The Business Times, 13 February 1990

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    11 1 BUSINESS TIMES MCI (P) 170/12/89 TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1990 75 CENTS
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  • FINANCIAL NEWS SUMMARY
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      Lock icon Dow lower
      30 1 AFP WALL STREET opened lower yesterday, with the Oow Jones index of 30 leading industrials (ailing 5.18 points to 2.643.02 five minutes after the start of trading. AFP
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      Lock icon Footsie down
      63 1 AP LONOON share prices fell sharply in morning trading yesterday, with dealers attributing a large portion of the losses to a markdown by market makers rather than concerted selling pressure. At 1210 GMT, the FTSE 100share index was 15.6 points, 0.6 per cent, lower at 2,298.0, down from
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      Stock Indices
      42 1 Monday ST Industrials Index (+12.25) BT-MGA Index 809.96 5.32) NST Industrial Index 3,118.82 23.60) HK Hang Seng Index 2,894.66 0^6) Tokyo Nickel Average Qosed Sydney All-Ordinaries 1,622.5 (-8.2 Friday New York (Dow Jones) 2,648.20( 3.83 London (FT 30 Index) 1,830.7(-17.4)
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      Exchange rates
      10 1 US$1 1.*****M S$ 1.8610 US$1.6970 M$. S $0.6880
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      Simex
      17 1 Euro-$ (Mar) 91.68 DM (Mar) 0-5993 Yen (Mar) 0.*****9 Pound (Mar) 1.6880 Nfckel Index (Mar) 37,585
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      Gold prices
      11 1 S'pore (buyer's quote) US$4 0.40) London (Morning fix US$415.50(3.20
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      Rubber
      10 1 S'pore February 160.50 cents/kg 0.25) M'sla February 230.50Mcts/kg 0.50
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      KL Tin
      8 1 16.64 M$/kg (unch Turnover. 48 (-19
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      CPO futures
      15 1 Tumoveri 1,470lots( 6 Feb M$645/tome (-7 Mar M$651 /tonne (-14 Apr M$656/tonne (-9
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      Prime lending rate
      10 1 6.48 (average of 12 major banks' PLlts)
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      Money market
      28 1 THE overnight rate on the Singapore money market remained unchanged while the short-term rates fell by 1/16 across the board to 6 1/4 per cent yesterday.
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    Local market soars to another record high
    236 1 GAINS were made in most regional markets yesterday, with Australia being the exception. The Singapore market ended the day with another record high on selective buying of blue chips. The Straits Times Industrials Index rose 12.25 points to 1593.77, while the Business Times
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    Lock icon KL urged to set up OTC market
    122 1 Bernama THE MALAYSIAN Investors' Association has suggested that Malaysia should set up an over-the-counter (OTC) market tor foreign shares as local investors are holding a substantial amount of foreign shares, which it estimated at over Ms4o billion. "Substantial holdings of foreign stocks could
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    Nat Iron teams up with three others for marina project
    494 1  -  PARTNERS FOR TUAS PROJECT TIBS, DBS LAND, JTC By YONG POW ANG NATIONAL Iron and Steel Mills (NISM) has teamed up with Trans-Island Bus Services (Tibs), DBS Land, and Jurong Town Corporation (JTC) to develop Singapore's first marina at Tuas.
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    Lock icon Soviets setting up joint ventures with Malaysian companies
    303 1 AP THE SOVIET UNION is establishing five Joint ventures with Mslaysian companiee in trade, manufacturing and technology, Konstantin Peskov, the Soviet trade commissioner in Malaysia, said yesterday. Mr Peskov told a news conference in Kuala Lumpur that one of the ventures already
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    Lock icon Kuwait calls for scrapping of Opec quota system
    232 1 AFP KUWAIT has called for Opec's oil-production quota system to be scrapped as soon as possible, saying it is no longer relevant for price stability in the face of fastgrowing demand. Kuwaiti Oil Minister Sheikh All al-Khalifa, interviewed yesterday in the Nico-sia-based
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    CPF Act amendments being finalised
    541 1  -  CONTRIBUTION CEILING TO TAKE RETROACTIVE EFFECT By ROSIE TAN THE RECENT RULING to limit compulsory contributions to the Central Provident Fund from Jan 1 will have to take retroactive effect as relevant amendments to the CPF Act are still pending. Although the CPF has not
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    Pentex-Schweizer offers 10.9m shares at $1.15 each
    672 1  -  By ABDUL HADHI PENTEX-SCHWEIZER Circuits Ltd, a company engaged in the manufacture and sale of doublesided printed circuit boarde, ia offering 10.9 million new sharee for sale at $1.16 each as a prelude to a listing on the main board of the Stock
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    Lock icon Kalfu on sanctions
    61 1 AFP JAPANESE Prime Ministsr Tost**! ki Kaifu yesterday criticised US Congressmen for seeking to las*. what they call Japan's unfair! trade practices. "I understand there ere varK ous kinds of argument in the United Statee but we cannot aocept negotiations bent on unilateral punitive meaauree," Mr Kaifu
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      232 1 Full report, PAGE 14 Regional mkts, PAGE 16 f I v COMPANY SERVICES news 10 4 l V-v lI I k I I k I I I Cold Storage group Asian Market 12 M profit rises 14pc in first Commodities 13 Editorial Comment 8 US-Soviet Has 4 h <*' Giving
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  • ASIAN AEROSPACE '90
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      Do not take sustained growth for granted: SIA chief
      493 2 AGAINST the backdrop of a travai boom in tha Asia-Pacific region, Singapore Airlines deputy chairman Lim Chin Beng yesterday gave a sobering reminder of how vulnerable the fortunes of the travel industry can be. Pointing to the effect of the Tiananmen
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      McDonnell Douglas views S'pore positively
      247 2 McDonnell douglas, which is competing against Boeing to bag a contract to build ISO aircraft with China, also sses ths possibility of future cooperation with Singapore, ssid Gareth Chang, president of McDonnell Douglss Pacific and Asis Ltd. In an interview with BT yeeterday, the Hongkong-based
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      Need for common standards for certification, maintenance
      371 2 ONE consequence of the aerospace industry going global is the need for common standards lor aircraft certification and maintenance, which is reflected in the European dream of forming a joint aviation authority to achieve uniformity in certification, licenaing and maintenance. Theae were the
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      Joint working group to look into transport congestion problem
      233 2 A JOINT working group to tackle the problems of air transport congestion in the Asia-Pacific will be formed, it was decided at a meeting of the International Air Transport Association (lATA) task force in Singapore last weekend. The task force on
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      Security: Aussies want to talk
      433 2  -  All fporte by HARISH MEHTA, WALTON MORAIS AUSTRALIA haa called tor a dialogue with Aaean and Southeaat Asian countriea aimed at atrengthening regional aecurity in reaponae to a likely winding down of the US military preaence in the region and the military build-upa in India
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      Japan's armed forces inadequate in many ways: expert
      300 2 JAPAN'S military forces are suffering from inadequate ammunition. its air force has insufficient missiles and its fighting capability and readiness are below the necessary levels, an expert said at a conference here yesterday. Marvin Duke, director of The Asian Council based in
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      Air cargo industry faces shakeout
      319 2 THE international air cargo industry could experience a shakeout in time, leaving only "four to six major competitors", a speaker at the Air Freight Asia '90 Conference said yesterday. This will come sbout through a series of continuing mergers and acquisitions, said Federsl Express Corporation
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      Asia-Pacific carriers likely to tap financial markets
      329 2 ASIA-PACIFIC AIRLINES, which are forecast to buy 1,800 new planee worth about US$l34 billion by the year 2005, will need to raise money from the financial markets, said a Boeing official yesterday. This will change their lending patterns vastly. Kim Cheung, Boeing Commercial
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      Expert raises possibility of regional arms race
      316 2 INDONESIA and Pakistan are responding to India's defencs build-up by being spurred into a regional arms race. Gregory Copley, editor-in-chief of Defense and Foreign Affairs. s magazine based in Virginis, US. said that Indonssis and Malaysis were slready embarking upon plana to build
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  • HOME NEWS
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      DHL teams up with forwarders to gain bigger share of package market
      326 2  -  By JAYARAM MENON EXPRESS COURIER company DHL has sat its sights on increasing its share of the booming axprass package deli vary market by forging closer links with local freight forwarders. "We intend to increase the package delivery
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      S'pore signs air services accord with Madagascar
      165 2 AIR SERVICES between Singapore and the exotic Indian Ocean Republic of Madsgsscsr could begin from next year. Madagascar has become the 72nd country to conclude sn air services sgreement with Singapore. Under the agreement, the designated airlines of both countries msy operste air
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      95 2 mlalie'M BEETHOVEN MUSIC HOUSE Beethoven Music House, a well established music retailer in Singapore is for sale. Located in one of Singapore's most prestigious shopping centres, Centrepoint, Beethoven Music House occupies 1,033 sq ft and carries the well-earned reputation for the widest range of compact discs available. This is a
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
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      159 2 Global temperatures snd weather ferecaat •or Fab 13 OUTLOOK: WMy, «Mh City. IteJL/ Nots eowrt, oror hMos pdv Ab«r<to«n 04/-3 Sho—ri H 7.30pm m Fob 12 a» Amsterdam 07/03 Rainy «w ■hparSi ASwns 11 /06 Show*n H— I—p StJS Auckland 26/16 Showers A—PC hawMS| S> ftangkok 35/25 Pah Mb« 01/-3
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  • REGIONAL BUSINESS & POLITICS
    • Article
      Lock icon Beijing plans to set up giant national vehicle corporation to develop industry
      507 3 Reuter EIINA plans to establish a giant tional vehicle corporation to develop the industry, the official New China News Agency said. Machine Building and Electronics Industry Minister He Guangyuan told a conference on Sunday that China's car industry
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      Lock icon China's imports down 12.6pc in January
      191 3 Reuter CHINA'S imports fell by 12.6 per cent in January on a year-on-year basis leading to a trade surplus for the month, officisl customs figures showed. The decline in imports followed a government drive to slssh purchases of consumer durabios Imports totalled U552.56 billion
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      Lock icon HK's external trade fell 3pc in December
      144 3 Reuter HONGKONG'S external trade in Oecember 1989 decreased three per cent by value to HK596.95 billion compared with December the previous year, Census and Statistics Department figures show. It did not give figures for December 1968. Domestic exports fell six per cent to
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    • Article
      Lock icon Jeffrey Kitingan pleads not guilty to graft charges
      130 3 Bernama SABAH Foundation director Datuk Or Jeffrey Kitingan pleaded not guilty in the High Court in Kota Kinabalu yesterday to seven counts of corruption involving more than Msl million. The case was transferred to the High Court from the Sessions Court on
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      Stable Indon forex reserves raise trust in rupiah: former minister
      242 3 THE STABILITY of Indonesia's foreign exchange reserves has built up public confidence that the government will not devalue the rupiah in the near future, a former finance minister said in Jakarta last week. Frans Seda, who is now a businessman,
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      Lock icon Terms for Manila bases must be acceptable: US
      334 3 Reuter THE US wants to retain its big military bases in the Philippines but only under terms acceptable to Washington, Defence Secretary Dick Cheney said on Sunday. "Obviously, we are interested in renewing the base rights agreement," he said. "It hss to
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      Thai exchange acts to boost market
      537 3 Plans to make bourse attractive source of capital THE SECURITIES Exchange of Thailand (SET) is to revive its Securities Finance Corporation (SFC) plan, one of its long term measures that will help to develop the capital market by supporting investment expansion of small snd
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    • Article
      Jakarta urged to retain Swiss inspection firm
      222 3 PT SUCOFINDO, Indonesia's state-owned aurveying company haa suggeeted that the government maintain its system of export end import inspection stipulated by its 1006 deragulatory measure on ahipping. under which impaction ia conducted by a Swiss company. The Jakarta Post reported on Friday. "The
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      Chatichai expected to decide on reshuffle of Cabinet this week
      347 3 THAI Prime Minister Chatichai Choonhaven will decide whether to overhaul tha coalition Cabinat by replacing tha Democrat Party with tha oppoeWon Prachakom Thai Party thia week, highlyplaced sources told The Nation at the weekend. The aourcea aaid the premier's decision
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    • Article
      Lock icon Tioxide (M) offers stake to Trengganu
      412 3 MBT TIOXIDE (M) Sdn Bhd. an associate company of tha UK-baaed Tioxide Group, ia willing to offer the Trengganu state government equity in its Ms4oo million titanium dioxide plant in tha Eaat Coast state. Chief executive and managing director Mizanur Rahman Ghani aaid although
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  • WORLD BUSINESS & POLITICS
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      Lock icon Trade talks seen as show of support for Soviet reforms
      501 4 Reuter THE US and the Soviet Union were scheduled to open talks in Washington yeeterday on a joint trade pact that may yield few quick economic gains but could provide a major show of US support tor the reforms of
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      Lock icon Some E Bloc countries may join OECD, says top official
      268 4 Reuter THE SECRETARY GENERAL of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development foresees three Eastern European countries Joining the 24-nation group if the pace of economic reforms picks up. according to Newswotk magazine. Jean-Claude Paye, head of the Paria-baaed organiaation
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      Lock icon Gorbachev gets 43pc popularity rating
      269 4 Reuter SOVIET LEADER Mikhail Gorbachev has a 43 par cant popularity rating but only 22 par cant of Soviat citizens completely trust the ruling communist party, a Soviet magazine, Ogonyok, says. It has published the results of a nationwide poll by the AllUnion Centre for
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      Lock icon Eastern Europe expected to dominate agenda at EC meeting
      400 4 Reuter THE RAPID CHANGES in Eastern Europe, eapecially surprise proposals for German monetary union, were expected to dominate the first meeting of European Community finance ministers this year. German monetary union was not formally on the agenda of the one-day meeting
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      Lock icon Pravda warns of Western domination in proposed German monetary union
      293 4 Reuter THE WEST GERMAN MARK would roll like a tank over East Germany's economy if the two states merged their currencies, the Soviet Communist Party daily Pravda said last Sunday while acknowledging that the ailing economy badly needed treatment "West
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      Lock icon Bonn's industry could face capacity problems: report
      155 4 Reuter WEST GERMAN industry may not have sufficient capacity to meet the booming demand for its goods in the next few months, according to a study by the Mu-nich-based Ifo research institute. The report by Ifo, one of West Germany's five leading research
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      Lock icon Digital sets up joint venture in Hungary
      234 4 NYT DIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORP was set to announce yesterday a joint venture to create a Hungarian unit to sell and service its computers. Digital officials said the company would invest several million dollars in the subsidiary, to be known as Digital Equipment (Hungary)
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      Lock icon Kaifu warns voters that Japanese democracy at stake in coming elections
      409 4 AP JAPANESE Prime Minister Toehiki Kaifu warned a crowd of supporters last Sunday that the country's future as a democracy not just seats in the Parliament will be at stake when voters go to the polls next week. Addressing
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      Lock icon Rise in UK retail sales unlikely to persist this month
      252 4 Reuter GROWTH in British retail sales picked up last month, but ths improvement in sales volume is not expected to persist in February, according to the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) in a monthly survey of retailers. "Consumers may have
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      Lock icon Environmental moves should not hurt free trade
      355 4 AP MEASURES to protect the environment should not Isad to unfair trading practices which jeopsrdiss worldwide economic growth, ssid s high-lsvsl panel of experts in Amsterdam last Sunday. "There is no doubt thst It Is totally irresponsible to further postpone forceful meesuree" to
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      Lock icon Nepal wants better ties with new Indian govt
      297 4 AFP NEPAL is hoping that India's recent change of government will lead to a rapid improvement in relations with its giant neighbour after a partial trade blockade of nearly a year. "We had a very meaningful start of dialogue." Nepalese Foreign Minister
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      Lock icon Pilots ordered to pay damages for Aussie strike
      138 4 AFP PILOTS have bMn ordered to pay A 56.6 million (UB$4J million) in compeneabon to Australia's four domaetlc eirlinea for loaaaa incurred during action laat year which crippled the country's air industry. Justice Robert Brooking in the Victorian Supreme Court yeeterday ruled
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      DAILY AIRCRAFT MOVEMENTS
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      158 5 Vj> K j Bl mm ik H A *jiiP 'j'liij 'i; *8S HI TEAM WORK BETWEEN 4 EUROPEAN COUNTRIES AND ASIA'S MAJOR AIRLINES ASSURES EFFICIENCY ON THE GROUND AND RELIABILITY IN THE AIR. Airbus is the supreme example of what international COOPERATION CAN ACHIEVE. WITH THE EXISTING FAMILY OF STATE-OF-THE-ART
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  • FOCUS
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      Lock icon The world waits and watches
      889 6 South Africa: The freeing of Nelson Mandela Bankers and businessmen responded both positively and negatively on Sunday to the release of Nelson Mandela While some felt that there would be little renewed foreign investment in South Africa and that sanctions would not immediately be lifted,
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      Lock icon US business ponders going back
      562 6 Reuter AMERICAN BUSINESS ia in no ruah to return to South Africa and will look on newly-freed black nationalist Nelson Mandela as a touchstone for determining when and if to re-inveet there, economists and analysts say. "A great deal not only depends on the government
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      Lock icon De Klerk takes South Africa across the Rubicon
      601 6 Reuter THE RELEASE of Neleon Mandela is a high-etakee gamble by President FW de Klerk for a double payout gMng voteiees blacks a say in government while aseuring the rights of South Africa's whits minority. "We must view this as an important
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      130 6 EACH WEEKEND, put up your executive feet, and let us shuffle through your imagination. We usually tread lightly, but even when we don't, youll know you're alive after that exciting, exacting or simply emaciating week of work. So don't throw in the high-flying towel, or take shots in the dark.
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  • PERSPECTIVE
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      Giving up a monopoly
      469 8 WE KNOW about revolutions; we know about irony. Last week, the two came together in the Soviet Union or, more specifically, in the chamber where the Communist Party's Central Committee held its plenary session. In Can the Bolsheviks Retain State Power?, VI Lenin had described the
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      Small firms steal the R&D show
      1235 8 Research and development puts a company in the vanguard, a truism not lost on many Singapore firms today. But, often, the notion that it is the preserve of the the big boys is increasingly debunked, especially in America. Instead, corporate Lilliputians are raising more
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      Lock icon Europe's biotech firms move out
      775 8 OF ALTERED STATES AND FALTERING FAITH Reuter RED TAPE and hostile public opinion are hindering Europe's progress in biotechnology to such a degree that its geneticengineering firms are moving overseas. Emotions run so high that last year, biotech research facilities in West Germany were firebombed
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      Lock icon Gorbachev — stirring a potent Russian spirit
      2996 9 Gorbachev stirring a potent Russian spirit The Soviet Union is being pushed towards the most dramatic change in its system of government since 1917. What does history say of Mikhail Gorbachev's chances of success? The Economist THE YEAR is 1923. Lenin lies dying. Communist power in Hungary and attempts to
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      Lock icon Vietnam's Party refuses to budge
      1000 9 NYT MOSCOW may have embraced the changes sweeping Eastern Europe, but Vietnam's leaders are sticking to the old-time religion, at least for now. There is no question that the Soviet party's decision to abandon its absolute political dominance, at least in principle, has come as
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    • REGIONAL VIEWPOINTS
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        Importance of China ties
        334 9 INDONESIA TWO MEMBERS of the Cabinet, Minister of Foreign Affairs Ali Alatas and Minister of the State Secretariat Murdiono, in meetings with the House of Representatives last week, gave sharper focus to the matter of the normalisation of diplomatic relations between Indonesia and China. Bilateral relations
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        How far can Mr Gorbachev go?
        273 9 SOVIET UNION SOVIET PRESIDENT Mikhail Gorbachev has been reported to be accelerating the process of demonetisation in the Soviet Union. In what has been officially described as a history-making session of the ruling Communist Psrty's centre! committee in Moscow, Mr Gorbachev has presented his
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        Why in such a hurry?
        192 9 Our weekly summary of what regional publications have to say about Issues of International Interest THAILAND SO PRIME MINISTER Chatichai eventually fulfilled his wish yesterday when he rammed through Cabinet the appointment of his personal choice. Anand Anantakoon, as the permanent secretary of the Interior
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        'One country, two pay systems' a mistake
        237 9 HONGKONG THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL sent a wrong message to the public and the civil service rank-and-file this week when it approved substantial pay increases for 1,100 government senior officials for the second time in one fiscal year. It will provoke envy and resentment
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      110 8 FOR THE VIEWS OF FINANCIAL EXPERTS exchange rates affect your business. BANKING FINANCE brings to you the views of experts in Singapore as well the other financial centres, from Hongkong and Tokyo to London and New York, on a sector which is getting more unpredictable and volatile. Find out how
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
    • TAKING STOCK...
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        When the sum of the parts is greater than the whole
        608 10 ir MOCK IIOCK mm THE COMPLEX Cold StorageFraser and Neave scheme appears to gone down well with investors. Yesterday, the main counters involved in the restructuring came in for a bout of re-rat-ing. Cold Storage Holdings and Centrepoint Properties,
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      Lock icon Buoyant prospects for DMIB Bhd
      514 10 wm Bernama DMIB BHD's turnover is expected to reach Ms29o million and $330 million respectively for the 1990 and 1991 financial years, BBMB Securities Sdn Bhd has forecast. In its latest weekly issue of "Market Update", the securities firm said the DMIB group was expected
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      Lock icon George Kent secures M$180m in contracts
      261 10 Bernama GEORGE KENT (Malaysia) Bhd hat secured separate contracts worth about MSIBO million in the water supply, oil and gas and electricity sectors. "This achievement is a milestone in the development of George Kent and will bring the company to a different dimension of
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      Lock icon Malaysian brokers unable to keep up with pace of bull market
      607 10 Reuter MALAYSIAN BROKERS have never had it so good as in the current stockmarket boom, but many are not able to keep up the pace set by the bull market. Analysts say clients are being turned away and scrip
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      Centrepoint interim profit up 31.6pc to $5.15m
      418 10  -  By ANDREA BORCH CENTREPOINT PROPERTIES Ltd. a player in the Cold Storage Holdings (CSH) restructuring, has reported a 31.6 per cent increase in group after-tax profit for the six months ended Dec 31. The group, a CSH subsidiary, reported a poet-tax figure of
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      COMPANY BRIEFS
      272 10 QENTINQ BHO will record an extraordinary gain of around M 55.42 million at the company level from its sale of the entire issued and paid-up capital of Sabah Development Company (SOC), it said. Responding to a KLSE query about the sale. Genting added that it would not record
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      Cold Storage group profit rises 14pc in first half
      569 10  -  After-tax figure hits $10.55 m on higher turnover By ANDREA BORCH FOOD GROUP Cold Storage Holdings Ltd, which is undergoing a major restructuring, has reported group profit after tax and minorities, but before extraordinary items, of $10.56 million for the six
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      117 10 -7 y* Australia as an area of potential for business and rWr* iJ trade possibilities, the Department of Trade Development of Western Australia is organising a series of 7-day fully%(ikrferrp T^mftoz/fO' il v conducted business Investment Tours. Highlights of the tour include presentations on the Business Migration Programme and Education
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      85 10 32 Pandan Rood, Singapore "Known as Ming Village" j i Premises with showroom, plant, machinery, equipment ond facilities for the manufacture and sale of porcelain, pottery, handicraft works etc. together wtih existing stocks, raw materials etc. Leasehold from Jurong Town Corporation for 30 years 30 years w.e.f. Ist July 1981
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  • BANKING AND FINANCE
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      Commercial Union's new venture to service captive insurers
      189 11 BRITISH-BASED Commercial Union Assurance group has set up a new company In Singapore to provide management services for insurance companies and brokers. The new entity is a joint venture between UK's Commercial Union Assurance Company pic and the Commercial Union Assurance Company
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      Lock icon Major state-owned banks in Taiwan hold back loans
      329 11 Reuter MAJOR STATE-OWNED banks in Taiwan, faced with a credit crunch, are putting new loans on hold because depositors have been slow in returning cash into the banking system. Bank officials yesterday said that state-owned First Commercial Bank, Chang Hwa Commercial Bank
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      467 11 Reuter ARAB Banking Corporation, the Arab world's largest bank, said it would become the first Gulf-based firm to offer its shares to foreign investors on the open market. ABC President Abdullah Saudi told reporters the bank would transfer its entire 1989
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      Prudential to use S'pore as springboard
      444 11  -  New products include 'unit-linked' policy By DEXTER LEE THE PRUDENTIAL Corporation of United Kingdom, one of the largest life insurance companies in the world, will use Singapore as the springboard for its expansion plans in the Asia-Pacific. Visiting chief executive Sir Brian Corby told
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      360 11 Bernama THE VOLUME of trading in Malaysian money market papers, including treasury bills and Cagamas bonds, has more than doubled within a month of the launching ot the Speeds. Bank Negara'■ electronic funds and securities transfer system. The assistant general manager (treasury
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      206 11 ASSURANCE xercise your wit and win 6 bottles of Pommery French Champagne. f "Taking Cover" Simply write an appropriate I Cartoon Caption Contest caption to the cartoon -v and post it to: l, The Business Times I J Commercial Union 33?vMfoy"i "Taking Cover" I i% KjP > I Cartoon Caption
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      305 11 V k' .1 --J# > -<-v% £*>-' J v V- 5 a mm 1 r/V) rA r 1 Chances are that right now you yw -\J have your offices in the city, your shows' I I -4 s room downtown and your warehouse c 'y, W- m somewhere in Jurong.
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  • MONEY AND EXCHANGES
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      Forex markets
      1046 12 SINGAPORE: The dollar closed steady against the mark and slightly easier against the yen yesterday but trading was extremely quiet due to a market holiday in Japan and dealers were generally bearish for the dollar. "We expect to see a lower dollar against the mark and yen this
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      120 12 Reuter ANALYSTS noted that euphoria over the prospect of -new markets in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe boosting an already robust West German economy has faded a bit. After a firm opening, the Canadian dollar lost ground when Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney said Canadian interest rates will
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      Foreign Exchange
      227 12 Rotes as at 3pm yesterday: CvrrandM ntm* Iw—wlw MO <*«« p«%' ■■> <*»■ Local doilors to on* unit of foreign currancyt Avttrollan doMar 1.4013 ***** ***** -59.13 1 3920 1.4120 Canadian doNor 1-5500 1-5530 3.4206 -54.66 .5370 .5570 NZ dollar 1.1054 1.1079 3.4206 l"?TS VI^S Strung pound 3.1553
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      565 12 Reuter SIMEX Eurodollar futures closed slightly higher on short-covering and position adjustments in moderately active trade yesterday, ahead of today's release of January US retail sales data. March closed at 91.68 against Chicago's settlement of 91.66 and June at 91.67 against 91.64. Around 5.365 lots were traded. In Eurodollar
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      Asian dollar market
      246 12 ASIAN dollar deposit rates closed stsady to slightly lower in quiet trading yesterday, pertly due to the rise in US bond prices. The overnight rate closed unchanged at Friday's level while week-fixed were slightly down st 8-1/4 8-1/8 pet against 8-5/18 8-3/18 pet on Friday. One and
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      Government securities market
      95 12 Treasury bills Period Issue Yesterday's dosing Day's code Maturity MO OFFER MGH LOW 3 months RQ*****N 1005.90 1.60 1.55 1.40 048 1 y*ar 8Y*****Z 18.10.90 2.85 2.80 2.93 1.70 Government notes end bonds Period Issue Maturity Coupon Yesterday's dosing Day's code rate MO OFFER MGH LOW 2
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      Money markets
      52 12 THE overnight rate on the Singapore money market remained unchanged while the short-term rates fell by 1/16 acroea the board to 6 1/4 per cent yesterday. S$ Interbonk rotes at ttw dot* y*st*rdayt orm ho Ow. 1 2 3/4 l-Mh 1/4 1/1 a-MMh «1/4 3-m* 1/4 l/« OniidtfN
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      162 12 iTiSjoTbM*TSi S'pora Interbank market rata* (offer/bid) on Fab 12 US$ DM SWFC Y«n 7 tmyt IVM-IVI* III/lt-M IVW 3 1/3 3 1/4 11/1* «/l* la* 3 1/4 3 1/3 IS 1/3 IS 3/3 1/4 f f/l* 7/14 4 1/4 4 3 a* 3 3/3 3 1/4 15
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      1095 12 CURRENCY FUTURES OPTIONS IMM Friday, Ftbruory 9, 1990 BRITISH POUND tM.—; eon* por t Mm NM Mar-c J— Mf Mar p Jm p 1*25 J. 90 4.14 0404 0.20 iTl 1440 3.40 444 4J] 0.004 04* 340 1*73 0 90 2.34 3.40 0.004 1,40 3.10 1700 0j004 1.24 2.30
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      626 12 CENTREPOINT PROPERTIES LTD (Incorporated in Singapore) The Directors announce the unaudited results for the six months ended 31st December 1989 as follows THE GROUP THE COMPANY 1989 1988 Change 1989 1988 Change $'000 $'000 $'000 $'000 TURNOVER 9,829 8,409 +16.9 858 1.109 -22.6 PROFIT BEFORE TAXATION 7,926 6.443 +23.0 2,642
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      Tin prices expected to remain bearish
      521 13 Stocks piling up fast on LME TIN STOCKS have been piling up fast on the London Metal Exchange (LME), and there are no signs of a reversal in the trend. Sources say prices are expected to remain bearish for many weeks. LME tin stocks
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      323 13 Reuter THE price of gold te at a critical junction and the market could turn negative, with the potential for a whopping US$2O correction, analysts said. "Gold is heavy in tone and traders are finding that it takes less pressure
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      419 13 Reuter SMALLER trade houses are finding the going tough in an oversupplied world cocoa market that is being increasingly dominated by a handful of big players. When a leading commodity house, E D and F Man, announced in early February that it
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      Precious Metals
      260 13 HONGKONG: Gold closed slightly easier in moderate trade yesterday on selling by Australian and US traders. "Taiwan and local physical demand at around US$4l5 slowed the downward movement of the metal prices in late trade," a dealer with local trading house said. "The market was basically very quiet
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      138 13 Telerate FUEL oil indications remained unchanged in Singapore market. Fundamentals were stable with ample supplies of CST3BO seen spread between CSTIBO and CST3BO continued to widen. Taiwan ought 1.8%S CSTIBO at $106 mt cif Taiwan in its recent tender. Bangladesh tendered to sell CSTIBO for March
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      146 13 Reuter PRICES on Vie Kuala Lumpur Tin Market doaad easier In quiet trading yeeterday deeplte the steady London market on 'HWy Ow• 'wf MKI JrwtiU* hiaal mlnari a f|M mM< wnn rmiw ininvfi mv iwiy tor the 14* i day Lunar New Year celebration- the* aeld The price
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      300 13 Reuter SINGAPORE: RUBBER prices closed quietly steady yesterday with March 1 RSS buyer quoted at 160.50 cents a kg. up 0.25 cent from Friday's close. Trading was quiet on thin volume ss most operators kept on the sidelines. Dealers said some speculative selling pared early gains in the afternoon
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      RAS and MRELB
      337 13 RAS prices m s cm**** fo« m mm NOON CLOSE Buyon S*Mors 8uy*rs Sailors Int 1 RSS Prompt 139.00 160.00N 158.50 159.50 Int 1 RSS Mar 90 161.00 161.50 160.50 161XX) kit 1 RSS Apr 163.25 163.75 162.75 163.25 Int 2 RSS OP 153.50 155 JON 153.25
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      185 13 Chinese Product The Federal Agricultural Exchange Marketing Authority o- Oorfng prtem on FMnvory 12 Coconut oil (Mt/lOOfcfll Now drums 122.00 Coconut otl 2nd hand drums 116.00 Bulk FOB 78.00 Mk 107.00 OW drum FOB 93.00 Local In bulk 104.00 N w dfwm FOB 89 00 Copra (M$/100kg) C
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      368 13 Reuter Malaysian crude palm oH prices cloaed lower on light aelling, reflecting losses in palm oil futures and reserve of buyers due to an abeence of supportive fundamentala, dealers said. Export business remained sluggish, although India bought a total of 18,000 tonnes of RBD palm olein laat week.
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      190 13 Reuter THE European Community's top farm official has voiced concern over aggresaive competition by the United States to export subsidised wheat. EC Farm Commissioner Ray MacSharry took the unusual step of issuing a statement laat Friday saying he was worried about the way Waahington
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      813 13 Cold Storage Holdings Ltd (Incorporated in Singapore) The Directors announce the unaudited results for the six months ended 31st December 1989 as foltows.THEGBOUP THE COMPANY 1980 1888 Cfctf* 1968 1988 Chan* rooc rooo wo w —X— TURNOVER 188,206 +178 PROFIT BEFORE TAXATION 17.188 +12* 9*87 12*74 -20.4 after crediting' (charging)
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      24 13 OLLAR$ NON$EN$ "/■>' 1 J?. (~y»Kj i ».:••*.'-•MC "You want to start a business? Don't you know the age of the enterpreneur ended last Tuesday?"
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      Selective buying pushes STI Index to new high
      827 14  -  -By LIM MUI KHI THE SINGAPORE market continued its climb yesterday and touched a new high on selective buying of blue chips. The Straits Times Industrials Index finished 12.25 points up from last Friday's 1,581.52 to a record 1,593.77. The Business Times
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      MAIN BOARD
      247 14 Rises Tong Mong 253 +14.0% +31 Tat loo Bank 396 +13.8% +48 Tat Loo Bank A 380 +11.8% +40 Cold Storage H 488 8.0% +36 C«ntr*point 50* 300 +7.1% +20 Tat Lm Financo 229 +6.5% +14 Hal Sun Hup 20* 251 +5.5% +13 Gold Coin 214 +4.4% +9
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      CLOB INTERNATIONAL
      231 14 Rises Goorgo Kont 50* 232 20.8% +40 Hoxza Corpn 50* 169 +16.6% +24 Pogl AAsia 120 +15.4% +16 KocfcSong 217 +11.9% +23 Johan HMgs 50* 90% +9.0% 7% Fabor Morfln 99% +8.2% +7% Polmco Hldgi 163 7.9% +12 Sol Drodg 50* 91 +7.7% +6% SH Hartomas 80% +7.3%
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      3249 14 company *2, cm hJTL. 5® gg "£S SECTION TWO INDUSTRIAL COMMERCIAL 200 ISO 1142 Alax Hldgs 50« 166 123 6 0 2 9 1.0 29.5 33.0 182* 56 t 1160 Inno-Pacittc 139 >4 IS 139 136 137 136 1 5 S.7 1.1 240 63 0 1156 IntWood 76
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      CLOB INTERNATIONAL
      1362 15 Or*a Qr*a 1969/90 To! Last Vol Day Laat Quota ON W» VTd [jjj M 5"*f! High Low Codo Company Sala +or- fOOO) High Low Buyor Mar Cvr FEB 12 HOMO KONO STOCKS a !2! S2S1S2. a° 1218 Hutchinson 1738 Hysan Oav I...----* 1217 Jardina M 1237 Swira P»c
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      SESDAQ
      259 15 179* 80* t 4000 AmtekEnfl20* 143 +2 50 43 140 141 143 6 0N 8.6 OS 8.1 2 180 70% 4000 Fuji OflMt 20* 113 unch 23 114 113 113 115 10 0N 4 6 1.8 12.4 0 330 138 4001 OB HWg« 10* 300 unch 5 3°° 300
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      247 15 8000 ASK Computer 1975 1900 #001 Adolph Coors 1975 J25 3475 4837% 3475 6003 Apple Computer 3812VI 3400 347S 6005 Charming S 6007 Cipher Data 6010 Daisy Systems 900 6011 Dreedner Bank ***** tanl) l I 5000 5000 6012 Ericaaon Tel 5000 146 ***** 3860 2325 6013 Inlal Corpn
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      3062 15 MBT THE Kuala Lumpur stock market closed broadly higher yesterday in thin trading. Prices opened easier but improved from midmorning on buying support. This slight uptrend continued into noon. Comparatively strong buying was noted in selected flnancials. In industrials. United Engineers (M). which had reached
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      UNIT TRUSTS
      289 15 Monogert' prkoi Royal Trust Asset Mgt for Feb 13 IT S'poro Gr fund I 125 1185 IT Ajio fOc Gr fund 1145 1 205 Singapore Unit Trust T»w Coaotici 133 1 40 OCBC-Asset Mgt TKa Savings fund 1.16 123 Sovor* Capital fund 1.19 I 24 S'poro frog fund
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  • REGIONAL MARKETS
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      Lock icon Scandal-tainted Recruit puts the past to rest
      700 16 Reuter JAPAN'S power elite is still struggling to throw off the effects of the country's biggest post-war political scandal but the Recruit company which started it all appears to .have laid the past to rest. Recruit has defied expectations its business would suffer
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      137 16 AFP AUSTRALIA'S embattled Bond Corp Holdings Ltd is solvent, executive director Peter Lucas said in Sydney on Sunday. Mr Lucas said in a television interview that, on the basis of information available to him. "At this point in time Bond Corp is solvent." "I have
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      Lock icon P T Astra International planning to go public
      97 16 Reuter P T ASTRA INTERNATIONAL, the holding company of Indonesia's second largest industrial group, plans to go public soon. An Astra spokesman said the final hearing for a listing will be held on Feb 20 but declined to give any details of
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      Lock icon Underground Taiwan company resumes interest payments
      233 16 Reuter THE HUNG YUAN Group, Taiwan's largest underground investment t&mpany, has resumed paying interest to some investors but cash Withdrawals remained frozen. Hung Yuan spokesman Liu Chi- wei said resumption of interest payments would show that the mul-tf-billion dollar company, which J seemed on
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      479 16 Australia Reuter THE Australian sharemarket closed lower yesterday aa concern over the high debt levels of several companies continued to overhang the market The All Ordinaries index finished 8.2 points lower at 1,822.5. but off its early low of 1,818.5. The All Industrials index closed lower at
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      Lock icon Taipei: Record turnover
      253 16 Reuter FRANTIC trading on the Taiwan stock market sent turnover vaulting to a new high yesterday, but the index closed lower as financial stocks weakened. The weighted index fell 70.81 points, or 0.56 per cent, to close at 12.424.53 against Saturday's record 12.486.34 finish. Turnover soared to
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      Lock icon Seoul: Lower on liquidity fears
      268 16 Reuter SEOUL stocks fell steadily yesterday in low trading volume on rumours the central bank would issue government bonds, reducing investor liquidity. The composite index cloeed at 867.05, shedding 6.54 points from the previous session. Turnover was 181 billion won compared with 117.8 billion on
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      99 16 Reuter THE Jakarta stock index slipped 0.99 point to 457.85 yesterday, but turnover climbed to 1.74 million shares from 1.41 million on Friday, the exchange said. Yarn producer Tificorp rose sharply to 65,000 rupiah from the previous 61.025. with only 1.350 of its shares changing
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      Prices slightly firmer
      1151 16 Hongkong HONGKONG share prices were slightly firmer at the cloee yesterday after selective buying arrested an expected correction. The Hang Seng index rose just 0.76 to 2.894.66. "The market was much quieter (yesterday) than what we saw last week, many people were sidelined waiting for signs of
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      194 16 Reuter LEADING New Zealand share prices steadied in afternoon trade yesterday, but still closed on a 10month low after the Barclays index fell below 1,900 points in a morning session devoid of buyers. "It was not aggressively sold down, but there was a noticeable lack of
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      Lock icon Bangkok: Nervous trade
      254 16 Reuter EARLY gains on the Thai stock market were trimmed by late-session profit-taking across the board yesterday as Investors reduced their exposure in the face of political uncertainty, brokers said. They estimated that the composite SET Index lost 3.46 points to close at 801.93 in moderate trade.
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      157 16 Reuter SELECTED blue chip* pulled the market up in a continuing rally and broker* expect trading to be more active with the listing of a new issue tomorThe Manila Stock Exchange composite index rose 6.88 points to cloee at 1,047.94. The combined volume at the two
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      Lock icon Bombay: Broadly higher
      99 16 Reuter BOMBAY share prices yesterday recovered from a two-week slide to close broadly higher on hectic short covering anticipating a revival in institutional demand, brokers said. They said expectations of institutional buying roee after the presidents of India's major stock exchanges last week urged the government to
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      381 16 NOTICES NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, I Por Cheng Cheng of Blk 755 Yishun St 72, #09-238 Singapore (2776), have applied for a Beer House, Ist Class licence in respect of premises at M/s Hong Guan Eating House at Blk 215 Ang Mo Kio Ave 1 #01-877 Singapore (2056)
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      275 16 CORRIGENDUM Re: Liquor Licence notice of LOO AH KU published in the Business Times of 12.2.90. The applicant's address should read as Blk 92, Bedok North Ave 4, #02-1489. Singapore 1646 and not as published. NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, I Kok Chong Yong of No 857, Woodlands Road
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      3 16 Management every Monday
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      10 16 The Tokyo market was closed for National Foundation Day yesterday.
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      68 16 Each Weekend... EXECUTIVE LIFESTYLE in a Place your Investment bets SZ\ IfcT f I for the Year of the Horse e Perettroika! Cutting a Soviet deal Building a corporate Image around the e The KIO In Singapore e Local cards win warm greetings e Those rich, high-tech toys that break
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      109 17 HONGKONG Hongkong Index Monday 1.899 53 Friday 1.***** WMk ago 1.809.99 Hang Seng Index Monday 2.***** Friday 2.***** WMk ago 2.756 67 All Industrials Monday 2.5089 Friday 2.522 8 WMk ogo 2.594 0 NEW YORK Dow Jones Friday 2.***** Thursday 2.***** WMk ago 2.602 70 TOKYO Nikkei Average
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      351 17 Reuter, AP ZURICH: Swiss shares traded easier but stood above the day's low at mid-session yesterday. Volume was very light The all-share SPI index stood at 1,118.5, 8.6 points under Friday's close but above the day's low of 1,115.9. The SMI index of leading shares fell 15.5
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      Lock icon Kvaerner Engineering likely to top 1989's good results this year
      404 17 Reuter NORWEGIAN ENGINEERING firm A/S. which earlier announced almost doubled profits in 1989, is expecting even higher profits in 1990. The 1989 rise was helped by earnings from a recently acquired 50 per cent stake in forest machinery group, Kamyr
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      RESULTS DUE
      407 17 SINGAPORE STOCKS LAST FULL YEAR C0mp0nr P d Urn* Indbig "taS lost r«y (WOOl ft M T Interim Jon 27 Jun 90 169.6 100-0 Robinson Interim Jon 31 Jun 90 ISS IttO 7 {0« G SecurWe* Finol Fob 2 0*89 "W 768 S Sfeonwhlp Land Finol Feb 13
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      Lock icon Half-year profit up 23pc at Pacific Dunlop Ltd
      164 17 AFP PACIFIC CKJNLOP Ltd reported yesterday a A 5153.3 million interim net profit for the aix montha to Dec 31. 23 per cent up on the same period in 1906. The rubber gooda, clothing and footwear group said the profit, up on
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      Lock icon Underwriting fees for US stock, bond issues fell sharply last year
      657 17 NYT DESPITE RECORD amounts of cash being sought by corporate America in 1988, less on Wall Street for underwriting stock and bond offerings dropped sharply last year. For the year, fees from underwriting dropped by 20.9 per cent, to
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      Lock icon Holiday Inn won't change, assures new chief
      364 17 NYT THE HOLIDAY Inn. a distinctive American institution, is now owned by the British, and the new man in charge is Bryan D Langton, an affable European hotel man who will run the chain out of Atlanta. "We're not trying to change the
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      119 17 H x FOR WHO. WHAI.WHHE AND fcHEN ADVERTISING MARKETING, in BUSINESS TIMES every Thursday, covers a vital sector of the economy comprising the H H|H mm country's communications muscle. 11l HI The page monitors business developments and the players in both M mm m m |H| international and Singaporean advertising
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      185 18 AT THE I: MANDARIN SINGAPORE I > This Valentine's Day, we I N have many ways to seal I > your love. Valentine I Dinners, cocktails, revue I shows, special entertainment, door gifts, I love ballads, a fashion show, games, I Lucky Draw and even a contest! So give I
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      794 18 I CDP 19 7.50 Newswatch. was drugged and then murdered tama. nQnn\/ O riD\/Dr hnmp 8.00 It's Your Move (L). Through an informant, the police 12.05 AM Close. UdUUV D lICYCI lIUIIIC 7 w no-n.nn Announcement and 100 News at Nine. strive to trace the drug traffickers J 725 op
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      850 19 MARRIAGE NYT LIKE THE overheated characters on television soap operas, a lot of the research into American sexual behaviour hasn't done much tor the notion of marital fidelity. Some studies suggest that anywhere from 30 per cent to 70 per cent of married men
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      367 19 TRENDS AFP THE RECALL of million* of bottles of Perrier water from the shelves of gourmet supermarkets in the United States is causing consternation among the Porsche set. The French mineral water in its distinctive green bottles is de rigeur
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      542 19 LANGUAGE Reuter SALVATION is at hand for the struggling ill iter stes of the world. Baffled by grammar and bsfuddlsd by spelling, they can learn "Canadian". Toronto schoolteacher Ted Culp argues that Engliah just isn't good enough. Its grammar is too
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      203 19 entertain.,,, J This VALENTINE'S DAY, Enjoy Our Labour Of Love Tis the season for love To make this your most memorable Valentine's Day ever, bring your sweet love to Century Park Sheraton Singapore and choose from our Valentine candlelight dinner specials designed for two. You can also buy Valentine s
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      244 19 Hie art of doing business. Iburchettes Business Lunch. At Rourchettes Grillroom, one of Singapore's finest business lunches iwuo. The freshest oysters, Gooae RiUettes and other appetizers. Main courses from the Grill, or Roast US Prime Rib from the Camery. Accompanied by the moat exquisite Deserts, Teas and Cofiees. At just
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      563 19 CRYPTIC PUZZLE ~fl 15 Look after a drug, poa- 31 Wj^18 What soma blrda do by 22 Persons of honeaty (4) 23 A little matter of a 25 How to make tea and 19 Continue steadfastly bomb (4) scoft (3) (7) 24 Hesitate to 27 They're called bread 20 Give
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      607 19 RADIO BBC Highlight Cana,, n compowr Th« Story Liv« On, 945pm Ashley Hutchings continues his history of f\3CtlO 0 nl£nll£ni British Balladry with another selection of stones in song Music and Musicians, 9.00pm Many features the historical events The Suisse Romande Orchestra is conand long-dead heroes and villains, but ducted
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      631 20 BOXING AFP THE JAPANESE MEDIA yesterday criticised boxing's two top ruling bodies for putting on ice challenger James Douglas' knockout win over heavyweight Champion Mike Tyson, and one 'paper said promoter Don King rhad emerged as the true victor "in the contest. There is
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      Lock icon Lendl defeats Mayotte in Milan Open
      488 20 TENNIS AP TOP-SEEDED Ivan Lendl overpowered Tim Mayotte in straight sets in Sunday's final of the Milan indoor tennis tournament and added a first prize of US$7B,OOO to his all-time career prize money earnings of US$l5.B million. "It's always nice to win," said the
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      Lock icon Agassi beats Witsken for Volvo title
      320 20 AP ANDRE AGASSI inaugurated the new ATP tennis tour with characteristic flair, hammering out a 8-1, 6-3 victory over Todd Witsken on Sunday night in the finals of the U*****,000 Volvo tournament in San Francisco. It was the ninth professional title of Agassi's four-year
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      Lock icon Douglas' feat not the first such upset
      465 20 AP BUSTER DOUGLAS' knockout of Mike Tyson may be the biggest upset in boxing history, but it's not the first time a seemingly invincible heavyweight champion has fallen to a heavy underdog. It happened to John L Sullivan in 1892, Jack Dempsey in
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      Lock icon Heavyweight division is in a mess again
      377 20 AP THE INTERNATIONAL Boxing Federation recognises Buster Douglas as the world heavyweight champion. The World Boxing Council recognises no one, right now. The World Boxing Association is not saying who its champion is. And nobody cares about the World Boxing Organisation because it
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      Lock icon Japanese dilemma for Hawaiian winner
      302 20 GOLF AFP DAVID ISHII became only the second local man to win the Hawaiian Open on Sunday but he could not make up his mind about deserting Japan for the United States tour. "I think I'll still go to Japan in March," said Ishhi who
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      Lock icon Hendry now chasing world champion Davis
      258 20 SNOOKER AFP STEPHEN MEMORY retained his Masters snooker title when he beet John Psrrott 9-4 In the Anal on Sunday and Is now after Steve Davis's world crown. "At the moment I am feeling I cannot be beaten. That's not being big-headed but I
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      Lock icon Nakayama breezes to victory in Tokyo
      164 20 MARATHON AFP JAPAN'S veteran Takeyuki Nakayama coasted to victory in the Tokyo international marathon yeeterday, almoet half a minute ahead of Ireland's Olympic silver medallist John Treacy. In his first outing for almoet a year the 30-year-old clocked 2hr 10min 57sec with Treacy. second
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      Lock icon England in dramatic defeat by Windwards
      438 20 CRICKET AFP THE WINDWARD ISLANDS' team beat England by just one wicket at Castries on Sunday after it had appeared to be cruising to an easy victory. England, forced to follow on, made 326 in its second innings to set the Caribbean side 136
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      Lock icon NZ captain hits another century
      227 20 AFP BAD LIGHT stopped play with 13 overs of the day remaining in the rain-interrupted second cricket Test between India and New Zealand in Napier. New Zealand, yesterday. New Zealand was 178 for one in its first innings with captain John Wright unbeaten on 113,
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  • TECHNOLOGY
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      Dawn of the personal laser printer is here
      812 21  -  (?(•> by Jeffrey Tsang THE IDEA of a PERSONAL computer must have bean seamed farfetched and quite impossible in the days just four decades ago when machines like the first Eniac coat millions of dollars. Even if money were not a problem,
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      306 21 AFP IT IS as powerful as a dishwasher, sbls to Imp over computing elements in the flash of infrared laser beams and can process data at the speed of light, scientists said recently. It is the world's first prototype computer using light
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      Elaborate desktop system to produce aerospace newspaper
      458 21  -  By JEFFREY TSANG ASIAN AEROSPACE op«n» tomorrow with aircraft showing off a billion advanoaa in flight technology. But on the ground level, othar technologies ara quiatly Ming S6t. Flight International, tha global aviation publication, has sat up what la likely to ba tha
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      Pollution fighters find unlikely ally in mussels
      399 21 A BIT MORE RESPECT please next time you order mueeels for dinner: you're sbout to eat a first-class sentinel in the fight against pollution. Scientists have been using mussels to monitor pollution for years, snatysing chemicals deposited in their tissue as they filter
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    • TECH-TAKES
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        VersaCAD launches new software
        112 21 VersaCAD, a major supplier of computer-aided-design software lor the Apple Macintosh computer, has launched a new architectural software product Called VersaCAD/Architect, it is an integrated program running as part of the VeraaCAO/Macintoeh. One erf its features is a variety of door and window styles. Once selected,
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        New magazine from Cahners
        117 21 Exhibition and conventions organiser cum publisher Cahners is to launch a new regional business magazine to serve the electron- tcs market in Aaia. Electronic Business Asis, to hit the news-; stands in May, will focus on the computer and electronic industry in Singapore and other significant
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        DEC wins $5m PSA contract
        129 21 THE Port of Singapore Authority has awarded the contract for what is probably the largeet integrated office Information system in Singapore to Digital Equipment (DEC) Singepore. The contract for the Computer Integrate Office System or CIFOS is worth $4.9 million. The system will give the
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      Slow sales greet Apple founder's new computer
      1048 21 WHEN STEVEN JOBS introduced his unusual new computer 15 months ago, some people thought it would be the next Macintosh, a trend-setting machine he had developed at Apple Computer Inc. Now some people in the computer industry are wondering whether the sleek black
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    BP Singapore's CEO given a golden handshake
    476 22  -  MORE PERSONNEL CHANGES IN THE OFFING, SAY OBSERVERS By LILIAN ANG WITH ABOUT a month to go before BP Singapore finalises its plan to overhaul the company, its chief executive officer Bill Lee has been given the golden handshake with what industry sources
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    President Wee lauds S'pore-Brunei cooperation
    189 22 BEING the two smallest nations in South-east Asia. Singapore and Brunei have much in common and thus, much to share in terms of broad-based cooperation, President Wee Kim Wee said yesterday. He was speaking at the state banquet for Brunei's Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, who is
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    Nato, Warsaw Pact hold separate meetings
    313 22  -  By PAUL GOPAL NATO and Warsaw Pact ministers held separate meetings on Sunday to define their stance on the Open Skies conference, which is aimed at easing tensions between the two military alliances. For many of the East European ministers, this was the first
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    154 22 AFP BOND CORP Holdings Ltd yesterday failed to secure a stay of receivership in Melbourne for its brewing arm after the Victorian Supreme Court adjourned the case until next week. The full bench of the Supreme Court adjourned until Feb 21 its hearing
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    400 22 AFP CHINA will make no new "concessions" on democracy for Hongkong after its return to Beijing's sovereignty in 1997, a senior Chinese official said yesterday. Li Hou, who is both deputy director of China's Hongkong and Macau Affairs Office and
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    408 22 A FP FREED African National Congress leader Nelson Mandela publicly committed himself yesterday to peace, softening the hardline stance he adopted on Sunday in his first public speech in more than 27 years. Addressing a press conference in Cape Town, Mr Mandela
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    Asean officials endorse Canberra's UN proposal for Cambodia
    448 22  -  PROPOSAL TO BE DISCUSSED IN JAKARTA By DAVID CHEW SENIOR ASEAN OFFICIALS, meeting behind closed door yesterday. unofficially endorsed the Australian proposal for a UN interim administration for Cambodia pending free elections. The endorsement will be forwarded to the Asean Foreign Ministers'
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    200 22 AFP INDONESIA has shortlisted NEC Corp of Japan and a Dutch subsidiary of American Telephone and Telegraph for a lucrative US$3OO million contract to expand its telephone networks, a minister revealed in Jakarta yesterday. Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Radius Prawiro, said the two
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    Lock icon Ryzhkov offers aid to Thailand in bid for new role in Asia
    406 22 Reuter SOVIET PRIME MINISTER Nikolai Ryzhkov, seeking to promote a new role for Moscow in non-communist Asia, offered yesterday to help Thailand build up its economy. Mr Ryzhkov said Moscow's foreign policy should be seen in the context
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    SIA to build $80m engineering hangar
    327 22 SINGAPORE AIRLINES will have a new $60-miiiion engineering hangar in two to three years' time to cope with its expanding fleet. SlA's fleet now comprises 39 aircraft, including 26 *****. Another 32 planes are on firm order with an option to purchase another 39.
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    Lock icon Gorbachev says he wants 'new forces' in party
    131 22 AFP THE SOVIET Communist Party must enrol "new forces" before its 28th Congress "because there has been no positive change" in the work of local secretaries, Pravda reported President Mikhail Gorbachev as saying in its Monday edition. "If a new central committee
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      43 22 Reuter CHINA does not plan any new taxes this year on foreign inveetment in the country, the Beijing-controlled Hongkong newspaper Wn W9i Pao said yeeterday. quoting Niu Licheng, deputy director of China's State Admi nstrst ion of Taxation.
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      Lock icon Moro rebels warn MNCs
      32 22 Reuter MOHAMAD Annur Salih, information officer of the Moro National Liberation Front, yeeterday warned of "revolutionary justice" for Japaneee and American multinational companies unless they stopped exploiting Mindanao.
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      40 22 Reuter SOUTH Koreas trad* deficit with Japan roaa to US$4 billion in 1960 from US$3.9 billion in 1968. A Koraan official •aid that axports to Japan had baan hurt by tha appreciation of tha won. Rautar
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      31 22 Bernama MALAYSIA can attain parity with davalopad countries provided it continues to have a strong Government and diligent citizens. Deputy Prime Minister Qhafar Baba said yesterday. Bernama
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      53 22 AFP POLICE officers from Britain, Australia, and New Zealand will be recruited to assist in the fight against crime in Papua New Guinea. Prime Minister Rabbie Namaliu said in Port Moresby yesterday. He added that the 14-month-old secessionist crisis on Bougainville had been a major drain
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      32 22 AFP BRITISH wholesale prices rose 0.8 per cent in January, taking the year-on-year increase to 5.2 per cent the Central Statistical Office said yesterday, quoting non-see-sonalty corrected figures.
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    143 22 Reuter SOUTH KOREA yesterday welcomed calls by the Soviet Union for dialogue between the two Koreas. But a Foreign Ministry official in Seoul said hia government waa baffled by a statement from Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze about breaking down the "Korean wall"
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    71 22 Reuter COMEX gold futures posted small losses in quiet early dealings yesterday. Spot gold waa off US$O.lO at U*****.00 an ounce and the April delivery dipped US$O.6O to U*****.00. Comex silver futures gained on spillover buying from a rally in overnight markets which was spurred by buying by European
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        49 23 Reuter A NEW SHIPPING FIRM, mainly owned by Norwegian investors, has ordered 10 ore/bulk/oil carriers from South Korea's Hyundai Heavy Industries Co shipyard, the Norwegian business daily Dagens Naeringsiiv reported on Saturday. Scanabo Carriers signed the 3.8 billion crown contract with Hyundai shipyard, it said.
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        109 23 AP HARBOUR PILOTS at the Port of Los Angeles have ended a two-day walkout that had crippled the nation's second-busiest port, agreeing to a settlement that left open the possibility of more talks. Sunday's pact between the city Harbour Department and representatives of the 11-mem-ber
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        49 23 AP SHIP ORDERS to South Korean shipyards in January amounted to 365,700 gross tons for nine ships, up 360 per cent in tonnage from a year ago, the Korea Shipbuilders Association said yesterday. Association officials said January orders were worth US$332 million. AP
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        Lock icon Demand for Aussie wool
        77 23 Reuter LAST WEEK'S SLIGHT IMPROVEMENT in demand on the Australian wool market could continue this week at sales in Brisbane and Adelaide. the Australian Council of Wool Exporters said. About 111,400 bales of wool will be on offer. Trade reports say significant quantities of wool have
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        Lock icon Oil slick shows signs off breaking up
        115 23 Reuter A 14-MILE-LONG OIL SLICK from the 80,735 dwt tanker American Trader is showing signs of breaking up, but more oil could wash up on California's fashionable beaches in the next few days, cleanup officials said on Saturday. "We are starting to get
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      Mitsui to expand capacity on transpacific services
      177 23 LEADING Japanese carrier Mitsui OSK Lines is to expand capacity on its transpacific services by introducing three new 2,900TEU containerships. The first of the vessels, to be constructed at a cost exceeding 20 billion yen (U*****.57 million), is due to enter service in
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      Lock icon Japanese firms set sights on sales of luxury yachts
      313 23 Asahi News THERE MAY BE no more fitting symbol of affluence than a luxury yacht, so it is not surprising that two companies recently announced plans to sell multi-mil-lion-dollar pleasure craft in Japan. Hitachi Zosen Corp, a major Japanese shipbuilder, announced
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      Cabotage regulations from Nhava Sheva, Madras relaxed
      358 23  -  By J JULIE CHATTERJEE IN AN EFFORT to liberalise shipping and encourage more traffic, foreign shipping lines will soon be allowed to operate feeder services from Nhava Sheva and Madras ports. Cabotage regulations restricting foreign lines operating to the Indian coast are being
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      Seven Seas Cruise Line eyeing other popular cruising regions
      354 23  -  By JEAN FOONG JAPAN-BASED Seven Seas Cruise Line is eyeing other popular cruising regions, having launched its first international cruise service package from Singapore yesterday. The firm, which is a joint venture between Japanese shipping major "K" Line and Meiyo Corporation,
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      Complete revamp of PPA in the offing
      267 23  -  By AL O LABITA A TOP-TO-BOTTOM revamp of the state-run Philippine Port* Authority (PPA) is in the offing. Sources told Shipping Timee yesterday that the new Transportation and Communications Secretary. Oscar Orbos, was dismayed over the alleged inefficiency of the PPA to improve
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      Lock icon NOL helmsman's recipe for success
      1942 24  -  Lua Cheng Eng has piloted /Neptune Orient Lines through some difficult years to 1 stability and success. TANI FREEDMAN caught Up with him after his trip to teH US investors the good news about NOL TANI FREEDMAN Seatrade Business Review "TO SUCCESSFULLY MANAGE a diversified
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      Lock icon Tanker rates
      268 24 AFP ENQUIRY remained insufficient in most areas of the tanker market over the past week, with the exception of the Middle-East Gulf where crude carriers met good demand, London brokers E A Gibson said on Friday. However, charterers showed a keen interest in booking tonnage in the period
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      London Freights
      731 25 DRY CARGO freight rates showed signs of stabilising after the sharp drop recently, brokers said on Friday. The Baltic Freight Index (BFI) waa unchanged at 1.563. The BFI had alipped 56 points in the first four days of this week but the fall waa halted amid unconfirmed talk
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      156 25 THE MAJOR shipping consortia operating between Far Eaat/Europa, Far Eaat/Peraian Quit, Straits ports/Australia, Straits/Japan, Far Eaat/Msditarranaan and Far East/South Africa: TRIO (Far Eaat/Europa): Ban Una Containers Hapag-Lloyd Mitsui OSK Nippon Yusen Kaiaha P O Containers Ltd ACE (Far Eaat/Europa): "K" Lino Neptune Orient Linaa Orient Overaeaa Container Line OASIS
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      9810 30 A guide to ships loading at Singapore for ports around the world The list below tabulates, by port of destination, the name of the ship, the shipping line involved and the estimated dates of arrival and departure from the Port of Singapore.
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      III-repaired ships causing delays in Suez
      635 36  -  By By VONNIE BISHOP, writing for Shipping Times from Hongkong ILL-REPAIRED and poorly maintained flag of convenience vessels are causing disruption to traffic flow through the Suez Canal, said the chairman and managing director of the Suez Canal t Authority, Mohammed Ezzat Adel. t
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      305 36 Reuter DRY CARGO FREIGHT RATES are likely to decline in the short term, but if this ie followed by the scrapping of older vessels the market could be on the road to longer term recovery, shipbroker Howe Robinson said. "We would
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      Sea Containers unveils recapitalisation plan
      156 36 SEA CONTAINERS HAS UNVEILED a recapitalisation plan where the company will buy back seven million of its shares st US$7O each in cash through a tender offer. The plan is subject to approval by shareholders at a meeting on March 15, when shareholders will also
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      Lock icon Italthai backs out of plans to invest in Laem Chabang facilities
      575 36 The Nation ITALTHAI MARINE has backed out from plana to invest In shipyard and repair facilities at Laem Chabang after a feasibility study made by "a major Singa-pore-baaed shipyard" suggested that the shipyard project would not yield a viable
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      54 28 SOON KIAT SHIPPING F-fc. PTE LTD I 3 SMENTON WAY IMP SMENTO* MOUSE REGULAR SERVICE TO E. M'SIA S'PORC Ifaju Tone Hui mO Bintulu/Hin/K Matt M Sri Pujut <*/*> Bmtutufl»ri/K Mil 24,7 Swat Aim Satu Docking *20 torn torn hwvylift r»rf«r urfyj V <T FCI T«4: *****01 Itam) T«ta« *»1»
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      1015 29 iSSSiPII PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL LINES (PTE) LTD g gf Jgg PIL Building, 140 Cecil Street #03-00, Singapore 0106, Tel: *****33 «AR»- MOT Hjoa TMM K/t) IMM IVM IMM M/M "JJJJ mAiAPAHtr SIM tam xma ra km tv 3 iV9» jmm xvn M*l auAHO 2MB I'M MS wws ~®y_ nan mjm Km
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      708 29 EXPRESS CONTAINER SERVICE TO UK/CONTINENT SPORE P KUNC STOH HAM rHAWN ROM NAVW AMufen. In ft I*2 VI lfi 10 W Ifi U»t«m I*2 un *i *i *1 110 urf> u, an an w ua m w an Ma Iw 220 !*3 I*3 I*l 12/1 Mfl LmM* Eiprnt 2*2 10
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      449 29 A Joint Europe Ssrvk* Of: p.t. NMuan uen p.t. ksvm übyb P.T. MUKM MWIM P.T. TMMBB Lilt .cr Mvn nezTsioeoo-o EXPRESS SEJU-CSNT/UNEKSNIP SERVICE n p vsL/voY rpoet rom* h-burc Bremen Antwerp n A DAM N SRIWIJATA/2BWB 22 2*2 a/1 2*l 3*l 1/4 L J. SONTANC/JWrB 12-I*3 10/4 I*4 I*4 72/4
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      369 29 W MYANMA ]pBSi FIVE STAR LINE 1 (BuriMM National Una) j< Loading tar Y»nfon (Ranfoen) I S'port P.Kdanf PcuMf BanfM krgui v/ww u*m HTOHEYWA V2SMT 14/tt FEI PAGAN V/ISV XV TLB PAT*]* V/M au FEB am FU irOMAYWA V/12J 4/13 FEI 14/17 FEi IMCUIV/» 22/25 Fti va* THt HANK UNE
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      300 30 SERVICE //M™7/ I DALY LCL RECEIVING AT OWN CFS I I jJSkJ PENANG VESSEL I P KELANG [SPOREI "AOKAS (FEWER) 91| g SID 15n 62 LEUWSng 15/2 17/2 19/2 24/2 MACOLINE W -u»« 25/2 I 2/3 BOOKING: MACOLINE S PORE *****11 PK (03) *****77 PEW (04) *****6 m, A aMAC-NELS
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      152 30 MANN AISAIPANJGUAH DIRECT SERVICE (BREAK-BULK/CONTAINER) VESSEL SPORE MANILA SAIPAN GUAM SPARKLE *5 SAILED 12/2 21/2 22/2 SPARKLE *6 2/3 W W Jjg SPARK LE W 2*3 5/4 11* UM SFRVICE fVIA HKI FEE OCR sro« nono |ffi •J?' Hf" B 'a JS rn u,ronnf*l yRUICE (VIA GUAM) SPARKLE YS 585%05E43
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      288 30 I MERCHANT MAWNE CO. LTD. EABTBOUHD TO USA WEBTBOUHP FROM USA SIW HUG LRU OAK SEA FROM PBW LW ORK «A WW yvinmA. nnnttl 7* IM2 22/B 12/ M ISP HYUNDAI CHALLENGER 2 15S a« HYUNDAI COMMANDER 2S SS 35 S HYUNDAI KPLORM" B» «P MJ a""" 5 SSSSSSSSSK SSK«
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      573 31 MKB= InterCoa MA HI r IMF I*TF. LTD ■PwEEKLY FCULCL TO: FAR EAST JAPAN EUROPE FUI ISLAND KAOHSIUNG —25/2 TOKYO —22/2 LE HAVRE —19/2 LAUTOKA —2/ KEELUNG —25/2 YOKOHAMA —22/2 ROTTERDAM —19/2 SUVA 2/ MANILA —23/2 KOBE —22/2 UK PORTS —19/2 BANGKOK —29/2 HAMBURG —19/2 BUSAN —22/2 GOTHENBURG —19/2 HONGKONG
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      474 31 WE GIVE YOU THE WORLD Nedlloyd Lines k*Hmt FlftA) K»»—«t*A) Tl—niLvMHmO) &■"•*"<■) faster ■A! g iCO iwra uTn it? w W W ap W »3 W £l jg 1$ 1 N. Itodwte/nB 2W 3/3 21/2 28/2 2/3 "7/3 203 VI Bp 2M 2V3 24/3 2W MP jg» I*H N Rojt'WX
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      943 32 I UlilSlill VOY *INOO *PK/PNG [sGP LB CHLS NFK NYC HFX I I I Ofcl FAITH U 12/2 13/2 15/2 10/3 20/3 22/3 24/3 4/4 I <ȣ v FRIENDSHIP IS 19/2 20/2 22/2 17/3 27/3 25/3 31/3 4/4 I H I NISoNE JAOC 23 27/2 1/3 24/3 3/4 5/4 7/4
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      594 32 ETDSIN (IDAY) *(IWY) *.(IDAY) CHR|ST|(|E/ IJ 16/02/90 PORT KELANG PENANG BANGKOK VICTOR TWICE/WKLY BOOKING. CONTACT w H*! ETD SIN O DAYS) P DAYS) +(1 DAY) 15/02/90 KAmKiiinr. KEELUNC JOYCE/JUOY —Jk TWICE/WKLY ETDSIN (6 DAYS) +(1 DAY) +(4DAYS) I I I 16/02/90 BUSAN JaiHik lIAN,LA NAGOYA S£RENE/S,TI TWICE/WKLY ETD SIN <BDAYS)
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      266 32 Continental Pacific Shipping ■wr TIMBER K PLYWOOD SERVICE TO U.K./CONTINENT KKU S'PORE P* LOAOINC FOR CAPTAIN GEORGE SM SM SCTIJtO«#ANT/FLUA« ■aria K SM ta« 1W SETEyROHANT/aUWR TAIPAN 3/3 RINWANT/aU/UK vpx MULTIPORT AGENCIES (S) PTE. LTD. h tt t3rr FAX: *****1 I IVI MULTVONT ant BHO \l f I/ TU. 3NMN
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      499 32 m GOLDEN LINE A GUAN GUAN SHIPPING (PTE) LTO M a T«M Aft Strwt W 1 1 siMAMWf tm ru nam u» uncs) fm smmt STRAITS/PERSIAN GULF SERVICE: Span P. MM* Nmi QOUXN HAmST CMUMMI GOLDEN wonoa VM Mw CHINA SOVKt Ml run SHAN ft* CHINA OCEAN SHIPPING CO., PEKING
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      1485 33 NEPTUNE AGENCIES PTE LTD SINGAPORE (CR No: **********0 E) Bookings: UK/EUROPE *****53, *****19, AUST/INDIA/PAK-*****18 m USA *****42/*****16 FAR EAST-*****48 Documentation: *****44/*****14 Terminal: *****22 CFS: M 2 IMPORT: *****69/*****50 EXPORT: *****53/*****04 NEPLINE SDN BHD MALAYSIA K.L.-*****33, P.Kelang-*****87, Penang-*****0, J.Bahru-*****3, *****4 EIfDBVSLVOY PKN Slip MOTHER VSL/VOY SCP LEH HJ BOM HAM S
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      1137 33 SINSOV i SINGAPORE SOVIET SHIPPING CO PRIVATE LTD SINSOV BUILDING 55, Market Street Singapore 0104 Tel: *****33 (15 Line*) Terminal Office: *****41/2 Cable Address SINSOV SINGAPORE Telex Numbers RS ***** RS ***** RS ***** 'j A PCNAM f MUM 7 ■USDS Ml TNOM SMtffHK 127 Pvwt Matayiu MfS NANOUNC SYSTEM
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      678 34 [Hds^DnesßSl DSR LINES I VEB DEUTRACHT/SEEKEDEKI ROSTOCK INTEGRATED CONTAINER SERVICE MEMBER OF EACON SERVICE TO EAST MEDITERRANEAN I NORTH CONTINENT EUROPE OUTBOUND SIN *LCA ANT ROM HBG RST (t. «cnoa ww Urn mm ~urn urn am o. smm£Urn vm op *N® 3m« nm TTemUmrn wmni* i*n iyw vm i*w TIA
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      1030 34 WKC COBHTMimOWAt MM»WBC» Vmwl P.KU PM PB UaMaa Mr PING AN CHENG 2*2 R^OM/A^iwp HANCHUAN 2/3 RiWIIM|AIIwh CMWA HIU COWTAPRMM «Yia Vwwl PKLC PNG SPONC BKK HKC SKAI Q'DAO VANG FANG K0UV1232*2 2*2 *3 *3 14/3 NCI HE M 2*2 22/2 2*2 *3 *3 Accepting FCL Ciffo tor ottttf CMrbm
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      175 34 FAST DIRECT REGULAR SERVICE TO INDONESIA PORT PADANG/PK. BALAM SEMAR ANG/PAN J ANG/CIGADING/ BENGKULU VSL ETA ETD LOADING FOR DELI INDAH In Port 152.90 PANJANG/PK. BALAM NAGA JAYA 182.90 20.2.90 PANJANG LAMPUNG JAYA 132.90 142.90 SEMARANG/PANJANG PINANG JAYA 152.90 162.90 PANJANG/PK. BALAM PERITA JAYA 152.90 162.90 PANJANG/JAKARTA ABAOI JAYA 152.90
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      509 34 f —l Xjlcvv POSEIDON CONTAINER TRANSPORT GMBH HAMBURG TRANS-SIBERIAN CONTAINER SERVICE SOTRA GENERAL AGENTS ACCEPTING ALL FCL LCL A CONVENTIONAL CARGOES iafwhistahi; S°^J r T& di Kabul Mashad, Kushka I IRAN Dju»fa, Astara VIA ILYICHEVSK ETD SINGAPORE 19/02, 2/03, 4/03, 7/03, 13/3 EUROPE i :To a Miarid points: VIA VOSTOCHNY
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      450 34 OCEAJI OW— UW T— M w tm> jg_ WTA HUM n» wi MP vp WWW ACt WW Tlw UP WL_ BATAMA Hi m «t MP Tw ski ww am st up T "P JPHJMK MW St UP T» lg_ I wta mm n» w* ng st MP_ I SHH WW
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      996 35 ■VESSEL VOY SINGAPORE KHF/DUBAI JEDOAH I ■LANKA RUWAN 3W 18/2 05/3 20/3 I ■LANKA SRI MAN I 75W 4/3 13/3 20/3 ■LANKA SRIMATHI 74W 8/3 13/3 20/3 I lALSO ACCEPTING CARGO (FCL/LCL) FOR: I IA) INDIAN PORTS I MAMAS; TUTICORIN; COCHIN; MANGALORE; BOMBAY I Is) ARABIAN GULF PORTS I SHARJAH;
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      207 35 iPHHPr'i Lntftf aSSk) ACCEPTING FCL AND CONVENTIONAL pen/pko J™. loading fob ABBAV WONZ 11/03 DAA£S3ALAAM. MOMBASA DJIBOUTI VOY 23W8 ASSAB MA3SAWA HOOEIOAH JPJ KIEN HUNG LINE FULLY CONTAINERISED FORTNIGHTLY LINER SERVICE TO MAURITIUS AND SOUTH AFRICA ACCEPTING BOTH FCL/LCL CARGO Vessel Spore P. Louis Durban Johannesburg EXCELLENCE CNTR V EO2S
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      636 35 JJTTRT^askapa^EITYARA?? LAUT FULLY CONTAINERISED REGIONAL FEEDER SERVICE TWICE-WEEKLY/WEEKLY FIXED DAY SCHEDULE BETWEEN THE PORTS OF S'PORE, INDONESIA, MALAYSIA ft THAILAND ALSO ACCEPTING LCL CARGO TO JKT, PKG, PNG AND, BKK. FOR BOOKINGS CALL SPECARGO FORWARDING AT TEL: *****55 MWttAPOM Hrtkwau MRV«« VSL VOY SIN JKT PAJ SIN PUL BAHAGIA 70S
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      465 35 mmi wt a m tci m SUPARYA 2JW IN PT 29/2 I2VESTIA *****9 19/2 29/2 SUSAK 99N 2»f2 27/2 VERMILION BAY U» 20/2 9/3 TIGER RIVER 95CN9 22/2 29/2 LEUVE 9U9 25/2 2/3 PAITHOON 33* 29/2 12/3 ILOVIK 190N 25/2 4/3 BBOJI lON 9/3 20/3 TICER RIVER HCNB 1/3 19/3
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      193 35 WE HAVE GOT THE FASTEST j TRANSIT TIME TO AUSTRALIA! j I NEXT VESSEL: m.v. "tnt express" V 242 ETA 28/3/90 n Only 7 days to Fremantlel Only 12 days to Melbourne! Only 16 days to Sydney! i J FROM I v*i |h<i ln» I[am ftiv Irnw 1 TUT EXPRESS
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      138 36 SIGNIFICANT WEATHER AND SEA CONDITIONS AT 0790 HOURS ON FEB 13,1000. LEGEND: R Th,«H.r..«rm Temperoture c X\ Shower Weather -V Wmd drectKxi with speed n knots Rain Wove height Cloudy Sky Surface winds are indicated by arrows which fly with the wind One full circle represents colm or light and
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