The Business Times, 1 June 1993

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    13 1 BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 552/12/92 Tuesday June 1 1993 WE KNOW ASIA 75«
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  • 2am LATEST
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      Lock icon Clinton booed at Viet War monument
      72 1 AFP WASHINGTON President Bill Clinton was booed as he arrived at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial for ceremonies marking Memorial Day. About 10() people, many of them combat-clad Vietnam veterans, had assembled to protest against his appearance at the monument. Mr Clinton, the first US
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      Lock icon Decree paves way for Polish elections
      60 1 AFP WARSAW Polish President Lech Walesa's decree dissolving Parliament was published in the Official Gazette, opening the path for early general elections later this year, television announced. The announcement cast doubt on a planned meeting today of the Lower House to consider whether to
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      Lock icon Fiat group profits plunge 50pc
      51 1 Reuter TURIN Fiat announced that group profits fell nearly 50 per cent last year while its key car division barely broke even. It said its consolidated attributable net profit dived to 551 billion lire (SS6O6 million) in 1992, from 1.11 trillion lire the year before.
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    MARKET SUMMARY
    113 1 Stock market indices Monday Change STI1 1.894.44 -10 90 KLSE Composite Closed Nikkei 20.552.35 -291.34 Hang Seng 7.372.19 -25.72 SET Index 825.71 -10 32 Jakarta Composite ...341.67 +4.30 C'LSA China B 1.129 24 -18 69 Aust All Ord 1.737 4 -23 FTSE 100 Closed Monday Previous close Dow
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    Lock icon Foreign investors are back in Thailand after 12-month break
    651 1  -  From Alan Boyd in BANGKOK FOREIGN INVESTORS are returning to Thailand in spite of gloomy economic news, with a sharp rebound in applications for government incentives in the first four months of the year. Figures released by the Board of Investment
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    Accusations of rigged polls as Hun Sen's party loses lead
    456 1  -  Cambodian elections From Harish Mehta in PHNOM PENH PRIME MINISTER Hun Sen's ruling Cambodian People's Party (CPP), trailing by one percentage point behind its royalist rival, has charged that the elections have been unfair and full of irregularities. The CPP
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    Lock icon Li Peng's letter on TV, but he remains out of sight
    160 1 AFP BEIJING Chinese state television yesterday showed a letter written by ailing Premier Li Peng on its evening news broadeast. in an apparent bid to quell growing speculation about Mr Li's long absence. In its lead story, China Central
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    Lock icon Crocodile Dundee star to list new film on Aussie stock exchange
    374 1 Reuter AFP SYDNEY Star of the Australian movie Crocodile Dundee. Paul Hogan. has launched his next film project Lightning Jack, the first local film to be listed on the Australian Stock Exchange. A prospectus on Lightning Jack, an As3s
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    Lock icon Sell NZ immigration visas to highest bidders: don
    158 1 AFP WKLLINGTON New Zealand should hold international auctions to sell to the highest bidder the right to settle here, an Australian economics professor told a conference here yesterday. Wolfgang Rasper said New Zealand's population of 3.4 million needed to reach five million
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    Singapore non-oil exports up a robust 36pc in April
    658 1  -  By Schutz Lee SINGAPORE Powered by the healthy recovery in electronics shipments, the volume of Singapore's non-oil domestic exports soared b\ an impressive 36 per cent to $6.26 billion in April, bringing the volume of total trade to a monthly record.
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    STII slips below 1,900-level
    108 1 SINGAPORE Stocks in Singapore took a breather yesterday as the benchmark Straits Times Industrials Index slipped below the 1.900-level barrier to close at 1,894.44. down 10.9 points. Trading was quiet ahead of today's Flari Raya Haji holiday in Singapore, with the market closed in Kuala Lumpur
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
    • eye on the ECONOMY
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        Lock icon Private home prices holding
        362 2  -  By Anna Teo NO CLIMB is in sight for the TCON sub-indices for the residential construction sector, but thev portend well still. As this column saw yesterday, Transearch Consultants' TCON indices for the overall construction industry pointed to the danger of a recession, especially in the
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      Sisir to test S-E Asian exports to Russia
      159 2 THE Singapore Institute of Standards and Research (Sisir) has become the testing agency for South-east Asian exports to Russia. Under an agreement signed yesterday with its Russian equivalent Gosstandart. Sisir will carry out tests in line with the Russian National Certification System.
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      HDB tightens rental rules to help low-income group
      469 2  -  30-month non-eligibility period for those who sell flats on open market By A J Leow HDB fiat owners who sell their units on the open market will not be eligible to rent cheap HDB fiats for 30 months, the Housing Development Board
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      Japan's Jaccs to issue credit cards in Singapore
      417 2  -  By Quak Hiang Whai ONE ol Japan's leading consumer credit companies. Jaccs Co Ltd. has set up a whollyowned subsidiary in Singapore to issue credit cards. Jaccs International (Singapore) Pte Ltd. capitalised at 100 million yen (SSI.S million). will begin operation today.
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      Application for president-eligibility certificate opens tomorrow
      305 2 SINGAPOREANS intending to run for president can apply for a certificate of eligibility from tomorrow. Applications for certificates must be submitted to the Presidential Elections Committee (PEC) through the Elections Department no later than three days after the date of the writ for the
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  • THE REGION
    • Article
      Jakarta eases rules for capital adequacy ratio targets
      452 3  -  From Maggie Ford in JAKARTA IN A MOVE to reinvigorate bank lending and increase economic growth, the Indonesian central bank has eased the rules for meeting capital adequacy ratio targets and loan-to-deposit ratios imposed two years ago. The new rules will relax
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      Lock icon Larger-than-expected Aussie current account deficit sparks sell-off in markets
      535 3 Reuter SYDNEY Another larger-than-expected current account deficit has sparked a sell-otY in Australian financial markets for the second time last month and reinforced the view that an interest rate cut is unlikely, economists said yesterday. The Reserve Bank was rumoured to
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      Ramos wants action on S'pore-Filipino ventures
      345 3 MANILA President Fidel Ramos yesterday ordered senior officials to speed up the implementation of some Filipi-no-Singaporean joint ventures forged during his recent official visit to Singapore. The move, announced during a press conference, was in reaction to complaints from Filipino businessmen that certain officials
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      Manila may pursue economic plan without IMF
      347 3  -  From Al Labita in MANILA HIE Philippines might pursue an economic programme without relying on the International Monetary Fund. President Fidel Ramos said yesterday that he had ordered his economic managers to draw up a programme in case the IMF refused to re-ne-gotiate
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      Lock icon China supports Asean as forum for Asian security talks
      397 3 AFP I OKA O Chinese horeign Minister Qian Qichen has said that China supported the Association of South-east Asian Nations (Asean) as a forum to discuss security issues in the Asia-Pacific region. "Asian security issues should be dealt in various routes
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      Lock icon Chinese who spent HK$17m in Macau to be charged
      235 3 Reuter BEIJING A Chinese executive who bet HKSI million (SS208.000) of his company's money on a single game of chance in a Macau casino has been arrested on suspicion of corruption. Xinhua news agency said yesterday that Yu Haojic. manager of
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      Lock icon Philippine foreign debt hits US$31b
      277 3 AFP MANILA The Philippines' foreign debt hit U5531.086 billion (SSSO billion) on Jan 31. up 0.5 per cent or US$l52 million from the same dav in 1992. Central Bank (CB) documents released yesterday show that the increase from the U5530,934 million debt posted at the
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    • ASIA NOTES
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        Lock icon EC seeks regular dialogue with Apec
        60 3 AP SINGAI*()RE I lie European Community wants regular dia; logue with the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum. Belgian Deputy Prime Minister Willy ('lacs said yesterday: "Everyone in the EC wants cooperation and links with Apec. We cannot ignore the three billion people of Apec." Mr
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        Lock icon Call to use more PCs in Japan
        107 3 Reuter TOKYO Japan should dramatically increase the number of PCs in homes, government offices and schools as part of a 10-ycar plan to embrace the computer age. A subcommittee of a Ministry of International Iradc and Industry (Miti) advisory body is likely to
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        Lock icon Zhu Rongji to head agricultural team
        57 3 AFP HONGKONG hincsc Vice-Premier Zhu Rongji has been appointed to head a top-level party working group on agriculture. Mr Zhu. who is the premier in charge of the country's economy, was appointed to head the party central committee's working group on agriculture, the Beijing-funded
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        Lock icon Quick relief for Bangkok motorists
        91 3 AFP BANGKOK Motorists can now breathe a sigh of relief if nature calls while they arc languishing in one of the city's interminable traffic snarls. A Thai company has produced a device which will allow traffic-jam bound motorists to relieve themselves in the comfort of
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        Lock icon Police raid Seoul campuses
        88 3 AP SEOUL Police raided two Seoul uni\crsitics before dawn yesterday and arrested 44 radical students in connection with last week's major street protests in the capital. Police, however, failed to arrest top leaders of a newly-formed militant student group that organised the most violent street protests
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        Lock icon US senators, veterans in MIA talks
        80 3 Reuter HANOI US congressmen and leaders of veterans' groups held talks with Vietnamese officials yesterday, hoping to speed up the process of accounting for American servicemen who went missing in the Vietnam War. Senator John Kerry, the delegation leaded, said they wanted to speed
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        Lock icon India to hold talks with IMF
        67 3 Reuter NEW DELHI India will begin talks in July with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on a new medium-term loan, signalling India's renewed commitment to its reform programme. Finance Minister Maninohan Singh said yesterday: "We do want the support of the IMF even though
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        Lock icon Thailand expects 7.8pc growth
        114 3 Reuter BANGKOK Thailand says it can achicvc 7.7 to 7.8 per cent economic growth in 1993 in spite of weak exports and sluggish public sector investment early this year. A government spokesman said yesterday, after an economic ministers meeting, that he expected Thai gross domestic product
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      Lock icon Seoul blitz on fakes gladdens foreign firms, worries locals
      466 3 AFP SEOUL A South Korean government crackdown on violators of intellectual property rights (IPR) has encouraged foreign businessmen here, but it has shopowners in Seoul's Itaewon district worried over plunging sales. Located near the sprawling Bth Army base at Yongsan. headquarters
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  • THE WORLD
    • WORLD WATCH
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        Lock icon EC set to regulate working hours
        86 4 Reuter BRUSSELS A plan to regulate working time at European Community level, setting a maximum 48-hour week, is expected to he cleared by KC social atTairs ministers today, diplomats said yesterday. The plan is expected to get the go-ahead after Britain, its strongest opponent,
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        Lock icon On guard at all times
        33 4 Reuter LONDON A Guardsman keeping a watchful eye on his colleagues during a march down the Mall at a weekend rehearsal for the Trooping the Colour parade. Reuter
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        Lock icon Protest against ships' sale to Indonesia
        69 4 AFP PEENEMUNDE, Germany A score of demonstrators occupied a torpedo boat here on Sunday to protest against a plan to sell Indonesia 39 warships that had belonged to East Germany, police said. The demonstrators oppose the sale because of Indonesia's seizure in 1976 of
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        Lock icon Russia, Latvia close to pipeline accord
        108 4 Reuter VENTSPILS. Latvia Russia and Latvia are close to settling a dispute over ownership of a pipeline that has disrupted Russian exports of oil products for the past seven months, according to officials in the Baltic state. Other officials in the Baltic Sea port,
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        Lock icon French PM calls for tough budget
        84 4 AFP JPARIS French Prime Minister Edouard Balladur has called )jn ministers for an "unprecedented economy drive" in the 1994 Rational budget, in guidelines published in the latest edition of Monde newspaper. The newspaper said that in his guidelines ministers, sent to them a few
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        Lock icon Solzhenitsyn returning to Russia
        76 4 Reuter MOSCOW Russian author Alexander Solzhenitsyn will end Jiearly 20 years of foreign exile and return home soon from the HJS, his wife was quoted as saying yesterday. "There is no doubt ;about our family returning to Russia." Natalya Solzhenitsyn said. According to Itar-Tass news agcncy.
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      Lock icon Little respite ahead for Major after cabinet reshuffle
      538 4 Reuter LONDON British Prime ;Minister John Major can expect only the briefest of honeymoons after trying to refresh 4iis lacklustre government with <1 cabinet reshuffle. Colleagues and commentators said Mr Major had to do jnore to reassert authority than Ireplace Chancellor of
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      Lock icon Clinton's budget short on spending cuts: US senators
      509 4 Too much emphasis put on higher taxes, they say Reuter WASHINGTON President Bill Clinton's budget package put too much emphasis on higher taxes and too little on spending cuts. Republican and Democratic senators warned on Sunday amid reports that negotiations to scale
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      Lock icon US machine tool orders rise to 5-year high
      327 4 Reuter WASHINGTON US machine tool orders rose 4.8 per cent to their highest level in nearly five years last month, largely because of growing demand from America's car makers, an industry trade group reported yesterday. April orders totalled U*****.2 million (*****.1 million),
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      Lock icon Get your economy under control, US Treasurer Bentsen to tell Yeltsin
      345 4 AFP AP WASHINGTON Treasury Secretary Lloyd Bentsen intends to present a warning this week to Russian President Boris Yeltsin: Get your economy under control. During three days of discussions in Moscow. Mr Bcntsen's aides say his message will be
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      Lock icon More than just a name on the wall
      46 4 Reuter WASHINGTON A Vietnam War veteran copying the name of a fallen friend off the Vietnam Wall Memorial on Sunday. President Bill Clinton was scheduled to visit the monument yesterday as part of Memorial Day commemorative events. Keuter
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      Lock icon Revolt brews over EC candidate for top Gatt post
      560 4 Reuter GENEVA Major developing countries in the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (Gatt) are considering a challenge to the European Community's Irish nominee as new head of the organisation, trade diplomats said yesterday. The diplomats said the potential revolt had
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      Lock icon Fiery debate on immigration expected at EC meeting
      539 4 AFP COPENHAGEN EC interior and immigration ministers meet here today for two days of what promises to be an impassioned debate on asylum and immigration policies in the European Community. The meeting follows the adoption last Friday by the German Parliament of
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      Lock icon Racist attacks continue in Germany despite govt moves
      416 4 AP AFP BONN After banning rightist groups and passing a law that in keeping foreigners out is meant to keep violence in cheek. Germany seems to have run out of answers for halting neo-Nazi attacks. The monstrous firebombing of a I urkish
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
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      Jardines a whisker away from mandatory offer for CCL
      456 5  -  Group now holds 24.63 pc stake in Cycle Carriage By Lee Han Shih SINGAPORE Two days of buying last week has given the Jardine group a controlling 24.63 per cent stake in Cycle Carriage Ltd (CCL) just a few hundred thousand
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      Amtek adds two more subsidiaries to group
      222 5 SINGAPORE Amtek Engineering is adding two more subsidiaries to its stable as part of its expansion efforts. The company has converted its $1.7 million loan to associated company Microlite Electric into 4.25 million "C" redeemable preference shares convertible to ordinary shares of 1
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      Hotel Grand Central to buy third NZ building for NZ$7.1m
      364 5 SINGAPORE Listed Hotel Grand Central continues to invest in properties in New Zealand. with plans to add a third New Zealand building to its portfolio. The three-star hotel yesterday said its subsidiary. Grand Central (NZ) Ltd. had entered into a
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      Lock icon China plans to overhaul B share market to woo investors
      310 5 South China Morning Post HONGKONG China plans fundamental reforms to make its fledgling B share market more attractive to investors, according to a senior securities regulator. Proposals include permitting domestic investors to buy such shares and allowing them to be
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      Looking behind the glitter of Delta Gold shares
      696 5  -  MARKET WATCH By S N Vasuki SINGAPORE Delta Gold has been receiving unusual attention from investors lately. Since the beginning of the year, the share price of this Sydneylisted gold mining company has soared from around AS 1.21 in January to close
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      DBS to use preference share issue proceeds in general business
      256 5 SINGAPORE DBS Bank will use the proceeds from its billion-dollar preference share issue in its general business, it said in a prospectus released yesterday. The share issue, payable over three years, is structured in partly paid form to enhance affordability
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      Keppel Group to take over Asia Building Society
      309 5  -  By Quak Hiang Whai SINGAPORE The Keppel Group is buying smallish finanee house Asia Building Society. Keppel Corp said in a statement yesterday that its subsidiary, K Investment Holdings (KIH). had reached preliminary agreement with the majority shareholders of ABS to buy
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      Reinsurance industry heading for global crisis: Sing Re
      165 5 SINGAPORE There will be a worldwide shakeout in the reinsurance business, according to Singapore Reinsurance Corp chairman Hwang Soo Jin in the company's latest annual report. Natural disasters, increased provision for claims and lower investment earnings in 1992 have triggered the withdrawal
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      Lock icon SUMMARY
      383 5 Source: Bridge Info Performance of STII's Index stocks May 31 Last Nease Index Slock sale hge factor muter* (S> m S Avimo 2.*20 OOSO l.7| 641 t Ac -i ;v) -0 200 5 35 25 64 I Vrrfxh 5 1MJ -0 050 3 15 6 41 FAN I2.8UO 0
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    • COMPANIES
      • COMPANY BRIEFS
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          New series of stock options
          58 6 SINGAPORE The Stock Exchange of Singapore has announced that eight additional series of stock options for Singapore Airlines foreign shares ha\e been introduced. Trading starts tomorrow. The exchange is also adding 12 series of stock options for City Developments Ltd shares and another 12 for
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          G P Batteries in China venture
          73 6 SINGAPORE G P Batteries International (GPBI) has formed a joint venture with Japan's Toshiba Battery Co and China's Hui/hou City Industrial Development Co to produce batteries in Hui/hou, China. GPBI has a 42.5 per cent stake in the venture, called T G Battery Co
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          Lock icon PepsiCo all set for Viet production
          106 6 Reuter HONGKONG PepsiCo Inc will start producing soft drinks in Vietnam within weeks of a US decision to end its economic embargo on the country. Pepsi-Cola International's Asia Pacific president Tony Illsley said. Mr Illslev told reporters that Vietnam's International Beverages Co opened a
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          Lock icon Taipei eases curbs on foreign investors
          77 6 Reuter TAIPEI Taiwan will allow foreign investors to buy preferred stocks, effective immediately, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) said. "We hope to ease curbs on foreign investors as much as possible as the market moves towards internationalisation." an SEC spokesman said. For common
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        UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
        447 6 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS Managers' prices Jun 2 Singapore Unit Trust The Commerce 1.38 l.45xd The Savings Fund 124 1.30 S'porc Prog Fund 0.58 0.61 S'porc See Fund 0.92 0.97 S'porc Invest Fund 1.04 109 S'porc Equity Fund 0.64 0.67 Asia Unit Trust Nlal Invest Fund I 77 I 86xd Mai
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        Lock icon US consumer electronics group sees better sales ahead
        253 6 Reuter CHICAGO Forget about low consumer confidence. The US consumer electronics industry is hav ing a much better year than expected, according to industry leaders who just upped their 1993 sales forecast by a margin of nearly twothirds. Jerry Kalov, chairman of
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        Lock icon Three China firms confirm filing listing papers in HK
        492 6 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG In a big step towards the eventual listing of mainland Chinese companies on the Hongkong stock exchange. three state-run enterprises intending to list shares in the territory confirmed yesterday that they have recently filed the preliminary papers
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        Lock icon China Resources to sell 640 m new shares to raise HK$2b
        307 6 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG China Resources Enterprise, a statecontrolled real estate and cold storage group, said it is selling 640 million new shares at HK53.30 each to raise HKS2.II billion (*****.3 million). The money will be spent mainly on
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        Lock icon China: Walt Disney's next Magic Kingdom?
        517 6 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG Mickey Mouse in a Mao cap? That's .probably a stretch. But Chinese consumers will soon be seeing a lot more of The Walt Disney Co's internationally renowned cartoon characters with the debut of the Mi Imo Shu or Mickey Mouse
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        Lock icon Wharf Cable vows swift start-up for Hongkong pay TV
        494 6 One million homes will have access by next year Reuter HONGKONG Wharf Cable Ltd said an initial 250.000 homes here would be wired by October when its long-awaited cable TV system is sw itched on and that nearly one million homes
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        Lock icon Seoul ruling party's former co-chairman faces probe
        202 6 AFP SEOUL South Korea's National Tax Administration asked prosecutors yesterday to investigate a former co-chair-man of South Korea's ruling party for allegedly accepting some USS7 million (SSI 1.2 million) in bribes, a spokesman said. Park Tac Joon. a former cochairman of the ruling
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        Lock icon BNZ inquiry finds smoothed profits but no conspiracy
        567 6 Reuter WELLINGTON The Bank of New Zealand (BNZ) has been criticised for profitsmoothing but cleared of allegations of conspiracy after an investigation by the country's securities watchdog. A 274-page report by the New Zealand Securities Commission covers a tumultuous period for the
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        DIVIDENDS ANNOUNCED
        1243 6 Payment Ex Books Pay (%> date close date Aetna F 7.5 Jun 10 Jun 22 Jul 5 Apollo F 2.5 Jun 21 Jun 25 Jul 15 Bouslcad 50* 1 7.5 Apr 22 May 7 Jun 4 B Ka>a F 3 May 25 Jun 9 Jul 8 Cat ha
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    • FINANCE & COMMODITIES
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        Lock icon Eurodollars end firm, Euroyen weaker
        1336 7 SIMEX REPORT Reuter SINGAPORE Simex Eurodollar futures ended slightly firmer on short-covering hut trade was dulled hy US and UK market holidays yesterday. The absence of foreign interest kept activity centred on spreads, with some sporadic buying emerging in the late session for deferreds. Undertones.
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        Singapore rubber futures little changed
        1122 7 Rubber SINGAPORE: Rubber futures closed little changed with most traders sidelined on lack of fresh factors, dealers said. At around 0945 GMT. Aug RSS 3 was quoted at 78.25/79.25 US cents a kg compared with last Friday's 79.00/80.00 cents. July RSS 1 was quoted at
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        Lock icon China's foreign certificates plunge on reforms rumours
        317 7 Reuter BEIJING China's Foreign Exchange Certificates (EEC), the special currency used by foreigners, took a sharp drop on Beijing's volatile black market over the weekend amid rumours of impending financial reforms. EEC. which traded at a black market rate of as much as
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        Lock icon HK authority takes action in money market
        201 7 Reuter HONGKONG Hongkong's Monetary Authority (HKMA) took money market action yesterday to prevent a repeat of disruption caused recently when stock issues by China-re-lated companies were hugely oversubscribed. But dealers said they believed the mo\e was also aimed at cooling down the Hongkong
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      • KNIGHT-RIDDER COMMODITY SUMMARY
        • Article
          Joint bid for China oil project
          66 7 LONDON Korea Petroleum Development Corp and the Y ukongoil company will submit a joint bid to China next month for an oil exploration project in the East China Sea. Korea Petroleum and Yukong have been study ing the feasibility of the area since January
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          Rubber prices to ease this week
          50 7 BANGKOK Some regional rubber prices will ease this week after the failure last week of talks held by the Inro. But most grades will be little changed, since they've already fallen on ideas the meeting would be bearish for the market, the officials said.
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          India's yarn output at 1.8m tonnes
          41 7 NEW DELHI India's yarn output in the last 1992-93 (Apr-Mar) fiscal year is estimated at 1.82 million tonnes, up from 1.80 million produced a year earlier, the annual report from the Ministry of Textiles said.
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          Brazilian sugar exports decline
          65 7 SAO PAULO Brazilian April raw and refined sugar exports fell 14 per cent from March to 127.088 tonnes as the 1992-93 (July-June) marketing year neared a close, market sources said. According to the private sector organisation Society of Superintendents. April refined sugar exports rose 30 per
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          Zambia urged not to sell stake
          63 7 LONDON Credit Lyonnais Laing (CLL). the leading international dealer in Zambian copper shares, is advising the Zambian government against selling its stake in Zambian Consolidated Copper Mines (ZCCM) to the South African conglomerate Anglo-American. London-based CLL says An-glo-American would have difficulty raising the USS2
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          Taiwan to import more wheat
          47 7 TAIPEI Taiwan is likely to import a total of 923.929 tonnes of wheat this year, an official at the Council of Agriculture said. The Cabinet-level Council of Agriculture announced in April that starting in June any domestic foodstuff-related company could import wheat.
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      2973 8 AFP SHARE PR ICtS dropped in consolidation on the local stock market yesterday with the Hang Seng Index losing 25.72 points, or 0.34 per cent to finish at 7,372.19. Turnover totalled HK54.421 billion, down from Friday's HK56.452 billion. The market started the day's trading on profit-taking following three record
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      CHINA
      490 8 THE FOCUS of Shanghai market yesterday was on the debut of Jin Qiao B share which was the second B share listed in Shanghai B market this year. The counter was heavily traded with over 9 million shares. That accounted for about 80 per cent of the B market
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      2530 8 Reuter STOCKS closed lower for the third straight day as arbitrage unwinding pounded on an otherwise thin and dull market yesterday. The absence of foreign investors due to a holiday overseas amplified the damage, brokers said. "There isn't much incentive to buy the whole market." said analyst Koichi Osada
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      1730 8 Reuter INVESTORS dumped hank shares as foreigners redueed their weightings in hanks, triggering across-the-board losses in thin trade by the close, brokers said. The SET index ended 10.32 points, or 1.23 per cent, lower at 825.71 on turnover of 1.87 billion baht. Declines led advances by 171 to 40.
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      1010 8 THE Jakarta Composite Index was up 4.30 points to close at 341.67. Source: Bridge Info Val \l»> Jl Rupiah M«k I... (HOI VIP Pulra ION) unch IDS) HIM) <>5411 \bda X2< uikIi Km *25 I M«l \hap Inc '12* iMkli Muinimio IH2* unch IK25 1*25 imm \t|uj Uikn M
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        Australia
        1142 9 •23 Shares closed lower as another high current account deficit in April and a weaker gold bullion price dragged the market down. Brokers said gold stocks, which last week helped the market to reach record highs, suffered from a fall in gold bullion. The All Ordinaries Index closed 23
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        Manila
        554 9 -8.79 Share prices dropped as the market continued to consolidate on lack of fresh news which will last until the end of the week, brokers said. The Manila Composite Index closed 8.79 points lower at 1.588.66 from last Friday's 1.597.45. Mining shares picked up despite a general downtrend in
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        Taipei
        616 9 -27.47 Late profit-taking pulled Taiwan stocks to a lower close in sluggish trade as speculative buying in financials failed to boost general sentiment, brokers said. The Weighted Index was 47 points up at one stage but ended 27.47 points down at 4,267.90. Turnover fell to a slow TSIB billion
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        Seoul
        444 9 13.56 Stocks closed sharply higher in brisk trading with the index hitting its highest level since August 1991 as buying interest spread to highly-capitalised shares, brokers said. They forecast the market would maintain its momentum on Tuesday, but added it may face profit-taking. "Investor confidence is building up as
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        New Zealand
        258 9 -12.64 Shares drifted down at the close from Friday's 33-month high, due in part to a general lack of foreign interest, brokers said. "A lot of the big international players were not around and they 're a big part of our market now,** Neville Todd at Doyle Paterson
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        Bombay
        71 9 +27.26 Stock prices improved on sales restrictions imposed by the Bombay stock exchange on Friday, analysts said. They said the rally could last a couple of days. The Bombay Index gained 27.26 points yesterday to close at 2192.84 and the National Index improved by 12.02 points to 1020.11. Delhi
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      2803 9 Source: Bridge Info Source: Bridge Info MOST ACTIVE volume FACB 50c 8.863.000 Multi-Purpose 6.611.000 Rcnong Bhd 50c 6 385 000 Promt* 5.4X4 000 kamunting 50c 4.4*»7 000 MctropW* 50c 3.VW 000 Mulpha InO 50c 3.332.000 (iroup 3.254.000 Ind <h\gcn 50c 2.WI «W Idris H\d 50c 2.618 000 Bouttcad
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        Lock icon Holiday curbs activity, stock volume slips
        1136 10  -  By Kooi Cho Teng SINGAPORE The Hari Rava holiday curbed activity on the local stock market yesterday. Trading volume slipped to 198.6 million shares, or the lowest level in three weeks. Combined turnover, at $389.48 million, was just two-thirds of Friday's volume. Much of
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        San Teh
        71 10  -  Quak Hiang Whai SAN Teh Ltd tested twice its resistance at 51.50 and failed to break through. The weekly RSI and stochastics arc headed downwards, which means the stock will consolidate. It is likely to fall to 5i.36. where it will find good support, then rise to test
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        6593 10 MAIN BOARD (•r l.r 1992 93 LM Vol Ua> Last Qaofr Ui» Ui> Md Net M Cap High Loo Compan\ Sale ("000) High Low Buirr Seller O S P'E Smil INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL 770 170 Acma 710 cd -20 225 730 700 7|0 7|5 12.5 2.1 18 ».7 489 J
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      74 9 The KLSE market was closed for a holiday World markets closed for a public holiday XII »aiT»nls and bonds art listed in M S page 55? iHW* 'n r ~fs Why is the Governor of i* 8 Cambodia's Siem Reap province —i i(yj J js holding a string of bombs?
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  • SPORTS
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      Lock icon Seattle SuperSonics give Phoenix Suns a shiner
      737 11 NBA playoffs NYT Reuter SEATTLE George Karl, whose eyes normally bug out by the fourth quarter, took a seat instead on Sunday. His SuperSonics did something unusual with their open shots they made them and splitpersonality Seattle evened its series with Phoenix with
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      Lock icon Sampras and Courier smash their way into the quarterfinals
      611 11 French Open AP PARIS Top seeds Pete Sampras and Jim Courier powered their way into the French Open quarterfinals yesterday, each overcoming second-set trouble in impressive fourthround victories. Sampras, the No 1 seed, defeated fellow American MaliVai Washington, the 16th seed,
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        270 11 REUTER NEW YORK American Sunday: Boston 6 Texas 5 (in 12); New York 6 Chicago 3: Milwaukee 8 Kansas City 2: Minnesota 8 Cleveland 2: California 7 Baltimore 5: Toronto 13 Oakland 11: Seattle 9 Detroit 5. Standings (wins, losses, winning percentage, games back) East Division: E Detroit 30
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        37 11 REUTER IXJNDON England squad for the Ashes series against Australia starting Thursday: Graham Gooch. Michael Atherton, Robin Smith. Mike Gatting. Graeme Hick. Alex Stewart. Chris Lewis. Andrew Caddick. Mark llott. Alan Igglcsden. Phil Tufnell, Peter Such.
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        176 11 REUTER AFP AP REUTER FORI WORTH, Texas Colonial tournament leading final scores Sunday (I S unless stated): 264 I ulton Allcm (SA) 66 63 68 67 265 Greg Norman (Aus) 69 64 64 68 267 Jeff Maggcrt 65 68 68 66 268 DulTy Waldorf 65 69 69 65. Loren
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        116 11 AP INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana Final results of Sunday's Indianapolis 500 Indycar race (2(H) laps of the 2.5 mile Indianapolis Motor Speedway): I. Emerson Littipaldi (Bra) PenskeChcvy, 3 hrs 10 nun 49.860 sec. avg speed 252.993 km/h 2. Arie Luvcndvk (Neth) Lola-Ford at 2.B'sccs 3. Nigel Mansell (GB> LolaFord at
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        160 11 AFP AP MADRID Weekend's Spanish first division: Atletico Madrid 0 Real Sociedad 0; Osasuna 0 Real Madrid 0; Sevilia I Tenerifc 0. Celta 3 Barcelona 2: Rayo Vallecano 2 Real Burgos I; Real o\iedo 2 Sporting Gijon I: Cadiz I Albacete I; Espanol 0 Deportho Coruna 2; Real Zaragoza
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        222 11 AFP PARIS today's French Open Women's quarter-finals (\-seed): Steffi Graf (Ger xl) Jennifer Capriati (US \6); Conchita Martinez (Spn x 4) v Anke lluber (Ger x 8); Mary Joe Fernandez (US x 5) v Gabnela Sabatini (Ar x 3): Jana No- votna (Cze \7) v Arantxa Sanchez (Spn x
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      Lock icon Bulls wipe out the Knicks, as a team
      555 11  -  Jordan's trust in his 'supporting cast' pays off. reports Ira Berkow Ira Berkow NYT NEW YORK The contention here is that Michael Jordan had been getting too much rest, and that he just finally woke up. The controversy over whether Jordan had
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      Lock icon Fittipaldi wins Indy 500
      24 11 Reuter INDIANAPOLIS Brazilian Emerson Fittipaldi celebrating his second Indianapolis 500 win on Sunday at the 77th annual car race. Reuter
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        Lock icon Langer takes lead in PGA
        93 11 AP VIRGINIA WATER. England Bernhard Langer finished the day with a 15-foot putt for an eagle his second on the back nine to take a three-shot lead on Sunday in the US$l million (SSI.6 million) PGA Championship. Langer's 32 over the second halt of the
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        Lock icon Robbins beats Nicholas in LPGA
        71 11 AP CORNING. New York Second-year pro Kelly Robbins made a routine par on the first playofT hole on Sunday to beat Alison Nicholas and win the US LPGA Corning Classic for her first tour victory. Robbins led the 72-hole event by four shots after three
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        Lock icon England's team at Ashes test
        89 11 Reuter LONDON England selected four bowlers with just one test appearance between them yesterday for the first match of the Ashes series against Australia. Kent's Alan Igglesden. capped once four years ago. will open the bowling with Somerset's Andrew Caddick. who ensured his selection with
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        Lock icon Magic wants to be coach
        84 11 AP LOS ANGELES Former NBA all-star Magic Johnson says he might be interested in coaching the Los Angeles Clippers, but that he could have taken over the Los Angeles Lakers had they performed poorly in the playoffs. "If the Lakers didn't fare well against Phoenix.
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        Lock icon Chicago Bulls fined
        64 11 AFP CHICAGO The NBA fined the Chicago Bulls U5525,000 on Sunday for failing to make their players available to the media after practice. The Bulls were preparing for yesterday's game against the New York Knicks in the Eastern Conference finals. NBA vice-president Brian Mclntyre said it was
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      Lock icon Allem beats Norman at Colonial tourney
      364 11 Golf Reuter FORT WORTH South African Fulton Allem sneaked a five-foot putt in the side door at the final hole to clinch a one-stroke victory over Australian Greg Norman at the USSI.3 million (SS2.I million) Colonial tournament on Sunday. Allem was effective rather than
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      Lock icon Trevino overcomes fear, sick Floyd to win Cadillac NFL Classic
      458 11 NYT CLIFTON. New Jersey Although he benefited from Raymond Floyd's sick stomach. Lee Trev ino had to overcome the buttertlies in his own stomach on Sunday to win the Cadillac NFL Golf Classic for his first victory in more than
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      Lock icon Big bucks and bad ending
      1125 13  -  Joe Eszterhas believes in using his imagination rather than his experience when writing a film script. Maureen Dowd contends this is probably why he has to rewrite Sliver several times Maureen Dowd NYT David Selznick once offered some tongue-in-cheek advice to an aspiring screenwriter: "Write
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      Lock icon Schwarzenegger terminates post as physical fitness head
      466 13 CHATTERBOX UPI UPI UPI UPI Reuter ARNOLD Schwarzenegger has quit his post as chairman of the President's Council on Physical Fitness. Schwarzenegger, a staunch Republican despite his marriage to Kennedy scion Maria Shriver. was appointed to the post four years ago by President
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      Don't sit still
      471 13  -  The Necessary Stage's Still Building has some surprises for the audience, observes Audrey Tan Audrey Tan WHEN watching The Necessary Stage's Still Building, here's a tip: don't sit on seats marked "reserved", never mind if there are no other seats and you have to sit on the
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      1102 13 TV RADIO SBC 12 for the government. Anne Parillaud fellf^ Sikita this stylish I 99() Luc Bresson thriller. King Thrushbeard, 4.15pm, S& sms fi. Rejected by a cool and aloof < l «v princess, the usually kind and gentle King Michaei decides to s teach the princess a lesson on
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    Long climb to legitimacy
    465 14 EDITORIAL MYANMAR'S ruling State Law and Order Restoration Council (SLORC) has raised its campaign for external legitimacy a notch. The visit to Singapore last week of the high-level delegation led by the junta's chief ideologue. Lieutenant-General Khin Nvunt. was to promote economic cooperation between Myanmar and
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      Will Japan ever reform?
      209 14 THE ISSUE of money-politics has focused attention on Japan's system of multi-seat constituencies, which encourages fellow-party candidates to compete against one another and buy off voters with cash gifts or other financial inducements. The LDP's links with big business and bureaucracy have ensured its supremacy. Under
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      The campaign should continue
      178 14 ALTHOUGH TODAY may be the last day of the month-long anti-smoking campaign, the effort to educate the people, especially the young, on the danger of smoking will continue. In fact there is no end to it. It is indeed worrying to see the growing number of
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      Carrying on the Nantah spirit
      218 14 GRADUATES should not forget the most important objective behind the founding of Nantah to provide Chinese-stream secondary school graduates with an avenue for further studies, with the mother tongue as the medium of instruction. Today, that historical background no longer exists and Nantah has also
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      Save the trees, fell the loggers
      169 14 WHEN sustainable forest management becomes the viable resource that it is hoped to be. it will only be able to sustain a fraction of the present logging and sawmilling industry. Primary Industries Minister Lim Keng Yaik has repeated often enough about the need for
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      Managed trade not the answer
      180 14 MANAGED TRADE is a dangerous and contagious disease. It puts on many guises and is spreading and contaminating the whole world trading system, which at the moment, is not in the pink of health. The world trading system, therefore, is in a very vulnerable position
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      Spare us more dam conflicts
      126 14 AN AGENCY in the Environment Ministry wants to build a dam. supposedly to help agriculture. Meanwhile. an agency in the Agriculture Ministry opposes it. for environmental reasons. It sounds ironical, but this is how the situation stands in Chanthaburi Province. Of course, energy efficiency doesn't
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    1294 14  -  The fragility of North Korea and the unpredictability of its rulers can have a major impact on the South and the stability of the region. David CKRear reports David O'Rear IHT IN THE past year Kim II Sung, the octogenarian great leader of
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    Lock icon The opening up of Russia's Wild East
    974 14  -  Serge Schmemann looks at how Vladivostok, once a sealed military camp, is adjusting to free enterprise Serge Schmemann NYT FOR DECADES a virtually scaled military fortress at the point where Russia's endless expanse finally runs up against China. North Korea and the sea.
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      137 14 KiTEiVI i mc/sT cefcTpoNuV WLL GOiWG ANVV-JMG.£G- Nepvß.) U>tTv4 TWe eND OP TMG. I \Tv4e ST-p\T»ON 9 7 R.PML TP\<e iT BOTroro OF r*vy 1 v >r VOO L 4. Go £ACX 'o OS-kGi 1 TU£ TRPVM 7 J UNPFVD O Jp v yoogiMG Tv*e gRiL cT^ Jmm M 1
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      Come invest in S China
      748 15  -  HK-based S'pore entrepreneur Jimmy Yeo is bullish about prospects in the south, reports A J Leow A J Leow Having spent much of lhe past decade abroad, Hongkong-based Singapore entrepreneur Jimmy Yeo is back in town with a mission to entice Singaporeans to invest in
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        Lock icon Aussie building approvals rise
        64 15 Bloomberg News Service CANBERRA Australian building approvals in April rose bv a seasonally adjusted 6.9 per cent, exceeding market expectations. The rise followed a 1.6 per cent gain in March. Economists had predicted only a slight rise in April. The Bureau of Statistics said 15.557 building
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        Lock icon Brem eyes China property
        63 15 Malaysian Business Times KUALA LUMPUR Brem Holdings, soon to be listed on the second board of Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange, plans to invest in a housing development project in northern China. Managing director Khoo Chai Kaa says negotiations with the provincial authority are at an advanced
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        Lock icon 2 team up to buy US shopping centre
        91 15 Bloomberg News Service SYDNEY Australian shopping centre developer Westfield Holdings Ltd will join forces with a Dutch partner to acquire the Ciarden State Plaza shopping centre in New Jersey Westfield and Rodamco NV will invest USSI63 million (SS26O million) for a 50
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        Lock icon Chase to sell US$2b of property
        66 15 Australian Financial Review AUSTRALIA Chase Manhattan Corp has hired Morgan Stanley Co to help sell USS2 billion (553.2 billion) of distressed commercial real estate, half of which is going on the block today, sources say. Chase took a charge of about USS9OO million in
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      Lock icon HK homes up by as much as HK$5m in 3 weeks
      416 15 South China Morning Post STAGGERING rises in sale prices of luxury residential property have been recorded over the past three weeks in Hongkong, with some vendors asking, and getting. increases of up to HKSS million (about SSI million). "It's
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      First of Ngee Ann City's office tenants to move in by end-June
      305 15 THE first office tenants at Orchard Road's mega commercial complex, Ngee Ann City, will move in by the end of the month. According to the project's marketing agents. Knight Frank Cheng Hock Chye Baillieu (KFCB) and Chesterton International,
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      Lock icon Taiwan govt eyes villas formerly owned by ex-China leaders
      247 15 South China Morning Post THE Taiwan government is interested in buying the 21 villas which are part of the summer homes of former Chinese leaders at Lushan in Jianxi province, according to David Chan of Hongkong law firm Deacons. Taiwan's ruling
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      Lock icon HK best bet for property investors in 1992: survey
      596 15 Australian Financial Review Hongkong was the place to be for property investors in 1992. showing overall returns of up to 73 per cent on CBD office space. 50 per cent on industrial property and 43 per cent on retail premises. Good
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    HK legislators start talks on colony's political future
    536 16  -  Warnings that negotiations may jeopardise Sino-British talks From Stephen Vines in HONGKONG FRUSTRATED by the lack of progress in Sino-British talks on Hongkong's political future, the colony's legislators decided yesterday to start their own discussions despite warnings that this might jeopardise the
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    524 16  -  Cambodian elections Reports from Harish Mehta in PHNOM PENH THE royalist Funcinpec party snatched a one percentage point lead over the ruling Cambodian People's Party (CPP) yesterday to wipe out the CPP's overnight lead of 7 per cent by a whisker. Eric Fait, spokesman
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    SNC member floats idea of new police force
    174 16 THE United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia (Untac) should set up a new police force before it leaves this year, a member of the Supreme National Council of Cambodia has suggested. leng Mouly told BT that the new police force will replace
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    Lock icon Libyan Muslims on pilgrimage in Israel
    415 16 Reuter JERUSALEM Nearly 2(X) Libyan Muslim arrived in Jerusalem yesterday on an unprecedented pilgrimage by citizens of an Arab state officially at war with Israel. Some Israeli officials said they were hopeful the visit would be followed by normalisation of relations with Libya. Others
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    Lock icon China pours 50b yuan into public works, but more needed
    329 16 AP BEIJING China has pumped nearly 50 billion yuan (SSI4 billion) into public works this year in an effort to ease strains in transport, energy and other areas. Investment in transport and telecommunications rose nearly 138 per cent in the
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    Lock icon Manila urges end to military build-in in Spratlys
    247 16 Reuter MANILA The Philippines has called on rival nations claiming the Spratly Islands to halt an arms build-up that may lead to war in the South China Sea. "With increasing frequency, the South China Sea has been citcd as a flashpoint in
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    Lock icon Combined profits of Japanese listed firms down 24pc
    416 16 UPI TOKYO The combined pre-tax profits of Japans listed firms in fiscal 1992 contracted 23.8 per cent from the year before the steepest yearly drop since fiscal 1975 when companies' earning were sent reeling by rockcting oil prices. A survey by the
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    Jakarta appeals to KL to go easy on illegal Indonesian workers
    290 16 JAKARTA Direct or-Gcner-al of Immigration Roni Sikap Sinuraya is appealing to Kuala Lumpur to go easy on the estimated 188.000 Indonesians who arc working illegally in peninsular Malaysia. The Jakarta Post on Saturday quoted Mr Roni as saying that
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    East Asia and the art of continuing growth
    801 16  -  The Bottom Line NIRMAL GHOSH NIRMAL GHOSH The writer is a BT journalist EAST ASIA'S remarkable economic growth is drawing more attention than ever from agencies and countries seeking lessons from it. The close examination of East Asian economies is welcome, not
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  • SHIPPING TIMES
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      Sabah Shipyard eyeing purchase of Philseco
      548 17  -  Keppel Group not included in growing list of prospective buyers From Al Labita in MANILA SABAH SHIPYARD has joined a growing list of foreign companies wanting to acquire lock, stock and barrel the state-owned Philippine Shipyard and Engineering Corp (Philseco). The Malaysian firm's name
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      Lock icon Asian shipowners control 40pc of world's bulk cargo, containership fleet
      418 17 International Transport Journal BASEL Asian shipowners now control around 40 per cent of the world's bulk cargo and containership fleet. The region is also the undisputed leader in the shipbuilding and repair business. It plays a vital part in the
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      INDEX TO SHIPPING LINES AND FREIGHT FORWARDERS
      859 17 Page Col ABC Containerize 12 I Accord Group 8 1-3 Ahrenkiel Liner 4 1/2 •API. 5 3-5 Appcnship 18 1/2 Alpha Feeders 6 1 •ANL 3 1/2 •ASCL 5 5 Avant Shpg 6 4/5 Bait Orient Line 7 4/5 Bangladesh Shpg 9 5
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      Lock icon Drastic drop in piracy attacks in S-E Asia
      209 17 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR The International Maritime Bureau (1MB) has reported tremendous improNement in the scenario of piracy attacks in South-east Asia, saying only one case was reported between January and April this year. Fourteen cases had been reported in the region in
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      Oil spills not ecological disasters: Bimco
      424 17  -  By Dexter Lee SINGAPORE Oil spills arcnot ecological catastrophes, says the Baltic and International Maritime Council (Bimco). In a statement yesterday aimed at debunking the notion that shipping is a major polluter. the council says studies by clean-up experts, scientists, biologists and naturalists have
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      Lock icon New Orleans canal reopens after accident
      220 17 Reuter NEW ORLEANS The Industrial Canal in New Orleans reopened at 8.30pm local time last Saturday and the US Coast Guard said only a no-wake zone restriction is in force. On Friday a portion of a bridge over the waterway in New Orleans collapsed
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        CONTAINER SCHEDULES
        1963 18 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Ship Voy No Etb/Btr ecord eriod Boohing/Balance From To RsJts From A Ataaham /129E 03 0930 31 1/00 01 0700 01 1200 01 0659 01 1159 01 1459 01 0900 01 1400
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      THE SHIPPING GUIDE
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      SHIPPING AGENTS
      3573 31 Asia-North America Eastbound Rate Agreement (Far East/North America, excludes Japan): American President Lines; Sea-Land; Neptune Orient Lines; Maersk Line; Nippon Yusen Kaisha Line; Mitsui OSk Lines; Nippon Liner system; "K" Line. Trans-Pacific Westbound Rate Agreement (North America/Far East): American President Lines; Sea-Land; Neptune Orient Lines; Maersk Line; Nippon
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      410 32 CRUISE FERRY SCHEDULES CRUISE SNIPS An Dep Name of Vessel ETA fill Ports of Calls Port Agent Telephone No MK 01 02 Mikhail SholokhoN 0800 1600 Sin-Scmarang Jardine Shpg Agencics 224-1052 02 03 Russ 1700 2300 Sin-Colombo Jardine Shpg Agencies 224-1052 04 04 Continental World 1500 1900 Sin-Jakarta Lauw Sons
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      1032 33 COURSES I Me: Boat Asia '93 incorporating Marina Asia '93 exhibition conferences and Dive Expo Asia '•>3 exhibiton Daralion: June 3-7 Organiser: Marine Recreation Pie Lid \raar: World Trade Centre Id: 2^3-8811 or fax: 298-1298. I Mr: Marine Insurance and Cargo Claims Deration: June 8-24 (6 afternoons) OrgaaHer
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        317 36  -  By Dexter Lee SINGAPORE Chilean international carrier Lan Chile plans to expand its flight network to include Asian cities over the next lew \ears. And yesterday, the Santia-go-based carrier took the first step of eventual!} making Singapore one of its destinations. It
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      2802 19 oori ict PTE LTD JARDINE SHIPPING AGENCIES JARDINE SHIPPING AGENCIES SDN. BHO. TEL 13 FAX *****42 PETALING JAVA TEL 03-*****76 FAX 03-*****42 DOCUMENTATION TEL *****64 FAX *****09 PENANG TEL®£f l4 FAX *****1 CFS TEL *****6 BOOKINGS TEL *****80 *****81/ *****82 p^iNrwfs'lAlls/3FA?S ***** .OPNS, rcc (PSA FSk TFI *****21 *****79 P
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      2305 19 uamssassm U. S. A. CANADA NEXT AVAILABLE SAILING AXEL MAERSK V.9310 ETA SIN 7TH JUNE 1993 MADISON MAERSK V.9306 ETA SIN BTH JUNE 1993 ARTHUR MAERSK V.9310 ETA SIN 9TH JUNE 1993 VessH Voy ETA ETO Feedc* by s.a DESTINATIONS Thn MADISON MAERSK 9306 mmJ— oe 06 oaoo hrs CFS
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      401 23 S HEUNG-A SHIPPING I Korean Flag Vessels FULLY CONTMfMSED SERVICE TO: HONGKONG, BUSAN, MCHON, MOJI STRAITS/KOREA SERVICE nu sat im n k kh LIE HMO 323 M 02/0 C 03 06 U/N 12 0« 13/ M 14/N HO. 7 DOMM 30SH Oi 06 01 Ot IS. 06 21 06 23,
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      1712 24 AS AGENTS KAWASAKI SINGAPORE (PTE) LTD (01 No: **********N) mm TEL: *****77 TELEX KAWAKI R*****5 FAX: *****07/8/9 H MALAYSIA "K" LINE MARITIME (MALAYSIA) SON IHO I J TEL SA *****00 PK *****75 PEN *****0 JB 236<01 PGU 5 1 8625 6 I INDONESIA: P.T. SARANA LAUTINTBINUSA. TEL: JKT *****08 mmm
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      454 24 GOLDEN LINEA lVhG\ GUAN GUAN SHIPPING US2<\ (PTE) LTD W 23, T«M Ay« Slrwl MIGAPOK 0104 Ttl *****U (10 UNB) fa: *****04 (C* *o **********0 ft) ITIUITI/HMUM GULF IMTICT Spore P Kelang Penan eOUXN KM Karachi Onto 110 la GOUXH HMIKST Karachi Dub* 21/29 km ODHA »MTICE GOLDEN NOME* Ch.na
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      988 25 PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL LINES (PTE) LTD I SSSSei 140 Cecl Street. #03-00 PIL Building. Singapore 0106. I I mK BCR NO **********0 C I VESSEL VOY SIN CMB JIB JED AQJ ADE HOD PZU KOTA WMAVA WJAO2S 11/B 17/6 20/6 22/6 26/6 28/6 7/7 HAI XIONG HXOOI 18/6 24/6 1/7 6/7
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      436 25 BSA nT M MYANMA wBBk FIVE STAR LINE (Myanmar National Line) Loading for Yangon (Rangoon) Spore P.KIc Pen PGd( HAKHA V472W 31/01 km HP* AN VI9IN 03/05 tun PAGAN VI9SW 06 0( lun 02/04 km PATHOR *I?3N 04 06 lun MALAYSIA AGENTS BOUSTf AD SMPMNG AGENCIS KUI m *****7 300
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      2657 28 Full Container Liner Services m) General Agents: Booking Agents: Guan Gum Shipping Sdn Bhd Chung Chiao Shipping Sdn Bhd P.T. Global Putra Indonesia Maritime Costar Shipping Pte Ltd Shipping Freight Baahmg Centre Sda CM 58 Persian Ra,j MuJd Musa Lot 3 34. 3rd Floor Jl IR H Luanda */14 2
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      626 29 (j£ FAMOUS CONTAINER LINES 10 ANSON RD. #15-21 INTERNATIONAL PLAZA, S'PORE 0207 HOT LINE: *****33 (24 LINES) GOTHENBURG/SCAN 7/06 ROTTERDAM 7/06 AARHUS/COPENHAGEN 7/06 HAMBURG/BREMEN 7/06 MARSEILLE/FRANCE 3/06 FELIXSTOWE/UK 7/06 BARCELONA/SPAIN 3/06 LEHAVRE/FRANCE 6/06 GENOA/ITALY 5/06 ANTWERP/BELGIUM 7/06 LOS ANGELES/WC/PI 6/06 SYDNEY/MELBOURNE 3/06 NEW YORK/EC 6/06 FREMANTLE/ADELADE 3/06 VANCOUVER 2/06 BRISBANE
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      759 29 S RICHFIELD MARINE AGENCIES (S) PTE LTD TEL: *****33 (12 Line*) FAX: *****15/*****03 TELEX: RS ***** RISHIP (3 Line*) j3Q ETHIOPIAN SHIPPING LINES (National Lines of Ethiopia) ACCEPTING FCL AND CONVENTIONAL vessel vo* eta Loading for SPQRt ABYOT 32W8 10 06 DAHESSALAAM MOMBASA OJIBOUTI ASSAB MASSAWA ANOINET 31W6 25.07 OARESSALAAM
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      614 29 JAKARTA BANGKOK w m i? ksxl Ivor wmmm mhrw u 193S 2/6 5/6 m> BHUM 264N Tut IhPt Fri 4/6 RAM BHUM MS 4/6 t/6 DtW BHUM- 30* Tut In Pt Sal 5/6 IS** BHUM OSS 5/6 J/6 B JM IMN *«<l 2/6 S«i 6/6 I HAM BHUM 335 7/6
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      1494 30 ipuka M N CONTA! NER LINES Z\~/\~'-r Agents: MAC-NELS SPORE: *****22 (24 LINES) j *1 J\y /C/R No: **********0E PENANG: (04) *****6 SIBU: (084) *****9 KUCHING: (082) *****3 I P.KELANG: (03) *****77 JAKARTA: (21) *****32 SURABAYA: (31) *****0 j J I HKG/TWN/BKK I GOTH/UKC/MED PORTS J PEN PKL SIN EVERY
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      235 30 BLUE STAR LINE SINGAPORE TO AND FROM NEW ZEALAND AND PACIFIC ISLANDS SM AKL LYT SIN PREMIER 24S 1/6 21/6 23/6 S/7 AUST STAR 87S IS/6 29/6 1/7 17/7 FGUARD BAY 03S 29/6 11/7 13/7 29/7 FULLY CONTAINERISED SAILINGS DISCHARGING AT AUCKLAND. LYTTELTON. ACCEPTING FCL St LCL FOR NEW PLYMOUTH,
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      1128 30 THONG SOON UNES PTE. LTD.I 77 ROBINSON ROAD #15-00, #16-00 SIA BUILDING SINGAPORE 0106 TEL: *****88 FAX NO: *****11, *****22 TLX: RS ***** CARRER, RS ***** JENHOL CABLE: TOSOCO CONVENTIONAL/CONTAINER BOOKING LINE: *****6?"" BIWOAPOWE TO QAWAWAK <tSS£L *0* SPORE VESSEL VOT SPORE BEST EQUATOR JADE 79/3E 03 JUN KUCHING EQUATOR
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      502 34 NORTH PHILIPPINES FULL CONTAINER SERV CE KSSEL VOYAGE SINGAPORE MANILA weol» MAFIC 19NB 04/06/93 12/06/93 E lS2hy WCOW PACfIC 19ANB 07/06/93 12/06/93 MfiQUK atlBK 55M8 11/06/93 19/06/93 VIGOUR SINGAPORE 55ANB 14/06 93 19/06. 93 PORT KLANG/PENANG FULL CONTAINER SERVICE VESSEL VOYAGE SINGAPORE PORT KLANG PENANG MAMNA MAS 9379N8 03/06/93 05/06
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      355 34 FREIGHT MANAGEMENT jJJ GENERAL: *****11 BOOKING; *****55 INDIAN SUB-CONTINENT Chittagong, Madras, Calcutta, Bombay, Colombo, Karachi i SSSHfe EES FREIGHT SERVICES PTC LTDI J #01-60 Wallich Building, Singapore 0207 I AMM -4 Tel: *****66 (10 Lines) Fax: *****69/*****44 AIRPORT OFRCE: *****11 *****13 (FAX) I IMPORTING FROM USA I I WE PROVIDE
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      385 34 WOOD LINE SMTHEM URICI SERVICE STOW n DM CI A VESSEL ***** 15/6 2/7 10/7 20/7 •ALSO CALLS EL AND fI. PK SEAFIX SHIPPING SON BHD TEL 307 5525 TLX. ***** K.K.: CAPRICORN FREIGHT SERVICES TEL 213 202 TLX. 01»> SECIL MARITIMA, U.E.E. Luanda, Angola. FAR EAST/ ANGOLA SERVICE STORE
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