The Business Times, 17 April 1995

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    13 1 Business Times WE KNOW ASIA MITA(P) 194/12/94 Monday April 17 1995 85 c
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  • 2am LATEST
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      Lock icon Demand for gold in M-E, India up
      55 1 Bloomberg Business News LONDON Demand for gold in the Middle East and India grew 29 per cent to 197.5 tonnes in the first quarter of 1995 compared with a year earlier, the World Gold Council said, according to a report by Deutsche Press
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    • Article
      Lock icon Chirac to be next French president poll
      46 1 Bloomberg Business News PARIS Former prime minister and mayor of Paris, Jacques Chirac, is expected to become France's next president, according to the last opinion poll to be published before a black-out took effect midnight Saturday. Bloomberg Business News
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    MARKET SUMMARY
    162 1 Stock market indices Friday Week change STII 2.071.42 -2.33 KLSEComp 965.97 -1.32 Nikkei 16.047.89 +328.39 Hang Seng 8.661.99 -H9I.7I SET Index 1.192.89 +15 85 Jakarta Comp 419.45 -9.54 CLSA China B 794.64 -28 08 Aust All Ord 2.020.7 +37.3 KTSE 100 3.208.8 -2.1 Dow Jones 4.208.18 +15.56 Average
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    MAS keeps rein on too rapid a rise of S'pore dollar
    581 1  -  By Catherine Ong SINGAPORE The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has been intervening actively in the currency market in recent months to stem the tide of hot money seeking refuge in the Singapore dollar. In an interview with Business
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    Lock icon US, Japan fail to agree on concrete steps to calm currency markets
    342 1 AP BALI, Indonesia The United States and Japan failed to agree yesterday on any concrete steps to ease turmoil in world currency markets caused by the falling dollar and soaring yen. US Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin and Japanese
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    S'pore may tap reserves to build desalination plants: Hng Kiang
    342 1  -  By Soh Tiang Keng SINGAPORE The Singapore government is prepared to dip into the nation's financial reserves to build desalination plants to meet the rising demand for water, said the Minister for National Development, Lim Hng Kiang, last night. Speaking
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    Guangdong Electric to raise HK$500m through B-share issue
    310 1 HONGKONG Guangdong Elcctric Power plans to raise at least HKSSOO million (Ss9o million) through a public float of 120 million B shares on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange in mid-May. The float, delayed for one year because of the sluggish stoek market, is
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    Lock icon Dealers expect respite for battered US$ this week
    585 1  -  From Neil Behrmann in LONDON THE US dollar is expected to consolidate against the yen and German mark this week despite disappointment over measures announced by Tokyo on Friday to check the yen's rise and shore up the economy, said dealers in
    Source: Bloomberg  -  585 words
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    Remisiers see selling by contra players and weak holders
    212 1  -  By R Sivanrthy SINGAPORE The weakness of the US dollar is expected to be a drag on local stock prices again this week. Last week, trading of local stocks was largely dictated by the course of the limp dollar, which nearly
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      21 1 Business IT: Pg 13 PC makers eye $40m education market Singapore's life insurance industry posts double-digit growth for 1994, Pg 2
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      28 1 Market Matters: Pg 19 Settlers' new cash crop Reaction to Japan's stimulus package, Pg 6 A pec ministers agree on steps to ensure stable capital flows, Pg 18
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      32 1 MIKIMOTO I The Originator of Cultured Pearls Since 1893 C. T. HOO #01 -22 Tanglin Shopping Centre, Singapore Bottom Line: Not too late for US to rethink weak dollar philosophy, Pg 18
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
    • EYE on the ECONOMY
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        Lock icon Visitor arrivals dipped in February
        303 2  -  By Agnes Wee THE tremors from the big earthquake in Japan in midJanuary were felt even in Singapore by the travelrelated industry, at least. The local hotel sector, for one. was hit by a dip in the number of visitors, especially in the aftermath of
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      Lock icon Life insurance industry posts double-digit growth for 1994
      504 2  -  By Soh Tiang Keng SINGAPORE Singapore's life insurance industry put up a sparkling performance last year on the back of a buoyant economy. Impressive double-digit growth was registered tor sums insured and premiums for both individual and group policies of life insurance
      Source: MAS  -  504 words
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      Popular Book may go public to fund expansion
      426 2 HOMEGROWN Popular Book Co Pte Ltd, which specialises in books in Chinese, may tap the stock market to finance its expansion in Singapore and abroad. The move was disclosed by Popular Book executive director Khang Swee Cheng in an interview with Reuters.
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      Supplementary cards can turn from love gift to debt burden
      349 2  -  By I Paul Leo SUPPLkMENIARY credit card holders beware the card may be a gift of love but when the love dies, it may become a burden of debt. One supplementary cardholder, who was divorced from her husband, the principal
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      131 2 Financial News^ A Quick Look At The Markets LCall 24 hours a day for SES KLSE mid-day reports and closing world market reports. Cost: 30 cents a minute Titan Automatic Designer Ferdinand A. Porsche Manufactured by !WC Schaffhausen Automatic movement. Case in titaniumortitanium with 1 8 ct. gold bezel. Sapphire
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      372 2 HP MJSS E THE RIMING HK I j DweeK DAYS that zvill shake the World oj Building Construction. South East Asia's meeting point for everyone the Building, Construction and Hardware Business. THE lARGEST AND LONGEST RUNNING SHOW mm of its kind in the region. j mihi f rom 1 cxpcricncc.
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
    • Article, Illustration
      Koh-Lim slugout becomes high point of M'sian polls
      529 3  -  Elections 95 By Ho Kay Tat THE "do-or-die" duel in Penang state between Chief Minister Koh Tsu Koon and Opposition leader Lim Kit Siang is the focal point of a general election that would otherwise lack the high drama of the 1990
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      Lock icon NF not complacent despite early boost: Mahathir
      293 3 Bernama PETALING JAYA Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad yesterday said the confidence of the National Front (NF) to form a government with more than two-thirds majority had been further boosted with its win in 20 parliamentary and state constituencies on nomination day. Dr Mahathir
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      Lock icon Japanese tread warily over Vietnam investment
      265 3 Reuter HANOI Vietnamese leaders waiting for a flood of Japanese investment to pour into the impoverished communist country may have to cool their heels until the next century. Japanese businessmen and diplomats yesterday said companies will tread cautiously until Vietnam's reform process quickens and
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      PM Goh agrees to have local pathologists travel to Manila
      437 3 SINGAPORE Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong confirmed that he has agreed to Philippine President Fidel Ramos' request for two Singapore pathologists to travel to Manila to examine the exhumed remains of a Filipino maid who was murdered in Singapore. The
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      Indon police to question activists over protests in Germany
      288 3  -  From Maggie Ford in JAKARTA INDONESIAN policc will begin questioning tomorrow political activists suspcctcd of involvement in demonstrations against President Suharto during his rcccnt trip to Germany. They will start with three people. Member of Parliament Sri Bintang Pamungkas; former Tempo
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  • CHINA/HONGKONG/TAIWAN
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      Lock icon China rakes in 2.3b yuan personal income tax in 1st qtr
      328 4 Reuter. AFP BEIJING Stricter management helped China reap 2.37 billion yuan (SS39I million)in personal income tax in the first quarter, an 81.5 per cent rise over the 1994 period. Xinhua news agency yesterday said China's consumption tax registered a
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      Lock icon Chinese flags at half-mast today to mark cremation of Chen Yun
      239 4 AP BEIJING Hags in China will be flown at half-mast today to mark the cremation of Chen Yun, considered China's second most powerful man after senior leader Deng Xiaoping. Mr Chen died last Monday after a long, undisclosed illness.
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      Lock icon Inflation remains bugbear of HK economy: official
      129 4 Reuter SANUR, Indonesia A senior Hongkong official voiced some concern about inflation in the British colony but said the overall economic outlook remains favourable. Senior Treasury official Kwong Ki-chi also told the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation group he saw some signs recently that the
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      Lock icon China aiming for 10% annual growth for chemical industry
      133 4 AFP BEIJING China's chemical industry is targeting annual growth of 10 per cent between now and 2000, as the sector expands to meet the demand for more value-added products, according to a report yesterday. The Ministry of Chemical Industry's forecast, which
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      Lock icon Beijing economists press for money market expansion
      253 4 Reuter SHANGHAI China should greatly expand its money markets to reduce the pressure on bank credit and make better use of capital, a group of economists from Shanghai Fudan University proposed yesterday. In 1994, China's interbank market had a turnover of only one
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      Lock icon Japan's direct investment in China expected to hit record high
      194 4 AFP BEIJING Direct Japanese investment in China is likely to reach a record high this year amid the yens sustained appreciation against the dollar. A senior economist with the Foreign Trade Ministry's International Trade Research Institute, Xu Changwen. yesterday said
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    • CHINA WATCH
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        Lock icon Ready to paint the town red
        62 4 AFP SHANGHAI Migrant workers, dressed in their best, teking a quick dinner at a construction site in Shanghai's Pudong New Area development before hitting the town for the night. More than 100 buikiings have been completed or are being constructed in Pudong, which has
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        Lock icon Nepalese PM visiting China
        62 4 Reuter KATHMANDU Nepalese Prime Minister Man Mohan Adhikary left for China yesterday, saying Nepal should act as bridge to peace and development between India and China. Mr Adhikary said his visit to China, Nepal's northern neighbour, "will be as successful as was my visit to India".
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        Lock icon Taiwan's activists take to the streets
        73 4 AFP TAIPEI About 15.000 pro-independence activists marched down major thoroughfares in the capital city yesterday to demand that Taiwan formally split from from China. The event was staged in commemoration of the Treaty of Shimonoseki, signed in 1895, when China ceded Taiwan to Japan,
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        Lock icon Use of pesticides on the rise
        77 4 AP BEIJING China's farmers are using larger amounts and a wider variety of pesticides and herbicides than ever before, and the number of poisoning cases of involving such chcmicals is also growing. There are about 1,000 pesticide and herbicide factories in China producing 940,000
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  • ASIA
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      Lock icon Tokyo survives doomsday threat but remains tense
      373 5 Reuter TOKYO Tokyo lived through a doomsday cult leader's prophecy of a disaster but remained tense and under heavy security yesterday, with scores of restaurants and stores shut and thousands of police guarding potential troublespots. "We have no plans to loosen security," a
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      Lock icon Aussie opposition clarifies stance on human rights
      167 5 AFP SYDNEY Australia's conservative opposition yesterday signalled that human rights would not be a priority in its approach to foreign affairs in the Asian region. Alexander Downer, foreign affairs spokesman for the Liberal Party, had previously appeared at odds with his leader John
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      Lock icon Australian economy likely to post moderate growth
      175 5 Reuter BALI Australian Treasurer Ralph Willis yesterday predicted the Australian economy would grow moderately in coming quarters and slower than mid-1994. Mr Willis, speaking at the opening session of the Asia-Pa-cific Economic Cooperation (Apec) meeting, said growth of 5 per cent in the
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      266 5 The Hilton-British Airways Playhouse presents ■■M^v] Peggy Mount Dauid Velland Celia Bannerman Jenny Funnell Richard Bebb Eira Griffiths Katy Landis Noel Coward's improbable farce in "Blithe Spirit" The enchanting comedy by nllTfli Apri.22-a8.1995| COUjaril W SINGAPORE Designed by Rlan Miller Bunford Directed by John Dauid Produced by Derek Nimmo Venue:
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  • THE WORLD
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      Markets' adverse response points to predicament of Japanese economy
      744 6  -  Reaction to Japan's economic stimulus package From Anthony Rowley in TOKYO THE adverse reaction in Tokyo financial markets to Japan's economic stimulus package last week proved two things: that the current plight of international currencies reflects a US dollar rather than
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      Lock icon New-style US mall puts focus on fun instead of shopping
      330 6 NYT IRVINE, California The owners of a major industrial park in this Southern California city arc building an elaborate US$5O million (Ss7o million) entertainment complex, hoping that it will be the prelude to further retail development. Both the location and
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      Lock icon Canada, EU reach accord to end fish war
      307 6 AP BRUSSELS European Union ambassadors endorsed an agreement with Canada yesterday ending a row over fishing off Newfoundland, French ambassador Pierre de Boissieu told reporters. "It's done..." Mr de Boissieu said. Diplomats said the agreement would be formally ratified by EU states
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      Lock icon Yeltsin puts off signing friendship treaty with Ukraine
      173 6 AP KIEV, Ukraine Russian President Boris Yeltsin has declared he will not sign a friendship treaty with Ukraine until it resolves its dispute with Russian nationalists in its Crimea region. Mr Yeltsin's statement on Saturday was his first response to Ukraine's political
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    • WORLD WATCH
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        Lock icon UK growth slowing, survey shows
        59 6 Bloomberg Business News LONDON Britain's economy is slowing "markedly", a business survey covering 8,000 firms will show this week, the Sunday Times said. The British Chambers of Commerce quarterly survey, out on Thursday, shows service industries struggling against weak domestic demand. Manufacturers are doing better,
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        Lock icon US police offer computers for guns
        46 6 AP SAN FRANCISCO They tried guns for cash, guns for groceries and guns for concert tickets. Now police are trying a cyberswap. From Saturday, police will hand out used computers to anyone turning in a handgun no questions asked. AP
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        Lock icon Call to use profits to clean up UK rivers
        79 6 Reuter LONDON A former Conservative cabinet minister has demanded that some of the profits made by privatised British water companies be diverted into a clean-up of the rivers. The Observer newspaper said it had obtained a copy of a letter written
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        Lock icon Mandela confident of resolving dispute
        44 6 AFP DURBAN President Nelson Mandela said on Saturday that a dispute with the Zulu nationalist Inkatha Freedom Party over international mediation on the position of the Zulu king and the powers and functions of provinces can be resolved. AFP
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      Lock icon Iraq spurns UN oil sale plan; stirs up fury at US
      265 7 AP BAGHDAD Iraq has rejected a United Nations offer to sell US$2 billion (SS2.B billion) worth of oil to buy food and medicine, opting instead to launch a huge anti-American propaganda campaign. Thousands of people, mostly government employees, staged
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      Lock icon Iceland more optimistic about economic outlook
      203 7 Reuter REYKJAVIK Iceland is emerging from a six-year recession believing that its fish, untapped energy resources and the attraction of its natural beauty will secure prosperity in the next century. "It is sometimes said that Iceland lives on fish, energy and beauty," Thordur Fridjonsson,
      Reuter  -  203 words
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      Mega-deals and mega-debts
      705 7  -  WORLD VIEW By Kevin Sullivan Mega-deals tend to be unquantifiable, since they are measured in billions. A billion here, a billion there units of value this large become meaningless. So we may view with detachment the news that the Canadian drinks company, Seagram, is to pay US$5.7
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      Lock icon Gaddafi wants UN to probe 1986 US bombing of Tripoli
      310 7 AP CAIRO Two weeks after saying Libya would leave the United Nations, Muammar Gaddafi reaffirmed his support for its authority, and demanded the Security Council investigate the 1986 American bombing of Tripoli. The Libyan leader was speaking from his Tripoli
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  • THE ARTS
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      Varied interpretations
      335 9  -  Four SSO members were featured as soloists in a concert last Thursday. Benjamin Loh reviews their performances Benjamin Loh Last Thursdays "Concerto Evening" at the Victoria Concert Mall featured four soloists from the Singapore Symphony Orchestra in a programme of relatively less known works. Mozart's Concerto in C
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      Lock icon Bowing her way to world acclaim
      625 9  -  Hong Ki Soo meets South Korea's Chang Han Na. a little cellist with a big future Hong Ki Soo Reuter SOUTH KOREAN cello prodigy Chang Han Na is the last person to think of herself as a musical genius. But the 12-year-old winner of
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
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      1061 9 1 TV RADIO I Q (a Jjj very hard. a sc- IH|humiliations. Van Shun- My S^^w] kai won y I 10 t w<fl >>' for his part as the clueless vie- '"*m J 7 George is obsessed with the PJ idea that his girlfriend's nose- is vfajjg' too large. He
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  • SPORTS
    • SPORT SHORTS
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        Basketball
        117 10 MIAMI Glen Rice scored a franchise-record 56 points, high in the NBA this season, to lead Miami to a 123-117 victory over Orlando on Saturday. Rice, who scored 13 points in the final five minutes, broke his own team record of 46 points and topped Michael Jordan's 55-point performance
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        Lock icon Equestrian Sports
        152 10 Reuter GOTHENBURG, Sweden World number one Franke Sloothaak of Germany took the second leg of the World Cup showjumping final with a clear round of 35.42 seconds on San Patrignano Weihaiwcj on Saturday. Briton Michael Whitaker, forsaking speed to avoid error, steered his German-bred gelding Everest Two Step
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        Golf
        247 10 TOKYO 100 million yen ($1.20 million) Tsuruya Open final round Sunday (Japanese unless stated): 279 Satoshi Higashi 69 74 66 70 280 Yoshinori Mizumaki 70 70 72 68, Roger Mackav (Aust) 73 69 70 68. Koki Idoki 67 76 69 68, Kiyoshi Maita 71 69 70 70, Katsunori Kuwahara
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        Lock icon Motor-rally
        113 10 Rcuter NAIROBI Yoshio Fujimoto made history yesterday when he became the first Japanese driver to win Kenya's Safari Rally, widely regarded as the world's toughest. Fujimoto, who had never previously won a major rally, led the 2.994 km event almost from the start, despite overturning his Toyota during the
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        Lock icon Rugby
        268 10 AP PALMERSTON NORTH, New Zealand Winger Norman Berryman scored two tries on Saturday night as a New Zealand XV defeated Canada 38-17 in a tour match. The loss was the second straight for Canada, which is playing four games in Ne* Zealand to prepare for next month's World Cup
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        Cricket
        44 10 BASSETERRE, St kitts A West Indies Board XI were 209 for eight at close on the first day of the three-day match against Australia at Warner Park on Saturday. Scores: West Indies Board XI 209-8 (Nehemiah Perry 52 not out. Suruj Ragoonath 46).
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        Tennis
        67 10 TOKYO Japan Open finals Sunday Men: 4-Jim Courier (US) b l-Andre Agassi (US) 6-3 6-4. Doubles: I-Mark know lev Jonathan Stark (Bah/US) b 4-Andcrs Jarryd/John Fitzgerald (Swe/Aust) 6-3 3-6 7-6 (7/5). Women: 2-Amy Frazicr (US) b l-Kimiko Date (Jpn) 7-6 (7/5) 7-5. HOUSTON Houston Women's Championships semifinals Saturday: I-Stefil
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      Lock icon Courier upsets Agassi in Japan Open
      648 10 AP TOKYO Jim Courier spoiled Andre Agassi's debut as the world No I, outslugging him 6-3. 6-4 yesterday in the final of the Japan Open. Playing in chilly winds before nearly 10.000 spectators, many of them cheering for Agavsi. Courier set up match point
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      Lock icon Joe Cool's body clock runs out
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      301 10 NYI HILTON HEAD, South Carolina In years past, the MCI Classic has always been a little post-Masters party, a decompression chamber after the stress and strain of the year's first major. But not this year. On the way to the beach
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      Trade officials combining social, computer networks
      1051 11  -  More embassies are shelving their lobby books and going hi-tech to provide information services for companies, writes Kevin Sullivan Kevin Sullivan Bookshelves were once a universal feature of reception lobbies at embassies and high commissions around the world. Visitors could browse through a huge
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      505 12 Japanese senior managers assess their Malaysian executives Bernama Malaysian managers working in Japanese companies in Malaysia need to have more guts and commitment to "steal" the positions of Japanese expatriates there. This was the view of the senior management of some 350 Japanese
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      PC makers target $40 million schools bonanza
      813 13  -  Along with the exploding home market, schools could be the next big area of growth. David Mok finds out where the opportunities lie. David Mok PERSONAL computer vendors are setting their sights on Singapore's schools market which some estimate will absorb as much
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      HP maps colourful Deskjet strategy
      587 13  -  Kenneth James finds out how the printer leader aims to strengthen its position in the highly competitive inkjet market Kenneth James HEWLETT-PACKARD says it is ready to move ahead in the exploding market for inkjet printers. Its strategy: deliver on the home user's dream of
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      Lock icon Compaq licenses Taiwan's Mitac to make computers
      476 13 Bloomberg Compaq Computer Corp will begin selling personal computers manufactured by Taiwan's Mitac International Corp in another break from making virtually all of its products in-house. Earlier this year, the world's No 1 personal computer maker announced an agreement with another Taiwanese manufacturer
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      SAP launches on-line product support for R/3
      494 14  -  By Lee Wai Leong Application software giant SAP has set up an on-line service that will enable customers of its flagship R/3 system in Asia to enjoy on-line product support services for their R/3 installations. It has also launched an information service that
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      Lock icon Tokyo govt shifts focus to software development
      278 14 NYT THE Tokyo government plans to concentrate on developing computer software instead of hardware in a shift that is intended to help Japan catch up with overseas competitors. The Information-Technolo-gy Promotion Agency, an auxiliary organisation to the Ministry of International Trade and Industrv
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      PR firm ventures into Internet content development
      417 14  -  By Lee Wai Leong LOCAL public relations firm Maxinfo Communications has expanded its services into the network age with the launch of an electronic information site called Pressence on the Internet worldwide computer network. The company last week also set up a new
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        Mastek clinches Zalik contract
        36 14 SINGAPORE Software firm Mustek Asia Pacific recently clinchcd a MS 1.6 million (*****.000) contract to supply client/server software to Zalik Securities Sdn Bhd. which is part of the Malaysian Hong Leong Group.
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        AMD delays new chip
        65 14 SINGAPORE US-based microprocessor maker Advanced Micro Devices said last week that its newest computer chip, developed to compete with Intel's Pentium processor, would be delayed. AMD said that its K5 chip would not be generally available until early next year. The company will attempt to produce
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        Wearnes to ship plug and play PCs
        56 14 SINGAPORE Computer maker Wearnes Thakral has said that it will ship plug and play ready personal computers bundled with Windows 95. when Microsoft's long-awaited next generation operating system ships. Wearnes Thakral's new line of PCs, called Business Station XL. will be available in
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        Local software firm wins China deal
        42 14  -  Compiled by David Mok SINGAPORE Local software developer IPACS Computer Services has won a contract worth USS2.3 million (553.2 million) trom the People's Construction Bank of China in Fujian to set up a banking information system.
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        IT outsourcing
        54 15 SINGAPORE The Singapore Institute of Management is holding a seminar on IT Outsourcing on April 27 and 28. The seminar will cover topics such as risks and opportunities of outsourcing as a business solution, what areas should be outsourced, and managing the provider of outsourcing facilities. For details,
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        MS Windows programming
        49 15 SINGAPORE The Singapore Computer Society is organising a four-day course on Microsoft Windows programming from May 2 to 5 at the Golden Landmark Hotel. The course is conducted by Mr Ng Kok Thiam, the director of technology at Focus Computing. For details, call Josephine at 778-3901.
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        ISS courses
        53 15 SINGAPORE The Institute of Systems Science is holding the following series of courses. For details, call Elizabeth at 772-2020. Measuring IT productivity with function points (April 19-20) Neural Network Workshop (April 19-21) Executive Information Systems for Developers (April 24-26) Implementing Open Systems (April 26-28) Joint Application Development for
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        3COM networking seminar
        39 15 SINGAPORE 3Com will host a seminar on High Speed Networking Solutions on April 24. The seminar is aimed at organisations which are experiencing network bottlenecks or network management difficulties. For details, call 3Com Asia at 538-9368.
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        AS/400 client/server seminar
        56 15  -  Compiled by Lee Wai Leong SINGAPORE IBM Singapore is organising a seminar on AS/400 client/servers on April 21 at the Oriental from 1.30 pm to 5 pm. It will cover recent IBM recent client/server developments with discussions and demonstrations of the IBM AS/400 Advanced Series super server.
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        Racal promotes Wong
        74 15 RACAL-DATACOM has appointed James Wong as its area manager for South-east Asia. Mr Wong, 38, joined Racal as a sales engineer in 1990 after 12 years at Singapore Telecom. He quickly became one of Racal's top salesmen, and was promoted to senior sales engineer shortly after he
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      Lock icon 700m possible Internet users by 2000
      424 15 Internet World "95 Bloomberg A top ibm Corp executive expects 700 million potential customers to be using the Internet by the end of the century versus the present six million subscribers to commercial online services. In his keynote address at Internet World '95, a
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      Lock icon Sun, Netscape to work jointly on Internet product
      334 15 Reuter SUN Microsystems Inc and Netscape Communications Corp said they would jointly work to develop Internet products and jointly market them. Sun, which is market leader in server computers and software used for companies wanting to put data on the Internet, and
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      Lock icon Top online players push for Net security
      530 15 Reuter THE three major commercial online services, typically fierce competitors. have joined forces with other companies to make the Internet global computer network a safer place to do business. In fact, many companies made bold promises during the Internet World '95 trade show
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      Using neural networks to recognise patterns
      701 16  -  IT THE NEXT WAVE Tian Qi highlights a successful application developed for Singapore's port Tian Qi The writer is a research staff member at the Institute of Systems Science. He can he reached at 7 *****1, fax: *****98 or on the Internet at tian@iss.mis.sr.
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      Quotable quotes: Food for thought
      778 16  -  NET WATCH TRACKING THE NETWORKING WORLD Tommi Chen rounds off this current series on the Internet with a potpourri of timely quotes Tommi Chen Dr The writer is an Internaut and managing partner of Set Centre Pie Ltd the Internet and networking specialist. He is
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      Does nuclear winter threaten IT?
      728 17  -  WINDOWS OF OPPORTUNITY DAVID WELCHER The writer heads Computing Dynamics (USA). a Brooklyn-based management consulting and software development firm, and also writes on IT issues. He sent this commentary from Honolulu, Hawaii. THE Greeks knew very well that hubris against the essentially divine order of
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      Big Blue's Butterfly has a potent punch
      1090 17  -  TEST RIJINU Lee Wai Leong is almost but not quite bowled over by IBM's Black Beauty Lee Wai Leong THE IBM ThinkPad 701 "Butterfly" must be the world's first "Stealth" notebook. The first impression you get when you hold up the tiny 2
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      Sharp launches Zaurus PDA
      345 17 JAPANESE consumer electronics giant Sharp has launched its Zaurus key-board-enhanced personal digital assistant (PDA), which was a hit in Japan where it sold more than 300,000 units in the first six months after its launch there in October 1993. The Zaurus combines a pen-based note taker,
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    555 18 AFP, Reuter BALI Asia-Pacific finance ministers ended their second meeting here yesterday agreeing on steps to ensure beneficial, stable capital inflows and limit the impact of currency volatility. A joint statement issued after the finance ministers meeting of the Asia-Pacific
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    44 18 Reuter WASHINGTON Members of 'Americans for tax reform' staging a rally in front of the White House on Saturday as part of a nationwide protest against high taxes. The group is a 60,000-member coalition of individuals, taxpayer associations and businesses. Reuter
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    366 18 Reuter NICOSIA Iran's National Petrochemical Company (NPC) has threatened to end contracts with three US firms to supply US$24O million (L»5336 million) worth of petrochemicals, even as the United States is considering widening trade sanctions against the Teheran
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    427 18 Reuter WASHINGTON Just about now, inflation should be banging on the gate of the maturing US economic recovery, but despite rumours of sightings, the build-up of price pressures has yet to arrive. To analysts, this is both welcomed and a bit surprising
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    304 18 UPI ABU DHABI The Arab world is the world's second largest growth area for the telecommunications industry, a senior official said yesterday. "In the past decade, the rate of telecommunications growth in the Arab states was the second highest in
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    169 18 AP COLOMBO Ending a fiveyear embargo, the government yesterday allowed people to carry petrol and dicsel to rebelheld territory in northern Sri Lanka. Military officials said "people now take the banned fuel in bottles and cans". The government is yet to formally
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    177 18 Reuter MANILA Philippine industries face only a minimal threat from an Asean agreement to abolish tariff and non-tariff barriers by the year 2003, a foreign policy expert said yesterday. Julius Caesar Parrcnas. head of the Institute for International and Strategic Studies of the
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      Lock icon MRCB offers Tenaga, PNB stakes in Zelleco
      447 19 NST KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian Resources Corporation Bhd (MRCB), which together with Permodalan Nasional Bhd (PNB) was awarded the contract by Tenaga Nasional Bhd to construct the nation's first 500KV power transmission system, plans to extend the partnership to include the downstream activities it
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      242 19 MBT KUALA LUMPUR Shah Alam Properties Bhd has been awarded a privatisation project by the Selangor State Privatisation Committee to redevelop 18.8 ha in Rawang at a cost of MS 170 million (5596.4 million). The project, expected to commence next year and be
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      231 19 NST KUALA LUMPUR The Malaysian Industrial Development Authority (Mida) is looking into the possibility of its corporatisation during the Seventh Malaysia Plan. Its new director-general, Zainun Aishah Ahmad, yester-' day said Mida's request for funds under the Seventh Malaysia Plan included the amount
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      631 19  -  jQ MARKET _l MAnERS By Amy Balan THE GOOD earth makes good money. That's what many Federal Land Development Authority (Felda) settlers are finding out. Felda. conceived in 1959 to provide land for the landless in Malaysia, was as much a vanguard
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        Lock icon OSK Holdings to introduce asset management services
        368 20 MBT KUALA LUMPUR OSK Holdings Bhd expects to offer asset management services to the public by the middle of this year. Its trained and specialised staff are waiting to be licensed. This division is expected to contribute positively to the group's future earnings,
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        Lock icon Petronas confirms Statoil's 15% stake in integrated refinery project
        219 20 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Petroliam Nasional Bhd has confirmed that Statoil of Norway will hold 15 per cent interest in a joint venture to undertake work on the second phase of Petronas' integrated refinery project (PSR-2) in Malacca. President and chief executive
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        Lock icon Price for Dunlop's proposed acquisition of Sesco stake based on earnings potential
        335 20 NST KUALA LUMPUR The price to be paid by Dunlop Estates Bhd for its proposed acquisition of a 45 per cent stake in Sarawak Electricity Supply Corporation (Sesco), to be settled via a share swap, was arrived at
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        Lock icon Kumpulan Emas to sell 4% Pica stake
        164 20 NST KUALA LUMPUR Kumpulan Emas Bhd is disposing of its 4 per cent stake in Pica (M) Corp Sdn Bhd to six unnamed parties for MS26 million (5514.7 million) cash. Kumpulan Emas will realise a group pre-tax profit of MSB.7 million, and MS
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        Lock icon Daiman plans acquisition of Lembaran Murni
        195 20 MBT KUALA LUMPUR Daiman Development Bhd (DDB) has proposed to acquire Lembaran Murni Sdn Bhd (LMSB). The company has entered into a sale and purchase agreement on April 7 to buy the entire issued and paid-up capital of LMSB comprising 26.60 million MSI shares
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          Lock icon Kinta Kellas tipped to earn M$41.6m
          86 20 NST KUALA LUMPUR Kinta Kellas pic is expected to make M 541.60 million (5523.58 million) in pre-tax profit for the year ending Dec 31. 1995, up 12.5 per cent, according to BBMB Securities Sdn Bhd. For 1996. however, Kinta Kellas' pre-tax profit was forecast
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          Lock icon Shell unit to set up bitumen plant
          82 20 Reuter MANILA Philippine Petroleum Corp (PPC), a member of the Shell group of companies, will build a 510 million peso (5527.2 million) bitumen making facility to produce high grade asphalt, Trade Undersecretary Melito Salazar said. PPC, a 74 per cent British-controlled and 26
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          106 20 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR T A Securities Sdn Bhd hopes to become an issuer and risk manager for calls warrants, when this is introduced on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (KLSE). Its executive director Tan Kuay Fong said T A Securities has already set up
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        329 21 SCMP HONGKONG Templeton. a United States-based fund, has accumulated a 2 per cent shareholding in banking giant HSBC Holdings. Its stake was worth HK54.56 billion (SSB24 million) at last week's closing price. The Prudential Corp group of companies and Legal General were
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        242 21 SCMP HONGKONG The Hongkong stock exchange is considering sending an official letter to all recently listed companies warning them on the use of listing proceeds, according to Herbert Hui Ho-ming. head of the exchange's listing division. The letter will go
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        613 21  -  Sk HANG SENG INSIGHT By Steve Vines FRANKLIN Resources, a US mutual fund group which runs Tem-pleton-Franklin, is doing something very unusual in Hongkong. Unlike other investment funds which are content to buy relatively small amounts of equity in a variety of companies,
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          73 21 Reuter TAIPEI The shareholders' meeting of Taiwan's Formosa Plastics Corp approved the firm's plan to raise as much as US$35O million (Ss49o million) this year by issuing convertible bonds or global depositary receipts overseas, a spokesman said. "Our shareholders' meeting passed the proposal (on Friday),
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          68 21 Reuter LONDON Granada Group pic has bought Pavilion Services Group Ltd, which operates eight motorway service areas and one trunk road service area in Britain. Granada said the acquisition, which is being financed from existing facilities, involves a payment of £76.3 million (Ssl7o million) cash and
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          Lock icon Kirin to tie up with Chinese brewer
          93 21 AFP TOKYO Kirin Brewery Co, Japan's top beer producer, will provide a Chinese brewer with a licence to produce beer under its brand name, Japanese news agencies said on Saturday. Kirin will sign a contract with Shenyang Huaren Snowflake Beer Co next week.
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        Lock icon Kerkorian yet to finalise finance for bid
        470 22 Reuter Bloomberg Business News DETROIT Former Chry sler Corp chairman Lee lacocca told the Detroit \'ews that billionaire investor Kirk Kerkorian has not yet lined up enough money to buy the automaker. "It's not there yet," said Mr lacocca. who is to put
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        361 22 Bloomberg Business News NEW YORK AT&T Corp is expected to maintain its 60 per cent share of America's US$7O billion (SS9B billion) long-distance market in the first quarter amid a 13 per cent increase in profits, analysts said. Investors
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        317 22 Bloomberg Business News SANTA CLARA, California Intel Corp is expected to report strong first-quarter earnings as revenue surges more than 37 per cent on vibrant sales of its flagship Pentium processor. The world's largest independent chipmaker is enjoying increasing popularity
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        566 23 SCMP HONGKONG China s specialist banks may escape a downgrading by Moody's Investors Service, but the days of an assured credit rating are over. They can no longer assume that state ownership means a sovereign rating, with Moody's set to
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        303 23 AFP SYDNEY Australia's biggest financial institution, the AMP Society, will decide by early 1996 whether to shed its mutual status, chief executive George Trumbull said yesterday. "I think we need to probably make some judgements in '95 or early '96,
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        195 23 FT BUENOS AIRES Several regional Argentine banks will not open their doors today, after the central bank moved to speed up the consolidation of a banking sector severely hit by the credit crunch that followed Mexico's devaluation last December. "We are going to
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          97 23 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG China's currency will remain stable over the next few months, said Zhang Debao, president of the Bank of China's Institute of International Finance, the China Daily reported. Mr Zhang said steady economic growth and easing inflation will contribute to the renminbi's
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          68 23 HONGKONG Virgin Direct, London-based Virgin Group's newly created personal finance company, is looking for a partner in Hongkong, said Virgin Direct's managing director, the South China Morning Post reported. "We are now talking to one or two people," said Rowan Gromley. Set up on March
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          86 23 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Bank of Commerce (M) Bhd (BOC) is to take advantage of the continued rapid growth of the Malaysian economy by adding more Automated Teller Machines (ATM) this year as part of a plan to expand its consumer banking business. Its president, Mohamed
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          96 23 Bloomberg Business News LONDON The Lloyd's of London insurance market might take charge of billions of pounds worth of liabilities in a temporary move that would limit investors' losses, the Financial Times reported. By creating a new insurance syndicate, Lloyd's would limit losses on outstanding
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        442 23 Barrett said to be leaving because his authority was diminished in January Bloomberg NEW YORK Richard J Barrett, head of global investment banking at Salomon Brothers Ine and a member of the firm's executive committee, plans to announce his resignation today, a managing director at
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        378 24 AFP HANOI Vietnam has licensed a Japanese firm to build a USS3SO million (SS49O million) cement plant in the north of the country, the largest investment yet in the construction sector, a report said yesterday. NM Cement Co Ltd is to build
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        191 24 Reuter BEIJING Aluminium prices in China will remain high as production and supplies fail to meet demand and exports continue to outstrip imports. The National Price Information yesterday said enterprises making moulded aluminium materials were growing in number and output, fuelling strong demand
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        164 24 Reuter NICOSIA Iran's National Petrochemical Company (NPC) has threatened to end contracts with three US firms to supply US$24O million (***** million) worth of petrochemicals. "We have verbally informed these companies that they would be excluded from NPC's selling roster and
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        282 24 AhP BEIJING China plans to establish a national company responsible for the custody and settlement of treasury bonds, as part of its bid to set up a nationwide market, a report said yesterday. According to Gao Jian, director
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        181 24 Reuter SHANGHAI More than 50 of China's largest futures brokerages have set up a group that aims to improve self-disci-pline in futures trading, the China Securities newspaper reported. Chairing the meetings will be the 12 most influential brokerages including China International Futures Co Ltd
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        381 24 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR The Kualu Lumpur Options and Financial Futures Exchange Bhd (KlofTe), which will start trading in the second half of this year, will be introducing international products in five to 10 years, says its marketing and product development manager, John Lim.
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        653 25  -  SIMEX WEEKLY ROUNDUP By Yumiko Iijima MMS International SINGAPORE Yen gains lo a rccord high at 80.20, Tokyo's packagc to curb the strong yen and an official discount rate cut kept Japan in the limelight last week. The results of Japan's local elections, held
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        953 25 COMMODITY WEEKLY ROUNDUP AFP LONDON The oil market had the jitters last week on contradictory reports as to whether Iraqi oil would come hack onto world markets, while precious metals eased slightly after the previous week's gains. For the moment. Iraqi oil
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      1410 25 SICOM Futures Rubber (futures doslnc as at 5.30pm) RSS 1 Contract (S cents/kg) Close Volume Open Month High Low Sett (tonnes) Interest May 95 268 00 267.50 269 50 200 1925 Jun 267.50 265.00 264.50 650 3125 Jul 255.00 254.00 256.00 125 1375 Aug 255.00 ***** 254.00 125
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      5641 26 CORPORATE RESULTS >*t h am KPN Date TV LY IV I.V Company ann (Sai) (Sin) (cts) (els) MSB* Mar 31 I I 973 0 843 2.92 0.92 Alliance-Tcch Mar 30 P I.380L I 564L ANA Holds Apr 3 P 3.392 2 591 7 07 5 -10
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      753 26 Relative Strength Index: The RSI measures the rate at which prices move. In theory, it ranges between zero and 100. In practice however, it fluctuates between 10 and 90. RSI is calculated over a specified period, say 13 days, and is derived from the formula: 100 100/ [(up
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        829 27 New York FT WHETHER it was book-squar-ing ahead of the long Easter weekend or exhaustion after the stock market's rise in the first quarter of the year. Wall Street appeared to run out of steam last week. In spite of yet
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        471 27 Tokyo AFP TOKYO stocks rebounded last week on expectations that the government's new economic package might include fresh measures to help bolster the flagging stock market. But much of the gains made in the early part of the week were lost on
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        335 27 London AFP. Reuter THE London stock market marked time last week as inflationary' fears kept stocks from rising during the four-day trading week Good Friday and Easter Monday combining to give operators a four-day weekend. The Footsie index, which had closed the previous Friday
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        338 27 Hongkong AFP Bloomberg Business News STOCKS traded largely steady last week before a late rush for HSBC Holdings helped to lift the Hang Seng Index by 2.26 per cent ahead of the four-day Easter weekend. The index finished on Thursday at 8.661.99
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          110 27 Australia's resurgent share market advanced 1.9 per cent to close a short trading week on Thursday at its highest level yet in 1995. The bourse's barometer, the AJI Ordinaries Index, finished at 2,020.7 points, up 37.3 points on the previous week's finish and its highest close since Nov 1.
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          89 27 The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) index added 15.85 points, or 1.35 per cent, during a holiday-short-ened two-day week of very thin trading to close at 1,192.89 points. The average daily turnover was 39.9 million shares, down from 45.4 million shares the week before. The average daily value of
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          60 27 The Philippine stock market rose last week, defying the traditional slump that occurs before the long Easter weekend, analysts said on Thursday. The composite index closed at 2,496.78 points on Wednesday, up by 2.18 points from the April 7 figure. Volume rose 117.4 per cent to 2.757 billion shares,
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          107 27 Speculation over forthcoming changes in domestic interest rates kept investors on the sidelines and caused the Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSE) index to slide in a shortened trading week. After closing the previous Friday at 428.989, the JSE index slipped all week to close on Thursday ahead of the Easter
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          87 27 The Taipei bourse lost momentum in dwindling buying interest due to the lack of confidence among investors last week, brokers said. Following a 0.08 per cent decline the previous trading week, the 419-issue Weighted Price Index of the Taiwan Stock Exchange lost another 162.28 points, or 2.5 per cent,
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          78 27 In the absence of fresh factors to boost the market, the bourse remained dull during the first four days of the week, but it surged on Friday on reports of a possible intervention by the market stabilisation fund. But analysts said that new issues worth 1.37 trillion won planned
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          93 27 Stock prices stagnated on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) as the death of a former prime minister and two religious festivals kept the country's largest bourse closed for four days. The 30-share BSE Sensitivity Index slipped 7.3 points over the previous week's high of 3,742.06 points to close on
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        2459 27 London Apr 13 Pracc Industrials A. A Coip Adr 56 4/8 4/8 \B Pods 273 -J Abbey National 461 -14 Allied L)«h 54) 3 Amcc 70 -2 Argyll 2*14/8 2 4/8 Asda Group 77 I 4/8 BAT Ind 450 I BICC 313 -7 BOC Group 746 15 BR Petroleum 4J5
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        737 27 10.37 WALL STREET stocks inched into record territory on Thursday following gains in technology firms and blue-chip companies Alcoa and J P Morgan. The Dow Jones Industrial Average ended up 10.37 points at a new high of 4,208.18. rising through the previous record of 4,205.41 set on April
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        356 27 +6.74 Stocks closed higher on Thursday after struggling all day to shrug off a sagging gold index. The TSE 300 Composite Index closed up 6.74 points at 4,030.28 in volume of 66.72 million shares valued at C 5959.39 million. But the index fluctuated beneath the break-event point all day,
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      2711 28 Cr (it IW last Vol Week Dl. I»i. Md Vet \lta| IliRh Low (umpun> Sale (INIO) High I <>w Bam Seller S (V P/t Mnil MALAYSIAN STOCKS 478 146 m MSB 50c Wit I* 2214 472 N2 396 4«IU 10 -2 9 0 2 40* 127 77 5
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        7403 28 AFP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian share prices dipped during the past week in meagre trading as the forthcoming national elections and worries over the falling US dollar continued to keep foreign investors away, brokers said. The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange Composite Index, the
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        1956 30  -  By R Sivanithy SINGAPORE There are not many signs that indicate trading in the local stock market this week will be any different from that of the past few weeks. The US dollar and Japanese yen look set to resume their movement in
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      328 31  -  By Rahita Elias SINGAPORE Eastern Oriental Express, the company that runs the luxury train service between Thailand and Singapore, will launch a luxury river cruise service in Myanmar in November. Passengers on the Road to Mandalay, a former German cruise ship,-
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      316 31 MBT KUALA LUMPUR Hongkong Ferry (Holdings) Co Ltd expects its passenger load to increase after the new Hongkong International Airport at Chek Lap Kok is completed by late 1997 or early 1998. "There will be demand for fast cross-island travel when the
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      1032 31 Page Col ABC Containerlinc 16 1 Able Shpg 7 4/5 Accord Group 8 1-3 •Ahlcrs Line 12 1 •Ahrenkiel Liner 4 1/2 •ANL 3 4/5 Antaco Mgmt 17 3 •APL 18 1/2 •Appenship 4 4/5 Arabian Express 15 4 •ASCL 5 5 Astro
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      858 31  -  mSzu9 SHAPE Thomas Wee meets Cosco's president, who was here at the end of a three-week business trip Thomas Wee n SINGAPORE He was here to see his child a lVi-year-old infant conceived in the euphoria of Beijing's overseas expansion in the
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      1659 32 OPTIMISM in the Atlantic continues to drive freight rates up. despite the shadow of looming newbuilding deliveries. Baltic Freight Index (BFI) gained 13 on Thursday to close the week at 2,247. Biffex futures have also made bold gains on buyant mood. July traded 119 contracts and May put
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      367 32 COURSES l itk?: Understanding Documentary Credits Duration: Apr 18 May 23 Organiser Singapore National Shipping Association Tel: For further details and application forms contact SNSA Secretariat at 278-3464 or fax: 274-5079. Title: Sea Transport Course (SDF 70%) Duration: May 17 Aug 23 Organiser Singapore Freight Forwarders Association Tel:
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      665 33 Despite better freight rates this season, lines offering refrigerated shipping say that the rise is only helping them break even Journal of Commerce Blooming business in potatoes, mangoes, pineapples and other fruits and vegetables is pushing up rates in the worldwide refrigerated
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      10748 40 This is a list ol 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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        482 43 Vessel Voy No Berth Arrival Departure Vessel Voy No Berth Arrival Departure kill flrt Balam Speeift 0/3%* P01A 1/04 0/00 1/04 0900 Asean Success V3 1910 alongside 1/04/1100 Brastagi 1 lb/95 P03 1/04 1000 1/04 2300 AS. 21/B 120/21 alongsrie 1/04 0/00 Blang lava 4/95 P04 1/04/1200
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        323 50 Reuter BRUSSELS The European Commission appeared to have reached an agreement on Belgium's plan to cut costs at national airline Sabena which could help it clinch a partnership deal with Swiss airline Swissair, the Belgian daily newspaper La Libre Belgique said last
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        41 50 Reuter EW YORK The Mercedes SLK concept car getting a once-over at the New York Auto Show on Friday. The SLK features a hard roof that retracts into its stored position under the lid of the boot. Reuter
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        237 50 Reuter TAIPEI Taiwan's EVA Airways Corp has bought 20 per cent of Great China Airlines, its second purchase in domestic airlines in less than a month, a spokesman said yesterday. EVA, the island's second international airline, has signed a contract to buy
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        440 50 Bloomberg Business News ANCHORAGE, Alaska Low-cost airline Mark Air Inc has returned to court for bankruptcy protection after failing to win support on economic assistance packages in Alaska and Colorado. Closely held Mark Air filed its Chapter 11 petition yesterday in US Bankruptcy
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        582 50 Bloomberg Business News SACRAMbNTO, California Morrison Knudsen Corp's bonding agency was told by the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) that the state could call for the release of a US$lO4 million (*****.6 million) surety bond backing a rail-car contract. If the transportation
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        Asian airlines join Air Transport Action Group
        203 50 SINGAPORE The Orient Airlines Association, a group of Asia-Pacific carriers that includes Singapore Airlines, has joined the Geneva-based Air Transport Action Group. The action group, which was formed in 1990, seeks to ensure that adequate resources are devoted to airline infrastructure. Recently, it
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          74 50 SINGAPORE National flag carrier Neptune Orient Lines was recently named 1994's Star Performer at the Liner Analysis awards ceremony in London. NOL was cited for its "excellent transit times" on its Pacific Atlantic Express to North America. This is the second consecutive year that
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          108 50 Reuter ABIDJAN Ivory Coast is to dissolve its heavily indebted state shipping line Sitram and form another company Nouvelle Sitram which will be privatised before the end of this year, a government statement said last Friday. The decision was taken at a cabinet meeting
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          40 50 Reuter CHICAGO American Airlines, which is marking the 10th anniversary of its trans-Atlantic service, has revamped its 767-300 planes that fly to Europe. Among the improvements is the greater level of recline in the business class seats. Reuter
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          106 50 Bloomberg Business News WASHINGTON Accountants for USAir Group Inc say that the company's airline unit, USAir, may not be able to continue as a going concern, the Washington Post said on Friday. Recurring losses give the airline a net capital deficiency, accounting firm KPMG Peat Marwick
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          102 50 Reuter PARIS Fabre-Domergue, the West Indian banana producer, said last Friday it could participate in the upcoming privatisation of French shipping group Compagnie Generale Maritime (CGM). "Fabre-Domergue is closely watching the issue of the privatisation of CGM and could play a role in the (future) shareholders
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      696 33 ANL. IT'S AUSTRALIAN FOR SHIPPING -m TO AUBTRAUA (EAST COABTI I FROM AUSTRALIA (EAST COASTI > WtKl/VOT J«T PI6 JCP INI $Y0 MEI »UR HOI KSHL/VOY lIK JTO MCI IUB HOI JUT MP M 6 MAJAPAHIT MS 14*4 1?«4 (Ml H/tS ENCOUNTER MY SM4 M/M IH4 A TEMASH m a«
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      580 34 IB ISpore P Keiang Loa&ng NANDNAKUL 14/4 18/4 HdnVAtw/UK/Nantes I BALABANI 23/4 27/4 Rdm/AtwAJK/Narrtea I Loads E7W Malaysia. Indonesia I I Loading for SADAN KALKAVAN I BUFFALO Jeddah/Aqaba/Tnpoli/AJgena 1 SAMMI FRONTIER I •Loads Singapore. EVW. Malaysia, Indonesia I II Loading for I SAMMI FORTUNE Los Angeles/New Orleans/ I I Charleston/NorfolH/Camden
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      1030 34 I norasTAH INTRODUCING OUR UPGRADED MID WEEK i i AME 10 SERVICE WITH SHORTER TRANSIT TIME: HAMBURG 22 DAYS ROTTERDAM 23 DAYS ANTWERP 25 DAYS FELIXSTOWE 24 DAYS LE HAVRE 26 DAYS B. FOR MORE DETAILS, PLEASE CONTACT: DORIS NGE PAGER *****08 CALVIN WONG *****46 WILSON SUM *****88 TAN SEOW
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      1179 35 STRAITS SHIPPING PTE LTD 10 Hoe Chiang Road *11-01 Keppel Towers Singapore 0200 Tel: *****88 Fi»: *****17 MI new quinea pacific line (A SERVICE OF CHINA NAVIGATION CO) CARGO WJt SAUS C J WAfiA hi-30 V9610E Muara. lift. KX 17-11 Apr 11 Apr it Ayr mrrr»»Ti nwt —mm n nmn
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      2469 35 Singapore Agent: I I £\T\T£k fipyO P&O Containers (Singapore Agencies) Pte Ltd 9 Hoi' Chiang Koad, #07-01 Rep pel Towers, Singapore 0208 First Class Connections WORLDWIDE I'-". 225 33,NOCSP f 225 5327,222 7517 EXPORT IMPORT VESSEL VOY l-KQ "PKO SIN SOU AWT HOT HAM OOT SHE LEM VESSEL VOY ANT
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      526 35 OUTMOOOOD Pig PEN JOH SIN HKG MO TJU KEE TOK TKY MAS KM OSK MOJ BUS SEA RAM6ER .M 640 15AM 16*4 IW4 10-26*4 24*4 20*4 27*4 21*4 03*6 gg 6M6 KM WAN MAI 215/WTO 16*4 2004 22*4 23 24*4 26*4 29*4 >I*6 02*6 >6*6 00*8 10*6 mm ALEXANORIAM6QI 26-27*4
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      431 36 SEAWARD SHIPPING AND TRADING CO (S) PTE LTD ETA ETA ETA STORE PORT KELANG Pf HANG BLUE JADE 28/4 Loading lor Male IRUVAi HUOHU 56 Loading tor Japanese Ports PMMER SUPREME 8/5 Loading tor Male UMMEEOH 25/4 Loading for Male PROGRESS LIBERTY 19/4 Loading (or Bangkok PIONEER ELEGANT 10/4 Loading
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      426 36 Additional Express Service to Hamburg Felixstowe R OTTERDAM Including Eastern Europe Effective from 22nd April *95. Vessel: Trade Maple Voyage: 001 W For enquiries bookings, please call Joe *****22 *****50 (Pgr) Chiu Hai Beng *****27 *****49 (Pgr) Looi *****30 Nevine *****36 VESSEL VOY ETA PORT VOY ETD NEXT PORT CONTAINER
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      51 36 SOON KIAT SHIPPING PTE LTD IWWWTBMW I— SBmMNMK REGULAR SBMCE TO SARAWAK BRUNEI SPORC Sri P»(«107/95 BimilWMM ?VO4 Sup«no< Glory OS/OS Port Rolanf 2S/M Ma|« ronfl HM OMS Blntulu/Mlrl T7JU HMOMM caq* ri PMlr PMlmi PTW *cca*tt« Fa Mi iwto CWWMT mt kM*T<m> W: M9M« Pm: M4M7I C/B HO: 1H
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      1141 36 EUROPE/UK*CANDINAVIA/FINLAND/HUSSIA SGP RDM HOG THP ANW LHV LHV ANW THP HOG ROM PKL Mf E GLOWING RW-031 IN PT 14/5 11* 13/9 15* I GIFTED REM! 27* 21/3 30/3 1/4 29* 24/4 2*4 E GROUP RW-044 20/4 17/9 14/5 10/9 10/9 E GEMUS RE -055 4/4 5* 7/4 0/4 0/4
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      2776 37 SERVICE FORTNIGHTLY TO PANAMA, PERU CHILE Singapore's General Agent*: Tel (General): *****00 Seles. Boohing: Agency Dept COSTAR SHIPPING PTE LTD Confiner: 4}0584J«44 Container S,c —a t: 4205*02 Ope,at,on Container *****15 6Shenton WmJ ul7 oa It'Z 26 M1 SS£i}i£ n *****0 0 0 ******5 Content,one! *****46 nn\ »i£ r„ !L I
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      671 37 ft FAMOUS CONTAINER LINES 80 ROBINSON ROAD, #22-02 SINGAPORE 0106 HOT UNE: *****33 (30 LINES) GOTHENBURG/SCAN 19/04 ROTTFRIIfIM 17/04 AARHUS/COPENHAGEN 19/04 HAMBURG/BREMEN 19/04 MARSEILLE/FRANCE 18/04 FEUXSTOWE/UK 19/04 BARCELONA/SPAIN 21/04 LEHAVRE/FRANCE 17/04 GENOA/ITALY 22/04 ANTWERP/BELGIUM 17/04 LOS ANGELES/WC/IPI 21/04 SYDNEY/MELBOURNE 16/04 NEW YORK/EC 21/04 FREMANTLE/ADELAIDE 16/04 VANCOUVER 21/04 BRISBANE 16/04 TORONTO/MONTREAL
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      850 38 I .^;-;S VEBBCL VOY SN JIT 8 VESSEL VOY SW PEN S [v»BA BHUM —129S Mon_ In Pt Thu 20/4 THAWA BHUM 117W Tin I 10/4~ Wad It/4~H i BHATWA BHUM 778 Fri 21/4_ Mow 24/4 KOTA JADE JADOS7 W<d 1»/4 Fri 21/4 H WAMA BHUM 2758 Fri 21/4 Mon
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      193 38 I Continental Pacific I smppmg TIMBER PLYWOOD SERVICE TO U.K./CONTINENT KKU S PORE PK LOADING FOR MELOI SLO SID SLD FLU/ROT/ANT/UK LEDI 15 4 23,4 FLU ROT ANT UK CELTIC 29/4 25/4 FLU/ROT/ANTAJK 'Load* Sabah/lndonesia C R NO **********0H CONTIPAC SHIPPING PTE LTD T*t: *****32/ Fax: *****49 ML MULTIPORT SON
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      982 38 79 ANSON ROAD, >21-01, SINGAPORE 0207 TEL: *****92 FAX: *****57 CR **********0N STRAITS SHUTTLE SERVICE PORT KLANG PENANG I «0Y I SIN I PKI VESSEL VOY SIN PEN StALAURtL U4(THU) '*< ifRI) MCC CONVEYOR 5022 11/4 (TUE) 14/4 (FRI) EAGIE BREEZE 199 A 13/4 (THU) 15/4 (SAT) XOUR JAYA *****
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      899 39 PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL LINES (PTE) LTD I 22SS* 140 Cecil Street, #03-00 PIL Building. Singapore 0106. I I fIV 0 CR NO **********0b I VESSEL VOY SIN CMB JIB HOD JED AOJ ADE PZU MSW ASA KOTA BERKAT BKT23P 20/4 25/4 1/5 3/5 5/5 7/5 14/5 20/5 15/5 KOTA WIRAWAN WRNSSS
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      940 39 wsstis vot sin u mm HAMBURG ihamis nonmom nwTwtwp I Vtlt 0 *QUM AOIW 17 04 0105 11,05 13/05 14 05 15/05 I Dili P' HTPM HO»W 25 04 lt/05 II 05 20 05 21,05 22/05 watt Dt UltA IOM 02/05 23/05 25 05 27/05 21 05 29 05 ffl.lt
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      752 39 BSA J. MM* MYANMA iBBk FIVE STAR LINE (Myanmar National Line) Loading for Yangon (Rangoon) S pore P.KIj Pen P Gdf MYOMAYWA VISSW Sailed PAGAN V2I9W In Port MALAYSIA AGfNTS BOUSTEAD SHIPPING AGENCJS KU. Itl 02 03 *****00 PHI Ttt 02 03 *****01 PEN TEL 02 04 *****02 PGO Itl
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      1530 42 RICHFIELD MARINE AGENCIES (S) PTE LTD TEL: *****33 (12 LINES) •m FAX: *****15/*****03 BJ TELEX: RS ***** RISHIP (3 Lines) CR NO: **********0E ETHIOPIAN SHIPPING LINES (National Lines of Ethiopia) ACCEPTING FCL AND CONVENTIONAL Vm*l Voy Eta Loading for Spore »"»".< 38WB IN FT >a£i&ar Abtoay Wonz 44W8 15/06 Djibouti
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      166 42 ■a VESSEL VOY SIN MAA SIN TIGER BRIDGE 322N 17-1604 23 26/04 01-02/05 TIGER BAY 323N 20-22/04 26-30/04 04-06/05 TIGER CAPE 324N 24-2604 30-03/05 06 09/05 TIGER ISLAND 325N 27-29/04 03-07/05 11 13/05 TIGER BRIDGE 326N 01 02/05 07 1005 15-1605 TIGER BAY 32?N 04 06/05 10-14/05 18-2005 I VESSEL
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      286 43 SINO EXPRESS SHIPPING (PTE) LTD. V MM I 11 COLLYER QUAY #06-01 THE ARCADE SINGAPORE 0104. H m m y TEL: *****00 (4 UNES) FAX: *****08 TLX: R*****1 SINOEX SINOTRANS SHANGHAI (CONTAINER SERVICE) SIN/HKQ/SHAI SPORE HKQ SHAI VESSEL VQY ETA ETD ETA ETD ETA ETP LATMOS 929/930 I(V4 IjV4 24/4
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      76 43 |I= jr DZ CONTAINER LINES REGULAR CONTAINERISED SERVICE TO YANGON (RANGOON) VESSEL VOV SPORE YAMOOM GfWIN 9509 21/04 26/04 GIWIN 9510 03/05 08/05 GIWIN 9511 15/05 20/05 GIWIN 9512 27/05 01/06 ACCEPTING BOTH FWJLd- SOC DZ SHIPPING (S) PTE LTD (CR NO. *****M000QZ) TEL: *****66 (5 LINES) FAX: *****66 (NRT
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      896 43 rSm ram a m iai__ia m BO kq_ £!!_C-22i—^—g* E_JB9—JSSS NO AMERICA MW 17M WW WM MM W7M WW WW 11M WW IB EtRMPA 41W B.W a.M tIM MS NAAS 11W MM AM* ItM* MM 17 W 14 W 17 W ■WMM MM* BM B.M *M lUI NO HONSHU MW
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      1469 44 THIS WEEK'S ARRIVAL: NEXT WEEK'S ARRIVAL: VESSELS VOY ETA EXCHANGE VESSELS VOY ETA EXCHANGE RAIE KOWLOON BAY 5561 17 APR 1.4212 LONDON MAERSK 9506 24 APR 1 4043 SL VOYAGER 229W 17 APR 1 4254 PENINSULAR BAY 5056 24 APR 1 4043 OSAKA BAY 5562 17 APR 1 422 MAERSK
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      755 44 MMloyd FULL C° NTA|NER SERVICES iKiSII I WW SU» 1 *Ll 'jjjj.l l yl 101 1 B ISOW.UMKOIS Hill 1J M 1444 WM IJ t» 11 OS 14 «110) IS i» I D «CiU 14 04 li 04 It 04 M 9511 LUIUH 013 14 04 IS#S 1* 04 »01
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      803 44 TO E. CANADA US ATLANTIC US GULF LOADING VOY SPORE P KELANG I HALIFAX N YORK NORFOLK N ORLEANS SAVANNAH TAMPICO HOUSTON HOCGH DENE 0328 In Port 12 May 15 Vlay 18 May 24 May 23 May 30 May 4 Jun MOEGM CLIPPER 0228 20/21 Apr 22 Apr 30 May
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      440 45 HI DG(o] i wiiowiißmarn VWO. VOT jtPQWE ax MM HTM lEH Q« Dm p«orc wrai7 I gg> nm ttm «m» uniuk Moscow wnii InaT ims tim m 11/w ~T~ WWCOMROT SfMTCM jff»ll IMM 1W 1»W 11/» TT/W COMTIWP LA SPEBA im j SM«~ ISM 11*6 17M IMt 2M6 VMM. YQT
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      208 45 Vfe GLORY NAVIGATION GROUP REGULAR LINER SERVICE TAIWAN TO SINGAPORE ASEAN SINGAPORE TO KOMPONG SOM •AT ATTRACTIVE RATES* CR NO: **********0W KAO SIN PKG PNG GLORY SELATAN VII 15/4 21/4 23/4 25/4 GLORY SELATAN X 14/4 20/4 22/4 24/4 SIN BANTEN JKT USA INDUSTRIAL 9/5 12/5 15/5 PIONEER (H/L 100MT)
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      541 45 jdk PAKISTAN NATIONAL I "ttjST SHIPPING CORPORATION KARACHI BREAKBULK A CONTAINER SERVICE vessel vor hakachi HTOCKABAD 139-HW ?i/04 04/05 ISLAMABAD 134-HW 12/05 22/05 SABGOOHA 155-HW 2«/05 05/06 BOUW 150-MW 30/05 10/04 MJO ICCPTIK cucai 10 Dim FAR EAST CONTAINER SERVICE ONLY ttSSEL^T 1 VOT law |HK6 Ibsh Ipsa Ihac Iron
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      735 45 FULL CONTAINER SERVICE FROM SIN TO MADRAS VESSEL/VOY ETA SIN ETA MAA MV TIGER ISLAND V.321N SAILED 19 23/04 MV BUNGA TERATAI V TERO3S SAILED 20-21/04 MV PESTOVO V. 13 17-18/04 23 24/04 MV TIGER BRIDGE V 322N 17-18/04 23-26/04 MV SEA DRAGON V DRGOSI 19 20/04 25 26/04 MV
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      313 45 lIESE— S!N 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 (*EB*±*fen) 15/4 GUANGZHOU/HUANGPU/SHENZHEN FUZHOU/XIAMEN/SHANTOU/SHEKOU DALIAN/SHANGHAI/XINGANG riANJIN/QINGDAO/HAIKOU also accepting LCL cargo S|N EUROPE/UK 12/4 LDN/FLX/LVP/SOU J 12/4 RDM/HAM/ANT/LEH/GOA/OSL/GOT/BCN also accepting cargo to Austria/ -i Hunsary/Romania/Poland/Bulgaria/Czech. SIN
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      671 46 STAR SHIPPING AGENCIES (S) PTE LTD AGENTS FOR: ZIM CONTAINER SERVICE GOLD STAR LINE LTD SETH SHIPPING CORPORATION TELEPHONE: 220-6666 (8 LINES) FAX: *****70 TCI: *****1? (MAIKETIWC) (CK NO **********6-EI M.AMERICA/CARIBBEAN SERVICES vessel voy aw ggip voy tee hi sav ntc m M HA*A Itt 19/4 l AMERICA Wt 19/5
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      349 46 Singapore Soviet Shipping Co. Pte. Ltd. CR NO: **********0N BOMBAY/COCHIN I VESSEL VOV rTBTH BOM COC SEA GLOfIY GLRO4I 20/04 07/06 KOTA MUTIARA MUTO27 07/00 ivoe MANASLU 512 12A» 21/06 HO CHI MINH/HAIPHONG I VESSEL VOY SIN HCR4 MPH HAU GIANG 02 A 1166 21/04 25/04 VYSOKOGORSK 065V96 25/04 26AM
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      514 46 y Conform CONTERM FREIGHT (F.E.) PTE LTD. AUCKLAND 24 APRIL (Accepting lo all N«w ZwUnd poets) PENANG 21 APR JAKARTA 22 APR PORT KLANG 20 APR BAN6KOK 23 APR MANILA 23 APR BUSAN 24 APR MELBOURNE 20 APR SYDNEY 20 APR BRISBANE 28 APR FREMANTLE 20 APR ADELAIDE 20 APR
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      864 46 CONSOLIDATION TO BUSAN Singapore I FIRST FORW ARDER IN OFFERING TWICE WEEKLY LCL SERVICE TO BUSAN Call SANISA at DID: 277 1058 for bookings NOW!!! Tel: Fax: Singapore 561 1668 272 9838 MTERNATKM/U. SEA FREIGHT m {t MAI.AYS°IA KCS m THAILAND PHILIPPINES Jtßk WISSSSwES GriSL lIONG KONG VIETNAM INDIA W523
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      2025 47 W SUNSHIP AGENCIES PTE LTD 20 McCallum Street #16-01/03 Asia Chambers Singapore 0106 Tel: *****22 (10 Lines) FAX: *****05 CR No.: *****8 200 00R Y.S.N. Lr*""— 11 Veaael Hong Kong Singapore I*. Kelang r Sun Ruby IS Sailed Sailed Port Timber Trader VI 78 Sailed Sailed In Port Orienlal Sunnae
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      378 47 (A WHOUY-OWNCD SUBSIDIARY Of NOl) Official Agent of: SC2blldfi[6 (SEA AIRFREIGHT) tummhtoikmO INTERNATIONALE SPEWTION MAIN LINE: 278 7772 WEEKLY LCL CONSOLIDATION INDIAN SUB-CONTINENT ETA ETA COLOMBO 21/04 28/04 CHITTAGONG 20/04 22/04 CALCUTTA 20/04 27/04 BOMBAY/NEW DELHI 19/04 26/04 KARACHI 21/04 28/04 MADRAS 16/04 23/04 USA/EUROPE ETD ETA USA (ALL INLAND
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      826 47 II I VESSEL VOYAGE EXCHANGE RATES (USS) II I OUT IN OUT I CALIFORNIA MERCURY 68A 69 1 4063 1 3982 II Wni m I NEPTUNE CORAL 20E 20E I 3982 1 3982 H ICD* NEPTUNE ALMANDINE 12E 12E 1 4035 1 3982 H JV ANRO FREMANTLE 22N 23S 1
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      1645 48 AMERICAN PRESIDENT LINES, LTD. 1» KEPPEL ROAO fO2 0l JIT POH BUILDING SINGAPORE 0208 MAIN LIN€ 225 9966 CUSTOMER SERVCE *****25 FAX 221 4922 EAGLE VOCE 321WM CFS 270NORTH AMERICA CANADA WEEKLY CONTAINERIZED SERVICE «SKLVOr«q PtM IPKL PSH JKT SW [ttSKUVOTMf IKA ISPt OW WW CM IMI IHOU re IMTC
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      2336 48 K*t_, w— f 9 AS AGENTS "K" UNI (SINGAPORC) PTI LTD (CD NO **********0M/GST REG NO: M 2-*****994) M TEL: *****77 TELEX KAWAKI R*****5 FAX: *****16/7/8/9 I W B MALAYSIA -K" UNI MARITIME (MALAYSIA) SON BHD ITEL: SA *****00 PK *****75 PEN *****20 JB *****01 PGU *****25/6 1 INDONESIA: P.T.
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      481 49 HYUNDAI MERCHANT MARINE CO. ITP. WESTBOUND TO EUROPE BKG: *****61 [m [rei pa vessels wot s« rtm ant ieh ham bkx Fa 19/04 21/04 22/04 M. CHALLENGER 315W 24/04 12/05 14/05 ***** 14/05 14/05 Ti/OT" 26/04 21/04 29/04 H PWEER 314W 01/05 19/05 21/05 19/05 21/05 21/05 23/05 03/05 05/05
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      1021 49 STRAITS/ JAPAN/ STRAITS SERVICE MULTI-PURPOSE ft RORO CARRIER SPECIALIZE IN HEAVY UFT CARGO UPTO 120 TONS RAMP CAPACITY UPTO 50 TONS eta In* sssa wr jm pk loaomg for KUZMA GMDASH II 16/4 17/4 MUARA 21/4 MAM« HARMONY 1 11/4 BMTU.U 22/4. MM 24/4 SONBAI 33 11/4 MM TEN 21/4
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