The Business Times, 26 March 1993

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    16 1 BUSINESS TIMES WE KNOW ASIA Ml I A (P) 552/12/92 Friday March 26 1993 75 c
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  • 2am LATEST
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      Lock icon BBC to pool news coverage with ABC
      56 1 AP LONDON British Broadcasting Corp and American Broadcasting Co have agreed to pool radio and television news coverage, creating one of the world's largest news-gather-ing operations. "This agreement brings together two of the world's largest news gatherers," Tony Hall, managing director of BBC
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      Lock icon Half of West's N-plants could develop cracks
      64 1 AFP LONDON More than half the West's nuclear power plants are in danger of developing vessel head penetration cracks (VHPC) posing the threat of core meltdown. Greenpeace, in a just-released report, says that this "premature ageing" phenomenon first showed up in a dcccnnia!
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      Lock icon Dissidents in Congress party may strike
      63 1 Reuter NEW DELHI Dissidents in India's ruling Congress party have threatened to stage a hunger strike in a power struggle against Prime Minister P V Narasimha Rao. They arc demanding a secret ballot on the issue of whether Mr Rao should hold both the
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    MARKET SUMMARY
    113 1 Stock market indices Iharsdav Change SMI Closed KLSb Composite dosed Nikkei 18,764.92 +314.23 Hang Seng. 6,246.97 134.78 SET Index 876 08 -10.62 Jakarta Composite ...Closed CLSA China B 1.352.30 +20.89 Ausl All Ofd 1,660.7 -2.3 FTSE 100 2,852.8 -7.8 Thursday Proion 11 am close Dow Jones 3.450.24 3.469.69
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    Lock icon Mitterrand: next premier may not come from Chirac's party
    153 1 Reuter PARIS Tension between French President Francois Mitterrand and opposition leader Jacques Chirac mounted yesterday after Mr Mitterrand indicated he might not choose the next prime minister from Mr Chirac's party. The possible snub would be in response to sniping from
    Reuter  -  153 words
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    Bankers wary about financing commercial property projects
    577 1  -  Developers may have hard time raising funds, with rental market softening By Kooi Cho Teng SINGAPORE Bankers are becomingly increasingly hesitant about financing commercial property projects, particularly the bigger ones. Sources say that it is not plain sailing even for big names. For
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    Lock icon Patten's HK plan a bid to prolong British control: Chinese legislators
    282 1 AP BEIJING The Communist Party newspaper yesterday quoted Chinese legislators as saying Hongkong Governor Chris Patten's political reform plan is just an attempt to prolong British control of the colony after it returns to Chinese rule in 1997. "Many
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    Lock icon Protesters block HK governor's house
    132 1 AFP HONCiKONG Public housing tenants, some denouncing Governor Chris Patten, blocked traffic outside his residence for three hours yesterday before police moved in and carried them away. The protest was aimed at the government's rental policy. Twenty-three protesters were seen being carried oil" Upper Albert
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    London think-tank plans to set up financial research office in S'pore
    340 1  -  By Magdalene Ng SINGAPORE Sir Alan Walters, eminent ceonomist and one-time adviser to former British Prime Minister l.ady Margaret Thatcher, is planning to set up a financial research office in Singapore as part of his group's expansion in Asia.
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    Lock icon Keating plan for Asian market gets support from US
    520 1 AFP SYDNEY An Australian plan to create an integrated market of 15 major economies of the Asia-Pacific region has been boosted by support emerging at top levels of the Clinton administration, officials said here yesterday. Recent statements by senior US government
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    Lock icon Transition period needed for Afta, says Thai premier
    302 1 Reuter MANILA Thai Prime Minister Chuan Leekpai yesterday said Asean countries need a transition period for protected industries before they can implement a free trade pact in the region. In a speech to Manila businessmen. he said that Asean's free trade area
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      158 1 hi 4 CONTENTS News Companies S'pore News 2 S ponMHTsu .9.10.11 Regional News 3.4.5 Financial 12.13 World News 7.8 Futures Markets Analysis 23 Regional 15 Edrtorial 22 *orM 16 Sports 17 Currencies 13 TV/litestyle 19 Simex Commo ..13.14 Regional Focus 6 Subscription Tel *****49 ft?/ Fax /4448/b BT Editorial Tel
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
    • eye on the ECONOMY
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        Lock icon A long-distance indicator
        348 2  -  By Anna Teo DOING BUSINESS may have gone high-teeh, hut economists reckon the trusty old telephone still gives a good inkling of the level of economic activity: many see the number of overseas telephone calls as a coincident economic indicator. Dr Chow Hwee Kuan, a university economics
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      Foreign venture capital firms invest $8m in AYS
      371 2  -  Money will he used to expand PC maker's Shenzhen plant By Joseph Rajendran THE AVS group, a Singapore PC maker, has caught the eye of two foreign venture capital firms, which have invested 58 million in the company. USbased Hambrecht Quist and
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      Commodity traders feel GST will stifle entrepot trade
      536 2  -  By Moiz Tyebally COMMODITY traders are concerned that the introduction of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) will hamper the growth of entrepot trade. They say not only will they lose their competitive edge but also many overseas traders will stop using
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      Forge regional tie-ups with S Koreans: S'pore envoy
      451 2  -  Businessmen urged to pay more attention to Seoul By S N Vasuki SFOUL Singapore's ambassador to South Korea has urged Singapore companies to forge regional joint ventures and strategic alliances with their Korean counterparts, especially in China. Vietnam and Asean. Raymond Wong
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      Winston Choo leading military industry mission to Moscow
      223 2  -  From John Helmer in MOSCOW THE FIRST Singapore military. industry group to discuss defence cooperation with Russia is visiting Moscow this week. The group is headed by Lieutenant-Cieneral (Retired) Winston Choo. the chairman of Chartered Industries Ltd. General Choo met visiting Russian
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      83 2 CONVERSATIONS AT RAFFLES "I was extremely slow at school. On one occasion in fact I got moved down a class at school because I couldn't do mental arithmetic -i 51 This, and other fascinating insights, from acclaimed mathematician and physicist Roger Penrose. Dr Penrose, who has made outstanding contributions to
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  • THE REGION
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      Lock icon Tokyo to resume project loans to Hanoi, Miyazawa tells Kiet
      517 3 UPI TOKYO Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa told Vietnamese Premier Vo Van Kiet yesterday that Japan intends to resume extending project loans to Vietnam after a 14-year hiatus, foreign ministry officials said. During an hour-long meeting, officials said Mr Miyazawa also
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      Lock icon Thai Supreme Court reaches secret decision on anti-corruption order
      295 3 AFP BANGKOK Thailand's top law-makers yesterday reached a secret decision on a highly controversial military-drafted anti-corruption order. A court official said the military order, passed in the aftermath of a February 1991 coup, branded 10 veteran politicians corrupt, freezing millions of
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      Lock icon 8 Vietnamese killed in new Cambodian massacre
      281 3 Reuter PHNOM PENH Eight Vietnamese settlers have been killed in a massacre in central Cambodia, the second incident of its kind this month. A United Nations official said yesterday: "There's been another massacre, eight killed." He quoted local villagers as blaming the strongly
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      Lock icon Polls in Philippines' Muslim south go smoothly
      204 3 AFP COTABATO, Philippines Filipinos yesterday voted for new officials of a Muslim autonomous regional government in a relatively peaceful exercise under heavy security following threats by Islamic fundamentalists. The Commission on Elections (Comelec) said that save for some isolated incidents, voting went smoothly
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      Lock icon Yangon to revoke Thai logging concessions
      170 3 AFP BANGKOK Yangon will revoke logging conecssions held by Thai companies in south-eastern Myanmar at the end of the year because of the extent of forest destruction. Thai officials said yesterday that Yangon authorities cited cheating by some of the Thai companies as partly
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      Stormin' Norman to return to Vietnam for CBS film
      352 3  -  From Harish Mehta in HANOI GENERAL Norman Schwarzkopf, who was wounded in the Vietnam War in the *****, is coming back to star in a CBS television news documentary on the sweeping changes in the country. Retired US Army Gen Schwarzkopf
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    • ASIA NOTES
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        Lock icon Beijing scraps student army training
        50 4 AFP BEIJING The Chinese government has decided to cancel compulsory one-year military training at Beijing University, the hotbed of 1989 protests. University president Wu Shuqing said yesterday he would also re-admit student dissident Wang Dan. but only if he re-took and passed entrance examinations. AFP
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        Lock icon China population to hit 1.3b
        79 4 UPI BEIJING China has acknowledged its population will grow to nearly 1.3 billion by the end of the century, calling for further efforts to control the expansion of the world's most populous nation. The state-run China Daily said yesterday that the revised target means China
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        Lock icon ADB approves loan to Indonesia
        70 4 AP MANILA The Asian Development Bank yesterday approved a US$llO million (SSIBO million) loan for upgrading two airports in Indonesia. The loan, from the bank's ordinary capital resources, is for Manado Airport in North Sulawesi province and the Ambon Airport in Maluku province, whose improvement
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        Lock icon Keeping posted
        61 4 AFP TAIPEI A six-member delegation left here yesterday for China for talks on improving postal exchanges between the two countries and resolv ing disputes over recognition of legal documents. Delegation leader Hsu Huei You, director of legal affairs of the nominally private Straits Exchange Foundation, said he hoped
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        Lock icon Tokyo seeks tighter security
        85 4 Reuter TOKYO Concerned by the risk of regional conflict, an advisory body to Japan's Ministry of International Trade and Industry has proposed steps to stem exports of goods that can be used to make weapons of mass destruction. The proposals call for Japan to screen more
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      Lock icon S Korea's DLP moves to purge several MPs in anti-graft drive
      501 4 AFP SEOUL President Kim Young Sam's ruling party is mov ing to purge several Members of Parliament, including the head of South Korea's legislature. within the framework of an anti-corruption campaign Mr Kim has launched. Democratic Liberal Party (DLP)
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      Lock icon Kim's reforms get 70pc approval: survey
      198 4 AP SEOUL More than 70 per cent of South Koreans approve of newly-elected President Kim Young Sam's performance in pursuing sweeping reforms against corruption, said a survey published yesterday. The presidential office requested Gallup Korea to cam out the survey of 1.500 people from
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      Lock icon Seoul posts 4.7 pc GNP growth for 1992
      213 4 Reuter SEOUL South Korea's 1992 Gross National Product slumped to a real 4.7 per cent, falling sharply from a 8.4 per cent increase a year earlier. Provisional figures released by the central Bank of Korea (BoK) yesterday show that the economic growth
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      Lock icon 'Minamata' victims win state compensation
      281 4 Reuter TOKYO A Japanese court yesterday ruled that the government shared responsibility in a case of mass mercury poisoning. or "Minamata Disease", and ordered it to pay compensation to the victims. In a landmark ruling, the Kumamoto District Court awarded compensation totalling 558 million yen
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      Lock icon Japan's economy to improve in fiscal year starting April
      260 4 AFP TOKYO Japan's economy will improve in the fiscal year starting in April, but the recovery will add to its trade surplus and increase world conflict. The Japan Centre for Economic Research, the research unit of the Nihon Keizai Shimbun. said
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      Lock icon New Zealand's fix-it minister given health portfolio
      532 5 AFP WELLINGTON New Zealand Prime Minister Jim Bolger yesterday gave his friend and cabinet minister Bill Birch a new portfolio, and ultimately the job of saving the government from electoral defeat. Mr Bolger took the controversial health portfolio from Simon Upton and gave
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      Lock icon Support for LDP plunges to 4-year low: poll
      282 5 Reuter TOKYO Support for Japan's ruling party, battered by revelations of top-level corruption, has dropped to its lowest level in nearly four years, the nation's biggest daily newspaper said yesterday. A Yomiuri Shimbun voter survey showed that only 35.5 per cent now
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      Lock icon Japan to unveil plan to help small business by mid-April
      161 5 Reuter TOKYO Ministry of International Trade and Industry (Miti) Minister Yoshio Mori assured represenfatives of small business that Japan would introduce a pump priming package before Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa's mid-April visit to the United States, a Miti official said.
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      Lock icon Bombay police, army on alert
      524 5 Fears of possible violence at the end of Muslim fasting month Reuter BOMBAY The Indian army was placed on alert and 60,000 policemen were put on the streets of Bombay yesterday to prevent possible violence on the Muslim Eid al-Fitr festival at the end of
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      349 4 HONG FOK CORPORATION LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) NOTICE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an Extraordinary General Meeting will be held at 360 Orchard Road #07-08, International Building, Singapore 0923 on 14 April 1993 at 11.00 am for the purpose of considering and, if
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      99 5 fa w 30/- i JSQRSSBMiI and only ONE winner. The Rolex Masters,l993. A battle over 72 gruelling holes for the distinction of The final triumphant moment will occur around I winning The Rolex Masters, 1993, the 21st year of this noon, Sunday March 28th. jjL classic event. The Rolex Masters
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  • REGIONAL FOCUS
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      The man who helped get India back on its feet
      1055 6  -  India after the bombings From Yogi Aggarwal in BOMBAY EVER SINCE Bombay was rocked by 13 explosions on March 12. Maharashtra chief minister Sharad Pawar has played a pivotal role in restoring normalcy in the city and directing the efforts
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      Bomb attacks fail to shatter Bombay
      480 6  -  From Shiv Taneja in BOMBAY NOT ONE but 13 places in Bombay stand testimony to the carnage of March 12 when the city was ravaged by a serial bombing attack that left 50 dead and hundreds wounded. Commercially important places the Bombay Stock Exchange,
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      1507 6 DBSLAND DBS LAND LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) The Board of Directors of DBS Land Ltd wishes to announce that the audited results of the DBS Land Group for the year ended 31 December 1992 are as follows Company Group H 1992 1991 W(-) 1992 _Wj z J_
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  • THE WORLD
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      Lock icon Perot adds to Clinton's trade woes by slamming Nafta
      490 7 Texas tycoon proposes multi-year pilot programme Reuter WASHINGTON US President Bill Clinton, who has vowed to improve the North American Free Trade Agreement to appease its many critics, faced a new setback on Wednesday when Ross Perot said he saw no
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      Lock icon New panel to review US worker-management ties
      398 7 Reuter WASHINGTON The Clinton administration has named a 10-member commission to review US worker-manage-ment cooperation and American labour laws, to the delight of organised labour and scepticism of business groups. The Commission on the Future of Worker-Management Relations, set up jointly on Wednesday
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      Lock icon TV report traces millions in Soviet aid to communist parties worldwide
      254 7 AFP LONDON A Russian television report on Wednesday said the Soviet Communist Party beginning in 1950 spent half a billion dollars to support foreign communist groups. Ostankino television, in a broadcast monitored by the BBC, gave the information during
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      Lock icon Elections in Yemen may signal political changes in Arabia
      349 7 AP SAN'A, Yemen Yemen's parliamentary elections next month could become the harbinger of dramatic political change in the Arabian Peninsula, where elected legislatures are a rarity. The April 27 polling, with some 40 parties contesting 301 parliamentary seats, will take place
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      Lock icon Ex-ambassador to UN leading in Likud Party election
      517 8 Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly ahead of ex-foreign minister David Levy AP UPI JERUSALEM Benjamin Netanyahu, a former Israeli ambassador to the United Nations. was leading the Likud Party primary elections for party leader, Israel radio reported yesterday. Former foreign minister David Levy was
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      Lock icon Suspected bombing mastermind arrives in NY
      85 8 Reuter AFP NEW \()RK The alleged mastermind of the World Trade Centre bombing. 33-year-old New York taxi driver Mahmoud Abu Halima. being led in handcuffs into FBI headquarters here on Wednesday after being flown in from Egypt. He was expected to be arraigned in
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      Lock icon French conservatives jostle for 1995 presidential race
      399 8 Reuter PARIS With the result of this Sundays general election apparently a foregone conclusion. France's centre-right politicians are already jostling for the real prize ahead prime place in the 1995 presidential race. The March 21 first round of the election gave a strong
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      Lock icon Commons panel proposes UK press privacy law
      180 8 AFP LONDON A law to protect privacy, legal aid for libel actions against the media and two new watchdog bodies with wideranging powers to punish unreasonable intrusion by the press were recommended in a Commons report published here on Wednesday. The report by
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    • WORLD WATCH
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        Lock icon Fighters attack Togo's main army base
        99 8 Reuter LOME Armed fighters attacked Togo's main army base in the capital Lome before dawn yesterday, state and opposition radio said. Residents said intense shooting and the boom of heavy weapons erupted at about 3.15 am (0315 GMT) from the direction of the RIT
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        Lock icon Ukraine stands firm on nuclear policy
        79 8 AFP LONDON Ukrainian President Leonid Kravchuk has said his country will not modify its position on nuclear disarmament if the situation changes in Russia, according to an Interfax news agency report monitored by the BBC. At a meeting with Ukrainian businessmen in Kiev on
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        Lock icon Lamont is most unpopular chancellor
        85 8 AFP LONDON Norman Lamont is now the most unpopular Chancellor of the Exchequer since World War II as a result of last week's tax-raising Budget which imposed value added tax (VAT) on domestic fuel and power from next year. A Gallup poll for the Daily
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
    • Article
      DBS Land's net earnings rise 14pc to $58m
      497 9  -  Property business and hotel operations contribute to higher profit level By Lilian Ang SINGAPORE Propertybased DBS Land chalked up improved net earnings ot $58.17 million for the year ended December 1992, up 14 per cent over the previous year. This was achieved
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      Lock icon KFC prepares to step up its presence in housing estates
      643 9  -  By Loh Hui Yin SINGAPORE After last year's distraction in its Malaysian and Singapore operations, fast-food chain Kentucky Fried Chicken is back on track in these two places. In Singapore, where Kentucky Fried Chicken now has full control of the
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      Time for investors in M'sian market to go back to fundamentals
      659 9  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW By Amy Balan SINGAPORE The recent speculative fever which gripped Malaysia's stock market and spilled over to Singapore's has subsided somewhat with the close of the Muslim fasting month. The big question facing market players as
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      HK's Episode targets $14m sales in S'pore in first year
      422 9  -  By Sylvia Wong SINGAPORE Episode, one of Hongkong's biggest fashion labels, opens its doors in Singapore today, and its owners want to entice shoppers here to snap up $14 million worth of its clothes in the first year. Shoppers can
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    • Article
      Take long-term view or sell stock, Alliance Tech shareholders told
      323 9  -  By Kooi Cho Teng SINGAPORE Shareholders of" Alliance Technology and Development (ATD) have been advised that unless they are prepared to take a long-term view of the company's prospects, they would be better off selling the stock. The advice was
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      SUMMARY
      326 9 Performance of STII's index stocks Mar 24 Last Sent l«4rx Mock sale Chfe (actor I ito»ers <S> <v> Avimo 1 790 -0 010 1.50 465 CSlC 6.700 -0050 5.61 23.26 Icrcbos 5 200 -0 100 4 35 46 51 FAN 12 200 -0 200 1022 9302 GF Asia VI40
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    • COMPANIES
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        Lock icon New World's interim net profit rises 48pc
        364 10 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG New World Development Co has reported that its net profit rose 48.0 per cent for the six months ended Dec 31, 1992. largely on the hack of rental income. The Hongkong real estate, hotel and construction giant said its
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        UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
        440 10 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS Managers' prices Mar 26 Prudential Singapore Unit Trust 106 112 The C ommerce i.28 i m MARA-Bumiputra The Savings Fund 1.09 I I4xd First B'pulra I >9 I .64 S'pore Prog Fund 0.52 0.55 Second B'pulra 1.56 l.6l*d S'pore See Fund 0.85 0.89 Third B'pulra 5.39 5.44
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        Lock icon Shenzhen B share offers oversubscribed
        134 10 Reuter HONGKONG The initial B share offers of Shenzhen Fiyta Holdings and Shenzhen Tellus Machinery Electronics Co were oversubscribed, but more modestly than other recent offers, according to the firms and their underwriters. Fiyta was slightly oversubscribed, said an official at underwriter Standard Chartered Securities.
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        Lock icon Jardine Strategic Holdings posts US$262m profit
        248 10 Knight-Ridder HONGKONG Jardine Strategic Holdings Ltd. the investment arm of Jardine Matheson Holdings Ltd. yesterday announced a net profit of U*****.30 million (SS43O million) for 1992. up from U*****.20 million in 1991. The net profit figure was arrived at after taxation and outside interests
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        Lock icon Doubts voiced over Jardines plan to seek more business in S China
        474 10 MARKET WATCH Reuter HONGKONG The pillar of Hongkong's corporate establishment. Jardine Matheson. says it wants to chase more business in China's booming south. But industry analysts say Beijing's open dislike of the British-run conglomerate means it will be
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        DIVIDENDS ANNOUNCED
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        Lock icon Daimler-Benz gets SEC approval for New York listing
        591 11 IHT FRANKFURT Ending a long dispute, Daimler-Benz AG, Germany's biggest corporation. says it has reached a landmark compromise with the Securities and Exchange Commission that will make it the first German company to issue shares in the United States. The announcement on
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        Lock icon GM chief lays out car giant's strategy to return to profitability
        319 11 Reuter DETROIT General Motors Corp chief executive John Smith says the troubled carmaker is focused on returning to profitability by satisfying customers, cutting costs and selling non-performing assets. In a surprisingly candid message to shareholders in GM's 1993 annual
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        Lock icon Nestle raises dividend on back of record profits for 1992
        306 11 Reuter ZURICH Food giant Nestle SA, Switzerland's biggest company, has reported record profits and a higher dividend for 1992, and announced plans to simplify its share structure. It said consolidated net profit for 1992 rose by 9.2 per cent to
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        Lock icon Nabisco chief tipped to be IBM's new CEO
        578 11 Reuter NEW YORK International Business Machines Corp is expected to name RJR Nabisco Holdings Corp Chairman Louis Gerstner as its new chief executive officer as early as this week, sources close to IBM said on Wednesday. Although IBM officials are not commenting
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        Lock icon Bigger loss forecast
        290 11 Reuter NEW YORK International Business Maehines Corp is expected to report a worse-than-cxpectcd first quarter loss next month, due to the continued sluggishness for mainframe computers, analysts said. In the past few days, many analysts have cut IBM earnings estimates, citing ongoing mainframe woes and in part,
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    • FINANCE
      • SMALL CHANGE
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          Lock icon BankAmerica to trim board
          126 12 Reuter LOS ANGELES Bank America Corp plans to reduce the size of its board of directors, which jumped to an unusually large 30 members after its merger with Security Pacific Corp last year. Banking sources said on Wednesday that speculation over who will leave the board
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          Lock icon NationsBank unlikely to buy big banks
          76 12 Reuter NEW YORK Nationsßank Corp is unlikely to buy banks with more than US$25 billion in assets unless US law changes to allow interstate banking, Nationsßank head of corporate strategy and planning Frank Gentry said on Wednesday. "Do not expect to see mergers bigger
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          81 12 Bloomberg Business News TOKYO Japanese financial regulators will introduce new futures and options regulations designed to reduce volatility in the stock market, the Nihon Keizai newspaper reported yesterday. The new regulations will take effect as early as June, affecting futures and options, arbitrage
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          101 12 Bloomberg Business News SAN FRANCISCO Bank of America expects to refund tens of millions of dollars in fees improperly collected from trust accounts by Security Pacific National Bank before it merged with Bank of America last year. The errors occurred in about 650 active
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          95 12 Bloomberg Business News LONDON Halifax Building Society, Britain's largest building society, said it earned £680 million (S$ 1.6 billion) pre-tax in 1992, up from £628 million a year earlier. Halifax said it made total provisions for loans and advances totalling £374 million, up from £220
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          36 12 Coopers Lybrand's news service Reuter NEW YORK Coopers Lybrand on Wednesday said it was launching Tax News Network, an electronic news service providing tax legislative and regulatory information and general business news for financial professionals. Reuter
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        248 12 Reuter SEOUL South Korea will lower state-set interest rates, including rediscount rates, by 0.5 to one percentage point today, the second cut this year, the central bank, the Bank of Korea (BoK), said yesterday. Rediscount rates charged by the central
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        S'pore, Bangkok, Labuan urged to complement each other
        521 12  -  By Magdalene Ng SINGAPORE Singapore and the fledgling financial centres of Bangkok and Labuan should complement each other even as they fight for the same business pie, says the chairman of the Thai Bankers' Association, Dr Som Jatusipitak. In a recent interview
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        3 S'pore banks help raise US$65m loan for Thai bank
        233 12  -  By Quak Hiang Whai SINGAPORE: Three Singapore banks will help the Thai Military Bank raise USS6S million (SS 106.6 million). Thai Military has appointed DBS. OCBC and United Overseas Bank to arrange the loan, the proceeds of which will be
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        60 12 Reuter NEW YORK This major treasure of shipwrecked gold coins, ingots and bars dating from the 18th century was scheduled to be auctioned at Sotheby's in New York on Wednesday. The treasure, recovered from a shipwreck in the Rio de ia Plata in Uruguay, was
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        163 12 Reuter NEW YORK Merrill Lynch Co Inc on Wednesday announced a realignment of senior management, sparking off speculation about who will be the next president of the biggest US broker. Wall Street sources said three of five people named to an office of the chief executive
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        527 12 Reuter SINGAPORE Growing interest in fuel oil futures among financial and shipping players has spurred volume on the Singapore International Monetary Exchange to a post-Gulf War high, exchange officials and traders said yesterday. Volume peaked at 5.717 lots on March 23. one
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        547 13 Reuter LONDON The risk of Russia's power struggle escalating into civil war has sent shivers through world commodity markets because the country- is a leading producer and importer. "These events could be construed as either bullish or bearish depending on the cast of
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        484 13 Reuter ABU DHABI Japan has assured its main Gulf Arab oil supplier that oil will remain its primary energy source although it might increase use of other fuels which are friendlier to the environment. Japanese executives, led by the Ministry of
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        281 13 Reuter GENEVA The European Community on Wednesday stalled on a request by Latin American banana producers for a panel of the world trade body Gatt to rule on its complaint against new EC import rules, trade sources said. Responding to a regional complaint
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        277 13 ENERGY REPORT Knight-Rid-der LONDON Prompt EC barge gas oil values weakened as gas oil futures values rose but outright prices remained unchanged and trade was dull, brokers said. Prompt barges, for delivery within the next week, were quoted at around USSI.7S
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        243 13 Reuter AGRA. India After achieving near self-sufficiency in edible oils, India needs to sustain high growth levels in oilseeds to avoid resuming imports, industry and trade leaders told a weekend seminar. "The euphoria over self-suf-ficiency in edible oils may be shortlived
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        183 13 CURRENCY REPORT Reuter LONDON The dollar was locked in a war of wills between buyers and sellers yesterday, with the standoff helped little by a cut in a German Treasury bill interest rate. Major European share markets advanced on a Bundesbank announcement that it was reducing its three-day Treasury
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        87 13 AFP NEW YORK The dollar fell slightly against other major currencies yesterday. A little before 10 am (1500 GMT), the dollar was trading at 117.15 yen against 117.75 yen on Wednesday and at 1.6565 German marks against 1.6375. Two hours earlier in London, the dollar was trading at
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        1495 14 SIMEX REPORT Reuter SINGAPORE Simex Nikkei futures climbed higher yesterday, helped by speculative buying ahead of the last trading day ol the financial vear for firms closing books on March 31. The front June contract jumped to test crucial resistance at 18.990 points after opening
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        HK gold closes firmer on late short-covering
        317 14 COMMODITIES REPORT Gold Hongkong: Gold closed firmer in quiet trade on late European short-covering following gains in New York overnight, dealers said. "The trend is bullish and it is expected to continue firming towards the US$334-US$335 level," said Anderson Cheung, chief dealer at
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        513 14 Reuter BEIJING As China's 1.2 billion people taste the fruits of affluence, they are changing their diet and could turn their country into one of the biggest markets for the world's feed grain growers. Western grain industry analysts agree that
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        Australia
        1054 15 -2.3 Increased late trading again saved the day on the stock exchange yesterday enabling the market to claw back all but a couple of points, brokers said. At the close of trading, the All Ordinaries Index was down 2.3 points to 1.660.7. after being down as much as 10
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        444 15 -7.73 Stock prices dropped as inves- tors waited for fresh news to lift ;i lacklustre market, brokers said. "It's looking for good news." said Alejandro Yu, president of RS Lim Securities Corp. The Manila Stock Exchange Composite Index fell 7.73 points to close at 1,452.57 from 1,460.30. The Makati
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        Seoul
        391 15 -3.97 Late profit-taking dragged Seoul stocks to a lower close in moderate turnover despite trading on positive ground throughout the morning session. brokers said. They said the index fluctuated narrowly in the day's session, briefly hitting the 670 level before falling back. The index closed down 3.97 points at
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        Taipei
        639 15 -2 Stocks closed mixed in moderate trade after late profittaking cut early gains. Brokers expected the market to continue consolidating around cur- rent levels in the near term. I he Weighted Index, which rose more than 50 points at one stage, ended 2.< X) points down at 4.652.68. Turnover
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        18 15 Closed All stock exchanges closed yesterday to celebrate the end of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan.
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        208 15 -6.76 Shares finish lower because of lack of buying support. The NZSE-40 Capital Index dropped to 6.76 points at 1,553.25. New Zealand \oT Mar 25 N/. <>X)> W Ranking 4 50 -002 ***** V.i \c» /cjUn.1 \i 1 005 28*50 Vir V* /rj4-iiu] i B) 2.00 urwh 5*4)000
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        Amsterdam
        217 15 +0.65 Shares were firmer, but traded off opening highs in lethargic business. Dealers said an absence of sellers was the sole reason why shares did not slip further. The EOE index closed 314.77. up 0.65 points. Stocks in merger partners Bols and Wessanen rose after Bols shareholders backed the
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        Frankfurt
        200 15 -2.30 Shares were seen taking a cautious approach to the end of the week, with the focus on wrangling over attempts to impeach Russian president Boris Yeltsin, dealers said. "If Yeltsin manages to stave off his opponents. German shares are likely to rise to about 1.6X0 (on the DAX)."
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        Milan
        184 15 +0.35pc Shares closed little changed yesterday, with the slight fall in market interest rates and results of the T-bill auction giving some slight support to an increasingly nervous market. However, dealers said the weakness of the lira and growing worries that interest rates will not be able to fall
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        London
        599 15 -7.8 The FTSE 1(K) index ended yesterday with modest losses after a late rally. A number of factors contributed to the surge which wiped out the majority of an earlier steep decline on the back of poor corporate news. Some dealers and analyst were encouraged that the FTSE 100
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        Paris
        140 15 +46.79 Shares soared during the last half hour of trading, ending above 2.000. after Russian parliament Chairman Ruslan khasbulatov said he did not favour going ahead with plans to impeach President Boris Yeltsin. dealers said. They also said a combination of the first day of the monthly account and
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        Zurich
        254 15 -4.4 Shares ended a quiet day lower on a laek of buying factors and some pressure from the futures market. The SMI April future traded below the SMI spot. Dealers expected the market to continue its current slow consolidation period on Friday. The news that chemical and pharmaceutical group
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        Toronto
        293 15 +4.97 Stocks rose marginally in active early trade, boosted by firmness in precious metals and transportation stocks, dealers said. "We're past 36(H). We're in the high ground, Gold is up. transportation is up. all the other sectors are sidewavs." one dealer said. The TSE 300 was 2.87 higher at
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        New York
        805 15 -16.48 The stock market opened marginally higher yesterday, but two of Wednesday's big losers. IBM and Merck, continued to fall. At 10.30 am (1530 GMT) on Wall Street, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 4.86 points to 3.450.24. Volume reached 32.68 million shares in the first half
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        Johannesburg
        328 15 32 Mining giant De Beers and local gold shares soared yesterday as foreign buyers returned against the backdrop of a firmer gold price, dealers said. "Gold shares are on the trot again." a senior dealer said, citing foreign buying of De Beers and golds as the major reason for
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      3044 16 Reuter SHARES closed firmer yesterday but off the day's highs as profit-tak-mg emerged after the blue chip index briefly topped the 6.300 level, brokers said. "There's not much news and the market's reached resistance at 6.300 (points)." said Anthony Mak. associate director at Vickers Ballas. The Hang Seng Index
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      CHINA
      448 16 SHENZHEN stocks climbed on both exchanges reversing some of this week's earlier loses. The CLSA Shenzhen A Index rose 6.73 per cent to 2,897.31 in moderate trading. Southern Glass bounced back on both exchanges after being hit by heavy selling. The Shenzhen B market continued to be very sluggish
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      2511 16 Reuter STOCKS ended sharply higher yesterday on index-linked buying fuelled by growing prospects of an economic upturn, brokers said. The Nikkei average renewed its 1993 intra-day high before paring early gains on profit-tak-mg in the afternoon. "Recent economic indicators unanimously point to an economic recovery," said a medi-um-sized Japanese
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      1799 16 Reuter BANGKOK Investors sold in the afternoon after seeing the index drop below the significant support level at 880 points, despite earlier expectations of a technical rebound. brokers said. The SET index fell 10.62 points, or 1.20 per cent, to close at 876.08 on turnover of 2.95 billion baht.
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      69 12 CHAMBER CONCERT at the RAFFLES HOTEL Jubilee hall THE JADE STRING CQUARTET Miss LYNETTE SEAH, leader Joseph Haydn String Quartet 0p.76, No.l Heinrich Schweizer String Quartet N0.2 Ludwig van Beethoven String Quartet op. 131, in C sharp minor Date: Monday, March 29, at 8.00 pm. Tickets: $4, $8, $12, are
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      27 13 Discover more about Singapore's favourite fun, food and shopping haven. Si3^l Check out "Happenings In Holland Village" In The New Paper Fastads on March 26, Friday. IUMS&ds
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      310 14 BUSINESS TIMES TOLL-FREE TEL. No. 1-800-737 0043 FAX:734 3698 IN THE MATTER Of THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. SO ANO IN THE MATTER OF INTERCONTINENTAL PROPERTIES (PTE) LTD (in Mttnotn voluntary Liquidation) NOTICE OF SPECIAL ANO ORDINARY RESOLUTIONS [Pursuant to Saclton 290 (2Kb)] At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company
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      19 14 As and when the latest liindon/Rotterdam prices are not available, the previous trading day's closing figures are carried instead
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      160 16 ISEKS Trends A monthly puMicatum of the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies This month's Trends, a publication of the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, appears with tomorrow's Business Times. Among the nine articles featured are: A new Asian voice to end allure of the west Phoenix-like, a new kind of
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      Lock icon Davis Love has Georgia on his mind
      525 17 Golf rhoughts of Masters emerge as Players champ gets ready to defend title AP PONTE VLDRA. Florida His game is in order. It's his time of the year and his part ot the world. The only problem for Davis Love 111. coming into
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      Aussies to propose making HK Sevens the official World Cup event
      482 17  -  From Shahiron Sahari in HONGKONG THE HONGKONG Invitation Rugby Sevens, which for 17 years has seen phenomenal action and revelry on and off the pitch, could soon become the official seven-a-side World Cup championship as well. Bob Dwyer, coach
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        60 17 Reuter NEW YORK Results of National Basketball Association games plaved on Wednesday: Boston Celtics 115 Miami Heat 109; New Jersey Nets 118 Charlotte Hornets 116; Chicago Bulls 113 Philadelphia 76ers 100: Dallas Mavericks 101 Washington Bullets 98; San Antonio Spurs 105 Minnesota Timberwolves 92; Los Angeles Clippers 116 Milwaukee
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        612 17 AP Reuter SINGAPORE Results of the first da> of the Rolex Masters (Singaporeans unless stated): 65 Aaron Mccks (US) 66 Stewart Ginn (A). N Kawakami (J). 67 G Norquist (US). M Ramayah (Mai). 68 Per Huagsrud (Nor). Jim Rutledgc (C). Brandt Jobc (US). Yeh Chang Ting (ROC). Andrew Argus
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        184 17 Reuter AP AP HOUSTON Results from the Virginia Slims of Houston women's tennis tournament on Wednesda> (prefix number denotes seeding): Second round Tatiana Ignatieva (Russia) beat 2-Jennifer Capriati (US) 2-6 7-6 (9-7) 6-2: 3-Conchita Martinet (Spain) beat Christine Papadaki (Greece) 6-1 6-0: 4-Jana Novotna (Czech) beat Veronika Martinek (Germany)
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      Lock icon Dottie Mochrie: The 'loser' who started winning
      466 17 AP RANCHO MIRAGE, California When someone in the gallery shouted "loser" at her a year ago. a newly determined Dottie Mochrie started winning. Mochrie. who heard the taunt after she missed a birdie putt on the 17th green at Mission Mills Country Club,
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        Lock icon Senna in one-race deal with McLaren
        76 17 AP SAO PAULO. Brazil Three-time formula One champion Ayrton Senna (above) has agreed to a one-race contract with McLaren-Ford to drive in Sunday's Brazilian Grand Prix. However. he said on Wednesday there was still no agreement with McLaren-Ford for the rest of season. "This
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        Lock icon Edberg confident of Swedish victory
        74 17 AFP KALMAR. Sweden Stefan Edberg is eonvinced that Sweden's Davis Cup tennis tie with minnow Cuba will be a mere formality this weekend. "We'll be 3-0 up on Saturday." the world No. 3 predieted on Wednesday, giving the Cubans no chance in the decisive first
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        Lock icon French sailor runs into severe storm
        79 17 AFP PARIS Frenchman Bruno Peyron has run into a severe storm otT Cape Horn as he bids to sail round the world in less than 80 days. His catamaran. Commodore Explorer, was being hit bywinds of up to 70 knots on Wednesday and was
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        Lock icon Tyson punished for disobeying officer
        109 17 AP INDIANAPOLIS A prison board on Wednesday ordered Mike Tyson to spend at least 30 extra days in prison after finding the former heavyweight champion guilty of disobeying an officer. The Department of Corrections said he was placed in disciplinary segregation, where he is likely
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      336 17 IN THK MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF ART GLASS WORLD PTE LTD (MEMBERS' VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION) Ai an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Members of the abovenamed Company duly convened and held at 6001 Beach Road #09-04. Golden Mile Tower. Singapore 0719 on 26
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      1250 18 Nothing Beats A Bud- WHERE TO WINE, DINE AND ENTERTAIN OF Make Up For Every Meal You've Had To Skip This Week If you've been living on a solid diet of work-and-not-much-else lately, give yourself a well-earned rest and head for the Plaza Hotel's Seafood-Theatre Restaurant this weekend. Select any
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      655 19  -  Major Hollywood film studios are anxiously watching Oscar-bound, small-budget film makers before deciding what to do next, says Michael Miller Michael Miller Reuter Hollywood will be anxiously watching the fate of smallbudget, independently produced films at Monday night's Oscar ceremonies and if films like The Crying
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      517 19 CHATTERBOX NYT Reuter Reuter Reuter NO. CHANNEL 13. the New York flagship station of the Public Broadcasting Service, doesn't always meet its 1 hrecti mes-a-year fund-raising goal. But. yes. miracles can happen. Just ask Bill Baker, president of Channel 13. It was Sunday
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      151 19 The Skilled displays in the right media and the right company. Classified the people finder. ©I I CAT A 1 THE STRAITS TIMES THE SUNDAY TIMES BUSINESS TIMES THE NEW PAPER LiANHE ZAOBAO IIAN HE WANBAO SHINMJN DAILY NEWS BERITA HARIAN BERT A MINGGU Why for the hotel? All of
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      1269 19 TV RADIO SBC 5 prison officer (Holly Hunter). Being decide to Arizona Quintuplets. the H the child's parents can wf very soon df «g joined by the couple. Cage's oHf old cell-mates and the Lone ,7 jK *g£ Rider of the Apocalypse in this jfl[ J8|»~ Beverly 9.30pm, Ll sbc
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      Lock icon Watching Charriol time-pieces grab a bigger share of luxury market
      499 20  -  Watch designer Philippe Charriol, whose name graces an upmarket range of watches, tells Helen Ching about his marketing strategy. Helen Ching -W- UXURY goods come in two cateI gories the reachI j able and the unreachable says upmarket watch designer
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      Lock icon You ain't seen nothing yet, says Guinness chief
      560 20 FT HAS Guinness lost its genius? The question has been asked ever since recession ended the company's meteoric growth record in the late 1980s. The doubts turn on more than the weak international economy and soggy consumer spending. The fundamental issue is
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      Lock icon A spirited push towards consumers
      265 20 FT Johnnie Walker Scotch whisky is Guinness' most valuable brand asset. It accounts for an estimated third of the group's overall spirits profits and sells more than the combined volume of its two closest rivals, Chivas Regal and Remy Martin cognac, in the international duty-free
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      Singapore-grown ad agencies see obstacles to growth
      631 21  -  Agency chiefs tell Hong Lee Tiam why they may not get to ride the wave of regional expansion Hong Lee Tiam SINGAPORE companies are going regional but local advertising agencies fear they will not get to ride on the wave of expansion. According
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      Lock icon The Tupperware party sales concept grows up
      516 21 When direct selling means using fun to make a sale FT IF YOU want to sell sex toys or Tupperware tubs in a recession, how do you go about it? Throw a party, say a growing number of small clothing and hardware firms.
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      Better year on the cards for the industry, says advertising media group's chief
      227 21  -  By Helen Ching THIS year would offer good prospects for the advertising industry after the sluggish growth of the last two years, said Tham Khai Wor, the president of Advertising Media Owners Association. Although the Adex, or
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        SRS to study radio listenership
        50 21 SINGAPORE Broadcasting Corporation and NTUC have commissioned Survey Research Singapore (SRS) to study radio listenership in Singapore. The number of radio stations whose signals are within Singapore's reach has more than doubled from six in 1988 to 14 today, including stations in Batam and Johor.
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        PR body names three new fellows
        54 21 THREE public relations practitioners were last week named Fellows of the Institute of Public Relations of Singapore. They are Arun Mahizhnan, senior research fellow of the Institute of Policy Studies; Basskaran Nair, DBS Bank vice-president of public affairs; and Lee Chong Kai, Esso's public
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        Huntington affiliate opens in Shanghai
        49 21 AN AFFILIATE of homegrown public relations consultancy Huntington Communications has opened an office in Shanghai. The directors of the firm, Batey, Bum Statham (China) Ltd are Peter Batey and Richard Bum, both formerly political private secretaries to former British Prime Minister Sir Edward Heath.
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        50 21 THAILAND'S largest government financial institution Kn&ng Thai Bank has begun issuing credit cards MasterCard and Gold MasterCard featuring reproductions of local art work on its face. Krung Thai Bank executive vice-presi-dent Sahas Treetipbut said the unique design gave the cards a "distinct Thai character".
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      369 21 W\ll/ [gg] 1 Highlights 1992 Jardine Matheson Another Year of Good Growth Profit after taxation and outside interests 17% Earnings per share 13% Dividends per share 14% Net asset value per share 14% "With renewed political uncertainty in Hong Kong, and recovery in some western economies and Japan likely to
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    499 22 EDITORIAL AS OFFICIAL visits go, that of Thai Prime Minister Chuan Leekpai to Singapore this week was routine. New Asean leaders traditionally make their rounds of the other Asean capitals before venturing to other countries. The tenor ot Mr Chuan's three-day trip was warm, with no
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      241 22 ANY decision to extend the scope of corrective work orders (CWO) as a form of punishment for law breakers beyond those who litter has to take into account two points. One concerns the philosophic base: Is the CWO intended to rehabilitate the offender, to punish or
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      Trouble brewing for Mitterrand
      249 22 FRANCE'S parliamentary polls on Sunday saw a halving of votes for the ruling Socialist Party. But poll results also showed that despite this, the French are still interested in President Francois Mitterrand, who has established himself both nationally and internationally as a wise and charismatic political
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      180 22 IT IS obviously premature to pass judgement on the new economic team in a Cabinet which has not yet set to work. However, it is only natural for businessmen to feel some initial jitters, as the old team had a very impressive track record. Some businessmen
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      190 22 NO DOUBT the new chief executive of the Provisional Airport Authority (PAA) Dr Hank Townsend is hoping that if he keeps his head down long enough, public interest in this appointment and the circumstances of his predecessor's precipitate departure will eventually go away. The
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      197 22 THAILAND has made what sounds like a plaintive call on the UN to promote joint efforts with Asean to avoid regional disputes. Thai Deputy Foreign Minister Surin Pitsuwan, at the opening of a conference in Bangkok on Asean-UN cooperation and preventive diplomacy, said "cooperation between Asean and
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      1460 23  -  Sir Michael Butler, an executive director of Hambros Bank and a self-confessed Europhile. shares his thoughts on European fiscal policies and unification with Nirmal Ghosh Nirmal Ghosh BEFORE European Community president Jacques Delors, there was another Mr Europe, but he was Britain's very own. Michael
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      264 23 MICHAEL Butler warns that if Europe were not to retaliate against possible US protectionism, it would only lead to more protectionism. "There have been dangers about American trade policies for several years. Take the so-called 301 and super 301, which are not really compatible with the
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      1107 23  -  Is the impeachment of Boris Yeltsin an act of revenge? John Helmer reports from Moscow John Helmer The writer is a Moscow-based journalist who contributes to BI THE Congress of People's Deputies. Russia's 1,033membcr parliament, meets today to debate the impeachment of President Boris Yeltsin, who believes
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    397 24 Reuter AFP AP MOSCOW President Boris Yeltsin's conservative archrival backtrackcd yesterday and said he no longer sought the impeachment of the Kremlin leader. "To tell you frankly, I am not a supporter of impeachment," Parliament Speaker Ruslan Khasbulatov told reporters on the
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    358 24 LONDON The British government won a vital vote on the Bill to ratify the Maastricht treaty by a majority of 17 on Wednesday, allowing parliamentary debate over closcr European union to carry on through the night. This parliamentary succcss gave a much-nccdcd boost to
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    60 24 Reuter BEIJING A squad of Chinese People's Armed Police marching out from under the portrait of Mao Zedong to take up crowd control positions in Tiananmen Square yesterday. During the sitting of the 17-day Eighth National People's Congress, the square is cleared almost daily to
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    747 24  -  The Bottom Line LESLIE GELB LESLIE GELB The writer is a columnist with the New York Times, where this commentary first appeared. BORIS YELTSIN's struggle for political survival, which rivets Europe and America, stirs mostly rhetorical yawns from East Asian leaders gathered
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    152 24 AFP TOKYO A car exploded in central Tokyo yesterday evening near the Akasaka Palace where Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa was hosting a banquet for visiting Vietnamese Premier Vo Van Kiet, police said. There was no immediate confirmation of any casualties. A spokesman for the
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    414 24 Reuter NEW DELHI India yesterday suggested strongly that another major row could blow up with Pakistan if Islamabad did not return six members of an alleged mobster family wanted in connection with a series of deadly bombings in Bombay. "In a
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    259 24 Reuter WASHINGTON The Unit cd States Senate yesterday passed President Bill Clinton's proposed USSI.S trillion (552.4 trillion) Budget blueprint, including US$5OO billion in deficit reduction over five years. Minor differences between the Senate version and one passed earlier by the House of
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    244 24 AP Reuter TOKYO North Korea yesterday accused United States and South Korean forces of staging provocative war exercises involving 340 warplanes, and warned that it would smash any aggressive act at one stroke. The accusation came amid intensified tensions on the Korean peninsula
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      410 25  -  By Juliette Walker SINGAPORE Maersk Line and Sea-Land Service will soon steam ahead of their competition, with a weekly service boasting one of the fastest sailing times from Singapore to Long Beach and New York. From April 22, the Danish and
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      413 25 Lloyd's List LONDON World newbuilding demand for cargo-car-rying vessels will peak at an annual average of 37.4 million dwt between 1995 and 2000, according to a Japanese study. The Association for the Structural Improvement of the Shipbuilding Industry (Asis), a semi-governmental
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      550 25 BANGKOK Aawihai Warehouses Co Ltd. an amalgamation of over 20 sugar manufacturers, finally won a 25-year concession from the Port Authority of Thailand to operate a bulk terminal at Laem Chabang Commercial Port in Chon Buri province, reported The Nation. The PAT last Wednesday signed
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      360 25 American Shipper JACKSONVILLE. Florida Pacific Northwest shippers are preparing to live without allwater container service to Europe. The changes are due to a decision by Compagnie Generate Maritime (CGM), Atlantic Container Lines (ACL) and Hapag-Lloyd to discontinue service and shift vessels from their joint
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      807 26 Scottish shipmanager Denholm's connection with the British colony continues to grow as it taps resources from the region Lloyd's List DENHOLM's involvement in Hongkong began back in 1969 with the establishment of Dcnholm Shipmanagement L td, a crewing company with the brief of supplying Hongkong nationals
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      763 41 The Baltic Freight Index for spot dry cargo shipping rates rose to 1.492 March 25 from 1.485 on March 23. with the base being January 4 1985 equals 1,000. FIXTURES Tanker: The North Sea and West Africa were the mostactive areas of the tanker market with rates firming,
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        731 44 SEOUL South Korea's Asiana Airlines has rapidly expanded international air routes in an attempt to become a global airline but has been frustrated by the Korean government's inability to negotiate air traffic agreements with other governments. Commercial Aviation News reported
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        45 44 Reuter BENTWATER, England Spectators waving goodbye as the last remaining A-10 Thunderbolt II makes its final flight from RAF Bentwater on Wednesday. The base, which has been used by the US Air Force for 42 years, will close in September. Reuter
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        481 44 NYT LOS ANGELES At a time when more and more eities are hiring private companies to improve public services, Lockheed, a major military contractor, has emerged as the industry leader in helping cities resolve the problems of the nation's overburdened
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        516 44 NYT DETROIT General Motors Corp, seeking a pick-me-up for slumping sales of its mini-vans, is introducing the industry's first remote-control side-pas-senger door. Available next month as a USS29S (SS4B4) option, the system allows a driver walking toward the van with arms full
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        349 44 NYT DALLAS, Texas Lewis Jordan. the president and chief operating officer of Continental Airlines, has resigned after an apparent policy dispute with the company's chief executive, analysts said on Wednesday. Separately. Continental informed the Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday that it was talking with Boeing
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          67 44 Reuter HONGKONG Shen/hen port operator China Merchants Shekou Port Service Co's HK5161.5 million (SS34 million) B share flotation is at least 35 times oversubscribed, a spokesman for Jardine Fleming Securities said yesterday. The 50 million B shares were priced at HK53.23 each and subscriptions will
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          42 44 Reuter BEIJING At a time when motorcades of Chinese officials, on National People's Congress business are continuously racing through Beijing, a driver of a locally-made "Red Flag" limousine is finding himself stuck fixing a broken wheel. Reuter
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          63 44 AFP TOKYO Labour unions of Japan's major private railway companies decided to call off a planned 24-hour strike yesterday as they accepted a 4.7 per cent wage hike, down from 5.7 per cent last year, labour officials said. Union workers had threatened to stage the
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          58 44 Reuter TOKYO Mitsubishi Heavy Industries said it has won an order from Navix Line to build a very large crude carrier (VLCC) with a single hull. Mitsubishi delined to give the construction cost of the 240.000 dwi VLCC. The tanker will be built at Nagasaki
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          54 44 AFP SUVA Fiji's former prime minister Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara has formed his own domestic airline. Vanua Air Charters Ltd has been granted a licence to operate charter flights throughout the country. Sir Kamisese retired last year before the May general election under the
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      3146 36 Full Container Liner Services Malaysia's Agents: Indonesia's Agents: General Agents: Boohing Agents: Guan Guan Shipping Sdn Bhd Chung Chiao Shipping Sdn Bhd P.T. Global Putra Indonesia Maritime Costar Shipping Pte Ltd Shipping Freight Booking Centre Sdn Bhd 58 Persiaran Raja Muila Musa Lot 3.34. 3rd Floor. Jl IR H Juanda
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      701 37 /jg FAMOUS CONTAINER LINES —10 ANSON RD. #15-21 INTERNATIONAL PLAZA, S PORE 0207 HOT LINE: *****33 (24 LINES) GOTHENBURG/SCAN 28/3 ROTTERDAM 28/3 AARHUS/COPENHAGEN 28/3 HAMBURG/BREMEN 28/3 MARSEILLE/FRANCE 28/3 FELIXSTOWE/UK 28/3 BARCELONA/SPAIN 28/3 LEHAVRE/FRANCE 28/3 GENOA/ITALY 28/3 ANTWERP/BELGIUM 28/3 LOS ANGELES/WC/IPI 02/4 SYDNEY/MELBOURNE 28/3 NEW YORK/EC 02/4 FREMANTLE/ADELAIDE 01/4 VANCOUVER 31/3
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      1424 37 RICHFIELD MARINE AGENCIES (S) PTE LTD TEL: *****33 (12 Lines) FAX: *****15/*****03 J+ij TELEX: RS ***** RISHIP (3 Lines) ETHIOPIAN SHIPPING LINES (National Lines ot Ethiopia) ACCEPTING FCL AND CONVENTIONAL VESSEL IVOV ETA LOADING FOR SPORE ANCMNfI 30WB 15 04 DARESSALAAM MOMBASA DJIBOUTI ASSAB MASSAWA ABYOT 32W8 20 06 DARESSALAAM
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      388 37 Iltap WMK BAY OF BENGAL SERVICES TKit BKDGI 249R 29 30/03 04 06/04 12 13/04 I TWO SIM MM 31 01/04 0701 04 14-15 04 I CAK BOMWStD 250N 05 06 04 11 13/04 1) 20/04 I r«i ARROW nw 07 QI »4 13-14/04 2122/04 TKU MKI 164CN8 21-29/03 04
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      1465 38 *a*mn container lines I l£|S3/\i£jAg«ntsr 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. *****221 QLOBEUNK FORWARDERS PTE LTD *****33 (ie
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      238 38 BLUE STAR LINE SINGAPORE TO AND FROM NEW ZEALAND AND PACIFIC ISLANDS SM ML LYT SM PREMIER 23S 5/4 17/4 19/4 4/5 AUST STAR 86S 20/4 2/5 4/5 20/5 FGUARD BAY 2S 1/5 13/5 15/5 1/fi FULLY CONTAINERISED SAILINGS DISCHARGING AT AUCKLAND. LYTTELTON, ACCEPTING FCL LCL FOR NEW PLYMOUTH, NAPIER.
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      1057 38 THONG SOON LINES PTE. LTD.] 77 ROBINSON ROAD #15-00, #16-00 SIA BUILDING SINGAPORE 0106 TEL: *****88 FAX NO: *****11. *****22 VSr TLX: RS ***** CARRIER. RS ***** JENHOL CABLE: TOSOCO CONVENTIONAL/CONTAINER BOOKING LINE: *****55 BINQAPORE TO SARAWAK VESSEL VOT S PORE PEST VESSEL VOY S PORE PEST EQUATOR 111 83/3E
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      845 39 ORIENT LINE" JAPAN BAY OF BENGAL; JAPAN SERVICE ACCEPTKG BREAKBULK SOC CARGOES TO FROM KOBE. YOKOHAMA NAGOYA. MOD. TOKYO* MAMIA* DAVAO* Penant* P. Kelang Singapore E'Msia* RAMAIEVERETT VISE 30/31 Mar KARABIEVERETT VIIE 09/10 Apr 11/12 Apr SHAPLAEVERETT VISE 30 Apr/01 May ACCEPTKG BREAKBULK FCI SOC CARGOES TO FROM CHITTAGONG. CALCUTTA
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      272 39 Bt GLORY NAVIGATION 6BOUP 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 VIII 8/4 13/4 14/4 4/5 SP PKL HCM HK KAO GLORY SELATAN X 20/4 25/4
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      682 39 PGSL -WORLDWIDE PANAMA -GLOBE STEAMERS LINES REGULAR FCL SERVICE TO THE FOLLOWING WEEKLY SAILING TO HUANG PU SHANTOU Connecting Feeder to Huang PuSUI TUO CONTAINIR 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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      495 39 FORTNIGHTLY DIRECT CONTAINER SERVICE SIN TO DURBAN ALSO CALLING PT. ELIZABETH/JOHANNESBURG TWICE WEEKLY CONTAINER SERVICE SIN/MADRAS/SIN ALSO ACCEPTING CONTAINERS TO TUTICORIN/ BANGALORE COCHIN AND NEW DELHI WEEKLY CONTAINER SERVICE SIN/CALCUTTA/SIN WITH TRANSHIPMENT TO: ASEAN/AUSTRAUA/FAR EAST/MEDITERRANEAN/EUROPE WEEKLY CONVENTIONAL SERVICE SIN TO CHINA WEEKLY CONVENTIONAL SERVICE MADRAS/COLOMBO/ BOMBAY/KARACHI WEEKLY CONVENTIONAL SERVICE EAST
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      384 39 S!H FAR EAST 30/3 KEELUNG/KAOHSIUNG 3/4 BANGKOK 29/3 MANILA/CEBU 28/3 JAKARTA/BELAWAN/SURABAYA 29/3 PORT KELANG/PENANG/E. MALAYSIA 29/3 BUSAN 28/3 TOKYO/YOKO/KOBE NGO/OSA 29/3 HONG KONG SIN CHINA 29/3 GUANGZHOU/HUANGPU/SHENZHEN FUZHOU/XIAMEN/SHANTOU/SHEKOU DALIAN/SHANGHAI/XINGANG TIANJIN/QINGDAO/HAIKOU also accepting LGL cargo SIN EUROPE/UK 29/3 LDN/FLX/LVP/SOU 29/3 RDM /HAM ANT/LEH/GOA/OSL GOT BCN also accepting cargo to Austria/ Hungary/Romania/Poland/Bulgana/Czech
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      629 40 HON6 KON6/CHINA 29/3 5/4 JAKARTA 28/3 4/4 BANGKOK 27/3 30/3 MANILA 29/3 5/4 BUSAN 29/3 5/4 KEELUN6 30/3 6/4 TOKYO/KOBE 28/3 4/4 KAOSHIUN6 26/3 2/4 POBT KELAN6/PENANG 28/3 4/4 YOKOHAMA 28/3 4/4^ COLOMBO 30/3 6/4 FELIXSTOWE/HAMBURG 27/3 3/4 CHITTAGONG/MADRAS 31/3 7/4 ROTTERDAM/LE HARVE/ANTWERP 27/3 3/4 BOMBAY/KARACHI 29/3 5/4 BARCELONA. MARSEILLES.
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      505 40 p Con term CONTERM FREIGHT (F.E.) PTE LTD. AUCKLAND STH APRIL •ACCEPTING TO ALL PORTS IN NEW ZEALAND PENANG 1 APR PORT KELANG 1 APR JAKARTA 28 APR BANGKOK 28 APR FREMANTLE 1 APR SYDNEY 28 MAR MELBOURNE 28 MAR BRISBANE 30 MAR HAMBURG 3 APR FELIXSTOWE 3 APR GOTHENBURG
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      431 40 Next Week's Sailings Ninxapo" I HRSI KORU AKDt K IN To: KID To: KID asia aw \Ri»:i> Singapore Singapore ISO WO2 IJKJA KVKRV KVKRI Bangkok SUN Hamburg SAT KVKRV KVKRV /£/*^\lT2n Manila SUN Ho Chi Minh KRI (sißjfll JL KVKRV KVKRV Colombo TL'K lx>s Angeles SI N 'I INTERNATIONAL SEA
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      168 40 m, NIPPON EXPRESS Arrow International (Worldwide Consolidation Svstem) WEEKLY TO: TOKYO/YOKOHAMA/NAGOYA/KAOSHIUNG/ HONG KONG/BANGKOK/KEELUNG/KOBE/ LOS ANGELES (LONG BEACHVNEW YORK/ CHICAGO/SY lELIXSTOWE/RO Tl ERDAM/DUSSEI DORI WE ALSO DEAL IN ECL CARGO WORLDW IDE ARROW EXPRESS (SERVICE TO MALAYSIA) MALAYSIA TRI CK CONSOLIDATION IX'part Singapore DAILY to k.L. BANGI. SHAH AI.AM ARROW EXPRESS
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      1315 41 VESSEL/VOYAGE SINGAPORE DURBAN PORT ELIZABETH CAPE TOWN VAAI V9265F 31/3 12/4 14/4 W* NEDLLOTD COLOMBO V9364F 10/4 22/4 24/4 26/4 OSAKA Mm W469F 20/4 2/5 4/5 </5 HAKATA V9332F 30/4 12/5 14/5 16/5 OK AIDE V9509F 9/5 21/5 23/5 25/5 HAtAKAWA mm V96W 19/5 31/5 2/8 */6 "ALSO ACCEPTING AIR
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      65 41 "BANGKOK" P.A.T. KLONG TOEY PORT ETA ETA VESSEL VOV SW BANGKOK NANTA BHUM 134N 27/03/93 30/03/93 MAHA BHUM 151N 31/03/93 04/04/93 NANTA BHUM 135N 03/04/93 07/04/93 MAHA BHUM 152N 07/04/93 11/04/93 (MAHA BHUM IS A FULL THAI FLAG VESSEL) ETA ETA ETA VESSEL VOV SM MANILA CEBU AKA BHUM 118
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      117 41 I_ CRYSTAL FREIGHT SERVICES PTE LTD B B TOLL FREE LINE *****88 4BU r/H MAIN LINE: *****88 MMHWI I wnWUWMMUIt WMBt -j RAKirKOK A/A AUCKLAND 4/4 ANTWERP 4/3 bmqaisj w ADELAIDE 1/4 FELIXSTOWE 3/3 MONtt KONfi 31/3 5/4 BRISBANE 1/4 HAMBURG 4/3 Takarta a/I' FREMANTLE 4/4 ROTTERDAM 4/3 SURABAYA 4/3
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      307 41 TODAY'S TIDES (height in metres) HOUR 0000 0100 0200 0300 0400 0500 0600 0700 0800 0900 1000 1100 1200 1300 1400 1500 1600 1700 1800 1900 2000 2100 2200 2300 JR 28 2.9 2.7 2.3 1.7 1.1 0.7 0.5 0.5 0.7 1.2 1.9 2.4 2.6 2.6 2.3 1.8 12 09
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      678 42 cosco I UKC CONVENTIONAL SERVICE VESSEL PKL PNG P G LOADING FOR A VESSEL 28/03 Rotterdam/Antwerp CHINA CONVENTIONAL SERVICE VESSEL PKL PNG P G. LOADING FOR: A VESSEL 15/04 20/04 Huangpu/Guangzhou COSCO FULL CONTAINER SERVICES (FCL/FCL) EXPORT TO: CHINA/BANGKOK/HONGKONG EUROPE/CONTINENTAL WEST MEDITERRANEAN AUSTRALIA US WEST COAST PERSIAN GULF/KARACHI Please reler
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      126 42 A EES FREIGHT SERVICES PTE LTD H #01-60 Wallich Building, ■|H Wallich Street, Singapore 0207 Tel: *****66 (10 Lines) Fax: *****69/*****44 IMPORTING FROM USA/CANADA??? WE PROVIDE DOOR-TO-DOOR SERVICE ENQUIRIES: SHIRLEY/ZAINAB/ROGERS Jj ul O.K. LINE CAHAYA SAMUDERA SHIPPING (PTE) LTD FULL CONTAINER SERVICE SPORE JAKARTA/SEMARANG/SURABAYA/P. KELANG/PENANG VESSEL VOY SIN KT SRG
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      532 42 crosswaterl KM) OFFICE: 291 S£R*NGOOK ROM) #06 00 SERAAGOOA BULOM S(0U1) HAHHOUSt (CJS): BLR 37 #04-»/» TG PAGM FREIGHT STATION TEL *****05 30/3 I PT KELANG/PENANG 28/3 1 TOKYO/YOKOHAMA 29/3 KQ2n^Q339HI^HH^ZII BUSAN 29/3 mm g«i j i V 4 I USA 27/3 lEII&3!I«EIZXIHI^HQlZl- SYD/MELB 28/3 I NEW ZEALAND 4/4 I
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      459 42 WORLDGATE EXPRESS LINES PTE LTD Tel: *****11 Fax: *****73 Telex: ***** WGATE NEXT VESSEL CONSOLIDATION TO BOM/KAR/CMB —29/3 JAKARTA —28/3 KEE/HKG 29/3 PORT LOUIS 6/4 PKG/PEN 28/3 SYDNEY 30/3 KAO/BKK —27/3 BARCELONA 3/4 NATIONAL EXPRESS -J FORWARDERS (S) PTE LTD 133 NEW BRIDGE ROAD #14-02 CHINATOWN POINT SINGAPORE 0105 TEL
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      816 43 HYUNDAI MERCHANT MARINE CO. LTD. WESTBOUND TO EUROPE VESSELS VOY PNA PKE PGP VESSELS VOY_ SIM RTM ANT* LEH* HAM BREj PEL hMM ADVANCE 10A 23/03 24/03 26/03 H. PIONEER 302* 28/03 16/04 16/04 17/04 11/04 18/04 20/04 HMM ADVANCE UA 30/03 31/03 01/04 H. FRONTIR 304VK 04/04 23/04 23/04
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      563 43 I I STRAITS/ JAPAN/ STRAITS SERVICE L SPECIALIST IN RO-RO HEAVY LIFTS I INBOUND VESSELS VESSEL MY sr n RN M COSMIC TRADER 14 SID PT IVAR SftVMM Jl SID ■PT SERI AREtSM IT IPT H/J PW V/i MARCE SIT J SL» COSAK MASTER ID tl/J »/l TRANK PMAM IS
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      959 43 JEDDAH/UK/CONTINENT I STORE ED S TON MWJRC RTJAM LEX Also Accept** C*t« F«r RATSUtAQ 14/311 27/3 5/4 14/4 17/4 15/4 21/4 Souflumptwi to dUK dntratwi Bcßitl M DuMn ELBE 15/112 31/3 17/4 24/4 14/4 Rotterdam :to jR Antwerp Amsterdam Oslo Hetoriu HAIMOVER EXPRESS 13/312 3/4 12/4 21/4 24/4 24/4 24/4
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