The Business Times, 21 February 1994

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    13 1 Business Times WE KNOW ASIA MITA(P) 010/12/93 Monday February 21 1994 75 c
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  • 2am LATEST
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      Lock icon Clinton encouraged by reports from Bosnia
      69 1 Reuter WASHINGTON President Bill Clinton says he is encouraged by reports from Sarajevo that Bosnian Serbs arc moving more weapons away from the capital ahead of a Nato deadline for air strikes. "The Serbs seem to be moving weapons, and also bringing UN forces
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      Lock icon Swiss ban foreign trucks from Alps
      32 1 AFP BERN Switzerland has voted in a referendum to ban foreign trucks from travelling by road through the Swiss Alps, results published last night show. AFP
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    MARKET SUMMARY
    160 1 Stock market indices Friday Week change STII 2.334.27 f 12.63 KLSEComp 1.086.73 -21.99 Nikkei 18.959.60 -1.291.63 Hang Seng 10.825.88 -628.28 SET Index 1.456.08 90.35 Jakarta Comp 554.78 -33.19 C'LSA China B 1.255.39 AuM All Ord 2.223.2 -82.2 FTSE 100 3.425.3 -14 9 Dow Jones 3.887.46 -35.18 Average of
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    Lock icon Simex's MSCI HK Index in the throes of death
    659 1  -  Confidence in index hurt by calculation error last year By Paul Leo SINGAPORE The MSCI Hongkong Index traded on the Singapore International Monetary Exchange (Simex) is languishing after its positive start less than a year ago. Interest in the Index have
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    Lock icon UK govt wants private firms to maintain RAF bombers: paper
    124 1 UPI LONDON The British government wants the private sector to maintain the country's front-line Royal Air Force fighter bombers. In a report published yesterday, The Observer newspaper said it had obtained a letter sent by Treasury Minister Michael Portillo to
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    S'pore firms plan package of tourism projects in Myanmar
    507 1  -  By Loh Hui Yin SINGAPORE Companies from Singapore are putting together a package that could shape the development of Myanmar's fledgling tourism industry. The package proposes, among other things, the development of infrastructure such as airports, hotels and resorts as well
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    Keppel's marina resort venture in Batam aims for 2,000 members
    307 1  -  By Ramesh Divyanathan SINGAPORE Kcppel Corporation's joint venture resort in Batam the Nongsa Point Marina which will be completed next month, has set a target of 2,000 members. One of the resort's directors, Vincent Ko, said yesterday that about 250
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    Tension mounts as Kitingan fails to get sworn in
    652 1  -  Aftermath of the Sabah elections From Leslie Lopez, Ho Kay Tat TENSION mounted in the East Malaysian state of Sabah yesterday after Parti Bersatu Sabah (PBS) leader and Chief Minister Joseph Pairin Kitingan failed to gain an audience with Governor Mohamad
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    Lock icon Japan may further boost public works spending
    236 1 Reuter TOKYO Japan is considering spending an extra 10 trillion yen (*****.6 billion) on public works projects between now and 2001 to stimulate its economy and cut its huge trade surplus. The Nihon Keizai Shimbun said yesterday that the sum would be in
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      20 1 Canon Official Sponsor of the 1994 World Cup kitingan continues vigil, Pg3 Kantor defends US stance on Japan, Pg 7
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
    • EYE on the ECONOMY
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        Lock icon Year-end spending surges
        326 2  -  By Abdul Hadhi THE year-end festive spending in 1993 was strong retail sales surged to Si.9B billion in December, up 14.3 per cent over December 1992. Apart from motor vehicles. the main retail index movers in December were furniture and household equipment, and department stores and supermarkets.
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      US, EU shouldn't bully Asia-Pac nations in air talks: SIA chief
      362 2  -  By Lewis Mitchell THE United States and the European Union should not use their clout against individual Asia-Pacific countries in negotiations for air traffic rights, said Singapore Airlines' managing director Cheong Choong Kong yesterday. Speaking at The Financial Times
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      PM says thanks with New Year party for 4000
      81 2 PRIME MINISTER Goh Chok Tong (pictured at centre with guests) hosted a Chinese New Year garden party for 4,000 people at the Istana yesterday. The party provided an opportunity for Mr Goh and his Cabinet colleagues to express their appreciation for
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      Permits a must for trade with W M'sia from April 1
      260 2 PERMITS will be required from April 1 for all imports and exports from and to West Malaysia, the Trade Development Board (TDB) and Customs Excise Department (CED) said in a statement yesterday. At present, only import and export declarations
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      5 accused to launch defence today in second part of trial
      288 2 OSA Trial THE SECOND part of the trial of five men charged with breaching the Official Secrets Act (OSA) begins today in the Subordinate Courts. Five weeks have been set aside for the accused to present their defence, during
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon Kitingan continues vigil outside Governor's residence
      531 3  -  Aftermath of the Sabah elections From Leslie Lopez in KOTA KINABALU FOR Joseph Pairin Kitingan, the embattled Chief Minister of Sabah, the events immediately after this weekend's election must have evoked a sense of deja vu. Shortly after snatching a slim victory to rule
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      Lock icon Plans to revive Ho Chi Minh City's property market
      333 3 AFP HANOI Vietnamese Premier Vo Van Kiet is considering measures to breathe new life into Ho Chi Minh City's property market after the imposition of taxes last year forced prices down by 200 per cent, a press report said yesterday. At
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      Lock icon Salomon Brothers tells Manila not to seek new credit rating
      276 3 AFP, Reuter MANILA Investment bankers from US-based Salomon Brothers have advised the Philippines against seeking a new credit rating to improve on its sub-investment grade in 1992. saying it remained competitive against Latin American countries, official sources said. Manila has
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      Lock icon Thai govt, military at odds over arms barter plan
      298 3 AFP BANGKOK The Thai Cabinet found itself on the defensive last week when senior military offieers opposed a government order to negotiate a deal to barter Thai farm produets for new weaponry. The eonfrontation underseorcs the wary relations between the 18-month-old
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      Lock icon Copying layout? Ridiculous, says Manila paper
      185 3 Reuter MANILA A Philippine newspaper publisher yesterday dismissed as "ridiculous" a government ruling that he had copied the layout of the H all Street Journal and Asian Wall Street Journal newspapers. Publisher Gabriel Manalac said The Business Star's layout was an improvement on those
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      Lock icon Green audits for firms using Indon natural resources
      251 3 Reuter JAKARTA Companies that exploit Indonesia's natural resources will have to conduct annual environmental audits in future, the official Antara news agency said yesterday. "The environmental audit is aimed at proving the responsibility of companies to their stakeholders," it quoted Environment Minister
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      128 3 i The University of Queensland I Voted Australia's Top Choice for Masters Degrees M MBA i|M, Prof. I Master of Business Jw Administration in I I H Exc|usive|y at SIC 1 •In a survey of executive search •In a recent survey of 21 :z= companies, consultancy firms Australian universities, The
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      398 3 Hhese fast, frantic times new business is have the shelf-life of fresh vegetables, ripanies are busting themselves up into tougher, more creative and more titive units. Markets are changing so at new companies spring up to serve overnight and disappear just as quickly. iOS is everywhere. And you're right in
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  • CHINA/HONGKONG/TAIWAN
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      Lock icon Protracted Sino-UK debate has benumbed Hongkongers, poll shows
      551 4 AFP HONGKONG The drawnout Sino-British battle for more democracy in Hongkong is taking its toll, with 71 per cent of respondents to a new poll saying they don't care about the issue. Only 23 per cent told the Sunday Morning Post newspaper
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      Lock icon Foreign capital will continue to flow into China: adviser
      374 4 AFP BEIJING The flow of foreign capital into China will continue unabated this year, despite the state-enforced contraction in real estate business, a senior economics adviser to the government was quoted as saying yesterday. While the property boom of recent years
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      Lock icon Beijing warns of obstacles to keeping inflation down
      277 4 AFP BEIJING The Chinese government. less than two months into the new year, has already warned of obstacles to its 1994 economic goal of keeping inflation down to singles figures. Free-spending Spring Festival shoppers are the latest concern, with the strong buying
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      Lock icon Firms in China can't raise prices without approval
      230 4 Bloomberg Business News BEIJING China has moved to prevent its bold market reform programme from fuelling inflation by banning companies from raising prices in response to tax changes. The official People's Daily yesterday quoted a joint notice by the State Planning Commission
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      Lock icon Chinese defence industry's civilian output up by 27pc
      173 4 AFP BEIJING The Chinese defence industry's civilian production grew 26.7 per cent last year and now accounts for around 70 per cent of the industry's total output, the China Daily Business Weekly said yesterday. Government decentralisation, granting enterprises a greater degree of
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      Lock icon Taiwan faces problems in Asian business centre plan: report
      161 4 AFP TAIPEI Taiwan will face difficulties in its plan to turn the island into an Asia-Pacific regional business centre, competing with Hongkong and Singapore. a report released by an economic think-tank said yesterday. The report by the Far Eastern Economic Research
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      306 5 OFFICIAL OPENING OF 21 st February 1994 caBLeTRon SYsrems The Complete Networking Solution™ SINGAPORE HEADQUARTERS WAREHOUSE FACILITY Cabletron Systems is proud to be of service in the Asian market and to help our customers gain the competitive edge by meeting the demand for reliable and manageable information networks. Cabletron Systems
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  • REST OF ASIA
    • Article
      Lock icon Indian missile drive gets a boost from successful test
      537 6 AFP NEW DELHI India's ambitious missile development programme has received a boost following the successful testfiring of the IntermediateRange Ballistic Missile (IRBM) Agni, news reports said yesterday. But the success has left Indian policy-makers facing the difficult decision of whether to
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      Lock icon Talks underway to halt Sydney waterfront strike
      227 6 AFP SYDNEY Negotiations got underway yesterday to halt a costly 10-day-old waterfront strike here but union pickets were settling in for the long haul. At one Botany Bay wharf near here, pickets of the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) had cooking equipment, tents
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      Lock icon Aussie minister rules out big tax rises in May Budget
      245 6 Reuter CANBERRA Australian Finance Minister Kim Beazley yesterday ruled out big tax rises in the May Budget despite pressure for more spending and a government promise to cut the deficit. "I don't think the government sees it in the interests
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      Lock icon Korean students on the offensive again
      53 6 Reuter SEOUL Hundreds of South Korean students chanting slogans during an anti-United States rally here on Saturday. Some of the signboards held by the protesters criticised Washington's plan to sell Patriot missiles and other arms to South Korea, others denounced South Korean President Kim
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      Lock icon Analysts see share scramble in S Korea
      481 6 AFP SEOUL South Korea's sale of government shares in 57 state-owned and private firms this year will trigger a scramble among local firms and change the country's business landscape. analysts say. The Economic Planning Board (EPB) made public over the weekend long-awaited details
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      Lock icon Tokyo acts to decontrol global satellite broadcasting
      386 6 NYT TOKYO The Posts and Telecommunications Ministry has begun moves to lift curbs on international broadcasting by satellite, but some fear the decontrol action is too late. "We are determined to open the way for international service by satellite." said Hideo Shimizu, chief
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      217 6 If your business deals with goldln anyway, you cannot afford to missthis Important confarance including contributions from govarnment officials and experts from: Ministry of Metallurgical Industry, Beijing People's Bankof China. Beijing Ministry of Commerce, India American Precious Metals Advisors Inc., USA DeloitteToucheTomatsu, PNG Gold Master Co Ltd World Gold Council
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  • THE WORLD
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      Lock icon EU begins crucial talks on expanding the bloc to 16
      472 7 Reuter BRUSSELS The European Union is entering a crucial week of negotiations which could make or break plans to expand the bloc to 16 members at the beginning of next year with the addition of Austria, Finland, Norway and Sweden.
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      Lock icon Kantor defends US stance on Japan, but says trade war unlikely
      349 7 AFP WASHINGTON US Trade Representative Mickey Kantor last Saturday defended the tough US bargaining position in trade talks with Japan, but said a trade war was unlikely. Asked if a trade war was likely following the collapse of trade
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      Lock icon US firms minimally affected by dumping, says FTC study
      312 7 Bloomberg Business News WASHINGTON Unfair trade practices such as "dumping" bring minimal damage to US companies, according to a study by the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC). Less than a third of the 179 dumping cases the FTC studied resulted in
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      Lock icon American copyright group seeks action against China
      283 7 Knight-Ridder WASHINGTON An American group representing producers of films, computer software and other copyrighted material has asked the Ginton administration to target China for possible trade sanctions because of that nation's failure to enforce its copyright laws. In documents filed with the United
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      Lock icon Leon Brittan starts tour of Australia, NZ and China
      434 7 Reuter BRUSSELS European Trade Commissioner Leon Brittan starts a tour of Australia. New Zealand and China today, focusing on trade openings in view of the completion of the Uruguay Round and Beijing's drive to join Gatt. Sir Leon is a trade
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      72 7 lABBVSSEKIF Omni ©Marco polo Hotel Tanglin Road Not just Swedish meatballs but the entire Swedish Smorgasbord, All expertly prepared by visiting Chef Gunner Forssell of the Royal with traditional "Matjes", Vasterbotten cheese, dill-cured salmon, smoked Swedish Smorgasbord, from February 25 until March 6 at La Brasserie. Baltic herring casserole, King
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  • SPORTS
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      Lock icon Parry wins second Australian Masters
      378 8 Golf AP MELBOURNE Craig Parry shot a five-under-par 68 yesterday to shake off the challenge of Ernie Els and win the A 5540,000 (*****,200) Australian Masters championship for the second time in three years. Parry, 28, had rounds of 74-70-70-68 over the par-73, 6,260 metre
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      Lock icon Hoch takes four-shot lead in Bob Hope Classic
      460 8 Reuter INDIAN WELLS, California Scott Hoch, inspired by Olympic speed skater Dan Jansen, birdied his last three holes to card a fourth-round 66 on Saturday and take a four-shot lead into the final day of the Bob Hope Classic. Hoch was at
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      Lock icon Bonnie Blair's always good for gold
      418 8 XVII Winter Olympic Games AP HAMAR, Norway Bonnie Blair's always good for gold. Never freezes, never falls, never fails. Even Blair can't remember the last time she botched a race. She won again on Saturday, in her specialty, the 500 m. "Bonnie is always
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      Lock icon Wales now dreaming of Grand Slam
      427 8 Five Nations rugby AFP CARDIFF Wales rugby union coach Alan Davies can scarcely believe his country is within sight of its first Grand Slam since 1978 after its magnificent 24-15 victory over France here on Saturday. Only four months ago the Welsh were humbled
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      Lock icon Irish eyes are smiling
      411 8 AFP LONDON The image of Scotland skipper Gavin Hastings breaking down on TV after his side's defeat by England two weeks ago inspired Ireland to a sensational 13-12 success here on Saturday. Irish skipper Michael Bradley wanted no repeat of that drama at Twickenham and he
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    • SPORT SHORTS
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        Lock icon Basketball
        29 8 Reuter NEW YORK NBA Saturday: Detroit 105 Dallas 96; Houston 106 Phoenix 88; San Antonio 100 Miami 96; Utah 100 LA Clippers 93; Golden State 101 Boston 90.
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        Lock icon Boxing
        37 8 Reuter INGLEWOOD, California Mexican Humberto Gonzalez took away Michael Carbajal's WBC IBF light flyweight titles in a split decision on Saturday. The judges scored the fight 117-113 and 115-113 for Gonzalez and 115-114 for Carbajal. Reuter
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        Lock icon Cricket
        65 8 Reuter WELLINGTON Pakistan won the second test against New Zealand by an innings and 12 runs vesterday to take a winning 2-0 lead in the three-game series. Scores: New Zealand 175 and 361 (Jones 76. Rutherford 63, Blain 78. Akram seven for 119); Pakistan first innings 548 for five
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        Lock icon Ice hockey
        37 8 Reuter NEW YORK NHL Saturday: New Jersey 5 Tampa Bay 4; NY Islanders 4 Ottawa 0; Hartford 4 NY Rangers 2; Montreal 4 Pittsburgh 1; Toronto 3 Edmonton 2; San Jose 4 Los Angeles 3.
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        Lock icon Tennis
        35 8 AP PHILADELPHIA Results Saturday of the US Indoor men's toornament at the Spectra: Singles Semifinals Paul Haarhuis (Neth) b Jaime Yzaga (Peur) 6-3, 6-3; Michael Chang (US) b Jim Courier (US) 7-6, 6-2. AP
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        Lock icon Yachting
        81 8 Reuter AUCKLAND, New Zealand Eight boats beat the gun in a dramatic start to the fourth leg of the Whitbread Round the World yacht race at Auckland's Waitemata Harbour yesterday. Watched by about 10,000 spectators, six of the eight turned back after a few minutes' sailing to restart and
        Reuter  -  81 words
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        Lock icon Golf
        347 8 AFP Reuter Reuter AFP EWA BEACH, Hawaii Spain's Marta Figueras-Dotti won her first tournament title in 11 LPGA seasons here on Saturday, capturing the U5575,000 (SSI 19,250) top prize at the Hawaiian Open. Fi-gueras-Dotti birdied the fourth hole, suffered a bogey on the 10th but recovered by scoring a
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  • Business IT
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      Lock icon Siemens to make S'pore one of its key chip design centres
      751 9  -  Bernard Chew finds out how this will help the German chipmaking giant boost its market share in the booming Asia-Pacific market Bernard Chew SINGAPORE will soon become one of Siemens Ag's key integrated circuit (IC) design centre, churning out
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      German software firm to expand Asian base
      426 9 GERMAN computer giant Software AG, a relatively newcomer to this region, will expand its operations aggressively in the next 12 months. The company's board member, Romin Neumeister, said the firm was setting up two centres in Singapore to support the Asia Pacific region.
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    • Article
      Lock icon IBM pulls Ambra from Europe
      258 9 NYT IBM, continuing to realign its products and trim costs, said last week that it was withdrawing its no-frills line of Ambra personal computers from Europe. IBM said that falling prices for its personal-computer brands Valuepoint, PS/1 and Thinkpad had made those machines more competitive
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      IBM blazes a new-trail on ice with US Olympic bobsled entry
      896 9  -  David Welcher takes a look at the technology that has transformed the nature of a 100-year old sport David Welcher A SLEEK vehicle running down an ice-covered mountain in Lillehammer, Norway, represents a marriage of ingenuity, determination, and savvy
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      Different dimensions of multimedia and the process of integration
      702 10  -  NEtWAf&f m tracking ti-£ NEIWOfaciNG WORLD Tommi Chen defines multimedia and reviews recent key happenings in the industry Tommi Chen The writer is managing partner of Net Centre Pte Ltd, which specialises in network services. He managed one of the largest
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      Micropolis launches 3 new products
      333 10 Micropolis Asia Pacific (MAP), a disk drive manufacturer, is diversifying into three new product lines in Singapore as well as producing two new disk drives. These will be in addition to its mainstay standard hard disk drives found in most PCs. One of the new
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      Lock icon Leading firms agree on Radish's VoiceView protocol
      615 10 It can transmit both voice and data with just one phone call Bloomberg Business News EIGHT leading computer modem and voice-pro-cessing companies have agreed to use Radish Communications Systems Inc's Voice View protocol, which permits the transmission of both voice and data during
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      Lock icon Intel plans to ship Pentium chips for notebooks this year
      333 10 Bloomberg Business News INTEL Coip expects this year to ship Pentium microprocessors for notebook computers. The chips will be built using technology that the world's largest independent maker of microprocessors, or computer brains, showed off at a conference in San
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      Lock icon IBM cutting prices of PowerPC 601 chips
      134 10 Reuter INTERNATIONAL Business Machines Corp, which shipped more than 250,000 PowerPC 601 microprocessors, said it was immediately cutting prices on all three versions of the chip by nearly 15 per cent. The Power PC 601 chip is the first in a group of
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      Lock icon Nintendo fends off patent infringements lawsuit
      266 10 UPI Nintendo Co Ltd! said last week a federal judge has dismissed patent infringement lawsuiS filed by National tor Corp over technology use<k in Nintendo's video games, (j National Semiconductor sought more than US$2OO miU* lion (SS3I6 million) in danMl ages for alleged infringement
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    • TECH TAKES
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        Exhibitions for manufacturers
        72 10 SINGAPORE About 30,000 electronics manufacturing professionals in the Asia-Pacific are expected to attend Globaltronics Manufacturing Week at the Singapore World Trade Centre frorn Sep 19-24. During the week, there will be six exhibitions and 4* high-level business summit. The exhibitions cover areas such surface mount technology, semiconductors
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        Idea names distributor in Vietnam
        37 10 SINGAPORE Idea Associates has appointed Dong Nam ciates Ltd as its Vietnam distributor. The company expects to tajf* opportunities there in the wake of the recent lifting of the US trade embargo.
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        Compaq to get AMD microprocessors
        48 10 SINGAPORE Compaq Computer Asia/Pacific has chosen Advanced Micro Devioes (AMD) of California as an additional supplier of microprocessors. The other Compaq supplier is Intel; which will continue to provide the bulk of Compaq's needs. Compaq PCs using AMD microprocessors can be expected soon.
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        Silicon Graphics systems at air show
        30 10 SINGAPORE About US$2 million worth of computer systems from Silicon Graphics will go into producing visual simulation graphics at the Asian Aerospace 1994 show.
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        Asia-Pac distributor for SQLassist
        54 10 SINGAPORE Software Interfaces Inc of US, the developers of SQLassist. has appointed Singapore's Frontier Technologies as it< master distributor for Asia Pacific. In the US and Europe, Software Interfaces markets its own products. SQLassist is a read-only database access tool that is used in petroleum, manufacturing,
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        IBM to make Unisys chips
        61 10 NEW YORK IBM and Unisys, fierce competitors in thq making and selling of mid-sized and large computers, said they had reached a deal for IBM to manufacture chips designed by Unisys. IBM will make the chips at its microelectronics fabrica-! tion plant in Burlington. Vermont.
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    • It's happenin'
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        Learn about using scanners
        55 10 SINGAPORE Epson Singapore is holding free workshops on the use of scanners. There will be several sessions, lasting twcj hours each, to be held from Feb 22 to March 8. They will also learn how to use Word Scan OCR software. For more informal tion, call
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        Seminar on computer contracts
        42 10 SINGAPORE Forum Conferences and Seminars will be organising a seminar called Computer Contracts on Feb 23 at the Pan Pacific Hotel. Practical advice will be given on the legal issues related to computer transactions. Call Carina on 220-7300.
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        How to set up a network
        58 10  -  Compiled by Jocelyn SINGAPORE Singapore Electronic Engineering Ltd organising a seminar titled Extending The Global LANscape at the Orchard Hotel on March 2. Visitors will learn how to network a company using technologies like: leased line backup, remote network management, and LAN protection and
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      Realising the PDA vision is a formidable challenge
      685 11  -  IN SYNC INTEGRATING IT BUSINESS Scott Hathorne explains what needs to happen before personal digital assistants can be truly successful Scott Hathorne The writer is a manager with Andersen Consulting's Technology Integration Services Division and is currently based in Singapore. He specialises
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      Lock icon Several firms to use Oracle software for interactive TV
      296 11 Bloomberg Business News ORACLE Corp said several telecommunication, computer and electronics companies will use its software standards for delivering so-called interactive television services to American living rooms. The companies working in collaboration with Oracle will use the software developer's products to
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      Lock icon Casio plans to sell its 1.6-inch TV worldwide
      194 11 AP DONT pop the top off this can. It's a US$l94 colour television with a 1.6-inch screen. After combining a penchant for miniaturising electronic devices with a cute gimmick, leading digital watch and calculator maker Casio Computer Co now plans to sell
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      Lock icon Your own robot in cyberspace
      1118 12 Computer scientists are designing the perfect assistant who can work tirelessly to help you perform tedious and complex tasks Business Week Robots have long captured man's imagination as tireless, eternally loyal servants. But even today, with many factories having gone robotic, few people have ever
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      327 12 Bloomberg Business News THE European Union needs to speed up telecommunications deregulation to build the information highways of the future, which will carry everything from computer data to entertainment channels, EU Industry Commissioner Martin Bangemann said last week. "A great deal
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      Protocols make modems a confusing lot
      674 12  -  PMNDOWSOF3i OPPORTUNITY i TOM AMBROSE The writer is a Support Contracts Specialist with Hewlett Packard's Americas' Field Operations (AFO). He also has extensive experience as a computer consultant helping businesses to use information technology productively GONE are the simple days when users could go
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      203 12 Bloomberg Business News TOP Japanese electronics maker NEC Corp has developed a prototype of a flash memory semiconductor chip that it says is the first ever offering a storage capacity of 64 megabits, NEC said in a release. Flash memory is a type of semiconductor
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      Getting ready for GST
      1371 13  -  John Ross and Mike Vaughan provide a few pointers for business to help them in their preparations for the implementation of GST John Ross,Mike Vaughan The writers are with an international accounting firm and are co-authors of CCH Goods Services Tax Guide THE countdown has begun.
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      EXECUTIVE MOVES
      576 13 SUNTEC CITY Development Pte Ltd has appointed Wong Kok Yap as general manager for property sales, leasing and management. Mr Wong will be responsible for the sales and leasing of the five office towers in the Suntec City development and for property management. Mr Wong brings with him
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      249 13 Doonesbun has been delayed in the mail When the best choice for employer and employee i If an organisation cannot adapt, its future dies. B K If people are retained for reasons of loyalty rather than need, and are then under-utilised, Y their skills die. V The responsible organisation retains
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      808 15 Scriptwriter Bernardino Zapponi talks to John Follain about his relationship with Federico Fellini Reuter ITALIAN film director Federico Fellini was celebrated by his countrymen as a iegend of postwar cinema when he died last October. Now a new picture is emerging of a man who was
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      Lock icon Classical music dying on Moscow radio
      669 15  -  But rock music is flourishing, reports Michael Specter Michael Specter NYT MOSCOW has rapidly become a city where almost anything is possible if you are rich or crafty enough. Feel like gambling till dawn? Easy, casinos arc everywhere. Hungry? Fine, delis deliver. Need a
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      206 15 ON AN AUSPICIOUS NOTE Jit Sfuty aCa t Eßza6etfi 10-24 February 1994 Herald In the year of the Dog on an auspicious note by tossing to prosperity. Sainton yiiSneti# Ss2B.oo++ Ssiaoo++ Ss3B.oo++ small serving extra order ef large serving salmon Please call *****88 exL 8030 Jar table reservations. cto 24
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      1295 15 TV RADIO Murphy Brown, nr m*- 8.30pm, SBC 5 V _BW& «j Frank gets a little piqued that VM' d y Murphy assigned to go to I t i Paris to eover a major story k ESbBB-j* ff instead of him. but when her w hHT AfJ baby gets sick,
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    Lock icon China to allow foreign firms to change yuan into hard currency
    473 16 Bloomberg Business News BEIJING Foreign-funded enterprises in China will be allowed to change yuan income into hard currency starting in April, but only if they obtain authorisation to do so from the central government, the official China Daily said
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    Lock icon Yeltsin reimposes strict state control over Russian arms exports
    345 16 Reuter MOSCOW President Boris Yeltsin has reimposed strict state control over Russian arms exports in order to extract maximum profits and prevent "dubious" deals, according to a top general. Marshal Yevgeny Shaposhnikov told the weekend edition of the newspaper Izvestia that
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    321 16 Reuter TOKYO Japanese Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa's planned Cabinet reshuffle could come this month, a member of his coalition government said yesterday. Yuichi Ichikawa. Komeito Party secretary-general, told the NHK TV programme Debate that the changes would be made in late February, but
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    274 16 Reuter SUBIC. Philippines The Philippines and Taiwan yesterday joined in a ground-break-ing ceremony signalling the start of construction of a 300hectarc Taiwanese industrial park at the former US Subic naval base. Taiwanese Economic Minister P K Chiang said the ceremony. attended by
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    Asean can be an engine of growth for the region
    772 16  -  The Bottom Line YANG RAZALI KASSIM YANG RAZALI KASSIM The writer is BT's regional analysis editor AS THE United States and Japan fight over trade, one question comes to mind: Is it time for South-east Asia to lessen its dependence
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    Lock icon Taiwan may limit business links with HK, Macau if they lose full autonomy
    239 16 AP TAIPEI Taiwan may limit business links with Hongkong and Macau if the two European colonies lose full autonomy after they revert to Chinese rule, press reports said yesterday. The Commercial Times quoted Cheng An Kuo. who
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      Heshe, FCC shuffle management in bid to improve fortunes
      500 17  -  By Joyce Quek SINGAPORE Top management changes are taking place at Heshe Holdings, the apparel retailer and manufacturer, and parent First Capital Corporation (FCC), signalling a determination to improve their fortunes. While property-based FCC expects higher profits for the year to
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      Investment trading boosts King's Hotel profit 14pc
      334 17  -  By Abdul Hadhi SINGAPORE A four-fold rise in investment trading income boosted King's Hotel Ltd group's after-tax profit to 56.83 million a 14 per cent rise for the year ended Dec 31. The higher profit was achieved on a slight decrease in turnover
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      Rothmans' merger bid: a lesson in deal-making
      866 17  -  HOCK By Ven Sreenivasan SINGAPORE So, Rothmans International is at it again. After nursing the bruising it suffered at the hands of its Malaysian shareholders on New Year's eve, the tobacco giant is apparently contemplating a second go at forming its Asian holding
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          Top management changes at Tibs
          99 18 SINGAPORE Tibs Holdings Ltd has announced the promotion of Tan Hup Foi from general manager to managing director of Trans-Island Bus Services Ltd (Tibs) and Singapore Shuttle Bus (Pte) Ltd (SSB). At the same time, Teo Joo Huak will be promoted from assistant general manager
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          Lock icon Seagrott & Campbell plans bond issue
          66 18 Seagrott Campbell plans bond issue NST KUALA LUMPUR Seagrott and Campbell Holdings Bhd is proposing a Ms3o million (S$ 17 million) issue of 4 per cent redeemable bank guaranteed bonds 1994/1999 together with 15 million detachable warrants. The bond issue will raise mediumterm funds at a favourable effective interest rate,
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          Lock icon Philippine food firm to build plant
          71 18 Reuter MANILA The Philippine food conglomerate Universal Robina Corp (URC) plans to build a two-billion-peso (S$ 113.8million) packaging plant, firm officials said yesterday. This will put URC in competition with San Miguel Corp and Steniel Manufacturing Corp. Proceeds from URC's 6.5-billion-peso initial public offering
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          Shareholders advised against IOI offer
          102 18 KUALA LUMPUR The independent directors of Lam Soon Huat have advised shareholders against accepting the general offer made by Industrial Oxygen Inc Bhd as it has been deemed to be financially unattractive. 101 and parties acting in concert, who collectively own a 58.84 per cent
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          Lock icon Gadek gets loan for CCM takeover
          60 18 NST NST KUALA LUMPUR Gadek (M) Bhd has secured a MSI24 million (5570.7 million) syndication loan for its acquisition of Credit Corporation (Malaysia) Bhd. Announcing this on Friday, the company said the credit facility was secured from a syndicate of banks with Utama Wardley
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        Lock icon ASM unit buys 56.6pc of publicly listed firm in HK
        232 18 Bernama, AFP KUALA LUMPUR The •wholly-owned subsidiary of Amalgamated Steel Mills Bhd, Angkasa Marketing (Singapore) Pte Ltd, is acquiring 118,836,300 shares of HKSI.OO each representing 36.6 per cent of the issued paid-up capital in Walsin International Holdings Ltd (WIHL), a
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        Lock icon Philippine Airlines revamps management, seeks buyer
        552 18 Reuter MANILA Philippine Airlines is flying into a financial crisis and its main shareholders are set to jettison management only a year after the last major shake-up to avert the danger. They are also seriously considering selling out to cut their losses. PR Holdings
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        Liang Court to build US$30m service apartments in Ho Chi Minh City
        386 18  -  By Harish Mehta SINGAPORE Liang Court Holdings and its Vietnamese partner plan to build a US$3O million (5547.6 million) service apartment complex in Ho Chi Minh City, a move which will extend its growing property interests in that
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        Thai SEC seeks fairer distribution of IPO shares
        435 18 BANGKOK The deputy secretary-general of Thailand's Securities and Exchange Commission, Prasarn Trairatworakul, says the commission is considering putting a stop to underwriters and owners taking positions in initial public share offerings they are involved with, The Bangkok Post reports. The SEC set
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        347 18 AFP JAKARTA State telecommunications firm PT Indosat will become Indonesia's first government-owned company to float its shares on international stock markets, the Antara news agency said last Saturday. "Indosat, which holds the monopoly on international communication services, will be given the
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        Lock icon Star to take over ailing Bank Summa
        264 18 AFP JAKARTA PT Sira Tama Agra Raya (Star), a subsidiary of a firm owned by President Suharto's daughter Siti Hardiyanti Rukmana, is set to take over the ailing Bank Summa, the company said yesterday. Star and the liquidation team had signed a memorandum
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        Lock icon Philippines' Petron to revamp board following Aramco purchase
        290 18 Reuter LIMAY, Philippines Petron Corp, the Philippines' biggest oil refiner and distributor, will revamp its board next week as a result of the sale of 40 per cent of its equity to Saudi Arabia's Aramco, Petron president Monico Jacob said. He said
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        Lock icon Yizheng to raise HK$2.6b from new issue outside China
        464 19 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG Chinas Yizheng Chemical Fiber Co, the fifth largest polyester producer in the world, will sell a billion new shares to investors outside China to raise up to HK52.62 billion (SSS3B million), according to a corporate finance executive
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        Lock icon Cheung Kong not planning mainland spin-off yet
        240 19 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG Cheung Kong (Holdings), Hongkong tycoon Li Ka-shing's main investment company, says it could spin off its China operations in future but it has no immediate plan to do so. In a statement to the Hongkong stock exchange on Friday
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        Lock icon Ciba-Geigy division sets up Chinese joint venture
        108 19 Bloomberg Business News ZURICH Swiss pharmaceutical and chemical giant CibaGeigy AG said last Friday its additive division has established its first joint venture in China, in which it will control 58.5 per cent of the capital. The new company, with total capital of
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          Lock icon HK firm in Vietnam resort venture
          105 19 AFP HANOI A Hongkong firm has set up a joint venture to spend US$l5O million (SS23B million) improving infrastructure in the Vietnamese resort of Dalat as a way of drawing in further tourism investment, a report said yesterday. Strategic Development International Corp is to
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          Lock icon Paging service launched in Hanoi
          83 19 AFP HANOI Hanoi will no longer be a refuge for those who hate the disruption of beepers after a Hongkong firm launched the first radio paging serv ice in the Vietnamese capital at the weekend. Hanoi ABC Paging Centre, a joint venture between Hongkong's ABC
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          Lock icon Chengdu department store to be listed
          65 19 Reuter SHANGHAI Chengdu People's Department Store Co Ltd wiH list 19 million A shares in Shanghai on Feb 24, a company statement said yesterday. The shares were issued at 4.1 renminbi per share from Dec 18 to 28 last year. Proceeds will be used
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          Lock icon TDK profit expected to drop by 60pc
          72 19 Bloomberg Business News TOKYO TDK, the world's largest maker of audio tapes, will probably report its consolidated net profit dropped 60 per cent to 2 billion yen (5530.4 million) for the three-month period through December 1993, the Nikkei newspaper said. The drop is
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          Lock icon Fujitsu to start interactive cable TV
          47 19 Bloomberg Business News TOKYO Fujitsu Ltd will open an interactive cable television station, the Nikkei newspaper said on Saturday. The company will produce equipment and software for the operation and is considering offering home shopping and video-on-demand services. Bloomberg Business News
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        Lock icon Sino-Australian accord to launch satellite in the offing
        264 19 Reuter BEIJING China Aerospace Corporation said it was close to signing an agreement with Optus Communications of Australia to launch the Optus B3 satellite using a Chinese Long March rocket. "The contract for the Optus B3 satellite, which is made by Hughes
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        Lock icon Recession-hit BAe to report hefty losses for third consecutive year
        524 20 Reuter LONDON British Aerospace (BAe) will announce its third annual loss in a row when it unveils its 1993 results on Wednesday. Headline losses are expected to be £130 million (*****.7 million) to £160 million before tax against a record
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        42 20 AFP JAEN, Spain A young worker burning a home-made Japanese flag during a protest against the closure of a car plant in Linares, of which Suzuki owns a majority share. More than 25,000 people joined the demonstration. AFP
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        Lock icon ICI likely to post £300m profit, but analysts still wary
        354 20 Reuter LONDON Imperial Chemical Industries pic will report on Thursday its first final results since demerging its bioscience arm Zeneca. And analysts are expecting a pre-tax profit of about £300 million (SS7OS.S million) and an unchanged dividend. Forecasts range from
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        Lock icon Big Blue to slash 705 jobs in NY, Texas
        247 20 Bloomberg Business News ARMONK, New York International Business Machines Corp said on Friday it will slash 705 jobs in New York and Texas and expects to announce 1,200 more cuts next month. The layoffs include 320 reported on Thursday at the
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        Lock icon Jefferson Smurfit plans US$1b IPO, debt sale
        177 20 Bloomberg Business News ST LOUIS Jefferson Smurfit Corp, one of the nation's largest paper and packaging companies, said on Friday it planned to sell US$l billion (551.59 billion) in equity and debt to the public as part of a US$2.5 billion recapitalisation. The
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        Morgan Grenfell Asia is again region's No 1 project finance team
        488 21  -  By Abdul Hadhi SINGAPORE Morgan Grenfell Asia (MGA) has been ranked the region's leading project finance team by Project Finance International for 1993, making it the third year in a row. The Morgan Grenfell Group has also been ranked
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        Lock icon Investors buying short-term agency notes
        428 21 Bloomberg Business News NEW YORK Shorter-term bonds of government sponsored agencies and corporations are getting snapped up by investors who anticipate a rise in long-term interest rates. While no bonds were slated for sale last Friday, investors anticipate that government agencies may sell new issues
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        Lock icon UK gilts top gainers in global bond markets
        203 21 Reuter LONDON UK gilts chalked up the strongest performance among the world's major government bond markets in local currency terms, with Spanish bonds stumbling to last place in Salomon Brothers' latest weekly global survey. Bolstered by bullish inflation data, UK gilts rose
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        Lock icon Clinton's bank regulation plan offers no benefits: Greenspan
        387 21 Bloomberg Business News ORLANDO, Florida A Ginton administration plan to consolidate the four federal banking regulators into one agency would increase risk in the industry. Federal Reserve Board chairman Alan Greenspan said on Saturday that the administration plan also would not reduce
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          CP Pokphand raises US$150 million
          87 21 HONGKONG CP Pokphand Co Ltd, the international agribusiness and industrial group, yesterday said it had successfully launched a US$l5O million (*****.5 million) issue of Floating Rate Notes, the company's biggest fund raising to date and its first debt securities issue in the international capital markets.
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          Lock icon Mitsubishi Bank shoulders bad loans
          79 21 Bloomberg Business News TOKYO Mitsubishi Bank will assume non-performing loans held by its two affiliated non-bank financial institutions and sell the loans to a joint-venture entity established for the purpose of buying such loans, the Nikkei newspaper said. The bank will buy the two companies'
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          Lock icon US revamps mutual fund rules
          85 21 Reuter WASHINGTON US regulators have issued uniform guidelines on retail sales by banks and thrifts of mutual funds and other uninsured investment products. The details were outlined in a statement by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp, the
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          Lock icon Taiwan Cement to issue Eurobonds
          70 21 Reuter TAIPEI Taiwan Cement Corp, the island's biggest cement maker, has said it will issue US$l5O million in convertible Eurobonds to raise funds for local and foreign investments. It would apply for the issue in March, and tentatively planned to issue the bonds in April,
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          Lock icon Guangzhou seeks banking ventures
          81 21 Reuter BEIJING China's Guangzhou city would experiment with Sino-foreign joint venture banks this year, Vice-Mayor Chen Kaizhi said. Mr Chen said Guangzhou would selectively invite foreign banks, financial institutions, funds, leasing and insurance companies to start joint venture banks on an experimental basis. Guangzhou wanted to
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        Lock icon US steel imports hit 5-yr high
        428 22 Bloomberg Business News Washington US steel imports rose 14 per cent in 1993 to the highest level in five years as American steel mills bought a record amount of foreign semi-finished steel to fill a crush of orders. Imports rose to 19.5 million tonnes
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        Lock icon Output cuts push aluminium prices to 18-month highs
        312 22 Reuter LONDON Aluminium prices surged to 18-month highs last Friday as traders took heart from fresh promises to cut production which suggest that a global agreement to reduce the flood of metal into the market really could work. Prices on the London
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        Lock icon German firm vows to build Indon smelter
        99 22 Bloomberg Business News LONDON Mctallgescllschaft AG has pledged to continue its US$6OO million (*****.8 million) copper smelter project in Indonesia, the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries News Agency said on Friday. Lurgi AG, a unit of Metallgcscllschaft, is to build a copper smelter
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        Lock icon Pakistan's exports of cotton products set to fall
        264 22 Reuter KARACHI A poor cotton crop and a scarcity of cotton yarn for Pakistan's huge textile industry will hurt vital exports of cotton products and curb export earnings, analysts said last Friday. "Exports of cotton products will fall due to high domestic
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        Banque Indosuez WEEKLY REGIONAL CURRENCY REPORT
        263 22 IT WAS a week of volatile, nervous trading in which the USS reached fresh highs against Asian currencies in response to domestic factors. The USS was sold against the S$ in the early half of the week, in response to the US$/yen. which fell
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        2156 22 'Rates are the average of 9 selected banks Trade-weighted index calculated against S'pore's lop 14 trading partners Base year !9g5 BANKS ABN Amro Bank NV ANZ Banking Group 6 Allied Irish Bank PLC 6V1 American Express Bank 6V1 Arab Banking Corp 6Vj Arab Bank PLC 6 Asahi Bank Lid 6%
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        Lock icon German farm futures need push: traders
        601 23 Knight-Ridder HAMBURG Germany's planned futures market for farm products needs an immediate push from the German Stock Exchange Federation (Deutsche Boerse AG) and close coordination with the Paris Matif, otherwise it has no chance, German trade sources said. "Now should be the time for
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        Lock icon Overproduction, warmer weather push oil prices to five-year low
        671 23 COMMODITY WEEKLY ROUNDUP LONDON The price of Brent crude oil, the reference oil for the North Sea, fell in London last week to its lowest level since November 1988, depressed by worldwide overproduction and the ending of a cold spell in
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      1517 23 Rubber Singapore Coni nudity Eicku(i (feturts dosing m at Ipm) RSS 1 Contract (S cents/kg) Close Volume Open Month High Low Sett (tonnes) Interest Mar 94 137 00 137.00 137.25 25 L275 Apr 0.00 0.00 139.00 0 4.500 May 141.00 141.00 141.00 500 4.650 Jun 0.00 0.00 142.00
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      4661 24 CORPORATE RESULTS Net Earn EPS Dale TY LY TY I.Y Coa*M> ann (Sm) (Sa) (eti) (ctt) Acma Sep 10 I 19.517 6 006 28.3 9.7 AISB* Oct 28 P 2 095 0.334 2 04 0.3 Alliance Tech Sep 30 1 0.490L 0.150 0.5 Alex HkJgs Dec
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      753 24 Relative Strength Index: The RSI measures the rate at which prices move. In theory, it ranges between zero and 100. In practice however, it fluctuates between 10 and 90. RSI is calculated over a specified period, say 13 days, and is derived from the formula: 100 100/ [(up
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        Lock icon Rising interest rates give investors reasons to sell
        599 25 AP N«w York STOCKS muddled through another indecisive week as Wall Street tried to reckon with the reality of rising interest rates. Analysts said that if investors were looking for reasons to sell, they found them. An intense but brief selling frenzy
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        Lock icon Rate cut hopes fail to boost market
        404 25 AFP LmmlM THE London Stock Exchange lacked direction last week with investors prudent ahead of signs of a faltering in the British economic recovery. After losing 2.8 per cent the previous week, the FT-SE 100 share index gained only 3.7 points over the
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        464 25 AFP Tokyo SHARE prices dipped on the Tokyo Stock Exchange in a week gripped with investor concern about the yen's upsurge following the collapse of US-Japan trade talks. The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average closed the week at 18,959.60 points, or down
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        346 25 AFP, Reuter Hongkong SHARE prices tumbled nearly 6 per cent in a week of rollercoaster trading due to investor fears of hikes in US and local interest rates. The blue-chip Hang Seng Index dived 678.15 points or 5.9 per cent to close the
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          709 25 •35.18 Wall Street shed 35 points on Friday on a rise in long-term interest rates and fear that inflation was on the rise. The Dow Jones index of 30 leading industrials closed at 3,887.46, down 35.18 points (0.90 per cent). Volume was lower than expected because some traders
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          388 25 -28.89 Battered Toronto stocks closed sharply lower but up from session lows as a wave of selling sent US treasury yields soaring, dealers said. The TSE 300 Composite closed 28.89 points lower at 4,378.39 after plunging just shy of 1.0 per cent to 4,368 earlier. All but two of
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          104 25 The Australian stock market fell to a lower weekly close after a sharp fall on Friday sparked by a fall in bond prices here, brokers said. The key All Ordinaries index fell to 2,223.2 points, 18.2 below the previous week's close. The indicator had tracked sideways through most of
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          64 25 Stocks recovered from the shocks of the government's economic cooling measures and resumed their upward trend in South Korea, with the Composite Price Index (CPI) rising 15.78 points or 1.7 per cent on the week. The CPI closed on Saturday at 932.93 points. The week's average daily turnover was
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          138 25 Share prices on the Taiwan Stock Exchange started the first week of the Year of the Dog with losses, as most investors expected a gloomy outlook for the market in the short term. The benchmark 372issue weighted price index wound up the first trading week of the lunar year
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          123 25 It was a slow week on the Philippine stock market but strong showings by some issues, such as Philippine Long Distance and Telefihone Co, pulled things up or a marginal gain overall, analysts said on Saturday. The composite price index at the Manila Stock Exchange rose to close the
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          81 25 The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) index rose 40.26 points (2.76 per cent) during a week of thin trading, to close on Friday at 1,456.08. The average daily share volume traded was 102.5 million shares, up from 92 million the previous week, while the average daily trada value was
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          49 25 Market sentiment was poor during the week and one dealer said bearish sentiment could continue to depress share prices. "The index could be tested at the 550 level, but we see support there," he added. The official index closed at 554.78 on Friday from 586.62 the previous Friday.
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          104 25 Indian stock prices rose for a second day thanks to buying by the governmentowned Unit Trust of India (UTI), the country's biggest fund manager, and some foreign investors on Friday. The Bombay stock exchange index rose 29.09 points or 0.75 per cent to 3896.48 and the national index gained
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        5970 26 Bernama THE first week of the Year of the Dog saw share prices here drifting sideways on dampened sentiment, which was further dienched by the depreciating ringgit. Bank Negara recently ruled to curb the inflow of foreign short term speculative funds. The ringgit hit its
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        1862 28  -  By Quak Hiang Whai SINGAPORE With dark clouds spawned by the US-Ja-pan trade dispute still hovering over regional markets, the Singapore bourse finished the week with little excitement and, worse, with no clear direction for the week ahead. With many investors staying
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      256 29  -  By Ramesh Divyanathan SINGAPORE This year's SingaPort confcrcnce will be held simultaneously with the Singapore International Bunkering Conference in March. "The double event will raise the stature of SingaPort by covering a wider audience from all sectors of the shipping. ports and
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      247 29 Reuter LONDON Britain announced last week that life prison sentences are in store for anyone who attacks or tries to disrupt the new Channel Tunnel. Conservative Transport Minister Roger Freeman told parliament last Wednesday the government wanted to make the tunnel, due to open
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      1120 29 Page Col ABC Containcrlinc 12 5 Accord Group 8 1-3 Africa Container 16 4 Ahrcnkicl Liner 4 1/2 AOEShpg 15 4/5 ANL 3 1/2 APL 5 3-5 Appenship 8 4/5 Arabian Express 15 5 ASCL 5 5 ASXCLShpg 15 2 Avant Shpg 6
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      Lock icon Seabourn to introduce long-term cruise passes
      227 29 Bloomberg Business News SAN FRANCISCO Seabourn Cruise Line will introduce a long-term ticket for its cruise-ship line. Somewhat like a one-month rail pass allowing you to sec the US or Europe for a few hundred dollars. Seabourn's tickets are good for 45, 60. 90
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      297 29 Reuter LONDON Britain should end its ban on foreign firms registering merchant ships under its flag to give a lift to its dwindling fleet and reputation as a shipping nation, a freetrade pressure group said last week. Aims of Industry, which lobbies
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      282 29 Bloomberg Business News LONDON Kvaerner AS. a Norwegian shipbuilder, said its pre-tax profit climbed 41 per cent in the year ended Dec 31, as earnings improved at its shipbuilding and oil and gas businesses. Kvaerner said it pre-tax profit climbed to 1.32 billion
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        1373 30 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Record Bookin(/Balance RsJts Ship Voy No Etb/Btr Period From To From Ac* Violet 031B 22; 0700 1 20/1500 20/1659 20/1900 2 20/1700 21/0669 21/0900 3 21/0700 21/1159 21/1*00 Ann Ms 9406 23/2300
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      THE SHIPPING GUIDE
      11406 38 This is a list of ships loading at Singapore for ports around the world. It tabulates, by destination, the name of the ship, the shipping line involved and the estimated dates of arrival and departure from the Port of Singapore. LEGEND PN: ship calls at Pcnang after
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      DAILY FREIGHTS
      1498 45 THE Baltic Freight Index for spot dry cargo shipping rates fell to 1.140 on Thursday from 1.148 on Feb 16. Rates slumped for Panamax tonnage fixed for trips within the Atlantic area with the short-term outlook still gloomy, brokers said. Deutsche Continental booked the 1977-built, 61,709-dwt Simeon CH
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      423 45 COURSES Title: Standard Trading Conditions (SDF 70%) Duration: Feb 22 Apr 5 Organiser: Singapore Freight Forwarders Association Tel: For more information contact SFFA Secretariat at 253-7550 or fax: 253-2303. Title: Container Management (SDF 70%) Duration: Feb 23 Mar 30 Organiser: Singapore National Shipping Association Tel: For further details
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      1255 46  -  The new regime at the Japanese oil majors is to tender for tanker charters on the open, international market at international, dollar-based rates, reports Kevin Chinnery Kevin Chinnery Lloyd's List Maritime Asia IF EVER the abrupt rise of customer power in Japanese shipping was apparent, lino
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        Local company buys unit of US-based aviation firm
        314 48  -  By A J Leow SINGAPORE Singaporebased United Motor Works has bought the local subsidiary of US-based aviation company Aero Systems Aviation Corp for US$l.5 million (552.4 million) cash. The subsidiary. Aero Systems. sells and services aircraft electrical accessories and instrument components. Its
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        Lock icon Swire group wins deal for HK airport baggage system
        189 48 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG The territory's Provisional Airport Authority has awarded a HKS663 million (SSI36 million) contract for a baggage handling system at Hongkong's planned new international -airport to a consortium led by Swire Engineering Services. Other companies in the consortium
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        Lock icon New satellite navigation system now available
        388 48 Pilot can pinpoint position of his aircraft AP WASHINGTON A new navigation system using 24 satellites tells a pilot within inches where his plane is. often making it possible to land in poor weather instead of being diverted to other airports. The Global Positioning
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        Lock icon Clean-air plan for California targets airlines, ships
        611 48 Bloomberg Business News WASHINGTON A new federal clean-air strategy for California's smoggiest cities may force airlines, trains and ships to cut emissions inside the state, something they've never had to do before. It could also force them to reduce service in the state.
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          Lock icon Air Europa more than doubles profits
          88 48 Reuter MADRID Air Europa. the main domestic challenger so far to state-owned Iberia, last week said it made a net profit of 253 million pesetas in 1993. up from 109 million in 1992. on a 19 per cent increase in turnover to almost 30
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          92 48 Reuter PARIS Air France expects its 1994 air cargo traffic to match the 6 per cent growth recorded by the industry globally in 1993. an Air France cargo spokesman said last week. "We have started the year on the right note with the volume
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          70 48 Reuter MANILA The Philippine Board of Investment approved plans by International Container Terminal Services Inc to expand its port facilities in Manila, officials said last week. The expansion programme will cost 1.57 billion pesos (5589.3 million) and involves construction of a 300-metre wharf extension
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          Lock icon Air Canada narrows loss
          94 48 Bloomberg Business News MONTREAL Air Canada said last week its year-end loss narrowed to C 5326 million (*****.7 million), or C 54.23 a share, from C 5454 million, or C 56.13, in 1992. The Montreal-based carrier said 1993 results include a one-time provision of CslB7 million,
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        Sisir, SAe to do research on composite materials
        146 48 SINGAPORE The Singapore Institute of Standards and Industrial Research (Sisir) is working with Singapore Aerospace (SAe) on a 530.4-million research project. The aim is to develop a new approach to the fracture and damage tolerance of composite materials used in aerospace construction.
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        151 48 AP TAIPEI Taiwan Aerospace Corp suggested last Friday that the US Boeing company participate in a joint venture that it plans with British Aerospace to produce regional passenger jets. "We have not given up hope on the deal with British Aerospace," said Jack
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        445 48 Bloomberg Business News SEATTLE Now that Boeing Co and McDonnell Douglas Corp have beaten out Europe's Airbus Industrie for a coveted USSS6 billion (559.5 billion) Saudi Arabian airplane contract, the two US companies will have to spar with each other for
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      1903 34 HANJIN SHIPPING BOOKING TEL:- *****35-237 OPERATION TEL: *****41-253 SALES TEL:- *****22-233 DOCUMENT TEL: *****71-275 FOR VSI SM LME HAUE SEA TV* P0« TOR SM IIM HAUL SAW IM NYC HANJIN KAOHSJUNG 015E 25/2 MttCT 17/3 11/3 19/3 HANHN KAOKSWNG 015£ ft? II PROGKSS 031E 31/3 1/4 3/4 HANJIN ELIZABETH 011E
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      2352 35 H ffefr II please dial 1-800-*****00 (toll-free) II II II FOR ALL BOOKINGS (NOL SERVICES) II EXPORT TO: PSW/PNW SINGAPORE CALIFORNIA EXPRESS (SCX) TO: USWC US OOLF MIDWEST USEC CANADA VESSEL VOy"T"TSp"I LOS OAK VAN SET 4/7- CCG C££ C/.J P<t Off HOI \OK SYK FLP TOK UOs' CALIFORNIA SATURN
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      1137 35 a MULTILINE SHIPPING PTE LTD ■V (a member of SMSOV Group) CR NO: **********0 C ENQUIRIES: *****33 f —X BOOKINGS: *****64, *****51, *****31, *****13 BALTIC: INWARD *****97 OUTWARD *****10 T/S *****10 BIASCO: INWARD *****65 OUTWARD *****28 T/S *****46 FESCO: BOOKINGS *****06 DOC *****07 MARINE INSURANCE: *****87 INVENTORY: *****59 AGENTS: KL:
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      1150 36 K44 v V*' AS AGENTS "K" LINE (SIN6APORE) PTE LTD |CR No: **********0 M) TEL: *****77 TELEX KAWAKI R*****5 FAX: *****16/7/8/9 I W ■iy MALAYSIA "K" LINE MARITIME (MALAYSIA) SON BHO ■2J TEL: SA *****00 PK *****75 PEN *****0 JB *****1 PGU *****5/6 1 INDONESIA: P.T. SARANA LAUTINTERNUSA, 'EL: JKT
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      230 36 Continental Pacific Shipping J TIMBER PLYWOOD SERVICE TO U.K./CONTINENT KKU STORE PK LOADING FOR MALBU SLD SLO FLU/ROT/ANT/UK SKIPPER N SID SID IN PT FLU/ROT/ANT/UK/ BELFAST SEA CONCERT 2S/2 4/3 6/3 FLU/ROT/ANT/UK Loads Sabah/Indonesia C R NO. **********0H CONTIPAC SHIPPING PTE LTD T*l: *****32 Fax: *****49 P.K. MULTIPORT SDN BHD.
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      380 36 IT?5\ FOONG SUN SHIPPING (PTE) LTD. WHOLESALE CENTRE, BLOCK 1, #03-10 SINGAPORE 0511 BOOKING/ENQUIRIES CR NO: 1096M*****W TEL: *****55 (12 lms OUTBOUND) *****77 6ims-INBOUND FAX: *****16 TELEX: R8 *****/***** FSSHIP VESSEL VOY ETA [TO OESTMATION SUN RAY 3/94 2/3 4/3 PLAJU/PALEMBANG SEAMAR 3/94 24/2 26/2 PONTIANAK/SMTETE SUN RAT 3/94 2/3
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      865 36 @APPENSHIP /2\ HAMBURG V7V/ CONVENTIONAL INDEPENDENT LINER SERVICE EUROPE TO SOUTH EAST ASIA AND FAR EAST «SS£LS 10AMNG PO«TS WSCHARGE/lOAONG FOR UNISON HAM 31/01 ANT 05/02 SPORE 11/03 BKK. LAEM INZHENER PARK HON YUK KLP 09/02 TQN 21/02 TRT 02/03 SPORE 02/04 HUANGPU/XINGANG HONESTY S2E 16/02 HAM 22/02 SPORE 22/03.
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      282 36 GOLDEN LINE VCGaV GUAN guan shipping V\Ns><\ (PTE) LTD 23. TeM »r« Street SMG4PORE 0104 TEL: SJ43SM (It UNES) Far *****04 (a No loiauMWM) ITKAITI/HMIAII CPU SERVICE S pore P. Ketang Penang GOIOEH HMIEST Karacfc Dubai h PI TRAM GMCt Kwacfc Dob* 5/6 M« CHINA lIKTICI GOIDEN WONDER China Ports
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      1006 37 PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL LINES (PTE) LTD] *1 SSSSSS 140 Cecil Street PIL Building. Singapore 0106. I CR NO **********06 VESSEL VOY SIN BKK SIN VESSEL VOY SIN JKT SIN SRIMANEE MNOSN 22/2 2S/2 1/3 ESftnFSSI? S? 2£ V\ SRISAMUT (THAI FLAG) SMO6N 23/2 2S/2 2/3 MAJAPAHIT 4181 27/2 */3 8/3 SIAM
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      1220 37 VESSELS VOY SM HAMBURG ROTTERDAM ANTWERP THAMES If HARVE VK.LE 01 cmm 7432W 21/02 19/03 21/03 22/03 23/03 24/03 WILE D'AQUKA 7532W 09/03 01/04 03/04 04/04 06/04 06/04 «.U D'HYMA 9232W 14/03 01/04 10/04 U/04 12/04 13/04 WILE 01 LYRA 7732W 15/04 17/04 U/04 19/04 20/04 'ALSO ACCEPTING CARGO TO
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      406 37 I BSfl nT M MYANMA W FIVE STAR LINE (Myanmar National Line) Loading for Yanfon (Rangoon) S'pore Mlf Pen P.Gdf USH» VIM* In Part HPA-AN VI99WT 23/25 Fab SAGAMG V33W 2C/27 Fab PAGAN V2O7W 7/9 Mar MALAYSM AGENTS: BOUSUAD SWPMG AGENCCS KU.: TU 03 24X7300 PKL: TEL 13-3(1(7(7 PEN TE
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      59 39 1/C VISA FREIGHT SERVICES PTE LTD Established Since 1984 OCEANIA PORTS REGULAR GROUP AGE LCL consolidation AUCKLAND SYDNEY import export MELBOURIHE FREHANTLE services ym .pi/ rt df. m', fOR BOOKING 8t SAILING SCHEDULE, CALL THE TOTAL TRANSPORTATION PEOPLE. to VISA FREIGHT SERVICES PTE LTD VISA LCL CONSOL PTE LTD TOLL-FREE
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      1069 40 /^NORBUU^ I NORBULK CARGO BERVICEB LTD. 1 I REGULAR CONVENTIONAL I TIMBER AND PLYWOOD SERVICES I YRIA 25/2 NAN/FIU/ANT/UK I MLAGRO 13/3 20/3 ROT/MT/UK I ISP PK LOADING FOR I NORBULK TBN 13/3 DBN/CT/EL I ALSO LOADS TG MANI AND KK I PK SWK/SABAH LOADING FOR NORBULK NAMIR 10/3 XIAMEN/SHANGHAI
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      179 40 TO AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND [wi u> fr— mm 8H [w| r a*tm C VOOUE 324 575~ 11/3 17/3 Wi 2S/3 »/> mtwovdi» 575 575 i«/« EUEN HUMS J» 12/4 575 24/4 27/4 2/% i/S ■una »7 575 1575 u/» 21/s M« MXXiWC TO USA/CANADA 55t si export cn»»rt»| mS&SZ *»aui c
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      600 41 (ft FAMOUS CONTAINER LINES 10 ANSON RD. #15-21 INTERNATIONAL PLAZA, SPORE 0207 HOT LINE: *****33 (24 LINES) IFAMOPS CFSI ARE MOVING] NEW ADDRESS: FORWARDING l"" ~&jnw BLK 517, KEPPEL DISTRIPARK KAMPONG BAHRU ROAD PHONE *****10 j3£ 1 SUPER EXPRESS SERVICE TO SEA ial Shipping agency (S) pte ltd 180 CECIL
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      1050 41 jags t? i^^E2sa^iß I I 111 I I >, I VESSEL VOY SIN PEN gIMMMMMMtiaia<MMMB >? wana bhum ms tw 22/ a sot as/2 peja bhum m m™ im p. w« M H [VESSEL VOY SIN BKK SIWI BHUM 3»5 Fri 25/2 Ty 1/3 f DEJA BHUM 4SS3 FH 2Srt~
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      682 41 Guaranteed Sailings to-. BANGKOK LAEM CHABANG JAKARTA PORT KELANG •HO CHI MINH MANILA CEBU •SURABAYA PENANG HONGKONG We also serve other ports: USA, EUROPE, CHINA AND ALL DESTINATIONS pi DONGN AM A LINE coHTAMmmmo SERVICE iwmwwuwibwm rasa r« m bin n b» k HONGKONG GLORY MO2N 25/2 27/2 1/3 11/3
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      1820 42 ■4BMN line£, in£ I -fyr/YV Afltnli: MAC-NELS SPORE: *****22 (24 LINES) (PANAMA) X 'cm nk murium SIBU (084) *****9 KUCHINQ (062) *****3 PENANQ: (04) *****6 BANGKOK (662) *****57 MANILA (632) *****61 P.KELANQ: (03) *****77 JAKARTA: (21) *****07 SURABAYA: (31) *****0 I HKG/TWN/BKK GENOA/EUROPE PEN PKL SIN 5 SAILINGS/WEEK PEN PK
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      1034 42 £> THONG SOON UNES PTE LTD 1 I 78 SHENTON WAY #10-01, SINGAPORE 0207 I I V/ V/ TEL: 227-5088 FAX: 227-6011 I TLX: RS ***** CARRER, RS ***** JENHOL CABLE: TOSOCO I SINGAPORE TO SARAWAK W* SPORE jDEST VESSEL [VOY IS'POtE jDEST EQUATOR JADE 104/4E 26 FEB KUCHING EQUATOR
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      654 43 WgVEVERETT ORIENT LINE" JAPAN/BAY OF BENGAL/JAPAN SERVICE ACCEPTING mMBU.K SOC CMGOtS TO/FROM KOBE. YOKOHAMA, NAGOTk. MO* TOKYO*. MANIA*. OAVAOV Peiuni* P. Ketanj Saifipore E'Msia* SHAPLAEVERETT VI9E 25/2« Feb IVYEVERETT VBE 01/02 Apr KARABCVERETT VI6E 10/11 Apr 12/13 Apr ACCEPTING MEAKBUU FCI SOC CARGOES TO FROM CHTTAGONG. CALCUTTA ANO MONGLA*. Srjjpore
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      230 43 181 GLORY NAVIGATION GROUP 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 18/2 20/2 22/2 27/2 GLORY SELATAN V 15/2 22/2 25/2 SP PKL HCM HK KAO GLORY SELATAN IX 29/2 30/2 •ALSO
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      614 43 jdfef PAKISTAN NATIONAL SHIPPING CORPORATION KARACHI BREAKBULK A CONTAINER SERVICE VESSEL VQT SW jUMQI MAKRAN 145-HW 27/02 (X/ 03 HYDERABAD 127 HW IS/03 24/03 BOIAN 139-HW a/03 03/04 SABGOOHA 140-HW 04 04 1 3 04 FAR EAST CONTAINER SERVICE ONLY VESStL W»" Ml *HKg"" BSN OST" HAG "rpß™™ SARGQOHA 1W
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      674 43 FORTNIGHTLY DIRECT CONTAINER SERVICE SIN TO DURBAN/CAPETOWN/ LAGOS/P. ELIZABETH VESSEL SIN DURBAN CPT LOS P ELIZABETH VI HE/96 26/02 09/02 14/03 21/03 27/03 SHUN HE/101 11/03 25/03 27/03 04/04 14/04 TAO HE/82 26/03 10/04 12/04 09/04 29/04 JIAN HE/82 11/04 25/04 27/OA OS/OS 15/05 ACCEPTS CARGO TO JOHANNESBURG PRETORIA VIA
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      236 43 SIN FAR EAST 01/03 KEELUNG/KAOHSIUNG 26/02 BANGKOK 27/02 MANILA/CEBU 26/02 JAKARTA/BELAWAN/SURABAYA 28/02 PORT KELANG/PENANG/E. MALAYSIA 27/02 BUSAN 27/02 TOKYO/YOKO/KOBE/NGO/OSA 27/02 HONG KONG S|N CHINA 27/02 GUANGZHOU/HUANGPU/SHENZHEN FUZHOU XIAMEN SHANTOU/SHEKOU DALIAN SHANGHAI/XINGANG TIANJIN/QINGDAO/HAIKOU also accepting LCL cargo S[N EUROPE/UK 01/03 LDN/FLX/LVP/SOU 01/03 RDM/HAM/ANT/LEH/GOA/OSL/GOT/BCN also accepting cargo to Austria/ Hungary Romania Poland
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      815 44 Handling System Co. Pte. Ltd. 136 138, N«il Road, #03-00, Singapore 0208 TT7 VT7 M CFS-20, Gul Road, Singapore 2282 Tal: 02-*****28 Handling System Co. Sdn. Bhd. N0.9 Lorong Cungah, ***** Port Klang, Selangor, Malaysia 24th Floor, UMBC Main Building, ***** Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Handling System (HK) Co. Ltd. Wing
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      429 44 y Conform CONTERM FREIGHT (F.E.) PTE LTD. AUCKLAND 27 FEBRUARY (Accepting to all Nm Zealand porta) PENAN6 29 FEB JAKARTA 27 FEB POUT KLANG 29 FEB BANGKOK 27 FEB HONGKON6 27 FEB MELBOURNE 29 FEB SYDNEY 29 FEB FREMANTLE 27 FEB BRISRANE 01 MAR ADELAIDE 26 FER IGOTHENBUR6 26 FER
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      534 44 This Week's Sailings Singapore To: ETD II To: ETD N Singapore Singapore ISO 9002 BY lrqa EVERY EVERY Bangkok SUN Jakarta SUN EVERY EVERY Manila SUN Ho Chi Minh FRI mil J) EVERY EVERY P—SU Colombo TUE Limassol THUR q MTERfMTKMAL SEA FREIGHT FORNAMNK Tel: Fax: ri AM) LOOS TICS
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      155 44 I NIPPON EXPRESS Arrow International (Worldwide Consolidation System) WEEKLY TO: TOKYO/YOKOHAMA/NAGOYA/KAOSHIUNG/ HONG KONG/BANGKOK/KEELUNG/KOBE/ LOS ANGELES (LONG BEACH)/NEW 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
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      1317 45 0 m CRYSTAL FREIGHT SERVICES PTE LTD iJUSEALm, N^ 5988/*****88 asiah parrs I wmuwiwiiui| arnaK BANGKOK ?4/? AUOg.AWD. i* 25/2 ANTWERP 28/2 RUSAN 3/3 ADELAIDE 4/3 FELIXSTOWE 26/2 HONGKONG 26/2 BRISBANE 3/3 HAMBURG 28/2 JAKARTA 1/3 FREMANTLE 25/2 ROTTERDAM 28/2 1/3 MELBOURNE 25/2 KEELUNG I T-SYDNEY 25/2 KAOHSIUNG 24/2 KOBE
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      211 45 sgjs CEYLON SHIPPING CORPN Notional Line of Sri Lanko CONTAINERISED SERVICE TO UK AND NORTH CONTINENTAL PORTS wsgi wr "ST "iST 755? harm ca» nm ivu ii/u ivu h/m i7/m ii,« WH K CAMM H3TH V/K 1»/M M/M 71/13 g/13 hoaama Mjgwing tm-i i7/c M CMIUP MS* 17/g n/u whasa
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      288 45 Cc ONDOR LINE SEMI-CONTAINERISED SERVICE EASTBOUND SCHEDULE N0.26 PORTS VOT MONTEVIOEO BUENOS DURBAN JAKARTA IwaAMAtjwOM KONBI KAfIOtIMMA YOKOHAMA VESSELS AMES'" PCTWOOVORETS MSG SABED SAILED SAMP T/S laore SABED SABED SAAED IHI/02 OEKABRtST EBO7 SAILED OS 18/02 23/02 12 20/03 2S/03 29/03-02/04 04/04 N. KRUPSKAYA CBOB 24/02 28/02-06/03 H/03 OS-07/Q4 12/04
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      392 46 NORTH PHgJPPiNEg FUL^COwrAlNl^slßvlci^^^^^^^ VESSEL VOYAGE SINGAPORE MANILA VIGOUR SINGAPORE 9408N ~18 02 26/02 VIGOUR SINGAPORE 9408 AN 21/02 26/02 LOAMNG EVERY VIGOUR PACIFIC 9409N 25/02 05/03 FRDAY AND MOf AT VIGOUR PACIFIC 9409 AN 28 02 05,03 south pmjpmms full container service VESSEL VOYAGE SINGAPORE 1 GENERAL SANTOS DAVAO CEBU
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      369 46 Gffi AMY ON HOLIDAYS WHEN YOU SHIP WITH US /tiUhU/// PKF.AKBHLK fir COnSQtIDATIOH SERVICES ITT LTD H| (JIJ L/O&mu fx S IK>Ui>K 37 l>uxtim tun Singapore ()2<)H Tel: 225 H332 rax 224 3343 TITIMAS SHIPPING \J TRADING SDN. BHD. KELANG (03)36*0455 (H/UfW) Fax: 03-*****63 Tlx: MA 3MIS TIBITA VESSELS VOY
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      231 46 I cosco UKC CONVENTIONAL SERVICE VESSEL PKL PNG P.O. LOADING FOR: A VESSEL 20/02 Rotterdam/Antwerp CHINA CONVENTIONAL SERVICE VESSEL PKL PNG P G. LOADING FOR: A VESSEL 15/02 20/02 Huangpu/Guangzhou COSCO FULL CONTAINER SERVICES (FCL/FCL) EXPORT TO: CHINA/BANGKOK/HONGKONG EUROPE/CONTINENTAL WEST MEDITERRANEAN AUSTRALIA US WEST COAST PERSIAN GULF/KARACHI Please refer above
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      1002 47 HYUNDAI I MERCHANT MARINE CO. LTD. WESTBOUND TO EUROPE BKG: *****61 VESSELS VOY I PNA I PK£ I PCD I VESSELS VOY I SIN DIM ANT* LEH* HAM Httt FEL NOR MALACCA 9407 A 14/01 15/02 17/02 H. FRONTIER 309W 21/02 11/03 12/03 14/03 13/03 13/03 15/03 MM ADVANCE 038*
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      472 47 STRAITS/ JAPAN/ STRAITS SERVICE SPECIALIST IN RO-RO t HEAVY LIFTS INBOUND VESSELS VESSEL VtY Sf PR IK U CBSHC TRADER ««3 SLB PT AOVSBDR 137 *3 MUA MU V3l 5/3 1/1 MAKE SKY 111 11/ I TAMMN VI 1/| S/l MAKE MOM 141 t/J 11/1 SEAMACOVA DM 1/1 OUTBOUND VESSELS
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      794 47 JEDDAH/UK/CONmNENTT S P0«1b) S TOH KWK R-OAM LEM A«m AccttKfii Cvp F« \\',l nn ,X 2 W l M/J 11/3 to M W tfntnibon Mist and Diiln 18/ I*7 23/2 12/3 15/3 13/3 Attarfe* :It al Attorn AmttrAan. Odt HrinAu HOECHST EXPRESS 13/387 2S/2 7/3 11/3 19/3 21/3 23/3 So**m+m
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