The Business Times, 27 March 1995

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    12 1 Business Times WE KNOW ASIA MITA(P) 194/12/94 Monday March 27 1995 85*
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  • 2am LATEST
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      Lock icon Royal Nepal Airlines hit by heavy losses
      59 1 AP KATMANDU, Nepal A loss of US$2l.6 million (5530.6 million) in the past two years has pushed the Royal Nepal Airlines Corporation close to liquidation. An airline official yesterday said it ended a controversial general sales agent agreement with a Lon-don-based company because
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      Lock icon Canada, Spain in trawling dispute
      44 1 Reuter ST JOHN'S, Newfoundland Canada yesterday confirmed it had taken action to stop Spanish trawlers fishing in disputed waters off the coast here in a move likely to raise tensions in the acrimonious fish war with the EU. Reuter
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    MARKET SUMMARY
    160 1 Stock market indices Fridty ttetl change ST1I 2,056.55 -45.28 KLSE Comp 957.90 -2.53 Nikkei 15.749.77 -501.46 Hang Seng 8.484.66 -50.05 SET Index 1.196.13 +15.51 Jakarta Comp 422.13 -4.54 CLSA China B 799.25 -5.76 Ausl All Ord 1.897.2 -24 FTSE 100 3.153.4 +64.1 Dow Jones 4.138.67 +65.02 Average of
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    Lock icon UK Labour election victory will see 7% drop in sterling: survey
    139 1 Knight-Ridder LONDON Sterling would drop by 15 pfennigs against the German mark, or by 7 per cent, on the election of a British government led by the current opposition Labour Party, according to a survey of City of London
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    Van Der Horst chairman in takeover of textile maker
    509 1  -  From Leslie Lopez in JAKARTA A CONSORTIUM led by President Suharto's son Bambang Trihadmodjo and businessman Johannes Kotjo has struck an agreement with two Indonesian state banks to take over financially-crippled textile maker Kanindo Group. Mr Kotjo, a former director of
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    Intelsat forms strategic alliances in Asia
    493 1  -  Hopes to pick up talks with S'pore Telecom soon Reports by Catherine Ong in HONGKONG INTELSAT, the international satellite operator, is forming strategic alliances with Asia-Pa-cific countries in a bid to meet booming demand in the region's telecommunication and broadcasting industries. In an interview
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    From resource pool to commercial push
    239 1 INTELSAT, formed in the early 1960s for countries to pool resources in the launch of telecommunication satellites, is becoming more commercial. Eui Koh, group director for Asia-Pacific, told BT Intelsat started providing satellite capacity for broadcasting two years ago in response to changing market
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    Lock icon London Underground to sue BNP, NatWest for negligence
    361 1 FT LONDON London Underground (LU) is to sue its bankers after a eheque for more than £500.000 (Ssl.l million) it sent to British Rail (BR) ended up in a German woman's account which she held in the French town of Mctz. London
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    Tat Lee Bank proposes to raise a massive $500m
    607 1  -  By Amy Balan SINGAPORE In a massive fund-raising exercise. Tat Lee Bank is proposing to raise up to nearly $500 million through a combination of rights shares and negotiable certificates of deposit. This is Tat Lee's third fund raising in less
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    Mixed week ahead for S'pore, M'sia bourses
    229 1  -  By R Sivanithy SINGAPORE The outlook for the stock market this week is mixed, with strength expected in Malaysian counters on the back of election rumours, while local stocks are expected to continue languishing as they did last week. Two items arc of
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    Lock icon Call for reform of German social security
    96 1 Bloomberg Business News ERANKEURT Reform of Germany's social security system must start now to avoid adding to the country's already high tax burden. Bundesbank chief economist Otmar Issing. in an inter- view to be published today, said failure to reform social security promptly
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      6 1 Business IT: pg Intel's all-purpose chip
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      9 1 Hock Lock Siew: Pg 21 Activity in stalled Oriental
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
    • EYE on the ECONOMY
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        Lock icon Strong rise in January car loans
        276 2  -  By Shiv Taneja LOANS and advances by finance companies grew 25 per cent year-on-year to Sl5 billion in January. Figures from the Monetary Authority of Singapore show loans for the purchase of vehicles continued to grow strongly the year-on-year rise was 33.3 per cent
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      Lock icon Economists say revised CPI is not a cost-of-living index
      510 2  -  By Ven Sreenivasan ECONOMISTS wclcomc the revision of the Consumer Price Index (CPI) but say it should not be treated as a cost-of-living index. On Saturday, Trade and Industry Minister Yeo Cheow Tong unveiled a new CPI based on the current
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      Walt Disney's satellite broadcast centre opens
      194 2 WALT Disney Company's first international satellite broadcast centre was officially opened at Loyang yesterday by Minister for Information and the Arts George Yeo. The US$lO million (5514.2 million) facility will enable Walt Disney to transmit Disney family programmes 24 hours a day to viewers
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    • NEWS ROUNDUP
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        Facing up to physical constraints
        94 2 SINGAPORE must deal with its physical constraints in order to sustain economic growth, said Communications Minister Mah Bow Tan yesterday. It is these constraints that have made the task of maintaining Singapore's status as a regional air and sea hub a constant challenge, he said.
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        UN president here on visit
        75 2 THE president of the 49th United Nations General Assembly and the foreign minister of the Ivory Coast, Amara Essy, arrives today on an official three-day visit to Singapore. Mr Essy will hold talks with Foreign Minister S Jayakumar. He will also call on President Ong
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        Parliamentary team visits Madrid
        90 2 THE Singapore National Group of the Interparliamentary Union will take part in the 93rd Inter-Parliamentary Conference to be held in Madrid, Spain, from today until April 1. The Singapore delegation consists of Speaker Tan Soo Khoon as leader and Dr Ker Sin Tze and Assoc Prof
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        Looking into needs of Indian Muslims
        122 2 A SERIOUS and comprehensive study is needed for long-term solutions to be found for the Indian Muslim community, Acting Minister for Community Development and Min-ister-in-Charge of Muslim AfTairs Abdullah Tarmugi said yesterday. He was speaking during the opening ceremonies of a youth seminar organised
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        New HDB flats for Depot Rd
        91 2 THE HDB plans to build two new blocks of four and five-room fiats on a vacant site in Depot Road, said Acting National Development Minister Lim Hng Kiang yesterday. Speaking to reporters after attending a Hari Raya gathering there. Mr Lim said tenders for
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        S'poreans' environmental awareness
        73 2 A SURVEY conducted by the Environment Ministry showed that Singaporeans are well aware of environmental issues. Survey results showed that the most important environmental issue for Singaporeans was air pollution, followed by water conservation and water pollution. Most Singaporeans interviewed (83 per cent) also agreed that society
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      SM Lee leads business mission to Vietnam
      254 2 SENIOR Minister Lee Kuan Yew leads a Singapore business mission on a five-day visit to V ietnam starting today. Mr is on an official visit at the invitation of Vietnamese IX'puty Prime Minister Phan Van khai. lhe mission is jointly organised by the
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      Lock icon 40,000 attend Contemplation's funeral
      415 3  -  Grenade blasts outside SIA, Manila govt offices From Al Labita in MANILA ABOUT 40,000 people attended the funeral of a Filipino maid hanged for a double murder in Singapore as a communist hit squad claimed responsibility for two grenade blasts in the vicinity of the Singapore
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      Lock icon Viet PM backs plan for cultural theme park
      222 3 AP HANOI Prime Minister Vo Van Kiet has endorsed a plan to build Vietnam's first cultural theme park, a project worth an estimated US$3OO million (***** million). The Vietnam Investment Review newspaper said on Saturday that work on the 830 ha complex
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      Lock icon Hanoi to debate law on reform of state firms
      269 3 AFP HANOI Vietnam's parliament is to begin debate this week on a bill restructuring state firms that will remain under government control and setting out those whose shares can be sold off. National Assembly members meeting tomorrow are to debate the
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      Lock icon Jakarta to raise rate of realised investment
      204 3 Reuter JAKARTA Indonesia will try to raise the realisation rate on foreign investment approvals to 65 per cent this year. Antara news agency yesterday quoted Investment Minister Sanyoto Sastrowardoyo as saying this would not be too ambitious after a 44 per cent realisation
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        Lock icon Manila to modernise education
        59 3 AFP MANILA The Philippines will spend US$2OO million (Ss2B4 million) over five years to launch a tertiary education modernisation programme. President Fidel Ramos said during the weekend that government banks and state pension funds would contribute US$4O million a year for five years to the programme.
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        Lock icon Forgery mastermind nabbed
        59 3 AP KUALA LUMPUR Police have detained an Indonesian believed to be the mastermind of a syndicate responsible for selling forged travel documents which were used by 586 Indonesian illegal immigrants to enter the country last Wednesday. Police said yesterday the 45-year-old unnamed man from Surabaya, Indonesia, was
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        Lock icon Murayama to visit China: report
        83 3 Reuter TOKYO Japanese Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama will visit China in early May for talks with Communist Party chief Jiang Zemin and Premier Li Peng. The daily Asa hi Shimbun yesterday reported that Mr Murayama would discuss North Korea's nuclear programme and the Asia Pacific
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      Lock icon Suharto sees end to Indonesian poverty around 2000
      230 3 Reuter JAKARTA President Suharto says there will be no Indonesians living below the poverty line by next century. Antara news agency yesterday quoted him as saying that by the end of the current fiveyear development period (in 1999, or during the next
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  • CHINA/HONGKONG/TAIWAN
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      China sets rules for foreigners to form joint-stock companies
      412 4  -  By Schutz Lee SINGAPORE China has laid down guidelines for foreigners to set up joint-stock companies, which will be able to seek listing on the Chinese stock markets three years later. The move is part of the government's plan to expand
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      Lock icon Foreign investment flowing into China expected to fall to US$30b this year
      266 4 Reuter BEIJING Actual foreign investment entering China is seen falling by more than US$3 billion (554.3 billion) to US$3O billion in 1995, after a 40 per cent drop in pledged investment in 1994, the China Daily Business Weekly
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    • CHINA WATCH
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        Lock icon Shops raided for pirated tapes
        84 4 AP BEIJING Authorities in the north-eastern city of Tianjin have raided some 67 shops and confiscated 11,000 pirated audio and video tapes as part of China's continued crackdown on copyright infringements, local officials say. Officials have stepped up inspections of shops and factories thought to
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        Lock icon Speed up phone installation: ministry
        83 4 Reuter BEIJING China's telecommunications ministry has demanded faster telephone installation for long-suffering consumers, but the call is unlikely to be much heeded, the China Daily said on Saturday. The ministry told telephone companies to install new lines within three months of receiving a formal application.
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        Lock icon Taiwan president to tour Middle East
        81 4 AP TAIPEI In his latest move against China's efforts to impose diplomatic isolation on Taiwan, President Lee Teng-hui will visit Jordan and United Arab Emirates unofficially next month, newspapers reported yesterday. Mr Lee is to start a four or five-day "holiday tour" to the
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      Lock icon Taiwan has no plans to change credit policy
      275 4 AFP TAIPEI Taiwan's central bank will maintain its current measured easy credit policy, despite the slowing of the money supply growth last month, which dropped to a 17-month low, local press reports said yesterday. "Slower M 2 and MIB growth in February
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      Lock icon Shanghai blues
      45 4 AFP SHANGHAI An elderly beggar lying next to his collection hat on a pedestrian walkway here, Shanghai's booming economy has attracted tens of thousands of people from the countryside, bul many have failed to secure jobs because of the over-saturated employment market. AFP
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      Lock icon Pentagon in bid to boost military ties with Beijing
      286 4 AFP WASHINGTON The Pentagon is pressing efforts to boost military eooperation with China as Beijing develops its navy and becomes an increasingly important player on the world's defence scene. General Xiong Guankai, Deputy Chief of Staff of the People's Liberation Army,
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      Lock icon French, Japanese textile manufacturers baulk at China's high customs duties
      266 4 AFP SHANGHAI French and Japanese textile manufacturers considering entering the Chinese market are being put off by heavy customs duties, according to visiting manufacturers here. Companies exhibiting their products for the first time in China at the inaugural Shanghai International
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  • REST OF ASIA
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      Lock icon Keating takes the blame for major by-election rout
      504 5 Prospects dim for Labor Party in general election due next year AFP, AP SYDNEY Australian Prime Minister Paul Keating was blamed yesterday for a stunning by-election rout in which voters reversed a huge Labor majority to give the conservative opposition its biggest
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    • ASIA NOTES
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        Lock icon Missing Congress dissident found
        58 5 AP NEW DELHI, India A leading dissident in the Congress Party was traced yesterday morning nearly 24 hours after he was reported missing, police said. ND Tiwari left his home in New Delhi on Saturday morning in a car and drove towards the airport, but he
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        Lock icon US, N Korea try to salvage nuke plan
        61 5 Reuter BERLIN The US and North Korea yesterday went into the second day of talks to try to salvage a US-backed plan intended to woo Pyongyang away from making nuclear weapons. The two teams were meeting in Berlin at what used to
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        Lock icon Migrants cash in on welfare benefits
        68 5 AFP SYDNEY Thousands of migrants encouraged to come to Australia as sponsored spouses are cashing in on generous welfare benefits as soon as they arrive, an immigration expert has warned. Professor Bob Birrell of Melbourne's Monash University yesterday said that with high intakes of
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      Lock icon IMF official warns India of budget deficit blowout
      285 5 Reuter NEW DELHI A top International Monetary Fund (IMF) official warned on Saturday that India's budget deficit in the fiscal period ending in March 1996 could well be above the projected 5.5 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP). Stanley Fischer, IMF's
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      Lock icon Wrong end of the poll
      60 5 Reuter SIWAN, India Policemen making two voters pull each other's ears as punishment for trying to cast their ballots for the second time during the fourth round of polling for Bihar's state assembly election here over the weekend. Poll-related violence in the eastern state of
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      Lock icon Pakistan businessmen vow to maintain protest over violence
      192 5 AFP KARACHI The business community, calling the nationwide strike a "referendum" against the government's handling of violence, reiterated yesterday that it would stop paying utility bills and taxes if killings continued in Karachi. The community described as "illegal and unethical" a government
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      Lock icon Seoul to probe religious sects after Tokyo attack
      282 5 Reuter SEOUL South Korea will soon launch a national probe into religious sects, particularly those originating in Japan, after last Monday's deadly nerve gas attack in Tokyo's subway system, the domestic news agency Yonhap said yesterday. South Korean police said they were
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  • THE WORLD
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      Clinton set to unveil voluntary rights code for US firms abroad
      410 6  -  From Leon Hadar in WASHINGTON US PRESIDENT Bill Clinton is expected to announce, probably as early as today, a much anticipated code of workers rights principles for American companies operating around the world. The announcement comes after a year-long
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      Lock icon Investment surge helps UK post lowest deficit in nine years
      219 6 FT LONDON Britain recorded its lowest current account deficit for nine years in 1994, after a surprise surplus in the final three months of the year brought an unexpected boost to the figures. The improvement, considerably better than the government
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      Lock icon Canada-EU fishing talks break up
      252 6 Reuter ST JOHN'S, Newfoundland Talks aimed at settling a bitter fish war between Canada and the European Union ended in failure on Saturday as Ottawa threatened renewed action against Spanish trawlers fishing in disputed waters ofT the coast of Newfoundland. Canada's foreign affairs spokeswoman Jennifer
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      Lock icon Senate vote kills Viacom's bid to sell cable TV systems
      397 6 Bloomberg Business News WASHINGTON The US Senate approved by a voice vote on Friday legislation that effectively kills Viacom Inc's plans to sell its cable television systems to an African-Ameri-can businessman for US$2.3 billion (553.24 billion). Viacom has consistently said
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      Lock icon Final deal with Orange County still out of reach
      319 6 Bloomberg Business News SANTA ANA One week after the committee representing investors in Orange County's failed investment pool announced a tentative settlement with the county, a final accord remains just out of reach. As the committee adjourned a four-hour meeting last
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      Lock icon Hillary and Chelsea tour pyramids
      46 6 Reuter CAIRO United States First Hillary Clinton (left) with her daughter Chelsea listening to an Egyptian official as they were shown around the ancient pyramids of Giza. The Clintons toured the pyramids on Saturday during a brief stopover in Cairo. Reuter
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      Lock icon Pentagon announces US$1b in arms orders
      159 6 AFP WASHINGTON The US defence department said the United States has received orders for nearly US$l billion (551.41 billion) worth of arms from foreign governments. The biggest demand for US arms comes from Saudi Arabia. which is spending US$69O million to modernise its defence
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      Ruggiero's coup: a Forrest trump?
      836 6  -  WORLD fc* VIEW By Kevin Sullivan The writer is a BT journalist AND the winner is Rcnato Ruggiero! The portly and I inguist icallyunchallengcd (12 languages at the last count) former Italian trade minister will begin preparations this week for his May I accession to
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    • WORLD WATCH
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        Lock icon Turkey defends Kurd offensive
        88 6 AFP ANKARA Prime Minister Tansu Ciller on Saturday defended Turkey's drive into northern Iraq as a legitimate defence operation against Kurdish guerillas, and military commanders said the army was pushing forward on all fronts. In a televised address to the nation. Ms Ciller said Turkey's "Operation
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        Lock icon Yeltsin plans to destroy chemical arms
        87 6 AFP MOSCOW President Boris Yeltsin signed a decree on Saturday giving his staff two months to draw up a programme for the destruction of Russia's huge stocks of chemical weapons as mandated under a treaty signed by Moscow more than two years ago. Mr
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      • Article
        Lock icon Mandela guard shoots another
        75 6 AP DURBAN A security guard was shot and wounded at President Nelson Mandela's official residence here on Saturday after an altercation with another guard. Mr Mandela was attending a ceremony at an oil refinery and was not at the residence, spokesman Parks Mankahlana said in a
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        Lock icon Protest against UK school budget cuts
        101 6 AFP LONDON Thousands of teachers, parents and students took to the streets on Saturday to protest over cuts in school budgets that they say put the standards of British education at risk. Police said 10.000 people from across England and Wales took part in
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        Lock icon Fed likely to wait and see over rates
        72 6 AFP WASHINGTON The Federal Reserve is expected to maintain a wait-and-see attitude on interest rates because of signs that US economic growth is slowing, analysts said on Saturday. Economic indicators for January and February have been mixed, leading analysts to believe that
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      Lock icon Success of US$20b rescue plan for Mexico not guaranteed, warns Rubin
      538 9 AFP, Reuter WASHINGTON The US$2O billion (SS2B billion) rescue plan for Mexico is sound but its success is not guaranteed, said Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin on Saturday. "It may not. There are no guarantees, but it should work," Mr
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      Lock icon Diplomats at UN owe more than US$7m for expenses in New York
      309 9 AP NEW YORK Secretary General Boutros Boutros-Ghali is upset with dcadbcat diplomats at the United Nations, who now owe more than US$7 million (559.87 million) to landlords, banks, hospitals, hotels. service stations and other creditors in the New
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      Lock icon Uruguay Round of benefit to US, not poor nations: UN study
      345 9 Reuter. LONDON The US-backcd Uruguay Round bid to extend free trade principles to world agriculture promises more affluence in America but may further impoverish poor nations in Africa, says a United Nations study. It "will not improve the lot"
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      Lock icon EU single currency unlikely by 1997 target: Schaeuble
      326 9 Reuter HAMBURG The European Union is unlikely to launch a common currency by its earliest target date of 1997, the parliamentary leader of Germany's conservative parties has said. In an interview with Spiegel magazine released on Saturday, Wolfgang Schaeuble said members should
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      Lock icon Global warming summit at risk, says paper
      234 9 AFP LONDON Desperate diplomatic efforts are underway to break a deadlock that threatens efforts at the international Climate Conference this week in Berlin to tackle global warming, according to Saturday's Guardian. Western states, led by America, are trying to head oft a veto
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  • ENTERPRISE & MANAGEMENT
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      McCormack's golf marketing formula now a hit in all fields
      1155 10  -  Kevin Sullivan talks to the man who turned Arnold Palmer into a franchise Kevin Sullivan WHAT they probably don't teach you at Harvard Business School is how to corner a global trade niche by finding and marketing a new commodity.
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      EXECUTIVE MOVES
      423 10 COLLIERS Jardine has recently promoted Lee Cbeok Kwong to senior associate director of its valuation and building-sur-veying division. Mr Lee has 13 years of experience in property valuation. He is a professional associate of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and a member of The Chartered Institute of
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      1299 10 VVIWTURI I VENTURE MANUFACTURING (SINGAPORE) LTD I (INCORPORATED IN THE REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE) I ANNOUNCEMENT I The Board of Directors of Venture Manufacturing (Singapore) Ltd wishes to make the following announcement:I UNAUDITED RESULTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 1994 I GROUP COMPANY I YEAR YEAR YEAR YEAR I ENDED
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  • Business IT
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      Local developers welcome Apple's support programmes
      901 11  -  The computer giant aims to boost its installed base by persuading local developers to write new applications, David Mok learns David Mok LOCAL software developers have welcomed Apple Computer's latest moves to provide more support for Asian Macintosh developers. The US-based computer maker is
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      More window-shopping than buying on the Internet
      577 11  -  Only for now. though. Business could take off as technology improves, a research group says. Donald Turner reports. Donald Turner SALES are few and far between for companies doing business on the World Wide Web. despite explosive growth in the amount of traffic
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      Lock icon Intel's idea of an all-purpose chip meets cold reception
      579 11 Reuter INTEL Corp is close to completing work on an idea that has met a cold reception from others in the computer industry having microprocessor chips like Intel's Pentium do more of a computer's functions. Intel's argument is that the dozen
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      Vendors race for right to use Unix name
      646 12  -  OSF/1 has been renamed Digital Unix after receiving certification, Lee Wai Leong learns Lee Wai Leong Major Unix systems vendors are actively seeking a new industry certification which will give them the right to call their Unix "Unix". Digital's version of Unix,
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      Lock icon Multimedia PC shipments leap over 300%
      338 12  -  By David Mok THE number of multimedia personal computers shipped jumped over 300 per cent last year to 10.3 million units, from 2.5 million in 1993, according independent research firm Dataquest. The firm's multimedia market trends report for this year ranks US-based Apple Computer
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      Lock icon Sun still leads in workstation market
      248 12 Bloomberg SUN Microsystems lnc retained the No 1 market position for workstation computers but lost some market share as the worldwide market increased 25 per cent last year, according to market research firm Dataquest Inc. Global shipments of the high-powered computers rose to 779,385
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      Lock icon New software turning computers into phones
      395 12 AP AT FIRST it sounds like James Bond territory: Click a key and the computer turns into a phone. But now that scene can unfold in any Internet user's home, courtesy of new software that makes calls around the world without paying a cent
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        Creative's new video interface card
        44 13 SINGAPORE Creative Technology has launched the Video Blaster SEIOO, a video overlay and capture board that provides personal computers with an interface to devices such as VCRs and camcorders. The product has a suggested retail price ot U*****.95 (*****).
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        Seagate acquires NetLabs
        63 13 SINGAPORE Disk drive maker Seagate has acquired Net Labs Inc, a US-based firm that develops network management software solutions for Unix-based networks. The amount paid tor Net Labs has not been disclosed. Said Joel Stead, Seagate's vice-president of Asia Pacific sales and marketing: "This acquisition is consistent
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        IBM to introduce new computers
        110 13 SINGAPORE IBM has said that it plans to introduce its new power series machines, which are based on the PowerPC chip, jointly developed with Apple Computer and Motorola Inc, by June this year. The US-based firm had delayed the introduction of the new machines last
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        Altron training centre for CorelDRAW
        40 13 SINGAPORE Altron School of Computing has been appointed approved training centre for CoreIDRAW 5.0, making it the only approved centre in Singapore, the company claims. Classes will begin next month. To register, call 339 9121.
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        Microsoft Word for Mac wins award
        46 13  -  Compiled by Lee Wai Leong SINGAPORE Microsoft Corp's Word for Macintosh version 6.0 has been awarded the Macworld Magazine Editor's Choice Award for high-end wordprocessors, beating out competition from Novell's WordPerfect for Macintosh 3.1, and Nisus Software's Nisus Writer 4.0.
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        On-Line Analytical Processing '95
        61 13 SINGAPORE AIC Conferences will hold a conference titled On-Line Analytical Processing '95 from April 3 to 5 at the Shangri-La Hotel. OLAP is a new technology that will enable executives to see and discover new relationships in data that will provide vital information for quick and
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        Seminar on new technology
        45 13 SINGAPORE AT&T Global Private Networks is holding a seminar on emerging networking technology on April 3 at the Goodwood Park Hotel. Technologies such as IOOVG-AnyLAN, FDDI-11, ATM and wireless LAN will be covered. For details, please call Karen Ong at 531-9827.
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        Cisco names Higgs to new Asean post
        42 13 NETWORKING vendor Cisco Systems has appointed John Higgs as its new Asean regional manager. Mr Higgs, who was previously Cabletron's Asian managing director, has 15 years of experience in the data communication business in Asia.
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        Sequent appoints marketing manager
        35 13 MID-RANGE systems vendor Sequent Computer Systems has named Lynn Loke its marketing manager for South Asia. She was formerly with an international advertisement manager with IT Times, a regional IT publication.
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        Compaq names three new directors
        100 13 PC GIANT Compaq has appointed three new directors for consumer business, marketing services and human resources departments. Ms Li Li Chung joins Compaq in the newly-cre-ated position of director, consumer business, where she will be responsible for the home and small office, home office markets.
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        Quantum appoints country manager
        36 13 DISK drive maker Quantum Asia-Pacifie has appointed Neo Kim Swee as its country manager for Singapore and Asean. Mr Neo joins Quantum from Maxtor, where he was the country manager for Asean.
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      Japanese software firm Cadix plans regional expansion
      426 13  -  From David Mok in KUALA LUMPUR JAPANESE computer aided design (CAD) specialists Cadix Inc plans to expand regionally this year, kicking off with the launch of an R&D office in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Cadix also used the occasion to launch a signature verification
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      Digital S'pore claims top spot in corporate sales
      401 13  -  By Lee Wai Leong WITH several large government tenders and major corporate successes in the bag. computer giant Digital believes it now enjoys joint pole position in the local corporate PC market. In an interview with BusinesslT last week. Digital PC Business
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      Taiwan fourth largest IT producer in the world
      322 13  -  By Claire Leow TAIWAN'S production of information technology products rose 19.5 per cent last year to US$ll.6 billion (5516.5 billion), making it the fourth largest IT producer in the world. This data, released by the China External Trade Development Council and the
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      Getting the picture with fewer words
      900 15  -  IT THE NEXT WAVE Ang Yew Hock shows how researchers are addressing the difficult task of carrying out searches in a database of images Ang Yew Hock The writer is a research staff member at the Institute of Systems Science. He can hi >
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      Sense and censorship on the Internet
      945 15  -  NET WATCH TRACKING THE NETWORKING WORLD Tommi Chen explains why legislation can be a double-edged sword Tommi Chen Dr Tommi Chen is managing partner of Net Cent re Pte Ltd. which provides specialist networking services, and an active Internaut, espetially within the commercial Internet
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      Win 95 update: The wait is almost over
      1004 16  -  TEST RIJIfNU The final test version of Windows 95 is out, and Juha Saarinen has been putting it through the wringer. Here is his report. Juha Saarinen The writer is Singapore-based IT communications consultant. THE prolonged Microsoft Windows 95 beta programme is
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      Lock icon New Canon computers offer speedy link to Internet
      201 16 AP CANON has a new series of computers that takes direct aim at new users who want the immediate ability to cruise the Internet. Canon's Innova Media PCs which include machines with ***** processors and the king-of-the-hill Pentium come equipped with software
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      Lock icon One hell of a security cracker
      795 16  -  A software program that got its author sacked could become a test case for the idea of freedom of information in cyberspace. John Markoff reports. John Markoff AP Depending on your attitude towards Satan, a skilled computer security expert named Dan Farmer is either
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  • SPORTS
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      Lock icon Graf romps through to win Linton title for 4th time
      406 17 AP KEY BISCAYNE, Florida Steffi Graf and her sport still miss Monica Seles. With the reclusive Seles absent from another big tournament, Graf romped through a depicted field at the Lipton Championships. The final was predictably devoid of drama, with
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      Lock icon Langer, Pavin fight gusty wind to share lead at The Players
      313 17 Golf AP PONTE VEDRA. Florida Bernhard Langer and Corey Pavin fought the gusty wind and ghoulish greens of the TPC course to a standstill on Saturday and shared the lead going into the final round of The Players Championship.
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      Lock icon Jordan scores 32 as Bulls defeat Hawks 99-98
      301 17 AP ATLANTA Michael Jordan's 16-footer at the buzzer capped a 32-point performance that carried the Chicago Bulls to a 99-98 victory' over the Atlanta Hawks on Saturday night in Atlanta. It was the first time Jordan had the opportunity to shoot with
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      Lock icon Young America one victory away from finals berth
      313 17 AP SAN DIEGO Young America is one victory away from clinching a berth in the America's Cup defender finals after beating the previously all-wom-en crew aboard Mighty Mary in a 12-knot breeze and sloppy swells. Kevin Mahaney and his syndicate from Bangor.
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      NZ beat Fiji 35-17 to win Rugby Sevens
      421 17  -  From Shahiron Sahari in HONGKONG NLW ZEALAND successfully retained its Cathay Pacific/Hongkong Bank Invitation Rugby Sevens title when it defeated Fiji 35-17 in an exciting final before a capacity 40,000 crowd at the Hongkong Stadium last night. The Kiwis ran in five
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      Lock icon Doohan wins second Aussie motorcycle grand prix
      322 17 High flyer AFP SYDNE-Y Australian Michael Doohan took up where he left off in his last world championship season, making a one-act affair of" the opening Australian 500 cc motorcycle grand prix here yesterday. Doohan's unruffled 13.336 second victory' over Su/uki rider Daryl
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        Lock icon Green leads LPGA Dinah Shore
        96 17 Reuter RANCHO MIRAGE. California Tammie Green shot a two-undcr-par 70 on Saturday to maintain a two-stroke lead atk-r three rounds of the US$B5O,OOO (SSI.2 million) Dinah ShoreGolf Championship, the year's first major on the LPGA Tour. Green is five-under 211 for the tournament, two shots
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        Lock icon NZ beat Sri Lanka by 33 runs
        118 17 AFP CHRISTCHURCH New Zealand beat Sri Lanka by 33 runs in the first of three one-day internationals at Lancaster Park here yesterday. Sri Lanka won the toss and put New Zealand in to bat. The conditions were cool and overcast, favouring Sri Lanka's
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        Lock icon A cut above the rest
        47 17 Reuter UCLA forward Ed O'Bannon holding the scissors used to cut the net as he throws his fist in the air after UCLA's 102-96 victory over Connecticut to win the NCAA West Region Tournament final at the Oakland Arena on Saturday. Reuter
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        Lock icon Some Tyson jurors now doubt his guilt
        105 17 AP DAYTON, Ohio Five of 12 jurors who convicted former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson have developed doubts about his guilt. The Dayton Daily News reported on Saturday. Tyson was convicted in 1992 of raping teenage beauty contestant Desiree Washington in an Indianapolis hotel
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        Lock icon Inter Milan chase Cantona
        63 17 AFP ROME Italian giants Inter Milan have launched a USSS million (557.2 million) bid to sign Manchester United's banned French star Eric Cantona. the Corriere dello Sport reported on Saturday. Cantona, who faces two weeks in jail after attacking a Crystal Palace fan two months ago,
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        301 17 AFP SYDNEY Australian Grand Prix yesterday 500 ec, 30 laps (117.9 km): I Mick Doohan (Aust) Honda 46:06.030 (153.447kmh) 2 Darvl Beattie (Aust) Suzuki 46:19.476 (13.446 sec behind) 3 Alex Criville (Spn) Honda 46:25.098 4 Luca Cadalora (Ita), Yamaha 46:39.783 5 Kevin Schwantz (US) Suzuki 46:40.402 6 Alexandre Barros (Bra)
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        Rugby
        109 17 Hongkong Sevens finals yesterday Bowl q-finals: Taiwan b Sri Lanka 40-0. UK h Spore 4(K); Thailand b Portugal 12-7; Papua New Guinea b Malaysia 42-0. Sfinals: HK b Taiwan 33-0; PNG b Thailand 404). Final: HK b PNG 45-7. Plate q-finals: Argentina b US 21-17; Korea b France 17-12;
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        Lock icon Basketball
        44 17 AFP WASHINGTON NBA games »n Saturday: Indiana 84. Philadelphia 75; New Jersey 96, Miami 95; Charlotte 105. Cleveland 97: Chicago 99, Atlanta 98; Detroit 104. Boston 103; San Antonio 113. Milwaukee 105: Dallas 117. Utah 110; New York 94, LA Clippers 86. AFP
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        Lock icon Golf
        161 17 Reuter AFP PONTE VEDRA BEACH. Honda Leaders after 3rd rd of the Players Championship on Saturday (US unless stated): 211 Bemhard Langer (Ger) 69 71 71, Corey Pavin 66 73 72 212 Lee Janzen 69 74 69 213 Pavne Stewart 69 73 71 214 Peter Jacobsen 74 69 71,
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        Lock icon Ice hockey
        42 17 AP NEW YORK NHL games on Saturday: Philadelphia 2. Washington 2: Hartford 5, NY Islanders 1; San Jose 3. Los \ngeles I; Quebec 2, NY Rangers I: Montreal 3. Ottawa I: Toronto 3. Winnipeg 3: Detroit 2. Vancouver 1. AP
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        Lock icon Tennis
        41 17 AP KEY BISCAYNE. Florida Upton Championships on Saturday Women's Singles final: Steffi Graf (Ger) b Kimiko Date (Jpn) 6-1. 6-4. Men's Doubles final: Mark Woodforde and Todd Woodbridge (Aust) b Patrick McEnroe and Jim Grabb (US) 6-3. 7-6 (7-3). AP
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      359 18 Celebrating fish Let's drink to fish. Bouillabaisse or Tom Yam? Top of the M celebrates fish with a lunch buffet of every imaginable fish recipe. Salmon, sole. ~|sw) snapper, sea bass... if it can be caught, it can be gfiflp cooked. And we know all the delicious ways. /Tj Continental
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  • THE ARTS
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      Lock icon Oscar parade is no solace for the French connection
      523 19  -  France is well represented in Hollywood at this week's Academy Awards, but back home its film industry is sagging. Robert Koch reports Robert Koch AFP THE 67th annual Academy Awards today (tomorrow Singapore time) features six films with a French connection,
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      413 19  -  Benjamin Loh applauds Dang Thai Sons exquisite performance of Beethoven's Fourth Piano Concerto Benjamin Loh BEETHOVEN'S Fourth Piano Concerto in G. Op 58 is the most poetic and sublime of all his piano concertos. Because of this, one often hears flaccid and sweetly pastel versions of the work,
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      213 19 I WEATHER Singapore: Showers over a few areas tn the late morning and over several areas m the afternoon. Temperature (25-33*) Asia Pacific Hi/IV Cwi. r M HL/U* Cl«< Buenos 4ms 23/13 Cloudy Auckland 20/13 Cloudy «>•<» aoud> 13/03 C oU Baro«* 36/23 Sum, Mhens I 7A» doudy Hone**, 27/19
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      1091 19 TV RADIO I Arabia: Sand, Sea and Shy, 9pm, Bf The final part of the award- J1 winning documentary scries gives us an insight into the natural history of the Red Sea. A VExplore the coral walls, atolls. reefs and sheltered lagoons K| J which give the Red Sea i
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    Lock icon Fed likely to hold rates steady despite weak dollar
    517 20 Reuter WASHINGTON The US Federal Reserve is expeeted to place the health of the domestic economy ahead of the wellbeing of the dollar and hold off from raising interest rates at a policy-making meeting tomorrow. Analysts yesterday said that while the
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    Lock icon Mexico may seek US$1b to bail out banks
    392 20 Bloomberg Business News NEW YORK Mexico plans to ask foreign banks for at least US$l billion (551.41 billion) to help shore up its troubled banking system, according to a banker familiar with the plan. The proposal follows Mexico's failed effort to secure
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    Lock icon EU to debate linking labour and trade
    313 20 Reuter BRUSSELS France, treading on sensitive ground, will push European Union social affairs ministers today to back the principle that social clauses should be included in trade accords. France, in its capacity as EU president, has drafted a memorandum urging the union to
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    The road to hell is often paved with good intentions
    775 20  -  The Bottom Line LEON HADAR LEON HADAR The writer is BT's Washington correspondent A FEW YEARS ago I had applied for a job in a leading American newspaper and was invited for an interview with one of the editors. After
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    Lock icon Iraq rejects US-British plan for oil sales
    344 20 Reuter BAGHDAD Iraq yesterday rejected a new proposal by the United States and Britain to allow it to sell oil to meet humanitarian needs, calling it a silly manoeuvre. Deputy Prime Minister Tareq Aziz, in a statement carried by the Iraqi news agency
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    Lock icon Manila keen to resolve Spratly row with China
    181 20 Reuter. AP MANILA The Philippines is anxious to resolve the Spratly Island conflict with China and may accelerate talks on the issue after discussions last week in Beijing failed to settle differences, a senior official said yesterday. "Obviously, there's disagreement between us
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      18 20 Tomorrow in Business Times A PART OF THE LINK THE SPRING/SUMMER 1995 COLLECTION IS NOW IN OUR STORES
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      Inchcape Bhd pre-tax profit rises by 5% to $101.6m
      509 21  -  By Amy Balan SINGAPORE Strong motor sales boosted pre-tax profit of Inchcape Bhd to over $100 million for the first time since 1990. The pre-tax profit rose marginally by 5 per cent to $101.58 million for the year ended Dec 31,
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      Tuan Sing net earnings jump by 47% to $8.6m
      365 21  -  By Agnes Wee SINGAPORE Property group Tuan Sing Holdings' net earnings rose 47 per cent for the year ended Dec 31, 1994, to $8.66 million on a turnover increase of 16 per cent. Better performances by the property and construction divisions
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      Acma acquires control of NZ computer distributor
      246 21 SINGAPORE In yet another overseas foray, Acma Ltd has acquired control ot a New Zealand-listed company. Triumph Industries Ltd (TIL), for NZS7.I4 million (556.6 million). TIL is the sole distributor of Apple computer products as well as Aldus and Adobe software, both well-known
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      Death of Honda King sparks activity aplenty in stalled Oriental stock
      718 21  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW By Ruth Wong KUALA LUMPUR Ironical as it seems, the death of Oriental Holdings Bhd founder, chairman and major shareholder, Loh Boon Siew, has ignited a spark of life in the sleepy motor stock. The Honda
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          Lock icon MBM Resources sets up Aussie base
          61 22 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR MBM Resources Bhd has set up a components manufacturing base in Australia through a new holding company called MBM Australia Pty Ltd. In a statement, MBM Resources said MBM Australia was set up on Feb 15 to carry on the business
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          Lock icon Good returns for Ipoh Garden (A)
          97 22 Bernama MELBOURNE lpoh Garden (Australia) Ltd had an after-tax operating profit of AS 10.5 million (SSIO.B million) tor the financial year ended December 1994. This was a considerable improvement on the previous year's results which included property writedowns. The company said the operating profit
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          Lock icon George Town pays cash for Millennium
          115 22 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR George Town Holdings Bhd on Friday disclosed that its proposed subscription of 80 per cent interest in Millennium Group Ltd was satisfied in cash. In a reply to Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange's query here, the company said the subscription of two
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          Lock icon Kian Joo's pre-tax profit rises
          83 22 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Kian Joo Can Factory Bhd reported a group pre-tax profit of M 566.57 million (SS37 million) for the year ended Dec 31, 1994, from M 551.48 million previously. Group turnover rose to M 5399.22 million from M 5331.28 million in 1993. At
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          Lock icon Minho posts 17% fall in profit
          108 22 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Minho (M) Bhd has reported a 17 per cent fall in group consolidated pre-tax profit to MS 19.68 million for the year ended Dec 31, 1994, from M 523.75 million a year earlier. A Minho statement here on Saturday said group
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        Lock icon MBf Holdings chief says financial arm not for sale
        278 22 MBT Kuala Lumpur MBf Holdings Bhd president and chief executive Loy Hean Heong has denied rumours that the group plans to hive off its financial services arm. In an interview with Malaysian Business Times, Mr Loy said he was "not ready
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        Sabah Foundation in reverse takeover of NBT
        398 22  -  By William Chia SINGAPORE North Borneo Timbers (NBT), the tim-ber-based company controlled by Joseph Ambrose Lee. will become the listed flagship of Yayasan Sabah (Sabah Foundation) following its reverse takeover by the cast Malaysian state foundation's investment arm. Yayasan Sabah's investment arm. Innoprisc
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        Raffles Marina offers easy payment scheme to woo new job entrants
        335 22  -  By Agnes Wee SINGAPORE Nat Steel's Raffles Marina launched a membership drive on Saturday, offering new members interest-free monthly instalments over 20 years to pay for their 5570.000 membership fee. Its general manager, Mr Y P Loke, said the
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        Lock icon Commuter plane made in Indonesia
        44 22 Reuter BANDUNG The body of a CN-235 turbo-prop commuter plane made by Indonesia's state-run IPTN' sitting in a banner at the aircraft-maker's complex in Bandung, south of Jakarta. IPTN makes the CN-235 in conjunction with CASA of Spain. Reuter
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        HK analysts estimate profit growth with rose-tinted glasses
        608 22  -  From Stephen Vines in HONGKONG HONGKONG analysts have an uncanny knack of making unrealistic estimates of company profits. During bull markets they seem hardly able to believe how good things are and tend to underestimate the level of profits growth. When the
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        Lock icon Leader Universal pre-tax income jumps 16%
        122 22 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Leader Universal Holdings Bhd has posted a group pre-tax profit of MS I 76.04 million (5597.96 million) for the year ended Dec 31, 1994. up 16 per cent from M 5151.71 million in 1993. In the unaudited results re- leased on
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        Lock icon Promet unit signs 3 Pakistan infrastructure deals
        212 22 NST KUALA LUMPUR Civil engineering to property group Promet Bhd has signed three deals with the Pakistan government covering a range of infrastructure development projects. In a reply to a Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange query on Friday, the company said its wholly owned
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        1755 22 Managers' pricct Mar 25 A 27 US Gr Fund 097 101 Singapore Unit Trust U06 Asset Mgt Ltd The Commerce 1.56 1.65 Unifund I .JO 1.36 The Savings Fund 141 I 49xd Unihond 1.025 1050 Spore Prog Fund 0 57 0 61 United Gr Fund 1.53 160 Spore Sec Fund
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        412 24 Reuter CALCUTTA Britain's BAT Industries gained the upper hand on Saturday in India's biggest corporate battle since the launch of 1991 economic reforms by quashing a proposal by affiliate ITC Ltd to expand into power generation. The British multinational had opposed the
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        282 24 FT SAN FRANCISCO Cray Computer, the US supercomputer venture, filed for bankruptcy protection on Friday after failing to raise funds to complete the development of a new supercomputer it had planned to launch this year. Cray Computer, a spin-off from Cray
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        202 24 NYT NEW YORK Traders recently increased their bets that a record number of stock prices will fall, as uncovered short sales on the Nasdaq exchange rose 3.8 per cent in the month that ended March 8, the National Association of Securities Dealers
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        423 25 FT ZURICH BK Vision, an investment company controlled by Martin Ebner's BZ banking group, has rejected an attempt to resolve its bitter dispute with the board of Union Bank of Switzerland. Nikolaus Senn, ÜBS chairman. on Thursday said the bank's
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        337 25 FT LONDON The cost of insuring against natural disasters could rise significantly over the next few years, and some cover may be withdrawn, even if world leaders agree tougher curbs on carbon dioxide emissions, a leading Lloyd's of London underwriter has warned.
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        58 25 Reuter BEIJING A Chinese man comparing a counterfeit 100 renminbi (S$ 16.75) yuan bill (below) to the genuine article (top) at a demonstration stall in central Beijing yesterday. China has just passed its First central bank law, which is intended partly to crack down
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        241 25 Reuter FRANKFURT Credit Lyonnais (CL), which is undergoing a tough rehabilitation plan, has no plans at all to sell German bank BfG Bank AG, its largest foreign holding, said president Jean Peyrelevade. German press reports have suggested the financially
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        279 25 Bloomberg Business News PARIS Insurer Groupe des Assurances Nationales (GAN) and regional bank Societe Marseillaise de Credit (SMC) are the latest French companies to queue up for financial aid from the state. The government said on Friday it would give GAN two
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        330 25 Router BANGKOK The Bank of Thailand (BOT) move to tighten supervision of commercial bank loans to the real estate sector is aimed at weeding out risky property developments, officials said on Friday. The central bank said on Friday the moves are
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        Gold retains lustre in spite of financial instruments
        366 26  -  From Neil Behrmann in LONDON SOPHISTICATED global financial markets have failed to dispel gold's mystique. Despite the development of futures, options and other new-fangled financial instruments, investors still hold 805 million ounces (25,132 tonnes) of the yellow metal, worth US$3OO billion (*****
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        355 26 Reuter LONDON Foreign investors in several big Russian oil projects have called on the Russian government to speedily amend and ratify a longawaited production-sharing law. Senior officials of Western firms speaking in London said that in its present form a long awaited
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        219 26 Reuter BEIJING Prices of non-fer-rous metals on the Chinese market are likely to hit new highs in 1995, the Xinhua news agency said. This year, China is expected to turn out 850,000 tonnes of copper while consumption will remain at the 1994 level
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        365 26 Reuter MANILA The Philippines is unable to meet brisk world demand for coconut products because of production problems and prices may rise sharply as a result, a leading industry official said on Friday. Virgilio David, administrator of the government's Philippine Coconut
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        294 26 AP WASHINGTON Let's just say it was a good week and a bad week at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. On the positive side, the agency has survived 20 years of attempts to get rid of it or merge it with the bigger, more visible
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        399 26 Reuter NEW DELHI India's stateowned Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), aiming to become a multinational, plans to tie up with a Kuwait company tor a domestic refinery and float a joint venture to tap the overseas market,
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        588 27  -  SIMEX WEEKLY ROUNDUP By Yumiko Iijima MMS International SINGAPORE The USS-yen remained under pressure and hit another record low of 88.88 yen on Thursday, but USSmark appears to have entered a corrective phase, with losses limited to 1.3949 before ending the week higher than where it
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        628 27 COMMODITY WEEKLY ROUNDUP LONDON Oil prices soared last week, breaking out of their recent mediocre cycle and climbing some 50 cents in 24 hours as tension increased in the Gulf and stocks declined significantly in the US. Washington has
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      1435 27 SICOM Futures Rubber (futures dosing as at 5.30pm) RSS 1 Contract (S ccnts/kg) Close Volume Open Month High Low Sett (tonnes) Interest Apr >>5 270.00 270.00 272.00 50 J25~ May 267.00 1600 Jun 262.00 2175 Jul/Sep 260.00 255.00 260.00 375 4500 Oct/Occ 258.50 7005 Jan/Mar 96 259.00 4SO
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      5397 28 CORPORATE RESULTS Net tarn KPS Date IY l.Y IV l-Y Company ann ($m) ($m) (rt») (Us) ABR HUlgs Fch 28 P 2.007 2.772 4 6 6.5 Acma Mar 21 P 65 946 41 518 4 7 8 31 3 \lc\ Hldgs IXv 20 I 18% 12.106
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      753 28 Relative Strength Index: The RSI measures the rate at which prices move. In theory, it ranges between zero and 100. In practice however, it fluctuates between 10 and 90. RSI is calculated over a specified period, say 13 days, and is derived from the formula: 100 100/ [(up
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        805 29 NYT New York AFTER essentially drifting for five sessions, the stock market vaulted to record levels on Friday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average soaring above 4,100 points for the first time in history. Bond prices rose, too, helped by
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        247 29 AFP London SHARES last week ended at their highest level for six months, boosted by positive economic indicators and by a recovery in sterling. The FTSE-100 Index closed at 3,153.4 points on Friday its highest level since early September, after registering
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        157 29 AP Hongkong SHARE prices slipped sideways last week, with the Hang Seng Index closing out the week a mere 0.5 per cent down from where it stood the previous Friday. The blue-chip barometer ended Friday at 8.484.66 points, off 50.05, after making its
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        343 29 AFP Tokyo SHARE prices plunged to their lowest level in 31 months on the Tokyo Stock Exchange last week, depressed by mounting concerns over the economy as the yen renewed its record highs against the dollar. The Nikkei Average breaehed the
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          86 29 A PLUNGING Australian dollar and jitters over the economy triggered a sell-off which led the share market 1.2 per cent lower at the close of the week. The All Ordinaries Index dropped to 1,897.2 points, 24 below the previous week's finish in volatile trading. The All Industrials fell 30.3
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          106 29 Stocks fell last week as the continuing diplomatic quarrel between the Philippines and Singapore dampened the already sluggish spirits of investors. The downgrading of ties between the two countries following the execution in Singapore last week of a Filipina maid convicted of two murders has made foreign investors wary
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          75 29 A brief return of foreign capital was enough to give the SET Index a 15.51-point boost for the week to a close on Friday at 1,196.13. The average daily turnover was 67.6 billion shares, down from 71.9 billion the week before. The average daily value of stocks traded was
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          90 29 Stocks slumped for the fourth consecutive week under heavy selling pressure, sparked by the strong appreciation of the yen. The dollar's instability, which has already weakened other Asian bourses, the rising interest rates and speculation about imminent rises in US federal rates, prompted the selling. The market's index closed
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          92 29 Share prices closed mixed on Saturday as the market was depressed by bankruptcy rumours. The Composite Price Index gained 1.89 points to 955.51 in active trading. Compared with the previous week, the index rose 4.17 points in value. Trading was generally thin during the week, with an average 22.7
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          75 29 Stocks registered moderate losses on wait-and-see sentiment last week, dampened mainly by a planned capital gains tax on securities transactions. brokers said. Wiping out a 2.2 per cent advance the previous week, the 321-issue Weighted Price Index retreated 160.82 points to 6,433.44 on Friday. Average daily turnover shrunk to
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          93 29 Share prices of blue-chips plunged during a week of turmoil caused by the default of a broker. The Bombay bourse, India's largest, was closed from Monday to Wednesday as BSE authorities struggled to resolve the payments crisis. Trading resumed on Thursday with brokers, upset at having to cover the
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          2440 29 London Mar 24 Pe«e* Industrials A. A. Corp Adr 54 2/8 -I 200 AB Poets 284 4/8 I 4/8 Abbey National 462 4/8 6 4/8 Allied Ltom 536 10 Aimc W4fl 4/» Argyll 2*4 -I Asda Group '3 4/8 460 BAT [ltd 443 I 9 BK'C 337 t I BOC
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          876 29 +50.84 The Dow Jones Industrial Average surpassed the 4,100 level For the first time on Friday as stocks rallied along with bonds on fresh evidence of a slowing economy and the US dollar's strength. The Dow. which edged up 4.84 points to a record high 4,087.83 on Thursday,
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          291 29 +26.68 Stocks closed sharply higher, breaking the 4,300 level, as investors poured cash into North American equity markets, traders said. The TSE-300 Composite Index rose 26.68 points to 4.317.10 on volume of 68.21 million shares valued at C 5790.77 million. Advancing stocks obliterated declines 454 to 314. with 320
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      2595 30 Gr im»5 ljr.1 Vol »nk UslQnlf Di» 1M» \M Net M (ap High Low (ixnpan> Suk (WW) ll>gh Low Bu>«-r Seller S >r S H I Soiil MALAYSIAN STOCKS 434 73 m MSB 50c 416 +6 6310 434 390 414 416 3.0 -2.9 0.2 42.7 206 77.5 m
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        7078 30 AFP KUALA LUMPUR Stock prices ended a depressing week lower on concern over the country's widening current-ac-count deficit and the weak US dollar. The Composite Index lost 2.53 points to 957.90 from 960.43 the previous week. Average daily trading volume shrank to
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        8997 31 MA* BOARD Cr Cr M »f 1944 95 Last Vol Week IjM QwKe Oh f)i. M Net Cap A.g High lo. Sale COM) High Urn B»er Seller C*n S P/E Sail Price INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL '.XT 388 ml Aetna MX: 424 cd unch 44* 416 414 422 424 22.5 2.7
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        1967 32  -  By R Sivanithy SINGAPORE After five consecutive days of declines, investors in the local stock market are hoping for a rebound this week. Apart from expecting a technical rebound, which may be helped by the New York rally last Friday, investors are still
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      525 23 REACHING OUT FROM CANADA AND AROUND THE WORLD TO SINGAPORE Study and design of Phase 1 of the LG3 hydro-electric project, Vancouver Sky Train, covering 21 km line including a 14-km ABI aluminum smelter, producing 345,000 ton/year, built near the built on the James Bay River, with installed capacity of
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      192 25 SINGAPOJk».B'SIA* An Award for Outstanding Achievement The Secretary of the Year Award honours the executive secretary who has been judged the very best in her profession. As a boss, you may have someone within your organisation whose work skills and personal qualities are worthy of such wider recognition. If so,
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      277 25 jf' SCHOOL DINNERS i at Raffles Hotel? f M Le Cordon Bleu at Raffles. 31 March to 2 April ly For over a century, Le Cordon Bleu, the Vl C legendary Parisian culinary institution, has been U) fflk upholding the tradition of classical French Mj if cuisine and pastry. Now
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      20 27 As and when the latest (.ondon/ Rotterdam prices are not available, the previous trading day's closing figures are carried instead.
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      1228 32 11 i > .1 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to Section 308 of the Companies Act, Cap. SO, that the Final General Meeting of the Members of the abovenamed Company will be held at 336 Smith Street •06-304 New Bridge Centre, Singapore 0105 on Saturday, 29 April 1995 at ILOO
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      407 33  -  But Aussie ferry builder confident of finishing contracts on time By Alec Almazan SINGAPORE West Australian ferry builder Austal Ships is confident of completing all its contracts on time despite having been served notices for breaches of health and safety regulations.
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      263 33 UPI SAN DIEGO, California US Coast Guard officials and other government officials were investigating on Saturday to determine the fate of an Asian fishing vessel and its crew suspected of attempting to smuggle 95 people into the US. The 38.6 m ship
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      INDEX TO SHIPPING LINES AND FREIGHT FORWARDERS
      1036 33 Page Col ABC Containerize 16 1 Able Shpg 7 4/5 Accord Group 8 1-3 •Ahlers Line 12 I •Ahrenkiel Liner 4 1/2 •ANL 3 4/5 Antaco Mgmt 17 3 •APL 18 1/2 •Appenship 4 4/5 Arabian Express 15 4 •ASCL 5 5 Astro
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      168 33 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia Shipyard and Engineering Sdn Bhd (MSE) has been awarded the MS ISO 9002 Certificate of Quality. A MSE statement on Saturday said the ISO 9002 accreditation was a milestone in MSE's history and a testimony to the high quality standards which
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      Hamburg, Prague linked by river service
      165 33 SINGAPORE Shipping links between Hamburg and Prague have been enhanced by a river container service which started this month. The. link is operated by Elbe Container, a joint venture between Deutsche Binnenreederei of Berlin and Elbe Shipping Co of the Czech Republic. During the
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      334 33 Reuter BEIJING China has begun dredging its mighty Yangtze river after heavy silting beached traffic along one of the world's longest and busiest waterways for the second time this year, the China Daily said on Saturday. Local authorities are using various
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      Lock icon China now has 219 ports of entry
      134 33 Reuter BEIJING China, among the world's most shuttered countries in the 1960s and *****, now has 219 ports of entry. The total comprises 116 ports for water transport. 55 for land crossings and 48 airports, Xinhua news agency said late on Friday. Last
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      DAILY FREIGHTS
      1494 34 THE first decline since February' 7 on the Baltic Freight Index, although of just one point to 2,294. lent support on Thursday to shipbroker speculation the surge in dry cargo freight rates might be topping out. Brokers said the market remained very strong but was a touch softer
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      554 34 COURSES Title: Graduate Diploma in Facilities Management Duration: Apr 4 Organiser Singapore Institute of Engineering Technologists Tel: For further details contact MMC at 224-8343 or fax: 224-2448. Title: Shipping Law Disputes (SDF Case-by-Case Basis) Duration: Apr 5 May 17 Organiser Singapore National Shipping Association Tel: For further details
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      1241 35  -  Thanks to the recent instability of currency relationships and the weakness of the US dollar, currency adjustment factors (CAFs) are being increasingly reintroduced by conferences quoting in dollars. Gerard Verhaar gives his views Gerard Verhaar American Shipper I T IS largely for
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      11575 42 This is a list of ships loading at I Singapore for ports around the world. It tabulates, by destination, the name of the ship, the shipping line involved and the estimated dates of arrival and departure from the Port of Singapore. LEGEND PN: ship
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        500 45 Vtssel Voy Wo Berth Arrival Departure Vessel Voy No Befth Arrival Departure l«roog Port Bayswaterl 18 9656 P01 2/03 0830 2/03,1130 Satam Mum. 03 06/95 il *>ngside 2/03 2300 Bueo Reetei 3,95 P07 2/03 1/00 2803 0600 fe Guna 03/02/95 121 alongside 2/03 2300 Brasta® 1 12
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        1753 45 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Record Booking/Balance Rslts "■Ship Voy No Etb/Btr Period From To From Liac 042B 29/2300 IB 26/1500 26/1659 26/1900 2A 26/1700 27/0659 27/0900 2B 26/1700 27/0659 27/0900 4 27/1200 27/1459 27/1700 ■Hlu Bhum 196S
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        444 52  -  From Mike Simms in AUCKLAND NEW ZEALAND air safety chiefs, worried that a string of tourist deaths may be harming the country's reputation in key Asian and European markets, are acting to curb aerial thrill operators. The Civil Aviation Authority
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        229 52 AFP KUALA LUMPUR Japanese car prices here are set to rise to accommodate the surging yen, but current Malaysian demand for cars is so robust that car stocks are unlikely to suffer, securities analysts say. "If stock prices were to be
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        164 52 Reuter BEIJING China's first private airline has begun flights around the north-western Xinjiang region, ferrying oil workers around the sprawling area of deserts and mountains. The Daxueshi Aviation Development Company of Xinjiang, which belongs to the Daxueshi Group, went into operation after two years
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        43 52 Reuter SHANGHAI Labourers working yesterday on an elevated highway aimed at easing Shanghai's desperate traffic jams. Shanghai is in the middle of a construction boom as it hastens to make up for decades of neglect. Reuter
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        Lock icon US to tighten safety measures for small planes
        538 52 NYT WASHINGTON The Department of Transportation last Friday proposed tougher operating requirements and equipment standards for small commuter planes, bringing them closer to the standards for bigger planes operated by the major airlines. The agency predicted the changes would prevent nearly 100
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        Lock icon PAL minority owners willing to go to court
        367 52 Reuter MANILA Minority interests in Philippine Airlines (PAL) have said they would go to the Supreme Court if necessary to force tycoon Lucio Tan to dissolve the holding company that controls the troubled carrier. PAL is owned 67 percent by PR Holdings,
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          SilkAir takes delivery of Fokker 70
          82 52 SINGAPORE Regional carrier Silk Air has taken deliver} of the first of two Fokker 70s it ordered last November. The second plane is scheduled for delivery in October. The wholly-owned subsidiary of Singapore Airlines is the second airline to operate the new Fokker jetliner.
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          75 52 Reuter MELBOURNE Australian airline, Ansett Australia, said it has increased its flights to Hongkong to five a week from three, effective yesterday. The new flights will leave Sydney on day and Sunday, adding to its current Tuesday, Friday and Saturday departures, also from
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          Lock icon Seven die in plane crash in China
          85 52 AFP BEIJING A civilian training plane has crashed into a mountain in northern China, killing all seven people on board, a report said last Saturday. The Xiayan-type training plane crashed into the mountain on Thursday while flying at a low altitude just south
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          Lock icon Porsche plans to launch minivan
          111 52 Reuter BONN Luxury German sports car maker Porsche AG plans to bring a minivan onto the market in mid-1996, a German newspaper reported. The Stuitgartcr Hachrichten daily in an article published on Saturday said that the model would be based on the minivan concept known
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          Lock icon China tests advanced unmanned plane
          119 52 Reuter BEIJING China has started testing the first batch of an advanced rocket-launched unmanned airplane that needs no runway, the China Daily said last Friday. The ASN-206 pilotless aircraft is equipped with cameras and infrared scanners, and can be used as a spotter aircraft, for
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        AIRCRAFT ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES
        1597 52 Ctty nw ETA F1«>K ET»_ Fltf* CTA F10* H®_ Abu Dhabi SQ441 1500 FranWurt SQ25 0655 QF5 2220 LH780 1555 SQ26 2355 SQ228 2120 Qf6 1840 LH781 2359 nimnrl L?25 Fukuoka SQ980 1700 SQ990 0125 Amsterdam KL843 0545 KL838 2300 jgrrr rrrr SQ323 0745 SQ324 2330
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        104 52 AFP THE HAGUE A hearse carrying the body of a 42-year-old British car crash victim back from the Netherlands to Britain was turned away from Le Shuttle service through the Channel Tunnel, the Dutch undertakers said last Friday. "All the papers were in order
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      444 33 THE /g FAMOUS CgjIROPi ■■MIIISI* 224 1833 For more information pl«a*e refer to Pg. 13 Quadrant Container Line, one of the members of the new Good Hope Express Consortium, which commenced its service with effect 01 January 1995, explains its set-up and service for this trade. Quadrant is a wholly-owned
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      431 35 ANL. IT'S AUSTRALIAN FOR SHIPPING"^!': TO AUSTRALIA [EAST COAST) I FROM AUBTRALIA (EAST COAST) vtssii/voY j«t p«e tor sne »ro mei sua nob wssei/voy ine iro mei iur hoi jut daTI p*g A COWA2IS M*4 11*4 11*4 21*4 14*4 A JAYAKAATA I2N 11*3 14*3 M/U u« uiu A JAYAAAATA US
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      1376 36 —555 a r-qam/ le VESSEL VOY NO SPORE JEOOAH (VIA JED) STOW H'BURG AWERP HAVRE FRANKFURT EXPRESS Wll2 3G/3 ISil I LUOWIGSHAFEN EXPRESS 18/312 1/4 10/4 17/4 ?S/4 W* 3*4 »/4 NYKPROCVON 01/113 V 4 St* LEVER KUSBI EXPRESS ZV3I3 V 4 17/4 2V« 15 3!* HZ£5 25 KATSURAGI 2SHI4
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      1110 36 I NORASIA WE'RE ACCEPTING LCL CARGO ON OUR REGULAR WEEKLY SAILING TO THE FOLLOWING PORTS:VALETTA, TRIESTE, VENICE, ANCONA, PIRAEUS, ALEXANDRIA, PORTSAID, BARCELONA, VALENCIA. FOR MORE DETAILS/BOOKINGS:CONTACT M/S TAN SEOW CHUAN M/S YVONNE KOH STORE GENERAL AGENT: NORASIA AGENCIES (S) PTE LTO ALSO ACCEPTMG LCL TO: TEL: *****93 FAX: *****90 CR
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      1456 37 H STRAITS SHIPPING PTE LTD 10 Hoo Chiang Road *11-01 Keppol Towers Singapore 0200 Tel: *****88 Fax: *****17 nnnninew guinea pacific line (a service of china navigation co) ACCtPTS VVWW CARGO DUt SAILS I>wrff" C J MACAW-JO VHOK MMn.Lat.KK 25 27Mar 2S Mar Mar RX UX CONTAMMR AMD MAK MAX
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      2996 37 w Singapore Agent: MXtI 1 I Aflf O 1 fipfC P&O Containers (Singapore Agencies) Pte Ltd O 10 Hoe Chiang Road, #07-01 Keppel Towers, Singapore 0208 pKPtP'. F»«t Class Connections WORLDWIDE T*. 2 »P" PNOCSP F 225 5,27,222 7517 EXPORT IMPORT vessel vox Fpno sin too ant rot ham got
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      468 38 A* JOINT VENTURE WV SAMUDERA INDONESIA SIR RICKMERS win SINGAPORE CHINA 'MSA SEPULUH VOY 04NB 13 APR QtNGOAO £ft£EN ERA DRY DOCKING XINGANG SHANGHAI feOUCEMENT CALL PKELANG INDUCEMENT CALL HK, f GUOANG. BfLAWAN, IG MAN) XIAMEN, HUANGPU UTAMA HARTA Pf WEEKLY FULL COHTAIMERSHIP FEEDER VESSEL NAME VOY SIN KCH SIBU
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      1472 38 HANJIN SHIPPING BOOKING TEL:- *****35-237 OPERATION TEL: *****41-253 SALES TEL:- *****30-233 DOCUMENT TEL: *****71 2^ 5 FDR VSI SIN LUC HAUL SCA YVR ID* FOR Wl S»T]lJ€ MAUL SAV lit NYC HANJIN HAMBURG 021E 30 3 WRECI 20/4 21/4 22/4 HANJW KIMSAN 1131 313 H KOBE 055E 4/5 5/5 7/5
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      721 38 WE ARE RESUMING OUR SERVICE TO THE CARIBBEAN SEAS. EFFECTIVE 26TH MARCH 1995 DESTINATIONS:- CRISTOBAL, COLON FREE ZONE PANAMA CITY, LA GUAIRA, CARTAGENA, CURACAO, PUERTO CABELLO, ST. JUAN, RIO HAINA, SANTO DOMINGO AND KINGSTON FOR ENQUIRIES AND BOOKINGS, PLEASE CALL SERENE, AZIDA, JESSICA AND DEVI TEL *****33 PERSIAN GULF SERVICE
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      634 39 yjg FAMOUS CONTAINER LINES 80 ROBINSON ROAD, #22-02 SINGAPORE 0106 HOT LINE: *****33 (30 LINES) NEXT GROUPAGE SERVICE TO CHINA ETA: 29TH MAR. 95 CONTACT: KEN SIM/ SYLVIA HOT LINE: *****33 (30 LINES) P. KLANG PH: 0203-*****02 (10 LINES). PENANG PH: 0204-*****7 (10 LINES) J. BAHRU PH: 0207-*****22 GLOBELINK FORWARDERS
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      996 40 79 ANSON ROAD, #21-01, SINGAPORE 0207 TELE: *****92 FAX: *****57 CR **********0N STRAITS SHUTTLE SERVICE i j PORT KLANG PENANG VtSStL Vpr SIN PKL VESSEL VOY I SK PEW SEA mrct 374N 30 3 THU, 31 3 'FRIi nous )AYA ***** 31 3 ifßti I 4 iSUN) f EAGLE BREE2E
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      907 41 PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL LINES (PTE) LTD 140 Cecil Street. #03-00 PIL Building, Singapore 0106. I B CR NO: **********0E I VESSEL VOY SIN CMB JIB HOD JED AOJ ADE PZU MSW ASA KOTA WUAYA WJAS3S 31/3 4/4 10/4 12/4 14/4 17/4 IS/S 22/5 16/5 KOTA BERLIAN BRL29S 7/4 12/4 18/4 20/4
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      599 41 1 BSfl ill I'M* MYANMA wBBk five star LINE V" (Myanmar National Line): Loading for Yangon (Rangoon) S'pore P.KIf Pen P.Gtfg. TECHMAT PIONEER V 3 In Port AVA VI32W In Port MYOMAYMA VISSW 2S/30 Mar MALAYSIA AGENTS BOUSTEAO SHAPING AGENCIS KU.: TEI 02 03 *****00 PHI TEL 02 03 *****67
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      559 44 «"^richns!hEKlNMW^ TEL: *****33 (12 Lines) M FAX: *****15/*****03 UCI TELEX: RS ***** RISHIP (3 Lines) CR NO.: **********0E ETHIOPIAN SHIPPING LINES (National Lines of Ethiopia) ACCEPTING FCL AND CONVENTIONAL Voy ETA Loading For Spore Andinet 38W8 16/04 Mombasa. O|ibouti Assab. Massawa Abbay Wonz 43W8 18/05 Mombasa. Djibouti Assab. Massawa H
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      570 44 M mmm mmm AFGHANISTAN MAM Afghanistan Ltd., Hairatan, Torghundi. Islamqala (Doqharun) Mwm&cmwm c.i.s./russia: ma Ata, Ashkhabad, Baku, Dushanbe, I Irkutsk, Khabarovsk, Krasnoyarsk. Korsakov, Moscow, Mllltzer Muncn Novosobirsk, Sochi, Tashkent. Tbilisi. Vladivostok. Vostochny International Forwarders Mongolia: uiaan Bator N Korea: Pyongyang, Nampo express container service to west coast south america I
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      501 44 IlkllMd 66>itAlNER LIMES, Hlfe =K=A~-~ MAC-NCLS BPORE: *****23 (24 LINCB) V V 'cm Not UOM7MMM SIBU (084) *****9 KUCHINQ (082) 42W8 PENANG: (04) *****6 BANGKOK (662) *****67 MANILA (6&)|12«861 P.KELANG: (03) *****77 JAKARTA; (21) *****07 BURABAYAS (31) 29*60 ASIA HKG/TWN/BKK GENOA/EUROPE PEN PKI SIN 5 SAILINGS/WEEK PEN PK SIN 28/3
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      384 45 SINO EXPRESS SHIPPING (PTE) LTD. V MM I 11 COLLYER QUAY *06-01 THE ARCADE SINGAPORE 0104. m m 1 TEL: *****90 (4 LINES) FAX: *****08 TLX: R*****1 SINOEX SINOTRANS SHANGHAI (CONTAINER SERVICE) SIN/HKG/SHAI S'PORE HKO S«AJ VESSEL VOY ETA ETD ETA ETD ETA ETD LATMOS 927/928 27/3 28/3 2/4 3/4
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      1507 46 THIS WEEK'S ARRIVAL: NEXT WEEK'S ARRIVAL: VESSELS VOY ETA EXCHANGE VESSELS VOY EIA EXCHANGE RATE R IE JERVIS BAY 5040 26 MAR 1 4175 SL EXPRESS 225W 03 APR 1 4224 MAERSK VANCOUVER 9503 27 MAR 1 4399 MAERSK COLOMBO 9504 03 APR 1 4130 MAERSK ANTWERP 9504 27 MAR
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      789 46 TO E. CANADA US ATLANTIC US GULF LOADING VOY SPORE P KELANG HALIFAX N YORK NORFOLK N ORLEANS SAVANNAH TAMPICO HOUSTON HOEGH DENE 0328 9/10 Apr 11/12 Apr 12 May 15 May 18 May 24 May 23 May 30 May 4 Jon. HOEGH CLIPPER 0228 20/21 Apr 22 Apr 30
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      547 47 v/yj MTTTIFM r WgV'EVERETT ORIENT LINE" JAPAN/BAY OF BENGAL/JAPAN SERVICE ACCEPTING BREAKBU.K SOC CARGOES TO FROM KOtt. YOKOHAMA. NAGOYA. 7 HOI. TOKYO*, MAMH.A*, DAVAO*. Penanj" P Kelant Sirtapore E'Msia* KARABtVERETT V22E 04/05 May KAMALEVERETT V26E 07/08 May A VESSEL 29/30 May <F ACCEPTING MEAKBU.K/FCI/SOC CARGOES TO/FROM CHITTAGONG. CALCUTTA AND MONGIA*
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      200 47 18* GLORY NAVIGATION GROUP 4k* W** REGULAR LINER SERVICE TAIWAN TO SINGAPORE ASEAN SINGAPORE TO KOMPONG SOM *AT ATTRACTIVE RATES* CR NO: **********0W KAO SIN PKG PNG GLORY SELATAN VII 21/3 27/3 29/3 31/3 GLORY SELATAN X 22/3 28/3 30/3 1/4 SIN KAO GLORY SELATAN VIII 1/4 8/4 SINGAPORE ASEAN
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      620 47 PAKISTAN NATIONAL SHIPPING CORPORATION KARACHI BREAKBULK CONTAINER SERVICE VtSSEL VOT SIR I KMUCHI BOIAR tM-HW 15/04 »/04 HYDERABAD 139 HW 19/04 M/ 04 SABGOOHA 155HW 09/05 19/05 •ISLAMABAD* 154-HW 15/05 2«/05 m mm tcctftw; cocas io dumi FAR EAST CONTAINER SERVICE ONLY Vtssti VOY law Ihkg Ibsw Ipsa [wag Iron
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      705 47 FULL CONTAINER SERVICE FROM SIN TO MADRAS VESSCL/VOV ETA SIN ETA MAA MV SEA GALLANT V GLTO 13 25 26/03 31-01/04 MV TIGER CAPE V 017N 27-28/03 02-OS/04 MV PRAVDINSK V.15 27-28/03 02-03/04 MV TIGER ISLAND V 135N 30-01/04 05-09/04 MV BUNGA TERATAI V TERO33 01-02/04 07-08/04 MV TIGER BRIDGE
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      309 47 SIN FAR EAST 4/4 KEELUNG/KAOHSIUNG 2/4 BANGKOK 2/4 MANILA/CEBU 2/4 JAKARTA/BELAWAN/SURABAYA 2/4 PORT KELANG/PENANG/E. MALAYSIA 2/4 BUSAN 2/4 TOKYO/YOKO/KOBE/NGO/OSA 2/4 HONG KONG SIN CHINA (*3l*±*;tn) 2/4 GUANGZHOU/HUANGPU/SHENZHEN FUZHOU/XIAMEN/SHANTOU/SHEKOU DALIAN/SHANGHAI/XINGANG TIANJIN/QINGDAO/HAIKOU also accepting LCL cargo SIN EUROPE/UK 3/4 LDN/FLX/LVP/SOU 3/4 RDM/HAM/ANT/LEH/GOA/OSL/GOT/BCN also accepting cargo to Austria/ Hungary/Romanta/Poland/Bulgaria/Czech. SIN USA/CANADA 31/3 LOS
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      1123 48 H T !i fixed jgr L WEEKLY SAILINGS !|j Tel: 261-3595 J jj jj| Fax r n. MELBOURNE I GP SHIPPING PTE LTD Call: Kenny/Mas/Peter V -1,-,- in n 11 mi i nww*w wwwwwwwwwfww,w lfwww wwwfwwwwwwwwfwwwwww -wmawac STAR SHIPPING AGENCIES (S) PTE LTD V AGENTS FM: ZIM CONTAINER SERVICE GOLD
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      462 48 y Con term W CONTERM FREIGHT (F.E.) PTE LTD. AUCKLAND 4 APRIL (Accepting lo all N«w ZMland port*) PENANG 7 APR JAKARTA 29 MAR PORT KLANG 6 APR BAN6KOK 2 APR HON6KONG 2 APR MELBOURNE 31 MAR SYDNEY 31 MAR BRISBANE 31 MAR FREMANTLE 6 APR ADELAIDE S APR 1
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      929 48 CONSOLIDATION TO BUS AN Sinßapsfe I FIRS I KOKU MtIHH IN OFFERING TWICE WEEKLY LCL SERVICE TO BL'SAN Call SANISA at DID: 277 1058 for bookings NOW!!! Tel: Fax: Singapore 561 1668 272 9838 INTERNATIONAL SEA FREIGHT I Also has ofllccs in*MALAYSIA THAILAND PHILIPPINES LOGSTCS ®*CES GFES# HONG KONG VIETNAM
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      1758 49 W SUNSHIP AGENCIES PTE LTD I 20 McCallum Street #16-01/03 Asia Chambers Singapore 0106 Tel: *****22 (10 Lines) FAX: *****05 CR No.: *****8 200 00R Y.S.N. Vc««el v 9* Hong Kong Singapore P. Keleng Peneng Rigei 11 Sailed Salted In Port Star Ruby 7 Sailed 28-29/3 30-31/3 Ctdo Orchid 15
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      374 49 xgx CEYLON SHIPPING CORPN rcSlg) National Line of Sri Lanka CONTAINERISED SERVICE TO UK AND NORTH CONTINENTAL PORTS g» WTIATM iIMI 17/3 «/i «/< »/< WD KttLUR6 WW 11/3 Zl/1 womsw mum win 22/3 27/1 m/« i«/« w* MID XJW6 HOWE OMR 2V3 30/3 MUM* Ml Wl2 3 li/i 3/4
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      735 49 VESSEL VOYAGE EXCHANGE RATES (USS) Ml II II OUT IN OUT HM II H PACIFIC EAGLE 6~S 62N 14 150 ***** II M U NEPTUNE CRYSTAL 31E 31E 1 4134 1 4134 ■I IQC NEPTUNE TOPAZ 40W 40W ***** ***** HI I KB RHEIN BRIDGE 39E 39E 1 4189 1
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      1538 50 AMERICAN PRESIDENT LINES, LTD. 19 KEPPCL ROAD *02-01 JIT POH BUILDING SINCAPQBC 0208 TEL 225 9966 fat 4922 TWICE WEEKLY TO FROM *UK/NORTH CONTINENT EUROPE* for enquiry/booking >: CALL 225-1-225 TO NORTH AMERICA A CANADA WEEKLY CONTAINERIZED SERVICE :«S9L VOYMX n* g OMt I o*L-LM I*n htc I aos _*>_
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      1734 50 4k v AS AGENTS: "K" LINE (SIN6APORE) PTE LTO (CD NO: **********0K'G5T KG NO: N2-*****99-6) TEL *****77 TELEX: KAWAK! R*****5 FAX *****16/7/8/9 I lfcT MALAVS'A "K" LINE MARITIME (MALAYSIA) SON BHO M TEL: SA *****00 PK *****75 PEN *****20 JB 2236:01 PGU *****25/6 1 INDONESIA P.T. SARANA LAUTINTERNUSA. TEL: JKT
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      529 50 ISLAND LINE PTE LTD Subsidiary of Hal Sun Hup Group 200 CANTONMENT ROAD #02-11 SOUTHPOtNT TEL: *****57 FAX: *****04 TLX: RS ***** 8 RS ***** >S&r INTRA-ASIA CONTAINER SERVICE WEEKLY SERVICE TO INDONESIA I WMti l vov I aw JUT YEIKL l VOT I Ml WW I XOUR INA I
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      489 51 ▲HYUNDAI MERCHANT CO.LTD. WESTBOUND TO EUROPE BKG: *****61 ~PNA [m PGO VESSELS VOY S« RTM MIT LEH HAM BREJ FEL "29/03 01/04 02/04 H. KNOVATOR 314** 03/04 21/04 23/04 22/04 23/04 23/04 25/04 05/04 07/04 08/04 H. EXPLORER 316 V) 10/04 28/04 30/04 29/04 30/04 30/04 02/05 19/04 21/04 22/04
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      422 51 STRAITS/ JAPAN/ STRAITS SERVICE MULTI-PURPOSE t RORO CARRIER SPECIALIZE IN HEAVY LIFT CARGO UPTO 120 TONS RAMP CAPACITY UPTO 50 TONS I I Inn VtSSfl ¥0T MJ PR LPHONG FPU PMURTI SIMM AN 25/3 27/3 SENBORU ACE 1 74/3 lAKARTA 26/3. SURARA»A 27/J SURABAtA 21/3 SHANTAR 27 25/3 BANGKOK 21/3
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      50 52 I CONSTRUCTION! Tomorrow in Business Times (Well established Shipping Line with The-World container services invites applicant for:- I Assistant Sales Manager I knowledge in various trade I at least 5 years sales experience I Sales Executives I at least 1-2 years sales experience I For appointment please phone *****14 M
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