The Business Times, 12 March 1991

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    10 1 Business Times MCI (P) 16/12/90 Tuesday, March 12, 1991 75*
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  • NEWS SUMMARY
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      Taiwan seeks US backing for bid to join Gatt
      66 1 TAIWAN sought US support yesterday tor its bid to join the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade. Officials in Taipei said the request came as the two sides opened four days of talks on issues such as tariff cuts, protection for
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      Next envoy to UN
      23 1 A MINISTRY of Foreign Affairs director. Chew Tai Soo, will be Singapore's next ambassador to the UN. Page 2
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      New courses at NUS
      25 1 THE NATIONAL University of Singapore's Faculty ot Arts and Social Sciences will be offering four new subjects from Julv Page 2
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      KL planning blitz
      37 1 MALAYSIA is planning a worldwide publicity blitz, especially in the US, to counter claims by the American Soya Bean Association that palm oil contains saturated fats that could lead to heart disease Page 9
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      Aussie reforms
      34 1 AUSTRALIAN Prime Minister Bob Hawke is presenting to Parliament a package ot reforms slashing industry protection, providing new business incentives and, very likely, alienating much of his party's traditional support Page 9
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      Soviet chaos forecast
      35 1 A CONFIDENTIAL report by the Soviet state planning agency Gosplan predicts the country is heading into a political and economic abyss recalling the famine and repression of the Stalin era Page 11
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      Mexico facing snags
      26 1 MEXICO may be an untapped gold mine but its government does not seem fully equipped to exploit its vast economic potential Page 15
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      Ellis dismayed by row
      28 1 AUTHOR Bret Easton Ellis seems dismayed that his novel, American Psycho, has sparked the biggest literary brouhaha since Salman Rushdie's Satanic Verses Page 19
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      Intensive union bid
      24 1 THE SINGAPORE Maritime Officers' Union is launching an intensive effort to enhance job opportunities for its members. Shipping Times Page 1
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  • MARKETS SUMMARY
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      Dow lower
      42 1 TRADING on the New York Stoek Exchange opened slightly lower yesterday, with the Dow Jones index of 30 leading industrials dropping 1.74 points to 2,953.46 in the first five minutes. Last Friday, the index closed at 2,955.20, down 8.17 points.
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      Footsie higher
      37 1 LONDON shares were higher at midday yesterday as speculation about chances for lower interest rates attracted buyers. At about 1215 GMT. the Footsie 100-Share Index was up 12.1 points, or 0.5 per cent, at 2,467.1.
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      Oei lets option lapse
      39 1 OEI HONG LEONG has allowed his options in Honshu Paper to lapse at the end ot last month, thus giving up his attempt to become the major shareholder in the Japanese paper manufacturer. Page 3
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      C&C buys car assets
      25 1 CYCLE AND Carriage has bought assets of two more Mazda retail outlets for NZSI.B4 million in Auckland. New Zealand Page 3
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      STOCK INDICES
      30 1 Monday Change BT-MGA 737.02 -7.54 Kuala Lumpur 605.85 Hongkong 3,669.03 t!ff< Tokyo 26,669.37 +61.85 Sydney 1,424.2 8 6 Friday C hange New York 2,955.20 -8.17 London 2,455.0 17.3
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      CURRENCIES
      20 1 Exchange rates USS SS 1.7520 100 Yen SS1.2700 MS SS0.6396 Money market rates Overnight 1/2% -1-1/2 3-month 4-5/8 unch
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      COMMODITIES
      38 1 London Gold AM fix USS369.25 -USSl.75 Rubber Spore Apr 147.25«/kg +1.00 M'sia Apr 228 00«/kg +0.50 KL Tin Turnover 55 tonnes 18 Spot MS 14.89/kg -2 Crude palm oil Turnover 658 lots +197 Mar MS864 /tonne -1
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      Rates may bottom out
      29 1 SINGAPORE'S interest rates, which have fallen by about two percentage points since they hit their peak last November. are expected to bottom out Page 12
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    UIC rights issue to raise about $250m expected
    385 1  -  Group needs to cut overall debt of 51.05b By Magdalene Ng UNITED Industrial Corp (UIC) is expected to announce today a one-for-four rights issue to raise $269 million as part of its plans to reduce its massive group debt of about $1.05
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    Keppel Corp reaps record profits
    588 1  -  Group makes 118.2 m after tax despite uncertainty By Dexter Lee DIVERSIFIED Keppel Corp has surged against the tide ot uncertainty left by the Gull crisis in the second half of last year to chalk up record profits and turnover for 1990. In a statement
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    Greek resort complex denies any association with Khamis
    250 1  -  By Amy Balan PORTO CARRAS. the northern Greece resort complex in which Marina Village developer Mr Elyamani Khamis claims to have a major stake, has officially denied any association with the Moroccan businessman. In reply to queries from Business Times. Porto Carras
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    Debate centres on rising business costs
    608 1  -  Yesterday in Parliament By Kenneth James IF PARLIAMENT'S opening debate yesterday on the 1991 Budget Statement, with 17 MPs taking the floor, could be compared to heavy-vol-ume trading on the local bourse, then easily the most traded counter was Rising Business Costs. In a
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  • HOME NEWS
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      No justification in gripes about CPF rise, says Boon Heng
      508 2  -  Yesterday In Parliament By Anna Teo EMPLOYERS should stop griping about the one-point rise in their Central Provident Fund contributions as the criticism is not justified, said labour MP Lim Boon Heng in Parliament yesterday. Workers' distrust of employers will
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      Corporate feedback on Budget
      195 2 EXCEPT for the finance industry, most business, trade and industry representatives who attended a Feedback Unit dialogue on the Budget last week were generally disappointed with the Finance Minister's latest provisions, or unhappy with current foreign labour policy. Tanglin MP Lew Syn Pau, who chaired the
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    • PARLIAMENT BRIEFS
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        From pension to CPF
        67 2 ASKED IF the government intends to mount another exercise to convert all civil servants on the pension scheme to the Central Provident Fund system, and if officers on the pension scheme will retain their right of option during the exercise. Finance Minister Dr Richard Hu's reply
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        Displaying medical charges
        86 2 THE MINISTRY of Health is in favour of requiring all medical practitioners to display their basic rates of charges and is studying how this can be incorporated into the proposed amendments to the Medical Registration Act, said Health Minister Yeo Cheow Tong. Meanwhile, the ministry has asked
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        Cost of team in Riyadh
        109 2 THE cost of keeping a 30-man Singapore Armed Forces medical team in Saudi Arabia is estimated at $630,000 so far, said the Second Minister for Defence Dr Yeo Ning Hong. The final cost of the entire mission will only be known after the team returns
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        Personal tax reliefs
        70 2 APART from business concerns, several of the 17 MPs who spoke yesterday asked for higher personal tax reliefs. Instead of small, one-off rebates, there should be reliefs of a "more permanent" nature. The scheme of child reliefs, for example, should be simplified to $1,500 for every dependent
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        Two Bills tabled
        64 2 TWO BILLS, both essentially updating in function, were tabled yesterday. In line with the status of other statutory boards, the National Productivity Board (Amendment) Bill seeks to give NPB the flexibility to corporatise or go into joint ventures and so on as and when necessary. The Skills
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      The underlying problem: Leong
      281 2  -  By Kenneth James BRINGING to bear his experience as a businessman and corporate manager, nominated MP Leong Chee Whye urged that greater attention be paid to problems arising from the high demand for labour. He also argued for a more complete treatment of incentives for local
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      MFA director to be next Ambassador to UN
      340 2  -  By Anna Teo A MINISTRY of Foreign Affairs director. Chew Tai Soo, will be Singapore's next Ambassador to the United Nations, replacing Professor Chan Heng Chee, who has just returned home. Reshuffles and new appointments involving a few other diplomatic missions are
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      NUS to offer four new courses in Arts, Social Sciences
      217 2 THE National University of Singapore's Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences will offer four new subjects from July. The four courses, offered up to honours level, are European Studies. Linguistics, Mass Communications and Southeast Asian Studies. The Mass Communications syllabus
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      Singapore bags top essay prizes
      154 2 SINGAPORE has clinched the top two prizes in an essay competition organised by the Asian Productivity Organisation (APO) on the theme of small industry. The National Productivity Board won the first prize of US$3,OOO (555.100) in the APO Oshikawa Essay Contest 1990 with its piece
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      87 2 "I was in and out in 1 hour and 12 minutes flat... With the new Business Lunch menu at the legendary Maxim's de Paris, you'll enjoy a truly exquisite lunch in a shade over an hour. A full 3 course meal with a choice of appetizer, main course, dessert, coffee
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      394 2 PROFESSOR W WAYNE TALARZYK Professor of Marketing College of Business The Ohio State University on A seminar on how new technologies can and will eventually revolutionize the ways in which consumers receive and process information and execute transactions. Monday, April 1,1991,9 am spm Pine Room, Level 3, Alison Hotel organised
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  • SINGAPORE – MALAYSIA COMPANY NEWS
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      Oei gives up option to become major Honshu shareholder
      449 3  -  Japanese ministry told of his decision not to exercise options From Koichi Ishiyama in TOKYO BUSINESSMAN Oei Hong l.eong has failed to exercise his options in Honshu Paper, thus giving up his attempt to become the major shareholder in the Japanese
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      Shangri-La to acquire stake in Shenzen hotel
      360 3  -  By S N Vasuki SINGAPORE'S Shangri-La Hotel has announced plans to acquire a minority stake in a 588-room hotel project being developed in Shenzen, China. This was disclosed by the company in a statement to the SES last Friday and signalled another move
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      L & M group moves closer to floating subsidiary on KLSE
      336 3  - L M group moves closer to floating subsidiary on KLSE By Lee Han Shih A REORGANISATION of the L M group suggests that the specialised contractor could be one step closer to floating off a subsidiary on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange. Yesterday, L&M said a new company called L&M
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      RJ Reynolds a growth company
      667 3  -  MARKET TALK Bv William Chia RJ REYNOLDS Bhd, formerly Juara Perkasa Bhd, left investors breathless when its share price hit a high of M 55.15 (a M 52.85 premium over its offer price of M 52.30) after its listing earlier this month. Notwithstanding the market's
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      Lock icon Mega First expects M$37.9m pre-tax profit for 1991
      348 3 Bernama MEGA FIRST Corporation Bhd (formerly Everpeace Corporation), is forecasting group pre-tax profits of M 537.9 million (5524.2 million) and M 543.4 million for the years ending June 30, 1991 and 1992, respectively following the completion of its proposed acquisition of Mamut
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      Cycle & Carriage buys two more NZ outlets
      263 3  - Cycle Carriage buys two more NZ outlets By Salil Tripathi CYCLE and Carriage Limited, the franchisee for Mercedes Benz, Mazda and Mitsubishi here, announced yesterday that its New Zealand subsidiary Sri Temasek Ltd has acquired the assets of two more Mazda retail outlets for NZ$l.B4 million (551.89 million) in Auckland,
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    • COMPANY BRIEFS
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        DBS See raises paid-up capital
        43 3 DBS SECURITIES Holding Pte Ltd, the holding company for the DBS Bank group's stockbroking arm, has increased its paid-up capital from 536.3 million to $37.25 million with the issue of an additional 950,000 ordinary' shares of Si each.
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        Eu Yan Sang incorporates unit
        60 3 EU YAN SANG Holdings Ltd has incorporated a whollyowned subsidiary known as Cesfield Holding Pte Ltd with an authorised capital of $25,000 of 25,000 shares of $1 each. Cesfield, which has a paid up capital of $2, will be involved in property investment. Its First
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        More Hour Glass shares sold
        63 3 PRUDENTIAL Asset Management Asia has sold more than 870.000 The Hour Glass shares or nearly 1.5 per cent of the listed watch and clock dealer's issued capital of 60 million 25-cent shares. The sale, which netted Prudential just over $873,000. reduced the asset management firm's
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        Renong acquisitions approved
        50 3 RENONG Bhd has received conditional approval from the Foreign Investment Committee for the acquisition of a 30.5 per cent stake in United Engineers, a 43 per cent interest in Sistem Televisyen Malaysia Bhd, and the sale of a 50 per cent interest in Projek Lebuhraya Utara-Selatan Bhd.
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        Asean Fund NTA is US$13.08
        25 3 THE unaudited net tangible asset per share of the Asean Fund Ltd was USS 13.08 (5522.75) as at March 7.
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        New director at Jacks Int'l
        20 3 MR WONG PENG KOON has been appointed a director of Jacks International Ltd from yesterday.
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        Inter-Pacific sells stake in Nam Fatt
        80 3 INTER-PACIFIC Industrial Group Bhd has disposed of its entire 16.6 per cent stake of 5.43 million shares in Nam Fatt Bhd at between M 53.90 (552.45) and M 54.28 a share or a total of M 521.3 million. As a result, Inter-Pac recorded an
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  • REGIONAL COMPANY NEWS
    • COMPANY BRIEFS
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        Trading in Kumagai Gumi (HK) suspended
        58 4 TRADING IN shares of locally listed property investment and development company Kumagai Gumi (Hongkong) was suspended at the company's request from the start of business yesterday, the Hongkong stock exchange said. Trading would remain suspended pending a further announcement. The company's share ended 2.5
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        PTT, Unocal settle out of court
        79 4 THE PETROLEUM Authority of Thailand (PTT) has reached an out-of-court settlement worth millions of baht with Unocal which was alleged to have supplied the state agency with contaminated natural gas. The Bangkok Post reported that Unocal has agreed to pay the PTT 100 million
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        Mitsubishi to export to Burma
        75 4 MITSUBISHI CORP, through Thai distributor Kang Yong Watana, is expanding Thailand's role in exporting electrical goods to Indochina. It plans to introduce exports to Burma this year, the Bangkok Post reported. Company managing director Yukio Katono said the plan to expand into Indochina followed many
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        Profits from property could fall
        69 4 LEND LEASE Corp of Australia said profits from its property services division, which provides half of group profits, could fall if market conditions tighten. But it said group profits were expected to increase in the year ending June 30, 1991. Lend Lease said it had
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      HK group in bid for Thai project
      527 4 HWA KAY THAI (Thailand) is forming a consortium which plans to bid for the 10 billion baht (about HK$3 billion) Bangkok Metropolitan Authority (BMA) light railway project in Thailand. The South China Morning Post said on Sunday that the company is a wholly-owned
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      Lock icon Institutional buyers not about to quit
      412 4 Reuter HONGKONG'S stock market is due for consolidation after eight straight weeks of gains but analysts say institutional players are not yet ready to quit. Wall Street's strong showing and a slew of company results in line with expectations saw the blue-chip Hang Seng
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      HK hotel gets nod for Ho Chi Minh City project
      355 4 HONGKONG and Shanghai Hotels has gained Govern> mcnt approval for the devek opmcnt of a serviced apartment and office com* plex in Ho Chi Minh City* Vietnam, as the hotel groupstrives to shake off its image as the sleeping blue
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      Lock icon Manila's state oil company plans to set up petrochemical industry
      363 4 Reuter THE state-owned Philippine National Oil Co is mapping out a plan to set up a petrochemical industry in the country with foreign participation costing up to US$l billion (S$ 1.74 billion). PNOC president Manuel Estrclla said on Saturday evening
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      Lock icon Norsk Hydro shows interest in buying Philphos
      220 4 Reuter NORSK Hydro A/S, Norway's biggest diversified company, is interested in buying the 50 per cent state-owned Philippine Phosphate Fertilizer Corp (Philphos). but formal talks will only begin when Philphos signs a debtrestructuring accord with its foreign creditors. This was disclosed by Philippine
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      501 4 I a I I Keppel Corporation Limited I (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) I AUDITED RESULTS FOR THE YEAR I I ENDED 31 DECEMBER 1990 I The Directors of Keppel Corporation Limited advise the following audited results of the H H Company and of the Group for the year
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      71 4 FOR SALE PRIME FREEHOLD FACTORYAVAREHOUSE 100E PASIR PANJANG ROAD I it w k N* NntVf i 7 c~ \«JI wmictrtu Strategically Unrated Site/Building Details within "Singapore Part 3/Part 4 storey Distribclt building with 8 Freehold 1 itle. To be individual Strata Titles sold with vacant possession 1 and Area: *****
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      187 5 There's nothing worse than starting the day with a is, we don't as yet. have any rooms. (Or suites.) Lnless, of course, it s our impeccable roomserxice. tepid cup of tea, cardboard croissants or rubber eggs. What's more, being perfectionists, were not going to Which is why, at The Puteri
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  • INTERNATIONAL COMPANY NEWS
    • COMPANY BRIEFS
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        Japanese firms keen to support IBM standards
        72 6 IBM JAPAN Ltd, a wholly-owned unit of International Business Machines Corp, said 11 Japanese computer makers were interested in joining a group to support IBM standards for personal computers (PCs). The companies would get access to technical information, which IBM hopes would spur
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        Mazda to use German product
        82 6 MAZDA Motor Corp will buy one billion yen (Ssl2 million) a year worth of hydraulic lash adjustors (HLA) from Germany's INA Walzlagcr Schaertler KG, a spokesman said. The HLA eliminates the need for periodic engine valve clearance adjustments and was jointly developed by Mazda and
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        Sumitomo unit to sell TI goods
        94 6 TRADING house Sumitomo Corp said it formed a whollyowned Tokyo unit to sell in Japan products made by Texas Instruments Inc (TI) and National Semiconductor Corp (NSC) of the US. Sumisho Electronic Devices Corp, capitalised at 480 million yen (Ss6 million), is selling semiconductors
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        McDonnell unit launches satellite
        64 6 McDonnell Douglas Corp's McDonnell Douglas Space Systems Co subsidiary said it launched a second commercial satellite on Friday for the Inmarsat organisation onboard a Delta 6925 expendable launch vehicle. Designed and built by British Aerospace pic, the Inmarsat-2(F2) satellite will provide the next decade's telephone, fax
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        Yoshida to set up unit in Turkey
        119 6 JAPANESE zipper and fastener manufacturer Yoshida Kogyo plans to invest more than US$7 million (S$ 12.2 million) on new subsidiaries in Turkey and Chile, a company spokesman said yesterday. The spokesman said a new company capitalised at US$6.5 million would be set up
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        MAI to sell Avenir shares
        76 6 FINANCIAL services company MAI pic said it is exercising an option to sell 771,480 shares in French media company Avenir Havas Media to Agence Havas at 270 francs per share. A MAI statement with its six months results said the >alc would raise £21 million
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      Lock icon Seoul eases rules for issue of securities overseas
      491 6 Reuter SOUTH KOREA has changed the rules to make it easier for companies to issue equity-related securities overseas. The Securities Supervisory Board in Seoul said at the weekend that "the new rules aim to provide domestic companies with better opportunities to raise
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      Lock icon BTR heading for first profit fall in 22 yrs
      221 6 Reuter BRITISH conglomerate BTR pic is expected to break a 22-year-old record of earnings growth on Wednesday and announce a profit fall for 1990. Analysts say the results will show the company has been hard hit by recession in its main
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      Lock icon Renewed optimism for Daily News
      261 6 Reuter BRITISH publisher Robert Maxwell returned from the US to London on Sunday after negotiating a possible salvage of the strike-plagued New York Daily News, in what union leaders referred to as an atmosphere of renewed optimism. The publisher has imposed a deadline of 10am
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      Lock icon AT&T willing to raise offer if NCR drops objections
      536 6 NYT TRYING to put pressure on the directors of NCR Corp to negotiate a friendly merger, American Telephone and Telegraph Co said on Sunday that it was willing to raise its offer to US$lOO (S$ 170) a share, if NCR would
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      Lock icon Square D rejects Schneider offer
      227 6 Reuter SQUARE D Co said its board unanimously rcjccted the unsolicited tender offer of Schneider SA. Last week Square D advised shareholders not to tender their shares to Paris-based Schneider, which launched a US$7B (S$ 136) per share tender for Square D on March 4,
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      86 6 On Sale Now! Business! rtMa'jnJ n hits i frallic j.mi Puma n hii'h .Averts Smart bu\cf s jeuklt u pn>j vrt > Kaf V le.rurr > duller In this issue... Labour Strife How to prevent strikes in your factory Thailand: The road to NIC-dom proves tough Marketing: Using the news
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  • FINANCIAL NEWS
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      Interest rates expected to bottom out
      363 7  -  End of Gulf war, new share issues may cause upward pressure By Chew Eng Han LOCAL interest rates have fallen by about 2 percentage points since their peak last November, but many dealers are now of the view that they have bottomed out. Dealers
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      Fed rate cut could spur reduction in Hongkong
      531 7 CUTS in Hongkong interest rates are expected following the US Federal Reserve Board's reduction in federal funds rates by a quarter of a per cent to 6 per cent, according to the South China Morning Post. Baring Securities director and economist Miron
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      More Indon-based companies raising loans in S'pore
      323 7  -  By Diana Oon THE TIGHTER monetary policy and high interest rates in Indonesia are leading more Indonesian-based companies to raise loans in Singapore. Yesterday, PT Japfa Comfeed Indonesia, a member of the Indonesian-based Ometraco Group, signed a US$5O million (SsBs million) revolving loan
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    • SMALL CHANGE
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        Taiwan's savings rate hits 15-year low
        142 7 TAIWAN'S savings rate, while still one of the highest in the world, hit a 15-year low last year after it fell below 30 per cent of its gross national product. The public and private savings rate in 1990 accounted only for 29.65 per cent
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        Suharto's comment calms fears
        111 7 PRESIDENT SUHARTO'S weekend denial of a rupiah devaluation yesterday helped calm the market which saw an increase in US dollar selling to get hold of scarce rupiah. "We're seeing selling interest in the dollar... Suharto helped a lot (to calm the market)." one state bank dealer
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        Fuji Bank confirms report
        96 7 A SUBSIDIARY of Japan's Fuji Bank Ltd has extended loans to a real estate company suspected of being affiliated with the country's biggest organised crime syndicate. A bank spokesman yesterday confirmed a report earlier that said Fuji Sogo Leasing Co Ltd had lent funds to the
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        FPB aims to improve image
        56 7 FIRST Pacific Bancshares (FPB) is hoping to improve its corporate image through the consolidation ot its massive number of shares, according to managing director Ricardo Pascua. The company has 26.2 billion shares in issue at U52.9 cents per share. Seen as a penny stock, it
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      82 7 Qantas offers more flights to Australia than all other airlines put togeth^^^^ If you were to put ALL other airlines together, they would still not have as many flights to Australia as Qantas. And because we have more flights, you have a greater choice. A greater choice of destinations and
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  • Page 7 Miscellaneous
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      55 8 what they (Thank Heavens) Next Monday March 18th we're introducing a technology breakthrough that will make your frustrating little electronic gadget into the technological wonder you thought you were buying. Call Lisa on 227 7088 for your invitation to the unveiling or for information. BORLAND 92 Tanjong Pagar Road, Singapore
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  • THE REGION
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      Lock icon KL plans blitz to counter adverse palm oil claims
      401 9 Studies show palm oil is 'nutritious and good for health AP MALAYSIA is planning a worldwide publicity blitz, especially in the United States, tb counter claims by the American Soya Bean Associaition (ASA) that palm oil contains saturated fats that cpuld
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      Lock icon Hawke taking big gamble with reform package
      438 9 AFP AUSTRALIAN Prime Minister Bob Hawke will present tp Parliament today a package of reforms slashing industry protection, providing new business incentives and, very likely, alienating much of his Labor Party's traditional supllort. Its reduced tariffs and new incentives aim to make manufacturing
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    • NOTE BOOK
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        Australian consumer optimism rises
        77 9 AUSTRALIAN consumers were much more optimistic about the future of the economy in March than in previous months, the Westpac-Melbourne Institute Index of Consumer Sentiment has shown. The index jumped 10.2 points in March to 77.0 after dropping 4.2 points in February. But Westpac Banking Corp
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        Quake damages gold mines
        65 9 AN EARTHQUAKE has damaged underground workings m the Golden Mile gold mining area in Kalgoorlie, Western \ustralki. police said on Sunday. Mine officials had report- j cd rock falls in several shafts in the mines 600 km east of IVrth, they said. It is believed no
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        Japan to cut KL timber exports
        70 9 MAJOR Japanese timber importers have agreed to cut total imports of timber from Sarawak. Malaysia, by about 15 per ctnt this year from their original target of 6.5-7 million tpbic metres, industry sources said. The agreement followed the International Tropical Timber Organisation's recommendation to
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        Wipe out rebels: Aquino
        62 9 T-HH PHILIPPINE military must finish the job of crushing a long-running communist insurgency and eradicating a threat to the government from army rebels. President Corazon Aquino said yesterday. Ihe recent capture ot lettist a fid rightist advocates of terror augurs well for long lasting pcace in
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      Lock icon Fiji to sign garment export deal with US
      302 9 AFP -1-IJI hopes lo find new markets in the I Initcd Slates lor its garment exports as it loses preferential aeeess to Australia, the eommeree ministry said on Sunday. Trade and Commerce Minister llerenado Vunibobo said in a statement that Fiji would
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      Lock icon NZ economic growth expected to be sluggish
      212 9 Reuter FALLING economic growth among New Zealand's trading partners and a stringent domestic fiscal policy will keep the country's economy sluggish for the next two years. The New Zealand Institute for Economic Research said yesterday that "while a move out of the recession
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  • THE GULF AFTER THE WAR
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      Lock icon Well fires endanger Kuwaiti oil reservoir
      526 10 Reuter THE HUNDREDS of wellhead fires started by retreating Iraqi soldiers could permanently damage the huge oil reservoir beneath the sands of the Kuwaiti desert. Some of the 400 fires raging in the Burgan oil fields near Kuwait City are sending great columns of
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      Lock icon Plans to send more Asian workers than ever to Gulf
      294 10 AFP TIIE ASIAN COUNTRIES hardest hit by the economic fallout of the Gulf war are hoping to recoup their losses by sending more workers than ever before to the Middle Kast. At least half a million South and South-east Asians
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      Lock icon Fears of Lebanon-style civil strife in Iraq
      418 10 AP ONE of the grimmest postwar scenarios in the Gulf is that Iraq, ravaged by war. could become another Lebanon. a cauldron of disorder and a breeding-ground for terrorism. If Iraqi President Saddam Hussein and his Arab Baath Socialist Party is toppled by
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      213 10 CUITr Nowadays, home computers are really cheap. That is, until you start rate computer manufacturer and winner of many distinguished awards putting together the whole package of features above. Then, you'd be in for including the Byte Magazine Award of Distinction for the Power Flex in 1989. a really rude
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  • THE WORLD
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      Lock icon Moscow heading for political and economic abyss
      406 11 Soviet agency expects GNP to plunge 11.6 pc Reuter A CONFIDENTIAL report by the Soviet state planning agency Gosplan predicts the country is heading into a political and economic abyss recalling the famine and repression of the Stalin era, British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
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      Lock icon Release of old Deng speech seen as shift in policy
      257 11 NYT CHINA has published a 30-year-old speeeh by its patriarch, Deng Xiaoping, in what appeared to be a call for greater attention to the economy and less concern for ideological campaigns. Publication of the speech last Sunday in the People's
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      Lock icon Saudis resist pressure for oil output cuts
      401 11 Reuter SAUDI ARABIA, riding high after the defeat of Iraq in the Gulf War, is resisting pressure from fellow Opec countries at a meeting starting in Geneva yesterday to cut output drastically to shore up prices. Non-Gulf Opec ministers say a cut is
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      Lock icon Paris cuts 1991 budget, saving 12.4b francs
      231 11 AFP THE FRENCH government slashed its 1991 budget on Sunday, announcing cuts amounting to 10.2 billion francs (553.36 billion). Real savings will be 12.4 billion francs because some cancelled investment programmes would have been spread over several years. Finance and Economy Minister Pierre
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    • WORLD WATCH
      • Article
        Havel calls for referendum on partition
        78 11 CZECHOSLOVAK President Vaclav Havel has acknowledged that his country may eventually split into two. and has said a referendum should find out how Slovaks feel about it. "Break-up of the state is an alternative we must seriously think about." he said in his regular
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        Dubai's non-oil trade up
        75 11 NON-OIL trade in the emirate of Dubai rose 22 per cent last year to a record 41 billion dirhams (SS 19.1 billion) in spite of the Gulf crisis. A government report last Sunday showed imports jumped to 31.06 billion dirhams in 1990 from 27.05 billion dirhams
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        Major rules out May polls
        61 11 BRITISH Prime Minister John Major has said he will not call a general election to coincide with local government elections in May. says a senior Conservative Party politician. Cecil Parkinson, a former Conservative Party chairman, said last Sunday that Mr Major had made this clear
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        Mexican surplus misleading
        84 11 MEXICO recorded a US$639 million (SSl.l I billion) overall trade surplus in 1990, but the figure disguises a surge in basic imports that far outpaced the rise in exports. Imports exceeded exports by U552,996 billion last year, not including the earnings of border assembly plants, or maquiladoras,
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        Japan donates aid to Peru
        53 11 JAPAN has donated 3.5 billion yen (5544.8 million) to Peru as part of its help to Third World countries which undertake steps to stabilise their economies. Japan's ambassador in Lima, Masaki Sco. and Peruvian Prime Minister Carlos Torres last Sunday signed the agreement which formalised
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        Georgian offer to voters
        97 11 GEORGIAN PRESIDENT Zviad Gamsakhurdia last Sunday offered non-ethnic inhabitants of the republic full citizenship and the right to own land if they vote for independence in a poll later this month. Georgia is refusing to hold a referendum this coming Sunday on membership of the union
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  • SPORTS
    • SIDE LINES
      • Article
        Gascoigne puts Spurs in FA Cup semi-final
        135 12 PAUL. GASCOIGNE scored with seven minutes remaining to give Tottenham a 2-1 victory on Sunday over Notts County and a semi-final spot in the English Football Association up. Gascoigne scored his 18th goal of the season to cap a Spurs comeback against the
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        Senna blazes to victory
        92 12 A BRAND NEW, but untested, McLaren Honda provided Brazil's Ayrton Senna with his 27th Formula One victory on Sunday as he scored a wire-to-wire win in the Phoenix Grand Prix. "The car is good. The performance speaks for itself. Senna said. Senna, who won his 53rd
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        Mey clinches speed title
        55 12 UWE-JENS MEY of Germany won his fourth consecutive 500-metre World Cup speed-skating title on Sunday. The 27-year-old Berliner finished third in the 500-metre World Cup race. The performance gave him 208 points in the final standings, four ahead of Japan's Yasunori Miyabe, who won the race
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        Dalglish tipped to come back
        72 12 KENNY DALGLISH. who stunned Liverpool by quitting as manager last month, is being backed to stage a dramatic return to the English champions next season. The former Scotland striker has been tipped so heavily for a quick comeback that the odds on him being in
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        Ottey equals world record
        84 12 THE world's No 1 ranked woman sprinter, Merlene Ottey of Jamaica, equalled her own world record of 22.24 seconds to win the 200 metres at the world indoor track and field championships in Seville on Sunday. World indoor record holder Paul Ereng of Kenya successfully defended
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        Davies ends drought
        116 12 BRITAIN'S Laura Davies broke out of a lengthy dry spell on Sunday when she shot a five-under-par 67 to win the Inamori Classic in California by a four-stroke margin. Davies, who began the final round trailing Tina Barrett by one shot, started off with a bogey but
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      Lock icon Courier overcomes Forget
      531 12 Champions Cup AP JIM COURIER captured only the second singles title of his career on Sunday by beating France's Guy Forget 4-6. 6-3. 4-6. 6-3. 7-6 (7-4) in the Champions Cup. Courier, of the United States, pocketed *****25.000 (*****.000) for winning the match, the largest payday of
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      Lock icon Sabatini defeats Graf for Slims title
      443 12 Reuter GABRIELA SABATINI put all elements of her now well-rounded game together to beat top-seeded Steffi Graf 6-4 7-6 on Sunday to repeat as champion of the US$5OO,OOO (SS850.000) Virginia Slims of Florida women's tournament. "1 think I have everything," said Sabatini, who earned
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      Lock icon Pate wins battle with winds to take Honda Classic
      417 12 Agencies STEVE PATE's first victory sincc 1988 proved to be a memorable one on Sunday as he stumbled to a three-over-par 75 in high winds to win the I londa Classic in Florida. Pate, who enjoyed a sixshot lead when play
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      Lock icon Rose's still the hit king
      610 12 NYT THE magazine cover did not represent one of the happier stages in the life of Peter Edward Rose. It was the July 3. 1989. cover of Sports Illustrated. and it artfully juxtaposed a glum photograph of Rose with rather damaging testimony from one of
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  • INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY
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      Compaq offers free mouse to go with laptop
      359 13  -  Claire Leow checks out this worldwide promotion by two US computer makers Claire Leow TWO American computer companies, Compaq and Microsoft, join forces today in a worldwide promotion aimed at a fast-growing segment of the market laptop and notebook computers. Compaq a
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      Cheaper, juicier Apple printers
      201 13 APPIi: COMPUTERS, which responded to market demand for low-cost models of its Macintosh personal computers (PCs) last October, has followed that success with low-cost printers. Said William James, managing director of Apple Far Fast: "Introducing more affordable computers last October was the first step in our
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      Lock icon Genetically-engineered pigs produce rodent protein
      306 13 UPI AMERICAN scientists have reported that they have genetically engineered pigs to produce large amounts of a mouse protein in their milk, a step towards creating "bioreactor" farm animals that make medicines for people. The "transgenic swine" probably would not be practical, however, as living
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      TECH TAKES
      426 13 BORROWING TECHNOLOGY from the electronics industry, a new pharmaceuticals company in California, hopes to speed the pace of drug discovery by creating chips containing thousands of potential drug compounds on a one-centimetre square. In spite of the dramatic advances made by biotechnology, traditional drug discovery remains a slow
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      Lock icon Computer firms moving towards common standards
      377 13 NYT SUN Microsystems and Hewlett-Packard, the two leading vendors of computer workstations, announced late last month a joint effort to develop advanced software that will allow their computers, as well as machines made by other companies, to work together. The goal is to create
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      Wanted: good home for a computer society
      566 13  -  IT MATTERS Kenneth James on the predicament of a homegrown IT institution Kenneth James IT's a pity the Singapore Microcomputer Soeiety (SMS), where so many of the Republic's IT entrepreneurs and enthusiasts cut their eye-teeth, has no place to call home. Enthusiasm and
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    Another war building up
    489 14 EDITORIAL HOT on the heels of the Gulf War, a trade war over the allocation ot contracts for the reconstruction of Kuwait could break out. This war could be fought by companies over the estimated US$lOO billion worth of contracts that Kuwait is expected to award.
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  • WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
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      Welcome second chance
      214 14 DR TAY Eng Soon's announcement of a six-fold increase in polytechnic places for good VITB certificate holders and a doubling of university places for good polytechnic graduates is one that a whole generation of Singaporeans has waited for. More young Singaporeans will now be able to make
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      Career choices
      128 14 THE ANNUAL careers exhibition has been getting a warm response from students and parents. In an environment of labour shortage, the show provides a good chance for employers to attract potential workers. It is never too early or too late to decide on one's career. With the recent
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      People who care
      132 14 THERE IS no shortage of charitable deeds and donations from people in the lower and middle rungs of our society who are willing to help the less fortunate. Even though these people generally do not seek rewards or commendation, we must still accord them praise to encourage
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  • REGIONAL VIEWPOINTS
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      Stop arming Cambodia
      195 14 BEIJING this week announced its intention to continue to arm the Khmer Rouge until after there is a comprehensive political settlement in Cambodia, preferably under the framework agreed upon by the five permanent members of the UN Security Council, of which China is one. Chinese arms supply
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      Developing local fast food
      170 14 WHEN Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad visited the Food Technology Department of the Malaysian Agricultural Research and Development Institute (Mardi) in Serdang last Thursday, he sampled some of the food prepared there and gave a delightful thumbs-up signal. In fact, he made two significant
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      Don't forget the PLO
      151 14 WHEN US President George Bush spoke last Wednesday of his resolve to bring about a comprehensive peace in West Asia, one wonders whether he will pursue this with the same level of zeal and determination that resulted in the end to the war. While he mentioned
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    1006 14  -  John Tagliabue finds eastern Germany growing old and inactive as the young head west for better prospects John Tagliabue NYT Five months into German unity, tens of thousands of eastern Germans continue to embark on a westward trek in search of jobs and
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      155 14 SOME OF OUR BEST DISHES I AREN'T ON TOE MENU. N y f Jp >y V I *Mh _S f y KJ /ffi 111 St ~Zsrr x.si-- s 's« .->••' .<£3sSg*v v J J/ 0' Our new Chef is a real master in the New Wave Cantonese cooking now the
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      30 14 DOONESBURY BY GARRY TRUDEAU 'jORKt cm WIS IS ASININE.! NO THIS IS A COM tXCifSt IVUI*T t AT YOUP MAY Tne#&/WOUPY pieiEUftsw ME' .t r ■2 ufWMxx vvwi chapsiick* STUHCUPUPINTHEZe
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  • ANALYSIS
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      A nice place to visit... but put my money there?
      1081 15  -  Magdalene Ng went along with Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew and a group of businessmen, industrialists and bankers to Mexico recently. She discusses their impression of Mexico as an untapped goldmine with tough mining conditions Magdalene Ng THE YOUNG technocrats
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      Brimming with potential — but little else, for now
      1509 15 Brimming with potential but little else, for now THE ROAD through the trees and swamps of Cancun. an island off the Caribbean coast of Mexico, should have been exciting. But it was uneventful, and a stop at a crocodile farm and aquarium was a welcome prospcct. Perhaps, said the small
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      We had a meeting at 10? You don't say!
      321 15 Mexico must solve two major problems if she is to develop quickly a lack of organisational skills and language difficulties. Top government and business officials are fluent in English, but most Mexicans know only Spanish. and it is this lack of
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      2755 16 88 DBS FINANCE DBS FINANCE LTD AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES BALANCE SHEET AS AT 31 DECEMBER 1990 ThaCompeny Th. Group TEeComppn, T*e Group NotM ISM IM 1990 IMB T tW SS'OOO SSMO srooo srooo S$"000 srooo SSMO srooo Fixed Asset* 6 3 671 4.224 42.740 43.073 Share Capital Authorised 50.000.000 shares
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      2346 17 great pacific finance GREAT PACIFIC FINANCE LTD AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES BALANCE SHEET AS AT 31 DECEMBER 1990 The Company The Group The Company The Group Notes 1990 1989 1990 1989 Note* 1990 1969 1990 1989 SSOOO SSOOO SS'OOO SSOOO SSOOO SSOOO SS'OOO SSOOO Share Capital Fixed Assets 7 1,284 851
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      241 18 WHERE TO WINE, DINE AND ENTEBTAIN WHEBE TO WINE, DINE AND ENTERTAIN WHERE TO WINE, DINE jrSwfc'. GENUINE PENANG FARE 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
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      297 18 FEAST YOUR EYES 111 l 1111 l I ON THE PLUM'S TFWELS 111 ***** l II *****1 l OF THAILAND From Ist March 17th March five of the finest exponents of Thai Cuisine will masterfully prepare «i plethora of appetising dishev The buffet will be available for both lunch (12
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      311 18 THEME KARAOKE HITS TOWN! At Singsation Come experience the latest karaoke trend smgmg 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! Pi .aza Hotel OOWdif b#*«*ntotmultr«or*> «A*«.COiO<l«r.t•.NV.'rmfl carpar* (come v*NKO« Htge**9y Or
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      394 18 For the next three weeks, British Buffet Lunch we'll treat you like royal- March 1-21 v-V.* ty at our British Buffet Noon 2.30 pm V ith over 60 traditional 1 favourites, you'll be back Adult $36+ 1 for seconds, thirds... Child below 10 JlB+-+ I WV sertv the u-ortj to
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      776 18 TELEVISION AND RADIO OMMMMNM •>.«*< it r T SBCI2 16 30 r n rn*r tUrCS 01 H I4 3 v R S^. ProBramme BUSINESS ON RADIO jTI \h G hnnk Ol CllS3,StCr 12 cH^ MN ,nternati<H,al(l 700 Th?!^TFaS y BhtS 7:26 BBC, 89.9 mHz in VHF Band II V/ll WAV
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  • LIFESTYLE
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      Lock icon Setting a murderous madman loose
      1133 19  -  Bret Huston I'llis' new novel American Psycho, which details the most hideous acts of violence, has sparked a furore in the United States. Roger Cohen finds out the writer's reaction to the criticism while Christopher offers his reaction to the book. Roger Cohen Christopher Lehmann-Haupt
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      Lock icon Life and death in a cartoon world
      798 19 NYT ONE approaches with a fair degree of awe a novel that has inspired the reaction that Bret Easton Ellis' American Psycho has. To have provoked a publisher to reject a finished manuscript without demanding the return of a substantial advance: to have
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      Dennis the Menace gets a new image
      669 19 CHATTERBOX DENNIS the Menace fans are revolting. Word that the spiky-haired star of the Beano comic is about to get a new image for his 40th birthday has led to howls of disapproval and threats of resignations from the IX'nnis the Menace fan
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      261 19 AND ENTEBTAIN Set Your Heart On Our Set Meals. LL'NTH II I 2«pm i£m?V [»INN> R hKPM IX) t- -1 jt\ io KPM »i».sc.. itR person The Cafe-in-the-Park is well known tor its excellent food. And now, for its value-for-money set meals. Everyday, except Saturdays. A ANA HOTEL 16 NASSLM
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      103 19 i TRADITIONAL Cantonese cuisine H O BEST HONG KONG c DIAN XIN IN TOWN I china China Restaurant I J Marina Bay Golf Country Club L X V J? 6 Marina Green Singapore 0101. for Reservations Please Call ***** U. The freshest. liveliest seafood place in town. j 11 have
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      4010 20 H 4 f't' II M BSIDIARY (OMPANY ompiny fl iwo iww" B H St'OW St()U( ■mmm sv s_ un^ 44 «»l ti j t quits m% till"* 1 Ihc wholly tiwmd subsidiary. Keppel Finance Nominees Pte Ltd is inc«itp»iratcd in Singapore and operates in H flB other q ted investment-
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  • STOCK EXCHANGE OF SINGAPORE 1
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      Profit-taking sends STI index below 1,500 level
      4763 21  -  By Genevieve Cua PROFIT-TAKING in index-linked stocks pulled the blue-chip Straits Times Industrials Index below the 1.500 level yesterday in what analysts see as a long-overdue correction. Buying interest focussed on secondliners and Malaysian counters, spurring some speculation that the bull run. which
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    STOCK EXCHANGE OF SINGAPORE 2
    4309 22 Main Board BAT 2I« 368 20 5 7% SSF25' 110 Ml +6.1% OCBC Foreign 1030 HO I 0% Pan Pacific:5« 6«) H H 51>% Hong Fok 204 t8 f4 1% Tiger Halm 20« I 76 8 I 4.8% In no-Pat Wt 14 52 +8 18.2%
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  • KUALA LUMPUR STOCK EXCHANGE
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      Lock icon Shares close higher in hectic trading
      4247 23 Bernama SHARE PRICES on the Kuala Lumpur stock exchange closed higher in hectic trading yesterday with the KLSE Composite Index ending 4.55 points higher at 605.85 and the Industrial Index 2.63 points higher at 1,174.24. Gains far outpaced losses 189 to 47 while 26
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      112 23 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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  • BT SHARE INFORMATION SERVICE
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      AUDITED RESULTS
      82 24 Company Date Year Group Net Net earnings Gross ann to profit/loss (I) per share dividend ('000) (cents) */o Amino Feb 11 Sep 90 J3 0061(111.0?9> (14 l?5IF(?b H Leon< Credit Ian 16 Inn 10 M$<>4.462<H8.0/4) ?18<I6l> 10U0) C&C Ian A Sep JS3 94/J.I4 h49l I08(?3ba> l5<8Sa) tAN Ian
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      PRELIMINARY RESULTS
      319 24 Company Date Year Group pre tax Net earnings Gross ann to profit/loss (L) per share dividend (OOO) (cents) D8S Mar 9 Dec 90 /16) 60 4(52 8a) 16(14 5a) Focal Finance Mai 8 Dec 90 $4 280($3 SI 86(7 3) SSE Mai 8 Dec 90 $19.830($8.244< 7 9(3
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      CORPORATE DEVELOPMENTS
      789 24 industrial Oxygen Inc is selling its estate in Negri Sembilan to Condoheights Develop ment tor M559.75m (SS3B24m) cash Trading on shares ot Kuala Lumpur Industries will be suspended from March 13 until further notice Mar 8 tu Yan Sang opened its sixth store in Malaysia as part of
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      INTERIM RESULTS
      271 24 Company Date Half-year Group pre-ta* Interim ann to profit/loss (L) dividend (000) Rothmans Ind Mar 6 Dec 90 $32,507(126.416) 22 5(15) H Leong Credit Mar 4 Dec 90 M$19.470($13.348, 3(1 8a) Cons Plant 2 Dec 90 M$40 600($56,600) 8(9 2) DMIB Bhd Mar 2 Oec 90 M$20.400<$19 000
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      DIVIDENDS ANNOUNCED
      486 24 Current Ex Boohs Date Total tor Total tor payment date close payable the year last year A scan Find USJO 10(b) Mar 18 Mar 28 Apr 8 US$010 A vino WE Feb 25 Mar 7 May 15 1251TE 25 «TE BAT 104 81 Apr 15 Apr 26 May
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      RESULTS DUE
      847 24 Main Board Last Year Company Penod Date Ye* Net EPS Gross Net anraviced endrj (cents) A* profit test year (1000) CMB Pacfcirng interim No* 13 Dec 90 29 7 132 11.616(e) BMT Interim ton 10 Jun 91 254 2 150 0 •pofc, fmal feb 16 Dec 90 1
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      BONDS, LOANS & WARRANTS
      882 24 BONDS, LOANS WARRANTS Company Conversion period Conversion twin lor owe ordtowy stare dC Wt Before 26/4/93 1 warrant plus $3 09 cash Causeway Loan 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 Chuan -it) Notes
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      APPROVED ISSUES
      223 24 Company Rights Issue H Leont Credt Two-tor five (n MJ200 per share Ei-date Feb 21 Books close Wat 7 Vceptance Payment NYA *1 Industries One Kuala lunpur industries Hidgs Bhd share of MSI each tor sewn mi shares of bO sen each Rights issue of one-for two (a
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      PROPOSED ISSUES
      298 24 Company Rights Issue fcan, One fc* two MJI CO per share issue t iO.n CunuMrr Redeem jtte Preference Shares of MJi) 10 ea« h at VV ,»'t !•>»• 1 Batten One tor tour (a MJ/ 00 per share Ge«(e Kent One tor two <a, Mil 50 pet share
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      COMPANY MEETINGS
      97 24 Avimo Singapore Ltd: 17th AGM at Valley Room. Shangri La Hotel. 22 Orange Grove Road. Singapore 1025 on Monday, Mar 18. at 12 noon United Overseas Land Ltd: EGM at the Board Room. 30th Storey. UOB Building, 1 Bonham Street Rattles Place. Singapore 0104 on Wednesday. Mar 20.
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      RECORD HIGHS & LOWS
      229 24 RECORD HIGHS LOWS BT Composite Index ?J, l^ ustriafc 1 l ex 11 "i qi i 1991 *****7 (7, 3/91* 1991 hifh. ***** J' J 1991 low: 1149 08 (16/1/91' ISiiEl fi7 90 1990 tach: 1607 12 (27/3/90) 2St? Soi oi 1 /qo 1990 l0 *****0 ISSSH iwnn S 1989
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  • TOKYO STOCK EXCHANGE
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      Lock icon Shares finish firmer in subdued trade
      2313 25 Reuter TOKYO stocks ended a day of quiet trading firmer yesterday after news of an apparent credit easing by the US Federal Reserve revived hopes Japan's central hank would follow suit soon. Brokers said nagging domestic factors such as a soft yen and corporate
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      Lock icon Institutions' support pushes Hang Seng up 15 points
      2375 25 Reuter A SLACKENING in buy orders brought Hongkong stocks otT the highs but institutional demand, particularly for utilities, ensured the Hang Seng ended firmer at another post-1987 crash high, brokers said. "Institutions arc still buying utilities." said Bosco lx), a director at
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  • REGIONAL STOCK MARKETS
    • Surge in gold stocks lifts Aussie market
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        MORGAN STANLEY CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL INDICES
        390 26 In local turn-no In SS In I S$ S das S >ear S day S vcar S da\ S sear MAR 8 Index change v hang* change changc change change World 4100 04 14 5 0 2 13.5 00 13.2 $EAFE 539.8 0.6 14.8 0.3
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        INDICES & TURNOVER
        97 26 INDICES TURNOVER (lone Previous March II SYDNEY All Ordinaries Index 1.424.2 1.415.6 186 All Industrials Index 2.195.0 2.185.7 +9.3 All Resources Index 833.6 825 9 7.7 Turnover (million) 66.70 90 74 -2404 BANGKOK Shi Index 848 55 827 54 21 01 Turnover (million bahl) NA 5.900 JAKARTA Composite Index 318
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        AUSTRALIA
        1018 26 THE Australian share market closed at a six-month high, boosted by interest in gold and mining stocks and in anticipation of Tuesday's industry statement. "The market is priming itself lor what could come out tomorrow," said Ord Minnett broker Richard Coppleson. Prime Minister Bob Hawke is expected to announce
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        BANGKOK
        876 26 THE release of former premier Chati- chai Choonhavan and the first session of an interim government dominated by technocrats cased uncertainty and helped push a bullish Thai market more than 20 points higher, brokers said. The SET index closed 21.01 points higher to close at 848.55. Buying centred on
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        TAIPEI
        404 26 SHARE prices in Taiwan ended higher across the board yesterday, but dealers said the market will have to tight through heavy selling pressure between 4.800 to 5,000 points before it heads for more gains. The weighted index gained 94.83 points (two per cent) from Saturday's 4,743.57 finish to close
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        SEOUL
        779 26 SEOUL stocks yesterday closed little changed from Saturday's levels after fluctuating narrowly throughout the day. brokers said. Dealers noted buying pressure in manufacturing shares on expectations the government will soon come out with a package to support the sector, but financial shares lost ground on profittaking. The composite stock
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        MANILA
        508 26 PHILIPPINE shares ended higher yes- terday as investors marked time by consolidating their earnings while waiting for the bullish trend that has dominated the market for the last two months to resume, brokers said. The Manila Stock Exchange Composite index finished 3.89 points higher at 990.24 against last Friday's
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        NEW ZEALAND
        221 26 NEW ZEALAND shares ended higher yesterday as the market re-rated Goodman Fielder Wattie after last week's bet-ter-than-expected six-month result. GFW ended 16 cents higher at NZ52.26 while the rest of the market was flat. GFW trades represented about half of yesterday's total turnover of 5.85 million shares (worth
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        JAKARTA
        617 26 PRICES on the Jakarta stock exchange rose sharply yesterday after a leading state bank cut its interest rates on time deposits, brokers said. The official index rose 8.36 points to 398.41 and turnover jumped to 4.09 million shares from 1.30 million on Friday. Market leader Indah Kiat closed 650
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        39 26 Reuter BOMBAY share prices finished broadly lower in volatile trading yesterday. The Bombay Stock Exchange index closed 16.33 points lower at 1.174.72 after recovering from a mid-session low of 1,158.55. The national index dropped 5.04 to 589.03. Reuter
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  • CURRENCY, MONEY & FUTURES MARKETS
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      Lock icon Buy Nikkei when there is a dip, charts suggest
      783 27  -  THE S KAN CIL By David Gabriel Using technical methods the Sang Kancil weekly report tracks the profit/loss position of a $50,000 deposit leveraged up to 10 times for trading in a portfolio of deutschemarks, yen. sterling, Swiss francs, Nikkei Stock
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      US$ may fall further on intervention in Europe
      447 27 ASIA THE US dollar could ease further against the mark following yesterday's rounds of concerted central bank intervention in Europe, but its bull run is not over, dealers say. "The central banks are probably selling US dollars to stem its rise. They
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      FINANCIAL FUTURES
      1286 27 SIMEX EUWOOOLUW Open High Low Sett Est Vol Op/Int Vol Mar 91 93.37 93.40 93.37 93.38 4424 ***** 48oT Jun 91 93.37 93.40 93.36 93.38 ***** ***** ***** Sep 91 93.09 93.10 93 06 93.10 3690 6042 2793 Dec 91 92.61 92.62 92 59 92.61 1764 7322 700
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      INTERBANK FOREX RATES
      426 27 Cross rates m,„m IJS$ SS MS I >111 Yen SFr N/S USS 1.7500 2.7360 1.5775 137.70 0 5386 1.3740 1.6750 ***** S$ 0 5714 ***** 0.9014 0.7869 0 3078 0 7851 0 4572 ***** MS 0.3655 63 96 0.5766 0.5033 0.1969 0 5022 0.6122 0.6127 l>m 0
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      MONEY MARKET
      562 27 Interbank rates SS Bid <Hfer Overnight 1/2 I 1-month 4 1/2 4 5/8 2-month 4 9/16 4 11/16 3-month 4 5/8 4 3/4 Overnight mode: 3-5/8 L'SS Bid Offer 7 days 6 3/16 6 5/16 1 month 6 1/2 6 5/8 2 months 6 1/2 6 5/8 3
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  • COMMODITIES
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      PRICES
      1543 28 Rubber Mar n RAS (fob id Mgj S cents/kg Noon Close Inl I KSSPrompt 144 75/I45.75N 145 00/146 OON Inl I KSS Apr 91 *****/147 54) 147 25/147.75 Int I RSS May 148.50/149 00 I48.75/I4«» 25 Int 2 KSS OP 143 50/145 50N 143 50/145 50N Int 3 RSS
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      Lock icon Silver prices on a rising streak
      486 28 Reuter SILVER PRICES arc on a roll, storming higher on renewed speculative buying tied to indications that the US economy will soon strengthen and jump-start demand for the industrial metal. But how long will the current rally last given silver's less than bullish supplydemand
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      Lock icon Tin stocks expected to fall this year
      262 28 AP TIN producing countries are predicting that global tin stocks will dcclinc beginning this year, the Association of Tin Producing Countries (ATPC) said. A statement issued at the end of a four-day meeting of the Association Executive Council in Kuala Lumpur to discuss
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      Weak ringgit depresses KL tin market
      835 28 REPORTS THE PRICE of tin on the Kuala Lumpur Tin Market fell two sen on higher offerings to M 514.89 per kg yesterday. Dealers said although the London Metal Exchange was up by US$3O per tonne last Friday, the market was affected by the
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    AIRCRAFT ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES
    1125 29 City Flight ETA Flight ETD Abu Dhabi GA893 1235 GA892 0355 GA974 2135 GA886 2220 Adelaide SQ228 1910 Qi82 2115 QF7 2155 Amman RI8.1 0350 Amsterdam GA893 12.15 GA892 0035 K1837 1505 (iA974 2135 SQ23 1815 KL838 2150 SQ24 2215 Athens SQ24 15 Auckland NZ15 1625
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  • THE TRAVEL PAGE
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      Night of the big bang
      558 29  -  LETTER FROM TAIWAN By Andrew Quinn IN HEAVY rubber raincoats, motorcycle helmets, boots and gloves, the residents of Yanshui prepared for Taiwan's annual firecracker war. The southern town's night of the "firecracker hives" lethal-looking multiple launchers for firework rockets is the annual climax of Taiwan's
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      MONEY CHANGER RATES
      152 29 As at 3pm yesterday: IxKal dollars to one unit of foreign currency Currencies Bid Offer Australian dollar 1.3340 1.3440 Canadian dollar 1.4920 1.5020 NZ dollar 1.0330 1.0530 Sterling pound 3.2200 3.2600 US dollar 1.7470 1.7630 Local dollars to 100 units of foreign currency Austrian schilling 15.20 16.20
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      WORLD TRADE EXHIBITIONS
      58 29 Duration Title Venue Organiser Tel March International Turin. Italy Torino Esposizioni (39)1165.69 14-24 Home Exhibition S.p.A Mar 14, 15 Tourism 2000 Shangri-La Malaysian 03-*****14 Hotel. Strategic Kuala Consultancy Lumpur Sdn Bhd Duration Title Venue Organiser Tel March 15-20 International Exhibition for the Hotel. Restaurant, Catering, Baking Confectionery
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      223 29 Singapore Outlook: Showers over several areas in the afternoon. Forecast: I Maximum temperature 32.7 Assoc humidity 57% Minimum temperature 23.5* C Assoc humidity 90% Hours of sunshine 9.05 Rainfall in mm Nil i Rainfall this month Trace I Rainy days this month 0 World forecast Asia-Pacific Hi/lo* Cond. Auckland 23/12
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    Big Thai refinery project may come under investigation
    451 30  -  Move may be part of government's graft inquiry b» Lilian Ang A MAJOR oil refinery project in Thailand could come under investigation by the re-cently-named caretaker government put together after the Thai military's coup d'etat about two weeks ago. Sources say the
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    Lock icon Indian Parliament clears way for elections
    344 30 AFP INDIA'S ninth Parliament dealt with all unfinished business in record time yesterday, clearing the ground for President Ramaswamy Venkataraman to dissolve the legislature and call elections. The Speaker overruled muted opposition objections over the competence of Premier Chandra Shekhar's outgoing government to pilot
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    Lock icon Military officers to make up much of new Thai assembly
    316 30 Reuter MILITARY officers will dominate a new Thai national assembly which will replace the one dissolved after a Feb 23 coup, the army commander-in-chief has said. The assembly will be appointed by the National Peacekeeping Council, the name adopted by
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    Lock icon Baker to meet Palestinian team in West Jerusalem
    413 30 Agencies AN OUTBREAK of v iolence in Jerusalem forced US Secretary of State James A Baker to cancel a planned visit to the predominantly Arab but Israeli-controlled Eastern sector of Jerusalem. Mr Baker met in Cairo on Monday with Egyptian President Hosni
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    Lock icon Central banks curb enthusiasm for US$
    217 30 Reuter THE Bundesbank led a concerted burst of central bank intervention to dampen foreign exchange dealers' continuing enthusiasm for dollars, sending the currency down more than one pfennig after a rapid rise, dealers said. They noted the Bundesbank sold dollars around 1.5830 marks (551.75).
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    Past hangs heavy over Mexico's future
    828 30  -  The Bottom Line CHRISTOPHER REED CHRISTOPHER REED The writer is a San Francisco-based business journalist who writes occasionally for BT PETROL STATIONS with no petrol, banks with no money, US$6O-a-night hotels with no hot water, and butcher shops with hardly more than bones to
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    Lock icon Call for Asean talks on bases
    285 30 AFP PHILIPPINE Defence Secretary Fidel Ramos yesterday called for a meeting of the Association of South-east Asian Nations (Asean) to discuss the US military bases in the Philippines, whose future is under negotiation. Asean members Brunei, Indonesia. Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand should
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  • Shipping Times
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      SMOU to enhance job opportunities of members
      389 31  -  By Selva Kumar THE SINGAPORE Maritime Officers' Union (SMOU) is embarking on an intensive effort to enhance job opportunities for its members. It plans to do this through more collective wage agreements, training sponsorships and, in the longer term, its own business unit
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      Lock icon Conferences, consortia told to respect free competition
      266 31 Reuter THE European Community's Competition Commissioner told EC-based shipowners last Friday that they must respect free competition on shipping routes or have special treatment they have enjoyed up to now withdrawn. Sir Leon Brittan, addressing French shipowners in Paris, said the European Commission
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      Lock icon Oil tankers to carry water to Kuwait
      231 31 Lloyd's List AT LEAST six oil tankers have been chartered to transport urgently needed supplies of fresh water to war-ravaged Kuwait. The shipping operation, part of priority relief work to establish food, water and sanitation services in the country, is the quickest way
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      Lock icon Klang port to spend M$11m to deepen channels
      279 31 Bernama THE Klang Port Authority (KPA) has embarked on an MSll-million (556.6 million) project to deepen the heavily silted navigational channels in Port Klang. The authority last week awarded a local company, Tripart Sdn Bhd. the contract to dredge the channels. The
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      Hongkong tries to boost image
      563 31 Labour-saving technology to enhance shipmanagement position HONGKONG ship managers arc investing heavily in labour-saving technology in a hid to boost the colony's position as a leading centre tor ship management. It is losing its competitive edge in this field as a result of runaway staffing
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      Nod for Port Klang to be free commercial zone
      372 31  -  By Khaidir Abd Majid THE Malaysian government has in principle agreed to turn Port Klang into a free commercial zone, making inbound and outbound goods in the zone area free from any customs intervention. "It will be as if the port
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      Lock icon Talks on Heathrow landing rights continue
      331 31 Reuter OFFICIALS from the US and Britain discussing the transfer of landing rights at London's Heathrow Airport, seen as crucial to the survival of Pan Am Corp. recessed on Sunday evening without agreement. Talks were to resume at 1330 CiMT yesterday at the US
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        Airlines find wings clipped in downturn
        55 31 THE severe downturn gripping the airline industry looks set to continue. Air Europe and its parent, the International Leisure (iroup Ltd, have sought bankruptcy protection from creditors and grounded its fleet, stranding 25.000 people, vshile British Airways is withdrawing from five unprofitable routes. Steven
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        UK ports Bill faces another setback
        55 31 THE British government's Ports Privatisation Bill suffered a seeond defeat last week in preliminary stages. Less than a week after the government suffered its first setback in the ports Bill's standing committee stages, backbench Conservatives again embarrassed their own government by seeking to amend
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        Gulf flights a boon for some US airlines
        56 31 THE AIRLIFT of thousands of military people and their equipment last fall helped some US airlines that participated fill seats that had been left empty by fearful travellers. The returning troops will take up some of the slack left by the continuing
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        Air France staff to work full time
        44 31 STATE-OWNED Air France said in Paris last Friday that it was suspending plans to introduce short-time working from \pril 1 because of better prospects for the airline industry since the end of the Gulf War Back Page
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        Pakistan to build new port on Arabian Sea
        103 32 PAKISTAN plans to build a new port on the Arabian Sea to ease congestion at Karachi and nearby Bin Qasim. Commerce Minister Mohammad Naeem Khan said. Survey work on possible sites had already begun at Ormara and Gwadar in western Baluchistan province,
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        Commercial satellite launched
        66 32 McDONNELL DOUGLAS CORP's McDonnell Douglas Space Systems Co subsidiary said it launched a second commercial satellite last Friday for the Inmarsat organisation onboard a Delta 6925 expendable launch vehicle. Designed and built by British Aerospace pic, the Inmar-sat-2(F2) satellite will provide the next decade's telephone, fax and
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        AT&T ready to up price for NCR
        54 32 AMERICAN Telephone Telegraph Co said it is prepared to raise its offer for NCR Corp to US$lOO (SSI7O) per share if NCR will negotiate a merger agreement. AT&T also said NCR rejected its attempt last weekend to arrange a meeting to propose an
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        Albanian refugees sail home
        32 32 ALBANIAN REFUGEES took over a ship and sailed for home yesterday, angry at their squalid living conditions in the Italian port of Brindisi where they arrived days earlier.
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        Troops ready to attack ships
        70 32 TROOPS were poised last Sunday to storm ships in the Albanian port of Shengjin carrying some 2,000 people trying to flee the country after at least 10 people were wounded in a similar action in Durres, diplomats said. The official Albanian news agency ATA said
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        Serving the environment
        47 32 SELF-SERVICE, according to the German airline Lufthansa, is good for the environment. It announced that as a result of a scheme in which passengers on its domestic flights choose their own cabin refreshments before take-off, the airline had 1,700 tonnes less garbage last year.
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        Eurotunnel appoints directors
        77 32 CHANNEL tunnel builder Eurotunnel pic said it had made a number of new management appointments in preparation for the start-up of the tunnel in 1993. Christopher Garnett, formerly European sector director of ferry group Sealink UK, replaces Nicholas Gorodiche as commercial director. Mr Gorodiche will take up
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      Lock icon Airlines find wings clipped
      986 32  -  The severe downturn gripping the airline industry looks set to eontinue. Air Europe has sought bankruptcy protection while British Airways is withdrawing from five unprofitable routes. Steven Prokesch reports. Steven Prokesch NYT THE hard times in the airline industry claimed another victim last Friday when Air
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      TRANSPORT DIARY
      1009 32 March 12-17: Aviation/Airport Support '91, Manila. Philippines. March 21-23: Seminar on Commercial Shipping. Letter of Credit and Cargo Claims of International Trade Specific Issues. Contextual Practice and Operational Process. Organised by Facs World Pte Ltd at Carlton Hotel. For further enquires call *****71 or fax: 292-2875. March 26-28:
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      THE SHIPPING GUIDE
      12586 40 I his is a list of ships loading at Singapore for ports around the world. It tabulates, by destination, the name of the ship, the shipping line involved and the estimated dates of arrival and departure from the I'ort of Singapore. Advaneed dates are published for a
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      SHIPPING AGENTS
      3467 45 A iIH( untaincrlinc N\: Ik'lsin Shpg \gencics l*tc I Id (SVMannc I l.mdlmg Sdn Bhd (PK/PN) Vcord Group: Accord Shpg I'to lld (S)/Accord Contr 1 ine (PK/PN). VJkris BusiiH'vs Corporation Philippine: alstmv Shpg I nig Pie Ltd (S) Ahrenkiel Liner Servke: Kim Shpg I rdg (S) \lbatros Sea-
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      COURIER SERVICES
      258 45 Abacus ouriers Tel 545-8011. l ax: *****98 Air Kxpmt I ravel Tel: 533-5771. Fa*: *****44 Airborne Freight Corporation Tel: 542-8844 Fax. *****16. *****80 Xirswift \Snrld*id« Courier Tel: 278-0188. Fax: *****83. AJS Supplies Tel: 748-6322 (2 lines). 747-7421. Fax: *****75 ('in-I.ink International Tel: 344-3377. Fax: *****50 (luster I ink
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      AIR FORWARDERS
      1524 45 Abex Express Freight Tel 542-7171 Fax *****84 Actinic Forwarder Tel: 225-1833 Fax: *****42. Xctivair Singapore Tel 542-7822 Fax: *****20 Aerolink Freight International i Tel 545-8033. Fax: *****05 Aerospeed Tel: 542-5911. Fax; *****18 Air Cargo Novo Express Tel: 542-5454 Fax: *****06 Air Express International Tel 542-7666 Fax: *****74. *****50
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      PORT CONDITIONS
      2939 46 ARGENTINA Buenos \ires: Most berths hus\. no congestion; sonic general cargo berths vacant, no congestion expected San I oren/n: Three vessels in poit ol which 2 loading grain. I loading bv-products; 2 vessels in roads awaiting shippers' instructions to load by -products. A vessel is grounded south of
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      AIR FREIGHT SCHEDULE
      459 46 ARRIVALS DEPARTURES Op Might I >p* H\ I From Op Flight l>pe KID T To TODAY TODAY JAI. J 1.617 B747I 0200 I NRT SIA SQ802 B747F 0230 2 SYD/AKL KM. KF.697 B747F 0220 I SEL KAL KE697 B747F 0450 1 BKK NCA K/205 B747F 0310 I
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      CRUISE & FERRY SCHEDULES
      292 46 CRUISE FERRY SCHEDULES CRUISE SHIPS Arr Dtp Nunc of Vessel KTA KID Ports of C alls Port Agent MARCH 13 13 Taras Shevchenko 0900 2300 Saigon-Sin-Colombo Singapore Soviet Shpg Co 14 16 Fedor Postojewskij 1200 1700 Jawa-Sin-P Kelang Singapore Soviet Shpg Co 17 17 Cora Princess 1000 1800 Jakarta-Sin-Jakarta Sembawang
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      Lock icon SHIP SALES & TANKER RATES
      667 46 SHIP SALES TANKER RATES Reuter AFP AN UNNAMED charterer had declared its purchase option on three motor tankers for about USS63 million en-bloc. The vessels are the Boris. (29,996 dwt. built 1989), Anatoli (29.998 dwt-1989) and Una (29,900 dwt-1991). VESSELS SOLD FOR FURTHER TRADING Motor tankers The llesnes: 68.157 dwt
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        AT CONVENTIONAL WHARVES
        652 47 VwmI Voy No Elertti Arrival Departjie Keppd Wharves Baroness 90 H34 alongside 14 03/2300 Catamarca 2 36WB K31 alongside 1103/1200 Kota Megan E888 K32 alongside 1603,0600 Sg Of Flower *****3 (P *36 alongside 1203/0700 Trans Haw 262A HI 1 alongside 1203/1000 Anne Gro 04W C10 1203, 0830
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        CONTAINER SCHEDULE
        981 47 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Record Booking/Balance Rslts Ship Voy No Etb/Btr Period From To From ACX Daisy 10 15/0400 2 11/1700 12/0659 12/0900 4 12,1200 12/1459 12/1700 ACX Jade 38A 13/1500 3 12/0700 12/1159 12/1400 4 12/1200 12/1459 12/1700 ACX Lotus 10A 12/2200 2
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        IN MALAYSIAN PORTS
        206 47 Johof e Port Berth 1: Geneki Berth 2: Da Jin Chuan berth 3: Dedu Berth 4: Fortune Beta Berth 5: Arrow Adventure Berth 6: Glory Selatan V, Kris Lemona. Oi jetty: Bakri Navigator, Katarma. DCJ: Blue Sea Due on March 11: 8unga Semarak. Asikm. Barge Kel-7. Nam,
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        DAILY FREIGHTS
        1018 47 RATES on the dry cargo freight market looked set to continue rising as the Baltic Freight Index on Friday hit a record high for the second day running at 1,763, up six points, brokers said. Among index related fixtures to emerge was a Panamax grain vessel on time-charter
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      Lock icon Britain's Ports Privatisation Bill faces second setback
      365 48 Lloyd's List THE British government's Ports Privatisation Bill sutTered a second defeat last week in preliminary stages when plans to claw back 50 per cent of property development profits were rejected. Less than a week after the government sutTered its first setback in
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      Lock icon Flights to Gulf a boon for some American carriers
      444 48 NYT FOR SOME of America's airlines, which enjoyed a windfall ferrying troops and materials to the Middle East, the return trip will provide more welcome business. The airlift of thousands of military people and their equipment last fall helped some of
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      Lock icon Air France staff to work full-time
      179 48 Reuter STATE-OWNED Air Franco said in Paris last Friday that it was suspending plans to introduce short-time working from April I because of better prospects for the airline industry' since the end of the Ciulf War. But it said it was keeping other cost-cutting
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      88 32 FOR SUCCESSFUL MANAGEMENT OF YOUR BUSINESS Stories on labour and its relationship with management, management concepts in practice, profiles of leading managers in Singapore and relevant book reviews. ENTERPRISE MANAGEMENT, in Business Times every Monday, is must reading for managers who want the competitive edge. Plus an occasional look at
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      2361 33 lARDINE SHIPPING AGENCIES %«■■># Cantonment Ruad #12 05 Southpumt it 0208 I \lll«# IfUX NO RS Wlllim IfNMiNAI Tel 12UJ218 220 bookings m vuwji 258 L. .J PESAKA JARDINE SHIPPING AGENCIES SON BHD PORT KEI4NG TEI *****18 TEIEX NO MA5947; MAW?OI PENANG lEI *****4 TEtEX NO MA***** CfS ftl ******;
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      978 33 INDEX T^DVERTISERS P»Ht C'«l l*»Ke C'til i i r~ m i AHCC onlaincrlmc 12 I Mac-Nch \gcnoics 14 1/2 Accikil (tnwip X 1-1 Ma«il.nc 18 2/3 Altaian Sea-Air 14 1 •MacrskLinc 3 4/5 Allied-Link 16 4/5 •MIST 14 1-3 APL 5 .3-5 M'sia Shpg «>rp 9 1/2 APC Line 13
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      2514 33 ■BIiVJHiHfIILUJ NEXT VESSEL TO JAPAN AND HONGKONG TOROEN MAERSK V. 0104 ETA 18/3/91 Voy jfc T A £TO 'Port -Pcrung j L" DESTINATIONS I Kelany I j CFS HIIJMHBS M Tauro OAK LGB MOU MEM ATL Ml A CMS BAL PHL NYC MON TOR MAH!t MAFRSK 9104 19 1 11
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      1564 34 HOTTEDAM/ I VOY NO SPOHE SOUTHAMPTON HAMHUHG ANTWERP IE HAVRE B|H| KURAMA 89 110 14 3 4 4 14 FRANKFURT EXPRESS 55-310 I/O 3'4 5/4 B<4 9 4 MrriMiiiinD TOKIO EXPRESS ***** 21/3 U 4 9/4 8 4 L ALL IttSTBOUND P KAMAKURA 16/311 24/3 104 12/4 15/4 16 4
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      586 34 DIRECT SOUTH PACIFIC SERVICE SIN NOU SUV PPT SEASHAC I ?B 3 114 14 4 19 4 ALSO ACCIPTING CARGO VIA SUVA TO lAUTOKA PAGO PAGO APIA NUKUAIOAFA DIRECT CHILE SERVICE SIN lOQ ANF VAP CALI AO SAN (PERU) ANTONIO SEASPAC I ?8/3 2/5 3/5 6/5 7/5 8/5 Cill.lo or
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      1858 34 rawaftwfl &ttsm REGULAR INDEPENDENT FULL CONTAINER SERVICE WESTBOUND FOR EUROPE VSL/VOY SIN ALG BCL HAM BRE ROT ANT FEL LMA (VIA (VIA (VIA ALG) HAM) ROT) NORASIA SINGA 9101 3 12/03 31,-03 01 04 05 04 06 04 07 04 0804 09 04 10/04 NORASIA AL MUNTAZAH 9102 3 17/03
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      2038 35 m Steamers Maritime Holdings It i> MTIW STRAITS SHIPPING I ■kfL Bli|inr< to Btwnl, last Malaysia, I Containers mLm ,l,nn I Voy f* Hlartf S'pi** Al# Sou A"t Rut Mb# I IARSMAttS* HO4 BAW 0/03 1103 ?*O3 JlO3 0104 03-04 ACCEPTS DUE SAILS ORtfMAt mi '*04 8 ItR 10.03 1603
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      1540 35 TO- U.S.A./PANAMA FM- U.S.A./PANAMA SP OAK IGB CIH FOO SAV HOU N(C NOW SAV CRI IGB OAK SP !m liJ m "s M Ti Z^n^a"*/ 1 ill T, r; iw »i m ATLANTIC SINATOR If II? »1 744 »4 SS |15 !i£\"oi»c\fV «A 1M tj "j "i K N a
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      367 35 1i STRAITS/ JAPAN/ STRAITS SERVICE SPECIALIST IN RO-RO HEAVY LIFTS VESSEL COSMIC ASIAN COSMIC COSMIC CHALLENGER STAR TRADER PIONEER VOY NO S IB 16 IS S pore In Pt 16 3 17/3 20*3 P Kelang SW IV3 H<3 Penang Yangon Mongla Chittagong Calcutta Yokohama Nagoya Osaka Senboku Kobe NOTE AISO
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      783 36 CR NBR 1162/*****0 0 EXPRESS SEMI-CONTAINERSHIP SERVICE TO EUROPE VSIVOY SPORE ROAM ADAM H BURG BREMEN ANTWERP IRIAS UNITY OOIWB 15,3 144 <'14 »4 30 4 SRMIJAYA,3IWB I flfl 5.5 12/5 16,5 205 FAST TRANSIT TIME ACCEPTING BREAK BULK/CONTAINERISED CARGO Sub|ect to Inducement Also accepting cargo to Casablanca Port Said.
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      953 36 j& Z S. it, HANJIN SHIPPING FEEDER VSL SIN LINE HAUL LAX OAK Spore LEH RTM ANN HAM BRV FEL HAN/IN TONGHAE OtlE 113 DIRECT <4 4 4 HANJIN OAKLAND OL'W 13 3 "J 'II It 3 1 M HANJIN FELIXSTOME JO/E 18 3 DIRECT 8 4 114 HANJIN ROTTERDAM
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      1577 36 I. or-,, HKG KSC KLG PUS MKT OS* NGY SM2 TYO LA* ChS HA LNK LMV AN# ROW THP H6C PSD CMB PKL SGP I I GRACE RE 037 13 315 J M.I 21 I 211 2b Jid3to J 31 3 14 ;< iH ft) 2/) Al ii *****11S 13
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      1967 37 NEPTUNE AGENCIES PTE LTD SINGAPORE TEL: *****77 (CR NO: **********0E) BOOKINGS: UK/EUROPE SERVICE *****19 USA SERVICE *****16 AUST/INOIA/PAK SERVICE-*****18 FAR EAST SERVICE *****4 a MMTERMINAL OFFICE -*****22 DOCUMENTATION DEPT: *****44/*****14 iMMM mKCFS K27 IMPORT: *****69/*****50 CFS K27 EXPORT: *****53/*****04 NEPUNE SDN BHD MALAYSIA K.L.-{O3) *****33, P. Kelang-(03) *****87, Penang (04)
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      1097 37 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 f AS I BOUND I~LOADING TOR WESTBOUND VCSSUS VOYAGE I v ,»l |v*l VOYAGE SPO*( HKLANC HBUDC
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      1704 38 K** -w M AS AGENTS KAWASAKI SINGAPORE (PTE) LTD (CR No **********0 M) TEI *****/7 TELEX KAWAKIRS23I6S FAX *****79 I m j M M MALAYSIA "K" LINE MARITIME (MALAYSIA) SON BHD I JHk Mi JtL A TEL PJ *****22 PK *****01 5 PENANG *****5 JB *****1 KAWASAKI KISEN KALSHA i
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      1251 38 PHILI OttKNT UN€5 PT€ LTD V* 108 ROHINSON ROAD *0/00 GMG BUILDING SINGAPORE 0106 I TEL *****?? *****69 *****00 TELEX RS ***** PHILI FAX *****76-*****38 jj# BY AIR, LAND OR SEA Sfelr WE TAKE ON THE WORLD FOR YOU MFMBER Of SINGAPORE FREIGF IT FORWARDERS ASSOCIATION 17 MAR MONTREAL. Ottawa,
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      1710 39 PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL LINES (PTE) LTD *****55* M m mttt PIL Building, 140 Cecil Street »03Q0, Singapore 0106. I JAKARTA I I BANGKOK I VESSEL VOV SIN JKT SIN VESSEL VOV SIN BKK SIN MAJAPAHIT 9104 V*l3 19/3 HAI HUI 9110 15/3 19/2 21/3 BUNGA TERATAI 102 17/3 19/3 24/3 SEA
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      1599 39 Wm. MYANMA HVE STAR UNE v (Myanmar National Line) Loading for Yangon (Rangoon) Spore P.KIg Pen P.Gdg PATHEIN VUOW 18 Mar PAGAN VI6BW 27 Mar THE BANK LINE (A service of Andrew Weir Shipping) SEMI-CONTAINER SERVICE HEAVY LIFT CAPABILITY I EXPRESS TO PAPUA NEW GUINEA I BUNKER SURCHARGE CONTR USD
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      740 42 TO AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND VSL |Vn Iffwn |l»c b |s,d Uuck I NP£ Tp CHAIM I ANTW£RP£N .V 'JO J ST 14 "7/4 R4 U/4 El TNT EXPRtSS JW 22,* Sii T i Ub l*/5 SI ELLIN HUDIGIIO <Ti ST jjl SI U II 4/t "brussil 2/1 iri" Ifi io6 17/t
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      1187 42 EXPORTS TO HONGKONG. TAIWAN JAPAN "TWICE WEEKLY" MALACCA STRAITS FEEDER SERVICE [OUTBOUND VOY PKL PNG"jjg TTIN [~HKC KAO TIT TYO W NCO KOB VESSEL VOY [si~N~ PKL PNG~" BLW "SIN~""1 AC DAISY JO 16/3 "11,' 3 15/3 22/3 toil 27/3 28/3~ ACX JADE 18A~ 13/3 14 3 16/3 IV3 18
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      269 42 RT UNITED SHIPPING "Sr ORGANISATION LTD otni-CT RtGuiAW smvtcts X JAKARTA SURABAYA* DIRECT REGULAR SERVICES TO JAKARTA t SURABAYA W ■4t Accept cwfMt to all otfcer IndaaciUa porta JL with trtMhlyatnt at Jakarta ar •orakapa. DESTINATION ETA ETD VSL a JAKARTA In Pt 12/3 P KALIMANTAN w 16/3 17/3 P
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      1511 42 ffe 1 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: *****82 (JAKARTA) MALAYSIA'S AGENTS CHUNG CHIAO SHIPPING SDN BHD TEL *****91 (KL) *****1 (PENANG) GUAN GUAN SHIPPING SDN BHD
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      1303 43 UKC CBmiIHIIOHAI mVKI Vessel PKL PNC P C Loading loi A VESSEL i 8.03 Rotterdam Antwerp CHINA FULL COWTAPntm MKVICK Vessel SGP PKL BKH MKC QIN SHA YANGFANGKOU 14/ 02 04 0 J 04 0/ 04 12 04 18 04 YANCFANCHOU 149 03 05 04 OS 08 0b 13,0b 19
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      802 43 MASKAPAI PELAYARAN WpULAU LAUT FULLY CONTAINERISED REGIONAL FEEDER SERVICE TWICE WEEKLY WEEKLY FIXED DAY SCHEDULE BETWEEN THE PORTS OF S PORE. INDONESIA. MALAYSIA 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 SIN
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      965 43 vtsstl VP* s PORE SYD MEL VESSEL VOY SINGAPORE 7 BANGKOK PIVA BHUM OJO7S b_ JM 0103 4 iENLINK 46N Wed 133 Sal 16~ PtANK* W/ 01 02,4 14 IS 4 UM< WANA BHUMs* OSN Wed 13 3 Mor IS 3 MYA BHUM 0503 MIS/4 0103/5 MANTA BHUM 32N Wed
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      1217 44 MAC-NELS SINGAPORE export thJ *****22 11 import til *****021 PENANG TEL (04)*****6 KK TEt (008) *****0 IAWAU TEL (089)7/86/9 tTTTTTTIp KELANG ft-L (03) *****77 KUCHINC. TEL (082) *****3 SKAN Hi (089) *****2 I f\-/\ -li BAHRU TEL (07) *****2 SOU IEL (084) *****2 SAMIKt It 84 '388 1 iakAR IA
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      416 44 IWZW BLUE STAR LINE SINGAPORE TO NEW ZEALAND AND T/S FIJI KFM.Y CON'TAINKRISF.I) MONTHLY SAILINGS DISCHARGING AT NKW PLYMOUTH PORT CHALMKRS ACCKPTINC; Ft'l. LCI. FOR AUCKLAND, NAPIKR, WELLINGTON, BLUFF. CHRISTCHURCH. DUNK DIN. I.YTTKLTON. INVFRCARC.iI-. FIJI AND TAHITI SIN N PLY AUCK LYT MANDAMA 059? 17 Mar N Mar Via NPI
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      1139 44 /2SI 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 VESSEL VQT ITU DEST VESSEL VQT ETA PEST KIM SOON LI 9/91E 16 MAR
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      36 45 C DEE JL II 4S J SINGAPORE to MALDIVES tm lb mm I SINGAPORE to HUNGARY T ill llf 111 SINGAPORE to SPAIN M SINGAPORE to SRI LANKA COMMENCED IST DECEMBER For enquiries CALL 322 7505
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      468 47 TIDES AND WEATHER 'A.v. f>■ a-V :\:-yrjWWW.^y TODAY'S TIDES (height in metres) HOUR 0000 0100 0200 0300 0400 0500 0600 0700 0100 **********00 **********00 *****600 *****1001JOO 2000 2100 2200 2300 JR 1 7 16 16 16 1 7 18 20 22 23 24 23 21 18 14 1.1 09 07
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      421 48 CHARTPOINT Every Saturday in Business Times PT. PELAYARAN. SAMUORA AGUNG POH AIK 184 11/3 BATU AMPAR/SEKUPANG BATAM SAMUDERA 102 18/3 DUMAI/PEKAN BARU ABADI JAYA 15/3 DUMAI/PEKAN BARU KUALA SIAK V 15/3 BALIKPAPAN/SAMARINDA SENGGATA (TG. BARA) 5 vessels (weekly) to PERAWANG/PEKAN BARU/DUMAI 3 vessels (weekly) to BATAM SUMATRA PORTS Also accepting
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      769 48 MERCHANT MARINE CO. LTD. EASTBOUND TO USA WESTBOUND FROM USA JO PSW VOY SIN HKG LBH OAK SEA CHT FROM PSW VOV LBH OAK SEA HKC SIN_ iivundai rxPIORFR 38E 16J 21 3 8 4 11 4 14 4 13 4 HYUNDAI EXPLORER 37W 12 2 15 2 17,2 7
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      694 48 —i— CHARTPOINT Every Saturday in Business Times yf' 'i" i in frow Voy PNG PHI l#oth«r Vntt Voy SiN LAX OAK HOU OAI CHI NOR MEH NYC Qy p USA AM BNOM —ITT alligato* pwiot i.'i,'w ~7<n TT"TV 94 9 4 "i07"i34~ io« nr SERVICE CALLS AKA BHUM V 472W
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