The Business Times, 26 April 1994

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    13 1 Business Times WE KNOW ASIA MITA(P) 010/12/93 Tuesday April 26 1994 75 c
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  • 2am LATEST
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      Lock icon Dow Jones up 36 points
      62 1 Reuter NEW YORK Blue-chip stocks rose yesterday as the market took its direction from a surge in the shares of DuPont Co. At Ipm EDT, advancing issues led decliners 12-7 on New York Stock Exchange volume of more than 140 million shares. At 2pm EDT,
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      Lock icon BankAmerica, Bank of NY sue each other
      69 1 Bloomberg Business News New York Bank America Corp and Bank of New York Co have sued one another in New York and Australia over the breakdown of talks on the sale of debt in a defunct textile company. Bank America is accusing Bank
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    MARKET SUMMARY
    158 1 Stfftfc Market Imlltw Monday Change ST1I 2,307.82 +42.23 KLSEComp 1,059.52 +20.65 Nikkei 19,709.14 -255.25 Hang Seng 9,136.11 -20.74 SET Index 1,277.87 -15.77 Jakarta Comp 454.23 -0.62 CLSA China B 980.39 +6.54 Aust All Ord closed FTSE 100 3,106.1 -27.6 Monday Previous 2pm dose Dow Jones 3,684.96 3,648.68 Average
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    Malaysian stockbroker to enter banking arena
    718 1  -  From Leslie Lopez in KUALA LUMPUR SENIOR executives of Phileo Peregrine Securities, one of Malaysia's most aggressive stockbroking firms, are planning an aggressive expansion into the banking business by rescuing an ailing cooperative bank and acquiring the Sabah branch of Singapore's United Overseas Bank.
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    Lock icon Hata faces grave blow as Socialists quit coalition after he is voted PM
    467 1 AP TOKYO Populist Tsutomu Hata was named Japan's 51st Prime Minister by Parliament yesterday afternoon but faced a grave blow almost immediately after his election when the largest party in Japan's governing coalition said earlier this morning
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    Lock icon S$ hits record high against US$
    315 1  -  By Paul Leo SINGAPORE The Singapore dollar ended at a record high of S$ 1.5565 against the US dollar yesterday, 15 basis points above its previous high of S$ 1.5580 achieved on April 19 and Oct 6 last year. Intra-day movement saw the local
    Source: Bloomberg  -  315 words
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    OCBC raises prime to 5.5pc
    322 1 SINGAPORE Oversea-Chi-nese Banking Corp has raised its prime rate from 5.25 to 5.5 per cent, efTective today. The rise the second this year by OCBC brings its prime rate into line with those of competitors Overseas Union Bank and United Overseas Bank. The odd man
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    Lock icon Wing Tai may face more than one rival in bid for YHS
    482 1  -  By Lee Han Shih, Lilian Ang SINGAPORE At least one other company is said to be trying to outbid Wing Tai Holdings for control of listed Yeo Hiap Seng Ltd (YHS), whose share price closed at a near
    Source: Bloomberg  -  482 words
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    Regional markets end mixed
    283 1 SINGAPORE The region's stock markets closed mixed yesterday as investors concentrated on domestic concerns. In Singapore, corporate developments helped fuel a 42.23 rise to 2307.82 in the Straits Times Industrials Index. Buying interest was lifted by Wing Tai's bid for a controlling stake in Yeo Hiap
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    Lock icon US bourses to close for Nixon
    35 1 Bloomberg Business News WASHINGTON The New York and American stock exchanges and the Nasdaq Stock Market will dose tomorrow in honour of the late former US president Richard Nixon.
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      20 1 Property: Pg 12 New kid on the retail block Magnum Corp confirms calling off joint venture in Dalian, Pg 19
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      9 1 Hock Lock Siew: pg 19 Concerns of EML shareholder^
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      20 1 FRESH BREATH IN A FLASH REFRESHING. Full reports, Pgs 26-30 I eledata to offer 16m shares on Sesdaq, Pg 19
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
    • EYE on the ECONOMY
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        Lock icon Worst over for Asian dollar market
        287 2  -  By Paul Leo THE Asian dollar market continued growing in February. Latest official figures show that total assets of the market rose 10 per cent to U*****.3 billion (*****.5 billion) compared with a year ago. Crosby Securities in its first quarter economic review said
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      IBM unit, Unisys pick S'pore for regional headquarters
      430 2  -  By Joseph Rajendran UNITED States computer giants IBM and Unisys, both of which have ailing operations here, are setting up their regional headquarters in Singapore. New Jersey-based IBM's Microelectronics division will soon announce the setting up of headquarters here to sell its
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      Japan's Seiyu makes S'pore a regional centre
      419 2  -  By Lilian Ang JAPANESE retailer Seiyu plans to make Singapore one of two regional centres that will spearhead its plans to open a chain of stores across Asia within five to 10 years. Senior managing director Harumi Sakamoto told Singapore reporters in Tokyo
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      Individuals can now join SME association
      171 2 THE Association of Small and Medium Enterprises has widened its membership criteria to allow individuals to join. And it has introduced honorary membership that will be given to "distinguished individuals who have contributed significantly to the development and welfare of small and medium enterprises".
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      Lawyers reject Law Society report on small firms
      322 2  -  Reports by Ramesh Divyanathan A LAW Society report on small law firms was rejected by lawyers at a dialogue session with the Law Society on Saturday. Among the recommendations that came under attack was that requiring the Law Society to hold conveyancing
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      Some firms working around Law Society definition
      185 2 SOME law firms have offered non-profit sharing partnerships to junior lawyers as a way of getting around a Law Society definition of a small firm. Under a Law Society subcommittee report on small firms, it recommends that the latter be defined as any
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      Goh Chee Wee leads team showing China projects to German group
      306 2 THE Minister of State for Trade and Industry and for Labour. Goh Chee Wee. has led a delegation to Wuxi and Suzhou. China, to meet a 70-mem-ber business group from Germany. The German delegation has been invited by the
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      S Africans in S'pore can vote at embassy
      131 2 SOUTH AFRICANS working in or travelling through Singapore can cast their votes in the country's first democratic election today at the South African embassy here. The embassy at #15-01/06. Odeon Towers. 331 North Bridge Road will be open for 12 hours from
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      Lock icon Jakarta bans independent trade union, blames it for riots
      325 3 AFP JAKARTA The Indonesian government has outlawed the Sejahtera independent trade union, blaming it for last week's anti-Chinese rioting in northern Sumatra. Home AtTairs Ministry secretary general Suryatna Subrata was quoted by the Angkaian Bersenjata daily yesterday as saying that his
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      Lock icon Malaysia to start up new oil refinery this week
      227 3 Reuter SINGAPORE Malaysia, racing to keep up with growing demand for refined petroleum products, expects to start up its newest crude oil refinery later this week. "The start-up date is scheduled for the end of April. All units will start up
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      Lock icon Remember the Death Railway
      59 3 Reuter HhI.LHRK PASS, Thailand Former Allied prisoners of war and their families lighting candles on a section of the "Death Railway" at a ceremon) at Hellfire Pass in Hanchanaburi to mark An/ac Day \eslerda>. About 500 people took part in the earl> morning ceremony to remember
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      Lock icon Apec to urge US against linking trade and social issues
      319 3 Reuter KUALA LUMPUR Pacific Rim countries will press the I nited Stales to stop linking trade to labour and social issues when Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) trade ministers meet in Indonesia in October. The trade ministers' meeting before the Apec
      Reuter  -  319 words
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      Lock icon Vietnam again stakes claim to disputed Spratly islands
      320 3 AFP HANOI Vietnam yesterday used the upcoming anniversary of its liberation from French Indochina to again stake its claim to the disputed Spratly islands, which are also claimed by China and four other nations. In a page-one article, under a photo of
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    • ASIA NOTES
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        Lock icon Viet president to discuss entry into Asean
        73 3 AP JAKARTA Foreign Minister Ali Alatas said yesterday the possibility of Vietnam joining Asean will figure importantly in Vietnamese President Le Due Anh's discussions in Jakarta this week. Mr Anh is expected to arrive today for talks with Indonesian President Suharto and other
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        Lock icon Australia opens up aid programme
        73 3 AFP CANBERRA The government is opening up its Asl.s billion (SSI.6 billion) foreign aid programme to more companies to help boost Australian industry. Development Cooperation Minister Gordon Bilney said yesterday. Mr Bilney said that the Australian International Development Assistance Bureau would change purchasing and consultancy
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        Lock icon Sea of Japan trade falls 2pc
        100 3 AFP TOKYO Japan's trade with China. South Korea. North Korea and Russia via 14 prefectures on the Sea of Japan declined 2 per cent last year, the Japan External Trade Organisation (Jetro) said yesterday. Jetro said the region's exports to the four countries grew
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        Lock icon Alcatel sets up base in Malaysia
        73 3 AFP PENANG French telecommunication group Alcatel CIT yesterday opened its first Malaysian plant after securing a share of a controversial MS2 billion (SSl.l billion) government contract to supply digital public telephone lines. The MS3O million Penang plant was opened by Deputy Prime Minister Anwar
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        Lock icon Indon credit scandal firm attracts buyer
        77 3 Reuter JAKARTA Indonesian President Suharto's son. Hutomo Mandala Putra (Tommy), hopes to buy back into PT Hamparan Rejeki. one of several firms at the heart of a multi-million dollar credit scandal, a local newspaper said yesterday. Hamparan Rejeki is a petrochemical subsidiary of the
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        Lock icon Colombo asks India for duty waiver
        64 3 AFP COLOMBO Sri Lanka has asked India to lift import duties on Sri Lankan agricultural and manufactured goods in a bid to reduce the trade gap between the two South Asian neighbours, officials here said yesterday. New Delhi agreed to reduce import duty on
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        Lock icon Suharto urges less oil, more gas use
        69 3 Reuter JAKARTA Indonesian President Suharto urged state oil company Pertamina to reduce the growth of domestic oil consumption through energy diversification and to cut fuel production costs. "I repeat my call to conserve the use of oil energy. We must make efTorts seriously
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  • CHINA/HONGKONG/TAIWAN
    • CHINA WATCH
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        Lock icon China sets up economic data network
        75 4 AFP BEIJING China has set up a national economic data network to help coordinate policy-making and provide an alarm system for economic overheating. Xinhua said yesterday. Data banks have already been set up in all 30 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities, the official news
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        Lock icon Chinese income up, but so is inflation
        85 4 AFP BEIJING Chinese workers' average annual income rose 19.4 per cent last year to 3.236 yuan (SSS7B). although the real increase was whittled down to 2.8 per cent by inflation, a Labour Ministry spokesman said yesterday. The country's total payroll hit a record
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        Lock icon China eats into Taiwan's market share
        109 4 AFP TAIPEI China is increasing its market share in the US and Japan, and eating into trading rival Taiwan's stake, officials of the cabinet-level Mainland Affairs Council say. Taiwan's market shares in the US and Japan had fallen behind those of China over the
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        Lock icon Amount state firms owe leasing firms
        105 4 Reuter BEIJING State companies owed joint venture leasing firms in China a total of USS3OO million (SS46B million) by March 1993. International Business said. The newspaper said more than 50 lawsuits claiming money owed had been launched. The paper said that, over the past
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      Lock icon Chinese resisting govt plans to collect individual income tax
      374 4 UPI BEIJING Millions of new Chinese taxpayers are putting up a stiff resistance to government plans to fill depleted coffers with individual income taxes. The China Daily said on Sunday. Tax collectors, already the bane of many companies' existence. took on
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      Lock icon Star TV in new programming deal with ATV
      249 4 AFP HONGKONG Asia's first satellite television broadcaster Star TV yesterday said it had resolved a dispute over programming with Hongkong television station ATV. The Hongkong-based Satellite Television Asian Region Ltd (Star TV), which media magnate Rupert Murdoch's News Corp acquired a vear
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      Lock icon China to limit Taiwan's transit routes through HK
      213 4 Eastern Express HONGKONG China has put Taiwan's air links with the rest of the world in question by trying to limit transit routes through Hongkong. This emerged during SinoBritish talks on Hongkong's aviation agreements. Taiwan's post-1997 aviation links with Hongkong have been
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      Lock icon Bank of China to issue Hongkong dollars in colony from May 2
      416 4  -  By Schutz Lee SINGAPORE The Bank of China (BOC) will issue Hongkong dollars in the colony from May 2. chairman Wang Qiren revealed yesterday, ending months of speculation in the Hongkong press as to the exact date of
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      759 4 TSB Group PLC (incorporated in Scotland) Consolidated Balance Sheet Consolidated Profit Loss Account asat3l October 1993 for the year coded 31 October 1993 1993 1992 1 993 1992 £m £m £m £m Assets Profit before taxation Cash and short-term funds 1.677 2,347 TSB Retail Banking and Insurance Items in course
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      380 4 r SINGAPORE DUfITT^ Q INSTITUTE OF KJVLLI MANAGEMENT Or**n»«rio«s UNIVERSITY r The Singapore Institute ot Management (SIM) in conjunction with the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) invites applicants for the MBA in International Management. This regionally based programme is designed to assist managers in international business environment. The programme
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  • REST OF ASIA
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      Lock icon India woos foreign capital, technology to support mining
      502 6 AFP NEW DELHI India invited foreign capital and technology yesterday to tap its vast mineral reserves, from coal and iron to platinum and diamonds, as it flagged oIT a conference of major mining nations here. Delegates from 60 countries heard ministers and
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      Lock icon S Korean parties at odds over Kim's choice of prime minister
      453 6 Reuter SEOUL South Korea's political parties haggled over parliamentary approval of a new premier yesterday as President Kim Young Sam prepared another Cabinet shake-up. parliamentary officials said. Mr Kim named Lee Yung Dug on Friday to replace Lee Hoi
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      Lock icon And so it's goodbye
      48 6 Reuter TOKYO Outgoing Japanese Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa leaving the premier's official residence after receiving a farewell flower bouquet from his staff yesterday. Mr Hosokawa and his 20-member Cabinet formally resigned, paving the way for a parliamentary vote to select a new leader. Reuter
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      Lock icon Pakistan opposition MPs to resign: Sharif
      297 6 AFP ISLAMABAD Pakistan's opposition MPs are to resign on masse to protest against "unconstitutional" changes in the North West Frontier Province (NWFP). Former premier Nawaz Sharif yesterday said the Members of Parliament handed their signed resignation letters to him "authorising me to submit them
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      Lock icon Tokyo rejects new applicants for rice, wheat trade
      237 6 Reuter TOKYO Japan's hood Agency rejected all this year's applicants for permission to engage in the rice and wheat importing business, an agency official said yesterday. "I'm sorry to say none of the applicants met our required standards." the official said. More
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      Lock icon Japan's JSAT eyeing Asian digital satellite TV system
      184 6 BernamaKyodo TOKYO Japan Satellite Systems Inc (JSAT) is looking into the possibility of launching a new multi-channel digital satellite broadcasting service in Asia, including Japan, an official of the company said yesterday. The project under consideration calls for using some 50 channels
      Bernama- Kyodo  -  184 words
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      308 6 For more than a century and a half, Patek Philippe has been known as the finest watch in the world. The reason is very simple. It is made differently. It is made using skills and techniques that others have lost or forgotten. It is made with attention to detail very
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  • REGIONAL FOCUS
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      Lock icon China's property rights markets offer opportunity
      1018 7 BEIJING China's property rights markets offer companies both foreign and domestic a straightforward way of buy ing up Chinese firms. Quite simply, instead of buying stock in a company, firms buy **propert> rights" which can bring pretty much the same control as taking a
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      A faster and more flexible way to privatise firms
      352 7 BEIJING The main reason for the existence of Chinas property rights markets is to offer a faster and more flexible way to privatise companies either entirely or in part than by floating them on the country's two stock exchanges. The number
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      23 7 This article is reprinted from the April 18 issue of EBusiness China, a fortnightly management report by The Economist Intelligence Unit (Asia) Ltd
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  • THE WORLD
    • WORLD WATCH
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        Lock icon Bundesbank likely to be more cautious
        82 8 Reuter TOKYO The Bundesbank is likely to manage its policy more cautiously in the near future, Bundesbank deputy president Johann Wilhelm Gaddum said yesterday. "We will probably be more cautious than you would like, because we need a longer period of strong economic upswing
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        Lock icon Gatt chief will not head WTO
        64 8 Reuter GENEVA Gatt chief Peter Sutherland, who steered the longrunning Uruguay Round trade negotiations to a successful conclusion, announced yesterday he would not be a candidate to head the new World Trade Organisation. There was no immediate sign of who might be a candidate
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        Lock icon UN telecom agency sees faster growth
        106 8 Reuter CAIRO The head of the UN agency for telecommunications said he expected the sector to keep growing faster and faster at least till the end of the century. By then, parts of the information and entertainment industries will have converged with telecommunications to
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        Lock icon Israel-PLO economic pact urged
        76 8 Reuter JERUSALEM Israel's finance minister said on Sunday that Palestinians might have to begin self-rule in the Gaza Strip and Jericho with Israel still in control of their economy. Avraham Shohat told Israel Television said if an economic agreement is not reached before an autonomy accord
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      Lock icon Russia plans for wider budget deficit
      415 8 Targets agreed with IMF at risk Reuter AP MOSCOW Russia announced plans for a sharply wider budget deficit yesterday, jeopardising targets agreed with the International Monetary Fund and risking fragile plans for economic reforms. But economists said it was too early to write otT
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      HK, S'pore cheapest places to buy luxury goods
      512 8 SINGAPORE Hongkong has been rated the cheapest place to buy luxury goods among 11 major cities, according to a survey by the Economist Intelligence Unit. Singapore was rated second cheapest overall in the survey, which was completed in October last year. But
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      Lock icon Handing power to women
      70 8 AFP I ROGEN A mass of raised hands during the traditional Landsgemeinde voting in Trogen, Appenzell Ausserhoden, on Sunday to confirm the election of two women into the regional government of this Swiss canton. For the first time ever, since it was decided in the canton's
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      Lock icon Gaping hole in Lloyd's reserves: report
      156 8 Reuter LONDON The Lloyd's of London insurance market has a gaping hole in its reserves and its old liabilities could be £19 billion (Ss44 billion) more than currently recognised. A report by consultant Randolph Fields, published yesterday, doubted whether Lloyd's could successfully hive-ofT old
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      Lock icon Deutsche Bank faces heavy provisions over failed Schneider
      300 8 AFP, Bloomberg Business News FRANKFURT Deutsche Bank AG may have to write off "several hundred million marks" on its loans to the failed Schneider property group. Chief executive Hilmar Kopper yesterday said it was difficult to estimate the writeoffs exactly, until the
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      Lock icon G-7 confronts old economic foes as growth picks up
      531 10 Reuter WASHINGTON Even as they were congratulating themselves for a global economic revival. Group of Seven policymakers found themselves confronted with two old enemies: inflation fears and widening trade gaps. But they came up with little in the way of new
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      Lock icon Japan promises G-7 it will take steps to cut trade surplus, pass tax reforms
      399 10 Reuter WASHINGTON Japan promised its Group of Seven partners on Sunday it would fix its economy and cut its huge global trade surplus, but it's not clear whether the fragile coalition government can deliver the goods.
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      Lock icon Britain's economy picking up steam: analysts
      324 10 Reuter LONDON Britain's economy gathered momentum during the first quarter of 1994. boosted both by higher production and a pick-up in domestic demand as consumers ignored April's impending tax rises, analysts said. Forecasts from six houses in London's financial district ranged between growth 01'
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      Lock icon World Bank sees better life for world's poor
      404 10 AP WASHINGTON I lie World Bank yesterday reported substantial progress for main of the world's poor, with \sian countries making the largest strides and Africa falling behind. "Hundreds of millions of the world's poorest people have achieved substantial improvements in their living
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  • SPORTS
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      Lock icon Springer holds on for 3-shot victory at Greensboro Open
      659 11 r.oif AP GREENSBORO. North Carolina Mike Springer invited the field to eateh him if it could in the final round of the Greater Greensboro Open. It almost did. He held the lead from start to finish on Sunday, hut he didn't
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      Lock icon Have a drink on us
      40 11 Reuter MIDDI.KTON M(K)R. Scotland Knylish heroine Jackie Kdwards being hoisted onto the shoulders of her teammates and supporters after hngland beat defending champions USA in the Women's Rut»b> World Championship in Kdinburgh on Sunda>. Keuter
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      Lock icon 'Big Daddy' Wilkinson goes first to Cincinnati in draft
      397 11 NFL Draft Reuter NEW YORK The Cincinnati Bengals, as expected, grabbed Ohio State defensive tackle Dan "Big Dadd>" Wilkinson with the No 1 pick in the 1994 National Football League draft on Sunday. The Bengals, picking first overall for the first
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      Lock icon Robinson locks up scoring title with sensational finale
      682 11 Reuter LOS ANGELES David Kobinson clinched the league scoring title on the final day ot the regular season in spectacular fashion on Sunday when he became only the fourth player in National Basketball Association history to score more than 70 points in
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    • SPORT SHORTS
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        Lock icon Athletics
        115 11 AP lIONC.kONC Chinese coach Ma Junrcn. who has trained a squad ol world-class women i miners. has raked in orders worth almost I SS2 million (SS.VI million) with a potion that he says will end physical fatigue instantly. a daily said yesterday. Buyers from 10 nations have pledged more
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        Lock icon Baseball
        179 11 AFP Reuter N \Sll\ 11.1.L. lennessee Retired basketball star Michael Jordan extended his minor-league baseball hilling streak to 11 games hereon Sunday, going l-for-4 tor Birmingham in a Southern League game. Jordan appeared at a charity event in Chicago early Sunday, then sent his soils to the final regu-lar-season
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        Basketball
        63 11 \KW \<>Kk \B\ Sunday, final day of I Ik- IW.V«q regular season: Chicaco 7ft NA 92: Philadelphia 110 Detroit 102: Washington 117 Charlotte leveland 11" Boston 41: Houston 107 IX'iner 115: I l akers *>7 I tali 103: Portland lON Seattle 110: LA Clippers 97 San \ntonio 112: Sacramento
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        Lock icon Golf
        292 11 Reuter AP Reuter \\OBI UN. hncland Sweden's Catrin Nilsmark broke a seven-year jinx here on Sunday as she captured the Women's Classic title. Watched by a massive crowd of over 20.000. the 2ft-year-old turned on the style to birdie four of the last m\ holes for a four-stroke victory
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        41 11 AP MAN \<>Kk Mil. Ist rd playoffs Sundav hasU-rn (< mi (wince: M Islanders 2 Rangers 5 (Rangers win hcst-01-scven series 4-ot. W cslern: St Louis I Dallas 2 (Stars win 4-0); Vancouver 2 Calgarv 3 (Flames lead 3-11. \P
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        87 11 AP II \MBI Rt». (.crnianv Steffi Ciraf savs she doubts tennis n\al Monica Soles, still recovering from being stabbed hv a cra/cd lan one vear ago. can return to the top ranks of the women's game. "I think a comeback in more and more unlikely." Ciral was quoted Sundav
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        67 11 Reuter SOI lIIAMPIOV Knuland New Zealand vacht Yamaha took the fifth leg of the \Mi it bread round-the-world race from I ruguav in record-breaking stvle on Sundav. Yamaha stormed across the finish line in fort fauderdale. Florida, after 22 davs 5 hours 13 minutes 56 seconds to smash the
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  • PROPERTY & CONSTRUCTION
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      1138 12  -  Despite doubts over its survival, the HK upmarket department store, which opens in two weeks, is boldly confident. Sylvia Wong reports Sylvia Wong HONGKONG'S upmarket department store. Lane Crawford, will open the doors of its Singapore store in about two weeks to a chorus of
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      S'pore firm is leading agent for Indian properties
      318 12  -  By A J Leow LOCAL property firm Pavilion Property Negotiators has been appointed the lead marketing agent in South-east Asia for properties in India by the country's K Raheja group. Pavilion's managing director Rika Daswani said the firm will initially focus its
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      Parco aims to make a splash with Bugis Junction
      1160 13  -  Japanese retailer hopes to liven up Bugis Junction vicinity into a shopping belt to rival Orchard Road. Lilian Ang reports Lilian Ang IF UPMARKET Japanese retail property manager Parco has its way, the low-key Bugis Junction area will be transformed into
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  • LIFESTYLE
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      Lock icon Spielberg steals limelight at British film awards
      526 15 Selli/idler's List repeats its Hollywood success in London Reuter American director Steven Spielberg repeated his Oscar triumph at Britain's annual film awards on Sunday night, picking up best film and best director prizes for his Holocaust epic Schindler's List. Sir Anthony Hopkins boosted
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      Lock icon Texan picks Manchester for cello gala
      791 15 AP TEXAN Ralph Kirshbaum has made industrial Manchester in northern England the place where the world's hest cellists want to be this spring. A distinguished cellist himself and a resident of Britain since 1971. Kirshbaum founded the International Cello Festival at the Royal Northern
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      Lock icon Brave as a teddy
      309 15 CHATTERBOX Reuter Reuter Reuter AP TWEED ROOSEVELT. greatgrandson of President Theodore Roosevelt, lias recreated his forebear's perilous trip down Brazil's 1,600 km Rio Roosevelt and is now making plans to trace his expedition from the Badlands of North Dakota to the Big Horn Mountains of Wvoming.
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      1264 15 TV RADIO tiw to to 8.30pm, TV who Hloomington. who to <mm? directs Dennis pher. Dennis Quaid H The Queensland Strangler *£jflP the Chainsaw iM /K Queensland. f Wf the Daintree. aB Jg'.' meets the eoral reel". '1 f !■> f"i fjLl greed> and (possibly) corrupt s politicians and land
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    Nelson Mandela's finest hour
    499 16 EDITORIAL A POWERFUL car-bomb exploded in downtown Johannesburg on Sunday just hours before South Africans started voting in the country's first free elections. The timing and intensity of the blast which killed several people and left a waist-deep crater between the national, and regional headquarters of
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  • WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
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      Surviving the short term
      263 16 IN A SENSE, China's economic problems are the wages of success. Opening up the economy has opened the country to the pitfalls of rapid development, especially after a prolonged period of artificial insulation from the rest of the world. However, it is worrying that some observers
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      Birth of a new South Africa
      160 16 HISTORY is in the making in South Africa. Tomorrow, voters from all races decide who should run the country. This first multiparty election will be a watershed in the birth of democracy in South Africa a country once described as the most extreme in
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      History will judge Nixon kindly
      150 16 FORMER President Richard Nixon was the only one in the United States to resign his office. What made him do so was the US political arena and media which alleged that he had tried to cover up the so-called Watergate scandal. Now, with the passing
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      A pragmatic compromise
      145 16 AFTER 14 years of negotiations, Malaysia and Thailand signed agreements to jointly explore resources in the Gulf of Thailand. What is remarkable is not that it took so long, but that any agreement was reached at all. All over the world, border disputes cause friction between nations
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      Promote equity with new taxes
      155 16 A WELL-DESIGNED and successfully administered property tax is usually an efficient way to tax the well-off. It is therefore encouraging to note that the government is now giving more attention to periodical revaluation of the market value of houses, notably those in the rapidly growing
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      Keeping up with the times
      150 16 IT HAD TO COME, a comprehensive, sweeping review of the labour laws of the country. Some of the major legislation which will come under the purview of this review will be the Industrial Relations Act, Employment Act and the Trade Unions Act. Human Resources Minister
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    Promoting underdevelopment
    1222 16  -  Leon Hadar finds World Bank and IMF practices questionable Leon Hadar The writer is BT's Washington Correspondent IT's springtime in Washington. It's also when the city finds itself short of limousines and the driveways of luxury hotels are gridlocked as finance ministers and private bankers, gathered here for
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      Lock icon Riches beckon as fears recede in S Africa
      1991 17  -  As South Africa goes to the polls today, David Callaway, Samantha Zee and Daniella Gluck find most investment fund managers gung-ho about the country. In the other story, John Simpson examines how English-speaking South Africans are facing up to imminent black rule
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      Lock icon The tribe that lost its clout
      1285 17 The Spectator UWT ELL, it was good while it %/m/ lasted," said the yellowT bearded giant in a resigned way. and reached for his glass of Castle beer. He was the South African cameraman in our team, and had the build and general appearance
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    Lock icon KL unlikely to approve Bank of China's bid to open M'sian branch
    354 18 AFP PENANG Malaysia indicated yesterday that it was unlikely to approve Bank of China's bid to open a branch in Kuala Lumpur, preferring instead that it set up a representative office or buy into a local bank. "We
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    Lock icon Stock market fraud could spark unrest, China panel warns
    292 18 Bloomberg Business News BEIJING China's legal authorities have uncovered rampant stock market violations by brokers, bankers and even top regulators that threaten to spark unrest among small investors. the official China Securities paper has reported. A Supreme People's Procuratorate investigation found
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    Lock icon Rising long rates do not signal higher inflation: G-10
    503 18 Bloomberg, Reuter, AFP WASHINGTON Rising interest rates on long-term loans do not signal that inflation is about to accelerate, finance ministers and central bankers from the industrialised Group of Ten Nations said yesterday. "The increase of volatility and the rise of
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    Good property buys await discerning investors in China
    622 18  -  The Bottom Line KHAW WEIKANG KHAW WEIKANG The writer is managing writer of Khaw and Sons, a Singapore-based China investment consultancy which is an investment promotion agent for several development zones. AFTER three years of robust growth. China's property market is now
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    Lock icon OECD sees tourism as key weapon against unemployment
    308 18 Reuter ANTALYA, Turkey The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development sees growing tourism as a key weapon against unemployment. OECD experts said yesterday. Peter Keller, head of Switzerland's tourism department, told an OECD seminar in the southern Turkish resort of Antalya that
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    Lock icon Approval for Hata in the Lower House
    69 18 Reuter TOKYO Tsutomu Hata acknowledging applause from fellow parliamentarians as he was named prime minister in the Lower House yesterday. Mr Hata, 58, a bus conductor turned politician, won a majority of votes cast in each of the two Parliamentary chambers to be
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    Lock icon South Africa's white Parliament amends Constitution in last session
    439 18 AP, Reuter CAPE TOWN, South Africa With Zulu princes in animal skins looking on, the white-dominated Parliament met for the last time yesterday to amend the Constitution and allow a Zulu nationalist party to take part in the country's first all-race
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    Chamlong unlikely to join Cabinet after Chuan turns down conditions
    307 18  -  From Loh Hui Yin in BANGKOK PALANG Dharma Party founder Chamlong Srimuang now appears unlikely to join the Thai Cabinet after Prime Minister Chuan Leekpai turned down his terras. Mr Chamlong. who disclosed this after meeting Mr Chuan yesterday, was
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    Lock icon Sales of existing US homes up 5.7pc in March
    295 18 Bloomberg Business News Reuter, AP WASHINGTON Sales of previously owned homes rose 5.7 per cent during March as real estate markets recovered from the harsh winter, the National Association of Realtors said yesterday. US financial markets showed little reaction to the
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    Lock icon China space centre explosion deals blow to launch programme
    241 18 Reuter BEIJING A massive explosion at China's space launching centre this month destroyed a USS7S million (SSI 17 million) satellite and dealt a blow to the country's launch programme, analysts said yesterday. A spokesman for China Aerospace Industry Corp. successor to
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
    • EYE on your STOCKS
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        MARKET MOOD
        44 19 Steady Marker Mood indicates the likely trading sentiment today, based on brokers polled at >-6nm yesterday Overnight events may alter sentiment Brokers polled Alliance. Dam a Fraser. GK (Joh. Kay Hian. Ongi o. Phillip. lat Lee. Smith Sess Court and HI Carr
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        HOT STOCK
        142 19  -  -By Paul Leo Carnaudmetalbox is a worthwhile buy at $5.90 as technicals are pointing north. The five-day moving average line is about to cross the 15-day moving average line from below, signalling a turn in trend upwards. Weekly Moving Average Convergence-Divergence indicator is about to signal a buy.
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      Lock icon Magnum confirms calling off joint venture in Dalian
      363 19 MBT KUALA LUMPUR Magnum Corporation finally confirmed yesterday that it had called off a deal to operate "electronic and electrical entertainment machines" in Dalian, China, a project embroiled in controversy soon after the agreement was signed nine months ago. Its director. Pee
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      VDH interim profit jumps to $20m
      401 19  -  By Ven Sreenivasan SINGAPORE Main boardHsted Van der Horst's (VDH) mid-term net earnings have rocketed to 520.1 million, an incredible increase of 13.4 times over the $1.5 million it posted during the same period last year. The engineering firm's turnover for the half-year ended
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      CDL to net $150m pre-tax from Hillview Heights
      350 19  -  By AJ Leow SINGAPORE Listed property developer City Developments (CDL) stands to rake in at least $150 million in pre-tax profits from its latest condominium project at Hillview Avenue. Hillview Heights is selling at an average price of between $580 and $600
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      EML should address shareholders' concerns
      740 19  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW By Ven Sreenivasan SINGAPORE Investors in video-cas-sette maker Electro Magnetics Ltd must be wondering when, if ever, they are going to see some light at the end of the tunnel. Despite repeated assurances last year of a turnaround, the Sesdaq-listed company ended
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      Teledata to offer 16 million shares on Sesdaq
      408 19 SINGAPORE Communications systems supplier Teledata (Singapore) yesterday became the 10th company to launch an initial public offering here this year. The Sesdaq float of 16 million shares comprises a public tranche of 12 million shares at 50 cents each and a placement
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      Times Publishing net earnings soar 80pc, backed by higher sales
      243 19 SINGAPORE Times Publishing Ltd posted an 80.8 per cent rise in net earnings to 514.5 million on revenues of 5235.1 million, up 14 per cent from last year, for the year ended Feb 28. The company said sales in the
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    • COMPANIES
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        Hicom unit teams up with Gamuda to buy 734ha in Shah Alam
        282 20  -  From Ho Kay Tat STATE-controlled Hicom Holdings Bhd has teamed up with construction company Gamuda Bhd by buying a 50 per cent stake in a dormant company, currently 70 per cent-owned by Gamuda. that is buying a big
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        Creative to set up US$21m Irish manufacturing plant
        299 20  -  By Bernard Chew SINGAPORE Computer sound card maker Creative technology will spend ISS2I million (SS32 million) in the j next five years 011 a HMUMM) ft manufacturing and cusI tomer support facility in Dublin. Ireland. \nnouncing the move yesj terday. company president
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        Ekran denies tie-up with Mitsui to develop Philippine resort
        335 20  -  From Ho Kay Tat in KUALA LUMPUR MALAYSIAN construction group Lkran Bhd has denied a newspaper report that it was teaming up with Japan's Mitsui and Co to develop a tourist resort on Samal Island in the Philippines. In a short
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        Kuok group plans A$120m residential project in Sydney
        120 20 KUALA LUMPUR The Kuok group of Malaysia has announced a AS 120 million (SSI33 million) residential redevelopment at the former site of Sydney's famous Paddy's Market. The Star newspaper reported. Kuok group, which paid AS22 million to take o\er the uncompleted project
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      • COMPANY BRIEFS
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          16.9m Inno-Pacific TSRs exercised
          99 20 SINGAPORE lnno-Pacific Holdings Ltd said yesterday it received SI 1.8 million cash from the exercise of nearly 16.9 million transferable subscription rights (TSRs) which were issued with some rights issue and loan stocks in 1989. Inno-Pac said the money will be used as working capital for
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          Wuxi-S'pore park gets fourth tenant
          94 20 SINGAPORE The Wuxi-Singapore Industrial Park in China has signed on a fourth tenant. Sumitomo Eleetrie Industries (SEI). SEI intends to build a plant on a 10-hectare site to make magnet wires and eomponents used in devices such as electric motors and solenoid coils. The Wuxi-Singapore
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          Enctech sells stake in Thai Arm
          75 20 SINGAPORE Enctech Technology has sold its entire interest in Seccom (Thailand) Corp to Virat Lawhaniwatwon. an existing Scccom shareholder. DBS Land said last night. DBS Land is a 70 per cent shareholder of Enctech. and said the divestment is part of Enctech"s restructuring programme.
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          Lock icon Southern Steel's profit doubles
          63 20 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Southern Steel Bhd has reported a 103.4 per cent increase in consolidated group profit after accounting for profit from associated companies for the year ended Dec 31. 1993. to M 546.46 million (5526.94 million). The company said yesterday that group turno\er rose 43.4
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        UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
        504 20 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS Manacers' prices \pr iSUbaJ Km I (W Singapore Unit Trust Invest Mgt Ltd I Iw ..miiK i ic I" IS* I nd 1 ,\*l 11k Sax**. Fund I <0 10 Spore fix* Fund 11-4 O'x J nilcd (»r Fund M I > S>»rc Vc I ..IHI HI-
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        Lock icon Manila tycoon Gokongwei to lead strife-ridden oil firm
        383 21 AFP MANILA Stock-holders yesterday chose ethnic Chinese tycoon John Gokongwei as company chairman in a compromise to bring an end to disputes over control of Oriental Petroleum and Minerals Corp (OPMC), the Philippines' largest local oil explorer. Stockbroker Robert Coyiuto, who controls
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        Lock icon Thai paper firm fights takeover bid
        392 21 Bloomberg Business News BANGKOK Phoenix Pulp and Paper pic will hold an extraordinary meeting of its board of directors today to discuss the hostile takeover bid by the G Premjee group. Company spokeswoman Duangkaew Warradilok yesterday said: "That's all I can tell you now."
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        Lock icon Paper and pulp firm Indah Kiat's net profit falls 26pc
        149 21 AFP JAKARTA IndonesianTaiwanese paper and pulp joint venture PT Indah Kiat Pulp and Paper Co suffered a 26 per cent drop in net profit last year, the firm said here yesterday. In an audited financial statement published in newspapers, the
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        Lock icon Indonesia's state tin miner to go public this year
        159 21 AFP JAKARTA State tin producer PT Tambang Timah will go public later this year with a share offer worth about 100 billion rupiah (Ss72 million). Company spokesman Anhar Ramli yesterday said the funds to be generated from the share sale, expected
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        Lock icon Survey ranks Salim as largest Indon group with US$8b sales
        375 21 Reuter JAKARTA Indonesia's Salim group, controlled by ethnic Chinese tycoon Liem Sioe Liong. is the nation's biggest conglomerate, according to a leading business magazine survey published yesterday. The weekly H aria Ekonomi magazine, in a list of Indonesia's top 200
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      • COMPANY BRIEFS
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          Lock icon Mercedes-Benz posts loss of 1.2b marks
          67 22 Bloomberg Business News FRANKFURT German car and truck maker Mercedes-Benz reported a loss of 1.198 billion deutschemarks (SSl.l billion) last year. the largest in its history. against a profit of X 49 million marks in 1992. Die lIW/ newspaper said yesterday. Ihe report came
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          Lock icon Reuters revenue up 15pc
          91 22 Reuter LONDON International news and information group Reuters Holdings pic said its revenue during the first quarter of 1994 was 15 per cent higher at £513 million compared with the first quarter of 1993. "We said when we announced our 1993 results we felt we could
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          Lock icon NEC's PC sales in Japan up 25pc
          73 22 Reuter TOKYO NEC Corp's sales of personal computers in Japan increased 25 per cent from a year earlier to 740.(XX) units in the second half of the business year ended March 31. associate senior vice-president Yoshi Takayama told a news conference yesterday "The
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          Lock icon Asia Chemical plans bond sale
          62 22 Bloomberg Business News Taipei Asia Chemical Corp. a manufacturer of rubber tape, has applied to the Securities and Exchange Commission to raise 60 million Swiss francs overseas through the sale of convertible bonds, the commission said yesterday. Convertible bonds are sold with a provision that
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        Lock icon Head of Sri Lanka's biggest conglomerate defies set norms
        645 22 Reuter COLOMBO Ken Balendra. ex-boxer and rugby player, is a boardroom rebel. Unlike older colleagues, he is not afraid to defy set norms in private management. "Guts! That's what the private sector needs today. Guts!" says Mr Balendra. whose John Keells
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        New Wharf chief says China projects held up by red tape
        468 22  -  By Teh Hooi Ling SINGAPORE Hongkongbased Wharf Holdings' ambitious infrastructure projects in Wuhan are being held up as approvals have not been obtained from the Chinese central government. Wharfs incoming chairman. Gonzaga Li. said the reason was that the
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        Lock icon Massey Ferguson may be sold to US buyer for US$330m
        435 22 FT LONDON Massev Ferguson. one of the most famous names in the world traetor industry. is elose to being sold by Varitv. its L'S parent, for USS33O million (SSSII million). The buyer, in a deal that could be announced in
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        Lock icon HK securities body proposes amendment to takeovers code
        182 22 Reuter HONGKONG Hongkong's Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has proposed an amendment to the Code on Takeovers and Mergers to provide alternate candidates to chair hearings of the Takeovers Appeal Committee. The SFC said in a statement yesterday that at present the
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    • FINANCE & COMMODITIES
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        UMBC's pre-tax profit expected to hit M$200m
        375 24 KUALA LUMPUR United Malayan Banking Corp Bhd (UMBO is soaring to greater heights under its new owner and management, ihc Star newspaper reported yesterday. Analysts are predieting that pre-tax group profit of UMBC, one of the country's top five commercial banks, will hit
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        Lock icon Hokkaido Takushoku Bank to cut dividend after loan write-offs
        290 24 FT LONDON Hokkaido Takushoku Bank, one of Japan's 11 commercial banks, is to cut its dividend for the first time in 33 years following heavy loan write-offs which threaten to push pre-tax profits sharply lower. The bank, based in the northern
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      • SMALL CHANGE
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          Lock icon Thai banks likely to up rates this week
          122 24 Bloomberg Business News BANGKOK Most Thai commercial banks will raise lending rates by 0.25 to 0.5 percentage point this week because of recent increases in countries where Thai banks get some of their funds, bank executives here say. "This time we are
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          Lock icon Taipei's central bank chief to quit: paper
          103 24 AFP TAIPEI The governor of Taiwan's Central Bank of China. Samuel Shieh. will step down in late May after five years in the post, the Commercial Times said yesterday. The 74-year-old doctor of agronomy will not seek a second term, the Chinese language
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          Lock icon Finconesia posts 3.6b rupiah profit
          64 24 AFP JAKARTA A four-country banking joint venture. Bank Finconesia. recorded an audited net profit of 3.62 billion rupiah (552.5 million) in the year to December, the bank's official said yesterday. Finconesia spokesman Sri Hartono said the bank's 1993 profit was up on the 1.98 billion
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        Lock icon Manila approves measures to boost savings, interest
        182 24 Reuter MANILA The Philippine Central Bank has approved two measures aimed at improving savings and inereasing interest paid on bank deposits. Central Bank governor Gabriel Singson said yesterday the monetary board had abolished a ban on banks paying interest on demand accounts and
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        136 24 THE US$ opened lower across the board yesterday as the weekend G7 meeting passed uneventfully with no surprises. 1994 growth rates for the US and Germany were revised upwards slightly. There were calls for lower rates in Germany, France and perhaps Japan, whilst higher rates
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        184 24 Bloomberg Business News LONDON The dollar fell to a three-week low against the deutschemark here yesterday as growing optimism about the German economic recovery and comments from Bundesbank officials dampened the prospects for speedier interest rate cuts. The dollar was also weakened by the failure of finance ministers from
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        Crude oil prices fall on concern funds may sell
        161 24 Bloomberg ENERGY REPORT LONDON Oil prices reversed Friday's gains yesterday as traders anticipated selling by large investment funds, brokers said. Crude oil futures also look expensive given current supply and demand, the brokers said. Brent crude oil for June settlement on
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        94 24 AFP NEW YORK The dollar was down against most major currencies except the yen yesterday, in the wake of disapGintment on the Asian and ndon markets at the failure to reach a concrete accord at a G-7 summit in Washington. Around 9:30 am (1330 GMT), the dollar was
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        1763 24 lieklemigiihil iiklry lukuluu,/ afaiii\i S/»»«•'» /«f> H truth ng parlnen Auw inn /M' US$/S$ forward rates Noon Apr 25 s$ Bid Offer 1-monlh I 5V>«» I 55(4 2-month 1 5574 I 55»9 3-month I 5577 1.5592 6-month 1 5581 I 5603 Source: OCBC FOREIGN CURRENCY NOTE RATES As at tan
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        1419 25 SIMEX REPORT Reuter SINGAPORE Simex Euroyen futures ended below morning highs reflecting the slight recovery in the US dollar against the Japanese currency during the day. "Euroyen basically came off because of the spot dollar-yen rate," said one trader at a US investment bank. The
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        KL tin falls on initial high offer
        586 25 COMMODITY REPORTS Tin UN closed nine sen lower at MS 14.19 a kg yesterday, mainly due to a lower London market last week and an initial high offer. Traders said the market noted an opening offer of 77 tonnes against bids of 53.
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          104 25 LONDON Russia produced 190.000 tonnes of nickel in 1993, according to Russian government statistics released for the first time. Russian nickel output in 1993 dropped to 78 per cent of 1992 levels, according to the data unveiled at a meeting test week of The Hague-based
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          90 25 TOKYO Palladium prices surged on both the spot market and in futures trading on the Tokyo Commodity Exchange for Industry on Japanese buying ahead of three-day elections in South Africa starting today, according to traders. South Africa is a major producer of the white metal. "It's all
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          Japan aluminium premiums rise
          96 25 TOKYO Spot premiums for aluminium delivered to Japan are now fetching around USSBO-85 a tonne over the London Metals Exchange price, compared with IJSS7O-75 one month ago. according to traders. Premiums are fees paid bv importers to cover shipping and related costs. Three-month LME aluminium settled
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          Hope for China's copper futures trade
          81 25 TOKYO I rading ol copper futures will likely continue in China despite a recent government decision to stop futures trading of other commodities. according to traders. China announced last week that trading of steel, sugar and coal futures will cease once currently open contracts
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      1592 25 icuDoer Singapore Commodity Exchange (futures dMtag as at lpn) WSS 1 Cwttad (S cents/kg Close Volume Opci Month High Low Sett (tonnes) Interes May 94 148 75 I U* Jun 149 50 149 50 149.75 900 5 401 Jul 150.25 1*901 u 8 150.75 |.70( SfP 151.25 1.701
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        659 26 50.24 Share prices closed higher yesterda> as bullish sentiment, perked up b\ San Miguel Corp and Manila Electric Co (Meralco> issues, curbed expectations of sideways trade, brokers said. "Initially the market was uncertain. but when investors saw that prices did not go down, buyers came in." said Juanis Barredo
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        Taipei
        705 26 +81.22 Taiwan share prices closed 1.39 per cent higher in heavy trade led by steels, papers and plastics. but brokers said the upside potential, although big. will be challenged by heavy profit-tak-ing in the near term. The index ended up 81.22 points at 5.918.55. close to its intra-day high
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        Seoul
        459 26 -0.03 Profit-taking in blue chips wiped out early gains, with the composite stock index ending 0.03 point lower at 892.70 after rising eight points. The index saw a day high of 901.42. Losers outnumbered gainers by 455 to 264. "The market opened strong led by blue chips. But when
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        Bombay
        136 26 +6.53 Indian stocks closed mixed as investors awaited the results of a USSI billion issue of global depository receipts (GDRs) by the overseas telecommunications monopoly. Government-owned Videsh Sanchar Nigam Ltd is selling GDRs in the United States. They will be priced next week. If the issue fails to raise
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        606 26 -27.6 STOCKS fell yesterday as buoyant economic growth ruled out rate cuts, while bonds declined. Some say the UK may raise rates later this year to cap inflation if economic growth remains strong. Evidence of growth came yesterday in a rise in gross domestic product and a widening in
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        133 26 -18.88 French stocks followed bonds lower amid heightened concerns about the pace of interest rate cuts and the threat of German inflation. German money supply figures for March, an indicator the German Bundesbank uses to indicate inflation, will come out later this week and could delay the Bank of
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        Stockholm
        84 26 -0.17 Swedish shares closed little changed as a strong firstquarter earnings report from Svenska Handclsbanken helped offset an early increase in market interest rates, traders said. The OMX Index of 30 leading stocks closed 0.17 point lower at 1.117.23. Sixteen of the stocks declined. five were unchanged and nine
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        Frankfurt
        181 26 -11.7 Cicrnian stocks fell in the official session, hurt by a drop in the bond market amid concern further interest rate cuts could be stalled if money supply continues to swell. The DAX index of 30 leading shares dropped 11.70 points or 0.53 per cent to 2.202.22 points. Traders
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        Amsterdam
        253 26 -4.15 Shares fell as investors anticipated interest rates will rise further, making stocks less attractive. The Amsterdam EOE Index of the 25 most traded shares was also weighed down by stocks trading exdividend. such as Elsevier NV. The index closed 4.15 points lower at 414.96. Elsevier, with banking and
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        Brussels
        149 26 -4.27 Belgian stock prices slipped amid uncertainty about how fast interest rates will fall, analysts said. The Bcl-20 index of leading stocks fell 4.27 points to close at 1.491.45. Volume was thin with 218.000 shares changing hands as institutional investors held back, analysts said. "Belgian stocks arc still in
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        Zurich
        272 26 -24.4 Swiss blue-chips closed lower on interest rate fears, despite a late rebound after Wall Street opened stronger. At the European close, the Swiss Market Index, or SMI. which tracks 22 Swiss blue-chip stocks, closed down 24.40 points at 2.763.50. Nineteen stocks fell while three rose. Investors are worried
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        Johannesburg
        289 26 +43 Shares attracted steady late interest to post firm gains yesterday. Traders said foreign and local buyers had bought into the market ahead of elections. expecting a strong run once a new government was installed. .The overall index was up 28 points to 5.068, industrial index 43 higher at
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        Toronto
        237 26 +20.73 Stocks opened higher yesterday, but traders predict a quiet week ahead of Richard Nixon's funeral tomorrow. The TSE composite 300 index was up 20.73 points to 4,187.89 in volume of 5.30 million valued at C 566.46 million. Advances outpaced declines 178 to 110 with 189 issues unchanged. Just
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        New York
        730 26 +25.58 Blue-chip stocks rose yesterday as the market took its direction from a surge in the shares of DuPont Co and gains in other cyclical stocks. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 25.58 points at 3.673.26 at I pm EDT. In the broader market advancing issues led
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      3130 27 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG International hanking group HSBC Holdings led a broad decline in Mocks amid concern over rising interest rates yesterday. "Investors are very cautious because ihey realise that interest rates will definitely rise." said Willie Chan, dealing director at Crosby Securities (Hongkong). HSBC. which has the heaviest
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      CHINA
      564 27 THE Shanghai A market weakened yesterday with the CLSA A index falling 38.12 points to 3.089.76. The CLSA Shanghai B index, however, edged up 7.98 points to 712.60. Jin Jiang Tower was up 9 per eent on modest volume, but Outer Gaoqiao moved up 5 per cent on turnover
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      2499 27 Bloomberg Business News TOKYO Stocks declined as a stronger yen threatened to erode profits for Japan's major high tech and auto shares, traders said. "The 102 (yen to the dollar) level is psychologically not a !ood one for exporters." said higeru Akiba. branch manager of ÜBS Securities. "Once the
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      1726 27 Bloomberg Business News BANGKOK Thai share prices fell 1.22 per cent as finance and property stocks declined on expectations that lending rates will soon rise, hitting corporate profits, analysts said. Political uncertainty contributed to the price decline, as a widely discussed Cabinet reshuffle is in limbo because of disagreements
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      Lock icon JAKARTA
      1180 27 Bloomberg Business News JAKARTA Stocks edged down lo a new low for the year as investors eyed with caution rising global interest rates and labour strife in Sumatra, traders said. The benchmark Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite Index closed at a low for the year of 454.23. little changed from
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      CLOB INTERNATIONAL
      2992 28 HOT ACTM votom Mulpha I ml 50c 8.110 000 ldr» H\d 50c 6.236.000 Bcrjava I ml 4.414.000 Promct 4.622 000 Kamunling 50c .1.W.OOO Mull i-Pui pose 1.482 000 FACB 50c 3.342.000 Amah HWgs 50c 2 571.000 Mclroplcx 50c 2 044 000 Innovcrf BhJ 2.036.000 Kcmavan 50c 2 018
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        Lock icon Stocks rise as foreign funds target blue chips
        6239 28 Bloomberg Business News KUALA LUMPUR The benchmark stock index rose nearly 2 per cent as foreign investors, fleeing higher US interest rates, returned to the market to bid up blue-chip Malaysian stocks that had been in decline, analysts said. Analysts said foreign
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        7652 29 MAIN BOARD transaction date: Apr 25 Gr Gr Last \ol Day Last QmK Di> Di> Id Net < up High low Cum pant Sale (000) High l.o» BuNcr Seller S C«r S P/fc Smil g INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL 1350 206 t s Vina 975 cd unch 59 990 975 970
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        Lock icon Takeover talk bolsters share prices
        1983 30  -  By Paul Leo SINGAPORE The local stock market picked up yesterday where it left ofT on Friday on a strong note. The Straits Times Industrials Index rose 25.34 points to 2,293.01 in the first hour of trading, maintained its strength throughout the morning, then climbed
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      415 31 MBT KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian International Shipping Corp Bhd (MISC) will concentrate on several core moves to enhance its performance in view of the better global economy and trade prospects this year. After sailing through a generally depressed year in 1993, MISC will consolidate
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      214 31 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian International Shipping Corporation Bhd (MISC) is expected to continue a commendable profit growth of 8 per cent to 10 per cent in the next few years. BBMB Securities Sdn Bhd, a stockbroking firm, said last week for 1994 and 1995,
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      Seminar on managing transport disasters
      105 31 SINGAPORE A seminar on managing transport disasters will be held on May 26 and 27. Organised by the Chartered Institute of Transport, Singapore, it will look at how "one company succeeds in managing a disaster while another botches its crisis response". Topics will include airport
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      184 31 Reuter AMSTERDAM Shipping and transport group Koninklijke Nedlloyd Groep NV forecast a 6 per cent rise in its container traffic volume in 1994. "In the ocean shipping sector, we expect clearly improved results. In line with market developments, we are anticipating a 6 per
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      146 31 Knight-Ridder NEW DELHI India is building a new port on the outskirts of southern Madras city that will handle 16.12 million tonnes of coal annually, according to a government report. The 1993-94 (April-March) report from the Surface Transport Ministry said the port is
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      187 31 Reuter LONDON Severe congestion in Brazilian ports and on the US west coast has led to a shortage of dry bulk carriers in the Atlantic and escalating freight rates, Lloyd's Shipping Intelligence said last week. The continued rush to load grain cargoes in the
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      INDEX TO SHIPPING LINES AND FREIGHT FORWARDERS
      813 31 Page Col Accord Group 8 1-3 Ahrcnkicl Liner 4 1/2 •APL 5 3-5 •Appenship 8 4/5 •ANL 3 1/2 •ASCL 5 5 Assist Marine 6 1 Avant Shpg 6 4/5 Bait Orient Line 7 4/5 •Bank Line. The 9 5 Batamindo 7 3
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      Outdated Thai laws hinder merchant fleet expansion
      834 31 BANGKOK. Outdated Thai maritime laws arc the main hindrance to the expansion of the Thai merchant fleet, a top executive of Precious Shipping Co said last week. Though expansion of the Thai fleet could reduce the country's balance of payments deficit, by keeping
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        639 32 Vessel Voy No Berth Arrival Departure Vessel Voy No Berth Arrival Departure Jurong Port BatamSpeed A4694 P01A 2604/1200 2604/1300 Batam Sayang 04 07/94 19 jlongside 2604/2300 Batam Speed *****' P01A 26 04/0700 26 04/0800 OwGuna 04 04 94 Jll alongside 2604/2300 Batam Speed3 *****" P01A 25 04/1900
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        CONTAINER SCHEDULES
        2058 32 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Record Bookin(/Balance Rslts Ship Voy No Etb/Btr Period From To From to Soan 115* 27/1500 IB 25 1500 25 1659 25 1900 2B 25/1700 26 0659 26,0900 4 26/1200 26 1459 26,-1700
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      THE SHIPPING GUIDE
      10048 40 This is a list of ships loading at Singapore fot 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
      3400 45 A Xaß( ontainerline N\: Bclsin Shpg Agencies Pte Ltd (SV Marino Handling Sdn Bhd (PK/PN). Vccord Croup: \ccord Shpg Pie Lid (Sy. Accord Contr Line (PK/PN) \dkris Business Corporation Philippine Calsource Shpg Trdg Pie Lid (S) Ahrenkiel Liner Sen ice Kim Shpg Trdg(S). Albntros Sea- Air Sen ice:
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      307 45 Vbacus Couriers Tel: 545-8011. Fax 545-1898 Air txpress I ruu-l Tel: 533-5771. Fax: 535-6144. Airborne Freight Corporation Tel: 542-XS44 Fax: 542-3716. *****80. \irswift Worldwide Courier Tel: 278-0188 Fax: 273-8283. AJN Supplies Tel: 7 48-6322 (2 lines). "'47-7421. Fax: 742-8975 Cits-Link International Tel': 344-3377. Fax: 345-6450. Cluster Link Supplies
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      AIR FORWARDERS
      1554 45 \bex Express Freight Tel: 542-717| Fax *****84 Actinic Forwarder Tel: 225-1833 Fax *****42 \cthair Singapore Tel: 542-7822. Fax: *****20 Xerolink Freight International Tel: 545-8033. Fax: *****05 Acrospeed Tel: 542-5911. Fa* *****18 Air Cargo Novo Express Tel: 542-5454 Fax: *****06 Air Express International Tel: 542-7666 Fax: *****74. *****50 Air
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      2299 46 ALBANIA Durres: Eight vessels in port of w liich discharging: I gasoline. I bagged urea. I general cargo. 2 bagged sugar. I bagged Hour. I bulk coke: I vessel loading fcrro chronic: no vessels in roads awaiting berths. ANGOLA Luanda: City quiet: port quiet with on berthing delays.
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      CRUISE & FERRY SCHEDULES
      331 46 CRUISE FERRY SCHEDULES CRUISE SHIPS Art Dtp Name of Vessel ETA KID Ports of Calls I'orl Agent telephone No APRIL 26 26 Leisure World 1300 2015 Port Klang Lauw Sons Travel 227-8284 Cruise to Nowhere 26 26 Langkapuri Star 1630 2030 Penang Sin Jardine Shpg Agencies 224-1052 Aquarius Nlcdan 27
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      1356 46 SHIP SALES TANKER RATES AFP THERE HAS been a surge of buying activity from the Greek market which encompassed several sectors, including various bulk carriers (such as handy/panamax/capc) and extending to an older VLCC. However. with the onset of both Greek Easter and Japan's Golden Week from April 29. it
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      COCKETT BUNKER MARKET REPORT
      886 47 I HIS twice weekly report, compiled by Cocked Marine Oil Ltd. shows price ranges in US dollars instead of single prices tor a more comprehensive description of the market. Prices shown are based on average-sized stem. Market movements are indicated. The Cockclt Bunker Price Index change
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      596 47 Cation Carbon Apri 21 Density Water Residue Ash Muninun Sedment Density Water Residue Ash Mumriun Sednwnt a 0 MM 'MM Exxon Exxon KG/M'3 V/V "o MM '.MM PPM method KG M*3 V/V '.MM ',MM PPM method ISO/Cimac lints Spec E25 991 10 15 0 0 10
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      DAILY FREIGHTS
      1713 47 I RLIGIII market conditions continual to favour owners, especially in the Atlantic grain trades, brokers said on Friday. BIFFEX. always a conservative indicator, marked the key US Gulf/Japan route up from U5521,125 to U5521.825. they noted. This was only a theoretical estimate since no reliable fixtures have been
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      1475 48  -  A universal system of tonnage measurement, the International Tonnage Convention (1969) beeomes mandatory in July. Stephen Thomas explains how it works Stephen Thomas Seatrade Review WHAT is a ship's tonnage? This familiar question may be heard from vessel traffle con--1 rollers, pilots, brokers or indeed anyone when the
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