The Business Times, 24 May 1996

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    11 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA(P) 046/12/95 SINGAPORE Internet: http://www.asial.com.sg/biztimes FRIDAY, MAY 24,1996
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    MARKET SUMMARY
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    FINANCE
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    We have enough land for private housing: PM
    676 1  -  Govt will change land allocation if more people prefer private property to HDB flats By: Lilian Ang [SINGAPORE] Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong yesterday assured Singaporeans that the government had enough land to meet their' aspirations to own private property. "Over the
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    New rules on property buys for public officials
    695 1  -  By i Chuang Peck Ming [SINGAPORE] Government ministers have to ensure that properties bought by their spouses and children are on terms which can stand up to public scrutiny even if these purchases do not require the Prime Minister's clearance. Prime Minister
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    OCBC M'sia to merge with Pacific Bank
    613 1  -  Successful outcome will create second biggest foreign bank in Malaysia By\ Shiv Taneja Ho Kay Tat in Kuala Lumpur OCBC BANK is working on merging its Malaysian operations with Pacific Bank Bhd, its 29 per cent-owned associate, which would lead to the creation
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  • PARLIAMENT
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      Not right to ban ministers from soft launches: PM
      616 2 Bab u easy way ont bvtmakM fUUCHNO •van lass desirable PRIME Minister Goh Chok Tong said yesterday that banning ministers, MPs and civil servants from soft launches would be a popular move but one that is wrong in principle. Mr Goh
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      Market watchers voice concerns
      364 2  -  ■BACnOMS TOSH'S PROPERTY PROPOSALS ImnlMfluti UmitißkeriUnceas MrtaglagM righto 1 B* Michelle Low PROPERTY market watchers yesterday expressed some conover Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew's "radical propos4lp" to redistribute property Be#Mlki saw the proposal to limit Inheritances to two propsrtiea per child as infringing on personal rights.
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      No row over pay policy: Sing Tech
      273 2 SINGAPORE Technologies' executive chairman Yeo Ning Hong and its managing director Ho Ching yesterday issued a statement clarifying that there were no fundamental difference .or "row" between the two over the policy of paying market rates to ST staff. The statement, signed by
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      PM Goh and Chiam reveal their property holdings
      591 2  -  Disclosures come after PM accepted Chiam's challenge By I Chuang Peck Ming I'LL tell you, if you tell me. This was the challenge Opposition MP Chiam See Tong threw to Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong yesterday when pressed by the PM to
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      9 2 Home A Decor For people who love their homes
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
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      NCB launches first computer playground
      180 4 THE National Computer Board (NCB) yesterday launched Singapore's first computer playground in a move to make the acquiring of early IT afcilla ftin-fllled child's play. The centre, called Quest IT, is at the Suntec City Mall and comprises 60 computers. It offers a curriculum based
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      Lock icon Glaxo Wellcome may make new drug in S'pore
      472 4  -  Epivir for treating hepatitis-is expected to help boost earnings By\ Genevieve Cua UK-BASED pharmaceuticals giant Glaxo Wellcome is looking at manufacturing a new drug called Epivir—used for treating hepatitis—in Singapore. Epivir is already being marketed in the US although it still has
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      Construction awards for overseas projects too
      256 4 (HDBwUmu scape tf MinbHMn firms gsregtau] THE Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) is widening the save of its Construction Excellence Awards to include overseas projects undertaken by local contractors, its chief executive officer, Lam Siew Wah, said. The new feature will start this year,
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      Cisco launches document storage firm
      308 4 Venture with Annie firm expects to make $5-10 million in first year of operations LOCAL security services provider the Commercial and Industrial Security Corporation (Ciss& yesterday announced Him teamed up with an Australian concern to form a joint venture company providing data and document storage
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      Lock icon April inflation drops to 1.1%
      312 4  -  EYE OM THE ECONOMY Inflation By Anna Teo INFLATION slid for the second month in April to just 1.1 per cent, according to Department of Statistics (DOS) figures released yesterday. The increase in the consumer price index (CPI), which was on the slide through most
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      10 Net service providers to introduce roaming network
      265 4  -  MoUt§s*t«p consortium is first in Aaa-Pac By> Annette Pau TEN major Internet Service Providers (ISPs) from Asia-Pa-cific countries including Singapore yesterday signed a memorandum of understanding to set up a Global Reach Internet Consortium (GRIC) introducing the region's first roaming network. The
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      Du Pont adds new operation to Tuas facility
      150 4 DU PONT Singapore yesterday said it has added a new compounding operation at its engineering polymers facility in Tuas. The operation will produce glass reinforced nylon under the Zytel tradename. Glass reinforced Zytel is an enhanced metal replacement nylon material used in
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  • FOCUS: ADVERTISING & MARKETING
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      Westin's adspend up 300% to US$25m
      459 6  -  Some US$4 million out of this amount will be spent in Asia By. Agnes Wee [SINGAPORE] INTERNATIONAL hotel group Westin Hotels and Resorts will spend US$25 million (Ss3s million) on advertising this year a dramatic 300 per cent jump on the previous year. Out
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      GE Life: out to get the lion's share
      376 6  -  By. Arti Mulchand SINGER Whitney Houston's Greatest Love of AU; scenes of happy, contented, financiallysecure families; a young boy and his visions for the 21st century. No, it is not another Ministry of Community Development advertisement, but the last two advertising campaigns
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      Lock icon Safra station not the reason
      172 6  -  UTRBR TO BDRtXR Yim Stacey I refer to reports In The Straits Times (Newspapers lift share of advertising sales, May 10), in The Business Times (Newspapers lilt share of ad pie by 3.2 points, May 10) and in The New Paper (Newspapers' bigger ads share.
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        Budweiser campaign off with a bang
        57 6 BUDWBISKR's advertising campaignJ. marking the 1966 Olympics l*f yimM jrwrjiiiMlis flit < fiwiipiii tit g botiie off Budwetaer beer from a pub. ThagamecaHmfsfcr triad in the UK and Australia, pops open with sound effects. It cost allout 22 cents to produce on*. < Omnfllnk
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        Saatchi & Saatchi's aim
        57 6 Saatchi Saatchi's aim SAATCra4Saatchra3h*apor»cfclafexecatlveomcer GnkhttoThomas setagoaUttblatartofthe year: to transfora the 13-year-eM company into the biggest buy* of print aadtelevlitoifliiai fillip space. SoteOAsjrear it has already wan almost fIOJ million in new business. *few acrounUincfcide Hewlett Packard, Kim EngSecuritiee, Samsung ant) the Singapore Symphony Orchestra. The company hopes to top the
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        Orchard Billboard hit
        58 6 A BILLBOARD outside Orchard Emerald Shopping Centre has brought a new dimension to advertfcing media te Singapore—it is the only outdoor one here to play static, animated, grapWc and video pictures, and even has its own sound system. 11*2.8 to by 4 m electronic billboard, bunched by
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        Support on the cards
        68 6 CREDIT card giant Viaa has launched a set of eight limited edition phone cat dsiepieeMatiiii each of the uewlyfoqapd Super League The V^ikS-LeagueCMnK CoUectkm cards are only availabie at Esso Tig* Msrt<i The 10,000 sets, each with their own serial number, wflfr sokl at |1» each.
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      1480 6 MEIBAN PLASTIC LTD (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Ninth Annual General Meeting of the Company wiN be held at the Board Room, 230 Victoria Street, *12-00 Bugis Junction Towers, Singapore *****4 on 10 June 1996 at 11.00 a.m.
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      Political parties intensify pre-electoral activity
      472 7  -  JAKARTA Suharto call* on Golkar members to ensure victory amid more appeals for him to seek another term ft/ S N Vasuki THOUGH Indonesian parliamentary elections are over a year away, political parties have intensified pre-electoral activity in recent days. President Suharto himself appealed to
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      Lock icon Five Chart Thai faction ministers quit suddenly
      354 7 BANGKOK Thai PM says he will reshuffle his cabinet as soon as possible Reuter THAI Prime Minister Banham Silpa-archa yesterday said he would soon reshuffle his cabinet after Ave ministers from his own political party resigned suddenly. Mr Banharn has been under pressure
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      Lock icon Out for Tansil's blood
      52 7 [JAKARTA] About2sostudents marching in a busy Jakarta street yesterday to protest against the escape of ethnic Chinese businessman Eddy Tonsil whofledfrom a prison where he had been serving a 20-year sentence for defrauding state-owned Indonesian Development Bank (Bapindo). The protesters shouted: "Capture Eddy Tonsil and hang
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      Lock icon Hsien Yang on panel to advise Apec on trade
      196 7 MACTAN, Philippines AFP THE Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) forum yesterday named a high-powered' group of business executives to advise it on trade and investment issues, senior officials meeting here said. The Apec Business Advisory Council includes Salomon Brothers chief executive Robert
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      Lock icon US may call for a global tourist boycott of Myanmar
      289 7 WASHINGTON US considering action against crackdown on opposition Reuter THE Clinton administration is considering calling for a worldwide tourist boycott of Myanmar to protest against the latest crackdown on prodemocracy forces, a senior official said on Wednesday. "You have to
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      Lock icon Govt agencies to transfer deposits into Treasury
      185 7 m MANILA Bloomberg Business News THE Philippine government ordered all agencies to transfer their deposits out of state banks and into the National Treasury. In an executive order signed on May 17, President Fidel Ramos directed agencies to transfer their cash balances so
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      218 7 Punishment. Abuse. Torture. All In The Name Of Human Rights. ■§■■>■■■■■■■■■■ MRtf in j:.;^, *<<_ ■ppphmmm^MMPHM^Bl ...i THmmmmm** fjjjM ***>+*—.-. 1 -~T Peugeot 306 SR (M), $68,800 (flexi-bid scheme) *1.6 litre electronic fuel injection engine Power steering Side impact door beam* Air-con with temperature control Now with 2-year free servicing
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  • CHINA-HONGKONG-TAIWAN
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      Lock icon Lee welcome to visit China, but not as president
      322 8 BEIJING lUmui «Octeb ny they may invite Orina President Jiang Zemin for a visit Reuter AFP CHINA would welcome a visit by President Lee Teng-hui of Taiwan but not as president, official media yesterday quoted Chinese Vice-Premier Qian Qichen as saying.
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      Lock icon 1997: Heseltine has full confidence
      285 8 4 BEIJING Hs says both sfctos will work towards ssMwtk transfer AFP Reuter j BEIJING said yesterday that visiting British Deputy Prime Minister Michael Heseltine I had expressed "full confl- dence" in China's resumption of sovereignty over Hongkong t in 1987. "In the visit paid
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      Lock icon Hongkong plans to drop British symbols
      123 8 HONGKONG Reuter AFP BRITAIN'S Queen Elisabeth will vanish from Hongkong postage stamps early next year as symbols of British rule fade away before the colony reverts to China. The queen's portrait win be replaced by an image of the colony's famous Victoria Har- bour,
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      Lock icon Jailhouse rock?
      52 8 [SHANGHAI] A 35-member symphony orchestra of Chinese prisoners at Shanghai's Tilanqiao Prison rehearsing on Tuesday for an upcoming performance in town. Prison authorities had allowed the musically inclined prisoners to form the orchestra and perform at publicfunctions and shows in the nearby town, as part of their rehabilitation
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      Lock icon Taiwan central bank cuts discount rate
      245 8 TAIPEI AFP TAIWAN'S central bank announced yesterday it was reducing its discount rate from 5.50 per cent to 5.25 per cent per annum, despite abundant capital flow in the local banking system. Central bank governor Sheu Yuan-dong told reporters that the cut in the
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      Lock icon Coming down hard on criminals
      102 8 SHANGHAI Reuter SHANGHAI has launched the largest anti-crime sweep conducted in the city for six years, as part of the nationwide "Strike Hard" crackdown launched last month, the Wen Hui 800 daily said yesterday. More than 20,000 public security officers, policemen and civilian security personnel
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        Lock icon Taipei to deploy in urban
        64 8 AFP (TAIPEI] Taiwan will deploy the Ave sets of Patriot missiles it has ordered from the U8 in three urban centres* including capital city Taipei. Three sets will be installed j» greater Taipei—in the industrial district of Nankang, in Linkuo and WanlL Sets will also
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        Lock icon Bridging the gap
        44 8 Reuter (BtIJINO] Chin* will build a4B billion yuan (ST.7 bUHoW hrMgo Unking amitftflf-n Hainan t»bm4 wjfli tf^wwtinlawif. Experts settled on a 19.5 km six-lane road bridge after studying several proposals. Building starta begins in 9010 u and will take 10 years.—/fcufrr
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        HK inflation on the rise
        31 8 [HONGKONG] Hongkong's main inflattan barometer ran 6.9 per cent year-on-year in April, dut to higher prtcaeof some fooditems. The increase from 5.7 per oent in March,
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        23 8 AFT [SHANGHAI] Customs official* hcto intiroepted containers holding hazardous solid wavtee which were imported largely from the US and Canada. The 20
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      114 8 SUN CITY RESIDENTIAL RESORT OFFERS BREATH TAKING PACIFIC OCEAN VIEWS IDEALLY POSITIONS) IN SURFERS PARADISE, PRIVATE SWIMMING LAGOON, FULLY THE HEART OF THE GOLD COAST EQUIPPS) GYMNASIUM WALK TO SURF BEACHES 2 FULL SIZE TBMNIS COURTS, SPA HEATH) MINUTES TO CASINO, UNIVERSITY, SHOP POOL ALl^^l^AC^^ •DEffUNDBWATER TERRITORIES FOR SAFE I
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  • ASIA
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      Lock icon More budget funds for health and education
      452 9  -  AUCKLAND Budget certains jpre ehctiwgMfli bat govt says it ouuMtmeet ill demands By] David McLoughlin NEW Zealand's beleaguered National Party government yesterday presented voters with a pre-election budget brimming with more health and education spending. The government also issued a challenge to opposition
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      Lock icon N Korean pilot's defection Shears
      219 9 SEOUL Reuter A NORTH KOREAN air force diptain defected to South Korea yesterday in an ageing MiO-19 fighter while the two Koreas traded charges of nattd incursions, raising new security fears on the tense pen- Insula A defence ministry spokesman said six southern air ferce
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      Lock icon Ruling BJP warns of 'balkanisation' if toppled
      336 9 NEW DELHI AFP INDIA's week-old and precariously \M\mmt Wntm nationalist government yesterday warned of the country's "balkanisation" if the party was voted out of power in a no-con-fidence vote on Monday. The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (Indian People's Party), which took power last
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      KL-based Aussie businessman charged in Sydney
      218 9  -  SYDNEY By\ Surinder Singh AN Australian businessman residing in Kuala Lumpur since 1992 and said to be a director of companies with assets worth more than As2so million (Ss27B million) has been arrested and charged in Sydney. Henry Townsing, 41, was arrested on Sunday.
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      Lock icon 2,000 spies to be recruited from military
      324 9 TOKYO fttgn of Japan's aim to play more active role in Asian security FT JAPAN is recruiting 2,000 •pies from its military forces to bolster its ability to keep watch on potential flashpoints in east Asia. The new spies will be based %om
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      141 9 t f Xj^J i Invites you t0.... 4 Get an Online education at the World Book Fair where we are demonstrating a technology breakthrough, For the first time, multimedia learning J I*V K r goes Online in Singapore. m^m I VI w II I tj I j, The complete multimedia
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  • THE WORLD
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      Lock icon Pledge to resist protectionism
      431 10 AMMPAL OECD MIHISTiaUAL MEETDTO Members also agree to avoid trade and investment measures which against WTO rules AFP [PARIS] OECD member countries pledged on Wednesday to avoid recourse to trade and investment measures running against the rules of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) and to resist
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      Lock icon OECD backs promotion of core labour standards
      253 10 PARIS But British opposition prevents issue going on WTO meeting agenda Reuter LEADING trading nations in the OECD pledged on Wednesday to promote worldwide labour standards which prevent forced labour by prisoners, employment of children and restrictions on the free association of workers.
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      Life is governed by chance
      718 11  -  WORLD VIEW This has been highlighted by the possibility of there having been Chinese Scotsmen By Kevin Sullivan A REVOLUTION is underway in Colombia. Fans of President Ernesto Samper —the head of state who has given the phrase "clinging to office" a whole new lease
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      Lock icon Lawmakers OK US$7b tax breaks
      294 11 WASHINGTON Bloomberg Business News THE US House of Representatives voted 414-10 on Wednesday night to approve a US$7 billion (SS9.B billion) package of tax breaks that will help some businesses while hurting others. The small business community has been lobbying for many of the changes
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      Lock icon UK blocks EU proposal in 'mad cow' row
      403 11 BRUSSELS Reuter BRITAIN yesterday blocked its first European Union proposal at ministerial level since adopting a policy of non-coop-eration with the 15-nation bloc in the row over "mad cow" disease. Britain's deputy permanent representative David Bostock told EU ministers responsible for civil
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      Lock icon Agents crack Chinese weapons smuggling ring
      262 11 SAN FRANCISCO Bloomberg Business News TREASURY officials here have cracked a weapons smuggling ring involving China's two main government arms exporting companies. Deputy Attorney General Jamie Gorelick yesterday said agents from the Treasury Department's Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms seized 2,000 AK-47 automatic
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      Lock icon Rubin repeats support for strong US$
      140 11 NEW YORK Bloomberg Business News UNITED STATES Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin has repeated his support for a strong dollar and said the Clinton administration will push to extend Most-Favou.ed Nation trading status to China. Mr Rubin said on Wednesday that a weak dollar can
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      Lock icon Insurance row: US threatens Japan with sanctions
      175 11 TOKYO AFP THE US has threatened to initiate procedures for imposing sanctions on Japanese financial service companies if the two countries fail to settle an insurance row. Kyodo News yesterday quoted international financial sources as saying Washington had informally told the Japanese side
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      1185 10 21 May 1996 PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT OF RESULTS The Board of Directors announces the following unaudited results of the Group and Company for the year ended 31 March 1996. 1. neeuif j THE GROUP THE COMPANY Year ended 31 March Year ended 31 March u 3* J.S£ XS. jSS *t (vM)
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
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      ADB challenges faith in 'trickle down'effect
      690 12  -  fUll BOTTOM in OPINION By Anthony Rowley The writer is BT's Tokyo correspondent REMEMBER the "trickle down" effect the phrase used by former US president Ronald Reagan's economic guru David Stockman to describe the way in which, given time, the fruits of prosperity created
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      IN OTHER WORDS
      145 12 'Let this be a warning to would-be intruders that we mean business in safeguarding our national integrity.' -nidiuM Philippines President speaking on Navy Day about the capture of a Chinese ship Just north qfManila in February. 4 'If people in positions of authority cannot be brought to
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      Kiwi politics with Mr Peters
      640 12 EDITORIAL IF New Zealanders needed any further evidence that the economic reforms instituted under a succession of Labour and National governments have worked, they need look no further than the healthy budget surpluses announced in yesterday's budget Yet, the stock market is depressed and the
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      Jakarta's challenge
      1099 12  -  The govt u under pressure te narrow the economic g&p between the western ud eastern halves of Indonesia By\ S N Vasuki The writer is BT's Jakartm' correspondent INDONESIAN policymakers are once again grappling with the thorny issue of developing the sprawling archipelago's eastern Islands after the recent
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      WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
      393 12 RECOGNISING the legal union of gay and lesbian couples would represent a profound change in the meaning and definition of marriage. Indeed, it would be the most radical step ever taken in the deconstruction of society's most important institution. It is not a step we ought
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  • EXECUTIVE LIFESTYLE
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      Conflict into harmony
      817 13  -  Chinese artist Zhu Wei's work is at once surreal and powerful, says xola lemzx, who visted The Chrna Diary exhibition IOLA LENZI INGING Red Army soldiers, Red Army officers plugged into their Walkmans, Chinese versions of Betty Boop, Coke-Can iconography, mini-mandarins reading Tang poetry as a huge
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      Lock icon Finally, a topic of real significance from Grisham
      723 13 BOOK REVIEW The Runaway Jury By John Grisham Published by Doableday U8826J6,401pa«M NYT IF THE hallmarks of John Grisham's previous six legal thrillers have been anti-cli-max, lack of surprise and superficiality, then Grisham reverses his field quite dramatically in his latest novel
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      Lock icon Back to school with Disney
      727 14 RECREATION Tleinstftateisa resort wters you cu 'expand year mind and ehafleegß jeer bey, H|lDhMfbMi NYT [LAKE BUENA VISTA, Florida] The sky is turning pale pink in the late afternoon sun, Andrew Lloyd Webber's Memory is soaring over the sound system, and Mark Mattern is bubbling
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      Lock icon Romantic anti-heroes
      476 14 MUSIC Can, Getrgß Michael resurface with DOW MfIBCtMM ■biAn|uta NYT MEN can't handle heartbreak. It produces an overwhelming self-pity that seems to justify anything: Grim sulking, melodramatic declarations of loneliness, vows of proud solitude and heedless promiscuity. In person, such misery makes for lousy company; someone on the
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    • CHATTER Box
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        Lock icon WWnII veteran's tale wins award
        65 14 Reuter A BRITISH World War Two veteran imprisoned by the Japanese won the £28,000 (S*S3£3S) NCR nott-flction book 1 award on Wednesday. Eric Lotnax's Ttm Railway Man deals with the appalling effects of his incarceration. He beat Gitta Sersny's A/bertSfemr; His Battk with th* Truth,
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        Lock icon Just for kicks
        37 14 AFP ACTION star Jean-Claude Van Dunne hams It up for photographero before setting his handprint* in cement fbr Planet Hollywood's Jakarta branch on Wednesday. He was on his way to open the Sydney branch.—AFP
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        Lock icon Targets working with Depardisu
        36 14 Reuter THE Belgian Down's Syndromesuffarsr who won tbsbaifc.# actor ttHtdatlli Ciiiim ftlm "X want to workwl&QmvnM Depardieu/'said Pascal Duqueone, referring to on* of 0 Prance's beet-known actors.—Reutwk MM' -''*XZ •7'v nf [f/'firMlF'l
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      463 17  -  Sime analysts see redevelopment of Ampat sites as bid to create another revenue stream By i Genevieve Cua [SINGAPORE] Singapore Telecom is venturing into the development of industrial property for the first time. In response to press queries yesterday, the group disclosed it will develop
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      184 17 [SINGAPORE] Straits Steamship Land (SSL) said yesterday that Schroder International Merchant Bankers will arrange a $300 million fiveyear floating rate note issue to help finance the cost of developing one of its two China Square land parcels. SSL, the property arm of Keppel Corporation,
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      Powermatic posts $1.75 m loss
      207 17 [SINGAPORE] Computer network products supplier Powermatic Data Systems (PDS) yesterday posted a loss of $1.75 million for the year ended Feb 29, against a healthy profit of $2.58 million a year ago. Powermatic blamed the move into the red on price erosion due to increased
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      Who should foot cost of extra shareholders'meetings?
      765 17  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW Tan Sai Siong VHE latest government measures to cool the property market may cause it to slump. And company directors and their relatives may be so put off by that prospect and the new Stock Exchange of Singapore rules on
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      452 17 German firm to pay Ms646m for 21% interest in KL mobile phone company Bloomberg Business News [KUALA LUMPUR] Deutsche Telekom yesterday said it will buy a 21 per cent stake in Technology Resources Industries Bhd, a Malaysian mobile telephone company, for upwards of M
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      Hai Sun Hup profit up 51% thanks to hotel wing
      371 17  -  By\ Rahita Elias [SINGAPORE] Listed Hai Sun Hup Group yesterday turned in a better than expected fullyear performance thanks to its fledgling hotel-owning and management division. Net profit for the diversified shipping group soared 51 per cent to $30.4 million
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      KHJC confirms share placement
      177 17 [SINGAPORE] Kay Hian James Capel yesterday confirmed that the HongkongBank group had successfully placed out just over 30 per cent of the listed stockbroking company at $1.40 a share. The company said the 132.12 million shares, representing 30.09 per cent of its shares, were placed mainly
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        Astra's Q1 profit down 20%
        502 18  -  Sales drop due to credit curbs and the expected launch of the cheaper national car JProm\ S N Vasuki .in Jakarta INDONESIA'S largest car .manufacturer yesterday reported a 20 per cent decline in first quarter net earnings to 73 billion rupiah (Ss44 million) car sales
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        138 18 Bloomberg Business News m {MANILA] A group of investors led by TA Enterprises Bhd of Malaysia and shipping company Negros Navigation Co has re ceived approval to set up a commercial bank in the Philippines. Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas governor Gabriel
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        MBf plans to turn Manila unit into a 'financial supermarket'
        365 18  -  Newly acquired firm will be renamed MB! Capital Inc From Al Labita in Manila MALAYSIA'S MBf Holdings Bhd plans to transform its newly-acquired listed Philippine firm into a "financial supermarket", an official said yesterday. "We have the technical re- sources
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        Crabtree & Evelyn acquired by KLK for US$60m
        214 18  - Crabtree Evelyn acquired by KLK for US$60m From] Ruth Wong in Kuala Lumpur PROPERTY and plantation firm Kuala Lumpur Kepong Bhd (KLK) is diversifying into the personal care products and toiletries business with the purchase of Americanbased Crabtree Evelyn Ltd for US$6O million <SsB4 million) cash. KLK said yesterday it
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        Lock icon Landmarks to sell stakes in prized S African assets
        508 18 Decision to sell to former chairman taken after review of troop's operations NST [KUALA LUMPUR] Landmarks Bhd is selling off its stakes in its two prized South African assets the Boland Bank and the Sam rand Development Holdings Ltd for Ms3oo
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        Go-ahead from SC for listing of Kuok's Jerneh Asia
        238 18  -  From, Ruth Wong in Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIAN tycoon Robert Kuok will soon add another listed vehicle to his fold with the flotation of Jerneh Asia Bhd, the parent company of his insurance arm, Jerneh Insurance Corporation. Mr Kuok has iras?4nvestments throughout
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        107 18 MBT [KUALA LUMPUR] Khong Guan Holdings Malaysia Bhd is encouraging its shareholders to vote in favour of its proposals to dispose of equity in six companies related to Khong Guan Enterprise Sdn Bhd and strike out into property development. The six companies
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          Sime's plans are tentative
          75 18 [SINGAPORE] Referring to the report "Sime may redevelop storage site" in yesterday's BT, Sime Singapore said yesterday that "plans are still at a preliminary stage". It is exploring possibilities for the development of the property in Kampong Arang into a residential project, hut its plans are
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          OCBC Bank opens Taipei office
          33 18 [SINGAPORE] OCBC Bank said yesterday it is opening a T repreaentative office in Taipei today. The bank group now has over 100 branches and offices in IS countries.
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          FCC gets nod to issues 300m shares
          40 18 [SINGAPORE] Plrat Capital Corp has received in-principle approval from the Stock Exchange of Singapore to iasue "Jj 200 million 5 per cent redeemable cumulative preference shares. The issue is subject to shareholders' approval.
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          Chongqing project to be speeded up
          51 18 [CHONGQING] Singapore's Ipco International and the Chongqing Municipal Beople's Government yestefday signed an agreement to expedite the Chongqing Huanghuayuan Bridge project, wltneeeed by Communications Minister Mah Bow Tan. Tbe US$l4O million (***** million) development comprises the bridge, the Shihuang Tunnel, three interchanges, and a
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          Tri-M makes marked turnaround
          68 18 [SINGAPORE] Tri-MTechnologiee posted earnings of <24) million for the year ended March 31, a marked improvement over its previous year's loss of 110.3 million. Turnover was thinner at $97.2 million, against $120.2 million. The turnaround was recorded after writing back a provision of a trade debt
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          Lock icon Pioneer reports pre-tax loss of 14b yen
          63 19 Bloomberg Business News {TOKYO! Pioneer Electronic Corp lost money in the moet recent fiscal year as prices for audio and video equipment tumbled and the company wrote off stockpiles of unsold §<rtd* It reportsdacurreot,or pre-tax. toes for the year to Marchof 14.7 billion
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          Lock icon MCA stake sale
          49 19 Reuter ssid yesterday it went into t&e red by 86.87 billion yen (SI74S miHion) last business year due to its sale of a majority stake in US film maker MCA Inc. Matsushita Electric Industrial Co had posted a group net profit of 90.49 billionyenin t&»l9M46business year.—Reuter
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          26 19 Bloomberg Business News ISYplflWHTNTLtdsignsltodttmayinovethe o|isfiiiin>s minikin A imnfH Mil im m "On a fiscal floss to head office of an
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        215 19 AFP (TOKYO] Japan's largest carmaker, Toyota Motor Corp, yesterday said profits rose for the year to March, but revenues were down due to lower sales both at home and abroad. It said vehicle production dropped at home, but there was a sharp increase
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        328 19 Cable Wireless profit up 59% Results come after a 22% fall in the previous year caused by one-time charges for revamp of UK onit Bloomberg Business News [LONDON] Cable Wireless pic yesterday said pre-tax profit for the year to March 31 rose 59 per cent, reflecting the depth of its
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        Granada Group puts up 17 Forte hotels for sale
        485 19  -  GDL Hotels may eye some of them, says an analyst Fronv Quak Hiang Whai in Hongkong BRITISH leisure and hotel group Granada Group pic has put up for sale 17 luxury hotels in Europe and the US belonging to Forte pic,
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        44 19 [ARLINGTON, Virginia] A coupk leaving a Toys 'R'Us toy store here on Wednesday. The Federal Trade Commission charged on Wednesday that the company violated anti-trust laws by pressuring toy makers not to sellsomeqf their most popular products to rival retailers. REUTER
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        Lock icon Bond issue reports depress Sumitomo Bank shares
        264 19 Bloomberg Business News [TOKYO] Shares in Sumitomo Bank slid 3.4 pa- cent on reports the worid's second-larg-est bank will sell 100 billion yen (5f1.31 billion) in convertible bonds. Sale of the bonds, which can, and possibly must, be converted to stock, would raise
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        Lock icon NEC reports 3-year high profit but sees harder times ahead
        278 20 Bloomberg Business News [TOKYO] NEC Corp reported its highest profit in three years thanks to a worldwide surge in demand for semiconductors and telecommunications equipment. The chipmaker warned, however, that profits will gtow more slowly this year as chip sales
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        377 20 Losses dm to restructuring which will pave way for profits: chairman Reuter [STUTTGART, Germany] The controversial chairman of industrial giant Daimler-Benz, Juergen Schrempp, told shareholders on Wednesday the company will return to profitability in 1996 after a 5.7 billion mark (555.2
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        Lock icon Forex market sees record average daily turnover
        349 21  -  By\ Paul Leo [SINGAPORE] The local foreign exchange market registered a record average daily turnover of US$l36 billion (Ssl92 billion) last month. A Monetary Authority of Singapore spokesman said yesterday that this represented a year-on-year increase of 29 per cent from the U*****.4
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        232 21 ffuwdtt Baak, Baah Intl Indonesia te have equal stake Reuter [SYDNEY] Commonwealth Bank of Australia said yesterday it had received government approval to set up a joint venture bank in Indonesia with Bank International Indonesia PT. Commonwealth Bank said the
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        152 21 Reuter [JAKARTA] Indonesia's exchange rate policy of allowing limited depreciation at the rupiah is on track and there is no need to accelerate the process, economists said yesterday. The Indonesian rupiah has performed strongly and even appreciated against the dollar since March, leading
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          Lock icon Earning growth for Indon banks may fall
          54 21 Reuter enm a dedlM In earnings growth for commercial banks this year, tt»Jhferrrl»A»><ripottsd yesterday. "That is probably correct In (fee banking industry there are also ups and dowiis," central bank governor Sudradjad Qfbrandono said in response to analysts'forecast on possible Mi in the
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          Lock icon Foreign banks' association launched
          48 21 AFP (BANGKOK) An association representing all 14 foreign banlu with operating branches in Thailand was launched here yestarday. Chairman ofthe new Foreign Banks' Association (FBA), Bruce Darrington of Standard Quartered, said the organisation would promote the interests of the foreign banks. —AFT i, r
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          Lock icon ANZ hopes to save A$50m
          56 21 Bloomberg Business News (MELBOURNE]ANZ Banking Group Ltd said it expects to •eve AIM million (8*66.83 million) to A*Bo million annually through the centralisation of its bank service centres. The bank is culling its Australia service centres, which handle phone, finance and processing operations, from 83
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        BIL raises US$225m for general funding
        403 21  -  3-year transferable loan i* its single largest debt facility By\ Conrad Raj [SINGAPORE] New Zealandbased Brierley Investments Ltd, in which the Singapore government has a near 7 per cent stake, yesterday raised US$225 million (Ss3ls million) for its general funding requirements. The three-year Transferable
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        Lock icon Ex-Fed chief Volcker to join Bankers Trust
        422 22 Bank's mm to take over company seen as Wdte polish image tarnished by several derivatives deals Reuter [NEW YORK] Paul Volcker former chairman of the Federal Reserve Board will join Bankers Trust, which is acquiring the major mergers and acquisition firm he heads,
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        27 22 against the closing of six coalmines here, some2so km east of Sofia on Wednesday. They also called far the resignation of the socialist government. REUTER
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        Lock icon Chase to cut 600 jobs
        104 22 Bloomberg Business News [ROCHESTER, New York] Chase Manhattan Corp said it will cut 600 jobs in Rochester, New York, as a result of its merger with Chemical Banking Corp. Most of the Jobs will be cut through firings, with a small number being eliminated through
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        Lock icon London Life to buy Prudential's Canadian ops
        491 22 CSUMmyatkase will make company sth largest insurance firm in Canada Bloomberg Business News [LONDON, Ontario] London Life Insurance Co said it will acquire Prudential Insurance Co of America's Canadian branch operations for Csloo million (S$lQ2.6 million), making it the fifth-largest life insurance company
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        Lock icon First rating upgrade for a major Japan bank in 6 years
        195 22 AFP [TOKYOI Moody's Investors Service Inc on yesterday raised its long-term debt rating for Bank of TOkyo-Mitsu-bishi Ltd, the first upgrading of a major Japanese bank since the country's economic bubble burst six years ago. The upgrading of its
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        240 22 SDKELReport Reuter [SINGAPORE] Simex Euroyen futures ended firm but off their highs as the market once again gave way to interest rate fears. Dealers said Euroyen futures lost eight to nine ticks on reports that a Bank of Japan (BOJ) official had said Japan's
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        183 22 Reuter AFP THE dollar was keeping a steady grip on the mark but lacks the strength to break through upside barriers. It took a stab higher in early trading as players attempted to take-out stops at 1.5450 marks, but the upside foray quickly ran out of steam. "We
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        341 22 EMEROY REPORT Reuter ITOKYOJ Japanese crude oil traders were upbeat about Iraq's return to international oil markets after an absence of almost six years. They said they were eager to test the crude but said there were still many questions outstanding that needed
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      1440 23 Bloomberg Business News Qnua -aw STOCKS fell to a seven-day low as reports of slowing demand for semiconductors hurt chipmakers such as NEC, Nikon and Toshiba. Bank shares also fell, led by Sumitomo Bank. The 225-stock Nikkei Average fell 233.92 points to 21,724.06. The broader Topix Index fell 21.02
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      1114 24 Reuter -iLK STOCKS closed lower as a sharp foil in index futures triggered late selling of selected blue chips, brokers said. The blue-chip Hang Seng Index fell 51.95 points to 11,030.84. Turnover was t1K54.21 billion against Wednesday's HK1426 billion. Brokers said a late round of active selling of HSBC
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      536 24 Reuter G1 Shanghai! Store -OS THE Shanghai B market eased with players sellihg due to sharp losses on the A market. Trading was slow with investors cautious amid talks that Shanghai Huili will issue B shares in June. The index dipped 0.28 point to 49.67 on volume of 63
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      318 24 AFP HWPhlg jUT SHARE prices finished higher on a technical rebound triggered by recent heavy losses. Market sentiment was also encouraged by increasing purchases of stocks by foreign institutions, brokers said. The Weighted Price Index gained 57.77 points to 5.790.76. Turnover was 1.06 billion shares worth NTS 3&37 billion.
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      662 24 AFP SHARES closed higher on late buying interest by local and some foreign investors. "Local investors were active buyers of second-liners and some foreign ftmds were seen accumulating large cap stocks," a dealer said. The JSE composite index rose 0.93 point to 617.32. Turnover was 77.5 million shares worth
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      729 24 AFP H SET Mm ♦laa SHARE prices rose, boosted by an easing of political tension and a major bank cutting lending rates, brokers said. "The gains today are attributed to the five ministers submitting their resignations, paving the way for a positive shake-up, as well as to Bangkok Bank's
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      251 24 AFP B""* +4UB SHARES firmed, buoyed by encouraging economic indicators and expectations of improved corporate results. The PSE Composite Index gained 40.28 points to 3,196.25. Turnover was 10 billion shares worth 4.8 billion pesos. Ayala Land Inc gained two pesos to 46.50, while Philippine Long Distance Telephone rose Ave
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      322 24 AFP H~ i -m SHARE prices fell as investors cashed in profits. IT»e Composite Price Index closed down 5.89 points at 918.11. Turnover was 40 million shares worth 1.1 trillion won. Falls beat risers 476 to 337 with 101 unchanged. Analysts said that pessimism over the export-oriented economy was
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      448 24 AFP Htttlifc»ila *Pj> SHARES row, boosted by a record finish on Wall Street and a stronger hanking sector, but the bourse suffered some prof-it-taking late in the session. The All Ordinaries Index rose 13.0 points to 2,257.1. Turnover was 396 million shares worth A 1783.1 million. Market leader HHP
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      224 24 AFP □W«Dkoa -ILM SHARES fell amid concern that interest rates will remain high for the foreseeable future. The NZSE Top 40 share Index fell 11.04 points to 2,074.47. Trading was valued at NZ535.3 million. —AFP amz««mr« 7.05 *om ma MvanlaaM HMa 140 aack 4300 AtrHin *|«W(A) 144 -0J0 WTi
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        7008 25 KUALA LlHtfUKifeporfe Bloomberg Business News ijOwnpwirtf ♦Ll4 STOCKS rose as bid up Pacific Bank ahead of an announcement that it's in talks to be merged with the Malaysian business of Singapore's Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp. "It definitely spiced up the market," said an analyst.
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        Uniphoenix springing back to life
        3417 26  -  WARRANT WATCH By Ven Sreenivasan AMONG the top performers in yesterday's bounce were Uniphoenix Corporation's shares, warrants and convertible bonds. The Hicom subsidiary's listed instruments have been dormant for some time now but look to be springing back to life, so they or the warrants
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        69 28  -  Paul Leo SOMETIMES it is best to accumulate a stock when interest in it is low. Powermatic Data System, which rose ha\f-a-cent to 57.5 cents, is an example. Only 33,000 shares were traded yesterday 20 per cent of the lOday average of 164,400 units. But technical factors are
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        Index, property stocks gain from selective buying
        843 28  -  STOCK MARKET OW—TAW Bargain hunters on the prowl as confidence returns gradually but volume is still low By Ven Sreenivasan [SINGAPORE] Stocks shot up in thin trading yesterday as fluids and local investment houses engaged in selective buying of index-linked counters and property
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          159 28 FORMER Singapore asset trader Oei Hong Leong was yesterday busy defending his Investment strategy In China. Last Saturday, an influential Chinese newspaper, Financial News, had criticised his company, China Strategic Holdings, for swallowing up Chinese state-owned companies and making profits out of them without coming up
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          153 28 WAS the the inclusion of Japan Bond Research in the Hongkong Monetary Authority's list of recognised credit-rating agencies part of a move to make things easier for the Bank of China to raise foreign debt? Cynics have said there were some people
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          83 28 THREE analysts showed up yesterday at Comcentre for what they thought would be Singapore Telecom's much-awaited annual results briefing. They must have been disconcerted to And themselves the only attendees at an event which should definitely be standing-room-only this year, given all the unanswered questions
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          109 28 ONE would have thought that property speculator* would have only bad thing* to say about the measures introduced by the government last week to curb speculation. A property consultant said that on the contrary, some of his "specu-vestor" clients were actually relieved by the measures as
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      266 29 Knight-Ridder Reuter A GENERALLY poor outlook for owners in the dry cargo freight market was relieved only by falling rates ism from wn«Up> BiMUMT— frw early positions in the US Gulf. Levels for Caper trtinagnteniain especially weak in the weet Some brokers report better demand for Handy-Sizes in
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      435 29  -  BatrasUigsystonis criticised fa* Mt including some critical factors from. David Hnghes in London FOUR members of the International Association of Classification Societies (lACS) have received top marks in a ranking system that has been criticised for not taking into account certain critical
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      ABS-classed ships soar 25% to 726
      292 29  -  By Yong Mei Fong [SINGAPORE] Classification society American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) reported a jump of 25 per cent to 726 the total number of ships that it classed last year. In terms of total tonnage, this represents an increase of 10 per cent
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      Balancing interests of cargo owners and those of ship's mortgagee
      819 29  -  By\ Selva Kumar AN AUSTRALIAN Federal Court judge recently engaged In a delicate balancing act to decide how he was going to allow an arrested vessel to be moved in order to safely discharge its high-value cargo. Den Norske Bank
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      353 29 ITsiaa carrier to twn 71 vaasels «f Unlwtkj'K Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia International Shipping Corporation Bhd (MISC) plans to own 71 vessels with a total tonnage of about 2.56 million deadweight by 1996, and 100 vessels within the first five years of the 21st
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      201 29 Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia 1 is expected to incur almost i MHO billion (S$S.6 billion) in i nett freight earning deficit by i the year 2000, said Malaysian International Shipping Corpo- -i ration (MISC) deputy managing director Khalid Dahlan. < In 1994,
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      58 29 [MANILA] A military chaplain blessing one of the four new locally built Philippine Navy patrol boats armed with a 25mm gun during the navy's 96th anniversary celebration at the navy headquarters on Wednesday. The Philippine Navy, equipped with a total of9o ships some dating from the *****,
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      143 29 AFP [BAGHDAD] Iraqi ports and oil terminals are ready to accept tankers and cargo ships immediately in response to the oil-fbr-food deal agreed between Iraq and the United Nations, the official news agency INA quoted an Iraqi minister as saying Wednesday. Transport and
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      90 29 Knight-Ridder [MWANZA, Tanzania] Divers were preparing yesterday to go down to the hulk of the ferry Bukoba as the death toll was put at more than 800 and reports mounted that the ship was grossly overloaded when it sank in 30 metres of water in Lake
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      855 30  -  S-E ASSAM CAR INDUSTRY: MOVING INTO HIGH GEAR The country's US$l2 billion car and related support industries are the biggest in South-east Asia and more than double the size of its nearest rival, Indonesia, which has a population three times its size By Vithoon Amorn
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        808 47 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 average-sized stem. Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the individual
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        373 47 MAT S4 Bulgaria: Cyrillic alphabet celeSouth Korea: Buddha's Birthday. mat at Bahrain: (tentative) Market and Public Holiday. MAT 27 Belgium, Denmark, Germany: No IBIS trade or floor trade on Frankfort stock exchange Ivory Coast, Luxebourg, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland: whit Monday. United States: Memorial Day. NYSE, New York Cotton
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        305 48 Oomniniißftlßs to inject more competition in the industry Bloomberg Business News [BRUSSELS] The European Commission plans to take antitrust action against airlines that abuse their dominance of particular air routes by charging high flares. The ElTs executive agency will publish
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        71 48 [LONDON] Virgin Group's Richard Branson trying on a new hat as he poses infironttfaEurostar cross-channel train at Waterloo International Station on Tuesday. His group is part of a consortium now responsible for the UK arm ofEurostar, which operates services to Brussels and Paris. Mr Branson, known for
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        327 48 Reuter [BRUSSELS] Ron Allen, chief executive of US carrier Delta Air Lines, urged the European Union on Wednesday to enforce an open skies pact with the US. "The issue at hand today is whether the European Union win now take the
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        249 48 Tw« employee* arrested en jqnnggting AFP [TOKYOI Shipments by an agent for the courier operations of Hongkong's Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd have been suspended following the arrest of two employees on smuggling charges, industry sources said on Wednesday. The industry sources, who asked
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        139 48 Reuter [BANGKOK] Thai Airways International pic said yesterday it signed contracts this week to buy four Boeing 737-400/500 aircraft and two Boeing *****0s worth 11.8 billion baht (***** million). Thai Airways said in a filing to the Stock RTffhflnp of Thailand it would take
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        209 48 Reuter [LONDON] London Heathrow Airport will handle 7-8 per cent more cargo this year than the 1.04 million tonnes it handled in calendar 1995, forecasts lan Robinson, head of cargo development with the airport* 8 owner and operator, BAA pic. He said on
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        236 48 AFP [TOKYO] Japan's Mitsubishi Motors Corp is considering plans to produce car engines in China with state-run defence contractor China Aerospace Corp, a spokesman said Wednesday. The spokesman said Mitsubishi was already carrying out a feasibility study with the Beijing-based company which
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        Lock icon US bans oxygen generators on flights
        209 48 Reuter [WASHINGTON] The US government has decided to ban passenger airlines for now from shipping oxygen generators, suspected in the crash of a ValuJet airliner, US officials said on Wednesday night The ban, which was to be announced yesterday by the Department of Transportation,
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        134 48 Bloomberg Business News (ARLINGTON, Virginia] USAir Group Inc chairman and chief executive Stephen Wolf told shareholders the carrier needs to expand in order to survive. The executive said that building the airline internally may not be possible, leaving open the possibility the nation's fifth
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          60 48 AFP [TOKYO] Japan's Toyota Motor Corp will halt production of tt» Scepter station wagon modal in the US to June dot tr tower-than-expectedaalse in Japan. The nation's top carw»»~ maker said it started exports the model to Japan in !T October 1962 but that
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          71 48 Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia will be allowed to export aircraft and aircraft products to the OS under a bilateral aviation safety agreement to be signed here on May 18. Tb* first beneficiary ofthe agreement will be Sime Aircraft Tyre Company, a wholly-owned subsidiary of
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          Lock icon Daimler-Benz close to unit sale
          62 48 Reuter [STUTTGART, Germany] Daimler-Benz AG chairman Juergen Schrempp said on Wednesday that the company ia doeatooondiidlngadealtoae&ttsDorniarLnfUkhrt GmbH unit to Pairchikl Aircraft ofthe US. Ina speech at Daimler's annual general meeting, Mr Schrempp said: "The contracts resulting from negotiation with FairchiM are ready tor signing and
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          Lock icon JR East's profit up
          100 48 AFP [TOKYO] East Japan Railway Co (JR East) aaid on Wedneeday its consolidated pre-tax profit raae caper cent, from a year earlier to ***** billkm yen (SlLBbillian) in Its year to March. Revenue edged up one per cent to X47S J billion yen, said the largest
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          67 48 Reuter [DUBAI] The budget for expansion of Dubai intsrnattani%& from US$lBO million, a eenlor official wee quotQdyaataciv? as saying. "We believe the plans will help ensure a bright ftiture, not only tor the airport itaetfbutter Dubai and region it serves," the director-general of Dubai Civil Aviation. Mohldln Blnhendi,
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      325 34 WCHWBJMAWWgAOP«C«t »mLXP M TIL: *****33 (12 UNH) K| FAX; *****18/*****03 CBHOi **********08 PUn ACCEPTING FCL AND CONVENTIONAL p=Tn Si li iiaiitw <tw»wn— mm mum mm cm NSKS^tpjSi H I I 1 J L ,'JJWUPi'J*. MEMHUHQUHt FULLY COTTTAINERISED REGULAR UN— «—VO£ ACCENTING BOTH PCI/LCL ALSO BOtfSOC H*osrWl4Mwnnis <m RA«ta«MsntA4*ttAMJs (A*. Atm*nOf
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      922 35 ▲HYUNDAI MERCHANT MARINE CO. UP. WESTBOUND TO EUROPE BKQ: *****61 PM PB PM VKffi/voT VOT M "iM [aw MM Mil [~m HTis 34/ ii 15/45 N.FMWTB IMW 17/ M 14/ M 14/04 M/M 14/ M 14/4* 14/04 M/M 11/ M 01/ M N.CNM4MM ttlW M/M 11/ M »/M M/M M/M
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      315 35 FAMOUS CONTAINER LINES Jff-5 80 ROBINSON ROAD, #22-02 SINGAPORE *****8 y HOT UNE: *****33 (30 LINES) P. KLANG PH: 0203/*****02 (10 LINES) PENANG PH: 0204/*****7 (10 LINES) J. BAHRU PH: 0207-*****22 A QLOBELIMK FORWARDERS PTE LTD ilHi TWU ISffM3 UME3) FAXi 22*1*9*22*9742 TLXi M 4277* ACT ■ynp PKU (03) 3*7*o*7
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      418 36 PORT KIANO ""H* ll TU ifltWn WNANO y" Isauaa gg aSSS h«hi jum 5 wSm wbw H I_g sga U SS* |*u» ~_g a*» g/w— 9 «W ««i Kw INKIMME *0« V/ISIUI lf/KMI HT SB 1 ISS S KS 1 sis 5- 111 s£ re"; I 3^^= ia- .a |as|
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      363 37 Tropical WMMV LCL &KL swint to Conobaon ft Central Z MC-KffCY 1 MAJESTIC MA£RSK 9601 MASSK96O6 J" Port Country 22/05 29/05 Wa Ci»y Boliao 25/06 02/07 6ridy*o«n tohodw 28/06 05/07 Cartagano Colombia 27/06 04/07 Co*rio» St. Lucia 27/06 04/07 Fart do Franco Martinique 28/06 05/07 Fr—port Bahama* 23/06 30/06 Wngeon
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      449 37 f PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL UNES (PTE) LTD I 140 Cecil Street, #03-00 PH. Bultflng, Singapore *****0. I CW WO: **********0E lite. 11IIIiijyyyiy Mill ft a lift! IHI I .v. 31 ;il til iiir 1151 Bib ***** imMtmmimmt imab<iii»wa mimi —muwomww i wmm—mMjj—iijj—J— I ABSTRAUA/IBW SAUMB HI6NI WMN UIMBI *****5 S2IMII SZIM3I
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      754 37 ioMT—ooooz \mmKLi VCH SM PMMgTT* LIHMAM HMMUWQ ITIMMMOIII MTIWWI MIWO VUEKCAPCLLA TIM M WN IMI WN 21/06 MM MM VUCOCUM LWW 044 M 17/ M MM MM MM MM 01AW V&LEPAOULA AHW 11AM MM MOP OS/Of MOT MOT MO7 miotCMMT wo m/m 01/07 m mot Sot mot mot ALSO ACCEPT**)
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      30 39 To retrieve mora schedules, Just follow theee simple stops... 740-6000^^^^^^^^^ the port your SteoStep key in the four number XM code Key in your fax number for «fl» within Singapore
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      417 41 f 436N 24-2908 2942/06 07-0809 I VE 430N 27-2M6 02-OCMM 10-1 W» I AND 437N 01-01/06 OMWH 14-IM6 I DOC 430N 03-0406 09-1206 17-WO9 I f 436N 07-0606 12-ICMW 21-2206 I ME 440W 10-IVQ6 10-1909 24-2606 TJGER SPWNG 246CN8 27-2406 03-0706 13-1406 I ANDROSTAR M 6 01-0206 06-1406. 19-2006 I
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      254 41 Sea K Land INTRODUCING OUR ALL-WATER SERVICE TO U.S. EAST COAST FIRST SAILING MARORETHE MSK VOY 9604 CUT-OFF ETA SIN ETP SIN 9 JUN 96 9 JUN 96 10 JUN 96 0200 HRS HALIFAX 22 DAYS ELIZABETH 24 DAYS NORFOLK 26 DAYS CHARLESTON 28 DAYS BOOK NOW!!! HOTLINE: *****33 ALSO
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      53 41 I M ROHUG iyyERNATIONAL jS) PIE UP ATTRACTIVE RATES TO: ETA Do9iDONgD 17/08 03/08 lliwhw'g. Bnmm 27/18 03/08 Feßmowe/LoMdan A Ottiar Ports 31/18 17/18 1 MH)Qrt9M t PortLooi9 11/88 88/ M Syduey, Miluwut, ft—fc WEEKLY CHINA 00NSOUDi«1ON VU HONGKONG 28/18 38/18 GfaM PWhml Sevvte II H Hl^.N^, LTP OWMMMIOwioW N
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      1013 42 aa AS AGENTS: K"L— (jHMWM|PTILTP (aKtIIim—WIITWB«MMW7m4) K THJ *****77 TELEX KAWAW R*****5 FAX; *****16/7/&9 1% T T MALAYSIA: "V UNI RAAWTMI (MALAYSIA) WON BHD 1 M B TEL SA *****00 PK *****75 PEN *****20 JB *****01 PGU *****256 1 VOONE9A: AT. SAMANA LAUT «I—HA.TELJKTS22OBOB /""BffiHH* it 'ii'aiiii'iiit' m AM—mmLiiwi mm
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      90 42 PUL NILHNAIKJNAL -*"*i*irrtiiiiiHi^iijfniiiTn in-nKifiMfaniirii-rB• TamSirißror 1 I m 1 gS Iya I m_ M si 8111 l a b inRSBSReuRwSRS^e 1 eim m m, ehieii eeauw mmtw mie uer gFiu «m) <»i w- ouwmsßKJOswismuKLttDWisi-nuinuw#! I imat MM MMM SM. M tt/l*/l*s U ft »HBVK MM7/IKI p^c^mmuiiF] M KAWASAKI KIMCAI KIBEN
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      846 42 19 KEPT&IOAD #92-91 Jff POH MftlH6 SMGAPOtf OtfOSI mm wnKumniim/wi customsavw ns-i-ns mi—tmwwiii s m+*M mraH Bi WMIW 225-MM IDBMM Hl-448 Wir Carry Your Confidence OSW BWH H9UWW MI-MM Inn Iml ml jct iMfeurirto 1 [mmiowm Ma\ uu om w cm not nob Imi Iwt Ito I 1M 1M IM
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      711 43 TMPfWT «n /T/T rrmmnrmxAmtm fCx germany/singaporel Marshalling Forwarding Services (MFS) gjp "T"" V"\ via Bremen and Hamburg n* Our suff at your service: k r Xr Frauds DID: *****94 Maria DID: *****75 9 Nicholas DID: *****77 Salha DID: *****71 HPS) c/A, /T 3k«gM -assff" W n R uotSln I**"*"*" V
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      505 44 SAMUDEHA INDONESIA (5) PTE LTD m 9^ m IS MoCALLUM STREET *03-01/02 NATWEST CENTRE S'PORE 0106 mmtmm TEL: *****81-3 FU: *****31 (3 HUNTINS LINES) TLX: R*****0 ■IQKIiH C/U.I DIIICT LIME: *****41/2222M3 JESSICA/CILIA ■■■■■MM——————i—P—^P——■ 'Jj BBF- 38LQS/WEEK ►T iwa. im —m uak —n iww. iww IHM \U* K RWCAMfTVKn —flW —arowrawpasr
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      333 44 TO E. CANADA US ATLANTIC US GULF LOAMNQ VOY fINM I PJMLANO* HMJMX N.VQNK NUWWUC MMUW SAVANNAH TAMPIOO HOUSTON HOCQNMNK MM MPV I- MJUL 11 JUL 14 JUL SI JUL 17 JUL MJUL MJUL NOMHCUMR OM OMMJUNI MMAY MJUL 17 JUL MJUL MMM OS AUG 10AUQ 13 MM HOCQH DRAKE
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      163 44 uonanemat racvnc Shipping £J iwKß«puwoootanncE TO U.MMfTMENT on mm no. umomfor WORLD ARETUS SLO MPT FUftWUWINtK! WORLDAMX SLO Blflß FUMOTINNMff; ii i i i m COftTIPAC SHIPPING PTE LTli MI*fIMCOIIIVttMfIiiMSI9NI 9 1 i i 4 FCi/LCL CONSOLIDATION SERVICE TOASIA/F.E., EUROPE, USA, AUST, NZ, INDIA, S. AFRICA, MED., ETC PiIASI CALL
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      499 45 Singapore Soviet Shipping Co. Pto. Ltd. CR NOi **********0N p m W BOMBAY/COCHIN I VESSEL VOY «N MM COC HOUR MA 800 MAX 09/00 TRADE FAST TFSIOO 20/06 04AM J koun O—Mi 410 30/08 00/00 KOTA CAHAYA CAHIS7 31/06 00/00 0 I^BBBWWffPWPWWWHHIPIHWW^WBBI RgfiULAR IYICHEVSX SERVICE I VESSEL WV I STORE
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      270 45 MB SIM FAR EAST 27/05 KEELUNG/KAOHSIUN6 26/05 BANGKOK 26/05 MANILA/CEBU 26/05 JAKARTA/BELAWAN/SURABAYA 26/05 PORT KELANG/PENANG/E. MALAYSIA 26/05 BUSAN 26/05 TOKYO/YOKO/KOBE/NGO/OSA 26/05 HONG KONG SIM CHINA 26/05 GUANGZHOU/HUANGPU/SHENZHEN FUZHOU/XIAMEN/SHANT OU/SHEKOU DALIAN/SHANGHAI/XINGANG TIANJIN/QINGOAO/HAIKOU SIM EUROPEAJK 26/05 LDN/FLX/LVP/SOU 27/05 ROM/ANT/LEH/HAM/GOT/OSL also accepting cargo to EASTERN BLOCK COUNTRIES SIM USA/CANADA 27/05 LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK
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      500 45 STAR SHIPPING AGENCIES (S) PTE KID aMcSmSasavia GOU) STAR LM LTD SETN SHIPPMG CORPORATION THPHONE 2204*44 (t UNB) FAX: *****70 W: *****H (MAIttTWG) (Q MO. IOUMSOMI 0 N. AJOBKA/CAtBSfAN SBVKK \SS7Siflm w 1111 l IRDMR I I«g I IWt rsr LVBSB B/M LMMM tl/M M/M M/V M/V M/V mmommm *n
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      841 45 I m NOi IMM74OOOM) /iSS NErn*«#« ia |03| 2632)23. X/ I "BMM HOUM fOl US. CANADA, UK/EUOC, AUSIMUA. ft¥s 'A ILL (03) *****33, SBk H#l| I MKMAN. HONGKONG. TAAV AN. JAMN \W/ '.OS/ I P Kalong (031 36WM7. I niWfc I MUMWMPMWMI sgy X I IMMM»»MIIMWIMHBiIMI| Ri! )l*v MH *****42/3/4.
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      97 45 a TOKYO SHMU KAIUN CO PTILTD fUSh 10 AN ROM ROAD >23-16 lllld MTVMAnONALPLAZA VPOPEO2O7 TBj *****26 (6 UNES) FAX: 2RMIOS A *****10 C/t *****M***** 1 SERVICE TO: BAR EABT/CHINA/EUROPE 28/00/06) TOKYO, YOKOHAMA, KOBE NMOtt 2AAM/06) OSAKA,USA t MMAfMAfUH IMIAMrOIM fcwUOrWf rIUPMVUfIU AMD ALL CtSNA PORTS 24/00/00) HAMBURQ, ROTTERDAM SOUTHAMPTON
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      570 46 W IB I£\ MNO IXKUI SHimN* (PTI) LTD. A MM I 11 COLLYER QUAY *06-01 THE ARCADE SINGAPORE 0104. TEL: *****90 (4 LINES) FAX: *****08 TLX: R*****1 BINOEX lIIIOTBANt SWAHOHAI (CONTAINER EERVICE) lIN/HKO/IHAI STONE HKQ MM VEMEL VOY ETA ETP ETA ETP ETA I ETP JNFII 9007/8606 BW 24/06 28/06
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      440 46 20TH ANNIVERSARY OFFER:-(LowMt-LowMt Rates) PEN/PK SIM > HONGKONG 25/5 26/5 mv "WAN HAI 222" V.N025 PORT KELANG 28/5 29/5 i mv "BHATRA BHUM" V.6391 YOK/TYOAJKB 25/5 26/5 mv "ALLIGATOR FORTUNE" V.***** CALL S*PORE: EILEEN, LAURA, XIUHUA PKLI CHEW/VIVIEN PEN: YEN NEE/KHOO JIN XING DISTRIBUTION SERVICES PTE LTD INRI KLANO 36/5
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      202 46 rfZA MSM ATTRACTIVE FCL/LCL RATES TOt-, Indian Sub-Continent Port* MADRAS/BOMBAY/ CALCUTTA COLOMBO CHJTTAGONG/ NHAVASHEVA XN mX _k rr MMMp./ pj jgj "^"SSSux TEL. 224 6744 3S I JwM I ■Mllrf OfcJ XX O.K. LINE FULL CONTAINER SERVICE B'PORE/JAKARTA W«. wr m JKT im mm tmmmbh immm rtm tm S'PORE/SURABAYA/SEMARANO «na
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