The Business Times, 21 March 1997

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    13 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 023/12/96 85c SINGAPORE Internet: http://www.asial.com.sg/biztimes FRIDAY, MARCH 21,1997
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    MARKET SUMMARY
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    FINANCE
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    Key S'pore exports see surprise 7.9% fall
    630 1  -  Poor showing due largely to 9.5% fall in domestic exports of disk drives: analysts By. Audrey Tan [SINGAPORE] Non-oil domestic exports fell for a fourth straight month in February, dropping 7.9 per cent in nominal terms from a year ago, showed Trade Development
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    Lock icon Greenspan signals likely US interest rate hike
    424 1 Remarks give Wall Street the jitters; Dow Jones down 46 points at noon Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan inched closer yesterday to calling for higher interest rates, saying tight labour markets were increasing inflation pressures. "We stress in our monetary policy
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    Finder of Busang gold presumed dead after freak copter fall
    354 1  -  From S N Vasuki in Jakarta IN A bizarre twist to the Busang gold saga, a Filipino geologist who discovered the world's single largest gold deposit fell off a helicopter deep in the Indonesian jungles of East Kalimantan and is
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    Lock icon Pidemco and Raffles Medical plan to set up hospital
    385 1  -  Blanco Court looks set tobea likely location By, Jenny Lam [SlNGAPOßE] Pidemco Land is planning to diversify into the healthcare business by tying up with soon-to-be-listed Raffles Medical Group to set up a hospital in Singapore, possibly at Blanco Court. A
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      5 1 MoreAmgrlo—ingoing broke: Greenspan, Pg 10
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      46 1 Singapore dollar takes another knock, Pg 21 ST Industrials Index slides below 2,100, Pg 28 Editorial, Pg id '"'t 1 l 0 jf-i ***> -v*.»% JlfltJ flfca .Hl| I' T fl SUCCESS. m s?m MIND ):f V, GAME. \\-7 :J' V v w .rtf( v_ >,' -> H v<*
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
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      SingTel to speed up on launching of new products
      250 2 SINGAPORE Telecommunications will accelerate the pace at which it introduces products and services in view of the coming competition, chairman Koh Boon Hwee said yesterday. The "battle" will be even more intense, with the government's announcement on Wednesday that two more
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      Lock icon Reuters to invest $134m this year, more in pipeline
      418 2  -  S'pore now effectively its Asian HQ; staff strength here will hit 500 by next month By Larry Wee REUTERS will pump $134 million into Singapore this year and up the investment steadily in the coming years, chief executive officer Peter Job
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      Woodlands to be made a regional centre
      431 2  -  Industrial land to be tabled; 24,000 ■hosing units planned V Abdul Hadhi TOE government plans to re?' inforce Woodlands as thte northern gateway to Singav, pore and transform it into a refij gional centre of commerce. Plans are also underway to more than
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      Lock icon Job ad volume up 30% in Feb
      350 2  -  EYE ON THE ECONOMY Jobs By, Audrey Tan THE volume of job advertisements revived considerably in February, with a 30 per cent jump over the same period last year. February's figures are the most favourable in a long while, with strong growth recorded
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      Lock icon Human rights groups picket S'pore High Commission
      284 2 Protesters in KL claim PAP persecution of political opposition The Straits Times TEN MEMBERS of two Malaysian human rights groups yesterday staged a protest outside the Singapore High Commission here against what they see as "the vindictive persecution of political opposition by the
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      Lock icon Don't get bogged down by differences: BG Lee
      106 2 The Straits Times [AUCKLAND] Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said yesterday that Singapore and Malaysia should not get hung up on individual issues. "Both sides have got more to gain from working together than from accentuating differences, and I think we've
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      Healthcare among sectors TDB will help expand abroad
      460 3  -  Franchisors and media production houses also picked by global trade panel By. Audrey Tan THE government will help franchisors, healthcare providers and media production houses gain access to overseas markets, tllfe Trade Development Board (TDB) said yesterday. These sectors were identified as
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      No contest in NTUC leadership elections
      186 3 NEXT month's elections of the labour movement's leadership will see no contest there are exactly 21 nominees for the 21 positions on the central committee of the National Trades Union Congress. But while the elections will be a mere formality, it will still produce
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    • NEWS Roundup
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        Reduced-risk Nikkei product launched
        94 3 UNITED Overseas Bank yesterday launched a product that allows high net-worth individuals to invest in the Japanese stockmarket and yet enjoy the security of a regular fixed deposit Called the Interest-Plus US$ Fixed Deposit, it links the interest rateof one-year fixed deposits to the performance of
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        Visa Asia-Pac sales volume up 29%
        57 3 CREDFT card vendor Visa International reported a 29 per cent growth in sales volume for the Asia-Pacific region to US$l7l.B billion (Ss24o.sbillion) for 1996. In Singapore, Visa's sales volume grew 11 per cent to US$3.O3 billion, while the number of Visa cards in circulation
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        Quality nod for POSBank servicing
        42 3 POSBank announced yesterday it is the first local bank to achieve *****02 quality certification for servicing ATMs and POSBprint machines, which are selfservice passbook updating machines. The certification pas awarded by the Singapore Productivity and Standards Board.
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        Tudor 10 bungalows priced at $5.8m-$7m
        63 3 PEAK Properties, part of the Kheng Leong group linked to banker Wee Cho Yaw, will launch its Bukit Timah bungalow project, Tudor Ten, this weekendTEach of the 10 freehold bungalows will bepriced between $6.78 million and $7 million. Each two-storey bungalow with built-in areas
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      Economics at top of agenda
      641 3  -  THJLinrSTOIT Leaders point to cooperation and healthy competition By Yang Razali Kassim THE warm words extended by Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong to his visiting Thai counterpart Chavalit Yongchaiyudh last night were more than the usual pleasantries. After all, Mr Chavalit is no stranger to
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  • FOCUS: ADVERTISING & MARKETING
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      Lock icon On the fast track
      694 4 For transplanted Briton Jennifer Laing, heading Saatchi's US operations is a challenge in itself NYT {NEW YORK] Advertising Americaq-style has baffled more than a few foreigners. But a top British agency executive, whose initial foray onto Madison Avenue is not yet three ®ionths old, is already
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      Top firms lineup products for food techies
      536 4 (SINGAPORE) The region's top food companies will be serving up a vast array of new products from April 1 to 3 at a trade show at the Singapore International Convention and Exhibition Centre. The show. Food Ingredients Asia (FIA) '97. will feature everything
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      188 4 When we set up our website, the brief was simple. We wanted to tailor it to your needs, to give you round the clock access to comprehensive information on the STAR TV network. You'll be happy to hear we achieved just that. Through the World Wide Web. you can now
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  • FOCUS
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      Lock icon Masters in the art of not advertising
      832 6 Where there's a ban, there's a way around it as China is now learning in its campaign to stop the world's largest cigarette market from smoking Bloomberg [BEIJING] ON South Chaoyangmen Lane, known as "Cigarette Street", rows of vendors sell dozens of brands
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      936 6 > f^Heu/por Haw Par Brothers International Limited (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) RESULTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 1996 The directors wish to announce the unaudited Group and Company reeulta for the year ended 31 December 1996: Corneany 1986 1996 1996 1995 1. PROFIT STATEMENT o#o < 000
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      29 6 For real-time stock information, call Quickstockon 1900-913-0003 at 30 cents a minute. Stock numbers are available in the stock pages of The Business Times and Lianhe Zaobao. ft*] 1900-913-0003
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
    • NOTE Book
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        Lock icon Hwang to stay in Philippines till April
        74 7 Reuter [SEOUL] Top North Korean defector Hwang Jang Yop will stay in the Philippines at least until the start of next month before leaving for Seoul, a senior South Korean official said yesterday. Mr Hwang, the most senior North Korean official ever to
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        Lock icon Arriving for peace
        57 7 Reuter (JAKARTA! The first UN official to have been appointed by the UN secretary-general specifically for East Timor, Jamsheed Marker (centre), arriving in Jakarta yesterday at the Sukarno-Hatta Airport, escorted by the Pakistani Ambassador Mustafa Kamal Kazi (right). Mr Marker is in Jakarta for talks on a
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        Lock icon First of eight Hornets for KL
        65 7 AFP [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia yesterday received the first of eight US-made FA-18D Hornet fighter jets from the McDonnell Douglas plant in St Louis, Missouri, Bernama news agency reported. The purchase of the aircraft was intended to safeguard Malaysia's national interests and not to start
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        Lock icon Hand bolsters contested area claims
        76 7 AFP [HANOI] Vietnam yesterday bolstered its claims to a contested offshore area being drilled by China, with a foreign ministry spokesman saying it had been carrying out seismic testing there since 1983. A deputy director of the press department of the foreign ministry said "when
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        Lock icon Human rights commission clears Marcos
        52 7 AFP [MANILA] The Philippine Commission on Human Rights (CHR) has cleared the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos and his family of human rights violations, reports said yesterday. "There was no human rights violation case filed against the late Philippine President before the commission," said chairperson Aurora
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      Lock icon Runs on Thai finance companies, banks abate
      416 7 BANGKOK Budget deficit for first 5 mths of fiscal year was 58Jb baht; Schroder sees rough times for stocks Reuter RUNS on deposits at Thai finance companies and commercial banks have slowed sharply since the financial sector was rocked by a crisis of
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      Lock icon Khashoggi threatens legal action: paper
      237 7 Reuter [DUBAI] Saudi tycoon Adnan Khashoggi will take legal action against Thai authorities if they do not drop charges against him, a newspaper reported yesterday. "Khashoggi asserted that he is in the process of taking legal measures against the Thai authorities if they do not
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      Lock icon Indon GDP growth slowed to 7.8% in 1996
      147 7 JAKARTA AFP INDONESIA'S real gross domestic product (GDP) growth slowed to 7.82 per cent in 1996 from 8.21 per cent the year before, National Development Planning Minister Ginanjar Kartasasmita announced yesterday. "The growth of the Indonesian economy in 1996, measured by the
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      Lock icon Police fire over Mandalay crowds
      227 7 ■YANGON Travellers tell of mounting tension as religions unrest continues AFP MYANMAR police fired over the heads of crowds in the northern city of Mandalay in an attempt to disperse them as Buddhist-Muslim religious unrest continued, informed sources said yesterday. Witnesses reached by telephone from
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      Lock icon Sarawak plans zone for IT companies
      207 7 KUCHING Reuter THE Malaysian state of Sarawak is wooing electronics firms to help transform the sparsely populated forested territory into an industrial powerhouse, its Industrial Development Minister said. Sarawak plans to set up an investment zone for worldclass information technology companies along the lines
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  • CHINA-HONGKONG-TAIWAN
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      Lock icon China's WTO offers not enough: EU
      150 8 BEIJING AFP EUROPEAN Union negotiators said yesterday they were disappointed with offers made by China in its bid to Join the World Trade Organisation (WTO). "The Chinese offer at this stage was below what we would caU WTO standard if there is such a
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      Lock icon Shanghai orders closure of 194 rep offices: reports
      292 8 SHANGHAI BoMlng in trade, nit renewing permits by trade ooouoisdoo AFP, Bloomberg SHANGHAI'S foreign economic relations and trade commission has ordered the closure of 194 representative offices of foreign companies for breaking rules, said news reports yesterday. The Liberation Daily and Business
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      Lock icon Cyanide threat to Pearl River over
      120 8 BEIJING AFP CHINESE authorities said yesterday there was no longer any danger of pollution along the southern Pearl River after 80 barrels of sodium cyanide fell into one of its tributaries in a road accident Despite the reassurances, a pollution alert remained in force
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      Lock icon Liverpool doctorate for Tung
      55 8 [HONGKONG] Hongkong Special Administrative Region chief executive Tung Chee-hwa (right) showing his diploma after receiving a Doctor of Laws honorary degree from Lord Owen, chancellor of the University of Liverpool, at a ceremony in Hongkong yesterday. Mr Tung graduatedfrom Liverpool University in 1960 with an honours
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      Lock icon Chinese minister calls for lessons in patriotism
      244 8 BEIJING Mm part of efforts to strengthen and revitalise China AFX-Asia CHINA must take advantage of the return of Hongkong to Chinese sovereignty to launch a nationwide campaign to teach people patriotism and national defence, Defence Minister Chi Haotian said. "We should make
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      Lock icon No visa needed for HK visitors to Canada
      164 8 OTTAWA Reuter HONGKONG passport holders will still be able to enter Canada without visitor visas after July 1, the Canadian government said on Wednesday. "We are in the position to announce officially that there won't be a requirement of a visa for
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      Lock icon Big money in China's craze for HK stamps
      215 8 HONGKONG Travellers from HK trying to smuggle in huge quantities AFP CHINESE speculators are investing hundreds of millions of dollars in the rapidly-grow-ing Hongkong stamp market as the territory's July handover approaches, industry sources said yesterday. Chinese customs authorities on the Hongkong
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  • ASIA
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      Lock icon Govt will not bail out dying firms, says minister
      443 9 CRISIS IH KOREA Banker expects more firms to gjo the way of Sammi; Korea First Bank under pressure AFP, Bloomberg (SEOUL] The collapse of South Korea's Sammi business group intensified fears here of further bankruptcies involving fast-expanding mid-sized conglomerates. Concern over
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      Lock icon S Korea's battle against inflation a top priority
      197 9 SEOUL AFP SOUTH Korea vowed yesterday to make the battle against inflation and its snowballing current account deficit a top priority, even at the cost of slower economic growth. "The government will continue to make efforts to fundamentally revamp our industrial structure,
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      Lock icon Aussies seen having low inflation for foreseeable future
      246 9 SYDNEY Central bank governor says economy free of mayor imbalances AFP AUSTRALIAN central bank governor lan Macfarlane said yesterday the economy remained free of major economic imbalances and forecast low inflation for the foreseeable future. Mr Macfarlane said underlying inflation, which excludes
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      Lock icon PNG police fire tear gas to try stop rioters
      258 9 PORT MORESBY AFP POLICE fired tear gas to stop riots in the Papua New Guinea capital yesterday, witnesses said, as the government faced protests about the use of mercenaries in a secessionist war. Against this backdrop, mining stocks such as Orogen
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  • THE WORLD
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      Lock icon US trade deficit with China rose 41% in Jan
      578 10 WASHINGTON This is expected to give China critics more ammunition in MFN renewal debate Bloomberg THE US TRADE deficit with China surged 41 per cent in January from a month earlier as imports of apparel, footwear and electronic toys continued at
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      Lock icon EU approves pan-European telephone network
      227 10 LONDON Bloomberg THE European Commission yesterday said the dominant telephone companies of Italy, France, Germany, Spain and the UK may build a pan-Euro-pean digital cross-border network, provided they allow rivals to use it at a fair price. However, analysts said the network, which would satisfy
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      Lock icon Taking a stand
      53 10 I WASHINGTON] Seven-year-old Mark Rayer protesting against child pornography on the Internet outside of the US Supreme Court Building in Washington yesterday. In a historic case aboutfree-speech rights in cyberspace, the court will hear arguments involving a new law which severely restricts indecent material on the Internet
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      Lock icon More Americans going broke, warns Greenspan
      351 10 WASHINGTON Bloomberg BANKRUPTCY filings in the US jumped 27 per cent last year, drawing concern yesterday from Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan. While business bankruptcies aren't soaring, personal bankruptcies "have risen quite dramatically in recent years", Mr Greenspan said. More disturbing, he said, is
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      Lock icon Buba leaves interest rates unchanged
      174 10 FRANKFURT Reuter THE Bundesbank yesterday said its council left the German discount and Lombard rates unchanged after its regular meeting. The German discount rate, the floor on interest rates, was left at 2.5 per cent and the Lombard emergency financing rate, the ceiling on rates,
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      Lock icon EMU failure will bring doom: Rifkind
      112 10 THE HAGUE AFP BRITISH Foreign Secretary Malcolm Rifkind raised the spectre here on Wednesday of the collapse of Europe if the proposed economic and monetary union failed. "If it (the single currency) turned out to be a mistake or it was brought earlier into
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      When Teuton corporates start to fight
      957 11  -  BUROPBAM ¥BW Audacious takeover bid by Krnpp Is the latest example of the monumental changes taking place in the German economy By Kevin Sullivan The writer is a Spain-based journalist who contributes to BT OUTRAGED officials at the German steel giant Thyssen accused the
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      Lock icon Mob influence only in a few small brokerages: SEC
      309 11 WASHINGTON Bloomberg US SECURITIES and Exchange Commission chairman Arthur Levitt said on Wednesday that organised crime's influence on Wall Street is restricted to a limited number of small brokerage firms. "I want to clear up the notion that it's pervasive throughout
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
    • Article, Illustration
      Daim's goals more realistic for the OIC
      663 13  -  TBSMTYOM OPINION By Said Abdullah The writer is a Journalist with the BT Foreign Desk N Sunday, leaders of the the 54-nation m Organisation of the Islamic Conference 1 m (OIC) representing 12 billion Muslims will get together for a one-day summit As
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      IN OTHER WORDS
      162 13 'If you journalists want to work on Sundays, we can't prevent you. But in Zaire, we don't work on Sundays and we dont intend to work here. Call back tomorrow.' -apratfeotialafcU who answered the telephone at Zairean President Mobutu's luxurious villa at Roquebrune-Cap Martin on the French
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      Caution on the economy
      667 13 EDITORIAL LOOKING at the prospects for the Singapore economy this year, a number of optimistic private forecasters see an improvement over last year, even if only slightly. Members of the NUS' Econometric Studies Unit, for example, have predicted GDP growth coming in at around 7.4 per
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      US sanctions backlash
      1138 13  -  Corporate America says trade bans only retard reforms in nations targeted and hurt US interests By] Leon Hadar The writer is BT's Washington correspondent FROM China to Myanmar, the threat to deny US trade and investment as a way of affecting human rights policies is becoming very
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      WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
      817 13 IN THE Cold War, all that a Third World government like Albania's needed to do to get ftinds was to align with a superpower. But today, the United States is low on cash and Moscow's broke. It is the supermarkets the Tokyo, Hongkong, Singapore, London, Paris,
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  • EXECUTIVE LIFESTYLE
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      Confidence replaces power
      571 14  -  The switch in catchword for menswear is evident in Dunhill's Spring-Summer fashion line-up in Bali, says jaime eb JAIME EE POR men who think that the shirt-and-tie look hasn't changed much in style over the years except in the size of the topknot, well, here's a quickie
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    • CHATTER BOX
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        Lock icon Goodbye image,Hello lawsuit
        137 14 Knight-Ridder [LOS ANGELES] Kevin Costner is taking legal action against Britain's HtUof magazine over a story about him fa its March 8 issue. The magazine printed a purported interview with the 43-year-old Oscar-winning filmmaker about his baby with past girlfriend Bridget Rooney. but Costner said the interview
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        Lock icon No Obi-Was at Star Wars gala
        87 14 AFP [LONDON] Actor Atec Guinness has refused to attend a royal gab tonight to London for the British premiere of the re-edited version of Star Wars. Guinness, 82 who played the ledi' warrier Obi-Wan Kenobe, has ttghe is tired of the media blitz surrounding
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        74 14 AFP [MILAN] Proeecutors on Wednesday called for 17-month jail terms for three Italian fashion tycoons charged with corruption—Krisia,OianfranooFSrre and SentoVsrsnee. They are aocuaed of having paid brihee to Italy's fiscal police to get lenient treatment during tax audits, Judicial officials said. Prosecutors rejected defence arguments that the
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      Lock icon Parkway earnings double to $48m
      467 17  -  fx Healthcare accounts far 57% of pre-tax gain; property coutrflmtions decline By Jenny Lam [SINGAPORE] Parkway Holdings has turned in a sterling set of results, with net profits doubling to $48 million on the back of the first full-year contribution from Mount Elizabeth and Eastshore
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      Telkom posts 66% jump in profit to 1.5 trillion rupiah
      370 17  -  Earnings in line with Analysts' expectations From S N Vasuki m Jakarta TELECOMMUNICATIONS carrier PT Telkom yesterday reported a hefty 65.8 per cent jump in net earnings to 1.5 trillion rupiah (Ss9oo million) for the year ended Dec 31. The
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      QAF posts $8.5m profit in 9 months
      159 17 [SINGAPORE] Bread maker and supermarket operator QAF Ltd yesterday reported net profits of $8.56 million on a turnover of $237 million for the nine months ended Dec 31. The reporting period covered nine months because last year the main board-listed company changed its
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      Takeover stories lose their glamour for market players
      536 17  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW R Sivanithy TO SAY that local stock market players have had a hard time in the past three weeks would perhaps be a bit of an understatement. A succession of negative developments like the re-weighting of the Morgan Stanley
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      Lock icon Kuok Brothers offers M$7.50 a share for Perlis
      310 17 Offer premium less than 1% to Perlis' last traded price Bloomberg Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] Pedis Plantations Bhd said yesterday Kuok Brothers Sdn had offered M 57.50 for each of the Perlis shares that it did not already own, valuing the company at
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      Natsteel Broadway gain up 33%
      238 17 (SINGAPORE) Natsteel Broadway Ltd finished its first year as a listed company with a remarkable set of results turnover was up 15.3 per cent to $101.7 million, while net earnings rose 33 per cent to just above $13 million. The Hongkong-based associate of Natsteel Ltd
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        Jardine profit better than expected
        637 18  -  Group profit falls 28.5% to tTS$3OOm because of difficult trading and cost of remedial measures From Quak Hiang Whai in lloitykomj JARDINE Matheson Holdings, Hongkong s oldest trading company yesterday reported a lower-than-expected drop in net earnings for last year, dragged down by a series
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        Lock icon HK Land keeps Beijing focus; profit up 4%
        269 18 AFP [HONGKONG) Hongkong Land Holdings Ltd said yesterday that Beijing would remain the focus of its water and infrastructure projects in China after reporting a 4 per cent rise in its 1996 net profits to US$342 million (*****.1 million). Percy Weatherall, Hongkong
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        MAS says it's in a position to pay for jet purchases
        365 18  -  From Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIAN Airlines is expected to channel more than half of its cash from operations to partly finance its Mslo billion (Sss.B billion) order for 25 new Boeing aircraft over the next five years.
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        SBS buys out partner
        149 18 [SINGAPORE] Singapore Bus Service (197H) has bought the stakes owned by its partner, the Ken-Air group, in their car rental, car financing and car care joint ventures. The mainboard-listed transport group said yesterday that its wholly-owned subsidiary SBS Taxi Pte Ltd struck a deal with Ken-Air
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        Lock icon Renong profit doubles
        124 18 AFP [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysian construction giant Renong Bhd said yesterday net profit more than doubled to M 5230.5 million (*****.4 million). Earnings per share were higher at 10.fi sen, against 6.8 sen in the previous corresponding period. Pre tax profit surged an impressive 89 per cent year-on-year
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        Dairy Farm plans new lease of life for Franklins
        505 18  -  Plan to inject op to USs9om a year into snpermart chain By. Ang Wan May [SINGAPORE] Dairy Farm said its troubled supermarket chain in Australia has written off all costs of a repositioning strategy and will get a new lease of
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        GE Life earnings fall 21% to $66.9m
        275 18 [SINGAPORE] Great Eastern Life Assurance Co posted a 21.3 per cent fall in net profit to $66.9 million for the year ended Dec 31,1996. This compares with a 24.1 per cent jump in net profit to $85 million in 1995. The 1996 profit
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        UEM profit nearly doubles thanks to toll-road firm
        330 18  -  From Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur LEADING infrastructure company United Engineers (Malaysia) Bhd almost doubled net profit for the year ending December due largely to contributions from its toll-road operator. Net profit jumped 90 per cent from M 5269.6 million (Ssls7 million)
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        Lock icon Towering project
        59 18 [HO CHI MINH CITY] Delta Carravel Hotel, a joint-venture project between Hongkong's Lai Sun Group and Keck Seng Investment, towers over Ho Chi Minh City's Opera House. Having seen an initial period of euphoria give way to disillusionment last year, foreign investors are taking stock of Vietnam as
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        Lock icon Mulialand posts 54% rise in profit
        128 18 Bloomberg [JAKARTA] Property developer PT Mulialand yesterday reported a 54 per cent rise in net profit, thanks to higher sales and a tax break. Net profit rose to 142.76 billion rupiah (5585.6 million), or 334 rupiah a share, from 92.77 billion rupiah, or 245
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        Lock icon SET okays delisting of First Asia Securities
        156 18 Reuter [BANGKOK] The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) said yesterday that it had given conditional approval to First Asia Securities pic to delist the firm's shares from the bourse after its merger with Securities One pic. The SET said the green light was
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          Lock icon Tan Chang profit nearly doubles
          52 18 Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPUR] Tan Chong Motor Holdings Bhd's profit almost doubled to M 5259.8 million (5J151.5 million) last year. Earnings per share came to 38.7 sen, up from 20 sen in 1995. The car company attributed the higher profits to stronger sales and a weaker
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          Bousteadco, Guthrie form joint venture
          77 18 [SINGAPORE] Bousteadco Singapore, through subsidiary Boustead Services, has tied up with Guthrie Consumer Marketing to distribute Maidenform and Jockey apparel products and other consumer goods. The joint venture, Guthrie Boustead Trading Pte Ltd, has paid-up capital of $500,000. Bousteadco will transfer its apparel division staff
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          Transmarco appoints 3 directors
          24 18 [SINGAPORE] Transmarco Ltd has appointed Jimmy Seet Keong Huat, Sumitro Sukamto and Jonathan Bradford Sampoerna to its board of directors.
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          Juroug Engineering wins $38m jobs
          48 18 [SINGAPORE] Jurong Engineering has clinched two projects worth about $38 million amid intense competition. One contract, jointly secured with Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries and Mitsubishi Corporation, involves work for the Bedok Sewage Treatment Works Phase IV while the other is a job in Dubai.
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          Lock icon Maybank completes Kwong Yik sale
          40 18 AFX-Asia [KUALA LUMPUR] Malayan Banking Bhd said its sale of a 75 per cent stake in Kwong Yik Bank to Rashki Hussain Bhd for about M 52.16 billion (551.26 billion) has been completed. —AFX Asia
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          Lock icon 4 Wing Tiek directors resign
          39 18 Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] Wing Tiek Holdings Bhd said managing director Joseph Chong and three others have resigned from the company. The rest are Teoh Tek Siong, Sim Kim Chew and Abdul Mutalib Yacob. Bernama
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          Corrections &clarifications
          45 18 IN a report on March 15 headlined "Kotjo's sale seen benefiting UPP shareholders", we quoted an analyst saying that Johannes Kotjo was a former director of United Pulp Paper. UPP has clarified that Mr Kotjo has never been a director of the company.
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          Lock icon BMW profit rises to 820m marks
          57 19 Bloomberg [MUNICHI Bayerische Motoren Werke AG, a German luxury carmaker, said net profit in 1996 rose 18 per cent to 820 million deutschemarks (Ss7o4 million). Analysts had ecttowted the company's net profit at 800 million marks. BMW said pretax profit from ordinary activities rose
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          Lock icon China's phone maker profit up 14%
          55 19 Reuter Eastern Communications Co said net profit for 1986 rose by 143 per cent to 39L6 million yuan mfflkm) baaed on international accounting standards. ECC's Shanghai-listed B shares closed at U550,946, down 6.8 US cents. Its domestic A shares closed at its 10 per
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          Lock icon Indian telecoms firm to raise US$6.6m
          51 19 AFP [NEW DELHI] HCL Comnet Systems and Services Ltd, an Indian telecommunications company, announced the sale of 18.7 par cent of its shares to US-based JP Morgan. Vineet Nayar, president of HCL, said the sale was to raise US$&6 million (819.4 minimi) for expansion.
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          Lock icon Time Warner sues CompuServe
          57 19 Bloomberg CompuServe Corp for UBS&S million (Sss.l million), saying the online company te trying to drop Time magazine from its service and refusing to make payments due. The salt comes aa CompuServe, 80 per cent owned by H&R Block Inc. tries to rebound from a USsl4ji
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        Lock icon Cheung Kong Infrastructure shines with HK$886m profit
        372 19 Challenge now is to Up infrastructure opportunities in China, says chairman Reuter [HONGKONG] Cheung Kong Infrastructure Holdings Ltd (CKI) reported net profit of HK$BB6 million (Ssl6s million) in 1996, well above the forecast of HKJ72B million made when the company listed last June,
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        Lock icon SHK Properties interim profits up 21% to HK$6.2b
        436 19 Buoyant housing market will lead to considerable growth in year's results: CEO AFP, Reuter [HONGKONG] Hongkong's Sun Hung Kai Properties Ltd said yesterday net profits rose 21.3 per cent year-on-year to HK$6.2 billion (Ssl.l billion) in the six months to December 1996.
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        Lock icon All play at GameWorks
        56 19 [SEATTLE] Terry Moe of Seattle trying out the Wave Runner game at Game Works, a high-tech video game room and entertainment centre in Seattle on Wednesday. The complex, a venture of Sega Enterprises, Seagram Co's Universal Studios and Dreamworks SKG, the movie studio partially owned by
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        Lock icon President Enterprises to spend US$3b on new shopping malls
        276 19 Bloomberg (TAIPEI] President Enterprises Corp, one of Taiwan's largest conglomerates, doubled the number of shopping malls it plans to build on the island to four, worth at least US$3 billion (554.33 billion), on optimism that rising incomes will change the way
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        Lock icon Property sales lift profits at Hang Lung, Amoy
        301 19 Reuter [HONGKONG] More profit from property sales helped Hang Lung Development Co Ltd and Amoy Properties Ltd lift their interim net profits above expectations. But the full year still looks fairly dull with the group's property investment income flat and not much
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        Lock icon Henderson Land 1st-half net beats forecasts
        392 19 33% earnings rise due to the completion of some large projects Reuter [HONGKONG] Henderson Land Development Co Ltd beat market expectations for interim earnings growth on Wednesday by posting a 33 per cent rise in net profit. The Hongkong property developer said net profit
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        Lock icon France Telecom seeks stake in C&W unit
        435 20 C&W could become the British relay station of telecom alliance Global One FT [PARIS) France Telecom is in talks about taking a stake in Cable and Wireless Communications, the UK subsidiary of the Cable and Wireless group. Michel Bon, France Telecom chairman, said
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        Lock icon IBM to hire thousands to fuel growth: chairman
        378 20 Reuter [NEW YORK] International Business Machines Corp said it plans to hire "thousands more" employees in 1997 to fuel growth, chairman and CEO Louis Gerstner said in the company's 1996 annual report. In 1996, IBM's worldwide headcount grew to 241,000, up from
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        Lock icon British Steel: 10,000 job cuts
        141 20 Reuter [LONDON] British Steel, fighting a strong pound and tough overseas competition, will cut up to 10,000 jobs over the next five years, the Guardian reported yesterday. The job reduction plan will be announced to unions today. The job cuts, out of a UK workforce
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        Lock icon S$ takes another knock after poor Feb trade data
        349 21  -  Against the US$, the local unit sheds 70 points to close at 551.4465 By Larry Wee {SINGAPORE] The Sing dollar fell victim to further selling pressure yesterday following February's worse-than-expec-ted trade numbers. The local unit fell 70 points from its opening
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        Lock icon CME sees a future in ground beef
        354 21 Exchange to launch two new gronnd beef contracts one low fat, one not in June NYT [CHICAGO] Warren Buffet is not the only person to think there is money to be made in the future from hamburgers. While the US billionaire financier has
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        Lock icon Banks hit by battle for Latin American business
        416 21 Intense competition leads to unprofitable cuts in fees, rates FT [BARCELONA] Fierce competition among banks seeking business in Latin America has led to fees and interest rates being cut to unprofitable levels, according to international bankers. Fees on bonds, equity, and merger
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        Lock icon US bankers get warning on reform
        205 21 Reuter [NEW YORK] US bankers received a warning on Wednesday from a top Treasury official that if they drag their heels on industry modernisation they could be big losers as other players find ways to go after their business. "Your competitors are going to
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        Lock icon Merrill Lynch censured over errant employee
        318 21 Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] US futures regulators on Wednesday criticised Merrill Lynch Co for failing to adequately supervise a former employee who pleaded guilty of defrauding 110 investors out of US$B million (SIU.S million). The Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued an unprecedented investigation report in a
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        Lock icon LME to release daily stock data from next month
        433 21 Reuter (LONDON] The pace of change on the London Metal Exchange (LME) following 1996's multi-billion dollar Sumitomo Corp copper scandal continues, with formerly sensitive market data becoming more transparent. On Wednesday, the LME said it would release data on warehouse inventory
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        Lock icon Petronas offers incentive to help boost oil exploration
        357 21 ITsia aiming to get new investment, technology and enhance oil reserves NST [KUALA LUMPUR] Petronas has introduced an incentive in its production sharing contracts (PSC) to encourage more exploration investment and to enhance the country's oil and gas reserves. The new "Revenue-over-Cost"
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        Lock icon Euroyen, Euro$ ease in thin trade
        206 22 m—u« Report Reuter [SINGAPORE] Tight ranges and thin volumes characterised trading activity in Simex Euroyen and Eurodollar futures yesterday as participation was severely hampered by the absence of Japanese players on a holiday. Japanese and US interest rate futures remained under pressure on concerns
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        Futures rebound on positive rate outlook
        197 22  -  mscitaiw am futures VASIJ By Perry Gilbert By Perry Gilbert, vice-presi-dent, Refco Singapore Pte Ltd {SINGAPORE] The Simex MSCI Taiwan index futures rebounded yesterday on positive interest rate outlook. Electronics stocks led the gain, with the cash index up 51.2 points at 8,492.7. Notable
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        Lock icon Exchanges vie for Asia energy trade
        233 22 ENERGY REPORT Reuter [SINGAPORE] Energy trading in Asia is on the threshold of msuor changes as giant New York and London exchanges, plus the smaller Singapore market, vie for the region's oil futures business, analysts said yesterday. The Singapore International Monetary Exchange met traders
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        291 22 Reuter, AFP London THE US dollar lost ground yesterday after the announcement of a sharp worsening of the US trade deficit in January, dealers said. The dollar was down to 1.6740 marks against 1.6756 just before announcement of the US data and 1.6829 on Wednesday. It stood at
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      2332 23 LONDON Mar 20 Naca *h AB Ports 268 -8 Abbey National 717 -15.400 ANied Domecq 445 -12.400 Aimc 124 unch Asda Group 108 *1 BAT Ind 488 -18 BG PIC 165 -4.400 BICC 265 -6 BOC Group 969 -9 BR Potrofaum 703 -2 BTR 257 -8 Bank
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      Lock icon JAKARTA
      774 24 AFP n Composite Indei -&04 SHARE prices closed marginally lower yesterday with a sell-off in Telkom following its profit result announcement. "Some fund managers said the results were within expectations and without any surprises so they might have assumed that it was the right time to sell now to
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      1610 24 Bloomberg Q Hug Sag -mm STOCKS fell to a four-month low yesterday as dwindling profit at Swire Pacific compounded concern that rising interest rates will squeeze many companies. Swire, which said last week that 1996 operating profit fell 23 per cent, tumbled to a 16-month low amid concern its
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      655 24 Reuter nShanhaiß Intel -&S2 THE Shenzhen B share market closed sharply lower yesterday amid talk among analysts of a looming market clampdown. Uncertainty in the midst of the reporting season, exacerbated by Shenzhen Great Ocean Shipping's announcement of a 30 per cent slump in 1996 profit, also weighed on
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      385 24 AFP PWPMg «aJB SHARE prices finished higher yesterday as investors bought paper and electrical issues. "Encouraged by yesterday's heavy buying by foreign institutional investors, local investors returned to pick up high-technology and paper issues," said a broker. The TSE Weighted Price Index rose 51.15 points to 8,492.67. Turnover was
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      269 24 Reuter Wellington -LIB SHARES closed flat yesterday. The NZSE-40 Index lost 1.98 points at 2,212.48 on volume of NZ$47l million, of which NZ$425 million was contributed by Qantas' sale of its 19.4 per cent stake. Reuter *r» 1 fI ANZ Ranking 8 85 0.10 ***** Advantages HMqs 1J0 -0.03
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      820 24 AFP, Bloomberg *147 SHARE prices rose 0.4 per cent yesterday on bargain hunting in blue chips in late trade, dealers said. An analyst said foreign investor activity declined as most took to the sidelines awaiting the outcome of a US Federal Open Market Committee meeting on interest rates. The
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      Lock icon SEOUL
      409 24 AFP Q Composite Index -143 SHARE prices fell yesterday on investors' worries over the impact of Sammi Steel's failure on other companies. The Composite Price Index fell 3.43 points to 642.86. Turnover was 34.1 million shares worth 511.96 billion won. Commercial Bank of Korea lost 320 won 4,010, Commercial
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      Lock icon MANILA
      330 24 AFP Q Manila *tM SHARE prices rose yesterday on a technical rally. Brokers said it did not represent overall market sentiment since the gains resulted from isolated buying of oversold blue chips. The PSE Composite Index gained 6.06 points at 3,206.67. Turnover was 8.7 billion shares worth 2.1 billion
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      Lock icon SYDNEY
      594 24 AFP QAnOrfmiria +4LI SHARE prices rose yesterday as the market corrected itself after being sold down in recent days, brokers said. "The market recovered after being oversold earlier in the week," said a trader. The All Ordinaries Index closed 6.1 points stronger at 2,391.3. National turnover totalled 335.68 million
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        Lock icon Investors await Bank Negara report
        190 25 AFX-Asia -&M SHARE prices closed lower in moderate trade yesterday with investors sidelined ahead of next week's Bank Negara annual report. The KLSE Composite Index fell 8.84 points to 1,225.99, on volume 0f382.2 million shares worth M 52.9 billion. The Emas Index was down 2.58
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        Tat Lee Bank warrants fit the more conservative investor
        190 26  -  WARRANT WATCH c a# By R Sivanithy BUYING warrants in the present weak market is like treading through a minefield, where a wrong move could be disastrous. The best you can do is to move carefully and not to over-commit, even
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        220 28 Wm*» *»mm Pac Andes 20c 6,819,000 FJ Benjamin 20 4,396,000 Wan Ho 10c 3,077,000 Em) Kong K)c 3,036,000 *M0f Hldgs 50c 2,963,000 •CASH 50c 2,926,000 HK Land US$0.1 2,917,000 Omni Ind 10c 2,724,000 •FACB 50c 2,712,000 Roly IntUSSO.I 2,603,000 Stocks DBS Foreign 23,959,064 (JOB Foreign 22,975,559 SIA Foreign 20,629,125 OCBC
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        65 28  -  Shiv Taneja THAKRAL CORP, which shed 3.5 cents to U550,965 on a volume of 1.6 million shares yesterday, will trade lower in the short term, based on the daily RSI and stochastics charts. However, investors with a longer term view should use this opportunity to pick up the
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        683 28  -  STOCK MARKET COMMENTARY STU loses grip on 2,100 level as adverse trade figures come amid poor earnings results and a still-shaky Wall Street By R Sivanithy [SINGAPORE] A disappointing set of February trade numbers released yesterday combined with recent poor earnings
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          121 28 THIS is turning out to be an incredibly busy week in the unit trust industry's calendar. On Tuesday, Citibank, after an absence of over two years from the market, launched its third local ftind, Citi Japan Fund, while yesterday, Schroder Investment Management Singapore said it would be
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          Selly upbeat on local banks
          132 28 US INVESTMENT bank Salomon Brothers sounds pretty upbeat about the local banks for the current year, saying an upward re-rating of the banks is expected to be driven by an improved earnings outlook and easing of concerns over mortgage loan growth prospects. Solly, in its
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          Credit POSB welcomes remisiers
          151 28 CREDIT POSB said that for self-employed persons, it normally requires applicants to reveal their income over a three-year period. It was responding to an item in this column on Wednesday which reported the plight of a remisier who was offered a $250,000 overdraft despite the fact
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          One Country,Two Wives
          93 28 THERE are already enough quarrels over the question of interpretation of the Joint Declaration between China and Britain on Hongkong. But there are those who may even want to stretch the treaty much further to their advantage. One wisecrack just told our Hongkong correspondent about what has
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          97 28 SINGAPOREANS know a chance-of-alifetime offer when they see one. Officials from the British High Commission remarked at a press launch for the UK Ok Lah! promotion yesterday that they have been lobbied by people angling for invitations to the Royal Yacht Britannia ever since we announced in this
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          67 28 THOSE in the mood for a good massage to wrinkle out the stress may find it intriguing to note that the spirit of the United Nations is alive and well at local health spas. Hawaiian, Hongkong, Indonesian, Japanese, Swedish, Taiwanese and Thai massages are just some of
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      201 18 "TP? v.,% TkjP A*A5S£ h.nec Tehran/ In Hsu W A So4t' *«tW Abalone Seafood Lunch "^1 ]f $48.00++ tor 4 Persons m'Xmm Soup of Today Braised Abalone with Dried Mushrooms and Vegetables sfrftnmM itM Steamed W hole Pomfret with Bean Curd and Black Bean Paste khrii'd Noodles with Bean Sprouts
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      2495 20 I NANYANG FINANCE LIMITED AND ITS SUBSIDIARY COMPANY I BALANCE SHEETS AS AT 30 SEPTEMBER 1996 2. TURNOVER GROUP amp company rnueoiv Turnover of tw company represents interest earned Iran loans, hire purchase financing IJBI IKS mnn innr plecements witi finencial institutions, Singapore Government securities. bond* t Nfitt 1™ i®
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      85 21 n Founded 1905 MM m National University ■Ui fij of Singapore U PROFESSOR LOTFI A ZADEH IM 3 Lee Kuan Yew Distinguished Visitor ffl fij "FUZZY LOGIC AND SOFT COMPUTING Iml fij ISSUES, CONTENTIONS AND PERSPECTIVES" LiaM H Date Friday, 21 March 1997 fij Time 6.00 pm MM Venue Lim
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      1221 22 XTUO Yeo a P e L i m tec l r i no CO*P*»Y AKKOUIICEMEKT B The of toe toa Group and toe sndsdSlDecember 1996: 11 I 1. UNAUOfTEO RESULTS FOR THE YEAR THEQRQVP THE COMPANY II 1986 1906 1906 1905 II B srooo srooo srooo srooo II H Turnover
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      32 23 ♦The Tokyo stock market was closed yesterday. 1 For further information on which newsstands carry Her World, Go, Singapore Business, Home Decor, Young Parents, please call our Customer Services Section on 1800-749-2577.
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      28 24 For real-time stock information, Scall Quickstock on 1900-913-0003 at 30 cents a minute. Stock numbers are available in the stock pages of The Business Times and Lianhe Zaobao.
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      125 25 Land Transport Authority Infoline— COE Bidding Results I Car Registration Number Availability. I Available on lOth or 11th of every month. All you Available between Saturday and Wednesday each week. All you need ia need is enter your IC, Passport or Company Registration —if your Car lfegiliallrm numbers number and
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      407 28 BUSINESS Notices VDNKRTISK CAM. iOI.L-l-'KI- K I NOP -74 l ISS 3 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF INITIAL SERVICES PTE LTD (In Members' Voluntary Liquidation) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to Section 308(1) of the Companies Act, Cap.so, that a Final
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      259 28 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP.SO AND IN THE MATTER OF GLAXO TRADING FAR EAST PTE LTD (In Members' Voluntary Liquidation) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to Section 308(1) of the Companies Act, Cap.so, that a Final General Meeting of the abovenamed Company will be held at 9
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      291 28 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT (CAP. SO) AND KDC CONTRACT MANAGEMENT PTE LTD (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) .> (Momoers voluntary wincsng-up) At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Members of the abovenamed Company duly convened and held at 336 Smith Street #06-304 New Bridge Centre, Singapore
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      387 28 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP.SO AND IN THE MATTER OF HANNAN FOODS TRADING (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD (in MtniMrt v oiuniary Liquidation) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to Section 308(1) of the Companies Act. Cap.so, that a Final General Meeting of the abovenamed Company will be held at
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      380 28 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT. CHAPTER SO AND IN THE MATTER OF TAIRIKU TRADING PTE LTD (MEMBERS' VOLUNTARY WINDING UP) At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the abovenamed Company duty convened and held at Nikko Ichibancho Building, 7th Floor. 13-3 Ichibancho. Chiyodaku, Tokyo 102. Japan on Friday, 14
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      363 28 MOTOR SHIP Oil VESSEL "LOURDAS" (Admiralty In Rem No. 790 of 1996) PARTICULARS OF VESSEL Name of Vessel S.T. "LOURDAS" Port of Registry Panama Type Steam tanker of all steel welded construction, with 7 port, starboard and centre tanks forward and accommodation/ navigation/machinery spaces aft. Classification Nippon Kaiji Kyokai Dimensions
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      227 28 IN THE MATTER OF BEE RUBBER CO. (PTE) LTD. (IN MEMBERS VOLUNTARY UOUIDATION) NOTICE OF FINAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to Section 306 of the Companies Act. (Chapter SO) that the Final Meeting of the members of the abovenamed Company win be held at 101-A Upper Cross Street.
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      197 28 IN THE MATTER OF BEE HOUMNGS PTE. LTD. (IN MEMBERS VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION) NOTICE OF FINAL MEETMG NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to Section 308 of the Companies Act. (Chapter 50) that the Final Meeting of the members of the abovenamed Company will be held at 101-A Upper Cross Street. 11-22
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      337 28 •I THE MATTER OF COMPAMES ACT, CAP SO ANO M TOE MATTER OF HERBAUNE TRADMG (SMGAPORE) PTE LTD (In Members'Vbhrtary WAndng-Up) SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS PASSES ON ISM DAT OF MARCH 1887 At an EtfmnlnMy General MMtng al Company hakjtfßkKXS. To* Pap* M Pxk. 106-1487. *****4 on the IMh day of March
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      273 29 Bridge News Reuter Panamax rates remained strong both in the Atlantic and Far East while handysize rates improved for South America loaders and in the east, brokers said. Fixtures TANKEHSc Activity picked up in moet sectors of the market with little change in rates across the board, brokers
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      272 29 iurM CWT Dtetributton 127 -004 27 CtwanHup U» -OlM 128 Coko Invostmont 1.41 gnch 4 FreMLM 0.795 -0.02 144 G4HoMn«* 0.94 *0.005 1 Hal Sun Hup 1.02 -003 300 MUCNZMM 0.795 -OOOS H*CHoMn«t HK 540 JayaHoMn«a 1.06 -0.02 JuronqSMpyartf— 4.40 -0.10 *3 Hie* Corn 9145 -0.15 170* mwnfiu
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      ATI set to take over operations at Batangas port
      455 29  -  'Coup'allows it to operate a major state-owned port without public Kidding From< Alec Almazan in Manila PHILIPPINE port operator Asian Terminals Inc is poised to take over operations at what is expected to be the Philippines' first deep water international port
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      Lock icon M'sia plans to use export/import data to promote its ports
      236 29 Bernama [lPOH] Malaysia's Customs and Excise Department will provide detailed information on exports and imports as a marketing tool to promote greater usage of Malaysian ports, said Transport Minister Ling Liong Sik yesterday. Port Klang has been appointed as the
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      Breach of Customs Act renders goods imported and dutiable
      717 29  -  ADMIRALTY CASEBOOK By Selva Kumar CUSTOMS authorities in Singapore have the power to levy duty on goods meant for re-export once it can be shown that the importer has breached a customs regulation. This power was exemplified recently when the Singapore
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      Lock icon EC approves US$2.1b aid to shipyards
      293 29 Subsidies could harm budding revival in US ship construction Bloomberg [BRUSSELS] The European Commission, angry that the US Congress hasn't ratified an agreement to end international ship-building subsidies, has approved a plan to provide US$2.l billion (Ss3 billion) in aid to its shipyards this
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      Lock icon US on Panama port concession
      139 29 AFP [WASHINGTON] The United States is concerned about Panama's concession of two commercially strategic ports to Hutchison Port Holdings because of its links with China, a senior State Department official said. The Panamanian government recently gave a 25-year concession of the ports of Balboa and
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      48 29 [HONGKONG] Thetallship "Ji Fung berthed at Hongkong's New Territories on Wednesday. Thirty-nine tall ships from all over the world will leave here next week at the start of the longest tall ships nice ever to be held in the northern Pacific. AFP
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      IMO rales out salvage review for another 2 years
      266 29  -  From] David Hughes in London THE secretary general of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO), William O'Neil, has ruled out any review of the 1989 Salvage Convention for at least two years, despite widespread calls for reform. Speaking at a seminar organised
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      Maersk upgrades service
      72 29 [SINGAPORE] Danish shipping giant Maersk is pumping up its Europe-South Africa service from a bi weekly to a weekly run. It said it had planned to upgrade the service in the second half of this year, but will now accelerate its plans because of demand by customers.
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      P&O Nedlloyd awards US$220m deal
      191 29 [SINGAPORE] Newly formed P&O Nedlloyd has placed its first order a whopping US$22O million (Ss3l7 million) contract for five container ships of a capacity of 2,900 TEUs (20-ft equivalent units) each. The company, formed through the merger of the container units of the United Kingdom's
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      1105 30 EUROPEAN TRANSPORT NETWORKS: HELD BACK BY TRAINS Several container lines agreed with Tim Harris, now CEO of P&O Nedlloyd, when he said Europe's railways were inefficient costly and poorly oriented towards customer needs, but some say the railways are improving Fairplay PLENTY of feathers were ruffled
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      396 30 PAGE Ethiopian 6 A£i 13 EuroHansa 6 ANl 3 EufOMst M Able S Evergreen 6 AbieS 14 FlBright 9 Accord 8 p,mous 7 App«nshi0 5 F W Astro 3 Foong Sun 8 Austral 9 fr0t4 M Avant 6 Links t3 B'tang Mas 8
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      15329 38 THEBUSINESSTIMES THEBUSINESSTIMES EXPORT ETA ETA Advartlsar VniK Voyaga Talaphona ETA ETA Advartlsar VniK Voyaga T#4»p«oo« S.N DasTn Nam (torn* Numtotf Numbar sin Oast'n Nama Nama Numbar Numtar aM*BBN0***NM**B*B*M0*M00M l 00M*MM*0**BNM**BM0d0*B*NM*B**MBM**B ■■■■■■■■■MIIMHWMHMMMMHHMSBMMBBMMMi 24/03 17/04 Evargraan NUOVA MEDITERANCA 5-00tW t5-»2im A 20/03 */04 NVN LEVERKUSEN EXPRESS 8W0I2 B-MH1 T« tain
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      1167 30 I EXPORT I I OTHER DESTINATIONS 1 vnsa VOY CYASM tTPSH ~uT 0A« ~yq" sa ~P*T HOW ""ooT MY MBUCOOTT WW ~wtl naurm loiiml ncAtMM IwaiAVBnMA lT»io««o|uuw*'aur WPTUNE AUXAMOOIYI 30C512 W/B 20/03 04/04 04/04 01/04 10/04 00/ M o|/04 04/04 10/04 14/04 H mm Sl™ LARGS OAT 04*501 14/01 20/03
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      66 30 *CNLIM SHIPPING PTE. LTD. 133, Nmt Bridge Road, *06-09. Omatown Point A S pof» *****3. M *****00 fIBMH Fax: *****04 W«x RS ***** SENUM WEEKLY MGUUR SERVICE TO EAST/WEST M*SU (imiiiu mi (mmtmml Cap) msa vor rosai sou kucmng pbmw am smrou W n/i ivi vi IMNSMJU M/»7 M/ 3
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      599 30 Un#6 MrvicM rapmnM MjJSSkVV by Mamban ol ttw RagMry of M«mbtr»c#th« Ivlalij Aocr*drt«d SNpping Ag«tts, Singapore Frwght Forwardare S'por* National SNpptng Assoc Awodaßon. Send out 48,000 copies of your sailing schedules Place an ad in... Shipping Times Just talk to us... j' J Iris Lim 740-2044 Tan Up Chuan 740-1645
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      1035 31 TO EUROPE FROM EUROPE I VESSEL VOT SM RTRI HAM ORV SOU STIfvESSa VOY IT« HA* *V SOU L» «C SM I OOCLGERMANT 3117 21/03 11/04 10/04 07/04 01/04 TY* 2107 02/03 04/03 06/03 00/03 25/03 RHINE 1117 23/03 06/04 00/04 11/04 12/04 AfLNMONESIA 4107 00/03 06/03 03/03 04/03 26/03
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      2587 31 HANJIN SHIPPING USA CANADA* |übihmb/vot m sm sia roi [iw top |oi i w m m oos mc <m m| m w rrc ree l HBOAMMOMI 10/ M 70/01 10/04 13/ M 11/ M 13/ M 13/ M 15/D4 13/ M 15/04 lt/04 15/ M 15/ M l«/ 04 lt/04
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      1648 32 |X<r DSR-SENA TOR ill Round the World Container Services 1 TO UK/CONTINENT FROM UK/CONTINENT frvHttl VQT~ sm HTM IWW (MM RX OUT LHA VESSEL IWT luM HTM «V KOI RJI AWT JM "S!*! 'HMUMHMWM6 WM7IS 24 03 1J.04 M M 17 04 MM Of RUN SEIMTOfI EE7I3 23.K 24 12
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      1248 32 I NORASIA I VESSEL VOY SIN PKL QOA LAS BCL VAL ALO HOT AKT FEL LHA 222 ***** Vm UM 12.D4 2M4 21M4 17*4 IVO4 10/04 I*o4 SSS^SSfiS 16 712 3 1004 2M4 IM4 27*4 2MM 24*4 25/04 2V04 26*4 9713-3 08*4 01*4 29*4 27*4 20*4 M*6 06*6 01*5 02*5
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      381 32 I -sr /VOfITRANS CONVENTIONAL SERVICE TO THAILAND AND MALAYSIA BREAKBULK, RO/RO AND HEAVYUFT ANY WE&HT THAI FLAG STATUS PRIORITY BERTHS Arie hprwi V.44A IN PORT 24-24/03 29-30/03 30-02/03 ksm Ixfnu V.4SA OH)7/04 UM/H 12-13/04 13-H/04 km Express V.44A 19-21/04 22-22/04 26-27/04 27-30/04 A* Express V.47A 03-05/05 06-04/05 10-11/05 11-14/05 BOOKINGS
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      1342 33 Ivwwa. VOV BIN POU PKO PPi BUB I BA I BIK MANTCYFOUN PJL-1223 20/03/97 29/03/97 31/03/97 MAN OHKYAMAT PJL-1229 04/04/97 14/04/97 MAN TAKHTI PJL-1224 13/03/97 07/03/97 29/03/97 23/03/97 Z |MAN TAKHTI PJL-1230 IS/04/97 13/04/97 38/04/97 ACCEPTING FULL CONTAINER SHIPMENTS TO INLANO POINTS IN IRAN A CIS COUNTRIES I.E. AZARBAUAN, ARMENIA.
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      1767 33 I SINGAPORE'S GENERAL AGENTS: 6 SHENTON WAY TEL *****00 FAX: 22*2201 OUTWARD OA) s *****02 JONORE OfFKE: COSTAR SNIPPING PTI LTD #17-oimsbidg saus/kkgs 4M5141/43 inward dipt(D/O) 420s;ts COSTAR AOf NCIIS (M) SDN MD C1N0:117I7I*****M TOWfl TWO (*****) CONVINTIONAI *****50/SS T/SHPMT DgT *****25 TE: 02-07-35 ***** FAX: 12-17-*****70 f»~| ICS 9M
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      436 33 A/ IPERKAPALAN DAI ZHUN "N jgjy TONGJOO SHIPPING PTE LTD CR NO: **********0 C REGULAR CONTAINERISED SERVICES TEL: (65)535 7793 FAX: (65) 533 2952 KiKam+fAsnsr iumut/ mmA-mom rami A ao cm miim-MBKAm ~7L GKM *745 24/03 GUOO 9747 24/03 S GMUAT A 5127 23/03 LI APR! ***** 24/03 GWO *****
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      1211 35 HYUNDAI MERCHANT MARINE CO. UP. WESTBOUND TO EUROPE BKG: *****32 I HI I I M I WBSII YOY SIM UM W ft MAM II EB 20/03 20/03 21/03 HIGENUAI 304W 23/01 04/04 10/04 12/04 12/04 12/04 IS/04 24/03 24/03 21/03 HtMIKI JOW 30/03 14/04 17/04 11/ M 11/04 11/ M
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      36 35 |T>AHUE^OH SMPPMQ PTE LTD Wmmkly LCL eonmoUdmtktn wrvtew to MEXICO, CENTRAL SOUTH AMERICA Accepting cargo tor porta in Mexico. Guatemala. B Salvador. Honduras, Costa fVcrn. Dominican Rep. Puerto Rico, Venezuela, TMnktad. Colombia, Ecudor, Peru, ChUe Uruguay
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      825 37 f ggSSgJPMM PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL UNES (PTE) LTD I 140 Cecil Street, #03-00 PIL Building, Singapore *****0. I CR NO **********06 |i ww y»y |1 f« wc rsri I MMM" iL 5a ii m. a Ufl pMz iiii" a£ nml iii: iiii iiii fip lii j lib. I 1 *****8 i
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      913 37 **********02 VESSELS I~VOY W J® S HAM RTM THP T~SSH VILLE DE CARINA CI9W 26/03 04AM OM4 IM4 1564 I*o4 I*o4 550T VILE DE SAGfTTA SI9W 30/03 OBAM I<VO4 19KM 2004 2/04 2*04 24/04 VILE OE NORMA NI9W 07/04 IMM 18/04 27/04 38(04 30X04 01/06 02/06 \ALLEDE GEMMA HI9W 14AM
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      47 39 To retrieve more schedules, just follow these simple steps... st document ia l 740-6000^^^^^^^ P the port your Step key in the four 9 number digit code JL I Key in your Example: —»—i fax number To NEW YORK (NYC) 2275 for calls within Singapore United Stattif
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      54 40 TOKYO SHINEI KAIUN CO PTE LTD 111 -J! 10 ANSON ROAD *30-06 IllljJ INTERNATIONAL PLAZA S'PORE 0207 TEL: *****2S (6 LINES) FAX: *****05 *****10 C/R: **********0E SERVICE TO: FAR EAST/U.S.A/EUROPE I 23/03/97 JAPAN, HONG KONG r >'* 23/03/97 USA i 2 8 1 ALL BOOKINGS AND ENQUIRIES, PLEASE CONTACT: S'PORE
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      113 40 I < P.I PERUSAHAAN PSAYARAN i i W KALIMANTAN DIRECT WEEKLY SERVICE TO j JAKARTA/PALEMBANG V«s«4 Vty (TA/KTD DESTINATION RACHMANUUI 4/97 17/11 Mar Jakarta/PaUmbong RACHMANUHII S/97 21/22 Mar Jakarta/Patembang RACHMANUH 111 4/17 24/25 Mar Jokorta/Polembang RACHMANUiII 5/97 27/21 Mar Jokorta/Polembang j i SURABAYA/PANJANG j CARAKA JAVA NIAGA 17/11 Mar P»n|ang/3»r»b»y»
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      89 40 B^^^^^TTT^|Tjucon™NCßS«V!Cl^ POLISH DEPARTING EVERY SATURDAY TO: POLAND (GDYNIA) OCEAN RUSSIA MOSCOW) I CIS POUTS INCL. ESTONIA J LINES LATVIA, LITHUANIA, BELARUS, I UKRAINE MONTHLY BREAKBULK SIRVKI FROM S'POM. M'SIA. INDONESIA, VIETNAM EUROEAST w NUl fi ttfTMMa vro|M /i a Hk Ports LINES S A (VSI sobjott to ind«co«Mt) I *1
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      126 40 cheesshhi KAWASAKI KINKAI KISEN KAISHA. LTD. JAPAN/ HONS KONG STRAITS S'pora P.Qudang P.Kalang Panang FORTUNE ACE ¥1 IN PT 11/U IVORY ACE VI 221*3 PERNAS PROTON V 2 2MB MM PRINCESS VIM JM3 »1«4 SIIN (RIGHT V 2 11/04 03/ M LION HEART Vl2 DMM AO VENTURE OUEEN VM 2M3
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      105 40 FCL/LCL CONSOLIDATION SERVICE TO ASIA/F.E., EUROPE, USA, AUST, NZ, INDIA, S. AFRICA, MED., ETC. PLEASE CALL: *****00 (16 LINES) f VIETNAM CONVENTIONAL SERVICE'! -DOOR TO DOOR- SERVICE vpsa EUSIW mmm lATO W/03 HAIIWMG NHA BONG 09 04/04 HOCMMINH Also Accepting Cargo For All Oher Vietnamese Port* PLEASE CALL: 223 8622
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      531 41 PSEL VOY R BAY 519N 21 22/03 26-30/03 04-05 AM I RWAVE 520N 24-25/03 3<H)2/04 07-08/04 I R ISLAND 521N 28-29/03 02-06*04 1112 AM I R BRIDGE S22N 31-01/04 06-09/04 14-15/04 I R BAY 523N 04-05 AM 09-13/04 18-19 AM I R WAVE 524N 07-08 AM 13-16/04 21 22AM I
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      702 41 FREIGHT LINKS EXPRESS 62 Toh Cuan Road Singapore *****1 tjbj Tel: *****66 (60 Lines) Fax: *****33 E-MAlL:flesin@singnet.com.sg a JUf 180 0002 CONSOLIDATION SERVICE CANADA ETD SIN SOUTH AFRICA ETD SIN MONTREAL 26/03 CAPETOWN 25/03 TORONTO 26/03 DURBAN 25/03 VAN COUVER 26/03 JOHANNESBURG 25/03 GREECE ETD SIN SPAIN ETD SIN PIREAUS
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      1132 41 OOCL (Sinqopore) Pte Ltd CFS Keppel Distrpk Ob. 79 A»« led #21-04 (S) ****** Hi Sl3 #01-170 I -miry '/fiV vl CR N**********00N 1*272 7817 ™I 7 Jlfl WL& IA *****13 F«« 221 3942 Fm: 272 7025 wowiMwm.n/mm Q wwmut TO USA |w SfO [~OU |"oM [mß* [S OUTSOUND [sGf
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      595 42 'i» SAMUDERA INDONESIA (S) PTE LTD I 15 McCALLUM STREET #03-01/02 NATWEST CENTRE S PORE *****5 > TEL: *****81-3 FAX: *****08 (OUTWARD) *****69 (INWARD) TLX: R*****0 en go. 1047(*****00 tOOKHIMCAIL DIRECT UM^2222>41/43JESSICA/CEIIA/MEICHAII 7 slgs/week 3slgs/week {Vessel [voy —[si p® ivessel ivoyisi isur kAWANTI Tsoi 22/03 (SAT) 25/03 (MON) ORIENT INDEPENDENCE
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      404 42 Singapore Soviet Shipping Co. Pte. Ltd. CR MO: **********0* BOMBAY/COCHIN I VESSEL VOY ISM BOM MEKHANIK KURAKO MK3ON 9/03 06/04 KOTA CAHAYA CAHI79 03AM 11/04 TRADE FAST TFSI63 00AM 16AM SEA SUCCESS I 03N 13AM 21/04 ANNOUNCING REGULAR MONTHLY RO-RO BREAKBULK SERVICE SIN/BOM/N.SHEVA I VESSEL VOY SIN BOM/N.SHEVA TRANSOCEANIC 04-07
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      423 44 jO\ SINO EXPRESS SHIPPING sf) 11 COLLYER QUAY #06-01 THE ARCADE tSINOTRANSI J S (*****7 J.TEL: *****90 FAX: *****98 TLX: R*****1 SINOEX SINOTRANS SHANGHAI (CONTAINER SERVICE) VESSEL VOYAGE ETA SIN ETAHKG ETA SHA 0. GLORY 9708 21/03 26/03 30/03 G.WEU 9708 28/03 02/04 06/04 6. LUCK 9708 04/04 09/04 13/04
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      139 44 jfISMIIHIMNIfc OCEANISLAND NPT RdrrVAtWUK I I IRENE 24/03 30*03 RdnVAtw/BfrrVUK I DELTA STAR 12AX RdrrVAtWßrrri/UK/Nan I CANALP ISAM RdnVAtWUK/N»i I Loadt E-/W. Malay ■>. InrlnnMta J DAY Oubai/AOhabi/Bahrain/Damnwi/Kuwat ■STARSIN Jaddah/Aqaba/Egypt/Ataaria HpAN CRYSTAL Dubai/BahratrVDammaVKuwait I ■A. VERMEZ Hodeidah/Jeddah/Egypt ■GLOBAL JANE Dubai/A. Ohabt/BahrawVDarnman/Kuwart I load* Singapore. E7W. Matoytta. Indonesia I Itf Loading
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      209 45 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: Good Friday. Norway: Good Friday. Philippines: Good Friday. Singapore: Good Friday. Sweden: Good Friday. Switzerland: Good Friday.
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      777 45 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 averagesized stem. Market movements are indicated The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the
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      129 45 LEGENO: R Thunderstorm Temperoture- c Weather Wmd direction with speed m knots Y Shower r J Rom Wave height Cloudy Sky Surface winds ore mdicoted by orrows which fly with the wind Q One tuM circle represents calm or kght and vonable winds t One holf fleche represents 5 knots
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      290 46 Reuter [SEATTLE] Boeing Co's engineers union said on Wednesday it has filed a charge of unfair labour practices over the aerospace giant's decision to merge its training unit into a new venture with Flight Safety International. The Seattle Professional Engineering Employees Association, which represents
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      418 46 Plane maker given time table to complete changes to rudder design Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] The Federal Aviation Administration unveiled the final version of two regulations that would affect the rudder design on Boeing Co's 737 aircraft. The FAA first announced plans to
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      189 46 Bloomberg [MADRID] AMR Corp's American Airlines, Continental Airlines Inc and Viacao Aerea de Sao Paulo SA, or VASP, have all bid for a stake in Aerolineas Argentinas SA, a spokesman for Spanish state holding company Sepi said. "There are offers on the table from
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      256 46 Business Wire [LOS ANGELES] Asiana Airlines marked its ninth anniversary by rolling-out Sleeper First Class and Premier Business Class on its flights, along with a renewed commitment to customer service. The airline unveiled its first redesigned 747-400 this month. The reconfiguration of the remaining
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      274 46 Reuter [BEIJING] Plans by city leaders to limit the number of new cars permitted on the streets of Beijing have aroused concerns among manufacturers and sparked a buying spree by worried consumers, the China Daily said yesterday. Authorities had decided to limit
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      134 46 [SINGAPORE] Emery Worldwide has set up a whollyowned company in Taiwan to offer international air, ocean, customs brokerage, logistics and local bonded warehousing services. The company incorporates Emery's two offices in Taipei and Kaoshiung opened earlier this year. James Lee, a 25-year veteran of the international
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      379 46 But its privatisation plans are still on course Reuter [BUENOS AIRES] Argentina's airport privatisation plans are still on schedule for mid-year, but the initial package of 59 airports up for grabs as concessions has been scaled back to a maximum of
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        68 46 Reuter (TAIPEI] A Garuda Indonesia Boeing 747 passenger Jet.' skidded off tba runway when it touched down at Taiwan's International airport early yesterday, airport officials said. "Pour passengers on board were injured, and on® Df them was hospitalised because ofbone fracture. The
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        71 46 Reuter [DUBAI] Saudi Arabia's billionaire Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal said on Wednesday he has purchased 5 per cent of stock in Trans World Airlines Inc. A statement from the J prince's office in the Saudi capital Riyadh said "he hatf: purchased 5 per cant
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        71 46 Reuter [MIAMI] Pan American World Airways, a unit of Pan Am Corp> is in talks to acquire a leading regional rival, Carnival Air Lines, the Miami Herald newspaper said on Wednesday. Last July* Pan Am agreed to pay about USftOO, million (Bsl4B million)
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      235 46 Reuter [STOCKHOLM] Ireland's cut price airline, Ryanair has joined the price war in Nordic skies that is threatening the hold of Scandinavian airline SAS and British Airways over the market. Ryanair announced it was starting two daily return flights from London's Stansted airport to
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      208 46 Reuter [NEW DELHI] Indian truck owners have threatened to stage a nationwide strike over a proposed new tax and a plan by state-owned insurance firms to raise premiums. The All India Motor Transport Congress (AIMTC) said delivery of goods through trucks and tankers would be
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      58 46 M.V. "FORTUNE AGE" VOY. 1 ARRD 17 MARCH 1997 Consignees of all damaged cargoes ex the captioned vessels are hereby notified that a general survey will be held on the 24th March 1997 *****200 hours at PT9 respectively. No further survey will be entertained thereafter. As Agents: "K" Line Kinkai
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      322 47 SINGAPORE BUSINESS AWARDS 1 HHBfi'! «ii >.itSB I J u HHti! *!S! >!'»*3SS S HI^K WAMM f>H it; Ssi >;;■}. mmm!i; g M! t;inti mmpg i!!!iii»natlßiia'l l >. u««!1 liißM^^P^Bl^i^M i 111 ii J '>'• E| EHVIMIIpHI sE9 S SB HByp^«^li^^^Hßies sman Of The fflS3BB3 Executive ffßsSga 30,000 Others fSSa
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      27 48 A if^J 5 Shenton Way #37-03/04 UIC Building Singapore *****8 SM w m- y\ gJHB A < L. The Group owns 25% office Raffles Place/Shenton Way Singapore's district./
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      65 49 1 <wek Leng Beng, Executive Chairman, Hong Leong Group Businessman Of The Year. m WSM*XF r^if 1 s 'W>'" 111 V- *-1 i *'.;f "-'VV ,«B|Wm MR--4 Bankers Trust Company ';Pl Bi ffig*slt 1 Singapore Mg^^gk jjj| > JSr Li CDL Hotels has spearheaded the Group's global investments in the
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      56 50 CONGRATULATIONS B WSmlm JmJL ,»i' ,«i! i I t,«, 1 j!-i -f;*, ifftesSmßsßlw i»| |f* I4■j 1 1 s J |i HI *f *i*. *7- •>:>'. Hf?' f\ k ro I B» m L Al S^^Bh America The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi, Ltd. iA 5f v i /Jf r«- a,, v
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      238 55 BB njHf Kwek Leng Beng, Executive Chairman, Hong Leong Group Singapore. j9 Ir. sji l l i t|it ml v->i- ;vv A t, ,< r ".if t'h 1'? ■■■zmiski I f e> f 'fH Jl 1 ft It liS 'A *t> ttf J <ti sfgfll WSm~ :<i >•. mgrg n
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      60 57 JK lp m i^biß 'V f ,^,^r '4 T > .^^HHro:•• ';-7T>'s* I '^pyilF W i- 1 SC Global Real Estate, Hotels, Finance Investments f A > r SC Global Private limited ~**i' 'u 76 Shenton Way #08-00 Singapore *****9 "I w^K Li The Hong Leong Group Singapore's guiding philosophy
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      48 58 vvljK r v :V v JBrJF-' 0 E^^SiC9ISM >~ A **m&gß!£f J/* y Kv > iSwy w^>v (MEMBER OF THE STOCK EXCHANGE OF SINGAPORE LTD) r 80 Robinson Road #02-00 Singapore *****8 V--''rcf L. Our flagship, the 66-storey Republic Plaza, is located at of the most prestigious office Singapore skyline.^
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