The Business Times, 17 April 1992

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    15 1 BUSINESS TIMES THE BUSINESS PAPER EOR S-easia MITA (P) 35/12/91 Friday, April 17, 1992 75*
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  • NEWS SUMMARY
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      S'pore to answer training needs of developing nations
      80 1 SINGAPORE Singapore has agreed to help meet the training needs of developing countries by offering 208 training places across several industries during 1992 and 1993. The offer, following a threeday bilateral consultations meeting between the Singapore government and representatives from Africa. Asia
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      Jakarta stock exchange privatised
      61 1 JAKARTA The Jakarta Stock Exchange officially became privatised yesterday as the Capital Market Executive Board (Bapepam) handed over management to a private firm. Following the management transfer to PT Bursa Efek Jakarta (BEJ), set up in December at the Bapepam office by the 205 members of
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      Afghan president surrenders power
      44 1 KABUL President Najibullah, installed by the Soviets six years ago, surrendered power yesterday to a coalition of generals and a key rebel commander as guerillas closed in on the capital, government officials said. Mr Najibullah's whereabouts were not immediately known.
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      More trade likely
      31 1 A SHIPPING accord between Singapore and Vietnam, signed yesterday, could lead to a doubling in bilateral trade, says Vietnam's First Vice-Minister of Transport, Communications and Post Back Page
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      Reconciliation hopes
      32 1 AMERICA is keen to see reconciliation between the countries of Indochina and the Asean region, says the US Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Page 4
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      Small firms going bust
      32 1 AN INCREASING number of South Korea's small and medi-um-sized manufacturers hit by economic woes, structural adjustments and lack of credit are going bankrupt or closing down Page 4
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      Hamburg office soon
      32 1 THE PORT of Hamburg expects to open a representative office in Singapore within the year in anticipation of blossoming trade opportunities with the Far East. Shipping Times Page I
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  • MARKETS SUMMARY
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      Dow lower
      35 1 WALL STREET shares opened slightly lower yesterday after two days of hitting record highs. The Dow Jones index of leading industrial stocks was down 2.24 points at 3,351.52 five minutes after the opening.
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      Footsie higher
      32 1 LONDON SHARES were higher at midday yesterday, as investors took profits ahead of the Easter holidav. At about 1115 GMT. the FTSE 100Share Index was up 3.6 points at 2.643.8.
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      Bid for First M'sia
      31 1 IN A BID to diversify its business, Sistem Televisyen Malaysia Bhd or TV3 has made a voluntary general offer to acquire First Malaysia Property Trust Page 2
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      PCI share issue
      27 1 ONLY 51 per cent of electronic components manufacturer PCI Ltd's share issue was taken up at the close of the offer yesterday Page 2
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      AT&T profits up
      34 1 AN INCREASE in long-distance calls and gains from its Universal credit-card business have lifted American Telephone Telegraph Co's first-quarter profits by 16.6 per cent to USSSBB3 million (551.46 billion) Page 2
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      Investment vehicle
      21 1 HONGKONG-BASED Crosby Securities Ltd is creating an investment vehicle aimed at ploughing foreign funds into Chinese enterprises Page 3
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      STOCK INDICES
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      CURRENCIES
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      COMMODITIES
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    UOB to take strategic stake in UIC for $102 m
    606 1  -  Move will pave way for UOB's Wee Cho Yaw to be UIC chairman By Sylvia Wong SINGAPORE In a move that will seal alliances for two of the region's best known tycoons. Wee Cho Yaw's United Overseas Bank group will
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    Lock icon US trade deficit fell sharply in Feb
    195 1 AP WASHINGTON The US trade deficit improved dramatically in February, falling to US$3.3B billion (555.6 billion), the best showing in nearly nine years, the government said yesterday. The sharp 43.1 per cent improvement from January's imbalance of U555.95 billion reflected a record level
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    Quek Leng Chan is richest director in Malaysia
    452 1  -  From Leslie Lopez in KUALA LUMPUR QUEK LENG CHAN, the reclusive tycoon who heads Malaysia's Hong Leong Group, is the country's richest director, with Datuk Halim Saad of the Renong Group ranked second, according to a survey by Malaysian Business magazine. In
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    ST Index breaks 1,400 level
    119 1 SINGAPORE The Singapore stock market closed firmer for the third consecutive day yesterday, riding on improvement in Tokyo and Hongkong. The Straits Times Industrials Index crossed the 1,400 mark with a 16.29 point gain to close at 1,410.61 points. Turnover on the combined board improved
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    Lock icon China's economy again threatens to overheat
    496 1 Reuter AFP AP BEIJING Less than a month after China abandoned its three-year-old austerity drive, the economy again seems in danger of overheating as inflation and industrial growth spiral upwards. Industrial production grew 18.2 per cent in the first quarter of this year against
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    Lock icon Dr M urges M'sian workers abroad to return
    119 1 AFP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad yesterday appealed to all Malaysians working abroad to return to their labour-short country. He said the country faced a shortage of labour in its manufacturing sector, the Bernama news agency reported. "Our pay here
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      9 1 US production up for two straight months, Pg 5
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  • COMPANY NEWS
    • COMPANY BRIEFS
      • Article
        Judge dismisses most of Apple's lawsuit
        100 2 SAN FRANCISCO A federal judge dismissed most of Apple Computer Inc's US$5.5 billion (SS9.I billion) lawsuit accusing Microsoft Corp and Hewlett-Packard Co of illegally copying computer-screen symbols used by Apple's Macintosh. US District Judge Vaughn Walker ruled on Tuesday that most of Apple's symbols
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        O&Y bondholders in revamp arena
        92 2 TORONTO Olympia York Development Ltd's (O&Y's) default on an US$BOO million (551.32 billion) Eurobond on Tuesday expands the field of investors the cash-squeezed company must face in its restructuring process. The default also brings bondholders, who typically are less conciliatory than banks in debt conflicts,
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        Cheung Kong bids for EIE
        98 2 HONGKONG Cheung Kong (Holdings) Ltd announced a HKSI.7 billion (Ss36o million) bid for all shares in EIE Development (International) Ltd after reaching agreement with ElE's major shareholders. The group, billionaire Li Ka-shing's property flagship, offered HK$4 per share and 50 cents per warrant for ElE's
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        Genting Int'l profit falls
        108 2 KUALA LUMPUR Genting International Ltd has reported a lower group pre-tax profit of US$lB.2O million (5530.1 million) for the year ended Dec 31, 1990, down 38.3 per cent from U5529.53 million the previous year. Group operating revenue, however, shot up by 86 per cent to U5582.73
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        MBf Finance to raise stake
        66 2 KUALA LUMPUR MBf Finance Berhad is proposing to purchase a 30.79 equity in Insun Development Sdn Bhd, a property development company, for M 55.768 million (553.75 million) cash. With the 40.2 per cent equity it already has in Insun Development, MBf Finance's stake would increase
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        Mattel earnings up 40pc
        77 2 LOS ANGELES Toymaking concern Mattel Inc, citing strong domestic sales, reported on Wednesday first-quarter earnings of US$l4.B million, or 21 cents a share, up 40 per cent from earnings of US$ll.2 million, or 15 cents a share, for the year-ago quarter. First-quarter sales were a record
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      Lock icon Nestle, Indosuez have more than 80pc of Perrier
      273 2 Reuter PARIS Swiss food company Nestle and its French merchant bank ally Indosuez have won control of more than 80 per cent of the capital of Source Perrier SA, the world's largest mineral water firm, officials said on Wednesday. Arab Banking Corp,
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      TV3 makes offer for First Malaysia Property Trust
      391 2  -  Diversification bid likely to dilute its earnings From Leslie Lopez in KUALA LUMPUR MALAYSIA'S only private television station, Sistem Televisyen Malaysia Bhd or TV3, has made a voluntary general offer to acquire First Malaysia Property Trust (FMPT) in a bid to diversify
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      PCI public share issue subscribed 51pc
      413 2  -  Applications for 15.25 m out of 30m shares offered By William Chia SINGAPORE Electronic components manufacturer PCI Ltd has fallen victim to the slowdown in this sector, with only 51 per cent of its share issue taken up at the close of the offer.
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      Dunlop Estates bounces back with M$40m profit
      194 2 SINGAPORE Dunlop Estates Bhd has reported earnings of Ms4o million (Ss26 million) for the year to Dec 31, 1991, compared with a M 5390,000 loss previously. And directors expect an even better performance this year. In 1991, the planation-turned-property group's operating profit jumped
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      Indonesian textile maker optimistic about 1992
      278 2  -  By Lee Han Shih SINGAPORE Listed Indonesian textile maker PT Indorama Synthetics, reporting improved results for 1991, said it is confident of doing even better in the current year. Indorama's turnover in 1991 rose 16 per cent to 111.72 billion rupiah (5592.7 million) while
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      Pacific Can chairman lobbies for support
      325 2 SINGAPORE Shareholders of Pacific Can Investment Holdings Ltd have been told that attempts to oust its chairman and another executive director could cost the firm 5700,000 and disrupt business plans. Company chairman Edward Goh Kim Hai, in a letter to shareholders yesterday, said he
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      Lock icon AT&T's first-quarter profits jump 16.6 pc to US$883m
      315 2 Reuter DALLAS American Telephone Telegraph Co said on Wednesday its profits jumped 16.6 per cent in the first quarter of the year, the result of a rise in long-distance calling and gains from its Universal cred-it-card business. The New York-based company, meeting
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      Lock icon Fallen Aussie tycoons still living the high life
      724 2 Generous friends, legal loopholes help them keep their assets from creditors Reuter SYDNEY Former corporate high-flyer Alan Bond, worth about US$26B million (*****.5 million) at his peak, is now on a weekly allowance of US$3B3. But other failed Australian businessmen who made
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      179 2 —€> P«" PCI LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) ANNOUNCEMENT INVITATION IN RESPECT OF 30,000,000 NEW ORDINARY SHARES OF $0.25 EACH ("NEW SHARES") AT $0.60 PER NEW SHARE PAYABLE IN FULL ON APPLICATION ("THE INVITATION") The Directors of PCI Limited announce that at the close of the Invitation at
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  • FINANCIAL NEWS
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      Crosby starts investment vehicle for China
      392 3  -  Project aims to plough foreign funds into Chinese enterprises By Dawn Tan SINGAPORE Booming foreign investment in China has prompted Hongkongbased Crosby Securities Ltd to create an investment vehicle aimed at ploughing foreign funds into Chinese enterprises. Two representatives from Crosby's asset management arm
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      Lock icon Japan to tighten controls on stock futures trading
      479 3 Reuter TOKYO Japan is to tighten controls on stock futures trading following the recent sharp fall in share prices on the spot market, official sources said on Wednesday. The policy was explained to a delegation from the US Securities and Exchange Commission
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      Lock icon Taiwan to continue liberalisation
      356 3 But flow of funds must be controlled, says central bank governor Reuter LONDON Taiwan will not reverse its policy of financial liberalisation but the flow of funds into the country must not be allowed to destabilise the currency market, Taiwan's central bank governor Samuel Shieh says.
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      Lock icon HK to strengthen powers of banking commissioner
      303 3 Reuter HONGKONG Hongkong plans to introduce new regulations to strengthen the powers of regulatory authorities to check banks' internal accounts, a government statement said yesterday. Under the current system, the banking commissioner cannot ask an auditor to review a bank's internal systems, or
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      Simex testing electronic trading system
      287 3  -  By Quak Hiang Whai SINGAPORE The Singapore International Monetary Exchange is said to be testing an electronic trading system to complement its open outcry system. Industr> sources said that some members of Simex are helping the exchange develop its own system, which is modelled ai'ter
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    • SMALL CHANGE
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        Arab-M'sian Finance to open 17 new branches
        73 3 KUALA LUMPUR Arab-Malaysian Finance Bhd (AMFB) has been given the nod by Bank Negara to open 17 new branch offices throughout Malaysia. AMFB said in a statement here yesterday that 12 branch offices would be opened in Peninsular Malaysia and five in Sabah
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        KIO's Midland shares sold at 356p
        84 3 LONDON London share dealers yesterday said broker Hoare Govett had placed most of the Kuwait Investment Office's (KIO) stake in Midland Bank pic at 356 pence (SS 10.35) per share. No spokesmen at KIO or Hoare Govett were immediately available for comment. Hoare Govett
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        US banks stabilise, says S&P
        92 3 LONDON The credit quality of US banks stabilised over the first quarter of 1992, but foreign institutions continued to deteriorate, US rating agency Standard Poor's Corporation said on Wednesday. With only nine rating changes, five upgrades and four downgrades. American banking organisations saw the lowest
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        Corrections and clarifications
        31 3 REUTERS clarified that all currency figures should be denominated US$ and not HK$ in the article "Private banking units eyeing Asia's super rich" carried by BT on Wednesday.
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      Lock icon Some big US banks report higher profits for first quarter
      575 3 NYT NEW YORK Several large banks around the United States on Wednesday reported large gains in profits during the first quarter as problems with bad loans declined and they benefited from a wider spread between the interest rates they pay
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  • THE REGION/THE WORLD
    • WORLD WATCH
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        Ex-judge Santiago is favourite in Manila poll
        99 4 MANILA A tough-talking former judge has emerged as the clear favourite of Manila voters in the run-up to the Philippine presidential elections in May. The private ABS-CBN radio-television network said yesterday that 45 per cent of those who were polled in March picked
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        Bush ahead of Clinton in poll
        108 4 WASHINGTON With the US presidential election primary season at the halfway mark. President George Bush appears to be gaining support in his bid for re-election, while the Democrats struggle to agree on a viable candidate. The latest opinion polls give him a 10 per
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        Seoul may open ties with Hanoi
        94 4 SEOUL South Korean President Roh Tae Woo has said for the first time that Seoul may establish diplomatic relations with Vietnam, a former adversary. "We are considering establishing bilateral relations with Vietnam." he said in an interview published yesterday. Mr Roh gave no timetable
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        S Korean exports likely to rise
        60 4 SEOUL South Korea's exports are forecast to increase 12.6 per cent this year over 1991, totalling US$BO.9 billion (S$ 134.3 billion) on a customs clearance basis, the state-run Korea Development Bank said yesterday. Exports last year rose 10.5 per cent to US$7l.9 billion, the
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        German inflation hits new high
        65 4 BERLIN The cost of living rose 0.4 per cent in March, putting prices 4.8 per cent higher than a year earlier and giving Germany its highest inflation in 10 years, the Federal Statistics Office said on Wednesday. The figures, which apply to western Germany, were
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        Fujimori dissolves legislatures
        70 4 LIMA Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori dissolved 12 regional assemblies here Wednesday, just two days after the Organization of American States deplored his power seizure but stopped short of imposing sanctions. Mr Fujimori, who on April 5 dissolved Congress and suspended constitutional rights in a military-backed move he
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      In tune with Libya
      60 4 LONDON A group of about 50 demonstrators protesting against the recently imposed sanctions on Libya outside the US embassy here on Wednesday. The group was calling for Western powers to stop interfering in affairs of other nations. The sanctions are designed to pressure Tripoli into handing
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      Lock icon Sixteen companies bid to explore for Indian oil
      264 4 AFP NEW DELHI India's invitation to foreign and domestic companies to prospect for oil and natural gas in 72 onshore and offshore fields has attracted 16 bids. Major international oil companies which responded to the invitation sent out last September included Shell,
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      Lock icon More small S Korean firms going bust
      439 4 Economic woes lead to more bankruptcies and closures AFP SEOUL An increasing number of South Korea's small and medium-sized manufacturers are going bankrupt or closing down as a result of mounting economic woes, structural adjustments and lack of credit. During the first three
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      Asean to remain focus of US interest in South-east Asia
      415 4  -  By Shoeb Kagda SINGAPORE Asean will remain the central focus of American interest and involvement in South-east Asia even as the US builds its relations with Indochina, said a senior US official yesterday. The US Assistant Secretary of State for
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      Lock icon Vietnam seeks loans for nationwide electricity grid
      286 4 Reuter HO CHI MINH CITY A nationwide electricity grid designed to ease southern Vietnam's chronic power shortages will be built with foreign help, a local expert says. Some 30 companies, including ones from Japan. Taiwan. South Korea, Australia and France, want to take
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      Thai pulp firms seek delay in tariff cut
      235 4 BANGKOK The pulp industry is campaigning for the new Finance Minister to extend the time frame for reducing tariffs on imported pulp to the maximum 15-year period allowed under the regional free trade arrangement, The Nation reported on Wednesday. Pulp is one
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      249 4 BANKING) FINANCE AND INSURANCE SUPPLEMENT 1998 A special Business Times Survey May 4,1998 The theme for this year's supplement is "Managing the Tiger" which focuses on the tremendous growth achieved in recent years by Asia's banking and finance industry and the constraints faced by the region's regulators to encourage growth
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  • THE WORLD
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      Lock icon World Bank sees better times ahead for developing countries
      392 5 Biggest improvement predicted for Middle East, N Africa, Latin America NYT AP Reuters WASHINGTON Developing countries can expect better economic times ahead after suffering their worst performance for over 25 years in 1990-91. the World Bank said. "For the 1990s taken
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      Lock icon Ex-Soviet states may need US$145b in aid
      419 5 Reuter WASHINGTON The former Soviet Union may need about US$l45 billion (SS24I billion) in foreign help over the next four years as it struggles to overhaul its economy, says International Monetary Fund managing director Michel Camdessus. "The process of adjustment to a market
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      Lock icon Parliamentary win for Yeltsin exposes foes' lack of ideas
      359 5 Reuter MOSCOW Russian President Boris Yeltsin's proreform victory in the supreme legislature on Wednesday reveals the political bankruptcy of the communists and nationalists who took him on. By a vote of 578 to 403, the Congress of People's Deputies reversed itself,
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      Lock icon US production up for two straight months
      360 5 AP WASHINGTON Production at the nation's factories, mines and utilities rose 0.2 per cent in March, the government said on Wednesday in a report reflecting sluggish recovery. The slight rise in the Federal Reserve's index of industrial production followed a 0.5 per cent
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    Caution in market overdone
    521 6 EDITORIAL ONCE A bubbling place of action, the Singapore stock market has become as quiet as a tomb since Tokyo's Nikkei Average did its swan dive on April 8. And no wonder. On that day the most widely watched index of the Japanese stock market plunged
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  • WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
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      Explain the root of profits
      205 6 SINGAPORE Bus Service, as a company listed on the SES, is expected to provide no less information than other quoted counters. But unlike Cold Storage, Singapore Petroleum Company or DBS Bank, for example, it needs to go* further, when its profits are buoyant, to explain
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      Mandate for change
      128 6 THUS FAR, the Iranian general election results show a significant change that may shape the development of the country. The majority of votes has gone to President Ali Akhbar Hashemi Rafsanjani's alliance which stands for economic reform and policies of opening up the country to Western invest-
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      Help the Russians
      157 6 TIMELY SUPPORT from the West was the main reason Yeltsin had been able to survive the onslaught of conservatives. Yeltsin is now implementing his bold economic reforms under a totally different international climate and the West is dutybound to help Russia. The West's only worry is that
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  • REGIONAL VIEWPOINTS
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      Price support scheme
      174 6 THE non-oil commodity sector is seeing its stake in the country's economic pie continuing to shrink, to the extent that the question has risen, of whether the others will follow the way of tin in becoming a sunset industry, where miners are being urged by the authorities
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      Low-cost housing
      176 6 IT is interesting to note that some developers in Johor can still sustain profit from building low-cost units at the ceiling price of M 522,000. This is hardly an impossible feat because developers receive incentives such as land conversion discounts. They should also consider using alternative materials and
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      Japan and China
      145 6 IN pursuing closer relations with China, Tokyo should maintain intimate contacts with Western democracies, lest it should give the world the impression it is compromising universal democratic values. China is a vitally important neighbour whose relations are scarred by the indelible, tragic Japanese invasion earlier this century.
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    Lock icon Shake-up time for corporate USA
    1340 6  -  When once a large American corporation's board of non-executive directors was passive, now they are beginning to play a more active role. Martin Dickson reports Martin Dickson FT A REMARKABLE display of muscleflexing by non-exec-utive directors of General Motors is sending shock waves across corporate
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      119 6 ScalpeLscissors_sutures_ Business Times Whether you're a surgeon, lawyer, contractor or engineer, you need to be kept well informed to maximise returns on your money. In the same way a surgeon needs his tools to operate, he needs Business Times to help him make sound investments. Fluctuations in shares, in local,
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • Miscellaneous
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      56 6 DOONESBURY OKAY, HAPPY DAYlerspon' GUYS, I'M REAPY. o, V sHouutntue not to have sothp worm. SORT OF TEXT TVB6OT FORTHE A BOOK CeFBMONY OF COMMON PRAYER... 4 to BY GARRY TRUDEAU I UFTEP ITCUHENI WAS DOWN AT UNIVERSAL THIS MORNING. YOU FROM A IPSA SKXtA Mont PROP. PRAYER STUCK* IGOTTA
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  • SPORTS
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      Lock icon Nicklaus' form deserts him
      391 7 PGA Seniors Championship AP PALM BEACH GARDENS. Florida Jack Nicklaus came into the defence of his title in the PGA Seniors Championship at something considerably less than the peak of his form. He said he was tired after two consecutive weeks of competition, called his golf
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      Lock icon 5-point try among major rugby rule changes
      478 7 Reuter WELLINGTON Rugby union administrators announced major rule changes yesterday to try to create a faster and more entertaining game, including increasing the value of a try to five points. Announcing the changes, the International Rugby Football Board (IRFB) said changes to line-outs,
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      Lock icon Barcelona and Sampdoria vie for European cup for the first time
      470 7 Reuter LONDON A new name will be inscribed on each of Europe's three soccer cups next month, with Barcelona and Sampdoria vying to become European champions for the first time. None of the six teams which reached the finals
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    • SIDE LINES
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        Champion racehorse Nijinsky put down
        99 7 WASHINGTON Nijinsky, the horse Lestor Piggot rode to the Hnglish triple crown, was put down at Claiborne Stud Farm in Kentucky on Wednesday at the age of 25. As well as the English trio of the Derby, the St Leger and the 2,000 Guineas. Nijinsky
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        US courses too costly: official
        163 7 WELLINGTON Showpiece US golf courses are too expensive and major environmental problems, a US Golf Association course official. James Moore, said yesterday. Visiting New Zealand, he warned designers to avoid following US designs which looked good on television. He said American clubs constantly water courses
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        Seles bounces back near perfect
        112 7 HOUSTON, Texas World number one and defending champion Monica Seles was nearly perfect in her return to action after nearly a month's layoff due to injury, needing just 45 minutes to rout Mercedes Paz of Argentina 6-0 6-0 on Wednesday at the U*****,000 (*****.000) Virginia
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        Washington's narrow escape
        90 7 TAMPA, Florida Third-seeded MaliVai Washington narrowly escaped defeat by unseeded Fernando Roese of Brazil in a second-round match on Wednesday at the USTA Clay Courts championship. Washington, ranked 33rd, turned away Roese 7-6 (8-6). 4-6, 6-1. He faces another unseeded player, Marcelo Filippini. in the quarterfinals of
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        IOC life member dies
        74 7 NEW DELHI Raja Bhalinder Singh, a life member and former vice-president of the International Olympic Committee, died in a Delhi hospital yesterday of a kidney ailment, the Press Trust of India reported. Mr Singh, 72, was a member of the former royal family of the north
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      Lock icon Maradona shines as Argentines defy Fifa
      553 7 Reuter BUENOS AIRES. Argentina Diego Maradona shone on Wednesday in a charity soccer match held despite Fifa's threats against players who dared join the banned star on the pitch. Nearly a year after Fifa. soccer's world governing body, banned him for 15 months for
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      297 7 Reuter SAN DIEGO Bill Koch's America 3 team on Wednesday scotched suggestions that he might give rival syndicate chief Dennis Conner one of his yachts to defend the America's Cup for the United States. "We will not and cannot provide Dennis with
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      742 8 TELEVISION AND RADIO MW4tWMn) The magnificent seven OUR CHOICE Snow White, 11.30 am SBC 5 U SB dramatisation of the cvert vn t'airv talc. Diana Rigg lias •I best part as the utterly evil •i. en-cuni-stepmother who de-i-1 s that Snow White is better dead. Ihe poor girl is forced
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      417 9  -  Nirmal Ghosh had a swinging time spending an evening with a visiting jazz band from France Nirmal Ghosh A EUROPEAN jazz group, the Lorient Big Band, was unleashed at the Mandarin Hotel on Wednesday night, with a little help from the Alliance Franeaise and Lycee Franeaise de
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      456 9  -  An auction relives the A 1 Capone legend for Michael Conlon Michael Conlon Reuter Buyers paid U555,200 (558,632) for a fish Al Capone caught in 1929 and US$l,BOO for a glass pitcher monogrammed "A C" in an auction on Wednesday of furniture and other items
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      537 9  -  Researchers find it difficult to swallow a dental resource centre's chocolate theory, reports Barry Meier Barry Meier NYT FOR TWO years now. thousands of dentists have received newsletters from the Princeton Dental Resource Centre with current reports on dental health and fighting cavities.
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      636 9 CHATTERBOX A MOTHER-DAUGHTER team of music reviewers found Neil Diamond as thrilling as ever after a 16-year hiatus between his last concert tour of Australia and his current sell-out run. When the 51-year-old Diamond appeared in Sydney on Monday. The Daily Telegraph
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      Market's sturdy gains spurred by Wall St rally
      2798 10  -  By Kooi Cho Teng SINGAPORE stocks rose in relatively brisk trading, spurred by Wall Street's strong gains and Tokyo's marginal advance. The benchmark Straits Times Industrials Index broke the key 1,400point level within minutes of the open and kept on a generally
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      78 10  -  By Chew Eng Han Comment I HE sharp rebound over the last few days has corrected the oversold condition and 5-day stochastics are now back to the higher end of 100. Upside should be limited to $3.95 or $4.05 at most. Ihe long-term picture is not bullish, so
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    STOCK EXCHANGE OF SINGAPORE 2
    198 11 I CPCWn All shares quoted have a par value of $1 and traded in lots of 1.000 shares each P,E ratio Reflect last annual consolidated results Foreign shares P Es are adiusted for currency LLUIIIU unless otherwise specified differences ABN shares quoted jn dollars Gr
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    STOCK EXCHANGE OF SINGAPORE 3
    134 12 I rprun M shares quoted have a par value of SI and traded m lots of 1000 shares each P/E ratio Reflect last annual consolidated results Fore«n shares P/Es are ad)usted foe currency Ltbtnu unless otherwise specified differences ABN shares quoted in doHars Gr Yld
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  • KUALA LUMPUR STOCK EXCHANGE
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      495 13 Bernama SHARE prices in Kuala Lumpur closed higher on improved trading yesterday in line with the bullishness on the New York market. Strong support on component stocks took key indicator KLSE Composite Index up 7.64 points to the day's high of
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      RESULTS FORECAST
      27 14 Forecast figures are contributed by Baring Securities. Crosby Securities, DBS Securities. GK (Joh Securities. Hoare (Jovett Securities and Kay Hian James Capet. EPS are annualised.
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      OTHER RESULTS DUE
      66 14 Net Profit represents consolidated earnings after provision for depreciation,interest charges, taxation and minority interests. I: Interim; F Final, (a): In million yen: (b): In Australian dollars, (c): In million guilders, (d) In HKJm; (e) In USsm. (f) Period of 16 mttis EPS annualised (g) Period of 9
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      122 14 Figures in brackets are for the previous corresponding period L Loss IE: Ta« E«empted H: Net NYA: Not Yet Available. (I): Adiusted for scrip issues, (b): In million Dutch Florins (t): Profit after ta«. (d): In million HK$ Company's profit. (0: In million yen Profit after ta« minority
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      CORPORATE DEVELOPMENTS
      310 14 Apr 15 Leader Universal Hokfings Bhd has guaranteed to compensate Federal shareholders in its takeover offer for Federal Cables. Wires Metal Manufacturing Bhd. Apr 14 HSBC Holdings pic is offering Midland Bank shareholders a mixture of shares and bonds in a £2.6b takeover which values Midland share at
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      SUBSTANTIAL SHAREHOLDER/DIRECTOR TRANSACTIONS
      13 14 footnotes Deemed Interest (a Enlarged share capital na Not Available
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      DIVIDENDS ANNOUNCED
      134 14 All shares quoted have a par value ot $1 unless otherwise specified. NYA Not Yet Available, lot Interest. I Interim. N Net IE !a« E*empt S Special dividend, (a) Adiusted tor scrip issue (b) First and Final. (c> includes 41 special divrtend (d) includes 6% special dividend, (e)
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      SCRIPLESS CONVERSION
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      COMPANY MEETINGS
      93 14 Kinta Kelas Investments Pubfic Limited Company: 65th AGM at the Kedah room. Basement 2. Shangri-La Hotel. 11 Jin Sultan Ismail. ***** Kuala Lumpur. Malaysia, on Friday. April 17. at 10am The Thai Prime Fund Ltd: 4th AGM at the meeting room. 3rd Floor. Investment Trust Department. The Nomura
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      RECORD HIGHS & LOWS
      3 14 RECORD HIGHS LOWS
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      MORGAN STANLEY CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL INDICES
      71 14 Above art pnee IrcmK on the awrM't atajar dack marhcU a* catcatatad by Margaa Mm lay Capital IntematioMl NnpacMaa. Geneva. Mica* aiarfced with a ara takaa Iraa a bate af 1M at tlw be pa tint at IMS The ether indices art takaa ha* a
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      181 15 Reuter CORRECTIONS by two big property firms pushed down the Bangkok stock index but most shares ended higher, brokers said. The SET index ended 1.69 points lower at 810.12 on a turnover of 4.92 billion baht. Advances led declines 114 to 89. Bangkok Land, the
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      100 15 JAKARTA stocks fell further in quiet trade, brokers said. The official index closed 1.60 points lower at 271.78. Turnover fell to 4.16 million shares compared with Wednesday's 5.42 million. Branta Mulia closed unchanged at 4,400 rupiah with 203,500 shares traded. Indocement rose 50
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      Lock icon Stocks close firmer on bargain-hunting
      241 16 Reuter TOKYO stocks closed firmer yesterday after clawing back earlier losses. Profit-taking and waves of futures and op-tions-linked selling kept pressure on prices throughout the day, but this was offset by active bargain hunting and growing hopes that the market may have bottomed out. The
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      Lock icon Prices rise sharply on overseas buying
      213 16 Reuter HONGKONG stocks ended sharply higher yesterday as overseas institutions returned to the market on solidly bullish sentiment, brokers said. The blue-chip Hang Seng Index surged 96.58 points to close at 5,082.69. The broader All Ordinaries Index ended at 2,742.24, up 45.09. Turnover was
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      Lock icon Stocks end higher, buoyed by NY, London bourses
      276 17 Reuter AUSTRALIAN stocks dosed an abbreviated session at their highest level in over a month yesterday, buoyed by good performances in the New York and London markets. Brokers said the new wave of optimism ahead of the taster break would carry over
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  • REGIONAL STOCK MARKETS
    • Seoul stocks rise sharply on hopes of bull run
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        SEOUL
        128 17 SEOUL stocks rose sharply yesterday in active trading as buying orders of most shares gained momentum on early expectations of a bullish market in May and June, brokers said. "Since yesterday, most investors seem to think that the market has already hit bottom," said Won Chul Hee of Lucky
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        TAIPEI
        181 17 TAIWAN share prices finished sharply higher yesterday on bargain-hunting by small investors minutes before the close, brokers said. The weighted index soared 98.86 points, or 2.2 per cent, to close at 4,538.52 compared with Wednesday's 4,439.66 finish. Turnover was a light NTS 18.68 billion against NTS 15 billion previously.
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        NEW ZEALAND
        297 17 FIRMER overseas markets helped the fragile New Zealand share market achieve its highest close since March 27, as most issues managed good performances. Even though turnover was slight and there was some talk of overseas selling, brokers expect the market to re-open in a similarly healthy state on
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        INDICES & TURNOVER
        53 17 INDICES TURNOVER Clow Previous Apr 16 NEW ZEALAND N/SF 40 Capital 1.410.69 1.397.34 t-13.35 MANILA Composite Index closed 1.170 80 Turnover (million pesos) closed 135.04 TAIPEI Weighted Price Index 4.538.52 4.439.66 f 98.86 Turnover (NTS billion) 18.68 15.0 3.68 SEOUL Composite Stock Index 587.33 578 II +9.22 Turnover (billion won)
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  • WORLD STOCK MARKETS
    • Dow soars to another record high
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        NEW YORK
        476 18 STOCKS in New York scored a fiveday rally in heavy trading on Wednesday on the strength of another string of encouraging quarterly earnings, boosting the Dow to another record high. The Dow Jones Industrial Average surged 47.63 points to 3,353.76, erasing Tuesday's record high close of 3.306.13. "It's
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        LONDON
        230 18 LONDON shares rose sharply on Wednesday, on the back of Wall Street's rise on Tuesday and bullish statements from brokers about shortterm prospects for the London stock market. The FTSE-100 Index closed at a six-month high of 2.640.2, up 39.7 points from Tuesday's close. The FTSE--30 Index was up
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        FRANKFURT
        135 18 THE German stock market was firm on Wednesday, as the DAX spot trend index finished the session at 1.743.79 points, up by 0.6 per cent from the Tuesday close. The Commerzbank indicator ended at 1.999.20 points, up 0.3 per cent on the day. Operators said a firm Wall Street
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        AMSTERDAM
        115 18 POWERED by heavy buying from the options market. Dutch shares on Wednesday surged to close at their highest levels since the mini-crash of October 1989. The EOE index closed at 310.36. 3.14 points up on the day. Dealers said the expiry of April options on the European Options Exchange
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        PARIS
        156 18 STRONG profit reports and rising foreign markets pushed the Paris bourse up nearly one per cent in heavy trade on Wednesday, but the CAC-40 index failed to breach the key 2.000 level. The CAC-40 blue chip index rose 18.38 points to close at 1.990.69 on very heavy trade of
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        MILAN
        119 18 ITALIAN shares closed slightly firmer on Wednesday, boosted by short covering on some leading blue chips as brokers squared positions on the last day of the April account. Brokers said some profit-taking shortly before the close ate into the early gains that had driven the market 0.6 per cent
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        ZURICH
        114 18 A STRONG Wall Street performance, short covering, a firm dollar and yesterday's expiry of share options and futures drove Swiss share prices to a new year-high in active trade on Wednesday, dealers said. The SMI index of leading shares rose 20.3 points to close at 1.874.1. only a fraction
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        STOCKHOLM
        133 18 SHARE prices closed higher on the Stockholm bourse on Wednesday as falling domestic yields and rising foreign stock exchanges gave new strength to the market. The bourse general index rose 0.95 per cent to 973.28 in turnover of 573 million crowns, strong despite the pending Easter holiday weekend. Cyclically
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        JOHANNESBURG
        268 18 THE Johannesburg Stock Exchange closed marginally weaker on Wednesday. and dealers expected the market to drift further easier ahead of the long Easter weekend. Mining shares began firmer, boosted by slightly higher precious metal prices and the softer financial rand investment currency, but they lost steam to end the
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        TORONTO
        108 18 TORONTO stocks ended a listless Wednesday session unchanged, once again under-performing the Dow Jones Industrial Average, which surged to a new all-time high, dealers said. The TSE 300 ended down 1.31 points to 3.411.33. Advances led declines 287 to 256 on volume of 33.88 million shares valued at C
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        INDICES & TURNOVER
        81 18 INDICES TURNOVER NEW YORK l«»ve PlT> MHIS Apr 15 Dow Jones S P 500 Turnover (million) 1.353.76 4if> :x 22*). 71 3.306.13 412.39 231.13 >-47 63 -♦-3.89 -1.42 LONDON Financial Times V) FTSE 100 Turnover (million) 2.053.0 2.640 2 2.014.9 2.600.5 999.7 38.1 39.7 +219.2 FRANKFURT DAX Index 1.743.79 1.732.53
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      Dollar ends flat to easier in Tokyo ahead of Easter weekend
      1182 19 REPORTS ASM Pli Tokyo: The dollar closed steady against the yen and slightly easier against the mark after light Tokyo trade yesterday, with afternoon activity mostly limited to position adjustments ahead of the long Easter holiday overseas. Operators who
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      10 19 Source: UOB Source: Astley Pearce Source: OCBC
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      40 19 Rates quoted by Astley Pearce Rates quoted by NatWest Note Based on latest issues Source: The Monetary Authority of Singapore Central hank discount rales Average of 12 hanks. Hi nil Source: National Westminster Bank Source: National Westminster Bank
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      US, Japan want higher yen but won't act yet
      345 19 TOKYO The United States and Japan want to see a higher yen against the dollar but they agree that no concerted intervention is needed now. a Japanese monetary source said on Wednesday. The source, who did not wish to be identified,
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      FINANCIAL FUTURES
      29 19 Note: Open interest and actual volume are for previous day trading. Source: Singapore International Monetary Exchange Note: Open interest and actual volume are for previous day trading.
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      Lock icon Drought cuts Thai rice crop planting
      220 20 Reuter BANGKOK An intense heat wave sweeping most of Thailand has forced the Irrigation Department to advise farmers against planting their second rice crop (December/August). Deputy department head Kijja Pholpasi said farmers have been told to stop planting for the second crop in all
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      Lock icon Dark and damp CBOT resumes business
      440 20 Reuter CHICAGO Traders hoofed up four flights of motionless escalators and shuffled between dark hallways at the Chicago Board of Trade where an emergency electrical system ended a nearly two-day blackout on Wednesday. With roughly 30 feet of water in the exchange's basement, CBOT
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      KL tin price down four sen on higher offerings
      813 20 REPORTS THE PRICE of tin on the Kuala Lumpur Tin Market extended its losses yesterday to close four sen lower at MS 14.50 per kg due to higher offerings. Dealers said the market lacked bu\ing demand despite the firmer trend on
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    129 20 Palm Oil KLCE PALM FUTURES \pr lh Delivery Opening Sett Av Vol Op Month Buv ing Selling Price Price High Low Done llOOhrs Mav 92 935 95 5N 933 933 937 930 125 1672 Jun 913 922 911 910 916 908 587 3184 Jul 894N 904 891 890 899
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      94 21 A little cash book to safeguard (8) A number understood about what happened (9) Show approval for cold drink (4) He has a simple way of dealing with ill-health (9) Told about dogged union (8) Fantastic Oriental talc (8) Order to go without gratuity or salary (7) The ones taken
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      131 21 WEATHER Singapore Outlook: Fair, except for showers over a few areas in the afternoon. Report: Maximum temperature 32.9 Assoc humidity 59% Minimum temperature 25.6 Assoc humidity 95% Hours of sunshine 10.60 Rainfall in mm Nil Rainfall this month 126.6 Rainy days this month 8 World forecast Asia-Pacific Hi/Lo* Cond. Auckland
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      49 21 BnStcw: RaakDicfaac Tee nee THIS could fee ruN 9 'g,iLL £DU>RRDS.ONe or OUR. DIRGCTDRS HPVS FM_LOU»eD HIS CHPOFreOR TO P*RK »w SIR iRe&NfMD'S SPftCe %)<*»"' 8457 om oov Me«e conZsV BOpVtD FIRM'S FVD OUR SGK>VED FIRM S 1.50p ON SIR REGINALD'S DR'veß. VJ— 3|l eP ASSOCIATED NEWSPAPERS LTD 19*2 1*97
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    Lock icon Russia has free hand to carry out economic reforms
    418 22 Govt to continue with austere financial policies Reuter MOSCOW The Russian government, having beaten off a hardline challenge in parliament, said yesterday it had a free hand to implement its radical economic reforms. First Deputy Prime Minister Yegor Gaidar, champion of
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    S'pore-Vietnam shipping pact may lead to doubling of trade
    315 22  -  By Dexter Lee SINGAPORE The sealing of a shipping accord between Singapore and Vietnam yesterday could lead to a doubling in bilateral trade, which last year was worth some $1.5 billion. This was indicated by Mr Le Kha, Vietnam's First Vice-Minister
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    Optical cable link planned for Pacific
    175 22 SINGAPORE Singapore Telecom and a host of partners have agreed to start planning for an optical Fibre submarine cable network to link South-east Asia to the Pacific region. The partners are American Telephone Telegraph Company, The Communications Authority of Thailand, Hong Kong Telecom International
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    Lock icon KL, S'pore to hold talks for mutual benefit
    490 22 Bilateral relations not so bad, says Mahathir Bernama JOHOR BARU Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad said yesterday Malaysia and Singapore have agreed to hold discussions on any matter undertaken by either country which had an effect on the other. Describing
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    210 22 Reuter MILAN A Milan court yesterday found Italian financier Carlo De Benedetti and 32 other people guilty of fraud in connection with the 1982 collapse of deeply indebted Banco Ambrosiano, once Italy's largest private bank. His lawyers said he would appeal his conviction. "We
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    Tough years ahead? Get the best out of staff, firms told
    222 22  -  By Chuang Peck Ming SINGAPORE Businesses will get through the tough years ahead by making sure they get the best out of their staff, a management consultant said at a National Productivity Board breakfast talk yesterday. Dave Ehlen, chief
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    Lock icon Thai parties, Suchinda haggle over Cabinet posts
    350 22 Reuter BANGKOK Last-minute negotiations over positions in Thailand's next Cabinet continued yesterday among leaders of a coalition with a small majority in parliament and the general they picked to be prime minister. Parliamentary sources said the government formation talks were the longest in
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    Tory head said to be mulling over post of HK governor
    623 22  -  But British govt says no one has been offered post From Catherine Ong in HONGKONG BRITAIN'S Conservative Party chairman. Chris Patten. was considering the post of Governor of Hongkong while on a short holiday in France, the London media
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  • SHIPPING TIMES
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      Hamburg to open representative office here soon
      487 23  -  By Juliette Walker SINGAPORE The Port of Hamburg expects to open a representative office in Singapore within the year in anticipation of blossoming trade opportunities with the Far East. Dr Hans Ludwig Beth, the newly-appointed chairman of marketing and public relations for the
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      Shipyard delivers its first catamaran
      294 23  -  By Tan Hua Joo SINGAPORE Shipbuilder Kvaerner Fjellstrand (Singapore). a member of the Norwegian Kvaerner Group, has delivered its first passenger eatamaran built in its Tuas shipyard. The SlO-million high speed passenger ferry Per(/ana Ekspres was handed over to its new owner. Kuala Lumpur-based Inland
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      Lock icon Russian cargo ship burning off HK
      232 23 AP HONGKONG A Russian cargo ship carrying paper products has caught fire off the coast of Hongkong, rescue officials said on Thursday. A fire broke out in the engine room of the 11,000ton Pskov early on Thursday and the ship now is disabled 243
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      Lock icon Chinese soldiers in Cambodia to rebuild roads
      206 23 AFP PHNOM PENH A team of Chinese military engineers arrived yesterday to clear the way for a battalion of 400 that will rebuild Cambodia's roads, bridges and airports. "This is China's first significant contribution to a peacekeeping force," a Chinese diplomat said as
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      Lock icon Shipowners not paying for pilot services
      195 23 Reuter MONTREAL The Canadian Shipowners Association (CSA) said it was stopping payment for pilotage services on the St Lawrence River, citing unreasonably high increases in the cost of the compulsory sen ice. The CSA, representing 119 vessels, does not make payments directly to the
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        Weathering the weak Nikkei
        32 23 WITH the recent plunge of the Tokyo stock market to its lowest levels in five-and-a-half years, the survival of some Japanese shipping lines is in question Page 2
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        Taiwan Aerospace chairman resigns
        48 23 THE chairman of Taiwan Aerospace Corp has resigned in the midst of a debate within the Taiwan government over whether to proceed with a deal to acquire 40 per cent of McDonnell Douglas Corp's commercial aircraft business, industry executives said on Wednesday Back Page
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        Chrysler to sell alcohol-fueled cars
        48 23 CHRYSLER Corp will soon begin selling cars that can run on methanol as well as gasoline. Lee lacocca. the company's chairman, said on Wednesday. Unlike some dualfuel cars now being sold, the Chrysler models will be offered at no additional charge. Back Page
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        Incomes at General Dynamics, Northrop up
        31 23 GENERAL Dynamics Corp and Northrop Corp. two of the largest military contractors in the US. reported sharp increases in first-quarter earnings on Wednesday Back Page
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        Arab workers to boycott US, UK, French planes
        35 23 ARAB transport workers will refuse to service US. British and French planes at Arab airports starting next week to protest against UN sanctions against Tripoli Back Page
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        CPA opts for Rolls Royce Trent engines
        78 24 SINGAPORE Hongkong's Cathay Pacific has chosen Rolls-Royce Trent engines to power its new fleet of Boeing 777 twinjet airliners. The value of business to the UK-based engine manufacturer will total around £300 million. With the carrier's purchase, total orders for the Trent will
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        New firm to sell Russian jet
        110 24 SINGAPORE A new Anglo-Russian company has been set up to handle production and sales of the Tupolev Tu-204 airliner. The Russian-based firm, to be called British Russian Aviation Company, is a joint stock company. Half of its shares are held by Flemings Russian Investment
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        Airlift of baby formula to Russia
        80 24 WASHINGTON The US Defence Department has agreed to airlift 60 tonnes of baby formula to the Russian Far East to relieve shortages, Catholic Relief Services (CRS) said on Wednesday. The material is scheduled to leave Travis Air Force Base in California today and arrive
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        Conrail ups revenue projection
        78 24 NEW YORK Consolidated Rail Corp now sees freight revenues rising 3 to 4 per cent in 1992, senior vice-president, marketing and sales Gordon Kuhn told analysts. In February, he said, the railroad projected a 3 per cent increase for the year. Conrail reported first quarter freight
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        American shows US$20m profit
        99 24 DALLAS American Airlines Corp, one of the leading US airlines, said on Wednesday it made a net profit of US$2O million in the first three months of this year, against a loss of US$l95 million a year earlier. Sales were up 26.6 per cent at US$3.5l
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        Yellow Freight ends union talks
        83 24 OVERHAND PARK, Kansas Yellow Freight System Inc said it broke off negotiations with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters after a union official was quoted as saying he would reject Yellow's proposal for a contract rider. Yellow said it broke off the talks after its negotiators
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      Lock icon Weathering the weak Nikkei
      917 24  -  With the recent plunge of the Tokyo stock market to its lowest levels in five-and-a-half years, the survival of some Japanese shipping lines is in question. James Brewer reports James Brewer Lloyd's List THERE were fears for the health of some of the weaker Japanese shipping
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      VERITAS BUNKER QUALITY REPORT
      85 24 This report is based on samples as analysed by Veritas Petroleum Services and is an abstract from its more detailed fool quality statistics which are mailed to participating shipowners. Key bunker ports Nave been grouped in geographical regions for brevity. Cemparisen has boo* made with the
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      THE SHIPPING GUIDE
      10994 32 This is a list of ships loading at Singapore for ports around the world. It tabulates, by destination, the name of the ship, the shipping line involved and the estimated dates of arrival and departure from the Port of Singapore. LEGEND PN: ship calls at Penang after
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        IN MALAYSIAN PORTS
        227 39 hfcpf PWt Berth 1: nil; 2: Hsm Ta, Applause; 3: Ding An; 4: Swift Wings; 5: Sincere No 5; 6: Barzan. 01 jetty: Kraton. DCh Golden Frontier. Ow on Apr IS: Jovian Lilac, Pangeran, Green Sea, Kokuei Mam No 3, Shenandoah, Banghachai, Wan Hai 206. Dim on
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        CONTAINER SCHEDULE
        405 39 :i longdate 55 15.0492 0700 Un Master 8S095 15.04.92 0845 Sea Laurel 124N 15.04.92 0855 Jaru Bhum 23N 15.04.92 0900 00CL Freedom 42E 15.04.92 1020 Sea bory SGY216 15.04.92 1120 Thana Bhum 15SP 15.04.92 1125 Ned Hongkong 2243V* 15.04.92 1155 B Kenan 068 15.04.92 1205 North Sea 02/364
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      TRANSPORT DIARY
      973 40 May 8 (1 day): Implementing and Developing Strategic Logistic Systems, organised by Singapore Institute of Purchasing and Materials Management. For more details, please contact SIPMM Secretariat at tel: 273-4172 or fax: 274-1132. May 15-16 (l'/i days): ISO 9000 for Warehousing and Distribution Centres, organised by Singapore Institute of
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      DAILY FREIGHTS
      629 40 FREIGHT market sentiment on Wednesday was lifted by firmer Panamax fixture rates across the board which were reflected in a six-point rise in the Baltic Freight Index to 1,169. Brokers said second quarter grain freight rates may firm in the short term, but this will be followed by
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      Lock icon Taiwan Aerospace chairman resigns
      517 42 Departure raises questions over completion of McDonnell deal NYT LOS ANGELES The chairman of Taiwan Aerospace Corp has resigned in the midst of a debate within the Taiwan government over whether to proceed with a deal to acquire 40 per cent of McDonnell Douglas Corp's commercial
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      Lock icon Chrysler to sell alcohol-fueled cars
      649 42 Cars to be sold at no additional charge in California in July NYT NEW YORK Chrysler Corp will soon begin selling cars that can run on methanol as well as gasoline, Lee lacocca, the company s chairman, said on Wednesday. Unlike some dual-fuel cars now
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      Lock icon Incomes at Gen Dynamics, Northrop up
      353 42 NYT NEW YORK General Dynamics Corp and Northrop Corp, two of the largest military' contractors in the US, reported sharp increases in first-quarter earnings on Wednesday. Like other weapons producers and aerospace companies, General Dynamics and Northrop have been posting solid results for more
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      Lock icon JAL unions strike again
      175 42 Reuter TOKYO Unionised pilots and flight attendants at Japan Air Lines (JAL) staged a second 24-hour strike yesterday, forcing the airline to cancel five international and 12 domestic flights, a JAL spokesman said. The strike, which took effect from midnight on Wednesday, will involve some 2,700
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      Lock icon Arab workers to boycott US, UK, French planes
      243 42 AFP TRIPOLI Arab transport workers will refuse to service US, British and French planes at Arab airports starting next week to protest against UN sanctions against Tripoli. The Libyan news agency JANA reported on Wednesday that the decision to boycott the aircraft,
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      Lock icon Amsterdam to ban cars from city centre
      366 42 Reuter AMSTERDAM Amsterdam's council bowed to public pressure on Wednesday night and approved a radical plan to ban nearly all cars from the historic canal-ringed city centre. Councillors backed the scheme despite dire warnings from traders that a clampdown would cost some 20,000
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      29 23 CONTENTS Container Schedule 17 Darty 18 Indei 1 Shipping Guide 10,11 Ships in Port 17 Singapore Tdes 17 Transport Diary 18 Veritas Report 2 Weather and Sea Conditions 17
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      89 24 FOR SUCCESSFUL MANAGEMENT OF YOUR BUSINESS Stories on labour and its relationship with management, management concepts in practice, profiles of leading managers in Singapore and relevant book reviews. ENTERPRISE MANAGEMENT, in Business Times every Monday, is must reading for managers who want the competitive edge. 0 Plus an occasional look
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      1927 25 m Dedicated to Quality Service OOCL (S) PTE LTD JARDINE SHIPPING AGENCIES TEL *****11 FAX *****09 BOOKINGS TEL *****34 *****58 TERMINAL/CFS TEL *****18 220 PESAKA JARDINE SHIPPING AGENCIES SDN. BHD. PORT KELANG TEL *****18 FAX *****91 *****88 PENANG TEL *****4 FAX *****1 CFS TEL *****6 IPOH TEL *****3/4 FAX *****6
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      982 25 MAERSK LINE NEXT SAILING TO MIDDLE EAST OCEAN BLESSING V. 117W ETA SIN 23/4/92 Voy 3 eta eto this week Mayview Maersk 9204 CV 21/4 0800 MRS CFS 20/4 2359 HRS Feeder by DESTINATIONS Poft Kelang Penang O AK US Gulf US Atlanti HOU MEM a a MIA CHS BAL
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      807 26 u Hapag-Lloyd CONTAINER SERVICE TO UK/CONTINENT 1 Ml WESTBOUND PORT KfIANT, t PENANG CARGO TO UK/CONTINENT CONNECIED AT STOW 2. ALL SHPMENTS TO/FM BREMERHAVEN VIA HAAMWRG Ateo accepting cargo to: All UK N. Continent inland destinations. Belfast, Dublin, Copenhagen, Aarhus, Gothenburg, Makno, Helsinki, Oslo, Amsterdam, Caribbean, S. America, Ceuta, Melia
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      561 26 CSAV Compania Sue Americana ae Vspoi Chittan L.n» Ell 1872 SEASPAC SERVICE CONTAINERS U BWEAKBUUt DIRECT SOUTH PACfIC SERVICE L.J. BONTANG 3507E8 JANIKA II 3601E8 Transit Twtm NOU SUV 10/5 13/5 11/6 14/6 (13) (16) PPT 17/5 20/6 (22) ALSO ACCLPIMG CARGO VIA SUVA TO: LAUTOKA. PAGO PAGO. APIA. NUKUALOFA.
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      753 26 REGULAR INDEPENDENT FULL CONTAINER SERVICE WESTBOUND TO EUROPE VSL/WY SI FREEDOM 207* NORASIA AL MANSOORAH 9208 3 N. SUN 9209 3 N. PRMCESS 9210 3 NOR ASIA PEARL 9211-1 ALSO ACCEPTMG CARGO TO ALL U.K. DESTINATIONS. SCANDINAVIAN (AARHUS ■•.AND PORTS. VALENCIA VIA ALGERCKAS WESTBOUND TO MEDITERRANEAN VIA VALETTA (MALTA) SL
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      1170 27 STRAITS SHIPPING PTE LTD 15 Hoe Chiang Road #09-01 Sanford Building Singapore 0208 Tel: *****88 Fa#: *****17 SERVICE TO SABAH SARAWAK BRUNEI RAJAH BROOM STRAUS HOPf SIRAIIS VtNIURt RAJAH BROOKE STRAUS STAR SIRAIIS HOTt VO9E Mu«i Nb NK VOX fckurj. Skin. In VIOI Muari. lib. KK VIOI Mu*i. lab. KK
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      819 27 P&O Containers EXPORT TO UK CONTINENT JEDDAH ALSO ACCEPTING FCL/LCL FOR Ai UK locations B«H*st Dubhn. Awhus Amsterdam- Antacrp Basel B«eme<i.B»emefh»v«n Copenhagen Gothenburg M«l«iotii. La H«vf«. Malmo Oslo Stockholm. Zurich SINGAPORE AGENT: PAO Containers (Singapore Agencies) Pte Ltd 15 Hoe Chiang Road #08-02 to 06 Sanford Building. Singapore 0208 Tel
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      480 28 DJAKARTA LLOYD INDONESIAN NATIONAL LINE CR NBR **********0-0 EXPRESS SEMI CONTAINERSHIP SERVICES TO EUROPE VSI vov SRIVUDAYA 34M8 KUTM ?SWB SPORt ft 4 ll 5 ROAM ADAM H BURG BRtMtIM ANTWERP 29 5 2i 6 3 6 3 7 7 6 1 1 10 6 io; FAST TRANSIT TIME ACCEPTING
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      1090 28 HANJIN SHIPPING TO USA PACIFIC SOUTH WEST TO EAST COAST (ALL WATER SERVICE) FOR VSL HANJIN OAKLAND 017E HANJM LONGBEACH 037E HANJIN ROTTERDAM OIK HANJM KAOHSRJNG 008E HANJIN BROEN 00* HANJM FELIISTOWE Also acfeptmg Reeta Openloj) Ftatracli He to Sin FrincisfO ma Oakland All USA Inland points USFC iMIB) via
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      834 28 m EVERGREEN Full Container Service Round-The-World East Bound (FE/CARIB/USEC/EURO/FE) m sa use we ilg «s mi o» ki au ito lai ens b»l ntc ihv im mm w i GLNIOV H 040 22/4 214 27/4 10 4 2/5 S i 7/5 I 5 1/5 11 5 22 5 3 4
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      1304 29 J* NEPTUNE AGENCIES PTE LTD SINGAPORE TEL: *****77 BOOKINGS: (TOLL FREE) USA SERVICE FAR EAST SERVICE UK/EUROPE SERVICE AUST/INDIA/PAK SERVICE *****82 *****31 *****89 *****32 NEPTUNELINK TEL TERMINAL OFFICE IMPORT CFS MB2 EXPORT CFS MB2 (CR NO: **********0E) *****00 (TOLL FREE) *****22 *****69/*****96 *****53/*****50 NEPLINE SDN BHD MALAYSIA K.L.-(03) *****33. P.Kelang-(03)
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      516 29 SINSOV SINGAPORE SOVIET SHIPPING CO PRIVATE LTD BOOKING: *****51/ *****64/ *****06 (FESCO LINE) ENQUIRIES: *****33 MARINE INSURANCE SERVICE: *****87/ *****87 KL: 03-*****75/697 PORT KELANG: *****43/ *****40 JAKARTA: *****57 PENANG: *****4/ *****8 JOHORE BAHRU: *****1/ *****1 (REGULAR INDEPENDENT SERVICE) BALT-ORIENT LINE/ lULT CANADA LINK FULL CONTAINERSHIP SERVICES VIA ROIItRDAM FOR DISCHARGE
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      1314 30 K 6* K LINE KAWASAKI KISEN KAISHA, LTD EXPORT N.AMERICA PACIFIC SOUTH WEST FifOfl ttSSfl store Bwoa DIRECT CALL TOKYO BRIOGE CHRICI CAtl BANGKOK BR VIA fiEKR HOT -WOO fH/PIW I? 23 4 ?4 4 SGP IS 4 77 4 ?6 4 79/4 3/S MOTHER ViSSII HENRY H BRIOC.I Al
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      1049 30 tip PHIII-ORICNT UN€S PTC LTD 108 Robinson Road #07-00 GMG Building Singapore 0106 Tel: *****22 *****69/*****00 Telex: RS ***** FAX: *****76/*****38 BY AIR, LAND OR SEA.... WE TAKE ON THE WORLD FOR YOU MEMBER OF SINGAPORE FREIGHT FORWARDERS ASSOCIATION j AUSTRAUAJNEW ZEALAND/SOUTH PACIFIC fOACt SERVICE 19 APR SYDNEY. MELBOURNE. BRISBANE.
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      885 31 PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL LINES (PTE) LTD 140 Cecil Street, #03-00 PIL Building, Singapore 0106. Tel: *****33 REGIONAL CONTAINER SERVICES CHITTAGONQ/MONGLA VESSEL KOTA BUANA INGENUITY KOTA BUANA VOY SIN CTC KBN2OB 18/4 24/4 SOI 25/4 1/5 K8N209 2/5 6/5 MGL SIN 2/5 16/5 FAR EAST INDONESIA CONTAINER SERVICE VESSEL HAI GUANG GOWA
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      637 31 EacßenV M'KI ss 11\! |< M |<\ |< I In I k-\( i|< 11 K< i\ 11\| I-s( I WEEKLY FEEDER VESSEL PENANG PKELANG OCEAN VSL VOY SIN SOU (1) RTM (2) HAM (3) GOT (4| ANSON/TON 17/4 18 4 JUTLANDIA 2152 214 8/5 10/5 11/5 13/5 ANSON/TBN 24/4 25/4
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      173 31 BOUSTEAD SHIPPING AGENCIES w MYANMA FIVE STAR LINE (Myanmar National Line) Loading for Yangon (Rangoon) MEKGU VII3W HPAAN VI76W MYOMA YWA VI4IW PAGAN VIS2W Spore II Apr In Pt 22/24 Apr 30/1 May P.Kit SM Pen P.Gdf THE BANK LINE (A service of Andrew Her Shippinf) SEMI-CONTAINER SERVICE HEAVY LIFT
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      2235 34 c o 5 C o ///V I or/: i\ smrri\(, OMPWY it# "A Conventional Semi-Container Liner Services General Agents: Yick Fung Shipping 4 Enterprise Co Ltd 62 Cecil Sired TP I Building tO2 00 Singapore 0104 Tel *****66 (12 lines) tax *****15/*****8? fix: YIIUSIN HS ***** YIfUS YIFUSINHS ***** YIhUS
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      124 34 SAMUDERA INDONESIA (S) PTC LTD IS McCALLUM STREET #14-04 NATWEST CENTRE Singapore 010 C Tolax: R*****0 Tat: *****81 3 Fax: 225 4«3t. *****36 FOR BOOKINGS CALL DIRECT LINE TEL: *****41/*****43 WEEKLY FULL CONTAINER SERVICE NEW SERVICE, CIREBON SIN/CIRC BON/SIN SERVICE VESSEL VOY SIN CIREBON PRELUDE 901 18/04 (SAT) 22/04 (WED)
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      385 35 m FAMOUS CONTAINER LINES 10 ANSON RD. #15-21 INTERNATIONAL PLAZA, S'PORE 0207 HOT LINE *****33 24 LINES MEDITERRANEAN SERVICE EUROPE MAIN CONTINENT INDIAN SUB-CONTINENT MIDDLE EAST STATES FAR EAST PORTS PORT KLANG PH: 03/*****66 (12 LINES) H PENANG: 04/*****7 (10 LINES) JE CONTAINER LINE TEL: *****59 FAX *****63 GUARANTEE LCL
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      527 35 w EBI RICHFIELD MARINE AGENCIES (S) PTE LTD TEL: *****33 (12 Llhm) FAX: *****15/*****03 TELEX: RS ***** RIBHIP (3 LIom) (National Lines of Ethiopia) ACCEPTING FCL AND CONVENTIONAL FULLY CONTAINERISED FORTNIGHTLY LINER SERVICE TO MAURITIUS AND SOUTH AFRICA ACCEPTING BOTH FCL/LCL CARGO n» Kcffnc (o union w OUBAft f KEIMK
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      251 35 Regional Container Lines CM NO **********0E JAKARTA VESSEL KNJA BHUM «0* 30S 11/04 22/04 25/04 22/04 25/04 21/04 BANGKOK <BBR MAMA BHUM# SEMARANG/SURABAYA BELAWAN PALEMBANG FUFENGSHAN 03N 19/04 26/04 Ptt. 22/04 23/04 lARU BHUM# VMA BHUM* MAHA BHUM# lARU BHUM## VMA BHUM onuon NANIA BHUM MAHA BHUM# lARU BHUM## VMA
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      206 35 '0 TIGERLinC VSL VOY SINGAPORE MADRAS SINGAPOPF VSL VOY SINGAPORE/CALCUTTA/SIN3APORF VSL VOY COLOMBO/COCHtN/COLOMBO VSL VOY COLOMBO/TUTICORM/COCHIN SERVICE ASK VIA ASK MM 51? 513 13 14 04 19-20 04 17 18 04 23 24 04 15 16 l»J 21 22 04 19 2*J 04 S 26 04 AGENTS: BEN LINE AGENCIES
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      498 36 MAC-NELS S'PORE EXPORT: *****22 IMPORT: *****11 PENANG: (04) *****6 SIBU: (084) *****9 P.KELANG: (03) *****77 JAKARTA: (21) *****32 KK: (088 *****0 KUCHING: (082) *****3 TAWAU: (089) *****9 SURABAYA: (31) *****0 >Ww*m 0 syfr. m 10/4 Syd/Melb/Bri )0 4 Fremantle 3/5 Auckland/Wlg/Christchurch 1/5 2/5 !**:W mm 3 sailings per week 23/4
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      270 36 AUSTASIA LINE AND MERLION SHIPPING AGENCY m, NEW BLUE STAR LINE SINGAPORE TO FROM NEW ZEALAND AND T/S TO FIJI TO AND FROM NEW ZEALAND PORTS sM Ifl Ul ltt sm MUIBERA 27% In Port MIST STAR 0518 21/4 PROSPECT IK 3/5 24/4 3/5 15/5 2®/4 5/5 17/5 11/5 22/5
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      704 36 THONG SOON LINES PTE. LTD. 77 ROBINSON ROAO #15-00, #16-00 SIA BUILDING SINGAPORE 0106 TEL: *****88 FAX NO: *****11, *****22 TLX: RS ***** CARRIER, RS ***** JENHOL CABLE: TOSOCO I CONVENTIONAL/CONTAINER rOMTAIMER SERVICES TO FAR EAST/PAPUA NEW GUINEA SERVICES VESSEL VOY PUS HKG SIN POM HON RAB LAE EQUATOR STAR
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      610 37 Everett Lines VAfeaev COMPANIA PERUANA DE VAPORES "PERUVIAN STATE LINE" ACCEFTMG BREAKBULK/FCL/SOC CARGOES TO/FROM CALLAO, MATARANI. 10* ft OTHER PERUVIAN PORTS* WITH T/S AT KOBE ON CPV THROUGH ULL Of LADING. "EVERETT ORIENT LINE 1 JAPAN/BAY OF BENGAL/JAPAN SERVICE ACCEPTING BREAKBUIK/SOC CARGOES TO/FROM KOBE. YOKOHAMA. NAGOYA. MOJI. TOKYO*. MANILA*. DAVAO*.
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      130 37 Bt GLORY NAVIGATION GROUP *«fc4LX«U*ff I^^ REGULAR LINER SERVICE TAIWAN TO SINGAPORE ft ASEAN DIRECT WEEKLY TO PORT KELANG/PENANG •AT ATTRACTIVE RATES* CR NO: **********0W SP PKL PNG KAO GLORY SELATAN VIII 27/4 30/4 2/5 14/5 GLORY SELATAN IX 14/4 26/4 SP PKL HCM HK KAO GLORY SELATAN V 17/4
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      427 37 MULTI-MODE SHIPPING PTE LTD WEEKLY CONSOL SERVICE MIDDLE-EAST/PERSIAN GULF ACCEPTING FCL/LCL DUBAI OAMMAN S MARIAN DOHA MUSCAI BAHRAIN ABU OttAßl BANDAR ABBAS ItOOAM FAR EAST ACCEPTING FCL/LCL PENANG P KEI ANI. lAKARTA. BANGKOK l«ONG KONG TAIWAN lAPAN MANILA KOREA UK/EUROPE ACCEPTING FCL/LCL LONOON FELIXSTOWE LEEDS TILBURY ABE ROC EN. LE
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      397 37 LUCKY SEAWAY SERVICES PTE LTD TLX ***** FAX *****77 APID LCL/FCL TO: MANCHESTER, FELIXSTOWE, etc Next Loader: 16/4, 19/4, 23/4 ASIA CROWN CONTAIN!It UNf Tel: 2224X77 -Fax: *****81 BO SHIFTING AGENCIES PTE LTD Tlx: RS ***** NEOSHIP Fax: *****80 Tel. *****29 (6 UnM) A VSL 20 APRI KM REGULAR CONVENTION
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      329 37 PTC CONTAINER LINES -a lci SEfvicF SM FM EAST 19/4 KEELUNG/KAOHSIUNG 18/4 BANGKOK 17/4 MANILA/CEBU 21/4 JAKARTA/BELAWAN/SURABAYA 20/4 PORT KELANG/PENANG/E. Malaysia 20/4 BUSAN 19/4 TOKYO/YOKO/KOBE/NGO/OSA 19/4 HONG KONG S|N CNjNA 19/4 GUANGZHOU/HUANGPU/SHENZHEN FUZHOU/XIAMEN/SHANTOU DALIAN/SHANGHAI/XINGANG TIANJIN/QINGDAO/HAIKOU also accepting LCL cargo SIN EUROPE/UK 18/4 LDN/FLX/LVP/SOU 18/4 RDM/HAM/ANT/LE HAVRE/GENOA/OSLO also accepting cargo to
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      383 38 gas w CONTERM FREIGHT (F.E.) PTE LTD. GUARANTEED WEEKLY CONSOLIDATION YOUR FIRST CHOICE TO:— AUCKLAND 21 APRIL (g) 235 0633 (KATHLEEN/ NICHOLAS/ MARILYN) P.Kelang: 03-*****53 Penang: 04-*****0/11/12 BonteTmJ ■Vfe PCSL -WWIOWIOt pwiuw -cu»t stejuhers unes REGULAR FCL SERVICE TO THE FOLLOWING WEEKLY SAILING TO HUANG PUt SHANTOU Connecting Feeder to
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