The Business Times, 28 May 1991

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    10 1 Business Times MCI (P) 16/12/90 Tuesday, May 28, 1991 75*
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  • NEWS SUMMARY
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      US to renew China's trade status
      51 1 NEW HAVEN, Connecticut President George Bush yesterday announced that the US would renew most favoured nation (MFN) status for China with no conditions, insisting that contacts were necessary to promote democracy there. He was speaking at a commencement speech at Yale University, his alma
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      Foreign investment in S Korea down
      48 1 SEOUL Foreign investment in South Korea fell to U*****.3 million (*****.7 million) in the first four months of this year on an approval basis, down 14.7 per cent from U*****.7 million in the same period last year, a Finance Ministry official said.
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      Batam Park II
      30 1 WORK on the second phase of Batam Industrial Park (B1P) has already begun. However, the investment cost for phase two is still being worked out Page 2
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      City Dev wins bid
      30 1 CITY Developments has confirmed that it has won the tender for Spring Grove, the former US ambassador's residence, with its bid of 582.5 million Page 2
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      Creating jobs in US
      38 1 US Trade Representative Carla Hills said that fqpe-trade agreements such as the one Washington is negotiating with Mexico can create 22.000 jobs in the US for every USSI billion in new exports Page 4
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      EC talks in July
      31 1 THE European Community is to resume rough negotiations in July to reform its costly system of farm subsidies and rundown huge stocks of surplus food Page 5
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      The Muir style
      40 1 JEAN MUIR famous for wearing only navy blue, for her no-nonsense short haircut and her graphic red lips in a white face has. over 25 years, built a reputation for precise yet fluid fashion constructs Page 9
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      Evergreen tie-up
      31 1 THE LOCAL agent of Taiwanese shipping major Evergreen has just moved into the Singapore freight forwarding scene through a tie-up with a local transport company Shipping Times, Pg I
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  • MARKETS SUMMARY
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      Top 30's earnings
      31 1 The top 30 companies on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange account for 64 per cent of M 59.52 billion profits reported by all listed Malaysian companies Page 3
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    • Article
      IGB gets offer
      30 1 IGB Corporation Bhd has received an offer from Tan and Tan Development Sdn Bhd to acquire a 70 per cent stake for M 580.5 million Page 3
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      SIA's hangar plans
      25 1 SINGAPORE Airlines is planning to build another hangar facility to meet the demand for aircraft repair and maintenance beyond 1996. Page 3
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    • Article
      Mycom diversifying
      29 1 MYCOM. in which Bedford is acquiring a 21.4 per cent stake, is studying various projects to diversify from its gaming operations under Lotteries Corp (Sabah) Page 3
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      Tat Lee plans rights
      23 1 TAT LEE Finance yesterday proposed a one-for-one rights issue to raise 528.8 million for its expansion plans Page 3
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      Market holidays
      33 1 THE UK and US markets were closed yesterday for a bank holiday and Memorial Day respectively. Markets in Singapore, Indonesia. Malaysia, (Vesak Day) and India (Buddha Purnima) will be closed today.
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      COMMODITIES
      22 1 Exchange rates USS SS 1.7670 100 Yen SS 1.2777 MS SS 0.6402 Money market rates Overnight 5-3/8 3/8 3-month 5-5/8% +5/16
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      CURRENCIES
      36 1 London Gold AM fix Closed Rubber S'pore June l45.50Vkg unch M'sia June 226.00*/kg unch KL Tin Turnover 25 tonnes -10 Spot MS 15.34 /kg unch Crude palm oil Turnover 333 lots -406 June MS771/tonne unch
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      STOCK INDICES
      29 1 Monday Change BT-MGA 742.69 -1.55 Kuala Lumpur ...630.30 +4.49 Tokvo 25.425.88 -103.26 Hongkong 3,575.52 -128.46 Sydney 1.535.1 -1.7 Friday Change New York 2,913.91 +13.87 London 2,471.1 -11.7
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    Govt accepts NWC call for lower wage hikes
    410 1  -  Economic growth expected to be slower this year By Chuang Peck Ming THE GOVERNMENT has accepted the National Wages Council's recommendation that wage hikes in 1991 should generally be lower than what they were last year. Singapore's economic growth, the council noted,
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    HK stocks fall on news of interest rates rise
    231 1 HONG KONG Hongkong stocks were yanked sharply lower in volatile trading as investors reacted nervously to an unexpected jump in domestic interest rates and some bad news. The Hang Seng Index tumbled 128.46 points, or 3.5 per cent, to close at
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    Dhana reviews planning targets for year 2000
    411 1  -  42nd Fiabci World Congress in Real Estate By Elaine Koh NATIONAL Development Minister S Dhanabalan yesterday reviewed planning targets for the year 2000. which should see the development of a new downtown area around Marina Bay, a critical mass reached for three regional
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    Lock icon NZ to tighten procedures for land sales to foreigners
    353 1 AFP WELLINGTON Procedures for approving New Zealand land sales to foreigners are to be tightened. Prime Minister Jim Bolger said yesterday. The move follows weekend revelations that an island resort in Auckland's Hauraki Gulf had been bought by a German company
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    Glenn Knight arrested
    280 1  -  By Conrad Raj FORMER white-collar crime-buster Glenn J Knight was arrested yesterday afternoon by the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau. Confirming the arrest, CPIB head Evan Yeo said Knight, the former director of the Finance Ministry's Commercial Affairs Department, would face criminal charges at District Court 26 tomorrow
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      37 1 The Editor and staff of Business Times send greetings to all Buddhist readers on the occasion of Vesak Day Prime Minister Goh Chok l ong sends his greetings to all Buddhists on the occasion of Vesak Dav
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      20 1 Bonuses should be paid four times a year, says NWC chief Unions lower their expectations, bosses back guidelines, Pg 2
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      312 1 Nikon The World's Finest Photographic System. Banking. Finance Insurance '91 WHOEVER said bankers are boring? They don't just go for golf. Some cook, some climb and others collect just about anylhing and everything. Three bankers tell their travellers' tales in BTs bumper Banking, Finance and Insurance supplement. Focus on Asia
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  • HOME NEWS
    • NEWS ROUNDUP
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        Japanese parliamentary team here on visit
        65 2 AN EIGHT-MEMBER parliamentary delegation from the House of Councillors of the National Diet of Japan is here on an official visit at the invitation of the Speaker of Parliament, Mr Tan Soo Khoon. The delegation led by Mr Ippei Koyama, the Vice-President of the
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        NPA out to get new members
        60 2 THE NATIONAL Productivity Association (NPA) is launching its first membership drive from June to August in keeping with its objective to broaden its membership base to better reflect the national identity. New members joining the NPA, which is an affiliate of the National Productivity
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        Industrial automation survey
        61 2 THE Singapore Industrial Automation Association is conducting the Third National Automation Survey which is the most authoritative source of information on industrial automation here. The survey will cover 1,000 users and vendors of automation equipment through face-to-face interviews with manufacturing companies in 12 industries. Questionnaires will be
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        Two win Italian scholarships
        76 2 TWO Singapore students have been awarded the Enrico Recchi scholarship by Italy's Together for Peace Foundation. The USS 10,000 (S$ 17,670) scholarship will be shared by students Low Cheaw Hwei and Sabrina Long Chin Ling, both scholars under the Trade Development Board's Design Scholarship Scheme. Both
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      Bonuses should be paid four times a year: NWC chief
      344 2 IF THE National Wages Council chairman had his way, the NWC would recommend that bonuses be paid out four times yearly. Professor Lim Chong Yah said at a press conference yesterday that he was personally in favour of the move
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      Work begins on Phase 2 of Batam Industrial Park
      314 2  -  By Claire Leow EVEN AS Phase One of Batam Industrial Park (BIP) is being completed for the September deadline, work on the second phase has already begun. Coming 15 months after the ground-breaking, this indicates the speed at which the Batam
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      Unions accept less, bosses back guidelines
      302 2 What labour leaders and employers say LABOUR leaders have lowered their wage expectations and will settle for less this year. The National Trades Union Congress said in a statement yesterday that it supported the NWC's recommendation that the total wage increase should generally be
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      Shell launches arts award with drama programme
      268 2  -  By Jennifer Lien THE Shell group of companies. which has long been interested in the nurturing of young, local artistic talents, has inaugurated its Centenary Scholarship for the Arts. This was announced at a cheque-presentation ceremony yesterday by Shell's Public Affairs Manager, Mrs
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      Toray to take stake in Du Pont's Tuas project
      333 2  -  By Genevieve Cue JAPANESE textile giant Toray Industries plans to take a stake in Du Pont's $180 million synthetic fibre, or lycra, facility now being built in Tuas. The stake will mark another leg of Toray's expansion in Asia where it
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      Marina South, regional centres to lead new developments
      297 2 42nd Fiabci World Congress in Real Estate SINGAPORE is well-placed for the "next big wave of improvements to our city development", according to Urban Redevelopment Authority's chief executive officer and chief planner, Liu Thai Ker. The main thrusts will be Marina South
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      Tokyo Land GM's views on the Japanese property scene
      198 2 LAND prices in Japan have already crossed stratospheric heights. One study in 1988 even suggested that land was about 100 times more expensive in Japan than in the United States. American analysts have already expressed concern over the possible fall in
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      City Dev wins tender for Spring Grove with $82.5 m bid
      320 2 Joint venture being considered CITY DEVELOPMENTS confirmed that it has won the tender for Spring Grove, the former US ambassador's residence. with its bid of $82.5 million, and may consider a joint-venture proposal with an unidentified party. The acquisition
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  • COMPANY NEWS
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      Top 30 firms on KLSE post 64pc of total profits
      618 3  -  From William Chia in KUALA LUMPUR THE TOP 30 most profitable companies on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange achieved pre-tax profits of M 56.12 billion (553.9 billion) for the fiscal year 1990/1991, or 64 per cent of the M 59.52
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      SIA plans third hangar to meet demand for repair work
      319 3  -  By Dexter Lee EVEN before construction on second hangar has started, Singapore Airlines is planning to build another facility to meet the demand for aircraft repair and maintenance beyond 1996. Robert Tan. SIA director of engineering maintenance, told BT that
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      Lock icon IGB buys 70pc stake in property firm
      366 3 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR IGB Corporation Bhd has received an offer from Tan and Tan Development Sdn Bhd to purchase the latter's entire 70 per cent equitv interest in TTD Sdn Bhd for M 580.5 million (5551.5 million). On behalf of IGB, Permata Merchant
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      Lock icon Telekom Malaysia carrying out review of tariffs
      350 3 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Telekom Malaysia Bhd is carrying out a total tariff review which would include domestic rentals and international and local tariffs, executive chairman Tan Sri Datuk Dr Mohd Rashdan bin Haji Baba said yesterday. "We would like the tariffs to be
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      Tat Lee Finance proposes rights issue
      199 3 TAT LEE FINANCE has become the latest member to join a growing list of Singapore companies raising funds through rights issues this year. The finance house yesterday proposed a one-for-one rights issue to raise $28.8 million for its expansion plans. In a brief announcement,
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      Lock icon Aussie first quarter profits down 29pc
      173 3 Reuter CANBERRA Corporate pre-tax profits fell a seasonal-ly-adjusted 29 per cent to A 52.76 billion (553.7 billion) in the three months to March 31 from the three months to December 31, the Statistics Bureau said. The profits, for companies with more than 30 employees,
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      Lock icon Mitsubishi and Daihatsu outpace Mazda in growth
      272 3 AFP TOKYO Japanese carmakers Mitsubishi Motors Corp said its net profit leapt by almost a quarter in the year to March while rival Mazda Motor Corp said its earnings were virtually flat. Daihatsu Motor Co Ltd, a smaller rival affiliated with Toyota Motor
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      Lock icon Mycom plans to diversify operations
      244 3 MBT KUALA LUMPUR Mycom, in which property-based Bedford is acquiring a 21.4 per cent stake, is studying various projects to diversify from its gaming operations under Lotteries Corp (Sabah). Mycom is expected to use proceeds from its gaming operations to fund the future projects, Bedford
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    • COMPANY BRIEFS
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        Tenaga Nasional secures M$ 960m loan
        70 3 KUALA LUMPUR Tenaga Nasional Bhd (TEN) has secured a M 5960.7 million (SS6IS million) syndicated loan to finance the foreign cost of its gas turbines contract for three power stations at Paka, Pasir Gudang and Connaught Bridge. TEN is expected to sign the agreement
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        Nylex meeting postponed
        90 3 KUALA LUMPUR Shareholders of Nylex (Malaysia), which had its first annual general meeting (AGM) as a public listed company in Subang yesterday, voted to dissolve the meeting after they discovered a technical error in its procedure. The error related to the late announcement of the AGM in
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        Listing of new ASM shares
        39 3 KUALA LUMPUR Amalgamated Steel Mills Bhd's (ASM) additional 35,000 new ordinary shares of 50 sen each issued under its executive share option scheme will be listed and quoted effective May 30, the KLSE said.
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        Approval for Pilecon purchase
        31 3 KUALA LUMPUR Pilecon Engineering Bhd said yesterday the Foreign Investment Committee has approved the acquisition of Awanda Corporation Sdn Bhd by its subsidiary. Pilecon Realtv Sdn Bhd.
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        Ganda cuts Central Industrial stake
        56 3 KUALA LUMPUR Ganda Holdings Bhd said it has sold 40,000 shares in Central Industrial Corporation Bhd, reducing its shareholding in the latter to 2,045,583 shares. Declaring this in Form 298 on the change of the interest of substantial shareholder here, Ganda said the shares were
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        Stake in AMMB raised
        71 3 KUALA LUMPUR Arab-Malaysian Merchant Bank Bhd has been informed by Ginagini Sdn Bhd that the latter has acquired an additional 1,790 AMMB shares on May 22, 1991, increasing its shareholding to 40,461,122 shares. Ginagini said the additional shares were acquired from underwriters under Arab-Malaysian Development Bhd's
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      9 3 Better Aussie corporate profits likely next year, Pg 4
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  • THE REGION/THE WORLD
    • NOTEBOOK
      • Article
        NZ Dairy's Sovenz set to sign Soviet coal deal
        116 4 WELLINGTON Sovenz, the commodities trading wing of the New Zealand Dairy Board, is set to sign a NZ$4O million (about Ss4o million) deal selling coal to Europe on behalf of a Soviet central Asian republic. "We propose to sell about a
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        M'sian trade team for M-East
        55 4 KUALA LUMPUR A 34-member trade mission will leave Malaysia soon for a visit to the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait, the government said last Saturday. The Trade Ministry said members of the mission would include representatives from 23 local import-export companies and companies in the
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        Thai govt to levy environment tax
        85 4 BANGKOK The Thai government plans to impose an environment tax of 10 stang per litre on almost all types of oil products and raise the municipal portion of the oil excise tax from one per cent to a maximum 10 per cent. The new
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        Bank fund to help rebuild Kuwait
        64 4 DUBAI More than 30 Islamic banks around the world plan to set up a fund to contribute to the reconstruction of Kuwait, the chairman of the Dubai Islamic Bank said last Sunday. Saeed ben Ahmad Lootah said that the Islamic Development bank, an affiliate
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        Trademark protection for services
        87 4 HONGKONG The colony next year will expand its intellectual property law to provide trademark protection for services as well as goods, a government spokesman said last Friday. Likely trademark applicants are expected to be logos for banking, transportation and other services. Services contribute almost 68 per
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        Manila to host security seminar
        76 4 MANILA Thailand and the Philippines are to sponsor an international conference here on security in the AsiaPacific region on June 5-7, a Foreign Department official announced last Friday. It will address the effect of regional and international issues on security in Asia and the Pacific,
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        KL approves 337 projects
        87 4 BANGI, Malaysia A total of 337 industrial projects with a proposed equity of M 59,038 million (555,786 million) has been approved in the first four months of this year, Minister of International Trade and Industry Datuk Seri Rafidah Aziz said last Friday. Of the number, 279
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      Lock icon Better Aussie corporate profits likely next year
      399 4 Reuter SYDNEY Corporate Australia is still bearing the brunt of recession, with most of the nation's top companies expected to report flat profits for the year to June. But the outlook for the next fiscal year looks brighter, stock market analvsts say. "The
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      Lock icon Koirala appointed Nepal's new prime minister
      402 4 UPI KATMANDU Girija Prasad Koirala, secretary general of the Nepali Congress Party, last Sunday formally became Nepal's first elected prime minister in 32 years, the Royal Palace announced. Mr Koirala, 66, later told newsmen that he would form a government tomorrow. "To begin with,
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      Lock icon Free trade deals can create more jobs: Hills
      357 4 Reuter WASHINGTON US Trade Representative Carla Hills said last Sunday that free-trade agreements such as the one Washington is negotiating with Mexico can create 22,000 US jobs for every US$l billion (Ssl.7 billion) in new exports. The US-Mexico trade pact, which she
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      Lock icon Taiwan takes on giants in global HDTV race
      435 4 Reuter TAIPEI Taiwan is taking on the world's technological giants in the race to develop high-definition television (HDTV), an emerging technology that may one day command a large slice of the global electronics market. Officials say the government plans to pour about
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      Lock icon No Japanese barriers to competitive chip imports
      196 4 Reuter TOKYO Japan has no barriers against foreign chips of competitive quality and cost, the head of the Electronics Industry Association of Japan (EIAJ) said. "If the products are competitive, then I think there are no barriers in Japan," Mr Moriya Shiki, newly
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      Lock icon Mexico hails Congress move on trade talks
      384 4 AP MEXICO CITY Mexican government officials last Friday greeted the US Congress' authorisation of speeded-up trade talks, saying the envisioned North American freetrade zone could improve life throughout Mexico. "It is important because it will generate jobs for Mexico and development," said Mexican
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      Poor power supply in Indonesia puts off investors
      269 4 JAKARTA Several foreign companies, including a major South Korean textile producer, cancelled their plans to invest in Indonesia because of inadequate electricity supply, according to a Jakarta Post report last Friday. The South Korean company cancelled its investment commitment of around US$lOO
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      Lock icon China takes steps to combat computer software piracy
      250 4 AP BEIJING China's State Council has ordered more revisions to draft regulations against computer software piracy, one of the major issues in US-China trade friction, according to a report last Saturday. China's first copyright law. which covers computer software as well as
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  • THE WORLD
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      Lock icon EC to resume talks on subsidy reforms in July
      327 5 Aim is to curb over-production and high-intensity farming AFP BRUSSELS The European Community (EC) is to resume rough negotiations in July to reform its costly system of farm subsidies and run down huge stocks of surplus food, EC officials said here
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      Lock icon Treuhand to woo US and Japanese investors
      367 5 Reuter AFP BONN Treuhandanstalt, the holding company tasked with privatising state-owned firms in former east Germany, will ply the US and Japanese corporate world for prospective investors in the next few weeks, Treuhand president Birgit Breuel said. Mrs Breuel told the daily Die
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      Lock icon Revamped Nato to focus on mobile, multinational forces
      423 5 IHT PARIS A new-look Nato emphasising mobile, multinational forces will be unveiled this week by alliance defence ministers at a meeting in Brussels set to reshape Western forces to handle post-Cold War crises in Europe. The most significant change will be the
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      Lock icon Iran puts its hopes on big oil conference
      225 5 Reuter ISFAHAN, Iran Iran, hosting its largest oil conference this week since the 1979 Islamic revolution, hopes it will be a landmark in its political and economic rehabilitation. Nothing could symbolise the aim better than the identity of the keynote speaker Saudi
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      Lock icon Poland secretly buys back debt: report
      210 5 AFP WARSAW Poland has secretly bought back an estimated US$l6O million to US$2BO million (*****.7 million to *****.7 million) of its privately acquired foreign debt for less than onethird of its nominal value, according to a Polish newspaper report. The purchases, strictly forbidden under
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  • Article
    A shot in the Aussie arm
    474 6 EDITORIAL THE "loopy" idea, as an Australian minister once called it, to build a supercity dubbed Multi-Function Polis (MFP) in Australia does not appear so loopy after all. South Australian Premier John Bannon now says it is the type of project Australia needs "if
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  • WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
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      Retain for the public good
      204 6 PRIVATISATION objectives here are invariably geared to prod already well-run state enterprises to even greater efficiency and to give Singaporeans a direct stake in them. But what greater spur can privatisation add to the savage discipline imposed by international competition to which Singapore Airlines, for
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      Getting them back to school
      145 6 AGAIN AND AGAIN, the South Korean government has to face violent protests and demonstrations by its students. The weeks of protests have thrown President Roh Tae-Woo's government into crisis and finally forced him to sack his prime minister and reshuffle the Cabinet as well as
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      Listen to the silent majority
      162 6 WHEN Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong begins his constituency "talkabouts" next month, it is important that he encourages those who do not speak English well, or at all, to express themselves in a language in which they are more proficient. Of late, some English-educated citizens
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  • REGIONAL VIEWPOINTS
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      Basic law on defence needed
      190 6 WITH THE DEBATE on reform of the Social Democratic Party of Japan (SDPJ) back on track, a work schedule has been formulated with a draft reform programme to be finalised by June 20. The determination to fasten its hopes on reform is well discernible in
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      Stick to your brief, UNDP
      169 6 ANOTHER TAG is being bandied about in the persistence in some quarters to segregate countries and aggravate the differences between them instead of trying to narrow the gaps. This is the "Human Freedom Index" (HFI) being touted by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). As
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      Clear the lines, please
      164 6 GENERAL Issarapong Noonpackdee's statement that the public has been waiting earnestly for, and should get, more telephone lines should win some praise. But more than one month after an ad hoc committee was appointed to review the Charoen Pokphand (CP) proposal, the country has been thrown
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    Tackling criticism by being more open
    725 6  -  From Jakarta, Maggie Ford reports on the Indonesian government's efforts to defuse tension in the province of Aceh Maggie Ford THE RECENT decision by the Indonesian government to allow the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to inspect conditions in the troubled Sumatran
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    Lock icon Back to Hongkong, quietly
    757 6  -  Berthel Sen talks about 'astronauts' who have nothing to do with space Berthel Sen IHT Three weeks ago, Joseph Chow returned to Hongkong after four years in the United States. Mr Chow, who prefers not to use his real name or occupation, is an "astronaut." in
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
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  • SPORTS
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      Lock icon Mears wins his fourth Indy title with precision
      412 7 Master of Indy claims title calmly in final laps like an artist putting final touches on painting AP INDIANAPOLIS Perhaps car owner Roger Penske put it best when he described the Indianapolis Motor Speedway as "Rick Mears' track". Mears won his record-tying
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      Lock icon Betsy King takes Corning classic
      267 7 UPI CORNING, New York Betsy King shot a 6 underpar 66 on Sunday to overtake Deb Richard and win the US$4OO,OOO (S$708,000) LPGA Corning classic with a runaway six-strike victory. King's 66, coming on the heels of a 65 on Saturday at the 6,070-yard Corning
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      New records give skiers hope for Asian meet
      453 7  -  Jeffrey Tsang rates S'pore's chances at the 6th Asian Water Ski event Jeffrey Tsang WITH two national records broken in the first competition of the year, Singapore's water skiers are confident of a good medal tally at this year's highlight: the 6th
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    • SIDE LINES
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        Quit? Slaney does not know what that means
        101 7 SAN JOSE, California The word quit has yet to enter the vocabulary of Mary Slaney. Slaney, 32, her lower right leg criss-crossed with surgical scars, is coming back from an Achilles tendon operation last July. On Saturday at the lAAF Bruce Jenner
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        Tyson-Razor rematch is on
        71 7 LAS VEGAS A heavyweight rematch between Mike Tyson and Donovan "Razor" Ruddock, sidetracked earlier this month because of action by the Nevada State Athletic Commission, is apparently back on again. Ruddock's promoter, Murad Muhammad, on Sunday said he had achieved what he wanted by getting a
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        Edberg leads Sweden to title
        63 7 DUSSELDORF, Germany World tennis number one Stefan Edberg put his injury worries firmly behind him on Sunday, as he led Sweden to their second World Team Cup title here. Edberg, whose recent hip trouble had cast doubts over him making the French Open, guaranteed victory
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        Casado ahead in Tour of Italy
        87 7 OLBIA, Sardinia Philippe Casado of France edged out countryman Didier Thueux in a Final sprint to win the first stage of the Tour of Italy cycling race on Sunday. Casado finished the 193-km course in four hours, 37 minutes and 42 seconds. The slender
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      899 8 WHERE TO WINE, DINE AND ENTERTAIN WHERE TO WINE, DINE AMD ENTERTAIN WHERE TO WINE, DINET warn PLUM'S llllllllllllllllllltll CULINARY MYSTIQUE FROM THE BALI SHORES From 25th May 2nd June, 1991 Plum's introduces the exquisite culinary of the Ualinese. Combining the flavourful regions of Indonesia, Bali's own has distinct character.
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      999 9  -  Didactic about the back-to-basics tenets of fashion design, Jean Muir has, over 25 years, built a reputation for precise yet fluid fashion constructs, says Suzy Menkes Suzy Menkes NYT IF THERE is such a thing as designing from a woman's point of view, Jean Muir is it.
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      690 9  -  Samia Nakhoul writes on the high fashion fever that is sweeping the bombed out streets of Beirut Samia Nakhoul Reuter Lebanon's civil war may now be out of fashion but the women of Beirut are dressed to kill. Many Lebanese who can afford it and
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      EC president blocks animal welfare plan
      548 9 —KBii PLANS to improve conditions for thousands of zoo animals across the European Community have been blocked by European Commission President Jacques Delors, it was reported in Brussels last Friday. The proposals, which experts say could improve animal welfare and public safety standards at
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      260 9 AND ENTERTAIN Set Your Heart On Our Set Meals. ujnch: wam 10 I V; JCPM Ji6.sc I EgByß|y/Si,U_ PER person "T£l DINNER: fc 30PM R) per person The Cafe-in-the-Park is well known for its excellent food. And now, for its value-for-money set meals. Everyday, except Saturdays. jk. ANA HOTEL 16
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      100 9 H9|s BEEF DAY AT Mctr n |sh|k| mMm r I "Niku" in Japanese means meat, at the same time it also means 'Two-Nine". On this same note, on every 29th of the month will be "Beef Day" at NISHIKI Starting from this month and on 1 every 29th of the
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  • STOCK EXCHANGE OF SINGAPORE 1
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      Market finishes mixed in subdued trading
      4888 10  -  By Lilian Ang SHARE PRICES closcd mixed yesterday with some profit-taking by investors who were generally still keeping a close eye on Malaysian counters. Brokers said the mood was less buoyant than last Friday's, although there was a burst of activity just before the
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    STOCK EXCHANGE OF SINGAPORE 2
    4155 11 Main Board SPH Foreign 1260 20 +1.6% UOBWt 352 16 4.8% Metal Ctainers 133 +12 +9.9% DBS Foreign 1310 +10 +0.8% Jurong Ship 50* 925 +10 +1.1% UOB Foreign 720 +10 +1.4% OCBC 885 +5 +0.6% Spore BusF 500 775 5 +0.6% Spore Bus 500
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  • BT SHARE INFORMATION SERVICE
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      AUDITED RESULTS
      258 12 Company Date Year Group Net Net earnings Gross ann to profit/loss (L) per share dividend (000) (cents) PM Hldgs May 22 Dec 90 $3,320(56 412) 22 1(42 7) 10(10) Tat lee Bank May 22 Dec 90 $22.652($22.579) 13 1(14 4) 8(8) tat Lee Finance May 22 Dec 90
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      DIVIDENDS ANNOUNCED
      1335 12 Current Ex Books Date Total for Total far payment data dose payable the year last year Acma 5%TE km 5 km 17 Ml 10%TE Am* Steel 50c 10% (S) May 16 May 31 kin 7 10% 126% Boustead 50c 5% (I) Apr 25 May 10 km 7 5%
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      PRELIMINARY RESULTS
      255 12 Company Date Year Group pre-tax Net earnings Gross ann to profit/loss (L) per share dividend (000) (cents) HK Tel May 22 Mar 91 HKJ5.372d(J4.643d) 454(39 1) 66(56) M Resources May 22 Dec 90 M$l,767($7.906l) 06(—) Sn Hartamas May 22 Dec 90 MJ14,352L($363L) PMC May 20 Mar 91 M$51.044($42,553)
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      INTERIM RESULTS
      181 12 Company Date Half-year Group pre-tax Interim ann to profit/loss (L) dividend (000) CAC May 17 Mar 91 S49.453(J46.270) 5(4) Goodwood Part May 17 Mar 91 $14,753($15.208) 35(15) H Msia May 17 Mar 91 $313(51.725) 5(5) NST Apr 30 Feb 91 M$43.849($37.114) 10(10) SPH Apr 26 Feb 91 $110,396(584
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      CORPORATE DEVELOPMENTS
      420 12 May 25 Sinfapore Airlines will expand its all-cargo fleet next year with the addition of two Boeing 747-200 freighter aircraft. May 24 The diversified Antah group plans to list more of its companies on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange, among which are 30-per cent-owned Commercial Union Assurance (CUA)
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      RESULTS DUE
      971 12 Main Board Last Full Year Company Period Ditc Year Net EPS Gross Net airanced endrj (cants) 4* profit last year (S1M0) Cerebos Interim Apr 27 Jul 91 12.6 20.0TE(a) 38.911 Spore Land Interim May 4 Dec 91 12.6 10.0 44.641(g) Van der Horst Interim May 21 Sep 91
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      Warrants: premiums and gearing
      986 12 Mm (as *t 27.05.911 Conversion terms Premium, Expiry F 1 (discount) Amount Optional** using issued I Company (mil Wrts Share Loan Conv Exer Lnstk Cash Cash Loan Gearing Date Mtks units) stock ratio price nom Stk Left value S 1 s s I s C&C Wt
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      APPROVED ISSUES
      301 12 Company Rights Issue Mean One-for two <g, MSI 00 per share Issue of 40m Cumulative Redeemable Preference Shares (CRPS) of MS010 each at MSI per share with 10m detachable TSR on the basis of 1 CRPS with 1 TSR for every CRPS Ex-date: May 30 Books dose: Jun
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      BONDS, LOANS & WARRANTS
      742 12 BONDS, LOANS WARRANTS Compivy Cwvwsiofl puiod Coiwiin tw (if mm OfdM®ry ikin ttC Nt Before 26/4/93 1 warrant plus 13 09 cash Ca—ay Loan Causeway Nt 2/10/89 to 20/10/94 1 warrant plus SO 77 cash or 1 warrant plus $0 77 nominal amount of loan stock. Ouan Notts Chuan ft?
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      PROPOSED ISSUES
      496 12 Company Rights Issue Barton One-tor four fe, MS2 00 per share Eu Van Sanj Two-to'-one (a, SI 05 per stare H Leant M Two-for five <a MJ3 35 per share Issue of $28 07m 5% Redeemable Unsecured Loan Notes on the basis of $1 nominal amount of Loan
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      COMPANY MEETINGS
      98 12 CMB Packaging Singapore Ltd; 16th AGM at the YeMow Orchid Room, 4th Floor, Shangri-La Hotel, Orange Grove Road. Singapore 1025 on Wednesday, May 29, at 12 noon Singapore National Printers Ltd: 17th AGM at the Regent Hotel, Boardroom, Level 3, 1 Cuscaden Road. Singapore 1024 on Thursday. May
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      RECORD HIGHS & LOWS
      187 12 RECORD HIGHS LOWS BT Composite Index ST Industrials Index 1991 Nfh: 1328 69 24/5/91) 1991 1558.64 (29/4/91) 1991 low: *****2 (16/1/91) 1991 (16/1/91) 1990 tafh: *****3 (16/7/90) 1990 1607 12 (27/3/90) 1990 low: 981 07 09/11/90) 1990 tar 1079 50 (11/10/90) 1989 Nfh: 1322.00 28/12/89) 1989 1487 76 26/12/89) 1989
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  • KUALA LUMPUR STOCK EXCHANGE
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      4211 13 Bernama SHARE PRICES in Kuala Lumpur finished higher yesterday despite bouts of profittaking, with the key market barometer touching a new all-time high earlier in the day. The KLSE Composite Index fell back from a record high of 634.27 at 10.30 am to finish at
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  • STOCK EXCHANGE OF HONGKONG
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      Lock icon Interest rate hike, airport jitters prompt mini-crash
      1933 14 AFP TRADING was highly volatile on the Hongkong stock market yesterday with the Hang Seng Index diving 128.46 points or 3.5 per cent to 3,575.52, as investors reacted nervously to bad news on the home front. The mini-crash was prompted by an unexpected
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      77 14 JUNE 1991MC1(P)159/7/90 S3 50 BEDROOM SECRETS I OF THOROUGHLY RESPECTABLE WOMEN ARE YOU SAYING 'I DO' |f» 1 FOR THE WRONG REASONS? J j# K 10 LOVELY THINGS 1 j TO DO —WITHOUT A MAN J CAREER CROSSROADS IB JACKETS: TOO MUCH MONEY m. Sjp FOR TOO LITTLE? WIN AN
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      44 14 Find out how sellers reach out to buyers in Advertising and Marketing. Every Thursday in BT. HOMEMJOT APRIL/MAY 91 MCI(P)102/9/90 $3.50 v a COLDDRiJ LIVING WITH MUM but having your own private space Q I Q BACHELOR PADS stark, strong, stylish BUYING IN JOHOH^|^^
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  • TOKYO STOCK EXCHANGE
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      Lock icon Selling of index stocks drags market lower
      2228 15 Reuter UPI TOKYO stocks closed lower yesterday, brought down towards the end of a day of thin trade by index selling. Brokers said the market lacked incentives, but was discouraged by poor results announced by Nisshin Steel Co, which led to dealer selling
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      55 15 Business Times' BANKING, FINANCE INSURANCE *91 SUPPLEMENT The theme for this year's supplement is "Focus Asia", reflecting the growing economic and financial muscle of Asia as well as its importance as one of the world's fastest growing markets. Don f t miss it on May 30 FREE with your copy
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  • REGIONAL STOCK MARKETS
    • Most Asian markets close slightly lower
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        AUSTRALIA
        929 16 AUSTRALIAN shares yesterday closed marginally lower in thin trade amid scattered support from local institutions. Brokers said public holidays in Britain and the US kept foreign investors on the sidelines, with local institutions responsible for the bulk of the day's trade. An Ord Minnett broker said the Australian market
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        JAKARTA
        653 16 TRADING in Jakarta was very quiet yesterday, ahead of the market holiday today. A holiday in Britain and the US yesterday further dampened a market already hurt by a shortage of local funds. The index fell 4.86 points to 402.74. Turnover was a light 2.7 million shares. "The market
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        BANGKOK
        827 16 A SELLING spree wiped out early gains on the Bangkok market and the index finished slightly lower yesterday. The SET Index closed 2.21 points down at\ 810.33 on a turnover of 22.05 million shares valued at 3.57 billion baht. "The market moved in a see-saw pattern as the index
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        MANILA
        510 16 PHILIPPINE shares fell yesterday as investors decided to take a breather after the main index hit a 17-month high on Friday. The Manil Stock Exchange Composite Index ended at 1,179.46, down 14.85 points from last Friday's close of 1,194.31, the highest level since December 1989 when a bloody coup
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        TAIPEI
        393 16 TAIWAN share prices yesterday closed lower on some selling pressure by individual investors and big loss on the Hongkong bourse. The Weighted Index fell 58.47 points or 0.98 per cent to end at 5,901.45 compared with Saturday's 5,959.92 close. "Buying interest is not strong today because many small investors
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        NEW ZEALAND
        85 16 IN WELLINGTON, a general lack of investor interest linked to holidays in Britain and the US yesterday saw leading share prices ease in thin trading. "Prices drifted off through apathy," said Scott Richardson of Jordan Sandman Were. "With the Northern Hemisphere markets closed for holidays tonight, we'll effectively
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        SEOUL
        746 16 SEOUL share prices were at a virtual standstill in light trading yesterday. The Composite Index gained 0.01 points to close at 617.3. Declines led advances 293 to 217 among the 708 issues traded. Volume stood at 4.544 million shares valued at 62.069 billion won. The Bombay report was not
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        553 16 Close Previous .May 27 SYDNEY All Ordinaries Index 1,535.1 1,536.8 -1.7 All Industrials Index 2,403.1 2.401.6 +1.5 All Resources Index 874.2 877.9 -3.7 Turnover (million) 74.60 113.22 -38.62 BANGKOK SET Index 810.33 812.54 -2.21 Turnover (million baht) 3,570 2,745 +825 JAKARTA Composite Index 402.74 407.60 -4.86 MANILA Composite Index 1,179.46
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  • CURRENCY, MONEY & FUTURES MARKETS
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      Lock icon Time for vigilance and caution
      950 17  -  Markets look set for some consolidation THE SANG KANCIL By David Gabriel Using technical methods, the Sang Kancil weekly report tracks the profit/loss position of a $50,000 deposit, leveraged up to 10 times, for trading in a portfolio of deutschemarks, yen, sterling, Swiss francs, Nikkei
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      US dollar falls in Tokyo on position squaring
      489 17 REPORTS ASIA Tokyo: The US dollar closed weaker, near the day's low against the yen, in subdued Tokyo trade yesterday. Players here were content to square positions ahead of yesterday's market holidays in New York and London, dealers said. "It was a
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      FINANCIAL FUTURES
      1128 17 SIMEX EURODOLLAR Open High Low Sett Est Vol Op/Int Vol Jun 91 93.93 9193 9192 9192 175 ***** M67 .Sep 91 93.73 93.73 93.70 93.72 4153 ***** 2175 Dec 91 93.23 93.24 93.22 93.23 705 ***** 811 Mar 92 93.08 93.09 93.07 93.08 260 6952 504 Jun 92
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      INTERBANK FOREX RATES
      388 17 Cross rates May n USS SS MS Dm Yen SFr AS NZS USS 1.7670 2.7550 1.6990 138.40 0.5755 1.4470 1.3106 1.7153 SS 0.5659 1.5591 0.9615 0.7832 0.3257 0.8189 0.7417 0.9707 MS 0.3630 64.14 0.6167 0.5024 0.2089 0.5252 0.4757 0.6226 Dm 0.5886 1.0400 1.6215 81.46 0.3388 0.8517 0.7714
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      MONEY MARKET
      558 17 Interbank rates S$ Bid Offer Overnight 5 3/8 6 1/4 1-month 5 5/16 5 7/16 2-month 5 1/2 5 3/8 3-month 5 5/8 5 1/2 Overnight mode: 5-1/4 L SS Bid Offer 7 days 5 7/8 6 1 month 5 7/8 6 2 months 5 15/16 6 1/16
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  • COMMODITIES
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      Lock icon Iraq wheat harvest set to fall below last year's
      422 18 Reuter BAGHDAD Iraq's wheat harvest will fall short of last year's despite good rains and a campaign to beat United Nations sanctions by planting 40 per cent more land, agricultural experts said last Saturday. The harvest, completed in the south and
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      Lock icon Minister urges Chinese farmers to grow more grain
      280 18 AFP BEIJING Agriculture Minister Liu Zhongyi has urged farmers in China to grow more grain, despite bulging grain storehouses and higher production costs, the official China Daily said last Saturd?y. Mr Liu underlined China's need for a steady increase in its grain
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      Malaysian tin market finishes steady
      838 18 REPORTS THE PRICE of tin remained unchanged at M$ 15.34 per kg on the Kuala Lumpur Tin Market in quiet trading yesterday. At the opening level of MS 15.34 per kg, bids totalled 25 tonnes against offers of only 33 tonnes. The final volume was
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    1331 18 Rubber May 27 MS (tab la Mm) S cents/kg Noon Close Int 1 RSS Prompt 143.50/144.50N 143.50/144 50N Int 1 RSS June 91 145.50/146.00 145.50/146.00 Int 1 RSS July 147.00/147.50 147.00/147.50 Int 2 RSS OP 143.00/ 145.00N 143.00/I45.00N Int 3 RSS OP 139.00/141.00N 139.00/14 l.OON Int 4 RSS OP
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      140 18 IN THE MATTERS OF THE COMPANIES ACT (CHAPTER 50) AND IN THE MATTER OF KEETYE TRADING PTE. LTD. (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) (In Voluntary Liquidation) MEMBERS'VOLUNTARY WINDING-UP At the Annual General Meeting ol members ol KEETYE TRADING PTE. LTD. duly convened and held at 50 Jaian Sultan #16-04
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      588 19  -  LETTER FROM LEBANON By Haitham Haddadin THE discerning Syrian shopper buys caviar and champagne in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley, better known as a source of some of the world's choicest hashish and a hotbed of pro-Iranian militants. This farming town on the main Beirut-Damascus highway
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      MONEY CHANGER RATES
      152 19 As at 3pm yesterday. Local dollars to one unit of foreign currency Currencies Bid Offer Australian dollar 1.332 1.332 Canadian dollar 1.S2S 1.S4S NZ dollar 1.020 1.050 Sterling pound 3.060 3.080 US dollar 1.7640 1.7740 Local dollars to 100 units of foreign currency Austrian schilling 14.50 15.50
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      WORLD TRADE EXHIBITIONS
      66 19 Duration Title Venue Organiser Tel Duration Title Venue Organiser Tel May 25-29 International Milan Associasione *****64.282 June 5-7 Specialized for Graz, Grazer Messe ********** Electrotechnics Intel High-Tech Austria International Electronics Innovation June 2nd International Centre Instituto (541)*****40 May 27 to International Barcelona. Foirt de ********** 5-11 Exhibition
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      246 19 7 Balls and bats can p I I I I I I I 8 Son mother 9 follow in principal (5) 10 Slaughter in the service ar- r I 11 Draw to collect- P|||||[ ing box and disconcert I I I I I people (6) seen Brazilian capital and port
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      214 19 Singapore Outlook: Showers in a few areas in the morning and many areas in the afternoon. ForecastMaximum temperature 30.3 Assoc humidity 75% Minimum temperature 26.4* C Assoc humidity 92% Hours of sunshine 2.10 Rainfall in mm trace Rainfall this month 243.4 Rainy days this month 17 World forecast Asia-Pacific Hi/Lo*
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      25 19 TmPiT'S FuNfJy....* Gfv/e IT PiU. My &RISTOW —THIS IS h PISGRACe...?) best SHOTS GET \T DO^ -fef (S 8434 A C EVENING STANDARD CO. LTD..
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    S'pore now trend setter for Asian forex markets
    477 20  -  By Chew Eng Han SINGAPORE has taken over from Tokyo as the trend setter for the foreign exchange markets in Asia and is also fast catching up with Tokyo in terms of turnover, analysts say. Mr Hideki Naito, foreign exchange manager of
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    Lock icon Japanese wary as they hunt for oil in Vietnam
    396 20 Reuter TOKYO Japanese companies are ready and eager to explore for oil in Vietnam. But they face a dilemma in wishing neither to be trailing behind nor racing too far ahead of their embargobound US counterparts in winning the right to
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    Van Kleef Aquarium to close for good on Friday
    230 20 THE VAN KLEEF Aquarium, a fish-bowl of childhood memories for many, will shut its gates for good on Friday. Sited along River Valley Road and an institution of sorts, it will welcome its last visitors on Friday as it bows out
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    Lock icon Georgian nationalist wins polls by landslide
    180 20 Reuter TBILISI, Soviet Union Georgian nationalist leader Zviad Gamsakhurdia has won an overwhelming victory in the Soviet Union's first direct elections for a republican president, preliminary results showed yesterday. A spokesman for the electoral commission said Mr Gamsakhurdia, bent on a radical course of
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    March sees third monthly fall in tourist figures
    240 20  -  By Hong Lee Tiam MORE tourists are coming to Singapore from Asean, Hongkong and China in March, but their higher numbers failed to offset the sharp fall in Japanese arrivals. As a result, Singapore received a 403,296 visitors in March, down 9.5
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    Lock icon Tough bank capital rules to stay
    338 20 Reuter TOKYO Tough international capital standards, which many major banks are having difficulty meeting, are unlikely to be relaxed, said Alexandre Lamfalussy, general manager of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS). "There is no major driving force among the G-10 (Group of 10 major
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    556 20  -  The Bottom Line LEONARD SILK LEONARD SILK The writer is a columnist with the New York Times, where this comment first appeared AMERICA'S research universities are under increasing pressure to find ways to strengthen the US position in international trade, spur the nation's
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    Michael Hwang appointed Judicial Commissioner
    207 20 MICHAEL HWANG, a partner of law firm Allen Gledhill and a part-time academic, will be appointed as a Judicial Commissioner of the Supreme Court from this Saturday for a one-year term. This was announced by the Prime Minister's Office yesterday. The one-year period is to
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    Lock icon Reafforestation scheme will boost economy: Suharto
    247 20 Reuter SUBAN JERIJI, Indonesia Indonesian President Suharto defended his country's reafforestation scheme yesterday, saying it will turn unproductive land green and boost the economy. "The reafforestation projects we are now encouraging will increase foreign exchange earnings because the wood will be processed into pulp
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  • Shipping Times
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      Evergreen agent in tie-up with S'pore transport firm
      354 21  -  By Rahita Elias THE LOCAL agent of Taiwanese shipping major Evergreen has just moved into the Singapore freight forwarding scene through a tie-up with a local transport company. Cargoflo, the 50-50 joint venture between RTW Shipping and Eng Kong Container and Warehousing,
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      Lock icon Lloyd's said to be facing f27Bm loss
      511 21 Lloyd's List LONDON Lloyd's is facing a loss of £278 million (SsB34 million) on the 1988 underwriting year, according to, unofficial figures from Chatset. The publishers of the Lloyd's League Tables 1988 also warn that in the next 12 months, names could face
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      Lock icon Singapore well placed to be arbitration centre of the region
      762 21 Fairplay LONDON A consideration of the patterns in the worldwide shipping industry over the past decade or so shows a definite shift to the Far East. A quick glance at most P&I club portfolios will confirm the importance of Far
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      Lock icon Strike hits Karachi port
      159 21 Reuter KARACHI A strike by about 6,000 dock workers for higher wages disrupted dry cargo handling at Pakistan's biggest port at Karachi. But the handling of liquid cargo was not affected, said a port spokesman as the strike entered the fifth day on Sunday. The spokesman
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      Lock icon Skinner doubts that Pan Am will survive
      264 21 AFP WASHINGTON US Transportation Secretary Samuel Skinner last Sunday expressed doubts that Pan American World Airways would survive its financial difficulties, but said its loss would not have a significant impact on the industry. Mr Skinner, interviewed on NBC television, said he was
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      Lock icon Japanese minesweepers arrive in Gulf
      188 21 UPI DUBAI A Japanese fleet of six minesweeping and support vessels arrived in the Gulf on Sunday while a Japanese defence delegation met officials from Dubai's Port Rashid to discuss arrangements for their port arrival, members of the delegation said. "The fleet passed the Strait
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        The MEES mess drags on
        39 21 HOSTILITIES between the Coalition Powers and Iraq may have ended, but they are still raging between the European Shippers' Councils and the FEFC. At issue is the Middle East Emergency Surcharge (MEES) Page 2
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        Doubts about a grand alliance
        39 21 THE GRAND alliance between Daimler-Benz and Mitsubishi has become so low-key in recent months that many analysts are beginning to wonder just how interested the two companies still are in each other Back Page
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        Teiesat Canada ready to abandon satellite
        26 21 CANADA'S satellite company Telesat Canada is prepared to abandon as "space junk" a satellite plagued by mechanical trouble Back Page
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        Boeing, Japanese sign airframe deal
        33 21 THE BOEING Commercial Airplane Group has signed an agreement with Japanese airframe manufacturers to build major portions of the Boeing 777 wide-bodied twinjet, the company said Back Page
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        Iberia Airlines may face US govt action
        32 21 THE US Department of Transportation threatened last Thursday to suspend the right of Iberia Airlines to serve Miami and New York from Madrid Back Page
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        Another cellular radio base station to be built
        66 22 SINGAPORE TELECOM has commissioned a new cellular radio base station at Sungei Gedong, giving mobile phone users clearer calls when they are in the vicinity of Lim Chu Kang Road. To-date, there are about 64 base stations in the cellular radio network,
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        140 bodies recovered from crash
        60 22 BANGKOK Over 140 bodies from the Austrian airliner that crashed late last Sunday near here had been recovered early yesterday, television Channel-7 reported from the spot. There were a total of 223 passengers on board the Lauda-Air Boeing-767 when it plunged to the ground in
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        UK customs find cocaine on ship
        63 22 LONDON British customs officers questioned the crew of a Greek-registered ship from Brazil last Sunday after finding a rich haul of cocaine hidden in the vessel's propeller shaft. Customs officials said they seized 29 kg of cocaine worth about £4.5 million (557.7 million), after
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        Sailors seek refuge in Yemen
        44 22 SANAA, Yemen More than 3,000 sailors aboard 11 Ethiopian naval vessels sought refuge in Yemen last Sunday after fleeing rebels capturing Ethiopian cities and tightening a vise round the capital Addis Ababa, Yemeni Foreign Minister Abdel al-Karim al-Iryani announced.
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        Panamanian ship aground
        66 22 LONDON The Panamanian ship Sitia Bay went aground about 20 km from Owendo, Gabon, on May 23, Lloyd's Shipping Intelligence Service said. The 19,016 dwt ship, laden with 18,000 tonnes of manganese ore, had just left Owendo. The crew tried to refloat the vessel at high tide,
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        Italy's polluted beaches
        62 22 ROME Twenty per cent of Italian beaches are off limits to bathers, nearly half of these due to pollution, an Italian health ministry report published last Saturday showed. The report, which was carried out before the Cypriot tanker Haven sunk in the Mediterranean off Genoa, says that
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        4,000 Ethiopians flee to Djibouti
        41 22 DJIBOUTI The governor of the Red Sea port of Asab, an army general and an admiral are among more than 4,000 Ethiopians who have fled to neighbouring Djibouti since rebels captured Asab, officials said last Sunday.
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      DAILY FREIGHTS
      870 22 CHARTERING in the dry cargo freight market on Friday continued brisk and rates showed signs of rising further, brokers said. Japanese grain buyers were active ahead of expected large-scale Soviet purchases, which they fear might leave Japan short of supply, dealers added. A decision on US credits to
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      1027 22  -  David Eller reports on the clash over the Middle East Emergency Surcharge. The second part of this article will be published tomorrow David Eller Containerisation International Hostilities between the Coalition Powers and Iraq may have ended, but they are still raging between the European Shippers'
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      TRANSPORT DIARY
      968 22 June 4-6: Worid Express. Amsterdam, Holland. June 5-7: Marine Insurance Seminar, organised by Lloyd's of London Press Conference Department, Regent's Park Hilton, London. June 4-9: Com pat '91 Sixth EDI Exhibition and Conference, organised by Blenheim Queensdale, Blenheim, Falkoner Centre, Copenhagen. Denmark. June 11-14: Nor-Shipping '91 Conference, organised
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      THE SHIPPING GUIDE
      11996 30 This 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 Port of Singapore. Advanced dates are published for a maximum
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      3309 35 Containeriine NV: Belsin Shpg Agencies Pie Ltd (SyMarine Handling Sdn Bhd (PK/PN). Accord Group: Accord Shpg Pte Ltd (SVAccord Contr Line (PK/PN). Adkris Business Corporation Philippine: Calsource Shpg Trdg Pte Ltd (S) Ahrenkiel liner Service: Kim Shpg Trdg (S). Albatros Sea-Air Service: Frata Shpg Pte Ltd (S). Alfred
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      COURIER SERVICES
      248 35 Abacus Couriers Tel: 545-8011. Fax: *****98. Air Express Travel Td: 533-5771. Fax: *****44 Airborne Freight Corporation Tel: 542-8844. Fax: *****16, *****80. Airswift Worldwide Courier Tel: 278-0188. Fax: *****83. AJS Supplies Tel: 748-6322 (2 lines), 747-7421. Fax: *****75. City-link International Tel: 344-3377. Fax: *****50. Ouster link Supplies A Services
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      AIR FORWARDERS
      1516 35 Abex Express Freight Tel: 542-7171. Fax: *****84. Actinic Forwarder Tel: 225-1833. Fax: *****42. Activair Singapore Tel: 542-7822! Fax: *****20. Aerolink Freight International Tel: 545-803! Fax: *****05. \eras Deed Tel: 542-5911. Fax: *****18. Air Cargo Novo Express Tel: 542-5454. Fax: *****06. Air Express International Td: 542-7666. Fax: *****74, *****50.
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      PORT CONDITIONS
      2014 36 ARGENTINA Buenos Aires: The dispute with the gantry crane operator spread to other machine/crane operators. The port was disrupted by union action. Although their demands have not been fully met, crane operators are working normally again. In the past few days arrival have outnumbered sailings and the port
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      658 36 SHIP SALES TANKER RATES Reuter AFP VESSELS SOLD FOR FURTHER TRADING Bulk carriers Sanko Elegance: 40.688 dwt and built 1984, sold to Norwegians for around US$l5 to U5515.25 million. Turkiye: 34,574 dwt and built 1973, sold to Greek interests for a price in the region of U553.75 million. The Serafim:
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      AIR FREIGHT SCHEDULE
      463 36 ARRIVALS DEPARTURES Op Flight Type ETA T From J Op Flight Type ETD T To TODAY TODAY NCA KZ203 B747F 0145 1 NRT SIA SQ802 B747F 0230 2 SYD/AKL KAL KE697 B707F 0150 I SEL FDX FM22 DCIOF 0335 1 TYE/NRT/ANC JAL JL617 B747F 0345 1 NRT
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      CRUISE & FERRY SCHEDULES
      278 36 CRUISE FERRY SCHEDULES CRUISE SHIPS Ait Pep N«t of Vessel ETA ETD Ports of Calls Port Agent MAY 28 28 Cora Princess 1000 1800 Jakarta-Sin-Jakarta Sembawang Johnson JUNE 03 03 Fairstar 0800 1300 Surabaya-Sin- Boustead Shipping Shipyard 04 04 Cora Princess 1000 1800 Sin-Jakarta-Sin Sembawang Johnson 07 08 Andaman Princess
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        731 37 Vessel fay No Berth Arrive Depart™ Vessel Voy No Berth Arrival Departure Kapptl Wharves Kebon Karet 12/91 J2 29 06/0730 30 05/0500 Jw Feng 91/5 K32 2805/2300 Niaga 22 SJ12A )3 2905/0900 3005/0900 Kota Maiu E-898 K31 alongside 30 05/2300 Ragamas IV/B 9/91 J5 2905/0845 2905/2359 Mendoza
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        CONTAINER SCHEDULE
        1078 37 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Record Booking/Balance Rslts Ship Voy No Etb/Btr Period From To From ACX Lily 11A 29/0900 3 27/0700 27/1159 27/1400 4 27/1200 27/1459 27/1700 All Triumph ***** 28/0500 1 26/1500 26/1659 26/1900 2 26/1700 27/0659 27/0900 3 27/0700 27/1159 27/1400 Anson
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        IN MALAYSIAN PORTS
        235 37 Penang Port Berth in Butterworth on May 28: 1: Deng Yun; 2: Sabana Satu. Samudera Jaya; 3: You Yi II; 4: ml; 5: Jacek M; 6: Malaysia Glory. Penang Wharf: NB nil; CB: ml; SB: ml. BCT: Bl: Bunga Kekwa, Dwima I; BH: Arktrs Star; l/B: Banglumpoo.
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      Lock icon Doubts beginning to surface about Daimler-Benz, Mitsubishi alliance
      472 38 IHT FRANKFURT The grand alliance between DaimlerBenz and Mitsubishi has become so low-key in recent months that many analysts are beginning to wonder just how interested the largest companies in Germany and Japan still are in each other. Edzard Reuter, the Daim-ler-Benz
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      Lock icon Telesat Canada ready to abandon satellite
      238 38 Reuter OTTAWA Canada's satellite company Telesat Canada said on Thursday it is prepared to abandon as "space junk" a Cs3oo million (***** million) satellite plagued by mechanical trouble. The company has failed to make an antenna on its Anik E2 communications satellite work despite
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      Lock icon Boeing, Japanese sign airframe deal
      211 38 AP SEATTLE The Boeing Commercial Airplane Group has signed an agreement with Japanese airframe manufacturers to build major portions of the Boeing 777 wide-bodied twin jet, the company said. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Kawasaki Heavy Industries and Fuji Heavy Industries will participate under the Japan Aircraft
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      Lock icon Iberia Airlines may face US govt action
      422 38 Carrier's right to serve Miami and New York may be suspended NYT NEW YORK The US Department of Transportation threatened last Thursday to suspend the right of Iberia Airlines to serve Miami and New York from Madrid because the Spanish government has not
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      Lock icon Fiat in deal with Soviet car maker
      326 38 FT MILAN Fiat, the Italian automotive and industrial group, has reached preliminary agreement with the Soviet Union to take a 30 per cent stake in Volskij Automobilnij Zavod (VAZ), the producer of Lada vehicles and the country's biggest car maker. A memorandum of
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      188 21 mm onagers /rlamge BT shows you how every Monday, ■nnv HBHfi jl Hiroshima F-ukuona Nagoya Osaka Banqkok Kobe 1* computerized issuing system W links 15 cities in Asia on-line. HU For example, if you're loading at Bangkok bound for Tokyo, you can receive the B/L instantly in Singapore, Taipei, or
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      51 21 A* Forwarders 15 A* Freight Schedule 16 Container Schedule 17 Couner Senncas 15 Cruse Ferry Schedules 16 Daly Froghts 2 Index to Advertisers 3 Port Conditions 16 Shppng Agents 15 Shipng Guide 10,11 Shpsales/Tarfcer Rates 16 St«ps m Port 17 Singapore Tides 17 Transport Diary 2 Weather and Sea Condrbons
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      135 22 UP. LIVING IT EACH WEEKEND, put up your exccutivc feet, and let us shuffle through your imagination. We usually tread lightly, but even when we don't, you'll know you're alive after that exciting, exacting or simply emaciating week of work. So don't throw in the high-flying towel, or take shots
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      2428 23 JAJMMHE SHIPPING AGENCIES 200 Cantonment Road #12 05 South point, Singaptxe 0208 All If/ r«i 221 ml telex no rs ***** WIIHIH TERMINAL/CFS Tel *****18 220 P CnVn n BOOKINGS T«J *****34 258 L wOOOF M pcsaka jaroine shipping agencies son bhd PORT KELANG TEL: *****11 TELEX NO. MA*****/MA***** PENANG
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      904 23 INDEX TOfIDVERTKERS Page Col I'agc Col I I Maersk Line 3 4/5 I I «MISC >4 1-3 M'sia Shpg Corp 9 1/2 ABC Containerlinc 12 1 Mercury Line 12 2 Accord Group 8 1-3 «MOL 18 4/5 APL 5 3-5 MOSK (Foresl) 5 5 APC Line 13 5 M& R
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      1885 23 TWO SAILINGS PER WEEK TO USA SINGAPORE/TACOMA 18 DAYS ETD WEEKLY TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY SIN6APORE/LONGBEACH 19 DAYS Vessel Voy ETA ETD 'Port Penang Singapore Keleng DESTINATIONS Ttm Marchen Maersk 9108 Feeder by teWWFMWeBfiWMIfWWWWMIgWWfMWtIWIWBIIIIII— CY 4/8 0600 MRS M Pinto ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■illgNHßiiratiMlHißlttMllliflHl CFS 3/8 2359 HPS OAK LQB HOU MEM ATL MIA
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      1193 24 |ROTTEDAM/| VOY NO S PORE SOUTHAMPTON HAMBURG ANTWERP LE HAVRE KASUGA 15/121 30/5 20/6 18/6 17/6 MONTE ROSA 13/321 2/6 19/6 21/6 24/6 25/6 ELBE 05/122 6/6 27/6 25/6 24/6 t. ALL WESTBOUND P. LEVERKUSEN EXPRESS 01/322 9/6 26/6 28/6 1/7 2/7 KfIANG ft PCNAKC CARGO LONDON EXPRESS 02/123 13/6
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      584 24 WMSStEA DIRECT SQUTh rACIFIC SERVICE SIN NOU SUV PPT IS LA FLOREANA 2208E 2/6 13/6 15/6 21/6 ALSO ACCEPTING CARGO VIA SUVA TO: LAUTOKA. PAGO PAGO, APIA I NUKUALOAFA DIRECT CHILE SERVICE SIN IQQ ANF VAP CLX SAI (PERU) ISLA FLOREANA 2208E 2/6 3/6 5/7 8/7 10/7 11/7 Agents .•■lf.
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      1377 24 I acta sjant REGULAR INDEPENDENT FULL CONTAINER SERVICE w£STß6und for europe VSI/VOY SIN ALG BCL HAM BRE ROT ANT FEL LHA (VIA (VIA (VIA ALG) HAM) ROT) JAPAN SEA 112** 31/05 20/06 21/06 25/06 26/06 27/06 28/06 29/06 30/06 NORASIA SINGA 9113 3 07/06 28/06 29/06 02/07 03/07 04/07 05/07
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      2046 25 Srgsteamers Maritime Holdings Ltdj Containers Mii I »0) No fPfo/ frtl Sport Ml Sou Ant Rot Hb| ACCEPTS out SAILS I lEM MAEASK 9101 25/05 27/05 29/05 13/06 IS/0S 17/06 19/06 CARGO I NIWPOAT BAV 0526 25/05 27/95 01/06 11/06 20/06 22/06 RAJAH BROOKE »15E Mu.ra lab. KK b fort
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      2067 25 TO: U.S.Aj'PANAMA FM: U.S.AJPANAMA V 0 M Id cm FM SM HO* NYC N*C NO* M¥ C«l IGB OM If AACMCAN SENATOR CFIJI l/l M/« tt/t 1/1 IJ/7 14/7 l»/7 CHOYMK S* WA lIS Ill* l«/« l»/« 2t/4 l/« CHOYANG VICTORY EFI72 1/6 J/7 J/7 U/7 U/7 M/ 7 21/7
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      372 25 STRAITS/ JAPAN/ STRAITS SERVICE LOADING FOR OSAKA/NAGOYA/ YOKOHAMA AMBALIKA V62NB ETA SPORE 6/6/91 ETA PK 8/6/91 COSMIC LEADER VINB (MAIDEN VOYAGE) ETA SPORE 10/6/91 ETA PK 13/6/91 LOADING FOR BANGKOK CHAMPION TRADER Vl7 ETA SPORE 1/6/91 ETA BANGKOK 5/6/91 NOTE: ALSO CALLING OTHER JAPANESE PORTS HONGKONG TAIWAN CHINESE PORTS, SUBJECT
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      540 26 USB CR NBR **********0-D EXPRESS SEMI-CONTAINERSHIP SERVICE TO EUROPE VSL/VOY S PORE ROAM,ADAM H BURG BREMEN ANTWERP MATARAM/29W8 20/6 22/7 27/7 31/7 3/8 PACT TRANSIT TIME ACCEPTING BREAKBULK/CONTAINERISED CARGO Sub|*cl to Inducement Also accepting cargo to Casablanca. Port Said. Port Alexandria. Genoa. Trieste ALSO ACCEPTING BOTH CONTAINERS. CONVENTIONAL CARGO VIA
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      1012 26 W!£ W, HANJIN SHIPPING S'portlLEH RTM ANO HAM BftV FtL I FEEDER VSL SIN LINE HAUL LGB OAK HANJIN CHUNGMU 078W 31/5 19/6 20/6 21/6 21/6 22/6 23/6 I HANJIN LEHAVRE 013E 3/6 DIRECT 24/6 27/6 HANJIN LONGBEACH 033W 4/6 22/6 23/6 24/6 24/6 25/6 26/6 I HANJIN TONGHAE O«2E
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      1299 26 |m» HK6 KSG KIG PUS WT 0» NGY SM2 TYO LAX CHS BM. NYC LHV ANN RDM TW W PB CM m MP I C ttOBT 049 21/5 31/5 4/4 5/* 1/t 14/4 12/4 14/4 15/1 IC/C 17/1 21/4 11/7 12/7 14/7 21/7 24/7 25/7 24/7 21/7 7/1 17/1 21/1
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      1566 27 NEPTUNE AGENCIES PTE LTD SINGAPORE TEL *****77 (CR NO: **********0E) BOOKINGS: NEPTUNE LINK TEL: *****00 USA SERVICE-*****16 TERMINAL OFFICE *****22 UK/EUROPE SERVICE *****19 DOCUMENTATION DEPT: *****44/*****14 mt am AUST/INOIA/PAK SERVICE *****18 CFS: K27 EXPORT: *****53/*****04 Wm FAR EAST SERVICE-*****48 CFS: K27 IMPORT: *****69/*****50 nepuneSDNbhdMalaysia K.L.-KJ3) *****33, P. Kelang-(03) *****87, Penang-(04)
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      476 27 [~ANTV IP 2/6 KAOHSIUNG 2/6 COLOMBO 1/6 BREMEN 2/6 KEELUNG 2/6 BOMBAY 2/6 HAMBURG 2/6 HONG KONG 3/6 KARACHI 2/6 LEHAVE/LONOON 2/6 1/fi MADRAS 2/6 FELIXSTOWE 2/6 CHITTAGONG 31/5 GENOA 2/6 BUSAN 31/5 CALCUnA 3/6 MARSEILLES 2/6 BANGKOK 1/6 ROTTERDAM 2/6 JAKARTA 2/6 IPORT KELANG 31/5 SYDNEY 6/6 [TOKYO 2/6
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      957 27 m 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) FULL CONTAINERSHIP SERVICES DGCHARGWG FROM EASTBOUND LOAtMNG FOR WESTBOUND TRANSWPED AT ROTTERDAM *0* H»C PKL W II RTM
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      1704 28 mm 4 4 AS AGENTS KAWASAKI SINGAPORE (PTE) LTD (CR No: **********0 M) I w W w TEL: *****77 TELEX: KAWAKIRS23I6S FAX: *****79 I I I |\l m 4 M MALAYSIA 'K" UNE MARfTIME (MALAYSIA) SDN BHD LBbl JL hL. Mrnjf JL MmJ TEL: PJ *****22 PK *****01/5 PENANG *****5
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      1176 28 Xjgm PHIII-OM€NT UN€5 PTC LTD 108 ROBINSON ROAD *07-00 GMG BUILDING SINGAPORE 0106 TEL: *****22/*****69/*****00 TELEX: RS ***** PHILI FAX *****76/*****38 m by air, land or sea... WE TAKE ON THE WORLD FOR YOU MEMBER OF SINGAPORE FREIGHT FORWARDERS ASSOCIATION r 9 Z vancouver, swestern ontario 30 MAY DUBAI, DAMMAN.
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      1458 29 PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL LINES (PTE) LTD M MifcP pil Building, 140 Cecil Street *0300. Singapore 0106. [JAKARTA I [BANGKOK I VESSEL VOY SIN JKT SIN VESSEL VOY SIN WCK SIN EQUATOR MAS 05N 30/5 1/« 6/6 KOTA PAHLAWAN 9120 »/5 1/J 5/6 BUNCATHRATAI »3 J/6 JJ 32 8S E E EDEN
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      965 29 BEN LINE CONTAINERS LTD 200 Cantonment Road Tel: *****22 #13-05 Southpoint Fax: *****63 Singapore 0208. Telex: RS VESSEL VOYNOS SPORE LEHAVRE ROTTERDAM S'HAMPTON HAMBURG GOTHENBURG FRANCE HOLLAND UK GERMANY/SCAN SWEDEN CGM Pans f 166 1/6 21/6 2276 23/6 Waterschout* 166 2/6 24/6 25/6 Beoavoo 178 5/6 22/6 23/6 25/6 26/6
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      514 29 M MYANMA W* FIVE STAR UNE w (Myanmar National Line) Loading for Yangon (Rangoon) S'por* P.KIf Pen P.Gdf P* THE IK VIUW In ft HPA AN VI63W 3«/ l Jun PAGAN VIO7W 8/10 km THE BANK LINE (A Mrvlc* of Andrew Walr Shipping) \T SEMI-CONTAINER SERVICE \> HEAVY LIFT CAPABILITY
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      652 32 TO AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND 51 iFrwn llMb |Sy4 lAuck INK |p CMAiU BRUSSU 271 31/5 7/6 12/« 15/« 20/< 22/8 M7t C mui 272 15/t 21/8 28/8 30/6 5/7 i/7 ANTWIRMN 2/3 H/8 S/7 10/7 14/7 20/7 2J/7 2S/7 M**m* II 274 5/1 12/8 IC/I 19/1 2S/I 27/1 S7i TO USA/CANADA
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      826 32 I OUTBOUND VOY PKL PNC IKT SIN I HKG KAO KEE TYO SM2 NGO KOB~|| WSSEL PWL PNG BLW SIN «CX ROSE 14 16 "27 5 31 5 7 6 11 6 12 6 13 6 ICEBWD 7* 29 5 30 5 31 5 3 6 ACX LI.V 118 *1
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      277 32 jt I P.T PERUSAHAAN PELAYARANS i KALIMANTAN DIRECT WEEKLY SERVICE TO JAKARTA/TG. PRIOK »«"< ET*/ETD KSTVUTION NIAGA XXH Voy 12/91 20/29 May lakarta Piitfnbtnf I MAG* 42 Voy 0/91 30/31 Hay Jakarta Pakmbani NAGA XXI Voy 12/91 3/4 lun l>k«rta Pal«M»n( NAGA XXI toy 13/91 6/7 lun U^.PMr, IWAGA 42
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      1417 32 <3 CHINA OCEAN SHIPPING COMPANY 1 FULL CONTAINER LINER SERVICE TELEX TE R L S JSmship 2, MISTRI ROAD, HMC BUILDING r AX *****66 #15-00, SINGAPORE 0207 CABLE COSTARLINE CR NO **********0 M General Agents: COBTAR SHIPPING PTE LTD TO HOKNCOHO AMP CmiA I roOM HOWQ 1 vessel voy hk6
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      350 33 {SSTRiSffiElo MARINE AGENCIES [S] PTE LTD Sf TEL: *****33 (12 Lines) m FAX: *****15/*****03 |fH| TELEX: RS ***** RISHIP (3 Line*) PS ETHIOPIAN SHIPPING LINES (National Lines of Ethiopia) ACCEPTING FCL AND CONVENTIONAL VESSEL VOY ETA I LOADING FOR SPORE ABBAY WONZ 28WB 06/00 DARESSALAAM, MOMBASA. DJIBOUTI ASSAB. MASSAWA NETSANET
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