The Business Times, 25 March 1994

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    16 1 SINGAPORE Business Times l\ L KSOW ASIA M ITA(P) 010/12/93 Friday March 25 1994 75 c
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      US first-time jobless claims down
      60 1 WASHINGTON Fewer claims in California and in construction and service industries helped push down by 5,000 the number of Americans filing first-time claims for unemployment benefits last week. The Labour Department yesterday said this was the third decline in four weeks. A seasonally adjusted 340,000
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      Lock icon Philip Morris files US$ 10b libel claim
      52 1 Reuter WASHINGTON Philip Morris Tobacco Companies, going on the offensive in the midst of a growing anti-smok-ing movement, yesterday filed a US$lO billion (5515.8 billion) libel suit against the ABC network for a documentary claiming the company had spiked cigarettes with extra, addictive
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    MARKET SUMMARY
    165 1 Stock market indices Thursday Change ST11 2,109.65 -1-63 KLSEComp 983.52 -16.43 Nikkei 20.037.90 +75.80 Hang Seng 9,320.75 -144.78 SET Index 1,286.81 +0.37 Jakarta Comp 494.18 CLSA China B 1,045.97 -6.66 Aust All Ord 2,169.8 FTSE 100 3,121.7 -33.6 Thursday Previous lpm close Dow Jones 3,814.47 3,869.46 Average of
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    KIB poised to take over Putra World Trade Centre
    687 1  -  From Leslie Lopez in KUALA LUMPUR GARMENT manufacturer KIB Textiles Bhd is on the verge of taking over the Putra World Trade Centre, a choice piece of property which also houses the headquarters of Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad's United Malays National
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    Indonesian-M'sian venture may be latest timber play
    339 1  -  By Amy Balan SINGAPORE A new Ma-laysian-Indonesian joint-ven-ture, headed by a former Malaysian cabinet minister, could be the latest timber play yet. North Sumatera Timber Sdn Bhd (NST), a company controlled by former Lands and Regional Development minister Mohd Adib Adam, is negotiating
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    Unionised staff in financial sector get biggest pay rise
    367 1  -  By Chuang Peck Ming SINGAPORE Unionised staff in the financial sector got the biggest rise in pay last year, double that for ail workers, says a National Trades Union Congress survey. Their total pay jumped 13% over the year before, compared
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    Lock icon Jakarta urges delay in new listings
    147 1 Reuter JAKARTA Indonesia's stock market watchdog yesterday urged new issuers to delay plans to list on the Jakarta stock exchange because of the market's weakness, in a move that brought mixed reactions from brokers. "When market conditions are weak, it is the underwriters and
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    Lock icon Big US banks raise prime rates by quarter point
    292 1 NYT NEW YORK Citibank. Chase Manhattan. Chemical and a host of other banks in the US increased their prime rates on Wednesday to 6.25 per cent from 6 per cent after the Federal Reserve's decision on Tuesday to raise short-term interest
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    Lock icon 55-point fall in Dow triggers curb on index-linked trade
    314 1 Reuter Bloomberg Business News NEW YORK Wall Street stocks kept tumbling after midday yesterday, forcing the New York Stock Exchange to clamp down restrictions on indexlinked trading. At Ipm, EST, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 54.99 points, or 1.41
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    Regional stock markets go into reverse
    139 1 SINGAPORE Most of the region's stock markets ended lower yesterday after a sharp rise on Wednesday. In Singapore, profit-taking wiped out an early 25-point rise in the Straits Times Industrials Index. The STII closed 1.63 points off at 2.109.65. Dealers said investors were in
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
    • EYE on the ECONOMY
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        Lock icon Hotel room rates up in February
        341 2  -  By A J Leow THE average hotel room rate rose in February for the seeond month running, boosting hopes that rates may finally be on the mend. Aeeording to figures released yesterday by the Singapore Tourist Promotion Board, the standard room rate in February
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      TAS deputy appointed acting director-general
      226 2 THE Telecommunication Authority of Singapore (TAS) has appointed Lim Chuan Poh as its acting director-general from April 1. Mr Lim. who currently holds the post of TAS deputy director-general, was seconded to TAS from the Environment Ministry last July. In another announcement. Singapore Telecom said
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      Half of women in survey cite sexual harassment at work
      460 2  -  Corporate policies needed to raise morale, productivity: A ware's president By Schutz Lee ABOUT 50 per cent of female respondents to a survey said they had experienced sexual harassment in the workplace, and it affected their morale and productivity. Those
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      Sime (S) sees more profits from non-motor units
      320 2  -  Text and photo by Arthur Lee LISTED Sime Singapore expects to see more profits from its engineering and property divisions in the coming years. Managing director J K Yip told Business Times that the company is looking at Thailand. Indonesia. Vietnam and
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      Yunnan seeks closer economic links with S'pore
      188 2 YUNNAN province in southwestern China wants economic cooperation with Singapore to match the close political links between the two countries. A provincial official yesterday said that despite direct air links between Yunnan and Singapore. there were only 30 Singapore investment projects in the
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      No need to prove accused knew Act was breached: A-G
      619 2  -  The OSA trial Reports by Ramesh Divyanathan THE offence of receiving secrets under the Official Secrets Act does not require an actual belief on the part of a recipient that the Act is being breached. Attorney-General Chan Sek Keong said
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      Court told of risks of taking classified data to meetings
      320 2 GOVERNMENT officials should never take classified documents into meetings with the private sector or any person without proper security clearance. Attorney-General Chan Sek Keong said yesterday. "There is always a risk that the safety of documents and the secrecy of
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      261 2 ■»J^§©l dPUI institute of health gOB CARE STUDIES (BY DISTANCE LEARNING) IN 9 The University College of Swansea is a constituent institution of the Federal University of Wales, which received its first charter in 1892 and is today second in size to the University of London. It has developed to
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      Lock icon Indonesia plans to speed up rupiah depreciation
      431 3 Reuter JAKARTA Indonesia will quicken the depreciation of the rupiah against the US dollar to 6 per cent in the next fiscal year to help offset slower growth in non-oil exports, a senior official said yesterday. "The Finance Minister (Mar'ie Muhammad) has said
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      Asean Institute is now Asean Business Forum
      265 3  -  By William Chia SINGAPORE The Asean Institute, a regional association of private business, has been renamed the Asean Business Forum. The vice-president of the Singapore chapter, Jannie Tay, yesterday said the new tag better reflected the group's primary role of facilitating cross-border joint
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      Asean and Australia may be accidental victims when US, Japan resolve trade row
      270 3  -  By Donald Turner SINGAPORE Asean countries and Australia could be unwitting victims of trade tensions between the United States and Japan if Tokyo chooses to lower its trade surplus by buying more US goods at the expense
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      Jakarta doubles tax on property worth lb rupiah
      269 3 JAKARTA The Indonesian government is to double the rate of property tax on land and buildings worth I billion rupiah (*****.000) and over and impose a 3 per cent tax on the sale of property located outside real estate complexes. The new
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      Lock icon Sabah chief minister picks Muslim, Chinese deputies
      276 3 Bernama KOTA KINABALU Chief Minister Sakaran Dandai yesterday appointed Usukan assemblyman Mohd Salleh Tun Said and Sabah Progressive Party (SAPP) president Yong Teck Lee as deputy chief ministers. representing the Muslim bumiputra and Chinese communities respectively. Another deputy chief minister. from among the
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    • ASIA NOTES
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        Lock icon Bapindo trial to begin next month
        114 3 AFP JAKARTA Ihe government will hold trials next month of those involved in an alleged USS43(i-million (*****.4 million) swindle at a state hank, the Antara news ageney said yesterday. The Attorney-General's offiee has detained businessman Edd> Tansil and three former high-ranking officials of go\eminentowned
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        Lock icon An eyeful of intelligence
        73 3 Reuter TOKYO Here's one Japanese cure-all not to be blinked at: tuna eyeballs are said to improve one's memory They contain docosahexaeonic acid (DHA) which has been tested on laboratory mice. The critters, it was discovered, did better in the mazes than their DHA-dcprived cousins. In
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        Lock icon Ministers to formalise growth area
        86 3 AFP MANILA The economic ministers of Brunei. Indonesia. Malaysia and the Philippines are to formalise the creation of a "growth area" in their adjoining border areas during a weekend meeting in the Philippine city of Davao. a Filipino official said yesterday. The growth area will
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        Lock icon Canadian firms keen on Bakun project
        50 3 Bemama KUCHING Canadian companies are interested in participating in the MS 15 billion (SSB.7 billion) Bakun dam project in Sarawak, said Saskatchewan province's Deputy Minister of Economic Development. Frank Hart, who is leading a se\en-member business delegation on a three-day visit to Sarawak. Bemama
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      244 3 Xz traordinary Because corporate more than The road to smooth. then to kn w now your day to a The man accustomed to asserting his authority road situation an This is for changes in of a second. The suspension thus automatically firms up when tough circumstances demand, but remains pliant
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  • CHINA/HONGKONG/TAIWAN
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      Jinan offers foreign investors 2 developments for price of 1
      428 4  -  By Schutz Lee SINGAPORE I he Jinan citv government has come up with a "two-in-one" investment programme to reform local enterprises through foreign investments and at the same time develop tertiary industries. Foreign investors who undertake to move designated factories
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      Lock icon Stability depends on good harvests: Jiang
      268 4 \FP BLIJINCi Social stabilitv in China this vear will depend on good harvests which will help keep inllation down, president and partv chief Jiang Zemin was quoted as saving. \t a press conference on agriculture on Wednesday, in which all the top communist leaders
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    • CHINA WATCH
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        Lock icon Taiwanese govt as lender
        101 4 \FP TAIPEI The Taiwan government will set aside NTS 100 billion (SS6 hillion) annualh to finance loans to enterprises involved in ke> projects here. Both public and private enterprises engaged in extensive development projects could applv tor the loan package carrying a maximum annual interest rate
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        Lock icon Rodent racket costs hotel
        111 4 Reuter BEIJING A Chinese court has ordered a hotel to pay 20.000 vuan (553.340) to two guests who claimed they were "harassed" bv rats. The Chongqing Lewi Sews said two Chinese reporters accused the Yanqun Hotel of Shijiazhuang city of causing them physical and mental stress,
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        Lock icon Wrongfully jailed businessman freed
        99 4 AFP HONGKONG A Hongkong-based Chinese-American businessman has been freed after seven months detention in southern China's Hunan province due to an investment dispute, his wife said yesterday Philip Hui-Ho Cheng. 64. is expected to return to Hongkong today from Changsha. where he was detained after his
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        Lock icon Chinese laws keep up with reforms
        80 4 Reuter HONGKONG China's securities law will be promulgated in the first half of the year, a vice-chairman of the Law Committee of China's parliament was quoted as sav ing. The Shenzhen Special Zone Daily quoted Li Yining as say ing China would speed up
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        Lock icon World Bank's electrifying loan
        61 4 Reuter WASHINGTON The World Bank has approved a US$35O million (SSSSO million) loan to help China combat acute power shortages in Jiangsu province, one of the country 's fastest growing economic regions. The bank will also partly guarantee repayment of a USSI2O million commercial bank loan
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      Lock icon Taipei nabs 7 people, seizes US$ 3.7m worth of ivory
      208 4 AFP TAIPEI Investigators yesterday arrested seven people and seized a reeord USS3.7 million (SSS.B million) worth of ivory when they smashed what is thought to be Taiwan's biggest illegal ivory trafficking ring. Investigation Bureau officers seized 1.2 tonnes of elephant
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      Lock icon China acts to stop chaotic construction, runaway prices
      249 4 Bloomberg Business News BEIJING In a further strike against runaway inflation, China is sending two inspection teams to stop "chaotic" financing of construction projects and excessive price rises. State television yesterday reported that the teams, set up by the State Council. China's
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  • REST OF ASIA
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      Lock icon Japanese workers threaten to strike over low wage offers
      412 5 Reuter TOKYO Japanese workers in key industries yesterday threatened to strike when re-cession-battered companies offered minimal wage rises at the annual spring negotiations. Workers at 17 big electronics companies greeted the slimmest management offers in more than four decades with a
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      Lock icon S Korea's Kim in Tokyo to seek help over nukes row
      510 5 Reuter TOKYO South Korean President Kim Young Sam arrived here yesterday to start a week-long visit to Japan and China in search of help to resolve the crisis over North Korea's suspected nuclear arms programme. "it is important for
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      Lock icon Hosokawa's popularity hurt by mishandling of rice supplies: poll
      259 5 Reuter TOKYO Japanese Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa's popularity has been dented by the mishandling of rice supplies which prompted widespread panic-buying, according to an opinion poll published yesterday. The monthly survey by the daily Yominri Shimhun newspaper showed support for Mr
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      Lock icon No Golden record
      44 5 Reuter LAHORE, Pakistan Pakistani stunt driver Sultan Golden starting a rehearsal car jump over 28 cars at Lahore stadium on Wednesday. Golden, who tried to set a new record for the jump was injured after his car overturned and crashed. Reuter
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      Lock icon Fourth Australian minister quits in 4 months
      147 5 Reuter CANBERRA Australian Prime Minister Paul Keating's government lost its fourth minister in four months yesterday when Health Minister and political kingmaker Graham Richardson resigned. "The government is going through a process of genuine renewal." Mr Keating told parliament. Mr Richardson's departure for
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      128 6 t I J^PH?lk^AM***^ bem -fcj^wgniiaM With the Singapore Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Enrique Ricci Singapore Indoor Stadium, 29 March 1994, B.oopm Tickets: $350, $250, $150 and $75 Now available at the following SISTIC ticketing centres: Cold Storage Jelita Cold Storage Promenade Cold Storage World Trade Centre Forum Shopping Mall Liang Court
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  • THE WORLD
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      Lock icon US softens demand on China's human rights compliance
      446 7 NYT WASHINGTON The Clinton administration, in a bid to resolve the crisis in relations with China, has quietly been signalling to Beijing that if it meets Washington's minimum human rights demands, the United States would consider ending the annual threat of trade
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      Lock icon Mexican presidential candidate shot dead
      504 7 NYT Reuter AP MEXICO CITY Luis Donaldo Colosio, 44, the man who was expected to become Mexico's next president, was assassinated on Wednesday night by a young gunman at an evening campaign rally in the Mexican border city of Tijuana. Colosio, presidential candidate for the
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      Lock icon US to press countries to stop arming Myanmar junta
      269 7 Reuter WASHINGTON Ihc United States is set to protest against arms sales by China and three other countries known to he arming Myanmar's ruling military junta, administration officials said on Wednesday. The State IX'partment is preparing to make official diplomatic protests
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    • WORLD WATCH
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        Lock icon Clinton's rating falls below 50 pc
        106 7 Reuter WASHINGTON President Clinton's job approval rating has fallen below the 50 per eent level for the first time this year, ABC News said on Wednesday based on its latest publie opinion poll. Under a torrent of bad publicity from the Whitewater alTair, Mr
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        Lock icon Poland to host East-West conference
        101 7 UPI WARSAW Poland will host the third bast-West conference of G-7 states in May with representatives of 10 Central and Eastern European nations, a Polish government official announced on Wednesday. The May 6-7 conference will focus on economic cooperation and technical assistance, said Andrzej Byrt,
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        Lock icon Clinton, Gore on hunger strike
        112 7 Reuter WASHINGTON President Clinton and Vice-President A 1 Gore went on a day-long hunger strike on Wednesday to help call attention to the problem of hunger in America and the world. The Agriculture Department says a record 27.4 million Americans depend on the US food
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      Central banks reap US$ 140m interest from gold loans
      251 7 CENTRAL banks are earning between US$llO million (SSI74 million) and US$l4O million a year in interest from gold loans to the market. The World Gold Council, in a study on central bank gold lending, estimates that central banks lend around 48
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      Lock icon Canada's senior bosses under fire as fat bonuses cause ire
      341 8 Reuter TORONTO Canadian corporate chiefs are under fire for being richly rewarded with fat bonuses even though their re-cession-ravaged companies continue to make huge losses, impose freeze wages and axe staff. Top executives from Canada's biggest companies have found details
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      Lock icon Brazil creditors clear the way for debt restructure by waiving IMF approval
      401 8 Bloomberg Business News NEW YORK Brazil's creditors have given the country the go-ahead to restructure USSS2 billion (5582.68 billion) in debt without International Monetary Fund backing, clearing the last obstacle towards an agreement two years in the making.
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      Lock icon Lower-value currency will hit wages: Bank of Canada governor
      217 8 KnightRidder OTTAWA The Governor of the Bank of Canada, Gordon Thiessen told a Senate banking committee on Wednesday that a lower-valued Canadian dollar is not a free lunch for the Canadian economy. He said that while the lower value of the
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      Lock icon Major seeks compromise on EU voting rights
      230 8 Reuter LONDON Prime Minister John Major is working on a British compromise on a row with the European Union over its voting rights, senior politicians said. While still talking tough over the need to preserve British sovereignty in Europe. Mr Major had told
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      Lock icon First full view of Ida asteroid
      59 8 Reuter PASADENA, California This is the first full picture of asteroid 243 Ida and its newly discovered moon to be transmitted to earth from Masa's Galileo spacecraft. The image is the first conclusive evidence that natural satellites of asteroids exist. Ida is 56km long,
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      Lock icon Cuba seeks partner to modernise phone system
      301 8 knight-Ridder HAVANA Cuba is looking for a foreign partner to modernise its state-run domestic and international telephone system. Carlos Alzugaray. a top adviser to Foreign Minister Roberto Robaina. said on Wednesday. "Everybody knows that Cuba's telephone sy stem has to be completely overhauled.
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      Lock icon Britain goes full steam ahead to offload coal industry
      418 8 Reuter LONDON The British government on Wednesday cleared the last political obstacle to selling the remnants of the once great state-owned coal industry. The House of Commons voted 312 to 271 to open the way for the final break-up of an
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  • SPORTS
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      Will anyone make way for late arrival Khoo?
      698 9  -  From Shahiron Sahari in HONGKONG SINGAPORE'S 11-man squad trained at Happy Valley with an interesting poser in mind will anyone sacrifice himself to make way for newly-arrived player Terrence Khoo? With only 10 players allowed to be registered, the players have until
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    • SPORT SHORTS
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        Lock icon Basketball
        33 9 AP NEW YORK NBA Wednesday: Chicago 99 Philadelphia 87; Atlanta 100 Charlotte 92; Detroit 111 LA Dippers 107; Indiana 78 Geveland 77; LA Lakers 112 Dallas 109; Orlando 98 Utah 93. AP
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        Lock icon Golf
        67 9 AP SOJYA, Japan United Airlines KSB Open Ist id scores yesterday: (Japanese unless stated): 66 Yoshinon Kaneko 35 31; 67 Kiyoshi Maita 34 33 Tsutomu Higa 35 32; 69 Frankie Minoza (Phi) 34 35 Tsuyoshi Yoneyama 35 34 Hisashi Terada 35 34; 70 Masanobu Kimura 36 34 Kiyoshi Murota
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        Lock icon Ice hockey
        35 9 AP NEW YORK NHL Wednesday: Ottawa S Detroit 4; St Louis 3 Buffalo 2; Florida 1 Toronto 1; Winnipeg 3 Montreal 1; NY Rangers S Edmonton 3; Vancouver 6 Los Angeles 3. AP
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        Lock icon Soccer
        118 9 Reuter SINGAPORE Regional sporting history will be made this weekend when an Australian team kicks off against a Singapore club side in the island's Premier League, an Australian minister said yesterday. Trade Minister Bob McMullan. here for talks with the Government, said two Australian teams had signed with the
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        Lock icon Swimming
        113 9 Reuter SYDNEY Olympic champion swimmer Kieren Perkins has launched a court battle against the sport's major sponsor in Australia in a dispute over his appearance in a newspaper advertisement. Perkins, who broke the 1.500 m world record in winning the gold medal in Barcelona two years ago. Hied a
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        Lock icon Tennis
        57 9 AP HOUSTON Virginia Slims of Houston Wednesday 2nd rd: Veronika Martinek (Ger) b Magdalena Maleeva (Bui) 4-6 7-6 7-6; Angeles Motolio (Spa) b Lindsay Davenport (US) 6-3 6-4; Sabine Hack (Ger) b Sandra Cecchini (Ita) 6-1 6-0; Mary Pierce (Fra) b Nicole Muns-Jagerman (Neth) 6-1 6-4; Bettina Fulco-Villella (Arg)
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      The approach shot
      145 9 Practical golf tips by Patrick Sherrv After the tee shot comes the most difficult shot the approach shot. This involves a full swing with an iron or wood and landing the hall on the green. Even the best pros accomplish an aver- age of only 12 or
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      Lock icon Ferguson says he considered bribe offer
      379 9 AP NEW YORK Heavyweight boxer Jesse Ferguson said he gave serious thought to an alleged US$lOO,OOO (SSI58,000) offer by opponent Ray Mercer to intentionally lose their fight last year. Ferguson testified on Wednesday at his opponent's bribery trial in New York State Supreme Court
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      313 9 M THE MATTER OF THE COMPAMES ACT, CHAPTER SO AND M THE MATTER OF CRYSTAL EARTH MARKETWQ PTE LTD m VOUKTJWT UQUDATOI NOTICE OF FMAL GENERAL MEETWG NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to Sadion 308 of Me Companies Act, Chapiar 50, Md Mi Final Gmnl Mealing of Me Company wfl
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      471 9 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT (CHAPTER sa) AND IN THE MATTES OF AUROTEC (SINGAPORE I PRIVATE LIMITED 4 Incorporated Ia Stappocc) (la Voluntary Uqnidaboa) Al an Extraordinary General Meeting of the members of Aurtrtec (Singapore) Private Limited duly convened and held at 20 Raffles Place. #10-06 Ocean Towers.
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      180 9 M THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT. CHAPTER 50 AND M THE MATTER TEGAL SMGAPORE PRIVATE LTD (In Umibii l' Voluntary Liquidation) NOTICE OF FINAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to Section 308 of the Compares Act. Cap. 50. the final meeting of the members of the abovenamed
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      525 9 IN THE MATTER OF TEKDIS ENTERPRISES PTE LTD (la Voluntary Liquidation) MEMBERS' VOLUNTARY WINDING-CP At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the members of the abovenamed company duly coavened and held at 17 Phillip Street #05-01. Grand Building. Singapore 0104 on the 18th day of March 1994. the Special Resolutions set
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  • ADVERTISING & MARKETING
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      SPH's XO beer ad is Best of the Best
      352 11  -  The spoof beat a record 1.200 entries at the eighth Asian Advertising Awards in Hongkong, reports Catherine Ong Catherine Ong SINGAPORE Press Holdings' powerful XO Beer campaign swept three awards, ineluding the coveted Best of the Best, at the eighth Asian
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      Edelman sees S'pore as gateway to Asia-Pac market
      475 11  -  By Joycelyn Shu PUBLIC RELATIONS firms arc in the business of helping other companies sell their products, and they should not neglect to sell themselves, said Daniel J Edelman yesterday in an interview. Mr Edelman is the founder and chairman/CEO of Edelman
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        Lock icon Benetton's bum ad bumped off
        88 11 AFP FRANKFURT A Benetton advert showing a man's naked buttocks tattooed 'HIV-positive' in German was banned on Wednesday and the magazine Sum threatened with a fine of up to 500.000 marks (*****.000) if it re-ran it. The Frankfurt Court of Appeal branded the Italian textile
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        Devils and angels did the trick
        85 11 SINGAPORE Lam Soon, which launched its new Naturel margarine in Singapore last December, is reporting good demand for what it claims is a healthier alternative to butter and conventional margarines. To explain the benefits of the product without being overly technical, ad agency Saatchi
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        BBDO appoints new general manager
        76 11 SINGAPORE BBDO Singapore recently announced the appointment of Yung Mun Sung as its general manager, in charge of day-to-day operations. Mr Yung, who was general manager of Johnson Johnson in Singapore, has more than 20 years' experience as a marketer. Along with Donald Ee. the
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      • Article
        Ketchum takes on 3 new clients
        88 11 SINGAPORE Ketchum Advertising has added three new clients to its business list. Earlier this year, it was awarded the Haagen Dazs account by Pinedale. This was followed by the 1994 Dental Health Campaign account by the Ministry of Health. The most recent win came
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        Union Jack raises the flag
        81 11 SINGAPORE At the opening of ad agency. Union Jack Advertising. 150 guests put their thumbprint together to form Union Jack's logo a sturdy Angsana tree. Jack Ho. managing director of the agency said that it was meant to be an involving and memorable experience for
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      Lock icon Ammirati is latest agency to join Burger King's broil
      442 11 NYT THE order of the day at Burger King in New York on Tuesday was one more time an advertising account, to go. The fast feeder, notorious for continually changing its agencies, said on Tuesday that it would hire Ammirati Puris,
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      207 12 WHERE TO WINE, DINE AND ENTERTAIN Livewire from the Philippines plays popular hits from 9 00 p m Happy Hours 6 pm 9 pm (Mon Sati One for one on all standard drinks Cover charge on Friday. Saturday Eve of Public Hoi'day S bway Plaza Hotel gJ =h. NEW j
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      359 12 Savour South African dishes at Chatterbox from 15 to 26 'March during the South African 'food 'Wine 'Promotion. 'With chefs specialty floum in from 'Ihe Carlton, Johannesburg, you re in for a mouth watering treat. 'Don t miss it! CoMee Shop ■Put 15 26 March *4 im .100. Lunch flu
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  • LIFESTYLE
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      Lock icon Vintage thrillers
      586 13  -  Whenever a French town wants to raise its profile, it will organise a film festival. Richard Gilbert reports on Cognac's Festival chi Film Pol icier Richard Gilbert NYT FILM festivals arc booming in Europe. Forty years ago, a film buffs choice was restricted to Cannes, Venice or Edinburgh.
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      Lock icon Samurai artifacts on auction at Christie's
      122 13 AFP LONDON A visitor viewing some of the 11 sets of samurai armour that are due to go on auction at Christie's later this month. Decorated with auspicious symbols, the war-like figures provide a fascinating insight into the way in which Feudal Japanese armour
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      Lock icon Doing it by the book
      557 13 AP PEOPLL who want to kill other people with acupuncture or with poisons brewed in their kitchen sink may not be interested in a lot of heavy reading, but there are books just for them. IX'lta Press Ltd of tl IX>rado. Arkansas, is distributing a
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      Lock icon Pavarotti's Pulau Pangkor paradise
      366 13 CHATTERBOX AFP UPI AP UPI SUPERSTAR Luciano Pavarotti decided to open a private performance before Malaysia's Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad with the song Paradiso because he is so taken by this country's beauty, he told reporters on Wednesday. "When I woke up this morning I was
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      Lock icon Ostade masterpiece recovered
      46 13 Reuter LONDON An Elderly Couple In An Arbour, the 17th century masterpiece by Adriaen N an Ostade talucd at US$lOO,OOO (S$158,000) which was disco%ered stolen from Buckingham Palace. A man accused of its theft appeared on Wednesday at Horseberry Koad magistrate court. Keuter
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      151 13 Night Beat, the new AND OUR eve °f public holidays Filipino 5-piece (no performance band at The Lounge n Sun). And is sulking up lots M. JVI \Jm j\Jm with draft beer of songs and crazy fun. Come and non-premium drinks at join in the beat! Entertainment $4++ during Happy
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      1194 13 TV RADIO vacy for a while, to share a Katharine Hepburn shares her character with viewers in All iew of her 60-year career. About Me, 9.00pm. SBC 12 SBC Channel 12 700 Drejms C 0 1"* Tro <Ck 1.00 PM TV Islam Int l. g.oo News at Eight <C 1.30
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    Taming inflation in China
    534 14 EDITORIAL CHINA'S leaders, as good communists, believe in dialectics. Two steps forward and one step back, and you gain one step in the end. After two years of heady economic growth. 12.8 percent in 1992 and 13.4 per cent last year, the key item on China's
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  • WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
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      Bridge to a future
      235 14 TO THE POLITICIANS in both countries, the signing of an agreement to build a second link between Singapore and Johor is an expression of good neighbourly relations. To government planners and businessmen, the bridge means opportunities. Its potential as a growth catalyst will be more apparent
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      The youngsters' turn now
      159 14 WHAT SHOULD a good neighbour do? The obvious answer is to be more conscious of the needs of the people next door. This is the basic thing that Singapore has been doing with its two neighbours. Malaysia and Indonesia. By taking a realistic approach, the latest
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      New link for a new era
      176 14 THE COMPLETION of the second Singapore-Malay-sia link will benefit both countries. Of course, it is necessary to look further ahead. The Malaysian economy has high potential for development and another link will surely benefit bilateral business dealings. Already, both the opening of Malaysia's North-South
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      Step on the gas
      167 14 FRIME MINISTER Mahathir Mohamad has finally come right out to voice the growing impatience and annoyance of Malaysians who are not too happy that there is still 20 per cent of the Froton car to prevent them from asserting with justifiable pride that it is a
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      A laudable decision
      143 14 THE GOVERNMENT has decided to phase out the sending of unskilled workers especially maid servants abroad and possibly gradually put an end to the practice. The reason behind the decision is apparently that the authorities have lost their patience with the all too frequent reports that many
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      Disastrous ramifications
      145 14 THE FAILURE of US Secretary of State Warren Christopher to make any headway over human rights during his visit to China has implications that extend beyond the stormy bilateral relationship. The situation is highly deplorable from the viewpoint of continued development and the maintenance of peace in the
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    Up against an obstacle course in Myanmar
    737 14 Myanmar is Asia's latest emerging market with 'great potential'. But investors can expect some sticky and tricky turns including shareholder opposition. THE LAST Indochinese economy to open its doors to foreign business. Myanmar is gradually attracting foreign direct investment (see tables). Like many
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      90 14 tB > -:^gp^T 1. fj^' Br Pi TW; i jHPun T^ k Breathtaking monuments, beautiful artforms, L A, and the splendor of the sultanate have i^HMp long drawn pilgrims to Yogyakarta. Soon Central heart will celebrate the arrival a splendid five-star hotel that reflects its grand heritage. Opening May 1994,
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      78 14 (VOU miGMT SWOU) /SHe IS BLONDG., &U-€, (Be.st OW riv, Love..") V* Vr rooee. I e--*.o. lqig V (cm *3 k&k PW jC ulB V Nou 1\ Refuse i <r\^^3 DOONESBURY GARRY TRUDEAU SO WHY If- THIS BILL PASSeS, SMOKOS\ ■"[THAVS RJ6HT, ANP SHOULP YOU WILL B6 FORCSP TO BATTLS
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  • ANALYSIS
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      Lock icon Still upbeat about the dollar in Europe
      1211 15  -  Ferdinand Protzman discusses why the Fed's recent move on interest rates hasn't helped the dollar, when it logically should have. He also finds European currency dealers relatively unfazed about the dollar's prospects, dazzled as they are by Bill Clinton's youth and dynamism. Ferdinand
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      Will Russia sell diamonds again to make ends meet?
      718 15  -  John Helmer examines the not-too-pleasant options open to Moscow as a result of its agreement with the IMF this week John Helmer I lie writer is Hi's Moscow C orrespomlent THE TERMS that Russian officials were able to agree with the
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      151 15 Let's meet at The 7th Propak Asia in World Trade Centre, Singapore (12-15 April, 1994) MALTOL ETHYL MALTOL Competitive Price and Good Service Quality standard: F.C.C. of U.S.A. Package: cardborad drum, compound tin Annual output: total 60 ton (25kg/drum, 500x24tin/box) Delivery period: 15-30 days VANILLA FLAVOURS DHA/EPA GINKGO BILOBA EXTRACT
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    Concern over spillover from US trade tensions with Japan, China
    447 16  -  Pacific Economic Cooperation Council meeting Reports by Yang Razali Kassim in KUALA LUMPUR US TRADE tensions with Japan and China are spilling over to the Asia-Pacific region. Officials, academics and businessmen from about 20 regional economies who met here since
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    Lock icon Du Muoi surprises with Vietnam soft sell
    313 16 KUALA LUMPUR Vietnamese leader, Du Muoi, pulled a surprise yesterday on some 300 people from the Asia Pacific. After making a special address to the 10th International Meeting of the Pacific Economic Cooperation Council (PECC), he did not walk away as expected. instead,
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    Lock icon Drop threat of China trade sanctions: top senator
    213 16 Reuter WASHINGTON The chairman of the Senate Armed Services committee urged the Clinton administration yesterday to drop the annual threat of trade sanctions against China over its human rights record. Senator Sam Nunn, a Georgia Democrat, said the top priority in dealing
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    Lock icon German bond prices plunge on slower M 3 growth
    301 16 Bloomberg Business News FRANKFURT German bond prices plunged yesterday, wasting gains made after the Bundesbank reported slower-than-expected money supply growth in February. The benchmark 6% government bond due 2003 dropped 0.46 point to 97.41. to yield 6.37%, up from 6.32% on
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    Lock icon Gold may be back in charge with push through US$ 390
    223 16 Reuter LONDON Gold could have regained its leadership of the precious metals complex after it edged back above US$39O (*****) for the first time since January. Dealers yesterday said silver also firmed again to fix at U555.7475 its highest
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    Lock icon Yeltsin's press service refuses to comment on report of his ill health
    276 16 Reuter MOSCOW Boris Yeltsin's press service yesterday wearily refused to comment on the latest Western media report suggesting the Russian president has had life-threatening cirrhosis of the liver for years. "We have often commented on such rumours in
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    Banking on efficiency and proper supervision
    750 16  -  The Bottom Line PETER OSBORNE PETER OSBORNE The writer is a BT correspondent THE arrest last week of the current and former chief executives of Indonesia's state-owned National Development Bank (Bapindo) to face a corruption investigation over a US$43O million (***** million) loan illustrates
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      119 16 _+{\^+'|/<{-}`^)=\,~`;*=)*_^+~% UNGATOU THE HTM RfJAVS* TAwkmm*-k ppmOmir Trl 7M?4jn I l-Mf ky Plam Vrt TOIMZ frl nv*l7 7I«M Gmmhm IH 7MI V* MH Prnmtuta Plasa U4l JSm Hifflr* M T0«941 I 100 W,.cW Irartr isnlrr frl 17IXMI 1007 harp %irpnrt Irtminjl 1 I Wrw Wm«> frl %4*om» Terminal Vkin«i frl
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      14 16 Need for Asia-Pacific to invest in airports to meet demand. Shipping Times Back Pg
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      206 16 %">\%.{+-!*_"&~~.~^]$'`$.;~$'}{ SINGAPORE KUALA LUMPUR NGEEMM OOEONTOWERS /> MENMAMC kwSTL. 'XST jT Quality Serviced Offices T el: 65-*****43/ Fax: 65-*****76 MRCEIMTRE I Working From Homo? We give you a complete office support Cm I I 838 5240 IF 1 I Keppel Finance Limited I (Incorporated in Singapore) H I TO ALL
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
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      Several major companies set to release '93 results today
      490 17  -  By Quak Hiang Whai SINGAPORE There will be no lack of fresh corporate news today as several major listed companies are expected to release their 1993 results today. Among them are OCBC Bank, United Overseas Bank, Singapore Petroleum Company, Singapore Aerospace
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      ICB profit up slightly, UOI's jumps 62 pc
      337 17 SINGAPORE Two listed members of the United Overseas Bank stable Industrial and Commercial bank and United Overseas Insurance have released their 1993 results a day ahead of their parent bank. ICB reported a slight 8.6 per cent rise in group net earnings
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      Lock icon Jurong Engrg's profit up 49 pc, turnover down
      353 17  -  By Abdul Hadhi SINGAPORE Jurong Engineering has reported a 49.7 per cent rise in after-tax profit to $11.35 million for the year to Dec 31, 1993, despite a 15.3 per cent drop in turnover to $144.88 million. The results, released yesterday, show
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      Wake up, Jardine, this is the 20th century!
      708 17  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW By Catherine Ong HONGKONG When Henry Keswick landed on Bermuda in the early 1980s, he saw a rambunctious, freebooting colony very much like the Hongkong his ancestors chanced upon a century and a half ago. A small population inhabited
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      Pacific Carriers sails into earnings of $17m, up 28 pc
      334 17  -  By Dexter Lee SINGAPORE Pacific Carriers staged an impressive turnaround in the second half of last year to finish with a 28 per cent rise in group net profit to 517.52 million. This translates to earnings per share of 5.84
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      Clipsal net profit up 35 pc
      147 17 SINGAPORE Electrical accessories maker Clipsal Industries lifted net profit 35.2 per cent to $15.6 million in the year to Dec 31, 1993. The group said yesterday the improvement was on an 11.9 per cent increase in turnover to $123.1 million. Sales were buoyant in
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    • EYE on your STOCKS
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        MARKET MOOD
        39 17 Uncertain Market Mood indicates the likely trading sentiment today, based on brokers polled at 5-6pm yesterday, (hermght events mav alter sentiment Brokers polled: Barings, Daiwa. GK Goh. Morgan Grenfell. Tat Lee. Smith New Court and SG Warburg.
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        HOT STOCK
        154 17 OCBC Bank yesterday closed 40 cents lower at $11.60 on a volume of 164,000 shares, having already broken its support at $13 earlier this month. Bullish divergence is now seen on its daily RSI chart while the MACD directional indicator and the nine-day moving average both show the
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    • COMPANIES
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        Hong Leong Credit's pre-tax interim profit rockets 275 pc
        430 18  -  From Ho Kay Tat in KUALA LUMPUR HONG LEONG Credit Bhd has reported a 275 per cent surge in its group pre-tax profit for the half-vear ended Dee 31. 1993 to M 5206.866 million (*****.478 million) against M 555.131 million previously,
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        Lock icon Promet's pre-tax earnings up 70pc to M$ 27m
        167 18 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Promet Bhd has announced a 70 per cent increase in its group pretax profit to M 527.30 million (5515.8 million) for the year ended Dec 31, 1993, from MS 16.03 million previously. Group unaudited results, released yesterday, showed turnover
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        Lock icon UEM subsidiary seeks listing on KLSE
        374 18 MBT KUALA LUMPUR Projek Penyelenggaraan Lcbuhraya (Propel), a 70 per eent subsidiary of United Engineers (Malaysia) (UL.VI). is seeking a listing on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange's main hoard. Propel, which is said to have submitted its flotation proposal recently, is involved in the
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        Lock icon Renong interim profit up 12pc as turnover falls
        325 18 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Renong Bhd's group profit before tax rose 12 per cent to MS 107.253 million (SS63 million) for the half year ended Dec 31, 1993 from the previous corresponding period. Releasing its unaudited results yesterday, Renong's group turnover, however, dropped
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        Tibs fares well with 12 pc profit increase despite higher bus costs
        260 18 SINGAPORE Bus operator Tibs Holdings lifted after-tax profit 12.15 per cent to Si 1.72 million in the vear to Dec 31. 1993. This works out to 27.73 cents a share, up from 25.51 cents a year earlier when
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        Liang Court to build service apartment, condo in Telok Blangah
        285 18  -  By Lilian Ang SINGAPORE Listed Liang Court is converting its industrial property in Telok Blangah into a 176-unit condominium and service apartment project to cash in on the buoyant housing market. Sources say the group recently obtained permission from the
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        Keppel Fin to take over Asia Building Society for $11,2 m
        198 18 SINGAPORE Keppel Finance yesterday announced a proposal to absorb the business of Asia Building Society for Si 1.2 million. In a press release. Keppel said: "ABS will cease to operate as a licensed finance company and the operations of
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        SAE chalks up 21 pc rise in net earnings
        221 18 SINGAPORE Singapore Automotive Engineering yesterday reported a 21.3 per cent rise in group net earnings to 57.62 million for the vear ended Dec 31. 1993. This works out to earnings of 7.62 cents a share, up from 6.28 cents in the
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        UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
        520 18 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS Managers' prices Mar 25 stir Fund 1.08 1.12" Singapore Unit Trust UMB ,nv st LM The Commerce I62 I 70 I he Savings Fund 148 I 55xd c Spore Pr.,fund 069 072 ".led Or Fund < 60 l_65 Spore See Fund 101 106 nited Asia Fund 1.71
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      • COMPANY BRIEFS
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          Jardine executive joins CCL board
          118 19 SINGAPORE Cycle Carriage Ltd will soon have another Jardine Matheson executive on board, after the Hongkong titan took a controlling interest in the group last year. CCL said yesterday that James Riley, executive assistant to Jardine's group managing director, will become chief financial officer from
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          Yaohan on tie-up with Wal-Mart
          56 19 SINGAPORE The Yaohan store chain expects to do more than $15 million of business in its first year with new partner Wal-Mart of the US. Yaohan said yesterday that when it started selling Wal-Mart products at its Orchard store last November, three containers of goods
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          Wearnes endorses Polytek deals
          101 19 SINGAPORE Wearne Brothers, which holds a 52 per cent stake in Polytek Wearne Holdings, has approved the latter's decision to sell two of its subsidiaries to Hobart International Holdings. Polytek Wearnes has agreed to sell to Hobart International for cash, the entire capital of Hobart Manufacturing,
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          Noel's interim profit falls 49 pc
          70 19 SINGAPORE Noel Gifts has announced a 49 per cent drop in net earnings to §201,000 for half-year to Dec 31, despite a 10.8 per cent rise in turnover to $6.5 million. Earnings per share slipped to 0.44 cent, from 1.1 cents previously. Noel said
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          Lock icon Ringing in the new
          44 19 Reuter HANOI A Vietnamese technieian checking an old telephone line system along a central Hanoi side-street yesterday. France Telecom will help Vietnam upgrade its telephone system and develop a new cellular telephone network under an agreement signed on Wednesday. Reuter
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          Tong Meng posts 29 pc fall in profit
          85 19 SINGAPORE Household utensils maker Tong Meng suffered a 29 per cent drop in net earnings to $603,000 last year. Turnover slipped 25 per cent to $5.1 million. The company expects sales in Hongkong. Malaysia and Singapore to remain weak and is trying
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          Rotary buys majority stake
          40 19 SINGAPORE Rotary Engineering has become the majority stakeholder in Sixty-Six Switchgcars through the purchase of a further 52,000 fully-paid $1 shares for $52,000. This gives Rotary control of 51 per cent of Sixty-Six, or 102,000 shares.
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          Lock icon China Everbright in bank venture
          82 19 Reuter HONGKONG China Everbright Holdings Co Ltd plans to set up a joint-venture bank with International Bank of Asia Ltd in Shanghai, Wang Yakc. managing director of China Everbright International Ltd. said. China Everbright International is a local-ly-listed investment arm of the state-owned China Everbright
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          Lock icon Four foreign firms to delist from Tokyo
          55 19 Reuter TOKYO Eastman Kodak Co. Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co, Chase Manhattan Corp and Bell Atlantic Corp have applied to have their shares delisted from the Tokyo Stock Exchange. The four companies said the decision to delist has been based upon their worldwide
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          Lock icon UMG to put up 64m shares for sale
          92 19 MBT KUALA LUMPUR A total of 64 million shares in United Merchant Group Sdn Bhd (UMG). the holding company of United Merchant Finance Bhd (formerly known as MUI Finance Bhd). will be offered for sale at M 52.75 each to the public
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          Lock icon Berjaya Industrial pares stake
          119 19 MBT KUALA LUMPUR Berjaya Industrial Bhd yesterday announced that it has sold an additional 4.6 million shares, representing a stake of 6.46 per cent of Berjaya Textiles Bhd's 's equity, for a total of M 535.6 million (5520.6 million) cash or an average of M 57.74
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          Lock icon China Steel shares rise
          74 19 Bloomberg Business News TAIPEI China Steel Corp gained 30 New Taiwan cents to NTS 22 yesterday after reports that a recent stock issuing failed to fully sell. China Development Corp. the company's underwriter, said only about 77 million of 360 million state shares offered this month
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        Lock icon Cheung Kong, Hutchison post strong profit gains
        574 20 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG Cheung Kong (Holdings) Ltd, the flagship investment holding company of Hongkong tycoon Li Ka Shing, says its net profit jumped 56 per cent to HKS9.7B billion (551.95 billion) in 1993. Its affiliate, Hutchison Whampoa, posted a sharp 107 per
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        Lock icon CNN's Turner vows not to meddle in Asian govts' affairs
        608 20  -  From Lee Han Shih in HONGKONG MEDIA mogul Ted Turner delivered a rambling 20minute speech yesterday, spending the first half reassuring Asian governments that he would not interfere in their affairs, and the second half calling for measures to protect
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        Lock icon Indian shares dive after broker's default raises fears more will follow
        302 20 Bloomberg Business News NEW DELHI Indian stocks fell on concerns that Wednesday's default of a Bombay brokerage would be followed by the collapse of others, traders said. The Bombay Stock Exchange 30-share index ended 43.89 points down at a
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        Morgan Grenfell buys second Thai broking firm in 2 weeks
        331 20  -  From Loh Hui Yin in BANGKOK INTENT on expanding its business in Asia, Morgan Grenfell has bought another Thai broking firm, its second in as many weeks. This time, the UK merchant bank and its Thai partners paid about US$lO
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        Lock icon Four Beijing state firms to issue shares publicly
        218 20 AFP BEIJING Four state enterprises hope to raise more than one billion yuan (SS 181 million) in the first public issue of shares in the Chinese capital. The China Daily yesterday reported that Beijing Department Store Group, Beiren Printing Machinery, Beijing Light
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        Lock icon Jardine Strategic to follow parent and delist in Hongkong
        401 20 Reuter HONGKONG Jardine Strategic Holdings Ltd yesterday said that it would cancel its secondary listing on the Hongkong stock exchange on Dec 31. The company's decision follows a move by its parent. Jardine Matheson Holdings Ltd. on Wednesday to delist in
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        Lock icon P&O sees smooth sailing ahead as economy picks up
        365 20 Reuter LONDON The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company said it had turned optimistic about its trading outlook as economic recovery was starting to work through in many of its markets. "We've had a good start of 1994." chairman Lord Sterling
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        Lock icon Shanghai companies eye European bond market
        330 21 Reuter SHANGHAI Unable to ask foreign shareholders to dip into their pockets for extra cash, several Shanghai listed companies are planning to tap the European market for convertible bonds this year. Investment bankers are confident Chinese paper will be snapped up in Europe. But
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        309 21 Reuter NEW YORK With the long anticipated interest-rate hike now behind it. US credit markets may have the stage set for a rally, economists said. "You could argue that the bond market is due for a rally after being set back virtually
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        Lock icon Bank of China eyes overseas network as assets hit US$ 100b
        294 21 AFP BLIJIN(» I he IJank ot < hina planned to expand its overseas network this year as its overseas assets grew to I SSl<x» billion (SSISS billion). China Daily reported >esterda>. I' nder the plan. B(X. C hina's main
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        Lock icon MasterCard sees more than 15pc sales growth in 1994
        216 21 Knight-Ridder NEW YORK Eugene l.ockhart. who on Wednesday became MasterCard International Inc's new president and chief executive olTieer. said he expects MasterCard to post 1 sales volume growth "in excess of 15 per cent" from its record 1993 results. MasterCard's worldwide
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        Hedge funds hoarding up to US$ lb in silver: analyst
        439 22  -  From Neil Behrmann in LONDON US hedge funds, including possibh Cieorge Soros' Quantum Fund, have bought huge quantities of silver, according to Ted Arnold. London-based metals analyst at Merrill Lynch. "Funds appear to have already invested USSI billion (551.58 billion)
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        Lock icon Coffee, sugar, cocoa prices surge as investors rediscover commodities
        479 22 FT LONDON Five years ago coffee and cocoa farmers world-wide were leaving crops to rot in the fields after a spectacular collapse in commodity prices. Today, the picture is different as prices for "soft" commodities such as coffee, sugar and cocoa
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        Lock icon S Arabia holds the key in Opec meeting on world price of oil
        362 22 Reuter GENEVA Opec ministers converged on Geneva on Wednesday for talks that will decide whether the world price of oil stays at present bargainbasement levels. Oil experts doubt they can agree in a conference opening today on
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        310 22 Reuter HO CHI MINH CITY Vietnam is to modernise its sugar cane industry to meet the needs of its growing population and confectionery and beverage industries, officials and analysts said. A plan has been formulated to cut imports and raise cane output to 10
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        196 22 NYT NLVV YORK A consortium of Western companies and the Russian government have agreed to develop a major deposit of oil and gas oil the island of Sakhalin in a project that could bring about USSIO billion (SSI6 billion) of investment
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        145 22 THE yen continued to weaken against most other currencies yesterday despite huge yen purchase orders against the USS from trust banks and exporters. Trading in major currencies were mostly restricted to crosses. The regional currencies spent a very quiet day yester- day in basically consolidative
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        169 22 Bloomberg Business News LONDON The dollar and sterling skidded to their lowest levels against the dcutschemark this year while investors piled into the German currency on dashed hopes for an acceleration of German credit easing. Selling of dollars was exaggerated by the slide of North American currencies amid concern
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        Crude oil futures stable on eve of Opec meeting
        164 22 Bloomberg ENERGY REPORT LONDON Oil futures prices were mostly stable yesterday as traders took caution on the eve of the conference of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries, brokers said. The 12th Ministerial Monitoring Committee of the 12-na-tion producing group will
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        94 22 AFP NEW YORK The dollar was mixed against other major currencies here early jesterday. declining against the mark after news that Germany's M 3 money supply rose by an annualised 17.6 per cent in February and gaining on the yen amid growing tension over North Korea. At about
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        1350 23 SIMEX REPORT Reuter SINGAPORE Simex Eurodollars futures closed lower yesterday on the back of weaker US bonds. Dealers said Eurodollars futures were sold ofT on news that a number of US banks decided to raise their prime rates to 6.25 per cent from 6.00
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        KL tin rebounds 33 sen
        593 23 COMMODITY REPORTS Tin TIN rebounded to close 33 sen up at M 514.68 a kg after a higher London market attracted active European and Malaysia buying yesterday. Traders noted an opening bid of 216 tonnes against offer of 67. Final turnover was 80 tonnes against
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          124 23 KUALA LUMPUR China can be expected to import about 1.1 million tonnes of palm oil in 1994, given that local production of vegetable oils is expected to fall short of demand, an industry expert said yesterday. Lee Sing Lee, a Malaysian Palm Oil Promotion Council
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          Aussie barley exports to S Arabia
          85 23 SYDNEY Australia is expected to increase 1993-94 feed barley exports to Saudi Arabia despite prices being depressed by European Union subsidies. Australian Barley Board general manager Michael Iwaniw said a lot of feed barley has already entered Saudi Arabia, with more likely to be
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          India buying more rice
          74 23 NEW DELHI India's state-run buying agencies have purchased 10.24 million tonnes of rice in the first four months of the current 1993-94 (OctoberSeptember) rice season, up from 8.81 million a year earlier, the government said. A Finance Ministry statement said on Wednesday the agencies bought 13.0S
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          75 23 WASHINGTON A near doubling of lumber prices in the past 18 months has knocked 80,000 to 100,000 people out of the housing market, the National Association of Home Builders said on Wednesday. "Those affected are not move-up, middle and upper-income home buyers. They are
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      COMMODITY PRICES
      1502 23 Rubber Singapore Commodity fitlmp (futures dosing as at 1pm) RSS 1 Caatract (S cents/kg) Close Volume Open Month High Low Sett (tonnes) Interest Apr 94 153.75 153.75 152.75 25 T?75 Mav 155.50 155.00 154.75 2000 3.525 Jun 156.50 155.75 155.50 1950 6.925 Jul/Sep 157.00 156.25 156.75 600 6.150
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        Australia
        1176 24 -11.1 The Australian stock market surrendered some of Wednesday's gains to close lower yesterday as bond prices fell sharply and overseas markets were subdued. brokers said. "A lot of the reason for the upsets over the last month was really back today, which is "where are bonds going to
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        Manila
        589 24 -1.69 Philippine shares staged an early rally but failed to maintain momentum and drifted down to close a shade lower. Ihe composite price index at the Philippine Stock Fxchange's Manila trading lloor shed 1.69 points to close at 2.601. while the indicator at the Makati bourse edged down by
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        Taipei
        558 24 -4.28 Taiwan stocks gave up most of their early gains to close mixed amid profit-taking after the market had risen for the previous three days. The weighted index ended 4.28 points down at 5.326.99. off a high of 5.369. in moderate turnover of NT543.54 billion. Most industrials still closed
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        Seoul
        390 24 -4.06 Stocks closed easier in moderate trading after selling pressure on blue chips outweighed institutional buying of some financial shares, brokers said. I he composite index closed 4.(Hi points lower at X 75.72. Selling by foreign investors pressured blue chips. Yukong fell 1.3(H) won to 39.(KK>. Kepco and Posco
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        New Zealand
        282 24 -33.91 The New Zealand share market closed markedly weaker, with the NZSF-40 capital index closing 33.91 points lower at 2.174.81. I he market, which had stabilised on Wednesday following Tuesday's 48 point sell-off. was predominantly sold on a weaker local bond market. Telecom was the biggest loser on
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        Bombay
        56 24 -43.89 Stock prices ended down in low, volume trade as market players worried by a drawn out slump stayed on the sidelines, brokers said. The Bombay Stock Exchange (BSh) 30-share index ended 4.1.89 points down at a provisional close of 3.682.93. brokers said. 'Ihe 100-share national index closed at
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        841 24 Britannia Funds Sterling (ash BhJ Offer Mim( jpOtpiNl IX iKttHhl Man Join ttfli hivm tlW Mim MJ\ liKtnm- *U*MIU) •IOMI I S$ < ash IlKtXIH Plu% I uikJ 'WlBI 10 S )U> l*SS Kornc Fund 5 :*4BI < XM> Slwling Kquil) I wo PvTl*»rmjiKV <145*0 (14V I 3i I jn|
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        London
        612 24 -33.6 Shares fell sharply but closed above the day's lows after the Bank of England offered to buy government bonds to help stem a slump in prices. The FTSE 100 index ended at 3.121.7, down 33.6 points or 1.06 per cent. It was below the support level of 3.150.
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        Paris
        111 24 -47.61 French shares closed sharply lower, dragged down by disappointment over a small 0.10 percentage point cut in the Bank of France's intervention rate and liquidation on the lust day of the trading account. The CAC-40 index closed down 47.61, or 2.16 per cent, at 2.152.56. Paris Mar 24
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        Stockholm
        143 24 -0.97 pc Swedish shares ended a volatile day lower as debt market yields spiked up in late trading and pricked an early bubble of optimism. At noon the bourse had looked strong, rising despite the rate and yield trend. "It was almost as if the market had decided to
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        Frankfurt
        199 24 +0.55 The DAX closed today's floor trade back from the day's highs, at 2.161.68, up 0.55 point on the day. In post-bourse trade, the index slipped to 2.152.51 bv 1330 GMT. Hoechst shares closed three marks higher at 339. BASF rose 4.60 marks to 328.50 marks, but Bayer lost
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        Milan
        127 24 -20 Italian stocks ended little changed with many investors unwilling to take positions ahead of the weekend's election, traders said. The Italian stock market's blue-chip Mibtel Index closed 0.2 per cent or 20 points lower at 10.601. On Wednesday it also fell 0.2 per cent. Italy's national elections are
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        Amsterdam
        253 24 -7.29 Dutch stocks closed lower as bond yields continued to rise and investors remained concerned about European interest rates, traders said. Banking stocks such as ABN Amro Bank NV led the market lower, while cx-port-oriented companies such as Royal Ahold NV lost out on a weaker dollar against the
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        Zurich
        271 24 -6.2 Swiss stocks closed lower following the release of Nestle SA's 1993 earnings and an increase in US lending rates. After climbing 30 points earlier in the day. the Swiss Market Index of 22 blue-chip stocks closed down 6.20 points at 2850.80. Eleven stocks fell, eight advanced. Nestle's 1993
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        Johannesburg
        288 24 +25 A bullion rally above USS39O an ounce brought fresh gains for gold shares and dragged industrials out of their rut in afternoon trading. I he industrial index was 25 points up at 5.973 after sliding lIX points on Wednesday. The gold index finished 85 points, or 4 per
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        Toronto
        284 24 -44.23 Toronto stocks, battered by profit-taking, gave back most of the gains made Wednesday, but traders said the general market tone remains bullish. The TSE 300 composite index tumbled 44.23 points to 4.565.70 at midday after bursting to a record high of 4.609.93 on Wednesday. Turnover was 49.86 million
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        New York
        739 24 +6.91 The Dow Jones industrial average was down 24.18 points to 3,845.27 at 11 am EST yesterday. The New York Stock Exchange composite index was off 1.06 to 259.22. while the S&P 500-stock index was down 1.65 to 466.89. Declines pounded advances 1.330-513 among the 2.489 issues crossing
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      3035 25 Reuter HONGKONG Stocks closed sharply lower on profit-taking as investors turned cautious ahead of an expected local interest rate rise today, brokers said. The blue-chip Hang Seng Index ended down 144.78 points, or 1.53 per cent, at 9,320.75 but bargain hunting helped bring it up from its low of
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      CHINA
      540 25 THE Shanghai bourse ended the day in active trading with most counters drifted downstream. The CLSA B index slipped 7.79 points to 742.74. First Pencil and Lian Hua Fibre were among the heavy losers, shedding 14 per cent and 10 per cent respectively. China Textile was probably the only
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      2556 25 Bloomberg Business News TOKYO Stocks closed the day higher, as mutual funds and foreign investors bid up shares of blue chips expected to see rising profits as Japan's economy rebounds, traders said. That bidding offset early declines linked to selling by Japanese companies seeking to improve net profits ahead
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      1850 25 Reuter BANGKOK Thai stocks were highly volatile on profittaking yesterday, swinging in a range of more than 25 points during the day's trading, brokers said. The SET Index closed slightly up, gaining 0.37 point to 1,286.81, after a day's low of 1,272.20 points. Turnover was moderate at 6.8 billion
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      1168 25 Reuter JAKARTA Share prices closed firmer in moderate trading. with bargain hunting helping stocks to rebound after a series of downward corrections, brokers said. The official index rose 7.28 points to close at 494.18. "Some bargain hunting on the foreign side helped the market to recover. The market may
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        Lock icon Stocks fall on concern over weak regional bourses
        5625 26 Bloomberg Business News KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's benchmark stock index fell 1.64 per cent as foreign investors worried about weak Asian markets bid down share prices yesterday, analysts said. Also causing concern was what an annual report by Bank Negara due out next
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        7774 27 MAIN BOARD Transaction date: Mar 24 Gr Or 1993/94 Last Vol Da> Last Qaolr Di< Dtv M Net M Cap High Loo (ompant Sale (*000) High Lot Bayer Seller Cvr P'E Saul INDUSTRIAL AND CflMMCHCIAI 1440 260 I s Aetna 1000 cd +4S 363 1040 950 WO 1000 17.5 2.1
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        Lock icon Weak KL bourse weighs on local share prices
        1901 28  -  By R Sivanithy SINGAPORE After Wednesday's sharp 67-point rise in the Straits Times Industrials Index, share prices eased yesterday in relatively light trading. The STII, which added more than 25 points in early trading yesterday, ended 1.63 points lower at 2,109.65. The
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      189 17 NEWS VALUE //oh- today's ne*s might affect your stocks Big US banks raise prime rates by quarter paint (pg 1) A natural consequence of the increase in the federal funds rate. No impact. Several major companies set ta release *93 results today (this pg) Lately, market seems to believe that
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      753 18 PACIFIC CARRIERS LIMITED (Incorporated in Singapore) The Directors of Pacific Carriers Limited wish to report as follows to shareholders UNAUDITED RESULTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER 1993 The Group The Company 1993 1992 Variance 1993 1992 Variance StXX) STXX) $T>oo SXXX) 1. (a) Turnover 141.095 111.804 26 96,047 31,861
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      Reforms underway to raise standards of seamen
      430 29  -  SingaPort/Sibcon '94 By Dexter Lee SINGAPORE Sweeping reforms are being made to an International Maritime Organisation (1MO) convention to raise the competency of seamen. The convention on standards of training, certification and watchkeeping (STCW) has been fingered as the main reason for the
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      S'pore likely to remain top bunkering port
      309 29  -  By Rahita Elias SINGAPORE Singapore is likely to retain its position as the world's top bunkering port this year. Port of Singapore Authority (PSA) bunkering services manager Seah Khen Hee said yesterday the sale of bunkers was likely to grow about 3 per
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      492 29 Reuter LONDON A growing shortage of" skilled seafarers will put lives and ships at risk unless the shipping industry puts more money into training, the head of the United Nations" shipping agency said on Wednesday. "The pool of seafaring
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      Lock icon Iran to turn Bandar Abbas into major port
      214 29 Reuter NICOSIA President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani on Wednesday inaugurated Iran's biggest pier near Bandar Abbas and announced plans to develop the port city into a major economic and industrial area. The Iranian news agenc> IRNA said the new pier. 20km west of
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        AT CONVENTIONAL WHARVES
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        CONTAINER SCHEDULES
        1912 30 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Record Booking/Balance Rstts Ship Voy No Etb/Btr Period From To From Aci Daisy 0506 26 0700 1A 24 1500 24 1659 24 1900 IB 24 1500 24 1659 24 1900 2A 24
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      THE SHIPPING GUIDE
      11129 38 This is a list ol 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. LEGENO PN: ship calls at Pcnang after
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      DAILY FREIGHTS
      1191 45 THE Baltic Freight Index tor spot dry cargo shipping rales rove to I.I 11 on Wednesday from 1.166 on March 22. Panamax time-charter rates in the Atlantic are firmer, hut both charterers and owners appear to he at a stand oIT. brokers said. lhe new building 70.U00 tonner
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      VERITAS BUNKER QUALITY REPORT
      641 45 Carbon C*tm March 17 Density Water Residue Ash Numm Sedmnt Density Nit* iA Ash Ataman MW "MM MM Eiion Exxon KG M*3 V V M M M M PPM method KG/M*3 V/V M M M/M PPM method ISO/Cimac Units Spec E25 991 1 0 15 0
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      1563 46  -  Below are extracts of a speech given by Bjorn Ostrom, deputy general manager. Christiania Bank, Singapore, at SingaPort '94 on Tuesday Bjorn Ostrom Historically vessels have been financed from three traditional sources: banks, shipyards and owners' equity. When looking at the two nonowner sources, banks
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        Lock icon Need for Asia-Pacific to invest in airports to meet demand
        562 48 Pacific Economic Cooperation Council meeting Reuter KUALA LUMPUR AsiaPacific countries will have to invest heavily in airports over the next decade to keep pace with spectacular growth in the industry, an economist told a gi.'uai ton I ere nee here
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        256 48 Reuter POPE AIR FORCE BASE, North Carolina A US Air Force F-16 collided in mid-air on Wednesday with a C-130 cargo plane and crashed, spewing flaming debris that ignited a huge transport plane on the giound. Fifteen Army soldiers were killed
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        Lock icon Aviation sector provides 22m jobs: report
        467 48 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Total economic impact of aviation on gross world output amounted to least USSI.OOO billion (SS 1.580 billion) in 1992 with an estimated 22 million jobs, according to latest figures from the Air Transport Action Group. The ATAG report on "Economic Benefits
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        INDEX TO SHIPPING LINES AND FREIGHT FORWARDERS
        1112 48 I*age Col ABC Containcrhne 12 5 Accord Group 8 1-3 Africa Container 16 4 Ahrcnkicl Liner 4 1/2 AOfcShpg 15 4/5 ANL 3 1/2 APL 5 3-5 Appenship 8 4/5 Arabian txpress 15 3 ASCL 5 5 Avani Shpg 6 4/5 Ball Orient
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        S'pore, Canada should start air talks: lata
        240 48  -  By Alec Almazan SINGAPORE The Singa-pore-Canada Air Services Agreement, which was terminated two years ago. should be reactivated, the directorgeneral of the International Air Transport Association (lata). Pierre Jeanniot. said this week. I believe the Singaporet aiiuUa air link can be made viable
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        Daewoo Motors to set up plant in Philippines
        142 48 SINGAPORE Daewoo Motors of South Korea is close to finalising negotiations with PhiliffiiH. paimer Iransfarm u tci up a one billion peso million) ear assembly Kiu.ii in the Philippines. I idiisfarm and Daewoo ofltuals are meeting in Korea to put the finishing
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      2654 31 ■□liV.HHU'lfia U. S. A. /CANADA 3 TIMES A WEEK LOUIS MAERSK V.9405 ETA SIN 27TH MARCH 1994 ANNA MAERSK V.9408 ETA SIN 30TH MARCH 1994 MARCHEN MAERSK V.9404 ETA SIN 31ST MARCH 1994 Vessel Voy ETA ETD Fee<3ered Dy destinations Thii MARCnfcN MAERSK V 9404 4IMJI!', 30 03 0800 Hfis
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      648 32 FCL Breakbulk Service to: AFGHANISTAN M&M Afghanistan Ltd., Sole Foreign Forwarder in KabuJ for all services C.I.S.- Vostochny, Vladivostok, Moscow, Tashkent, Kiev, Minsk, Riga, Baku, Irkutsk, Alma Ata North Korea Vietnam Mongolia Hungary FULL CONTAINER SERVICE TO NORTH/WEST AFRICA VESSEL SIN DKR Ned Oceania V 2074 29/3 27/4 Ned America
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      2012 33 STRAITS SHIPPING PTE LTD 10 Hoe Chiang Road #11-01 Keppel Towers Singapore 0208 Tel: *****88 Fax: *****17 NEW GUINEA PACIFIC LINE tfPßp (A service of china navigation co> CARGO DUE SMS RAJAH BROOKE Wo* Muara. Lab 25-26 Mar 24 Mar 29 Mar FCL. LCI CONTAINER ANO MEAKBULK SERVICE TO PAPUA
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      3328 33 SINGAPORE AGENT: PXtI 1 ArftfQltlA|*C PAO Containers (Singapore Agencies) Pte Ltd X 10 Hoe Chiang Road #07-01 Keppel Towers. Singapore 0206 Tel: 225 2233 Telex RS ***** PNOCSP Fax: 225 5327/222 7517 w CR Number **********0Z EXPORT IMPORT VESSEL vor -PNG FKG SM SOU AWT NOT HAM GOT BRE LEM
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      8 33 HO CHI MIHH TEL: *****26 FAX: *****27 LENNON
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      636 34 EKA JAYA AGENCIES TEL: *****22 (8 LINES) FAX: *****05 SALES REPRESENTATIVES IN CHARGE L-MYAHMARTPAPe"ir"PAQfB TWWPHPNE/PWECT J wiuiam wee >'w» tbwwwmw ,IAMQJ 7 up CHI MINH CITY -MENRVHQS 2JJS92* .237SS2SI53*m* KELVIN CHAW 21*0*25 M*****/MM2I3 TO MYANMAR/YANGON SEMI CONTAINER SERVICE M OCEANLINES Kl VOY SPOKE I VANGON S POW IBW 31/3 4/4
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      2052 34 HANJIN SHIPPING BOOKING TEL:- *****35-237 OPERATION TEL: *****41-253 SALES TEL:- *****22-233 DOCUMENT TEL: *****71-275 p__ pvvv _p-p_p_- i _p_ vv i -p_ FDR ¥51 SM LltC HAUE SEA TW TO* FOB VSL SM ILW HAU. SAV AM NTC HAN UN VANCOUVER 016E 2b 3 DIMCI 14 4 15/4 164 HANJIN
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      2768 35 U sex: 'NEPTUNE CYPRINE 07E' eta sgp 30/03/94 H H II ARRIVING LOS ANGELES 16/04/94 IN 16 DAYS HI II SSeS II aex: 'NEPTUNE CORAL 14E' ETA SGP 30/03/94 HI ARRIVING NEW YORK 23/04/94 IN 23 DAYS HI 11 > 'HI Connecting CaWornia Psgasus vov 2* In MKS 23/04/94 I
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      1234 35 A I MULTILINE SHIPPING PTE LTD ■V (a member of SMSOV Group) CR NO: **********0 C ENQUIRIES: *****33 BOOKINGS: *****64, *****51, *****31, *****13 BALTIC: INWARD *****97 OUTWARD *****10 T/S *****10 A BLASCO: INWARD *****65 OUTWARD *****2S T/S *****46 FESCO: BOOKINGS *****06 DOC *****07 MARINE INSURANCE: *****57 INVENTORY: *****59 AGENTS: KL:
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      1677 36 u_ AS AGENTS "K" LINE (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD (CR No: **********0 M) TEL: *****77 TELEX KAWAKI R*****5 FAX *****i6-'7 8 9 l T T MALAYSIA "K" LINE MARITIME (MALAYSIA) SON BHD I TEL: SA *****00 PK *****75 PEN *****0 JB 236*01 PGU 5'8625 6 I INDONESIA: P.T. SARANA LAUTINTERNUSA. TEL
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      1026 37 PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL LINES (PTE) LTD 1 I gigjfigßg* 140 Cecil Street, #03-00 PIL Building, Singapore 0106. I r CR NO **********0E VEBSEL ®>" E c„o.» SINO MARINE JAM wm M/ 4 oja KOTA SURIA 4221 27/3 30/3 3/4 40H 26/3 21/3 2/4 BUNQA TERATAI 4433 »/3 1/4 5/4 KOTA SABA3
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      1436 37 VtSStIS VOY HAMBURG ROTTERDAM ANTWERP IHAMIS It HARVI Witt PC IYRA 7732* 25/03 17, 04 19/04 20,04 21/04 22/04 WIU PC VIC* 9932W 29/03 22 04 24/04 2V04 26 04 27/04 WILE DC VIST* 7432W 01 04 01,05 03, 05 04 05 05, 05 06 05 Wilt D( TIT ANA
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      406 37 BSA it. mm MYANMA wHk FIVE STAR LINE (Myanmar National Line) Loading for Yanjon (Rangoon) Spore P.KI| Pen P.Gd| PAGAN V2OBW 29/31 Mar HPA AN N2OIW 8/10 Apr PAGAN V2O9W 15/17 Apr MALAYSIA AGENTS BOUSTEAO SHAPING AGENCIES KUI TEL 03 *****00 PHI T& 03 36M767 PEN TEL 04 *****5 PGD
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      1161 40 {|!"\?]{:}`=.~%;,"?}!};~{=~)>]] /^NORBULi^ I x*lZ# norbulk cargo services ltd. I I REGULAR CONVENTIONAL I I TIMBER AND PLYWOOD SERVICES MLAGRO 5/4 10/4 FLU/Wfl/UK I ADAMASTOS 10/4 5/4 FLU/ANT/UK I ISP PK LOAOMG FOR I NORBULK TBN 5/4 DBN/CT I ALSO LOOPS T6 MAN! AND KK I PK SWK/SABAH LOAOMG FOR NORBULK
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      181 40 TO AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND fysT* S» >'«■» S>d Auc* f Oxfcn ANINWtN 32SM 14/4 24/4 tn* 2,i VS* eilcn nudk 12* i»/4 zi/* n/* i/* > MUSSEL 127 S/S 11/S 17/5 M/» 2VS MMTHA I i?i FTTs l/< t t 12/t lVf MA MJCIUAMD TO USA/CANADA S« GUtporl Ch«t*ft«n| PM«Mphu HjMji
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      675 41 fit FAMOUS CONTAINER LINES —10 ANSON RD #15-21 INTERNATIONAL PLAZA. S PORE 0207 HOT LINE: *****33 (24 LINES) GOTHENBURG/SCAN 27/3 ROTTERDAM 27/3 MRHUS/COPENHAGEN 27/3 HAMBURG/BREMEN 27/3 MARSEILLE/FRANCE 29/3 FEIIXSTOWE/UK 27/3 BARCELONA/SPAIN 28/3 LEHAVRE/FRANCE 28/3 GENOA/ITALY 28/3 ANTWERP/BELGIUM 27/3 LOS ANGELES/WC/PI 26/3 SYDNEY/MELBOURNE 26/3 NEW YORK/EC 26/3 FREMANTLE/ADELADE 27/3 VANCOUVER 36/3
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      1436 41 I 2g ..j I 1 ueeaci VflV UN I I >< =P 1 VESSEL VOV SIN KN I a ISRA BHUM 438 Fri In Pt Tim 28/3 S U T a THAWA BHUM 31W Fn UPI Swi 27/3 I BHAThA BHUM 333 wt 38/3 Wtd 39/3 <g| BHUM 139N Sun
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      1915 42 PIABMN container LINES, INC I H Agents: MAC-NELS SPORE: *****22 (24 LINES) w > 'cm No: **********0E SIBU (084) *****9 KUCHINQ (082) *****3 PENANG: (04) *****6 BANGKOK (662) *****57 MANILA (632) *****61 P.KELANG. (03) *****77 JAKARTA: (21) *****07 SURABAYA: (31) *****0 HKG/TWN/BKK I GENOA/EUROPE PEN PKL SIN 5 SAILINGS/WEEK PEN
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      223 42 I SEAWARD SHIPPING AND I TRADING CO (S) PTE LTD ll« lIA lit SWRI POP I KIIANG PtNANG BtUf IM* j 4 lo«Jip£ tor Wi^ ftUVM HUOMU 10 4 CHtthjttfPj ind I jKtri Bonbii DOIPHN 2i i U djir; foi M il' ptowtm sum* 27 i Iu.»A«S Foi M.* l
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      1090 42 f XL THONG SOON UNES PTE LTD I 78 SHENTOW MY #10-01. SINGAPORE 0207 I I \y \y TEL: 227-5088 FAX: 227-6011 I I jf,. TLX: RS ***** CARRIER. RS ***** JENHOL CABLE: TOSOCO I SINGAPORE TO SARAWAK VESSEL Ivor STORE PEST VESSEL |VOY I SPORE IPEST EQUATOR ROYAL 97
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      652 43 ORIENT LINE" lAPAN/BAY OF BENGAL/JAPAN SERVICE ACCEPTING BRfWBUK SOC CARGOtS 10 FROM KOflf. TOKOHMI* NAGOTR. MOI. lONTO*. MANILA- DA*AO' Penanf" P Kelanj Singapore EMsu* IVYEVERETT VBE 04/05 Apr 06/07 Apr KARABIEVERETT VI6E 06/07 Apr KAMALEVERETT V2OE 24/25 Apr 26/27 Apr ACCEPTING BSE All BUI K FCI SOC CARGOES TO FROM
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      255 43 Pi, QIOBY HAVIfiJITHNM CROUP 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 20/3 1/4 7/4 16/4 GLORY SELATAN V 12/3 15/3 SP PKL HCM HK KAO GLORY SELATAN IX 25/3 28/3 3/4 7/4
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      572 43 jjfcc PAKISTAN NATIONAL SHIPPING CORPORATION KARACHI BREAKBULK A CONTAINER SERVICE vessel VOT SIN MMM SARGOOHA 141 HW 02 04 i 11 04 KAPIAI 18S HW W 04 21 OS IS!AAAABAD 14/ HW _06 05 IS OS MAKRAN 14/ HW 1105 20 OS FAR EAST CONTAINER SERVICE ONLY VESSEL WOT SIN
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      672 43 liAuyaiililimmMJii FORTNIGHTLY DIRECT CONTAINER SERVICE SIN TO DURBAN/P. ELIZABETH CAPETOWN/LAGOS VESSEL SIN DURBAN P ELIZABETH CPT LOS IAOME 82 26 03 10/04 11, 04 13 04 20 04 JIAN HE 8? 11 04 25 04 26 04 28 04 OS 05 HUIHE 104 26,04 10,05 11 /05 13/05 20/05 ACCEPTS
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      376 43 SIM FAR EAST 29/03 KEELUNG KAOHSIUNG 02/04 BANGKOK 27/03 MANILA CEBU 27/03 JAKARTA BELAWAN SURABAYA 27/03 PORT KELANG PENANG E. MALAYSIA 27/03 BUSAN 27 03 TOKYO YOKO KOBE NGO OSA 27/03 HONG KONG S|N CHINA 27 03 GUANGZHOU HUANGPU SHENZHEN FUZHOU XIAMEN SHANTOU SHEKOU DALIAN SHANGHAI XINGANG TIANJIN QINGDAO HAIKOU
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      853 44 Handling System Co. Fte. Ltd. 136 ft 138, Neil Road, #03-00, Singapore 0208 TT7 rr7 M CFS-20, Gul Road, Singapore 2262 Tel: 02-*****28 Handling System Co. Sdn. Bhd. N0.9 lorony C unyah. 420(H) Port Solanyor. Malaxsia 24th Fl«M>r, L'MBC Main Building, ***** Kuala l.umpur, \lala\sia Handling System (Hk) Co. Ltd.
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      504 44 y Contemn CONTERM FREIGHT (F.E.) PTE LTD. AUCKLAND 31 MARCH (Accepting to all N«w Zealand ports) PENANG 01 APR JAKARTA 27 MAR PORT KLAN6 01 APR RANGKOK 27 MAR MANILA 27 MAR HONGKONG 27 MAR MELROURNi 31 MAR SYDNEY 31 MAR FREMANTLE 01 APR BRISRANE 31 MAR I6OTHENBURG 02 APR
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      1367 45 0 TBFWMZWTY crystal freight services pte ltd LBSSSALm, 1 x n 5^ 5988/*****8s ASIAN POUTS MHIUUIMMMUkI IWCPC BANGKOK 29/3 AUCKLAND 31/3 ANTWERP 28/3 BUSAN 2/4 ADELAIDE 31/3 FELIXSTOWE 30/3 HONG KONG 29/3 c JAKARTA 29/3 FREMANTLE 1/4 ROTTERDAM 27/3 SURABAYA 29/3 R N E 1/4 KEELUNG 31/3 SYDNEY 1/4 KAOHSIUNG
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      224 45 CEYLON SHIPPING CORPN National Line of Sri Lanka CONTAINERISED SERVICE TO IK AND NORTH CONTINENTAL PORTS nsn wr sw "57* mu k itu mm m/ 03 n/u ivm i?/w im n n m m mmsm mwmmm j»B MM j DUi Dl HQ> WW a/M 71 5 23/ M «/M «>4
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      292 45 PJ CONDOR LINE SEMI-CONTAINERISED SERVICE EASTBOUND SCHEDULE N0.29 [PORTS VOV BUCMOS MOWTIVtOCO DURBAN 5155 MOWS WW KAOOSIHA NABOTA YO*ONAMA~ wnu Aits— OPtAOWST MOT imp WUD HMD 24 27/03 20-02/04 07/04 1112/04 14/Q4 WRUPSKAVA aw SAMP UUP 24/03 0400/04 10-14/04 H/Q4 IHI/Q4 PRBMORSK EBO9 23 24/03 21/03 07/Q4 20/Q4 2»/04 29/04Q2/04
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      467 46 M—b—l NORTH PHILIPPINES FULL CONTAINER SERVICE VESSEL VOYAGE SINGAPORE MAMA VIGOUR PACIFIC 9413N 25/03 (FRI) 02/04 (SAT) VKXXJR PACIC 9413 AH 28/03 (MOW) 02/04 (SAT) LOAWN6 EVERY LHOTSE 9401N 01/04 (FRI) 09/04 (SAT) F Y W® MONDAY IHOTSE 9401 AN 04/04 (MOW) 09/04 (SAT) SOUTH PHILIPPINES FULL CONTAINER SERVICE VESSEL
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      307 46 ?$<-[',-,=^[&?`<>{<$-+<'/.{':]\ PT BAHARI HALUAN SAMUDERA Weekly COMMON FEEDER SERVICE VESSEL m SWWOtt POET KILAHG BELAWAH TAMBANG VW 1017 28 29/03 3031/03 0102, 04 TAMBANG VtN 1018 04 05/04 06 07 04 08 09 04 MDWCSMH WAYPORT 1) JAK ART A-BELAMAN-JAKARTA 2) JAKARTA'PANJANG-JAKARTA-S£MARANG SURABAYA-S£MARANG-JAKARTA CHAHAYA SMVfMfi TRADING CO. PTE LTD Tsl:
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      975 47 I HYUNDAI I MERCHANT MARINE CO. LTD. WESTBOUND TO EUROPE BKG: *****61 PWA° PKE* PGD° VESSELS VOY SIN RTM LEH' HUM BREt FEt 16/03 18/03 19/03 H. EXPLORER 310 ft 28/03 15/03 16/04 18/04 16/04 16 04 19/04 23/03 25/03 26/03 NOR FRIBOURG 310W 04/04 22/04 23,04 25/04 23/04 23/04
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