The Business Times, 27 February 1995

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    7 1 BUSINESS TIMES MITA(P) 194/12/94 Monday February 85'
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  • Article, Illustration
    Lock icon Barings buckles under billion-$ derivatives loss
    1116 1  -  Bank of England desperately seeking buyer Singapore-based trader missing MAS, SES and Simex meet to sort out mess By Catherine Ong, Conrad Raj Neil Behrmann in LONDON BARINGS pic, one of Britain's most respected merchant banks, is on the brink of collapse as losses
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    Mauling for Tokyo share prices expected
    439 1  -  From Anthony Rowley in TOKYO NEWS of the Barings debacle is likely to have a savage impact today on Tokyo stocks, which had already been hit by waves of selling last week when prices in the futures market suddenly plunged below cash market levels.
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  • Article
    Lock icon Trade war averted as US, China sign pact on copyrights
    264 1 Reuter BEIJING United States and Chinese officials signed an agreement yesterday to strengthen safeguards against intellectual property piracy in China and widen market access for US firms, officials said. The accord pulled the two Pacific trading giants back from the
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  • Article
    Sime Darby says it is seeking nod for 60% stake in UMBC
    348 1  -  From Ho Kay Tat in KUALA LUMPUR SIME Darby Bhd has confirmed it was seeking government approval to buy United Malayan Banking Corp (UMBC) in a move that analysts said would help plug a glaring hole in its
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    Gloom over S'pore stocks
    257 1  -  By R Sivanithy SINGAPORE The Barings crisis is expected to shake the Singapore stock market today, particularly if the rescue efforts of the Bank of England come to nought and the Tokyo market plunges when it opens. However, the release this morning of the 1994 economic
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      22 1 Business IT: Pg n Strong support for Comdex/Asia The Shougang affair Li Ka-shing suffers major setback in China corporate scene, Pg 22
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      19 1 Hock Lock Siew: pg 19 Sustaining OCBC's growth OCBC forms top-level team to work out future strategy, Pg 19
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
    • EYE on the ECONOMY
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        Lock icon M2 up 14% in December
        269 2  -  By Ven Sreenivasan THE chief measure of money supply, M 2, continued to grow strongly last December. Figures from the Monetary Authority of Singapore show M 2 grew 14.4 per cent to $93.98 billion year-on-year in December, as deposits with banks grew in tandem with
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      Lock icon COE prices expected to soar in a few months
      491 2  -  Demand likely to be driven by a string of new car models and lower COE quotas By Ramesh Divyanathan CERTIFICATES of Entitlement (COE) prices may soar from around mid-year when the effect of possibly lower COE quotas and a string of
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      US disk drive association to host conference here next week
      453 2  -  By Claire Leow THE International Disk Drive Equipment and Materials Association (Idema) of the United States will host a major disk drive conference at the Shangri-La Hotel next week. Idema executive director Mark Geenen said on Friday that The Asia
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    • NEWS ROUNDUP
      • Article
        Robert Chua joins standards body
        63 2 THE International Elect rot echnical Commission, a standardisation body for the development of electrical and electronic products, has appointed a Singaporean to its general policy committee. Singapore Manufacturers' Association president Robert Chua's appointment makes Singapore the second Asian country after Japan to be represented in
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        Sisir wants standards feedback
        61 2 The Singapore Institute of Standards and Industrial Research (Sisir) is inviting public comment on drafts to be established as Singapore standards. The standards relate to a wide range of products including rubber, thermoplastic, paint and pipes. Copies of the drafts and standards are available at Sisir's
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        Science Centre chairman re-appointed
        47 2 THE Minister of Education Lee Yock Suan has re-appointed Michael Yeo Chee Wee chairman of the Science Centre Board for two years. Mr Yeo, who is deputy chairman of listed Yeo Hiap Seng Ltd, has been chairman of the board since February, 1989.
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        Chinese don teaches business at poly
        47 2 A SUZHOU University professor is teaching Business Administration students at the Singapore Polytechnic for eight weeks. Associate Professor Zhu Zhongyu, a specialist in international relations and economic cooperation studies, may also give a luncheon talk in March for companies and individuals.
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    • Article
      Corrections & clarifications
      67 2 Corrections clarifications In a BT report on Feb 25 headlined "More realistic valuations, lower cash upfront for resale of HDB flats", an error was made in the table. In the last item, "Financing if seller buys another resale flat", the "Contra against proceeds from existing flat" should be the new
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
    • Article
      Arbamass seeks to export palm oil but minister objects
      409 3  -  From Leslie Lopez in JAKARTA thjT COMPANY that caused stir with its plan to wrest dterfbution rights for alcohol is now seeking to a potentially lucrative to export crude ipttti oil produced by a state..v dfVtoed plantation. But PT Arbamass Multi
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      Lock icon Here's to opportunity
      46 3 AFP HANOI A Vietnamese man making final preparations just before the official opening of the new Bank of America office here on Friday. The branch is hoping to take advantage of growing opportunities in trade Financing and raising loans for infrastructure projects. AFP
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      Lock icon Manila foreign debt burden hits new low
      270 3 AFP MANILA The Philippines' foreign debt burden has receded to a new low. even though the debt has hit about USS36 billion (SSS2 billion), said Central Bank governor Gabriel Singson yesterday. Mr Singson also minimised concerns that the current account deficit had grown
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      Lock icon Indon official now says plywood trade not that bad
      399 3 Reuter JAKARTA One week after caying plywood makers on Indortena's side of Borneo island i welt threatened with disaster, forestry official has backtracked and said the situation is not that bad, the Antara newt agency said yesterday. > B S Suba,
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      Lock icon Sabah sets up panel to fight timber politics
      210 3 AFP KUALA LUMPUR Malaywa's resource-rich Sabah state *W«s reported yesterday to have foflhed a committee to fight politics" after rejecting togging firm's tender for a ggtmic timber grant. "This committee will vet fcftdera for timber concessions *> boost revenue from the indurtry
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      Lock icon Philippines to join reactor group
      73 3 AFP MANILA The Philippines will join the consortium of countries providing North Korea with light-water reactors and fuel oil in return for Pyongyang's agreement to shut down its nuclear Programme. Foreign Secretary Roberto Romulo yesterday said Manila was looking into ways it could contribute to
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      Lock icon Plea to protect Myanmar refugees
      92 3 AP BANGKOK Myanmar rebels yesterday urged Thailand to protect refugees fleeing attacks by Myanmar government forces, j £OOned of killing two refugees and a Thai on Thai soil. The All mirma Students' Democratic Front said about 20 soldiers, who ooftld be "traced back" to Myanmar's
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      Lock icon Lower interest rates for Manila in '96
      73 3 AFP MANILA Philippine interest rates are expected to fall in 1996 *as the government deficit is expected to fall. Budget Secretary Stfvtdor Enriquez yesterday said that with a budget surplus of billion pesos (S$ 1.01 billion) expected in 1996, the interest for 91-day
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      Lock icon 33,000 foreign workers in Indonesia
      50 3 FP JAKARTA A total of 32,945 foreigners are legally working in latfonesia. Antara news agency yesterday quoted director for manpower placement, Adang Farid, as saying Japanese and South *ftdrean9 were the largest group of expatriate workers, with respecJires4 ,976 and 4,969 people working here. FP
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  • CHINA/HONGKONG/TAIWAN
    • CHINA WATCH
      • Article
        Lock icon Fall in China's motor vehicle imports
        163 4 Reuter BEIJING China imported U554,715 billion (556.83 billion) of motor vehicle products, down 11.9 per cent from the previous year, the official Xinhua news agency said yesterday. The figures include imports of cars and trucks, parts and motorcycles. China's exports of motor vehicle products
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        Lock icon Chinese cadres to boost Tibet economy
        129 4 Reuter BEIJING China will send 1,000 of its most outstanding officials and technicians to the remote region of Tibet to help boost the economy, the Xinhua news agency said. The cadres selected for service in the rugged Himalayan region, troubled in recent years by
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        Lock icon Dam project jeopardising cultural sites
        85 4 AP BEIJING The Three Gorges dam on the Yangtze River will flood areas containing 1,208 cultural relics sites, an official newspaper reported yesterday. A report on the sites was made on Saturday at a meeting of a committee assigned to plan for the preservation of
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      Lock icon Shenzhen village turning into a HK love nest
      454 4 AP SHENZHEN Yellow Shell Ridge is just one of many villages that have grown together into the booming town of Shenzhen along the border with Hongkong. But townspeople know it as "Second Wife Village". The nickname comes from the village's reputation as
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      Lock icon Hongkong gets what it was expecting from Sino-US deal
      500 4 Reuter HONGKONG Hongkong got what it was expecting yesterday as negotiators from the United States and China, the British colony's biggest trading partners, pulled back from the brink of a trade war. The two sides reached an agreement on the protection
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      Lock icon Love the old-fashioned way
      73 4 Reuter TAIPEI Sixty couples, including a Japanese bridegroom, were married here yesterday in Taiwan's first traditional-style mass wedding at the country's main Confucian temple. Brides and grooms, clad in bright red costumes as in ancient times, exchanged vows after arriving by horseback or sedan-chair. But there
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      Lock icon Beijing seen as new core of world economy
      449 4 It is becoming the key provider of the future, say US analysts Reuter ORLANDO Despite nagging problems, including murky political idealogy and an imbalance between state and private enterprise, China will be at the core of the new centre of the world's
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      Lock icon China denies abusing human rights
      238 4 Reuter BEIJING China does not crack down on political dissidents, has no prisoners of conscience, does not transplant organs from executed criminals without consent and did not beat to death a Tibetan nun, the cabinet said yesterday. The State Council, or cabinet. issued a 7,000-character
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      Lock icon Slump seen in China yen bond issues
      288 4 Reuter TOKYO Chinese borrowers, aggressive fund-raisers in the Tokyo market in the past, appear content to stay on the sidelines so far this year, brokers said. They forecast a significant fall in China's yen bond issues because of strict new Chinese regulations on
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      Lock icon China eyes global depositary receipt system
      212 4 Reuter BEIJING China wants to set up a global depositary receipt (GDR) system and sees this as one of the most effective ways to develop its securities market, but will be unable to do so for some time, a senior official said. A GDR
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      Lock icon Taiwan raises rediscount rate to fight inflation
      320 4 Reuter TAIPEI. Taiwan's central bank announced a surprise rise in its key rediscount rate of 0.3 percentage points to 5.8 per cent on Saturday, and analysts said the move would depress stock prices but firm up the Taiwan dollar. The hike, effective from
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  • REST OF ASIA
    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon Some S Korean carmakers record hefty losses due to price curb
      373 5 AFP SEOUL South Korean carmakers, except Hyundai Motor Co and Asia Motors Co, recorded hefty deficits last year because of a price curb and heavy spending, according to interim financial reports cited yesterday by newspapers. Domestic automakers sold 2.3
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    • Article
      Lock icon Dhaka urges Delhi to resolve dispute over sharing river water
      275 5 Reuter DHAKA Bangladesh's prime minister has urged the Indian government to resolve a long-running dispute on sharing river water which is slowly turning north-western Bangladesh into a desert, officials said yesterday. "Water is our main problem. A serious crisis prevails
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      Lock icon Sri Lankan media fear new moves may lead to crackdown
      159 5 AFP COLOMBO A Sri Lankan weekly dropped its "Gossip Column" yesterday after President Chandrika Kumaratunga ordered a defamation action against its editor, journalists at the paper said. The government also carried out its first censorship by removing a page of
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      Lock icon Tension high in Karachi following slaying of Shi'ites
      301 5 Reuter KARACHI, Pakistan Night gunfire kept tension high in the southern Pakistani city of Karachi yesterday and armed police guarded mosques following the massacre of 20 Shi'ite Muslim worshippers the previous day. Witnesses said young Shi'ites, faces covered in black cloth, fired
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    • ASIA NOTES
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        Lock icon Japan electrical firms face complaint
        126 5 Reuter TOKYO Japan's Fair Trade Commission will file a complaint against nine electrical companies for agreeing sewage project tenders among themselves in order to raise the price of contracts, the Kyodo news agency reported. Kyodo said Itaru Nakamoto, president of the Japan Sewage Works Agency,
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      • Article
        Lock icon Toyota president in hospital
        98 5 Reuter TOKYO Tatsuro Toyoda, the president of Toyota Motor Corp, was taken to hospital on Friday afternoon with a condition related to high blood pressure and caused by overwork, the Kyodo news agency reported. He was taken to hospital by ambulance after he said he felt
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      • Article
        Lock icon Indian deficit may exceed estimate
        115 5 AFP NEW DELHI India's fiscal deficit in the financial year to March 31 is expected to overshoot the budget estimate by about 100 billion rupees (554.2 billion), a private think-tank said in a report yesterday. The government had projected a deficit of 549 billion rupees
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  • REGIONAL FOCUS
    • Article, Illustration
      Everything's not what it seems to be
      1034 6 China's inflation figures HOW much will prices rise in China in 1995? Or. to put the question in its familiar context, how much difference will there be between 1995's inflation rate and government forecasts of the rate? Last year. Beijing overran its 10
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      Higher factory gate prices
      193 6 ALTHOUGH the statistics are not yet complete, factory gate prices for industrial products are expected to have risen around 18 per cent in 1994. This is uncomfortably high, but not as high as the 24 per cent increase in 1993. Here, in brief, are the highlights
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  • THE WORLD
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      Lock icon Mexico drawing up tough new plan to jumpstart economy
      427 7 NYT MEXICO CITY Clear signs that Mexico's economic crisis is worsening have forced the government to concede that its original economic stabilisation plan has failed, and that a tougher new plan of budget cuts and tax increases will have to be
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      Lock icon US, Europe agree on urgency of getting new trade chief
      366 7 Reuter BRUSSELS The United States and Europe agreed on Saturday that they must quickly find a new world trade chief but remained at odds over who was the best man for the job. The Americans, Europeans and Asians are sharply
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    • WORLD WATCH
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        Lock icon Risk from Russian satellite debris
        101 7 AFP NEW YORK Radioactive debris from dead nuclear-powered Russian spy satellites could damage working satellites orbiting the Earth, Nasa officials said in a newspaper report published yesterday. The nuclear debris could wreak havoc in a crowded orbit located 965 kilometres up of satellites for navigation,
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      • Article
        Lock icon Saudi-Yemen declaration on border row
        106 7 AFP MECCA Saudi Arabia and Yemen signed a declaration of principles on settling their border dispute yesterday, providing for a number of joint commissions but no arbitration if the process breaks down. The 11-point statement, signed by an adviser to King Fahd, Ibrahim al-Ankari, and
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      • Article
        Lock icon Clinton plans to close fewer bases
        93 7 AP WASHINGTON Political pressures and the up-front costs of closing military bases kept the Clinton administration's draft closure list shorter than many expected. The list, to be made official tomorrow, spares facilities in politically important states while recommending far more "realignments" than outright closures.
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      • Article
        Lock icon White House no to deal on wage rise
        103 7 Reutcr WASHINGTON US Labour Secretary Robert Reich said on Saturday the US government had ruled out backing the Republican proposal to cut the capital gains tax in exchange for Republican support of a minimum wage raise. "I think that's a lousy deal,"
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    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon Acting on an odd request
      53 7 Reuter NEW YORK Fred Kahl, a sword shallower from New York's famous "Coney Island Sideshow", swallowing his sword while holding his eight-month-old son Kostya, and wearing fashions by Tommy Hilfiger, Paul Smith and Guess Jeans, during a fashion shoot for Request magazine in New York
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    • Article
      Lock icon UN hopes social summit will refocus priorities
      485 7 AFP NEW YORK Facing severe limits as a global peacekeeper, the United Nations is sponsoring an unprecedented summit on social issues next month to help refocus its priorities as a world body. The March 6-12 meeting in Copenhagen, expected to group more than
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    • Article
      Lock icon Gore pledges to ease rules for foreign communications firms
      401 8 Bloomberg Business News BRUSSELS American VicePresident A 1 Gore, in an effort to force open European and Japanese markets to US companies, pledged to relax foreign-ownership restrictions for foreign communications companies on a reciprocal basis. Speaking to telecommunications leaders of the
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    • Article
      Lock icon Can the Third World get on the info highway?
      304 8 Reuter BRUSSELS Experts differ on whether the world's poorest countries will win or lose from the development of the global information highway being planned in Brussels over the weekend by the richest nations. "There's a problem what will happen to the
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    • Article
      Lock icon German bosses hold firm over metalworkers' strike
      204 8 AFP BONN Employers in Germany's first metalworkers' strike since 1984 will stick to their guns in their opposition to the stoppage, their leader Hans-Joachim Gottschol said on Saturday. In an interview with Welt am Sonntag, Mr Gottschol, head of the bosses' federation Gesamtmetall,
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      Lock icon Making a splash
      54 8 Reuter CUEVA DE LOS TAVOS, Peru A shirtless Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori speaking to members of the media standing in waist-deep water here last Friday. Reporters accompanied Mr Fujimori on a three-day trek around the disputed Peru-Ecuador border zone, including a stop at this cave which contains
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      Lock icon Clinton goes on air to hit out at Republican plan for balanced budget
      310 8 Los Angeles Times-Washington Post WASHINGTON Turning up the political heat on wavering Democrats, President Bill Clinton took to the airwaves on Saturday to assert that the balanced-budget constitutional amendment sought by congressional Republicans would deepen future recessions
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    • Article
      Lock icon School takes on tobacco firm in controversial papers' case
      274 8 Los Angeles Times-Washington Post WASHINGTON America's third-largest tobacco company ordered a "stake out" at the library of the University of California in San Francisco to intimidate scholars studying documents stolen from the company, the school alleges. Tlie widely publicised cache of
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  • SPORTS
    • SIDELINES
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        Lock icon Craig Parry wins Canon Challenge
        112 9 Reuter SYDNEY Australian Craig Parry won the Canon Challenge tournament yesterday by three strokes after matching the course record with a seven-under-par 65 in his final round. Overnight leader Glenn Joyner, chasing his first major success in seven years as a professional, fell away badly
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        Lock icon Beauty and the big
        41 9 Reuter TOKYO Grand champion sumo wrestler Takanohana, 22, and former television announcer Keiko Kono, 30, announcing their engagement during a news conference at a Tokyo hotel on Feb 25. Their wedding ceremony is scheduled for May 29.
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      • Article
        Lock icon Aussies are Centenary Cup champs
        86 9 AFP AUCKLAND Australia inflicted New Zealand's most humiliating one-day defeat yesterday in the final of the Centenary Cup to mark 100 years of cricket in the host country. Australia's spin twins Tim May and Shane Warne knocked the heart out of the New Zealand innings
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      • Article
        Lock icon US boxer in critical condition
        81 9 Reuter LONDON US boxer Gerald McClellan was in critical condition on life support yesterday after undergoing brain surgery to remove a blood clot resulting from a lOth-round knockout loss to Nigel Benn. The surgery was carried out at London Royal Hospital in the early hours
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      • Article
        Lock icon Kuramoto in Andersen golf finals
        63 9 AP YOSHIDACHO, Japan Masahiro Kuramoto beat Naomichi Ozaki in the finals of the Japanese preliminary round yesterday and advanced to the finals of the Andersen Consulting World Championship of Golf. Kuramoto defeated Ozaki 1-up after beating Hideki Kase 4 and 2 in the second preliminary
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      Lock icon Making cents of US professional sports
      666 9  -  Only drastic measures can save the games from the money trail, says Steve Hummer Steve Hummer AP IF professional sport is a mess and I think we all are in agreement that it could use a good shower and de-lousing then blame the money
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      Lock icon Price capitalisation at Dunhill Challenge
      311 9 Golf AP JOHANNESBURG Topranked Nick Price capitalised on a final hole error by world No 2 Greg Norman to win a one up victory yesterday that helped Southern Africa defeat Australasia in the inaugural Alfred Dunhill Challenge, the southern hemisphere version of the Ryder Cup.
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      Lock icon Agassi loses temper and semifinal match at Comcast US Indoor
      479 9 AP PHILADELPHIA Andre Agassi lost his cool on Saturday night. Then he lost his semifinal match at the Comcast US Indoor. Agassi, who had won 37 of his last 39 matches and all 16 in 1995, lost to Thomas Enqvist
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    • SCORE CARD
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        Basketball
        25 9 NEW YORK NBA Saturday: Cleveland 105 New Jersey 102; Washington 102 Houston 112; Sacramento 98 LA Clippers 83; Golden State 105 LA Lakers 81.
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        Golf
        257 9 SYDNEY US$26 Canon Challenge final round Sunday (Australian unless stated): 275 Craig Parry 69 69 72 65 278 Wayne Smith 72 68 72 66 280 Grant Kenny 69 68 74 69, Paul Moloney 75 67 71 67 281 Peter Senior 70 70 70 71 282 David Armstrong 70 70
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        Tennis
        79 9 STUTTGART, Germany U552,125 million Eurocard Open semi-finals Saturday: Richard Krajicck (Neth) b Martin Damm (Czc) 6-2 6-3; 5-Michael Stich (Ger) b 1-Boris Becker (Ger) 6-0 6-3. PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania LS$7OO,OOO ATP US Indoor semifinals Saturday: 3-Michael Chang (US) b Paul Haarhuis (Neth) 6-2 6-0; Thomas Enqvist (Swc) b 2-Andre Agassi
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      Lock icon Perry swings into the lead in Nissan Open
      636 9 NYT LOS ANGELES The improbable run of Kenny Perry continued on Saturday, winding its way 40 feet up the hill at Riviera's storied last hole, climbing towards the cup as though guided by radar or an unseen hand, and crashing into the
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  • ENTERPRISE & MANAGEMENT
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      Lock icon Tracing the origins of her success
      1582 10  -  Chew Farn Chyi meets the dynamic woman behind a $5 million-a-year Asian furniture business Chew Farn Chyi ORIGINS Antique proprietor Emily Chen-Goh started life with much strife. But the hard lessons she learned after leaving school at the tender age of 11 to work
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      EXECUTIVE MOVES
      383 10 D SWAROVSKI Co has appointed Hans (J Pirker its Crystal Components Division vice-president of operations for the Asia-Pacific. Based in Singapore, Dr Pirker takes on this new responsibility in addition to his current position as managing director of Swarovski Singapore Trading Pte Ltd, whose markets include Brunei, Indonesia.
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      453 10 FINANCIAL DERIVATIVES Corporate Applications Controls 27 28 March '95 Westin 8.30 am to "The Board (Federal Reserve) recognises that some derivatives are eomplex instruments that, if not properly understood and managed, can pose risks to Individual users Alan Greenspan, Chairman, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. "Derivatives often
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  • BUSINESS IT
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      Strong support for Comdex/Asia
      846 11  -  Response from exhibitors indicates they want a trade-focused show, the organisers tell Kenneth James Kenneth James COMDEX in name, Comdex in practice. That's what organisers now expect from Comdex/Asia at Singapore Informatics '95, the new incarnation of the region's best-known ;omputer show. The confidence stems from
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      China going over the top in PC, TV output
      426 11  -  China is set to exceed targets in the production of two electronic goods. Claire Leow reports Claire Leow JUDGING by past performance, China's production of personal computers and colour television sets will exceed targets for 1995 under China's five-year plan for
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      Intel launches new chip sets to support Pentium
      349 11  -  By David Mok WITH a whopping 20 million Pentium pro-cessor-based PCs expected to be sold this year, the creator of the chip, Intel Corp, has launched a chip set that the company claims optimises the performance of Pentium systems. Several computer vendors,
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      Lock icon G-7 ponders promises and pitfalls of Internet
      280 11 AFP AS top industrialised nations met last Friday to discuss the future of telecommunications, high on the agenda was the fast-growing international Internet, a system full of potential, and potential problems. The computer network, serving 20 million to 30 million people in 159
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      Apple offers two-in-one Power Mac combo
      604 12  -  The new tack is aimed at gaining market share by winning over users in the corporate and education markets, David Mok learns. David Mok IN A BID to increase its share of the personal computer market, Apple Computer has launched a Power Macintosh PC
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      Networking firm Cabletron plans Asian expansion
      290 12  -  By David Mok IN AN EFFORT to boost regional sales, networking vendor Cabletron Systems is expanding into four Asian countries where it does not have a direct presence. The US-based firm will appoint technical representatives in Thailand, Indonesia, Philippines and South Korea in the
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      Belden, Krone launch new products
      237 12  -  By Lee Wai Leong SINGAPORE Belden International and Krone last week launched two new network cabling products that will enable network managers to provide for future high-speed networking technologies without having to worry about re-wiring for years to come. Belden's new Data Twist 350 UTP
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      Lock icon Apple seeks to boost Asian sales and market share
      156 12 Reuter APPLE Computer Inc plans to boost its sales and market share in the fast growing Asian market by building on its strength in the publishing and education niches, the American computer maker's managing director for Asia said in Hongkong. Sales
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    • TECH TAKES
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        Lock icon World's smallest colour inkjet printer
        88 12 AFP TOKYO Japan's Canon Inc last week unveiled the world's smallest and lightest colour inkjet printer priced at 59,800 yen (about SS9OO), projecting sales of 40,000 units a month. The company said the printer would be released in Japan in March and other markets in
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        Aztech's multimedia upgrade kits
        74 12 SINGAPORE Local firm Aztech Systems has launched two multimedia upgrade kits that include its latest quad spieed CD-ROM drive. According to Aztech, the drive has a data transfer rate of 600 kbps and an average access time of 235 msec. Both upgrade kits come with stereo
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        New workstations from Sun
        48 12 SINGAPORE Sun Microsystems has launched a new range of entry-level technical workstations. The Sparcstation 4 is a low-end system designed for applications such as software development, entry-drafting and technical publishing, according to Sun. The Sparcserver 4 is an entry-level workgroup file and LAN server.
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        Digital launches low-cost server
        94 12 SINGAPORE Digital Equipment Corp has unveiled a low-cos' server computer based on its powerful Alpha microchip, which some analysts say will help its Alpha line compete with computer that use microprocessors from Intel Corp. The US-based company said the AlphaServer 400 4/166 is priced just below
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        AASoft to distribute Gametek games
        54 12 SINGAPORE Locally-based AASoft International will be the regional distributor for US-based Gametek Inc's computer games. Gametek, one of the largest Nintendo software companies in the US, produces titles including Super Street Fighter II Turbo and Frontier Elite 2. AASoft will distribute both DOS/Windows and Macintosh
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        Software tool for Windows developers
        52 12 SINGAPORE Symantec Corp has launched a software tool br Windows developers writing applications for 32-bit operating systems, such as Windows9s. The C++ development system features incremental parsing and an object-oriented browser/ editor. The tool will be available in March at an estimated retail of US$l99
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        AMD upbeat on chip sales
        60 12  -  Compiled by David Mok SINGAPORE US-based microprocessor maker Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) Inc expects to ship more than five million 486 chips during the first half of this year. To meet risiic demand, the company has signed an agreement with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing to make
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    • It's happenin'
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        Object Oriented Systems course
        60 12 SINGAPORE Datapro will hold a three-day course on Obj«ct Oriented Systems from March 20-22 at the Westin Hotel. Tbe course is targeted at systems analysts, systems designers apd programmers. Topics to be covered include Object Orienpd systems analysis and design, and how to assemble an Object
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        Win32 programming course
        30 12 SINGAPORE Elixir Technology will hold a three-day cou*e on Win32 programming for Windows NT and Windows 95 froth March 27-29. For details, please call Elixir at 322-8575.
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        HP colour printer promotion
        54 12 SINGAPORE Hewlett-Packard is holding a colour prin&r promotion-cum-family extravaganza on March 3-5 from 12 noon to 10pm at the Bishan Junction 8 atrium. Apart from prices on all colour printers, there will also be games and M contest with a DeskJet 1200 C and colour scanner
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        ISS courses in March
        55 12 SINGAPORE The Institute of Systems Science will hold following courses in March: March 6-7: Managing Object Oriented Technology March 7-9: Expert systems for managers March 7-10: Information systems security and controls March 9-10: Planning for client/server computing March 13-17: Object Oriented Analysis and Design. For details,
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        OS/2 Warp Festival
        43 12  -  Complied by Lee Wai Leong SINGAPORE IBM Singapore will hold a OS/2 Warp Festival on March 7 at the Amara Hotel. There will be demonstrations of OS/2 Warp and LAN Server 4.0. For details, please call Valeric Lee at 320-2082.
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      Case for a more global Internet backbone
      709 13  -  NET WATCH TRACKING THE NETWORKING WORLD Tommi Chen argues for a broadening of the Net's current US-centric structure Tommi Chen The writer is an Internaut and managing partner of Net Centre Pte Ltd which provides specialist networking services. He is active in the
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      Distributors of software products should take the information highway
      565 13  -  Technologically advanced software firms are still stuck with a centuries-old method of distribution, says Lee Wai Leong Lee Wai Leong COMPUTER software companies may consider themselves technologically advanced, but nearly all of them rely on a model of distribution that is
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      Lock icon Designing buildings in cyberspace
      206 13 Newsweek Digital technology is poised to have a huge impact on the way architects practise and ultimately, it could put many of them out of business. After all, argues William Mitchell, dean of architecture at MIT, the more time we spend in cyberspace, the less need
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      Lock icon Three rivals in one computer
      775 14  -  Peter H Lewis looks at a new Power Mac that can operate DOS and Windows programs Peter H Lewis NYT FOR THE young Macintosh enthusiast, it was agony. He had access to a Mac Quadra computer with a CD-ROM drive, but a relative had given
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      Lock icon Prodigy plans to introduce e-mail with pictures and voice
      251 14 Bloomberg Business News PRODIGY Services Co, a computer on-line service, said it and Seattle Film Works will offer a service that would let customers send pictures and voice recordings along with electronic mail messages. The service will debut in April and
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      Coming to grips with re-engineering
      543 14  -  WINDOWS OF OPPORTUNITY TOM AMBROSE The writer is a support contracts specialist with Hewlett Packard's Americas' Field Operations. You can write to him at 4991 Shady Leaf Way; Sacramento, CA; *****; USA. OVER the last 50 years, two things have happened to the business community
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      Lock icon Internet users warned of serious flaw in e-mail software
      208 14 NYT COMPUTER security officials issued a warning last week to hundreds of thousands of Internet network administrators, alerting them to a potentially serious flaw in a program used to handle electronic mail sent by millions of people each day on the
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  • THE ARTS
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      Broken Birds gives a voice to the voiceless
      646 17  -  Theatreworks looks at the trav ails of Japanese comfort women. Susan Tsang is moved by their tales Susan Tsang Having brought drama out of the theatre and into the outdoors with Trojan Women, which was staged in a quarry, and last year's
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      Brahms carries the day
      354 17  -  Benjamin Loh reviews last Friday's SSO concert Benjamin Loh BEETHOVEN's Egmont Overture was written as incidental music to Goethe's play Egmont, in which the hero Egmont dies in his attempt to overthrow the Spanish rulers in the early history of the Netherlands. The Singapore Symphony Orchestra's
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      11 17 NON-STOP TO DELHI EVERY THURSDAY SATURDAY EFFECTIVE FEB I 1, 1995
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      199 17 WEATHER Singapore: Showers over several areas in the afternoon. Temperature (24-32*) Alia-Pacific Hi/U' Cond Europe m/le- CmmJ Buenos 26/17 Cloudy Aix*land 23/16 Showers Amsterdam 08,04 Cloudy OujD 09/01 Cloudy Bangkok 34/23 Cloudy Athens 16/08 Showers HonoMu 27,18 Showers Berpng 07/5 Cloudy Bertn 08.01 Cloudy Houston 22/12 Cloudy Bombay 29/21 Sunny
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      1114 17 TV RADIO w" HKliilAiLilSlflßl Secrets of Antarctica, 9pm, Ch 12 i. This documentary shows us the icy continent with its penguins. seals and whales. It digs deeper, into the fossilised past. and turns up petrified trees V and animals from a tropical f past. V Hashi No Nai Kawa (The
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  • Article
    Cable & Wireless to buy 25% of Indon phone firm
    423 18  - Cable Wireless to buy 25% of Indon phone firm From Leslie Lopez in JAKARTA BRITAIN'S Cable Wireless pic has beaten its German rival, state-owned Deutsche Telekom, in the keen contest for a 25 per cent stake in Indonesia's private telephone company. A senior official of PT Satelit Palapa Indonesia, or
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    Lock icon G-7 superhighway summit focuses on open access to telecommunications
    470 18 Reuter BRUSSELS The question of open access dominated a weekend meeting of executives and ministers from the world's richest nations on how to handle the coming revolution in telecommunications. The conference of the Group of Seven (G-7) industrialised nations was the
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    Lock icon Japan money chiefs urge smooth rescue of credit unions
    308 18 Bloomberg Business News TOKYO Finance Minister Masayoshi Takemura and Bank of Japan Governor Yasuo Matsushita told the governor of Tokyo that the public rescue of two failed credit unions "needs to be achieved smoothly to protect Japan's financial stability," a senior
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    Lock icon French, German telecom alliance unlikely to get go-ahead
    248 18 Reuter BRUSSELS European Union competition commissioner Karel van Miert has told France and Germany the Commission is unlikely to clear the France Telecom-Deutsche Telekom AG Atlas alliance as it stands, a German official says. "Mr van Miert indicated that if it (the
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    Don't count on a corporate tax cut in the Budget
    736 18  -  The Bottom Line CHUANG PECK MING CHUANG PECK MING The writer is a BT journalist BUDGET DAY draws near, and businessmen are hoping as alwavs to see a cut in corporate tax. To an extent, businessmen have been primed to
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    Lock icon China brokerage, expecting run, lines up cash
    430 18 Reuter SHANGHAI Shanghai's leading brokerage firm scrambled for cash over the weekend expecting a run by investors today following China's biggest trading scandal. Company spokesman David Wei yesterday said Shanghai International Securities was being investigated for its role in illegal trading in treasury
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    Lock icon Russian minister to assess future with China after Deng
    324 18 Reuter MOSCOW Foreign Minister Andrei Kozyrev is likely to use his visit to Beijing this week to discreetly assess the future of Russia's relations with China as the health of its paramount leader Deng Xiaoping declines. Official announcements of the visit,
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
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      OCBC forms top-level team to work out future strategy
      571 19  -  By Alvin Tay SINGAPORE OCBC Bank has formed a top-level strategy committee to map out its future, a rare move aimed at addressing concerns as well as seizing opportunities when Singapore and regional countries liberalise their banking industry. The high-powered committee
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      Sin Soon Huat appoints Lee Khoon Choy chairman
      312 19  -  By Ramesh Divyanathan SINGAPORE Industrial hardware products maker Sin Soon Huat Ltd, which is expected to go public next month, has appointed Lee Khoon Choy its chairman. The company said recently that Mr Lee takes over from the previous chairman, Tan Bee
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      Regional expansion can sustain OCBC's growth
      946 19  -  HOCK By Alvin Tay SINGAPORE OCBC Bank shareholders can look forward to an eighth year of record profits when the banking giant releases its 1994 full-year results in the next few weeks. That is a foregone conclusion. The question is how big the year-on-year
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    • CORPORATE FOCUS
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        Barings takes another uppercut, but this time, it may stay down
        971 20  -  Barings' billion-dollar loss By Shiv Taneja SINGAPORE You don't get credentials much better than what the Barings name brings to a deal. As Britain's oldest and most blue-blooded of merchant banks. Barings pic counts amongst its clients the Queen
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        Bank of England to the rescue again
        74 20 A CENTURY AGO, the Bank of England had to bail out Barings when loan defaults by the Argentine Republic brought it to its knees. Yesterday, the British central bank again had to come to Barings' rescue. Bank of England officials, led by governor
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        Know your derivatives, if not, stay away
        868 20 SINGAPORE Not a week passes without some central bank or international financial regulatory commission proclaiming the need for tighter regulations and better control over the growing number of complex financial transactions called derivatives. Yet, that has not slowed the slew of derivtfcfves-rdaied fatalities
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        What went wrong, and why didn't the risk control systems work?
        1231 20  -  Commentary by CATHERINE ONG SINGAPORE History is repeating itself. More than a century after the Baring Crisis of 1890 whieh precipitated a general financial panic in the City of London, Britain's oldest merchant bank. Barings pic, is on the
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        Lock icon BIS to do first-ever survey of global derivatives market
        628 20 Reuter ZURICH The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) said yesterday it would conduct the first-ever comprehensive survey of the global derivatives market as part of a new study of activity in the foreign exchange markets. The derivatives survey, which will be
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        Li Ka-shing suffers major setback in China corporate scene
        1129 22  -  The Shoueang affair By Lee Han Shih THE RICHEST man in Hongkong did not spend much time celebrating the new Year of the Golden Pig. Billionaire Li Ka-Shing has seen his two major Chinarelated ventures unravel even before the traditional 15-day
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        The perils of investing in political influence
        1142 22  -  From Steve Vines in HONGKONG MANY investors must rue the day they fell under the Shougang group's charm for what they took to be a beautiful dream has turned into a horrible nightmare. And the awakening is proving to be very painful. It
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    • COMPANIES
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        Lock icon Shanghai stock exchange slaps restrictions on futures trading
        430 23 Brokerages also taken to task after probe into dumping of contracts Bloomberg Business News SHANGHAI The Shanghai stock exchange has restricted futures trading and given traders weeks to comply with futures regulations or face fines, the official Business News newspaper reported. In
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        Lock icon Euro Disney says its financial woes are almost over
        265 23 Reuter SANTA MONICA, California A top Walt Disney Co executive said last week that Euro Disneyland, the company's theme park outside Paris, is recovering after almost three years of financial troubles. "Disneyland Paris has clearly turned the corner and is now
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        Lock icon ICI threatens to press for monopoly inquiry into electricity privatisation
        361 23 FT LONDON Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI), the largest electricity consumer in the UK, threatened last Friday to press for a monopoly inquiry into the electricity supply industry unless prices start to fall this year. It claimed that mishandling of the
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        Lock icon Microsoft's 'bullying tactics' violate antitrust laws, claims Apple
        471 23 FT SAN FRANCISCO Microsoft. the world's largest computer software company, is facing a fresh row in the US over its alleged "bullying tactics" towards competitors in the software market. Apple Computer has accused Bill Gates, chairman of Microsoft, and other senior Microsoft
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    • FINANCE & COMMODITIES
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        D-mark soars to new records against European currencies
        503 24  -  From Neil Behrmann in LONDON THE GERMAN mark powered ahead last week to new records against Europe's weakest currencies. The Italian lira and Spanish peseta were weakest, but the French franc tumbled to its lowest level since October 1993 and sterling is
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        Lock icon S&P Asia puts Nomura, Yamaichi under review for possible downgrade
        254 24 AFP TOKYO Standard and Poor's Asia Ltd on Friday placed the credit ratings of Nomura Securities Co Ltd and Yamaichi Securities Co Ltd under review with negative implications. "The rating actions reflect increased concern about future earnings for both Nomura
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        Lock icon Below-market price for the poor
        53 24 Reuter DHAKA Thousands of men and women running behind a lorry carrying rice near a Dhaka government warehouse yesterday. The government recently started selling a limited quantity of rice at below-market prices to the city's poor after prices rose b> nearly 40 per cent in
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        Lock icon Offshore banking plans for Vietnam meet with scepticism
        483 24 AFP PHU QUOC ISLAND, Vietnam With just six cars running on its unpaved roads and four hours of electricity on a good day, the sleepy island of Phu Quoc is an unlikely candidate to become an international financial centre. Even so, the
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        Lock icon Caltex Philippines in US$620m expansion
        149 24 AFP MANILA Caltex (Philippines) Inc. a subsidiary of USbased Caltex Petroleum Corp, will proceed with a US$62O million (SSB99 million) project to upgrade its refinery from its present output of 70,000 barrels per day (bpd) of oil to 185,000 bpd. industry sources said on Friday.
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        Lock icon Dry weather threatening Vietnam's coffee crop
        209 24 AFP HANOI Dry weather is threatening the harvest in Vietnam's main coffee growing region and output could fall by as much as 10 per cent if the water shortage continues, a report said on Friday. Dac Lac province, which is expected to produce around
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        Lock icon Pepper market perks up on lack of growers
        396 24 AFP LONDON Because pepper growers in Brazil, India, Indonesia and Malaysia lost interest in recent years in what had become an unprofitable commodity, world harvests have slumped so low that prices have appreciated 40 to 60 per cent in a year. On
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        Lock icon US dollar adds on to losses
        606 25  -  SIMEX WEEKLY ROUNDUP By Yumiko Iijima MMS International SINGAPORE The US$ extended losses both against the mark and the yen last week following sharp declines the previous week. The lack of stability in the financial markets in Mexico, along with comments from Fed chairman
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        Lock icon Coffee touches 3-month high as Colombian drought threatens crop
        631 25 COMMODITY WEEKLY ROUNDUP AFP LONDON Coffee climbed to its highest level for three months as drought in Colombia continued to threaten the harvest of the world's second largest producer. Prices have risen around 13 per cent since the beginning of February,
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      COMMODITY PRICES
      1360 25 Rubber Singapore Commodity Exchange (futures closing as at 5.30pm) RSS 1 Contract (S cents/kg) Close Volume Open Month High Low Sett (tonnes) Interest Mar 95 256.50 475 Apr 253.00 253 00 255.00 75 1500 May 253.00 251.25 254.00 125 2750 Jun 253.00 249.25 ***** 125 2200 Jul/Sep 254.00
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      4735 26 CORPORATE RESULTS Vt Kara EPS Dale TY LY IY LY Company mm (Sai) (S"i) (rts) (cts) ABR Hldgs Sep 19 I I.IOT I 365 2.5 3.3 Vma Sep 16 I 48.926 19.517 71.0 28.6 AISB* Nov 21 P 3.057L 2.095 2.04 Ale* Hldgs Dec 20 I
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      753 26 Relative Strength Index: The RSI measures the rate at which prices move. In theory, it ranges between zero and 100. In practice however, it fluctuates between 10 and 90. RSI is calculated over a specified period, say 13 days, and is derived from the formula: 100 100/ [(up
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        534 27 n«w TOfK Bloomberg Business News THE Dow Jones Industrial Average made history last week. The 30-stock average passed 4,000 for the first time on Thursday, boosted by confidence in steady economic growth with modest inflation. "We're feeling pretty good about things rights now," said an
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        363 27 London AFP TURBULENCE on the foreign exchange markets and political uncertainty in Britain hit share prices last week, dealers said. The FTSE 100 Index of leading shares ended the week 6.5 points down at 3,037.7. The only day the stock exchange ended higher
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        588 27 Tokyo AFP Kyodo SHARE prices slumped on the Tokyo Stock Exchange with the key market index dwindling to its lowest finish in more than 13 months after a week of futures-linked trading. The Nikkei Stock Average closed out the week at
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        243 27 Hongkong AFP STOCK prices soared 2.19 per cent in roller-coaster trading during the week, with the key Hang Seng Index gaining 175.94 points to close the week's trading at 8,218.95 on Friday. Average daily turnover amounted to HK53.864 billion (*****
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          98 27 AUSTRALIAN shares closed the week 3 per cent higher on Friday amid a raft of positive company profit results and buoyant overseas bourses, brokers said. Rallying blue chip shares led the market barometer, the All Ordinaries Index, up to 1,911.1 points at the close, up 54.9 points on the
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          80 27 Philippine share prices tumbled for the second week in a row last week on lack of fresh incentives and a depreciation of the peso, analysts said on Saturday. The PSE Composite Index declined 36.55 points for the week to close at 2,587.92 on Friday. A bearish mood prevailed for
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          123 27 A strong finish failed to salvage the week for the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) Index, which closed on Friday at 1,294.19 points, down 10.08 points from a week earlier, brokers said. The average daily turnover was 77.1 million shares, up from 72.5 million shares the week before. But
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          91 27 The Jakarta Stock Exchange index gained some ground during the week with earlier 'selling pressure easing as a bright regional outlook and good performances by local firms stabilised the market. The Composite Index, which closed the previous week at 453.14, inched up again to reach 455.83 on Tuesday but
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          90 27 Share prices rebounded on Saturday on the Korea Stock Exchange, helped by active institutional buying designed to boost trading, brokers said. The Composite Price Index recovered 19.71 points to finish the half-day session at 912.60 points on a thin volume of 16.08 million shares valued at 26.37 billion won.
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          74 27 Ihe laipei bourse posted marginal losses on a technical correction while most investors adjusted shareholdings, brokers said. Following a 1.4 per cent gain the previous trading week, the 423-issue Weighted Price Index retreated 50.18 points to settle at 6,596.07 points on Friday. Average daily turnover dwindled to 1.09 billion
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          58 27 Speculators returned to the Bombay Stock Exchange last week, pushing up share prices after a prolonged downslide. The BSE Index gained 71 points over the previous week's close and finished on Friday at 3.454.89 points the highest since the start of 1995. The broader-based 100share National Index was up
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        783 27 +8.41 NEW YORK A late rally on Wall Street pushed the Dow Jones Index to another record close on Friday, a day after the index broke through the psychological barrier of 4.000 points. The Dow gained 8.41 points for the day to reach an all-time high of 4,011.74.
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        871 27 -23.01 TORONTO Toronto stocks closed lower as investors snatched profits and hunkered down to wait for today's crucial Canadian federal budget. The TSE 300 Index closed unofficially down 23.01 points to 4,120.11 on 66.49 million shares valued at C 5771.24 million. Declining stocks outpaced advances. 385 to 347. with
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      CLOB INTERNATIONAL
      2495 28 1_ Cr Cf I994«"9S Lart Val \V«ck IjuQm Dfc Dh M Nit M Cwj Mfh In c«w Sale ("BOO) H%h La» Bayer Sefcr CV P/fc Sad MALAYSIAN STOCKS 391 7) n> Aisa 50c 124 4-34 1951 344 272 324 326 JO -2.9 03 312 206 77.} m AMDO
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        Malaysian bourse tumbles on profit-taking
        6774 28 AFP KUALA LUMPUR Share prices closed the week lower with players using any excuse to take profits in a market lacking leads, analysts said on Saturday. The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange Composite Index, which tracks 86 quality stocks, fell 24.79 points to 970.45 from 995.24
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        8880 29 1 MAiNB0AW> Cr Gr M Wl 1994 9* Uil Vol V\„k Lm Qmm Di. Di. YM Nci Cap A.g High U» Sale COM) Higk Lm Buitr Stlkr Or S P Smil Price INDUSTRIAL AMD COMMERCIAL 720* 388 ml s Acma SOc 430 -10 173 440 424 428 430 8 8
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        1929 30  -  By R Sivanithy SINGAPORE The local stock market this week is expected to be buffeted by several opposing forces in this holiday-shortened week a weak US dollar that could weigh on sentiment, the run-up to the budget and hopes of a Malaysian election
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      Cunard Lines promotes cruise packages to Asian market
      394 31  -  By Rahita Elias SINGAPORE International cruise operator Cunard Lines is promoting its cruise packages to the growing Asian market. Cunard's Hongkong-based marketing planning manager Sammy Wu told reporters on Friday that more Asians were signing up for cruises in the region and
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      PSL unveils expansion programme
      405 31 BANGKOK An ambitious programme which would double the value of PSL's assets was revealed by Khalid M Hashim, managing director of Precious Shipping Public Co, immediately after its board meeting, The Nation reported last week. PSL, which has maintained an aggressive programme of buying an average
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      Manila analysts recommend a buy on shipping firm Nenaco
      401 31  -  From Al Labita in MANILA ANALYSTS are recommending a buy on Philippine shipping firm Negros Navigation Co (Nenaco) on expectations of a big jump in profit this year. Nenaco, which has a market capitalisation of 2.670 billion pesos (S$ 150 million),
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      Channel ferries hit by French strike
      234 31 AFP BOULOGNE, France Cross-channel ferries were widely disrupted on Thursday due to a strike by French seamen protesting the use of nonEU crew by a small British ferry operator. Services into and out of the ports of Boulogne, Calais, Dunkerque and Roscoff in Brittany
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      British ferry company defends hiring practices
      253 31 Reuter LONDON The British ferry company at the heart of a French seamen's dispute that has brought chaos to Channel ferry routes defended its hiring practices on Thursday and claimed it was being used as a pawn in a bigger game plan. French seamen
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      US navy intercepts ships violating UN embargo
      149 31 AFP DUBAI The US Navy has intercepted three ships carry ing dates and gas oil in violation of a UN embargo on Iraq, a navy spokesman said on Thursday. "We do have substantial evidence to show that all vessels were loaded in Iraq,"
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      INDEX TO SHIPPING LINES AND FREIGHT FORWARDERS
      1045 31 Page Col ABC Containerline 16 I Able Shpg 7 4/5 Accord Group 8 1-3 •Ahlers Line 12 1 •Ahrenkiel Liner 4 1/2 •ANL 3 4/5 Antaco Mgmt 17 3 •APL 18 1/2 •Appcnship 4 4/5 Arabian Express 15 4 ASCI. 5 5 Astro
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      DAILY FREIGHTS
      1852 32 Knight-Ridder Reuter FIRM conditions prevailed in most areas of the freight market and the modest four-point rise on Thursday in the Baltic Freight Index did not reflect owners' expectations of better rates to come, shipbrokers said. Caper fixtures were again in short supply but reports that Hanjin had
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      Positive outlook for handysize market
      1093 33 Seatrade Week FREIGHT rates in the handysize shipping market up to the year 2000 look set to rise from 1996 onwards. These increases will be mirrored in further strong developments of secondhand vessel values. Although the market is set to 'Strengthen, the perennial problem <«£
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      THE SHIPPING GUIDE
      10676 40 This is a list of ships loading at Singapore for ports around the worid. 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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        506 43 Voy Ho Berth Arrival Departue Vessel Voy No Berth Arrival Departure j* 4 Por Batam Spttd* ****** P01A 203/; 2030 2 03// 223 AnPmg2 STA02 118/19 atongsde 2702/1800 Bonasto 2 ***** P04 2.03/7 0800 2 03/8 060 kautaihai l 95 116/17 alongside 27 02/0600 Braslagi 1 8/95
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        CONTAINER SCHEDULES
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        US airport expansion seen needed amid travel boom
        361 50 AP WASHINGTON Americas air traffic is expected to double within 20 years and an urgent expansion of airports is needed, a federal report said last week. Flight delays totalling more than 20,000 hours were recorded at 23 airports in 1993, and without
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        Denver Airport prepares for tomorrow's opening
        381 50 Bloomberg Business News DENVER Activity intensified at Denver International Airport on Saturday as telephone installers worked around the clock, signs were going up and employee training was in full swing in preparation for tomorrow's opening. "We're ready. We're optimistic," said Gene Cochrane, the city's
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        Eurostar to slash prices to fill Chunnel trains
        457 50 AP LONDON Eurostar trains using the Channel Tunnel are about two-thirds full to Paris but nearly three-quarters empty to Brussels, and operators said on Friday they will ofTer cheaper leisure fares to lure more passengers. Eurostar executives, providing their most detailed review
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        US airlines see slim hope for lower airport costs
        382 50 Reuter NEW YORK US airlines, anxiously trying to slash expenses and become profitable, are losing ground when it comes to airport costs. The sky-high expenses, which are set to rise further tomorrow when Denver's new airport opens, are contributing to the
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        Samsung to launch controversial car business in March
        264 50 AFP SEOUL South Korea's Samsung Group will inaugurate its controversial passenger car arm capitalised at a total of one trillion won (S$ 1.8 billion) in March, a company spokesman said on Thursday. -Samsung will initially invest 100 billion won to establish its
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          American Suzuki, owners in suit
          75 50 Bloomberg Business News LOS ANGELES American Suzuki Motor Corp argued in a state appeals court last week that a US$9O million (SSI3I million) class-action suit by 45,000 California owners of Suzuki Samurai sport-utility vehicles should be thrown out. The plaintiffs argue that the vehicle rolls
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          Ivory Coast to liberalise shipping
          73 50 Knight-Ridder LONDON The Ivory Coast shipping industry will be liberalised from March 1, according to a decree signed by the government last week. The need for hon-conference shipping lines to obtain a "waiver" from the Office lvorien des Chargeurs to ship goods, to and from
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          UK Railtrack seeks debt write-off
          97 50 Knight-Ridder LONDON Railtrack. the state-owned company which runs the British Rail network, is negotiating with the Treasury to write off £1.4 billion (553.2 billion) of debt to help ease the path to privatisation. The Guardian newspaper reported on Friday. The deal, if agreed, would make
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          Finnair's passenger load factor down
          77 50 Reuter HELSINKI Finnish national carrier Finnair said its passenger load factor fell 2.7 percentage points year-on-year to 65.0 per cent in January. However, in April 1994 to January 1995, the national carrier's cabin factor was 1.5 percentage points higher year-on-year at 67.6 per cent, Finnair
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          SAS strike during UN summit averted
          53 50 Reuter COPENHAGEN A Danish mediator postponed on Friday a threatened strike by Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS) ground staff which could have disrupted a United Nations summit of world leaders in March. Mediator Asbjoern Jensen said he exercised his power to postpone the strike by
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        Citroen, M'sian firms yet to hammer out car deal
        248 50 Bloomberg Business News KUALA LUMPUR Seven months after announcing a cross-continental agreement to create Malaysia's third tarilTprotected automobile company, France-based Automobiles Citroen and its Malaysian partners have yet to sign a deal. "To conclude an agreement you have to agree," said
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      735 37 (/t FAMOUS CONTAINER LINES 80 ROBINSON ROAD, #22-02 SINGAPORE 0106 HOT LINE: *****33 (30 LINES) GOTHENBURG/SCAN 28/02 ROTTERDAM 28/02 AARHUS/COPENHAGEN 28/02 HAMBURG/BREMEN 28/02 MARSEILLE FRANCE 28/02 FELIXSTOWE/UK 28/02 BARCELONA/SPAIN 03/03 LEHAVRE/FRANCE 28/02 GENOA/ITALY 04/03 ANTWERP/BELGIUM 28/02 LOS ANGELES/WC/IPI 03/03 SYDNEY/MELBOURNE 02/03 NEW YORK/EC 03/03 FREMANTLE/ADELAIOE 04/03 VANCOUVER 01/03 BRISBANE 02/03
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      632 38 ■rR^R^V 881 11.1(1 ANNOUNCEMENT With effect from Ist March 1995, our Agents in PENANG 11 and PORT KELANG will be operating under the name of J RFS SE>N BHD. Our business address, telephone and facsimile numbers and personnel remain unchanged. J^323B3Sin3^^KESS&ZZi&SMSBHk j fWNfcrtsdps.lnc Al ifcsawxl Hi ETDSQ^^ 02.03.95 HONG Ko|||§«M
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      906 38 79 ANSON ROAD, #21-01, SINGAPORE 0207 TELE: *****92 FAX: *****57 CR **********0H BTHAITB BHUTTIE BERVICE PORT KLAWG PENAWG VESSEL VQY SIX PKI VESSEL TOY I SM fEN St* LAUREL 366N 02/3 (THU) 03 3 (FRli MCC COWVErOR «1< 03 3 (FIB) OS/3 (WED) EAGU BRtEIE 193 A o?'3 (THU) 04/3
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      924 39 PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL LINES (PTE) LTD I CjSS? 140 Cecil Street, #03-00 PIL Building, Singapore 0106. I I V CR NO 100a06/OOOOE I VESSEL VOY SIN CMB JIB HOD JED AOJ ADE PZU MSW ASA KOTA BERKAT BKT2IS 2S/2 4/3 11/3 13/3 IS/3 U/3 IS/3 22/3 S/S 25/3 KOTA WIRAWAN WRNS3S
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      899 39 [wsstii *or u M*m hambupg th*mis rottiroim wnwuf WILE Dt IVM TO7W 03/03 22/03 24/83 26/03 27/03 28/03 WILE IX VEll VO7N 10/03 31/03 02/04 03/0* o* 04 WILE 01 TITANA TOOTH 15/03 05/0* 07/0* M/ 04 10/04 11/04 W.LE Dt I en* 10«»T~ 22/03 11/04 13/04 15/04 1«/Q< 17/04
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      597 39 BSfl A MYANMA fOBk five star line (Myanmar National Line) Loading for Yangon (Rangoon) S pore P.KIc Pen P Gd| HP* AN V2OBW 01/03 M* PATHEIN VI3IW 27/04 M» PAGAN V2IBW 05/07 M* MAIArSU AGENTS BOUSTEAD SHPPWG AGtNCES KUL TIL 02-03-*****00 PKI TEL 02-03 *****67 PIN TU 02-04-2(***** PCD TU
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      706 42 W TEL: *****33 (12 Lines) S FAX: *****15/*****03 CD TELEX: RS ***** RISHIP (3 Lines) CR NO.: **********0E ETHIOPIAN SHIPPING LINES f (National Lints of EtMopia) ACCEPTING FCL AND CONVENTIONAL Vmml Voy ETA Loading For Spore Andinet 38WB 12/04 Mombasa. Djibouti Assab. Massawa Abbay Wonz 43W8 08/05 Mombasa. Djibouti Assab.
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      742 42 I FIPRPH I AFGHANISTAN M&M Afghanistan Ltd., Halratan, Torghundi. Islamqala (Doqharun) l¥lOcl¥l C.1.5./RUSSIA: Ama Ata, Ashkhabad. Baku. Dushanbe. I I Irkutsk. Khabarovsk. Krasnoyarsk, Korsakov. Moscow. Mllltzer at MUnCn Novosobirsk, Sochi, Tashkent, Tbilisi, Vladivostok, Vostochny International Forwarders Mongolia: uiaan Bator w Korea: Pyongyang. Nampo EXPRESS CONTAINER SERVICE TO WEST COAST SOUTH
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      283 42 FOOWG SUN SHIPPING (PTE) LTD. WHOLESALE CENTRE, BLOCK 1, #03-10 SINGAPORE 0511 BOOKING/ENQUIRIES CR NO: **********0W TEL: *****55 (12 LINES) FAX: *****16/*****25 TLX: R*****0/***** FSSHIP VESSEL VOY ETA ETD DESTINATION SUN RAY 4/95 8/2 10/2 PIAJU/PALEMBANG NEE (MAK I 4/95 6/3 8/3 PONTIANAK/SMTETE SUN RAY 4/95 8/3 10/3 BENGKUIU/PADANG SUN
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      348 42 Lll\/ VzJcy?No, *****78M00C SIBU (064) *****9 PENANG: (04) *****6 BANGKOK (662) *****67* P.KELANQ: (63) *****77 JAKARTA; (21) *****07 SURABAYA: frl) *****0 I ASIA HKG/TWW/BKKI GENOA/EUROPE _J PEN PKL SIN 5 SAILINGS/WEEK J™ PK SIN 28/2 1/3 2/3 HKG/BKK/KEE/KHH G'burg/C'hagen/S'holni/Oslo 26/2 27/2 28/2 7/3 8/3 9/3 HKG/BKK/KEE/KHH Piraeus Wf- V* U*
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      216 43 a «st ps i SINO EXPRESS SHIPPING (PTE) LTD. V MM I 11 COLLYER QUAY #06-01 THE ARCADE SINGAPORE 0104. TEL: *****90 (4 LINES) FAX: *****98 TLX: R*****1 SINOEX SINOTRANS SHANGHAI (CONTAINER SERVICE) SIN/HKG/SHAI SPORE HKG SHAI VESSEL VOY ETA I ETD ETA I ETD ETA I ETP LATMOS 925/926
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      1148 43 »SnSS5n5? m T i* m HOHMAKC 7035 Sir 27.02* air 17.03 2103 no 1943 MMCA 1085 1103 02 03 05.03 12-03 13.03 15.03 00 03 TOM 1043 M> EUWPA 3005 00 03 07 03 Mir 2703 2C.03 2103 30.03 0744 1(04 1 KU«i 1075 10.03 114) 15.03 110) MS OK
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      1310 44 THIS WEEK'S ARRIVAL: NEXT WEEK'S ARRIVAL: VESSELS VOY ETA EXCHANGE VESSELS VOY ETA EXCHANGE RATE re MAERSK HONG KONG 9504 27 FEB 1.4520 EDINBURGH MS 9504 06 MAR PROVIDENCE BAY 5024 27 FEB 1.4520 LARGS BAY 5028 06 MAR 1 4517 MAERSK TACOMA 9503 27 FEB 1.4665 MS ALGECIRAS 9504
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      811 44 I MiMloyd I FULL CONTAINER SERVICES Bksml I Iw I Ijj I Tt >0 I B I»Dt«« »«rn M M 27,U 0? 0) «0124 0J KOI 27 03 ?t VOKU on 04 03 OS 01 00, 03 nO3 11 «1 K.N *1 04 M 0 TITMM low 10/03 11 03
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      703 44 TO E. CANADA US ATLANTIC US GULF LOADING VOY SPORE* "1 P KELANG HALIFAX N YORK NORFOLK N.ORLEANS MOBILE TAMPICO U^ 0W HOEGH DUKE 0528 IN PORT 2 Apr 5 Apr 8 Apr 14 Apr 17 Apr 20 Apr m HOEGM MIRANDA 0728 13 Mar OPT 21 Apr 24 Apr
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      564 45 WSV'EVERETT ORIENT LINE" JAPAN/BAY OF BENGAL/JAPAN SERVICE tCCtfTMG MEAKBUU/SOC CARGOES TO/FtOM KOK. YOKOHAMA, NAGOYA. HOI. TOKYO*. MANIA*. DAVAO*. Pwanj* P. Kelani Sr apore E'Msia* laRAHEVERETT V2IE 28 Feto/01 Mar 02/03 Mar KAMALEVERETT V2SE 17/18 Mar JARABEVERETT V22E 22/23 Apr •CCffTKG BKAMM.K/FCI/SOC CAAGOFS TO/FROM CMTTAGONG, CALCUTTA DM) MONO. A*. Saifapore P.
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      204 45 181, sum nmSSm croup ft REGULAR LINER SERVICE TAIWAN TO SINGAPORE ASEAN SINGAPORE TO KOMPONG SOM •AT ATTRACTIVE RATES* CR NO: **********0W KAO SIN PKG PNG GLORY SELATAN VII 24/2 2/3 4/3 6/3 GLORY SELATAN X 19/2 25/2 27/2 29/2 SIN KAO GLORY SELATAN VIII 22/2 28/2 SINGAPORE ASEAN TO
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      610 45 PAKISTAN NATIONAL SHIPPING CORPORATION KARACHI BREAKBULK A CONTAINER SERVICE vor 9N »m*ch tsi AMABAD 132-HW 03/03 12/03 MWfICHU 153-HW 10/03 25/03 MAKEAN ISO-HW 17/03 27/03 HYOtRABAD IM-HW 14/04 23/04 TSL Ml CAll GU.F ran SUUCT TO NMQtin FAR EAST CONTAINER SERVICEONLY HKIT" 5 WAG TOK HYDERABAD 131 0W 15/03 20/03
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      737 45 luiwaiiiMiiiaa FULL CONTAINER SERVICE FROM SIN TO MADRAS VCSSEL/VOV ETA SIN ETA MAA MV BUNGA TERATAI V TERO29 25 26/02 03-04/03 MV TIGER CAPE VOISN 28 01/03 0«-09/03 MV PESTOVO V.lO 02-03/03 OS 15/03 MV TIGER ISLANO V.131N 02-04/03 08 12/03 MV SEA DRAGON 0RG043 05 06/03 11-12/03 MV TIGER
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      313 45 SIN FAR EAST 28/2 KEELUNG/KAOHSIUNG 5/3 BANGKOK 5/3 MANILA/CEBU 5/3 JAKARTA/BELAWAN/SURABAYA 6/3 PORT KELANG/PENANG/E. MALAYSIA 5/3 BUSAN 5/3 TOKYO/YOKO/KOBE/NGO/OSA 5/3 HONG KONG SIN CHINA 5/3 GUANGZHOU/HUANGPU/SHENZHEN FUZHOU/XIAMEN/SHANTOU/SHEKOU DALIAN/SHANGHAI/XINGANG TIANJIN/QINGDAO/HAIKOU also accepting LCL cargo SIN EUROPE/UK 6/3 LDN/FLX/LVP/SOU 6/3 RDM HAM ANT/LEH/GOA/OSL/GOT/BCN also accepting cargo to Austria/ Hungary/Romania/Poland/Bulgaria/Czech. SIN USA/CANADA 4/3
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      751 46 ***—»—«MM>«>Ut>M|i-||| t 11 inn mil I 111 I 111 II—: in I nil rmi r llir •rr 'M* i" f.| I! FIXED k. |S WEEKLY SAILINGS ill r| Tel: *****95 f| j jjj Fax ;261-0978 v MELBOURNEI (n GP SHIPPING PTE LTD i:• I Call: Kenny/Mas/Peter ninn mnftW-fuirft- 1- !r|
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      420 46 y Con term CONTERM FREIGHT (F.E.) PTE LTD. AUCKLAND 7 MARCH (Accepting to all Zealand porta) PtNANG 3 MAR JAKARTA 1 MAR PORT KLANG 2 MAR RANGKOK 1 MAR MANILA 5 MAR MELBOURNE 2 MAR SYDNEY 2 MAR BRISRANE 6 MAR FREMANTLE 4 MAR ADELAIDE 9 MAR 4 MAR I
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      1016 46 CONSOLIDATION TO BUSAN FIRST FORWARDER IN ASIA AW ARDF.D OFFERING TWICE WEEKLY iso«.2.yl«q* LCL SERVICE TO BUSAN Call SANISA at DID: 277 1058 f@jJ2 for bookings NOW!!! [gjl Tel: Fax: Singapore 561 1668 272 9838 INTERNATIONAL FREIGHT Also has offices in:- iOGBtIcsSvicES MM MALAYSIA THAILAND PHILIPPINES JmSutk OL MA* HONG
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      1656 47 W SUNSHIP AGENCIES PTE LTD 20 McCallum Street *16-01/03 Asia Chambers Singapore 0106 Tel: *****22 (10 Lines) FAX: *****05 CR No.: *****8 200 00R y.s.n. V——l Hong Kong B<ng<pof« P. IW«ng Pwwng J Jay 17A 4-5/3 Sptca M 2®-1/3 t-7/3 8-8/3 JupHf oe 4-5/3 10-11/3 12-13/3 CUM Of Chfofc— 48
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      390 47 xjKx CEYLON SHIPPING CORPH \SIPy Nafionol Line of Sri Lanka CONTAINERISED SERVICE TO UK AND NORTH CONTINENTAL PORTS mm. |wH«lcwjfj til— wwao imm mn 1/3 <1 27/3 mi IO BAKEIOWA Otl« t/3 l«/ 3 a MOIWHOi iOMI 18/3 l«/ 3 2/4 l/< 4/4 MP TOKYO Otgl 11/3 It/1 gA MTIATM
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      715 47 VESSEL VOYAGE EXCHANGE RATES I II JN OUT IN OUT HI II CALIFORNIA LUNA 71W 72 1 4503 1 4527 HI NEPTUNE PEARL 19E IDE 1 4523 1 4523 U AMBASSADOR BRIDGE 58W 58W 1 4555 1 4555 II NORMANOtE BRIDGE 366 36E 1 4555 1 4527 rjp ANRO ASIA
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      1635 48 AMERICAN PRESIDENT LINES, LTD. S 19 KtPPEI ROAD »Q2 01 JIT POH BOH.MNC SWCAPOWt 020« Til 325-9966 F«» 22\-*922~ TWICE WEEKLY TO FROM *UK/NORTH CONTINENT EUROPE* > FOR ENQUIRY/BOOKING f CALL 225-1-225 TO NORTH AMERICA CANADA WIIKLY CONTAINIRI2IO SERVICE Xr |«a/wwg IWHImI ra I KT fat |<pgi/wT*g |»|gi|owi|»M»|ci«|o*|Hou|»n|iwc »os »i
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      1982 48 44 _i AS AGENTS: 'f LHft (SINGAPORE) PTI LTD (01 NO; *****7300NM/6ST REG NO: U2-*****9M) TEL: *****77 TELEX: KAWAKI R*****5 FAX: *****16/7/8/9 I MALAYSIA "M" LINE MAJUTIMI (MALAYSIA) SON BHD TEL: SA *****00 PK *****75 PEN *****20 JB *****01 PGU *****25/6 1 A INDONESIA: P.T. SARANAIAUTINTWNUSA, TEL: JKT *****08 rs?jr
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      475 49 I ▲HYUNDAI I MERCHANT MARINE CO. LTD. WESTBOUND TO EUROPE BKG: *****61 |7w T«i PCD VESSELS VOY SN RTM ANT LEH HAM BREJ FEL 01/03 03/03 oiToT SI FREEDOM 315* 06/03 24/03 26/03 25/03 26/03 26/03 21/03 08/03 10/03 11/01 H. FRONTO 315* 13/03 31/03 02/04 01/04 02/04 02/04 04/04
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      394 49 STRAITS/ JAPAN/ STRAITS SERVICE MULTI-PURPOSE RORO CARRIER SPECIALIZE IN HEAVY UFT CARGO UPTO 120 TONS RAMP CAPACITY UPTO 50 TONS leta 100 VESSEL ¥OY SM PK lOADMG FOR OCEAA BLUE 10 SU) 24/2 BANGKOK 1/] TMBOI TRADER 1 RPT BMTU.U 2/3. TWUON6 MXMS 4/3 KOTA KRUBALU 7/3 GOLDEN St**** 1
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      604 49 JEDDAH/UK/CONTNENT I STORE |K0 S TONH-BURG BM4 I DAM liH *h« Accept«< C*(o F«: NT* AITMR 02/100 1/3 11/3 21/3 15/3 St**** to MUK dcsMwtan. Bdtat aid DuMn ESSEN EXPRESS 10/301 473 22/3 25/3 27/3 25/3 Rrtlird*. :to M Antwwp Amsterdam o*. Htta*. WHIOTD EUROPE 3055 4/3 14/3 24/3 25/3
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