The Business Times, 12 March 1997

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    8 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 023/12/96 85c SINGAPORE
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    MARKET SUMMARY
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    FINANCE
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    Deep misgivings among doctors over RMG listing
    600 1  -  Concerns include balancing bottomline with patient care, and code on advertising By Jenny Lam [SINGAPORE] The upcoming listing of Raffles Medical Group (RMG) has sparked debate in the medical profession, with doctors expressing concern over the need to balance commercial interests against provision
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    Keppel announces l-for-4 bonus sweetener
    602 1  -  Earnings slip 5%, dragged down by shipyard sector By i Conrad Raj [SINGAPORE] Home-grown conglomerate Keppel Corporation yesterday announced a 5 per cent decline in net earnings for the year ended Dec 31, 1996, but sweetened the news with a one-for-four bonus issue. The decline
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    Lock icon Thai stocks surge as cabinet okays property bail-out plan
    190 1 Bloomberg Reuter [BANGKOK] Thai stocks posted their biggest three-day rally in two months yesterday, as the Cabinet approved a new plan to bail out property developers and lenders. The benchmark SET Index rose 16.63 points, or 2.36 per cent, to 719.95.
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    Lock icon Going out in style
    71 1 [HONGKONG] The Queen Elizabeth II ocean liner pulling away from a dock at Hongkong's Victoria Harbour last Saturday. Among the passengers on board the luxury cruise ship is a group of departing British expatriates and their families. They will return home to the UK in style,
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    SES eases disclosure rules on directors' pay
    408 1  -  Foar new rules cover remuneration, share options and some exemptions By. Lee Han Shih [SINGAPORE] A year and a half after telling directors of listed companies to disclose how much they are paid, the Stock Exchange of Singapore (SES) has had a change
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      90 1 JBUSEDE I'm here to stay Newly-appointed DRBHicom chief Saleh Sulong reftites market talk that his job is temporary, F|lB jlBWUllPB invitation to bargain hunting. TOkkMUtftorf aaafeito, A? 17. Company could certainly do with better communication at reporting season time. It 4.7%, a? 17. Strong parent a plus point, but investors
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      32 1 Reports on Pg 17 A 18 FULL YEAR EARNINGS NET (ton) GROWTH Amr 32.48 +4.7% COM M$110.99 +43 INTERIM ItaWhUM 4.1 +26 Central bank revives bid to stem baht speculation, Pg 7
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
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      New website on S'pore businesses launched
      213 2 INVESTORS and businessmen now have access to a new Internet website that provides them with business information and news on Singapore, as well as links to the country's regional projects. Called Singapore Incorporated, the website was yesterday launched simultaneously here and in the US.
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      Syquest to expand Penang facility
      360 2  -  US disk drive maker investing USs2om in China venture By: Raju Chellam SYQUEST Technology Inc, a US-based firm making removable hard disk drives, will invest more than US$5O million (5571.5 million) to ramp up its existing manufacturing facility in Penang. It will also invest about
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      Companies spend more on IT, trend to continue: survey
      342 2  -  By. Annette Pau COMPANIES are spending more on IT a trend that will continue across the board in 1997, says a survey conducted by the Singapore Confederation of Computer Industries (SFCI). Most sectors, except manufacturing and wholesale/retail industries, expect to spend
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      Keppel unit fined over worker's death
      191 2 KEPPEL Engineering Pte Ltd, a member of the Keppel group, has pleaded guilty and was fined $25,000 for causing the death of a worker, said the Ministry of Labour yesterday. The worker, Soosai Manickam Raja, was poisoned by paint vapours after carrying out instructions
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      OUB ups GDP growth forecast
      380 2  -  EYE ON THE ECONOMY Outlook By, Audrey Tan OVERSEAS Union Bank (OUB) has raised its 1997 gross domestic product (GDP) growth forecast to 6.8 per cent from 6 per cent, but expects a slow start to the year with Ql growth staying weak at 3.5-4
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      Lock icon Tang says he will appeal decision on defamation suits
      522 2 The Straits Times TANG Liang Hong yesterday said he would appeal against the High Court's decision to strike out his defence in the defamation suits against him and launched a severe attack on the Singapore judiciary, saying it favoured the People's
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      Qualcomm of US plans CDMA phone plant in Asia
      493 3  -  Company sees gpod potential in Asia for the latest mobile phone technology Reports by 1 Teh Hooi Ling SAN Diego-based Qualcomm, the developer of the latest technology in mobile phone CDMA, expects "phenomenal" growth in Asia in the coming years. And
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      Lock icon Nokia to stay committed to GSM standard
      488 3 IN THE battle of future technologies in the mobile communications industry, the digital GSM-based system will remain the dominant standard in Asia well into the 21st century. And it's where Nokia Telecommunications will train its focus to maintain its lead in the region,
      Source: Nokia ALLAN  -  488 words
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      Logistics firms need global networks: report
      296 3 TDB to help STpore firms with market access and manpower HOMEGROWN logistics companies will need to set up global networks to become more competitive, the Committee on International Trade (Coit) has suggested in a report released yesterday. The Trade Development Board-initiated Coit, comprising representatives
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      158 2 I FIRST IMPRESSIONS ARE OUR LAST CONCERN ifck W I I*l j T yjs^ v>? jn-4wH J <: 'Trom Ssl4s*, Including American Breakfast Until 30th September, There's Nothing Quite Like The Grand Plaza Hotel/' ■BVHHI HIPP^^.: nHH raTt'- "'"■*:*<■* F^^wßPl^B I ■^Hn^S9B »7 "l i .^•Ij^BS^K Beauty is in the
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      1707 2 NOTICE OF MEETING OF BONDHOLDERS AMCOL HOLDINGS LIMITED (In Judicial Management) Trust Deed dated 22 March 1994 ("Trust Deed") Between the Company Golden Bay Realty (Private) Limited (In Judicial Management) ("Golden Bap') and HSBC Trustee (Singapore) Limited ("the Trustee") constituting 5570,000.000 5 per cent. Convertible Bonds Due 1999 ("the Bonds")
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      160 3 Turning your Accountant into Superman? We must be kidding. Consider this weigh a man down with a ton of bricks around his neck and ask him to do a backflip. Naturally, he will not manage it. Now ask your Accountant to produce timely reports when all you have r given
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  • FOCUS: PERSONAL FINANCE & INVESTMENT
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      Lock icon US dollar's rise against Sing $ set to continue
      559 4  - US dollar's rise against Sing set to continue TECHNICAL VIEWPOINT Local unit also faces more downward pressure against ringgit in the near term By Naresh Verma The writer is a manager of technical analysis advisory (South-east Asia) at DowJones. The opinions in this column are personal and do not represent
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      Lock icon Eng Kong's IPO gets thumbs up
      486 4  -  Container depot firm to benefit from Asia's shipping boom /*/< Clarissa Tan [SINGAPORE] Container depot company Eng Kong Holdings' initial public offer (IPO) will hold water, said analysts. A key attraction of Eng Kong's business is that it rides on the region's shipping trade.
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      Analysts see growth potential for Gul Tech
      522 4  -  Ny Annette Pau [SINGAPORE] Analysts have given the thumbs up for local printed circuit board-maker Gul Technologies'jinitial public offer, ffte stock is expected to have afeupside <of 20-25 per cent in term, with a price-to-earnings ratio of about 15 times based on analysts'
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      184 4 Do You Know Which Button To Push In Kuala Lumpur? X \C\. PASSAGES Ever stayed in a hotel and been renovated Pan Pacific Kuala Lumpur, relaxing in our resort cMmmmvmin.nwmuv.mvmuHMu frustrated by the time it takes to in Pangkor, doing business in Johor Bahru or getting into get your simple
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  • SINGAPORE ABROAD
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      Lock icon Confidence in Manila
      798 5  -  Singapore's investments in the Philippines last year rose seven-fold from 1995 level Reports by, Al Labita [MANILAI GOING by official figures, Singapore's investment in the Philippines is not as great as that of its Asian neighbours. In 1996, Singaporean companies' investments amounted to 759 million pesos (Ss4l
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      Globe Telecom goes all-out for turnaround
      647 5 FOR listed Globe Telecom, turning around quickly from last year's financial debacle is out of the question. But there is optimism. "We are here to win," says company president Filemon Berba Jr. "We have the benefit of the synergy of Ayala Corp and Singapore
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      86 5 V W ML —zzzz 1 THE ROLEX MASTERS. 1997 1 1 1 1 it H HI mm jm This v accurate snots that are putts Vy their role too. Over The Rolex have been constantly on JIIHHI spectators sees the 25th anniversary of Rolex Alasters has a excellence ITill■■ tYSH^flrilHwil
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      Time for Thailand to take stock
      554 6  -  LETTER FROM BANGKOK Boom years may be over but a projected growth of 5% still respectable Loh Hui Yin Loh Hui Yin, BT's former Bangkok correspondent, has now taken up her HKposting with the paper A STOCK market plummeting by the day, a financial
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      Dr M will be first to move to Putrajaya
      208 6  -  KUALA LUMPUR By Eddie Toh MALAYSIAN Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad will be the first person to move to Putrajaya, the new government administrative centre, in September next year. The PM's office will be in a huge building offering 2.5 million
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      Central bank revives bid to stem baht speculation
      571 7  -  BANGKOK Pledge to retain basket system and make it more flexible By. Alan Boyd THAILAND'S central bank has revived plans to increase the trading risks from speculation in the baht, but pledged to retain the basket system that ties the Thai currency
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      US trade team urges M'sia to relax foreign ownership rules
      273 7  -  KUALA LUMPUR By\ Eddie Toh A HIGH-POWERED delegation from the United States has urged Malaysia to ease its restrictive foreign ownership rules in its bid to attract investments from the US. George David, chairman of the US-Asean Business Council, yesterday
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      Jakarta to fine-tune investment rules
      385 7  -  JAKARTA nn\ S N Vasuki INDONESIA'S Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM) is in the process of drafting new legislation that will combine existing rules governing foreign and domestic investment into an omnibus package. Analysts said the proposed legislation, while not offering new incentives, will streamline investment
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      Importance of PM Goh's US visit
      483 7  -  ASIAJf VIEW It's part of a drive against usg of sanctions for political purposes By Yang Razali Kassim THE high-powered American business delegation left behind an unusual invitation for Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong: Visit them in Chicago this September. His response to the
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      1517 6 Bangkok London Singapore Taipei The Best Of Thai Cuisine Now At Raffles City, Level 3 A I For quick business lunches or a dining experience to J remember. See you at Patara, now at the heart of the city. Westin Stamford (Level 3, above Kopitiam). For reservations please call 339
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      468 6 Twelve Market Research Companies from Seven Asian Nations Met Together in Singapore. On March 8, 1997, Nippon Research Center, of the moment to encourage the growth of marketLtd. (NRC) organized and sponsored in ing-related business within the Asia region." Singapore the First NRC Seminar on the Asian Consumer Market: 'What
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      145 7 Coach makes the BEST BUSINESS DEALS. j [CQACH^I -C j Coach is an American classic, built upon a 54-year legacy of honest style and skilled craftsmanship. _e From handbags and briefcases to luggage and accessories. Coach offers a wide selection of fine, handcrafted leathergoods for men and women. <V O
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  • CHINA-HONGKONG-TAIWAN
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      Lock icon HK-China row brewing over shadow legislature
      400 8 HONGKONG Damcntsttpte CMirt if interim kooM pisses laws before territory's handover Reuter CHINA and Hongkong headed for a showdown yesterday as the leader of Hongkong's democrats said he would fight in court Beijing's plan to ram through laws against civil rights before this year's
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      Lock icon Patten airs concern over move to revise textbooks
      310 8 HONGKONG But Tung backs call to review references to colonial past AFP Reuter GOVERNOR Chris Patten yesterday expressed concern over a Chinese plan to revise school textbooks in Hongkong after the handover on July 1. Chinese Foreign Minister Qian Qichen told the
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      Lock icon Taiwanese visiting HK may have to use special papers
      224 8 AFP [BEIJING] China is planning to issue a special set of travel documents to be used by Taiwan residents visiting Hongkong after the territory's July 1 handover, a senior official said here yesterday. The central government would make arrangements to issue
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    • SINO Briefs
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        Lock icon Zhu Rongji in hospital with flu
        54 8 AFP [BEIJING] China's economic tear Zhu Rongji has been hospitalised with heavy influenza, diplomatic sources said yesterday. Mr Zhu, 68, cancelled meetings on Saturday with Michel Camdessus, head of the International Monetary Fund, and British Chancellor of the Exchequer Kenneth Clarke, said a Western
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        Lock icon Gore to visit China this month
        76 8 AFP (WASHINGTON] US Vice-President A 1 Gore will make an official visit to China from March 24-28, the White House said yesterday. He will be the highest US official to visit Baling since the Tiananmen Square incident in June 1988. Mr Gore will also
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        Lock icon Chinese fixed asset investment op 18%
        68 8 AFP [BEIJING] China's Investment in fixed assets hit 236 trillion yuan (Ss4o6billion) last year, an 18.2 per cent Increase over 1996, according to newly released State Statistics Bureau figures. Capital construction investment accounted for more than a third, and was up 13.4 per cent
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        Lock icon Guangzhou to finance subway with loans
        59 8 AFP [BEIJING] A sagging property market has forced the south Chinese city of Guangzhou to finance the remainder of its 13 billion yuan (S$2.2 billion) subway project through loans, the China Daily reported. The city had earlier qpwM taxes on sales of leasing rights
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        Lock icon Three Gorges economic zome
        63 8 AFP [SHANGHAI] China will designate areas affected by construction of the Three Gorges dam an economic development zone, a report said. The National People's Coogrsss has decided to create an economic development sone that covers areas affected by the flooding of the Yangtze River by the
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      Lock icon Nod for third mobile phone operator in Beijing
      194 9 BEIJING AFP A THIRD Beijing cellular phone services provider has been approved and is expected to offer commercial services here starting in October, the official China Daily reported yesterday. Beijing Telecom Greatwall Mobile Communications Co's network will be the first to employ
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      Lock icon Taiwan shoe giant gets Beijing nod for joint-venture bank
      272 9 TAIPEI But Baochen must send capital throngi a third country AFP TAIWANESE shoe giant Baochen has obtained Chinese approval to set up a joint-ven-ture bank in China despite Taipei's ban on banking investments on the mainland, a visiting Chinese official said
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      Lock icon More Chinese firms will go for London listing: Clarke
      356 9 BEIJING Chancellor also expects approval soon for first UK insurer to operate in China Reuter MOST Chinese companies that tap world capital markets will turn to Hongkong but a significant number will list shares in London, British Chancellor of the Exchequer
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      Lock icon Taking a last ride
      39 9 [HONGKONG] A couple enjoying a rollercoaster ride at Lai Chi Kok amusement park on Monday. After 48 years, the fun fair is due to close shortly as the site has been earmarked for redevelopment. AFP
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      Lock icon China rebuffs Taiwan bid for talks
      134 9 TAIPEI AFP CHINESE officials yesterday rebuffed attempts by Taiwan to use a Taiwanese hijacker to reopen a negotiating channel with Beijing. Taiwanese government 90 ficials seized upon the first hijacking to the mainland of* passenger jet on Monday put the nationalist islamrs case for
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  • ASIA
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      Japanese cabinet approves three financial bills
      573 11  -  TOKYO Bills critical to success of Big Bang plan; more changes awaiting approval By< Anthony Rowley JAPANESE Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto's cabinet yesterday approved three bills that are critical to the success of his government's plan to promote a deregulatory Big Bang in Japan's
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      Lock icon Just visiting
      59 11 [MACKA Y] Two residents of Mackay in the Australian state of Queensland watching huge seas breaking on the town's harbour breakwater yesterday. Australian weather forecasters lifted cyclone warnings along Queensland's coast after cyclone "Justin the biggest to appear along Australia's east coast in 20years was beginning to decline
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      Lock icon Explosion at Japan nuclear plant
      160 11 ■TOKYO AFP AN EXPLOSION occurred late yesterday at a nuclear fuel reprocessing plant north-east of Tokyo, possibly releasing radioactive material out of the facility, a plant official said. Smoke was coming out of broken windows of a nuclear fuel reprocessing facility of the Power Reactor
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      Lock icon Moody's finds India's outlook unfavourable
      301 11 NEW YORK It cites unstable political environment, directionless economy Reuter INDIA'S unstable political environment, directionless economic policies, and a deterioration in its macro-economic balances have led Moody's Investors Service Inc to take an unfavourable outlook on the nation's Baa 3 sovereign rating. the agency said.
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      Lock icon S Korean firms to gang up against hostile takeover bids
      262 11 SEOUL AFP Reuter SOUTH Korean conglomerates yesterday agreed to gang up against any foreign or local bids for hostile takeovers in an unprecedented move here following a failed takeover attempt last week, a powerful business group said. "The FKI (Federation
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  • THE WORLD
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      Lock icon European shares hit record highs
      230 12 LONDON Reuter EUROPEAN shares rewrote the record books yesterday morning after the Wall Street bull thundered to yet another record close overnight its 14th this year. "It looks like the big boys are back buying the big stocks," said Alan Ackerman, market strategist at Fahnestock
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      Lock icon Fed urged not to resort to pre-emptive rate hike
      330 12 WASHINGTON Group of Democrat lawmakers tells Greenspan not to hold back growth AFP Reuter A GROUP of Democratic lawmakers on Monday urged the Federal Reserve to resist raising interest rates later this month as a "pre-emptive strike" against inflation. The group
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      Lock icon Sailing the world in Lisbon
      46 12 [LISBON] A visitor walking on Monday on the artificial sea floor of the main entrance to Expo-98 information-booth which opened last month. Lisbon's Expo-98 will be devoted to the world's oceans and will open to the public from May 22,1998. REUTER
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      Lock icon US productivity growth revised to only 1.1%
      337 12 WASHINGTON Unit labour costs up 2.5% in Q4 against 1-4% initial estimate Bloomberg THE Labour Department yesterday revised lower its estimate of US worker productivity during the fourth quarter and labour costs moved higher. Non-farm productivity rose at a 1.1 per cent annual
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      Lock icon Yeltsin sacks govt, keeps Chernomyrdin, Chubais
      169 12 Moscow AFP PRESIDENT Boris Yeltsin announced yesterday that he is dismissing the entire Russian government except for Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin and First Deputy Prime Minister Anatoly Chubais. In a decree on "measures to ensure the efficiency of federal executive bodies", Mr Yeltsin announced
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      Lock icon SFA bans former Barings risk director
      154 12 LONDON Bloomberg LAN Hopkins, head of risk and treasury at Barings pic when the merchant bank collapsed in 1995, was banned from working as a director in the UK for at least three years by the Securities and Futures Authority. In a widely expected
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
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      Will Malaysian home index take heat off prices?
      652 13  -  THE BOTTOM LIME OPINION By Eddie Toh The writer is BT's Kuala Lumpur correspondent LINING up overnight for a property in landrich Malaysia? In 1995, some buyers did just that at the launch of a housing project in Kuala Lumpur's prime Damansara
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      IN OTHER WORDS
      183 13 This wall of worry about what the Fed's going to do is probably the healthiest Sling we could have.' Stanton Freely an investment officer on the effect that concern over a possible interest rate rise has on inflation, stock values and speculation. 'I mean there is the
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      Little time to put Russia in order
      600 13 EDITORIAL RUSSIAN President Boris Yeltsin may find that his move to restore a semblance of order could come to naught unless newly appointed Deputy Prime Minister Anatoly Chubais is able to quickly push through a package of some harsh measures to restructure the
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      Lock icon EU's unwanted guests
      1115 13  -  Xenophobia runs high in Europe but its ageing population will increasingly need young immigrants Ry\ Salil Sarkar The writer is a Paris-based journalist who contributes to BT FRENCH WRITER and sometime high-ranking minister in several French governments in the 1960s and '70s Alain Peyrefitte, often likes to
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      Modern, educated mothers face many conflicts
      402 13  -  MAILBOX J Chong I ENJOYED reading Dr Lai's article headlined "A woman ponders her options" (Business Times, March 8). It was well-written and brought out very well the conflicts faced by the modern, educated mother. Deciding on the balance to be struck between one's
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      WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
      372 13 Serious lapse In US security SO now we know that people inside the White House knew about the possibility of Chinese government political contributions for US congressional races in June 1996. President Bill Clinton was told last month, which means that he has had several weeks
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  • EXECUTIVE LIFESTYLE
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      717 14  -  Isabel Allende is struck by the loneliness and obsession with violence, says migbaelskube MICHAEL SKUBE LAT-Washington Post ISABEL Allende talks with wonder of a friend who had 150 dates in a single year. Three dates a week. She scoured the personal ads, trying one
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      Lock icon Stars switch agents to boost careers
      605 14 PEOPLE Hollywood talent ft fiowrfcq faring cutthroat competition NYT [HOLLYWOOD] Arnold Schwarzenegger is turning 50 and has suffered box office disappointments. Sylvester Stallone's career is in the doldrums. Madonna failed to get an Academy Award nomination. So what do they do? They switch agents.
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
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      Lock icon Acer's profit growth slows to 4.7%
      394 17  -  Slowdown doe to plunging memory chip prices, lower sales in Russia, Australia By, Jennifer Lien [SINGAPORE] Plunging memory chip prices and weak sales from some subsidiaries helped slow down Acer Computer International's net profit growth from 1995's 19 per cent to just 4.7 per
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      IPC's backdating of subsidiaries' disposals puzzle analysts
      477 17  -  Company attributes sharp turnover drop to disposals of units By Jennifer Lien IPC Corp yesterday said the disposals of its overseas operations, including its US bysiness, were effective on Jan 1 last year, thus explaining the huge drop in its 1996 turnover. Although
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      CityDev seen as over-valued given softer property market
      602 17  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW Abdul Hadhi IT IS a sign of the times that City Developments, the blue-eyed boy of the property sector, is said to be trading at "excessive valuations". The property stock hit an all-time high of $15.50 sometime in mid-Febru-ary,
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      Lock icon Keppel Fels falls 10% on gloomy forecast
      198 17 Bloomberg (SINGAPORE) Shares of Keppel Fels Ltd, formerly Far East Levingston Shipbuilding Ltd, plunged 10.4 per cent to a three-and-a-half-year low after it reported 19% results and said its 1997 profit is likely to fall. The stock fell 60 cents to close at
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      New Toyo Int'l secures nod for mainboard listing
      198 17 [SINGAPORE] Specialised paper and packaging maker New Toyo International Holdings yesterday said it had secured in-principle approval from the stock exchange for a mainboard listing. The company produces aluminium laminate paper, noncarbon paper as well as corrugated carton boxes used for packaging
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      Lock icon Itochu to buy stake in Asia Pulp
      274 17 Japan trading house targets 30b yen revenue In APP goods AFP Reuter [TOKYO] Japanese trading house Itochu Corp will buy a stake in Singapore-based Asia Pulp and Paper (APP) Co Ltd for US$l million (551.43 million), a company spokesman said yesterday. "We will
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        Lock icon C&C Bintang posts 46% group pre-tax profit rise
        492 18 Boost from Mercedes Benz&nd NaTHa operations Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysian auto distributor Cycle Carriage Bintang Bhd reported a 46 per cent increase in its group pre-tax profit to M 5160.38 million (5592.7 million) for the year ended Dec 31, 1996, from M
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        Lock icon Give DRB-Hicom stable time to recover: Anwar
        190 18 AFP [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim yesterday sought to boost investor confidence in DRB-Hicom group after its stocks were sold down following its owner's death. Nine stocks formerly controlled by late auto king Yahaya Ahmad were sold down on requotation
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        Lock icon Landmarks may sell Shangri-La (M) stake
        390 18  -  From, Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur LANDMARKS Bhd may be selling its 27 per cent stake in listed Shangri-La Hotels (Malaysia) for about Ms4l6 million (Ss24o million) or at M 53.50 a share. Sources said the move was part of Landmarks' strategy to venture
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        Lock icon I'm here to stay, says Saleh
        369 18 New DRB-Hicom chief refntes talk his job is temporary Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] Mohd Saleh Sulong yesterday brushed aside speculation that his appointment as DRB-Hicom group chairman is temporary. "We have to see about that... if you are talking in terms of waiting for another
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        Delifrance interim profit increases 26% to $4.1m
        150 18 [SINGAPORE] Delifrance has posted net earnings growth of 26 per cent to $4.1 million for the half-year ended Dec 31. The cafe chain, which launched its initial public offer in October, registered a 21 per cent rise in group turnover to $57.66 million.
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          Chuan Soon Hust after-tax profit up 8.2%
          64 18 [SINGAPORE] Recently-listed Chuan Soon Huat yesterday reported a 9.8 per cent rise in group turnover to $44.4 million for 1996. After-tax profit improved 8.2 per cent to $4.6 million. The furniture and joinery company with the completion of a second factory in Indonesia
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          Hong Fok in deal to issue $30m notes
          43 18 [SINGAPORE] Hong Fok Corporation yesterday struck a deal with HL Bank and Societe Generals Asia (Singapore) Ltd, under which it can issue up to $30 million of unsecured variable rate notes to the two parties.
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          Hwa Hong gets nod for 14.61m new shares
          34 18 [SINGAPORE] Hwa Hong Corporation said the stock exchange has approved its issue of 1441 million new shares at $2.67 each. OCBC Bank is managing the placement
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          Lock icon Aokam shares trading at 30-month high
          84 18 Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPUR] The Aokam Perdana stock yesterday soared to a 30-month high of M 55.90, up 80 sen from Monday's close. Analysts said the hike followed talk that a new group has bought a major stake in the ailing plywood company after its
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          Lock icon MBf Cap reports M$500m pre-tax profit
          54 18 Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] MBf Capital Bhd chalked up a pre-tax profit of M 1500.6 million (Ss29o million) for the year ended Dec 31,1996, up 31.7 per cent Earnings per share improved 26.6 per cent to 43.3 sen, while total asfets increased Ml percent to
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          Lock icon Kulim's pre-tax profit rises to M$86m
          54 18 Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] Kullm (Malaysia) Bhd's group pre-tax profit for the year ended Dec 31,19*6, rose to MM6.92 million from Mf81.66 million. Group turnover rose to M 1478.96 million from MJ361.34 million previously. Basic earnings per share of the group rose to 26.96 sen
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        Lock icon China Light & Power plans to buy Aussie firm
        286 19 China Light Power plans to buy Aussie firm CLP ties up with US-based utility firm for purchase, estimated at USs3£b Bloomberg [HONGKONGJ China Light and Power Co (CLP), Hongkong's largest electricity supplier, plans to buy Loy Yang Power Co, the largest power company in Australia's southern state of Victoria, a
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        367 19 Stock down 11% since sokaiya scandal; 10 clients suspend business with firm Bloomberg [TOKYO] Nomura Securities Co shares plunged 4 per cent yesterday to an almost 4Viyear low as analysts downgraded the stock and at least 10 clients said they have suspended doing business
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        Lock icon 2 Ajinomoto officials arrested for paying off gangsters
        361 19 Six sokaiya members allegedly paid to hush 19 at shareholders' meetings also nabbed AFP Bloomberg [TOKYO] Japanese police arrested two senior officials of food maker Ajinomoto Co Inc yesterday for allegedly paying off sokaiya corporate racketeers, a police spokesman said. Yukio Noguchi,
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        Lock icon NetComm sells modem manufacturing business
        175 19 Bloomberg [SYDNEY] NetComm Ltd, an Australian manufacturer of modems for personal computers, said yesterday it will sell its manufacturing operations to HarTec Ltd for an undisclosed figure. It also announced the sale of 10 per cent of its issued capital, or 1.66 million shares, to
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        Lock icon Newmont Mining wins bettle for Sante Fe Pacific Gold
        253 20 FT [NSW YORK] North America's mining bid battle ended on Monday with victory for Newmont Mining after it lifted itfrpffer for Santa Fe Pacific Gold for the second time to Uss2.s billion (553.6 billion) and. won the support of the Santa
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        Lock icon Pre-tax loss at UK phone firm Orange rises to £229m
        348 20 Loss less than expected, subscriber base doubles, market share up to 1L5% Bloomberg [LONDON] Orange pic, a UK mobile telephone network company, said its 1996 pre-tax loss widened to £229.1 million (*****.6 million), less than expected, after it continued to
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        Lock icon Westin chain may be up for sale at US$1b
        220 20 Washington Post [WASHINGTON] Westin Hotels Resorts Co may be put up for sale by its owners, Goldman, Sachs Co and Starwood Capital Group LP, which have set an asking price of US$l billion (551.43 billion). Hotel analysts on Monday said likely
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        Lock icon Deutsche Telekom profit jumps 24% to 1.6b marks
        273 20 Earnings expected to doable in carrent year, says CEO Bloomberg [HANOVER] Deutsche Telekom AG said net profit rose 24 per cent in 1996 to 1.6 billion marks (551.34 billion) from 1.29 billion marks in 1995 on a 5.9 per cent rise in
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        Lock icon General Electric to buy Greenwich Air and UNC for US$875m
        418 20 Acquisitions will expand GE's lead in jet-engine servicing Bloomberg [FAIRFIELD, Connecticut] General Electric Co has agreed to buy Greenwich Air Services Inc and UNC Inc for US$B75 million (Ssl.3 billion) in cash and stock, and will assume an undisclosed amount
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        Lock icon Three Japanese fund managers going to merge
        255 21 Merger in October will create combined managed assets of over 15 trillion yen Bloomberg [TOKYO] A financial management affiliate of Japan's Kankaku Securities Co will take over another Kankaku affiliate and a unit of Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank Ltd in October, the three companies
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        Lock icon US court okays Prudential's offer to settle suit
        244 21 Insurer to pay at least USs4lomin class-action case Renter [NEW YORK] A federal judge on Monday approved an offer by Prudential Insurance Co of America to pay at least US$4lO million (SssB6 million) to poli-cy-holders to settle a classaction dispute over the
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        180 21 Renter [SAN FRANCISCO] Bank of America, the third largest US bank, said on Monday it would extend health benefits to the domestic partners of its gay or heterosexual US employees starting next year. Under its current policy, the bank, a unit of
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        Lock icon Two biggest oil futures exchanges set to seal pact
        330 22 Cooperation between EPE, Nymex conld lead to lower costs for petroleum dealers FT [LONDON] The world's two largest oil futures markets are expected to announce a pact this week that could pave the way for lower transaction costs for petroleum traders.
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        Lock icon Some foreign banks beefing up Tokyo operations for Big Bang
        439 22 Financial reforms, abundant investors cited as reasons Reuter [TOKYO] Some foreign banks have taken steps to expand their Tokyo market operations as they see increased business opportunities from planned financial reforms as well as an abundance of investors, bank officials
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        Lock icon Tight range for interest rate futures
        241 22 SIIKIK Report Reuter [SINGAPORE] Interest rate futures traded on Simex hovered in tight ranges yesterday as a lack of fresh leads and poor market interest hampered activity. Euroyen and Japanese government bond (JGB) futures failed to react to a larger than expected rise in
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        Optimism pushes stock index to 7-yr high
        195 22  -  MSCITAIW AM FUTURES -By Perry Gilbert By Perry Gilbert, vice-presi-dent, Refco Singapore Pte Ltd [SINGAPORE] Optimism over the prospects of the Taiwan economy and corporate earnings continued to boost the stock index yesterday. This raised it by 72.46 points to a new seven-year
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        220 22 ENERGY REPORT Reuter [DUBAI] Gulf oil states are ploughing billions of dollars into refineries to meet the demand for quality transport and heating fuels in the next decade, analysts said yesterday. Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Kuwait are leading the move to install sophisticated
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        277 22 Reuter AFP fffrnd^n THE US dollar, the mark and the Swiss franc, the three currencies most sensitive to events in Russia, shrugged off the firing of most Russian ministers yesterday. At 1245 GMT, the dollar was trading at 1.7060 marks against 1.7032 on Monday and at 121.85 yen
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      WORLD STOCK MARKETS
      2241 23 LONDON Marti Nece AS Ports 293 -3 UMy National 787.400 10.400 AIM Oomecq 445.400 -12.200 AITMC 125.400 »1 Asda Group WO -1 BAT Ind 558.400 5.400 BG Pic 164.400 -3.200 BICC 277 *2 BOCGroup 1016 -14 BR Petroleum 710.400 -5.600 BTR 283.400 -.600 Bank of Scotland 356.400
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      1643 23 Reuter QNikkci22S +153.83 THE Tokyo stock market's key index ended higher yesterday. Although players focused on reports of another major Japanese firm's suspected links with sokaiya racketeers, coming soon after the Nomura Securities case, the impact on the market was limited. The 225-share Nikkei Average closed up 153.83 points
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      1660 24 AFX-Asia CI Ham Sen* -1(156 SHARE prices closed lower yesterday in futures-led trade while blue chips were mostly softer in quiet trade. Dealers said that earlier gains were wiped out towards the close in selling triggered by futures traders. Stocks with a China theme and third liners continued to
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      Lock icon CHINA
      629 24 Reuter Q Shenzhen B Index *0.92 THE Shenzhen B stock market closed up yesterday on confidence over China's economic outlook lifted by the successful initial public offering of Shenzhen Expressway in Hongkong. The B Index gained 0.92 point to 157.34 on turnover of HK$95 million. The IPO of the
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      398 24 AFP QWP Index +72.46 SHARE prices rose 0.9 per cent to set a new seven-year closing high yesterday on a continued bullish run. "Investor sentiment was further encouraged by injections of more government-led funds into the bullish bourse," said an analyst. The TSE Weighted Price Index jumped 72.46 points
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      260 24 Reuter □Wellington -SJM SHARES closed slightly lower yesterday after rising in morning trading. At the close, the NZSE 40-share Capital Index had eased 5.81 points to finish on its low for the day at 2,274.26. —Reuter •mi azs rmm AHZ Banking 8.70 -0.05 3575 Advantaqtt HMgs 1.26 uncti *****
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      832 24 AFP HSETMn +1113 SHARE prices closed 2.4 per cent higher yesterday with a rise in Financials following government approval of a bond scheme to prop up the ailing sector. An analyst said news that the zero-coupon bonds will be issued by late March or early April pushed shares higher,
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      422 24 AFP POwnpostclalei -IL4O SHARE prices closed lower yesterday amid concerns over higher interest rates and the further weakening of the won against the dollar. The Composite Index dropped 11.40 points to 655.95. Turnover was 29.7 million shares worth 505 billion won. Falls beat risers 667 to 177, with 72
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      619 24 AFP AD Primaries +44 SHARE prices rose slightly yesterday, as the positive sentiment that drove the bourse up in early trade dried up by midday, leaving the market range-bound. The All Ordinaries Index gained 6.4 points to 2,468.3. Turnover was 420.8 million shares worth A 5990.9 million. Media giant
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      720 24 AFP n Composite Index -OJ2 SHARE prices closed down yesterday amid reports that Indonesian President Suharto went to a hospital. "A report that Suharto visited a hospital sent the wrong signal in the afternoon," a dealer said, adding the president had actually only gone there to visit an ailing
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      336 24 AFP fl Manila jjj SHARES closed lower yesterday on a lack of developments. "Foreigners are waiting for further dips before they buy," said a trader. The PSE Composite Index shed 8.35 points at 3,280.99. Turnover was 15.8 billion shares worth 2.8 billion pesos. Petron Corp rose 25 centavos to
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        Lock icon Shares up amid DRB/Hicom recovery
        317 25 AFX-Asia Q Composite Index +12i55 SHARE prices closed higher yesterday, led by a recovery in some Yahaya-related stocks. Dealers said the improved sentiment also spilled over to boost other blue chips. The KLSE Composite Index closed up 12.85 points at 1,250.33, on volume 0f563.3 million
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        Lien Hoe wrt is a high-risk punt
        182 26  -  WARRANT WATCH By. R Sivanithy CLOB counters seemed to have staged a bit of a comeback yesterday and so perhaps it's appropriate to scan this segment for any value. One likely candidate that looks like it's going to be in play volume has
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      CLOB INTERNATIONAL
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        HOT STOCK
        79 28  -  *1 Larry Wes BERJAYA IND BHD yesterday hit a 39-mth closing high of $2.37 on the session's highest volume of 14.5 million shares. Stochastics have now cut convincingly upwards, and although RSI is a little high, we art not in overbought territory yet. Short-term punters should not be
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        Blue chips rebound, lifting sentiment in second liners
        649 28  -  STOCK MARKET COMMENTARY Brokers say rally could be triggered by Bow's record close but lament the low volume; Glob-traded M'sian counters helped by easing of forced selling By R Sivanithy [SINGAPORE] After weakening for the previous three consecutive sessions, the local stock
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          Thai-up some loose change in equities
          171 28 AT YESTERDAY'S close of 719.96, Thailand's stock market has fallen 60 per cent from its July 1994 high of 1,789.16. There are, therefore, some bottom-fishing tips making the rounds. One has it that even blue chip stocks are pretty undervalued on a longer-term perspective.
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          Biggest overseas callers
          154 28 A TELECOM executive offered this little snippet: buildings in London's Square Mile where the big boys of the world's largest financial centre are concentrated account for 15 per cent of the UK's overseas phone call volume. And in Singapore, apparently 27 office buildings in our financial district
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          Looking after their own
          95 28 FOREX traders are often portrayed as belligerent, get-out-of-my-face characters. But we can tell you there's a soft side beneath the hard exterior. And we do so only after time has passed to heal the pain of those bereaved. After a popular market personality succumbed to cancer
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      348 29 Bridge News PAN AMAX owners continued to talk of firmer rates, but generally activity was described as a "stand off", brokers saidIt's all to do with expectation and reality, future hopes and potential historical fact, Clarkson Wolff said in the latest Biffex market report It was a very
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      410 29  -  Drtwry report also points to long-term dangers of manning shortages By\ Marcus Hand [SINGAPORE] Shipowners may soon need to refocus their budgets on costs something they have been regarding as relatively favourable and controllable the past two to three years. This was the early
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      184 29 Kaaaflraahm invested Mslb in Africa rise* Jvm Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's Konsortium Perkapalan Bhd is seeking to expand its shipping and air cargo business to South Africa, its chairman said yesterday. "We're seriously considering" expanding there, said Mirzan Mahathir. "The volume of trade
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      281 29 Reuter (ABU DHABI] International shipbuilders have submitted bids to the United Arab Emirates to supply the Gulf Arab state with fast patrol boats in a deal potentially worth US$l billion (551.43 billion), industry executives said. "The companies have submitted bids to the
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      Effects of Herald tragedy still being felt throughout the industry
      750 29  -  STRAIT TALK By Seafarer LAST WEEK marked a melancholy anniversary. The Herald of Free Enterprise, bow doors still open, left Zeebrugge 10 years ago. As is now only too well known, the car deck flooded, the ship turned over in
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      260 29  -  By: Felix Chan [SINGAPORE] An industrywide resource information management system was launched yesterday for the marine sector. Called the Marine Resource Information System (Maris), it enables shipyards participating in the Economic Development Board's (EDB) Local Industry Upgrading Programme (LIUP) to retrieve up-to-date information
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      218 29 US-JAPAM PORT ROW Bridge News [TOKYO] Three Japanese shipping lines said on Monday they will not pass on to customers extra duties the US will Impose on their US port calls in a dispute over Japan's harbour services market, the Kyodo news
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      181 29 Renter [AMSTERDAM] Amsterdam area port traffic rose to a record 54.7 million tonnes in 1996, 8.8 per cent higher than the total in 1995, the port authority said on Monday. Shipments of dry bulk rose 4.8 per cent to 35.4 million tonnes, with coal
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      1139 30 SHIP REGISTERS: IN THE THROES OF CHANGE With the IMO taking a lead to encourage flag states to implement various safety regulations, the shipping fraternity has begun to talk in terms of 'good and bad' shipowners among registers, rather than good and bad registers Lloyd's List
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      411 30 PAGE EuroHansa 6 A£L 13 Euroeast 12 ANL 3 Evergreen 6 Able 8 FL-Bright 9 n Accord 8 F «"ous 7 Appenship 5 Farwide 13 Astro 3 FoongSun 8 Austral 9 Frota 14 Avant. 6 Fit Links 13 B'tang Mas 8 Frt World
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      14964 38 THEBUSINESSTIMES EXPORT [TA ETA Advarttoar VMS* 1 Voyaoa TMapHona ETA CTA Advartliar VmmI Voyaoa TaNpnona SlN P n M— NmrObt Numtoar Ww> Nama """I**' "jgjg 17/03 24/01 OTCUM NOROKAP 4M *9-3393*37 ft |jA 17/03 24/03 Orient Cip NOROKAP *0* *9-*****99 To ABIDJAN (ABJ) 2003 To BOSTON (BOS) 2054
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        1787 45 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND La CARGO Rstls Ship VoYjte Etk/ttr Nrlod Frew To From Act (*M MOt 14/235* IVHOO VHOO vboo n/*5* n/r*oo U ttfTTOO tz/otw 12/0*00 a Vim 0/0*5* 12/ow 12/0700 tt/W O/M00 4 12/1200 0/M9* 12/TTOO ■limn-l 0212* 12/2300 M H/1500 V»5» VWOO rvrwo
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        206 45 Mar 17 Australia: Canberra Day. Mar 30 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
        770 45 rHIS report, compiled by Cockett Ma trve Oil Ltd. shows price ranges in US lollars Instead of single prices for a nore comprehensive description of the narket Prices shown are based on averagelixed stem. Market movements are indicted. The Cockett Bunker Price Index hange and the
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        495 45 Carta* IflO Mai 993.3 LI 16.8 0.13 106 0.08 Mart twnttY Water M*n As* Ola ■!>!»■ Si—it No abow £25 2 1 6 4 1 0 380 A«c 984.9 03 12.4 0.06 35 0.02 bm 380 Mai 995.9 It 17.9 0.12 83 0.07 W' %a* %m
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        431 46 Shippers council asks for EU probe; lata denies charges of collusion Journal of Commerce [BRUSSELS] A fight has erupted in Europe between air freight shippers and carriers concerning alleged coUusion over fuel surcharges imposed last fall on cargo. The European Air Shippers
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        237 46 AFP [NEW DELHI] India said on Monday it was re-training its air traffic controllers as a precaution against disasters similar to the mid-air collision be* tween two passenger aircraft which claimed 349 lives in November. Civil Aviation Minister C M Ibrahim told parliament there
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        269 46 Reuter [SEATTLE] Boeing Co and Flight Safety International said on Monday they will create a US$2OO million (***** million) joint venture combining their commercial pilot and ground crew training operations. Flight Safety, a unit of Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc, is the world's
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        51 46 [HAKATA, Japan] The newest Nozomi bullet train is shown to the public at Hakata Japan Railway station on the Japanese island of Kyushu over the weekend. Able to reach a maximum speed of3oo kph, it will make a debut run on March 22 in western Japan.
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        215 46 Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] Airlines will no longer have to file their intention to change fares on many international routes, under a new Department of Transportation rule unveiled on Monday. Currently, airlines must submit "tariff filings" to the agency when they change
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        Lock icon Boeing rules out rejoining superjumbo race
        256 46 Reuter [LONDON] Boeing Co chairman and chief executive Phil Condit on Monday denied industry speculation that the company was preparing to surprise the market by launching a new large aircraft if Airbus Industrie goes ahead as planned with the launch of its 550-seat A3XX
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        Lock icon Proposal to build US$1b Philippine railway system
        323 46 Foreign consortium's plan will ease flow of container cargo Bernama [MANILA] A foreign-backed consortium has proposed to build a US$l.37 billion (553.43 billion) intermodal transport system in the Philippines. Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) Under-secretary Primitivo Cal said the proposal was made
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        163 46 DPA [SYDNEY] An Australian-led consortium is close to signing a US$5O million (5171.S million) agreement to manage the airport on the Indonesian resort island of Bali, the Sydney Morning Herald reported yesterday. Australia Pacific Airports Corporation (APAC) chief executive Andrew Jurenko
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          74 46 Reuter [KUWAIT] Preliminary plans for the privatisation of Kuwait Airways Corp (KAC) could be ready in August but the actual move would still require several approvals and a political decision, the state-owned company said on Monday. "There is a committee with a time
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          77 46 AFP {TOKYO] Japanese trading house Sumitomo Corp has won a tender for a project to build train stations in Manila for 4.7 billion yen million), a company official said yesterday. Construction will be completed in late 1999, with the train services scheduled to be
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          73 46 Reuter [RIGA] Latvia's transport authorities hope to have an aviation agreement with Russia signed in April, Transport Minister Vilis Krishtopans said on Monday. Flight rights have been an issue between the two countries due to the debts in Russia of the insolvent former
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        309 46 AFP [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysian Airline System Bhd (MAS) is expected to fork out US$2.l billion (Ss3 billion) to buy 15 Boeing ultra-long-range 777-200Xs, the company's chief said yesterday. "The aircraft will cost about US$l4O million each. We are planning for the future
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      1026 31 TO EUROPE FROM EUROPE vissa voy sm rtm ham mv sou uh llvbse wt rtm ham brv sou lm kg sm NEDUOTD EUROf A 5107 13/03 03/04 01/04 05/04 NEDiiOYD OOAMU 4047 70/0? 10/02 23/02 12/03 13/03 NBUOYD HONGKON6 1107 14/03 30/03 01/04 04/04 05/04 MOSB 2047 23/02 20/02 20/02
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      590 36 Pi ACCORD A SHIPPING PTE LTD Ttl: *****56 (40 lin*s) FAX *****46 KM KUUK f$S) M/I*l DIRECT ACCESS TKI: 22SSSS7 (EXPORT ROOK I NO) Hsa OXU*G 07) JJMJ/7 *****87 (EXPOUT DOC), *****04 (IMPORT) m) jjj 144t U«L;MTTP://WWW.ACCORD.COM.SO MtAfU (Jl) *46 0770 PORT ETA SIN PORT ETA SIN PORT ETA SIN
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      272 36 BINTANG MAS SHIPPING PTE. LTD. 39 NEE. ROAD, SINQAPORE 0208 TEL: *****88 FAX: *****64 TLX: R*****6 SINMER CR No: **********0W RocoMng Cargo at PTI Mil*"*" I Umh vissa vox sm ry vejsb mm m SSESKM SssSSTOa® MrayjS WTOtf 23-JVW tl/O i -rt 1 I K-to —Mil vtssa vor sm in
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      460 37 Weekly LCL A FCL M rODIOdI Services to CoHbbeon is hipping A Central America MABBKVftNCOUVB MORCUMC 9706 9704 Port Country 16/03 24/03 Mix* City Belize 19/04 26/04 Bridgetown Barbados 22/04 29/04 Cartagena Colombia 21/04 28/04 Coslriei St Lucia 21/04 28/04 Fort de France Martinique 22/04 29/04 Freeport Bahama* 16/04 24/04
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      783 37 I PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL UNES (PTE) LTD I I 140 Cecil Street, #03-00 PIL Building, Singapore *****0. I cn NO: **********06 UVBML VOY PB6 ["1 SYD MIL AM Hi PIG I" UN I I BBU. fig f- W a Wi W I ri s l fflL ii'i ift H 1191 j'
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      834 37 VESSELS MOY SM JED PSD L£H HAM RTM THP ANR VKXEDAQUILA AI9W 16/03 28/03 gg OW 06/04 WW rj/04 VIiEOECARMA CI9M 24/03 02/04 04AM 13AM 14AM 16AM 17AM WO4 VM.LE DE SAGITTA SIBW 31/03 09AM 11AM 20AM 2VQ4 ZVO4 aw 2&04 \ALL£ DE NORMA NIBW 07AM 18AM 18AM 27AM 2BAM
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      71 39 //-"VISA FREIGHT SERVICES PTE LTD I stiiMishcd Sincc I4»S-4l 4 »S-4 Tlil TOTAI TRANSPORTATION PIOPI K KI (.111 \K C,K()LIIV\(.I ICI CON'SOI 11 >AI K >\ IMPOKI cS I \POKI s| K\ K I S OCEANIA PORTS AIICKI AMI SVLWTV BRISBANK Mi l lIOURXK f'RKM/WTLE ll' m visa iKiu.in siKvinsni
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      51 40 > TOKYO StilNll KAIUN CO PTI LTD nl'fil 10 ANSON ROAD #30-06 IIHH MTBVMnONAL PLAZA S'PORE 0207 TEL: *****25 (6 UNES) FAX: *****06 A *****10 C/Ffc **********0E SERVICE TO: FAR EABT/U.S.A/EUROPE 16/03/07 JAPAN, HONQ KONQ 16/03/07 USA 16/03/07 HAMBURG, ROTTERDAM, ALL BOOKINGS AND ENQUIRIES, PLEASE CONTACT: S'PORE OFFICE TEL: *****25
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      114 40 P.I PERUSAHAAN PHAKARAN W KALIMANTAN DIRECT WEEKLY SERVICE TO JAKARTA/PALEMBANG Vassal Vtv fTA/ETD DESTINATION RACHMANUEI II 4/97 11/1J Mar Jakarta/Mwnbang uammm■! J/V IS/UMm Jakarta/Palaaibang tACHMANUEI I 4/f7 17/11 Mar Jokarlo/PoWmbonfl tACHMANUEIII S/»7 21/22 Mac Jakarta/PdWmbang J SURABAYA/PANJANG CAIAKA MYA NIAGA 12/11 Mar Pin|i«g/Sunbay« MASA 14/1 5 Mar Sarabaya/Pan|ang PERAWAN/DUMAI/JAMBI/P'BARU I
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      85 40 -7T" "I FUU CONTAINER SERVICE rjll POLISH DCPARTMO EVERY SATURDAY Hri TO: POLAND (OOYNtA) 2(1 OCEAN RUSSIA (MOSCOW) KV as ports Ma estoma J LINES LATVIA, LITHUANIA. BELARUS, UMUUNi MONTHLY MEAKMJU SOVKI no S'PORf. «-SU, INDONESIA, VIETNAM EUROEAST 1,. NUAtwTVMM/hrtft/Mtk Parts UNES S.A. wa <* t. Ummi opto 60MT ovdkblo)
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      118 40 cassam KAWASAKI KINKAI KISEN KAISHA. LTD. JAPAN/ HONG KONG STRAITS S'por* P.Qudarvg P.Kalang Panang (IMG ACt m SLO MPT OROTHWHOPIV* MPT IVW FORTUNE ACE V 1 17/OJ IM3 IVORY ACE VI am ADVENTURE QUEEN VN ZMU p* mcEst vim am n/n PERNAS PROTON V 2 31« OZ/M SUNORMHTVZ 11/il OZ/04
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      114 40 FCL/LCL CONSOLIDATION SERVICE TO ASIA/F.E., EUROPE, USA, AUST, NZ, INDIA, S. AFRICA, MED., ETC. PLEASE CALL *****00 (16 UNES) VIETNAM CONVENTIONAL SERVICE -DOOR TO DOOR" SERVICE rasa oyg LOAQWG FOt UTO 15/03 HAIPHONG NHAMMGO9 20/03 HO CM MUM Alto Accepting Cargo For Ail Oh«r Vl«tnam*M Porta PLEASE CALL: 223 >622
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      483 41 I VESSEL VOY MAA SIN I TIGER ISLAND 517N 14-1503 19-23(03 28-2403 I TIGER BRIDGE 518N 17 ia«3 23-2403 31-01/04 I TIGER BAY SI9N 21 22/03 26-3003 04-05/04 I TIGER WAVE 520N 24-2403 30-0204 07-0404 I TIGER ISLAND S2IN 28-2403 02-0404 11-12/04 I TIGER BRIOGE 522N 31-01/04 *****0401 14-1404 IVESSE^^^^VO*SM^^CA^^SI^^|
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      674 41 FREIGHT LINKS EXPRESS I 62 Toh Guan Road Singapore *****1 Ua>i Tel: *****66 (60 Lines) Fax: *****33 |PV9|| vff E-MAlL:flesin@singnet.com.sg jkll *****02 l| CONSOLIDATION SERVICE CANADA ETD SIN SOUTH AFRICA ETD SIN MONTREAL 19/03 CAPETOWN 15/03 TORONTO 19/03 DURBAN 15/03 VANCOUVER 19/03 JOHANNESBURG 15/03 GREECE ETD SIN SPAIN ETD SIN
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      1109 41 n 1 0001 (Sinoopore) Pte Ltd CFS Keooel Distrok r —-db. 79 Amm Road #21-04 (S) *****6 It $13 #01-128 t ry \Y CR NO IIS7S7SOOOOH U: 272 7127 a*32Ml»O WWWI hk *****13 Fm 221 3942 F««: 272 7125 NORTH AMI RICA lISA/ CANADA <> AMTtAUA TO USA SGf SfO
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      623 42 SAMUDERA INDONESIA (S) PTE LTD 15 McCALLUM STREET #03-01/02 NATWEST CENTRE S PORE *****6 ■MB TEL: *****81-3 FAX: *****08 (OUTWARD) *****69 (INWARD) TLX: R*****0 CR HO. IM7MMOMO ■00KIII8S CALL 01R EC T LINE: 222 2 941/43 J ESS i C A/C EL 'A/MEICHAIi 7 slqs/week 8Q223Q1 3 slgs/WEEK ivma. |VOY
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      1259 42 *****21 TWICE WEEKLY EVERY THURSDAY/SUM DAY J ARRIVAL HXEO OAY-MONOAY VESSEL m rSTI RTM HAM FXT LEH ANR VESSEL HOT LfH FXT MAM AM UFA SM OOVER BRIOGE A7IOW I 15rfB I 06.04 0404 <804 07/04 MANHATTAN BRIOGE A7O4E SLO SlO SID SID SlO 1603 NORMANOIE BRIOGE J7IOW I 16C3
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      413 42 Singapore Soviet Shipping a® Cn. Pte. Ltd. CR NO: **********0N BOMBAY/COCHIN VESSEL VOY SIN BOM TRADE FAST TFSIBI 14/03 22/03 SEA SUCCESS I 02N 17/03 24AM MEKHANIK KURAKO MK3ON 29/03 06AM KOTACAHAYA CAHI79 03/04 11/04 ANNOUNCING REGULAR MONTHLY RO-RO BREAKBULK SERVICE SIN/BOM/N.SHEVA I VESSEL VOY SIN BOM/N.SHEVA TRANSOCEANIC 03-97 13/03
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      903 43 i ASIA MCMTTORANiAN EXPRESS VyESfBOUNP siRVIOE I VKSa 1 VOY |SH I PKG I CM» |MU GEN BCN KTM FH. ItH I MSCALEXA 9709-3 15 MAR 16 MAR 20 MAR 29 MAR 31 MAR 01 APR 06 APR 07 APR 08 APR MSCCARLA 9710-3 19 MAR 20 MAR 24 MAR
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      1334 43 fvßsi 19m I >m*mc IMI*IB I MM I SOU IUH Illli 1 «T 1 IVCSfI l« I SPOM IM6 I HKAN IMI IPY HGO SMM7II TTOI HO.HONGKONG HoTTIM 1141* 12-03 1144 0104 0544 1041 IKUNGI 2007 1141* 1241 17A3 1103 1941 2041 NO HONSHU 3107 15.03 1441* IXO3 31.03 0144
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      485 43 AP M 'THRI'cV WE H EK P L P y' DIRECT TO HO CHI M.MH CITY \iXPOHT TO MO CHI MIKM CITY IMPORT FROM HO CHI MIKM CITY vbE |wt| wt w BW kk f vesa Hot mmc nism vomu 97i» (14/43 (11/99 i4/w m 17/93 ramu """otii ii/n u/93
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      449 44 SIMO EXPRESS SHIPPING 11 COLLYER QUAY #06-01 THE ARCADE iSINOTRANSI f J 3 (*****7 J.TEL: *****90 FAX: *****98 TLX: R*****1 SINOEX SINOTRAHS SHANGHAI (CONTAIHER SERVICE) VESSEL VOYAGE ETA SIN ETAHKG ETA SHA 6. LUCK 9706 14/03 19/03 23/03 0. GLORY 9708 21/03 26/03 30/03 6. WELL 9708 28/03 02/04 06/04
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      198 44 sE2stt<s<SSr SSoSS(ii?»Miwty Ss!l^'S?wslw PKBJUItt(OI»3«tn JKT Ctt)OWIT MDW; C1)8448> HONGKONG MV "SEA RANGER" V.N094 ETA SIN 16-3-97 PUSAN MV "BIINGA SURIA" V 8097 ETA SIN 16-3-97 CALL BOOKING: 220-2022 MARILYN/YONG/LOOI/HAMIDAH calli mcwuiaMia consolidation, warehousing, transportation, HOUSEHOLD REMOVAL AND AIR CARGO SERVICE EXPRESS (SI PTE LTD I—————— LCL CONSOLIDATION SERVICE An aM*t»
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      169 44 t~ ■OCEAN ISLAND 13/03 RdnVAtwAJK I ■'RENE 22/03 28/03 Rdm/Atw/BmiVUK I ■DELTA STAR 12AM Rdm/Atw/Bmn/UK/Nari I ■canal P 15/04 Rdm/Atw/UK/Nan I J Loads E7W. Maiaysta. Indoneaa I I Loadrig for 1 ■HAPPY DAY Dubai/AOhabi/BahrairVDarnman/Kuwait I ■ADAMASTOS Hodeidah/Jeddah/Aqaba/PL Sad I ■CARAVOS EXPLORER Dubai/A Dhabi/Bahrain/Damman/Kuwaß A VERMEZ HocJeidah/JedclaJVEgypt I JANE Dubai/A. Dhabt/Bahrain/Damrrian/Kuwait
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      125 45 10S /iooe y LEGEND: R Thunderstorm Temperate. c >C\ Sho*er Weather _X Wind direction with speed in knots Rom V-^ Cloudy Sky Wove height Surface winds ore indicated by arrows which Hy with the wind One fuH circle represents calm or kght and variable winds One holt Heche represents 5
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