The Business Times, 23 January 1991

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  • 10 1 Business Times MCI (P) 16/12/90 Wednesday January 23 1991 75*
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  • NEWS SUMMARY
    • 63 1 ARAB Gulf states, which hold nearly half the world's proven crude reserves, plan to spend US$2B.7 billion to boost oil output capacity, the Abu Dhabi Chamber of Commerce and Industry said yesterday. The projects are to be completed this decade
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    • 21 1 A PROPOSED National Institute of Environmental Technology, costing $21 million, may be set up later this year Page 4
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    • 27 1 DEFICIENCY and slow development of infrastructure remain major problems impeding the progress of Thailand's much-heralded Eastern Seaboard Development though 10 years have lapsed Page 8
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    • 39 1 THE European Commission has imposed punitive duties on imports of small screen colour television sets from Hongkong and China after finding they were being sold at unfairly low prices on the EC market Page 9
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    • 23 1 BRITISH industry is plunging into its deepest recession in 10 years, according to the latest government figures Page 9
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    • 30 1 SOUTH KOREA has agreed to loan the Soviet Union US$3 billion over three years to finance development projects and the purchase of Korean goods Page 9
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    • 33 1 THE WORLD is moving towards liberalisation in telecommunications at an uneven pace, with Britain, the US, New Zealand, Australia and Japan having gone further than Germany, France and Italy Page 11
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    • 26 1 BY treating class differences as totally inconsequential, Hollywood is strengthening the delusion among Americans that class power and position are insignificant Page 15
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    • 38 1 FEEDER operator Regional Container Lines, Japan's giant logistics carrier Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha and Italian line Lloyd Triestino will launch their joint full container service between Singapore and Australia next month. Shipping Times Page 1
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  • MARKETS SUMMARY
    • 43 1 SHARE PRICES slipped at the opening bell on Wall Street yesterday with the Dow Jones index of leading industrials shedding 1.98 points to 2,627.23 in the first five minutes of trading. On Monday, the Dow closed 17.57 points lower at 2,629.21.
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    • 45 1 LONDON share prices were modestly lower at midday yesterday, with the market drifting in listless trading. At about 1200 GMT, the Financial Times-Stock Exchange 100Share Index was down two points, or 0.1 per cent, at 2,082.0. Volume was 206.1 million shares at midday.
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    • 34 1 NEW YORK-BASED Bankers Trust will close its regional securities units in Hongkong, London and New York as a result of a strategic decision taken by the bank's headquarters Page 5
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    • 25 1 THE Salim group has been granted the right to an exclusive manufacturing process to make plastics out of vegetable oil Page 5
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    • 21 1 SIMEX is extending the trading hours of its interest rate and energy contracts from Monday Page 7
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    • Article, Illustration
      29 1 Tuesday Change BT-MGA 591.33 +0.83 Kuala Lumpur ....481.87 +1.58 Hongkong 3,062.08 -4.90 Tokyo 23,253.65 -98.54 Svdney 1,269.6 -1.7 Monday Change New York 2,629.21 -17.57 London 2,084.0 -18.7
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    • 19 1 Exchange rates USS SSI.7320 Yen SSI.3161 MS SS0.6379 Money market rates Overnight 4-3/8 +1 /8 3-month 4-7/16% unch
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    • 36 1 London Gold AM fix US$381.25 US$3.00 Rubber S'pore Feb 148.50«/kg -2.75 M'sia Feb 234.00«/kg -2.00 KL Tin Turnover 55 tonnes-23 Spot M$ 15.09 /kg unch Crude oatm oil Turnover 1,018 lots -251 Feb M$880/tonne -6
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  • 824 1 Allied aircraft bomb Basra THE JiMMI iWAi Reuter AMERICAN military officials in Saudi Arabia said yesterday that Iraq had blown up some Kuwaiti oil wells. Military spokesmen said aerial photographs showed that Iraq, which threatened to set the Gulf ablaze if
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  • 210 1 UPI TWO US Air Force fliers and a helicopter pilot pulled off a gun-blazing rescue, flying deep into enemy territory and picking up a navy pilot who parachuted into the Iraqi desert after his plane was shot down. The air force pilots, capping
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  • 474 1  -  From Magdalene Ng in WASHINGTON SENIOR Minister Lee Kuan Yew is confident that the US-led forces will win the war against Iraq, adding that the only question is time and j cost. In an interview with the Cable News Network in Washington DC on
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  • 536 1  -  By Selva Kumar RESPONDING to feedback from the public, the government has decided to allow conversions between normal and "weekend" cars and to extend the weekend car's hours of usage on weekdays. These changes were announced yesterday by Dr Yeo Ning Hong, the Minister
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  • 112 1 AP SOUTH KOREA'S new trade minister said yesterday that his immediate goals are to repair the country's eroded industrial competitiveness and build confidence between Seoul and its trading partners, especially the United States. Addressing a meeting of about 150 US and other foreign businessmen
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    • 41 1 Kuwait to tell it to the world, Back Pg Saudis cut oil output by more than lOpc: report, Pg 2 War cuts S'pore's Mideast trade, Pg 2 Tokyo and Bonn pledge more aid to anti-Iraq coalition, Pg 3 Editorial, Pg 10
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  • THE GULF WAR 1
    • 609 2 Full storage tanks and insufficient tankers led to reduction Agencies FULL STORAGE tanks and the shortage of tankers for shipping oil out have led Saudi Arabia to cut output to six million barrels a day against 8.5 million before the start
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    • 448 2  -  By Genevieve Cua TURMOIL in the Middle East has begun to bite into the region's viability as an export market for Singapore traders. The latest trade figures for November last year show that exports to major partners have either remained flat, or declined. The biggest
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    • 183 2 FOLLOWING the outbreak of war in the Gulf, trade enquiries from Middle East countries for products have suddenly dropped. Arab Business Centre managing director Zaher Mohamed Zaher said that just before the war, the centre had been trying to satisfy tenders for products worth millions
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    • 343 2  -  By Shoeb Kagda THE Malaysian palm oil industry, faced with dwindling demand from the traditional consuming countries, will be further affected if the Gulf war is prolonged, said industry analysts. Export of palm oil fell by over 107,000 tonnes
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    • 351 2 Reuter The Gulf War is hitting Asian airlines hard, with fuel prices up and flights to the Middle East either cancelled or re-routed around the war zone. "The near-term outlook for the airline industry is bleak," said Malaysian Airline System Bhd chief Abdul Aziz Abdul
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    • 564 3 AP FINANCE OFFICIALS from Japan and Germany have agreed to provide additional assistance to the multinational coalition fighting to oust Iraq from Kuwait. The commitments came on Monday as top financial officials from the world's seven richest industrial countries pledged in
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    • 188 3 AFP GERMANY'S Chancellor Helmut Kohl on Monday proposed drawing up a modern-day Marshall Plan for the Middle East when the Gulf War ends, and promised that Germany would help to fund it. Mr Kohl, speaking in Bonn, said such a plan might help smooth
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    • 551 3 IHT THE GULF WAR is fuelling potentially explosive debate in countries across southern Asia that have majority Muslim populations, putting pressure on governments to reduce their support for the US-led coalition trying to force Iraq out of Kuwait. Analysts and government officials warn that
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    • 558 3 Reuter DEFEAT for Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein in the Gulf conflict could trigger an Iraqi civil war so savage it would make Lebanon look like child's play, according to some diplomatic and political analysts. Mr Saddam, who has ruled his country with an
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    • 48 3 FIVE sailors aboard the USS Saratoga carrying a Phoenix missile to an aircraft on the ship's deck on Friday. The ship, which is in the Red Sea, has been a launch pad for planes flying missions against targets in Iraq.
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    • 557 3 A LIKELY shake-up of the American economy as a result of the Gulf War will offer more opportunities for the export of traditional goods and sale of new products from Thailand. The Thai commercial counsellor in Washington DC, Wisithsri Chintana, told a seminar recently
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  • HOME NEWS
    • NEWS ROUNDUP
      • 61 4 REPRESENTATIVES from the major capital markets in the Asia-Pacific will be gathered in Singapore for the first-ever conference on strategic developments of the region's stock exchanges. To be held at the Hilton Hotel on Jan 28 and 29, the conference is jointly organised by the
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      • 40 4 SINGAPORE Telecom held the first session of a three-day Work Improvement Team convention yesterday. Telecom president and chief executive officer Wong Hung Khim reported that since 1987, Telecom has saved some $718,000 after implementing 185 WIT-generated projects.
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      • 75 4 FOLLOWING the takeover of Sunshine Allied Investments by British-based Grand Central Investment Holdings last October, Ishwar Nahappan has been appointed chairman of the board, Dato Musa bin Hitam, Iqbal Jumabhoy, Timothy Chia Jee Ming and James Armand Menezes as directors of the company. Chung Tze Hien is
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      • 31 4 QAF Ltd has appointed three of its directors, Phua Bah Lee, Chan Thuan Chai and Wong Heng Chong, to sit on the company's Audit Committee from Jan 18, 1991.
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    • 191 4 HOT ON the heels of Esso, the other five oil companies in Singapore yesterday cut their pump prices, the first such exercise since unleaded petrol was launched here. The lower prices were in response to competitive pressures. Wholesale petrol prices for these companies
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    • 393 4  -  By Claire Leow A NATIONAL Institute of Environmental Technology, costing about $21 million, may be set up later this year with partial funding from the European Community. The institute will focus on the treatment of industrial waste, industrial pollution and other related
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    • 428 4 THE Singapore Institute of Standards and Industrial Research (Sisir) has a full agenda for this year. On the cards are two new research centres and a programme for international advisers to give Sisir new directions in specialised areas. Come June, a research centre for
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    • 230 4 THE Ministry of Finance will have a Second Permanent Secretary for its Budget and Revenue divisions. Former Housing and Development Board chief executive officer Chuang Kwong Yong will take up the appointment from today, said a joint statement from the Prime Minister's
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    • 208 4 AS THE sole distributor of Northern Telecom's digital telephone system, Folec Communications expects to sell between S3 million and $4 million worth of the equipment in the first year in the local market. The main target market for the Meridian Norstar system is small and mediumsize
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  • COMPANY NEWS 1
    • 403 5  -  By Quak Hiang Whai NEW YORK-BASED Bankers Trust will close its regional securities units in Hongkong, London and New York as a result of a strategic decision taken by the bank's headquarters. But the general manager of the bank's
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    • 483 5  -  By David Chew PETALING Tin chairman Gen (Ret) Tan Sri Ibrahim Ismail has once again urged shareholders to reject substantive shareholder Hijaz Industries Bhd's call for the removal of four key directors at an extraordinary general meeting to be held on Jan 28.
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    • 249 5  -  By Rahita Elias PUBLICLY-LISTED Sembawang Maritime Limited (SML) has secured a foothold in the sophisticated field of ship lengthening with the award of two such contracts totalling more than $7 million. The company, which has already made a name for itself in the salvage
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    • 353 5  -  By William Chia THE INDONESIAN Salim group has been granted the right to an exclusive manufacturing process to make plastics out of vegetable oil. The licensing agreement, exclusively reserved for the Indonesian market, was signed between Singapore-in-corporated Innocommerce and its UK principal, Natural Resources
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    • COMPANY BRIEFS
      • 97 6 BRITISH PUBLISHER Robert Maxwell's privately-owned Mirror Group Holdings is considering bidding for the ailing US newspaper New York Daily News, according to a report in the European edition of The Wall Street Journal on Monday. Mr Maxwell told the paper that he would be
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      • 85 6 TOSHIBA CORP announced in Tokyo yesterday that it has formed a technical tie-up with Synergy Semiconductor Corp of the US to expand Toshiba's application specific integrated circuit (Asic) business. Synergy will supply the EmitterCoupled Logic (ECL) and BiCMOS, a combination of bipolar and complementary metal
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      • 59 6 NCR CORP CHAIRMAN Charles Exlcy has not changed his position that American Telephone and Telegraph Co must offer US$l25 per share for NCR before he will negotiate with AT&T. An NCR spokesman said on Monday, "We remain absolutely commitcd to NCR's independence and our
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      • 59 6 INDIA OIL CORPORATION has increased a short-term trade finance facility by US$2B million to US$l25 million, arranger ANZ Merchant Bank said in London on Monday. Funding the import of oil, the 180-day facility carries a margin of 52-1/2 basis points over the Libor rate and
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      • 52 6 REYNOLDS METALS CO took a fourth-quarter after-tax charge of U5593.9 million or USSLS9 per share for global environmental costs, including clean-up projects. The special charge cuts Reynolds' fourth-quarter earnings per share to 25 cents from US$l.B4, compared with U552.26 per share in the same period
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    • 450 6  -  Hongkong stock market outperforms the rest From Catherine Ong in HONGKONG CASH, especially European currencies, was king last year while Hongkong shares outperformed all other equities, latest figures from 936 regional and global funds show. The top investment last year was sterling currency
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    • 311 6 Reuter SHARES in Jardine Matheson Holdings slid on Monday on market fears over the cost to the Hongkong trading giant of legal action brought by US brokerage Bear Stearns. Bear Stearns is seeking heavy damages from Jardincs in a protracted lawsuit. After
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    • 354 6 THAILAND'S Asia Fibre Co, which manufactures nylon filament yarn and related products, plans to issue American Depositary Receipts (ADRs) for the first time in the country by the end of this month. Reporting this on Monday, The Bangkok Host also revealed that
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    • 414 6 Reuter DEFAULTS of highly-lever-aged American companies have risen at an alarming rate so far this year and some analysts are predicting a re-cord-breaking year. "Last week was probably the worst week I've ever seen (for defaults)," said Richard Lehmann, president of Bond
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    • 382 6 MBT AMERICAN International Assurance (AIA) and American Home Assurance (AHA), both of the American International Group (AIG), are the only foreign insurance companies in Malaysia yet to respond to the 30 per cent bumiputra equity participation requirement imposed by
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    • 675 6 Higher oil prices send profits rising NYT AMOCO Corp's net income surged by 68.6 per cent in the last three months of 1990. It was the first report in what analysts expect will be a series of large gains in fourthquarter profits
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  • FINANCIAL NEWS
    • 248 7  -  By S N Vasuki THE SINGAPORE International Monetary Exchange (Simex) is extending the trading hours of its interest rate and energy contracts from Monday. According to a Simex news release, the decision to extend trading hours was taken at a board meeting
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    • 185 7 Reuter THE US Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) is to begin financing the construction of new homes through a US$lOO million pilot programme. Speaking to the National Association of Home Builders in Atlanta on Monday, Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Jack
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    • 242 7  -  By Quak Hiang Whai PERNAS OUE yesterday signed an agreement in Kuala Lumpur to raise Msl7s million which will replace an existing yen loan used to finance its Penang Mutiara beach resort. Pernas OUE, a joint venture company between Perbadanan Nasional Berhad (Pernas)
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    • 378 7 NST COMMERCE International Merchant Bankers (CIMB) has again emerged as the top merchant bank in Malaysia in terms of corporate advisory fee income earned, according to the audited accounts of merchant banks for the 1990 financial year. For the second year
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    • 417 7 Reuter CANADA'S large national banks arc benefiting from the problems of the US banking system, drawing away business from their American rivals. Canadian bankers say. As US banks, hit by weak earnings and shaky capital bases, tighten up on lending, potential clients
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    • SMALL CHANGE
      • 99 7 ALL gold and silver coins commemorating the Year of the Goat have been sold out after being released for sale yesterday. The Singapore Mint, the numismatic agent for the Board of Commissioners of Currency, said that the $500 gold proof coins and the
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      • 88 7 US SENATE Banking Committee chairman Donald Riegle urged the Securities and Exchange Commission to investigate allegations of insider trading in the junk bond market. In a letter to SEC chairman Richard Breeden, Mr Riegle said recently published articles suggested insider trading has occurred and that,
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      • 65 7 ALLIANZ AG Holding, the German insurance group, has set up a joint venture with the city of Moscow to train Soviet insurance experts and develop products tailored to the Soviet market. The venture, named Ost-West Allianz, would also advise companies and institutions on insurance matters
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      • 103 7 THE Bank of Japan is likely to continue its tight monetary policy for the time being, Taizo Hashida, chairman of the Japan Federation of Bankers' Associations said. Earlier, Mr Hashida had said he expected monetary easing in the second or third quarter of this year,
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      • 2 7 Dollar$ Non$en$e
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  • THE REGION
    • NOTE BOOK
      • 110 8 VIETNAMESE coal production rose 21.5 per cent over 1989 to top four million tonnes last year, the Vietnam News Agency (VNA) said. Some 745,640 tonnes of the clean coal mined in 1990 were exported. The agency also said that more than 8.7 billion kilowatt
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      • 74 8 THAILAND will consider buying Soviet crude oil as part of an agreement to step up bilateral trade, state-run Radio Thailand said on Sunday. Thai and Soviet technicians would conduct a study to determine whether Soviet crude is suitable for refineries in Thailand, the report quoted
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      • 85 8 CAMBODIAN leader Chea Sim, in another sign of his government's toughened stance on a peace settlement, said there can be no change in the military or political status quo before proposed elections, the official SPK News Agency reported. He repeated his government's calls for the
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      • 71 8 THE PULAU Pinang state government plans to cooperate with Medan in setting up a special institution to provide training in the field of tourism and hotel management. Chief Minister Dr Koh Tsu Koon said on his return from a four-day visit to Indonesia that such
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    • 369 8 Move will help domestic industries, says Thai official THAILAND should first liberalise its trade with other members of the Association of South-east Asian Nations (Asean) before opening up its market more fully to other trading partners, the permanent secretary of the Thai
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    • 702 8 Bangkok Post DEFICIENCY and slow development of infrastructure remain major problems impeding the progress of Thailand's much-heralded Eastern Seaboard (ESB) development though 10 years have lapsed. That appeared to be the consensus among experts in various key economic sectors who took part in
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    • 375 8 MBT MALAYSIA'S jobless rate, which has seen a steady decline since 1986, is likely to drop to 5.5 per cent this year, the lowest since 1985, the country's Manpower Department said yesterday. Unemployment dropped from 8.3 per cent in 1986 to 8.2 per
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    • 218 8 AFP THE LAOTIAN communist party has reaffirmed both its policy of economic liberalisation and its determination to retain a firm grip on power in the landlocked South-east Asian country, a radio broadcast monitored in Bangkok indicated on Monday. A statement marking
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    • 753 8 AP TIME is running out for hopes of saving the dwindling hardwood forests of Sarawak. All virgin timber will be gone in 10 years at the present rate of cutting, says the latest gloomy report on logging in the Malaysian state. No cry of alarm
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    • 510 8 Reuter A GOVERNMENT advisory body says Australia should cut tariffs on car imports to 15 per cent by the year 2000 to make the industry more efficient. But car makers said the move could push them into decline. The current tariff is 42
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    • 141 8 KL raps temperate nations 9 criticism Bernama THE MALAYSIAN Primary Industries Minister has called on the temperate countries to work towards improving their forest situation instead of criticising the developing countries for what they claim to be excessive logging activities. Datuk Dr Lim Keng Yaik said on Monday that temperate
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  • THE WORLD
    • 399 9 Manufacturers allegedly dumping on EC market Agencies THE EUROPEAN Commission has imposed punitive duties on imports of small screen colour television sets from Hongkong and China after finding they were being sold at unfairly low prices on the EC market.
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    • 123 9 AP SOUTH KOREA has agreed to loan the Soviet Union US$3 billion over three years to finance development projects and the purchase of Korean goods, according to a joint communique released yesterday after the conclusion of week-long economic cooperation talks in
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    • 41 9 Norway's King Harald leaving Parliament in Oslo on Monday after taking the royal oath. He ascended to the throne following the death on Jan 17 of his father, King Olav, who had been the world's oldest monarch.
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    • 228 9 AFP MORE Chinese economists now favour reliance on market forces rather than central planning, according to a key State Council economic planner whose think-tank has played a central role in formulating policy. But the majority of Beijing's planners still support strong central control, wrote economist Ma
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    • 257 9 Agencies BRITISH INDUSTRY is plunging into its deepest recession in 10 years, government figures issued on Monday showed. Industrial output dropped by 1.3 per cent in November from the October level, and manufacturing production by 1.2 per cent, on the basis
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    • WORLD WATCH
      • 82 9 THE Gulf War has not yet harmed Japan's economic activity or price stability. Michio Ochi, director-general of the government's Economic Planning Agency, said yesterday that the war had had no major adverse effect on people's daily lives so far. No hoarding or holding back of
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      • 77 9 CHANGES in the terms of Cuba's trade with the Soviet Union in 1991 will delay Soviet supplies to the island in the early part of the year. Cuban Foreign Trade Minister Ricardo Cabrisas, giving details of a bilateral trade accord for 1991 signed last Dec 29, told
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      • 90 9 MONGOLIA, a fledgling democracy wedged between the Soviet Union and China and long isolated economically, will sign its first trade agreement with the United States today as part of efforts to broaden exchanges. Officials of both governments said in Washington yesterday that the signing, which could lead
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      • 55 9 CZECHOSLOVAKIA has been granted a US$2OO million loan from Japan to help stabilise its currency, the Czechoslovak crown, during the transition to a market economy. The development was announced in Prague newspapers on Monday following a visit to Japan by Czechoslovak State Bank president Josef
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      • 76 9 AROUND 1,500 Albanian public transport workers went on strike on Monday for a 50 per cent pay rise, in the biggest industrial protest in 45 years of Stalinist rule. Drivers and mechanics at Tirana's only bus depot began a three-day stoppage in support of their demands, which
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      • 70 9 THE chief Soviet arms negotiator, Alexei Obhukov, said on Monday that he and US diplomats arc close to a final agreement on details of a strategic arms reduction treaty that should be finished in about 10 days. Obhukov, arriving in Washington with his team for
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  • 501 10 EDITORIAL THERE must be no compromise with Iraqi President Saddam Hussein at the present juncture when there is an urgent need for a quick and decisive victory for the allies. Mr Hussein must not be allowed to buy time through the recently floated peace plans, and
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  • WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
    • 217 10 GERMANY and Japan both have a special interest in the outcome of the Gulf war. The greatest economic power in Europe and the greatest economic power in Asia and both potentially leading political powers could well become the principal beneficiaries of the post-Cold War international order.
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    • 145 10 IT IS comforting to see a better taxi service in Singapore. The recent survey conducted by NTUC Comfort has once again confirmed to the public the satisfactory level of service provided by our taxi drivers. The survey shows that our cabbies know their roads well. Also, despite
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    • 141 10 THE RECENT controversy over the medical discount scheme reflects to a certain extent the Singapore Medical Association's stress on professionalism. This attitude has an inevitable effect on doctors' concern for the welfare of society. It has been said that doctors would rather make money than contribute to
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  • REGIONAL VIEWPOINTS
    • 173 10 ASIA's developing countries are increasingly dependent on Japan economically since Tokyo has become the world's largest provider of official development assistance. While that trend will certainly continue, it will be important for Japan not to become arrogant because of its position as aid donor. So far,
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    • 175 10 NO MORAL difference exists between the "naked aggression" in Kuwait and the brutal aggression that is continuing the 50-year-old illegal occupation of the Baltic republic of Lithuania. The United States seems to think that it needs to buy Soviet acquiescence in US Gulf policy with "comprehension",
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    • 142 10 THE GOVERNMENT'S decision to let the 150 th anniversary of British rule pass without commemoration is regrettable. There is nothing to be ashamed of in the achievement of the territory, nor no need to apologise to China the mistakes of the colonial founding fathers are fully admitted,
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  • 958 10  -  The crackdown in the Baltic states is a dark signal that the Soviet Union intends to use force to keep the empire intact. Max Jakobson argues that the use of force isolates the Soviet Union from the world economy and drives it ever deeper
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  • Page 10 Miscellaneous
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  • ANALYSIS
    • 785 11 Homelessness is the dark, little-discussed downside of Japan's prosperity NYT IN a silent, dark alley near piers that bustle during the day, a few small piles of cardboard and blankets arc all that keep the late-night chill from 10 sleeping men, a handful
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    • 1448 11  -  Charles Leadbeater compares the pace of telecommunications market liberalisation in the UK with other industrialised countries Charles Leadbeater FT Around the world great industrial edifices arc starting to crumble. For dccadcs a group of monopoly providers of telecommunications networks and services have towered over
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    • 683 11 Decision to become a Polish agent was motivated by patriotism NYT MARIAN Zacharski has a finely tuned sense of irony, and he ought to. A decade ago, he was sentenced by a US court to life in prison, a Polish agent who paid a high
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    • 345 11 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. SO AND IN THE MATTER OF JAMES W SIMPSON SINGAPORE PTE LTD (In Voluntary Liquidation) Members' Voluntary Winding Up At an Extraordinary General Meeting o» the Company held on Thursday. 17 January 1991 at 36 Robinson Road #15-00 City House, Singapore 0106.
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  • THE LAW PAGE
    • 791 12 THE Singapore High Court applied the 1988 Court of Appeal decision in the case of Chng Suan Tze v the Minister for Home Affairs to quash the exercise of an executive discretionary power two weeks ago. This is believed to be the first time
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    • 558 12 THE Law Page report on lawyers in Singapore being allowed to advertise referred to advertising by American law firms as an "anything goes" approach. Mr Clifford W Garstang of international law firm Sidlcy Austin wrote to BT, taking exception to that description. He said: "There
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    • 757 12 CASE. Lim Seow Wah and Peh Ah Eng v Housing Development Board and Lam Lee Building Contractor Pte Ltd. High Court of the Republic of Singapore Justice Chan Sek Keong This was an action for damages in relation to the death of 18-ycar-old Lim
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    • 155 12 THE GROWTH TRIANGLE A Special Business Times Survey February 86, 1991 The Growth Triangle began casually as an idea. Singapore. Batam. Johor. Singapore has a rich pool of managerial talent. Batam and Johor are rich in natural resources, land and labour. Combine the three and they make a triangle of
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  • SPORTS
    • 793 13 Australian Open Agencies THE Steffi Graf era at the Australian Open is over. Jana Novotna, a Czech who revamped her game to become a force in women's singles, beat Graf 5-7, 6-4, 8-6 on Tuesday. Her victory ended the German's threeyear, 25-match reign at this
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    • 329 13 Reuter "McENROE, pay attention at the back. Yes, I am serious. And you, Gilbert and Wheaton, stop arguing." This may not quite be the classroom scene it hopes for, but the Association of Tennis Professionals, which runs men's tennis, is sending its members to
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    • SIDE LINES
      • 87 13 JOE MONTANA, the brilliant quarterback who led the San Francisco 49ers to back-to-back Super Bowl championships, will have surgery on his injured right hand later this week. Team officials in San Francisco said on Monday that Montana suffered a broken little finger on his
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      • 54 13 NEXT month's Davis Cup world group tie between France and Israel and six regional group matches have been postponed because of the Gulf crisis. An International Tennis Federation (ITF) official said yesterday that the France-Israel tie in Marseilles, originally set for Feb 1-3, has been tentatively
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      • 65 13 THE Dunhill Cup, whose future was in danger last year, will continue for at least another three years. The sponsors yesterday announced a new three-year agreement, which includes a rise in prize money from just over £500,000 to £1 million. It is the first increase
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      • 53 13 BEN JOHNSON, the Canadian sprinter banned for two years for taking drugs, will run his longest race yet since making a comeback in Ottawa two weeks ago. Organiser Andy Mclnnis said Johnson will take part in a 55-metre sprint in the North American indoor grand prix
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      • 80 13 WORLD snooker champion Stephen Hendry, who has reached the final of the last eight major tournaments, will not be claiming the £200,000 record first prize in the Mita World Masters. Hendry, beaten by Jimmy White in the final of the Mercantile Credit Classic at Bournemouth earlier this month,
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    • 708 14 TELEVISION AND RADIO Tk 1 A SBC 12 L5O (Stereo). tS BUSINESS ON RADIO I 4~\ ~W* i 800 Heater Investment in 5.30 The Karate Kid. I\ I II II I I 111 II 7.25 PM One Foot In The Grave Death 6.00 News (M) BBC, 89.9 mHz in VHF
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  • LIFESTYLE
    • 743 15  -  Benjamin DeMott on how the Cinderella story is reverse psychology to keep people in their places Benjamin De Mott NYT INCREASINGLY in recent years, movies have been dealing with power issues and class relationships interactions between masters and servants, executives and underlings, yuppies and waitresses,
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    • 399 15  -  Something old, yet something new. Natalie Angier on a love hormone called oxytocin Natalie Angier NYT IT is just the potion for a bellicose world. In some cases, it works as an aphrodisiac, inspiring males to seek females more ardently and females to invite their
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    • 600 15 CHATTERBOX CALLING her "every man's fantasy," GQ magazine has put actress Julia Roberts on its cover, the first woman to appear alone on the front since the male-oriented magazine became a monthly. "We've debated often hotly who our first cover girl ought to
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 234 15 AND ENTERTAIN AYen For Fresh Japanese Food. I #81 LUNCH: I t MS TO I £2 S DINNER: 6.50PM TO I I A £9 5 10.15PM. I t IHEhIH! prices subject I F t TO 10% SERVICE I I CHARGE AND I I UTK 4% CESS. I Unkai flies in
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  • STOCK EXCHANGE OF SINGAPORE 1
    • 906 16  -  By William Chia EVENTS in the Gulf continued to influence activity on the Singapore stock market with local news making little impact. However, the latest news that Iraq had started blowing up oil facilities in Kuwait was largely discounted by the market. One
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    • 3719 16 Gr's Gr's 1990/91 *J*s» Vol Day Ijhi Quote Div Div Vld Net M Cap High I/m Code Company Sale +or- ("000) High I>ow Buyer Seller Or P/E Smil INDUSTRIAL COMMERCIAL 277 152 1000 Acma 170 +1 I 9 170 170 170 171 104.2 -iqn 165 m 1142 Alex Hldss 50*
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  • 4010 17 Main Board NatSteel 855 +25 *3 0% GELifc 1270 20 *1 6% DBS Foreign 1030 *20 *2.0% Spore lius 500 515 *15 3.0% OLJB 478 *12 *2.6% Scmb Maritime 400 *12 3.1% SIA Foreign 1380 *10 +0.7% SIA 1050 *10 *10% FAN 720 *10 *1.4%
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  • BT SHARE INFORMATION SERVICE
    • 282 18 AUDITED RESULTS Cmvmy Data Year Grwip Nat Nat Mmta*# 6ra*» mm to profit/tots (L) par itan dtvktoad ('000) (cwrtt) C*C Jan 14 Sep 90 $53,947(134.649) 30 8(23 Sa) 15(8 5a) F&N Jan 14 Sep 90 S53.080($62.868 30 1(36 5) 17 9(179) H M»a Jan 14 Sap 90 $1,886(1402)
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    • 183 18 Company Date Yaar Graap pra-ta* Nat aaraiags Grats aaa to pram/lass <L) par skara dMini COM) (eaato) H Leong Credit Jan 8 Jun 90 M$35,181(M$25.440) 218(16 4) 10(10) Leong Huat Jan 2 Dec 89 $182l($356l) Pacific Can Oec 28 Sep 90 $1,3871 ($562h) —(0 7) VanderHorst Dec 28
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    • 251 18 Cmhw D«t. HUf-ywr Jrtjrta. m to proflt/toM (L) Wdwm COM) Sateras Dec 31 Sep 90 M$462L($369l> Isetan Dec 28 Sep 90 $10.458(-) -(10) MCB Hldgs Dec 27 Sep 90 M$l,333($1.319l) (2-5) Pegi Msia Dec 27 Sep 90 M$3,590($234L) Alex Hldgs Dec 26 Sep 90 $1,4461 ($257) Metalock Dec
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    • 1188 18 Jmi 21 Sngmarine Industries, a subsidiary of Keppel Corpn. has entered into an agreement with Volvo East Asia to acquire a 70% stake in Nedco Engineering for Jl./m. Jin 19 Bank Buriputra Malaysia Bhd shares will be sold to the public and the bank listed on the Kuala
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    • 317 18 Carnal Ei Mi Data Trfal tor Trtal MMyawrt aato dm aaraftta tM ja«r last yaar MSB 10%(b) ton 4 an 18 an 28 10% 12* MffF NYA Oec 14 an 3 Feb 15 NYA 2M Mi fadk 23.2% tan 4 an 16 tan 23 386* 35 5% AMa
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    • 644 18 Stocks M Company Nrfad Dale Tm Bat EPS mmmat m*| (eMb) <•» pn* IhI r*» ($106) OB rrtrti Interim Nov 13 Ok 90 29.7 13.2 11.616(c) MT Inter m Jan 10 Jun 91 254 2 150 0 773 Khm Gum interim Jan 12 Apr 91 40 5301 6
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    • 663 18 BONDS, LOANS WARRANTS I 1 CCwtewi »aa la Iidhnj afcaw UC Nt Before 26/4/93 1 warrart f*is 1309 cash Cwi) Loan j— CauMvi, m 2/10/89 to 20/10/9* 1 warrant phis JO 77 cash or 1 warn* phs $0 77 norm* amount ot loan stoci Chan Ohm *9 Nt March 87
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    • 196 18 RECORD HIGHS LOWS ST Industrials Index BT Composite index 1991 1213.60 08/1/91) 1991 Mr 1068 09 (18/1/91) l»l low. 1149 08 (16/1/91) 1991 tow 1022 52 (16/1/91) \9» Ngtc 1607.12 27/3/90) 1990 Mt 1435 43 (16/7/90) 1)90 far 1079.50 (11/10/90) 1990 1m: 981 07 (09/11/90) 19» l«t 1487.76 (26/12/89) 1989
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    • 202 18 Berjaya Coloration (M) Bhd: EGM at the Banquet Room, Kelab Darul Ehsan.Taman Tun Abdul RazaK. Jalan Kerja Air Lama, ***** Ampang iaya, Selangor Darul Ehsan on Wednesday, Jan 23, at 10am. fines PubWinf Ltd: AGM at the Taurus Room, Level 1, Marina Mandarin Singapore. 6 Raffles Boulevard. Marina
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    • 88 18 Company Right* bsw Cauwway km Thrw-fortour SO GO per share Ex-date Dec 10 Books dose Dec 20 Acceptance t Payment Feb 1 M Mouks One-tor-one MSI 50 per share Ei-date Dec 10 Books dose Dec 26 Acceptance I Payment Feb 11 Company Others MOB Oder tor safe of
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    • 320 18 Company Rights Issue Mom One tor two MSI 00 per share Issue of 40m Cumulative Redeemable Preference Shares of MJO 10 each at MSI per share with 10m detachable TSR Bata 0netor4our M>2 00 per share p*C8 Capital Reduction Scheme to reduce par value of shares from 50
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    • 102 18 FOR WHO, WHAT, WHERE AHD WHEN IN THE MARKET. ADVERTISING MARKETING, in BUSINESS TIMES every Thursday, covers a vital sector of the economy comprising the country's communications muscle. The page monitors business developments and the players in both international and Singaporean advertising agencies; it charts and reports on trends in
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  • KUALA LUMPUR STOCK EXCHANGE
    • 879 19 Bernama SHARE PRICES in Kuala Lumpur yesterday ended mixed to slightly steadier on some selective bargain-hunt-ing in the afternoon. But investors generally remained sidelined to await fresh developments in the Gulf war. The K.LSE Composite Index fluctuated narrowly before closing at 481.87,
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    • 2908 19 1991 Last Vol Day Net Cap High Low Company Sale "000 High ow 5mil INDUSTRIALS 188 170 MSB 50* 175 13 T76 175 42.7 1791 342 316 ASM 50* 332 4 77 332 326 29.6 1362.8 296 280 Acidchem 285 -2 13 285 285 122.5 255 250 Ajinomoto 252 22.3
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  • TOKYO STOCK EXCHANGE
    • 2160 20 Reuter TOKYO stocks closed easier yesterday after a day of quiet trading with prices moving in a relatively narrow range. Brokers said the lack of market moving developments in the Gulf war had investors crowding the sidelines with most price movements stemming
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  • STOCK EXCHANGE OF HONGKONG
    • 2021 20 Reuter HONGKONG STOCKS closed slightly softer in confused, directionless trade as investors awaited fresh news on the Gulf War. "It's a symptom of most markets these days," said Antony Mak of Citicorp Vickers. "Volume is slightly better but the mood is lukewarm and sluggish.
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  • REGIONAL STOCK MARKETS
    • Aussie market up slightly on selective buying
      • 843 21 THE AUSTRALIAN share market yesterday closed marginally firmer in quiet, cautious trade characterised by investors picking over blue-chip stocks. Brokers said support was shown for selected industrial and resource stocks but otTshore demand began to wane. "It's been pretty quiet. I think people are just treading water and the
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      • 792 21 SEOUL STOCKS closed slightly lower in sluggish trade on lack of fresh devel- opments in the Gulf War. The Composite Index ended the day at 632.92, shedding 3.99 points from the previous session. Turnover was thin at 121.6 billion won against 147.9 billion on Monday. Losses outpaced gains 400
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      • 81 21 Close Previous Jan 22 SYDNEY All Ordinaries Index 1269.6 1,271.3 -1.7 All Industrials Index 1954.9 1,955.8 -0.9 All Resources Index 744.2 746.4 -2.2 Turnover (million) 55.22 53.58 +1.64 BANGKOK SET Index 625.75 631.58 -5.83 Turnover (million baht) 1.200 NA JAKARTA Composite Index 387.46 389.12 -1.66 MANILA Composite Index 652.12 650.77
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      • 606 21 TRADING on the Jakarta stock ex- change was slow because of lack of liquidity, brokers said. The official index eased 1.66 points to 387.46 and turnover fell to one million shares from Monday's 2.10 million. "It's really boring. No money... No trade," one broker said. Jakarta International Hotel was
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      • 723 21 THAI STOCKS declined for the second day yesterday but closed off lows in moderate trade as investors were concerned the Gulf War would intensify, brokers said. The SET Index closed 5.83 points lower at 625.75 on a moderate 1.2 billion baht turnover after the indicator lost about 12 points
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      • 521 21 PHILIPPINE SHARES closed narrowly mixed to firmer as market jitters over the Gulf War were calmed by some positive signals from the local economy, brokers said. The decline in interest rates and an anticipation of fresh loans from foreign creditors helped arrest further selling. The Manila Stock Exchange composite
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      • 336 21 la local caneacy la S$ la US$ day year day year day year JAN 21 ladex daage cfcaag chaay cfcaar chaay chaag World 355.6 -I.I -23.5 -1.0 -25.4 -0.6 -18.5 ♦Eafe 463.9 -1.6 -31.9 -0.8 -30.8 -0.5 -24.3 Europe 357.8 -I.I -20.6 -0.3 -15.3 0.0 -7.4 Pacific 775.9 -1.9 -38.7
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      • 355 21 TAIWAN share prices finished moderately lower after investors took a breather after the market's recent buying spree. The weighted index lost 58.18 points, or 1.4 per cent, to finish at 4,075.94 compared with Monday's 4,134.12 close. Turnover was NT$4B.6 billion against NT$5O.B billion. Dealers said profit-taking in the financial
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      • 207 21 NEW ZEALAND shares closed easier on very light turnover yesterday and brokers expect prices to ease further until the situation in the Gulf becomes clearer. The Barclays fell an estimated 1.36 to 1,213.70 on turnover of NZ$5.3 million yesterday. Wellington NZ Cents Vo*W) Air NZ 99 I 30
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      • 58 21 THE BOMBAY Stock Exchange (BSE), hit by payment defaults, remained closed for the sixth trading day. Exchange officials refused to say when trading would resume, but brokers said the market was likely to re-open today. The BSE's governing board was scheduled to meet yesterday evening to solve the payment
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  • WORLD STOCK MARKETS
    • Dow ends lower as investors take a pause
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        1005 22 US STOCK INVESTORS, pausing to reassess the Gulf war and to digest last week's record-setting gains, pared holdings moderately in a semi-holiday session on Monday. With the US bond market closed at 1300 EST/1800 GMT in observance of the Martin Luther King holiday and banks shut for the
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        851 22 EARLY LOSSES on UK shares were mostly erased by a technical bounce in mid-morning yesterday, but the fundamentals of the Gulf war and deepening economic recession continue to overhang the equity market, dealers said. "There's been no aggressive selling and few are keen to buy. The fundamentals remain firmly
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      • 406 22 CONCERNS about the duration of the Gulf war and renewed talk of higher German taxes caused German share prices to fall 1.1 per cent yesterday. The 30-share DAX fell 15.08 points to 1,375.12. It was the third consecutive session that prices declined at least one per cent. Since gaining
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      • 81 22 Jan 21 Close PrrvioMS NEW YORK Dow Jones 2.629.21 2.646.78 -17.57 NYSE Financial 122.35 121.99 +0.36 SAP 500 331.06 332 23 -1.17 Turnover (million) 136 226 -90 LONDON Financial Times 30 1638.7 1,654.9 -16.2 FTSE 100 2084 0 2,102.7 -18.7 Turnover (million) 314.2 344.5 -30.3 AMSTERDAM CBS Tendency index 77.8
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      • 273 22 ITALIAN share prices rebounded from lows seen soon after the start of trading yesterday, when the market was shaken by reports Iraq was destroying some Kuwaiti oil installations, although they still closed well down on the day. The MIB all-share index closed 1.83 per cent down at 968, 18
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      • 482 22 DUTCH SHARES recovered early losses by midsession yesterday, as investors entrenched for a longer period of Gulf hostilities than initially seen, dealers said. "People are awaiting fresh news from the Gulf, but it seems we are getting used to the war," one dealer said. The CBS general tendency index
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      • 194 22 THE PARIS BOURSE idled at the lower levels set yesterday morning and trade was thin, with the Gulf War continuing to discourage investors, dealers said. The CAC-40 index stood 15.20 points or 0.98 per cent down 1,538.37 at 1145 GMT, hardly changed on its opening of 1,541.54. Volume was
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      • 236 22 TORONTO STOCKS gradually recovered from a sharp, opening loss to close down slightly in sluggish trade on Monday after hopes of a quick win by allied forces in the Gulf began to give way to fears of a prolonged war, dealers said. "They're not going to get rid of
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      • 569 22 Brussels Jan 21 K«iict FORWARD MARKET Accc 2330 -40 Arbcd 3030 unch Astur 1000 f 20 Brascan 405 -6 Canpac 508 -2 Cock 141 -2 Dc Beers 570 -20 Ebcs Gb-lnno-Bm 1004 +2 (icvaert 6500 -150 Gr Bru Lamb 3170 -10 Hobok Pet ro 9780 +10 Kyi Dutch 2310 -15
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  • CURRENCY, MONEY & FUTURES MARKETS
    • 1235 23 REPORTS THE GERMAN deutschemark opened firmer against the US dollar and steady against other major currencies in Frankfurt yesterday as operators continued to focus on the Gulf war and its likely impact on the US economy, dealers said. The
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    • 573 23 IHT DESPITE war-induced market volatility, the US dollar is cxpccted to edge lower over coming weeks, analysts said. They cautioned that the market will continue to react sharply to any unsettling news because trading has become very thin. The only players in
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    • 1122 23 SIMEX 1 Open High Low Sett Est Vol Op/lnt Vol Mar 91 92 82 92.85 92.79 92.84 ***** ***** ***** Jun 91 92.92 92.95 92.90 92.94 5300 ***** 34% Sep 91 92 84 92.87 92.82 92.86 700 3707 544 Dec 91 92.55 92 58 92.54 92.57 400 3335
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    • 419 23 Cross rates Jan 22 US$ S$ MS Dm Yen SFr AS NZS USS 1.7325 2.7160 ***** 131.65 0.5110 1.2500 1.2804 1.6750 S$ 0.5772 1.5677 0.8606 0.7599 0.2949 0.7215 0.7391 0.9668 MS 0.3682 63.79 0.5490 0.4847 OI88I 0.4602 0.4714 0.6167 Dm 0.6707 1.1620 1.8216 88.30 0 3427 0.8384
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    • 568 23 Interbank rates SS Bid Offer Overnight 4 3/8 4 1/2 1-month 4 5/16 4 7/16 2-month 4 3/8 4 1/2 3-month 4 7/16 4 9/16 Overnight mode: 4-3/16 IJSS Bid Offer 7 days 6 7/16 6 9/16 1 month 6 7/8 7 2 months 6 15/16 7 1/16
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  • COMMODITIES
    • 288 24 Reuter THE technical outlook for gold futures points to lower prices despite a US$3O-an-ouncc dive last week, analysts said. Turning away from the war in the Middle East, chart watchers said Commodity Exchange Inc (Comcx) gold has not yet seen its bottom.
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    • 382 24 MBT NATURAL RUBBER output in Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand last year was almost equal although Malaysia may still retain its position as the top producer, according to estimates by industry sources. Malaysia's production last year is estimated to have fallen to under
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    • 854 24 REPORTS THE TIN PRICE on the Kuala Lumpur Tin Market remained unchanged at M$ 15.09 a kg following featureless trading on the London Metal Exchange overnight. Dealers said interest on the LME was thin at present, with consumers largely sidelined because of uncertainties over
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    • 401 24 In the Matter of THE COMPANIES ACT (CHAPTER 50) AND In the Matter ot ONG SAND-BLASTING CO (PTE) LTD (In Members Voluntary Liquidation) NOTICE OF FINAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to Section 308 of the Companies Act. Chapter 50. the final meeting of the members of the
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  • THE TRAVEL PAGE
    • 996 25 City Flight ETA Flight CTD C i Abu Dhabi GA895 1225 Adelaide QF81 2010 QF82 2115 SQ227 2200 Amsterdam GA895 1225 KL814 1730 KL813 1525 SQ24 2215 Athens 0A471 0015 Auckland NZ25 1825 NZ28 1950 SQ388 2030 Bandar Seri 1421 n05 SQ182 09jJ Begawan SQ181 1410
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    • 615 25  -  LETTER FROM RANONG JT.S jf ■'JF By Angus Mac Swan THE trawlers arc already tied up at the Thai port of Ranong and the fishermen arc unloading the night's catch from the holds as the morning sun rises over the Andaman Sea. Huge stingrays, marlin and
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    • 150 25 As at 3pm yesterday: Locml dollars to one unit of foreign currency Currencies Bid Offer Australian dollar 1.342 1.3620 Canadian dollar 1.480 1.510 NZ dollar 1.020 1.050 Sterling pound 3.370 3.400 US dollar 1.7250 1.7400 Local dollars to 100 limits of foreign out) Austrian schilling 16.50 17.00
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    • 59 25 Duration Title Venue Organiser Tel Duration Title Venue Organiser Tel Jan 19-27 International Germany Stuttgarter (46(711/2589-0 Jan 23-27 International Madrid IFEMA ********** Exhibition For Messe Und Tounsm Trade Caravaning. Kongress Fair Motoring. Tourism Feb 4-9 International Netherlands Koninklije (3l)3(V*****l Building Nedertandse Jan 21-24 Middle Manama, Arabian Exhibition
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    • 278 25 Presidential enthusiasm mJ U j|M the country 5 Rex is taken in by a girl? 9 Full board with nobody __MB 10 A prized metal found ag fIHHHH Hi ~flH historic timcs(3-3) j 1 I 12 Keep sealer in the standard packct(s,4) 17^ 13 Scale a 16 Endeavoured to get
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    • 213 25 Singapore Outlook: Passing showers over a few areas in the afternoon. Forecast Maximum temperature 30.7* C Assoc humidity 71% Minimum temperature 24.5* C Assoc humidity 95% Hours of sunshine 0.75 Rainfall in mm Nil Rainfall this month 65.8 Rainy days this month 7 World forecast Asia-Pacific Hi/Lo* Cond. Auckland 24/18
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  • 478 26  -  THE By John Tan THE Kuwaiti government-in-exile is in the midst of mounting a massive public relations campaign worldwide at a cost ol more than US$5O million (5586.5 million) a year. To fill the "vacuum of accurate reports on Kuwait", the government will
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  • 165 26 AS a precautionary measure against terrorism arising from the Gulf war, visitors to Singapore holding passports from nine Middle East countries will have to apply for a visa at any of the Singapore missions overseas. The Ministry of Home Affairs said yesterday
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  • 265 26 Bernama INDONESIA, concerned about the effect of a prolonged Gulf war on its tourism year, is stepping up efforts to attract more tourists from the Asia-Pacific region. Minister of Tourism, Post and Telecommunications Susilo Sudarman said yesterday that the number of tourists
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  • 408 26 Reuter THE US NAVY yesterday told shippers that the overall risk in Gulf waters has diminished since the outbreak of war with Iraq. In an advisory to the commercial maritime industry, the US Navy Maritime Liaison Office in Bahrain said
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  • 601 26 Economic co-operation conference cancelled Agencies THE European Commission, the executive arm of the 12member European Community, began an emergency session yesterday to review the situation in the Baltic states, having cancelled a meeting with Soviet authorities on economic co-operation. The cancellation effectively freezes the
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  • 430 26  -  By S N Vasuki NINE South-east Asian central banks and monetary authorities (Seacen) have voiced concern that developed countries have "failed to recognise the importance of prudential and monetary policy considerations in the financial services sector". Seacen was referring to the draft text
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    • 357 27  -  By Rahita Elias FEEDER operator Regional Container Lines (RCL), Japan's giant logistics carrier Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK) and Italian line Lloyd Triestino will launch their joint full container service between Singapore and Australia next month. The joint Australia South Asia (ASA) Service is a
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    • 308 27 UPI THE GULF WAR is prompting China's two leading ocean shipping companies to impose stiff new surcharges on cargo transport because of route detours and higher fuel and insurance costs, an official newspaper reported on Monday. The English-language Chi- aa Daily
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    • 191 27 AFP CHINA has mapped out a new railway line from Beijing to Hongkong that will cross a new bridge over the Yangtze River, the official China Daily said on Sunday. The 2,900-km line was planned "to get ready for Hongkong's return to the
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    • 261 27 AP THE SHUTDOWN of Eastern Airlines briefly stranded some military personnel trying to report for duty in the Mideast, while some Eastern employees were unable to cash their final paycheques. Eastern stopped service at midnight on Friday, after almost two years in US Bankruptcy Court.
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    • 103 27 AFP THE MALAYSIAN navy intercepted and seized an assortment of firearms from four foreign-owned fishing vessels in Malaysian waters last month, a senior Malaysian naval officer said. Ahmad Ramli Mohamcd Nor, head of the Maritime Enforcement Coordinating Centre, said the weapons, including American
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    • 325 27  -  By KHaidir Abd Majid THE MOVE by the Federation of Malaysian Freight Forwarders (FMFF) to unify forwarders into one single trade organisation received a boost recently when it established contact with forwarders in Sarawak. However, the federation faces a setback when one of
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    • 372 27  -  By Dexter Lee NORWEGIAN carrier Pla-tou-Pacific has embarked on a major marketing programme to capture a bigger share of the break-bulk cargo shipments between Southeast Asia and the west coast of North America. In December, PlatouPacific beefed up its marketing efforts in this
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      • 66 27 THE SHUTTING of Eastern Airlines last Friday night is likely to benefit other US airlines, which will now have the opportunity to expand operations in Florida, Georgia and New York by buying Eastern's gates and landing rights. But for the public, the demise of
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      • 89 27 MARINE and aviation underwriters did not seem to care much that they were helping to make history at the Lloyd's of London insurance market on Sunday, which was open for the first Sunday in its 303 years. They were more concerned with reports that
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      • 60 27 BLAMING tension in the Middle East, Trans World Airlines announced plans to lay off about 1,500 flight attendants from Monday, the flight attendants union said on Sunday. A recorded telephone message to members of the Independent Federation of Right Attendants said the airline
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      • 114 28 THAILAND on Monday opened a 2.45 billion baht (US$9B.2-million) deep-sea port aimed at relieving congested Bangkok port and developing the country's eastern seaboard. The Laem Chabang commercial port is in Chonburi province, about 130 km south-east of Bangkok. The first phase opened after
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      • 86 28 US-BASED Sea-Land Service has boosted its presence in South-east Asia by opening offices in Malaysia. The new company, Sea-Land Service (M), was formed on Jan 1 with Alan Lee as country manager (Malaysia). Its headquarters are in Kuala Lumpur and a separate sales and operations
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      • 65 28 THE PORT OF Singapore Authority has advised mariners to communicate with Jurong Control Station via VHF channel 22 for information on the laying of a fibre optic cable from Pandan to Pulau Ular for Shell Eastern Petroleum. Mariners are also advised to keep clear of the
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      • 55 28 THE POTONG PASIR Sub-Post Office will open on Jan 28, replacing the Potong Pasir Post Office on Feb 25. On the same day, Bedok North and Telok Blangah West Post Offices will be replaced by two postal agencies, which will only sell postage stamps and
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      • 107 28 THE LLOYD'S OF London Press has recently released two new books Laytime and Demurrage by Mr John Schofield and The Law of Towage by Mr Richard Davison and Mr Anthony Snelson. Laytime and Demurrage traces the development of law and practice in this area, covering
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      • 81 28 MALAYAN RAILWAYS (KTM) will provide special express services from Singapore to Kuala Lumpur from Feb 13-18 for the Chinese New Year. These will depart from the Republic at 11 pm and arrive in KL at 5.40 am the next day. Bookings can be made now. The Singapore-Kuala
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      • 52 28 BRITISH AIRWAYS is to resume flights between London and Oman and the United Arab Emirates, with three departures planned for the week. A British Airways spokesman said the decision to resume flights to the Gulf was being examined hourly and could be cancelled at
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    • 1208 28  -  Other US airlines now have the opportunity to expand operations in Florida, Georgia and New York by buying Eastern's gates and landing rights, but the public is likely to find winter vacations in Florida more expensive. Keith Bradsher reports Keith Bradsher NYT
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    • 904 28 Jan 24-27: Airport, Port and Transport Exhibition APEX '91, Hongkong. Jan 29-Feb 2: Dubai '91 Air Show, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Feb 3-5: ICAA/AOCI Conference on Competition in the European and Asia/Pacific Air Transport markets, organised by ICAA European Community Bureau, The Oriental, Singapore. Feb 6-8: World Trade
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    • 13339 36 This is a list of ships loading leise at Singapore for ports around the world. It tabulates, by Nedn destination, the name of the ship, the shipping line involved and the estimated dates of arrival and departure Nedi from the Port of Singapore. Advanced dates are pub-
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      • 423 43 fry W, Bwth fcrtwl Vcud *oy Hi Brti fcrfri Di»«W« Keooei Wharves St Nikolas 1 02A21 SOI alongsrte 25 01/0800 Baiyinshan 1/91 K32 akxwsde 2301/2300 Anastasia NB-122 S03 2201/0800 2501/0900 Kota Pusaka E-882 R31 28 01/0600 Tou 173 0001 S04 23 01/1000 24 01/0630 Song Saigon 1
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      • 1326 43 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Record Bookn|/Babnc« Mb Ship Voy No Etb/Btr Pariod From To From Ag Jade 3W 23/2359 1 22/1500 22/1659 22/1900 M Goncharov ***** 24/1200 1 Cancelled 2 22/1700 23/0659 23/0900 3 Cancelled 4 23/1200 23/1459 23/1700 Ma Bhum 458N 24/1445 1
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      • 270 43 Kmwtw Pwt Barth 1: Pen Riser. Berth 2: Spring Horse. Borfli 3: Tiada. Berth 4: Santos. Arttif Princess. P*n ofl berth outer Stott Taurus. Pin oi berth inner: ml. Mbieral el berth: Meridian Sun. Service jetty: Jeramac 67 Tunda Eastern State. DMen'Sn 22: Ikan Acapulco, Sea Eagle
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    • 1105 43 THE DRY cargo freight market on Monday saw little grain business but lively time-char-ter activity in the Far East with rates generally firm, brokers said. Market operators were assessing the impact of the Gulf war on dry bulk shipping. "People are sitting on the fence waiting to find
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    • 784 44 Surge of interest in coverage against terrorist attacks as Gulf War continues NYT DAVID Peachey, an aviation underwriter, did not seem to care much that he was helping to make history at the Lloyd's of London insurance market on Sunday, which was open for the
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    • 258 44 AP BLAMING tension in the Middle East, Trans World Airlines announced plans to lay off about 1,500 flight attendants from Monday, the flight attendants union said on Sunday. A recorded telephone message to members of the Independent Federation of Flight Attendants said
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    • 10 27 Eastern's demise likely to benefit airlines, not passengers, Page 2
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    • 360 28 MORTGAGEE AUCTION A Under instructions from a F.F. "PROTANGUE" a W leading International Bank W a Current hull condition report available A v (Curnnuy located Comprehensive information package available w 9 Tasmania, Australia) DESIGNED AND SUPPLIED: by Stord Bam Industn a s Bergen W A Norway in 1972 Major refit
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    • 2025 29 jarmne shipping agencies AMaIVA 200 Cantonment Road #12 05 South point, Singapore 0208 \llVf/ T «i *****11 telex no rs 24m fllllf TERMINAUCFS Tel *****18 220 rfcmfln BOOKINGS TH *****34 258 L VjQQf J «ESAKA JARDINE SHIPPING AGENCIES SON BHD PORT KELANG TEL: 3684 US TELEX NO MA*****,'MA3970l ptNANG TEL
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    • 1126 30 I I ROTTEDAM/ VOY NO S PORE SOUTHAMPTON HAMBURG ANTWERP LE HAVRE MONTE ROSA 11/507 2471 18/2 12/2 11'2 NOTE KASUGA 13/511 27/1 13/2 16/2 18/2 l BREMEN EXPRESS 01/510 3/2 28/2 22/2 21/2 27/2 1 ALL WESTBOUND P. LIVER POOL BAY 03/514 3/2 20/2 23/2 25/2 KELANG PENANG CARGO
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    • 1716 31 BjgSteamers Maritime Holdings Lldj P&O Containers MUm I Vo, No |p KlaogSpore Iston h bui| B'hawn irrtjm left nllt I BINAVON 508 -BAR I'ol 22D1 08,02 10(0? 12.® MXirii uut »Ait» MONTE ROSA 11 507 BAR 1 '01 24/01 18.02 13,0Z 11,02 1/(02 CARGO KASUGA I 13/Sll TOB 2201 29(01
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    • 709 32 na CR NBR **********0-0 EXPRESS SEMI-CONTAINERSNIP SERVICE TO EUROPE VSL VOY S PORE If) DAM, ADAM H BURG BREMEN ANTWERP MATARAM/28WB 4/2 8/3 13/3 16/3 20/3 TRIAS UNITY/OKWB 4/3 6/4 12/4 17/4 21/4 FAST TRANSIT TIME ACCEPTING BREAKBULK/CONTAINERISED CARGO Sub|«ct to Inducement. Also accepting cargo to Caaablanca. Poet Said. Port
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    • 153 32 LI AN HUAT SHIPPING CO.. (PTE) LTD. 1 WIHA 10 Anton Road. #14-19/20 International Plaza, Singapore 0207. FAX: *****94 Tels: *****11/*****22 Tlx: RS ***** AB LENHUAT DAILY RECEIVING CARGO AT MARINA WHARVES CON MOl TEL: *****19 AND P2 TEL 47*497 TO INDONESIA VESSEL ETA ETD DESTINATION HONG MOCK In Pt
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    • 1386 33 NEPTUNE AGENCIES PTE LTD SINGAPORE TEL. 2/899/7 (CR NO: **********0E) BOOKINGS: UK/EUROPE SERVICE— *****19 USA SERVICE— *****16^ AUST/INOIA/PAK SERVICE— *****18 FAR EAST SERVICE— *****48'. Wo&m M TERMINAL OFFICE *****22 DOCUMENTATION DEPT: *****44/ *****14 CFS K27-IMPORT: *****69/*****50 CFS: K27 EXPORT: *****53/*****04 jjP!!!r K^_ P (O3) E 2614^^ H p 5 Ke
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    • 1486 34 -i !Kl' line KAWASAKI RISEN KAISHA. LID. J j export n amtk; A.FAcmcsouth-west n,ambwca'fAcmcswrw-TrMi l-*"—7 utvufi uccui «0T HOUS Li OA* THY FEEDER VCSSCL WO* TKT SCP FEEDER VESSEL VOY'INOO I*jP*C SCP MOTHER VESSEL VOt U OAK CHI JVC NOT" MtOGE 40 *12 1/1 3(1 U» LIOHS GATE BRIOCE 13
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    • 1460 35 jgaaPff PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL LINES (PTE) LTD JhK PIL Building, 140 Cecil Street *03-00, Singapore 0106. 1 JAKARTA 1 I BANGKOK H EOIN EL Un 30M S V2 PEGASUS PROGRESS JHf 2/M 3VI K£A JADE 9102 «n SEA GLORY .103 24/, 27/1 31/1 GOWA 9102 30/1 2/2 HAI HUI 9103 25/1
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    • 1051 35 BEN LINE CONTAINERS LTD 200 Cantonment Road Tel: *****22 #13-05 Southpoint 1 Fax: *****63 Singapore 0208. Telex: RS ***** EXPRESS CONTAINER SERVICE TO UK/CONTINENT ESSEL |VQY SPORE P KLANG S HAMPTON HAMBURG BHAVEN R DAM L'HAVRE lonte Rosa* 11/507 24/1 18/2 12/2 11/2 17/2 asuga 1+ 13/511 29/1 Via TOB
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    • 341 35 m MYANMA pßfe FIVE STAR UNE w (Myanmar National Line) Loading for Yangon (Rangoon) S'pore P.KIg Pen P.Gdg PAGAN VI66W In Pt 24/26 Jan LOIKAW VI6IW 23/24 Jan MPA AN Vls9* 27/21 Jan PINYA VU3W 22/23 Jan PATMIEN VIO9W 9/12 Feb it Feb THE BANK LINE (A service of Andrew
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    • 800 38 INTEGRATED CONTAINER SERVICE FROM FAR EAST TO NORTH CONTINENT OUTBOUND SIN FIX BRV RDM ANT HBC MECKLENBURG WMIOS 25,1 23/2 22/2 2V2 24/2 20/2 PANAMA SEN WMO6 30/1 24/2 22/2 21/2 25/2 I EUROPEAN SEN WFIO7 5/2 1/3 2/3 21/2 10/3 BRANDENBURG NMlOt 5/2 5/3 5/3 1/3 7/3 3/3 TO
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    • 1082 38 CRYSTAL FREIGHT SERVICES PTE LTD TEL: *****88/*****22 OUR CONSOLIDATION SERVICES TO: EUROPE 20/01 ft 02/02 LONDON ROTTERDAM FELIXSTOWE ANTWERP SOUTHAMPTON MAMBWIG MANCHESTER LE NARVE ANO ALL EUROPE MLANO DESTINATIONS FAR EAST PORT KELANG 25/01 4 1/02 MANILA 26/01 2/02 PENANG 25/01 1/02 BUSAN 26/01 2/02 BANGKOK 25/01 29/01 TOKYO 24/01
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    • 244 38 ET LOADING FOR VtSSEL SPORE CBO DSN BAIRCS MVIOfO RIO STS VII PACUA MOSTWUN I 1/4 M UK «rt OPT MSOII DISCHARGING EM BRAZIL VESSCI SPORE HKC IML *U TOK NCO ROB T,3K" 1 ui u/i m i*i »3 Ed6E*|gH|m™ Regular BBulk and Container Service Direct to Turkey, Red Sea/
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    • 1260 38 f IU 5P CHINA OCEAN SHIPPING COMPANY FULL CONTAINER LINER SERVICE l s 2, MISTRI ROAD, HMC BUILDING FAX: *****66 #IS-00, SINGAPORE 0207 CABLE: COSTARLINE CR NO: **********0 M General Agents: OOOTAR SHIPPING Liu TO EUROPE nom PIWOWS VESSEL/VOV SCP ROT HAM FLX ANT WW VESSEL/VOY n« ROT HAM ANT
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    • 825 39 NIHON-ASIA I CR **********0N TEL: *****22 FAX: *****86 Competitive Rates!! ETA USA All iPI Destas 25/1, 1/2 I I EUROPE all Ports 26/1, 2/2 BANGKOK 24/1, 27/1 HONGKONG/CHINA 26/1, 29/1 SYD, MEL, ADEL, BRIS 24/1, 28/1 FREMANTLE 25/1, 1/2 MANILA 25/1, 1/2 PKLG/PENANG 25/1, 2/1 Port Kelang Branch Tal: *****21/2/3
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    • 239 39 SraSLO MARINE AGENCIES (S) PTE LTD I TEL: *****33 (12 Llnaa) m FAX: *****15/*****03 Pg TELEX: R8 ***** RIBHIP (3 Llnaa) f\ ETHIOPIAN SHIPPING LINES (National Lines of Ethiopia) ACCEPTING FCL AND CONVENTIONAL j VESSEL IVOY ETA ILOAO«NG FOR SPORE ABBAY WON 2 2WB 07/02 DARESSALAAM MOMBASA OJIBOUTI ASSAB MASSAWA
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    • 1282 40 MAC-NELS SINGAPORE 11 export TEI. *****22"] I MPOW TEL *****02") TEL (04) *****6 KK TEL (088) *****0 TAWAU TEL: (089) *****9 P KELANG TEL (03) *****77 KUCHING TEL (082) *****3 SKAN TEL (089) *****2 11. qahru TFL (07) *****2 SIBU TEL (084) *****2 LABUAN TEL (087) *****9 LJVy SJJAKARM tIL
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    • 600 42 xOA CB SHIPPING t@) MARINE SERVICES north QUEENSiAND/PARUA NEW GUINEA SERVICES CONTAINER/LCI/BREAKBULK SERVICE "AWKE" SERVICE JAK SPt POM LA£ T'WILLI V2ISB 3ftl 1/2 IW IV2 NB LAf CARGO TSHIP SAN lUA* POM BUNKER SURCHARGE EFFECTIVE VI9SB TEU USD 53.50 B/BULK USD 500 LCL uso 350 SUBJECT REVIEW BOOKINGS ACCEPTED FOR
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