The Business Times, 12 April 1995

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    12 1 Business Times WE KNOW ASIA MITA(F) 194/12/94 Wednesday April 12 1995 85*
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  • 2am LATEST
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      Lock icon Dow down 8 points
      48 1 Reuter NEW YORK Blue chip stocks fell yesterday. At 1 pm EDT, the Dow Jones industrial average was down 8.64 points at 4,189.51. In the broader market, declines led advances by a slight margin on trading of 190 million shares on the NYSE. Reuter
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      Lock icon Clinton signs tax break for self-employed
      53 1 Reuter WASHINGTON President Bill Clinton yesterday signed into law a bill that allows about 3.2 million self-em-ployed Americans to deduct a portion of the cost of health insurance from their income taxes. The Bill reinstates and expands a tax deduction for self-employed workers who
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    MARKET SUMMARY
    172 1 Stock market indices Tuesday Change STII 2,054.60 -10.06 KLSE Comp 956.28 +0.25 Nikkei 16,268.88 +105.79 Hang Seng 8,514.60 +44.82 SET Index 1,192.89 +12.36 Jakarta Comp 424.09 -2.03 Manila Comp 2,484.02 +12.87 Taipei WPI 6,497.06 -31.92 Seoul Comp 893.27 -6.12 Bombay BSE30 closed CLSA China B 809.47 -8.35 Aust
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    Rajan Pillai jumps bail, warrant out for his arrest
    848 1  -  By Conrad Raj, S N Vasuki SINGAPORE A warrant for the arrest of former biscuit king Rajan Pillai was issued yesterday after he failed to turn up in court for sentencing on criminal breach of trust and cheating charges involving $31
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    Japan may make holding of yen less attractive
    354 1  -  From Anthony Rowley in TOKYO JAPAN may consider making it less attractive for foreigners to hold yen as part of an emergency economic package to be unveiled on Friday to counter the impact of the soaring currency. The proposal came from New
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    Regional bourses breathe easier
    196 1  -  By R Sivanithy SINGAPORE A slight strengthening of the US dollar brought relief to some regional stock markets yesterday. The Hongkong. Thai, Philippine and Japanese markets finished higher, while in Malaysia stocks held their own. But in Singapore there was no respite from the steady price
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    ABN Amro buys a further 35% stake in HG Asia
    408 1  -  By Joyce Quek SINGAPORE ABN Amro Bank has acquired a further 35 per cent in HG Asia Group, a securities company, on top of the 20 per cent it already owns. The Dutch bank, which was recently outbid by rival
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    S'pore, Manila agree to keep ties on even keel and re-examine Maga's remains
    484 1  -  By Ven Sreenivasan, Al Labita in MANILA THE Philippines and Singapore have agreed to maintain bilateral ties between their countries on an even keel. They have also agreed to have the remains of the murdered Filipina maid
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      18 1 Regional Analysis: Pn 13 What's up for Aussie economy China's veteran leader Chen Yun dies, Pg 4 14
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
    • EYE on the ECONOMY
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        Lock icon Interest rate rise likely to be limited
        346 2  -  By Shiv Taneja THE average prime lending rate the rate that banks charge their best customers is now at 6.6 per cent. Although domestic interest ratfes were on the rise through most of last year, they have not kept pace with increases in
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      Lock icon Local R&D spending close to $1b mark, survey shows
      445 2  -  By David Mok ORGANISATIONS here spent close to $1 billion on research and development in 1993, the National Science and Technology Board said yesterday. The Finding is from the NSTB's latest survey on R&D, conducted from April last year to January
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      Stevens/Anderson Rd land parcel could net up to $85m
      368 2  -  By Michelle Low A STEVENS Road/Anderson Road land parcel up for sale could fetch up to $85 million, in possibly the last tender in the prime Stevens/Walshe Road area. The Figure is based on the 1,205 per sq ft benchmark set
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      SA(UIC) expects $120m sales as incentive travel grows
      289 2 SI NO-AMERICAN (UIC) Tours Corporation expects turnover to exceed $120 million this year, bolstered by the burgeoning growth in its incentive travel and Free Independent Travellers (FIT) operations. To meet the demand, SA(UIC) is beefing up its incentive travel and FIT departments
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      Lock icon SemBeth fined $68,000 for fatal fire at shipyard
      270 2 The Straits Times SEMBAWANG Bethlehem (Semßeth) yesterday was fined $68,000 when it pleaded guilty to contravening several provisions of the Factories Act which led to a fatal explosion at its shipyard on Aug 9. Meanwhile, subcontractor Seletar Engineering, which was carrying out
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      Independent tests show maid not mentally ill at time of murders: S'pore
      641 2  -  The Contemplacion case By Ven Sreenrvasan INDEPENDENT psychiatric tests on Filipina maid Flor Contemplacion prior to her trial revealed she was not mentally ill when she committed a double murder in 1991. This made it impossible for her
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      Manila paper hits out at commission's judgment
      138 2 A MANILA newspaper has criticised the Philippine Presidential Commission, led by retired Supreme Court Justice Emilio Gancayco, for not engaging a neutral party to examine the remains of Delia Maga. In the Apr 9 issue of the Manila Chronicle, columnist J V Cruz
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      How the cookie crumbled
      732 2  -  Case of the missing Biscuit King By S N Vasuki "RAJAN PILLAI once had powerful friends. Now he has powerful enemies," said a banker when the Commercial Affairs Department charged the biscuit king with criminal breach of trust in March 1993. The 47-year-old Indian businessman who
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      Lock icon Semangat 46 tugs at purse strings and liberals' heartstrings
      676 3  -  Elections 95 By Ho Kay Tat PARTI Melayu Semangat 46 has crafted a "Justice for All" election manifesto with a clever mix of liberal political declarations and specific promises aimed at lining the pockets of voters. There was also a balance
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    • ELECTION SNIPPETS
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        Lock icon Change of mood among urban voters
        72 3 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR More than 40 per cent of Malaysians reside in the urban areas and traditionally, the urban-dwell-ers have been anti-establish-ment. voting for the opposition every time elections are held. However, with the nation under Bansan Nasional rule experiencing unprecedented prosperity and well
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        Lock icon Go slow on hudud laws: Anwar
        48 3 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim yesterday said hudud laws (Islamic penal code) should not be implemented in haste. He reiterated that the Barisan Nasional government was not against hudud laws but its hasty implementation by the Kelantan PAS-led government.
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        Lock icon Opposition's seat split
        64 3 Bernama KUALA TERENGGANU Parti Melayu Semangat 46 (546) and PAS have reached an understanding on the allocation of seats in the state for the general elections. Terengganu 546 liaison head Tengku Ibrahim Ibni Sultan Ismail said yesterday the party would contest 12 State Legislative Assembly and four
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        Lock icon Opposition's 'khalwat pact'
        49 3 Bernama SIMPANG PERTANG Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim yesterday described the cooperation among PAS. DAP and Parti Melayu Semangat 46 as a "khalwat pact" (khalwat means close proximity in Malay). He said it was in fact a secret pact which did not have any objective. Berna-
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      Lock icon Vietnam approves US$1.9b foreign investment in 1st quarter
      388 3 AFP. AP HANOI Vietnam approved US$l.9 billion (552.6 billion) in foreign investment during the first quarter of 1995. almost treble the value of projeets licensed in the same period last year. Investors have committed to US$l3.3 billion worth of projects since Vietnam
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      Lock icon Indonesia's current account deficit widens 23.4%
      224 3 Reuter JAKARTA Indonesia estimates its current account deficit widened 23.4 per cent to U553.63 billion (Sss billion) in fiscal 1994-95 to March 31. from U552.94 billion in 1993-94. The government had originally projected a US$3.l9 billion deficit for 1994-95. "Although the estimate of current
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      Lock icon Indon human rights body's role questioned
      124 3 AFP JAKARTA Indonesian legislators have questioned the role of the National Commission on Human Rights, saying its involvement in some cases had overstepped its limits, press reports said yesterday. The ruling Golkar party newspaper Suara Karya quoted Golkar parliamentarian Oka Mahendra as saying it
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  • CHINA/HONGKONG/TAIWAN
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      Lock icon Inflation slows down in 20 of 35 major Chinese cities
      436 4 Reuter, Bloomberg Business News BEIJING Inflation slowed last month in 20 of 35 large Chinese cities, the State Statistics Bureau said yesterday, in the first of several inflation reports due this month. The annual rate of consumer price rises dropped
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      Lock icon An 'immortal' second only to Deng
      312 4 Reuter. AFP BLUING Chen Yun. one of China's leading veteran hardliners, died here on Monday aged 90. Mr Chen had backed military suppression of the 1989 democracy movement and differed strongly with paramount leader Deng Xiaoping over his sweeping Westernstyle reforms. One of the
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      Lock icon Make SEZs even more special, urges China Vice-Premier
      273 4 UPI HONGKONG Chinese Vicc-Premicr Li Lanqing is pushing for efforts to make the nation's speeial economic zones (SLZs), many of which are located in the south, even "more special", semi-official media reported on Monday. China's central committee is advocating reforms which will
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      Lock icon Japan's Mori Building starts first of big China projects
      453 4 Reuter SHANGHAI Plunging into a market shunned by most Japanese developers. Mori Building yesterday broke ground on the first of two giant office buildings in the Pudong area of Shanghai. About 250 people, including Vice-Mayor Zhao Qicheng. attended the ceremony for
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    • CHINA WATCH
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        Lock icon Shanghai 1st qtr trade jumps 49%
        75 4 Bloomberg Business News SHANGHAI Surging exports pushed Shanghai's foreign trade value to US$B.4 billion (SSI 1.7 billion) in the first three months of the year, up 49.2 per cent over the first quarter of 1994, the official Shanghai Star newspaper said yesterday. Exports jumped
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        Lock icon Taiwan brokers going to China
        80 4 Reuter TAIPEI Taiwan's Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) plans to allow local securities brokerages to set up representative offices in China within one year, SEC secretary-general Su Lerming said yesterday. The SEC also plans to let brokerages indirectly establish branches or subsidiaries in China within
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        Lock icon China's state bankruptcies up 42%
        90 4 Reuter BEIJING The number of bankruptcies at China's state enterprises soared 42 per cent to 395 in 1994. reflecting Beijing's efforts to wean the struggling sector from state subsidies, China Securities said yesterday. The newspaper gave no details of the geographical distribution of the bankrupt
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        Lock icon Taiwan prosecutor looks into leak
        60 4 Reuter TAIPEI Taiwan's state prosecutor is conducting an investigation to find out whether a newspaper report on a secret defence budget violated national security interests, officials said here yesterday. "The prosecutor's office is currently looking into the case." a Justice Ministry official. He declined to
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        Lock icon Hot news from pizza boys
        68 4 Reuter HONGKONG Businessman Jimmy Lai said yesterday that he has recruited more than 10 pizza delivery boys to be reporters for his soon-to-bc-launched Chinese-language newspaper. Apple Daily. "We feel that now with the worsening traffic jams, pizza delivery boys know how to arrive at the
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  • ASIA
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      Singapore the biggest foreign investor in Sri Lanka with $747m in projects
      369 7  -  By Shiv Taneja SINGAPORE Local companies are involved in 140 projects in Sri Lanka worth a total of more than 26.5 billion rupees (***** million), making Singapore, the biggest foreign investor in the eountry. The bulk of the
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    • ASIA NOTES
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        Lock icon Thailand expects 7.5-8% growth
        79 7 Reuter BANGKOK A senior Bank of Thailand (BOT) official yesterday said the bank expects the Thai economy to post robust growth of 7.5 to 8 per cent a year for the next five years. Senior assistant BOT governor Chaiyawat Wibulsawadi was speaking at a seminar on
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        Lock icon Seoul to train Viet exchange officials
        81 7 AFP SEOUL South Korea has decided to support Vietnam's plan to open a stock exchange next year by inviting Vietnamese officials for on-the-spot training here, officials said yesterday. The Finance and Economy Ministry said Seoul had accepted a Vietnamese request to support its plan
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        Lock icon Clinton on Pakistan arms deal
        89 7 Reuter WASHINGTON President Bill Clinton yesterday said he agreed Pakistan had been treated unfairly in a weapons deal with the US and he will ask Congress to "show some flexibility" on the issue. "I don't think what happened was fair to Pakistan in terms of
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        Lock icon Tokyo may scrap credit union bailout
        95 7 AFP TOKYO A credit union rescue plan may be scrapped, hit by the Tokyo governor-elect's opposition to the bailout put together by the Bank of Japan (BOJ) and the Finance Ministry, a senior BOJ official said yesterday. "It's going to be a problem if
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      Lock icon All aboard with luck
      49 7 Reuter TONGI, Bangladesh An overcrowded train at Tongi railway station, near Dhaka, yesterday. All inter-city buses were not running for the third day yesterday as part of a strike called by opposition parties in their latest attempt to topple the government and force early elections.
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      Lock icon Strong yen could stifle Japanese recovery, warn economists
      448 7 Reuter TOKYO Japan's economic planners warned yesterday that the nation's fragile recovery from four years of stagnation could be smothered by the mighty yen. Private economists, meanwhile. are set to revise downwards their economic growth estimates for this fiscal year to near
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      Lock icon Keating gets Aussie states' backing on plan to end state monopolies
      216 7 Bloomberg Business News CANBERRA Australian Prime Minister Paul Keating has won state government endorsement to open state monopolies and services such as electricity and postal services to competition. The states are claiming half of the benefits resulting from the
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      Lock icon South Korea growth likely to surpass earlier forecast
      276 7 Reuter SEOUL South Korea's economy is forecast to grow faster than had been expected earlier this year because the yen's rise has spurred exports and capital investment, officials and economists said yesterday. The growth has also raised concerns of overheating and the
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  • THE WORLD
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      US plan to extend nuke treaty faces hostility
      562 8  -  From Leon Hadar in WASHINGTON GROWING hostility against the five known nuclear powers is endangering American plans to mobilise backing for an indefinite extension of a treaty to ban the spread of nuclear weapons. Clinton Administration officials express optimism that they will
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      Lock icon EU to beef up ties with Mediterranean region
      255 8 AFP LUXEMBOURG European Union foreign ministers have agreed on a strategy for deepening political, economic and cultural ties with the Mediterranean region but failed to agree on the amount of aid allocated to back the process. French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe said
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      Lock icon Aitken vows to take on UK press
      426 8  -  Minister sues The Guardian over story alleging business impropriety From Neville Stack in LONDON A BRITISH cabinet minister has declared war against sections of the press. Jonathan Aitken, Chief Secretary of the Treasury (Deputy Finance Minister) called a press conference yesterday to vow:
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      Lock icon Clinton signs US$3b defence bill
      261 8 Reuter WASHINGTON President Bill Clinton has signed a US$3 billion (554.2 billion) defence bill saving the military from deep cutbacks this year, and commended the Congress for acting quickly on it, the White House said. The measure included a provision to cut oflf US loans
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      Lock icon Clients happy with German banks: poll
      338 8 Reuter COLOGNE The German Banking Association, hitting back at critics who would curtail banks' influence over the economy, has published a poll showing its clients are content and worries about bank power are waning. In a statement yesterday on the survey's results, the association
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    • WORLD WATCH
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        Lock icon Mugabe takes 118 out of 120 seats
        73 8 Rcuter HARARE Zimbabwe's ruling Zanu-PF party yesterday sealed an election victory it was assured of winning before last weekend's general elections. Final results gave the party 118 out of 120 seats. It won 55 by default after the opposition failed to register candidates.
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        Lock icon Winnie enlists Buthelezi's help
        102 8 AFP JOHANNESBURG President Nelson Mandela's estranged wife, Winnie, has enlisted the support of Zulu leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi in a legal battle to regain her ministerial post. Her lawyer, Willie Serin, yesterday said he had formally issued papers in the Pretoria Supreme Court on behalf of Mrs
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        Lock icon UK committed to low inflation
        107 8 Bloomberg Business News LONDON UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Kenneth Clarke yesterday said Britain was "committed to a sustained recovery with low inflation". His comments followed Monday's 0.4 per cent rise in UK factory gate prices in March, taking the annual increase to 3.8 per
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        Lock icon Iraq opposition will not honour oil deals
        83 8 Reuter LONDON Iraq s main opposition group yesterday warned that it would not recognise any agreements between the current regime and foreign oil companies. Aziz Ailyan, an executive council member of the Iraqi National Congress, said at a conference organised by Ahmed Zaki
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        Lock icon Call for flexibility in fishing row
        62 8 AFP LONDON European Commission president Jacques Santer yesterday said Canada and the European Union should both show flexibility to reach an agreement on fishing rights in the North Atlantic. From both sides there has to be some flexibility to try to reach an agreement,
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      Lock icon Next French president faces welfare headache
      301 8 Reuter PARIS One of the biggest problems awaiting France's next president is how to reform a welfare system creaking under heavy deficits, yet failing to meet the needs of the poorest. The question is so important that none of the main candidates has chosen
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  • SPORTS
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      Lock icon Can Crenshaw do the Grand Slam?
      725 9  -  US Masters Review Sure, he scored a magical victory. But, at 43, is this the peak or do greater things beckon, ponders Larry Dorman Larry Dorman NYT AUGUSTA, Georgia Since it is spring, flights of fancy are permitted, especially in the wake of Ben
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      Lock icon America3 wins 1st race in defender finals
      361 9 America's Cup AP SAN DIHCiO America3's Mighty Mary pulled ahead early and continually turned back challenges by Young America for an impressive victory on Monday in the opening race of the America's Cup defender finals. Young America the front-runner in the US fleet
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      Lock icon San Antonio and Seattle the clubs to catch before playoffs
      571 9 AFP WASHINGTON Lateseason winning streaks have made San Antonio and Seattle the clubs to catch with only two weeks remaining before the start of the National Basketball Association (NBA) playoffs. San Antonio, paccd by centre David Robinson, have won 15
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    • SPORT SHORTS
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        Basketball
        204 9 NEW YORK NBA on Monday: Charlotte 119 Boston 95; Minnesota 107 Denver 114; Dallas 112 Golden State 123. Standings (W L Pet GB; xclinched playoff berth) Eastern Conference, Atlantic Division: I xOrlando 54 21 .720 2 x-New York 49 25 .662 4'/ 2 3 Boston 32 44 .421 22Vi
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        Lock icon Cricket
        209 9 AFP ST JOHN'S, Antigua Australians David Boon and Mark Waugh made a stand during breaks of sun in a rain-marred third day of their side's test with West Indies here on Monday. Three rain breaks for a combined 222 minutes proved annoying as Australia finished at 134 for two.
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        Golf
        118 9 GREENSBORO. Georgia World Championship of Golf matchplay event Ist rd on Monday L'S section: Paul Azinger b Fuzzy Zocller 1 up; Mark McCumbcr b Tom Lehman I up at first extra hole. Rest of World section: Steve Elkington (Aust) b Frank Nobilo (NZ) 5 and 4; Robert Allenby (Aust)
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        Lock icon Soccer
        81 9 AFP LONDON More than £5 million (SSI 1.2 million) were wiped from Tottenham Hotspur's stock market value on Monday in the wake of the club's failure to reach the FA Cup final. The mauling on the market reflected events on the field in Spurs' 4-1 semi-final defeat against Everton
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        Lock icon Squash
        138 9 AFP LONDON World champion Jansher Khan could be charged with bringing the sport into disrepute after accusations of a lack of effort in a British Super League play-off match on Saturday. Jansher. who last month retained his British Open title, was beaten 10-8. 9-0. 9-0 in 42 minutes by
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        Tennis
        201 9 TOKYO I SSI.2 million (SSI.7 million) A'l P/Wl A lour Japan Open \esterday Men's Ist Rd (selected): Wally Masur (Aust) b I 1 -Patrick McEnroe (US) 6-2 6-4: 15-Sebastien Larcau (Can) b Roger Smith (Bah) 6-3 6-3: 16-Kenneth Carlsen (Den) b Tomas Nydahl (Swe) 6-4 6-2; Jakob Hlasck (Swi)
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      299 10 Celebrating Fish Let s drink to fish. Bouillabaisse or Tom Yam? Top of the M celebrates fish with a lunch buffet of every imaginable fish recipe. Salmon, sole. ~|Qf) snapper, sea bass... If it can be caught, it can be offtfe cooked. And we know all the delicious ways. Hi
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      735 11  -  Filmmakers are looking to classic Hollywood formulas for an injection of good old-fashioned conflict, writes John Horn John Horn AP INDEPENDENT filmmakers have delivered a steady flow of thoughtful and often provocative stories about life, love and heartbreak a Red here, a Howard's
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        284 11 AP AP AP ACTRESS Elizabeth Taylor popped pills like candy to cope with a marathon of affairs and marriages, according to a new unauthorised biography. She tried to get a court order to stop publication of Liz: An Intimate Biography of Eli:abi'th laylorby C
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      1242 11 I TV RADIO I v 1 In Care of Nature: Fretey and JjflA the Turtles, 9pm. Ch 12 French scientist Jacques Fretey likes turtles. In particular, the largest living turtle, which is eking out an existence in South America. This documentary looks at Fretey *s efforts to study and protect
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    Trying times in Japan
    510 12 EDITORIAL THERE is something of the theatre of the absurd in the outcome of Japan's gubernatorial elections held last weekend. In Tokyo and Osaka the county's first and second cities former comedians with no ties to established political parties swept into power, overrunning supposedly powerful bureaucratic
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  • WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
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      Culling fiction from facts
      226 12 WHAT a travesty of justice and fair play! The report by the Philippines' Presidential Fact-Finding Commission which delved into the case of Flor Contemplacion is an astounding slur on the integrity of Singapore's law enforcement and judicial system. There is no gentler way to put it.
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      A more efficient police force
      136 12 THE Singapore police must not rest on their laurels. They must continue to improve the level of their service. Their actions and character must remain exemplary. A set of core values underlined by Home Affairs Minister Wong Kan Seng is aimed at encouraging policemen to
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      Healthy academic competition
      152 12 THE National University of Singapore and Nanyang Technological University have recently announced plans to boost their research into and teaching of Chinese culture. This move has aroused much social concern. Perhaps an element of friendly competition should be allowed to take place between the two universities. They
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      Need for compromise
      152 12 THE collective sigh of relief at the announcement that Douglas Hurd and Qian Qichen are to meet on April 18 has been swiftly stifled. The Joint Liaison Group's (JLG) failure to make progress on even the least contentious issues bodes badly for the outcome of the foreign
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      Moving up the ladder
      163 12 MALAYSIA with a population of 19 million has moved up the ladder to become the 17th largest exporter in the world, if the massive re-exports of Hongkong and Singapore are not taken into account. Malaysia's strong showing is attributable to robust economic growth and the diversification
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      A signal for Ramos
      194 12 PHILIPPINE President Fidel Ramos has said that the Muslim guerilla group under the leadership of Abu Sayyaf is responsible for the rampage in the southern town of Ipil on Tuesday in which the police chief and the military commander were killed, and banks were looted and
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    Lock icon A summit of moonshine
    1063 12  -  Paul Johnson lambasts the recent Copenhagen conference for its hypocrisy and suggests an answer to the poverty problem in the Third World Paul Johnson The Spectator ONE of the most repellent ly hypocritical events of recent years was the 160-nation Poverty Summit which took place in
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      371 12 I/)ON'T IVtISS THERDILDING \j Dwees DAYS that will shake the World of Building Construction. South East Asia's meeting point for everyone in the Building, Construction and Hardware Business. THE LARGEST AM) LONGEST RUNNING SHOW tm OF ITS KIM) IN THE REGION. IB 9 As Building Week unfolds as the largest
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  • REGIONAL ANALYSIS
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      A case for tighter fiscal policy
      1250 13  -  Australia's 1995 economic outlook The Aussie economy got off to a very shaky start this year after a 5 per cent growth in 1994. Chris Caton looks at what's in store in the budget and beyond Chris Caton Dr Calon is chief economist with
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      Why Mahathir needs big win
      917 13  -  k Jl ASIAN SSI VIEW By Yang Razali Kassim SO the long-awaited Malaysian general election is finally here. Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad is leading his ruling National Front coalition into the hustings supremely confident of being returned to power with no less than a two-thirds
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      25 13 PORT SHOTS atest in sea > a r anc lancl trans P° rtat on Shipping Times Monday to Friday. SINGAPORE f Business Times WE KNOW ASA
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    Lock icon Chen Yun's death spells end of planned economy: analysts
    592 14 Deng's bid to enable young blood to consolidate positions faces test Reuter, KnightRidder BEIJING Veteran revolutionary leader Chen Yun has died after a seven-decade career in which he guided China's economy through radical leftist upheavals and sweeping market reforms, officials said
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    Lock icon US official denies threatening China over market access
    342 14 Reuter BEIJING A senior US official yesterday said Washington had not threatened to close United States markets to Chinese exports in order to pry China's markets open, but said pressing Beijing for better access was normal diplomacy. US Undersecretary of Commerce for
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    Lock icon Yen's surge reopens debate on setting numerical trade targets
    337 14 Reuter, KnightRidder, AFP TOKYO Japan, which once staunchly rejected American demands to set a numerical target to cut its huge current account surplus, now finds the yen's latest surge has reopened domestic debate on the notion. The idea of setting numerical
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    Lock icon Adidas powers ahead with 13-fold jump in net profit
    184 14 Reuter HERZOGENAURACH. Germany Adidas AG, the German sportswear manufacturer, yesterday said its 1994 group net profit rose a whopping 13fold to 128 million marks (*****.2 million) and reaffirmed prospects for more growth. Adidas reported in February a 1994 pre-tax profit of
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    Lock icon US producer price index remains unchanged in March
    311 14 AP WASHING I ON Wholesale inflation in the United States turned in its best performance in five months as energy and food costs declined, helping to keep the overall price level from rising at all in March. The Labour Department yesterday said
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    Lock icon China rules out foreign access to telecoms operations
    246 14 AFP BEIJING China's Minister of Post and Telecommunications Wu Jichuan yesterday ruled out allowing foreign operators into the domestic market, citing issues of sovereignty and protection of classified information. While foreign companies are welcome to invest in telecommunications projects, they may only
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    Japan can't save the yen by quitting the system
    844 14  -  The Bottom Line VIKRAM KHANNA VIKRAM KHANNA The writer is BT's regional economics editor THlißh is a hint of desperation in the suggestion on Monday by the Japanese Finance Minister, Masayoshi Takemura. that Japan might have to quit the global system
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    37 14 AFP A THENS Pedestrians strolling down empty streets after the Greek government banned all private vehicles in Athens historic and commercial district in a three-month experiment to ease choking pollution and traffic jams. Ar P
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
    • EYE on your STOCKS
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        MARKET MOOD
        51 15 Uncertain 'Market \lood' indicates the likely trading sentiment today, based on brokers polled at 5-6pm yesterday Overnight events may alter sentiment Brokers polled Alliance. Barings. Credit Lyonnais Securities. Dam a. Fraser. UK Uoh. Kay Ihan. Morgan Urenjell. Ong Co. Nomura. Phillip. Smith New Court. W! Carr and SU
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        HOT STOCK
        96 15  -  By Paul Leo START buying Hexza Corporation at or below yesterday's close of 51.20. Weekly and daily stochastics are below 25, indicating an oversold situation. Weekly and daily Relative Strength Indices are fast approaching 25 and will be oversold on further price weakness. But a break below support
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      Vickers Ballas sets up joint venture firm in India
      270 15 SINGAPORE Stockbroking firm Vickers Ballas Holdings is expanding further into the region with the setting up of a joint venture firm in India. Vickers said in a statement yesterday that it signed the joint venture agreement with Indo-Pacific Estates Holdings (P)
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      Inno-Pac withdraws from India distripark venture
      419 15  -  By Shiv Taneja SINGAPORE Loss-making food and paper group InnoPacific Holdings has withdrawn from a distripark joint venture as part of its move to further strengthen its performance in the current financial year. The group said yesterday that it would also through wholly-owned subsidiary
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      CDL and Saudi prince move to buy 80% of Trump's Plaza Hotel firm
      287 15 SINGAPORE CDL Hotels International and a Saudi Arabian prince have agreed to buy an 80 per cent stake in the company that owns the Plaza Hotel in New York City. The agreement is for a joint venture
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      F&N's revamp of Malaysian operations: long-term gains from short-term pain
      718 15  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW By Genevieve Cua SINGAPORE Fraser Neave had been mulling over a revamp of its Malaysian operations for so long that the restructure, finally announced last Friday, turned out to be an anti-climax. In the proposed deal to
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      Gains for counters set to join KLSE Composite Index
      266 15  -  From Ruth Wong in KUALA LUMPUR THE proposal by the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange to slot in 29 new counters in the benchmark Composite Index (CI) has led to most of these counters seeing gains yesterday. Brokers said there was no
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      Tat Lee Securities signs deal to trade China B shares
      187 15 SINGAPORE Tat Lee Bank's securities arm and a leading Shanghai-based brokerage yesterday signed an agreement that will allow Tat Lee to trade China B shares reserved for foreigners listed on the Shanghai stock exchange. The agency agreement between Tat Lee
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    • COMPANIES
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        Lock icon Leong Hup petition deserves full trial: Malaysian court
        429 16 MBT KUALA LUMPUR The effort to remove the Lau brothers from KFC Holdings (M) Bhd's board of directors received a setback when the High Court decided yesterday that Leong Hup Holdings Bhd's oppression petition warrants a full trial. Justice Richard Talalla disallowed
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        Lock icon Metroplex pre-tax profit jumps 30.7% to M$60m
        144 16 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Metroplex Bhd has posted a group pre-tax profit of M 560.61 million (5534.1 million) for the year ended Jan 31, 1995, a 30.7 per cent rise from M 546.36 million a year earlier. A Metroplex statement here yesterday said group
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        Lock icon MAS denies holding talks to sell headquarters
        144 16 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian Airline System Bhd says it has not entered into negotiations with any party for the sale of its corporate headquarters, Bangunan MAS. It said this in reply to a query from the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange yesterday on an
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        Lock icon YTL Corp takes half share in Chinese power station
        417 16 Bloomberg Business News BHIJINC. YTL Corp Bhd. a construction company which last year became Malaysia's first independent power supplier. has taken an equity stake in a Chinese power station in a deal the company claims is the first of its kind
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      • COMPANY BRIEFS
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          Sembeth secures contract
          50 16 SINGAPORE Sembawang Bethlehem (Semßeth) has secured a third contract from Suisse Atlantiquc to design and build a 28,500 deadweight tonne (dwt) bulk carrier. The contract follows another two which were awarded in July last year by the same company. The three contracts are worth over $100 million.
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          Plan to reactivate UIC Printedcircuits
          83 16 SINGAPORE United Industrial Corporation (UIC) has bought the remaining 46 per cent equity interest or 570,400 ordinary shares in UIC Printedcircuits Pte Ltd (UICP) for a nominal consideration of $2. ITie purchase will make UICP a wholly-owned subsidiary- of UIC. UICP. dormant since 1992, has
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          Metal Containers in acquisition
          59 16 SINGAPORE Metal Containers Ltd said yesterday it has entered into an agreement to buy Ternair Jaya Sdn Bhd (TJB) from Amalgamated Containers Bhd (ACB). TJB's wholly-owned subsidiary Sumurjaya Sdn Bhd has also agreed to buy all of ACB's business and assets related with the manufacture and
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          Sunshine Allied appoints adviser
          62 16 SINGAPORE Sunshine Allied Investments Ltd has appointed Baring Brothers Ltd as its financial adviser in relation to a general ofTer by Pengkalen Holdings Bhd. Sunshine said it will advise shareholders what to do once the detailed terms of the offer have been considered. In the meantime,
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          L&M director resigns
          24 16 SINGAPORE L&M Group Investment announced yesterday that Raymond Ho has resigned as a director of the company with effect from yesterday.
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          Malayan Credit sets up Shanghai firm
          48 16 KUALA LUMPUR Malayan Credit Ltd has set up company in Shanghai to develop properties and as investment holding company. Malayan Credit (Shanghai) Properties currently has a paid-up capital of $2. Its authorised capital is SIOO.OOO divided into 100.000 shares of $1 each.
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        Lock icon Malaysia needs to review legislation on corporate disclosure: registrar
        296 16 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Company legislation relating to corporate disclosure needs to be studied, revised and updated by the relevant authorities in order to satisfy the growing need for a more reliable, relevant and timely information on the companies. Registrar of Companies
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        Lock icon Malaysia's unit trust funds to be rated by Britain's Micropol
        340 16 MBT KUALA LUMPUR All 52 of the equity unit trust funds in Malaysia will soon be rated independently by a Britishbased actuarial company, Micropol International Ltd, to allow investors to gain access to the portfolio mix and performance of the
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        Shaw Brothers sells four subsidiaries for HK$1.8 billion
        354 17  -  By Pek Tiong Gee SINGAPORE Hongkong film producer Shaw Brothers has sold its entire stake in four subsidiaries to sister company Double One and parent company Shaw Holdings for HK$l.B billion (***** million). In a statement to the Hongkong Stock Exchange yesterday,
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        Lock icon Trading in Emperor Group suspended
        264 17 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG Emperor Group had to suspend trading on its shares yesterday morning because its chairman, Yeung Hoi Sing, is under police investigation. Yeung is suspected of "perverting the course of justice" following a fist-fight between two employees in May 1994, according to
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        Lock icon China Steel to strengthen with privatisation
        360 17 Reuter TAIPEI China Steel Corp, a day before it was due to become the biggest company ever to go private in Taiwan, held a board meeting yesterday to announce a divorce from the government, a looming directors' reshuffle and other reforms. "China Steel has
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      • COMPANY BRIEFS
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          Lock icon Templeton's stake in Sing Tao at 10%
          77 17 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG The US-based Franklin Templeton Group's stake in Sing Tao Holdings has reached 10.04 per cent, the South China Morning Post reported. Templeton completed its HK5214.2 million (5538.8 million) stake in the newspaper group last Friday, the paper said. Stewart
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          Lock icon Shenzhen Properties' profit falls 21%
          49 17 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG Real estate developer Shenzhen Properties and Resources Development said profit dropped 21 per cent last year from 334 million yuan (SS 109.8 million) to 264.3 million yuan. Sales fell 4 per cent, from 680.6 million yuan to 653 million yuan.
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          Lock icon Oriental Metals' profit up 157%
          45 17 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG Oriental Metals (Holdings) Company Limited said its net profit rose 157 per cent in the financial year ended Dec 31, 1994. Profit after tax and payment to minority interests rose to HK5142,759,000 from HK555.443.000 in 1993.
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        Lock icon Tsingtao denies it is short of working capital for projects
        226 17 Reuter HONGKONG Chinas Tsingtao Brewery Co said in a statement to the Hongkong stock exchange yesterday that advances it made to "independent enterprises" had "not jeopardised and will not jeopardise the adequacy of its working capital for... committed projects". Tsingtao.
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        Lock icon Taiwan firm to end 10-year pact with KFC
        184 17 Reuter TAIPEI President Enterprises Corp said it will eventually be forced to close all 37 Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) outlets on the island, after failing to reach agreement on renewal terms with the US fast food giant. Yang Yu-pao, President's assistant public
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        Lock icon Sony stays put as Matsushita leaves Hollywood
        659 18 AP. AFP TOKYO Hollywood has not been kind to Matsushita Electric Industrial Co or its Japanese rival, Sony Corp. Both have been troubled by bitter management disputes and lower-than-expected profits at the movie studios they bought for billions of dollars. But as- Matsushita
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        Lock icon Seagram confirms it may sell Time Warner stake
        364 18 Bloomberg Business News WASHINGTON Seagram Co confirmed in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing that it is considering the sale of its 14.9 per cent stake in Time Warner Inc, a transaction that could raise about US$2.l billion (552.9 billion). The Montreal-based
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        Lock icon Pechiney to sell assets after posting big jump in losses
        243 18 Bloomberg Business News PARIS The Pechiney industrial group reported a huge increase in losses yesterday and said that it would have to sell assets to meet debts. Trading in stock in the Pechiney International branch was suspended here. The Pechiney
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        Lock icon Samsung to invest US$4b in various China operations
        253 18 Bernama-Yonhap SEOUL Samsung, one of South Korea's largest business groups, plans to invest US$4 billion (555.6 billion) in China. The group yesterday said a strategic meeting, presided over by chairman Lee Kun Hee in Beijing, adopted a plan to invest US$l.6 billion
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        Lock icon Pakistan Tobacco goes into edible oils to offset losses from cigarettes
        347 18 Reuter KARACHI The Pakistan Tobacco Co, a subsidiary of British-American Tobacco Co Ltd, has diversified into edible oils to offset losses it blames on smuggling of foreign cigarettes into the country. One of Pakistan's biggest tax-paying firms, the company
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        Lock icon SEC backs panel's call to change reward system on Wall Street
        490 19 Bloomberg Business News WASHINGTON The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), in an effort to shore up Wall Street's battered image, has endorsed an industry panel's recommendation that securities firms change their compensation systems for their brokers. The report, authored
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        Lock icon Dow Jones and Gannett report first-quarter gains
        346 19 Bloomberg Business News NEW YORK Dow Jones Co and Gannett Co kicked off the earnings reporting season among newspaper publishers by announcing gains in firstquarter profits. Gannett, the largest newspaper publisher in the country, said first-quarter earnings rose 10 per cent as its
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        Lock icon Grace's US$24m perks and retirement package
        322 19 Bloomberg Business News, Reuter BOCA RATON, Florida WR Grace Co said on Monday that it has paid outgoing chairman Peter Grace a total of US$24 million (5533.5 million) since 1991 for retirement benefits and housing, limousine and other perquisites. Separately, General Motors Corp said
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        232 19 Reuter CHICAGO Computer chip and electronic companies Motorola Inc and Advanced Micro Devices Inc on Monday reported record results for the first quarter. Motorola which shipped its billionth computer chip during the quarter said its results were up across the board in businesses
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        Lock icon Public Bank to open offshore branch in Thailand
        439 20 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Public Bank Bhd (PBB) plans to set up an offshore branch in Bangkok, its second offshore banking operation after Labuan. Its president and chief executive officer, Teh Hong Piow, yesterday said the bank had received approval from Bank Negara
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      • SMALL CHANGE
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          Lock icon Thai central bank to issue bonds soon
          95 20 Reuter BANGKOK A senior official of the Bank of Thailand (BOT) said the central bank will issue bonds in the next two months in order to add to commercial bank liquidity. "In the next two months, the Bank of Thailand will issue its
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          Lock icon Minet, Aussie firm form HK venture
          85 20 Reuter HONGKONG Professional indemnity insurance broker Minet Hongkong Ltd said it has formed a joint venture in Hongkong with Insurance Brokers Ltd, the broking subsidiary of the Royal Australian Institute of Architects (RAIA). The joint venture aims to provide professional liability insurance, broking and
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          Lock icon MeesPierson takes stake in Uzbek bank
          58 20 AFP AMSTERDAM Dutch bank MeesPierson said on Monday that it had taken a 20 per cent stake in Uzbek International Bank. Spokesman Paul Frcntrop of the Dutch bank said 30 per cent of Uzbek is held by AIOC Finance Corporation of the United States
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          Lock icon HK travel insurance up: East Asia Aetna
          88 20 Reuter HONGKONG East Asia Aetna Insurance Group said the number of travel insurance policies taken up with the company in Hongkong grew five-fold between 1990 and 1994. In 1994, 150,000 holiday makers bought travel insurance from Blue Cross Travel Safe, compared with 30,000
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          Lock icon Deutsche opens London banking unit
          67 20 Reuter FRANKFURT Deutsche Bank, Germany's largest bank, said on Monday it had opened a private banking unit in London to target wealthy individuals as part of a global drive to focus on the lucrative business. The new unit, which opened at the start of April,
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        Finance companies' loan growth slowing down: MAS
        416 20  -  By Soh Tiang Keng SINGAPORE Credit expansion of finance companies showed signs of slowing down in January, the Monetary Authority of Singapore said yesterday. The MAS, in its latest statistical bulletin, noted that loans by finance companies to non-bank customers expanded at a
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        Lock icon BOJ official hopes bailout will stay
        217 20 Knight-Ridder TOKYO A senior Bank of Japan (BOJ) official said yesterday he hopes the Tokyo Metropolitan government will take the "appropriate" step regarding financial aid to the Tokyo Kyodo Bank. Minoru Masubuchi, director of the BOJ's financial and payment system department, told the Diet
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        Exxon reaches agreement with Russia on US$15b Sakhalin oil project
        298 20 IRVING. Texas Exxon Corp says it has agreed to formal terms detailing a US$l5 billion (Ss2l billion) project to develop giant oil and natural gas fields off Russia's Sakhalin Island. The biggest American oil company will take a 30 per
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        Brent crude futures extend gains
        332 20 Bloomberg ENERGY REPORT LONDON Brent crudc oil futures extended Monday's gain amid reports of an unexpected reduction in supplies of sour, medium-sulfur supplies from the North Sea. Futures were also boosted after a report to the UN appeared likely to lead to an extension of
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        205 20 Bloomberg Business News LONDON The do|lar closed lower on the day against other major currencies after its failure to build on early European sains made traders sceptical about whether it could sustain a rally anytime soon. "The dollar seems to have run out of steam and it
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        97 20 AFP NEW YORK The dollar slipped slightly against other major currencies here early yesterday in a quiet market. At about 10 am (1400 GMT), the dollar was quoted as trading at 1.4040 German marks, down from 1.4100 late on Monday, and at 84.10 Japanese yen, up from 83.95.
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        1388 21 SIMEX REPORT Reuter SINGAPORE Simex Euroyen and Eurodollar futures ended mixed in dull trade, dealers said. "It was lacklustre, featureless," said a dealer at Chase Manhattan Futures Corp. She said Euroyen contracts will likely stay in tight ranges until Japan reveals its economic stimulus package
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          441 21 COMMODITY REPORTS rises in the Tokyo market. "Nobody cares about Tokyo until the US dollar recovers." she said. Another dealer said the market is dull as the dollar is still weak, making rubber stocks unattractive at current levels. May RSSI buyer dropped 1.50 sen to 466 sen a kg while
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          Philippine smelter auction delayed
          78 21 MANILA An auction of state-owned Philippine Associated Smelting and Refining Co (Pasar) has been shelved indefinitely, with the government considering fellow Asean members as equity partners instead, the Journal of Commerce reported yesterday. Pasar, the only copper smelter in the Philippines, was scheduled to be auctioned
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          Colombia denies coffee plan change
          86 21 BOGOTA An announcement in London about Colombia's coffee retention quota plan does not "imply any change in export policies in effect as of Jan 1", the Colombian Coffee Federation commercial vice-president said yesterday. "The announcement is the result of our compliance with an agreement reached
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          Dubai sugar refinery set to kick off
          62 21 LONDON The Al Khaleej Sugar Company's refinery in Dubai was to receive its first shipment of raw sugar yesterday, the company's general manager said. He said the refinery will begin full-scale refining of the sugar in May. He said between 450.000 and 500.000
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          56 21 SYDNEY Spot smelter treatment charges for zinc concentrates are running approximately US$lO a tonne below recently negotiated long-term contracts, sources say. Buyers and sellers of the intermediate ore report that a current shortfall in supplies for material not already locked in under year-long delivery contracts
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      1472 21 SICOM Futures Rubber (futures doting as at 5.30pm) RSS 1 Contract (S cents/kg) Close Volume Open Month High Low Sett (tonnes) Interest May 95 267.50 269 50 650 1875 Jun 264 50 263.00 264.50 325 3250 Jul 257.75 257.75 257.00 300 1300 Aug 255.00 1400 Sep 254.00 1400
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        1176 22 10.10 A ROBUST Australian share market defied brokers' pessimistic predictions yesterday as offshore investors propelled stocks higher. The All Ordinaries Index closed at 1.992.6 up 10.10 points on Monday's finish and well above its morning trading low of 1,977.6. "Basically, the industrials are up and they were leading the
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        632 22 12.87 The Philippine bourse continued its unexpected rise in yesterday's trading, with investors taking positions for a possible technical correction next week, as a four-day Christian holiday begins tomorrow. The PSI Composite Index rose by 12.87 points to 2.484.02. Volume increased by 67.15 per cent to 2.412 billion shares,
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        Taipei
        580 22 -31.92 Taiwan share prices closed lower amid continued caution over the local dollar's appreciation and monetary policies overseas, brokers said. The Weighted Price Index touched 6,541.02 before retreating to close 31.92 points lower at 6,497.06. Turnover was modest at NTS3B billion. The US dollar rebounded mildly in morning trade
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        445 22 -6.12 Follow-through selling pushed Seoul stocks to a lower close as trade volume hit a nine-month low. Brokers said they expected the market to languish in the doldrums for the time being. The Composite Stock Index shed 6.12 points to 893.27. Declining issues led gainers by 572 to 162.
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        323 22 -10.66 Shares ended lower on profittaking. which affected all the leaders apart from Telecom. The NZSE-40 Capital Index ended 10.66 points down at 2,057.57, on turnover worth NZ564.2 million, after starting the session with a firm tone. One dealer said the market technically looked overbought, which may have
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        644 22 -13.30 BLUE chip shares closed weaker, depressed by lower index futures in a relatively lightly traded market, deprived of any direction from a mixed Wall Street, despite encouraging US producer price numbers. The FrSE-100 Index closed 13.3 points off at 3,190.9 after hitting 3,216.2 with June FTSE futures trading
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        Paris
        170 22 -11.61 French shares, weighed down by weaker bond prices, drifted in late trading to close near their session lows, dealers said. "The bourse came under pressure in the last 10 minutes. The dollar had lost a little bit of ground, but basically it was a lack of buyers," a
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        147 22 -1.81 German shares slipped in post-bourse trading as the bond market extended losses and the dollar eased against the mark. The 30-share DAX Index fell to 1,979 in postbourse business, off 1.81 points, after a bourse close of 1.993.73. Frankfurt Apr II DM 131 **0 4 I BVSF Mi
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        148 22 -1-4.41 Belgian stocks closed higher for a sixth day as the dollar strengthened against European currencies, boosting the profits of exporters. Stocks were given a further lift by a report showing US prices paid to farmers, factories and other producers were unchanged in March, a sign interest rates may
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        Milan
        112 22 -25 Shares drifted to a close little changed from Monday in thin volume even if sometraders were encouraged by the lack of any selling pres- sure. Brokers expect more of the same today. The Mibtel Index was down 25 points at 9,477. Milan Apr II lire NMl < W
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        190 22 -3.10 Swedish shares closed down yesterday after a quiet day's trade. The market was weighed down by higher bond yields and a 1.4 per cent fall in index-heavy Ericsson. "The market is fairly unstable. apart from a few block trades. But turnover is so low that it is hard
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        Zurich
        299 22 1.90 Swiss shares ended nearly unchanged after mixed trading in a tight range, dealers said. They said trading was quiet and volume mostly low. with activity centred on some few stocks. The SMI Index of leading shares closed up 1.90 points at 2.563.10. The all-share SPI Index was up
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        367 22 -42.50 South African shares ended off the day's weakest levels yesterday as a late recovery in gold and brighter world markets saw investors cover short positions in mostly sluggish trade, dealers said. The Overall Index ended 42.5 points lower at 5,342.8, the industrial Index was 31.5 points softer at
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        Toronto
        235 22 Stocks moved higher early, buoyed bv rallying bond markets after US economic data suggested inflation pressures are easing, traders said. The TSE-300 Composite Index rose 12.15 points to 4,259.20 on volume of 8.80 million shares valued at C 5120.5 million. Seagram, which plummeted last week after selling its stake
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        764 22 -2.77 Stock prices turned slightly lower in active trading early yesterday as stocks and bonds gave up gains fuelled by positive inflation news after the US dollar reversed a firm start. The Dow Jones Industrial Average, which edged up 5.53 points on Monday, was down 2.77 points to
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        Amsterdam
        293 22 -0.25 Dutch shares dwindled away at the close af a quiet session, dragging the AEX Index into negative territory in the last half hour of trade. Dealers said volume was very light throughout the day, with little domestic or corporate news to spark activity. The AEX Index closed 0.25
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      3014 23 Reuter HONGKONG Stocks ended moderately firmer in quiet trade. The Hang Seng Index added 44.82 points to 8,514.60. Turnover was still thin at HKSI.B2 billion, but an improvement over Monday's revised HK.51.63 billion. "The selling hasn't been much even though the US dollar was very weak yesterday... so today
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      609 23 CLSA IN HONGKONG, H shares saw turnover going up 20 per cent to HKSBO million. The index finished 0.8 per cent higher, bolstered by strong performances from Zhenhai (up 6 per cent), Beiren Printing (up 3 per cent), Harbin (up 3.4 per cent) and Yizheng (up 1.8 per cent).
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      2542 23 Bloomberg Business News TOKYO Stocks advanced for the second day as the yen gained against the dollar and investors bet that a package of measures to be unveiled on Friday would keep it steady. "I think the market right now is saying there could be something pretty good coming
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      1853 23 Reuter BANGKOK Thai stocks closed higher in quiet trade on institutional buying of telecommunications issues in particular, brokers said. The SET Index closed up 12.36 points at yesterday's high of 1,192.89 after a day of thin trade. A total of 3.3 million shares worth 2.68 billion baht were traded,
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      1179 23 Reuter JAKARTA Share prices closed lower in modest trading yesterday, with heavy foreign selling pressure due to fears of currency risks, brokers said. "Foreign players were seen cautious on the volatile currency markets. Selling pressure was seen almost across the board." one broker said. Mayora Indah fell 600 rupiah
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        7045 24 AFP KUALA LUMPUR Share prices closed marginally higher here yesterday in listless trading despite upcoming national polls as the dollar-yen volatility continued to keep investors away, brokers said. The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange's 86-share Composite Index perked 0.25 point to 956.28 from 956.03 a
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        1878 26  -  By R Sivanithy SINGAPORE A rebound in the beleaguered US dollar yesterday lent some support to local stock prices, although rises and liquidity were both restricted by a sense of caution. In New York on Monday the dollar managed to rebound to
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      432 27  -  By Rahita Elias SINGAPORE Jurong Port yesterday sealed two deals totalling $103 million to upgrade its cement terminal into a world-class facility. The port, which is operated and managed by Jurong Town Corporation, awarded a $79.5 million contract to Penta Ocean
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      135 27 SINGAPORE Far East Levingston Shipbuilding (Fels) has formed a strategic alliance with British yard McNulty OfTshore Services for projects in the UK oil and gas industry. Fels said yesterday that the parties would cooperate to fabricate offshore structures
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      Lock icon First phase of Malaysia's Lumut terminal to be completed in July
      302 27 Bernama IPOH The first phase of ihe MSS7 million (5531.9 million) Lumut Maritime Terminal (LMT) in Kampung Acheh is scheduled for completion in July. Menteri Besar Ramli Ngah Talib said on Monday that the Perak government had sent a
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      Lock icon Nedlloyd in consortium to offer joint EU-S America service
      117 27 Reuter ROTTERDAM Dutch shipping and transport firm Koninklijke Nedlloyd Groep said on Monday that its Nedlloyd Lines teamed up with other shipping lines to offer a new joint service between northern Europe and the South American east coast from mid-May. The
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      302 27 AFP ABU DHABI The biggest joint shipping venture in the Arab world suffered large losses for the third year running in 1994, prompting plans to restructure its operations, the Al-Bavan daily reported on Monday. The United Arab Shipping Company (UASC)
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      1034 27 Page Col ABC Containerline 16 1 Able Shpg 7 4/5 Accord Group 8 1-3 •Ahlers Line 12 1 Ahrenkiel Liner 4 1/2 •ANL 3 4/5 Antaco Mgmt 17 3 •APL 18 1/2 •Appcnship 4 4/5 Arabian Express 15 4 •ASCL 5 5 Astro
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      Lock icon HK$100 container port gate charge unjustified: Hongkong shippers
      291 27 Reuter HONGKONG Hongkong shippers said that a new gate charge of HKSIOO (S$ 18) per loaded container, imposed by the Hongkong Container Port Operators Association (HKCPOA), was unjustified and could lead to further rate increases. The charge on loaded containers entering and
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      S'pore to host first meet for terminal operators
      214 27 SINGAPORE Singapore will host the first Terminal Operations Conference to be held outside Europe later this month. The three-day event will be held at the Raffles City Convention Centre from April 24. It will be opened by Singapore Trade Development Board deputy
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      DAILY FREIGHTS
      1568 28 THE freight market appears to be fully steady as the taster holidays approaeh but there is evidence that grain rates in the North Atlantic and Panamax fixtures in the Pacific are improving, ship brokers said. The Baltic Freight Index gained a marginal 4 points on Monday to 2,209
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      364 28 COURSES Title: Understanding Documentary Credits Duration: Apr 18 May 23 Organiser Singapore National Shipping Association Tel: For further details and application forms contact SNSA S«xretariat at 278-3464 or fax: 274-5079. I itle: Sea Transport Course (SDF 70%) Duration: May 17 Aug 23 Organiser Singapore Freight Forwarders Association Tel:
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      1101 29 The shortest viable Asia-Europe sealink faces challenges posed by changes in world trade, regional politics and new Middle East economics International Transport Journal WITHIN the next two years the navigable channel of the Suez Canal will be deepened to increase the maximum
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      12057 36 This is a list of ships loading at Singapore for ports around the world. It tabulates, by destination, the name of the ship, the shipping line involved and the estimated dates of arrival and departure from the Port of Singapore. LEGEND PN: ship calls
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        285 46 Bloomberg Business News BEIJING China has targeted carrying twice as many passengers on its airlines by the year 2000, or 80 million people a year, a top regulator said yesterday. Civil Aviation Administration minister Chen Guangyi said that the target took
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        406 46 FT NEW DELHI India must give priority to reforming its state-run rail sector to prevent the saturated transport system from hampering further economic growth, according to a World Bank study released over the weekend. The report, entitled "The Indian Transport Sector Long
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        251 46 AFP SYDNEY Qantas Airways Ltd managing director James Strong denied on Monday that the Australian national flag carrier was breaching agreements on carrying passengers to Bangkok and Singapore from Hongkong. The airline has become the focus of a bilateral dispute with complaints
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        103 46 UPI HONGKONG Southern China's new airport in Zhuhai recently passed inspection and has received a formal stamp of approval from regional civil aviation authorities, airport officials said on Monday. The central and southern regional bureau of the Civil Aviation Administration of China recently sent 150 aviation
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        Lock icon AMR plans to focus on selling travel services in China
        216 46 Bloomberg Business News BEIJING AMR Corp. the holding company of American Airlines, says the lack of access to Chinese air routes means the company will have to focus on sales of its travel service products to enter the booming market.
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        320 46 AFP SHANGHAI Germany is negotiating with China to provide a soft loan to finance Shanghai's second subway, an official of the state-owned Loan Corp for Reconstruction said on Monday. "We have prepared a very good soft loan of 860 million marks (SSBS9
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          92 46 Reuter LONDON Several foreign airlines have expressed interest in acquiring loss-making Latvian Airlines (Latavio), and a decision on a sale could be taken by the end of June. Janis Naglis, head of Latvia's Privatisation Agency, said on Monday. A consortium of Scandinavian Airlines System and
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          Lock icon GEC-Alsthom wins London Tube deal
          85 46 Bloomberg Business News PARIS GEC-Alsthom has won a contract worth as much as 600 million European currency units (SSl.l billion) to lease 106 new trains to the London Underground subway system for its Northern Line service. "We're working on the basis we will supply 106
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          99 46 AFP SHANGHAI The owner of a Romanian ship detained for 14 months by Shanghai authorities bought the vessel back at auction for U*****,000 (*****.000) last week, a newspaper has reported. The PreJeal was held following a dispute over shipping contracts between its owner. National Vessel
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          67 46 Bloomberg Business News CITY OF INDUSTRY, California American Isuzu Motors Inc will expand into the US pick-up truck and minivan markets early next year through separate collaborations with General Motors Corp and Honda Motor Co. American Isuzu, the US marketing arm of Japan's
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        330 46 Bloomberg Business News WASHINGTON A United Airlines application to fly between Chicago and London's Heathrow Airport is wishful thinking, arch-rival American Airlines says. "If wishes were horses, beggars would ride," American's associate general counsel, Carl Nelson, Jr, said in a filing
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        181 46 AFP APIA, Polynesia Transport authorities have cracked down on buses threatening to become mobile nightclubs by installing sound systems so loud the music arrives long before the vehicle. And then there is the crowding and the speed. The buses were created earlier this
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      313 28 CONVENTIONAL INDONESIA SERVICE VESSEL ETA FTO DESTINATNM CHAHAYA SEJATI 12/4 13/4 SEMARANG. JAKARTA SAN WALiEI 18/4 19/4 JAKARTA, SURABAYA KURNIA SEJATI 2(V4 22M JAKARTA SURABAYA. PAOANG WALIEOUA 24/4 26/4 JAKARTA FULL CONTAINER SERVICE SINGAPORE TO JAKARTA VESSEL VOT STORE LOADING PORT CARAKA JN3I9 SJ47 12/4 JAKARTA (berthng at W1) CARAKA
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      448 29 ANL. IT'S AUSTRALIAN FOR SHIPPING"^ir TO AUSTRALIA (EAST COAST) FROM AUSTRALIA (EAST COAST) vtssEi/voY jkt me igp ini <ro nei »ur hoi vessel "vor ihe sto Mil tun hoi jkt rioTI Wfi A ASIA I7S lU4 14«4 IM4 27/ M 2t/U M M M/M MAJAPAHIT MM tt/W n/U 11/94 IU4
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      1365 30 vtssa voy swcATOK jbhmh urn' mmmm hamsuk iotthmm mwwp it ttrsw*6i it/iu 14/4 m kl IZi Ml ill mm »/3M it/4 m vi m m m m wi— Mmuttangss oi/iis m/ 4 7/s iq/s «/s «/s M6A 22/4 1/5 ~VT~ \l/l 11/5 11/S 11/5 WT^ mww«»Exmss ?vnt v/< 14/s y/s
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      571 30 iS9NMMNN)k S'po« PMng Loading tor NANONAKUL 13/4 17/4 RdrrVAtw/UK/Nantea I BALA BAN 1 23/4 27/4 Rdm/AtwAJK/NantM I Loado EVW. MatayMa. Indonesia 1 I Loading for 1 SADAN KALKAVAN Dubai/Darnman/Kuwait I BUFFALO Jeddah/Aqaba/Tnpoh/AJgena I SAMMI F RON PIER I 'Loads Singapore. EVW Malaysia. Indonesia I I Loading for 1 SAMMI FORTUNE
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      1054 30 I NORASBT WEEKLY DIRECT SAILING TO HONG KONG, BUSAN KEELUNG j ALSO ACCEPTING Ifi 4 DALIAN, QINGDAO XINGANG (VIA BUSAN) SHANGHAI, CHIWAN HUANGPU (VIA HONG KONG) FOR MORE DETAILS, PLEASE CONTACT: MS TAN SEOW CHUAN MS YVONNE KOH S PORE GENERAL AGENT: NORASIA AGENCIES (S) PTE LTD ALSOACCEPTMGLCLTO: TEL: *****83
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      1193 31 H STRAITS SHIPPING PTE LTD 10 Hoe Chiang Road #11-01 Keppel Towers Singapore 0208 Tel: *****88 Fa*: *****17 rTTTTTTJTTTTTTI'gTTTffTfTTWTTTffTMBi NEW GUINEA PACIFIC LINE B (A SERVICE OF CHINA NAVIGATION CO) ACCBTS CARGO DOE SAILS ogg MEMJ6I V9606S KK. Stun Taw In Port 13Apr ,n cmmam WDMMMW anva TOUMUA NEW OUMU
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      2345 31 P&O Containers (Singapore Agencies) Pte Ltd JL O Hoc < hiang Kottd. *07-01 Kt ppil Towers, Singapore 0208 First Class Connections WORLDWIDE rNOCSP F 225 5,27,222 75,7 EXPORT IMPORT vessel wo* [•pmo 7 r%a —sTS sou art hot nam oot bre leh MM wo* art oot rot ham bre sou
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      537 31 OUTBOUOOO PKI PEN JOH SIN HUG KAO TAJ KH YOK TKY NAG KOB OSK MOJ BUS WAN HAI 216 *013 IM4 10P4 1204 13-1404 1604 2W 2104 23/04 26*4 WAN HAI 225 H067 1204 1304 1504 16-1704 2104 2204 2404 2504 0106 0206 0306 SEA RANGER *040 1504 1604 1604
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      469 32 I SEAWARD SHIPPING AND TRADING CO (S) PTE LTD ETA ETA ETA SPORE PORT KELANG PENANG BLUE JADE In Port Loading tor Male IRUVAIHUOHU 20/4 Loading lor Japanese Ports DOLPHIN 15/4 Loading lor Male PIONEER SUPREME 18/4 Loading for Male UMMEEOH 8/4 Loading lor Male PROGRESS U6ERTY 10/4 Loading tor
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      1260 32 0 HANJIN SHIPPING BOOKINGS TEL: *****35-237 OPERATION TEL: *****41-253 SALES TEL:- *****30-233 DOCUMENT TEL: *****71-275 FOR VSL SM LINE HAUL SEA Ml POX FDR VSL SM UNI HAM. SAV ILM NYC HANJIN BREMEN 015E 13/4 DIRECT *ft 6ft tft IRENES SYNTHESIS 004E 15/4 H KEELUNG OWE Ifcs IWS 21fl HANJIN
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      48 32 SOON KIAT SHIPPING PTE LTD 3 SHBfflM WAY #2D-OMIB SHENTON HOUSI REGULAR SERVICE TO SARAWAK ft BMB SPO« W p»i«« 06/9% Ilnhilii/Mlrt IMM Superior Glory 0595 Port Kalwg Ma|u Yong Hua (6/95 llrrtyta/Hlrl 22/04 *»MlHl ctrf m Pair PwCl HtmHm 'tt ■MknntmtifUNiM W: 22W0W He 2****** C* 11******001U
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      1263 32 EUROPE/UK/SCANDINAVIA/FINLAND/RUSSIA M I'l' liM ■1H333H SGP ROM MSG THP ANW IMW LHV ANW THP HOG ROM PKL SGP GAINING RW 042 12/4 7/5 4,5 5,5 Brt 9/5 E GIANT RE 060 13/3 14/3 1M 11/3 15/3 11/4 1M E GLOWING RWG3I 17/4 14fl llfl IM 15/5 **«2 21/3 22/5 24/3
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      3102 33 TO MOMBASA AMD DOR ES-SALAAM 5 Tosur smppmm ltd fafSSSS c5»Jf sSSsSF"Hi" 4 TTZ T ~J2SjE^S»7«« C Sk**t*a War *17-09 CR No: **********0 M Fa*: *****08 BroahMkSrc Doci. *****50 E**l**Hmt: *****30 aas BUa Tow*r 2 UCR No: CCSU JOHORt OFFICE: Fa*: *****15 Far. *****66 SMfWart 0J 06 CST MO' M
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      665 33 (it FAMOUS CONTAINER LINES 80 ROBINSON ROAD. #22-02 SINGAPORE 0106 HOT LINE: *****33 (30 LINES) ANNOUNCEMENJ COMPETITIVE RATES TO U.S.A. ETD: 17TH APR. 95 CONTACT: MAY JUAN HOT LINE: *****33 (30 LINES) P. KLANG PH: 0203-*****02 (10 LINES). PENANG PH: 0204-*****7 (10 LINES) J. BAHRU PH: 0207-*****22 GLOBELINK FORWARDERS PTE
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      1140 34 mmMSMBBBmwSm voy T 1 —I I a WAHA BHUM 274S Thu 13/4 Sun_ 16/4 .fj KOTA JADE JADOSS W»d In Pt Fri 14/4 B K|| VESSEL VOY SIN BKK I; VIWA BHUM 1298 Sun 16/4 Wad 1»/4 j GURU BHUM 5057 Sun I</4 Tua H/4 W ■11. YANTRA BHUM SON
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      1119 34 79 ANSON ROAD, #21-01, SINGAPORE 0207 TELE: *****92 FAX: *****57 CR **********0N STRAITS SHUTTLE SERVICE PORT KLANG PENANG VESStL VOY I SIN PKI VESSEL VOY SIN PEN S[A LAUPEI iIW n < THU> U I (fW) MCC CONVEYM 5022 Il4.lUti 14/4 (FIB)* (Aat BttCZC IWA '3 4 <IHU> IS 4
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      939 35 PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL LINES (PTE) LTD] J SSSSsS^M^^i 140 Cecil street 03 PIL Building. Singapore 0106. I I Km UK CR NO **********0E I 1 ;*y VESSEL VOY SIN CMS JIB HOD JED AQJ ADE PZU MSW ASA S. KOTA BERK AT BKT23P 20/4 25/4 1/5 3/5 5/5 7/5 14/5 20/5
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      892 35 vtssas vot sm it mm h»»mu»g tmmks koiummm antww KILE K SAGITU SOJW 12/04 02/05 04/05 06/05 07/05 06/05 WILE DAQIMA AOBN 11/04 09/05 U/05 13/05 14,05 15/05 VILE D HYOM HOIW 25/04 16/05 U/05 20/05 21/05 22/05 HUE DC IYM YOSN 23/05 25/05 27/05 21,05 23/05 •AISO ACCEPTMG CARGO
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      687 35 I BSfl ill M MYANMA VBk FIVE STAR LINE (Myanmar National Line) Loading for Yangon (Rangoon) S pore P Kl| Pen P.Gdf MTOMATWA VISSW In Port HPA AN V2O9W 12/14 Apr MALAYSIA AGENTS BOUSTEAO SHPPOIG AGENCKS KUI 111 02-03 *****00 PKI Tfl 02-03 376«101 PEN TEI 02-04-*****02 PCD HI 02
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      519 38 r-zn RICHFELD MARINE AGENCIES (S) PTE LTD UTEL; *****33 (12 UNES) FAX: ***** IS/*****03 TELEX: RS ***** RtSHIP (3 Unes) CR NO: **********0E I- JL." I hjgj ETHIOPIA* SHIPPINfi LINES (NrtkMMlLteesofEtWopia) ACCEPTING FCL AND CONVENTIONAL Vmil Voy ETA |Lo«dln9#or Spore Mombasa, Dptxxm Andtol 3BWB 17rt)4 Aawb. Maaaawa Abbay Wonz 43M>
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      552 38 M&M Afghanistan Ltd., Hairatan. Torghundi, Islamqala (Doqharun) C.1.5./RUSSIA: Alma Ala. Ashkhabad. Baku. Dushanbe. Irkutsk, Khabarovsk, Krasnoyarsk, Korsakov. Moscow. Militzer Munch Novosobirsk, Sochi, Tashkent. Tbilisi, Vladivostok, Vostochny I International Fontvarders Mongolia: uiaan Bator N Korea: Pyongyang, Nampo EXPRESS CONTAINER SERVICE TO WEST COAST SOUTH AMERICA I ALSO ACCEPTING CARGO TO: ABICA.
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      506 38 CONTAINER lines, IWE PWiANO: (04) *****8 BANGKOK (882) *****87 P. KgLANQ: (03) *****77 JAKARTA: (21)*****07 BURABAYA: (81)*****0 >♦ I ASIA HKG/TWN/BKKI GENOA/EUROPE 1 PEN PK SIN KL JjN G'bunj/C'hagan/S'holm/Oslo 16/4 17/4 18/4 14/4 15/4 16/4 HKG T3KK.XEE.XHH Piraeus 16/4 17/4 18/4 18/4 19/4 20/4 HKG/BKK/KEE/KHH LdnAlxWnVAnWarrVLeh 15/4 16/4 17/4 21/4
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      1331 39 I %#*s ps *> SINO EXPRESS SHIPPING (PTE) LTD. WW I 11 COLLYER QUAY *06-01 THE ARCADE SINGAPORE 0104. fiSlHnlmnPsSSSK^^^Vfl/f/IM=lTf I TEL: *****90 (4 LINES) FAX: *****98 TLX: R*****1 SINOEX SINOTRANS SHANGHAI (CONTAINER SERVICE) SIN/HKQ/SHAI spore HKQ SHAJ IIiSjSIsS&fiHSIHH^HHHH^^HHHi^HHIiHI 22 UTCCCI unv PTA (Tm ETA ETD ETA ETD «na I
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      1658 40 pOßsaaai U. S. A. /CANADA 3 TIMES A WEEK MAERSK TACOMA V.9506 ETA SIN 10 APRIL 1995 METTE MAERSK V.9504 ETA SIN 11TH APRIL 1995 ANNA MAERSK V.9508 ETA SIN 12TH APRIL 1995 VMM Voy ETA ETD 5 DESTINATIONS Nad Weak PANAMA Next Week BTH SIRING MADISON MAERSK V 9604
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      628 40 I MiMloyd I FULL CONTAINER SERVICES! IJOVCOWIOM WSH 1)/M 14 M 17/ M 17 M 13-M 14/ti U/H IS M I o «guu acsit 14 04 ivm u«4 n/n 11 I IUtUM ID 14/04 IS/M 11/04 24,« 21 Oi It DttMITK NFVO 20/04 21/04 24/04 24 M 20 OS 21/05
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      819 40 TO E. CANADA US ATLANTIC US GULF VOV SPORE P.KELANG HALIFAX N YORK NORFOLK N ORLEANS SAVANNAH TAMPICO HOUSTON 0328 14/15 Apr 15/16 Apr 12 May 15 May 18 May 24 May 23 May 30 May 4 jun« 0228 20/21 Apr 22 AfH 30 May 2 Jun 5 Jun 12
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      662 41 @(Mfian[iQ©(ro3DQ©@ DStoj 1 EUROPE SERVICE I i vessel voy spore flx ham rtm leh okk J SOVCOMFLOT SENATOR WFSI9 19AM IMIS 15/05 19/05 COWTSHIP LA SPE2IA 5603 21/04 16/05 17/05 19/05 20/05 DSR BALTIC WFS2O 24/04 21/05 20/05 18/05 24/05 I MEPiTERRANEAH SERVICE I VESSEL VOY r SPORE PSO PIR
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      644 41 jdk PAKISTAN NATIONAL SHIPPING CORPORATION KARACHI BREAKBULK CONTAINER SERVICE VtSStl VOT SIN KMACHi HTPCHABAO 139 HW 2*/04 04/06 ISLAMABAO 134-HW 12/05 22/05 SARGOOHA 155 HW 26/05 05/06 BOUH 150-HW 30/05 10/06 aiso tcarrMc c/ureas to oueu FAR EAST CONTAINER SERVICE ONLY VtSStl "wT aw BSN OS* NAG TOK BOIAN 143
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      745 41 FULL CONTAINER SERVICE FROM SIN TO MADRAS VESSEL/VOV ETA SIN ETA MAA MV SEA DRAGON V DRGO49 SAILED 12-13/04 MV TIGER CAPE V 018N IN PORT 16-19/04 MV PRAVDINSK V 16 IN PORT 17-18/04 MV TIGER ISLANO V 321N 13 15/04 19 23/04 MV BUNGA TERATAI V TERO3S 14 15/04
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      316 41 SIN FAR EAST 11/4 KEELUNG/KAOHSIUNG 16/4 BANGKOK 17/4 MANILA/CEBU 15/4 JAKARTA/BELAWAN/SURABAYA 16/4 PORT KELANG/PENANG/E. MALAYSIA 16/4 BUSAN 16/4 TOKYO/YOKO/KOBE/NGO/OSA 15/4 HONG KONG SIN CHINA (*Sl#±»*n) 15/4 GUANGZHOU/HUANGPU/SHENZHEN FUZHOU/XIAMEN/SHANTOU/SHEKOU DALIAN/SHANGHAI/XINGANG TIANJIN/QINGDAO/HAIKOU also accepting LCL cargo SjN EUROPE/UK 12/4 LDN/FLX/LVP/SOU 12/4 RDM/HAM/ANT/LEH/GOA/OSL/GOT/BCN also accepting cargo to Austria/ Hungary/Romama/Poland/Bulgaria/Czech. SIN USA/CANADA 17/4 LOS
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      510 42 STAR SHIPPING AGENCIES (S) PTE LTD MCNTS FOR: ZIM CONTAINER SERVICE GOLD STAR LINE LTD SETH SHIPPING CORPORATION TELEPHONE: 220-6666 (8 LINES) FAX: *****70 m: *****12 (MARKETING) (CR WO. 1031»«5>0000_t) N.AMERICA/CARIBBEAN SERVICES iogJBSu USStL WY SM MAHOKII VOT L6B KSI NTC tf* IRAK MCN 13/4 I HONGKONG 111 »/5 11/5
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      346 42 Singapore Soviet Shipping I Co. Pte. Ltd. CR NO: **********0N BOMBAY/COCHIN I VESSEL VOY SJM BOM COC M KURAKO MKO3N 22AM 01/08 07/00 SEA GLORY GLRO4I 2ttAX Oa/OO KOTA MUTIARA MUTO27 (WOO 1«/06 HAIPHONG/HO CHI MINH I VESSEL VOY SIN MPH MCM VYSOKOGORSK 065V96 13/04 ISAM VYSOKOGOBSK 065V96 2V04 01/00
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      520 42 !j y Conform CONTERM FREIGHT (F.E.) PTE LTD. AUCKLAND 24 APRIL (Accepting to all New Zealand porta) JAKARTA 16 APfi PORT KLANG 20 APR BAN6KOK 16 APR MANILA 16 APR BUSAN 17 APR 20 APR SYDNEY 20 APR BRISBANE 28 APR FREMANTLE 20 APR ADELAIDE 20 APR 13 APR I
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      988 42 SUPER EXPRESS SERVICE TO SEA m lAL SHIPPING AGENCY (S) PTE LTD 180 CECIL STREET #11-02/03 BANGKOK BANK BLOG, S PORE 0106 TEL NOS: *****66 (INBOUND) *****77 (OPS) FAX: *****33 CFS: *****31/*****42 CR NO. **********0Z INBOUND FROM JAPAN VESSEL VOT OS»M KOBE YOKOHAMA TOKYO HONGKONG P KELANC~ SNGAPOK AS POLLUX
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      1991 43 SUNSHIP AGENCIES PTE LTD 20 McCallum Street #16-01/03 Asia Chambers Singapore 0106 Tel: *****22 (10 Lines) FAX: *****05 CR No.: *****8 200 OOR Y.S.N. Llliri 1111 M ViT Voy Singapore P. Mg| Ptwnfl Ctdo oTchtd 15 Suited P Tl sun Ruby IS S«ll«d In Port 13-14/4 Timber Trader V 1
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      393 43 (A WHOLLY-OWNED SUBSIDIARY Of NOL) Official Agent of: SCSDiKISC (SEA AIRFREIGHT) transport nm O INTERNATIONALE SPEOITION MAIN LINE: 278 7772 WEEKLY LCL CONSOLIDATION INDIAN SUB-CONTINENT ETA ETA COLOMBO 15/04 22/04 CHITTAGONG 20/04 24/04 CALCUTTA 15/04 22/04 BOMBAY/NEW DELHI 19/04 25/04 KARACHI 16/04 23/04 MADRAS 16/04 23/04 USA/EUROPE ETD ETA USA
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      802 43 sex CALIFORNIA MERCURY 69' ETA SGP 19/04/95 I I t*jT I ARRIVING LOS ANGELES 06/05/95 IN 16 days Ml I AE x: NEPTUNE CORAL 20E' ETA SGP 19/04/95 I YORK 13/05/95 IN 23 ours EXPORT tIWOAPORi CAUroawi* IXPWtta (»CX) TOi USWC CAW«PA VESSEL SCP IPS OAK VAN SfT ATL CCC
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      1620 44 ii AMERICAN PRESIDENT LINES, LTD. 19 KEPP6L ROAD *02-01 JT POH BUHDtNG SINGAPORE 0208 MAIN LtNE 225-9366 CUSTOMER SERVICE *****2b FAX *****22 EAGLE VOCE *****88 CFS 270TO NORTH AIM9UCA CANADA WEEKLY CONTAINERIZED SERVICE IKMfLVOYMt rtN IHaI «H I JUT IS» VtSMLWYMi |OM|W»|CHt [Ml I HOU |«l I HYC [IPS HOl
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      1597 44 ff AS AGENTS: "K" LINE (SINGAPORE) PTE LTO (CR NO; **********0M/GST REG NO: H2-«0173U-«) TEL: *****77 TELEX: KAWAKI R*****5 FAX: *****16/7/8/9 MALAYSIA "K" LINE MARITIME (MALAYSIA) SON BHD Jl TEL: SA *****00 PK *****75 PEN *****20 JB *****01 PGU *****25/6 1 INDONESIA: P.T. SARANA LAUTINTERNUSA. TEL: JKT *****08 h. south-west
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      522 44 ISLAND LINE PTE LTD Subsidiary of Hal Sun Hup Group 200 CANTONMENT ROAO #02-11 SOUTNPOINT 2 TEL: 32*4357 FAX: *****04 TLX: M ***** A M ***** intra-asia container service WEEKLY SERVICE TO INDONESIA j ViltCL j VOT I JKT gg I VOY I 1 I M I I XQUR IN*
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      473 45 A HYUNDAI MERCHANT MARINE CO. LTDWESTBOUND TO EUROPE BKG: *****61 ISa [we rep VESSELS VOY I Si RTM I ANT l LEH HAM B*E| I fO~| "12/04 14/04 15/04 SEA PROGRESS 316W 17/04 05/05 07/05 05/05 07/05 07/05 09/05 19/ M 21/04 22/04 H. CHALLENGER 315 V» 24/04 12/05 14/05
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      464 45 BBS STRAITS/ JAPAN/ STRAITS SERVICE I MULTI-PURPOSE t RORO CARRIER I SPECIALIZE m HEAVY LIFT CARGO UPTO 120 TONS I RAMP CAPACITY UPTO 50 TONS I Cl* (I* I VESSEL _VOY P* LOAOWC fOU I KEISHUN 40 10/4 12/4 I MOMOSHMA MARU I 11/4 AEMAMMAN 12/4 I ORANGE MOON <2
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      651 45 JEDDAH/UK/CONTINENT SPORE CD RVAM H BURG BMH S TON LEH Abe Acceptaf Cir t o For TTN 1145 18/8 30/4 2/5 4/5 8/5 Southampton to jl UK dntiutm. Bdfist md OuMn FiOIIOTD AMERICA 3155 17/8 27/4 11/5 10 5 7/5 1/5 Rottndjm to il Antvttp A/mtuflim Odo Hchrtu MAAS 1155
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