The Business Times, 17 March 1993

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    15 1 BUSINESS TIMES Mi l A 552/12/92 Wednesday March 17 1993 WE KNOW ASIA 75 c
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  • 2am LATEST
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      Lock icon EC to limit imports of chips from S Korea
      91 1 AFP BRUSSELS The European Community is to limit imports of computer chips from South Korea by setting minimum prices and anti-dumping duties. The EC's executive European Commission says it has accepted undertakings from three major South Korean firms Goldstar. Hyundai and
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      Lock icon Thirteen die in Chicago hotel fire
      51 1 AFP CHICAGO Thirteen people have died and at least 26 people are injured in a fire at a Chicago residential hotel. Officials said late last night that the fire, which began on the first floor of the four-storey building, may have been started deliberately.
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    MARKET SUMMARY
    120 1 Stock market indices Monday Change STI! 1.64'). .15 +18.54 KLSE Composite 637.79 +2.98 Nikkei 17.968 30 -117.88 Hang Seng 5.980.04 125.43 SET Index 905.12 -0.39 Jakarta Composite ...311.09 -0.61 CLSA China B 1.497.47 -7.42 Aust All Ord 1.659.3 +32.9 FFSE 100 2.919.3 -3.1 Monday Prtiioas 11 am close
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    Lock icon S'pore CEOs again the top earners in Asia, says survey
    557 1  -  By Chuang Peck Ming SINGAPORE Chief executives in Singapore were again the top earners in Asia last year, according to a survey by a Geneva-based management consultancy. The survey, which excluded Japan, found that on average, a top manager here
    Source: Corporate Resources Group  -  557 words
  • Article
    CPF news boosts S'pore market 18.5 points
    168 1 SINGAPORE Investors yesterday took warmly to the government's plan to relax rules on investing Central Provident Fund savings, sending share prices soaring in active trade. Market barometer Straits Fimes Industrials Index rose 18.54 points, or one per cent, to 1.649.35. Turnover was 116.78
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    Lock icon UK economy will grow at 1.25 pc this year, says Lamont in Budget speech
    346 1 AFP Reuters LONDON The British economy will grow at 1.25 per cent in 1993 after falling 0.5 per cent in 1992. British Chancellor of the Exchequer Norman Lamont said yesterday. Growth will rise to 1.75 per
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    KL businessman tells of US ordeal
    471 1  -  From Leslie Lopez in KUALA LUMPUR IN TRANSIT at New York's John F Kennedy International > Airport two weeks ago. little did Malaysian businessman Eric Chia realise that a night- marc was about to begin. After a disagreement with a J security guard, he
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    Lock icon China announces $25b deficit, warns of financial difficulties
    446 1 Reuter AFP BEIJING Warning of great financial difficulties ahead, China yesterday unveiled another large budget deficit this year, bloated by subsidies to state enterprises and runaway investment. In his budget speech to Parliament yesterday. Finance Minister Liu Zhongli said total deficit for
    Reuter; AFP  -  446 words
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    Hongkong shares rebound despite Patten's defiance of China
    439 1  -  From Catherine Ong in HONGKONG HONGKONG share prices rebounded yesterday despite a defiant response from Governor Chris Patten to China's blistering attack on his political reforms. Speaking after a meeting of the territory's de facto Cabinet. Mr Patten defended his decision to
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      198 1 niHUltiiwHl JS3L CONTENTS News Companies S'pore News 2 S pore M sia 9.10.11 Regional News 3.4.5 Financial 13.14 World News 6 Features Marfcets Analysis 27 Clob/KLSt. SES 19.20 Editorial 26 Regional 17 Sports 21 World 18 TV' Lifestyle 23 Currencies 14 World Focus 8 Stmei Commo 15.16 Subscription Tel 1800
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      9 1 Regional Analysis S-E Asian leadership in transition Pg 24
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      12 1 Hock Lock Siew Hhv L .1/ is a favourite stock Pg 9
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      117 1 The Bottom Line .> Patten saved, Pk A u Pr bei (north) lil best of the Forge new frontiers. North. And South. Cross the boundaries, And East. And West. in matters of taste! O There is truly no limits 4k fc to the pleasures of dining USt P9 0 here.
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      19 1 NUDE IN GERMANY SCHUHE BOITIQLE «N>2-2K RAFFLES CITS SHOPPING CTR TEL *****28 Resistance to civil service cutbacks, Pg 4
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
    • Article
      COE prices up an average 30pc to $17,785
      476 2  -  By Rahita Elias I HE average certificate of entitlement premium shot up nearly 30 per cent to 5i7,785 in April. Motor traders said yesterday they expected a rise, but not such a big one. "I'm shocked," said one. Explaining the increase, a
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    • SINGAPORE ROUNDUP
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        Chinese airline's maiden flight here
        68 2 GUANGDONG-BASED China Southern Airlines will operate three weekly services between China and Singapore. The first flight on the Guangdong-Singapore service will arrive today at 12.55pm. A Boeing 767 with 261 seats will be used on the route. The other two serv ices between Xiamen and
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        Higher conservancy charges
        40 2 ALL TOWN COUNCILS except Potorig Pasir have told the Ministry of National Development that they will increase service and conservancy charges on or before Oct 1 this year. The government, however, will increase grants to the councils.
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        No evening ALS on Hari Raya eve
        75 2 THE COMMUNICATIONS MINISTRY will lift the evening Area Licensing Scheme on the eve of Hari Raya Puasa on a trial basis. This is because the evening traffic in the Central Business District is expected to be lighter on the eve of the public
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        Redas' sculpture competition
        53 2 THE REAL ESTATE DEVELOPERS* Association of Singapore will use part of $400,000 raised for its building art fund to organise a sculpture competition. Redas president Edmund Cheng said yesterday the winning designs would be chosen for two residential projects: Wing Tai Land's Central Green and Far East
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        Market stalls in high demand
        72 2 THE QUEUE is long to rent stalls in markets run by the Environment Ministry and the Housing and Development Board. The recent tender to rent 48 vacant produce and sundry stalls in three Environment Ministry and three HDB markets drew a total of 733 bids.
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      Kan Seng on priorities of S'pore's foreign missions
      420 2  -  Reports by Anna Teo and Sylvia Wong SINGAPOREANS doing business overseas should use their own resources to break into new markets and not depend too much on the Singapore diplomatic missions, said Foreign Minister Wong Kan Seng yesterday. With the expansion of
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      Lock icon Window shopping
      73 2 Photo by Arthur Lee THESE PEOPLE aren't lining up to spend their liberalised CPF balances on the latest IPO. But it's a window of opportunity, nonetheless the opportunity for a sneak preview of Windows NT, software giant Microsoft Corp's much-h>ped operating system for high-end desktop computers. Only selected
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      Husbands seeking PR must show they have jobs
      274 2 THE HUSBANDS of Singaporean women who are applying for permanent residency in Singapore must first have a job or prove that they can find a job here. Home Affairs Minister S Jayakumar said in parliament yesterday. Professor Jayakumar said this requirement was
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      No need for commercial court: Jaya
      284 2 Yesterday in Parliament THERE is no longer a need for a commercial court in Singapore. says Home Affairs Minister S Jayakumar. Responding in Parliament yesterday to Cheng San MP Heng Chiang Meng. who had asked whether there should be a court of commercial appeal.
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    • eye on the ECONOMY
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        Lock icon Expats' living costs up 4.5 pc in '92
        343 2  -  By Magdalene Ng THE COST of living for expatriates in Singapore went up at a slower rate at the end of last year, thanks to a smaller rise in housing a major component. The Expatriate Consumer Price Index (ECPI) gained 4.5 per
        Source: Spore Intl Chamber of Commerce and Dept of Statistics  -  343 words
    • IN SHORT
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        No need for everybody to have Medisave
        105 2 MINISTRY OF HEAL HI THERE IS NO NEED for every person to have Medisave savings as long as at least one family member has an account, said Health Minister Yeo Cheow l ong yesterday, turning down a suggestion to encourage voluntary contributions for
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        Health benefits best left to companies
        73 2 SPECIFIC HEALTH INCENTIVES that companies may want to give their employees such as medical service rebates for workers are best left to the employers and unions to decide for themselves, said Minister of State (Health) Aline Wong yesterday. She was commenting on Nominated VIP
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        Police's proud record of success
        104 2 MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS THE SINGLE major factor that has contributed to the success of the Singapore Police Force over the past decade has been its community-oriented approach, said Home Affairs Minister S Jayakumar. "It has brought about a quantum change in the image of
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        Fire inspection may go private
        103 2 THE GOVERNMENT may appoint accreditatcd companies to inspect the fire safety features of new buildings on behalf of the Fire Safety Bureau, said Parliamentary Secretary for Home Affairs Ong Chit Chung. Dr Ong was responding to a suggestion by Hong kali GRC MP Kenneth Chen
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        Challenges for civil defence volunteers
        108 2 IN A CATASTROPHE-FREE PLACE like Singapore, how would the civil defence (CD) force maintain the interest of volunteers and recruit new people? To set new directions and challenges for CD volunteers, the force is considering giving volunteers "who are a cut above the others" more
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        'No' to satellite dishes for the home
        93 2 MINISTRY OF INFORMATION THE ARTS SATELLITE BROADCAST DISHES can be "freely" allowed for corporations and organisations but not households. Minister for Information the Arts George Yeo told Nominated MP Robert Chua. The reason is the government wants some control over the types of
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        Violence on and off TV
        172 2 VIOLENCE on and ofT television was a big theme in the House yesterday. During the Home Affairs Ministry's debate. Home Affairs Minister S Jayakumar assured MPs that the police and his ministry took a tough stand on violence of all sorts by road bullies, money-lenders,
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      7 2 Does Microsoft play dirt) pool? Pg 26
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  • THE REGION
    • Article
      Lock icon Airlines hit by new visa ruling may terminate flights to KL
      608 3 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Airlines from Indian sub-conti-nent countries Hying to Malaysia may be forced to stop their services following a massive drop in travellers with the stiff new visa ruling by Malaysia, officials said yesterday. The passenger load from
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      Boosting Asean-India trade, economic ties
      418 3  -  Talks begin on establishing sectoral dialogue relations From Neel Patri in NEW DELHI TALKS to establish sectoral dialogue relations between India and Asean began yesterday in what was seen as a move likely to boost trade and economic ties. Asean secretary-general Ajit Singh, who led
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      Lock icon Thailand offers to help reform Indochinese economies
      268 3 AFP BANGKOK Thailand has offered to assist Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos in moving from centrally-planned to mar-ket-based economies, the United Nations said in a statement released here yesterday. Thailand had also offered, at a UN-sponsored conference, to host a regional meeting later this
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      Lock icon Suharto to name new Cabinet lineup today
      386 3 AFP JAKARTA Indonesian President Suharto is to announce his new Cabinet for the next five-year term today. State Secretary Murdiono said here yesterday. The Cabinet lineup will be announced by Mr Suharto, accompanied by Vice-President Try Sutrisno. at the Merdeka Palace this evening.
      AFP  -  386 words
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      Lock icon Golkar newspaper fires employee over cartoon viewed as insulting to Muslims
      319 3 AFP JAKARTA A daily newspaper has fired an employee responsible for a cartoon viewed as insulting to Muslims. The Suara Karya daily of the ruling Golkar party yesterday published a front-page statement from the editor announcing the daily had
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    • ASIA NOTES
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        Lock icon Poll shows Japanese voters' distrust
        117 4 Reuter TOKYO Japanese voters think all politicians hide part of their income like disgraced ruling party kingpin Shin Kanemaru, but blame themselves for the sorry state of affairs in Japanese politics, according to a new poll. A TV Asahi poll on political affairs, conducted on
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        Lock icon Pressure on Watanabe to step down
        88 4 Reuter TOKYO Japan's ailing Foreign Minister Michio Watanabe is coming under pressure from his own political supporters to stand down on health grounds, a leading financial daily said yesterday. "(Watanabe) is looking so poorly, can't we get him to take a rest?" the Nihon
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        Lock icon Manila to repay part of loans
        65 4 UPI MANILA The Philippines will pay about US$392 million (***** million) of its US$l billion in maturing loans to the Paris Club next month. Central bank governor Jose Cuisia said yesterday that the government would make the payment on April 1 because it had
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        Lock icon Chinese envoy defects to Sweden
        62 4 Reuter MOSCOW China's consul-general in Russia's second city of St Petersburg and his wife, who disappeared over the weekend, have defected to Sweden, the city police chief said yesterday. "This is now a matter for diplomats," Major-General Arkady Kramarev said. "The acting consul-general of China
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        Lock icon Bangkok to cut duty on gem stones
        85 4 AFP BANGKOK Thailand will cut import duty on gem stones in an attempt to boost its flagging gems and jewellery industry, an official said yesterday. The decision to reduce import duty on gems was expected to go to the Cabinet for final approval
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        Lock icon Kelantan Govt stays out of royal affair
        139 4 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR The Kelantan Government does not want to get involved in the succcssion issue because it considers it the Kelantan royal family's afTair, Acting Mentcri Besar Abdul Halim Abdul Rahman said yesterday. Under the Constitution, the state government has no right
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      Lock icon China says re-entry into Gatt will help boost world trade
      427 4 Reuter GENEVA China has argued that its readmission to world trade watchdog Gatt and acceptance of its rules would help ensure stable growth of international commerce and the global economy. Tong Zhiguang. Vice-Minis-ter of Foreign Trade and Economic Relations, on
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      Lock icon US seen as likely to set conditions for renewing China's MFN status
      279 4 AFP HONGKONG The US is likely to attach conditions for renewing China's most-favoured-nation (MFN) trading status this year, according to an American consultant on US-Asian affairs. William Barnds told reporters here yesterday that US President Bill Clinton would
      AFP  -  279 words
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      Lock icon Taiwan invests at least US$7b in China
      184 4 Reuter TAIPEI Taiwan has invested at least US$7 billion (SSI 1.6 billion) in China since political tensions began to ease in the late 1980s and the amount is growing rapidly. Lee Ming, head of the Taiwanese Economics Ministry's China research section, yesterday estimated
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      Lock icon Koreans nervously await US dumping decision
      450 4 Reuter SEOUL South Korean computer chip makers waited with bated breath yesterday for a final US decision on antidumping duties, with most players predicting business as usual to the industry's biggest export market. The US Department of Commerce is expected to impose final anti-dumping
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      Lock icon Beijing's plan to lay off 20pc of govt staff faces resistance
      373 4 Bth National People's Congress AFP BEIJING Record cuts in the Chinese government, proposed yesterday, face resistance from a pampered bureaucracy, but some legislators said they were still not enough. The State Council, or Cabinet, will lay off 20 per
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      Lock icon Honasan threatens to resume struggle
      459 4 AFP MANILA The Philippines' most prominent military rebel yesterday threatened to resume the armed struggle against the government if talks on a political settlement failed, but expressed optimism about the chances for peace. "I will go underground if we lose hope in the peace process."
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      Lock icon PC price cuts may open up slumbering Japanese market
      545 5 Reuter TOKYO A wave of aggressive price cuts is likely to kick life into Japan's slumbering personal computer market, providing a wealth of opportunity for American software vendors. Just over two million PCs were sold here in 1992, compared with around
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      Lock icon Tokyo court backs editing of history
      184 5 AFP TOKYO As Japan attempts to assume a larger military role overseas, the Supreme Court ruled yesterday in favour of government editing of history books to glorify the country's place in World War 11. Judge Tsuneo Kabe said screening textbooks did not violate a
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      Remembering the Great Leader
      35 5 ISLAMABAD Pakistani army soldiers hanging a massive portrait of Mohammad Ali Jinnah the man who founded Pakistan in 1947 here on Monday as part of preparations for Pakistan Day next Tuesday.
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      Lock icon Tokyo bosses want income tax cuts
      243 5 Reuter TOKYO The Japan Federation of Employers' Associations (Nikkeiren) wants income tax rates to be cut soon to help boost the country's economy, the head of the organisation, Takeshi Nagano, told reporters. "We think the property market will become active again in April or
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      Lock icon Aussie economic growth seen modest in last quarter
      544 5 Reuter SYDNEY Stronger exports and business investment are likely to have led to modest economic growth for Australia in the December quarter but recovery is anaemic and another rate cut can be easily justified, economists said yesterday. Most expect average gross domestic
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      5 3 Indonesia in transition, Pg 25
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  • THE WORLD
    • WORLD WATCH
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        Lock icon G-7 ministers to meet at IMF talks
        113 6 Reuter BRUSSELS Foreign and finance ministers from the Group of Seven top industrial nations are likely to meet dunng the International Monetary Fund meeting next month, representatives of the EC's Danish presidency said yesterday. G-7 finance ministers were already due to meet on
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        Lock icon Palestinians rap US-Israeli summit
        67 6 Reuter JERUSALEM Palestinians in Middle East peace talks said yesterday that a US-Israeli summit had ignored the Israeli deportation of Palestinians that is threatening to undermine the talks. Chief spokeswoman Hanan Ashrawi, commenting on Monday's meeting between Israeli Premier Yitzhak Rabin and US President Bill Clinton,
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        Lock icon EC questions aid to Italian state firm
        77 6 Reuter MILAN A European Community commission investigating collapsed state holding Efim has sent the Italian government a letter contesting the legality of a decree earmarking four-trillion-lire (Ss4.l billion) towards its liquidation, a report in the Repubblica newspaper said. State interventions to rescue Efim
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        Lock icon Croats criticise Bosnian govt decision
        82 6 AFP ZAGREB Croats in the Bosnian government have publicly attacked a decision by the Bosnian leadership to give President Alija Izetbegovic a free hand in peace talks aimed at ending the war in Bosnia-Herzegovina. In a statement released here on Monday, they said that "decisions
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      Lock icon EC ministers struggle to draft economic recovery plan
      435 6 Commissioner says proposed packages so far inadequate Reuter BRUSSELS European Community finance ministers groped on Monday for a plan to boost their stagnant economies, but their efforts were promptly written off by the European Commission as falling far short of what was
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      Lock icon Commission outlines US$15b computerised network plan
      157 6 Reuter BRUSSELS The European Commission has outlined an ambitious US$l5 billion (5524.8 billion) scheme to link national administrations across the 12-member European Community through computerised information networks. The plan, which would have to be approved and largely financed by EC governments. is designed to
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      Lock icon Aspin urges panel to resist appeals to spare bases
      457 6 NYT WASHINGTON US Defence Secretary Les Aspin. signalling his support for closing more military bases than he recommended last week, has urged a presidential commission to resist efforts by lawmakers and local communities to spare their installations. "Almost all bases that
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      Lock icon US using BA-USAir deal to seek access to British market
      308 6 AFP WASHINGTON The Clinton administration has approved a deal allowing British Airways to take a US$3OO million (***** million) stake in LSAir, in spite of objections by rival US airlines. US transportation Secretary Federico Pena said the deal would be
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      Lock icon Tougher French stance on farm issues likely under right-wing govt
      321 6 AFP PARIS France could take a tougher stance in defending its key agricultural interests within the European Community if, as expected, the right wing wins the upcoming legislative elections. Negotiations on the Gatt world trade talks and the European Community
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      Lock icon US reviewing policy on global-warming pollution
      336 6 Reuter UNITED NATIONS The Clinton administration says that it has launched a complete review of US policy towards cutting global-warming pollution. but has stopped short tor now of abandoning the stance taken by the Bush White House. Madeleine Albright, the US ambassador to the
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      Lock icon US, Mexico and Canada start talks to carve out Nafta side deals
      325 6 Reuter WASHINGTON US. Mexican and Canadian officials resume talks this week on the North American Free Trade Agreement in an effort to hammer out side deals on jobs and the environment which US President Bill Clinton says are
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  • WORLD FOCUS
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      Lock icon Future of federation may be at stake
      1043 8 Yeltsin v Congress: Russia's political crisis continues NYT MOSCOW The failure of the Congress of People's Deputies to find a workable compromise for governing Russia raises questions not only about President Boris Yeltsin's political future and economic re--forms but also about the very
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      Lock icon Dispute raises spectre of Soviet past
      587 8 AFP MOSCOW The resounding defeat inflicted on President Boris Yeltsin by the Congress of People's Deputies has left Russia apparently still a prisoner of its Soviet past. "The forces which lost the power struggle in 1990 and 1991 have taken their revenge at this
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
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      OCBC and DBS Bank plan to enter Thai broking industry
      471 9  -  Both have been granted offshore banking licences From Loh Hui Yin in BANGKOK BANGKOK With offshore banking licences under their belt, OCBC and DBS Bank are turning their attention to the stockbroking industry in Thailand. OCBC chairman Tony Tan said:
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      Earnings from gaming push Dunlop's profit up 49pc
      390 9 SINGAPORE Earnings from gaming operations helped Dunlop Estates Bhd lift net earnings 49 per cent to M 559.67 million in the year to Dec 31, 1992. Its trump card. Magnum Corporation Bhd, earlier reported a 48.3 per cent rise in group pre-tax
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      Many reasons why L & M is gaining popularity among investors
      593 9  - Many reasons why L M is gaining popularity among investors HOCK LOCK SIEW By William Chia SINGAPORE Specialist contractor L M Group Investments Ltd is fast becoming a favourite stock among investors who want a stake in the rapidly expanding infrastructure sector. L M's outlook has improved greatly since the
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      F&N explains effects of its proposed rights and bond issues
      308 9  -  By Genevieve Cua SINGAPORE Fraser Neave yesterday explained the effects of its proposed rights and bond issues on its issued share capital, net tangible assets and gearing. In a circular, it said that its issued capital was expected to rise
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    • Article
      MISC's lower earnings reflect depressed state of shipping industry
      427 9  -  By Dexter Lee SINGAPORE Malaysian International Shipping Corporation Bhd (MISC) has posted lower earnings for 1992 a reflection of the depressed state of the world shipping industry last year. Group net earnings slipped 8.4 per cent to M 5503.29 million (*****.4
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      SUMMARY
      324 9 Performance of STII's index stocks Mar i s Last Stmt* life* Stock tale Chn factor aotfn (I) Avimo 1890 1.59 CAC 6 900 0.150 5.79 11.19 Ccrcbot 5 450 0.150 4.57 11.19 FAN 12 000 0.100 10 07 7.46 GF Asia 3 200 2.68 GcnMag I 2JO 0 030
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    • COMPANIES
      • COMPANY BRIEFS
        • Article
          OUB, OUT and OUE suspend trading
          41 10 SINGAPORE Overseas Union Bank Ltd. Overseas Union Enterprise Ltd and Overseas Union I rust Ltd have requested suspension of trading in their shares, warrants and floating rate notes today, pending the announcement of year-end results.
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        • Article
          Sun Corp sets up food subsidiary
          69 10 SINGAPORE Sun Corporation Ltd said yesterday it had set up a food unit through its 90 per cent subsidiary Unicentral Park Pte Ltd. The unit. Sun Laguna Restaurant Pte Ltd. is involved in the operation of seafood and other types of restaurant, eating houses
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          F&N streamlines operations
          56 10 SINGAPORE Fraser Neave Ltd said yesterday it had appointed a liquidator for the following wholly-owned subsidiaries: Red Lion Pte Ltd, Hui Ming Food (S) Pte Ltd. Fraser Neave (Thailand) Pte Ltd and F&N Securities Pte Ltd. They were put into voluntary liquidation on March 15 under a
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          Hiap Moh Corp sets up paper unit
          34 10 SINGAPORE Hiap Moh Corporation Ltd has set up a whollyowned subsidiary in the paper trade. Hiap Moh Paper (Beijing) Co Ltd has a registered capital of USSSOO,OOO.
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        Lock icon Actacorp seeking equity interest in four firms to broaden earnings
        330 10 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Actacorp Holdings Bhd said the rationale for the proposals to acquire equity interests in four companies is to reduce its dependence on its traditional agrochemical business and to broaden its earnings base. In a circular to shareholders
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        Lock icon Pembinaan Setia to manufacture construction-related products
        447 10 New MS 10m factory will also make prefabricated concrete Bernama KUALA LUMPUR A building and civil construction company, Syarikat Pembinaan Setia Bhd. is setting up a factory to manufacture construc-tion-related products and prefabricated concrete in Rawang near here next year. Managing director Wong Chee
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        Lock icon MBf unit to assemble Chrysler Jeep Cherokee in Malaysia
        232 10 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR MBf Holdings Bhd will trail-bla/c the local assembly of American vchiclcs by assembling the Chrysler Jeep Cherokee four-wheel-drive vchiclcs and minivans, company officials said yesterday. MBf Automobile Sdn Bhd general manager Raymond On said officials from the MBf
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        Lock icon Hume Industries (M) posts 41 pc rise in group profit
        230 10 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Hume Industries (Malaysia) Bhd announced a 41 per cent increase in its group pre-tax profit to M 565.4 million for the six months ended Dec 31, 1992. from M 546.3 million in the same period last year.
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        Lock icon Texchem Trading forecasts 12pc growth in sales to M$192m
        320 10 Bernama PENANG Texchem Trading Bhd. a Penang-based supplier of industrial chemical products, is projecting a 12 per cent growth in sales this year to MS 192 million (SSI2I million). President Fumihiko Konishi said Texchem Trading would double its capacity by 500
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        Lock icon MGR Corp confident of sustaining growth with new focus
        307 10 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Tim-bcr-bascd MGR Corporation Bhd is confident of sustaining its growth following its decision to focus more on val-uc-addcd processed timber. In the company's latest annual report, chairman Abdul A2iz Mohamcd noted that since processed timber activities enjoyed pioneer
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        Compaq boosts KL operations with sales office
        216 10  -  By Joseph Rajendran SINGAPORE US personal computer giant Compaq will boost its MS6O million (5537.9 million) a year Malaysian business by setting up a sales and marketing ofTicc in Kuala Lumpur. The ofTicc opening soon with a staff of six will help Compaq
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        UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
        492 10 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS Managers' prices Mar 17 Prudential Singapore Unit Trust PnjL,nk Mgd 107 3 The Commerce 1.27 133 MARA-Bumiputra The Saving Fund 1.09 I I4*d f.ra B pulm 160 165 Spore Prog Fund 0 52 0.55 Second B putra I 57 162*d S pore V-c Fund 0 84 0
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        DIVIDENDS ANNOUNCED
        537 10 Payment t* Books Pi) (S) date close date Avimo 20" F I2.5TE Feb 17 Mar I Apr 15 BAT 21* F 114.2 Mar 23 Mar 29 Apr 6 Berjaya Group I 4 Mar 18 Apr 2 Apr 15 Berjaya Ind I 3 Mar 4 Mar 18 Apr 8
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        Lock icon Japan stock market paralysis a boon for venture capital firms
        514 11 Reuter TOKYO Paralysis in Japan's equity market, which has virtually shut the door to new share flotations, may be a blessing in disguise for the nation's venture capital firms. Low share prices are providing cheaper investment opportunities while more small
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        Lock icon Packer buys spc stake in Fairfax for A$50m
        224 11 FT SYDNEY Nine Network, the Australian television group controlled by Kerry Packer, on Monday revealed that it paid A 549.7 million (5557.7 million) for a 4.98-per-cent stake in John Fairfax Holdings, the newspaper group controlled by Conrad Black. The announcement prompted speculation
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        Philrealty expects its property income to boom in next 5 years
        338 11  -  From Al Labita in MANILA MANILA Philrealty, the owner of the building that houses the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE), expects a boom in its property earnings from 1993 to 1997. It projected that turnover would total 3.84 billion pesos
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        Lock icon Thailand close to prosecuting 1st share price manipulation case
        381 11 Reuter BANGKOK Thailand is finally close to prosecuting its first case of share price manipulation. but it seems that as far as the public is concerned it is the authorities, not the speculators, who are on trial. Prosecutors are scheduled to
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          Lock icon Santos reports A$113m profit
          89 11 Bloomberg Business News MELBOURNE South Australian petroleum producer Santos Ltd said it made an after-tax profit of AS 112.7 million (SSI3I million) in 1992 trom a loss the year earlier. The company is one of Australia s largest publicly-owned oil and gas producers In 1991. the
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          Lock icon 4 in US$400m Thai oil project
          98 11 Bloomberg Business News BANGKOK Thai Oil. the Petroleum Authority of Thailand. Mitsubishi Oil and British Petroleum will sign a joint venture contract this month to build a USS4OO million (***** million) oil production facility, a senior Thai Oil executive said. The plant, to be
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          Lock icon Enough to drive you mad
          54 11 Reuter SYDNEY Linda Montgomery holding a Toyota newspaper advertisement which has enraged Australian women's groups for showing a naked pregnant woman to launch a new wide-bodied car. The advertisement shows the distended abdomen of a woman with the message: "There's nowhere more comfortable than inside
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          Lock icon Nihon to build cement plant in China
          65 11 AFP TOKYO Japan's Nihon Cement Co will begin a feasibility study next month on building a 25-billion yen (SS3SO million) joint-venture cement plant in China's Hebei Province. It would be the first overseas plant for Nihon Cement, the nation's top cement manufacturers in
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        Lock icon NY Post in turmoil as it files for bankruptcy
        458 12 Reuter NEW YORK The New York Post, the oldest continuously published US daily newspaper, was in turmoil on Monday with 72 reporters and editors sacked by a prospective new owner who employees openly called "a monster". Meanwhile, the current owner, Peter
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        Lock icon Olivetti unveils 650b lire loss, plans rights issue
        439 12 FT MILAN Olivetti, the Italian computers and office equipment group, has announced a 903-billion-lire (***** million) rights issue and said it would report a sharply increased net loss of about 650 billion lire for 1992. The cash, to be raised through new
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        Lock icon Nike's third-quarter profits jump 8.4pc, exceeding estimates
        393 12 NYT NEW YORK Whether it was because of Michael Jordan leaping from one planet to the next, Andre Agassi wearing fluorescent colours to pummel tennis balls or Bo Jackson doing almost anything. Nike made a favourable impression, with a 8.4 per cent earnings
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        Lock icon Thomas Cook buys 8.4pc stake in Owners Abroad
        367 12 FT LONDON Thomas Cook, the German-controlled travel agency, on Monday bought an 8.4 per cent stake in Owners Abroad, the holiday company defending a hostile bid from rival Airtours. The purchase may prove to be decisive in ensuring that Owners Abroad retains
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        Vibrant Thai banking industry seen as catalyst for growth
        332 13  -  From Loh Hui Yin in BANGKOK A VIBRANT banking industry in Bangkok could be a catalyst for economic growth in Thailand as well as among its neighbours in Indochina, Myanmar and southern China. Bangkok could finance trade and investments by local
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        Lock icon BCCI lawyer's case begins
        78 13 Reuter NEW YORK Washington attorney Robert Altman leaving the New York State Supreme Court with his wife Lynda Carter on Monday after jury selection began in his bribery case stemming from the 1991 collapse of BCCI. Altman and his law partner Clark Clifford were indicted last
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        Banque Indosuez to open S'pore data centre
        249 13  -  By Quak Hiang Whai SINGAPORE Banque Indosuez will open a data processing centre here in Mav to support its Asia-Pacific operations. And it plans invest more in other parts of the region, opening new banking units in China. Indonesia and Thailand. Area general
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        Lock icon ERM will fall if currencies devalued: central banker
        282 13 Bloomberg Business News BRUSSELS The governor of the Belgian central bank. Hons Verplaetse, said yesterday that the European Exchange Rate Mechanism would break up if any one of the remaining five core currencies were to be devalued. The five currencies, the French
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        Simex to launch futures contract based on HK index
        164 13 SINGAPORE: The Singapore International Monetary Exehange (Simex) will launeh a futures contract based on Morgan Stanley's index of Hongkong stocks on March 31. Simex said Morgan Stanley <Kc Co has allowed it to create and trade futures on Morgan Stanley ('apitaT
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        State Bank of India to resurrect BCCI's Bombay unit
        338 13  -  From Shiv Taneja in BOMBAY THE Bombay branch of Bank of Credit and Commerce International (BCCI) will become the head office and main branch of a new bank that will eventually cover major cities across India. The new unit, to be
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        Lock icon US storms may pose more problems for Lloyd's
        475 14 Reuter LONDON Huge weekend storms in North America threaten to pose more problems for the Lloyd's of London insurance market, which is still recovering from the effects of last year's Hurricane Andrew. The weekend storms from Cuba to Quebec coincided with media
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        Lock icon Mark-to-market rule will cut US' long-term capital
        193 14 Knight-Ridder NEW YORK The American Council of Life Insurance on Monday said a proposed mark-to-market accounting rule could dry up long-term US capital, especially for small businesses, because it would force many insurers to switch their investments out of long-term debt and into
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      • SMALL CHANGE
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          HK deposit-taking firm raises US$50m
          53 14 SINGAPORE Staco International Finance, a Hongkong-based deposit-taking company, last Friday borrowed US$5O million (SSX2 million) through a tloating rate certificate of deposit. Arranged by Singapore's Morgan Grenfell Asia Ltd. the loan agreement drew the participation of 16 banks. Staco is whollv owned by Indonesia's state-owned
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          Lock icon Philippine banks' assets up 15pc
          88 14 Reuter MANILA The combined assets of the Philippine banking system expanded by 15 per cent to 644.9 billion pesos (SS4I .5 billion) as of end-December 1992 from 560.3 billion pesos b\ end-December 1991, fuelled by higher deposits, the Central Bank said yesterday. Bank analysts traced
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          Lock icon Canadian banks in good shape: regulator
          80 14 Reuter OTTAWA Canadian banks in general arc in good shape but the real estate market many of them invested heavilv in is suffering, said Michael Mackenzie, head of the office of Superintendent of Financial Institutions. "Financial institutions in general are well capitalised and strong."
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          Lock icon RTC chief's resignation accepted
          82 14 Knight Ridder WASHINGTON US Treasury Secretary I loyd Hentsen on Monday accepted the resignation of Albert Casey as head of the Resolution Trust Corp and named Deputy Treasury Secretary Roger Altman to lead the agency until a permanent replacement is named. Mr Casey, a former chairman
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          Lock icon UAP calls for new talks on Victoire
          102 14 FT PARIS Union des Assurances de Paris (I \P). I i.iikc's laigest insurance group and a candidate for privatisation ;ifter this month's election, yesterday called on Sue/, the Trench holitmu company, to re-open negotiations about the future ol V .e' >«r the French
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          Lock icon Continental Bank chairman's pay rises
          63 14 Reuter CHICAGO Continental Bank Corp chairman Thoma*. I' <> bald received a salary of U*****.000 (551.02 million) and bonus of U*****.500 in 1992. which compared with I v U*****,333 and no bonus in 1 I. the company said proxy statement on Monday. Mr I heobald
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        Lock icon Pacific Bank to acquire 70pc of Netherlands Insurance
        253 14 Bernama Kl \l 1 UVII'I R I he Pacific Bank Bhd has agreed to acquire a 70 per cent stake in Ihe Netherlands Insurance (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd (MM) for MS9. l >K million (N56.31 million* cash or at MS2.SS per share. Pacific
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        Lock icon US insurer's lobby expenses questioned
        495 14 NYT ALBANY. New York Empire Blue Cross and Blue Shield, lacing major legislative battles amid a fiscal crisis that led it to warn it would shut down, spent more than all but one other organisation last vcar to lobby lawmakers in the State Capitol. Hie
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        Lock icon US, Russian officials plan new effort to overhaul Russia's banking system
        317 14 Reuters NUW YORK In the midst of Russia's political turmoil. Russian and American officials on Monday announced a new elTort to overhaul the country's banking system. For eight weeks from June 20. 250 Russian bankers uill travel to the
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        135 14 A relatively quiet day yesterday in the absence of fresh news. The market appears caught up in range trading ahead of tomorrow's Bundesbank council meeting. The USS/SS opened at 1.6448/53. unchanged from Monday's close. Trading was confined in a tight 10-point range for most of
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        194 14 Reuter The dollar was barely changed against the mark as the market digested a series of comments from the Bundesbank. Analysts said talk still centres on the possibility of a German interest rate cut this week, although noted recent Bundesbank rhetoric is tending to cloud the issue. Business in
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        87 14 AFP NEW YORK The dollar was down yesterday against the other major currencies with investors holding ofT until the bi-weekly meeting of the Bundesbank tomorrow. At around 9:45 am (1445 GMT), the dollar was trading at 1.6607 German marks against 1.6615 marks several hours earlier in London at
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        1581 14 lititU--uiufhhrl index calcuUued aqwn\t S'parr's top 14 trading pannn\ Bay year 19T3 US$/S$ forward rates Noon Mar 16 s$ Bid Offer 1-month 1 6414 1.6429 2-month ***** ***** 3-month 1 6381 1.63% 6-month 1.6350 1.6370 Smnxv OCBC' Source: OCBC FOREIGN CURRENCY NOTE RATES As at 10am yesterday: Singapore dollars to
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        Lock icon Sarawak Shell plant to convert natural gas into middle distillates
        508 15 Reuter KUALA LUMPUR A Royal Dutch/Shell Group plant starting up in Sarawak this month will be the first of its kind to convert natural gas into environmentally friendlier middle distillates. The Ms 2 billion (about 551.26 billion) plant will produce
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        783 15 Two different personalities pitching different agendas in bid to lead exchange Knight-Ridder NEW YORK Lou Guttman was emphasising his record during the past four-and-a-half years as chairman of the New York Mercantile Exchange in his bid for re-election yesterday, while also pushing a
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        Prices drift lower as traders look to Opec for direction
        419 15 Bloomberg ENERGY REPORT LONDON Crude oil prices in New York and London were lower as the cfTccts of storms in the US receded, leaving traders looking to Opec and weekly US stock levels for direction. Oil futures prices weakened, led
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        Lock icon Refineries' service shutdowns likely to boost prices
        364 15 Reuter SINGAPORE Maintenance at northern Asia oil refineries should boost product prices and refiner profit margins currently depressed by a supply overhang, traders said on Monday. "It should definitely help mop up surplus products." an oil company executive said. "Refining margins should improve,
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        1535 16 SJMEX REPORT Reuter SINGAPORE Simex Eurodollar interest rate futures ended steady yesterday after a session of uneventful lacklustre trade as dealers staved sidelined ahead of the US economic data due tomorrow and Thursday. The key figures are the inflation figures on Thursday," one US commission
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        KL crude palm oil prices steadier on refiners' buying
        990 16 COMMODITIES REPORT Palm Oil Malaysian crude* palm prices ended steadier after a quiet day. boosted by gains in the local futures market and by refiner buying, traders said. "Refiners are buying to sustain operations during the holidays." one trader said. The
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      COMMODITY PRICES
      1819 16 Rubber MS Caumflty Eiduift (futures ctotag as at lpa) RSS 1 Caatract (S cents/kg) Close Volume Open Month High Low Sett (tonnes) Interest Feb 93 Mar Apr 136.50 136.50 136 25 100 $.175 May 139.00 139 00 138.75 150 10.475 Jun 0.00 0 00 140 50 0 6.650
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        Australia
        1172 17 32.9 I HE share market shed its postelection blues to end sharply higher on Prime Minister Paul keating's statement on Monday that there was scope for a cut in official interest rates. Shares rose quickly at the open and climbed steadily to wipe out most of Monday's loss sparked
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        Manila
        573 17 +4.13 Stock prices finished up but the recovery was weakened when foreign funds, which have underlined the market, shifted attention to the rebound of the Hang Seng Index in Hongkong. The absence of fresh news also kept investors sidelined with profit-taking expected to continue in coming days. The Manila
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        Seoul
        418 17 -7.86 Stocks closed lower for the first time in four days as investors worry about tension between South and North Korea caused by Pyongyang's abrupt withdrawal from an international nuclear pact. The index fell 7.86 points to close at 637.87. "There is no news in the market now, just
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        New Zealand
        296 17 17.66 Shares, buoyed by a strong performance in Australia, recouped most of Monday's loss to end sharply higher on the day. The NZSE-40 Capital Index rose 17.66 to 1,584.69. Telecom was particularly strong, ending eight cents higher at NZ$2.B5 on high volume. Goodman Fielder bounced in line with
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        Taipei
        564 17 -17.01 Stocks ended mixed after a wave of late profit-taking in the financial sector. The Weighted Index rose more than 90 points by mid-morning, but closed points down at 4,489.99. Turnover was an active NT556.67 billion. Many industrial issues attracted strong buying support, especially textiles. But the Big Three
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        Bombay
        67 17 +42.94 Share prices rose for the second consecutive session since the Bombay Stock Exchange reopened following last Friday's bombings at the building, brokers said. The BSE Index was 2.464.21, up 42.94 points from Tuesday's revised figure. The national index was at 1,101.62, up 14.73 points. "Prices are going up
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        908 17 Britannia Funds Sterling ash Bid Offer Mim C ap Deposil 31 M)UO 38 5100 Mim Jeno CiiH HLI«I7 ****** Mim Ma* Income *1 0000 *1 0400 I NS Cash Iimxik Pt<H Fund *4 4400 *10 5 W0 PS Reserve Fund 5.1400 5 »00 Sierling Fx>uii> Euro Performance 0 4710 0
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        Stockholm
        136 17 I.BBpc Stocks rallied yesterday as Swedish financial markets' fears of impending political turmoil eased and debt market yields fell. "The political nervousness lightened a bit. but it could swing (back) just as much." one broker said. The OMX index closed up 1.88 per cent at 784.85 points and the
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        Frankfurt
        185 17 -4.74 Shares eased 0.3 per cent in quiet trading yesterday, taking the 30-share DAX index just below the psychologically important 1.700 point level at 1.697.83, down 4.74. Dealers said expectations of a Bundesabnk rate cut this week would continue to give the market support. making losses small. The index
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        London
        681 17 -3.1 Stocks closed lower yesterday as Chancellor of the Exchequer Norman Lamont continued to outline the government's tax and spending package for fiscal 1994. Shortly after Mr Lamont had started his Budget speech. UK stocks fell 0.5 per cent, hitting an intraday low of 2908.3. The FT-SE 100 index
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        Milan
        172 17 -1.07 pc Olivetti's 903 billion lire rights issue and subsequent share price collapse pulled other stocks down in nervous activity. Some dealers said prices would stay depressed by fears other big corporate names such as Fiat and Pirelli could follow suit. The MIB All-Share Index closed the first day
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        Amsterdam
        239 17 -0.14 There was barely a breath of interest in Dutch shares to flutter prices from earlier levels as investors sat back to watch a spate of company results. The EOE index was 0.14 lower at 316.66. Worries about steel and aluminium group Hoogovens ahead of results were crystallised in
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        Zurich
        270 17 1.3 Shares fell back from morning highs but were still higher at yesterday's close. The All-Share SPI index was up 1.3 points at 1,318.1 "There is no news at the moment to give the market a clear direction", one dealer said. "But Thursday's Bundesbank council meeting and Friday's option
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        Johannesburg
        318 17 -37 South African industrials ended well down in cautious trade on the Johannesburg Stock Fxchange ahead of the Budget, but gold shares posted strong gains on the back of a sharply weaker financial rand foreign investment unit and a higher dollar gold price. The overall index slipped five points
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        Toronto
        348 17 13.99 Stocks were slightly higher in moderate early dealings yesterday with strength in paper and forest products muted by softness in gold, traders said. "The market is sort of in neutral right now," technical analyst Joe Ismail said. TTie TSE 300 inched up 2.10 points to 3564.15 on volume
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        New York
        782 17 14.59 Wall Street rose slightly yesterday morning as investors all but ignored a government report that US housing starts were up 2.5 per cent in February. At 11 am (1600 GMT), the Dow Jones Index of 30 leading industrials stood at 3.447.79 up 5.38 points. About 70 million
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      3129 18 Bloomberg Business News THE stock market showed its resilience to political shocks by recovering more than one-third of Monday's losses, partially on better-than-expected results released by HSBC Holdings. The Hang Seng Index climbed 125.43 points to 5,980.04 after dropping 315.79 points on Monday. The All Ordinaries Index ended at
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      CHINA
      469 18 ZHU RONGJI's right-hand man in the Central Securities Committee, Liu Hong Yu, arrived in Shenzhen yesterday. The market did not react to the top securities official's arrival. Investors are expected to be sidelined until his speech today which might disclose some important new development relating to the country's stock
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      2543 18 Reuter STOCKS ended lower on consolidation after seven consecutive days of gains. Brokers said underlying sentiment was still bullish but that investment trust selling and profit-taking helped wipe out early gains. "Brokerage dealers and foreigners who had fuelled the long bull run were catching their breath and public pension
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      1788 18 Reuter STOCKS finished lower with investors waiting for signs of any new share manipulation cases being initiated by the government and a television debate yesterday on the recent collapse of First City Investment (FCI). The SET Index lost 0.39 point to 905.12 on small 2.64 billion baht turnover. Declines
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      866 18 Reuter THE slock cxchangc closed mixed in moderate trading with fairly strong selling from foreign investors. The Official Index closed at 311.09. down 0.61. "Trading was less active than last week. There was fairly strong selling pressure, with several foreign investors giving up their shares," one broker said. Tjiwi
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      Lock icon CLOB INTERNATIONAL
      2797 19 Source: Bridge Info Source: Bridge Info MOST ACTIVE volume f jtvr (lump s ''V<**l Multi I'urpo-*' WMB Sn HMMM I Itv i i i i. !4 7 '<>*l fcw*u MIX IUII ■tCMMa Bhd XV 2.929M0 Ind MV. iilljM longkjh H litHMfktiC 41'two M KiNiuriv> UHM Bedford NW' I
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        Lock icon Index up as more investors buy blue chips
        5251 19 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Share prices finished steadier in fairly active trading yesterday as retail buyers joined institutional investors to scout for selective blue chips and situational stocks across the board. The KLSE Composite Index rose 2.98 points to 637.79 and the Main
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        Lock icon Shares rally after govt's CPF announcement
        7175 20  -  By Quak Hiang Whai SINGAPORE Stock prices rallied yesterday after the government's announcement that it will soon relax rules on investments from Central Provident Fund savings. And gains on the Hongkong and New York bourses, after previous heavy losses, also boosted buying interest in
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        63 20  -  HOT STOCK Paul Leo BUY CSA Holdings Ltd at $1.15. The decline from its high of 51.27 on Feb Ito yesterday's low of $1.12 is about to reverse. Weekly RSI is approaching 25 and any slight price decline would quickly push the stock into the oversold region. Support
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      Phuket date for golf legend
      659 21 Gary Player will be hard to beat Golf ALL-TIME GREAT Gary Player of South Africa will return to Asia this month to take part in a U5554,000 (S$88,884) Johnnie Walker Skins game in one of Thailand's most exotic locations Phuket. Player will line up on
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      559 21 AP NEW YORK As the NHL season heads into the final month, the Pittsburgh Penguins seem to be the only team virtually assured of a division championship. Everything else is up in the air especially the teams down below
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      Lock icon Ghana in better shape than England
      311 21 AP SYDNEY England expects to be without two key players when it faces attack-minded Ghana in the semifinals of soccer's World Youth Championship on Wednesday night. England coach David Burnside said he probably would not be able to start key forward Nicky Barmby and
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        Lock icon Akebono, Takanohana unbeaten
        69 21 AP OSAKA Akebono, the first non-Japanese yokozuna (grand champion), remained undefeated yesterday while fellow American Konishiki suffered his second loss against one victory in the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament. Akebono and ozeki (champion) Takanohana shared the tournament lead at 3-0 along with three other wrestlers Takanohana's elder
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        Lock icon Pakistan's team routed by West Indies
        110 21 AFP KINGSTON, Jamaica Pakistan may be cricket's world champion but that counted for nothing in the recent one-day series ia South Africa and it will count for less on its fourth tour of the Caribbean. The West Indies won all four of its matches
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        Lock icon Mansell takes a break — with dolphins
        53 21 Mansell takes a break with dolphins Reuter GOLD COAST, Australia British 1992 Formula I drivere champion Nigel Mansell riding between two dolphins at an ocean theme park on the Gold Coast on Monday. Mansell will drive his first Indy car race after leaving Formula 1 on the Gold Coast circuit
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        Lock icon Capriati, Chang defeated at Lipton
        91 21 AP KEY BISCAYNE, Florida Jennifer Capriati and defending champion Michael Chang were upset victims on Monday at the Lipton Championships. Judith Wiesner of Austria beat the fourth-seeded Capriati 3-6, 7-5, 6-4 in a third-round match, whjte Marcos Ondruska of South Africa beat Chang, the No.
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        Lock icon NZ keeps Trans-Tasman trophy
        116 21 AP AUCKLAND New Zealand retained the Trans-Tasman trophy when it quickly scored the 33 runs required yesterday morning to win the third cricket test against Australia at Eden Park. Overnight batsmen Ken Rutherford and Tony Blain completed the victory with a minimum of fuss, scoring the
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        Lock icon Milan looks to Gullit for magic
        110 21 AFP PARIS Ruud Gullit, the inspiration of AC Milan's European Cup triumphs in 1989 and 1990, has recovered from injury in time for today's champions league match against FC Porto. At 30 and with suspect knees, the Dutch midfielder is no longer the force
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      Lock icon Clear skies ahead for Atlanta games
      373 21 Reuter ATLANTA Atlanta was still shivering on Monday in the wake of savage weekend blizzards but there was apparently not a storm cloud in sight on the Olympic front. After the alarms and excursions over negotiations for the main stadium and the on-ofT saga
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        Lock icon Badminton
        120 21 Reuter LONDON Leading World Grand Prix rankings after the Swedish Open which ended on Sunday (Indonesia unless stated): Men 1. Thomas Stuer-Lauridsen (Den) 620 points 2. Hcryanto Arbi 600 3. Joko Supiianto 500 4. Poul-Erik Hoyer-Larsen (Den) 360 5. Ardy B. Wiranata 335 6. Fung Permadi 285 7. Rashid
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        Lock icon Cricket
        142 21 AP AUCKLAND, New Zealand Scoreboard at the close of play yesterday. fifth day of the third cricket test between New Zealand and Australia: Australia, Ist Innings 139; New Zealand. Ist Innings 224; Australia. 2nd Innings 285. New Zealand. 2nd Innings; John Wright run out 33; Mark Greatbatch b Hughes
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        56 21 Reuter NKW YORK Results of National Basketball Association games played on Monday: Washington Bullets 105 Cleveland Cavaliers 101; Los Angeles leakers 92 San Antonio Spurs 87; Chicago Bulls 101 Fos Angeles Clippers 94; Fltah Jazz 109 Dallas Mavericks 96; Miami Heat 103 Denver Nuggets 100 (OT); Portland Trail Blazers
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        Lock icon Golf
        323 21 Reuter Reuter Reuter LONDON I reading world rankings issued on Monday (FS unless stated): 1. Nick Faldo (Ciß) 24.38 points average 2. I red Couples 16.52 3. Cireg Norman (Aus) 13.66 4. Bernhard linger (Gcr) 12 63 5. Lan Woosnam (GB) 12.53 6. Nick Price (Zim) 12.50 7. Tom
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        Lock icon Handball
        219 21 Reuter SrOCkIIOLIM Results of second stage matches in the men's world championship on Monda>: Russia b Hungary 29-22; Germany b Iceland 23-16: Sweden b Denmark 23-20. Standings (tabulate under played. won, drawn, lost, goals for, against, points): I. Sweden 3 3 0 0 64 55 6 2. Russia 3
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        35 21 Reuter NEW YORK Results of National llocke> U-aguc games played on Monday: Los \ngeles Kings 4 Buffalo Sabres 2; Boston Bruins 3 New York Rangers I; Quebec Nordiques 4 Toronto Maple Leafs 2.
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        358 21 Reuter AP KEY' BISCAYNE, Florida Results at the USS3 million Upton Championships on Monda> (prefix number denotes seedings). 2nd rd, men's singles: l-Jim Courier (US) b B>ron Black (Zim) 6-2 6-2: 3-Ste-fan Edberg (Swc) b Leonardo 1 .aval 1c (Mex) 6-4 6-3: Marcos Ondruska (SA) b 7-Michacl Chang (US)
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      319 22 WHERE TO WINE, DINE AND ENTERTAIN CLUB 5 IS UP FOR AUCTION (g). It's Auction Time with a difference. For every dollar spent, collect an equivalent 'Club 5 Dollar' Use it to bid for attractive and valuable items put up for sale during Auction Time. Held every alternate f Wednesday.
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      391 22 [j WHAT'S HAPPENING [I Mjj ON TUESDAY NIGHT $JL jr AT THE NEPTUNE. v. fhs' I Every I uesday night The Neptune is reserved for all who love ballroom dancing Spaial Ml dinner mrnu available at $2 5-» per person ffi© I U- I 7th tlou» Ovrrwn Union Houw CollycT
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  • LIFESTYLE
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      Lock icon Hollywood's angry Everyman
      993 23  -  Janet Maslin talks to Michael Douglas whose latest movie Falling Down like many of his other films, is controversial Janet Maslin NYT DOUGLAS opens the front door of his Central Park West apartment looking friendly and agreeable, though Mr Nice Guy is not one of his familiar
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      Naipaul wins Britain's biggest literary prize
      409 23 CHATTERBOX NOVELIST VS Naipaul on Monday became the first winner of Britain's biggest literary prize, the David Cohen British Literature Prize, worth £30,000 (SS70.800). The prize is awarded to a living British writer "in recognition of a lifetime's achievement". V S Naipaul, 60, was
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      662 23  -  Dirk Beveridge on Beamishfs challenge to Guinness Dirk Beveridge AP IN the smoky pubs of Dublin, a storm is brewing over Ireland's favourite drink, the pint of stout. The feud pits pockctbooks against tradition, as stout makers of the tiny Beamish brewery slash prices to
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      1326 23 TV RADIO Scandalous, 10.45pm, SBC 5 Expecting a big scoop, dirt-dig- L Hays the tables on murdered. An un(John Giel- m*W Stephenson) feather- a< comedy has a plot which soon degenerates into I Travels In Eiiropa: I 9.00pm, SBC 12 Steeped in culture, charm and overflowing water, Venice may vaa
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  • REGIONAL ANALYSIS
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      Old neighbours, new guards: Why worry?
      874 24  -  South-east Asian leadership in transition MOCHTAR KUSUMAATMADJA MOCHTAR KUSUMAATMADJA Dr Stochtar Kusumaatmadja is the former foreign minister of Indonesia Exclusive to BT THE South-east Asian region, especially Asean. has enjoyed almost three decades of political stability. This has enabled member countries to develop economically
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      Should succession mean more democracy?
      1171 24  -  SYED FARID ALATAS SYED FARID ALATAS Dr Syed hand Alatas is a lecturer at the Sociology Department of the Sational i 'niversity of Singapore Special to BT THE upheavals since the late 1980s in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union have given rise to
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        Maiden venture with Anhui?
        125 24 SINGAPORE'S National Trade Union Congress was only too happy recently to sign joint-venture agreements with its Beijing counterpart, the All-China Federation of Trade Unions, to run supermarkets, taxi service, hotels and resorts in China. There was one area, however, that the NTUC politely declined to go
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        Just faking
        122 24 NOT many people take the Thai authorities seriously when they announce plans to crack down on video and cassette tape pirates. Like clockwork, the Thais announce anti-piracy measures each year at the same time about one month before the US-Thailand talks on intellectual property rights protection. The announcement
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        Landed with problems
        109 24 NOBODY can buy or sell land in socialist Vietnam except the State. But this rule has been broken by businessmen from Hongkong and Taiwan who have bought land in Ho Chi Minh City through their Vietnamese proxies, and now run the risk of having their contracts invalidated.
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      Suharto, Try: New team, new concensus
      1127 25  -  Indonesia in transition JUSUF WANANDI JUSUF WANANDI Special to BT THE People's Consultative Assembly or MPR. the highest constitutional body in Indonesia, has elected President Suharto for a sixth term and •retired General Try Sutrisno, the former commander in chief, as his new vice-president.
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      Suharto's sixth term: Rounding off an era
      927 25  -  MARZUKI DARUSMAN MARZUKI DARUSMAN Marzuki Darusman is the chairman of the Foreign Affairs II orking Group of the C entral Board of the ruling Golkar Special to BT WITH a renewed presidential mandate, retired general Suharto will again lead the country for another
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      25 25 DOLLAR SENSE You don't have to be an Einstein to get relatively good returns. Personal Finance Investment. Every Saturday. SINGAPORE Business Times WE KNOW ASIA
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    Grace under pressure in Bombay
    497 26 EDITORIAL THE AMAZING thing about Bombay in the last five days is not the fact that several bomb blasts struck a severe blow at the heart of India's commercial and financial centre. That is part of India's unfortunate contemporary reality. The amazing thing is the
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  • WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
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      Importance of being on time
      335 26 BETTER LATE than never. Or, better late than dead on time. These are the sayings which people, whose time management abilities are a mess, clutch at to justify why they never make it to anything on time. Singaporeans' poor punctuality record extends beyond social gatherings
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      Promises to keep
      159 26 ELECTION PROMISES may not come true. But it may be different for the newly re-elected Australian Prime Minister Paul Keating, who made a slim majority. He could have lost the narrow election if not for the Conservatives' follies of pledging a GST at 15 per cent and
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      Right location for hospitals
      220 26 MORE THAN three quarters of Singaporeans live in public housing estates and it can be said that community facilities are largely created for flat dwellers. It is unthinkable to build St Luke's Hospital for the Elderly either in an industrial estate or a deserted place. If
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      NPT: Pyongyang must reconsider
      210 26 PYONGYANG'S decision to withdraw from its new membership in the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) last week is both specious and suspicious. According to the North Korean officials, they quit the treaty because of an upcoming joint military exercise between US and South Korean armed forces. This
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      Danger if Yeltsin goes
      177 26 THE WEST moved a step closer to pumping renewed financial aid into Russia to bolster President Boris Yeltsin's shaky economic reforms during the high-level meeting of the Group of Seven industrialised nations (G-7) held yesterday. However, while the high-powered gathering did a great deal to revive
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    821 26  -  George Tibbits examines charges of unfair competition being levelled against Bill Gates and his phenomenally successful Microsoft Corp George Tibbits AP BILL Gates and Microsoft Corp may have set out to change the way people do business, but they've proved one old business adage: the
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      186 26 .Wi*. MUCH MORE THAN KID'S PLAY! v] Shenzhen Int'l Toys Gifts Fair, October 12-15,1993 g sHEHZHE* I At ML& SHENZHEN INT I TOYS GIFTS (AIR Shenzhen International Exhibition Centre A first for China, the Fair is the place to capitalize on the I want to know more about exhibiting at
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      93 26 \we o££.N TRYING TO CX»rr\pr\v>iCATt UllU /c^rr^i —N WKONIG ueu> \N twe OFFICE, across A \oiiw \ioog sTßej£,r &jrr iwe\/wt got dooblc V M<PR<:j v p J VGU\"Z.>NG 1 .i ASSOCIATED NEWSPAPERS LTD 1962-1991 DOONESBURY garry trudeau mc-m* NO.SHePCeSNT, ■■■AWSHBUJASON&AUTTie ANP THE KJPB LAUGHING I uJUEXILJto UIHFMTW&, l Alt*. MRS.
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  • ANALYSIS
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      A New Deal would reinvigorate the Japanese economy
      914 27  -  It s not dams that Japan needs like Roosevelt built in the original New Deal but an emphasis on multimedia equipment and improving education facilities, says Seiichiro Mori Seiichiro Mori The writer is an Asahi Shimbun economics writer WHAT Japan needs now
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      Tough job for Ramos: bucking the system that created him
      1634 27  -  Even the pampered elite speak of a 'last chance' to put the house in order. Philip Bo wring examines the wide array of problems the Philippine president has to confront to turn the nation around Philip Bowring The writer, a
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      Lock icon When socialists become the new bourgeoisie
      914 27  -  Andrew Gumbel finds disillusioned French intellectuals defecting from the Left Andrew Gumbel Reuter FRENCH intellectuals once knew exactly where they stood: the Right was in power and viewed as contemptible, while workers and students were seen as fighting for truth and justice in the
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    Lock icon EC playing down prospect of trade war with US
    554 28 Delors to meet Clinton tomorrow IHT BRUSSELS The European Community has sought to play down the prospect of a trade war with the US. It announced on Monday that European Commission president Jacques Delors would meet US President Bill Clinton tomorrow,
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    Lock icon Growth in Japanese trade surplus slows
    339 28 AFP TOKYO Japan's trade surplus expanded at its slowest pace in almost one-and-a-half years in February as two years and eights months of uninterrupted export growth came to an end, the Finance Ministry said yesterday. The decline in exports, the first since May 1990,
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    Lock icon Pyongyang scorns calls to reverse N-pact decision
    431 28 Reuter AFP AP TOKYO A defiant North Korea, suspcctcd of covcrtly making nuclear weapons, yesterday poured scorn on voiccs urging it not to quit a nuclear control pact, and threatened to react if Washington heaped on "new pressures". Pyongyang's official news agency said
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    Lock icon US warns India of more terrorist attacks — in New Delhi
    442 28 US warns India of more terrorist attacks in New Delhi UPI NEW DELHI The United States government, citing intelligence reports, yesterday warned India that there is danger of terrorist strikes in New Delhi following the unprecedented wave of terrorist bombings in Bombay that killed more than 300 people. Foreign Ministry
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    Lock icon Yeltsin, Mitterrand call for Western help to save democracy in Russia
    333 28 AFP MOSCOW President Boris Yeltsin yesterday appealed for urgent Western economic help to save democracy in Russia, declaring: "June or July... may prove too late." Mr Yeltsin, speaking at a joint news conference with French President Francois Mitterrand. said
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    Patten's administration undergoing test of credibility
    801 28  -  The Bottom Line STEPHEN VINES STEPHEN VINES The writer is a Hongkong-based journalist w ho contributed this commentary to BT. WITHOUT China's unwitting help. Hongkong Governor Chris Patten might by now he caught in a trap with few escape routes. But by shutting the
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      412 28 Tomorrow in Business Times KHAW AND SONS PTE LTD CHINA SEMINAR "EASTERN CHINA MANUFACTURERS' PARADISE" April 8,1993,2pm lo spm at Carlton Hotel Singapore, Only five hours away from Singapore lies Shanghai, the industrial and commercial hub of China. Since late l9XOs. Shanghai and its neighbouring cities like Kunshan. Suzhou and
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  • SHIPPING TIMES
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      Philippine cargo handler to spend US$40m on upgrading
      313 29  -  From Al Labita in MANILA CARGO handler International Container Terminal Services will spend almost US$4O million (Ss66 million) this year acquiring equipment and constructing new berthing facilities. "The investment will enable us to meet rising demand for our services," an International spokeswoman
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      Call for Thai pilot service to be privatised
      398 29 BANGKOK The Industrial Estates Authority of Thailand (lEAT), the Port Authority of Thailand (PAT), and private firms on the Eastern Seaboard area have called for the pilot service to be privatised, claiming that the existing services provided by the Harbour Department do
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      Lock icon Germans trying to sell submarines to Taiwan
      194 29 AFP KIEL. Germany A consortium of German shipbuilders is negotiating to construct submarines in the United States for sale to Taiwan, one of the shipbuilders said here on Monday. The scheme is intended to circumvent German government directives designed to maintain good relations
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      Lock icon Russia, China set up new shipping service
      229 29 KnightRidder MOSCOW A new shipping line will begin operating soon between the Russian port of Vanino and the Chinese port of Dalyan, the Russian newspaper Movoy Mir reported on Monday. The line is being set up by the administrations of the Khabarovsk region
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      INDEX TO SHIPPING LINES AND FREIGHT FORWARDERS
      1161 29 Page Col ABC Containcrline 12 1 Accord Group 8 1-3 Ahrenkicl Liner 16 4 Allied-Link 16 4/5 Alpha Feeders 6 I ANL 3 1/2 APL 5 3-5 •ASCL 5 5 Asian Breakbulk 16 3 ASXCLShpg 15 2 Avant Shpg 6 4/5 Avia Airways
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      Lock icon Europe's supertanker of the future
      326 29 Reuter BRUSSELS Five European shipbuilders revealed plans on Monday for a safer, "greener" supertanker and promised to fit even the most basic models with ozone-friendly refrigerators for the crew. The new E3 design was Europe's response to oil spill accidents which threatened coastlines and marine
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      THE SHIPPING GUIDE
      11396 38 I his is a list ot ships loading at Singapore for ports around the world. It tabulates. by destination, the name ot the ship, the shipping line involved and the estimated dates of arrival and departure from the Port of Singapore. LEGEND PN: ship calls at Penang
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      DAILY FREIGHTS
      747 45 ACTIVE grain chartering demand on Monday helped push up the Baltic Freight Index to a fresh 13-month peak of 1.442, up 14 points from Friday when it rose I 1) points, and shipbrokers said the index looked still undervalued. This was the highest level achieved since late Jan,
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      TRANSPORT DIARY
      514 45 COURSES Title: Import/Export and Shipping Procedures (SDF 50%). Duration: March 17 (8 evenings) Organiser: Elim Management Services Tel: For course details and application forms call 292-5670. Title: Standard Trading Conditions (SDF 70%) Duration: March 23 May 4 (7 evenings) Organiser: Singapore Freight Forwarders Association Tel: All courses are
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    • AIR AND LAND TRANSPORT NEWS
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        Lock icon Air traffic to rise 6.7pc annually for next 20 years
        438 48 UPI LONG BEACH, California Worldwide passenger air traffic will grow at a 6.7 per cent annual rate over the next 20 years, requiring more than 14,000 new passenger jets by the year 2011, McDonnell Douglas Corp predicted on Monday. In
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      2731 31 M OOCL (S) PTE LTD JARDINE SHIPPING AGENCIES BOOKINGS TEL: *****34 *****58/ *****40 \llV«r CFS (PSA F5) TEL *****21/ *****79 ■JlllY_ JARDINE SHIPPING AGENCIES SON. BHD. PETALING JAYA TEL. 03-*****76 FAX 03-*****42 L VQGQf J r\..C PENANG TEL. *****4 FAX. *****1 CFS TEL *****6 ueaicated to Quality S©rvice ipoh tel:
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      1732 31 For advertising enquiries, contact Shipping Times: Tel 740-2089/740-2090 fmuAsc7| J UNITED ARAB SHIPPING CO.(SAG)jJ^ W_ EastCoest BrTwr" mi H Mi 1 Ml ■BM saw won mu m m m m n m n m U IHMI MIM U'M II #5 l» I' M II M SMTI *0M MM* U/M M
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      1404 31 VIGO, SPAIN WITHIN 20 DAYS LEXA MAERSK V.9304 ETA SIN 18TH MARCH 1993 Vessel Vo* ETA ETD Feeder Oy Se» Lark/Aries DESTINATIONS Tha «ree* MAJESTIC MAERSK V 9304 |[^^M^.|l|im.H—Try3WnTTjrTT»PWW^T»»rM'j— ?3-3 i9oo HRS CFS 23/3 1 TOO MRS JOH LPK PEN OAK LG6 MOU MEM ATL MIA CHS BAI PHL NYC
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      779 32 AQABA R'DAM' [I hmM VOY NO S PORE JEDDAH (via JED) S TON H BURG ANT HAVRE ■a'jU FRANKFURT EXPRESS 66/110 17/3 3/4 6/4 4/4 MJ. WESTBOUW KITANO 18/310 20/3 29/3 5/4 7/4 10/4 12/4 14/4 riUIT WKW WW MONTE ROSA 23/111 24/3 10/4 13/4 11/4 CARGO 10 UK/ CONTRCNT
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      578 32 FCL Breakbulk Service to: AFGHANISTAN M&M Afghanistan Ltd., Sole Foreign Forwarder in Kabul for all services C.1.5.-Vostochny, Vladivostok, Moscow, Tashkent, Kiew, Minsk, Riga, Baku North Korea Vietnam Mongolia Hungary CSFR Poland ocwans AGENCIES (FAR EAST) LTD NOUAKCHOTT-BANJUL-BISSAU-LUANDA-BATA Feeder Vessel ETA SIN VILLE DE PROVENCE 23/03 VILLE DE VEGA 28/03 A.
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      2125 33 W. STRAITS SHIPPING PTE LTD 10 Hoe Chiang Road #11-01 Keppel Towers Singapore 0208 Tel: *****88 Fax: *****17 BTB Shipping Pt« Ltd cmm S out sais J I CONTAINER SERVICE TO CAMBODIA KRIS MADURA VOSE KK. Skan law 15-16 Mar In Pt II Mar RAJAH BROOKE VOBE Muaea. lab 22
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      2699 33 SINGAPORE AGENT: IJXtI 1 -f*» pf*r> P&O Containers (Singapore Agencies) Pte Ltd X i\V/ VJUllldlllvl 3 10 Hoe Chiang Road #07-01 KEPPEL TOWERS. SINGAPORE 0208 \<v Tel: 225 2233 Telex RS ***** PNOCSP Fa* 225 5327/222 7517 y X CR Number: **********0Z EXPORT IMPORT VESSEL VOY PpSc *PKG MM ALG
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      1977 35 IP"™ -111-m PLEASE CALL NEPTUNELINK (1800 *****00 TOLL^FREE^I II FOR THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION: H II VESSELS ETA/ETD/EXCHANGE RATES/SHIPPING SERVICES/ 5552 JIfCJL II FREIGHT CHARGES PAYABLE/STORE RENT CHARGES/ II AVAILABILITY OF DOCUMENTS FOR COLLECTION I II *R3 SCX: Connecting N. Diamond Voy 12E in HKG 28/03/93 H *R4 Connecting C. Pegasus
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      1153 35 SINSOV SINGAPORE SOVIET SHIPPING CO PRIVATE LTD BOOKINGS: BALT ORIENT LINE: *****64 FESCO: *****06 BLASCO ODESSA: *****51/*****31 ENQUIRIES: *****33 KL: 03-*****75/697 PORT KELANG: *****43/ *****40 JAKARTA: *****57 PENANG: *****4/ *****8 JOHORE BAHRU: *****1/ *****1 MARINE INSURANCE SERVICE: *****87/ *****87 (REGULAR INDEPENDENT SERVICE) FULL CONTAINERSHIP SERVICES EASTBOUND—DISCHARGING WESTBOUNP-LOAOINC TRANSHPPED VIA ROTTERDAM
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      1655 36 K 44 1 W AS AGENTS: KAWASAKI SINGAPORE (PTE) LTD ICR No: **********0 M) w TEL: *****77 TELEX: KAWAKIRS23I6S FAX: *****07/6^9 I H 1 IV| Mj MALAYSIA: *K" UNE MARITIME (MALAYSIA) SDN BHD JL BL JLd/ M. MrnJ TEL SA *****00 PK *****75 PEN *****0 JB *****1 PGU *****5/6 KAWASAKI
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      651 36 f=#Y«si PHILI-ORKNT LIN€S PT€ LTD r 108 Robinson Road #07-00 GMG Building Singapore 0106 1 Tel: *****22/*****69/*****00 Telex: RS ***** Fax: *****76/*****38 A MEMBER OF THE SINGAPORE FREIGHT FORWARDERS ASSOCIATION AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND/SOUTH PACIFIC FCL/LCL SERVICE 18 MAR SYDNEY. MELBOURNE. BRISBANE. FREMANTLE AUCKLAND. WELLINGTON. LYTTLETON, NEW PLYMOUTH. NAPIER. CHRISTCHURCH 28 MAR
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      462 36 golden lineA WCG <?V GUAN GUAN SHPPING \T<v<\ (PTE) LTD I 23, l(W> V« S<"«1 SNGAPOItt 0104 TU 5343 m (It UKS) Fn *****04 (O No 1012KM0QM) ITKAITI/HKIUH GULF IMfICT S'porc P Helang Penang COLDUt SIM Karachi Data Damnum 21/2S M» TMK CMa Aarait» Dubai 4 llp CHINA IMTICT GOIKN
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      1072 37 V PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL LINES (PTE) LTD 1 140 Cecil Street. #03-00 PIL Building. Singapore 0106. I Cfl NO **********0E VESSEL W SIN BKK SIN VESSEL VOY J*? SIN EQUATOR CRYSTAL 134N 20/3 23/3 27/3 KOTAWOAH 3221 21/3 24/3 2/3 SRISAMUT (THAI FLAG) SRSI2N 21/3 24/3 2S/3 BUNGA TERATAI 3223 23/3
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      1890 37 EXPRESS CONTAINER SERVICE TO UK-NORTH CONTINENT-SCANDINAVIA WEEKLY p P GUDANG PCNANG P KELANG OCEAN VSL 'VOV SIN SOUH) PTM (2) HAM (3) GOT (4) 19/3 19/3 20/3 TOYAMA 3102 23/3 9/4 11/4 12/4 147t E 26/3 ?6/3 27/3 /TRQSIA 3112 30 3 16.4 10/4 19/4 21/4 2/4 2/4 3/4 NIHON
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      324 37 I BSA° TR AN SPO RTATIQ N MYANMA pBBk FIVE STAR LINE (Myanmar National Line) Loading for Yangon (Rangoon) S pore P.KIf Pen P Gdf MYOMA*** VI47W 21/23 M* 17/19 Mir ?4 2« M* PATHS* VI22W 23/25 M» 21/23 Mv PAGAN Vl94* 21/30 Mar MALAYSIA AGENTS BOUSTf AO SHPPWG AGfNCtS
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      1867 40 Full Container Liner Services Ull3)su s A(Ms: i,„ h General Agents: Booking Agents: Guan Guan Shipping Sdn Bhd Chung Chiao Shipping Sdn Bhd P.T. Global Putra Indonesia Maritime Costar Shipping Pte Ltd Sk*** Fmght Sort* U*trt S*U* 58 Persiaran Ra,a Muda Musa Lo» 3 34. 3rd Floor. Jl IR H
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      561 40 EXPORTS TO HONGKONG. TAINAN. MANIA JAPAN "TWICE WEEKLY" MALACCA STRAITS SERVICE OUTBOUC iOl m »T lai I MNL WI6 KAO KB TTO WW j»g 1160 HOB VESSEL M)Y |SM |m PEN UN SM AOULY 348 ♦♦15 3 **17 3 KM 1903 23 03 25 03 30 03 30 03 1103
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      379 40 DIRECT BREAKBULK/CONTAINER SERVICE TO MANILA MV. OCEANIA EXPRESS VBl ETA 1/4/93 (HEAVY IH AVAILABLE UP TO 45 TOWS) s»u««i SEAWAY SHIPPING PTE. LTD. (GENERAL AGENTi HATWEST CtNTRf *ISO 3 SPORE 0106 TEL *****33 FAX *****53 TLX R*****8 {95 H PORT WLA* OAFS* A3 NCI S SOI BM> TEL 03 *****70/1
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      708 41 (i£ FAMOUS CONTAINER LINES —10 ANSON RD. #15-21 INTERNATIONAL PLAZA, S PORE 0207 HOT LINE: *****33 (24 LINES) LIMASSOL/PIREAUS 22/3 ROTTERDAM 22/3 HAIFA/ASHDOD/ALEXANDRIA 22/3 HAMBURG/BREMEN 22/3 MARSEILLE/FRANCE 22/3 FELIXSTOWE/UK 22/3 BARCELONA/SPAIN 22/3 LEHAVRE/ANTWERP 22/3 GENOA/ITALY 22/3 GOTHENBURG/SCANDINAVIA 22/3 LOS ANGELES/WC/IPI 20/3 SYDNEY/MELBOURNE 18/3 NEW YORK/EC 20/3 FREMANTLE/ADELAIDE 20/3 VANCOUVER 24/3
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      713 41 TEL: *****33 (12 Lines) FAX: *****15/*****03 TELEX: RS ***** RISHIP (3 Lines) ETHIOPIAN SHIPPING LINES (National Lines of Ethiopia) ACCEPTING FCL AND CONVENTIONAL VESSEL |VOV ETA LOAOtMG FOR SPORE ANDMET 30WB 16/04 OARESSALAAM MOMBASA DJIBOUTI ASSAB MASSAWA ABYOT 32W8 70/05 OARESSALAAM MOMBASA DJSOUTI ASSAB MASSAMA g KIEN HUNG LINE FI
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      641 41 JAKARTA BANGKOK who. yot tm kt [ttwa I ww smmm ummm IHANA BHUM 22S 20/3 23/3 6 KO2MISEV 18N Thu 11/3 Sm 21/3 VWA BHUM 183S 25/3 21/3 MAHA BHUM 149W Wed 17/3 Um 21/3 RAM BHUM 70S 26/3 30/3 §5! fri 18/3 22/3 T*****S mi 31-3 S-_-§£ D SENTOSA
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      351 41 [Wm nam™ BAY OF BENGAL SERVICES TKa SIM MM lt-19/03 2*26/03 01-12 04 I UK BOMMSTA 24M 22 23/13 21 30 03 05-06/04 IKE* ARROW 59H 24-25/03 31-01/04 07-01/04 TUP BRPCE 249 M 29-31/63 04-00/04 12 13/04 EAttE 55 112 10-19/03 25-21/03 01-02/04 I WUK HRfLZI ***** 20-21/03 20-30/03 05-00/04
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      1420 42 CONTAINER LINES LJ\sAj£jAgent3: MAC-NELS SPORE: *****22 (24 LINES) PENANG: (04) *****6 SIBU: (084) *****9 KUCHING: (082) *****3 P.KELANG: (03) *****77 JAKARTA: (21) *****32 SURABAYA: (31) *****0 COMPETITIVE RATE TO HONG KONG 3 SAILINGS WEEKLY (MON/WED/FRI) FOR ROOKING, PLS CALL *****76. *****75. *****22 GLOBEUNK FORWARDERS PTE LTD i SB TEL: *****33
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      249 42 w BLUE STAR LINE SINGAPORE TO AND FROM NEW ZEALAND AND PACIFIC ISLANDS SM ML LYT SIN #N 2 STAR 6S 23/3 4/4 6/4 23/4 PftEMCR 23S 4/4 17/4 19/4 4/5 AUST STAR 86S 20/4 2/5 4/5 20/5 WITH OPPORTUNE TO CALL BRISBW* ON OR ABOUT 27 3 FULLY CONTAINERISED
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      1029 42 f THONG SOON LINES PTE. LTD.] Ml 77 ROBINSON ROAO #15-00. #16-00 SIA BULDMG SINGAPORE 0106 TEL ***** M FAX NO: *****11, *****22 VBT TLX: RS ***** CARMER. RS ***** JENHOL CABLE: TOSOCO CONVINTKHJAL/CONTAINIW BOQICINQ UNK: *****86 •mOAPOfm TO OAHAWAK VESSEL »0T S'PWt tiS VESSEL VtT STMt IST EQUATOR 111
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      835 43 WgV'EVERETT ORIENT LINE" JAPAN/BAY OF BENGAL/JAPAN SERVICE ACCEPTING BREAKBUK SOC CARGOES 10 FROM KOBE. YOKOHAMA. NAGOTA. MO*. TOKYO*. MA Ml A* DAVAO*. Penan(* P. Kelanj Singapore E'Msia* KAMALEVERETT VISE 27/28 Mar KARABIEVERETT VIIE 08/09 Apr 10/11 Apr SHAPIAEVERETT VISE 28/29 Apr ACCEPTING BREAKBUK FCI SOC CARGOES TO/FROM CWTTAGONG. CAICUTTA AND
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      342 43 18* CLOBY NAVIGATION GROUP to REGULAR LINER SERVICE TAIWAN TO SINGAPORE ASEAN DIRECT WEEKLY TO PORT KELANG/PENANG •AT ATTRACTIVE RATES* CR NO: **********0W SP PKL PNG KAO GLORY SELATAN VI 20/3 25/3 25/3 5/4 GLORY SELATAN V 12/3 15/3 25/3 SP PKL HCM HK KAO GLORY SELATAN X 15/3 20/3
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      686 43 #PGSL WORLDWIDE PANAMA —GLOBE STEAMERS UNES REGULAR FCL SERVICE TO THE FOLLOWING WEEKLY SAILING TO HUANG PU SHANTOU Connecting Feeder to Huang PuSUI TUO CONTAINER NO. 2 Connecting Feeder to Shantao LIAN BO NO 9 WE HV LEASING CONTRS FOR RENTAL SAILING TO 'PHNOM PENH' FORTNIGHTLY FCL/LCL SERVICE TO SOUTHERN
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      470 43 FORTNIGHTLY DIRECT CONTAINER SERVICE SIN TO DURBAN ALSO CALLING PT. ELIZABETH/JOHANNESBURG TWICE WEEKLY CONTAINER SERVICE SIN/MADRAS/SIN ALSO ACCEPTING CONTAINERS TO TUDCORIN/ BANGALORE/COCHIN ANO NEW DELHI WEEKLY CONTAINER SERVICE SIN/CALCUTTA/SIN WITH TRANSHIPMENT TO: ASEAN/AUSTRAUA/FAR EAST/MEDITERRANE AN/EUROPE WEEKLY CONVENTIONAL SERVICE SIN TO CHINA WEEKLY CONVENTIONAL SERVICE MADRAS/COLOMBO/ BOMBAY/KARACHI WEEKLY CONVENTIONAL SERVICE EAST
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      382 43 SIN FAR EAST 23/3 KEELUNG/KAOHSIUNG 20/3 BANGKOK 22/3 MANILA/CEBU 21/3 JAKARTA/BELAWAN/SURABAYA 23/3 PORT KELANG/PENANG/E. MALAYSIA 23/3 BUSAN 21/3 TOKYO/YOKO/KOBE/NGO/OSA 23/3 HONG KONG SIN CHINA (+B#±*;tn) 23/3 GUANGZHOU/HUANGPU/SHENZHEN F UZHOU XIAMEN SHANTOII SHEKOU DALIAN SHANGHAI XINGANG TIANJIN/QINGDAO/HAIKOU also accepting LCL cargo SjN EUROPE/UK 23/3 LDN/FLX/LVP/SOU 23/3 RDM/HAM/ANT/LEH/GOA/OSL/GOT/BCN also accepting cargo to
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      666 44 HONG KON6/CHINA 15/3 JAKARTA 14/3 BANGKOK 10/3 13/3 MANILA 15/3 BUSAN 15/3 KEELUNG 16/3 TOKYO/KOBE 14/3 KAOSHIUN6 12/3 PORT KELANS/PENAN6 14/3 YOKOHAMA 14/3 COLOMBO 16/3 FELIXSTOWE/HAMBUR6 13/3 CHITTA6ON6/MAORAS 17/3 ROTTEROAM/LE HARVE/ANTWERP 13/3 BOMBAY/KARACHI 15/3 BARCELONA. MARSEILLES. GENOA 14/3 CALCUTTA 14/3 LAX/NYC 14/3 SYDNEY/MELBOURNE CMT LINER EXPRESS AGENCIES PTE LTD HOT-LINE
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      474 44 y Conterm CONTERM FREIGHT (F.E.) PTE LTD. COLOMBO 22ND MARCH BANGKOK 21 MAR PENANG 25 MAR PORT KELANG 25 MAR JAKARTA 21 MAR FREMANTLE 25 MAR SYDNEY 28 MAR MELBOURNE 28 MAR BRISBANE 30 MAR AUCKLAND 23 MAR HAMBURG 20 MAR FELIXSTOWE 20 MAR GOTHENBURG 20 MAR 'ACCEPTING TO ALL
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      440 44 This Week's Sailings Singapore I FIRST FORWARDER IN To: ETD To: ETD asia aw arded Singapore Singapore ISO 9002 B\ LRQA EVERY EVERY t Bangkok SUN Hamburg SA'l Wi EVERY EVERY k/l Manila SUN Ho Chi Minh ERI fsflZll) JL EVERY EVERY Colombo TUE Ix>s Angeles SUN —t=^J INTERNATIONAL SEA
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      132 44 I H NIPPON EXPRESS Arrow International (Worldwide Consolidation System) WEEKLY TO: TOKYO/YOkOHAM.VNAGOYA/KAOSHIUNG/ HONG KONG/BANGKOK/KEELUNG/KOBE/ LOS ANGELES (LONG BEACH >/NEW YORK/ CHICAGO/SYDNEY/MELBOURNE/HAMBURG/ EELIXSTOWE/ROTTERDAM/DUSSELDORE WE ALSO DEAL IN ECL CARGO WORLDWIDE ARROW EXPRESS (SERVICE TO MALAYSIA) MALAYSIA TRUCK CONSOLIDATION Depart Singapore DAILY to K.L. BANGI. SHAH AL*M ARROW EXPRESS BONDED CONSOLIDATION Depart
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      1519 45 The weekly freight report was not available because of technical problem. ■A jl VESSEL/VOYAGE SINGAPORE DURBAN PORT ELIZABETH CAPE TOWN HAYAKAYIA MARU V9167F 21/3 3/4 5/4 7/4 ¥9265f 31/3 12/4 14/4 18/4 NEDUOYD COLOMBO V9364F 10/4 22/4 24/4 26/4 OSAKA MARU V9469F 20/4 2/5 4/5 </5 HAKATA V9332F 30/4 12/5
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      64 45 "BANGKOK" P.A.T. KLONG TOEY PORT ETA ETA VESSEL VOY SM BANGKOK MAHA BHUM 149N 17/03/93 20/03/93 NANTA BHUM 133N 20/03/93 24/03/93 MAHA BHUM 150N 24/03/93 28/03/93 NANTA BHUM 134N 27/03/93 30/03/93 (MAHA BHUM IS A FUEL THAI FLAG VESSEL) ETA ETA ETA VESSEL VOY SIN MANILA CEBU AKA BHUM U6A
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      63 45 votainer IVotainer to eurcpe on I CdFEREKE VESSELS CALL: 273-0133 (BOOKINGS) 273-0466 (ENQUIRIES) IWVn SIN RTM FLI WE LOI ANT HAM I Normandie Bodce V24W </3 23/3 2S/3 27/3 23/3 2«/3 I 00CL Hope V24W 29/3 30/3 1/4 3/4 *73 2/4 I Neptune Topai Y27W V 4 </4 1/4 10/4
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      703 46 i. cosco UKC CONVENTIONAL SERVICE VESSEL PKL PNG P G LOADING FOR A VESSEL 28/03 Rotterdam/Antwerp CHIN* CONVENTIONAL SERVICE VESSEL PKL PNG P G LOADING FOR A VESSEL IS/03 20/03 Huangpu/Guanqzhoo COSCO FULL CONTAINER SERVICES (FCL/FCL) EXPORT TO: CHIN A/ BANGK OK HONGK ONG EUROPE/CONTINENTAL WEST MEDITERRANEAN AUSTRALIA US WEST
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      415 46 a EES FREIGHT SERVICES PTE LTD I lIUFFTh #01-60 Wallich Building, I Wallich Street, Singapore 0207 I Tel: *****66 (10 Lines) Fax: *****69/*****44 I I "OLANDIA" II "NANTA BHUM" "HANJIN KUNSAN" II I V.137 V.133N V.085E II I ETD SIN: 18/3/93 ETD SIN: 20/3/93 ETD SIN: 22/3/93 II We provide
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      880 46 Antwerp 13/3 Fremantle 14/3 Bangkok 13/3 Bremen 14/3 Sydney 18/3 Busan 15/3 Hamburg 14/3 Melbourne 18/3 Hong Kong 15/3 LeHarve 13/3 ETSTTR V Kaohsiung 13/3 Felixstowe 14/3 Keelung 13/3 Rotterdam 13/3 Bombay 15/3 Jakarta 14/3 Calcutta 13/3 Manila 15/3 Chittagong 13/3 Lax Nyc 15/3 M ar s chi *we travel
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      800 47 I HYUNDAI MERCHANT MARINE CO. LTD. WESTBOUND TO EUROPE VESSELS VOY PNA PKE PGP VESSELS SIN RTM ANT° LEH* HAM BREt FEL rtfct ADVANCE 08A 09/03 10/03 12/03 H. CHALLENGER 303W 14/03 02/04 02/04 03/04 04/04 04/04 06/04 MM AOVANCE 09A 16/03 17/03 19/03 OOCI CHARISMA 304H 21/03 09/04 09/04
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      525 47 STRAITS/ JAPAN/ STRAITS SERVICE SPECIALIST IN RO-RO HEAVY LIFTS INBOUND VESSELS rtSMI )OT Sf PA MC H M(Ki MOON It IN PT l«ll TRADtI 74 II I COSMIC TIAOtI It 22,) IVAN SRWIOW It 22/1 23 3 Km MUSHI 77 23/1 2S/) nil 27/) MAKI Sir 21/) AIANTAN 22 MA
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      1024 47 JEDDAH/UK/CONTINENT IsfOM to S lON H BURG A DAM lEH Abo Accept!* C»n F« KITANO 11/310 20/3 27/) 7/4 10/4 12/4 14/4 Southampton :toM UK dntiutnn BtHnl md Out*MONIt MSA 23/111 24/3 10/4 13/4 15/4 Actlrrdim :to M Art»wp Amtwdam oJto Hrtrti KAISIMAGI 14/311 27/3 5/4 14/4 17/4 19/4 21/4
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