The Business Times, 5 February 1993

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    13 1 SINGAPORE BusinessTimes WE KNOW ASIA MITA (P) 552/12/92 Friday, February 5, 1993 75'
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  • 2am LATEST
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      Lock icon Indian minister quits Cabinet panel
      79 1 AFP NEW DELHI A senior Indian government minister has confirmed quitting a Cabinet panel, citing differences over the razing of the Ayodhya mosque. The Press Trust of India says Human Resources Minister Aijun Singh quit after a fellow minister on the panel probing the razing
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      Lock icon US promises early action on M-E peace
      72 1 Reuter WASHINGTON Secretary of State Warren Christopher says he is not disappointed by his failure to convene regional Middle East peace talks and would announce new steps within the next 48 hours to keep the Arab-Israeli peace process on track. Diplomats said Mr
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    MARKET SUMMARY
    106 1 Stock market indices Tbanday Change STI1 1.627.08 -10.51 KLSE Composite 642.95 +3.71 Nikkei 17,190.63 -31.40 Hang Seng 5,778.0! +67.21 SET Index 972.16 -3.10 Jakarta Composite ...289.20 +5.25 CLSA China B —1.394.24 +42.38 AustAJIOrd 1,531.4 +1.2 FTSE 100 2.865.9 -7.9 Tharsday Previous 10:30m dose Dow Jones 3.398.08 3,373.79 Exchange
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    Lock icon Pentagon told to make US$10.8b budget cut
    187 1 Reuter WASHINGTON The Clinton Administration has ordered the US military to plan for a cut of up to US$lO.B billion (S$ 17.7 billion) from former President George Bush's proposed US$266 billion 1994 defence budget. Defence officials said yesterday that the final reduction for
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    Japan's managers urge radical change to corporate practices
    530 1  -  By S N Vasuki SINGAPORE Japan's continuing economic slowdown is forcing its leading corporations to press for radical changes to the country's corporate practices. In a major survey conducted by one of Japan's leading research institutes, 71 senior executives of the country's
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    Lock icon Tokyo replacing US as top economic power in E Asia
    273 1 Reuter WASHINGTON Japan is Quietly surpassing the United States as the dominant economic force in East Asia, the fastest growing region in the world, the World Bank said. But the bank, in a report to be published next month but
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    S'pore unions back consumption tax only if poor are protected
    422 1  -  By Chuang Peck Ming oINuAPORE The labour movement says it will back the proposed goods and services tax (GST) only if the poor and retirees are protected from its impact. "Unless there are provisions to compensate the lower income (group)
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    Lock icon Creative shares soar on short-selling
    370 1  -  By Joseph Rajendran SINGAPORE The share Price movements of Nasdaqlisted Creative Technology, Singapore's trail-blazing multimedia company, have left observers baffled and some investors with burnt fingers. Crcative's share price on the US secondary securities market Nasdaq traded yesterday at about U5539.50 almost double its USSIB.SO
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    Lock icon Germany makes surprise cut to two key interest rates
    473 1 Reuter FRANKFURT Germany's Bundesbank, under pressure to help trading partners mired in recession, unexpectedly cut two key interest rates by a half percentage point and a quarter percentage point yesterday. The central bank reduced its more market sensitive Lombard emergency funding
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    Lock icon Cuts send London stocks to new high and give French bourse a boost
    478 1 AFP LONDON London stocks hit a record high early yesterday afternoon as the German Bundesbank reduced its two key interest rates. The Footsie index hit a record 2,900.1 points at 1408 GMT, up 26.3 points or 0.9
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      26 1 Hock Lock Siew iW The Jakarta bourse's hiM^ufieifflfi' Pg 7 A Corporate Japan at the crossroads, Pg 21 Cool response to Japanese rate cut, Pg 10
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
    • eye on the ECONOMY
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        Lock icon Missing the six-million mark
        257 2  -  By Hong Lee Tiam GOING BY preliminary December figures, total visitor 'arrivals last year may miss 'the six-million mark by a whisker. With the estimated ■'546,000 visitors in Decem;ber, Singapore welcomed a •rotal of 5.99 million tourists •in 1992, just short of the milestone the tourism
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      SCCCI chief denies successor has been picked
      403 2  -  By Lee Han Shih OUTGOING Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCCI) president Tan Eng Joo yesterday denied that the chamber's factions had agreed on his successor prior to the election next Thursday. His denial came amid growing talk that Kwek Leng
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      Japanese contractor lands deal to refurbish airport terminal
      202 2  -  By Dexter Lee THE CIVIL Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) has awarded $72 million worth of airport refurbishment work to Japanese building contractor Takenaka Corp. The work is part of the authority's $200 million refurbishment programme for Changi Airport's Terminal I, which
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      Caterpillar to spend US$30m on warehouse expansion
      270 2  -  By Helen Ching ''CATERPILLAR, the world's •Jargest maker of earth-moving -"and construction equipment, plans to spend US$3O million (Ss49 million) expanding its warehousing and distribution .centre in Jurong. -At a ground-breaking cereoniony yesterday, the company said an extra 238,000 sq ft of .''warehouse
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      Claims against lawyers mostly property-related
      401 2  -  By Amy Balan CLAIMS, claims go away, don't come back another day. But they do especially against lawyers. And nine out of 10 claims against lawyers relate to property deals. Furthermore, most of the claims against litigation lawyers could have been easily avoided if only
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      Geylang shophouses snapped up
      174 2 THE GOVERNMENT has sold a row of 14 shophouses at the junctiofi of Geylang Road and Lorong 3. Chip Eng Leong Enterprise Pte Ltd bought three units No 157, 159 and 161 Geylang Road for dose to $2 million in total, or $7,138 per sq m.
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      109 2 .V Take Our future I ~f r co- constantly explore new ideas. They set up operative, the success we're enjoying at NTUC special to service to our INCOME did not come about by chance. We policyholders. And that try out planned it. we're looking ahead now innovative work methods. and
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  • THE REGION
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      World Bank's US$75m loan to Cambodia falls through
      475 3  -  Bank jittery over country's increasing political risk By Harish Mehta SINGAPORE A World Bank loan to Cambodia for US$75 million (Ssl26 million) that had been approved inprinciple has been blocked at the last minute due to the country's increasing political risk. Michael
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      Lock icon M'sian Q4 growth seen surpassing 6.5pc
      458 3 Expected slower growth in third quarter may be just a blip, says don MBT KUALA LUMPUR lndications are that growth in Malaysia's fourth-quarter gross domestic product (GDP) in 1992 will prove better than in the third quarter, which is widely said to be in
      MBT; Source: Treasury Economic Report 1993/99  -  458 words
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      Lock icon Ruler ordered ex-officer out of Johon Najib
      288 3 Bernama SEREMBAN A ruler ordered a former senior military officer to leave the state simply because of a difference of opinion, Umno Youth head Najib Tun Razak said yesterday. The incident occurred a few months ago, soon after the officer, a former lieutenantcolonel,
      Bernama  -  288 words
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      Ramos orders govt agencies to tackle exporters' woes
      482 3  -  From Al Labita in MANILA PHILIPPINE President Fidel Ramos yesterday ordered the country's monetary authorities to tackle the problems of interest and foreign exchange rates hounding the country's export industries. Presiding over an Export and Investment Development Council meeting, Mr Ramos said
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      Lock icon Upgrading of Indon navy unlikely to upset regional balance: analysts
      323 3 AFP SINGAPORE Indonesia's planned purchase of 39 frigates, minesweepers and coastguard vessels from the arsenal of former East Germany and three new submarines is unlikely to upset the strategic regional balance in Asia, political and strategic analysts said yesterday. An
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    • ASIA NOTES
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        Lock icon Philippine BOP surplus shrinks
        95 4 AFP The Philippine balance of payments (BOP) hit a looV i mi "l on (***** million) surplus in the first 10 months of n V n cent from the ,evel a ye 3l a BO. The Central pank reported yesterday that the decline was due to
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        Lock icon US aircraft teams in Malaysia
        91 4 AP KUALA LUMPUR Two US teams from McDonnell Douglas Vorp and General Dynamics are in Malaysia with Pentagon officials to discuss a possible sale of fighter aircraft. Malaysian officials said yesterday that the McDonnell team was discussing the sale of F/A-18 multi-role fighters to the
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        Lock icon Call for HK provident fund
        75 4 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG The Legislative Council has called on the territory's government to set up a Central Provident Fund. The South China Morning Post reported yesterday that the fund would manage money from a proposed compulsory pension system for Hongkong workers not covered by
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        Lock icon New Thai anti-drug plan
        63 4 Reuter BANGKOK The government said yesterday that it has drawn •MP a four-year programme to combat drug trafficking and abuse in Thailand, a major trans-shipment point for heroin destined for the US and Europe from the Golden Triangle region. The interior ministry said the programme would
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        Lock icon China's Politburo member dies
        58 4 Reuter CIJING Tan Shaowen, who was elected to the Chinese wiQjmmunist Party's ruling Politburo last year, has died at the age ,;0f 63. The official People's Daily said yesterday that Tan, Communist Party chief for the northern city of Tian in had 1-Mffered from lung cancer
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        Lock icon Japan opens file on failed coup
        85 4 AFP £a?F°T After more than ahalf century of secrecy, Japan has ?roade public court files on a failed military coup attempt in 1936 e nation's finance and education ministers dead The r prosecutors' office, which had been keeping the files, said y !t a,,owed
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      We want our relatives back
      12 4 pnsoners held for Tor 6? P Utfcal
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      Lock icon Chinese steel mill lays off two-thirds of workers
      728 4 Message to state-owned industries to slim down Reuter jEIJING One of China's :«Qiggest steel mills is to shed r-jjvo-thirds of its workers, sending another message to stateindustry that it must rather slim down or face bank>Juptcy. However, none of the work■:ers made
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      Big Indian companies may set up offices in Singapore
      333 4  -  Republic seen as base for regional expansion From Salil Tripathi in NEW DELHI SOME of India's biggest companies are looking at setting up regional offices in Singapore to penetrate Asian markets. They are set to follow the lead given by the
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      Good response to S'pore firms' ads in India seeking professionals
      455 4 SINGAPORE companies have reported a good response to advertisements placed recently in India for engineers, computer specialists and other profession^. According to placement professionals in Bombay and Delhi, "Go East, young man" seems to be the motto, as more and
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      Lock icon Rao faces fresh challenge to leadership
      434 4 Reuter NEW DELHI India's beleaguered Prime Minister P V Narasimha Rao faced a fresh challenge to his leadership yesterday when his former communist allies called for his replacement. The Press Trust of India (PTI) said Communist Party of India (Marxist) leaders in eastern Patna
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      Lock icon Seoul expects economic recovery in first half
      436 4 Reuter AP SEOUL South Korean Economic Planning Board (EPB) Minister Choi Kak Kyu says the economy would begin to recover in the first half and forecast gross national product (GNP) would grow 6 to 7 per cent this year. Mr Choi, who is
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      Lock icon Japan worried about US move to curb imports
      179 4 Reuter TOKYO Japan is worried about moves in the United States Congress to restrict imports. "I am worried that (the US) is moving in the direction of restricting imports item by item," Kyodo news agency quoted Chief Cabinet Secretary Yohei Kono as
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      Lock icon Taiwan's trade surplus falls
      198 4 Reuter TAIPEI Taiwan's trade surplus fell 14.7 per cent from a year earlier to US$43O million (Ss7os million) in January. The Finance Ministry said yesterday that exports declined 8.2 per cent to U556.36 billion while imports dropped 7.7 per cent to $5.93 billion. Economists said the
      Reuter  -  198 words
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      Lock icon Taipei decides not to raise tariffs on Japanese goods
      197 4 AFP TAIPEI The country's finance authorities have given up their plan to raise tariffs on Japanese products in order to reduce the ever expanding trade deficit with that country. "We have abandoned this plan because any increase would violate the principles
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  • THE WORLD
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      Lock icon Financial markets fret over US economic plan
      639 5 Political opposition mounting over painful deficit-cutting steps Reuter WASHINGTON President Bill Clinton's ambitious economic programme is already running into political roadblocks, and that's starting to worry the financial markets. "What's happening is that wishful thinking is bumping up against harsh reality," said Stanley
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      Lock icon Moscow's security ring
      11 5 Reuter to protect the city from attack. Reuter
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      Lock icon Major tries to reassure markets as pound falls
      321 5 Reuter LONDON UK Prime Minister John Major struggled to gain the confidence of foreign exchange markets on Wednesday, with dealers still preferring to believe he is sacrificing the exchange rate to generate economic recovery. As the pound again came under heavy pressure,
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      Lock icon Danes to hold EC referendum on May 18
      288 5 AP COPENHAGEN A majority of parties agreed on Wednesday to hold Denmark's second referendum on a closer European union on May 18, the Prime Minister's Office said. Danes stunned the European Community last June by rejecting the Maastricht Treaty, threatening to stall
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      Lock icon Sombre mood on Khomeini anniversary
      453 5 Reuter TEHERAN Iran marks tomorrow the 14th anniversary of the triumphal return to Teheran of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, but many of those who revere his memory are in no mood to celebrate. The revolution of Feb 11, 1979, which Ayatollah meini's return from exile in
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      Lock icon Clinton slows down to avoid any more pitfalls
      350 5 UPI WASHINGTON After stumbling on some initial steps as America's self-described reform leader, US President Bill Clinton is slowing down to make sure, as aides put it, "he gets it right". He is reviewing proposals and promises made during his campaign, studying
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      Lock icon Bonn, regional states fail to agree on finance package
      352 5 Reuter BONN Chancellor Helmut Kohl and the premiers of Germany's 16 regional states failed to resolve their differences over proposed spending cuts and tax rises at talks on Wednesday. "There remain major differences of opinion on substance," Chancellery Minister Friedrich Bohl
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      Lock icon Kohl govt launches radical nationality plan
      217 5 AFP BONN A radical plan that would base Germany's nationality laws on birth and residence rather than blood was launched yesterday by Chancellor Helmut Kohl's government. "This should be the basis of discussion," said Cornelia Schmalz-Jacobsen, appointed by Mr Kohl to reform Germany's nationality
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    • WORLD WATCH
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        Lock icon Yeltsin blasts ministers
        85 5 Reuter MOSCOW Russian President Boris Ydtsin blasted senior government members yesterday, accusing them of economic "adventurism but indicated he had no immediate plans to them, Russian television said. Mr Yeltsin was presiding over a meeting of the government called to consider a report of the Economics Ministry
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        Lock icon W German insolvencies up a quarter
        62 5 Reuter WIESBADEN, Germany Business insolvencies in west Germany jumped by a quarter to 799 in November, from the same month a year earlier, the Federal Statistics Office said The office said in a statement that total insolvencies, including insolvencies by private individuals, rose 12.2
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        Lock icon Polish trade surplus at US$512m
        67 5 Reuter Pol d a tradc surplus of US$5l2 million (***** 44 million) in 1992, a sharp increase on the previous year when it was only US$5l million, the National Bank of rachednlt iVOO7' uvr NBP said in a statement that expofts reached U5513.997 billion and
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        Lock icon US bans queries on sexual status
        72 5 AP WASHINGTON Putting President Clinton's orders into practice the Pentagon said on Wednesday that military recruits will no longer be questioned on their sexual preference. Every enlistee will, however, be given "a detailed explanation** of rest net ions on sexual conduct. The action makes
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        Lock icon An issue of colour
        68 5 Reuter LOS ANGELES Protesters supporting the defendants in the beating of truck driver Reginald Denny gathering near (he Federal courthouse on Wednesday as jury selection began in me trial of four LA policemen accused of beating Rodney King. The group called for convictions of the four
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        Lock icon Palestinians see no peace talks
        106 5 AFP JERUSALEM The bilateral Arab-Israeli peace talks will ft* resume for the next two months, the spokeswoman for the Palestinian delegation to the negotiations said yesterday. *1 don t think there will be any bilaterals for the next couple Of months, Hanan Ashrawi said, as
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        Lock icon Bonn suspends all arms programmes
        94 5 AFP BONN German Defence Minister Volker Ruehe annoufjld on Wednesday he was suspending all major weapons ordertin order to save 860 million marks (*****.6 miUion) this yeac. Mr Ruehe warned that further expenditure on arms and infnstqftture for the Bundeswehr, the Federal Armed Forces, wqfjd
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  • SPORTS
    • SIDE LINES
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        Lock icon Schott gets ban for racist remarks
        105 6 AFP k ik Marge Schott, the only woman major league wner was banned from the sport for one year and flned U5525,000 (5541,200) on Wednesday after a league investigation concluded she had used racial and ethnic slurs. Baseball's executive council said the remarks made
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        Lock icon Graf, Navratilova enter q-finals
        107 6 AP YQKOHAMA Steffi Graf and Martina Navratilova, the two top seeds, advanced yesterday into the quarterfinals of the U*****,000 (Ssl.2 million) Toray Pan Pacific Open Tennis Tournament after more than half of the other seeds dropped out after the first two rounds. Graf, number two in
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        Lock icon Hagler tribute cancelled
        87 6 AP BOSTON A tribute to former middleweight boxing champion Marvin Hagler has been cancelled after a newspaper column focused attention on his 1991 conviction for assaulting his girlfriend. State Treasurer Joseph Malone, honorary co-chairman of a charity dinner that was to have honoured Hagler, urged the event's
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        Lock icon Leak causes crisis for Welsh rugby
        107 6 Reuter LONDON The Welsh Rugby Union (WRU) faces a crisis after a leaked official report said at least one player received up to £30,000 (S$71,000) on a tour to South Africa, the Daily Mail reported yesterday. The paper said the report followed an inquiry
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        Lock icon Agassi thrashes Patrick McEnroe
        97 6 AP SAN FRANCISCO Top seed Andre Agassi used scorching ground strokes to defeat Patrick McEnroe 6-0, 6-2 on Wednesday night in the second round of the US$3OO,OOO (*****,000) VolvoSan Francisco tournament. Last year, Agassi dropped out of the top 10 rankings for the first time since
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        Lock icon NZ boxing officials order re-match
        74 6 AP AUCKLAND New Zealand professional boxing officials yesterday ordered a re-match after a national title fight ended with dozens of fans brawling in the ring. New Zealand junior-middle-weight champion Albert Machong was fighting Sean Sullivan in a title defence on Tuesday night when he appeared
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    • SCORE CARD
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        Lock icon Basketball
        55 6 Reuter NEW YORK Results of National Basketball Association games on Wednesday: Miami Heat 116 Atlanta Hawks 96; Charlotte Hornets 129 Philadelphia 76ers 118; Houston Rockets 119 Dallas Mavericks 102; Cleveland Cavaliers 108 Milwaukee Bucks 100; Utah Jazz 100 Denver Nuggets 96; Phoenix Suns 122 Minnesota Timberwolves 102; Chicago Bulls
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        Lock icon Cycling
        99 6 Reuter COPENHAGEN Final results of the Copenhagen six-day cycle race after Wednesday's sixth night1. Jens Veggerby/Rolf Soerensen (Den) 400 points. 2. Danny Clark (AusVTony Doyle (GB) 314. One lap behind: 3. Etienne de Wilde (BelVPierangelo Bincoletto (Ita) 286 4. Urs Freuler/Kurt Betschart (Swi) 252. Two laps behind: 5. Pascal
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        Lock icon Ice hockey
        79 6 Reuter m NEW YORK Results of NationJj, Hockey League games played on Wednesday: New York Rangers 2 Philadelphia Flyers 2 (OT); Boston Bruins 4 Quebec Nordiques 1; CalKy Flames 5 New Jersey Devils 4; troit Red Wings 5 Chicago Black Hawks 0; Ottawa Senators 3 Edmonton Oilers 2;
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        Lock icon Golf
        132 6 Reuter SINGAPORE Leading first roand scores in the Johnnie Walker Classic yesterday (British unless stated): 67 Darren Clarke, Peter Senior (Aus), Nick Faldo, Boonchu Ruangkit (Tha); 68 JefT Hawkes (SA), Chen Tze-Chung (Tai), Colin Montgomerie; 69 Miguel Angel Jimenez (Spa), Choi Sang-Ho (SK), Roy Mackenzie (Chile), Todd Hamilton (US);
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        Lock icon Tennis
        158 6 AFP AFP MARSEILLE First-round results at the ATP Marseille Open on Wednesday: Marc Rosset (Swi x 6) b Stephanc Simian (Fra) 7-6 (11/9), 6-7 (3/7), 7-6 (7/3); Chris Pridham (Can) b Stephane Sansoni (Fra) 6-3, 7-5; Jan Siemerink (Hoi x 8) wo Patrick Baur (Ger); Henrik Holm (Swe x
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      Faldo shares lead with Senior, Clark, Ruangkit
      767 6  -  Johnnie Walker Classic Golf By Shahiron Sahari SINGAPORE Nick Faldo consummate professional that he is came through when others faltered to share the lead on the first day of the Johnnie Walker Classic at the Singapore Island Country Club (Bukit course) yesterday. Faldo,
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      Lock icon Reds owner censured for the wrong thing?
      475 6  -  Ira Berkow on the Maige Schott judgement Ira Berkow NYT CHICAGO The hypocrisy of the Maige Schott judgment on Wednesday by major league baseball is that the owners are punishing her for the wrong thing. They have no business coming down on her
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      Lock icon Looking to make a move
      57 6 Reuter bJ? s SMsskv y HHißanan chess prodigy Judil Polgar sluing it opponent SmssK w«t« to^£ y js2. eg "J® ,h,rd J s m<! of ,heir to-same match in Budapest, went on lo win the game and evened the score at 1.5 points each when
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      Event just one of IMG's many interests
      580 6  -  By Shahiron Sahari SINGAPORE Greg "Great White Shark" Norman, after a disappointing first round score of one over par, said yesterday: "Considering the amount of money they've put up, I would have thought the organisers would have made sure the conditions were better."
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      Lock icon Bowe favourite in tomorrow's fight
      449 6 NYT NEW YORK Riddick Bowe is a heavy favourite to retain his heavyweight title tomorrow night, but he apparentjy believes that a little divine intervention doesn't hurt either. Bowe, making his first title defence, will fight Michael Dokes at Madison Square Garden. On Wednesday, he
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
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      RDC wins tender to develop three sites in Serangoon
      413 7  -  Building materials supplier continues move into property with $20m deal By Dawn Tan SINGAPORE Building materials supplier Resources Development Corporation Ltd (RDC) is continuing its move into the property sector with its successful tender for three residential property development sites in
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      Demand for helicopter tours in Singapore fails to take off
      435 7  -  By Juliette Walker SINGAPORE Helicopters have whirred locals and tourists over the sights of Singapore for almost two years now, but demand for the half-hour hops is still hovering barely above ground. Brian Yim, director of destination management for Safe
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      Brunei Sultan's brother sells 11m shares in QAF
      277 7  -  By Dawn Tan SINGAPORE Prince Mohamed Bolkiah of Brunei's royal family has further reduced his holding in food-based QAF Ltd with the sale of 11 million shares. The sale, by private placement on Wednesday, lowers his stake from 39.35 million shares to
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    • Article
      SSE to invest $48m on new shipyard in Tuas
      309 7  -  By Dexter Lee SINGAPORE Singapore Shipbuilding Engineering Ltd (SSE) will invest $48 million on a new shipyard in Singapore to boost its long-term earnings growth. The new shipyard will be located along Tuas Road in Jurong on a 6.4-hectare piece of
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    • Article
      Central Properties' profits jump 39pc
      146 7 SINGAPORE A strong contribution from associated companies has resulted in a 39 per cent jump in group earnings for Khoo Teck Puat's Central Properties Ltd. The group yesterday report- ed after-tax profits of $9.64 million for the year ended Dec 31, 1992, up from $6.94
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      SUMMARY
      331 7 Performance of STIl's index stocks Feb 4 <s> <S) Av,™° 1930 -00.0 ,64 .Msg GF Asm 3.260 2 77 GenMag -0010 0 74 32, H»* Par 2 440 -0 020 2.07 2 63 Inchcape 6.700 -0 200 5 70 Vtt' Imraco I 720 -0 020 1.46 *2 W K.cppcl
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      Bad publicity masks good performance on Jakarta Stock Exchange
      643 7  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW By William Chia JAKARTA The Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSE) did not fare too badlv in 1992 after all. 7 This might seem a surprising statement given all the bad publicity suffered by the JSE, which was privatised and
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    • COMPANIES
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        Lock icon March date for KL securities watchdog
        290 8 Commission will oversee securities and financial futures industry Bernama KUALA LUMPUR The long-awaited Securities Commission, which would assume the watchdog role of overseeing the country's securities and financial futures industry, would begin operations on March 1, 1993. The Securities Act 1992, which provides for
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        Lock icon High hopes for Malaysia's Securities Commission
        586 8 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's securities and financial futures industry is placing high hopes on the-soon-to-be operational Securities Commission to remove problems arising from fragmented regulation of the capital market. Executives said they were optimistic the Securities Commission would get down to business as soon
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        Lock icon Autoways to be first stock under KL's Central Depository System
        174 8 Bemama KUALA LUMPUR Autoways Holdings Bhd will become the first public-listed company to be prescribed as Central Depository Svstem (CDS) counter, the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (KLSE) announced in a statement here yesterday. This means that by March 2. any
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        Lock icon Investment adviser bullish over outlook for KL exchange
        347 8 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Investment adviser Capital Dynamies Sdn Bhd has projected a bullish long-term outlook for the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange on the back of Malaysia s expanding economy. 'If one links the performance ol the KLSE with Malaysia s economic transformation.
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        Lock icon Hong Leong unit in China telecom cables joint venture
        224 8 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG Hongkong investment company Guoco Group Ltd has signed a US$25 million (Ss4l million) contract with China National Posts and Telecommunications Industry Corporation (PTIC) in Shanghai to manufacture optical fibre telecommunications cables. Guoco, which is controlled by the
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        183 8 AP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's public Department of Broadcasting, which runs two IV channels and several radio stations, will be made into a corporation, Information Minister Mohamed Rahmat said yesterday. The new corporation, to be called Penyiaran Nasional or PEN, will be created on Sep
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        Lock icon HK restaurant chain's share issue subscribed by record 553 times
        345 8 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG A hot-pot and Cantonese restaurant chain said its public share flotation was subscribed by about 553.4 times, a record for any initial share issue in Hongkong. There were applications for 37.4 billion shares in Tack Hsin
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        Trisaka Plus pulls out of deal with debt-ridden Mantrust
        290 9 JAKAR TA Trisaka Plus has withdrawn from its 37.5-billion-rupiah (5530.5 million) deal with the debt-ridden Mantrust Group, following Manilabased San Miguel Corp's purchase ot Mantrust's 49 per cent stake in PT Delta Djakarta. The Jakarta Post reported. San Miguel, the Philippine
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        PT Inco expects to pay good dividend despite slump
        511 9  -  By Shoeb Kagda SINGAPORE In spite of a worldwide slump in nickel prices, PT International Nickel Indonesia (Inco) expects to pay a hefty dividend to its shareholders for 1992. The Jakarta-listed mining company made US$27 million (about 5544.3 million) in the
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        Lock icon Campbell wins majority stake in Arnotts, but not control
        344 9 Reuter SYDNEY Campbell Soup's pursuit of Arnotts Ltd paid ofT yesterday when one of the Australian bakery group's biggest shareholders put sentiment aside and accepted the American company's bid for most of its shares. The Australian Mutual Provident Society, Australia's biggest
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        287 9 NYT NEW YORK Fourth-quarter reports from nearly two-thirds of America's 500 imyor companies show a strong rebound in profits, helping to support the stock market's brisk advance. Based on announcements so far, Wall Street economists now expect the quarter's net earnings to
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          Lock icon We will hold Astra: consortium
          92 9 Knight-Ridder JAKARTA The 16-member consortium that bought 75 million shares in Astra International, Indonesia's leading automotive company, in mid-January has agreed not to sell any of its shares for six months, brokers here said. And after the six months, the consortium members have agreed only
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          Lock icon Chinese brewer ties up with Miller
          63 9 AFP HONGKONG China's largest brewery, Beijing Five Star Beer Group, has struck a deal to team up with US-based Miller Brewing to produce beer, it was reported here yesterday. The Five Star Beer Group, established in 1915 as China's first brewery, signed the agreement
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          Lock icon Huge Chinese fertiliser plant to close
          76 9 AFP HONGKONG Stiff competition from overseas has forced a 106 million yuan (5532.6 million) state-owned chemical fertiliser plant in China to close, it was reported yesterday. The major Ammonia Phosphate Plant of Tongling in eastern China's Anhui province was recently forced to shut down
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          70 9 Reuter AUCKLAND Allan Hawkins, the founder of the collapsed investment group Equiticorp and one of the fallen kings of the New Zealand share market boom, was jailed for fraud yesterday for six years. Ihe businessman, whose empire once extended to control of the British merchant
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        236 9 Reuter BANGKOK Thailand's fledgling stock market regulators yesterday turned over evidence about alleged share manipulation to the country's public prosecutor, but brokers said any conviction would be tough to win. Police officers of the Economic Crime Investigation Division yesterday handed a
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        HK Land closer to winning control of Trafalgar House
        342 9  -  Exercise of option raises stake to 20.1 pc From Stephen Vines in HONGKONG HONGKONG Land Holdings Ltd has moved a step closer to control of Britain's Trafalgar House pic, having announced yesterday that it has exercised its option to acquire a
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          Lock icon Thailand to issue Samurai bonds
          78 10 Reuter JOKYO Thailand is planning to issue* about 20 billion yen of Samurai bonds in March, its first Samurai issue since June 19X5, an official at lead manager Yamaichi Securities Co Ltd said. The bonds are likely to have a seven-year maturity, he said. Signing
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          76 10 Reuter HONGKONG Citibank, a unit of US banking giant Citicorp, has set up a representative office in Guangzhou. capital of China's booming southern province of Guangdong. The bank already operates two branches in Shenzhen and one in Shanghai and has representative offices in Beijing and
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          88 10 AP SAN FRANCISCO Bank of America has been given approval to open a second full-service branch in China. The approval from the People's Bank of China allows the bank to upgrade its office in Guangzhou to a full-service branch. The office will provide trade finance,
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          126 10 Knight-Ridder AMSTERDAM Dutch banks and other financial institutions will be required to report financial transactions that could involve proceeds from crime when two bills introduced on Tuesday into the Dutch parliament become law. The two bills, one from the Finance Ministry and one
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          84 10 AFP MOSCOW The Moscow Interbank Currency Exchange will begin trading roubles for German marks on Feb* 10, the Interfax news agency reported. Trading on the exchange. Russia's largest, had so lar been only for US dollars with the total volume for 1992 set at US$2.7B
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          Lock icon Arab Banking profit up 76pc
          69 10 Reuter MANAMA Arab Banking Corp, the biggest international Arab bank in terms of assets, said it recorded a hefty 76 per cent increase in its net profit in 1992. The Bahrain-headquartered bank, traded on the Paris and Bahraini exchanges, said profit after tax rose to
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        Cool response to Japanese rate cut
        566 10  -  Move unlikely to spur economic growth, say analysts By S N Vasuki SINGAPORL Bowing to political pressure on an unprecedented scale. Japan's central bank yesterday announced a steep 0.75 per cent cut in the official discount rate to the lowest level in six sears.
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        Increase in futures trading for Euroyen, Euromark, Eurodollar
        286 10  -  By Paul Leo SINGAPORE Trading on the Singapore International Monetary Exchange was steady for the first month of the year with increased interest in Euroyen, Euromark and Eurodollar futures. In a press release yesterday. Simex said a total of 965.510 contracts were
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        257 10 Reuter lOKYO Japan's business loaders welcomed the Bank ot Japan's (BoJ) decision to cut the discount rate by 0.75 point to 2.5 per cent, but said more stimulus may be needed if the economy tails to regain momentum. lakeshi Nagano, chairman of the
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        528 10 AFP KUALA LUMPUR More banks in Malaysia are expected to cut their base lending rates (BLR) after an apparent easing in monetary policy by the central bank, economists and analysts said yesterday. Two commercial banks have announced BLR reduction of between
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        Lock icon Sanyo Securities to cut staff but not in S'pore
        227 10 Reuter SINGAPORE Japan's Sanyo Securities Co Ltd plans to freeze recruitment. But a spokesman said yesterday that the firm's Singapore merchant banking operation would not be affected. Japanese newspapers have reported that Sanyo will axe 700 jobs in the next 14
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        Thais see good prospects for insurance industry
        482 10 BANGKOK The Insurance Department sees bright prospects for the insurance industry in the near future, with total premiums collected by the life and general insurance businesses expected to reach almost 200 billion baht (SSI2 billion) by 1997. the Bangkok Post reported. The prediction
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        Indon bank head blames poor lending climate on past bad debt problems
        379 11 JAKARTA A psychological barrier created by the bad experiences of the past two years is stopping most banks from expanding their loans, says the president of Bank Negara Indonesia. According to a Jakarta Post report, Winarto Sumanto of
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        Struggling Indon banks urged to seek early help for mergers
        556 11  -  From Maggie Ford in JAKARTA JAKARTA Dr Adrianus Mooy, the governor of the Indonesian central bank, last night urged banks which were struggling to meet the new prudential regulations to seek early help to arrange a merger. Addressing the annual
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        HongkongBank of Australia posts first profit in four years
        247 11  -  From Florence Chong in SYDNEY THE Hongkongßank of Australia yesterday reported an af-ter-tax profit of A 58.06 million (SS9.O million) for the year to Dec 31, 1992 its first annual profit in four years. The group's treasury and trade finance divisions
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        296 11 AFP WASHINGTON Three US banks have asked Washington to reimburse them for USbacked loans that Russia took out to buy farm goods and then fell into arrears, the US Agriculture Department said on Wednesday. The request marks the first
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        191 11 Bloomberg Business News CANBERRA The Australian government announced a three-year freeze on its Asss-a--tonne sugar tariff, citing the heavy subsidies of competing producer nations. "Our heavy dependence on exports, which are sold into a corrupted and heavily subsidised world market, results in the
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        Crude futures rise as supplies fall
        430 11 Bloomberg ENERGY REPORT LONDON Oil futures prices in London and New York soared as weather-related loading delays and production cutbacks in the North Sea, and continuing signals that Opec is committed to cutting output, have finally impacted on prompt physical supplies, brokers said. Storms
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        1502 11 raJt- MfifhtnJ index cakukuetl agmmt S'porr s lop 14 traJing partners Base year I9BS US$/S$ forward rates Noon Feb 4 SS BM Offer I month 1.6463 1 6480 1.6455 1 6470 J-month 1.6444 1.6459 6-month 1.6412 I 6432 Sounr OCBC Source: OCBC FOREIGN CURRENCY NOTE RATES As at Mm yostarday:
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        Banque Indosuez REGIONAL CURRENCY REPORT
        141 11 THE US$/S$ was sold to a low of 1.6465 by offshore interest in the early morning before local corporate buying emerged to provide support for the US$. Continued buying by local corporates and fund managers provided impetus for the market to turn around and the
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        201 11 Bloomberg Business News LONDON The dollar has slipped more than a pfennig from a high of 1.6660 deutschemarks, reached on news of a quarter point cut in the German discount to 8.0 per cent, as traders said it was a smaller cut than expected. The Bundesbank also cut its
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        88 11 Knight Ridder NEW YORK The US dollar rallied to 1.6655 marks on yesterday morning's news of German interest rate cuts, but fell back on profit-taking. At 1120 EST, the dollar was bid at 1.6540 marks, up from 1.6445 late on Wednesday in New York, and at 124.55 yen,
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        320 11 Reuter LONDON Attempts to restore relations between consumers and producers during negotiations on an economic coffee pact have resulted in a fragile and tenuous show of solidarity, but talks are still not out of the danger zone, delegates said. "We had a good
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        1368 12 SIMEX REPORT Reuter SINGAPORE Eurodollar and Euroyen futures closed higher in quiet trade yesterday after the Bank of Japan confirmed a long-awaited cut in its discount rate, dealers said. The 0.75-point cut to a historic low of 2.50 per cent might not be enough to jump-start
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        KL tin ends nine sen up with firmer LME closing
        1012 12 COMMODITIES REPORT Tin THE price of tin rebounded to close nine sen higher at MS 14.85 per kg on the Kuala Lumpur Tin Market yesterday. Dealers said market sentiment was mainly aided by the firmer close on the overnight London
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      1609 12 Rubber MS Cmmmi rirt—ti (Mtm d—it m lm) WSS 1 Coliact (S cents/kg) M~..h u fie* Volume Open Month High Low Sett (tonnes) Interest Feb 93 Z Z Z Z Mar 93 151.00 151.00 149.25 100 4925 Apr 152.50 151.25 151.00 1.200 6 550 May 154.00 153.25 152.50
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        Australia
        1127 13 1.2 A rally in Australian stocks yesterday, inspired by soaring overseas markets, wilted during the day to leave the key All Ordinaries Index barely changed by the close. Brokers ascribed the listless drift in the market to uncertainty over the upcoming election and to the fact that most domestic
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        Manila
        552 13 +5.36 Share prices closed firmer but off yesterday's high in what may be a prelude to a rally spurred by fresh interest in new oil drilling activity later this month. The Manila Stock Exchange Composite Index edged up 5.36 points, closing at 1,337.04 to end a three-day slide. "The
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        Taipei
        555 13 18.13 Taiwan share prices finished slightly higher yesterday in active trade, extending a rally sparked by an easing of domestic political tensions, brokers said. The Weighted Index, which was up about 40 points at one stage, ended 18.13 points higher at 3.571.49. Turnover was NT522.2 billion against Wednesday's NT524.6
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        Bombay
        113 13 •21.99 Stock prices drifted slightly lower yesterday ahead of settlement today as traders squared their positions, brokers said. The Bombay Stock Exchange Index is expected to move within a narrow range today, they said. The BSE Index yesterday dropped 21.99 points to 2.638.76, and the National Index fell 7.96
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        Seoul
        343 13 +5.706 Persistent institutional support focused on heavily-capitalised Kepco and Posco and followthrough buying interest in small and medium-sized companies pushed the market up in thin trading to close higher, brokers said yesterday. Many expect mild profittaking to emerge today. The Composite Stock Index ended 5.70 higher at 684.04. Brokers
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        New Zealand
        334 13 +9.41 The New Zealand share market closed higher yesterday but off its session peak in a market which took its lead from a strong rise on Wall Street. The NZSE-40 Capital Index closed up 9.41 points at 1,534.93, off the peak of 1,538.90 but the rise was on
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        653 13 Britannia Funds Sterling Cash Bid Offer Mim(jp[)rpo>.ii *J8 POO *J< 1800 Mim Jenes (>ik 0 18*0 0 14^8 Mim Ma\ Income •I OOOO ****** IM C ash Income Plus Fund ».7 Wo 10 -VX) PS Reserve Fund S 2000 5 2100 StHlgEply Euro Performance 0 4520 0 48*0 Far East
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        598 13 -7.9 UK share prices closed lower yesterday, after earlier soaring to new trading highs, on disappointment over the Bundesbank's cut in German interest rates. The FTSE 100 Index of leading shares finished 7.9 points off at 2.865.9 on heavy turnover of 904.9 million shares. Shares surged earlier in anticipation
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        Paris
        121 13 +30.24 French stocks closed higher yesterday following a cut in the key German interest rates, traders and brokers said. The CAC-40 Index of blue chip French stocks closed up 30.24 points, or 1.66 per cent at 1,854.38. "Banks rallied. They tend to have a knee-jerk reaction to interest rates,"
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        104 13 I.3pc Swedish shares surged to a higher close on speculation, strengthened after the end of trade, that Germany's Bundesbank was about to cut German interest rates. The blue chip-dominat-ed Top-16 Index climbed 1.3 per cent to end at 959.45. Turnover totalled 853 million crowns, of which nearly 200 million
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        Frankfurt
        205 13 +0.08 German shares gave up their early gains after midsession as technical pressure and profit-taking weighed on a hesitant market, ending virtually unchanged from Wednesday's close. Throughout a cautious session, traders' attention had been riveted on the crucial public sector pay talks in Stuttgart and on the fortnightly Bundesbank
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        Brussels
        163 13 +7.36 A cut in German interest rates sent Belgian stocks climbing from morning losses to a new intra-day high in the late afternoon, with prices ending just below their best level this year. The Bel-20 Index of leading shares closed 7.36 points, or 0.61 per cent, higher at 1,220.24
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        Milan
        140 13 1.48pc Italian shares ended near highs on reports that the Bundesbank was cutting interest rates yesterday. Prices had earlier rallied across the board on Wednesday's surprise 1/2 point cut in the Bank of Italy's discount rate to 11.5 per cent. "People are now wondering whether we'll see another Italian
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        Amsterdam
        244 13 +0.33 Dutch shares closed higher yesterday, boosted by the Bundesbank's decision to cut rates, a stronger dollar and rising share prices in New York, traders said. "Interest rate developments and the dollar are both giving good basic support to the market." said Stef Wildt Mevboom. salesman at Robeco Effectenbank.
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        Zurich
        245 13 +4.5 Swiss shares were steady at the close yesterday after nervous afternoon trading, with interest centred squarely on the Bundesbank, dealers said. The broad SPI Index rose 4.5 points to 1.284.0. Earlier, the market had risen on news the German central bank would hold a press conference in the
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        Johannesburg
        285 13 +44 Helped largely by a strong performance from market leader De Beers. South African shares ended sharply better in steady trade yesterday. De Beers had been actively traded in New York on Wednesday night, with some 400.000 shares changing hands, a dealer said, boosting sentiment in early trade. The
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        Toronto
        287 13 +22.2 Toronto stocks opened with an overall firm tone in active dealings yesterday with the gold and silver sector rising 41.97 points to 5.365.60. The TSE-300 Index rose 16.47 points to 3,360.50 on volume of 10.9 million shares valued at Csl26 million. Advances soundly defeated declines 191 to 106.
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        New York
        820 13 +45.12 Wall Street share prices rose yesterday, boosted by a sharp hike in the dollar following the German Bundesbank's decision to cut interest rates and a fall in US long-term rates. At 10:30 am (1530 GMT) the Dow Jones Index of leading industrial shares was up 24.29 points
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      2460 14 Reuter STOCKS closed firmer on positive land sale result hut trading was quiet, brokers said yesterday. The Hang Seng Index gained 67.21 points to 5,778.01 against the dav's high of 5.787.17. "The market remained very quiet and despite rising 70 points it doesn't have any indications (of sentiment) at
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      431 14 YESTERDAY'S Shanghai B market managed to recover 1.35 per cent from the previous 7 per cent plunge. The CLSA Shanghai B Index closed at 994.22 with a reasonable turnover of US$3.l5 million, of which US$l.l6 million was accounted for by Tyre Rubber. The stock closed 1.9 per cent higher
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      2427 14 Reuter STOCKS ended slightly weaker yesterday after the Bank of Japan (BOJ) cut the official discount rate. Brokers said profit-taking weighed down prices as stocks had already rallied for a week on anticipation, but added the central bank action stiffened the market's downside support. "Today's move may not look
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      1812 14 Reuter A SERIES of rumours that spread through trading rooms just before the close yesterday spurred panic selling, but investors repurchased bank and finance shares after finding the rumours were groundless, brokers said. The SET Index lost 3.10 points, or 0.3 per cent, to close at 972.16 on a
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      874 14 Reuter STOCKS closed in a spirited rally across the board yesterday with brokers confidently predicting the return of foreign investors after the exchange authorities framed new rules to prevent conflicts of interest. Textile company Pan Brothers shot up 75 rupiah to 1.875 on 1.158 million shares traded, while Panin
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      2539 15 Source: Bridge Info Source: Bridge Info IW> Ql (if (if llivh l,« t- 'f ***> Ij«M hj.il. !>■« I>i> Md Net M jp lAm < >inpan\ Salt- (IMM>| ll. K h I.™ Bu»«r Vlkr S < \f S P/K Mnil MALAYSIAN STOCKS *67 'v? 1 J'-}®** xd 50
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        5029 15 Bernama KUALA LUiMPUR Bulls took a breather on the Kuala Lumpur share market, allowing investors to take profits from Wednesday's surge which led prices to end narrowly mixed yesterday. However, continued buying of indexlinked stocks kept the indices in the plus zone. I he KLSE
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        4506 16  -  By Quak Hiang Whai SINGAPORE Investors continued to take profits yesterday on recent gains in Singapore stocks, driving the Straits Times Industrials Index lower at the close. The index fell 10.51 points to finish at 1.627.08. Volume was 107.53 million shares worth 5216.9 million, down
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        69 16  -  HOT STOCK Paul Leo UNITED Overseas Land broke through resistance at $1.46 on Tuesday to close at $1.54 yesterday. Next stop is at $1.70, but a correction will take place soon. RSI above 75 and stochastics near 100 indicate that the stock is overbought. Buy at $1.50.
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  • ADVERTISING & MARKETING
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      Chinatown draws the ad boys
      646 17  -  Hong Lee Tiam finds out why the area keeps the creative juices flowing Hong Lee Tiam CREATIVE people are flocking to the Chinatown conservation area, where advertising agencies, public relations firms and design studios have mushroomed in restored shophouses. The favourite locations are around Trengganu,
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      Will they follow (birthday) suit?
      375 17  -  Terence Lim posed the question to some clothing retailers Terence Lim AFTER this advertisement splashed across 1,000 magazines and 150 daily newspapers Luciano Benetton is likely to be dubbed the Madonna of clothing retailers. Having left the creative advertising aspects of his company to eccentric
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      Books, classical music and all that jazz under one roof
      407 17 THE retail classical and jazz music market in Sydney received a significant boost this week with the launching of a world first by the bookstore Angus Robertson in partnership with the music company PolyGram, reports the Australian Financial Review. On
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      Lock icon Asia-Pac boom seen continuing: JWT chief
      539 17 MBT THE advertising industry in the Asia-Pacific region, where robust economic growth is currently taking place, will continue to record phenomenal growth in the years to come, although economies in other parts of the globe are hit by economic slump. Over the past three
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        Lock icon Software to analyse radio audiences
        48 17 South China Morning Post HONGKONG Eight Hongkong advertising agencies have invested in a new software system that will allow them to perform comprehensive analyses of radio audiences in Hongkong. Called Kadioscope. the new program is from Survey Research Hongkong (SRH). South China Morn-
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        Aussie commission in tie-up with Amex
        61 17 HONGKONG A direct mail campaign in conjunction with American Express is the latest in the Australian Tourist Commission's regional advertising and promotions blitz. The direct mailer, devised by the ATC's advertising agency J Walter Thompson, invites Amex card holders to enter a lucky draw
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        Gibson bags eight major accounts
        48 17 SINGAPORE Gibson Public Relations, the local representative of Shandwick pic, has clinched eight major new accounts. These new businesses include a 12-month media relations programme for software manufacturer Borland International and production of the Telecommunications Authority of Singapore's 1992 annual report, among others.
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      271 18 WHERE TO WINE, DINE AND ENTERTAIN I'PMVIT AGAIN, SUM." km we've reopened ouc door*. Chib S pbym, all your old favountes once agam The new look CM) 5 For good old fashioned fun The "Sunbird' m attendance Thu :S pm I am •Fn Evei oi Pubhc Hohdayt Spm- 2 am
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      313 18 I &(Hinna/f(/e llj travel Ba) Hon/lt II Top of the M U>= Cae/i Deauv i//c 11 taste Norma ndie NORMANDY 11 A I^J^RDA^PE^CUI^d 11 The Saturda y Buffet Lunch at Coleman's 11 Coffee House is a weekend treat realty worth 11 V xL waiting for. This extravagant spread of 11
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  • LIFESTYLE
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      The Philippines, from within
      1016 19  -  Nirmal Ghosh has a lively encounter in Manila with leading writer Francisco Jose Nirmal Ghosh Francisco sionii Jose never minces words. Genial and forthright, he hurries along the sidewalks of Manila's Malate district, a plastic bag clutched in his hand he is visiting his tailor after
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      Lock icon Japan in love with four-wheel drive
      403 19 Rugged recreational vehicles are a hit with the young Reuter WHAT does a rich, young Japanese who is looking for a new girlfriend do? He buys a spacious, four-wheel-drive recreational vehicle (RV) and invites the lady to jump aboard and go skiing with him.
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      Great-grandson wants to return to Tolstoy's estate
      326 19 CHATTERBOX LEO TOLSTOY's greatgrandson hopes to return to the novelist's estate at Yasnaya Polyana, where he wrote War And Peace, to establish a farm, the Itar-Tass news ageney reported on Wednesday. "We arc prepared to meet Stefan Tolstoy to discuss the project in
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      103 19 7th to 28th Feb '93 The one seafood believed to have the aphrodisiac effects will be prepared in a variety of exotic ways in China China Restaurant to satisfy the appetite of prawn lovers. A la carte or sel menus available for lunch and dinner. ror reservations, please call our
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      1174 19 L_ TV RADIO 53 Criminal Behaviour, 10.00pm, SBC 5 m-., H "I" f* v Ustad Amjad AJi Khan and V G Jog play a duet on the sand and the violin in this Running away from one's history isn't easy; Farrah Fawcett unique musical interlude. defends her honour in Criminal
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  • Article
    Holding back S'pore's bulls
    519 20 EDITORIAL THE BUILD-UP of good news on Singapore's economic front in rccenl months must injcct hope in even the most stubbornly cautious. Indeed, ever since the long-awaited upturn in economic growth in the third quarter last year, industry sentiment has jumped from relief to sheer bullishness.
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  • WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
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      War of the (trade) worlds
      187 20 THE DARKENING CLOUDS of trade tit-for-tat among the principal economies are gathering sooner than even the most pessimistic of free-traders might imagine with the change to a self-proclaimed homefirst government in the United States. Mr Clinton has to give the Gatt talks a shove. He
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      Is a cab fare rise justified?
      150 20 AFTER TWO YEARS, the taxi companies are asking for another fare increase. The proposals are ready to be presented to the Public Transport Council. However, Communications Minister Mah Bow Tan said deregulation of taxi services is being planned. Meaning it is up to taxi
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      Russia's Asia-Pacific interest
      144 20 RUSSIAN PRESIDENT Boris Yeltsin visited India fest week amidst international scrutiny. The visit affirmed the new Russia-India ties in the post-Soviet Union era, and more importantly, it signalled that Russia s diplomatic strategies in the Asia-Pacific are slowly taking shape. Mr Yeltsin's shift of diplomatic focus from
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      Israel can push for peace
      217 20 THE ATTEMPT by Israel to back gracefully out of the latest Middle East problem may well prove to be too little, too late. Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin has offered to allow about 100 of the 396 Muslims it deported late last year to return to
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      Adopt modern technology
      162 20 WHILE THE government can undertake projects which will provide infrastnictural support for the continued survival of the agricultural sector such as irrigation and drainage, flood mitigation and coastal erosion, the people involved in this sector must be willing to adapt to the changes required of them. The
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      Set competitive power tariffs
      163 20 ALMOST THREE YEARS after the government signalled the green light for the private sector's participation in Indonesia's electricity generation for public use the pricing formula and legal framework for private investments in the power sector have yet to be worked out. This means that the severe
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    Lock icon Is Clinton a free-trader?
    834 20  -  Peter Passell says time is running out for Bill Clinton to show that he cares enoug about open trade to invest political capital in its pursuit Peter Passell NYT JUST WHERE does Bill Clinton stand on free trade? If the president knows, he is not telling.
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      93 20 AIR CARGO DOGFIGHT WHITHER THE OIL INDUSTRY? I CHINA'S NEW TIGERS SPOTLIGHTS: QAF, KELANG CONTAINER I VOL A I 7Nl 0 8/9g FEBRUARY r"^Jm i: 3as4 AH V v. J I .'sv- 1 •;f I I Canyou afford to ignore South-east Asia's stock markets? I > 1 f Most were
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  • ANALYSIS
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      Japanese managers and the art of weight reduction
      1530 21  -  S N Vasuki examines the tremendous change in attitudes towards work and life-time employment that the recession is producing in Jaoan and how companies knowing they cannot be managed in the old ways are changing corporate strategies for future erowth S N
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      Lock icon Concentrating more on making big bucks now
      1272 21 NOTHING succeeds like excess. That's the phrase that best describes the voracious appetite of Japanese corporations during the past decade. Buoyed by cheap capital, blinded by a flawed vision of gaining global market share at any cost and boosted by weak competition, mighty
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    Lock icon East Asia needs US$30b for development: World Bank
    560 22 1990s won't be easy time for region, says report Reuter WASHINGTON China, Indonesia and the other countries of East Asia will need US$3O billion (5549.5 billion) annually from the rest of the world in the coming years if they are to continue
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    Lock icon Belarus Parliament ratifies Start-1 Treaty
    290 22 Reuter MINSK, Belarus Parliament in the former Soviet republic of Belarus ratified the Start-1 treaty at a closed session yesterday during which deputies demanded more help from Russia to covcr the cost of disarmament. Deputies voted 218 to one to approve the treaty, signed by
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    Lock icon New US jobless claims down, productivity up
    286 22 AP Reuter WASHINGTON The number of Americans filing new claims for state unemployment benefits fell by 11,000 in late January to 3.52,000, its first drop in four weeks, the Labour Department said yesterday. In a related development, The productivity of American workers shot
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    Lock icon Major suggests scheme where jobless work for their dole
    403 22 AFP Bloomberg UPI LONDON Prime Minister John Major has said Britain's jobless may have to work for their unemployment benefit under a workfare-style scheme. Outlining his personal vision of conservatism at the Carlton Club here on Wednesday night. Mr Major hinted
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    Lock icon US factory orders up sharply as industrial sector gains strength
    359 22 Reuter WASHINGTON Orders received by US factories rose strongly in December, the Commerce Department said yesterday, as the industrial sector gained strength. It was the best monthly rise in orders in 1-1/2 years, since a 6.7 per cent rise in
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    BG Yeo arrives in India with culture, trade team
    253 22  -  From Salil Tripathi in NEW DELHI A HIGH-POWERED Singapore delegation led by Minister for Information and the Arts George Yeo arrived here yesterday on a 12-day visit to strengthen cultural and trading ties with India. BrigadierTGeneral Yeo, accompanied by Mrs Yeo,
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    A time to weep
    37 22 ofTe^co^doknces^oneof"thei^H^^"'V*** l c rpe standing in a blizzard on Wednesday to S« W SrJS2T£I r" lhe lsrae h upied The deportees said standing israti now would force it to freeze any further expulsions.
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    Are Clinton's trade threats real or phony?
    779 22  -  The Bottom Line NEVILLE STACK NEVILLE STACK The writer is a political commentator based in London THE WHEELS of American presidential campaign bandwagons are oiled by promises. Some even get kept. But President Bill Clinton has begun to indicate that he means one
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    Lock icon Beijing resumes attacks on Patten's democratic proposals
    404 22 AP Reuter HONGKONG Chinese officials yesterday resumed their attacks on Governor Chris Patten's democratic proposals for the colony, just hours after the governor successfully underwent a heart operation. The Beijing-funded newspaper H en lie/ Po reported remarks by officials of the local office
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    Lock icon Manila official warns against Japan's militarism
    169 22 AFP TOKYO Philippine Foreign Secretary Roberto Romulo indicated yesterday that he was against Japan seeking a role as Asia-Pacific policeman, while welcoming its participation in United Nations peace efforts. Mr Romulo, who met Foreign Minister Michio Watanabe on Wednesday and Emperor Akihito yesterday, told
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      Far East-Europe conference may freeze market share
      421 23  -  By Juliette Walker SINGAPORE Members of the Asia Westbound Rate Agreement (AWRA) are discussing a plan to freeze their respective market shares at 1992 average levels in a bid to stabilise rates. Following meetings in Tokyo last Friday, AWRA sources told Business Times
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      Lock icon Bulker owners face soaring costs: report
      398 23 Seatrade Week LONDON Bulker profitability for the rest of this decade hinges on a massive 51 per ccnt increase in steam coal demand from 206 million tons this year to 311.5 million tons by the year 2000. Ore and grain will increase 9 per
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      Troubled Thai shipyard moves to lower costs
      325 23 BANGKOK Italthai Marine Co, one of Thailand's six largest shipyards, has taken action to lower operational costs and increase efficiency. Wichien Nuntapatwee, the company's administrative manager, said that the beleaguered company has started adding to its management personnel after more than half of
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      INDEX TO SHIPPING LINES AND FREIGHT FORWARDERS
      1129 23 Page Col ABC Containerize 12 I Accord Group 8 1-3 Ahrenkiel Liner 16 4 Allied-Link 16 4/5 Alpha Feeders 6 I •ANL 3 1/2 APL 5 3_ 5 ASCL 5 5 ASXCL Shpg 15 2 Avant Shpg 6 4/5 Avia Airways 14 4
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      Lock icon Jurong Shipyard eyes conversion work
      505 23 Building orders will also help make up for drop in repair jobs AFP SINGAPORE Jurong Shipyard Ltd is looking to ship conversion and building to help it weather what is expected to be the worst year of a downturn in shiprepair, a top official said
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      Lock icon TAA lines stand united
      1134 24 At a recent press conference in Amsterdam members of the Trans Atlantic Agreement presented their views on a number of issues connected with their plan of operation International Transport Journal MUCH untruth has recently been written about the Trans Atlantic Agreement (TAA) and its member lines
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      DAILY FREIGHTS
      541 24 The Baltic Freight Index for spot dry cargo shipping rates fell to 1,274 on Wednesday from 1,277 on Feb 2, with the base being Jan 4 1985 equals 1,000. FIXTURES Tanker Tanker freight rates to fix large crude carriers out of the Mideast Gulf remained in the worldscale
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      TRANSPORT DIARY
      297 24 COURSES 1993 Shipping courses organised by Singapore Port Institute. Feb 1 Feb 2 Handling of Bunker Barge. Feb 4 Apr 22 (10 evenings): International Frieght Forwarding I (approved-in-Principle SDF). Feb 5 Feb 6 Handling Of Bunker Barge. Feb 23 Jun 18 (31 evenings): International Freight forwarding ll(approved-in-Principle SDF).
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      VERITAS BUNKER QUALITY REPORT
      501 24 tin 28 n Catan toito Art Alwrawi Sxfcwt Density Water Residue Mi Murrain Mw< M/M M/M Exxon r.-n-rrr 3 V/V M/M M/M KG/M*3 v/v M/M M/M PPM method BO/Ciwc 1Mb Spec E25 991 j.o 15.0 010 30* 0.10- Eastern USA 983 02 IU 0M n 002
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      THE SHIPPING GUIDE
      12812 32 I his is a list ot ships loading at Singapore for ports around the world. It tabulates, by destination, the name ol the ship, the shipping line involved and the estimated dates ol arrival and departure from the Port ol Singapore. LEGEND PN: ship calls at Penang
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        AT CONVENTIONAL WHARVES
        407 39 VoyNi Berth km* Dipartw Vessel V>y Hi Berth fcm* Departs JnTMIg P*lt Batam Speed ****** P01C 0402/1900 0402/2300 Brahman Express 163 12/25 J12 alongside 05.12/0200 Brastagi 2/93 P03 04 02/1900 05 02/0600 Sow 0?/qi I??' 0 22! Cosmic Chan 23 P04 04.02/1700 06 02/0700 0 L r
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        MALAYSIAN PORTS
        186 39 7 Johore Berth: 1: Million 111; 2: Nil; 3: Agamemnon; 4: Chrismir; 5: Tai Cang Hat; 6: Uni Modest. 09 jetty: Subur, Suci. DCJ: Belle Coral. ft* on Jan 4: Johan 111, Shoryu Emmy, Oleochem 1, Sukun, Ocean Power. ft* on Dec 24: Kotoku, Capella Gas, Fistis, Hmm
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        CONTAINER SCHEDULES
        1254 39 utuvtKT Or rCL IMPORT CONTAINERS IN PROGRESS 5* C**wawhM» S»* Hp CHHH mfaMt p a T" g 893N 03.02.93 1105 fatofw 3 4*094 wS(KT) 8.0293 2lS 03.02.93 1130 E Order 1050W COO(EST) 04.0293 213C G Koantsev 12N 03.02.93 1210 Wan Ha 205 N040 COO(EST) 04 02 93 15a
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        Lock icon EC, Japan start secretive car trade talks in Brussels
        663 42 European lobby group reports slower sales last month Reuter BRUSSELS The European Community and Japan start two days of secretive car trade talks in Brussels yesterday with both sides eager to secure as big a share as possible of a sick-looking
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        Lock icon High-speed trains get US rail operators' support
        541 42 AP WASHINGTON A generation after abandoning most of their own passenger runs, major US private railroads on Wednesday declared support for a movement to bring high-speed passenger trains to America from Europe. "On behalf of America's freight railroads, I'm here today to pledge
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        Lock icon US govt backs airline complaint
        130 42 AFP WASHINGTON US Transportation Secretary Federico Pena on Wednesday upheld a complaint filed against Japan by United Airlines which has been refused approval for flights between Tokyo and Sydney. "While we are prepared to move forward with an appropriate response, we will continue to seek
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        Lock icon Indian plan to curb private airlines gets flak
        515 42 AFP NEW DELHI The Indian government's moves to clip the wings of fledgling private airlines and apply the brakes to privatisation of state-owned carriers have flown into hostile fire. Private airlines and tour operators are angry at new Civil Aviation Minister Ghulam
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          Lock icon US issues tanker oil spill rules
          96 42 Reuter WASHINGTON Tank vessels transporting oil cargo in US waters have two weeks left to file plans on how they would e oil spiU accordin g to interim final rules issued by the US Coast Guard on Wednesday. The Coast Guard said the rules
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          Lock icon Ready for a road test
          57 42 Reuter CHICAGO Members of the media examining Hyundai Motor s prototype SunScoupe convertible which was unveiled Feb 3 at the Drake hotel in Chicago. The front-wheel drive, 12-valve 92-horsepower car would sell for about US$l3,OOO (SS2I 450) It is being tested for public reaction before
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          Lock icon Plans for Guangdong's 3rd new airport
          73 42 AFP HONGKONG A third new airport is planned for southern China s Guangdong province, press reports said here yesterday. Aviation experts said the latest airport would give the Pearl Delta region of southern China one of the world's highest densities in international airports. The
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          Lock icon Santos portworkers continue strike
          90 42 Reuter RIO DE JANEIRO Stevedores at Brazil's Santos port decided to extend their strike to yesterday morning even though operations resumed at the country's remaining ports, union leaders said. Representatives of workers, shippers and the government reached an agreement on Tuesday night to end a seven-day
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        AIRCRAFT ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES
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        Lock icon Leyland jobs in UK being sacrificed: union
        344 42 UPI LONDON The Transport and General Workers Union said jobs at the troubled Leyland DAF truck company were being sacrificed as part of a secret plan to save the jobs of their Dutch and Belgian counterparts. "We are told by a very reliable
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      1614 25 1 MOVING AHEAD WITH YOU TO DURBAN/CAPETOWN/PORT ELIZABETH NEXT AVAILABLE VESSEL ETA SIN IOTH FEBRUARY 1993 Voy ETA ETD Fender t* I DESTINATIONS I Th» ml Magtefcy Mae.sk 9302 11 i too mrs |Ulj||aA* ||jS I CfS 0300 HRS jQH LPK PEN OAK LGB ATL IMA CMS TOP RP BP
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      1902 27 ff? fS STRAITS SHIPPING PTE LTD flgjf fkwarn 10 Hoe Chiang Road #11-01 Keppel Towers Siwgapore 0208 Tel: *****88 Fax: *****17 11 accepts I CMGO mis j contambi tmvict to r»—lonu STRAITS STM VO2E KK, Si*. T» 05M 06 Fa* 06 ftb RAMH BROOKE Vo4£ Muara. LA 05 06 Fafc
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      629 28 INDONESIA NATIONAL LINE 1 Ijg. wt I rnm HT mmum Sjjg «oo| mtk, »UTAI 27m j X-n/2 j X/ 3 31/3 i/4 IQ/4 TO AUSTRALIA EAST COAST PORTS WWI mi STOtl $TD MLB BBS F« T*Si WO JATAKAHTA/***** 9/2 11/? 27/2 2/3 J]~ W- TBA/01S 17/2 li/2 2/3 5/3 WO
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      1474 28 II HANJIN SHIPPING jH J I HJ. KNANGYANG 09S 8/!? 096E *5/3 HANJM KNANGTANG 09« fi"/ MX SAV NYC I I 15 2 H HLUNG M,£ n/3 W* "WKA" OME is 2 H sSSSrW MSE 25/3 2t/3 M/ 3 —I I LEE^SLSfL^ 3 22/2 11 0771 11/3 18/3 FISHGUARD BAY
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      1362 29 SCX: NEPTUNE CRYSTAL 11E' ETA SGP 10/02/93 I II 4Y- II ARRIVING LOS ANGELES 28/02/93 IN 17 DAYS I II £S II AEX:'HAKONE MARU 08E'ETA SGP 17/02/93 I II /ZS' II ARRIVING NEW YORK 12/03/93 IN 22 DAYS I ■Lfl II HI SCX: Connecting C. Pegasus Voy TE In Hkg
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      765 29 m sinsov II SINGAPORE SOVIET SHIPPING CO PRIVATE LTD ■1 ?*i: T 01,01 LINE: *****64 FESCO: *****06 I n^«^ S L A o-, 5^ 151/*****31 WQWB: *****33 I £na£i E^ NG: *****43/ *****40 JAKARTA: *****57 PENANG. *****4/ *****8 JOHORE BAHRU: *****1/ *****1 MARINE INSURANCE SERVICE: *****87/ *****87 I (REGULAR INDEPENDENT
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      859 30 K» hi 99 v M AS AGENTS: KAWASAKI SINGAPORE (PTE) LTD (CR No: **********0 M) W3* A1 *****77 TELEX: KAWAKI R*****5 FAX: *****07/^9 |> I WAm MALAYSIA: "K" LINE MARITIME (MALAYSIA) SON BHD A A TEL SA *****00 PK *****75 PEN *****0 JB *****1 PGU *****5/6 KAWASAKI KISEN KAISHA, LTD
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      149 30 {Continental Pacific Shaping TIMBER i PLYWOOD SERVICE TO U.K./CONTINENT KKU STORE PR LOADING FOR *ORLD ACMLLES I SU) SU) SU) ROT/ANT/FLU/UR WCO UT SU) MPT 11/2 SETE/ROT/MfT/FLU/UK BELFAST mi 1 n/2 25/2 21/2 SETE/ROT/MfT/RU/UK Loads Sabah/Monesu MULTIPORT A6ENCIES (S) /On PTE LTD V TEL: *****77 FAX: *****31 HXX PJC. MULTIPORT
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      245 30 FOOWB SUM I X SHIPPING (PTE) LTD. s??®- ***** l ##3 10 a* s o «ii TEL: 771C25S (12 UKS) fail «s-7777«u nm a am(saw w? m no pes two now NOGOaNI 2/93 12/2 15/2 Pl/UU/PALEIBANG r HOW LEE 2/53 1/2 10/2 PONTMNM/SMTETE SU,M 2/93 hPt t/2 lAKARTA/PANJANG WE DIM
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      1017 30 —j Shipping Times, Friday February 5 IffS PHILIOItKNT UN€S PT€ LTD #07 GMG B ""9 Singapore 0106 I 622/*****69/*****00 Telex: RS ***** Fax: *****76/*****38 I I XML 2£ A J2' LAND 0R SEA IT TA E ON THE WORLD FOR YOU 5™ I member Of SINGAPORE FREIGHT FORWARDERS law.™.. P3«•'
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      1082 31 f gaaa'ftff pacific international lines (pte) ltd] I SSS^gSSS 14 0 Cecil Street, #03-00 PIL Building. Singapore 0106. I CR NO **********06 I VESSEL VOV SIN BKK SIN VESSEL VOY SIN JKT SIN I KOTA BINTANG KBTOSN 7/2 10/2 14/2 KOTA INOAH 3161 7/2 10/2 14/2 I IZsT* "l 12/2
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      1630 31 EXPRESS CONTAINER SERVICE TO UK-NORTH CQNTINENT-SCANDINavia WEEKLY F PGUDANGI PENANG I PKELANG| OCEAN VSL. VOY I SIN SOU,-, RTM,2. HAM ,3 GOT .4E 5/2 6/2 BENARTY 3Q42 9/2 264 26~2 V 3 3~3 E 12/2 13/2 ALSIA 3052 1 6 '2 771 il D '9/2 19 2 20'2 BENAVON 3062
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      290 31 I[°BSA° transportatidn mm MYANMA J wNk FIVE STAR LINF (Myanmar National Line) Loading for Yangon (Rangoon) HP* AN VIBSW ta S re fJU| P^" MYOMAYWA VI46W n PAGAN YI92W In Pt 03/05 Feb AW *120* 12/14 Feb I M/UI F«t> MALAYSIA AGENTS BOUSTEAD SHPPtNG AGENCCS SSSSST SSS3S. NATIONAL in SHIPPING
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      1470 34 Shipping Times, Friday February 5 H93 Container Liner Services Centrtl Agents: Boot™ touts. c G tti— »»l»« Alenls: Indonesia's Castor Shipping Pte ltd t_,„ u. lsS< #M <*«* <*» simh* S4. tu r .T. cm* HMC Building *1500 Chinese Chamber of Commerce *07 05/07 Selangor Darul Ehsan W,Sma Ste P
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      397 34 Emms TO hommmc. mm. mm»mm -mcc mnr mutca shots service amnio no, m ro, n |»[»m in gM mi— i m w 3M V JM* __J«*__JUl_M.o2 20 02 20 02 2112 CM RAT i7i~ 755T 11 Q> TTI 1 17> U0? K "02 23 02 24 02 25 02 "icilS
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      299 34 DIRECT BREAKBULK/CONTAINER SERVICE TO MANILA MV 26/2/93 SEAWAY SHIPPING PTE. LTD. 3 KWfl sr 1 zz 2z/n spoK 0106 m 2217,33 rw 17 ff pB Z« TA JT£I2fEL«? TFL 03 367M 1 FAX 03 *****69 nx MA ***** GU.FPK MOtSU TEL 6/9222 *****92 FAX *****2 *****59 MAI,TS *****3 *****2 EUROPE/S.E.A.
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      607 35 Ijjfc FAMOUS CONTAINER LINES 10 ANSON RD. #15-21 INTERNATIONAL PLAZA, S PORE 0207 HOT LINE: *****33 (24 LINES) LIMASSOL/PIREAUS 6/2 ROTTERDAM 6/2 HAIFA/ ASHOOO/ALEXANDRIA 6/2 HAMBURG/BREMEN 672 MARSEILLE/FRANCE 672 FELIXSTOWE/UK 6/2 BARCttONA/SPAIN 6/2 LEHAVRE/ANTWERP 672 GENOA/ITALY 6/2. GOTHENBURG/SCANDINAVIA 6/2 LOS ANGELES/WC/IPI 6/2 SYDNEY/MELBOURNE 8/2 NEW YORK/EC 6/2 FREMANTLE/ADELAIDE T/2 VANCOUVER
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      685 35 S3 RICHFIELD MARINE AGENCIES (S) PTE LTD IW TEL: *****33 (12 Lines) B FAX: *****15/*****03 ICQ J TELEX: RS ***** RISHIP (3 Lines) ETHIOPIAN SHIPPING LINES (National Lines of Ethiopia) ACCEPTING FCL AND CONVENTIONAL VESSEL |VOY ETA LOADING FOR SPORE NETSANET 28WB IN PT OARESSALAAM MOMBASA DJIBOUTI ASSAB MASSAWA ANCNNET
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      619 35 I JAKARTA I W mi r«EaE TwTI —rmutm I B>tiM 9/2 lARUBHUM 62N 5/2 Mnr Tn I KITI BWJM 16S 6/2 10/2 WAWTA BHUM 127W Sat t/2~ Wed ~io7i WANA BHUM 177S 10/2 U~2 WA6OW St NT OS* 2IN Sat J/2 iue yi RAiA BHUM 65S 12/2 16/2 _W»A BWM
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      342 35 I Baagjfl ran-IHE BAY OF BENGAL SERVICES 152 Jlf" **"1 10-11/2 IM7/2 I TIGER SPEED 242N 00-OJ/2 14-15/2 22-23/2 I tiger mom S3N 10-11/2 16-11/2 23-2«/2 I T«R BRC6E 243W 15-16/2 21-23/2 01-02/2 I I *sei I UaTroH HI 05-05/2 11-15/2 21-22/2 I I HOTS 435 OMJ/2 15-19/2 25-28/2 I
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      1338 36 BLUE STAR LINE SINGAPORE TO AND FROM NEW ZEALAND AND PACIFIC ISLANDS SIN Ml ITT SM PREMO 22S In Pt 15/2 17/2 4/3 AUST STM 85S 18/2 2/3 4/3 18/3 FGUARD MY IS 28/2 12/3 14/3 28/3 FULLY CONTAINERISED SAILINGS DISCHARGING AT AUCKLAND, LYTTELTON ACCEPTING FCL LCL FOR NEW PLYMOUTH
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      909 36 snipping Times, Friday February 5 It 11 t&Z THONG SOON LINES PTE LTD 1 I 111 rn ws nnhi CABLE: TOSOCO I I I J' NGAPO >E t S*bawak 111 VOT IS POtE BEST I I 1 I EQUATOR GRACE 78/3E 06 FEB KUCHING EQUATOR JEWFI I I EQUATOR IAM
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      690 37 WgV'EVERETT ORIENT LINE" JAPAN/BAY Of BENGAL/JAPAN SERVICE ACCfPTMG BKMBU.K/SOC CARGOES TO/FROM KOK. YOKOHAMA. NAGOYA. MO*. TOKYO*. UANU*. OA¥AO*. Pmm(* f Kiianf (Wat* UMBIKK7J KIK u/12 Ft* SMWUtHHTT »1« M/ 27 Ft U«Ln«TI H* IJ/2# Ha *A«**n »ut o; M ACCtPTWG BKAKBU.K FCI SOC CARGOES TO/FROM CMTTAGONG. CALCUTTA AM) MONGLA* l»w«l
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      338 37 A glory nmmm group REGULAR LINER SERVICE TAIWAN TO SINGAPORE ASEAN DIRECT WEEKLY TO PORT KELANG/PENANG •AT ATTRACTIVE RATES* CR NO: **********0W SP PKL PNG KAO GLORY SELATAN VI 10/2 13/2 16/2 26/2 GLORY SELATAN V 25/2 28/2 3/3 13/3 SP PKL HCM HK KAO GLORY SELATAN X 8/2 13/2
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      588 37 PCSL -WORLDWIDE PAMMA -6LME STEAMERS LIMES REGULAR FCL SERVICE TO THE FOLLOWING WEEKLY SAILING TO HUANG PU A SHANTOU Connecting Feeder to Huang PuSUI TUO CONTAINER NO 2 Connecting Feeder to Shantao LIAN BO NO 9 WE HV LEASING CONTRS FOR RENTAL SAILING TO 'PHNOM PENH' FORTNIGHTLY FCL/LCL SERVICE TO
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      392 37 FORTNIGHTLY DIRECT CONTAINER SERVICE SIN TO DURBAN ALSO CALLING PT. ELIZABETH/JOHANNESBURG TWICE WEEKLY CONTAINER SERVICE SIN/MADRAS/SIN ALSO ACCEPTING CONTAINERS TO TUTICOMN/ BANGALORE/COCHX AND NEW DELHI WEEKLY CONTAINER SERVICE SIN/CALCUTTA/SIN WITH TRANSHIPMENT TO: ASEAN/AUSTRALIA/FAR EAST/MEDITERWANEAN/EUWOPE WEEKLY CONVENTIONAL SERVICE SIN TO CHINA WEEKLY CONVENTIONAL SERVICE MADRAS/COLOMBO/ BOMBAY/KARACHI WEEKLY CONVENTIONAL SERVICE EAST AFRICA/RED
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      446 37 rage i |y§|§§||i SM m EAST 1 9/2 KEELUNG/KAOHSIUNG 13/2 BANGKOK 8/2 MANILA/CEBU 6/2 JAKARTA/BELAWAN/SURABAYA 8/2 PORT KELANG/PENANG/E. MALAYSIA 8/2 BUSAN 10/2 TOKYO/YOKO/KOBE/NGO/OSA 8/2 HONG KONG S!N CHHU (+B#±*Sn) 8/2 GUANGZHOU/HUANGPU/SHENZHEN FUZHOU/XIAMEN/SHANTOU/SHEKOU DALIAN SHANGHAI /XINGANG TIANJIN/QINGDAO/HAIKOU also accepting LCL cargo SM EUROPE/UK 13/2 LDN/FLX/LVP/SOU 13/2 RDM/HAM/ANT/LEH/GOA/OSL/GOT/BCN also accepting cargo to
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      606 38 1 (TUB EfftßS MBKB «JLK' IS/CH 1 15/2 JAKARTA 14/ 2 ■*£s°* 13/2 MANILA IS/2 BUSAN 15/2 KEELUNG ir/» I°™™* 12/2 KAOSHIUN6 13/2 MM II INif mm MIMI YOKOHAMA 14/2 255! 16/2 FELIXSTOWE/HAMBURG 13/2 CHITTAGONG/MADRAS 15/2 ROTTEIIDAM/LE HARVE 13/2 BOMBAY/KARACHI 12/2 ANTWERP 13/2 CALCUTTA 10/2 LAX/NYC 14/2 SYDNEY/MELROURNE IS/2 jgSsSF
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      405 38 y Con term CONTERM FREIGHT (F.E.) PTE LTD. MELBOURNE BTH FEBRUARY ACCEPTING TO ALL PORTS IN NEW ZEALAND BANGKOK 7 FU JAKARTA 7 FEB PENANG B FEB POST KELANG 11 FEB /waujuSi^^ttreß^l SYDNEY B FEB fnebuntle n fu BBISBANE g Fa BFO^^I FELIXSTOWE 13 FEB GOTHENBURG 13 FO 'ACCEPTM6 TO
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      498 38 Shipping Times, Friday February 5 It Next Week's Sailings '"■tss"" 1 To: ETD Tn- iFrri FIRST FORWARDER IN Sincannrp t LI D ASIA AWARDED Singapore Singapore ISO 9002 BY UtQA EVERY KVFRY Bangkok SUN Hamburg SAT rjj) EVERY EVERY I A. Manila SUN Ho Chi Minh FRI ff^l^rl I"! EVERY
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      873 39 -T... NEPLLOYP BOUEN VOY 3203 m 21/2/93 DIRECT CALL TO NEW PLYMOUTH (NZ). ig-ts; £ss zzz s z 5;! kssssln liiii F IT Hl' 7T W 'S-'2 «™K %22 ;j; 3 3 si 3 k keEl!* J i 1 I II II ?s fi. BJium —B. Sefoja 5/3 3/3 NIL.
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      671 40 ■i. cosco UKC CONVENTIONAL SERVICE VESSEL PKL PNG P Q LOADING FOR A VESSEL 29/2 Rotterdam/Antwerp CWNA CONVENTIONAL SERVICE VESSEL PKL PNG P.O. LOADING FOR: A VESSEL 15/02 20/02 Huangpu/Guangzhou COSCO FULL COMTAJMER SERVICES (FCL/FCLI EXPORT TO; CHMA/BANGK OK/HONGKONG EUROPE/CONTINENTAL WEST MEDITERRANEAN AUSTRALIA US WEST COAST PERSIAN GULF/KARACHI Pteaaereler above
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      442 40 <^^CROSSWATER •w omct 29i SBMnn torn gum soukoqh muk s<«?d ■mow (gi): i 37 ma/a re. we near sunon iel *****1s pEQZBSI^HI^H^^ItiTF" I_PT KELANQ/PEN ANG 7/2 P LJJJ K WiiTi*iiEFE^Bt~2j^ L TOKY /YOKOHAMA 8/2~ mßSSSSESsSS^^^^tair I busaw a/J" I UBA 1"57T W'Jifl l! y /melb I a/i" PEB3ZEEEB^^^^^Hnv2; I NEW
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      566 40 Shipping Times, Friday February S 1H! Antwerp 6/2 I Fremantle 7/2 I Banakok cm I Bremen 6/2 Sydney 8/2 S 9 Hamburg 6/2 Melbourne 8/2 S" Sa f LeHarve 6/2 ong /2 Felixstowe 6/2 Kaohsiung 6/2 Rotterdam 6/2 rz Keelung 9/2 Bombay 8/2 Jakarta 7/2 Calcutta 7/2 Manila 8/2 Chittagong
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      507 41 4 HYUNDAI MERCHANT MARINE CO. LTD. HMM West Malaysia Service Enhancement.. x*tff nan 9 —T7T t MALAYSIA I/ K Port Kelang Gudang HMM Rxed Day Straits Service Commencing 16th January 1993 SIN Every Saturday PEN -Every Tuesday PKE Every Thursday PGD Every Friday I- FAX: TLX: JR. FAX; TLX; 03-*****00
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      561 41 11l STRAITS/ JAPAN/ STRAITS SERVICE I I I SPECIALIST IN RO-RO HEAVY UFTS I I I INBOUND VESSELS I 111 ""a m v n in u I I CtORC CSILUBCU >1 in I I I RUSRB II In 11/2 Ml 14/2 I IJ I ctsac bastu it m/i u/i I
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      732 41 I EXPORT g JEDDAH/UK/CONmNENT KIBAMt 24/304 JT ST T LA SUE 21/105 11/2 27/2 2/3 21/2 SSST 2 2 MOECMII CIPRESS 47/3R5 13/2 23/2 3/3 C/ 3 1/3 14/3 Z ""TR- DAMBI M/ 304 1 28/2 2/3 14/3 13/3 IV3 17/3 taZZT g g*. MEDITERRANEAN (MED CLUB)* H|j^H "ST* IST
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