The Business Times, 6 March 1996

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    14 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 046^12/95 85< SINGAPO RE Internet http://www.asial.com.sg/biztimes WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6,1996
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    MARKET SUMMARY
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    FINANCE
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    Lock icon Industry expects construction boom along NE MRT line
    520 1  -  Besides 63 ha to be acquired, other large plots may be pnt up for redevelopment By. Abdul Hadhi [SINGAPORE] The proposed North-East MRT line promises to usher in a major construction boom right into the next century. In addition to the 63
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    Govt proposes regulatory framework for Internet
    486 1  -  Service operators, content providers in S'pore to be licensed By< Catherine Ong [SINGAPORE] The government yesterday announced a regulatory framework for the Internet to block easy access to content that undermines public morals, political stability and religious harmony in Singapore. Proposed regulations will require
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    International stocks are back
    74 1 STARTING today, international stock prices will again be carried in BT. Space constraints mean that we can only carry the most actife blue chips, with short weekly market roundups on Monday. We have also reorganised the Commodities and Futures page, streamlining the statistical tables and making
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    Shares of DBS Land, Wing Tai rise
    259 1 [SINGAPORE] Shares of DBS Land and Wing Tai rose yesterday following news of the proposed North-East MRT line. DBS Land rose 15 cents to $5.60 on volume of 1.05 mUlion shares, while Wing Tai gained eight cents to $3.58 on 3.8 million shares.
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    Lock icon China announces missile tests, sending Taiwan shares lower
    337 1 Reuter, AFP, Bloomberg Business News [TAIPEI] Taiwan share prices closed 1.29 per cent lower yesterday after China announced it will conduct ground-to-ground missile tests at sea just off Taiwan between March 8 and 15. The weighted index finished down 62.49 points at
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      150 1 dbipb I I FvMiMns Singapore Technologies Precision Engineering has tied up with the Health Corporation of Singapore to set up a SlOm centre to treat brain lesions, V HWIWHE thispg. Wffl potentially v nam Ave food years even for companies playing second fiddle to the bigtime foreign contractors. thispg. With
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      15 1 Opening windows to Net security, Pg 2 Providers agree to abide by proposed rules, Pg2
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
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      Opening windows to Net security
      645 2  -  INTERNET POLICING In the end, global cooperation is needed to effectively swat flies off the lnfohlgbway By Kenneth James THE fly-swatter has been one year in the making, really. Just under a year ago, Information and Arts Minister George Yeo spoke in Parliament about the
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      Internet providers agree to abide by proposed rules
      575 2  -  But express concern over implementation of standards By Jennifer Lien, Catherine Ong SINGAPORE'S three Internet service providers said they would comply with the proposed new regulations to curb abuses on the Net, but expressed some concern about the practical implementation of broadcasting
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      1995 another good year for fresh graduates
      385 2  -  91% employed within six months of graduation, says NUS/NTU survey By< Chuang Peck Ming THANKS to a booming economy, 1995 continued to be a good year for graduates seeking jobs for the first time, with nine in 10 securing employment within six months
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      Lock icon Building materials index up 1.5%
      337 3  -  EYE ON THE ECONOMY Construction By\ Siow Li Sen THE building materials price index rose 1.5 per cent last year, according to preliminary figures from the Construction Industry Development Board. But contractors who experienced escalating costs and periodic shortages of sand, steel and cement last
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      STPE eyes medical equipment makers
      385 3  -  S'pore Tech nnit aims to provide healthcare equipment, services in Asia-Pacific region By, Jenny Lam SINGAPORE Technologies Precision Engineering (STPE), a subsidiary of Singapore Technologies Pte Ltd, plans to diversify into medical technology by acquiring major medical equipment manufacturers. STPE president Loh Chuk Yam told
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      $10m centre to treat brain lesions setup
      196 3 SINGAPORE Technologies Precision Engineering (STPE) has tied up with the Health Corporation of Singapore (HCS) to set up South-east Asia's first Gamma Knife Centre to treat brain lesions with sophisticated radiation technology. The $10 million centre, STPE's second tie-up with a medical group,
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    • NEWS Roundup
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        TAS to host Asia Telecom 97
        55 3 THE Telecommunication Authority of Singapore will host Asia Telecom 97, an exhibition and forum organised by the International Telecommunication Union. The exhibition, to be held at the World Trade Centre from June 9 to 14 next year, is expected to attract more than 400
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        Launch of Thai residential project
        112 3 L&A International Properties will market a Thai residential complex at a property exhibition at the Marriott Hotel this weekend. The Casitas residential complex, a Thai-Canadian joint venture, is located in the Bangna/Srlnakarin area of Bangkok. Prospective owners can choose from two-storey townhouses (above), featuring a
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        Fewer new travel agents last year
        61 3 THE number of new travel agent licences issued last year fell by 18 per cent to 46, according to the latest newsletter by the National Association of Travel Agents of Singapore (Natas). There are now 608 travel agents here and the number is expected
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      A boon for property owners, uncertainly for exhibitors
      619 3  -  NORTH-BAST MKT LINE WTC stop could push up prices of nearby condos by 10%; PSA studying impact on exhibition halls By* Agnes Wee THE confirmation that the North-East MRT line will terminate at the World Trade Centre is good news for owners
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      Nafa will have to give way to MRT project
      293 3  -  By Michelle Low THE Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (Nafa) will soon have to go, as it sits on part of the 30,000 sq m of private land around Mount Sophia that the government will acquire under the North-East MRT line
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      78 3 INCREDIBLE CHEEK AT THE REGENT At the new Capers Terrace, you'll discover some of the freshest seafood in Singapore, served just the way you like it, every night of the week. Drop by for some incredible cheeks. Then savour the unusually tasty morsels to be found elsewhere on our fish.
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  • FOCUS: PERSONAL FINANCE & INVESTMENT
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      Lock icon Keeping track of S$ moves
      658 4  -  An effective method of analysing currency movements amid short-term fluctuations By. Haridas Ramasamy The writer is a senior economist at Inuestamatic, Singapore [SINGAPORE] Making sense of currency movements is among the most perplexing of tasks that individual investors face. Consider the following: the Singapore dollar's
      Source: International Monetary Fond, Asian Development Bank, S'pore Dept of Statistics; JEN CHUA  -  658 words
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      Lock icon February worst month for US bonds since '94
      419 4 Bloomberg Business News [BOSTON] Mutual funds that invest in US bonds didn't escape last month's market slump. February was the worst month for US fixed-income securities since March 1994. The 30-year Treasury bond fell 6.05 per cent on a total-return basis, as
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      Lock icon Consolidation needed before next move?
      524 4  -  TECHNICAL VIEWPOINT: INDIAN RUPEE Naresh Verma The writer is a manager of technical analysis advisory (South East Asia) at Dow Jones Telerate. The opinions in this column are personal and do not represent the views of the writer's employer. His views are also not an
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      131 4 Numerous^} sectors. Countless 111 I I WVI Wl I I HANNOVER FAIR' 96 is the ideal place to go if you're looking for pioneering solutions. Just one v sit t0 Hannover and you can experience a complete array of industrial technology presented by 7,000 exhibitors from over 60 TSjraOLfljjk countries.
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      524 4 NEW ZEALAND NATURALLY c&g 1 MARCH >1 MARCH, 19»g PCTBgn New Zealand, known for its gentle climate, produces food products of consistent top quality meeting today's high demand for naturally healthy food. ffiSgaUPj At Jack's Place, we are proud to be able to serve with pride, a healthier, leaner meal
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      Viet business deals await Dr M visit
      378 5  -  SINGAPORE Launch of Proton Wira car, signing of string of accords by Malaysian companies amnng highlights Byl Harish Mehta MALAYSIAN companies will sign a string of agreements with their Vietnamese partners during Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad's threeday visit to Vietnam starting tomorrow. Dr
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      Lock icon Thai current account deficit 40b baht higher than projected
      210 5 BANGKOK AFP THE Bank of Thailand said yesterday that the country's current account deficit for 1996 was higher than expected, at 335.7 billion baht (5118.7 billion), according to preliminary figures. Bandid Nijthavorn, director of economic research at the central bank, told
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      Lock icon Subang airport to be renamed after Sultan
      120 5 KLANG Bernama THE Subang International Airport will be known as Lapangan Terbang Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah effective from Saturday. Transport Minister Ling Liong Sik said the new name was in honour of the Sultan of Selangor. "The renaming of the airport was decided
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      Lock icon Jam, to the hum of traffic
      66 5 [MANILA] Ambrosio Papa, 53, one of Manila s "Dancing Policemen gyrating as if on a dance floor while directing traffic in Makati financial district here yesterday. Police officials say they plan to deploy other dancing policemen in busy intersections to amuse motorists caught in
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      Indonesia may have two rival national car projects
      442 5  -  SINGAPORE Habibie reiterates Timer car will not affect Maleo project By\ S N Vasuki INDONESIA may well have two competing "national" car projects. Technology Minister B J Habibie yesterday reiterated that the Maleo "people's car" project undertaken by the Agency for Strategic
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        Lock icon Foreign influx feels Manila boom
        32 5 AFP [MANILA] Tbreign companies expending their preemce in Properly o*»aUjwU,Baldywt«Hl*y office apace in tb* Makati ftnoneiai districtalone it expected to iitcreeeeto? error 880,000 equare metre# by I»B.—AFP
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        Lock icon M'sian trade members this week
        18 5 Reuter for December and i!ewSoteofl»o6 ifeit week^aflnenaT* mfaito»ry wtwktnr »iW m tk«< y^n^thtal
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        Lock icon Philippine' inflation raise up 11.9$
        50 5 Bloomberg Business News {MANILA] The Phfltopinesfanmialtnfiiirtfm rate rose to 11.8 per cent in February, the highest since December 1801, as rice and corn prices surged compared to the same month last year. Economists said the inflation figure was at the km end of rooet projections.—Bkwmbe^BKdhapJVtott
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        Lock icon Thai-M'sian name on gas purchase
        41 5 Reuter [BANGKOK] juKi Thailand has sJgaed a memorandum of intent (MOD to Jointly buy natural gas from the Malaysia-Thailand Joint Authority and its concessionaires. Under the MOI, both will jointly purchase "PE? 'X <?*l< S\< -ft
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      Lock icon New import tariffs may deter foreign investors: analysts
      307 5 JAKARTA AFP, Reuter RECENT rulings granting preferential treatment to companies in which President Suharto's children hold controlling interests may deter foreign investors from making commitments to Indonesia, analysts said here on Monday. Recent rulings for the automotive and petrochemical industries represent serious
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      Bangkok may have to adopt dual-rate policy
      624 5  -  BANGKOK Move expected after failure to gjet banks to maintain high lending rates By. Alan Boyd MONETARY authorities in Thailand may be forced to adopt a dual interest rate policy after failing to persuade commercial banks to keep lending rates high as insurance
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      Lock icon Indonesia, Malaysia to propose widening Growth Triangle
      290 5 JAKARTA The Straits Times ECONOMIC co-operation in the southern triangle comprising Singapore, Johor and Riau will be boosted this week when Indonesia and Malaysia formally propose the inclusion of West Sumatra province, Malacca and Negri Sembilan in the growth area. Officials from the
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  • CHINA-HONGKONG-TAIWAN
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      Critical choices for China's NPC
      546 6  -  SINGAPORE Major breakthrough in state sector reforms needed to avoid worsening fiscal plight By\ Lu Ning AT THE annual National People's Congress (NPC), which opened yesterday, key items on the agenda included the government's Ninth Five-Year Plan (FYP) for 1996-2000, agriculture, economic and social order,
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      Lock icon Fewer reform initiatives in new 5-year plan
      573 6 BEIJING Plan designed to consolidate Jiang's grip on power Reuter BEIJING unveiled yesterday a five-year plan to guide its economic boom to 2000, naming President Jiang Zemin as China's key leader into the 21st century but offering more consolidation and less initiative on
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      Lock icon Qian welcomes UK's visa waiver to HK residents
      224 6 BEIJING Reuter, AFP CHINA welcomed Britain's decision to offer Hongkong residents visa-free travel after Beijing's 1997 takeover, a Bei-jing-backed Hongkong newspaper said yesterday. However, Beijing would give no ground on its plans to scrap Hongkong's Bill of Rights. China welcomed the British
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      Lock icon No surprises seen in HK budget
      376 6  -  HONGKONG Stock market brashes it off as a non-event By i Quak Hiang Whai ONE DAY before the Hongkong government delivers its last full-year budget, the business community in the British territory yesterday appeared geared up for no surprises and a non-event. On the
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      Lock icon China gets tough on graft in financial sector
      170 6 SHANGHAI Reuter CHINA will launch a campaign against graft in the financial sector focusing on corrupt officials. The Financial News yesterday quoted central bank governor Dai Xianglong as telling a seminar in Beijing that the campaign had been prompted by the continuing
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      Lock icon Protecting foreign-funded enterprises
      100 6 BEIJING Reuter CHINA'S authorities have intensified crackdowns on corruption to protect the interests of foreign-funded enterprises, Xinhua news agency said yesterday. Authorities in north-east Liaoning province have introduced new rules allowing for- eign-funded firms to "reject fees or work apportioned to them by any department under concocted
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      559 6 Steamers Maritime Holdings Limited (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) 1. UNAUDITED RESULTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 1995 The Directors advise the following unaudited results of the Company and the Group for the year ended 31 December 1995: COMPANY GROUP 1995 1994 1995 1994 $'000 $'000 $'000 $000
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  • ASIA
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        Lock icon Japanese women marrying much later
        85 7 AFP [TOKYO] The decision of Japanese women to marry later Is linked to the falling national birth rate, according to this year's annual white paper on women which examined their lot since the end of World World 0. The government report also said that men
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        Lock icon UN top man may skip N Korea visit
        86 7 AFP [SEOUL] UN Secretary-General Boutroe Boutros-Ghali will visit South Korea on March 28 as part of a North-East Aftia tQjir thftt tTMiludee rhirm and Japan, officials here said yesterday. His planned visit to North Korea through the inter-Korean border may be cancelled
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        Lock icon Six killed after election call
        48 7 Reuter [DHAKA] Six people were killed in Bangladesh after Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia's proposal to hold a fresh election under a non-party government, police said yesterday. Her televised offer to set up a non-party government to oversee fresh elections was made on
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        Lock icon Monks denounce peace reforms
        63 7 AFP [COLOMBO] About 2,sooBuddhist monks staged a mass rally at the main international conference hall to denounce the government's peace reforms aimed at ending ethnic bloodshed and called it an attempt to split the country. The government's power-sharing plan aims to turn Sri Lanka into a
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      Lock icon Unions prepare to fight labour reforms
      370 7 AFTERMATH OF AUSTRALIAN ELECTIONS Howard tries to allay fears of revolt as anion chief quits central bank post [CANBERRA] As Australian conservative Prime Ministerelect John Howard prepared yesterday to form his new government, the country's powerful union movement geared up for battle over his
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      Talks on jusen rescue plan hit stalemate
      369 7  -  TOKYO Opposition rejects government's compromise proposals By. Anthony Rowley JAPANESE Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto's ruling cpalition and the Shinshinto (New Frontier) opposition party remained deadlocked last night over the controversial plan to use public funds to liquidate the nation's bankrupt housing loan corporations
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      Victoria's premier calls snap polls
      118 7 MELBOURNE THE Liberal premier of the Australian state of Victoria, Jeff Kennett, yesterday called a snap election for March 30, three days after a landslide victory by the federal LiberalNational coalition. Political commentators said Mr Kennett's decision to go to the polls reflected his de-
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      Lock icon Kim eats his way to a softer image: report
      162 7 SEOUL AFP SOUTH Korean President Kim Young Sam has slowed down his eating speed, which used to leave guests halfway through their meals when he had cleaned up his plate, a newspaper said yesterday. Many guests at the presidential Blue House
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      Lock icon Power cuts unlikely despite failure of monsoon
      232 7 COLOMBO Reuter SRI LANKA, struggling to generate electricity after the failure of monsoon rains, is unlikely to begin power cuts any time soon, officials said yesterday. The island's hill country reservoirs, which fuel its hydroelectricity plants, still have enough water to generate electricity
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      208 7 Tl»e one promise that matters, Editorial, Pg 10 j f/i ■mil J f WII J KL 9J k Ml JW*V M f/1 A i PROTECTION WEEKBB The Asian Society of Trichology is once again sponsoring complimentary Hair Protection Consultations allowing men and women with hair problems to receive a free
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  • THE WORLD
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      Lock icon Stocks hit new highs in Europe
      538 8 ■LQNDON Hopes far rate arts inspire bourses but gold sinks farther below US$4OO threshold Reuter, Bloomberg Business News STOCKS on major European bourses climbed to record highs yesterday, encouraged by a stronger Wall Street and expectations of lower interest rates. But a world rally
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      Docklands authorities reassure investors
      291 8  -  HONGKONG Prtyartias owned by Singaporeans not damaged in Mast Byi Quak Hiang Whai SINGAPORE investors in London's newest business district the Docklands have been assured that none of the properties owned by Singaporeans had been damaged or affected by the terrorist bomb blast last month and
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      Lock icon SEC proposes ways to simplify disclosures
      242 8 WASHINGTON Roles wiU kelp corporations raise capital with less paperwork Reuter THE Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) yesterday proposed wide-ranging rules that would simplify disclosure requirements and help corporations raise capital with less paperwork. At least 140 recommendations were issued under a report prepared
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      Lock icon US moves to isolate Iran and help Israel fight terrorism
      302 8 WASHINGTON Reuter PRESIDENT Bill Clinton took a series of measures yesterday to help Israel and the Palestinian Authority fight terrorism and isolate Iran, the White House said. The US will urge its allies, including European countries, to isolate Iran for
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      Lock icon Producer inflation slows: Fed
      230 8 WASHINGTON Bloomberg Business News BUSINESS investment in new, efficient computers and other equipment is putting the brakes on inflation in prices of goods traded among businesses, Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan said yesterday. "Increases in producers' costs and in output prices, for example, proved to be
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      Lock icon Top US CEOs paid US$4.4m each
      315 8 NEW YORK Bloomberg Business News CHIEF executives at the biggest American companies were paid an average of US$4.4 million (516.2 million) last year, 23 per cent more than they were paid in 1994, according to a survey by Pearl Meyer and Partners. After a
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      Lock icon EMU sans UK seen to harm London
      235 8 LONDON Bloomberg Business News EUROPEAN Monetary Union without the participation of the UK could hurt the City of London by causing the growth of a rival European financial centre, the London Investment Banking Association said. In a report on the consequences of EMU
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      Lock icon Clinton plan to pay US$1b in UN debts
      154 8 UNITED NATIONS Reuter PRESIDENT Bill Clinton intends to propose a five-year plan to pay nearly US$l billion (511.4 billion) in United Nation debts if the world body continues to enact reforms, US Ambassador Madeleine Albright announced on Monday. The US wants its
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      429 9 A liv A f f UVUIV/OUUJ iUCU V/ii V) Pclflß V ""jC f y y¥- 4 Results consumer finance and in the provision of treasury, Business performance For the third year in succession, I am delighted custody and investment banking services, all areas The growth, development, and profitability of Statement
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
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      Bapepam-JSE power tussle bad for market
      789 10  -  THE BOTTOM LIME OPINION By William Chia The writer is a BT correspondent specialising in Indonesian corporate affairs RUMOURS of a power struggle between Indonesia's Capital Market Supervisory Agency (Bapepam) chairman I Putu Gede Ary Suta and Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSE) president Hasan Zein
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      IN OTHER WORDS
      134 10 'Investments in mutual funds for international equity markets have been rising all year. That money has to be put somewhere.' SeOW CbooDg Tiang head of research at brokerage Kleinwort Benson Research (Malaysia) Sdn on why Malaysia's stock index rose above 1,100 points for the first time in
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      The one promise that matters
      604 10 EDITORIAL THE new Australian government under John Howard, seems a pragmatic one. Duringthe campaign, it showed itself ready to abandon or modify previously avowed positions. But voters will expect quick delivery on the one promise that really matters —the pledge to ease the jobs situation.
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      Lock icon Knowledge is power – and source of profit
      887 10  - Knowledge is power and source of profit Firms start to see intellectual capital as a corporate asset valuable financial capital which can grow in value w Tom Lester FT in London AN OIL company recently began an urgent seismic survey in the Gulf of Mexico because the US government was
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      WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
      861 10 Society's probtan wtth drop THE underlying problem (of curbing narcotics trafficking) is that an effort that concentrates solely on restricting supply is bound to fail. On average, only 0.2 per cent of the New York price of cocaine goes to the peasant who grows the coca.
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  • Page 10 Miscellaneous
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      83 10 Gary Trudeau W EXOJSe M£,Y (OMAT, HES 1 I£TME TEU, VOUUJHAT ANPTHAfSMHYWENEEP I euess WHY AM I NOT BUT(OOSTHATI NOTENTTTIEP\ THAT HOOPS ABOUT. OKAY? RAT > HJHO EISBREACHES OUT 1 NEVER SURPRISE?, STAFFER J TDPRTWCY? I ITS ABOUT THINGS GETTING TO THE VICTIMS OF AFFIRAtA- THOUGHT TPS 4BARING I fSTHATMHATI
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  • EXECUTIVE LIFESTYLE
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      Lock icon Seeing eye to eye behind the camera
      958 11  -  Directors Wong Kar-Wai of Hongkong and the US' Quentin Tarantino pair up in a film distribution deal, reports bene lagber IRENE LACHER LAT IN HONGKONG, he's known as the Wong Kar-Wai of the United States. Here, it might be simpler to call him
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      Lock icon Factory for films of mass appeal
      714 11 CINEMA Unimaginative financiers are stifling Pakistan's film industry, say critics Reuter [LAHORE] Box-office receipts are. up but Pakistan's cinema industry is showing few signs of breaking the mould of formulaic, mass entertainment films. *"tn an Islamic land where alcohol, gambling and mixed dancing are
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      Lock icon Feud over Anne Frank's name
      524 12 TRADEMARK RIGHTS Former allies locked in courtroom battle over how best to keep her name alive Reuter [AMSTERDAM) Two groups, once allies in telling the world the tragic tale of Anne Frank's life in hiding during the Nazi Holocaust, are locked in a bitter courtroom
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      Lock icon Critics deride steamy Tolstoy sequel
      864 14 BOOKS Latest in a new trend in RnaAn publishing of producing sequels to treadKred classics NYT (MOSCOW] The most beloved heroine of Russian literature, Natasha Rostova, was feeling sexy. "Staring at herself in the mirror, Natasha admired the cleavage of her high breasts, shapely hips,
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      1227 14 BOXING The 'greatest' fighter of all time can still deliver a knockout punch or two NYT [NEW YORK] It was called, simply, The Fight, because that first match between Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier, 25 years ago this week, contained too many metaphors to
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      A broken Sparrow on the mend?
      813 14  -  GOLF Prom Surinder Singh in Sydney AUSTRALIAN golfer lan Bak-er-Finch stood on the 18th green at the end of the fourday Canon Challenge two Sundays ago and received a standing ovation from the crowd around the green. A tear in his eye, Sparrow, as
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      Lock icon Ron Howard clinches Directors Guild award
      444 14 FILMS AP [HOLLYWOOD] Oscar, we have a problem. In a move that brings added suspense to this year's Academy Awards race, Ron Howard has captured the Directors Guild of America's top award for feature films for his directorial work on the Tom Hanks space
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      Hong Leong earnings jump 20.5%
      509 15  -  $76m net profit for 1995 exceeds expectations of most analysts By Conrad Raj [SINGAPORE] Hong Leong Finance yesterday reported a 20.5 per cent rise in group net earnings to $76.14 million for the year ended Dec 31, 1995, above the expectations of most analysts following
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      Steamers profit surges 39% on earnings from shipping
      274 15 [SINGAPORE] Steamers Maritime Holdings' net profit last year jumped 39 per cent to $12.7 million a performance that surpassed market expectations. This translates to a 12 per cent increase in group earnings per share to 6.4 cents for the year ended Dec
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      KIE posts 12% profit gain to $14m
      242 15 [SINGAPORE] Keppel Integrated Engineering (KIE) has posted a 12 per cent increase in net profit to $14.4 million for the year ended Dec 31,1995. According to The Estimate Directory, this is pretty much in line with market expectations. Analysts polled had forecast a
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      Can YHS make good as a property developer?
      714 15  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW By Lee Han Shih HOW will Yeo Hiap Seng (YHS) fare as a property developer? Can it move fast enough to generate some income from its property projects this year? In the past few months the softdrink maker has
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      Singmarine net gain up 15%, way below expectations
      351 15  -  By. Rahita Elias [SINGAPORE] Singmarine Industries, part of the Keppel Corp stable, achieved a 15 per cent increase in net profit to $26.6 million for the year ended Dec 31. Group turnover was up 14 per cent to $176.1 million. Based on
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      Sime Singapore suffers 66% profit plunge
      370 15  -  Poor interim results mainly dne to weak performance by car division By i Christopher Tan [SINGAPORE] It's a real disaster! That reaction from a motor analyst aptly sums up Sime Singapore's interim results, which saw earnings plunge 66 per cent to $5.1 million from
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    • REGIONAL COMPANIES
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        Telekom meets profit forecasts
        364 16  -  Group posts 12.7% rise in net earnings to Msl.s7b on a 16-9% revenue risetoMs&2b From. Ruth Wong m Kuala Lumpur TELEKOM Malaysia recorded an in-line 12.7 per cent growth in net earnings to M 11.575 billion (SsB73 million) for the year ended Dec 31, 1995 from
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        Fund managers accused of neglecting Asian investors
        371 16  -  By Shiv Taneja in Hongkong THE fund management industry has only itself to blame for the fact that less than 3 per cent of Asian investors are currently investing in mutual ftxnds and unit trusts, says Michael Yuen, a director at the Hongkong-based
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        SES amends Sesdaq manual's acquisition, shareholding clauses
        318 16  -  By William Chia [SINGAPORE] The Stock Exchange of Singapore has amended its Listing Manual clauses on very substantial acquisitions by Sesdaq companies and on shareholding spread. In a press statement yesterday, the SES said Clause 1006 of its Listing Manual stated that very
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        Eltech proposes rights issue to raise $30m
        383 16  -  15-for-10 issue will come with free warrants attached By David Mok [SINGAPORE] Loss-incurring contract manufacturer Eltech Electronics is planning to raise $30.75 million in a rights issue with free warrants. The issue offers 15 rights shares with three free warrants for every 10
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        STAe gets Mindef upgrade job
        197 16 [SINGAPORE] Singapore Technologies Aerospace (STAe) has been given the production go-ahead for a multi-million-dollar contract to upgrade fighter aircraft for the Ministry of Defence (Mindef). Mainboard-listed STAe said yesterday that the contract was expected to be completed over "a few years". A spokesman for the
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        Renong launching Viet export zone
        419 16  -  Groundbreaking for USs3om project comes 2 years after licence awarded By: Harish Mehta [SINGAPORE] Malaysian conglomerate Renong Bhd Is launching its US$3O million (5542.3 million) export processing zone (EPZ) near Hanoi's Noi Bai airport on Friday, two years after the project was licensed. Malaysian Prime
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        Comfort nets $59.7m from placement of 48m new shares
        232 16 [SINGAPORE] The Comfort Group, which operates Singapore's largest taxi fleet, has successfully placed out 48.37 million new shares at $1.25 each, netting an estimated $59.7 million, the company said in a statement. Yesterday, BT reported that Comfort was raising $60 million
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          Total SA consortium finds new gas field
          81 16 [SINGAPORE] A consortium lad by French company Total SA has discovered a potentially significant new gas field in the Andaman Sea, 70 km south of Myanmar, according to a statement from Unocal, one of the partners. The new gas field named Sein (meaning
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          TAC profit exceeds IPO forecast
          74 16 [SINGAPORE] Ma inboard-listed Total Access Communication Public Company (TAC) reported per cent surge in net earnings to 1.91 billion baht (Sslo6 million). This was 10.5 per cent above its September 1906 initial public offering forecast of 1.72 billion baht. Turnover soared 80.1 per cent to
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          Lion ups MCL stake to 53.2%
          78 16 [SINGAPORE] Omali Corporation, a member of the Lion Group, bought 100,000 Metal Containers (MCL) shares at $1.82 each yesterday, thereby raising its stake to 30.6 million shares or per cent Last monty, Omall's parent company, Kuala Lumpur-listed Amalgamated Containers Bhd (ACB), offered $1.83 for
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        Lock icon Indon GSM operators to spend US$580m on networks this year
        218 17 Mobile phone market set to boom as prices have fallen by 20% Reuter [JAKARTA] Three Indonesian GSM operators will invest almost US$5BO million (SsBl7 million) this year to expand their mobile telephone ser- vices across the archipelago, the Jakarta Post
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        Lock icon Powergen buys Aussie power firm using debt, equity
        296 17 UK power generator has 49.9% stake in consortium Reuter [MELBOURNE] British electricity generator Powergen pic yesterday said its A 52.4 billion (552.5 billion) joint purchase of Australian generator Yallourn Energy Ltd would be funded by ASI.6 billion of debt and AsBoo million
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        Lock icon Coles Myer will not break up group
        183 17 Bloomberg Business News [SYDNEY] Coles Myer Ltd, Australia's largest retailer, said it has decided against breaking the group into several independent operating entities. The restructuring was proposed last October during a power struggle between then chairman Solomon Lew and institutional shareholders. Soon after
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        Lock icon Jakarta urged to let banks buy shares
        200 17 AFP (JAKARTA] The chairman of the Indonesian Association of Listed Companies yesterday called on the authorities to allow banks to invest money in Indonesian capital markets to offset foreign dominance there. Rosano Barack, who heads the association, quoted Indonesian President Suharto as having
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        Lock icon Nippon Steel: profit will fall short of forecast
        497 17 Bloomberg Business News [TOKYO] Nippon Steel Corp, the world's largest steelmaker, will fall short of its profit forecast for the year through March, the company said. Nippon Steel's failure to meet its forecast increases the possibility that two other top steelmakers Kawasaki
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          Lock icon Stable yen helps Toshiba's PC sales
          65 17 Reuter [TOKYO] Toshiba Corp's sales of personal computers worldwide will exceed 400 billion yen <555.2 billion) in the business year to end-March 1996, much more than the company's previous forecast 0f363 billion yen, a company spokesman said yesterday. "The yen's stabilisation has provided a
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          Lock icon Doosan to merge beverage, food units
          82 17 Bloomberg Business News [SEOUL] South Korea's Doosan group said it will merge its two listed units, Doosan Beverage Co and Doosan Foods Co in September. Doosan Beverage Co is the country's largest bottler of Coca-Cola and operates a KFC fast-food franchise. Doosan Foods Co
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          Lock icon 3Com to buy Axon Networks for US$65m
          64 17 Bloomberg Business News [SANTA CLARA, California] 3Com Corp said it has agreed to buy closely held Axon Networks Inc for US$65 million (5591.8 million), mostly in cash, to acquire computer network monitoring software and technology. 3Com, based here, said it will take a
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          Lock icon Westinghouse wins defence contract
          55 17 AFP [WASHINGTON] The Westinghouse conglomerate announced on Monday it won a US$575 million (SsBll.B million) defence contract to destroy chemical weapons. Under the nine-year US Army contract, Westinghouse Government and Environmental Services Company (Gesco) will destroy 2,250 tonnes of chemicals and munitions in Anniston, Alabama in
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        Lock icon All eyes on Goodman's result
        284 17 Reuter [SYDNEY] Australia's largest processed food group, Goodman Fielder Ltd, tomorrow will issue one of the most closely-watched profit statements of the interim reporting season when it releases its figures for the December halfyear. The Goodman Fielder result will follow weak performances announced by other
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        Lock icon Dayak Besar may go into receivership
        127 17 Bloomberg Business News [JAKARTA] Indonesia's Forestry Minister is considering putting PT Dayak Besar under receivership to recoup the plywood company's 350 billion rupiah (Ss2l4 million) debt to banks and an undisclosed amount of money the company owes the government, the Jakarta Post said. Forestry
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        Lock icon BIL's Aussie stakes may be higher than disclosed
        313 17 Reuter [WELLINGTON] Brierley Investments Ltd makes no secret of its interest in Australia but analysts yesterday said the New Zealand investor may have accumulated a greater stake in Australia than previously disclosed. "They're suspected to have accumulated up to a 4.9 per
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        Lock icon Emerging markets could add US$1b to IBM revenue
        443 18 Its businesses there grew 30% last year but the market in North America remains soft Reuter [NEW YORK] International Business Machines Corp's businesses in emerging markets could add some US$l billion (Ssl.4 billion) to the company's 1996 revenue growth, IBM's chief executive
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        Lock icon Apple shares slide to year's low
        385 18 Its eWorld online service will be shnt down on March 31 Reuter [PALO ALTO, California] Apple Computer Inc stock slid to a low for the year on Monday after the company cancelled a teleconference on its flagging eWorld online service now slated to be
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        Lock icon Netscape launching upgrade of server software
        276 18 Reuter [SAN FRANCISCO] Netscape Communications Corp, developer of the most popular browser software for the Internet, was planning a big product launch yesterday aimed at maintaining its lead over software giant Microsoft Corp. At a conference for Internet software developers, Netscape's new products will
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        Lock icon Microsoft co-founder sells US$70m stake
        362 18 Bloomberg Business News [SEATTLE] Microsoft Corp cofounder Paul Allen last month sold 700,000 Microsoft shares valued at about US$7O million (5596.7 million), partly to fund his venture capital activities. Mr Allen, who founded the world's biggest personal computer software company in 1975 with high-school friend
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        Lock icon EU faces dilemma over UK's request to handle merger case
        383 18 Acceding to request will delay single EU market for drugs Reuter [BRUSSELS] Britain's request to be sole judge of the proposed takeover of Lloyds Chemists pic by German drugs company Gehe AG poses a dilemma for the European Commission. The
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        Lock icon Acer, IBM agree to cross-license patents
        185 18 Reuter [TAIPEI] Acer Inc. Taiwan's computer giant, said yesterday it has reached agreement with IBM to cross-license all patents related to data processing apparatus. While the specific terms of the cross-licence agreement are confidential, it essentially allows Acer and IBM to research and develop,
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        Lock icon ICI strikes deal to buy Bunge Paints for US$390m
        371 18 Reuter [LONDON] Britain's Imperial Chemical Industries pic on Monday agreed to buy Latin American group Bunge Paints Ltd for US$39O million (*****.6 million), but the move is unlikely to dampen market speculation about the firm's plans for a spending spree or
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        Indonesian firms raise US$850m from bonds
        562 19  -  Higher US interest rates prompt companies to seek alternatives such as floating rate notes By William Chia [SINGAPOREJ Indonesian companies raised US$B5O million (Ssl.2 billion) through two international bond issues in four tranches last year compared with US$95O million through four international bond issues
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        Lock icon Japan premium re-emerges
        146 19 FT [LONDON] Japanese banks are once again having to pay a premium for borrowings in the interbank market as nervousness over the weakness of Japan's financial system increases ahead of the March 31 financial year end in Tokyo. Senior European bankers said the "Japan premium", where Japanese
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          Lock icon Bankers Trust NZ ups pre-tax profit
          58 19 Reuter [WELLINGTON] Bankers Trust New Zealand said yesterday it had achieved an audited consolidated operating profit before taxofNZs4&3 million (Ss44 million) for the year ended Dec 31.1905, an increase of 15.5 per cent over 1994 earnings. Chief executive Gavin Walker said 1995 had been
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          Lock icon PNB likely to write off 4.7b pesos
          75 19 AFP [MANILA] The Philippine National Bank (PNB) is likely to write off 4.67 billion pesos (*****.7 million) of liabilities, an official said yesterday. PNB senior vice-president Valentin Araneta told an annual shareholders meeting that it had already transferred about 22 billion pesos in
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          Lock icon 3 new members join Central Gilts Office
          58 19 Reuter [LONDON] The Bank of England said on Monday three international securities settlements systems, the Bank of New York, Cedel Bank and Euroclear, became members of the Central Gilts Office system. 808 said international investors in gilts and gilt repos will now have
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          Lock icon Independent Insurance's profits up 70%
          77 19 Bloomberg Business News [LONDON] Independent Insurance Group pic said 1906 pre-tax profit rose 70 per cent to a record £35.5 million (5576.5 million) on strong growth in investment and premium income. This compares with a pre-tax profit of £20.9 million in 1994. The UK insurer
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        Lock icon Botswana eyes gain from gem pact
        307 19 Reuter [GABORONE, Botswana] Botswana is hoping for a revival in the fortunes of its diamond industry after the signing of last month's memorandum of understanding between De Beers and Russian producers. Botswana has three huge mines which it operates with De Beers in a
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        Developers raise HK$5b loan for MTR project
        330 19  -  Consortium includes Hang Long Dev, Henderson Land and Swire Properties From l Quak Hiang Whai in Hongkong A CONSORTIUM comprising some of the biggest property developers in Hongkong yesterday raised a HK$5.3 billion (Ss96B million) term loan to finance an airport-railway mixed property
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        Lock icon Russian diamond giant sets out to match De Beers
        314 19 Reuter [MOSCOW] Russia's biggest diamond producer Almazy Rossii-Sakha announced on Monday its plans to become a transnational corporation, similar to South African diamond group De Beers. "We want to have the basic traits of the companies we deal with on the
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        Top Moody's ratings for Toshiba unit's note and commercial paper
        281 19  -  By\ Soh Tiang Keng [SINGAPORE] Moody's Investors Service has given Toshiba Corp's Singapore subsidiary top ratings for its Euro note and US commercial paper issues. A US$3OO million (*****.5 million) Euro Medi-um-Term Note issued by the Singapore-based Toshiba Capital (Asia),
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        Lock icon Deutsche Bank fights share fears
        490 20 Bank patting one billion marks in stock market to pioneer pension funds in Germany Reuter [FRANKFURT] Deutsche Bank AG said on Monday it was investing one billion Deutschemarks (*****.5 million) of its pension reserves on the stock market to combat Germany's aversion to shares and
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        Lock icon Kloffe begins roadshow in US, Europe
        184 20 Reuter [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's fledgling Kuala Lumpur Options and Financial Futures Exchange (Kloffe) is hitting the road this week to promote the exchange in Europe and the United States. In a statement, Kloffe said the week-long roadshow which ends on March 11 would include
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        Lock icon German insurers see more slowdown
        147 20 Reuter [LUXEMBOURG] German insurers are facing weaker premium growth again this year because of the slowing economy and higher insurance tax, the industry association GDV said on Monday. GDV president Bernd Michaels told a news conference in Luxembourg that premium income would rise only 4
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        Lock icon EIB launches first Ecu Eurobond with promise of convertibility
        307 20 European Investment Bank deal well received and seen as likely to set a trend Reuter [LONDON] The European Investment Bank (EIB) successfully launched the first ever Ecu-denominated Eurobond to include a definitive clause on convertibility into the Euro, bond underwriters said
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        Lock icon UK building society pondered bank status before abortive merger bid
        259 20 Nationwide Building Society roles ont another merger bid Reuter [SWINDON, England] Nationwide Building Society, soon to be Britain's largest, might have sought bank status if its merger talks with National Provincial had been successful, its chief executive said. Nationwide chief
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        Lock icon Alcan hopes to settle aborted C$1.3b deal
        190 20 Reuter [VANCOUVER] Alcan Aluminium Ltd said on Monday it hopes to reach an agreement with British Columbia by the end of this month on a settlement for its cancelled Csl.3 billion (Ssl.3 billion) Kemano hydroelectric project. Alcan and the province said in July
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        Lock icon Profit-taking takes Euroyen futures to intra-day lows
        194 20 m—m Report Reuter (SINGAPORE] Simex Euroyen futures ended at their intraday lows on profit-taking yesterday, dealers said. They added that downside potential was capped by emerging bids each time the futures threatened intra-day low levels. "Despite the profit-taking, some dealers see Euroyen now
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        157 20 Reuter, AFP London THE dollar was stuck in a half yen and half pfennig range in slack European trading with the main focus of attention the weakness of the mark. The market is alive with rate cut talk and traders are awaiting German and US economic data for
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        Lock icon Oil prices edge up after sell-off on Iraqi worries
        300 20 ENERGY REPORT Reuter (LONDON] Oil prices edged higher yesterday, continuing a bounce which began late on Monday after a sell-off triggered by heightened worries over a possible Iraq oil sale. World benchmark North Sea Brent crude futures for April delivery were
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      Lock icon TOKYO
      1622 21 Reuter P Nikkei 225 tIMJt STOCKS closed firmer on arbitrage-linked buying, spurred by higher futures contracts. But late selling eroded heavy gains earlier. Trading was lacklustre without any major issues attracting investors, brokers said. The Nikkei 225 Average ended up 119.99 points at 20,183.87, off the day's high of
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      Lock icon HONGKONG
      1712 22 AFX-Asia Q HugSeng ♦200.03 SHARE prices closed sharply higher as investors returned to a market boosted by overnight gains on Wall Street and hopes of further cuts in US interest rates, dealers said. The Hang Seng Index closed up 200.03 points at 11,454.08. Turnover was HKSS.B3 billion. The market
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      Lock icon CHINA
      631 22 Bloomberg Business News kl Shanghai B Share Index -0.09 SHANGHAI B Shares were mixed, as a late gain by Shanghai Diesel Engine Co offset a drop by Shanghai Industrial Sewing Machine Co. Sewing Machine shares fell 7.2 per cent to 13 cents on 2.5 million shares of trade, making
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      358 22 AFP QWP Index 42.41 SHARE prices finished 1.3 per cent lower after China announced it would conduct a week-long missile launching exercise off the island's northeast and southwest coasts. "Selling emerged from the start of trading in response to the imminent Chinese missile test," said a dealer. The Weighted
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      671 22 Reuter Q Composite Into -OJ6 SHARE prices ended lower but the index managed to regain some ground at the close due to a slight recovery in heavy weight Telkom. The Composite Index closed at 591.48 points, down 0.56 on a volume of 54.7 million shares. One broker said sentiment
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      Lock icon BANGKOK
      824 22 Reuter d SET -1430 STOCKS ended down in thin trade as poor domestic economic data and lacklustre 1995 corporate results sidelined players, brokers said. The SET Index finished 14.20 points lower at 1,311.66 on 3.8 billion baht turnover. Falls beat gainers 285 to 65. "Most players believed that there
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      344 22 AFP Q Manila *128 SHARE prices rose on gains from selected blue chips. The Composite Index rose 2.85 points to 2,908.68. Turnover was 5.9 billion shares valued at 1.8 billion pesos. The market is expected to consolidate over the rest of the week, brokers said. Ayala Corp A shares
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      418 22 Reuter F1 Composite Index +162 SHARES closed in positive territory, pulled up by Samsung Electronics and other blue chips, but trading was otherwise gloomy. The Composite Index rose 2.62 points to 857.72. But falls overwhelmed risers 516 to 209 while trading romained thin at 16.9 million shares. Samsung Electronics
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      629 22 AFP PAD Primaries -18.3 SHARES closed lower after running out of steam and extinguishing hopes of a major rally on the back of the conservative win in Saturday's general election. The All Ordinaries Index fell 15.3 points to 2,308.0. Turnover was 284.8 million shares valued at A 5641.9 million,
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      279 22 Reuter P Wellington -180 SHARES declined, led by Carter Holt Harvey, as the world's largest wood pulp supplier slashed prices 17 per cent. The NZSE Top 40 Index fell 6.80 points to 2,144.62. c*tt) AN2 Banking 7.28 -0.27 ***** Advantages Hldgs 1.50 -0.04 7000 Air New Zealand (A) 3.52
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        7230 23 KOALA LUMPUR Reports Bloomberg Business News H Composite Index +17.49 BENCHMARK stocks rose 1.5 per cent, marking a third 16-month high in as many days, as foreign fund managers bought blue-chip shares like Telekom Malaysia Bhd and Proton Bhd. "There's been an increasing optimism
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        Jardine worth a second look
        3732 24  -  WARRANT WATCH By R Sivanithy AFTER being in play recently, Robert Fleming's covered warrants on Jardine Matheson seem to have lost their way a bit, judging by their low daily volume and the fact that the price has hovered at around US$O.l2 for a few
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        69 26  -  By Paul Leo MALAYSIAN Resources Corporation Bhd rose six cents to $3.66 on strong volume qf 1.82 million units 4.7 times the 10-day average 0f388,200 shares. The dob traded counter is likely to test its two-year high at $3.86 and investors are advised to take some profit there.
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        927 26  -  STOCK MARKET COMMENTARY Malaysia sees fresh wave of foreign buying amid growing perception of interest rates peaking By R Sivanithy [SINGAPORE] For the second consecutive day, activity in the local stock market yesterday was largely focused on Malaysian stocks after a
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      • ON THE GRAPEVINE
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          Head in the sand: Pie in the sky
          154 26 OSTRICH fanciers may be in the vanguard of a new and exciting investment wave. The Ostrich Meat and Marketing Company of Perth, Australia, is canvassing Asian funds through ads in regional publications pointing up the profit-making potential of a bird which can't
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          Jut do it!
          78 26 ONE investment guru believes that investors lose more money preparing for a market's correction or trying to anticipate when it will correct. According to him, the first cardinal rule is: never hedge your portfolio with futures or options. These sophisticated tools are best left to rocket scientists.
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          Second chance?
          126 26 WHILE syndicates aeem to be recently neglecting KL's main board for the second bourse, don't despair. According to Vickers Ballas in its special feature cm Malaysia, the KLSE Composite Index should see funds flow back into the main board, blue chips and laggards if the index manages to
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          New for some colour
          67 26 THE volatile Bombay stock market was closed yesterday for Holi, a uniquely Indian spring festival. As a news agency blandly explained yesterday, people all over India "welcome the start of spring by throwing coloured water and powder at each other". Of course punters on the Bombay
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      592 16 n sSfijft vSssf Sime Singapore Limited INTERIM RESULTS FOR THE HALF-YEAR ENDED 31 ST DECEMBER 1995 The Directors are pleased to announce the foliowing:1. Unaudited results of the Group and of the Company for the half-year ended 31st December 1995 Group Company 1995 1994 1995 1994 S$ Million S$ Million
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      503 17 Singmarine Singmarine Industries limited (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) 1. UNAUDITED RESULTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 1995 The Directors of Singmarine Industries Limited advise the following unaudited results of the Company and the Group for the year ended 31 December 1995 COMPANY GROUP 1995 1994 1995 1994
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      262 26 MARINA GREEN LIMITED (Incorporated with limited liability in the Republic of Singapore) 5550,000,000 Floating Rate Notes Due 1998 Pursuant to CONDITION 16 of the Notes, notice is hereby given that, in respect of the Interest Period from March 6, 1996 and ending on (but excluding) June 6,1996:(a) the Rate of
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      84 26 UNITED OVERSEAS LAND LIMITED (Incorporated In Singapore) LOST CERTIFICATE Certificate no. *****26-9 covering 250 stock units in the name of Tan Khai Sai. Deceased has been reported loet, mislaid or destroyed. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a new certificate wil be issued and the original certificate win be deemed duly
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      258 26 Singapore Closing Share Prices 05/03/1996 CLOSE PREV LOW HIGH till## s US$ US$ US$ US$ TMUW Jardine Matheson 8.25 8.15 8.20 8.25 FGZSM i a,^ ,n Strate o ic 3.48 3.38 3.40 3.48 Dairy Farm 1.02 0.985 1.00 1.02 Hongkong Land 2.32 2.25 2.27 2.35 inflffffflEl Mandarin Oriental 1.34 1.37
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      303 27 Knight-Ridder, Reuter THE Baltic Freight Index dropped eight more points to 1,349 on Monday, with all Panamax routes very slightly lower. Some shipbrokers felt the dry cargo freight market might be bottoming (wit citing a stronger tone on the Atlantic and Indian Ocean although rates were still weakening
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      Aussie state govt's port policy may be tested soon
      325 27  -  New South Wales' Labor govt wants to retain ports tmder public ownership From Selva Kumar in Sydney A RECENT promise by the New South Wales state government that it will not privatise and sell ports the way Portland in Victoria was
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      Lock icon Bremer Vulkan's east German unit wants to leave group
      270 27 Reuter [BREMEN, Germany] Two weeks after Germany's largest shipbuilder Bremer Vulkan Verbund AG filed for protection from creditors, its first subsidiary unit is scrambling to exit the cash-strapped umbrella group. East German group Werft Neptun Industrie GmbH Rostock (NIR) said on
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      Prospects of OECD accord look dimmer with Vulkan crisis
      724 27  -  STRAIT TALE By\ Seafarer A FEW weeks ago Seafarer, perhaps complacently, thought there was good chance that the OECD shipbuilding accord would come into effect some time around the middle of this year. All that was needed was the agreement of
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      89 27 [SINGAPORE] Newly formed Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) has launched a scholarship scheme as part of its recruitment drive to meet its long-term personnel needs. In a statement issued yesterday, the one-month-old statutory board said it is offering both local and overseas scholarships for courses
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      174 27 Reuter [OSLO] Norwegian shipbuilding and engineering company Kvaerner A/S said on Monday it would borrow 4.5 billion crowns (*****.5 million) to help finance the planned £904 million (Ssl.9 billion) acquisition of Trafalgar House pic. "The offer will be financed to approximately 50 per cent through
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      Bangladeshi line to launch service
      174 27 Chittagong-S'pore feeder service te start mid-March [SINGAPORE] QC Container Line Limited (QCCL) of Bangladesh will launch a regular weekly feeder service between CfcMtagong and Singapore in the middle of fills month. According to a recent statement, QCCL will start off by A deploying two 574-TEU
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      965 28  -  SCAMDZMAVZAM SHIFTARDS: ACTIVITY ON THE RISE Stable repair costs and a softening of the Scandinavian currency have seen shipyards in these countries become more competitive, especially as they look towards the ferry sector to generate substantial work for them Alan Therpe Lloyd's List A WHOLE
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        COCKETT BUNKER MARKET REPORT
        851 45 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Marine Oil Ltd, shows price ranges in US dollars instead of single prices for a more comprehensive description of the market. Prices shown are baaed on average-sired stem. Market movef—U'tfj VMitMfed. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the individual changes
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        350 45 ■All Ghana: Independence Day. ■Aft 8 Belarus-. International Women'! Day. Nepal: International Women's Day. Russia: International Women's Day. Ukraine. International Women's Day. Uganda: International Women's Day. MAE 12 Mauritius: National Day. ■ABU Belarus- Constitution Day. Hungary: Anniversary of 1848 revolution. XABlt Iran: (tentative) Martyrdom of Sixth Imam. ■Aft
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        405 46 Japan desperately trying to maintain market akaro by catting costs Reuter [GENEVA] Asian car makers face mixed prospects in Europe, with the Koreans making gains at the lower end of the market, and the once invincible Japanese struggling to maintain market share. European
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        Lock icon France offers expertise for S'pore-Europe railroad project
        228 46 AFP (KUALA LUMPUR] France is offering its expertise to help Malaysia coordinate a historic Singapore-Europe electric railroad project, French Foreign Minister Herve de Charette said yesterday. France was prepared to study the technical aspects of the project to help the countries make their
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        Lock icon Kiwi Airlines plans to fly to S'pore
        194 46 Reter [WELLINGTON] New Zealand budget airline Kiwi International Airlines said yesterday it had applied to the Ministry of Transport to take up "fifth freedom" rights to fly from Christchurch to Singapore via Cairns. Chief executive Ewan Wilson said fifth freedom capacity was defined
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        Lock icon Aussie airport selloff may take 3 years
        277 46 Tiflnohold Biloi if fonr major urports will take 12 month* Reuter [SYDNEY] Privatising Australia's airports could take up to three years, the new head of the government owned Federal Airports Corporation (FAC), Barry Murphy, said. In a briefing to head office executives and
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        Lock icon Bankruptcy inevitable: Fokker chief
        179 46 Bloomberg Business News [AMSTERDAM] Ben van Schaik, chairman of Dutch aircraft maker Fokker NV, said that Fokker Holding NV and Fokker NV will be declared bankrupt even if the business units of the company are allowed to continue to operate. In an interview with Dutch television,
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        Lock icon Indoncar sales expected to fall below last year's
        260 46 AFP [JAKARTA] The Indonesian car market Is expected to be depressed this year by consumers waiting for a new cheap model to go on sale, the industry said on Monday. The Indonesian Car Producers' Association (Gaikindo) predicted that 1996 car sales will
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          74 46 AFX-ASIA [TOKYO] All Nippon Airways Co Ltd it is considering revising the feres for its two most popular domestic routes ahead of new airfare regulation which will be adopted in June. An ANA official said th* move feßows decisions fey J«pao AirUiws 0° Ud and Japan
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          Lock icon Strike disrupts Air France flights
          69 46 Reuter [PARIS] Air Prance cancelled 23 of its 800 Suropsan flights on Monday in a one-day strike by a cabin crew union cmt wa®es, a spokeswoman for the statiMTWned airline said on Monday. She said passengers with bookings had been wwjad in>«tv»nee and transferred toother
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          Lock icon Mercedes'US sales in Feb up 34%
          41 46 Reuter [STUTTGART, Germany) German ear maker Mercedes-Benz AG said its U8 car safes rose almost 34 per cent to 6,594 cars in February compared same fear-earlier month. The companysaidon Monday in a state^ttheflf^wastobestpsrlbeißaiiwinttieUS since isei—Rmtitr
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          Lock icon JAI,Vietnam Airlines in code sharing
          71 46 AFX-ASIA (TOKYOI Japan Airlines CoLtd (JAL) and Vietnam said the two companies plan to start joint operations, by code sharing four weekly round trip flight! on the Osaka-Ho Chi Minh City route. Both airltoes currently operate three weekly round trip flights each, and the new
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          Lock icon Lockhead Martin wins US$75m deal
          92 46 Bloomberg Business News Martin Corp has received a U5176.1 million (*****.9 million) contract tor 12 training sjwtems to the company's P-16 fighter plane, fee Afr Force said la a statement on Monday The company training sytfero that help F-16 crews hone their skills with the
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        Lock icon Souttiern Philippine airport ready by July
        123 46 AFP [MANILA) A U5546.7 million (5165.8 million) international airport tn the southern Philippine city of General Santos will begin operations in July, an official from the US Agency for International Development (USAkI) said yesterday. The US-funded General Santos City international airport is now 79.6
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      16 27 Scandinavian yards set sights on ferry market More competitive yards see rise in activity. Pmffs 2
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      15 27 Sooth Korean car sales accelerate in Europe Japan trying to maintain market share. Bask Page
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      1158 31 IiRI STRAITS SHIPPING PTE LTD I 10 Hoe Chiang Road #11-01 Kappal Towers Slajapera 0200 Tal: *****00 Fax: *****17 ttafcA NEW QUiNEA PACIFIC LINE Singapore (A SERVICE OF CHINA NAVIGATION CO) CARAKAJNM-a V9M4E In PI HMar Übuan Sandakan i Tawau U loniiw »NII— MfUllf iwriTOr»m« IWKfMlwiii STRAITS STAR VNOK 0*
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      2160 31 R&O P&OContaincr«Limited O 10 Hoe Chiang Road. #07-01 Keppel Towers, Singapore 0208 First Class Connections WORLDWIDE gj= 225 33 T R s "f* 4 pnocsp f., 2 a nrmn 7517 BXPOHT IMPORT I VOY *PNQ -PKO UN SOU ANT MOT HAM OOT IRC IfH VCSSCL VOV AMT QOT HOT MAM
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      690 32 n? TEL: *****33 (12 UNES) EL FAX: *****15/*****03 lOC] TELEX: RS ***** RISHIP (3 Unaa) CR NO: **********0E IjjfQ ETHIOPIAN SMPPMfiUNES Y (National Lhes of Ethiopia) ACCEPTING FCL AND CONVENTIONAL Voy Ita Loading lor Spore Abyot 43W8 I 18/04 T Aasap, MMMWI Netsanet 42M8 20/06 Mombasa, Djibout Asaab Mds&dws H
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      400 33 0' KAPAL KRIS Shipping Pte Ltd I 701 BUXTON ROAD, S'fOtE tSf 529 M 3J***** F«: JJ42J77 ■> 01 MO. **********06 SYARIKAT PERKAPALAN KRIS SENDIRIAN BERHAD MMMHoaiieionKNSMßS(anKwiMMss»/i,nuiMj««.i».nßM» W7MKBUMGJATJ^SBJUKOI.IB:7MM77/71/7f RUt*****07 IBOrWMUS vissa vot etoskw vtssa vot msran MM voveibmm mm vnrmww SBC 2oJ SsalfS EKS SI! f!S!2 WBGAWmM mkapbma mm unim
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      332 33 l FAMOUS CONTAINER LINES 80 ROBINSON ROAD. #22-02 SINGAPORE *****8 HOT UNE: *****33 (30 UNES) P. KLANG PH: 0203/*****02 (10 UNES) PENANG PH: 0204/*****7 (10 UNES) J. BAHRU PH: 0207-*****22' QLOBEUNK FORWARDERS PTE LTD flBBl T*Lr *****93 (19 UN99) FAXi X*****V*****49 TLXi ft# ***** ACT MJHV 'W'WJwmr J* (OTJ *****97
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      655 34 PORT KLANG M <ff a f l gWtSTOg PtNANG 55® VOT 81 wl ma vot m "T m mSm ft 2SS 3$S Sm 5 gga SSS £S s rca H z:: SSw —n£i? S^=nr^z_jjjj«—«*■= u\m w im -fiir W 355 ft. -SEwr 11 ggg T* "'V« 1— ww ,vww Si
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      554 35 iBSA^ 1 M MYANMA \SBBk FIVE STAR UNE 1 (MyHMr NaNaaal Um) tudh| far Y«|M (>m|im) wssa vot m nw pm rw MMN am M/U MUM TIE M/U BAUVSIA AMNTSc BOXSTIAO SEFMB ABOKKS J EB> IE BMB-MI7MI P*L TA H-M-37M111 NE IE M44-MIMM Nil IE H47-*****T1/4 f tg| BANK LINE
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      790 35 f agSgrPM PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL UNES (PTE) LTD I I SSSS^^^ 140 CmJ Street, *03-00 ***** a I CTNO: 100EB*****E I■■ vaaaaL vov am cam jm me jm am am mi am am ■■>?>■? kota wuava aMMre t» i ai/a aan tan ar/a mn aan aa/a a^ I oammtm. natoip ta/a
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      96 37 I //—VISA EREICiHT SERVICES PTE LTE> s|,, l > |s ,Cl l Siikc I 'M Till TOTM //v'\\S/'()/C7 \7/().\ lx 11. 111 \K I.KOUIVV .1 Il I CO\SOI 11 V\ I |(>\ I \II'OK I <S I \POK I M K\ K s OCEANIA PORTS AUCKI.AXP SVDM Y I'.KISIVWI Mil
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      453 39 CAPE 412N 04-06Q3 10-13*03 18-1403 I SLANO 413N *****3 13-17/03 22-23/03 I BRIOGE 414N 11-12/0$ 17-2003 25-2003 I BAY 41 IN 15-1003 20-24,03 29-3*03 I CAPE 418N 18-1003 24-27/03 01-0204 I ISLAND 417N 22-2003 27-31/03 *****4 I PEL VOY SIN CAL SIN FORCE 089S 07-2203F0R WSCHAfIGEONtY MOON 114 10-11/03 17-21/03
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      956 39 unJTZ.'L-a. MtflAgQBE phone (general) anwa rate Mtjuwgg agioa«i/?*v2flo cf» (phone) *****10 qfs <fajq ZTtara I «BWH nwnrwiwwffl Ita tan trii mb A«v a Ham Mi THAMES /5096 07*03 28/03 26/03 27/03 24/03 06/03 24/53 2503 27/03 oftTO 25*03 26/03 30/03 31/03 2MB OOCLHOPE/5106 14/03 04AM 02AM 03AM 31/03 TTNE /1106
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      1120 40 M v AS AGENTS: "K" UMI PWtfOW) W1 LTD (Blitil—i«ttWM> THj *****77 TELEX KAA/AW R*****6 PAX *****167/8/9 '2 I a V T MALAYSIA: H" UNI MAMTMI (MMAYM) MM BHD 1 lILj ly I W| TBjSA *****00 PK *****75 PB*22B2OK)JB *****01PGU*****256 g r*f" MDONMA: WT. SAMAMA UWT MTMNUM, TR: JCT *****06
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      905 40 WB|Mir 19 OPKIMMD 19*91 Jff PON NUlfil T CIIAiAMC iMUCi jRVMrvHC V9TVH fa iO-Mmiiim/xn IIM. oKKMßsavn m-i-ns iinn—now mi m**« «miM HS44* MMUtHB *****8 V We Carry Your Confidence <** ttttlWKl l TPwmw<—whumoom—».MMoMBMMMMMWolMMgf 3«,g* m n> jn «mL«bwi W|l*Ma*HM I »1 lw I<W 1 w I fci Ilk I rfu
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      838 41 IMPORT FCL/LCL CONSOLIDATION 3 Milan g I ITALY/SINGAPORE 11 V Marshalling Forwadlng Services (MFS) V via Genoa and Milan rasr porwakde* in Staff At Your Service: NICHOLAS/SALHA/MARIA BO 9002 BY LXQA fl l|lln^B^ DID-277-1077/71/78 ;MA Xr A internationalsbafrdcht 7 J Vlf UUV PORWARDiNO A r AND LOOOmCS SERVICES SUPER EXPRESS
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      583 42 ■Tf SAMUDERA INDONESIA (S) PTE LTD 15 McCALLUM STREET #03-01/02 NATWEST CENTRE S'PORE 0106 TEL: *****81-3 FAX: *****36 (3 HUNTING LINES) TLX: R*****0 BOOKINGS CALL DIRECT LINE: *****41/*****43 JESSICA/CELIA 7 SLGS/WEEK 3 SLGS/WEEK [VESSEL VOY [SIN I JAK [VESSEL [VOY \StH ISUW KEDAH 932 IN PT 09/03 (SAT) LUMOSO EXP
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      493 42 TO E. CANADA US ATLANTIC US GULF HE™ I PKELANG* HALIFAX N.YORK NORFOLK N ORLEANS SAVANNAH TAMPICO HOUSTON HOEGH DYKE 0834 IN PT I 14 APR 17 APR 20 APR Z7APR 23 APR 01 MAY OS MAY HOEGH CAIRN 0134 23/24 MARI 17 MAR 07 MAY 10MAY 13MAY 20MAY 16NUVY
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      294 42 XpQ PHILI-Ofll€NT Y** LIN€S m LTD ®TEL- *****00 (16 UNES) FAX: *****76/*****38 CR COOfc **********0H TmM' K KELAMO 03-*****86 MM 04-*****6 I SYDNEY, MELBOURNE. BRBBANE, 15 MAR AUCKLAND, WELLINGTON, LYTTLETON, 18 Mfcl NAPIER, CHRISTCHURCH, NEW PLYMOUTH LONDON, FELIXSTOWE. LE HAVRE, 11 MM ROTTERDAM, HAMBURG, ANTWERP ANO ALL INLANO DESTINATIONS WITHM
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      509 43 i p— —mmmmmm 11, Singapore Soviet Shipping jffit Co. Pte. Ltd. :ST CH NO: **********0N L.... BOMBAY/COCHIN C Na£ voy am bom coc XOUR MA 008 03/03 18/03 Win* 02N 00/03 17/03 HA QLORY OLROOO 18/03 23AM u xqur a—in 41« ie/w 34/03 Ba > AtfKHANK KURAKO MKION 27/03 04/04
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      390 43 S SIM FAR EAST 05/03 KEELUNG/KAOHSIUNG 10/03 BANGKOK 10/03 MANILA/CEBU 10/03 JAKARTA/BELAWAN/SURABAYA 10/03 PORT KELANG/PENANG/E. MALAYSIA 10/03 BUSAN 10/03 TOKYO/YOKO/KOBE/N6O/OSA i 10/03 HONGKONG 1 SIN CHINA 10/03 GUANGZHOU/HUANGPU/SHENZHEN FUZHOU/XIAMEN/SHANTOU/SHEKOU DALIAN/SHANGHAI/XINGANG TIANJIN/QINGDAO/HAIKOU also accepting LCL cargo SIN EUROPE/UK 10/03 LDN/FLX/LVP/SOU 11/03 ROM/HAM/ANT/LEH/GOA/OSL/GOT/BCN I also accepting cargo to Austria/ Hungary/Romania/Poland/Bulgaria/Czecli. SIN USA/CAMADA
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      563 43 I STAR SHIPPING AGENCIES (S) PTE LTD jumtTtmt ZIM CONTAim SHVKE GOU) STAR UK LID SfTH SHIPPING CORPORATION TIUPHONE: 220-6666 (I UHES) FAX: *****70 fcfc *****12 (MARKETM6) (d NO. 1Q*****M00-Q N. AHEXKA/GUtMCAN SBtVKE mm liutl ia pi mb wc ■MBACMW m/m lmmm m/m js/m b/m b/m b/m MBU— M 11/
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      1087 43 NOi I2tt*74«000«) It (03| 24M3M. BOOtONM HOIUM TOl US. CANADA. UK/EUKIK. AUSIKAUA. A I «-L- (03) *****33. rn&m m mmm tcu 'AHSIAN. HONGKONC. lAMKN. JAMN V w»J '.MS/ i (03) MMM?. DBlVVfc Mb IMa.*7B7a*(IOUrWM !w« 2?923A<S i■ mini tki i-*oo-27aaiao jioW fan ******2/3/4, W r as ML. 17MM7 (IMPOIIT/UVOftTl J
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      123 43 T TOKYO BHfNBI KAIUN CO fTI LTD H!!M 10 ANSON ROAD *23-16 IftlUd MTEfMATIONAL PLAZA STORE 0207 TEL: *****28 (8 UNES) FAX- *****08 A *****10 SERVICE TO: FAR EAST/CHINA/EUROPti 11/03/98) TOKYO, YOKOHAMA* KOBE NAOOYA J 11/03/ M) OSAKA, USA t 11/03/08) HONGKONG J AND ALL CHMA PORTS 08/03/98) HAMBURG, ROTTERDAM
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      575 44 mJP—\ »HiO ixraus mimm (pti) ltd. M M I 11 COLLYm QUAY 600-01 THi AHCADC BMQAPOME 0104. TIL: *****00 (4 LINES) FAX: *****08 TLX: R*****1 SMOKX tiNOTRANS SHANGHAI (CONTAINIR SERVICM) —M/HKO/tMAI won HKO SHAI VMBEL t WY ITA FTP BTA OTP ITA KTO ttWttYMQ ttlttSflQfi flam aaa ISAM imps ima
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      315 44 Lowest RATES to:1 HAMB/FXT/R'DAM mv "HANJIN SINGAPORE" V.020W ETA 4/3 USS2Q/m 3 VAN (BC) MTL TOR mv "HANJIN ELIZABETH" V.019E ETA 7/3 SYD/MELB mv "HJ CHEJU" V.279 ETA 7/3 CALL: EILEEN V PHYLISS, XIUNUA 122 TONS MANIIA/SUBuf BAY MV "KUZMA GNDASH* VOY-25 ETA SINGAPORE 08-09/03/96 ETA MANIA 15/03/96 ETA SUBIC
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      109 46 Singapore to Australia V; Notice to Trade Increase in Singapore Terminal Handling Charge rmct f." i The following lines wish to advise that the Singapore THC will be increased to SSIB2/20', SS27O/40* (standard and Hi-cube) and Ss34o/45' with effect from the first sailing after l April 1996, Le. ANRO AUSTRALIA,
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