The Business Times, 5 March 1991

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    11 1 Business Times MCI (P) 16/12/90 Tuesday, March 5, 1991 75 4
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  • NEWS SUMMARY
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      Moscow urged to soften stance on Baltic republics
      55 1 1 ATVIAN President Anatolijs Gorbunovs said yesterday that the Kremlin should soften its hardline stance on the Baltic republics, after his republic voted overwhelmingly for independence. Unofficial final results said 73 1 pei cent of the electorate voted for independence and 24.8
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      Thai PM to seek royal approval for Cabinet
      37 1 THAILAND'S militaryappointed premier, Anand Panyarachun, was to have an audience with King Bhumihol Adulyadcj yesterday to seek approval for his new Cabinet line-up. the 1 hai News Agency reported.
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      Abacus expects record
      38 1 ABACUS, the Singapore-based computer reservations system, expects a record 10 million bookings worth at least US$2O million this year in spite of the hiccup in the travel trade owing to the Gulf war Page 2
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      Upgrading plans
      23 1 PIDFMCO and is to spend $50 million to upgrade two of its commercial properties. Pidemco Centre and Orchard Point Page 2
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      Big hopes for price cut
      32 1 THAI industry leaders expect the fall 111 retail oil prices to result in a surge 111 exports and a cut in production and transport costs Page 7
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      Tokyo sets reforms
      21 1 JAPAN'S Finance Ministry is finalising a package of sweeping reforms aimed at tackling deregulation and globalisation Page 9
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      Recession still strong
      21 1 THE RECESSION in the US is still well entrenched, according to a survey of 15.0(H) businesses Page 9
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      New phase for Asean
      24 1 THE Gulf conflict may have brought to the fort* a new phase in the political development of Asean Page 11
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      Protection money
      25 1 BODYGUARDS aren't just tor movie ->tars; hot-shot executives won't admit it. but they too shell out hard cash to be protected Page 15
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      Boost for training
      30 1 LOCAL training in freight forwarding will get a boost this year when the VITB includes j the subject in its curriculum. Shipping I imes Page 1 j
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  • MARKETS SUMMARY
    • Article
      Dow higher
      37 1 BLUE CHIP stocks firmed on Wall Street yesterday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average up 8.66 points to 2,918.56 five minutes after the opening bell. Last Friday, the Dow closed 27.72 points higher at 2.909.90.
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      Footsie higher
      34 1 SHARES in London were higher at midday yesterday, helped by Wall Street's Friday advance. At about 1200 GMT. the Footsie 100-share index was up 8.2 points, or 0.3 per cent, at 2.395.1.
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      Investors cautioned
      38 1 THE END of the Gulf war will lead to a temporary surge in stock prices worldwide but it should not be interpreted as an end of the world's economic woes, says ehartist David Fuller Page 3
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    • Article
      Lift for SSL results
      25 1 STRAITS STEAMSHIP Land's results for 1990 have been given a $3 million boost through a change in accounting policy Page 3
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      Banks optimistic
      36 1 THE SINGAPORE branches of Kyowa Bank and Saitama Bank, which will merge on April 1. expect the business of the new branch to expand dramatically over the next two to three years Page 6
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      STOCK INDICES
      30 1 Monday Change BT-MCiA 716.29 f6.l3 Kuala Lumpur 567.83 +8.32 Hongkong 3.564.34 f 11.97 Tokyo 25.976.02 94.45 Sydney 1.387.4 -8.8 Friday Change New York 2.909.90 27.72 London 2.386.9 -1-6.0
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      CURRENCIES
      19 1 Exchange rates USS SSI.7365 100 Yen SSI.2825 MS SS0.6362 Money market rates Overnight 4-5/8 -1/4 3-month 4-11/16% -3/16
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      COMMODITIES
      38 1 London Gold AM tlx USS365.50 -USSI.W Rubber S'pore Apr 146.50*/kg -0.25 M'sia Apr 225 50*/kg unch KL Tin Turnover 15 tonnes-52 Spot MS 14.97 /kg -0.03 Crude palm oil Turnover 2.162 lots +635 Mar MS870 /tonne 11
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    Sembawang Shipyard's profit at eight-year high
    634 1  -  But EPS fails to inspire analysts By Dexter Lee BUOYED BY strong gains in the shiprepair business. Sembawang Shipyard (SSL) has chalked up its best results in eight years with a group after-tax profit of $52.16 million ($46.42 million). This works out to an
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    Citra group expands into Johor
    333 1  -  Turi Beach developers to turn Mt Ophir into $160 m resort From Suzanne Soh in BATAM INDONESIA'S Citra group, which has already pumped about US$l3O million into Batarn, is set to expand into Johor with its first major tourism project in Malaysia, j A memorandum
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    STII finishes at high of 1,472.85
    218 1 ACTIVE IRA DING on the Singapore stock market yesterday drove the Straits I imes Industrials Index up 9.87 points to close at a high of 1,472.85. Much of the activity centred on counters thought most likely to benefit from the recently announced Budget proposals
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    Anti-Saddam riots spread as Iraq releases 10 allied PoWs
    345 1 The Gulf after the War I R AO freed 10 allied prisoners of war yesterday in a first step towards meeting truce terms as rebels bent on toppling President Saddam Hussein said they had seized control of Iraq's second city of
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    Asean must both compete and cooperate: PM
    470 1  -  From Chuang Peck Ming in BALI AS KAN must be more competitive and build up the clout to keep world trade open, according to Singapore Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong. This is its only answer for now to the trend towards economic groupings.
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    Lock icon India unveils austere budget with big cuts
    124 1 Reuter INDIA yesterday unveiled an austere interim budget that features big cuts in popular subsidies and government disinvestment in state-run companies two reforms that have been urged by the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The controversial threemonth interim budget presented by Finance Minister Yashwant
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      14 1 I ittle room for expat workers; UK agencies seek aid for developing countries, PgK
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  • HOME NEWS
    • NEWS ROUNDUP
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        Fourteen immigration officers to be charged
        93 2 THE CORRUPT Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB) has completed a year-long investigation into allegations of corruption among some immigration officers at the Woodlands Immigration Checkpoint. Fourteen of the 400 immigration officers will soon be charged with malpractices, a statement from the Ministry of Home Affairs
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        Fashion contest opens
        75 2 INTERESTED PARTIES can now apply for the second Singapore Young Designers (Fashion) Contest. It will be one of the programmes for a week-long fashion promotion event. Fashion Connections Singapore, this August. The top-prize winner will be awarded a two-year overseas scholarship to a prestigious fashion college and
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        New Sri Lankan commissioner
        56 2 THE HIGH COMMISSIONER of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, Ranhoti Pedige Edmond Jayasinghe, presented his credentials to president Wee Kim Wee yesterday. He succeeds Janaka B Nakkawita. Among other achievements, Mr Jayasinghe has been the deputy permanent representative of the Sri Lankan Mission to
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        Ambassador-designate of Spain
        35 2 LEOPOLD STAMPA, the ambassador-designate of Spain to Singapore, presented his credentials to president Wee Kim Wee yesterday. He is currently the ambassador to Indonesia, a post he has held since July 1989.
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        Frank Small secures tender
        56 2 FRANK SMALL ASSOCIATES has won a tender for a survey on public attitudes towards the police with a bid of $63,000. It has also fielded two other offers. Frank Small beat three other tenders ranging from $74,800 to $90,000. They were from Opinion Research Consultants, Research
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        Goodwood's special offers
        91 2 THE GOODWOOD GROUP of Hotels of Singapore is marketing two special packages "Benefits Specials" for the regional market and "Privilege Specials" for the international market. First introduced last November, the group has extended the packages to the end of September. The benefits and privileges vary from hotel
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      Pidemco Land to spend $50m to upgrade two buildings
      354 2  -  By Lilian Ang PIDEMCO LAND, the hived-off property arm of the Urban Redevelopment Authority, is to spend $50 million to upgrade two of its commercial properties, Pidemco Centre and Orchard Point. The aim is to help the two prime-location buildings maintain
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      Abacus expects record 10 million bookings
      390 2  -  By John Tan ABACUS, the Singaporebased computer reservations system (CRS), expects a record 10 million bookings worth at least US$2O million this year in spite of the hiccup in the travel industry caused by the Gulf conflict. Andrew Herdman, the outgoing general manager of
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      SIA to start its first trans-Atlantic service in June
      352 2 SINGAPORE AIRLINES will launch its first transAtlantic service in June when it starts a thrice-weekly service to Toronto. The service, via Vienna and Amsterdam, will be the second destination for SI A in Canada. It now flies to Vancouver over the
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      Several airport concessions up for tender
      273 2 SEVERAL CONCESSIONS are up for tender at Changi Airport, at a time when passenger flow has fallen because of the Gulf crisis. The main one is the dutyfree liquor and tobacco concession at Changi Airport Terminal One, which raked in sales of 5230 million
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  • SINGAPORE – MALAYSIA COMPANY NEWS
    • Article, Illustration
      Steamship Land enjoys $3m boost to results
      469 3  -  By Elaine Koh STRAITS STEAMSHIP Land's results for 1990 have been given a $3 million boost through a ehange in accounting poliey, whieh combined with higher rents and interest income, enabled the property group to post a modest rise in profits last year.
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      Sea View interim slides
      236 3 DESPITE a $2 million increase in turnover, Sea View Hotel's interim earnings have fallen to half its level of a year ago. Yesterday, the listed company said its turnover rose 22 per cent in a year to $10.83 million for the period ended Dec 31, 1990,
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      Negri Sembilan golfing resort eyes Singaporean members
      363 3  -  From William Chia in SEREMBAN MALAYSIA'S latest golfing-cum-residential resort, Staffield Country Resort in Negri Sembilan, hopes to recruit 700 members from Singapore with its marketing launch next month. WTW Consultan managing director Dinesh Nambiar, the project managers for the Ms6o million resort, said
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      Antah in venture with US oil services firm
      175 3 ANTAH Holdings Bhd has embarked on a 50:50 joint venture with a US-based company. Western Petroleum Services International (WPSI) to expand its oil and gas division. The joint venture. Antah Western Petroleum Services Sdn Bhd. will provide the Malaysian petroleum industry with
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      Be bullish but beware of 'trap'
      514 3  -  Interview with chartist David Fuller By SN Vasuki THE END of the Gulf war will lead to a temporary surge in stock prices worldwide but it should not be interpreted as an end of the world's economic woes, Mr David Fuller, chairman of the
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      Exports help BAT profit rise 36pc
      424 3  -  By Harish Mehta BOOSTED mainly by rising exports, British-American Tobacco Company (S) Ltd logged a 36 per cent increase in net profit after tax to $30.4 million in the year ended December 1990. Domestic sales, however, were dragged down due to new restrictions on
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    • COMPANY BRIEFS
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        PIHP to raise stake in Pernas Hotel (Selangor)
        126 3 PERNAS International Hotels and Properties Bhd (PIHP) has proposed to acquire a 47.3 per eent stake comprising 31.97 million shares in Pernas Hotel Chain (Selangor) Bhd from Pernas Hotel Chain Holdings Sdn Bhd for M 554.35 million. PIHP said yesterday that on
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        Sports Toto's capital gain
        131 3 SPORTS Toto Holdings Bhd will realise a gross capital gain of about MS 19.5 million following its proposed divestment of 16.64 per cent in Magnum Corp Bhd. TTie proceeds will be used to repay the group's borrowings. In a circular to shareholders. chairman Tan Sri Thong
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        Landmarks' profit forecast
        128 3 LANDMARKS Bhd. the hotels and property group, expects to generate a consolidated pre-tax profit of MS 10.6 million for the year ended Dec 31, 1990, said Commerce International Merchant Bankers Bhd. In a circular to shareholders yesterday concerning the proposed acquisition of ÜBN Holdings Sdn Bhd. CIMB,
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        HL Credit profits up 45.9pc
        87 3 HONG Leong Credit Bhd recorded a 45.9 per cent growth in its group pre-tax consolidated profit to MS 19.47 million for the six months ended Dec 31, 1990. lrom MS 13.35 million in the 1989 corresponding period. Group turnover also rose by 19 per cent
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  • REGIONAL COMPANY NEWS
    • COMPANY BRIEFS
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        Hudbay Oil strikes gas in Malacca Strait
        136 4 BRITISH COMPANY Hudbay Oil has made a significant offshore gas discovery in the Malacca Strait, the Indonesian state oil and gas company Pertamina said in Jakarta yesterday. Production tests at the DC-1 well on Padang island, some 177 km west of Singapore and
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        Daikin sees higher profit
        87 4 DAIKIN INDUSTRIES Ltd forecasts parent current profit of 29 billion yen (550.37 billion) on estimated sales of 385 billion yen in 1991/92, up from expected current profit of 28 billion on sales of 340 billion in 1990/91, a company spokesman said in Tokyo yesterday. Daikin, a
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        Alcoa repeats results warning
        107 4 ALUMINIUM PRODUCER Alcoa of Australia Ltd has repeated a warning to shareholders that profits in 1991 will be lower than the A 5782.7 million (S$ 1,064 million) reported for calendar 1990. "The financial results in 1990 cannot be repeated in the less favourable market conditions prevailing
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        Toshiba wins Polish order
        94 4 TOSHIBA CORP has won an order for medical equipment from Poland worth an undisclosed sum, a company spokesman said in Tokyo yesterday. The company won an order for one magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system and seven x-rav computed tomography (CT) machines from eight hospitals. It will
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        Japan-Indonesia oil project
        107 4 JAPANESE oil exploration firm Japex North Sumatra Ltd will start producing crude oil and natural gas in 1992 at fields north of Medan off the Indonesian island of Sumatra, it said in a statement in Tokyo last Friday. Production is based on a 50-50 production sharing contract
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      Promet-related firm in multi-million dollar bids
      359 4  -  From Al O Labita Jr in MANILA IPCO Marine Pte Ltd, a Sin-gapore-based power equipment manufacturing and trading company associated with publicly-listed Promet Bhd, is eyeing commercial prospects of Manila's energy requirements over the next five years. It has submitted bids to the Aquino
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      Lock icon Foreign firms waiting for Seoul's market opening
      408 4 Reuter FOREIGN securities firms, while grumbling about high costs and restrictive rules, have been lining up for the scheduled 1992 opening of the Seoul stock market to foreign direct investment. Although the high-volume Japanese firms have been the most aggressive in seeking entry,
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      Four Thai companies to increase capital
      202 4 FOUR listed companies on the Stock exchange of Thailand the Industrial Finance Corp of Thailand (IFCT). Securities One Ltd, Thai Military Bank and Bumrungrad Hospital 1 have announced plans to boost capital and to pay divi- dcnds. The announcement to raise capital is considered
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      Hwa Kay Thai hits out at blocking of warrants
      493 4 HWA KAY THAI Holdings directors have launched a bitter attack on the recent Hongkong Stock Exchange listing committee decision's to block trading in its covered Tanayong warrants. They claim "we were led up the garden path". The South China Morning Post
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      694 4 I Straits Steamship Land Limited I (Incorporated n the Repubi c of S ngapore) H I AUDITED RESULTS FOR THE YEAR I ENDED DECEMBER 31,1990 I I The audited results of the Group and the Company for the year ended H H December 31,1990 are as follows: I COMPANY GROUP
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  • INTERNATIONAL COMPANY NEWS
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      Lock icon Revlon holding talks with three companies about possible sale
      435 5 NYT REVLON INC, the cosmetics giant headed by billionaire Ronald O Perelman, is in talks about a possible sale of the company with Procter Gamble; L'Oreal, the French cosmetics giant; and Unilever, the Anglo-Dutch conglomerate. One cosmetics industry executive familiar with
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      Lock icon Heineken profit rise as forecast
      161 5 Reuter HEINEKEN NVs 12.4 per cent rise in net profits to 365.7 million guilders (*****.7 million) in 1990 matched most expectations, analysts said last Friday. "It comes close to what I've estimated. The figures look all right, although it may be a bit of a
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      Lock icon Daily News discussions fail
      611 5 Tribune Co strategy said to contribute to collapse of talks NYT WHILE the management of The Daily News and its striking unions share blame for the failure of their negotiations, that failure was from the beginning a likely, if not inevitable, outcome of the strategy of
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      Lock icon ATT offers incentives to keep computer staff
      260 5 Reuter AMERICAN TELEPHONE and Telegraph Co said it is offering an incentive programme to retain workers in its computer division who might seek work elsewhere out of fear of losing their jobs in the event of a merger with NCR Corp. Russell Thomas,
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    • COMPANY BRIEFS
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        Coats expected to bid for Tootal soon: paper
        95 5 A REPORT in the Independent on Sunday newspaper said a long rumoured bid by Europe's largest textile firm Coats Viyella pic for Tootal Group pic at £200 million is imminent. A Coats spokesman was not immediately available for comment. Just over a
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        Allied to get 20pc Lanson stake
        84 5 UK DRINKS GROUP Allied-Lyons pic will have a 20 per cent stake in Lanson, which is being sold to fellow champagne producer Marne et Champagne, said a British newspaper. Lanson is a unit of LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SA. The Sunday Times said
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        Sears in Grattan counter-bid
        95 5 REPORTS in the Sunday Telegraph and Observer newspapers said stores group Sears pic is about to make a counterbid for mail order firm Grattan, owned by Next pic. The Observer report said Sears will top the agreed £140 million offer from German mail order house Otto-Versand
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        Results unsatisfactory: Nokia
        93 5 FINNISH electronics and industrial group Oy Nokia Ab raised its pre-tax profit in 1990 but said the result was still unsatisfactory. Group profit before tax and minority interest rose to 711 million markka from 604 million and earnings per share rose to 5.47 markka from 4.36. Operating
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        Healthco merger deal ended
        61 5 HEALTHCO INTERNATIONAL Inc said in Boston that its merger agreement with Hicks Muse Co has been terminated by both parties. Healthco said its board acted last Friday morning "after several days of intense but ultimately unsuccessful efforts to reach a revised agreement with Hicks Muse". Hicks
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        Siemens' offer to Spanish unit
        54 5 SIEMENS AG has offered to buy the 7.4 per cent it does not already own in its Spanish subsidiary Siemens SA, the Spanish firm said in Madrid last Friday. The National Stock Market Commission (CNMV) suspended trade in Siemens SA shares on the Madrid and
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  • FINANCIAL NEWS
    • SMALL CHANGE
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        World Bank may help rebuild Kuwait, Iraq
        96 6 THE World Bank expects to help rebuild Kuwait and Iraq, even though the war-torn countries are not eligible for loans due to their high per capita income, bank president Barber Conable said. He said the bank's role will probably include technical assistance, the
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        Westpac wins court ban
        98 6 NEW ZEALAND'S High Court has extended until March 27 an injunction restraining New Zealand's biggest newspaper group. Independent Newspapers Limited, from disclosing information contained in letters from Westpac Banking Corp's Australian solicitors to the bank, Westpac said in a statement. Westpac first obtained the injunction on
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        Rush to buy Italy's bonds
        82 6 ITALY'S first ever fixed interest 10-year domestic bond issue is attracting foreign investors to snap up one of the Treasury's longest issues to date. "There's a lot of foreign interest in a world where long-term interest rates are coming down," said Graham Bishop, a London-based
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        HKBank Canada net income up
        58 6 THE Hongkong Bank of Canada said its consolidated net income for the first quarter ended Jan 31 rose 43 per cent to C 514.5 million (Ss2l million) from the same period a year ago. Assets rose to $10.9 billion from $6.1 billion. The bank is
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      Kyowa, Saitama branches in S'pore to merge
      364 6  -  By Quak Hiang Whai THE SINGAPORE branches of Kyowa Bank and Saitama Bank will merge on April 1, in conjunction with the merger of their parent banks in Japan. The new offshore branch, to be named Kyowa Saitama Bank, is likely to be
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      Opportunities for development bankers in Asia
      229 6 AMPLE opportunities prevail for development financial institutions (DFIs) in the area of infrastructure and business development within the Asian region, says Ngiam Tong Dow, the permanent secretary to the Ministry of Finance. Mr Ngiam. who is also DBS Bank chairman and Singapore's alternate governor
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      Region stands to benefit from Kuwait's reconstruction
      282 6  -  By Diana Oon COUNTRIES in this region stand to gain a great deal from the reeonstruction of war-devastated Kuwait, said Dr Neal Soss, the managing director and chief economist of the First Boston Corporation in New York. He said that while the contracts
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      Lock icon Midland Bank may cut dividend, say analysts
      488 6 Reuter MIDLAND BANK is expected to be the only bank among Britain's top four to report a loss when it releases 1990 results today and analysts believe there is a chance it may cut its dividend. Broker estimates for 1990 cover a range
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      Lock icon Nat-Ned, NMB merger becomes effective
      313 6 Reuter NATIONALE-NEDERLAN-DEN NV said its merger with NMB Postbank Groep NV became effective yesterday, after more than 90 per cent of shareholders in both companies tendered their shares in favour of the combination. Nat-Ned, the largest Dutch insurer, and NMB, the third largest bank, said
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      70 6 THE SINGAPORE BUDGET 1991. HOW WILL IT AFFECT YOU? following the Minister's announcement on Friday, ice will be holding a seminar to discuss the effects of the Budget. Speakers for the seminar will be Paul F Fllard, Fok Soy Yoong, Jean l)e Souza and Steven SI Timms. Please call us
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  • THE REGION
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      Businesses pin hopes on oil price cuts
      558 7 Thai industrialists expect surge in exports MANY Thai industry leaders surveyed by The Nation pinned high hopes on the cut in retail oil prices that was announced without details by the military junta last week. They anticipate a surge in exports and a
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      Lock icon Viet plans for investors' forum meet with cynicism
      409 7 Rcuter THE Hanoi government is hoping to attract overseas funds with a big international investors' forum this month, but foreign executives say excitement about short-term prospects in Vietnam is fading. More than 400 foreign participants from 26 countries are expected to attend
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      Lock icon Sabah receives more federal aid than other states: Ghafar
      266 7 Bernama MALAYSIAN Deputy Prime Minister Ghafar Baba said on Sunday the federal government had given more assistance to Sabah than other states in the country. It was therefore not correct to say that the federal government was anti-Sabah, he told reporters
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    • Article
      Call to ensure after-sales service for electronic goods
      259 7 THE Indonesian Consumer Protection Agency (YLKI) wants the government to standardise after-sales service for electronic products in an effort to protect consumers' interests, according to the Jakarta Post. Agus Pambagio, vice-exec-utivc secretary of YLKI, had earlier said that standardising after-sales services was
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    • NOTE BOOK
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        Jakarta threatens to jail nomadic farmers
        93 7 INDONESIA may jail nomadic farmers for up to 10 years if they continue to fell trees in a jungle reserve to clear land for cultivation. Forestry Minister Hasjrul Harahap said he suspected illegal loggers masquerading as farmers were cutting trees in Kerinci Seblat national
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        Aussie building approvals up
        66 7 AUSTRALIAN dwelling unit building approvals rose a seasonally adjusted 10.1 per cent in January to 10,784 from 9,798 in December and compared with 11,464 a year ago. the Bureau of Statistics said. The number of private sector houses approved in January rose 9.5 per cent to
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        Apec officials to meet in Cheju
        61 7 OFFICIALS from an Asia-Pacific group will meet in the South Korean resort island of Cheju today to iron out details before a ministerial conference in October, including whether to admit China and Taiwan. The two-day Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation meeting will also take up regional
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        An honest mistake
        80 7 THE PHILIPPINES had a balance of payments deficit of US$lB3 million (about Ss3ll million) in 1990, only half as much as earlier reported. Central Bank (CB) governor Jose Cuisia traced the error to an "honest mistake" by a government institution which he refused to name. An earlier
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  • THE GULF AFTER THE WAR
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      Little room for expat workers
      609 8  -  Kuwait rethinking foreign labour needs, say analysts From Fred Joseph in DUBAI A LARGE MAJORITY of Asian expatriate workers who had to flee Kuwait following its invasion by Iraq on Aug 2 may not be able to return to their former jobs. In any case,
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      Lock icon UK agencies seek aid for developing countries
      329 8 Reuter SIX British aid agencies yesterday called on the world community to compensate about 40 developing countries which suffered severe economic losses due to the Gulf war. Citing a report by the independent Overseas Development Institute (ODI). they estimated the direct costs of
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      Lock icon War role makes Egypt a pivot for Mid-East peace efforts
      332 8 Reuter AFTER a decade as an Arab outcast. Egypt has gained a pivotal position in future Middle East peace efforts through its strong support for the anti-Iraq coalition in the Gulf War. Western diplomats say. "It's become a linchpin." one
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      647 8 —r!—r t —in 1Q problem was a unique Through the team's effort, over iST* one. We would like to implement 80% of our staff have pledged to BBF" ow you out to 1200 Much to my surprise, the Staff, more than half of them are whole implementation process (PiHpSE*? bus
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  • THE WORLD
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      Lock icon Tokyo finalising sweeping financial reform package
      520 9 Bid to deal with deregulation and globalisation Reuter JAPAN'S Finance Ministry is putting the final touches on a package of sweeping financial reforms aimed at tackling the key issues of deregulation and globalisation. Bankers say it will probably opt for steady but slow change
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      Lock icon Recession in US still well entrenched: poll
      269 9 Reuter THE US RECESSION is still well entrenched, judging by the hiring plans of American employers for the second quarter. A survey of 15.000 businesses around the US by temporary employment agency Manpower Inc has shown the weakest second-quarter outlook since 1982, when
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      Lock icon Critics slam Seoul govt call for early local elections
      380 9 AP SOIJ'I H KOREA'S governing party announced yesterday that local elections will be held this month tor the first time in 30 years but critics say the move is aimed at diverting the public's attention from a major bribery scandal. Opposition
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    • WORLD WATCH
      • Article
        South Korean trade deficit soars
        82 9 SOI I H KORI: Ys trade deficit soared last month hut cheaper oil after the (iulf War may spell relief later. Officials in Seoul said yesterday that the strength of the yen may keep South Korea's trade balance deep in tne red because the country
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        Incomes rise for China's poor
        71 9 IHh number ol C hincsc people with per capita income under 200 yuan (about SS6S) declined 62 per cent to 69 million in the five years to 1989. The Xinhua news agencv said yesterday that per capita income in the country's 328 designated poor counties
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        UK business confidence down
        76 9 NEARLY three out of four corporate directors were less optimistic about Britain's economy during the first two months of 1991. A poll published by the Institute of Directors yesterday shows that only 50 per cent were less optimistic. More than half of the 200 directors interviewed.
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        Focus of Major-Gorbachev talks
        66 9 BRITISH Prime Minister John Major w ill meet Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev for the first time this week and j encourage him in negotiations with the breakaway Baltic i states. British officials said on Sunday thai Mr Major's 24hour visit to Moscow today will include talks
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        E European nations in EC?
        79 9 POLAND, Czechoslovakia and Hungary should become full i members ol the European Community (EC) when they are ready to join. Alfred Dregger, parliamentary floor leader for the hristian Democrats (CDU) and their Bavaria sister party 1 CSU. said in an interview yesterday that security issues
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      664 9 BAT British-American Tobacco Company (Singapore) Limited PROFIT AND DIVIDEND ANNOUNCEMENT The Directors are pleased to announce the following audited results of the Group and the Company for the year ended 31 December 1990 ($000s) THE GROUP THE COMPANY 1990 1989 %<±) 1990 1989 Turnover 254,477 199.976 >27 N/A N/A Investment
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  • Article
    A difference in emphasis
    464 10 EDITORIAL THE business community was clearly disappointed. Last Friday's Budget statement was, by its collective reckoning, cautious to the point of nonentity. Business leaders were obviously expecting more: a cut of at least one percentage point in corporate tax. for instance. They received instead the unkindest
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  • WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
    • Article
      The Budget baffles
      221 10 MANY would say that Finance Minister Dr Richard Hu was too cautious in his Budget, given the prevailing economic conditions. As an overall package. the Budget was baffling in its caution and lack of boldness. In fact, when viewed against the backdrop of the expected economic slowdown
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      Saving Bangladesh
      138 10 AFTER more than 20 years, Bangladeshis got to taste the fruits of democracy in the recent general election. The Bangladesh Nationalist Party, led by Begum Khaleda Zia, emerged the winner though it was short of 11 seats to form an absolute majority. Arch-rival Sheikh Hasina of the Awami
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      Saddam's fate
      142 10 THE best chance for pro-Saddam nations, MiddleEast countries which were part of the allied forces, and Kuwait to patch up ties is for them to secure a common stand on how Saddam Hussein should be dealt with. F.ven though Arab countries that had supported Saddam might not want
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  • REGIONAL VIEWPOINTS
    • Article
      Now the real task begins
      140 10 THE Middle East has been handed an historic opportunity not only to address the immediate concerns of the Gulf but all other grievances the most complex of which is the Palestinian desire for their own homeland. However remote the prospect of a Palestinian homeland may
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      Laying the foundation
      217 10 DOES Malaysia have what it takes to become an industrialised nation? Datuk Sen Dr Mahathir Mohamad is confident; his administration is in fact coming up with an Accelerated Industrialisation Drive to build up the momentum to meet the 2020 goal. The economic miracles of certain countries in
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      Beating the speculators
      175 10 THE government's monetary move to squeeze huge sums of money out of the banking system serves to strengthen its message that no devaluation is imminent and foreign exchange speculation therefore is not only irrational but also irresponsible. (Yet) speculation in foreign exchange tended to increase. There are
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    Charity finds a home away from home
    766 10  -  Increasingly, US multinationals are adopting formal international philanthropy programmes as part of their global business strategies. Michael Scnroeder and Jonathan Kapstein report Michael Scnroeder Jonathan Kapstein AS philanthropic bequests go, this was an odd bird. Last year, the mayor of Pocos de Caldas.
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      69 10 Plaza Hotel SINGAPORE WAt««COLO<JfItFUL*»"VtTfRQ *rt& »V>» A- $o~9*p^ Open Sun to Ttiur and Public Holidays 6pm 2am J f 0* W I I \J f* Fri. Sat and Eves of Public Holidays 6pm 3am \S J t\J J T H C It KABA fi 1 Plaza Hotel Multi storey Carpark
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      53 10 DOONESBURY BY GARRY TRUDEAU DON'T STRAIN VOUP iOURSURGtON TtUbMt YOUR. LAIIM- HI HO SPORT' HA,HA' I'M OPERATION HUMONOOitS I I HAVK£YB 7 T PftfEMdEF MB 7 1 UM eNS!6N TRIP TRJPIW 9H(r WbIOUMIGHT '"f 1 OF MY J MORALE- OFF!C£P HERE £VEN BE ABLE TO RBTURN TV M 1 lAJILP
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  • ANALYSIS
    • Article
      Lock icon Japanese subscribing to 'pay now, buy later' trend
      903 11 More and more Japanese consumers are using prepaid cards instead of cash for their transactions. These cards are convenient because they eliminate the need to carry cash and also because users save tin the 3 per cent sales tax Asahi News Service
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      A new understanding
      1109 11  -  Two writers focus attention on the end of the Gulf War on this page. Lee Fook Heng makes the point that the conflict may have brought to the fore a new phase in the political development of Asean while A J Leow lists some ways in which
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      Framework for a viable peace
      705 11 WITH the end of the Gulf War, it is now opportune to look at some steps the West and the United Nations can take to foster more stable societies in the Middle East. Eirst. there must be a concerted effort to limit the transfer of
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      259 11 M T jhr ty MBA sth Intake By Distance Learning Commencing in July 1991 Admission Criteria Innovations and Strengths Founded in 1927. The University of Hull is one of the most FIRST to offer TQM and A Svstems Approach to CPS the prestigious Bntish universities It is a centre of
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  • INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY
    • Article
      TI expands Singapore software operations
      349 12  -  By Jean Wee D a i i a s BASED Texas 111 st r u in cuts (TI) has expanded its Singapore operations with an eye to capturing a share of the growing regional market for Computer-Aided Software Engineering (CASH) tools. It has sunk in
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      Lock icon Judge rejects trademark protection for Intel's 386
      182 12 NYT A UNITED STATES federal judge has ruled that Intel Corp was not entitled to trademark protection on the name of the 386 microprocessor, the company's most important product. The ruling last Friday by US District Judge William Ingram, who held that "386"
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      Lock icon China's computer firms fail to fulfil export dreams
      568 12 Reuter FROM the fields and duck farms of Beijing's university district, China's "Silicon Valley" emerged in the mid-1980s, its nascent computer firms a magnet for engineering talent and entrepreneurial energy. The area is still home to some of China's biggest computer companies,
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      TECH TAKES
      355 12 ITALY'S Olivetti launched a new line of portable computers, j including three notebook- and two laptop-size models. "The portables being presented today are our challenge to nonEuropean solutions currently dominating this market segment." Olivetti group managing director Vittono Cassoni said at the launch last week. Analysts say the
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      Lock icon Image processing could spell the end for paper files
      581 12 Focus on breakthroughs in the industry AP FIRST there was data processing. Then came word processing. Now the next stage in the computer revolution may he dawning: image processing. Picture an insurance company office with hundreds of file cabinets crammed with
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      Lock icon Good news for people who cannot type
      389 12 NYT THE PEN, if you believe the soothsayers, is mightier than the keyboard. Virtually all of the big personal computer makers are racing to develop a new generation of lightweight portable computers that can be operated by writing on a screen or tablet
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      Lock icon Microsoft system to be used for pen computers
      83 12 Reuter A GROUP of computer manufacturers have said that they plan to build pen-based systems that will support Microsoft Pen Windows operating system, according to Microsoft Corp. Specific details on products and release dates have not been disclosed by the computer firms.
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      151 12 MIX 200 YEARS OF AMERICAN HISTORY CULTURES AND YOU'LL HAVE THE CBKINE OF THE NEW ORLEANS. M JwmCXiL 17 J|2 V ft A yT ffVJL J| W Xr*T HI j! §2kf l!§ 1 The New wins specialises in the exciting New Wave American cuisine plus tfitroditional Cajun and Creole cuisine
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  • FOCUS
    • Article, Illustration
      Court battle between Jardines and US bank
      638 13 The Jardines group faces conflicting fortunes in the US and Australia. A US$2OO million dispute between Jardine Strategic Holdings and the US investment hank Bear Stearns was scheduled to go to court in New York yesterday. Meanwhile, in Australia, the group is negotiating
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      Group stepping up its activities in Australia
      1248 13  -  By Florence Chong JARDINE Matheson and its subsidiaries have had a patchy career in Australia, but that is set to change. The group intends to use Australia as an important base for the continuing development of regional businesses. Although Jardine has had investments
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      239 14 WHERE TO WINE, DINE AND ENTERTAIN WHERE TO WINE, DINE AND ENTERTAIN WHERE TO WINE, DINE LET OUR PENANG CHEF INTRODUCE HER NEW RECIPES AT THE NEWLY RENOVATED PRINCESS TERRACE CAFE THE PLACE FOR AUTHENTIC PENANG SPECIALITIES. A RENDEZVOUS FOR FINE MEALS AT CAFE PRICES. OR LIGHT SNACKS WITH GOOD
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      321 14 FEAST YOUR EYES 111 l milll I ON THE plums jewels I II 111 OF THAILAND From Ist March 17th March live of the finest exponent*, of Thai Cuisine will masterfully prepare «i plethora ot appetising dishes. The buffet will be available for both lunch (12 noon 2.30 pm) and
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      351 14 THEME KARAOKE HITS TOWN! At Smgsation Come experience the latest karaoke trend singing in different theme rooms From Outer Space to a Log Cabin, or even an Airplane Imagine being in someplace different every night. In fact, it's sensational! PLAZA HOTEL located at oasrmfnt of rruit' storey oo«rui»i»»»lTi«o carpark (come
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      372 14 I3ril jK For the next three weeks, British Buffet Lunch we'll treat you like royal- March 1-21 >- rv at our British Buffet. Noon 2.30 pm With over 60 traditional favourites, you'll be hack Adult SJ6+- for seconds, thirds... Child below 10 $18+- We serve the world to you M
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      657 14 TELEVISION AND RADIO if KiZk MAII rO *SBCI2 SM rr^M':t^ na,JP BUiMNESSONRAOIO W 110 Cdn 11 DC lIOW. 630 BBC, 89.9 mHz in VHF Band II H730 PM Parenthood (Stereo, ep gj s p ro g ramme Highlights. 8.36 Isyah Prayer Call. 7.10 am, 9.25 am, 1.30pm, 2). Helen is
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  • LIFESTYLE
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      Lock icon Guards of all trades
      987 15  -  Some executives are surrounding themselves with bodyguards. But what exactly do these protectors' do? Deirdre Fanning finds outs Deirdre Fanning NYT TWU W \RNI K chairman Steven Ross has them. Ronald Perelmun. chief executive of Revlon Inc. divs ttxv So do Henry Kissinger and, of course.
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      Lock icon Dead authors live on in ghost-writers
      908 15 Dead authors are not writing from their graves, but new books bearing their names are fattening publishers' bottom lines NYT After 12 weeks on the paperback bestseller list, including six weeks as No I. V C Andrews* "Dawn" is a huge success. "It's nearing
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      Out soon: Guthrie's manual for fiction writers
      604 15 CHATTERBOX PULITZER Prize-w inning novelist A B Guthrie said he writes about the wild West to show an honest picture ot what life was like then. Guthrie, whose manual for fiction writers is due out this month, said he admires the work of
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      246 15 AND ENTERTAIN Set Your Heart On Our Set Meals. I jj""' I i I i :tK I'IKV >N I The Cafe-in-the-Park is well known tor I its excellent food. And now, tor its value-tor-I money set meals. Everyday, except Saturdays. ANA HOTEL I lh WSM.NI Mil I. MM.Mt'KI i:> 111
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      73 15 vf| j- e W I r-^ im 4-^P|jgy>'" >« ,'>•!. ~f L 's9& e f rr^3^KL *1 Ko freshest, liveliest seafood place in town. 11 have to go a long way to find seafood >jl 1 any fresher. Lunch: 12 noon 2. 30 pm. "T^J 5 Except Sunday. Dinner: 6.30pm
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  • SPORTS
    • SIDE LINES
      • Article
        Seles goes closer to clinching top ranking
        98 16 MONICA SELES moved to within one victory of becoming the new world number one in women's tennis last Sunday as she advanced to the final of the U*****,000 (*****,500) Palm Springs tournament. Seles, the top seed, would end Steffi Grafs record 185-week reign
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        Richman wins Louisiana Derby
        49 16 RICHMAN. urged on by jockey Pat Day. held off fast-closing Near The Limit by two lengths to win the 66th running of the Louisiana Derby last Sunday. Richman. the betting favourite in the 11-horse field, covered I 1-16 miles in New Orleans in 1:44 2-5.
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        Injuries reported in yacht race
        61 16 COMPETITORS in the BOC round-the-world solo yacht race reported injuries and mishaps as leader Alain Gautier of France approached the end of the third leg of the race yesterday. The race report in Sydney said that Gautier's yacht. Generali Concorde, had picked up speed and
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        Jones cruises to victory
        51 16 JAGUAR DRIVER Davy Jones took the lead from polesitter Tommy Kendall on the first corner of the firsi lap and cruised to victory in last Sunday's Camel GT series Toyota Grand Prix of Palm Beach. Jones beat runner-up Wayne Taylor in a Chevrolet Intrepid by 27.042
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        Play in Miami postponed
        69 16 LIGHTNING, rain and strong winds postponed play in Miami last Sunday in the final round of the Doral Ryder Open with Andy Bean and Russ Cochran sharing a tenuous one-shot lead. The players marked their positions and were to return to finish the final round early
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      Lock icon Woosnam keeps title in tight finish
      403 16 Agencies LAN WOOSNAM retained his Mediterranean Open title after a frantic finish on the French Riviera last Sunday. The Welsh star was four strokes behind England's Mike McLean at St Raphael with three holes remaining, but his birdie at the 17th, and a nightmare
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      Lock icon John triumphs in battle of McEnroes
      497 16 AP JOHN found no particular joy in beating younger brother Patrick in the battle of the McEnroes last Sunday. "I have incredibly mixed emotions right now" John McEnroe said after his victory in Chicago. "Every emotion you can imagine was there from worrying to
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      Lock icon Richard storms in as Rarick falters at Kemper Open
      474 16 AP AFTER three and a halt" almost flawless rounds. Cindy Rarick finally showed signs of weakness in the LPGA Kemper Open last Sunday, and Deb Richard took advantagc of the opportunity. Richard, who had trouble making key putts throughout the tournament,
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      174 16 B UNTIL APRIL 30™, ALL ROOMS AT HOTEL CONRAD HONG KONG HAVE BEEN LOWERED BY 40% We advise you to sil down Because there s an offer at Hotel Conrad that wilt knock you right off your feet Stay in any of our spacious rooms until April 30th. 1991, and
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  • STOCK EXCHANGE OF SINGAPORE 1
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      Stocks continue to gain ground in active trading
      3759 17  -  By Genevieve Cua THE Singapore stock market continued to surge ahead yesterday in active trading despite wide expectations that it would take a breather soon. Brokers, however, described yesterday's trading as directionless and featureless which they said was prompted by a host
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    STOCK EXCHANGE OF SINGAPORE 2
    3973 18 Main Board SIA Foreign 1780 <-40 +2.3% GE Life 1470 +40 +2.8% DBS Foreign 1280 +40 +3.2% NatStcel 980 +35 +3.7% ICS 468 +32 +7.3% IsetanSO* 795 +30 +3.9% Jurong ShipSO' 740 30 4.2% Robinson 418 +28 +7 2% Shangri-La 660 25 3.9% Transmarco 272
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  • BT SHARE INFORMATION SERVICE
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      AUDITED RESULTS
      85 19 Company Date Year Croup N«t Net earnings Cress anil to prefit/loss (L) per share dhrideed (000) (cents) Avimo feb 27 Sep 90 $3.006l($l 1,029) -(14 7) 125M25IE) H leong Credit ian 16 Jun 90 M$24,462($18 074) 21 8(164) 10(10) C&C Jan 14 Sep 90 $53.947($34,649 30 8(23 5a)
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      PRELIMINARY RESULTS
      183 19 Company Date Year Group pre tax Net earnings Gross Mn to profit/loss (L) per share dividend (•000) (cents) Jurong Ship Mar 2 Dec 90 $70.647($48,728) 50 4(33 3) 30(20) MUM)* Feb 28 Dec 90 M$20,033($18.136) 7 4(4 8) 14 2(96) FELS Feb 27 Dec 90 $36.729(526.930) 23 3(17
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      INTERIM RESULTS
      259 19 Company Date Half-year Group pre-tax Interim 1 to profit/less (L) dividend (•000) Cons Plant Mar 2 Dec 90 M$40.600($56.600) 8(92) MB Bhd Ma. 2 Dec 90 M$20.400($19.000) 6 6 sl Darby Mar 2 Dec 90 MJ320.100(*****00 7( SmUEP Mar 2 Dec 90 M$46.100($20.800) --> Tractors Mar 2 Dec
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      CORPORATE DEVELOPMENTS
      900 19 Mar 4 Macnum Corp will take a half ownership of the Austotel chain of 192 pubs throughout Australia for AsB2.sm (*****.4 m). Magnum Corp will also manage the pubs Mdf 1 Shantri-La Hotel has agreed to take up a $120 m minority stake in a venture to develop
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      DIVIDENDS ANNOUNCED
      317 19 Current Ex Books Date Tatelfar Tetel for payment date do*e payable the year last year Asean Find US$010(b) Mar 18 Mar 28 Ap< 8 USJO10 A vino 5%TE Feb 25 Mar 7 May 15 12 5%TC 25%TC DMT 501(1) Feb 20 Maf 4 Mar 6 50% 150% Berjaya
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      BONDS, LOANS & WARRANTS
      820 19 BONDS, LOANS WARRANTS Company Cnwniw parted C«iwr»ioii tann for ordinary rtiara C&C Wt More 26 4 93 1 warrant plus $3 09 cash Causeway Loin Causeway Wt 2/10/89 to 20/10, 94 1 warrant plus $0 77 cash or 1 warrant plus JO 77 nominal amount of loan stock Ctuan He
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      RESULTS DUE
      873 19 Main Board List Full Year Company Penod Dit« Year Net EPS Gross Net amomced endnj (c«nt$) <1* pro* last year (J 000) 0® Pacfcafnj interim Nov 13 Ok 90 29 7 132 11.616(e) BMT Interim fan 10 km 91 254 2 150 0 773 ta*> final Feb 16
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      APPROVED ISSUES
      170 19 Company Rights Issue H Leoif Crtdt Two for fi* <a M$2 80 pet share Ex-date Feb 21 Books dose Mar 1 Acceptance Payment NYA Petanf Bhd Twfrfot five (a, M$1 60 per share-Ex-date Mar 4 Books close Mar 18 Acceptance Payment NYA Company Bonus Issue H Leant Credt
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      COMPANY MEETINGS
      74 19 A vino Singapore Ltd: 17th AGM at Valley Room, Shangri-La Hotel, 22 Orange Grove Road. Singapore 1025 on Monday, Mar 18, at 12 noon. Unted Overseas Land Ltd: EGM at the Board Room, 30th Storey, DOB Building, 1 Bonham Street. Raffles Place, Singapore 0104 on Wednesday. Mar 20.
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      RECORD HIGHS & LOWS
      157 19 RECORD HIGHS LOWS BT Composite Index (4/j/j|) 1991 N0t 1253 84 (4/3/91) 1W1 1149 08 (16/1/91) !££l 152 ffiiffi 215 wo™ <27/3/90 1990 h*ft 1435 43 (16/7/90) 1)90 *****0 (11/10/90) !251S iSS iSm/jX! IS St 1487.76 (26/12/89) 22 S? q??!S S im9|w: 1030 69 (4/1/89) 1989 tow: ***** (4/1/89) 19n
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      PROPOSED ISSUES
      316 19 Company Rights Issue Alcorn Onefor two (a MSI 00 per share Issue of 40m Cumulative Redeemable Preference Shares of MJO 10 each at MSI per share with 10m detachable TSR Bona, One tor tour ta, MS2 00 per share Gcv|e Kent One-tor-two (<i MSI 50 per share H
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      112 19 SINGAPORT'9I A BT Special Survey on Singapore's shipping industry March 26,1991 For the third year running, Business Times will publish a special supplement to coincide with Singapore's premier shipping event SingaPort. This year, the supplement will give an insight into the future of various sectors in the shipping industry and
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      78 19 You may have been unable to get your Business Times, Straits Times, Sunday Times, LianHe Zaoßao and other daily newspapers from your usual newsstand because of the higher demand lately. To ensure a daily copy, call Customer Services Section on 740-1839 or 740-1840, and ask for home or office delivery
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  • KUALA LUMPUR STOCK EXCHANGE
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      Lock icon Widespread buying sends market broadly higher
      4217 20 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR share prices closed higher in active trading yesterday on widespread buying interest. The KLSE Composite Index closed 8.32 points higher at 567.83 while the Industrial Index added 22.41 points to 1,130.46. Gainers far outpaced losers 182 to 34 while 35 other
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      137 20 NEWS TRAVELS h |jA\\ ,-;yT I z|r K *Z- m ~-css&Kr ---"i- Hr I 1 ■-»*£~+j± ALL ADVERTISING MESSAGES are effective. To vary ing degrees. In Singapore, when you want to reach out to a select target audience in the transport industry only one daily offers vou the advantage of
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  • TOKYO STOCK EXCHANGE
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      Lock icon Wall Street's gains keep a firm bottom on prices
      2222 21 Reuter TOKYO STOCKS closed moderately firmer in light trade yesterday. Brokers said uncertainty about interest rates and the economy kept many investors sidelined. But Wall Street's gains last Friday on expectations of a fast US economic recovery kept a firm bottom
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  • STOCK EXCHANGE OF HONGKONG
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      Lock icon Late buying helps Hang Seng recover early losses
      2164 21 Reuter THE HONGKONG share market erased early losses to close higher on a late buying spree by institutional investors yesterday, brokers said. The Hang Seng Index rose 11.97 points to 3,564.34 after hitting a low of 3,536 on profittaking at midday. The
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  • REGIONAL STOCK MARKETS
    • Aussie stocks end lower on economic gloom
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        SYDNEY
        305 22 THE AUSTRALIAN share market was dragged lower yesterday by the weight of gloomy job statistics and last week's announcement of Asl.3 billion of new share issues. Brokers said a 27-point rise on Wall Street on Friday was not enough to counteract the depressing effect of local economic news. Treasurer
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        JAKARTA
        584 22 JAKARTA'S stock exchange, thrown into reverse last week as the money supply dried up, continued its fall into the doldrums yesterday. The official index dropped 5.72 points to 382.20, with just 2.5 million shares changing hands. Brokers toyed with several industrials in small lots and churned away at the
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        TAIPEI
        372 22 TAIWAN'S stock market staged a spectacular recovery yesterday to end barely changed, after plunging on worries that the government was cracking down on tax evasion by big players. Brokers said a wave of bargain-hunt-ing pulled prices back up in late trade, but investors still feared a crackdown and the
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        SEOUL
        813 22 SEOUL stock prices fell yesterday as investors took the opportunity to reap profits on a lack of domestic favourable factors following the end of the Gulf War, brokers said. The composite stock index opened weak and drifted steadily down through the day. It closed 7.13 points lower at 670.42.
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        MANILA
        566 22 MANILA share prices closed mostly lower in slow trade after last week's buying frenzy because of a rise in Treasury bill rates and a lack of buying incentives. The Manila Stock Exchange Composite Index fell 29.06 points to 933.50. "A price adjustment like this is expected after a frenetic
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        BANGKOK
        725 22 Thai stocks closed lower yesterday. An early eight-point gain was wiped out by a foreign cautious attitude towards a Cabinet being formed by Prime Minister Anand Panyarachun, brokers said. The SET index closed 2.89 points lower at 787.57. Turnover was 3.6 billion baht. Siam Cement rose four baht to
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        NEW ZEALAND
        68 22 A LACK of buying interest took New Zealand shares lower across the board on thin volumes at the close yesterday, reflecting weaker domestic bond prices and a lacklustre Australian market, brokers said. Fletcher Challenge, with a weighting of about 25 per cent on the Barclays Index, led the
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        BOMBAY
        48 22 BOMBAY share prices finished broadly higher yesterday after the government did not propose any fresh taxes in the interim budget, brokers said. The Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) index closed up 5.03 points at 1,225.44, below the day's high of 1,231.29. The national index gained 4.63 to 611.98.
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        INDICES & TURNOVER
        86 22 INDICES TURNOVER Ooae Mar 4 PrtiitM SYDNEY All Ordinaries Index All Industrials Index All Resources Index Turnover (million) 1387.4 2175.4 787.9 94.58 1.396.2 2.188.3 793.6 133.54 -8.8 -12.9 -5.7 -38 96 BANGKOK SET Index Turnovcr(imllion baht) 787.57 3.600 ***** 5,141 -2.89 -1.541 JAKARTA Composite Index 382.20 387.92 -5.72 MANILA Composite
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        MORGAN STANLEY CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL INDICES
        360 22 In locml currency In S$ In US$ Sday year S day year Sday year MAR 1 Index change change change change change change World 3987 -0.7 11.4 -1.4 104 -1.6 10.9 $EAFE 524.2 -1.3 11.5 -2.2 106 -2.4 11.2 Europe 408 0 -09 12.0 -1.6
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  • CURRENCY, MONEY & FUTURES MARKETS
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      Lock icon No selling of dollar for the time being
      876 23  -  THE S KAN CIL By David Gabriel Using technical methods, the Sang Kancil weekly report tracks the profit/loss position of a $50,000 deposit, leveraged up to 10 times, for trading in a portfolio oj deutschemarks, yen. sterling, Swiss francs, Nikkei Stock Index
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      US$ not expected to rise much further
      281 23 j ASIA THE US DOLLAR was trading well above Friday's closing levels against the mark, sterling and the Swiss franc at Monday's opening in Europe, but dealers said they thought it was unlikely to rise much further. "We tried last week to get
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      FINANCIAL FUTURES
      1238 23 SIMEX EUWOOUAI Open High Low Sett Est Vol Op/Int Vol Mar 91 93.06 93 08 93.06 93.08 2350 ***** 5285 Jun 91 93.11 93.13 93.10 93.11 8000 ***** ***** Sep 91 92.88 92.91 92.88 92.89 1375 6395 6512 Dec 91 92 49 92.52 92 44 92.49 920 6322
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      INTERBANK FOREX RATES
      396 23 Cross rates MaM USS S$ MS Dm Yen SFr A$ NZS US$ 1.7330 2.7270 1.5380 134.60 0.5269 1.3340 1.2755 1.6667 SS 0.5770 1.5736 0.8875 <f7767 0 3040 0.7698 0.7360 0 9617 M$ 0.3667 63.55 0.5640 0.4936 0.1932 0.4892 ***** 0.6112 Dm 0.6502 1.1268 1.7731 87.52 0.3426 0.8674
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      MONEY MARKET
      561 23 Interbank rates SS Bid Offer Overnight 4 5/8 4 3/4 1-month 4 5/8 4 3/4 2-month 4 11/16 4 13/16 3-month 4 11/16 4 13/16 Overnight mode: 4-3/4 US$ Bid Offer 7 days 6 7/16 6 9/16 1 month 16 15/16 7 1/16 2 months 6 7/8 7
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  • COMMODITIES
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      Lock icon US analysts lower forecasts for natural gas prices
      483 24 Reutcr RECORD-LOW natural gas priccs are prompting US analysts to slash 1991 price forecasts. But many say the low prices offer investors a good chance to buy ahead of expected longer-term gains. The mild winter left some gas securities well below estimated
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      Lock icon GCC oil revenues up 70pc despite halt in Kuwaiti exports
      253 24 AFP GULF Cooperation Council (GCC) oil revenues increased by 70 per cent in 1990 despite a halt in Kuwait's crude exports, a Gulf study said. The earnings of the six GCC members rose to US$7B billion (Ssl33 billion) from $46
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      KL tin drops below M$15 level again
      861 24 REPORTS THE tin price on the Kuala Lumpur Tin Market yesterday fell below the Msls per kg level again, finishing three sen lower at $14.97 per kg on poor fundamentals and lack of fresh buying interest. A dealer said the market seemed to
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    PRICES
    1424 24 Rubber Mar 4 MS (t* fcatw) S ccnts/kg Noon Close Int I RSS Prompt 144 00/145 OON 144.25/14S.25 Int I RSS Apr 91 I46.2VI46.75 146.50/146.75 Int I RSS May 147.75/148.25 148 00/148 25 Int 2 RSS OP 142.50/144 50N 142.50/144 SON Int 3 RSS OP 137 50/139 SON 137.50/139
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      530 24 NOTICES M IMC MATTER OP THE COMPANIES ACT, CHAPTER SO. AND M THE MATTER OP SANGYO LEASING SINGAPORE (PTE) LTD (In Members' Voluntary Liquidation) Extract of the minutes of an Extraordinary General Meeting of the members of Sangyo Leasing Singapore (Pie) Ltd convened and held at 6 Battery Road. #27-01
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      537 24 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CHAPTERM AND IN THE MATTER OF EXCELSIOR MANAGEMENT PTE LTD (IN VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION) MEMBERS' VOLUNTARY WINDING-UP At an Extra-ordinary Oeneral Meeting of the Members of the abovenamed Company, duly convened and held at 333 North Bridge Road, #05-00, K.H. Kea Building, Singapore 0718
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    1153 25 City Hight ETA Flight ETD City Flight ETA Flight ETD Abu Dhabi GA893 1235 GA892 GA974 GA886 0355 2135 2220 Kuala Lumpur MH601 MH640 MH630 0120 0810 0900 MH604 SQ102 MH606 0700 0730 0740 Adelaide SQ228 QF7 1910 2155 QF82 2115 SQl 03 MH605 SQ105 0950
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      Paganism, prestige in death rituals
      732 25  -  LETTER FROM YUGOSLAVIA By Andrej Gustincic FROM AFAR the little houses near the Serbian town of Ribare look like any other village. But despite the modern furnishings, their only inhabitants are the souls of the dead, according to an ancient rite which combines paganism, Christianity
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      MONEY CHANGER RATES
      146 25 As at 3pm yesterday; Local dollars to one unit of foreign currency Currencies Bid Offer Australian dollar I.3S00 1.3700 Canadian dollar 1.4900 1.3100 NZ dollar 1.0230 1.0330 Sterling pound 3.2600 3.2900 US dollar 1.7230 1.7400 Local dollars to 100 units of foreign currency Austrian schilling 13.70 16.70
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      138 25 Duration Title Venue Organiser Tel Duration Title Venue Oqganiser Td March International Berlin. AMK Berlin *****0380 March The Scottish Britain Scottish (44) 31/ 2-7 Tourism Exchange Germany 17-21 Hotel C atenng Exhibition *****86 and l icensed Conference Centre Trade Exhibition Glasgow March International Turin. Italy Torino Esposi/wni
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      281 25 ACROSS 1 Main attraction for Main--8 It provides comprehensive cover for the traveller (7) 3 1111 I 1 1 i I f° First-class beer sent back? That's not unusual in the 'Queen's Arms 1 we hear I I 12 Crude a steel band (3-4) 13 13 The first charter river?
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      203 25 Singapore Outlook: Fair Forecast: Maximum temperature 32.3 Assoc humidity 54% Minimum temperature 23.2* C Assoc humidity 91% Hours of sunshine 11.00 Rainfall in mm Nil Rainfall this month 3 Rainy days this month 0 World forecast Asia-Pacific Hi/Lo* Cond. Auckland 23/17 Showers Bangkok 35/24 Fair Beijing 06/00 Cloudy Brunei 32/24
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      35 25 it M*<es Fsee fuu- or ovefc cycitcd T GOitJG SPGS FuU. OF vtaTe »T wweN Tuevf HOLD MO6E: vjnpi£ASFWT- e*Hie>\T«ON BUTVIPF BUSINESS C*HIB\TIONS <JSUP\L... \NTOU)N J QrfY 1% 0380 c EVENING STANDARD CO LTD. IMMMI /<
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    Inward-looking Asean policy possible if free trade hampered
    240 26  -  Conference on Asean and the World Economy From Chuang Peck Ming in BALI ASEAN will have to resort to a more inward-looking trade policy if the free trade system breaks down and economic trading blocs become the order of the day, Singapore
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    Asean urged not to take middle ground
    321 26  -  From Shoeb Kagda in BALI AS THE WORLD moves towards a new order, the nations of Asean can no longer adopt the middle ground when confronted with regional conflicts, said former US secretary of state Dr Henry Kissinger yesterday. With the demise of
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    Mahathir sets out two new initiatives for decade
    274 26 PAINTING a broad picture of Asean's role in shaping the new international order, Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad yesterday outlined two new initiatives for the regional grouping in this decade. Speaking at a conference on Asean and the world
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    Japan will not divert Asean aid to Gulf: MP
    196 26 JAPANESE aid tor Asean will not he diverted to the Ciull countries even though there is a demand there now tor more money to help in post-war reconstruction. Michio Watanahe. a senior Japanese Member ol Parliament, gave the assurance yesterday in
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    Tax breaks must reward banks' prudent past
    638 26  -  The Bottom Line ALVIN TAY ALVIN TAY The writer is one ofßT's news editors WHILE INVESTORS rejoiced at the latest tax breaks for banks' general provisions by chasing share prices of most banking counters up yesterday, senior executives of the major local banks
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    Good showing by liberal group in HK's local elections
    401 26  -  From Catherine Ong in HONGKONG HONGKONG'S first local election after the June 4 Beijing massacre has seen the territory's biggest liberal group outperforming all other groups, an outcome which should prove worrying to China. The United Democrats of Hongkong (UDHK), led
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      VITB to include freight forwarding in curriculum
      386 27  -  By Selva Kumar LOCAL training in freight forwarding will receive a boost this year when the Vocational and Industrial Training Board (V1TB) includes the subject in its curriculum. The subject will be part of the VITB's Certificate in Business Studies course. Mr Ole
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      KCT orders 2 post-Panamax cranes for delivery next year
      251 27  -  By Khaidir Abd Majid THE Kclang Container Terminal (KCT) has placed an order for two Hyundai made post-Panamax cranes which are scheduled for delivery next year. With the order the total number of gantry cranes at the terminal will be boosted
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      Conferences lower charges from this month
      390 27 IN another round of surcharge reductions, several conferences and agreements have announced lower charges. Member lines of the US West Coast/Middle East Rate Agreement (WCME) have said that due to the drop in fuel prices paid by members the fuel adjustment factor (FAF) was
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      Lock icon Santos port strike to end
      178 27 Reuter BRAZIL'S government has reached an agreement with union leaders to end a thrce-week-old strike crippling the country's biggest port, a spokesman for the Infrastructure Ministry said. "It has all been solved. The unions have agreed to go back to work from tomorrow (last Friday),"
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      Lock icon Maritime industry criticised for being lax on safety
      402 27 Lloyd's List A LEADING expert on ship design has accused the maritime industry of a backward looking attitude to safety that continues to cost lives. Professor Geraint Price, head of ship science at the University of Southampton, told the Second Wakeford Maritime
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      Teekay Shipping setting up base in Canada
      326 27 CANADA has attracted one of the main international tanker companies Teekay Shipping Group to set up an operational base in the country, within days of announcing more liberal tax laws. Teekay will begin the process by transferring to Vancouver group activities currently conducted
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      Lock icon JAL plans to expand US service in middle of the year
      312 27 MBT JAPAN AIRLINES (JAL), which enjoyed almost full load factor for the Kuala Lumpur-Tokyo freighter service, hopes to expand its US service in June or July this year. JAL vice-president and regional manager for Malaysia and Brunei, Mr Kenzo
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        Japanese apply the brakes
        44 27 THE recession in the United States and an unusual burst of frugality among Japanese consumers is finally beginning to hurt Japan's largest car makers, forcing them to cut production and rethink plans for constant expansion in North America Page 2
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        Eastern admits to thwarting inquiry
        67 27 EASTERN Airlines, under a plea-bargaining agreement, has admitted that it conspired to prevent the Federal Aviation Administration from determining if its employees and managers were falsifying maintenance records and will pay US$3.5 million (Ss6 million) in fines. The agreement was made between Andrew Maloney. US
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        Egyptian refugees squeeze into Aqaba
        84 27 THOUSANDS of Egyptian refugees who fled war-ravaged Iraq and Kuwait are pouring into Jordan's port city of Aqaba. where they squeeze onto a ferry and endure a 40-hour trip home with virtually no food or sleep. Until the Gulf conflict, Aqaba had been a posh
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        Port Rashid expects upturn in operations
        109 28 DUBAI's Port Rashid, one of the busiest in the Gulf, expects an upturn in operations after the end of the war, helped by a large cut in insurance rates for vessels. The port's deputy director Ahmed Butti said premiums on Dubai-bound cargo and ship
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        Germany to help clean up slicks
        65 28 GERMANY is sending its largest and most modern antipollution ship to help clean up huge oil slicks caused during the Gulf war, the German Transport Ministry said Friday. The 2,157-ton Mellum will take about three weeks to reach Bahrain. Germany has already given equipment
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        Albanians take over ship
        24 28 SOME 200 Albanians have illegally left the country aboard a merchant ship they took over by force, Albanian radio said.
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        China dismisses ministers
        54 28 BEIJING has dismissed its Communications and Construction Ministers in one of the highest-level moves to clean up government, the Hongkong-based Ta Kung Pao newspaper said. Communications Minister Qian Yongchang, 57, was fired over "economic problems," while Construction Minister Lin Hanxiong was sacked for violating Communist party regulations,
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        Fremantle, Toulon sign treaty
        55 28 A FRIENDSHIP treaty has been established between the Western Australian port city of Fremantle and the French city of Toulon, in the southeastern region of Provence, the state government announced. The formal signing of the accord to encourage commercial, economic and trade links took place in
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        Death toll may hit 150
        63 28 THE DEATH toll in a shipwreck of Somali refugees on Saturday is likely to reach 150, officials at the Kenyan resort of Malindi said on Sunday. Any of those who died were trapped below the decks of the Hama when the boat struck a reef,
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        CF names Emery chief
        48 28 CONSOLIDATED Freightways said that W Roger Curry has been named president and chief executive officer of Emery Worldwide Airlines Inc, its air freight subsidiary. Arthur C Bass, former chairman and chief executive officer of the air freight division, has left the company. Consolidated said.
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      Lock icon Japanese apply the brakes
      1010 28  -  Toyota, Nissan, Mazda and Honda the once invincible group of Japanese car makers are now feeling the pinch of a downturn in the US economy, reports David Sanger David Sanger NYT THE recession in the United States and an unusual burst of frugality among Japanese consumers
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      TRANSPORT DIARY
      993 28 March 5-7: Shipping 2()o<> Towards Improved Shipping Operations Over the Next Decade, organised by Institut Kelautan Malaysia (IKMAL), Hilton Hoi tel. Kuala Lumpur. March 12-17: Aviation/Airport Support *91, Manila. Philippines. March 21-23: Seminar on Commercial Shipping. Letter of CredI it and Cargo Claims of International Trade Specific Issues.
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      THE SHIPPING GUIDE
      13437 36 This is a list ot" ships loading Alsia. at Singapore tor ports around the world. It tabulates, by ausl destination, the name of the 20/21 ship, the shipping line involved and the estimated ville dates of arrival and departure Mar from the Port of Singapore. Advanced dates
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      SHIPPING AGENTS
      3310 41 AtK Containerline NV: Belsin Shpg Agencies He I td (SVManne Handling Sdn Bhd (PK/PN). Accord Group: Accord Shpg Pte Ltd (SV Accord Contr l ine (PK/PN). Adkris Business Corporation Philippine: Calsourve Shpg Lrdg Pte Lid (S) Ahrenkiel liner Service: Kim Shpg Trdg(S). Albatros Sea-Air Service: Frata Shpg Pte
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      COURIER SERVICES
      254 41 Abacus Couriers Tel: 545-8011. Fax: *****98 Air K\pm« I ravel Tel: 533-5771. Fax: *****44. Airborne Freight Corporation lei: 542-8844 Fax: *****16, *****80 Airswift Worldwide Courier Tel: 278-0188 Fax: *****83. AJS Supplies Tel: 748-6322 (2 lines). 747-7421. Fax: *****75. City-link International Tel: 344-3377. Fax: *****50. Cluster IJnk Supplies Services
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      AIR FORWARDERS
      1499 41 Abe* Kxprevi Freight Tel: 542-7171. Fa*: *****84 Actinic Forwarder Td: 225-1833 Fa*: *****42 Activair Singapore Tel: 542-7822 Fa*: *****20. Aerolink Freight International Tel 545-8033 Fa*: *****05 Xerospeed Tel: 542-5911. Fa*: *****18. Air Cargo Novo Express Tel: 542-5454 Fa*: *****06 Air Express International Tel 542-7666 Fa*: *****74. *****50. Air
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      PORT CONDITIONS
      3167 42 ARGENTINA Rosario: One vessel loading by-products; 2 vessels berthed in ballast awaiting orders; 2 vessels in roads awaiting shippers' orders to berth. ilia C onstitution: No vessels operating; I vessel berthed in ballast awaiting orders. Sun Nicolas: One vessel in port loading steel products; no vessels in roads;
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      571 42 SHIP SALES TANKER RATES Reuter AFP VESSELS SOLO FOR FURTHER TRADING Bulk carriers Solita: 131.260 dwt and built 1973. sold to London-based Greek interests for about U557.75 million. The Pankar Resolute: 45.206 dwt and built 1970. sold to undiclosed interests for around U552.75 million. Good Strait 23,150 dwt and built
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      AIR FREIGHT SCHEDULE
      459 42 ARRIVALS Op High! I>pe ETA 1 From DEPARTURES Op Flight T>pe LTD 1 lo TODAY JM JI6I7 B747F 0200 1 NRT KM KI697 B747F 0220 1 SEL NCA K/205 B747F 0310 I NRI CLX CV796 B747F 2215 1 LIJX/KUL TODAY SIA SQ802 B747F 0230 2 SYD/AKL KAL
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      CRUISE & FERRY SCHEDULES
      370 42 CRUISE FERRY SCHEDULES CRUISE SHIPS Arr Dey Name of Vessel ETA KI D Ports of Calb Port Agent MARCH 05 05 Cora Princess 1000 1800 Jakarta-Sin-Jakarta Sembawang Johnson 05 06 Sagafjord 1300 1800 Penang-Sin- Thoresen Sl Co Kuantan-Pattaya 07 07 Canberra 0800 2359 Kota Kinabalu- Straits Shipping Sin-P Pangkor 07
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        AT CONVENTIONAL WHARVES
        663 43 <es«H Voy No Berth Arrival Departure Vessel Voy No Berth Arrival Departue 1 Vessel Voy No Berth Arnvil Departire Vessel Voy No Berth Arnyjl Departwe Keppei Wharves isia F(ocean 1907E CIO Kota Bakti E 886 K31 Mmg Summer 1/91 K32 We 211 K30 Sg Of flower *****3
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        CONTAINER SCHEDULE
        1196 43 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND La CARGO Record Boofcrf/Balance Rstts Ship Voy No Etb/Btr Period From To From «chtergracht AGHS 07/0700 2 04/1700 05/0659 05/0900 3 05/0700 05/1159 05/1400 4 05/1200 05/1459 05/1700 Ac* Jade 37A 06/1500 2 04/1700 05/0659 05/0900 4 05/1200 05/1459 05/1700 I Ac*
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        IN MALAYSIAN PORTS
        251 43 iohore Port Berth 1: Tong Hoe Berth 2: Glory Selatan VI Berth 3: ml Berth 4: An Angel Liberty Berth 5: Capetan p Berth 6: Eagle Breeze 0) jetty: Queen Chie. Hai Heng 88 DC* ml Due on March 4: Bunga Cenderawasih. Global Mars. Asif 11. Kiccho
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        DAILY FREIGHTS
        1032 43 CHARTFRING on the drv cargo freight market on Friday ended the week lirm as prompt and forward cargoes continued to command strong rates, brokers said. Talk was circulating that the key US Gulf to Japan grain route had been fixed at firmer levels. Rates in the Pacific also
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      Lock icon Eastern admits conspiracy to thwart inquiry
      474 44 NYT HASTERN Airlines, under a plea-bargaining agreement, has admitted that it eonspired to prevent the Federal Aviation Administration from determining if its employees and managers were falsifying maintenanec records and will pay US$3.5 million (Ss6 million) in lines. The agreement was made between Andrew
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      Lock icon Showa Line sets up subsidiary in US
      258 44 Lloyd's List SHOWA LINE has bceome the latest major Japanese shipping group to step up its presence in the US. It has created a wholly owned subsidiary company, Showa International of Secaucus, New Jersey, which began operations on March 1. The new company
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      Lock icon Egyptian refugees squeeze into Aqaba
      675 44 UPI THOUSANDS of Egyptian refugees who lied war-rav-aged Iraq and Kuwait are pouring into Jordan's port city of Aqaba, where they squeeze onto a ferry and endure a 40-hour trip home with virtually no food or sleep. Until the Gulf conflict, Aqaba had been a
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      52 27 Air Forwarders 15 Air Freight Schedule 16 Container Schedule 17 Courier Services 15 Crwse Ferry Schedules 16 Daily Freights 17 lnde« to Advertisers 3 Port Conditions 16 Shipping Agents 15 Stopping Guide 10.11 Shipsales Tanker Rates 16 Ships in Port 17 Singapore Tides 17 Transport Oary 2 Weather and Sea
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      1414 30 I HOT TE DAM I VOY NO S PORt SOUTHAMPTON HAMBURG ANTWERP L£ HAVRE 'SAKA tIAY 98 .522 13 JO J 24/3 19/3 luljij CITY OF EDINBURGH 94/524 4/3 21/3 2V3 22/3 HONGKONG EXPRESS 99/109 7/3 28/3 26/3 25/3 1. AIIIttSTBOUNOP KAGA 17/309 10/3 27/3 29/3 1/4 2/4 KELANG ft
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      510 30 SIN NOU SUV PPT SKASPM' I M-2S/3 11/1 11/1 ALSO ACCEPTING CARGO VIA SUVA TO LAUTOKA PACO PAGO. APIA NUKUALOAfA DIRECT CHILE SERVICE SIN lOQ ANF VAP CAt LAO SAN (PERU) ANTONIO SEASPAC I 26-29/3 2/5 3/5 7/5 6/5 8/5 SINGAPORE: SMM9B I VI'KSAKA JAKDINK M'SIA BOOKINGS; SVMT7OO PORT KKI.ANG:
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      1474 30 BImiMEA &WBB REGULAR INDEPENDENT FULL CONTAINER SERVICE WESTBOUND FOR EUROPE VSL/VOY SIN ALG BCL HAM BRE ROT ANT FEL LHA (VIA (VIA (VIA ALG) HAM) ROT) JAPAN SEA 052W 07/03 29/03 30/03 03/03 04/04 05/04 06/04 07/04 08/04 NORASIA SINGA 9101 3 12/03 31/03 01/04 05/04 06/04 07/04 08/04 09/04
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      1984 31 Maritime Holdings Ltd W y P&O flflV STRAITS SHIPPING Containers Ej2£Zr~ZXL fay No P Hlang S'pwe Alg Sou Art Rot Mb# LICA MALRSH 9104 r«x „H«2 iJJOJ 2101 2! 01 2101 10 04 ACCEPTS DUE SAILS TOKYO tJAY r*iJ Blf ft Oi Ui irtOJ 2603 28 01 »ul CARGO LARS
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      380 31 STRAITS/ JAPAN/ STRAITS SERVICE SPECIALIST IN RO-RO HEAVY LIFTS VESSEL CHAMPION COSMIC COSMIC COSMIC TRADER CHALLENGER TRAOER PIONEER (2nd Call) VOY NO 15 5 16 16 Spore 7/3 S3 17/3 20/) P Kelang 5/3 IS/J 22/3 Penang Yangon Mongla Chittagong Calcutta Yokohama Nagoya Osaka Senboku Kobe 16/3 NOTE ALSO CALLINC
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      771 32 CR NBR **********0-0 EXPRESS SEMI-CONTAINERSHIP SERVICE TO EUROPE VSIjVOY SPORE ROAM ADAM H BURG BREMEN ANTWERP TRIAS UNITY OOWB 13/3 13/4 18,4 ?I'4 SRIWIJAYA 31WB a/3 6/5 12/5 16,5 20/5 FAST TRANSIT TIME ACCEPTING BREAKBULK/CONTAINERISED CARGO Subfect lo Inducement Also accepting cargo to Casablanca, Port Said. Port Alexandria, Genoa. Trieste
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      829 32 iCI HANJIN SHIPPING FEEDER VSL SIN LINE HAUL LAX OAK S pore LEH RTM ANR HAM BRV FEL HANJIN SEATTLE 01/E 7/3 H TONGMAE (Mil 14 4 4 HANJIN OAKLAND 012W 12 1 29 3 »3 31 31 3 2 4 !4 HANJIN TONCHAE 081E 11.3 DIRECT 14 44 HANJIN
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      118 32 POL (M) SDN BHD 35, Ist fir., Jalan Cungah Port Kalang Tal: *****98. *****70 W Malay»la<S pora to E Malaysia Sar»ice Pen Pkt| PC S po'« Sd» Tnu I Oatu Pxtfn Samudrj vm mPt 57 14 1( 3 H2O 3 Ch«unj Ming Vrtl In Pt i-t(l 810 3 Sabana Saty
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      1300 32 tfffl =i'J d I d -THIEP"^ IPKL SCP MKG KSC KLC PUS HKT OSK NCT S«IU TYO LAX CHS BAL NYC LMV AN* ROM TMP MSG PSD CMB PKL SCP I E GRACE RE 031 IJ/3 14/3 l»/3 20 3 22 3 253 2/ 3 29 3 30(3 31,3 1/4
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      1944 33 •PTUNE AGENCIES PTE LTD SINGAPORE TEL: *****77 (CR NO: **********0E) BOOKINGS: ■jT UK/EUROPE SERVICE— *****19 USA SERVICE— *****16 AUST INDIA PAK SERVICE— *****18 FAR EAST SERVICE— *****48'. TERMINAL OFFICE :*****22 DOCUMENTATION DEPT: *****44 *****14 &wfß* CFS: K27 —IMPORT: *****69/*****50 CFS: K27 EXPORT: *****53/*****04 K.L P (O3) E 26l4O3^ H p
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      1087 33 SINSOV SINGAPORE SOVIET SHIPPING CO PRIVATE LTD BOOKING: *****51/ *****64/ *****59 (FESCO LINE) ENQUIRIES: *****33 KL: 03-*****75/697 PORT KELANG: *****43/ *****40 PENANG: *****4/ *****8 JOHORE BAHRU: *****1/ *****1 (REGULAR INDEPENDENT SERVICE) DISCHARGING FROM EASTBOUND LOADING FOR WESTBOUND VESSELS VO»A« S"0»; V*>» LA "'QNC VOYAGE SPORE PKLANG MBURC 8 HAVEN TILBUWY
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      1624 34 K* 4 -w" jr~" «P VP AS AGENTS KAWASAKI SINGAPORE (PTE) LTD (CR No **********0 M) TEL *****77 TELEX KAWAKIRS23I6S FAX *****79 M M MALAYSIA »K" LINE MARITIME (MALAYSIA) SON BHD I JKL Mi A TEL PJ *****22 PK *****01/5 PENANG *****5 JB *****1 HfIHIH KAWASAKI KISEN KAISHA, LTD. INDONESIA
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      824 34 xjm PHIII-OMCNT UN€5 PTC LTD \lOB ROBINSON ROAD #0/ 00 GMG BUILDING SINGAPORE 0106 TEL *****22/*****69/*****00 TELEX RS ***** PHILI FAX *****76 *****38 BY AIR, LAND OR SEA \Jhsajgr WE TAKE ON THE WORLD FOR YOU MEMBER OF SINGAPORE FREIGHT FORWARDERS ASSOCIATION 11 mar MONTREAL, Ottawa, toronto, VANCOUVER, s'western ontario.
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      429 34 GOLDEN LINE A lyT>sl GUAN GUAN SHIPPING (PTE) LTD 23, Telofc Aver Street SINGAPORE 0104 TEL *****88 (10 LINES) Fix: *****04 (CR No **********0W) TKATr«/FER»IAW CULT MEKVICE S'pore P Kelang Penang GOLDEN WONDER Colombo Karadk Dubai 12/14 Mar GOLDEN BEAR Colombo Hafad\i Dubai 28 30 Mar CHINA HKVICT A VSL
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      1611 35 gaagPff PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL LINES (PTE) LTD gg gg PIL Building, 140 Cecil Street *03-00, Singapore 0106. I JAKARTA l I BANGKOK 1 is s e i; KOTA PAN JANG 9108 11/3 13/3 17/3 JJ*J ""J J]®? 7 EDEN 9110 '2'3 '«'3 19/3 9107 8 3 3 *3 MAJAPAHIT 9104 16/3
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      1284 35 f BEN LINE CONTAINERS LTD 200 Cantonment Road Tel: *****22 #13-05 Southpoint m Fax: *****63 Singapore 0208. Telex: RS ***** EXPRESS CONTAINER SERVICEi TOI UK^MTIWgjT~ VESSEL VOY NOS SPORE LEHAVRE ROTTERDAM SHAMPTON HAMBURG GOTHENBURG FRANCE HOLLAND UK GERMANY/SCAN SWEDEN NL Houtman- 046 5/3 28/3 NL Dpima 058 30/3 31/3 2/4
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      359 35 MYANMA P& FIVE STAR UNE (Myanmar National Line) Loading for Yangon (Rangoon) S pore P.KIg Pen P Gdg HPA-AN Vl6o# In Pt MYOMATWA VI33W In Pt ME R G'JI VlO4 5,7 Mar Sid THE BANK UNE (A service of Andrew Weir Shipping) SEMI-CONTAINER SERVICE HEAVY LIFT CAPABILITY I EXPRESS TO
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      448 38 CKYSI.iI I'RFNIM St RVh > S fit UP TEL 224/588/*****22 UUR CONSOLIDATION SERVICES 10: EUROPE j j 10 3 19 3 LONDON ROTTERDAM FELIXSTOWE ANTWERP SOUTHAMPTON HAMBURG WINCHESTER IE HARVE AND Alt EUROPE INI AND DESTINATIONS FAR EAST t PhNANI. i A VM i H>'«.3 BANGK >K -i OJ HONG
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      1107 38 I FXPORFS TO HONGKONG. TAIWAN JAPAN "TWICE WEEKLY" MALACCA STRAITS FEEDER SERVICE IHOJNO VO* PKL PNG 7KT~ SIN HKcf KAO KEE TYO SHI KOB~ VESSEL VOY TSTN IPKL PNC BIW SIN ACX ROSE ID >'3 'Hi ill IS/3 193 203 21,'J ACX JADt 37A 6,3 1(1 S|3 »3 lWi x
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      239 38 FAST DIRECT REGULAR SERVICE TO INDONESIA PORT PADANG/PK. BALAM SEMARANG/ PANJANG/CIGADING/BENGKULU VSL ETA ETD LOADING FOR DELI INDAH 83 91 93 91 PK BALAM NAGA JAYA DOCK LAMPUNG JAYA In Pi 63 91 PANJANG PALEMBANG PINANG JAYA 63 91 10 391 PANJANG PERITA JAYA In Port ***** PANJANG PALEMBANG ABADI
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      1542 38 ffe ta 3 CHINA OCEAN SHIPPING COMPANY FULL CONTAINER LINER SERVICE SINGAPORE S GENERAL AGENTS COSTAR SHIPPING PTE LTD TEL: *****00 (SINGAPORE) INDONESIA'S AGENTS P T GLOBAL PUTRA INDONESIA MARITIME TEL 380/882 (JAKARTA) MALAYSIA'S AGENTS CHUNG CHIAO SHIPPING SON BHD TEL: *****91 (KL) *****1 (PENANG) GUAN GUAN SHIPPING SDN BHD
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      912 39 NIHON-ASIA CR **********0N TEL: *****22 FAX: *****86 TO ALL OUR VALUED CUSTOMERS, FRIENDS AND BUSINESS ASSOCIATES... ANNOUNCING THE MERGER OF NIHON-ASIA SHIPPING (S) PTE LTD NAN SHIN SHIPPING AGENCY EFFECTIVE 1/3/91. WE ARE NOW CALLED MC-PAC FREIGHT EXPRESS AT: 15 McCALLUM STREET #06-03 NATWEST CENTRE SINGAPORE 0106 TEL: *****22/*****89 Port
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      307 39 £5 RICHFIELD MARINE AGENCIES (S) PTE LTD TEL: *****33 (12 Lines) BFAX: *****15/*****03 TELEX: RS ***** RISHIP (3 Lines) IfC ETHIOPIAN SHIPPING LINES w (National Lines of Ethiopia) ~ACCE~PfiNG"FCL AND CONVENTIONAL •VESS£L IVOV ETA lOAOING FOR SPORE fABBAY WONZ 28WB 10'04 DARESSALAAM MOMBASA DJIBOUTI ASSAB MASSAWA 'NETSANET 21WB ft'os DARESSALAAM
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      847 39 W.P.T. MASKAPAI PELAYARAN WPULAU LAUT FULLY CONTAINERISED REGIONAL FEEDER SERVICE TWICE WEEKLY/WEEKLY FIXED DAY SCHEDULE BETWEEN THE PORTS OF S PORE, INDONESIA. MALAYSIA ft THAILAND ALSO ACCEPTING LCL CARGO TO ALL DESTINATIONS WE SERVE FOR BOOKINGS CALL SPECARGO FORWARDING AT TEL *****55 SINGAPORE INDONESIA SERVICE ~VSL VOY SIN JKT PAJ
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      448 39 SYDNEY/MELBOURNE BANGKOK VESSEL VOY S PORE SYO MEL VESSEL VOY SINGAPORE BANGKOK PIYA BHUM 0302S IS-11/3 26 30/3 01 03/4 WAN* BHUM#* 04N In Pt 5,3 Sjt 9/3 PLANET A 0447S M-<P/4 >4-16/4 16-20/4 SIRI BHUM# 475N Wed 6/3 Sat 9/3 [PIYA BHUM *****S |~-4->»4 77 29/4 01-03,5 JENLINK 45N
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      493 39 TO AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND ["vSI Isin If ram |M»lb |Srd lAuct NPE |P CHALM antwerpen *7 im Si TH m uji uS Irii TNT EXPRESS 3W 22 4 «4 W il 14/S TCS I*s ellei huoic m n its z» Ss i* m BRUSSEL 271 111 ft 10* 1W IT* M
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      1172 40 a NIAC-NELS SINGAPORE,! export tel *****22 11 import tel *****02 PHyflkJH PENANG TEL (04) *****6 KK TEL (088) *****0 FAWAU TEL (089) 7/86/9 I yrv 1 P KELANG TEL (03) *****77 KUCHING TEL (082) *****3 SKAN TEL (089) *****2 I-IW J BAHRU TEL (07) *****2 SIBU TEL (084 *****2 SARIKEI
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      401 40 ffgfc blue star line SINGAPORE TO NEW ZEALAND AND T/S FIJI FULLY CONTAINKKISKI) MONTHLY SAILINGS DISCHARGING AT NEW PLYMOUTH PORT CHALMERS ACCEPTING FCL LCI. FOK AUCKLAND, NAPIER, WELLINGTON, BLUFF, CIIRISTCHURCH, DUNEDIN, LYTTKLTON, INVERCARGIL, FIJI AND TAHITI SIN N PLY AUCK LYT PROSPECT US Mar 18 Mar Via NPI 20 Mar
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      795 40 yST| THONG SOON LINES PTE. LTD. 51 Bras Basah Rd #01-01 Plaza By The Park S (0718) Tel: *****22 Fax No: *****73 CONVENTIONAL/CONTAINER SERVICES CONVENTIONAL/CONTAINER SERVICES *****11 (BOOKING LINES) SINGAPORE TO WEST MALAYSIA SINGAPORE TO SABAH vor ETA [best jttSSEL I m ETA I BEST KIM SOON LI 8/91E 08
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      339 40 /^fNORBULKV NORBULK CARGO SERVICES LTD. V REGULAR CONVENTIONAL I TIMBER AND PLYWOOD SERVICES SP PK LOAOINC FOR I VARTSEVO NB 126 In Pt ROT/ANT/UK I MULPHA SUBANC NB 127 10/3 15/3 ROT/ANT/UK I NORBULK NB 128 28/3 30/3 NTS/RCMH/AMT/UK J ISWK/SABAH LOADING FOR I NBT 35 1/3 KANDLA,KARACHI I ISP
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      458 43 TIDES AND WEATHER TODAY'S TIDES (ha»t in metres) HOUR 0000 0100 0200 0300 0400 0500 0600 0700 0800 (WOO 1000 1100 *****300 1400 1500 1600 1700 1800 1900 2000 2100 2200 2300 JR 24 27 28 27 22 16 11 07 04 04 07 12 19 24 26 26 23
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      407 44 CHARTPOINT Every Saturday in Business Times PT. PELAYARAN. samudra agung POH AIK 184 6/3 BATU AMPAR/SEKUPANG BATAM SAMUDERA 102 11/3 DUMAI/PEKAN BARU TSS 01 8/3 DUMAI KUALA SIAK V 15/3 BALIKPAPAN/SAMARINDA SENGGATA (TG BARA) 5 vessels (weekly) to PERAWANG/PEKAN BARU DUMAI 3 vessels (weekly) to BATAM 8. SUMATRA PORTS Also
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      736 44 AHYUNDAI MERCHANT MARINE CO. LTD. EASTBOUND TO USA L WESTBOUND FROM USA TO PSW VOY SIN HKG LBH OAK SEA CHI FROM PSW VOY IBM OAK SEA HKG SIN HYUNDAI INNOVATOR 39E W 14/3 1/4 ii/ 4 7/4 M CGM PASCAL 01W %2 t,2 10 2 212 9/3 HYUNDAI EXPLORER
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      670 44 CHARTPOINT Every Saturday in Business Times Voy PNG I p«t lltorw- Vnw voy SIN LAX OAK HOU DAI CHI I NOR HE* NYC Aim lir A a*** COL OUH USA AM BHUH V4UN »3 ALLIGATOR FORTUNE MUM 11 330 3 1 4 2 1 2 4 3 4 3 4
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