The Business Times, 14 March 1991

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    9 1 BusinessTimes MCI (P) 16/12/90 Thursday, March 14, 1991 75*
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  • NEWS SUMMARY
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      Indian Parliament dissolved to pave way for polls
      63 1 INDIA'S President dissolved Parliament yesterday to clear the way for May elections, just 18 months and two short-lived governments after the country's last national elections. President Ramaswamy Venkataraman said in New Delhi that a new Parliament should be constituted by June 5,
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      First rise in US retail sales in four months
      53 1 US RETAIL SALES rose 0.8 per cent in February, their first rise in four months, the US Commerce Department said yesterday. Retail sales posted a revised decline of 1.4 per cent in January, fell 1.8 per cent in December and were
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      Expats' costs up
      35 1 THE COST of living for expatriates in Singapore rose by 9.5 per cent last December, but the rate of inflation for their out-of-pocket expenses was a lower 5.9 per cent Page 2
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      Robust growth for KL
      38 1 THE MALAYSIAN economy registered a robust 10.4 per cent growth in the first nine months of last year, outstripping the 8.8 per cent growth in GDP for the same period in 1989 Page 7
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      Call to convert slowly
      36 1 JAPAN will ask the US to convert into dollars by stages its yen-denominated contribution for the Gulf war effort, fearing a massive currency conversion will hurt the already sagging yen Page 8
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      Riyadh flexing muscle
      38 1 SAUDI ARABIA is planning to reassert its dominance over the world oil market by increasing its production capacity over the next few years to a record level of 12 million barrels a day Page 10
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    • Article
      Standards down
      20 1 STANDARDS for this year's Asian Advertising Awards in Hongkong did not measure up to last year's Page 15
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      Hardsell for tourism
      27 1 AUSTRALIAN and New Zealand tourism offices in Singapore are intensifying efforts to sell their countries as the ideal tourist destination to Asians Page 15
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      Minesweeping begins
      23 1 MINE HUNTING and mine sweeping operations to clcar safe paths for shipping bound for Kuwait have started. Shipping Times Page 1
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  • MARKETS SUMMARY
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      Dow higher
      31 1 SHARE PRICES opened marginally higher on Wall Street yesterday with the Dow Jones index of leading industrials gaining 5.45 points to 2,927.97 in the first five minutes ot trading.
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      Footsie higher
      43 1 SHARES in London were slightly higher at midday yesterday, as two newly privatised power generating companies dominated activity in an otherwise lacklustre session. At about 1215 GMT, the Footsie 100-share index was up 2.9 points, or 0.1 per cent, at 2,457.7.
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      Wing Tai drops plans
      39 1 WING TAI Holdings has cancelled plans to buy three US garment distribution firms following a stock exchange rejection of its application to list 25 million new shares to partly pay for the purchase. Page 3
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      G Coin plans confirmed
      31 1 MAJOR shareholders of Gold Coin have confirmed that they are studying a proposal to sell their stakes in the company and acquire all existing businesses Page 3
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      Big loss for HK Bank
      27 1 THE STAGGERING losses incurred by Hongkongßank of Australia is the largest reported by any foreign bank operating in the country Page 5
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      STOCK INDICES
      29 1 Wednesday Change BT-MGA 734.30 +3.64 Kuala Lumpur ..592.99 -6.70 Hongkong 3,634.48 -23.59 Tokyo 26.418.32 -309.10 Sydney 1,433.5. +5.3 Tuesday Change New York 2,922.52 -16.84 London 2,454.8 -4.3
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      CURRENCIES
      22 1 Exchange rates USS SS 1.7460 100 Yen SS 1.2791 MS SS0.6389 Money market rates Overnight 4 1/2 +3/4 3-month 4-5/8% +1/16
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      COMMODITIES
      38 1 London Gold AM fix USS365.20 USS1.25 Rubber S'pore Apr 147.00*/kg unch M'sia Apr 229.00*/kg +0.50 KL Tin Turnover 51 tonnes -1 Spot MS 14.88 /kg unch Crude palm oil Turnover 644 lots 4-170 Mar MS857 /tonne -1
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    Cerebos to shift Brand's production to Thailand
    387 1  -  Thai market potential cited as reason: S'pore stays as regional HQ By Chuang Peck Ming PUBLICLY-LISTED Cerebos Pacific is shifting the manufacturing operation of its Brand's division, which includes the popular Brand's Essence of Chicken, to Thailand in a move that will see
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    Hong Leong Credit to get banking stake
    497 1  -  Plans to seek listing for Zalik Securities By William Chia THE Malaysian Hong Leong group is planning to take a substantial stake in recentlylisted Ban Hin Lee Bank (BHL) and float its stockbroking arm on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (KLSE). Hong Leong
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    Keppel Bank making 1-for-2 rights issue, appoints CEO
    292 1  -  By S N Vasuki KEPPEL BANK is making a one-for-two rights issue to finance the expansion of its business and has appointed Benedict Kwek as president and chief executive officer. Mr Kwek, who is currently president and chief executive officer of Ascan
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    $250,000 remitted to Norwegian banker last year
    433 1  -  The Khamis Case By Amy Balan MARINA VILLAGE developer Elyamani Khamis remitted $250,000 to his Norwegian banker, Mrs Torild Aarnes, in early 1990. Mrs Aarnes, now held by Norwegian police, was formerly credit manager at Kreditkassen's Porsgrunn branch, which issued standby letters of
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    Govt may farm out some state-owned industrial land
    350 1  -  Yesterday in Parliament By Harish Mehta THE PRIVATE sector may get a chance to develop about 50 hectares of state-owned industrial land a year which is now almost monopolised by the Jurong Town Corporation. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Trade and
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    PSA draws up model to predict oil spill movement
    223 1  -  By Claire Leow THE PORT of Singapore Authority (PSA), which coordinates the mopping-up of oil spills, has developed a model which can forecast the behaviour of an oil spill. It can also trace possible culprits by running the sequence backwards to
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      37 1 Rodenstoch h>\ CD <?► JCtf I wo-tier foreign worker levy. Page 2 Hong Leong Industries, Hume six-month profits up by half, Pg 3 H 1, 11 1, m u .Adfake every second of 1 the season count. > a
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  • HOME NEWS
    • Article, Illustration
      Two-tier worker levy under study Two-tier worker levy under study
      381 2  -  Ministry of Trade and Industry By Harish Mehta A SUGGESTION regarding a two-tier system for the foreign worker levy has won the support of Brigadier-General (Res) Lee Hsien Loong. The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Trade and Industry said
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    • Article
      Private sector to design public housing estates?
      254 2 Ministry of National Development THE private sector may soon be roped in to design and build Housing Development Board flats to give public housing estates a fresh face. Mr S Dhanabalan, Minister for National Development, said the government wants to try out private
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      A new 'hot' spot for recreational activities
      246 2 A NEW recreational spot, complete with natural hot springs, may soon be up for development in Sembawang if a study by the Urban Redevelopment Authority is favourable. This was disclosed by the Minister for National Development S Dhanabalan in response to a query
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      'No' to call for electoral reform committee
      271 2 Yesterday In Parliament mo PRIME Minister Goh Chok Tong has rejected Non-Con-stituency MP Dr Lee Siew CholTs call for an electoral reform committee to study proportional representation in Singapore politics, warning that it would harm multi-ra-cial harmony. Mr Goh said that by adopting
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      Preferential tax rate for reservists on the cards
      384 2  -  Ministry of Defence By Dexter Lee THE defence and finance ministries are working out a preferential tax rate and a token in-camp training allowance for reservists, disclosed Dr Yeo Ning Hong. Dr Yeo. Second Minister for Defence, also told backbenchers that increased
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    • PARLIAMENT BRIEFS
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        Many incentives good
        73 2 IT IS preferable for as many government agencies as possible to offer different kinds of incentives to help local companies, Mah Bow Tan, Minister of State, Communications and Trade Industry said. The minister was answering a question raised by Philip Tan (Paya Lebar). Mr Mah said that
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        Smoother traffic flow
        79 2 THE glide system, which uses computers to link traffic signals at various junctions, is scheduled to be completed in about seven years. The Minister for National Development, S Dhanabalan, said that the glide system results in a green wave, "and not just a static green wave but
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        Half-hour parking
        82 2 FROM May 2, half-hourly parking coupons will be introduced for all car parks, the Minister for National Development S Dhanabalan said. Drivers who are now paying for one hour even though they park for just 10 or 15 minutes will therefore have to pay only for half an
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        CTE tunnel
        66 2 THE CTE tunnel will be completed by September. The Minister for National Development, S Dhanabalan, said that the PWD had considered various alternatives before building the CTE. It conducted a detailed study on the cost and benefits of building a tunnel as against alternatives, and the tunnel alternative
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      Cost of living for expatriates up
      316 2  -  By Anna Teo THE COST of living for expatriates in Singapore went up by 9.5 per cent last December compared with a year ago. But the rate of inflation for their out-of-pocket expenses excluding housing, education, transport and health costs was a lower 5.9
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      Prime to set up integration unit
      218 2 SINGAPORE is becoming a more important place for Prime Computers of Massachusetts. Already home to Prime's South Asia headquarters, the Republic will now also play host to the company's first systems integration business unit in Asia. Michael Foerster, president of the Munich-based international business
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    • NEWS ROUNDUP
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        New teleport link
        72 2 SINGAPORE and France are strengthening and intensifying their trade and port relations through a new teleport link between the Port of Singapore Authority and the French port of Le Havre. The electronic data interchange (EDI) link was inaugurated last month. Information to be shared between the two
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        Matters of the heart
        71 2 HEART disease remains a major killer in Singapore, and a symposium will be held tomorrow to discuss the rehabilitation of heart attack patients. The main focus will be on cost-effec-tive developments in the management of coronary artery disease. Opening the symposium will be Dr Aline Wong,
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        Corrections and clarifications
        71 2 IN our story "Business as usual at Marina Village" carried in the March 8 issue of BT, it was reported that Elyamani Khamis was seen at his Khameleon Club in Marina Village on Sunday, March 3, with model Bonny Hicks. Ms Hicks has since written in to
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  • SINGAPORE – MALAYSIA COMPANY NEWS
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      Wing Tai scraps plans to buy US distribution firms
      337 3  -  By Elaine Koh WING TAI Holdings has scrapped plans to acquire three United States garment distribution companies after the Stock Exchange of Singapore rejected its application to list 25 million new shares to partly pay for the purchase. This was announced
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      Hai Sun Hup, Mitsui in ship management services venture
      305 3  -  By Selva Kumar THE HAI SUN HUP Group will be establishing yet another joint venture with Japanese company, Mitsui to provide ship management services. The 50-50 tie-up will be between M O Ship Management Company Ltd (MOSM), a subsidiary of Mitsui
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      $2.05m post-tax profit for Superior Metal
      270 3 SESDAQ-LISTED Superior Metal Printing (SMP), which yesterday released its first full-year results since its public listing last September, has recorded a group post-tax profit of $2.05 million. This 24 per cent gain from 1989's results of $1.66 million is due to the higher earnings
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      Lock icon Setron chief vows to raise stake to 32.9pc
      333 3 Bernama HAW PAR International may lose its hold on Setron Malaysia if managing director Haji Abdul Murad Ahmad boosts his shareholding to 32.9 per cent as he yesterday declared he would do. Haw Par is currently the largest shareholder in Setron, with
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      Over to UIC's new major shareholders
      576 3  -  THE HOCK LOCK SIEW COLUMN By Han Shih IT LOOKS like a dim end to a shining career: Oei Hong Leong, who in the past decade almost single-handedly transformed United Industrial Corporation (UIC) from a stodgy detergent maker to a much-vaunted asset trader, spent
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      Gold Coin shareholders confirm plans to sell out
      336 3  -  By 1 William Chia AFTER two weeks of suspension. the substantial shareholders of feedmill group Gold Coin have said in a brief statement that they arc considering a proposal to sell their stakes in the company and buy over its existing business.
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      Hong Leong Industries, Hume six-month profits up by half
      383 3 HONG Leong Industries Bhd (HLI) and Hume Industries (Malaysia) Bhd, two of the listed flagships of the Malaysian Hong Leong group, have increased their profits by about half in the six months ended Dec 31, 1990. HLl's group profit after tax
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    • COMPANY BRIEFS
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        ASM plans land deal with United Teochew
        179 3 AMALGAMATED Steel Mills Bhd has proposed to team up with United Teochew Bhd to develop a pieee of land in Kuala Lumpur belonging to the Selangor and Kuala Lumpur Teochew Association. ASM and United Teochew will take up stakes of 80 per cent
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        Metrojaya-Shaw Brothers deal
        74 3 METROJAYA Bhd has entered into an agreement with Shaw Brothers (Penang) Sdn Bhd to acquire three lots of land in Georgetown, Penang, covering 22,373 sq ft for M 57.16 million or Ms32o per sq ft. These lots were acquired because they were adjacent to a piece of
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        Lien Hoe gets FIC approval
        57 3 LIEN HOE Corporation Bhd's proposed special bumiputra issue of 44 million Msl shares at par and the proposed employees' share option scheme have been approved by the Foreign Investment Committee. Its advisers. Commerce International Merchant Bankers Bhd, said the two proposals are now subject to
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        BAT appoints director
        21 3 THE British-American Tobacco Company (Singapore) Ltd appointed Lim Ho Hup as a non-executive director with effect from Tuesday.
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        Kian Joo's April 4 EGM
        41 3 KIAN JOO Can Factory Bhd. whose proposed four-for-five bonus issue in July 1990 was revised to one-for-two by the Capital Issues Committee on Feb 20, 1991, will hold an EGM on April 4 concerning the proposal.
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  • REGIONAL COMPANY NEWS
    • COMPANY BRIEFS
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        Sinar Mas signs deal with Lucky Goldstar
        141 4 AN INDONESIAN private company, Sinar Mas Group, has signed a joint-venture agreement with the Lucky Goldstar Group of South Korea to establish a PVC pipe plant in West Java. Eka Tjipta Wijaya. chairman of Sinar Mas, said at the signing on Monday that
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        Australia to sell 49pc of ASTA
        92 4 THE AUSTRALIAN government plans to sell a total 49 per cent of ASTA Aircraft Services Pty Ltd, wholly-owned by the government's AeroSpace Technologies of Australia Pty Ltd, a spokesman said. Andre Van Der Zwan, public affairs manager of AeroSpace Technologies, said the government sold
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        Firm to raise loans to Manila
        112 4 THE STATE-CONTROLLED Netherlands Development Finance Co plans to raise its investments and loans to the Philippines by US$lO million (S$ 117.5 million) this year, its managing director said yesterday. Loed Nenncs told reporters after calling on President Corazon Aquino that the amount would be
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        Unocal denies payout
        97 4 UNOCAL Thailand has denied it had agreed to pay the Petroleum Authority of Thailand 100 million baht (556.86 million) in an out-of-court settlement for allegedly supplying it with natural gas contaminated with mercury, the Bangkok Post reported. Vice-president Paramaporn Krairiksh said a weekend report of the payout
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        Prakrit-Direct Response deal
        68 4 THE US-BASED Prakrit and FCB advertising agency has formed a joint-venture with Direct Force Co of Hongkong to provide direct marketing services for an increasing number of clients, The Nation reported. Prakrit FCB, one of the top 10 ad agencies in Thailand, will hold 49 per cent
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      Lock icon Jardine Matheson expected to report strong 1990 profit
      451 4 Reuter JARDINE MATHESON, the doyen of Hongkong's blue chip trading houses, which a decade ago was struggling to fend off corporate raiders, is tipped to report a solid 1990 profit growth of between 17 and 25 per cent next Wednesday. Forecasters expect
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      IPCO Marine using debt-to-equity swap
      507 4  -  From Al 0 Labita in MANILA A SINGAPORE-BASED multinational company is seeking access to Manila's debt-to-equity conversion scheme to help raise funds for its proposed power project in the Philippines. The firm, IPCO Marine Pte Ltd, is one of the two foreign bidders of the
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      Lock icon UK firms in Philippine oil project
      208 4 AFP TWO BRITISH firms have formed a consortium with Philippine partners for an oil exploration project in the western Philippines expected to be launched this month, one of the Philippine partners said on Tuesday. kirkland Resources pic, which will operate the drillship, and Nimex
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      Court asks Lucky Man receiver to adjourn EGM
      287 4 THE RECEIVER of a major stake in Lucky Man Properties, Mr Raymond Hughes, has been directed by the court to adjourn the extraordinary general meeting called by him to remove the existing directors. The South China Morning Post reported that Mr Justice
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      98 4 IN THE SMALLEST SIZE. g g The new Twinhead Supernote 386 SX. The only notebook with a built-in 40MB hard disk drive and a 4MB RAM memory. Only 3 kg. 0 wait state, 16 MHz CPU. VGA Graphics with 32 Ills grey tones. Password security The only one with 5-year
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  • INTERNATIONAL COMPANY NEWS
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      Another Tokyo-Hollywood deal
      323 5  -  Mount Film to receive funds from Media International From Christopher Reed in LOS ANGELES DESPITE continuing speculation on the soundness of Japanese film business ventures in Hollywood, a Tokyo consortium has entered into a multi-million dollar partnership with Los Angeles movie producer Tom Mount. His Mount Film
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      Lock icon Maxwell reaches agreement with unions
      605 5 UPI BRITISH publishing tycoon Robert Maxwell reached tentative agreements on Tuesday with all nine striking Daily News unions and predicted that his purchase of the newspaper will be completed "in a matter of days rather than weeks". "New York is in danger of having the
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      Lock icon McDonald's plans to offer a low-fat burger
      280 5 Agencies IN ITS latest move to counter sluggish sales and answer a growing chorus ol criticism of its food. McDonald's plans to introduce a hamburger that is lower in fat. The new hamburger would be the first such product to be available nationwide
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    • COMPANY BRIEFS
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        SKET signs 96m mark deal with Soviets
        84 5 SKET Maschincn-und Anlagcnbau AG, former communist East Germany's biggest industrial plant maker, said it had signed a 96 million mark (S$ 106.5 million) deal to deliver machinery to the Soviet Union. SKET spokesman Manfred Wrana said the machinery would be used for conveyor
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        Coke's recycled plastic bottles
        94 5 COCA-COLA Co said the first "recycled" plastic soft drink bottles, made from plastic produced by Hocchst AG from a blend of 25 per cent recycled plastic resin and 75 per cent new resin, have been introduced in Charlotte, North Carolina, in a market test. The company
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        Court clears way for settlement
        149 5 A US FEDERAL judge on Tuesday cleared the way for the US government to sign an estimated US$l.2 billion (SS2.I billion) settlement of legal claims over the Exxon Valdez oil spill. US district Judge Stanley Sporkin said he would lift an order barring the federal
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        LVMH to sell champagne brand
        125 5 FRENCH LUXURY goods firm LVMH, the world's leading champagne seller, said on Tuesday it plans to sell a champagne brand it bought just three months ago. LVMH Moet Hcnnessy Louis Vuitton SA confirmed widespread speculation that it is set to sell its Lanson champagne brand
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        Microsoft under investigation
        70 5 MICROSOFT Corp. the largest supplier of software for personal computers, is the target of a federal investigation into its competitive practices, the company said on Tuesday. Microsoft is complying with requests made as part of a non-public Federal Trade Commission investigation, the company said in a news
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  • FINANCIAL NEWS
    • SMALL CHANGE
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        Poland to start stock market next month
        126 6 THE WARSAW stock market is to start operating on April 16 for the first time since before World War 11, Polish officials said on Tuesday. The opening of the stock market is considered a key element in Poland's transition to a market economy.
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        EC clears Japanese merger
        75 6 THE MERGER of two Japanese banks, Kyowa Bank Ltd and Saitama Bank Ltd, was cleared on Tuesday by European Community competition officials under new EC merger regulations. The banks are strong in the Japanese retail banking market, and conduct wholesale banking activities in EC countries Britain,
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        Cie Financiere must diversify
        75 6 FRENCH financial conglomerate Cie Financiere de Suez must undertake divestments for a total of about US$l billion (SS 1.74 billion) to restore a margin for manoeuvre in the current recession, chairman Gerard Worms told reporters late on Monday. Mr Worms, who was quoted by the national
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        Austrian banks hit by bad loans
        40 6 BANKS in Austria as elsewhere were hit by bad loans and falling stockmarkets in 1990, but raised earnings on current business, bank analysts said. Austria's major banks have mostly promised dividends will be unchanged.
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        S&P cuts Dai-Ichi rating
        29 6 STANDARD and Poor's cut the credit rating of the world's largest bank for the first time as worries rise the long-term profitability of Japanese banks.
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      HKBank worst hit foreign bank
      551 6  -  Debt provisions double loss to more than As2oom From Geoffrey Harris in MELBOURNE THE HUGE LOSS disclosed by Hongkongßank of Australia this week is the largest reported by any foreign bank operating in the country. Ballooning provisions for bad and doubtful debts the legacy of
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      Singapore unit of Kuwaiti bank posts $5.3m pre-tax profit
      399 6  -  By Quak Hiang Whai IN SPITE of the Gulf crisis, the Singapore branch of National Bank of Kuwait has turned in a pre-tax profit of $5.3 million last year. R J McKegney, general manager of the Singapore branch, said the Kuwaiti
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      Lock icon Tokai purchases Tokyo-based credit association
      328 6 AFP JAPAN'S Tokai Bank Ltd said on Tuesday it had agreed to acquire a reportedly troubled credit association for an undisclosed sum. boosting its presence in Tokyo and marking a new merger in the finance sector. The Nagoya-based bank, ranked seventh among the country's so-called
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      Lock icon US House rejects savings and loans Bill
      139 6 Reuter US HOUSE of Representatives rejected legislation providing US$3O billion (5552.5 billion) in extra funding for the savings and loan industry cleanup. Ihe funding Bill died after a bitter dispute over controversial reforms proposed by key Democrats, who wanted to load the Bill
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      Lock icon Rates will fall back slowly, says Sumarlin
      269 6 Reuter INDONESIAN Finance Minister Johannes Sumarlin said interest rates on time deposits, which recently soared as the government squeezed the money market to combat devaluation speculation, would gradually drop. "I am sure interest rates, which had risen too high, will fall back slowly,"
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      Lock icon Moscow to set up forex market and central bank soon
      374 6 UPI THE SOVIET UNION will soon have a central bank system inspired by Germany's Bundesbank, and the ruble should begin trading on a for-eign-exchange market in Moscow by the end of this month, according to senior Soviet banking officials. "There
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  • THE REGION
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      Lock icon M'sian growth hit 10.4pc in first nine months of '90
      447 7 Strong performance in all sectors except agriculture MBT THE MALAYSIAN economy registered a robust 10.4 per cent growth in the first nine months of last year, outstripping the 8.8 per cent growth in GDP for the same period of 1989,
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      More firms are building industrial estates
      585 7  -  From James Shyong in KUALA LUMPUR AN INCREASING number of companies have entered the business of providing purposely-built industrial parks or estates in Malaysia at a cost of more than Msl billion (Ss64o million) over the past year or so. The areas of focus
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      JSEDC not converting land
      292 7  -  By David Chew THE Johor State Economic Development Corporation (JSEDC) has no plans to convert any of its 68,000 ha of agricultural land for use by industry, its chief executive Datuk Mohd Ali Hashim said recently. Several large plantation companies recently sold some of their agricultural
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      Lock icon Aussie firms eye M'sia
      365 7 Mida receiving many enquiries MBT FACED with rising labour costs and declining productivity in the workforce, many Australian manufacturing companies are keen to relocate their operations to Malaysia. Malaysian Industrial Development Authority (Mida) director of the Sydney office, Mr Abdol Rahman Moharam said his office has
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      Thai planning agency seeks import easing
      352 7 THE NATDNAL Economic and Socid Development Board (NFiDB) of Thailand will urge is government to liberalise tie import of construction .nd raw materials for local jroduction to boost demand in the country's economy *hen the planning agency mets the new Council of Ecoiomic Ministers
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    • NOTE BOOK
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        Thai-Laotian border demilitarised
        65 7 THAILAND and Laos have agreed to demilitarise their common border with the first redeployment of troops away from the border areas begining on Wednesday. Thai army chief General Suchinda Kraypravoon said on Tuesday. Gen Suchinda is the deputy chairman of the National Peace-keeping Assembly (NPA). the official
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        Campaign hits Indon tobacco
        70 7 INTERNATIONAL anti-smoking campaigns are having a serious impact on Indonesia's tobacco growers, officials said on Tuesday. Data given by tobacco businessmen showed that products by the country's tobacco farmers in the east Java town of Jcmber has decreased from year to year. The officials said Jember
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        China wants HK to stay low-tax
        88 7 CHINA said on Tuesday Hongkong must stay a low-tax haven with comfortable financial reserves after 1997 when the British colony reverts to Chinese rule. The opposite scenario would prove "harmful to Hongkong's prosperity and hurt Hongkong's status as an international money hub," said Lu
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        Phnom Penh troops v guerillas
        80 7 PHNOM PENH government troops are poised for a large-scale offensive against guerrilla positions in northwestern Cambodia, Thai army and resistance sources said on Tuesday. The Phnom Penh army has since earlier this month reinforced its garrison in Svay Chek, a strategic hamlet on Highway 69,
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  • THE GULF AFTER THE WAR
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      Lock icon Japanese move to protect yen
      432 8 US urged to convert war contribution into dollars in stages NYT JAPAN will ask the US to convcrt into dollars by stages its yen-denominated contribution for the Gulf war effort, fearing a massive currency conversion will hurt the already sagging yen, said Japanese monetary officials
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      American rice bound for Iraq
      35 8 A worker sorting out bags of US rice to be sent as aid to Iraq by the Red Cross, which has sent 662 tonnes of food and medicine so far.
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      Lock icon War may mean less borrowing abroad for US
      832 8 NYT AS A RFSIJLT of the war in the Gulf and its aftermath, the US is likely to borrow far less from abroad this year than last. Many forecasters expect the deficit in the current account to shrink sharply this year. "We'll
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  • THE WORLD
    • WORLD WATCH
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        Soviet Union likely to change name
        104 10 I HE SOVIET UNION will probably change its name to the Federation of Sovereign States, says an aide to Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev. The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics must change its name because many ol its 15 republics had dropped the words "Soviet"
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        Union threatens to join strike
        87 10 MACHINE BUILDERS in Russia's industrial heartland have threatened to join coal miners in strikes unless they arc compensated for upcoming price increases on consumer goods. The official Tass news agency said on Tuesday that the Union of Machine Builders, which supplies heavy equipment to coal
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        Korea extends loan to S Lanka
        71 10 SOUTH KOREA will extend a soft loan of 10.37 billion won (5525.2 million) to Sri Lanka for road repair, officials in Seoul said yesterday. The chairman of the Export-Import Bank of Korea, Hong Jae-Hyung, and Sri Lankan ambassador Karunasena Kodithuwakku signed the loan agreement
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        Labour leads in opinion poll
        81 10 BRITAIN'S opposition Labour Party moved ahead of the governing Conservatives in a poll published in the Guardian daily yesterday. The one-point Labour lead, established in the recent poll, is the first time the party has been ahead of the Conservatives in the polls since John
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        Belgian diamond trade sparkles
        86 10 BELGIUM'S diamond business, the world's biggest, sparkled last year in spite of a jolt after the start of the Gulf crisis. "All in all, it was a pretty good year despite a slight change for the worse in the last quarter for reasons you all know,"
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        Peru plans to free economy
        84 10 PERU'S Economy Minister, Carlos Bolona, has unveiled a government plan to introduce free market forces in the hopes of lifting the country out of the worst economic decline in its history. The measures, announced late on Monday, are aimed at stimulating production and boosting exports
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        Taipei eases investment curbs
        113 10 TAIWAN will allow more indirect investment in China to help local manufacturers suffering from labour shortage or losing competitiveness at home. Vice Economic Minister Wang Chih-kang said in Taipei yesterday. Some 326 types of industry, including the manufacture of bicycles, zippers, metal products and sporting goods,
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      Lock icon US defies Japanese ban on rice display
      556 10 NYT US FARM TRADE officials ignored Japanese government protests yesterday and refused to remove rice samples from a food trade show in spite of warnings that the display is illegal. "We are taking it (Japan's demand to remove the rice on Tuesday) under
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      Lock icon Saudis plan to reassert dominant role in Opec
      737 10 Kingdom opposes Opec's move for deep cuts in production NYT SAUDI ARABIA is planning to reassert its dominance over the world oil market by increasing its production capacity over the next few years to a record level of 12 million barrels a
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      Lock icon Soviet crisis dashes business hopes
      464 10 Reuter A RAPIDLY deteriorating Soviet economy is wiping out most Western hopes for the country's rejuvenation as a viable business market and putting a freeze on investment plans. Soviet experts and banki crs in London said on Mon--1 day that just a year ago there
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      Lock icon US current account deficit hits six-year low
      312 10 Reuter THE AMERICAN trade deficit with the rest of the world in goods, services and tourism shrank last year to its lowest level in six years. As foreign sales picked up and earnings on overseas investments grew, the American current account deficit the
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      Lock icon Moscow assures Gatt of move to market economy
      246 10 Reuter THE SOVIET UNION has told the Gatt council that it is determined to pursue its transition to a market economy. taking into account the 101 -member trade forum's rules governing world commerce. In Geneva on Tuesday, a senior Soviet Foreign Ministry
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      Lock icon Germany sees E Bloc debt write-downs
      267 10 FT THE GERMAN government is likely to accept large debt write-downs in forthcoming talks with the Soviet Union over repayments of billions of dcutschcmarks of transferable roubles owed to Bonn under now-abandoned East Bloc trading arrangements. As part of German reunification. Bonn has taken
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      Lock icon Bonn revises policy on land claims in eastern Germany
      440 10 AP THE GERMAN government has altered its policy on property claims in former East Germany, saying returning it to the original owners cannot occur at the expense of the region's already disastrous economy. The move comes amid growing despair in eastern
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    Hu's the boss
    493 12 EDITORIAL IN HIS 45-minute wrap-up of the debate on his Budget Statement. Finance Minister Richard Hu budged not one iota. This too after 27 MPs had sought, admittedly sometimes with more rhetoric than logic, to change his mind on specifics as well as on basic policy. The
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  • WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
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      Maintain the pressure
      235 12 THE five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council came up with a document last August that was hailed as a breakthrough in the civil war that had torn Cambodia apart. But since then, a hardline section in the Phnom Penh leadership has been asserting itself.
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      No way back
      139 12 THE Soviet Union continues to suffer from the throes of its reform programme. This is cause for serious concern throughout the world. Unless the growing tensions within the country can be reduced through talks and a display of common sense to reach an amicable settlement between the
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      Future of Iraq
      127 12 ALTHOUGH the unrest in Iraq today has an element of anti-tyranny, the organised rebellion really comes from different religious and racial factions which have connections with outside powers. Iraq is likely to be cither torn apart by civil war, like Lebanon, or have its territory parcelled out
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  • REGIONAL VIEWPOINTS
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      A time for nation-building
      168 12 SOVIET citizens will next Sunday be asked to vote on the future of their country in an unprecedented referendum that could turn out to be a national fiasco. Six of the country's 15 republics have already said they will not participate in a vote that the
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      Watch those old N-plants
      163 12 THE rupture last month of a heat-transfer tube in the steam generator of the No 2 unit at Kansai Hlectric Power's Mihama Nuclear Power Plant might have led to a serious nuclear accident, hut there have been several precedents in the United States. If the eyes
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      Inefficiency at the port
      155 12 THE Klong Toey fire on March 2 killed three people and is threatening to cause miscarriages in several pregnant women who live near the scene of the fire in the Bangkok port. This was the third chemical fire in 20 months at the port. Poor management
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    Dawn of a golden age in Bangladesh?
    965 12  -  The victory of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party in last week's national elections promises hope for the nation and the business community, says Salil Tripathi Salil Tripathi Bangladesh's unfortunate history of coups and cyclones is hardly a rccipe for optimism. But the victory last
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      62 12 DOONESBURY BY GARRY TRUDEAU tT&UOwHu CIUB SCUP' Iy t£TME.JUST/WHOUPKOUP 1 ,'ZnTg 1 I HOST ANP FORMER WZARfOFAIIOFW VOU'Rt its SIR ARB *XJ KKMNG 7 I DBF ll I U5. PROCONSUL TDPANANIA. A MA6NIFIC&JT BUNCH OF WAR WHfPWU THE C-OUNTRY^ I vntJ Mi RAn I BEHINPME WUR BAR&/RL RJORS! I CAN
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  • ANALYSIS
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      Lock icon A brave new world being forged in steel?
      955 13  -  Not so long ago, Japanese steelmakers were the bad guys who knocked the American industry out of shape. Sharon Cohen savs the picture today is different. Sharon Cohen AP THF.Y are competitors turned confidantes: two corporate giants, one American, one Japanese, who
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      Preventing a disaster on our doorstep
      1365 13  -  Speed is essential in containing an oil spill. With this in mind, the Port of Singapore Authority has developed a computer model that not only predicts the behaviour of oil slicks, but also traces ships that illegally pump oil into the sea. Claire Leow
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  • SPORTS
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      Lock icon Tyson believes he can knock out Ruddock
      394 14 Reuter DONOVAN "Razor" Ruddock is supposed to be Mike Tyson's toughest test since he lost the world heavyweight championship 13 months ago but Tyson himself does not expect much of a challenge in their bout in L as Vegas next Monday. "I'm not
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      Citibank raises profile on sponsorship scene
      237 14  -  By Cassandra How CITIBANK is going to spend more towards developing an event that the public can identify it with. With events like the Epson Singapore Open Ciolf Championship giving the computer company greater visibility, the bank hopes to follow suit. It is increasing
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    • SIDE LINES
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        Seoul seeks to host 2002 World Cup finals
        120 14 SOUTH KOREA, which hosted the 1988 Summer Olympics, now has its eyes on the 2002 World Cup football linals. The Korea Football Association (KFA) decided at a board of directors meeting on Tuesday to seek to host the 2002 World Cup finals.
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        Kappes makes up for lost time
        62 14 GERMAN Andreas Kappes won the third stage ol the ParisNice cycle race on Tuesday to compensate for the trustrations of the previous day. On Monday, Kappes and his team were steered three kms off course by their police outrider and finished the time trial
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        Good field for marathon
        113 14 THE World Marathon Cup in London next month has attracted entries from more countries than any other athletics event ever held in Britain. The organisers said on Tuesday that Italy's Gelindo Bordin, the Olympic and European champion, and Portugal's Rosa Mota, the Olympic, world and European
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        Pickard to coach UK team
        75 14 TONY PICKARD, who has coached Stefan Edbcrg for the past seven years, has been named the new British l)a\is up captain. Pickard. 55. who also held the captaincy in 19" 7 and 1974, replaces Warren Jacques, who was fired last month. I he Englishman will
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      Lock icon Klimova dances for joy after drug scare
      396 14 Reuter WORLD ice dance champion Marina Klimova said on Tuesday that she wept for four days and could not skate for nearly a month when she heard she had failed a drug test after the European championships in January. "I couldn't believe it.
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    • Article
      Lock icon Faldo sets priorities for new season
      400 14 AP NICK FALDO is well aware that his standing as the world's premier golfer could be in jeopardy this week. Faldo. the Englishman who won both the Masters and British Open last year, has twice reached the No I position on a worldwide rating
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      Lock icon Stars with salaries to match
      432 14 AP THE most expensive line-up in baseball costs U5529.608.333 (5550.334.166) this season, an increase of USSB million over last year's top-dollar batting order. The 38 per cent increase shows just how much salaries have soared in the past 12 months. While just one player made
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      132 14 fine ji CARPETS UNBEATABLE OFFER RARE OLD NEW <>1J) TRIBAL AUTHENTIC PERSIANS AEGHANS I I PERSIAN SHANGHAI SILK BOKHARA DESIGNS PERSIAN DESIGNS ■m I EjtW j y To find out just how little space our Minol T<> j»o into the long and slum »»t i 7 "i protruck* Iwond the
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  • ADVERTISING & MARKETING
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      Neil French v The Region: Neil wins
      770 15  -  But lower standards this year at Asian Advertising Awards By Sangeeta Mulchand H ands up those who eagerly substituted "The Ball Partnership" for "Flash-in-the-Pan Agency" or "Too-Radical-to-be-Good." If awards are anything to go by, the agency on Tuesday night emerged as Asia's most
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      Australia, NZ to tap Asian tourist market
      420 15  -  By Chitra Rajaram THE Australian and New Zealand tourism offices in Singapore are embarking on marketing programmes to sell their countries as the ideal tourist destination to Asians. The Australian Tourist Commission (ATC) is coming up vsith a 52.8-million promotion for Asia this
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      What the judges had to say
      401 15 Neil French, vice-chairman and regional creative director. The Ball Partnership. Singapore: I'd like to pick out a couple of the near-winners for mention: Toshiba, for inventing the electric carpet a product which Marc tclt should be entered under "transport": the Philippines "we will smell
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      Pizza Hut's $2.6m advertising account up for grabs
      265 15  -  By Michelle Low THE PIZZA HUT account, worth 52.6 million, is up for grabs now that the fast-food chain has parted ways with its agency Ogilvy Mather (O&M) at end-January. Marketing Manager for Pizza Hut Singapore. Marc Leoi, said: "Given the different
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      Fashionable cheek
      37 15 A cleaning lady bending down to pick up an empty bottle in front of an advertising poster in London last Sunday. The poster, at an underground railway station, is for a chain of fashion shops.
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      Lock icon Don't capitalise on war, clients told
      342 15 NYT THE TEMPTATION in the US to wave the flag in ads seems nearly irresistible i now companies like General Motors Corp and Delta Air l ines Inc are already using patriotic themes but many agency excc- utives said in recent interviews that trying
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      64 15 :a EP5400 takes up, use this advertisement. lis speed isjlsohardiobe.ii »<) sssss-- Minoltaissuchaioutfhaatocopv copies a minute While Sm»ul(.oloi II all 1° hnd (H| l woie. lets \on cop\ in black «.r colour or Minolta Singapore he) ltd 10. Tehan erase, in .*> sections with |iisi one scan (tarilens (rescent. 2J(><)
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      290 16 FEAST YOUR EYES II *****1 l II ON THE >LUM'S tewels ***************1111 l OF THAILAND From Ist March 17th March five of the finest exponents of Thai Cuisine will masterfully prepare a plethora of appetising dishes. The buffet will be available for both lunch (12 noon 2.30 pm) and dinner
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      186 16 Now, you can enjoy a One for One offer during Happy Hours and gather your girlfriends for a night-out during the weekend, where its Ladies Nite every Friday o niAMv Plaza Hotel SBWAY {J H. JI l» *.«1 Wl»" <171-4 H 11 Feast on our Chef s Speciality ym f
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      347 16 jS**?*' we'll treat you like royal- March 1-21 I iSlr>i tv at our British Buffet. n N" f Hs& 1, ss\ i i Noon 2.30 pm With over 60 traditional <1 favourites, you'll be back Adult $36+ iV j for seconds, thirds... Child below 10 SlB++ MV serve the world
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      732 16 TELEVISION AND RADIO ToilVinilCA Wll AC sactt business oh radio J dliliuust UIUC3 7.00 mmummu.). j-f JST- Z£! ZZmT" 89 1;f h v s!L!r' 11 t« 5St? W Financial News i>*l i L'J L*l 8.00 Globe TV to i 4nn M I. Workl episode). Show 7.00 Cable News Network. RADIO
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  • LIFESTYLE
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      Lock icon And the Oscar goes to...
      852 17  -  One Irishman, one Briton, a Frenchman and two Americans. Bob Thomas wonders who will walk away with the Oscar for Best Actor at this year's Aeademy Awards Bob Thomas AP FROM Joan Crawford to Don Ameche, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has
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      Lock icon Living in the past
      611 17  -  We all have our dream castles. Now. with a healthy bank balance, a fair dose of enthusiasm and lots ofpatience. you can actually convert your dream into reality. Charlotte Cooper reports Charlotte Cooper Reuter Looking for your perfect home? Ever thought of turning a ruin into
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      Woodward's new work shrouded in secrecy
      314 17 CHATTERBOX SIMON SCHUSTER plans to publish 50().(XX) copies of The Commanders by Bob \\»M>dward in May. but the book is not even mentioned in the publisher's spring catalogue. It was also not ofl'ered to the b<x>k clubs because no one outside the publishing house
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      Lock icon Gee, those bubbles may not be natural
      320 17 AP THE US Federal Trade Commission says that Perrier. the French mineral water popular with American yuppies, is not as natural as its bottlers claim. Perricr's latest problem comes just a year after the company was forced to recall millions of bottles of
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      324 17 AND ENTERTAIN The Happiest Hours In Town. jfcS&jfi 1,11 ks %-r^—» I i,\M i.. wi Happy Hours at Iho lountain Lounge means enjoying a complimentary drink with every one you order. Plus, 25% otf bottle purchases. I here's great live music too. AV ANA HOTEL lh NASSIM I 111 I.
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      80 17 <7 TRADITIONAL i CANTONESE CUISINE H BEST HONG KONG c DIAN XIN IN TOWN China China Restaurant A Marina Bay Golf Country Club L J2 6 Marina Green Singapore oioi. for Reservations Please Call ***** U. Ihe freshest, liveliest seafood place in town. i \ou II have to go a
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  • STOCK EXCHANGE OF SINGAPORE 1
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      Stocks buck downward trend in overseas markets
      4749 18  -  By Genevieve Cua BUCKING the downward trend on overseas bourses, the key Straits Times Industrials Index finished stronger yesterday, despite the dampening effect of UICs dismal results. Analysts said that the key factor weighing down sentiment was UIC, which came under heavy profit-taking
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    STOCK EXCHANGE OF SINGAPORE 2
    4349 19 Main Board OUB nhi *-35 '6 2% SI A 1290 *0 t 2 4% DBS list) 30 •:♦>% Nat St eel «80 V» V5% SPC horeign 390 t U» 8.3% CiE l ife I4 7 0 20 I 4% S Aerospace I 271 1 7
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  • BT SHARE INFORMATION SERVICE
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      AUDITED RESULTS
      104 20 Company Date Year Group Net Net earnings Gross ann to profit/loss (I) per share dividend ('000) (cents) Van der Horst Mar 12 Sep 90 $2,451(J1 902) 4 2(3 3) H G Securities Mar 11 Dec 90 $1,691 .$1,102) 3 1(2 0) Jt' S> Avimo Feb 27 Sep 90
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      PRELIMINARY RESULTS
      346 20 Company Date Year Group pre-tax Net earnings Gross ann to profit/loss (L) per share dividend ('000) (cents) Prima Mar 12 Dec 90 $27 506($27.739) 69 9(66 2) 31k(25) Soore Land Mar 12 Dec 90 $66 025h($28.255) 12 6(6 4a) 14.(7 5a) UIC Mar 12 Dec 90 $10.170($18,535) -(1
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      INTERIM RESULTS
      285 20 Company Date Half-year Croup pre-tax Interim ann to profit/loss (L) dividend (000) Rothmans Ind Mar 6 Dec 90 $32.507($26.416) 22 5(15) H Leong Credit Mar 4 Oec 90 M$19.470($13,348) 3(1 8a) Cons Plant Mar 2 Dec 90 MJ40 600(S56.600 > 8(9 2) OMIB Bhd Mar 2 Dec 90
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      CORPORATE DEVELOPMENTS
      636 20 CK Tang has agreed in principle to buy one third ot the retail podium space tor Msl3o (SsB3m) in the proposed Star Hill Crescent complex in Kuala Lumpur Lion Group sold its proposed five star 30 storey hotel in lalan Ampang. Kuala I umpur to iapan Airlines Co
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      DIVIDENDS ANNOUNCED
      607 20 Current Ex Books Date Total lor Total lor payment date dose payable the year last year A scan Find US$010(b) Mar 18 Mar 28 Apr 8 USJO10 Awmo 5%TE feb 25 Mar 7 M3y 15 12.5%TE 25%Tt BAT 1048% Apr 15 Apr 26 May 10 1524% 100% Beriaya
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      RESULTS DUE
      811 20 Main Board U*t Yw Cannn* Penod Oat« Year Net EPS Gross Net inmittd endn( (cents) 4* profit list re* (WOO) CI6 Padupu >ntenm Nov 13 Dec 90 29 7 132 11.616(e) BMT interim Jan 10 Jun 91 254 2 1500 773 Fmal Feb 16 Dec 90 1-7*61. taohjn
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      APPROVED ISSUES
      226 20 Company Rights Issue M Lwng CrcdM Two for five to. MS2 00 per share E>-date Feb 21 Books dose Mar 1 Acceptance Payment Apr 19 IKl Industnn One Koala Lumpur Industries HUgs Bnd share of M$1 each for seven KLI shares of 50 sen each Rights issue of
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      BONDS, LOANS & WARRANTS
      813 20 BONDS, LOANS WARRANTS Company C—msiow ptrtod Cumdow term If oratory *mm CiC Wt Before 26/4/93 1 wanant ptus $3 09 cash Cjuseway loan Causeway Ml 2/10/89 to 20 10 94 1 warrant plus $0 77 cash or 1 warrant plus $0/7 nominal amount ol loan stock Chuan Notes Chuan **>
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      COMPANY MEETINGS
      81 20 Avimo Singapore Ltd: 17th AGM at Valley Room, Shangri-La Hotel. 22 Orange Grove Road. Singapore 1025 on Monday. Mar 18. at 12 noon Sports Toto Hotfnjs Bhd: EGM at the Banquet Room. Ketab Darul Ehsan, Taman Tun Abdul Razak. ***** Ampang Jaya. Selangor Darul Ehsan on Tuesday. Mar
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      RECORD HIGHS & LOWS
      235 20 RECORD HIGHS LOWS BT Composite Index ST Industrials Index 1991 Mi 130/ 07 7/3/91) 1991 *****7 (7/3/91) S to? 1022 52 (16/1/91) 1991 km 1149 08 (16/1/91) 1990 Mv *****3 1990 hifh: 1607 12 (27/3/90) 1990 low 981 07 (09/11/90) 1990 low: 1079 50 (11/10 90) 1989 Mi 1322 00
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      PROPOSED ISSUES
      307 20 Company Rights Issue JOcom One-tor two to. ¥$1 00 share issue of 40m CumiiaNe Redeemable Preference Shafts ot MJ310 each at MJ1 pet share wtth 10m detachable ISR BoKo' One-for four MS? 00 per share George Kent One tor two <«. MSI 50 per shaft M le«* tnd
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      102 20 NEWS TRAVELS k Ssj^S^:r£i^;'^^s^'^ r 1&' -HHt MR |t k MA|PBr i'*^^l ALL ADVERTISING MESSAGES arc effective. To varying degrees. In Singapore, when you want to reach out to a select target audience in the transport industry only one daily offers you the advantage ot maximum reach at minimum costs.
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  • TOKYO STOCK EXCHANGE
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      Lock icon Shares lose ground on lack of incentives
      2265 22 Reuter TOKYO stocks yesterday ended a five-day winning streak after investors took Wall Street's Tuesday drop as a signal to adjust speed. Traders said a lack of incentives and wariness over the dollar/yen rate, the US economy, and prospects of lower interest rates
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      Lock icon Market closes lower in narrow, sluggish trading
      2304 22 UPI Reuter HONGKONG shares yesterday drifted lower in narrow, sluggish trading with little news to dri\c the market one way or the other. The benchmark Hang Seng Index, which shed 10.96 points on Tuesday, continued to slide with a drop of 23.59 points
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  • REGIONAL STOCK MARKETS
    • Aussie shares close at year's high
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        AUSTRALIA
        967 23 INVESTORS yesterday shrugged oft disappointing company profit results to push the Australian sharemarket to a high for the year. After trading lower tor most of the day, the All Ordinaries Index scored its tourth straight daily gain with a 5.3-point rise to close at 1.433.5. I his is the
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        BANGKOK
        935 23 THAI stocks closed slightly higher yesterday as buyers sought bargains after five days of cautious trading. The SET Index closed 6.72 up at 861.05 points. Turnover stood at 73.463 million shares valued at 6.153 billion baht. The market dipped on profit-taking early but rebounded at mid-session on bargain hunting.
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        MANILA
        561 23 IN MANILA, investor bullishness and good fundamentals yesterday kept share prices higher despite lower closing prices in overseas markets. The Manila Stock Exchange Composite Index firmed 5.84 points to close at 1.026.45. Brokers said trading was active from start to finish, in apparent disregard of the drop in Japan's
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        NEW ZEALAND
        248 23 A 17-POINT fall on Wall Street and the follow-on effect of Tuesday's news of a burgeoning 1990/91 New Zealand budget deficit combined to take shares lower in moderate trade. Five-year government bond yields were off a few basis points but still relatively high at 11.57 per cent "There
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        TAIPEI
        394 23 TAIPEI share prices finished lower yesterday as investors started selling in the last trading hour, but dealers said there was also buying interest at the market's low. The Weighted Index lost 140.85 points (2.9 per eent) to close at 4,734.94 compared with Tuesday's 4,875.79 finish. Turnover was a strong
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        JAKARTA
        601 23 JAKARTA stock prices closed mixed yesterday, with the official index edging up 1.69 points to 398.78. Turnover fell sharply. Brokers said local investors were active on the market, boosting leading stocks such as Indah Kiat and Semen Cibinong. "The market looks good. Prices seem to be in upward trend,"
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        SEOUL
        773 23 IN SEOUL, share prices slid in light trading yesterday, pulled back by profittaking and lack of investor enthusiasm. The Composite Stock Price Index of the exchange lost 4.62 points to finish at 679.21. Declines led advances 392 to 235 among the 789 issues traded. Volume stood at 13.824 million
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        BOMBAY
        61 23 BOMBAY share prices on Tuesday ended mixed in dull trading as state-owned investment houses moved to the sidelines after supporting the market for two weeks. The Bombay Stock Exchange Index fell 8.82 points to 1,165.90. The National Index lost 3.14 to 585.89. A broker said it was the institutions
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        509 23 (kiw huhPUl March 13 SYDNEY All Ordinaries Index 1.433.5 1.428.2 5. All Industrials Index 2.206 5 2.201 7 *4 8 All Resources Index 840.7 835.5 *5.2 Turnover (million) 77 43 81.78 -4 35 BANGKOK SfcT Index 8ftI 05 854.33 f 6.72 Turnover (million baht) 6.153 7.200 -1.047 JAKARTA Composite Index
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    • High-tech stocks pull down US market
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        NEW YORK
        1270 24 AMID growing concern that a big market slide could be developing. New York stocks gave way on Tuesday for the fourth straight trading day. The Dow Jones Industrial Average slid a mild 16.84 points, to 2,922.52, but the Nasdaq Composite Index, heavily weighted with technology stocks, tell the
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        LONDON
        764 24 LONDON shares showed small gains at midsession yesterday after a volatile morning's trading which was dominated by company results and falls in oil shares. By 1214 GMT, the FTSE 100 Index was 3.5 points up at 2,458.3 in heavy volume with 540.3 million shares traded by 1200 GMT. Dealing
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        AMSTERDAM
        232 24 DUTCH shares opened lower in quiet trading yesterday, in line with Wall Street's lower close on Tuesday and early losses on other European exchanges. At 1000 GMT the CBS Tendency In- dex was 0.8 points lower at 91.3. "Investors are not buying. They are waiting for new information to
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        FRANKFURT
        199 24 GERMAN shares dropped nearly one per cent at the start of trading yesterday, weighed down by lower prices on Wall Street and in Tokyo and wildcat strikes in western Germany. The 30share DAX Index declined 14.81 points, or 0.9 per cent, to 1,556.80 after 10 minutes of trade. "It
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        ZURICH
        267 24 SWISS shares yesterday opened slightly lower as overnight losses in New York and Tokyo weighed on the market. The SMI Index of leading shares eased 5.3 points to 1,611.5 in the first 40 minutes of trading. Brokers said a steady Frankfurt pre-bourse had given the market some support. Swiss
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        MILAN
        156 24 ITALIAN share prices yesterday gained in early trade in lively business with brokers attributing the advances to short-covering ahead of today's end to the March trading month. At 1000 GMT, the MIB All-Share Index was 1.4 per cent higher, which also reflected consolidation of gains made in late trading
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        BRUSSELS
        143 24 BELGIAN shares opened mainly lower in quiet trading yesterday as the market consolidated recent rises. "The stock exchange is calm. Shares are lower but not by much," said one. The value of shares traded in the first 15 minutes was 68 million francs. Of the 37 shares traded 25
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        STOCKHOLM
        192 24 THE STOCKHOLM Bourse General Index improved on Tuesday after sharp early dips to close 0.7 per cent down from Monday at 1,084.26 in active trade. The blue chip index shed 0.33 per cent on the day. Overall turnover reached 394 million crowns. "Prices are now stabilising after weeks of
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        PARIS
        167 24 PROFIT-TAKING yesterday morning pulled French share prices down as traders, disappointed by the Bank of France's failure to reduce interest rates on Tuesday, booked gains that they have made during the last several weeks. The CAC-40 Index fell 12.09 points, or 0.67 per cent, to 1,783.39 at 0920 GMT
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        JOHANNESBURG
        351 24 IN JOHANNESBURG, share prices generally showed little change in quiet morning trading yesterday as traders searched for fresh clues to the market's direction. Except for a few isolated cases little movement was evident. At 10:15 the JSE All-Share Index was down a touch at 2,890 from Tuesday's firm 2,892
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        TORONTO
        241 24 TORONTO stocks drifted downward in late trade on Tuesday, closing lower as investors held on to their money waiting for signs of improving economies in both Canada and the United States, analysts said. Trading on both sides of the border was sluggish. The Composite Index dropped 10.6 to 3,544.5.
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        136 24 March 12 Close Hietiow NEW YORK Dow Jones 2,922.52 2.939 36 -16.84 NYSE Financial 144 53 ***** -I II S&l' 500 ***** 372 96 -2 93 Turnover (million) 176 4 161.6 +14.8 LONDON Financial Times 30 1,947.8 1,956.2 -8.4 FTSE 100 2.454 8 2.459.1 -4.3 Turnover (million) 838.4 534.4 +304
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  • CURRENCY, MONEY & FUTURES MARKETS
    • Article
      US$ opens steady as traders expect further intervention
      1211 25 REPORTS THE US DOLLAR was steady to slightly weaker in early European trade yesterday compared to late European quotes on Tuesday. The dollar opened at 1.5680/5690 marks and 136.38/43 yen after trading late in London at 1.5710/17 marks and 136.40/45 yen. Dealers
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      INTERBANK FOREX RATES
      416 25 Cross rates Mam USS SS MS Dm Yen SFr AS NZS USS 1.7465 2.7340 I.57IO 136 30 0.5375 1.3615 I 3038 ***** SS 0.5726 1.5654 0.8995 0.7804 0.3078 0 77% 0.7465 0.9591 MS 0.3658 63.88 0.5746 0.4985 0 1966 ***** 0.4769 0.6127 Dm 0.6365 I.I 117 1.7403
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      MONEY MARKET
      581 25 Interbank rates S$ Bid Offer Overnight 4 1/2 4 3/4 1-month 4 7/16 4 9/16 2-month 4 9/16 4 11/16 3-month 4 5/8 4 V4 Overnight mode: 4 LSS Kid Offer 7 days 6 1/8 6 1/4 1 month 6 7/16 6 9/16 2 months 6 7/16 6
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      Lock icon KLCE heads for shake-up with new futures exchange
      528 25 Reuter MALAYSIA'S futures industry is headed for a shake-up and a new options and futures exchange could take centre stage, analysts and backers of the exchange said. A private consortium is expected to launch the Kuala Lumpur Options and Financial Futures Exchange
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      FINANCIAL FUTURES
      1262 25 SIMEX EUROOOLLAR 1 Open High Low Sett Est Vol Op/lnt Vol i Mar 91 93.46 93.48 93.44 93.45 2800 7528 4624 Jun 91 93.38 93.40 93.36 93.37 6542 ***** 7953 Sep 91 93.12 93.14 93.10 93.11 1772 6239 2691 Dec 91 92.67 92.69 92.63 92.64 819 7441 1338
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      Local trader bags two PNG coffee deals worth S$52m
      414 26  -  By David Chew LOCAL TRADING firm Bos Commodities (Boseom) Pte Ltd has clinched two Papua New Guinea (PNG) coffee contracts whose worldwide sales are expected to reach US$3O million (SSS2 million) this year. The PNG deals can substantially raise Boscom's projected
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      Lock icon Australian sugar industry faces further tariff cuts
      315 26 Reuter THE AUSTRALIAN sugar industry, already reeling from rising world sugar stocks, flat prices and falling domestic production, was dealt another blow on Tuesday when the government said it would further cut sugar tarilTs. "Australian canegrowers were shocked and dismayed by today's Federal
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      KL tin price unchanged in steady trade
      842 26 REPORTS THE price of tin closed unchanged at M$ 14.88 per kg in steady trading on the Kuala L umpur Tin Market yesterday. Dealers said the London Metal Exchange finished US$5 per tonne higher overnight, reflecting some European consumer offtake allied to earlier
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    1634 26 Rubber Mar 13 HAS (M in Mm) S ccnts/fcg Noon Close Int I RSS Prompt I4500/I4600N 145 (XV 14ft OON Int I RSS Apr 41 147 00/147 50 147 00/147 50 Inl I RSS Mav 14«> 00/14Q 50 149 00/149 50 Int 2 RSS OP 143 50/145 50N 143
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      A French institution under threat
      814 27  -  POSTCARD FROM PARIS By Patrick McDowell THE French cafe, that haven and debating club for generations ot students, workers, poets and painters, is losing a battle with modem life. Fast food, television and vending machines are chipping away at an institution as central to French
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      MONEY CHANGER RATES
      151 27 As at 3pm yesterday: l»cal dollars to one unit of foreign currency Currencies Bid Offer Australian dollar 1.3330 I 3530 Canadian dollar 1.4950 1.5150 NZ dollar 1.0300 1.0500 Sterling pound 3.230 3.270 US dollar 1.7400 1.7550 l/xal dollars to 100 units of foreign curre»cy Austrian schilling 15.60
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      WORLD TRADE EXHIBITIONS
      62 27 Duration Title Venue Organiser Tel Duration Title Venue Otyntser Td March International Turin. Ital\ Torino Esposi/ioni <39)1165 69 March Inlcrnational Germany Hamburg Messc (49)40/***** 14-24 Home Exhibition S p A 15-20 Exhibition for Und Congress the Hotel. GmbH Mar 14. 15 Tourism 2000 Shangri l j Malaysian
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      333 27 1 Suggestion for the job (II) the H without exception (II) It Go over and over the I I I I I 1 I 1 I |H1 (4) ii l Ml Bv? I 12 spare list (4) 13 Left 15 He picks freely when fee- VHV 16 We must make
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      216 27 Singapore Outlook: Showers over several areas in the late morning and early afternoon. Forecast: Maximum temperature 30 9 Assoc humidity 72% Minimum temperature 25.CTC Assoc humidity 95% Hours of sunshine 4.35 Rainfall in mm 1.3 Rainfall this month 1.3 Rainy days this month. I World forecast Asia-Pacific Hi/Lo* C'ond. Auckland
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      43 27 fPoN'Tj>e (f\<=> K ne Fofc anything VOU VjOUP>t rm Mess \\T S looks V LiWEJPND I CAN Put my POOT J I DOr* T KNOU) HOUJ NOU CPM r --—.<■ VONJ \T J "Mese s\-«J3bu»JDiMGs J vC ggiSTfruJ J j' STANDARD CO LTD IW2-IWI
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    Resumed SIA flights to Gulf area bring cheers
    485 28  -  Almost all the airlines are coming back: Dubai From Walton Morais in DUBAI SINGAPORE Airlines flight SQ2B touched down at Dubai International Airport at 3.02 am yesterday, another sign of the return of confidence in the Gulf after the war. SIA suspended
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    TDB optimistic despite Aussie trade perk cuts
    327 28  -  By Schutz Lee SINGAPORE will not lose out although the tariff preferences enjoyed in Australia will be reduced and eventually eliminated, said the Trade Development Board yesterday. This is because the average Most Favoured Nation (MFN) tariff on all imports into Australia will
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    Tokyo should discuss security with Asian nations: Kan Seng
    312 28 IT IS TIME for Japan to hold a "comprehensive and frank dialogue" with its Asian neighbours on security matters, says Foreign Affairs Minister Wong Kan Seng. Speaking during a symposium on the peacekeeping role of the United Nations yesterday, Mr Wong
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    Asia-Pacific now Canada's number two trading region
    348 28  -  From Paul Gopal in CALGARY CANADA'S seventh Pacific Rim Opportunities Conference opened in Calgary this week, with the Canadian keynote speaker. Mr Barry Steers, giving strong advice to the delegates not to overlook their opportunities in the US. More than 300 delegates from
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    Sumarlin welcomes cut in Indon bank interest rates
    251 28  -  From Maggie Ford in JAKARTA THE INDONESIAN Finance Minister. Dr Johannes Sumarlin, yesterday welcomed the first cut in bank interest rates since the authorities imposed restraint measures on local banks last week to defend the Indonesian currency. Other banks would follow this
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    Lock icon Baker seeks means to get Syria, PLO talking to Israel
    419 28 AP UNITED STATES Secretary of State James Baker, on the final leg of his Middle East trip, is looking for the opening that would get Syria and the Palestinians talking to Israel. Mr Baker, who arrived in Damascus yesterday, is
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    Pretoria sees opportunities to be mined in Asia
    744 28  -  The Bottom Line MICHAEL CANNON MICHAEL CANNON The writer is BT's Foreign Editor THERE WAS an intriguing item in South Africa's national accounts last year. After the estimated revenue from exotic and strategic metals was deducted, there was still an additional one
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      Work begins to clear waterways to Kuwait
      561 29  -  From Fred Joseph in DUBAI MINE hunting and mine sweeping operations to clear safe paths for shipping bound for Kuwait have begun, but it will still be another week before ships with absolutely essential cargo like fresh water can dock. Shipping sources said
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      Lock icon Gulf ports back to normal
      300 29 Reuter GULF PORTS are mainly back to normal, shipping agents say, but they are still waiting for situation reports on Kuwaiti harbours. "There was no major danger to shipping in the Gulf during the war except for mines," one shipping source said in Dubai on
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      Lock icon Half of Asia's transit railways in Japan
      295 29 AP SEVENTEEN CITIES in the Asia-Pacific region have mass transit railways but half of them are in Japan, a United Nations report says. Asian mass transport facilities are inadequate and rapid urban population growth "has pushed road congestion to an intolerable level", said
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      Lock icon Fewer Japanese seamen employed by the Big Five
      260 29 Lloyd's List THERE has been a 40 per cent decline in the number of Japanese seamen employed by the five major shipping companies in Japan on their domestic-flag fleets, according to a recent survey. Since March 1988, the number of Japanese seamen
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      Lock icon More box haulage licences may be issued: Mahathir
      461 29 Bernama THE Malaysian government will issue more licences for container haulage if the service provided by the four existing companies is found to be unsatisfactory. Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad said in Port Klang on Tuesday. The government would keep
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      Port of Oakland likely to incur first deficit in 20 years
      331 29  -  From Christopher Reed in LOS ANGELES THE Port of Oakland in California, once one of America's West Coast leaders with more than a third of its container tonnage, has since run into troubled waters and may soon report its
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        Uncertainties reign in market
        76 29 THE crudc oil tanker freight market will continue at historically high levels during March, after which it is likely to decline a little for seasonal reasons. Longer term, there will again be fluctuations as Kuwaiti oil has to fight for its place in the market, and
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        Heathrow deal: better links but higher prices
        73 29 OVERSEAS air travel will be reshaped by a deal giving the two biggest US carriers access to London's gateway Heathrow Airport, but it may also lead to higher prices tor travellers. As United Airlines and American Airlines replace two weak competitors at Heathrow,
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        New car sales in Europe falling
        34 29 THE DECLINE in new car sales in western Europe accelerated in February with a 3.5 per cent fall to 1.06 million, according to preliminary industry estimates. Back Page
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        Poland may partner GM in car venture
        40 29 POLAND could decide to team up with US giant General Motors instead of Fiat of Italy in a new car joint venture, the opposition newspaper Gazeta said in Warsaw on Tuesday. Back Page
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        More than 300 delegates for SingaPort '91
        87 30 MORE THAN 300 delegates are expected to take part in Singapore's premier shipping event, SingaPort '91. The conference will focus on the theme "Shipping: New Frontiers". It will be held between March 26 and 28 at the Raffles City Convention Centre. Highlights of
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        New Abacus training manager
        58 30 ABACUS Distribution Systems has appointed Mr Shiv Raj Yadav, who has over 20 years managerial experience, as its training manager. He replaces Mr Peter Lunsford, who is now manager, product development. Mr Yadav has been in the area of training and management development in South Asia
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        Sea-Land service resumes
        88 30 THE PORT of New Orleans will begin receiving a weekly ship call by Sea-Land Services offering service to Puerto Rico beginning on Sunday. The service was eliminated in December when the Military Sealift Command chartered the ship Sea-Land was using for supply runs to the Middle East.
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        Major helicopter purchase
        64 30 PETROLEUM Helicopter Inc (PHI) has signed a contract with Bell Helicopter Textron to purchase 154 Bell helicopters. PHI will be buying 66 Bell Model 2068-111 Jetrangers which can carry four passengers and a pilot. It will also buy another 88 Bell Model 206L-111 Longrangers which can carry
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        East Asiatic profits down
        122 30 THE EAST Asiatic Company, a Danish maritime and industrial group, saw its pre-tax profits drop 33 per cent last year to 635 million crowns (S$ 192.5 million), the company said. Turnover also dropped 11 per ccnt to 15.8 billion crowns. The company had predicted an increase
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        Air accidents up 18pc in NZ
        68 30 AIR ACCIDENTS rose 18.2 per cent in New Zealand last year over the average of the previous 10 years, the Ministry of Transport said yesterday. The accidents cost at least NZ$3O million (Ss3o million), the ministry said. The number of accidents involving serious injury
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      Lock icon Uncertainties reign in market
      1061 30  -  Following the liberation of Kuwait and with the huge reconstruction programme in mind, James Brewer assesses the outlook for the key markets James Brewer Lloyd's List THE crude oil tanker freight market will continue at historically high levels during March, after which it is likely to
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      COCKETT BUNKER MARKET REPORT
      831 30 THIS twice weekly report, compiled by Cockett Marine Oil Ltd. shows price ranges in US dollars instead of single prices tor a more comprehensive description of the market. Prices shown arc based on average-sized stem. Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and
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      THE SHIPPING GUIDE
      11514 38 This is a list of ships loading J at Singapore tor ports around the world. It tabulates, hy destination, the name of the I ship, the shipping line in- j volved and the estimated dates of arrival and departure from the Port of Singapore. Advaneed dates are
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      SHIPPING AGENTS
      3375 43 Containerline NV: Bclsin Shpg Agencies Ptc I til (SyMarinc Handling Sdn Bhd (PK/PN) Acvurd Croup: Accord Shpg Pte Ltd (SVAccord C'ontr l ine (PK/PN) Adkris Business Corporation Philippine: Calsourcc Shpg l'rdg Ptc l td (S) \hrenkiel l iner Service: Kim Shpg Trdg (S). Vlbatros Sea-Air Service: Frata Shpg
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      COURIER SERVICES
      250 43 Abacus Courier* Tel: 545-8011. Fa*: *****98 Air Imprest Travel Tel: 533-5771. Fax: *****44 Airturne Freight Corporation Tel: 542-8844 Fax: *****16, *****80. Airswift Worldwide Courier Tel: 278-0188 Fax: *****83. AJS Supplies Tel: 748-6322 (2 lines), 747-7421. Fa*: *****75. City-link International Tel: 344-3377. Fa*: *****50. Cluster link Supplies A Services
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      AIR FORWARDERS
      1488 43 Abex Express Freight Tel: 542-7171. Fa*: *****84 Actinic Forwarder Tel: 225-1833. Fa*: *****42. Activair Singapore Tel: 542-7822. Fa*: *****20 Aerolink Freight International Tel: 545-8033. Fa*: *****05 Aerospeed Tel: 542-5911. Fa*: *****18. Air Cargo Novo Express Tel: 542-5454. Fax: *****06. Air Express International Tel: 542-7666. Fax: *****74, *****50 Air
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      PORT CONDITIONS
      2907 44 ARGENTINA Buenos -Vires: Most berths busy; no congestion; some general cargo berths vacant, no congestion expected San lorenzu. Three vessels in port of which 2 loading grain. I loading by-products; 2 vessels in roads awaiting shippers' instructions to load by-products. A vessel is grounded south of San Lorcn/o
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      AIR FREIGHT SCHEDULE
      456 44 ARRIVALS DEPARTURES Op Might Type ETA T From Op Flight Type ETD 1 To TODAY TODAY KAL KE697 B747F 0220 I SEL KAL KE697 B747F 0450 I BKK NCA KZ203 B747F 2005 I NRT SIA SQ/ B747F 0540 2 BOM/LON KAL KE685 A30F 2345 I SEL/MNL BA822
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      664 44 SHIP SALES TANKER RATES Reuter AFP AN UNNAMED charterer had declared its purchase option on three motor tankers for about US$63 million en-bloc. The vessels are the Boris. (29,996 dwt. built 1989), Anatoli (29,998 dwt-1989) and l-ana (29,900 dwt-1991). VESSELS SOLO FOR FURTHER TRADING Motor tinkers The Hesnes: 68,157 dwt
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      CRUISE & FERRY SCHEDULES
      280 44 CRUISE FERRY SCHEDULES CRUISE SHIPS Ait Dep Name of Vessel ETA till Ports of Calls Port Agent MARCH 14 16 Fedor Postojewskij 1200 1700 Jawa-Sin-P Kelang Singapore Soviet Shpg Co 17 17 Cora Pnncess 1000 1800 Jakarta-Sin-Jakarta Sembawang Johnson 21 21 Cora Pnncess 1000 2230 Jakarta-Sin-Jakarta Sembawang Johnson 24 25
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        AT CONVENTIONAL WHARVES
        596 45 VmmI Voy No Berth Amval Departate insei Voy No Berth Arrwal D«parti*e Keppet Wharves Sembawang Baroness 90 K34 alongside 14 03/1200 Wor Amphion ID S02 alongside 1303/1800 Cora Pcess 012 (P) K29 alongside 1303 1800 Es Hway 124 SOI 13 03/0930 13 03/1500 Rota Megah £888 K32
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        1272 45 FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Slip Voy No Etb/Btr Record Bootonf/Balance Period From To Rstts From ACX Dais 10 15/0400 13/1700 14/0700 14/0900 14/1400 Ma Bhun 472N 15/1445 13/1700 14/1200 4/065< 4/145 c 14/0900 14/1700 Andro Star 22N 14/1700 13/1500 3/165< 13/1900 Anro Temasek ***** 15/0300 13/1500 13/1700
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        282 45 Penang Port Johore Port Berth in Butterworth on March 14: 1 Lian Hua Shan; 2 Berth 1: Tria 1 Barge Kel 7 Million II; 3: Kirsten Riis. Sn Arika, 4 nil: 5 Perkasa. 6 Berth 2: Juta Jaya. Malvest No 1 Bunga Teratai berth 3: Agel Perm*
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      DAILY FREIGHTS
      1092 45 CHARTERING on the dry cargo freight market on Tuesday featured active fixing of combination carriers as some owners switched to dry trade where rates remained firm while oil rates declined, brokers said. Some operators believed a large appearance of combination carriers in the dry trading market could dampen
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      Lock icon Heathrow deal: better links but higher prices
      667 46 AP OVERSEAS air travel will be reshaped by a deal giving the two biggest US carriers access to London's gateway Heathrow Airport, but it may also lead to higher prices for travellers. As United Airlines and American Airlines replace two weak competitors. Pan
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      Lock icon New car sales in Europe falling
      588 46 Decline moderated by a big increase in Germany FT THE DECLINE in new car sales in western Europe accelerated in February with a 3.5 per cent fall to 1.06 million, according to preliminary industry estimates. Demand fell sharply in the UK. France, Spain and
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      2279 31 JAftOINE SHIPPING ACENCIES ®0 Cantonment Road #12 05 Southpomt. Singapore 0708 mil if# *****11 tElf X NO RS 241/9 ■Tillllll RMi Tel 32U0218 220 bookings rn UW2M r* L. PESAKA SHIPPINC AGENCIES SON BHD PORT KELANG TEL *****18 TELEX NO MA*****/MA***** PENANG TEL *****4 TELEX NO MA***** CfS lEI *****6
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      948 31 INDEX! TOADWRIISERS Have Col Page Col I*l I M 1 ABC Containcriinc 12 I Mac-Nds Agencies 14 1/2 Accord Group 8 1-3 Macolinc 18 2/3 Mbatros Sea-Air 14 3 Macrsk l ine 3 4/5 Allicd-I ink 16 4/5 «MISC 14 1-3 API. 5 3-5 *M'sia Shpg Corp 1/2 APC line
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      2425 31 NEXT VESSEL TO U.S.A. MARIE MAERSK V 9104 ETA 19/3/91 Vmml Voy EfA j ETD 'Port 'Penang DESTINATIONS Singapore Keiang rnt> Mf > mwm fDy 3 oboo HAS M r«rco a CFS '8-3 1 340 MRS M Tauro OAK LGB HCKJ MEM ATL MIA CHS BAL PMC NYC MON TOR
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      1387 32 Irottedam I j VOY NO S PORE SOUTHAMPTON HAMBURG ANTWERP LE HAVRE KURAMA 89/110 14/3 4/4 2/4 1/4 lj|Sl|3 FRANKFUHT EXPRESS 55/310 17/3 3/4 5/4 8/4 9/4 m TOKIO EXPRESS 98/111 21/3 11/4 9/4 8/4 L All KAMAKURA 16/311 24/3 10/4 12/4 15/4 16/4 MELMKAjPWAIIG CARGO KASUGA I 14/112 28/3
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      546 32 wm DIRECT SOUTH PACIFIC SERVICE SIN NOU SUV PPT SCASPAC I 28/3 11/4 14/4 19/4 ALSO ACCEPTING CARGO VIA SUVA TO LAUTOKA PAGO PAGO APIA NUKUALOAFA DIRECT CHILE SERVICE SIN lOQ ANF VAP CALL AO SAN (PERU) ANTONIO SEASPAC I 28/3 2/5 3/5 6/5 7/5 8/5 Cjlljo or Santiago vij
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      1587 32 Wfl ifflUHI /SI Iff#! £ISI. REGULAR INDEPENDENT FULL CONTAINER SERVICE WESTBOUND FOR EUROPE VSL/VOV SIN ALG BCL HAM BRE ROT ANT FEI LHA (VIA (VIA (VIA ALG) HAM) ROT) NOR ASIA AL MUNTAZAH 9102-3 18/03 06/04 07/04 12/04 13/04 14-04 15/04 16/04 17,04 NORASIA SAMANTHA 9103 3 25/03 15/04 16/04
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      2017 33 ggSteamers Maritime Holdings Ltd Pffrf> m M STRAITS SHIPPING flVrr |H Diim«a| test Containers r rr a-irs. srs, -r«s. r. "s s uf LWJSf MAI«K H TfR IMb 05,04 #04 0904 MO4 STRAITS HOPE VO4E KK. Skan. LO. Taw In Port IS Mar TABU BAr I,H i9«J 03 U9.04 1104
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      1878 33 TO: g.9,A,/PANAMA fm-. u.sa./panama CHOVANG VICTOR* EF 110 U?4 12" "J *4 2M Is" 8 N U Sf C N S *V "o*7 )M *7 "(J *2 I*2 X:1 2*3 SINGAPORE SENATOR fF 111 W l»4 I*4 2*4 4/5 ISrt 7,5 A > 0 "> ,?K S, ATLANFIC SENATOR EF
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      357 33 ummmm STRAITS/ JAPAN/ STRAITS SERVICE SPECIALIST IN RO-RO HEAVY LIFTS VESSEL COSMIC ASIAN COSMIC COSMIC CHALLENGER STAR TRADER PIONEER VOY NO 5 111 16 16 S pore In Pt 16/3 11/3 20/3 P Kelang Std IS/3 22/3 Penang Yangon Mongla Chittagong Calcutta Yokohama Nagoya Osaka Senbofcu Kobe NOTE ALSO CALLINC
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      811 34 SH CH NBR **********0-O EXPRESS SEMI-CONTAINERSHIP SERVICE TO EUROPE VSI VOY S TORE ROAM ADAM H BURG BRtMfN ANTWERP TRIAS UNITY OQMB I*3 W 21/4 »/4 30/4 SRIWDAYAIIWB 19(3 fcs 1»5 16ft 20/5 FAST TRANSIT TIME ACCEPTING BREAKBULK/CONTAINERISED CARGO Subfect to Inducamanl. Also accepting cargo to CaaaManca. Port Said. Port
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      723 34 $$> it, HANJIN SHIPPING SaorellFH RTM ANR HAM BRV FIL fttOCR VSI SIN LINE HAUL LAX OAK HANJIN ROTTERDAM 013W 17 3 1 4 5/4 6/4 64 S 1 9,4 H i2!!2 M olSfrr IJI 11/4 HANIIN SEATTLE 01/W H i 11 1 12« 13« 13 4 15 4 16
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      2078 35 NEPTUNE AGENCIES PTE LTD SINGAPORE TEL: *****77 (CR NO: **********0E) BOOKINGS: UK/EUROPE SERVICE -*****19 USA SERVICE *****16 AUST/INDIA/PAK SERVICE *****18 FAR EAST SERVICE *****48 < TERMINAL OFFICE -*****22 DOCUMENTATION DEPT: *****44/*****14 i CFS: K27 IMPORT: *****69/*****50 CFS: K27 EXPORT: *****53/*****04 I NEPUNE SDN BHD MALAYSIA K.L.-(03) *****33, P. Kelang-(03) *****87,
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      1067 35 SINSOV SINGAPORE SOVIET SHIPPING CO PRIVATE LTD BOOKING: *****51/ *****64/ *****59 (FESCO LINE) ENQUIRIES: *****33 KL: 03-*****75/697 PORT KELANG: *****43/ *****40 PENANG: *****4/ *****8 JOHORE BAHRU: *****1/ *****1 (REGULAR INDEPENDENT SERVICE) DISCHARGING FROM EASTBOUND LOADING FOR WESTBOUND VESSELS VOTAGI |ywt |Vl>| L« I HKChG VO»*G£ PsPO«l MIIANG HBORG B MAVtN
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      1773 36 AS AGFNTS KAWASAKI SINGAPORE (PTE) LTD ICR No **********0 M) i TEL *****//' lEIEX KAWAKIRS23I6S fAX ?249?/9 V I M MAIAYSiA "K" LINE MARITIME (MALAYSIA) SON BHD I Hi PJ/Sb4/22PK 368/201 bPfNAN(,6?Bb/bJB *****1 MMM KAWASAKI KISl' N K \ISII ITO INDONESIA P T SARANA LAUT internusa tfl MI sronm 5/0/1/7
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      848 36 PHIU-OmeNT LIN€S PT€ LTD T 108 ROBINSON ROAD »0/ 00 GMG BUII DING SINGAPORE 0106 TEL *****22,2238/69 *****00 TELEX RS ***** PHILI FAX *****76/*****38 s -v BY AIR, LAND OR SEA WE TAKE ON THE WORLD FOR YOU Ml Mhl ROF SINGAPORE FREIGIIT FORWARDERS ASSOCIATION 24 MAR MONTREAL. OTTAWA, TORONTO.
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      458 36 GOLDEN LINE guan guan shipping 1 (PTE) LTD li 23. telok Aver Street SINGAPORE 01M TEI i*****S (10 LINES) Fn *****04 (CR No ioi»ssoooow) «miT«/m»iAH war mvia S'pore P Kelang Penang GOLDEN WONDER Cotombo Karachi Dubai 24<2t Mar COLDEN HAVEN Colomt*.' Harach Dubai 2130 Hjr CHINA lEHVICI A VSL Huangpu
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      1546 37 PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL LINES (PTE) LTD SSSSi 111 PIL BuikJing, 140 Cecil Street »03-00, Singapore 0106. j JAKARTA BANGKOK I VESSEL VOV SIN JKT SIN M/MHui 9UO fslrt f»/2 2573 MAJAPAHIT 9104 17(3 20/3 seA GLORY 9109 17/3 19/3 24/3 Vf BUNGA TERATAI 102 17/3 19/3 24/3 HA| y, NG 91M
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      1193 37 BEN LINE CONTAINERS LTD 200 Cantonment Road Tel: *****22 #13-05 Southpoint Fax: *****63 Singapore 0208. Telex: RS ***** EXPRESS CONTAINER SERVICE TO UK/CONTINENT 'ESSEL VOY NOS SPORE LEHAVRE ROTTERDAM SHAMPTON HAMBURG GOTHENBURG FRANCE HOLLAND UK GERMANY/SCAN SWEDEN Jaa+ 068 19/3 514 6/4 8/4 9/4 IL Hoofn* 066 20/3 I_W4 1214
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      357 37 ygk MYANMA pßik FIVE STAR UNE W (Myanmar National Line) Loading (or Yangon (Rangoon) S'pore P.KIg Pen P Gdg PATHEIN VIIOW 18 Mar PAGAN VI6BW 27 Mar THE BANK UNI (A tervice of Andrew W«lr Shipping) VT SEMI-CONTAINER SERVICE \l HEAVY LIFT CAPABILITY I EXPRESS TO PAPUA NEW GUINEA BUNKER
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      735 40 feknuMwiMJini? TO AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND VSI S.n F-em Tie b |Svd Eit NPt Tp CHALM AMTWfRPtN 2*J ?13 JOJ 11 it 4 14 4 Ts,4 W4 TNI EXPRtttllrt ~~ZFT «4 tis lis T*is 195 ELLEN HUDIG 2/0 9,1 1& 5 27V Sis T» 16 BRUSSEI 271 MjS FIT ~4 6 106
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      1258 40 EXPORTS TO HONWONG TAIWAN A JAPAN TWICE WEEKLY MALACCA STRAITS FEEDER SERVICE [OUTBOUND VOY PKL PNC~ )KT I SINTHKG KAO KEE TYO SM2 N(tf KOB TVESSEL VOY ISTNTPKL PNC BLW SIN ACX DAISY 10 16 3 "113 15 3 22 3 26 3 27 J 2» 3 ACX DAISY 10
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      272 40 4"k P.T. UNITED SHIPPING lor ORGANISATION LTD <X O««rCTWGIJtAWS*RVICfS <X- JAKARTA SURABAYA* DIRECT REGULAR SERVICES TO JAKARTA i SURABAYA W Accept c*r|Mi to all otkcr Indonesian porta with transhipment at Jakarta or Surabaya. DESTINATION ETA ETD VSL JAKARTA 16/3 17/3 P SUMATERA a 19/3 19/3 P JAWA ?8/3 29 3
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      1581 40 fS is "N '3 s CHIN* OCEAN SHIPPING COMPANY FULL CONTAINER LINER SERVICE SINGAPORE'S GENERAL AGENTS COSTAR SHIPPING PTE LTD: TEL: *****00 (SINGAPORE) INDONESIA S AGENTS P T GLOBAL PUTRA INDONESIA MARITIME TEL *****82 (JAKARTA) MALAYSIA S AGENTS CHUNG CHIAO SHIPPING SDN BHD TEL *****91 (KL) *****1 (PENANG) SHIPPING SDN
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      1059 41 UK.C CONVENTIONAL «E»VICE vessel PKL PNG P C lojding tor VESSEL 1t,03 Roltefdim Antwerp CHINA FULL CONTAINED —VICE Vessel SCP PKL BKK HKG QIN SHA TANCFANGKOU 14/ 02,04 03 04 0/04 1/04 18 04 fANGFANCKOU 149 '13/05 04 05 OH 05 13 05 19 05 Also KCtplmg otlwf chinew ports
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      280 41 (S RICHFIELD MARINE AGENCIES (S) PTE LTO A TEL: *****33 (12 Lines) *m FAX: *****15/*****03 fTI TELEX: RS ***** RISHIP (3 Lines) pCT\ ETHIOPIAN SHIPPING LINES f (National Lines of Ethiopia) ACCEPTING FCL AND CONVENTIONAL VI SSEI IvOY E FA llOAniM, fOR SPoni ABBA> MfOHZ MM NVOS DAAESSAIAAM MOMBASA OJBOUfI
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      820 41 fm PT MASKAPAI PELAYARAN vEapULAU LAUT FULLY CONTAINERISED REGIONAL FEEDER SERVICE TWICE WEEKLY,WEEKL> FIXED DAY SCHEDULE BETWEEN THE PORTS OF S PORE. INDONESIA. MALAYSIA THAILAND ALSO ACCEPTING LCL CARGO TO ALL DESTINATIONS WE SERVE FOR BOOKINGS CALL SPECARGO FORWARDING AT TEL: *****55 SINGAPORE INDONESIA SERVICE "VSL VOY SIN JKT PAJ
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      449 41 SYDNEY/MEBOURN^^^^^^^^^^bangkoi^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ S PORE SYD Kl VESSEL VOY SINGAPORE BANGKOK PIVA BHUM 0302S 15 16/3 28 30/3 01 -03/4 SIRI BHUM# 476N Fri IS/3 Won 11/3 PLANE IA 0«v 0102/4 14 15/4 1120,4 MAHA BHUM# SON Sat 16.3 Tue 19/3 PWA BHUM 0503 14 15/4 27 29)4 01 03/5 NANTA BHUM
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      459 41 nccn-urt VSL VOY SINCAPORE MADRAS SXOAPORE 4 VESSEL VOY SIN MAA SIN lEUVE 9141 In Port 21-23/03 28 29/03 TIGER BAY ISIN 19-19/03 25-27/03 02-03/04 TIGER STAR IS2N 23-24/03 30 02/04 07-08/04 VBL VOY SINOAPORE/CALCUTT A/SINGAPORE 4 I VESSEL VOY SIN CAL SIN TIGER CREEK 124C8N 18 18 03 26-27/03
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      1274 42 m. A. m MAC-NELS SINGAPORE EXPORT HI: *****22 IMPORT TEI: *****02 1 1 PENANG TEI (04) KK Ttt (088) 24??S0|TAWAU TEL (089)//86/9 I 1 p KELANG Tf-L (03) *****77 KUCHING ILL (0821 4?l43j|sKAN TEI (089)*****2 I N"V\ I J HAMULI TEL (0/(*****2 SIBU TEL (084) *****2ISARIKEI TEL (084) 6b 1388
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      427 42 BLUE STA LINE II SINGAPORE TO NEW ZEALAND AND T/S FIJI FULLY CONTAIN KKI SKI) MONTHLY SAILINGS DISCHAKGING AT NKW PLYMOUTH POKT CHALMKRS AC C KPTINCi KC I. I.CI. FOR AUCKLAND. NAPIER. WELLINGTON. BLUH-. CIIKISTCHURCH. DUNEDIN. LYTTKI.TON, INVERCAHGIL, FIJI AND TAHITI SIN N PLY AUCH IVT MANDAMA 0592 1/ Mar
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      1105 42 THONG SOON LINES PTE. LTD. 51 Bras Basah Rd #01-01 Plaza By The Park S (0718) Tel: *****22 Fax No: *****73 CONVENTIONAL/CONTAINER SERVICES CONVENTIONAL/CONTAINER SERVICES *****11 (BOOKING LINES)~ SINGAPORE TO WEST MALAYSIA SINGAPORE TO SABAH VESSEL [voT I ETA TDEST VESSEL VQT ETA KIT KIM SOON LI 9 91E 16
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      403 46 CHARTPOINT Every Saturday in Business Times PT- PELAYARAN. SAMUDBA AGUNG POH AIK 184 14/3 BATU AMPAR/SEKUPANG/BATAM SAMUDERA 102 18/3 DUMAI/PEKAN BARU ABAOI JAYA 14/3 DUMAI/PEKAN BARU KUALA SIAK V 15/3 BALIKPAPAN/SAMARINDA SENGGATA (TG. BARA) vessels (weekly) to PERAWANG/PEKAN BARU/DUMAI 3 vessels (weekly) to BATAM SUMATRA PORTS Also accepting cargo for
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      721 46 AHYUNDAI MERCHANT MARINE CO. LTD. EASTBOUND TO USA WESTBOUND FROM USA 1 TO PSW VOY SIN HKG LBH OAK SEA CHI FROM PSW VOY LBH OAK SEA HKG SIN MVliNnAl COMMANDER 24E 23/3 28 3 15'4 184 21/4 20,4 HYUNOAI EXPLORER 37W 1212 ISI2 VI2 Hi W HYUNDAI S 39E
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      657 46 ICHARTPOINTI Every Saturday in Business Times trrtv t'om Vol PW& PHI Motif Vo» Si* lAX OAK HOC o*l *0R N»C OUR USA AKA BMU« V 470N~ 15 J ALLIGATOR PRIDC ***** 113 W 14 14 104 104 104 12,4 SERVICE CALLS AKA BHUM V 472N -22 3 ALLIGATOR GLORT V
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