The Business Times, 31 March 1997

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    13 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 023/12/96 85c SINGAPORE Internet: http://www.asial.com.sg/biztimes MONDAY, MARCH 31,1997
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    MARKET SUMMARY
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    FINANCE
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    Silkair in market for US$400m worth of planes
    507 1  -  Ambitions regional carrier expects to fly into the black next year Conrad Raj [SINGAPORE] Fast expanding regional carrier Silkair is to buy a dozen aircraft worth some US$4OO million (***** million), and is now deciding between Boeing and Airbus as the supplier.
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    Lock icon Building a new China
    46 1 [BEIJING] A Chinese labourer works on an old building in Beijing to make way for new projects. China has ordered curbs on luxury apartment construction and high-class commercial development, saying more emphasis should be put on building homes for the masses. REUTER
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    Lower payment scheme puts a Beemer on some faces
    346 1  -  Under $1,000 a mth plan gets above 300 orders in Ist week By I Christopher Tan [SINGAPORE] An innovative scheme which allows ownership of a $153,000 Beemer for just under $1,000 a month has landed agent Performance Motors with more than
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    Lock icon Political panic grips Indian stocks
    328 1 Congress Party makes bid for power, withdraws from govt Reuter [NEW DELHI] Indian stocks took a beating in after-hours trading after the country was plunged into political uncertainty when the Congress Party made a bid for power and withdrew support for the minority government of
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    Lock icon Lending curbs seen dampening M'sian shares
    265 1  -  From Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIAN stocks, especially property counters, are expected to be dragged down today by Bank Negara's move last Friday to curb excessive lending for shares and highend properties. Another dampener will be the central bank's indication that interest rates
    Source: Bloomberg  -  265 words
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    Lock icon Taiwan head could be China's V-P
    62 1 Bridge News [BEIJING] Chinese President Jiang Zemin said yesterday Beijing is ready to offer Taiwan's leader the post of vicepresident in the national leadership if the island is reunited peacefully with China, the Kyodo news agency reported. Mr Jiang made the revelation in a
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      125 1 nigra I Mm fyn—ffw H» computer store chain aim to add up to three stores to its current stable of six in the next two years, P* 2 ■MIUUBg Dnß Cap Gemini expects to garner consultancy contracts worth $7(H» million this year, rrpgia ■AS cash call like ftmds will be
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      86 1 MAS make* M$3.3b cash call, Pg 19 Full year earnings NET On) CHANGE TktLolMfc <68.87 13.4 TfetLnFk 9.91 119.6 Pultoyu 3.84 113.0 TEBSHoldtags (5.14) BnUIBQRIHNII H jj MM Wi m HalL Vf L Solitaire J^m^M Yellow gold and diamond. V 0 oc z 5 1 150 YEARS OF HISTORY AND
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      8 1 Li Pen*, Hashimoto to exchange visits, Pg 5
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
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      Lock icon M'sia welcomes PM Goh's statement
      171 2 SINGAPORE-ELBOW Bernama [KEPALA BATAS, Penang] Malaysia welcomes Singapore Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong's statement seeking to restore and improve cooperation between the two countries, said Foreign Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi yesterday. Describing the statement as positive, he said Malaysia looked forward to such a development.
      Bernama  -  171 words
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      Lock icon Challenger Technologies aims for local and regional growth
      619 2  -  COMPANY VISIT Challenger Tech/nologies listing on local bourse to fond expansion also planned, says CEO By, Annette Pau LOCAL computer retailer Challenger Technologies aims to add up to three stores to its current stable of six in the next two years. It
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      HR institute appoints first woman president
      218 2 THE Singapore Institute of Human Resource Management has elected a woman president for the first time in its 31-year history. She is Lim-Ho Geok Choo, Changi International Airport Services' director of human resources. Mrs Lim-Ho replaces Edward Tan, president for the past 10 years.
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      Lock icon Q1 GDP forecast dropped to 3%
      326 2  -  E7E ON THE ECOMOMY Outlook By, Audrey Tan DEUTSCHE Morgan Grenfell (DMG) reckons expectations about the second-half economic recovery in Singapore may be too optimistic. "Given that this over-optimism has largely been factored in, some downgrading in the market is likely in the near
      Source: DMG  -  326 words
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      Deals worth US$140m signed with Fujian
      378 2  -  Largest investment is USs6omßPgas stations venture By] Lu Ning SINGAPORE-based investors yesterday signed nine investment deals worth US$l4O million (Ss2o2 million) with a visiting delegation from the Chinese province of Fujian. The amount of investment promised by Singapore parties in the deals which include
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    • NEWS Roundup
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        3,756 COEs for tender in April
        115 2 THE total quota of vehicle entitlements available for tender next month is 3,756. Tenders open tomorrow and close next Monday. Certificates of Entitlement obtained from the tender can be used to register vehicles from April 15. The breakdown of quotas by vehicle types for
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        Education ministry to explain fee rise
        78 2 THE Minister for Education, Teo Chee Hean, said yesterday that his ministry will make a full explanation of the increase in university fees in a few days. This move is in response to feedback that a single fee structure for laboratory and non-laboratory courses
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      222 3 I Come experience the I I spectacular I I Big I I tonight I I from I I at Boat Quay I I It's a night of big stunts, I big stars I I Big I I acts I I Singapore. .1 I launch and join us tonight for some
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      Big blow to Indon mining sector
      516 4  -  BUSANG GOLD SAGA Attracting foreign investment will be mnrh more difficult now, say analysts From S N Vasuki These firms will now find it extremely difficult to raise fresh capital, they said, and warned that Indonesia's ambitious plan to attract huge foreign investment in
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      Lock icon 12 die in grenade attack on opposition rally in Cambodia
      449 4 ■PHNOMPENH Reuter, AFP AT LEAST 12 people were killed and more than 100 injured in a grenade attack on a demonstration led by opposition leader and apparent target Sam Rainsy in the Cambodian capital yesterday. Police said four grenades ripped
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      Lock icon Bad debts and bankruptcies: the acid test for Vietnam
      445 4 HANOI lemming fiwm-ial crisis may be what poshes govt to action Reuter VIETNAM'S Communist government is facing the most serious test yet of its willingness to quicken the pace and broaden the scope of reform as trouble looms in the banking
      Reuter  -  445 words
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      Lock icon Thai finance crisis hits car sales
      304 4 BANGKOK Gar market growth set to slow oo cautious lending say analysts Reuter THAILAND'S recent finance sector crisis appears to have a new victim the auto industry. The Thai car market is expected to grow at a slower pace than originally projected this year
      Reuter  -  304 words
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  • CHINA-HONGKONG-TAIWAN
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      Poison threat over soaring property prices in HK
      433 5  -  HONGKONG Anonymous writer threatens to poison officials for failure to solve housing problem By] Loh Hui Yin FRUSTRATION over soaring property prices in Hongkong has prompted a letter writer to threaten to poison government officials including the Secretary for Housing, Dominic Wong,
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      Lock icon Li Peng, Hashimoto to exchange visits
      287 5 BEIJING Olii&0S0 President Jiang also agrees to visit Japan next year AFP BEIJING and Tokyo celebrated their warming ties yesterday by announcing an exchange of visits between Chinese Premier Li Peng and Japanese Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto before the end of the year. Chinese
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      Lock icon Protests mar HK Democrats' US trip
      165 5 HONGKONG AFP ATTEMPTS by Hongkong's Democratic Party to mobilise American support and money to its cause as the territory prepares for Chinese rule have been hampered by protests and official obstacles, the Apple Daily said yesterday. Democrat leader Martin Lee and other senior party
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      Lock icon Howard offers China partnership of differences
      237 5 SHANGHAI AFP, Reuter AUSTRALIAN Prime Minister John Howard yesterday offered China "a partnership that recognised there are differences" to patch up recent problems in bilateral relations. "You have your way of doing things in China, we have our way of doing things in Australia,"
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      Lock icon Britons flock to Macau as HK visa deadline nears
      347 5 HONGKONG Reuter BRITONS living in Hongkong flocked to the nearby Portuguese enclave of Macau during the last Easter under British rule to make the most of one of their privileges before the colony is handed back to China. Ferries making the
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      197 5 National Australia h Bank Asia can give you approval on overseas property finance by this time tomorrow. Now, applying for overseas property So when you're looking for a home Give us a call and let one of our finance is fast, quick and easy. or residential investment property in dedicated
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      11 5 HK property unlikely to be hard hit by measures, Pg 19
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      215 5 The Merchant Court Hotel. Now Open. Relax in a green, palm-fringed oasis, right in the heart of the Between dips in the pool, you can attend to business in the Central Business District Bask in the cheery comfort of a resort-style fully-equipped Business Centre or in the comfort of your
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  • ASIA
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      Japan urges quick WTO entry for China
      648 7  -  TOKYO Smaller nations with less ckrat can then bargain with Bering via the trade body By< Anthony Rowley A STRONG plea to accelerate China's admission to the World Trade Organisation is made by the Japanese government in a major report published today. The
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      Lock icon Beating the tax rise
      68 7 [TOKYO] Shoppers forming a line before the cashier as they stock up on canned beer and soft drinks at a discount liquor shop Kawachiya, in downtown Tokyo on Saturday. Japan's consumption tax rises from 3 to 5 per cent as of tomorrow, which is bad news
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      Lock icon Finn spent US$3.3m on illegal N Korean project, says report
      317 7 HANBO CASE Reuter AFP, [SEOUL] South Korea's collapsed Hanbo conglomerate faced fresh accusations yesterday of spending US$3.3 million (554.6 million) on an illegal project to take over a North Korean steel mill last year. The Hankoo newspaper charged that Hanbo
      Reuter; AFP,  -  317 words
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      Lock icon Nippon Credit urged to merge with govt bank
      363 7 ■TOKYO Troubled bank should be privatised before merger, says senior LDP official AFP A SENIOR official of Japan's ruling party has proposed a merger between troubled Nippon Credit Bank Ltd and the governmental Japan Development Bank (JDB), a newspaper reported yesterday. Taku
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      Lock icon India likely to cut import curbs, revive exports
      337 7 NEW DELHI Five-year trade policy doe today expected to be vital landmark Reuter INDIA'S new five-year trade policy is likely to sweep away a battery of controls on imports and contain strong medicine to revive flagging exports, trade analysts said yesterday. They
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  • THE WORLD
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      Lock icon Japan economy must stay strong to lead demand for US goods: US
      512 10 WASHINGTON Treasury Sec says Japan trade surplus with US may be rising strong US$ has helped American economy Bloomberg US Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin, just days before beginning an Asian tour, called on the Tokyo government to bolster
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      Lock icon US report blasts bureaucracy, tariff barriers in Japan
      219 10 TOKYO AFP AN annual report on foreign trade by the US Trade Representatives' Office blasted Japan's bureaucracy for its close ties with the private sector and its vague decision-mak-ing, the Yomiuri Shimbun said yesterday. The report, which will be submitted to the
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      Lock icon Bundesbank sees some leeway in EMU fiscal criteria
      389 10 FRANKFURT These are written so that one takes total political situation into account: official Reuter, Bloomberg EUROPEAN nations will take advantage of the "room for interpretation" that exists in the fiscal criteria for European economic and currency union, while strictly adhering to
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      Lock icon British couch potatoes all excited about new channel
      345 10 LONDON DPA CHANNEL 5 was set to take to the airwaves yesterday evening with a prime time cavalcade of stars, and British couch potatoes the length and breadth of the nation were reported to be excited about the advent of the fifth
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      445 10 V I This announcement appears as a matter of record only SUM CHEONG GROUP OF COMPANIES Sum Cheong Piling Pte Ltd w Sum Cheong Machinery Pte Ltd SC Marine Pte Ltd RB Machinery (Far East) Pte Ud 5580,000,000 Revolving Credit Facility Arranger Dresdner (South East Asia) Limited Lead Managers Dresdner
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      150 10 -*SP AFTER A HARD DAY'S WORK, THERE'S SIMPLY NOTHING LIKE YOUR OWN CASTLE BY THE SEA. a■ j| Imagine being able to, quite literally, stroll down to the beach at the end of your working day. You can at Mandarin Gardens, Singapore's only full service apartments by the sea. Apartments
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      1660 12 I 11/estpac Banking Corporation I STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTS FOR YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 1996 I Ufestfjac I Westpac Banking Corporation and its controlled entities (AM figures quoted in Australian dollars) I AUSTRALIA I I Head Office I I 60 Martin Placc I I I Sydney NSW 2000 I Audit Opinion
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  • BUSINESS IT
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      Cap Gemini to go on recruiting blitz
      654 13  -  It expects to sign $70-80 m worth of consulting contracts in region this year By\ Raju Chellam [SINGAPORE] Europe's largest computer services and consultancy company, Cap Gemini, plans to "massively recruit" infotech professionals and systems consultants in Asia this year to keep up
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      Disk drive head company all set to make Headway
      702 13  -  It is looking at revenues of some US$25O million next year Jennifer Lien [SINGAPORE] A start-up disk drive head company, which last year had the world's cut-ting-edge technology but no customers, eagerly expects to make a splash in the industry this
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      Three-way venture to offer digital printing solution
      269 13  -  Raju Chellam [SINGAPORE] Three IT companies Canon, Digital Equipment and Digital Ideas from Australia have announced a tie-up to offer an integrated colour printing solution for the graphics design industry and corporate networks. The tie-up involves Canon's CLC (colour laser copier) range of
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      Glut in IT trade shows here may force industry shakeout
      570 14  -  Multinationals say they will be selective in the number of shows they take part in By] Toh han Shih [SINGAPORE] A shakeout in Singapore's IT trade show industry may result if the current glut continues, say those in the industry.
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      HP, Microsoft tie-up to simplify enterprise computing
      276 14  -  By] Raju Chellam [SINGAPORE] Computer giants Hewlett-Packard and Microsoft Corp last week announced a strategic tie-up to help end-users "lower the total cost of ownership of large computing environments" by introducing products and services to manage complex computing environments. The tie-up will see
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      Lock icon Oracle forms alliance with Novell
      216 14 Reuter [DENVER] Novell Inc and Oracle Corp will formally announce today a strategic partnership that will make it easier and faster to conduct business on the Internet in a secure fashion, company officials said. "We're trying to put technologies in place so businesses can conduct
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    • IT TAKES
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        Let the games begin
        136 14  -  Compiled, by Lee Kee Yeng [SINGAPORE] Pacific Internet has signed a multi-distributor agreement with American Internet games giant ENGAGE to be the first Internet Service Provider (ISP) to Offer online gaming in Singapore, Hongkong, Indonesia, the Philippines and Malaysia. Online gaming allows up to hundreds of
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        Tlemidi network to be launched
        108 14 [SINGAPORE] NEC will soon launch the Telemidi network j which allows musicians to create real-time networks via regular telephone lines between various remote locations. Hie product will be launched under Telemidic Ltd, NECs fifth venture company established under a group-wide t **VantureßuatnemPromnHnmProgram" Ttwcnwipwwy will also
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        Learn to manage IT
        102 14 [SINGAPORE] The second in a series of information technology-baaed executive programmes with the theme Managing IT In The New Business Environment will be held on May 18 and 14 in Singapore. The executive programme will be led by Robert Zmud, visiting Shaw Foundation Professor from Florida
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        Institute honours Shugart
        58 14 [SINGAPORE] The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (lEEE) has named Alan Shugart, president and CEO of Seagate Technology, as the 1997 recipient of the Reynold B Johnson Information Storage Award. The award acknowledges his leadership in the evolution of disk-drive technology. Mr Shugart is the founder
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        IPC introduces new line of POS systems
        60 14 [SINGAPORE] Local IT conglomerate IPC has launched its u« line of Polnt-af-Sales (POS) systems, comprising of Ufi NexPOS ELITE, NexPOS PRO and NexPOS GOLD. The 9 new line caters to all sections of the market. NexPOS ELITE is already on the market and
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      Through the Gigabit Ethernet glass.. ATM in Wonder LAN?
      873 15  -  By Gene Deutsch The writer is an A TM specialist with Cabletron Systems UNTIL last year, 110 one had heard of Gigabit Ethernet and now this fledgling technology seems to be running at full tilt. There is something inherently attractive about
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      Digital and NCI specs for network computers out
      157 15 [SINGAPORE] Digital Equipment Corp (DEC) and Network Computer Inc (NCI) last week announced a set of specifications for network computers running on DEC'S StrongAßM microprocessor. The first NCs based on these specs are likely to come from Japan's Funai Electric Company, DEC
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      Hand-held head-turners at CeBIT
      445 16  -  Truly mobile PCs emerged in style. One dazzled; and it wasn't running Windows CE Kenneth James [SINGAPORE] Talk about mosquitoes at a nudist camp. At CeBIT '97, which ran from March 13-19, what was revealed wasn't skin but computers and telecom equipment and office automation products.
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      Lock icon IBM, Oracle, Sun and Netscape set PC smartcards standards
      326 16 Bloomberg [SAN FRANCISCO] International Business Machines Corp, Oracle Corp, Sun Microsystems Ine and Netscape Communications Corp have created standards for smartcards that would transform any generic network computer into a personalised computer. The four companies established the basic hardware and software
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      HP aims for 15% share of NT workstation market
      334 16  -  By Toh Han Shih [SINGAPORE] US computer giant Hewlett-Packard (HP) is aiming for a 15 per cent share of the PC workstation market in the Asia-Pacific following the recent launch of its first personal computer workstation for the region. "We are
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      ...and for third spot in PCs and PC servers
      152 16 [SINGAPORE] HewlettPackard aims to increase its standing from No 6 last year to No 3 in 1999 in the work! market for desktop and laptop personal computers and PC servers. That's according to Adrian Koch, HP's Asia-Pacific general manager for computer
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      Lock icon MAS makes M$3.3b cash call
      649 19  -  Rights, bonds to help pay for new aircraft; deal sweetened with one-for-one bonus By Eddie Toh m Kuala Lumpur NATIONAL carrier Malaysia Airlines has finally unveiled a fundraising exercise which will partially finance its Mslo billion (Sss.B billion) order for 25 new Boeing aircraft over
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      Lock icon Belgacom set for heavy job losses in revamp bid
      309 19 FT [BRUSSELS] Up to half the 25,000 employees of Belgacom, Belgium's partly-privatised telecoms monopoly, in which Singapore Telecom has a stake, are to be offered early retirement or internal job moves in a sign of likely turbulence when the European Union
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      Tat Lee's Bank's 1996 profit up 13.37%
      474 19  -  Some analysts expect a capital-raising exercise by the bank By\ Siow Li Sen [SINGAPORE] Tat Lee Bank, the last of the six banking groups here to report its results for 1996, posted a group net profit of $68.87 million, up 13.37 per cent,
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      Tat Lee's property arm lifts profit 13%
      218 19 [SINGAPORE] Pan Malayan Holdings, the property unit of Tat Lee Bank, lifted group net profit 13 per cent to $3.84 million for 19% thanks to an improved second half. However, turnover for the full year rose only 5 per cent to $14.48 million.
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      Tibs plummets $5.1m into the red
      335 19  -  By' Tan Su Yen [SINGAPORE] Trans-Island Bus Holdings plunged $5.14 million into the red for 1996, due to its loss-making bus operations and higher operating costs. The previous year the bus and taxi operator made a $6.95 million profit. Tibs' losses, which it posted
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      HK property unlikely to be hard hit by measures
      685 19  -  HAMO SUMO nfSIOHT Land scarcity still a major factor In pricing By Quak Hiang Whai IT IS popularly believed that seven out of 10 Hongkong companies make money from property. And for those in the business of trading or watching property
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      Lock icon Rashid Hussain won't buy Thai brokerage
      127 19 Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's Rashid Hussain Bhd said it abandoned a plan to buy a 33 per cent stake in a Thai brokerage to be set up by Krung Thai Finance Securities Public Company Ltd. Rashid Hussain, a financial services group with regional ambitions,
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        Lock icon Many China-linked firms plan HK listing in July
        392 20 Makes sense, say analysts, as market is expected to be buoyant aronnd change of sovereignty Reuter [HONGKONG] July listings of China-related shares are expected to add colour to celebrations surrounding Hongkong's handover to Chinese rule and could give the counters an initial
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        Lock icon 1998 listing for HK DragonAir unlikely
        236 20 Reuter [HONGKONG] Hongkong Dragon Airlines Ltd is unlikely to be listed in 1998 unless it is part of a possible listing of its major shareholder, China National Aviation Corp (CNAC), the South China Morning Post said yesterday. "The question is whether a listing by
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        464 20 Mutual fond says many switched to money market when Dow plunged Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Unless interest rates decline or level off soon, it will be almost impossible for stocks to rally much, according to investors who manage billions of dollars of
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        Lock icon No comment on Thomson-CSF report: GEC-Marconi
        172 20 No comment on ThomsonCSF report: GEC-Marconi Bloomberg (PARISJ GEC-Marconi, a UK defence electronics maker, declined to comment on a newspaper report it's a candidate to buy the French government's controlling stake in ThomsonCSF, Europe's biggest defence electronics maker. The French Finance Ministry set last Friday as the deadline for companies
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        Mandarin Oriental unfazed by start-up costs
        824 20  -  Group says profits from HK ops will offset losses from 5 new hotels in next 2 to 3 years By* Ang Wan May [SINGAPORE] THE Mandarin Oriental International group has shrugged off fears that its five new hotels will be a drag on earnings,
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        Lock icon Thailand's One Holding needs credit lifeline to survive
        452 20 Advisers say it must ask creditors to extend credit lines Reuter [BANGKOK] Ailing Thai firm One Holding pic, the investment arm of Thailand's One group of companies, must ask creditors to extend credit lines if the company is to survive, its financial
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        Lock icon Lyonnaise des Eaux, Suez confirm they are in merger talks
        263 20 Proposed deal could shake up Europe's utilities sector FT [PARIS] Suez, the flagship French holding company, and Lyonnaise des Eaux, the utilities and communications group, on Friday confirmed months of speculation that they were holding merger talks. The combination of
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        Lock icon Lippo Bank in LA agrees to changes after sanctions
        513 23 FDIC queries bank's real estate loan portfolio and management methods Los Angeles Times, Bloomberg [LOS ANGELES] Lippo Bank of California has agreed to restructure its banking and lending practices, including reducing its "substandard" assets and coming up with additional capital, after
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        Lock icon ABN Amro takes hard line on soft-drug dealers
        367 23 Bank cots off credit lines and services to coffee shops which sell maryuana FT [AMSTERDAM] ABN Amro, the largest Dutch retail bank, has responded to growing international ire with the liberal Dutch attitude to drugs by slamming the door on softdrug dealers.
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        Lock icon AMP eyeing UK insurance firm: paper
        130 23 Reuter [LONDON] Australian Mutual Provident (AMP) is planning a £2 billion (554.7 billion) takeover of mutually-owned life insurance company National Provident Institution (NPI), the Sunday Telegraph said. Observers of both companies told the paper that AMP had written to NPI demanding talks about an
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        47 23 [BEIJING] A blackmarket money-changer counting his renminbi at a street corner in Beijing yesterday. China's gradualfinancial opening took its first step when Hongkong Bank and the Industrial Bank of Japan last week kicked off the long-awaited renminbi services in Shanghai Pudong New Zone. AFP
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        315 23 Move to shore np confidence in wake of falling stock prices Reuter [DHAKA] Bangladesh has granted eight financial institutions permission to act as merchant banks, in a move to boost a capital market dogged by allegations of share price manipulation, government officials said
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        Lock icon US cotton exchange may list futures on other systems
        287 23 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] The New York Cotton Exchange's two financial futures divisions hope to list some contracts on another exchange's electronic trading system, said Charles Minnaar, the NYCE's senior vice-presi-dent of marketing. The Finex division wants to list some of its
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        Lock icon India central bank unit told to pay ANZ bank 8.6b rupees
        178 23 Reuter [BOMBAY! An Indian arbitration panel has ordered a whol-ly-owned subsidiary of the country's central bank, to pay ANZ Grindlays Bank 8.6 billion rupees (Ss3ol million), Indian financial newspapers reported yesterday. The award is linked to transactions involving Har-
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        Lock icon Banque Rivaud posts loss of 917m French francs
        194 23 Bloomberg [PARIS] Banque Rivaud, a pri-vately-held French bank, lost a net 917 million French francs (*****.3 million) in 1996 after taking charges on its loans to domestic airline Air Liberie. Banque Rivaud did not say how much it earned in 1995. The
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        582 24 vtiMnv Weeklyßoundup AFP [HONGKONG] Most regional currencies ended mixed against the US dollar, although both the Singapore dollar and the South Korean won took sharp dives. Japanese yen: The yen seesawed against the US dollar before closing out the week slightly lower. It stood at 123.65-68
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        860 24 COMMODIT7 Weeklyßoundup AFP [LONDON] London's tea auction houses have rarely known such heady days: African blends have failed to arrive, English traders have lost their cool and prices have bubbled over. A three-month drought in the mountains of east
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        262 25 SES Another week passed with yet more turmoil over the future direction of US interest rates. The Straits Times Industrials Index was one of the best performing Asian indices on the week, closing at 2,098.92 after gaining 30.44 (+1.47 per cent). The 30 year US treasury bonds closed
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        266 25 Source: Analysed by Johan Tellvik, a director of Bridge Int'l Broking E-mail: jtellvik@bridge.com mtUMw Strength IndCT RSI measures the rate at which prices move. As a rule, an RSI above 80 indicates an overbought condition while RSI below 20 indicates an oversold market. RSI is more effective
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        141 25 Outlook Thakral, offers an interesting BUY as one of the premier retail distributors in China benefitting from a surging economy. The company may surprise on the upside as the local economy picks up steam. Thakral distributes Panasonic, Sony, and Sharp audio-visual products in China and Hongkong. It's China distribution
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        155 25 Outlook UOB Foreign has outperformed the Straits Times Industrials Index by 2.8 per cent since the start of 1997. After the close on Thursday it reported a 13 per cent growth in net profit to $715.5 million which was mainly boosted by its Malaysian operations. Loan growth grew
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        Lock icon Wall St may see more turbulence today
        525 26 NEW YORK Attractive bond yields may lore investors away from eqnities: analysts AFP US SHARE trading could encounter continued turbulence today, following a three-day Easter break, as investors fret over possible interest rate hikes and weigh the advantages of moving from stocks to
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        ASIAN MARKETS Roundup
        903 26 THE Australian bourse rose 1.5 per cent over the week with subdued reaction to a US interest rate hike, but brokers saw a harder period ahead with US factors likely to push the market down. "On the balance of probability it will be going down this week,"
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        Lock icon Hang Seng set to tumble further
        288 26 HONGKONG AFP HONGKONG shares are set to lose ground in the coming week, with investors taking profits as the bulls take fright, dealers said on Thursday. "We've sorted out the question of interest rates, and now we are going to be listening to pure,
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        WORLD STOCK MARKETS
        1902 26 P| Paris *Lf% FRENCH stocks are seen gaining in coming days amid a continuation of recent higher-than-expected earnings reports. On Thursday, the last trading day before a four-day Easter weekend, the CAC-40 Index rose 0.3 per cent, or 7.95 points, to 2,656.68. From the previous Friday, the
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        Lock icon Footsie casts off recent gloom to climb higher
        372 26 LONDON AFP SHARES here cast off recent gloom unleashed by interest rate uncertainties and embarked last week on a fresh upward path, following the shining light of Wall Street. The FT-SE 100 Index of leading shares rose by 58.1 points, or 1.37
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        Lock icon Consumption tax hike seen keeping investors sidelined
        332 26 TOKYO AFP JAPANESE share prices are likely to experience directionless trading during the coming week as investors are left without fresh incentives, brokers said. "Investors are expected to keep to the sidelines as they try to assess the negative impact of a consumption
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        Lock icon Bank Negara's move may hit property stocks
        324 27 Bloomberg, AFP |fH Composite Into +4.7 THE Malaysian share market is expected to consolidate after rising 0.4 per cent in the week to Friday. "Property counters may be affected by new lending limits set by the central bank but the overall sentiment is
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        Theoretical model says Renong 2000 wrt is worth considering
        218 28  -  WARRANT WATCH -fty R Sivanithy DETERMINING the "fair" price of a war rant is a highly subjective task and one that's often open to a great deal of debate. For the more quantitatively inclined though, a rule of thumb often used
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        68 30  -  Shiv Taneja AMSTEEL CORP closed last week at $1.26, down three cents on a volume of 217 million shares traded. It is a good long term buy, though in the near term the share price might fall to Just above $1.20 Investors should use this opportunity to accumulate
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        420 30 SOURCE: Deutsche Morgan Grenfell Research Stocks VotMM *M8F Land Bttd 21.051,000 Labroy M 20c 20.378,000 *MBf HMgs 50c 18.987,000 Pac Andes 20c 13,626,000 *Menang Corp 12,770,000 •Asm Pk Ld 12,208,000 *Tongkah Wt99 12,071,000 •AmsteeiWt 12.020,000 •FAC8 50C 11,750,000 HK Land US$0.1 11,705,000 Stocks S Keppei Corp 64,744,702 City Dcv 50c
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        Things aren't looking rosy for stocks in the short-term
        698 30  -  THE WEEK AHEAD US rate hike, Bow's plunge, climbing bond yields, S'pore-KL row point to one thing the heat's on R Sivanithy [SINGAPORE] With the amount of heat we have been having in the past couple of weeks, it almost feels
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      334 30 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CHAPTER 90 Ml LA NO RESTAURANTS PTE LTD MEMBERS' VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company deemed to be held on 24 March 1997. the following resolutions were duly passed 1. SPECIAL RESOLUTION WINDING-UP That the Company be wound up
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      271 31 Contributed by Simpson Spence Young PAN AMAX bulk carriers continue to dominate the dry cargo sector with a (hrther three units reported sold this week. Demolition prices have remained steady with a number of ships sold. There are however a limited number of large/more attractive units workable for
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      419 31  -  Thai port being promoted as a cheaper option to cargo transhipment through S'pore, HE From Alan Boyd in Bangkok THAILAND has launched a marketing drive in Indochina and China aimed at positioning Laem Chabang port as a cheaper alternative to cargo transhipment through
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      Lock icon Japan to hold talks with US, EU on port practices
      152 31 AFP [TOKYO] Japan will hold talks on Wednesday with the US in Washington and the European Union in Brussels over Japanese port practices. Washington decided last month to impose surcharges of US$lOO,OOO (*****,000) a time on Japanese ships calling at
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      56 31 [HONGKONG] The Russian tall ship Pallada passes through Hongkong harbour watched by thousands of onlookers who lined the pier late last week. Thirty-three ships from 18 countries as far apart as Colombia and Poland are taking part in the 1,450 nautical mile voyage to celebrate the centennial
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      162 31 Journal of Commerce [NEW YORK] US manufacturers and Importers of high-val-ue goods are increasingly shunning US ports and their relatively high taxes and freight rates in favour of Canada, the latest government statistics show. A report released late last week by the Office of
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      Overcapacity of yards easily seen from world directory
      623 31  -  DOCKYARD By David Hughes NOBODY in the shiprepair business needs telling that there are a lot of yards competing for business and that the number is increasing. But geography is crucially important in shiprepair. Facilities have to be where they are needed,
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      Lock icon EU shipowners warn of shipbuilding subsidy race
      261 31 This may happen if US fails to ratify OECD accord Reuter [BRUSSELS] Failure by the US to ratify an OECD accord to slash shipbuilding support might spark off a race for subsidies which could hit the freight market, a European Union shipowners' body
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      Lock icon Pelepas port's operator gets M$2b financing package
      270 31 Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] Pelabuhan Tanjung Pelepas Sdn Bhd, the developer and operator of the country's new south-west Johor port, has secured a Ms 2 billion (Ssl.2 billion) package to finance the development of phase one of the port. The package comprised a floating
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        65 31 Bernama-Kyodo [TSU. Japan] A *****-tonne tanker has been completed at NKK Corp't plant in Tsu, Mie prefecture in Central Japan, to Import liquefied natural gat (LNG) from Malaysia to Sendai, north-eastern Japan, officials said over the weekend. H»e lao-metre-long tanker, amort AmtmSmdai, has a capacity of
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        40 31 Journal of Commerce (JOHANNESBURG) South Africa's main port of Durban will increase its handling capacity at its container terminal by 1908 to 1.1 million containers a year from 780.000 now. the state-run Portnet said.—Journal cf
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        133 48 Reuter [BRUSSELS] DHL is considering the future of its Boeing Co 727 fleet in Europe, a DHL spokesman said. The company has 28 *****, but due to concern over noise regulations and a need for more capacity, DHL wants to replace the fleet.
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        303 48 Reuter [MOSCOW] Russia's international carrier Aeroflot has abandoned plans to modernise its wide-body Ilyushin 11-86 jets with CFM-56 engines from General Electric and Snecma. "This project is not efficient and Aeroflot will drop out of it," said an Aeroflot statement late
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        426 48 Top five cargo airports are Memphis, LA, Miami, JFK and Narita Journal of Commerce [GENEVA] Global air cargo traffic rose by 5.9 per cent in 19% to reach 49.3 million tonnes compared with a year earlier, according to a survey by
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        132 48 Bloomberg [SHANGHAI] Ansett Australia, jointly owned by Air New Zealand and News Corp Ltd, has opened a representative office in Shanghai in preparation for the start of its first Australia-China service in June. "Our success in the highly competitive Asian arena will depend on this
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          68 48 Reuter [PARIS} State-owned airline Air France Europe resumed flights out of Paris' Orly airport yesterday as ground staff discussed whether to continue a strike that began on Friday. An airline spokeswoman said air traffic was normal The strike over the airline's merger with parent company
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          90 48 Reuter [FRANKFURT} Lufthansa Cargo AG may drop its ftiel surcharge in early May, a Frankfurt-based United Airlines official forecast. The Germany cargo sales manager for UAL—a Lufthansa partner airline—Robert Blythe said the recent decision by Delta Air Lines to drop its 10 US cents
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          59 48 (HANOI] Vietnam has approved a US$l63 million (***** million) project to build a tunnel through Hai Van pass in central Vietnam, the official Vietnam News Agency reported yesterday. The project includes construction of a 14km road, including a skm tunnel running through Hal Van pass on
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        200 48 DPA [TAIPEI] Taiwan's EVA Airways has claimed Chinese "obstruction" was forcing it to delay a planned air link between Taiwan and Cambodia that was due to open next month. EVA planned flights between Taipei and Phnom Penh starting April 10. But last week,
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        168 48 Reuter [BEIJING] South Korean car maker Hyundai Motor Co has applied to Chinese authorities for a 22 per cent stake in the Sino-French Guangzhou Peugeot Automobile joint venture, the China Daily Business Weekly said yesterday. Peugeot Automobiles said last week it had not
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      1238 34 <Sr DSR-SENATOR Round the World Container Services TO UK/CONTINENT FROM UK/CONTINENT I l„M 1 ,TU luvIMM I FU I ANT IHA VESSEL »0Y LHA HTM |WV WW FU _AjjL SM wm TTS" mm'" iiF 24M CHOYAMQQLORY EF7IS MO3 18.8 11.8 13.H MM smDnMOTtBMTQR WF7I7 KM M M 24.M 24M 22
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      983 34 NOR ASIA FIXED DAY WEEKLY DIRECT CALL TO GENOA BARCELONA WITH FAST TRANSIT TIME FOR MORE DETAILS/BOOKING CONTACT:- PATRICIA/CALVIN/WILSON hnqapom NSA SHIPPING PTE LTD I ALSO ACCEPTWG LCI TO: TEL: *****83 FAX: *****00 CM NO. **********0 C VOOCE/TWESTVANCONA/AIEXANDWA/PORT THAILAND PB AOENCKS CO LTD TEL: M2-2&21M8 SAD/PWAEUS/NM.TA'VARCQ.ONA A VALENCIA —lIIHinU PT
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      450 34 CONVENTIONAL SERVICE TO THAILAND AND MALAYSIA BREAKBULK, RO/RO AND HEAVYUFT ANY WBGHT THAI FLAG STATUS PRIORITY BERTHS km Exp*» V.44A SAILED SAILiD SARID 31-03/04 Am Ixprtss V.4SA 06-01/04 09-09/04 13-14/04 14-17/04 Ask Express V.46A 20-22/04 23-23/04 26-27/04 27-30/04 Asio Express V.47A 03-05/05 OfrOA/OS 10-11/05 11-14/05 BOOKINGS I ENQUIRIES: m fu
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      1346 35 I VESSEL VOY SIN POU PKO P6N BUR MAN TEVFOUW PJL-1223 20/03/97 *****/07 IRAN GHEYAAAAT PJL-1228 08/04/87 03/04/97 07/03/B7 20/03/97 23/03/97 IRAN TAKHTI PJL-1224 13/03/97 07/03/97 j IRAN TAKHTI PJL-1230 18/04/97 13/04/97 28/04/97 I ACCEPTING FULL CONTAINER SHIPMENTS TO INLAND POINTS IN IRAN CIS COUNTRIES l-E.AZARBAIJAN. ARMENIA, KAZAKHSTAN. UZBEKISTAN, TURKMENISTAN.
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      415 35 (IfL. IPKRKAPATjAN DAI ZHUN jfff TONG JOO SHIPPING PTE LTD CR NO: **********0 C REGULAR CONTAINERISED SERVICES TEL: (65)535 7793 FAX: (65) 533 2952 /KUCKIM9-FAS7IST TWAHSIT/ MUAKA-PKIOKfTY Iflfflf 71 /HO CHI MIMHDiDICATED A APPLE ***** 03/04 GUOO 974S 00/04 GIWI ***** 01/04 OISOON ***** 00/04 GITONG 9726 00/04 GIHUAT A
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      1210 36 aaoi'twKAHmmwwHUiiomussK SQP DOM ANW HBG THP ZEE LHV LHV THP RDM ANW HOG PKL SGP E REPUTE RW-008 85/04 2MM 30,1)4 24/04 28/84 2M4 30/04 E.GARLAND RE-048 11/03 13/03 12/03 14/03 15/03 07/04 08/04 TZiJ u£ 87/ M WH 08/05 07/06 E. GAMMING RE-967 IM|3 10/03 10/03 20/03 21/03 14*4
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      1064 36 as ■XPORT VESSEL VOYAGE SGf OUI MA AMI DMN lAN KWT lAI VESSEL VOYAGE DM MA AMI MM lAN SGf I UNCONCHT 0441-01* 03/04 IVO4 11AM 14/04 ISAM 14/04 14AM 17AM UNIOUIT 0444-0371 73/03 73/03 74/03 75/03 74/03 07/04 UNI COMCORO 0450 034* 10/04 70/04 70/04 71/04 72/04 73/04 71/04
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      475 36 r*a> NANTAI LINE FUUY CONTAINERISED SERVICE TO MAURITIUS SOUTH AFRICA vessel vot m pui out I (w KAMUIQUgM OlfS 03/04 12/04 14/04 20/04 HAHIAIPtIWQ 014S W/04 27/04 24/04 MAOTUVtNUS 019S 24/04 03/05 07/05 11/05 NOW 014S 03/05 13/05 17/05 21/05 mwui ntiwass 014s 13/05 21/05 oi/ot MAHTAI QUEEN 020S 22/05
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      1199 37 HYUNDAI I MERCHANT MARINE CO. LTD. WESTBOUND TO EUROPE BKG: *****32 M m pgo I SIN I UH 1 RTW I AWT I HAM I Wit I m —«/03 24/03 W/M HXDURE JO*» M/OJ "/®4 19/04 19/04 19/04 22/04 03/04 03/04 05/04 NY.COMMOOORE 30SW 00/04 23/04 24/04 20/04 20/04 20/04
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      36 37 PAlWeecm MVMQPTIIID Wookly LCL consolidation services to MEXICO, CENTRAL A SOUTH AMERICA Accepting cargo for ports in Mexico. Guatemala. B Salvador. Honduras. Costa Rica. Domwvcan Rep. Puerto Rico, Venezuela. Trmdad. Colombia. Ecudor Peru. Chile A Uruguay
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      1167 38 BANGKOK 1 PT KILANO Z VESSEL VOY SIN BKK VESSEL VOY SIN PKL OEJABHUM 691N Mon |In Pt Thu 03/04 B MAS EMPAT 7530 Mon In Pt Wed 02AM NANTABHUM ~340>r Tue 01/04 05/04 BUNGA SEROJA 7071 Tue ot/04 Wed 02/04 MATH (J BHUM" 324N Wed 02/04 Sat 05/04 QURU
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      326 38 9 f BINTANG MAS SHIPPING PTE. LTD. 38 NEIL ROAD, SINGAPORE OtZOB TEL: *****88 FAX: *****64 TLX: R*****6 SINMER CR No: **********0W Receiving Cargo at PTI > I BlntuKi I I Mumi I YISSIL VOY SIN UU VKSU VOY SIN MUA J fcntang Mai *9706f 02-03/04 06/04 *awyG* sUhiflNiMi/M wo.
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      1536 44 SAMUDERA INDONESIA (S) PTE LTD 15 McCALLUM STREET #03-01/02 NATWEST CENTRE S'PORE *****5 TEL: *****81-3 FAX: *****08 (OUTWARD) *****69 (INWARD) TLX: R*****0 CR NO. **********00 BOOKINGS CALL Dj jj Vf 3 j E^ S 7 SLGS/WEEK 3 SLGS/WEEK (VESSEL [VOY [SIN IJAK [VESSEL I VOY [SIN |SUff MAERSK NARA 9714
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      1352 44 M ■TJ2J2J TWICE WEEKLY EVERY THURSDAY/SUNDAY ARRIVAL FIXED DAY-MONDAY VESSEL yor nun NIM HAM «I LEH AM VESSEL VOT liN m NAM MR HM SW MING NORTH J7I2W I 3CVO3 I 16,04 1804 1404 21/04 MING GALAXY A7O6E SLO SLD SU) SLD SLO 0104 MING SUN A7I3W I 0104 I
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      210 44 Singapore Soviet Shipping <d& Co. Pte. Ltd. MULTILINE SHIPPING PTE LTD fi I?) (a member of SINSOV Group) CR NO: **********0 C ANNOUNCEMENT COMMENCING WITH THE SAILING OF M.V. NOVIKOVO VOYAGE 002/97, ETS SINGAPORE 9/4/97, INTEGRATED CONTAINER > FEEDER SERVICE AND SINGAPORE SOVIET SHIPPING COMPANY f WILL OPERATE 4 VESSELS,
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      694 46 OSINO EXPRESS SHIPPING 11 COLLYER QUAY #06-01 THE ARCADE iSINOTRANSI S (*****7 J.TEL: *****90 FAX: *****98 -UtS TLX: R*****1 SINOEX NCy SINOTRANS SHANGHAI (CONTAINER SERVICE) VESSEL VOYAGE ETA SIN ETAHKG ETA SHA "G~LOCK 97Q8 04/04 09/04 13/04 0. GLORY 9710 12/04 18/04 21/04 g WELL 9710 19/04 25/04 28/04 G.
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      351 46 a. MAC-DELS {'MM M'Slfl I Carrier: MN CONTR LINES, INC bNSA" 1 S«U: (084) *****9 MANKA: (832) #*****1 yZ>\s PENANQ: (04)*****6 BANGKOK: (862)*****57 SURABAYA: (31)*****0 P. KELANG: (03) *****77 JKT: (21) *****07 MON: (61) *****3 TOKYO/YOKOHAMA/KOBE /OSAKA MV "SEA RANGER" V. N124 ETA SIN 06/04 NAGOYA MV "ALLIGATOR FORTUNE" V.
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