The Business Times, 2 March 1992

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  • 16 1 Business Times THE BUSINESS PAPER EOR S-E ASIA MITA (P) 35/12/91 Monday, March 2, 1992 75*
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  • NEWS SUMMARY
  • MARKETS SUMMARY
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      27 1 Friday Change BT-MGA 711.16 +2.47 Kuala Lumpur ...605.06 +4.40 Tokyo 21.338.81 +5.11 Hongkong 4.929.06 33.93 Sydney 1.614.2 +9.0 New York 3,267.67 -1.78 London 1.983.0 -3.7
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    • 24 1 Exchange rates USS S$ 1.6430 100 Yen SS 1.2707 MS SS 0.6346 Money market rates Overnight 3 5/8 5/8 3-month 3 3/8% -1/16
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    • 32 1 Rubber S'pore Mar... 133.25Vkg -0.25 M'sia Mar.... 209.00 c /kg unch KL Tin Turnover 119tonnes +24 Spot MS 14.12/kg -0.1 Crude palm oil Turnover 1.553 lots +508 Mar MS915 /tonne +6
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  • 488 1  -  Ambitious drive is part of NPB's four-pronged strategy By Sylvia Wong SINGAPORE The National Productivity Board (NPB) has embarked on its most ambitious drive to date it wants to double the productivity of small local companies in eight years. The board's new
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  • 441 1  -  By Anna Teo SINGAPORE There is just so far the Budget can go to address business concerns of the day as the market accounts for most of the rising costs, in the view of Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong. He was
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  • 131 1 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's Ministry of International Trade and Industry will introduce an integrated programme to identify investment potential in Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos as well as in Africa and Eastern Europe. Its minister, Datuk Seri Rafidah Aziz, disclosed yesterday that
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  • 509 1  -  Stock markets react by soaring to new heights From Rajendra Bajpai in NEW DELHI ON SATURDAY, Indian Finance Minister Manmohan Singh presented India's most market-friendly budget ever, and it sent stock markets soaring and businessmen searching for superlatives. Mr Singh made good on many
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  • 567 1  -  By Lilian Ang SINGAPORE Malaysiabased conglomerate Sime Darby has chalked up a robust M 5156.4 million (5599.3 million) in group net earnings for the half-year ended Dec 31, 1991 up II per cent from the same period in 1990. The strong bottom-line figure
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    • 358 1 salamander]] madf. in a WIST GFRMAXY J Sole Agent WONG BROTHERS SHOE TEL: 2833 W3 CIDB design winners THE Construction Industry Development Board yesterday announced the first winners of its buildable design awards Page 2 Wooing Californians A GROUP of Indonesian trade-promotion moguls went on a mission in California wooing
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    • 188 1 Main-board target SESDAQ-listed The Hour Glass Ltd is gunning for a main-board listing this year to help boost its image in an increasingly competitive environment, according to sources Page 3 Research boost MALAYSIAN financial services group Rashid Hussain Bhd. which owns the country's largest stockbroking firm, is strengthening its research
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    • 87 1 NPB to encourage small firms to form co-ops, Pg 2 By-elections between August and March, says PM Goh, Pg 2 Naturally enthusiastic. Aboard Japan Airlines, you quickly sense a genuine who encounter the refreshing hospitafity of JAL once, do so enthusasm on the part of the in-flight crew. If s
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
    • NEWS ROUNDUP
      • 98 2 THE 26-member mission to Vietnam, jointly organised by the Trade Development Board and the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCCI) last month, has identified a number of trade and investment possibilities in Vietnam. The SCCCI said investment projects explored by mission members
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      • 74 2 THE FACULTY of Business Administration and the School of Postgraduate Management Studies at the National University of Singapore today launches a new faculty fellowship scheme. Under the new scheme, nine prominent chief executives from some of the leading companies here will be appointed faculty fellows. The
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      • 56 2 DEFENCE MINISTER Dr Yeo Ning Hong said last Saturday that the new tax relief for reservists is not a payment for services rendered but a symbolic expression of appreciation. He told a press briefing that the relief showed that the reservists' sacrifices and contributions towards ensuring
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      • 42 2 THE Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) is organising a new "Changi Connection III" promotion drive to reward passengers transiting or transferring at Singapore Changi Airport and those stopping over in Singapore under the "Singapore Stopover Package".
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    • 316 2 THE PRIME MINISTER yesterday reaffirmed that byelections will be held as promised between August and March next year. The number of seats up for contest will be "not that many". Speaking to reporters at the end of his walkabout
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    • 445 2  -  By Sylvia Wong SMALL businesses in neighbourhood estates will get a helping hand to double their productivity within the decade under the National Productivity Board's new corporate strategy. The survival and productivity of businesses such as motor workshops, bookshops, provision stores and
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    • 216 2 THE Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) has announced the first winners of its buildable design awards. The assessment committee judged the projects on principles such as standardisation, simplicity and the level of pre-fabrication, and decided on awards for six projects. The Housing and Development
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    • 273 2 HOUSING and Development Board (HDB) contractors achieve productivity levels that are more than double those of contractors involved in most other building projects in Singapore. National Development Minister S Dhanabalan yesterday said preliminary results of a Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) study showed that
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    • 342 2 Asian Aerospace '92 ASIAN Aerospace '94 will be much bigger and brighter: 25 per cent bigger in terms of new chalets and 10 per cent bigger in terms of indoor space. Robert Dunstcrville, deputy managing director of Asian Aerospace Pte Ltd, said that
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    • 297 2 "COSTLY but worth it" this was the general feeling among the 20 officials from 10 companies interviewed by BT at the air show which ended yesterday. Hughes Aircraft Company, for instance, spent a total of US$l.5 million (552.4 million) on the show. The chalet
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    • 257 2  -  Reports by Harish Mehta, Ang Wan May, Clarissa Tan,Selva Kumar CHARTERED Industries of Singapore (CIS) will embark on the production of comput-er-based training systems with a United States-based research and development company. A senior CIS official told BT that the decision
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  • COMPANY NEWS 1
    • 536 3  -  Listing would boost image of Sesdaq-listed luxury watch retailer Reports by Sangeeta Mulchand SINGAPORE Sesdaqlisted The Hour Glass Ltd is gunning for a main-board listing this year to help boost its image in an increasingly competitive environment, sources said. The luxury-watch retailer
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    • 513 3 SINGAPORE The Hour Glass is polishing the performance of its subsidiaries. It has 14 subsidiaries, three of them dormant. The main ones in Singapore include: Hour Glass Lifestyle Pte Ltd, the holding company of the Milano restaurants; Mondial Jewellers Pte Ltd, a retailer of fine jewellery
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    • 672 3  -  By Quak Hiang Whai SINGAPORE Sime UEP Properties, one of Sime Darby's star performers in its last financial year, has again stolen the limelight with an increase of 35 per cent in interim net earnings. For the six months to December 1991, Sime UEP
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    • 288 3 MBT KUALA LUMPUR Tenaga Nasional's earnings will in future be cushioned to a large extent by the introduction of a "fuel-cost-pass-through" pricing formula for electricity tariffs. This is an important arrangement for Tenaga because the company's earnings have swung widely in the past whenever
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    • 196 3 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Tenaga Nasional Bhd has appointed three international tender agents to facilitate application by foreigners in its flotation exercise. Commerce International Merchant Bankers Bhd (CIMB) executive chairman Dr Munir Majid said the three are Baring Brothers and Co Ltd, Daiwa Singapore Ltd and
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    • 467 3  -  By William Chia SINGAPORE Malaysian financial services group Rashid Hussain Bhd (RHB), which owns the country's largest stockbroking firm, is strengthening its research facilities by setting up a research institute network in the region. A company representative said that this was another strategic move
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    • COMPANY BRIEFS
      • 115 3 KUALA LUMPUR Beijaya Industrial Bhd will realise an extraordinary gain of about Mss.o million (SS3.I million) from its proposed divestment of Tioman Island Resort Sdn Bhd. Beijaya Industrial said on Saturday it had received an offer from its subsidiary, Beijaya Leisure Bhd, to
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      • 89 3 KUALA LUMPUR Ayer Hitam Tin Dredging Malaysia Bhd has reported a group pre-tax consolidated operating loss of M 52.074 million (Ssl.3 million) for the six months ended Dec 31, 1990, compared with a loss of M 56.851 million in the previous corresponding period. Releasing its
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      • 83 3 KUALA LUMPUR Arab-Malaysian Merchant Bank (AMMB) has emerged as Malaysia's top equity listings manager for the second year running, according to a survey published in the February issue of Asia Money Finance, a Euromoney publication. The bank was ranked first, having managed a total of
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      • 73 3 KUALA LUMPUR Nestle (Malaysia) Berhad has reported group net earnings of M 599.5 million (5562.7 million) for 1991, up 53.4 per cent from M 564.9 million in 1990. This was achieved on a turnover of MSI.OB billion against M 5968.6 million previously, an increase of
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      • 84 3 KUALA LUMPUR Sungei Besi Mines Malaysia Bhd will continue to expand its business activities and intensity its efforts to increase productivity and earnings, says chairman Haji Esa Haji Mohammed. Since the cessation of its mining activities in 1989, he said, the company had embarked on
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    • 224 3 NST KUALA LUMPUR Kuala Lumpur Kepong Bhd (KLK) will continue to make plantations the core business activity for the group through expansion by further acquiring new estates at reasonable prices. The plantation sector would continue to generate useful cashflow which would enable the group
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    • 498 4 Reuter NEW DELHI Reliance Industries Ltd, seeking to raise US$lOO million (S$ 164 million) in one of India's first overseas equity issues, said it will become the country's biggest company after merging with its associate, Reliance Petrochemicals Ltd yesterday. Reliance said the merger,
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    • 469 4 Reuter TOKYO The global slowdown has taken a big bite out of travel budgets and forced Japan's biggest airline to forecast its first parent loss since it was privatised in 1987, industry analysts said. Earlier last Friday, Japan Air Lines Co Ltd
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    • 285 4 Reuter TOKYO Japan's new anti-gangster law went into effect yesterday, with the vakuza mobsters hiding their tattoos and donning slick suits to try to pass themselves off as legitimate businessmen. Many Japanese crime syndicates have turned themselves into companies in
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    • 270 4  -  Real estate unit to be floated this year From Al O Labita Jr in MANILA FOOD and beverage giant San Miguel Corp (SMC) will expand its real estate business this year to take advantage of the resurgent property market in the Philippines. "Our
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    • 255 4 HONGKONG Sansui F.lectric, the Japanese audio equipment group taken over by Macau casino tycoon Stanley Ho just five months ago. made a net loss of 73 billion yen (***** million) in 1991, the South China Morning Post reported late last week. Blaming
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    • COMPANY BRIEFS
      • 139 4 TOKYO Japan's Yokohama Rubber Co Ltd has said its net profit declined 17.3 per cent in the year to December while rival Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd said its earnings after tax advanced 30.2 per cent. But both companies on Friday forecast a slide in
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      • 116 4 TOKYO Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp (NTT) is expecting a 6.4 per cent year-on-year drop in its pre-tax profit to 351 billion yen (554.46 billion) in fiscal 1992. In a business outlook, the company attributed the drop to intensified competition and the country's slowing economy.
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      • 92 4 PARIS French leisure group Club Mediterranee dived to a net attributable loss of 17 million francs (SSS.O million) last year because of the Gulf crisis, civil war in Yugoslavia and declining air transport, it reported last Friday. In fiscal 1990. it had a profit of
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      • 68 4 HELSINKI Finnish electronics group Oy Nokia Ab slumped to a pre-tax loss in 1991 as recession at home, weak demand for consumer electronics and the collapse of trade with the Soviet Union hit group sales. Nokia said it made a pre-tax loss of 324 million markka
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    • 294 4 By arrangement with Harvey Goldsmith HOTEL PROPERTIES LIMITED PRESENTS An Evening With Sir PETER USTINOV i <#.. %g > j^^H Mm>nHliii The 1990 Season sold out weeks ahead of the Opening Night this time book early for the one man show that brought extraordinary critical acclaim. "He thanked us for
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  • FINANCIAL NEWS
    • SMALL CHANGE
      • 88 6 BANGKOK BCC Finance and Securities Ltd, an affiliate of collapsed Bank of Credit and Commerce International, has sold 75 per cent of its equity to the Thai Summit Auto Parts Group of Thailand for 132 million baht (558.49 million). BCC Finance's chief executive
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      • 57 6 NEW YORK Merrill Lynch and Co Inc said it has brought in two new managing directors to oversee its junk bond department after the resignation of Brian Barefoot, the former managing director of high-yield sales and trading. Seth Waugh will now head junk bond trading, while
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      • 54 6 NEWPORT BEACH. California First Interstate Bancorp is still on track to earn its January projection of US$l9O million (*****.1 million) to US$24O million in 1992, despite a recent unit sale and continuing California woes, chairman and chief executive officer Edward Carson said. First Interstate lost
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      • 108 6 AVARUA, Cook Islands Two Asian banks were interested in setting up offshore operations in the tax haven of the Cook Islands, Prime Minister Geoffrey Henry said last Friday. He said in an interview that representatives of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corp and
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    • 208 6 BANGKOK The Thai Bankers Association has submitted a letter to the Bank of Thailand seeking a two-year grace period for commercial banks to maintain their capital fund-risk assets ratio at 7 per cent after the new Bank for International Settlement rules
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    • 495 6  -  By Magdalene Ng SINGAPORE NDC Merchant Bank Ltd (NDC), the merchant banking arm of the DBS Bank Group, plans to increase its presence in the region with both investments and more active market participation. To help it achieve this aim, parent DBS Bank is
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    • 289 6 Reuter LONDON The four major UK clearing banks lifted their income from currency trading by 10 per cent to £588 million (Ssl.7 billion) last year thanks to the volatility of the markets. Barclays pic took the laurels for top performer, with a
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    • 387 6 Reuter LONDON British banks turned in their worst-ever set of results for 1991, but a closer look at the figures reveals a sector that is basically well positioned to cash in on economic recovery. Pre-tax profit figures for the top
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    • 313 6 Reuter MEXICO CITY American Express Co has announced a joint venture with a major Mexican bank to strengthen its position in Mexico one of the world's leading credit card markets. "This partnership highlights our strategy of forming targeted alliances with worldclass business
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    • 274 6 Agencies WASHINGTON Federal regulators said on Friday they have cleared Bank America Corp's pending US$4.4 billion (557.23 billion) merger with Security Pacific Corp on the condition that the bank holding company sell 311 branches in five states. The Department of Justice said it would
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  • THE REGION
    • 429 8  -  From Suzanne Cauthen in SAN FRANCISCO A BATTERY of Indonesian trade promotion moguls brought their message to an eager audience in San Francisco on Feb 20. The trade mission, an initiative of Indonesia's Trade, Tourism and Investment Promotion Programme, told a capacity crowd in
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    • 390 8 Reuter JAKARTA Indonesia's powerful military, struggling to preserve its dominant role in government, has been dealt a stinging blow by the punishment of six senior soldiers for their role in the East Timor massacre. Analysts last week said the stain
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    • 312 8 Agencies HONGKONG Hongkong's exports and imports dropped sharply in January due to the then-approaching Lunar New Year celebrations, provisional trade figures show. Meanwhile, annual inflation rate rose to 10.5 per cent in January after showing signs of easing a month earlier. According to figures
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    • 341 8 Reuter SYDNEY Australia's economy is unlikely to grow too quickly as a result of measures announced in Prime Minister Paul Keating's economic statement, says Federal Treasurer John Dawkins. "The economy is probably already growing now," he said in a television interview yesterday. "There
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    • 287 8 AFP SYDNEY Two weekend polls providing the first signs that Australian Prime Minister Paul Keating is on the right track with his "pom-mie-bashing" barrage, his nationalism and his economic policy, have sent Labor Party morale soaring. One. published in the Sydney Morning
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    • NOTE BOOK
      • 105 8 JAKARTA Indonesia's state oil company, Pertamina. will cut its oil production by 25,000 barrels per day (bpd) to help stabilise world oil prices, the Antara news agency said last Saturday. "Pertamina will find no problem by cutting its production since its production
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      • 128 8 HONGKONG A group of prominent Hongkong people who will advise Beijing on the handover of the British colony to China in 1997 will be appointed on two-year contracts on March 11, said China's official in charge of Hongkong affairs. The statement by Lu Ping, the head
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      • 114 8 POIPET, Cambodia Thousands of people flocked to this frontier post last Friday for the inauguration of its second market as trade booms following the signing of a peace accord in Cambodia last year. Poipet 2, as it is known to locals, was built by local authorities
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      • 68 8 MANILA Philippine volcanologists yesterday declared a 10-km danger zone around Mount Pinatubo amid signs of renewed activity, less than a year after a catastrophic eruption killed more than 700 people. Nearby seismographs recorded 15 high frequency volcanic quakes in the 22 hours ending 6am local time
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    • 192 8 AP KUALA LUMPUR Foreign Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi has said Malaysia is disturbed by China's approval of laws reiterating Beijing's claim to the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea. Mr Abdullah said last Saturday that the move would hamper
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    • 433 8 Reuter CAGAYAN DE ORO, Philippines Bad planning, deforestation and a prolonged drought have combined to black out large areas of the southern Philippines, where an acute power shortage is threatening to put hundreds of thousands out of work. Mindanao, once touted as the
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  • THE WORLD
    • 528 9 Latest GDP figure indicates little vigour Reuter WASHINGTON The United States economy was slightly stronger in the fourth quarter of last year than previously thought, the Commerce Department announced last Friday, but analysts said it still lacked enough vigour for a strong
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    • 240 9 Reuter LONDON A radical overhaul of the European Community's farm system could start taking shape at a meeting of ministers in Brussels this week. "We're going to push very hard," said Portuguese Farm Minister Arlindo Cunha. whose country holds the
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    • 45 9 LONDON A protester wearing a rubber mask of British Prime Minister John Major marches as part of a demonstration by the jobless and homeless last Saturday Latest figures show that 2.6 million Britons are out of work.
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    • 492 9 Negative response to call for more funds Reuter BRUSSELS After the European Community's Maastricht feast on political and monetary union, the bill to pay for it is giving members a bad case of indigestion. Today, EC foreign ministers will give their initial reactions to
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    • 495 9 Contradictory laws hurting business prospects, says Russian Far East Reuter NAKHODKA, Russia Business leaders in Russia's Far East are attacking Moscow, saying that contradictory and fast-changing laws are stalling plans to turn the region into a new economic powerhouse to rival Hongkong. They say foreign
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    • 409 9 Agencies BEIJING China, scrambling to qualify for membership in the world trade body Gatt and ease trade friction with Washington, has vowed to abolish import-regulating duties and trim its list of products subject to import licensing. Li Zhongzhou. director of Gatt
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    • WORLD WATCH
      • 134 9 WASHINGTON Polls from states holding major presidential primaries in the days ahead show nothing resembling a sweep in the making to resolve the muddled Democratic race. Governor Bill Clinton of Arkansas held a 2-1 lead over former Senator Paul Tsongas of Massachusetts in a poll
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      • 84 9 BEIJING Shanghai will require all workers to sign labour contracts this year in a big step towards reforming enterprise management along capitalist lines, the Xinhua news agency said on Saturday. Shanghai, China's industrial centre, introduced employment contracts on a trial basis starting in the second half
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      • 85 9 HONGKONG China has decided to re-build and launch underground and light rail systems in 11 cities at a total cost of USS3.B billion (556.2 billion), half of which will be borrowed abroad, the semi-official China News Serv ice reported. The cities are Beijing. Tianjin. Shanghai. Guangzhou. Qingdao.
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      • 81 9 BAGHDAD Iraq, under fire once again over its weapons of mass destruction, has accused the US of try ing to deny it a fair hearing when it puts its case to the UN Security Council for keeping missile-making equipment. Iraq's Foreign Ministry. denouncing the Council
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  • ANALYSIS
    • 945 10  -  Japanese politicians who criticise American workers show a poor understanding of the US and a failure to recognise the distortions in Japan's own economy, say Saburo Ito, a senior writer with the Asahi Shimbun newspaper Saburo Ito, Asahi News Service 1T APPEARS the
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    • 1113 10  -  The European Community is offering a credit scheme to former refugees and local Vietnamese communities to promote private enterprise and help redevelop the country's economy. Catherine Ong reports from Hanoi. Catherine Ong A MULTI-MILLION dollar aid programme that the European Community
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    • 707 10 THEY left in rickety old boats, wearing flip-flops, dirty, polyester clothing and carrying little by way of worldly possessions. Many risked their lives in the high seas for a future certain to be as bleak as the dark walls of Hongkong's overcrowded refugee
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  • Page 10 Miscellaneous
    • 97 10 DOONESBURY BY GARRY TRUDEAU I'LL NEVER FORGET T UJAG DEVASTATED. I THOUGHT AS AUGHT SNOUJ BF6ANX) FALL, UKM YEAH TURNED WE NIGHT OF THE TD BEEN HANDED A PEATH TWO YOUNG REVELERS TUMOWOUT THAVSA OUT THEY UERE A V UTTTERy PAP A SENTENCE. I WENT BACK TO OFA BAR MO
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  • ENTERPRISE & MANAGEMENT 1
    • 763 11  -  Quality, says Philip Crosby, is not a mere tool but an attitude, and it becomes an integral part of the organisation only when it is treated as such. He talks to Salil Tripathi about what the 'Q' word is. and what it is not Salil Tripathi
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    • 566 11  -  Wytze van der Land, managing director of Asian Business Consultants, defines quality in his own inimitable way to Salil Tripathi Salil Tripathi PREACHING quality is easy. Practising it is the hard part. But one Singapore-based company is helping people realise precisely that. Despite a grand
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    • 799 11  -  Japanese executives in America are changing their management style as a result of living and working in the US. reports Barbara Presley Noble Barbara Presley Noble NYT JIRO Ishizaka has an American-style work schedule. Does this mean that Mr Ishizaka works a little Tuesday through
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    • 1009 13  -  Jacob Phang of Image Transforms speaks from experience when ne says that financiers in Singapore are too risk-averse to provide backing for a good idea. Joseph Rajendran reports SINGAPORE'S E NIR E ERiN EMRSM Joseph Rajendran A GREAT idea is not enough to get
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 1878 12 Darb y G^m^ 1>181,1,8—,11,—ll>,BlB 8,,8—11,118>8 j INTERIM RESULTS I fl FOR THE HALF-YEAR ENDED 31 ST DECEMBER 1991 1 Sime Darby Berhad m I The Directors are pleased to announce the following:- 3- Review of results The Group profit before tax of Ms3sB 8 million is 12% higher than the
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 1162 13 I The Sime Darby Group I f 1 Consolidated Plantations Berhad Sime UEP Properties Berhad 1 Mt The Directors are pleased to announce the following:- Jk 1. Unaudited results of the Group and of the Company for the half-year ended 31st December 1991. The Directors are pleased to announce the
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  • Page 14 Miscellaneous
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  • THE ARTS 1
    • 469 15  -  Cheryl Liew previews the Washington Ballet Company's performance in Singapore Cheryl Liew THE last time the Washington Ballet Company was in Singapore, almost four years ago, it performed three of the late Goh Choo San's works in "A Tribute to Goh Choo San". The
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    • 530 15  -  John Hurt talks to Paul Majendie about his technique Paul Majendie Reuter FOR John Hurt, great acting is all about instinct. Hailed as Britain's most chameleon-like performer since Alec Guinness, Hurt spurns Method actors. He considers meticulous research a waste of time, claiming it just produces a
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    • 976 16  -  Compared with the Mozart bicentennial, which was celebrated with much fanfare last year, the Rossini bicentennial this year is turning out to be a low-key affair. Edward Rothstein on why the conjunction of these two celebrations is so illuminating Edward Rothstein NYT THE novelist Stendhal wrote
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    • 649 16  -  P Y Van reviews last Friday's concert by the Singapore Symphony Orchestra P Y Van THE Singapore Symphony Orchestra, under the baton of maestro Choo Hoey, launched the first of its Music and Literature concerts last Friday. This new series will feature works of music
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    • 965 16  -  Magdalene Phang reviews cassettes by the NUS Centre for Musical Activities Magdalene Phang EXAM FEVER has descended upon Kent Ridge. But it was only a few months ago that the university scholars were busy producing and imbibing cultural events, as much as they were
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    • 825 16  -  William Grimes talks to Peter Carey who returns to the present after two backward-looking novels of epic scope William Grimes NYT PETER CAREY is proof that a bad party can make a good novel. A few years ago. the Australian writer found himself at
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      • 105 18 DERBY, England Jimmy White staved off a powerful comeback from Thailand's James Wattana to shatter his season-long hoodoo and capture the British Open snooker championship on Saturday. The world number three, without a title since the World Masters 13 months ago, collected
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      • 73 18 SCOTTSDALE, Arizona Stefano Pescosolido, ranked 48th in the world, ousted eighth-seeded Andrei Chesnokov 6-7 (7-5), 6-3, 6-3 on Saturday in the semi-finals of the U*****,000 Purex Tennis Championships and advanced to his first ATP Tour final. The only other time they played was last August at the
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      • 58 18 ROTTERDAM Boris Becker beat John McEnroe 6-2, 7-6 »(7-l) on Saturday, advancing to face Alexander Volkov in the final of the U*****,000 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament. Volkov reached the final with a 6-2, 6-7 (5-7), 6-2 victory over Dutchman Paul Haarhuis in Saturday's second semi-final. The
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      • 76 18 MELBOURNE Former world light heavyweight champion Virgil Hill made an emphatic boxing comeback when he outclassed fellow American Aundrey Nelson in a unanimous points victory yesterday. Hill, 28, who lost his World Boxing Association (WBA) crown to Thomas "Hitman" Hearns in Las Vegas last June, won every
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      • 115 18 SHIZUKUISHI, Japan Swiss skier Paul Accola won a 'super-giant slalom in his fourth World Cup victory yesterday, sweeping down the 1,795-metre Shizukuishi course in one minute 12.09 seconds. The overall World Cup leader beat team-mate Urs Kaelin by 0.28 of a second. Norway's Jan
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      • 146 18 ANCHORAGE, Alaska A record number of mushers and dog teams set out on Saturday on the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, a 1,865-km journey on which they will encounter snow, howling winds and possibly an angry moose or two. Ten-time Iditarod veteran Lavon Barve led 76
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    • 263 18 AFP KYALAMI, South Africa Motor racing fans thronged in their thousands to Kyalami yesterday as Formula One racing returned to the country after an apartheid-en-forced isolation of seven years. Among the 75,000 to 80,000 fans who turned the long-silent Kyalami
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    • 404 18 AP WAILEA, Hawaii Dawn Coe won for the first time in nine years on the LPGA tour, making birdies on two of the last four holes to withstand a furious final challenge from Dottie Mochrie at the LPGA Women's Kemper Open
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    • 407 18  -  Epson Singapore Open By Susan Tsang BILL ISRAELSON recorded a five-under-par 66 on the final day of the Epson Singapore Open Golf Championship yesterday to win the tournament in record-break-ing style. His four-day total of 267 was 17 under par, a new record for the event
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    • 462 18 Cricket World Cup Reuter BRISBANE Dean Jones scored a disciplined 90 as Australia, searching for its first win of the tournament, posted 237 for nine in its World Cup cricket match against India yesterday. Jones batted through most of the innings after Australia lost
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    • 274 18 AFP ADELAIDE In-form England blasted Pakistan out for the second lowest score in World Cup cricket history at the Adelaide Oval yesterday. After England captain Graham Gooch won an important toss and sent the opposition in to bat under gloomy skies and unsettled
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    • 516 18 AP LOS ANGELES Fred Couples, who seems to be hitting his prime as a golfer in his 30s, charged from five shots off the pace to pass the faltering Davis Love 111 in the Los Angeles Open last Saturday. Couples
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    • 387 18 AP INDIAN WELLS, California Top-seeded Monica Seles won her 23rd consecutive match on Saturday, defeating fourth-seeded Katerina Maleeva of Bulgaria at the Evert Cup tennis tournament. The world's top player needed one hour to win 6-1, 6-0 and reach yesterday's final
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    • 410 18 AP MELBOURNE Azumah Nelson fought the fight of his life yesterday to score a dramatic eighth-round technical knockout win over Australian challenger Jeff Fenech and retain his World Boxing Council super-featherweight title. Nelson sent previously unbeaten Fenech to the canvas three times before referee
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  • STOCK EXCHANGE OF SINGAPORE 1
    • 4871 20  -  By Claire Leow THE NEWS on Friday morning that Jurong Shipyard had posted record net earnings was just the medicine the stock market needed. After a spate of dull corporate results, with expectations of more of the same, brokers and analysts greeted Jurong's
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    • 160 22 SingaPort 1992 To-date, Singapore's shipping and maritime technology has come off age. f AncJtom 3rkthismaturity, Business Times will be publishing SingaPort '92 Supplement on March 25,1992 to tie in VllmilW/ with the official opening of SingaPort'92 International Maritime Conference and SExhibition(on till March 28). The supplement anchors on the tremendous
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  • KUALA LUMPUR STOCK EXCHANGE
    • 5399 23 MBT AFTER trending upwards for three consecutive weeks, bulls began to show signs of fatigue resulting in an easier close on the Kuala Lumpur stock market last week. Brokers said gains chalked up in recent weeks were beginning to look attractive and institutional
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  • BT SHARE INFORMATION SERVICE
    • 806 24 Mam Board Last Fvi Year Forecast fate Net Net Profit EPS macd Tmt EPS Cms profit huge Range tornpan* Period hat jr ending (cts) (S$a) (eta) First Capita I Feb 25 Jun 92 5 4 1 0 8 891 54-134 33-82 UT F Mar 4 Dec 91 33
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    • 179 24 Company Date Year Group Met Net earnings Cross ann to profit/loss (L) per share dividend (000) (certs) Cerebos Feb 13 Sep 91 $45.623|($38 911) 148(128 236TE(30TE) KL Kepong Feb 13 Sep 91 M$64.883($62.895) 15 3(14 8) 15(15) NST Feb 10 Aug 91 M$55.298(59 064) 30 9(33) 20(20) Asia
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    • 627 24 Mam tart list Fail Year CoMparj Period Date Tear EPS Cms Net MOMced earing (cts) dn profit last jear (SS'OOO) EiS Final Nov 6 Jul 91 30TE 17,8781 OU Secaritm Final Mar 6 Dec 91 2.5 9 0 631 RethMK M Interim Mar 6 )un 92 39
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    • 287 24 Company Date Year Group pre-tax Net earnings Cross ann to profit/loss (L) per share dividend ('000) (cents) MTC Feb 29 Dec 91 M$56 314(168.736) 175(19) 372(372) Jurong Ship Feb 28 Dec 91 $9U95($70.647) 63(50 4 35(30) MUI Feb 28 Dec 91 M$82.400($62 834) 6 8(5 3) 7(5 5)
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    • 1719 24 Trans Registered Substantial Buy/ No. of Amount Shareholding Stock Date Holder Shareholder/Director Sell shares Before After SPC 26/02/92 COP DBS Nominees (Pte) Ltd DBS Bank S 1.000 2.984 132.401.476 41 38 132.400.476 41 38 l&M 26/02/92 Street Names Guthrie Mfg (S) Pte Ltd B 38.000 ***** 10.131.000
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    • 341 24 Company Date Half-year Croup pre-tax Interim ann to profit/lost (L) dividend (000) Kemayan feb 28 Nov 91 M13 6091(11.633) Palmco Hldgs Feb 28 Dec 91 M$12.218( $5 694) YTL Corpn Feb 28 Dec 91 M*****0(114 264) Sime Spore Feb 25 Dec 91 $23 900(118.300 5(5) Tasek Cement Feb
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    • 512 24 Feb 27 Tradewinds, the subskiary of Singapore Arines is planning to change its name to Silk Air to enable it to operate in places where its present name is already being used by other companies. Feb 26 A subsidiary of Singapore Arines Singapore Engine Overhaul Centre Pte Ltd,
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    • 535 24 Current Ex Books Date Total for Total for payment date close payable the year last year Auan Find US10«b) Mar 10 Mar 20 Mar 30 US10C US10C Awno 20c 125%TE Mar 3 Mar 13 May 15 17 SITE 12 5%TE BMT S10 (100) 50%(l) Feb 21 Mar 4
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    • 47 24 Ape* Equity Hokfings Bhd: EGM at 3rd Floor. Wtsma Apex, 145A-C Jalan Bukit ***** Kaiang, Selangor Darul Ehsan. on Tuesday. Mar 3, at 11am Wfearne Brothers Ltd: 77th AGM at 65 Chuka Street #33-00, OCBC Centre, Singapore 0104, on Wednesday, Mar 4, at 10.30 am
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    • 154 24 RECORD HIGHS LOWS BT Composite Index ST Industrials Index 1992 Nth 1316 68 (21/2/92) 1992 hfh: 1545 92 27/1/92) mil? ImIS <»«*> 1991 fefh: 1333 08 3/6/91) 1991 565** 3/6/9 1991 low: *****2 (16/1/91) 1991 tow (16/1/91) 1990 hifh: M35 43 (16/7/90) 19 *> SIJ2 ,?!£S 1990 km: 981 07
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    • 381 24 In local curt In S$ In LS$ dy >t dy yr dy yr Feb 27 Index chge chge chge chgt chgt chge I World 404.6 0.1 -0.9 0.0 -2.6 0.4 -3.7 fEAFE 494.5 0.0 -1.5 0.4 -4.8 0.8 -5.9 Europe 439 0 0.1 6.7 0.6
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  • MARKET REVIEWS
    • 386 25 NEW YORK LINGERING doubts about where the shaky American economy is headed helped drive the blue-chip Dow Jones index down slightly on the week, but only after it had hit two record highs. The index of 30 leading industrials closed at 3,267.66 last Friday,
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    • 434 25 AFP v^ TOKYO SHARE PRICES on the Tokyo Stock Exchange hovered over the week due to uncertainty stemming from a widening bribery scandal involving politicians, brokers said last Friday. The Nikkei Stock Average of 225 blue chips closed out the week at
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    • 383 25 AFP THE EASING of the crisis in Sino-US trade ties and rosy local corporate results sent share prices on Hongkong's stock market on a sharp surge over the past week. The market's major indicator, the Hang Seng Index, rose 192.59 points or more than
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    • ASIAN MARKETS ROUNDUP
      • 218 25 THE Australian share market was sold down during the week by offshore investors as they responded negatively to Prime Minister Paul Keating's economic statement, brokers said last Friday. The main market indicator, the All Ordinaries Index, finished last Friday at 1614.2, down seven points on the previous week's close.
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      • 202 25 SHARE PRICES fell sharply during the week on expectations of a traditionally bearish market on the eve of national elections, now set to take place on March 24. The Composite Price Index closed last Saturday's half-day session at 612.50 points, down 28.46 points or 4.4 per cent in value
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      • 280 25 SHARK PRICES on the Taiwan Stock Exchange rose slightly last week, marked by large swings, brokers said. Recouping a 1.5-per cent decline the previous week, the 268-issue weighted price index edged up 81.32 points to wind up the week at 5,031.69 points last Friday. "Unflinching wait-and-see sentiment permeated the
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      • 289 25 SHARE PRICES strengthened slightly but corrections on several big shares restrained the growth of the Jakarta Stock Exchange index. The index went slightly up from the previous week's closing of 279.888 to 280.995 last Friday. The volume of average daily transactions fell to 5.35 million shares worth 22.01 billion
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    • 1017 25  -  10NP0N~ By Ray Heath THE UK stock market sector which made investors the highest profits in the first two months of the year was the water industry. Water companies' stocks have gained on average 14 per cent. They
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  • WORLD STOCK MARKETS
    • NY stocks close lower on sell programs
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        1537 26 STOCKS on Wall Street slipped in choppy trading last Friday after a late flurry of computer-driven sell programs wiped out earlier gains and pulled the Dow farther away from the 3,300 barrier. The Dow Jones Industrial Average, which fell back 13.87 points the day before, lost another 1.78
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        839 26 SHARE PRICES finished virtually unchanged last Friday with underlying sentiment remaining cautious in the run-up to the general election expected on April 9. Activity was reduced by a bomb explosion at a London rail station during the morning rush hour which prevented many operators from getting to their desks.
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      • 170 26 SHARES last Friday ended fractionally down on a day dominated by arbitrage between shares and stock index futures and options, traders said. The CAC-40 lost 1.74 points to end at 1,983.38 with 2.8 billion francs traded. Dealers said volume was swelled by the 1500 GMT expiry of index options
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      • 184 26 SHARES were broadly lower at the close last Friday, with Fiat tumbling 2.8 per cent in thin trading in a correction of the gains it notched up throughout the week. Other industrial shares also put in a weak performance, brokers noted. Pastorino Partners analyst Massimo Verducci said the uncertain
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      • 269 26 SWISS share prices closed at a new year's high last Friday in fairly active trading with activity focusing on banks and selected industrials, dealers said. The market was led higher by Union Bank bearers after the bank said it had boosted last year's profits to 1.22 billion Swiss francs
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      • 119 26 PRICES on the Stockholm bourse recovered from a weak morning to close firmer in moderate trade on Friday. The bourse general index rose 0.38 per cent to 930.92 in turnover of 445 million crowns. Blue chips gained 0.53 per cent on average. Dealers said real-estate companies were the winners
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      • 300 26 STOCKS last Friday sputtered in afternoon trade to end mixed as the market wound down trading for the month and ended lower, dealers said. Players said the market was waiting for this week's US unemployment rate and non-farm payroll figures for January. "People still don't believe it. The market
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      • 221 26 THE stock market experienced a consolidation phase last Friday, operators said, as the DAX Spot Trend Index ended the session at 1,745.13 points, down 4.77 on the day. The Commerzbank indicator gained 2.40 points on the session to end at 2,010.90. The slight correction had been expected in the
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      • 257 26 SHARES ended slightly firmer last Friday in a quiet and mainly professional market, with Philips Electronics being the only busy share. Positive local sentiment outweighed the impact of the slight decline on Wall Street and the weaker dollar. The EOE Index was 0.47 higher at 305.06. "After a couple
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      • 454 26 Feb 28 Close Prrvkxu NEW YORK Dow Jones 3.267.67 3.269.45 -1.78 SAP 500 412.70. 413.86 -116 Turnover (million) 221.11 215.12 +5.99 LONDON Financial Times 30 1,983.0 1.986 7 -3.7 FTSE 100 2.562.1 2,562.0 -0 1 Turnover (million) 446.8 601.4 -154.6 FRANKFURT DAX Index 1,745.13 1.749 9 -4.77 AMSTERDAM EOE Index
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  • CURRENCY, MONEY & FUTURES MARKETS
    • 458 27 NEW YORK Reuter NEW YORK The dollar ended narrowly mixed after a day of trendless trading in narrow ranges last Friday. The dollar slipped briefly in early dealings after news that US fourthquarter gross domestic product (GDP) was revised higher to an 0.8 per cent
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    • 698 27 ASIAN CURRENCIES AFP THE US dollar turned in a mixed performance against Asia-Pacific currencies last week, ending a fortnight of general strengthening. Hopes of economic recovery in the United States pulled it up against the yen and the Singapore dollar, but the Malaysian ringgit
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    • 378 27 Cross rates Feb 28 USX SS MS Dm Yen SFr A$ NZS USS 1.6400 2.5890 1.6390 129.30 0.5682 1.4830 1.3263 1.8248 SS 0.6098 1.5787 0.9994 78.8415 0.3465 0.9043 0.8087 1.1127 VIS 0.3862 0.63 0.6331 49.9421 0.2195 0.5728 0.5123 0.7048 Dm 0.6101 1.0006 1.5796 78.89 0.3467 0.9048 0.8092
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    • 526 27 Interbank rates s$ Bid Offer Overnight 3 5/8 3 3/4 1-month 3 1/4 3 3/8 2-month 3 5/16 3 7/16 3-month 3 3/8 3 1/2 Overnight mode: 3-1/8 High Low 7 days 4 1/4 4 1/16 1 month 4 1/4 4 1/16 2 months 4 5/16 4 1/8
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    • 427 27 Reuter LONDON World bond markets are enjoying a bumper year of new issues, heartened by lower interest rates and negative growth, but economists warn that political and economic uncertainties could spoil the party later this year. "We're not as universally bullish about bond
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    • 497 27 Reuter LONDON German interest rates are likely to remain lower than Britain's in the forseeable future because of the country's longstanding reputation for price stability, says the Economic Secretary to the British Treasury. "There is no escape from the reality of German interest
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    • 488 27 Prime lending rates BANKS ABN Amro Bank NV 64 ANZ Banking Group 7 Allied Irish Bank PLC 74 American Express Bank 7 Arab Banking Corp 7% Arab Bank PLC 64 BFCE 7 Ban Hin Lee Berhad 64 Banca Commerciale 7 Banco do Brasil 7'6 Bangkok Bank 64
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    • 340 27 Number Indteitlvi Qross Maturity Y««r "J* 00 Amount nt r of day* of mlddioprlea radamptlon y ralaad J*\ <*m> accrue <«ck.dlno yl# 5 <* P*> da,#a Intaraat accruad p.) Intarast) 15.5.92 N*****0H 1987 5 3/8# 500.00 15/5 15/11 106 100.65#
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    • 149 27 COMEX Feb 28 CPU) FUTURES (100 oz) USS/oz Open High Low Settle Change Mar 92 352.70 352.70 352.70 353.00 V90 Apr 354.50 354.70 354.00 354.10 -.90 Mav 355.20 -.90 Jun 356.50 356.90 356.20 356.30 -.90 Aug 358.30 358.50 358.20 358.50 -.90 Oct 360.70 360.70 360.70 360.70 -.90 Dec
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  • COMMODITIES
    • 367 28 AFP KUALA LUMPUR Natural rubber producers will press for schemes to supplement the buffer stock mechanism when they negotiate a new pact with consumers. Ahmad Farouk Ishak, the chairman of the Malaysian Rubber Research and Development Board, said last
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    • 299 28 Reuter KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia plans to expand its oleochemical sector but industry officials said possible tight supply and other constraints could slow the rate of growth. "The recent tremendous growth may bring potential problems such as reduced margin," a Malaysian official said at an
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    • 883 28 REPORTS LONDON Coffee prices continued to tumble last week, falling to their lowest ever value in real terms and lifting losses over the past five weeks to 25 per cent. Violent civil unrest in the Ivory Coast, meanwhile, lifted cocoa prices after the
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  • 1209 28 Rubber RAS (fob in bates) S cents/kg Int 1 RSS Gose Feb 24 131.75 Feb 25 134 00 Feb 26 133.25 Feb 27 133.50 Feb 28 133.25 MRELB (fob tn bales) M cents/kg Int 1 RSS Close Feb 24 208.50 Feb 25 209.00 Feb 26 209.00 Feb 27 209.00
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  • THE TRAVEL PAGE
    • 630 29  -  LETTER FROM HAMBURG By Paula Butturini FROM the delicate spires of its church steeples to the towering cranes that arch over the busiest port on the Elbe, Hamburg is a city that mixes grace, wealth and culture with commerce, trade and sin. Nestled around two pristine lakes
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    • 151 29 As at 3pm: Local dollars to one unit of foreign currency Currencies Bid Offer Australian dollar 1.2306 1.2473 Canadian dollar 1.3760 1.4040 NZ dollar 0 8880 0.9238 Sterling pound 2.8737 2.9127 US dollar 1.6360 1.6420 Local dollars to 100 units of foreign currency Austrian schilling 14.06
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    • 284 29 1 Ugly house I'd renovated HM 5 Financier is given hush j^ money (4) 1 I 1 I I I 1 _L_L_L_ 9 Spending on hi-fi repre- 111 sents good value (5,10) Lord Lieutenant being a L^r~~ 11 Came upon an empty pool melody iHHfI H opera HHH__JHL__J 15 He
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    • 164 29 Singapore Outlook: Showers over several areas in the late afternoon. Report: Maximum temperature 32.6 Assoc humidity 61% Minimum temperature 23.3 Assoc humidity 95% Hours of sunshine 8.60 Rainfall in mm 12.2 Rainfall this month 12.2 Rainy days this month 1 World report Asia-Pacific Hi/I >o* Cond. Auckland 23/15 Cloudy Bangkok
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  • 341 30 Monopoly suggestion aimed at propping up prices UPI JAKARTA Indonesian lawmakers and economists have attacked a suggestion by the chairman of the country's clove monopoly that farmers burn half of this year's crop of the spice to prop up prices.
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  • 501 30 Reuter SINGAPORE Worldwide demand for aircraft financing will grow rapidly in the 1990s as about 6,500 new jet aircraft costing some US$45O billion (Ss73B billion) will be needed, say airline and finance industry sources. Industry sources, here for the Asian
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  • 248 30 AFP I'AIPEI Taiwan is considering setting up a subsidiary of its national airline to fly to Hongkong to get around a ban on official contacts with China after the British colony reverts to Chinese rule in 1997. China Airlines
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  • 275 30 AFP BEIJING China has called on the US to end yearly reviews of its most favoured nation (MFN) trading status, the People's Daily reported yesterday. The Minister for Foreign Economic Relations and Trade, Li Lanqing, was quoted as saying doubts over Chi-nese-US
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  • 355 30 Trading expected to start in April SINGAPORE The new Rubber Association of Singapore (RAS) Commodity Exchange expects 20 clearing members to participate in Singapore's new rubber futures trading starting in April, general manager Quek Kar Tung said yesterday. "We have at least 16
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    • 224 30 CHARTPOINT Every Saturday in Business Times More reports, Pg 2 AUCKLAND! PERTH I m Wor WMMS& SK& t&li-. ■.<& 1.-.-..~...^^ 6aßSfflSiSSSffiBSBie<BeSSBSBflwtiaißB3B66fliiiii6wMi^wa«i6ieiBßeSiiSeßM MODERN OFFICE I FUJITSU CENTRAL CBD 2 KM FROM CBD WAREHOUSE BUILDING CENTRE OFFICE BUILDING 2-level office building. 12-year lease to International tenant Modern 4-level office building. As2.3million-1 l%netreturn.
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    • 34 30 CHARTPOINT |CHA Every I Busii Every Saturday in Business Times China pledges trade reforms in bid to join Gatt Pg 9 Rubber producers to press for plans to back up buffer stock, Pg 28
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    • 408 31  -  By Rahita Elias SINGAPORE Vietnamese feeder operator EAC-Saigon is boosting its service network further in Indochina to cater for the changing market conditions in the area. In a statement, the carrier said that it will launch the first dedicated container service to Cambodia later this
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    • 311 31 NYT LOS ANGELES An executive of the Taiwan Aerospace Corp was quoted as saying the company might purchase as little as 25 per cent of the McDonnell Douglas Corp's commercial aircraft business, rather than the 40 per cent the companies originally
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    • 276 31 Reuter AMSTERDAM Shares analysts were satisfied with the 1991 results of Koninklijke Vliegtuigenfabriek Fokker NV, which were in line with most forecasts. Net profits of 87.4 million guilders were four million above those of 1990. Though the range of forecasts was between 84 million
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    • 173 31 Reuter LIMA, Peru Senior Argentine airline officials asked the Peruvian government to lift a ban on its flights to Lima, according to a company statement. Peru cancelled Aerolineas Argentinas rights to stop in Lima after Argentine officials blamed food taken aboard a flight
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    • 1187 31 Page Col ABC Containerize 12 1 Accord Group 8 1-3 Ahrenkiel Liner 16 4 Allied-Link 16 4/5 Anglo Orient 16 1/2 ANL 3 1/2 APL 5 3-5 A.P.C. Lines 13 5 A cWarehousing 15 5 Arrow Int 9 2 Asian Break-Bulk 16 5
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    • 204 31 SINGAPORE Leading marine refrigeration service company Unitor AS plans to train its technicians with a twist aboard a combination training vessel/gas carrier. To complement its training centres in Oslo and Manila. Norwegian ship supplier Unitor announced an agreement with Cyprus-based Hanseatic Marine
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    • 191 31 Reuter BOMBAY Commuters in the western Indian city of Bombay threw stones at local trains on Saturday and set one coach on fire to protest against a steep fare increase, police and officials said. "Trains are being stoned all along the suburban
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    • LOG BOOK
      • 93 32 VANCOUVER The Vancouver Port Corp said record coal, grain, pulp and container shipments helped boost the total tonnage the port handled in 1991 to 70.7 million tonnes, just shy of the record 71.3 million set in 1988. The government corporation said Alaska cruise
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      • 103 32 SAN FRANCISCO American Hawaii Cruises said on Friday it is temporarily removing one of its cruise liners, the Independence, from service because about 200 people fell ill on board from a gastrointestinal illness. Of the 2.000 or so people who sailed on the
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      • 90 32 BEIJING China plans to speed up the building of new airports and the renovation of old ones despite a shortage of funds, the official China Daily said on Saturday. It said China expected increased passenger traffic because the government is promoting tourism in 1992. Beijing's
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      • 63 32 BEIJING Eleven people were killed when two ships collided in the waters off southern China, a newspaper reported Saturday. The accident occurred last Monday on the Qiongzhou Straits, which separates the Chinese mainland province of Guangdong from the island province ot Hainan, the China Daily
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      • 83 32 JAKARTA A river boat sank in western Indonesia, killing 26 people and leaving eight others missing, the official Antara news agency reported on Saturday. It quoted Nasrun of the local Communications Office in Pekanbaru as saying that the wooden ship sank amid huge waves at
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      • 91 32 MARSEILLES The Vietnamese-registered tanker Chi Lang was seized following a court ruling in this southern French port over a financial dispute, judicial sources announced on Saturday. The vessel had been refitted for the Vietnamese company Petrochim and the first to be launched by the Sud
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    • 826 32 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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    • 1714 32  -  India's airports have emerged from the "cattle wagon" days into the 20th century. Shirish Nadkarni in Bombay rates services offered by various international airlines calling at the country's main airports Shirish Nadkarni The personal touch the image of the "Singapore Girl", and what she represents.
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    • 700 32 CHARTLRING activity out of the Mideast Gulf was firm, although fewer deals were reported than on Wednesday, brokers said on Thursday. Saudi Arabia's Vela took a westbound VLCC after being absent over the last fortnight. There has been speculation in the oil trade the Saudis may wish to
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    • 5324 40 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. Advaneed dates are published for a maximum
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    • SHIPS IN PORT
      • 639 47 Vessel Voy No B«rth Arrival Departure Vessel Voy No Berth Arrival Departwe Marina Terminal I Beriasa 03/92 M02 alongside 01 03/1800 Gemah Ripah 009 M04 alongside 0103/2000 Shunfu 9214S M03 alongside 01 03 2300 Batam Mapj *****2 M03 0203 1000 0303 0500 Batam Sayang *****2 M05 0203/1000
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      • 238 47 iohore Port Berth: 1: Bunga Mas; 2: Ping Jiang; 3: ml; 4: United Glory; 5: Anangel Liberty; 6: ml. Oi jetty: Bum Ik, Permaidam. DC J: ml. Due on Feb 28: Nayfair 1. Swee Long Satu. Bomm, Iron Will; Mahaja, Pernas Proton, Kota Machan. Barge Josindo Satu.
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      • 1148 47 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Record Bookiii/Balance Rstts Slip Voy No Etb/Btr Period From To From ACX Lotus 22B 03/0500 1 01/1500 01/1659 01/1900 2 01/1700 02/0659 02/0900 3 02/0700 02/1159 02/1*00 Alii Pride ***** 04/0900 3 02/0700 02/1159 02/1400 4 02/1200 02/1459 02/1700 Anco
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    • 434 48 AP WASHINGTON Worldwide airline traffic by US carriers declined for the first time ever in 1991, US aviation officials reported. The continued softness in the world and US economies and the effects of the Gulf War gave airlines "a particularly bad year," the Federal Aviation
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    • 314 48 IHT BRUSSELS The European Community, which has harshly criticised the United States for indirect subsidies to civil aircraft makers, commissioned a consultant's study that embarrassingly urged the EC to prov ide such support to its own companies. The EC and the United States have
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    • 214 48 Reuter BERLIN East German shipbuilding workers formed a 10-km motorcade on Saturday to protest at delays in negotiations to privatise formerly communist-run shipyards which are threatened by closure. Representatives of 6,000 workers involved since last Wednesday in "symbolic occupations" of three yards, run by
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    • 25 31 Llms and services represented by Members of th« Registry of Accredited Shipping Agents, Singapore National Shipping Association. /•or a(hrrti\ini( enquiries, contact Shipping /'/mo /<•/ 741>-2IW)/7J *-2im
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    • 194 31 Cjo SHIP LASHINQ MATERIALS SPECIALIST MINTERMARINE SUPPLY CO (PTE) LTD TEL: *****33 (6 LINES) FAX: *****77 Everybody Has Ships, Trains, Trucks And Containers. Let's Talk About What You Really Need. />|^H jjP? Sea-Land wants to make sure you never pany can handle, Sea-Land has become more than need to hit
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    • 212 31 SUMMARY The battle for Indian skies INDIA'S airports have emerged from the "cattle wagon" days into the 20th century. Homegrown jelsetters are demanding more for their money than ever before. P*ge 2 Drop in worldwide airline traffic WORLDWIDE airline traffic by US carriers declined for the first time ever in
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    • 33 32 palma palma palma palma palma W PALMA FORWARDING WAREHOUSING PTE LTD 0*)00 JURONG MARINE BASE jjj //U'rt/AA TEL: *****11 FAX: *****22 FAX: 225 1 576 R BATAM TEL: (778) ***** FAX: (778) *****
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    • 74 32 NOTICE NOTICE M V BROTHER LIGHT VOY 9 ARRIVKD ON 24TH FF.B 1992 M V ALICE VOY. 1 ARRIVKD ON 24TH FEB 1992 CON SIGNFFS OF ALL DAMAGFD CARGOES EX THE CAP TIONED VESSEL IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT A GENERAL SURVEY WILL BE HELD ON THE 04/03/92 0900 1200 HOURS
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    • 2617 33 OOCL (S) PTE LTD JARDINE SHIPPING AGENCIES *****11 *****09 \«||Mr BOOKINGS TEL: *****234 *****58 ""Ti TERMINAL/CFS TEL: *****218 220 PESAKA JAROINE SHIPPING AGENCIES SON. BHD. k %WW A PORT KELANG TEL *****18 FAX *****91 *****88 v 0 PENANG TEL: *****4 FAX *****1 CFS TEL *****6 SSS Dedicated to Quality bervice
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    • 2143 33 TRANSPORT DIARY Mar 10-14: Cruise Shipping 92 Conference Exhibition, organised by Seatrade at Miami Beach Convention Centre, Miami Beach. Florida. USA Mar 19: New International Trade Terms and Rules of Shipping Practices Seminar, organised by Elim Management Services. For details, please contact tel: 292-5670 or fa*: 298-1804. COURSES Mar 2-Jul
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    • 1440 33 ■nimifii TWO SAILINGS TO U.SJV. MAGLEBY MAERSK 9204 ETA SIN 10/3/92 SEA LAND MARINER 130E ETA SIN 9/3/92 Vessel Voy ETA I ETO Feeder by DESTINATIONS World lyn»/ Johanna to This wee* Magteby Maersk 9204 10/3 0800 MRS Port CfS 9/3 2359 HRS Kelang Perang OAK LGB HOU MEM ATL
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    • 1505 34 ROAM/ VOY NO S PORE JEDDAH S HAMTON H BURG ANT LE HARVE KATSURAGI 10/109 5/3 14/3 28/3 24/3 23/3 'HMiS THAMES 10/309 8/3 25/3 27/3 30/3 31/3 atLI|IT LA SEINE 23/110 12/3 21/3 4/4 31/3 30/3 HOECHST EXPRESS 02/310 15/3 1/4 3/4 6/4 7/4 1 Ml WESTBOUND KAGA 23/111
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    • 764 34 BEASPAC SERVICE CONTAINERS Id BHEAKBULK DIRECT SOUTH PACIFIC SERVICE SIN NOU SUV PPT PALEMBANG 3301 EB 25-27/3 7/4 10/4 14/4 COPIAPO 3403 EB 9/4 25/4 27/4 3/5 Tranatt Time (13) (16) (22) ALSO ACCEPTING CARGO VIA SUVA TO: LAUTOKA. PAGO PAGO. APIA. NUKUALOFA. P. VILA FASTEST SERVICE TO CWLE/PEWJ SIN
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    • 1963 35 ~W WSTRAITS SHIPPING PTE LTD mjL 15 Hoe Chiang Road #09-01 Sanford Building Singapore 0208 Tel: *****88 Fat: *****17 ACCEPTS SAILS CARGO STRAITS VENTURE ¥05E Wuari. lab. KK *PT 02 Mir SPORE B ROR RAJAH BROORE VO6E Muira. lab. RR 04 05 Mac 06 Mar 08 Mar PEGASUS PROGRESS V
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    • 2392 35 V, SINGAPORE AGENT: P&O Containers (Singapore Agencies) Pte Ltd JL 9 15 Hoe Chiang Road #08-02 to 06 Sanford Building. Singapore 0208 Tel 225 2233 Telex RS ***** PNOCSP Fax: 225 5327/222 7517 CR Number **********0Z EXPORT IMPORT vet ML WOV 'MQ 'PKO SIN ALO SOU ANT »OT HAM *0
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    • 544 36 vf m CR NBR **********0-D EXPRESS SEMI CONTAINERSHIP SERVICES TO EUROPE VSL/VOY SPORE ROAM AOAM H'BURG BREMEN ANTWERP MAIARAM 31WB 9/3 12/4 16 4 20/4 23/4 SAIWIAYA 34W8 15 4 18/5 23/5 27/5 30/5 KUTAI ?s#B 2/5 5/6 10/6 14/6 17/6 FAST TRANSIT TIME ACCEPTING BREAKBULX/CONTAINERISED CARGO Sub fee l
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    • 2060 37 > NEPTUNE AGENCIES PTE LTD SINGAPORE TEL: *****77 (CR NO: **********0E) BOOKINGS: (TOLL FREE) NEPTUNELINK TEL *****00 (TOLL-FREE) USA SERVICE *****82 DOCUMENTATION DEPT *****44/*****14 FAR EAST SERVICE *****31 TERMINAL OFFICE *****22 mi UK/EUROPE SERVICE *****89 IMPORT CFS MB2: *****69/*****96 AUST/INDIA/PAK SERVICE *****32 EXPORT CFS MB2: *****53/*****50 NEPUNE SDN BHD MALAYSIA
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    • 1032 37 SINSOV SINGAPORE SOVIET SHIPPING CO PRIVATE LTD BOOKING: *****51/ *****64/ *****06 (FESCO LINE) ENQUIRIES: *****33 MARINE INSURANCE SERVICE: *****87/ *****87 KL: 03-*****75/697 PORT KELANG: *****43/ *****40 JAKARTA: *****57 PENANG: *****4/ *****8 JOHORE BAHRU: *****1/ *****1 (REGULAR INDEPENDENT SERVICE) FULL CONTAINERSHIP SERVICES EASTBOWD—DBCHMQNC WtSTBOUTC-LOADOC THAWSHFPCD Vl* HOTTEKDAM] WW *ot m ww
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    • 1675 38 K* AS AGENTS: KAWASAKI SINGAPORE (PTE) LTD ICR No: **********0 M) W W IWT TEL: *****77 TELEX KAWA'I R*****5 FAX: *****07/EY9 I M |1 M MALAYSIA: *K" UNE MARTTIME (MALAYSIA) SON BHD TEL: SA *****00 PK *****01/5 PENANG *****0 JB *****1 Wmmßi KAWASAKI KISEN KAISHA, LTD INDONESIA: P.T. SARANA LAWINTERNUSA
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    • 821 38 PHIU-ORI€NT LINCS PT€ LTD 4% V" 108 Robinson Road #07-00 GMG Building Singapore 0106 Tel: *****22/*****69 *****00 Telex: RS2B72OFAX: *****76/*****38 BY AIR, LAND OR SEA.... >4|fet J®Br WE TAKE ON THE WORLD FOR YOU MEMBER OF SINGAPORE FREIGHT FORWARDERS ASSOCIATION AU9TnAUA/M£W ZEALAND/SOUTH PACIFIC FCL/LCL BMHVKM 09 MAR SYDNEY MELBOURNE. BRISBANE.
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    • 1252 39 2555s mm pacific international lines (PTE) ltd SSSSSSSJ UmKKI 140 Cecil street #03-00 PIL Building, Singapore 0106. Tel: *****33 (JAKARTA I [BANGKOK 1 VESSEL VOV urr cm VESSEL VOV SIN BKK SIN EQUATOR HAWK MN 5/3 7/3 T/3 SRISAMUT (THAI FLAG) SRI2OB 3/3 6/3 10/3 KOT* OMCVAT ,nV YJZ PEGASUS
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    • 400 39 mwm BINTANG MAS SHIPPING PTE. LTD. 39 NER. ROAO SINGAPORE 0208 PJB TEL: *****88 TLX: R*****5 SMMER FAX: *****(4 ACCEPTS PORTS Of SPORE CARGO DESTINATIONS MERCURY JAOE VO4E 04 05 Mar Dariy Muara Labuan. KK BINTANG SERIA VO6E 05 06 Mar Datfy Bintulu. Hri. K Bel ait BINTANG BELAIT VO6E
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