a woman passenger and a male airport worker, airport security officials said. The device exploded at a check-in gate at around 4am, causing slight injuries to the two people. Airport security officials found two
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        Lock icon US feeder airlines find profitable niche
        338 48 NYT ATLANTA While the financial skies have been turbulent for the country's major air carriers, a select group of lowcost, short-haul airlines have found a profitable niche as feeder lines for the big airlines, and this group expects to benefit even more as the
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        588 48 Group aims to be among the world's top 10 carmakers by the year 2000" Reuter ULSAN, South Korea Carmakers the world over may be closing down plants, laying off workers and cutting production, but Hyundai Motor is gearing up to expand. It has launched an
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          Lock icon Opel plans job cuts
          71 48 Reuter RUESSELSHEIM, Germany Opel AG. the German unit of General Motors, said it will eliminate 1.700 jobs from a workforce of about 52.400 due to the sharp decline in car demand in Europe. The company said it expects to make the job cuts by the year-end.
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          Lock icon Old kins of the road
          52 48 Reuter BOMBAY Outdated in time and style, the Ambassador car, modelled on a version of the British-made Morris is still king of the road in Bombay. The Ambassador, the backbone of Indian private transport, is expected to come out with an improved diesel engine next
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          Lock icon Emirates granted new landing rights
          89 48 Reuter RIYADH Emirates Airlines, the Dubai-based carrier, will be allowed to fly to three Gulf states which had previously not given it landing rights, a senior Gulf Arab oflicial said. AbduHah Quwaiz, assistant secretary-general for economic affairs at the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), said
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      1283 36 AS AGENTS: KAWASAKI SINGAPORE (PTE) LTD (CH N«. **********0 M) W V TEL: *****77 TELEX: KAWAKI R*****5 FAX: *****07/8/9 M MALAYSIA: "K" UNE MARITIME (MALAYSIA) SDN BHD I H_V M JCjf TEL: SA *****00 PK *****75 PEN *****0 JB *****1 PGU *****5/6 KAWASAKI RISEN KAISHA, LTD Indonesia: p.t. sarana laut
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      1071 36 PHIU-OfMNT LINGS PT€ LTP 108 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 AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND/SOUTH PACIFIC FCL/LCL SERVICE 30 APR SYDNEY, MELBOURNE. BRISBANE. FREMANTLE 1 MAY AUCKLAND. WELLINGTON. LYTTLETON. NEW PLYMOUTH, NAPIER. CHRISTCHURCH 28 APR SUVA.
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      1014 37 /aaaaHH pacific international lines (PTE) ltd I I SSSSSSSSS 140 Cecil Street, #03-00 PIL Building. Singapore 0106. 1| I S&SS9V SIHV CR NO **********061 1I mESESSSM |i I ISh.H.WK r I I 81AM BAY 23N 30/4 3/5 7/5 KOTA NOAH 3201 2/5 5/S »/5 II EQUATOR CRYSTAL 130N 1/5 4/5
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      1556 37 EXPRESS CONTAINER SERVICE TO UK-NORTH CONTINENT-SCANDiNAVIA WEEKLY p p GUDANG PENANG P KELANG OCEAN VSL/VOY SIN SOU 1) RTM <2> (3 GOT >4) P *23/4 23/4 2474 BEN AVON 3152 28/4 15/5 1775 18/5 20/5 E ~30/4 JUTLANDIA 3162 4/5 21/5 23/5 24/5 26/5 D E R E X I
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      311 37 °BSA° TRANSPORTATION M MYANMA wBBk FIVE STAR LINE (Myanmar National Line) Loading for Yangon (Rangoon) Spore P.KIf Pen PGdf MERGU VUOW 04/06 May HPA AN VI9OW 09/11 May PAGAN VI97W 15/17 May PA INQN *123* 17/19 May MALAYSIA AGENTS: BOUSTEAD SHPPMG AGENCES KUL TEL 03-*****00 PKL TEL 03-3MS7C7 PEN: TEI
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      690 41 (fc FAMOUS CONTAINER LINES I 10 ANSON RD. #15-21 INTERNATIONAL PLAZA, S'PORE 0207 I HOT LINE: *****33 (24 LINES) I GOTHENBURG/SCAN 03/05 ROTTERDAM 03/05 I AARHUS/COPENHAGEN 03/05 HAMBURG/BREMEN 03/05 I MARSEILLE/FRANCE 20/04 FEIIXSTOWE/UK 20/04 I BARCELONA/SPAIN 03/05 LEHAVRE/ERAWCE 03/05 I GENOA/ITALY 01/05 ANTWERP/BELGIUM 02/05 I LOS ANGELES/WC/IPI 20/04 SYDNEY/MELBOURNE 07/05
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      576 41 Oa RICHFIELD MARINE AGENCIES (S) PTE LTD K TEL: *****33 (12 Lines) SL FAX: *****15/*****03 fH TELEX: RS ***** RISHIP (3 Line*) m ETHIOPIAN SHIPPING LINES (National Lines of Ethiopia) ACCEPTING FCL AND CONVENTIONAL vessel Ivov eta loading fob SPORE ABYOT 32W8 28/05 DARESSALAAM MOMBASA DJWOUTI ASSAB MASSAWA NETSANET 30WB
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      641 41 JAKARTA BAN GKQK -Tl mm bhum T55 sTrt Til g. Kaamstv 2iw mpt 21/4 sji 1/5 J BAM BHUM 755 30/4 *75 MAHA BHUM 155N In Pt 21/4 Sun 2/5 n inn ~M T75 5/5 73W f J* mM ill NAmA BHUM 130N Sit 1/5 OM 5/5 OR" ,/S ONAGON
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      286 41 whhw BAY OF BENGAL SERVICES MM j I TKU STM M Z9-M/M 0047/05 13-14/05 I I cmmmbii am "Wg I I IHI MHtOW CM 12»/« W-a/g I nsa— g nan 10-11/05 17-10/05 n-nm I I nam iccai 0243/05 00-12/05 15-U/5 I MMLBS M MK» 0540/05 12-15/05 21-22/05 I I not
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      1126 42 tAIMN CONTAINER LINES £J\c/\HJAgents: MAC-NELS SPORE: *****22 (24 LINES) P ENAN I <S°S4) 0 ***** SIBU: (084) 3 ***** A^1\1?***** P.KELANG: (03) *****77 JAKARTA: (21) *****32 SURABAYA. (31) *****0 COMPETITIVE RATE TO HONG KONG 3 SAILINGS WEEKLY DEPARTORE EVERY:(TUES/THURS/SAT) FOR ROOKING, PLS CALL ««»||W-1IIUI'" .Mints. WEE BIW. JO I OLOBEUNK
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      228 42 BLUE STAR LINE 11 SINGAPORE TO AND FROM NEW ZEALAND AND PACIFIC ISLANDS SM ML ITT S* FGUARD BAT 2S 30/4 13/5 15/5 1/« PROSPECT 24S 12/5 25/5 27/5 12/6 N Z STAR 7S 25/5 6/6 «/6 25/6 FULLY CONTAINERISED SAILINGS DISCHARGING AT AUCKLAND. LYTTELTON. ACCEPTING FCL LCL FOR NEW
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      1007 42 THONG SOON UNES PTE. LTD. 77 ROBINSON ROAD #15-00, #16-00 SIA BUILDING SINGAPORE 0106 TEL: *****88 FAX NO: *****11. *****22 9Er TLX: RS ***** CARRER, RS ***** JENHOL CABLE: TOSOCO CONVENTIONAL/CONTAINER BOOKIMO UME: *****86 SINGAPORE TO SARAWAK VESSEL *0T SPORE BEST VESSEL WT STORE lIST EQUATOR JADE 76/3E 01 MAY
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      816 43 *J£V'EVERETT ORIENT LINE" JAPAN/BAY OF BENGAL/JAPAN SERVICE ACCEPTWG BK Aft BULK SOC CARGOES 10 FROM KOBE. YOKOHAMA. NAGOYA, MOD. TOKYO*. MANHA* DAVAO* Penant* P. Kelanj Singapore E'Msia* SHAPLAEVERETT VISE 08/09 May KAMALEVERETT VI6E 27/28 May KARABIEVfRETT VI2E 16/17 Jun ACCEPTMG BREAKBU.K/FCL SOC CARGOES TO/FROM CHTIAGONG. CALCUTTA AM) MONGLA*. Singapore P.
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      286 43 li* BLOWY NAWQATWii CBOUP REGULAR LINER SERVICE TAIWAN TO SINGAPORE 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 GLORY SELATAN V 2/5 7/5 8/5 18/5 SP PKL HCM HK KAO GLORY SELATAN IX 25/4 28/4
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      651 43 Vjfc PCSL WORLDWIDE PHIUUU -CIOBE STUUIttS LIKES REGULAR FCL SERVICE TO THE FOLLOWING WEEKLY SAILING TO HUANG PU ft 3HANTOU Connecting Feeder to Huang PuSUI TUO CONTAINER NO 2 Connecting Feeder to Shantao LIAN BO NO. 9 r WE HV LEASING CONTRS FOR RENTAL SAILING TO 'PHNOM PENH' FORTNIGHTLY FCL/LCL
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      494 43 FORTNIGHTLY DIRECT CONTAINER SERVICE SIN TO DURBAN VESSEL sm DURBAN P ELIZABETH SIN FENGANSMAN Vl2O 04/05 20/05 23/05 11/ OB FENGKANGSHAN V5O/51 19/ OS 05/0B 08/ OB 28/ OB ALSO ACCEPTWG TO JOHANNESBURG PRETORIA VIA DURBAN BOOKING AGENT FOR COSCO SIN TO MADRAS VESSEL "OS SIN CAPE BONAVtSTA 254N 03/05
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      374 43 SjN FAR EAST 4/5 KEELUNG/KAOHSIUNG 1/5 BANGKOK 3/5 MANILA/CEBU 2/5 JAKARTA/BELAWAN/SURABAYA 3/5 PORT KELANG/PENANG/E. MALAYSIA 3/5 BUSAN 2/5 TOKYO/YOKO/KOBE/NGO/OSA 3/5 HONG KONG SIN CHj|IA (+B#±*fen) 3/5 GUANGZHOU/HUANGPU/SHENZHEN FUZHOU/ XIAMEN SHANTOU/ SHEKOU DALIAN SHAN GHAI XIN GANG TIAN JIN/QINGDAO HAIKOU also accepting LCL cargo SjN EUROPE/UK 3/5 LDN/FLX/LVP/SOU 3/5 RDM /HAM/ANT/LEH/GOA/OSI/GOT/BCN
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      697 44 HONG KONG/CHINA 3/5 10/5 JAKARTA 30/4 7/5 BAN6KOK 5/5 12/5 MANILA 30/4 7/5 BUSAN 3/5 6 10/5 KEELUNG 1/5« 8/5 TOKYO/KOBE 30/4 4 7/5 JO/4 4/5 _POBT KELANG/PENANG 30/4 YOKOHAMA 30/4.4 COLOMBO 1/5 4 8/5 FELIXSTOWE/HAMBURG 1/5 4 8/5 CHITTA6OMi/MADRAS 5/5 4 12/5 MTTEWMI/LE UHVmmr 1/5 J/5 BOMBAY/KARACHI 3/5 4
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      523 44 y Contemn CONTERM FREIGHT (F.E.) PTE LTD. SYDNEY 30TH APR ACCEPTING TO ALL PORTS IN NEW ZEALAND BANGKOK 2ND MAY JAKARTA 2ND WAY PORT KELAM6 6 WAY FREWANTLE 28 APR WELBOURNE 30 APR BRISBANE 30 APR AUCKLAND 12 WAY I'ACCCPTmC TO ALt SCANDINAVIA POBTS BOMBAY 01 MAT COLOMBO 04 MAT
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      440 44 CONSOLIDATION TO LIMASSOL FIRST FORWARDER IN ASIA AWARDED CHOYANG FRONTIER V.WM3IB ISO 9002 BY LRQA ETD 4 MAY 93 CLOSING: 30 APRIL 93 JAPAN SENATOR V.WM3I9 ETD 12 MAY 93 CLOSING: 10 MAY 93 ALSO ACCEPTING CARGO VIA LIMASSOL TO ff%\ BEIRUT, HAIFA, LATTAKIA, MALTA |Tsa| CALL US NOW FOR
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      223 44 NIPPON EXPRESS Arrow International (Worldwide Consolidation System) WEEKLY TO: TOKYO/YOKOHAMA/NAGOYA/KAOSHIUNG/ HONG KONG/BANGKOK/KEELUNG/KOBE/ LOS ANGELES (LONG BEACHVNEW YORK/ CHICAGO/SYDNEY/MELBOURNE/HAMBURG/ FELIXSTOWE/ROTTERDAM/DUSSELDORF WE ALSO DEAL IN FCL CARGO WORLDWIDE ARROW EXPRESS (SERVICE TO MALAYSIA) MALAYSIA TRUCK CONSOLIDATION Depart Singapore DAILY to K.L, BANGI. SHAH ALAM ARROW EXPRESS BONDED CONSOLIDATION Depart Singapore every TUESDAY
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      1041 45 VESSEL/VOYAGE SINGAPORE DURBAN PORT ELIZABETH CAPE TOWN HAKATA V9332F 30/4 I|Z5 W* OKAIUE WSO9F 3Z5 21/5 23/5 25/5 MYAKAWA jjjgU V8668F I|Z5 IIZS VAAL V97tof 2?/5 NEDLLOVP COLOMBO W«6sf 11* 20/8 01* OSAKA MARU V9970F I|/S 30/8 2/7 *U HAKATA V9333F 2«/6 I*ZZ "ALSO ACCEPTING AIR CARGO ON THE ABOVE
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      65 45 "BANGKOK" P.A.T. KLONG TOEY PORT ETA ETA VESSEL VOY SM BANGKOK NANTA BHUM 139N 01/05/93 05/05/93 MAHA BHUM IS6N 05/05/93 09/05/93 NANTA BHUM 139N 08/05/93 12/05/93 MAHA BHUM 157N 12/05/93 16/05/93 (MAHA BHUM IS A FULL THAI FLAG VESSEL) ETA ETA ETA VESSEL VOY SM MANLA CEBU AKA BHUM 122
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      103 45 m CRYSTAL FREIGHT SERVICES PTE LTD fl toll free une *****,8 <St qdg MAIN LINE: *****88 W 3^ MHIWm I BUSAN OK 6/5 AOEUUOE 0 15 FELIXSTOWE Wl i*nwr v!/a 5/5 BRISBANE 30/4 HAMBURG 2/5 SKI' 3/5 FREMANTLE 5/5 ROTTERDAM 2/5 £££>« ili E is° ußNE KEELUNG 5/5, 12/5 SYDNEY
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      573 46 EWOOD LINE SOUTHERN AFRICA SERVICE SPORE PI OBN CT *VMTAS ***** 3/5 19/5 28/5 3/6 •ALSO CALLS E.l. AND PI. PK SEAFIX SHIPPING SON BHD TEL 357 5525 TLX. ***** KJC.: CAPRICORN FREIGHT SERVICES TEL 213 202 TI.X. «12M jfJIL SECIL MARITIMA, U.E.E. Luanda, Angola. FAR EAST/ ANGOLA SERVICE SPOK
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      782 46 J EES FREIGHT SERVICES PTE LTdI r\ #01-60 Wallich BuildiFig, Singapore 0207 AM mM fLI Tel: *****66 (10 Unes) Fax: *****69/*****44 AIRPORT OFFICE: *****11 *****13 (FAX) I IMPORTING FROM USA I WE PROVIDE WEEKLY SAILINGS WITH FAST TRANSIT TIMES AND LOW INLAND RATES I ENQUIRIES: SHIRLEY/ZAINAfrgERS I CONTAINER line ltd
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      265 46 WORLDGATE EXPRESS LINES PTE LTD /Tel: *****11 Fax: *****73 Telex: ***** WGATE NEXT VESSEL CONSOLIDATION TO BOM/KAR/MAD 1/5 KEELUNG 30/4 COLOMBO 3/5 HONGKONG 3/5 PORT LOUIS 6/5 KAOHSIUNG 1/5 CHITTAGONG 29/4 BANGKOK 29/4 CALCUTTA —30/4 PKG/PEN 1/5 PIRAEUS —29/4 JAKARTA 3/5 BANGLADESH SHIPPING CORPN. REGULAR SERVICE TO/FROM CHITTAGONG VtSStL VOYAGE
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      50 46 CONVENTIONAL SERVICE VESSEL ETA SIN TO TBN 2/5 COLOMBO/KARAOH/DUBAI/DAMMAM TBN 30/4 MANILA TBN 30/4 MADRAS/KANOLA/BOMBAY TBN 30/4 CALCUTT A/CHITT AGONG TBN 30/4 CHINA PORTS (BEIHAI) ALSO AVAILABLE FOR BANDAR ABBAS/DARESALAM/JEOOAH OAMM AM/MOMBASA/LAT AKIA/Y ANGON LCL/FCL SERVICE MMMS/CM.CUTTA/COUMO WEEKLY SERVICE BOMMY/KMACH/CMTTttONG WEEKLY SOMCE most cnpiTmm mid rot m«uu/cm.cuth mm colomo inuu
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      508 47 STRAITS/ JAPAN/ STRAITS SERVICE I SPECIALIST IN RO-RO t HEAVY LIFTS I MBOUND VESSELS I Htm (i I ism ***** in mai m tu I MM«U J ai HI I NAME W¥ lIS 21/4 MM SJ I CBHK WEU 2* 21/4 27/4 I Cum TiAOEI 37 M/ 4 I CBHBC
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      885 47 X/l 1 JEDDAH/UK/CONTNENT I STORE ICD STON HBIMG I DAM LED *Mm Acc*«* Cap F«r RAMAKIMA 21/111 2S/4 IS/S 11/S 21/S Swß-flw MMRR NiMhßm. MM»I NAh DRESDEN EVKSS 11/311 l/S 11/S IS/S 22/S 24/S 21/S RMtartwi :M HMwmp. AntariM. tot, H*Mq RAGA 29/117 S/S 22/S 2S/S 27/5 SU»«»liii Mi liiM»RII
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      66 48 F™ECHNbTOOT^I Tomorrow in Business Times n mama > M.v. -saw stout- vot. i Arrived 19th April 1993 Consignee* of all damaged cargoes ex the captioned vessel is hereby notified that a general survey will be held on the 29th April 1993 0900-1200 hours at PTia No further survey will be
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