The Business Times, 26 February 1997

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    13 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 023/12/96 85t SINGAPORE Internet: http://www.asial.com.sg/biztimes WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26,1997
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    MARKET SUMMARY
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    FINANCE
    73 1 a uss im S 1.692 US! DM IM 1849 YEN IN 0.819 1165 MS Q.m 1&74 HKS 0.129 1184 BAtfT 1939 10K mill AH Ml 0.042 0069 fume rates 1 SINGAPORE* .144 KUALA LUMPUR. 3.28 JAKARTA ia« BANGKOK IKS —i 13.59 1 HONGKONG 8.M TAIPB 9H 8«H«* KM TOKYO
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    Banks alerted to US$250m in fake letters of credit
    524 1  -  Money nearly paid ont to bearer of one fraudulent document By( Conrad Raj [SINGAPORE] Banks here have been warned to watch out for nearly US$25O million (***** million) worth of fraudulent letters of credit and guarantees that are floating around the
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    Lock icon Local stocks fall 1.4% on earnings worries
    290 1  -  By] R Sivanithy [SINGAPORE] Concerns over corporate profits and the recent downweighting of the Singapore market in the Morgan Stanley Capital International Far East Index yesterday pulled the Straits Times Industrials Index 32.02 points or 1.4 per cent down to 2,201.97. That was
    Source: Bloomberg; ALLAN  -  290 words
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    Contractors turning down jobs to avoid cashflow trap
    452 1  -  Some fear developers may delay payments in sluggish market By' Tan Su Yen [SINGAPORE] Some building contractors are turning down new residential jobs, wary of getting into cashflow problems should developers stall on payments in a slow residential property market. A construction
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    Economists jack up Q1 growth forecast to 5%
    533 1  -  Full-year growth seen improving to 7.1% from 6.8% By, Anna Teo [SINGAPORE] Economists have over the past week revised their growth forecasts up a notch to an average of 5 per cent for the first quarter and 7.1 per cent for the
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    Lehman Brothers relocates Asian forex operations
    286 1  -  Trading and risk management moved from S'pore to Tokyo By I Shiv Taneja [SINGAPORE] American investment bank Lehman Brothers has moved its Asian foreign exchange operations from Singapore to Tokyo, a spokesman for the bank said. Gerry Kay, who is based in Hongkong, said
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      132 1 I—HUM Singapore should guard against over-regulation tf it wantsa climate where entrepraoeurshfy will flourish, Pg 3 mnwßTAum Wk, pg 13. Stare price should recover as it was at around $8.60 when company announced < its previous interim results of a 23.7% drop in earnings. Hwa Hint In dag—m *ans to
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      7 1 Singapore market m corrective downmove, Pg 4
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      17 1 Bnbd—& mmmmmfa) growth seen for Asia, Pg 7 Japan to end ton on holding companies, Pg 7
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
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      Lock icon Monthly income of nearly 25% of workforce topped $3,000 in '95
      505 2  -  But growing income gap between genders unlikely to narrow in the future: study By. Anna Teo CLOSE to one quarter of the workforce each earned at least $3,000 a month in 1995, up from just 8 per cent five
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      Lock icon Inflation expected to rise to 2%
      354 2  -  EYE ON THE ECONOMY Inflation By Anna Teo INFLATION is widely expected to climb to about 2 per cent this year above last year's 1.4 per cent, but still within levels of price pressures described as benign and non-inflationary. A poll of 17 Singapore
      Source: JP Morgan  -  354 words
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      Causeway Pt mall attracts interest from retailers
      348 2  -  By, Jenny Lam CAUSEWAY Point mall has attracted strong interest from retailers with a slew of familiar names trying to get in there, including potential first-time suburban players like Takashimaya and Tangs department stores. Industry sources said that Takashimaya was one of several
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      Lock icon Singapore ready to help South Africa in nation-building: PM Goh
      367 2 Scope for stronger govt, trade and investment ties The Straits Times [CAPE TOWN] Singapore is ready to contribute further to South Africa's efforts in na-tion-building, at the governmental level as well as by strengthening trade and investment ties between the
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      Lock icon It's smooth sailing with BT
      80 2 WILLIAM Ijai, chairman of Ponggol Marina, with Renee Loh of SPH BT Marketing after he picked the winner ofßT's subscription drive on board the Columbus last Friday. Cynara Tan of Boon Keng Road won the Grand Prize ofa $30,000 membership of the Ponggol Marina from
      CHRIS LOH  -  80 words
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      Lock icon Petrochemical industry can ride out storms ahead: expert
      385 3  -  But second petrochem complex faces overcapacity in region By 3 Ronnie Lim SINGAPORE'S second billiondollar petrochemical complex faces increasing overcapacity in the region, but the industry here should be able to ride out coming storms, said a visiting energy consultant. The new
      Source: CMAI  -  385 words
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      Debt papers a better option for petrochem firms, says banker
      423 3  -  Longpr tenure helps tide over cyclical nature of industry By Siow Li Sen ASIAN petrochemical companies should not be seduced by the lower interest rates of bank borrowings for they will in fact fare better by issuing debt papers given
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      Too many rules will stifle entrepreneurs: advisory panel
      426 3  -  Important to foster a climate of entrepreneurship, say top-level advisers Reports by Chuang Peck Ming SINGAPORE should guard against over-regulation and a proliferation of rules if it wants a climate where entrepreneurship will flourish, a top-level international advisory panel headed by former
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      Matsushita won't add more plants in S-E Asia
      151 3 JAPANESE electronic giant Matsushita will not add any more new factories in Southeast Asia in the next three years, a senior official of the company said yesterday. It would instead concentrate on growing its existing plants in the region in terms of
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      SCCCI elects a new chairman
      164 3 THE Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry has elected Tay Beng Chuan as its new chairman. Mr Tay, who runs UniOcean Maritime, succeeds Kwek Leng Joo, who was appointed the SCCCI's Immediate Past President. The 66 members attending the election of office-bearers for the
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      49 3 You may have been unable to get your Business Times, Straits Times, Sunday Times, LianHe Zaobao and other daily newspapers from your usual newsstand because of the higher demand lately. To ensure a daily copy, call Customer Services Section on 1800-749-2577, and ask for home or office delivery service.
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  • FOCUS: PERSONAL FINANCE & INVESTMENT
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      Lock icon Singapore market in a corrective downmove
      658 4  -  TECHNICAL VIEWPOINT A lot depends on what goes on in other global markets in the next two weeks Naresh Verma The writer is a manager of technical analysis advisory (South-east Asia) at Dow Jones Telerate. The opinions in this column are personal and do
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      Picking from among PCB makers
      737 4  -  Elec Eltek ahead but Pentex, Wong's have potential Ry Lee Yoke Har [SINGAPORE] Of the three listed PCB (printed circuit board) manufacturers, which should investors be looking to buy? The answer is not so straightforward. The company with the best profile may have the least
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      Lock icon US pension funds take a punt on futures
      667 4 It's back to the futures as fund managers search for better returns Bloomberg Business News [NEW YORK] Some pension fund managers are predicting mediocre returns in US stock and bond markets this year, so they've decided to take a flyer on futures.
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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        Lock icon Thai exports climb 0.4%
        92 5 Reuter [BANGKOK] Thai exports rose 0.4 per cent to 1.41 trillion baht (5577.5 billion) in 1996 against the earlier official estimate of 1.61 trillion baht, the Thai Commerce Ministry said yesterday. The ministry said Thai imports rose 3.9 per cent to 1.83 trillion baht in 1996
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        Lock icon Jakarta to promote car policy abroad
        65 5 Reuter [JAKARTA] Indonesian Trade and Industry Minister Tunky Ariwibowo said yesterday that the government would send a negotiating team to Japan, the US and Europe this week to discuss its controversial national car policy. Influential tycoon Muhammad "Bob" Hasan yesterday urged Japan to hold
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        Lock icon KL urges Myanmar to join rail network
        63 5 AFP [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad urged Myanmar yesterday to join a proposed trans-Asian railway network that would stretch from Singapore to China. Dr Mahathir also reiterated to visiting Myanmar Deputy Premier Maung Maung Khin that he hoped Myanmar could be
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        Lock icon Hum Sen threatens to resume logging
        82 5 Reuter [PHNOM PENH] Cambodian Co-Premier Hun Sen yesterday warned that the government could revive its controversial logging programme to pay civil servants if the International Monetary Fund halted fresh loans. "I don't want to ask aid from anyone any more. If they want to
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      Indon car industry sees new wave of investment
      498 5  -  JAKARTA TPN and Bimantara spending USs67sm to build manufacturing and assembly plants By I S N Vasuki INDONESIA'S automobile industry, in the spotlight last year over the controversial national car policy, is receiving a wave of new investment as existing producers commit
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      Lock icon Living off the bottle
      54 5 [JAKARTA] An Indonesian man sorting used soft drink bottle caps by the roadside yesterday. The bottle caps, collected from refuse dumps and stalls, are sold by the kilo for 500 rupiah (550.30). Many people who flock to the capital looking for jobs rely on small scale
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      Lock icon Conflicting reports on why Indon Muslim leader quit
      484 5  -  JAKARTA Move could signal split in community ahead of elections By! S N Vasuki AMIEN Rais, an influential Muslim leader, has resigned from a major post in a powerful Indonesian organisation, signalling political divisions within the majority Muslim community ahead of the
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      Broker accused of fraud offers to surrender Manila licence
      391 5  -  MANILA By. Al Labita A FOREIGN broker, the target of complaints of alleged stock fraud by Singapore investors, has offered to surrender its licence, but this does not free it from criminal prosecution, an official said here yesterday. "Surrendering a licence
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      Lock icon Malaysia's 1996 trade deficit drops to M$618m
      451 5 KUALA LUMPUR Gap far lower than the Ms&2b forecast by Finance Ministry Reuter MALAYSIA'S 1996 trade deficit shrank to M 5617.97 million (***** million) from a gap of M 59.36 billion in 1995, the Statistics Department reported yesterday. In December 1996 alone, Malaysia
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      Lock icon Sabah to let illegal Indon, Filipino workers remain
      287 5 KUALA LUMPUR AFP MALAYSIA'S Sabah state and Labuan island will allow some 400,000 undocumented workers from Indonesia and the Philippines to legitimise their status but will ask other illegal aliens to leave by April 1, it was reported here yesterday. "With the
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      393 5 don't tell me ■m I'm going bald." A ITS AMAZING BUT TRUE! Most people, when seeing the very first signs of approaching baldness (frizzy short hairs on the front hairline, receding at the temples, or subtle thinning on the crown) actually ignore them. Few can face up to such a
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  • CHINA-HONGKONG-TAIWAN
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      Lock icon Jiang eulogises Deng, vows to continue reform
      485 6 DEMO'S DEATH Patriarch's successor promises to keep China's doors open to the rest of the world Reuter AFP [BEIJING] Chinese President Jiang Zemin, who assumed supreme power when Deng Xiaoping died last week, delivered a glowing eulogy yesterday for the veteran revolutionary and
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      Lock icon China's bourses set for boom year
      606 6  -  HONGKONG However, returns may be less spectacular than in 1996 c analysts By\ Louise do Rosario CHINA'S stock markets, one of Deng Xiaoping's most controversial creations, are set to spearhead the country's push to breathe life into stateowned industries. Although there was initial nervousness
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      Red chips in HK seen as only big winners: analysts
      326 6  -  TAIPEI Bourses in Taiwan, China likely to go throng period of consolidation By] Bruce Cheesman RED chips on the Hongkong stock market are expected to be the only big winners in a period of consolidation on bourses in Taiwan and
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      Lock icon HK budget surplus expected to soar
      233 6 HONGKONG Reuter HONGKONG is estimated to post a budget surplus of HKJI6 billion (552.94 billion) for the 1996/97 fiscal year ending March 31, or 10 times the official estimate of HK$l.6 billion, Arthur Andersen said yesterday. "It's mainly because of the healthy and active
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      Lock icon China to turn rural credit agencies into co-op banks
      112 6 BEIJING Reuter CHINA plans to reform its tens of thousands of rural credit agencies, transforming them into cooperative banking institutions in the next two years, central bank governor Dai Xianglong has said. Mr Dai, governor of the People's Bank of China,
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      Lock icon HK airport charges will hit traffic: Iata
      135 6 GENEVA Reuter THE International Air Transport Association (lata) yesterday said Hongkong, a major air cargo hub, could lose a million passengers a year if moves to introduce high airline charges at its new Chek Lap Kok airport went ahead, lata, which says Chek
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      249 6 ROBINSON POINT. IT'S THE SMARTER BUSINESS ADDRESS. presents businesses a rare to be at k of Singapore's smarter business addresses B This modern landmark HB' p|P">/."., qualities every asaite businessman desires: SMART BUSINESS LOCATION Hi f| Centrally located within the busy |B|ps| commercial hub of Shenton Way, it ~WKm'] "-_j;
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  • ASIA
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      Growth in Asia expected to be subdued this year
      416 7  -  SINGAPORE Causes of relatively weak performance largely cyclical, says Lehman Bros Vikram Khanna GDP growth in Asian economies ex-Japan will be subdued this year, running close to the long-term average of 6-8 per cent, according to the chief economist for the
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      Lock icon Japan set to end ban on holding companies
      168 7 TOKYO Bloomberg Business News JAPAN'S ruling parties will repeal the 50-year-old ban on holding companies, giving the administration's "Big Bang" financial deregulation plan its biggest boost yet. Members of the dominant Liberal Democratic Party and their two coalition partners said they'll ask
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      Lock icon Seoul to speed up financial reform
      356 7 SEOUL Sweeping reshuffle in rilling party, govt and cabinet expected Reuter AFP Bloomberg Business News SOUTH Korean President Kim Young Sam pledged yesterday to speed up financial reform to eliminate corruption in the financial sector exposed by the collapse of Hanbo Steel Co. Mr
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      Arnott's biscuits to be back on sale today
      385 7  -  SYDNEY By\ Surinder Singh AUSTRALIAN biscuit maker Arnott's yesterday announced that it would begin to return its biscuits to retail shelves in Queensland and New South Wales from today. Managing director of Arnott's, Chris Roberts, said: "This decision follows intense and careful
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      Lock icon Siemen cuts back as foreigners go cautious on India
      222 7 BOMBAY Financial Times A COOLING of sentiment among many foreign investors towards India has been highlighted by Siemens, the German telecommunications to power group, which plans to scale back its investments in the country. In a highly critical statement on the
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  • THE WORLD
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      Lock icon US budget surplus disappoints
      428 8 WASHINGTON Surplus of USsl3.3b in Jan smaller than the USsl6.4b analysts expected after Dec's USsl&Bb Bloomberg Business News THE US government posted a smaller-than-expected U5513,364 billion (Ssl9 billion) budget surplus in January as spending rose at a faster rate than collections. Treasury figures showed yesterday. The
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      Lock icon Suspension and fine for Leeson's ex-boss
      189 8 LONDON Bloomberg Business News JAMES Bax, former boss of Barings pic trader Nick Leeson in Singapore, was suspended from running a public company for the rest of the year by the UK's top market regulator for his role in Barings' collapse. Mr Bax, who
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      Lock icon Albright satisfied with first post-Deng meetings
      330 8 BEIJING Bnt she sees no breakthroughs on key issues straining US-China ties Reuter US SECRETARY of State Madeleine Albright left China yesterday after her first talks with the country's post-Deng Xiaoping leadership, saying she was satisfied with the meetings but foresaw no breakthroughs. Ms
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      Lock icon Labour must raise £12b for its plans: Clarke
      298 8 LONDON Bloomberg Business News UK CHANCELLOR of the Exchequer Kenneth Clarke said a future Labour government would have to raise taxes or increase borrowing by £12.37 billion (5528.5 billion) if it is to meet its spending commitments. Speaking at the ruling Conservative
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      Lock icon Looking forward
      39 8 [STRASBOURG] Workers checking the glass facade of the European Union Parliament in the eastern French city of Strasbourg yesterday. More than 500 workers are building the EU Parliament, which should be completed at the beginning 0f1998. AFP
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      Lock icon China adviser donated to Clinton's party: report
      289 8 WASHINGTON AFP A MACAU businessman who serves as adviser to China's communist government made a donation to US President Bill Clinton's Democratic Party in 1994, The Washington Post said yesterday. The US$l5,OOO (5521,300) donation is among a batch of allegedly improper political contributions
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      Lock icon OTC currency deals exempt from CFTC rules: court
      266 8 WASHINGTON Bloomberg Business News BILLIONS of dollars in daily trading of over-the-counter foreign currency options are exempt from regiilation by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the US Supreme Court ruled yesterday. The ruling gives the backing of the nation's highest court to
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      Lock icon Russian cabinet faces reshuffle, says official
      170 8 MOSCOW Reuter RUSSIA'S government, battling social problems and a deep economic slump, will be reshuffled and some ministers may lose their jobs next month, Interfax news agency quoted a cabinet spokesman as saying yesterday. Igor Shabdurasulov said the first changes could be announced on
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
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      US, China must be wary of Taiwan
      760 9  -  THE BOTTOM LIMB OPINION By Chalmers Johnson The writer, who is president of the Japan, Policy Research Institute, wrote this article for Los Angeles Times THE DEATH of Deng Xiaoping may have lit the fuse of a Chinese-American military confrontation that neither side
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      IN OTHER WORDS
      131 9 It's the tail wagging the dog, almost.' William Rehnqmst US Chief Justice expressing concern that class-action lawyers not the clients they represent are making all the decisions. 'We think the price is reasonable. For the price of a baguette, you could buy 13 square metres (yards) of
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      US trade policy schizophrenia
      628 9 EDITORIAL JUDGING BY recent American behaviour in the World Trade Organisation (WTO), US trade diplomacy is exhibiting disturbing signs of policy schizophrenia On one day, the United States is playing the leading role in working together with 70 other governments under WTO auspices to achieve one
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      Lock icon Delhi's crucial budget
      1288 9  -  PM Deve Gowda's 1997-98 budget may be his last chance to convince others his team can govern By, Prem Shankar Jha The writer, former editor of the Hindustan Times, contributed this article to BT INDIA'S Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda must be a puzzled man. Hardly
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      WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
      831 9 OrMteampuearihowi THESE days the automotive expectations of those barely out of diapers can only be described as breathtaking. Each afternoon, I am reminded of this as my regular walk takes me past the campuses of two private schools in north-west Baltimore at which the princes and
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  • EXECUTIVE LIFESTYLE
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      No place for ghosts
      585 10  -  The lively and funny Teenage Textbook could do without the extra spirits, coxukme kerk says CORINNE KERK Ghosts and teenage angst. The two, one realises after watching last weekend's performance of The Teenage Textbook, simply don't go together. Audiences who went to The Necessary Stage's adaptation,
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      Lock icon Short-sleeve dress shirt goes upscale
      450 10 FASHION WP THE upscale men's designer fashion industry has had a longtime fascination with the blue-collar, hard-working man. Italian designers Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana launched their careers by recreating the clothing of the salt-of-the-earth labourers of southern Italy and Sicily. The design team Richard
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      Lock icon The Spice Girls scoop Brit awards
      212 10 MUSIC Five-girl group and Welsh rockers win two prizes each AFP [LONDON] Five-piece pop act The Spice Girls and the Welsh rockers, Manic Street Preachers, triumphed with two prizes each at the British music industry awards here on Monday. The Spice Girls, nominated for
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      Robinson's interim net up 21%
      440 13  -  Improved results spell better days ahead for retailers By, Jenny Lam [SINGAPORE] Listed department stores look poised for brighter days ahead as yet another operator Robinson Company reported better-than-expected interim results. For the six months ended Dec 31, Robinson posted a 20.9 per cent increase
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      Genting posts 4% profit rise in line with expectations
      486 13  -  Results of its casino arm fall below market consensus From Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur GENTING Bhd has reported a flat set of final results which saw lower contributions from its main money-spinner casino in the second half of 1996. While
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      Market pessimism could well be overdone
      820 13  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW Ven Sreenivasan WHERE do we go from here? It sounds like a refrain from a popular song, but that must be the question investors must be asking themselves in the wake of the battering that blue-chip stocks has taken on news
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      UIS earnings up 2.2% to $7.7m
      264 13 [SINGAPORE] United International Securities (UIS) yesterday announced slightly higher earnings of $7.7 million and warned of inflationary pressures building up in the US as the economy goes through its sixth year of expansion. "The main risk facing the financial markets is a modest tightening
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      Hwa Hong issuing new shares to raise $38m
      359 13  -  By Ven Sreenivasan [SINGAPORE] Diversified Hwa Hong Corporation Ltd is raising $38.4 million through a private placement of 14.6 million new shares through OCBC Bank. The shares, representing 10 per cent of Hwa Hong's paidup capital, are being sold at $2.67 each.
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      Sin Soon Huat net profit up 30%
      198 13 [SINGAPORE] Industrial hardware maker Sin Soon Huat (SSH) posted a sturdy 30 per cent rise in interim net earnings to $6.2 million, thanks to strong regional sales. Group turnover for the six months to Nov 30 was up 28 per cent to $61.5
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        Lock icon Public Finance profit up 21.2% to M$109m
        384 14 Turnover up 30%; firm expects another set of favourable results this year Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] Public Finance Bhd's audited profit after tax for the financial year ended Dec 31, 1996 increased 21.2 per cent to Mslo9 million. This represents an after tax earnings
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        Lock icon Indofood's plan to buy Salim assets raises concern
        364 14 Some investors are not convinced plan is in their best interest Bloomberg Business News [JAKARTA] PT Indofood Sukses Makmur's plan to buy 1.75 trillion rupiah (551.05 billion) in assets from its majority shareholders, the Salim family, is raising eyebrows among some investors,
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        Lock icon Pernas Int'l in restructuring move
        154 14 Reuter [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysian hotel and property concern Pernas International Holdings Bhd (PIHB) is in a restructuring exercise to transfer the strategic business activities of its subsidiaries and associate companies to the group. Bernama news agency yesterday reported that under the exercise, subsidiaries and associate
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        Lian Huat buys vineyard in NSW
        197 14  -  From\ Surinder Singh in Sydney SINGAPORE'S Lian Huat group has bought a vineyard in the Hunter Valley in New South Wales for Asl.4 million (551.54 million) and plans to build a hotel and convention centre alongside the vineyard, a report in yesterday's Australian Financial
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        Lock icon MMC to consolidate operations this year
        177 14 Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] The year 1997 will be a consolidation period for Malaysia Mining Corporation Bhd, involving the rationalisation of less efficient units, says group chief executive Ibrahim Menudin. It would also focus on mining, engineering, infrastructure and privatisation projects, he said in the
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        DBS unit to underwrite IPO by Manila bank
        194 14  -  From Al Labita in Manila A UNIT of Singapore's DBS Bank will help lead underwrite the initial public offer (IPO) of Equitable Banking Corp (EBC), the Philippines Stock Exchange said yesterday. The exchange said Investment Capital Corp of the Philippines (ICCP), an
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        SIA will not list any subsidiaries within the year
        409 14  -  But airline not ruling out eventual listing of one or more units By Ang Wan May [SINGAPORE! Singapore Airlines will not list any of its subsidiaries within the year, but is not against the principle of listing "one or more" of
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        Lock icon Call in KL for large shareholders to band together
        297 14 Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] Institutional and large shareholders should band together to bring about a change in corporate governance when it is needed. Minister of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs, Abu Hassan Omar, yesterday said that if shareholders were unable to press
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      • COMPANY Briefs
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          FCC aborts sale of Mimax stake
          122 14 [SINGAPORE] First Capital Corporation's planned sale of its 74 per cent stake in Mimax Ribbons to Johnny Sng has been aborted. Instead, Mimax has agreed to sell its movable stocks, machines and office equipment valued at $500,000, while Mr Sng will sell his 26
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          Expiry of Easyknit warrants
          36 14 [SINGAPORE] Easy knit International reminds holders of its March *****7 warrants that trading will cease after the close of business on March 24 and the listing will be withdrawn on March 27.
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          Summit in recordable CD venture
          60 14 [SINGAPORE SM Summit Holdings has incorporated a new wholly-owned subsidiary, Summit Hi-Tech Pte Ltd, with an authorised capital of $5 million and a paid-up capital of $1 million. Summit Hi-Tech will need $8 million for initial investments in machinery, and will manufacture compact disc recordable
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          Osprey splits tanker business into 2 units
          93 14 [SINGAPORE] Osprey Maritime has divided its 21 crude oil and product tankers into two new business units dedicated respectively to crude oil tankers (six vessels) and product tankers (15 self-owned plus two chartered). Director Erling Strom has been appointed the chief operating officer
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        Lock icon PMCW gets approval to build kiln plant
        153 14 Bloomberg Business News [KUALA LUMPUR] Pan-Ma-laysia Cement Works Bhd (PMCW) yesterday said its ce-ment-making arm has won approval to build a new kiln plant at a cost of MsBso million (Ss4B4 million). The kiln plant, which produces clinker, a raw material for cement
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          Lock icon Disney to buy up to 5% of Toy Story firm
          78 15 Bloomberg Business News [BURBANK, California] Walt Disney Co said it will buy as much as 5 per cent of Pixar Inc and jointly produce five films in 10 years with the company, which created the hit movie Toy Story. Disney
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          Lock icon Yoshitomi takes over tainted blood firm
          61 15 FT [TOKYO] The name of Green Cross, the Japanese pharmaceutical company tainted by its sates of HW-contaminated Mood products to haemophiliacs in the 1900s, is to disappear in a takeover. The move by Yoahitomi Pharmaceutical Industries, a medium sized Osaka-based drugs company, will result
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          Lock icon Hilton Hotels files proxy list for ITT bid
          46 15 Bloomberg Business News [BEVERLY HILLS, California] Hilton Hotels Corp filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission a list of 25 candidates to replace ITT Corp's board as part of Hilton's US$lO.5 billion <5514.9 billion) hostile bid for ITT.
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          Lock icon Big profits for Intel execs
          89 15 Bloomberg Business News [SANTA CLARA, California! Four Intel Corp insiders sold almost 400,000 shares in January, earning about US$l4O (Ssl99) per share in options-related trades, Just before the stock hit a record high and two weeks after the company warned that revenue would be flat
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        Lock icon Kodak said to have signed deals to make film in China
        273 15 It has entered joint venture arrangements with 6 film makers Bloomberg Business News [HONGKONG] Eastman Kodak Co has signed agreements with six of China's biggest makers of photographic film that will let Kodak begin making colour film in China,
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        Lock icon Accor to manage Ho Chi Minh City hotel
        199 15 Bloomberg Business News [HO CHI MINH CITY] Accor Asia Pacific Corp yesterday said it signed an agreement to manage a US$54 million (5576.68 million) hotel in Ho Chi Minh City's crowded luxury hotel market. The hotel management company will operate the 312room
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        Lock icon Optus keeps Seven out of secret deal
        216 15 Move doe to Seven's relationship with rival News Corp, court told Bloomberg Business News [SYDNEY] An agreement said to have been reached between the major shareholders in pay television company Optus Vision was kept secret from the Seven Network Ltd because of its
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        Lock icon Nomura International accused of market manipulation
        376 15 Anssie watchdog says it wifl take legal action against firm Bloomberg Business News [SYDNEY] The Australian Securities Commission (ASC), the nation's corporate watchdog, has accused Nomura International pic of "market manipulation" and said it will take legal action against the securities house. The ASC
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        Lock icon Matsushita to rid itself of bad loans as Q3 profit surges
        383 15 Reuter [TOKYO] Consumer electronics giant Matsushita Electric Industrial Co reported yesterday a surge in third-quarter profit, helped by high-tech products and a weak yen, and also made upbeat forecasts. Matsushita whose products are sold under the National, Panasonic and
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        Lock icon Telstra in talks on joint ventures in Asia
        206 15 Bloomberg Business News [MELBOURNE] Telstra Corp yesterday said it's talking with British Telecom pic and several other global phone companies about possible joint ventures or alliances in Asia. "We are clearly looking at the Asia-Pacific area as our growth area," said Michael
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        Lock icon Report of 40% staff layoff speculation: Apple
        178 16 Reuter [LOS ANGELES] An Apple Computer Inc spokeswoman on Monday labelled as speculation a report the struggling computer company would lay off 40 per cent of its workforce when it announces a restructuring late next month. A report published on MSNBC's World Wide
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        Lock icon News Corp shares soar on EchoStar venture
        448 16 Firms will be able to offer more than 500 rhannAlg of digital satellite TV shows Reuter [SYDNEY] News Corp Ltd shares soared yesterday after it announced an alliance which could transform competition in the US television industry. Under the deal News Corp, which
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        Lock icon Shell shareholders raise concerns
        147 16 Reuter [LONDON] Oil giant Shell's record on human rights and the environment was back under the spotlight on Monday as a group of institutional shareholders called for greater company accountability. A resolution put down for Shell Transport and Trading Company's annual meeting in London in May
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        Lock icon Club Med to give up beads and play the smart card
        311 16 FT [PARIS] Club Mediterranee, the French leisure group, is set to phase out one of the most enduring symbols of the easy-going culture developed at its holiday villages around the world. The necklace of beads worn by each gentil
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        Lock icon NatWest pre-tax profit falls 36% on US unit charge
        263 16 Bloomberg Business News [LONDON] National Westminster Bank pic, Britain's fourthlargest bank, said 1996 pre-tax profit fell a worse-than-expec-ted 36 per cent as one-time charges offset gains in general and investment banking. The bank said yesterday that pre-tax profit was £1.12 billion
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        Lock icon Microsoft adds to its financial service on Internet
        131 16 Bloomberg Business News [REDMOND, Washington] Microsoft Corp added features, including online trading from E Trade Group Inc and Donaldson, Lufkin Jenrette Inc's PC Financial Network, to its financial service on the Internet. Microsoft also added news and columns written by its team
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        Lock icon Philips sells stake in cable TV to partner
        247 16 50% interest in UPC sold for 800 m gnilders to United Intl Hldgs Bloomberg Business News [EINDHOVEN, Netherlands] Philips Electronics NV said it sold its half of one of Europe's largest cable television operators to its partner United International Holdings Inc for
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    • BARINGS: TWO YEARS AFTER
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        Lock icon Vital lessons from the Barings debacle
        1136 17  -  There's still general disenchantment with the British old boy network's handling of the affair fiYrmi Neil Behrmann ALLAN in London TWO years ago today, Britain's oldest merchant bank Barings collapsed with losses of over £800 million (Ssl.B billion). The demise of a blue blooded
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    • FINANCE & COMMODITIES
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        Lock icon Chubb Insurance sells life business for US$875m
        419 18 Firm will use cash raised from sale to Jefferson-Pilot to repurchase stock FT [NEW YORK] New Jerseybased Chubb Insurance has sold its life assurance business, which has US$5 billion (Ss7 billion) in assets, to Jef-ferson-Pilot of North Carolina for US$B75 million in cash.
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        Lock icon US retirement plans shifting away from mutual funds
        445 18 Report says growth of mutual funds in 401(k) slowing down Bloomberg Business News [BOSTON] The rate of growth for mutual funds in 401(k) US retirement plans is slowing, following 10 years of rapid growth, a report says. A 401(k), also known as
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        Lock icon SEC to help investors pick mutual funds
        232 18 Reuter [WASHINGTON] US Securities and Exchange Commission chairman Arthur Levitt will propose new rules to make it easier for investors to select from the thousands of available mutual funds, the Washington Post reported yesterday. The announcement, which was expected to be made yesterday,
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          Lock icon Seoul bank offers inflation-linked bonds
          76 18 Bloomberg Business News [NEW YORK] Korea Development Bank (KDP) on Monday became the first foreign borrower to sell inflation-linked bonds, whose value is immune to inflation, with a US$3OO million (Ss42o million) offering of five-year notes. The debt sale by KDP, South Korea's government-run bank
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          Lock icon HKBank appoints non-executive director
          46 18 Reuter [HONGKONG] Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corp Ltd has made Hansen Loh a non-executive director. Mr Loh is managing director of Wyler Textiles Ltd, chairman of Farrington Travel Ltd and a non-executive director of Citic Pacific Ltd, the bank said yesterday. Reuter
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          Lock icon Fed's green light for Taipei banks
          113 18 Bloomberg Business News [WASHINGTON] The Federal Reserve on Monday approved an application by First Commercial Bank of Taiwan to become a US bank holding company. The vote was 5-0. The bank will acquire all of the shares of FCB Taiwan California Bank of Alhambra,
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          Lock icon Chrysler to sell 30-year bonds
          59 18 Bloomberg Business News [NEW YORK] Chrysler Corp plans to sell US$6OO million (SsB4o million) of 30-year bonds, according to investment bankers familiar with the sale. The bonds, which are non-callable, are rated 'A3' by Moody's Investors Service Inc and' A-' by Standard Poor's Corp. They
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        Lock icon Fraud suits: Settlement by Prudential of US could cost US$3.4b
        231 18 Bloomberg Business News [NEWARK, New Jersey] Prudential Insurance Co of America could pay as much as US$3.3B bUlion (554.73 billion), or almost twice what the company expected, to settle a sales fraud lawsuit, a lawyer for policyholders said. The cost
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        Lock icon MasterCard unit plans electronic money services in Japan
        258 18 Hove will compete with Visa which aims to start from mid '98 AFP [TOKYO] Electronic money pioneer Mondex International Ltd will set up a franchiser in Japan this year to start its electronic money services, press reports said yesterday. Visiting Mondex president
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        Lock icon Euroyen ignores debt write-off news
        220 18 SMEXReport Reuter (SINGAPORE] Simex Euroyen futures traded sluggishly yesterday, ignoring news of a bad debt write-off by Matsushita Electric and comments by a Japanese official suggesting rates should rise. "The Euroyen market is still very lethargic but I'm on the sell side. We've been stuck
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        Cash index eases as profit-taking emerges
        204 18  -  MSCI TAIWAN FUTURES By Perry Gilbert By Perry Gilbert, vice-presi-dent, Refco Singapore Pte Ltd [SINGAPORE) The Simex MSCI Taiwan stock index futures was slightly higher in early trading yesterday to set a new high at 331.3 in the March 1997 contract. Profittaking emerged during
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        Lock icon Pakistan plans free port for oil and gas
        218 18 ENERGY REPORT Reuter [ISLAMABAD] Pakistan, dependent on imported oil and gas to meet rising domestic demand, plans to develop a free port to process oil and gas. "We are ready to build massive infrastructure in Gwadar to create a free petroleum port
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        276 18 AFP Reuter London THE US dollar yesterday slipped in dull technical trading a day before attention-get-ting testimony to Congress by US Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan, traders said. The dollar was off to 1.6751 marks compared with 1.6780 in the early morning and 1.6728 on Monday evening. It
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      COMMODITY PRICES
      1918 19 S1C0M I'UTURES Feb25 RUBBER (Mures dosinq *s it 5.30pm) RSS1 CONTRACTS ctMsAg) Close Volume Open Month High Low Sett (tonnes) Interest Mar 97 171.25 700 Apr 97 173.00 173.00 172.50 100 775 May 97 173.00 173.00 173.75 100 1225 Jun 97 174.00 173.00 174.75 1000 1075 Jui/Sep 97
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      WORLD STOCK MARKETS
      2415 19 LONDON Industrials Ftezs Pt«c» AB Ports 311.400 1.400 Abbey National 776 -3.400 Allied Domecq 450 7.600 Amec 111 *1.600 Asda Group 112 unch BAT Ind 547 14 BICC 277.400 3.400 BOC Group 996.600 11.600 BR Petroleum 663.400 -11 BTR 243 2.600 Bank of Scotland 358.400 -7.600 Barclays
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      1653 19 AFP P Nikkei 225 ♦173.06 SHARE prices rallied yesterday with the key market barometer closing 0.9 per cent higher as investors hunted for bargains among international blue chips, brokers said. "The market benefited from renewed buying in recent gainers like Sony and Advantest when there are no fresh trading
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      1620 20 AFX-Asia QjHangSeng +144-57 SHARE prices closed higher yesterday after heavy local buying of HSBC, Hang Seng Bank and selected property stocks, dealers said. The Hang Seng Index closed up 144.57 points at 13,520.26. Turnover stood at HK$9.6B billion. The February futures contract was last quoted at 13,535 while the
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      Lock icon CHINA
      706 20 Reuter Shenzhen B Index +OJ4 THE Shenzhen B share market ended slightly higher yesterday, but trading volume shrank due to a slowdown in the morning session during the funeral ceremony for Deng Xiaoping, brokers said. The B Index inched up 0.14 point to 150.87, with turnover falling to HKSBS
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      Lock icon TAIPEI
      398 20 AFP QWP Index -2L25 SHARE prices finished lower yesterday as investors locked away profits following recent strong gains. "Sell orders outnumbered buy orders throughout the day as retail investors sought to take profit," said a broker. The TSE Weighted Price Index declined 21.25 points to 7,887.36. Turnover was 3.85
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      269 20 Reuter Q Wellington -7i» SHARE prices ended weaker yesterday after one of the most active days so far this year, traders said. The NZSE Capital 40-share Index ended 7.89 points down to close at 2,300.48. Reuter MB US < ooo. ANZBantumj 9.20 0.10 IM Advent •gvs Htogi 125 -0.04
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      Lock icon BANGKOK
      831 20 AFP Q SET latex -133 SHARE prices fell yesterday after a volatile session marked by successive bouts of profittaking and bargain-hunting among banks and financial stocks, dealers said. An analyst said the main index rose in the morning on buying led by foreign investors, but sentiment was not strong
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      412 20 AFP Fl Composite Indei +&22 SHARES closed higher yesterday amid mounting expectations of an early increase in foreign shareholding limits. "All indications show that the government will have to move in sooner rather than later. I bet there will be an announcement pretty soon," said a trader. The Composite
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      627 20 AFP F1 All Ordinaries ♦18^2 SHARES closed higher yesterday after being spurred by a strong performance on Wall Street and a 5.5 per cent jump in News Corp shares. The All Ordinaries Index rose 18.2 points to 2,500.8. Turnover was 418.5 million shares worth A 51.13 billion. Bellwether BHP
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      725 20 AFP Composite Index +&28 SHARE prices closed higher yesterday as domestic investors sought second-tier stocks, brokers said. A broker said heavyweight stocks had been quiet following recent strong gains. The JSE Composite Index rose 5.28 points to 701.31. Turnover was 274.8 million shares worth 629.0 billion rupiah. Lippo securities
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      312 20 AFP Q Manila +24.41 SHARE prices closed 0.7 per cent higher yesterday as investors sought bargain-priced property issues. The PSE Composite Index gained 24.41 points to 3,363.08. Turnover was 20.4 billion shares worth 3.3 billion pesos. Ayala l>and Inc rose 50 centavos to 32 pesos. Ayala Corp's A shares
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        8231 21 INDUSTRIALS Consumer products 1997 Last Vol Day N«t Cap High Low Company SaJl OOO High Low P/t 790 680 Ajirwmoto J 775 5 17 790 770 59.1 314J 448 334 Anqkasa 436 4 263 448 434 12.9 642.9 905 750 Apollo Food Hlg 825 -5 38 830 820 330 0
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        Lock icon Small cap shares dominate trade
        586 21 AFX-Asia +6JO M Composite Index -MUO SHARE prices closed higher yesterday on the back of retail interest in second- and third liners which dominated trade. The KLSE Composite Index closed up 6.10 points at 1,271.00, off a high of 1,276.22, on volume 0f828.4 million shares
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    • WARRANTS & OPTIONS
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        3955 22 BOMBS, IIMttf ft WAJtftAMTS m 1996/1997 Last V«i Day Last Ouot# Avq Htqi, Lh StiM r«<n»»rir Sata ♦or- COOO) High Low Ouyar Sailar Prica 66 47 m 3000 m AMOB c 5.5******6 64.5 uoch 99 65 64 64.5 65 62 39 3160 -Acar ******1USS 53.5 3 60 56.5 53.5 53
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        IOI wrts among laggards or those with half-decent numbers
        165 22  -  WARRANT WATCH -By R Sivanithy THE near frenzied punting in Malaysia over recent weeks has significantly widened warrant premiums, while at the same time, gearings have fallen. Both these developments automatically signal a need for extreme caution, especially since many underlying
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      CLOB INTERNATIONAL
      2466 22 MALAYSIAN STOCKS Gr Gt 1996/1997 Last V* On Last Quote Wv Wv VW Nat M Cap High Law Stno Compwy Sala fOOO) High Low Buyer Soter Cm P/E Sm» 625 360 ms 5000 AIS850c 430 »B 265 444 4li 428 440 SO 4 9 0.3 88.3 441.1 137
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        1634 23 TURNOVER COOO) VALUE WOO) mm CI- T «m twn ct« roti MakW 54.55® 138,455 W5.013 133.261 2«.«« 3^.756 Ftnanc. H.t17 47.502 58.619 90.219 TX990 162.210 HatM< 3 873 ***** 15.101 10,353 25,751 36.104 85.775 38.564 WJJ 157.582 SKS""" 1&I 1SS ®S32 8U¥ 20.453 73.571 94,024 11.470 97,390 ?X'?S2 Tot*l 98.740
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        221 24 Stacks Votama •Promet 32.657,000 •Insas Bhd 26,128,000 Pac Andes 20c 17,871,000 •MBF Land Bhd 17,550,000 •Berjaya Group 16,138,000 •Mulpha Intl 50c 15,182,000 •Kemayan WtOO 12,875,000 *MBf Hldgs 50c 11,156,000 SMB United 10c 10,830,000 •Befjaya Ind 10,661,000 Stacks •Promet 54,364.780 •Insas Bhd 35.324.490 •Westmoot Land 33,384,650 •Berjaya Group 31,850,020 •Befjaya Ind....
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        HOT STOCK
        72 24  -  -bfl Shiv Taneja WESTMONT LAND ASIA saw a whopping 4&cent rise yesterday to $3.36 on a volume of 10.5 million shares just under 10 times its Ibday average traded volume. Both daily and weekly RSI and stochastics are well past 75, but before investors rush out to sell,
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        Blue chips ease as M'sian counters stay in limelight
        646 24  -  STOCK MARKET COMMENTARY Sentiment for KL shares receive a boost from news of an unexpected MsB72m December trade surplus By R Sivanithy [SINGAPORE] In keeping with the pattern of recent sessions, Malaysian counters yesterday dominated trading in the local stock market,
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      • ON THE GRAPEVINE
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          Tell Nora I miss her
          105 24 THINGS are really moving at the research department of Kay Hian Stockbrokers. First when the brokerage split with its Hongkongßank partner, James Capel, everyone save transport analyst Nora Cheng decided to move over to James Capel. A couple of weeks ago, Ms Cheng felt that
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          Keeping faith with Wall Street
          86 24 IN TOWN yesterday with a good news gospel on the US economy and hence prospects for continued gains by Wall Street shares was a quartet of praise-singers from investment bank Lehman Brothers. At a breakfast meeting. Stephen Slifer, Lehman's New York-based chief economist, was asked
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          145 24 K P TAN, a professional financial trader, called us earlier this week to say that the Dow Jones Industrial Avergae would hit a high on March 9. then experience a sharp correction of possibly a 100 points or more. Following that, he expected the Dow
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          134 24 IF YOU haven't got your hotel room in Hongkong for the June 30 handover, don't bother. If you'd already booked yours years in advance, don't be too thrilled either. Someone we know recently received a letter from the Island Shangri-La Hotel saying that the
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          98 24 MANY MBA courses offered by universities in the US. Europe and this region last for two gruelling years. Some universities conduct shorter, one-year programmes. The latest is the "The One-Day MBA" course offered through a six-cassette audio programme conducted by two professors from America's Farleigh Dickinson University.
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          94 24 WHEN the going gets tough, developers get imaginative. In an effort to market its factories in Eunos Techpark, Far East Organisation notched up a first by organising a "show factory" along the lines of a show flat. Now Eunos Techpark's units are being advertised on FM 90.5. Last Friday,
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      324 25 Bridge News RATES on the key US Gulf-Japan grain run eased slightly in an otherwise slow, dull trading, brokers said. Another Monday in the current series of Mondays (which seems to include Tuesdays through Fridays), Clarkson Wolff said in its daily Biffex report. The Baltic Freight Index is
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      422 25  -  15 member-lines hope move will help stem revenue losses suffered last year By Yong Mei Fong [SINGAPORE] Fifteen major shipping lines on the eastbound trans-Pacific trade are planning to raise tariffs and service contract rates from May 1 in a
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      Lock icon Colombo port to earn US$30m a year from P&0 deal
      273 25 Reuter [COLOMBO] Colombo's port will earn US$3O million (Ss42 million) each year under a deal to lease a quay to a consortium led by units of Britain's Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Co (P&O), its port chief said recently. The
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      Big mistake if shipowners do not comply with revised STCW
      766 25  -  STRAIT TALK By\ Seafarer SEAFARER has, on several occasions now, issued dire warnings about the need to prepare for the International Safety Management Code (ISM). He is not proposing to cover that ground yet again today except to remind anybody
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      77 25 [WELLINGTON] Passengers and crew of the MVAvatapu waving to a Royal Pacific New Zealand Air Force plane in the South Pacific, 434 km north west of Rarotonga after abandoning their burning ship 200 nautical miles from the nearest Cook Islands. A Fijian cargo ship
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      123 25 Reuter [TEHERAN] The foreign ministers of Iran, Turkmenistan and India have signed a trilateral transit agreement in Teheran to facilitate cargo traffic among the three countries. "Based on this agreement the three countries wiU cooperate in the area of cargo transportation and will provide
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      Call for 3-prong approach to build high-speed craft
      329 25  -  FAST FERRY DTTL CONFERENCE Speaker suggests new look at development of fast ferries By. Felix Chan [SINGAPORE] A safe and efficient high speed craft (HSC) design is possible with a threepronged approach, participants on the opening day of the 13th Fast Ferry
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      Lock icon Smooth transition for HK shipping register expected after July 1
      268 25 Only change needed is the flag flown: head of World-Wide Shipping Reuter [LONDON] Hongkong's handover to Chinese rule will involve a smooth transition for its shipping register, said the chairman and president of Hongkong-based shipping giant World-Wide Shipping Group. "The
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      Lock icon Case of the Boeing 737 rudder
      1090 26  -  PASSENGER AIRCRAFT: SAFETY ISSUE The US National Transportation Safety Board says the Boeing 737 should not be certified to fly while its rudder problem has not been fixed but the Federal Aviation Administration disagrees By Matthew Wald NYT THE Boeing 737 is more dangerous
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      392 26 PAGE LuroHansa 6 AEL 13 ANL 3 Ewqrew 6 Ab)e Fl-BrigW 9 Accord 8 Fimou$ 7 Appenship 4 F*wide 13 Astro 3 foooqSun 8 Austral 9 Fr0,i M Ayant 6 frtLrt$ 13 B'tang Mas 8 EWorld 7 BSA 7 CLink 4 BTl 3
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        GLOBAL HOLIDAY
        211 41 Mar 3 Australia: Trades Labour Day. Mar 17 Australia Canberra Day. Mar 20 Japan: Vernal Equinox Day. Mar 27 Denmark: Maundy Thursday. Philippines: Maundy Thursday. Mar 28 Australia Good Friday. Canada: Good Friday. Denmark Good Friday. Hong Kong: Good Friday. Indonesia: Good Friday. Netherlands: Good Friday. New Zealand:
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        COCKETT BUNKER MARKET REPORT
        786 41 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Ma rine 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 indi cated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change
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        VERITAS BUNKER QUALITY REPORT
        483 41 Cjrbon ISO Mai 993.3 U 17.0 0.13 106 0.08 t rwmitv M«t*f Btfidut Ash Aluminium Stdiwtwt No ibovt £25 10 5 =22[—522—2!!22 MO AM 9M.o 0.5 12.5 0.06 34 0.02 *22 380 Mai 993.7 1.9 16.8 0.09 83 0.07 M/M»i %1/>I H/U M/M mi —tiw Ho
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        Lock icon Airlines warned against raising freight rates
        372 42 They will lose their business to shipping services: UK freight forwarder Reuter [LONDON] Airlines have been warned by a major UK airfreight forwarder that they could lose increasing amounts of freight to shipping services if they persist in raising their cargo rates. Gerry Burgin,
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        Lock icon Discovery Air cancels launch
        127 42 Reuter (AUCKLAND] Discovery Airlines, formerly Value Airlines, said yesterday it had cancelled the launch of the airline, which was to have plied New Zealand domestic routes from late last year. Discovery blamed the move on market conditions, the collapse of Kiwi International and what it said
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        Lock icon Venezuela to look into creation of new airline
        219 42 Bloomberg Business News [CARACAS] Venezuela said it will set up a commission to study the creation of a new international airline to replace bankrupt Venezolana Internacional de Aviacion SA. The committee will decide whether a new international carrier could succeed, and will
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        Lock icon Cathay buys 3 more Airbus jets
        157 42 Reuter [PARIS] Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd ha 9 signed a contract to buy two more long-range Airbus A 340-300 and one A *****0 passenger aircraft, Airbus Industrie said on Monday. Including the latest contract, Cathay has placed firm orders for a total 24 planes
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        Lock icon Govt extends Timor car's deadline for local parts
        351 42 Deadline extended from June to October this year AFP [JAKARTA] Jakarta has extended the deadline for car maker PT Timor Putra Nasional to meet requirements for the proportion of local parts included in its national car, a report said yesterday. Industry and
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        Lock icon Indian car makers face higher taxes in this year's budget
        366 42 Reuter [BOMBAY] Indian car makers, faced with a slowdown in demand, could be hit by higher taxes on luxury vehicles in the federal budget due this week, analysts said. Car sales, hit by slowing industrial growth, grew by a modest
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        Lock icon US and Taiwan expected to sign open-skies agreement this week
        325 42 Bloomberg Business News [TAIPEI] Taiwan and the US expect to sign an "open-skies" agreement this week, paving the way for unrestricted flights between the two, a Taiwan aviation regulator said. The draft would clear the way for a treaty to
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        Lock icon Lufthansa to challenge cartel office's fare ruling
        344 42 Carrier ordered to cat Frankfort-Berlin fares Bloomberg Business News [FRANKFURT] Deutsche Lufthansa AG said it will challenge a ruling by the German Federal Cartel Office ordering the carrier to reduce fares on its Frankfurt-Berlin route. "We plan to take all legal measures to
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          Lock icon Delta retirees fail in class-action suit
          80 42 Bloomberg Business News [WASHINGTON] A group of former Delta Air Lines Inc employees on Monday failed at the US Supreme Court to revive a class-action lawsuit accusing the air carrier of reneging on promises for retiree health benefits. The high court refused to consider
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          Lock icon Macau, Myanmar in air services accord
          70 42 AFP [MACAU] Macau and Myanmar yesterday initialled an air services agreement, the Portuguese enclave's civil aviation authority announced. The accord was initialled by the authority's chairman Jose Queiroz and the director general of Burma's civil aviation department, U Tin Aye. The accord will be
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          Lock icon India bans private aerobatic shows
          97 42 AFP [NEW DELHI] India's civil aviation authority has banned private aerobatic shows after two pilots died in a crash at an airshow last week, a newspaper reported on Monday. H S Khola, directorate-general of Civil Aviation, told The Hindu daily that only air force pilots
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          Lock icon JAS applies for Osaka-HK service
          64 42 Reuter [HONGKONG] Japan Air System has made the first move to start a new service between Osaka's Kansai airport and Hongkong, a spokesman for the territory's Civil Aviation Department said. The spokesman said JAS has applied for slot allocations at Kai Tak airport from June
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          Lock icon Opel signs contract with tennis star
          51 42 Reuter [ZURICH] Car company Opel, a subsidiary of General Motors Corp, said it had signed a three-year sponsorship deal with Switzerland's 16-year-old Australian Open champion Martina Hingis. Last month Hingis signed a US$lO million (Ssl4 million) contract to promote Italian sportswear label Sergio Tacchini.
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      18 25 Case of the Boeing 737 rudder: is it safe? US National Transportation Safety Board, FAA disagree. Page 2
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      221 25 Airlines warned against raising freight rates They will lose their business to shipping services. Back Page Expose your company to thousands of world-wide potential customers at minimal cost. Even without a connection to the Internet, listing now at Sea Pages stays a smart decision. You include your Company in the
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      1160 26 j NORTH AMEBIC A 1 I EXPORT 1 I OTHER DESTINATIONS I DIRECT TO WEST COAST WEST COAST OF CENTRAL AMERICA (MARGARITA SERVICE) Vtssa VOY ETAS* ETPSM U OX Wl SB D« HOI OK NT MEXKOOTY ffiM VOT M Mgl AQUUTU rromau ombmvbttwu somotßao Mumcm OCSAKAHOAY 06ES01 26/07 27/02 14/03
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      1046 27 TO EUROPE FROM EUROPE Vissa VOY SIN RTM HAM BRV SOU liH VESSEL VOY KTM HAM MV SOU LBI PKG SIN OOCL BRITAIN IM7 28/0J 16/03 11/03 21/03 22/03 NIDUOYD HONGKONG 2067 02/02 04/02 07/02 01/02 2S/02 l_A SEINE SM7 21/02 20/03 11/03 22/03 OOCL GERMANY 4067 07/02 01/02 03/02
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      104 27 ORIENT EXPRESS UNES (U.K.) LIMITED OEL (MANAGER FOR SHREYAS SHIPPING LIMITED) WEEKLY SINGAPORE/MUMBAI (BOMBAY) SHUnLE VtSStl VOY SINGAPORE IQMIAY VESSEL VOY KXMAY SINGAPORE NORDKAP 407 26/02 06/03 NORDKAP 406 16/02 26/02 LEERORT 914 08/03 16/03 LEERORT 913 01/03 08/03 SINARTOBA 208 14/03 21/03 SINAR TOBA 207 06/03 14/03 NORDKAP 408
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      1692 28 <<r DSR-SEHA TOR mA Round the World Container Sen/ices TO UK/CONTINENT FROM UK/CONTINENT VtSSfL VOV ST BTM MV MAM fU AWT LHA VISStI VOY LHA HTM MV HAM RJ AWT gjj CHOYANG CHANCE WF7I2 ***** 2103 Zl 03 23 03 24 03 25 03 27 03 CHOYAHG PARK EE7IO 0202
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      324 28 Direct Container Service to Fangcheng i Zhanjiang Vessel S'pore Fangcheng Zhanjiang UANBAO 08/03 13/03 15/03 tt- /VO/?TRANS CONVENTIONAL SERVICE TO THAILAND AND MALAYSIA BREAKBUUC, RO/RO AND HEAVYUFT ANY WEIGHT THAI FLAG STATUS PRIORITY BERTHS Ami Lyw» V.42A SAHiD 28-01/03 SAILED IN POUT Um Ixfrtii V.43A 02-04/03 07-08/03 06-11/03 Aria Express
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      1352 29 STRAITS SHIPPING PTE LTD 10 Hoe Chiang Road #11-01 K«ppol Towers Singapore *****$ Tel: *****88 Fax: *****17 SAIAH I MUNEI CONYIMTIOWAL SERVICE HO CHI HINH FULL COHTAIHit SIIVKI vissa voir sm I m* Iyissk vot I nHw(sTM~mHOifluis) I STOUTS STM WOSt 27/02 I 04/03 05/03 SBSBMUKBL W7OWI 01/03 I 04/03
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      2031 29 ACCEPTING 3 SAIUNCS KR WEEK FOR SINGAPORE EUROPE SERVICE I SINGAPORE'S GENERAL AGENTS: 6 SHENTON WAY TEL: 226 1900 FAX: *****00 OUTWARD (B/L) *****02 iOHORE OFFICE: I COSTAR SNIPPING PTE LTD H7-OSDKBLOG SALES/UGS 4WSMI/43 INWARD DEPT (O/OI *****85 COSTAR AGENCIES (M) SDN BND TOWER TWO (*****9) CONVENTIONAL *****50/55 T/SHPMT DEPT
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      424 29 ffj-. IPKRKAPAI.AN DAT ZHUN A jf §S TONG JOO SHIPPING PTE LTD CR NO: **********0 C REGULAR CONTAINERISED SERVICES TEL: (65)535 7793 FAX: (65) 533 2952 KIKMIII+FASTtST TWAMSI7/ MVAMA-MtHHUTY HKTH f HO CKI MHM-OtMCATtD ~7 GISOON 9791 01/03 G4GI 9742 03/03 GIWI ***** 04/03 GIGI *742 03/03 GIHO ***** 04/03
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      870 31 /HYUNDAI MERCHANT MARINE CO. LTD. WESTBOUND TO EUROPE BKG: *****32 ——ni ——SS voy sm ii otm ant ha* m~i m —Ifm 27/02 41/03 NIMGNNBS 303W~ 02/03 14/43 24/43 22/03 22/03 22/43 25/43 04/43 44/03 00/03 NY lAAON IOSW 04/43 24/43 27/43 24/43 24/43 24/43 01/04 13/42 13/42 15/02 HY.IMPWOO JO4W
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      55 31 I s c W JUMT vr *****33 ETA SIN r-d^Qr^ N CTA DUBAI 03/03/97 kgyptySahabiaMJo3J97 iiM/i7 1 I !Ir J Jf> 19^7 17/03/97 2MJ3/97 J KUWAIT tin I MINA QABOOt RIYADH 1 P—BANDAR ABBAS DAMMAM 1 f-SHAWAH BAHRAIN I DUBAI DOHA 1 L l; DHABI Quality Scrvie* first. Always. r
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      545 31 FAMOUS CONTAINER LINES JIBS 80 ROBINSON ROAD, #22-02 SINGAPORE *****8 HOT UNE: *****33 (30 LINES) Accepting jfrY shipment to jk EUROPE/ 1) I MEDITERRANEAN J] W|\ SCANDINAVIAN Jr ports daily A A RoowJ\ We make Sure Our Standards Never Change For more details please call for Angle/Molly *****33 P. KLANG
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      1293 32 BAMOKOK rr BHf*f VESSEL VOY SIN BKK VESSEL VOY SIN PKL HARI BHUM ***** Ty In Pt Frt 28/02 BUNOA BEBOJA 7041 Tu W d 28/02 NANTA BHUM 336N Ty In Pt St 01/03 OURU BHUM 7728 Wad 28/02 Frt 26/02 MATHU BHUM" ~319N Wad 30/02 St 01/03 BUNOA SEBOJA
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      328 32 PUL INTERNATIONAL UNE POL INTERNATIONAL HMWHWCI) 4SL6S/WK Ytt *g JP M IHW=3E&!=M4Ej§F BPllilil SURABAYA 3 SIGS/WK jT| SUi jjj WAWHHMB -ffi— nm sw ps/03 DQAfiONiAVA JUB--BL- M/o? Jgg_ IzZSZ DtAGON MAS «>$ OS/03 W® 01/03 SAT H/01 rhvk T77imr- iiTSrisir uyu mmbwumwMi 8? MACON MM -MS— -SJ£J--ggl MJM 10/03 niwnr"
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      588 32 A ACCORD A SHIPPING PTE LTD TIL: *****56 (40 Lin**) MX: *****46 POKI HAW (03) *****01 E WL OWiCT ACCSSS TIL: *****57 (EXPORT BOOKING) HSM GtKUUK (07)*****/7 2250M7 (tXPONT DOC), *****64 (lAAPONT) ffIMK (04)*****40 U«IjMTTP://WWW.ACCOW>.COM.SO JJUUUTU (11) 040 0710 POCT IU SIN POtT ITA SIM POKT IT* SMj POtT CTA
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      452 33 Servkes to Caribbean M« m mTi» lii G Central America SEA VIGOR MAftSK HOUSTON 006E 9704 Port Country 26/02 02/03 Belize CHy Belize 01/04 05/04 Bridgetown Barbados 04/04 08/04 Cartagena Colombia 03/04 07/04 Cosines St. Lucia 03/04 07/04 Fort de France Martinique 04/04 08/04 Freeport Bahamas 29/03 03/04 Kingston Jamaica
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      739 33 PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL UNES (PTE) LTD I 140 Cecil Street, #03-00 PIL Building, Singapore *****0. I I CR NO: **********0E ITllsT I W" i>". IMI B? j'i' Sft 113 mw fwimlmi s. ft m JBjljfc] Bl i i Ijjplffi Be S 6]i iff I ill S 5 lOTA WUIMA WHAOO7 )W_
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      758 33 |CR NO: **********07 VESSELS ~VOY SIN JED PSO LEH HAM RTM TWP ANR VUt DC ÜBWA LHW 03/03 12/03 14/03 an 24/03 28AX3 27/03 MAP VALUE D 1 AQUARIUS UI9W 10<03 IftP3 21/03 3QQ3 31/03 02AM 03/04 0W VH-LE D*AOUR> AI«M/ 17/03 28/03 28/03 OW 07/04 08/04 IWO4 11/04 VU£
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      58 35 I VISA FREIGHT SERVICES PTE LTD I stjblishcil Since T'S4 T/// TOTAL TRANSPORTATION PEOPLE KlXilll AR (iROIII'AC.I ICI COXSOI IPATIO\ I.\IIH)R I I XPORI SIKYICI S OCEANIA PORTS AUCKLAND SYDNKY BRISBANE MELBOURNE FREMANTLE 4* ii VISA I RI K.liT SERVICI S PTI I I P A VISA Kl CON'SOI r
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      55 36 TOKYO SHINII KAIUN CO PTI LTD H!!t| 10 ANSON ROAD *30-06 MTERNATIONAL PLAZA STORE 0207 TEL: *****28 (8 UNES) FAX: *****08 A *****10 C/R: **********0E SERVICE TO: FAR EABT/U.S.A/EUROPE 02/03/97 JAPAN, HONG KONG 02/03/07 USA 02/03/07 MDIA, SURABAYA, JAKARTA 02/03/07 HAMBURG, ROTTERDAM, FELIXSTOWE AU BOOKINGS AND ENQUIRIES, PLEASE CONTACT: S'PORE
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      113 36 J P.I PRUSAHAAN PELAYARAN i DIRECT WEEKLY SERVICE TO JAKARTA/PALEMBANG Vmml Vm ita/itd destination RACHMANUEL 111 3/97 17/ttM Jakorto/Polwiifaang RACHMAMUfII 3/97 03/04 to Joltorta/PaWmfeang RACHMANUELII 4/07 07/00 to Jakarta/Pakmbang lACHMANUII 111 4/07 10/11 to iakarta/PaUmbang j SURABAYA/PANJANG CARAKA JATA NIAGA 24/27 M P»n|»ng/Siir»l>»y» MAGA 20/01 to SirillTl/fMllig j PERAWAN/DUMAI/JAMBI/P'BARU I
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      85 36 "TT FUU CONTAINER SERVICE jJUyL POLISH dcpartino eviry Saturday Hfll TO: POLAND (GDYNIA) yfj OCEAN RUSSIA (MOSCOW) 111 as PORTS MCL. ESTONIA UNES LATVIA, LITHUANIA, BELARUS, J UKRAXK MONTHLY MIAKMMK SttVKI FtOH: S'POtl, M'SIA, MOONISU r VKTNAJN EUROEAST fa /hwf/M* Pwts UNESS.A. (VSI cols ft Mkmml) HMvyWts ipto 60MT tvdUUt)
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      118 36 KAWASAKI KENKAI KISEN KAISHA. LTD. JAPAN/ HONS KON6 STRAITS S'pora P.Oudang P.Kalang Panang Minn 02*3 MM NEVER-ON SUNDAY VK »*3 MOTHER HOPE VX IM3 It*3 KING ACt *17 11*3 11*3 ADVENTURE QUEEN V3# 13*3 15*3 FORTUNE ACE *1 19*3 17 *3 SEAGRAM) ACE V 2 11*3 tIMAPORE TQMlKniiil. HOKKAIDO Weekly
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      101 36 FCL/LCL CONSOLIDATION SERVICE TO ASIA/F.E., EUROPE, USA, AUST, NZ, INDIA, S. AFRICA, MED., ETC. PLEASE CALL *****00 (16 LINES) VIETNAM CONVENTIONAL SERVICE -DOOR TO DOOR* SERVICE rasa EttSM LOADING FOI lATO 01/03 HAIPHONG NHAIONGM 04/03 HOOUMWH Alio Accepting Cargo For Ail OtW Vietnamese Ports PLEASE CALL: 223 8622 (8 UNES)
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      520 37 I VESSEL VOY SIN MAA SIN I TIGER ISLAND 513N 28-01/03 05-ofto3 14-15/03 I TIGER BRIDGE 514N 03-0403 09-12/03 17-18/03 I TIGER BAY 515N 07-0&03 12-16/03 2122/03 I TIGER WAVE 516N 10-11/03 16-19AJ3 24 25/03 I TIGER ISLAND 517N 14-1503 19-23/03 28 29/03 TIGER BRIDGE 518N 17-18/03 31-01 AM XOUR
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      654 37 FREIGHT LINKS EXPRESS 62 Toh Cuan Road Singapore *****1 cfcfo Tel: *****66 (60 Lines) Fax: *****33 IPfSrv Vff E-MAlL:flesin@singnet.com.sg Bowoa l II CONSOLIDATION SERVICE CANADA ETD SIN SOUTH AFRICA ETD SIN MONTREAL 26/02 CAPETOWN 05/03 TORONTO 26/02 DURBAN 05/03 VAN COUVER 26/02 JOHANNESBURG 05/03 GREECE ETD SIN SPAIN ETD SIN
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      1108 37 OOCL (Sinqopore) Pte Lid CFS Keppel Distrpk Forbookmg Ctfri 7f AmmßmJ #21-04 (S) *****6 81 513 #01-128 g matky /K\ V at NO IU7I7MOOON Uh 272 7827 a* 3269 180 WWW W: *****13 Fii 221 3942 Fix: 272 712S MOtTV AMBMCA MA/ CAMAiA <"> AOTtAUA TO USA mT" SfO OA*
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      592 38 SAMUDERA INDONESIA (S) PTE LTD 15 McCALLUM STREET #03-01/02 NATWEST CENTRE S'PORE *****5 TEL: *****81-3 FAX: *****08 (OUTWARD) *****69 (INWARD) TLX: R*****0 CR NO. **********QD BOOKINGS CALL DIRECT LIME: *****41/43 JESSICA/CEL!A/MEGHAN 7 SLGS/WEEK 3 SLGS/WEEK VESSEL TVO? rsPi fJAK [VESSEL |VOY |«W |SUR aNARNU6A 93) iNPT 01/03 (SAT) LUMOSO EXPRESS
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      1286 38 TWICE WEEKLY EVERY THURSDAY/SUNDAY ■I.'.IJ.IitJ ARRIVAL FIXED DAY-MONDAY vnta H"! "TM NAM FXT l£M AM MM KiU IB BI «H MINGGLOHY A7OBW |27«2 I 22*13 2003 1903 ***** 01/04 DOVER BRIOGf A7Q2£ SLO SLD SID SID SLD OMJ3 HUMBER BRIDGE J7OBW IOMX3 11M3 21«3 22AJ3 2403 MING STAR A7o3t SID
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      410 38 Singapore Soviet Shipping Co. Pte. Ltd. CR NO:**********0N BOMBAY/COCHIN I VESSEL VOY I SIN BOM MEKHANIK KURAKO MK29N 04/03 13/03 KOTA CAMAYA CAHI77 09/03 18/03 TRADE FAST TFSIBI 15/03 24/03 SEA SUCCESS I 02N 20AM 29/03 ANNOUNCING REGULAR MONTHLY RO-RO BREAKBULK SERVICE SIN/BOM/N.SHEVA I VESSEL VOY SIN BOM/N.SHEVA TRANSOCEANIC 03-97
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      996 39 [ASIA- MEDITERRANEAN EXPRESS (AMI) -WESTBOUND SERVICE VESSEL VQY SIN PKG CMB MLA GEN BCN RTM FEL N KIEL 9707-3 26 FEB 27 FEB 03 MAR 12 MAR 14 MAR 15 MAR 20 MAR 21 MAR 22 MAR N. SHANGHAI 9708-3 05 MAR 06 MAR 10 MAR 19 MAR 21 MAR
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      1395 39 vissa |SfO»l| PJUAWG PBIANO* 1 JB> I HAM I SOU lUH I MM I WW I OMT I |VB» IHL IW« IHK WMH IMI 1 Iff PWT jffj MM7U TTO (XL MUM IM7 2102 17.0T 26.02 1103 114) 7103 14.03 NO. HONG KONG 2007 2102* 2102 0103 0103 05.03 0103
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      465 39 APM SAIGQN SHIPPINQ mimo ITV THRICE WEEKLY DIRECT TO HO CHI MINH PITY \EXFORT TO HO CHI MIHH CITY IHPOHT FHOM HO CHI MIHH CITY visa I vot I«r w n a swot nqot~f vbsb wn biikk luvm ramu *7io (14/ra C75/07J n/w m 03/93 mmu 97t0 io/oi m nmsssnou
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      364 40 OSINO EXPRESS SHIPPING 11 COLLYER QUAY #06-01 THE ARCADE cSINOTRANSI S (*****7 J.TEL: *****90 FAX: *****98 TLX: R*****1 SINOEX SINOTRANS SHANGHAI (CONTAINER SERVICE) VESSEL VOYAGE ETA SIN I ETAHKG ETA SHA 0. GLORY 9706 CANCELLED G WELL 9706 07/03 12/03 16/03 G. LUCK 9706 M/ 03 19/03 23/03 0. GLORY
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      459 40 am MAC-MELS S'PfIRE M'Slfl I Carrier: MN CONTR LINES, INC UN-A- J C« NO. **********0T SWU: (084) *****9 MAMLA: (632) *****61 I }Xy PENAMa (04) *****6 BANGKOK: (882) *****67 SURABAYA: (31)*****8 P. KELAWg-(03) *****77 JKT (21) *****07 HON: (61) *****3 HONG KONG MV "OOCL GERMANY" V 4067 ETA SIN 26-2-97
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      291 40 W S pore P.Kelang Loading For SEA GRACE 20/02 RdrrVAtwAJK/Nan I OCEAN ISLAND 28/02 10/03 Rdm/Atw/UK I e Loading for 1 Dubai/Damman/Kuwait I Dubai/ A Dhabi/Bahrain/Damman/Kiiwait I »S Aden/Hodetdah/JeddafVPt Sad I XPLORERS Dubai/A Dhabt/Bahram/Darrvnark/Kuwaitl japore, EVW. Malaysia. Indonesia I I Loading for I I OCEAN FRIEND Los Artgotoa/New Ortean/ChartestorV I
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