The Business Times, 28 May 1993

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    13 1 SINGAPORE BusinessTimes MITA (P) 552/12/92 Friday May 28 1993 WE KNOW ASIA 75«
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  • 2am LATEST
    • Article
      Lock icon BA employees vote to strike over wages
      68 1 AFP LONDON British Airways (BA) employees have voted to take strike action over their pay and working conditions, beginning possibly with a oneday strike on Sunday, union sources said. Around half of the 16,900 members of the Transport and General Workers Union took
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      Lock icon EC backs China, Taiwan bid to join Gatt
      69 1 Reuter STRASBOURG, France The European Parliament backed Chinese and Taiwanese membership of the world trade organisation Gatt (General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade). EC Commissioner Joao Dc Dcus Pinhciro said the EC executive also backed the accession of the two countries but
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    MARKET SUMMARY
    113 1 Stock market indices Thursday Change SI II 1.885.91 +17.27 KLSE Composite 736.07 f0.68 Nikkei 20.852.63 -43.36 Hang Seng 7.447 24 +97.52 SET Index 827.91 -8.25 Jakarta Composite ...333.92 +2.01 CLSA China B 1.160 16 -29.12 Aust All Ord 1,749.1 +31.7 FTSE 100 2.855.3 +8.4 Iharsday l're»i<XM llam close
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    Lock icon Japan's top banks reveal extent of bad loans for first time
    688 1 Reuter Bloomberg Business News TOKYO Japan's 11 top commercial banks yesterday released for the first time data on the extent of their problem loans a total of 8.5 trillion yen (S$ 127.5 billion). But analysts were quick to say
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    Lock icon Dollar may fall to 105 yen unless Fed intervenes
    484 1 Reuter TOKYO The US dollar could continue to plummet if the US Federal Reserve does not help the Bank of Japan (BOJ) to bolster the greenback against the yen. Tokyo dealers said yesterday that the greenback would slide to 105 yen
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    Lamont fired in reshuffle — but Mum says he resigned
    106 1 Lamont fired in reshuffle but Mum says he resigned LONDON British Prime Minister John Major carried out a major Cabinet reshuffle yesterday, firing his embattled Chancellor Norman Lamont and replacing him with Home Secretary Kenneth Clarke. But Mr Lamont's mother. Irene Lamont, told the Grimsby Evening Telegraph newspaper in north-eastern
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    Thai stamp fetches world record price of $160,000 at S'pore auction
    330 1  -  By Susan Tsang SINGAPORE An unidentified buyer paid a world record price of 5160.000 for a Thai stamp at the Christie's International auction here yesterday. The record-breaking item part of the late Prakaipet Indhusophon's collection of Siam stamps and
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    Jardine wins control of CCL after lightning raid in S'pore
    457 1  -  By L Lee Han Shih and Sylvia Wong SINGAPORE Hongkong's Jardine group yesterday launched a lightning raid on its associate. Cycle Carriage Ltd (CCL). and emerged as the controlling shareholder of the locally-listed motor distributor by the end of the
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    Stock market hits new high
    108 1 SINGAPORE The Jardine group's raid on Cycle Carriage Ltd (CCL) and renewed interest in marine-based stocks helped drive the benchmark Straits Times Industrials Index up 17.27 points to a new peak of 1,885.91 yesterday. CCL closed 40 cents higher at $7.40 on a turnover of
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    Charity is the winner as S'pore developer plays resale matchmaker
    322 1  -  By A J Leow SINGAPORE Developer Wing Tai is doing its bit for charity by matching latecomers to its Central Green condominium project and earlier buyers keen on a quick profit. For over a week now, the listed company has
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      29 1 Advertising Marketing Top ad agencies in 1992 Pg 25 Official: China retains MFN status Back Pg US consultants want to know the secret of Singapore's economic success Pg 2
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      18 1 Hock Lock Siew Smaller banks' fund-raising move Pg 9 Most hanks expect further slide in profits, Pg 13
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      15 1 The Bottom Line a y Season of horse-trading in Back Full story on Back Page
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      87 1 Quality Paint That Lasts Jardine says no more major changes at CCL, Pg 9 „CK GENEVE "Curva Cintree Watch, 18K Gold, Perpetual Calendar." mm Exclusively available al Sincere Watch: #01-07 The Promenade. 300 Orchard Road. Singapore 0923 Tel: 733 0618 *#01-22 Luckv Pla/a. 304 Orchard Road. Singapore 0923 Tel: 737
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
    • eye on the ECONOMY
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        Lock icon Catering business brisk
        314 2  -  By Sylvia Wong THE catering trade, like many other businesses in the commerce sector, picked up in March after a slow start this year. Business amounted to about $202.5 million in March, up 9.2 per cent from March last year, latest Department of Statistics figures show. Catering
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      Lock icon URA to sell three more Singapore River sites
      422 2  -  By Sylvia Wong THE Urban Redevelopment Authority has put back on the market a hotel development site formerly awarded to Japanese developer Hakuei, which failed to see the project through. It announced yesterday that the 99,981 sq ft site near the Singapore
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    • SINGAPORE ROUNDUP
      • Article
        SM Lee on European trip
        189 2 SENIOR MINISTER Lee Kuan Yew and Mrs Lee will visit England. Holland. France and Hungary from today till June 10. Mr Lee will first visit London in his private capacity on the first four days of the trip. On May 31, he will call on
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        Trade mission to Poland, Hungary
        54 2 THE Trade Development Board will lead 14 companies on a visit to Poland and Hungary from Sunday to June 9. The companies are involved in property tourism, banking, consumer electronics, telecommunications, shipping and international trade. The group will meet officials and business counterparts to learn
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        ERA agent for Fragrance Court
        55 2 ERA REALTY Network Pte Ltd has been appointed the marketing agent for Fragrance Court in Yew Siang Road in the West Coast area. The four-storey residential development is being built by Chip Huat Construction. It will have 32 apartments of 1,196 to 1.750 sq ft
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        Curious about soil treatment?
        48 2 ENVIROASIA/AQUATECHASIA 94, an environment and water technology exhibition and conference, will be held at the World Trade Centre from June 23 to 25 next year. The exhibition will feature products in areas such as incineration, soil treatment, recycling, hazardous waste management, and noise abatement.
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      Beri chief wants to know secret of S'pore's success
      400 2  -  By Anna Teo HAVING TOLD the world repeatedly that Singapore is the place for foreign investments, Washington's Business Environment Risk Intelligence (Beri) is now asking how the Republic maintains its attraction for overseas investors. Beri president FT Haner, in town this
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      325 2 MEN'S WEAR •v Beijing Telecommunication Industrial Park, China Joint DeveloDment Investment Seminar organised by Beijing Vantone Industry Co Ltd LUIMTOIME Venue Orchard Room, Westin Plaza Hotel Date Friday 28th, Saturday 29th Sunday 30th, May 1993 Time 9.00 am to 5.00 pm Singapore Liaison Address: United Hainan Enterprises Re Ltd 5
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  • THE REGION
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      Lock icon Sihanouk floats senate idea, may table proposal tomorrow
      429 3  -  Cambodian polls Reports from Harish Mehta in PHNOM PENH CAMBODIAN head of state Prince Norodom Sihanouk has floated the idea of having a senate to bring about national reconciliation. Sources here say that Prince Sihanouk is likely to table this proposal at
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      Untac may be asked to organise presidential polls
      263 3 A SENIOR Cambodian politician is expected to propose that the United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia (Untac) should organise the presidential election before it quits the country. Sources say that leng Mouly, a member of the Supreme National Council (SNC), plans to
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      Lock icon Suharto warns of threat of unemployment to Indon society
      294 3 Reuter JAKARTA Indonesian President Suharto, whose country is trying to attract foreign investors with promises ol plentiful cheap labour, has warned that unemployment could be a threat to society. "The big and hard challenge... that we are facing at present is
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      Lock icon M'sian east coast businessmen urged to venture into Indochina
      401 3 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR International Trade and Industry Deputy Minister Chua Jui Meng yesterday urged Malaysia's cast coast entrepreneurs to capitalise on their close proximity to Indochina and make the peninsular cast coast a gateway to the Indochinese market. "The government has
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      Lock icon KL to take tough action against any secession bids
      295 3 Bernama Reuter KOTA KINABALU The Malaysian government will act firmly against any moves that are unconstitutional, including attempts to secede Sabah. Defence Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said yesterday that the government had the capability to deal with any secession
      Bernama; Reuter  -  295 words
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      Lock icon Benefits of upgrading regional transport links
      137 3 AFP BANGKOK Thai Foreign Minister Prasong Soonsiri yesterday told senior officials from China, Laos and Myanmar that upgrading regional transport links would boost the economies in the four countries on the upper reaches of the Mekong river. The officials began a twoday meeting in
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      Sino-British talks on HK airport to resume next week
      535 4  -  From Catherine Ong in HONGKONG CHINA has finally agreed to hold talks with Britain on the financing of Hongkong's new airport, a move which analysts say signals Beijing's softening stance on the territory. In a terse statement yesterday, the Hongkong government
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      US offering concessions to N Korea in nuclear treaty dispute
      406 4  -  From Leon Hadar in WASHINGTON WASHINGTON The Clinton administration is sending signals to North Korea that the US would give Pyongyang security guarantees if it promises not to develop nuclcar arms. Robert Galluci, the US Assistant Secretary of State For
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      Lock icon South Korea sends out assurance to North
      192 4 AP SEOUL South Korean President Kim Young Sam reached out yesterday to assure North Korea that it would not be absorbed by unification with the South and said that if nuclear issues are resolved, the two long-time rivals can create a new economic
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      Lock icon Seoul may shelve ban on false names until 1995
      263 4 Reuter SEOUL South Korea may shelve plans to ban the use oif false names in financial transactions until at least the end of 1995, analysts said. They were reacting to a Finance Ministry proposal on amending income tax, which does not
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      Lock icon Environmental groups protest against building of China dam
      227 4 UPI BEIJING International environmental activists have filed an unusual protest against China's building of a controversial dam which they say will be an environmental and financial disaster, representatives of the groups said yesterday. Nine international environmental groups signed a "letter of concern"
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    • ASIA NOTES
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        Lock icon Wheelchair wonder
        35 4 Reuter TOKYO British paraplegic Diarmuid Brittain. 27. celebrating with his girlfriend as they reach Oma in northern Japan on Wednesday, completing a 2,500-km, 75-day wheelchair tour crossing three of Japan's main islands. Reuter
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        Lock icon Ramos orders nuclear plant study
        67 4 AFP MANILA Philippine President Fidel Ramos has ordered his energy experts to study the feasibility of building nuclear power plants to solve the country's crippling power shortage. But, he ruled out the operation of a mothballed nuclear power plant because of concerns over its safety
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        Lock icon Indian minister assures PLO chief
        46 4 Reuter TUNIS Indian Minister of State for External Affairs Raghunandan Lai Bhatia assured PLO chairman Yasser Arafat on Wednesday that a recent visit to India by Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres will not erode New Delhi's support for the Palestinians. Reuter
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      Lock icon China again rejects its new IMF ranking
      135 4 AFP BEIJING China yesterday rejected again its new International Monetary Fund ranking as the world's third largest economy, casting doubt on the body's new calculation methods. "Though there has been considerable development of China's economy," Foreign Ministry spokesman Wu Jianmin said, "it is
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      Lock icon Sharif wins legal battle but political fight just beginning
      427 6 AFP ISLAMABAD Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has won a historic court battle against his foes, but his political fight for survival has just begun, sources in both camps said yesterday. In a landmark judgement, the Supreme Court on Wednesday declared
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      Lock icon Russia pulls out most of its MiG-23 fighters from Kuriles
      159 6 AFP TOKYO Russia has permanently withdrawn three-quar-ters of its MiG-23 fighter jets from the Kurile islands, which are claimed by Japan. Japanese military sources said yesterday. They said only 10 of the fighters down from 40 just a few years
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      Lock icon Viets in Australia protest against Kiet's visit
      52 6 AFP CANBERRA Vietnamese demonstrators staging yesterday a mock detention camp outside Parliament House in Canberra to protest the official visit of Vietnamese Prime Minister Vo Van Kiet. Several hundred protesters used the visit to highlight human rights abuses in the Socialist Republic of
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      Lock icon Vietnam agrees to Australian human rights delegation
      345 6 Reuter CANBERRA Vietnamese Prime Minister Vo Van Kiet agreed yesterday to a visit by an Australian human rights delegation, an Australian government official said. The agreement was reached as about 1,000 protesters in front of Australia's parliament house burnt an effigy of Mr
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      Lock icon Japan to lift import ban on NZ apples from June 1
      241 6 Reuter TOKYO Japan will lift its ban on imports of New Zealand apples from June 1, an agriculture ministry spokesman said yesterday. "After technical discussions, the ministry has agreed that New Zealand apples have cleared Japanese quarantine regulations." he
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      Lock icon NZ govt to establish power grid as separate entity
      230 6 Reuter WELLINGTON The government has decided to establish the national electricity grid. Trans Power, as a separate entity from state power generator Electricity Corp of New Zealand. Finance Minister Ruth Richardson and Stateowned Enterprises Minister Wyatt Creech said in a joint
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      179 3 Will Hun Sen wage war if he loses the election?, Pg 26 Bottom Line, Back Page jj MORE THAN BANKERS, BUSINESS PARTNERS. I mam I j j H In dealing with Foreign Exchange, timing is of the essence. Through "Globewatch', Standard Chartered Treasurys unique round the clock position monitoring service,
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      129 4 LnSfo VIDEO I FAIR '93 I (Formerly known as Photo Fair) Business opportunities are beckoning in the world's fastest growing region through Asia's Premier Photo Trade Event. I September 15 -19 1993, I I Hall 5 6, I I World Trade Centre, I I Singapore I Featuring many of the
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  • THE WORLD
    • WORLD WATCH
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        Lock icon OECD to focus on non-members
        93 8 Reuter TOKYO The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OLCD) will reach out to non-members in the hope of achiev ing sustained global eeonomie growth, a Japanese official said yesterday. Ministers of the 24-member group of rieh nations will gather in Paris on June 2-3
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        Lock icon Publishing chief Pulitzer dies
        99 8 Reuter ST LOUIS Joseph Pulitzer, Jr, chairman of Pulitzer Publishing and bearer of one of the most lamous names in American journalism, has died at his home of cancer at the age ot 80. Pulitzer, who died on Wednesday, was named after his grandfather the founder
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        Lock icon A world apart
        41 8 Reuter WASHINGTON This view of the surface of Venus taken by the space probe Magellan was released by Nasa on Wednesday. The areas scattered across the Venusian plains consist of extremely smooth deposits associated with large meteorite impacts.
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        Lock icon US aid plan for Russia clears hurdle
        67 8 Reuter WASHINGTON A US$l.B billion (552.9 billion) aid pledge to Russia cleared its first congressional hurdle on Wednesday when a House of Representatives panel approved a bare-bones foreign aid Bill. The aid was part of an international package of US$24 billion promised to
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        Lock icon Jordan king slams Iraq
        76 8 NYT PARIS King Hussein of Jordan, Iraq's closest Arab ally for more than a decade, has openly broken with Baghdad. Charging the Iraqi government with "practices that had deeply harmed Jordanian interests, the king told senior editors of the Jordanian press that he now opposed the
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      Lock icon Nafta may be delayed by side deals among partners: Kantor
      482 8 Reuter WASHINGTON With negotiations mired in disputes, the top US trade official conceded on Wednesday that efforts to strike side deals with Canada and Mexico could delay passage of the North American Free Trade Agreement. It was the first time
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      Lock icon Germany in worst post-war economic crisis
      271 8 Bloomberg Business News BONN Finance Minister Theo Waigel said yesterday that Germany was undergoing its worst post-war economic crisis and he warned Germans to stop expecting ever-increas-ing prosperity. In a tough speech to parliament, he said key elections due in 1994 would not stop
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      Lock icon Car bomb kills 6, damages famous Italian art museum
      293 8 AP Reuter FLORENCE A car bomb exploded outside the UflU Caller) early yesterday, killing at least six people and causing millions of dollars in damage to one of the world's great museums. Some 30 people were injured. First reports had attributed
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      Lock icon EC farm ministers agree on 1993/94 price package
      363 8 Reuter BRUSSELS European Community (EC) farm ministers have agreed on 1993/94 farm priees and a series of aid worth nearly one billion ECUs (551.94 billion) over three years. Prices of cereals, milk and beef will be reduced in line with farm reforms
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      Lock icon Ministers to study policy document on illegal immigrants
      157 8 AFP LONDON European Community ministers will review next week in Copenhagen a document outlining a common policy to identify and expel illegal immigrants, a newspaper reported yesterday. The confidential document, which was leaked to The Guardian, was drafted by a committee called
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      435 8 AT SIIWBAPORE RIVER By Urban Redevelopment Authority B l bhhhm^ Located close to the business district; adjacent to the FORT CANNING Clarke Quay Conservation Project, and with easy act //yv r, cess to other parts of Singapore via the nearby CTE, this /ROBERTSON• site offers investors an ideal location for
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
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      No more major management changes at CCL, says Jardine
      490 9  -  Jardine's lightning raid By Sylvia Wong SINGAPORE Jardine Matheson Holdings, which yesterday emerged as the largest shareholder in Singaporelisted Cycle Carriage Ltd (CCL), said there will not be any more major changes in the management of the Singapore company. "We have
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      Lock icon EON plans share split, employees' scheme
      413 9 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Edaran Otomobil Nasional Bhd (EON), a substantial shareholder of Cycle Carriage Ltd and the distributor of the national car, has proposed to sub-divide the par vahie of all its existing issued and un-issued ordinary shares from Msl to SO sen each.
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    • Article
      National Kap to set up capacitator factory in China's Jiangsu
      206 9 SINGAPORE Sesdaq-listed National Kap has signed a letter of intent to set up a factory in China's Jiangsu province to produce high-voltage capacitators. Its partner is Wuxi Peace Machinery Electronics Group Co, one of China's oldest and largest capacitator makers.
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      SSL, DBS Land, Lee Rubber get green light for Johor project
      223 9 SINGAPORE Straits Steamship Land (SSL), DBS Land, Lee Rubber and their Malaysian partners have received the go-ahead for a proposed 1,020-hectare development near Skudai in Johore. A joint statement yesterday by the partners said approval for the long-delayed township
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      Smaller banks' fund-raising gives credence to talk of minimum capitalisation rules
      737 9  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW By Alvin Tay SINGAPORE Foreign investors hate the spate of fund-raising exercises by Singapore's local banks. Almost all the rights issues of the major local banks have met with heavy selling the day after their respective
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      SES computers must be improved before Telecom issue: dealers
      304 9  -  By R Sivanithy SINGAPORE The Stock Exchange of Singapore (SES) will have to upgrade its computers to handle the Singapore Telecom float, dealers say. According to brokers, the SES computers have been jamming, especially during the first and last half hours
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      F&N Coca-Cola takes stake in Nepalese bottler
      292 9  -  By Genevieve Cua SINGAPORE F&N CocaCola will acquire a 49 per cent stake in Bottlers Nepal Ltd, the licensed bottler of The Coca-Cola Company in Nepal. It will pay The Coca-Cola Co $3.7 million for the stake. The figure represents the amount The
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      FCC to pay $16m for flatted factory
      168 9 SINGAPORE First Capital Corporation Ltd will buy a four-storey flatted factory at Lim Teck 800 Road for 16.25 million. The property and garment group said yesterday in a statement that its subsidiary, Hedover Holdings Pie Ltd, had exercised an option to buy the
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      Lock icon SUMMARY
      371 9 Source: Bridge Info Performance of STII's Index stocks May 27 List Vise ladr\ Slock sale ("hce bctorwntn Avimo 2 420 -0010 1.79 -0 81 CM 7 400 0 400 5 49 32 39 Ccfcbos 5.450 0050 4 04 405 FAN 12 100 8 97 GF Asia J WO 0
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    • COMPANIES
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        Lock icon Insas, IGB to build M$500m landmark in KL's Golden Triangle
        272 10 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR A new landmark costing MSSOO million (SS3I4 million), known as "The Shahzan Place", will be built by 1996 in the Golden Triangle here along Jalan Sultan Ismail. Undertaken by Insas Berhad and IGB Corporation Berhad on a
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        Lock icon New Straits Times Press posts 3.7pc rise in group pre-tax profit
        269 10 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR The New Straits Times Press (Malaysia) Berhad turned in a group pre-tax profit of M 547.97 million (5530.2 million) for the half-year ended Feb 28, 1993, an increase of 3.7 per cent from M 546.25 million
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        Lock icon Renong chalks up 32pc jump in group pre-tax profit
        124 10 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Renong Bhd has posted a group pre-tax profit of M$ 135.47 million (5585.3 million) for the nine months ended March 31, 1993, up 32 per cent when compared with \*****.85 million recorded previously. This was recorded on a
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        Lock icon Faber's nine-month pre-tax profit rises to M$42m
        109 10 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Property and hotel-based Faber Group Bhd has reported a 33 per cent rise in group pre-tax profit of M 542.04 million (5526.48 million) in the nine months ended March 31, 1993. Turnover improved by 23 per cent to M 563.56
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        Lock icon Sweet celebration
        30 10 Reuter KARACHI Pakistani stock brokers distributing sweets outside the Karachi Stock Exchange on Wednesday after the Supreme Court restored reformist prime minister Nawaz ShanPs government in Islamabad. Reuter
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      • Article
        Lock icon Setron proposes rights issue and purchase of KBK stake
        260 10 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Setron (M) Bhd has proposed to take up a 75.5 per cent stake in Kejuruteraan Bintai Kindenko Sdn Bhd (KBK) for M 567.95 million (5542.8 million). It has also proposed a rights issue of 37.7 million new ordinary
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        Lock icon Hongkong Telecom's 13pc higher profit is at lower end of forecasts
        317 10 Bloomberg Business News. Reuter HONGKONG Hongkong Telecommunications, the colony's monopoly provider of fixed domestic and international phone serv ices, has announced that its net profit rose 13.3 per cent in the year ended March 31. The profit, which is
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      • COMPANY BRIEFS
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          Amcol raises stake in EML to 10.8pc
          60 10 SINGAPORE Amcol Holdings has raised its stake in videotape maker Electro Magnetics Ltd (EML) from 9.51 per cent to 10.82 per cent. EML disclosed yesterday that Amcol bought 4.069 million EML shares on Wednesday for 53.05 million, or about 75 cents per share.
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          Unit's director sells Lum Chang shares
          40 10 SINGAPORE Lam Chin Seng, a director in wholly-owned subsidiary' Lum Chang Building Contractors, sold 12.000 Lum Chang Holdings shares at $1.31 each and 18.000 at 51.29 apiece on Wednesday. He now holds 5.166 shares.
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          NTUC Income cuts stake in S'pore Re
          49 10 SINGAPORE Substantial Singapore Reinsurance Corporation shareholder NTUC Income Insurance Cooperative has reduced its stake from 6.41 per cent to 5.91 per cent. Singapore Reinsurance said NTUC sold 250.000 shares at S 1.7237 per share on Mondav. It now holds 2.954 million shares.
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          Pac Can in environmental construction
          62 10 SINGAPORE Pacific Can yesterday said it is moving into the environmental construction business. PacCan Construction Specialists, Pacific Can's wholly-owned subsidiary', has taken a 60 per cent stake in Ecam Pte Ltd worth $350,000. Ecam is a landscape design and construction specialist firm, which is the
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        UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
        484 10 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS m.imur pnc« May 28 Insurance Fund Unit Trust income Bomi poIk-v ).2) vm The ommciiv 1.37 I 44\J PllldCHtHl The Savings Fund 1.12 128 PruLink Mgd fund I.I) I I* S pore Prog Fund 0 57 0 60 H1H m S pore See Fund 0 W PRBA*WnlipUlI
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        Lock icon Brighter outlook for Japanese electronics companies
        495 11 Results posted by Toshiba, Fujitsu, Hitachi show rate of decline easing Bloomberg Business News TOKYO The worst could be over for Japan's recessionhit electronics companies if corporate earnings for three top producers are anything to go by. Results announced yesterday for Toshiba Corp, Fujitsu
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        Lock icon Apple renews effort to challenge IBM in former Soviet Union
        363 11 NYT SAN FRANCISCO Apple Computer Inc has announced that it is to begin a new effort to compete head-on with IBM in Russia and the former Soviet republics. The lifting of Cold War restrictions on exports of technology to the
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        230 11 Knight-Ridder TAIPEI President Enterprises Corp plans to invest up to US$2OO million (SS32O million) in China over the next several years, despite a request by the Taiwan government to freeze such investments, a spokesman said yesterday. Taiwan's biggest food-pro-cessing concern
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        Lock icon Tandy to sell money-losing PC plants to AST Research
        274 11 NYT DALLAS The Tandy Corp said on Wednesday that it had scrapped plans announced in January to spin off its manufacturing subsidiary, TE Electronics Inc, and that AST Research Inc had agreed to buy all its money-losing computer manufacturing plants. The
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          Lock icon Four China firms to list on HK bourse
          61 11 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG The first Chinese state-run firms to list on Hongkong's exchange are likely to be Qingdao Brewery'. Guangzhou Shipyard, Shanghai Petrochemical and Beijing Renmin Machinery. The four had filed their A-l forms, which is the initial paperwork required before
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          Lock icon Taiwan's Formosa plans China move
          73 11 Knight-Ridder TAIPEI Taiwan's largest private conglomerate, the Formosa Plastics group, plans to invest up to US$4O million (5564.4 million) in China in its first foray into that country, the Commercial Times said yesterday. A Formosa Plastics subsidiary. Nan Ya Plastics Corp, planned to set up
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          45 11 Reuter WASHINGTON US President Bill Clinton with General Electric CEO John Welch (left) and American Airlines CEO Robert Crandall at the White House on Wednesday. Mr Clinton met the two men to try to get support for his economic package. Reuter
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          Lock icon Hoechst and Courtaulds tie up
          73 11 FT LONDON Hoechst, the German chemicals giant, and Courtaulds, the UK group, have reached an agreement to merge their European viscose and acrylic fibres operations. The joint venture, to be majority owned by Courtaulds, would have had a turnover last year of £369 million (*****.5
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          Lock icon Pasminco predicts another loss
          83 11 Knight-Ridder CANBERRA Australian base metals giant Pasminco Ltd has forecast it will record another significant operating loss for the year ending June 30. "If zinc prices and exchange rates remain at current levels, directors expect the full year's operating loss, before abnormal charges, will be similar
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        Lock icon Japan's city banks' profits fall 30pc, further slide expected
        726 13 AFP TOKYO Japanese city bank earnings tumbled by an average of more than 30 per ecnt in the year to March, the fourth eonsccutivc decline, and most cxpcct their profits to fall further this year due to mounting bad debts. The
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        OUB's M'sian branches profits up 40pc
        404 13  -  By Quak Hiang Whai SINGAPORE The 12 Malaysian branches of Singapore's Overseas Union Bank Ltd earned M 520.6 million last year, an increase of 40 per cent on the previous year's MS 12.56 million. Using an exchange rate of 63 Singapore cents to the
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        S'pore's insurance industry posts strong growth
        299 13  -  By Soh Tiang Keng SINGAPORE Singapore's insurance industry continued its robust growth in the first quarter of the year. The Monetary Authority of Singapore said yesterday that annual premiums in force for the life insurance industry increased by 22 per cent. An MAS spokesman
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        194 13 Knight-Ridder SINGAPORE Indonesia will soon start its own credit rating agency to stimulate trading of bonds and commercial paper, the Jakarta Post yesterday quoted the central bank's managing director as saying. Bank Indonesia, the central bank, would also introduce new
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          Lock icon S G Warburg profit drops 10.9pc
          67 13 Knight Ridder LONDON UK merchant bank SG Warburg yesterda> said its pre-tax profits were £148.2 million (*****.7 million) in the 12 months ended Mar 31. a 10.9 per cent drop from the £166.3 million pre-tax profit posted in the year-ago period. Earnings per share
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          Lock icon Counting on the future
          72 13 Reuter PHNOM PENH A money changer counts her riel. the Cambodian currency, while her child sits amidst the notes at a black market stall in Phnom Penh. The Cambodian economy continues to suffer after more than 20 years of war in the country, and the UN
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          83 13 Bloomberg Business News PARIS Societe Generale's consolidated net profit this year will be about in line with 1992 thanks to a good performance abroad and in its trading operations, said Marc Vienot. chairman of the French bank. Mr Vienot. speaking at a shareholders' meeting, said
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          Lock icon New rules for US real estate appraisal
          82 13 Reuter WASHINGTON A proposed new rule governing real estate appraisals was issued by US banking regulators as part of efforts to reduce the impact of regulation on business lending. In a joint statement the Office of the Comptroller of Currency, the Federal Deposit
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        EIB launches first Dragon bond issue
        348 14  -  By Quak Hiang Whai SINGAPORE The Europeans are borrowing from the prospering Asians. Investment bank Lehman Brothers said yesterday the development bank for the European Communitv aimed to raise US$5OO million (SSBOS million) through a Dragon Bond issue the first by a European-based borrower.
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        292 14 Reuter MOSCOW Russia's fledgling capital markets will get a boost in June when the government offers five times more three-month Treasury bills than at a debut issue earlier this month. Alexander Sarchev, head of securities department at the Moscow Interbank Currency
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        Lock icon Bank of England acted to avert crisis
        270 14 Reuter LONDON Britain's central bank revealed on Wednesday it was forced to prop up a string of small banks during the country's savage recession to avert a financial crisis. In a lifeboat operation for small banks reminiscent of the secondary banking crisis of
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        379 14 Reuter BOMBAY The Tata group, India's leading business house, is planning to set up a commercial bank and a mutual fund under proposals to liberalise the country's financial sector. "We have applied for a bank." chairman Ratan Tata said at a reception
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        188 14 A FURTHER surge in the yen yesterday paved the way for further gains in the regional currencies against the US dollar. The Greenback opened at 1.6070/80 against the Ss, off from the previous day's 1.6100 close. Initial selling of US$ met strong support at 1.6070,
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        199 14 Reuter THE US Federal Reserve bank intervened yesterday to try to halt the surging rally of the yen but the Japanese currency soared to another record European close against the dollar. The yen seemed unstoppable as it stormed to its second consecutive closing high at 107.90 to the dollar
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        87 14 AFP THE DOLLAR rose against the yen following a Federal Reserve intervention to buoy the US currency after it plunged in Asian markets to a record low. At 9.30 am, the dollar traded at 108.50 yen, the same as late Wednesday but higher than the 108.20 it hit
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        462 15 Reuter SINGAPORE Surging gold prices have attracted some private dishoarding in South-east Asia but traders said physical sales will remain insignificant unless prices make a decisive break above US$4OO per ounce. Bullion was quoted at U*****.70/376.20 yesterday. The price hit U*****.50 last
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        487 15 Move prompted by rising domestic demand, ageing oil fields Bloomberg Business News SINGAPORE Coping with rising fuel demand and ageing oil fields at home, Indonesia has started throttling back on its petroleum exports. And the move is having serious ramifications for the Asia-Pacific region's
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        223 15 ENERGY REPORT Reuter LONDON World oil prices firmed up yesterday on hopes that US gasoline demand might not be so disappointing during this summer's holiday driving season as had been thought. Gasoline demand is a leading factor determining petro-
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        176 15 Reuter CHICAGO Members of the Chicago Board of Trade, the world's largest commodity futures exchange, voted on Wednesday to change trading hours for the first time in more than 100 years. By a 236-vote margin, members approved a plan to start trading
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        55 15 Reuter TOKYO Kimono instructor Shizue Numata putting the final touches on a platinum kimono a 280-million-yen (SS4.I-million) worth ancient juni-hitoe (12-layered robe). The kimono, made of 0.2 micron platinum, was on display in Tokyo as part of a bridal fair celebrating the June royal wedding of Crown Prince
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        173 15 Knight-Ridder SINGAPORE The gas oil market in Asia should remain stable despite several cargoes heading this way from the US. the Mediterranean, Algeria and Russia for the end of June and early July, traders said. Continued firm regional demand will keep the market stable.
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        1502 16 SIMEX REPORT Reuter SINGAPORE Simcx Eurodollar futures ended firmer yesterday in active trade as receding fears of an interest rate hike in the US spurred strong buying interest, traders said. They said the market covered shorts and bought the contract afresh on news
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        Tin up one cent on higher LME
        597 16 COMMODITY REPORTS Tin TIN closed one cent higher at MS 13.70 per kg after a higher London market overnight prompted buying interest, traders said. A lower offering, with miners refraining from selling in anticipation of higher levels, also firmed sentiment. Turnover was 22
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          Forties paper market seen viable
          92 16 LONDON A planned "paper" forward market for North Sea Forties crude may well become a viable alternative benchmark to the existing Brentbased contract, but only once Brent Blend production falls ofT sharply after 1995-1996. traders said. Brent crude output is set to fall from a
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          Drop in Thai firm's net profits
          52 16 BANGKOK Thai zinc smelter Padaeng Industry Co Ltd recorded January-March net profits of 93.37 million baht. down 45 per cent on JanuaryMarch 1992, the company said. Revenue in the period also dropped 9 per cent on year to 514.19 million baht, figures from the
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          Mining company seeks to cut debts
          62 16 MANILA Copper and gold miner Benguet Corp plans to sell non-mining assets to reduce its debt burden of 4 billion pesos and allow Tor profitable operations. Benguet wants to pare debts to "a mors manageable level of 2 billion pesos," said president Dennis Belmonte.
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          M'sia estimates cocoa output
          65 16 SINGAPORE Malaysia's cocoa output in 1993 has been officially estimated at 210,000 to 220,000 tonnes, the deputy director-general of the Malaysian Cocoa Board, Musa Mohd Jamil, said. This i 4 despite expectations of a further fall in area planted with cocoa, Mr Musa said. Cocoa area
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          Copper tube demand up in Japan
          65 16 TOKYO Signals that copper tube demand inj Japan has begun to climb back from last year's lows are viewed as evidence of future market growth ft* copper, but industry sources say significant im-* provement is unlikely before autumn. Domestic copper tube orders totalled 19,810
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        1653 16 Rubber May 27 MS Commodity Exchange (futi lire* closing as at 1pm) MS (physical prices) RSS 1 Contract (S cents/kg) A. f 9 haak Bayers /c Sellers Close Volume Open H le®Owi IJ WLiuy Month High Low Sett (tonnes) Interest RSS 2 Jun 93 129 00 130 OON
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        Australia
        1172 17 -1-31.7 Shares surged to a 3 1/2-year high boosted by blue chips and a strong recovery in the futures contract. "It was spectacular trading literally everything was strong," said David Perry of Austock Brokers. The All Ordinaries Index soared 31.7 points, or 1.85 per cent, to end at 1,749.1.
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        Manila
        559 17 +0.18 Share prices ended mixed as the market consolidated following a three-day technical rally, brokers said. The Manila Composite Index inched up 0.18 of a point to close at 1.609.03 from Wednesday's 1.608.85. The Makati index slipped 4.63 points to 1,635.21. "The market was up very, very slightly because
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        Taipei
        546 17 -35.33 Stocks finished lower across the board in very sluggish trade as players lacked buying interest amid concern about the economy and a lack of positive news, brokers said. The Weighted Index, which was down more Jhan 70 points at one stage, finished 35.33 points lower at 4.209.95. Turnover
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        Seoul
        453 17 +7.31 Stocks closed firmer in brisk trading as foreign and institutional investors took active interest in large-capitalisation counters, with manufacturing shares leading the field, brokers said. They forecast the market would strengthen further tomorrow, with customer deposits with securities houses steadily rising. The market is closed today tor a
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        New Zealand
        287 17 1.88 The share market managed to nudge to another 33-month high by the close after spending most of the day in negative territory'. Brokers said the market is consolidating from a recent run higher but there was strength in selected stocks during the session. The NZSE-40 Capital Index
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        Bombay
        78 17 -23.38 Stocks dropped in volatile trading ahead of year-end results of Great Eastern Shipping Co. which weren't announced until trading was over for the day, brokers said. The Bombay Index opened weak at 2,207, climbed to 2,243 and then closed 23.38 points lower at 2,228.31. The National Index fell
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        752 17 +8.4 Shares were firmer at the close after reacting calmly to a widely-anticipated UK cabinet reshuffle yesterday in which Kenneth Clarke replaced Norman Lamont as Chancellor of the Exchequer. "We see this really as a change in presentation of policy rather than a significant policy change." said Corey Miller,
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        Paris
        123 17 +8.63 Shares reduced gains yesterday to drop below 1,900 points on the CAC-40 index on futures-led selling, after futures-led buying had pushed them up over one per cent in the morning. Dealers said they expected trading to remain volatile ahead of the expiry on futures index today. The CAC-40
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        Stockholm
        125 17 +0.73pc Shares ended the day higher on foreign buying interest, but trade was dull. "The undertone is good but there has to be more interest in blue chips to get the market to go up," one dealer said. The OMX-index. which carries a futures contract, closed up 0.74 per
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        Frankfurt
        184 17 12.47 Shares ended just off their day's highs as the market consolidated its early gains. Dealers said there were no fresh positive factors in the market but the push given by firm Bund futures had continued to support prices throughout the session. Technical factors also playing a major role.
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        Milan
        149 17 -2.05 pc Stocks fell across the board although a steadier performance towards the close suggested prices could consolidate tomorrow. The MIB index loses 2.05 per cent to 1,194. The selling was triggered by continued Fiat weakness. There were also fears France's launch of a sweeping privatisation programme could hurt
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        Amsterdam
        230 17 +0.97 Shares were barely moved after the quarter point cut in three key Dutch interest rates and a 20-basis point advances rate cut. Dealers said earlier that a near-term rate cut of this magnitude was already factored into prices, it was merely a question of timing. The EOE index
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        Zurich
        224 17 12.1 Strong bank stocks led Swiss shares to a record close in active trade and good volume. Dealers said the market was expected to rise further. The downward side had good support as recent days had shown that buyers stepped in whenever prices slipped back. However, they said prices
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        Johannesburg
        297 17 +3 Gold shares came off the day's lows in quiet trading yesterday as the gold price firmed, but remained reluctant to break out to fresh highs. Dealers said sentiment was positive across the board but there were no new factors to provide impetus. The Gold Index was 10 points
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        Toronto
        306 17 +5.26 Stocks were flat in early trade yesterday with little news to move the market, traders said. "It's very quiet but given the encouraging results from the banks that arc starting to come out 1 would have to think that the stock market is the only game in town."
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        New York
        718 17 +23.53 Stocks opened higher yesterday, extending Wednesday's jump to record highs. At 1 lam EDT on Wall Street, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 16.88 at 3,557.04. Big Board volume reached 39.3 million shares. Advancing shares led decliners on the NYSE by 711 to 590. with 708
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        Brussels
        149 17 +2.53 Shares closed higher in thin trade, staying firmer all day on hopes for an interest rate cut, which finally came after the end of the day's trade. But the market experienced a further day of low volumes, with dealers saying this trend was likely to continue with the
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      3041 18 Reuter THE BLUE CHIP Hang I Seng Index rose 97.52 points or 1.33 per cent i to close at a record of 7,447.24 on reports that the Sino-British Airport < Committee would meet soon, brokers said. i "The market is very bullish now and we see < strong buying
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      CHINA
      458 18 THE confirmation of two companies (Lu Jia Zui and Jin Jiang) to list next month further depressed the A share market in Shanghai. Investors continued to liquidate their positions and prepared for the coming new issues. The selling wave pulled the CLSA Shanghai A index down 3.79 per cent
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      2454 18 Reuter STOCKS ended mixed in nervous trade on a rallying yen and the Nikkei average flirted with 21,000 but failed to close above that level. Active buying by foreign investors cheered sentiment earlier, but profit-taking and arbitrage-related selling capped the topside, brokers said. "Investors bought earlier simply on purchases
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      1839 18 Reuter STOCKS lost ground as foreigners started dumping stocks in earnest, particularly in the banking and property sectors, brokers said. The index ended the day down 8.25 points at 827.9*1 with 2.S billion baht worth of shares traded. It recovered from around 822 earlier in the day on buying
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      1063 18 Reuter TRADING was active at the Jakarta stock exchange and most prices ended higher, brokers said. The Jakarta Composite Index was up 2.01 points to close at 333.92. "The Comp9site Index will likely make significant gain tomorrow." one broker with a foreign brokerage firm said. She said foreign orders
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      Lock icon CLOB INTERNATIONAL
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        Lock icon Stocks slightly up after late selling
        4722 19 Bernama SELLING pressure on index-linked stocks in the afternoon cut early rises as share prices ended slightly higher. The K.LSE Tomposite Index closed 0.68 point up at 736.07 and the all-share EMAS Index 0.65 point higher at 205.52 but the Industrial Index dropped 8.22
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        Lock icon Blue chips boost STII to an all-time high
        1106 20  -  By Dexter Lee SINGAPORE Blue chips took centrestage yesterday as heavy buying interest in indexlinked counters drove the benchmark Straits Times Industrials Index to close at an all-time high of 1.885.91. Leading the charge on blue chips yesterday was the Hongkong-based Jardine
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        Hong Fok
        73 20  -  Quak Hiang Whai HONG FOK is one of the few stocks that are not over-bought. The counter has been climbing steadily since breaking out of its last resistance at 51.60. The weekly chart shows it has an immediate target of $2.10 with RSI still below 75. The monthly
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      99 20 For the price of a Business Class ticket, KLM puts you in First Class. All you need to pay is the full LATA. Business Class Fare for any trip originating from Singapore to Western Europe and you'll be issued a First Class Ticket up to Amsterdam! This privilege is also
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  • SPORTS
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      Volvo Championship to have category for Volvo car owners
      377 21  -  Golf By Shahiron Sahari SINGAPORE This year's Fourth Volvo Amateur Golf Championship on July 6 will have, for the first time, a category specifically for Volvo owners. S M Motors general manager Eric Lim said: "We've decided to have a separate
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      Lock icon Marseille wins France's first European Cup
      439 21 UPI MUNICH Thirty-eight years ago, a leading French sports journalist named Gabriel Hanot pioneered the idea of regular cup competitions between the continents' leading soccer teams. He couldn't possibly have known it would take until 1993 before a club from France actually won one
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      Lock icon Germany's rising stars oust Chang, Korda
      359 21 French Open AP PARIS Two rising stars from Germany ousted former champion Michael Chang and last year's losing finalist. No 6 seed Petr Korda, as secondround upsets riddled the French Open yesterday. Bemd Karbacher, leading Chang two sets to one when their match was
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        Lock icon Golf
        118 21 AP OARAI, Japan Eduardo Herrcra of Colombia. Samson Gimson of Singapore and Japan's Yoshika/.u Yokoshima shot 4-under-par 68s yesterday and shared the firstround lead in the 1(X) million yen (551.48 million) Mitsubishi Cialant tournament. Hcrrera shot six birdies and two bogeys and Gimson and Yokoshima each had five birdies
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        Lock icon Baseball
        74 21 Reuter NEW YORK Major l>eague on Wednesday American: Detroit 4 Boston 2; Minnesota 12 Oakland 11; Cleveland 7 Texas 6. Baltimore 6 New York 2: Milwaukee 8 Toronto I: Kansas City 4 Chicago 3; Seattle 2 California 0. National: Chicago 4 San Francisco 2: Cincinnati 4 Atlanta 0: Montreal
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        Lock icon Basketball
        72 21 AP NEW YORK Phoenix's Charles Barkley. the NBA's most valuable player, and Chicago's Michael Jordan. winner of the league scoring title for a record-tying seventh straight time, were unanimous sc- lections to the 1993 All-NBA team announced yesterday. Joining Barkley and Jordan on the first team were forward Karl
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        Lock icon Ice hockey
        24 21 Reuter TORONTO NHI. Stanley Cup Campbell Conference finals on Tuesday: Toronto 3 Los Angeles 2 (OT) (Toronto leads best-of-seven series 3-2). Reuter
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        Lock icon Tennis
        196 21 Reuter PARIS French Open top results yesterday (\-d*notes seeded player): Men singles 2nd riHind: Paul Haarhuis (Neth) b Wavne Ferreira (SA x 14) 4-6. 6-3. M). 7-6 (7/0): Bcrnd Karbacher (Gcr) h Michael Chang (US x 8) 1-6. 6-3. 6-4. 6-2. Goran Prpic (Cro) b Shuzo Matsuoka (Jap) 6-3.
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      Lock icon Seattle SuperSonics top Phoenix Suns
      635 21 NBA playoff's NYT PHOENIX The Seattle SuperSonics. who usually don't fare well in their green jerseys, are somehow even with the Phoenix Suns. Sam Perkins* three-point shot on Wednesday night with 9.8 seconds earned them a rare lead, and Charles Barkley on the night he
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      328 22 WHERE TO WINE, DINE AND ENTERTAIN Our Bird's Nest will please vour palate as well as your pocket. We've just added Bird's Nest JXtWW delicacies to our menu at really <0 rC>MIV affordable prices. rawJPT i-f Whether it's a Bird's Nest main dish f or dessert*, vou won't be disappointed.
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      297 22 Delectable Yong Dou-Fu Buffet at .»«Chatterbox every Saturday and Sunday. 12.30 pm to 5 pm $14.50 per person JS.so++ per child (below 10 yn) Mezzanne Sumptuous Continental It Local Afternoon Tea spread at Mezzaaiae Lounge. Daily. 2 pm to 6 pm $16.00 per person $10.00+* per child (below 10 yn)
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  • LIFESTYLE
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      An affair to remember
      509 23  -  Claire Leow takes an irreverent look at Philippe Chariol s recent art auction Claire Leow IN action-scarce Singapore. auctions can be exciting atYairs. Especially if you ask to be entertained rather than be asked for your cheque book. So it was that last Saturday, French watch-maker
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      A different time and a different place
      304 23  -  Verdi's Rigoletto gets an oriental touch, reports Audrey Tan Audrey Tan WITH Shanghai thugs bursting into Italian songs, the Singapore Lyric Theatre will stage Giuseppe Verdi's Rigoletto. The production, which will be made accessible with English subtitles, boasts an international cast. John Rawnsley,
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      Lock icon Shanghai TV turns on to sex, soaps and the hard-sell
      457 23  -  Reforms have reached the airwaves, reports Andrew Quinn Andrew Quinn Reuter SEX, soaps and the hardsell have replaced socialist realism on the television airwaves of Shanghai, one of China's raciest cities. Want to discuss infidelity in front of a TV
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      1132 23 9 f 1 TV RADIO a SBC 5 I W not so elementary after all ZJr and Dr Watson the f he seems to he. This rather comic adaptation of the Sherlock Holmes story has Ben as who to a second-rate actor to impersonate the supersleuth he created. Michael «|^H
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  • ADVERTISING & MARKETING
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      Takashimaya does its homework
      648 24  -  The Japanese retail giant set up three pilot test shops, reports Corinne Kerk Corinne Kerk Japanese retail giant Takashimaya opens for business in two months or so, its homework all about done. Tucked under the store's belt are more than two years of experience operating three
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      Lock icon UK designers group to showcase best in business
      276 24 FT The UK's Designers and Art Directors Association familiarly known as D&AD has acquired a sorry reputation for mismanagement in recent years. But it is now trying to polish its image. D&AD's relatively new chairman, Anthony SimondsGooding, and president Aziz Cami, of
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      Lock icon Selling cosmetics in the far reaches of the Amazon
      474 24 FT SENDING bands of women in kayaks down the tributaries of the Amazon to sell lipstick and face creams to remote communities would seem to be taking the concept of direct sales to the extreme. Particularly if the communities do not
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      Batey wins again in US annual ad ranking
      688 25  -  Hong Lee Tiam reports on the ad agency's repeated first in Advertising Age Hong Lee Tiam Homegrown Batey Advertising once again took top position in US-based Advertising Age's annual ranking of advertising agencies in Singapore last year. Batey's billings of U*****.22 million,
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      The flying offer that fell
      258 25 AT LEAST one reader was attracted by a May 13 advertisement in Business Times featuring a Buckingham Palace guard with an airline advertising message above his bearskin hat. People flying Air France. Sabena or CSA Czechoslovak Airlines would be able to take a single trip
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        DYR wins creativity award
        52 25 DENTSU. Young Rubicam (DYR) has bccomc the only Singaporean ad ageney and one of two Asian agencies to pick up the International ANDY award for creativity. The ANDY award for the automobile category was given to DYR for its Lexus LS4OO pre-launch campaign in Singapore, comprising
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        Top ad prizes for Leo Burnett USA
        79 25 LEO Burnett USA (LB) has captured two of the 12 top prizes for television advertising in the Advertising Age magazine's Best Advertising Awards competition of 1992. Amongst the prizes won by LB were a "Best" award in Retail/Fast Food for McDonald's "Perfect Season"
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        Special package from Pan Pacific
        51 25 PAN PACIFIC Hotels and Resorts Asia is offering its international corporate clients a special summer package from June 1 to Aug 31. This SS2IO+ package includes a deluxe guest room for single or double occupancy, American breakfast worth Ss2l per person and late check-out to
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    • Article
      Lock icon If it's broke, don't fix it
      124 25 NYT BRUCE Crawford has some advice for other advertising moguls: If it's broke, don't fix it. "None of us are that good in fixing troubled situations, troubled agencies, troubled groups with second-rate operations," said Mr Crawford, the president and chief executive of the Omnicom
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      158 24 I, JSjr concourse i% We are proud to announce that we have obtained Temporary Occupation Permit (T.0.P.) for Phase I (9th to 28th storeys of the mmf office tower block) of the Concourse. We officially welcome our American Express International, Inc. Travel Related Services JyS' Rhone-Poulenc Specialty Chemicals Asia Pacific
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      146 25 What brought our Creative Director TO HIS KNEES? Was it the pressure of work? Or religious felllE observance? Or a hard- j II hearted woman? No, mßEt* I Y actually it was fish! j\Aj; Fish are not born perso encouragewas to persuade them to the camera for Tat Lee Bank's
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      490 25 MARINA ELECTRO-MART PTE LTD (Incorporated in Singapore) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to Section 296 of the Companies Act, Cap. 50 that a Meeting of the Creditors of the abovenamed Company win be held at Amara HoteL Robinson Room, 165 TgPagai Road, So2oBon Friday, 11 June 1993 at 10.30 am,
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  • Article
    Political will and sound economics
    473 26 EDITORIAL ASIA'S tiger economies have turned in a mixed set of results for the first quarter of the year. While Singapore's robust economy charged ahead with GDP growth of an impressive 7.1 per cent, the economies of Taiwan and South Korea appear to be faltering.
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  • WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
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      Early polls for Russia
      201 26 PRESIDENT Boris Yeltsin should be focusing on arresting his country's economic collapse. Alas, he is not in full control, the main problem being parliamentary opposition to his policies and a Brezhnev-era Constitution which gives the legislature powers to influence the machinery of government. Even if more
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      Promote US-China understanding
      179 26 IF IT IS TRUE that the US is intending to extend China's MFN status for another year, then the act can be regarded as a temporary goodwill gesture. However, it is not the end. There are pressures from many sectors demanding that the status be tied to
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      An internal Chinese affair
      141 26 THE Lhasa Protest has certainly created a negative impact on China's international image and could even influence President Clinton's decision regarding China's MFN status. Tibet has already been identified by China as one of the six major economic regions in the North-West. Tibet Autonomous Region's government
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      Reducing the military role
      174 26 IT MAY BE well to remember that the conventional Western-style military-civilian dichotomy is a notion that does not entirely apply to Indonesia. The armed forces' (Abri) involvement in politics is still viewed askance in many industrially advanced countries which tend to see the military as anathema
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      Hats off to the Cambodians
      184 26 UNITED NATIONS officials in Cambodia have been overwhelmed by support for the country's first multiparty elections in more than 20 years. They are also surprised to find Khmer Rouge soldiers laying down their arms and queueing to cast their ballots. One theory runs that the
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      A single global marketplace
      184 26 IT SHOULD BE abundantly clear to the North, the industrialised half of the world, that it cannot keep the trading patterns of the second half of this century. If it still has not dawned on it, the emerging world economic order is going to be vastly
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    Will Hun Sen wage war if he loses the election?
    1521 26  -  Cambodia is wondering if there will he a peaceful transfer of power if Hun Sen loses the ongoing election, and who will tame the Khmer Rouge then. Harisn Mehta reports from Phnom Penh and Siem Reap Harisn Mehta THERE IS
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  • ANALYSIS
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      Lock icon Energy conservation: is the US serious or not?
      906 27 Late yesterday in Washington, a crucial vote on an energy tax was scheduled to take place in the House of Representatives. The articles below show what is at stake in the Clinton Administration's plan to wean Americans from their addiction to cheap
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      Lock icon A big hang-up in the economic package
      656 27 IHT PRESIDENT Bill Clinton said on Wednesday that opposition to his broadbased energy tax was causing "a big hang-up" in negotiations over his economic package, but that he was optimistic the measure would survive. "We're working through it," the president said at the
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      Lock icon Convincing Americans they have a problem
      958 27 IHT WHAT ARE we talking about this week, the week during which Bill Clinton was supposed to begin his long march to victory on his economic plan? Well, there's that US$2OO haircut and also the vital matter of a purge at the White House
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      179 27 Why settle for the same the 3,365 Best Westerns H independently owned and operated, so they reflect the the And only the hotel chain offer you a single number to book 3,365 different hotels a source for information on amenities, locations, prices and specials. So call 337-2300 to ask for
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    Lock icon Democrats agree on new US federal spending cuts
    431 28 Accord gives Clinton's economic plan a boost AP Reuter Bloomberg Business News WASHINGTON US House leaders have reached agreement with conservative Democrats on a plan that could force deep new cuts in federal spending, vastly improving the odds for passage of President
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    Lock icon Home Secretary gets Lamont's job in Major Cabinet reshuffle
    461 28 Reuter AFP LONDON British Prime Minister John Major reshuffled his Cabinet yesterday, removing Finance Minister Norman Lamont in a long-expected move aimed at restoring his government's authority. Home Secretary Kenneth Clarke, 52, replaced Mr Lamont as Chancellor of the Exchequer, the
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    Lock icon Washington slaps sanctions on EC in public contracts row
    308 28 AP WASHINGTON The Clinton administration said yesterday that it was imposing trade sanctions against the 12-nation European Community in a dispute involving government contracts for telecommunications equipment. The administration said it would bar European companies from bidding for certain federal contracts
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    Lock icon It's official: Clinton has renewed China's MFN status
    394 28 Reuter AFP WASHINGTON President Bill Clinton said yesterday that he has decided to extend China's favourable trading status with the United States for the next year but wants to signal the Chinese that they must improve human rights. "I think it is
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    Season of horse-trading about to begin in Cambodia
    933 28  -  The Bottom Line HARISH MEHTA HARISH MEHTA The writer is a BT correspondent specialising in Indochinese affairs THERE is an unfamiliar air of reconciliation in Cambodia. Politicians, major and minor, are saying nice things about each other, and even the Venerable Maha
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    Lock icon Pakistan's reinstated prime minister wins vote of confidence in assembly
    461 28 AFP Reuter ISLAMABAD Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif surprised his opponents yesterday when an overwhelming majority of the National Assembly gave him a vote of confidence within 24 hours of the restoration of his government by a court order. Mr
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  • Shipping Times
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      Dry bulk freight rates have firmed: Intercargo chairman
      430 29  -  By Dexter Lee SINGAPORE The global dry bulk market has recovered. with freight rates firming on the back of a sharp drop in the ovcrsupply of ships, said Intercargo chairman Frank Chao yesterday. Mr Chao, who was in Singapore to chair Intercargo's
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      Lock icon June rates for Gulf/Japan freight drop by US$1
      296 29 Knight-Ridder NEW YORK Rate levels for June loaders to haul grain on the Gulf/Japan route have started to slip. Reports surfacing on Wednesday indicated that levels fell about US$l.OO (551.61) per tonne as an operator was able to cover a 52,000-tonne first-half
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      Level of scrapping will continue to rise: shipbroker
      332 29  -  By Rahita Elias SINGAPORE The strong rise in scrapping over the past few months will continue, says London-based ship broker Simpson, Spcncc Young (SSY). The factors driving the trend are depressed prices for second-hand tonnage and an upbeat scrap market, SSY says.
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      INDEX TO SHIPPING LINES AND FREIGHT FORWARDERS
      1115 29 Page Col ABC Containcrline 12 1 Accord Group 8 1-3 Africa Container 15 3 Ahrenkiel Liner 16 4 Alpha Feeders 6 1 ANL 3 1/2 APL 5 3-5 Appenship 18 1/2 Arabian Express 15 5 •ASCL 5 5 Asian Breakbulk 15 1 ASXCL
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      Plan to make Indonesian ports efficient
      565 29 Ministry of Transportation has designated sites for action plan JAKARTA The Ministry of Transportation is counting on a new action plan to put the main seaports in the country on track to operating efficiently and at full capacity, reported the Jakarta Post last week.
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    • SHIPS IN PORT
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        AT CONVENTIONAL WHARVES
        448 30 Vessel Voy No Berth Arrival Departure Vessel Voy Wo Berth Arrival Oepartwe Jurong Port Sun laya 06/93 P04 alongside 28 05 0700 t Mto* 99 13 Jtongs.de 28 OS 2300 Afktis Shy 35 P096 27«'1930 28 05,0300 Pulau lam 05 93 12 3 atonpri* 2805/2000 Bo K»aw
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        CONTAINER SCHEDULES
        2359 30 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCI CARGO Record Rooking/Balance Rslts Ship Voy No Etb/Btr Period From To From la lade 139A 30 0/00 3 28/0/00 28 1159 28/1400 4 28/1200 28,1459 a woo ioi *****0 i 27/1500 27/1659 27
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      THE SHIPPING GUIDE
      11173 38 This is a list ot ships loading at Singapore for ports around the world. It tabulates, by destination, the name ot the ship, the shipping line involved and the estimated dates of arrival and departure from the Port of Singapore. LEGEND PN: ship calls at Penang after
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      DAILY FREIGHTS
      910 45 AN EASIER rate on the US Ciulf to Japan Panamax grain route was seen fixed today, brokers said. rhe Baltic Freight Index for spot dry cargo shipping rates rose to 1.642 on May 26 from 1.640. Yukong booked Klaveness tonnage tor a Jun 5-15. 52.000 long tons of
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      VERITAS BUNKER QUALITY REPORT
      596 45 (yjgy 20 Density Water Residue Ash Mumrium Sednient Density Water Reskkie Ash Afcrnnun Sedment M/M M M Exxon MOn KG/M-3 "o V/V M/M M/M PPM method KG/W*3 V/V M M M M PPM method ISO/Cm* Lnits Spec E25 991 To lM 010 30* 010* Eastern USA
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      Lock icon Waiting for the Japanese recovery
      1558 46  -  Japan's ability to emerge from its recession is crucial for it holds the key to higher volume growth on the US-North Asia westbound trade, John Fossey reports in the final part of a two-part article John Fossey Containerisation International Ronald Gottshall, managing director of the
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    • AIR AND LAND TRANSPORT NEWS
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        Lock icon Air passenger market to soar: Chinese official
        449 48 South China Morning Post HONGKONG China's air passenger market is set to soar in the next 13 years with reve-nue-passenger-kilo met res (RPK) reaching USS2O3 billion (***** billion), according to an official of the mainland's Ministry of Aerospace Industry'. And the revenue-tonne-kilo-metres (RTK)
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        Lock icon Corporate help in fighting pollution
        63 48 Reuter LOS ANGELES The chairman of Unocal Corporation, Richard Stegemeier, posing on Wednesday with a 1970's car that Unocal is buying back for US$7OO (551,127) per car to help fight air pollution in Southern California. 1 he programme, SCRAP 11, plans to buy back 500
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        Lock icon Japan Airlines pre-tax loss rises sharply to 53.8b yen
        206 48 AFP TOKYO Japan Airlines Co Ltd (JAL) said yesterday it took a pre-tax loss of 53.81 billion yen (***** million) in the year to March, a sharp increase on the previous year's loss of 6.04 billion yen. JAL said sales fell
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        Lock icon Mexico's leading airlines face threat of strike by pilots
        468 48 Bloomberg Business News M EX ICO CITY Mexico's two leading airlines Mexicana and Aeromexico are facing a potential strike by pilots who say the carriers violated labour contracts. The pilots union the Asociacion Sindical de Pilotos Aviadores de Mexico has asked
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        Emirates increases Far East services
        270 48  -  By Ramesh Divyanathan SINGAPORE Emirates, the United Arab Emirates* international airline, is increasing its presence in the Ear East with daily flights from Dubai to Singapore next month. The airline, which already runs six weekly flights into Hongkong and Singapore, began daily Hongkong to Dubai
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        Thailand to hold its first international air show in Sep
        318 48 SINGAPORE Thailand will hold its first international air show in September, hoping to encourage joint-ventures between Thailand and foreign aerospace companies. The air show's coordinating chairman. Air Chief Marshall Gun Pimarnthip. said in a statement that he hopes to see
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          Lock icon S Korea beats Japan in new ship orders
          96 48 AFP SEOUL South Korea has beaten Japan in the race for new ship orders in terms of tons, thanks largely to the rise in Japanese yen. According to the South Korean Shipbuilding Association. South Ko'ea received orders for a total of 2.322.000
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          Lock icon Deafening for a king
          54 48 Reuter ANKARA. Turkey King Juan Carlos of Spain plugs his ears to soften the sound of an F-16 fighter during an air show while he and Turkish president Suleyman Demirel visit the Turkish Aerospace Industries. Behind them is a joint production of a Spanish Casa CN-235
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          Lock icon UK seeks EC aid for naval shipyards
          93 48 Reuter LONDON The British government will ask the EC to consider extending aid available under the Shipbuilding Intervention Fund to British naval shipyards, industry minister Tim Sainsbury said. Mr Sainbusbry told reporters he had written to the EC asking it to reconsider the
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        Lock icon USAir holders approve BA's investment
        187 48 Bloomberg Business News ARLINGTON. Virginia USAir Group Inc's shareholders approved British Airways pic's US$3OO million (SS4B3 million) investment in the US carrier and opened the door to further investment by the London-based airline. Approval had been expected. BA already purchased the US$3OO million of convertible
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        AIRCRAFT ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES
        1749 48 Ctty ETA fit* ETO_ Citjr Fig* CT» Aha GA928 0040 LH772 1600 SQ326 2230 M55S QFii QFM i5si 9£6 LM5 2359 SQ227 2230 Fufc—ha SQ989 1700 KL837 1445 GA890 2310 taw SRI 83 2105 SQ323 1815 SQ324 2345 Guanofcau CA977 1730 GA892 Haadyai M1891 1145 MI892
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      22 29 BusinesslT Every Monday in Business Times Final part on Far East-US trade, Page 18 Chinese air travel market to soar, Back Page
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      2219 31 y&TFA?22I39S ME SH,PP NG AGENC,ES J pt^G^ N T?L A N 7Sf777^AX ,M S:7S6S342 DOCUMENTATION TEL *****64 FAX *****09 PENANG TEL: *****4 FAX: *****1 CFS TEL *****6 ZM ROOKMMfI®! TFI *****80 *****81/ *****82 IPOH TEL *****3/4 FAX *****6 C?S S FSI TEL *****21/ *****79 P GUDANG TEL: *****2/3 FAX *****4
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      2058 31 ■Birnmfß NEXT SAILING TO HONG KONG/TAIWAN/JAPAN/KOREA/PHILIPPINES/CHINA SL VOYAGER V.196E ETA SIN 31ST MAY 1993 MC-KINNEY MAERSK V.9306 ETA SIN IST JUNE 1993 Vessel Voy ETA I ETD Feeder by destinations Th« •>«««> MC-KINNEY maersk 930e 01/06 oBoc HRS IHHIH CFS 31/05 2359 MRS JOM LPK PEN OAK LGB HOU MEM
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      572 32 H .1. HIM FCL Breakbulk Service to: AFGHANISTAN MAM Afghanistan Ltd., Sole Foreign Forwarder In Kabul for all services C.I.S.- Voslochny, Vladivostok, Moscow, Tashkent, Kiev, Minsk, Riga, Baku, Irkutsk, Alma Ata North Korea a Vietnam a Mongolia a Hungary CSFR a Poland ocwans AGENCIES (FAR EAST) LTD NOUAKCHOTT-BANJUL-BISSAU-LUANDA-BATA Feeder Vessel
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      2097 33 H STRAITS SHIPPING PTE LTD 10 Hoe Chiang Road #11-01 Keppel Towers Singapore 0208 Tel: *****58 Fax: *****17 NEW GUINEA PACIFIC UNE BUlliAßßl&BMUtflUflßBfliAiliAilllMi3KilksliiaHH jgtWgp (a service of china navigation co> CARGO DUE SAIS _5~55__ STRAITS VENTUM Vl2t Muara. lab 27-21 May 29 May 30 May FCL. LCL CONTAIMER AND BREAKBULK
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      2877 33 4 SINGAPORE AGENT: IJAjTI PAfli'OltlA**£? PAO Containers (Singapore Agencies) Pte Ltd M. 4 VjlfllLCllllClo 10 Hoe Chiang Road #07-01 KEPPEL TOWERS. SINGAPORE 0208 A Tel: 225 2233 Tetex: RS ***** PNOCSP Fax: 225 5327/222 7517 jr i« CR Number: **********0Z EXPORT IMPORT VESSEL VOV -PMC *PWG SIN ALG SOU AHT
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      2046 34 ©HANJIN SHIPPING ino a, Lle HAUL SEA POX FDR VSI S* 1 1 WE HAUL SAV ILM NYC uuuiVi I7IWTH nn» 7fc MKCT 24 6 27/6 HAiUN ELIZABETH 00* 3/6 II PLENTY 02* 1/7 S/7 U/7 S 10 6 Sect 1/7 3/7 hanjm vancouver 013E 10 6 a iomgbeach o«*
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      1350 35 II 'NEPTUNE PEARL' 09E ETA SGP 02/06/9311 lIAEX SERVICE WILL BE UPGRADED TO WEEKLY II II FREQUENCY SAILING H f CALIFORNIA EXPRESS (SCX) I TOPNW. UM Wl AND POINTS I 7X>CALIFORNIA -USQVLF• ttfLANO POUtTS»ATLANTIC VIA MLB I 1/ FEEDER VSI. VOY SOP MOTHER VSL VOY SET PLD MIN/ VESSEL VOY
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      520 35 ICENTENARY SHIPPING I SERVICE CM MINN CITY I>hh» Hi CM MMfc CWy VESSEL'S NAME VOY. NW ETA/D SPORE ETA/P NCM CITY TANAH AIR 91N/S 01-01 JUN 04-04 JUN 93 EXPLORER L ***** 04-04 JUN 06-06 JUN 93 TANAH AIR 92N/S 06-08 JUN 11-11 JUN 93 EXPLORER L ***** 09 09
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      1083 35 SINSOV SINGAPORE SOVIET SHIPPING CO PRIVATE LTD BOOKINGS: BALT ORIENT LINE: *****64 FESCO: *****06 BLASCO ODESSA: *****51/*****31 ENQUIRIES: *****33 KL: 03-*****75/697 PORT KELANG: *****43/ *****40 JAKARTA: *****57 PENANG: *****4/ *****8 JOHORE BAHRU: *****1/ *****1 MARINE INSURANCE SERVICE: *****87/ *****87 (REGULAR INDEPENDENT SERVICE) FULL CONTAINERSHIP SERVICES EASTBOUND—DtSCHAKONG WtSTBOUNP-LOAONG TRAHSHPPED HA ROTTERDAM
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      1418 36 44 —iff AS AGENTS KAWASARI SINGAPORE (PTE) LTD (CM Nfc **********0 M) TEL: *****77 TELEX KAWAKI R*****5 FAX *****07/8/9 W W TWT Wl* MALAYSIA LINE MARITIME (MALAYSIA) SON RHD ra W% m TEL SA *****00 PK *****75 PEN *****0 JB *****1 PGU *****5/6 I Am INDONESIA: P.T. SARANA LAUT WTERNUSA.
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      1094 36 PHI LI-OR If NT UNCS PT€ LTD 1 08 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 I AUSTRAJJ A/NEW ZEALAND/SOUTH PACIFIC FCL/LCL SERVICE 28 MAY SYDNEY. MELBOURNE. BRISBANE. FREMANTLE 9 JUN AUCKLAND. WELLINGTON. LYTTLETON.
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      1001 37 Shipping Times, Friday May 28 IM3 PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL LINES (PTE) LTD I I ■■ggßggSi 140 Cecil street PIL Building, Singapore 0106. 1| I SSBSSSM CR NO **********0E I IM «IM VESSEL VOY SIN J»Tt SSIN I VESSEL VOY SIN BKK SIN EQUATOR HAWK 93N 30/5 2/6 6/6 I KOTA SABAS
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      1555 37 MEDITERRANEAN FAR EAST SERVICE (A MEMBER OF THE MED CLUB) EXPORT: TO MEDITERRANEAN IMPORT: FROM MEDITERRANEAN VESSEL NAM *OY ,S» |W» BCK K» ITSPE H» I WSSEL NAM WY ISW WC TKY WW KOBE Kg CAIfORNA WNUS 72/521 31 /05 14/06 17/06 19/00 21/00 25/00 "'Ji? "'J? (3NOV* 10/522 09
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      318 37 BSA jj. M MYANMA ™HBk FIVE STAR LINE (Myanmar National Line) Loading for Yanjon (Rangoon) Spore P.KIC Pen PGdi HAKHA V472W 30/31 Mar HPA-AM VI9IW 30/01 lun PAGAN *19IN 02/04 lun 30/31 May PA THEM ¥123*1 03/05 kit MALAYSIA AGENTS BOUSTIAD SHPPMG AGBWES KUL 1U 03-***** M I*l IE 03
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      1731 40 Malaysij's Agents: Indonesia's Agents: I i Chang Ckiso Skiing Sdn BH P.T. Global Pwtra Indonesia Maritime Lot 3.34. 3rd Floor. Jl IR H Juanda 111/14 M. 03 *****1S Cimnrnt Iff««lmp* Port Ketang Tel: 368 8106 368 8108 3rd floor. Room 301 Southern Bank Bhd Building ££•*<* time |M( Kmc/CUh fi»
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      745 41 i i i iua> iTiaj vu twu famous container lines 10 ANSON RD. #15-21 INTERNATIONAL PLAZA, S'PORE 0207 9T HOT LINE: *****33 (24 LINES) GOTHENBURG/SCAN 31/05 ROTTERDAM 31/05 AARHUS/COPENHAGEN 31/05 HAMBURG/BREMEN 31/05 MARSEILLE/FRANCE 3/06 FELIXSTOWE/UK 3V05 BARCELONA/SPAIN 3/06 LEHAVRE/FRANCE 29/05 GENOA/ITALY 29/05 ANTWERP/BELGIUM 31/05 LOS ANGELES/WC/IPI 6/06 SYDNEY/MELBOURNE 3/06 NEW
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      724 41 Hjsisnsitns^TnTD TEL: *****33 (12 Line*) FAX: *****15/*****03 03 TELEX: RS ***** RiSHIP (3 Lines) Pt\ ETHIOPIAN SHIPPING LINES (National Lines of Ethiopia) ACCEPTING FCL AND CONVENTIONAL VESSEL VOY ETA LOADING FOB SPORt ABVOT 3?WB 08 06 DARESSALAAM MOMBASA DJIBOUTI ASSAB MASSAWA ANDINE T 31VVB TTo7 DARESSALAAM MOMBASA DJIBOUTI ASSAB MASSAWA
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      655 41 JAKARTA BANGKOK vena ww I m kt «aa Ivor sbmrpqm brrmor RAIA BHUM 79S In Pt 1/4 lAW) BHUM 76N M PT 2«/5 M PT 31/5 BnTbHUM 04S 29/5 2/6 WAGON StNTOSA 37N IN PT 28/5 IPT 1/6 317s Jn CHAIYA BHUM 37N Stm 30/5 Thu 3/4 V* 5/8 PITA
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      1545 42 PLAfIMN CONTAINER LINES Agents: MAC-NELS SPORE: *****22 (24 LINES) *V2J \-H-Jc/R No: **********0 C PENANG: (04) *****6 SIBU: (084) *****9 KUCHING: (082) *****3 P.KELANG: (03) *****77 JAKARTA: (21) *****32 SURABAYA: (31) *****0 HKG/TWH/BKK I GOTH/UKC/MED PORTS PEN PKL SIN EVER* TUE/THUR/SAT PEN PK SIN 27/5 28/5 29/5 Hong Kong Ldn/Flx/Rdm/Ant/LHV/Ham
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      238 42 BLUE STAR LINE SINGAPORE TO AND FROM NEW ZEALAND AND PACIFIC ISLANDS SM AKL IYT SW PREMIER 24S 8/6 21/6 23/6 1/7 AUST STAR 87S 18/6 29/6 1/7 17/7 FGUARD BA* 03S 29/6 11/7 13/7 29/7 FULLY CONTAINERISED SAILINGS DISCHARGING AT AUCKLAND, LYTTELTON, ACCEPTING FCL LCL FOR NEW PLYMOUTH, NAPIER.
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      1078 42 f THONG SOON UMES PTE. LTD.] 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: *****65 SINGAPORE TO SARAWAK VESSEL VOT SPORE PEST VESSEL VQY SPORE PEST EQUATOR 111 89/3E 28 MAY
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      799 43 snipping limes, rnaay may to ijjj «pS\"EVERETT ORIENT LINE" JAPAN/BAY Of BENGAL/JAPAN SERVICE ACCEPTHG MEAKBULK SOC CARGOES 10 fROM KOOE. YOKOHAMA NAGOYA. MOD. TOKYO*. MAMIA*. DA*AO* Penant* P. Kelanj Srjapoce EMsia* KAMALEVERETT VI6E 06/06 Jun KARABfVERETT VI2E 21/22 Jun SHAPtAEVERETT VI6E 06/08 Jul 09/10 hi ACCEPTMG WEMBU.K/FCI SOC CARGOES TO/FRON
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      325 43 Ife GLORY NAVIGATION GROUP to REGULAR LINER SERVICE TAIWAN TO SINGAPORE ASEAN DIRECT WEEKLY TO PORT KELANG/PENANG •AT ATTRACTIVE RATES* CR NO: **********0W SP PKL PNG KAO GLORY SELATAN VII 1/6 5/6 6/6 13/6 GLORY SELATAN V 5/6 26/5 27/5 6/6 SP PKL HCM HK KAO HSJEH YUNG ACCEPT CLASS
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      599 43 j~ PCSL WORLOWIOE pimiu -clow stimius lhks REGULAR FCL SERVICE TO THE FOLLOWING WEEKLY SAILING TO HUANG PU SHANTOU Connecting Feeder to Huang PuSUI TUO CONTAINER NO 2 v Connecting Feeder to Shantao LIAN BO NO 9 r WE HV LEASING CONTRS FOR RENTAL F SAILING TO 'PHNOM PENH' FORTNIGHTLY
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      531 43 FORTNIGHTLY DIRECT CONTAINER SERVICE R SIN TO DURBAN j VESSEL SM DURBAN P ELIZABETH SIN I FUYUSHAN V 44/45 04/06 20/06 23/06 11/07 II FENGSHUNSHAN V 45/46 19/06 05/07 08/07 26/07 I I FENGANSHAN V 122 04/07 20/07 23/07 11/ OB II ALSO ACCEPTMO TO JOHANNESBURO PRETORIA VIA I DURBAN
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      294 43 SIN FAR EAST 1/6 KEELUNG/KAOHSIUNG 5/6 BANGKOK 31/5 MANILA/CEBU 30/5 JAKARTA/BELAWAN/SURABAYA 31/5 PORT KELANG/PENANG/E. MALAYSIA 31/5 BUSAN 31/5 TOKYO/YOKO/KOBE/NGO/OSA 31/5 HONG KONG SIN CHHM 31/5 GUANGZHOU/HUANGPU/SHENZHEN FUZHOU/XIAMEN/SHANTOU/SHEKOU DALIAN SHANGHAI XINGANG TIAN JIN/QINGDAO HAIKOU also accepting LCL cargo SjN EUROPE/UK 31/5 LDN/FLX/LVP/SOU 31/5 RDM/HAM/ANT/LEH/GOA/OSL/GOT/BCN also accepting cargo to Austria/ Hungary/Romania/Poland/Bulgaria/Czech. SIN
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      777 44 Page It oki um muss mm HON6 KONG/CHINA 31/5 A 7/6 JAKARTA 4/6 6 12/6 BAN6KOK 2/6 ft 9/6 MANILA J/6 12/6 BUSAN 31/5 ft 7/6 KEELUNG 5/6 11/6 TOKYO/KOBE 4/6 ft 12/6 KAOSHIUNG 1/6 ft 8/6 4/6 ft YOKOHAMA COLOMBO 5/6 ft 11/6 FELIXSTOWE/HAMBURG 4/6 ft 12/6 CHITTA6ON6/MAORAS 31/5
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      425 44 y Contemn CONTERM FREIGHT (F.E.) PTE LTD. AUCKLAND 9TH JUNE ACCEPTING TO ALL NEW ZEALAND PORTS PENANG 3 JUNE PORT KELANG 3 JUNE JAKARTA 30 MAY BANGKOK 30 MAY FREMANTLE 6 JUNE MELBOURNE 6 JUNE SYDNEY 6 JUNE BRISBANE 30 MAY 'ACCEPTING TO ALL SCANDINAVIA PORTS I KARACHI 31 MAY
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      375 44 snipping iIUICS, riww; ""*j Next Week's Sailings Singapore* j I T II T r— FIRS'I FORWARDER I* lo: LID To: LID asia ahardfd Singapore Singapore ISO 9002 B% I.RQA EVERY EVERY i Bangkok SUN Hamburg SAT EVERY EVERY Manila SUN Ho Chi Minh FRI ({fPj EVERY EVERY LISbI Colombo TUE
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      229 44 H NIPPON EXPRESS Arrow International (Worldwide Consolidation System) WEEKLY TO: TOKYO/YOKOHAMA/NAGOY A/KAOSHIUNG/ HONG KONG/BANGKOK/KEELUNG/KOBE/ LOS ANGELES (LONG BEACHVNEW YORK/ CHICAGO/SYDNEY/MELBOURNE/HAMBURG/ FELIXSTOW E/ROTTERDAM/DUSSELDORF W E ALSO DEAL IN FCL CARGO WORLDWIDE ARROW EXPRESS (SERV ICE TO MALAYSIA) MALAYSIA TRUCK CONSOLIDATION Depart Singapore DAILY' to k.L. BANGI. SHAH ALAM ARROW EXPRESS BONDED
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      1362 45 VESSEL/VOYAGE SINGAPORE DURBAN POUT ELIZABETH CAFE TOWN nw. W76OF 2SZS ifZi UJ N£DLLOTP CaOMBO WK5f t/t Wi Uli 21ZS osaka mm) W7of UZS UL ill HAKATA W33* 3/S I®Z2 Mil omihc ooiof 07/7 m ua mi HAYAKAWA MAWJ 0169f 17/7 30/7 (HJ MJ VAAI 0267f 27/7 09/1 UJ UJ HEDUOYP
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      64 45 "BANGKOK" P.A.T. KLONG TOEY PORT ETA ETA VESSEL VOY SM BANGKOK NANTA BHUM 143N 29/05/93 02/06/93 MAHA BHUM 160N 02/06/93 06/06/93 NANTA BHUM MAN 05/06/93 09/06/93 MAHA BHUM 161N 09/06/93 13/06/93 (MAHA BHUM IS A FULL THAI FLAG VESSEL) ETA ETA ETA VESSEL VOY SM MANILA CEBU G. KOZINTSEV 1278
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      106 45 I CRYSTAL FREIGHT SERVICES PTE LTD ff TOLL FREE LINE *****88 eg*Q MAIN LINE: *****88 uumfmrs mm mum/mnum i umm a a Kir9/« AUCKLAND 3/6 ANTWERP 6/6 rmqan ADELAIDE 3/6 FELIXSTOWE 5/6 ?/fi BRISBANE 6/6 HAMBURG 6/6 liViOT* i/« «/fi FREMANTLE 3/6 ROTTERDAM 6/6 SURABAYA E URNE KEELUNG 2/6, 9/6
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      511 46 NORTH PHILIPPINES FULL CONTAINER SERV CE VESSEL VOYAGE SINGAPORE MANILA m »n.Nr rurav VI6QUR SINGAPORE 54M8 28/ !5/2» ZKB/S FRIDAf MOfCAY VIGOUR SINGAPORE 54ANB 31/05/93 05/06/93 VIGOUR PACfIC 19NB 04/06/93 12/06/93 VIGOUR PACfIC 19ANB 07/06/93 12/06/93 PORT KLANG/PENANG FULL CONTAINER SERVICE VESSEL VOYAGE SINGAPORE PORT KLANG PENANG MARINA MAS 9377N8
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      340 46 FREIGHT MANAGEMENT^ GENERAL: *****11 BOOKING: *****55 INDIAN SUB-CONTINENT Chittagong, Madras, Calcutta, Bombay, Colombo, Karachi Y, fBOBSfc EES FREIGHT SERVICES PTE LTD #01-60 Wallich Building, Singapore 0207 ***** 3 fn Tel: *****66 (10 Lines) Fax: *****69/*****44 AIRPORT OFFICE: *****11 *****13 (FAX) IMPORTING FROM USA WE PROVIDE WEEKLY SAILINGS WITH FAST TRANSIT
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      380 46 WOOD LINE SOUTHERN AFRICA SERVICE SPORE PI DUN CT VESSEL ***** 15/0 2/7 10/7 20/7 •ALSO CALLS EX. AND Pi. PK BEAFIX SHIPPING SON BHD TEL 3*7 5525TLX. ***** KJC: CAPRICORN FREIGHT SERVICES TEL 213 282 TLX. IIMI SECIL MARITIMA, U.E.E. Xpf Luanda, Angola. FAR EAST/ ANGOLA SERVICE SPORE LOADING
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      884 47 I HYUNDAI I I MERCHANT MARINE CO. LTD. ff WESTBOUND TO EUROPE II VESSELS VOY PNA PKE PGO VESSELS VOY SIN RTM WT* LEH* HMI WEt FEI I MM ADVANCE 1M 18/05 19/05 20/05 OOCL CHARISMA 305W 23/05 11/06 11/06 12/06 13/06 13/06 15/06 I NORASIA MALACCA 9320 A 25/05
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      493 47 STRAITS/ JAPAN/ STRAITS SERVICE SPECIALIST IN RO-RO HEAVY LIFTS INMUMD VESSELS ftSSi mi 9 n we u MAKE OCEM 1M SM KM to H SUIBMBTI IS to W 31 S Sill MtISR is OUUMiTMMI 13 BMRMBVI IS M S FIR EAST EIfKSS 1 MH must l l/l II l/l II
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