The Business Times, 6 March 1992

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    17 1 Business Times THE BUSINESS PAPER FOR S-E ASIA MITA (P) 35/12/91 Friday, March 6, 1992 75* L
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  • NEWS SUMMARY
    • Article
      China, Russia sign official trade agreement
      56 1 BEIJING China and Russia signed a trade pact yesterday, their first official agreement since last year's collapse of the Soviet Union. The agreement on trade and economic cooperation would serve as "providing a framework and main direction" for Sino-Russian economic ties, said a Russian
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    • Article
      US weekly jobless claims fall to 437,000
      66 1 WASHINGTON The number of Americans filing firsttime claims for unemployment benefits fell to 437,000 in the week ending Feb 22, the first decline in three weeks, the government said yesterday. The Labour Department said new claims for jobless benefits fell by 21,000 from
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  • MARKETS SUMMARY
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      Dow lower
      28 1 WALL STREET opened lower yesterday with the Dow Jones index of 30 leading industrials declining 9.39 points to 3,259.17 in the first five minutes of trading.
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      Footsie lower
      22 1 LONDON shares were weaker at midday yesterday. At noon (1200 GMT), the FTSE 100 was down 19.7 points at 2,538.7.
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      STOCK INDICES
      31 1 I I Thursday Chang* BT-MGA 702.60 -0.89 Kuala Lumpur ....593.93 -4.71 Tokyo 20,864.42 -241.00 Hongkong 4,964.29 +9.79 Sydney 1,608.3 -6.9 Wednesday Change New York 3,268.56 -21.69 London 1,988.5 +1.5
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      CURRENCIES
      24 1 Exchange rates USS SS 1.6545 100 Yen SS 1.2529 MS SS 0.6430 Motoy market rates Overnight 2 7/8 -1/8 3-montn 3 7/16% -1/16
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      COMMODITIES
      36 1 London Gold AM fix US$349.60 -US$0.60 Rubber S'pore Apr.... l34.50*/kg unch M'sia Apr 2lO.OOVkg unch KL Tin Turnover 26 tonnes -II Spol MSI4 10/kg +0.01 Crude palm od Turnover 505 lots +87 Apr MS898/tonne +4
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    Manufacturers relocating to beat rising wage costs
    528 1  -  But few firms intend to move entire operations: SMA survey By Claire Leow SINGAPORE Two out of five manufacturers have either moved or intend to relocate part of their business to neighbouring countries to cope with rising labour costs, a survey by the
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    Lock icon Chan Heng Chee is Woman of the Year
    320 1  -  By Sylvia Wong SINGAPORE "An accidental woman of the year" was how Professor Chan Heng Chee described herself after being named Woman of the Year last night. The title was given by jeweller Van Cleef and Arpels. Her World, and the Hyatt
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    Interest in Indian funds returns as Bombay stocks surge
    463 1  -  By S N Vasuki SINGAPORE The unprecedented bull run on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) this week following the Indian Budget announcement has spurred six international investment firms to revive plans to launch offshore funds to invest in Indian stocks. A
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    No word from India on ending deal: Petronas
    396 1  -  From L Leslie Lopez, Shirish Nadkarni in BOMBAY MALAYSIA'S national oil firm Petronas said yesterday the Indian government had not informed it of any decision to suspend purchases of its products. "Petronas is aware of the press report on this matter. However,
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    Ringgit hits 47-month high against greenback
    164 1 SINGAPORE The ringgit surged to a 47-month high against the US dollar yesterday, even though Bank Negara bought dollars through local banks. Dealers said the central bank bought the greenback to slow the rise in the value of the Malaysian unit. The ringgit closed
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      629 1 Allen Edmonds Pelue Fiaeut «02 38. Centrepoint (Tel: *****68) #01 10. Liang Court (Tel- *****52) Sltdgtn *02 07, Orchard Emerald (Tel: *****35) and selected retail outlets. Sembawang shines SEMBAWANG Shipyard achieved a nearly 40 per cent increase in net earnings to $72.2 million for the year ended Dec 31, 1991.
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      4 1 Market round-up, Pg 6
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      80 1 MADE IN WEST Scxe Agent WONG BROTHERS SHOE Tel: 283-3834 Ringgit reverses slide, rallies to M 52.5730-40, Pg 27 BALLY I Mm j/fr jnr SHOES FASHION ACCESSORIES BALLY BOUTIQUE in SINGAPORE *0118 Raffles Hotel/Shaw Centre/Raffles City/Royal Holiday Inn Crowne Plaza Autt>ort*«d d*at*ri DFS. Tangiin Road/Mendien Hotel Iwton, Haveiock Rood/Parkway Parade/Wtsma
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  • PAGE 2 NEWS
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      Govt planning scheme to help private sector train workers
      363 2  -  Cost of training will be kept affordable, says Lim Boon Heng Reports by Joseph Rajendran SINGAPORE The government will introduce a scheme within the next couple of months to help the private seetor take greater responsibility for training workers. Senior Minister
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      International Press aiming for ISO 9000 by year-end
      296 2 SINGAPORE A local company will, with the help of a multinational, become the first Singapore printing company to have its work recognised worldwide. The local operation of US multinational Apple Computers is now helping International Press Co (Pte) Ltd to implement the
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      Micro Machining reducing dependence on disk drive sector
      342 2 SINGAPORE A local components supplier is broadening its market to cater for the entire electronics industry after previously being dependent entirely on the disk drive sector. To achieve this, Micro Machining Industries will spend $14 million over the next two years to
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      Thai paper, palm oil least ready for tariff scheme
      652 2  -  Sectors face high costs, short supply, inefficiency From Michelle Rowe in BANGKOK THAILAND'S pulp and paper, plastics and palm oil industries are "least ready" for lower tariffs under the Common Effective Preferential Tariff scheme that Asean has adopted, the country's leading
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      Budget breaches Sino-British accord, says Beijing
      357 2  -  Reaction to Hongkong Budget Fran Catherine Ong in HONGKONG THE TOP Chinese official in charge of Hongkong affairs yesterday slammed the territory's latest Budget, alleging that it breached a Sino-Brit-ish pact on fiscal matters. Lu Ping, who oversees Hongkong and Macau affairs, said that
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      Lock icon China to clarify investment rules
      162 2 AFP HONGKONG China is planning to clarify its investment rules to entice more foreign funds to the country, it was reported here yesterday. The proposals were contained in a report entitled "Further development of foreign investment enterprises" prepared by the State Commission for Restructuring of
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      Lock icon KL cement industry foresees problems
      245 2 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's International Trade and Industry Minister Rafidah Aziz said the country's cement industry will have problems competing with producers from other countries once lower tariffs are introduced under the Common Effective Preferential Tariff scheme. In her address during a meeting with visiting
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      Lock icon Malaysia to announce details of fourth TV channel soon
      245 2 Bernama LONDON Malaysia will have a fourth television channel and details about it will be announced sometime this year. Information Minister Datuk Mohamed Rahmat said here yesterday. TV4, a privately-run station, will be among three new television channels that will come
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      85 2 The Asean Furniture Show Goes International Source for the latest furniture from over 200 8,500 sq m to 16.000 sq m and expect a leading manufacturers from all over the world response of 10.000 trade buyers and visitors. exhibiting the finest of international standards Tap into the worlds markets at
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
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      Shopkeepers' group concerned over impact of retail concept plan
      505 3  -  By Colin Tan A SHOPKEEPERS' group yesterday expressed concern over the impact of some recommendations of the retail concept plan and the HDB sale of shops programme. The Federation of Merchants' Associations (FMA) said that while it agreed with the thrust
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      Sisir to help ministry contain Aids
      189 3 THE Singapore Institute of Standards Industrial Research (Sisir) will assist the Ministry of Health in certifying the quality of condoms in Singapore from July 1, 1992. Sisir said in a statement yesterday that the quality assurance scheme for condoms is part of the Ministry
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      AG appoints committee to review Arbitration Act
      263 3  -  By! Selva Kumar THE Attorney-General has appointed a committee to review the Arbitration Act in a second major legislative effort to promote Singapore as an international arbitration centre. AG lan Boon leik told a seminar for newly-appointed arbitrators yesterday that the committee would
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    • Article
      Desaru Resorts creditors press for payment
      377 3  -  By Dawn Tan A GROUP of creditors of debt-ridden Desaru Resorts International Sdn Bhd (DIRSB), erstwhile developer of the multi-million-dollar Desaru resort project, have come together to press for payment of unpaid bills totalling Ms 47 million (Ss3o million). In what is seen as
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    • NEWS ROUNDUP
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        Wyse appoints Global Computer as distributor
        52 3 WYSE TECHNOLOGY, a US-based personal computer manufacturer, has appointed Global Computer Distributors as its local distributor for its high-performance terminals, PC systems and products. Global Computer is part of the Challenger group of companies which distributes a wide range of PCs and peripheral products,
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        About safer alternatives
        67 3 NORWEGIAN shipping supply group Unitor will be hosting a seminar on the impact of the phasing-out of ozone depleting refrigerants or chloroflourocarbons (CFC) on the marine industry. The talk will be held on March 11. Eric Schau, who is leading a project for the United Nations Environmental
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        Business studies scholarship
        63 3 THE Edith Cowan University in Perth, Australia, is inviting Malay/Muslim students to apply through Yayasan Mendaki for a three-year business studies scholarship worth $36,000. The scholarship, starting in July this year, will cover all tuition fees for the Bachelor of Business course and include one return economy
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        Awards for community projects
        63 3 THE Institute of Public Relations of Singapore will announce the third Prism Awards tomorrow at the Marina Mandarin Hotel. Prism, which stands for public relations in the service of mankind, is a biennial competition to give recognition to organisations with outstanding community relations programme. The third
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        Oil and gas exhibitions
        56 3 SINGAPORE Exhibition Services Pte Ltd is organising two joint exhibitions on oil and gas from Dec 1-4. They are the Offshore South East Asia 1992 (OSEA) and the Refining, LNG PetrochemAsia92. This will be the first time that Refining, LNG PetrochemAsia is being held. OSEA is
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      Court slates CAD case for third mention
      200 3 Alleged multiple share applications THE two securities men charged with criminal deception for allegedly having made multiple share applications will have to wait a little longer before their cases receive a full hearing in court. Last December, Patrick Teo, former managing director of
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  • COMPANY NEWS 1
    • COMPANY BRIEFS
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        Guthrie raises stake in L&M to 37pc
        59 4 SINGAPORE Guthrie Manufacturing (S) Pte Ltd yesterday bought 21,000 shares in L&M Group Investments (S) Pte Ltd at $1.65 apiece and 12,000 shares at $1.66 each. Its parent, Guthrie GTS Ltd, with associated parties now controls 24.85 million L&M shares, representing 37.16 per
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        RMCA gets new audit member
        32 4 SINGAPORE RMCA Reinsurance Ltd yesterday appointed Ng Seng Leong to its audit committee. The other audit committee members are Messrs Chong Kie Cheong and Lock Sai Hung.
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        Amcol shareholder sells shares
        45 4 SINGAPORE Keng Huee Chau, a substantial shareholder of Amcol Holdings Ltd, on Wednesday sold 1.3 million shares in the company at $2.45 apiece or $3.19 million. With the sale, Mr Keng has cut his stake in Amcol to 10.18 per cent.
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        UIS's net tangible assets
        25 4 SINGAPORE United International Securities Ltd said yesterday its net tangible assets per share at the end of January 1992 was $1.33.
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        Consulting joint venture
        82 4 KUALA LUMPUR Dataprep Holdings Bhd has entered into a memorandum of understanding with Resource Management Consultants (Asia) Pty Ltd to set up a joint venture company called Strategic Management Sciences (Asia) Sdn Bhd. Resource Management is an associate company of SMS Consulting Group Pty Ltd (SMS) of
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        Spark plug maker hopes to expand
        75 4 KUALA LUMPUR Posim Bhd, which is seeking listing on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange Second Board, hopes to increase its market share for spark plugs to 30 per cent for the next 24 months from 5 per cent currently. Its chairman and managing director,
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      Focal Finance posts 25pc gain in net earnings
      135 4 SINGAPORE Focal Finance Ltd has announced net earnings of $4 million for 1991, up a quarter from $3.12 million the year before. The finance house of the OCBC Bank group, however, does not think it would be able to maintain the performance
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      Sembawang Shipyard scores 40pc rise in profit
      503 4  -  By Rahita Elias SINGAPORE Marinebased Sembawang Shipyard has scored a nearly 40 per cent increase in net earnings to reach $72.2 million for the year ended Dec 31, 1991. Group earnings per share (EPS) also rose 37 per cent to 39.6 cents, in
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      Rothmans turns in flat earnings for second half of 1991
      248 4 SINGAPORE Rothmans Industries turned in virtually flat net earnings of $22.65 million for the half vear ended Dec 31, 1991. This was achieved on a turnover of $110.12 million, a mere 4.3 per cent higher than for the 1990 half
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      Land & General emerges as largest RHB shareholder
      483 4  - Land General emerges as largest RHB shareholder By William Chia SINGAPORE In a surprising turn of events, Land General Bhd (formerly General Lumber), a company controlled by bumiputra entrepreneur Wan Azmi Wan Hamzah, has overtaken Datuk Abdul Rashid Hussain as the largest shareholder of Malaysian stockbroking group Rashid Hussain Bhd
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      UOB reorganises structure, sets up Asean banking unit
      203 4 SINGAPORE The United Overseas Bank Group has made changes to its organisational structure to promote greater efficiency and better customer service. The local bank said in a statement yesterday that it has expanded the portfolio of newly-promoted executive vice-president Samuel Poon Hon
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      Templeton's net earnings up 9pc
      334 4 SINGAPORE Leading British fund management group Templeton, Galbraith Hansberger Ltd made record net earnings of US$63.l million (S$ 104 million) in 1991, up 9 per cent over the previous year's performance. Turnover however was flat at U*****.22 million against U*****.64 million previously. Templeton said in
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      Antah buys out loss-hit partner for M$1
      242 4 SINGAPORE Antah Holdings has bought out its partner in a loss-incurring industrial cleaning service, Initial Environmental Sdn Bhd (lES). for Msl (550.64). And in place of BET (International) BV, Antah has invited Jardinc Asian Holdings Inc to take up a half stake in
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    • COMPANY BRIEFS
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        Indonesia to have first copper smelting plant
        104 6 JAKARTA Lurgi AG of Germany, PT Freeport Indonesia and Nippon Mining Co will build the first ever copper smelting and refinery plant in Indonesia. Antara news agency yesterday quoted Lurgi AG president Jans Peter Schaefer as saying that the USSS6OO million (*****.7 million)
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        Cadbury Schweppes profits up
        114 6 LONDON British confectionery and beverage group Cadbury Schweppes pic gave off the sweet smell of success on Wednesday, reporting a 13 per cent rise in pre-tax profits in 1991 due to acquisitions and increased trading margins. Group pre-tax profits rose to £316.4 million (*****.4 million) from
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        Alan Bond loses challenge
        113 6 SYDNEY Failed Australian tycoon Alan Bond yesterday lost another challenge to a Asl94 million (*****.1 million) bankruptcy order but his six-month legal battle for financial survival may not be over yet. Federal Court judge Trevor Morling rejected Mr Bond's argument that the bankruptcy order was invalid,
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        BSN bid for Exor gets go-ahead
        89 6 PARIS BSN, the French food group, on Wednesday received the go-ahead from the Paris Stock Market authorities for its 6 billion francs (SS 1.75 billion) hostile bid for Exor, the French property company that controls Perrier mineral water. The BSN bid, unveiled in late
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      Garuda's hotel arm on expansion trail
      718 6  -  Aerowisata's US$ 110 m plan involves six new hotels, a venture abroad From Maggie Ford in JAKARTA INDONESIA'S biggest hotel group, P T Aerowisata, has embarked on a US$llO million (S$ 182 million) expansion programme involving the building and management of six hotels in
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      Lock icon GFW sees modest rise in pre-tax profits
      361 6 Reuter SYDNEY Goodman Fielder Wattie Ltd (GFW) has said profit before tax and abnormals in the year to June 30 should be modestly above the A$ 143.3 million (S$ 177.7 million) reported in 1990/91. It earlier announced a 14.8 per cent rise in
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      Bulls run up India's share markets
      642 6  -  MONTHLY ROUNDUP Liberal budget, overseas confidence boost sentiment By Rajendra Bajpal NEW DELHI Stock markets in India scaled new record peaks last month on sustained buying by bulls but trading was thin because of a severe shortage of floating stocks, brokers said. They said
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      7 Thai firms compete for barter trade with Cambodia
      158 6 BANGKOK Seven Thai firms are competing for barter deals with Cambodia's Prea Vihear province to develop infrastructure in exchange for timber, says a report in the Bangkok Post, quoting Si Sa Ket governor Somchit Chullapong. This was in line with Prea
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      Lock icon Brierley confident despite slump
      289 6 Reuter WELLINGTON Brierley Investments Ltd said yesterday that it was a lot more confident and positive than at any time in the past four years despite a slump in its first half profit. For the six months to Dec 31, BIL reported a net profit of
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      Lock icon Moody's cuts IBM's triple-A status
      228 6 Reuter NEW YORK International Business Machines Corp lost its coveted triple-A bond status on Wednesday when Moody's Investors Service Inc downgraded its credit rating. representing a psychological blow to the world's biggest computer maker. Moody's cut IBM two notches to Aa-2. warning of a deterioration
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      Lock icon UPI faces danger of shutdown next month
      285 6 Reuter NEW YORK The judge overseeing United Press International's bankruptcy proceedings said on Wednesday the news agency faced the danger of shutting down next month and gave creditors the right to fashion a plan to save it. After reviewing UPl's financial data. Judge
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      375 4 (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) ANNOUNCEMENT I Unaudited results of the Group's operations for the six months ended 31st December 1991 are as follows: GROUP 1991 1990 OR $'000 000 TURNOVER 110,116 105,613 4.3 OPERATING PROFIT 25,823 25,779 0.2 after charging (i) Interest on borrowings 1 9 88.9 (ii)
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  • FINANCIAL NEWS
    • SMALL CHANGE
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        S Korea to ban units of Japan's securities firms
        87 8 SEOUL The government will not permit Japanese securities firms to open branches in South Korea because they were mired in scandals at home last year, a Finance Ministry official said on Wednesday. But it will allow four Japanese securities firms Sanyo,
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        Emirates Bank's profit up 34pc
        88 8 DUBAI Fmirates Bank International Ltd (EBI), owned by the Dubai government, has announced a 200.6 million dirhams net profit for 1991, a 34 per cent increase over 149.2 million posted in 1990. The bank's total assets also rose to 11.1 billion dirhams from 7.6 billion
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        Ibercorp requests receivership
        80 8 MADRID Troubled merchant bank Banco Ibercorp lodged an official request with a Madrid court to suspend payments, a bank official said on Wednesday. The last Spanish bank to collapse was the Banco Europeo de Finanzas last October. The bank's interests will be regulated by the Bank of
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        Japan to scrap securities regulation
        71 8 TOKYO Japan's Ministry of Finance (MOF) has almost abandoned an idea to regulate all types of asset-backed securities (ABS) under a revised Securities and Exchange Law, a MOF official said on Wednesday. MOF plans to regulate securitisation of assets like domestic banks' housing loans under
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        French broker may be wound up
        72 8 PARIS A special general meeting of shareholders of French stockbroker Boscher will discuss on March 17 whether the firm should be wound up, stock market sources said. A spokesman for Boscher declined comment. State-controlled bank Banque Nationale de Paris took control of Boscher in
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        Mapfre to raise stake in brokers
        66 8 MADRID Spanish insurance and financial services group Corporacion Mapfre said on Wednesday it was raising its stake in Mapfre Indosuez, a stockbroking joint venture with Banque Indosuez, from 50 per cent to 73 per cent. The Madrid-based Mapfre Indosuez was formed in 1989 and
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      Indon interbank forex transactions hit US$218b in '91
      398 8 Forex swaps among domestic banks only USs47b JAKARTA Interbank transactions of foreign currencies on Indonesia's money market increased by 37.1 per cent to U*****.4 billion (Ss36l billion) last year from U*****.2 billion in 1990, the Jakarta Post reported earlier this week. Bank
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      Lock icon Ex-Thomson McKinnon CFO gets 18-month industry ban
      356 8 Reuter NEW YORK Michael Shapiro, former chief financial officer of Thomson McKinnon Securities Inc, was barred from the brokerage industry for at least 18 months as part of a settlement with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The SEC said that Shapiro, charged with
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      Lock icon Christiania Bank of Norway posts record losses
      650 8 Reuter OSLO Norway's troubled Christiania Bank og Kreditkasse must intensify its efforts to cut costs further. Finance Minister Sigbjoern Johnsen said after the bank last year made its worst ever loss. The bank, effectively state-owned after huge loan losses wiped out its private
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      Lock icon Saudi prince seeks Fed nod to keep Citicorp common stock
      574 8 NYT NEW YORK Al-Waleed bin Talal, the Saudi Arabian prince who bought US$59O million (***** million) of Citicorp preferred stock early last year and was expected to dispose of Citicorp common stock that he already held, is now seeking permission
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      Lock icon Carrian scandal returns to haunt Bank Bumiputra Malaysia
      621 8 MARKET TALK Reuter KUALA LUMPUR The ghosts of a scandal around Hongkong's failed Carrian Group have returned 10 years later to haunt Malaysia's largest state-owned bank, now being slapped with a MS3 billion (S$ 1.9 billion) suit. A shareholder in the collapsed
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  • THE REGION
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      Lock icon M'sian trade groups welcome proposal for a wage council
      527 9 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR A proposal for a National Wage Council in Malaysia has been welcomed by trade groups and government officials who said it could speed up the introduction of a new wage system for the private sector that pegs salary
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      Lock icon Prominent Indon businessman joins attacks on clove monopoly
      300 9 UPI JAKARTA President Suharto's half-brother on Wednesday joined attacks on the government's year-old forced monopoly on the clove trade, saying it has only brought distress to both producers and buyers. Mr Probosutedjo. a prominent businessman and the President's half-brother, also ridiculed a
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      Lock icon Philippines settles bribery suit against Westinghouse
      291 9 Reuter NEWARK, New Jersey The Philippine government has agreed to settle its bribery lawsuit against Westinghouse Electric Corp over a disputed nuclear power plant in a deal that will give the country hundreds of millions of dollars. While the complex agreement provides that Westinghouse
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      Lock icon Australia uncovers investment racket
      221 9 Reuter ADELAIDE Australian police said they had uncovered an international investment racket covering at least four countries and involving more than Asloo million (Ssl22 million). A police spokesman said one man was detained in Victoria while three people were being questioned in South Australia. Interpol and
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      Lock icon Asia dominates illegal trade in most endangered species
      454 9 AFP KYOTO Asian countries were involved in almost half of all the major infractions brought to the attention of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (Cites) between 1989 and 1991. A report by Cites presented to a two-week meeting of
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      Phnom Penh's property market experiencing boom
      405 9  -  By Said Abdullah SINGAPORE Phnom Penh's property market is experieneing an unpreeedented boom, with rentals more than doubling. Insight Indochina says in its latest report. Thanks to the Paris peace accord, which ended the Cambodian conflict, rental markets in the capital Phnom Penh as
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    • NOTE BOOK
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        US to keep close ties with Philippines
        139 9 MANILA The United States will keep close military ties with the Philippines after the last American base closes this year, the US ambassador said yesterday. "There's going to be military assistance, there's going to be military training, there are going to be exercises
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        Indonesia closes troubled areas
        114 9 JAKARTA Indonesia has closed several areas in its easternmost province of Irian Jaya to foreign tourists, as separatists staged an attack elsewhere in the region, the Antara news agency reported. Manurung. the head of the province's tourism office, said Enaratoli. Obano. Mamberamo. areas along the border
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        Attack spills into Thailand
        77 9 THAILAND A Mvanmar army attack against a Karen rebel base spilled over into Thailand during 24 hours of heavy fighting ending yesterday morning. Thai border patrols fired 50 to 60 shells into Mvanmar to dissuade Yangon soldiers from violating the frontier, a Thai officer said. "They
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        IMF approves Manila's plan
        79 9 MANILA The Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has formally approved Manila's economic programme, allowing a resumption of lending to the Philippines. pine Finance Secretary Jesus Estanislao said: "I have received confirmation that the seal of proper economic housekeeping has been obtained by the Philippines."
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      Lock icon HK boat people appeals system slammed
      259 9 US lawyers' group hits out at screening process Reuter HONGKONG Hundreds, perhaps thousands, of Vietnamese boat people are being wrongly denied refugee status because of failures in Hongkong's screening and review process. The New York-based Lawyers' Committee for Human Rights said in a report
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      118 9 E ARLVILLE The largest regional shopping centre in Far North Queensland. Cairns, Australia. j FOR SALE BY TENDER Largejt mod dominant Shopping Centre in Cairm 6 kilometres from Coinw CBD Major Tenant* David Jontt, Woohwlhi, Franklinj, W{ w Big W, Venture, Foueyi, Errol Steward >tc 81 ipeciaiify ihops mary national
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  • THE WORLD
    • WORLD WATCH
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        Developing nations key market for farm exports
        100 10 WASHINGTON Developing nations will be the growth market for farm exports in the coming decade, but world trade rules will help determine the size of the market and if US farmers share in it, two US analysts said. Dale Hathaway, Agriculture Undersecretary under
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        Fire hits Russian nuclear plant
        83 10 MOSCOW A Russian nuclear power plant was shut down on Wednesday following a fire caused by a short circuit, and officials revealed that two Chernobyl-type plants were ordered to reduce energy output last year because they didn't meet safety standards. The incidents underscored a growing
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        Ukraine passes privatisation law
        83 10 KIEV The Ukrainian Parliament passed the republic's first law on privatisation on Wednesday, opening the way for workers to buy scores of state-owned factories and businesses. The law, approved by a vote of 341-7, gives workers priority in buying large enterprises. It is the first of
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        Israeli loan hopes fade
        79 10 WASHINGTON Israel's chances of receiving even part of the US$lO billion (S$ 16.5 billion) in US loan guarantees appear to be fading and there are signs the Bush administration may apply even stronger pressure to force a halt to Israeli settlements. The latest blow to Israel's
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      Lock icon EC speeds up plans to remove ozone depleting products
      253 10 AP BRUSSELS Responding to alarming new evidence that the earth's ozone layer is thinning more quickly than expected, the European Community on Wednesday accelerated plans to eliminate its ozone-destroying products. The proposal by the EC's executive body would phase out chlorofluorocarbons
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      Lock icon Making capitalism work in socialist Guangdong
      745 10 Deng Xiaoping's apparent endorsement of reforms during his visit to Guangdong has given impetus to the province's restructuring efforts IHT GUANGZHOU, China These are heady days in the capital of China's booming southern province of Guangdong. Managers and officials used to marching to a
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      Lock icon US factory orders rose slightly in January
      318 10 Reuter WASHINGTON Orders received by US factories rose slightly in January because of more demand for industrial machinery, computers and other long-lasting durable goods, the Commerce Department said on Wednesday. Factory orders increased 0.4 per cent to a seasonally adjusted US$235 billion (*****.5
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      Lock icon Russia to wage war on inflation, prop up rouble
      409 10 Reuter MOSCOW Russia pledged on Wednesday to protect its beleaguered citizens from soaring inflation by keeping monetary policy tight as the country moves from a communist to a capitalist economy. As the fragile rouble began to recover after months of decline
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      336 10 AP WASHINGTON Russia can expect to qualify for about US$4 billion (556.6 billion) in assistance once it becomes a member of the International Monetary Fund, the Bush Administration said on Wednesday. Treasury Secretary Nicholas Brady made that estimate during an
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      Lock icon EC puts on hold plan to reform farm system
      414 10 Reuter BRUSSELS The European Community (EC) this week ended attempts to reform its expensive, inefficient farm system until the fate of Gatt world trade talks becomes clear. Portugal's Farm Minister Arlindo Cunha got such a cool reception from his EC colleagues
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      Lock icon Gatt negotiators fall behind on tariff offers
      355 10 Reuter GENEVA The 108 nations negotiating a new world trade agreement have fallen well behind on a time-table for a technical but crucial area of the talks, diplomats said on Wednesday. Not one nation met the March 1 deadline set by the General
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      206 10 The 1992 Asia-Pacific INTERNATIONAL CUSTODY& CLEARING CONGRESS The Furama Hotel, Hong Kong, 1-2 April 1992 Sponsored by: qchaw llongkongßank 4Z^ Standard > Chartered Equitor Group TheßankoJßermilda uiestpac %%Chemical CfTIBANKO Official Publication: Mkil Fiiiamv 1992 Asia-Pacific International Custody and Clearing Congress The fourth annual event covering a wide range of topics
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  • FOCUS
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      Is Kuala Lumpur overbuilding?
      1818 11 Analysts fear the current spate of building may be too much for the city to handle AN ACUTE shortage of office and retail space in Kuala Lumpur appears to have coaxed developers to build anew 30 new buildings are on the cards. Is Kuala Lumpur overbuilding?
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    Helping the small retailers
    447 12 EDITORIAL THE Retail Sector Development Plan aimed at helping SME retailers reorganise and upgrade is timely and necessary. Business activity among small retailers is being increasingly dragged down by the sheer number of them clustered in close proximity. Rising income levels and greater mobility with the
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  • WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
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      Aid for the Russians
      224 12 COMMUNISM and the Soviet superpower may be dead but it is premature to breathe a sigh of relief. The former Soviet empire remains a source of instability in the world. At the very least, millions of refugees could swamp Europe to escape economic hardship. More worrying
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      Striving for peace
      124 12 THE United States has earned respect from many Arab nations over its tough handling of the issue of US$lO billion in loan guarantees for Israel. By using the aid as a leverage, the US is trying to soften Israel's stubbornness in continuing to build new villages in
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      No sudden changes
      142 12 CHINESE premier Li Peng has again mentioned that political reforms have to take place alongside economic reforms at a State Council meeting recently. His views suggest that reformists within the Communist Party of China continue to have the upper hand. Of course, the stipulations set by the
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  • REGIONAL VIEWPOINTS
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      Political reforms necessary
      164 12 ECONOMIC reformers in China's leadership appear to be gaining the upper hand again. One factor working to the advantage of the economic reformers is the recent flow of private capital to China and the Indochinese peninsula from Japan and Asia's newly industrialising economies. Burgeoning economic zones are
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      Remaining on guard
      154 12 THE battle may be won, but the war is far from over. As long as there is opposition in the United States Congress to the renewal of Most Favoured Nation (MFN) status for China, Hongkong needs to keep up its guard, especially in a year when the
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      Why reward inefficiency?
      166 12 EXCEPT for a few state enterprises which are professionally run and operating successfully, the performance of Thailand's state firms in general is, to put it mildly, far from impressive or satisfactory. Several of them are heavily loss-ridden and have to rely on a government subsidy or borrow
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    Shootout among data vendors
    1481 12  -  Once-comfortable monopolies that supply stock, bond and foreign exchange quotes and prices to traders and brokers are being undermined by rampant competition. While this has hurt the vendors, it has meant cheaper and better financial data for users. Monica Roman reports. Monica Roman WHEN Citicorp acquired
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      36 12 DOONESBURY BY GARRY TRUDEAU I f mmmtPSSHOttemn I MBB mamvatiai LOOK CLASSY I I THING ST/USH, VIVACIOUS. PEOPLE THINK YOU'RE PtFFBR- UJITH I EMOUGH, KNOW I ATOP I BUTWITHATOUCHOFNAU6KTI- ENT SPBQAL 10UWANTTH&H UfTh A CDNCtPT* ItMrzu^'lMrSxJ
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  • ANALYSIS
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      985 13  -  A recent case in the US against a law firm revives the debate about whether a lawyer should report a client who has lied, reports Stephen Labaton Stephen Labaton NYT IN MOVING aggressively this week against a New York law firm that represented a
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      Pakistan's reforms: Will Islamabad stay the course?
      1297 13  -  Pakistan's economic reforms come after four decades of state control over the economy. S N Vasuki, who visited Karachi recently, spoke to bureaucrats and businessmen to assess the impact of the reforms. S N Vasuki, A VISIT to Karachi's Sindh Club and the
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      Lock icon Greening the account books
      631 13  -  Should a country's GNP reflect environmental damage and changes in its natural wealth? Many economists think so, reports Christopher Wilson Christopher Wilson Reuter HOW do you place a value on a polluted river, clean air, open space, even silence? For years, a dedicated band of economists
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      53 13 fiama, Photo* Video German Design Quality (Monday to Saturday: 9 am 5.30 pm) fllPi™ Fantasy Series Regardiess from vRQ of brand, S>U«9 model or SUPER HAMA CENTRE GRAND SAI FS\ 261, Waterloo Street, Waterloo Centre, #03-28 Singapore 0718. Al photo 4 video tags Tel: *****29 (3 Line.) accessories ,Availabte "a"
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      377 14 F A century of experience in shipbuilding launching of K AMOR A v 1 V> "W \9Q IIKI 1 i. s 1 1 r > I 1 ;*y ■if ri. rfp t mm /"f I Mmßiiiiiii_j 1' x A *^Mift- m\ x*-^j\ iTMrrraiiiMu n y« v\ i .|rfp* •jE Singmarine
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  • SPORTS
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      Lock icon S Africa wins historic first match against Windies
      736 15 Cricket: World Cup AFP (&RISTCHURCH Meyriek .P/ingle ripped through tscf heart of the West Indian batting order to propel South an emphatic 64-run victory on a historic day in World Cup cricket yesterday. *Jn the first meeting between the two countries, Sfeuth
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      Lock icon US baseball owners plan counter-offer for Seattle team
      474 15 AP ROSEMONT, Illinois Baseball owners delayed a decision on a Japanese-led offer to buy the Seattle Mariners and decided late on Wednesday to formulate a counter-proposal. The ownership committee, a group made up of officials from eight teams and the two league
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      Lock icon Lewis kicks off publicity campaign
      252 15 Reuter NEW YORK British heavyweight Lenox Lewis is taking his campaign for a title shot against champion Evander Holyfield to the American public with a publicity push launched on Wednesday. "We need to come to Holyfield's back garden to tell the American people why we
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      Lock icon Imran aims to lead attack
      210 15 AP SYDNEY Veteran Pakistan cricket captain Imran Khan hopes to lead his team's bowling attack in Sunday's crucial World Cup match against South Africa. Imran played in Wednesday's loss to India after taking a pain-killing injection to his injured right shoulder. He said yesterday that
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    • SIDE LINES
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        Graf in the raw
        77 15 BOCA RATON. Florida Steffi Graf eased to a third-round victory in a women's tennis tournament here Wednesday, then blasted a photographer who took pictures as she sunbathed nude at her house in Boca Raton. "He only got my back, thank God," Graf said, confirming that the
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        Stars and Stripes wins
        43 15 SAN DIEGO Dennis Conner's Stars and Stripes defeated Defiant for the third time in a row here on Wednesday in the second race of the third round of the America's Cup defender series. The victory was worth four points.
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        Wattana unties knots
        44 15 BRISTOL James Wattana was a Thai in knots when he tangled with gritty Cliff Thorburn in the £60.000 Strachan Professional championship on Wednesday. It took the world number 20 more than two-and-a-half hours to score a hard earned 5-2 quarter-final victory.
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      151 15 w Keppel Finance Limited (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) To ALL WARRANTHOLDERS OF KEPPEL FINANCE LIMITED S 5560,000,000 PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF 1.25 PERCENT UNSECURED BONOS DUE 1996 TOGETHER WITH 36,664,000 DETACHABLE WARRANTS TO SUBSCRIBE FOR 36,664,000 NEW ORDINARY SHARES OF 550.50 EACH IN THE CAPITAL OF KEPPEL FINANCE LIMITED.
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      910 15 SHIPYARD^^^^^^I (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) The Director* of SEMBAWANG SHIPYARD LIMITED announce tie audhed reeutts of •teQroup and the I Company tor the year ended 31 December 1901 ae totows: COMPANY GROUP I It9l 1990 I—l 1990 I Ssooo B**ooo STOOO SS'OOO I REVENUE 386 278 329.524 509.975
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      471 16 M Nothing Beats A Bud. IFVHfcI OF GENUINE PENANG FARE LET OUR PENANG CHEF INTRODUCE HER NEW RECIPES AT THE NEWLY RENOVATED PRINCESS TERRACE CAFE THE PLACE FOR AUTHENTIC PENANG SPECIALITIES. A RENDEZVOUS FOR FINE MEALS AT CAFE PRICES. OR LIGHT SNACKS WITH GOOD FRIENDS. KING'S A MEMBER OFCDL HOTELS
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      161 16 WHERE TO WINE, DINE ££<■ mmmak SUPPER PROMOTION Choice of aromatic Bak Kut Tfeh or steaming Porridge with Chicken, Pork or Fish. Plaza Hotel ✓~*atch our siz/ling Teppanvaki Buffet Treats daily for dinner. Price: SIH.BO (adult) 514.00 (child) O Alt J°" P£OL&^_ uoctroti 101 Victoria Screet. Singapore 0718 Tel: *****11
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      323 16 Ai?6U#l a 1 For only $36++, the most "—"/"fl scrumptious spread awaits those ~7 /i 'I who enter Top of the M. Be I ij amongst the privileged. °I |j H bomb JO rmk> 10 JO pm I It* order I 1 > )9(h floor We serve the world to
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      752 16 TELEVISION AND RADIO Qfrcmop Hcivc WMSHM Z .SSsr L/ LA Clllliiv \Xd V 3 7.30 AM CNN(L). 5.55 PM Opening followed by the 10.35 Transworld Sports. BBC, 88.9 mHz in VHF Band II O m/ 8.30 Close. AdYMtajrM of Don Coyote and n.jo Golden Classics The 7.05 am, 1.30pm, 5.05pm,
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  • LIFESTYLE
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      Striking the right chord
      892 17  -  Singaporeans' music tastes are becoming more eclectic, discovers Nirmal Ghosh Nirmal Ghosh WHAT sustains the night owl? The incessant hammer of rap or plaintive wail of romance? Swooping segue of sax or blat of bass drum? And what, you may ask, sustains the weary yuppie when
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      Lock icon Making money out of music
      345 17 IN AMERICA, the proving ground of modern music, a hit single is the route to a hit album. Million-selling singles help push an existing or forthcoming album or introduce a new face. Big bucks really begin to flow when the album ha£ a hit single
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      The Boss is back with two new singles
      507 17 CHATTERBOX BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN released his first new music in 4'/ 2 years on Wednesday a pair of singles from a pair of new albums: the title track of the Human Touch album, and Better Days from the Lucky Town album. The albums
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      81 17 W**' -4T .*> V *>i' ii 1 m t "Sunday Jazz Brunch at the New Orleans Mill blow your mind, Daddy-O." i i LE RENDEZVOUS BAR PISCES CCocktail ol the Month A refreshing cocktail ol Tequila. Blue Curacao. blended with Orange and juices, topped with Sprite. Happy Hours: 3pm ttpm
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  • STOCK EXCHANGE OF SINGAPORE 1
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      Investors stay away to await corporate results
      4202 18  -  By Carolyn Lim SINGAPORE stock prices moved in a narrow range yesterday as investors stayed on the sidelines and adopted a "wait-and-see" attitude. Uppermost in the minds of investors was the impending results of the Big Four banks and other blue-chip companies. This
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      HOT STOCK
      64 18  -  By Anthony Pang Comment THIS counter has been trapped in the $1.25-$1.43 range over the past month. Five-day stochastics have turned upwards, pointing to a possible retesting of the $1.43 level. The ascending nine-week MA indicates that the medium-term uptrend is still intact. A breakout from the top
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    STOCK EXCHANGE OF SINGAPORE 2
    2968 19 SIA Foreign I960 20 +1.0% FAN 1000 +15 +1.5% UOB Foreign 685 +15 +2.2% Singmarine 50* 470 +14 3.1% DBS 1110 +10 +0.9% OCBC Foreign 1160 +10 +0.9% First Capital 187 +7 +3.9% GPB SS1.60 446 4 0.9% City Dev 50« 392 +6 +1.6% Jurong
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    STOCK EXCHANGE OF SINGAPORE 3
    3272 20 Gadjah 2000L'SS 199 +4 H Leong Ind 50« 525 +5 1.0% Kl. Kepong 242 +4 1.7% Golden Hope 131 +3 +2.3% Southern Bank. 256 +3 f 1.2% Guinness 50* 348 f2 +0.6% reth Resources 74'.. l'/ *-2.1% Antah Hldgs 50* 147 +0.7% Ind Oxygen Ln
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      344 20 BUSINESS TIMES Toll free Tel No 737 0043 Fax No: 734 3688 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF PINE GREEN INVESTMENT (S) PTE LTD (In Members' Voluntary Liquidation) At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company held at 257 Selegie Road. #15-279/281
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      343 20 I PROPERTIES LTD I (Incorporated me Republic of Singapore) H ANNOUNCEMENT I PROPOSED ISSUE OF $325,000,000 PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF BONDS I DUE 1997 ("BONDS") WITH 134,931,000 WARRANTS ("WARRANTS") TO SUBSCRIBE FOR NEW ORDINARY SHARES OF $0.50 EACH IN THE CAPITAL OF CENTREPOINT PROPERTIES LTD ("NEW I SHARES") (THE "BOND ISSUE")
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  • KUALA LUMPUR STOCK EXCHANGE
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      Lock icon Shares end broadly lower in thin trading
      5035 21 Hwa Tai Food makes impressive debut with 49 sen premium Bernama CONTINUED profit-taking after the recent rally in the Kuala Lumpur stock market coupled with investors utilising funds for the flotation of Tenaga Nasional led prices to end broadly easier with second and
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  • BT SHARE INFORMATION SERVICE
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      RESULTS FORECAST
      1093 22 Man Board Last Fal Year Forecast Date Net Net Profit EPS anted Year EPS Cress profit Range Range Company Period test yr endteg (cts) dn (S'W) (SSa) (cts) First Capital I Feb 25 )un 92 5 4 1 0 8891 54-134 33—82 MT F Mar 4 Dec 91
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      OTHER RESULTS DUE
      963 22 Maia Board last Frf Tear Compaq Pefied Date fear EPS Cross Het anootmced ending (eta) *i pnflt last year (SSNO) EMS Final Nov 6 Jul 91 30TE 17.8781 ABN tort Final Mai 11 Ok 91 5 0 58 0 1.325(c) Priau Final Mar 12 Dec 91 699
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      AUDITED RESULTS
      102 22 Company Date Year Group Net Net earnings Cross ann to profit/loss (L) per share dividend ('000) (cents) Pacific Can Mar* Sep 91 $106(11.4501) 0 2( Cerebos Feb 13 Sep 91 $45.623|($38 911) 148(128 23 6TE(30TE) KL Kepong Feb 13 Sep 91 M$64 883 ($62,895) 153(148) 15(15) NST Feb
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      PROPOSED ISSUES
      515 22 Company Rights Issue Manee Tedi One-for-one SI 00 per share Bolton Issue of $90 978m nominal amount of 3 51 Redeemable Unsecured Guaranteed Bonds 1991/96 with 45 489m detachable warrants on the basis of 12 nominal amount of Bonds for every three existing shares held Every $2 nominal
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      PRELIMINARY RESULTS
      206 22 Company Date Year Group pro-tax Not oamings Grots ann to profit/loss (L) per share dividend (*000) (cents) H Kings Mar 4 Dec 91 $8.777($5.856) 53(21) 5(5) OU Securities Marl Dec 91 $1,691(11.281) 4 3(25) 6(9) Keppei Corpn Mar 3 Dec 91 *270.740(1225 008) 35 2(312) 10(8) MTC Feb
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      INTERIM RESULTS
      314 22 Compaay Date HaH-yoar Croup pro-tax Interim ana to prollt/lMt (L) dhrtdond C000) Cons Plant Feb 29 Dec 91 M$59.800($40 600) 10(8) DMIB Bhd Feb 29 Oec 91 ¥$20,500 ($20 400) 6(6) Sea View Feb 29 Oec 91 $5.285($2.701) Sime Darby Feb 29 Dec 91 MJ3S8 800(S320.100 7(7) Sime
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      SUBSTANTIAL SHAREHOLDER/DIRECTOR TRANSACTIONS
      1790 22 Trans Registered Substantial Buy/ No. of Amount Shareholding Stock Date Holder Shareholder/Director Soli shares Before After L&M 03/03/92 Street Names Guthrie Mfg (S) Pte Ltd B 55.000 91.300 10.398 000 15 54 10 453.000 15 63 SPC 03/03/92 CDPDBS Nominees (Pte) Ltd DBS Bank S 1.000 2.939
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      CORPORATE DEVELOPMENTS
      88 22 Mar 4 Jurong Cement Ltd has aborted a deal to buy a piece of property in Sydney, Australia for Asl7.3m. Sembawang Sfyyard s private placement of 27 million new shares would increase its 1990 net tangible asset per share by 30% to $3.08. Mar 3 Kay Hun James
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      COMPANY MEETINGS
      72 22 Dunlop Estates Bhd: EGM at the Johore Room. Lower Lobby. Shangri-La Hotel. 11. Jalan Sultan Ismail. ***** Kuala Lumpur, on Friday. Mar 6. at 10am Hotel Properties Ltd: EGM at the Indonesia Room. Hilton International Singapore. 581 Orchard Road. Singapore 0923. on Saturday. Mar 7, at 11am Pubic
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      DIVIDENDS ANNOUNCED
      639 22 Current Ex Books Date Total tor Total tor payment date dose payable the year last year A scan Find USlOC(b) Mar 10 Mar 20 Mar 30 US10C US10C Awno 20c 12.5%TE Mar 3 Mar 13 May 15 17 5%TE 125%TE BMT {10 (100) 50%(l) Feb 21 Mar 4
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      RECORD HIGHS & LOWS
      166 22 RECORD HIGHS LOWS BT Composite Index ST Industrials Index 1992 tifh: *****8 (21/2/92) 1»2 hifh: 1545 92 27/1/92) 1992 tow: *****4 2/1/92) 1»2 l* 52 55 <^/3/92) 1991 tifh: *****8 (3/6/91) 1991 to*: 1565 58 (3/6/9) 1991 tow: 1022 52 (16/1/91) 1991 tow: *****8 Ofi/l'91> 1990 h«h: 1435 43 (16/7/90)
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      MORGAN STANLEY CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL INDICES
      370 22 In local curr In S$ In US$ d> )T S dy yr S dy >t M«t 4 Index chge chge chge chge chge chge World 403.0 -0.2 -1.3 -0.4 -3.5 -0.5 -5.5 $EAFE 494.1 -0.2 -1.6 -0.5 -6.0 -0.6 -7.6 Europe 441.2 0.0 7.3 -0.3
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      APPROVED ISSUES
      218 22 Company Rights Issue MC8 Hdp One-for ten <n MSI 10 per share Ej-date Feb 24 Books close Mar 9 Acceptance Payment NYA Tech Resouces Foorforfive (a. MSI 30 per share Ej-date Feb 3 Books dose Feb 19 Acceptance Payment Mar 31 Company Others Centrepoint Renounceatte preferential offer of
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  • STOCK EXCHANGE OF THAILAND
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      Lock icon Finance counters push stock prices higher
      2248 23 Reuter FINANCE issues yesterday led gains on the Thai stock exchange and the SET index ended 7.69 points higher at 800.85 on turnover of 5.65 billion baht. Thai Farmers Bank, one of the top gainers yesterday, ZZ added 14 baht to close at 480
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    JAKARTA STOCK EXCHANGE
    782 23 The market was closed yesterday for a holiday. Mar 4 Ruptah High Low Vol AJPPutra ***** Abda 1450 Ahap Ins 3950 50 3950 3950 2000 Alumindo Perkasa Uta 3500 Aqua Golden M 8500 ArgoPantes 3850 -50 3850 3850 ***** Asr. Bintang 2750 Aster Jawa 1450 unch 1450
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      550 23 Executive Jobs every Saturday in Business Times BUSINESS TIMES Toll free Tel No 737 0043 Fax No: 734 3698 OF METAL STAMPING PLANT UNDER INSTRUCTIONS FROM THE RECEIVER AND MANAGER OF DECOMAT INDUSTRIES PTE LTD Includes CNC Machinery, Tool Room Equipment, Printing Equipment and Power Presses. Location No. tt Loyang
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  • TOKYO STOCK EXCHANGE
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      Lock icon Stocks slump, Nikkei ends below 21,000
      2567 24 Reuter TOKYO stocks ended a sluggish day lower yesterday, with the Nikkei average under 21,000 for the first time in eight days. Worries over economic and corporate profit prospects whittled prices, while most investors were sidelined ahead of the Bank of Japan lankan (quarterly
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  • STOCK EXCHANGE OF HONGKONG
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      Lock icon Prices edge up slightly to new high
      2601 24 AFP. Reuter SHARE prices on Hongkong's stock market edged up slightly to a new high yesterday, the third in the week, despite profit-taking. The blue-chip Hang Seng index gained 9.79 points or 0.2 per cent to close the day's trading at 4,964.29. The
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  • AUSTRALIAN STOCK EXCHANGE
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      Lock icon Dull market closes lower for third day running
      1986 25 Reuter A LETHARGIC Australian share market continued to slide yesterday for the third consecutive day, closing lower on little turnover and even less interest. The market opened to losses in line with overnight falls offshore and drifted back throughout the day, lacking
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  • REGIONAL STOCK MARKETS
    • Seoul stocks end below 620 level in active trade
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        SEOUL
        737 25 SEOUL shares yesterday shed most of Wednesday's gains as the realisation that rumours of government marketboosting measures were false sank in. brokers said. Government denials failed to dampen sentiment on Wednesday but yesterday the composite stock index lost 11.24 points to close at 619.23. Losers outpaced gainers 408 to
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        523 25 SHARE prices in Manila slipped further yesterday on bearish sentiment as investors, fearing political violence in the run-up to the May national elec- tions. opted to stay on the sidelines, brokers said. The Manila Stock Exchange composite index declined by 2.37 points to close at 1,157.61 from Wednesday's 1,159.98
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        511 25 TAIWAN shares finished lower across the board yesterday as many investors lacked trading interest. Many brokers predict that slow trade would continue in coming days. The weighted index dropped 32.87 points to close at 5,033.53 compared with Wednesday's 5.066.40 finish. Turnover remained thin at NT523.7 billion against Wednesday's NTS2S
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        246 25 NEW ZEALAND shares ended slightly weaker on low turnover yesterday, despite Brierley Investments turning in a first half profit that was about NZ$lO million below market expectations. The NZSE-40 capital index ended 3.53 points down at 1.465.18 on turnover worth about AS 15 million. BIL itself was only
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        57 25 INDiCES TURNOVER Close t\ J nt^iow Mar 6 NEW ZEALAND NZSF-40 Capital 1.465 18 1.468.71 -3.53 MANILA Composite Index 1.157 61 1.159 98 -2.37 Turnover (million) 304.5 7560 -415.5 TAIPEI Weighted Pnce Index 5.033.53 5.066 40 -32.87 Turnover (NTS billion) 23.7 25.0 -1.3 SEOUL Composite Stock Index 619.23. 630 43
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        1371 26 STOCKS on Wall Street tumbled in cautious trading on Wednesday as the blue-chip sector failed to lift the broad market out of negative territory, foiling the Dow's efforts to break through the 3,300 barrier. The Dow Jones Industrial Average, which rose 14.98 points to a record high of
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        432 26 GERMAN shares on Wednesday eased across the board after earlier setting another new 19-month high, but dealers said prices were just taking a brief rest along the road to higher territory still. "The market has taken a deep breath," said Harald Breitenbach at Dresdner Bank. "But it's just a
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        368 26 SWISS shares recovered from a midsession slump to close slightly higher in active trade on Wednesday. Dealers said industrials led the market higher while banks and insurers came under pressure from rising interest rates. Late in the session, Wall Street's firm opening supported sentiment. The all-share SPI index closed
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        813 26 SHARE prices dropped back to just below Tuesday's levels by the close on Wednesday on the London stock exchange, restrained by sharp falls in Reuters and fading hopes of a pre-Bud-get cut in interest rates. The FT-SE 100 Index closed at 2,558.4, down 7.0 points from Tuesday's close. The
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        204 26 ITALIAN stocks on Wednesday tumbled for the sixth consecutive session as investors worried about consistently low volume and fresh rumours that another operator may be having financial problems, brokers said. The MIB index fell 0.67 per cent to close at 1,036. Volume was estimated to be around Tuesday's paltry
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        STOCKHOLM
        137 26 PRICES on the Stockholm bourse rose substantially on Wednesday, supported by overnight gains on Wall Street, dealers said. "Things are going quite well today," one dealer said. Astra restricted B-shares were actively traded, up five at mid-day at 569 but down from 572 at the opening. At the close,
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        345 26 BELGIAN shares closed slightly lower on Wednesday in moderate trading as some profit-taking occurred after the Bel-20 index of leading Belgian shares reached a record high for the third consecutive day in early trade. The Bel-20 closed down 1.47 points to 1,233.25, but down almost 10 points from its
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        412 26 SHARES continued with their weaker tone on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange on Wednesday, as most major indices registered declines. The overall index shed 32 points to 3,526 and the All Gold index lost 24 points to 1,194. The industrial index lost 40 points to 4,334, representing a decline of
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        275 26 Paris \lw 4 FFr COftBEILLE Air-Liquidc 673.00 -78.00 Alcatel Ansthom 608.00 -14.00 Elf-Aquit 324.00 -64.60 Michelin 909.30 740.3 OFP 113.00 Peugeot SA 549.00 -194.00 Philips (NV Gem) 82.70 -30.20 Royal Dutch 418 50 -15.50 CROUP A Nestle *****.00 -4320 GROUPS La large 400.50 -*-40.5 GROUPC Shell 261.00 GROUPD Norsk Hydro
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        72 26 INDICES TURNOVER Mar 4 CtOM Pre*io*H NEW YORK Dow Jones 3.268 56 3.290.25 -21.69 SAP 500 409.33 412.85 -3.52 Turnover (million) 208.91 204.65 4.26 LONDON Financial Times 30 1.988.5 1.987.0 1.5 FTSE 100 2.558.4 2.565.4 -7.0 Turnover (million) 505.4 518.2 •12.8 FRANKFURT DAX Index 1.759.05 1.763.31 -4.26 AMSTERDAM EOE Index
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      1182 27 REPORTS ASK TOKYO: THE US dollar continued to barrel bullishly upwards in late Asian trade yesterday, dealers said. Active technical demand supported the US currency after it broke above key resistance at 132 yen and 1.67 marks, Hongkong dealers said. "The market
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      377 27 Cross rates Mars USS SS MS Dm Yen SFr AS NZS USS 1.6520 2.5750 1.6710 131.80 0.5804 1.5220 1.3263 1.8282 SS 0.6053 1.5587 1.0115 79.7821 0.3513 0.9213 0.8028 1.1066 MS 0.3883 0.64 0.6489 51.1845 0.2254 0.5911 0.5151 0.7100 Dm 0.5984 0.9886 1.5410 78.87 0.3473 0.9108 0.7937 1.0940
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      533 27 Interbank rates SS Bid Offer Overnight 2 7/8 3 1-month 3 3/8 3 1/2 2-month 3 3/8 3 1/2 3-month 3 7/16 3 9/16 Overnight mode: 3-3/8 ISS Bid Offer 7 days 4 3/16 4 5/16 1 month 4 1/4 4 3/8 2 months 4 1/4 4 3/8
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      449 27 MBT KUALA LUMPUR After more than three years of downtrend, the ringgit is staging a remarkable turnaround, breaching the M 52.5800 mark against the US dollar on Tuesday and closing at M 52.5730-40 yesterday. The continued rally by the local currency, not only against
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      1176 27 SIMEX EUROOOUAR Open High Low Sett Est Vol Op/lnt Vol Mar 92 95.68 95.70 95.66 95.66 2700 ***** 1558 Jun 92 95.39 95.41 95.35 95.37 7100 ***** 5049 Sep 92 95.03 95.05 94.98 95.00 4000 9501 3628 Dec 92 94.36 94.39 94.32 94.40 2000 6260 1274 Mar 93
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      839 28 REPORTS THE TIN price on the Kuala Lumpur Tin Market (KLTM) yesterday closed one sen up at M 514.10 a kg on some covering activity and a smaller turnover after falling to a 65-month low on Wednesday, traders said. Turnover was
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      464 28 AFP SINGAPORE Singapore, banking on its reputation as a rubber trading centre for several decades, is making a low-key effort to promote a new commodity exchange here. Some say it is too low-key. While Singapore has announced plans to become the hub
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      Lock icon Talks over zinc treatment charges seen to favour smelters
      244 28 Reuter LONDON Negotiations between zinc miners and custom smelters over concentrate treatment charges (TCs) are nearing an end, with deals favouring smelters. Trade sources said TCs reported so far suggest that smelters have had the upper hand in the 1992 "mating
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      1390 28 Rubber Mars MS (*06 In >a<w) S cents/kg Noon Close Int I RSS Prompt 134.75/1 J5.75N 134.50/135.50N Int I RSS Apr 92 134.75/135.25 134 50/135 00 Int I RSS May 135.50/***** 135.25/135.75 Int 2 RSS OP 132.75/133.75N 132.50/133 50N Int 3 RSS OP 132.25/133.25N I32.00/133.00N Int 4 RSS OP
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      151 29 As at 3pm yesterday: Local dollars to one unit of foreign currency Currencies Bid Offer Australian dollar 1.2403 1.2571 Canadian dollar 1.3729 1.4007 NZ dollar 0.8929 0.9290 Sterling pound 2.8339 2.8723 US dollar 1.6480 1.6550 Local dollars to 100 units of foreign current Austrian schilling 14.19
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      649 29  -  LETTER FROM NEW YORK By Sheila Rule An international marketing campaign to promote New York City's cultural life around the world and lure tourism dollars to the city has been announced by the New York International Festival of the Arts. Martin E Segal, the
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      160 29 Singapore Outlook: Showers over several areas in the afternoon. Report; Maximum temperature 32.1 Assoc humidity 71% Minimum temperature 24.6 Assoc humidity 96% Hours of sunshine 6.40 Rainfall in mm 1.2 Rainfall this month 13.5 Rainy days this month 2 World forecast Asia-Pacific Hi/Lo* Cond. Auckland 24/14 Sunny Bangkok 33/22 Cloudy
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    270 30  -  Reports by Harish Mehta in HO CHI MINH CITY THE SINGAPORE Tourist Promotion Board (STPB) is keen to explore the viability of "twinning Singapore with Vietnam" by creating joint travel packages for tourists from faraway lands, said a top STPB official yesterday. During
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    Special economic zone for S'pore firms
    269 30 HO CHI MINH CITY Vietnam has reserved an exclusive export-processing zone for Singapore companies. A top-ranking Vietnamese official in the People's Committee of Ho Chi Minh City told reporters yesterday that Singapore companies would be welcome to set up manufacturing units at this special
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    Lock icon Suspend M-E talks until after Israeli elections: Syria
    335 30 Agencies WASHINGTON The fourth round of Middle East peace talks ended on Wednesday with no real progress and the next stage in doubt after Syria suggested suspending further negotiation until after Israel's June 23 elections. Syria's chief delegate Mouwafak al-Allaf floated the
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    Lock icon Tokyo wrapping up fiscal measures to boost economy
    306 30 AFP TOKYO A sharper than expected slowdown in Japan has prompted a desperate search for solutions including stimulatory measures in the 1992 budget which is still to be adopted by parliament. Assured the Diet will pass the budget, ministers responsible for the
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    310 30 Agencies TAIPEI Taiwan's Cabinet yesterday approved a fiscal 1993 budget which is 10.7 per cent bigger than this year's, with a deficit of NT5290.9 billion (5519.0 billion). Officials said defence spending would again receive the largest slice, accounting for 24 per cent,
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    628 30 Demand for commercial property remains strong Reuter TOKYO Tokyo's sluggish commercial property market has hit Japan's major real estate firms but will not stop them from going ahead with major development projects, property company officials said yesterday. They said that while demand has slipped
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    Lock icon House of Representatives rejects Bush's budget
    561 30 Budget labelled accounting gimmick, inadequate NYT WASHINGTON After an impassioned debate punctuated by election-year politics, the House of Representatives on Wednesday night overwhelmingly rejected US President George Bush's US$l.52 trillion (552.5 trillion) budget request by a vote of 370 to 42. Mr Bush's budget
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    315 30 AP TORONTO The CanadaUS free trade agreement is on the line because of "outbursts of American protectionism" such as the ruling against Honda Canada, Ontario Premier Bob Rae said on Wednesday. "We were always told that the whole purpose of the free
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      IMC first shipowner to enjoy tax-exempt status
      397 31  -  By Dexter Lee SINGAPORE Hongkongbased International Maritime Carriers Ltd (IMC) has become the first shipowner to enjoy tax advantages under the Approved International Shipping Enterprise (AIS) scheme. A company granted AIS status by the Trade Development Board (TDB), which is the administrator of
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      Tie-up forms M'sian engineering firm
      234 31 SINGAPORE International Maritime Carriers and Hitachizosen Engineering and Construction have once again forged an alliance to form Malaysian-based Pintar Engineering. Tan Sri Frank Tsao, the group chairman, said: "The formation of Pintar is in line with IMC's objective and commitment to participate more actively in
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      Lock icon German yard workers step up protest
      209 31 AFP DUESSELDORF. Germany A week-old protest to save jobs in the eastern German shipbuilding industry rose j another notch on Wednes- day, even as some 15,000 western German bank workers went on strike to press for higher pay. In eastern Germany, about 2,500 shipyard
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      NOL increases priority berths at Tanjong Pagar
      202 31 SINGAPORE Neptune Orient Lines has entered into a new agreement with the Port of Singapore Authority that will increase the number of its appropriated container berths in Tanjong Pagar Terminal to two. Yesterday NOL chief executive officer Lua Cheng Eng and Commodore (Res)
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      1181 31 Page Col ABC Containerline 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 3
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      Lines start service to link Asean with US, Canada
      262 31 SINGAPORE A new independent container service will link Singapore and other Asean countries to the US and Canadian East Coast from tomorrow. The service will be operated jointly by US-based Atlantic Container Lines in a partnership arrangement with Eacßen a joint
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      Lock icon Retired British civil servants in HK take last cruise home
      386 31 AP HONGKONG The sunset of the British Empire deepened when a group of retired civil servants prepared to chug out of Hongkong on a luxury liner bound for Britain. In what may well be the last hurrah for a great
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        BA sets up regional unit
        97 32 LONDON British Airways Pic said it was setting up a new business to run regional services in Britain after agreeing with trade unions a package to reduce direct annual staff cuts by £8.25 million from April 1. It said the new unit, British Airways Regional,
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        US Congress asked to finance aviation system
        74 32 WASHINGTON fhe Transportation Department asked Congress for US$l5 billion (Ss24 million) to finance the nation's aviation system over the next three years. It said the funds would go to improve airports, enhance safety and continue the modernisation programme of the air traffic control
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        Delta's load factor drops
        83 32 ATLANTA Delta Air Lines said load factor in February fell to 53.64 per cent from 58.18 per cent last year, while revenue passenger miles system wide rose 17.4 per cent to 5.37 billion from 4.57 billion and available seat miles increased 27.4 per cent to 10.01
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        TWA will not raise air fares
        91 32 NEW YORK Trans World Airlines said it will not go along with the widespread industry move to raise air fares by two per cent. The increase was initiated by UAL Corp's United Airlines and matched by AMR Corp's American Airlines. USAir Group Inc, NWA
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        Group gets 20-year deal
        99 32 HOUSTON Sponsors of the proposed Empire State Pipeline said they received a 20-year precedent agreement to provide natural gas transportation to Sithe Energies Inc's new Oswego. NY cogeneration plant. Sponsors of the pipeline arc units of Coastal Corp, which w ill build and operate Empire, Union
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        ANA may post lower profits
        82 32 TOKYO All Nippon Airways Co Ltd (ANA) may post lower parent current profit for the year ending March 31, 1992, against an actual 25.40 billion yen in 1990/91. an ANA spokesman quoted the company president as saying. "We will post lower profits than our interim
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      380 32 TALK of more orders received in the Pacific charter market boosted freight rates in the area as the Baltic Freight Index rose four points to 1,227, dry cargo brokers said on Tuesday. The only exception was the US North Pacific/Japan route, where there was uncertainty as overnight fixture
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      6934 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. Advanced dates are published for a maximum
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        621 47 Vessel Voy No Berth Vrrvat Departure Vessel Voy No Berth Arrival Departire Marina Terminal 1 Mago j6 aiongs.de 06 03 0600 Butam Mum. *****2 M05 atongsde 06 03 2300 Rakhmat J3 alongside 06 03 0800 Batam Sayang *****2 M04 alongside 06 03 2300 Tetsuun Maru 01 92
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        235 47 'Jlohore Port •Berth: 1: Sumi Yoshi Maru, 2: Emity Iran Will; 3: Johan; 4: Bangkok Navee: 5: Kota Jati; 6: ml. 01 jetty: Global Venus, Chatchawin No 3, Petrobulk Power, Wangurer. OCJ: Gloria, Soon Hin. Due on Mar 4: Global Jupiter, Santi. Blue Sea. Gemki, Grace tJna,
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        1143 47 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Record Bookrg/Batance Rstts ifip Voy No Etb/Btr Period From To From Ace Concord 25E 07/0900 2 05/1700 06/0659 06'0900 4 06/1200 06/1459 06/1700 ACX L0y 21A 07/1800 2 05/1700 06/0659 06/0900 1 06/1200 06/1459 06/1700 Aadinyah 74 07/0015 1 05/1500
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      250 48 AFP MUNICH Deutsche Aerospace (Dasa) denied here on Wednesday afternoon that it had reached an agreement with Dutch aviation firm Fokker, saying that it is maintaining its own programme for construction of a regional transport plane for 80 to 130 passengers. It said "work
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      316 48 FT LONDON First class and business class passengers flying into London's Heathrow Airport could have their own express queues for immigration controls, under a plan put forward by airlines. They have told Britain's Home Office they would be prepared to pay for
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      Lock icon N American-made vehicle sales drop 13.6pc
      288 48 NYT DETROIT Sales of North American-made cars and light trucks dipped 13.6 per cent in late February, as most analysts concluded that evidence of a recovering automotive market remained slim. Upticks in the selling rates of domestic vehicles in early February and mid-February had
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      164 48 AP TOKYO Russian tourists are snapping up used cars in Japan, apparently because they can resell them at home for high prices, the Yokohama Port Authority said on Wednesday. The newspaper Asahi Shimbun said a car bought for less than 50,000 yen (SS63O)
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      237 31 ML s u r EWS SUMMARY I The fog begins to clear THE LAST MEETING of the Council of Transport Ministers to be held under the Dutch presidency dealt with the question of the extent of the freedom to take advantage of rationalisation possibilities in the form of consortia inside
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      748 34 SEASPAC SERVICE CONTAINERS B BHEAKBULK DIRECT SOUTH PACIFIC SFBWICf 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 Transit Time (16 (22) ALSO ACCEPTING CARGO VIA SUVA TO: LAUTOKA, PAGO PAGO APIA. NUKUALOFA. P VILA FASTEST SERVICE TO CHUE/PfRU SIN VAP
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      2014 35 W STRAITS SHIPPING PTE LTD ■I 15 Hoe Chiang Road #09-01 Sanford Building Singapore 0208 Tel: *****88 Fa#: *****17 ACCEPTS DUE SAtS CARGO SW*E B'KOK "2* 1 »0« Mu»a Lib. KK 0« 07 M» 09 Mar 11 Mar ptGASUS PROGRESS W.707N 06-07 MAR 10-11 MAR STRAITS HOfE VO3E Muarj. Shan.
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      2594 35 V SINGAPORE AGENT: <\\ PB.O Containers (Singapore Agencies) Pte Ltd X 9 15 Hoe Chiang Road #08-02 to 06 Sanford Building. Singapore 0208 Tel 225 2233 Telex RS ***** PNOCSP Fa*: 225 5327/222 7517 CR Number **********0Z EXPORT IMPORT VESSEL VO* pPNG "PKG SIN ALG SOU WIT ROT MAM JED
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      563 36 tgJMMU CR NBR **********0-D EXPRESS SEMI CONTAINERSHIP SERVICES TO EUROPE VSL/W S PORE ROAM ADAM H BURG BRtMEN ANTMRP WAIARAM 31MB 9/3 12. 4 16 4 20/4 23/4 SAIWIJAYA 34W8 15/4 18/5 23/5 27/5 30/5 KJTAI 25*8 2/5 5/6 10 6 14 6 17/6 FAST TRANSIT TIME ACCEPTING BREAKBULK/CONTAINERISEO CARGO
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      1355 36 0 HANJIN SHIPPING FOR VSL SM LINE HAUL LGB OAK FM VSL SIN ILINE HAUL SAV AM HYC HANJIN ELIZABETH 003E 7/3 OKECT 29/3 I 4 HANIIN KNANGYANG 086E 9/3 H YOKOHAMA 03K 16/4 17/4 19/4 HANJIN VANCOUVER OOSE 15/3 MRECT 5/4 8/4 HANJIN KUNSAN 072E 16/3 M PROPITIOUS 0306
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      1907 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 UK/EUROPE SERVICE *****89 IMPORT CFS MB2: *****69/*****96 AUST/INDIA/PAK SERVICE *****32 EXPORT CFS MB2 *****53/*****50 ilSf NEPLINE SDN BHD MALAYSIA K.L
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      1014 37 SINSOV SINGAPORE SOVIET SHIPPING CO PRIVATE LTD BOOKING: *****51/ *****64/ *****06 (FESCO LINE) ENQWRIES: *****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 1 EASTBOUND-OCCHARqNG WESTBOUND-LOWS THAMSHPPED HA ROTTERDAM wr |ai |ml»
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      1635 38 K m w JF* AS AGENTS: KAWASAKI SINGAPORE (PTE) LTD ICR No: **********0 M) W W IWT TEL* *****77 TELEX KAWAKIRS23I6S FAX *****07/^9 I r%J H MALAYSIA: "K"LJNEMARITIME (MALAYSIA)SON BHD I JBL Bk. m m 4 TELSASSO24OO PK *****01/5 PENANG *****0 JB *****1 wamm KAWASAKI risen KAISHA, LTD INDONESIA: p.t.
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      1229 38 PHILI-ORI€NT LIN€S PTC LTD 4v V 108 Robinson Road #07-00 GMG Building Singapore 0106 Tel: *****22/*****69/*****00 Telex: RS ***** FAX: *****76/*****38 BY AIR, LAND OR SEA.... JagL WE TAKE ON THE WORLD FOR YOU MEMBER OF SINGAPORE FREIGHT FORWARDERS ASSOCIATION AumuLUMtwzauAjmnovTHnumc mjtCLtmvKx 07 MAR SYDNEY. MELBOURNE. BRISBANE, FREMANTLE 06 MAR
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      1123 39 SSSSSMLmt■ PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL LINES (PTE) LTD JLa 140 Cecil Street, #03-00 PIL Building. Singapore 0106. Tel: *****33 J _CRNOIQQBQe^QQQQE JAKARTA |BANGKOK I rws-s. s BUNQiT TERAT Al M a KOZINTSEV 17N 3/3 11/3 13/3 PETR DUTOV 10N »/J 13/3 */l KOTA 22 KOTA BIKTANQ KBT2IO 10/3 13/3 17/3 •UMOA TIRATAI
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      1162 39 EacßenV I F CLASS OOMAINER TRANSPORT FEEDER VESSEL I PENANG PKELANGI OCEAN VSL/VQY SIN SOU (1) RTM (2) HAM (3) GOT (4) ANSON/TBN 6/3 7/3 TQYAMA 2092 10/3 27/3 29/3 30/3 1/4 ANSON/TBN I£3 AROSIA 2102 17/3 3/4 5/4 6/4 8/7~ ANSON/TBN 20/3 21/3 NIHON 2112 24/3 10/4 12/4 13/4
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      556 39 \ggft MYANMA \BBk FIVE STAR UNE w (Myanmar National Una) Loading for Yangon (Rangoon) S'pore P.KIf Pen P.Gdf MYOMA TWA VI4OW 9/11 Mar S/S Mar »VA ¥114* 13/1 C Ma 8/11 Mar *174* 12/14 Mar PAGAN VI SON IS/19 Mar THE BANK LIKE (A Mrvtoaof Andrew W*fc Shipping) Vi SEMI-CONTAINER
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      579 40 STRAITS/ JAPAN/ STRAITS SERVICE SPECIALIST IN RO-RO HEAVY LIFTS IHBOUNP VESSELS ni Sf n IK u rn 41 I/J 11/1 MM ftLM* 11 11/3 IS/J SHI UEM 71 11/3 11/ l TIMS MTO 37 h/J »/j mm OUUIKEI IS lt/3 21/3 W»U II 11/3 22/3 MEM TIMEI 7 11/3 22/3
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      92 40 [Spore P Kelang Loading for I OS PIONEER 5/3 S/3 Rdm/Atw/UK/Nantes I FURM 15/3 11/3 Rdm/Atw/UK/Nantes W S pore Loading for I PAN RISER 12/3 Oubai/Bahrain/Oammam/Kuwait I I PUMA 15/3 Aden/Hodeidah/ Jedda h I I HECTOR 12/3 Oubai/Bahram/Dammam I I LISE 15/3 Hodeidah/Jeddah/Aqaba/Port Said I I PAN GLORIA 20/3 Hodeidah/Jeddah/Aqaba
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      109 40 y|J|»j^»ji] w ki>]ll>Jill[•] J BEUING CHANGCHUN CHANGSH^^pb^ CHENGDU CHONGQING FUZHOU GUILIN HARBIN KUMMING NANNING OUANZHOU SHEKOU SHENYANG SHENZHEN WUHAN XIAMENXIAN ZHENGZHOU OlneOfli /SHENZHIN SHIPPING Tel: 227 4788 Fax: 227 2Q83 5^ Ibocsl LUHUPL/S.E.fl. BREAKBULK SERVICE vessel JIN Bl BREMEN 7-10/2 ANTWERP 11-15/2 TO PORT KELANG, SM6APORE 16/3, HONGKONG. KAOHSJUNG, OSAKA,
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      733 41 NEXT SAILINGS TO BKK MEXT SAILINGS TOHCMC /Mtoyd to BANGKOK/VIETNAM DIRECT m II SKI I Nedlloyd Lines FEEDER VESSEL r*G RE* OCEAH VESSEL SJN LEH «TK(1) HA-(2) BRV FIX SOU GOT *3 ft 7/3 6/3 W ST 27/3 12/4 2|/3 31/3 1/4 10/4 W. Blwm/562 B. Seroja/833 7/3 5/3 N.
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      796 42 TO AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALANO ("55 Ite I Fro It** IJH Iteck |NPf |7 CHMM bum hum ST" n/3 77/1 i/i 4/4 i«/« liT* S ?«4 12/4 19/4 574 17/4 3/5 5/5 c. «m£s m 23/4 i/5 19/s u/s Ti/s ANHIWWIN m 19/5 17/4 22/5 27/5 2/4 5/4 TO USA/CANADA Tfc Pwl
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      897 42 EXPORTS TO HONGKONG. TAIWAN. MANIA i JAPAN 'TWICE WEEKLY" MALACCA STRAITS SERVICE foinKwe voy m rtw kt sm I mmThkg kao ree tyq tor smz ncq kqT [vtssti voy Ism Ipkl fcw sw C CAERE! 156 -2 3 **4 3 4.3 7 3 11 3 13 3 10.3 10.3 193
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      157 42 SEAWARD SHIPPING AND TRADING CO (S) PTE LTD CT» ET» EM SPORE rail AEIANG PENANG HUE WOE 11/3 Lotdinf for MM *UVN HUDKJ 20/3 loading for Calcutta OOLPIM 12/3 In Pt loading For Max (Baittat) PIONEER SUPREME 13 loading For Ma!r DONMUM 21/3 loaded For Feliwaru progress i eon s«m
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      1670 42 to T 9 is H > CHINA OCEAN SHIPPING COMPANY ml ""WU- CONTAINER UNER SERVICE malatMA i PMcnid ftPNFRAI AtfN'K fiXWSwi AttNiy CHUNG CHI AO SHIPPING SON BHD rmiiß CHlpPlNr PT? ITn PT. GLOBAL PUTRA KL TEL: *****91/17 FAX: *****92 ***** l»Uo lAN SMiTUb Pit LIU UARITIUF t. KLJMG TEL
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      676 43 FAMOUS CONTAINER LINES 10 ANSON RD. #15-21 INTERNATIONAL PLAZA, S'PORE 0207 HOT LINE *****33 24 LINES LIMASSOL/PIREAUS 8/3 ROTTERDAM 8/3 HAFA/ASHDOD/ALEXANORIA 873 HAMBURG/BREMEN 8/3 MARSEILLE/FRANCE 873 FELIXSTOWE/UK 8/3 BARCELONA/SPAIN 873 LEHAVRE/ANTWERP 8/3 GENOA/ITALY 873 GOTHENBURG/SCANDINAVIA 8/3 LOS ANGELES/WC/IPI 8/3 I SYDNEY/MELBOURNE 8/3 NEW YORK/EC 8/3 FREMANTLE 13/3 VANCOUVER 8/3 BRISBANE/ADELAIOE
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      852 43 ®NICHrlcLu MARINE AGENCIES IS) PTE LTD TEL- *****33 (12 LlnM) BFAX: *****15/*****03 TELEX: R3 ***** RISHIP (3 Lliwa) ETHIOPIAN SNIPPING LINES r (National Lines of Ethiopia) ACCEPTING FCL AND CONVENTIONAL VESSEL VOV ETA LOADING FOR SPORE ABYOT 28WB IS/04 OARESSALAAM MOMBASA DJIBOUTI ASSAB MASSAWA ABBAY WONZ 33W8 8/05 OARESSALAAM MOMBASA
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      547 43 [JAKARTA BANGKOK m m [to w I munm T urnmm 1 AKA BHUM 133$ 07/03 10/03 lARU BHUM lM h, PI I 06/03 Mon 09,03 BfN BHUM 245 33/03 14/03 MHA BHUM 9W Sal 07/03 Tim 10/03 i| AM BHJM 134S 34/03 17, 03 WANT A BHUM >0N Son ~Q«7o3~
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      355 43 VSL VOY SINGAPORE MADRAS SINGAPORE I VESSEL VOY SIN MAA SIN TIGER SPEED 194N 09-10/03 15-17/03 23-24/03 TIGER STAR lON 13-14/03 20-22/03 28-29/03 TIGER BMOGE 195N 16 17/03 22-24/03 30-31/03 It* VSL VOY SINGAPORE/CALCUTTA/SMGAPORE VESSEL VOV SIN CAL SIM LHOTSE 418 07-08/03 14-18/03 24-25/03 TIGER RIVER 146CN8 14-15/03 20-21/03 27-28/03
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      1710 44 S'PORE IMPORT: *****11 I PENANG: (04) *****6 SIBU: (084) *****9 KK: (088 *****0 TAWAU: (069) *****9 P.KELANG: (03) *****77 JAKARTA: (21) *****32 KUCHING (082) *****3 SURABAYA: (31) *****0 'pen 'PK SIN rtn riv iin Colombo 7/3 8/3 9/3 9/3 10/3 11/3 Ldn/Fli/Rdm/Ant Dirban/Pt Louis 14/3 15/3 16/3 8/3 9/3 10/3
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      1072 44 THONG SOON LINES PTE. LTD. 77 ROBINSON ROAD #15-00, #16 00 SIA BUILDING SINGAPORE 0106 TEL: *****68 FAX NO: *****11, *****22 TLX: RS ***** CARRIER, RS ***** JENHOL CABLE: TOSOCO SINGAPORE TO WEST MALAYSIA _**Xk Hl— n J kit imstL hi vm r. mm KIM *2!! M 4Q/Q7F u» NANG
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      827 45 PERUANA \EfiL de vapores J? "PERUVIAN STATF LINE" ACCEPTING BREAKBULK/FCL/SOC CARGOES TO/FROM C ALL AO. MATARANI. ILO* OTHER PERUVIAN PORTS* T/S AT KOBE ON CPV THROUGH BILL OF LADING. "EVERETT ORIENT LINE" JAPAN/BAY OF BENGAL/JAPAN SERVICE ACCEPTING BREAKBUIK SOC CARGOES TO/FROM KOBE. YOKOHAMA. NAGOYA. MOJI TOKYO*. MANILA*, DAVAO*. Penanf* P.
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      508 45 czjz I fiTE£5 N.AMERICA/CARRIBEAN SERVICES vessel Ivor Isiw Imaihinei) Ivor [lax Ikst Isav ntc OMELAI 6tt 18; 3 DM KQKEA ILL- _Ls_ Jii- -LA- -iiim baacelqna nit a. i m koma it 22.4 l i JiL. ±1— ZlMttNtZlA 10IE 38.1 M CAIIfMMA S2t 2;S 11; S lill_ llli_ ILiOt GtNOVA
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      463 45 MULTI-MODE SHIPPING PTE LTD MIDDLE-EAST/PERSIAN GULF ACCEPTING FCL/LCL DUBAI DAMMAN SHARIAH DOHA MUSCAT BAHRAIN ABU DHABI BANDAR ABBAS It DO AH FAR EAST ACCEPTING FCL/LCL PCNANG P HELANG JAKARTA BANGKOK HONG KONG TAIWAN lAPAN. MANILA KOREA UK/EUROPE ACCEPTING FCL/LCL LONDON FELIXSTOWE LEEDS. TUBURV ABERDEEN IE HARVE HAMBURG ROTTERDAM ANTWEP. COTHENBURG
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      542 45 luumwIIMKH ASEAN/CHINA SERVICES WSSfI SGP P* PNC P GUDANG KIN FOR 0 SHAN 15/03 HUANGPU SHANGHAI P GU 27/03 DAIIAN/QMGDAO MADRAS/COLOMBO/BOMBAY/KARACHI SERVICES SGP PK PNG TANGOON KIN FOR T TING 10/03 KARACHI COLOMBO T TANG 20/03 COtOMBO SINGAPORE/MADRAS/SINGAPORE FCL/LCL SERVICES SGP MOS TBN 04 05/03 11 13/03 TBN 09 10/03
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      464 45 SIN FAB EAST 9/3 KEELUNG/KAOHSIUNG 8/3 BANGKOK 13/3 MANILA/CEBU 8/3 JAKARTA/BELAWAN/SURABAYA 8/3 PORT KELANG/PENANG E. Malaysia 9/3 BUSAN 9/3 TOKYO/YOKO/KOBE/NGO/OSA 7/3 HONG KONG SIN CHINA 7/3 GUANGZHOU/HUANGPU/SHENZHEN FUZHOU/XIAMEN/SHANTOU OALIAN/SHANGHAI/XINGANG TIANJIN/QINGDAO/HAIKOU also accepting LCL cargo SIN EUROPE/UK 9/3 LDN/FLX/LVP/SOU 9/3 RDM/HAM/ANT/LE HAVRE/GENOA/OSLO also accepting cargo to Austria/ Hungary/Roumania/Poland/Bulgaria/Czech. SIN USA/CANADA 9/3
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      765 46 jST FIL CONTAINER SERVICES PTE LTD I MADRAS CALCUTTA |VSL SIN/MADRAS V3L SIN/CALCUTTA SIN MAA SIN SM CAI SIN NIKT AVAIL ABU Sited 08 10,03 15 IS 03 NEXT AVAILABLE Sailed 09 13/03 19-20/03 09 10/03 15-17/03 23 24 03 07 01, 03 14 11/03 24 25/03 13-14/03 20 22/03
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      475 46 BontermJ CONTERM FREIGHT (F.E.) PTE LTD. GUARANTEED WEEKLY CONSOLIDATION YOUR FIRST CHOICE TO:— MADRAS 9 MAR '92 AUCKLAND 8 March BANGKOK 14 March EUROPE 14 March GOTHENBURG 8 March PENANG 9 March PORT KELANG 9 March JAKARTA 8 March MELBOURNE 15 March SYDNEY 15 March ©235 0633 (KATHLEEN/ NICHOLAS/ MARILYN)
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      479 46 Next Week's Sailings r Bangkok 15/03/92 I 14/03/92 gjtf Port Kelang 13/03/92 Los Angeles 15/03/92 Port Louis 16/03/92 Kast ofusAi ft Singapore Tel: *****22 CtIL Fax: 779 2738 lather Yap Johore Tel: 07-*****8 V Fax: 07-*****3 Alfred Ng ■BH 77Pj*AK-7/A/*r I INCHCAPE SHIPPING SERVICES (S) PTE LTD Tel: *****11 Fax:
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      476 46 MANILA ETA VIGOUR SINGAPORE 21NB 7/3 VIGOUR PACIFIC ?BNB 14/3 BANGKOK 8/3 15/3 BUSAN 9/3 16/3 HONGKONG 14/3 21/3 DURBAN'PT LOUIS 16/3 29/3 KEELUNG 9/3 16/3 USA 9/3 16/3 PT HUANG 10/3 13/3 KOBE 9/3 16/3 PIRAEUS 14/3 22/3 OSAKA 11/3 18/3 JAKARTA 10/3 13/3 DUBAI 10/3 20/3 CHINESE-POLISH 1
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      273 47 vQc vCZ>c vOc \O c vOc vQc vd>c VAN OMMEREN CETECO GROUP U TRANSPORT DIVISION > VOTAINER CONSOLIDATION SERVICES: jJ M THE only consolidator with worldwide network A \J Weekly FCIACL Services To/From I J > USA EUROPE FAR EAST > Baltimore: Votainer Consolidation Services Hamburg: Van Ommeren Hamburg GmbH.
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      88 47 OF TRANSCONTAINER LIMITED CONSOLIDATION SERVICES TO FAR EAST:- KOBE, TOKYO, YOKOHAMA, OSAKA. HONGKONG, BANGKOK, JAKARTA TO EUROPE:- HAMBURG, ROTTERDAM, FELIXSTOWE (ALSO ACCEPTING FCL CONTAINERS.) YUSEN AIR SEA SERVICE (S) PTE LTD SOUTHPOINT #11-02 A, 200 CANTONMENT RD, SINGAPORE 0208 TEL (65) 227 4567 FAX: (65) 227 5556 TIX RS *****
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      1154 48 Every Saturday in Business Times A HYUNDAI MERCHANT MARINE ff J™EABTBOUND FEEDER TO PACIFIC SOUTH-WEST TO PACIFIC NORTH-WEST FHDCR HOT M£ P6D SW Lit HAUL VOT M 0 tBH OAK Lit HAU. W MO TCM SfA fTI St A RAMXR NOO3 26/02 27/02 29/02 H PIONEER 47E 06/03 23/03 2C/03
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      565 48 ^_"/=_`;@]}<.%`{,)$?{|@_/%-!.(, t/CVISA FREIGHT SERVICES PTE LTD^J E ubH,h#d Sinc l9B4 We Sail The World For You REGULAR GROUPAGE LCL CONSOLIDATION SERVICES IMPORT EXPORT United States of America Europe Port-of-Call Port-of-Call Los Angeles Rotterdam Chicago Genoa New York Hamburg (Accepting all inland Le Havre destinations via Los Felixstowe Angeles New York)
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