The Business Times, 2 April 1993

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    13 1 Business Times WE KNOW ASIA MITA (P) 552/12/92 Friday April 2 1993 75*
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  • 2am LATEST
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      Lock icon Surge in US jobless claims
      65 1 Reuter WASHINGTON The number of Americans filing new claims for state jobless benefits last week surged 33,000 to 380,000 its highest level in almost five months, the Labour Department said yesterday. The unexpected increase indicated a deterioration in the labour market last month and set
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      Italy's inflation falls to five-year low
      61 1 ROME Italy, ravaged by corruption scandals and recession, got its second dose of good economic news in two days yesterday inflation at its lowest for five years. Consumer prices rose a provisional 4.2 per cent in March after a 4.5 per cent rise in
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    MARKET SUMMARY
    117 1 Stock market indices I hursdax Change Si ll 1,669 06 +0.76 KLSE Composite 649.56 +6.31 Nikkei 19.099.09 507.64 Hang Seng ..6,408 88 20.02 SET Index 851.77 -13.46 Jakarta Composite ...311.13 +0.37 CLSA China B 1.361.69 -4.86 Aust All Ord 1,668.8 +1.4 FISE 100 2.878.4 0.3 1 hursday Previous
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    Lock icon China's MFN: US wants to see progress in human rights, arms sales
    193 1 AFP WASHINGTON US President Bill Clinton will attach .conditions to China's trading status unless Beijing makes concessions on human rights and arms sales, the administration's new top man for East Asia said on Wednesday. A business delegation from
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    Lock icon Clinton's top man for Asia urges US focus on the Pacific
    495 1 AFP, NYT WASHINGTON President Bill Clinton's nominee as his top man for East Asia and the Pacific, Winston Lord, said on Wednesday that the United States must focus more on constructing what he called a "new Pacific community". Mr
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    Lock icon Japan heads nations named by US to have restrictive trade
    448 1 NYT, AP WASHINGTON In a survey of unfair trading practices, the Clinton Administration charged on Wednesday that 44 countries had established significant tariffs and other barriers, and it identified Japan as the biggest offender. The Administration said Tokyo ran a
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    Dollar hits record low against yen in Tokyo
    131 1 Singapore The US dollar closed at an all-time low of 114.30 yen in Tokyo yesterday amid massive buying of the Japanese currency. Japanese investors sold the Canadian and Australian dollars for the yen, dealers said. US fund managers were also unloading dollars.
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    Leading economist gives bleak assessment of US economy
    423 1  -  By S N Vasuki SINGAPORE A leading US economist yesterday gave a bleak assessment of the US economy, warning that it would "muddle through" 1993 and that President Bill Clinton's ambitious plans to trim the Budget deficit was "well intentioned but misdirected".
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    BG Lee achieves full remission from cancer
    268 1 SINGAPORE Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong (above), who completed his treatment for cancer last week, has achieved full remission and can return to normal duties. His doctors yesterday told reporters that a thorough examination showed no signs of cancerous cells in BG
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    Bank Negara suffers M$9.3b drop in reserves
    622 1  -  From Leslie Lopez in KUALA LUMPUR BANK NEGARA. Malaysia's central bank, has suffered a massive M 59.3 billion (555.9 billion) drop in its reserves, due mainly to huge forex losses, the sharp appreciation of the ringgit and costly mon-ey-market operations aimed at cooling
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      8 1 Corporate Focus Review of financial institutions Pa to
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
    • eye on the ECONOMY
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        Lock icon ACU market in the doldrums
        331 2  -  By Magdalene Ng THE Asian Dollar Market is shrinking and brighter prospects are not in sight until interest rates worldwide, especially in the US. pick up, according to bankers. "If US interest rates do not move, volumes will continue to come off. The only way
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      NEC to buy more components from S-E Asia
      436 2  -  From Helen Chang in TOKYO JAPANESE electronics giant NEC will buy more Southeast Asian-made components this year, said a senior vicepresident yesterday. "Because Japan's economy is soft, we need even more competitive components for the Japanese and other markets," said Akira Miyazawa
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      Govt to sell $1b worth of commercial, residential land
      728 2  -  By Lilian Ang THE GOVERNMENT will release about Si billion worth of commercial and residential land by early next year, pushing ahead with its plan to feed a steady supply of new sites to the property market. A National Development Ministry
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      Creative Tech takes Aztech to court — again
      337 2  - Creative Tech takes Aztech to court again By R Sivanithy IN A surprise move, homegrown Creative Technology Ltd yesterday announced that it had taken legal action against a competitor on a matter that had apparently been settled. Creative said it has filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against Aztech Labs Inc
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      Transmarco buys 10pc stake in sports car company
      309 2 RETAIL-BASED Transmarco has announced that its whollyowned Hongkong subsidiary. Transmarco HK. paid 53.68 million for a 10 per cent stake in a Dutch company called McLaren Cars. In addition, the group will extend a loan of $3.68 million to McLaren Cars, which
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      Firms spend $7b a year to correct quality problems
      385 2  -  By Teh Hooi Ling SINGAPORL companies waste an estimated S7 billion a year to rectify quality problems in products they produce, says Singapore Manufacturers Association (SMA) president Robert Chua. And to stem the waste, the SMA which is spearheading this year's
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  • THE REGION
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      Thai government reshuffle appears imminent
      609 3  -  PM under pressure to replaee rebellious faction of ruling coalition From Alan Boyd in BANGKOK A GOVERNMENT reshuffle appeared likely yesterday as a revolt by a minority eoalition party plunged Thailand into a deepening political crisis. Prime Minister Chuan Leekpai, already struggling with a loss
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      Lock icon Myanmar aiming for 5.8pc growth in coming year
      246 3 AFP YANGON Myanmar is aiming for a growth rate of 5.8 per cent in the coming year, the state-run Working People's Daily reported yesterday. The targets for the next fiscal year, which include a gross domestic product of 58 billion kyat (5515.7
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      Lock icon Ramos gets emergency powers to deal with energy crisis
      261 3 Reuter MANILA The Philippine Congress yesterday approved emergency powers to help President Fidel Ramos combat a power crisis that is crippling the economy. The Senate and the House of Representatives approved the emergency powers Bill as the country suffered its longest
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      Indonesia to field new rules to attract domestic investment
      493 3  -  From Maggie Ford in JAKARTA INDONESIA is to devise new regulations in an attempt to attract Indonesians to invest money saved outside the country in productive local enterprises, according to Sanyoto Sastrowardoyo, the State Minister for Investment. The move appears to
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      Lock icon Filipinos want power plants but not in their backyards
      305 3 AP AMAYA, The Philippines Filipinos arc demanding that the government solve the country's grave electricity crisis, but protests over where to put electricity plants arc bogging down efforts to build new ones. The energy crisis worsened this week when an ageing
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    • ASIA NOTES
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        Lock icon Japan external reserves up US$892m
        54 4 Reuter TOKYO Japan's external reserves increased US$B92 million (SSI.4 billion) from a month earlier to U5570.05 billion at the end of March. The Finance Ministry said yesterday reserves fell by US$6O million in the previous month to total U5569.15 billion. The figures may not tally
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        Lock icon Factors threatening Taiwan's growth
        63 4 Reuter CANBERRA Taiwanese Minister of State Shirley Kuo said yesterday that protectionism and higher wages could threaten her nation's economic growth. Ms Kuo, a minister without portfolio, said factors which had helped Taiwan achieve economic growth were not guaranteed to continue. Taiwan s gross national product
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        Lock icon Indonesia gets US$32m loan
        72 4 Reuter WASHINGTON The World Bank said on Wednesday that it will give Indonesia a US$32-million loan to support its efforts to reduce the use of pesticides and implement organic farming methods. It said Indonesia would provide US$l4 million in project financing for the deal and the
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        Lock icon Philippine army academy goes co-ed
        90 4 AFP BAGUIO, Philippines The elite Philippine Military Academy admitted its first women cadets yesterday in a move that could end nine decades of masculine monopoly in the armed forces officers' corps. Fourteen women have joined 278 male entrants in this school of war. After barbers
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      Lock icon Li closes Congress with vow to continue market reforms
      591 4 Govt undeterred by fears that economy could become uncontrollable AP BKIJING Premier Li Peng closed the annual meeting of China's legislature on Wednesday with a vow not to retreat from market reforms despite fears that the government could lose control over
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      Lock icon Official magazine warns of turmoil in China
      321 4 UPI BEIJING An official magazine has warned of the threat of social upheaval in China and said Chinese determination to rejoin the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade could bankrupt some Chinese companies and industries. A signed commentary in the March edition of
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      China's advisers on HK affairs jostled and abused
      532 4  -  From Stephen Vines in HONGKONG CHINA'S newly-selected advisers on Hongkong affairs were jostled and abused by demonstrators yesterday when they left the colony for a ceremony in Beijing where they will receive their letters of appointment from the most senior members of
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      Lock icon Two die in disputes over land in Guangdong villages
      231 4 AP HONGKONG Residents of two neighbouring villages battled over land in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong, leaving two people dead and 13 injured, an official report said yesterday. More than 1.000 people wielding guns, knives and iron clubs joined in
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      Lock icon Chinese PM seeks to shed image as a puppet of conservatives
      416 4 AFP BEIJING Chinese Premier Li Peng for many a symbol of the brutal suppression of pro-democracy demonstrators here in 1989 is looking to shed his image as a puppet of the conservative faction for that of a credible and
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      Lock icon We didn't mean to call Congress a meeting of dogs: paper
      247 4 AFP BEIJING The official Communist Party newspaper, the People's Daily, ran a commentary that called the Chinese Congress a meeting of dogs, but the paper said yesterday that it was a printing error. The commentary appeared in the newspaper's
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      Lock icon Miyazawa pledges large economic package
      485 5 Fresh pump-priming measures will show Japan's determination to slash trade surplus with US Reuter TOKYO Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa said yesterday that he will soon unveil Japan's largest-ever package ot economic stimulative measures. exceeding last year's 10.7 trillion yen (S$ 153 billion) programme. Mr Miyazawa
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      Lock icon New Delhi offers new import-export concessions
      170 5 Reuter NEW DELHI India has announced changes in its exportimport policy, offering concessions to agricultural exporters and the services sector. Commerce Minister Pranab Mukherjee, unveiling the new policy in Parliament yesterday, said 144 items had been removed from the list of products banned for
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      Lock icon Canberra eases curbs on foreign investment in property
      205 5 Reuter CANBERRA Australia has eased restrictions on foreign investment in real estate, making more properties available and reducing requirements for Australian equity. Treasurer John Dawkins said yesterday that foreign buyers of developed commercial property will no longer be required to obtain 50
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      Lock icon Pakistan police detain human rights activists
      505 5 AFP ISLAMABAD Police in the eastern city of Lahore have detained three officials of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) after seizing hundreds of posters criticising President Ghulam Ishaq Khan. Commission sources said yesterday that the police picked up HRCP director and former
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      Lock icon Japanese steelmakers fear China orders will slacken
      297 5 Reuter TOKYO A sharp rise in steel orders from China is the only glimmer of light for Japan's steel industry but steelmakers and industry analysts are worried that even this may be extinguished later this year. Orders from China won by six largest
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  • REGIONAL FOCUS
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  • THE WORLD
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      Lock icon After Europe, US trains trade guns on Japan next
      500 7 Clinton team talks tough as it crafts new policy Reuter WASHINGTON The Clinton administration is opening up a new front in its battle on behalf of US exporters, training its heavy guns on Japan after firing a non-stop barrage of threats
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      Lock icon Nafta may hit investments in Canada: Mitsubishi chief
      195 7 AFP TORONTO The still-to-be-ratified North American Free Trade Agreement (Nafta) could encourage international businesses to switch their new investments from Canada to Mexico, says a leading Japanese businessman. Susumo Eto, president of Mitsubishi Canada, said on Wednesday that Japanese firms were already
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      Lock icon Don't write off Europe, says Austrian chancellor
      189 7 AFP HONGKONG Europe is still very much a going concern in spite of its nagging economic crisis and the uncertain future of the former Soviet bloc, Austrian Chancellor Franz Vranitzky said yesterday "There is no reason to write off the old continent." he
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      Lock icon UN permits shooting down of planes flouting Bosnia ban
      242 7 AP UNITED NATIONS The UN Security Council has increased international pressure on Bosnia's Serbs by authorising Nato warplanes to shoot down aircraft that violate a ban on flights over Bosnia. The decision came on Wednesday. But the council bowed to the
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      Lock icon Angry miners lead other sectors in day of strikes across Britain today
      406 7 Reuter BARNSLEY Thousands of miners, angered by govern-ment-imposed pit closures, will lead a wave of one-day strikes today, set to be the worst day of industrial unrest in Britain for years. A strike by 63.000 railway workers worried
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    • WORLD WATCH
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        Lock icon Non-EC trade surplus for Italy
        66 7 Reuter ROME Italy, racked by recession and corruption scandals, received some good news on Wednesday that its trade balance with non-European Community countries had swung into surplus as the lira's decline boosted exports. The country recorded a 214-billion-lire (SS22O million) trade surplus with non-EC countries
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        Lock icon Vance to quit as special UN mediator
        74 7 NYT UNITED NATIONS Former US secretary of state Cyrus Vance will step down in the next few days as the special UN mediator in the Balkan crisis. His replacement is expected to be Norwegian Foreign Minister Thorvald Stoltenberg. who called on UN Secretary-General
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        Lock icon High definition TV from Matsushita
        49 7 Reuter TOKYO A Matsushita Electric Industrial Co employee holding up a circuit board from the company's newly-launched 80-cm high definition television set on Wednesday. The TV set incorporates a second-generation Muse decoder LSI chip set jointly developed by 10 Japanese and US companies. Reuter
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        Lock icon Lamont's all muddled up
        79 7 Reuter LONDON British Chancellor of the Exchequer Norman Lamont has admitted he gets some of his numbers muddled up. Facing a grilling from a parliamentary select committee on the country's finances on Wednesday, he referred to table 2:3 in the Treasury's projections. He then paused and
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        Lock icon World Bank lifts curb on loans
        59 7 AP WASHINGTON The World Bank has lifted an important barrier to billions of dollars in loans to Russia and other former communist-ruled countries. Officials said on Wednesday that the action could facilitate the aid for Russia that US President Bill Clinton and Russian President
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      Lock icon Gold smuggling loses glitter with new British tax law
      179 7 Reuter LONDON Gold smuggling lost some of its shine yesterday when a new British tax law came into effect. This makes buyers of gold liable to pay valued added tax (VAT) on the metal, closing a loophole which, under the European
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      Lock icon Russia to get American helpers under Clinton aid plan
      596 8 US assistance will be mostly in form of expertise rather than cash AP WASHINGTON Strapped for cash, US President Bill Clinton is preparing a modest aid package for Russian President Boris Yeltsin that will send several hundred American helpers rather than
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      Lock icon Prime residence
      38 8 Reuter PARIS Kdouard Balladur striking a Napoleonic pose in the gardens of the Hotel Matignon on Wednesday, two days after being appointed prime minister. The Hotel Matignon is the official residence of the French premier. Reuter
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      Lock icon Bonn to urge Paris to soften Gatt stand
      247 8 Reuter WELLINGTON Germany will press France to temper its hard line on farm subsidies to give a July summit of world leaders a chance to thrash out a global trade pact, German Foreign Minister Klaus Kinkel said yesterday. Mr Kinkel, visiting New
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      Lock icon US press blamed for lack of understanding of Russia
      239 8 NYT BALTIMORE American editors were given a reminder of the impact the press has on Americans' understanding of the world at the annual convention of the American Society of Newspaper Editors here. Americans did not appear to understand why Russians now
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      Lock icon US planning further sanctions against Libya
      353 8 UPI WASHINGTON The Clinton administration has begun consultations with its allies on tightening sanctions against Libya until the North African nation extradites for trial two intelligence operatives accused in the 1988 bombing of a Pan American jet. US officials said on Wednesday. US Secretary
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
    • Article
      NatSteel in tie-up to build steel mill near Hanoi
      668 9  -  State-owned Vietnamsteel and Nat Steel to invest USs7.9m in the project From Harish Mehta in HANOI SINGAPORE'S Nat Steel Ltd has signed a joint-venture contract with state-owned Vietnamsteel to set up a steelrolling mill near Hanoi. After a year of negotiations.
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      Keppel Shipyard and Fels to operate facilities in Pioneer Yard jointly
      388 9 SINGAPORE Keppel Shipyard and Far East Levingston Shipbuilding (Fels), two companies under the Keppel umbrella. will cooperate to jointly operate the facilities in Fels' Pioneer Yard in Jurong under a profit-sharing arrangement. In addition. Keppel Shipyard. with some cost-sharing
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      Lock icon Rothmans' US$319m payout is a balm to soothe shareholders' short-term pain
      892 9  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW By Amy Balan SINGAPORE With a USS3I9 million (***** million) carrot dangling in their faces, investors had a field day yesterday trading in the shares of the Rothmans tobacco groups. Under a proposed merger of Rothmans
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      CityDev launches cash call to raise up to $305.6m
      401 9  -  By Lee Han Shih SINGAPORE City Developments has launched its longawaited cash call to raise up to $305.6 million through a bond and warrant issue. The announcement was made last evening, two days after it released a set of superb results
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      SAE to invest $24m in plant and building in Sin Ming estate
      362 9  -  By Rahita Elias SINGAPORE Singapore Automotive Engineering (SAE), a member of the Singapore Technologies conglomerate, is expanding its group operations through a 524 million investment on a new site in Sin Ming Industrial Estate. The money will be
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      Lock icon SUMMARY
      385 9 Source: Bridge Info Performance of STII's index stocks Apr 1 Last Sense Index Slock sale C he* factor mo»ers <S) <S> S S Am mo 1940 0040 1.61 72,7} Ctf 6700 5.55 I crvbos 5 200 -0050 4-31 1011 KAN 13 000 10 78 UK Asia 3 120 0
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    • CORPORATE FOCUS
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        Lock icon Will UOB, OCBC displace DBS as most profitable bank?
        1193 10  -  A look at banks and finance companies by BTs Corporate Analysis Group By Alvin Tay SINGAPORE Is DBS Bank's proud seven-year reign as Singapore's most profitable commercial bank coming to an end? That's the question some bankers have been asking since
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        Lock icon 1992 was a bountiful year for finance companies
        676 10  -  By Joyce Quek SINGAPORE Most finance companies enjoyed a good year in 1992, with earnings growing by an average of 25.5 per cent based on the eight listed companies in the table (above) and the unlisted DBS Finance group. Their combined earnings
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    • COMPANIES
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        Thai bourse to widen access to foreigners
        468 11  -  From Alan Boyd in BANGKOK THE Thai stock exchange will open itself further to foreigners as part of measures to free the financial sector and reverse a fall in investment. Finance Minister Tarrin Nimmanahaeminda announced that regulations blocking foreign investment, including local ownership
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        DIVIDENDS ANNOUNCED
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        Lock icon Thailand's SEC investigating four cases
        153 11 Reuter BANGKOK The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is investigating four cases involving possible breaches of Thailand's new securities law. It did not say how many listed companies were involved nor would it identify the nature of the possible breaches. This is the first time
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        Lock icon Hoover execs fired in promotion fiasco
        205 11 UPI LONDON The US electrical goods company Hoover has fired three high-ranking executives after a promotion that offered free trans-Atlantic flights in return for the purchase of £100 (*****) worth of Hoover goods turned into a public relations disaster. The company was swamped by
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        UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
        504 11 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS Managers' prices Apr 2 Prudential Singapore Unit Trust y 106 1,2 The ommciiv I 29 1.35 MARA-Bumiputra The Savings Fund 1.10 I I6*d First Bpulra 1.62 I 6 T S pore Prog Fund 0 52 0 55 Second B pulra I 60 165 S pore See Fund
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        Lock icon Reinventing the wheel
        172 11 SINGAPORE Who says reinventing the wheel will be a waste of time? This revolutionary new tyre promises to be puncture proof, maintenance free and environment-friendly. The Airboss tyre. Asiatic Development Bhd's pride and joy, made its nail-breaking appearance at the construction equipment fair, Baucon Asia 93, in
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          Lock icon First City's ex-MD, wife face probe
          78 11 Reuter BANGKOK The Bank of Thailand has asked police to investigate the former chief executive and a major shareholder of First City Investment Co Ltd. Central bank officials allege former FCI managing director Viranond Wongpaitoon and his wife Patcharee falsified the company's lending and
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          Lock icon Brierley sells NZ properties to HK firm
          87 11 AFP WELLINGTON Brierley Investments (BIL) said Thursday it has an agreement for the sale of 63 New Zealand properties to an expanded joint venture with SEA Holdings of Hongkong. In a statement to the New Zealand Stock Exchange. BIL said the cash, shares
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          Lock icon Swire buys HK$750m building
          75 11 Bloomberg HONGKONG Swire Properties, the real estate arm of conglomerate Swire Pacific, has bought a Hongkong industrial building from Toppan Printing Co for HKS7SO million (5596.2 million), the company said. It is the second major real estate transaction by Swire Properties this week. On Tuesday, it
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          Lock icon HK utility eyes projects in China
          65 11 Knight-Ridder HONGKONG Hongkong utility China Light and Power Co Ltd is looking into a joint venture to develop and run power plants in China's northern Shandong province, the company said today. It will carry out a feasibility study with Shandong Electric Power Co on
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          70 11 Knight-Ridder HONGKONG Hopewell Holdings Ltd, a Hongkong construction and development firm, has proposed a plan to end the power crisis in the Philippines by 1996. the South China Morning Post reported yesterday. The plan would involve the construction of four 668-megawatt coal-fired units on
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          65 11 Reuter HONGKONG The newly formed Shenzhen Securities Management Committee formally began operation with the task of bringing order to south China's stock exchange, the pro-Beijing China News Service (CNS) said. The new office in Shenzhen, near Hongkong, reflects central government reforms aimed at transfering some
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        410 11 Reuter JAKARTA The Indonesian government is struggling to save the battered image of the Jakarta Stock Exchange as a fake share scandal rocks investor confidence in the market. "President Suharto has instructed Finance Minister Mar'ie Muhammad to take swift action to save
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        258 11 South China Morning Post HONGKONG Companies listed in Hongkong are to be forced to appoint two independent directors to their boards, and professional advisers will face sanctions for failing to comply with local listing rules. In the face of fierce opposition from
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          75 12 Knight-Ridder BANGKOK The Bank of Thailand has raised the amount of money that Thai citizens ean take to neighbouring countries to 250.000 baht from 50.000-1 (X).(KM) baht. a central bank official said yesterday. Ihe countries affected are Vietnam. Malaysia. Mvanmar. Laos and Cambodia. The central bank
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          57 12 Reuter TOKYO Scishi Matsuoka, head of Nippon Credit Bank, yesterday told Parliament that Shin Kancmaru bought bearer bonds worth 2.8 billion yen (524.5 million) from his bank. Mr Matsuoka said he was unaware that the bonds were part of an alleged seheme by Mr Kanemaru to hoard
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          83 12 Reuter MANILA Banks rushed after long-term bills yesterday after the Central Bank said it was pruning offers in its weekly auction of government securities to around eight billion pesos from 10 billion today, dealers said. Borrowers are anticipating that rates on 364-day bills will dip
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          65 12 Bloomberg Business News FRANKFURT Dresdner Bank, Germany's second largest bank, said group net profit rose 48.1 per cent to 965.7 million deutschemarks (*****.6 million) from 651.9 million marks the previous year. In a statement ahead of the bank's annual earnings press conference. Dresdner
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          80 12 Knight-Ridder TOKYO Hajime Funada, director-general of Japan's Economic Planning Agency, said yesterday that a rise in the long-term prime rate is "undesirable." as the economy moves towards a recovery. Mr Funada, speaking to reporters, also said that there is room for overall bank lending
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        372 12 Reuter TOKYO Brisker commerce between Japan and the rest of Asia means banks in Japan are doing more and more business trading Asian currencies, bankers say. "Asian currency business has a lot of room to be explored and to grow," said Masamichi Tachi,
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        Bid to prop up renminbi causing forex problems
        565 12  -  From Catherine Ong in SHANGHAI CHINA'S banking regulator has quietly intervened in the currency market to shore up the plummeting renminbi. But an ad hoc ruling introduced recently to check the currency's slide has created new problems, bankers say. The ruling, issued
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        Simex volume soared to record high of 1.43m lots in March
        274 12 SINGAPORE Monthly volume on the Singapore International Monetary Exchange soared to a record 1.43 million lots last month. Simex said in a statement last night that the figure surpassed the previous monthly high of 1.35 million contracts last September.
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        OUB gets Aussie nod to set up branch operations
        235 12  -  By S N Vasuki SINGAPORE Overseas Union Bank has received approval from Australian regulators to establish a foreign bank branch in the country. It becomes the first foreign financial institution to have received approval since Australia liberalised its rules governing foreign
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        250 12 AFP HONGKONG The Hongkong Monetary Authority was formally established yesterday as a quasi central bank oxerseeing the world's sixth largest foreign exchange centre and major Asian banking and finance hub. The authority has merged the roles of the Office of the Exchange
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        483 13 IHT PARIS London has solidified its position as the world's top currency trading centre, but the foreign-exchange business is no longer expanding at the rapid rate of the late 1980s. The Bank for International Settlements said yesterday that although the doilar remained
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        357 13 Knight-Ridder ZURICH The Deutschemark has replaced the yen as the second largest traded currency after the US dollar. According to a survey conducted of 26 countries in April 1992 by the Basel-based Bank for International Settlements, gross daily turnover in
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        487 13 Reuter WASHINGTON Federal regulators, coneerned by a spate of bank failures in reeent years and worried about the government's liabilities, have proposed a plan that would force banks to set aside additional capital as a cushion against investments that turn
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        305 13 AFP BRASILIA Following demonstrations by rubber plantation workers across Brazil on Wednesday, the government has suspended imports of South-east Asian latex. Officials said yesterday that the suspension would continue until current Brazilian rubber stocks were used up in about 60 days. The government
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        260 13  -  From Neil Behrmann in LONDON NEGOTIATIONS to form a new coffee price stabilisation pact have collapsed. As a result of the failure to come to an agreement by the Wednesday (March 31) deadline. following 10 days of negotiations. the inter-govern-mental International Coffee Organisation may be
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        Higher demand for products boosts crude oil prices
        324 13 Bloomberg ENERGY REPORT LONDON Oil futures in London and New York were higher in Europe and the US as demand for products on both sides of the Atlantic continues to grow. Perceptions that Opec's March crude output doesn't appear to be too
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        Banque Indosuez REGIONAL CURRENCY REPORT
        141 13 IT WAS a very quiet uneventful day in the regional currencies. with the dollar apparently immune to the selling in the majors, especially against the yen. US-Singapore dollar trading was lacklustre and directionless. as suggested by the narrow 10-point range. The dollar-ringgit market was only
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        194 13 AFP LONDON The dollar recovered slightly yesterday and rallied from the record low point reached overnight on the Asian markets. The dollar was being traded at 114.45 yen against 115.02 the day before in London and the historic low of 114.30 in Tokyo. At Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
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        87 13 AFP The dollar hit a new low yesterday against the yen and was down against most European currencies in moderately active trading. At about 9:15 am (1415 GMT), the US currency was trading at 113.80 yen from 114.75 and 1.6035 German marks from 1.6065. The dollar also slid
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        1538 14 SIMEX REPORT Reuter SINGAPORE Simex Euroyen interest rate futures opened marginally weaker but rose in later dealings, drawing strength from positive tcchnieal indicators and the steadiness of Tokyo stocks. "The Nikkei rally of the past two weeks seems to have run out of steam and
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        KL tin gains 10 sen on European, local buying
        955 14 COMMODITIES REPORT Tin The price of lin on the Kuala Lumpur Tin Market rose 10 sen to close at M$ 14.40 sen per kg with European and loeal buyers aeeounting for the turnover of 28 tonnes. Dealers said although the turnover
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      1631 14 Rubber RAS Commodity Exchange (futures dosing as at 1pm) RSS 1 Contract (S ccnts/kg) Close Volume Open Month High Low Sett (tonnes) Interest Feb 93 Mar Apr 000 0.00 132.00 0 3.875 Ma> 134.75 134.25 134 00 150 8.750 Jun 136 50 136.50 136 00 300 5.725 Jul/Sep
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        Australia
        1146 15 1.4 Arbitrage trading and a stronger Tokyo market helped Australian stocks close slightly higher after sliding in morning trade yesterday, brokers said. "The market rebounded in the afternoon, mainly because of the Nikkei." said Kieren Barratt of Lance Jones. He also cited arbitrage trading in futures. The All Ordinaries
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        Manila
        545 15 +7.62 Share prices edged up yesterday, buoyed slightly by a proposal of Hopewell Holdings of Hongkong to infuse more money into building addition- al power plants in the country, brokers said. "It provided a big boost," Joey Salceda, an analyst at Baring Securities Inc, said. "That's like a light
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        Taipei
        528 15 +30.12 Taiwan stocks reversed early gains to close lower yesterday after a late wave of profit-tak-ing in financials dragged down the overall market, brokers said. The weighted index spent most of the session higher but it ran into resistance at about 4,900 points and closed 30.12 down at 4,795.17.
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        Seoul
        367 15 -1.14 Stocks ended lower in slow trading as institutions and foreigners, who had emerged as strong buyers, retreated to the sidelines yesterday, brokers said. They forecast the market would move in the eurrent trading range of 660 and 670 for the time being, due to a stack of stocks
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        New Zealand
        315 15 -10.2 The New Zealand share market closed down because of a series of factors, including lack of foreign interest, a weak currency and debt market, and negative sentiment towards Brierley Investments and Carter Holt Harvey. The NZSE-40 capital index finished 10.2 points lower at 1,566.65. Volume of NZ$45
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        Bombay
        28 15 closed The Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) was closed for a Hindu festival yesterday. Trading resumes today. On Wednesday, the 30share BSE index rose 68.69 points to 2.271.47.
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        919 15 Britannia Funds Sterling (ash Bid Offer Mim Cap Deposit JJOO 1* MOO Mim Jcrses Cud 0 1901 0 MO} Mim Mas likiimc •0 9*00 *1 0200 I S$ Cash IfKiwne Plus f und *****0 10 59UO PS Reserve Fund 5 2000 5 2100 Sterling Lqat) Euro Performance l)tV(2 0WM Far
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        London
        659 15 -0.3 Share prices closed mixed but with a majority of FTSE 100 stocks showing gains on the first day of the new quarter, supported by encouraging company results. Dealers said the underlying sentiment in the market remains positive and volumes have improved. However until the hurdle of end of
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        Stockholm
        143 15 +0.23pc A key vote in parliament today will determine the direction of Swedish share prices, with many players staying liquid pending clarification of the political situation. The Stockholm bourse, extending its close to 1400 GMT instead of 1230 GMT for the first time, finished higher on gains by Ericsson
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        Frankfurt
        198 15 -12.63 Shares closed barely above their day's lows after the Bundesbank said it was keeping interest rates unchanged. The vast majority of players had expected no move by the central bank, but there was still some disappointment at the news. While the meeting was in progress some traders had
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        Milan
        166 15 1.05pc Shares closed below highs after an early technical rally petered out and the bourse was expected to hover around these levels until the April 18 electoral referendum. The feeling of political limbo and lack of liquidity were both deterring investors, dealers said. Gemina, a financial holding company with
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        Amsterdam
        247 15 -1.64 Shares had a quiet day, trading little changed from Wednesday's levels for most of the day, until the final downward dip in the dollar just before the close pulled prices lower. The EOE fell 1.64 to 316.85. Dealers say institutional investors are keeping their powder dry in the
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        Zurich
        243 15 1.3 Shares ended mixed, with the SMI and the SPI index near Wednesday's closing level, as strong blue chips prevented a market slide. Recently set-in consolidation was seen continuing, with investors seen sidelined ahead of upcoming holidays. The SMI index of leading shares eased 1.9 points to a final
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        Johannesburg
        320 15 -13 Shares came off their lows in yesterday's trade in a fu-tures-led recovery that narrowed their deep discount to spot, dealers said. The Gold Index was 14 points lower at 1.191 and the Industrial Index fell 13 points to 4.413. The Overall Index was 15 points lower at 3.544.
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        Toronto
        342 15 16.29 Stocks slid in early trade pressured by weakness in the real estate and construction sector and a pullback in precious metals issues. Oil and gas producer Sceptre Resources was the main early mover. Sceptre rose 1-5/8 to a 52-week high 9-3/8 in heavy volume after the company announced
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        New York
        771 15 -22.16 Stocks opened higher yesterday morning, correcting for a 22-point slide on Wednesday that was tied to options expirations. At 10.30 am (1530 GMT), the Dow Jones Industrial average was up 9.19 points to 3,444.30 after one hour of trading. Volume reached 33.82 million shares in the first
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      3056 16 Reuter HONGKONG Stocks ended modestly higher but late profit-taking trimmed early gains yesterday. brokers said. The blue-chip Hang Seng Index closed up 20.02 points, or 0.31 per cent, at 6.408.88. It hit a high of 6.427.08 in early trading. "1 think the wave of late selling was by retail
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      CHINA
      443 16 RESULTS were mixed in the Shenzhen markets yesterday. The losers were outweighed by gainers, and the CLSA Shenzhen A Index rose 0.25 per cent in moderate trading to close at 2.888.18. A little more activity returned to the Shenzhen B market, though still not at previous levels. In slightly
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      2540 16 Reuter TOKYO Stocks ended the first day of fiscal 1993/94 sharply higher yesterday, led by commu-nications-related issues. The 225share Nikkei average ended at its highest level in a year, up 507.64 points or 2.73 per cent, to 19,099.09 with an estimated 620 million shares traded. The broader first section
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      1848 16 Reuter BANGKOK Stocks shed almost all their Wednesday gains, falling on heavy profittaking among bank, finance, brokerage and property shares and investors' political worries yesterday, brokers said. The SET index dropped 13.46 points, or 1.56 per cent, to close at 851.77 on turnover of 3.17 billion baht. Losses led
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      948 16 Reuter JAKARTA Jakarta stock prices closed mixed in lacklustre trade yesterday, brokers said. "Investors are still on the sideline waiting for government action on the fake share case," a broker said. Kalbe Farma and Mayatcxdian were among the gainers, trading their shares 350 and 150 rupiah higher respectively. Inco.
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      Lock icon CLOB INTERNATIONAL
      2735 17 Source: Bridge Info Source: Bridge Info MOST ACTIVE volume kiris Hvd 50c 2J.465.00l) Bcrjava liroup J. 304.000 faK'rtiroup 2.5*11.000 KcnongBhdMk: 2.176.000 Sn Hartam.is 1.*****1) reck Kommoci i.727.ooo kL Induslno IjtNjM Ind (K\gcn Me l.sr.000 Bedford 50i 1.435.000 lnno\cM Bhd 1.246.000 Memaaha mV i 222.000 Multi-Purpose 1.173.000 M lOMM
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        Lock icon Blue chips hit year's highs in brisk trading
        5292 17 Bernama SHARE prices closed higher in brisk trading on continuing interest in situational counters and blue chips, with the benchmark Composite Index hitting the year's high. The key barometer KLSE Composite Index closed at 649.56, 6.31 points above Wednesday's close after opening
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        7528 18  -  By Magdalene Ng SINGAPORE Hectic trading returned to broking rooms yesterday to send turnover and some stock prices soaring. Driven by speculative play, total trade done on the combined main board and over-the-counter market surged 28.1 per cent to a strong 128.05 million units. In
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        76 18  -  HOT STOCK Quak Hiang Whai AMCOL Moldings has been trading on a downward trend But that trend appears to have been broken as the stoek surged past the resistance of 51.90. The stock eould eontinue to elimh and its support remains at S2. Take care with Ameol as
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      360 19 Golf AP NEW ORLEANS Golfs No 1 player, Nick Faldo, will be among the 144 to tec ofT in the Frecport-McMoßan Golf Classic this week, even though he thought he would have to miss it. The USSI million (551.64 million) tournament offers
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      665 19 Reuter NEW YORK There is a familiar sound in the warm spring air, and it's not the reassuring crack of the bat. Instead, it is the cry of sports writers and analysts, whose annual warning that baseball is in trouble has taken
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        41 19 Reuter NEW YORK Results of NBA games played on Wednesday: Pacers 114 Bullets 95; Celtics 109 76ers 103; Pistons 120 Trailßlazers 111; Supersonics 103 Mavericks 96; Jazz 93 Spurs 85; Hawks 103 Nuggets 94; Timber Wolves 126 Lakers 113. Reuter
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        31 19 Reuter NEW YORK Results of NHL games played on Wednesday: Nordiques 6 Canadiens 2; Sabres 5 Devils 2; Kings 5 Maple Leafs 5; Oilers 5 North Stars 2. Reuter
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        291 19 AP AP NEW YORK The world rankings based on players' performance throughout the world sanctioned by the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews. The ranking is computed on a three-year rolling basis weighted towards the current year. Players earn points based on tournament grade, finish and strength
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        295 19 AFP LONDON Results of European World Cup qualifiers Wednesda> Group I: Switzerland I Portugal I. Standings (played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, against, points): I Switzerland 5 3 2 0 15 4 8 2 Italy 5 3 2 0 13 5 8 3 Scotland 4 12 14 3 4
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        91 19 Reuter OSAKA, Japan Results from the LS$5OO,OOO (SS820.000) Salem Open yesterday: 2nd round Michael Chang (US) b Chuck Adams (US) 6-4 6-2: Amos Mansdorf (Isr) b Steve Bryan (US) 6-1 6-2: Greg Rusedski (Can) b Jeremy Bates (GB) 6-4 7-6; Guillaumc Raoux (Fra) b Doug Flach (US) 6-3 6-2:
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      Lock icon Non-qualifier matches course record at Lyon
      243 19 Reuter LVON, France Mike Miller, who needs special invitations to play, matched the course record of 64 in the opening round of the Lyon Open golf tournament yesterday. The Scot returned his eight-under-par score in a strong wind despite having to pull his own
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      384 19 Reuter PHOENIX, Arizona World Formula One champion Nigel Mansell will have his first taste of oval racing on Sunday when he tackles the banked 1.6 km oval of the Phoenix International Raceway. The Briton, who won the first round of this year's IndyCar World
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      Lock icon Hawks' Wilkins proves a point with high-scoring games
      425 19 AP ATLANTA Dominique Wilkins has been on a mission all season. The Atlanta Hawks star was determined to remove any doubt that at age 33 he could come back from a ca-rcer-threatening injury and perform at the top of his game. He
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        Lock icon Thompson leads in Philippine Open
        83 19 AP MANILA Qualifier Stuart Thompson of New Zealand tied the course record with a five-under-par 67 yesterday and took a one-stroke lead in the first round of the Philippine Golf Open Championship. Thompson shot six birdies and one bogey on the 7,181 m. par-72 Manila
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        92 19 AP MIKI. Japan Koichi Suzuki shot five birdies on the back nine for a seven-under-par 65 yesterday to take a two-stroke first round lead in the 80 million yen (551.13 million) Descente Classic Munsingwear Cup golf tournament. Tadami Ueno oneputted 15 times en route to a
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        96 19 AP SEOUL South Korea, boasting experience as the 1988 Olympic host, will bid to stage the World Cup soccer tournament in 2002 jointly with rival North Korea, sports officials said yesterday. Culture and Sports Minister Lee Min Sup reported the co-host plan to
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        Lock icon M'sia starts well — without Sideks
        78 19 M'sia starts well without Sideks Reuter HONGKONG Thomas Cup holders Malaysia made a confident start to the Asian men's team badminton championship on Wednesday with a 5-0 win over Japan. But their injury-hit team will be hard pressed to overcome arch-rivals and favourites Indonesia in the final stages. Malaysia, who
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        77 19 AFP ATLANTA, Georgia Manon Rheaume will make her first start as a goalkeeper in the International Hockey League when the Atlanta Knights end their season at home on April 10 or 11, her coach said on Wednesday. The Knights have already clinched the title
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        81 19 Reuter NEUBRANDENBURG, Germany Double world champion sprinter Katrin Krabbe accused German officials on Wednesday of plotting to stop her competing at this year's world athletics championships despite reducing a ban from competition from four years to 12 months. Krabbe. who was suspended after taking
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      286 19 THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 50 GUAN CHONG BEE TEA CO PTE. LTD. (IN MEMBERS' VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION) At an Extraordinary General Meeting of GUAN CHONG BEE TEA CO PTE. LTD. duly convened and held at Blk 531 Upper Cross Street *03-60 Singapore 0105 on Wednesday, the 31st day ol March 1993.
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      1108 20 Beats A Bud. where t w|ne dine and entertain OF Alan Ng, food writer of Lianhe Zaobao,"lt's a high tea of distinct difference from those we had tried locally Why go Penang? Princess Terrace Cafe introduces Penang High Tea with favourites like Penang Laksa, Fried Kway Teow, Bubur Hitam, Ang
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  • LIFESTYLE
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      1255 21  -  Jan Hoffman meets Ellen Barkin actress, mother and critics' enigma Jan Hoffman NYT ELLEN Barkin bites into a strawberry and takes a sip of decaffeinate. Slowly, her face crinkles up into her signature lopsided squint-grin. "Just look at this body," she says, at once amused and exasperated. She
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      462 21 Reuter ONE of China's sober official newspapers had some rare fun yesterday to mark April Fool's Day, running fake articles on an end to strict birth control for top intellectuals and land speculation on the Moon. The China Youth Daily, normally full of
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      Lock icon Bruce Lee's son dies in shooting mishap
      171 21 CHATTERBOX Reuter AP BRANDON LEE, son of the late kung fu film legend Bruce I,ee. died on Wednesday in a shooting accident while filming a scene on a North Carolina movie set, police said. Lee, 28, was hit in the stomach by a
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      1245 21 TV RADIO wmmmgrwam Charles Palace Divided. 10.30pm, SBC 5 What happens decides hate As this movie shows, <^JT well-bred royals a supposed >***f fairy-tale marriage throw in- f suits, hurt each other and try p.- to separate. Rogers Recs (from y t *r»- Mt. Cheers) and Catherine Oxen- fl d
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      Lighting the way into Japan with something old, something new
      431 22  -  Terence Lim on Larry Jewellery's latest foray into the country Terence Lim A JEWELLERY collection fusing Art Deco and Art Nouveau design elements with traditional Peranakan motifs has enabled one of Singapore's leading jewellers to make headway into the Japanese
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      S'pore jewellers clinch orders worth $1.6m
      95 22 ASIA'S biggest watch and jeweller) trade fair, the 4th International Jeweller> Tokyo (IJT) exhibition was held in Makhuri Messe Tokyo from the 21st to the 24th last month. Despite the recession in Japan, the 12 Singapore jewellers who exhibited in the IJT managed to
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      Lock icon American telephone ad creates a buzz
      378 22  -  Adam Bryant in New York reports on a television advertisement that enters new territory Adam Bryant NYT ON the off chance that a truism needs a little buttressing, a New York Telephone advertisement that tells a story, of all things, has proved a big
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      Intriguing beer ads prove a point for SPH
      279 22 IT WAS supposed to be the new kid on the drinking block XO Beer. The advertising industry in Singapore was abuzz about the brew, touted as having "12 per cent alcohol, being 100 per cent lethal and available only in selected bars
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      Lock icon Upmarket Trussardi targets the younger set
      573 23  -  Helen Chang looks at the new strategy and expansion plans of the high-end fashion house's distributor Helen Chang IN a soft retail market, high-end fashion house Trussardi has a marketing plan: inerease advertising dollars. Roland Macek, managing director of Shiamas Ltd, which distributes Trussardi
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      Lock icon L'Oreal's US$50 million gamble with Gio
      806 23 Will Armani's new fragrance become a classic? FT GIORGIO Armani threw a party in a Manhattan basement last month. His party planners created a replica of the theatre in his Milan palazzo. complete with a grove of citrus trees. The party was the climax
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        71 23 NYT SAATCHI Saatchi and D'Arcy Masius Benton Bowles have announced changes involving top management. including: Saatchi Saatchi Advertising's Nadeen Peterson, a vicechairman and executive creative director at the New York office, has been promoted to worldwide creative director. Peter Rosow. joint managing director at the New York office
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        Lock icon Target: Wal-Mart
        70 23 NYT WAL-MART Stores Inc has been assailed by advertising by competitor. Target Stores. Under a large grammatically misguided headline. "This Never Would Have Happened If Sam Walton Was Alive", the ads state that Wal-Mart inaccurately posts Target prices on merchandise next to Wal-Mart prices. The ads close with:
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        115 23 NYT TUB American Lgg Board said on Monday that it had selected six contenders to participate in the review for its US$3 million (554.92 million) account, which has been handled by CME KHBB Advertising in Chicago, for the last 16 years. Louis B Raflel. American Lgg Board's president
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    An ode to profits
    531 24 EDITORIAL ONE of the surest indicators of a country's economic health has to be corporate profits. Many socialist economies have realised, albeit too late, that profit-mak-ing companies are the creators of economic wealth. Any corporation, whether capitalist or communist, can only survive if it makes, and
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      A France unto itself
      345 24 THE DISCONTENT which brought the Socialists such devastation in the French parliamentary election last week had been acknowledged well before the polls when Mr Michel Rocard, with an eye on the presidency two years hence, said the party needed to reflect a broader spectrum with an
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      The politics of envy
      223 24 THE RACIAL and colonial undercurrents that sometimes make Hongkong's little political pond froth with turbulence can have a dangerous drag-down effect on the level of debate. The waters have been muddied in the last week by the emergence of a controversy over the proposed appointment of
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      197 24 IN RECENT MONTHS, India and Pakistan have been recovering from the fallout of the Ayodhya temple destruction which raised tempers and tension through the sub-continent. Although thousands of families sufTered in the communal violence, the situation was contained before it got totally out of hand, demonstrating a
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      Legal confidence
      91 24 A WARNING BY Chief Justice Yong Pung How that lawyers who cheat their clients may face stiffer penalties would surely be welcome by members of the public. Based on the number of complaints received by the Law Society, there are good reasons to impose stricter discipline on errant
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      Biased against China?
      132 24 AS EARLY AS the United States presidential election campaign. Democrat Bill Clinton held a very critical view of China. There is no doubt that generally. Third World countries, especially those in Asia, think favourably and have rather high expectations of China's reform and openness and the economic
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    689 24  -  By not giving its neighbours details of its military spending, China could contribute to an arms buildup in the region, writes Michael Richardson Michael Richardson IHT CHINA'S failure to disclose the full scale of its military spending or make public details of its defence purchases
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      90 24 u)P\S tM FuDGt'S OFFIC€.JUST We NO"T»Ce W£. (jovjes i did I NOW 1 control doing so«^e v i look t y \£~l of MPVUE-vouoat wpo-ReD... r* fibrc. OF &€J»JG u)pvs etPeess&D ac k IM TwpiT Gipfe. ..E.\AEJRV Fepnvjee 4L V coKTTORTeD uomn PURfe V V utregftTep VE>JO M < —YJ\
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      626 25  -  The bribery scandal in Italy has angered many in the country, not least of all the nearly 10 per cent who are unemployed. Stephen Addison reports Stephen Addison Reuter THE DISGRACE OF Italy's scandaltainted establishment has increased the likelihood that protests over growing unemployment in the poor
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      Lock icon Drifting in a sea of corruption
      595 25  -  Prime Minister Giuliano Amato's disclosure that his term is all but over means Italy is like a ship without a rudder, writes Keith Weir Keith Weir Reuter ITALY yesterday began drifting rudderless towards its April 18 referendum on electoral reform as Prime Minister Giuliano
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      Lock icon The fear of scandal
      531 25  -  The European Community is worried that it will be tainted by Italy's spreading corruption scandals. David Gardner and Andrew Hill report David Gardner,Andrew Hill FT Concern is growing in Brussels that European community institutions could be dragged into Italy's spreading corruption scandals, following the death of
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    Lock icon Congress approves Clinton's US$1.5 trillion budget
    464 26 Moves marks completion of first step of President's economic programme AP, Knight-Ridder, Reuter WASHINGTON Congress gave final approval to President Bill Clinton's US$l.5 trillion (552.4 trillion) budget for 1994 yesterday, marking the completion of the first step of Mr Clinton's economic programme. The Senate
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    Lock icon Japan agrees to slash car exports to EC
    395 26 Reuter TOKYO Japan bowed to strong European Community pressure yesterday and agreed to sharply reduce car exports to the slumping EC market this year. Japanese and EC negotiators predicted EC car demand in 1993 will slip 6.7 per cent from 1992 to
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    Lock icon London asks Tokyo to help pressure Beijing over HK's future
    241 26 AP LONDON Foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd sought on Wednesday to enlist Japanese pressure on China to maintain commercial life in Hongkong after Britain hands over the colony. Addressing an audience of Japanese journalists in London. Mr Hurd said Japanese investors
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    Lock icon IAEA refers N Korea to Security Council for possible sanctions
    385 26 Reuter VIENNA The world's nuclear watchdog ruled yesterday that North Korea was in breach of an agreement to halt the spread of nuclear weapons and referred it to the United Nations for possible sanctions. The International Atomic Energy Agency (lAEA),
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    Lock icon Heard the one about Iraq joining international peace troops in Somalia?
    336 26 AFP. Reuter SINGAPORE World media yesterday gleefully took up the April Fool's Day challenge to gull their readers, announcing an Iraqi division would join the international peace troops in Somalia. France had erected a trade wall to protect its
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    Let this be the last anniversary of bitter memories in Indochina
    843 26  -  The Bottom Line HARISH MEHTA HARISH MEHTA The writer is a BT correspondent specialising in Indochinese affairs. THIS month is the 18th anniversary of the defeat of American military forces in Vietnam and the collapse of the Saigon regime.
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    310 26 AP, Reuter MOSCOW The legislature yesterday asked the Constitutional Court to review Boris Yeltsin's decrees, attempting to pre-empt any presidential bid to hold a parallel vote that would ask questions of his choosing. The Supreme Soviet is challenging Mr Yeltsin's March 20
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      HK, Swedish forwarders set up joint office here
      391 27  -  Baltrans, Bilspedition extend their successful Hongkong partnership By Dexter Lee SINGAPORE Hongkonglisted freight forwarder Baltrans Ltd and its Swedish counterpart, Bilspedition AB, have extended their partnership to Singapore following a successful two-year tie-up in Hongkong. The two parties have formed Wilson Freight
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      SeaCon chalks up US$40m in net income
      365 27 SINGAPORE Sea Containers Ltd, a marine container asset lessor, ferries and ports operator and leisure industry investor, saw net income rise to US$39.B million (5565.3 million) for the year, compared with 1991 's U5532.7 million. The 1992 figure included US$6.2 million (US$O.63 per
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      Lock icon Royal Caribbean hopes to raise US$168m from first stock issue
      322 27 AP MIAMI Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd (RCCL) seeks to raise US$l6B million (***** million) by selling 16 per cent of the cruise line in its first stock offering, the world's second largest cruise line said on Wednesday. Two-thirds of the
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      INDEX TO SHIPPING LINES AND FREIGHT FORWARDERS
      1151 27 Page Col ABC Containerline 12 I Accord Group 8 1-3 Ahrenkiel Liner 16 4 Allied-Link 16 4/5 Alpha Feeders 6 1 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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      Mitsui comes up with faster method of processing documents
      211 27  -  By Ramesh Divyanathan SINGAPORE Clients of Mitsui OSK Lines (Singapore) Pte Ltd (MOI&IN) will benefit from a simpler and more efficient method of preparing shipping documents. MOLSIN has devised a system whereby documents such as bills of lading are ready for
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      Plan for central control of Laem Chabang rejected
      434 27 BANGKOK The Port Authority of Thailand's plan to centralise the management of Laem Chabang Commercial Port was turned down last Friday as the authority's board of commissioners approved new sub-committee members to oversee its operation. The new sub-committee will be chaired by
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        499 28 Vessel Voy No Berth Arrival Departure Vessel Voy No Berth Arrival Departure Jurong Port Stephenson 1/93 P05 alongside 0304/2300 Araya J9/10 alongside 0204/2300 Iirta Arta M T23 P01B alongside 0204/2300 Pine Blight 30 )6 alongside 02 04,0600 Universal 3 1/93 P10 alongside 0104/1330 PHMte 3/B 12/3 alongside
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        CONTAINER SCHEDULES
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      Lock icon New Orleans looks back at 1992 in wonder
      946 29 Last year was a big year for the Port of New Orleans, which saw its traffic turnover boosted by a rise in all sorts of cargo handled Port of New Orleans Record FIVE centuries after the birth of Western trade, the Port
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      THE SHIPPING GUIDE
      11248 36 This is a list of ships loading at Singapore for ports around the world. It tabulates, by destination, the name of the ship, the shipping line involved and the estimated dates of arrival and departure from the Port of Singapore. LEGEND PN: ship calls at Penang after
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      DAILY FREIGHTS
      436 43 THE Baltic Freight Index for spot dry cargo shipping rates was unchanged at 1.503 on Mar 31 from 1.503 on Mar 30. FIXTURES lanker The large crude tanker market from the Mideast Gulf was sluggish as no westbound fixes were reported and with small VLCCs to the Far
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      TRANSPORT DIARY
      237 43 COURSES Title: Marine Insurance (SDF 70%) Duration: Apr 2 May 14 (6 evenings) Organiser: Singapore National Shipping Association Tel: For further details and application forms contact SNSA at tel: 278-3464 or fax: 274-5079 Title: Managing Human Resources. Duration: April 5-6 Organiser CAI Consultants/Her- iot —Watt University. Tel: 339-2733
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      VERITAS BUNKER QUALITY REPORT
      575 43 Carbon Carton Mar 25 Density Water Residue Ash ttmriun Se<imnt Density Water Residue Ash Akraun Sedmnt M/M 1 M/M Exxon Exxon KG/M*3 V/V M/M M/M PPM method KG/M*3 V/V M/M I M/M PPM method 60/Cimac 1Mb Spec E25 991 LO 1?0 010 30* 010* Eastern USA
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        Lock icon Car firm says long-term strategy needed in Vietnam
        645 46 Reuter HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam It looked like a big breakthrough for communistruled Vietnam "First Mekong cars exported to Japan" read the headline. For the first time, Vietnam had re-exported a high-tech product assembled in this country, the weekly Vietnam Investment
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        Lock icon US airlines may do away with hub system
        575 46 NYT NEW YORK Hobbled by overcapacity, declining travel and bruising fare wars, the nation's leading airlines are laying off workers, delaying plane orders and, in the most drastic measures to date, taking steps to dismantle the elaborate hub systems they spent the
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        Lock icon US aircraft makers disband joint team on Navy project
        226 46 UPI ST LOUIS McDonnell Douglas Corp. Lockheed Corp and Northrop Corp have announced they are disbanding a joint team that was developing a new generation of attack plane for the US Navy. The companies said on Tuesday they each would continue
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        Lock icon Perot hits out at sale of USAir stake to BA
        241 46 AP WASHINGTON Ross Perot criticised the Clinton administration on Wednesday for approving "the world's dumbest airline deal" the sale of a 19.9 per cent share of USAir to British Airways. Mr Perot, who won 19 per cent of the vote
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        Lock icon Moodys lowers Boeing's debt rating
        494 46 UPI SEATTLE Moodys investors service, citing a depressed outlook for the commercial airline industry, said on Wednesday it has cut Boeings senior debt rating from AI to AA3. "Boeing's principal market, commercial aircraft, has been in a downcycle that is expected to intensify because of
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        Lock icon Northwest hires Tokyo staff on 1-year deals
        329 46 Nikkei Weekly TOKYO Northwest Airlines is creating an uproar in Japan, but the clamour has nothing to do with the decibellevel of its engines. The Tokyo office of the American carrier has stunned 81 prospective employees with the notification that they will start
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          115 46 AFP AUCKLAND Australia's Qantas airline used newspaper advertisements here yesterday to announce what it called "a great advance in aviation technology that will revolutionise air travel". The airline said it had a special new paint that would cut drag and reduce a nearly 27-hour flight from
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          Lock icon Chemical spill closes Delaware River
          111 46 Reuter PHILADELPHIA A spill of up to 13.6 kilolitres of the chemical cumcnc used in nail polish remover and paints forced the closure of the Delaware River to river traffic for about 12 hours on Wednesday. Coast guard officials said the spill was suspected to
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          Lock icon Tanker leaks oil in Philadelphia
          39 46 Reuter LONDON The Norwegian-flag tanker Ellen Knutsen reported an oil leak during unloading in the port of Philadelphia. Lloyd's Shipping Intelligence Service said. Anti-pollution booms arc in place around the 14,200 dwt vessel. Reutcr
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          Lock icon Bulgarian air traffic controllers strike
          76 46 UPI SOFIA Bulgarian air traffic controllers grounded planes during a one-hour strike on Wednesday and warned of longer stoppages unless they receive improved safety equipment, an official said. "We demand the revocation of a government decree which gives the military a significant part of taxes
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          Lock icon Engine falls from Boeing 747
          96 46 AP ANCHORAGE, Alaska A Boeing 747 cargo jet dropped one of its engines over the city on Wednesday but landed safely at Anchorage International Airport. No one was injured. Witnesses in three F-ISC fighter planes said they watched the engine and part of the left
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      2459 29 r i NEXT SAILING TO HONG KONG/TAIWAN/JAPAN/KOREA/PHILIPPINES/CHINA VERRAZANO BRIDGE V.OOB ETA SIN STH APRIL 1993 MAYVIEW MS. V.9304 ETA SIN 6TH APRIL 1993 Vessel Voy ETA ETD Feeder by Sea Unk/Aries DESTINATIONS Ihts »eek MAYVIEW MAERSk V 9304 06 *****0 mrs ■■MflMßlMlHßliHifllHMMMMlllHHllllillMMHHifl Hi MH^I CFS 06/04 1000 MRS JOM LPK
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      589 30 cnziss FCL Break bulk Service to: AFGHANISTAN M4M Afghanistan Ltd., Sole Foreign Forwarder in Kabul for all services C.I.S.- Vostochny, Vladivostok, Moscow, Tashkent, Kiev, Minsk, Riga, Baku, Irkutsk, Alma Ata North Korea Vietnam Mongolia Hungary CSFR Poland ocwans AGENCIES (FAR EAST) LTD NOUAKCHOTT-BANJUL-BISSAU-LUANDA-BATA Feeder Vessel IT A MN A. ABRAHAM
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      2111 31 ffif STRAITS SHIPPING PTE LTD 10 Hoe Chiang Road #11-01 Keppel Towers Singapore 0208 Tel: *****88 Fax: *****17 Id d rVi fil A :?^1! Bsl>l rl AV/1 :hl IKMJ new guinea pacific line (A SERVICE OF CHINA NAVIGATION CO) CARGO OUI SAIS RAJAH BROOKE VOOC Mujf J, Lib 01*0? Ape
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      2491 31 SINGAPORE AGENT: nA«*C PAO Container# (Singapore Agencies) Pte Ltd 43L\_f VjIVIII /llllCl 3 10 Hoe Chiang Road #07-01 KEPPEI TOWERS. SINGAPORE 0208 Te j; 225 2233 Telex RS ***** PNOCSP Fax 225 5327/222 7517 IT-' j CR Number **********0Z EXPORT IMPORT vessel voy 'pwg -ma sm *io tow ant rot
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      1401 33 It SCX: 'NEPTUNE CRYSTAL 12E' ETA SGP 07/04/93 l| II &KS& II ARR,VING LOS ANGELES 25/04/93 IN 17 DAYS H II AEX: "NEPTUNE AGATE 09E* ETA SGP 11/04/93 H ARRIVING NEW YORK 04/05/93 IN 22 DAYS H H WEST EXPRESS fNWXt i'MmKfM- SINGAPORE CALIFORNIA EXPRESS (SCX) I TO PNW lisa
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      397 33 ©HEUNG-A SHIPPING I Korean Flag Vessels FULLY CONTMNEMSD SERVICE TO; HONGKON6, BUSAN, MCHON, MOI STRAITS/KOREA SERVICE mi SM SU S9 K HI t XDEJOOKfF 313N 0104 MPT 07/04 U/M 12/04 U/M •NO. 7 DOMM 303N 07/04 10/04 19/04 24/04 20/04 CHOVAK LAM) W314 01/04 M/ 04 14/04 10/04 20/04 21/04
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      163 33 CENTENARY SHIPPING SERVICE I WEEKLY Fail CONTAINER DFECT SERVICE I SUNGAPORE/HO CHI MIMH OTY Now providing Container Trucking toVungtau, from HoChlMlnh Oty VESSELS NAME VOY. NBR ETA/D S'PORC ETA/D HCM CITY TAN AM AM 83N/S 06 06 APR 09 09 APR 93 TAN AH AIR 84N/S 13-13 APR 16 16
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      1085 33 m 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 EASTBOtfO—DISCHARGING WCSTBOUND-LOADWG TRAKSHWED VIA
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      1579 34 Kt*_i w-t* AS AGENTS: KAWASAKI SINGAPORE (PTE) LTD (CR No: **********0 M) w w V TEL *****77 TELEX- KAWAKIRS23I6S FAX: *****07/8/9 I iVJIj 1 MALAYSIA: "K" LINE MARITIME (MALAYSIA) SON BHD Li 1 1 1 r*y TEL SA *****00 P< *****75 PEN *****0 JB *****1 PGU *****5/6 1 INDONESIA: P.T.
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      1111 34 PHI LI one NT LINGS PTi LTD V"" 108 Robinson Road #07-00 QMG Building Singapore 0106 1 Tel: *****22/*****69/*****00 Telex: RS ***** Fax: *****76/*****38 A MEMBER OF THE SINGAPORE FREIGHT FORWARDERS ASSOCIATION l AUSTRAUA/NEW ZEALAND/SOUTH PACIFIC FCL/LCL SERVICE 8 APR SYDNEY. MELBOURNE. BRISBANE. FREMANTLE 4 APR AUCKLAND. WELLINGTON. LYTTLETON, NEW
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      1066 35 (ssssssr%KK PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL LINES (PTE) LTD J I I 140 Cecil Street, #03-00 PIL Building. Singapore 0106. I 8S88»V MHV CR NO **********0E J mivmim IP VESSEL VOY B.N BKK V EQUATOR CRYSTAL 136N 3/4 «/4 10/4 KOTAINOAH 3241 4/4 7/4 11/4 I SRISAMUT (THAI FLAQ) SRSI4N 4/4 7/4 11/4
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      1269 35 EXPRESS CONTAINER SERVICE TO UK-NORTH CONTINENT-SCANDINAVIA WEEKLY p P GUDANG PENANG P KELANG OCEAN VSL/VOY SIN SOU (1) RTM (2) HAM (3) GOT (4) B ~2/4 2/4 3/4 NIHON 3122 6/4 23/4 25/4 26/4 28/4 E ~9/4 9/4 10/4 BEN ARTY 3132 15/4 2/5 4/5 5/5 7/5 D "iiTi 16/4
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      608 35 eBAVQftt I SHIPPING TEL: *****88 FAX: *****00 DIRECT REGULAR SERVICE J JAKARTA SURABAYA it ACCEPT CARGOES TO ALL OTHER MOONESIAN PORTS WITH TRANSHIPMENT AT JAKARTA OR SURABAYA OESTVMTION ET* ETO YSI IAKMTA 1/4 3/4 P. SWttTEIA J J/4 10/4 f. KALMMfUN J 13/4 14/4 P. WR* 22/4 23/4 P. SUMATERA
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      315 35 °BSA° TR AN SPO RTATIO N mm MYANMA wBBk FIVE STAR LINE (Myanmar National Line) Loading for Yangon (Rangoon) Spore P.KIf Pen PGdj MYOMA TWA VI47W SM SM ta Part PATHE* VI22W In Pt SM PAGAN VI9SW In Pt HPA-AN VIMW 03/06 Apr MAWYSIA AGENTS: SOUS TIM) SHPPMG AGENCES KUI
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      2842 38 Conventional Semi-Container Full Container Liner Services Liner Services um*** Mm** C—tnl huts: lotUv AtMOr CuMrtl 4fMtl- Booking Ai—tx <!•»■ Cum SMpping Si* SM Ctonf CMm SMwiw Un (M f.T. tKW '•<" *HUm i Ykk Fung Shipping A SM*« Fr*gkt Booking CrMtsM* «|wdn Costar Shipping Pte Ltd SM*ta« frttfrt ImUw Cortn
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      722 39 hFAMOUS CONTAINER LINES 10 ANSON RD. #15-21 INTERNATIONAL PLAZA, S'PORE 0207 HOT LINE: *****33 (24 LINES) GOTHENBURG/SCAN 05/04 ROTTERDAM 05/04 AARHUS/COPENHAGEN 05/04 HAMBURG/BREMEN 05/04 MARSEILLE/FRANCE 08/04 FELIXSTOWE/UK 05/04 BARCELONA/SPAIN 03/04 LEHAVRE/FRANCE 05/04 GENOA/ITALY 03/04 ANTWERP/BELGIUM 05/04 LOS ANGELES/WC/IPI 04/04 SYDNEY/MELBOURNE 10/04 NEW YORK/EC 04/04 FREMANTLE/ADELAIDE 08/04 VANCOUVER 07/04 BRISBANE 05/04
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      751 39 RICHFIELD MARINE ACENCIES (S) PTE LTD TEL: *****33 (12 Lines) M FAX: *****15/*****03 gg TELEX: RS ***** RISHIP (3 Line*) \M\ ETHIOPIAN SHIPPING LINES (National Lines of Ethiopia) ACCEPTING FCL AND CONVENTIONAL VESSEL IVOV ETA LOADING (-OH SPORE ANO4NET 30WB 15/04 OARESSALAAM MOMBASA DJIBOUTI ASSAB MASSAVKA ABVOT 32W8 28/05 DABESSALAAM
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      676 39 m a— JAKARTA BANGKOK vpaa voy tm «t m ww ttmrnm. hxmkok RAM BHUM 71S IN PT 0/4 lARVI BHUM 70N Fri WPT Man 5/4 I THANA BHUM 2« 3/4 77* NAWIA BHUM 135N Sat 3/4 Wed 7/4 VMABHUM lisS 7/4 10/4 M !S Sg CHAIVA BHUM 30N Sun 4/4
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      366 39 1 mm® Sim™: BAY OF BENGAL SERVICES: CWt BOMMSTA mm 05-00/04 1113/04 15-20/04 I nai mom tin 0701.04 u-u/m n 22/04 TIGER BODGE 251 1213/04 11-20/04 20-27/04 f Imi STW i» 14-IS/M 21-22/04 n-n/M r*ar mtfn U3 im ot-12/o* ihi/m L MM JV SIS 05-00/04 12 15 04 21 22/04
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      1541 40 *a*mn container lines I l£J\cA2£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 (TUES/THURS/SAT) FOR ROOKING, PLS CALL *****22 XIU-HUA. JAMES. WEE GIH. JO I iSSi blobeunk
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      226 40 JjJSjE BLUE STAR LINE SINGAPORE TO AND FROM NEW ZEALAND AND PACIFIC ISLANDS SIN ML LYT SM PREMIER 23S 5/4 17/4 19/4 4/5 AUST STAR 86S 20/4 2/5 4/5 20/5 FGUARO BAY 2S 1/5 13/5 15/5 1/6 FULLY CONTAINERISED SAILINGS DISCHARGING AT AUCKLAND. LYTTELTON, ACCEPTING FCL LCL FOR NEW PLYMOUTH.
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      1013 40 f THONC SOON LINES PTE. LTD.I Mi 77 ROBINSON ROAD #15-00. #16 00 SIA BUILDING SINGAPORE 0106 TEL: *****88 FAX NO: *****11, *****22 TLX: RS ***** CARRIER. RS ***** JENHOL CABLE: TOSOCO CONVENTIONAL/CONTAINER BOOKING LINE: *****58~ SINGAPORE TO SARAWAK VESSEL VOT S PORE PEST VESSEL VOT S PORE DEST EQUATOR
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      860 41 ORIENT LINE" JAPAN/BAY OF BENGAL/JAPAN SERVICE ACCEPTING BREAXBULK SOC CARGOES TO/FROM KOBE YOKOHAMA NAGOTA. HOII. TOKYO*. MAMA* DAVAO* Penanj* P. KeJanj Smtapore E'Msia* KARABEVERETT VIIE 09/10 Apr 11/12 Apr SHAPIAEVERETT VISE 01/02 May IVYEVERETT V4E 12/13 May ACCEPTING BREAKBULK FCL/SOC CARGOES TO FROM CMITT A GONG, CALCUTTA AM) MONGIA* Singapore
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      280 41 Bt GLORY NAViCATIOm 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 VII 27/4 3/5 4/5 24/5 GLORY SELATAN VIII 8/4 13/4 14/4 4/5 SP PKL HCM HK KAO GLORY SELATAN X 20/4
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      650 41 PGSL WORLDWIDE PANAMA -GLOBE STEAMERS LINES 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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      510 41 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 AFRICA/RED
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      405 41 HBa SIN FAR EAST 6/4 KEELUNG/KAOHSIUNG 10/4 BANGKOK 12/4 MANILA/CEBU 4/4 JAKARTA/BELAWAN/SURABAYA I 10/4 PORT KELANG/PENANG/E. MALAYSIA 10/4 BUSAN 11/4 TOKYO/YOKO/KOBENGO/OSA 5/4 HONG KONG SIN CHINA 5/4 GUANGZHOU/HUANGPU/SHENZHEN FUZHOU/XIAMEN/SHANTOU/SHEKOU DALIAN/SHANGHAI XINGANG TIANJIN/QINGDAO HAIKOU also accepting LCL cargo SJN EUROPE/UK 5/4 LDN/FLX/LVP/SOU 5/4 ROW HAM ANT LEH GOA /OSL GOT BCN
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      664 42 HONG KONG/CHINA 5/4 12/4 JAKARTA 4/4 11/4 BANGKOK 3/4 7/4 MANILA 5/4 12/4 BUSAN 5/4 12/4 KEELUNG 6/4 6 13/4 TOKYO/KOBE 4/4 11/4 KAOSHIUNG 9/4 16/4 PORT KELANG/PENANG 4/4 11/4 YOKOHAMA 4/4 A COLOMBO 6/4 13/4 FELIXSTOWE/HAMBURG 3/4 10/4 CHITTAGONG/MADRAS 7/4 14/4 ROTTERDAM/LE HARVE/ANTWERP 3/4 10/4 BOMBAY/KARACHI 5/4 12/4 BARCELONA.
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      523 42 Conlerm P CONTERM FREIGHT (F.E.) PTE LTD. AUCKLAND STH APRIL •ACCEPTING TO ALL PORTS IN NEW ZEALAND PENANG 8 APR PORT KELANG 8 APR JAKARTA 4 APR BANGKOK 4 APR FREMANTLE 8 APR SYDNEY 8 APR MELBOURNE 8 APR BRISBANE 15 APR I GOTHENBURG 10 APR I I*ACCEPTING TO ALL
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      648 42 Next Week's Sailings Singapore I ii KIKSI KOKU ARDKR IN I o: KID I o: KID asia aw akukd Singapore Singapore ,so 9002 LRQA KVKRV KVKRY Bangkok SUN Hamburg SAT QQi KVKRY KVKRY kJT Manila SUN Ho Chi Minh FRI f|J| KVKRY KVKRY SL Colombo TUE I>os Angeles SL'N l
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      1373 43 VESSEL/VOYAGE SHGAPORE DURBAN PORT ELIZABETH CAPE TOWN Wt V9265f 31/3 12/4 14/4 18/4 NEDUOYD COLOMBO V9364f 10/4 22/4 24/4 26/4 OSAKA MAM) V9469f 20/4 2/5 4/5 6/5 HAKATA V9332F 30/4 12/5 14/5 16/5 ORAWJE V9509F 9/5 21/5 23/5 25/5 HAYAKAWA MARU V9668F 19/5 31/5 2/6 4/6 "ALSO ACCEPTING AIR CARGO
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      64 43 "BANGKOK" P.A.T. KLONG TOEY FORT ETA ETA VESSEL VOY SJN BANGKOK MAHA BHUM 152N 07/04/93 11/04/93 NANTA BHUM 136N 10/04/93 14/04/93 MAHA BHUM 153N 14/04/93 17/04/93 NANTA BHUM 137N 17/04/93 21/04/93 (MAHA BHUM IS A FULL THAI FLAG VESSEL) ETA ETA ETA VESSEL VOY SM MANILA CEBU HARI BHUM V-1198
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      112 43 i CRYSTAL FREIGHT SERVICES PTE LTD B TOLL FREE LINE *****88 jm. MAIN LINE: *****88 3^ uummm I fwuM/AwwioiAi smart nAwrcKn* h/a 7/A AUCKLAND 4/4 ANTWERP 4/4 RHSAN 4/4 ADELAIDE 28/4 FELIXSTOWE 10/4 HOKifi Knwr, 7/A Q/A BRISBANE 16/4 HAMBURG 4/4 iakaota A!A l/A FREMANTLE 4/4 ROTTERDAM 4/4 stw&YA i,4
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      685 44 .i cosco I UKC CONVENTIONAL SERVICE VESSEL PKL PNG P G LOADING FOR: A VESSEL 28/04 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 refer
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      204 44 J fSSSSL EES FREIGHT SERVICES PTE LTD J HIM —#01-60 Wallich Building, Singapore 0207 A Hill ffc] Tel: *****66 (10 Lines) Fax: *****69/*****44 AIRPORT OFFICE: *****11 *****13 (FAX) I IMPORTING FROM USA WE PROVIDE WEEKLY SAILINGS WITH FAST TRANSIT TIMES AND LOW INLAND RATES I ENQUIRIES: SHIRLEY/ZAINAB/ROGERS I CONTAINER LINE,
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      523 44 CROSS WATER I If AD OFFICE 2JI SQUNGOON ROM) #06 00 SERANGOOR BULDMG $(0121) NMtEHOUSE (CfS) 81K 37 #04 25 26 TG. PAGAR FHKHT STDTKM IE *****05 n?ONGKONG/CHINA^^|S/4 1 PT KELANG/PENANG 5/4 674~ I TOKYO/YOKOHAMA 5/4 I BUSAN I 5/4 ■•1*11«1 ,THTS— 1 USA I 2/4 p»j M I SYD/MELB
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      271 44 WORLDGATE EXPRESS UNES PTE LTD Tel: *****11 Fax: *****73 Telex: ***** WGATE NEXT VESSEL CONSOLIDATION TO BOM/KAR/CMB 5/4 KEELUNG 6/4 PORT LOUIS 6/4 HONG KONG 5/4 BARCELONA 3/4 KAO/BKK 3/4 JAKARTA 4/4 CALCUTTA 6/4 BREAK BULK SERVICE SIN LDG FOR BANGLI 30 MAR PNG LAURELS 20 APR TEMA/CONTONOU/NOUAKCHOTT ESPRIT SHIPPING
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      814 45 HYUNDAI I MERCHANT MARINE CO. OP. WESTBOUND TO EUROPE VESSELS VOY HjjT PKE PGP VESSELS VOY SH WW *NT* LET HAM BREt FEL HMM ADVANCE lon 23/03 24/03 26/03 H. PIONEER 302# 28/03 16/04 16/04 17/04 18/04 18/04 20/04 HMM ADVANCE 11* 30/03 31/03 01/04 H. FRONTER 304W 04/04 23/04
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      502 45 STRAITS/ JAPAN/ STRAITS SERVICE C SPECIALIST IN RO-RO HEAVY LIFTS INBOUND VESSELS HSU »OT SP ROC U tarjmk ram 1$ l/« KEISMM IS 11/4 12/4 HA II 4 rsear ami 151 m i«/« IM CMSEISVS SIT S 11/4 KOZMA CMOASN I IM OUNCE (CEM 11$ M/ 4 OUTBOUND VESSELS LOADING
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      998 45 JEDD AH/UK /CONTINENT SPORE ID S TOR H'BURG R DAM lEH *Mm Accept!? Cap f«r HAMUttR E(PRESS 13/312 3/4 12/4 21/4 24/4 24/4 21/4 Southampton to dUK dntnabon BHtnl art OuMr KM 01/113 1/4 24/4 27/4 25/4 Rotterdam to <1 Antwerp Mmlotfjm. Olio llMlrti THAMES 14/313 10 4 10/4 20/4
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