The Business Times, 15 May 1992

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    21 1 BUSINESS TIMES the in sisi ss h i hi:r for s-i: t.sv i MITA (P) 35/12/91 Friday, May 15, 1992 75*
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  • NEWS SUMMARY
    • Article
      EC proposal to freeze farm subsidies endorsed
      78 1 STRASBOURG. 1 ranee The European Parliament yesterday endorsed proposals by the EC Commission for an overall freeze in 1992 farm subsidies but asked to solten an 11 per cent cut in cereal prices to 8 per cent. It also urged the 12 EC
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      Taiwan's capital outflows soar
      62 1 TAIPEI Taiwan's outbound capital flows sent by private enterprises and individuals amounted to US$2.2 billion in the first months of 1992. Central Bank of China officials said yesterday that political uncertainties on the island and increased overseas investment were blamed for the capital exodus which outstripped
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      Full steam ahead
      42 1 EAST ASIA'S industrialisation will proceed even if the US plays a diminished role in the region over the next 10 years. Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew said yesterday at the 1992 Pacific Rim Forum in San Diego Page 2
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      Seeking postponement
      28 1 THE Thai government will seek Asean's approval to postpone the full implementation a plan to slash tariffs till January 1994, says a Thai diplomat Page 3
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      Diplomatic post
      35 1 AUSTRALIA is planning to set up a diplomatic post in Guangdong in the latest of a scries of moves to help businessmen plug into the Pearl River Delta region's dynamic growth Page 8
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    • Article
      Tax tied to condition
      35 1 THE European Commission has proposed a global warming tax on energy in the EC but has linked its introduction to similar action by the US and other major partners. Page 9
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    • Article
      S Koreans wary
      19 1 SOUTH KOREANS are increasingly cautious at the prospect of reunification with their Northern brethren Page 9
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      NOL sells oldest ship
      34 1 NATIONAL CARRIER Neptune Orient Lines has sold its oldest multi-purpose vessel, Neptune Turquoise, for $5.3 million in line with its strategy of maintaining a young fleet. Shipping Times Page 1
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  • MARKETS SUMMARY
    • Article
      Dow lower
      31 1 WALL STREET stocks wore lower yesterday morning. After one hour of trading, the Dow Jones average of 30 industrial stocks was down 20.82 points to 3.371.16 at 1430 GMT.
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      Footsie higher
      36 1 LONDON share prices were higher at midday yesterday, helped by a strong set of corporate earnings reports. At 1130 GMT. the FTSE 100Share Index was up 10.4 points, or 0.4 per cent, at 2,730.9.
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    • Article
      Plus minus funds
      38 1 PROJEK Utara-Selatan Bhd (Plus), which is building Malaysia's North-South Highway, will be out of cash by the end of this year if additional funds of Msl.9 billion (Ssl.2 billion) are not made available Page 4
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    • Article
      Steamers investment
      30 1 STEAMERS Maritime Holdings Ltd is kicking off its second joint venture with Ho Chi Minh Post Telecommunications with a $2 million investment in manpower and equipment Page 4
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      Wider product line
      23 1 PT TIGARAKSA SATRIA, a Jakarta-listed consumer goods distributor, plans to expand its product line, says chairman Robert Widjaja Page 5
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      Competition revs up
      30 1 A JUMP in car loans has set the stage for an intense battle amongst finance companies in Singapore for a bigger share of the pie Page 7
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      STOCK INDICES
      30 1 Thursday Change BT-V1GA 709.12 +2.06 Kuala Lumpur ....593.03 -5-62 Tokyo 18.804.60 36.03 Hongkong 5.746.45 -11.50 Sydney 1.679.7 -3 Wednesday Chanjce New York 3.391.98 +6.86 London 2.720.5 1 9
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      CURRENCIES
      30 1 London Gold AM fix USS336.50 +USSI.75 Exchange rates USS SS 1.6380 100 Yen SS 1.2610 MS SS 0.6487 Money market rates Overnight 2 7/8 3/8 3-montn 3 1/8% +1/16
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      COMMODITIES
      31 1 Rubber S'pore June l40.75'/kg +0._5 M'sia June 2l7.00'/kg unch KL Tin Turnover 33 tonnes 3 Spot MS 15.05/kg unch Crude palm oil Turnover 1.904 lots +933 Mav MS896 /tonne 6
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    Second half upturn forecast for S'pore
    584 1  -  Analysts cite optimism among businessmen, predict growth for the year to hit 6pc By Kenneth James SINGAPORE Looking beyond the first quarter growth figures to be released by the government today, analysts are now projecting an upturn in the second hall that will push
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    URA defends property price index showing prices up
    370 1  -  By Lilian Ang SINGAPORE The Urban Redevelopment Authority, responding to criticisms ot its new property price index which showed that prices of residential properties may be heading upwards, has dismissed claims that the index was bloated by a handful of high-price developments.
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  • Article
    Kit Siang suspended after stormy debate in parliament
    507 1  -  Controversy over MIC share dealings From Leslie Lopez in KUALA LUMPUR THE controversy over alleged irregularities in share dealings by Malaysia's largest ethnic-Indian party took an unexpected turn yesterday when a stormy parliamentary session was adjourned and an opposition party chief suspended.
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  • Article, Illustration
    Lock icon GE Life says farewell to Tan Chin Tuan
    206 1  -  By Quak Hiang Whai SINGAPORE Local insurance giant Great Eastern Life Assurance Co Ltd held a special dinner last night to honour its outgoing chairman Tan Chin Tuan (seen with GE Life director Lee Seng Wee and Mrs Lee). The 83-year-old Mr
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  • PAGE 2 NEWS
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      East Asia's industrialisation unstoppable: Lee
      544 2  -  Not even diminished US role in region can stop it By Genevieve Cua SINGAPORE East Asia's industrialisation is unstoppable. It will proceed even if the US plays a diminished role in the region over the next 10 years. Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew said yesterday.
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      Asean, Nafta urged to hold talks on link-up
      459 2 SAN DIEGO Asean and the North American Free Trade Area (Nafta) should start negotiations for a formal arrangement between the two groupings once Nafta has been established, Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew said last night. "The happier and safer course would be...
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    • Article
      Toyo Engineering planning a S'pore office soon
      411 2  -  By Helen Chang SINGAPORE A Japanese newcomer to the local industrial engineering scene plans to set up an office here soon. Toyo Engineering Corporation, which recently clinched a US$73 million (Ssl 19 million) deal with Mobil to build a refinery in Jurong, plans
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      Govt reiterates support for applied R&D
      237 2  -  By Lee Han Shih SINGAPORE The goveminent, out to attract hightechnology investments, yesterday reiterated support for industry-related research and development (R&D) efforts. Economic Development Board (EDB) chairman Philip Yeo, who was the guest of honour at the opening of the Institute of Microelectronics (IME)
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      University fees in S'pore to go up by 5-7 pc in July
      547 3  -  By Chuang Peck Ming SINGAPORE University fees will go up by between 5 and 7 per eent in July when the new term starts. Students of the National University of Singapore (NUS) and the Nanyang Technologieal University (NTU)
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      British Telecom to offer one-stop global network services to MNCs
      402 3  -  By Juliette Walker SINGAPORE Global telecommunications giant BT, formerly known as British Telecom, is offering a onestop solution to companies that want to link computers in Singapore to those in other countries. BT Services, a whollyowned subsidiary of BT, said
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      Lock icon Australia sees more signs of recovery
      229 3 Reuter SYDNEY Housing loan approval statistics rose again in March and a leading index of economic activity climbed upwards, two more indications that Australia is slowly crawling out of recession. Economists said the data released yesterday confirmed that the housing sector is leading an
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      Bangkok will seek one-year delay in tariff cuts: Thai diplomat
      582 3  -  But conflicting signals from PM's economic adviser By Kenneth James and Harish Mehta SINGAPORE The Thai government will seek Asean's approval to postpone the full implementation of a plan to slash tariffs till January 1994 in effect causing a oneyear
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      Takashimaya signs up 4 retail clients
      185 3 SINGAPORE Takashimaya Shopping Centre has signed up four retail clients who will occupy a total of 11,000 sq ft in the mall in Ngee Ann City along Orchard Road. Supreme Record Centre, Pertama Holdings Ltd, Watson's Personal Care Stores and Sincere Watch Pte Ltd
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      Lock icon Hanoi calls tenders for electric transmission line
      510 3 Reuter HANOI Vietnam has called its first two international tenders to construct parts of a US$3OO million (SS4B9 million) electric transmission line. Western businessmen and diplomats said yesterday that Hanoi called a tender on May 11 for a US$35 million contract to supply
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  • COMPANY NEWS 1
    • COMPANY BRIEFS
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        PSC venture to make detergent in China
        78 4 SINGAPORE Provisions Suppliers Corporation Ltd, through wholly-owned PSC Investment Pte Ltd, yesterday signed an agreement with China's Yantai Synthetic Detergent Factory to set up a joint venture called Topsellere Chemicals (China) Company Ltd. The new company, which will produce detergent in the Shandong
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        TV3's interim earnings up 23pc
        87 4 KUALA LUMPUR Sistem Televisyen Malaysia Bhd (TV3) reported a group after-tax profit of Msl 1.53 million (557.5 million) for the half-year ended Feb 29, up 23 per cent from the previous corresponding period, ivj said this was achieved on a 16 per cent increase in
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        Directors sell 5.32 m PCI shares
        40 4 SINGAPORE Loh Kee Kong yesterday sold 2.8 million PCI Ltd shares at 65 cents apiece, while Lim Kwce Siah disposed of 2.52 million shares at 61 cents each. Both men are directors of PCI.
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        Isetan appoints new director
        68 4 SINGAPORE Isetan (Singapore) Ltd yesterday announced the appointment of Katsuyuki Tsukui, 50, as a non-executive director of the company. It added that Mr Soichi Kawada has resigned as a director. Mr Tsukui, who joined Isetan Co Ltd in 1964, was deputy general manager at the Singapore
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        Firm ups stake in Venture Mfg
        53 4 SINGAPORE Venture Manufacturing (S) Ltd said one of its substantial shareholders, Malaysian Smaller Companies Fund (Cayman) Ltd, has bought 923,000 Venture shares on May 13, increasing its stake in the company to 7.96 per cent, up from 6.6 per cent previously. The purchase price
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        PJ replies to exchange queries
        56 4 KUALA LUMPUR PJ Development Holdings Bhd said yesterday that it was not aware of any reason for the substantial turnover in the company's shares. The company was replying to queries from the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange which wanted to know the reason for the substantial
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        Writ filed against Dunlop
        92 4 KUALA LUMPUR Dunlop Estates Bhd announced yesterday that the company has been served with a writ filed by Sim Swee Tin and Sim Cheng Khuan relating to the additional shares sale and purchase agreement dated April 24, IVVI. The agreement for the sale and purchase of
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      New Straits Times Press posts 21pc jump in profit
      165 4 KUALA LUMPUR The New Straits Times Press (Malaysia) Bhd yesterday reported a 21.2 per cent jump in after-tax profit to M 531.53 million (5520.45 million) for the half-year ended Feb 29, 1992, from M 526.01 million in the previous corresponding period.
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      OUB Australia's profit drops 87pc
      520 4  -  From Florence Chong in SYDNEY OUB Australia Ltd, the whol-ly-owned merchant bank of Singapore's Overseas Union Bank, has reported a near 90 per cent drop in profit for the year ended Dec 31, 1991, reflecting the parlous state of the Australian property market. OUB Australia
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      M'sian highway builder may be out of cash soon
      585 4  -  Proiek Utara-Selatan needs M$ 1.9b more, say bankers From Leslie Lopez in KUALA LUMPUR THE company which is building Malaysia's NorthSouth Highway will be out of cash by the end of this year unless it obtains a further Msl.9 billion (SSI.2
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      OUT seeks rights issue for office block
      282 4 SINGAPORE Overseas Union Trust Ltd (OUT) has announced plans to redevelop its head office at 146 Robinson Road and is calling for a l-for-2 rights issue at $1.50 a share to help pay for the project. The estimated cost of the development is
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      Steamers in second joint venture in Vietnam
      311 4  -  By Rahita Elias SINGAPORE Homegrown conglomerate Keppel Corp is strengthening its presence in Vietnam through a telecommunications joint venture in Ho Chi Minh City. Steamers Maritime Holdings Ltd, a listed Keppel Corp member, is kicking off its second joint venture with Ho Chi
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      EON's sales of Proton Sagas up spc in Jan-Apr
      357 4 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Edaran Otomobil Nasional Bhd (EON) has recorded a 5 per cent increase in Proton Saga sales for the first four months of this year to 25,156 units against 23,953 units in the corresponding period in 1991, chairman Jamil
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      SAe joint venture with Taiwan aerospace giant timely and sound
      597 4  -  THE HOCK LOCK SIEW COLUMN By Dexter Lee FRESH from its success in the US, Singapore Aerospace Ltd is now forging a path into the repair and maintenance industry in North Asia. But this time, the company is opting for
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      Tigaraksa Satria plans to expand own product line
      497 5  -  From William Chia in JAKARTA LISTED consumer goods distributor P T Tigaraksa Satria wants to manufacture 50 per cent of the products it distributes, up from about 10 per cent at present. Company chairman Robert Widjaja said a 50-50 mix of its
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      HK firm to set up Car City on island off Fujian
      329 5 Reuter HONGKONG Hongkong's Chain Tai International Ltd plans to develop a US$2 billion (553.3 billion) "Car City" on Lang Chi island off China's southern province of Fujian. General manager George Shih said on Wednesday that Chain Tai has signed
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      Tata Iron plans to buy steel plant in Eastern Europe
      319 5  -  By Harish Mehta SINGAPORE India's largest private-sector company Tata Iron Steel Co Ltd (Tisco) is planning to acquire a steel plant in an East European country its first move into manufacturing overseas. Tisco chairman Russy Mody said: "As part of
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    • COMPANY BRIEFS
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        Manipulation probe hits Shanghai stock
        48 5 BEIJING Shanghai Yanzhong Industrial shares have dropped on the Shanghai stock exchange following an official investigation into a scandal over share price manipulation. A member of the exchange has been suspended following suspicious trading in Shanghai Yanzhong on Monday, local newspapers have reported.
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        Action against thugs at bourse
        87 5 HONGKONG Police in China's Shenzhen special economic zone have rounded up some 200 gangsters and set up a special unit to combat fights at the city s booming stock exchange which have killed two men. The Shenzhen Special Zone Daily reported that fights had erupted
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        NZ paper to unveil expansion
        58 5 AUCKLAND The publisher of New Zealand's largest newspaper yesterday said it will announce a multi-million-dollar expansion within the next month. Wilson Horton managing director Michael Horton said his company, which publishes a vast array of titles headed by the New Zealand Herald, was cashed up
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        Takeover talk surrounds Fairfax
        94 5 SYDNEY Heavy turnover in shares of Australia's John Fairfax Holdings since its stock market listing last week has prompted speculation that a predator may be building a stake in the Conrad Black-controlled newspaper publisher. Australia's richest man, Kerry Packer, and New Zealand entrepreneur Ron Brierley were
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        Ayala net income up 57pc
        90 5 MANILA Ayala Corp's net income surged 57 per cent to 2.03 billion pesos (S$ 123.8 million) in 1991 from a year earlier following a significant one-time gain. The company said it realised a gain of 741 million pesos from the secondary sale of shares in
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    • COMPANY BRIEFS
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        France requires 100pc takeover bids
        93 6 PARIS French Finance Minister Michel Sapin said yesterday that takeover bids must now be made tor the entire equity of the target companv, instead ot for amounts down to 66 per cent. He said that "as part of the "general policy to improve moralitv" he
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        JC Penney profits up 70pc
        79 6 NEW YORK JC Penney Co reported a big jump in its profits for the first quarter, leading a group of retailers which overall posted a mixed bag of earnings from Februarv through April. Penney put last year's abysmal retailing trends solidly behind it with a
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        GrandMet confident
        88 6 LONDON British food and drinks giant Grand Metropolitan pic said its first half pre-tax profits to March 31 rose to £402 million (S$ 1,197 million) from £376 million, above analyst forecasts of £377 million to £390 million Grand Met said it is confident 1992 will be another year
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        Sainsbury exceeds expectations
        67 6 LONDON Britain's biggest supermarket group J Sainsbury pic has announced a 21.2 per cent rise in pre-tax profits to March 14, above expectations, to £628 million (S$ 1,871 million). Following the announcement, food retailing analysts upgraded their profits expectations for the group. They pushed their pre-tax profit
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        Kaufhof boosts dividend
        83 6 BONN Kaufhof Holding AG, Germany's second largest retailer said it would increase its dividend by 1.50 marks per share following a 38.2 per cent jump in 1991 group net profit to 166.3 million marks (*****.12 million) from 120.3 million. Kaufhof said in a statement it would propose
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        Payment while deciding
        78 6 RUTLAND, Vermont Religious broadcaster Pat Robertson will pay about US$lO,OOO (S$ 16,400) a day to operate United Press International while deciding whether to buy the news agency, under a contract being drafted on Wednesday. Mr Robertson made a last-minute bid of US$6 million to buy the financially
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      Intel chips away at price in move against rivals
      390 6 Computer manufacturers sharpening their competitive edges Reuter SAN FRANCISCO Intel Corp. the world's biggest maker of computer chips, has unveiled plans to more than halve the price on one of its most advanced microprocessors. Industry analysts quickly branded the action on
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      IBM restructures PC business
      530 6 Big Blue acts to break lethargic spell Reuter NEW YORK International Business Machines Corp. which introduced the personal computer more than a decade ago. is in the process of redefining its PC strategy after failing to keep up with the industry's breakneck pace. "We are focused,
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      More restructuring expected at Digital: analysts
      295 6 Reuter NEW YORK Digital Equipment Corp, under increasing pressure to further cut costs and to strengthen its management team, could make some changes in these areas before fiscal year-end, analysts said. Earlier, the Mall Street Journal reported that the company's founder Kenneth Olsen is
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      Lock icon Wall St Journal editor leaving to start own media company
      334 6 NYT NEW YORK Norman Pearlstine, who as the top news editor of The Wall Street Journal presided over an aggressive expansion of its scope and staff, plans to resign from Dow Jones Co at the end of June. Mr Pearlstine,
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      Lock icon Time Warner's credit deal clears way for tie-up
      362 6 Reuter NEW YORK Time Warner Inc's securing of a US$6.2 billion (5X10.2 billion) credit line removes any doubts the company will complete its tie-up with two big Japanese companies and gives the company room to make deals, say analysts. "It comforts the
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      235 6 THE WINNING EDGE IN-DEPTH BUSINESS NFWS 11 jj H U For over two decades Singapore Business has covered the local and regional business scene with more depth and breadth from a perspective which is more relevant to local businessmen than any other publication. Some may call it an i 1|
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  • FINANCIAL NEWS
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      Lock icon Finance firms in tough fight for vehicle hire purchase business
      631 7  -  By Shoeb Kagda SINGAPORE A sharp increase in car loans, which are yielding wider margins, has spawned intense competition amongst finance companies for a bigger share of the pie. According to figures from the Monetary Authority of Singapore, hire purchase
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      Lock icon Manila to go ahead with sale of PNB
      166 7 Reuter MANILA Finance Secretary Jesus Estanislao said yesterday that Manila will proceed with the sale of 8 per cent of Philippine National Bank (PNB), bringing total private ownership of the stateowned bank to 51 per cent by the end of next month.
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      Lock icon HK banks slam proposed deposit insurance plan
      323 7 Reuter HONGKONG Hongkong's banks have lashed out at a deposit insurance plan proposed by the government to protect depositors at smaller banks, saying it would penalise bigger banks and lead to higher service charges. "A deposit protection scheme may protect, but won't necessarily
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      Foreign banks in KL to discuss local participation
      268 7  -  By Kooi Cho Teng SINGAPORE The extent of local participation is likely to be one of the major issues discussed in Kuala Lumpur today by Malaysia's foreign banks preparing for local tion under the Banking and* Financial Institutions Act (Bafia) 1989. The
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      Lock icon Foreign banks in India deny role in stock scam
      508 7 Reuter AFP BOMBAY Citibank, a branch of Citicorp, and ANZ Grindlays Bank, a unit of ANZ Banking Group, have denied involvement in a securities scam that has sent Indian stock markets crashing in the past three weeks. "We strongly refute the
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  • THE REGION
    • NOTE BOOK
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        Viet plant set to produce trucks, vans
        101 8 TOKYO Vietnam's first automobile plant, backed by South Korean and Japanese capital, will begin knockdown production of trucks and vans next week, a company spokesman said yesterday. Hanoi-based Mekong Corp will start production on Wednesday, said the spokesman of Saeilo Machinery Japan Inc,
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        Thais set to sign Mexico pact
        93 8 BANGKOK Thailand is ready to sign a joint trade and investment cooperation agreement with Mexico, the Bangkok Post reported. Deputy Commerce Minister Pridiyathorn Devakula said the two countries had considered details of the agreement, including investment protection, and expected to sign an agreement soon.
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        Corruption fears in Vietnam
        101 8 HANOI Growing corruption in Vietnam could become a factor leading to political instability, the government's in-spector-general Nguyen Ky Cam said yesterday in an interview with the youth paper Tuoi. Six vice-ministers, 16 director-generals, and 13,000 company directors, chairmen and vice-chairmen have been charged with corruption in
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        N Korean nuclear plant charge
        98 8 TOKYO North Korea has completed and is ready to operate a nuclear reprocessing plant capable of extracting plutonium, a senior South Korean government official was quoted yesterday as saying. The Japanese daily Yomiuri Shimbun said it was the first time a senior Seoul official had
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      Australia beefs up presence in China
      334 8  -  Plan to set up diplomatic post in Guangdong From Florence Chong in SYDNEY WITH foreign investor interest in the booming Pearl River Delta mounting, Australia is planning to set up a diplomatic post in Guangdong in the latest of a series of moves to
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      Lock icon Foreign firms pouring into booming Guangdong
      256 8 AFP HONGKONG Increasing numbers of foreign firms, especially from Japan and South Korea, are moving into China's booming Guangdong province, following China's commitment to economic reform, a report said yesterday. He Xianxiang, an official in charge of the service centre for the Guangzhou Foreign
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      Lock icon Suharto calls on NAM to rethink its priorities
      376 8 AFP NUSA DUA, Indonesia Indonesian President Suharto called on the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) yesterday to revise its priorities realistically in order to facc the rapid political and economic changes in the international situation. "In facing both the opportunities and challenges subsumed in
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      Cambodia's ruling party dismisses talk of power struggle
      402 8  -  By Harish Mehta SINGAPORE The Viet-namese-installed regime in Phnom Penh has dismissed rumours of a power struggle within its ranks and urged party members to forge a united front ahead of elections likely to be held next year. Phnom Penh-based diplomats have
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      Bangkok urged to impose stiffer piracy penalties
      241 8 BANGKOK The American audio and video industries have urged the Thai government to introduce stiffer penalties for audio and video piracy, according to a report in the Bangkok Post. Quoting the Thailand director of the International Federation of The Phonographic Industry (Iftpi), Thienchai
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  • THE WORLD
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      Lock icon EC Commission ties global warming tax to US action
      393 9 Proposal comes under fire from Bonn Reuter r STRASBOURG The European Commission has proposed a global warming tax on energy in the EC but has linked its introduction to similar action by the US and other major partners. The linkage announced
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      Lock icon US, Mexico seen far apart on farm issues in Nafta talks
      338 9 Reuter WASHINGTON THE US and Mexico appear far apart on farm trade issues in the effort to establish a North American free trade zone, in spite of calls from both countries to wrap up the trade talks quickly, say
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      Lock icon EC and US clash over American govt contracts
      273 9 Reuter GENEVA The European Community and the US has clashed again on trade, this time over the question of opening up government contracts to foreign suppliers. EC-US trade disputes have soured normally close relations and jeopardised the conclusion of the Uruguay Round
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      Tank-full task
      33 9 NOCHTEN Germany Alone in a graveyard of metal, a man inspects one of about 1,300 tanks of the former East tanks, all of them Soviet-made, are destined for the scrapyard soon.
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      Lock icon Seoul jittery about reunification
      663 9 S Korea fears worse problems than those facing reunited Germany AFP SEOUL With its economic growing pains and its nascent democracy. South Korea fears it may face even greater problems than Germany when the time comes to reunite with the North. After initial enthusiasm prompted by
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      Lock icon April US output data expected to reflect slow growth
      443 9 Reuter NEW YORK American industrial production data due out today should fit the pattern of slow economic growth unfolding as the US drags itself out of recession. "The data we've gotten so far this week on prices and retail sales show
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    • WORLD WATCH
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        World Bank, Japan agree on two-step loans
        100 9 TOKYO The World Bank and Japan's Overseas Economic Cooperation Fund (OECF) have agreed on conditions for providing so-called two-step loans to developing countries, a senior OECF official told reporters. Isao Kubota, managing director of the OECF, said that the conditions for two-step loans
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        Palestinians assert right of return
        97 9 OTTAWA Palestinians on Wednesday asserted their "right of return during refugee talks in Ottawa. But Israel rejected the demand as a dagger aimed at its heart. Palestinian delegates invoked what they said was an inherent, natural right backed by the United Nations to return to
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        Rodney King: new trial sought
        118 9 LOS ANGELES The Los Angeles district attorney said on Wednesday he would ask a judge to order a new trial for one of the four white policemen acquitted in the beating of black motorist Rodney King, a verdict that touched off three days of rioting.
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        African growth of 3-3.5 pc seen
        93 9 DAKAR The African Development Bank (AfDB) projects a slight improvement in average real economic growth for Africa this year at 3.0-3.5 per cent, the Bank's vice-president, central operations, Ferhat Lounes said. Growth fell for the third year in a row last year, to 2.4
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        Snags threaten S African talks
        112 9 JOHANNESBURG Negotiators in the 19-party talks mapping South Africa's transition from white rule to multi-racial democracy said a working group was unable to reach agreement on Wednesday night on a body that would devise a constitution giving power to blacks. The group was to meet
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      805 9 BBL Bank Brussels Lambert Incorporated in Brigium (AM figures quoted in Belgian francs) Balance Sheet Consolidated Profit and Loss Account ASSrr5 30-9-9. MKT FVHO9-W FY .990 91 >«♦»««» Bankandthepostalg.ro 7 <,*, 113 573 7 702 169 346 a) salaries and other income svstem 7.6Z6. 113.5/J 7* 954 578 207 29,527,548,286
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    Jump-start productivity
    482 10 EDITORIAL IF YOU put a gun to an economist's head and ask him to say what the single most important thing that a country needs for sustained, long-term economic growth is, the answer is likely to be this: consistently high productivity growth. For Singapore companies, which have been
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  • WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
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      Let Asia be Asia
      315 10 SENIOR MINISTER Lee Kuan Yew s advice to the United States about not pushing China too hard on democracy and human rights touches a wider issue. While skewed temporarily by the Tiananmen incident, the politics of reformist China is part of what may be called an
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      Fighting piracy
      71 10 THE THREAT of piracy to commercial shipping in the region is becoming more serious. A more coordinated approached by the affected countries, especially Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia, is urgently needed. It is time for the governments concerned to seriously consider and implement calls by the Federation of Asean
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      Indecisive voters
      115 10 PRESIDENT Corazon Aquino's greatest contribution during her six years as president is in restoring "democracy". But this has not improved the life of the people and brought about progress for the nation. From the point of view of ordinary voters, putting up with a rather indecisive Mrs Aquino
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  • REGIONAL VIEWPOINTS
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      Encourage, not coerce
      161 10 ACCORDING to Finance Minister Anwar Ibrahim, the measures introduced to control inflation include raising the statutory reserves, a credit squeeze and curbing consumer spending. Such measures will not be popular with certain quarters who think their money is theirs to spend as they please. The government is
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      Mutual trust needed
      210 10 ONE of the main reasons which held back an early end to the weeklong anti-Suchinda protest is the fear, shared by the former Palang Darma Party leader Chamlong Srimuang and a large number of protesters, that the five pro-government parties may not honour the gentlemen's agreement on
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      Problem won't just go away
      127 10 AMERICAN reaction to yesterday's announcement of another stage of Hongkong's forced repatriation programme was predictable the Bush administration kept its head down, while Congressmen with immigrant constituents from Vietnam were loud in their condemnation of the deal between London and Hanoi to send back thousands
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    The legend who built the OCBC Group
    1661 10  -  Tan Chin Tuan may have given up his chairmanship of GE Life, but his presence will still be felt and missed. Yang Razali Kassim looks at the legacy he leaves behind at the OCBC Group Yang Razali Kassim Anecdotes about Tan Chin Tuan
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  • ANALYSIS
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      Lock icon War on bureaucracy the key to competitiveness
      888 11  -  Cutting overheads will help bottomline, cutting labour costs won't, says Thane Peterson Thane Peterson THROUGHOUT the 1980s, Corporate America whacked away at labour costs. It tamed unions, exacted givebacks, and laid off millions of hourly workers. Yet, multitudes of US companies still can't
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      When push comes to shove
      1451 11  -  Catherine Ong, BT's Hongkong Correspondent, sizes up the big guns in the battle for UK's Midland Bank Catherine Ong THE battle lines have been drawn. The knives are out as the takeover tussle for UK's Midland Bank breaks out into open hostilities. It's all-out war
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      HSBC defends global banking strategy
      616 11 THE deputy chairman of the Hongkongßank said the group's global banking strategy was different from that pursued by other international banks during the *****. In an interview recently, John Gray noted that US banks, in particular, went overseas at a time when banks were not
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      730 12 IfciiiiiMftHiingßMteAßlld. where to wine, dine OF if 7 —r K« iriketi' Fest Cafe Plaza H I 3t TfCatf Tuck into wholesome hawker fare and Ml' Hrtl i I indulge in local E 33) dishes like nasi Padang, Bak Kut Teh I and Rojak, plus a range of tempting Menu changes
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      298 12 I! Play Happy I really easy once you know I ~W I what we have in store for you and I 5 your family at The Stables. A I 1r y super family buffet that'll delight I I J J even the tiniest of tots. So come I I on
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      705 12 TELEVISION AND RADIO —<——•— -m J 1.10 Chwe. MliiCM--Mn(fear BUSINESS ON RADIO Meat is murder m 12.00 MN* Close. 5.55 AM Opening followed by the World Business Report Cordon Lighton (C). Programme Summary Symphony 92 4, 92.4 mHz ill VHF Menu for Murder, 10.45pm, SBC 5 "1' 800 giSo The
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  • LIFESTYLE
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      Lock icon Can a priest make good at Cannes?
      559 13  -  Jonathan Demme's offering at this year's Cannes film festival is a documentary about a preacher in Harlem a far cry from his Oscar-winning Silence of the Lambs. Here he tells Andrew Gumbel why he made Cousin Bobby Andrew Gumbel Reuter OSCAR award winner
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      Robert Reed, 59, dies of colon cancer
      547 13 CHATTERBOX ROBERT REED, the stern but loving model father of TV's The Brady Bunch, died from colon cancer, his family has announced. He was 59. He died on Tuesday at Huntington Memorial Hospital. The Brady Bunch debuted on Sept 26, 1969, and ran
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      265 13 AND ENTERTAIN Ridlets Be a member of Ridley's and enjoy these I exclusive privileges: I 25% off all bottles I 10% off all drinks after happy hours I a 10% discount at the Hubertus Grill and I Cafe-in-the-Park I and many more special privileges. I Plus a welcome package of
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      73 13 *==s^==* i'pin 11 Complimentary Birthday Cake (Booking Hn m advanrnl [j^f] W® lobster Salad w/Fresh Fiut Red l«h wfSoya Bean Cm* mm Shark s Ft) wtSalad Clwken Season Vegetal* w'Panf* Clam I' „j J§|| Pork Rihs *1 Pmeappte •Pu Tien fried noocftjs 9 Click en in 3 flavours Mango with
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      16 13 Only SEEDLESS CHtLLIES are used in our FISH HEAD specialty. IAMBUAH 2 I Indonesian Restaurant s
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  • FOCUS
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      Lock icon The great big blank out
      1199 14 In spite of efforts to produce machines with their own brands, most Taiwanese computer makers cannot break into the international market and end up just making goods for the big names in the industiy. TAIWAN'S Tatung Corp saw the handwriting on the wall a few
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      199 14 I Tbnimy Armour Silver Scot 845s I Now the hottest iron in the U.S.A. 500% Growth in Sales irom 1989 to FREE TRIAL 1991 the highest among all brands 7-day free trial!* in the Golf Digest U.S.A. Survey 1991. 375% Growth in the number oi people FRE£>PUTTER who say they
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  • SPORTS
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      Lock icon Italians seek another comeback
      526 15 America's Cup Reuter SAN DIEGO America 3 is hard to catch, but Italy's II Mora di Venezia has made a habit of coming from behind. Despite being down two races to one, with today's race looming as a virtual must-win in the best-of-seven America's Cup finals,
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      Lock icon All Couples wanted to do was play golf
      429 15 Reuter DALLAS Fred Couples, overwhelmed by the demands on his time since winning the Masters and looking ahead to next month's United States Open, will take a three-week break after the Byron Nelson Classic, which begins today. "I worked really hard up
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      Lock icon LeMond inches closer to leader in Tour
      292 15 Reuter HOT SPRINGS. Virginia Australian Phil Anderson won his second stage in a furious downhill sprint finish and American Greg LeMond inched closer to overall leader Stephen Swart of New Zealand in the rainy seventh stage of the Tour Du Pont cycle race
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    • SIDE LINES
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        French authorities oust top Corsican official
        104 15 PARIS The French government yesterday forced the top Corsican official from his post and fired his chief aide while a judge charged four more people following last week's collapse of a stadium grandstand that killed 13 people. Since the May 5 accident at the
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        Mighty Ajax does it
        89 15 AMSTERDAM Ajax became only the second club to have won all three European competitions by holding Torino to a 0-0 draw in the second leg of the UEFA Cup final on Wednesday. The goal-less draw gave the Dutch victory on the away goals rule following a
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        In good shape
        130 15 MADRID Four of the world's top five ranked golfers put finishing touches on their preparation for the U*****,000 Spanish Open, set to begin today, as tournament officials scrambled to get things ready after a last-minute course change. Nick Faldo of England and lan Woosnam of Wales will
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        No more feet of clay
        98 15 ROME Pete Sampras is starting to feel at home on clay at least the Rome version. The winner of the US Open (hard surface) in 1990, Sampras has reached the 16th round in the US$l.4 million Italian Open, further than he's ever gotten in the
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        Oh mummy, what a row!
        141 15 BARCELONA The row over a mummified Botswanan tribal chief which threatens to provoke an African boycott of this summer's Olympics here refuses to die down. Local authorities in the town of Banyoles. due to host the Olympic rowing events this summer, continue to resist International
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      89 15 THE MANDARIN SINGAPORE NORTHWEST AIRLINES present MICHAEL FRANKS YELLOWJACKETS -i• C H|/ Sm•%%p s > y J^BT gifo 4 Rare is the all round performer. Rarer still one who spins audial poetry in a musical landscape that teems with romantic ballads tempered by soulful latin rhythm. For one night only,
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      592 15 busines Toll-fr®» Tel No: 737-0043 Fax No: 734 3698 ■V BANK NIAGA (Incorporated In Th» Republic Of Won#iii) Cayman Wand* Branch U.S. $37,000,000.00 Negotiable Floating Rate Certificate of Deposit Maturity Date May, 1994 In accordance with the provisions of the Certificates of Deposit, notice is hereby given that for the
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    NUCLEUS — giving businesses the communication edge
    638 16 NUCLEUS giving businesses the communication edge The liberalisation of the telecommunications equipment market in Singapore has fostered the growth of a diverse and competitive market projected to be worth more than $300 million in the next five years. Faced with the daunting variety of telecommunications equipment available, enter Nucleus, a
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    You name it, we've got it
    1287 16 WHEN Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone several short decades ago, little did he know that he had spawned a Medusanstyle creation whose manyfaceted derivatives society would become so dependant on. Indeed when it comes to choice, the hotly-contested battle for the shopper's dollar
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    Reliability: tried and tested by Telecom Equipment
    497 16 NUCLEUS' key strength in an increasingly competitive telecommunications landscape is arguably its backbone maintenance service. A pool of some 300 dedicated professionals who between them share a wealth of experience in the telecommunications field represent the lynchpin to the smooth operation of Telecom
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      220 17 TO MAKE YOUR BUSINESS MORE PROFITABLE, YOU'LL HAVE TO MOVE IN THE RIGHT CIRCLE. The circle is Nucleus. The new it, ISDN capable Nucleus standard in business commu- is for choice: Nucleus has a nications. In fact, it's the only complete range. Seven constandard, we'd suggest, that figurations of fax,
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  • STOCK EXCHANGE OF SINGAPORE 1
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      Sesdaq counters help bourse shake off lethargy
      3268 18  -  By Joseph Rajendran SINGAPORE'S under-rated Sesdaq counters grabbed the spotlight yesterday, though activity on the main board was equally energetic, helping the local bourse shrug ofT its week-long lethargy. The UOB-Sesdaq Index gained 3.03 points to close at 60.79. The sentiment spilled over
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      Lock icon HOT STOCK
      67 18  -  By Anthony Pang Comment CSA Holdings bottomed out at 90 cents in early April. The 13week RSI has been strengthening since, confirming the uptrend on the price chart. However, both the 5-day and 5week stochastics are approaching overbought levels, pointing to a correction soon. Past support around $1.10
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    STOCK EXCHANGE OF SINGAPORE 2
    3005 19 OCBC Foreign 1250 20 +1.6% Amcol 25* 248 +16 +6.9% FAN 1000 +15 +1.5% Semb Shipyard 835 +15 1.8% City Dev 50» 412 +12 +3.0% C&C 655 +10 +1.6% DBS Foreign 1360 +10 +0.7% First Capital 210 +10 +5.0% Keppel Corpn 810 +10 +1.2% S
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    STOCK EXCHANGE OF SINGAPORE 3
    2920 20 MCB Hldgs SO* 99 +9Vj +10.6% Perlis Plant 525 +5 +1.0% Tongkah Hldgs 102 +4 +4.1% Uniphoenix 123 +4 +3.4% Cons Plant 50* 143 3 2.1% Uniphone Tel 276 *-3 +1.1% PJ Dev Hldgs 90 2Vj +2.9% Golden Plus H 103 +2 +2.0% High Low
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      240 20 BUSINESS TIMES Toll free Tel No: 737 0043 Fax No: 734 3608 OFFICIAL NOTICE We, Merit Shipping Pte Lid of 460 Alexandra Road. No. 25-04 PSA Building. Singapore 0511, hereby give notice that in consequence of the intended purchase of the undermentioned vessel, we have applied to the Registrar of
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      232 20 IN THE MATTER Of THE COMPANIES ACT. CAP. SO ANO IN THE MATTER Of VIKING ASIA SHIPPING PTE LTD ll— (in mtfTiDtn vwunury Liquidation) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to Section 306(1) of the Companies Act. Chapter SO. that a Final General Meeting of the abovenamed Company will be heW
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      285 20 IN THE MATTER Of THE COMPANIES ACT. CHAPTER 50 EMBETTE ENTERPRISES PTE LTD (In Members' Voluntary Liquidation) NOTICE OF RESOLUTION NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that at an Extraordinary General Meeting of Members of EMBETTt ENTERPRISES PTE. LTO. duly convened and held at 4158 Jaian Besar, Singapore 0620 on 7th May
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      241 20 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. SO SANKEN SINGAPORE PTE LTD MEMBERS' VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company deemed to be held on 8 May 1992 the following special resolution was duty passed: "That the Company be wound up voluntarily and that Lim Hock
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  • KUALA LUMPUR STOCK EXCHANGE
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      Lock icon Investors focus interest on selected stocks
      5183 21 Bernama SHARE prices finished mixed in increased trading yesterday. Some institutional activities were noted but generally, the market still lacked incentives to trigger rampant bar-gain-hunting activity after the decline over the past three straight days. Dealers said sellers haggled with cautious bargainhunters who focused
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  • BT SHARE INFORMATION SERVICE
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      RESULTS FORECAST
      396 22 Mm lori Last Fal Year Precast Mt Net MM EPS mmet tear EPS Crass pre* JjgJ *JJ*| p-T PaiM last jr (cts) (I'M!) <*■> (ct,) SM F May 20 War 92 143 2 40 0 912.800 9869-***** 1539-184 0 Metre NMgi F lun 13 Mar 92 110 30
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      OTHER RESULTS DUE
      610 22 MM BmN Te w !LX S 1 iKt JNT (S$^§§) EMS Final Nov 6 Jul 91 3 0TE 17 lads M Final Apr 30 Jan 92 Of** Final May 6 Mar 92 45 33 6.032 5r EL SB 52 «:5 Er ST KS SS nG 18 «5S
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      PRELIMINARY RESULTS
      283 22 Company Date Ymr Grwp pre-tax Met earnings 6re*s hi to pr«m/lm (L) per Uare dividend ('••0) (c«rts) Metroptex May 11 Jan 92 l*$35.899(528.160 2 8(2 2 6(6) Promet May 8 Dec 91 M$22.036($2.777l) 35(-) Venture Mfg May 7 Dec 91 $4,495(12.530) 5(3«> -<-> M Credit May 6 Mar
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      INTERIM RESULTS
      347 22 Company Date Half-year Group pre-tax totertai ana to profit/lots (L) dividend COM) Goodwood Park May 7 Mar 92 $20.643($14,753) 45(35) H Msia May 7 Mar 92 $4,445(1313) 20(5) SPH Apr 24 Feb 92 $123,204(1110.396) 10(8) Times Pub Apr 20 Feb 92 $18,782(125,132) 4(4) New World Apr 1 Dec
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      DIVIDENDS ANNOUNCED
      1597 22 Currant Ex Mis Date Total to Tttal to My*—* M> doM paphto tka y«ar last yMr Aon, 5* Kin 5 Jun 18 Jul 2 122* 10%TE Anno 20c 12 5*TE Mar 3 Mar 13 May 15 175%TE 12 5*TE B Raya 1* km 24 Jul 8 Jul 20
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      PROPOSED ISSUES
      576 22 Company Rights Issue tfanct Tech QnHorone SI 00 per share CASH Three-toHwo fe MSO 50 per shaft QIC Bank Onefortwo (a, W1 25 pef share Golden Hape Onfrtor six fe MSI 50 per share H Lang M Two-for-five <g, M$3 35 per share Issue of $28 07in 51
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      COMPANY MEETINGS
      106 22 Hotel Negara Ltd: 24th AGM at Mandarin Court A, 4th Floor, Main Wing, The Mandarin Singapore, 333 Orchard Road, Singapore 0923, on Friday, May 15, at 10am COL Hotels International Lt± 3rd AGM at Room 2803, 28th Floor, Great Eagle Centre, 23 Harbour Road, Wanchai, Hongkong, on Friday,
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      SCRIPLESS CONVERSIONS
      51 22 Conversion Special Trdj Scripiess Conversion deadline Period Trading Company starts (IDP) (ST) starts Gold Coin May 12 Jun 8 {"I 1 23 Keppel Finance Jun 10 Jul 1 Jun 19 Jul I Jul 2 COL Apr 30 May 22 May 11 May 22 May 25 Footnote: indicates proposed
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      AUDITED RESULTS
      399 22 Ul Securities May 11 Dec 91 $1 836($291L) 19(-) 4(4) CS May 7 Dec 91 $10,451 ($6 6111) 20 9(—» 6(135) Inchcape May 4 Dec 91 M$53.822($66 683 32 9(40 20(32 51) DBS land Apr 30 Dec 91 $50 908<$30 9 78 7 9(4 8 5(4) Keppel Corpn
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      CORPORATE DEVELOPMENTS
      229 22 M ay 12 DBS Land Ltd is interested to develop two major property sites in Vietnam's Ho Chi Minh City. Plans for the two sites include hotels, offices. condominiums and shopping complexes. ~.1 in Cycle Carriage Ltd and Hotel Properties Ltd have been succepful in taking over control
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      SUBSTANTIAL SHAREHOLDER/DIRECTOR TRANSACTIONS
      652 22 stoek sr sr- sssu-. sr "-I Sto r* s- a Swens 11/05/92 COM DBS Nominees DBS J"* I 3 079 300 2 040 119 imM JjJ 3,709.300 927 Swens 11/05/92 COPl DBS Nominees «B* B 3.079.300 2.040.119 Puma 11/05/92 Chengs Investment Co Ltd (Jersey) Cheng K"W>8 J
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      APPROVED ISSUES
      131 22 Company Rights Issue Keppef France One for four (a, SI 10 per share Ex<tate May 25 Books close km 4 Acceptance Payment NYA Company Bonus Issue Amcd One foc three Ei-date NYA Books dose NYA Keppef France Oneto four Ei-date May 25 Books dose lun 4 Company Others
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      RECORD HIGHS & LOWS
      129 22 RECORD HIGHS LOWS 5L!ir p#^£ x <N, M2 > < W i«» i£ is S3 ss -s <8»8 IS!!?" n??S M6/1/9 i* 1 1149 08 < 16/1/91) 21 S !S« fi/7/90 1607 12 < 27 3/90) 121? /m5u/2 1990 low: *****0 (11/10/90) !2L?L. I«S« H6 /90 1607.12 (27/3/90) M-tm hijlv
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      MORGAN STANLEY CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL INDICES
      355 22 In local ctirr In S$ In US$ dy >t dy yr dy yr 13 Index chge chge chge chge chgc chge World 400 5 0.4 -1.9 0.4 -3.5 0.8 -4.5 ♦F\FE ...485.2 0.4 -3.4 1.0 -6.2 1.4 -7.2 Vurooe Z_. 456.5 0.0 11.0 0.1 7.0
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  • STOCK EXCHANGE OF THAILAND
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      Lock icon Stocks end lower ahead of protest rally
      1571 23 Reuter SHARE prices declined for a third consecutive day with investors worried about opposition calls for a big rally against Prime Minister Suchinda Kraprayoon this weekend, brokers said. The SET index closed 3.31 points down at 727.96 on a thin turnover of 2.49
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  • JAKARTA STOCK EXCHANGE
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      Lock icon Stocks gain ground in fairly active trade
      1210 23 STOCK prices rose in fairly active trade yesterday, bringing the official index 0.66 point up to 290.24, brokers said. Total turnover jumped to 8.13 million shares from Wednesday's 3.96 million. Cigarette company Sampoerna closed 50 rupiah higher at 2,950 with 467,500 shares traded.
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      2645 24 Reuter STOCKS closed barely higher yesterday. A strong yen pushed the Nikkei Average above 19,000 for one brief minute in morning trade, but profit-taking pulled prices back down. The market may need fresh incentives to advance from here, but rising turnover was turning sentiment bullish,
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      2735 24 Reuter AFTER three days of record high finishes, Hongkong stocks closed easier yesterday as rumours that Hutchison Whampoa would make a rights or bond issue prompted profit-taking, analysts said. "That rumour started before lunch and the market has dropped this much purely on
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      2159 25 UPI PRICES closed modestly lower on the Sydney Stock Exchange yesterday amid profit-taking, mainly in the media sector, brokers said. At the close of trading, the All Ordinaries Index was down 3 points to 1,679.7, after rising nearly 20 points in the past two days.
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  • REGIONAL STOCK MARKETS
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        MANILA
        486 25 SHARE prices ended at their highest level for the year and there was heavy profit-taking yesterday, brokers said. The Manila Stock Exchange composite index rose 9.31 points to close at 1,337.35 from Wednesday's 1,328.04, the previous highest for 1992. The market is closing in on the all-time high of
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        SEOUL
        803 25 A cross-the-board selling in the afternoon pushed Seoul stocks down in moderate trading yesterday, brokers said. "Despite early morning gains on the strength of low-priced shares, customer deposits continued to slip away. That sent a chill to the market," said Kim Duck Sun of Hyundai Securities. Brokers believe the
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        TAIPEI
        555 25 STOCKS finished lower yesterday, partly on fears that the strong Taiwan dollar would hurt export industries, but brokers said some investors had re-en-tered the market and there was a chance for gains in coming days. The weighted index, after wavering in positive territory for most of the session, finished
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        BOMBAY
        177 25 SHARE prices rebounded after the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) banned short sales in 85 leading shares on Wednesday, brokers said. "There was wide-spread short covering," said broker Anand Diwan. "Sellers took a day ofT." The BSE Index recovered 344.76 points, or 11.17 per cent, to 3,431.13. The National Index
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        INDICES & TURNOVER
        50 25 INDICES TURNOVER Owe yAim A May 14 Composite Index 1.337.35 1.328.04 +9.31 Turnover (mil pesos) 772 527.8 244.2 TAIPEI Weighted Price Index 4.300.60 4,326.38 -25.78 Turnover (NTS billion) 208 16.7 +4.1 SEOUL Composite Stock Index 587.56 592.29 -4.73 Turnover (billion won) 327.80 325.02 +2.78 NEW ZEALAND NZSE-40 Capital unav 1,509.15
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        147 25 New Zealand May 14 NZ Cents Vol( OO) ANZ Banking 625 unch 75 Bank Of NZ 73 +1 2910 Ba\corp 19 unch 1000 Bnerlev Inv 105 2 ***** Carter Holt 268 +10 ***** Cavalier 307 7 2499 Ceramco 307 7 1656 Corp ln\ 43 4 4565 Cultus Pet Donaghys 260
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  • WORLD STOCK MARKETS
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        1122 26 BLUE CHIP stocks rose slightly on Wednesday and the broader market was mixed as investors debated whether the Federal Reserve would cut interest rates to spur the economy. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 6.86 points to close at 3,391.98. Winning issues topped losers by a slim margin
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        LONDON
        676 26 SHARE prices on the London Stock Exchange closed slightly lower on Wednesday as the market steadied after recent profit-taking and record highs. The blue-chip FTSE-100 index closed down 1.9 points at 2,720.5 points. The narrower Financial Times 30 index was down 2.6 points to 2,136.2 points. Trading volume was
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        FRANKFURT
        264 26 A LACK of follow-up orders and posi-tion-squaring ahead of the expiry of options contracts left German shares mixed in quiet trade on Wednesday. The 30-share DAX index fell 1.74 points to 1,749.42 after having spent the session in a lifeless seven point range between 1,747.92 and 1,754.91. "There's no
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        AMSTERDAM
        163 26 SHARES closed a moderately active session mixed on Wednesday with scattered risers offsetting losses among some of the bourse's bigger names. "The market held fairly steady in the face of dollar weakness and profit-tak-ing pressure," said one dealer. The 25share EOE index finished 0.44 points or 0.14 per cent
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        PARIS
        240 26 MILD profit-taking took the wind out of French blue chips on Wednesday as the Paris bourse continued consolidating after its recent runup and buyers turned more selective. The CAC-40 index, which rose as much as 0.47 per cent in late morning trade, succumbed to modest, late afternoon selling pressure,
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        MILAN
        201 26 SHORT-COVERING kept Italian shares stable on Wednesday in mainly technical trading ahead of today's closure of the monthly account, brokers said. "It was a technical market, with some blue chips putting up some resistance," one operator said. Olivetti and Pirelli were in the limelight. The computer maker, which reported
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        ZURICH
        283 26 SWISS shares ended a moderately active session slightly higher on Wednesday. Brokers said banks and insurers saw some buying interest, while most chemicals and industrials ended the day a touch lower. The All-Share SPI index ended 1.2 points higher at 1,212.7 and the SMI index of leading shares rose
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        STOCKHOLM
        97 26 PRICES on the Stockholm bourse were mixed in trendless trade on Wednesday, with gains for Ericsson shares lifting the top-16 blue-chip index, dealers said. Dealers described trade as cautious after sharp gains in the past week. "I see no real trend," one dealer said. The All-Share index was down
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        TORONTO
        361 26 PRICES in Toronto stocks slumped late in the day with moderate losses in bank and utilities on Wednesday, dealers said. Banks dropped on rising nervousness that Olympia York is having trouble with its debt restructuring process and faces the seizure of several assets. The TSE 300 closed down 23.7
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        BRUSSELS
        177 26 SHARES ended flat to lower after a day of light trading on Wednesday led by oil major Petrofina. Dealers said they were surprised by an apparent trend towards cyclical industrial stocks. "There is still a crisis in the cyclical stocks," said one trader, adding: "Investment is a bit of
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        JOHANNESBURG
        455 26 RAND HEDGE shares led the declines in quiet trade on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange on Wednesday as the market eased after the bull run of the past two weeks. Dealers said the market was expected to continue weak with the stronger financial rand foreign investment unit and the easier
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        INDICES & TURNOVER
        75 26 INDICES TURNOVER May 13 Owe I Preriow NEW YORK Dow Jones 3,391.98 3,385.12 6.86 SAP 500 416.45 416.29 +0.16 Turnover (million) 171.6 192.8 -21.2 LONDON Financial Times 30 2,136.2 2,138.8 -2.6 FTSE 100 2.720.5 2.722.4 -1.9 Turnover (million) 543.5 539.8 3.7 FRANKFURT DAX Index 1,749.42 1,751.16 -1.74 AMSTERDAM EOE Index
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  • CURRENCY, MONEY & FUTURES MARKETS
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      Greenback closes higher against mark and yen in Tokyo
      1162 27 REPORTS TOKYO: The US dollar yesterday ended higher against the mark and the yen from New York closings after firming before the close on short-covering. But its sentiment remains weak after its recent sharp declines, dealers said. "Without any incentives, short-cov-ering
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      FINANCIAL FUTURES
      1380 27 SIMEX EURODOLLAR Open High Low Sett Est Vol Act/Vol Op/Int c Jun 92 96.08 Sep 92 95.79 Dec 92 95.17 Mar 93 94.99 Jun 93 94.45 Sep 93 93.96 Dec 93 93.39 Mar 94 93.24 Jun 94 Sep 94 Dec 94 Mar 95 Jun 95 Sep 95 Dec
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      INTERBANK FOREX RATES
      371 27 Cross rates May 14 USS SS MS Dm Yen SFr AS NZS uss 1.6380 2.5200 1.6120 0.5491 1.4820 1.3245 1.8727 ss 0.6105 1.5385 0.9841 0.9048 0.8086 1.1433 0.3968 0.65 0.6397 51.5079 0.2179 0.5881 0.5256 0.7431 Dm 0.6203 1.0161 1.5633 80.52 0.3407 0.9194 0.8217 1.1617 Yen 0.0077 0.0126
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      534 27 May 14 ISS Bid Offer 7 davs 3 3/4 3 7/8 I mth 3 3/4 3 7/8 3 mth 3 3/4 3 7/8 6 mth 3 IS/16 4 1/16 12 mth 4 3/8 4 1/2 Bid Offer 7 davs 9 13/16 9 15/16 1 mth 10 1/16 10
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      Lock icon French franc's rally nears EMS pivot rate
      478 27 Reuter PARIS The French franchas jumped to within a stone's throw of its EMS pivot rate against the mark for the first time in 18 months a dream come true for its longtime champion. Prime Minister Pierre Beregovoy. However, economists do not expect
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      Lock icon Indon coffee farmers raise production despite falling prices
      732 28 FT JAKARTA A chart spread the length of the lobby wall of the Association of Indonesian Coffee Exporters logs the demise of the world price for Indonesia's robusta coffee from 1985. With London robusta contracts languishing at 22-year lows, space on the
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      KL tin price unchanged, LME's up US$10
      787 28 REPORTS THE PRICE of tin remained unchanged from Wednesday's close of MS 15.05 per kg on the Kuala Lumpur Tin Market yesterday. Despite a US$lO rise on the overnight London Metal Exchange, dealers said market players were reluctant to take new positions and
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    1527 28 Rubber Ma> m f 11 1 1 Noon Close p Int 1 RSS Prompt Int 1 KSS Juno 92 Int 1 RSS Jul\ Int 2 RSS OP Int .1 RSS OP Int 4 RVS OP Int 5 RSS OP 140 75/141.75N 140 75/141 25 140.50/***** 141.00/I42.00N 140.54VI4I.50N 1 38.IKV1
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    1356 29 C*y Flight ETA FW ETD AhaOhahi GA970 2035 MaiaMa QF81 1955 mm ■EE eBSM KZ 311 H nun ii RJ182 1440 RJ183 2340 AflKtOT^MI KL837 1255 SQ24 0115 SQ323 1815 KL838 2240 AtfcMS SQ348 23 00 Andiimd NZ35 SQ288 8A12 1550 2030 2200 SQ285 NZ36 2115
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      Czars' jewels bring hope
      482 29  -  POSTCARD FROM ST PETERSBURG By Edith Lederer DIAMONDS, rubies and sapphires that sparkled when the last czars ruled Russia returned to their palace on Wednesday, casting a fleeting shimmer of opulence over the gloom of St Petersburg. The jewels of Cartier, symbol of a bygone era,
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      FOREIGN CURRENCY NOTE RATES
      151 29 As at 3pm yesterday: Local dollars to one unit of foreign currency Currencies Bid Offer Australian dollar 1.2305 1.2475 Canadian dollar 1.3482 1.3755 NZ dollar 0.8650 0.8827 Sterling pound 2.9685 3.0095 US dollar 1.6330 1.6420 Local dollars to 100 units of foreign currency Austrian schilling 14.25
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      WORLD TRADE EXHIBITIONS
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      431 29 BUSINESS_TIM^ES Toll free Tel No: 737 0043 Fax No: 734 3698 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP 50 IN THE MATTER OF SEAM ENGINEERING PTE LTD (M maw VOLUNTARY —1 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN tiat at an Extaoidkiary General Meelng ol M Company was convened and held al
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      167 29 Singapore Outlook: Showers over several areas in the late morning and early afternoon. Report Maximum temperature 31.5 Assoc humidity 72% Minimum temperature 24.5 Assoc humidity 95% Hours of sunshine 3.65 Rainfall in mm 0.5 Rainfall this month 45.9 Rainy days this month 8 World report Asia-Pacific Hi/Lo* Cond. Auckland 15/10
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    Excitement mounts as Santiago, Ramos do battle
    499 30  -  Philippine election From Al O Labita and Evangeline Gamboa EMOTIONS ran high in the Philippine capital yesterday as conflicting reports on who was leading the presidential race surfaced. Various unofficial tallies put former trial court judge Miriam Defensor Santiago in the lead, while
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    Lock icon Unemployment claims in US up by 10,000
    162 30 Reuter WASHINGTON Initial claims for state unemployment benefits rose by 10,000 to 424,000 in the week ended May 2, the US Labour Department said yesterday, reflecting the fragile state of the economic recover). The running four-week average of new filings viewed as a
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    Lock icon Congress' MFN plan may penalise Chinese state firms
    340 30 South China Morning Post HONGKONG China s government-owned businesses would be singled out for US sanctions under a new plan being considered by lawmakers in Washington who want to link trade with Beijing's human rights and arms control behaviour. The US Congress
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    Lock icon German public workers reject pay deal
    455 30 Reuter, IHT STUTTGART German public scctor workers have rejected a compromise pay deal their leaders hammered out last week to end their 11-day strike, the OeTV union announced yesterday. In a new bid to head off the first strike in the engineering sector in
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    Lock icon Thai political crisis hits business at major hotels
    357 30 AFP BANGKOK Thailand's major hotels arc losing hundreds of clients because of massive street demonstrations amid a still unresolved political crisis, hoteliers said yesterday. The tourist industry, already hard hit by the recession in the West and other negative factors, would take
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    Lock icon Indon ruling party urges end to Suharto's special powers
    383 30 Reuter JAKARTA Indonesia's ruling party has called for the end of sweeping powers given to President Suharto 26 years ago in a move which political analysts say reflects the country's coming of age. "Our society is getting more mature. (The ruling
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    Lock icon British jobless at 4-year high
    212 30 AFP LONDON Unemployment in Britain rose by 42,600 in April from March to 2.695 million, the highest level for more than four years, official seasonally-ad-justed figures showed yesterday. This raised the unemployment rate to 9.5 per cent of the workforce from 9.4 per cent. Unemployment
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    Lock icon Focus on recovery and jobs at OECD
    562 30 Japan, Germany to face pressure at meeting of industrial powers AFP —I PARIS Japan and Germany could facc some pressure for bolder steps to support a recovery that is slowly picking up momentum, but leading industrial powers will maintain the basic thrust ol
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      NOL keeps fleet young with latest vessel sale
      380 31  -  By Rahita Elias NATIONAL CARRIER Neptune Orient Lines (NOL) has sold its oldest multi-pur-pose vessel, Neptune 1 urquoise, for $5.3 million in line with its strategy of maintaining a young fleet. At a financial seminar held on Tuesday, NOL chief operating officer
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      K-Line, Gemartrans tie up to offer new service
      376 31  -  Joint venture to serve Vietnam and North Asia By Dexter Lee SINGAPORE Hongkongbased Gemartrans (Asia) Co Ltd has struck a deal with Japanese major Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd (K-Line) to offer a joint containership service between Vietnam and North Asia. The new
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      INDEX TO SHIPPING LINES AND FREIGHT FORWARDERS
      1163 31 Page Col ABC Containerline 12 1 Accord Group 8 1-3 Ahrenkiel Liner 16 4 Allied-Link 16 4/5 Alpha feeders 18 3 Anglo Orient 16 1/2 ANI. 3 1/2 APL 5 3-5 A cWarehousing 15 5 Arrow Int 9 2 Asian Break-Bulk 16 4
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      Lock icon Bill to bar subsidised ships passed
      157 31 Reuter WASHING TON The US House has approved a bill that would bar new ships built with subsidies in foreign shipyards from calling at US ports. The vote was 339-78, well in excess of the two-thirds majority required to override a threatened presidential veto.
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      Wilhelmsen shifts regional office from HK to S'pore
      266 31  -  By Ramesh Divyanathan SINGAPORE Wilhelmsen Lines, an Oslo-based shipping line has moved its regional office from Hongkong to Singapore, reflecting the increasing importance of the South-cast Asian region to Northern Europe. The line's general manager Per Stensli, (explaining the reason for the
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      Lock icon Tycoon urges Taiwan to have direct sea links with China
      302 31 AP TAIPEI Taiwan's most prominent tycoon has urged the government to open direct sea links with selected Chinese ports to facilitate Taiwanese investment on the mainland, local media reported on Wednesday. Wang Yung-ching, chairman of the Formosa Plastics Group. Taiwan's
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        A boost for Sabah Shipyard
        46 31 SABAH SHIPYARD is now in better shape than it has ever been in its 20-year history. New capital and new blood are being injected into it. Rahita Klias lakes a look at the expansion plans of the once-ailing yard Page 2
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        Australian Airlines may tie up with foreign firm
        37 31 AUSTRALIA'S governmentowned domestic carrier Australian Airlines would like to fly internationally but may opt for an alliance with a foreign airline to ease costs, the airline said Back Page
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        Qatar and Chubu sign 25-year LNG deal
        41 31 QATAR on Wednesday signed a 25-year deal to supply four million tonnes pef year of liquefied natural gas to Japan's Chubu Electric Power Co from its vast offshore North Field gas reservoir Back Page
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        Fuel shortage sparks riots in Nigeria
        35 31 NIGERIAN authorities closed Lagos university and deployed large numbers of police in the city early yesterday after riots sparked by fuel shortages reportedly left three people dead Back Page
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        TWA to lease planes in summer
        53 31 CARL C Icahn. the chairman and chief executive of Trans World Airlines, has found what he hopes is a solution to one of the perennial problems of the nation's carriers how to avoid a glut of idle aircraft when traffic falls off in the
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        French dock workers on streets as debate opens
        104 32 MARSEILLE, France French dock workers took to the streets as parliament began debate on a Bill to scrap 45-year-old working practices in the country's ports. Union leaders said nearly all the 8,300 registered dockers continued to follow a one-week strike that started
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        Mail to Cambodia, Vietnam
        46 32 SINGAPORE Mail services from Singapore to Cambodia and Vietnam will resume today. Air surface letter and parcel mail services will be available to Cambodia, while surface parcel mail service will resume in Vietnam, according to a statement from Singapore Post Pte Ltd.
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        China to buy 10 Fokker jets
        77 32 HONGKONG China will buy 10 Dutch-built Fokker FlOO passenger aircraft as a reward for the Netherlands suspending the sale of US$2.7 billion (554.4 billion) worth of submarines to Taiwan, a weekly magazine said yesterday. The US$273 million contract was the first instalment of nearly
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        One killed in ship explosion
        64 32 LONDON An explosion on board the combination carrier Lady Sky, during repairs at Perama, Greece has killed one person and injured one other so far, Lloyd's Shipping Intelligence said. No more information has been released by the port authorities. The 154,900-dwt Lady Sky, which is
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        ANZ wins inflight shop award
        80 32 SINGAPORE Air New Zealand has won an international award for its inflight duty-free service, trumping the run-ner-up award it received last year for its Skyshop. America's Onboard Services magazine has given its 1992 Best Inflight Duty Free award to the carrier mainly because of its
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        Sub commander charged
        116 32 LONDON The commander of a British nuclear submarine has been charged with negligence over the sinking of a trawler in which four fishermen were killed, the Defence Ministry said yesterday. A spokesman said Lieutenant Commander Peter McDonnell, who was in command of the submarine Trenchant at the
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      A new lease of life
      1163 32  -  Sabah Shipyard is now in better shape than it has ever been in its 20-year history. New capital and new blood are being injected into it. Rahita Elias takes a look at the expansion plans of the once-ailing yard Rahita Elias Malaysia's Sabah Shipyard is
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      VERITAS BUNKER QUALITY REPORT
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      THE SHIPPING GUIDE
      13069 40 This is a list of ships loading n u at Singapore tor ports around the world. It tabulates, by destination, the name of the B im ship, the shipping line in- Aha volved and the estimated l>jn dates of arrival and departure from the Port of Singapore.
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        AT CONVENTIONAL WHARVES
        641 47 Vessel Voy No Berth Arrival Departue Vassal Voy No Barth Armi Departure Marina Terminal 1 Batam Maiu *****2 M04 alongside 15 05 2300 Batam Murni *****2 M04 alongside 14 05 2300 Brastagi 1 19.92 M02 alongside 1505/2300 Btm Bahagia *****2 MOb alongside 14 05 2300 Fga 38*
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        IN MALAYSIAN PORTS
        235 47 Johore Port Berth: 1: Barge Kuala Siak No 3; 2: Qing Jiang; 3: Wu Chang. 4: Provo Boaning; 5: Tristar No 1; 6: Barzan Oi jetty: Southern Queen. Suci. DCJ: nil Due on May 14: Cliff. Bunga Kasturi. Million No 3. Fortune Clipper. Barge Malvest No.l, Johan,
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      TRANSPORT DIARY
      1205 48 May 15-16 days): ISO 9000 for Warehousing and Distribution Centres, organised by Singapore Institute of Purchasing and Materials Management. For more details, please contact SIPMM Secretariat at tel: 273-4172 or fax: 274-1132. June 1-2 (2 days): Contract Formation The Materials Management Way. organised by Singapore Institute of Purchasing
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      DAILY FREIGHTS
      680 48 THE DRY cargo freight market's recent firmer trend lost momentum as new fixtures slowed, brokers said on Wednesday. The Baltic Freight Index (BR) fell one point to 1,268, ending a 127 point rise over the past month. "We've seen the peak... the new direction may continue." said a
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      Lock icon Australian Airlines may tie up with foreign carrier
      393 50 Reuter SYDNEY Australia's gov-ernment-owned domestic carrier Australian Airlines would like to fly internationally but may opt for an alliance with a foreign airline to ease costs, the airline said on Wednesday. The airline was interested in destinations such as Japan, Singapore, Thailand,
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      Lock icon Qatar and Chubu sign 25-year LNG deal
      280 50 Reuter MANAMA. Bahrain Qatar on Wednesday signed a 25-year deal to supply four million tonnes per year of liquefied natural gas (LNG) to Japan's Chubu Electric Power Co from its vast offshore North Field gas reservoir. Under the agreement, signed in Doha by
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      New Sumatran airport to meet tourist influx
      451 50 JAKARTA The government will construct a new airport in West Sumatra with an initial investment of around 400 billion rupiah (SS32O million). Director General of Air Transportation Zainuddin Sikado said the feasibility study for the construction of the airport was now underway. He
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      1661 35 H STRAITS SHIPPING PTE LTD 15 Hoe Chiang Road #09-01 Sanford Building I Singapore 0208 Tel: *****89 Fax: *****17 U ACCIPIS Ml SM.S SPORt B'KOK I CARGO MARION V 005N 16 17 MAY 20 21 MAY P STRAUS VCNIUM Vl2l Mu*J. lib. KK In Ml 5 Ma, K0 WK***** 17-U
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      581 36 CR NBR **********0-D EXPRESS SEMI CONTAINERSHIP SERVICES TO EUROPE m VOT STORE ROAM; MM H'BURC BREMEN ANTWERP ETA/D KUTAI 25N8 20 23/5 1/7 ill J/7 13/7 FAST TRANSIT TIME ACCEPTING BREAKBULK/CONTAINERISED CARGO Subpct to Inducement. Also accepting cargo to Caaablanca, Port Said. Port Alexandria, Qanoa, Triaata. M.SO ACCEPTING BOTH COWAWERS.
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      1552 37 Jf NEPTUNE AGENCIES PTE LTD SINGAPORE TEL: *****77 (CR NO: **********0E) VV BOOKINGS: (TOLL FREE) ?EPTUNEUNK TEL *****00 (TOLL-FREE) FAR lASTSERVICE *****00 IMPORT CFS MB2 *****69/*****96 HUki CK/EUROPE SERVICE *****00 EXPORT CFS MB2 *****53/*****50 *****00 *****87 A penana-<O4) *****0. J Bahru-(07) *****2/3/4 38^^245/ (31) *****2/546, Semarang (24) *****6, Paniang (721)
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      1147 37 SINSOV SINGAPORE SOVIET SHIPPING CO PRIVATE LTD BOOKING: 5399X51/ *****64/ *****06 (FESCO LINE) ENQUIRIES: *****33 MARINE INSURANCE SERVICE: *****87/ *****87 KL- 03-*****75/697 PORT KELANG: *****43/ *****40 JAKARTA: *****57 PENANG: *****4/ *****8 tOHORE BAHRU: *****1/ *****1 (REGULAR INDEPENDENT SERVICE) SERVICES I lEASTBOUND -PtSCHAKONG WESTBOUW-lOWNG TWMCHFPfI) WA TOTTtHMM II I WJSUS VOT
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      696 39 ■M P F I Y EXPRESS CONTAINER SERVICE TO UK-NORTH CONTINENT'SCANDINAVIA WEEKLY FEEDER VESSEL PENANG P KELANG OCEAN VSL' VOY SIN SOU (1) RTM (2) HAM (3) GOT (4) ANSON/TBN isTs 16/5 AROSIA 2192 19/5 5/6 7/6 8/6 10/6 ANSON TBN 22/5 23/5 NIHQN 2202 26/5 12/6 14/6 *5/6 17/6
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      598 43 fj£ FAMOUS CONTAINER LINES 10 ANSON RD. #15-21 INTERNATIONAL PLAZA, S'PORE 0207 HOT LINE *****33 24 LINES LIMASSOL/PIREAUS 17/5 ROTTERDAM 17/5 HAIFA/ASHPOD/ALEXANDRIA 17/5 HAMBURG/BREMEN 17/5 MARSEILLE/FRANCE 17/5 FELIXSTOWE/UK 17/5 BARCELONA/SPAIN 17/5 LEHAVRE/ANTWERP 17/5 GENOA/ITALY 17/5 GOTHENBURG/SCANDINAVIA 17/5 LOS ANGELES/WC/IPI 17/5 SYDNEY/MELBOURNE 17/5 NEW YORK/EC 17/5 FREMANTLE 17/5 VANCOUVER 17/5 BRISBANE/ADELAIDE
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      222 44 BLUE STAR LINE TO FROM ZEALAND AND T/S TO FIJI TO AND FROM NEW ZEALAND PORTS SIN NPt *KL ITI Sm tU S(AM 0520 16/5 27/5 JJJ- PHtMIR 1«S W/5 10/' JJJ- MUIBERA 27S 12/# 2«/6 NTI 26/6 13/7 FULLY CONTAINERISED SAILINGS DISCHARGING AT NEW PLYMOUTH LYTTELTON, ACCEPTING FCL LCL
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      553 45 MULTI-MODE SHIPPING PTE LTD MIDDLE-EAST/PERSIAN GULF accepting fcl/lcl DUBA. DAMMAN SHARJAH. DOHA MUSCAI BAMRAIN ABU DHABI BANOAR ABBAS If DO AH FAR EAST ACCEPTING FCL/LCL PFNANC. P KEIANG JAKARTA BANGKOK HONG KONG. TAIWAN JAPAN MANILA KOREA UK/EUROPE ACCEPTING FCL/LCL LONDON FELIXSTOWE LEEDS. lILBURY ABERDEEN LE HARVE HAMBURG ROTTERDAM ANTWEP. GOTHENBURG.
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      617 45 MONTHLY DIRECT CONTAINER SERVICE SIN TO ALGERIA ALSO CALLING MARSEILLE/LASPEZIA 23/ VSL FREITAL ETA SIN 20 MAY 25/ TWICE WEEKLY CONTAINER SERVICE 25/ SIN/MADRAS/SIN I WITH TRANSHIPMENT TO: x, ASEAH/AUSTRALIA/FAR EAST/MEDITERRANEAN/EUROPE WEEKLY CONVENTIONAL SERVICE SIN TO CHINA 23/ WEEKLY CONVENTIONAL SERVICE 23/ MADRAS/COLOMBO/ BOMBAY/KARACHI WEEKLY CONVENTIONAL SERVICE S|N EAST AFRICA/RED
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      486 46 EontermJ I CONTERM FREIGHT (F.E.) PTE LTD. I GUARANTEED WEEKLY CONSOLIDATION YOUR FIRST CHOICE TO:— AUCKLAND 15 May BANGKOK 17 May FREMANTLE 28 May EUROPE 17 May GOTHENBURG 17 May j PENANG 18 May PORT KELANG 22 May JAKARTA 20 May i MELBOURNE 19 May SYDNEY 19 May ©*****33 (KATHLEEN/
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      446 46 I! I FCL/LCL SERVICES I MANILA ETA I VIGOUR SINGAPORE 26N8 16_5 i I VIGOUR PACIFIC 63N8 23J> I BANGKOK 17/5 24/5 BUSAN 18 5 25/5 I HONGKONG 16 5 18/5 USA 18 5 25/5 I PT LOUIS DURBAN 18/5 4, 6 KtILUNG 18 '5 25 5 I PI KELANG
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      166 48 PENANG, PORT KLANG,-»HONG KONG,-»CHINA REGULAR LCI AND FCLINTERMOOAL SERVICES 3 SAILINGS A WEEK I BEIKAI DALIAN, FUZHOU, GUANGZHOU. HAIKOUHUANGPU, JIANGMEN, JIUZHOU S (ZHUHAI), LANSHI (FOSHAN), MACAU, NAHJMG,> MANNING, NINGBO, QINGDAO QUANZHOU^ RONGOI (SHUNDE), SHANGHAI, SUARTQU, SHEKKI, SHEKOU, SHENZHEJiSHgWO (PANYU). TAIPING ([XJNGGUANI XIAMEN, XIANGZHOU (ZHUHAI), ZINGANG, ZINHUI, WUZHOU, ZHANGJIAGANG, ZHANJIANG, ZHAOQIING,
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