The Business Times, 1 March 1994

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    13 1 Business Times MITA(P) 010/12/93 Tuesday March 1 1994 H K\OW ASIA 75 c
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  • 2am LATEST
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      Lock icon Dow Jones up 12.57 points
      42 1 Reuter NEW YORK Strength in the bond market was the driving force behind a rally yesterday in Wall Street stocks, analysts said. At Ipm EST. the Dow Jones industrial average was up 12.57 points at 3,851.35. Reuter
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      Lock icon Japan may pump US$3b into Venezuelan oil
      56 1 Bloomberg Business News LONDON The Japanese government and several Japanese private companies are negotiating to invest as much as US$3 billion (554.7 billion) in Venezuela's petroleum industry. Opec's News Agency last night said the Japanese ambassador in Caracas had invited Venezuelan firms to
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    MARKET SUMMARY
    162 1 Stock market indices Monday Change STII 2.342.72 -14.67 KLSEComp 1,125.63 +1.52 Nikkei 19,997.20 +193.82 Hang Seng 10.410.23 +309.98 SET Index 1,372.93 -46.61 Jakarta Comp 546.23 -1.28 CLSA China B 1,217.88 -3.21 Aust All Ord 2.180.1 +31.3 FTSE 100 3,328.1 +46.9 Monday Previous lpm close Dow Jones 3,851.35 3,838.78
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    Anaemic options market needs a shot in the arm
    541 1  -  By R Sivanithy SINGAPORE One week short of its anniversary, the options market here is showing signs of anaemia, and experts say quick measures are sorely needed to activate it. For the whole of 1993, just 14,819 contracts were traded, giving
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    Lock icon Bank Negara probes Rakyat Merchant Bankers
    185 1 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Bank Negara Malaysia is reported to be inquiring into Rakyat Merchant Bankers Bhd (RMB) for alleged non-compliance of the capital adequacy ratio. Industry sources yesterday said that the merchant bank was found by Bank Negara to be lending out higher than
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    Lock icon EU warns China against penalising British firms
    478 1 Reuter BEIJING European Commissioner Leon Brittan warned China yesterday not to punish British firms in retaliation for a dispute over Hongkong, saying such action against any member of the European Union (EU) was unacceptable. Sir Leon, in Beijing for talks on subjects including
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    Lock icon Bundesbank sets stage for lower German interest rates
    495 1 euter FRANKFURT The German Bundesbank yesterday paved the way for a modest decline in a key German interest rate, just two days after the Group of Seven (G-7) declared that global inflation was being brought under control. "It is the first step
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    HSBC posts 48pc rise in net earnings to £1.8b
    598 1  -  From Catherine Ong in HONGKONG GLOBAL banking giant HSBC Holdings has exceeded stock market expectations with a 48 per cent jump in net earnings to £1.806 billion (554.2 billion) for the vear ended Dec 31. 1993. The strong year-end results boosted
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    HK climbs 310 points against a mixed day for region's markets
    252 1 SINGAPORE The region's share markets closed mixed yesterday, with Hongkong posting the best performance. In Singapore, trading was subdued throughout the day. The Straits Times Industrials Index, which at one stage was up 10 points, closed 14.67 points lower
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      25 1 Property: Pg n Persistence pays offfor developer HOCK LOCK SIEW Will born-again market find life? Page 17 Indicators point to Japanese economic recovery, Page 16
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      8 1 Hock Lock Sien&fy 17 Options need nuxre life
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
    • EYE on the ECONOMY
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        Lock icon Loans growth to slow to 8pc
        277 2  -  By Anna Teo IN LINE with slower economic expansion, loans growth is likely to moderate to 8 per cent this year. Summit Securities also does not expect significant growth in deposits either. It is projecting a 6 per cent increase, given that interest rates
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    • NEWS ROUNDUP
      • Article
        Tax protocol with Holland signed
        96 2 A PROTOCOL for amending a convention between Singapore and Holland was signed in Singapore yesterday. The protocol amends the Convention for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with respect to taxes on income and on capital. This is expected to bring
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        Fuji Xerox head to give key lecture
        64 2 THE chairman and chief executive of Fuji Xerox of Japan will deliver this year's Singapore Productivity Lecture. Yotaro Kobayashi, who is also a special adviser to Japan's Economic Planning Agency, will discuss the Japanese economy, its achievements and the challenges it faces. His
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      PM Goh starts five-day Vietnam visit tomorrow
      279 2  -  From Loh Hui Yin Bangkok SINGAPORE Prime Minister Cioh Chok Tong begins an official visit to Vietnam tomorrow at the invitation of his Vietnamese counterpart Vo Van Kiet. Mr Cioh, who is visiting Vietnam for the first time, will be accompanied by Minister
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      Editor: professional ethics prevented me giving full answer in first ISD interview
      587 2  -  The OSA trial By Ramesh Divyanathan THE PROSECUTION yesterday probed Business Times editor Patrick Daniel on discrepancies between his statements to the Internal Security Department and his evidence in court. Cross-examining Daniel. Deputy Public Prosecutor Errol Foenander pointed
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      Protection of investment rules not a guarantee against risks in Suzhou/Shandong
      257 2  -  Letter to The Editor Yeong Yoon Ying (Mdm) Press Secretary to Senior Minister YOUR heading in Business limes. Friday. Feb 25. "Singapore to guarantee terms of Suzhou/Shandong projects", is misleading. This is the actual question by Peter Seidlitz of
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      Chua Kim Yeow steps down from chairmanship of SIC
      246 2 THE new chairman of the Stock Exchange of Singapore. Chua Kim Yeow. has given up his chairmanship of the Securities Industry Council after serving for 13 years. A government gazette yesterday announced that Tan Boen Eng. a senior official with the
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      S'pore shortlisted for $100m chemical plant
      315 2 US-BASED Eastman Chemical will be locating its new $100 million polyethylene terephthalate or PETG plant in either Singapore or Malaysia. The company, which has been checking out seven locations in four countries, will announce its final decision for the facility later this year. "The
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      Co-operative movement identifies growth areas
      333 2 Focus on child care, care for elderly, home service, education SINGAPORE'S co-operative movement has identified new areas of possible activity for its future growth and expansion. These areas are child care, care for the elderly, home service and education. Delegates at the First Cooperative Leaders'
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      Local firms have key role in next stage of S'pore's growth
      231 2 THE government sees local enterprises as playing an important role in the next stage of Singapore's economic development. and will spare no efforts to lift their capabilities and standards. Goh Chee Wee. the Minister of State for Trade and
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      Lock icon Umno Youth wants to blacklist M'sian firms with UK ties
      457 3 Bernama AFP, Reuter KUALA LUMPUR The youth wing of Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad's political party yesterday threatened to blacklist local companies that have business dealings with Britain in retaliation for London press claims of corruption in politics here. "We
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      Lock icon Malaysia to spend M$16b to develop telecommunications industry
      410 3 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia will spend MS 16.2 billion (559.4 billion) in the next five years to develop its telecommunications industry. The country plans to become not just the hub of telecommunication activities in the region but also a strong telecommunication equipment
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      Hanoi puts a stop to fishing contracts with foreign firms
      373 3  -  By Harish Mehta SINGAPORE Vietnam has terminated all fishing contracts with foreign companies in a bid to stop the poaching of fish in its territorial waters and preserve its seafood resources, and to curb maritime smuggling. The new rules, banning
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      Lock icon Vietnam set for civil aviation overhaul, Boeing may benefit
      289 3 Reuter HANOI Vietnam will replace 15 airliners at a cost of US$l billion (551.58 billion) in the next few years and needs more than US$3OO million to upgrade three airports, a senior civil aviation official said yesterday. Now that the United
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  • CHINA/HONGKONG/TAIWAN
    • CHINA WATCH
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        Lock icon Modest forecast for China-Japan trade
        97 4 Bloomberg Business News BEIJING A senior Chinese economist has forecast trade between China and Japan to be worth US$lOO billion (SSISB billion) by the end of the century, but only if Tokyo lifts trade barriers. "Experience has proven that Sino-Japanese trade doubles every five or
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        Lock icon Taipei may stop using Thai labour
        70 4 AFP TAIPEI Taiwan may freeze importation of Thai workers if they continue working illegally on the island and Thai employment agencies carry on charging workers exorbitant fees. Council of Labour Affairs chairman Chao Shou-po said the council will consider the freeze in a bid
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        Lock icon Shenzhen top city for foreign trade
        100 4 The Straits Times BEIJING Shenzhen has surpassed Shanghai as the top Chinese city for foreign trade. The latest data in an official report showed that more than US$4O billion worth of goods went through Shenzhen customs last year, up 9.5 per cent over the
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        Lock icon Rules on satellite TV in black and white
        78 4 Reuter BEIJING China yesterday published details of its restrictions on satellite television, strictly limiting the organisations allowed to install dishes and banning most individuals from tuning into foreign broadcasts. The rules, from the Ministry of Radio, Television and Film and published in
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        Lock icon Vow to eradicate abject poverty
        70 4 AFP BEIJING China will eliminate abject poverty by the year 2000, solving food and clothing shortages for its estimated 80 million poverty-stricken people, a senior government ofTicial vowed yesterday. Announcing the ambitious seven-year plan, state councillor Chen Junsheng said the government aimed to raise the
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        Lock icon Space venture with GM
        89 4 Reuter BEIJING China Great Wall Industry Corp signed a contract yesterday with General Motors Corp's Hughes Communications International Inc unit to launch the Optus B3 communications satellite, the Xinhua news agency said. It quoted Liu Zhixiong, deputy president of Great Wall, as saying that Optus B3
        Reuter  -  89 words
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      China's 13.4pc GDP growth better than expected
      389 4  -  By Schutz Lee SINGAPORE The Chinese economy ended 1993 with its gross domestic product growing a shade beyond what had earlier been officially estimated. The State Statistical Bureau (SSB) announced yesterday that China's GDP grew by 13.4 per cent to 3.14 trillion yuan
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      Lock icon And they call it puppy love
      62 4 AFP BEIJING A poppy, scrubbed, washed and for sale, shivering from the cold as it peers out at prospective customers from a leather bag on a Beijing street yesterday. Although keeping pets of any kind in China is still considered bourgeois by the government,
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      Lock icon China to set up forex centres to unify trading
      514 4 Reuter HONGKONG China will replace its foreign exchange swap centres with foreign exchange trading centres in Shanghai and Shenzhen later this year as an interim step towards reforming its centrally controlled forex market, says a Bank of China official. "This is
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      Lock icon Beijing calls for new body to control costs at HK airport project
      304 4 AFP HONGKONG China has called for a monitoring body to be set up to control costs at Hongkong's new airport project, as Sino-British ties deteriorate in the row over the colony's future, it was reported yesterday. Xinhua News
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      Lock icon Accept currency reform or risk strikes, China tells foreign firms
      473 4 Many firms have refused to pay higher prices or salaries after the yuan flotation Bloomberg Business News BEIJING China has warned Beijing's foreign business community they could be hit by strikes if they continue to reject a 50 per cent
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      Lock icon HK property auction to test searing market
      255 4 Router HONGKONG The colony's searing property market will be put to the test today when three plots of government land, zoned for residential use. will be released at public auction. While the new plots, sized at as little as 7,059 sq m, are
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  • REST OF ASIA
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      Lock icon Japanese business outlook remains bleak: survey
      587 6 Bloomberg Business News, AFP TOKYO The most-watched portion of the Bank of Japan's February tankan survey of business sentiment, the diffusion index of major manufacturers, will likely remain at minus 56, according to a survey of 12 economists compiled by Bloomberg Business News. The
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      Lock icon Keating loses minister in funding row, third one to quit in 3 months
      360 6 Reuter CANBERRA Australian Prime Minister Paul Keating yesterday lost his third cabinet member in three months when Environment and Sports Minister Ros Kelly resigned over an AS3O million (5534.2 million) sports funding row. Ms Kelly, a close
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      Lock icon Japan unlikely to react to G7 pressure
      331 6 Reuter TOKYO Japan is unlikely to respond swiftly or boldly to pressure from its partners in the Group of Seven (G7) industrialised nations to boost its stalled economy, economists said yesterday. Tokyo's macroeconomic cold shoulder, however, could leave the yen vulnerable to upward
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    • ASIA NOTES
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        Lock icon Protest by Telekom Malaysia staff
        50 6 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Members of the National Union of Telecoms Employees (Nute) will begin a boycott of overtime today. Nute president Mohamed Shafie P Mama! said yesterday this was to protest against Telekom Malaysia's failure to resolve the grading of 28,000 non-executive employees since 1992.
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        Lock icon Shady business
        32 6 Reuter MANILA Filipino vendors plying their wares atop their heads in a scorching heat in Manila yesterday. The hats which cost IS pesos (550.71) a piece sell like hotcakes. Reuter
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        Lock icon Foreign investment in Vietnam up
        67 6 Reuter HANOI Licensed foreign investment in Hanoi, Vietnam's capital, doubled to USSI.4 billion last year, the sixth year after the country first allowed such investment. An official report yesterday said Hanoi approved about 50 foreign projects worth US$7OO million in 1993. The official Vietnam News
        Reuter  -  67 words
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        Lock icon Bidding legal in sale of Petron shares
        89 6 Reuter MANILA The Philippines yesterday refuted charges by a senator that the sale of 40 per cent of its shares in the county's largest oil refiner, Petron, to Saudi Aramco for US$5O2 million (SS79B million) was a bargain and that the bidding had
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        Lock icon Aussie retail sales seen recovering
        53 6 Reuter SYDNEY Australian retail sales data, to be released on Thursday, should show increased consumer demand in January which should recover almost all of December's unexpected decline, analysts said. Median forecasts are for a seasonally adjusted rise of 1.3 per cent after December's 1.5 per
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      Lock icon Tax cuts will be Japan's next major economic task
      368 6 Reuter. TOKYO Japan's next major macroeconomic task is to decide how to handle tax cuts, a senior official at the Ministry of International Trade and Industry told reporters. But Yoshihiro Sakamoto, director-general of Miti's International Trade Policy Bureau, said he could
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      Lock icon Japan sets up panel to review its defence policy
      356 6 Reuter TOKYO Japan yesterday launched the first full review of its defence policy for nearly two decades in an attempt to cope with rapid changes after the Cold War. Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa summoned a panel of academics, retired generals, and
      Reuter  -  356 words
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      Lock icon Posco unit leads consortium to develop S Korean cellular phone network
      320 6 AFP SEOUL Sinsegi Mobile, a subsidiary of the giant South Korean conglomerate Pohang Iron and Steel (Posco). will lead a consortium to develop and run the country's seeond eel I u la r phone network. The Federation of Korean
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      683 6 ins M Marketing Institute of Singapore ARKETING IN OUR STRIDE The Marketing Institute of Singapore is the national organisation for marketing professionals in the country. Founded in 1973 as a non-profit organisation, its mission is to promote marketing as a philosophy of business, to further professionalism In marketing practices and
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  • THE WORLD
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      Lock icon Public service strikes add to German unrest
      425 7 Reuter FRANKFURT Germany, struggling to emerge from recession, faced fresh unrest on the labour front when public service workers began token strikes on Sunday. Bus and train drivers in the country's industrial heartland of North-Rhine Westphalia prevented thousands of workers from getting to
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    • WORLD WATCH
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        Lock icon German plant, machinery orders up
        70 7 Bloomberg Business News FRANKFURT German plant and machinery orders rose a real, or price-adjusted, 2 per cent in January from a year earlier, the VDMA association of German machinery and plant builders said. That compares with a one per cent annual climb in December. While
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        Lock icon Russia expels US embassy official
        88 7 Reuter MOSCOW Russia yesterday expelled an official from the US embassy in Moscow in retaliation for the expulsion of a Russian diplomat in Washington, US Ambassador Thomas Pickering said. Interfax news agency, quoting a source in the Russian intelligence services, named the official as a
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        Lock icon French GDP shrinks 0.7pc
        73 7 Reuter PARIS French Gross Domestic Product shrank 0.7 per cent in 1993 after growing 1.4 per cent in 1992, the national statistics institute, Insee, said. Market sector GDP, which excludes state activities, fell 1.2 per cent in 1993 after rising 1.2 per cent in 1992. Insee
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      Lock icon PLO suspends self-rule negotiations with Israel
      420 7 No decision yet on when to resume peace talks in Washington Reuter TUNIS A senior PLO official insisted yesterday that self-rule negotiations with Israel were suspended and there had been no decision on resuming them in Washington. "The Palestinian side has recalled all its
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      Lock icon US govt now openly helping arms firms at shows abroad
      528 8 Washingto Post WASHINGTON The Ginton administration last week spent an estimated U*****,000 (*****,500) to help American defence contractors promote their products at a major air show in Singapore, a reversal of previous administration practice that has alarmed advocates of tighter
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      Lock icon US firms plan hiring spree in 2nd quarter as sales blossom
      396 8 Bloomberg Business News NEW YORK US firms plan to hire more employees in the second quarter of 1994 than they hired the quarter before. The durable goods and construction industries will hire the most people, according to the latest
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      Lock icon Grenade attack on Inkatha funeral kills three
      53 8 Reuter BEKKERSDAL, South Africa South African Defence Force medics attending to victims of a hand grenade attack on an Inkatha Freedom Party funeral procession in this township west of Johannesburg on Sunday. Three people were killed and more than a dozen wounded in
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      Lock icon Iran, Germany reach deal to reschedule 4.5b marks debt
      389 8 Bloomberg Business News TEHERAN Iran and Germany have reached a bilateral deal to reschedule 4.5 billion Deutschemarks (554.15 billion) in Iranian debt owed to German companies under the biggest refinancing package of its kind offered to Teheran, officials said. The agreement
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      Lock icon Instability looms over Russia as Yeltsin's foes are released
      593 8 Newsday Reuter MOSCOW Russia appears headed for a new cycle of political instability and confrontation as a result of the release from prison on Saturday of the leaders of last October's bloody anti-government revolt. The freeing of former vicepresident Alexander Rutskoi,
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      576 8 Steamers Maritime Holdings Limited (Incofporaled In the Republic of Singapore) 1. UNAUDITED RESULTS FOR THE YEAR The Directors advise the following unaudited results of the Company and the Group for the year ended 31 December 1993: COMPANY GROUP 1993 1992 1993 1992 $'000 $'000 $'000 $'000 Turnover 92,823 92,794 Operating
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  • SPORTS
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      Lock icon Olympics go into overtime
      452 9 XVII Winter Olympic Games ASP LILLEHAMMER, Norway The Olympics went into overtime on Sunday. After Italian Alberto "La Bomba" Tomba's explosive last slalom run came just short of a gold medal... After Thomas Stangassinger salvaged some Austrian Alpine skiing honour by beating Tomba...After Kazak cross-coun-try skier
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      Lock icon Carl Mason ends 20-year slump
      345 9 Golf AP JEREZ DE LA FRONTERA, Spain England's Carl Mason ended 20 years of frustration on Sunday when he shot a two-under-par 70 to win the Andalusian Open by two strokes over Jose Maria Olazabal of Spain. Mason, who struggled on the final two holes,
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    • SPORT SHORTS
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        Lock icon Cricket
        64 9 Reuter CHRISTCHURCH A maiden test century by Shane Thomson steered New Zealand to a fivewicket win over Pakistan on the last morning of the final test yesterday. Set 324 to win, New Zealand started the day needing just 47 with six second innings wickets standing and completed their task
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        Lock icon Golf
        294 9 Reuter Reuter AP JEREZ, Spate Final rouad ■ceres of Ike Aadalacia Open Saaday (British aaleaa statad* 278 Carl Mason 67 70 71 70 280 Jose Maria CMazabal (Spn) 69 68 71 72 281 Gordon Brand Jr 71 69 69 72 282 Per-Ulrik Johansson (Swe) 69 72 71 70 283
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        Lock icon Ice hockey
        25 9 Reuter NEW YORK NHL Swriay: Boston 4 Chicago 0; Washington 3 Hartford 1; NY Islanders 5 Quebec 2; Edmonton 3 Tampa Bay 2.
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        117 9 AP NEW YORK With the World Cup about four months away, only 20 per cent of Americans even realise it's being played in the US. A Harris Poll released on Sunday said only 25 per cent of Americans know that the World Cup involves soccer and just 18 per
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        Lock icon Tennis
        114 9 AP INDIAN WELLS, California Top seeded Steffi Graf of Germany continued her domination of women's tennis by beating sixth-seeded Amanda Coetzer of South Africa 6-0 6-4 in 57 minutes to win the US$4OO,OOO (*****.000) Evert Cup on Sunday. Graf, who has not lost a set in 17 matches this
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      528 9 IF 1 I Keppel Finance Limited I (Incorporated in the RepuMc of H I AUOITED RESULTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 1083 I Directors advise the foNowing audited results of the Company and of the Group for the year ended 31 December 1993: H I COMPANY GROUP I 1993
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      Lock icon The grape escape from Silicon Valley
      953 11  -  Wine making is gradually but surely becoming a rewarding industry for a growing number of high-tech executives in Silicon Valley. Michael Malone reports Michael Malone NYT A GROWING number of high-tech executives are finding relief from one of the newest of industries by investing
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      Lock icon Specially for Spielberg
      532 11 CHATTERBOX Reuter UPI UPI IT SEEMED as if there were no words of praise too laudatory for Steven Spielberg at a tribute held for him last Thursday by the American Museum of the Moving Image. More than 900 people, including many film stars and executives, and not
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      Lock icon Precious time
      38 11 Reuter SYDNEY A model showing off jcweller> and a U*****,000 (S$ < M>6,960) watch at a Sydney watch gallery yesterday. I he watch, made up of 246 diamonds and .36 rubies, takes one-and-a-half years to make. Keuter
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      1342 11 TV RADIO Allan Quartet-main And The Lost Bjj City Of Gold. 8.30pm, TV 2 K fl A fXK>r to JSA| IBr ard hambcrlain reprises his v*tl>lH^M as the intrepid adventurer. He a piece gold /V to to to search brother. Sharon f% Stone tags along as his archae- |BMfy •.OM
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      Lock icon Persistence key to developer's success abroad
      1262 12  -  The road was often rocky and trying, but developer Pek Ah Tuan tells A J Leow how patience finally pays off for him A J Leow T is not easy to I make money." I Pek Ah I Tuan. the chairJJL. man of contractor
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      PROPERTY WATCH
      311 12 JonesLang Selected market transactions in the past week Mi of 1» j Mffct tmaactlon uwna property type LHn) ftuftup T,w,ri J (S$) mmm Feb 19,1994 0511 Normanlon Part Apt 1270 i 99LH 448,000 353 Feb22,1994 0511 j BayvieCondo Apt 1023 FH 636,000 622 Feb 21,1994 0923 La Crystal
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      Lock icon Analyst says property prices likely to rise 14.5pc this year
      628 13  -  While others are predicting a softening of prices. Alan Cheong from Yamaichi Merchant Bank sees a firm market ahead. Sylvia Wong reports Sylvia Wong Property prices are set to rise another 14.5 per cent this year, said an analyst from
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      Far East set to reap $16m from Bayshore project
      246 13  -  By Lilian Ang THE Far East group can expect to rake in SIS million to $20 million in profits from its proposed condominium project in Bayshore. The 1.038-unit development. the group's largest this year, is likely to be launched within the
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      Bangi Golf Resort to be launched in S'pore this week
      382 13  -  By A J Leow ing 1,000 families as well as a business park when fully developed by the year 2000. The total cost of developing the resort in the Bangi new township, a 30-minute drive from downtown Kuala Lumpur, is
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    • REGIONAL SKYLINE
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        Lock icon Asian buys Melbourne office for A$6.7m
        68 13 Australian Financial Review MELBOURNE Grosvenor International and Sun Life Assurance Society have sold their Queen Street building for A 56.7 million to an undisclosed Asian investor. The 15-storey property has an income of A 5757,000 (*****,000) a year. The sale is the latest in
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        MTR to extend Kwun Tong rail line
        71 13 HONGKONG The Kwun Tong Mass Transit Railway line may be extended from Quarry Bay to Tin Hau. says The South China Morning Post. The extension is needed to ease congestion at Quarry Bay, where passengers change between the Kwun Tong and Island lines.
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        Sing Tao sells HK$245m property
        75 13 HONGKONG Sing Tao Holdings has sold its last remaining 99,479 sqft of warehouse and car-parking space at Sea View Estate, North Point, to Uniland for HK5245.8 million (SS49 million), according to The South China Morning Post. The deal is scheduled for completion by March 23.
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      107 13 laser so many statutory boards H We have H recently won a H tender to supply more than H the H paper laser less V fl H A to make can a mere J and reducing has a page you documents before its lets you machine for the transmiseven s
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    Major can help break impasse
    529 14 EDITORIAL IT WAS inevitable that Malaysia should have reacted angrily to British newspaper allegations that there was something underhand about the deals involving the Pergau Dam and the purchase of British military equipment. The British Audit Office may have indeed concluded that the Pergau Dam
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  • WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
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      From Asean to Asian security?
      237 14 IN A WAY, the Second Asia-Pacific Defence Conference provided a curtain-raiser for the Asean Regional Forum's inaugural session in Bangkok in July. The ARF is envisaged as the six-nation group's permanent caucus on security. As Defence Minister Yeo Ning Hong put it, "we live in
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      Improve family ties first
      136 14 NTUC CHIEF Lim Boon Heng has made a significant suggestion that retirement villages be built for elderly Singaporeans. He said these must be quality villages within HDB estates with all the facilities to meet the needs of old folk, so that they can live close to
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      Don't go soft on criminals
      162 14 THE CRIME rate in Singapore has decreased for the fifth consecutive year. One needs only look at the soaring crime rates in other cities in the world to realise that Singaporeans cannot take the decrease here for granted. Singaporeans should, instead, be motivated to further
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      A nip in the bud for graft
      169 14 MANDATORY jail for graft offences, called for by the Public Prosecutor's office, reflects the ease with which corruption can escape the trawl of justice despite the best efforts of gathering evidence. Judges, who are after all only human, can sometimes turn squeamish at
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      Repairing Thai-Cambodian ties
      162 14 THE SEA battle last week in the Gulf of Thailand between Thai and Cambodian navies was the latest and probably the most serious in a series of conflicts which flared up this year between the two countries. The brief skirmish led to the sinking of two Thai
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      An attack on peace
      200 14 TERRORISM is usually timed to cause the greatest harm to the greatest number of people. Few things could have done that better than the senseless slaughter of Palestinians in Islam's third holiest site during early morning prayers in the holy month of Ramadan. In one crazed
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    Lock icon Look East, Europe
    752 14  -  European Union Trade Commissioner Leon Brittan sounded out this advice in the editorial page of the International Herald Tribune yesterday. Mr Brittan is now in Beijing for EU-China talks Leon Brittan IHT Europe must put a higher priority on East Asia. Rapid economic growth there has provided
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      57 14 -TW*NK GooDNess-.'M CLOSCTS tears... J (LOBGJ&S UP > THOUGHT VOUD J ~~i^| C AMOCUTtO LTD, 1«M-1»»4 DOONESBURY GARRY TRUDEAU I 'NOOOPYBVER6AVZHe I TONYA MY MAY. ANYTHING. I HAP TO OW GOOO6OOP W ME~UJHACK MAKE A I TAjt WORK HARP fOR 20 I THB UTTLB NOTE IF A YEARS TO OeTWHERS
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      The ties that bind
      1056 15  -  PM Goh Chok Tong and Thailand's Chuan Leekpai are set for their separate Vietnam trips. Loh Hui Yin examines Hanoi's ties with the two Asean members Loh Hui Yin THE PRIME ministers of Singapore and Thailand are visiting Vietnam this month, with one basic mission on
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      Riding on the Lion's back
      1628 15  -  Singapore's Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew, in an interview with Peter Seidlitz, explained that guanxi (good connections) could be of help not only to Singapore's business community, but to those who ride on the back of Singapore companies into China Peter Seidlitz, The writer is
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    Lock icon Indian budget makes sweeping cuts in taxes and duties
    637 16  -  From Nirmal Ghosh in NEW DELHI INDIA made sweeping corporate and personal tax cuts, reduced import duties and interest rates in a pro-industry budget yesterday, designed to spur sluggish industrial growth and inject new life into its economic reform programme. Finance
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    Lock icon Japan's economic indicators point to recovery but economists remain wary
    533 16 Bloomberg Business News. Asahi TOKYO Economic indicators released yesterday for sectors such as housing, industrial output and shipments revealed a few signs that Japan's economy could finally be emerging from a long, dark tunnel. Economists and government officials, however, are
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    Lock icon MCI to invest US$1.3b in mobile radio company
    294 16 AFP WASHINGTON MCI Communications said yesterday that it will make a U551.3 billion (SS2 billion) investment in a mobile radio firm as part of a move into wireless communications in a bid to keep pace with rival AT&T. MCI said its investment
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    Lock icon Taiwan warning on investments in China
    125 16 AP TAIPEI The government warned yesterday against a rush to invest in China after Taiwanese investments on the mainland rose to US$lB.9 billion (5530.05 billion). An Economics Ministry report said 20,230 Taiwanese projects were approved by the Chinese government between 1987 and last year,
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    Lock icon Nato jets shoot down 4 Serb planes over Bosnia
    275 16 Reuter. AP. AFP NAPLES, Italy Nato fighters shot down four Serb warplanes which had conducted a bombing raid over Bosnia yesterday in the first Western military intervention in the republic's conflict. US Admiral Mike Boorda. Nato commander in southern Europe, said
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    The British government's in hot soup — again
    753 16  - The British government's in hot soup again The Bottom Line NEVILLE STACK NEVILLE STACK The writer is a political commentator based in London. He w rites regularly for BT AN UMBRELLA is only a preemptive measure against the rain if it is put up before the storm breaks, not after
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      8 16 Japanese business outlook remains bleak: survey, Pg 6
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
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      KIE records slightly lower net earnings of $15.56m
      326 17  -  Keppel Group results By Quak Hiang Whai SINGAPORE Keppel Integrated Engineering yesterday announced a 1.4 per cent drop in net earnings to $15.56 million for 1993. The performance was in line with most analysts' expectations. Forecasts ranged from $13.6 million to $18.3
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      Keppel Finance's earnings surge 70pc to $12.17m
      337 17 SINGAPORE Thanks to a robust growth in car and housing loans, especially during the second half of 1993, Keppel Finance Ltd's net earnings for 1993 surged 70 per cent to $12.17 million. The listed finance arm of Keppel Corporation said net earnings for
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      Steamers posts 1st operating profit rise since listing
      317 17  -  By Dexter Lee SINGAPORE Steamers Maritime Holdings has chalked up its first operating profit increase since going public in 1989. The Keppel Group member yesterday reported a 35 per cent rise in group operating profit to $6.88 million for the year to
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      Straits Trading buys Aussie hotel complex for $51.5m
      264 17 SINGAPORE Straits Trading Co has bought the 333room Observation City Hotel and retail complex in Perth, Australia, for about $51.5 million. The company said yesterday that a wholly owned subsidiary, Sword Properties, bought the property from its receiver. Straits Trading has paid
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      Options trading in Singapore: born again, but could do with more life
      786 17  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW By R Sivanithy SINGAPORE The stock market set record after record last year. But its spin-off market options trading struggled to get off the ground, and is still struggling. With a daily average volume last
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      Liang Court takes stake in US$31m Viet project
      205 17 SINGAPORL Liang Court is joining forces with several partners to develop a US$3l million (SS49 million) service apartment and office project in Ho Chi Minh City. The group said yesterday that a joint-venture agreement for the project its third in Vietnam had
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      Cost spiral forces PCI to dump China factory plan
      301 17 SINGAPORE Contract electronics manufacturer PCI has shelved plans to build a plant in Jiangsu. China. The company's China subsidiary. PCI Electronics (Kunshan) Co. has put the idea on ice because the cost of building materials has soared. The factor) was to
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    • EYE on your STOCKS
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        HOT STOCK
        135 17  -  ■By Quak Hiang Whai Pegi Malaysia continues to attract speculative play even though the stock no longer looks attractive on short-term charts. The stock rose three cents yesterday to end at $1.74 but the volume has fallen sharply from 8.7 million units early last week to 5.6 million
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    • COMPANIES
      • COMPANY BRIEFS
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          DBS Land's Suzhou holding company
          88 18 SINGAPORE DBS Land has set up a company to hold its stake in the Suzhou Industrial Township project in China. The company, Hua Ye Holdings, has a paid-up capital of S$ 100,000. DBS Land, through its wholly-owned subsidiary Peony Holdings, holds 75 per cent in
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          Pac Can buys M'sian company
          56 18 SINGAPORE Pacific Can Investment Holdings has bought the entire paid-up capital of Pacific Can (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd. Pacific Can (Malaysia) has an authorised capital of M$ 100,000 (S$580,000) and a paid-up capital of only Ms 2. Pacific Can (Malaysia) will act as the holding company
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          Robert Fleming group cuts L&M stake
          40 18 SINGAPORE Robert Fleming Holdings and its related companies sold 442,000 L&M Group Investment shares last week, reducing the group's stake in the Singapore civil engineering group from 6.449 per cent to 6.25 per cent.
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          Lock icon Copter firm can now buy MAS slice
          64 18 Reuter KUALA LUMPUR An emergency shareholders meeting yesterday has paved the way for a small helicopter company to take possession of a stake in Malaysian Airline System. MAS shareholders approved a change in the airline's charter that will allow sale of a 32
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          Lock icon Reliance Pacific buys three travel firms
          69 18 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Reliance Pacific Bhd, in its quest to expand its operations, has purchased the entire stakes in three travel-based companies from Public Holidays Holdings Sdn Bhd for Msl.s million (S$870,000), the company said yesterday. The companies are Public Holidays (Kedah) Sdn Bhd
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          Lock icon Shangri-La (M) explains shortfall
          59 18 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Shangri-La Hotels (M) Bhd says recessionary pressures in the group's major supply markets the US, Europe and Japan were responsible for aM$ 17.511 million (5510.16 million) profit shortfall for the year ended Dec 31, 1993. Shangri-La was replying to a KLSE query. The
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        Lock icon Indon power firm to list two new units offshore
        287 18 AFP JAKARTA The stateowned electricity firm (PLN) planned to set up two subsidiaries whose shares would be partly sold on international stock markets, company spokesman Abas Taha said here yesterday. "Hopefully, the shares of the two subsidiaries would be floated on
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        Philyards pays up balance of sum for Philseco purchase
        317 18  -  By Dexter Lee SINGAPORE Philyards Holdings has paid 1.92 billion pesos (Sslo9 million) to the Asset Privatisation Trust, effectively ending the controversy surrounding the sale of Philippine Shipyard and Engineering Corp (Philseco). The money paid to the APT last Thursday represented
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        GUH makes grand comeback after eight-year suspension linked to Pan-El
        712 18  -  From Ho Kay Tat in KUALA LUMPUR A FINANCIALLY healthier Grand United Holdings Bhd (GUH), the former flagship of Malaysian politician and tycoon Tan Koon Swan, yesterday made a spectacular return to the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange after an eight-year
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        Hicom will need M$900m for expansion programme
        288 18 KUALA LUMPUR Hicom Holdings Bhd will require Ms9oo million (***** million) to Msl billion for its expansion programme this year, and the same amount will also be needed in 1995. Chairman-president Jamil Mohd Jan said yesterday that to fund these projects, Hicom would
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        Growth belt along North-South Expressway shows promise
        328 18 KUALA LUMPUR The growth belt along the NorthSouth Expressway (NSE) between Kuala Lumpur and Tanjung Malim on the Perak border is the most promising area in the Klang Valley North. Property consultant Ho Chin Soon told Malaysian Business Times yesterday that he believed
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        Merger pays off as HSBC dealing profits leap 75pc
        608 18  -  From Catherine Ong in HONGKONG SYNERGIES from HSBC Holdings' merger with Midland Bank have paid off handsomely with a 75 per cent surge in dealing profits to £1.09 billion (552.56 billion) last year. Income from the group's treasury operations was substantially
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      • COMPANY BRIEFS
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          Lock icon Sanyo plans Anhui venture
          81 20 AFP TOKYO Japanese electronics giant Sanyo Electric Co is to enter into a multi-million-dollar joint venture to make washing machines in China's Anhui province in April, the company announced yesterday. Sanyo will have a 45 per cent stake in the new business, the Hefei Sanyo Washing
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          Lock icon HK's SFC appoints new director
          84 20 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG The territory's Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) said it named Laura Cha as executive director (corporate finance) to replace Ermanno Pascutto, effective today. Ms Cha, a lawyer, joined the SFC at the beginning of 1991 and is currently a senior director
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          Lock icon Chi Cheung to buy stake in building
          109 20 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG Hongkong real estate concern Chi Cheung Investment Co plans to buy an interest in the Nine Queen's Road Central office building for an undisclosed sum. In a statement to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange yesterday, Chi Cheung said one
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        Lock icon Viacom under pressure to rethink Blockbuster buyout
        232 20 NYT NEW YORK Institutional investors and analysts have been showing increasing opposition to Viacom Inc's buyout of the Blockbuster Entertainment Corp on the eve of Viacom's purchase of Paramount Communications Inc. One analyst who follows Blockbuster, Craig Bibb of Paine Webber Inc, said
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        Lock icon Red tape ensures Shanghai Hero Pen well in the black
        516 20 Reuter SHANGHAI Official red tape is good business for Shanghai Hero Pen, China's biggest manufacturer of writing instruments. The Chinese bureaucracy is the world's largest, and the millions of clerks, accountants and Communist Party functionaries who run it each have
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        Lock icon Chinese stock regulators happy with Hongkong listings
        154 20 AFP BEIJING China's securities regulators are relatively happy with the experimental listing of domestic enterprises on the Hongkong stock exchange, the China Daily said yesterday. The issue and transaction of the so-called "H-shares" has been "satisfying," the newspaper quoted Nie Qinping, the vice-director
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        Lock icon Electrifying
        60 20 Reuter lOKYO kumiko Hashimoto showing how to recharge Honda's newly developed electric-powered scooter, thp CL'V ES, here last week. Honda will lease the scooter, which has a range of 61 km per charge under an average speed of 30 kph. to government agencies and local government bodies in Japan
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        Lock icon Robert Kuok's Kerry Group signs big deals in Tianjin
        186 20 Bernama-Xinhua TIANJIN Robert Kuok swept into town yesterday and signed contracts of intention tor several huge development projects in the city. The deals included a contract for the construction of a Shangri-La Hotel on an 18.000 sq m piece of land
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        Lock icon Star TV drops broadcasting dispute with HK's Wharf Cable
        155 20 Reuter HONGKONG Rupert Murdoch's Star TV yesterday said it would not seek to enforce a disputed memorandum of understanding under which it would supply programmes for Hongkong's sole cable TV distributor Wharf Cable. Star TV, 64 per cent held by News
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        Lock icon Bad debts of Indon banks seen hitting US$12.6b
        353 21 AFP JAKARTA The Indonesian banking sector has accumulated U5512.67 billion (Ss2o billion) in bad debts, a reliable banking source said here yesterday. The seven state banks, which dominate the Indonesian banking sector, hold US$9.l7 billion in bad debts and non-performing loans that
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        Lock icon Room for UK interest rates to fall further, says forecaster
        308 21 Bloomberg Business News LONDON UK interest rates have room to fall further because inflationary pressures have been overestimated by many economic analysts, said Oxford Economic Forecasting. Though UK economic activity is expected to continue to climb, and tax rises in
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        Quotation of Singapore Government Stocks as at February 28, 1994
        343 21 Number Indicative Qroaa Coupon 4mmm< lirtereet of day* of mMdlo prteee i redemption y V. rate peyment accrued (excluding yMd po) 1 datae Interact aeeruod (%pa) IvuVrvVl) 1 15.6.94 N*****0Z 1969 51/4# 600.00 15/6 15/12 75 101.00# j 1.81# 15.10.94
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        Lock icon Don't dismiss derivative risks, warns Fed chief
        183 21 Bloomberg Business News MIAMI Federal Reserve Bank of New York President William McDonough warned financial services companies not to ignore warnings that a banking crisis could erupt as the result of losses in the US$7 trillion (SSII trillion) derivatives market. Regulators "would come
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        Lock icon Citicorp's top cost-cutter sets some tough goals
        556 21 Bloomberg Business News PASADENA, California Citicorp's top cost-cutter, Christopher StefTen, told investors last week that one of the bank's goals was to control costs by as much as 10 per cent better than its top competitors. In a presentation to investors at a
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      • SMALL CHANGE
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          Lock icon Malayan Banking cuts lending rate
          50 21 Reuter KUALA LUMPUR Malayan Banking Bhd. Malaysia's top bank, said it was reducing its base lending rate (BLR) to 7.40 per cent from 7.65 per cent, effective March I. The bank last revised its BLR to 7.65 per cent from 7.80 on Feb I. Reuter
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          Lock icon Banking houses form HK trade group
          68 21 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG Fourteen investment banking houses in Hongkong have formed a new trade organisation to consider policy and day-to-day market issues within the crown colony's securities industry. The Corporate Finance Association is the brainchild of four of the 14 founding members, namely:
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          Lock icon Sino sells HK$500m floating notes
          85 21 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG Hongkong real estate Company Sino Land is selling HK5500 million (S$ 102 million) worth of five-year floating rate notes through underwriters led by Jardine Fleming Bank Limited. In a statement to the Stock Exchange of Hongkong, the company said it started
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          Lock icon Salomon revamps Hongkong office
          79 21 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG US investment bank Salomon Brothers has carried out a major reorganisation of its Asian operation, making its Hongkong office an equal partner with the London. New York and Tokyo offices, the South China Sunday Morning Post reports. This new corporate structure means
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          Lock icon China central bank sets rate addition
          70 21 Reuter BEIJING The People's Bank of China said that in March it will pay an additional 1.19 per cent in annual interest on deposits of longer than three years. The Financial News quoted the bank as saying that the figure, which is designed to
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        Lock icon Former top Cambodian banker convicted of fraud
        194 21 Reuter PHNOM PENH A Cambodian court has convicted the country's former national bank chief of fraud and given him a one-year suspended jail sentence. a senior court official said yesterday. "After investigations had been made, we found out he (Cha Rieng) is involved
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        Lock icon NZ's Trust Bank says stock sale will favour small investors
        433 22 Bloomberg Business News WELLINGTON Trust Bank of New Zealand Ltd says the institutional tender for the public sale of 22 per cent of the bank may be pared down to make more shares available to private small investors. The institutional
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        382 22 Reuter COLOMBO Sri Lanka's tea industry expected a bumper crop this year, but global overproduction might further hit an industry already burdened by high costs and low yields, officials said on Monday. Good weather should push output near the 1991
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        Lock icon Woodside Petroleum to slash workforce
        242 22 Bloomberg Business News MELBOURNE Woodside Petroleum Ltd, operator of Australia's massive North West Shelf project, will slash its workforce by up to 30 per cent because of low oil prices and a shift out of the construction phase at the offshore platform project. The loss
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        One-time gains help Comalco double profit amid low prices
        458 22 MELBOURNE Australian integrated aluminum producer Comalco Ltd said consolidated net profit doubled in 1993, but actual operating profit fell as aluminum prices hit a record low and global inventories surged. Comalco, which is 67 per cent-owned by Australian resource giant CRA
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        244 22 Bloomberg Business News CARACAS The govern-ment-appointed committee managing collapsed Banco Latino expects to fully reopen the nation's second-largest bank within a week. Gustavo Roosen. president of the committee, said during the weekend: "The idea is for us to try to recuperate the bank by
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        199 22 Bloomberg Business News KUALA LUMPUR A unit of Exxon Corp of the United States and Petronas. the Malaysia's national oil company, has made another discovery off the east coast of Malaysia. The companies yesterday said that Esso Production Malaysia Inc and Petronas Carigali, Petronas' exploration
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        Banque Indosuez REGIONAL CURRENCY REPORT
        133 22 THE USS/majors drifted lower in the Far East, especially against the yen and despite rumoured Bank of Japan intervention in the market. The downward move on the USS/yen was v iewed as shortterm volatility that resulted from the breakdown of US-Ja-pan trade talks. The USS/SS
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        191 22 Bloomberg Business News LONDON The dollar fell to its lowest level this year against the mark as expectations for a rise in US interest rates any time soon were dampened yesterday. The dollar fell to a low of 1.7018 marks before recovering to 1.7030, down from 1.7100 marks early
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        182 22 Bloomberg Business News LONDON Aluminium producers and government delegates gathered in Ottawa, Canada yesterday to add the final touches to an international accord to control aluminium production. The accord, concluded in Brussels in January, proposed global production cuts of between I.S million and
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        86 22 AFP NEW YORK The dollar was mixed in New York early yesterday, slightly down against the yen and up against the German mark after news of the downing of four Bosnian warplanes by US fighter jets. At 11:00 am (1500 GMT), the dollar was at 1.7100 German marks
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        Lock icon Euroyen ends down in step with yen bonds
        1362 23 cum bcbmt SIMLA KfcrUnl Reuter SINGAPORE Simex Euroyen futures ended lower on the back of weaker Japanese government bonds yesterday. "But market participants will be watching the Tankan results due out tomorrow." a dealer said. The Tankan survey is a quarterly Japanese
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        KL tin down on high initial offers
        611 23 COMMODITY REPORTS Tin TIN closed two cents down at MSI4.SB per kg alter a lower London market last week prompted large initial olTers yesterday. traders said. "The market is seen uncertain about currency factors." one said, noting an opening offer of 94 tonnes
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          Price curbs on oil will be lifted: Zhu
          90 23 TOKYO China will liberalise price controls on coal and petroleum this year as part of efforts to switch to a market-oriented economy. Vice-Premier Zhu Rongji said yesterday, according to a Kyodo News Service report. China's intention to loosen price controls on coal
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          Copper trading in Shanghai dips
          101 23 TOKYO Higher world copper prices since the beginning of the year and confusion over new tax laws have helped shrink trading volumes on the Shanghai Metal Exchange, traders say. Volumes on the Shanghai exchange are currently "around 1.000 tonnes per day" for the near-month contract,
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          India's edible oil prices seen stable
          103 23 NEW DELHI Wholesale vegetable oil prices in* the next few weeks are likely to remain stable, although a marginal decline in oil prices is possible.; traders said yesterday. Wholesale oil prices have 1 largely remained stable this calendar year, rising, only some 2 per
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          North Sea pipeline back in operation
          84 23 LONDON UK North Sea Forties pipeline system output was back to normal after a shutdown over the weekend due to a small oil leakage, operators British Petroleum said. At 0935 GMT on Saturday, a gas alarm sounded on the unmanned Unity platform, and a
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        COMMODITY PRICES
        1542 23 Rubber SIbEn{fvtHrM d^iinj 4J 11 w RSS 1 CMrtract (S ccnts/kg) ("lose Volume Open Month High Low Sell (tonnes) Interest Mar 94 139 00 138 50 139.00 300 750 Apr 140 50 140.25 140 50 250 4.225 May 142.25 4.800 Jun' 143.25 5.250 Jul/Sep 144 50 144.50 144.75
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        Australia
        1178 24 +31.3 The Australian share market bounced back to close higher yesterday, boosted by steadier overseas markets and a jump in the futures market. Brokers said stability in US and European markets over the weekend had helped buoy sentiment and encourage some buying back into the local bourse in quiet
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        Manila
        626 24 -94.66 Philippine share prices plunged 3.2 per cent in dull trading yesterday as investors continued to wait for lower prices before heading back to the market, analysts said. Even an announcement last Thursday by San Miguel Corp. the country's largest food and beverage conglomerate, of a 100 per cent
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        New Zealand
        318 24 +28 The share market closed strongly. retracing some of last week's losses but with all eyes on the behaviour of overseas markets, especially Wall Street, for future direction. The NZSE Top 40 index closed up 28 points at 2.244.35 on overall volume of NZS4O million. Trends were set
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        Bombay
        49 24 +23.83 Share prices closed slightly higher in the few hours left before the announcement of the national budget, brokers said. The Bombay Stock Exchange 30-share index closed at a provisional 4.260.79. up 23.83 points, brokers said. The 100share national index closed at a provisional 2.045.38. up 18.64 points.
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        Taipei
        587 24 -175.63 Taiwan's stock market closed 3.1 per cent down at its lowest level this year in very bearish trade. Margin loan calls produced persistent selling pressure and the prices of major banks collapsed. The weighted index opened lower and continued sliding for most of the day. It closed 175.63
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        Seoul
        451 24 •7.43 Despite renewed healthy interest in low-priced shares, consolidation in blue chips pushed stocks down, cancelling an early seven-point gain, brokers said. The composite stock index shed 7.43 points to 918.88. The market is closed today for a national holiday. Yesterday's announcement naming steelmaker Posco to lead a consortium
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        London
        782 24 +46.9 European stocks advanced yesterday, recovering some of their composure after last week's nervous scll-ofT. Bond markets, which tumbled late last week on fears that a possible rise in US interest rates could end the downward trend in European rates, regained ground and robust March FTSE futures propelled London's
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        Paris
        144 24 +39.14 French shares ended sharply higher, unwinding some of last week's heavy losses as bonds corrected upwards on renewed hopes for interest rate cuts in Europe, dealers said. There were hopes that the Bundesbank will lower its rcpo rate today, opening the way for further easing by the Bank
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        Frankfurt
        242 24 +o.Bpc The DAX index closed the lacklustre, low-volume session up 0.8 per cent on the day at 2.091.57 but traders said there was little potential for further gains. Worries about bond market fluctuations and the M 3 data managed to override favourable Bavarian CPI data and the Bundesbank offering
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        Brussels
        169 24 14.05 Shares ended a thinly-trad-ed session firmer and at the day's highs after a flurry of Bel-20 basket-buying in the final minutes. The Bel-20 index of leading shares closed 14.05 points or 0.94 per cent higher at 1.515.80. with volume a low 803 million francs worth of shares. "People
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        Milan
        169 24 j4 Italian stocks ended little changed with investors unwilling to bet cither way ahead of the general elections, traders said. Following last week's tumble and ahead of next month's national elections, "everyone is just thinking so short-term." said Paul Dionnc. an analyst at Pasfin Securities. "And now nobody seems
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        Amsterdam
        292 24 +5.11 Dutch stocks closed higher amid a recovery on European bond markets and optimism over full- year earnings for Philips Electronics, traders said. Nevertheless, volume was low and traders said investors still lack a clear view on the direction of shares in coming weeks. "It was a bit saltlcss."
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        Zurich
        216 24 •13.4 A sell-oIT in bank shares led Swiss stocks down, with banks increasing losses in afternoon trading. The SMI index of leading shares fell 13.4 points at 2.915.9. Zurich F<fc M Fraacs Muuiik Br 644 21 Brmn Bo\eri •> 1050 -J CS Hotdinf Br 638 -36 CS Holding Ret
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        Johannesburg
        315 24 -22 South African shares posted strong gains in a mostly siow start to the week as the market found support from a firmer gold price and a shortage of scrip, dealers said. But they said low volumes and a weak industrial board indicated continued nervousness about the political situation.
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        Toronto
        280 24 +45.81 Toronto stocks extended their morning rally at midday yesterday on ebbing interest rate fears, positive sentiment in world markets and a gold stock rally. The TSE 300 composite index jumped 45.81 points, or 1.05 per cent, to 4,410.04. Volume was a moderate 25.20 million shares valued at C
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        New York
        741 24 +2.53 The Dow Jones industrial average, which slid 1.12 points on Friday, was ahead 2.53 points to 3.841.31 at 11 am EST yesterday. The New York Stock Exchange composite index was ahead 1.29 to 259.86. while Standard Poor's 500-stock index was up 2.64 to 468.71. Advances pounded declines
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      Lock icon HONGKONG
      3145 25 Reuter HONGKONG The blue-chip Hang Seng Index closed sharply higher yesterday on a technical rebound from last week's heavy losses and fresh demand ahead of results of HSBC Holdings later yesterday and a government land auction today, brokers said. The index ended 309.98 points, or 3.07 per cent, higher
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      CHINA
      443 25 BOTH the Shanghai and Shenzhen markets were quiet yesterday. The CLSA Shanghai B Index was down 2.74 points at 914.01 on lower turnover. Wing Sung and Sanmao lost between 6 and 7 per cent on slim volume while First Pencil gained 5.4 per cent. Vacuum added another 4 per
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      2572 25 Reuter TOKYO Stocks ended firmer yesterday though off highs on dealer's position adjustment, with the Nikkei Average closing just short of 20,000. Active foreign buying helped sentiment but investors prefered to secure profits in the afternoon as the yen remained strong, brokers said. The 225-issue Nikkei Average closed 193.82
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      1728 25 Reuter BANGKOK Thai stocks tumbled 3.28 per cent to close at 1.372.93 points yesterday. down 46.61. on political jitters with brokers predicting bearish sentiment would continue for the next couple of days. Turnover was just seven billion baht. Investors were worried about party conflicts during Bangkok city and district
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      Lock icon JAKARTA
      1133 25 Reuter JAKARTA Share prices ended mixed yesterday, with continued selling pressure from foreign players in moderate trading, brokers said. The official index ended 1.2 X points lower at 546.23. "Sentiment recovered slightly on the local side but it \%as still dampened by selling pressure from foreign players." one broker
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      CLOB INTERNATIONAL
      2752 26 MIT AC11VE Mkm r* fw Johan Hldp 50c 11,626.000 AMDB 50c 8,691,000 Proniel 8.669,000 Bcnaya Group 8,424,000 CASH 50c 7.345,000 Inns Bhd 6.576,000 Mulptia I nil 50c 5.521.000 Uca Hoe TSR97 5.301.000 Mcnang Con 4.411,000 Kjmvatmg 50c 4.292.000 FACB 50c 4,133,000 Salens Kes 3.997.000 Fabcr Group 3.263,000 MOST
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        Lock icon Index slightly up amid uneasiness over UK row
        5684 26 Bloomberg Business News KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian stock prices finished little changed yesterday amid investor concern over the impact of trade sanctions against Britain, analysts said. But analysts said the effect was largely psychological because the government's decision last Friday to stop giving
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        7402 27 MAIN BOARD Transaction date: Feb 28 Gr Gr ■993/94 Last V«i Dq Lmm QmK DW Di« VU Net M Cap High l~ sSt (tM) High la. B.,r, Srilr Cn P/F Ul INDUSTRIAL AND CWWPCWL 1440 >60 I Acma 1110« -10 42 1120 1110 1110 1120 12.5 2.1 I I «-l
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        Lock icon Rise in long-term US interest rates weighs on market
        1791 28  -  By R Sivanithy SINGAPORE Share prices closed mixed yesterday. After rising 10 points in early trading, the Straits Times Industrials Index faltered for the rest of the day. It eventually closed 14.67 points weaker at 2,342.72. Both broader market indices also
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      Osprey Maritime to spread its wings wider this year
      459 29  -  More ships, foray into China, Vietnam among its plans By Rahita Elias SINGAPORE Osprey Maritime is expanding its operations on land and at sea. It wants to buy one or two more ships this year, break into the Chinese and Vietnamese
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      Lock icon Sri Lankan air force attacks civilian boats, 30 missing
      219 29 AFP COLOMBO About 30 Tamil boat passengers were missing after the air force attacked a fleet of civilian vessels crossing a prohibited waterway in northern Sri Lanka, travellers from the region said last Sunday. Air force helicopters late last Saturday strafed
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      New Nedlloyd ship in Asia-Europe run
      276 29  -  By Dexter Lee SINGAPORE Dutch liner major Nedlloyd Lines has intensified the tussle for cargo on the Asia-North Europe trade route. The carrier deployed a third-generation containership with capacity for 4.112 20-ft containers on the route two weeks ago a move that raises N'edlloyd's
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      S'pore offers frequent sailings to Thai ports
      253 29 SINGAPORE Singapore has become a hub port for Asia. Its extensive shipping network includes frequent sailings to Thai ports. About 20 sailings to Bangkok each week assure shippers of at least two vessels from Singapore to Bangkok every day. says Port View, a
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        AT CONVENTIONAL WHARVES
        504 30 VmmI fry Hp Bfth km* P>pirtur» Vtwd Vqr No B»tt fcjwl P»pirtun Juronf Port Brastag. 1 as. 94 poa 0103/1200 0103/2300 Batam 3ah*<a 02 08 94 12 a»i**le 0103/0300 CWuang 2S P02 01 03/2330 03 03/2330 Batam Man N103 11 01 03/2300 Day* Sempana 04/94 P04 01
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        CONTAINER SCHEDULES
        1974 30 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Record Bookinf/BaUnce Rstts Ship Voy No Etb/Btr Period From To From Ac, Swan 107A 02/1500 2 28/1700 01/0669 01/0900 4 01/1200 01/1*59 01/1700 A)v» Ms W* 01/1300 1 28/1500 28/1659 28/1900 Aratoan
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      THE SHIPPING GUIDE
      13025 38 This is a list of ships loading at Singapore for ports around the world. It tabulates, by destination, the name of the ship, the shipping line involved and the estimated dates of arrival and departure from the Port of Singapore. LEGEND PN: ship calls at Penang after
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      SHIPPING AGENTS
      3354 43 Coatainerli ae NV: Bclsin Shpg Agencies Pie Ltd (SVManne Handling Sdn Bhd (PK/PN) Accord Group: Accord Shpg Pie Ltd (SVAccord Contr Line (PK/PN). Adkris Baslaess Corporation Philippine Calsource Shpg A Trdg Pte Ltd (S) Ahreakiei Liaer Service Kim Shpg Trdg(S). Albalm Sea-Air Service: Frata Shpg Pie Ltd (S).
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      COURIER SERVICES
      277 43 Abacus Couriers Td: 545-8011. Fax: 545-1898 Air Kvpms Travel Td: 533-5771. Fax: 535-6144. Airborae Freight Corporation Tel: 542-8844 Fax: 542-3716, *****80. Air*will Worldwide Courier Td: 278-0188 Fax: 273-8283. AJS Supplies Td: 748-6322 (2 lines). 747-7421. Fax: 742-8975. City-Liak International Tel: 344-3377. Fax: 345-6450. Cluster Liak Supplies ft Services
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      AIR FORWARDERS
      1477 43 Abex Express Freight Td: 542-7171. Fax: *****84. Actinic Forwarder Td: 225-1833. Fax: *****42. Td k *****20. Aeraiink Freight lateraatiomU Td: 545-8031 Fax: *****05. Aerospeed Td: 542-5911. Fax: *****18. Air Cargo Novo Express Td: 542-5454. Fax: *****06. Air Express lateraatioaal Td: 542-7666. Fax: *****74. *****50. Air Market Express Td:
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      PORT CONDITIONS
      2176 44 ALBANIA Dunes: Two vessels operating of which 1 loading copper. 1 discharging tobacco bales, no vessels in roads. ANGOLA Cabinda: Deepwater SPM has been in use for approx 1 month. Max draft 75 ft, SPM 1 will now only be in use in emergencies. Max draft 55 ft.
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      CRUISE & FERRY SCHEDULES
      511 44 CRUISE FERRY SCHEDULES CRUISE SHIPS Arr Dep Name of Vessel ETA E1D Ports of Calls Port Agent Tdcphne No MARCH 01 01 Lev Tolstoy 0900 1830 Jakarta Sin Multi Line Co Pte Ltd 535-2333 Port Klang 01 01 Langkapun Star 1600 2030 Penang Sin Jardine Shpg Agencies 224-1052 Aquarius Medan
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      1215 44 SHIP SALES TANKER RATES AFP THERE was a noticeable falling off in activity toward the end of the week, which was not surprising with the Chinese New Year holidays, coupled with a national holiday in Japan Friday and the on-set of Ramadan. The main movement this week has been in
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      TRANSPORT DIARY
      537 45 COURSES Tide: Warehouse Management (SDF 70%) Duration: Mar 1-24 Organiser Port of Singapore Authority Tel: For further details/registration contact SPI at 321-1707/321-1824/321-1825 or fax: 321-1416. Tide: Container Yard Management (SDF 50%) Duration: Mar 2 May 4 Organiser Port of Singapore Authority Tek For further details/registration contact SPI at
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      COCKETT BUNKER MARKET REPORT
      802 45 THIS twice weekly report, compiled by Cockett Marine Oil Ltd, shows price ranges in US dollars instead of single prices for a more comprehensive description of the market. Prices shown are based on average-sized stem. Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and
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      DAILY FREIGHTS
      1333 45 THE Baltic Freight Index for spot dry cargo shipping rates fell to 1,117 on Friday from 1,120 on Feb 24. Rates on the major US Gulf to Japan grain route remained weak for March cargoes with U5519.75 being paid for one combination port discharge. Hanjin fixed the Anangel
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      1048 46  -  Tired of seeing the IMO drag its feet on the issue of maritime disasters, five European countries have decided to take some joint measures. Peter Lewis and Shibly Nabhan reports Peter Lewis,Shibly Nabhan Seatrade Week Newsfront AS A Pandora's box of poisons, explosives,
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        HAL-Fokker joint venture to set up service centre in India
        362 48  -  By Juliette Walker SINGAPORE India's Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) and Fokker of the Netherlands have agreed to set up a maintenance and service centre for Fokker aircraft in India. HAL chairman R N Sharma and Fokker vice-chairman and senior executive
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        535 48 AP SINGAPORE Major executives of Asian airlines resolved this week to maintain a tough stance against the US and the European Union in negotiations for air traffic rights. The firmer policy announced last year by the Orient
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        Lock icon Daimler chief expected to head Airbus supervisory board
        307 48 FT LONDON Edzard Reuter, chairman of Daimler-Benz and one of Germany 's most powerful industrialists, is likely to become the next supervisory board chairman of Airbus Industrie. the European aircraft manufacturer. The appointment would prompt significant board changes at Daimler-Benz. Germany's largest
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          79 48 Reuter WARSAW Poland's LOT Airline and British Airways agreed last Saturday to end a nearl\ four-month-old allocation feud that has grounded flights between Poland and Britain. Transport Minister Boguslaw Liberadzki said service would resume by March 9 and each airline would be alloted nine flights
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          Lock icon Subways for 32 Chinese cities
          63 48 Reuter BEIJING China has decided to gradually develop subway and light rail networks in its 32 cities with a population of more than one million. Xinhua news agency said about half of them were building or planning to build such networks. It said foreign government
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          80 48 Reuter LONDON Edzard Router, chairman of Daimler-Benz and one of Germany's most powerful industrialists, is likely to become the next supervisory board chairman of Airbus Industrie, according to the Financial limes. The newspaper said the appointment to the board of the European aircraft manufacturer would
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          88 48 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG Transport compan> Vincent Intertrans (Holdings) has issued a HK.S6O million convertible note in a private placement to finance potential projects in China. The note, which will account for 19.46 per cent of the issued share capital of Vincent Intertrans. was placed
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        INDEX TO SHIPPING LINES AND FREIGHT FORWARDERS
        838 48 Page Coi ABC Containerline 12 5 Accord Group 8 1-3 Ahrenkiel Liner 4 1/2 •APL 5 3-5 Appenship 8 4/5 •ANL 3 1/2 •ASCL S S Avant Shpg 6 4/3 •Bait Orient Line 7 4/5 •Bank Line. The 9 5 Barbican Line 4
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        236 48 Bloomberg Business News DENVER Continental Airlines has agreed to a code-shar-ing arrangement with GP Express Inc to operate its Continental Express service from Denver to four cities. The code-sharing, to begin on March 9, is part of Continental's previously announced decision to cut costs
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        169 48 Bloomberg Business News CALGARY, Alberta PWA Corp said last week that its 1993 loss narrowed to C 5291.8 million (*****.3 million), or C 56.13 a share, from C 5543.3 million, or C 511.37, in 1992. In a statement, the parent company of
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      608 29 If you want it there/ yesterday, Fly it with *0— us todays a GRIFFIN KINETIC *****33 6TH SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL BUNKERING CONFERENCE 22-24 March 1994 —Z World Trade Centre SIBCON'94 Singapore With "Bunkering An Era of Breakthroughs" as its theme, the Singapore International Bunkering Conference enters its sixth successful year with
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      110 29 JZ+7M+R" M R FORWARDING PTE LTD WEEKLY CONSOL TO EUROPE CALL: *****00 IMO under pressure to show more teeth, Pg 18 HAL, Fokker increase ties, Back Pg liJ The following shipping lines have decided I to restore rates by U5D75.00 per TEU, effective from Ist April 1994, to be applied
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      418 30 TSKUNE AfIENQES (S) PTE. LID. /mMhA TP J[ fmTp Tel: 226-3363 MM i tJiIV JLLNIi Fax: 226 1972 3 ww Tlx-RS *****/TSKSIN. TOKYO SENPAKU KAISHA, LTD. CD No: **********0N I I EXPORTS TO HOW6KOH6. MM. BMSt—MKir ~~1 [wrooaa —m —m wir I tin li m W m m m —m»
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      2248 31 OOCL (8) PTE LTD JARDINE SHIPPING AGENCIES TEL' *****13 FAX' *****42 PETALING JAYA TEL: 03-*****76 FAX: 03-*****42 DOCUMENTATION TEL: *****55 (INWARD)/*****90 (OUTWARD) PENANG TEL: *****4 FAX: *****1 CFS TEL: *****6 BOOKINGS TEL: *****00 *****61/ *****82 ?2L2sk%«*«.<■ inDu c, CFS (PSA F5) TEL: *****21/ *****79 unD n?u O M rJn7 f£j£
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      1865 31 mamsssassm FRANCE/ITALY/PORTUGAL/SPAIN/MOROCCO NEXT AVAILABLE SAILING ALGECIRAS BAY V.5486 ETA SIN 4TH MARCH 94 VMM Voy ETA ETD Faadarad by DESTINATIONS Thtt «aak MA WON MAERSK V 8404 cv CM/03 mrs ■■■■■II CFS 07/03 2368 MRS JOH LP* PEN OAK 108 SFO MEM ATL MIA CHS BAL PHL NYC TOR MAWIEW
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      1588 32 AQABA R OAM/1 [1 ALSO ACCEPTBOG FROM VESSEL VOY NO SPORE JEODAH (VIA JED) S TON H BURO A WERP HAVRE yyggy MALAYSIA DANUBE 12/ toe 2/3 19/3 22/3 20/3 p ort Kelang. Psnang STUTTGART EXPRESS 02/306 5/3 14/3 20/3 23/3 27/3 28/3 30/3 PBBir Gudang KAGA 34/109 9/3 26/3
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      577 32 FCL Break bulk Service to: AFGHANISTAN MAM Afghanistan Ltd., Sole Foreign Forwarder in Kabul for aN services C.I.S.- Vostochny, Vladivostok, Moscow, Tashkent, Kiev, Minsk, Riga, Baku, Irkutsk, Alms Ats North Korea Vietnam e Mongolia Hungary FULL CONTAINER SERVICE TO NORTH/WIST AFRICA VESSEL SIN OKR Ned Africa V 2044 08/3 07/4
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      1800 33 W STRAITS SHIPPING PTE LTD 10 Hoc Chiang Road #11-01 Koppd Towers Singapore 0208 Tal: *****80 Fax: *****17 STRAITS VENTURE VOW Mu«» Lab 2S Frtl Mar 02 Mar 03 Mar fCL LC I container AMD baeakbulk service to PAPUA new guinea MERUB4 VO3E KK. Skan. Taw 02 03 Mar 03
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      2941 33 SINGAPORE AGENT: PXtli AtlfaitlOtiC P»0 Container* (Singapore Agencies) Pte Ltd A JL W M J 10 Hoe Chiang Road #07-01 Keppe* Towers. Singapore 0208 Te(: 225 2233 Telex: RS ***** PNOCSP Fax: 225 5327/222 7517 F CR Number: **********0Z r~.mn.iT M —j i j J VESSEL WO* *PNO *PKO SM
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      613 34 9 m GENERAL AGENT C R NO *****81-***** EKA JAYA AGENCIES TEL: *****22 (8 LINES) FAX: *****05 SALES REPRESENTATIVES IN CHARGE riIYAHMAH TRADC PAGEH HANDPHONE/OWE CT~| WILLIAM WK UMBO *****M/MSW32 HO CHI MINH CITY HEHBV HOC MM 727MM/M4I9M KELVIN CHAW iUfittS amMBB TO MYANMAR/YANGON SEMI CONTAINER SERVICE ■jjjjgjjgZ M OCEANLINES
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      1939 34 OHANJIN SHIPPING BOOKING TEL:- *****35-237 OPERATION TEL: *****41-253 SALES TEL:- *****22-233 DOCUMENT TEL: *****71-275 FDR VSI SM ILIK HAUL SEA TW POX fW ¥Sl SM |UNE MAUI SAV HM NYC HANJM MASAN OS3E 4 3 H LOWGBEACH 047E 24/3 25 3 26/3 HANJM MASAN M3E 4 3 H. SAVAMMH 042E
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      1559 34 MSB"3UH^TcT"TzT3^Tk I HI SGP KSG HKG RIG PUS Ml 0» KT SW 110 IU OS Ml NTC UN IM HK WIKr»« PU W I E GLOAT NOtl 1/3 2/1 7/1 9/1 11/3 14/1 15/1 17/1 II 21/1 111 311 13 4 15 4 1( 4 26 4 77 4 4
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      1973 35 l| sex: 'CALIFORNIA MERCURY 59E' eta sgp 02/03/94 H II gg II ARRIVING LOS ANGELES 19/03/94 IN 16 DAYS HI Hr H ARRIVING NEW YORK 26/03/94 IN 23 DAYS HI y SLZ3ID&3SHHKL BMnilTfciiTi i i yillit voy W los oak yaw srr ati. ccg cle cut pal ntr hoc vm
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      1053 35 0 I MULTILINE SHIPPING PTE LTD (a member of SMSOV Group) CR NO: **********0 C ENQURES: *****33 BOOKINGS: *****64, *****51, *****31, *****13 BALTIC: INWARD *****97 OUTWARD *****10 T/S *****10 Jfrv A BLASCO: INWARD *****65 OUTWARD *****2S T/S *****46 FESCO: BOOKINGS *****06 DOC *****07 MARINE INSURANCE: *****87 INVENTORY: *****59 AGENTS: KL:
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      1498 36 44 M v a« AS AGENTS "K" LINE (SIN6APOIIC) PTE LTD (CR No: **********0 M) TEL *****77 TELEX KAWAKI R*****5 FAX *****16/7/8/9 I T MALAYSIA "K" LINE MARITIME (MALAYSIA) SON BHO I M TEL SA *****00 PK *****75 PEN *****0 JB *****1 PGU *****5/6 1 INDONESIA P.T. SARANA LAUTINTEMMISA. T
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      922 36 ©APPENSHIP /2\ HAMBURG vTVy CONVENTIONAL INDEPENDENT LINER SERVICE V—' EUROPE TO SOUTH EAST ASIA AND FAR EAST VESSELS 10WMG PORTS DISCHARGE LOADING FOR UNISON HAM 31/01 ANT 05/02 SPORE 11/03 BKK. LAEM INZHENER PARKHONYUK KLP 09/02 TGN 21/02 TRT 02/03 SPORE 02/04. HUANGPU/XINGANG HONESTY S2E 16/02 HAM 22/02 SPORE 22/03.
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      363 36 GOLDEN LINE A GUAN OWN SMPPMG Ev<\ (PTE) LTD 23. T«M «yt> Stmt SMGAPOK 0104 TEL: HUMS (It WCS) fx: 534J504 (CI N* 1012S*****0W) ITtAITI/miIAM CULT IMTICI S'por* P Keling Pfnang' COIOOI KM Out# 14/15 Mar IMH GRMX Mr**. Dutui i, K» a CHINA MKTICI GOLDEN WOMHt China Ports 4/
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      911 37 I PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL LINES (PTE) LTD) I IL 140 Cecil Street. #03-00 PIL Building. Singapore 0106. I I mt wM CR NO **********0E I IYE444L VOY MN CMS JM JED AGJ AOE HOO PZU ASA KOTA WMtAWAN WRNO36 16/3 1M 26/3 IM 1/4 IM 1/4 3/4 4/4 KOTA BSRUAN MUMS
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      1020 37 |«aas ww "T"" iimmw rorrmtwm mffSS thump u hame WUI M CWW WW 01/ M 71/03 73/13 74/03 2S/03 70/03 wui trigm.* nam 00/ m oi/oa »3/m um mi 00/04 wui p-htctu mot 11/03 m/m 10/04 n m i*/04 »/04 WUI Pt ITIA 7732W is/04 17/04 10/04 H/04 20/04 •ALIO
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      326 37 I BSfl a~ mm MYANMA W FIVE STAR LINE (Myanmar National Line) Loading for Yanfon (Rangoon) Sport P.KIj Pan PGdf PAGAN ¥207* 7/5 Har HPA-AN ¥200* 15/17 Mar MALAYSIA AGENTS SOUS TWO SHPPM6 AGENCKS KH TEL «3 *****00 PKL: TO. 03 XttW KN: m 04-*****5 WD TE 07 *****1/4 NIGERIAN
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      2842 40 nAOnA MWIMfS UNCIAL AUKTS MALAYSIA'S AGIMTS I I iSf I 1 COST At SHIPPING PTE LTD CftMf CMm StM S* *M 2 Mbtrl JtwANMC IMf *15-00 SfnpM «2f7 Maklter PtrtMrnt- *****00 Cff NO; **********01UCM HO: CCSU KmU Lumpur 13-241 4CI( Trn TT?rk MAIN UML' 220 1900 BOOKINGS: 220 1133 Pmmg
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      176 40 TO AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND |Wl tt. fMW M«* O"*" c noui 324 i75~ u/i it/i 22/3 77/3 w/i MTDCRKN i/i H/4 21/4 23/4 2«/4 turn HUM M 15/3 l»/4 24/4 27/« 2/3 3/3 HUSttl »7 il" 12/3 U/8 21/3 23/3 VM AUCKLAND TO USA/CANADA «T ta cuwpot 5555S c KXXMI 124
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      637 41 {fc FAMOUS CONTAINER LINES 10 ANSON RD. #15-21 INTERNATIONAL PLAZA, S PORE 0207 HOT LINE: *****33 (24 LINES) GOTHENBURG/SCAN 7/3 ROTTERDAM 7/3 MRHUS/COPENHAGEN 773 HAMBURG/BREMEN 7/3 MARSEILLE/FRANCE 6/3 FELIXSTOWE/UK 7/3 BARCaONA/SPAIN 3/3 LEHAVRE/FRANCE 2/3 GENOA/ITALY 3/3 ANTWERP/BELGIUM 773 LOS ANGELES/WC/PI 5/3 SYDNEY/MELBOURNE 3/3 NEW YORK/EC 5/3 FREMANTIE/ADELAIDE 473 VANCOUVER 473
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      999 41 —-,„—1 pB^HHBi^^^BBKHWH Mil 111 II I VESS€L §S £1 i VESSEL I VOY I SIN 1 PEW ■l WAWA BHUM 2I7S Ju; Sat 5/3_ jg B UWGA SEROJA 4037 ~Thu 3/3 Sat I 5/3~ VESSEL VOY SIN BKK SIR! BHUM 40S Fri 4/3 Tut 9/3 j BHUM 2SN Ffi 4/3
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      679 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 PONCNAMA LINE KES9I ns IW M W KM MC NKLM V4O2N 2/3 4/3 5/3 7/3 11/3 20/3 TUtSBUS V443N 11/3 12/3 14/3
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      1709 42 nUUHMti CONTAINER LINES, INC I MAC NBLtt SPOUCs *****22 (24 UNBS) (PANAMA) Uv Wmmammmi SIBU (064) *****9 KUCHINQ (062) *****3 PENANQe <041 6346)6 BANGKOK (662) *****67 MANILA (632) *****61 PitELAMGcfltt) *****5T7 JAKARTA: (21) *****07 SURABAYA: (31) *****0 jj HKG/TWN/BKK GENOA/EUROPE PEN PKL SIN 5 SAILINGS/WEEK PEN PK SIN 2/3 3/3
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      201 42 I SEAWARD SNIPPING AND I TRADING CO (S) PTE LTD ETA [I* ETA SKWf com KELMK PCMNG BlUf MM S3 m Pi Uidinj tor Vd t i Bing«o») mV»I HUDHU S3 DSC*i'j TJ i"l U*J>TJ V BomM» OCX CHIN S*«d loading For Mat PIOC» SUPREME 10 3 IOJd ng For
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      1102 42 THONG SOON UNES PTE LTD 1 I /Y/\ 78 SHENTON WAY #10-01, SINGAPORE 0207 I I \J J TEL: 227-5088 FAX: 227-6011 I I T l RS ***** CARRIER, RS ***** JENHOL CABLE: TOSOCO I SINGAPORE TO SARAWAK VESSEL VOY SPORE PEST VESSEL |VOY I SPORE IPEST EQUATOR JADE 104/4E
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      480 46 NQRTH PimJPPitfgg FIRX CONTAINER VESSEL VOYAGE SW6APORE MAIWLA VIGOUR SINGAPORE 9410N 04/03 (FRI) 12/03 (SAT) VIGOUR SINGAPORE 9410 AN 07/03 (MON) 12/03 (SAT) VIGOUR PACIFIC 941 IN 11/03 (FRI) 19/03 (SAT) nMI MONDAY VIGOUR PACIFIC QQUTH 9 pHttJP ULSI^ QWT JUllttll &ERVICE VESSEL I VOYAGE SINGAPORE [GENERAL SANTOS DAVAO I
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      348 46 -|$%));;$.>[!`='$@{;!]!>}_+%-$% TITIMAS SHIPPING U TRADING SDN. BHD. KELANG (03)3M0455 (H/Lmm) Fax: 03-36*0363 Tlx: MA 3MIS TIBITA VESSELS VOV P KLANG POST OF DESTINATION SENG LEONG 3/94 19/2/94 KUCHING SIBL HUA HONG SATU 2 94 25 2.94 K K MUARA MILLION 111 2/94 24 2 94 MUARA K K TAWAU INSWLINENOI
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      220 46 JL cosco IHCC CONVENTIONAL SERVICE VESSEL PKL PNG P.O. LOADING FOR: A' VESSEL 28/02 Rotterdam/Antwerp CHXA CONVENTIONAL SERVICE VESSEL PKL PNG PG. LOADING FOR: A VESSEL 15/03 20/03 Huangpu/Guangzhou COSCO FULL CONTAINER SERVICES (FCL/FCL) EXPORT TO: CMN A/BANGKOK/HONGKONG EUROPE/CONTINENTAL WEST MEDITERRANEAN AUSTRALIA US WEST COAST PERSIAN QULF/KARACHI Please refer above
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      878 47 HYUNDAI I MERCHANT MARINE CO. LTD. WESTBOUND TO EUROPE BKG: *****61 VESSELS VOY PNA IKE PGP VESSELS VOY_ SH KTM MIT* LEW HAM FEL HY MALACCA 003S 02/03 04/03 HY COMMANDER 303* 07/03 25/03 26/03 23/03 27/03 27/03 29/03 DRAGON BALI 049N 05/03 HY MALACCA 004S 09/03 11/03 SI MARKER
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