The Business Times, 7 April 1993

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    13 1 BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 552/12/92 Wednesday April 7 1993 SE Know ASIA 75*
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  • 2am LATEST
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      Lock icon Radioactive gas spill in Siberia
      60 1 AFP MOSCOW An explosion in a chcmical factory yesterday released a cloud of radioactive gas in western Siberia. Russia's nuclear energy ministry told the Itar-Tass news agency that the cloud contained a uranium mixture and covered several hundred sq m near the factory at Tomsk.
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      Lock icon Thomson-CSF reports 35pc fall in profits
      56 1 Reuter PARIS Thomson-CSF has reported a 35 per cent drop in 1992 profits to 1.52 billion francs (*****.9 million) from 2.35 billion in 1991. The drop was mainly due to the loss of 1.85 billion francs suffered by Credit Lyonnais, in which Thomson-CSF has
      Reuter  -  56 words
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      Lock icon Indon firm to get Union Carbide technology
      66 1 Reuter DANBURY, Connecticut Union Carbide Corp said yesterday that it will license its Unipol process polyolcfins technology to P T Chandra Asri, an Indonesian company, for an undisclosed price. Union Carbide said it is licensing its technology for a polyethylene production facility to
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    MARKET SUMMARY
    113 1 Stock market indices Tuesday Change STII 1.710.78 +9.96 KLSE Composite 655.89 -0.24 Nikkei 19,486 80 -272.66 Hang Seng 6,340.83 -63.61 SET Index closed Jakarta Composite ...309.35 -0.25 CLSA China B 1.350 41 +14.2 Aust All Ord i.658.3 -12.2 FTSE 100 2.832.2 -6 6 1 uesda) Previous 11 am
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    Singapore agencies in talks to develop Suzhou land
    564 1  -  From Catherine Ong in SUZHOU NEGOTIATIONS are underway between Singapore and Suzhou officials for an industrial and commercial zone to be developed and managed by Singapore agencies in this touristy city in China's Jiangsu province. A deal may be struck when Deputy
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    Singland founder behind US$70m housing project
    192 1 SUZHOU Singapore Land founder S P Tao (left) and his family are behind a US$7O million (SSI 14.1 million) residential project in Suzhou city, municipal officials revealed yesterday. The project was started in 1991 and involves 88 bungalows and 400 apartments. It is being
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    Lock icon Suharto swears in new military chiefs as part of reshuffle
    252 1 Reuter JAKARTA Indonesian President Suharto swore in new chiefs for the army, navy, air force and police yesterday as part of a far-reaching reshuffle of the country's powerful military leadership. Lieutenant-General Wismoyo Arismunandar, 53, was sworn in as army chief,
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    Cambodian election campaign begins amid coup fears
    324 1  -  From Harish Mehta in PHNOM PENH THE Cambodian election campaign starts today amid fears that the losing parties could stage a military coup. The 43-day election campaign will involve rallies by the 20 political parties running for the 120-seat Constituent Assembly. Polling will
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    Credit POSB and Tat Lee trim S'pore home loan rates
    271 1  -  By Soh Tiang Keng SINGAPORE Two more banks have cut their mortgage interest rates to get a larger slice of the housing loan cake. With effect from today, Credit POSB and Tat Lee Bank will charge a quarter percentage point
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    SES still in grips of trading fever
    227 1  -  By Magdalene Ng SINGAPORE Feverish trading continued in the Singapore stock market yesterday, taking the Straits Times Industrials Index 9.96 points higher to another new peak at 1,710.78. Though volume dropped a substantial 179 million units from Monday, yesterday's turnover of 247 million
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    Two Bukit Timah industrial properties make way for condos
    446 1  -  By Lilian Ang SINGAPORE Two landmark industrial properties in Bukit Timah will soon make way for up to 800 condominium units. Their owners have cashed in on government incentives aimed at freeing land in the area for housing. The former Hock
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      96 1 Centrepoint #01-30, Tel: 737 4509 Paragon By Sogo »01-19 Tel: 734 9935 CONTENTS N*w Companies S pore News 2 Spore M'sia .9.11.12 Regional News 3.4.5 Financial 14 15 World News 6 Features Markets Analysis 29 Oob/WSt. SES 21.22 Editorial 28 Regional 19 Sports 23 World 20 TV/Litetyle 25 Currencies 15
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      7 1 Regional Analysis Asia 2020 survey Pg 27
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      18 1 Hock Lock Siew Winfoong investors in the dark Pg 9 Ranariddh forms front to fight polls, Pg 3
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      156 1 The Bottom \<\ <S7/cy/ more light tun I Pg [y 7 APR 1993 Hi) Open a branch office at home. i 0 06 01 15:41 ©65 33*6590 CDM Pol To: Mr Chan Urgent Prom: Your Hardworking Secretary How was New Zealand? The Board of f m Directors have called for
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      19 1 It AIT Savon a $99 Hectic trading fails to draw fund managers, Pg 9 Record first-quarter turnover, Pg 9
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
    • eye on the ECONOMY
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        Lock icon Foreigners spend less freely on credit
        316 2  -  By Anna Teo SINGAPOREANS weren't the only ones who went easy on plastic last year. The slowdown in credit spending growth was sharper for foreigners in Singapore, going by Visa International figures. As this column said on Monday, total billings by Visa's Singapore cardholders
        Source: VISA International  -  316 words
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      Telecom and Viet authority sign new cooperation pact
      189 2 SINGAPORE Telecom will soon have a greater presence in Vietnam. Telecom announced yesterday that it had signed a memorandum of understanding with V ietnam's Directorate General of Posts and Telecommunications for greater cooperation in several areas. The pact was signed by Telecom
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      Science Park Phase II to be completed by 2001
      360 2  -  By Kooi Cho Teng PILING for the second phase of the Singapore Science Park will start in the fourth quarter of this year and another hightechnology manufacturing facility will be built in Ang Mo Kio, Chong Siak Ching, general manager of
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      Sofa maker in overseas franchise drive
      329 2  -  By A J Leow LOCAL sofa maker Melandas Manufacturing is venturing beyond Singapore and Malaysia with an overseas franchise drive. The company hopes to open 40 franchise outlets in the Asia-Pacific region within the next three to five years, according to managing director Elsen
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      GES Singapore setting up US$6m plant in China
      407 2  -  By Teh Hooi Ling LOCAL computer heavyweight GES Singapore, maker of Datamini personal computers, is setting up a USS6 million (about 559.75 million) manufacturing plant in China's Jiangsu province. The investment in Yixing city is part of the 22 industrial projects worth
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      Chamber starting a firm to boost investments in India
      337 2 THE Singapore Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry is in the final stages of setting up an investment company to help Singaporeans tap business opportunities in India following its economic liberalisation. Chamber president M K Chanrai said that once the company
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    • Article
      Scheme to send R&D workers abroad for on-the-job training
      325 2 THE National Science and Technology Board is giving local R A D effort* a boost with a not programme to help companies send their roejrubers abroad for on-the-)oh traliving known as RtX Oscneas. the overseas research exchangr scheme will also provide
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  • THE REGION
    • Article, Illustration
      Ranariddh forms front to fight May Cambodian polls
      527 3  -  From I Harish Mehta in PHNOM PENH A GROUP of Cambodian political parties have formed a coalition called the Sihanoukist Front to contest the May general elections. The man behind the idea, Funcinpec head Prince Norodom Ranariddh, said yesterday: "All the parties
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      Spirit of 46 accuses Umno of political victimisation
      388 3  -  From Leslie Lopez in KUALA LUMPUR FACED with the prospect of being banned, Malaysia's main Malay opposition party yesterday accused Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad's ruling government of political victimisation and said efforts to de-register the party would not deter its political struggle.
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      Lock icon UK, Japan agree that Suharto should not attend G-7 summit
      275 3 AFP TOKYO Japan and Britain yesterday agreed that Indonesian President Suharto should not attend a summit meeting of Group of Seven (G-7) heads of state in Tokyo in July. British Foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd and Japan's Acting Foreign Minister Yohei
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      Lock icon US, Vietnam cooperating on MIA issue, say officials
      388 3 Reuter HANOI US and Vietnamese officials yesterday reported cooperation on a key issue in reconciling the former enemies the fate of American servicemen untraccd since the Vietnam War. And a team of non-official but influential Americans ended a three-day mission to take
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      Lock icon Malaysian wages seen rising despite slowdown in economy
      436 3 Reuter KUALA LUMPUR The economic slowdown is taking some of the pressure ofT Malaysia's tight labour market but wages may still rise later this year in the face of higher inflation and full employment. "Demand for labour has begun to ease due
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    • ASIA NOTES
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        Lock icon Tokyo to act on smuggling of labourers
        32 4 Bernama-Kyodo TOKYO Japan will consider measures to stem the organised smuggling of foreign labourers into the country, top government spokesman Yohei Kono said yesterday. Bernama-Kyodo
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        Lock icon Japan's corruption at high level: poll
        92 4 Reuter TOKYO Most Japanese believe political corruption has reached an extreme level, according to a poll by the Asahi Shimhun. The newspaper said yesterday that 69 per cent ot the 1.730 voters polled nationwide held that view, compared with 23 per cent who thought
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        Lock icon Tokyo minister leaves for US
        83 4 AFP TOKYO Japan's Vice-International Trade and Industry Minister Noboru Hatakeyama left for the United States yesterday for talks with US trade officials. Mr Hatakeyama will follow up US-Japan trade talks held in March, when International Trade and Industry Minister Yoshiro Mori met US Trade Representative
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        Lock icon Mahathir ends visit to Iran
        81 4 AP NICOSIA, Cyprus Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad yesterday wound up a four-day visit to Iran that culminated in eight cooperation agreements between the two countries, the official Islamic Republic News Agency said. Dr Mahathir told reporters before leaving that the accords would boost the
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        Lock icon Ancient blossom
        69 4 Reuter YAMAGUCHI, Japan This magnolia flower (above) blossomed from a seed found among the ruins of a cluster of 2,000-year-old tombs here in western Japan. Hiroshi Utsunomiya, a lecturer at Yamaguchi University, has been cultivating the seed for 10 years since the tombs were excavated in 1981-1982. The
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        Lock icon Dhaka prepares for summit
        67 4 AFP DHAKA Hundreds of Bangladeshi troops and police yesterday took control of strategic buildings and routes here in unprecedented security measures clamped on the capital in preparation for the summit here of seven South Asian leaders. The first heads of government are scheduled to begin arriving
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      Lock icon Unclear if Beijing can slow growth: World Bank head
      469 4 Reuter BEIJING China's leaders are trying to slow the breakneck pace of their economy but it is unclear whether they can keep it from running out of control, the president of the World Bank said yesterday. "Certainly they are very concerned
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      Lock icon China orders crackdown on misuse of employee share schemes
      254 4 Reuter BEIJING China, underlining again that its experiment with stock ownership has limits, has ordered an immediate crackdown on companies that permit special employee shares to be traded and sold to the public. The State Council, or Cabinet. yesterday published a
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      Lock icon N Korea could resort to acts of provocation, warns Kim
      463 4 Reuter SEOUL North Korea, widely suspected of developing nuclear weapons, might resort to "acts of provocation" after alienating itself from the world. South Korean President Kim Young Sam said yesterday. Presiding over a Cabinet meeting called to discuss the North's
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      Lock icon S Korea's ruling party to probe MPs suspected of having illegal wealth
      366 4 Reuter SEOUL South Korea's main opposition Democratic Party (DP) yesterday said it would investigate some of its lawmakers suspected of growing rich through land speculation and other illegal means. All 95 DP Members of Parliament made public their
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      Lock icon Chinese team visiting US to buy planes and cars, says report
      301 4 AP BEIJING A Chinese delegation left for the United States yesterday to shop for planes and cars, the official China Daily newspaper said. The group, led by ViceMinister of State Planning Gan Ziyu. plans to conduct negotiations with the
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      Lock icon Rising yen will help NIEs grow 6.5pc this year
      476 5  -  Nomura Research Institute: Outlook on Asia Reports by Chuang Peck Ming SINGAPORE Thanks to the surge in the Japanese yen, the newly industrialised economies of East Asia will grow about 6.5 per cent this year, up from 5.3 per cent in
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      Asian economies now generate own demand
      288 5 SINGAPORE Asia no longer catches a cold when the United States sneezes, says Japan's Nomura Research Institute. Asian economies grew 5.3 per cent as a group in 1992 outstripping the global average and reflecting the region's growing ability to generate its own demand, Nomura
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      Lock icon Big cache, big catch
      52 5 Reuter BOMBAY An Indian navy frogman emerging with a couple of hand grenades from a creek on the western coast of India on Sunday. Police have sought the help of the navy in locating arms, ammunition and plastic explosives suspected to have been dumped in the
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      Lock icon Indian policy-making body approves austerity measures
      168 5 AFP NEW DELHI India's top policy-making body, the National Development Council (NDC). has endorsed sweeping austerity measures aimed at trimming government expenditure including a freeze on pay increases and bonuses. But Prime Minister P V Narasimha Rao's government put the measures on hold saying
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      Lock icon Opposition to close ranks with LDP over economic plan
      321 5 Reuter lOKYO Japan's key opposition parties will hold off haggling with the ruling party over income tax breaks to a\oid undermining efforts to draw up a new economic package next week, opposition officials said yesterday. Socialists and two centrist opposition parties
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      Lock icon Slow Aussie recovery seen keeping jobless rate high
      192 5 Reuter SYDNEY Australia's jobless rate is likely to have risen in March, as economic recovery is still too weak to spur growth in the labour market, economists say. Market forecasts for seasonally adjusted March unemployment range between 10.9 per cent and 11.5
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  • THE WORLD
    • WORLD WATCH
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        Lock icon No sale of arms to China: Swedish PM
        99 6 AP HONGKONG Swedish Prime Minister Carl Bildt said yesterday his country has no plans to sell weapons to either China or Taiwan despite Stockholm's aggressive bid to boost exports to the Asia-Pacific region. Speaking at the Foreign Correspondents' Club. Mr Bildt said
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        Lock icon Russian prisoners' deadly handiwork
        43 6 Reuter MOSCOW An officer of Russia's Interior Ministry yesterday showing a wooden club spiked with nails made by convicts at a Russian prison. The display showed a variety of weapons confiscated from prisoners in Russia's vast prison system. Reuter
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        Lock icon Austrian business confidence plunges
        95 6 Reuter VIENNA Business confidence among Austrian industrialists touched the lowest level in a decade in March, a quarterly survey published yesterday by the Society of Austrian Industrialists (VOel) showed. Expectations for the next quarter were very negative on sales prices and employment but looked to have
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        Lock icon Blow for Italy's Christian Democrats
        109 6 AFP ROME Escalating investigations of a former prime minister have dealt a severe blow to the powerful Christian Democratic Party (CD) on the eve of referendums on reforming politics in corruption-torn Italy. Giulio Andreotti, who served as prime minister seven times, is being investigated for
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        Lock icon British railway union calls second strike
        83 6 Reuter LONDON Britain's biggest railway trade union yesterday called for a second one-day strike to protest against possible job cuts. Jimmy Knapp, general-secretary of the Rail, Maritime and Transport Union (RMT) called the strike for Friday, April 16. The union wants British Rail to
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        Lock icon Guerillas target white children: S Africa
        107 6 AFP JOHANNESBURG Hardline black guerilla leader Sabello Phama has admitted his men are targeting white children because they want to hit whites where it hurts most, according to the white minority government yesterday. The charge, as yet undisputed, came as senior South African officials
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        Lock icon Unita nod for peace talks with Angola
        69 6 AFP UNITED NATIONS The armed opposition Unita has agreed to resume direct, UN-sponsored talks with the Angolan government on April 12 in Abidjan, a Unita representative here said. Marcos Samondo said in a written statement that Jonas Savimbi, leader of the National Union
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      Lock icon Majority of Americans favour changes in health policy: poll
      370 6 AP NhW YORK A majority of Americans would accept more government involvement in the country's health-care system if it resulted in cost controls and coverage for everyone, according to a New York Times-CBS News Poll. The poll, results of which were
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      Lock icon EC mediator opposes easing Bosnia arms ban
      372 6 AFP Reuter PARIS Lord Owen, the European Community's mediator on the Balkans, on Monday called for "relentless pressure" to be placed on Bosnian Serbs to make them accept a peace plan for Bosnia and Herzegovina, but he cautioned against lifting the arms embargo
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      Lock icon US layoffs down 46pc in March: study
      158 6 AP NEW YORK In >et another indication that an economic recover) ma> be taking hold in the US, companies announced 46 per cent fewer layoffs in March than in February. According to a report released yesterday by Challenger, C.ra> and Christmas, Inc. a
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      Lock icon Clinton to seek new Gatt negotiating authority soon
      338 6 Reuter WASHINGTON President Bill Clinton will advance the long-stalled Gatt trade talks in coming days by asking Congress for 10 more months to negotiate a deal, said German Economics Minister Guenter Rexrodt yesterday. Mr Rexrodt spoke after his first meetings with the
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      Lock icon Greenpeace wants to phase out global use of oil
      243 6 Reuter LONDON Greenpeacc is no stranger to controversy and its latest goal phasing out the global use of oil is sure to stir up troubled waters. For more than a decade the international environmentalist group protested against nuclear testing in the
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      Lock icon Strains show in German govt over Bosnia policy
      221 6 Reuter BONN Tensions within Chancellor Helmut Kohl's government burst into the open yesterday as his junior partners debated whether to quit the coalition over Germany's policy on Bosnia. Justice Minister Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger said her Free Democrats (FDP) should consider leaving the 10-year
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  • WORLD FOCUS
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      Lock icon West seen doing more for Yeltsin than for the Russians
      948 8 After the Vancouver summit NYT MOSCOW In the traditional American pattern of spin control, Russian officials on Monday began the process of selling the results of the Vancouver summit meeting at a Kamchatka fuel stop, even before landing in Moscow.
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      Lock icon Trials and tribulations of foreign businessmen in Russia
      597 8 IHT WASHINGTON "There's only one surefire business deal you can do in Moscow these days. It goes like this: I give you a lot of money, and you give me absolutely nothing in return." That comment from a disillusioned Western consultant goes
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      7 8 Editorial: Aiding Russia, bypassing Moscow, Pg 28
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
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      Lock icon Turnover in S'pore market hit record high in first quarter
      442 9  -  Heavy trading continues on SES By Magdalene Ng SINGAPORE Stockbrokers are ecstatic, and they have reason to be. Turnover on the local stock market hit a new high in the first quarter of this year and prospects for the rest
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      CCL forms joint-venture car company in Vietnam
      197 9  -  By Sylvia Wong SINGAPORE Motor distributor Cycle Carriage Ltd has broken into the Vietnamese market. It announced yesterday that it has received the go-ahead to operate a motor workshop and car rental business. But it did not say where the business would be
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      Lock icon MBf Capital posts M$111m profit
      311 9 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR MBf Capital Bhd, the financial services arm of the MBf group of companies, has reported a maiden group after-tax profit of M 5111.42 million (5570.2 million) for the year ended December 31, 1992. MBf group president and chief executive Loy Hean Heong
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      A little more info and a lot less secrecy for Hong Fok's S'pore investors, please
      805 9  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW By Lee Han Shih SINGAPORE It would be nice if Hong Fok would tell Singapore shareholders a bit more about its listed Hongkong subsidiary. Winfoong Investments. The company has displayed a strange
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      Hectic trading fails to draw fund managers to S'pore, KL
      686 9  -  HK continues to get most funds despite uncertainty over future By Joyce Quek SINGAPORE Fund managers say they are not rushing to move their money to Kuala Lumpur and Singapore, despite the hectic trading and record-breaking performances on the two
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      Lock icon SUMMARY
      345 9 Source: Bridge Info Performance of STII's index stocks Apr 6 Stock Last sale "s S«as* factor Mt> mwtrs Avimo CAC Cercbos FAN GF Asia Gen Mag Ha» Par Inchcape Intraco keppd Corp Lum Chang Metro Hldgs NOL Nat Steel KDC S Aerospace SIA SPC SPH Scmb Ship Sime Spore
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    • COMPANIES
      • Article
        YHS stages remarkable turnaround
        1293 11  -  Corporate results review: Manufacturing Reports by Loh Hui Yin SINGAPORE If any listed company in the manufacturing sector deserves an award for staging a remarkable turnaround last year, it is food and beverage manufacturer Yeo Hiap Seng. After posting a loss of $1.4 million in 1991
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        Stronger emphasis seen on going regional
        486 11 SINGAPORE Going regional, with greater determination this time. That appears to be the main strategy currently in vogue among listed companies in the manufacturing sector to sustain their growth. Although they may have diverse activities, ranging from beverage production to electronics manufacturing, their thinking
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      • COMPANY BRIEFS
        • Article
          EDB director to join Singatronics
          38 11 SINGAPORE Singatronics has announced the appointment of Foo Meng Tong as director from May 1. Mr Foo. now director for industrial development at the Economic Development Board, will join Singatronics on that date.
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          First Capital to increase share issue
          55 11 SINGAPORE Directors of First Capital Corporation have decided to increase the firm's redeemable preference share issue by 20 million units to 100 million owing to the "favourable market response" since the issue was announced on March 11. The company intends to use the additional
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          Ipco gets approval for SES listing
          41 11 SINGAPORE Promet Bhd has announced that its associate company, the Ipco group, has been granted in-principle approval for listing on the Stock Exchange of Singapore. Morgan Grenfell (Asia) will manage and underwrite the public offer.
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          Lock icon Guinness Anchor starts cutting costs
          40 11 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Guinness Anchor Bhd will undertake a series of cost-cutting measures this year. Retrenchments at the production site in Sungei Way have begun, according to the company's latest annual report, released yesterday. Bernama
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          Lock icon Metroplex to enter quarry business
          46 11 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Metroplex Bhd has gone into the business of operating quarries and selling granite. In a statement yesterday. it said it had acquired the entire paid-up capital of Jumantaii Sdn Bhd. which will carry on the new business. Bernama
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        Siam Cement blames building slump for fall in 1st quarter forecast
        481 12  -  From Alan Boyd in BANGKOK SIAM Cement, Thailand's largest construction conglomerate, has blamed the slump in the building trade for a forecast drop in first-quarter earnings. Company president Chumphol Na Lamlieng told The Nation newspaper that the effects of
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        Pulp maker Indorayon's profit up 34pc after plant expansion
        297 12  -  From Maggie Ford in JAKARTA INDONESIAN pulp maker P T Inti Indorayon Utama lifted net profit 34 per cent to 92 billion rupiah last year, after expanding its pulp mill in Sumatra. The USS6S million (SSIO6 million) expansion project enabled the
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        Lock icon Indon KFC franchisee to be listed in May
        250 12 Reuter JAKARTA PT Fast Food Indonesia (FFI), franchise holder of Kentucky Fried Chicken, will be listed on the Jakarta stock exchange on May 11, the company said on Monday. FFI, jointly owned by Salim Group and the Gelael family, will offer 4.46
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        UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
        483 12 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS Managers' prices Apr 7 Prudential Singapore Unit Trot PiuLmk funj i ot> 112 The Commerce 1.31 I )l MARA-Bumiputra IV Sav.nes Fund I II U7wl l- ir v B'putra 164 169 Spore Pro, Fund OS2 0 55 Scrond B'putra 162 167 SW nSs Th.rdBpu.ra 5 61 5
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        DIVIDENDS ANNOUNCED
        1516 12 Payment Ex Books Pay date close dale Aetna F 7.5 Jun 10 Jun 22 Jul 5 Amtek Eng 20* I 6TE Apr 15 Apr 21 Apr 30 Apollo F 2.5 Jun 21 Jun 25 Jul 15 Avimo 20* F I2.5TE Feb 17 Mar 1 Apr 15 Berjaya Group
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        Lock icon Daimler shares fall 2pc on dismay over plunge in earnings
        313 13 Reuter Bloomberg Business News FRANKFURT Car maker Daimler Benz AG, whieh plans to list its shares in Singapore, saw its shares drop almost 2 per cent in rrtid-morning trade on the Frankfurt bourse yesterday. Players sold the stock amid disappointment
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        Lock icon US apparel firm seeks Chapter 11 protection
        652 13 Leslie Fay's move comes in wake of multimillion-dollar accounting scam Bloomberg Business News NEW YORK Leslie Fay Companies filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Monday in the wake of a mul-timillion-dollar accounting scam. The apparel maker, whose brands include Leslie Fay, Kasper
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        Lock icon Pirelli sells stake in Continental after failing in takeover bid
        541 13 Reuter BONN A two-and-a-half year battle for control of German tyre maker Continental AG came to an end on Monday when Italy's Pirelli SpA made its final retreat and sold the stake it amassed in its failed takeover bid. Pirelli,
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        Lock icon Founding family of Adidas sells remaining stake in company
        238 13 Reuter PARIS The founding family of Germany's Adidas made its exit from the sportswear firm on Monday, selling a 4.9 per cent stake to a subsidiary of Credit Lyonnais. A spokesman for the French state-controlled banking giant said that Seba. part
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          Tokyo urged to monitor bank loans
          103 14 TOKYO Japan's financial authorities should closely watch banks' lending attitudes so that banks already saddled with bad loans do not choke oIT business activity, the Finance Ministry's research arm said in a report. The Institute of Fiscal and Monetary Policy said that while current
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          BIS plans to regulate reserves
          59 14 TOKYO The Bank of International Settlements plans to require banks to post a minimum in capital reserves against their net position in derivative products transactions, the Nihon Kcizai newspaper said. Under the proposal, banks would be required to have adequate capital to cover risk exposure
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          Shoot-out at Belgrade bank
          35 14 BELGRADE Security guard of Dafiment private bank and medical staff helping injured guard in Belgrade on Monday. Five persons were wounded in a shoot-out between security officers in Dafiment bank premises.
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          EC reviewing Volksbank takeover bid
          73 14 BRUSSELS The European Commission said it was reviewing a takeover bid by Schweizerische Kreditanstalt, which is owned by CS Holding, for Swiss Volksbank. It said the bid was submitted for clearance under the European Community merger regulation on March 24. It has a month from
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          Philippines to sell bank shares
          67 14 TOKYO The Philippine Finance Minister announced plans to sell International Corporate Bank shares in an auction on June 8. The Finance Secretary expected the bank's total 5.7 million shares to fetch at least 3 billion pesos ($l9B million) at a minimum of 520 pesos per
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        National Australian Bank, BNZ overseas branches to merge
        340 14  -  By Quak Hiang Whai SINGAPORF The overseas branches of Bank of New Zealand (BNZ) will merge with National Australian Bank (NAB)'s outlets in the same location. The decision came with a strategic review by NAB following its takeover of the New Zealand
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        Lock icon Provisions eat into top German banks' bottom lines
        271 14 NYT FRANKFURT Although Germany's biggest banks last week presented large profits for 1992, they had reason to blush. In spite of increases in earnings ranging from 7 to 32 per cent, none of the five biggest banks announced a dividend increase, largely
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        Lock icon Bank Negara likely to let ringgit rise, says broker
        254 14 Reuter KUALA LUMPUR Stockbroker Crosby Securities Ltd said it sees Malaysia's central bank. Bank Negara, allowing the ringgit to appreciate to stamp out rising inflation. "With price stability still a concern, we expect the central bank to cease preventing the appreciation
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        Citibank cardholders to get Qantas air fare discount
        279 14  -  By Kooi Cho Teng SINGAPORE Citibank has tied-up with Qantas Airways to launch Miles Ahead, giving the bank's credit cardholders a discount of up to 85 per cent on air fares if they chalk up enough spending on the card. The scheme
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        Lock icon Bank of Tokyo to open office in Vietnam
        155 14 Bernama-Kyodo TOKYO The Bank of Tokyo will soon open a representative office in Ho Chi Minh City, joining the rush by foreign banks to get a foothold in Vietnam as foreign investment in the country takes off. a banking source said. The
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        Lock icon US Treasury sales abroad set a record of US$31b
        839 15 Demand comes from buyers in London and Tokyo NYT NEW YORK Private investors overseas bought a record US$3l billion (Sssl billion) of Treasury bonds and notes last year, with much of the demand coming from buyers in London and the return
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        Lock icon German, French banks may boost European bond appeal
        459 15 Knight Ridder CHICAGO European bonds will retain their appeal for global investors, largely because German and French central bankers are expected to continue to ease interest rates, analysts say. French bonds are particularly attractive, with interest rates in France tied to German
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        Lock icon Profit of UAE's largest insurance firm up 50pc
        143 15 Reuter ABU DHABI The United Arab Emirates' largest insurance firm said its 1992 net profit rose 50 per cent despite a series of natural disasters worldwide that strapped the international insurance market. The Abu Dhabi National Insurance Co (Adnic) told its general
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        Lock icon US panel opens doors for clients to complain against brokerage firms
        544 15 NYT NEW YORK It's called the rich man defence, and few arguments have been more popular for Wall Street firms in arbitration: All rich clients, the theory goes, are by definition sophisticated investors. So, if they have losses in
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        Lock icon Swiss banks urged to go into voluntary liquidation
        361 15 Reuter BERNE Swiss banking regulators recommended that Switzerland's banks seriously consider voluntary liquidation or their own takeover rather than struggle to remain independent in the current harsh economic climate. "There are quite a few banks which today may see themselves as healthy
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        Banque Indosuez REGIONAL CURRENCY REPORT
        147 15 THE ringgit and Singapore dollar continued to firm against the US dollar overnight, aided by demand from both offshore and local parties. Dealers cited the booming stock markets in both countries as one reason for this strength. Against the Ss. the US dollar opened at
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        189 15 Reuter LONDON The mark was vulnerable on foreign exchange markets yesterday because of deepening gloom about Germany's economy and the dollar breaking its recent losing streak. Statistics yesterday showed that German unemployment fell in March but industrial orders eased in February and there was speculation in the market about
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        89 15 AFP NEW YORK The dollar advanced against the other major currencies yesterday morning in quiet trading ahead of the Easter holidays. At about 9:30 am (1330 GMT), the US currency traded at 1.6095 German marks against I.S9SS at Monday's close in New York. The dollar cost 114.40 yen
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        1458 15 Trade-»n*hted index cakvlaied atainu S'porr'i tap 14 trading partners Sax- year 198* USS/SS forward rates Noon Apr 6 S$ Bid Oder 1-month 1.6231 ***** 2-month 1.6212 1.6227 3-month 1.6194 1 6209 6-month 1.6133 1.6173 Source: OCBC FOREIGN CURRENCY NOTE RATES At at 10am yastarday: Singapore dollars to oae ■■it of
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        Lock icon Russia releases mew figures for once-secret gold reserves
        323 16 Reuter MOSCOW Russia released new figures for its once-secret gold reserves yesterday but kept the world guessing on its stocks of platinum and palladium. Yuri Kotlyar. first deputy chairman of Russia's Precious Metals Committee, said reserves totalled >08 tonnes. The central bank
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        Lock icon Downward price spiral forces metal mines to close
        286 16 Reuter LONDON The fundamentals of market forces are catching up with some companies mining non-ferrous metal, which are already facing poor financial returns and sluggish demand in recessionary times, commodity analysts say. Recently lead and zinc mining companies in Mexico and Canada
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        Lock icon Active sugar futures unmatched by physicals trade
        367 16 Reuter LONDON The absence of concrete physical offtake from the world sugar market is making some traders uneasy about the high level of futures prices. "Unless there's any real offtake soon. I can't see futures prices holding at present levels," one trader said.
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        Oil futures fall on Opec output report
        268 16 Bloomberg ENERGY REPORT LONDON Oil futures plunged yesterday after the International Energy Agency estimated Opec's March production at 24.35 million barrels per day 700.000 b/d over the group's promised output target. In addition, projected demand for crude oil in the 24 nations of
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        Lock icon A slippery issue for Latin America
        420 16 NYT BOGOTA, Colombia The French Embassy in Ecuador has been pelted with bananas. Workers in Colombia's principal banana-growing region have lost their jobs. In Panama. the President was forced to announce that, much as the people might like, he could not close the canal
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        Lock icon Netherlands set to be top cocoa grinder
        322 16 Reuter AMSTERDAM The Netherlands looks set to take over as Europe's top eocoa grinding nation in 1993, boosting its first-quarter grind figure by about S per cent as its main rival Germany reports an equal decline, analysts said. The grind figures should also
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        Lock icon Eurodollars mark time ahead of US data
        1485 18 SIMEX REPORT Reuter SINGAPORE Simex Eurodollar interest futures ended unchanged in moderate dealings yesterday as dealers continued to stay sidelined in the absence of fresh factors and ahead of the release of US inflation figures later this week. September and December Eurodollars ended
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        Singapore rubber futures ease on increased Indon offers
        947 18 COMMODITIES REPORT Rubber Singapore: Rubber futures ended the afternoon session easier yesterday with sellers emerging following more offers of Indonesian physical rubber, traders said. Indonesian producers were eager to sell rubber, indicating ample stocks, one senior trader said. Futures activity was light
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      1623 18 Rubber Apr 6 RAS Commodity Exchange (futures closing as at lpm) RAS (physical prices) RSS 1 Contract (S cents/kg) B«m* Sellers Close Volume Open 12 (S ccnts/kg) Month High Low Sett (tonnes) Interest RSS 2 May 93 132.50 I33.50N May 93 134.00 134.00 134.00 300 8.325 4 91
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    • REGIONAL STOCK MARKETS
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        Australia
        1162 19 -12.2 Stocks languished to end lower yesterday as investors turned cautious ahead of the Easter break. Upcoming economic news, a fall in gold and a lack of direction from overseas also helped push investors to the sidelines, brokers said. "The market held up very well yesterday after the fall
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        Manila
        607 19 13.98 Share prices climbed for the second straight day in followthrough buying to a rally that began when President Fidel Ramos received special legislative powers to attack the energy crisis, brokers said. But trading should ease today ahead of public holidays tomorrow and Friday, they said. The Manila Stock
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        Taipei
        506 19 closed The stock market was closed for a public holiday yesterday and will reopen today. Last Saturday, the Weighted Index ended 33.99 points up at a 12-month high of 4.982.61 in very heavy turnover of NT571.99 billion. Taipei \oT Adt 5 1$ (TO) All Sincere Ind 6 95 045
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        Seoul
        352 19 +7.87 Institutional and foreign investors went on a buying spree for large-capitalisation shares, pushing stocks higher in heavy trading yesterday, brokers said. The index rose 7.87 points to close at 697.11. Trading and turnover increased with 50.17 million shares valued at 673.74 billion won changing hands against 37.54 million
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        New Zealand
        300 19 1.45 Shares closed flat to mixed with little to influence the market either way yesterday. The NZSE-40 Capital Index was up 1.45 points to close at 1.564.19. Brierley Investments was again under a little pressure as investors swapped out of the headshares in favour of BlL's rights issue.
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        995 19 Britannia Funds Sterling Cash Bid Offlrr M.m t ap Dtpir.ll 38 5700 38 5*00 Mim Jet*> Cik .0 1906 0 2007 Mim Mat Income -._****** *1 0300 LSS Cash Income Ptin Fund 10 1100 *****0 PS Reserve Fund 5 2000 5 2100 fsssuass 0 459; 0 4938 Far East Fund
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        London
        631 19 -6.6 Shares drifted to a lower close yesterday, following FTSE futures downwards in late business after an early rally attempt ran out of steam. Dealers said the market lacked conviction, with no significant fresh news to inspire trading and all the interest centred on specific stocks. The FTSE 100
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        Paris
        87 19 +20.65 French shares ended just short of their best levels yesterday. The CAC-40 index finished at 1,995.33, up 20.65 or 1.05 per cent. Paris Apr 6 Kr Air-Liquidc >*00 I 00 Alcaic* AiMhom (>6» 00 (i.DO ElfAgiuI »64 40 2 00 Gale Ot Banyuc I0> 00 Ufaijt JMOO Michelin
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        Stockholm
        108 19 -0.23 pc Swedish shares closed lower yesterday after the air went out of pharmaceutical firm Astra, leaving the market without any support. The Easter holiday mood kept trade listless. The all-share index ended at 993.64, down 0.23 per cent from Monday's close, in turnover worth 740 million crowns. Astra's
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        Frankfurt
        229 19 +6.71 Poor earnings news and paltrv prospects from Germany's largest industrial group, often seen as representative of the country as a whole, failed to nudge the DAX 30 index out of its near-term range of 1,650 to 1,680 points. Instead, selected share buying after a break above technical resistance
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        Brussels
        154 19 +0.86 Belgian shares closed ofT their mid-afternoon highs as market bellwether Petrofina, which rose 2.5 per cent in mid-afternoon on takeover speculation, saw a late sell-off limiting the share's gain to 1.7 per cent. The oil group, whose trading volume of 26.420 shares made it the most active stock
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        Milan
        162 19 1.42pc A stream of buying into blue chips and second liners during the second half of the session yesterday lifted Italian shares and improved sentiment which had received an early boost from Italian mutual funds data. The MIB all-share index ended 1.42 per cent up at 1,072, with the
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        Amsterdam
        250 19 +3.41 Dutch shares ended higher yesterday despite slipping in late trade after Wall Street opened. The EOH index closed up 3.41 points at 319.32. Some dealers said the index could reach the 322 level in the near term. Chemical stocks were well-bought, partly on op-tions-related interest, with DSM rising
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        Zurich
        241 19 +7.4 Swiss shares closed higher yesterdav. led by banks and insurers. However, dealers said the bourse indiees could soon run into resistance and it remained to be seen whether this would be overcome before Easter. ÜBS bearers, 13 Swiss francs higher, topped the active list. CS Holding added 10
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        Toronto
        281 19 +9.29 Stocks were slightly higher in early trade yesterday with companies tied to the Northwest Territories diamond play dominating activity. "We've had markets which are gold-dominated or oil-dominated. This one's ruled by diamonds," one trader said. The TSE 300 edged up 3.61 points to 3.607.97 on turnover of 11.83
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        New York
        771 19 +8.38 Share prices on Wall Street dipped yesterday, with tobacco companies sliding in the wake of plunging Philip Morris after it drastically lowered its expectations for 1993 last week. At 1500 GMT the Dow Jones Industrial Index, which includes Philip Morris, stood at 3,376.47, down 2.72 points. Trading
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      2958 20 Reuter AFP HONGKONG Share prices closed lower on profit-taking by local investors in quiet trading yesterday. "There was a little overseas buying of HSBC Holdings and Hang Seng Bank alternating with local profit-taking." said Alan Au, dealing manager at Seapower Securities. "Otherwise the market was featureless." The Hang Seng
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      CHINA
      445 20 THE Shenzhen markets seesawed yesterday in moderate trading as investors remained cautious about future developments. Both markets did manage to edge up, perhaps bolstered by the buying spree in Shanghai. The CLSA Shenzhen A Index was up a modest 0.73 per cent to close at 2,837.36. Exceptionally light trading
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      2423 20 Reuter AFP TOKYO Stocks ended lower on profit-taking, but off the day's lows. The market was in an adjustment phase after recent rapid rises, and investors took a cautious stance, brokers said. But trading remained active as steady buying on price falls kept occurring. limiting the downside. "The trend
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      993 20 Reuter JAKARTA Jakarta stock trading was more active in the afternoon session yesterday, mostly driven by foreign investors. brokers said. Prices ended mixed, with bank and finance stocks making some gains. There were two big deals on cross trading, involving 2.9 million Lippo Bank shares and 1.7 million Jakarta
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      Lock icon CLOB INTERNATIONAL
      2236 21 Source: Bridge Info Source: Bridge Info MOST ACTIVE volume Asia Pat Ld SOc ::.8«0.000 RcnongBhdHV IX.V8 000 Idris H>d M)c IJ.724.000 Mclroplcx Mk H.W OOO Promrt "434.000 MBt apilal 7.4H?jBH> kamunting MV 12M.OOO KL Industries fcJW.000 Mulpha Inll SOc 6 710 000 Multi-Purpir*.' 5A9S.000 Fatvrliroup 5.02MB# \M1>B MV
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        Lock icon Index edges lower, turnover down sharply
        5100 21 Bemama KUALA LUMPUR Speculative buying alternated with bouts of profit-taking and share prices closed narrowly mixed to slightly easier yesterday. The KLSE Composite Index dipped 0.24 of a point to 655.89, after touching a new year high of 658.73 at 2.45pm. The main board
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        Lock icon STII sets record high for third straight day
        7037 22  -  By Sylvia Wong SINGAPORE ll was another record day. The stock market peaked for the third day running, with the Straits Times Industrials Index closing yesterday at 1.710.78. This was a 9.96 point gain over Monday's close of 1.700.82 points, which was
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        Lock icon Genting Bhd
        62 22  -  HOT STOCK Quak Hiang Whai TAKE care with Genting Bhd. The stock is trading towards an all-time high. It is heavily overbought. going by short-term and long-term indicators. Daily, weekly and monthly RSIs are already in the over-bought region. A correction is likely before the stock resumes upward
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  • SPORTS
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      Lock icon Clinton throws open 1993 baseball season as two teams make their debut
      754 23 Reuter BALTIMORE, Maryland US President Bill Clinton, armed with his own glove, threw out the ceremonial first pitch at Orioles Stadium and two new teams made their debut as the 1993 Major League baseball season officially opened on
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      Lock icon Clash of the titans looms in US Masters
      286 23 Golf Reuter AUGUSTA, Georgia Records could tumble when a host of golfers in prime form gather at Augusta National Golf Club for the US Masters on Thursday. The competition among so mam in-form stars at this 57th Masters could push the leaders
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        116 23 AP HOBARI. Australia Members of the Woodsdale Australian Rules Football Club arc celebrating after winning their weekend match by a record 445 points. Woodsdale. the reigning champion in the Oatlands District competition on the island of Tasmania, won its opening match of the season by a score of
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        81 23 Reuter NEW YORK Results of League baseball games played on Mooda), opening day of the 1993 season: American League Texas Rangers 7 Baltimore Orioles 4; New York Yankees 9 Cleveland Indians I; Boston Red Sox 3 Kansas City Royals I; Oakland Athletics 9 Detroit Tigers 4. National League Florida
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        16 23 Reuter NEW YORK NHL result Monday: Hartford Whalers 5 New York Rangers 4. Reuter
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        72 23 AFP LONDON Premier League result Monday: Norwich I Manchester United 3. Leading standings (played, won, tied, lost, goals scored, goals conceded, points): 1. Aston Villa 36 19 10 7 52 33 67 2. Man Utd 36 18 12 6 54 28 66 3. Norwich 37 19 8 10 51
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        471 23 AP Reuter Reuter Reuter AFP The leading money winners on the ATP Tour through April 4: 1. Jim Courier U*****.159 2. Michael Stich 497,142 3. Pete Sampras 368,177 4. Boris Becker 339.506 5. Karel Novacek 314,335 6. Richard Krajicek 305.683 7. Wally Masur 277.555 8. Wayne Feneira27l.Bll 9. Michael
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  • LIFESTYLE
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      Lock icon Money for masterpieces
      417 25  -  Noriko Yamaguchi shows how the Japanese, with a yen for art. make the yen do the talking Noriko Yamaguchi Reuter A MUSEUM in Tokyo convinced New York's haughty Museum of Modern Art (Moma) to loan it 60 masterpieces. showing that money still talks in the art world.
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      59 25 Reuter LONDON Katherinc Higgins of Christies admiring a 20.2 cm by 15.2 cm German tinplate clockwork organ grinder made by Disller around 1931. llie toy fetched a record price for a Disney toy and was sold for £12,100 (5529,880). Ihe toy was among 450 other lots
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      435 25 CHATTERBOX Reuter Renter Reuter Reuter ACTOR Robert De Niro does not have to pay child support for a 10-year-old girl said to have believed he was her father. a court ruled on Monday. De Niro. who won an Oscar in 1980 for his
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      1088 25 1 TV RADIO I Jackson V'; > Part >; ihe 7U/M Earthvisions: Return To Meerkat H Valley. 9 30pm, SBC 12 Back to fl^^H&H the Kalahari Desert. tind previous hatch have survived. V BE|PmH Also, a look at how these crea- Hj||g9H tures take care of their young HPSHH and
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  • REGIONAL ANALYSIS
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      That second wing how big a span?
      1172 26  -  Expanding into the region ARUN MAHIZHNAN ARUN MAHIZHNAN Arun Mahizhnan is a senior research fellow with the Singapore-based Institute oj Policy Studies (IPS). The views expressed in this article are personal and do not reflect those of IPS. Special to BT IT IS
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      Developing contacts and networks of trust is vital
      1045 26  -  TOH THIAN SER TOH THIAN SER Toh Thian Ser is associate pro fessor and director of the Entreprenenrship Development Centre, \anyang Technological i niversity. Singapore Special to BT THE emerging economies of East Asia are now the darlings of investors worldwide. The
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        It's a jungle out there
        107 26 SOME FILIPINO businessmen trying to set up shop in Vietnam have returned home empty-handed, frustrated over a labyrinth of bureaucratic processes they had to go through. Getting a business application approved can take an eternity in a highly centralised government ruled by the Politburo. One
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        High speed, high cost
        126 26 THE SELECTION of a contractor for the controversial Seoul-Pusan high-speed railway system has been delayed until the end of the year. It has been whispered to us that senior officials of President Kim Young Sam's administration received a detailed briefing on the long-delayed project recently and
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        No. 1 but not No. 1
        132 26 THE RICHER you are. the more tax you pay. If this is a universal logic, it does not necessarily apply in Indonesia. For instance. Liem Sioe Liong. boss of the Salim empire. may be the richest man in Indonesia. But he is not the
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      Asia 2020
      870 27  -  A scenario for the 21st century What will East Asia be like in the vear 2020? This question was posed by the Asian Institute of Management and a scenario was designed to assist it in forming its academic programmes. Here, we outline the key conclusions of the survey
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        Singapore: Region's business centre
        617 27 Singapore looks at the year 2020 through the book, Singapore: The Next Lap. Singapore by the year 2020 would have already attained a j developed country status. It will continue to lead the Asean economies with the highest per capita income. The standard of living will
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        The Philippines: Catching up
        244 27 By the year 2020, the Philippines and its people would have emerged from the cloud of man-made and natural disasters that have darkened their future since the restoration of democracy in 1986. In fact, the country will begin to reassert its place in the region. Filipinos
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        Thailand: Private sector-led growth
        621 27 Politics in the year 2020 will be more closely related to economics, particularly international trade. People, particularly those in rural areas, will be more highly educated and discriminating in selecting political candidates. Politicians and political parties will have to respond to these changes. Civil servants will
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        Malaysia: Prosperity in diversity
        506 27 Vision 2020. Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad's country blue-print, provides scenarios of what the country will be doing in the next 25 years. The basic drive will be to harmonise its multi-ethnic population into a major economic force in East Asia. The plan calls for a stable,
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        Indonesia: Stronger conglomerates
        300 27 B> the year 2020. Indonesia's population is projected to reach 253.7 million. Some 52 per cent of the population is expected to live in urban areas, nurturing a growing middle class. Indonesia will develop an orderly, well-structured and sophisticated society. The manpower needs of a growing industrial
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        Hongkong: Gateway to China
        136 27 BY THE YEAR 2020. Hongkong expects to be the main gateway to China for foreign investors and will function as a Special Administrative Region (SAR). The Joint Declaration provides for Hongkong to remain a free port. It will have its own independent finances, maintain its own
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        Taiwan: Greater internationalisation
        244 27 Taiwan, which has the largest foreign exchange reserves in the world, is increasingly looking outward. Forecasting a scenario for the year 2020. however, is extremely risky because of the touchy relations with China. Nevertheless, the Taiwanese economy is expected to be more international, characterised by a larger
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        Korea: Coming to grips with unification
        367 27 The two decades and a half ending in the year 2020 will see major movements in the Korean peninsula. The unification of North and South Korea, expected to occur in the middle to late *****, will considerably change Korean demographics and standards of living
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    Aiding Russia, bypassing Moscow
    526 28 EDITORIAL PERHAPS the most realistic comment on the Vancouver Summit between Russian president Boris Yeltsin and his American counterpart Bill Clinton came from the corner of Petrovka Street in Moscow: a 24-year-old unemployed woman Flora Belarova was quoted as saying: "The West has already given us
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      A share of the information
      214 28 IT IS ESTIMATED that there could be up to a million Central Provident Fund accounts opened or reactivated by Singaporeans this year to enjoy the government's $200 top-up. It is a safe bet that a fair number of those inducted into the share market by
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      A rugged younger generation
      145 28 THE JUST-LAUNCHED $5.2 million project to mould rugged and well-informed youths means a lot to Singapore's future. It shows the republic's conscious efforts in preparing about 26,000 young men and women of Singapore for the challenges ahead and to be more aware of the international perspective.
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      Only stop-gap measures
      173 28 THE PROBLEM the inching, crawling traffic conditions in the federal capital, Kuala Lumpur is frustratingly familiar to the hundreds of thousands of drivers who traverse KL's streets and roads, many of which were laid down in far less hectic days when bicycles and carts were the main
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      Asean, get tough with Slorc
      145 28 THE WINDS OF CHANGE in Burma are unlikely to appear before the State Law and Order Restoration Council (Slorc) has gone broke and can no longer support its military. It is high time that Asean members reconsider their constructive approach with the Rangoon junta and
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      Glimpse of future power players
      182 28 GIVEN the strategic role of the Armed Forces (Abri) in Indonesia, any reshuffle or changes in "tours of duty" at its top level should be keenly observed since this could give us a glimpse of the future important power players in the country. The major
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      The risk of helping Russia
      197 28 THE WESTERN COUNTRIES and Japan are struggling with their own economic problems. How can they be expected to give Russia substantial and long-term economic support? On the other hand, if Russia really gets into big trouble, it will become a serious threat to European security.
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    John Major's longest year
    1425 28  -  Neville Stack finds the performance of the new UK Conservative government in its first 12 months in power deplorable, but sees hope for the future Neville Stack The writer is a UK-based journalist who contributed this comment to BT IF A WEEK is indeed a long
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      123 28 Business never looked so good. The general economic outlook may seem uncertain MD-ll SR 183 Daily to some, but in our forecast for the year business Singapore dtp 2105 Zurich* arr 0620 (class) on our new MD-11 fleet looks reassuringly Geneva arr *with connections to over 60 European destinations eood.
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      115 28 BnStcW? RankDicfcezs rjedancx GOOD IN IMP BUILDS ND VOW P*>iD NOO TO and f\MD a» VOU sou er3r^=-z: m f—i -H E2 Dv pF rrTTi-rrv L. i .i n i i i' i 1 7=2 Pr&T" C ASSOCIATEO NEWSPAPERS LTO 1t«2-1t»3 DOONESBURY GARRY TRUDEAU SIP? DUKE! DEAL?UJHAT HOUfSTHE QeAlTNCeOPf DEAL
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  • ANALYSIS
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      1465 29  -  As doin» business gains respectability in China. Nicholas D Kristof finds millions turning entrepreneurs in a nationwide craze. In the liccompanying piece, Joe Klein discusses the three advantages China has over Russia in building a market economy. Nicholas D Kristof Joe Klein
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      Lock icon Why the Chinese are making it while the Russians aren't
      804 29 Newsweek AS Russia unravels, China booms. 1 recently traced the arc of the Pearl River delta for several hundred miles from Zhuhai to Guangzhou to Shenzhen and it is one vast construction site, with factories and apartment complexes and shopping
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      106 29 fe\ Ikinta-mani -INDONESIAN RESTAURANT<4# Just is the Sop Asam Pedas at Kintamani? As hot as Chilli P adi, Green Peppers or Pepper Corns? Instead of trying to tell you how fiery Kintamani's delectable selection of Indonesian cuisine is, why don't you make a trip there? Our service staff will be
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    Lock icon EC widens talks with Moscow that may lead to trade pact
    585 30 AP Reuter AFP LUXEMBOURG The European Community has approved a further boost for Russia's eeonomy and President Boris Yeltsin by widening talks with Moscow that could lead to a free trade accord. The decision by the EC foreign ministers
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    Lock icon Tokyo accepts explanation of Clinton's advice to Yeltsin
    255 30 AFP TOKYO Japan yesterday accepted an explanation from the United States about President Bill Clinton's reported advice to Russian President Boris Yeltsin that when Japanese say 'yes', they often mean *no\ Foreign ministry spokesman Masamichi Hanabusa said Secretary of State Warren Christopher
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    Lock icon Ex-trade minister Muto to replace Watanabe as foreign minister
    272 30 AFP TOKYO Former Japan Trade Minister Kabun Muto will replace the ailing Michio Watanabe as foreign minister. NHK television said yesterday that Mr Muto. 66. a former farm minister and minister for international trade and industry, is from the Liberal Democratic
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    Lock icon Clinton may compromise on job-creation Bill
    295 30 AP WASHINGTON President Bill Clinton said yesterday he was prepared to compromise on his job-creation Bill, but had harsh language for Senate Republicans who stalled the measure. "It's just more gridlock," he said. Speaking to reporters, Mr Clinton did not say what portion of
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    Lock icon China ponders French help for N-plant
    124 30 AFP HONGKONG China is considering seeking French help to build a sccond nuclcar power plant in the booming southern Guangdong province, press reports said yesterday. Guangdong Governor Zhu Scnlin told reporters late on Monday that Beijing was still considering Frcnch cooperation for the power
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    743 30  -  The Bottom Line MAGGIE FORD MAGGIE FORD The writer is BT's Jakarta correspondent THE decision by Indonesian President Suharto to name two of the country's leading economic gurus as advisers will calm the disquiet in some quarters since his new Cabinet was appointed
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    Lock icon Beijing not planning large-scale arms imports
    283 30 Reuter BEIJING Seeking to calm fears about its growing military strength, China has said that it docs not intend to begin large scale weapons imports from abroad. "China's defence spending is one of the lowest in the world both in terms of total value
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  • SHIPPING TIMES
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      426 31  -  By Bob James SINGAPORE National carrier Neptune Orient Lines (NOL) will soon add three ships to its US east coast service to counter a joint weekly service planned by rivals Maersk and Sea-Land. Maersk and Sea-Land will launch a
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      Lock icon HK will not reduce fees to attract ship registration
      500 31 South China Morning Post HONGKONG Despite losing a potential very large crude carrier (VLCC) to the Liberian register recently, the Hongkong shipping register will not reduce its fees to attract ships to its books, says a senior Marine Department official. Mr
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      Lock icon Papua New Guinea to learn from Malaysia
      193 31 Bernama PORT KLANG Papua New Guinea is interested in learning Malaysian expertise on port development in order to expand its existing ports and build new ones, the country's Minister of Transport Roy Yaki said yesterday. It planned to hold further discussions with Malaysia
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      INDEX TO SHIPPING LINES AND FREIGHT FORWARDERS
      1027 31 Page Col ABC Containerline 12 1 Accord Group 8 1-3 Ahrenkiel Liner 16 4 Allied-Link 16 4/5 Alpha Feeders 6 1 ANL 3 1/2 APL 5 3-5 ASCL 5 5 Asian Breakbulk 16 3 ASXCLShpg 15 2 Avant Shpg 6 4/5 Bait Orient
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      Lock icon Baltic Exchange faces electronic age
      316 31 Reuter LONDON London's Baltic Exchange, the world's largest shipping market, resumed trading at its original site less than a year after a bomb wrecked its historic building in the city's financial district. But some brokers say the advance of electronic shipbroking may pose a greater
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      Lock icon Los Angeles fears loss of business due to state tax
      351 31 International Transport Journal NEW YORK The Port of Los Angeles is facing the possible loss of large chunks of its international trade to rival ports in the Pacific north-west as a result of California's new state tax regime. Los Angeles
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      Iranian tanker can now enter Singapore waters
      304 31  -  By. Juliette Walker SINGAPORE The Iranian supertanker Sanandaj 2 will now be allowed to enter Singapore wattfrs for repairs sfnCC ft* owner has proven that it will properly dispose of slop oil and sludge. The Environment Ministry yesterday reversed a March 11 ban
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      900 33 This is the final of a two-part article on outgoing TWRA managing director Ronald Gottshall American Shipper THE Pacific Westbound Conference and the Pacific Straits Conference folded in October 1984, leaving the westbound transpacific without a conference for about three months, Gottshall recalled. "You really
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      THE SHIPPING GUIDE
      11516 40 This is a list of ships loading at Singapore lor ports around the world. It tabulates, by destination, the name of the ship, the shipping line involved and the estimated dales of arrival and departure from the Port of Singapore. LEGEND PN: ship calls at Pcnang after
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      TRANSPORT DIARY
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      DAILY FREIGHTS
      977 47 TRADING was slow on the freight market on Apr 5 with little concluded business reported. brokers said. Ihe Baltic Freight Index for spot dry cargo shipping rates fell to 1.4X5 from 1.493 on Apr 2. In the grain trades. Yukong is said to be close to fixing the
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      WEEKLY FREIGHTS
      174 47 FREIGHT rates in the Baltic Freight Index (BFI) were eight points lower at 1,485 but freight futures quietly higher after news of the weekend USSI.6 billion US aid package to Russia, brokers said. "The money for Russia is available now, but there are some doubts about how quickly
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        Lock icon Washington warns airlines it will enforce antitrust laws
        572 50 NYT WASHINGTON The Clinton administration has signalled to the nation's airlines that it plans to vigorously enforce federal antitrust laws, in contrast to the previous Republican administrations. But they say they are not planning to reverse the course of airline deregulation under
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        Lock icon Mercedes shifts strategy to compete
        348 50 US plant to be set up to produce sports utility vehicle FT DETROIT Mercedes-Benz, the German luxury car manufacturer. on Monday made a significant shift in strategy and announced it is to build a model of four-wheel-drive sports utility vehicle in the US. The company
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        Lock icon Building of Egyptian gas pipeline on hold
        405 50 Reuter CAIRO Western oil firms with significant gas finds in Egypt's Western desert cannot agree on terms to build a pipeline to ship it out, industry sources said on Monday. The chairman of the company with the largest find, Royal Dutch/Shell Group unit
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        Lock icon GM-VW enmity reflects plight of both carmakers
        533 50 NYT DETROIT The hostility that General Motors and Volkswagen are directing at one another in Germany reflects the desperation that each is feeling about its circumstances. Key GM executives have defected to VW and several more may follow unless a temporary injunction granted
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        Lock icon Brazil seeks foreign investment in transport
        286 50 Reuter BRASILIA Brazil is seeking its first foreign investment for its worn-out transport system to ensure that it will not choke ofT an economic upturn. Brazil will have to invest up to US$2.5 billion (SS4.I billion) a year in its transport system over the
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          Lock icon Garuda to buy nine Boeing aircraft
          74 50 AFP JAKARTA Indonesia's Garuda will finance' the purchase of nine new Boeing aircraft two B-747-400s and seven B-737-300s with a syndicated offshore loan, a press report said yesterday. A consortium led by Citicorp Bank of Hongkong has agreed to provide USS6SO million (SSl.l billion).
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          Lock icon French skipper faces fishing charges
          90 50 UPI LONDON The skipper of a French trawler allegedly caught fishing in British waters near the Channel Islands faced charges in a Guernsey court on Monday relating to a dispute over the fishing waters. The skipper of the trawler La Calypso. Michel Mesnage appeared in
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          Lock icon Chinese airliner hijacked to Taipei
          95 50 AP TAIPEI. Taiwan Two Chinese men hijacked a Chinese domestic airliner with 197 people on board to Taiwan yesterday, the official Broadcasting Corporation of China reported. BCC said the unidentified men surrendered to Taiwanese airport authorities when the China Southern Airline Boeing 757 landed at
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      588 34 FCL Breakbulk Service to: AFGHANISTAN M&M Afghanistan Ltd., Sote Foreign Forwarder in Kabul for all services C.I.S.- Vostochny, Vladivostok, Moscow, Tashkent, Kiev, Minsk, Riga, Baku, Irkutsk, Alma Ata North Korea Vietnam Mongolia Hungary CSFR Poland ocT®rrans AGENCIES (FAR EAST) LTD NOUAKCHOTT-BANJUL-BISSAU-LUANDA-BATA Feeder Vessel ITA SIM VILLE DE SIRIUS 11/04 VILLE
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      2139 35 r W STRAITS SHIPPING PTE LTD 10 Hoe Chiang Road #11-01 Keppel Towers Singapore 0208 Tel: *****88 Fax: *****17 Id iMf il A iM\ :9<J! RM J AVM 'fl :H IL' Id new guinea pacific line BiatlllSattAiiyiiißililwAkillHMiyySH (A service of china navigation co) CARGO IX* s/uis STRAITS VENTURE VO9E Muara,
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      2465 35 SINGAPORE AGENT: K p&0 Containers (Singapore Agencies) Pte Ltd i¥l W VjlillLdlllvl 9 10 Hoe Chiang Road #07-01 KEPPEL TOWERS. SINGAPORE 0208 Tel: 225 2233 Tele* RS ***** PNOCSP Fax 225 5327/222 7517 Y CR Number **********0Z EXPORT IMPORT VESSEL VOY •mo •PKO MM ALG SOU AWT ROT HAM VESSEL
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      754 36 I i TO EUROPE W I ra. wt_ «c*x miT hbuw wopi mtkop MATMAM 34We 28 30 4 I »/i 3/4 9/t 14/t TO AUSTRALIA P» FUU^COMTAiNEB EAST COAST PORTS *Sl/»OY P*l SPOW SYO MILB BHIS Ett MX I AMP AUSTRALIA «3S 13/4 12,4 29/4 2/5 26/4 S/5 mo SOW*
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      2220 36 HANJIN SHIPPING FOR VSL SM LUC HAUL SEA POX fDR VSI SM ll* HAUL SAV EM NYC HANJIN LEHAVRE 021E 114 O«ECT «/5 1/5 HAWN KNANGYANG 1001 5 4 H LONG KACH 042E U/5 14/5 14/5 HANJIN MASAN 07K 22 4 DUECT 13/5 MAMN KUNSAN O»6E 12 4 M AMERICA
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      1372 37 \NE ARE PLEASED TO ADVISE: II II ELECTRONIC LINKED-UP WITH OUR CONTAINER DEPOT (OCWS) HI ESS II ENABLE COLLECTION OF EMPTY CONTAINERS II WITHOUT PRESENTATION OF RELEASE ORDERS I II FOR ALL EXPORT SHIPMENTS (NOL SERVICES) sfwo/uwwcAuroiiNiAexwiEssfsc^ ITO PNW. USA INLAND pomrs I rocAuroKm newt .homo room-*nA*Ticm mm I U
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      382 37 ©HEUNG-A SHIPPING I Korean Flag Vessels FULLY CONTAINERISED SERVICE TO: HONGKONG, BUSAN, INCHON, MOJI STRAITS/KOREA SERVICE m s» sm wc bm mc moi •NO 7 00MM 303N MPT 10/04 IJ/04 24/04 H/M •CHOTMK LAM) W314 10/04 11/04 14 04 21/04 22 04 23/04 IiENMD 31SN 17/04 11/04 23/04 27/04 21/04
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      153 37 CENTENARY SHIPPING SERVICE WEEKLY FULL CONTAINER DIRECT SERVICE I SINGAPORE/HO CHI MINH OTY Now providing Container Trucking toVungtau, from Ho Chi Mhh City VESSEL S NAME VOY. NBR ETA/O S PORE ETA/D HCM CITY TANAH AIR 84N/S 13 13 APR 1816 APR 93 TANAH AIR 85N/S 20-20 APR 23-23 APR
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      1139 37 SINSOV SINGAPORE SOVIET SHIPPING CO PRIVATE LTD BOOKINGS: BALT ORIENT LINE: *****64 FESCO: *****06 BLASCO ODESSA: *****51/*****31 ENQUIRIES: *****33 KL: 03-*****75/697 PORT KELANG: *****43/ *****40 JAKARTA: *****57 PENANG: *****4/ *****8 JOHORE BAHRU: *****1/ *****1 MARINE INSURANCE SERVICE: *****87/ *****87 (REGULAR INDEPENDENT SERVICE) FULL CONTAINERSHIP SERVICES EASTBOWD—DtSCHARGHC WtSTBOUTC LOADWG TRANSHFTtD VIA
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      1522 38 AS AGENTS: KAWASAKI SINGAPORE (PTE) LTD (CH No: **********0 M) WF W V A TEL: *****77 TELEX: KAWAKI R*****5 FAX: *****07/8/9 I mm MALAYSIA: "K" LINE MARITIME (MALAYSIA) SDN BHD I V JL JL TEL: SA *****00 PK *****75 PEN *****0 JB *****1 PGU *****5/6 KAWASAKI KISEN KAISHA, LTD Indonesia:
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      1111 38 PHILI oniCNT LINGS PTC LTD V* 108 Robinson Road #07-00 GMG Building Singapore 0106 Tel: *****22/*****69/*****00 Telex: RS ***** Fax: *****76/*****38 -JEW A MEMBER OF THE SINGAPORE FREIGHT FORWARDERS ASSOCIATION AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND/SOUTH PACIFIC FCL/LCL SERVICE 14 APR SYDNEY. MELBOURNE. BRISBANE. FREMANTLE 18 APR AUCKLAND. WELLINGTON. LYTTLETON. NEW PLYMOUTH. NAPIER, CHRISTCHURCH
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      1036 39 S "N PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL LINES (PTE) LTD 140 Cecil Street. #03-00 PIL Building. Singapore 0106. CR NO **********0E VESSEL VOY SIN BKK SIN VESSEL VOV SIN JUT SIN VOY SIN S,N KOTA INDAH 3251 11/4 14/4 16/4 KOTA BINTANG KBTI3N 11/4 14/4 16/4 BUNQA TERATAI 3253 13/4 16/4 20/4 SRISAMUT
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      1902 39 EXPRESS CONTAINER SERVICE TO UK-NORTH CONTINENT-SCANDINAVIA WEEKLY F P GUDANG PENANG P KELANG OCEAN VSL/VQY SIN SOU (1) RTM (2) HAM (3) GOT (4) E 9/4 9/4 10/4 BENARTY 3132 15/4 2/5 4/5 5/5 7/5 E 16/4 16/4 17/4 ALSIA 3142 20/4 7/5 9/5 10/5 12/5 D 23/4 2374 24/4
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      300 39 I BSA° TRANSPORTATION M MYANMA ipßßk FIVE STAR LINE (Myanmar National Line) Loading for Yangon (Rangoon) Spore P.KIf Pen P.Gdf HP A AN VIMM In Port PAGAN Vl96* 19/21 Apr MALAYSIA AGENTS BOUSTEAO SUPPING AGENCES Ml IU 03-*****00 PKI TEI 03 3M6767 PEN TEI 04-C***** PGD Ta 07 *****1/4 NIGERIAN
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      2649 42 Fill! Container Liner Services Malaysia 's Agents: Indonesia 's Agents: General Agents: Booking Agents: Guan Guan Shipping Sdn Bhd Chung Chiao Shipping Sdn Bhd Global Putra Indonesia Maritime Costar Shipping Pte Ltd Skippiog Fmght Booking Centre Sdn Bhd 58 Persiaran Rata MucJa Musa Lot 3.34. 3rd Floor. lR H Juanda
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      729 43 (i£ FAMOUS CONTAINER LINES 10 ANSON RD. #15-21 INTERNATIONAL PLAZA, S'PORE 0207 HOT LINE: *****33 (24 LINES) GOTHENBURG/SCAN TI/04 ROTTERDAM 11/04 AARHUS/COPENHAGEN 11/04 HAMBURG/BREMEN TI/04 MARSEILLE/FRANCE 08/04 FELIXSTOWE/UK 11/04 BARCELONA/SPAIN 11/04 LEHAVRE/FRANCE ***** GENOA/ITALY TI/04 ANTWERP/BELGIUM TI/04 LOS ANGELES/WC/IPI 10/04 SYDNEY/MELBOURNE 10/04 NEW YORK/EC 10/04 FREMANTLE/ADELAIDE 08/04 VANCOUVER 14/04 BRISBANE
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      774 43 g^^TSnEUM«RII!uS!ciEMS^T^) TEL: *****33 (12 Lines) FAX: *****15/*****03 TELEX: RS ***** RISHIP (3 Lines) ETHIOPIAN SHIPPING LINES (National Lines of Ethiopia) ACCEPTING FCL AND CONVENTIONAL VESSEL |VOV ETA I LOADING fOR SPORE ANDtNET 30WB 22 04 DARESSALAAM MOMBASA DJIBOUTI ASSAB MASSAWA ABYOT 32W8 28/05 DAHESSALAAM MOMBASA OJl&OOTl [ASSAB MASSAWA KIEN HUNG
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      701 43 JAKARTA BANGKOK VISSIL I VOY I SW I «T I I VESSEL VOY SWGAPORt BANGKOK VIRA BHUM 105S In Pt 10/4 6 KOJNISIV" 2IN In PI 7/4 Sat 10/4 RAIA BHUM 72S 0/4 13/4 MAHA BKJM 152N Wed 7/4 Sun 11/4 ThANA BHUM 25S 10/4 14/4 D StNTOSA 30N Sal
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      386 43 \\»sm INBHKii BAY OF BENGAL SERVICES I TKU mm «IN o*« M 1415,0* aim 1 ran BMDGt »1 12 13 04 1020/04 K 27/04 mi SIM un i« IS M 2122 04 ?»»M I CAW BOWAWSIA nzn 1520/04 X 03-04/05 I TK» nu 165C18 14 IS 04 21 24 04
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      1536 44 CONTAINER LINES I o\s/\HjAgents: MAC-NELS SPORE: *****22 (24 LINES) PENANG (04) *****6 SIBU: (084) *****9 KUCHING: (082) *****3 P.KELANG: (03) *****77 JAKARTA: (21) *****32 SURABAYA: (31) *****0 COMPETITIVE RATE TO HONG KONG 3 SAILINGS WEEKLY (TOES/THURS/SAT) FOR ROOKING, PLS CALL *****22 XIU-HUB. JAMES. WEE 6IN. JO I mun GLOBELINK FORWARDERS
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      239 44 BLUE STAR LINE SINGAPORE TO AND FROM NEW ZEALAND AND PACIFIC ISLANDS SIN AKI ITT SIN PREMIER 23S tn Pt 17/4 19/4 4/5 AUST STAR 86S 22/4 4/5 6/5 22/5 FGUARD BAY 2S 1/5 13/5 15/5 1/6 FULLY CONTAINERISED SAILINGS DISCHARGING AT AUCKLAND. LYTTELTON, ACCEPTING FCL LCL FOR NEW PLYMOUTH.
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      1018 44 f THONG SOON UNES PTE. LTD.] 77 ROBINSON ROAD #15-00, #16-00 SIA BUILDING SINGAPORE 0106 TEL: *****88 FAX NO: *****11, *****22 TLX: RS ***** CARRIER, RS ***** JENHOt CABLE: TOSOCO CONVENTIONAL/CONTAINER BOOKING LINE: *****55 SINGAPORE TO SARAWAK VESSEL M S'POtE PEST VESSEL VOY SPORE PEST EQUATOR JAOE 74/3E 12 APR
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      838 45 WgV'EVERETT ORIENT LINE" JAPAN BAY OF BENGAL JAPAN SERVICE ACCEPTING BKEAKBULK SOC CARGOES TO FROM KOBE YOKOHAMA NAGOYA MO 11. TOKYO*. MA Nil A DAVAO* P Kelang Singapore E Msia® KARABIEVERETT VI IE 14/15 Ape 16/17 Ape SHAPEAEVERETT VISE 01/02 May IVYEVERETT V4E 12/13 May ACCEPTING BBEAKBULK FCI SOC CARGOES
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      297 45 MSI 6LOBY NAVIGATION GROUP to 3 REGULAR LINER SERVICE TAIWAN TO SINGAPORE ASEAN i DIRECT WEEKLY TO PORT KELANG/PENANG *AT ATTRACTIVE RATES' CR NO: **********0W SP PKL PNG KAO GLORY SELATAN VII 27/4 3/5 4/5 24/5 I GLORY SELATAN VIII 8/4 13/4 14/4 4/5 I SP PKL HCM HK KAO
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      688 45 PGSL WORLDWIDE PANAMA GLOBE STEAMERS LIKES REGULAR FCL SERVICE TO THE FOLLOWING WEEKLY SAILING TO HUANG PU A SHANTOU Connecting Feeder to Huang PuSUI TUO CONTAINER NO Connecting Feeder to Shantao LIAN BO NO 9 WE HV LEASING CONTRS FOR RENTAL SAILING TO PHNOM PENH' FORTNIGHTLY FCL/LCL SERVICE TO SOUTHERN
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      518 45 iMiHSiilllliMßlßlll FORTNIGHTLY DIRECT CONTAINER SERVICE SIN TO DURBAN ALSO CALLING PT. ELIZABETH/JOHANNESBURG TWICE WEEKLY CONTAINER SERVICE SIN/MADRAS/SIN ALSO ACCEPTING CONTAINERS TO TUTICORIN/ BANGALORE COCHIN AND NEW DELHI WEEKLY CONTAINER SERVICE SIN/CALCUTTA/SIN WITH TRANSHIPMENT TO: ASEAN/AUSTRAUA/FAR EAST/MEDfTSRRANEAN/EUROPE WEEKLY CONVENTIONAL SERVICE SIN TO CHINA WEEKLY CONVENTIONAL SERVICE MADRAS/COLOMBO/ BOMBAY/KARACHI WEEKLY CONVENTIONAL SERVICE
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      379 45 SIN FAR EAST 13/4 KEELUNG/KAOHSIUNG 10/4 BANGKOK 12/4 MANILA/CEBU 11/4 JAKARTA/BELAWAN/SURABAYA 10/4 PORT KELANG/PENANG/E. MALAYSIA 10/4 BUSAN 11/4 TOKYO/YOKO/KOBE/NGO/OSA 12/4 HONG KONG S|N CHINA (+m*±mmn) 12/4 GUANGZHOU/HUANGPU/SHENZHEN F UZHOU XIAMEN SHANTOU SHEKOU DALIAN/SHANGHAI/XINGANG TIANJIN/QINGDAO/HAIKOU also accepting LCL cargo SIN EUROPE/UK 12/4 LDN/FLX/LVP/SOU 12/4 RDM/HAM/ANT/LEH/GOA/OSL/GOT/BCN also accepting cargo to Austria/ Hungary/Romama/Poland/Bulgaria/Czech.
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      714 46 HONG KONG/CHINA 12/4 19/4 JAKARTA 11/4 18/4 BANGKOK 10/4 14/4 MANILA 12/4 19/4 BUSAN 12/4 19/4 KEELUNG 13/4 20/4 TOKYO/KOBE 11/4 18/4 KAOSHIUNG 9/4 16/4 PORT KELANG/PENAN6 11/4 18/4 YOKOHAMA 11/4 18/4 COLOMBO 13/4 20/4 FELIXSTOWE/HAMBURG 10/4 17/4 CHITTAGONG/MAORAS 14/4 21/4 ROTTERDAM/LE HARVE/ANTWERP 10/4 17/4 BOMBAY/KARACHI 12/4 19/4 BARCELONA. MARSEILLES.
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      491 46 Con term CONTERM FREIGHT (F.E.) PTE LTD. BANGKOK 11TH APRIL JAKARTA 11TH APRIL I PORT KELAMG 15 APR TOAPR^^ SYDNEY 10 APR MELBOURNE 11 APR BRISBANE 15 APR AUCKLAND 21 APR •ACCEPTING TO ALL INLAND POUTS 10 AP^^l I'ACCEPTING TO AU SCANDINAVIA POUTS KARACHI 12 APR TEL: 235 0633 (KATHLEEN/
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      504 46 This Week's Sailings Singapore I 7 rrr: II hrsi forwarder in o: tID lo: LID ASIA AWARDED Singapore Singapore iso 9002 by lrqa every every Bangkok SUN Hamburg SAT Ct)i EVERY EVERY Manila SL'N Ho Chi \linh FRI I fPVi i JL. EVERY EVERY Colombo IUE Los Angeles SLiN t
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      188 46 I H NIPPON EXPRESS Arrow International (Worldwide Consolidation System) WEEKLY TO: TOKYO/YOKOHAMA/NAGOYA/KAOSHIUNG/ HONG KONG/BANGKOK/KEELUNG/KOBE/ LOS ANGELES (LONG BEACHy/NEW YORK/ CHICAGO/SYDNEY/MELBOURNE/HAMBURG/ EELIXSTOWE/ROTTERDAM/DUSSELDORE WE ALSO DEAL IN ECL CARGO WORLDW IDE ARROW EXPRESS (SERV ICE TO MALAYSIA) MALAYSIA TRUCK CONSOLIDATION Depart Singapore DAILY to K.L. BANGI. SHAH ALAM ARROW EXPRESS BONDED CONSOLIDATION
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      1275 47 VESSEL/VOYAGE SINGAPORE DURBAN PORT ELIZABETH CAPE TOWN NEDUOYD COtOMBO V9364F 10/4 22/4 24/4 28/4 OSAKA MARU V9469f 20/4 2/5 4/5 8/5 HAKATA V9332f 30/4 12/5 14/5 18/5 ORANJE V9509f 9/5 21/5 23/5 25/5 HAYAKAWA MARU V9668F 19/5 31/5 2/6 4/8 "ALSO ACCEPTING AIR CARGO ON THE ABOVE DESTINATIONS AND TO
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      63 47 "BANGKOK" P.A.T. KLONG TOEY PORT ETA ETA VESSEL VOV SIN BANGKOK NANTA BHUM 136N 10/04/93 14/04/93 MAHA BHUM 153N 14/04/93 17/04/93 NANTA BHUM 137N 17/04/93 21/04/93 MAHA BHUM 154N 21/04/93 25/04/93 (MAHA BHUM IS A FULL THAI FLAG VESSEL) ETA ETA ETA VESSEL VOY SIN MANILA CEBU PACIFIC EAGLE 10NB
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      112 47 I CRYSTAL FREIGHT SERVICES PTE LTD B B TOLL FREE LINE *****88 r/H MAIN LINE: *****88 W ASIAN PORTS MEW ZEALAND/AUSTRALIA EUROPE RANRKOK 11/4 14/4 AUCKLAND 11/4 ANTWERP 11/4 rhcaw /4 ADELAIDE 28/4 FELIXSTOWE 10/4 HONG KONG 9/4 14/4 BRISBANE 16/4 HAMBURG 11/4 YTiEPnTA Q/4 11/4 FREMANTLE 11/4 ROTTERDAM 11/4
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      580 48 m WOOD LINE SOUTHERN AFRICA SERVICE SPOtt PL DBN CT VtSStL ***** 20/4 10/5 19/5 2S/5 •ALSO CALLS E.L. AND P.E. PK SEAFIX SHIPPING SON BHD TEL 367 552STLX. ***** K.K.: CAPRICORN FREIGHT SERVICES TEL 213 202 TLX. »126« SECIL MARITIMA, U.E.E. Luanda, Angola. FAR EAST/ ANGOLA SERVICE SPORE LOADING
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      773 48 H EES FREIGHT SERVICES PTE LTD #01-60 Wallich Building, Singapore 0207 |||ll 3 "Trl Tel: *****66 (10 Lines) Fax: *****69/*****44 AIRPORT OFFICE: *****11 *****13 (FAX) IMPORTING FROM USA WE PROVIDE WEEKLY SAILINGS WITH FAST TRANSIT TIMES AND LOW INLAND RATES ENQUIRIES: CONTAINER LINE, LTD. CHICAGO NEW YORK LOS ANGELES SAN
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      370 48 WORLDGATE EXPRESS UNES PTE LTD W X Tel: *****11 Fax: *****73 Telex: ***** WGATE NEXT VESSEL CONSOLIDATION TO BOM/KAR/MAD 12/4 KEELUNG 13/4 COLOMBO 11/4 HONG KONG 12/4 PORT LOUIS 9/4 KAOHSIUNG 10/4 ROTTERDAM 12/4 PENANG 12/4 USA PORTS 11/4 PORT KELANG 11/4 BANGKOK 10/4 JAKARTA 11/4 BREAK BULK SERVICE SJN
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      783 49 HYUNDAI MERCHANT MARINE CO. LTD. WESTBOUND TO EUROPE VESSELS VOY PNA PKE PGP VESSELS VOY_ SIN RTM ANT* LEH* HAM BREt FA HMM ADVANCE 12A 06/04 07/04 08/04 H. COMMANDER 303W 11/04 30/04 30/04 01/05 02/05 02/05 04/05 HMM ADVANCE 13A 13/04 14/04 15/04 SI FREEDOM 304K* 18/04 07/05 07/05
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      516 49 1I! STRAITS/ JAPAN/ STRAITS SERVICE SPECIALIST IN RO-RO HEAVY LIFTS INBOUND VESSELS nssu wy v n mc u AIISHW IS 11/4 IZ/« «"A 11/* ASEAN Cimi ISI ITI 11/4 It 11/4 CONSENSUS SAY S ls/4 AO2NA CMOASN I N/4 11/4 ON AWE OCEAN US Ml OUTBOUND VESSELS LOADING FOR TOKYO
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      1032 49 JEDDAH/UK/CONTINENT HH I SPORE ED S TON MWJRG ROAM LEH *Mm Acccptaf Cjrjfl Nr MAI 01/113 10/4 24/4 29/4 27/4 Smdunvtoii to MUK dntiuMn. Mnt mi Mk THAMES 14/313 10/4 19/4 21/4 1/5 3/5 5/5 Rottcrd«n to 4 AiKacrp Arotefdan. o*. HtMu IA SEN 29 114 15/4 1/5 4/5 2/5
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      61 50 INNOVATION C M.V. "AMRTA JAYAI" VOY. 1 Arrived Ist April 1993 Consignees of all damaged cargoes ex the captioned vessel is hereby notified that a general survey will be held on the Bth April 1993 0900 -1200 hours at PTIO. No further survey will be entertained thereafter. Aa Aganta: "K*
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      47 50 L Technology j ■Tomorrow in Business Times The best Business Class to Europe? Finnair's new wide bodied MD-11 offers speed, comfort and space that's miles ahead of its competitors. Call your travel agent or 733 3377 for more details. We know the world from start to Finnish.
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