The Business Times, 10 March 1997

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    14 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MIT A (P) 02iV12/96 85c SINGAPORE Internet: http://www.asial.com.sg/biztimes MONDAY, MARCH 10,1997
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    MARKET SUMMARY
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    FINANCE
    10 1 i jpOL*..-. i. I>K JpMtfc tak) (Source: NatWest Bank)
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    Exxon going ahead with US$2b petrochem complex
    538 1  -  Construction of cracker slated to start soon and be ready by year 2000 By. Ronnie Lim [SINGAPORE] US-based Exxon Chemicals is finally going ahead with its plans to build a US$2 billion (Ss2.B billion) petrochemical complex here which will be Singapore's third. Sources
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    Lock icon Here's looking at you
    55 1 [SINGAPORE] No, this is not a piece of installation art but Goldhill Plaza as reflected on the bronze facade cfGoldhill Square. Once a quiet comer qf Singapore, the area is fast coming to life with the completion cf Revenue House and the prospect of URA and
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    Sime Darby interim profit up 40.5%
    475 1  -  ■rriuMNCapeetad to post even better results in second h*lf From] Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur SIME Darby Bhd, which has chalked up a 40.5 per cent increase in interim net profit to Ms4oo million (Ss23l million), is expected to see an even better second
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    Print industry feels the heat
    329 1  -  By' Tan Su Yen {SINGAPORE] The print industry in Singapore has hit a protracted bad patch due to rising business costs and the competition posed by the electronic media. Industry sources estimate conservatively that In recent years up to 10 per cent of all Singapore
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    Corporate travel agents revamp fee structure
    421 1  -  By, Ang Wan May [SINGAPORE] With airlines cutting commissions on tickets, corporate travel agencies are radically changing the way they charge their clients. Prompted by airlines' move to reduce distribution costs including cutting ticket commissions, the traditional revenue source for travel agencies the bigger
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      9 1 Airiflaes' dMfoi sales a threat to travel agents, Pg2
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
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      Lock icon NCR may commit more funds to regional R&D
      498 2  -  Company joins 2 MSC junfllg mil Aiihmb meets Mahathir, hot bo funds invested yet £y Raju Chellam jUS COMPUTER firm NCR lCorp, which last month moved jkts South-east Asia headquarters to Singapore from Hong* 3 Itong, may pump more fund*' into research
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      Travel agents under threat from airlines' direct sales
      482 2  -  But they believe electronic ticketing cannot replace them By< Ang Wan May THE travel agent industry is under threat from the advent of electronic ticketing. But agents say they can never fully be replaced by airlines selling direct to passengers via self-ticketing
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      Lock icon Growth seen at 4-6% in first 2 qtrs
      331 2  -  EYE OX THE ECONOMY GDP By, Audrey Tan THE odds are economic growth will be between 4 and 6 per cent in the first two quarters of this year, according to an indicator developed by Fraser Securities. The expectations-based indicator shows a
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      Lock icon Marine Parade MPs to pair up to serve ward
      187 2 The Straits Times MARINE Parade GRC is to have an MP-twinning scheme. The Group Representation Constituency's six MPs will pair up with each other giving each resident the attention of not one but two MPs. Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong told
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      Lock icon Mayors to be sworn in on March 29
      90 2 The Straits Times THE two mayors for die pilot Community Development Councils (CDCs) will be sworn in on March 29. Marine Parade GRC MP Eugene Yap and Minister of State (Foreign Affairs) Ow CMn Hock wfllbeswteHihirby Prime Minister Goh Ckok Tong at
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      Lock icon Suharto warns against using wealth gap to seed unrest
      382 4 JAKARTA Warning is third in week against dissent; president warns of stern measures AFP INDONESIAN President Suharto issued a warning over "destructive" people who use the wealth gap to cause unrest, a report said here yesterday. "The issue of social disparity
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      Lock icon Tension high in Irian Jaya
      242 4 JAKARTA AFP TENSION was high yesterday in Indonesia's eastern-most province of Irian Jaya after three days of violent tribal clashes which left at least three dead, local sources said. "It is ralm but tense here," head of the Institute for the Amungme Society (Lemasa), Tom
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      Lock icon Ariston committed to Cambodia
      206 4 PHNOM PENH Reuter THE Malaysia-based firm Ariston Sdn Bhd yesterday said it was committed to executing its US$l.3 billion (511.86 billion) port development project in Cambodia despite delays and "problems". "Ariston would like to reiterate that despite problems encountered and delays it will remain committed to
      Reuter; REUTER  -  206 words
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      Laos to launch first multimedia satellite in Dec
      296 4  -  SINGAPORE USs4Bom project includes Thai, US, Japanese partners By\ Harish Mehta A CONSORTIUM led by Thailand's Asia Broadcasting and Communications Network Co Ltd has teamed up with the Laotian government to launch Laos' first multimedia satellites at a cost of US$4BO million
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  • CHINA-HONGKONG-TAIWAN
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      Lock icon China needs more foreign funds for road building
      526 5 HONGKONG There are clear signs that China is actively encouraging foreign investment in sector Reuter FOREIGN investors seeking access to China could consider the road industry, which needs more than US$6 billion (558.58 billion) in foreign money to complete four national highways
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      Lock icon Taiwan vows to enhance international status
      221 5 TAIPEI AFP [TAIPEI] Foreign Minister John Chang has insisted that Taiwan is a sovereign state and pledged to maintain the nationalist government's international profile despite pressure from China, a newspaper reported yesterday. "Without the backing of diplomatic relations with other countries, Taiwan would become
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      Lock icon Chinese futures firm suspended for fake trades
      185 5 SHANGHAI Reuter CHINA'S securities authorities have punished a futures company for fraudulent trading, forcing the Arm to cease operations for six months, the Shanghai Securities News reported on Saturday. The newspaper said the company, Jinma Futures, had cheated clients of money by giving
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    • SINO Briefs
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        Lock icon Lee Teng-hui may meet Dalai Lama
        65 5 Reuter [TAIPEI] Taiwan President Lee Teng-hui may meet the Dalai Tama despite an expected proteet from China, when the exiled Tibetan Buddhist leader visits the island later this month, the United £t*nfafAfem* reported yestsrday. The newspaper quoted unidentified sources as saying Mr L«e may
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        Lock icon Last open day at HK'a Govt House
        76 5 Reuter {HONGKONG) Thousand* of people visited tb* grounds of the Hongkong Governor's house yesterday to savour the spring-time floral splendour of its gardens for the last time before the end of British rule In the colony. The Government House shook offits usual aloofoass
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        Lock icon China set to end leaded petrol production
        77 5 Reuter [BELJING] China is expected to stop producing leaded petrol by the year J2OOO to try to reduce environmental V| pollution, the Business Weekly said yesterday. Btate-run China Petrochemical Corp (Stnopec) had already started phasing out the use of leaded petrol, which accounted
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      Lock icon Beijing police confirm earlier bomb blast
      310 5 BEIJING Bntnhingg heighten fears of concerted terrorist attacks AFP Reuter CHINESE police yesterday confirmed the explosion of a second bomb in Beijing, sparking heightened fears of a concerted terrorist attack on the capital and leading to tighter security measures. The authorities did not officially
      AFP; Reuter; REUTER  -  310 words
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  • ASIA
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      Lock icon S Korean union blasts revised labour bill
      448 8 SEOUL ftwwstolmkfigit against new bill to iiHWil pay tttlkg to begin in April Reuter SOUTH Korea's outlawed union organisation yesterday denounced a new version of a controversial labour law, slated to be submitted to Parliament today, and vowed further industrial action if it
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      Lock icon Indian Marxists attack budget as a sellout to MNCs
      355 8 NEW DELHI 'Anti-poor' budget could nnseat govt, party warns AFP A COMMUNIST party backing India's loose-knit United Front coalition warned that its "anti-poor" federal budget could unseat the government, the Press Trust of India said yesterday. Harkishan Singh Surjeet, general secretary
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      Lock icon Ford attacks Australian govt's car policy
      268 8 MELBOURNE Bloomberg A TOP Ford Motor Co executive criticised the Australian government's automotive industry policies and warned they would hurt carmakers in the country, including the local unit of the US carmaker. "Why don't we just determine a long-term industrial policy for the automotive
      Bloomberg  -  268 words
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      Lock icon Asian countries still far from financial integration
      408 8 HONGKONG AFP WITH the growing interpenetration of their economies, and mounting intra-regional trade, Asian countries recognise the need for financial integration but are still a long way from achieving it This need was highlighted at a conference organised last Friday by the International
      AFP  -  408 words
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  • THE WORLD
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      Lock icon Six Congressmen warned about Beijing money
      359 9 "WASHINGTON gnus' CtrSnti Reuter HE FBI warned six members I Congress last year that they mi been targeted by China to feceive illegal campaign con(fbutions from foreign corpoktlons, the Washington Post ■Sorted yesterday. Quoting US government ofcials, the newspaper said the rmsual warnings were
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      Lock icon Chubais expected to draw investors
      150 9 MOSCOW AFP HE appointment of Anatoly Jtybaia as Russia's first depuf prime minister will greatly mbokten foreign investors to avest in Russia equities, In■flue reported on Friday cit■g traders. Moecow investment comany Center-In vest-Securities (edicts that stocks will take ff when markets open tomorDW. Dealers
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      Lock icon Breathing easier now
      67 9 [NIZHNY TAGIL, Russia] Long synonymous with staggering amounts ofpollution, Nizhny Tagil has finally started to clean up, and in the last three or four years it has began to show results. At the start of the *****, the city's massive steel, tanks and metallurgy factories were pumping
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      Lock icon Kohl says Germany will meet EMU criteria and euro deadline
      366 9 BONN But top adviser urges potting off euro date to focus en stability Reuter CHANCELLOR Helmut Kohl said on Saturday that Germany would fulfill the convergence criteria for European monetary union (EMU) and the European Union's single currency would be
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      Lock icon China faces rights scrutiny again at UN
      248 9 GENEVA Reuter CHINA will be in the hot seat j when the United Nations Hu- if man Rights Commission sits in Geneva this week, but it is likely to escape formal censure for the seventh consecu- tive year, UN sources and' rights activists
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  • BUSINESS IT
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      Soon – Internet connection without ISP or phone charges
      642 10  - Soon Internet connection without ISP or phone charges STporewill be first country in Asia to deploy the VBinet technology By' Toh Han Shih SIX months from now, computer users in Singapore will be able to have television programmes, Internet websites, data, software and multimedia broadcast to their PCs at a
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      Asian firms target Europe at CeBIT
      535 10  -  For Singapore it's a chance to showcase IT flair at company and national levels By Kenneth James [SINGAPORE] Chilly weather is likely in Hannover, Germany, where the gigantic CeBIT '97 information technology exhibition gets under way this week an apt reflection, perhaps, of the
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      Sequent's new system to rival mainframes in data centres
      187 11 [SINGAPORE] US-based Sequent Computer Systems last week announced worldwide avaUability of its new Numa-Q 2000 enterprise server system that it said would "take open systems to the data centre at a fraction of the cost of a mainframe". The systems would
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    • IT TAKES
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        Microsoft tackles Explorer bug
        112 11  -  Compiled by Toh Han Shih [SINGAPORE] Microsoft has announced the immediate availability of a software patch for Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.0 that will address a security bug identified in the browser. The Microsoft Internet Explorer software patch will be available free to users at the Microsoft
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        SQL View made distributor
        26 11 [SINGAPORE! Nasdaq-listed IQ Software, a supplier of ri end-user decision support solutions, has appointed SQL View its distributor in Singapore. f f
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        Software AG appoints new vice-president
        32 11 [SINGAPORE] Software AG has promoted Ken Cameron to senior vice-president, Asia-Pacific region, from senior management consultant. Mr Cameron will replace lan Miller who is joining Sequent Computer.
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        PictureTel's revenues up 39 per cent
        48 11 >*•> [SINGAPORE] PictureTel, the videoconferencing !l! eompany, had a 39 per cent increase in its revenue for FY1996 ended December over the previous year. Revenue for last year was U*****.5 million (S|6Bs million) and net income grew 77 per cent to US$34.B million.
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        Object-oriented programming to C++
        58 11 (SINGAPORE) Elixir Technology is organising a five-day course on "Object-Oriented Programming in C++" from March 17 to 21 and from May 5 to 9. The venue will be the f Elixir Seminar Room at SOB Boat Quay. The fee is 551,500 per participant excluding GST, with
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      Internet faxing and corporate 'roaming' to be available this year
      577 11  -  Server access and faxing worldwide at cost of a local call By\ Raju Chellam [SINGAPORE] A leading Internet software provider, Aim Quest Corp, is aU set to introduce a new set of technologies that will let companies send and receive
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      AST Computer sets its sights on SMEs
      416 12  -  Strategy in place to carve new niche By' Tan Su Yen [SINGAPORE] Personal computer maker AST Computer is targeting small and medium enterprises in its efforts to capture a larger share of the local market. Sam Ghebranious, managing director (South-east Asia), says: "We
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      Lock icon Software: Gates picks India over China
      334 12 AFP [BOMBAY] Microsoft Corp chairman Bill Gates said last week that India was a better investment destination for computer software than China. "The importance of India as a software country and a place we have decided to invest in is greater than China," he
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      ALR launches server with six Pentium Pro processors
      231 13  -  By Raju Chellam [SINGAPORE] US-based Advanced Logic Research (ALR) last week announced its "Revolution 6x6", the first server to support six Pentium Pro processors. The system will be available in Singapore from mid-April and will retail from $17,385 for the tower model
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      Lock icon IBM sets up $60m China joint venture plant
      122 13 Reuter [BEIJING] International Business Machines Corp said last week it was setting up a U5542.5 miUion (Ss6o million) plant in southern China with two Chinese companies to make parts for hard disk drives. IBM would have an 80 per cent stake in
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      Netscape, Microsoft to battle for full-blown Internet clients
      526 13  -  Knives sharpened for the big fight this year By' Toh Han Shih [SINGAPORE) This year will see both Netscape Communications Corporation and Microsoft Corporation going beyond browsers to full-blown "Internet clients'* with greater capabilities and new applications like Internet broadcasting. according to
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      Netscape aims for billions in the corporate intranet business
      410 13  -  By' Toh Han Shih [SINGAPORE] Despite Microsoft's onslaught in the Internet market, Netscape Communications Corporation, the incumbent Internet leader, is aiming to reap annual revenue of a few billion dollars from the corporate Intranet market by 1999. "Our focus is on
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      It's here – technology to detect flawed tapes
      384 14  - It's here technology to detect flawed tapes It can even do this remotely By' Toh Han Shih (SINGAPORE] HewlettPackard has launched the HP Tape Alert, its firmware technology for diagnosing tape device storage problems. Tape Alert is a self-diagnos-tic tool enabling network administrators at local and remote sites to detect
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      Dual-head colour inkjet printer for the student, home
      234 14 [SINGAPORE] US-based Lexmark International has announced the first low-end, dual-head, colour inkjet printer, primarily for the student and home markets. The printer, called 2030 Colour Jetprinter and will be available in Singapore late this month, will retail at about $360 and "will
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      Operate your CD-ROM from your couch
      203 14 [SINGAPORE] A remote control with your CD-ROM drive? Creative Technology has introduced a new 12-speed CDROM drive which can be controlled from your living room couch. The iNFRA 1800 CD-ROM drive also has an "Intelligent Voice" capability a programmed voice tells the user what
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      104 13 I JISSaHI The world's tallest building is now in Asia. As are many of the world's biggest business opportunities. The pace of change is astonishing. That's why you need a telecommunications partner who's not only been in the region for over 40 years, but has a vision of the future.
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  • EXECUTIVE LIFESTYLE
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      A feast of musical colours
      645 15  -  The SSO's performance on Friday of 3 historically interesting works was well thought out and marked by sincerity of emotion and clear thinking, says P tvam P Y VAN MM SORT of classical sandwich formed the programme for last Friday's Singapore Symphony Orchestra concert under
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      Lock icon Scorsese: an urban street poet at heart
      1255 16 PROFILE Ike magic of movies caught the director at age 10 and he has never been the same NYT [COLUMBUS, Ohio] Not only does Martin Scorsese make movies, he has an insatiable desire to see them, to discuss them and to preserve them.
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      Lock icon Director's award goes to Minghella
      281 16 FILM Reuter [NEW YORK] Anthony Minghella won the 49th Director's Guild of America feature film award for The English Patient on Saturday night, making him the odds-on favourite to win the Oscar later this month. Minghella, who was not present, relayed a message of thanks
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      254 15 BUSINESS \f'lu (S (IN VOLUNTARY UOUtDATION) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN PURSUANT TO SECTION Mi OF THi COMPANIES ACT CAR. SO THAT A FINAL GENERAL MEETING OF THE COMPANY MLL BE HELD ON THE 14TH DAY OF APRS, IS*7 AT M AJL AT 204, LEVEL 2, SYEO ALWI ROAD, SINGAPORE *****7
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      1320 18  -  Local printing firms are coping with tough competition by carving niche markets or joining the IT revolution, taxtsuybm reports TAN SU YEN PRANOSCHIA, managing partner of printing firm, National Photo Engravers, works 14-hour days six days a week. "No choice," he says by way
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      302 18 [SINGAPORE] Teck Wah Paper Products Ltd is pushing ahead with plans to develop a print and media park. The park, to be called the TIC Tech Centre, will see a variety of media-related businesses coming together under one root To be developed at
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      372 18 [SINGAPORE] Is it just a nasty headache that's troubling you or do you have brain tumour? Is your daughter's wheezing a sign of asthma? Questions like these often plague those of us who are on the verge of falling sick or caring
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      344 19  -  It attributes better results to GDP growth, tax relief for loan loss provision By Teh Hooi Ling [SINGAPORE] OCBC Bank's Focal Finance yesterday announced a slightly better-than-expected 21 per cent jump in net earnings to $19.02 million for the year ended Dec 31,1996.
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      132 19 Reuter [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysian businessman Mokhzani Mahathir on Saturday made a general offer for the remaining shares in Hospital Pantai Bhd not already owned by him and his Tongkah Holdings. A statement issued by Mr Mokhzani's merchant banker said the cash offer was extended to
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      176 19 Bloomberg [SINGAPORE] Pacific Can Investment Holdings, a Singa-pore-based maker of cans and other containers, said it will raise $3.6 million by selling 3.5 million new shares. Pacific Can said it would use the money to pay bank loans and to buy 12.5 per
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      Yahaya's death raises some old privatisation issues
      685 19  -  MAUBTMATTBRB Govt may need share buy-back option at original price By Eddie Toh THE tragic death of auto king Yahaya Ahmad has revived old concerns in some quarters over the government's privatisation drive, where a small group of individuals are entrusted with owning
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        400 20 Deputy PM Anwar says government will help Hicom and any ethers if necessary AFP [KUALA LUMPURJ The nine listed companies controlled by auto king Yahaya Ahmad and suspended since his death are due to resume trading today, with the government expected
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        314 20 Reuter [MANILA] Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) President Vitaliano Nanagas left his job after a spate of resignations by four senior executives early this week, an official said on Saturday. Mr Nanagas, who had been at the exchange for just over five months, could not be reached
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        445 20  -  1997 profit to hit 37b rupiah and surpass 60b rnpiah in '98 From. S N Vasuki in Jakarta INDONESIA'S listed fashion retailer, PT Great River Industries (GRI) expects a dramatic jump in earnings in 1997 and 1996 due to an acceleration in direct
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        398 20 Reuter (KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's Technology Resources Industries Bhd (TRI) said on Saturday it was willing to have talks with its shareholder Deutsche Telekom AG to smooth out problems over TRl's current share price. "As shareholders, if they have a problem with
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        392 21 New Italian company to be called GEM will have sales exceeding 8 trillion lira a year Bloomberg [MILAN] Gemina SpA will link up its industrial interest with Marzotto e Figli SpA to create one of the world's biggest integrated fashion, textiles
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        207 21 SCMP [HONGKONG] In a major expansion into China's hotels sector, Top Glory International Holdings is to acquire from its parent hotel interests estimated to be worth HKfl.os billion (Ssl94 million). It will pay for the acquisition with proceeds from a share placement launched
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        62 21 [UDACHNY, Russia] A handful of uncut diamonds found in the giant sandpit called Udachny (Lucky) in Siberia last Thursday where around 90 per cent of Russian diamonds are found. A new agreement is expected to be signed soon between the Russian Federation and the South African diamond
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        370 21 He is likely to quit the firm, together with its president Reuter (TOKYO] The chairman of Japan's Nomura Securities Co has said he will resign from a dealers' association and will likely also leave the firm over a stocks scandal, a Japanese
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        262 21 AFP [SYDNEY] New Zealand-based Brierley Investments will play an active role as major shareholder in the long-term strategies of Australia's Fairfax media empire, chief executive Paul Collins said yesterday. Mr Collins told Channel Nine's Business Sunday programme that Brierley, in which Singapore and
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        262 23  -  Peregrine leads witk 20 issues wwth US£L5b, HSBC had S issues worth US$L3b From Neil Behrmann in London PEREGRINE Capital and HSBC Investment Bank were the leading "bookrunners" of international Asian equity issues in 1996, according to a ranking of underwriters by Capital
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        135 23 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Alliance Capital Management LP said it is teaming with Sun Hung Kai Properties Ltd to provide international asset management to investors in Hongkong and the region. The new firm will be called New-Alliance Asset Management (Asia) Ltd and will
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        405 23  -  By\ Soh Tiang Keng {SINGAPORE! Life insurers ought to work with the public and the medical profession, among others, to determine the proper use of genetic testing for screening potential life insurance policyholders. This will allay public fears and forestall calls for a total
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        860 24 COMMODITY WeeklyRoundup AFP [LONDON) Gold prices suffered their latest meltdown last week after the governor of the Swiss central bank, Hans Meyer, said compensation payments to Nazi Holocaust victims will be paid for out of gold sales. The
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        254 25 SES The earnings season in Singapore is finally under way. So far the results have been mixed with banks mainly in line and shipyards slightly lighter than expected. This trend is expected to continue with the big four banks expected to post good results. During the past week
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        154 25 OutlooK KEPPEL Fels, the marine services and engineering sub-division of the Keppel group, will most likely report in-line fiscal year 1996 earnings. Net profit is forecast to rise 26 per cent to $55.6 million and EPS to grow 21 per cent to $0,266. The stock has slumped from
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        264 25  -  Source: Analysed by Johan Tellvik a director of Bridge Int 7 Broking EmatLjtellvlk(a,bridgecom BeUtto Strength Indar RSI measures the rate at which prices move. As a rule, an RSI above 80 Indicates an overbought condition while RSI below 20 indicates an oversold market. RSI is more effective
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        151 25 Outlook RESILIENT loan growth around the mid-teens is expected to be the engine fuelling the Big Four banks' earnings growth. Short term loan growth is expected to be weaker but the economy should rebound later in 1997 which should prove beneficial. OUB is expected to post fiscal year
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        478 26 'NEW YORK Analyst says inflationary pressures exist to jostify rate increase AFP THE stock market's bullish performance during the past week was fuelled by soothing remarks from the chairman of the US Federal Reserve and Friday's release of subdued employment figures for February. Even
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        874 26 Q Sydney -IL4 BROKERS feared another er- ratic week ahead on the Australian bourse, fuelled by more speculation on United States interest rates, which has caused wild fluctuations in share prices here. Lance Jones broker Guy Jones said the fortunes of the coming week "depend almost entirely
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        196 26 HONGKONG AFP HONGKONG stocks experienced a rather dull week, closing virtually unchanged on Friday after five sessions that, unusually for this sometimes volatile market, saw no great drama or shocks. The Stock Exchange of Hongkong's key Hang Seng Index ended the week
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        1614 26 QM +XM FRENCH stocks are unlikely to repeat last week's rise in coming days, investors say, though upbeat earnings statements and a stronger US dollar are likely to keep prices near record highs. On Friday, the benchmark CAC-40 Index rose 9.36 points, or 0.35 per cent to
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        396 26 LONDON AFP ALONG with the world's other major stock markets, the London bourse powered to fresh peaks last week, climbing to record closing highs in four out of five trading sessions. Share prices in London were given a boost by gains on Wall Street,
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        295 26 TOKYO AFP JAPANESE share prices are likely to repeat their ups and downs in the coming week, with the key Nikkei stock average moving around 18,000 in the absence of fresh incentives, brokers said. "The Nikkei index is likely to go up
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        270 27 AFP P Composite Index -11.40 MALAYSIAN share prices fell 1.5 per cent in the week to Friday and are expected to open lower this week when stocks of nine companies under leading auto group DRB-Hicom resume trading. "There is a possible selldown when the
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        192 28  -  WARRANT WATCH -W R Sivanithy IN THE past two columns, we've featured Parkway's warrant as an example of a deep-in-the-money instrument that behaves exactly as we'd expect it, and Van Der Horst's as one that doesn't. Today we look at another "anomaly" among deep-in-the-money
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        74 30  -  -m' Teh Hooi Ling IT MAY be a good time to lock in profits/hm CJobtraded North Borneo Timbers Bhd. The stock shot up some $2 in the past two weeks. But it looks like it's running out of steam. On Friday, it rose 10 cents on a volume
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        708 30  -  THE WEEK AWMII Until the overhang of stale bolls is cleared and this may take a few days yet the market will have a hard time recovering By R Sivanithy {SINGAPORE] The gradual drying up of liquidity last week and the patent lack of institutional
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  • SHIPPING TIMES
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      262 31 Simpson Spence Young ANOTHER very active week in the market has seen both dry and wet tonnage committed, including a number of modern ships. Tenels sold for farther trading ■uxjcgauubk* Chariot: 124,292 tdw bit 81 Hitachi reported sold to cliftnts of Transmed Shipping Greece at an as yet
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      452 31  -  Semb&w&ng Maritime unit to step np renewal plan, expand regional market share By Felix Chan [SINGAPORE] Regional ferry operator Auto Batam Ferries, the ferry arm of listed Sembawang Maritime, aims to strengthen its share of the regional market and will be stepping
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      264 31 US-JAPAN PORT ROW Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] The US and Japan failed to resolve a lingering dispute over access to Japanese ports after several meetings last week. The US has put the Japanese on notice to reform its harbour service industry. Otherwise, the US Federal Maritime Commission
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      250 31 Reuter [TOKYO] Japan's eight biggest ports are likely to cut mooring fees for some stays by as much as one-fourth by May in a move to increase competition, the Yomiuri Shimbun reported yesterday. The newspaper said port administration bodies for Tokyo,
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      806 31  -  LDVER SCENE By- David Hughes ON THE FACE of it one of the latest series of containership orders, from Swissbased Norasia Lines, is just another contribution to the massive overhang of container capacity now on order world-wide.
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      285 31 Best to buy Aussie carrier through public tender, says its chief executive Bloomberg [WELLINGTON] Brierley Investments Ltd, a New Zealandbased investment company, is interested in buying the gov-ernment-owned Australian National Line as part of an expansion of its shipping business. "Clearly if the
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      127 31 [HONGKONG] Hongkong Shipowners Association director Michael Far lie (above left) is retiring on June 30. Arthur Bowring (right) will take over his position upon his departure, but will join the association on April I. Mr Bowring has been working as a consultant for the
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      269 31 New body will carry ont port development programmes in an integrated manner Bernama [CHUKAIJ A new Act will be enacted to set up the sole regulatory body to oversee port operations in the country, Transport Minister Ling Liong Sik
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        104 31 Reuter {TAIPEI] Taiwan plans to send a "parallel" delegation to f Hongkong to discuss shipping links between the two sides after the British colony reverts to Chinese rule from July L Transportation minister Tsai Chao-yang said last week his ministry would act
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        76 31 AFP [CHITTAGONG] Security was tightened at Bangladesh's main Chittagong Port after India's north-eastern separatist rebels threatened to blow up the port, officials here said. Zahiruddin Mahmud, chairman of the port, said he received a letter from North-Eastern Liberation Tigers (NELT) last Wednesday who threatened
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        84 31 Reuter [STOCKHOLM] Swedish shipping company Knightsbridge Tankers Ltd said last week it had received five double hulled VLCCs, each totalling 296,000 tonnes. The tankers, built by South Korea's Daewoo Heavy Industries in 1995 and 1996, would be leased to Shell for seven to 14 years
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      1104 32  -  SHIPPING CONTRACTS: CUSTOMERS LOOK PAST THE FRILLS Contract options such as routing options, frequency guarantees, peak-season pricing and service contracts or volume discount deads have mushroomed, leaving shippers to wonder if a return to basics reduced rates is needed By. Allen Wastler Journal of Commerce
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        206 47 Mar 17 Australia: Canberra Day. Mar 20 Japan: Vernal Equinox Day. Ibur 27 Denmark: Maundy Thursday. Philippines: Maundy Thursday. Mar 28 Australia Good Friday. Canada Good Friday. Denmark Good Friday. Hong Kong: Good Friday. Indonesia: Good Friday. Netherlands: Good Friday. New Zealand: Good Friday. Norway: Good Friday. Philippines:
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        775 47 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Ma rine 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 indi cated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change
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        545 47 Carbon 180 Mm 993.3 1.1 16.8 0.13 106 0.08 Mart Density Water Residue Ask Aluminium Sediment Mo above £25 2 1 8 4 1 0 380 Ave 984.9 05 12.4 0.06 35 0.02 hi*. 380 Mai 995.9 1.9 17.9 0.12 83 0.07 »WW3 v/v u/u m/m
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        455 48 Forecast contrasts with Boeing's report of 16,160 new jets for same US$l trillion Reuter [LONDON] Two days after arch rival Boeing issued its market forecasts for the air industry, Airbus Industrie predicted that the world's major airlines will need to buy 13,500
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        125 48 AFP [BEIJING] China's State Council has approved a US$l billion (SJI.4 billion) car manufacturing joint venture between the US-based General Motors Corp (GM) and the Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp, the China Daily reported yesterday. The joint venture, which was once the object of fierce
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        347 48 Bnt other airlines are refusing to lower their lares to match those of BA Reuter [LONDON) Some combined passenger/cargo carriers are cutting rates in order to grab market share although dedicated freight carriers and premium carriers are filling their planes, a Reuters
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        268 48 [SINGAPORE] Asian sales of Britain's Rolls Royce pic accounted for more than a quarter of its global turnover, surging 64 per cent to a record £1.23 billion (Ss2.B billion) last year. The aerospace and industrial power group posted a record group
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        111 48 Reuter [BONN] United Airlines, the US carrier, said it has ordered an additional number of aircraft from European manufacturer Airbus and cut an existing order previously placed with Boeing. UAL said in a statement released in Bonn late last week that it would
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        342 48 AFP [TOKYO] Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) has approved a transport ministry plan to increase the number of flights using the capital's Haneda airport, opening up opportunities for new entrants. But the plan pleased no one, least of all
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        63 48 [HANNOVER] A bridge leading over the motorway BAB 2 between Wunstorf-Kohlenfeld and Bad Nenndorf near Hannover, northern Germany, is blown up with 400 kg of explosives over the weekend. Seconds later about 3,000 tonnes of reinforced concrete lie on the closed road. The 60-yearold bridge
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        216 48 Reuter [HONGKONG] Hongkong Dragon Airlines (Dragonair) has become the 18th member of the Orient Airlines Association, the OAA said in a press statement. Industry sources said that Dragonair's participation is also seen as significant as the move may eventually lead to mainland Chinese carriers
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          84 48 AFP [TOKYO] Japan's Toyota Motor Corp said it had set up its fully owned auto parts production unit in China with capital of 3.7 billion yen (5540.7 million). Tian)in Toyota Forging Co Ltd will produce drive-shaft parts, the nation's largest car maker said. The
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          81 48 [SINGAPORE] Federal Express has introduced 25kg and 10kg flat-rate boxes for shipments in Asia Pacific. The air express company said the launch of these two products presents its commitment to the needs of smaller businesses in this region. It added that customers who used
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          74 48 AFP [TAIPEI] Taiwan and Russia are to open direct aviation links in two months. "Our government is pleased with the major achievement of the aviation talks," said Wang Wei-chieh, director of the ministry's West Asian department A preliminary agreement was signed on Friday
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          59 48 Reuter [COLOMBO] Pilots at Sri Lanka's national carrier, Air Lanka, are threatening to strike over management plans to upgrade Indian first officers on its Airbus A 320 aircraft, the independent Sunday Times said. The Pilots' Guild is opposed to the move because it
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      1056 43 n 0001 (Smqopore) Pte Ltd CFS Keooel 79 Anson Rood #21-04 (S) *****6 Mk 513 #01-121 I -miry TRY, V CRNOHS7S7SOOOOH M: 272 7527 cJ 3269 ISO Al WVW Tot: *****13 F« 221 3942 Fti: 272 7125 NORTH AMERICA USA/ CANABA ANSTRAUA TO USA JSGP SfO [~OM [US [«S ["SYC
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      1418 44 SAMUDERA INDONESIA (S) PTE LTD 15 McCALLUM STREET #03-01/02 NATWEST CENTRE SPORE *****5 TEL: *****81 -3 FAX: *****08 (OUTWARD) *****69 (INWARD) TLX: R*****0 CR MO. IM7MSMMO BOOKINGS C ALLDIRECT LIME: 2 *****1/43 JESSIC A/CELIA/MEICHAII 2J2J2Si^HSSnEH 7 slgs/week 3 SLGS/WEEK I VESSEL [WOY Jsm [JAK I VESSEL |VDY |Sg |BUW MAERSKNARA
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      1333 44 El (*****11 TWICE WEEKLY EVERY THURSOAY/SUWDAY 1QZ221 ARRIVAL FIXED OAY-MONOAY vesta vor rSTn 11 it m ibi h wa w* ib< nr ham am hfa I» I OMR BfllDGf A7IOW I 1403 I OMX 0304 02,04 ***** MMGSTAA ATWf SLD SU) SU) SLO SLD 11MB I NOfIMANOE BRIOGf J7IOW I
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      414 44 Singapore Soviet Shipping aft Go. Pte. Ltd. v CR NO: **********0N BOMBAY/COCHIN I VESSEL VOY StN BOM TRADE FAST TFBISI 13/03 21/03 SEA SUCCESS I 02N 17/03 24/03 MEKHANIK KURAKO MK3ON 28/03 06AM KOTA CAHAYA CAHI79 03/04 11/04 ANNOUNCING REGULAR MONTHLY RO-RO BREAKBULK SERVICE SIN/BOM/N.SHEVA I VESSEL VOY SIN BOM/N.SHEVA
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      964 45 ASIA MEMTtBRANIAN EXPRESS (AME) WESTBOUND SERVICE i VESSEL 1 VQY SN PKG CMB MIA GEN BCN RTM FEL LEH L MSCALEXA 9709-3 14 MAR 15 MAR 19 MAR 28 MAR 30 MAR 31 MAR 05 APR 06 APR 07 APR MSCCARLA 9710-3 18 MAR 19 MAR 23 MAR 01 APR
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      1337 45 vessel SfOB whang FBUWG- jb> ham sou la orh rtm mT\ vtssn m m nt wui mi wn rot m*> troH NO. HONGKONG 1107 14.03 1103* 12.03 01.0( 04.04 0104 30.03 IPBANGI 2007 1143* 1103 17.03 1103 14.03 20.03 M>. HONSHU 3107 1103 14.03* 1103 31-03 0144 0104 0104 IPQANGIDUA
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      521 45 THRICE WEEKLY DIRECT TO HO CHI MINH PITY \EXPOHT TO HO CHI MIHH CITY IMP OUT FROM HO CHI MIHH CITY |vtssa w it 1 TTffWßTni mat mm. wi neiac mra MACON KAUMANT AM MM (17/05 (M/ 03) 11/ M (TO) IS/«3 mSnSSSi MS OVM 11/03 (TW) ww» VII (10/03)
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      512 46 SINO EXPRESS SHIPPING Tf 11 COLLYER QUAY #06-01 THE ARCADE iBINOTRANSI N—/ S (*****7). TEL: *****90 FAX: *****98 W TLX: R*****1 SINOEX SINOTRANS SHANGHAI (CONTAINER SERVICE) VESSEL VOYAGE ETA SIN ETA HKG ETA SHA G. LUCK 9706 14/03 19/03 23/03 0. GLORY 9708 21/03 26/03 30/03 G. WELL 9708 28/03
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      268 46 IflfcA* MAC-NELS S'PORE M'SIA I Carrier MN COKTR UNES, INC I l\r/\ J 0««0»1MI»7HIIB6 SiBU: (064) *****9 MANILA: (632) *****61 I—'1 V PENAMOL-(04) *****6 BANGKOK: (662) *****67 SURABAYA: pi) *****0 P. KELAHQ: (03) *****77 JKT: (21)*****07 MON: (61) *****3 HONGKONG MV "BUNGA PELANGI DUA" V 4087 ETA SIN 12-3-97 PUSAN
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      186 46 lb I. S pore P.Katang Loading For 1 ■OCEAN ISLAND 13/03 Rdm/Atw/UK I ■•RENE 22/03 28/03 Rdm/Atw/Bmn/UK I ■DELTA STAR 12/04 Rdm/AtWBmnAJK/Nan I ■CANALP 15/04 RdrrvAtw/UK/Nan I Malaysia, Indonesia Loading for 1 HAPPY DAY Dubai/A_ Dhabi/Bahran/Damman/Kuwart ADAMASTOS Hodetdah/Jeddah/Aqaba/Pt. Sad I I CARAVOS EXPLORER Ojbai/A. Dhabi/BahraifVDamman/Kuwait I 1£ Hodetdah/Jeddah/Egypt I I
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      124 47 LEGEND: R Thunderstorm Temperotur. •<; A\ 1 Weather Wind direction with speed m knots Wove height Cloudy Sky Surfoce winds ore indicated by orrows which fly with the wind One fui circle represents calm or bght and vonobte winds 1 One half Heche represents 5 knots I—» One Ml Heche
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      155 48 Bangladesh Shipping Corporation Chittagong Re-Tender No. 03/96-97 (Disposal) International Tender For Disposal Of Oceangoing Vessel M.V. Banglar Sampad Sealed Quotations on 'as is where is' basis are invited for sale of the General Cargo vessel M.V. Banglar Sampad having DWT-*****MT, LDT--4953MT, Built-1970/lndia. The Main particulars of the vessel and Terms
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