The Business Times, 29 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 29,1996 85e
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    MARKET SUMMARY
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    FINANCE
    57 1 US* ss US» 1.411 I 1.518. 1142 DM .0.871 0.949 Y100 0.B7 1.322 ma j o.its.ZZ..0.182 BAHT™. .0.040. .0.066 PUBURS SINGAPORE* 6.44 kuala LUMHJR AW JAKARTA 18.00 BANGKOK 1178 MANILA 14.80 HONGKONG 8.78 TAIPB _8J0 8TBW- 10.75 tarn _i8o SEOUL 12J0 ZURICH** 4.125 nttWDRT" 125 NEW 8.25 'Awnpofttbuks. "Float
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    KL economy may not cool as projected
    505 1  -  Analysts say soft landing possible only ifßankNegara tightens monetary policy farther From Ho Kay Tat in Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA'S economy will not slow down as much as what Bank Negara has projected because domestic demand will expand faster than the central bank's forecast,
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    CDL Hotels to raise £150 m from UK flotation
    436 1  -  European and US hotel assets being grouped nnder new entity for listing From'. Loh Hui Yin in London CDL Hotels International, controlled by Singapore's Kwek family, plans to raise £150 million (Ss32l million) to £170 million from the flotation of its
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    Borneo Motors shifts gear
    402 1  -  By < Christopher Tan [SINGAPORE] Borneo Motors is banking on its new Toyota Corona, being launched today, to beef up its share of the midsized sedan market. The member of the listed Inchcape group is pricing its new Corona slightly lower than the previous range in
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    Lock icon STIC earnings rise 36.2%
    499 1  -  Byt Genevieve Cua [SINGAPORE] Buoyed by a robust showing from almost all its core businesses, Singapore Technologies Industrial Corporation's net earnings for the year to December rose 36.2 per cent to J&LS4 million The performance was just slightly shoft of market projections ofa 37 per cent
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      141 1 DHBPE Bmf p m j 9 J L——_ZS Topping oat Marina LeisurePlex the sixth and latest addition to Marina Square is shaping up nicely, Pg3 v "T", 'jT fmwavAWJE thispg. Foreign ftmds likely to adopt a wait-and-see attitude on the stock market until future statistics bear out Bank Negara's rather
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      9 1 Snnay launch: just as in the movies, Pg 4
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
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      Govt officers to be given stints at private firms: Tony Tan
      558 2  -  will help equip •fficers to meet challenges of public service leadership Reports by Chuang Peck Ming STARTING this year, officers in the elite administrative service will, as part of their career development, be posted not only to statutory boards
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      EDB chief, PMO perm sec top admin service promotions
      504 2 52 upgraded; exercise to match private sector salaries over ECONOMIC Development Board chairman Philip Yeo and Lim Siong Guan, permanent secretary of the Prime Minister's Office, will move higher up the civil service ranks in a promotion exercise that will see
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      Lock icon 8.4% growth forecast for 1st qtr
      371 2  -  EYE ON THE ECONOMY GDP By, Anna Teo THE economy is forecast to have grown 8.4 per cent in the first quarter, and will maintain the pace over the next three months, according to private sector projections. The forecasts were culled by UK-based Consensus
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      Cyberway's entry sparks fresh round of price war
      555 2  -  P&cNet is now cheapest provider of Net services for light and heavy users By Toh Han Shih THE battle for Internet subscribers is escalating. Pacific Internet (PacNet) and Sing Net yesterday lowered their prices in response to last week's entry of Cyberway
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    • NEWS Roundup
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        New publication on Internet
        62 2 ASIAONE, the premier Internet web site in Asia, will feature another new publication, Times Net Asia, from today. Published by Far East Trade Press, a subsidiary of Times Publishing in Hongkong, it consists of live and archived news from Asian Business, Cargonews Asia, Cargonews China and
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        Design exhibition at SMA House
        93 2 AN EXHIBITION to showcase Singapore's design expertise and emphasise the commercial relevance of design opened yesterday at the SMA House. Jointly organised by the Design Centre, a division at the Singapore Trade Development Board, and the Design Association Singapore, the event was opened by Goh
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        Diplomats present credentials
        32 2 credentials to President Ong Teng Cheong at the Command House yesterday, said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. They areJasem Mubarak Jasem Al-Mubaraki, Kuwait's ftmt rnnhwniVrrtftfHnFipfTf. Vietnam, Nyugen Due Hung
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        TCS launches CD-ROM on
        52 2 THE Television Corporation of Singapore launched its first CD-ROM collection called Singapore Sntnpnneurs yesterday, based on the previous TV current affairs series of the same title. Sponsored by ACE Daikin (S),ttis now available at major bookstores as well as 7-Elevan, Cold Storage and Tower Record outlets
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      Big boys seen back in land market
      503 3  -  Nerecerdssetlmt tender draws bids frem SSL, Per Bast, ▼big Tai, CityDer By Michelle Low PROPERTY heavyweights are back in the land market, with the latest government tender drawing bids from the like of Straits Steamship Land, Far East, Wing Tai and City Developments.
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      URA launches sale of housing, industrial sites
      382 3  -  By\ Diana Oon THE Urban Redevelopment Authority kicked off its 1996 land sales yesterday, offering two residential and two industrial sites for sale by tender. The first condominium site on a 23,500 sq m plot in the heart of Bishan has a gross
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      Sing Tel contracts for three ad agencies
      190 3 SINGAPORE Telecom has awarded advertising contracts to three ad agencies as it gears up for increasing competition. Sing Tel said yesterday that the agencies were Euro RSCG Partnership (formerly Euro RSCG Ball Partnership), Dentsu, Young Rubicam, and Monsoon Advertising. "The three agencies will
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      Lock icon 80% of LeisurePlex leased out
      205 3 MORE than 80 per cent of the space in the new Marina LeisurePlex has been leased out, with Golden Village, the leading multiplex cinema operator, as its anchor tenant Marina LeisurePlex is the sixth and latest addition to Marina Square, owned and operated by Marina
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      159 2 How much would it cost to have all this? Return air-tickets to Los Angeles Daily breakfast 5 nights accommodation at Airport Complimentary shuttle service to local Marina Resort Hotel Tower area shopping or Marina del Rey (beach) Airport transfers to and from hotel Hongkong extension possible at only $368 •Entertainment
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      368 2 THE BUSINESS TIMES LIFESTYLE EXCLUSIVE Congratulations to the followingwinners TOP PRIZE; A 18K. solid gold Fredenque Constant chronograph watch with hand-crafted mechanical movements worth 19,000 EVELYN QUEK l/C: *****901 2ND PRIZE: A 18K solid gold Fredenque Constant hand-wind mechanical skeleton watch worth $6jOOO PETER LEONG l/C: *****14 D CONSOLATION PRIZES:
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  • FOCUS: ADVERTISING & MARKETING
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      Reel treat in Sunny launch
      389 4  -  Tan Chong's ad campaign gets inspiration from the movies to revive flagging sales By Christopher Tan {SINGAPORE] IN AN attempt to make up for lost sales, Nissan distributor Tan Chong has unleashed a three-pronged, movie-theme campaign to launch its new look Sunny. Featuring direct-mail pamphlets
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        New campaign from McDonald's
        76 4 [SINGAPORE] McDonald's is embarking on a new $3 million ad campaign which will feature the theme "That's My McDonald's" in April. The new theme will replace the eight-year run of the "Good Times, Great taste" theme and classics such as "A Day in Singapore", "Kids Talking"
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        Kingsley, Bates read poems for UBS ads
        75 4 [SINGAPORE] Union Bank Of Switzerland (ÜBS) is undertaking a global television advertising campaign to differentiate themselves in the competitive banking arena. The first stage of the "Hare Today. Here Tomorrow" campaign, which featured six poems reed by actors such as Ben Kingsley and
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        Poster talks to pedestrians
        94 4 [SINGAPORE] Air New Zealand and Singapore Airlines are probably the first in South-east Asia to use an interactive poster at a bus stop to promote a holiday package. The deal includes three days of free car hire in New Zealand. When pedestrians approach the poster, a
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        Lloyd Martin lands Saab, Porsche
        36 4 [SINGAPORE] Lloyd Martin has secured the Saab and Porsche accounts from Trans Eurokars and Stuttgart Auto respectively. Lloyd Martin will provide advertising and below-the-line services with effect from June this year.
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      Exhibition to feature gadgets galore
      288 4  -  1,700 firms to take put in hospitality, food industry show By, Agnes Wee [SINGAPORE] Hoteliers keen to smooth the way for conve-nience-seeking guests will find new gadgets and gizmos aplenty at the coming Food Hotel Asia 96 exhibition. One item to go on display is
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      MEETING PLACE
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      Lock icon Ramos to open economy further
      454 5 MANILA Ofl industry being deregulated, carte en ferm imports lifted Reuter PRESIDENT Fidel Ramos signed a clutch erf laws yesterday aimed at further prying open the Philippine economy despite warnings by a leftist group which said it would vigorously oppose the measures. Mr Ramos signed
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      Lock icon Suharto urges people to fund jet project
      191 5 JAKARTA Reuter PRESIDENT Suharto yesterday called on Indonesians to help finance a state project to build passenger jetliners estimated to cost some US$2 billion (Ss2.B billion). "It will be part of our national pride, besides meeting our transportation needs. Lefs work together," he
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      Samaero may provide rig shuttle flight service
      202 5  -  SINGAPORE i&r] Harish Mehta SINGAPORE-BASED aerospace firm Samaero is expected to receive official approval soon to provide helicopter flights from the Cambodian mainland to oil rigs offshore. Samaero, a wholly-owned subsidiary of France's Eurocopter, wants to set up shuttle flights servicing the many
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        Lock icon Thai trade deficit surgen 24%
        79 5 AFP [BANGKOK) Thailand's trade deficit surged 23.6 per cent in February over the same period last year to 33 Union baht(Ssl .34 billion), the Bank of Thailand said yesterday. Exports ft* the month grew 18.7 per cantyear-oa-year to 117 bfflionbaht,whife February imports were up 22
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        Lock icon Cambodian coalities intact, says PM
        99 5 AFP [HONGKONG] The two prime ministers of Cambodia's troubled coalition have held private talks in an attempt to •aw the government. First Premier Prince Norodom Ranariddh said here yesterday. Prince Ranariddh, here on a trade mission, denied there was a political crisis in the country
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        Lock icon Thai labour minister dies
        57 5 AFP 1 [BANGKOK) Thailand's Labour Minister Phisan linn—l fmluw 1i has died after a tang Illness, an official saidyasterday. Phisan, 67, died in hoepital late Wednesday ofheart failure after along battle with prostate cancer, the labour ministry official said. Thsdsputy party leader of the New Aspiration
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        Lock icon Water privatisation in Manila
        62 5 Reuter [MANILA] The Philippines'stste water utility has approved a privatisation blueprint prepared by International finance Corp (IPC) calling tor at least US$5 billion (8*7.00 b&km) in Inveetments to modernise water distribution around Manila. Under the blueprint, the Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS) wffi be broken
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      Lock icon MOUs signed with NZ firms
      113 5 KUALA LUMPUR MBT FOREVER Fresh Coldstore Technology Sdn Bhd has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for joint management and operations with New Zealand's Polaroid Stores Ltd. The MOU was signed by its directors Moehamad Izat Emir and Anuar Othman and by Polarcold director
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      Lock icon Farmers drop threat to kill a million chicks
      412 5 KUALA LUMPUR Marc comes after govt urges people to eat more chickens to solve market glut Reuter MALAYSIAN poultry farmers dropped a threat yesterday to kill a million day-old chicks in return for a government appeal urging people to eat as many
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  • FOCUS: INDONESIA'S CAR INDUSTRY
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      Lock icon Japanese cars caught in a jam
      1375 6 Indon national car project forces firms to scale down production plans and rethink strategies The Nikkei Weekly [JAKARTA] PRESIDENT Suharto's recently announced plan to award his "national car" project to a company led by his youngest son is prompting Japanese carmakers to rethink strategies
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      459 7 %'Sr.' The Urban Redevelopment Authority is offering the following sites for sale by PUBLIC TENDER. URA is offering 2 choice sites for housing development. K MB%& Land Parcel A at Bishan Rise occupies an attractive location directly opposite the Bishan MRT Station. Land Parcel B at Seletar Springs lies in
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  • CHINA HONGKONG TAIWAN
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      Lock icon Govt keen to renew China MFN
      367 8 WASHINGTON But Lord says it will be tough getting Congress t« support extension of status Reuter US ASSISTANT Secretary of State Winston Lord said on Wednesday the administration will "fight" to renew favourable trade benefits for China and that recent tensions over Taiwan strengthened
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      Lock icon WTO entry: China calls for action
      229 8 GENEVA Bernama THE chief negotiator for China's bid to join the World Trade Organisation (WTO) has expressed strong concern that the entry talks might take several more years, unless a political decision is made by major trade powers. Long Yongtu, Assistant Minister of the
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      Lock icon Longest suspension bridge
      62 8 [HONGKONG] The final section of the Tsing Ma Bridge double-deck fixed crossing being lifted into place yesterday to complete the link between Lantau Island, where construction for the new airport is underway, and the rest of Hongkong. It will be the world's longest suspension bridge carrying both
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      Lock icon Sino-US talks on textile dispute inconclusive
      171 8 BEIJING AFP CHINESE and US officials reached no agreement in their negotiations aimed at defusing a dispute over alleged textile transshipments aimed at avoiding US import quotas, Xinhua said yesterday. Negotiations running from March 25 to 27 in Beijing ended without agreement, an unnamed
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      Lock icon Major fake foreign currency racket: 4 held
      152 8 BEIJING Reuter CHINESE police have arrested four people for trying to sell Cake German and US currency in the country's largest case involving the sale of counterfeit foreign notes in nearly SO years, officials said yesterday. Police in Chongqing city in south-western Sichuan
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      Lock icon Investing in state firms
      103 8 BEIJING Reuter 0 CHINA is drafting rules to attract foreign investment in lossmaking state enterprises, a spokesman for the State Economic and Trade Commission said yesterday. The commission will announce this year regulations aimed at resolving the problems of state enterprises and attracting foreign investment, the
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      Lock icon Unrealistic for Taipei to want UN seat: US official
      183 9 WASHINGTON AFP THE Taiwan government's hope for regaining a seat at the United Nations is unrealistic, a US official said on Wednesday. "I just don't think it's a realistic option," an official in President Bill Clinton's administration, speaking on condition of
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        Lock icon No progress in HK handover talks
        56 9 AFP [HONGKONG] Chinese and British officials aided a third i round of talks yesterday on details of Hongkong's handover ceremony without reaching agreement. "All I can say is that this is not an easy discussion and we are having difficulties,'' said Hugh Davies, head
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        Lock icon 26b yuan outlay for all production
        78 9 Reuter I [BEIJING} China plans to invest 26 billion yuan (554.4 billion) in of&hore oil production over the next five years, Xinhua news agency said. The state-owned China National Offebore Oil Corp will pour the hinds into 23 oSShore oil derricks, 500-km-long submerged pipelines,
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        Lock icon Output of rural units to slow
        80 9 Reuter [BEIJING] Annual output growth of China's vibrant rural enterprises is expected to slow in the next five years, Xinhua said. Annual growth would foil to is per cent in 1986-2000 compared with an average of 30 per cent over the past 17 years,
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        Lock icon Plan to make 60 'great movies'
        54 9 AP {BEIJING] China wants to make SO "great movies" under the next Ave-year plan, but each of them will be liable to censorship, tneneadattne communist Party's propaganda department said at a national conference on inßiiry ui our cuunuy, Ou ScUQ. —J\Mr \*sA*.K -W* HPM
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      Lock icon No plans for Teng-hui to visit US: White House
      349 9 WASHINGTON Helms says his invite's long-standing and it's op to Taiwan leader to make first move Reuter THE White House said on Wednesday it has no plans for Taiwanese President Lee Teng-hui to visit the United States despite conservative Senator Jesse
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      Lock icon No talks until Taipei drops independence
      352 9 BEIJING Principle of one China beyond discussion, says govt official AFP THERE can be no dialogue between China and Taiwan until the nationalist island's leaders have clearly renounced independence, foreign ministry spokesman Shen Guofang indicated yesterday. Beijing also implicitly warned Washington that an invitation
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      Lock icon Stock support fund cuts purchases
      245 9 TAIPEI AFP TAIWAN'S government-lip stock-support fund is reducity its activity in the local stcflL market after achieving its g&y of stabilising share priceV dealers said yesterday. The NTS2OO billion (Sslftp billion) fluid was scaling down" its purchases, buying 10V* than NT$l billion worth oft stocks
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  • ASIA
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      Lock icon Kingmaker Kanemaru dies at 81
      135 10 TOKYO Reuter SHIN Kanemaru, a former Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) kingmaker, died yesterday at a hospital in his hometown in central Japan. He was 81 years okL NHK public television said Mr Kanemaru died of complications resulting from diabetes. It quoted family members in Yamanashi
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      Lock icon Rush of Japanese funds into US unlikely
      338 10 NEW YORK Analysts cite loan wtes, US interest rate uncertainty Reuter THE start of a new Japanese fiscal year on April 1 is unlikely to herald a torrent of fresh money into US Treasury bonds and the dollar by Japanese institutional investors, financial
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      Lock icon Japanese govt expected to unveil modest deregulation package today
      295 10 TOKYO Business group says draft ignores key points which it had proposed to the govt FT THE Japanese government plans to unveil today what promises to be a modest package of economic deregulation measures, likely to be in line with the
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      Dynasty Pacific to jointly develop A$60m hotel in Brisbane
      303 10  -  ■SYDNEY By\ Surinder Singh DYNASTY Corporation, through its Dynasty Pacific Group, has entered into a joint venture to develop a As6o million (Ss66 million), 228-suite hotel in Brisbane. The project, located in the central business district and undertaken with New Zealand's
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    • ASIANotes
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        Lock icon Court declares Anm cult bankrupt
        124 10 AFP [TOKYO] A court yesterday declared the cult Aum Supreme Truth bankrupt and named a lawyer to liquidate all its assets to help compensate victims of the sect's nerve-gas attack on the Tokyo subway last year and its other crimes. The ruling by the Tokyo
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        Lock icon Warning of Aussie rate hike
        42 10 Bloomberg Business News [SYDNEY] Reserve Bank of Australia Governor Bernie Fraaer has warned that if wage growth continues to accelerate, the central bank will respond by raising interest rates in a bid to keep inflation under controL
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        Lock icon Bangladesh election bill signed
        80 10 AFP [DHAKA] President Abdur Rahman Biswas yesterday signed a landmark bill paving the way for all future elections in Bangladesh to be organised by a neutral caretaker government. The bill fulfils the main demand in the opposition's long-running campaign to topple Prime Minister Khaleda Zia. The
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      Lock icon Lanka out to attract investments in power
      190 10 COLOMBO Reuter SRI Lanka, currently in the grip of a severe power crunch, is offering special incentives to overseas investors who set up their own power generating units, the foreign investment agency said yesterday. "The Board of Investment (BOI) will implement a special
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      1361 11 Singapore Technologies Industrial SINGAPORE TECHNOLOGIES INDUSTRIAL CORPORATION LTD (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) Unaudited Full Year Financial Statement and Dividend Announcement The Board of Directors of Singapore Technologies Industrial Corporation Ltd is pleased to announce the following unaudited results of the Group and Company for the year ended 31
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  • THE WORLD
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      A frenzy of pre-election activity
      770 12  -  WORLD VIEW Russia gears np to choose a president from a motley selection of candidates By Kevin Sullivan EVENTS in Russia are compelling. The hustlers, statesmen, charlatans, idealists, old soldiers, thugs and intellectuals who make up Moscow's political class head pell-mell, and with Slavic panache,
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      Lock icon Bundesbank leaves rates alone
      165 12 FRANKFURT Bloomberg Business News THE Bundesbank left its full slate of interest rates unchanged, in line with expectations it will put off cuts to stimulate the German economy until money-supply growth slows. The M 3 money supply, the Bundesbank's gauge of inflation, surged at an annual
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      Lock icon Capital spending seen rising 1.5%
      215 12 WASHINGTON Slower pace suggests some cantion over economic outlook Bloomberg Business News US business investment this year will probably grow at the slowest pace since the 1990-1991 recession as corporate executives reassess the economy's strength and computer sales slow down. The projected 1.5 per cent
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      Lock icon Banks' forex risks pose threat to global stability
      335 13 LONDON Central banks say forex exposures net properly managed FT LEADING central banks warned on Wednesday that a widespread failure by banks to measure and manage large settlement risks in global foreign exchange markets posed a threat to world financial stability. A
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      Lock icon US near decision on China sanctions
      215 13 WASHINGTON AFP THE United States is close to a decision on whether to impose sanctions on China for its alleged sale of sensitive nuclear technology to Pakistan. US Secretary of State Warren Christopher told a congressional committee on Wednesday that Beijing's alleged sale of
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      Lock icon Frantic search for formula to calm mad cow panic
      241 13 LONDON AFP BRITAIN'S moribund beef industry went on life support yesterday as the government frantically searched for a formula to calm mad cow panic, restore consumer trust and rescue its farmers from ruin. The final death knell came in Brussels on
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      715 12 PACIFIC CARRIERS LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) The Directors of Pacific Carriers Limited wish to report as follows to shareholders:UNAUDITED RESULTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 ST DECEMBER 1995 The Group The Company 1995 1994 Variance 1995 1994 Variance S'ooo $'000 $'000 $'000 °A 1(a) Turnover 137,345 133,769
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      168 12 H 4u 1 Detailed Enamelled Dials I IK MHKI I I lit fr I llr I Asj High PrecMon Hands FC-290E36 Already early in the 18th century, Geneve became known as a major centre for creation and production of timepieces. Since then the [HHI H Genevese watchmakers rose to unparalleled
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      Taiwan looks to a better life under Teng-hui
      804 14  -  Tim BOTTOM ura OPINION By Mohan Kuppusamy The writer is BT's editorial page editor IT WAS perhaps unavoidable that the results of Taiwan's presidential elections would be seen by some as entirely a reaction to Beijing's missile tests in the narrow Taiwan
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      134 14 'My dream would be to see both parties solve our country's problems, and then we wouldn't have to do anything. But if they don't... we will have to get it done.' -iMiFtnt In another of his cryptic replies when CNN talk show host Larry King asked (fhe
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      Exorcising the Soviet spectre
      588 14 EDITORIAL IF last week's "union accord" between Russia and Belarus has not been greeted with universal jubilation, it is because former members of the Soviet Union are haunted still by the ghosts of the past Never far from the surface, old memories had already been revived
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      City's regulators earn themselves bad name
      985 14  -  London financial establishment's gutless handling of the Barings case erodes confidence in self-regnlation By Neil Behrmann The writer is BT's London correspondent A RECENT letter to the London Times reflects the general disenchantment with the British financial establishment's handling of the Barings collapse. Commenting
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      WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
      383 14 MORE than a decade of confidence-building measures by Britain and China, designed to encourage officials to stay, were undermined yesterday by the warning by mainland official Choi Ziying that all principal officials who serve beyond the handover must actively support the provisional legislature. It is hard
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  • EXECUTIVE LIFESTYLE
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        Lock icon Hitler had Parkinson's disease
        127 15 Reuter ADOLF Hitler was suffering from Parkinson's disease in the last years of his life, a German doctor said on Wednesday, more than 50 years after the Nazi leader's p death. Professor Ellen I Gibbels, head of Cologne University's neurology department, said she had pored over
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        Lock icon Starlight Express cartoon coming
        76 15 Reuter PRINCE Edward meeting cast members of Starlight Express after it celebrated its 12th birthday and 5,000 th performance in London on Wednesday. Composer Andrew Lloyd Webber revealed plans for a £20 million (5142.8 million) cartoon film version of the musical. The roller-skating spectacular has now
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        Lock icon Well qualified to be Pitt's double
        113 15 LA Times BEING a stand-in for Brad Pitt has its share of perks (jMfiwiwtng grmipjM among th«m) nn afft frnnww thU better than Steve Altes, 38, who is in New York to film The Devil's Own. Altes used to be a rocket scientist with
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      Inexpensive pinot noir
      646 15  -  It's not easy finding a bottle of pinot noir that costs less than $35. David "ww could only come up with nine DAVID GABRIEL IT IS not very easy to find inexpensive pinot noir in Singapore. Push into the $60 range and above and there is quite
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      Lock icon Rough ride in store for NZ
      486 15 RUGBY Lomu's marriage, lack of practice may affect team's hat-trick Md AFP [HONGKONG] Jonah Lomu's secret marriage and a lack of team practice could undermine New Zealand's chances of winning a hat-trick of Hongkong Rugby Sevens titles this weekend. "We will struggle a bit,"
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      Timely prizes for lucky two
      303 16  -  LIFESTYLE BT lifestyle lUrch contest winners win watches not available here By Pamela de Souxa [SINGAPORE] Bubbly, animated, unique that's how you would describe Evelyn Quek, top prize winner of the BT Lifestyle March contest. The energetic Ms Quek, a strong believer in managing time
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      Two South-east Asian picture sales
      992 18  -  ART Indonesian focus in Christie's and Sotheby's upcoming By Iola Lenzi [SINGAPORE] Christie's and Sotheby's will be testing the regional painting market once more when the two auction houses hold their respective sales in Singapore and Amsterdam in the coming weeks. Christie's, conducting two South-east
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      A Japanese view of Singapore
      430 18  -  ART Sadayalstigrii fcpfcti thft HfopiMk in deeply-felt portraits By Iola Lenzi [SINGAPORE] One of Japan's best established and prestigious modern art galleries, Galerie Nichido, is briefly in Singapore this weekend presenting artist Sadaya Ishigaki's views of Singapore at the Shangri-La Hotel Specialising in Impressionist paintings
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      New BMW 5-series is a winner
      695 18  -  MOTORING L&test MmhiTMW fresh colour, lighter body andpotcoinf(vt By Christopher Tan BMW made a good first impression. The new s's coupe-like stance highlights the best of the current 3- and 7-series. Few will find fault with its clean and modern design. As almost always,
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      73 15 -1 i tbi£fell {i fcftc 1 JBWfaflflTt e 5 "fi' :/di i' fi -J HjEfi-'i-"' ;0 H '•>* V .-v;'. M.^t 1 A. ;> I i SKfeg *PB H H I K s >'- mJKLtm JLmJKLM The 1995 Businessman of the Year, the Outstanding Chief Executive and the Enterprise Award
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      336 16 I ii i 11 aSiV 563 Orchard Road «BM3 Forum Goieria XI Ufflvri tri a fc~J SJngapofe23BBB4 1 I 4-spenoSl $******+ Lunch 1130 a- 3 00pm'Dinner 6.30pm -1100pm (UMMlpilLa JlOl I oyster With gariic Yunnan Garden Restaurant IrfifTfl 2 Jurong East Street 21 #05-01 CHINA CHINA RESORT RESTAURANT ftT|Hl| (IMM
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      87 16 12-31 March 96 Savour our hawker delights from Prawn Met Soup, Laiaa, Rati Praia, Popiah to mouth-watering desserts. Certainly a feast worth indulging! Only at Cafe Carousel! For reservations, please call 831 2868. Lunch: $1640(adult) $10M (child below 12) Dinner: $18 JM) (adult) $12 Ml (child below 12) Prices are
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      156 16 A CLOSE LOOK AT OUR CHEFS BEST IDEA YET Choose from the best of Seafood Theatre Restaurant. Thafs 60 of the finest seafood and Cantonese dishes in all! Served a la carte. So all you have to do is pick for a set. And sip on the freshly squeezed complimentary
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      148 16 I MORE THAN JUST I SEAFOOD! I Besides live seafood, Singapore's largest outdoor seafood restaurant offers the Instant Asia Cultural Show at no Available from Bpm to 8.40 pm, Mondays to Pridays. SIR6P m j seafood restaurant 920 East Coast Paricway, Siagapore 1344. Tel: 345 1111 j Executive Set funch
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      97 16 I 11 ■■I Mil Lunch with a difference at The Mezzanine. Our Sophisticated Sandwiches, with names impired by faraway places, arc a trip in themselves. So air our quiches, salads and sinful desserts. In the inviting ambience of The Mezzanine, youll indeed have a most pleasurable lunch. For reservations please
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      127 17 Where to wine, dine and entertain [M|MQRffiQ|||E I BjMVVWVVVSVVWVt Come and join the Easter children's Party for FUN, GAMES, MAGIC SHOW, jk»; a yummy lunch spread and lots of Prizes! la*- 7th April 1996 Sunday, I.oopm \ltako your roaorvwbona today to «voM 1 dlaappolntmm eaU 733 2081 «t 468 1
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      122 17 4 Our new old (ajhiotied Italian expreeeo machine maU great coffee tke way it 'Skoulda be made'. All you have to do i* create iome time to II enjoy a cuppa during the kuainew day. So wketker you're a Managing Director A Ood Father, a aecretary or a Lean counter;
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      88 17 UOf Si Smmdmf. 7 /4p*U tf96 4 tfs a bunny fun time for all with game staife, kiddy rides, special appearance by our guest celebrity and a tempting selection of goodies I $40 nett Adult $30 nett Child* Get your tickets at the FA.B office by calling *****05 11.30 am
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      120 17 Singapore Business giving you the winning edge rm""yi iwii'iwm r~i if" m"tt b~rirrf —y -ig In a class of its own, \jbrthoseivith exquisite j ■Ppßi 4mhM! array of Dim Sum delicacies awaits you m** till New Kra Court Shark's Flo aid Safari Restaurant 20 Dronfe Rd (off Kflincy Rd) 101-01
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      100 17 IULI House Restaurant 3E River Valley Road #01-09/1 ICtak Quay Siiwore Q Hofel Melld'Scotts HIGH FASHIOH AT HIGH TEAV Join us every Saturday at the EL PATIO for that old-time tradition of afternoon high tea \VMcj I accompanied with an entertaining fashion show. yln/ Time: 2.00pm-5.00pm IJk j\ Price: $14.50+++(adult)
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      443 17 TV&RADIO sESc. SSSr"-- HHi 1130 D^id^tternian 0W With 10 -3° I Man &0B Hans Christian Ander £0 UJO H AUce in Wonderland. j j V 1030 11 fiHHHHHHBHHM L 4° °P inion A Uwyvr aai A fft/SttMULOngoryPeik in the classic nun He I'd iroo "Sella-Vision. m amcdis %M Hindi Movi
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      173 17 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD Is involved with women of at- ""Q" jBpTTjT 22 4 Itinerant craftsman in poet29 Forced to return the cheese (4) 30 Weapon launcher in Navy port 12 But a blunt question may incur YEBTCBDATB SOLUTION to be due for modification (7,4) it (5,6) IXVWH 13 Camping or sailing?
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      59 18 OFFERMANN HANDCRAFTED IN GERMANY CALF LEATHER WALLET, six credit card pockets, id card compartment. TWO SECRET POCKETS FOR SAFE DEPOSIT KEYS. NAME CARD HOLDER. TWO CURRENCY NOTES COMPARTMENTS. COINS COMPARTMENT. OFFERMANN MADE IN GERMANY SINCE 1842 290 ORCHARD ROAD, 01-26 PARAGON BY SOCO, SINGAPORE 0923. TEL: 733 1700. 435 ORCHARD
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
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      SBS earnings drop 7.4% on higher costs
      455 19  -  It plans to expand engineering and propei ly units for a wider profit base BSfi Christopher Tan Diana Oon [SINGAPORE] Singapore Bus Service posted a 7.4 per cent drop in earnings to 167.5 million for 1995, from $72.9 million previously. The outcome was
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      High bid for Garlick Avenue site viable: SBS
      376 19  -  By] Diana Oon [SINGAPORE] Singapore Bus Service (SBS) expects to launch its condominium at Bukit Timah/King Albert Park in the third quarter of this year. Group chairman Wong Hung Khim said yesterday the 92-unit freehold project would be launched once sale licences
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      S'pore Re profit up 13%
      290 19  -  ICS gun improves 15%, UOI suffers 4% dip in earning? By\ Soh Tiang Keng [SINGAPORE] Singapore Reinsurance Corporation, which last night announced a 13 per cent rise in group net profit last year, is making a l-for-2 rights issue to raise about $36 million for
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      Indon tapioca starch producer, BAJ, a good buy
      545 19  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW William Chia TAPIOCA starch producer Budi Acid Jaya (BAJ) is on course to expand its production capacity from 75,000 tonnes per annum in 1994 to 510,000 tonnes next year. BAJ, which was listed on the Jakarta Stock Exchange in
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      Intraco lifts profit, but fears pressure on two main areas
      267 19 [SINGAPORE] Trader and car distributor Intraco yesterday reported a set of improved results, but said two of its most profitable businesses were expected to face pressure this year. The government-linked company saw turnover rise 3.8 per cent to $917.8 million
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      Lock icon Liang Court plans $145 m rights
      407 19  -  By Abdul Hadhi (SINGAPORE] Liang Court Holdings yesterday announced a 40 per cent rise in 1995 group net earnings to $13.43 million and a proposed 2-for-5 rights issue. The higher after-tax profit for the year ended Dec 31 was achieved on the back of
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    • REGIONAL COMPANIES
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        ICB group net earnings rise 14% to $69m
        345 20  -  Results better than consensus forecast despite net profit fall in second half By\ Shiv Taneja [SINGAPORE] Industrial Commercial Bank yesterday reported a 14 per cent increase in group net earnings to almost $69 million for the year ended Dec 31,1995. ICB, a
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        Close watch on UOB earnings
        334 20 (SINGAPORE) No surprises are expected when OCBC Bank announces its annual results today but all eyes will be on United Overseas Bank. Analysts forecast that OCBC Bank's results ought to come in at or around the consensus forecast of $616.8 million, a growth of 14.7
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        Sum Cheong posts HK$11.6m profit
        143 20 [SINGAPORE] Hongkonglisted but Singapore-based Sum Cheong International has turned around, posting an interim net profit of HK511.62 million (Ss2.l million) for the six months ended Dec 31,1905, compared with a loss of HK$l.B6 million previously. The construction and mining company, which has been in the
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        Lock icon First in Asia
        33 20 [KUALA LUMPUR] Founder and chief executive officer of Asia Connect Sdn Bhd, Ray Cheng, in his office. Asia Connect is billed as Asia's first full service Internet solutions provider. REUTER
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        Hong Fok sees $36m gain in turnaround
        205 20  -  By\ Lee Han Shih [SINGAPORE] Property company Hong Fok Corporation yesterday lived up to its reputation for erratic performance by declaring net earnings of $35.8 million for 1995. This was a drastic turnaround from the $12.9 million loss in 1994. Before that, Hong
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        ST Auto in joint venture move with GM in Philippines
        258 20  -  From Al Labita in Manila LISTED Singapore Technologies Automotive Ltd (STA) is considering a joint venture with US Firm General Motors (GM) in the Philippines. In a letter to the Board of Investments (BOI), the agency overseeing the automotive industry,
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        Singatronic in $5m loss
        115 20 tSINGAPORE] Electronics sub-contractor Singatronic plunged into the red with a loss of $5.1 million, against a profit $6.7 million a year ago. For the year ended Dec 31, turnover fell 37 per cent to $91.2 million. Operating profit of $3.3 million was not enough to cover
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        Pacific Carriers, Cosco double profits
        274 20 [SINGAPORE] Pacific Carriers Ltd (PCL) and Cosco Investment more than doubled their net profits last year. PCL's earnings rose 110 per cent to $28.5 million for the year ended Dec 31, 1995 while turnover rose 3 per cent to $137.3 million. Earnings per share soared
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        Osprey Maritime plans 1-for-2 bonus
        272 20  -  By\ Rahita Elias [SINGAPORE] Osprey Maritime, which last year experienced a 120 per cent surge in net profit to US$l5.5 million (Ss2l million), plans to launch a l-for-2 bonus issue. Chairman Tim Cottew said that the issue, which is subject to approval from the stock
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        Lum Chang profit falls by 56%
        165 20 [SINGAPORE] Lum Chang Holdings yesterday reported a drastic 56 per cent drop in net earnings to $3.08 million for the half-year ended Dec 31. The group's performance was dragged down by lower contributions from its stockbroking division, and the fact that no new property
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      • COMPANY Briefs
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          Koh Brothers posts $9.5m net gain
          54 20 [SINGAPORE] Construction group Koh Brothers' net earnings inched up 2 per cent to $9 J5B million for 1996. Turnover was 3 per cent higher at $213.67 million. Earnings per share was 4.03 cents. The directors have recommended a first and final dividend of 0
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          Liang Huat group earnings UP 8.8%
          56 20 [SINGAPORE] Liang Huat Aluminium's group net profit improved 8.81 per cent to $4.19 million last year with turnover up 14.96 per cent to $79.35 million. Earnings per share slipped to 1.92 cents from 2-37 cents, while net tangible asset per share was marginally up
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          Kian Ho raises profit by 61%
          54 20 [SINGAPORE] Kian Ho Bearings raised its profit by 61 per cent to $4.65 million last year (Hi a 27 per cent higher turnover of $68.84 million. Earnings per share rose to 4.43 cents from 2.89 cents previously, white net tangible asset improved to 25.23
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          SM Summit improves earnings to $5.4m
          63 20 [SINGAPORE] SM Summit Holdings' group net earnings rose 11 per cent l ast year to $5.45 million. This was achieved on the back erf" a 28 per cent rise in turnover to $21.78 million. Earnings per share slipped to 3.68 cents from 4.3 cents,
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          Rotol posts better results
          29 20 [SINGAPORE] Rotol Singapore said net profit last year went up 31.6 per cent to $4.2 million, while turnover rose 63 per cent to $29.7 million.
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          Hind Hotels gain dips 17%
          63 20 [SINGAPORE] Hind Hotels International's group net profit fell 17 per cent to $5 million on a turnover of $38.2 million, up 3 per cent from 1994. The company expects the hotel industry in 1996 to be very competitive due to additional new rooms coming into
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          Hwa Hong hit by insurance slide
          48 20 [SINGAPORE] Hwa Hong Corp posted a flat one per cent increase in net gain to $9.8 million (before extraordinaries), while turnover dropped 9 per cent to $210.3 million. The group said turnover was hit by lower contributions from insurance and construction activities.
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          SES approves RDC bonus issue
          25 20 [SINGAPORE] The Stock Exchange of Singapore has granted in-principle approval to the l-fbr-4 bonus issue proposed by Resources Development Corporation.
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        Li Ka-shing's consortium wins Tuen Mun port deal
        344 21  -  Li denies saying Hutchison Intl Pert would boycott terminal if rival had won tender From Quak Hiang Whai in Hongkong THE bitter tussle over the rights to develop and operate the Tuen Mun terminal ended yesterday with the lucrative deal being awarded
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        Cheung Kong posts 10% rise in net earnings
        483 21  -  Profit boosted by property, cement, treasury income and Hutchison Whampoa From Quak Hiang Whai in Hongkong [HONGKONG] Li Ka-shing's Cheung Kong (Holdings) yesterday met analysts' expectations by reporting a modest 10 per cent jump in net earnings for 1995 to HK111.125 billion
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        Lock icon Amoy Properties net profit rises 1.7% to HK$837m
        199 21 Bloomberg Business News Reuter [HONGKONG] Amoy Properties Ltd, the Hongkong property investment company headed by Ronnie Chan, said net profit rose 1.7 per cent to HK1836.6 million (*****.59 million) in the six months ended December 1995. Analysts had forecast a net profit
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        Lock icon Swire Group plans to invest NT$2b in Taiwan
        167 21 Reuter [TAIPEI] Britain's Swire Group said yesterday it wUI invest a total of NTS 2 billion (SIIO3 million) in Taiwan in Ave years to expand car sales and maintenance facilities, dismissing concerns about recent Taiwan-China tensions. "The Swire Group has decided to
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        Lock icon Softbank, Sega to set up software venture
        96 21 AFP [TOKYO] Japan's Sega Enterprises Ltd said yesterday it and Softbank Corp would set up a joint venture in the United States to adapt gamemachine software for use on personal computers with Windows 95. The Sega Entertainment Inc venture would have capital of
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        Lock icon Airing their grievances
        53 21 [SEOUL] Hundreds of union members of South Korea's Mun Hwa Broadcasting Co holding a protest rally yesterday outside Seoul's Railway Station Plaza. The workers were demanding fair television coverage and the resignation of company president Kang Sung Ku. The union has been on an indefinite strike since
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        Hutchison lifts profit by 19% despite slower property sales
        370 21  -  Group ops dividend payout in anticipation of good 1996 results From* Quak Hiang Whai in Hongkong HUTCHISON Whampoa, which is controlled by tycoon Li Ka-shing, yesterday said net earnings for 1995 rose 19 per cent to HK19.56 billion (511.75 billion) and
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        Lock icon Jardine profit down 13% on operating companies' mixed results
        249 21 AFP {HONGKONG] Jardine Matheson Holdings Ltd yesterday said its net profit feU 13 per cent from a year earlier to HK5291.7 million (5553.1 million) in 1995, including an exceptional gain of HK$94 million. Jardine, the oldest trading firm in Hongkong but
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        Lock icon Apple to report US$700om loss
        281 22 Second quarter loss is higher than expected; operational losses will be USs2oom Bloomberg Business News (CUPERTINO, California] ApComputer Inc will report a wider-than-expected loss of about US$7OO million (Ss9B7 -million) for its fiscal second quarter as the troubled computer maker struggles to remedy inventory problems
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        Lock icon Sony plans to develop software operating system
        206 22 NYT [TOKYO] In what would be an audacious move for a Japanese company, Sony Corp is planning to develop a new software operating system, officials said on Wednesday. Such operating systems, the fundamental software controlling computers, have been dominated by US companies. Officials
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        Lock icon US$ rise against yen hits profits of US firms
        250 22 Bloomberg Business News [NEW YORK] US companies with Japanese operations are having a reversal of fortunes in the currency market as the dollar's climb against the yen eats into first-quarter profit growth. In the past 12 months, the US currency rose
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        Morgan Stanley posts 1Q gains of US$273m
        164 22 [SINGAPORE! US investment bank Morgan Stanley yesterday announced a 3.5 times increase in net profit to US$273 million (Ss3Bs million) for the first quarter ended Feb 29, on a quarter-on-quarter basis. In a statement released here, it attributed the record quarterly earnings to
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        Lock icon New greenback in Hanoi
        37 23 [HANOI] Vietnamese bank representatives comparing new and old US dollar bank notes during a seminar in Hanoi hosted by the US Secret Service on counterfeiting and features of the new US$lOO bills. AFP
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        Lock icon S'pore banks get top marks
        292 23 Republic's banking system most secure among ND&S&P Reuter AFP [NEW YORK] Singapore has the most secure banking system in the world's newly industrialised economies, with Hongkong second, financial rating agency Standard and Poor's said on Wednesday. Top-notch regulation and well-disciplined management have yielded high capital
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        Lock icon Large banks will have to axe jobs by half in 10 years: report
        359 23 Domination in future by screen-based banking through PCs, TV and powerful ragh machines FT MANY large retail banks In North America, Europe and the UK will have to slash their workforces by up to half within the
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        Lock icon Aussie $ shoots past key 78 US cents barrier
        321 23 Aussie shoots past key 78 US cents barrier US fond demand helps fan rise above this level for the Ist time since December 1991 Reuter [SYDNEY] The Australian dollar rocketed past the key 78 US cents chart barrier yesterday to heights not seen in five years as the whole world
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        Lock icon Eraser urges support for Lloyd's plan
        130 23 AFP (SYDNEY] Former Australian prime minister and Lloyd's of London "name" Malcolm Fraser has called on fellow underwriting syndicate members to support the insurance group's plan to resolve its massive losses. Mr Fraser, who was Australia's prime minister from 1975 to 1963, has never
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        Lock icon Bill to overhaul US banks revised
        87 23 Bloomberg Business News [WASHINGTON] The House Banking Committee revised a bill to overhaul the nation's 60-year-old banking laws, adding provisions that would grant banks new powers to sell insurance policies. A Supreme Court decision on Tuesday permitting banks to expand their sale of insurance
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        Lock icon US anti-trust probe against Moody's
        352 24 Investigation into whether agency used the threat of unsolicited ratings to get itself hired NYT {NEW YORK] The US Justice Department has begun an investigation into the workings of the credit-rating industry that focuses on what some contend are anti-competitive practices by Moody's Investors Services
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        Lock icon CME eyes Asia derivatives
        93 24 Bloomberg Business News [HONGKONG] The Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) wants to begin trading futures and derivatives' contracts based on Asian interest rate, currency, and equity markets, the Asia Times reported. Exchange president Bill Brodsky said the World Bank's private-sector subsidiary, the International Finance Corporation, will help
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        Lock icon Beijing puts off issue of Three Gorges bonds
        359 24 China may be able to fond USs3ob project itself because of fdrex reserves build-up FT CHINA will defer for the time being the issue of bonds in international markets to fund its controversial US$3O billion (5542.3 billion) Three Gorges dam, following a
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        Lock icon Coal comfort
        39 24 [HANOI] Worker Tran Due Rieu lifting wet coalfhmi a mould at a coalfactory in Hanoi's Gia Lam district This particular form of coal is dried under the sun and used by most low-income Vietnamese for cooking. AFP
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        Lock icon Refco denies it's under FBI probe in Goldinger case
        136 24 Bloomberg Business News [NEW YORK] Refco Inc, the world's biggest futures broker, denied a report that it is under federal criminal investigation for its dealings with Jay Goldinger, the money manager accused of losing at least US$4O million (Sss6 million) through
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        142 24 Corrections clarifications IN the article titled "Nomura in Large Simex Cross Trades" in the weekend edition (March 23-24) of BT, the total volume figures provided in the table were incorrect as a result of a technical problem in the Internet service providing Simex data. Simex has, meanwhile, pointed out that
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        226 24 Report Reuter [SINGAPORE] Simex Euroyen futures ended little changed against their overnight Chicago close as dealers awaited fresh trading leads. "Market sentiment is for interest rates to stay low and that triggered the short-cover-ing on Wednesday. Today, it gyrated within a pretty tight range," said one
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        160 24 Reuter AFP THE dollar tumbled against European currencies in the wake of the Bundesbank's decision to keep key interest rates steady and of a rise in US first-time weekly applications for unemployment benefits. The market had been slightly long of dollars going into the meeting just in case
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        336 24 ENERGY REPORT Reuter [LONDON] OU prices slumped yesterday as the market continued to puU back from the 3v*-year highs hit on Tuesday. In London, world benchmark North Sea Brent blend crude oU futures for May delivery hit a low of
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      1618 25 Reuter QWktaiaS -34J6 STOCKS ended easier on profit-taking after recent gains. But shares registered on the over-the-counter market surged in active business, attracting investors who expect higher prices when the new fiscal year starts on Monday. "Considering the rapid price rise led by in-dex-linked buying recently, it was natural
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      1590 26 AFX-Asia Q Hug Seng 46J1 SHARE prices closed down in flat, directionless trading. The Hang Seng Index closed down 35.99 points at 11,030.58. Turnover was HK$4.OB billion. Amoy Properties, Hang Lung Development and New World Development announced interim results shortly after the market opened for the afternoon session. New
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      604 26 Reuter fl Shanghai B Share liiti -OH THE Shanghai B market closed lower after a newspaper report said China would list more B shares this year than in 1995. The index lost 0.26 point to 50.24 points on volume of 7.1 million shares worth US$3.2 million. The China Securities
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      356 26 AFP QWPbfax -10.71 SHARES finished lower as investors declined to buy stocks ahead of a three-day holiday. "Most investors refrained from taking positions before the holiday," said a trader. The Weighted Price Index fell 10.76 points to 5,032.35. Turnover was 696 million shares worth NTJ20.43 billion. The government-led NTS2OO
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      677 26 AFP POwyatiMg -L3I SHARE prices closed lower, with most foreign investors sidelined during trade that was marked by speculation on second line stocks. The JSE Composite Index fell 1.36 points to 585.71. Turnover was 222.3 million shares worth 497.2 billion rupiah. Dealers said foreigners appeared to take a wait-and-see
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      813 26 AFP Dsn Mm -&.7I SHARE prices closed lower due to a lack of confidence in government plans to tackle its economic problems. "The government is still unclear on how to deal with fundamental economic problems of high inflation and the soaring current account deficit," said an analyst. The SET
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      303 26 AFP QiUoiU *1430 SHARE prices rose as investors picked up bargains. The Composite Index rose 14.30 points to 2,848.71. Turnover was 7.7 billion shares valued at 1.6 billion pesos. Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co rose 20 pesos to 1,435 and Ayala Land Inc climbed 1.50 to 40. San Miguel
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      399 26 AFP QONqwßttbiß -OJ6 SHARE prices slid, as a lack of fresh Incentives kept the market in the doldrums. The Composite Price Index inched down 0.65 point to 856.56. Turnover was 21.4 million shares worth 371 billion won. Falls beat risers 437 to 292, with 162 unchanged. Select blue chips
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      583 26 AFP QAnOriaariM -ZU STOCKS fell when an alreadyfloundering market came under additional pressure from a fall on Wall Street The All Ordinaries Index closed 23.2 points lower at 2,236.5. Turnover was 269.2 million shares valued at A) 686.2 million. Among the leading stocks, resource giant BHP fell 10 cents
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      270 26 AFP -aas SHARES closed off their lows after Telecom staged a recovery. It was down seven cents, but rallied back to its opening price of NZ$6.5O. The NZSE-40 Capital Index ended down 8.2S points at 2.14Z37. —AFP iNrM «a *b mm ANZ Banking 7.05 -0.10 2*900 AMMMNHMti 1.42 -0.01
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        7492 27 KUALA LUMP U KReports Bloomberg Business News Q Composite Index -7J3 STOCKS fell to their lowest level in a week amid investor concern that the current account deficit could undermine the currency and push interest rates up. Two of the market's biggest stocks, Telekom Malaysia
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        Two warrants for risk seekers
        220 28  -  WARRANT WATCH By) R Sivanithy LIQUIDITY in the local stock market has shrunk recently, but not so in Malaysia, where the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange has regularly chalked up daily volume of more than Msl billion. If this continues, the obvious beneficiaries in earnings terms
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        891 30  -  STOCK MARKET COMMENTARY ELSE Second Board benefits from speculative panting as the absence of Japanese funds also dampens bine chips By R Sivanithy [SINGAPORE] Activity in the local stock market continued to slow down yesterday, leaving the KLSE Second Board the main beneficiary of
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        HOT STOCK
        67 30  -  Bytmilm Paul Lea SINGMARINE Industries yesterday JeU two cents to 53L96 with 223,000 units done more than three times the lOday average of ***** shares. However, compared to the previous day'svolumeqf292,oooshares, yesterday's setting can be considered as mikL Abo, with the weekly RSI in deepfy oversold territory, some
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      • ON THE GRAPEVINE
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          Easy-to-prosper bid
          166 30 NO ONE can accuse Straits Steamship fjinri for not paying attention to details. In the HDBlandsalewhichcloeedyestertlay.it put in a top bid of for a site In Choa Chu Kang. This must be the first time a company bidding hundreds of millions of dollars had bothered to price another
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          Bloomberg drops a bloomer
          115 30 APRIL FOOL'S Jokes can be really costly, US news agency Bloomberg found out this week. A reporter in its KL bureau wrote a hoax news flash which said that Bank Negara was to be privatised with the sale of nine billion shares at Ms 2 each.
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          Win-win Lee
          96 30 IS THERE a simple reason why Lee Shau Kee is the richest man in Hongkong? Well, it probably has to do with his ability to hedge his bets and strike win-win deals. Like the latest fierce tussle ova* the Tuen Mun terminal project between competing consortiums led by
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          Crush and rush at Springdale
          123 30 THERE was a mad rush at the launch of Kuok's group Springdale condominium yesterday and a number of people found themselves kept out because of "problems of crowd control". One buyer who had bought one unit on Wednesday returned to try his luck again and
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      246 20 J ~A I 1-flVinivA 1 I OSPREY MARITIME LIMITED wHfe (INCORPORATED IN SINGAPORE) FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS 1995 I Net Profit US$ 15.5 m 120% Earnings per ordinary share US cents 16.13 95% Dividends per ordinary share US cents 2.75 Bonus Issue One for every two shares held For the year ended
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      214 21 Magnificent Swedish Hideaway with Royal Heritage j ft i Ifr? w f Oiimniin J (fj I The property in good decorative a 1-km avenue driveway to main building; total 8 conservation houses, one sauna, total 22 rooms; 4 kitchens, 9 bathrooms/ A rare opportunity to own an exceptional estate formerly
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      232 27 Batam continues to boom. Private foreign and domestic investments totalled $6.2 ADVERTISEMENT RATES 11 jjf /I ammm M —«i_ billion in 1994. Revenues from tourism stood at $240 million in the first six months of 11 Ahß\ Il\m 11 The SlindflV limes ,ast y ear companies, especially electronics, open. Tourists
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      361 30 Singapore Closing Share Prices 28/03/1996 CLOSE PREV LOW HIGH uss uss uss uss Mlf# Jardine Matheson 7.80 7.90 7.75 7.90 Fflnil Jardine Strategic 3.12 3.12 3.10 3.18 L J °airy Farm 0.925 0.905 0.90 0.925 Hongkong Land 2.35 2.34 2.33 2.37 H|Bfli!|| Mandarin Oriental 1.27 1.28 1.25 1.27 IfifiUUm Jardine
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      297 31 Knight-Ridder Reuter RUMOURS circulated yesterday morning that stronger grain fixtures had been agreed an private terms for Panamax tonnage from US Gulf to Japan and also from E Coast S America. One broker active in these trades stated that much market information "will go underground" due IK) rising
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      MARITIME STOCKS
      247 31 SEESSES. CWTOMMIm—U2 undi 2 CAuan Hup IHMtrn 1.13 -0.03 117 Coico iwirtiwuK i m FtU 7.90 *0JS 349 niWLMl 0.93 -0k02 M MIMHt U4 -0.04 n HdSunHM* t« -0.01 32S HRacMZCMM 104 *0.01 t MC IIMJmui HK5.60 JayaHddntt 147 imfi 10 -0J5 13*9 Con 12.70 *0-20 34* Mftetock
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      PSA awaits green light for Dalian container project
      450 31  -  Proposed joint venture is to develop, manage and operate terminal in Dalian By Yong Mei Fong [SINGAPORE] A team from the Port of Singapore Authority (PSA) is in China, awaiting the final green light for a project to develop, manage and operate
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      Industry will benefit from training
      310 31  -  S'pore Intl Bunkering Conference International Blinker Industry Association to offer 2 courses By] Rahita Elias [SINGAPORE] The entire spectrum of players in the bunker industry would benefit from having access to training, said Nigel Draffin from the London-based International Bunker Industry Association (IBIA). Mr Draffin
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      Third parly contract made by charterer also binding on shipowner
      736 31  -  ADMIRALTY CASEBOOK By\ Selva Kumar A SHIPOWNER could not set aside a warrant for the arrest of its ship for unpaid bunker fuel as the charterer which received the ftiel could bind it in contractual relationships with third parties. Thus
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      189 31 Bloomberg Business News [ATLANTA, Georgia] American President Lines (APL) said it will spend about US$3O million (5542.3 million) for up to 1,900 new 53- and 48-foot domestic containers, with matching chassis. Of the 1,900 units, 900 will be net additions
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      Lock icon Court gives B&W reprieve
      221 31 New bail-out effort near completion, says shipyard chairman Reuter [COPENHAGEN] A Copenhagen court on Wednesday gave investors in crippled shipbuilder Burmeister Wain extra time to present a rescue plan after B&W chairman Jan Erlund said a new bail-out effort was near completion. The probate court extended
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      1018 32  -  <JAPAM'S MERCHANT FLEET: HARD HIT BY HIGH COSTS guarantee the future of the fleet the transport ministry has proposed a system to let Japan-registered jships operate with a much higher proportion of foreign crewmen as well as to provide tax incentives Charles Smith Lloyd's
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      INDEX TO SHIPPING LINES AND FREIGHT FORWARDERS
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        CONTAINER SCHEDULES
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        COCKETT BUNKER MARKET REPORT
        1084 49 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 averagesized stem. Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the individual
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        GLOBAL HOLIDAY
        504 49 Taiwan: Youth Day. lusa Iran: (tentative) Birthday of Eighth Imam/Islamic Republic Day. APII Iran: Thirteenth Day of New Year Holiday. APIS Israel: Passover. Sri Lanka. Market and Public holiday. Taiwan: Women's and Children's day. API 4 Colombia: Easter (To April 5). Denmark: Maundy Thursday. Finland: Public holiday; markets
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        Lock icon US side welcomes air cargo accord with Japan
        397 50 No immediate plans to open talks on passenger services, says official AFP [TOKYO] The US has hailed an agreement reached with Japan on mutual air cargo access, a senior US official here describing it yesterday as a "win-win" situation. "It's a win-win
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        Lock icon JAL plans expansion of services
        216 50 Reuter [TOKYO] Japan Airlines Co Ltd (JAL) said yesterday that it plans to expand its transpacific cargo operations using rights which will be newly provided to JAL as a result of the US-Japan aviation talks that ended yesterday. In order to expand its operations, it
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        Lock icon Singing praises of new model
        80 50 [TOKYO] Japanese buyers taking a close look at a new Opel Vectra sedan at a Tokyo press preview on Tuesday. Japanese car dealer Yanase said it launched the completely remodelled right-hand-drive Adam Opel mid-class sedan in Japan. The Vectra goes on sale on April 6
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        Lock icon Jaguar expects big increase in US used cars sales for '96
        319 50 Used car certification programme gets good response Reuter [DETROIT] Sales of used Jaguars are expected to soar fourfold in the US this year to 20,000 units as buyers respond favourably to a used car certification programme, a top company
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        Lock icon BMW in India venture to make cars
        186 50 AFP {NEW DELHI] India's Hero Motors has tied up with German car maker Bayerische Motoren Werke (BMW) AG to manufacture passenger cars, a newspaper reported yesterday. The Business Standard, quoting sources in the Indian company, said BMW would have a 51 per cent
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        Lock icon All 29GM plants expected to re-open
        185 50 Bloomberg Business News (WARREN, Michigan] General Motors Corp said it expected to operate all of its 29 North American assembly plants yesterday for the first time in nearly three weeks. The world's largest car maker said it reopened six car and truck factories on
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        Lock icon Pan-Asian rail system gets Fiat, Hitachi bids
        252 50 IT sia preparing report based on proposals, says paper AFP [KUALA LUMPURJ Italian conglomerate Fiat SpA and Japan's Hitachi Ltd have forwarded proposals to help build a proposed pan-Asian electric railway that could some day be linked to Europe, a newspaper reported here
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        112 50 Bloomberg Business News [CANBERRA] Australian transport company TNT Ltd has signed an agreement with the government to operate its own trains on the nation's interstate rail network. The first TNT trains are due to run mid-year between Melbourne and Perth. "This is
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          83 50 Reuter (NEW YORK] Deutsche Lufthansa AG sakl its 1996 summer freighter schedule includes 35 weekly frequencies to the US, the same number as last summer. With the start of the summer schedule next month, a sixth weekly Boeing 747 frequency is being added for Chicago,
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          Lock icon Japan's vehicle exports down 13% in Feb
          99 50 Bloomberg Business News [TOKYOJ Japanese vehicle exports fell 13.1 percent in February t0325,042, the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association said on Wednesday. Car exports have faiUm for 14 months. Car makers are moving production to overseas plants because of the strong yen and to
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          Lock icon Thai Airways, Air Mandalay sign accord
          76 50 Bloomberg Business News [BANGKOK] Thai Airways International pic signed an agreement with Myanmar-based Air Mandalay Ltd to share some services. Initially, the agreement is limited to K Thai Airways taking reservations on behalf of Air Mandalay, a Joint venture between state-owned Myanmar Airways and
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          Lock icon Nippon Cargo and UPS discuss tie-up
          93 50 Bloomberg Business News {TOKYO] Nippon Cargo Airlines Co and United Parcel Service of America Inc have started negotiations on forming a wide ranging business tie-up, Nikkei English News reported. The two cargo carriers first explored the plan in February but waited for US and
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          Lock icon 2 China airlines delay share sales
          107 50 Bloomberg Business News [HONGKONG] China Eastern Airlines and China Southern Airlines delayed their international share sales indefinitely because China's air regulator, the Civil Aviation Administration erf China (CAAC), wants its own new airline listed without competition, the South China Morning Post reported yesterday, citing
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      2290 35 Singapore Agent: rWI 1 C P& Container. Limited i 1« Hoe Chiaag Road, M7-S1 Keppd Towers, Singapore 02*8 First Class Connections WORLDWIDE Tclc RS ***** PNOCSf Fm; 5327/222 7517 tK liUHOcn r— —r VCS«CL VOY PWJ TO H SOU ANT ROT NAM OOT MM IB) VMM. VOY ANT OOT MOT
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      429 37 I (j£ FAMOUS CONTAINER LINES I if(s 80 ROBINSON ROAD, #22-02 SINGAPORE *****8 HOT LINE: *****33 (30 LINES) i P. KLANG PH: 0203/*****02 (10 LINES) PENANG PH: 0204/*****7 (10 LINES) J. BAHRU PH: 0207-*****22 illk QLOBELINK FORWARDERS PTE LTD MABRA Ll *****33 18 LINK*) FAX: TLX: ***** ACT ■HJM PKL:
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      1221 38 VESSEL VOV SIN JUT VESSEL VQV SIN PtN ISRA BHUM ***** ~Ffi In Pt Sun 31/03 BUNOA MAS EXPAT <301 Sun 31A>T~ Tua 02/04 l VtB €L 25 BKK_ OIMU BHUM IMB St~ 3<VO3 Tua 02AM B.MAS DUA 6067 Tua 02AM Thu 04AM RATHABHUM 101W St 30/03 Wad 03AM UWAOIIUM
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      577 43 TIGER BAY 419N 29-3003 03-0704 12-13)04 I TWER CAPE 420N 01-0204 07-1004 15-1004 I TWEfUAPE 420N 01-0204 07-1004 15-1004 I TIGEFUBLANO 421N 06-0004 10-14/04 19-2004 I TIGER BRIDGE 422N *****4 14-17/04 22-2304 I TWER BAY 423N 12-13,04 17-21/04 2027/04 I I VESSEL VOY SIN CAL SIN I TWER RIVER 236CN8
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      637 46 SAMUDERA INDONESIA (S) PTE LTD I —15 McCALLUM STREET #03-01/02 NATWEST CENTRE S'PORE 0106 I mamam TEL: *****81-3 FAX: *****36 (3 HUNTING LINES) TLX: R*****0 LJ""*** "jjf 9 Ay* 2: -!!1 3 jess '£A/celu gjgg=gg| 3slgs/WEEK I POBBiL V6V liw PSc ivate. IV6YIMN Isu* V~ KSTST§ABA§ *****9 "WPT 01/04 (MON)
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      501 46 TO E. CANADA US ATLANTIC US GULF LOADMO VOY SPORE I P-KELANG* HALIFAX N.YORK NORFOLK NORLEANS SAVANNAH TAMPICO HOUSTON HOCOH CAJRN 0134 MPT I 07 MAY >0 MAY 13 MAY 30 MAY 16 MAY 24MAY 27 MAY HOCQHOUKE 0834 19/20 APR I 14APR 27MAY 30MAY 31 MAY OiJUN 06JUN 13JUN
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