The Business Times, 21 February 1991

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    10 1 Business Times MCI (P) 16/12/90 Thursday February 21 1991 75'
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  • NEWS SUMMARY
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      Way cleared for Uruguay Round talks to resume
      64 1 TRADE OFFICIALS in Geneva yesterday agreed on a formula for negotiating farm subsidy cuts, clearing the way for the resumption of the Uruguay Round of global commerce talks, Gatt ambassadors said. The EC accepted the demand of most of its trading partners:
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      Luxury Philippine hotel to be sold
      37 1 A PHILIPPINE government agency has signed a memorandum of agreement with Allied Kajima Ltd of Japan for the sale of the luxury Philippine Plaza Hotel for 1.5 billion pesos (5591.5 million).
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      Education revamp
      26 1 SINGAPORE'S education system will be revamped next year, says the Education Minister, and the changes now being finalised will affect all levels Page 2
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      Hopes shattered
      24 1 THE PROTRACTED Gulf war has virtually shattered the Philippines' hopes of mounting an aggressive export offensive in the Middle East Page 10
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      Businesses strike back
      37 1 LEADERS of hundreds of Soviet enterprises are set to launch a counter-attack on the reimposition of central controls over the Soviet economy, calling for the repeal of a string of recent decrees Page 11
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      EC fears soothed
      26 1 A LEADING European Community official has said that weaker oil prices have helped calm fears of surging inflation in the bloc Page 11
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      Shadow over Sarawak
      32 1 THE TENSION in Sabah between the PBS and the National Front coalition government continues to cast a long, uneasy shadow over the political scene in neighbouring Sarawak Page 13
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      Everyday Man on film
      17 1 DANNY AIELLO is an actor who identifies with the Everyday Man Page 17
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      S'wang unit widens
      25 1 SEMBAWANG's fast expanding aviation arm has broadened its range of services with its own hangar at Seletar Airport. Shipping Times Page 1
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  • MARKETS SUMMARY
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      Dow lower
      28 1 SHARE PRICES opened lower in New York yesterday with the Dow Jones index of leading industrials falling 9.91 points to 2,922.27, five minutes into the session.
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      Footsie higher
      39 1 AFTER sliding early in the morning, shares in London recovered towards midday yesterday, boosted by data confirming the economy's sharp slowdown. At 1230 GMT, the Footsie index stood at 2,311.9, just 0.5 points down on Tuesday's close.
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    • Article
      Tie-ups at Ngee Ann
      36 1 JAPANESE GIANT Takashimaya's proposed tie-up with Cold Storage may be the first of more joint ventures with non-Japanese partners to help it operate the shopping podium in Ngee Ann City. Page 3
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    • Article
      Poor options for Oei
      44 1 LADY LUCK seems to have turned against Oei Hong Leong in recent times and the Honshu investment is but one of his several worries culminating in the sale of most of his shares in UIC late last vear Page 3
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      New KL insurance law
      22 1 MALAYSIA is drafting a new insurance law to weed out the crooks and improve the system Page 8
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      STOCK INDICES
      30 1 Wednesday Change BT-MGA 680.73 +5.22 Kuala Lumpur ....562.26 +6.92 Hongkong 3,492.16 +24.32 Tokyo 26,198.79 +31.81 Sydney 1,372.7 -25.6 Tuesday Change New York 2,932.18 -2.47 London 2 312.4 -5.9
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      CURRENCIES
      19 1 Exchange rates USS SSI.7195 iOO Yen SS1.3081 MS SS0.6373 Money market rates Overnight 4-1/2 +1/4 3-month 4-1/2% unch
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      COMMODITIES
      37 1 London Gold AM fix US$363.75 USS2.15 Rubber S'pore Mar 144.25'/kg +0.50 M'sia Mar.... 228 00«/kg unch KL Tin Turnover. 32tonnes+22 Spot MS 15.10 /kg +0.11 Crude palm oil Turnover 1,023 lots +447 Mar MS843 /tonne -7
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    MAS slashes fare for Singapore-London trip
    528 1  -  Move could lead to price war among airlines By Chitra Rajaram A MOVE by Malaysian Airlines (MAS) to slash its economy fare from Singapore to London by $350 to $1,500 could lead to a free-for-all price war among airlines on the lucrative route. Sources
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    Lock icon Land war nears as peace efforts fall flat
    501 1 THE GULF Iraqi armed forces vow to fight till the end Agencies A FLURRY of last-ditch diplomatic activity to end the Gulf War suffered a major jolt yesterday. Iraq vowed to fight on and Moscow signalled there had been no response to
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    Stocks rise after slow start
    315 1 SINGAPORE STOCKS posted handsome gains yesterday in a day that saw volatile trading in other Asian markets. Trading volumes and share prices in the local bourse soared and institutions were active buyers. The Straits Times Industrials Index closed 18.10 points higher at 1397.40. within challenging
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    Multiple share applications: man charged
    369 1  -  By Quak Hiang Whai A SINGAPOREAN businessman was charged in court yesterday with 30 counts of criminal breach of trust involving multiple share applications. Arjan G Kirpalani, 44, was alleged to have deceived DBS Bank into believing that 438 applications made during a share issue
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    Lock icon Fed chief sees room for more rate cuts
    223 1 Reuter AMERICAN Federal Reserve Board chairman Alan Greenspan said yesterday that the US inflation rate this year may be the lowest in several years and that he foresees a moderate upturn in the economy in the coming quarters. Presenting the Fed's semiannual
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      136 1 rßurberrys' i <co C/ J r -v > 5 t S O u Reigns when it pours Laasßasßß^ss Ad Marketing 14 Money Changer Rates 27 Walter 27 Aircraft Schedule 27 Money Market 25 World News 11 Commodities... 26 Regional Co Nevus 4 Crypt* Crossword 27 Regional News 10 For market
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      17 1 US firms stand to gain in Kuwaiti reconstruction, Pg 11 Job-hungry Indians returning to Gulf, Pgl 1
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      53 1 PAL to launch chartered flights to Jeddah, Back Pg SAPORITI ITALIA. THE ULTIMATE IN STYLE AND PRESTIGE. Italian design ingenuity at its best. Contemporary furniture for the home and executive office. The Saporiti Collection. Exclusive to Le Mercier's. C 3<(' ,'1 2MVrha lH »ule»Jfd p art House 1024 T el
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      5 1 I BALLY SHOES FASHION ACCESSORIES
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  • HOME NEWS
    • NEWS ROUNDUP
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        Sisir invites public comments
        77 2 THE Singapore Institute of Standards and Industrial Research is inviting public comment on the specification for cushioning foam and the code of practice for packaging and containers for hazardous substances. The standard specifying expandable polystyrene foam used as package cushioning foam will be of interest to
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        German dons in town
        79 2 TWO professors from Germany are in town to exchange information with local academics on the two countries' education systems. Professor Dr-Ing Werner Lang and Dr-Ing Hans Peter Grunberger from the Fachhochschule fur Technik Esslingen both experts in application-oriented courses of study will conduct a seminar for
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        PM to host party at Istana
        49 2 PRIME MINISTER Goh Chok Tong will host a Lunar New Year party for community and grassroots leaders at the Istana on Saturday. President Wee Kim Wee and the First Lady will also join the Cabinet members and senior government officials at the party.
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        Mr Lee to attend launch
        46 2 SENIOR Minister Lee Kuan Yew will attend the launch of "Friday Weekly", a 20-page Chinese weekly for students, at the Mandarin Hotel tonight. A Singapore Press Holdings project, the "Friday Weekly" tabloid is targetted at pupils aged between 12 and 18.
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        Chingay participants
        73 2 CHINGAY Fantasy 1991 on Saturday will feature more than 3,000 participants, including two foreign groups. They are from Cebu in the Philippines and the Malaysian state of Malacca. Besides dances, percussion bands and fairy tale stories, there will be 13 floats in the Orchard Road procession. The parade,
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        No Orchard Rd closure on Sunday
        36 2 4 ORCHARD ROAD will not be closed this Sunday, as it usually is every last Sunday of the month, in view of the ckßure for Chingay Fantasy 1991 on Saturday.
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      Ho Lee Plumbing gets HDB water tank job
      183 2 THE Housing and Development Board has awarded a $3.6 million job for the replacement of water tanks. According to the latest government gazette, Ho Lee Plumbing Pte Ltd was given the contract to replace existing mild steel water tanks with fibreglass reinforced
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      Education revamp for all levels from next year
      419 2 All children to have at least 10 years of general schooling SWEEPING changes are in store for Singapore's education system, affecting all levels from primary to post-secondary education. The changes which are being finalised will be implemented next year, said Education Minister
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      Lock icon Inmarsat-C users need pay only satellite charges for use of LES
      450 2  -  By Selva Kumar USERS of the Inmarsat-C mobile satellite communication system who utilise the Singapore Land Earth Station (LES) will only pay the satellite charges and not the land line charges. This was disclosed by Richard Fong, vice-president of
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      Du Pont opens regional distribution centre
      293 2 AMERICAN chcmicals giant Du Pont yesterday opened a regional distribution centre in Singapore, in a move underlining the Republic's importance in the group's global network. The centre, located in Tuas, marks another step in Du Pont's plan to propel its growth in the Asia-Pacific
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      Tan Eng Joo re-elected SCCCI head
      291 2  -  By Schutz Lee TAN ENG JOO was re-elect-ed president of the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCCI) yesterday at the chamber's council meeting. Mr Tan, director of Haw Par Brothers International and Prima, was the choice of 58 of the 60 chamber
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      Mah to lead trade mission to Hainan Island in April
      309 2 SINGAPORE, the second largest investor in China's Hainan Island, will explore further business opportunities this April when Minister of State for Trade and Industry Mah Bow Tan leads a trade mission there. Hainan needs management expertise for its agricultural sector
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      127 2 PTI Durham AID A \pT"/ University |f| PA Founded in 1832, Durham is the third oldest University in England with a rich tradition as a centre of scholarship and research. It has maintained its leading role among British Universities through its unswerving dedication to the pursuit of excellence in all
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      265 2 Sembawang to set up aircraft maintenance centre in Hainan, Pg 3 15 March 1991 Carlton Hotel Singapore Seminar programme: Fine pitch technology Of Trends of semiconductor LSI packages Application technology of solder paste for fine pitch devices Pick and place technology for fine pitch devices Bare chip packaging technology or
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  • SINGAPORE – MALAYSIA COMPANY NEWS
    • Article, Illustration
      Takashimaya may seek more tie-ups
      446 3  -  Proposed venture with Cold Storage to run supermarket at Ngee Ann City By Suzanne Soh TAKASHIMAYA's proposed tie-up with Cold Storage Holdings may be the first ot several joint ventures with non-Japanese partners aimed at helping the Japanese newcomer operate its huge shopping podium in
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      J Matheson trading picks up speed after quiet start
      439 3  -  By Magdalene Ng THE Jardine Matheson Group made a quiet start on the local stock market yesterday morning, but trading gathered some momentum in the afternoon. Only eight lots of Jardine Matheson Holdings shares had crossed hands at HK530.25 each by
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      Idris not aware of reason for activity in counter
      223 3 IDRIS Hydraulic (Malaysia) Bhd, which has seen lively interest in the past few days, says it is not aware of any reason for the substantial increase in its price and turnover on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange. It was replying to
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      Steamers profits fall below expectations
      385 3  -  By Elaine Koh BATTERED BY escalating bunker prices and the weak Australian economy, shipping group Steamers Maritime saw flat earnings last year. Group profit after tax and minorities stood at $9.51 million for the year ended Dec 31, 1990, little changed from the previous year's
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      Are there still options for Oei?
      396 3  -  THE HOCK LOCK SIEW COLUMN By Magdalene Ng UNLESS the tides of fortune turn for businessman Oei Hong Leong in the next eight days, his investment of an undisclosed amount in Japanese paper manufacturer Honshu Paper options could well go down the drain. In
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      Sembawang to set up aircraft maintenance centre in Hainan
      218 3  -  By Rahita Elias MARINE-BASED Sembawang is making inroads into Hainan with plans to set up an aircraft maintenance centre and a shiprepair facility in the Chinese province. Speaking to reporters after the opening of Sembawang Aviation's new hangar yesterday, group executive
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    • COMPANY BRIEFS
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        MAS to gain M$83.3m from M Helicopter sale
        186 3 MALAYSIAN Airline System Bhd says it will make an extraordinary gain of M 583.3 million from the disposal of its 23.4 per cent stake of 23.4 million Msl shares in Malaysia Helicopter Services Bhd to Roxy Electric Industries. Replying to queries from
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        MBf Property buys resort
        133 3 MBF HOLDINGS Bhd announced yesterday that its subsidiary, MBf Property Services Sdn Bhd, has signed a sale and purchase agreement with the receiver and manager of Lake Golf Hotel Sdn Bhd, Hanafiah Raslan Mohamad,. to acquire Malacca Village Resorts. The purchase, which would include two adjoining
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        TA to continue expansion plan
        127 3 TA ENTERPRISE Bhd has decided to continue with its expansionary plans to gear up for future opportunities, said its chairman Mr Tiah Thee Kiah. However, the immediate strategy of the company was to strengthen it core business of securities trading further before diversifying its activities,
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      158 3 Will you call me from your hotel, darling? J i ANA HOTEL SINGAPORE Sembawang Aviation opens hangar at Seletar, Shipping Times Pg 1 •"*■«*&> I i I MBb l»i w> iiiffo dS jA *f 1- *V- 2*^4 i I &ra3WG^ Bf IffiitaTTr fl I agar -1 z>- j r w-
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  • REGIONAL COMPANY NEWS
    • COMPANY BRIEFS
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        HK company buys Cecil Peak sheep farm
        70 4 ONE OF NEW ZEALAND'S best known high-country sheep farms, Cecil Peak Station, has been sold to a Hongkong cowpany. Hongkong's Momingside Asia Group on Tuesday won the approval of NZ Lands Minister Rob Storey to take ovef the 13,685-hectare farm on the banks
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        Plexchem's Asian plans
        64 4 ASIA LTD of Hongkong, a subsidiary of the Plexchem International Inc, plans to intensify its jnanunoth investment projects in Asia in a bid to turn it into -a cttjor manufacturer of plastic resins, chemicals and heavy fiji3r Chairman Alan Frishman told Business Post yesterday jPlCHftem Asia was
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        Banking on open-pit gold mining
        74 4 ♦lA* PHILIPPINES' biggest gold producer, Benguet Corp, £s<fcC»t expected its Antamok open-pit gold mining project to production by the fourth quarter of this The company said it was hoping to concentrate on *op££pit mining in 1991 to offset losses from underground *t»SSg caused by a
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        Amoco takes stake in oil permit
        69 4 J AM&CO CORPs wholly-owned Amoco Australia Petroleum take a 47.5 per cent stake in a Western Australian oil e£p£yration permit through a farm-in agreement with the partners. Ampol Exploration Ltd, current operator of **3rit WA-206-P in the offshore Browse Basin, said it and *sp£of
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        Matsushita invests more in Asia
        77 4 MISUSHITA ELECTRIC Industrial Co Ltd group will I'. 180 billion yen in Middle Eastern and Asian countries Australasia over the three years to March 31, 1994, to then production there. The company aims to boost il production in those regions to about 700 billion yen
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        Philips sets up health-care arm
        65 4 jftb.lPS ELECTRICAL Co of Thailand Ltd has set up a t IflSfih Care Business Group to oversee the marketing strate- gfatits locally-based Philips Medical System Asean Regional I %sSre. The Philips medical centre, the first regional medical 2*j|e established by the company in Asia, opened
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        Plastics maker to double output
        65 4 fftfoNESlA's PT Asahimas Subentra Chemical, Indonesia's I' producer of plastics, will double its production capacity r fofr 150 to 300 tonnes a year, the Jakarta Post reported. Amftpany president Sudwikatmono said that Asahimas Submw would build a new factory on 18 hectares of land -JHSeent
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        Nippon Express' Thai venture
        64 4 23£t>ON EXPRESS Co Ltd has set up a company in Bangjflfjhat will ship and install plant equipment. The company, -QSSnon Express Engineering (Thailand) Co Ltd, will be capiZ&dsad at one million baht and wholly owned by Nippon 'Aft*" (Thailand) Ltd. It will ship oil-refinery and chemicalMK
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        More copper and uranium
        66 4 -I®TERN MINING CORP Holdings Ltd said it will exm copper and uranium production at the giant Olympic mine in the far north of the state of South Australia »h a As 66 million investment programme. "The projMme will involve boosting copper production by more 40 per
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        Not a very good reception
        83 4 jSfa'E-OWNED Australian Broadcasting Tribunal says it «2fcet to grant Kerry Packer's The Nine Network Australia Irenewal of the television licence for Channel Nine in "In terms of Channel Nine, there is a question still of tfiSble cross-media contraventions relating to two radio ;jsjß>ns," the tribunal's
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      HK's Burwill to acquire 50.1pc stake in Aussie property trust
      412 4  -  By William Chia HONGKONG-BASED Burwill Holdings, which has a secondary listing on the Stock Exchange of Singapore, is buying a 50.1 per cent stake in a property trust listed on the Australian Stock Exchange. Burwill said it would be acquiring
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      Thai banks asked to take stakes in giant project
      277 4 SEACON Development Co's Seacon Square project, one of the largest complex planned in Asia, has sought Bangkok Bank and Thai Farmers Bank to become shareholders and financial source of the BdO billion (Ss6B3 million) plan, according to the Bangkok Post. Dusit
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      Lock icon Hwa Kay Thai plans special cash distribution to shareholders
      293 4 Reuter HONGKONG-LISTED Hwa Kay Thai Holdings Ltd is planning a special cash distribution of 35 HK cents a share to its shareholders. The company said that the cash distribution plan, which is expected to cost a total of HKSIIO million (Ss24
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      Teletech's losses made worse by cost overruns
      236 4 COST OVERRUNS and provisions for inventories and the winding up erf loss-incur-ring subsidiary Telequest Inc plunged Teletech liiernational Holdings deeper into the red for the financial 7ear ended Sep 30, according to the South Chinfl Morning Post yesterday. Teletech on Tuesday reported a
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      Lock icon Indon listing aspirants urged to be cautious
      462 4 Analysts cite Gulf War and tighter credit Reuter THIS YEAR will not be kind to firms keen to list on the Jakarta Stock Exchange, which has been hit by the Gulf War and tighter credit, share analysts said. "Companies should be more cautious
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      Lock icon Matsushita to invest more in Manila
      201 4 Reuter MATSUSHITA Electric Industrial Co Ltd of Japan will increase its investments in the Philippines to US$52 million (5589.4 million) by 1993 to fund expansion projects of two subsidiaries, officials said. They said the money will be used to fund the construction of 10
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      62 4 FOR SALE BY TENDER 758 DEVONSHIRE ROAD Land ***** sq ft for high-density jy development Jcl Premier district 9 within quiet estate lished residential area with quick B access to main in close proximity V\ to Somerset MRT u station and Orchard W /f Road Tor more Information and tender
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      89 4 PARKWAY HOLDINGS LIMITED 5530,000,000 Unsecured Notes known as "Guaranteed Floating Rate Notes Due 1993" In accordance with the provisions of the Notes, notice is hereby given that for the period 21 February 1991 to 21 May 1991, the Notes will carry a rate of interest of 5.4375% per annum with
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      86 5 VACHERON CONSTANTS The World s oldest Watch M -icun ,r Geneva since y v > > > f f ,v i I I i /.y I A Authorised Ret or. ••< SINGAPORE Cortina Watch Centre Pte I'd 23 >00«4 i3«\n*-. 'V; 1 Roy Eastern W,Vo K Jewei M? r y
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  • INTERNATIONAL COMPANY NEWS
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        Part of Polly Peck may be floated in Turkey
        84 6 PART OF the Cyprus leisure and fruit activities of failed UK group Polly Peck International pic may be floated on the Istanbul Stock Exchange, The Guardian newspaper reported. It said the proposal, still at an early stage, came from Richard Stone,
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        Belgium agrees to help Sabena
        56 6 SENIOR BELGIAN MINISTERS agreed in principle the •xtfrn would help to restructure and recapitalise the majority state-owned ailing national airline Sabena SA, a communications ministry spokeswoman said. But she said there were conditions attached concerning Sabena's own contribution to the plan. "Sabena must make an
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        Showa to explore for Yemen oil
        69 6 SHOWA SHELL Sekiyu K K's subsidiary Shoseki Oil Development Co Ltd has received approval from state-owned Oil and Mineral Resources Corp to look for oil in centtrf Yemen. With the cooperation of Nissho Iwai Corp, "hofrfci Oil has set up Shoseki Oil Development Co
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        Car maker to axe 8,000 jobs
        61 6 AVTOLATINA, the holding company for Ford and Volkswagen in Brazil, is to shed more than 8,000 assembly workers. The 16 per cent cut in personnel represents one of Brazil's biggest private sector dismissals. The bulk of the redundancies came yesterday when 5,110 employees received
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        Judge on Milken's jail term
        93 6 THE FEDERAL JUDGE who sentenced Michael Milken to 10 years in prison indicated on Tuesday that she believes he should serve at least three years in jail. US district judge Kimba Wood said she fashioned a sentence for the former Drexd Burnham Lambert Inc financier
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        Nippon paves way for refinery
        97 6 NIPPON OIL Co Ltd plans to start an environmental study soon On building an oil refinery in Yamaguchi, western jQptn. The refinery will mainly consist of a unit to crack 120j000 barrels per day of fuel oil to produce middle distillate products such as petrol
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      Lock icon New products boost HP's earnings
      500 6 Quarter's results much better than Wall Street estimates NYT HEWLETT-PACKARD Co reported unexpectedly strong earnings on Tuesday, attributing the gain to sales of new products and cost-cutting efforts. Analysts said the quarter's strong results could mark the end of a malaise gripping the computer company
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      Lock icon Fanuc drops bid to buy stake in US tool builder
      439 6 NYT FANUC LTD of Japan, one of the world's leading producers of machine tools and robots, announced on Tuesday that it had decided not to buy a stake in a Connecticut machine tool builder that helps make nuclear weapons. After
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      Lock icon Bouygues taking Maxwell to court
      166 6 AFP THE world's biggest construction group, Bouygues, is taking British press magnate Robert Maxwell to court in Paris for selling 10 per cent of his shares in the French television network TFI to US bank Goldman Sachs. Bouygues said on Tuesday that it was suing
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      Lock icon Dutch merger runs into shareholder group's opposition
      306 6 Reuter THE Dutch shareholders' lobby VEB will start a "proxy fight" against the planned merger of insurer NationaleNederlanden and NMB Postbank Groep. VEB spokesman Robert de Haze Winkelman told a Nat-Ned shareholders' meeting at the Hague on Tuesday that the VEB would request
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      Lock icon Sale of Polly Peck's art treasures fetches £4.47m to help cash flow
      412 6 UPI ART TREASURES amassed by Polly Peck chairman Asil Nadir went on sale in London on Tuesday in an effort by court-appointed administrators to raise £3 million (SSIO.I million) to help company cash flow. Administrators Richard Stone and
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      159 6 -4K THE GROWTH TRIANGLE A Special Business Times Survey February 26,1991 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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      54 7 Running an ad in the Yellow Pages gives you the most cost-effective coverage. Astute businessmen realise this. So if you're in business, be in the Yellow Pages. Thffc RnCIVIPCC RllllHor I It's the right route to extensive coverage at OII»IIiC»» DHIIVICft I low-running costs. SS2CSj yellow pages 1 Call Integrated
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  • FINANCIAL NEWS
    • SMALL CHANGE
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        Five Thai banks cut city deposit rates
        107 8 FIVE MAJOR THAI BANKS yesterday went against market expectations and reduced the time deposit rate by one percentage point for depositors in Bangkok in the face of resistance to rate reduction in the provinces. Instead of reducing the interest rates on deposits of
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        Four Tokyo banks downgraded
        101 8 A CREDIT RATING AGENCY downgraded the debt ratings of Japan's four biggest trust banks on Tuesday amid concern over rising interest rates in that country and new competition created by financial deregulation. Standard and Poor's Corp lowered ratings for senior long-term debt and certificates of deposit
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        Daiwa-MKB to join exchange
        76 8 DAIWA-MKB HUNGARY Ltd, a Daiwa Securities Co Ltd venture with two Hungarian banks, will become a member of Hungary's stock exchange early next month, a Daiwa official said in Tokyo on Monday. Hungarian securities authorities on Feb 11 granted the venture, Daiwa-MKB, a securities firm licence.
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      Lock icon New insurance law being drafted, says Daim
      413 8 MBT, Bernama A NEW insurance law "to weed out the crooks and improve the system" is being drafted by Bank Negara and the Attorney-General's Chambers, Malaysian Finance Minister Datuk Paduka Daim Zainuddin said on Tuesday. Datuk Paduka Daim said the new law, which
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      Lock icon Perwira plans major capital structuring
      374 8 Reuter PERWIRA Habib Bank Malaysia Bhd, Malaysia's seventh largest locally incorporated bank in asset terms, has announced a major capital restructuring plan to write off huge accumulated losses. Bank officials in Kuala Lumpur said on Tuesday that Perwira's main shareholders, which include Malaysia's central bank
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      Lock icon SEC to consider rule on withdrawals
      385 8 Reuter THE US Securities and Exchange Commission was to consider yesterday whether to adopt a rule that would require a brokerage firm to notify the agency if large sums of money are withdrawn, and permit the SEC to limit withdrawals. The proposal stems from
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      Lock icon Reserve Bank considering closer watch on Aussie banking system
      631 8 AFP AUSTRALIA'S ccntral bank may extend supervision of a banking system burdened with as much as Asls billion (5520.3 billion) in nonperforming loans and battered state banks. Reserve Bank governor Bcrnic Frascr has said the ccntral bank's approach to supervision "is
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      Brokers allowed to operate in 19 Thai provinces
      319 8 THE Bank of Thailand has approved brokers to open 109 new brokerage branches in 19 provinces as part of a long-term package to mobilise funds from the upcountry to support the stock market. The Nation reported on Tuesday that over the past
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      HK firm to be charged with illegal currency trading
      259 8 A HONGKONG firm will be charged with illegal currency trading following an international investigation by Thai authorities. The South China Morning Post has reported that the company, which has not been named, is one of eight targeted by a Bank of
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      475 8 fl I Steamers Maritime Holdings Limited (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) The Directors advise the following audited results of the Group and the Company for the year ended 31 December 1990: I COMPANY GROUP I 1990 1989 1990 1989 $'000 $000 $'000 $000 Sales 42,475 40,621 Operating profit and
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      805 9 I Citibank announces a new share issue plan! designed to re-charge j I your investments. Just when you thought opportunities were the cost of your shares, whichever is lower. scarce, GP Batteries International comes out with a The reimbursement will only be effected to new share issue. The difference is
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  • THE REGION
    • NOTE BOOK
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        Thai PM names deputy defence minister
        60 10 PRIME MINISTER Chatichai Choonhavan appointed yesterday his deputy, Arthit Kamlang-ek, as deputy defence minister in a move seen as signalling renewed confrontation with unfriendly army generals. General Arthit takes up the post immediately, according to a Royal Order announcing the appointment. He will remain
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        UPI to open Hanoi bureau
        60 10 UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL said on Tuesday it will open a bureau next week in Hanoi, Vietnam, to become the first United States-based news organisation with permanent representation in Vietnam since 1975. The US maintains a trade embargo towards Vietnam and, until now, the Vietnamese have
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        Jakarta's bid to boost exports
        98 10 INDONESIA will keep slashing at red tape and tariffs, aiming to boost exports to a flagging world economy. Finance Minister Johannes Sumarlin said. "We will move to increase non-oil exports by abolishing all constraints that make exports expensive," Mr Sumarlin told a parliamentary hearing on
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        Burmese training centre opened
        66 10 THE Irrigation Development Training Center, worth US$lB million (Ss3l million) and totally funded by the Japanese government, was officially opened on Monday in a central Burmese town, Radio Rangoon said. The state-run radio, monitored in Bangkok, said the training centre was opened by Burmese Agriculture and
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        Humidity kills Japanese cattle
        71 10 HIGH humidity was blamed on Tuesday for the deaths of nearly 2,700 cattle being fattened up for export at a huge Japanese-owned feedlot in Australia. Ed Casey, Queensland s Minister for Primary Industries, told state parliament on Tuesday the humidity level at the feedlot at Texas,
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        Asean security summit in S'pore
        102 10 PHILIPPINE Foreign Secretary Raul Manglapus said on Tuesday the Association of Southeast Asian Nations will hold an unprecedented summit meeting on regional security in December. Mr Manglapus said regional consensus on security was necessary in view of the eventual closure of the US military bases
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      Philippine hopes of M-E export drive dashed
      616 10  -  Gulf War slows down initiative; exporters adopt wait-and-see stance From Al O Labita Jr in MANILA THE protracted Gulf War has virtually shattered Philippine hopes of mounting an aggressive export offensive in the Middle East. "There is very little opportunity for trade with
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      Lock icon Manila seeks Tokyo purchase of bonds
      284 10 Reuter THE PHILIPPINES has asked Japan to subscribe to a bond issue which the government hopes to make with US backing, Philippine Foreign Secretary Raul Manglapus said. He said Tokyo would seriously consider the proposal, which is part of Manila's plan to get its
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      Value of HK-China outward processing trade jumps
      333 10 THE VALUE of outward processing as a proportion of overall trade between Hongkong and China increased significantly in the third quarter of last year, reflecting the growing inter-connection of businesses in the territory and the mainland, the South China Morning Post reported on
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      Lock icon Manila energy projects exempt from levy
      472 10 Agencies LOCAL and foreign firms engaged in energy resource exploration and development in the Philippines have been exempted from a 9 per cent import levy imposed last month to help raise cash, officials said yesterday. Finance Secretary Jesus Estanislao issued a memorandum last week
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      Keeping Thai exports up
      117 10 THAI EXPORTERS are encouraged to launch their own sales and mariteting promotions overseas in order to maintain exports at a time when terrorist warnings have frightened many potential buyers away from visiting Thailand. The encouragement comes from the Export Promotion Department in an effort to meet
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      Lock icon Tourism body chooses Penang
      311 10 MBT TOURISM South Australia (TSA) is setting up an office in Penang next month, its second in Asia after Singapore, to promote Adelaide as a tourist attraction in the region. The South Australian tourism body's manager for Asia, Mr Nick Koorey, said Penang was chosen over
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      124 10 SINGAPORT 91 A BT Special Survey on Singapore' s shipping industry March 26,1991 I For the third year running, Business Times will publish I a special supplement to coincide with Singapore's premier shipping I event SingaPort. This year, the supplement will give an insight I into the future of various
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  • THE WORLD
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      Lock icon Soviet firms fight against return of central control
      423 11 Call to end row between Moscow and republics FT LEADERS of hundreds of Soviet enterprises are set to launch a counter-attack on the reimposition of central controls over the country's economy, calling for the repeal of a string of recent decrees. At
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      Lock icon 'Unofficial' Taipei economic mission to visit China
      234 11 Reuter TAIWAN plans to launch its drive to regulate links with China by sending a trailblazing team of "unofficial" economic negotiators to the mainland next month, Taipei newspapers reported yesterday. The reports said representatives of Taipei's new "Foundation for Exchanges Across the Taiwan
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      Lock icon France in recession even before the start of Gulf War
      278 11 FT FIRST clear signs that the French economy was in recession even before the start of the Gulf War emerged on Monday, with news of a sharp decline in industrial output in the closing months of last year. The figures,
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      US firms stand to gain in Kuwaiti reconstruction
      594 11 THE MM* WAR; WHEN Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait, many wondered whether he would destroy the sheikdom's vast oil operations. Now, they fear, the answer is clear. In recent weeks, Iraqi troops have torched at least 12 wells and started dismantling two Kuwaiti
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      Lock icon Weaker crude prices ease EC inflation fears
      443 11 AP A LEADING European Community official says weaker oil prices have helped calm fears of surging inflation in the trading bloc. "The risk of inflationary pressures coming to us from the outside world has been diminished," Henning Christopherscn. the community's top economics official,
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        Sri Lanka planning to woo foreign investors
        96 11 THE SRI LANKAN GOVERNMENT is planning to attract US$2OO million (***** million) in foreign investment annually in a bid to contain the country's growing unemployment. Nissank Wijewardene, director of the Greater Colombo Economic Commission, which regulates foreign investment, said in Colombo on Tuesday
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        Zimbabwe to seek aid at talks
        60 11 ZIMBABWE will meet Western donors in Paris next month to raise about US$3.4 billion (Sss.B billion) in foreign funding for economic reforms. The Finance Ministry said in Harare on Tuesday that Zimbabwe would seek finance at the March 26-28 conference to support reforms, including
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        Rise in aid to cholera-hit Peru
        90 11 LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRIES, alarmed that Peru's cholera epidemic could spread to them, have stepped up deliveries of emergency medical aid to Peru to help it stop the disease that has struck 22,500 people so far. But some diplomats in Lima complained on Tuesday that
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        Mexico in debt-for-nature swap
        62 11 AN ENVIRONMENTAL GROUP will pay off US$4 million (SS6.B million) worth of Mexico's foreign debt in return for the country's pledge to boost spending for conservation, according to an agreement signed in Washington on Tuesday. It was the first time Mexico had agreed to a so-called
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        EC Parliament to authorise aid
        72 11 THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT will authorise emergency aid today for the Soviet Union and endorse a trade agreement with Romania, say parliamentary sources said in Brussels. In protest last month against Soviet action in the Baltic republics, the Parliament refused to authorise payment of US$35O million
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      Lock icon Bundesbank urges govt to limit spending
      199 11 AFP THE BUNDESBANK has called on the German government to limit spending to the maximum amid fears of a burgeoning public debt and inflationary pressures. It said in its monthly report released on Tuesday that the country would find it difficult to hold down
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      Lock icon Job-hungry Indians returning to Gulf
      494 11 AFP INDIAN workers who fled Iraq or occupied Kuwait, especially physicians and engineers, are heading back to the Gulf where job offers are swelling because of an exodus of trained Asian personnel since the outbreak of the war. Many Gulf countries have also sent signals
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      Mystery of missing dome
      48 11 The Pentagon released this aerial photograph on Tuesday after accusing Iraq of faking bomb damage to a mosque in the southern city of Basra. It said Iraqi engineers neatly removed the dome and destroyed the second storey to make it look like bomb damage.
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    The politics of unreality
    541 12 EDITORIAL THE SOVIET initiative to prevent the Gulf war from leading to a land battle resembles rather well United Nations Secretary-General Javier Perez de Cuellar's last-ditch effort in January to stop hostilities from starting. Then, Mr de Cuellar's hope was to make Baghdad see that it
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  • WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
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      Don't save Saddam
      239 12 IT IS not difficult to see why Mr Gorbachev is anxious to make a splash on the international stage by bringing about an Iraqi withdrawal from Kuwait. It will help to boost his standing at home and ensure for the Soviet Union an important role in the
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      A timely review
      138 12 PM GOH Chok Tong recently revealed the need for the new Ministry of Information and the Arts (Mita) to review the Censorship Act. The announce- mcnt is timely. People today are more educated and open to ideas. Being plugged into the international grid, Singapore is receiving vast
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      Stronger bonds
      119 12 THE proposed Growth Triangle for Singapore, Johor and Batam not only adds impetus to the countries' economic development but also strengthens their bonds. While the investors enjoy greater freedom and choice, the differences in the countries in terms of policies, styles of operation and efficiency levels may pose
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  • REGIONAL VIEWPOINTS
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      Israel the only winner
      185 12 THE IRONY of the whole conundrum in the Gulf and West Asia is that President Saddam has brought about exactly what he has often vowed to prevent: a Greater Israel. Washington's motive is fast becoming clear: it wants to perpetuate its client state's position as the
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      Helping South Africa
      174 12 THE COMING months and years are precarious indeed for South Africa. Redesigning the country's economic pattern in order to provide more job opportunities for the blacks while they are otTered special training to acquire new skills, is a time-con-suming process. President de Klerk's government could present an
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      A model for South Korea
      151 12 THE CORRUPTION scandals that have come to light in South Korea over the past few months are an encouraging sign that bribery and influencepeddling are ceasing to be socially acceptable in a country where they have long been an integral part of industrial and political
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    Ways to go about winning the peace
    1158 12  -  Winston Lord on how the US should react to the proposed Iraqi withdrawal Winston Lord The writer, a former US ambassador to China and former director of the State Department's policy planning staff, lectures and writes on international affairs. He contributed this comment
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      35 12 fSSbucan fly KLM to more than 140 destinations in 77 countries^ j* |fr-. •V ?Hp f 1 That's the four corners •Vy"*'"' ~.P'' S <£■* fc -i 3''! J? 3 y >' *L ißfci" u- it v.". ■&>
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  • ANALYSIS
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      Shevardnadze: Gorbachev will never be a dictator
      778 13  -  Eduard Shevardnadze resigned as Soviet foreign minister in December after warning that dictatorship was coming to his country. Since then he has avoided contact with the Western media. In a rare interview, Mr Shevardnadze spoke to Weekly Asahi's correspondent Takayuki Umemura in Moscow
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      Dayaks: Time to make their numbers count
      1077 13  -  Sarawak's Dayak 9 leaders say their community has 1 been 1 short-changed in 1 its dealings with 1 the Malaysian I federal government. David Chew G reports on the fight for greater jj Dayak rights I David Chew THE continuing ten- I sion
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      Lock icon Have the IRA hardliners taken over?
      813 13 Bombs at London railway stations may mark a change in terrorist tactics NYT THE bombs that rocked I two central London rail- I way stations on Monday, I killing one man and wounding 40, 1 appear to signal a change of tactics by the
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  • ADVERTISING & MARKETING
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      COPY LINES
      416 14 LEO BURNETT bagged five awards at the 13th annual John Caples International Awards held on Feb 5 in New York. The Caples, which honour creative excellence in the direct marketing industry, presented the Chicago-based advertising agency with three trophies for the George Dickel Whiskey and Dewar's Scotch campaigns
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      Four shortlisted for 26th N-Day job
      407 14  -  The budget is modest, but the job is grand. Jean Wee reports on this year's rush for a national contract Jean Wee Barely half a year after the end of the 25th Anniversary festivities, advertising agencies are scrambling to secure the job to handle
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      Linda McCartney to endorse green food
      207 14 The vegetarian ex-Beatle wife may appear in an ad for a new range of non-meat foods EX-BEATLE wife Linda McCartney will be singing praises for a new range of green food. Ross Young, the subsidiary of United Biscuits, is planning a new range of
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      Chiat/Day/Mojo calls it a day in HK
      446 14  -  Sangeeta Mulchand finds out what plans the agency has after quitting the territory Sangeeta Mulchand CHIAT/Day/Mojo has decided to close down its three-man representative office in Hongkong and consolidate its South-east Asian operations in Singapore after operating for 12 months in the colony.
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      Good prospects for Thailand
      261 14 THE FUTURE of Thailand's advertising industry remains bright in spite of an cxpected zero growth in expenditure for the first half of this year, according to a Bangkok Post report. This is bccausc the economic outlook is cxpcctcd to pick up in the second half of
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      CDM secures $3m worth of new business
      164 14 CHIAT/DAY/MOJO seems set for a good year ahead, in spite of the tensions in world economy caused by the Middle East crisis. Eddie Chan, chairman and chief executive officer of the international advertising agency, disclosed to BT that CDM has clinched $3 million
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      Lock icon Helayne Spivak — a name to be reckoned with in advertising
      491 14  - Helayne Spivak a name to be reckoned with in advertising Randall Rothenberg profiles Y R's creative director extraordinaire Randall Rothenberg NYT AN art director and a copywriter showed Helayne Spivak the 25th revision of a television commercial that their client had yet to approve. Gently, the new creative director of
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  • SPORTS
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      Lock icon Mayotte turns to King to revive sagging career
      424 15 Reuter AMERICAN Tim Mayotte, once a perennial top-20 player and Wimbledon quarter-fi-nalist, has fallen on hard times. Now ranked a lowly 105 th in the world, the 30-year-old known as "Gentleman Tim" has turned to one of the game's all-time greats, recruiting
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      Lock icon North Korea re-thinks single sports teams with South
      253 15 AP NORTH KOREA indicated yesterday that it may be rethinking its agreement with South Korea to field single teams for world table tennis and soccer championships, reports said. Two days after calling off scheduled high-level premier talks, North Korean radio carried a
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      Lock icon Major plan to upgrade tennis centre
      185 15 AP IN AN EFFORT to keep the US Open in New York, Mayor David Dinkins has announced a Grand Slam plan to spend US$l5O million to expand the National Tennis Centre. He said the city and state would work "with the US Tennis Association
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      Lock icon Gautier leads in BOC
      167 15 AFP FRENCHMAN Alain Gauticr's sloop General! Concorde, still deep in ice territory, has increased its lead in the BOC Challenge round-the-world yacht race as he closes to within 2,700 nautical miles of Punte del Este. Race organisers said yesterday that Gautier, overall race leader, was reported
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      Lock icon They're losing and happy about it too
      513 15 AP HAD A bad day? Consider the plight of Red Klotz. He's had a bad decade. Make that two decades. Klotz is a basketball coach and his Washington Generals last won a game in 1971, 7,000 or so starts ago. A slump of
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    • SIDE LINES
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        Injured Gilbert withdraws from ATP
        55 15 FOURTH seed Brad Gilbert of the US pulled out of the U*****,000 ATP tournament in Tennessee on Tuesday because of an injury to his left leg. Gilbert, ranked eighth in the world, hurt his leg playing Ivan Lendl of Czechoslovakia in the semi-final of the
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        Edberg advances
        69 15 STEFAN EDBERG, who recently reclaimed the ATP Tour's No I ranking, beat unseeded Markus Zoecke of Germany 6-4, 7-6 (6-2) in the first round of the men's US$l million Stuttgart Eurocard Classic tournament on Tuesday. After breaking serve to capture the first set, Edberg exchanged breaks with Zoecke
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        Easy victories
        55 15 SEEDED players Catarina Lindqvist and Anne Smith won their first-round matches without much trouble on Tuesday at the Virginia Slims of Oklahoma tennis tournament. Smith, seeded fifth, beat Patty Fendick 6-1,7-6 (7-2). Smith will play qualifier Catherine Suire of France in the second round. Suire beat Stephanie Rehe
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        Australia draws
        99 15 LEFT-HANDED opener Mark Taylor scored the first century of the West Indies tour but the Australian cricket team had to hang on for a draw against the President's Eleven in their first match on Tuesday. Set a modest victory target of 247, Australia was in difficulties at 174
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        Protest over Slims venue
        92 15 AN ANTI-SMOKING group, Washington-based Action on Smoking and Health, has filed suit seeking to bar the Virginia Slims women's tennis tournament from a national park, saying the facility should not be used as a "showcase for the promotion of tobacco use". The Virginia Slims of Washington
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        Casoli jinxed again
        44 15 ITALIAN rider Paolo Casoli broke his right leg while riding his Yamaha during trials for the Spanish Grand Prix on the Jerez circuit on Tuesday. In 1989, on the same track, Casoli broke his leg riding in the Spanish Grand Prix.
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      Lock icon Milwaukee outshoots Miami
      288 15 AP ALVIN ROBERTSON scored 21 points and Dan Schayes added 18 to lead Milwaukee over Miami 116-90 on Tuesday. Dale Ellis, playing his first home game with the Bucks since he was acquired in a trade for Ricky Pierce last Friday, finished with 17 points, as did
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      1142 16 WHERE TO WINE. DINE AND ENTERTAIN WHERE TO WINE, DINE AND ENTERTAIN WHERE TO WINE, DINE A 'HEAVENLY' FEAST SUMPTUOUS SICHUAN CUISINE. DELICATE YANGZHOU DIANXIN. RICH PIPING HOT STEAMBOAT. LUNCH: 11.30 AM TO 2.30 PM DINNER; 6.30 PM TO 10.30 PM IvlNCl'S A MKMBKR OK COL HOTfcLS HOIK SinCaPOW I
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      725 16 TELEVISION AND RADIO A nlrM/Mirl A/lrtltirr i- BBCI2 ?is 5.30 Bra the cm>Lmlm BUatgSSONRWO ACKnowieagmg taient ««.«««—.u., 7.30 PM Murphy Brown Goin 8.00 Tour of Duty Thanks for 6.00 News(M). 7.10 m, 9J5m, 1.30pm, t0 the Chapel (Pt 2). thc Memories. 6.30 Beligious programme. 5.30pm, 3.25 am: Financial News m
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  • LIFESTYLE
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      Lock icon Blue-collar road to stardom
      1086 17 Former high-school dropout, unionist and nightclub bouncer, Danny Aiello is now relishing life as a sought-after actor NYT Danny aiello is threefourths of his way through roast chicken and mashed potatoes real mashed potatoes and the phone rings. Again. Usually it's guys with names like Tony
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      Lock icon New laser to treat severe angina
      379 17 NYT A LASER that blasts up to 20 pinpricksized holes in the heart may help alleviate the crushing chest pain from angina in people who are too sick to undergo traditional surgery. The laser procedure was done in a live demonstration on a 71-year-old
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      Lock icon Mammary tragedy and the wealthy
      367 17  -  Rich women are more prone to breast cancer, reports Jack Taylor Jack Taylor AFP WOMEN living in the wealthiest suburbs are much more likely to die from breast cancer than those in less affluent areas, a university study has shown. According to research by Associate
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      The queen of virginal heroines is now a Dame
      517 17 CHATTERBOX FEISTY romantic novelist Barbara Cartland went to Buckingham Palace on Tuesday to be invested as a Dame of the British Empire, and she emerged to defend the royal family against newspaper attacks on its wartime performance. Queen Elizabeth II presented
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      Lock icon American-style dreams sell homes in Japan
      471 17 AP AN HOUR outside of 1 Tokyo by train, past i mile after nearly 1 identical mile of boxy, tile- roofed, Japanese houses, a small slice of "American" suburbia is rising from the vegetable fields. At Woodland Hills Nagareyama, the American workers building California-designed
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      244 17 AND ENTERTAIN Happiest Hours I i >» Rs I l>AllY ortN,N<i I hoi/hi I lIAM K) lAM I Happy Hours at The Fountain Lounge I means enjoying a complimentary drink with I every one you order. Plus, 25% off bottle I purchases. There's great live music too. I ANA HOTEL
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  • STOCK EXCHANGE OF SINGAPORE 1
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      Heavy buying sends market up sharply
      4640 18  -  By SN Vasuki THE SINGAPORE STOCKMARKET closed sharply higher yesterday thanks to active buying and high trading volume. Though the markets opened on a subdued note in the morning, activity picked up, thanks to heavy buying by institutions. The Straits Times Industrials Index ended
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    STOCK EXCHANGE OF SINGAPORE 2
    4029 19 Main Board SI A Foreign 1660 50 3.1% Jurong Fng 50* 310 +-45 +17.0% UOB Foreign 725 +25 3.6% OUB 550 25 ♦■4.8% SPH Foreign 1120 20 I 8% DBS 1070 20 1.9% F&N 830 20 2.5% GB Hldgs 20* 130 19 F17.1% K Kellas
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  • BT SHARE INFORMATION SERVICE
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      AUDITED RESULTS
      272 20 Company Date Year Group Not Not earnings Gross ann to profit/loss (L) per share dividend ('000) (cents) H Leong Credit Jan 16 Jun 90 M$24 462($18 0 74 21 8(16 4) 10(10) C&C )an 14 Sep 90 $b3.947(.$34,649) 30 8(23 5a) 15(8 5a) F&N Jan 14 Sep 90
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      PRELIMINARY RESULTS
      230 20 Company Date Year Group pre-tax Hot earnings ann to preflt/loss (L) P* share dhrWeod (•000) (coots) Ul Secunt.es Feb 19 Dec 90 $1,096(15.062) -(5 la) 4(4.6a) Keppel Fin Feb 13 Dec 90 $5,282($5.169) 58(63) 5(4) UMW Feb 8 Dec 90 M$198.464($100.841) 52.3(34 6) 15(-) G Securities Feb 6
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      INTERIM RESULTS
      384 20 Company Date Half-year Group pre-tax Interim ann to prom/less (L) dividend (000) Cold Storage Feb 18 Dec 90 $19,171 ($19,349) 8 7(4 2) AiSB Feb 11 Dec 90 M$10,256($4.005) M Banking Feb 11 Dec 90 M$181.960($155.358) 5(56a) BMT Feb 8 Dec 90 $600(1457) 50(—) Khong Guan )an 31
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      CORPORATE DEVELOPMENTS
      980 20 Feb 19 GP Batteries International a Hongkong battery manufacturer, is making a novel two tier share issue of 7m shares at US$2 each, of which more than half has already been taken up Foreign companies seeking a primary listing on the Stock Exchange of Singapore will be treated
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      DIVIDENDS ANNOUNCED
      271 20 CwTwt Ex leek* Date Total tor Tatal far paymant date due payaMa tea yaar last yaar A»an Find USSO 10(b) Mar 18 Mar 28 Apr 8 USSO10 Awno 5%TE Feb 25 Mar 7 May 15 125UE 25%TE BMT 501(1) Feb 20 Mar 4 Mar 6 50% 150% Bcrjaya
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      RESULTS DUE
      531 20 Singapore Stocks Last FoM Year Company Period Date Year Nat EPS Grow Net amwiced entfcif (certs) de profit last year (rooo) CMB Pacfcafnf interim Nov 13 Dec 90 29 7 13 2 11.616(e) BMT Interim tan 10 Jun 91 254 2 1500 773 Apcfc final Feb 16 Dec
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      APPROVED ISSUES
      177 20 Company Rights Issue H leant Cm* Iwoforfive (p. MJ2 80 per share Ex-date Feb 21 Books dose Mar 7 Acceptance Payment NY* PHan® Bhd Two for fiw <g. MJ1 60 per share Li-date Mar 4 Books dose Mar 18 Acceptance Payment NYA Company Bonus Issue H Leonj Credt
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      PROPOSED ISSUES
      255 20 Company Rights Issue Mcam One for two MSI 00 per share Issue of 40m Cumulative Redeemable Preference Shares of M$0 10 each at NH1 per share with 10m detachable TSR Batter One tor four (a. MS2 00 per share FAC8 Capital Reduction Scheme to reduce par value of
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      BONDS, LOANS & WARRANTS
      803 20 BONDS, LOANS WARRANTS Company Conversion pwtod Cwwnki twin far nrdiwory tliart CIC Nt Before 26/4/93 1 warrant plus $3 09 cash Causeway Loan Causeway Nl 2/10/89 to 20-10,94 1 warrant plus SO 77 cast) or 1 warrant plus $0 77 nominal amount of loan stock Cluan Hm Note? Chuan fhc
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      RECORD HIGHS & LOWS
      183 20 RECORD HIGHS LOWS BT Composite Index ST Industrials Index 1*5TuOM5 20/2/91) Ig JS" j"?® 1991 low: *****2 (16/1/91) }JJJ J* "J*!! 77/3'90 1990 N0t *****3 (16/7/90) »J J* (27/3/90 1990 tar 981 07 09/11/90) J» J" Jg-* 11( 1989 N0t 1322 00 28/12/89) *J J* 1989 km: ***** (4/1/89) JJ»
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      COMPANY MEETINGS
      23 20 Weame Brothers Ltd: 76th AGM at 65 Chulia Street #33-00, OCBC Centre, Singapore 0104 on Wednesday, Feb 27, at 10.30 am.
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      52 20 ONTHE MLL As always, we're first with the results of major soccer matches. Today, you'll know the score of France vs Spain, plus others, in the European championship. Or even the big English FA Cup replay between Everton and Liverpool. The latest news and much more. i From lunch-time. Monday
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  • KUALA LUMPUR STOCK EXCHANGE
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      Lock icon Shares extend gains on continued buying support
      4055 21 Bernama SHARE PRICES closed broadly higher in Kuala Lumpur yesterday, extending their gains on continued buying support despite a retreat in major overseas bourses. The KLSE composite index rose another 6.92 points to 562.26, off the day's high of 563.93 as some indexlinked
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      2219 22 Reuter TOKYO stocks closcd higher after swinging between positive and negative territory all day yesterday. Brokers said aggressive buying of high-tech blue chips brought the index back up in late trading after a volatile morning session that was dominated by Gulf War uncertainties. "It
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      2109 22 AFP, AP SHARE PRICES on the Hongkong stock exchange closed higher in active trading on Wednesday. The Hang Seng Index, the market's key indicator of blue chips, gained 24.32 points, closing at 3,492.16. Turnover amounted to HK$ 1.420 billion (US$lB2 million), down
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  • REGIONAL STOCK MARKETS
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        AUSTRALIA
        892 23 DISAPPOINTING profit results, uncertainty about the Gulf War and doubts about whether the US stock market can sustain its meteoric rise sent the Australian market to a sharply lower close. The media sector was the only one to defy the downward pull as investors opted for caution and took
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        TAIWAN
        75 23 THE Taiwan stock index yesterday closed lower on heavy turnover as speculative investors took quick profits from Tuesday's 6.7 per cent gain, brokers said. The weighted index lost 97.80 points (two per cent) to finish at 4,950.68 compared with Tuesday's 5,048.48 close. Turnover rose to NT575.9 billion from NT$44
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        BANGKOK
        767 23 THAI stocks closed lower yesterday on limited profit-taking and an absence of diplomatic progress from the Gulf stalemate, brokers said. The SET Index fell 6.41 points to end at 817.24 on a 5.52 billion baht turnover. Siam Cement fell 16 baht to 682, Bangkok Bank four to 393 and
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        MANILA
        534 23 PHILIPPINE shares broke past a psychologically important resistance level as buyers focused on sound market fundamentals while hoping peace could be attained in the Gulf, brokers said. The Manila Stock Exchange Composite Index settled above 900 points for the first time this year at 914.17, up 19.65 from Tuesday's
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        SEOUL
        774 23 SEOUL stocks yesterday fluctuated throughout the day as individual and institutional investors, motivated by news from the Gulf, battled for market control, brokers said. The composite stock index ended the day up just 0.46 points at 669.91 after hitting a peak above 680 in mid-morn-ing and a low near
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        JAKARTA
        630 23 THE minor bull run on the Jakarta market continued with blue chips benefiting. The official index was unavailable but the Bankers Trust index rose 12.79 to 684.96. "Foreign institutions have come in to buy in the last few days," one broker said. Paper maker Indorayon jumped 550 rupiah to
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        NEW ZEALAND
        286 23 LEADING New Zealand shares ended lower yesterday on thin volumes, as buyers were sidelined by indifferent overseas equity performances and a pause in the recent domestic debt market rally. But brokers said there were signs of support emerging in late trade for selected stocks. The Barclays index estimate
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        72 23 Reuter BOMBAY share prices ended mixed yesterday after recovering from an early fall. Brokers said the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) relaxed a ban on short I sales. The BSE index fell 1.56 points to 1,148.33 and the national index 1.19 to 570.98. The market opened lower after the exchange
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        301 23 Taipei NTS All Sincere Indus 13.40 -0.15 Asia Cement 64.50 -2.5 Cathay Construe 82.00 +2.5 Cathay Life Ins 349.00 -9 Chang Hwa Bank 252.00 -14 Chen Shin Rubber 45.70 -1.3 Cheng Loong 25.80 +1.2 Chia Hsin Cement 49.80 -0.2 Chin Hsin Flour 29.90 +0.2 China Chem 71.50 +3.5 China Devd
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        MORGAN STANLEY CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL INDICES
        366 23 In local canvncy In S$ In LS$ day change year day year day year FEB 19 Index change change change change change World 400 2 0.2 11.8 0.0 11.9 -0.3 13.2 |EAFE 525.7 0.2 11.8 0.1 13.2 -0.3 14.5 Europe 403 8 04 108 0.4
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        INDICES & TURNOVER
        95 23 INDICES TURNOVER Close Previous Feb 20 SYDNEY All Ordinaries Index 1.372.7 1.398.3 -25.6 All Industrials Index 2,1600 2.194 4 -34.4 All Resources Index 7746 792 8 -18.2 Turnover (million) 72.78 102 06 -29 28 BANGKOK SET Index 817 24 ***** -6.41 Turnover (million baht) 5.520 6.300 -780 JAKARTA Composite Index
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        NEW YORK
        1089 24 US STOCK investors quietly trimmed positions on Tuesday amid signs that the month-old Gulf war may be poised for a turn. As the world waited to hear Iraq's response to a Soviet peace plan, the US forged ahead with preparations for a land battle. (The market was closed
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        888 24 AFTER sliding early in the morning, UK shares recovered towards midday yesterday, boosted by economic data which confirmed the sharp slowdown of the economy. A second consecutive quarter of negative growth in GDP and a lower annual rate of growth in the money supply increased hopes that the government
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        STOCKHOLM
        100 24 THE Stockholm bourse general index on Tuesday pierced the 1,000-level, closing up 1.6 per cent in active trade at 1,003.6, on hopes of a quick end to the Gulf War. It was the first time since October 2, 1990 the general index traded above 1,000, the bourse said. However,
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        PARIS
        263 24 A MILD bout of profit-taking yesterday took the steam out of a five-day rally on the Paris bourse, but share prices held steady as the market awaited the outcome of a Soviet diplomatic initiative on a Gulf peace settlement. The CAC-40 index, which ended at 1,700.93 on Tuesday, fell
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        TORONTO
        213 24 TORONTO stocks closed flat in listless trade on Tuesday as investors waited for either a peaceful settlement to the Gulf War or the beginning of the ground battles, dealers said. President Bush's rejection of a Soviet peace proposal kept many players sidelined. The composite index fell 1.6 to 3,530.9,
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        245 24 Reuter SWISS shares drifted lower at midsession yesterday on Wall Street's easier close and renewed pessimism about a peaceful solution to the Gulf war, dealers said. The Frankfurt bourse's poor showing also depressed sentiment, they added. The all-share SPI index eased 10.4 points to 999.6, while the SMI index
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        BRUSSELS
        172 24 BELGIAN shares eased yesterday on profit-taking after Tuesday's two per cent jump and renewed pessimism about a peaceful solution to the Gulf war. The Brussels forward market index was down about half a per cent in early trading. Of the 47 shares listed at the start, 27 fell, 11
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        FRANKFURT
        195 24 GERMAN shares ended 1.3 per cent lower on the bourse on Tuesday, driven down by profit-taking after three consecutive days of gains. Dealers said concern about the situation in the Gulf had been a key factor behind the lower prices, with markets waiting for an Iraqi reaction to the
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        AMSTERDAM
        276 24 DUTCH shares started easier in thin trade yesterday but Royal Dutch bucked the trend ahead of its 1990 results due yesterday. Its shares rose 1.60 guilders to 135.00. Lower bond prices and worries over a possible ground war in the Gulf set the lower trend for the rest of
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        JOHANNESBURG
        365 24 JOHANNESBURG share prices were steady to slightly firmer yesterday morning, buoyed by continued investor interest in quality stocks which remain in short supply, dealers said. Volumes were generally thin, they said, and noted that trading was cautious as uncertain international markets continued to await Iraq's response to the Soviet
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        114 24 Milan Feb 19 lire Ass Gen ***** unch Bastogi 275.00 -6 Fial 5651 +106 Finsidcr susp Ifi Priv ***** -50 Italccmcnti Ord ***** +55 Italgas 2850 -10 MagnctiMPf 980 70 Mediobanca ***** -150 Miratanza Mondadori Priv susp Montedison 1495 15 Olivetti Ord 3465 -125 Olivetti Priv 2680 +20 Picrrcl 1510
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        INDICES & TURNOVER
        89 24 INDICES TURNOVER Feb 19 Close PlOfaMU NEW YORK Dow Jones 2,932.18 2,934.65 -2.47 NYSE Financial 143 49 144.71 -1.22 SAP 500 369 39 369 06 +0.33 Turnover (million) 190 222.37 -32.37 LONDON Financial Times 30 1,839.5 1.838.6 +0.9 FTSE 100 2.312.4 2.318 3 -5.9 Turnover (million) 484 7 506 5
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      US dollar strengthens against mark in early European trade
      1246 25 FOREX MARKET REPORTS THE MARK was weaker against the US dollar and other key currencies in Frankfurt yesterday, with markets waiting for fresh news about the Soviet peace initiative on the Gulf war. Dealers said trade was likely to remain quiet
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      INTERBANK FOREX RATES
      430 25 Cross rates Fob 20 IISS SS MS I >111 Yen SFr AS N/S USS I 7200 2.6980 ***** 131.40 0.5120 1.2755 1.27.11 ***** SS 0.5814 I 5686 0.8666 0.7640 0 2977 0 7416 0 7402 0 9642 MS 0.3706 63.75 0.5524 0.4870 0.1898 ***** ***** ***** Dm
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      MONEY MARKET
      589 25 Interbank rates SS Bid Offer Overnight 4 1/2 4 5/8 1-month 4 7/16 4 9/16 2-month 4 1/2 4 5/8 3-month 4 1/2 4 5/8 Overnight mode: 4-1/2 IJS$ Bid Offer 7 days 6 1/2 6 5/8 1 month 6 1/2 6 5/8 2 months 6 11/16 6
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      HK firm launches new 7-year currencies fund
      305 25 HONGKONG'S ED and F Man Management has launched its first seven-year guaranteed currencies fund, adopting an entirely comput-er-based approach to trading in at least six currencies, the South China Morning Post reported. Anthony Hall, regional manager of Man Management. said this technical approach
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      Lock icon Italy launches issue on growing ECU bond market
      241 25 FT AN AVALANCHE of new bonds in ECU. the composite currency of the European Community, gathered pace on Tuesday with the launch of a 2.5-billion-ECU (555.9 billion) issue of 20-year bonds by Italy. The issue brings to 7.8 billion ECUs the amount
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      FINANCIAL FUTURES
      1225 25 S1MEX EURODOLLAR Open High Low Sett Est Vol Op/lnt Vol Mar 91 93.23 93.27 93.22 93.23 4000 ***** IHS Jun 91 93.33 93.36 93.32 93.32 8000 ***** ***** Sep 91 93.18 93.21 93.17 93.17 2000 5020 2004 Dec 91 92.85 92.87 92.84 92 84 650 5950 729 Mar
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  • COMMODITY PRICES
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      China's offshore oil output targeted at 8m tonnes by '95
      764 26 Eleven oilfields to go onstream in next five years CHINA is predicting its offshore oil production will increase to eight million tonnes a year by 1995 with 11 oilfields going into production over the next five years, the South China
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      Speculative buying sends KL tin above M$15
      842 26 REPORT THE TIN PRICE on the Kuala Lumpur Tin Market continued its uptrend yesterday. It gained another 11 sen to M 515.10 per kg on some speculative buying interest after the long Chinese New Year break. It was the first time the price
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      PRICES
      1420 26 Rubber Feb 20 MS (teb in bd«») Sccnis/kg N>mn Close I n| I RSS I'uiiiipl 142-XV14.1. XIN 142XVI4.VXIN Inl I RSS Mar '>1 144.25/144 75 144 25/144.75 Inl I KSS Apr 147 >5/147.75 147.25/147.75 till 2 KSS (>l> I4I.54VI4* 5<»INI 141 XVI43 SON Inl < KSS 411* 1.16.54VIM.SON U6XVI3H.50N
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    1095 27 City Flight ETA Flight ETO I Abu DfcaM GA975 1125 GA887 1225 Adtiakto SQ228 1900 QF888 2330 QF5 2000 Amsterdam SQ23 0740 KL840 2150 GA975 1125 SQ24 2300 KL839 1455 Auckland NZ25 1825 BA11 1225 SQ325 2115 NZ26 2150 Bahrain GF148 0915 BSariBegawan BI421 1105 SQ182
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      Imperial cuisine in a family setting
      765 27  -  POSTCARD FROM BEIJING By Nina Simonds THERE is no sign indicating the location of one of the most unusual and exclusive eating places in Beijing, Family Li's Restaurant. Many customers spend hours trying to find it and get lost. But even if one knows
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      MONEY CHANGER RATES
      148 27 As at 3pm yesterday: Local dollars to one unit of foreign currency C urrcncics Bid OtYcr Australian dollar 1.3490 1.3690 Canadian dollar 1.4750 1.4950 NZ dollar 1.0220 1.0620 Sterling pound 3.3470 3.3770 US dollar 1.7150 1.7300 ImiI dollars to 100 units of foreign currency Austrian schilling 16.10
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      WORLD TRADE EXHIBITIONS
      81 27 Duration Title Venue Organiser Td Feb 19-21 Air Traffic Control '91 Holland txpoconsuli (UK) l td (0707)*****5 Feb 27March 4 Photo, Cine and Video Exhibition in Zurich Zurich. Switzerland Zuspa *****5055 Feb 28March 3 International Trade Fair for Blinds and Sun Protection Stuttgart. Germany Stuttgarter Messe Und
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      204 27 Singapore Outlook: Fair. Forecast Maximum temperature 32.1 Assoc humidity 56% Minimum temperature 23.4* C Assoc humidity 97% Hours of sunshine 10.8 Rainfall in mm Nil Rainfall this month 22.3 Rainy days this month 6 World forecast Asia-Pacific Hi/I>o* Cond. Auckland 24/18 Fair Bangkok 34/23 Fair Beijing 01/-6 Cloudy Brunei 30/25
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    577 28 Yeltsin accused of declaring civil war with appeal Reuter CONSERVATIVES in the Soviet Parliament yesterday accused Russian President Boris Yeltsin of declaring civil war with his appeal to Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev to resign. A succession of deputies rose to denounce Mr Yeltsin,
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    Lock icon Be brave to initiate leadership change: Indon ex-general
    340 28 AFP AN INFLUENTIAL former army general has challenged political parties to initiate changes in Indonesia's leadership, according to press reports in Jakarta yesterday. "The nation needs new blood in 1993 and political parties should have the courage to initiate the change," The
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    PAL to launch chartered flights to Jeddah
    381 28  -  By Dexter Lee DESPITE the turbulence caused by the Gulf war in the Middle East, Philippine Airlines (PAL) has decided to mount chartered flights between Manila and Jeddah in Saudi Arabia. The move is in response to a strong demand from Filipinos for
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    Thailand lowers economic growth target to 7-8pc
    271 28  -  From Michelle Rowe in BANGKOK THAILAND aims to cut back growth of its overheated economy to between 7 and 8 per cent this year, and maintain its austerity policy to curb inflationary pressures and close the savings and investment gap. The easing on
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    Germany grappling with Gulf fears
    865 28  -  The Bottom Line LEONARD SILK LEONARD SILK The writer is a columnist with The New York Times, where this comment first appeared GERMANY'S relations with the US were under strain, said Otto Lambsdorff, the chairman of the Free Democratic Party, a partner in the coalition
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    Lock icon Report of UK recession lifts expectations of rate cuts
    326 28 Reuter EXPECTATIONS that UK interest rates will be cut again soon rose after government data yesterday confirmed the economy officially fell into recession in the final two quarters of last year. Both the sterling money market and the futures market were
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      Sembawang Aviation opens hangar at Seletar
      449 29  -  By Rahita Elias SEMBAWANG's fast-ex-panding aviation arm has broadened its range ot services with the setting up ot its own hangar at Seletar Airport. Sembawang Aviation's facility, covering an area of 1,366 sq m, will be the operating base for its new package of
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      Bangkok Land ties up with Bougyues Group
      337 29 BANGKOK LAND Co. the developer of Muang Thong Thani. has entered into a joint venture with France's Bougyues Group to invest 40,000 million baht in expressway and mass transit system projects in Bangkok and its outer suburbs, according to the Bangkok Post. The
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      Lock icon ANA expects higher profit despite Gulf War
      320 29 AFP JAPANESE AIRLINE All Nippon Airways (ANA) experts a net profit of nearly 20 billion yen (US$l54 million) for the fiscal year ending March 1991. despite the Gulf War. The result compares with a 15 billion yen (about 115 million dollar) profit the
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      Lock icon Japanese yards see plunge in foreign orders
      203 29 THE GULF Reuter FOREIGN ship orders received by Japanese yards in January hit their lowest level in tonnage so far in the fiscal year ending on March 31, 1991, due to the outbreak of the Gulf War, the Japan Ship Exporters' Association (JSEA)
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      Lock icon Essar proposes 15bn rupee investment
      375 29 IT ESSAR. a Bombay-based shipping and sponge iron conglomerate, is proposing to invest over 15 billion rupees (S$ 1.2 billion) in a one million tonne a year integrated steel plant at Vijaynagar, in partnership with the Karnataka state government The Indian steel industry was nationalised
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      Manila shipowners hit out at ITF move
      432 29  -  From Al 0 Labita Jr In MANILA MANILA-BASED international shipowners have expressed concern over the recent decision of the Lon-don-based International Transportworkers Federation (ITF) to increase the wage scale of Filipino seafarers on board Japanese vessels. "Drastically changing the salary rates of the
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      Lock icon Hungary plans air link with M'sia
      184 29 Bernama HUNGARY may become the first East European country to establish an air link with Malaysia. Deputy Transport Minister Datin Paduka Zalcha Ismail said both countries had agreed to hold discussions on an air services agreement. She said Malaysia already had air service agreements
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        Choppy seas for Lloyd's
        51 29 LOW insurance rates and giant catastrophes have made seas choppy for Lloyd's of London, the world's largest insurance market. It is counting on David Coleridge, a direct descendant of poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge, who became chairman on Jan I. to steer it through the swells Page
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        Airbus expects fall in jetliner orders
        44 29 AIRBUS Industrie expects global orders for commercial jet aircraft to fall from over 1.000 during each of the last three years to an annual total in the range of 100 to 200 from 1993 through 1995 Back Page
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        Aircraft leasing firms caught in a squeeze
        28 29 AIRCRAFT leasing firms, caught between an airline cash crunch and a financier-im-posed credit squeeze, face increased turbulence, analysts say Back Page
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        Pratt & Whitney to slash 1,000 jobs
        53 29 Pratt Whitney to slash 1,000 jobs UNITED Technologies Corp said on Tuesday that it would eliminate between 1.000 and 1.500 jobs from its Pratt Whitney division in the first half of this year. The division, which makes military and commercial jet engines, cited continuing deterioration of the market for aircraft
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        Liberian ro-ro ship hits pier in Italian port
        84 30 THE LIBERIAN-rcgistered roro cargo vessel Conn Hammonia struck a pier on Feb 17 while berthing in Leghorn, Italy, sustaining damage to shell plating, Lloyds Shipping Intelligence said in London on Monday. Some lubricating oil leaked into the sea from a fracture in
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        SAS plans to retrench staff
        88 30 SCANDINAVIAN AIRLINES System's airline division plans to lay off 250 of its 8,000 staff in Denmark and is discussing conditions with union representatives, an SAS spokesman said in Copenhagen on Monday. The cuts, mainly among administrative staff, are the first ot 1,100 jobs SAS intends
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        European car sales set to rise
        113 30 THE IMPACT of the Gulf War on European car sales is only of a temporary nature and sales are set to rise rapidly in 1992 after a mild slump in 1991, independent market forecaster DRI McGraw/Hill said. Sanjay Dabysing. leader of DRl's motor industry
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        Dhaka flights to resume
        75 30 INDIA'S domestic airline will resume its Dhaka flights later this week after a month-long suspension in the wake of the outbreak of war in the Gulf, an airline official said on Monday. Indian Airlines will resume the flights on Saturday, with initially two flights a week
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        PIA facing revenue loss
        78 30 PAKISTAN International Airlines (PIA) has lost about 400 million rupees (US$lB.lB million) in revenue since the outbreak of the Gulf War. A PIA source said last Friday that PIA faced a daily loss of 10 million rupees as a result of the cancellation of international and
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        Air France to cut costs
        85 30 AIR FRANCE President Bernard Attali presented the airline's board on Monday with a set of cost-cutting measures designed to deal with the drop in business caused by the Gulf conflict. The steps included a 6 per cent drop in working hours, and a corresponding 6
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      Lock icon Choppy seas for Lloyd's
      1015 30  -  The biggest insurance market in the world will report a loss for 1989, its first in 24 years. Cotten Timberlake speaks to the man Lloyd's hopes will turn the company around Cotten Timberlake AP LOW insurance rates and giant catastrophes have made seas choppy for Lloyd's
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      COCKETT BUNKER MARKET REPORT
      833 30 THIS twice weekly report, compiled by Cockett Marine Oil Ltd. shows price ranges in US dollars instead of single prices for a more comprehensive description of the market. Prices shown arc based on average-sized stem. Market movements arc indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and
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      THE SHIPPING GUIDE
      11812 38 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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      SHIPPING AGENTS
      3307 43 ontainer line NY: Bclsin Shpg Agencies Pte Ltd (Sy Vlarine Handling Sdn Bhd (PK/PN). Accord Group: Accord Shpg Pte Ltd (SyAccord Contr 1 ine (PK/PN) Adkris Business C orporation Philippine: Calsource Shpg Frdg Pte Ltd (S) Ahrenkiel Liner Service: Kim Shpg Trdg (S). Albatros Sea-Air Service: Frata Shpg
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      COURIER SERVICES
      251 43 Abacus Couriers Tel: 545-8011. Fax: *****98. Air H\press I ravel Tel: 533-5771. Fa*: *****44 Airborne Freight Corporation Tel: 542-8844 Fax: *****16. *****80 Airswift Worldwide Courier Tel: 278-0188 Fax: *****83. AJS Supplies Tel: 748-6322 (2 lines). 747-7421. Fax: *****75. City-link International Tel: 344-3377. Fax: *****50. Cluster link Supplies A
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      AIR FORWARDERS
      1481 43 Abex Express Freight Tel: 542-7171. Fax: *****84. Actinic Forwarder Tel: 225-1833. Fax: *****42. Activair Singapore Tel: 542-7822. Fax: *****20. Aerolink Freight International Tel. 545-8033. Fax: *****05. Aerospeed Tel: 542-5911. Fax: *****18. Air Cargo Novo Express Tel: 542-5454. Fax: *****06 Air Express International Tel: 542-7666. Fax: *****74. *****50. Air
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      2781 44 ARGENTINA San liirrn/o: I by-products, I chemicals. I discharging chemicals; 3 vessels in roads awaiting orders to load by-products. Rosario: Two vessels in port loading by-products; 2 vessels berthed in ballast awaiting orders Villa C onstitution: Two vessels operating of which I loading grain. 1 discharging iron ore.
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      AIR FREIGHT SCHEDULE
      453 44 ARRIVALS DEPARTURES Op FU«H Type ETA T From Op Flight Type EH> '<> TODAY TODAY KAL KE697 B747F 0220 I SEL KAL KE697 B747F <M50 I NCA KZ203 B747F 2005 I NRT SIA SQ/ B747F 0540 2 BOM/LON KAL KE685 A30F 2345 I SEL/MNL BA822 TOMORROW TOMORROW
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        311 45 Port Klang Berth at South Port on Feb 20: 1 Botany Trouboudour; 2 Hoegh Cairn, Isokaze; 3: nil; 4 ml; 5 ml; 6 Hong Soon II; 1 ml; 7A: Jenwin: J Shell: ml KCT: 8: ml; 9: ml; 10: City ot Edinburgh North Port: 11: ml; 12
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      590 32 DIRECT SOUTH PACIFIC SERVICE SIN NOU SUV PPT ISI.A H OKKANA 22-2K/2 11/3 13/3 19/1 ALSO ACCEPTING CARCO VIA SUVA TO LAUTOKA. PAGO PAGO APIA t NUKUAIOAF A DIRECT CHILE SERVICE SIN IQQ ANF VAP CALLAO SAN (PERU) ANTONIO ISLA FLOREANA 1/4 3/4 6/4 7/4 8/4 Callao or Santiago »ia
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      1443 32 gSrl mxmm ■MB REGULAR INDEPENDENT FULL CONTAINER SERVICE WE§TB6UND FOR EUROPE VSL/VOY SIN ALG BCL HAM BRE ROT ANT FEL LHA (VIA (VIA (VIA ALG) HAM) ROT) NORASIA PRINCESS 9051 3 27/02 17/03 18/03 22/03 23/03 24/03 25/03 26/03 27/03 JAPAN SEA 052W 07/03 29/03 30/03 03/03 04/04 05/04 06/04
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      2038 33 Maritime Holdings Ltd W-/ P&O flfiw STRAITS SHIPPING HML j Singapore to Bihml, East Malaysia, Containers Imj Voy No PKling Spoi' S'Ton Hbuig B>l¥*i R"Uni nOWLOON BAY 99,519 TOt 1602 2202 1903 1403 1703 1403 ACCEPTS DUE SAIIS THAMES 04 VI C1T1902 23<8 1203 1103 1603 1103 CARGO OSAKA SAY
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      1925 33 Ep^HThmTT^ TO- U S A /PANAMA FM; UrSA,/PANAMA «<•«.»«. "*5»'M M jfj »f »J Si Sf ll XII m kj v, s a s js *> ATLANTIC SENATOR IfllJ »I 2*4 1M IM U/i GERMAN H» TQ: EMRQPE FM: EUROPE CD RIM ftMW m ANR lIM lonoon senator »r wr
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      375 33 STRAITS/ JAPAN/ STRAITS SERVICE SPECIALIST IN RO-RO HEAVY LIFTS VESSEL CHAMPION TANJUNG COSMIC TRADER EMAS CHALLENGER VOY NO IS 14 i Spore SLO 25,2 8,3 P Kelang SID 6,3 Perung Yangon Mongla Chittagong Calcutta Yokohama Nagoya Osaka Senboku Hochiminh NOTE ALSO CALLING OTHER JAPANESE PORTS. HONGKONG. TAIWAN CHINESE PORTS. SUBJECT
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      738 34 m CR NBR **********0-D EXPRESS SEMI-CONTAINERSNIP SERVICE TO EUROPE VSIWY S PORE ROAM ADAM H BURG BREMEN ANTWERP TRIAS UNITY 002WB 8,3 9-4 154 19/4 22/4 SRIWIJAYA3IWB »(3 SiS 12 5 16(5 20(5 FAST TRANSIT TIME ACCEPTING BREAK BULK/CONTAINERISED CARGO Subfact lo Inducement Also accepting cargo to Casablanca. Port Said.
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      792 34 i£| HANJIN SHIPPING FEEDER VSL SIN LINE HAUL LAX OAK S pore LEH RTM ANR HAM BRV FEL CHOYANG VICTORY 0021 252 H POHANG 107E 25 3 27,3 HANJIN CHUNGMU 077W 24? 14 J 15) lb S lb 1 13 3 19 3 HANJIN SEAT TLE 01/E 4 3 H
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      122 34 I POL (M) SDN BHEN 35. Ist tlr Jalan Cungah Port Kelangj T«l: 3M92M. 3MM7O W Mal«y»l«'S ppf« lo E M»I»y»I« Servlc* Pef» Pfctß PC S'aiK* KH Sdh T«nj L Datu PK.t.c Swnudri V«I 5-7.1 111 3 13 Ul- tt-tlil 71li 1 Cheung M.ng Vfll 21 2X2 1-3,1 S-M Sjtunj
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      1662 35 Neptune AGENC ES pje LTD SINGAPORE TEL *****77 (CR NO: **********0E) BOOKINGS: r UK/EUROPE SERVICE- *****19 USA SERVICE- *****16 AUST/INOtA/PAK SERVICE *****18 FAR EAST SERVICE *****48"» R TERMINAL OFFICE *****22 DOCUMENTATION DEPT: *****44/ *****14 CFS:K27—IMPORT: *****69/*****50 CFS: K27 EXPORT: *****53/*****04 S™26I4O3^KeU(CO) A *****87, Penang(o4) *****0, J.Bahru-(07) *****3, *****4 w <*»■
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      939 35 SINSOV SINGAPORE SOVIET SHIPPING CO PRIVATE LTD BOOKING: *****51/ *****64/ *****59 (FESCO LINE) ENQUIRIES: *****33 KL: 03-*****75/697 PORT KELANG: *****43/ *****40 PENANG: *****4) *****8 JOHORE BAHRU: *****1/ *****1 (REGULAR INDEPENDENT SERVICE) .___2 DISCHARGING fftOM EASTBOUHD UOADINC fOB WESTBOUHO mats »OY«Gt vow |w»«i la w«oiic~ votom spo*r phlawg nbukc hawn tihuwy
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      1809 36 I LINE KAWASAKI RISKN KAISHA. LID I EXPORT N. AMERICA PACIFIC SOUTH-WEST IMPORT N. AMERICA PACIFIC SOUTH-WBSX— /TeedEß VESSEL VOY "INOO 'PR °NG SGP Mi VESSEL VOY IB OAK CMI NYC VO,MOiJS OA,< 3"* """"e# DCf T W (Jueens *a» bridce .4 x; 2:2 212 wcmu bridge m m .u
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      1126 36 vjrt PMU-OMNT UN€5 PTC LTD I 106 ROBINSON ROAO #07 00 GMG BUILDING SINGAPORE 0106 TEL *****22/*****69/2251 800 TELEX RS ***** PHILI FAX *****76/*****38 BY AIR, LAND OR SEA WE TAKE ON THE WORLD FOR YOU MIiMBER OF SINGAPORE FREIGHT FORWARDERS ASSOCIATION *hBt 24 FEB MONTREAL, Ottawa, toronto, VANCOUVER, S'WESTERN
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      1504 37 PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL LINES (PTE) LTD J Mflhi P,L Building. 140 Cecil Street <KXHX). Singapore 0106. I JAKARTA I I BANGKOK I EDEN tL 9108 N 2 282 PEGASUS PROGRESS bsU 2212 2112 1/3 itnf l\cl 37 3 1 3 4/3 SE GLORY 910/ 24/2 27/2 4/3 EDCN 9109 S3 7/3
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      1278 37 BEN LINE CONTAINERS LTD N I 200 Cantonment Road Tel: *****22 #13-05 Southpoint Fax: *****63 Singapore 0208. Telex: RS ***** EXPRESS CONTAINER SERVICE TO UK/CONTINENT VESSEL |VOY SPORE PKLANG SHAMPTON HAMBURG]" BHAVEN R DAM LHAVRE Kowtoon Bay* 99/519 22/2 13/3 17/3 12/3 VIA RD Thames f 04/521 23/2 12/3 15/3
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      372 37 MYANMA pßk nVE STAR UNE V (Myanmar National Line) Loading for Yangon (Rangoon) S pore P.KIg Pen P Gdg PAGAN VI67W In Pt PATHEIN VIO9W In Pt SW LOIKAW VI69W 22 25 Feb HPA AN VI6OW 2678 Feb THE BANK UNI (A service of Andrew Weir Shipping) \T SEMI CONTAINER
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      915 40 INh Sj||^B\ INTEGRATED CONTAINER SERVICE FROM FAR EAST TO NORTH CONTINENT OUTBOUND SIN FLX BRV ROM ANT HBG lONDON SEN *fl« 22/2 22 3 20 3 19 3 23/3 SOHLAND WMIO7 22,2 21,3 22/1 TMUERINCEN NMIfM 1,3 »3 2»3 313 2/ 3 JAPAN SEN Wflll i i 1/4 1/4 3,4
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      1089 40 TEL: *****88/*****22 OUR CONSOLIDATION SERVICES TO: EUROPE 24/2 ft 2/3 LONDON ROTTERDAM FELIXSTOWE ANTWERP SOUTHAMPTON HAMRUR6 MANCHESTER LE HARVE ANO ALL EUROPE INLAND DESTINATIONS FAR EAST PORT KELANG 1/03 8/03 MANILA 23/02 4 2/03 PENANG I'o3 8/03 BUSAN 1/03 8/03 BANGKOK 25/02 ?9'o? TOKYO 28/02 4 7/03 HONG KONG 29/02
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      320 40 fpJH CONTAINER LINE] i TEL. *****59 FAX *****63 GUARANTEE LCL CONSOL SERVICES FAR EAST JAKARTA 212 1 111 TOKYO 21/2 I 2*12 TORT KELANG 22/2 I 1/3 KOBE 24 2 t 3/3 PENANC 22/2 t 1/1 NAGOYA 24/2 t 3/3 MANILA 23/2 t »3 YOKOHAMA 24/2 t 3/3 BUSAN nI
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      1156 40 te t i£ CHINA OCEAN SHIPPING COMPANY FULL CONTAINER I.INKR SKRVICK flll T, i JUTovmp 2, MISTRI ROAD. HMC BUILDING #15 00. SINGAPORE 020? f CR NO **********0 M C ll 1 1 General Agents: COSTAR SHIPPING PTE LTD TO EUROPE m*OH t VESSEL VOY SCP ROT HAM TLX ANT
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      851 41 NIHON-ASIA I CR **********0N TEL: *****22 FAX: *****86 Competitive Rates!! KTA USA All IPI IKstns 25/2. 1/3 EUROPE all Ports 23/2, 2/3 BANGKOK 23/2, 26/2 HONGKONG/CHINA 25/2, 2/3 SYD, MEL, ADEL, BRIS 23/2, 28/2 FREMANTLE 27/2, 5/3 MANILA 1/3, 8/3 PKLG/PENANG 24/2, 3/3 Port Kelang Branch Tel: *****21/2/3 Fax: *****24
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      314 41 RICHFIELD MARINE AGENCIES |S) PTE itft Sk TEL: *****33 (12 Lines) BFAX: *****15/*****03 TELEX: RS ***** RISHIP (3 Lines) [rC\ ETHIOPIAN SHIPPING LINES (National Lines of Ethiopia) ACCEPTING FCL AND CONVENTIONAL VESSEL IvOY EIA I LOADING FOfl SPORE NETSANET 30/09 (JARESSAI AAM MOMBASA DJIBOUTI ASSAD MASSAWA ANDINET «*3WB IVO4 DARESSAI
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      809 41 MASKAPAI PKLAYARAN WpULAU LAUT FULLY CONTAINERISED REGIONAL FEEDER SERVICE TWICE WEEKLY/WEEKLY FIXED DAY SCHEDULE BETWEEN THE PORTS OF S PORE. INDONESIA. MALAYSIA THAILAND ALSO ACCEPTING LCL CARGO TO ALL DESTINATIONS WE SERVE FOR BOOKINGS CALL SPECARGO FORWARDING AT TEL: *****55 SINGAPORE INDONESIA SERVICE VSL VOY SIN JKT PAJ SIN PUL
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      806 41 SYDNEY/MELBOURNE MMROi wt m »—i w t K W i PLANHA 0246 »«t I I) IVI l> m «M'l M W PIYA HUM MB IVMrt »»1 SI W planeta mm »nn u-m i» I*4 e«u» m 4 P.KELANG/PENANG/KUANTAN WHIM M w 4 4 VSL VOY SPORE PHI PEN KTN XMIM
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      1205 42 a a a MAC-NELS SINGAPORE 1 eipoht TEL.- *****22 IMPORT TEL *****02 ■LfIUH PENANG TEL (04) *****6 «K TEL (088) *****0 TAWAU TEL (089) 7/86/9 I-«* I P KELANG TEL (03) *****/7 KUCHING lEL (082) *****3 SKAN TEL (089******2 l-|\-/ J J BAHHU TEL (0/) *****2 SIBU TEL (084) *****2
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      390 42 ffEfc blue star line SINGAPORE TO J NEW ZEALAND AND T/S FIJI j FULLY CONTAINKKISKI) MONTHLY SAILINGS DISCHARGING AT NEW PLYMOUTH PORT CHALMKRS ACCKPTING FCL LCI- FOR AUCKLAND. NAPIKR, WELLINGTON, BLUFF. CHRISTCHURCH. IHJNRDIN, LYTTKLTON. INVKRCAR(iIL. FIJI AND TAHITI SIN N PtV AUCK ITT MAHSURI PWO In Port OS Mar Via
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      1113 42 /3£l THONG SOON LINES PTE. LTD. 51 Bras Basah Rd #01-01 Plaza By The Park S (0718) Tel: *****22 Fax No: *****73 CONVENTIONAL/CONTAINER SERVICES CONVENTIONAL/CONTAINER SERVICES *****11 (BOOKING LINEST SINGAPORE TO WEST MALAYSIA SINGAPORE TO SABAH vessel ~|m [eta [oest vessel JTit eta Tbeit KIM SOON LI 6/91E 21 FEB
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      462 45 TIDES AND WEATHER TODAY'S TIDES (height in metres) MOW 0000 0100 0200 0300 0400 0500 0600 0700 0800 0900 1000 1100 1200 1300 1400 1500 1600 1700 1800 1900 2000 2100 2200 2300 i; 23 28 29 27 24 18 1 3 09 07 06 07 1 1 16 21
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      393 46 CHARTPOINT Every Saturday in Business Times PT. PELAYARAN. SAMUDRA AGUNG KUALA SIAK IV 22/2 BATU AMPAR/SEKUPANG/BATAM SAMUDERA 102 6/3 DUMAI/PEKAN BARU ABADI JAYA 5/3 DUMAI/PEKAN BARU KUALA SIAK V 28/2 BALIKPAPAN/SAMARINDA SENGGATA (TG. BARA) 5 vessels (weekly) to PERAWANG/PEKAN BARU/DUMAI 3 vessels (weekly) to BATAM SUMATRA PORTS Also accepting cargo
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      662 46 ikHYUNDAI MERCHANT MARUE CO. LTD. EASTBOUND TO USA WESTBOUND FROM USA TO PSW VOY SIN HKG LBH OAK SEA CHI FROM PSW VOY LBH OAK SEA HKG SIN LALANOIA 38E 23JT 28/2 18/3 21/3 24/3 23/3 LALANOIA 37W 24/1 26/1 29/1 14/2 23/2 CGM PASCAL 02E 2/3 7/3 »/3 28/3
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      622 46 CHARTPOINT Every Saturday in Business Times f-d* f'om f*oJ PNClnu Moth*' Vwwi Ivor SIN lAX |OA* [WW |OAL |CMI, iNOft [MEM |NTC OUR USA I Mjfctyv* COt aha bmum v«4N aJF AincATow hopi v rum I%T TST HT HjT WT HIT 2*3 mT ujT SERVICE CALLS I AKA MUM V
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