The Business Times, 2 May 1990

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    12 1 BUSINESS TIMES MCI (P) 170/ i 2/89 Wednesday May 2 1990 75*
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  • NEWS SUMMARY
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      Westpac to form joint venture with Indon bank
      55 1 AUSTRALIA'S largest bank, Westpac Banking Corporation, yesterday announced that it will form a joint venture in Indonesia with PT Pan Indonesia Bank Ltd. Stuart Fowler, Westpac's managing director, said the two institutions had signed a memorandum of understanding and hoped to launch
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      Formosa's China deal
      49 1 FORMOSA Plastics, Taiwan's biggest private conglomerate, and Indonesian interests have agreed to invest in a multi-billion-dollar petrochemical project in Xiamen on China's southern coast, said to be by far the largest ever Taiwanese investment in China. The Tuntex Group and the Sanlin Group are also involved.
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      Cement exports cut
      25 1 THE INDONESIAN government is slashing cement exports this year to ensure an adequate supply to meet steadily increasing domestic consumption Page 6
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      E German overhaul
      32 1 EAST GERMANY'S Economy Ministry is battling with the mammoth task of introducing the basic framework of a market economy in time for monetary union with West Germany Page 7
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      Tokyo off the hook
      32 1 US TRADE Representative Carla Hills has said that she is not designating Japan as a country denying fair and equal market opportunity to US construction services Page 8
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      India is not moved
      31 1 INDIA, isolated on the US trade hit list for erecting barricades against foreign competition, still insists that it will not negotiate under threat of retaliation Page 8
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      Behind the Bush myth
      18 1 IS US President George Bush an average Joe, or a closet elitist? Page 15
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      Johor plea for delay
      26 1 THE JOHOR Port Authority has urged the federal government to delay approval for a second link with Singapore. Shipping Times Page 1
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  • MARKETS SUMMARY
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      Dow Jones higher
      51 1 WALL STREET stocks were higher over a broad range. A rise in bond prices and Monday's strong closing pushed stocks higher but traders were not confident that the buying would endure. The Dow was ahead 14 at 2670 and gainers led decliners by* over two-to-one in early
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      Footsie higher
      57 1 LONDON share prices were higher at midday yesterday, pulled up by a rise in shareindex futures contracts and a sense that the market has adequately discounted Britain's political and economic woes, dealers said. At 1110 GMT, the Financial Times-Stock Exchange 100-share index was up 21.7 points, or one
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      Singatronics strategy
      19 1 SINGATRONICS is considering other potential offshore locations to site new manufacturing operations "for strategic reasons" Page 2
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      Big profit for UOB unit
      30 1 UOB AUSTRALIA Ltd, a merchant banking arm of United Overseas Bank, saw an increase of almost 128 per cent in profits last year Page 4
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      Market holiday
      30 1 MARKETS in the following countries were closed for May Day yesterday: Singapore, Malaysia, Austria, Belgium, France, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, West Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, the Philippines and South Africa.
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      STOCK INDICES
      27 1 Tuesday Change BT-MGA Closed Kuala Lumpur Closed Hongkong 2,945.18 -4.91 Tokyo 29,689.83 +105.03 Sydney 1.440.6 +6.1 Monday Change New York 2,656.75 +11.71 London 2,103.4 -3.2
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      CURRENCIES
      22 1 Exchange rates US$ s$ 1.8755 Yen (100) SSl.1777 MS SS0.6902 Money market rates Overnight 6 1/16% -5/16 3-montn 6 3/4 unch
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      COMMODITIES
      19 1 London GoM PM fix US$369.50 +1.75 Rubber S'pore May Closed M'sia May Closed KLTin Turnover Closed Spot MSClosed
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    Goh confident of 4-6pc growth in the 1990s
    429 1  -  By Anna Teo PROSPECTS are bright that Singapore will grow at 4 to 6 per cent a year through the decade, higher than the developed economies, said First Deputy Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong. Only labour problems stand in the way of
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    New NTUC home likely to be at Marina South
    196 1 THE NATIONAL Trades Union Congress will get a new home, probably in the heart of the emerging new city at Marina South, announced Goh Chok Tong on Monday evening. NTUC has outgrown the Trade Union House, its 25-year-old headquarters along Shenton
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    Hands up for Singapore
    32 1 Singapore's leaders joined workers yesterday in celebrating International Labour Day in a stirring ceremony that recalled poignant moments from the country's history. Full report on the Back Page.
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    Wordskill — don't miss the last part
    47 1 Wordskill don't miss the last part FINALLY, the last part of BT's Wordskill Contest. Turn to Page 13 for the contest form and other details. Winners will get a dinner treat each at Latour, courtesy of Shangri-La Hotel. The contest, spread over three days, started on Monday.
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    SINGAPORE BUSINESS
    80 1 Free with BT tomorrow TOMORROW, BT will reward its readers with a special bonus: a free copy of Singapore Business a $4.75 value for just 75 cents. Each May 3rd issue of BT deposited on the doorstep, delivered to the office, or sold at the news-stand will include
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    Thai telecom contracts lure Singapore-based companies
    402 1  -  By Genevieve Cua MORE COMPANIES operating out of Singapore are cashing in on Thailand's growing demand for a better telecommunication infrastructure. The most recent coup was by Finnish telecommunications giant Nokia, whose regional office is in Singapore. Nokia (SEA) has clinched a $15 million
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    HK market not overregulated, says watchdog
    419 1  -  From Catherine Ong in HONGKONG THE HEAD of the Hongkong securities watchdog yesterday dismissed criticisms that the industry is becoming overregulated, adding that rules in Hongkong are still simpler than in other financial centres. Speaking on the first anniversary of the creation of the
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    Why Sumitomo acted with speed on Batam
    147 1 IT TOOK Japanese conglomerate Sumitomo just three months to make up its mind about Batam. The group prides itself on a prudent approach to investment decisions, which means some project evaluations can take as long as three or four years. With the Batam
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  • SINGAPORE – MALAYSIA COMPANY NEWS
    • COMPANY BRIEFS
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        Jack Chia ups Boustead stake
        82 2 JACK CHIARAPURK, majority shareholder of the Jack Chia-MPH group, has raised his interest in Boustead pic from 28.34 per cent to 28.72 per cent through the purchase of 250,000 shares in the UK-listed company on April 27, 1989. Mr Chia now holds 18.8 million shares
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        Keppel Finance seeks approval
        48 2 KEPPEL Finance, the finance house arm of the Keppel group, is seeking shareholders approval at an extraordinary general meeting —to be held on May 15 for an employee share option scheme. The Stock Exchange of Singapore has already granted in-principle approval for the proposal.
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        Mt Pleasure still in the red
        108 2 MOUNT Pleasure Holdings Bhd reported a marginally lower group pre-tax loss of M 56.57 million for the year ended Jan 31, 1990, compared with a loss of M 56.74 million the previous year. The loss was on a 22 per cent rise in group
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      Steamers buying interests in Folec and Kapal
      266 2 STEAMERS MARITIME HOLDINGS is taking up stakes in Folec Communications Pte Ltd and Kapal Management (Pte) Ltd in a move to build itself up into a total transportation group, or the transportation of people, goods and information. In a circular advising shareholders to
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      Singatronics studying offshore sites for operations
      383 2  -  By Magdalene Ng SESDAQ-LISTED Singatronics Ltd, which recently moved into its new head-quarters-cum-plant in the Bedok Industrial Estate, is considering other potential offshore locations for new manufacturing operations. Disclosing this in its latest annual report, chairman and chief executive officer Eddie Foo said the
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      Lock icon Public Bank expects HK investment to pay off in three years
      275 2 NST PUBLIC BANK is confident of recovering its capital investment in JCG Finance Co of Hongkong in three years. This confidence stems from its good performance so far. JCG Finance, which has projected a HKSSO million after-tax profit this
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      Jacks Int'l incurs $228,000 after-tax loss
      309 2 JACKS INTERNATIONAL LTD has dropped back into the red for the year ended Jan 31, 1990. Jacks, the engineering and manufacturing division of Kuala Lumpur-listed Johan Holdings Bhd, reported a loss after tax but before extraordinary items of $228,000 from a profit of $33,000
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      Lock icon API shares not valid for delivery after May 25
      191 2 Bernama SHARE CERTIFICATES of Amalgamated Properties and Industries Bhd (API) will cease to be valid for delivery purposes after May 25. The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange said in a statement, however, that the scrip would be accepted for transfer and exchange
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  • COMPANY NEWS
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      Lock icon US insurance giant faces bid from smaller rival
      394 3 NYT THE once-stalwart American General Corp has stumbled in the last three years, making the insurer vulnerable to a challenge from a much smaller rival, Torchmark Corp. But, some of the institutional investors who control 69 per cent of American General's shares
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      Lock icon Tokyo set to scrap rules on state holding of NTT shares
      247 3 AFP JAPAN'S Finance Ministry plans to scrap regulations requiring the government to own a certain portion of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp (N i l shares, a Tokyo financial daily reported yesterday. Ministry sources were quoted by the Nihon
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      Lock icon Hearing begins for Volvo's suit against HK nightclub
      272 3 AFP SWEDISH carmaker Volvo is seeking a court order to ban a Hongkong nightclub from using the same name, claiming its reputation has been damaged. Sydney Kentridge QC, representing AB Volvo, the Swedish company making Volvo cars and trucks, and Volvo (HK)
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      Use of Renong Bhd as a transfer vehicle raises some questions
      765 3  -  MARKET TALK By Ranjit Gill RENONG BHD's announcement on its acquisition of more than Msl.2 billion worth of assets in several Malaysian blue-chip companies raises a number of questions. Firstly, why was Renong a hitherto obscure property counter chosen
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      Lock icon Esber quits as Ashton-Tate chairman
      322 3 NYT EDWARD M Esber Jr, who was criticised by analysts for lacking technical vision as the chairman and chief executive of Ashton-Tate Co, stepped down from those posts on Monday. Ashton-Tate, a Torrance, California, software concern, said Mr Esber, who is 37, would continue with
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      Lock icon Jakarta enforces rule on odd-lot trading
      186 3 AFP THE CAPITAL Market Executive Authority of Indonesia (Bappepam) has ruled that the trading of small share lots be made through appointed odd-lot dealers at market prices. The Bappepam ruling, to take effect today on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSE) which it oversees, also
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    • COMPANY BRIEFS
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        NZ Cricket Council ends Rothmans sponsorship
        111 3 THE NEW ZEALAND Cricket Council has dropped Rothmans as its prime sponsor, ending a 29-year-old association with the tobacco company. NZCC chairman Barry Paterson said the decision was made on commercial grounds and not because Rothmans sold tobacco. "At the end of the day,
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        British help for Iranian aircraft
        101 3 A BRITISH aerospace company is negotiating a £245 million contract with Iran for the refurbishment of the country's fleet of Boeing 747 airliners. The Daily Telegraph newspaper reported in its Monday edition that the company, Birming-ham-based Lucas Aerospace, was likely to have been given the
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        Boeing posts lower earnings
        101 3 AFFECTED by an accounting change, Boeing Co has reported a 34.2 per cent drop in first-quarter net income. For the first quarter, Boeing had earnings of US$3O2 million, or US$l.3l a share, down from US$459 million, or US$l.99 a share, in the comparable 1989 period. The
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        Tokyo firm eyeing Samoan hotel
        67 3 TOKYO-BASED Imahan Co Ltd is considering purchasing the 96-room Hotel Tusitala in Western Samoa's capital, Apia, the Samoa Observer newspaper has reported. The luxury hotel went into liquidation last year and its receivers, Coopers and Lybrand, have put it on the market. The Observer said
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        Unocal earnings dip 11.5pc
        69 3 UNOCAL CORP has reported that its first-quarter earnings fell 11.5 per cent to US$77 million, or 33 US cents a share, from US$B7 million, or 37 US cents a share, in the corresponding period a year ago. Last year's results included a US$46 million after-tax gain
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        Placer expects A$27m profits
        63 3 PLACER PACIFIC Ltd chairman Alf Paton said the company would report a profit of A 527.12 million, or 4.4 cents per share, for the first quarter of 1990. Speaking at the company's annual general meeting in Sydney yesterday, he said revenues would total A$ 120.06 million
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      304 3 jfOFFICES AT THE HEART |AL OF CHINATOWN i hinatown Point, the latent landmark in Chinatown, soars co~tqng S£» srZtV J a TOWC 20 storevs high with its distinctive blue and grey facade 9 ■-f Its offices are specially designed with facilities to meet the fi H demands of the most
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  • FINANCIAL NEWS
    • SMALL CHANGE
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        MBA buys into Hock Hua
        130 4 MALAYSIA British Assurance Bhd (MBA) has agreed to buy a 20 per cent stake in Hock Hua Bank (Sabah) Bhd for M$ 15.75 million in cash. In a statement in Kuala Lumpur on Monday, Rakyat Merchant Bankers Bhd said on behalf of MBA that the
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        Denmark's top banks cut rates
        117 4 DENMARK'S two largest banks said on Monday that they were cutting interest rates on loans to businesses and private individuals and on the latters' deposits by 0.5 per cent. The decision by Den Danske Bank and Unibank, to take effect yesterday, followed Friday's announcement by
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        Barclays raises mortgage rate
        69 4 UK CLEARING bank Barclays pic said it is raising its mortgage rate to 15.7 per cent from 14.75 per cent, effective from May 1. Barclays, which has around 260,000 mortgage borrowers, said competitive pressures have forced it to lift rates. The new Barclays rate is at
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        NZ outlaws one, two cent coins
        70 4 NEW ZEALAND has outlawed one and two cent coins effective from yesterday. The Reserve Bank earlier this year began withdrawing the coins from circulation, and from midnight on Monday they will no longer have any value and will not be recognised as currency. Around
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      UOB's Australian unit chalks up 128pc rise in profits
      675 4  -  From Florence Chong in SYDNEY UOB AUSTRALIA Ltd, the merchant banking arm of Singapore's United Overseas Bank, reported an increase of almost 128 per cent in profits last year, Mr Lim Lian Tee, managing director of UOB Australia, says the bank's
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      Japanese banks eyeing Taiwan
      227 4 JAPANESE banks are expected to apply to set up offices in Taiwan later this year despite a long-standing unofficial ban by Tokyo. "Japanese bank officials have approached us for discussions on setting up their own representative offices or branches," a senior Central Bank official said. Banks
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      Lock icon ADB holds closed-door talks on size of soft loan fund
      392 4 AFP ASIAN Development Bank (ADB) officials and members are deliberating on replenishing and expanding the bank's US$3.6 billion soft-loan fund, bank officials said in New Delhi on Monday. The closed-door talks, scheduled to be held yesterday, grouping finance ministers and
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      Lock icon Public Bank willing to look at foreign proposals
      195 4 Bernama PUBLIC Bank Bhd president and chief executive Tan Sri Teh Hong Piow said on Monday the bank is prepared to consider any proposal by big multinational corporations, particularly "if it is one of those top 200 companies in the world", to
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      194 4 Cover the Thailand with jßßPjjj a US$l99 PASSENCER —.1 JIV SERVICE AWARD fl I I LM V ~BW by Airport Transport World MiUfaztnt 1990 is Thai's thirtieth year of operation. And to period between January Ist, 1990 and December 31st, 1990 celebrate our birthday we've got a present for you.
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
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      312 5 IF YOU WANT TO BUILD AN ISLAND, ASK A DUTCHMAN. We Dutch are famous for growing things. "Fine", we said,"where is it going to be built?" Rich, for instance. And tulips. They pointed out to sea. We all turned, and peered into the gloom, nodding wisely, as bankers And money:
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  • THE REGION
    • NOTE BOOK
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        Six more pulp plants for East Kalimantan
        93 6 SEVEN private companies have plans to set up six new pulp plants soon in the Indonesian province of East Kalimantan. Jakarta press reports on Monday quoted an official of the industry ministry as having said that the largest of the six plants would
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        MCA-Gerakan teamwork
        77 6 MALAYSIAN Chinese Association will cooperate more closely with Gerakan in efforts to draw the Chinese votes in the general election and thwart plans by the Democratic Action Party to form the next state government in Penang. Deputy MCA president Datuk Lee Kim Sai said on Monday that efforts
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        Aquino does some leg work
        65 6 PHILIPPINE President Corazon Aquino on Monday led officials in handing out land patents to 180,000 farmers across the country in a bid to breathe life into her faltering land-re-form programme. "Now that you hold proof of ownership of the land you work on, your countrymen
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        Vietnam backs Soviet action
        64 6 VIETNAM, whose fuel imports come entirely from the Soviet Union, said on Monday for the first time that it "supports completely" Moscow's blockade of the breakaway Baltic republic of Lithuania. "The measures taken by the Soviet leadership conform to the Soviet Constitution and are aimed at
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      Indonesia to cut cement exports to avert shortage
      420 6 THE Indonesian government will slash cement exports this year to ensure an adequate supply to meet the steadily increasing domestic consumption. The Jakarta Post on Monday quoted director-general of Basic Chemicals Industry Wardijasa as saying last week that cement exports, which reached
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      Lock icon Aquino vows to solve power shortage as markets fall
      459 6 AFP PRESIDENT Corazon Aquino on Monday pledged to Find solutions to a critical power shortage in the Philippines as stock prices tumbled with reports of a possible pullout by several foreign investors. The Manila Stock Exchange index lost 4.17 per cent
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      Kuala Lumpur may develop new business centre: mayor
      333 6 CITY HALL is studying the redevelopment of one of the city's dilapidated areas into a new business or commercial centre as an alternative to the existing Golden Triangle in Kuala Lumpur. Mayor Datuk Elyas Omar told Malaysian Business Times on Monday that
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      Lock icon Burma's military rulers out to discredit opposition
      322 6 Reuter BURMA'S military- rulers, afraid the opposition might win multi-party elections next month, have launched virulent attacks in the staterun press to discredit its leadership, Western diplomats in Rangoon said on Monday. The diplomats said the army two weeks ago released at least
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      354 6 AUSTRIA i STYLE '91 SINGAPORE May 16th 18th, 1990 2.00 p.m. 6.30 p.m. Century Park Sheraton 1- 1 Fabrics Garments Accessories For the eleventh consecutive year, leading designers and manufacturers from Austna will present the latest fashion materials and accessories to buyers and agents in South East Asia. Please indicate
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      810 6 I d r I Keppel Corporation Limited I (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) I NOTICE OF EXTRAORDINARY I I GENERAL MEETING I I NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company H will be held at the Company's registered office, Keppel Corporation Limited, H Administrative
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  • THE WORLD 1
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      Lock icon Uphill road for E German economy
      482 7 AFP EAST GERMANY'S Economy Ministry is battling with the mammoth task of introducing the basic framework of a market economy in time for monetary union with West Germany in only two months' time. "We are in a period where virtually everything needs to be
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      Lock icon UK govt studying ways of amending unpopular tax
      233 7 AFP THE BRITISH government, facing intense criticism from its opponents ahead of nationwide local elections tomorrow, is examining ways to change its unpopular poll tax. A spokeswoman for Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher said on Monday that a high-level group of ministers meeting
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      Lock icon Pretoria blacks urged to show moderation
      149 7 Reuter SOUTH AFRICAN Foreign Minister Pik Botha has said that blacks cannot push the white minority too far without risking a backlash that could destroy the nation for all of its people. Speaking in Cape Town on Monday on the eve of unprecedented talks
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      Sprucing up the pope for the Pope
      45 7 A municipal worker adding the finishing touches to a giant statue of Pope John Paul II in front of the 'Basilica de Guadalupe' in the Mexican capital last Monday in preparation for the Pope's visit from May 6-13
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      Lock icon Latvians hopeful about independence bid
      139 7 Reuter THE LATVIAN Popular Front says it has enough support to push its independence programme and aid for rebel Lithuania through the republic's new Parliament, in spite of a weak showing in a second round of voting. The Latvian movement took four of 17 remaining
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      Lock icon German leaders expect Soviets to compromise
      371 7 Reuter THE LEADERS of both Germanys have expressed confidence that Moscow will compromise in talks on the future military status of a united German state rather than insist on neutrality. East German Prime Minister Lothar De Maiziere told a radio interviewer on Monday that
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      Lock icon W Germany's largest union holds wildcat strikes
      135 7 Reuter WEST GERMANY'S largest union flexed its muscles on Monday, the eve of the May Day workers' holiday, with warning strikes at MercedesBenz and other plants. The one-day wildcat stoppages were the first salvos in a war of nerves between employers and the
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    • WORLD WATCH
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        US and Norway settle contract dispute
        98 8 THE US and Norway have resolved a dispute over a Norwegian decision to cancel a contract for US electronic equipment in favour of a Norwegian bidder. Dallas-based Amtech Corp had complained that a contract for electronic identification equipment for the Oslo Toll Ring Project
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        Norwegians postpone strike
        57 8 REPRESENTATIVES of 500,000 Norwegian public sector workers postponed a threatened strike call set for midnight on Monday and agreed to continue pay talks with the centreright government into May Day. The threatened stoppage would have halted services in major cities ranging from public transport and official administration
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        Taiwan facing traffic problem
        97 8 MOTORISTS out for a spin in Taiwan won't lack for company the island of 20 million people now has more than 10.5 million cars, trucks and motorcycles jamming its roads. The Communications Ministry said in Taipei yesterday that by the end of March, the Taiwanese owned
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        Relief agency threatens to quit
        70 8 AN AUSTRALIAN RELIEF AGENCY has threatened to stop working in Pakistan after thousands of Afghan refugees protesting against Muslim women's exposure to strangers looted and burned its facilities. Police in Islamabad said on Monday that they had arrested 24 people for leading last Thursday's attack
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        First private bank for Bulgaria
        58 8 BUSINESSMEN in Bulgaria, taking advantage of the country's more liberal economic policies, have decided to set up its first private bank. Douma, the newspaper of the ruling Socialist Party, said on Monday that the bank would have capital of 10 million leva and would offer
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        Warning of massive joblessness
        118 8 EAST GERMANY could end up with between 100,000 and 300,000 jobless following the introduction of economic and monetary union with West Germany, said a senior West German official on Monday. But Heinrich Franke, the president of the West German Labour Office, said in a radio interview
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        Depressing facts from TV study
        68 8 WATCHING TELEVISION makes you sadder, lonelier, sleepier, less able to concentrate and more hostile, according to the results of a 13-year study published in Los Angeles on Monday. A book by psychologists Robert Kubey and Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi said their study's results "are particularly important because
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        Canadian economy shrinking
        74 8 THE CANADIAN ECONOMY shrank in February for the second month in a row, adding to a growing list of gloomy indicators similar to those that heralded its 1982 recession. But the country's economists remained cautious about sounding the recession alarm after Statistics Canada, a federal agency, reported
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      Lock icon Hills strikes conciliatory note with Japan ahead of trade talks
      466 8 AFP US TRADE Representative Carla Hills proffered an olive branch to Tokyo for the second time in four days on Monday, saying she is not designating Japan as a country denying fair and equal market opportunity to US construction services.
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      Lock icon Asian growth will still be fastest: ADB economists
      417 8 AP IN SPITE OF the rush to finance Eastern Europe's transformation to a market economy, Asia is expected to maintain its position as the world's fastest growing region, say two Asian Development Bank economists. News reports predicting a drop in Asian economic
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      Lock icon Stock management change helped head off US recession
      324 8 AP A MARKED CHANGE in the way manufacturers and others stock their inventories helped head off a recession in the US at the start of the year, US Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan told a group of purchasing managers on Monday. "The
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      Lock icon US troop cuts to go ahead despite warning
      206 8 Reuter THE US Defence Department is planning to proceed with the removal of some US troops from South Korea in spite of an intelligence estimate that has cut the warning time for any North Korean invasion to less than 24 hours, say
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      Lock icon India refuses to hold trade talks under pressure
      221 8 Reuter INDIA, isolated on the US trade hit list for erecting barricades against foreign competition, still insists it will not negotiate under threat of retaliation. In New Delhi, officials on Monday declined comment on India being named by the US as an
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      202 8 EL] Durham University Founded in 1832, Durham is the third oldest University in England with a rich tradition as a centre of scholarship and research. Durham University now offers senior executives and professionals the opportunity to obtain an MB A qualification in Singapore. This distance learning programme is structured to
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      314 8 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP 50 STONEAGE (AIRFREIGHT) PTE. LTD. (In Voluntary Liquidation) At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the members of STONEAGE (AIRFREIGHT) PTE LTD duly convened and held at 8001 Beach Road •14-01. Golden Mile Tower Singapore 0719 on the 25th day of Apnl 1990
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  • Article
    CPF: a 'fixed' deposit
    533 10 EDITORIAL XHE interest rate for individuals' savings with the Central Provident Fund Board is rising again. It will be er cent during the second half of this year, up from 3.77 per cent. This will be the fourth consecutive rise since the rate reached a low
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  • WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
    • Article
      Work towards the future
      229 10 THERE IS MUCH to rejoice on Labour Day. Times have never been better. But amid the May Day festivities, it is timely to take a step back and reflect on the state of labour in Singapore. Having come so far, the tendency is to relax. After
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      Reinforcing one another
      138 10 THE SINGAPORE labour movement has gone through many trials and tribulations. While the lot of Singapore workers has improved enormously. they should constantly remind themselves of the challenge ahead to keep abreast of the international competition. The current and projected tight labour market is a drawback and
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      Points to ponder
      109 10 SEVERE PUNISHMENT need to be meted out to dangerous and rash drivers if we are to raise the level of road "culture". Some can be classified as road hooligans because they take the law into their own hands when an accident occurs. Other than hauling them to
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  • REGIONAL VIEWPOINTS
    • Article
      Waterlogged argument
      126 10 THERE ARE curious incongruences in the arguments used to support the continued construction of dams to generate electricity for our power-hungry industrial development. Close examination of the logic used proves a taxing mental exercise. Energy officials try to play down the impact of forest destruction and natural siltation
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      Trials and tribulations
      196 10 TODAY Israel observes its Independence Day, though the particular substance of its independence and freedom is not clear. It is not free from its many threats and enemies. It is not free from the obdurate resistance of the Palestinians who have not cowed by 28 months of
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      Indonesia after 1997
      163 10 ALTHOUGH the presence of Indonesia's banking and trade representatives are quite visible in Hongkong, there is little public talk in this country on what the new status of that remarkable hubbub of high-pressure economic activity will be after 1997. Although based on the 1984 joint declaration, following
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    Lock icon End of apartheid?
    877 10  -  Black-white talks begin today in S Africa. Whatever the outcome, Pretoria will not be the same again, says Rodney Pinder Rodney Pinder Reuter THE South African government says it is the beginning of the end of white rule, but after decades of living under apartheid, blacks are
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      129 10 'J ROSE GARDEN SICHUAN RESTAURANT Level 5, Golden Landmark Hotel 390 Victoria Street, Singapore The Art of Sichuan Cuisine The Rose Garden Sichuan Restaurant at the Golden Landmark Hotel. A new name in a new location. An age-old tradition in first-class Sichuan Cuisine at its spicy best t Conveniently poised
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      77 10 DOONESBURY ANTI-U.S. I CAN BUT LOOK AT n FKM THE PANAMAS IN THE ABSENCE CHEAP THIRD 7&Y RIOTS'AFTER IMAGINE HOW lAN PE&PECVVb. JUSTJD ARREST OF NOAIPWHAISC&ER, /TWwri r—M/V/ CALL IT All I'VE PON£ THAT MIGHT A PRUGPEAIER, U.S.FOROS THOUSANDS ARE STHt HOMEU& 'SCREMW3 FOR. THIS HAT- BGDEMORAL MANA66P TD!NFUCT»2 BUJON
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  • ANALYSIS
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      Lock icon A pioneer in the wilderness
      1185 11  -  Nothing is too big or small for Japanese conglomerate Sumitomo. Hence its pioneering foray into Batam. Loh Hui Yin talks to its top executives in Osaka Loh Hui Yin THERE will be more than the usual amount of nail-biting over the next eight months for
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      Going global — the Sumitomo way
      983 11 Going global the Sumitomo way Plans for a world divided into three main parts Globalisation, a buzzword these days heard in multinational boardrooms from Osaka to Oslo. At Sumitomo Electric Industries, its world strategy is predicated on what it calls a "tripole localisation". Going by that, the world is divided
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      From mining to 21st Century industries
      531 11 IT HAD ITS humble origins in the copper-mining industry in the 17th Century, but the House of Sumitomo has since moved on to become one of the major business groups in Japan. Its business activities covers a broad spectrum banking, trading, insurance, computers, and
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      30 11 Vietnamese Cuisine ENJOY A VARIETY OF 40 DIFFERENT DISHES AT s4 eoch gs- Oj y TROPICAL INN SEAFOOD 82-01 Basement, Tanjlin Shopping Centre. Tannin Rd. S*pore 1024. g *****20 *****63
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  • SPORTS
    • SIDE LINES
      • Article
        Fiji keeps same team for Auckland
        116 12 FIJI Rugby Union selectors have retained the side that beat the strong New Zealand provincial team Canterbury last month for Saturday's clash against the mighty Auckland pack. Fiji Rugby Union administrator Tevita Ratuva said yesterday that the Ilaitia Savai-skippered side is the best Fiji
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        Reputed mobster acquitted
        102 12 A REPUTED mob figure was acquitted on Monday of conspiring to dope horses in Florida and New Jersey. US District Judge Edward Davis issued a verdict acquitting Anthony Accetturo, 52, of all charges, saying the government's case against him was too weak. "We're disappointed," said Diane Cossin,
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        Blackhawks beat Blues
        73 12 JEREMY ROENICK scored two first-period goals and Steve Larmer and Adam Creighton added short-handed goals on Monday night, leading the Chicago Blackhawks to an 8-2 victory over the St Louis Blues in the decisive seventh game of the Norris Division final in the National Hockey League. The
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        Braves score second victory
        163 12 ODDIBE McDOWELL and Jeff Treadway each hit two-run homers and Atlanta added two other runs to beat New York 7-4 in the baseball league on Monday night. It was the second victory in a row for the Braves, who beat the Mets for the first time
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        Van Brabant takes seventh leg
        106 12 BENNY VAN BRABANT of Belgium outpedalled the main pack in a mass sprint to the finish line to win the seventh leg of the 45th Tour of Spain cycling race in Seville on Monday. He edged out Malcolm Elliot of Britain in a photo finish.
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        Jahangir loses to Dittmar
        117 12 JAHANGIR KHAN suffered a shock defeat, lost his world number one spot and launched another attack on the refereeing standards at the European Open squash championships in Karlsruhe, West Germany, on Monday. Beaten in the semi-fi-nals by Chris Dittmar of Australia and ousted from his world
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        World record claim
        71 12 TWO Venezuelan mountain climbers who say they made a world record rappel down the world's highest waterfall are seeking official recognition. Wilmer Perez, 41, and Luis Aulestia, 33, said in Caracas on Monday that they have submitted newspaper clippings and other documentation of their descent of Angel
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      Lock icon Early exits for Sampras, Skoff
      200 12 AP SIXTH SEED Pete Sampras of the United States and eighth seed Horst Skoff of Austria were upset in the first round of the US$l million BMW German Open in Munich on Monday. Second seed Aaron Krickstein and Jim Courier, seeded fourth, were two Americans
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      Lock icon Tyson's in good shape and ready to fight again
      276 12 AFP MIKE TYSON says he has put his shocking loss to James "Buster" Douglas behind him as he prepares for a non-title fight in June against Henry Tillman. "You're successful for a time," he said in New York on Monday. "Eventually,
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      Antonitsch, Matsuoka fall prey to injuries
      715 12  -  _Sl A Surendren THINGS went pretty much to form on the second day of the Epson Singapore Super* Tennis Tournament at Kallang yesterday. The only blotch on a clear day was the elimination of third seed Alex Antonitsch. He had to retire after an
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      Lock icon Honest, reliable, but where's the flair?
      906 12 AP IF ANY COUNTRY can win soccer's World Cup based on tactics from the history books, it is England. While other nations have gained success by developing and adapting their soccer systems over the years, England relies on that same old hurried, predictable and
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  • FOCUS
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      Lock icon First to Bata, then on with the lessons of capitalism
      1146 13 The Czechs are trying to woo home the 75-year-ola son of Tomas Bata, the man behind the world famous Bata brand of shoes, to help it restart its capitalist engine NYT The political transformation of Eastern Europe has brought many
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      Lock icon East Germany fading into history as the West floods in
      938 13 Even as talks for a unified German state are being held, East Germany is being overwhelmed by capital from the West NYT Representatives of the four victorious powers of World War II convened in a castle in East Berlin last
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      136 13 We have ways of making you talk! Tongue tied? Afraid to speak in ease you mispronounce a word' At the British Registration deadline: Mon 21/V9O Council we have ways to help you speak Other communication skills courses: with fluency and confidence! Our Editorial Skills 15/6-19/6(1450) "Confidence in Speaking" course will
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      304 13 Business Times WORDSKILL Test your skill and win yourself one of ten $200 Dinners at RESTAURANT Latour A contest form will appear for 3 days in succession, from Monday, April 30, 1990 to Wednesday. May 2, 1990. All you have to do is fill in the missing words from Day
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      181 14 WHERE TO WINE, DINE AND ENTERTAIN... WHERE TO WINE, DINE AND ENTERTAIN... WHERE TO WINE, DINE... Some of our best advertising is by word-of-mouth. I jflr For outstanding haute cuisine in surroundings of unashamed opulence. The Palm Grill is the name on everyone's lips. Reservations. 330 8310 or 338 8585
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      309 14 ooimcGs 'TmSfSSSTf^SST' THE MOST WONDROUS BUFFET LUNCH IN TOWN Enjoy a gourmet buffet luncheon at an ungourmet price! For starters, take your pick of our cold dishes prawns on ice, fresh oysters, smoked salmon, melon and dried ham, vegetable terrine, mixed seafood salad, cooked assorted vegetables and homemade dressings Select
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      218 14 Time for Karaoke in The Streets. Friday, Saturday :6pm- 3 am &PHEve (SifrH) r Vv] Happy Hours pm 8 pm fr#e*S Plaza Hg^Ej, U«tCOiQuHfUL< IN Mf NQ: rr» Hf,*h Km..: .NnfiHiirrll7KlW £MMN| s*>?w Feast on our Chef's Specialty >«• Fish Head Curry at only $17.50 /Zfr y (for 2 persons),
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      259 14 At noon, Italian gourmet cuisine takes centrestage. Salmone 'Bella Vista' and 60 other authentic favourites. All skilfully prepared and (r dressed to perfection. f For lunch today, break for an Italian interlude. Italian Buffet Lunch May 1 31, Noon 2.30pm r t Adult: $36++, Child below 10: $18+ r We
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      740 14 TELEVISION AND radio w w w-w I released. Seindah Kasih Mama. BUSINESS**! RAW^D J 9.00 News at Nine. 3.50 Sayings of Prophet .jfo WsW /inn VV l PM Vkfcotashior Monthly. 830 Alien Nation When S.kes 4.00 TaHan Kasih. CU ClllVi TT IVVJ 8.05 Insight (See Our Cho.ce). and George investigate
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  • LIFESTYLE
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      Lock icon The life spans of dogs and cats
      304 15 NYT PET owners have always wondered: how long do dogs and cats live? The question of potential animal longevity is complicated even among pets by the fact that "many dogs and cats do not live an entire life span, because of trauma and
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      Lock icon And now the real Bush surfaces
      801 15 The First Lady reveals the president's cultural tastes NYT BARBARA BUSH has blown her husband's cultural cover. Remember during the campaign, when everyone suspected that George Bush was just pretending to like motorboats and pork rinds and country music so he would not be
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      Prince Charles starts project for youths
      261 15 CHATTIRBOX PRINCE CHARLES, saying that he's worried that something is missing from the lives of young Britons, is launching a Volunteers programme to channel their energy into community projects. "We need to recognise the youthful urge for adventure and aggression and find better ways
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      223 15 AND ENTERTAIN Mum's The Word MOTHERS DAY NPH LM V MA> 1 Sjf I RESERVATIONS 7)2 1222 EXT IS4J PRICES ARE SUBJECT TO 10% SERVICE CHARGE AND 4% cess. Get the family together and treat Mum to any of our specials on Mothers Day this May 13th-brunch, lunch or candlelight
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      112 15 LUNCHING AT CARLTON BRASSERIE AUWWSh MAKES GOOD BUSINESS SENSE. If you're looking for a superb lunch in a quiet, pleasant ambience, come for our Business Banquet. Begin with our appetizer buffet that includes fresh oysters, salmon and pate. Then choose from 4 main courses daily, with U.S. Beet Tenderloin and
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      180 15 I Seafood Feast <$ It's the biggest catch at lunchtime M >•' Jfcji .And it happens everyday at I I jBB Jack's Seafood Garden Jl M Choose from over 35 Jt (jP dishes Prepared with the I freshest of ingredients. In S £5 many different st>'les. Shredded Sea Blubber Skin
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  • TOKYO STOCK EXCHANGE
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      Lock icon Shares end firmer in thin pre-holiday trade
      2218 16 Reuter TOKYO STOCKS closed moderately higher yesterday, led by high-priced elect ricals and a few incentive-backed issues, after easing in the morning. Trade was very thin ahead of market holidays in Tokyo tomorrow and Friday, and after a holiday on Monday. "It's tough
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      Lock icon Market closes weaker as investors sit and watch
      2681 16 Reuter HONGKONG'S blue-chip indicator recouped earlier losses in a late burst of short-covering and ended slightly lower, but investors were still mainly sidelined on a lack of clear market trends, brokers said. "There was buying across the board in the short-covering," a
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  • REGIONAL STOCK MARKETS
    • Aussie market's leading stocks rebound
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        MORGAN STANLEY CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL INDICES
        341 17 la local cwitscy In S$ la USS day year day year day yew Apr 30 Index change change change change change change World ...*402.1 0.0 -13.5 -0.2 -17.4 -0.1 -16.3 *EAFE 565.8 -0.3 -16.9 -0.1 -21.8 -0.1 -20.8 Europe 420.9 -0.5 -6.6 -0.3 -5.9 -0.3
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        AUSTRALIA
        1228 17 AUSTRALIA'S sharemarket closed firmer yesterday as leading stocks rebounded on the back of renewed confidence in BHP and Elders IXL, brokers said. The All Ordinaries Index finished 6.1 points up 1,440.6, with BHP staging a strong recovery to end 20 cents higher at A 58.94 and Elders gaining seven
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        TAIPEI
        421 17 TAIWAN STOCKS finished sharply lower yesterday on investors' concern about the uncertain political situation, dealers said. The weighted index fell 557.44 points to finish at 8,734.93, the lowest since Dec 22. The index fell through technical support on Monday causing chart watchers to become pessimistic, dealers said. They said
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        NEW ZEALAND
        434 17 NEW ZEALAND SHARES partially rebounded on low turnover yesterday in line with a slight improvement on Wall Street. "It was a technical bounce after quite a few down days and long overdue," one Forsyth Barr broker said. "We still have worries about interest rates so we're not reading
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        SEOUL
        870 17 THE SEOUL stock market yesterday regained almost all of the ground it lost on Monday in yet another wild swing of the index as investors bought on news that the government would intervene after all, brokers said. The composite index rose 29.79 to 718.45 after losing 31.71 on Monday,
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        1291 17 Bangkok Apr 30 Baht +/-VoHDO), Alucon Manufact 530 2 19 American Standa Asia Credit .87 -I 1776 Asia Hotel 203 2 88 Asia Sec. Tradi 34 2030 Ayudhya Insuran 517 40 Ayudhya Investm 70 1950 Ayudhya Life As 421 Bangkok Bank 283 Bangkok Bank Of '0 I&70 Bangkok Insuran *****
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        INDICES & TURNOVER
        87 17 INDICES TURNOVER (Tout Previous May 1 Apr 30 SYDNEY All Ordinaries Index 1440.6 1,434:5 +6.1 All Industrials Index 2235.6 2,226.0 +9.6 All Resources Index 833.0 829.6 3.4 Turnover (million) 78.96 70.37 8.59 BANGKOK SET Index 855.97 -3.39 Turnover (nearest '000) 15.482 -2,472 JAKARTA Composite Index Closed Turnover (nearest '000) Closed
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  • WORLD STOCK MARKETS
    • US blue chips stage moderate recovery
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        NEW YORK
        1041 18 A LATE SPURT of buying, some of it futures-linked, helped US blue chips stage a moderate rebound on Monday. Technology issues, including International Business Machines Corp, led the way higher. Overall volume, however, was thin because of a holiday in Japan. The Dow industrials ended up about 11.71,
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        BRUSSELS
        219 18 BELGIAN SHARES ended mixed to easier in exceptionally quiet pre-holiday trade on Monday. Dealers said the absence of many operators taking a long weekend ahead of yesterday's May Day holiday further reduced turnover volume from last week's minimal levels. Only retailer GB-Inno saw moderately brisk trade again, with 41,000
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        LONDON
        982 18 FTSE-100 SHARES extended early gains near the midsession yesterday after a technical squeeze had buoyed the market initially. At noon, the FTSE-100 was 21.5 points, or one per cent, ahead of Monday's close at 2,124.9. "There's been a bit of a bounce filtering through from a firmer gilts market,"
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        PARIS
        282 18 FRENCH SHARES closed lower in a quiet market on Monday, with traders breaking off early to enjoy the fine spring weather ahead of yesterday's May Day holiday, dealers said. The CAC-index had fallen to 2,038.38 by 1100 GMT but recovered slightly to close at 2,046.46, 19.81 points down on
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        ZURICH
        291 18 SWISS SHARES closed lower across the board on Monday. Dealers said prices stabilised above the day's lows at the end after edging down for most of the session. Volume was very low with virtually no buying interest. "It is quiet as a church," one trader said. The SPI index
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        MILAN
        175 18 MILAN share prices eased slightly in lacklustre trading and thin volume on Monday, with many operators absent due to yesterday's market holiday, brokers said. The MIB index slipped three points, or 0.10 per cent, to close at 1,005. Operators were reluctant to take large positions ahead of next weekend's
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        FRANKFURT
        269 18 FRANKFURT share prices finished lower after very quiet pre-holiday trading on Monday, with metalworkers' wildcat strikes putting additional pressure on the market, which is already burdened by interest rate worries. The 30-share DAX index shed 12.27 points to close at 1,813.25. It had dropped 1.55 points on Friday, extending
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        JOHANNESBURG
        371 18 THE JOHANNESBURG stock market closed little changed on Monday in listless trading ahead of yesterday's May Day holiday, after which three days of historic and crucial talks between the South African government and the African National Congress will take place about future negotiations, dealers said. The overall share index
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        230 18 Reuter DUTCH SHARES traded at easier opening levels in quiet midday business yesterday as a firmer London stock market failed to give inspiration and most other European bourses were closed yesterday. Dealers said they were unable to give a clear explanation for yesterday's easier prices. "All I know is
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        INDICES & TURNOVER
        85 18 INDICES TURNOVER NEW YORK Ooac hwllMM Apr 30 Dow Jones NYSE Financial SAP 300 Turnover (million) 2,656.75 2,645.04 134 91 134.60 330 80 329.10 123.0 132.0 11.71 +0.31 1.69 -90 LONDON Financial Times 30 FTSE 100 Turnover (million) 1653.6 2103.4 326.3 1,658.7 2,106.6 536.7 -5.1 -3.2 •210.4 AMSTERDAM CBS General
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  • CURRENCY, MONEY & FUTURES MARKETS
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      US$ trades lower against yen and higher against mark
      601 19 REPORTS THE US dollar closed mixed yesterday in a thinly traded Tokyo market, slightly lower against the yen and higher against the mark. Last-min-ute mark selling for yen for profit-taking pushed the dollar up against the mark in an otherwise featureless
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      Quotation of Singapore Government Stocks as at Apr 30, 1990
      390 19 Indicative Coupon Amount Interest Number ot days of middle price Gross redemDtlon Maturity Yur raised rat* pa) <$m) paymant dates accrued Interest (excluding accrued Interest) wESSM Efil 1.5.90 N2881 OOF 1988 3 3/4# 420.00 1/5 1/11 180 100.00# 15.6.90 Loan
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      INTERBANK FOREX RATES
      386 19 Cross rates Apr 30 USS SS M$ Dm Yen SFr AS NZS USS 1.8765 2.7175 1.6780 159.10 0.6144 1.4555 1.3324 1.7406 SS 0.5329 1.4482 ***** ***** 0.3274 0.7756 0.7101 0.9276 MS 0.3680 69.05 0.6175 ***** 0.2261 0.5356 ***** 0.6405 Dm 0.5959 1.1183 1.6195 94.82 0.3662 0.8674 *****
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      MONEY MARKET
      564 19 Interbank rates SS Bid Offer Overnight 6 1/16 6 3/16 1-month 6 1/2 6 5/8 2-month 6 5/8 6 3/4 3-month 6 3/4 6 7/8 QnHM|ht mode: 6-3/16 USS Bid Offer 7 days 8 3/8 8 1/2 1 month 8 3/8 8 1/2 2 months 8 1/2 8
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      Lock icon Bonn expects accord outlines by Friday
      180 19 Reuter THE Bonn government expects talks on German monetary union with East Berlin to produce the main outlines of an agreement by Friday. But it was not yet clear whether all details would be settled by then or whether further talks would be needed
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      Lock icon Arab states must map out strategy
      205 19 Reuter ARAB countries must develop their financial markets in the 1990s to attract foreign capital in a world that is swiftly moving towards economic blocs, the head of the Arab Monetary Fund said. The AMF, the Arab equivalent of the International Monetary Fund, does
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      FINANCIAL FUTURES AND OPTIONS
      1411 19 a c EX n—kim Open High Low Sett Est Vol Opflnt Vol Jun 90 91.19 91.20 91.17 91.19 1989 ***** ***** Sep 90 90.91 90.94 90.91 90.92 1369 8510 ***** Dec 90 90.70 90.73 90.70 90.71 83 2912 1943 Mar 91 90.61 90.63 90.61 90.61 35
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  • COMMODITIES
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      Lock icon Manila to import up to 1m tonnes of cement from China
      267 20 AFP CHINA has agreed to sell between 700,000 and one million tonnes of cement to the Philippines to help ease a shortage, the two governments said. Philippine Trade Secretary Jose Concepcion and Chinese Ambassador to Manila Wang Yingfan signed
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      Lock icon Opec starts emergency meeting on prices
      484 20 AP OPEC ministers gather in emergency session today to try to prop up oil prices, which have fallen sharply in recent weeks because Gulf members of the cartel are overstepping their quotas. Analysts believe the ministers are aiming at their meeting in Geneva for
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      Lock icon India's tea crisis hits global market
      265 20 AFP THE tea industry, India's top foreign exchange earner, is facing its worst crisis which may ultimately dislodge the nation from its top slot among the world's exporters. Production this year fell 40,000 tons short of the 725,000 ton target, triggering panic in the
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      Lock icon Indon tin firm seeks World Bank loan
      247 20 AP THE Indonesian state-owned PT Tambang Timah tin company is seeking a World Bank loan for a restructuring plan to improve efficiency to cope with declining tin prices, a spokesman said on Monday. Spokesman Muhammad Husni said the company wants to modernise its
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      Gold ends slightly higher in Hongkong
      261 20 REPORTS HONGKONG: Gold closed slightly higher from its New York close in lacklustre trade but dealers said the metal was likely to ease in overseas markets. Bullion closed at U*****.20/70 an ounce against New York's U*****.60/U*****.10 finish and a U*****.7(VU*****.20 open. Local gold closed
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      PRICES
      1352 20 Rubber Apr 30 SccntVki Noon Close Inl I RSSPrompt 155.50/156 SON I55.2VI56.25N Inl I RSSMay 90 15».5<V 159.50 I58.2VI59.2S Inl I RSS June 160.30H61.00 160.25/160.75 Int 2 RSS OP 152.50/154.50N I52.50/I54.50N Int 3 RSS OP I47.00/I49.00N 147.00/149 OON Int 4 RSS OP 143.00/145.00N 143.00/145 OON Int 5 RSS OP
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      851 20 IN THE MATTER or THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. SO AND IN THE MATTER OF LA- SYSTEMS PTE LTD PTE LTD (Members' Voluntary Winding op) At an Extraordinary General Meeting of die Members of the abovenamed Company duly convened and beld at 31 Anoon Road, •02-57 #02-39 Anon Centre, Singaporeo2o7, on
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    1004 21 City FUjht eta FVCM no CHy FN«M ETA Flight ETO AhaOfcaM GA895 1235 GA886 0010 SQ109 MH642 1405 1500 MH631 SQ112 1610 1630 AMrida QF7 2025 SQ227 2250 SQ111 MH613 SQ113 MH644 1705 1820 1850 1900 MH610 MH643 SQ1I4 MH616 1645 1715 1745 1900 Aartrta. GA895
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      Fauchon opens restaurant
      667 21  -  POSTCARD FROM PARIS By G S Bourdain IMPOSSIBLE n'est pas Francais (Impossible is not French) is a popular phrase in France, and Fauchon, the prestigious food emporium founded in 1886, seems to have just proved its veracity. Fauchon has opened an attractive restaurant at a site in
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      MONEY CHANGER RATES
      154 21 As at 3pm on April 30: Local dollars to one unit of foreign currency Currencies Bid Offer Australian dollar 1.402 1.4220 Canadian dollar 1.600 1.6200 NZ dollar 1.066 1.106 Sterling pound 3.043 3.073 US dollar 1.8730 1.8830 Local dollars to 100 units of foreign currency Austrian schilling
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      WORLD TRADE EXHIBITIONS
      141 21 Duration Title Venue Organiser _Td Apr 27- International West Dussekiorfer r (49)211/4560May 10 Fair Printing Germany Mcssegcscibch- 01 and Paper aft mbH Nowea Apr 28 Spring Fair Austria Grazer Messe 316/8088-0 May 6 *90 Indemational May 2-9 Hanover Fair Germany Foir de (49)511/89-0 '90 Industry Hanovre CeBit
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      282 21 1 Circulate counterfeit dollar blame other fellow 9 Walks into a vessel bound I 1 I I ill out-of-the-world places 11 Nonconformist creepyMM H 12 Questioning a method of -—■HHHBL— cooking (8) I P I I I I j j 13 Extremely small accesso- hLJ—HHI 15 Replace drink with vegeta-
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      210 21 Singapore Outlook: Showers over several areas in the afternoon Report Max temp 33.4* C Assoc humidity 59% Min temp. 25.5* C Assoc humidity 95% Hrs of sunshine 5.10 Rainfall in mm trace Rainfall this mth nil Rainy days this mth nil World report Asia-Pacific Hi/Lo* Cond. Auckland 21/14 Rain Bangkok
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    A tribute to the workers, a salute to the Prime Minister
    474 22  -  By Suzanne Soh THOUSANDS of Singaporeans yesterday joined workers around the world to mark International Labour Day. The May Day Rally this year had special meaning for the Republic as it is also celebrating its 25th anniversary. And for
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    Thomson chief lauds S'pore workforce
    250 22  -  By Anna Teo AMERICAN risk analysis firm Beri has consistently rated Singapore's workforce tops in its regular global labour evaluation of the last 11 years. Another "unsolicited and authoritative" endorsement of the Singapore workforce was made recently, this time by the chairman of French electronics
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    Lock icon Japanese town offers free land
    119 22 Reuter LAND in central Tokyo is the most expensive in the world, but one town in a remote part of Japan is giving land away in a desperate effort to boost its dwindling population. Asaji, high in the mountains of Kyushu, has budgeted 1.8 million
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    Hard to replace HK as Asia's financial centre: Wardley
    430 22  -  From Catherine Ong in HONGKONG SINGAPORE, Australia, Taiwan and Thailand are unlikely to replace Hongkong as an international financial centre for Asia because none of these countries is willing to allow equal treatment of foreign and local participants, in the view
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    Lock icon May Day, May Day
    297 22 Agencies THOUSANDS of protesters jeered and booed President Mikhail Gorbachev and other officials on Red Square Tuesday, using traditionally sedate May Day festivities to unleash bitter criticism on the Soviet leadership. Columns of unofficial demonstrators, permitted for the first time in the traditional May Day march
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    160 22 AP IN A MOVE to save South Korea's stock market from imminent collapse, the government yesterday decided to attack rampant real estate speculation. The government would be forcing conglomerates, especially securities and insurance firms, to sell real estate held for speculation, officials said in
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    Strong oil exports lifted dull trade in March
    365 22  -  By Genevieve Cue SINGAPORE trade turned in a lacklustre performance in March, with a modest 14.6 per cent growth. It continued to be boosted largely by strong domestic oil exports. The growth rate pales beside the phenomenal 24.6 per cent increase in
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    317 22 US institute recommends appreciation of Sing AP SINGAPORE needs to reverse its recent depreciation of its currency and to achieve "the sort of real appreciation previously recommended", said a revised study by the Institute for International Economics in Washington, updating a major analysis it issued in June 1987. Institute economists
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      Johor wants second link with S'pore delayed
      555 23  -  By Ravi Nambiar THE JOHOR Port Authority, concerned over the large volume of cargo still going through the Causeway, has urged the federal government to delay approval for the proposed second link with Singapore. It fears that if the proposed bridge is built
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      Lock icon Jakarta and Moscow likely to sign flight agreement
      235 23 AFP INDONESIA and the Soviet Union are expected to sign an agreement this month to resume direct airlinks between the two countries eight years after they were suspended, said Transportation Minister Azwar Anas in Jakarta on Monday. Representatives of the two countries
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      India's open skies policy to be permanent: minister
      364 23  -  From Julie Chatterjee IN BOMBAY INDIA'S newly-elected government has decided to abolish most of the restrictions on domestic air charter operations and seat capacity ceilings on air taxi services. The open skies policy will be permanent, instead of being valid only for
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      383 23  -  By Othman Abu Bakar CONTAINER terminal operator NCT says it is negotiating with a foreign shipping line to set up an eight-hectare container yard at Port Klang to store the line's boxes. Negotiations are expected to be completed very soon. Work
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      New Splosna Plovba service
      248 23  -  By Rahita Elias YUGOSLAVIAN shipping line Splosna Plovba recently launched a new monthly service plying between Japan and the Indian subcontinent, via Singapore. The new service, which began in mid-April, was started to take advantage of the growing demand for breakbulk cargo space to the Republic
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        Aussie transport groups form joint venture
        87 24 THREE TRANSPORT GROUPS IN AUSTRALIA have formed a joint-venture company to offer global transport and distribution management services. National airline Qantas, transport and security group Mayne Nickless Ltd, and Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Co unit P and O Containers have each taken one-third
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        E German, French air service
        69 24 EAST GERMANY AND FRANCE began a scheduled air service on Monday, the official ADN news agency reported. It said French carrier Air France would fly to and from Dresden on Fridays starting from May 4 and state airline Interflug would ply the route on Mondays
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        Deepwater berths at Shanghai
        102 24 THE CHINESE PORT CITY of Shanghai is to spend 230 million yuan (US$49 million) to build six more deepwater berths this year, the New China News Agency reported. The additions will bring to 15 the number of deepwater berths in Shanghai, the industrial centre of China.
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        Spot oil tanker charters
        73 24 SPOT TANKER CHARTERS of crude oil in March in the Mideast Gulf totalled 220 million bairels, or 103 ultra and "Very large crude carriers, said Ken Miller, vice-president at Energy Information Limited. Miller said at an international oil conference in Boulder, Colorado, that the spot loadings
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        ASK, Mitsui Engineering pact
        89 24 ASK CORP HAS REACHED agreement with Mitsui Engineering and Shipbuilding Co Ltd of Japan for Mitsui to provide for worldwide sales of ASK products and technology. The pact specifically includes sales efforts aimed at the JUS and Japanese markets. Mitsui said it intends to launch an
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        India to ground Airbuses
        83 24 INDIAN AIRLINES' fleet of 14 Airbus 320s will be grounded until a court ends an inquiry intp a plane crash in February which killed 91 people, Civil Aviation Minister Arif Mohammad Khan told Parliament. A court of inquiry I «will begin on May 7 to hear
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      Lock icon Pushing back the frontiers
      1740 24  -  Regional operators and liner majors alike are jumping on the intra-Asian trade bandwagon and already there are signs of overcapacity. TaniTreedman reports. Tani Freedman Seatrade Business Review BOOMING intraAsian trade has pushed demand for container shipping to a record high. Liner operators with a stake in
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      770 24 AFP FREIGHT rates continued to slide in the past week, depressed by the continued absence of traditional springtime demand. With the usual seasonal growth in vessel fixing already a month late, the Baltic International Freight Futures Exchange's Baltic Freight Index (BFI) gave up 45 points over the week
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      THE SHIPPING GUIDE
      11237 32 This is a list of ships loading at Singapore for ports around the world. It tabulates, by destination, the name of the ship, the shipping line involved and the estimated dates of arrival and departure from the Port of Singapore. Advanced dates are published for a maximum
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        AT CONVENTIONAL WHARVES
        374 38 M -ti kiM M"*" Nipptl Whirvti MtorM 26Wb K18 alongside 0405/2300 foxwhuasJwn 3 K29 alongside 06.05/0600 towwtt BH K30 alongside 01.05/1400 Toutcom 2008 C09 alongsrfe 02 05/2300 Ms Endwwo 06EB K17 01 05/1345 02 05/2300 Ttomasrwr* 92£ K30 02.05/2130 04 05/1800 Paak Panianf Boi Rumnski 27W P3E
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        CONTAINER SCHEDULE
        1848 38 RECEIVING OF EXPORT Fa CONTAINERS MID LCt CARGO TrssUkw SchedJes Sty Voy No Ait Ditt Tint From To Boototf Gate B* Op G<* Aka Bhum 18S 04.05.90 2300 02/1230 02/1259 Portnet 2 A2 00 F05 03/0130 03/0159 NA 2_ M Mko*> «8A 04.05.90 0700 02/1430 02/1529 Portnet 2
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        IN MALAYSIAN PORTS
        283 38 Pft Kiam South fort Crystal Venture L berth 1; IV! berth 3: Santos berth 4; Sri Nam Hua berth 7; Jenwin berth 7A. KCT: Thana Bhum berth 8; Maersk Farco berth 9; Bonita Ace berth 9; Lion Gate Bridge berth 10. North Port; No 8 Donam berth
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        DAILY FREIGHTS
        1182 38 THE CURRENT downward drift in rates on the dry cargo freight market continued, and the Baltic Freight Index (BFI) on Monday was marked down 12 points to 1,361. A 52,000 long ton cargo of heavy grain was booked from the US North Pacific range to Japan at US$ll.6O,
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      Lock icon Boeing hopes to launch wide-body jets by mid-year
      285 39 Reuter BOEING Co chairman and chief executive Frank Shrontz said the company hopes to receive enough orders for the new 767-X jetliner by mid-1990 to formally launch the new wide-body twinjet. "We are hopeful by midyear to have reached a quantity that
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      DHL opens new bonded warehouse in Bahrain
      186 39 LEADING air express company DHL has opened a new bonded warehouse and distribution system at Bahrain Airport. The facility, part of a US$4 million investment made in the Middle East by the company, will mean that shippers from around the world will be
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      Lock icon EC seeks to act against unfair pricing
      171 39 Reuter THE European Community is seeking powers to act faster against airlines that engage in unfairly low pricing and other anti-competitive behaviour. Officials said the EC's executive commission will unveil proposals to give it the right to order carriers to sus- pend "predatory"
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      Air New Zealand aims to be among top 20
      285 39 AIR New Zealand wants to be among the world's top 20 airlines in 10 years, it said in a strategy unveiled on Monday. As part of the plan it will increase its services to Japan and open new services to South
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      First Pacific wins telecom project in the Philippines
      225 39  -  From Al O Labita IN MANILA HONGKONG-BASED First Pacific Co Ltd is set to begin this year its first multi-mil-lion dollar telecommunications project in the Philippines. It has initially earmarked US$ 150 million for the project, forming part of its business expansion
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      Lock icon Man-made island sinking
      87 39 AP ONE OF Japan's biggest civil engineering projects, a man-made island being built for a new airport in Osaka Bay, is sinking much faster than expected, officials say. Foreign construction firms were excluded from bidding for the massive landfill project to create the large artificial island, leading
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      309 23 BALTIC MADRAS/CALCUTTA SHUTTLE NEXT SAILING VESSEL/VOC SIN MAA CCU J VESTA 01N90 04/5 10/5 S EIGHT 03N90 08/5 15/5 CALL: 224 6071 (See Page 13 Column 4). WE GIVE YOU THE WORLD Nedlloyd Lines W EstaWished 10 Singapore l«c» 1888 I f ,iT We operate 34 separate services in a
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      28 23 Container Schedule 17 My Freights 17 Ma to Mvertjsen 3 Shipping Guide 10,11 Shps in Port 17 Singapore Tries 17 Weather and Sea Condtons 17 Weekly traghts 2
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      173 24 SINGAPORE BUSINESS/SAMSONITE SUBSCRIPTION PROMOTION I"! THIS MONTH'S 1 LUCKY DRAW PRIZE 1 3 Pieces of to be won EXCLUSIVE! Subscribe or renew your subscription now. The first 80 subscribers will get a Samsonite Dynasty Carry On bag each worth $65. (For Singapore subscribers only) Subscription rates: *East Malaysia *****.00 "Overseas
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      2108 25 JAROINE SHIPPING MOCKS 200 Cantonment Rood #12-OS Sonttipwot, Singapore 0208 W»W Tii *****11 TELEX NO RS 2(179 IVfllllW TERMINAL/CFS Tel *****11 220 I*oooo9*l BOOKINGS Tel *****34 235 J PESAKA JAROINE SHIPPING AGENCIES SON SHO |PORT KELANG TEL: *****18 TELEX NO MA*****/MA***** |!r SSnSS PENANG TEL *****4 TELEX NO HA***** CFS
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      1198 25 MDEX Pa*r Col K«ge Col Lucky Seaway 15 3 Lykes Lines 5 3 ABC Containeriine 13 5 i— Accord Shpg 8 3-5 M It < Mac-Neb Agencies 14 1/2 Alfrcd CWw 5 5 Macolme ,4 1/2 Ahrenkiel Liner 16 5 APC Line 14 4 Madju Sdn Bhd 16 1/2 APL
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      2244 25 Vmml Voy ETA I ETO "Port *P»n»ng 1 DESTINATIONS Singapore Kalang TM* Lan M 9006 f«»d«r toy cy vi »wo mrs m Fano t iHH CFS 7/S I*oo MRS M Taufo OAK LOB MOO MEM ATL MIA CHS BAL PHL HYC MOW TOW LARS M Woe 8/S M 3/5 VS
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      864 26 ■P IMMBMVB PTE LTD WE ARE NOW LOCATED AT: 17, UPPER CIRCULAR RD #02-00 JUTA BUILDING SINGAPORE 0105 OUR CONTACT NUMBERS ARE: TEL: 534-0456 221-0108 (SALES/ BOOKINGS) FAX: 534-0040 TELEX: RS ***** trans pacific service i r WEEKLY FULL CONTAINER SERVICE |TO um SIN HKC I LBH I OAK I
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      525 26 IgsKAriHn^B SOUTH PACIFIC SERVICE SIN POM LAE SUV PPT V: ISLA FLOREANA 25/5 11/6 21/6 28/6 4/7 DIRECT CHILE SERVICE 5 SIN IQQ ANF VAP U ISLA FLOREANA 11/7 12/7 15/7 17/7 A VS. JAVA. 03-*****25 JOHORJB' 07-*****2 NORTHBOUNO TO UKC S PORE RDM/ADAM HBG HULL(U.K.) CLYDEBANK V.2IN 14/5 9/6
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      1440 26 BMIMIASm REGULAR INDEPENDENT FULL CONTAXER SERVICE WESTBOUND FOR EUROPE iul ISL/VOY sin clm vlt prs ALG BCL fil ham bre rot ant lha (VIA (VIA (VIA (VIA VLT) ALG) HAM) ROT) (ORASIA MUBARAK 9009-3 06/05 MVO6 23/06 27/05 2«/» 3"W 31/W 02AW »/06 to/06 ♦ORASIA AL-MANSOORAH 9010-3 11/05 15*05 27/05
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      1384 27 I IUIIW, TTOUUUOUajf WfJT fr Ifif Maritime Holdings Ltd Iff STRAITS SHIPPING I Containers MKS iWMW S>n Ston H'burf I'Mm r1» La* ACCEPTS DUE SAILS LONOOM EXPRESS OMH 9<ffi 22* MOS 2MB CARGO cm Of ENWUNH a« JM» am am am am STRAITS VENTURE VIIE Hun, Lab. KK 01 03
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      10 27 REGULAR SERVICE TO KARACHI SPORE LOADING FOR TBN 17/5 KARACHI
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      349 27 STRAITS/ JAPAN/ STRAITS SERVICE SPECIALIST IN RO-RO HEAVY LIFTS VESSEL ASEAN ASIAN COSMIC SEKI TRADER STAR PIONEER KOCHI VOY NO 1 112 S 79 Spore SM 5/5 1/5 P. Kelang In Pt 2/5 5/5 12/5 Penang Hong Kong Yokohama IS/5 22/5 Nagoya 17/5 Osaka 15/5 S«nr»ku KasMm F una bath
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      700 28 HANJIN SHIPPING I yy FULL CONTAINER SERVICE FEEDER VSL SIN LINE HAUL LAX OAK CHOYANC CHANCE 047W VS 23/S 24/5 2V5 27/5 21/5 CHOYANC PARK H7E 7/5 N. POHANC ME Y» V» HANJIN LE HARVE 007W 12/5 30/5 31/5 1/6 3/6 4* HANJIN OAKLANO «7E 14/5 N. BUSAN 057E U
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      62 28 SOON kiar shippingl L PTE LTD 3 SHENTON WAY #20-05/06 SHENTON HOUSE REGULAR SERVICE TO SARAWAK BRUNEI SPOM ttaju tout Him OMO Bmtulu/lfcri/K B*Uit OWS Sri Pujut 07m Bintulg/Wrim kUit In Swm Ann Satu 02JK Port Reccivin| cjrgo at Pivr Pinjanf P2 Acc*ptinf TCI ind rittif contJincr »"d huvylifts up
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      1459 29 NEPTUNE AGENCIES PTE LTD SINGAPORE (CR No: **********0 E) oißAllo BOOKINGS/ENQUIRIES: UK/EUROPE SERVICE *****19 AUST/INDIA/PAK SERVICE *****18 tt USA SERVICE *****16 ■■w FAR EAST SERVICE *****43 DOCUMENTATION: *****44/*****14 TERMINAL: *****22 CFS: M 2 IMPORT: *****69/*****50 EXPORT: *****53/*****04 NEPLINE SDN BHD MALAYSIA cicofto cicOQJ Ki^26l4o33^Kelan^M9BB7^enan^63lTo^Bahn^lsB93^lsB9^^^^^^^ UK (VIA SUEZ) UftrDl VSt/YOY PEN
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      1185 29 m sinsov SINGAPORE SOVIET SHIPPING CO PRIVATE LTD "j BOOKING: *****51/ *****64 ENQUIRIES: *****33 KL: 03-*****75/697 PORT KELANG: *****43/ *****40 PENANG: *****4/ *****8 JOHORE BAHRU: *****1/ *****1 (REGULAR INDEPENDENT SERVICE) |T'l H V I «H k. I H 11.1 DISCHARGING FROM EASTBOUND LOADING FOR WESTBOUND WSStIS VPTAct |SW« |WltltA HKOK
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      765 30 I D SIN (1 DAY) J (1OAY) r pENANG ♦.<' BANGKOK mena ~j I 04/05/90 PORT KELAN( t PENANG JACQUELINE TWICE/WKLY M BOOKING CONTACT w H ETD SIN (3 DAYS) (2 DAYS) rtuC niijr M'DAY) KEELUNG 06/05/90 MO NG KONG KAOHSIUNG JOYCE/JUDY TWICE/WKLY w——— 1 BOOKING CONTACT f"^ w p—
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      314 30 Continental Pacific Shipping jr j TIMBER PLYWOOD SERVICE TO U.K./CONTINENT KKU S PORE PK LOADING FOR ARTEMISION SM SETE/ROH/ANT/FIU/UK BYRON V SM SW In Pt SETE/ROM/ANT'FIU/UK ARBELA 10/5 W 20/5 SETE/ROM/ANT/FLU/UK Loads Salwh/lndonMi« MULTIPORT AGENCIES (S) /Q\ PTE. LTD. V 1 TEL: *****77 FAX: 225M31 \|fj/ PK. MULTIPORT SON BHD.
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      647 30 GOLDEN LINE I<6£?\ GUAN GUAN SHIPPING (PTE) LTD ll'Z?lC N 4 a, Tata* Avar Straet SINGAPORE TEL 5343 M (10 LINES) Fa*: *****04 (CR N« MUM—I STRAITS/PERSIAN GULF SERVICE: S'port P. K slang Pwmi QOLDCN BEAU CotantoQ/KaradwOubai 110 May QOLOEN HARVEST Cofcxnbo/Karad*/Out>« 2W3 Kiy CHINA SERVICE WNFII Xamar CyrfK*. M
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      1644 31 ***** PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL LINES (PTE) LTD SSSB* Jf JVfIV P,L Building, 140 Cecil Street #03-00, Singapore 0106. JAKARTA 1 IBANGKOK VESSEL VOV SIN JKT SIM VESSEL VOV SIN BKK SIN °?f 8 3/5 5/S ,/S KOTA NASA 03N 5/5 9/5 12/5 Sf- 13/5 PEGASUS PIONEER SON 6/5 11/5 15/5 MAI
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      1218 31 BEN LINE CONTAINERS LTD^ 200 Cantonment Road Tel: *****22 #13-05 Southpoint Fax- *****63 Singapore 0208. Telex: RS ***** EXPRESS CONTAINER SERVICE TO UK/CONTINENT SPORE PKLANG S HAMPTON HAMBURG BHAVEN RDAM LHAVRE London Express 7i/552 3/5 4* 22/5 24/5 26/5 City o« Edinburgh 89/551 3/5 26/5 22/5 24/5 21/5 Liverpool Bay
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      277 31 MYANMA PA FIVE STAR UWE (Myanmar National Line) Loading for Yangon (Rangoon) Spore P.Kelang Pen Bkok MYOMAYWA VI26W GDN P4 1/3 MAY MERGUI V 99* bit MAY 11/13 Mjy j DISCHG ONLY HPA-AN VI49W 7/S MAY HTONEYWA V255W* t/7 MAY 'DISCHG ONLY THE BANK LINE (A tervice ol Andrew Weir
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      1049 34 supping limes, wecnesoay n»»y a lm EXPRESS FEEDER SERVICE (Fully Containerised) VESSEL SIN CTG A VSL 7/5 12/5 (Conventional Service) ETA S PORE LOADING FOR BANGLAR PROGOTI Sid S.KOREA/JAPAN BANGLAR SWAPNA 20/5 CTG., MONGLA ETA S PORE LOADING FOR A VSL Sid Port Suez/Port Said/Alexandra MfiiHiV EAST MALAYSIA SNIPPING ENT.
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      213 34 w. ACCEPTING FCL AND CONVENTIONAL VESSEL I VOY ETA [LOAOMO FOR SPORE ANO4NET 19WB 1(V06 OARESSAI AAM MOMBASA DJIBOUTI ASSAB. MABSAWA HOOEIOAH ABYOT 21W8 IVOt D ARE SSAI AA M, MOMBASA. DJIBOUTI ASSAB. MASSAWA. HOPE IP AM H KIEW HUNG LINE FULLY CONTAINERISED FORTNIGHTLY LINER SERVICE TO MAURITIUS AND SOUTH
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      655 34 tafeftP T. MASKAPAI PELAYARAIJ V s PULAU LAUT I FULLY CONTAINERISED REGIONAL FEEDER SERVICE I TWICE-WEEKLY/WEEKLY FIXED DAY SCHEDULE I BETWEEN THE PORTS OF S PORE, INDONESIA, I MALAYSIA THAILAND I ALSO ACCEPTING LCL CARGO TO JKT, PKG. PNG I t AND, BKK. FOR BOOKINGS CALL SPECARGO I FORWARDING AT
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      615 34 EElinil BAY OF BENGAL SERVICES MADRAS CALCUTTA mraii m «M jOR GEN VESTA 01*90 04/5 10/5 lt/5 j Oft GEN VESTA 02*90 lt/5 22/5 20/5 j Oft GEN VESTA 03N90 21/5 03/6 09/6 iORGEN VESTA 04W90 09/6 IS/6 21/0 DANISH FLAG VESSELS VOY SIN CCU SIN SUPER EIGHT 03N» 00/5
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      297 34 TO AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND utTvi*rtn w~ I*s ofl ijs ift "5 tht untus m m uH m vi v w i mSSm a* v v ati vn mp MUSSa 252 hH 5/7 a im i» m U DATS TO MELBOURNE! TO USA/CANADA WL [tiitppin |N Orl—» [ClMrtfi [H«Mm AWTK»«N W~ Urt
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      1119 35 MAC-NELS SINGAPORE I tel *****22 import tel miiomJ TEL: (04) *****6 IKK TEL: (008) *****0 TAWAU TEL: (009) *****9 KELANG TEL: (03) *****771 KUCHING TEL: (002) *****3 SKAN TEL: (009) *****2 -f\-/\ |M BAHRU TEL: (07) *****2 I SIBU TEL: (004) *****2 LABUAN TEL: (007) *****9 *—VZLJIjAKARTA TEL: (21) *****7
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      344 35 BLUE STAR LHE SINGAPORE TO ONEW0 NEW ZEALAND AND T/S FIJI FULLY CONTAINERISED MONTHLY SAILINGS DISCHARGING AT NEW PLYMOUTH A PORT CHALMERS ACCEPTING FCL ft LCL FOR AUCKLAND, NAPIER, WELLINGTON, BLUFF, CHRISTCHURCH, DUNEDIN, LYTTELTON, INVERCARGIL, FIJI AND TAHITI SIN N. PLY AUCK LTT MANDAMA 0572 «Hay 71 May Vi* NPL
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      1077 35 /gBL THONG SOON LINES PTE. LTD. SLy-I 51 Bras Basah Rd #01-01 Plaza By The Park S (0718) Tel: *****22 Fax No: *****73 CONVENTIONAL/CONTAINER SERVICES *****11 (BOOKING LINES) SINGAPORE TO WEST MALAYSIA SINGAPORE TO SABAH Mia IftT [Ell lin Btt ItT CT» |«T KIM SOON LI 18/90E 5 MAY PENANG
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      755 36 BMpgMg urnes, Wednesday May Z 1W COMPANIA PERUANA DE VAPORE3 "PERUVIAN STATE LINE" ACCEPTING BREAKBULK/FCI/SOC CARGOES TO/FROM CALLAO. MATARANI, ILO* I OTHER PERUVIAN PORTS* WITH T/S AT KOBE ON CPV THROUGH BILL OF LADING. Parang* P. Ktlang* Singapore THOMAS*VERETT Gdn.K3o/3 May SHAPLAEVERETT 20/22 May ROSEEVERETT 2/4 Jun 5/7 Jun "EVERETT
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      650 36 FULL CONTAINER SERVICE accepting FCL/LCL cargo** USA taet A Weil Coast. Carrlhbean.Ea«t Canada. HAITI Guatemala and Honfern VSL {S PORE fcSAINLINER [LAX fctST [SAV [NYC B ZW SINGAPORE 7/5 ZIM L IVOR NO 11/5 M UK W W ZIM PIRAEUS J/5 ZIM GENOA W W W W A VESSEL U/5
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      718 36 SING KWANG HANGI lIWHIQ TRANSPORTATION (FT*) LTD WEEKLY LCL/FCL SERVICE VESSEL SPORE JAKARTA SURABAYA KITI BHUM 5/5 6/5 JENWEL 17/5 1— 10/5 VESSEL SPORE BANGKOK A VESSEL 3/5 A VESSEL 5/5 I 8/5 DESTINATIONS ETA SINGAPORE PORT KELANG 4 MAY MANILA 11 MAY HONG KONG. ALL CHINA PORTS 5 MAY
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      476 36 r» PERINTIS LINE I JMSP|MMiIIIMRMfRn!inHM9» ACCEPTING ALL FCL CARGOES BETWEEN SINGAPORE AND JAKARTA SURABAYA i VESSEL VOV SINGAPORE JAKARTA SURABAYA PRASETIA 89A In Pt 05/5 PELOPOR 940 05/5 08/5 PRASETIA 91A 09/5 12/5 PELOPOR 941 12/5 15/5 TANTO UTAMA 73 5/5 8/5 TANTO UTAMA 75 12/5 15/5 TANTO UTAMA 77
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      406 36 I!| FAI EAST 6/5 KEELUNG/KAOHSIUNG v 6/5 BANGKOK 11/5 MANILA 5/5 JAKARTA 5/5 PORT KELANG/PENANG 7/5' BUSAN 7/5 TOKYO/YOKO/KOBE 8/5 HONG KONG also accepting cargo to Huangpu Shenzhen Fuzhou Xiamen/Xingang/Shanghai mEVMPE/VK ""T 1 mm Y*r 5/5 LDN/FLX/LVP/SOU 5/5 RDM/HAM/ANT/LE HAVRE/GENOA also accepting cargo to Austria/ Hungary /Roumania/Poiand/Bulgaria/Cwch. ill HSi/CiliU Tin.
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      478 37 trnnsintra 1 shipp<ng (»n«apore) wivita limitad Cjrgb bookifJ T<H: *****8 (5 LINES) A TBN END MAY HKG, KAO, POHANG FROM ALL UNITED KINGDOM CITIES/PORTS FROM COPENHAGEN/AARHUS FROM HAMBURG/BREMEN FROM BUSAN FROM LOS ANGELES/ALL USA IPI POINTS PLATOU PACIFIC V tyl SHIPPING SERVICES REGULAR FAR EAST N. AMERICA BREAKBUCK SERVICE OWNERS'
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      253 37 VSL DESTINATION ETA SIN MAHA BHUM 07N BANGKOK 3/5 SIRI BHUM 445N BANGKOK 4/5 PIYA BHUM 2UN BANGKOK M MAHA BHUM HN BANGKOK 10 5 SO ORIENT 19R CEBU, MANILA IHS AKA BHUM ItS CEBU. MANILA 4/5 O SINCERITY 22A KARACHI, BOMBAY 5/5 VEGA 13A KARACHI. BOMBAY 14/5 JENLINK 06N
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      307 37 MmADKRIS BUSINESS Ipßi CORPORATION PHIUPPINE DIRECT REGULAR SERVICES TO MANILA BISLIG ACCEPTING CARGOS TO ALL PHILIPPINE PORTS ON INDUCEMENT. ALL HEAVY LIFT WELCOME. M.V.'DAGOHOY' 06/90 15TH -20TH MAY MANILA/BISLIG TBN 10TH MAY BISLIG TBN BTH-10TH MAY MANILA M V DAGOHOY' 07/90 IST JUNE MANILA GENERAL ACT CALSOURCE SHIPPING ft TRADING
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      489 37 OcemService W LCL/FCL TO/FROM CfH KL: allicd-LINK SINGAPORE: /tTTVN iQgr 04-*****2 09-*****55 778 5522(22 linesi SEE® Marin* Of*Q SwMn Hg/Chrmnm CNM AMeo YMMMN Y« I S I Straits Container Agencies (a member of Steamer* Maritime Holding* Ltd) WEEKLY CONTAINER FEEDER SERVICE VESSEL VOY S'PORE JAKARTA EDEN 9011 30/04 03/05 DELTA
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      402 38 TIDES AND WEATHER TODAY'S TIDES (IwMrt in metres) HOW 0000 0100 0200 0300 MOO 0500 0600 0700 MOO 0900 *****100 *****300 1400 ISM ***************0 2000 MM *****300 n 1 7 71 24 27 28 2.7 24 20 16 1.2 1.0 05 0.7 05 1.0 15 1.6 15 15 1.9 15
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      299 39 LIQUID CARGO PROBLEM? NEED PUMPS AND SUPPORT SERVICES? Read the advertisement on the right! L I£ll l ISJ UIUVi V<UUVI<9 IV *«vv« PAKISTAN NATIONAL SHIPPING CORP., KARACHI. INDONESIA MALAYSIA KARACHI MIDDLE EAST GULF SERVICE FOR KARACHI, DUBAI AND DAMMAN. VESSEL KUANTAN PT. KLANG PENANG SHALAMAR 13-15/4/90 INDONESIA MALAYSIA EAST ASIA
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      236 39 JkHYUNDAI MERCHANT MAWNE CO. LTD. EASTBOUND TO USA WESTBOUND FROM USA TO PSW SIN HKG LBH OAK SEA FROM PSW LBH OAK SEA HKG —Ml|_ HYUNDAI INNOVATOR BE 0406 1005 2MJS 3105 0306 l A CMALLE|Wt ujw WO4 HYUNOAI EXPLORER 31E 11/05 17/05 04/06 0706 1006 HYUNOA CHALLENGER 32W |2/W
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      393 39 Call *****58 or Fax *****82 SINGfI PUMP SERVICES PTE LTD P.trjTAi SI if f Y ;I .f R 1 t P. r T H H •i-f.'EP -VI. »'Rt.r E H«.i f V- ;R TA t-U\ lmiv-.AP[iir H T•. P.'-c ■r. R. C• exporHS^^^^^lS^^H UK/CONTINENT (TRIO) lonoon arttss S jT* '*<1?*
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