The Business Times, 3 April 1996

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    13 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 04€/12/95 Internet: http://www.asial.com.sg/biztimes SINGAPORE WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3,1996 85f
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    MARKET SUMMARY
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    FINANCE
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    Second Board dives as KLSE reins in Super Enterprise
    671 1  -  Putters fear farther crackdown on excessive speculation in Second Board stocks From, Ho Kay Tat in Kuala Lumpur MOST of Malaysia's high-fly-ing second-board stocks tumbled yesterday after the authorities imposed trading restrictions on Super Enterprise Holdings, whose share price had surged
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    Lock icon Raffles Medical ties up with US healthcare firm
    435 1  -  RMG and Elisor to expand in Asia-Pac region By, Jenny Lam [SINGAPORE] Raffles Medical Group (RMG), the largest primary healthcare group in Singapore, is gearing up to be a major regional player through a tie-up with US healthcare company Kaiser Permanente. The
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    US leading indicators at their strongest in 20 years
    157 1 [NEW YORK] The US leading indicators a gauge of future economic growth rose a stronger-than-expected 1.3 per cent in February to 101.5, the largest monthly gain since January 1976. But analysts said the huge jump overstates the strength of the economy,
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    Aztech says it won't be greatly affected by fall in CD-ROM drive prices
    387 1  -  By, Jennifer Lien [SINGAPORE] Aztech Systems said yesterday its bottom line will not be significantly affected by the steep falls in the prices of CD-ROM drives. Responding to a BT report yesterday, president Michael Mun described Aztech's
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      94 1 Riaky but potentially lucrative, 'exotic* Asian currencies are finding favour with dealers, F|lo MBWSfIUTB ♦ÜBntota^r this pg. Action should not have taken disadvaatsfsd those who bought in past few days. pg. AnalSrtsare** concerned not Just with fast-changing technology, but with felling margins. Putney Asm, p* 25. Shares holding firm in
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
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      Latest Countryside launch receives good response
      305 2  -  Almost half of 25 amiable freehold lmifry gpM at soft launch By Abdul Hadhi THE Countryside, a freehold landed development in the Yio Chu Kang area, has received good response for the latest badge of unite, which are to be officially launched today. Marketing
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      Cam chief closes Adam Garden deal
      307 2  -  He pays $18m on list day plus late interest By Lee Han Shih THE chairman of listed Cam Mechatronic Ltd, Raymond Chew Chuan Seng, has paid up $18 million to clinch his en bloc Adam Garden purchase —on the very last day of a
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      Lock icon Printing, GDP data show links
      317 2  -  EYE OK TOE ECONOMY Manufacturina By, Anna Teo THERE appears to be a strong relationship among the real growth rates of printing and publishing output, manufacturing output and gross domestic output (GDP), says a study by the National University of Singapore's Centre for Business Research
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      S'pore now Henan's third biggest investor
      367 2  -  Republic pomps USslolminto Chinese province By] Lu Ning SINGAPORE has become the third largest investor in Henan after Hongkong and Japan, up from eighth position before 1993. The amount invested by local firms is US$lOl million (Ssl42 million) part of a total of US$25O
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      3-room resale flats rose less than reported: HDB
      164 3  -  LECTER TO THE EDITOR TAY KIM POH Chief Estate Admin Property Officer Housing Development Board PLEASE refer to the article, "Appreciating without fanfare", published last Thursday. While prices of three-room resale flats have risen over the past year, we wish to clarify
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    • NEWS Roundup
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      Lock icon Reed group shopping for information companies
      381 3  -  It budgets US$3-s4b for acquisitions and expansion By' Teh Hooi Ling JEN CHUA REED Elsevier, the world's largest publishing and information group, intends to acquire information companies in the Asia-Pacific to step up its growth in the region. Nigel Stapleton, the group's chief financial
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      Lock icon Easy call chief aims to turn group around in 2-3 years
      439 3  -  Priority includes consolidation of twHrting HlffjntTTTlß By Genevieve Cua PAGING operator Easycall International's chairman and chief executive Lim Soon Hock aims to turn the loss-in-curring group around in the next two to three years with a three-pronged plan that
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      Emporium chief is SRA chairman for 4th term
      187 3 THE Singapore Retailers Association (SRA) has re-elected the group managing director of Emporium Holdings, Teh Ban Lian, as chairman for a fourth term. But some new faces appear among office bearers as a result of the annual general meeting last week. The
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  • FOCUS: PERSONAL FINANCE & INVESTMENT
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      A good time to be long in the greenback
      456 4  -  ■■PI HHT But caution needed as upmove may stall By] Naresh Verma The writer is a manager of technical analysis advisory (South-east Asia) at Dow Jones Telerate. The opinions in this column are personal and do not represent the views of
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      A time and place for the right instrument
      488 4  -  Preyerlj liwiUwb aeem wiser ii Aria, bnteqeilj wii better elsewhere By] Lee Yoke Har [SINGAPORE] Does property make a better investment than equities? The answer it seems to depend on location and timing. On the one hand, a recent survey by international
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      Lock icon GM fund finds it's getting hard to make money
      569 4 A kigMy diversified portfolio is needed new, says its haul Bloomberg Business News [NEW YORK] It will be harder to make money from investments in the next few years. That's why W Allen Reed, head of General Motors Crap's US$BO billion
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      Of politics and the armed forces
      783 5  -  inivfDW Taipei's talk of Joining security bodies does not angnr well By Yang Razali Kassim ASIA'S armed forces have been busy of late. In Taiwan, soldiers remain on alert although the first presidential election ended without the feared armed clash with China. Tensions may
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    • NOTE Book
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        Lock icon KL sets targets for investments in PNG
        27 5 AFP 0WA1A LUMPURlM»l»y*l«h»« tainted fcrwtry.oU and gas, agrtGOTttre am mineral* aa areas ror investment m Papua Guinea yesterday. 5 —AH?
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        Lock icon Internal Security Act under review
        60 5 Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad told parliament yesterday the government would re view the Internal Security Act Dr Mahathir, aleo the Home Afffcirs Minister, said between 1966 and 1966 s some6B2 people had be«b detained under the Act for involvement In sctivUta
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        Lock icon Investment in Phillipines 10%
        69 5 AFP [MANILA] Investment in the PhUippinee'special Ai't economic zoneeroee 16Ap#centfrom a year earlier to 7.T Mfttaa pesos (Stttf4 million) in tim first flirts months of 1996, a Philippine Economic Zone Authority official said. The money invested In 74 projects during the three months, up from 48
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        Lock icon Thai
        27 5 Bloomberg Business News [BANGKOK] The Thai cablnet has approved a 1907 budget of979billion baht(Ss64,4billion)} an increase of 16.1 per cent from this year's government spending programme.
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      Lock icon Minister reveals drop in March CPI, the first since 1989
      248 5 JAKARTA Reuter INDONESIA will post a drop in its consumer price index (CPI) for March, a minister said yesterday, the first time it will have fallen since 1969. A banking source said the CPI, scheduled to be announced today, was
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      Lock icon No mixing beer and work
      52 5 [HANOIM Vietnamese policeman enjoying a beer at one of Hanoi's "Bia Hoi" bars during his lunch break yesterday. Prime Minister Vo Van Kiet said the government was considering a decree which would prohibit cadres, state officials and soldiers from being drunk or drinking during working
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      Lock icon Finance ministry panel to probe central bank governor
      201 5 BANGKOK Committee to look into possible ethics violations Bloomberg Business News THAILAND'S finance ministry will set up a committee this week to investigate Bank of Thailand governor Vijit Supinit's share investments for possible ethics violations, a ministry spokesman said yesterday. The committee
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      Lock icon Asiaweek not informative, so govt not buying: Dr M
      119 5 KUALA LUMPUR AFP MALAYSIAN Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad yesterday defended his government's decision to cancel its subscription to Asiaweek, saying the magazine was "not informative". "What we buy, of course, is our right", Dr Mahathir said, commenting on a home ministry
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      Lock icon M'sian interest rates seen rising further
      127 5 KUALA LUMPUR Reuter MALAYSIA'S interest rates, which have been moving up for the last one year, will continue rising for the rest of this year, according to a survey by independent economic research firm Idea. It said 72 per cent of participants in its
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      Lock icon DAP slams govt over handling of Perwaja troubles
      301 5 KUALA LUMPUR Opposition chief demands a report in parliament to AFP MALAYSIA'S opposition leader yesterday accused the government of shirking public accountability in its handling of state-owned Perwaja Steel's financial troubles. Democratic Action Party secretary-general Lim Kit Slang hit out at Deputy
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      Lock icon NTT may shift some R&D to M'sia
      133 5 KUALA LUMPUR AFP JAPAN'S telecommunications giant Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp may relocate part of its research and development operations to Malaysia. Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad yesterday said: "They need to expand their research and I think they will come in." He
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      Lock icon Apathy threatening Viet reform process: report
      404 6 HANOI Preferences for state firms and massive foreign debt cited as factors hurting development AFP OVER-CONFIDENCE is threatening Vietnam's reforms and too little is being done to tackle serious weaknesses that are hurting development, according to a report by an Asian investment bank. Peregrine
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      Lock icon US$800m for MRT system
      87 6 MANILA AFP THE Philippine government will pay a local consortium US$BOO million (Ssl.l billion) over 25 years for the construction of a mass rail transit system traversing the metropolis. A Finance Department consultant said the amount and the schedule of payment to the consortium were agreed
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      Lock icon Vietnam claims record foreign investment
      283 6 HANOI Govt denies fell in investment; promises to cot bureaucracy Reuter VIETNAM said yesterday that foreign investment, far from slowing down, hit a new record in the first quarter of this year and pledged to smoothen the way for investors frustrated by layers of bureaucracy.
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      1029 6 HWA TAT LEE HOLDINGS LIMITED I J I (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) 111 I The Board of Directors of Hwa Tat Lee Holdings Limited wishes to announce the following UNAUDITED RESULTS FOR THK YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER ISSS 1995 1994 **000 $'000 increaee/( decrease) Co Group Co Group
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  • CHINA-HONGKONG-TAIWAN
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      China launches PR campaign
      402 7 HONGKONG HE residents invited te share views on handover after weeks of hardline moves against colony CHINA launched a public relations campaign in Hongkong yesterday, inviting jittery residents to air their views in an effort to smooth the colony's mid-1997 return to Chinese rule. It was
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      Lock icon A space to remember
      39 7 [GURVANBULAG, Mongolia] Mongolia'sfirst cosmonaut, Gurragchaa, showing a snuff bottle which he brought into space on board a Soviet spacecraft 15years ago. He is standing in front ofa monument commemorating him as thefirst Mongolian cosmonaut REUTER
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    • SINO Brief
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        Lock icon Taiwan to widen imports from China
        53 7 AFP [TAIPEI] Taiwan is to widen indirect imports from China to boost bilateral business ties, a Board of Foreign Trade official said yesterday. It would allow imports from July 1 for 53 par cent of all industrial categories by drafting a list of3,soocategories of
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        Lock icon Fixed capital investment growth falls
        64 7 AFP [BEIJING] Fixed capital investments in China over the first two months of the year have risen 7 per cent, the State Statistics Bureau said yesterday. The growth rate for January and February was 24.3 per cent below those of the same period last year,
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        Lock icon Li Peng visits economic zones
        64 7 AFP [HONGKONG] Chinese Premier Li Peng is touring Guangdong province to see how the special economic zones of Shenzhen and Zhuhai can be integrated in future with Hongkong and Macau, Ming Pao newspaper reported yesterday. Mr Li arrived in Zhuhai special economic zone to attend
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        Lock icon Beijing denies N-sale to Pakistan
        55 7 Reuter [BEIJING] China ywterday dented US chargM It had aold equipment for making nuclear weapons to Pakistan and said it was more concerned about nuclear proliferation in Asia than the US. "The Chinese government is more concerned about nuclear proliferation in Asia than the US
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      Lock icon HK after 1997: business as usual
      156 7 TOKYO AFP CHINA'S Foreign Minister Qian Qichen yesterday assured Japanese business leaders that Beijing would leave Hongkong's economy intact after it regains control of the territory from Britain in July next year. "The economic system and mechanism (of Hongkong) will be unchanged, and for-
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      Lock icon Taiwan suspends live-fire drills to ease tensions
      320 7 TAIPEI AFP TAIWAN'S Premier Lien Chan yesterday ordered four days of scheduled live-fire exercises to be held near China to be suspended in order to ease cross-strait tensions and maintain regional peace and stability. "After careful consideration, the government has decided to halt
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      Lock icon Copyright training centre set up
      269 7 BEIJING Announcement comes day before arrival of US officials AFP CHINA yesterday announced the establishment of an intellectual property rights training centre, one day before the arrival of US officials for talks on a long-running dispute over copyright piracy. State Councillor Song Jian said the
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      Lock icon Hearings soon against 18 in 18.3b yuan scam
      414 7 BEIJING Report emphasises role of former Beying party chief Chen Xitong in the scandal AFP A CHINESE court yesterday announced proceedings against 18 people, including a top member of the regime, snared in a US$2.2 billion (Ss3.l billion) graft scandal. Beijing Supreme
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      Lock icon China firms in HK face graft probe
      248 7 HONGKONG Reuter CHINA plans a crackdown on mainland firms in Hongkong to root out corruption and irregularities, a pro-Beijing magazine said yesterday. In the meantime, Beijing has stopped giving approval to firms wanting to set up business in the British colony, China's economic
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  • ASIA
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      Lock icon Central bank may not loosen money policy till after polls
      407 8 I BOMBAY knalysts say industry ***** by the severe ash crunch and high merest rates AFP NDIA'S central bank reveals ts monetary policy for the irst half of fiscal 1996-97 here oday against a backdrop of •ipcoming general elections nd
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      Lock icon Ruling party to lose majority: poll
      188 8 NEW DELHI Reuter rHE first major opinion poll ahead of Indian general elections said yesterday that the ruling Congress party would likely lose its parliamentary najority but could remain the i ingle biggest party. The poll, printed in the weekly magazine Outlook and conducted
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      Lock icon High Easter sprits
      49 8 [SYDNEY] Two Canadian tree climbers reaching the top of their poles as a spectator passes on a chair lift at the Royal Easter Show in Sydney yesterday. The show is held annually, with performers and exhibitors coming from all over Australia and around the world. REUTEH
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      Lock icon British Aerospace sweetens jet bid
      308 8 SYDNEY Will offer above Aslb of contracts to Aussie firms if it is chosen AFP BRITISH Aerospace pic said yesterday it will offer more than All billion (Sll.l billion) worth of contracts to Australian companies if it is selected for a lucrative training jet contract.
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      Lock icon Japan's economy heading for a recovery
      256 8 TOKYO Reuter CONDITIONS are favourable for a recovery in Japan's economy, Economic Planning Agency (EPA) Minister Shusei Tanaka said yesterday. "The economy and markets are both in favourable, condition, heading towards economic recovery. However, worrying factors have yet to be overcome," he said. One
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      Lock icon Telecoms investment reform hinges on WTO talks
      190 8 TOKYO Reuter THE Posts and Telecommunications Ministry yesterday reiterated that it would lift rules on foreign investment in Japanese telecom firms if agreement is reached in ongoing telecom talks at the World Trade Organisation (WTO). A ministry spokeswoman said: "Japan is ready for
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      Lock icon Keating worked and Hawke took credit: ex-governor general
      315 8 SYDNEY AFP THE driving force behind Australia's "remarkable" economic transformation in the 1980s was not Bob Hawke who was then prime minister but Paul Keating, who was then treasurer, former gover-nor-general Bill Hayden has revealed. It was Mr Keating who carried the
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        Lock icon Sri Lankan power cuts extended
        73 8 Reuter [COLOMBO] Sri Lanka's state-owned electricity utility said yesterday it was extending daily four-hour power cuts to five hours as water levels in the country's hydro-power reservoirs sink. The Ceylon Electricity Board said the move was prompted by consumers adjusting their electricity use around power
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        Lock icon Rule on foreign pharmaceutical units
        60 8 Bloomberg Business News [NEW DELHI] The Indian government will allow pharmaceutical companies to establish wboDy-ownad subsidiaries only if thay set up drug manufacturing operattons, the newspaper r«porta£. The government rejected an application by Bristol-Myers Squibb Co ofthe US because the company did not give details
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        Lock icon Admire but at arm's lenght
        58 8 Reuter [SEOUL] Body guards hold back crowds of admirers to -1 allow veteran politician Kim Dm Jung (right) to re«h the j Sta« in Seoul yesterday fhtriwg wtfhHfertlMi »»j upcoming parliamentary elections. The leader of the i National Congress for Hew Politics Is making appearances
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        Lock icon Aussie retail spending rose again in Feb
        53 8 Bloomberg Business News [SYDNEY] Australian retail spending in February rose 02 per cent for the fifth consecutive month. This signals a robust economy growth, maktngarise in interest rates likely later this year, the Bureau of Statistice reports. The bureau said retail spending in
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        Lock icon No more famine aid for N Korea, says US
        69 8 AFP [WASHINGTON] The United Btat»s is not currently considering giving any more aid to femineetricken North Korea after the nearly USS23 million (StSJ million) already disbursed, State Department spokesman Gfok Davies said on Monday UN agencies are organising appeals for North
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  • THE WORLD
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      US report cites China, Japan for trade barriers
      505 9  -  WASHINGTON Singapore g£ts mixed reviews; Hongkong mentioned for the first time By. Leon Hadar THE Clinton administration says that China and Japan as well as other Asian economies continue to maintain barriers to foreign trade that are hurting American exporters and investors
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      Lock icon Economy in for upheaval: OECD
      431 9 G-7 SPECIAL JOBS SUMMIT Growth ahead Imt Europe needs to change generous welfare system* Reuter [LILLE, France] THE world economy is in the throes of a major economic upheaval which could bring growth for years to come, thanks to new developments in technology, OECD secretary-general
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      Lock icon EU states urged to rein in deficits
      147 9 FRANKFURT NYT THE European Monetary Institute says there is a "clear need" for European governments to rein in their budget deficits so the planned single currency can go ahead in 1999. The EMI, the forerunner to a European central bank, yesterday also called
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      Lock icon Growth crucial but insufficient to cut unemployment: G-7
      294 9 LILLE, France Reuter THE Group of Seven (G-7) leading industrial nations said yesterday that economic growth was crucial to reduce unemployment, but structural reforms and better core labour standards were also necessary. Economy and labour ministers agreed after a two-day conference that
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      Lock icon Trade chief appeals to Asia to work on investment pact
      300 9 GENEVA Reuter EUROPEAN Union Trade Commissioner Leon Brittan on Monday issued a strong appeal to Asian countries to agree to talks in the World Trade Organisation aimed at shaping an international pact on investment rules. (n two speeches and at
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      Lock icon Back where he started
      48 9 [GDANSK, Poland] Former Polish president Lech Walesa accepting a set of screwdrivers from a well- wisher yesterday as he resumes his old US$25O (SS3SO) a month job as a shipyard electrician. The Nobel prize-winner founded the Solidarity union at the yard in 1980. REUTER
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      Lock icon Economy slowed abruptly in 4th qtr
      186 9 WASHINGTON Reuter THE US economy slowed more abruptly at the end of last year than previously thought, the Commerce Department said yesterday, partly because companies put less into inventories. The nation's gross domestic product expanded only at a 0.5 per cent annual rate in
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      Lock icon Ministers suspend mad cow talks
      300 9 mLUXEMBOURG AFP Reuter EUROPEAN Union agriculture ministers have suspended their discussions on the mad cow crisis here to allow the EU Commission and the Italian presidency to advance revised proposals, a commission spokesman said. The IS ministers had failed to find a common solution on
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      82 9 Prime Freehold Residential Development Site FOR SALE BY TENDER Location Stafford Road JqJ Jul I Land Area 3,695.7 aqm /J/ x (Appro*. 39,780 sq.lt) jH Tenure Freehold Ss >/ M Ptot ratio 1A Iq/ Height Restriction Up to 4-storeys /*/■sIHHSBr^M O r Tender Closing Dale Friday 26 April Ho 1996
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
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      The economic issues of the US election
      717 10  -  BOTTOMLDVE OPINION By Paul Samuelson The writer is an economist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. This article first appeared in Los Angeles Times THIS YEAR, America will choose between Bill Clinton and Bob Dole for the presidency and the control of Congress.
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      118 10 Those who do not lament the disintegration of the union do not have a heart But those who are dreaming about its restoration do not have a brain.' DIMMMAfI BaaJj. Tf nIA 11, -■iiiwiiii rreaaem sons xenon hitting out at those politicians who yearn to resurrect the
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      The ado over the Legco
      562 10 EDITORIAL THE decision by China to disband Hongkong's existing Legislative Council (Legco) and install a provisional lawmaking body, and Beijing's reported demand for loyalty from Hongkong's civil service upon its handover in 1997, have caused an uproar among some sections of the territory's political elite.
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      Forex traders head for the 'exotic' zone
      995 10  -  Asian currencies are seen as risky but potentially hugely lucrative plays By' Vikram Khanna The writer is BT's regional economics editor FOR some time now, there has been a new buzzword in the foreign exchange markets: "exotics". In case you were not sure,
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      WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
      723 10 On the right track THAILAND'S foreign policy has been on a successful and dignified course for the past several years. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the former government under Prime Minister Chuan Leekpai and the present government can rightly share the credit for putting the country's
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      883 11  -  Behind Whoopi Goldberg's one-liners at the Oscars show was a witty comedy writer. Bruce Vilanch exchanges repartees with bbbjkakd wbdibaub BERNARD WEINRAUB NYT HIS phone has been ringing all week. 'Thebestshowin years," said Bruce Vilanch merrily, looking back at the Academy Awards telecast on
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      Lock icon Endless storey of towers
      1024 11 Ikhtmtftnwi lies outside the US. Next U emerge may kußdwAmr IHT [PAßlS] Skyscrapers are the most compelling and meriting of modern artefacts "a misty transition towards paradise", Paul Claudel called them and, since Chicago began looking upward in the 1880s, the most American. But the recent
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      Lock icon Photography gets a home in Paris
      524 11 IHT [PARIS] Thanks to Robert Doisneau's candid shots of this city's street life and Irving Penn's portraits of its artists and to the host of other famous photographers who have worked here, Paris is probably more identified with photography than any other city in
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      Lock icon Beatles rock 'n' rolled music 30 years ago
      552 12 The Fab Four were mere than pop icons; they revolutionised recording techniques Reuter [LONDON] It's no secret that the Beatles helped revolutionise pop music and gave youngsters of the 1960s an unparalleled string of hit songs they are still humming 30 years
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      774 14  -  Tut Swie Hian's first public shew tare in six years displays his virtuosity and dexterity By Iola WHAT do American painter Georgia O'Keefe, Hindu guru and philosopher Krishnamurti and Romanian sculptor Constantin Brancusi have in common? They are all seminal 30th century cultural figures who have inspired
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      Lock icon Fall collection turns to wearable elegance
      815 14 qmality wfcilePnuU gets schoolgirl pretty LAT-WP [NEW YORK] As the faU 96 women's wear shows here entered their second week on Monday, a slew of ladles who lunch came out in search of a little something to lunch in (not that these hyper-thin socialites
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      Berjaya ups stake in Parkway with $l7m stock buy
      382 15  -  M'sijui group now SB of re-listed firm; thcare alliance planned, say sources AT William Chia Jenny Lam [fINGAPORE] Malaysia's Emaya Group Bhd has bogwit more than Ssl7 million wfKh of shares in Parkway Hotftings in recent weeks amid talk that the
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      Amcol plans manufacturing revamp
      369 15  -  Amcol Plastic to assume group's STpore operations By i Conrad Raj [SINGAPORE] Amcol Holdings, the likely battleground for Indonesian businessman Hinry Pribadi and Indone-sian-born Singapore businessman Sukamto Sia, says it is strengthening its manufacturing operations here by transferring them to Amcol Plasty Pte Ltd and renaming
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      Lock icon Creative Technology investors risk more bad surprises
      592 15  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW Jennifer Lien am things get any worse, asked a rueful Creative Technology shareholder early this week. This was just a few days [jfft®? tjiecompany not too long ago (tarftng Of investors everywhere the market by announcing a f «Ss2O-$3O million
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      Berjaya raising Transwater stake to 40%
      227 15  -  From. Ho Kay Tat in Kuala Lumpur BERJAYA Group is buying a 28.9 per cent stake in second board Transwater Corp Bhd for M 542.07 million (5523.4 million) cash or Mi 11.20 a share. The vendors are several Transwater substantial shareholders. The purchase will
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      VDH believed to have won Java road project
      297 15  -  By William Chia {SINGAPORE] Listed engineering company Van der Horst is believed to have clinched a major toll road project in Java. The 24.5 km project was awarded to VDH's Indonesian subsidiary PT VDH. according to the Jakarta Post yesterday. The value
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      Sing Tel denies talks about UK merger
      220 15  -  By Genevieve Cua [SINGAPORE] Singapore Telecom yesterday dismissed talk that it was in discussions with UK-based Cable A Wireless (CAW) to join the latter's proposed alliance with British Telecom. It also dismissed speculation that it might pull out of its global World Partners
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        Lock icon US funds may flow to Asia in 2nd half: J P Morgan
        533 16 Main likely to be Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia and Philippines Reuter [BANGKOK] The much-vaunt-ed movement of US fUnds to Asian bourses, as Wall Street's gains approach saturation point, may take place from the second half of 1996, a senior
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        Budi Acid, Associated British Foods in US$18m venture
        249 16  -  By' William Chia [SINGAPORE] Indonesianlisted Budi Acid Jaya (BAJ) has formed a US$lB million (Ss2s million) joint venture with food giant Associated British Foods (ABF) to produce glucose and fructose in Indonesia. Tapioca starch producer BAJ, in which the Government of Singapore
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        Mandarin to build resort club
        313 16  -  USSI&n project will be located in front of its Macau hotel By, Agnes Wee [SINGAPORE] The Mandarin Oriental Hotel group, which has a secondary listing in Singapore, is developing a US$l5 million (S|2l million) resort club in front of its hotel in Macau. At a
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        Peremba buys into Aussie hospital group
        196 16  -  From\ Surinder Singh in Sydney MALAYSIA'S Peremba group has invested about Asso million (Ssss million) for a onethird stake in Australian Hospital Care Group (AHC). The Melbourne-based private hospital operator is expected to make a public share Issue later this year. A report in
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        Peregrine hit by bad investments, weak shares
        398 16  -  Fronv Qaak Hiang Whai in Hongkong BAD direct investments and the weak equity markets depressed the earnings of Peregrine Investment Holdings last year but the Hongkonglisted financial group was saved by an exceptional gain from the sale of its stake in fund manager
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        Lock icon MWE Holdings to place out 15m shares
        189 16 Reuter [KUALA LUMPUR] MWE Holdings Bhd plans to makp a private placement of 15 fciillion new ordinary shares of Msl.oo each, representing about 10 per cent of its issued and paid-up capital. The placement would increase MWE's share capital to M 5165.39 million
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          GH Goh forms US subsidiary
          32 16 [SINGAPORE] Local brokerage G KGoh Holdings yesterday announced the formation of a wholly owned subsidiary, G KGoh Securities (US), to offer Asian broking services to US clients.
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          UOF director resigns
          26 16 [SINGAPORE] United Overseas Finance (UOF), a member of the UOB group, said Yeo Yong Siang has resigned as director. "s- 4 f "i
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          Falmac buys China property
          45 16 [SINGAPORE] Falmac has acquired leasehold land and a building In China for 14 million renminbi (SH3 million) through wholly owned unit, Falmac Textile (TianJin). The building will be used ft* producing cotton yarn. Tbe purchase will be funded by bank borrowing.
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          Sembawang Maritime in $1.9m purchase
          33 16 [SINGAPORE] Sembawang Maritime bought the remaining 50 pgr MWit nhiima ta Swmhnwanfl Jrtlifwm Management from EflQohn International for $1.8 million on Monday. H»e purchase will be ftmded internally.
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          Tranmarco post for Sukamto's brother
          49 16 [SINGAPORE] Transmarco has appointed Sumitro J Sukamto—brother of director SukamtoSia—acting divisional psnsral managr. Sumttrff ftufrnrntr dlsrtoefcl he is a defendant intwocivll suits in Hawaii His counssl' advised him neither suit is likely to result in findings T against him of fraud, misrepresentation or dishonesty.
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          Corrections and clarifications
          47 16 DBS Bank has pointed out that its return on equity (RoB) in the year ended Dec 31 was 10.4 per cent and not L 9 per cent as stated in BT*s 1986 corporate earnings review published on Monday. We are sorry tor the error.
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          Lock icon Opens in Shanghai
          86 17 Bloomberg Business News [SHANGHAI] Haagen-Dan, the premium ice-cream maker, announced plans to invert US$4O million (5956 million) in China during the next decade. "We expect to create a new ice-cream culture in Shanghai, and eventually in all of China," said Chris KiUingstad, managing director of Haagen-Daxs Par
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          Lock icon Taiwan partner cut of Pudong hotel
          46 17 Bloomberg Business News project in Shanghai's Pudong development zone wants to sell its 50 per cent stake in the venture. "The news raiaee questions about how the hotel will be financed," said a China analyst at J MSasaoon.—Bloomberg Business News
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          Lock icon Pearson completes HarperCollins buy
          49 17 Bloomberg Business Mobs [LONDON] Pearson pic said it has completed the £377 million (SsBo6 million) acquisition of HarperCollins Educational Publishers from News Corporation. Pearson said it now has 11 per cent ofthe US school market and 13 par cent of the US college market—Bloomberg fastness
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        Lock icon Microsoft, partners plan to create quick-start PCs
        329 17 Tke new standard will allow PCs to torn on like YCBs and TVs Reuter NYT (SAN JOSE, California] Microsoft Corp and several computer makers said on Monday they plan to develop an industry standard to create personal computers and peripherals that are instantly
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        Lock icon Apple set to withdraw from PC price wars by focusing on quality
        230 17 NYT [SAN FRANCISCO] Apple Computer Inc may be preparing to extract itself from the computer industry price wars. Apple's new chairman and chief executive, Gilbert F Amelio, plans to return the embattled computer maker to a strategy of
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        547 17 First merger of two regional Bell companies will create 2nd-largest US phone group after AT AT NYT [WASHINGTON] In the first marriage of two regional Bell telephone companies and one of the largest corporate mergers ever, SBC Communications announced on Monday that
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        42 17 [LONDON] Journalists gathering around an Air France Concorde, painted blue for soft drinks giant Pepsi's launch of its cola in blue cans. Supermodels Claudia Schiffer and Cindy Crawford joined tennis star Andre Agassi for the launch. REUTER
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        Lock icon Nasdaq overhauls structure to give public greater say
        244 17 23 new directors named to 3 new boards LAT-WP (NEW YORK] Carrying out a massive overhaul to give the US investing public more say in its affairs, the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD) named the members of its three new boards
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        Lock icon Japan rail firm gearing up for listing
        193 17 AFP [TOKYO] West Japan Railway Co (JR West), one of seven railway operators created in the 1987 break-up of Japan National Railways, said yesterday it was preparing to go public. But the railway company declined to comment on news reports it would make
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        Lock icon US firms announce US$28b worth of mergers in one day
        290 17 NYT [NEW YORK] Wow! Only one day into the second quarter and the mergers business is already on a tear. US companies announced about US$2B billion (5539.2 billion) worth of mergers on Monday, more than 10 per cent of the
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        Lock icon Star TV becomes the first foreign channel in Japan
        379 17 Mm may mark start of flood of foreign programmes targeted at Japanese market AP Reuter [TOKYO] A new era of foreign television broadcasting to Japan something already common in most of the rest of Asia began on Monday with the launch
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        Lock icon GM board okays computer spin-off
        249 17 LAT-WP [DETROIT] General Motors Corp's board of directors on Monday approved the spin-off of its huge Electronic Data Systems unit, bringing the two companies just a small step away from ending their rocky 12-year-old marriage. The deal will create the world's largest independent computer services
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        Lock icon Fletcher share split backfired: analysts
        216 17 Reuter [WELLINGTON] When New Zealand conglomerate Fletcher Challenge split its stock into targeted "letter" shares it hoped to increase its market value, but analysts yesterday said exactly the opposite result had been achieved to date. The share split, they said, had not been well received
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        Lock icon More NZ bank takeovers likely
        479 18 Analysts forecast rationalisation in industry following Trust Bank's merger announcement Bloomberg Business News [WELLINGTON] New Zealand's banking industry is likely to be shaken up by a series of takeovers in the next few years. New Zealand simply has too many banks, analysts say. It has
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        Lock icon National Australia Bank to retain strategic 6% stake in St George
        256 18 Bloomberg Business News [SYDNEY] National Australia Bank Ltd, the biggest and most profitable bank in Australia, says it will retain its 6.1 per cent stake in St George Bank Ltd and hasn't given up hope of eventually acquiring the
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        Lock icon Call to reform competition policy for banks
        354 18 Reuter [SYDNEY] National Australia Bank Ltd managing director Don Argus said it was time to review Australia's competition policy as applied to banks to allow continued rationalisation of the number of banks. Speaking to the Trans-Tas-man Business Association in Sydney, M>- Argus said
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        Lock icon Rush for liquid assets
        41 18 [TOKYO] Security guards delivering boxes ofcash to the head office of the Taiheyo Bank in Tokyo on Monday, as depositors started withdrawing cash following recent news that the bank would be liquidated due to bad debts. REUTER
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          Lock icon Inter-bank market turnover jumps 28%
          57 18 AFP [SHANGHAI] Turnover on China's national inter-bank market rote 23.7 per cant to 38.4 billion yuan (518.45 billion) in March from 29.3 billion yuan in February, the Shanghai Securities News reported yesterday. Average daily turnover in March rose 6 per cent to 1.83 billion yuan
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          Lock icon 3 Japanese banks' bonds downgraded
          49 18 Bloomberg Business News [TOKYO] Japan Bond Research Institute downgraded the kmg-term bond ratings ofSakura Bank Ltd, Long-Term Credit Bank ofJapan Ltd and Nippon Credit Bank Ltd, the Nikkei English News said. The three banks recently slashed their earnings forecasts to write off bad loans.—
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          Lock icon Credit controls in Taiwan lax Moody's
          39 18 Reuter [HONGKONG] Moody's Investors Services said yesterday that the profitability of Taiwan's banks was generally poor and credit controls were rather lax, but regulatory support remained strong, at least in the medium term.—Renter
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          Thai canning company gets US$31m loan
          71 18 [SINGAPORE] Thai Pineapple Canning Industry Corporation has tapped US$3l million (5543.6 million) from the offehore markets in Singapore, Asia and Europe for its working capital needs. The 3-year syndication loan, with interest stopper cent above the London Interbank Offered Rate, was signed in Singapore
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          Corrections & clarifications
          48 18 Corrections clarifications [SINGAPORE] In the monthly Singapore government stocks quotation table published on April 1, the price and yield of the stock which matures on March 15,2001, should be $100.40, and pa, and not $108.45 and 1.88% pa respectively. The Monetary Authority of Singapore apologises for the errors.
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        Lock icon Australasian forex start moves to 5am Sydney time
        170 18 Reuter [SYDNEY] The Australian Forex Association (AFA) is changing the unofficial start for Australasian trading on Mondays to sam Sydney time (1900 GMT Sunday). Early last year, the AFA set the opening at 7am WeUington time and this system has worked well
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        Lock icon Talks on equity for Caspian pipeline end without accord
        129 18 Platts THE Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC) and its partners ended talks in Moscow on March 29 without an agreement on how to fund and share out equity for the US$l.5 bUlion (Ss2.l billion) export pipeline, said sources close to the talks.
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        Lock icon Euroyen firms on short-covering
        226 18 SI—K X Report Reuter [SINGAPORE] Simex Euroyen futures closed higher on shortcovering and technical bullishness led by the Japanese government bond (JGB) futures market. "Strong fundamentals say we should go down, but the technical picture looks bullish," said a dealer. He said the June JGB shot
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        Lock icon CURRENCY REPORT
        170 18 Reuter AFP THE dollar consolidated its positions as the approach of the Easter holiday weekend pushed many operators into a wait-and-see attitude, resulting in low trading volume. At 1455 GMT, the dollar was trading at 1.4812 marks against 1.4807 on Monday. It stood at 107.26 yen against 107.45
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        Lock icon Oil prices little changed but poised to rise
        294 18 EMEROT REPORT Bloomberg Business News [LONDON] Oil prices are seen little changed to a few cents higher yesterday following Monday's 3.7 per cent surge on US inventory concerns. Prices could rise as US supplies could be further depleted by the onset of
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      Lock icon TOKYO
      1571 19 Reuter Qnu» +3mi SHARES ended little changed, consolidating the latest gains which took the Nikkei above its ceiling of the last few years. Many remained bullish, while some said a stronger dollar was needed for the index to rise further. The 225-share Nikkei Average was up 39.69 points at
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      Lock icon HONGKONG
      1593 20 AFX-Asia QHjmgSeng ♦217^80 SHARE prices closed higher, supported by late overseas interest in the blue chips. The Hang Seng Index closed up 217.80 points at 11,144.64 on turnover of HK&.OI billion. Overseas interest picked up in the afternoon, with investors believing the chances of rate cuts will improve after
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      Lock icon CHINA
      582 20 Reuter P Shanghai B Store hlg -OM THE Shanghai market ended sharply down, with investors selling shares to buy two new issues. The B Index fell 0.96 point to 49.68, on volume of 5.7 million shares worth US$2.5 million. Heilongjiang Electric Power is issuing 100 million B shares on
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      Lock icon TAIPEI
      351 20 AFP OWPhtot +48J> SHARES firmed amid optimism for a steady recovery after months of depression. An analyst said there was strong buying of textiles, the "main beneficiary of tariff cuts by China". He also cited buying of low-priced electronics and banking shares. The Weighted Price Index rose 48.26 points
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      665 20 AFP PCwiDogtehig +OJ7 SHARE prices closed higher in modest trading dominated by local speculation on sec-ond-line stocks, with foreigners mostly sidelined ahead of the release of economic data. "There was some active trading on Lippo shares, but it was mostly locals dominating the market," said a dealer. The Composite
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      819 20 AFP Hsctmm ♦am SHARE prices closed 2.1 per cent higher amid speculative buying in the finance sector and an easing of worries over inflation. "The bourse surged today because of the sharp gain on Wall Street overnight and the easing of inflation figures for March," said a broker. The
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      277 20 AFP flmirila +MH3 SHARE prices rose as investors began positioning themselves for an expected uptick after the Easter holidays. The Composite Index rose 20.23 points to 2,939.31. Turnover was 6.1 billion shares valued at 2.3 billion pesos. Manila Electric A rose two pesos to 156 while its B shares
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      393 20 AFP SHARE prices closed firmer on a liquidity-driven rally. Dealers said the rally would push construction and banking sectors higher. The Composite Index closed up 6.00 points at 884.47. Turnover was 37.2 million shares worth 680 billion won. Blue chips closed mixed with Samsung Electronics flat at 90,000 won,
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      595 20 AFP □AllOrtoariee +U STOCKS rose after a late rally in the futures market helped produce a marginally firmer close in slow trade. The All Ordinaries Index gained 6.6 points to 2,236.9, following a 19.6-point upward revision to Monday's close. Turnover was 268.2 million shares worth A 5717.9 million. Resoures
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      266 20 Reuter Q Wellington -&3I CONTINUED weakness in Telecom saw stocks wander to a softer close. Telecom closed seven cents lower to NZ56.45 while the NZSE-40 Capital Index lost 5.36 points to 2,128.23. m *f- ow> ANZ Banking 695 -0.05 T1S24 Advantaqat HMqs 1.64 0.02 ***** Air Nm Zealand (A)
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        7148 21 KUALA UJMPU&Reports Bloomberg Business News QOwpmittMg -m STOCKS fell, led by MISC Bhd, the state-controlled ocean shipping company, on the view that the stock has risen faster than its ability to boost profits. "The market has rallied to the point that investors now don't
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        Lien Hoe, Hexza for risk-seekers
        3509 22  -  WARRANT WATCH By] R Sivanithy NOW that the Kuala Lumpur Second Board seems tottering on the brink of collapse, it might be a good idea for punters to look elsewhere to park their fUnds. Sesdaq is one option, but the overhang of stale bulls here
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        73 24  -  By Paul Leo ON THE daify chart, the gap between Aana* high qf $130 yesterday and its low of $138 the previous day could signal further weakness. This gap is very significant as yesterday's fall was accompanied by a strong turnover qf 1.51 million shares more than 10
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        Clob benefits as KL Second Board rally ends abruptly
        834 24  -  STOCK MARKET COMMENTAKT Malaysian authorities impose trading curbs on Super Enterprise, effectively putting a stop to speculative trading in the counter By R Sivanithy [SINGAPORE] An abrupt halt to the frantic activity on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange's Second Board was
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          110 24 YOU'VE got to hand it to Epson Singapore. It sponsored a radio announcement on Monday claiming that The Association of Newly Patented Devices was conducting an island-wide test of a newly-developed aroma transmitter. The public was invited to call a hotline and identify
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          Net pay for KS Li
          108 24 ONCE again, Hongkong tycoon U Ka-shing has done what he never Calls to do each year remind us all how little his conglomerate Cheung Kong Holdings pays him. When asked recently whether Cheung Kong would be varying its holdings in associate Hutchison, the billionaire replied:
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          No Mad Cows either
          87 24 WE RECENTLY reported in this column that Thomson Financial Services barred the entry of "unauthorised disks" into its office in Shaw Towers, unlike others who usually bar unauthorised personnel. That item drew a clarification from Thomson's managing director, James M Malkin, who wrote to us saying;
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          Company offers credit card to dog
          95 24 JANOSCH Vom Braunen Troll may be an altogether pretentious name for a poodle but then the 14-year-old is a champion show dog. But Janoech made quite a name for itself in the US last week for another reason. The dog received an offer flrom
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      628 16 SING INVESTMENTS FINANCE LIMITED /3l£\ (Incorporated In the Republic of Singapore) y 96 Robinson Road, SIF Building, Singapore *****9. The Directors of Sing Investments Finance Limited are pleased to make the following announcement:0 AUDITED RESULTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 1906 1906 IM4 1995 19M woo rooo rooo rooo
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      211 21 1R) nn AT BatOT continues to boom. Private foreign and domestic investments totalled U. 2 ADVERTISEMENT RATES j\\ II j\\ I\\ /II Tli B■! billion in 1994. Revenues from tourism stood at 5240 million m the first six months of II IPO BHlUflHy *****88 last year. Companies, especially electronics, open.
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      301 25 Knight-Ridder Reuter ALTHOUGH it was a quiet start to the week with few outstanding features, the level of chartering activity from the Plate, Brazil and US Gulf was still considerable, brokers said. But grain business apart, the freight market lacked impetus with rates for Capers and Handy-sizes still
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      Thai shippers given two years to join EDI system
      417 25  -  Move by Port Authority of Thailand aims to save time and money by cutting down on paperwork From, Alan Boyd in Bangkok THE Port Authority of Thailand (PAT) has given Thai shippers two years to join an electronic interchange (EDI) system,
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      Uniglory to launch new service
      281 25 Parent Evergreen also expanding its service network [SINGAPORE] Taiwan's Uniglory Marine Corp is launching a weekly service linking Japan, Xiamen in China and Hongkong this month. The company said in a statement issued recently that it had chartered two ships for the service. Both vessels
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      A timely move to upgrade skills of local marine industry
      639 25  -  STRAIT TALK By Seafarer SINGAPORE'S marine industry got a much-needed shot in the arm last week with the launch of the Marine Local Industry Upgrading Programme (LIUP). Five nutfor shipyards, together with the Economic Development Board, signed a memorandum of
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      Lock icon Xiamen moves closer to free port status
      141 25 Reuter [BEIJING] China's eastern port city of Xiamen will introduce more policies and practices pertaining to a free port and give overseas investors local treatment, Xinhua news agency quoted mayor Hong Yongshi as saying. Xiamen in Fujian province, one of China's five Special
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      Lock icon Devonport yard to be sold to its managers
      175 25 NYT [LONDON] Devonport, the Royal Navy dockyard, is to be sold to DML, the consortium which currently manages the yard on behalf of the Ministry of Defence, the government announced yesterday. At the same time the MoD was to confirm that Devonport's
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      157 25 Reuter [PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti] About 200 people were feared dead after an overcrowded ferry sank off the coast of Haiti on Thursday, Radio Haiti Inter reported on Monday. The ferry Lavi Worm went down off Les Irois, a coastal town in southwestern Haiti, as
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      Lock icon Taiwan may allow ships to fly neutral flags
      280 25 Revision aimed at ships plying Taiwan-China routes: report KnightRidder [TAIPEI] Taiwan's Ministry of Transportation and Communications is considering amending current regulations to permit vessels using Taiwan's planned offshore shipping centre to fly neutral, instead of national flags, the Chinese-language Economic Daily News
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        74 25 Reuter [TOKYO] Global shipbuilding demand for tankam anrf bulk carriers is expected to riae to 28 million deadweight tonnes(dwt) in 1998, up from 25£ million dwta year earlier, an industry report said on Monday. This is mainly due to increased demand for bulk
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        Varun to spend U$70m on fleet
        94 25 [LONDON] Indian-based tanker and ofifahnrw support vessel operator Varun Shipping plans to spend some US$7O I million (Ss9B.Tmillion) on expanding its fleet Varun will raise US$33 million through an international bond issue, providing it can obtain Indian government approval. The company*s chairman and managing
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        125 25 Bloomberg Business News [SHANGHAI] China International Marine Containers Ltd, which makes containers at its base in southern China's Shekou and at subsidiaries in Dalian and Nanjing, said its 1996 net profit roee 47 per cent Profit after taxes and >.V minority interests rose
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        Lock icon Halls wins order to build 2 tankers
        76 25 AFX-ASIA (SEOUL.) Han* Engineering A Heavy Industries Ltd Mid It has won a shipbuilding order to build two 105,000-tonne oil tankers worth US$92 million (*****.7 million) for Reederei Nord Klaus E Oldendorff, a Cyprus-registered shipping company. The double-hulled vessels will be built at
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        Lock icon Howe Robinson confirms acquisition
        100 25 FT (LONDON] UK based shipbroker Howe Robinson on Monday confirmed that it had acquired the also-UK based shipbroker Lambert Brothers and its operation in Tokyo from Inchcape, the property, marketing and liner agency group. A price was not disclosed. From Monday, Lambert Brothers trades as a
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        Lock icon Tianjin Marine to raise US$20m
        94 25 Bloomberg Business News [SHANGHAI] Tianjin Marine Shipping Co, a regional shipping company, aims to raise almost US$2O million ($536,2 million) this week in a share sale, underwriters said on Monday. The company will offer 90 million B sham to institutional investors at 26.16 US cents
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      Freight industry's challenge
      958 26  -  INFORMATION AND CARGO BANDUNG: PROVIDING FULL SOLUTIONS In today's complex business world, customers want freight forwarders to take care of the flow of their data via the Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) and provide for all transport needs by using an integrated systems approach Claus Czisia The writer
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      INDEX TO SHIPPING LINES AND FREIGHT FORWARDERS
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        COCKETT BUNKER MARKET REPORT
        1025 43 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Marine Oil Ltd, shows price ranges in US dollars instead of single prices for a more comprehensive description of the market. Prices shown are based on aver-age-sized stem. Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the individual
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        GLOBAL HOLIDAY
        500 43 APIS Israel: Passover. Sri Lanka: Market and Public holiday. Taiwan: Women's and Children's day. APB4 Colombia: Easter (To April 5). Denmark: Maundy Thursday. Finland: Public holiday; markets closed from 1300 local. Maundy Thursday. Hong Kong: Ching Ming Festival. Israel Passover. Norway. Maundy Thursday. Peru: Holy Thursday. Spain: Maundy
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        Hertz sets up int'l reservations centre in Singapore
        378 44  -  Centre at regional headquarters here will cater to Asia-based customers Byi Christopher Tan [SINGAPORE] Hertz, the world's largest car rental company, has set up an international reservations centre here. Opened officially on Monday, it will provide Asiabased customers a toll-free access to
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        Lock icon Even odds on whether Air NZ will get nod for Ansett stake
        379 44 Commerce Commission to give final ruling today AFP [WELLINGTON] Analysts yesterday were offering even odds on whether Air New Zealand would gain regulatory approval today to take a stake of up to half of Australia's Ansett Airlines. The
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        Lock icon EU Commission backing transport plan
        186 44 Reuter [LILLE, France] European economic affairs Commissioner Yves-Thibault de Silguy on Monday said Brussels had not given up on a plan to spend 1.7 billion European currency units (552.9 billion) on European transport networks despite hostility from member states. In a speech to G-7 ministers,
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        Lock icon Taiwan's Sanfu may build car plant in Myanmar
        200 44 Reuter [TAIPEI] Taiwan car maker Sanfu Motors, continuing its efforts to diversify its investments, said yesterday that it is considering building a car plant in Myanmar. "We like the open, untapped market in Myanmar. It is a case that whoever goes there
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        Lock icon Light rail system to unsnarl Karachi's traffic
        273 44 Pert city geeks long-term solution to transport problem Reuter [KARACHI] Pakistan hopes a US$59O million (*****.9 million) light rail transit system, due to start partial operations in 1998, will reduce traffic chaos in its port city of Karachi. Law Minister Nabi Dad Khan
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        Lock icon Two Philippine airlines to get more planes
        166 44 Reuter [MANILA] Two of the Philippines' newest airline companies, Cebu Pacific Air and Grand Air, said on Monday they both plan to get more airplanes this year. Cebu Pacific .executive vice-president Lance Gokongwei said it is leasing six planes, all DC-9s, at a
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        Lock icon United Airlines to join air cargo business
        233 44 Bloomberg Business News [CHICAGO] UAL Corp's United Airlines said it plans to enter the booming international air cargo business by offering service to four Pacific Rim cities later this year. United said it will operate four DC-10-30F aircraft six days a week between
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          69 44 AFP [PARIS] Philippine Airlines (PAL) has put in an order for 24 Airbuses, confirming a decision announced last December, the European consortium Airbus Industrie announced on Monday. The order means that Airbus Industrie has now received more than 2,000 firm orders since it was established in
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          Lock icon Samsung still wants to tray Fokker
          113 44 AFX-ASIA [SEOUL] Samsung Aerospace Industries Ltd said it is still seeking to take over part of Fokker NV. A company spokesman said yesterday: "We have sought to take ovapart of Fokker and will continue to pursue it We will keep negotiating with Fokker though
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          Lock icon China delays nod for Toyota venture
          109 44 AFP [TOKYO] China has delayed approval for Toyota JRotor Corp's planned joint venture for car engine prdduction there, causing concern by Japan's top car makef about the project's future, a major business daily said yestferd#. The Nihon Keizai Shimbun said Toyota had yet to
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          Lock icon Rover Japan to launch new 600 series
          115 44 Reuter [TOKYO] Rover Japan Ltd, a unit of Britain's Rover Groupssaid yesterday it will launch its revamped Rover 600 sales on April 6. The new Rover 618 Si will cost 2.39 million yen (S$31,000). The62OSU will cost 2.69 million yen, up 100,000 yen
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        AIRCRAFT ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES
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      1050 29 STRAITS SHIPPING PTE LTD 3 «T? mm 11 Nm Cklaafl Rnl #11-01 Ksppsl Trews SIMM'S 0208 Tsl: *****88 Fax: 22M117 I B-W mrniiA I I I MM*** FXVXtf (A BERVICE OF CHINA NAVIGATION CO) ETA ETO KjjgV J ISIRNTSHOK MMK KA«r M*r Kaia IQaaMa A Mean. 1 11 1 *~f
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      939 30 EUROPE/UK/SCANDINAVIA/FINLAND/RUSSIA MP ROM ANW NM IMP IMV UN TV Ml in Hit M m E. ROYAL RW-G25 1/4 IM 27/4 21/4 30/4 31/4 (.GROUP RE-MI IM IM IM 143 IM M I*4 E. REFINE RW-OM 13/4 3/5 4/5 5/5 7/5 1/5 E. GALLANT RE-041 17/3 2M IM 21/3 22/3 fw
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      1106 30 .1 B* 8 VOTAa W M Ml MM lAN KWT Ml I VISSH VOTAGf Mi AM MM iu ta I ll HH2S2T* ?f& i?2K i$2S iMK I£2K IMM ,vw u"«°"" <>»nw i\m nm jvoi ?s/03 I I 11/D4 ?1/*4 ?ZAM 71D4 J4/04 H/D4 ?M>4 UNI COMCEKT 0J»30?4{ M/ 03 31/03
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      628 30 SWCHRELD MARINE AGENCIES (S) PTE LTD TEL: *****33 (12 UNES) FAX: *****18/*****03 TELEX: RS ***** MSMP (3 Unas) CR NO: **********0E |3B ETHIOPIAN SHIPPM6 UMES f (NatfoMlLfcesofEtWopia) ACCEPTING FCL AND CONVENTIONAL Viwl Vo* KTA «PO— Abyot 43W8 i«O4 MomtaMa. Ojfetn* A—to. M—wiiib AbbayWonz 48WB 03AM D(lbouM H KIEN HUN 6
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      1673 31 ran -mv Ki mkctmumsto HAIFA -14DAYS new YORK 2t *r?n nV.'il* W#ewws#>:«ei«W Silt»/i*»kl*§: AfCf Otol Optrtll— CtaUl—r 42M71J JOMOM Off ICC CuSTAR SHIPPING PTE LTD F (Bt**ni) imsu c—wmt anui/uw/w ct»iti»*r »«n »hii; c Nm «i<ti Mr« COSTAR AGENCIES M SON BHD. 1 J!'.'/!'?" 'l T M TtitllOtSO COtMF Clinnllftl
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      503 31 KAPAL KRIS Shipping Pte Ltd I 708 DUXTON ROAD, S'PORE *****9 *****74 f :3M 77 Ol NO. **********0 C SYARIKAT PERKAPALAN KRIS SENDIRIAN BERHAD 309-609IUXX A GLOIUC KKMSS aXIW, 10 MUX SS 4/1, KELAMA JAY*, P.O. MX M 2» ***** PfUUNG JAYJI SHANGOR. 1H: 704M77/7S/79 NUb *****07 TBBbMMUS REGULAR CONTAINER
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      418 31 f FAMOUS CONTAINER UNES JIB 80 ROBINSON ROAD, #22-02 SINGAPORE *****8 HOT UNE: *****33 (30 UNES) i J /DIRECT j SERVICE/ WEEKLY SAILING RATES OFFER 0 CALL OUR HOTLINE *****33 CONTACT RAMLAH NOW P. KLANG PH: 0203/*****02 (10 LINES) PENANG PH: 0204/*****7 (10 LINES) J. BAHRU PH: 0207-*****22 I iiik
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      1146 32 I y***L I VOY I «N I JKT I [VESSEL VQY SIN 5 M [VESSEL VOY S5 KK WANABHUM 3808 W«d lnPt~ gun 07/04 BUNOA MAS EMP AT 6308 Thu |04AM~ Sat 06AM~M MATMUBHINf 27MJ Wtod I l»Pt fMtirLt WRABHUM ***** Frt 08AM Sun 07/04 B.MASDUA 6086 Sun 07/D4 Tu.
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      715 32 I OIIXTON HILL, SINGAPORE *****3 gg **********0N I simisawmtsatwas POWKIANO PgNANG I 5® ww at m mm. vor si *w I S —SSS —a*g JUL twww w» 11/mxw OVMWD UST uui infiJwi fffeii I ss? s? —s£g— 5? —s? ar BHr- rat® m —i&jr raS m sum m SOTTO I
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      735 33 i BSA it. M MYANMA \flßHk FIVE STAR UNE W (Myanmor Natioaol Um) Load]«g for Y«n|M (Ror|««i) vtssa vor sm m m pgu ARAMMM JARGIL 1W MPT UMAX «W 01/04 MAUYSU AGENTS: MUSTIAD SHIPPING AGENCIES KUL TE 01-09-*****00 PRL TH 02-03-37M101 fßt TH 02-04-*****02 Kb TH 02-0/-*****21/4 M BANK LINE
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      834 33 PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL UNES (PTE) LTD I *****888 140 Cecil Street, #03-00 PIL Building, Singapore *****0. I I cfl NO: **********0E livcssa. vor n» sm sn mm am «nw si OOQ ACCOM IRI 5/4 4/4 17/4 10/4 22/4 20/4 3/5 4/5 KOTAMRAM MM33 10/4 11/4 23/4 20/R4 28/4 3/5 18/5 11/5
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      866 33 **********07 WMtL> m OAMCTTA LE HAVRE HAMBURG THAA4EBPORT ROTTERDAM ANTWERP VHEOEUBRA LI4W OW I&Q4 23AM "2W 36/04 27?04 2*04 V*J-E D*AQU6-A AI4W KMO4 22/04 3MX 01/06 03/08 04/06 QMg WU£DE(mm CI4W 16AM 2M4 07/06 08/06 1(V06 11/06 13/06 WU£OEMmiw SI4W [ag4j 06/06 14/06 15/06 17/06 IMB 2MB ALSO ACCEPTMQ CARGO
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      82 35 //—VISA FREIGHT SERVICES PTE LTD I st.iMishcd sukc r».s rm totm /v. ws/'c )i\ i \rn ).v non i Kl I. 11l \K I.K( Ull* AG I I I C( >\SOI IDA! I(>\ IMI'OK 1 iS I \l'( )K I SI K\ KI s OCEANIA PORTS AIICKI WO SVIATV HKISIVWC
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      387 37 Ivessel^^vo^jSN^imaasii^l TIGER ISLAND 421N 05-0604 10-14/04 19-2CVO4 I TIGER BRIOGE 422N 08-09/04 14-17/04 22-2104 I TIGER BAY 423N 12-1304 17-21/04 26-27/04 I TIGER CAPE 424N 15-1604 21-24/04 29-30/04 I TIGER BLAND 425N 19-2604 24-28/04 034)4/06 I TIGER BRIDGE 426N 22-23/04 28-01/06 06-07/06 I I~ VESSKL TIGER FORCE 090CN8 034)4/04 11-1604
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      908 37 Sea K Land I direct (all to I NANA |W» WT I WW I IMM tMMCTMVBSa iWlKIBlclwlw" W I M I W I 1 "fiT vm "5 'VM situkr mi */m b/m »/m o/k ~«7k" b/m m/m ~m*T m/m Ts/m~ ftMMUM IMI 17/ M 17/ M ttMQBC M M/M M/M
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      1194 37 j£- Nedlloyd Lines wimkjmt/fr»at/»i«rmt SINGAPORE PHONE (GENERAL) *****88 RATE ENQUIRIES *****41/248/260 CFS (PHONE) *****10 CFS (FAX) *****23 I tubmtn iwßffMwwiiarl Sin Son Lsh Rtm Anr HMI Brii OOCL FREEDOM /5136 03/04 25/04 23/04 24/04 21/04 LA LOtRE /1136 05/04 21/04 22/04 23/04 NLL NORMAN DIE /3136 06/04 22/04 23/04 27/04
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      1230 38 44 AS AGENTS: UNI (SMQAPORC) PVV LTD (CR»itmnmmnw RK» M?-0»*****«( TrJ TEL *****77 TELfX K/WVAKIRS23I6S FAX; *****157/8/9 I W MALAYSIA: "K" UNK IUMTMi nuiAYIU) SON BHD TEL SA *****00 PK *****75 PEN *****20 JB *****01 PGU *****256 NDONESIA: P.T. SARANA LAUT MIIIWUI A, TEL JKT *****08 Y BWW W. *»MUC*->*CIWC
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      294 38 POL INTERNATIONAL »My >Hjiitafmdink, tm* -fcatlyh fcd >■ T■■ I i tm 111 B»i Mm. fU— t—«i m *—w «>»W Mwr II nmmwcn «a«t/wi BP" I jjjl I 111 |j^ SURABAYA 3SL6S/WR 1 i vAt""f WMM Sr I 1 m SiS SMARAMGISIGS/WK TUbmi I m LJIL I -Jfl— 1 .A
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      978 38 If KEPPB. ROAD #02-01 JIT fON MJUNN6 w HNCAPOK *****0 r ml ta NaaooMnooto/w) aisKMßnvia m-i-ns docummuikmifax s 224-0*44 aWMll* 225-9-964 GENHMLFAX 2214*22 Wir Carry Your Confidence CIS IK 270-S-045 EAGU VOKX 321-9-4 M TO NOWTH AMERICA CAMAPA -1Y COHMMWTWI WWCj P-l~iq-i?»77 j "i»r rri*i* i* i- i* j 2m
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      741 39 PRT FCL/LCL CONSOLIDATION MY/SINGAPORE >rwadlng Services (MFS) inoa and Milan taff At Your Service: NICHOLAS/SALHA/MARIA DID 277-1077/71/71 '//k Jfe. SUPER EXPRESS SERVICE TO SEA lAL SHIPPING AGENCY (S) PTE LTD TEL NOS: *****66 (INBOUND) *****77 (OPS) FAX: *****33 CFS: *****31/*****42 CR NO. **********0Z I INBOUND FROM JAPAN VEttEL VOY OSAKA
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      850 39 SuSIMM lIM SS? I MM a& HjM WJ4 PM ItM *H ffijLi >iu flay mm MP I MIT MBO 1 Ml. _DB_ HOMMNM 3134 MuM MM* MM tIM ISM JS.O4 I7M fmANQDUA !u Jiff 2£ MM MM MM lIM Hi. HOW BOW 1144 12M lIM* lIM* MM MM MM 22
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      477 39 APM 'thrice 0 to ho chi minh city [tXFiMT Tt fff CHI «r/0f CITY IKfillT FROM HO CHI UmHCITY I w I wr r m9Qm heal w I mot baton jwwba mm mm mm turn m m/m mi mm nm oi/oa wis mm mm vm em m/m mum 2; SZ
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      478 40 SAMUDERA INDONESIA (S) PTE LTD 15 McCALLUM STREET *03-01/02 NATWEST CENTRE S'PORE 0106 TEL; *****81-3 FAX: 227J138 (3 HUNTING LINES) TLX: R*****0 BOOKINGS CAU DIRECT LIME: *****41/*****43 JESSICA/CEIIA I i m Ff 1 111 m H ift'l IH r_ 7 SLQS/WEEK 3 SLGS/WEEK ygr BSZ [OAK I IVtttft. IvOYls* latin
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      417 40 TO E. CANADA lIS ATLANTIC US QULF if*"*** JjW SPORC I PXELANQ* HALIFAX N.YORK NORFOLK N. ORLEANS SAVANNAH TAMPCO HOUSTON JtZStZI I 11*2} 27 MAY 30 MAY 31 MAY 09JUN 06 JON 13 JON 17JUN HOCQH 0734 WM MAY 129 APR 20 JUN 23 JON 24 JON 01 JUL 27
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      172 40 I {Continental Pacific n Shipping J TIMBER PLYWOOD SERVICE V TO U.K./COHTMENT WU S PORE PKL LOAOMG FOR &V TRADER SLO SLO IPT FLUKOT/ANTAW WORLOARETUS OMM 25AM FUMtOT/ANTAJK 'Loads SilikMrnsli CRNO **********0H COKTIPAC SHIPPING PTE LTD T»fc *****32 Fax: *****49 WC MULTVORT SON BHD. I TIL! HUM TLX: MA *****
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      597 41 X Singapore Soviet Shipping M Co. Pte. Ltd. CR NO: 100S*****00N BOMBAY/COCHIN Ivbboel voy «n bom coc I KOTA CHAHAYA CAMIS3 (M/ 04 10AM >~ XOUR GEMINI 417 10TO4 10AM MEKHAfUK KURAKO MKI7N 22AM 30/04 TRADE FAST TFBIS7 24/04 02/06 BEfiUmi ILYICHEWSK SEWfICt I VESSEL VOY IS'POREI ILYCNEVSK NUOVA LI.OYO4ANA
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      393 41 SIM FAR EAST 09/04 KEELUNG/KAOHSIUNG 07/04 BANGKOK 07/04 MANILA/CEBU 07/04 JAKARTA/BELAWAN/SURABAYA 07/04 PORT KELAN6/PENANG/E. MAUYSIA 07/04 BUSAN 07/04 TOKYO/YOKO/KOBE/N6O/OSA 07/04 HONG KONG m china 07/04 GUANGZHOU/HUANGPU/SHENZHEN FUZHOU/XIAMEN/SHANTOU/SHEKOU DALIAN/SHANGHAI/XINGANG TIANJIN/OINGDAO/HAIKOU also accepting LCL cargo SIM EUROPE/UK 07/04 LON/FLX/LVP/SOU 08/04 RDM/HAM/ANT/lEH/GOA/OSUGOT/BCN also accepting cargo to Austria/ Hungary/Romania/Poland/Bulgaria/Czech. SIM USA/CANADA 08/04 LOS ANGELES/NEW
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      605 41 I STAR SHIPPING AGENCIES (S) PTE LTD Aanmmt ZIM CONTAINER SERVICE GOLD STAR UNE LTD SETH SHIFTING CORPORATION TELEPHONE: *****66 (S LINES) FAX: *****70 1******12 (MARKETING) (CR NO. 103I06S*****) N. AMERKA/CARIMEAN SERVKE msr/RSiu mm Iwwl 1 l-W Imlml I I WOt li* M/M LJAMNIH W/Oi 11/ M 11/ M 17/05
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      1121 41 SNOt A#»ncy nWOWM Mb iraeooo nSuMiaBNMMSSSraM (ca noi moeyeoooaa) J NwunajN* m iosi 26W323. •OOONM HOIUNB 10l US. CANADA. UK/EUHOK. AUSTRAUA. (Mr f%b\ A'• ■K L (031 *****33. tOA. NMOSIAN, HONGKONG. WiWAN, JAPAN 4fj '.AN/ I (03) *****87. m> i-aoo-i7B7aoo(iourfwaq Wlllia Mb 1-aOO-XTMIOO (TOU-NMBJ J Wwv 107) *****42/3/4 as IBU
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      88 41 W. TOKYO SHIN6I KAJUN CO PTE LTD ISESk 10 AN6ON ROAD *23-16 lilld MTEfMCnOHALPLAZA O«POW6 0207 TBj *****88 (6 UNES) FAX: *****06 A *****10 C/R: **********06 j SERVICE TO; FAB EAST/CHINA/EUROfrE 07/04/96) TOKYO, YOKOHAMA, KOSE NAOOYA 07/04/96) OSAKA,IMA 07/04/96) HONQKONO AND ALL CHMA PORTS 09/04/96) ROTTERDAM SOUTHAMPTON ALL BOOKINGS ANO
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      657 42 AG SINO IXPRESS SHIPPING (PTI) LTD. I 11 COLLYER QUAY *06-01 THE ARCADE SINGAPORE 0104. TEL: *****90 (4 UNES) FAX: *****98 TLX: R*****1 SINOEX SINOTRANS SHANGHAI (CONTAINER SERVICE) SIN/HKQ/SHAI wo ShJU VOY ETA ETD ETA ETD ETA ETP 9601/9602 2203 ***** 28/03 aa/oa 02/04 la** CHANG YING 9607/9606 31/03 01/04
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      460 42 T"|— "CONTAINER UNE3.JHC.. l-rSV V~ J tmmo»immmmm HMMitnn wivci nmni^ii zszttzsLr ass Sag 20TH ANNIVERSARY OFFER:-(Lowest-Lowest Rates) PEM/PK SIN HONGKONG 10/4 11/4 mv "BUXCROWN" V.N006 TOKYO/YOKO 13/4 14/4 mv "ALLIGATOR FORTUNE" V.***** mv "HY. FEDERAL" V.OIBE 15/4 16/4 CALL S'PORE: EILEEN, PHYLISS, XIUNUA PKL: CHEW/VIVIEN PEN: YEH NEE/KHOO J call
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      66 42 11 ''LN S\ EXPRESS (S) PTE LTD WEEKLY CONSOU TO MUARA MANILA HONGKONG "AT COMPETITIVE RATES" PLEASE CALL: *****96 art r TM^ I .wvlri THW> BUI *****33 nASIN I RAN V ETA DUBAI MMN egyptxSarabea 14MM 11/BVH 2tSJS IMM/K IV- ZMSM JEDDAEE 1 i U«INA QABOOI ■**"*>** ABBAS IIAMMAH 1
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      222 42 ATTRACTIVE 1 FCL/LCL RATES TO: Indian Sub-Continent Ports MADRAS/BOMBAY/ CALCUTTA COLOMBO CHITTAGONG NHAVA SHEVA J. IWENDER CONTAINER UNESL: ENQUIRIES BOOKINGS PLS CALL TELt 224 6744 m if I i Astro Shipping PteLhT: WEEKLY CONSOLIDATION SERVICE I TIL 2?0-t045 (I? UNB) FAX: 325-40 M -j: O.K. LINE" FULL CONTAINER SERVICE S
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