The Business Times, 13 June 1991

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    10 1 Business Times MCI (P) 16/12/90 Thursday, June 13, 1991 75*
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  • NEWS SUMMARY
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      Chinese move seen to isolate Taipei diplomatically
      68 1 TAIPEI China has threatened to impose a diplomatic blockade against Taiwan to force the island to have party-to-party talks on reunification between the two sides. "Beijing's move to establish ties with Seoul is its first step of a diplomatic blockade against Taiwan." Hsieh
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      Higher UK current account deficit
      42 1 LONDON Britain's firstquarter current account deficit was revised upwards to £2.6 billion (557.7 billion) from a previous estimate of £1.32 billion on a downward revision in the surplus on invisible trade, the Central Statistical Office said vesterdav.
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      Construction decline
      20 1 CONSTRUCTION activity declined during the first quarter of this year, amid uncertainty surrounding the Gulf crisis Page 2
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      Top rating for region
      28 1 SEVERAL prominent British companies have rated Southeast Asia as a top investment region whose long-term potential is reflected in its strong economies Page 7
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      Advice for Moscow
      39 1 THE European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has advised the Soviet Union that it should act within six months to stabilise its economy and begin a big shift in activities towards the private sector Page 8
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      Green light for credit
      49 1 US PRESIDENT George Bush has agreed to let the Soviet Union purchase up to USSI.S billion (552.7 billion) worth of American grain on credit and may now be close to a decision on whether to grant Most Favoured Nation trade privileges to Moscow Page 8
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      It isn't Olin the mind
      31 1 SWEDISH actress Lena Olin thinks there might be a connection between her and the many women of fragile yet \iolent nature she has portrayed Page 17
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      Charges standardised
      32 1 THE Far Eastern Freight Conference and several independent carriers have signed an accord to standardise nonfreight charges for trade between Europe and the Far East. Shipping l imes Page 1
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  • MARKETS SUMMARY
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      Dow lower
      42 1 WALL STREET stocks headed sharply lower in early trading yesterday as concerns about the interest rate outlook brought down bond prices. The Dow Jones average of 30 industrial stocks was off 20.79 points to 2.965.12 after one hour of trading.
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      Footsie lower
      39 1 L()NIX)N shares were lower at midday yesterday after Britain's first-quarter trade deficit was revised to show a wider shortfall. At about 1100 GMT, the FTSE 100-Share Index was down 12.1 points, or 0.5 per cent, at 2,530.5.
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      F&N building centre
      19 1 BEVERAGE group Fraser Ncave is building a 5470 million business centre in Alexandra Road Page 3
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      Tax cut for OCBC unit
      33 1 THE SHANGHAI branch of the OCBC Bank will enjoy a hefty 40-point cut in its tax rate, to 15 per cent, with effect from this year Page 3
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      Boost for Jakarta
      41 1 NEW LAWS allowing Indonesian pension funds to invest in equities could give the Jakarta Stock Exchange a substantial boost by the end of the year, according to the chairman of the Indonesian Capital Market Supervisory Board Page 6
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      STOCK INDICES
      29 1 Wednesday. Change BT-MGA 742.93 +2.46 Kuala l.umpur ...623.% +2.25 Tokyo 24.482.69 -179.90 Hongkong 3.627.90 -3.58 Sydney 1,500 +14 luesdav Change New York 2.985.91 +10.51 London 2.542.6 +30.7
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      CURRENCIES
      23 1 Exchange rates USS SS 1-7835 11)0 Yen SS 1.2586 MS SS 0.6412 Money market rates Overnight 5% +1/8 3-montii 5 9/16% -t-1/16
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      COMMODITIES
      39 1 London Gold AM fix USS370.70 -USS2.05 Rubber S'pore Julv 147.75*/kg +0.25 M'sia July 232 OOVkg +1.50 KL Tin Turnover l()5tonnes +65 Spot MS 15.5 5 /kg +0.09 Crude palm oil Turnover 1,312 lots -435 June MS767 /tonne +6
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    SES guidelines on scrip issues expected soon
    672 1  -  Rights and bonus issues, stock splits to be focus By Amy Balan THE STOCK Exchange of Singapore is expected to provide some guidelines soon to companies regarding scrip issues, notably rights and bonus issues, as well as stock splits. The guide should be
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    Bankers happy to finance project: Hotel Prop
    404 1  -  By Elaine Koh HOTEL PROPERTIES Ltd (HPL) is now talking to its bankers about the financing of its Orchard Boulevard condominium project, since its proposed rights issue has been rejected. Mr Chris Lim. a director of HPL, said yesterday that "our bankers are
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    Technological change takes its toll on Tool Products
    430 1  -  By Claire Leow THE RAPID technological changes in the disk drive industry has taken its toll on one US-based precision tool and diecast components supplier, Tool Products. Sources said Tool Products' six-year-old Singapore plant is expected to close down next month, while
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    Gold pauses, sterling continues slide
    263 1 GOLD took a pause yesterday after a bullish two-day run. Asian traders reported light profit-taking but did not detect any selling by producers so far. In the Singapore market, the metal dipped as low as U*****.20 around midday yesterday, but edged upwards again in late
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    Oman seeking closer economic ties with S'pore
    368 1  -  From Salil Tripathi in MUSCAT, OMAN "SINGAPORE can play a positive role in the growth of the market for Oman's exports to the Asia-Pacific region," Oman's Minister of Commerce and Industry, Salim bin Abdullah Al Ghazali, told BT in an interview. "Its strategic
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    DBS raises Autosave and fixed deposit rates
    150 1 IN WHAT could be a signal of a reversal in banks' lending rates in the next few months, the DBS Bank announced yesterday that it will raise its Autosave and fixed deposit rates from today. It is paying a quarter to half percentage
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      125 1 BurberrvSl I t Reigns when it pours t Ad Marketing 12 Money Changer Rates 25 Weather 25 Aircrfl Schedule 25 Money Market 23 Work) News 8 Commodities 24 Regional Co News 4 Cryptic Crossword 25 Regional News 7 For market indices, editorial, Editorial 10 Regional Stock Markets 21 advertising and
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  • HOME NEWS
    • NEWS ROUNDUP
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        Promoting club membership
        127 2 >1 NGA Tanjung Resorts Pte Ltd, a Singapore company o*>e shareholders include Meeting Planners Pte Ltd. Sandy 5ay Pte Ltd, Econ Properties Pte Ltd and the Hiap Aik jup, has been appointed the promoter for Tanjung Country >ib membership. The club has been jointly developed by jonesian
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        Productivity movement turns 10
        158 2 All BOW TAN, the Minister of State for Communications J I rade Industry and chairman of the NPB, will launch :e 10th anniversary commemoration of the productivity n jvement tomorrow at a luncheon. The luncheon has been nganised to express appreciation to the SDF council, which
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        Dedication of centre
        80 2 <i LHJrY PRIME MINISTER Ong Teng Cheong will dedi;ate the restored Fort Canning Centre in Fort Canning Park Saturday, June 15. The building is one of the key projects aertaken by the National Parks Board in the revitalisation it Fort Canning Park. Following speeches by Mr Ong
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      Construction sector slowed in first quarter
      268 2  -  By Salil Tripathi CONSTRUCTION activity declined during the first quarter of this year, amid uncertainty surrounding the Gulf crisis. The latest statistics from the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) in its Construction Statistics Quarterly for the first quarter of 1991 show that even though planning
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      US properties in search of Singapore buyers
      232 2 AS THE US economy begins to recover, vendors of American properties are making appeals to cash-rich Asian buyers to buy pieces of the United States while the deals are still cheap. One US-based Singaporean, Chia Siew Wong, president of International Property Investment Management,
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      Increase of 40pc in Gold Visa cards issued last year
      217 2 SINGAPORE has one of the world's largest proportions of Visa Gold Cards to total Visa cardholders, according to Visa International's annual report, released yesterday. Gold Visa cards issued in Singapore last year increased by 40 per cent, with total growth
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      UBS treasury manager joins Keppel Bank
      117 2 CLEMENTE ESCANO will join Keppel Bank of Singapore as senior vice-president and head the treasury division from June 17. A Master of Science graduate in Industrial Economics from the Centre for Research and Communication in Manila, Mr Escano, 41, has more than 21 years
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  • SINGAPORE – MALAYSIA COMPANY NEWS
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      F & N building $470 m centre in Alexandra Rd
      359 3  - F N building $470 m centre in Alexandra Rd Project comprises corporate headquarters, two industrial blocks By Sylvia Wong BKVERAGE group Fraser Neave is building a $470 million business centre in Alexandra Road. The centre will include its 25-storey corporate headquarters called Alexandra Point and two industrial blocks for high-tech
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      Shanghai arm of OCBC enjoys hefty tax cut
      410 3  -  From Yong Pow Ang in SHANGHAI THE SHANGHAI branch of the OCBC Bank will enjoy a hefty 40-point cut in its tax rate, to 15 per cent, with effect from this year. The reduction would mean an extra income of RMB 2
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    • COMPANY BRIEFS
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        Haw Par withdraws from Batam project
        178 3 HAW PAR Brothers International announced that its subsidiary, the Haw Par Trading Group, and its Indonesian partners PT Igata Harapan, have agreed to release each other from arrangements set in a letter of intent signed for the promotion and management of a golf course
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        Isetan raises unit's capital
        60 3 JAPAN-BASED Isetan Ltd has increased the issued and paid-up capital ol its subsidiary. Lexim (Singapore) Pte Ltd, to Si million Irom S 100,000. Voshinari Sakuma and Soichi Kawada have been appointed to replace Mavumi Takayama and Yoshio Tsutsui, who resigned as directors of Isetan Singapore. Mr
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        New director for CityDev
        57 3 CITY Developments Ltd has appointed Mr Chow Kok Fong as its new director of projects. He will co-ordinate the group's operating units in relation to project management and implementation. Mr Chow was previously executive director of Guthrie GTS Ltd. chairman of Guthrie Engineering Pte Ltd and
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        Kg Lanjut sees profit in 1992
        53 3 KUALA LUMPUR Kampung Lanjut Tin Dredging Bhd has forecast a pre-tax profit of M 522.56 million for the year ending March 1992 against its losses of MS 1.09 million the previous year. The forecast would give gross earnings per share of about 83.8 sen,
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      Lock icon Genting to build M$129m extension to office building
      290 3 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Genting Bhd proposes to put up a MS 129 million (5582.7 million), 27-storey building with five levels of basement car park as an extension to its corporate head office building, Wisma Genting, in the Golden Triangle here. A circular
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      Amcol moving cassette operations to JB
      177 3 AMCOL Holdings Ltd has set up a new subsidiary in Johor Baru, Amcol Magnetic Sdn Bhd. to take over its entire cassette manufacturing operations. The operations will be moved from Singapore, where it is being done by Unimagnetic Pte Ltd, another wholly-owned subsidiary. Aqicol
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      S Aerospace taking part in Paris Air Show
      266 3 SINGAPORE AEROSPACE is marketing its range of engineering services and products for both military and commercial aircraft at the Paris Air Show. The air show, which opens in Le Bourget today until June 23, also features space achievements from Europe, the US
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      Inter-Roller doubles bottomline
      353 3  -  Tax exemption and extraordinary item helped boost profits By Carolyn Lim BUT FOR its much reduced tax bill and an extraordinary item, Sesdaq-listed InterRoller Engineering would have turned in a lacklustre performance last year. The award of pioneer status, which exempts the bulk of its profits from
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      Centrepoint to undergo $4 million face-lift
      407 3  -  By Sylvia Wong CENTREPOINT shopping centre is to be upgraded at a cost of $4 million starting this month. Executive director of Centrepoint Properties G H Darwin says the upgrading is to give the eight-year-old building a "better ambience and make it more user-friendly",
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      185 3 '1 1 <fMi S M I w\/ i J—l -f&m ytirk\ tPf MJ$ iciw 1 ,2m 3m iM/Ji V Jszw \n/; r MA '■W-l «i t? 4/ m ~tk I r£l i i 'Could be another fun day on the stockmarket.' In a world of highly volatile stock markets, yesterday's
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  • REGIONAL COMPANY NEWS
    • COMPANY BRIEFS
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        San Miguel gets loan for expansion
        95 4 MANILA A group of banks and financial companies has i signed a loan agreement granting 598 million pesos (about 5535.7 million) to San Miguel Corp, the Philippines' largest food manufacturing conglomerate, for its expansion and modernisation. San Miguel said in a statement yesterday that
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        Muswellbrook suspended
        83 4 SYDNEY The Australian Stock Exchange said securities in Muswellbrook Energy and Minerals I td would be suspended at the close of trading yesterday. This followed lodgement with the Australian Securities Commission of a court order approving a reduction of capital. Consolidated Press Resources Pty Ltd (CPR), which last
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        Sri Lankan firm sues Pepsi
        99 4 COLOMBO A Sri Lankan soft drink manufacturer has won an interim court order to prevent a breach of its exclusive bottling agreement with American giant PepsiCo Inc. Court officials said yesterday that the government-owned Ceylon Cold Stores Ltd obtained an interim injunction from the Colombo
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        Citic buys into Aussie firm
        69 4 SYDNEY AIDC Ltd has sold its 23.39 per cent stake in Southern Aluminium Pty Ltd to Citic Australia Pty Ltd, the Australian subsidiary of the China International Trust and Investment Corp, for an undisclosed sum. Other shareholders include project manager Comalco Ltd 62.78 per cent,
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        Mitsui wins Taiwan job
        86 4 TOKYO Japan's Mitsui Engineering and Shipbuilding Ltd said on Tuesday that it has won a US$l4 million order to build a power station in Taiwan. Mitsui received the order from China Synthetic Rubber Corp, Taiwan's largest carbon black maker, to construct the station which will generate
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        Citizen expects higher profits
        72 4 TOKYO Citizen Watch Co Ltd expects group net profit of 17.50 billion yen in the year ending March 31, 1992, up from 17.13 billion the previous year, the company said yesterday. Citizen, Japan's second-largest specialised watch-maker, sees group current profit of 36.30 billion yen on expected
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      Lock icon Japanese developing non-CFC fridges
      128 4 NYT TOKYO Japan's leading home appliance makers are developing environmentallyfriendly refrigerator compressors that do not use chloroflourocarbons. Matsushita Electric Industrial Co Ltd and Matsushita Refrigeration Co have developed compressors that use hydrofluorocarbons instead of CFCs, according to a Matsushita Electric spokesman. Sanyo Electric Co Ltd has
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      Lippo Group seeks tie-ups with S'pore companies
      336 4  -  Indonesian company has met JTC and SPECS Consultants B* Quak Hiang Whai SINGAPORE Indonesian conglomerate Lippo Group is keen to tie up with Singapore companies to develop industrial properties in Indonesia. Lippo deputy chairman James T Riadv told a press conference yesterday. Mr
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      Nissan goes 'green'
      170 4 TOKYO Nissan Motor Co has taken new steps towards making vehicles that are less damaging to the environment. The company, one of the Big Four Japanese car makers. has marked all parts of its new models that can be recycled. One such model, the Vannette Serena, has
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      Lock icon Glaxo sells penicillin plant to Taipei group
      357 4 FT LONDON Glaxo Holdings, Britain's largest pharmaceutical group, is to sell its Cambois penicillin plant in Northumberland to the China Synthetic Rubber Co of Taiwan. The deal is believed to be the first step by any Taipei firm into European drug manufacturing. The
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      Lock icon GM to set up joint venture in China
      159 4 AFP BEIJING General Motors Corp of the US is negotiating with China's Gold Cup Automotive Co to jointly produce small trucks in China's northern Liaoning province. The joint venture will produce 50,000 one-tonne trucks a year at a plant in Shenyang, where
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      Lock icon Telecom NZ not seeking to lure stags
      305 4 Reuter WELLINGTON The public float of Telecom Corp of New Zealand Ltd is not being targeted towards stags seeking to sell their shares for a quick profit as soon as the company lists, the organisers of the float said. "People should not be
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      Goodyear to expand output in Thailand
      158 4 BANGKOK Goodyear (Thailand) Co has been given the green light to start a major expansion plan that will nearly double tyre output at its Bangkok factory, according to the Bangkok Post. The plan involves an investment of about one billion baht (about 5568.9 million).
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      95 4 j/ It could be a controversial deal between two stock I 1/ market stars, a thought-provoking report by Mj university researchers on the latest trans-European FOCUS zooms in on the news and issues of the day and looks at them in more depth and breadth. FOCUS is the news feature
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      268 4 CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY RIVERINA, AUSTRALIA sth Intake Commencing July, 1991 Charles Sturt University Riverina, one of the leading institutions of higher learning funded by the government in Australia, specialises in distance education. The degrees are fully accredited and recognised internationally. The B. Bus (Admin) programme is specially designed for students
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  • INTERNATIONAL COMPANY NEWS
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      Lock icon UK leisure group faces deadline for fresh funds
      391 5 Reuter LONDON Brent Walker Group pic# a heavilyleveraged leisure company on the brink of insolvency, faces a Friday deadline for £20 million (about 5559.6 million) of fresh bank facilities, according to bankers familiar with the firm. Brent Walker's banks were presented last
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      Lock icon Hagemeyer seeks stake in German firm
      206 5 Reuter NAARDEN, Netherlands Trading firm Hagemeyer NV is negotiating to acquire a majority stake in German electronics trading firm Froeschl Co and could opt for a share issue if the deal is concluded. "With the possible acquisition of a stake in Froeschl, Hagemeyer expects
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      Lock icon Thyssen expects 44pc drop in operating profit
      375 5 Reuter DUESSELDORF Operating profits at Germany's biggest steel maker Thyssen Stahl AG will fall 44 per cent in the 1990/91 year ending Sep 30, due to pressure on selling prices. Chief executive Ekkehard Schulz said on Tuesday that the Thyssen AG unit would
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      Lock icon Forex gains seen boosting Maxwell results
      291 5 Reuter LONDON Big foreign exchange gains are expected to help offset a heavy interest bill when publisher Maxwell Communication Corp pic reports annual results tomorrow. Analysts' forecasts for pretax profit to end-March 1991 range from £140 million (about Ss4l7 million) to £166 million, against
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    • COMPANY BRIEFS
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        Marks and Spencer closes Hongkong store
        70 5 HONGKONG British department store ehain Marks and Spencer pic is closing one of its five stores here because of soaring rents. Colin Buchanan, director of retail operations for the Far East, said that the Nathan Road store in the heart of the tourist district
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        Hennessy seeks bigger stake
        59 5 LONDON The French LVMH luxury products group has bid up to £10 per share to boost its stake of 23.4 per cent in the Guinness worldwide drinks group. Louis Vuitton-Moet Hennessy (LVMH) holds 211 million shares in Guinness, representing about 23.4 per cent of the equity,
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        Sears, Roebuck's new man
        64 5 CHICAGO Sears. Roebuck Co has named Robert Abramson to the newlv-created position of senior vice-presi-dent (marketing and strategic planning for Sears catalogue and direct marketing). For the past two years, Mr Abramson was a partner in Communications Trends, a privatelv-owned publisher of newsletters, trade magazines and
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        Better forecast for retailer
        84 5 ESSEN. Germany German retailer Karstadt AG expects good profits in 1991 and a 12 per cent rise in group sales to around 18.8 billion marks (about 5518.9 billion) from 16.77 billion marks in 1990. In eastern Germany alone. Karstadt's new department stores would report a turnover
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      98 5 I 1n*^* We Cover The Region. Every one of our 11 offices, located in 7 Asian countries, is staffed by a team of property professionals who provide specialist local knowledge and access to region-wide expertise IfcyJfcf i I \AM and resources. Contact your local Jones Lang Wootton office and JOT16S
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  • FINANCIAL NEWS
    • SMALL CHANGE
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        OUB and subsidiary offer undergrad account
        90 6 SINGAPORE-BASED Overseas Union Bank (OUB) and its subsidiary, the International Bank of Singapore (IBS), yesterday launched a new bank account exclusively for undergraduates of the National University of Singapore and Nanvang Technological University. The Multi Link Undergrad Account is a by-product of the group's
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        Loan for Phuket beach resort
        79 6 THE BANK of Nova Scotia Asia Ltd, Singapore branch, has arranged a syndicated loan of US$ll.5 million (5520.5 million) for Thai-based Advance Enterprises (Phuket) Ltd for the construction of a beach resort at Panwa, Phuket, Thailand. The loan is non-revolving, and is for a period
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        NatWest subsidiary suffers loss
        70 6 LONDON LOMBARD North Central pic, the finance house subsidiary of National Westminster Bank pic, made a pre-tax loss of £1.4 million (Ss4.l million) in the first half of this year compared with a profit of £23.9 million in the same period. It said on Tuesday that
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        Insurer expects better results
        86 6 WINTERTHUR, Switzerland Winterthur Insurance Co says its main businesses developed well in the first five months of this year and it is confident its 1991 results will show an improvement from 1990. Chairman Peter Spaelti. in remarks released on Tuesday ahead of the firm's annual news
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      Lock icon Cost of US thrift bailout set to rise
      236 6 Reuter WASHINGTON US Comptroller General Charles Bowsher said slower than expected sales of assets from failed thrifts is likely to push the cost of the savings and loan bailout above the maximum USSI3O billion (SS22I billion) estimated by the administration. Gen Bowsher,
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      Lock icon Illiquid EC markets deterring foreign investors: report
      320 6 Reuter BRUSSELS EC stock market capitalisation and trading are dominated by a handful of companies, deterring many foreign investors, the Federation of Stock Exchanges in the European Community said in its 1990 annual report, released on Tuesday. "The limited number of Euro-equities with
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      Likely year-end boost for Jakarta exchange
      381 6  -  From Maggie Ford in JAKARTA NEW LAWS allowing Indonesian pension funds to invest in equities could give the Jakarta Stock Exchange a substantial boost by the end of the year, according to Marzuki Usman, chairman of Bapepam, the Indonesian Capital Market Supervisory Board. Mr
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      Lock icon Swiss banks must adapt to meet demands
      420 6 Reuter j GENEVA Swiss private banks, which for centuries have discretely managed the fortunes of the very wealthy, must change to meet new competition and new client demands, private bankers say. "Competition is increasing, niche playing is increasing," Pierre Mirabaud, president of the
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      Lock icon Fleet/ Norstar in deal with FDIC
      175 6 Reuter PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island Fleet/Norstar Financial Group said it reached an agreement with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp (FDIC) to liquidate, collect and manage certain assets for the three Bank of New England bridge banks. It said it created a newcompany, Recoil Management Corp.
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      Lock icon US banks post US$5.7b profits in first quarter
      276 6 Reuter WASHINGTON US commercial banks made profits totalling USSS.7 billion (559.7 billion) in the first quarter of 1991 compared to profits of US$l.l billion in the fourth quarter of 1990. the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp said. Although the profits were higher than
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      Lock icon Federal Reserve concerned about Treasury proposal
      350 6 Reuter WASHINGTON Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan says the US cen- tral bank has "serious concerns" about a TreasuryDepartment proposal that would require foreign banks to establish financial service holding companies and operate their banking services through separate US subsid- iaries. The Treasury proposal
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      261 6 The First Ever Exhibition on Image And Information Management Technology In The Region AIM 1991 Asia Pacific Image Information Management Conference Exhibition 13 14 June, 1991 Marina Mandarin Hotel Singapore Come and see revolutionary information technology that will affect the way your organisation works, competes, organises, and conducts business in
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      719 6 CSA HOLDINGS PTE LTD (Incorporated In Singapore) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company will be held on Saturday, the 15th day of June 1991 at 11 00 a.m .at its registered office, Block 2038 Henderson Industnai Park #12-07/14, Singapore 0315, for the purpose of
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
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      28 6 Dollar$ Non$en$e l\v f m J'= mmmte JI LLM ./nVAi v i H- 1 -i- "Long-term. I like bonds; intermediate-term. I like equities; and short-term. I like scotch."
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  • THE REGION
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      Top UK firms see SE-Asia as growth area
      466 7  -  By David Chew SINGAPORE Several prominent British companies have rated South-east Asia as a top investment region whose long-term potential is reflected in its strong economies. Considered Britain's "most admired companies" in a survey commissioned by The Economist, the firms recently gave
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      Lock icon Aussie minister's remarks spark row with S Africa
      258 7 AP PRETORIA A diplomatic storm broke yesterday between Australia and South Africa after Australian Foreign Minister Gareth Evans accused the police of turning a tour of black squatter camps into a "circus". South African Foreign Minister Pik Botha warned that Mr Evans'
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      Lock icon Call to bar US bids for Taipei project
      164 7 AFP IAIPEI Fifty-four lawmakers have demanded that the government bar US companies from tendering for Taiwan's US$3O2 billion (*****.6 billion) six-year development plan, parliamentary officials said yesterday. The lawmakers urged the move because of American reluctance to sell advanced weapons to Taiwan,
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      Lock icon Former envoy points to Asean markets for US
      445 7 AP KANSAS CITY American businesses must compete in international markets for the US to maintain its status as a superpower, says an international consultant and former American ambassador. "The motto of the French Foreign Legion was 'March or Die,'" said John Holdridge
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    • NOTE BOOK
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        Malaysia plans to expand gas sector
        74 7 KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia is moving towards rapid expansion of its liquefied natural gas production that is already expected to rise to 8.06 million tonnes this year, 20 per cent up from 1990. Syed Hamid Albar, Minister in the Prime Minister's Office, who oversees the
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        Hawke's popularity rises
        71 7 SYDNEY Australian Prime Minister Bob Hawke's leadership clash with former treasurer Paul Keating has boosted his sagging popularity, according to an opinion poll released yesterday. Mr Hawke's approval rating in a Morgan Gallup poll taken on the eve of his June 3 showdown with Mr Keating showed
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        Low expectations
        94 7 HONGKONG A fresh round of Sino-British talks on the handover of Hongkong, which started here on Tuesday, was expected to prove futile amid a continuing deadlock over the British colony's airport plan. The latest meeting of the Joint Liaison Group, a bilateral diplomatic body set up to oversee
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        After the eruption
        73 7 MANILA Hundreds of American servicemen ran for their lives yesterday when a volcano towering near a US air base in the Philippines exploded. A spokesman at Clark Air Base said all were safe and at least 900 Americans remained to protect the sprawling facility, headquarters of the
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    • WORLD WATCH
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        Poland seeking to reduce debt by 10pc
        81 8 WARSAW Poland has asked its Western government creditors to reduce its US$33 billion (SSSB 7 billion) official debt by a further 10 per cent and put the money into a fund to clean up the country's environment. Prime Minister Jan krzvsztof Bielecki told
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        Walesa suggests rule by decree
        90 8 WARSAW Polish President Lech Walesa urged Prime Minister Jan Krzvsztof Bielecki on Tuesday to use decrees if necessary to speed up Poland's transition to a free-market economy. It was not immediately clear whether Mr Bielecki supported the initiative, which would require parliamentary approval. Legislative leaders
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        EC orders UK to explain stand
        74 8 BRUSSELS The European Commission has ordered Britain to explain why attempts by foreign state-owned companies to buy British companies have been frustrated far more often since a recent change in policy there. In a letter sent to the British authorities on Tuesday, the Commission
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        Russians voting for president
        106 8 MOSCOW Voters in the Russian Federation, the most powerful of the 15 Soviet republics, began voting yesterday in the first direct elections for an executive president in a clear-cut race between radicals and old-style communists. Reformer Boris Yeltsin is widely expected to win the poll and
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        Indian polls start second phase
        76 8 NEW DELHI The second phase of India's staggered general elections, postponed by former premier Rajiv Gandhi's assassination, began yesterday on a dull note due to inclement weather in many parts of the country. The nationwide 10-hour balloting began at 7am loeal time amid tight security
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      Lock icon Strong overseas demand helping to cut trade deficit
      315 8 Reuter WASHINGTON Brisk demand overseas for USmade products has been a bright spot in the economic gloom since recession set in last July and most analysts say the glow will continue. In fact, some see a good chance for the United States
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      Lock icon Optimistic Bush points out signs of recovery
      465 8 US shows first quarterly current account surplus in nearly 9 years FT AP WASHINGTON US President George Bush told businessmen on Tuesday that he is "bullish" about prospeets for the Ameriean economy. While some sectors were still sluggish, on the whole, a turnaround
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      Lock icon European bank urges Moscow to begin reforms
      395 8 FT LONDON The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has advised the Soviet Union that it should act within six months to stabilise its economy and begin a big shift in activities towards the private sector. The recommendations are part of a programme
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      Lock icon US and Japan seal new chip agreement
      185 8 AP WASHINGTON The US and Japan have signed and exchanged notes finalising a new five-year agreement aimed at boosting to at least 20 per cent the foreign share of the Japanese computer chip market by the end of next year. aria Hills, the
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      Lock icon CIA distances itself from disputed report
      190 8 IHT WASHINGTON The Central Intelligence Agency has publicly distanced itself from a bluntly-worded report it commissioned that casts Japan as a nation bent on "unequivocal economic dominance" of the world. The agency said on Tuesday that the unclassified report, Japan 2000, did not reflect
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      Lock icon US gives Soviets credit to buy grain
      253 8 Reuter WASHINGTON US President George Bush has agreed to let the Soviet Union purchase up to US$l.5 billion (552.7 billion) worth of American grain on credit and may now be close to a decision on whether to grant Most Favoured Nation trade privileges
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      Lock icon Soviet premier admits chaos, but says worst could be over
      366 8 Reuter MOSCOW Soviet Prime Minister Valentin Pavlov on Tuesday painted a devastating picture of economic chaos sweeping the Soviet Union and said the country was on the verge of a "make-or-break" situation. In an unscheduled appearance before Parliament. Pavlov said
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      Lock icon Fewer curbs against US firms in Japan: report
      571 8 NYT TOKYO American coinpanics operating in Japan say they face far fewer trade restrictions than in previous years, a long-awaited Ameri-can-sponsored study released on Tuesday concludes. Surprisingly, it also says they often benefit from Japan's much-criticised practice of organising companies in tightly
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    Banking on the private sector
    484 10 EDITORIAL ONE MORE symbolic wall looks ready to crumble soon. And when it does, big money will cascade through it to the private sector in a bigger way. And then, the World Bank which is now restrained by its charter from lending to the private
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  • WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
    • Article
      More teeth for Exchange
      253 10 ACTION taken by the Stock Exchange of Singapore on United Industrial Corporation has attracted criticism both for being too lenient on the parties responsible and too harsh on minority shareholders. The critics are both right and wrong. They are right that punishment meted out does not
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      Mendaki — a flying start
      125 10 Mendaki a flying start WITH MORE than 523 million raised in just a month, Mendaki's unit trust fund is proving to be a success in getting the Malays to invest in business. More importantly, it clearly proves the confidence placed by the community on Mendaki. The overwhelming response from the
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      COE suggestions
      156 10 TWO proposals on COEs have been put forth: the first is to make them both transferable and nontransferable while the second is to make all COEs non-transferable. If we want to retain certain advantages of the existing system and, at the same time, to effectively curb speculation, the
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  • REGIONAL VIEWPOINTS
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      Curb overseas borrowings
      148 10 AGGRESSIVE foreign borrowings of the private sector in Indonesia have been prompted by the tight monetary policy introduced last year to prevent the economy from overheating and to curb the explosive growth in bank lendings. The problem, though, is that the world's economic situation remains uncertain. If
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      Danger of over-dependence
      193 10 WHILE the government welcomes Taiwanese investors with open arms, concern is coming to the fore over the spread of foreign investments in Malaysia. As of last year. Taiwan accounted for 45.1 per cent of total foreign investments in Malaysia, with Japan having a 16.7 per cent share.
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      Time to free hostages
      132 10 WHILE many underlying problems of the volatile Middle East remain, parts of the region, especially Lebanon, have begun to enjoy a period of welcome relief from slaughter and tumult with President Elias Hrawi declaring an end to 16 years of civil war last December. Why then
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    Thailand's new port contains high hopes
    1161 10  -  Rahita Elias, who was in Bangkok recently, finds much optimism over the new port. This is the third article in a series of BT features on Thailand Rahita Elias THE Port Authority of Thailand's (PAT) aspirations for the country's newest sea gateway at Lacm
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      71 10 SINGAPORE Sembawang tomorrow's superstar MNC? I Batam s bi 9 believer The tempting food business IS Scotts group's growing pains Charcoal sweat-ships B'jMlSi/* #(n searC h of a green life r Jjffß Investment spotlight on Jardine Matheson and United Industrial Corporation <^pi'5 june 1991 $4 *'-.Ya f .lllil I■»V 1
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      42 10 DOONESBURY BY GARRY TRUDEAU HI HI BACK' U/£U-,HE KMSWMYUJORJt H3 AIQ nifjpf: HOiu'P 7H& SAiPHemiPLYRXAUWW f a CO MMON 7HRSAD THAT neDtsPtSU> r' v miBR- P&6ANSPOTS,TheaGMSrrB THtM au. r JL VtEWGO* SPOK.ANPTHeUNtVHSAIPem I WTSO w ST; w 1 I, Jt y <t\
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  • ANALYSIS
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      Oman poised to be gateway to Mid-East
      1177 11  -  The Sultanate of Oman is cautiously industrialising to lessen its dependence on oil. Its new bourse is creating quite a bit of a stir and tourism is being promoted, although only those with bulging wallets are preferred. Salil Tripathi, who was in Oman
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      Welcome to Oman, are your pockets full?
      575 11 CLEAR water, sandy beaches, ancient forts, imposing mountains, exotic bazaars, and a hotel like Al-Bus-tan, which some regard as the best in the world. It seems Oman has everything to offer the tourist. But like everything else about its opening up. Oman is
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      All's quiet on the Muscat bourse
      755 11 IT IS 9.50 in the morning and four boys are feverishly wiping away the Big Board clean of yesterday's scores. Brokers arrive at 10 and begin dealing with quiet politeness. There arc no expletives that a feverish Sherman McCoy would utter on Wall Street.
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  • ADVERTISING AND MARKETING
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      The Talkback technique
      798 12  -  Corinne Kerk finds out more about a strategic advertising tool that invites the target audience to respond to specific sets of information regarding clients' products Corinne Kerk Tearing your hair out because next to the brand name, consumers know almost nothing about your products? If so, then
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      Lock icon US cola companies fighting high-stakes battle in Japan
      609 12 AP HOW about a nice, refreshing drink of Mucos? Or a tall, cool glass of Pocari Sweat? Or maybe some pcach-and-green pepper juice? In the world of Japanese sort drinks, the big US cola companies are fighting a high-stakes battle for a
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      Largest marketing campaign to promote Mirinda
      378 12  -  By Yeep Wai Ban THE recent strategic alliance between PepsiCola International (Asia-Pacific) and Warner Bros is the largest marketing campaign ever done for Mirinda. Pepsi-Cola's flavour drink brand. The company has undertaken the project to re-launch Mirinda which, marketing manager Kevin Lim felt, has
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      COPY LINES
      183 12 AN OFFICIAL 140-page calendar for the forthcoming "Visit Asean Year 1992" will be produced by top New York-based travel photographer. Danielle Hayes. Fif-ty-three striking colour photographs taken by Hayes will highlight the exotic people, places, food and festivities found in the Asean region, which is being billed as
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      Getting into shape
      498 12  -  Expression Slim Fit Studio is launching a more than 1 million promotion exercise. Said Abdullah has the details Said Abdullah ONE of the fastest growing slim-fit centres here is to launch a more than $1 million promotion exercise that includes a new image and aggressive expansion here
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      Parisian ambience at the Oriental Ballroom
      276 12 A LITTLE of the famous Parisian ambience will be re-created later this month at the Oriental Ballroom for the exhibition, Le Journees Du Prestige. The exhibition, which showcases French luxury goods, is a "non-commercial way to promote products", said Nicolas Orlowski, the creator and
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  • SPORTS
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      Lock icon Ballesteros comes back stronger and better
      425 13 AFP CHASK.A, Minnesota Seve Ballesteros credits a new driver for bringing him out of a prolonged slump, but it is the Spaniard's refound confidence that has his fellow competitors worried. "He's the hot man at the moment," said Britain's Nick Faldo. "Obviously, he's playing
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      Lock icon Mental hospital awaits soccer hooligans in Sweden
      624 13 Reuter STOCKHOLM Soccer fans at next year's European championship finals could face the stark choice between staying in a lush 18th-century park if they behave and a mental hospital if they don't. The organisers' carrot and stick approach is illustrated by preliminary plans
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      Lock icon Holyfield's promoter wins purse bid for Tyson bout
      275 13 Reuter NEW YORK World heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield's promoter won a purse bid on Tuesday to promote a Holyfield-Mike Tyson title fight and said he would name a date and site for the bout later this week. But whether Tyson would actually
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      Lock icon Connors waits for Wimbledon wild card
      455 13 AP WIMBLEDON Jimmy Connors, twice Wimbledon men's singles champion and four times runner-up, is still waiting to learn whether he will receive a wild card entry for this year's championship. Five of the eight men's singles entries on offer were handed out by the
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    • SIDE LINES
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        Injured Wilander out of Stella Artois
        98 13 LONDON Former world No 1 Mats Wilander suffered knee injury and went out in the first round of the USsslB,tK> Stella Artois grass-court championships at Queens Club or Tuesday. Wilander, the 11th seed, playing with a large bandage around his left knee, lost 6-4,
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        Schultz defeats Kohde-Kilsch
        59 13 EDGBASTON, England Brenda Schultz needed just 62 minutes to eliminate lOth-seeded Claudia Kohde-Kilsch in a women's grass-court tennis tournament on Tuesday. KohdeKilsch, a German, lost 6-4, 6-1 to Dutch player Schultz. Matches had to be moved indoors for much of the day because of a heavy rain
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        Change of venue
        125 13 FORT LAUDERDALE The PGA's Honda Classic announced on Tuesday that it will move from the Tournament Players Club at Eagle Trace, its much-maligned home of the past eight years, to the new Weston Hills Country Club. The US$l million tournament came under attack from many professionals last
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        Olhovski upsets Forget
        75 13 ROSMALEN, Netherlands Andrei Olhovski of the Soviet Union upset top-seed Guy Forget 6-3, 4-6, 6-1 on Tuesday at the Continental Grass Court Trophy tournament. Olhovski is ranked 127 th by the ATP and Forget is ranked seventh. "1 didn't believe it until I won the last point,"
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        Bid to revive interest
        106 13 NEW YORK The top Americans in track and field will compete this week at the national outdoor championships for spots on the US team for the World Championships in Tokyo next month. Carl Lewis, Jackie Joyner-Kersee, Leroy Burrell, Mary Decker Slaney and Butch Reynolds will be
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      Lock icon Can Joyner-Kersee clear her hurdles?
      1228 13 NYT NEW YORK Could it bethat the best of Jackie Joy-ner-Kersee is now recalled from memory? She has been regarded as the finest female athlete of the United States for so long that merely suggesting the possibility might well be considered folly. Nowhere in the
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      790 14 TELEVISION AND RADIO lVlnnctAfc cmH miicir* ma i ».oo business ON RAOKT JIT MAJ Alk3lV/JL l 3 ClllvL limijlv 9.45 Jake and the Fatman Only 7.30 Rude Dog And The Dweebs. 700 AM CNN International (I.). You (Stereo). Jake and the ggo News(M) BBC, 89.9 mHz in VHF Band II
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  • LIFESTYLE
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      Lock icon Playing at madness
      761 15  -  Richard Bernstein talks to an emotionally-schizoid Lena Olin Richard Bernstein NYT THE FIRST thing you notice about Lena Olin, the Swedish actress who is in New York these days for three performances of Strindberg's classic play Miss Julie, is her handshake, firm, warm, veritably muscular. Then, there
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      Lock icon Punctuation tripping up US Postal Service
      988 15  -  John Tierney finds out why high technology and the English language are the crux of a heated debate John Tierney NYT IN THE Bth century, an English monk named Alcuin, backed by an edict from Charlemagne, established the laws of grammar for scribes across
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      Bergman wins award for artistic excellence
      703 15 CHATTERBOX SWEDISH film director Ingmar Bergman and the Polishborn painter, Balthus, were among five winners on Monday of US$lOO,OOO (S$ 176.000) awards for lifetime excellence in the arts. Administered by the Japan Art Association, the Praemium Internationale awards are considered in some circles the
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      241 15 AND ENTERTAIN There's No Beefing About It. From 1 June to 30 June 1991 *>'; qi Our U S prime rib of beef is as good as ever. An excellent dinner choice carved right at your table and served with braised onions, baked idaho potatoes and a crisp caesar salad.
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  • STOCK EXCHANGE OF SINGAPORE 1
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      Hotel stocks dip on poor outlook forecast
      5024 16  -  By Chew Eng Han HOTEL STOCKS mostly traded lower yesterday despite a 5.06-point gain in the Straits Times Industrials Index, which ended the session at 1.543.37. The ST Hotels Index slipped 3.89 points to close at 1.062.93. Dealers attributed the weakness in hotel
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    STOCK EXCHANGE OF SINGAPORE 2
    4162 17 Main Board SIA Foreign 1 960 20 +1 .0% SPH Foreign 1330 +20 +1.5% Jurong Ship50* 910 +20 2 2% UOB Foreign 755 +20 +2.7% CAC 595 <-15 2.6% Kcppel C Wrts 505 H5 3.1% Jurong Fng50* 350 12 3.6% GF. Life 1470 *10 0.7%
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  • BT SHARE INFORMATION SERVICE
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      AUDITED RESULTS
      413 18 Company Date Year Group Net Net earnings Gross ann to profit/loss (L) per share dividend ('000) (cents) Gnnd Central lun II Dec 90 $U.060($5 165) 17?(8 1 > 5i5) Guthrie GTS tun 11 Dec 90 $5.144($6b6! 29(05) 2<-) SPP lun 11 Dec 90 $1,261 (J2.532L) 18(-) -< Tjar
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      PRELIMINARY RESULTS
      152 18 Company Date Year Group pre-tax Net earnings Gross ann to profit/loss (L) per share dividend ('000) (cents) GB Hldgs Jtin 10 Mar 91 $9,951 ($13,105) 9 9(13 ?a> 10TE(lOTEa MAA Jun 4 Dec 90 M$2.016($839) 4 5(1 5) Vlurata May 31 Mar 91 51.552f(41 687t) 135 3(85 6a.
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      INTERIM RESULTS
      157 18 company Date Half-year Group pre-tax Interim ann to profit/loss (L) dividend (000) Pacific Can Jun 3 Mar 91 $30l$68l) Van der Horst Jun 3 War 91 $1,517(11.836) hi Kepong May 31 Mar 91 M$45 437 ($54,588) NYA(5) Wearnes May 29 Mar 91 S21.878($28,406) 7(7) UC May 17 Mar
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      CORPORATE DEVELOPMENTS
      458 18 June 11 Guthrie GTS newly-formed subsidiary, Guthrie CMS, has secured projects worth over $?60. in Indonesia Orchard Parade Holdings subsidiary. First Choice Properties Pte Ltd, has increased its authorised, issued and paid-up capital from $25,000 to $13m and $2 to $12,083 m respectively June 10 Inchcape Bhd has
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      DIVIDENDS ANNOUNCED
      1107 18 Current Ex Books Date Total for Total for payment date close payable the year last year Acma 5%TE Ion 5 iun 17 Jul 1 10"® It AMFP NvAie) iun 19 U 4 Aug 15 NY A 28c Bolton 10% Jun 21 Jul 8 NYA 10% 5% I Bousteadco
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      RESULTS DUE
      935 18 Main Board Last Full Year Company Penod Date Year Net EPS Gross Net announced endrg (cents) 4* profit last year (J'000) Cerebos Interim Apr 27 Jul 91 12 6 20 OTE(a) 38 911 Spore Land Interim Way 4 Dec 91 12.6 10 0 44 641(g) Avimo Interim Jun
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      APPROVED ISSUES
      430 18 Company Rights Issue Alcom One for-two MSI 00 per share Issue of 40m Cumulative Redeemable Preference Shares (CRPS) of MJO10 each at MSI per share with 10m detachable TSR on the basis of 1 CRPS with 1 TSR fof every 4 CRPS Ei-date kin 7 Books close Jun
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      BONDS, LOANS & WARRANTS
      954 18 BONDS, LOANS WARRANTS Company Conversion period Conversion term for one ordinary share Btrwi Wt Before 30 6 94 1 warrant plus HKJ1 (X) cash C1C 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
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      WARRANTS: PREMIUMS AND GEARING
      1058 18 Prices as at 12.06 91 j Conversion terms Premium/ Expiry 1 I r -T (discount) r -1—'} Amount Optional* using issued Company (mil Wrts Share Loan Conv Exer Lnstk Cash Cash, Loan Date Mths units) I stock ratio price nom Stk 2 j Left value S
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      PROPOSED ISSUES
      501 18 Company Rights Issue Bofton One for four M$2 00 per share Issue of $90 978m nominal amount of 3 Yo Redeemable Unsecured Guaranteed Bonds 1991 with *5 489m detachable warrants on the basis of 12 nominal amount of Bonds for every three shares held Every $2 nominal amount
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      COMPANY MEETINGS
      217 18 Bedford Bhd: 67th AGM at the Conference Room, 14th Floor, Bangunan Hong leong, 117 Jalan Tun HS Lee. ***** Kuala Lumpur on Thursday, Jun 13, at 2 30pm Berjaya Corpn (M) Bhd: EGM at the Banquet Room, Kelab Darul Ehsan, Taman Tun Abdul Ra;ak, Jalan Ker|a Air Lama.
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  • KUALA LUMPUR STOCK EXCHANGE
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      Lock icon Early price gains eroded through lack of support
      4329 19 Bernama SHARE PRICES finished mixed in moderately active trading yesterday after profittaking and a lack of followthrough support offset earlier buying. After reaching 625.14 in the morning, the KLSE Composite Index fell back to 623.96. up 2.25 points, while the Industrial Index
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  • TOKYO STOCK EXCHANGE
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      Lock icon Weak yen and bond markets depress prices
      2188 20 Reuter TOKYO STOCKS closed lower yesterday as a weak yen and soft bond markets along with arbitrage unwinding pulled prices down from mid-morning. Rumours, later denied, that a finance company faced bankruptcy and that prosecutors had raided a brokerage hurt prices in late
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      Lock icon Hang Seng slips marginally in very thin trading
      1965 20 Reuter AFP HONGKONG stock prices yesterday ended narrowly weaker in extremely thin trading with the blue-chip Hang Seng Index down 3.58 points to 3,627.90. "There was a definite absence today of any institutional interest, either local or overseas," James Osborn, assistant director
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  • REGIONAL STOCK MARKETS
    • Aussie shares surge as confidence returns
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        AUSTRALIA
        871 21 AUSTRALIAN share prices closed firmer yesterday as investor confidence returned to the Australian stock market. But brokers sa»d the recovery was restricted to local buying, with offshore investors remaining in hibernation. Fledgling confidence in Australia s new Treasurer John Kerin combined with strong performances in London and New York
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        NEW ZEALAND
        156 21 INDIGESTION from cash issues and placements again took its toll on leading New Zealand shares, with most stocks slipping on a general lack of support. "Really there were a few people surprised that it held up like it did earlier this week." said Peter Haltigan of Buttle Wilson.
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        BANGKOK
        822 21 SHARE PRICES rebounded 0.1 per cent in thin trading on the Thai stock market yesterday with the Securities Exchange of Thailand (SET) Index rising 1.28 points to close at 814.69. "The market was weak as there was no further development regarding the US$4 billion telephone project," said a broker
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        1115 21 Jakarta Rupiah VoHDO) June 12 Abda 2100 Ahap Insurance 4300 Alumindo Perkasa U 4150 unch 50 Aqua Golden Missisip 9800 Argo Pantes 7350 100 1050 Aster Jawa 2000 Astra Graphia ***** unch 5 Astra Int'l Inc ***** 50 485 Asuransi Bintang 7950 Asuransi Das in Mitra 7000 Asuransi Jiwa Panin
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        SEOUL
        883 21 SEOUL STOCKS continued to rise for the third consecutive day on news that a financing house will issue bonus shares later this month, brokers said. The company's shares hit their upper limit. Korea Investment and Finance Corp. South Korea's leading short-term financing house, announced it has decided to issue
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        TAIPEI
        522 21 TAIWAN share prices finished lower across the board as sentiment turned gloomy when slight gains in financials failed to lead other sectors higher. The Weighted Index lost 97.18 points or 1.7 per cent to finish at 5,753.98 compared with Tuesday's 5,851.16 close. Turnover was a sluggish NT534.5 billion against
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        BOMBAY
        142 21 SHARE PRICES on Tuesday improved in light trading when the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) reopened after a day's closure, but the undercurrent was hesitant, brokers said. The BSE Index recovered 13.33 points to 1,261.64. The national index was not available. The brokers said the upbeat market was aided by
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        INDICES & TURNOVER
        94 21 INDICES TURNOVER (W June 12 I'reviotis SYDNEY All Ordinaries Index All Industrials Index Ml Resources Index turnover (million) 1 500 2316 6 875.0 106.73 I486 0 2297.0 865.6 ***** 14 19.6 '1 4 -12 3 BANGKOK SKT Index Turnover (million baht) 814 69 2.700 813.41 3.200 1 28 -500 JAKARTA
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        MORGAN STANLEY CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL INDICES
        383 21 In local currency In S$ In US$ day S >ear day S year S day S year June 1! Index change change change changichange change World 411 8 0.7 15.0 0.4 ng 0.5 8.6 fEAFE 537.5 0.5 144 0.5 7.2 0.5 46 Europe 441.0 0.8
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    • Dow briefly breaches 3,000 mark again
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        NEW YORK
        1194 22 AFTER briefly surpassing the 3,000 barrier on Tuesday morning, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ended the day with a gain of 10.51, to close at 2,985.91. Volume on the New York Stock Exchange rose to 161.6 million shares from 127.7 million on Monday. While 865 issues advanced and
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        FRANKFURT
        227 22 GERMAN SHARES gave up some of the early gains as buying interest petered out in the course of the Tuesday session, but still ended broadly firmer. The 30-share DAX Index chalked up a 10.88-point gain to end at 1,715.80. "Volume tapered off as demand was being satisfied," said a
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        AMSTERDAM
        381 22 DUTCH SHARES on Tuesday ended a listless session mixed to firmer as a stronger performance on Wall Street provided upward momentum towards the close, traders said. "Everybody is searching for news that will move the market. As long as the Dow Jones doesn't sink too far below the 3000-level,
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        121 22 Brussels June II Francs FORWARD MARKET Acec 2630 5 Arbed 4460 40 Astur 1032 8 Brascan 608 6 C'anpac 624 4 Cock 190 I De Beers 852 22 Fbes 84<X) Gb-Inno-Bm 1396 16 Gevaert 7110 30 Gr Bru Lamb 3790 10 Hobok Fetro ***** 100 Ryl Dutch 2905 10 Sidro
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        LONDON
        733 22 SHARE PRICES finished sharply higher on London's Stock Exchange on Tuesday, boosted by a good performanee on Wall Street and hopes for a eut in British interest rates. The FTSE 100-share index rose 30.7 points, or 1.2 per cent, to close at 2,542.6. The FTSE 30-share index closed at
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        PARIS
        154 22 FRENCH SHARE prices, encouraged by Wall Street's gains, broke through a key resistance point on Tuesday to finish an active session at a new 1991 closing high. The CAC-40 Index ended up 28.56 points or 1.55 per cent to 1,874.81, its highest close this year and just short of
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        ZURICH
        311 22 SWISS SHARES on Tuesday closed little changed in lacklustre trading. Brokers said Wall Street's firmer opening lifted sentiment slightly in the after- noon session. The all-share SPI Index, which had traded in a narrow range of two points all day long, edged up two points to 1,117.0. The SMI
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        MILAN
        239 22 ITALIAN STOCKS on Tuesday closed slightly lower in technical trading ahead of the expiry of monthly options contracts yesterday and the end of the June bourse account tomorrow, brokers said. The MIB share index fell 0.34 per cent to close at 1,180. "(Monday's) strike seems to have slowed the
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        JOHANNESBURG
        466 22 IN JOHANNESBURG, gold shares gave up their early gains on Tuesday afternoon as investors decided to take some profits in the absence of any further upswing in world bullion prices. However, good support remained evident amid feelings that gold prices may head still higher after breaching the US$37O an
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        420 22 Agencies TORONTO STOCKS closed flat in listless trade on Tuesday after shuffling within a narrow 10-point range most of the day, dealers said. A number of new issues hitting the market attracted many investors away from the secondary market, they added. The TSE-300 ended up 2.97 to 3,572.25, with
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        INDICES & TURNOVER
        84 22 INDICES TURNOVER June 11 Close Previous NEW YORK Dow Jones 2,985.91 2.975 40 +10.51 NYSE Financial 154.52 154.31 +0.21 S&P 500 381.05 378.57 2.48 Turnover (million) 161.6 127.7 33.9 LONDON Financial Times 30 1,999.1 1,972.4 26 7 FTSE 100 2.542.6 2.511.9 30.7 Turnover (million) 510.8 373.1 137.7 AMSTERDAM CBS Tendency
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      1147 23 REPORTS AS,A TOKYO: The US dollar yesterday closed higher against the yen but steady versus the mark. Yen sentiment had turned sour by midday on declines in local stock and bond markets. It teetered near 141.50 yen for most of the
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      414 23 Cross rates June 12 USS S$ MS Dm Yon Sir AS N/S USS 1 7805 2.7780 1.7730 141.20 0 6026 1.5145 1.3236 1.7452 SS 0.5616 1 5602 0 9958 0.7930 0 3384 0.8506 0.7434 0 9802 MS 0 3600 64.09 0.6382 0 508 3 0.2169 0.5452 0
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      Lock icon Slower Japanese growth raises prospect of rate cut
      415 23 FT TOKYO The Japanese financial authorities on I uesday welcomed indications that the country's economic growth was starting to slow, a trend which should allow them greater scope in interest rate policy. With growth still at a high level, however, the signals
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      Lock icon Demand for Taiwan government bonds falls
      226 23 Reuter TAIPEI Sales of Taiwan government bonds, once avidly sought by domestic investors, are slumping as many institutions and individuals shun new issues. "The supply of bonds is too large and the yields are not attractive enough to draw buyers." said Chen Chi-chu, vice-president
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      1207 23 SIMEX EURODOLLAR Open High Low Sett Est Vol Op/Int Vol Jun 91 76 93.76 93.75 93.76 U?5 ***** l%2 Sep 91 93.43 93.44 93.40 93.43 8000 ***** 4950 Dec 91 9">83 92.83 92.79 92.83 4055 ***** 2782 Mar 92 92.6! 92.62 92.57 92.61 1089 8130 1173 Jun 92
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      Malaysian output of crude palm oil expected to rise
      447 24  -  By Shoeb Kagda SINGAPORE Malaysia, the world's largest producer of crude palm oil (CPO), is expected to post much higher production figures this year as compared to previous years as a result of higher yields from younger trees. Market watchers predict
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      Lock icon Insect-killing cotton plants developed by researchers
      227 24 Reuter SYDNEY High-yielding cotton plants that produce their own insect repellent have been developed by Australian researchers who say the strains may need little if any insecticide. Scientists at Australia's Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) in Canberra said that using genes from
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      KL tin price rises 9 sen on increased demand
      835 24 REPORTS THE PRICE of tin recovered nine sen to MS 15.55 per kg on the Kuala Lumpur Tin Market yesterday on some good buying support. Dealers said the metal had risen US$35 per tonne on the London Metal Exchange overnight as
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    1393 24 Rubber June 12 RAS (fob la bates) S cents/kg Noon Close Inl 1 RSS Prompt I46.25/I47.25N 146.25/147.25N Int 1 RSS July 91 147.75/148 25 147.75/148.25 Int 1 RSS August 149.75/150.25 149.75/150 25 Int 2 RSS OP 146.50/148.50N 146.50/148.50N Int 3 RSS OP 144.50/146.50N 144.50/146 50N Int 4 RSS OP
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    1066 25 City Flight ETA Flight ETD City Flight ETA Flight ETU Abu Dliabi GA975 1300 GA894 2340 5(3,06 1045 GA887 1225 SQI07 1305 SQ109 1405 SQI08 1145 Adelaide SQ228 1905 MH642 1450 MHG4I 1315 Q rs 2000 MH609 1625 SQ110 1445 Amsterdam KL838 2115 MH644 1650 SQ112
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      575 25  -  POSTCARD FROM MISSISSIPPI By David Margolick AT THE front of Knight's General Store, between the jars of pigs' lips and pigs' feet and the case of live crickets, sits a simple, scarcely noticeable, Bunn coffee maker. On a steamy Southern afternoon, there are few takers for
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      MONEY CHANGER RATES
      153 25 As at 3pm: Ixical dollars to one unit of foreign currency Currencies Bid Offer Australian dollar 1.336 1.356 Canadian dollar 1.543 1.563 NZ dollar 1.015 1.045 Sterling pound 2.965 2.995 US dollar 1.7770 1.7870 Local dollars to 100 units of foreign currency Austrian schilling 14.00 15.00 Belgian
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      WORLD TRADE EXHIBITIONS
      59 25 Duration Title Venue Organiser Td Duration Title Venue Organiser Tel June 9-16 Po/nan Poznan. Foirc *****1221 June 18-22 Asia's Int l World Trade Reed Exhibition *****13 International Poland Internationale Exhibition Centre, Companies Fair De Poznan of Packaging Singapore June 11-14 International Germany Mode-Woche 89/***** Machinery Trade Fair
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      304 25 ACROSS Ji ***** HE 1 No 1 dressing room at the Hi |H 9 9 Fellow taking summer HI abroad, for the carnival (4) j j 10 Downright incompetent? Bl WM M M M Mil one MM on 14 Lie about, guaranteed j I 15^Hi6 some rest (7) IH H
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      204 25 Singapore Outlook: Fair. Report: Maximum temperature 32.0 Assoc humidity 67% Minimum temperature 24.5° Assoc humidity 94% Hours of sunshine 9.85 Rainfall in mm 2.6 Rainfall this month 90.5 Rainy days this month 5 World report Asia-Pacific Hi/Lo* Cond. Auckland 15/08 Showers Bangkok 32/25 Showers Beijing 25/18 Sunny Brunei 33/25 Showers
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      21 25 [MISS CAMP&EILL rvg_ Tie k|O Possible^ fruvs tempsl I (f%g| o A 445 EVENING STANOARO CO LTO INMNI ft U.) Lin
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    OECD report sees challenges for top Asian economies
    723 26  -  Threat in labour-intensive production and high tech From Sharon Lau in BASLE THE DYNAMIC Asian Economies (DAEs) could face a widening gap behind the OECD countries in the leading-edge technologies and a shrinking lead over the more advanced LDCs (less developed countries)
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    Lock icon US recession will be over by autumn or winter: Iacocca
    215 26 Reuter WASHINGTON Chrysler Corp chairman Lee lacocca said on Tuesday that he is optimistic the US recession will be over by autumn, or winter, and automobile sales will start to rebound. Interviewed jointly with General Motors Corp chairman Bob Stempel
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    Lock icon Japan's trade surplus climbs 35pc
    318 26 AFP TOKYO Japan's trade surplus swelled by 35.3 per cent from a year earlier to US$4.2 billion (557.4 billion) in May, but was down from 56.3 billion in April, the Finance Ministry said yesterday. The wider surplus reflected sharply bigger trade imbalances with both Europe
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    Lock icon Japan's Keidanren urges domestic deregulation
    219 26 Reuter TOKYO Keidanren. Japan's powerful federation of private business groups, has urged the government to speed up the internationalisation of the yen and the liberalisation of Japan's financial markets. "As the world's second largest economy, and largest creditor nation, Japan has an international obligation to
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    Wrath of a volcano
    55 26 ANGELES, 'I he Philippines A thick mushroom cloud of ash and steam emerging from the erupting Mount Pinatubo hovers over the US Clark Air Base in the northern Philippines yesterday. Most of the base personnel were evacuated and escaped harm although local newspapers reported that a
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    Jakarta chalks up first quarter trade surplus of US$730m
    526 26  -  From Maggie Ford in JAKARTA INDONESIA recorded a trade surplus of US$73O million (551.37 billion) in the first three months of this year, despite a 35 per cent rise in imports as foreign investors brought in capital goods to establish manufacturing
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    Get ready for the Saudis
    796 26  -  The Bottom Line LOH HUI YIN LOH HUI YIN The writer is one of BT's news editors The announcements were low-key but they had a common vital feature: they emanated from the capitals of some of Asia's most dynamic countries. Trickling in from Singapore, Seoul
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    Lock icon US companies confident of Hongkong's future: survey
    224 26 Reuter HONGKONG US business confidence in Hongkong has picked up sharply from last year and few companies plan to move their regional headquarters before China takes over in 1997, an American Chamber of Commerce survey shows. The survey was based on a sample
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      FEFC to standardise FE/ Europe non-freight charges
      323 27  -  By Magdalene Phang MAJOR shipping consortium Far Eastern Freight Conference (FEFC), together with several independent carriers, have signed an agreement to standardise non-freight charges for trade between Europe and the Far East. Signatories to the Far East Trade Tariff Charges and Surcharges Agreement
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      Lock icon BA chief calls for route moratorium
      218 27 Reuter WASHINGTON The chief executive of British Airways pic called for a moratorium on new transatlantic routes between the United States and Europe. "That approach would prevent the US creating yet more bumps and lumps to be ultimately ironed out of the air transport
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      Seacold launches third generation reefer containers
      341 27  -  By Selva Kumar A LOCALLY designed third generation refrigerated container was launched at a major container show in Atlanta last month. The new Seacold 320 (20foot) and Seacold 340 (40foot) reefer containers, were designed and developed by Singapore-based Seacold Technologies, the container manufacturing arm
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      Lock icon US aviation body checking Pratt engines for corrosion
      194 27 Reuter WASHINGTON The Federal Aviation Administration is checking the Pratt and Whitney JTBD jet engine for corrosion following a fire that destroyed a Boeing 727 freighter on take-off last month, the Washington Post said. "If we find a problem, it goes without
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      Lock icon Boeing confident about the solidity of its order backlog
      443 27 Reuter PARIS Boeing Co sees no reason to doubt the solidity of its order backlog, said Boeing Commercial Airplane Group executive vice-presi-dent Richard Albrecht. "Generally a high proportion of our backlog comes from the stronger carriers in the world and, like
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      MAN Singapore expects to see 25pc rise in sales
      340 27  -  By Rahita Elias GERMAN engineering company MAN B&W Diesel expects its local subsidiary to perform even better in the next financial year ending June 31, 1992, with sales growing by a quarter to $40 million. Given the strong growth. MAN Singapore
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        J & N Cruises renews Le Meridien contract
        53 27 J N Cruises renews Le Meridien contract CRUISE operator J& N Cruises will renew its 1991/1992 catering contract with Le Meridien Singapore at a signing ceremony to be held tomorrow. With the recent delivery of J N's second catamaran Equator Triangle, the contract, estimated at over $3 million, is bigger
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        Workers go on strike at Rio de Janeiro port
        53 27 RIO DE JANEIRO A port strike continued to halt operations at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil's second-largest port, and at the important soybean port of Rio Grande in the south. A traffic director at Rio de Janeiro said eight ships were sitting
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        Officials dash over ICD port transport
        40 27 CARGO transport from the port areas to inland container depots (ICD) in Thailand remains the hottest issue plaguing executives of related agencies as they struggle to decide who will provide the services Back Page
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        Sulzer patents new hull form
        46 27 AN innovative hull form conceived in Ireland has been patented worldwide by Sulzer Bros of Switzerland. The patent is now held by New Sulzer Diesel, the primarily ItalianGerman owned company created out of the group's former diesel engine division Back Page
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      THE SHIPPING GUIDE
      11627 36 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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      SHIPPING AGENTS
      3353 41 A xIIIK ontainerline NV: Bel sin Shpg Agencies Pte Ltd (SVMarine Handling Sdn Bhd (PK/PN). Accord Group: Accord Shpg Pte L.ld (SVAccord Contr I ine (PK/PN). Adkris Business Corporation Philippine: Calsource Shpg Trdg Pte Ltd (S) \hrenkiel liner Service: Kim Shpg Trdg (S). Albutros Sen-Air Service: Frata Shpg
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      COURIER SERVICES
      254 41 \bacus C ouriers Tel: 545-8011. Fax: *****98. Air Kxpms Intel Tel: 533-5771. Fax: *****44 Airborne Freight Corporation Tel: 542-8844 Fax: *****16, *****80. Airswift Worldwide Courier Tel: 278-0188 Pax: *****83. AJS Supplies Tel: 748-6322 (2 lines), 747-7421. Fax: *****75. City-link International Tel: 344-3377. Fax. *****50. luster link Supplies Services
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      AIR FORWARDERS
      1536 41 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: 545-8033. Fax: *****05. Aeruspeed Tel: 542-5911. Fax: *****18. Air Cargo Novo Express Tel: 542-5454. Fax: *****06. Air Express International Tel: 542-7666. Fax: *****74, *****50. Air
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      PORT CONDITIONS
      2021 42 ARGENTINA HiK'mts Aires: I he dispute with the gantry crane operator spread to other rrjachine/crane operators. Ihe port was disrupted by union action. Although their demands have not been fully met. crane operators are working normally again. In the pa>t lew days arrival have outnumbered sailings and the
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      AIR FREIGHT SCHEDULE
      467 42 ARRIVALS DEPARTURES Op Might I >pe KTA I From Op Flight T\pe ETD T To TODAY TODAY KAL KF697 B747F 0150 I SEL j KAL KE697 B747F 0440 I BKK NCA KZ203 B747F 1930 I NRT SIA SQ822 B747F 0715 2 DXB/LON KAL KE685 A30F 2345 I
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      SHIP SALES & TANKER RATES
      523 42 SHIP SALES TANKER RATES VESSELS SOLD FOR FURTHER TRADING Motor vessels Optomist: 48.998 dwt and built 1970. sold to Greek buyers for about US$3.6 million. Ihe Sunny Wisteria: 38.094 dwt and built 1985. sold for a price in the region of US$l5.3 million to Norwegian interests. S«»arer Diana (43,589 dwt.
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      CRUISE & FERRY SCHEDULES
      324 42 CRUISE FERRY SCHEDULES CRUISE SHIPS Ait Dep Name of Vessel ETA ETD Ports of Calls Port Agent JUNE 13 13 Andaman Princess 1100 1600 C ruise-To-Nowhere Lines Int Holding 14 14 Andaman Princess 1500 2000 Cruise-To-Nowhere Lines Int Flolding IS 16 Fairstar 1400 1300 Sin-FIong Kong Boustead Shipping 16 16
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        AT CONVENTIONAL WHARVES
        640 43 Vend Voy No Berth Arnval Departure I Vessel Voy No Berth Arnvil Depirturi Keppd Wharves Soon Soon 1 910/ M4C alongside 1306/1100 Aftes 51 K34 alongside 17 06/0600 Seng Hing 8/91 M4B 1206/1330 13 06/0800 Abbay Wocu 28WB K30 alongside 15 06/1100 Sinar Asean 12/91 M36 1206/1930
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        1024 43 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Slip Voy No Etb/Btr Record Period Booking/Balance From ro sits rom Aka Bhum 498N 14/1300 2 4 12/1700 13/1200 3/065 3/145 9 9 3/0900 3/1700 An Adelarfe ***** 15/1300 3 4 13/0700 13/1200 9 9 3/1400 3/1700 Anson *****N 14/2359
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        IN MALAYSIAN PORTS
        230 43 Penang Port Bertti in Butterworth on June 13:1: Dresden; 2: Jin Tian; 3: Million No 3, Sang Thai Ruby; 4: ml; 5: Asian Pollux; 6: Gulf Bridge. Penang Nhvf: NB: ml; CB Victory; SB: ml. BCT: Bl: Philippines Express; Bll: Kapitan Korotaev; l/B: nil. VOTF: nil Dw
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        COCKETT BUNKER MARKET REPORT
        915 43 THIS twice weekly report, compiled by Cockett Marine Oil Ltd, shows price ranges in US dollars instead of single prices for a more comprehensive description of the market. Prices shown are based on average-sized stem. Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and
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      Thai executives clash over ICD's transport agencies
      412 44 BANGKOK Cargo transport from the port areas to inland container depots (ICD) in Thailand remains the hottest issue plaguing executives of related agencies as they struggle to decide who will provide the serv ices. According to The Nation, the Port Authority of Thailand
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      DAILY FREIGHTS
      1006 44 FREIGHT rates, having recently come under attack from somewhat easier seasonal demand and weaker sentiment, remained underpinned on Tuesday by good charter volume and tight tonnage supply, brokers said. "Every day you see one or two more orders coming in for July," one said. The Panamax-based Baltic Freight
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      Lock icon Sulzer patents new hull form to optimise efficiency
      404 44 Lloyd's List LONDON An innovative hull form conceived in Ireland has been patented worldwide by Sulzer Bros of Switzerland. The patent is now held by New Sulzer Diesel, the primarily ItalianGerman owned company created out of the group's former diescl engine division.
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      1937 29 ■BWiMI TWO SAILINGS PER WEEK TO USA SINGAPORE/TACOMA 18 DAYS ETD WEEKLY TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY SINGAPORE/LONG DEACH 19 DAYS Vessel Voy ETA I ETO "Port "Penang DESTINATIONS Singapore Kelang Tlws week Maren Maersk 9106 Feeder by 18-6 oeoo hrs Pinto HHIHMi Hl■■■ HHi H CFS 17/6 2359 MRS OAK LGB
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      1245 30 Irottedam/] VOY NO S PORE SOUTHAMPTON HAMBURG ANTWERP LE HAVRE LONDON EXPRESS 02/123 14~6 6/7 5/7 577 KITANO 08/323 16/6 7/7 5/7 4/7 9/7 HAMBURG EXPRESS 03/124 20/6 11/7 9/7 8/7 1 All WESTBOUND P HANNOVER EXPRESS 03/324 23/6 10/7 12/7 15/7 16/7 KfUM ft PCNMK CAMO KATSURAGI 06/125 27/6
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      686 30 DIRECT SOUTH PACIFIC SERVICE SIN NOU SUV PPT SEASPAC I 2304E 30/6 12/7 14/7 20/7 ALSO ACCEPTING CARGO VIA SUVA TO: lAUTOKA. PAGO PAGO. APIA I NUKUALOAFA DIRECT CHILE SERVICE SIN IQO ANF VAP CLX (PERU) SEASPAC I 2304E 30/6 2/8 3/8 6/8 7/8 Aganls till// SINtiAPORK: 221H011 mrrrnm Jardlne
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      1572 30 I ur REGULAR INDEPENDENT FULL CONTAINER SERVICE WESTBOUND FdR EUROPE VSI/VOT SIN ALG BCL HAM BRE ROT ANT FEL LHA (MA (VIA (VU ALG) HAM) ROT) NORASIA AL MUNTAZAH 9114-3 14/06 04/07 03/07 07/07 08/07 09/07 10/07 11/07 12/07 NORASIA SAMANTHA 9115-3 21/06 12/07 14/07 17/07 11/07 19/07 20/07 21/07
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      2218 31 SjgSteamers Maritime Holdings Ltd W ,!>■ PftrOm, W STRAITS SHIPPING VML j Singapore to BruMi, East Malaysia, Containers mtJm m Voy No -fPen/ S pore Alf Sou Ant Rot Mbf IflSf MAfRSK 9108 08 06 10 06 13/06 21 06 30,06 01/0/ 04/0/ »CCfPTS M SMS MVfRPOOt BAr 0)30 08
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      2828 31 STRAITS/ JAPAN/ STRAITS SERVICE LOADING FOR YOKOHAMA/ NAGOYA/OSAKA OB SENBOKU COSMIC PIONEER Vl4 ETA SPORE 20/6/91 ETA PK 22/6/91 NOTE ALSO CALLING OTHER JAPANESE PORTS. HONGKONG. TAIWAN CHINESE PORTS. SUBJECT INDUCEMENT IMLintermaritiivie SOUTHERN AFRICA SERVICE DIRECT MONTHLY SAILINGS KK SPORE PK PI DBN CT SMUT 97* Sid Sd Sid In
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      619 32 Hfl CR NBR **********0 D EXPRESS SEMI-CONTAINERSHIP SERVICE TO EUROPE «SL, VOY TPORT" ROAM HDAM HMJRG SRtMEN ANTWERP MAI ARAM >9*B 20 6 22/7 27/7 31/7 3/1 SKIWtJAYA 32M8 11/7 19/* 25,1 29/* 2/9 KUTAI, 23N8 25 26/9 1/10 6/10 10/10 FAST TRANSIT TIME ACCEPTING BREAKBULK/CONTAINERISED CARGO Sub|ect to Inducement
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      1068 32 ®J& m. i$L it, HANJIN SHIPPING Spore IIEH RTM ANfi HAM BRV FEI FEEDER VSI SIN LINE HAUI IGB OAK HANJIN HONGKONG 029K 13 6 30/6 1/7 2/7 2/7 3/7 4 7 H AN)IN FELIXSTOWE 008E l«/ 6 DIRECT 8/7 11/7 HANJIN ROTTERDAM 014K* 18 6 6/7 7/7 8 7
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      1379 32 fi d- T cT"T3"3"^"^k IPKL SGP HKG KSG KLG PUS WT OSK NGY SMZ TYO LAI CHS BAL NYC IHV im ROM Tt» ICG PSO Ctß PKL SGP f GLLAMY RE-033 12/6 15/6 IS/S 21/® 22/6 27 6 29 6 30 6 1/7 2/7 13/7 25/7 27/6 29/7 7/8 t't
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      2077 33 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 am AUST/INDIA/PAK SERVICE *****18 CFS: K27 EXPORT: *****53/*****04 tipMl FAR EAST SERVICE *****48 CFS: K27 IMPORT: *****69/*****50 NMi NEPLINE SDN BHD MALAYSIA K.L.-(03)
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      1032 33 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 EASTBOUND— DISCHARGING WESTBOUND LOADING TRAWSHFPG) VIA ROTTERDAM vfiSfLS voy |s*< |m« mc "voy |m [hbg
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      1762 34 K* 4 'W JT* f AS AGENTS KAWASAKI SINGAPORE (PTE) LTD (CR No: **********0 M) W TEL: *****77 TELEX: KAWAKIRS23I6S FAX: *****79 H MALAYSIA: "K" UNE MARITIME (MALAYSIA) SDN BHD .JL mLi ML* A JLf TEL: PJ *****22 PK *****01/5 PENANG *****5 JB *****1 KAWASAKI KISEN KAISHA LTD INDONESIA: P.T.
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      1250 34 t/m PHILI-ORI€NT UN€S PT€ LTD '08 ROBINSON ROAD #0/ 00 GMG BUIIOING SINGAPORE 0106 TEI *****22/22:38/69'225t800 TELEX RS 28/20 PHILI FAX *****76/*****38 BY air, land or sea S&Bcz&f WE TAKE ON THE WORLD FOR YOU MEMBER OF SINGAPORE FRhIGHT FORWARDERS ASSOCIATION VANCOUVER, SWESTERN ONTARIO 18 JUN DUBAI DAMMAN. SHARJAH DOHA.
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      1509 35 SSggfjlf PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL LINES (PTE) LTD gg Building, 140 Cecil Street Singapore 0106. IJAKARTA 3 [BANGKOK _J VESSEL VOV SIN JKT SIN VESSEL VOV SIN BKK SIN EQUATOR MAS 07N 18/6 18/6 23/6 PEGASUS PROGRESS 671N 14/6 17/6 21/6 BUNGA.ERA.A. 243 16/8 16/6 23/6 137N W. SS V!X E2U N
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      1069 35 BEN LINE CONTAINERS LTD 200 Cantonment Road Tel: *****22 #13-05 Southpoint Fax: *****63 Singapore 0208. Telex: RS ***** EXPRESS CONTAINER SERVICE TO UK/CONTINENT VESSEL VOY NOS SPORE IEHAVRE ROTTERDAM S'HAMPTON HAMBURG GO T HENBURG FRANCE HOLLAND UK GERMANY/SCAN SWEDEN NeOlloyd Tokyo* 186 In Pt 4/7 6/7 Selanqia )98 20/6 7/7
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      415 35 Mb MYANMA ySik FIVE STAB UNE (Myanmar National Line) Loading for Yangon (Rangoon) S'pore P.KIf Pen P.Gdj SAGAING V23S In Port AVA VIO9W 20/22 Jun 23/24 Jun PtNYA VII6W 4/7 July THE BANK LINE (A service of Andr«wW«lr Shipping) SEMI-CONTAINER SERVICE HEAVY LIFT CAPABILITY I EXPRESS TO PAPUA NEW) GUINEA
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      781 38 TO AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND *Sl Sm f rim Mvlb Syd I Audi [nM |p CHAIM C VCROIMI Jl2 14 6 22 6 Tsl Tit Til 9~7 ANIWCAPfN .'73 ]i~6 5-7 10 7 14 7 20 7 23/7 2V7 MARTHA 275 6 8 12 8 I?T~ 191 25 8 27 I 21
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      902 38 EXPORTS TO HONGKONG. TAIWAN lAPAN TWICE WEEKLY" MALACCA STRAITS FEEDER SERVICE POUT BOUND VOY PKL PNG IK T SIN HKG KAO KEE IYO SW2 NGO KOB VESSEL VOY SIN |PKL PNG HR SIN TSK ME 100 y 26 *7 6 •*lO 6 156 20 6 25 6 26 627 6
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      302 38 |fi P.T PERUSAHAAN PELAYARANj i KALIMANTAN DIRECT WEEKLY SERVICE TO JAKARTA/TG. PRIOK I Vessel ETA ETD DESTINATION I NIAGA 42 Vo 1 9 91 14/15 lun Ijkjrti Pilemban| I NIAGA (XI Vo» 13 91 17/11 lun lakarU Palem6an t I NIAGA XXN Voy 14 91 19/20 km Jakarta Palembanj NIAGA
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      1538 38 3? CHINA OCEAN SHIPPING COMPANY FULL CONTAINER LINKK SERVICE 2. MISTRI ROAD. HMC BUILDING TEL *****00 #15-00. SINGAPORE 0207 TELE*: RS ***** COSHH> CR NO **********0 M FAX: *****66 General Agents: 006 TAR SHIPPING PTC LTD CABLE COSTARL,N£ TO HONQKONQ AND CHINA FROM MONO KONG AND CHINA VtSSfLVOY SGP HKG
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      1361 39 UKC CONVENTIONAL SERVICE Ve»»e< PKL PNG P G Loadmc (or A VESSEL 78/06 Rotterdam' Antwerp CHINA FULL CONTAINER SERVICE "•"el SGP PKL BKK HKG QIN SHA Y ANGf ANGK OU 153 05/7 03/7 09/7 15/7 l«/ 7 YANGf ANGKOU 155 05/8 03/8 09/8 15/8 18/8 Um KcqXni C|« tor j|
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      1046 39 SEAWARD SHIPPING AND TRADING CO (S) PTE LTD EIA EIA (II yOKf f«II KfIANG ttNANG BlUf JAW 23/6 loading loi Mjif KUVAI HUOMI' 30 6 Loading for Calcutta OOtPHM 30 6 Loading For Ma'e MOKE* SUPREME 20 6 18,6 Loading for Male DONAKUIHI In Pt Loaded For Feimnaru PROGRESS LBEHTY
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      428 39 •ncen-unE VSL VOY SINGAPORE MADRAS SINGAPORE VESSEL VOY SIN MAA SIN TIGER STAR 162N 16 16/06 20-22/06 28-2S/06 TIGER BAY 163N 19 20/06 25-27/06 03 03/07 KURM.SK 162 A 22-23/06 29-01/07 07-07/07 VSL VOY SMGAPORE/CALCUTT A/SMGAPORE VESSEL VOY SIN CAL SIN LHOTSE 403 14-14/06 20-22/06 2S-29/06 EAGLE CAPE 012 19-20/06
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      1721 40 j MAC-NELS SINGAPORE |mm TEL *****22 IMPORT TEL *****02 PENANG TEL (04) *****6 KK TEL (088) *****0 TAWAU TEL (089) *****9. s I 1 p KELANG TEL (04 *****77 KUCHING TEL (082) *****3 SKAN TEL (089) *****2 (V~/\"V*| J BAHRU TEL (07) *****2 SIBU TEL (084) *****2 PADANG TEL (751)
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      1164 40 I THONG SOON LINES PTE. LTD. 77 ROBINSON ROAD #15-00, #16 00 SIA BUILDING SINGAPORE 0106 TEL: *****88 FAX NO: *****11, *****22 TLX: RS ***** CARRIER, RS ***** JENHOL CABLE: TOSOCO CONVENTIONAL/CONTAINER SERVICES SINGAPORE TO WEST MALAYSIA SINGAPORE TO SABAH VESSEL |VOY IETA [PEST VESSEL VOT ETA lEST KIM SOON
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      192 42 P@g SIGNIFICANT SHIPPING 1 I \\HfEEKLY LCL CONSOLIDATION SERVICES I DUBAI, BAHRAIN. DAMMAM, MUSCAT. ABU DHABI. DOHA. SHARJAH, BANDAR ABBAS AND JEDDAH ETA SIN 18/ JUNE, 21/ JUNE, 28/ JUNE HOCHIMINH. DANANQ. NHATRANG, CANTHO. VUNGTAU HAIPONG, QUINHON ETA SIN 11/ JUNE, 14 JUNE, 17 JUNE. 21 JUNE PIRAEUS, LIMASSOL, TRIPOLHIBYA,
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      9 42 9 Innovation Technology in I Business Times every Tuesday
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      106 42 NOTICE FAR EASTERN FREIGHT CONFERENCE SABAH, BRUNEI AND SARAWAK FREIGHT CONFERENCE FAR EAST/GULF OF ADEN AND RED SEA PORTS CONFERENCE Notice to Shippers Currency Adjustment Factor A review of the latest currency values has resulted in a radical downward adjustment of the Currency Adjustment Factor from Singaporc^Malaysia. The above Conferences,
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      313 43 TIDES AND WEATHER TODAY'S TIDES (height in metres) HOUR 0000 0100 0200 0300 0400 0500 0600 0700 0800 0900 *****100 **********00 *****600 *****800 1900 *****100 *****300 JR 2.3 26 20 1.3 08 0.4 0 3 03 06 1.1 18 2.2 25 2.5 2.3 18 14 1.1 10 12 15 2.1
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      786 44 CHARTPOINT Every Saturday in Business Times HYUNDAI MERCHANT MARINE CO. LTD. jjT i M 1 h I? jll I aTii k m IJ [tyj hImJ LH EASTBOUND FEEDER TO PACIFIC SOUTH-WEST TO PACIFIC NORTH-WEST FEEDER VOY IHR PKE SW LINE HAUI VOY LBH OAK SEA LINE HAUL VOY TCM.SEA PTL
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      178 44 IBf.UIJI.M PASIR GUDANG SINGAPORE r,lilli CONTAINER SERVICE Name Of Vessel: "JOSINDO SATU" PASIR GUDANG SINGAPORE "VOY ETA 2100 HRS ETD 0700 HRS ETA 1)00 HRS ~OO7S 14/8 15/6 15/6 008S 17 6 11/( II 6 009S 21/6 22/6 22/6 010$ 24/6 2S/6 25 6 01 IS 26/6 29 6 21/6
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      532 44 CHARTPOINT Every Saturday in Business Times A VESSEL WITH H/L CAPACITY UPTO 260 TON AND RO/RO FACILITIES AVAILABLE ETA SIN 15/6 CALLING CHITTAGONG AND OTHER SUITABLE INDONESIAN/MALAYSIAN PORTS ENROUTE (SUBJECT INDUCEMENT) CONTACT TEL: *****55/*****25 (PAGER) MR A BENEDICT *****88 MR KATRIN FAX: *****88 IFm*,*** life, InKlnu. |lWtar«nM SM lIU IOM
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