The Business Times, 1 March 1989

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    11 1 BUSINESS TIMES MCI (P) 45/12/88 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1, 1989 75 CENTS
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    FINANCIAL NEWS SUMMARY
    222 1 Dow Jones up WALL STREET stocks firmed in early trading yesterday from a mixed opening. Brokers saw some bargain hunting. The Dow was up four at 2254 and gainers were slightly ahead of declining issues. Reuter Footsie up LONDON share prices were slightly higher at midday yesterday,
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    Regional markets continue to slide
    349 1 WALL STREET S modest 4.82point gain helped boost most regional markets only momentarily yesterday as nagging concerns about rising interest rates continued to pull share prices down. In Singapore, share prices rebounded initially but soon retreated after the first hour of trading due to lack
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    UK's Harrisons selling KL plantation stake
    722 1  -  SHARES IN HMP SOLD AT M 55.50 EACH By LEE HAN SHIH, ELAINE KOH THE GIANT Harrisons and Crosfield pic of the United Kingdom is selling its entire 30-stake in Harrisons Malaysian Plantations (HMP) for M 5693 million. Placement of the 126 million shares
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    Twin surpluses — in budget and balance of payments
    297 1  - Twin surpluses in budget and balance of payments aooaacm® WJM3W By RICHARD SEAH AT THE END of an economically successful year, the bottom line in Singapore's accounts books shows two surpluses a budget surplus of $3.8 billion and a balance of payments surplus of $3.3 billion. Foreign reserves rose to
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    Lock icon Vietnam, China to resume normalisation talks
    267 1 Reuter VIETNAM and China will resume talks on March 15 aimed at normalising their relations. Vietnamese Foreign Minister Nguyen Co Thach said in Bangkok yesterday. Hostilities along the SinoVietnamese border, the scene of skirmishes and sporadic shelling since a brief border war in February
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    HK budget: sharp rise in public spending likely
    266 1  -  By FOO CHOY PENG A MASSIVE INCREASE in infrastructural and social services spending, along with a small cut in personal and corporate taxes these are what Hongkong's Financial Secretary is tipped to announce this afternoon in his budget. Reports have it that
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    Lock icon US inflation late last year higher than expected
    256 1 Reuter US INFLATION was running faster than first thought in the final months of 1988 even though the economy was slowing down, the government said yesterday. The Commerce Department in Washington said that the implicit price deflator, a broad gauge of inflation
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    Sembawang reports best yearly results since 1982
    481 1  -  By ANDREA BORCH A BOOMING ship-repair industry propelled Sembawang Shipyard Ltd to its best set of yearly results since 1982 with after-tax profits jumping almost 48 per cent and turnover soaring 54 per cent. As a result of the 1988 performance, Singapore's second
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    Lock icon No time frame set for China ties: Alatas
    194 1 AFP AP THE RESUMPTION of long-frozen diplomatic ties with China will depend on progress made at technical negotiations between the two sides at the United Nations, Indonesian Foreign Minister Ali Alatas said in Jakarta yesterday. "There is no time frame for the
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      12 1 Full report, PAGE 18 Reg mkts, PAGE 20 World mkts, PAGE 21
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      220 1 'Chattchal-Hun Sen rapport awkward', BACK PAGE Editorial Comment: 12 Acknowledging the truth Petrochem complex 2 New downstream plant planned Gateway pro)ect 2 Financing through leasing urged Financial markets 4 On the growth path Rushdie affair 4 Thatcher states her stand BUPA Slme Shield 8 Two new schemes unveiled American Express
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      14 1 More reports on the Economic Survey '88, PAGE 12 Hongkong's fiscal dilemma, PAGE 3
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  • HOME NEWS
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      Kureha to invest $60m in petrochem plant
      467 2  -  Downstream unit to make plastic impact modifiers By LILIAN ANG THE TURNAROUND in Singapore's petrochemicals sector has enticed a Japanese company to invest $60 million in a new plant in the Pulau Ayer Merbau petrochemical complex. Kureha Chemical Industry's plant, which will join
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      Seminar on fire safety in hotels
      157 2 A SEMINAR on fire safety in hotels will be held on March 6 at the Carlton Hotel to coincide with Fire Safety Week. The guest-of-honour for the occasion will be Dr Lee Boon Yang, Senior Minister of State (Home Affairs). Mr Ricky Goh, president
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      Stanchart issues Visa Gold card
      212 2 THE SINGAPORE BRANCH of Standard Chartered Bank is issuing the Visa Gold card from today. With the introduction of the gold card, cardmembers will enjoy two additional benefits: A free expenditure-linked personal accident insurance cover of $25,000 or 10 times the value of purchases charged
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      McDonald's top brass heading Down Under
      230 2 THE TOP BRASS of McDonald s Singapore 46 in all will head south for Brisbane next week to attend the 1989 McDonald s Asia/Pacific Managers' Convention. The team, led by managing director Robert Kwan, comprises department heads, area supervisors and almost all the store
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      Richard Ellis urges Singland not to sell Gateway tower
      345 2  -  By LEE HAN SHIH PROPERTY FIRM Richard Ellis, marketing consultant to Singapore Land's Gateway project, has recommended that the company not sell one of the two office blocks in the project to finance its construction. David Lawrence, managing director of RE
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      Tunisian PM discusses trade ties with PM Lee
      530 2  -  By BOEY KIT YIN BUSINESS LINKS between Tunisia and Singapore figured prominently when the prime ministers of both countries met yesterday. Tunisian Prime Minister Hedi Baccouche said his two-day visit here, his first to Singapore, was a "good opportunity to meet Prime
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      PEOPLE IN BUSINESS
      184 2 PROFESSOR UM CHONG YAH has been appointed a director of The Straits Trading Company Ltd. ERNEST WONG YUEN WENG, senior executive vice-president of the United Overseas Bank Group, has been made a director of the board of Resources Development Corporation Ltd. Richard Ellis (Pte) Ltd has promoted
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      Lock icon Hongkong's fiscal dilemma ...
      1838 3  - Hongkong's fiscal dilemma The Hongkong budget will be unveiled today. The strength of the government's financial position has given rise to hopes that it can reduce taxes and increase spending. In a nutshell, the government's main objectives would seem to be to redistribute the massive budget surplus without overheating an
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    DAILY AIRCRAFT MOVEMENTS
    912 4 ARRIVALS DEPARTURES Operator Service number Local time From Operator Service number Local time For MAS OAL SIA UAl MAS SIA SIA MAS KAl MAS MAS SIA CPX CIA SIA HA TRY QFA SIA UBA GIA SIA THA AIC GIA GIA GIA MAS MAS SIA CAL su SIA
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  • OVERSEAS
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      Lock icon Financial markets on growth path: OECD
      578 4 Uncertainties over forex and interest rates remain AFP BUSINESS on world financial markets seams set to continue expanding in the coming months after a brisk recovery last year following a period of near-stagnation in 1987. the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECO) said
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      Lock icon UK must defend Rushdie even at expense of ties with Iran: Mrs T
      378 4 AP BRITISH Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher said on Monday that her country must stand firm in defending novelist Salman Rushdie, even at the cost of its relations with Iran. "It is a fundamental matter of freedom of
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      Lock icon Swedish firm accused of illegal arms exports
      171 4 AP SWEDEN'S Attorney General charged on Monday that a state-owned arms company illegally sold anti-tank weapons to blacklisted countries, and said he expected senior officials to be prosecuted "My personal view is that it is inevitable that charges be filed against two or
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      Lock icon Poll shows rich can't live without VCR or microwave
      200 4 AP FORGET ABOUT A ROOF over your head and three meals a day. The wealthy in the United States these days have become dependent upon their microwave ovens, video recorders and answering machines, a new study shows. "What just a few
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      Lock icon Australia welcomes softer US stand on global farm talks
      332 4 Reuter A SHIFT in the US position on global farm negotiations has greatly improved the chances of breaking a deadlock in the Uruguay Round of world trade talks, Australian Trade Minister Michael Duffy said on Monday. "I'm more optimistic now that
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      Lock icon Japanese still the most active foreign buyers of US property
      412 4 AFP THE JAPANESE are still the most active foreign investors in American real estate despite a slackening of demand last year and a surge in interest by investors from other Asian nations, said a report on Monday. Salomon Brothers, in
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      Lock icon Hanoi exports exceed US$lb for the first time
      214 4 AFP Reuter VIETNAMESE EXPORTS grew 21.2 per cent from a year earlier to US$l,OO7 billion in 1968, the official army newspaper in Hanoi reported on Monday. "It was the first time that exports surpassed the level of US$l billion," the daily Quart
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      Lock icon KL quota on car imports to continue
      109 4 Bernama THE DECISION to freeze new applications for approved permits (APs) to import motor vehicles will be continued, Malaysian Trade and Industry Minister Datin Paduka Rafidah Aziz said in Subang on Monday. The limit on motor vehicle import quotas had been imposed in
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
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      212 4 wm m z/S'li Max/ Note Singapore (°C) 38/26 Pino 06/02 Rain 18/13 Cloudy 22/14 Clear 33/25 Claor 29/24 Cloar -2/09 Cloor 18/10 Sunny 12/06 Cloudy 08/02 Rain 16/13 Ctoor 09/06 Rain 25/18 Cloudy 09/00 Rain 10/02 Cloor 27/18 Cloor 25/12 Cloor 02/-15 Cloor 29/14 Ffcw 25/16 Cloudy 00/-A Snow 08/04
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  • MONEY AND EXCHANGES
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      Forex markets
      1573 6 SINGAPORE: THE US DOLLAR ended the day higher, as fears of a Bundesbank rate hike subsided and as the market prepared itself for further congressional testimonies by Greenspan. Brady and Fed governors Johnson and Angell. Range: D-mark 1.8285/1.8248. yen 127.23/126.95, sterling 1.7437/1.7353 and Singapore dollar 1.9335/1.9270. HongkongBank KUALA
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      Lock icon Simex
      516 6 BA Futures JUNE Eurodollar futures yesterday opened four ticks higher than Monday s Simex close at 89.40 following US Federal Reserve addition of reserves to the banking system via a US$2 billion customer repo which alleviated fears of further Fed tightening. Prices dipped to low of 89.38 but rose
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      Asian $ market
      289 6 Asian market ASIAN DOLLAR deposit rates closed slightly higher in light trading yesterday. Dealers said a continued high US federal funds rate, growing speculation of increases in global interest rates and the possibility of further tightening by the US Federal Reserve contributed to the rise in rates. Tuesday/Wednesday and week-fixed
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      Money markets
      58 6 THE OVERNIGHT RATE on the Singapore money market fell by 7/8 point to close at 4-1/4 per cent yesterday. Term rates remained unchanged. S$ Interbank rates at the dote yesterday: omn mo OwntgN 4 1/4 4 \-mox* 3 3/16 3 3/1* J 3 3/t 3 1/4 3 w*
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      Quotation of Singapore Government Stocks as at February 28, 1989
      380 6 Number [-11 f (l ji., m lOOICOTtV# Gross Coupon Amount Interest of days of middle price redemption Maturity Yeor rated rat* (S million) payment occrued (excluding -.1-1-1 ywo pa) date* interest accrued Pa) interest) 1.6.86/89 Loan 1 1971 •5* 80.21
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      World interest rates
      189 6 indicate* tHs ivtriQi of si, ,„i m n uif prim# tenair>g rirti w 12 ma|or banks In B*por» r Interbank market rataa (offer/bid) on Fab 28 us* DM SWFC YOT 7 4mtx 10 f 7/0 IJ 3/1 I/O 1/4 I/O J 3/4 3 S/0 4 1/3-3/0 1
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      Options
      921 6 CURRENCY FUTURES OPTIONS Tuesday, Fab 28, 1989 DEUTSCHE MARK (SIMEX) Mar 88 caM tar 88 put* High Law Sad High Lav Sav SI CAB S3 CAB S3 I82A 180 CAB 54 85A 83 28 3 SS ISA 16 348 36 56 2A a 1188 120 57 3 mmm S9
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  • BANKING AND FINANCE
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      Two new schemes from BUPA Sime Shield
      359 8  -  By DEXTER LEE BUPA SIME SHIELD, the eight-month old joint venture between Sime Darby's Sime Shield insurance group and London-based health-care company British United Provident Association, yesterday unveiled two new medical insurance and service schemes. The two new schemes, called BUPACare and Company
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      OCBC-SIMBL unit trusts offer discounts for this month
      291 8 OCBC-SIMBL Investment Management Ltd, the manager of Savers Capital Fund and the newly-estab-lished Savers Trust Fund, is offering a 2 per cent discount for existing holders and one per cent discount for other investors when they purchase units in either fund this
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      Lock icon Banco Central and Banesto call off merger plans
      213 8 Reuter BANCO CENTRAL and Banco Espanol da Credito have abandoned plans to merge their operationa and create Spain's biggest bank. The widely expected decision was taken at a recent joint board meeting attended by Baneeto chairman Mario Conde and Banco Central chairman
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      American Express Bank outlines new strategy
      351 8 AMERICAN EXPRESS Bank will officially reopen its Singapore branch today following a $1.1 million face-lift that reflects its new strategy of focusing on individual banking. Mr Werner Langenbech, first vice-president and general manager of the branch here, told BT that such business includee the
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      Lock icon Pound's fall sparks fears of rise in interest rates
      524 8 FT SPECULATION that UK intereat rates will have to rise again intenaified on Monday aa the pound fell sharply during foreign exchange trading despite four bouts of intervention by the Bank of England. At the dose in Europe, the pound waa
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      Comex gold/silver futures
      163 8 Gold futures on Feb 27, 1M9 100 My ouncat UH par My awn Opa* Man Lm Mi Mar 3*0.50 MOJO MOJO 307 JO Apr 3*440 3*SJO 30*10 30*40 J* 3**-JO 400.X 3*4.30 3*4.*0 An* 403.00 403.00 ***** 400J0 Oct 411.30 411.30 40**0 ***** 0* ***** 417.90 *****
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      IMM
      368 8 IMM CURRENCY FUTURES finished lower and near session lows after easing in late trading on Monday. Values were mixed most of the day, trading within broad ranges, but came under pressure at mid-afternoon. Marks and Swiss francs, which rose early, turned lower whils yen futures and high-yield currencies extended
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      Government securities market
      114 8 Treasury bills Period Issue Yesterday's dosing Day's code Maturity MO OFFER HKX LOW 3 wwh BQ*****A 25.05.89 3.94 3.89 3.92 3.92 6 months BS*****N 17.08.89 4.00 3.95 4.02 3.99 1 yeor BY*****H 23.11.89 4.02 3.97 Government notes and bonds Period Issue Maturity Coupon Yesterday's dosing Day't code
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      223 8 INTROXJCING SHERRY'S NEW 20 MHz PRO-286 SERIES. another reason why SHERFY is unquestionably better. SHERRY's new 20 MHz PRO-286 personal computer is powered by a microprocessor which delivers incredible processing speeds about twice the processing speed of any normal AT. Making it indispensable for calculation intensive applications, accounting programmes, CAD/CAM
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  • COMMODITIES
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      Rubber
      361 10 SINGAPORE: Rubber prices finished higher yesterday with March 1 RSS buyer quoted at 206.00 cents a kg, up two cents from Monday's close. Brokers said prices ended one cent higher in quiet morning trade on profit-taking after opening 2.50 cents firmer on some buying support following gains in Japanese
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      Palm Oil
      443 10 MALAYSIAN crude palm oil prices closed lower on light selling yesterday, dealers said. Trading remained quiet and cautious with operators unwilling to take up new positions amid continuing uncertainty over the market's outlook. March central region fell MJ7.50 to M 5942.50 a tonne while south was down Mss
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      Produce Prices
      237 10 Chinese Produce Exchenge SoMors' noon dosing prices on Fob 28 (SI/100 kg) Coconut oil Mk FOB 108.00 OW drum FOB 118.00 Mow drum FOB 122.00 Copra AMxod (loos*) I 64.00 s+N#rs Popper nr\unTO* WTVTv FOB NIW 740.00 Sarawak whtt» FOB faq NIW 730.00 Sarawak spodal black FOB NIW
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      London markets
      169 10 London Commodity Exchange Buyer/Seller dosing prices on Feb 27, (£/tonne unless specified). Previous dosing prices in parenthesis. Coffee Bests In-store London, sellers option OF London Mar 1139/40 (1139/40 Ugh/low 1150/36 May 1128/30 (1118/20) High/low 1135/20 Sales (3269) Cocoa Mar 845/847 (854/855) High/Low 854/845 May 865/866 (873/874) High/Low 876/861
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      RAS and MRELB
      267 10 RAS prices In t cmMq, Foe In bnt« NOON CLOSC •vyoo Ivyors Sells n Int 1 RS5 Prompt 203.50 204JON 204.50 205.50 Irrt 1 RSS Mar 89 205.00 206.00N 206.00 207.00 Int 1 RSS Apr 206.50 207.50N 207JO 208JO Int 2 RSS Of 199.00 201.00N 200.00 202.00N
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      KL Tin
      183 10 PREVAILING TIGHTNESS anabfed tha Kuala Lumpur Tin Mart** to hit another thraa-yaar high of MS22.M a kg at lha cloaa yartarday, up atx canto from Monday. Strong Europaan damand was again avktont following a 170-tonna dadlna In LME stocks to 2J70 tonn "Tha markat was brtaf, with oparatora
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      SSR and SMR
      84 10 (canft/kg) /MARCH 1989 APW. 1989 (forward month) RAS IcufTvnr momni NOON NOON Iwytn S)«*ri l«r*n 5>HTI SSB 30 189.30 191 JON 189.50 191 JON SSI 30 187 JO I89.30N 187.30 189JON MRELB Iwytn Seftan 8uy«ri SMt cv 306.50 308 SON 308.50 310. SON SMI L 304JO 306JON
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      Precious Metals
      434 10 HONGKONG: Gold was little changed from New York's close but closed slightly firmer yesterday from the local open on buying from the MiddleEast and Taiwan, dealers said. Selling orders from Australia were slowly absorbed and there was light shortcovering by local investors which pushed prices slightly higher. Many
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      Lock icon Time running short for coffee pact between producers and consumers
      398 11 FT PROPOSALS acceptable to both coffee producing and consuming countries on a new international agreement to support prices into the next decade are proving elusive. The International Coffee Organisation's negotiating group delegates left London last weekend with nothing to show
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      Lock icon Gold prices expected to remain low
      451 11 Reuter GOLO PRICES are likely to stay mired in their current slump until Japanese and other Asian buyers start stepping into the markets again, Tokyo metal analysts and dealers said. The wait may be a long one, they added. "The rebound will need something
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      Lock icon Crude Oil and Products
      156 11 Telerate FUEL OIL PRICES were stable to slightly soft yesterday on the Singapore market. Sell indications for CST-180 were down to around US$76 tonne fob Sing while CST-380 was reported to be on offer at US$72 tonne fob Sing. Few serious buyers were to be found
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      Wheat
      170 11 CHICAGO Board of Trade wheat futures closed 2-1/2 cents to 1/2 cent per bushel lower on Monday, with nearbys under the most pressure from the lack of a long-awaited offer of US wheat to China under the export enhancement programme (EEP). traders said. March settled at U554.32-1/2. The announcement
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      Soybean
      159 11 CHICAGO Board of Trade soybean futures closed lower in the nearby months on Monday. Settlements ranged from down 3-3/4 cents per bushel at U557.57-1/4 in March soybeans to up 1-3/4 cents in new crop November. "Deliveries may be lower than expected, but the stocks on hand in Chicago and
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      Lock icon Sudden sharp rise in price worries tin mining industry
      540 11 Bernama THE STEEP RISE in tin price on the Kuala Lumpur tin market since the Chinese New Year has taken the tin industry by surprise. The metal, after having moved up 18 cents to M 522.20 per kg last Friday, shot
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  • ECONOMIC SURVEY '88
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      Acknowledging the truth
      489 12 IT WAS, TO SAY THE LEAST, a strange situation. The most populous country in the world and the most populous country in South-east Asia each went about its affairs as if the other country did not exist. A Beijing-inspired coup attempt in 1965 had made Indonesia decide,
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      Foreign reserves reach $33.3b
      556 12 BALANCE OF PAYMENTS IN A YEAR when money flowed in and out of thf» country in ever larger sums, Singapore registered an overaii higher balance of payment surplus of $3.3 billion in 1988, against $2.3 billion in 1987. The increase pushed Singapore's official foreign reserves to
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      Merchant banks stood out
      565 12 BANKING SPURRED BY brisk offshore business, Singapore's merchant banks outshone commercial banks and finance companies in their performance last year. The total assets of merchant banks, according to the 1988 Economic Survey of Singapore, grew 15 per cent last year against only 2 per cent in
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      Cheaper oil, stronger S$ help keep Inflation low
      340 12 INFLATION SINGAPORE managed to keep its inflation rate down last year. The 1.5 per cent inflation rate recorded last year, although higher than the 0.5 per cent in 1987, was way below those of the industrialised countries, the newly-industrialising economies and Singapore's
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      Budget back in the black
      652 12  -  Reports by RICHARD SEAH, ALVIN TAY, SOH HANG KENG, WILLIAM CHIA JAYARAM MENON STRONG GROWTH in revenue plus expenditure cutbacks gave the government a $3.8 billion budget surplus last year, as against an overall deficit of $2 billion in 1987. The seven major statutory boards
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      Strong growth shows ability to withstand shock
      458 12 FINANCE SINGAPORE'S financial sector continued to grow strongly last year with the focus on fee-based business, treasury activities, investment and risk management. Referring to the global stock market crash in October 1987, the 1988 Economic Survey of Singapore said the financial system was
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      Commercial banks did better
      134 12 CREDIT POSB, once the bane of the private sector in housing loans, fell victim to the aggressive marketing campaign of the commercial banks last year. Housing loans of commercial banks soared by 29 per cent to about $2.7 billion last year, while those of Credit POSB-
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      Building up — another price increase
      193 12 Building up another price increase THE PRICE of building materials rose again last year after six years of decline. Indications are that they are set to rise even more. Already, cement manufacturers have jacked up their prices twice in less than two months this year. While consumers faced a low
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  • PERSPECTIVE
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      MHE is in 'the business of the future'
      1572 13  -  Interview with managing director of Material Handling Engineering Material Handling Engineering is one company which thrives when industries face labour shortages, which is the case now. But as CHUANG PECK MING finds out, it's not just external factors which account for the
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      Will the real MHE please stand up?
      216 13  -  by RICHARD SEAH MHE or MHE, the difference can be material. There are two companies with the initials MHE Material Handling Engineering and Mechanical Handling Equipment. So when one MHE Material Handling Engineering announced it was seeking a public listing on Sesdaq, the
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      193 13 Last chance for the July *89 Yellow Pages Call or walk in ■A today! Do it today. Entries close today. Get your Yellow pages ad to us today, and you can relax for a whole year. Relax? Not with all those hundreds of thousands of customers who look to the
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      35 13 TVlPrt* VoO, CMRRU6? DONT IMGSS f\BOUT MCS E>£jE>l TH€JRfL FbR Vepvßs...reuL Mim > W bA SORRy—THERE'S Na f CHFNRI.IO HE-fe ►TMefIEL'S N>OON?e HeRE: CAU_£T> CHRffLie. TWhtslK VDU HPvVe TM£ f Morase-P.... DtPUJMG UirmooT DDI 7a 5^
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  • LEISURE
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      Lock icon Michelin allows for just a pinch of nouvelle ...
      721 14  - Michelin allows for just a pinch of nouvelle CUISINE By PAUL BETTS FT EVERY YEAR at around this time, there is an acute sense of nervous anticipation in the excitable world of French gastronomy. This year is no exception, as the food industry prepares for the publication next week of
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      Lock icon A hindered understanding of sexuality
      573 15  -  TRENDS By JANE E BRODY NYT PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS and therapists grappling with soaring rates of sexually transmitted diseases, teenage pregnancies, sexual abuse of children, rape and divorce say that progress is seriously hampered by out-of-date information about the sexual behaviour of Americans. Because of
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      100 15 Wine Dine with the Best Pommery Brut Royal was judged to be the best of the nonvintage cuvees sampled at' Wine Dine' Magazines 3rd Bi-annual Champagne Tasting. "Best bubbles freshest lovely, elegant, classy "Bright yellow, very active bubbles, rich, classic lime nose, very fine, elegant, well-balanced, clean finish, long after-taste."
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      Lock icon Reign of Jumbo, Jet and Joe
      551 16 GOLF AP WHEN YOU SAY golf winner in Japan, there's a good chance you are talking about the three Ozaki brothers, who dominated the rich professional tour last season, winning 12 of 40 tournaments. Jumbo, Jet, and Joe, as the Ozakis are nicknamed, raked
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      426 16 AP BILLY GLASSON found the motivation he needed in the birth of his son to start winning some golf tournaments again. "His birth was my rebirth," said the easy-going Californian, whose continuing celebration of the birth of son Maxwell has produced three victories in
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      Lock icon Martina savs she can do it
      351 16 TENNIS Reuter MARTINA NAVRATILOVA has set aside her quest to regain the world number one ranking, but the eight-time Wimbledon champion is sure she can break Steffi Graf's current strangie-hold on Grand Slam titles. "Getting the number one ranking back is not my main
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      505 16 BOXING AP ROBERTO OURAN celebrated his fourth boxing championship on Monday with news that he will have a chance at a fifth a date later this year with the winner of the June 12 World Boxing Council super middleweight title fight between Sugar Ray
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      358 16 AP BILL CAYTON, the estranged manager of boxer Mike Tyson, asked the New York State Athletic Commission on Monday to order promoter Don King to stop interfering with the heavyweight champion. Cayton also asked the commission, in a written complaint, to fine King and Don King
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      532 16 ATHLETICS AP A FEDERAL INQUIRY into the use ol drugs by amateur athletes, opened after Canadian sprinter Ben Johnson was stripped of his Olympic Games gold medal, resumed yesterday with testimony expected from Johnson's coach, Charlie Francis. Johnson, who maintains that he never knowingly used
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      293 16 AP TWO-TIME Olympic sprinter Diane Williams, breaking four years of silence, has admitted she took anabolic steroids before the 1984 Los Angeles games, according to broadcast and published reports. Williams, 28, also told ABC in an interview that she tested positive for the
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      Ng Teng Fong's Sino group to build major Kowloon complex
      461 17  -  By FOO CHOY PENG THE SINO GROUP, together with two partners, is to become the first developer of a major commercial complex on an industrial site in Kowloon following its successful HK$45O million (*****.5 million) land bid at an auction
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      Tan forms group to make US$2llm bid for SSMC
      480 17 MALAYSIAN businessman Vincent Tan, who heads the Ra-leigh-Berjaya-Sports Toto group, has formed an investor group to make an estimated US$2ll million counter bid for control of United States-based SSMC Inc. In an announcement yesterday, Malaysian-listed Berjaya Corporation and Sports Toto, which
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      New company to market Abacus system
      166 17 SINGAPORE Airlines has set up a company, Abacus Travel Systems Re Ltd, to help market and service its Abacus computer reservation system (CRS). An SIA statement yesterday said the company was incorporated on Jan 20. It has an authorised capital of $6 million, and
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      Tractors (M) to buy UEP land
      221 17 CASH-RICH TRACTORS Malaysia Holdings Bhd, a subsidiary of Sime Darby Bhd, is proposing to purchase land in Petaling Jaya from United Estates Project Bhd for M 53.76 million. Tractors, which recently acquired the sole distributorship for the Scania range of heavy trucks in Malaysia
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      Trading in Straits Steamship resumes
      151 17 STRAITS STEAMSHIP shares will resume trading today, a circular from the Stock Exchange of Singapore on Monday said. Trading will also resume for Keppel Investment Warrants which are convertible into Straits Steamship shares at $2.03 per share. The two issues were suspended from trading on
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      Isetan after-tax profit jumps 120 per cent
      446 17  -  Slower rise in turnover points to better margins By ELAINE KOH JAPANESE RETAIL GROUP Isetan (Singapore) Ltd. true to market expectations, has posted a sparkling set of results with post-tax profit jumping nearly 120 per cent to $11.73 million. This was based on
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      530 17 MBT TWO casualties of the Pan-Elec-tric collapse Grand United Holdings and Supreme Corporation are to be merged into a single new holding company, under a massive restructuring proposal. The restructuring will involve s scheme to carry out the
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      Judge to hear legal arguments
      188 17  -  Insider Trading lirid ALLAN NG THE PROSECUTION and the defence in the Allan Ng trial will today begin their legal arguments to determine If there is sufficient evidence to support the essential ingredients of an insider trading charge. Allan Ng is charged with having bought
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        789 18  -  By MICHELLE OH THE LOCAL stock market saw a repeat performance yesterday as the Straits Times Industrial Index took its second tumble in a row. Two weeks ago, the STI Index suffered sharp falls on Monday and Tuesday, losing
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        COMPANY MEETINGS
        130 18 KUALA LUMPUR KEPONG BERHAO: 16th AGM at the Registered Office, Wisma Taiko, 1 Jalan SP Seenivasagam, ***** Ipoh, Perak on Monday, March 13, at 12.30 pm. MALAYSIA BUILDING SOCIETY BERHAD: 19th AGM at the Board Room, 12th floor. Wisma MBSB, 48 jalan Dungun, Damasara Heights, ***** Kuala Lumpur
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        APPROVED ISSUES
        66 18 Company RIGHTS ISSUE Inno-Pacific Thr««-<or-N»o (I Xpi 12 nominal amount ol loo l*»o TSts En-dot*: F*t> J4 Books clot*: Mar 8 »r star* n slock i Company BONUS ISSUE Harrisons Mjia O»*toro«* Ei dot* Mar 1 Books ck>M: Mor IS Company OTHERS S P H OH*f of on*
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        345 18 Company RIGHTS ISSUE Ayer Hitom Tin On*-lor<on* $1.10 9*' ihor* Berjayo Corpn On*, lor on* <8 $100 1 gor p*r ihor* C 1 Holdings 27 MtlltOA loan stocks in th* ratio of $3 loon stock tor *v*r, 1 fiv* ordinary Causeway Inv iko'M M Issu* of I7.2S2.937 no*
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        338 18 Managers' prices for March 1 Singapore Unit Trust The Coihwci 1.01 107 The Savings Fund 086 0 9lid S pore Prog Fund 039 0 43 S'pore Sec Fund 0 66 071 S'pore Invest Fund 0.71 0.76 S'pore Equity Fund 047 051 Asia Unit Trust Mol Invest Fund 1
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        SES SHARE INFORMATION
        5754 18 IMS/ UUk ntgn 89 Low Tsl Cods Company Last Sale FEB 28 orVol (000) Day Last Quote High Low Buy or Ssller Gr's Gr's Dlv Dty ITW I Cvr Net P/E M Cap Smll SESDAQ 187 120 170 70% 110 130 82 199* 144 92 135 126
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        3492 19 CONFIDENCE continued to be at a low ebb and prices retreated (or the fourth consecutive day on the Kuala Lumpur stock market yesterday. Losses littered the boards as buyers stayed away and left the market at the mercy of sellers. At the close of trading,
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        Lock icon Jakarta faces lawsuit over rayon factory
        549 20 Environmentalists say plant pollutes river AFP THE INDONESIAN government and environmentalists are locking horns in Jakarta in a legal battle over a controversial pulp and rayon plant that highlights the conflict between economic development and calls to protect Indonesia's natural resources. Minister for Population
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        Lock icon US company files suit against Indonesian industrialist
        480 20 NYT ARVIN INDUSTRIES, a leading US vehicle parts producer and military contractor, has sued an Indonesian industrialist, accusing him o! manipulating the market for Arvin stock by making misleading, false and incomplete disclosures of his plans and purposes. The Indonesian executive, Mr Ismanto
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        Lock icon US chain opens its first hotel in the Far East
        260 20 AP MARRIOTT CORP of the United States has officially opened its first hotel in the Far East and the company chairman said the chain is considering expanding in the region. Mr J W Marriott Jr also defended his company's decision
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        573 20 Tokyo Reuter TOKYO share prices fell sharply in late trade yesterday. with the main Nikkei index posting its biggest drop this year, to end below 32,000 for the first time since last Tuesday. Selling was sparked by drops in yen bond prices due to the yen's fall
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        Dramatic turnaround
        543 20 Australia BRISK TRADING in resource stocks underpinned a revival on the Australian share market yesterday as the weaker local currency encouraged offshore investors. By the close of floor trading, the All Ordinaries Index was up 14.6 points at a day's high at 1,484.5. Brokers said the national market
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        Prices end lower but off day's lows
        1345 20 Hongkong HONGKONG share price® yesterday tested lows in lively trade with sentiment fragile on fears of interest rate rises and the performance of overseas markets. brokers said. In volatile trading, the Hang Seng index dipped momentarily below 3,000 for the first time since
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        Lock icon Bangkok: Quietly higher
        222 20 Reuter THE THAI share market rose quietly on sporadic speculative buying yesterday. The SET index cioeed 1.71 points higher at 435.78 and gainers outnumbered losers 54 to 23. Brokers said sentiment was buoyed by a large dividend payment announced by Padaeng Industry. which rose eight baht to
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        Lock icon New Zealand: Slightly down
        184 20 Reuter THE New Zealand share market closed slightly lower yesterday after an afternoon rally almoet offset a sharp dip in early trading. Brokers said direction was unclear but much depended on the movement of the Australian dollar. The local dollar rose to A 50.7831 from around
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        Lock icon Seoul: Profit-taking
        188 20 Reuter PROFIT-TAKING following recent surges caused the Seoul market to (all yesterday, with the manufacturing sector losing the heaviest in early trading, brokers said. "There were no substantial factors to encourage buying both private and institutional investors engaged equally in selling," said one broker from Daewoo Securities Co.
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        Lock icon Taipei: Beyond 7,000
        371 20 Reuter TAIWAN'S stock market yesterday broke through the psychologically important 7.000-point barrier tor the first time this year on heavy turnover, dealers said. The weighted index gained 118.93 points, or 1.7 per cent, to finish at 7,004.44 compared with Monday's 8,885.51 close. Turnover surged to its highest
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        Lock icon Bombay: Volatile trading
        168 20 Reuter BOMBAY share prices attracted scattered profittaking in volatile trading yesterday, with investors inhibited ahead of the evening's budget, brokers said. They said state-owned financial institutions, normally active participants in the market, were absent during the session, and this had a decisive effect on sentiment. "The market
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        145 20 Reuter PHILIPPINE share prices closed higher in busy trading yesterday as speculators took further positions following initial reports of oil shows in Galoc I well in Palawan island while operators drilled ahead, brokers said. The Manila Stock Exchange composite index jumped 3.15 per cent to close at
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        Lock icon Stocks mixed in slow trading
        269 21 New York Reuter WALL STREET stocks closed mixed after a dull session on Monday. Blue chips posted small gains but the broad market weakened as investors preferred to buy well-known stocks whose prices were battered in last week's sharp decline. Airline issues retreated on profit-taking.
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        1003 21 London Reuter LONDON share prices turned mixed at the opening yesterday after an early modest mark-up, dealers said. Sentiment was dampened by news that Lasmo planned a £158 million rights issue to part-fund the purchase of Thomson North Sea holdings. Lasmo was 29p lower at
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        1722 21 Reuter AMSTERDAM: Dutch share prices remained firmer in quiet midsession trading yesterday, but slightly off earlier highs, with activity stilt centred on detergents and foods group Unilever after the release of its 1968 figures, dealers said. The all-share index stood at 162.2 from a 1015 GMT peak
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        Lock icon B&C to sell Marshall for £174.5 million
        491 21 British Telecom, Japanese money broker among buyers FT BRITISH and Commonwealth Holdings, the financial services group, is to sell M W Marshall, the world s second-largest money broker, for £174.5 million to a management-led consortium whose backers include British Telecom and a Japanese
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        Lock icon British govt to take over £390 m debt of aircraft maker
        256 21 AFP THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT is to take over £390 million of Short Brothers' bank debts before the Northern Ireland aircraft manufacturer is privatised. Industry Minister for Northern Ireland Peter Viggers told the House of Commons that the cash injection
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        458 21 FT TWO YEARS of investigation into alleged overcharging by the GEC-Marconi Defence group in contracts with the British Ministry of Defence culminated on Monday in the issuing of summonses against three of the group's companies and the arrest of three former
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        Lock icon Four detained on charges of trying to extort US$lOm from Du Pont
        345 21 Reuter FOUR PEOPLE including three former employees of Ou Pont Co are under arrest in Switzerland on charges of trying to extort US$lO million from the huge US chemicals maker, company spokesmen and US law enforcement officials have
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      367 20 NOTICES CHYUAN CHERNG PTE LTD (In Voluntary Liquidation) (Member's Voluntary Winding Up) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to Section 306 of the Companies Act (Cap. 50) the Final General Meeting of the Members of the abovenamed Company will be held at Block 165 Buklt Merah Central, #06-3679/81, Singapore 0315
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      100 21 New York prices were not available CHINA IN THE 1980s IS TOO MUCH HAPPENING TOO SOON? I NEW CH NESE REVOLUTION Written by Shanghai-born Lynn Pan. is a fascinating and compelling study of China and the Chinese at a critical point in their history It takes a candid look at
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    683 22 A 'productive and rewarding' trip for US President AFP THE UNITED STATES will remain a Pacific power, President George Bush pledged on returning to the US from what he called a "productive and rewarding" trip to Japan. China and South Korea. Speaking
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    'Bush support for Sihanouk makes Chatichai-Hun Sen rapport awkward'
    607 22  -  By DAVID CHEW AMERICAN PRESIDENT George Bush's strong support for Prince Sihanouk as the leader of a future Cambodian nation has placed the Thai Prime Minister's recent rapport with Phnom Penh leader Hun Sen in an awkward position, says a key
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    165 22 AFP TAIWAN WOULD OPEN its doors to Filipino contract workers if the Philippine Congress passes legislation protecting investments from Taiwan, a business leader and a Taipei lawmaker said in Manila yesterday. Philipp Chien, president of the Taiwan Chamber of Commerce in
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    Hotels enjoy rise in occupancy rate to 79 per cent
    332 22 LOCAL HOTEL occupancy rate shot up by 15 per cent to 79.3 per cent last year, making it one of the best for the hotel industry in recent years. Indeed, the performance is even more significant since there were 24,669
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    Lock icon Report to call for massive repairs to old planes
    105 22 Reuter THE US AIRLINE industry will call for a repair programme on ageing airliners that would be the most sweeping in commercial aviation, the New York Times said. The repairs would take several years to complete, would involve as many as
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    Lock icon China's GNP rose at an 'overheated' 11.2 pc last year
    356 22 UPI CHINA'S economy grew at an "overheated" pace in 1988, with breakneck industrial growth outstripping troubled agriculture and adding to high inflation that hurt the pocketbooks of urban Chinese, the government reported yesterday. Officials of the State Statistics Bureau, at
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    165 22 AP MORE than half the Taiwanese citizens who have visited China believe that eventual reunification between the two rivals is possible, an official survey released in Taipei yesterday indicated. The government Research, Development and Evaluation Commission said that 55.5 per cent of 1,084 returning visitors surveyed
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    468 22  -  By BOEY KIT YIN ASEAN STATES have to strengthen economic cooperation urgently if they are to sustain strong economic growth into the *****. This will involve a "far greater degree of coherence and cooperation between Asean states in areas of economic activity", says
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    98 22 Reuter COMEX GOLD FUTURES were narrowly changed early yesterday following news that the US fourth quarter gross national product grew by 2 per cent versus 2.5 per cent in the third quarter The rise of 5.3 per cent in implicit price deflator, an inflation barometer, versus the previously
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      41 22 Bernama ALLOWING foreign fishermen to operate in Malaysia's Exclusive Economic Zone under bilateral agreements between governments is detrimental to the country's long-term interests, the Agriculture Ministry's Policy Planning Division secretary Zulkifli Hassan said in Alor Star yesterday. Bernama
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      44 22 Bernama FOREIGNERS invest in Malaysia not so much for the incentives offered but because of confidence in the government's stability, the investment climate and the support facilities available. Trade and Industry Minister Datin Paduka Rafidah Aziz said yesterday. Bernama
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      30 22 Reuter ISRAELI jets wounded 23. children and two teachers in* raids on a Druze mountain I village and a Palestinian* guerilla base in Lebanon! yesterday Reuter
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      65 22 Reuter BRITAIN said yesterday that! Iran's threat to break diplo-' matic ties over the Salman' Rushdie affair was "one more step down a very unfortunate path" for the Iranian people. The Iranian Parliament earlier voted to cut ties in a week if Britain did not i withdraw
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      34 22 Reuter AUSTRIAN scientist and best-selling author Konrad Lorenz, whose research into animal behaviour won him the Nobel Prize in 1973. has died aged 85. hospital sources said in Vienna yesterday. Reuter
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      426 23  -  By G DURAIRAJ THE direct call to Port Klang by Evergreen Line today reflects a possible trend by shipping lines to justify direct calls to the Malaysian port based on recent increases in their threshold volumes. Evergreen is one of the
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      450 23  -  By AL O LABITA JR THE Philippines faces possible shortage of competent seamen should the current boom in their hiring by domestic and overseas shipping fleets would continue, Philippine maritime industry officials fears. The gloomy picture followed reports by the Labour Department that
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      706 24 AUTHORITIES in Nhava Sheva have made a wise move by keeping their tariff rates for container traffic much lower than those prevailing at the former. This move, coupled with efficient computerised clearance of containers and fast turnaround of ships, is
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      321 25 HONGKONG International Terminals (HIT), one of the three private terminal operators in Hongkong, is investing HK$BOO million in high technology equipment. The South China Morning Post said it is planning the use of advanced computer systems with artificial intelligence (Al), computer-controlled paging systems
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      65 25 UPI THE BRITISH icebreaker Endurance has rescued 64 crewmembers of the damaged Humbolt. a Peruvian scientific vessel, in the Antarctic's south Shetlands archipelago, the Chilean Navy said. The Humboldt was listing to starboard and unable to steer, but none of the crew were injured. The
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      148 25 Reuter THE Port of Houston will seek bids on a five-year, renewable lease of its public bulk handling plant with a rated capacity of 1.800 short tons an hour. The plant can handle ships as long as 228 m with drafts close to
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      624 25 AFP WORLD freight rates improved significantly over the past week, on renewed Soviet grain buying interest and prospects of seasonal growth in demand for US grain tonnage. traders said. The Baltic International Freight Futures Exchange (Biffex) index ended the week up 34 points at 1,529 points, its most
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      82 25 THREE British minehunters set off for home from the Gulf after clearing mines from the sea lanes opposite the United Arab Emirates, a British Navy spokesman said. The three ships had been in the area for 18 months as the major part of an international operation to
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      94 25 FREIGHT Links Express has appointed Mr Ho Kok Tong a*—, financial controller for its grouf£2. of companies in Malaysia. Thailand and Hong- J kong. Mr Ho. 38. has 10 years accounting experience. He;?!.! graduated with a Bachelor of t Commerce (Accounting) with an Honours degree. Mr Lee
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      1189 30 CHARTERING on the dry cargo freight market got oft to a fairly slow start on Monday, although a higher rate was fixed on the influential US Gulf/Japan grain and three bulk carriers were reported fixed by Soviet charterers, brokers said A firm US$25 50 was agreed for a
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      8976 30 AAMMUS King He. Chin* Ocun Shpg. March 1 Ban Cairn Triot March 1 Hamburg Eapreaa Trio! March ?tPK> Anna Matrw MaxM law. March 2 Ming Poaca Yang Ming March 4 Noraaia Prmceaa Noraaia Lin. March 4 Ever Qleamy Evergreen March 9
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      692 23 TIMES STP Distributors i 9M OOCL Pt;dicafed fo Quality Service V f f ff Jnrdines NC AGENCIES 200 CantoMMnt Road #12-05 Southpomt, Stngapori 0201 Td *****11 TELEX NO RS 241/9 TERMINAL/CFS Td *****18 220 BOOKINGS T«i *****34 235 PCSAKA JAROINE SHIPPING AGENCIES SON. SMO PORT KELANG TEL *****18 Tttai No.
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      72 23 mm AUTHORITIES In Nhava Sheva have made a wise move by keeping their tariff rates for container traffic much lower than those prevailing at the former. p ag# M HONGKONG International Terminals (HIT), one of the three private terminal operators in Hongkong, is investing HK$BOO million in high technology equipment.
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      589 23 J? TIMES STP Distributors MAERSK LINE DESTINATIONS To Caiiform<»-US Gulf-US Atianttc East Canada An Water Service M Kobe M Tauro PHL NYC 29/3 3CV3 5/4 6/4 13/4 14/4 20/4 21/4 27/4 28/4 3/5 4/5 10/5 11/5 17/5 18/5 *4 22/4 22/4 ?9 4 29/4 26/4 3/5 5/5 S5 I 6/5
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      465 24 4Sf Hapag-Lloyd CONTAINER SERVICE TO UK/CONTINENT P KELANO SOUTHAMPTON HAMBURG BREMERHAVEN ROTTERDAM/ ANTWERP BENCAIRN HAMBURG EXPRESS KURAMA MARU BENALDER PILAR BENAVON OSAKA BAY ALSO ACCEPTING CARGO Tft ALL UK INLAND DESTINATIONS, BELFAST. DUBLIN. COPENHAGEN. AARHUS. GOTHENBURG. MAIMO. HELSINKI. OSLO. AMSTERDAM. CARIBBEAN S. AMERICA CONTAINER SERVICE FROM UK/CONTINENT VOY NO HAMBURG
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      96 24 Lines and services represented by Members of the Registry of Accredited Shipping Agents. Singapore National Shipping Association. S? C SAV Compjnij SudAmericanjdo Vjporas S A EXPRESS SERVICE to/from CjjM FEEOCR I S PORE (MOTHER VESSEL HK *o*o MICA KM ANTOFVALP SAI VESSEL CSAV I *IJ A VESSEL \ifl 2*l M
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      811 24 I IILJ REGULAR INDEPENDENT FULL CONTAINER SERVICE TO EUROPE NORASIA PRINCESS V 8832-3 NORASIA SUSAN VWOI-3 NORASIA SINGA VS9Q2-3 NORTH S£A V 1903 3 (VIA FEEDER) PEN PKL 2/3 3/3 10 3 113 20/3 21/3 2S/3 26/3 Antßrpfv!? R&irtSri/ 0 (Aartius, Copenhagen. Gothenburg) and other European Inland points. Bremen via
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      1226 25 i VY> 0 The Straits Steamship Group P&O Containers STRAITS SHIPPING Singapore to Sabah, Sarawak, Brunei Ports and Bangkok CONTAINER SERVICE TO UK/CONTINENT. CONTAINERSHIP SERVICES TO/FROM BANGKOK MNCAIRN HAJMUK EXPRESS KURAMA MARU KNAUXR PILAR KNAVON OSAKA MY rOLACA lAY NIPPONICA Also Accepting Cargo For: JJ®": Cepeeta«en. Ajrhut, SoUwrtu,,. H>l m
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      546 25 CFS PACKING SERVICE If you require the above service for your export containers, either to contain single or multiple shippers' cargo. Please contact us at: *****77 (Mr William Lau) We have the space and right facilities to cater to your needs. EURO BOX LINE AGENTS: MEWSHB> Tel: *****77 AGfcNCIES PTE
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      380 26 MARITIME PTE LTD ISLAMIC RtPUBLIC OF IRAN SHIPPING LINKS Singapore Loading for:I (AN TAKHTI PiL 673 SIO BANDAR ABBAS KYOWA LINE SOUTH PACIFIC SERVICE MOWER VSI HK LOAD FOR: KrOjTA VIOLET V.24 31/3-1/4 VILA. NMA. LTK. SUVA, PAGO, APIA *KY#WA HIBISCUS V.36 24/4 GUAM. SAIPAN. HRA. VILA. NMA. LTK, SVA.
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      1075 26 HANJIN SHIPPING CO M LTD. F'l.'U.V CO N T AIN K RISED SFft V[r I TO EUROPE VIA SUEZ QUEEN'S WAY MIDGE 7W CHOYANC PARK IN HANJIN OAKLAND 1W CHOYANG SUCCESS 7W R'daai N'korf B'tuvoi Fitow* 4/3 22/3 23/3 24/3 26/3 29/3 30/3 31/3 2/4 3/4 V 4 6/4 7/4
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      104 26 VH\ rrant MALAYSIA GLORY VW Mir ■ACNA VSO2 I Mar SINGAPORE GLORY \/1K li Mar BUSAN GLOAT V*B II Mir MAI YING VKC Mir SINGAPORE loading FOR VEGA 19 Mar INCHON. BUSAN WORLDWIDE PACIFIC MARITIME (PTC) LTD. TEL: *****11 Litwt) KONTENA NATIONAL SON BHO TEL: P KELANC <03)3(***** PWG(O4)tt7ll4 CO
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      744 26 ((EVERGREEN Full Container Service ound-The-World East Bound (FE/CARIB/USEC/EURO/FE) PKL SGP HKC KSC EVER GROWTH 02/03 0343 0718 818 IMD lim iu> JJI «ANO "J® Jg EVER OUT ?*C: 24/03 2tiC3 3 31/03 03/04 05 04 071 EVER GOLDEN 8204 31/03 0404 04 07»4 IJAM u EVER S2fus «J2J M 17m
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      948 27 PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL LINES \V\ PIL Building, 140 Cecil Street, 03-00 Singapore 0106. Tel: *****33 FAR EAST CONTAINER SERVICE VOY SIN JKT ACCEPTING MURUR AN/TOMAKOM AJ/HfTACHI CARGO VIA HKG JAKARTA CONTAINER SERVICE SURABAYA/SEMARANG CONTAINER SERVICE I BANGKOK CONTAINER SERVICE BELAWAN/STRAITS CONTAINER SERVICE VOY SM BLW PEN PKL SIN 27S SM J/3
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      527 27 iri \rm BEN LINE CONTAINERS TASMAN ASIA SHIPPING TO NEW CALEDONIA, FIJI AND NEW ZEALAND SIN MAIN LINE HKC NOUMEA SUVA AM NAP TIM 11/3 MAKEDONIJA2S 203 IV* 11/4 22/4 26/4 24/3 ACRITAS 6S S/4 2/5 6/5 9/5 115 S/4 TA VOYAGER IS 20*4 14/5 11/5 21/5 24/5 FROM NEW
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      466 27 DJASAGETRI A Joint Europe Service Of: P.T. DJAKARTA LLOYD P.T. GESURI LLOYD P.T. SAMUOERA INDONESIA P.T. TRIKORA LLOYD ES I liMfe VSL/VOY S. PANJANG/21WB MATARAM ??VVB ANTWERP H BURG/ ROAM/ADAM BREMEN Sub|ect to ln«uc*m«nt. Also accepting cargo to CawMancß, Port Said, Port Alexandria, Genoa, Trieste ALSO ACCEPTING BOTH CONTAINERS. CONVENTIONAL
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      337 27 BOUSTEAD SHIPPING AGENCIES E BURMA FIVE STAR CLYDEBANK V2SN TAMATAI SAMOA Vl5 FORTHBANK V24N ROAM HULL MM W 3/5 215 10* 25M 11/6 25/6 22/6 COLUMBUS NIUGINI V«S Spon In Pt TAYBANK VIS Sport 20/3 (CALLING KIMBE OIRECT) (PNC port*: PORT NORESBY/RABAUL/lAE) TJfiMgt*. OROBAV, WEWAK. KAVIENG. KIETA, KINBE. HONIARA, (ACCEPTING
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      729 28 Q KAWASAKI KISEN KAISHA. LTD. K l INfc N. AMERICA-ATLANTIC COAST (%FAIR Vl3/AMBASSADOR BRIDGE NEPTUNE GARNET GC FREEDOM V24/OOCL FAIR MINBOW BRIDGE •Via ruocß MfENTAL FAIR XTUNE GARNET NTAL FREEDOM R/QNBOW BRIDGE ruDER VESSEL ORIENTAL FAIR ICPTUNE GARNET ORIENTAL FREEDOM RAINBOW BRIDCE t -iWt DER VESSEL INSWORLD BRIDGE •TUNE RUBY
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      68 28 SWEE ANN SATU V 3/89 SEW LINE No.l VI <89 MARITIME No.l V 3/89 -fr 4/u jjr. a 4\ I'M- '/> .'I (iOI.I)KNWAY MARITIMK SDN. lIHD. ETA ETD Loading For ITU V 3/89 19/2 25/2 Kuching/KK/Labuan .1 Vl/89 25/2 28/2 Bintulu/Min i.l V 3/89 4/3 8/3 Kuching/KK/Muara 6A, Lorong Cempemng,
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      627 28 AUSTRALIA EXPRESS CONTAINER SERVICE Accepting FCL/FCL Containers Singapore P KMn| Penan Loading tor Mother <hi By Feed* By Feeder KALIOAS ¥.41 10 Mar 5 Mar J Mar Fren/Msft/Sfdn/Adtf TULSIOAS V4O 4 Apt Mar 29 Mar FrtrnHMb/Sydn/AM KAIIDAS V<2 4 May 29 Apr Apr Frern Metb SytfrvAM TULSIOAS *41 a Ma,
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      484 28 GOLDEN LINE GUM) GIMN SWUNG (PTE) LID a r>M AMT Slrwt SINGAPORE OHM Til UUW (10 IIMS) fm: U4HM STRAITS/PERSIAN GULF SERVICE: GOLDEN VON OCR Cotomba KaradH'Outw GOLDEN HAVEN Colombo/Kane*.,'Dub* CHINA SERVICE A VESSEL Huinfpu/ Shanfhai Spore Pi MO Iter 2*22 Mar CHINA OCEAN SHIPPING CO PEKING THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC
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      436 28 [VESSEL NEW GENTRAOE I 4/3 PHIU OfIKNT LIN(S PT( LW HIAO Office 63 BOSiNSOV Bo*o >0!-W *fAO ASIA BUHOiNG SINGAPORE 01C5 fflEl fls 2872] PHIII H« *****?« E FMT/FM BBFFftllCl WWOE ETA SINGAPORE DESTINATION UV3. 22/3 DUBAI, OAMMAN. KUWAIT. DOHA, MUSCAT. BAHRAIN ABU DHABI I SMARJAH JEDOAH (LCL) WEEKLY AQABA.
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      874 29 Agtnls S port NEPTUNE AGENCES PTE. LTD. 99 0 10 5 Book.no ln«wd/ tomml CfS figf Ft tU/AUSr TPA/SfA Outward *****22 *****53 2«w; 2mm 2/***** 2«/»M *****U 2/***** 2/***** *****41 NEPTUNE NEPIME SON BHD PMtoc WW/ K lumw Pimm *1403) wan? 23SM0 fi/MO ***** WW ana EXPORT IMPORT liti': I
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      200 29 OON AM HEUNG-A SHIPPING Korean Flag Vessels SEMI-CONTAINERISED DIRECT SERVICE TO P KEtANG, PENANG, KEELUNG. BUSAN INCHON Vmml's Nam ETD BS S PORE PKLC KEE BUSAN MOJI #DRAGNET/902N 22/02 <*-07j«3 04-OMB 15-15/03 21-22/03 22W NO t DONAM/902N 21/02 10-12/03 13-14/03 22/03 25-27/03 2MB VGLORIA/903N 01/03 11-19/03 20-21/03 29-29/03 01-02/04 NO
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      226 29 '/jx GUARANTEE LCL CONSOL SERVICES (ALSO ACCEPTING FCL BOOKINGS) PONT KELANG 4/3 11/3 PENANG 4/3 4 11/3 BANGKOK 2/3*7/3 HONG KONG 2/3*7/3 CHINA 2/3*7/3 KAOMSJUNG 7/3 14/3 KEELUNG S/3 4 7/3 Li 1:1. AUCKLAND WELLINGTON N. PLYMOUTH FELIXSTOWE HAMBURG ROTTERDAM KARACHI CALCUTTA CNITTAGONG 13/3 2C/3 I FREMANTLE U/3 21/3 MELBOURNE
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      885 29 SINSOV SINGAPORE SOVIET SHIPPING CO PRIVATE LTD SINSOV BUILDING 55, Market Street Singapore 0104 Tel: *****33 (15 Lines) Terminal Office: *****41/2 Cable Address SINSOV SINGAPORE Telex Numbers RS ***** RS ***** RS ***** WMAMC ft. MLAMC MISMS HAI FHONC SHIPPtNC 127 PMM Cabin lAYAPOH PtNANG, Td: lIIHWIHI PASIR GUOANC F
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      221 30 d rf. Ji; \mMm CORPORATION (PTE.) LTD. m 225 6868 (34 Uws) FAX *****39/*****/6 IftfX HS ***** A/8 SSCMA. MS ***** A/H SSCAO EB r E'JTPPACHT SEEREEDE9E ROSTOCK 4 Bi lITEGRATED CONTAINER SERVICE MWBER OF EACON SERVICE a EAST MEDITERRANEAN RTH CONTINENT EUROPE r DSR-LINES "m LAflUa ACCEPTING CARGO FOR
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      78 30 T.S.K. LIME WEEKLY CONTAINERISED SERVICE WITH FIXEO DAY ARRIVAL TO TAIWAN ft JAPAN I Oil KJi ffll Gfl m £9 Qi MCMKS Act VM gg m gggg ggg myg m FROM JAPAN ft TAIWAN Q2B Q| OE2 CUB C 9 £9d QB iSIOj m QI en GSI QI Bl El
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      45 30 FCE SHIPPING WEEKLY SERVICE TO:USA. HONGKONG FLYING CIRCLES EXPRESS PTE LTD TEL: *****24 FAX: *****31 TLX: R*****2 KOREA KIMCHEK SHIPPING COMPANY ETHIOPIA SERVICE ASSAB AGENT: INTERVESSEL MARITIME PTE LTD 10 ANSON ROAD *23-02 INTERNATIONAL PLAZA S PORE 0207 TEL: *****22 TLX RS ***** TELEFAX *****71
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      149 30 t Regional Weather 0 r T i 4 ,S». v> f. •1: v s as AC 15 > SIGNIFICANT WEATHER AND SEA CONDITIONS AT 7JOAJI Mflr 1 itW c O *•>< dfttWi w»ih speed n knoll Wow h«nht LCCCNO R Thundantorm 'wwoti*« y Shower Weo»h«f Wnd dncmn oilti ipwi) n
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      315 31 ■p REGULAR EXPRESS FCL 8. LCL SERVICE DESTINATION M.Tfl <• PORT KELANG (FCL) HONG KONG KEELUNG, KAOHSIUNG JAKARTA (FCL) TOKYO. KOBE. BUSAN (FCL) KARACHI, BOMBAY, COLOMBO (FCL) ETA SINGAPORE JARU BHUM 27N PIYA BHUM K7N SIRI BHUM «BN KITI BHUM 258N KITI BHUM 259N 3/3, 14/3, 24/3, 30/3 7/3, 14/3,
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      329 31 Is* CALCUTTA/KARACHI/CHTGONG/CBO REGULAR CONVENTIONAL LINER SERVICE Vnnl NdMi Li»— Par PAKISTAN NATIONAL W SHIPPING CORP., KARACHI. MALAYSIA KARACHI MIDDLE EAST GULF SERVICE FOR KARACHI, DUBAI AND DAMMAN. VESSEL KUANTAN PT KLANG PENANG SUNDERBANS 28/2-2/3 KAPTAI 28-30/3 INDONESIA MALAYSIA EAST ASIA SERVICE FOR HK TWN S.KOREA JAPAN VESSEL BELAWAN PALEMBANG P.
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      607 31 ccms>) SSSEM""* DE INTEAOCKANICA SA (CHILEAN NATIONAL LINK) GREAT ANDES SERVICE AM IQUIQUE VALPARAISO STO ARAUCO 1M 20/4 CARGO FOR PUNTA ARENAS TALCAHUANO (SAN VICENTE) ACCEPTED WITH T/S VIA VALPARAISO Ac** NEPTUNE AGENCIES PTE LTD BOOKINGS: *****34, *****71, *****65 SHIPPING as hibcnt samca pie ltd TEL: *****66 TLX: R8 *****
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      128 31 <m> CRYSTAL s®®?! services^ M *****11 Th: 43»l CFSIN FAX: ***** M BOOKING: *****22 PERKINS PERKINS SHIPPING PTY. LTD. DIRECT SCRVICC TO OARWM4PT. HEOLANDVBROOME* Acc.pttng BrMidMii, HMvy-Nft, CwWwr A RO/NO CargoM MARKMAM tAY V 4 ETA/ETD S PORE 1/2 Htar ETD DARWIN 7 Ibr MARKKA* BAT V S ETA/ETO S
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      242 31 UNIPACIFIC TRANS TRADING AGENCY PTE. LTD. SINGAPORE TEL: *****22 FAX: *****76 S PORE LOADING FOR MV BECHAR In Pt ALGIERS, ORAN. ANNABA, TUNIS ALL VESSELS ACCEPTING FCL CONTAINERS FOR JAPANESE PORTS Heavy Lift 100 tons available On Inducement can call Indonesia East Malaysia Ports B. Si Ca BANGLADESH NATIONAL LINE
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      592 32 FINE-LINER SHIPPING '»PTE LTD 1 ii 4 02C Vir.ni H js-» S corT2S (i Lm-s) Tl< RS ::S4[ rLI*4ER FA* 22 EUROPE SERVICE (FCL A LCL) 3jjj tw IV? Jf! 1V» >w 7W W IHH 17* at* FAR EAST SERVICE t-'fj'j.'urr^^T'^tTTTTTr in w on w un an an on an
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      599 32 ZIM i sac n| T7"l II i ijiib |B 11J 111 IB M I l I l l AUSTRALIA CONTAINER SERVICE ACCEPTING CARGO TO ACCLAIM VIA MELBOURNE ANO ALSO FCL TO GUAM. ZIM EILAT CMTAMER LINE VESSEL ZM GUAM ZM BRISBANE ZIM MELBOURNE PIE VCE TRS 70 11/3 M/ 3
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      263 32 Everett Steamship Corpn.S/A PERINTIS LINE WEEKLY FULL CONTAINER SERVICE ACCEPTING ALL FCL CARGOES BETWEEN SINGAPORE AND JAKARTA SURABAYA PRABHAKTI (TUES) VOY SINGAPORE ETA ETD 238-239 In Port 2/3 240-241 7/3 9/3 242-243 14/3 16/3 PRASE TLA (MONDAY) SINGAPORE ETA ETD lill 1$ JAKARTA ETA ETD >8 1$ 11/3 11/3 SURABAYA
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      161 33 INTERCONTINENTAL LINES jeurq mmimnw services 1 SI»M(W6^ |>«T«IASC'I PEN*«'. JOHORE SEABROIGE FAR EAST, VIETNAM 4 CHINA SERVICES WEEKLY FCL/LCL GROUPAGE FROM SINGAPORE PORT KEIANG PENANG JOHORE MA KSHSUiUr SEABRiDGE INDIAN OCEAN SERVICES tKiY FCL/ta GROUPAGE FROM SINGAPORE PORT KELANG PENANG JOHORE CMT& CtO, MAMAS, (CAR, RGN, MY, OUIAI, A. OHABI
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      189 33 Consolidation Service VIETNAM SIN: 7/3 HOCHIMINH PACIFIC ISLANDS SIN: 23/3 NOUMEA/PT VILA/SUVA/PAPEETE MAURITIUS REUNION ISLANDS SIN: 12/3, 30/3 PORT LOUIS/REUNION TRANSTAINERS WEST AFRICA SERVICE TUNIS/ALGIERS/CASABLANCA/NOUAKCHOTT/ DAKAR/BANJUL/CONAKRY/MATADI/LUANDA/ LOBITO Thru direct Bit to BAMAKO/NIAMEY/YAOUNOE/OUAGAOOUGOU/ BANGUI/KINSHASA TTA Freight Pte Ltd Tel: *****55 TLX RS ***** INTERTEAM ■ai.W :»"i *'7.1 i J.l LCL CONSOLIDATION
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      596 33 I MfIrWNQ TRANSPORTATION (PTC) LTD WEEKLY LCL/FCL SERVICE FOR BOOKING 8 ENQUIRIES. PLEASE CONTACT:ttNOAPOftK TBj 7J7171J (4 LINES) TLX: 2041* SKHST FAX. ******0 J. BAMRU TIL; (07)*****6, 223(33. PAX: *****3 K. LUMPUR TIL; <C 1 ******3, *****23 TLX; MA MM) SKKMKL PAX: *****16 •AHOAOA TIL; <02)*****25/7 PAX: 23M4M DESTINATIONS ETA
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      463 33 M GLORY NAVIGATION GROUP PS- -K sj i^i'jg.vi:ia.>TTTTß= TAIWAN TO SINGAPORE ASEAN DIRECT WEEKLY TO PORT KELANG/PENANG •AT ATTRACTIVE RATES' sP GLORY SELATAN VI Voy 91 9/2 GLORY SCLATAN VII Voy 97 2V2 PKI PNC BLN KAON MR 6 VESSELS OF LOG CARRIERS 5 VESSELS OF BRAND NEW TWIN DECKERS
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      442 33 PTC CONTAINER LINES FCL LCI SERVICE SIN FMEAtf 5/3 KEELUNG/KAOHSIUNG 8/3 BANGKOK 5/3 MANILA 4/3 JAKARTA 4/3 PORT KELANG/PENANG 3/3 BUSAN 7/3 TOKYO/YOKO/KOBE 3/3 MONG KONG also accepting cargo to Huangpu/Shenzhen/Fuzhou/ Xiamen/Xmgang/Shanghai SjN EUMPLUK 5/3 RDM/HAM/ANT/LE HAVRE/GENOA 5/3 LDN/FLX/LVP/SOU SjN BSA/CAMABA 12/3 LA./NYC/SFO 3/3 VANCOUVER/TORONTO/MONTREAL 1 '.'l'Ti !3 FiJ'f^ 9/3
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