The Business Times, 6 May 1993

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    12 1 SINGAPORE BusinessTimes MITA (P) 552/12/92 Thursday May 6 1993 WEKNOW ASIA 75*
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  • 2am LATEST
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      Lock icon US economy improving modestly: survey
      53 1 AP WASHINGTON The US economy improved modestly last month following a wcath-er-related slowdown in March, the Federal Reserve said in its latest survey of regional business conditions. Reports gathered from the central bank's 12 districts "indicate generally modest improvement in economic conditions across much of
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      Lock icon US and N Korea set to meet on nuclear issue
      81 1 Reuter WASHINGTON US and North Korean emissaries could meet this week to prepare for direct high-level contacts over Pyongyang's nuclear programme, senior officials said. The US has so far said publicly only that it is willing to consider a meeting
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    MARKET SUMMARY
    111 1 Stock market indices Wednesday Change STII 1780.20 +3.56 KLSE Composite 706.46 +0.38 Nikkei closed Hang Seng 6.829 33 2.04 SET Index closed Jakarta Composite ...313.61 -0.30 CLSA China B 1,276.54 -3.16 Aust All Ord 1,674.7 +10.4 FTSE 100 2.796 5 -16 1 Wednesday Previous 1pm dose Dow Jones
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    Lock icon Tycoon Liem okay after surgery
    106 1 Reuter JAKARTA Liem Sioe Liong (above), one of the world's richest men and head of Indonesia's biggest group of companies, underwent successful heart bypass surgery in Sydney on Monday, a source close to the company said yesterday. Mr Liem, also called Soedono Salim, is founder
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    Cambodia violence is bleeding business, scaring off investors
    621 1  -  From Harish Mehta in PHNOM PENH MANY foreign companies in Cambodia have developed cold feet due to the escalating violence as the general elections approach. Many Singaporeans have returned home, one Japanese travel firm has gone out of business, and revenue of
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    Bob Hawke plans to bring horse-racing back to China
    489 1  -  From Brian Gomez in SYDNEY FORMER Australian Prime Minister Bob Hawke, well known for his gambling streak, is punting on possibly his longest odds ever reintroducing horse-racing into China. Mr Hawke's partner is Sunny Yam, an Australian citizen. Mr Yam, who
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    Lock icon China to have 10,000 troops in HK after 1997: report
    409 1 AP Bloomberg HONGKONG A pro-China magazine says Beijing plans to station as many as 10,000 troops in Hongkong after the British colony reverts to Chinese rule in 1997. Mirror magazine, which has close connections with Beijing, said in its May
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    US and Japan clash over ADB capital increase
    595 1  -  From Quak Hiang Whai in MANILA THE United States yesterday declined to support a substantial increase in the capital of the Manila-based Asian Development Bank, putting it on a collision course with Japan and other members of the bank. The American position
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    Top-level Hanoi-S'pore commission formed to widen economic ties
    255 1 HANOI Singapore and Vietnam yesterday ereated a high-level commission here that officials said would form the foundation for broad economic ties between the two countries. The Vietnam-Singapore Commission for Cooperation (VSCC) is the brainchild of Singapore Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew, who
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      17 1 Innovation Technology The successful scientist Pk 19 Tension mounts as Khmer Rouge attacks Chinese peacekeepers, Pg 3
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      20 1 Law Page Sending more employees to law schools Pg 19 China-UK committee to meet on HK land sales, Pr 4
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      17 1 CERRUTIIBBI SWISS WATCHES Time is on my side Jakarta and Bangkok call for early decision, Pg 3
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
    • eye on the ECONOMY
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        Lock icon Hotel occupancy up, room rates down
        333 2  -  By Hong Lee Tiam GOING BY the average occupancy rate, hotels enjoyed good business in March. But the average room rate (ARR), which has been falling every month since April 1992, gives a different picture. In March, which saw a 14 per cent jump
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      Construction industry hit by severe labour shortage last year
      338 2  -  By Sylvia Wong THE SINGAPORE construction industry laboured under a severe manpower shortage last year, says the Construction Industry Development Board. A CIDB survey released yesterday shows that the shortage ranged from 12 per cent for project managers to 22 per
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      S'pore contractor ties up with M'sian firm
      416 2  -  By A J Leow LOCAL upstart specialist contractor Asia Pacific Group (APG) has roped in Malaysian developer Best World Holdings to undertake civil engineering work in the region. Best World has taken up a controlling 51 per cent stake in APG while Japanese
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      More shophouses put up for tender in Little India
      203 2 THE Lrban Redevelopment Board is inviting tenders for 37 shophouses in Little India. The shophouses, bounded by Madras and Clive streets and Campbell and Dalhousie lanes, will have to be restored as they are located within the conservation zones designated by
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      Teng Cheong's visit to China will focus on Suzhou project
      412 2  -  By Yong Pow Ang DEPUTY Prime Minister Ong Teng Cheong is leading a delegation to China today for a two-week official visit, during which the prospects of the proposed Singapore investment in an industrial township in Suzhou will become clearer.
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    • SINGAPORE ROUNDUP
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        PM sends Vesak Day greetings
        22 2 PRIME MINISTER Goh Chok Tong sends his greetings to all Buddhists on the occasion of Vesak Day.
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        ISO 9001 for Philips TV factory
        40 2 THE Philips Colour TV Factory has been awarded ISO 9001 Certification for quality assurance by the Singapore Institute of Standards and Industrial Research. The Singapore plant is an international research, development and production centre.
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        Bank of China delegation in S'pore
        65 2 THE governor of the People's Bank of China, Li Guixian, will visit Singapore for a week, from tomorrow. Mr Li and bank delegates have been invited by Finance Minister Richard Hu. Mr Li will call on Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong and Senior Minister
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        Exhibition on investing in China
        51 2 AN EXHIBITION on investment opportunities in China will be held at the International Merchandise Mart from May 13 to May 17. The event, organised by the China Association of Enterprises with Foreign Investment, will highlight the changes in foreign investment and economic development policies in
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        Sidek attending Premadasa's funeral
        29 2 THE Minister of State for Education, Sidek SanifT, will represent the Singapore government at the funeral of Sri Lankan President Ranasinghe Premadasa in Colombo today.
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        Ten names in courtesy council
        45 2 TEN PEOPLE were named to the Singapore Courtesy Council yesterday. They include Raffles Hotel general manager Jennie Chua, Kandang Kerbau Hospital chief executive Jennifer Lee, Singapore Tourist Promotion Board director Chia-Lim Kay Keng and Youth Challenge executive president Vincent Lam.
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        Legal officers' blood donation drive
        80 2 THE Judicial Legal Officers' Association is organising its first blood donation drive to express the support of the judiciary and legal officers for the national blood programme. The event will be held at the National Blood Centre from 2.30pm to 5.00pm on Saturday. Yong Pung
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      21 2 EYE ON THE TIGERS Nobody covers East Asia like we do. The Region. Everyday. Singapore rr Business Times WE KNOW ASiA
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  • THE REGION
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      Lock icon Indon Muslim intellectuals' political ambitions under fire
      428 3 AFP JAKARTA The political ambitions of a group of Muslim intellectuals headed by State Minister of Research and Technology B J Habibie appear to be coming under attack from the Indonesian army and other prominent Muslims. The debate has crystallised over the election
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      Sudradjat to relinquish post as commander of armed forces
      456 3  -  From Maggie Ford in JAKARTA GENERAL Edi Sudradjat, Commander of the Indonesian Armed Forces (Abri), will be replaced later this month by Lt-Gen Feisal Tanjung. Speaking to the press yesterday, Gen Sudradjat said Lt-Gen Tanjung, now chief of Abri's general affairs,
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      Lock icon Mexico, Papua New Guinea may join Apec by year-end
      348 3 AEP SINGAPORE The Asia-Pa-cific Economic Cooperation (Apec) forum may admit Mexico and Papua New Guinea by the end of this year and is considering a moratorium on new members after that. "The two potential new members that are being considered this
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      Jakarta, Bangkok urge speeding up of talks on increasing ADB's capital
      481 3  -  26th annual meeting of Asian Development Bank Reports from Quak Hiang Whai in MANILA INDONESIA and Thailand yesterday urged members of the Asian Development Bank to speed up the negotiations on increasing the bank's capital. They said the bank's
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    • SNIPPETS
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        So, is the president retiring?
        88 3 ADB president Kimiinasa Tarumizu may retire well before his term end in 1996. The talk here apparently is that the 63-year-old bank president may do so because of health reasons. Mr Tarumizu has, however, denied this. But Japanese government sources arc reported to have said
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        Something to prove
        74 3 WHILE it cannot be confirmed whether ADB president Kimimasa Tarumizu will seek early retirement, it is known that ADB chief information officcr George Liu will retire in June. Asked what he would do upon retirement, Mr Liu said: "Like most journalists, I have been waiting to retire
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        Sound and fury
        74 3 ENVIRONMENTAL groups continued to hit out at the ADB yesterday. The New York-based Environmental Defence Eund and other nongovernment organisations have attacked the bank for not matching its rhctoric with-well-de-signed sustainable programmes and projects. The groups also hit out at an ADB-financcd coal-fircd power plant project in
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        Rooting for Fukuoka
        74 3 IS IT TRUE that the Japanese city of Fukuoka is keen on hosting a future ADB meeting? Some Fukuoka officials are in town apparently to observe the sessions but Japanese Finance Minister Hayashi has said it is up to the ADB governors to decide. But it might
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        Are they here or not?
        68 3 THE Americans have been criticised for not sending their ministerial representative here. Even its representative in Manila, Jeffrey Shafcr, is only an unconfirmed Assistant Secretary for International Affairs at the Treasury Department. Yesterday, Mr Shafcr flew back to Washington almost immediately after his speech to
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        What's your stance?
        65 3 A QUESTION MARK hanging over the ADB meeting this year is Washington's stance on multilateral agencies. The Clinton Administration has not stated its policy but, judging by its representation here, the answer will not be forthcoming any time soon. Treasury Secretary Lloyd Bcntson apparently has no time
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      Khmer Rouge hits Chinese military unit
      479 3  -  From Harish Mehta in PHNOM PENH THE Khmer Rouge hit a Chinese military unit in Cambodia with mortars and barrages on Tuesday, in the first attack by the Maoist guerillas on the country which armed and backed them during a 13-year civil war. The
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      Lock icon Indon govt underestimates extent of poverty problem
      320 3 AFP JAKARTA The Indonesian government, which recently launched an anti-poverty prc> gramme, is working with figures that vastly underestimate the extent of the problem. Experts said yesterday that since 1990, Indonesia's Central Statistics Bureau (BPS) had been pegging the poverty line at 13,000
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      Lock icon Indonesia not keen on multilateral security arrangements in East Asia
      278 3 AFP JAKARTA Jakarta does not believe that the current situation in East Asia and the Pacific requires a multilateral security arrangement. Indonesian Foreign Minister Ali Alatas said on Tuesday: "We don't think that a multilateral, pan-East Asia institutional framework should
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      Lock icon US, Laos, Vietnam to meet on MIA issue
      161 3 AFP HANOI The US. Vietnam and Laos will open talks here tomorrow aimed at boosting the seareh for Amerieans lost in or near Laos during the Vietnam War. A US military statement yesterday said the two-day teehnical talks would try to improve
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    • ASIA NOTES
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        Lock icon 30 Tamils held for Premadasa murder
        78 4 Reuter COLOMBO Sri Lankan police arrested 30 Tamils in connection with the murder of President Ranasinghe Premadasa as foreign dignitaries were due to arrive for his funeral, officials said yesterday. Police said the Tamils were detained on Tuesday in raids on a tourist hotel
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        Lock icon When quintuplets meet...
        34 4 Reuter SYDNEY Television talk-show host Ray Martin bringing together all of Australia's quintuplets on Tuesday. All five sets were conccivcd when their mothers were on a fertility programme of medication. Rcutcr
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        Lock icon Indian army quells carnage in Manipur
        65 4 Reuter GUWAHATI Indian troops sent into the remote state of Manipur yesterday appear to have halted unprecedented HinduMuslim violence in which more than 100 people died. But police and officials said the situation remained very tense after two days of carnage and a round-the-clock
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        Lock icon Taiwanese minister out of hospital
        63 4 Bloomberg TAIPEI Taiwan Economics Minister P K Chiang was treated and released yesterday from a Taipei hospital after collapsing on Tuesday at Taiwan's legislature. He told local media he had been under stress because of a dispute with the US over intellectual property protection and
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        Lock icon Gusmao trial adjourned
        81 4 AFP DILI, East Timor The trial of East Timor pro-independence leader Xanana Gusmao was adjourned yesterday until next week to allow the defendant time to prepare his defence plea in Indonesian. The court was scheduled to hear the defence plea but Gusmao, 46. insisted that he be
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        Lock icon Philippine inflation slows down
        63 4 AFP MANILA The Philippine inflation rate decelerated further last month, settling to 7.4 per cent on an annualiscd rate, against 7.8 per cent the previous month, the official National Statistics Office said yesterday. The inflation rate in Manila alone also fell slightly to 10.1 per cent,
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      Lock icon North Korea and China sign border shipping agreement
      166 4 AFP TOKYO North Korea yesterday said it has signed an accord with China on cooperation in river shipping on their common border, amid speculation abroad about possible strains in their ties. The Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said "an agreement of the
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      Lock icon Sino-British committee on Hongkong land sales to meet
      431 4 Sign of thaw in frosty relations amid Patten reform dispute Reuter AFP HONGKONG A SinoBritish committee on land sales in Hongkong will hold a long-awaited meeting this week, indicating a slight thaw in relations after a six-month dispute over the colony's political
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      Lock icon Imports at port
      39 4 Reuter SYDNEY A security guard keeping watch yesterday over US$3 million (SS4.B million) worth of BMW cars offloaded at a Sydney port. Record high Australian imports for March has hit the country's current account deficit. Reuter
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      Lock icon OECD chief sees risks in US unilateral action
      344 4 Reuter WASHINGTON The visiting head of for Economic oNimtion and Development has warned the US of the dangers of pursuing a unilateral approach in trying to pry open Japan's market to US goods. "Unilateral action and discriminatory actions are dangerous." said Jean-Claude
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      Lock icon Reserve Bank of India says industrial revival vital for growth
      430 4 Reuter BOMBAY Indian industry, still sulking after two bad years, needs to be chivvied up before it depresses the economy as a whole and stops recovery, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) warned yesterday. The RBI said although a good
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      Lock icon Reforms causing unemployment problem in China
      327 4 AP BhIJING An official report said yesterday that China's move towards market-oriented reforms is exposing a huge redundant workforce and the government fears unrest as increasing numbers of laid-off workers cannot find jobs. Only 40 per cent of those out of work found new
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      Deng in excellent shape, says daughter
      252 4  -  Reports from Catherine Ong in HONGKONG CHINA'S paramount leader. Deng Xiaoping, is in "excellent shape" and believes that Hongkong's future will be "bright", according to his daughter, Deng Lin. who is here to launch her first solo art exhibition in the territory Ms Deng.
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      Ex-Xinhua boss explains why he fled HK after Tiananmen crackdown
      388 4 HONGKONG The former head of the New China (Xinhua) news agency (NCNA) in Hongkong. Xu Jiatun. has said he was forced tojjee to the US because Premiefti Peng was about to purge him for supporting disgraced party boss Zhao Ziyang
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      Lock icon Chinese in New Zealand angry at anti-Asian racism
      551 4 AFP AUCKLAND There has always been a covert streak ot anti-Chinese feeling running through New Zealand's history but hurt and angry Chinese here are speaking out. Kim Loo of Auckland's Chinese Parent's Association pleaded for an end to Asian bashing: "Fair is
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      304 4 mj An invitation to attend an f I II investment briefing I II H by Mr Hu Yunzhao, LII II Deputy Mayor of Huangshi, II at Sea View Hotel/ Singapore, 10 am, 18/5/93. local businessmen and entrepreneurs are invited to ■V II 01 W I a free seminar in Singapore
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  • REGIONAL FOCUS
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      Can Pol Pot return to power in Cambodia?
      1753 5  -  Run-up to the Cambodian oolls From Harish Mehta in PHNOM PENH BROTHER Number One, as Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot is known within the shadowy ranks of his guerilla outfit, has a plan to propel his party back to power. Will he
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  • THE WORLD
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      Lock icon Libya to shift investments from Europe to Asia to avoid sanctions
      482 6 Reuter KUALA LUMPUR Libya, fearing trade reprisals from the European Community over the 1988 Pan Am bombing, plans to redirect its European investments into Asia, Poreign Minister Omar Mustafa elMontasser said yesterday. "We will be pulling out our substantial
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      Lock icon EC to draw up plan to create jobs
      219 6 NYT BRUSSELS The European Commission is to draw up a Community-wide jobs plan to mateh and back the modest EC growth initiative agreed at last December's Edinburgh Summit. The main"object is to create a more coherent job-creation framework for what member states
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      Lock icon Clinton unveils new jobs plan for poor areas
      367 6 Reuter WASHINGTON US President Bill Clinton has launehed a policy initiative aimed at creating jobs in poor inner cities and rural areas by providing business tax breaks, improved child care, job training and development incentives. His new plan, known as the Economic
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    • WORLD WATCH
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        Lock icon France expected to cut rates again
        86 6 Reuter PARIS The Bank of Francc is cxpcctcd to cut its leading interest rates for the fifth time in a month in the next few days, taking advantage of the strength of the franc and a further casing of money market rates, economists say.
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        Lock icon E German spymaster on trial
        44 6 Reuter DUSSELDORF Former East German spymastcr Markus Wolf, accompanied by his wife Andrea, arriving at a court here on Tuesday where he faces charges of three decades of Cold War spying penetrating all levels of West German society. Rcutcr
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        Lock icon EC-Russia trade deal expected in June
        60 6 Reuter COPENHAGEN Denmark yesterday said it expected the EC and Russia to agree on a trade and cooperation pact for Russian President Boris Yeltsin to sign just before the June EC summit in Copenhagen. "Negotiations between the EC and Moscow arc progressing well," Danish
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        Lock icon Ukraine-Russia trade at world prices
        67 6 Reuter KIEV Ukraine is preparing to take the painful step of trading with Russia at world prices, a move considered vital if the country is to switch to a market economy. Foreign Economic Relations Minister Ivan Herts has prepared a decree that would oblige Russia
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      Lock icon Changing of the guard
      35 6 Reuter MOGADISHU A parade of multinational peace-keeping forces at the handover ceremony where the American forces handed over command of the mission in Somalia to the United Nations on Tuesday. Reuter
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      Lock icon Yen's rise: US firms choose profits over increasing sales
      499 6 NYT TOKYO For all their complaints about how hard it is to do business in Japan, American manufacturers of cars, computers and chips are not trying to increase sales by cutting prices here after the big 10 per cent surge in
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      Lock icon Call for more UN troops in Bosnia
      432 6 Reuter UNITED NATIONS UN Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali told the Security Council on Tuesday that up to 70,000 soldiers would be needed to implement the peace plan for Bosnia drawn up by mediators Cyrus Vance and Lold Owen. In a closed-door briefing for council
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      Lock icon G-7 ready to pump billions into Russian economy
      445 6 NYT MOSCOW The Group of Seven leading industrial countries is prepared to start putting billions of dollars into the Russian economy in the next two to three months to shore up the economic reform movement, according to senior G-7 officials. However, the
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      Lock icon Ciampi likely to win confidence vote
      475 6 Reuter ROME Prime Minister Carlo Azeglio Ciampi's choice of new ministers to replace defectors in his fledgling government is expected to help him win a crucial confidence vote, political commentators say. The former central bank governor on Tuesday named four "technocrats" with no formal
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      Lock icon Rise in UK house prices at 4-year high
      205 6 AFP LONDON British house prices rose by 1.6 per cent in April from levels in March in the biggest monthly increase for four years, but prices will not "boom**, the leading home loans group here, the Halifax, said yesterday. The increase last
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      Lock icon US housing completions down 11.4pc in March
      176 6 Reuter WASHINGTON New US housing completions fell 11.4 per cent in March to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.096 million units after rising a revised 8.9 per cent to a 1.237 million unit rate in February, the US Commerce Department said yesterday.
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
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      Lock icon Keppel group plans to expand in Indochina
      686 7  -  From Kooi Cho Teng in HANOI SINGAPORE'S Keppel group plans to increase its presence in Indochina, according to Lim Chee Onn, managing director of the group's property arm Straits Steamship Land. Mr Lim also said yesterday various sites in Myanmar and Laos were
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      Inchcape's health care sector posts biggest growth
      364 7 SINGAPORE Inchcape Bhd said yesterday that its health care business showed the strongest earnings growth last year, although the contribution to group pre-tax profit was still relatively small. The other bright spots were marketing and financial services. Their margins the strongest for the
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      S'pore Electronic and Engineering sees strong growth
      269 7 SINGAPORE Singapore Electronic and Engineering Ltd (Seel) is optimistic of its growth prospects because of its established market position in Singapore and its involvement in infrastructure projects in the thriving Asia-Pacific economies. Chairman Wong Kok Siew said in the company's 1992 annual report
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      SAL looks to niche financing as key to future growth
      276 7 SINGAPORE "Niche financing" is the key to SAL Industrial Leasing Ltd's growth in the future. SAL, the financial subsidiary of Singapore Technologies Industrial, said in its annual report released yesterday that the company will not compete head-on with other financial
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      Abacus Distribution aims to raise stake in US partner
      388 7  -  By Juliette Walker SINGAPORE Asian computer reservations system (CRS) provider Abacus Distribution Systems is looking to raise its 5 per cent stake in its US-based partner, Worldspan Global Travel Information Systems. The Singapore and Atlantabased CRS majors have held a 5
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      Small investors to get big chunk of Ipco's public share allotment
      331 7  -  By Genevieve Cua SINGAPORE Small investors who turned out in force for a piece of engineering group Ipco International's initial public offer will be allotted a substantial portion of the issue's public tranche. Just over 38 per cent of
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    • COMPANIES
      • COMPANY BRIEFS
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          NOL ship in Singapore collision
          77 8 SINGAPORE Neptune Orient Lines container ship Neptune Diamond collided with another vessel, the Sky River in Singapore on Tuesday afternoon, NOL said yesterday. The incident took place at the Eastern Petroleum Anchorage A when one of the vessels shifted as the tide changed. The accident
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          HTP's net profit down 63pc
          58 8 SINGAPORE Property developer HTP Holdings Ltd reported yesterday that turnover fell 17 per cent to $20.32 million and net earnings fell 63 per cent to $1.5 million in the year ended March 31. The company said the reason for the fall was the strength of
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          Stamford Tyres in Australian venture
          92 8 SINGAPORE Stamford Tyres Corporation Ltd said yesterday that it has signed an agreement with Kevin Archibald Harford and Allan Roy Jones in Western Australia to set up a company called Ensign Tyre Wheel Pty. The joint venture will acquire the wholesale tyres and wheels business
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          SES nod for listing of new Acma shares
          32 8 SINGAPORE Acma Ltd said yesterday that the SES had approved the listing and quotation of its 6.2 million new ordinary shares at $1 each.
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          New Kim Eng shares get green light
          36 8 SINGAPORE Kim Eng Holdings said yesterday that the Stock Exchange of Singapore had approved the listing and quotation of its 22 million new ordinary shares of 25 cents each.
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          Informatics appoints new director
          40 8 SINGAPORE Informatics Holdings said yesterday that it had appointed Frank Yung Cheng Yung as a director and member of its audit committee. Mr Yung is chairman of Harpur Asia-Pacific Pte Ltd and Verulam Singapore Pte Ltd.
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          Lock icon UEM's stake in Kinta Kellas
          43 8 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR United Engineers (Malaysia) Bhd said yesterday that it now holds 111.29 million shares in Kinta Kellas Public Ltd Co, after having disposed 7.50 million shares in the company between April 22 and May 4. Bernama
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        Lock icon MPHB to expand operations in Asia-Pacific
        409 8 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Multipurpose Holdings Bhd will seize any potential investment opportunity which complements its objective to expand operations in the Asia-Pacific. Chief executive Lim Thian Kiat said in the company's 1992 annual report yesterday that these ventures would strengthen the group's prospects of
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        Lock icon Beijing's new stocks rules signal greater flows of capital
        499 8 MARKET WATCH AFP HONGKONG Beijing's newest stocks rules allowing investors to trade shares listed outside of China will open capital flows to and from the mainland and heighten the Hongkong bourse's already active China factor, analysts in the British colony said.
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        Sabah Shipyard MD charged with Companies Act offences
        428 8  -  By Ramesh Divyanathan SINGAPORE The managing director of Sabah Shipyard, Malaysia's second largest shipyard, was charged yesterday for two alleged offences in his dealings as a director in another company. Joseph Chong pleaded not guilty to the two charges brought by the
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        MCSB Systems to float 2.04 m shares at M$2.90 each on KLSE second board
        371 8  -  By Joseph Rajendran SINGAPORE Malaysia's MCSB Systems, a computer systems integrator, is floating 2.04 million shares of Msl par value at M 52.90 apiece. The shares will be listed on the secondary board of the Kuala
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        247 8  -  By Helen Ching SINGAPORE Canadian telecommunications manufacturer Northern Telecom is negotiating for another manufacturing facility in China, said Craig London, the company's managing director for the Asean region. Mr London was speaking to BT during Northern Telecom's launch of a new digital
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        196 8 Reuter LONDON International House, whose interests range from construction and engineering to the Cunard shipping line and London's Ritz Hotel, plunged into the red in the first half of its financial year. The group would have to slash another 500
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        264 8 Bloomberg Business News SYDNEY Australian diversified packaging group Amcor Ltd has formed a joint venture with the Chinese government to make packaging products for the food and tobacco industries. The joint venture will be 60 per cent owned by Amcor unit Leigh-Mardon Pacific
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        1402 9 SIMEX REPORT Reuter SINGAPORE Simex Eurodollar futures ended steady after a day of uneventful range trading. September Eurodollars ended unchanged at 96.73 its close on the IMM previously, while December ended at 96.40 against 96.41. Dealers said Eurodollar undertone was bullish, attributing its strength
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        880 9 COMMODITIES REPORT Tin TIN PRICE on the Kuala Lumpur Tin Market (KLTM) held steady at MS 14.06 per kg yesterday on some buying interest mainly from local traders, dealers said. Dealers said the market lacked fresh news to push prices further,
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      1612 9 Rubber IMS Commodity Exchange (futures dosing as at lpm) RSS 1 Contract (S cents/kg) Close Volume Open Month High Low Sett (tonnes) Interest Jan 93 132.25 132 00 131.50 450 050 Jul 132.75 132.00 132.50 150 4.150 Aug 133.75 133.75 133.50 100 5.200 Sep 135.25 135.25 134.75 25
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        ECICS net profits triple to $48.3m
        506 10  -  By Soh Tiang Keng ECICS Holdings put up a sparkling performance last year with its group pre-tax profits leaping by 262 per cent from $14.7 million in 1991 to $53.2 million. Group net earnings, after tax, minority interests and extraordinary items, amounted to $48.3
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        139 10 THE US$ crept lower across the board overnight after the release of poorer US leading indicator data. Trading was however quiet yesterday with Tokyo still on holiday. Over in the USS/SS, early morning dollar bullishness dissipated after a foreign commercial interest came in to sell
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        177 10 Reuter THE dollar held steady in quiet European trading yesterday in a foreign exchange market awaiting fresh data on the health of the US economy. It bobbed along in a tight trading range ahead of the release (1600 GMT) of the "Beige Book", the US Federal Reserve's latest regular
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        97 10 AFP The dollar was mixed yesterday in a calm atmosphere, with most trading occurring between the German mark and the yen and the mark and the pound sterling. At 9.30 am, the dollar traded at 1.5770 marks, up from 1.5755 on Tuesday and at 110.05 yen, down from
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        Lock icon Biggest Lloyd group closes eight syndicates, sheds staff
        359 10 Financial times LONDON Sturge Holdings, the biggest group of Lloyd's agencies surprised the London insurance market on Tuesday by closing eight syndicates including two of the market's largest and dismissing 40 staff. The closures are part of a rationalisation geared to improve
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        Lock icon Bad loans of Japan's top banks may add up to 13.5 trillion yen
        184 10 Reuter TOKYO Bad loans held by Japan's leading banks are estimated to total about 13.5 trillion yen (SSI97 billion), a financial daily newspaper reported on Wednesday. The Nihon Keizai Shimbun said Japan's 21 big banks will report
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        197 10 ENERGY REPORT Reuter LONDON World oil prices stood barely changed yesterday after a brief rally fizzled out, extending a period of unusual stability that started back in March. London June futures for the benchmark crude oil, North Sea Brent Blend, traded just a few
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        137 10 Reuter MOSCOW Russia has scrappcd a 40 per cent state subsidy on imported raw sugar but may reverse the decision due to pressure from refineries, a senior industry official said yesterday. Vasily Mezhcvikin, deputy head of the sugar department at the state
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        1543 10 /rode index iakulalnl axain\l S punr'l lop 14 trading partners Base year 198* US$/S$ forward rates Noon May 5 ss Bid Offer 1-month 1.6112 1.6127 2-month 1.6113 1.6128 3-month 1.611S 1.6130 6-month 1.61 IS 1.613$ Suurce OCBC Source: OCBC FOREIGN CURRENCY NOTE RATES As at 10jim yesterday: Singapore dollars to
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        1190 11 10.4 STOCKS rallied after a weak start yesterday, helped by strength in gold stocks and the banking sector, brokers said. "The market was very sluggish after Tuesday's balance of payments figures but it is gradually recovering some of that lost ground," one broker said. "Turnover was relatively modest but
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        618 11 17.87 Stock prices hit an all-time high yesterday at the close of hectic trading as buyers overwhelmed profit-takers but the bull run is expected to encounter profittaking by the end of the week, brokers said. The Manila Composite Index shot up 17.87 points to close at an all-time high
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        Taipei
        509 11 1.14 Stocks closed mixed after late buying cut early losses, but trade was very sluggish as most players stayed on the sidelines, brokers said. The Weighted Index, which was down more than 30 points at mid-morning, ended 1.14 points up at 4,449.32. Turnover was Ts22 billion against Tuesday's T525.47
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        11 11 The stock market was closed yesterday for Children's Day. Closed
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        325 11 13.43 The share market shrugged off a 1.9 per cent fall on Tuesday to finish a dav spent in positive territory 0.&6 per cent ahead. The NZSE-40 Capital Index closed up 13.43 at 1,577.54. There was speculation that this was linked to a re-weighting of international share indices
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        52 11 +37.86 Stock prices rose yesterday after the government announced tax cuts worth 4.29 billion rupees. But analysts said the markets need more that than a tax cut to enter into a sustained recovery. The BSE Index gained 37.86 points at 2165.23 and the National Index recovered by 12.19 points
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        London
        597 11 -16.1 SHARE trading was nervous on the London Stock Exchange yesterday as uncertainty surrounding the controversial Maastricht debate inhibited the market. The blue-chip FTSE 100-share Index closed at 2,796.5 points, down 16.1. TTie narrower FT 30 Index closed at 2,202.7 points, down 15.4. Favourable trading statements were largely ignored,
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        129 11 +2.71 French shares trimmed their gains but still managed to end slightly higher yesterday, following French bond futures. Dealers said persistent worries about the economy limit the market's upside and the postponing of the revised 1993 budget continues to constrain initiatives. The CAC-40 Index end up 2.71 at 1,926.34.
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        129 11 I.lopc Swedish shares rallied yesterday, boosted by better-than-expected first quarter earnings and major orders, traders said. However, analysts said the market had overreacted and had ignored the troubling content of the reports. Strong gains in telecommunications from Ericsson, ballbearing maker SKF and SE Banken led the blue-chip OMX Index
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        166 11 -4.68 Belgian shares closed mixed after a slack trading day, with blue chips recovering the worst of Tuesday's losses but other industrials continuing to weaken. Dealers said short covering might lend some support today as market players settled accounts on the last day of the forward market account. They
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        241 11 -5.70 Toronto stocks finished slightly weaker but up from the day's lows as precious metals issues bounced up from midday softness. "That's the kind of market we're in kind of in a trading range," Scotia McLeod vice-president Fred Ketchen said. The TSE 300 ended 5.70 points lower at 3779.17.
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        192 11 -4.21 German shares are expected to continue their today recovery which began in yesterday's later trading, but the longer-term downward trend remains intact, dealers said. The DAX-30 ended 4.21 points lower at 1,623.16, but above the day's lowest point of 1,613.15. Cautious optimism spread through the market yesterday, with
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        665 11 -0.27 Wall Street stocks, looking fatigued and hesitant after a spate of bad economic news, limped ahead yesterday with help from a Federal Reserve report that hinted at slight growth. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 5.12 to 3,451.31 at Ipm EDT. Advances led declines by a margin
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        Milan
        77 11 The Milan market report was not available. Milan M«y 5 Ur* TTAmtalia »JJ0 -50 Bastofi It unch Ful 6670 -170 Gcacrali J76JO -JO Ifi Pn» 1407J -J2J Italcrmenti 110)6 -171 ItaltM JJ20 -16 Magneti *65 -10 Maaneti Riip 152 -10 Mediobanca UJJO -I2J Montedison 1198 -2 Olivetti 19*0 -»0
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        Amsterdam
        223 11 1.39 Dutch blue-chip sharesclosed higher yesterday as investors reacted enthusiastically to Philips Electronics first quarter earnings figures. The EOE Index of 24 leading Dutch shares closed 1.39 points higher at 315.29. Eighteen stocks moved up, five were lower and one wasunchanged. Amsterdam NU* 5 Fb ABN-Amro J3 30 6
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        232 11 +7.2 Swiss shares extended earlier gains to close near the day's high as players focussed on banks and blue chip Roche. Dealers said the firm Swiss franc, which reached a new year-high against the mark, supported sentiment. The Broad SPI index ended 7.2 up at 1,343.9. The Blue-chip SMI
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        298 11 -3 A gold price-related recovery on the gold board failed to hold by the close as nervousness about the metal's direction took its toll on investors. Dealers said the market was waiting for stability or gains in the gold price before taking shares much higher. The Gold Index was
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      3107 12 Reuter STOCKS retained small gains at the close yesterday after an afternoon rebound from morning losses, brokers said. The blue chip Hang Seng Index inched up 2.04 points to finish the day at 6.829.33 after hasty afternoon buying pushed it to hit a high of 6.856.46. It ended the
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      CHINA
      471 12 IT WAS a day for selling in the Shenzhen A market yesterday. All share prices took a tumble in moderate trading. Profit-taking and a disappointing debut by Chiwan Wharf on the A market pushed prices lower. The CLSA Shenzhen Index was down 111.72 points to close at 2.939.53. It
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      BANGKOK
      1676 12 The Bangkok stock market was closed yesterday. Below are Tuesday's closing prices. Vol Ma) 4 Baht High Low (DO) PE A J PUst 25 50 ouch 26 25 24 50 56 11.0 AdkmsonSec 21*00 -22 00 238 00 218 00 460 95 6 \okain Ttui 44 75 -1 25
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      1121 12 Reuter SHARE prices in Jakarta closed firmer in moderate trade, brokers said. "The market was slow ahead of a public holiday tomorrow." a senior dealer with a foreign broking house said. "Most investors. both foreign and local, were sidelined due to a lack of fresh factors." The market will
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      Lock icon CLOB INTERNATIONAL
      2606 13 Source: Bridge Info Source: Bridge Info MOST ACTIVE volume Asia Pac Ld 50c 12.649.000 Promct 8.876.000 Kcnong Bhd 50c 6.326.000 Mulli-Purpose 3.992 000 FACB 50c 3.980.000 Ind Oxygen 50c 3.768.000 Mclropicx 50c 3.468 000 kamunting 50c 3.420.000 Kcmayan 50c 3.393.000 Fabcr Group 3.322.000 Mulpha Iml 50c 2.585.000 Idns
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        5263 13 Bernama SHARE prices finished mixed to slightlysteadier yesterday as speculative buying alternated with bouts of profit-taking. Dealers said renewed institutional buying interest in most index-linked counters helped the KLSE Composite to close 0.38 point higher at 706.46, against Tuesday's fall of 11.29 points.
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        7149 14  -  By Magdalene Ng SINGAPORE Corporate developments on the local scene yesterday put Singapore situational stocks in the limelight, which had long been dominated by Malaysian counters. A dealer described yesterday's activity on the market as "newsy", saying investors were reacting to reports of
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        72 14  -  HOT STOCK Paul Leo Buy F&N Warrant at 52.00 as it will trade towards $2.80 in a month's time. Daily RSI is below 25 and about to turn upwards, indicating that the warrant is oversold and its price should pick up soon. Stochastics is near 100. also indicating
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      460 15 Golf AP SPRINGFIELD. New Jersey The back problem that sidelined Tom Kite for the last month is improving and he hopes to return to the PGA Tour in about two weeks, provided his doctor approves. Kite said on Tuesday he started practising again
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      Lock icon Bulls advance, Phoenix stay alive but Knicks lose
      325 15 Reuter LOS ANGELES The Chicago Bulls became the only team to sweep their opening playoff series and the first to advance to the second round when the Phoenix Suns avoided elimination by the surprising Los Angeles Lakers on Tuesday. The Bulls survived
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      511 15 NYT NEW YORK Later this month, the National Basketball Association will announce the recipient of its Most Valuable Player award, the winner having been selected by a vote of writers and broadcasters at the end of the regular season. According to some
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      95 15 NBA playoffs Reuter ATLANTA Chicago Bulls' Michael Jordan grimacing in pain after twisting his right ankle in the third quarter of a game against the Atlanta Hawks on Tuesday. But he shook off the sprained ankle and scored 14 of his 39 points
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        94 15 AP NEW YORK Utah's John Stockton, the NBA leader in assists for the past six seasons, on Tuesday was named the winner of the Bauseh-and-Lomb NBA Court Vision Award honouring the league leader in assists. Stockton handed out 987 assists, an average of 12.0 for 82
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        97 15 AP NEW YORK The National Hockey League on Tuesday suspended Washington's Dale Hunter for the first 21 games of the next season the longest suspension for an on-ice infraction in league history. Hunter was penalised for a blindside check on Pierre Turgeon after the New
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        88 15 AP HOT SPRINGS, Virginia Riddick Bowe. scheduled to defend his heavyweight title in less than three weeks, reportedly was taken to sec a doctor for what was described as "shortness of breath." Bowe has been training at The Homestead resort for his May 22 bout with
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        Lock icon Jim Grabb pulls out of French Open
        95 15 AFP PARIS American doubles specialist Jim Grabb has pulled out of this year's French Open because of a shoulder injury. Grabb won the doubles at Roland Garros in 1989 with Patrick McEnroe and he and Richcy Reneberg were beaten in last year's marathon
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        64 15 AFP TUNIS Japan's ambassador to Tunisia. Masaki Yagi, announced on Tuesday a donation of US$4OO,OOO (*****.000) to boost Tunisian sport. The money, which was to be handed over to sports officials in a ceremony here yesterday, will help fund equipment for basketball, volleyball, boxing and
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        101 15 AP ST JOHN'S. Antigua Inzamam-ul-Haq hit his first test century and shared a vital ninth wicket partnership of 96 with Nadeem Khan on Tuesday to raise Pakistan's hopes of salvaging a draw froni the third and final cricket test against the West Indies. Nadeem. number 10
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        244 15 AP Reuter NEW YORK Major League results on Tuesday American: Cleveland 5 California 3; Detroit 5 Kansas City 3; New York 4 Oakland 2; Seattle 7 Boston 6; Milwaukee 6 Chicago 1; Minnesota 4 Baltimore 3; Texas 3 Toronto 2. Standings East Division (W L Pet GB): 1. Detroit
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        49 15 Reuter NEW YORK First-round NBA playoffs on Tuesday Eastern Conference: Chicago 98 Atlanta 88 (Chicago wins best-of-five series 3-0); Indiana 116 New York 93 (New York leads series 2-1). Western: Utah 90 Seattle 80 (Utah leads series 2-1); Phoenix 107 LA Lakers 102 (Lakers leads series 2-1). Reuter
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        146 15 Reuter ST JOHN'S, Antigua Scoreboard on the third day of the third and final test between West Indies and Pakistan on Tuesday: West Indies first innings 438 (C Hooper 178 not out. R Richardson 52; Waqar Younis 5-104). Pakistan first innings (overnight 85-3): Shakeel Ahmed Ibw b Ambrose 0;
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        162 15 Reuter Reuter PONTE VEDRA, Florida leading money winners this year on the US PGA Tour issued on Monday (US unless noted): I. Langer U*****.938 2. Kite U*****,564 3. Price U*****.082 4. Norman U*****,587 5. Azinger U*****.413 6. Stewart U*****,718 7. Mediate U*****,502 8. Elkington U*****,438 9. Couples U*****.125 10.
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        37 15 Reuter NEW YORK Second-round NHL Stanley Cup playoffs on Tuesday Patrick Division finals: Pittsburgh 3 NY Islanders 0 (Best-of-seven series tied 1-1). Adams Division finals: Montreal 4 Buffalo 3 (OT) (Montreal leads series 2-0). Reuter
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        25 15 AFP LONDON Tuesday's English Premier League results: Arsenal 0 Queen's Park Rangers O. Everton 0 Sheffield United 2; Sheffield Wednesday 1 Leeds United 1.
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        64 15 Reuter ST PETERSBURG. Florida lop women mone> winners this year 1. Arantxa Sanchez Vicario (Spn) U*****,261 2. Steffi Graf (Ger) U*****,175 3. Monica Seles (Yug) U*****,588 4. Martina Navratilova (US) U*****.250 5. Conchita Martinez (Spn) U*****,541 6. Gabrieia Sabatini (Arg) U*****.609 7. Jana Novotna (Cze) U*****,64 7 8. Natalia
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        63 15 AFP CARDIFF World rankings issued by the Professional Squash Association on Tuesda\: 1. Jansher Khan (Pak) 1217.554 2. Chris Dittmar (Aus) 1098.4 3. Rodney Martin (Aus) 701.908 4. Peter Marshall (Eng) 513.455 5. Brett Martin (Aus) 488.177 6. Tristan Nancarrow (Aus) 360.575 7. Rodney Eyles (Aus) 356.946 8. Norman
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      848 17  -  Jeffrey Ressner reports on the action-packed visceral excitement of these films Jeffrey Ressner NYT LOS ANGELES Images flash by like lightning in Saviour of the Soul, a lowbudget 1991 fantasy film in which a young vigilante fights off a supernatural punk named Silver Fox.
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      533 17 A book criticising the Japanese obsession with money and extolling the virtues of plain living is a best-seller Reuter TOKYO A scholarly book attacking Japan's increasingly money-cen-tred, disposable society and extolling the virtues of a simple life has become a runaway best-seller. To the astonishment
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      405 17 CHATTERBOX AP AP UPI AP JOHN LE CARRE, master of the spy novel, says fewer people may read his books now that the Cold War is over. And that's just fine with him. "I wouldn't wish to write that stuff anymore and I
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    526 18 EDITORIAL WHY THE tag "Most Favoured Nation" a bit of 19th century British diplomatic jargon has survived in the lexicon of world trade is something of a mystery. Perhaps the words sound so much better than simply saying: "No Discrimination", which is all the phrase
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      Hard days for Sri Lanka
      238 18 POLITICAL ASSASSINATION has jolted Sri Lanka before, but the killing of two top leaders in quick succession is the worst episode since independence in 1948. President Ranasinghe Premadasa's death in a bomb attack last Saturday raises the immediate issue of a successor strong enough to
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      A little hope for peace in Bosnia
      196 18 THE SIGNING of a peace accord last week has given some hope to the people of Bosnia-Herzegovina. But can the accord bring long-term stability to the country? Many observers believe that the treaty could end the bloodshed but it may not guarantee long-term
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      Politics as national service
      152 18 OUR FOUNDER LEADERS are mostly professionals who have chosen to devote their entire life to politics. If we are able to nurture some young and talented people in every generation who would place politics above a professional career to succeed the leadership, the continued progress of
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      Properly focused tourism
      167 18 WE SHOULD TAKE great pains that in trying to earn the tourist ringgit, we must be sure not to harm our environment, both physical and social. We view with grave concern the sudden mushrooming of golf courses all over the country. Is the tourist ringgit worth the
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      174 18 THE CRUX of the message found in a survey conducted by the state education department of 1,200 students from 40 secondary schools in six districts is that a high percentage, especially the bumiputera students, are unmotivated, uninterested in education and lack ambition. There is of course
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      Ready for concerted action
      127 18 THE GROUP of Seven leading economic powers (G-7) have finally come out with a global strategy to foster economic growth after three years of worldwide stagnation. At least that was what they promised at their finance ministers and central bank governors meeting last Thursday. The communique
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    938 18  -  A consortium thought it had an oil and gas exploration contract all sewn up with the Russians. However, BTs Moscow Correspondent, John Helmer, has got hold of a government report which shows the deal's still up for grabs. John Helmer
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      325 18 What A Spf] Mok liberal lKh I OIIPV Making Your CPF Work Harder JL A. vUIV Y Singaporeans will have a potential $17 billion to invest with J the move by the government to liberalise the CPF. What will the effect be on the already healed stock market, the price
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      856 19  -  Helen Chang meets a top scientist who believes fun is an important part of research Helen Chang DR Paul Janssen, arguably the world's most successful drug scientist, has never taken his work too seriously. When he attended a hotel dinner
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      316 19 UPI WHEN college co-ed Roslyn Risler twisted her knee skiing 13 years ago. she little suspected her next foray into sports would be with cadaver tissue in her leg. At the time of her accident in 1980. doctors recommended the young woman's entire torn cartilage
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        78 19 SINGAPORE A wholly-owned subsidiary of the Haw Far Group has become Asia's first power company to be awarded ISO 9001 certification. The award to Scott English Ltd is for the design and after-sales aspects of the company's power generation products and systems, marketed under
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        Lock icon Controlling rectal incontinence
        93 19 Reuter CHICAGO An implantable device employing the same technology found in heart pacemakers can be used to control the sphincter muscle in people with rectal incontinence, an Italian physician reported on Tuesday. "Our results are extremely encouraging." said Massimo Seccia of Pisa, Italy, in a report released
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        73 19 UPI WASHINGTON Cold medicines do not work in children under five years old. but older children and adults may get some benefit from the same medications, researchers said on Tuesday. A review of clinical trials data found no evidence showing that widely used over-the-counter
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        98 19 Reuter GLASGOW Married men live longer than bachelors, especially if they have a decisive and assertive nature, a Scottish scientist said on Tuesday. Professor Sally Macintyre said there appeared to be four main reasons for the findings of an extensive survey of social patterns by medical
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        94 19 Reuter CHICAGO Researchers said last Sunday that they were nearing major breakthroughs in the battle against colon cancer, with common aspirin as one potential weapon. "The research is about to move from esoteric gene jockeying to very practical treatments," said a report released at the
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      727 19  -  As they internationalise, Japanese companies find they need employees with legal training, reports Kyoko Isa Kyoko Isa Asahi JAPANESE companies are sending more employees to graduate school because of a need for specialised skills in an age when business is internationalising and becoming more
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      740 19  -  Oklahoma's House of Representatives has passed a bill that will allow judges to bear arms, reports David Margolick David Margolick NYT WITH courtrooms resembling the OK Corral, Oklahoma considers a pistol-packing judiciary. Some judges undoubtedly carried guns when Oklahoma was a
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    435 20 NYT WASHINGTON The US hopes to complete a tentative accord on reducing tariffs and eliminating quotas on trade among industrialised nations by early July. Mickey Kantor, the US trade representative, said on Tuesday he hoped to strike the deal on access
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    361 20 AP WASHINGTON President Bill Clinton, frustrated by a flurry of setbacks and missteps, is calling in his top advisers to explore ways of getting his administration back on track. As part of that effort, Mr Clinton is
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    302 20 Reuter AFP BRUSSELS The European Commission yesterday recommended formally that the European Community (EC) should accept an agreement with the United States to settle a trade dispute over government contracts. The EC's executive endorsed a deal reached by EC and
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    325 20 Reuter AFP DRESDEN Germany's powerful IG Mctall union said its thrcc-day-old strike in eastern Germany will spread following the collapse of talks yesterday. Even as engineering employers urged leaders of the union to return to the bargaining table, claiming important
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    404 20 Knight Ridder WASHINGTON The US government body that oversees textile and apparel trade is drafting a policy that would allow it to shut the door on entire categories of imports from countries that are seen as not cooperating with
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    511 20 Reuter MOSCOW President Boris Yeltsin will sign a scries of decrees including government changcs after the announcement of final official results today of the April 25 referendum. Itar-Tass news agcncy, quoting an official government spokesman yesterday, did not give any details.
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    748 20  -  The Bottom Line NIRMAL GHOSH NIRMAL GHOSH The writer is a journalist with Business Times ITs a long way from the coast of County Limcrick to the sands of Cebu. But the winds sweeping the two landscapes are strikingly similar. In both
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    114 20 Reuter NICOSIA Bankrupt entrepreneur Asil Nadir (above) has skipped his £3.5 million (SSB.7 million) bail in London and escaped to his homeland in northern Cyprus, where he seems safely beyond the reach of British justice. Britain quickly demanded his return, but
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    196 20 AFP PALE. Bosnia-llcrzcgovina Serb leaders pleaded with the Bosnian Serbs' self-styled Parliament yesterday to adopt the Vance-Owen pcacc plan, stressing that there was no other alternative but to vote for pcacc. Serb President Slobodan Milosevic, who along with several other leaders addressed
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    273 20 Reuter WASHINGTON Hongkong Governor Chris Patten, who is trying to persuade Washington to renew China's favourable trade status without human rights conditions, said yesterday he may not have convinced a key US law-maker. Mr Patten said he enjoyed unprecedented access to
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      384 21 OAKLAND, California American President Cos said it is negotiating to have six new coi.tainer ships built for its Pacific fleet at a cost of about US$5OO million (SsB2o million) over the next three years. According to a Reuter report, a spokesman
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      312 21 Reuter RIO DE JANEIRO Railway wagons and lorries carrying more than 100,000 tonnes of soybeans and soymeal are waiting to unload at the Brazilian ports of Santos and Rio Grande, port and transportation officials said. Heavy traffic at the ports often occurs
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      234 21 AFP BRASILIA Brazil soon will enjoy access to a Pacific Ocean port, cutting the distance to its Asian trading partners by thousands of nautical miles, a congressman said on Monday. Antonio Marimoto, of the conservative Progressive Reformist Party, said that
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      249 21 Knight-Ridder NEW YORK Brokers here were not that surprised on learning that US$2OO million (Ss32B million) would be assigned for US-flag freight charges and US$5OO million for commodity and food aid for Russia. Some calculated that the funds
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      876 21 Page Col ABC Containerize 12 1 Accord Group 8 1-3 •APL 5 3-5 Alpha Feeders 6 1 •ANL 3 1/2 •Arrow Trans 19 2 •ASCL 5 5 Avant Shpg 6 4/5 Bait Orient Line 7 4/5 Bangladesh L Tries 18 1/2 Bangladesh Shpg
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      29 21 Reuter VLADIVOSTOK, Russia Sailors aboard the anti-submarine attack ship Grozyashiy, practising a shipboard decontamination drill last week off the eastern coast of Russia. Reuter
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      192 21 Reuter BUCHAREST The United Nations embargo on neighbouring Yugoslavia costs Romania's state shipping companies a total of US$3.6 million (555.9 million) in lost monthly revenues and another US$l million in maintenance, officials said on Tuesday. "The embargo costs us US$l.5 million in lost
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        1652 22 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO DELIVERY OF FCL IMPORT CONTAINERS IN PROGRESS Ship Voy No Containers avalabJe Sip Voy Ho Container* avafabte Hj Pohang 128W 04.05.93 0700 Cy Volga WF321 COD(EST) 05 05.93 0700 SI Developer 186E 04.05.93 0900 Dasa Sepuluh 926 COO(EST) 05 05.93
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      895 23  -  At a recent meeting, shippers urged the Clinton administration to include Shipping Act changes in the maritime reform package, reports Tony Beargie Tony Beargie American Shipper IN A private meeting with Transportation Secretary Federico Pena. a shipper delegation called for three major 1984 Shipping Act
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      THE SHIPPING GUIDE
      11938 30 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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      SHIPPING AGENTS
      3392 35 Containerline NV: Belsin Shpg Agcncics Pic Lid (SVMannc Handling Sdn Bhd (PK/PN). Accord Group: Accord Shpg Ptc Ltd (SVAccord Contr Line (PK/PN). Adkris Btsiness Corporation Philippine Calsourcc Shpg Trdg Pic Ud (S) Ahrenkiel liner Service: Kim Shpg Trdg (S). Albntros Sen-Air Sen ice: Frata Shpg Ptc Ltd (S).
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      274 35 Abacus C (Miners Td: 545-8011. Fax: 545-1898. Air t\ press I ravel Td: 533-5771. Fax: 535-6144. Airborne Freight C orporation Td: 542-8844 Fax: 542-3716. *****80. Airswift W oridwide Courier Td: 278-0188. Fax: 273-8283. AJS Supplies Tel: 748-6322 (2 lines). 747-7421. Fax: 742-8975. City-Link International Td: 344-3377. Fax: 345-6450.
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      1493 35 Abex Kxpress Freight Td: 542-7171. Fax: *****84 Actiaic Forwarder Td: 225-1833. Fax: *****42. Activair Singapore Tel: 542-7821 Fax: *****20. Aerolink Freight International Td: 545-***** Fax: *****05 Aerospeed Td: 542-5911. Fax: *****18 Air Cargo Novo Express Td: 542-5454. Fax: *****06 Air Lxpress International Td: 542-7666 Fax: *****74. *****50 Air
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      1744 36 ALBANIA Duress: Four vessels in port of <vhich 1 discharging flour. 1 bulk wheat, 1 bulk coal. 1 tanker loading wine. ANGOLA Luanda: Port operating normally, with no delays and berths available. Lobito, Namibe: Both ports operating normally, but very low traffic levels. Soyo: Refurbishment of the Kwanda
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      1495 36 SHIP SALES TANKER RATES The information was contributed by Simpson Spence Young AFP IT IS reported that Great Eastern of Bombay have reached an agreement to purchase the handymax bulkcarrier Ruth Venture 41,000 dwt and built 1983. A price of USSI4.B million has been negotiated and the deal is understood
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      AIR FREIGHT SCHEDULE
      553 36 ARRIVALS DEPARTURES Op Flight Type ETA T Froa Op Flfrht Type FTP T To TODAY TODAY KAL KE697 B747F 0150 1 SEL KAL KE697 B747F 0440 1 BKK SIA SQ827 B747F 1730 2 CPH/DXB SIA SQ/ B747F 0715 2 DXB/LON CLX CV794 B747F 1845 1 LUX/DXB BA822
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      317 36 CRUISE FERRY SCHEDULES cm Att JISI Dep Ports of Calls Port Agent TrltphoT No MAY 06 06 Fantasy Wodd 1000 1900 Sin-Jakarta Lauw A Sons Travel 227-8284 10 10 Royal Viking Queen 0800 1800 Sin-Port Klang Barwil Agencies 225-2577 10 10 Fantasy World 1000 1900 Sin-Port Klang Lauw Sc Sons
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      1118 37 TRADING was slow on the freight market on May 4 with little concluded business emerging, but rates for handy-sized tonnage continued to firm. The Baltic Freight Index for spot dry cargo shipping rates rose to 1,557 from 1,554 on Apr 30. An undisclosed charterer fixed the 43,214-deadweight-tonne Golden
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      COCKETT BUNKER MARKET REPORT
      779 37 THIS twice weekly report, compiled by Cockett Marine Oil Ltd, shows price ranges in US dollars instead of single prices for a more comprehensive description of the market. Prices shown are based on average-sized stem. Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and
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        467 40 Bloomberg Business News Washington Boeing Co has received a US$79.B million (Ssl3o million) addition to its contract with the US Air Force covering Airborne Warnings and Control System radar systems. Boeing will refit and test AWACS Electronic Support Measures on 17
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        46 40 Reuter ISLAMABAD Some of the 9,000 South Korean taxis imported into Pakistan awaiting clearance at an agency at Rawalpindi near Islamabad, on Tuesday. Orders have been placed for the import of 4,000 more such cabs from the Daewoo Corp. Reutei
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        188 40 AP ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico Controlling interest in an Albuquerque aircraft mainte-nance-storage company has been bought for US$7OO,OOO (SSl.l billion) by a Japaneseowned US company. Valiant International Inc's acquisition of Aero Tech will give Aero Tech the financial strength needed to continue ex-
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        401 40 Bloomberg Business News ST LOUIS Job security is a big issue as the machinists union negotiates a contract for nearly 8,000 McDonnell Douglas Corp workers, a union officer said. Negotiators between District 837 of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers and McDonnell
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        387 40 UPI ARLINGTON, Virginia USAir group said it has received about US$23l million (***** million) from the previously announced public offering of 11.5 million shares of common stock at U5520.75 a share. Proceeds from the offering will be added to the working capital of USAir
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        241 40 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia Airlines (MAS) yesterday launched its special tour package, the One-Malaysia Holidays, to further promote travel within the country. The airline's domestic services director Tony Wong said yesterday there were eight special tour packages which were aimed at encouraging Malaysians to
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          79 40 AP BEIJING Investment in China's shipping industry is growing quickly because of fast economic growth in coastal areas and skyrocketing foreign trade, an official report said. In the first quarter of this year, more than 90 enterprises applied to enter the marine shipping business or to
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          72 40 Reuter LONDON A board meeting of the troubled Irish-based aircraft lessor GPA Group pic was still discussing about the debt restructuring options. The meeting centred on the battle to restructure USSS.S billion of debt, took place amid reports of dissent from the group's middle management. Press
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          105 40 AP SEATTLE The 747-400F, the new Boeing cargo jet Air France is attempting to delay purchasing, made its first flight on Tuesday, a Boeing spokeswoman said. "It took less time than what they thought it would take. It went beautifully," Mary Jean Olscn said. The
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          89 40 Reuter DETROIT Ford Motor Co said it expects final April US auto industry sales figures to indicate that the seasonally adjusted annual selling rate for the month exceeded 14 million total vehicles. Robert Rcwcy, vice president of North American marketing and sales operations,
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          69 40 Reuter IGHLAND PARK, Michigan Chrysler Corp chairman Robert Eaton said Chrysler is confident it will find a replacement for chief financial officer Jerome York, who left the automaker to join International Business Machines Corp. "While I'm personally sorry to lose an executive of Jerry
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        238 40 Reuter DETROIT General Motors Corp (GM) should still be able to generate enough cash to invest in future vehicle programmes even if it fails to attract a major investor in its Electronic Data Systems (EDS) unit, analysts say. British Telecommunications pic. which has
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      1953 25 H STRAITS SHIPPING PTE LTD 10 Hoc Chiang Road #11-01 Keppel Towers Singapore 0208 Tel: *****88 Fax: *****17 ■lIMUIU JJIMINEW QUiNtA PACIFIC UNI EISIBIBmMKUiSUImMmMmMMMISUM joTOp (a service of china navkjatow co) accepts >3flyy CARGO DUE SAAS RAJAH BROOKE VI2C MuJt). Ljb 05 tO7 May In Pt 0* May FCL, LCL
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      2420 25 SINGAPORE AGENT: PfiiA PAntoirkAf*C PAO Containers (Singapore Agencies) Pte Ltd i\t F VjllllLalllCl 9 10 H <» Chiang Road #07-01 KEPPEL TOWERS. SINGAPORE 0208 IVHL Tel: 225 2233 Telex RS ***** PNOCSP Fax: 225 5327/222 7517 CR Number: **********0Z EXPORT i IMPORT VESSEL VOV FPNO 'MO MM ALO SOU ANT
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      741 26 PHH9 I INDONESIANATIONA^IN^^^ i T6 EUtoEfe IftPP—S I )T »OT|SWII|IMM,«CM ifHKS wool «TWW I WTMAM 34 WB I 7-10/5 1 5/6 »/< 10/* !«/< ►TO AUSTR3uBT Rk^^^jgWgß' EAST COAST P«»IS mjm phi spore std Inn Ibws fk *cti MHO KTAKAItM 76S 9/5 11/5 22/S 25/5 WHO MBTHAIIA 44S 21/5 20/5
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      1009 26 HANJIN SHIPPING SETT TfT ACCEPTING CONTAINERS TO/FROM SHANGHAI DALIAN TIANJIN (XINGANG) QINGDAO AND OTHER CHINESE DESTINATIONS PLEASE CONTACT FOLLOWINGS FOR ENQUIRIES AND BOOKINGS. CHIU HAI BENG DID *****27 PGR *****49 KHOO CHEN MENG DID *****28 PGR *****06 ROSILAH DID *****87 NEVINE CHUAH DID *****33 S'PORE AGENT: HANJIN SHIPPING (S) PTE
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      1029 27 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 EASTBOUHD-DSCHARONC WESTBOUND-LOADM6 TRANSHPPED VIA RQTTEMMiII
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      1080 28 PHI Lion I€NT UN€S PT( LTD r 108 Robinson Road #07-00 GMG Building Singapore 0106 1 Tel: *****22/*****69/*****00 Telex: RS ***** Fax: *****76/*****38 A MEMBER OF THE SINGAPORE FREIGHT FORWARDERS ASSOCIATION AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND/SOUTH PACIFIC FCL/LCL SERVICE 5 SYDNEY MELBOURNE. BRISBANE, FREMANTLE H M.X AUCKLAND, WELLINGTON, LYTTLETON, NEW PLYMOUTH. NAPIER. CHRISTCHURCH
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      963 29 (SSSSfHI PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL LINES (PTE) LTD SSSSSSSSmI4O Cecil Street, #03-00 PIL Building, Singapore 0106. I SSSSSSiM CR NO **********0E I VESSEL VOY SIN HKG SIN CMB JIB HOO JED AOJ I KOTA W IRA WAN WRNO2S »/5 12/5 It/5 23/5 2S/5 27/5 30/5 I KOTA NAQA NGAOI9 22/5 2t/5 2/0
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      1211 29 AUSTRALIA SOUTH ASIA SERVICE EXPORT: TO AUSTRALIA IMPORT: FROM AUSTRALIA wssn nam vor sm srp miib vtssti mm vot stp mu sm fni ftw *st»ata ft. ANITA |42 IS/OS 01/06 04/0« fIIWITA 535 20/04 01/05 15/05 17/05 15/05 H/05 20/05 01 ANNA 143 20/05 11 06 14/06 01AMMA 540 01/05
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      320 29 °BSA° TRANSPORTATION M MYANMA wBBk FIVE STAR LINE (Myanmar National Line) Loading for Yangon (Rangoon) S pore P Kit Pen PGdt MERGUI VUSW 09/11 May MP* -AN VI9OW 14/17 May 9/11 May PAGAN VI97W 13/16 May AVA ¥***** 14/16 May MALAYSIA AGENTS BOUSTEAD SHPPMG AGENCIES Ml: TU 03 *****00 PKL
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      57 31 t/c VISA FREIGHT SERVICES PTE LTD fil 9 Established Since 1984 OCEANIA PORTS REGULAR GROUP AGE lcl consolidation AUCKLAND SYDNEY IMPORT EXPORT nAimiIIJ MELBOURNE FREMANTLE SERVICES FOR BOOKING St SAILING SCHEDULE. CALL THE TOTAL TRANSPORTATION PEOPLE. VISA FREIGHT SERVICES PTE LTD VISA LCL CONSOL PTE LTD TOLL-FREE TEL: 1800 *****66
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      2504 32 Full Container Liner Services Malaysia j Agents: Indonesia's Agents: General Agents: Booking Agents: Guan Guan Shipping Sdn Bhd Cheng Chiao Shipping Sdn Bhd P.T. Global Pntra Indonesia Maritime Costar Shipping Pie Ltd Fnight Baakmt Centre S*IW 58 Persian Ra/a Muda Musa Lot 3.34. 3rd Floor. Jl If* h Juanda 111/14
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      666 33 (fe FAMOUS CONTAINER LINES 10 ANSON RD. #15-21 INTERNATIONAL PLAZA, S'PORE 0207 HOT LINE: *****33 (24 LINES) GOTHENBURG/SCAN 10/05 ROTTERDAM 10/05 AARHUS/COPENHAGEN 10/05 HAMBURG/BREMEN 10/05 MARSEILLE/FRANCE 08/05 FELIXSTOWE/UK 10/05 BARCELONA/SPAIN 08/05 LEHAVRE/FRANCE 10/05 GENOA/ITALY 08/05 ANTWERP/BELGIUM 07/05 LOS ANGELES/ WC/IPI 09/05 SYDNEY/MELBOURNE 07/05 NEW YORK/EC 09/05 FREMANTLE/ADELAIDE 07/05 VANCOUVER 12/05
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      699 33 TEL: *****33 (12 Lines) FAX: *****15/*****03 TELEX: RS ***** RISHIP (3 Lines) m ETHIOPIAN SHIPPING LINES (National Lines of Ethiopia) ACCEPTING FCL AND CONVENTIONAL VESSEL VOY ETA LOADING FO« SPORE ABYOT 32W8 06/06 OARESSALAAM MOMBASA DJ»OUTI ASSAB MASSAWA NETSANET 30WB IS/07 OARESSALAAM MOMBASA DJWOUTI ASSAB MASSAWA H KIEN HUNG LINE
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      647 33 JAKARTA BANGKOK wt I m m w )wr mmm mmm RAM BHUM 76S 7/5 11/5 MRU BHUM 74N Frt 7/5 Mow 10/5 BRA BHUM OIS V 5 1275 NANTA BHUM 140N Sat 4/5 Wtd 12/5 THANA BHUM 29S 4/5 14/5 DRA6OW SENTOSA _34« Sat 4/5 Tw 11/5 CHAITA BHUM 34W
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      1655 34 AjfcSMN CONTAINER LINES I "I Agents: MAC-NELS SPORE: *****22 (24 LINES) [*"JV/ VUc/R No: **********0€ PENANG: (04) *****6 SIBU: (084) *****9 KUCHING: (082) *****3 P.KELANG: (03) *****77 JAKARTA: (21) *****32 SURABAYA: (31) *****0 HKG/TWN/BKK GOTH/UKC/MED PORTS j PEN PKL SIN TUE/THU/SAT PEN PK SIN 6/5 7/5 8/5 Hong Kong Ldn/FU/Rdm/Ant/LHV/Ham
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      240 34 BE* BLUE STAR LINE SINGAPORE TO AND FROM NEW ZEALAND AND PACIFIC ISLANDS SM AKL LYT SM PROSPECT 24S 15/5 28/5 30/5 15/6 N Z STAR 7S 25/5 6/6 8/6 25/6 PREMIER 24S 8/6 21/6 23/6 8/7 FULLY CONTAINERISED SAILINGS DISCHARGING AT AUCKLAND, LYTTELTON, ACCEPTING FCL LCL FOR NEW PLYMOUTH.
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      1043 34 THONG SOON UNES PTE. LTD.] 77 ROBINSON ROAD #15-00, #16-00 SIA BUILDING SINGAPORE 0106 TEL: *****88 FAX NO: *****11, *****22 TLX: RS ***** CARRER. RS ***** JENHOL CABLE: TOSOCO CONVENTIONAL/CONTAINER BOOKING LINE: *****66 BINQAPOWE TO SARAWAK "rj KSSEI vor SPORE OEST VESSEL VOY SPORE PEST EQUATOR JADE 77/3E 11 MAY
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      586 38 Ewood line SOUTHERN AFRICA SERVICE STORE PI DBN CI •VINTA ***** 7/5 19/5 26/5 3/6 •AISO CALLS E.L. AND P.E. PK SEAFIX SHIPPING SON BHD TEL 367 5525 TLX. ***** K.K.: CAPRICORN FREIGHT SERVICES TEL 213 202 TLX. ***** ECIL MARITIMA, U.E.E. I Luanda, Angola. FAR EAST/ ANGOLA SERVICE SPORE
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      259 38 J EES FREIGHT SERVICES PTE LTD H #01-60 Wallich Building, Singapore 0207 mil 3 fjl Tel: *****66 (10 Lines) Fax: *****69/*****44 AIRPORT OFFICE: *****11 *****13 (FAX) IMPORTING FROM USA WE PROVIDE WEEKLY SAILINGS WITH FAST TRANSIT TIMES AND LOW INLAND RATES ENQUIRIES: SHIRLEY/ZAINAB/ROGERS CONTAINER LINE, LTD. CHICAGO NEW YORK LOS
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      542 38 CROSS WATER KM) OFFICE: 291 SERNKOON (0. #01-00 SEXANGOON BLD6 S(0t21) WHSf Fl. #01-05. COKTAIO FRIGHT STATION. TQ *****05 WEEKLY LCL CONSOLIDATION BANGKOK USSI9.OO/W/M ALL IN BUSAN U5529.00/W/M ALL IN FREMANTLE U5555.00/W/M ALL IN HAMBURG U5555.00/W/M ALL IN KEELUNG U5525.00/W/M ALL IN MELBOURNE U5555.00/W/M ALL IN SYDNEY U5555.00/W/M ALL IN
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      76 38 worldgate EXPRESS LINES PTE ltd Tel: *****11 Fax: *****73 Telex: ***** WGATE NEXT VESSEL CONSOLIDATION TO BOM/KAR 9/5 KEELUNG 12/5 COLOMBO 9/5 HONG KONG 10/5 PORT LOUIS 13/5 KAOHSIUNG 8/5 HAMBURG 10/5 BANGKOK 12/5 GENOA/BARCELONA 14/5 PKG/PEN 9/5 DUBAI 12/5 JAKARTA 9/5 I HIGH STAKES Don't get shortchanged, go for
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      867 39 I A HYUNDAI MERCHANT MARINE CO. LTD. WESTBOUND TO EUROPE VESSELS VOY PNA PKt PGP VESSELS VOY_ SIX RTM ANT* LEH* HAM BR£j FEI MM *OVANCE 16A 04/05 05/05 06/05 H. EXPLORER 305W 09/05 2S/05 28/05 29/05 30/05 30/05 01/06 HMM ADVANCE 17A 11/05 12/05 13/05 H. CHALLENGER 304W 16/05
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