The Business Times, 11 March 1997

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    13 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 023/12/96 85e SINGAPORE Internet: http://www.asial.com.sg/biztimes TUESDAY, MARCH 11,1997
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    MARKET SUMMARY
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    FINANCE
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    Japan presses leading banks to speed up disposal of bad debts
    488 1  -  Determined posh to prepare banks fur deregulation of financial system From, Anthony Rowley in Tokyo JAPANESE authorities are pushing the nation's leading banks to accelerate their disposal of bad debts, with the intention of getting the banks into shape
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    100b baht rescue fund for Thai property developers
    427 1  -  liMnewiQbe financed by sale of state bonds From, Alan Boyd in Bangkok THAILAND will set up a 100 billion baht (555.52 billion) rescue fund for struggling real estate developers as part of a package of measures aimed at taming the main source
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    IPC results throw up posers
    583 1  -  Analysts poaied by sharp phmge in sales to $63min 2nd half By. Jennifer Lien [SINGAPORE] IPC Corp yesterday stumped analysts with a sharp plunge in sales last year, while earnings were wiped out by expected writeoffs amounting to $37.4 million mainly for its Korean losses.
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    Raffles Medical to be Ist healthcare services provider to go public
    400 1  -  Proceeds from Sesdaq listing will be nsed for regional expansion By. Annette Pau [SINGAPORE] Raffles Medical Group has received the go-ahead from the Stock Exchange of Singapore for a Sesdaq listing, making it the first fully-fledged healthcare services provider
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      106 1 OOfelltM** Premiums for the latest COS tender rose by as much as 13%, Py 4 K33 nßgk I IhiFNpsly Mim Lee Han Shih on whether hopes of a recovery in the residential housing market are premature, P|B MBWlfjaOB this pg. The most determined effort fiom the authorities so far, but
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      381 1 Japan loan firm collapses under 260b yen debt, Pg 10 Japan deregulation won't hurt S'pore, Pg 22 Bflirngft^h [MELBOURNE] Tyrtll's driver Jos Verstappen of the Netherlands spinning off the track during his second lap in the Australian Formula One Grand Prix in Melbourne on Sunday. Formula One plans to float
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      9 1 Serial Systems gets nod for Sesdaq listing, Pg 18
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
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      PM Goh accepts invitation to US to allay job fears
      368 2  -  US-ASEAN BUSINESS COUNCIL MEETING His message would be that investments in Asean would lead to more jobs for US Reports by Yang Razali Kassim PRIME Minister Goh Chok Tong has accepted an invitation to visit the United States to help
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      Lock icon More open Asean skies ahead
      479 2 SINGAPORE'S path-breaking open skies agreement with the US will lead to Asean countries opening up their skies to one another, said Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong. The air pact is an example of how bilateral initiatives "can and do play a catalytic role" in advancing
      Sourve: US Dept of Commerce; Source: ALLAN  -  479 words
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      US businessmen against Yangon sanctions
      376 2 IN the face of growing domestic pressure in the United States to isolate Myanmar, American business leaders with trade and investment links with Asean yesterday rejected unilateral economic sanctions on Yangon. fIPSIMNI Their opposition tttSuqJjL sanctions being usedHMrt* vance democracy and human rights came at
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      IBM is in Singapore for the long ran, says its CEO
      391 2  -  By Kenneth James THE assurance came from the very top IBM Corp, the world's largest computer company, is here for the long run, chairman and CEO Louis Gerstner Jr said yesterday. Speaking to some 1,000 Singapore executives, he cited
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      Lock icon Sales at non-hotel F&B outlets dip
      345 2  -  EYE ON THE ECONOMY Commerce By Ang Wan May TOTAL revenue of cess-paying food beverage establishments dipped by 0.4 per cent to $1.68 billion last year due to poor performance by F&B outlets located outside hotels. According to the Singapore Tourist Promotion Board's December
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      SingTel Mobile gears up for competition with 2 pricing plans
      377 2  -  Packages include free airtime for heavy handphone users w Teh Hooi Ling SINGTEL Mobile is offering two new pricing plans for heavy handphone users as it gears up to face competition from new operator Ml next month. The plans GSM
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      Northern Telecom aims for US$2b sales in Asia in 3-4 years
      369 2 CANADA'S Northern Telecom (Nortel), whose Asia business Is growing at up to 30 per cent a year, aims to have the region contribute more than 10 per cent or some US$2 billion (Ss2.B billion) to its global sales in
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      Premiums for latest COE tender rise by up to 13%
      492 4  -  Observers cite more parallel importers and a new emission rating in July for increase By Christopher Tan WHAT little hope left in the car buyer's heart for softer COE (Certificate of Entitlement) rates went out the window yesterday. Premiums for
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      Lock icon PAP leaders win lawsuits against Tang
      767 4 Judgment will be entered against him unless he applies to have order set aside The Straits Times THE High Court yesterday struck out Tang Liang Hong's defence in 12 defamation suits against him and awarded the case to the People's Action Party leaders who
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      Bt Timah/Balmoral Rd plots up for en bloc sale
      302 4 OWNERS of three landed properties in the Bukit Timah/Balmoral Road area have collectively put up their homes for sale by tender. The sale of the three adjoining freehold sites, numbers 11, 15 and 17 Ewe Boon Road, is being handled by
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      Two US, UK reinsurance firms given the nod to do business here
      270 4 TWO reinsurance firms Lincoln National Reassurance of the US and CNA International Reassurance of Britain have got the green light from the government to do business here. Lincoln has already opened an office here after getting a licence
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      The West Co unveils $7m plan for expansion
      207 4 US-BASED pharmaceutical parts maker The West Company has embarked on a $7 million expansion plan to introduce the latest technology for closure systems here, said chairman William Little. Its Singapore unit will start production of FluroTeccoated closures for biotech drugs this year
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      810 4 I ntr» I'♦ UIFELS I Keppel FELS Limited I (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) I 1. UNAUDITED RESULTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 1996 I The Directors of Keppel FELS Limited advise the following unaudited results of the Company and the Group for the year ended 31 December
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  • FOCUS: PROPERTY
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      Hopes of property recovery could be, well, pre-May-tare
      702 5  -  THE PROPERTY COLUMN Inflation and exec condos remove some shine from 2 recent pieces of good news By Lee Han Shih AFTER 10 months in the doldrums, the housing market received two pieces of good news last week. This has led some
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      Developer to launch Tagore warehouse
      189 5 [SINGAPORE] Local developer Siang How Realty Pte Ltd will launch this week Tagore Industrial Building, a freehold warehouse project located in the Upper Thomson area. The four-storey hi-tech warehouse comprises 98 units with sizes ranging from 1,227 square feet to 4,155 sq ft. The units
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      168 5 Collective Sale By Tender Prime Residential Site At Ewe Boon Road, District 10 j Located off La9 d Bukit Timah Road Site Area: 30,645 sq ft ri Palm Spring /Balmoral Freehold L Coodo Z4 Mm t222? \Wf J and height control NobHiii pfljfcctj V up to 10 storeys p —__i
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      439 5 ANG MO KIO STREET 64 Purpose-built single storey factory/warehouse with office annexe Site area: approx 38,763 sq ft Built in area: approx 45,887 sq ft HDB lease 30+30 yrs w.e.f. 1 Dec 1988 Prominent Frontage Proximity to food convenience, CTE and Yio Chu Kang MRT Station Tender Closing Date 8
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      Lock icon Malaysian housing prices rose 10% last year
      330 6 KUALA LUMPUR New housing index launched by finance ministry shows prices increased 13% in 1995 AFP Bernama HOUSING prices in Malaysia rose 10.2 per cent in 1996 after increasing 13 per cent a year earlier, the finance ministry said in its property report
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      Lock icon Only 54 kidnap cases, says Manila police
      77 6 [MANILA] An elite Manila police team armed with small automatic rifles patrolling the streets of Chinatown yesterday to deter kidnapping and other criminal syndicates from victimising Filipino-Chinese businessmen. The US magazine Fortune, in its recent issue, described the Philippines as the "kidnapping capital
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      Lock icon New world rubber price pact to be launched
      217 6 KUALA LUMPUR Reuter MALAYSIA will launch a new world rubber price pact today, concluding more than a year of uncertainty on an agreement which brings together producers and consumers, officials said yesterday. The International Natural Rubber Agreement 3 (Inra 3) will be
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      Lock icon Indonesia wants 60,000 HK workers out before July
      314 6 JAKARTA But they can return once China endorses travel papers: official Reuter JAKARTA will ask some 60,000 Hongkong people working in Indonesia to leave by June because their travel documents may not be valid after China takes over the British colony, an
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      Lock icon Plans for Viet bourse not ready yet: official
      199 6 HANOI Reuter VIETNAM indicated yesterday that plans for the Communist country's First securities exchange faced indefinite delays while officials sought to establish the right conditions. Le Van Chau, chairman of the State Securities Committee, said in an interview that while government policy
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      Lock icon Incentive scheme planned for well-run M'sian insurers
      365 6 KUALA LUMPUR Bank Negara sees need for insurers to capital fnmia Bernama BANK Negara is working towards implementing a system of incentives whereby efficiently managed insurers with the desired level of capital ftinds will be allowed to undertake more activities and operate in
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      Lock icon Golden Key assets transferred to banks
      122 6 JAKARTA AFX-Asia INDONESIAN Minister of Finance Mar'ie Muhammad said yesterday that the Golden Key Group's assets, formerly owned by Eddy Tansil, have been transferred to a consortium of banks that provides loans to the group. Mr Mar'ie said the government will assist in the
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      465 6 I Htl. llf JI Land I I Keppel Land Limited I I (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) H 1. UNAUDITED RESULTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 1996 I The Directors advise the following unaudited results of the Company and of the Group for the year ended 31 H
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  • FOCUS
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      Lock icon Ranariddh faces up to the economy
      935 7  -  Cambodia's First PM cites corruption as obstacle to progress Reports by Harish Mehta {SINGAPOREI CAMBODIA'S First Prime Minister Prince Norodom Ranariddh is worried about the way the economy is going. In a recent interview with BT at his residence in Phnom Penh, he identified
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      More SMEs invest in Cambodia
      344 7 S'pore firms pumped USs3smintolB projects last year LARGE regional firms gave Cambodia a miss last year. But small and medium-sized ones jumped into the country. Figures obtained by BT from the Cambodian Investment Board in Phnom Penh showed that Singapore firms invested more than US$35
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  • CHINA-HONGKONG-TAIWAN
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      All eyes on Hongkong govt surplus
      648 9  -  HONGKONG Analysts expect no surprises on taxes and spending in budget to be nnveQed tomorrow By Quak Hiang Whai ALL eyes will be on the government surplus for the current year when Hongkong Financial Secretary Donald Tsang unveils the last budget under British rule
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      Lock icon US retailers will still import via HK after handover
      312 9 CLEVELAND They foresee no supply problems (taring or after the transition Reuter SEVERAL major US retailers who import Asian goods through Hongkong said they expect little impact when the British colony reverts to Chinese rule this summer. They said they expect
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      Lock icon China computers take 56% of local market
      209 9 SHANGHAI AFP CHINESE-made computers have for the first time in over 10 years captured more than half of the domestic market, breaking the dominance of imported brands. The latest issue of the China Computer weekly said sales of domestically-made computers accounted for 56
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      Lock icon Petrol-soaked Taiwanese hijacks plane to China
      143 9 BEIJING AFP A TAIWANESE journalist doused in petrol hijacked a Boeing 757 carrying more than 150 people on an internal flight across Taiwan yesterday and forced it to fly to mainland China. The Far East Air Transport Corp plane carrying 150 passengers and eight
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      Lock icon No link found in Beijing, Xinjiang blasts: mayor
      143 9 BEIJING Reuter BEIJING Mayor Jia Qinglin said yesterday there was no evidence to link bombings in the Chinese capital last week with earlier attacks in the restive region of Xinjiang. "So far we have uncovered* no connection," Mr Jia told reporters when
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      222 9 •V Be at the cutting EqpE OF RETAILING. Wheelock place. I w ft The place to be. Wheelock Place is well poised to tap into this pulsating heart ■> IV Located at the junction of Orch^d^B^Pater^on Roads, of the shopping, hotel and entertainment district. It is a fashion and Wheelock
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  • ASIA
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      Lock icon Japan loan firm collapses under 260b yen debt
      399 10 TOKYO But fallout from Koei Corp's liquidation will be limited, say banking industry sources Reuter JAPANESE loan company Koei Corp filed for court-pro-tected liquidation yesterday with debts of more than 260 billion yen (Ss3 billion), the latest corporate casualty of "bubble" era
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      Lock icon Setback for Seoul's financial revamp
      377 10 SEOUL Revised labour law will make corporate mergers difficult AFP [SEOUL] South Korea's muchtouted financial revamp is faced with a stumbling block in the form of a clause in a revised labour law which makes lay-offs of redundant workers difficult for at least two years,
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      Lock icon Defector may stay in S'pore: Seoul report
      241 10 SEOUL Bernama-Kyodo DEFECTING senior North Korean official Hwang Jang Yop will stay for about a month in Singapore before coming to South Korea for political asylum, a Seoul daily reported yesterday. The Joong-Ang Ilbo quoted a high-ranking Seoul official as saying South Korea
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      Packer eyes lie-up with India's upmarket TV channel
      300 10  -  SYDNEY By\ Surinder Singh INDIA'S Doordarshan 3 (DD3), the national carrier's upmarket TV channel, may soon have some Australian flavour. The Sydney Morning Herald reported yesterday that James Packer, the son of media tycoon Kerry Packer and managing director of the pub-licly-listed
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        Lock icon Aussie jobless may start army training
        83 10 Bridge News [CANBERRA] Australian Prime Minister John Howard yesterday said his government would consider a proposal for young unemployed people to undergo military training. "I am interested in having a look at it; I'm not committing myself to it" Mr Howard told Melbourne radio.
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        Lock icon Hashimoto urges caution over cloning
        61 10 AFP [TOKYO] Japan's Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto yesterday urged caution over any attempts to clone humans following the first successful cloning of an adult mammal. "Considering human ethics, we cannot reach a conclusion easily," Mr Hashimoto told the Upper House budget committee, saying there would
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        Lock icon N Korean soldiers trigger alert
        74 10 AFP [SEOUL] Five armed North Korean soldiers triggered an alert yesterday by straying across the line dividing the two Koreas, but they returned two hours later without incident, the joint command said here. Ttoy were observed by (South Korean) guardpoets 175 and 177 crossing about
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        Lock icon Indian Foreign Minister denies charges
        87 10 AFP [NEW DELHI] India's Foreign Minister yesterday denied charges that Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda had been accompanied by hordes of relatives, travelling at state expense, during official visits abroad. Foreign Minister Jjider Kumar Gujral told the Lower House of parliament that the premier, who
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      255 10 normally a commitment. Yet some IS to see who consider what the interest rate will be in At Credit POSB we not only offer rates fl 1_ which are competitive to begin with, but we jJ I 111 also keep our rates low, so you're better off ■HSn Kj in
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  • THE WORLD
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      Lock icon N America, UK growth continuing
      269 11 BASLE Reuter, AFX-Asia BUNDESBANK president Hans Tietmeyer said a Group of 10 (G-10) central bank governors believed that economic growth was continuing in North America and the United Kingdom. Mr Tietmeyer said that growth in Japan appeared to be on a self-sustaining path. In continental
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      Lock icon Germany, Italy cast doubt on EMU launch
      410 11 ■BRUSSELS German economist thinks Bonn can't meet the criteria Reuter SPECULATION on a delay in launching Europe's planned single currency grew yesterday after doubts over the economic readiness of countries to join in 1999 emanated from both Germany and Italy. One of Germany's
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      Lock icon Cargo class: a great way to fly at minimum cost
      269 11 NEW YORK FT FIRST class too expensive? Economy class too cramped? At last, the US has come up with a solution for airline passengers seeking maximum space at minimum cost. It is flying cargo class. Starting next weekend, thousands of
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      Lock icon Tories plan to privatise care for the elderly: report
      238 11 LONDON Reuter BRITISH Health Secretary Stephen Dorrell plans a radical shake-up of social services, including privatising care for the elderly, the Daily Telegraph reported yesterday. Under the proposals, which will be unveiled in a government White Paper this week and will
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      Lock icon Miners take over Bonn's govt district
      365 12 BONN AFP THOUSANDS of angry miners occupied the government district in Bonn yesterday, halting traffic and sealing off the offices of the Free Democratic Party (FDP), junior partner in the centre-right coalition of Chancellor Helmut Kohl. The miners are protesting against plans to reduce
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      Lock icon Swiss sale spells shaky week for gold
      539 12 LONDON Disposal sparks fears that other govts may sell off oncesacrosanct reserves Reuter THE gold market faces a volatile week as it comes to terms with news that Switzerland, hitherto the greatest champion of bullion as an asset, intends to sell over 800
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      Lock icon Senator says FBI alerted her to likely illegal funds
      378 12 WASHINGTON Feinstein told China trying to donate to her campaign AFP CALIFORNIA'S Senator Dianne Feinstein has said the Federal Bureau of Investigation had warned her that China may have been trying to funnel illegal donations into her campaign. In a press
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    • WORLD Watch
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        Lock icon Russian economy has hit bottom
        126 12 Bloomberg [FRANKFURT] Russian Economics Minister Yevgeny OJ Yasin, in a bid to spur German investment, said the Russian economy has reached its lowest point and is set to ;r> grow by as much as 5 per cent annually through 2000. "I r won't say everything
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        Lock icon Italy must consolidate budget
        110 12 Reuter [BASLE] Bank of Italy governor Antonio Fazio said the l country's economic growth is helping to improve its public v finances but budget consolidation must continue without damaging growth. Mr Fazio, speaking after a monthly meeting of central bankers here, said: "In Italy, the problem
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        Lock icon UK inflation seen hitting 2.5% target
        55 12 Reuter [BASLE] Bank of England governor Eddie George said he expects British inflation to reach the 2.5 per cent target during 1997, but added that the real question is whether it can be maintained at that level. Mr George was speaking to reporters at
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
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      Asean, EU ought to unite against US bullying
      800 13  -  THE BOTTOM LDVB OPINION By Shada Islam The writer is a Brussels-based journalist who contributes to BT AMERICA'S increasing use of trade and economic sanctions to achieve its foreign policy and human rights goals is sending shivers down its allies' spines. So
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      IN OTHER WORDS
      116 13 'It's not just a money-making venture, it's a social thing as well, to help women express themselves as they haven't perhaps been able to before. Some of them just want to talk' -Aageloßjtyeei who offers escort and additional services for women in Vienna. For I,oooschillings (SfUB.6O). he
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      US spoils the Asia-Pac party
      638 13 EDITORIAL JAPAN'S move to establish a new forum for Asia-Pacific economic and financial cooperation began with high hopes. But the Six Markets Meeting last week seems to have ended in apparent anti-climax after the United States adopted a rather difficult attitude. Japan's efforts will, however,
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      Lock icon For the love of science
      1160 13  -  Many inventors don't gtt rich-they pursue knowledge for the thrill of the disco very By I Sana Siwolop NYT WHEN Dolly, the cloned sheep in Scotland, made her debut two weeks ago, the news set off a rumble of imaginary cash registers, especially among animal
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      WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
      776 13 Why Malays feel confidant IN a recent gathering of Muslim leaders and grassroots activists, Singapore's Deputy Prime Minister BG Lee Hsien Loong noted that there is a growing sense of realism and self-confidence among the Malay community and this explains their rapid progress. However, their social
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  • Page 13 Miscellaneous
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  • EXECUTIVE LIFESTYLE
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      Lock icon Boomtime for Australian films
      797 14  -  Hollywood is looking Down Under for instant hits like Shine and Babe, says kevxn Morrison KEVIN MORRISON Reuter THE success of Australia's film industry, basking in the international spotlight after a spate of worldwide hits, has spurred Hollywood talent scouts to search down under for the
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      Lock icon Rap star dies in drive-by shooting
      510 14 PROFILE Notorious RLG. is ganggfa rapper to be killed in 6 months LAT [LOS ANGELES] Rap music star Notorious 8.1. G. was shot to death in Los Angeles on Sunday as he left a- music industry party, a brazen attack that marked the second
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  • CYCLE & CARRIAGE GOLF PAGE
    • Article, Illustration
      Architects who believe in letting nature take its course
      833 16 KL-based design firm Ross C Watson takes its cue from nature, with growing success "NATURE is bigger than all of us and no one man can impose a style on nature that will be everlasting," said Nigel Douglas, director of Kuala
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      Where golf turns back the clock
      1184 16  -  The historical courses that dot the landscape of Christchurch, New with designs that have stood the test of time, enchant d*cruz ife NICKLAUS D'CRUZ The writer is edii The Asian Golf Ret These articles and further informa about golfing in Asia are available cm
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  • COMPANIES & MARKET
    • Article
      Keppel Land beats forecasts With 37% rise in net earnings
      525 17  -  'UK $101.6 m net profit boosted by Pebble Bay and industrial building projects By, Abdul Hadhi [SINGAPORE] Listed Keppel Land yesterday announced a 37 per cent rise in group net earnings to $101.6 million for 1996, thanks largely to its
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      Keppel Fels profit meets expectations
      325 17  -  net earnings helped by sale of industrial building aft#rtsbyi Conrad Raj 91 SAPORE] Keppel Fels, [g-building arm of local |omerate Keppel Corp, after being propped up by the Sale of abuilding* reported net tod-December profits of $61.36 WlUbh for last year would have been almost
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      KepBank earnings rise 23% to $92m
      323 17 [SINGAPORE] While Keppel Bank's net earnings for the year ended Dec 31, 1996, were slightly above the consensus figure in the March issue of The Estimate Directory, about half the analysts polled had actually forecast higher results. And with shareholders' fluids increasing 22 per
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    • Article
      Shorter trading period good for KL market in long run
      678 17  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW R Sivanithy MUCH has been made in the past couple of weeks about the impending shortening of the settlement period for share transactions in Malaysia, while local sentiment has also been dented by similar fears. The main
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      Bankers applaud new rules for listing foreign firms
      363 17  -  By\ Siow Li Sen [SINGAPORE] Investment bankers yesterday welcomed news that listing rules for foreign companies will be relaxed. "I applaud the move. It will give the market a big boost in liberalising the exchange to make it easier to list." said
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      Seksun's profit dips 19.6%
      184 17 [SINGAPORE] Blaming a difficult year for the electronics industry, Sesdaq-listed Seksun Precision Engineering yesterday announced a 19.6 per cent drop in group net earnings to $4.28 million for 1996. Its earnings fell short of market expectations. The consensus forecast by analysts polled by The Estimate Directory
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    • REGIONAL COMPANIES
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        Lock icon Serial Systems gets nod for Sesdaq listing
        399 18  -  Electronics parts distributor's IPO likely to be launched before end of March By. Annette Pau [SINGAPORE] Local electronic components distributor Serial Systems yesterday said it has received in-principle approval for a Sesdaq listing. The IPO is likely to be launched before month-end. But
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        OPH sees $10m annual returns from Central Sq
        155 18 [SINGAPORE] Mainboardlisted Orchard Parade Holdings yesterday said it expects its new residential, retail cum office development to generate annual returns of $10 million. Central Square, which sits on the corner of Havelock Road and Solomon Street, is slated to be launched in
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        Lock icon Strong foreign interest in Bakun dam listing
        296 18 ATP [KUALA LUMPUft] Malaysia's Ekran Bhd yaaterday said it had received strong foreign interest In the la per cent tranche allocated for foreign investors in its eoofc-tfrto-listed Bakun HydroeMtrtc Corp Bhd unit. Ekran exeeutto CMrftn Ting Pek Khiing M#IM*M» after a company MHMtal
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        Kuok unit to float Eurobond
        245 18  -  From Al Labita in Manila A LISTED unit of the Hong-kong-based Kuok Group is floating a US$lOO million (Ssl43 million) Eurobond to help finance its expansion, the company said last week. In a statement to the Philippines Stock Exchange, diversified Belle Corp said the bond,
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      • Article
        Warming to Noble
        201 18 [SINGAPORE] NeMe Group Ltd, which closes Its initial public offer (IPO) toMorrow, it receiving good resfWtse because investors «t to longer deterred by nofl-IHn>pir< dollar denominated Issues. The Hongkong-baaed eemmodity and transportation company is offering (he ftattte 10.3 million shares K 19 US cents (511.23) apiece. Another
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        Lock icon Recovery after selldown in Yahaya counters
        467 18  -  ■MtftlMfsUcks MtateHat tod «f Jit's trading From, Eddie Teh in Kuala Lumpur THS nine counters linked to the late auto czar Yahaya Ahmad managed to recover some lost ground after an expected selldown when requoted yesterday morning. With the assurance of government support, their
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      • Article
        Amcol bondholders: no extra interest
        566 18  -  tMnypUnti extended life of bonds ndtrSißar Mas plan tl|Mraiteidabtß By By Catherine Ong and Siew Li Sen (SINGAPORE] Bondholders of Amcol Holdings will not be pakl extra interest on the extended life of their bonds under a proposal by white knight Sinar Mas, to guarantee
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        Wee Poll's six-month profit hits $2.4m
        107 18 [SINGAPORE] Construction firm Wee Poh Holdings achieved net earnings of $2.43 million for the six months ended Dec 31,1996. Turnover for the recentlylisted Sesdaq counter was 176.1 million. Some 85 per cent of it was attributed to confirmed contracts as at June 30, 1996,
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      • COMPANY Briefs
        • Article
          PaoCan places out 3.54m shares at $1.03
          74 18 (SINGAPORE] Pacific Can Investment Holdings has placed out 3.54 million new shares at $1.03 each, or a discount of 1.9 per cent from Friday's close of $1.05. The placement shares, underwritten by DBS Bank, represent 4.76 per cent of PacCan's share capital now.
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          Hai Sun Hup gets nod for warrant iśue
          62 18 [SINGAPORE] Shipping and hotel firm Hai Sun Hup has received in-principle approval for the issue of up to 132 J million warrants. Subject to shareholders' approval, the warrants will be sold by OCBC Bank for 25-30 cents each, by way of a
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          Wassall posts $732,000 earnings
          71 18 [SINGAPORE] Wassail Asia Pacific has posted net earnings of $732,000 for the year ended Dec 31, more than four times the $177,000 reported in the previous year. Turnover fell 8.1 per cent to $37.7 million. Earnings pa* share rose one cent to 1.3 cents while net
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          Corretions and clarifications
          48 18 SHANGRI-LA Hotels (Malaysia) Bhd has clarified that Lim Chee Wah, who was recently appointed a director of the company, is not the son of gaming tycoon Lim Goh Tong as was reported in BT on March 8. Both men happen to share the same name.
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        Lock icon Japanese financial firms steer clear of Nomura
        513 20  -  US pension fond Calpers may also sospend business with scandal-hit brokerage From. Anthony Rowley in Tokyo SCANDAL-ROCKED Nomura Securities suffered another blow yesterday as a slew of Japanese financial institutions even the Nomura group's own investment management arm suspended dealings with the company.
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        Power firm: China's first London listing
        225 20  -  From', Neil Behrmann in London INVESTMENT bankers are on a road show here to sell shares in Datung Power Generation, China's first listing on the London Stock Exchange. Beijing Datung, which generates coal-fired electricity for Beijing and other parts of north China, aims to
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        Tax rise trims Keppel Philippines' net income
        459 20  -  Net earnings fall 2% as taxation increases 21%; revenue up 10% By* Conrad Raj [SINGAPORE] A 21 per cent increase in taxation resulted in a marginal decline in net earnings last year at the Philippines arm of Singapore's Keppel Corporation although both revenue
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        Lock icon Lippo to boost links between property units
        165 20 Bloomberg [JAKARTA] The Riady family's Lippo group is looking for ways to boost ties between its property units, including the publicly traded PT Lippo Land Development and PT Lippo Karawaci, a company spokesman said yesterday. Lippo is looking to increase "synergy" among its
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        Lock icon Filipino derivatives to benefit foreigners
        323 20 SEC set to approve derivatives based on movements of A shares FT Bloomberg [MANILA] The Philippine Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is set to approve a series of new derivatives that will allow foreign investors to buy shares at present limited to local owners. A
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        Lock icon Formula One float expected to bring in US$4b
        387 21 Listing set to transform TV coverage of Grand Prix motor racing FT [LONDON] The flotation of Formula One, which could raise US$4 billion (555.7 billion) on the London and New York stock markets, will transform coverage of Grand Prix motor racing. Outline
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        Lock icon Persona Group pre-tax profit soars 146%
        248 21 Improved business in Europe boosts earnings to £&8m Bloomberg [LONDON] Persona Group pic said 1996 pre-tax profit soared 143 per cent on improved business in Europe and added it aims to expand further during 1997. Persona, a UK computer hardware and software products distributor,
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        Lock icon Sony aims to be No 1 in Internet entertainment
        677 21 Hie Station at Sony xom will be site for fan and games' Reuter [NEW YORK] Sony Corp is unveiling an Internet-based staging area for consumers to sample, play and even purchase the entertainment giant's vast store of popular television, film, music
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        Lock icon Pathe shares up on stake sale report
        149 21 Bloomberg [PARIS] Shares of Pathe SA jumped 5 per cent yesterday on a newspaper report that it is considering selling its 17 per cent of British Sky Broadcasting pic, worth an estimated £1.8 billion (Ss4.l billion). The French media company said it planned
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        Lock icon Netscape plans software for data sharing
        311 21 Bloomberg [CALIFORNIA] Netscape Communications Corp plans software that lets companies share the information on their computer networks with customers, taking aim at International Business Machines Corp and Microsoft Corp. Netscape also said it lined up about 35 companies, including Oracle Corp, HewlettPackard Co and
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    • FINANCE & COMMODITIES
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        Japan deregulation won't hurt S'pore's hub status
        523 22  -  Bankers foresee continuing greater opportunities in S-E Asian markets Shiv Taneja [SINGAPORE] Singapore's role as a regional financial hub is not likely to be threatened by Japan's proposed financial deregulation, bankers say. Senior bankers in Singapore say the developments in Japan which are
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        Lock icon Hamanaka's defence hints at Sumitomo's role in huge losses
        615 22 Ex-copper trader charged with forging 4 documents, fraud of US$77O million AFP [TOKYO] The defence counsel for rogue copper trader Yasuo Hamanaka indicated in court yesterday that failure by Japan's Sumitomo Corp to police his activities contributed to massive losses from
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        Korea Long Term Credit upgrades S'pore rep office
        306 22  -  By* Conrad Raj [SINGAPORE] One of South Korea's largest and best-rated banks, Korea Long Term Credit Bank, has upgraded its representative office here to an offshore bank. The upgrading marks the completion of the bank's ongoing efforts to connect its global network
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        Lock icon NatWest's £50m loss: lapse in controls
        257 22 FT [LONDON] Managers at Britain's National Westminster Bank examined all the trades made by Kyriacos Papouis, the bank's former options trader, but failed to spot for up to a year that they were mispriced, an internal inquiry has established. The discovery of the seriousness
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        Lock icon BoA to sell consumer finance unit
        191 22 Bloomberg Reuter [SAN FRANCISCO] BankAmerica Corp has put its consumer finance business up for sale, the latest step in a push to unload poorly performing ventures. The unit, Security Pacific Financial Services, is one of the largest lenders of personal, home equity and other
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        Lock icon Euro$ up, helped by US job data
        243 22 SI M \W Report Reuter [SINGAPORE) Simex Eurodollar futures bucked a recent downtrend to end slightly firmer yesterday on followthrough buying after last week's gains in Chicago. Dealers said the market was reassured by the release of US employment data on Friday showing
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        Futures/cash discount gap narrows
        199 22  -  MSCI TAIWAN FUTUHES By Perry Gilbert By Perry Gilbert, vice-presi-dent, Refco Singapore Pte Ltd [SINGAPORE} Trading volume on the Simex MSCI Taiwan Index futures contract was noticeably lower yesterday as local traders became nervous of the March contract due to the dramatic reduction in the contracts
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        Lock icon Saudi to buy more petrol for pilgrims
        212 22 ENERGY REPORT Reuter [DUBAI] Saudi Arabia, the world's largest oil producer and exporter, is aiming to import more petrol to meet the demands of two million Muslims at next month's annual pilgrimage in the kingdom, traders said yesterday. State-owned Saudi Aramco has issued
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        1450 22 IMTERBAlfK CROSS RATES Mario A$ C$ f> ECU FTr Da MK$ Yen Woe M$ fUShk ts Nse S$ Bui Sfr WT$ M* P—I W$ Australia 1076 4178 0.691 4.529 1343 6.062 28.169 18.819 0.956 6.873 L946 LH9 3L567 20.680 1.126 3.501 1.161 ***** ***** 0.490 0.7M M Cwdi 0.929 6.072
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        Lock icon CURRENCY REPORT
        275 22 Reuter London THE US dollar was steady against other major European currencies and the Japanese yen and analysts said the greenback is in a consolidation phase. Operators are waiting for several US figures this week and for release tomorrow of a Federal Reserve report. They say that the
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      COMMODITY PRICES
      1534 23 BOOM FUTURES Mar 10 MMCt (Mm dHk|« at UOpn) tt$1C0«TtACT(Sc**iA*) ClOM VMM OpM iMfe «n m tin (tw» iMrwt S97 174.75 ***** 173.71 75 400 W ***** |J25 J* 97 T7450 «5 MfimW 17*25 »0 Oct/Dac 9T 179.75 3750 J«/War 96 180.50 750 ISS 3 CMflACT GScMbA# Op*
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      Lock icon TOKYO
      1651 23 Reuter □Nikkei 225 -8436 STOCKS ended moderately lower yesterday, hurt by a spate of bad news for Japan's biggest broker Nomura Securities and uncertainty over the country's financial reforms, brokers said. Some also attributed the fall to technical reasons, prompted by sales in futures contracts ahead of the March
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      WORLD STOCK MARKETS
      2303 23 i nunfiM I Mr 10 fun AB Ports 296 *1 Abtxy National 777 -5.400 AMad Domacg 457.600 .600 Araac 124.400 -1 Asda Group tn 400 BAT md 553 2.600 BGPk 167.600 -5-400 BtCC 275 unch BOC Croup 1030 -.400 BRPotrotoum 716 *2 BTR 284 Bonk of Scotland
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      Lock icon HONGKONG
      1618 24 AFP Q Hang Sag -68,50 SHARE prices closed lower yesterday as investors try to factor in a possible March US interest rate rise, and on continued profit-taking in property stocks, dealers said. They added that most of the activity was concentrated in China-related and speculative stocks. The Hang Seng
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      Lock icon CHINA
      682 24 Reuter nShenzhenßlndex +0M SHENZHEN indices ended higher yesterday, pulled up by the Shanghai stock market. But brokers said Shenzhen had less upward potential than Shanghai because of its already high price levels. The B Index rose 0.94 point to 156.42 on turnover of HK555.25 million. The A Index jumped
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      Lock icon TAIPEI
      407 24 AFP □wp Index -&26 SHARE prices finished lower yesterday as cautious investors sold heavyweight banking issues. "Investors turned cautious following recent gains and locked away profit on banking shares," said a dealer. The TSE Weighted Price Index declined 8.26 points to 8,174.18. Turnover was 3.29 billion shares worth NT5139.59
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      Lock icon WELLINGTON
      268 24 Bloomberg n Wellington -&89 SHARES closed slightly lower yesterday, with the NZSE Top 40-share Index down 8.89 points to 2,280.07. Trading was valued at NZ544.2 million, compared with NZ$49.l million on Friday. Bloomberg Mar 10 (000) AN2 BanKHvg 8.75 0.12 ***** Advantages Hides 1.26 unch ***** Air New Zealand
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      Lock icon BANGKOK
      851 24 AFP Fl SET Index +ILB7 SHARE prices closed up 1.7 per cent yesterday on bargain hunting, mainly in banks and Financials, spurred by government plans to inject funds into the finance and property sectors, analysts said. The decision by Moody's Investors Service to place the ratings of Bank of
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      Lock icon SEOUL
      440 24 AFP CI Composite Index -7.72 SHARE prices closed lower yesterday in the absence of fresh incentives, dealers said. The Composite Index skidded 7.72 points to 667.35. Turnover was with 29.4 million shares worth 518.3 billion won. Falls beat risers 611 to 205. with 100 unchanged. The market remained weak
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      Lock icon SYDNEY
      628 24 AFP nAn Ordinaries ♦214 SHARES closed higher yesterday as investors celebrated strong gains in US shares and bond prices. However, an analyst said the rise might be short lived due to fears of a fall on Wall Street. The All Ordinaries Index gained 23.4 points to 2,461.9. Turnover was
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      Lock icon JAKARTA
      767 24 AFP Index +43A SHARE prices closed up yesterday in modest trade dominated by domestic investors. "The market was largely supported by local investors, while foreigners remained net sellers today," said a dealer. The JSE Composite Index closed up 4.24 points at 688.05. Turnover was 153.2 million shares worth worth
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      Lock icon MANILA
      353 24 AFF QManila +189 SHARE prices rose yesterday, lifted by Philippine Long Distance Telephone's gain in Wall Street last week. The PSE Composite Index rose 2.89 points to 3,289.34. Turnover was 13.25 billion shares worth 3.1 billion pesos. PLDT rose 15 pesos to 1,610, Petron Corp rose 0.25 to 10.75,
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        Lock icon Prices slump on DRB/Hicom sell-off
        297 25 AFX-Asia Q Composite Index -13.73 SHARE prices closed lower yesterday, led by a sell-off in the stocks linked to the late DRB/Hicom chairman Yahaya Ahmad and with local funds unwilling to step in to cap losses, dealers said. The KLSE Composite Index closed down 13.73
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        226 25 U» Pawn vmek Consumor prtf 19 27 II MM 51 19 Construction 6 1J 4 Tradlnc Svc 22 31 IT Mraatru 0 I 1 rinane# M 42 II Not* I 4 I Er—rt> IS 45 6 Plantation 6 21 9 MM* 2 4 I Trust 0 3 0 Loan 22
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        8154 25 MMtSTMALS CWMMr pfMhKtl •997 Lul Vol Day Met Cap w*t> t— Ck—eiiy lll« -OOQ mn Low P/t $W 790 680 Ajinomoto 715 10 6 730 710 54.6 289.8 448 334 Angkasa 408 -4 123 412 404 12.1 601.6 905 750 Apollo Food Hig 790 unch 7 790 785 316.0 418
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    • WARRANTS&OPTIONS
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        Caution needed as Pilecon wrt trading hits feverish levels
        190 26  -  WARRANT WATCH f*y R Sivanithy MALAYSIAN warrants seem to have fall en out of favour slightly in recent sessions, although there is one spectacular exception Pilecon's 1999 warrant. It has benefited hugely from speculation that the company is to be taken
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        3586 26 tBOMK, LOANS i VARIANTS 1996/1997 LtJt VM Day Last Onata A** Da SOW Ciiw> Ma ♦<* rOOOt M*i La* Burtr U0m Mn 68 47 m 3000 m AMDS c5 5******6 —61 575 60 62 39 3160 *Acar WOW731 USS 48.5 -0.5 24 49 48 48.5 50 13! 865 3164 Ac
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      CLOB INTERNATIONAL
      2340 26 MALAYSIAN STOCKS G* Or •996/1997 Last Vol Day Last OiMto Mr Mv YM IM M Cap Hfc#. L— Stn» Cwpawy Sate rOOO) wm> Law Buy S—«r Cw P/I M ~62S 360 m 5000 AISB 5Qc 404 < 129 416 404 404 408 SO 4.9 0 4 82.8 4M.4
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        1334 27 TURNOVER COOO) VALUf COOO) cn» Wg mm cn» t»u< *4.321 35,019 ***** 97,294 6*237 1*5.531 4.950 14,492 19.442 4S.949 23,128 72.07« 599 2.326 2.924 1.929 5.107 6,935 >H»«rtlM 3,012 32.945 35.957 14,270 44,872 47,142 Wo**** 2454 2J54 7.790 7.790 1,729 1.729 5,564 5,544 9t* 4.757 29.635 34,392 4,345 34,532 39,997
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        MAIN BOARD
        4889 27 Cr Cf M Wt 1996/1997 Last W«l Day L*»t 0J» Wv YW H*« Cap A»« Mfk In StNo Company Sal* COOP) High Low Buyor Sa«*r Cvr P/I WMm MflUSTKULS 5146 ASENTS10 200 US- 1000 900 1275 ASF US$0.***** US900 *85 90.0 2t4 162 1258 AcarSOc USI70 *6 49
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        SESDAQ
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        HOT STOCK
        66 28  -  -m Teh Hooi Ling FHTK HOLDINGS shares have enjoyed a good run since its listing in January this year. It is perhaps time to lock in profit. It closed 0.5 cent up yesterday to 82.5 cents. Volume at 3.9 million shares was about half Of its lfyday average
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        213 28 SUdu *Berjayalnd 6,658,000 fACB50c 5.522.000 *MBF Land BM 5,354.000 *M6f Hldgs 50c 5.334.000 *MCB Hldgs Wt99 5.328,000 •1drisHyd50c 4,783,000 4romet 4,514,000 SMB United 10c 4,232,000 FHTK Hldgs 20c 3,952,000 Labroy M 20c 3,805,000 ftirti DOB Foreign 20,565,157 M,906,330 DBS Foreign 10,846^40 Van der Horst 9,991.642 •Wris Hyd 50c 9,686,570 HK
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        Clob-traded KL shares hit by further forced selling
        663 28  -  THE wrsrii ahead Bine chips fall on lack of institutional interest; soft sentiment means positive earnings surprises are largely ignored By R Sivanithy [SINGAPORE] It was another nervous session in the local stock market yesterday, with forced selling extracting a heavy toll
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      • ON THE GRAPEVINE
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          Pile-ing it on
          98 28 MALAYSIAN businessman-turned-politician Joseph Chong, who went on a selling spree last year, is now possibly stalking construction company Pilecon Engineering. Another interested party is said to be Ekran boss Ting Pek Khiing. Pilecon is the developer of the Waterfront City in Johor Baru, in which the Hong
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          Fancy a punt on the Hang Seng?
          98 28 NO SOONER did we see an advertisement for a dual currency deposit facility by an Australian bank yesterday, we hear of another options-based proposal by an American bank. The American offering is said to be dual currency as well—in US and Singapore dollars.
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          More merry-go-rounds
          61 28 JUSTIN KENDRICK, managing director of SocGen-Crosby, has turned in his resignation, joining the stream of people who left after Crosby was absorbed by the French giant. Talk is that he will be joining Hongkong Bank's James Capel which is getting some staff who were formerly from Kay Hian
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          178 28 FOUR SEASONS Hotel can do with more clarity on what customers to its popular $52-a-head brunch buffet are entitled. Three guests were somewhat annoyed last Sunday at what they felt was a bit of misleading arrangement on the part of the hotel. Bottles of Moet and Chandon
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          Staff was not on course
          96 28 LAST week, we reported in this column that an investor was rather irate when she called DBS Asset Management to ask about the Thai Prime Fund and was told all the marketing staff was attending a course. The firm yesterday said that it is only
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          99 28 MUST growing too big always cause problems? Sometimes, according to staff at SingTel's information counter. One BT journalist who needed help with her new handphone was told at Comcentre One to go to Comcentre Two, another building around the corner. There she was told to
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      607 20 miMlßank Keppel Bank of Singapore Limited (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) The Board of Directors of Keppel Bank of Singapore Limited is pleased to announce the following:1. AUDITED RESULTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 1996 THE GROUP THE BANK 1996 1995 1996 1995 $'000 000 $'000 $000 Interest
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      199 21 NOBLE GROUP LIMITED (Incorporated in Bermuda on 31 March 1994) INVITATION IN RESPECT OF 51,492,000 SHARES OF HK$l.OO EACH COMPRISING 48,000,000 NEW SHARES AND 3,492,000 VENDOR SHARES AS FOLLOWS:(I) 10,298,000 SHARES ("OFFER SHARES") AT US$O.BB FOR EACH OFFER SHARE BY WAY OF PUBLIC OFFER; AND (II) 41,194,000 SHARES ("PLACEMENT SHARES")
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      135 25 ~lMnd Transport Authority Infoline_ COE Bidding Results Car Registration Number Availability. ,AvaUiMeoo 10ft or lldi of way moxk All yoo Av«UNe bawoeo Smnlty ««l Md. «ek. All yoo Med i. need is enter your IC, Passport or Company Registration eater your Car Registration number* number and the Vehicle Category number
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      1427 28 BUSINESS Notices TO I)\ IIMISK CM I TO 1I -1 Kli: 1 SOO-74 I I sS3 I ;*V«- 4t W +0' 1? O PENGKALEN INVESTMENTS LIMITED I (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) I ANNOUNCEMENT I THE RENOUNCEABLE RIGHTS ISSUE ("RIGHTS ISSUE") OF 35,600,250 NEW I ORDINARY SHARES Of $1.00
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      315 29 Bridge News, Reuter Reuter THE freight markets were basically quiet and uneventful late in the day, brokers said. But some brokers suggested that signs are starting to emerge that the present market is starting to strengthen for early April loaders. Fixtures TANKER& Rates continued to firm for Aframax
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      292 29 'o«o *M» St IN CWTOMribution 1.32 *0.01 31 ChuanHup L07 *0.01 101 Cotco Investment 1.50 *0.06 10 Frolght Linus 0.805 -0.015 212 GSHoMings 0.935 -0.015 15 Hal Sun Hup 1.03 unch 373 HRacM ZOMO 0.82 -0X05 67 IMC HoWngs 5.60 Jaya Holdings 1.14 *0.02 14 Jureng Shipyard 6.70
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      SML, Jaya among 15 bidding for PNOC unit
      378 29  -  Philippine govt's 60% stake in PNOG Shipping np for grabs By\ Felix Chan [SINGAPORE] Fifteen companies including Singapore's Sembawang Maritime Ltd and Jaya Holdings Inc have submitted separate bids to buy the Philippine government's 60 per cent stake in state-owned PNOC Shipping
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      27 crew members desert Star Cruises ship in Tokyo
      415 29  -  Cruise operator makes its first foray into Japan and Taiwan markets By, Marcus Hand [SINGAPORE] Malaysian cruise operator Star Cruises was hit by a desertion of crew members in Tokyo less than a week after a fire broke out on one
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      Lock icon Japan port strike will hurt only if it drags on: commodity traders
      362 29 Reuter [TOKYO] Japanese commodity traders said they doubted a planned 24-hour port workers' strike tomorrow would affect the markets, although there was potential for disruption if the work stoppage drags on. Non-ferrous metal traders in particular fretted that
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      Lock icon UK adopts new ferry rules 10 years after Herald disaster
      231 29 AFP [LONDON] The British government last week marked the 10th anniversary of the Herald of Free Enterprise ferry disaster by adopting fresh international guidelines aimed at improving safety on passenger ferries. The lives of 193 passengers and crew were lost
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      APL to start express link from Japan to HK, S'pore and M'sia
      281 29  -  By Yong Mei Fong [SINGAPORE] American President Lines (APL) is boosting its intra-Asia container services by launching a new express direct link between Japan and Hongkong, Singapore and Malaysia. The US carrier, which already serves these markets with
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      Lock icon Haila wins US$90m ship order
      63 29 Reuter [SEOUL] South Korea's Halla Heavy Industries Co said yesterday it had recently won a US$9O million (*****.8 million) order from Reederei "Nord" Klaus E Oldendorff Ltd of Cyprus to build two oil product tankers. The two 105,000-dead-weight-tonne oil product tankers are scheduled to be
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      Lock icon Salvors made more rescues in '96
      170 29 Reuter [LONDON] Member companies of the International Salvage Union (ISU) provided assistance to 169 vessels in 1996 compared with 141 the previous year. However, the ISU said, its latest Pollution Prevention Survey showed that these operations involved the recovery of less oil, chemicals and
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      995 30 RO-RO SAFETY: 10 YEARS AFTER THE HERALD TRAGEDY Amendments to sea safety conventions followed the sinking of the ferry Herald of Free Enterprise in 1987 but then the Estonia capsized in 1994, prompting new proposals aimed at preventing accidents happening at all Fairplay IN March 1987.
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      279 30 PAGE Eastmal 5 ACL 11 us lntl ANL 3 ECL 6 Able 12 EK 13 Accord 12 £th '°P« n 6 Ahrenkiel 4 Eurohans 6 Appenstop 5 Everqreen 6 Astro 3 Famous 7 Austral It Fl-Bfight It Avant 6 FoongSwi 12 BSA 7
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      16337 36 THEBUSINESSTIMES EXPORT ETA ETA Advartlsar VMM* Voyaqa Talapftona ETA ETA Advartisar Vhi«I Voyaqa Talapnona SIN Dast'n Nam* Nam* Number NumOar SIN Dast'n Nam* Nam# Numtoar Numbar 10/03 0/04 Trlastlno MOVA MEDITERRANEA 0025-004W 45-*****15 A v Ami nLi*Di/ lAuue IAIlut To BRISBANE (BNE) 2050 n JOHNS (AUH) 2004 Queensland,
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        CONVENTIONAL WHARVES
        799 43 vessel Voy No Barth Arrival Dapartur Jm|W tetan rxlir *336 J02 UOKtfU* 1103/2300 »t Ktmtet J *****7 JOI aon«site 1103/0300 Ct Othter 7 66 JW HongwH n.03/1300 Pn 250( 0603 Jt3 «M«ute 12 03/2351 Sc«N«l* ItW /IT *»<**• "03/1200 Sirur Ctotri 04/97 J03 Koii«ute 10 03/2359 inert!* TS0603
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        CONTAINER SCHEDULES
        1812 43 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCI CARGO Booklng/BtUnct Rstls Ship Voy Mo Etb/Btr Ptrtod From To Frew Aci JMt 333A n/HOO U IO/HOO IO/*M *VIWO nmoo n/*M #moc MM saw a/2300 u MM MM MM a 10/1700 MMM IVMOO j ivoroo mm mmoo 4 mboo mmm n/rroo
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        GLOBAL HOLIDAY
        208 43 Mar 17 Australia: Canberra Day. Mar 20 Japan: Vernal Equinox Day. Mar 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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        COCKETT BUNKER MARKET REPORT
        776 43 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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        VERITAS BUNKER QUALITY REPORT
        501 43 Carton 180 Mm 993.3 LI 16.8 0.13 KM 0.08 Mart Density Water Residue Ask Aluminium Sediment No above E2S 2 18 4 10 %M/t) 380 AM 984.9 0.S 12.4 0.06 35 0.02 Cum 380 Mai 995.9 1.9 17.9 0.12 03 0.07 A8/WI %m/m %m/m WM Mo
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        Lock icon Airport warehouse operators face major adjustments
        384 44 Air freight industry launching radical reforms in drive to speed np cargo flows, conference told Reuter [LONG BEACH, California] The radical reforms being contemplated by the traditional air freight industry to meet the threat from integrated carriers will make or break airport warehouse operators
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        Lock icon End of the road for cyclos?
        60 44 [HANOI] A cyclo driver riding past a park of hundreds old cyclos waiting to be transported to a steel plant as scrap yesterday. This might be the end of the road for this popular means of transport in Vietnam which dates back from the
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        Lock icon Hainan Air plans to buy 8 B737s and 7 Metro jets
        193 44 Bloomberg [BEIJING] Hainan Airlines Co, a Chinese carrier partowned by financier George Soros, is negotiating to buy 8 Boeing 737s and 7 Metro-23 aircraft built by US-based Fairchild Corp, company officials said yesterday. "This purchase has already been approved
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        Lock icon Air cargo growth forecast at 7.9%
        165 44 Reuter [WASHINGTON] Air cargo traffic worldwide is expected to grow by 7.9 per cent in revenue ton miles annually through 2000, says the consultancy Merge Globe Inc. Consultancy principal Brian Clancy told a Federal Aviation Administration conference last week that growth for 1990-1995 was
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        Lock icon Taiwan to lower car tariff to 20% after joining WTO
        291 44 10% cut in 9 years after entry into World Trade Organisation Reuter [TAIPEI] Taiwan's economics ministry said yesterday it would lower import tariffs for passenger cars to 20 per cent or less from 30 per cent within nine years after
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        JAL, Nippon Cargo Air to raise overseas cargo rates
        138 44 [TOKYO] Japan Airlines and Nippon Cargo Airlines (NCA) will raise the price of international cargo shipments originating in Japan by 30 yen (550.36) to 50 yen per kg from this April. The companies are adjusting their rates with freight forwarders, said
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        Lock icon EVA plans Cambodia flights in April
        121 44 AFP [TAIPEI) Taiwan's privatelyrun EVA Airways Co yesterday said it would begin direct flights to Cambodia in midApril, despite China's protests against the establishment of aviation links between Phnom Penh and Taipei. EVA, Taiwan's second biggest international carrier, said it would use Boeing 767-200
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        Lock icon Airbus close to choosing US, Korean partners for jumbo jet project: paper
        289 44 Reuter [LONDON] European aircraft consortium Airbus Industrie is close to signing US Lockheed Martin and a South Korean company as partners to develop its 550-seat jumbo jet, a British newspaper said on Sunday. The Observer said Airbus hoped
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        Lock icon BA's German carrier orders seven B737s
        160 44 Reuter [LONDON] British Airways pic said yesterday that its German regional carrier Deutsche BA (DBA) had placed an order to buy seven new Boeing 737 twinjets worth almost US$3OO million (***** million). The airline said the aircraft were being acquired under a deal with
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        Lock icon BA's marketing executive quits to join Eurostar
        181 44 Reuter [LONDON] British Airways pic confirmed that a top marketing executive had quit to join London Continental Railways (LCR), which operates the Eurostar service between London and continental Europe. A British Airways spokesman said on Sunday the company had sufficient management strength to
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          Lock icon Nissan buys 50% of S African firm
          119 44 AFP [TOKYO] Japanese car maker Nissan Motor Co Ltd is to take a 50 per cent stake in South Africa's Automakers Ltd for US$Bl million (Sslls million), Nissan officials said yesterday. Automakers is the holding company of Nissan South Africa (Pty) Ltd, Nissan's
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          Lock icon Hot air halloonist fined, disqualified in NZ
          78 44 Reuter [CHRISTCHURCH] A hot air balloon pilot who crashed into the sea killing two Japanese and a Taiwanese was yesterday ordered to pay fines and costs of NZ$l7,OOO (SS17.000). Christchurch District Court Judge Graeme Noble also disqualified Peter Kollar, 34, from flying a
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          Lock icon Ansett to end loss-making service
          58 44 Reuter [MELBOURNE] Ansett Australia said it would stop operating its twice-weekly BAe 146 jet services between Perth and Cocos Island-Christmas Island from Oct 28 due to continuing losses on the route. Ansett said-it had briefed the Australian government and was giving lepgthy notice to allow
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          Lock icon Number of train passinger in China talls
          103 44 AFP [BEIJING] Trains in China carried 942 million people last year but still the numbers using the railways ase falljpg, the official Xinhua news agency reported, jhe number at passengers fell by 12.3 per cent from 1995, in the fa&of increasing competition from
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          Lock icon GM faces UAW strike threat in Indiana
          63 44 Bloomberg [DETROIT] General Motors Corp faces a union strike deadline of 10am on Friday at its full-size pickup-truek assembly plant in Fort Wayne, Indiana. The United Auto Workers notified the company last week it would call a walkout at the plant, which builds
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        AIRCRAFT ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES
        1248 44 OTY FU6HT ETA FLIGHT ETO SQ174 1415 Abu Dhabi RY601 202S GA838 1420 r>07 2140 HonqKonq CI665 1330 UA806 0800 Aillllll BYMI 1910 0F82 2050 cx71 0840 «jg?2 0126 2355 CUJA U30 I 5026 2355 MS Athens 0S546 2230 0F77 1455 S0348 2230 515 Auckland BY607
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      777 30 I~ IMPORT I WfrmOMMlWSiri I OULF/INDIAN SUB-COWTMHWf 1 1 SINGAPORE CALIFORNIA EXPRESS (DIRECT FROM WEST COAST) IQULF KARACHI EXPRESS (QKX) I vissa yoy oak van sea u sm vis&a vor |ha pww rah ui c« sm NEPTUNE ALEXANDRITE 20W507 17/02 20/02 21/02 24/02 13/03 DAMMAMRAY 10C IS/02 OMIT OMIT 22/02
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      639 30 PMAL Container Line (UK) Limited /4s Agents Marine Transport Resources ISI Pie Ltd Tel 223 8380 Fax 223 8387 jr* Weekly Sailings ffth to Indian Sub-Continent m 41J\ i EXPORT 3 x Japan •2 x Hongkong -1 x Manila •1 x Kaothiong, Keelung [Accepting Fa to BKK/NAHA/SENDAI/CEBU/LCH) vttin v6y wa
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      1100 31 PAOFK SOUTH WEST EXPRESS (DIRECT) AISO ACCEPTING MAHAUS mh* wr na swra smetp iax not. wb* w ntc mi hou nob sea mawawtt tig 10/03 12/03 13/03 28/03 01/04 02/04 02/04 03/04 03/04 02/04 02/04 04/04 0141 17/03 19/03 20/03 04/04 06/04 09/04 09/04 10/04 10/04 09/04 09/04 11/04 0141
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      2377 31 HANJIN SHIPPING USA CANADA* |imenai*/vqy mm aw sa j ppi m |topioo|ptt|dbi|p*|«wi mem oos wyc [o» yv« yyi ra rrc tk H. KAOHSIMG M7I 17/03 13/03 M/ 04 M/M M/M M/M M/M M/M M/M M/M M/M M/M "w/oT 11/0* M/M 05/04 01/04 01/04 M/04~ 07/04 H. EIIZAIEIH 024E 11/ M
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      101 31 fXS*¥ ORIENT EXPRESS UNES (U.K.) LIMITED iigj, (MANAGER FOR SHREYAS SHIPPING UMTTED) WEEKLY SINGAPORE/MUMBAI (BOMBAY) SHUTTLE WSSEt VOY SINGAPORE lOMIAY YtSSEI VOY KMUAY SMCAttME SINAR TOBA 208 13/03 20/03 SINAR TOBA 207 05/03 13/03 NORDKAP 408 17/03 24/03 NORDKAP 407 10/03 17/03 lEERORT 915 26/03 04/04 LEERORT 914 21/03 28/03
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      1816 32 <jr DSR-SENATOR in Round the World Container Sen/ices TO UK/CONTINENT FROM UK/CONTINENT VtSSiL VOY ZT RTW IHV HAW FIX AHT IHA VISStL »0Y LHA RTM WV HAW AWT SW NEW YORK SENATOR WF7I4 14 03 D M 04 04 05 04 00 04 04 04 00 04 CHOYANG WORLO EE7I2
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      1273 32 I NORASIA 1 I VESSEL VOY SM PKL OOA LAS BCL VAL ALQ ROT ANT FEL LHA I MSC ALEXA 9709-3 1403 1403 2M3 30,113 24%3 06W 07/94 03 TM liW 04A4 DMM I MSC CAfILA 9719-3 19/93 2M13 04«4 06.1 M 05/04 13/94 14AM 19/04 11AM 12AM I NOR
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      368 32 Direct Container Service to Fangcheng Zhanjiang Vessel S'pore Fangcheng Zhaniiang LIANBAO 07/03 12/03 14/03 7T A/Q/?TRANS CONVENTIONAL StRVKE TO THAILAND AND MALAYSIA BREAKBUIX, RO/RO AND HEAVYUFT ANY WEIGHT THAI FLAG STATUS PRIORITY BERTHS km Expms V.43A SAILH) IN PORT SAILED Aao Express V.44A 20-22/03 22-23/03 27-2S/03 20-31/03 Ada Express V.4SA
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      1486 33 fyjsjcL VOY SIN POU PKO PEN SUR I BA I BM IRAN TEYFOURI PJL-1223 18/03/97 30/03/97 28/03/97 IRAN TAKHTI PJL-1224 13/03/97 07/03/97 28/03/97 23/03/97 IRANGHEYAMAT PJL-1220 28/02/97 1 0/03/97 IRAN YAMIN PJL-1218 07/03/97 17/03/97 ACCEPTING FULL CONTAINER SHIPMENTS TO INLAND POINTS IN IRAN CIS COUNTRIES I.E. AZARBAIJAN, ARMENIA. KAZAKHSTAN. UZBEKISTAN.
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      1929 33 f ACCEPTING WEEKLY TO 1 MANZANILLO AND I Mi INLAND POINTS VIA I L MONO kONO J I SINGAPORE'S GENERAL AGENTS: 6 SHENTON WAY TIL 226 1900 FAX: *****08 OUTWARD (l/l) *****02 JOHORE OFFICE; COSTAR SHIPPING PTE LTD IW-OSDRSRLDG SALES/RRGS *****41/43 INWARD DEPT (D/ 0) *****85 COSTAR AGENCIES (M) SDN
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      612 35 tj& FAMOUS CONTAINER LINES /ICE 80 ROBINSON ROAD, #22-02 SINGAPORE *****8 HOT LINE: *****33 (30 LINES) Twice Sailing To UNITED KINGDOM a Scotland/ .T Aberdeen WEIANDJ!) V% GLA U? -T Birmingham Cl FELIXSTOWE London J SOUTHAMPTON DIRECT SAILING TO SOUTHAMPTON FELIXSTOWE Please call for FAMOUS MOLLY *****33 P. KLANG PH:
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      494 39 7hAI%IAm| Weekly LCL a FCL Services to Caribbean I* hipping S Central America MAOSK WNCOUVB WOK It* 9706 9704 Port Country 16/03 24/03 Mize City Belize 19/04 26/04 Bridgetown Borbados 22/04 29/04 Cartagena Colombia 21/04 28/04 Cajlries S» Lucia 21/04 28/04 Fort de France Martinique 22/04 29/04 Freeport Bahamas 16/04
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