The Business Times, 22 March 1996

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    13 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 046/12/95 Internet: http://www.asial.com.sg/biztimes SINGAPORE FRIDAY, MARCH 22,1996 85e
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    MARKET SUMMARY
    61 1 srn 2422*80 (+38.84) STOMP *****2 (+31.33) BT-MBA 1148J2 (+28.21) gj MARKET MOOD: STQgMABKET INDICES Thursday Change KLSE COMP 1148.53 +2163 NIKKEI 2«723.53..._+284.93 HAiNG SENG *****.96 191.43 SET INDEX 1293.51 +5.61 JAKARTA COMP...._xfcMed_ MANILA COMP .2877.89 +17.98 TAIPEI WPI .5042.28 +1.76 SEOUL COMP 868.20 -1.78 CLSA CHINA B 734.88
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    FINANCE
    74 1 EXCHANGE BATES US9 89 US9 1.411 t 1.597 £168 DM- 0.678 0956 YW0. ...0.998..... 1.9*9 N9 tm 0.554 HK9.. 0.129 0.182 8AHT j 0.040 .0.056 RUP1AH 190 0.044. .0060 FUME BATES SINGAPORE* .6.44 KUAW LUMPUR. 8.15 JAKARTA 18.00 BANGKOK 13.75 MANILA 14.50 HONGKONG A75 TAIPEI 8.01 SYDNEY 10.75 TOKYO
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    Singapore Bus springs surprise at URA tender
    639 1  -  Latecomer to property bids 80% more than rival for Garlick Avenue site By'. Diana Oon [SINGAPORE] Singapore Bus Service (Singbus) pulled a surprise on the property market yesterday by offering to pay some 80 per cent more than the second highest bidder for
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    Lock icon KL stocks lead regional rally
    232 1  -  By: R Sivanithy [SINGAPORE] A firm session for US bonds overnight restored some confidence in regional equities and sent the Malaysian market soaring almost 2 per cent to a 17-month high yesterday. Propelled by hefty jumps in blue chips Telekom Malaysia, Maybank and Tenaga, the
    Source: Bloomberg; ALLAN  -  232 words
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    Thaksin takes problem of traffic snarls to the stores
    389 1  -  Ten major department stores agree to 6-day week From Loh Hui Yin in Bangkok FIRST, he prevailed on the 15 commercial banks to change their banking hours to reduce traffic jams here. Now, traffic supremo Thaksin Shinawatra is using his persuasive
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    Up to 20,000 extra COEs over next 3-4 years
    544 1  -  Premiums will fall if buyers hold off and wait for extra COEs, say traders By I Christopher Tan [SINGAPORE] Some 15,000 to 20,000 extra Certificates of Entitlement will be available in the next three to four years, and the timing of
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      139 1 PBBPB 3E5 -«|j w II Tin ad Mar race Satellite and cable programme providers have much to do to win the Asian advertising dollar, P|6 NHWSJIIiOB Sn#ss flajrimaarfc* m UKA taeier, this pg. shareholders may be wary as commitment is significant in relation to shareholders' funds. Crmtim ts cksiji US$4Ja
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      5 1 Regional stock markets, Pg 23-28
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      171 1 Reports on Pg 17,18. EARNINGS NET (tm) GROWTH STOonntar 557.58 +20.1% STEAE 5.03 -12.6 Hlap Mob 2.4 -10.0 S Onftgh 5.4 +19.4 Showpl&Asta 3.9 +28.1 GELiflb 85 +24.1 FhTU 15.0 +15.3 i^BW! m SHU DESC PES" 1 M jfcf(s33 Cgmt L C grot 1 They did if you had Reuters
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
    • Article
      Land acquired for redevelopment will help to pay for N-E line
      449 2  -  BUDGETDEBATE government should fet windfall to recoup $5b public funds used jfer MRT line: Mah Christopher Tan ijAND acquisition along the 'Jafoposed north-east MRT line for comprehensive redevelopment will help recoup the $5 trillion in taxpayers' money jqpent on
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      Edusave grants, bursaries extended to JCs, special education schools
      392 2  -  Chuang Peck Ming #DUSAVE grants and Eduove merit bursaries will be to junior colleges and special education schools, ■Aline Wong, the Senior Minister of State for Education, told parliament yesterday. Also covered in the extension are independent schools, tentralised institutions (Cls)
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      Cyberway's Net entry heralds new price cuts
      342 2 which launches access provider service today, has announced cates which may well lead to another round of price cuts by i|| competitors, Sing Net and Pacific Internet. Cyberway offers four monthly access packages: ♦the $12.95 i.lite package —13 peak or 19 off-peak hours
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      Telecoms policies constantly under review: Mah
      305 2  -  Moves will help Sing Tel stay ahead amid hi-tech changes By 1 Teh Hooi Ling SINGAPORE is constantly reviewing and adjusting its telecommunication policies in order to stay ahead, given a backdrop of rapid technological changes, said Minister for Communications Mah Bow Tan yesterday.
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      Lock icon S'pore growth slowing: UBS
      345 2  -  EYE ON THE ECONOMY GDP By, Anna Teo GROSS domestic product (GDP) growth will slow to 7.6 per cent this year and further to 6.8 per cent in 1997, ÜBS Singapore has forecast. GDP growth last year is estimated at 8.9 per cent. Likewise, the change
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      Sin Heng Chan family tussle over $300m assets settled
      372 2  -  Confidentiality clause prevents parties from divulging terms By: Diana Oon FAMILY members tussling over more than $300 million in shares and property in Sin Heng Chan (1960) have agreed to a final settlement, which will put an end to a high
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      GDP base year changed to 1990
      421 4  -  1996 nominal QDP 'swells' by 1.7%, GDP growth was 8.8% instead of 8.9% By. Anna Teo SINGAPORE'S nominal gross domestic product (GDP) in 1995 has "swelled" by $2 billion, or 1.7 per cent. And GDP growth last year was 8.8 per cent, a tad
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      EDB assures drive makers of total confidentiality
      366 4  -  By, Jennifer Lien THE Economic Development Board yesterday assured disk drive makers that any information given to the board would be "treated with the strictest confidentiality". An EDB spokesman made this point during a managing directors' round-table panel discussion at the 1996 Asia
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      China and S'pore scientists in biotech seafood venture
      405 4  -  They seek to commercialese technology to produce meatier prawns By Lu Ning SEAFOOD lovers in Singapore may enjoy meatier prawns, abalone and clams at cheaper prices in the not-too-distant future if a new biotechnology partnership between Singapore and China scientists proves successful.
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    • NEWS Roundup
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        JTC head made Suzhon honorary citizen
        83 4 THE Singaporean co-chairman of the joint working committee developing the Suzhou Industrial Park in China, Wong Hung Khim, was yesterday made an honorary citizen of Suzhou. Mr Wong, who is also chairman of the Jurong Town Corporation, received the award at a ceremony in
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        Rodamco joins Suzhou Park consortium
        78 4 A DUTCH company has become the first European firm to take a stake in the Singapore-Suzhou Township Development Pte Ltd (SSTD). Rodamco NV, a property investment company based in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, has become the third foreign shareholder in SSTD, the Singapore consortium developing Suzhou
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        NWC seeks public's views on wage issues
        90 4 THE National Wages Council (NWC) will hold its meetings to deliberate on wage and wage-related guidelines for 1996 and the beginning of 1997 at the end of this month. To help the NWC on its deliberations, members of the public are invited to
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        Mastec marks its 1,000th PCB machine
        65 4 MATSUSHITA Technology (S) Pte Ltd (Mastec), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Japan's Matsushita Electrical Industrial Co Ltd, yesterday celebrated the production and sale of its I,oooth fully-automated PCB component-insertion assembly machine. EDB chairman Philip Yeo, speaking at the company's Jurong plant, noted that Singapore was
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      82 2 l t am 1 if 11 Venae: Georgette Chen Peking Scene Hyatt Regency Singapore Estimate: SsBo,ooo -100,000 Jewellery Lectures (Tickets at Ss2o per session) Diamonds 6t coloured stones by Raymond Sancroft-Baker For more in orma on > ordering of catalogues 28 29 March at 5:30 pm >>"'«<""«■ r Christies International
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      126 2 X q V DBS LAND DBS LAND LIMITED ('the Company") NOTICE Reference is made to the address of the Company's Registrar stated in item 8 (on Books Closure) of the Company's Announcement of its audited results for the year ended 31st December 1995. Shareholders should note that the Registrar's address
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      318 2 l\lo 1 OFFSHORE COMPANY SPECIALISTS BAHAMAS JERSEY BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS •MAURITIUS CAYMAN ISLANDS SEYCHELLES IRELAND WESTERN SAMOA Tel: (65) *****82 Fax: (65) *****91 OFFSHORE WITH CONFIDENCE URGENT INTERNATIONAL LIQUIDATION AUCTION Engrossment of Sequestration Judgement ARV.49.391/VZ. 535, Antwerp Court of First Instance 31-05-95, in compliancc with instructions of M. Michael Couvreur,
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  • FOCUS
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      A master's for civil servants
      768 5  -  The NUS public policy master's course's strong regional content is a big draw By Toh Han Shih [SINGAPORE] THE Master of Public Policy Programme (MPP) at the National University of Singapore (NUS) is coming into its own. Students are coming from near and far to
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  • FOCUS: ADVERTISING & MARKETING
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      Asia a new challenge to cable, satellite firms
      672 6  -  By Chan Siew Ling While sector is booming, there are still hurdles like cultural diversity and thin margins {SINGAPORE] Demand, for satellite and cable programming is booming in Asia. But the industry must clear many hurdles if it is to win a
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    • SNIPPETS
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        S'pore is venue for travel society meeting
        34 7 NEW York-based Society of Incentive Travel Executives has picked Singapore as the venue for its international conference in November next year. Singapore won the bid over Hawaii.
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        Aaian gift fair will showcase novelties
        46 7 INNOVATIVE items like a biodegradable pen and a sneezing pepper shaker from Hongkong will be shown at the Asian International Gift, Handicraft and Stationery Fair "96. It will be held from April 25-26 at the Singapore International Convention Exhibition Centre.
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      MEETING PLACE
      182 7 Owtton TW» Vmm Organiser Mar 17-22 The Institute of Brewing SfcanqrHa The Instltut* of (Asia Pacific Section) HatatS*pore Brewing (Ask 24th Convention Pacific SectiM) (with exhibition) c/o Confer net i Exhibition Management Svcs Tet 278-8666 Uar 21-23 leiswe Asia *96 S'porattl LeisnreAsia (TNI Asia *96) Convention! Tet 297-2822
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      Exhibition design business booms
      352 7  -  Bl Agnes Wee [SINGAPORE] THE people at Kingsmen are in the business of "building" anything from gleaming spaceage structures to rustic thatched roof kampung houses on stilts. But these buildings, modem or traditional, usually stand for merely a couple of days or up to just over
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      299 7 I COLLECTIVE SALE DISTRICT lOg g SARKIES ROAD Prime Freehold Development DGP plot ratio of 1.6; Up to 10 storeys V Land area: 18,409 sq ft (Approx) />V\\ Excellent Accessibility Near Newton MRT Station fL Z&xVy I TwJifCk)M*!Plhf l W(W«d)«l4iflopiir| For investment report and tender document, Mir/ kindly contact: Sunny
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      US against Asia-Pac role in stabilising $-yen rate
      343 8  -  SINGAPORE Apec co-ordin&tor says rate will be right if macro factors are right Reports by Yang Razali Kassim THE United States is opposed to Japan's desire to have Asean and the Asia-Pacific economies help stabilise the dollar/yen exchange rate. The regional economies
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      Taiwan's position in Apec likely to remain unchanged, says Wolf
      236 8 SINGAPORE TAIWAN'S place in Apec is likely to remain unaltered for the foreseeable future, said Jim Wolf yesterday. In line with the US policy of "one China, two systems", Washington expects Chinese Taipei Taiwan's name in Apec to remain in
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      Lock icon M'sia aims to be top Islamic capital market
      145 8 KUALALUMPUR AFP MALAYSIA yesterday said it aimed to develop its Islamic capital market here to become the premier capital market of its kind in the world. "It is our desire to make Kuala Lumpur the centre for the Islamic capital market of
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      Lock icon KL confident of turning round Perwaja Steel
      314 8 KUALA LUMPUR Bat govt yet to decide on how beleaguered steel mill can best be salvaged AFP MALAYSIAN Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said yesterday that the government was confident it could still turn around the debt-ridden Perwaja Steel Mill declared insolvent by critics.
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      Lock icon Malaysia will honour old yen aid loans, says Mahathir
      217 8 KUALA LUMPUR AFP MALAYSIA declared yesterday that it would honour its commitments to repay old yen aid loans promptly despite Japan's refusal to renegotiate the now more expensive borrowings due to the stronger yen. Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said Kuala Lumpur
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      Sacked BOT official takes on minister
      219 8 BANGKOK THE former Securities and Exchange Commission secretary general, Ekamol Kiriwat, is sparing no effort to prove that he was unjustifiably dismissed from his SEC post and as deputy governor of the Bank of Thailand (BOT). His latest target is Finance Minister Surakiart Sathirathai
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  • CHINA-HONGKONG-TAIWAN
    • IN Brief
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        Lock icon Bush says Beijing won't attack Taiwan
        97 9 AFP [DUBAI] FORMER US president George Bush said he did not expect China to attack Taiwan partly because it would undermine its economic interests. "There won't be any war," Mr Bush ydd in Dubai during a private tour of Arab countries that joined the
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        Lock icon Lee may announce new China policy
        94 9 Bloomberg Business News {TAIPEI) President Lee Teng-hui may announce a new policy towards China tomorrow night if he's re-elected, the Commercial Times reported, citing anonymous sources in Mr Lee's office. The island holds its first free presidential election tomorrow. The report didn't say what
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        Lock icon US Navy seeks fuel from Subic firm
        93 9 Reuter [SINGAPORE! The United States Navy has approached the Joint venture company operating the strategic Subic Bay oil terminal in the Philippines tor at least one year's supply of fuel, industry sources said yesterday. The sources said they believed the navy had also
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      Lock icon China blasts US arms sales and call to defend Taiwan
      183 9 BEIJING Reuter CHINA lashed out at the United States yesterday, branding a congressional resolution calling for Taiwan's defence "detestable" and blasting US arms sales to Taipei as wrong and irresponsible. Western diplomats said Beijing's latest burst of rage underlined its
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      Lock icon China can bury invaders in sea of fire, warns paper
      428 9 CHINA-TAIWAN TENSIONS PLA has the numbers to fight off intrusions into Chinese waters, it says Reuter [BEIJING] China can bury invaders in a "sea of fire" and use its numerical superiority in warplanes to repel intrusions into Chinese waters, a
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      Lock icon HK, Asian markets will be hit if tensions continue: US official
      224 9 WASHINGTON AFP CONTINUED tensions over •Taiwan could take a toll on financial markets in Hongkong and elsewhere in Asia, a senior US Treasury official told a congressional panel on Wednesday. Assistant Treasury Secretary for International Affairs David Lipton told
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      Lock icon Carrian's George Tan to be detained until Sep trial
      260 9 HONGKONG AFP A HONGKONG court yesterday ordered George Tan, head of the Carrian property and finance group, to be detained while awaiting trial over the territory's biggest corporate fraud. High court judge Michael Stuart-Moore revoked the bail previously given to Tan
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      Lock icon World's tallest building remains a drawing in HK
      127 9 HONGKONG Bloomberg Business News THE Nina Tower, planned to be the world's tallest building, is struggling to get off the drawing board. Less than two years after the Chinachem Group unveiled plans to build the 468metre tower in Hongkong, the company is
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  • ASIA
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      Lock icon India's ruling party seeks donations by cheque
      331 10 NEWDELHI Hove aims to make fond-raising transparent after bribery scandal FT TRANSPARENT and accountable funding of India's political parties edged closer this week as the governing Congress party launched a funding drive for the forthcoming elections by asking big Indian businesses to contribute
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      Lock icon Broker sees polls affecting reforms
      235 10 BOMBAY AFP INDIA'S upcoming general elections will result in a weak coalition government with serious implications for the country's economy and the liberalisation process, said a leading foreign stock broker. In a country strategy report released here this week, WI Carr (Far East) said that
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      Lock icon Aussie govt to inquire into media ownership
      186 10 SYDNEY AFP AUSTRALIAN Communications Minister Richard Alston said yesterday the government would hold a wide-rang-ing inquiry into media ownership rules, including foreign ownership limits and crossmedia holdings. The details of the inquiry, published in an interview with The Sydney Morning Her- ald yesterday,
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      Lock icon NZ's new governor-general
      26 10 [WELLINGTON] New Zealand's new Governor-General Michael Hardie Boyes inspecting the military guard at Parliament in Wellington yesterday prior to his swearing in. REUTER
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    • Article
      Dry spell forcing Lanka to prepare for big power cuts
      251 10 ■COLOMBO Major energy crisis will hit war-battered economy further SRI LANKA yesterday prepared for unprecedented daily power cuts forced by a major energy crisis that will further pound the country's war-bat-tered economy, financial analysts here said. Daily four-hour nationwide power
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      Lock icon Japanese metal workers to get larger pay rise
      237 10 TOKYO AFP MAJOR metal workers' unions, trendsetters for annual wage talks in Japan, yesterday secured larger pay rises than the previous year for the first time in six years. Leading companies in Japan's steel, automobile, electrical and shipbuilding-heavy machinery sectors offered pay
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  • THE WORLD
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      All in a day's work for the govt
      767 11  -  WORLD VIEW Rescuing banks, resolving strikes, calming meat-eaters are Just some of govt's varied Jobs By Kevin Sullivan THE largest bank in Latin America, the Banco do Brasil SA, will not after all sink ignominiously beneath the weight of its astounding operating
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      Lock icon Britain panics over mad cow disease
      255 11 LONDON Reuter BRITISH Health Secretary Stephen Dorrell yesterday raised the spectre of slaughtering the country's 11 million beef cattle to halt "mad cow" disease. Beef prices slumped 15 per cent on British markets and farmers warned the industry faced a major crisis. Mr Dorrell
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      Lock icon Retail sales up on higher car sales
      207 11 WASHINGTON Reuter RETAIL sales bounced back in February from January's wintry slump as car dealers reported the strongest new car sales in six months, the government said on Wednesday. Analysts said the report, while pointing to economic growth, indicated a more modest rate
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      Lock icon London Stock Exchange set to approve reforms
      284 11 LONDON Brokers endorse automated trading after initial objection Reuter AFTER months of acrimonious debate, the London Stock Exchange (LSE) was yesterday poised to approve reforms paving the way to the biggest change in share trading since London's deregulation a decade ago. A report
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      Lock icon SEC's push for plain English in prospectus
      194 11 NEW YORK Reuter US SECURITIES and Exchange Commission chairman Arthur Levitt will push for improved disclosure and clearer use of language in corporate bond and stock offering statements. "We're developing a programme specifically to assist prospectus writers" Mr Levitt told a public pension
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      Lock icon G-10 closer to larger bailout scheme
      222 11 WASHINGTON Bloomberg Business News THE world's major industrialised nations are moving closer to agreement with some new wealthy nations on expanding an emergency bailout mechanism to meet future Mexicotype financial crisis, a senior International Monetary Fund official said. "I am much more optimistic now
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      Lock icon Single currency not totally necessary?
      202 11 FRANKFURT Reuter BUNDESBANK president Hans Tietmeyer said the planned single European currency was "not absolutely necessary" in an economic sense, according to a published report yesterday. The German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung quoted Mr Tietmeyer as making the comment at a conference on European Union
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
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      Thais must act to keep central bank credible
      808 12  -  OPINION THB BOTTOM LIMB By Loh Hui Yin The writer is BT's Bangkok correspondent CREDIBILITY and confidence, the two critical virtues in a central bank, seem to be eroding at the Bank of Thailand (BOT). And Vijit Supinit, the bank governor, is
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      IN OTHER WORDS
      141 12 'We borrow (the equivalent of) one billion dollars, it costs us now three billion dollars and they say, 'Well don't blame us, it's the exchange rate'.' Anwar Ibrahim Malaysia s deputy prime minister, lashing out at Japan for refusing to renegotiate old yen aid loans. This was
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      Taipei winner's first task
      677 12 EDITORIAL TAIWAN'S first elected president, to be decided in tomorrow's poll, will have to do a few things in a hurry. Whatever else he may consider important the primary task should be to work to diffuse the tensions across the Strait If, as is widely expected,
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      Howard's union test
      1089 12  -  Australia's new Prime Minister John Howard faces hostile onions in a tough fight for labour reform By Peter Lynch The writer is a Sydneybased journalist who contributes to BT HE MAY have vanquished the Labor Party, but new Australian Prime Minister John Howard now has an equally
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      WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
      377 12 AS CHINA conducted military exercises near Taiwan, Prime Minister Li Peng, aiming to rein in Taiwan's independence movement, used strong language in a press conference at the close of the National People's Congress. In their reports, China's media showed the nation's "resolve" to continue the pressure
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      Flavour of Pinot Noir
      727 13  -  DAvm oabriel savours some exciting wines from the famous Burgundy grape DAVID GABRIEL The famous grape of the Burgundy Region in France is the Pinot Noir. This grape has been described by wine writer Francis Robinson as "obstinately refusing to be tamed". Wine makers will agree
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      Viva la Java!
      695 13  -  INTERNET Surf through the exotic Land of Java and learn all about coffee; and after a cnp yon can ponder over some proverbs on the Net By\ Lin Hsin Hsin [SINGAPORE] Wonder if you knew that since April 1995, there has been life on Web pages? This
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      Lock icon Dinosaur eggs and the HK connection
      291 14 DIVERSIONS Dino eggs from China latest in list of items smuggled into HK Reuter [HONGKONG] Want to buy a dinosaur egg? Hongkong seems to be the place, customs said yesterday. Hongkong customs officers who are usually beavering away looking for heroin, pirated software and
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      HK's CM Telecom gets nod for listing on SES
      491 17  -  Primary listing offers S'pore investors direct play on China's telecom mtrlttt Biat.- Catherine Ong Singapore! CM Tekpom a Hongkpngbased supplier of telecommupiications equipment, has been granted in-principle approval for a primary listing on the ■Stock Exchange of Singapore the company said
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      ST Computer earnings rise 20%
      230 17  -  jSgher turnover due ROMtter sales at SNew EftftUnd unit m Genevieve Cua Eb ttSSTiS. ThVrompa* by said the increase was due ■to stronger sales' in one of the Bwerseas subsidiaries SCS ■New Zeal&Kl i- due to its pur■cltfe of the Hamilton branch ■|m Brimaur Technologies.
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      STE&E earnings drop 12.6%
      200 17 [SINGAPORE] ST Electronic Engineering (STE&E) yesterday posted a 12.6 per cent drop in group net earnings to $5.03 million for the year to December, dragged down by higher taxation and an exceptional item comprising provisions for stock write-off, among others. Turnover rose 14.8 per cent to
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      Traditional, new incomes may let CCL keep Midas touch
      663 17  -  BOCK LOCK SIEW By Christopher Tan ■pjflk /T IDAS would have been envil iVI ous K *****18 nothing motor X i(LV X. and property group Cycle J|^ Carriage Ltd does these days can go As recently as late-1994, when spirCOEs threatened
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      Lock icon China Sq tower to cost SSL less
      326 17  -  Proposed tower to be developed at cost of $460 or $1,917 psf By Abdul Hadhi [SINGAPORE) Straits Steamship Land (SSL) said yesterday it would develop its proposed 30-storey office tower on its China Square site for about $460 million or at $1,917 per
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      Creative to charge US$4.6m to this quarter
      195 17 [SINGAPORE] Multimedia firm Creative Technology will take a US$4.6 million (556.4 million) charge against current quarter earnings to pay for its aborted acquisition of US-based Reveal Computer. The company said yesterday the payment was part of a "co-marketing and settlement agreement" with Reveal,
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    • REGIONAL COMPANIES
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        SingTel completes Belgacom purchase
        346 18  -  Sing Tel subsidiary signs deal to provide GSM cellular services in Suzhou By Genevieve Cua [SINGAPORE] Singapore Telecom and its partners have successfully completed the purchase of a 49.9 per cent stake in Belgian telecommunications operator Belgacom. Sing Tel said yesterday that the strategic consolidation agreement
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        Former Goldtron unit may be listed within three months
        311 18  -  From Quak Hiang Whai in Hongkong LJ INVESTMENT Holdings, a contractor and distributor formerly controlled by Goldtron Ltd and which was bought out by its management and Prudential Asset Management Asia (Pama), could be listed within three months. Broking sources say
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        Sema wins MobileOne contract
        113 18 [SINGAPORE] Second cellular operator Mobile One has awarded yet another $5.5 million contract for the supply of an integrated customer care and billing system for its paging and cellular networks. The contract was awarded to Sema Group Asia Pacific and Sema Group Telecoms. The Sema group
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        GE Life posts 24% jump in net profit to $85m
        153 18 [SINGAPORE! Great Eastern Life Assurance Company Ltd's net profit rose by 24.1 per cent to $85 million for the year ended Dec 31. This was arrived at after taking depreciation and taxation into account. At the group level, depreciation rose
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        Super Coffeemix profit up
        98 18 (SINGAPORE] Super Coffeemix yesterday reported a 19.4 per cent rise in group net earnings to $5.4 million for the year ended Dec 31,1995. Earnings per share rose marginally to 2.7 cents from 2.6 cents in 1994 when the group made $4.5 million. Net tangible assets per
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        FACB selling resort lots
        146 18 {SINGAPORE] Singapore buyers will have a chance to buy bungalow lots in Kuala Lumpur-listed FACB Berhad's Bukit Unggul Golf Country Club Resort, when it goes on sale here this weekend. The developer, FACB's wholly-owned subsidiary Bukit Tunggul Golf Country Resort. Sdn Bhd, is also promising a
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        Straits Trading lifts earnings by 11.6%
        146 18 [SINGAPORE] The Straits Trading Co posted an 11.6 per cent rise in net profit last year to $32.2 million despite thinner turnover of $121.5 million ($240.1 million previously). The slump in sales was mainly due to the exclusion of Malaysia Smelting Corp Bhd, which
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        Showpla posts 28% higher earnings
        192 18 [SINGAPORE] Plastic component maker Showpla Asia yesterday reported a 28 per cent rise in group net earnings to $3.9 million. Turnover rose at a slower rate of 11.3 per cent to $110.9 million. Earnings per share came to 6.1 cents while net tangible assets per
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        Hiap Moh's gains dip 10% to $2.4m
        136 18 [SINGAPORE] Hiap, Moh posted a 10 per cent dip in group net earnings to $2.4 million for the year ended Dec 31, 1995. Earnings per share slipped to eight cents from 8.9 cents in 1994 when the company made $2.6 million. Net tangible
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          Fu Yu income up 15% to $15m
          72 18 [SINGAPORE] Fu Yu Manufacturing's net earnings rose IS per cent to 115 million last year. Turnover roee 44 per cent to $183.68 million. The group said keen competition In the electronics and computer peripherals industries, coupled with the tight labour supply, will strain
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          SBS in Suzhou bus station venture
          53 18 [SINGAPORE] A Singapore Bus Service subsidiary, Singbus Land, has formed a Joint venture with the Suzhou Bus Company to redevelop and operate the Suzhou Nanmen Bus Station. The project is worth USglO million (Ssl4 million), of which Singbus Land will contribute 66 per cent
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          S'pore Tech unit gets new chief
          23 18 laiwuAf UKtij Singapore Tecnnoiogies nas appuuueu Liew Mun Leong as president of its property subsidiary, ST Properties.
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          Nod for Hup Seng Huat share scheme
          45 18 [SINGAPORE] Hup Seng Huat has received in-principle approval from the stock exchange to implement its employees share option scheme. The scheme aims to motivate employees, to attract and maintain staff and to improve relations between staff and employers.
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          Keppel Finance EGM on bond issue
          34 18 [SINGAPORE] Keppel Finance will hold an extraordinary general meeting on April 8 to consider resolutions on an increase in the company's authorised share capital, and its bonds-with-warrants issue.
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        SCMP in talks to revise offer after bid for TVE fails
        457 19  -  Group secured only 3115% of TVE when the offer dosed AVom< Quak Hiang Whai in Hongkong THE tussle between media tycoons Robert Kuok and Run Run Shaw over TVE Holdings moved into the next round yesterday as South China
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        Prudential to tap infrastructure business in Asia
        311 19  -  New investment uiit may raise USs2J>b by aid of decade From* Quak Hiang Whai in Hongkong INSURANCE giant Prudential Group has joined the growing number of financial firms tapping the Asian infrastructure business. Prudential Asia, the Asian investment arm of Prudential Insurance Company
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        Lock icon Shell manager in China held over refinery secrets
        257 19 Bloomberg Business News [BEIJING] A senior manager for Royal Dutch/ Shell Group is being held incommunicado by police, suspected of obtaining classified information about a proposed US$6-billion (SsB.s-billion) joint- venture refinery. The detention is another blow for the oil firm's two-year-old proposal
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        40 19 [BERLIN] General view of the construction sitefor the new European headquarters ofJapanese company Sony, at Berlin's Potsdamer Platz, after the historic ballroom of the former Hotel Esplanade (left) was moved to its new position this week. REUTER
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        Ayala Corp doubles profit to 5.4b pesos
        260 19  -  analysts who may revise 1996 forecasts From Al Labita in Manila LISTED Ayala Corp's net profit doubled to 5.48 billion pesos (Ss3oo million) last year, exceeding analysts' forecasts. In a statement yesterday, the diversified group said the earnings came on the back of
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        Lock icon EC suspects ABB is one leader of price-fixing cartel
        434 20 Investigators believe it may be involved with 5 other firms in dividing upmarket share in Europe FT ILONDON] Investigators at the European Commission suspect ABB, the SwedishSwiss engineering multinational, to be one leader of an alleged Europe-wide price-fix-ing and market-rigging cartel.
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        Lock icon Share issues to come with more info under new rules
        337 20 Guidelines, effective April 1, are part of deregulation of financial industry Bloomberg Business News, Reuter [TOKYO] Japan's finance ministry has called on companies to disclose more information when they issue new shares, a move aimed at helping investors make decisions.
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        Lock icon Busy signals
        79 20 [SEOUL] Potential customers along a busy shopping street in central Seoul on Tuesday taking up Korea Mobile Telecom's offer ofa free phone call anywhere in the country. Salesgirls were on hand to assist them on how to use the company's Code Division Multiple Access cellular phones. With over
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        Lock icon Paper group SCA cautious despite five-fold profit jump
        238 20 FT [LONDON] SCA, Europe's leading pulp and paper group, on Wednesday rounded off a record year for Swedish forestry by reporting a five-fold surge in 1995 profit from 1.06 billion Swedish kroner (Ss2l4 million) to 5.73 billion kroner. Combined profits for Sweden's
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        Lock icon Samsung to halve chip output in bid to check falling prices
        244 20 Bloomberg Business News [SEOUL] Samsung Electronics Co, the world's largest memory chipmaker, said it will halve production of fourmegabit dynamic random access memory (Dram) chips from June in a bid to stem declining prices. The company said it will
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        Lock icon Guinness pre-tax profit down 4.3%
        330 20 Bloomberg Business News [LONDON] Guinness pic, a UK brewer and distiller, said 1995 pre-tax profit fell 4.3 per cent, within analysts' expectations, after taking a £64-million (Ssl3B-million) charge to reorganise its businesses. Pre-tax profit declined to £876 million from £915 million. Analysts expected profit of
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        Lock icon Brazil unveils US$8.2b rescue of its largest bank
        383 21 Banco do Br&sil blames USs4.3b loss on bad debt provisions, adverse currency swings FT [SAO PAULO] Brazil's government yesterday announced an 8 billion real (US$B.2 billion or 5511.6 billion) bail-out of Banco do Brasil, Latin America's biggest bank, after it announced losses
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        Pornpat group of Thailand taps US$32m in S'pore
        300 21  -  By i Conrad Raj [SINGAPORE] Thailand's Pornpat group the second largest shareholder of Asean's largest commercial bank, Bangkok Bank yesterday finalised a US$32-million (Ss4s- multi-currency facility in Singapore. Pornpat had originally sought a US$3O-million facility, but co-arranger BHF-Bank Ag said the response
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        Lock icon Funds switching from S$ to higher yielding currencies
        300 21  -  NZ$ is top gainer from the move; S$ slips against US$ ny\ Paul Leo [SINGAPORE] The Singapore dollar eased 0.08 of a cent to end yesterday's Asian trading at 551.4102 against the US dollar as funds switched from the local currency to
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        Lock icon Huge losses await 3 Japan banks
        489 22 Write-off decision welcomed by official as signalling that banks are facing np to bad loan problem Reuter [TOKYO] Three big Japanese banks said yesterday they would suffer huge losses this year after writing off hefty chunks of problem loans, including those to mortgage firms
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        Lock icon Arco, Russian oil giant discuss strategic tie-up
        183 22 FT [MOSCOW] Lukoil, Russia's biggest privatised oil concern, has begun negotiations with Arco, the Los Angeles-based US oil group, to forge a broad strategic alliance to undertake big international development projects. A Lukoil-Arco alliance would be the first strategic link to bring together
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        Lock icon China firm issues foreign currency debt
        167 22 AFP [SHANGHAI] A company in southern Guangdong province has become the first in China to issue commercial debt denominated in foreign currency, a news report said yesterday. The South China Securities Co underwrote US$lO million (Ssl4 million) worth of commercial bills for Zhongjin Industrial
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        Lock icon Goodyear's S'pore rubber arm still unhit. by GM strike
        255 22 But mbber buyers will now be more cautions, says MD of Singapore unit Reuter [SINGAPORE] Goodyear Tire Rubber Co's rubber buying arm in Singapore said yesterday it had not yet received instructions to scale back rubber buying due to a strike
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        Lock icon China to face massive oil shortfall by 2000
        264 22 Bering seeks foreign fluids, technology to speed up explorations AFP [BEIJING] China will face a shortfall of 28 million tonnes in domestic supplies of oil over the next five years, when the country is expected to require a total of 180 million
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        Lock icon Euro$ higher on bond gains
        224 22 SXMEXReport Reuter [SINGAPORE) Simex Eurodollar futures finished higher on spillover buying of US Treasury bonds following the release of weaker-than-expected US retail sales data overnight. "Technically, they were also a good buy. But generally the moves today were T-bond related," said a trader. He said
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        Lock icon CURRENCY REPORT
        169 22 Reuter AFP THE dollar continued to potter in the upper echelons of its narrow trading range but dealers see little on the horizon in the near term to stir a break free. They said with buyers set up at the lower end of current ranges and sellers at
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        Lock icon Opec admits quota compliance less than perfect
        286 22 ENERGY REPORT Reuter [LONDON] The Vienna-based permanent Secretariat of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) admitted that the group's adherence to its 24.52 million barrel per day (bpd) ceiling has been "less than perfect". In a commentary published in the February issue
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        Lock icon Aussie firms press govt for new uranium mines
        195 22 Reuter [CANBERRA] Mining companies began lobbying the conservative Australian government to approve new uranium mines yesterday, setting the scene for a bitter battle with green groups and native Aborigines. Spurred by a bullish outlook for uranium prices, two companies have seized on
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      1655 23 Reuter HlfikkeiMS ****** SHARES ended higher, helped by strong bluechips and arbitrage-linked buying. Analysts said the Nikkei was now heading towards its next target of 21,500 as domestic institutions begin placing buy orders for the next fiscal year. The 225-share Nikkei Average gained 284.93 points to 20,727.53. The key
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      1722 24 Reuter Q Hang Seng +I>L43 STOCKS punched through the 11,000-point level at yesterday's close, rallying on a surge by index futures and Hutchison's continued climb. The Hang Seng Index soared 191.43 points, or 1.8 per cent, to end at the day high of 11,027.96. Turnover was HK$5.B9 billion. "Futures'
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      824 24 Reuter P| SET Index +s^l STOCKS rose as the outlook for communications companies and banks brightened. Communication stocks rose amid hope the government will allow them to extend operations into new value-added services. Banks advanced in anticipation of strong first quarter earnings. The SET Composite Index rose 5.61 points
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      335 24 AFP Q Manila ♦17J6 SHARE prices rose as bargain hunters snapped up blue chips. The Composite Index rose 17.98 points to 2,877.80. Turnover was 6.2 billion shares valued at 1.84 billion pesos. Manila Electric Co A shares rose three pesos to 158 as its B shares rose seven to
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      627 24 Reuter Q Shanghai B Share Index +OJ2 THE Shanghai B Index ended up on selective buying, with overseas firms seen entering the market to buy stocks that were expected to have good 1995 results. The index rose 0.12 point to 51.43 on volume of 6.7 million shares worth US$2.6
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      377 24 AFP HWP later *L7I SHARE prices closed slightly higher after late profit-taking eroded early gains. The Weighted Price Index rose 1.76 points to 5,042.28. Turnover was 1.43 billion shares worth NT543.3 billion. Falling stocks outpaced those rising 218 to 129, with 74 counters unchanged. After Wednesday's close, the government-led
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      415 24 AFP n Composite Index -L7B SHARE prices closed lower as profit-taking emerged following recent sharp gains. The Composite Price Index inched down 1.78 points to 868.20. Turnover was 21.8 million shares worth 409.6 billion won. Falls beat risers 448 to 306 with 137 issues unchanged. Mbst blue chips fell,
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      Lock icon SYDNEY
      619 24 AFP yiAflOrdmirieg +13j5 SHARES firmed as the local bourse shook off the effects of a weaker Wall Street. The All Ordinaries Index rose 13.5 points to 2,262.9. Turnover was 248.6 million shares valued at As6l3 million, with rising stocks outnumbering decliners on a ratio of about six to five.
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      Lock icon WELLINGTON
      286 24 Reuter Q Wellington +16J7 SHARE prices firmed, as investors largely ignored a hawkish set of economic forecasts from the Reserve Bank. The NZSE-40 Capital Index ended 16.9 J points higher at 2,168.17. Reuter coooi ANZ Banking 7.10 -0.06 ***** Advantages Hldgs 1.63 -0.01 6000 Air Naw Zealand (A) 3.51
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        Lock icon Stocks up 1.9% as sentiment improves
        377 25 KUALA LOMPURReports Bloomberg Business News 11 Composite Index +2L63 STOCKS rose 1.9 per cent to a 17-month high, led by blue chips, as investors bid up shares in the expectation that the economy is improving. "Institutional investors are feeling more comfortable about Malaysia's economy
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        OUB (F) covered warrants good pick
        250 26  -  WARRANT WATCH By R Sivanithy FINDING a warrant on a fundamentally sound company that has a high gearing, a low conversion premium and a reasonable time left to expiry may sound like an exercise in futility. But those who have been keeping an eye
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        Property counters surge on back of CityDev's profit
        688 28  -  STII surges nearly 39 points in broad-based rally helped also by firm US bonds overnight STOCK MARKET COMMENTARY By R Sivanithy [SINGAPORE] A firm overnight session for US bonds and news of a stunning profit increase for property blue chip City Developments
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        HOT STOCK
        78 28  -  -By Paul Leo STAY away from IPC Corporation in the short-term as it will continue to drift aimlessly. Yesterdays strong volume of three million shares more than twice the lOday average of 1.34 million units kft prices unchanged at 70.5 cents, an indication of the even strength between
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          False alarm
          124 28 ANTICIPATION had been heavy in the air for several days before the Parliament debate yesterday on the Communications Ministry's budget. And when word came that a ministerial statement would be made after the stock market closed, everyone thought it had to do with the second tranche of Sing
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          Don't hold
          136 28 HERE'S more from the lexicon of stockbrokers. When they say "hold", it could mean quite a few things. Alliance Securities, as we featured in this column before, defines "core-hold" to mean blue chips and growth stocks which should be included in any institutional portfolio, and a "hold" to
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          Much too late
          123 28 AN IRATE lady rang up to say she went down to Wing Tai's office yesterday to try and book a unit at Blossomvale and was told only Ave of the 220 units were left. The price was $1,150 per sq ft for a 1,241 sq ft unit
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          Blur as tofu
          118 28 WE DON'T know much about the state of the soyabean industry but reading a press statement from the president of the West Malaysian Oil Palm Growers Association made us blur as tofu. "The tight grain supply situation also increases demand for soyabean meal as substitute which in
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      316 29 Knight-Ridder, Reuter RATES for Panamax traders remained buoyant in the Atlantic. Activity has increased in the east, but as yet rates remained at low levels and brokers were sceptical that the volume of business quoted has increased significantly. Freight futures trading was extremely sluggish, Clarkson Wolff said in
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      Four shipyards to build housing for foreign workers
      331 29  -  Hitachi Zosen, JSL, Pan-United and STSE to jointly set np firm for project By] Rahita Elias [SINGAPORE] Four large and medium-sized shipyards have joined forces to build accommodation facilities for their foreign workers. A project spokeswoman told Shipping Times that Hitachi Zosen
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      Lock icon Ranks refuse loan to Bremer Vulkan's east German yards
      217 29 Reuter [FRANKFURT] German banks will not lend fresh funds to the eastern German shipyards of ailing shipbuilder Bremer Vulkan AG after one bank refused to join the loan consortium, Commerzbank AG said on Wednesday. Commerzbank, which has acted as the head
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      Breach of confidence can only occur if there's an agreement
      576 29  -  ADMIRALTY CASEBOOK By Selva Kumar AN obligation to maintain the confidentiality of a "deal" for a conditional agreement of sale of a ship did not extend also to all the negotiations. Instead, there can be no breach of confidence unless
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      Kalmar penetrates S African market
      76 29 [SINGAPORE] Kalmar LMV, one of the world's largest manufacturers of heavy forklift trucks and reachstackers, is fast establishing a foothold in South Africa's intermodal industry with its container handling equipment (above). The Swedish company has been chalking up orders since it went into a sales
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      Lock icon Carnival controls 8% of Airtour's stock, extends offer
      253 29 NYT [LONDON] Carnival Corp, the world's largest cruise ship operator, said it controls 8.1 per cent of Airtours pic and will extend its offer to buy shares in the UK package tour company until April 1. The offer, which was initially scheduled
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      Lock icon Nedlloyd reports 43m guilder loss in 4th quarter
      279 29 Ocean shipping division accounts for almost the entire loss Bloomberg Business News [ROTTERDAM] Royal Nedlloyd Groep NV, the Netherlands' largest shipping company, said it lost 43 million guilders (5536.6 million) in the fourth quarter, compared with a profit of 14 million guilders
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      Lock icon TMM to use new ship for Far East route
      149 29 Bloomberg Business News [MEXICO CITY] Transportacion Maritima Mexicana SA said that it will begin using a new ship to help boost capacity and speed shipments to Far East destinations. TMM, as the company is better known, said the ship will begin
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      Lock icon Korean shipping industry to be fully open soon
      338 29 Steps taken to end restrictive practices byend-1998 Lloyd's List [SEOUL] Full liberalisation and deregulation of the Korean shipping industry will be completed in the next couple of years, the country's maritime administration has said. Initiatives to end cargo reservation and other restrictive
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        57 29 [LONDON] World Bank is to fUnd the expansion of the Philippine port of Doilo, Visayas. The US$24 million (5133.8 million) project will start this year and will include the reclamation 0f45,000 aq mof land and the construction of 721 metres of new berth space
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        Lock icon 3 Orient Overseas units to sell 3 ships
        92 29 AFX-ASIA [HONGKONG] Orient Overseas (International) Limited announced thiee of its subsidiaries have entered into agreements to sell three container vessels for US$lO2 million (*****.8 million), generating estimated profit for the group of US$4B.7 million The company said its subsidiaries Bloomsland Ltd, Orient
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        Indian port to privatise
        78 29 [LONDON] Paradip port on India's east coast wants private sector companies to expand its iron ore berth on a build-operate-transfer basis. The 10 billion rupee (Ss42o million) project is intended to raise annual ore handling capacity to 6 million tonnes. The port trust also wants to
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        Lock icon Collision in Kachsiung harbour
        89 29 AFP [TAIPEI] A container ship rammed into a naval supply ship at Hsinpin Pier in south Taiwan's Kaohsiung Harbour yesterday, almost slicing it in halt harbour police said. The 41,266-tonne container ship, Exporter, which belonged to Oriental Overseas Container Line and was carrying r cargo from
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      Lock icon Mud shoals choking NY port
      1123 30  -  HEW YORK SHIPPING: SIGNS OF TROUBLE GROW Thousands of tonnes of riverborne silt is not being dredged from this dominant seaport on the east coast of the US because samples fail toxicity tests and can't be dumped elsewhere, causing clogged channels and ship diversions B&
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      INDEX TO SHIPPING LINES AND FREIGHT FORWARDERS
      464 30 PACE Everett 18 17 Ewgreen 6 AFT Sh(xj 17 Everprime 10 AHl 3 FMC 13 API (4 Famous 7 Able 7 farwide 16 Accord" 8 FoongSun 8 Ahrenfciel 4 Frt Links 16 Appenship 4 Frt World 8 Astro 18 Link Austral 9 Gajan
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        COCKETT BUNKER MARKET REPORT
        777 47 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 based on average-sized stem. Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the individual
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        GLOBAL HOLIDAY
        383 47 MAR 22 Iran: Iranian New Year. MAS 23 Iran: Iranian New Year. Pakistan: Pakistan Day. MAE 25 Colombia: St Joseph. Greece. Independence Day/Annunciation. MAS at Bangladesh: Independence Day. MAS 27 Nepal: Chaitrastami/Chaite Dasain. MAS 28 Nepal: Ram Navami. MAS 29 Taiwan: Youth Day. MAS 31 Iran: (tentative) Birthday
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        Lock icon GM strike hurts Canada's car industry, economy
        474 48 Car parts companies lose orders and lay off thousands, economic growth may fall Reuter [TORONTO] The Canadian car industry, a pillar of the country's economy, is taking a big hit from the strike against General Motors Corp as car parts companies lose orders
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        GM and UAW talks continue
        316 48 [DAYTON, Ohio] General Motors Corp and United Auto Workers negotiators, weary after 88 hours of almost nonstop bargaining on Wednesday, still seemed to be waiting for the other side to blink. Union leaders appeared tired but confident as they emerged for a brief break from
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        Lock icon Hanoi's non-rush hour jam
        47 48 [HANOI] A Hanoi traffic policeman watching the flow of trafficfrom a street corner during a non-rush hour on Wednesday. The city government has so far spent US$l5O million (*****.5 million) trying to improve the trafficflow, which remains slow in Hanoi's narrow streets. AFP
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        Lock icon TWA, Carl Icahn sue each other over ticket agreement
        310 48 Former owner accuses airline of interfering with right to sell tickets Bloomberg Business News [NEW YORK] Trans World Airlines Inc and its former owner Carl Icahn sued each other over Mr Icahn's sale of discounted TWA tickets to travel agents. Mr
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        Lock icon Passenger lands seaplane after pilot dies at controls
        107 48 Reuter [SEATTLE] A passenger with no flying experience managed to land a small seaplane with the help of air traffic controllers on Wednesday after the pilot collapsed at the controls, authorities said. The passenger, Leland Capps, 52, was shaken but suffered no
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        Lock icon Yellow Corp names chief executive officer
        156 48 Bloomberg Business News [OVERLAND PARK, Kansas] Yellow Corp said it named former America West Airlines executive A Maurice Myers president and chief executive to succeed George Powell 111, effective immediately. Mr Myers will be the first non-family member to lead Yellow, parent of the
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        Lock icon Qantas' Aussie market share steady
        274 48 Reuter [SYDNEY] Qantas Airways Ltd's share of the Australian domestic market, as measured by revenue passenger kilometres (RPKs) flown, was unchanged at 53.0 per cent at the end of December, Department of Transport figures show. Its share of passengers flown was fractionally weaker at 52.4
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        Lock icon Air Macau to provide free ferry travel to HK
        158 48 Reuter (MACAU) The flag-carrying airline of Portuguese-admmis-tered Macau said yesterday it was launching new ferry link incentives that would make it more attractive to travellers into and out of nearby Hongkong. In a bid to compete against rival Hongkong-based airlines, said
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          Lock icon US$50m Myanmar-China rail deal
          95 48 AFP [BEIJING] Myanmar's state-rup railway has signed a US$5O million (5570.5 million) contract with a Chinese company to purchase locomotives, passenger coaches and other railroad equipment, Xinhua reported late Wednesday. The deal, which is in the form of a seller's credit, was witnessed in Yangon by
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          Lock icon Boeing's 777 jet for Indon air show
          75 48 Oana-Antara [JAKARTA] Boeing's new B-777 jetliner will be displayed at the Indonesian Air Show '96 in June, the company's marketing director, Daniel Olason said recently. Boeing's marketing director for South-east Asia Paul Dubeck also said that two Indonesian airlines, Garuda and Sempati, had
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          Lock icon Hyundai signs deal with Taiwan agent
          101 48 AFP [SEOUL] South Korea's Hyundai Motor has signed a contract to export its compact passenger cars to Taiwan, a company spokesman said yesterday. The contract calls for Hyundai to ship knock-down (CKD) parts of Accent and Avante models with 1,500-cc and 1,800-cc engines to
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          Lock icon ANA to sell bonds for B-777purchase
          102 48 Bloomberg Business News [TOKYO] All Nippon Airways plans to sell bonds to fund the purchase of 10 Boeing 777 passenger planes and refinance maturing debt, said Michihiro Asai, a finance manager for the airline. All Nippon is the first Japanese airline to take delivery
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          Lock icon Get wed, then get on that train
          95 48 AFP [LONDON] Rail passengers travelling to Paris or Brussels under the English Channel can now get married at Ashford station in south-east England before continuing their journey, The Times reported yesterday. The £265 (*****) ceremonies, to be conducted in the station's first class
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        Lock icon Hyundai to set up US$1b factory in India
        210 48 AFP [NEW DELHI] South Korean car maker Hyundai Motor Co Ltd plans to invest more than US$l billion (551.41 billion) in a passenger car factory in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, a newspaper reported yesterday. Production of Hyundai's Accent model
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        AIRCRAFT ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES
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      597 34 SMCHFKLD MANNE AOENCCB (S) TEL: *****33 (12 LINES) FAX: *****1E/*****03 1 TELEX-R3 ***** RMMP (3 Unea) CR NO: **********0E ETtftOPMN SWPPM LME& f (NatkMriLfamefElUapia) ACCEPTING FCL AND CONVENTIONAL IT* l.ui>n lor spp-» Atoyot 43W8 I*o4 Abtoay Wonz 48WB 20*06 Mnmhaw. Opbouß AssaO, Mmmm B KIEW HUMS LINE^ FULLY CONTAINERISED REGULAR
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      2435 35 FIXED-DAY DWCT SAMJMS TO HAIFA-14 DATS «W YORK-28 DAYS intri/ AfMtt Til (QittrMl): ltlim Silii/iiiHni 4f«»cr 0»H OftnUm Cmlilmr ******1 JOHOHI OfFICI COSTAR SHIPPING PTE LTD (t—mt. mtm emrnmr *tttui/u»/ut/u7 Mwrin-M «hhi c«ir»»#i«i/ itttru COSTAR AGENCIES m\ snu nun i Mum*« r H7-M Tutnuu cotmr cwmhwi <mmn m whw ?««,f.
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      459 35 I FAMOUS CONTAINER LINES 80 ROBINSON ROAD, #22-02 SINGAPORE *****8 HOT LINE: *****33 (30 LINES) I DAILY SAILING 1 4 TO HMGIKII 0 ATTRACTIVE RATES! j 0 9 CALL FAMOUS FREIGHT FOR BOOKING i I SYLVIA KANG IVY I *****33 rS P. KLANG PH: 0203/*****02 (10 LINES) PENANG PH: 0204/*****7
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      715 37 f i-BBA jH i|M MYANMA ÜBk FIVE STAR UNE {MynMar National lino) J loading for Yangon (Rangoon) VESSEL VOT SIN MG PfN KU J MAWLAMYIM 7VN MPT PATHBN lUW 2S/0J I MALATSIA AGENTS: OOUSTEAD SMPPMG AGENCIES 1 KUL TU 01-43-*****00 PKL TO M-03-37*4101 PHI; TU 02-04-*****02 PGD: TU 02-07-*****21/4 BANK
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      850 37 PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL UNES (PTE) LTD I 140 CecU Street #03 00 PIL Building, Singapore *****0. I I CR NO **********06 Ivissa VOT PRO 5M STD MB AM F*T pie KOTA HARTA HTAOIS 21/3 30/3 10/0 11/4 IS/4 10/4 10/4 OOCI ACCORD OACIOI 5/4 0/0 17/0 10/0 22/4 M/ 0 3/S
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      1062 41 TO EUROPE EVERY |/£g&.rSfl I Nedlloyd Lines wionismy/widay/saturmy (iCR) 1)1^.1 'tamVT x y MHfl CH **********0 ft I I SINGAPORE PHONE (GENERAL) *****09 RATE ENOUIRIES *****41/2«a/260 CFS (PHONE) *****10 CFS (RAX) *****23 I TO EUROPE EVERY THURS/FRI/SAT S." SCU »t" V -i.rr B" NU EUROPA /5146 10/03 02/05 30/04 01/05
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      1704 42 3p AS AGENTS: PTB LTD (CR NO: 1244r00a0M425T KG NO: MMM7MM) TEL *****77 TELEX KAWAKIRS23I6S FAX *****16/7/8/9 N; I V W MALAYSIA: 'V UNI MAWTMI (MALAYSIA) «M BHD i U M TEL SA *****00 PK *****75 PEN *****20 JB *****01 PGU *****25^5 1 INDONESIA: P.T. BAAANA LAUT WIWNUM, THj JKT
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      727 43 IMPORT PCL/LCL CONSOLIDATION J Milan gflTUllllii j I ITALY/SINGAPORE V MWalllng Forwadtng Services (MFS) ■n V V via Genoa and Milan ™SiT?w>lSS ,N our Staff At Your Service: NICHOLAS/SALHA/MARIA YU T DID 277-1077/71/n W m INTOHATIONALttAHtOOHT J Ulfl/ V^BSP 1^ POR W AJtCXNO N L.T AWDLOoprnq—tTO W f r n**
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      571 44 SAMUDERA INDONESIA fS) PTE LTD I ""Sl™ 15 McCALLUM STREET #03-01/02 NATWEST CENTRE S PORE 0106 hah TEL: *****81-3 FAX: *****36 (3 HUNTING LINES) TLX: R*****0 BOOKINGS CALL DIRECT LINE: *****41/*****43 JESSIGA/CEUA 7 SLGS/WEEK 3 SLGS/WEEK l«c nw —FSN [jsr iw. ivav\w m* XOUR TINQQI XTQOO9 24/03 (SUN) 27/03 (WED)
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      485 44 TO E. CANADA US ATLANTIC US GULF LOMXNQ VOY SPORE I PJCELANO* HMJMX N.YORK NORFOLK HORLEANB SAVANNAH TAMPCO HOUSTON HOCOHCAffN 0194 28/21 MAR I 28MAR 07MAY 10 MAY 13MAY 30MAY 16MAY 24MAY 27MAY HOCQHDUKE 0634 21/22 APR I 14APR 27MAY 30MAY 31 MAY 06 JUN 06JUN 13JUN 17AM HOEQH MBMNO*
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      229 44 PHIU OttWT V* LIN€S PU CTP ®TEL: *****00 (10 LINES) i I'mrrirr rirTnnifreininiwujl^^^^^^^^jiL^ AUCKLAND, WBJJNOTON, LYTTLETON, 30 MAR I NAPKR, CHRtSTCHURCH, NEW PLYMOUTH I ROTTERDAM, HAMBURG, ANTWERP I AND ALL MLAND DESTMATIONB WTTHM EUROPE 28 MAR I KOBE, TOKYO, OSAKA 24 MAR I BUSAN, MANLA, BANGKOK, PKELANO, 24 MAR I
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      623 45 Singapore Soviet Shipping Co. Pte. Ltd. CR NO: **********0N K BOMBAY/COCHIN IVESSEL VOY SIN BOM COC MEKHANIK KURAKO MKI6N 28/03 06/04 TRADE FAST TFSISS 30/03 07/04 VANESSA 03N 02/04 10/04 XOUR INA 804 02/04 10/04 REGULAR ILYICHEVSK SERVICE [VESSEL VOY SPORE ILYCHEVSK EVER OLOBE 0099-064W 27/03 25/04 EVER GENIUS 0100-060W
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      340 45 m FAR EAST 26/03 KEELUNG/KAOHSIUNG 24/03 BANGKOK 24/03 MANILA/CEBU 24/03 JAKARTA/BELAWAN/SURABAYA 24/03 PORT KELANG/PENANG/E. MALAYSIA 24/03 BUSAN 24/03 TOKYO/YOKO/KOBE/NGO/OSA 24/03 HONG KONG SIM CHINA (<tß#±«*n) 24/03 GUANGZHOU/HUANGPU/SHENZHEN FUZHOU/XIAMEN/SHANTOU/SHEKOU DALIAN/SHANGHAI/XINGANG TIANJIN/QINGDAO/HAIKOU also accepting LCL cargo m EUROPE/UK 24/03 LDN/FLX/LVP/SOU 25/03 RDM/HAM/ANT/LEH/GOA/OSL/GOT/BCN also accepting cargo to Austria/ Hungary/Romania/Poland/Bulgaria/Czech. m USA/CANADA 25/03 LOS
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      677 45 I STAR SHIPPING AGENCIES (S) PTE LTD AOKmtFOtt ZIM CONTAINER SERVICE GOLD STAR LINE LTD SCTH SHIPPING CORPORATION TELEPHONE: 220-6666 (8 LINES) FAX: *****70 U *****12 (MARKETING) (CR NO. **********0-E) N. AMIRKA/CARIIKAN SERVKE TO RST/MM/SJU Ivpr w \mmm |w>|ct|w wc ZMSMGAPOtf IM 28/03 Z. SAVANNAH 501 M/M 05/05 09/05 11/
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      1206 45 I M (CO NO: **********0 C) J NCPTUNCUNK Tfl (031 II OOOKINOS HOTUNC TOs US. CANADA, UK/EU®OPf, AUSTRALIA (MX A*. |Kl (********** I fry wdia Pakistan honckong Taiwan, jamn v <LZj P*«Jo«g (********** I THj 1 »00 2717»00 fTOU-f«fl ■-3V |04| *****66. I yr NCRTUNCUNK TIL 1-000-17U100 (TOU-MH) J Satru
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      88 45 TOKYO SHINEI KAIUN CO PTI LTD 111!!51 10 ANSON ROAD #23-15 ttlftl J1 INTERNATIONAL PLAZA S'PORE 0207 TEL: *****29 (0 LINES) FAX: *****06 A *****10 C/R: **********0E t I SERVICE TO: FAR EAST/CHINA/EUROPE 24/03/96) TOKYO, YOKOHAMA, KOBE NAOOYA 24/03/96) OSAKA, USA 24/03/96) HONGKONG AND ALL CHINA PORTS 22/03/96) HAMBURG, ROTTERDAM
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      790 46 F Ap SINO IXPRISS SHIPPING (PTI) LTD. V MM I 11 COLLYER QUAY #00-01 THE ARCADE SINGAPORE 0104. 1 TEL: *****90 (4 LINES) FAX: *****08 TLX: R*****1 SINOEX SINOTRANS SHANOHAUCONTAINER SERVICE) SIN/HKQ/SHAI SPORE j HKQ SHAI VESSEL VOY ETA ETD ETA ETP ETA ETO JIN FU 9601/9602 22/03 23/03 aflß
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      525 46 a■ MM CfIMTAIMEB LIMES. INC I Agents: MAC-lULS SPORE: *****22 (24 LINES) kuchmo: (082)*****3 I KV\ I C*N» IttMTMOM SJBU (064) *****9 MANILA: (632) *****61 V X PENANQ: (04) *****6 BANGKOK: (882) *****67 SURABAYA: (31)*****0 P. KELANQ: (03) *****77 JKT (21) *****07 MDH: (81) *****3 BAMDUNQ: (22) 420W6 20TH ANNIVERSARY
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      204 46 ATTRACTIVE FCL/LCL RATES TOl, Indian Sub-Continent Ports MADRAS/BOMBAY/ CALCUTTA COLOMBO CHITTAGONG :i NHAVA SHEVA §5 1 t WENDER CONTAINER LINES^^ ENQUIRIES BOOKINGS PLS CALL TEL: 224 6744 <»*c I f Astro Shipping Pt« ltd WEEKLY CONSOLIDATION SERVICE a;""aw j TEL 220-6045 (12 LINES) FAX: 325-4080 j r O.K. LINE .I
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      56 48 M.V. "MILLION r VOY 25 ARRD 15TH MARCH W* Consignees of all cargoes ex the captioned vessel is hereby notified that a general survey will be held on the 23rd March 19% 0900-1200 hours at PT4. No furthtr survey will be entertained thereafter. As Agents: "K" Line Kinkai AB Shipping
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