The Business Times, 3 March 1993

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    13 1 BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 552/12/92 Wednesday March 3 1993 WE KNOW ASIA 75'
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  • 2am LATEST
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      Lock icon Johnson & Johnson unit in HIV drug tests
      65 1 Johnson Johnson unit in HIV drug tests Reuter BRUSSELS The Belgian subsidiary of American pharmaceutical firm Johnson and Johnson said yesterday that it has tested a drug that stopped the multiplication in the testtube of one strain of HIV, the virus that causes Aids. But the virus developed resistance to
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      Lock icon Taiwan, US firm to make missiles: reports
      78 1 Reuter TAIPEI The United States has agreed to let Raytheon Co, which makes the Patriot missile, help Taiwan produce air defence missiles, newspaper and radio reports said yesterday. Raytheon would provide guidance systems and technology to help Taiwan manufacture weapons similar to the
      Reuter  -  78 words
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    MARKET SUMMARY
    116 1 Slock market indices Taesday Change SI II 1,652.81 -6 09 KLSE Composite 637 00 +2.13 Nikkei 16.864 25 -15.35 Hang Seng 6,344.23 -54.59 SET Index 922.48 +1196 Jakarta Composite ...300.84 +0.4 CLSA China B 1.589 10 -4.78 Aust All Ord 1.645.0 +5.8 FTSE 100 2.882.3 -0.3 Tanday Predion
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    DBS and OCBC win Thai offshore banking licence
    530 1  -  By Shoeb Kagda SINGAPORE Local banks DBS and OCBC have finally been given the go-ahead to set up offshore operations in Thailand. But three other Singapore banks UOB, OUB, and Tat Lee were not on a list of 47 successful applicants released
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    Tax cuts: Most S'pore listed firms will gain
    432 1  -  By Genevieve Cua SINGAPORE Almost all the companies listed on the Singapore bourse are set to benefit this year from the swee-ter-than-expected Budget package of corporate tax cuts and a property tax rebate. Finance Minister Richard Hu's Budget has prompted analysts to
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    S'pore construction firm S A Shee fined for insider trading
    404 1  -  By Conrad Raj SINGAPORE Construction firm S A Shee Company yesterday pleaded guilty to three counts of insider trading and was fined a total of $85,000 by a District Court which took six other charges into consideration. The company paid
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    S'pore firms in tie-up to build $500 m Shenzhen industrial complex
    494 1  -  From Lim Soon Neo in SHENZHEN A GROUP of Singapore individuals and companies has joined forces with a Hongkong firm to develop an industrial complex in Shenzhen costing up to Sssoo million. Mie joint venture, Caville (Shenzhen) Development Co
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    KL's Berjaya Group clinches Guangzhou lottery deal
    549 1  -  From Leslie Lopez in KUALA LUMPUR BUSINESSMAN Vincent Tan Chee Yioun has won approval to establish a lottery operation in China, beating a fast-grow-ing group of Malaysian concerns scrambling for a slice of the country's potentially lucrative gaming business. Mr Tan yesterday told
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    Hongkong Budget's $40b question
    275 1  -  From Catherine Ong in HONGKONG WILL it be HKS2O billion, HK$3O billion or HK$4O billion? The guessing game on Hongkong's burgeoning budget surplus will end this afternoon when Financial Secretary Hamish Maclcod unveils the 1993/94 Budget. Most private-sector estimates have put the surplus in the HKSI9
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      10 1 Regional Analysis A new, New Order in Indonesia? Pg 24
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
    • eye on the ECONOMY
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        Lock icon Delectable news
        382 2  -  By Hong Lee Tiam THE outlook for the food beverage industry is good this quarter, with demand coming mostly from residents rather than visitors, say analysts. The F&B segment, like most of the other commerce sector industries, saw sluggish growth last year. The year-end festivities did not do
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      Far East unit clinches two waterfront tender sites
      201 2 THE Far East Organisation's Victory Realty Co Pte Ltd has won two of three waterfront residential sites put up for sale by the Urban Redevelopment Authority. The URA, which will net more than $210 million from the three sales, said yesterday that
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      Japanese management guru leads executives on mission
      237 2  -  By Quak Hiang Whai NOTHING heats laying the groundwork yourself for overseas investments. And management guru Joe Ichikura, who teaches this to Japanese executives, led a group of them to Singapore on a look-see. The executives of small and medium-sized Japanese companies were
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      Picture this: free HDTV viewing on a giant screen
      330 2 COME July, shoppers at the Takashimaya Shopping Centre can enjoy free high-definition television (HDTV) entertainment in Takashimaya Square, a purpose-built event hall in Ngee Ann City. A 5.3 metre by 3 metre 24screen high definition TV system costing $4 million will
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      Global slump puts squeeze on rubber brokers
      341 2  -  By! Shoeb Kagda THE worldwide slump in natural rubber prices is putting the squeeze on Singapore-based brokers, with one pulling out of the Rubber Association of Singapore Commodity Exchange (RASCE). Bee Rubber Co, one of six brokers on the exchange, said yesterday that
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      Nike expects 350,000 pairs of shoes by May
      271 2 THE Singapore subsidiary' of sporting goods giant Nike expects to sell 350,000 pairs of its athletic shoes by the end of its financial year in May which works out to a rate of almost 1.000 pairs a day. Nike Singapore Pte Ltd's
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      The less you earn, the more you gain from tax cuts
      475 2  -  By Genevieve Cue THE lower your annual income, the more you will gain in percentage terms from Finance Minister Richard Hu's package of income tax cuts, reliefs and rebates contained in the latest Budget. In a detailed analysis of
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      NTUC warns employers against cutting medical benefits for staff
      398 2  -  By Chuang Peck Ming THE Budget proposal to cap tax breaks for medical expenses is no excuse for employers to cut medical benefits or push for employees to share health-care costs, the labour movement said yesterday. Medical benefits now enjoyed by
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      PUB reviews, tightens gas-supply procedures
      287 2 Committee of Inquiry into Ginza Plaza blast THE Public Utilities Board says it has "taken note" of the findings made by the committee looking into the Ginza Plaza explosion and will immediately incorporate its recommendations. In a statement yesterday, the PUB said that since the
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  • THE REGION
    • Article
      Lock icon Economists see turnaround in M'sian current account
      510 3 Reuter KUALA LUMPUR The worst appears to be over for Malaysia's current account deficit. which is seen lower in 1993 and may go into surplus for the first time since 1988 on the back of a healthier trade balance, say economists. "It looks
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      Lock icon Minister to sultan: Stay out of politics
      470 3 Federal govt could cause problems for ruler, says Annuar AFP Bernama KUALA LUMPUR A Malaysian sultan was warned by a Cabinet minister yesterday to keep away from politics or face retaliation, after he questioned the validity of an agreement which resolved the country's
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      Lock icon Malaysia's technological base still weak, says Rafidah
      251 3 Bemama KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's technological base has remained weak despite more than two decades of industrialisation. Minister of International Trade and Industry Rafidah Aziz said yesterday that the country's rapid transition towards an industrialising economy had been primarily driven by imported, borrowed or
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      Lock icon Thai army chief hits out at coup call by opposition politicians
      193 3 Reuter BANGKOK Thailand's military yesterday lashed out at politieians who called this week for an army takeover, saying such outbursts lead to economic and political instability. "These politicians had lost their minds when they asked the military to stage
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      Ramos to revamp energy corporation in bid to end blackouts
      312 3  -  By Alec Almazan SINGAPORE Philippine President Fidel Ramos will revamp the country's National Power Corporation because of its failure to solve the country's crippling energy problems. A presidential spokesman said yesterday that Mr Ramos might announce a replacement for the
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      Lock icon Indonesia welcomes Austrian plan to revoke timber law
      175 3 Reuter JAKARTA Indonesia's senior economic minister, Radius Prawiro, yesterday said Austria is planning to revoke an environmental law designed to cut down on tropical timber imports. The law. which came into etTect last September, decrees that anything containing rainforest wood must be
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    • ASIA NOTES
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        Lock icon Tokyo wants US$70b for foreign aid
        92 4 AFP TOKYO Japan's Foreign Ministry is seeking more than USS7O billion (about SSI 15 billion) in economic aid to developing countries under a new five-year plan starting this year. The target amount of Japan's official development assistance (ODA) for the 1993-97 period is expected
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        Lock icon War-time nerve-gas shells found
        76 4 Reuter TOKYO A Chinese headmaster wants Japan to pay millions of dollars to move his school after workmen discovered a huge cache of fast-corroding nerve gas shells under the schoolyard, according to a Japanese daily. The dump, at Gaocheng in Hebei Province, was just one of
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        Lock icon Another Chinese activist freed
        77 4 AP HONGKONG China has released another pro-democracy activist in what appears to be the latest goodwill gesture towards US and Olympic officials. Fu Shenqi was released last Friday from a prison in the eastern port of Shanghai after two years of harsh detention for "counter-revolutionary propaganda
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        Lock icon Anand may face charges
        59 4 UPI BANGKOK Former prime minister Anand Panyarachun is facing a possible trial on charges of failing to endorse a commission's resolution that recommended a reshuffle of senior judges. News reports yesterday said two ex-members of Mr Anand's cabinet and a former supreme court president were also
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        Lock icon Possible M'sia-Zanzibar venture
        60 4 AP KUALA LUMPUR Energy, Telecommunications and Posts Minister Sangilimuthu Samy Vellu said yesterday he had directed the three corporations under his ministry to look into the possibility of setting up joint ventures in Zanzibar. The National Electricity Co, Telekom Malaysia Ltd, and the postal services company had
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        Lock icon Hanoi circulates bigger dongs
        64 4 Reuter HANOI Vietnam has issued new larger-denomination currency notes in an effort to end the practice of people filling suitcases with money to buy more expensive items such as televisions or refrigerators. Offlcial newspapers said yesterday the new 20,000dong (about Ss3) and 50,000-dong notes were meant
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        Lock icon KL likely to cut oil output
        71 4 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia is likely to reduce its oil production in line with the latest cutback by the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) to shore up prices. Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Syed Hamid Albar said yesterday: "Although we are not
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      Lock icon China admits 200 million people are unemployed
      308 4 UPI BEIJING A governmentrun newspaper admitted yesterday that China had more than 200 million unemployed and called on the government to replace its failed social welfare policies with neo-classical economic solutions to the growing problem. The official economic daily asserted that misleading government
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      Lock icon Kohl and Kim discuss N Korean nuclear programme
      453 4 Reuter SEOUL Visiting German Chancellor Helmut Kohl, who presided over his country's unification, was told yesterday by South Korean President Kim Young Sam that Seoul did not want communist North Korea to be isolated. Mr Kim's spokesman said he told Mr Kohl
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      Lock icon Taipei seeks official contacts with Beijing
      495 4 Taiwanese premier Lien Chan urges China to respect the presence of the Taiwan govt AFP TAIPEI Taiwan Premier Lien C'han said yesterday the government here was eager to lift its ban on official contacts with China and called for mutual trust and cooperation between
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      Statement on stalled HK talks by weekend: Patten
      600 4  -  From Catherine Ong in HONGKONG HONGKONG Governor Chris Patten yesterday promised to issue a statement "before the end of the week" on how the deadlock with China over the territory's political future will be resolved. Following an Executive Council meeting. Mr Patten
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      Lock icon HK official warns US of risks if China's MFN not renewed
      234 4 AFP HONGKONG A Hongkong trade official warned yesterday that US economic interests could be put at risk if Washington did not renew China's most-favoured-nations (MFN) trading status. Donald Tsand, directorgeneral of trade, said that "as with China's most-favoured nation
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      Lock icon Chinese buying Patriot-like missiles from Russians
      294 4 South China Morning Post HONGKONG China is acquiring advanced surface-to-air missiles from Russia to beef up its defence capabilities. According to diplomatic sources, the People's Liberation Army (PLA) has also decided to build its own aircraft carriers to boost the reach and power of
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      Lock icon Li Peng gives in to Deng's call for speedier reforms
      301 4 South China Morning Post HONGKONG Chinese Premier Li Peng has made a partial accommodation of requests by patriarch Deng Xiaoping that economic development and reforms be speeded up. However, in his Government Work Report to the National People's Congress, the
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      Lock icon Japanese jobless rate falls but job cuts seen continuing
      403 5 Reuter TOKYO Japan's unemployment rate shrank unexpectedly in January, surprising many economists who think joblessness is steadily increasing. The government's Management and Co-ordination Agency announced yesterday that the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate fell to 2.3 per cent in January, from 2.4
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      Lock icon Miyazawa hints at new economic recovery package
      291 5 AFP TOKYO Japanese Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa indicated yesterday that his administration would hammer out a fresh package of economic recovery measures in early April. Mr Miyazawa told a Budget committee session at the lower house of Parliament that he believed measures taken
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      Lock icon Australia to boost S Pacific links if coalition wins
      393 5 We regard bilateral relations as vitally important: shadow minister AFP SYDNEY Australia would try to strengthen bilateral links with countries in the South Pacific if the conservative coalition wins the March 13 election, shadow foreign minister Robert Hill said yesterday. Addressing
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      Lock icon Australia's Labor govt accused of debt cover-up
      248 5 Reuter SYDNEY A parliamentary report yesterday accused Australia's Labor government of covering up massive unauthorised borrowing by the former Labor state of Victoria. The senate committee report said Treasurer John Dawkins was guilty of complicity with an attempt to conceal the borrowing. Prime
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      Lock icon Tokyo fears fallout from N Korean regime's collapse
      275 5 AFP TOKYO The Japanese government is gravely worried about the consequences of a collapse of the North Korean communist regime and is studying ways of dealing with the economic chaos and refugee crisis that would likely follow the downfall of President Kim
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  • THE WORLD
    • WORLD WATCH
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        Lock icon Bosnian airdrop by US misses targets
        80 6 Reuter FRANKFURT At least two-thirds of the relief supplies dropped overnight into a besieged area of Bosnia-Herzegovina may have failed to reach hungry civilians, and some may have fallen into the hands of Serbian fighters. Using satellite photographs, US officials said on Monday they
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        Lock icon Yeltsin ordering nuclear tests: report
        66 6 Reuter BONN Russian President Boris Yeltsin has ordered his army and nuclear ministry to prepare to resume nuclear tests, the German magazine Stern said yesterday. It said it had obtained a copy of a confidential order by him ordering preparations for new tests on the
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        Lock icon Just when you thought it was safe...
        46 6 Reuter GRASSY KEY, Florida A shark appears to be preparing to gulp down a truck driver as he loads his truck outside a store here. The shark is actually a model which tourists can pose for pictures with. Reuter
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        Lock icon W German industrial output up 3pc
        46 6 Reuter BONN Industrial output in former West Germany rose by 3 per cent in January from December, provisional seasonal-adjust-ed official figures showed yesterday. The Economy Ministry said that the increase "meant only that productive activity had returned to normal". Reuter
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      Lock icon US talks with EC over Airbus pact seen as a gamble
      424 6 Issue could worsen trade tensions, say analysts Reuter SEATTLE Washington may be playing a risky gambit by seeking wide-ranging talks with the European Community over subsidies to European aircraft maker Airbus Industrie, according to aerospace officials and industry analysts.
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      Lock icon Clinton urged to revise US environmental plan
      313 6 Reuter WASHINGTON US lawmakers, environmentalists and some business groups have urged the Clinton administration to revise the plan of the Bush White House to combat global warming. The State Department sent the National Action Plan for Global Climate Change to the United Nations
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      Lock icon UN to push Iraq for names of foreign nuclear suppliers
      411 6 Reuter MANAMA The head of a new United Nations inspection team heading for Iraq said yesterday he will increase pressure on Baghdad to name the foreign suppliers for its nuclear weapons programme. Dimitri Perricos, a Greek scientist, leads a team
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      Lock icon G-7 still undecided on whether to invite Yeltsin to summit
      409 6 Reuter TOKYO The Group of Seven (G-7) major industrial powers have not agreed whether to invite Russian President Boris Yeltsin to their July summit in Tokyo, says Japan's top government spokesman. "No conelusion has been reached and G-7 member countries
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      Lock icon Russian president ready for dialogue with Reds: paper
      202 6 Reuter MOSCOW Russian President Boris Yeltsin, who in August 1991 banned the communist party because of its role in a failed hardline coup, indicated yesterday that he is ready for dialogue with moderate communist factions. "We think the communists should be treated
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      Lock icon Suffering continues in Somalia
      47 6 Reuter MOGADISHU A 10-year-old girl, suffering from severe malnutrition, resting yesterday in a feeding centre here. She arrived yesterday from the southern town of Bardera, one of the areas hardest hit by the famine in Somalia which has taken over 300,000 lives. Renter
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      Lock icon Ex-Soviet states plan council to save Russian oil industry
      318 7 Cooperation in raising output among priorities Reuter SURGUT, Russia Former Soviet republics were planning to launch a new organisation yesterday to help save the Russian oil industry from collapse and keep fuel supplies flowing to areas suffering shortages. "We will pay
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      Lock icon Foreigners shrug off problems in search of business in Kazakhstan
      339 7 NYT ALMA-ATA, Kazakhstan The smell of money is attracting increasing numbers of Western and Asian businessmen here to tap into an enormous treasure house of oil, gas, and minerals even as they complain about hotels, restaurants, and bureaucrats. "Right now,
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      Lock icon Arabs form trade network to boost economic ties
      403 7 AFP ABU DHABI Arab states are setting up a sophisticated trade network to link their markets and boost economic cooperation, which is smothered by political rifts and high customs tariffs. The project, which includes computers and the latest in communication systems, would
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      Lock icon Brazilian central bank chief and board quit
      410 7 Reuter BRASILIA Central bank president Gustavo Loyola and the bank's five-member board have quit in the wake of the resignation of Economy Minister Finance Paulo Haddad. The latest moves look like a setback to the fight against malaise in the world's ninthlargest economy.
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      Lock icon Canadian economy expands 0.9pc on service sector growth
      251 7 UPI OTTAWA Figures released on Monday showed Canada's economy grew 0.9 per cent last year the first time that the nation's gross domestic product has expanded since the country entered recession in 1990. The government attributed most of the GDP's 0.9 per
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  • WORLD FOCUS
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      Lock icon City stands to lose billions in business
      394 8 Blast at World Trade Center in New York FT NEW YORK The blast which rocked Manhattan's World Trade Center last Friday could cost the city billions of dollars because thousands of traders based in the twin towers will be unable to get back
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      Lock icon Oil dealers see reduced volume
      491 8 Knight-Ridder NEW YORK Global oil markets appear to have suffered no critical long-term effect from the bomb explosion that hit the World Trade Center and disrupted energy futures trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange, located within the complex. Most traders said yesterday that the
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      Lock icon It's just another working day
      723 8 Reuter NEW YORK Commodities traders and office workers went to work in war zone conditions on Monday, three days after a massive explosion rocked the World Trade Center in downtown Manhattan and closed hundreds of businesses. Five exchanges, part of the Commodity Exchange Center at
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      13 8 NY port authority holds bond sale despite blast, Shipping l imes Pg 1
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
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      Tibs Holdings to expand at home and in region
      585 9  -  Group investing $70m to renew bus fleets By Rahita Elias SINGAPORE Bus operator Tibs Holdings Ltd plans to expand both locally and lyThe group is investing some $70 million on renewing the bus fleets of subsidiaries TransIsland Bus Services Ltd and
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      CCL to build group HQ on Alexandra site
      187 9 SINGAPORE Mercedes distributor Cycle Carriage Ltd will spend $35 million redeveloping its Alexandra Koad property as its new group headquarters. To make way for construction, which will start in June, the corporate office has been moved from Alexandra Road to 78 Shenton
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      The $1 billion question: how will the pie be shared among the Big Four banks?
      1005 9  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW By Alvin Tay SINGAPORE It is certain that the Big Four local banks will all report record group earnings for 1992 when they release their results this month. It is also a
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      Seel wins $30m deal in Taipei mass rapid transit project
      416 9  -  Venture is company's biggest ever foreign contract By Teh Hooi Ling SINGAPORE Listed Singapore Electronic Engineering Ltd (Seel) has won its largest foreign contract ever, a $30 million deal to design and construct the communications system for part of Taipei's
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      Sembawang unit wins waste gas project
      70 9 SINGAPORE Sembawang Engineering Ptc Ltd is building a $40 million waste gas cleaning system at the Ulu Pandan incinerator. The contract, awarded by the Environment Ministry, is the first major environmental engineering project for the company, a unit of the Sembawang Group. The company's
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          5m Hai Sun Hup shares placed out
          78 10 SINGAPORE Kim Eng Securities has successfully placed out five million new Hai Sun Hup shares to local institutions, as part of the marine-based group's private placement of 19.4 million 20-cent shares to raise $41.5 million for expansion. The shares were placed out at
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          Lock icon Yee Lee to float its shares on KLSE
          97 10 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Yee Lee Corporation Bhd Group will offer for sale 15.405 million ordinary shares of Msl each priced at M 52.20 per share. The group, which is seeking a listing on the main board of Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (KLSE)
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          Lock icon Say Hi to world's smallest video camera
          69 10 Reuter TOKYO Fuji Film promotions girl Natsuko Kabe displaying the company's new HiB Video Camera, billed as the world's smallest and lightest, the "Fujix Simple-HiB FS-I" at their headquarters here yesterday. The camera, which will go on sale in Japan next month, will
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          Lock icon Petaling Tin to develop land for flats
          88 10 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Petaling Tin Bhd's application to convert 1.5 hectares of agricultural land for development into low-cost walk-up flats has been approved by the relevant authorities, said its chairman Ibrahim Ismail. The project is expected to be completed in 1995 and will
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          Padaeng to invest in Viet ore plant
          86 10 BANGKOK Thailand's Padaeng Industry Co plans to invest more than one billion baht (5564.3 million) in a Vietnamese ore-dressing plant if deposits of zinc and copper there are commercially viable, an official said yesterday. The plant will process the ore so that it
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        Lock icon Analysts see prolonged bear phase ahead for Thai market
        616 10  -  Bangkok bourse said to pale in comparison to those in the region From Andrew Cooke in BANGKOK THE Thai stock exchange is heading into a prolonged bear phase which could see the SET index fall below 750 points, brokers say. "Three
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        Lock icon Kuok group plans to set up leisure subsidiary
        513 10  -  Conglomerate to tee off more golf projects in the Pacific Rim From Kooi Cho Teng in JOHOR BARU THE KUOK GROUP is poised to set up a leisure subsidiary as it prepares to launch more golf projects in the Pacific Rim. Besides
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        Lock icon Autoways leads the way in scripless trading on KLSE
        279 10 AFP KUALA LUMPUR The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (KLSE) yesterday ushered in a new era in share dealings with the first stock being transacted scripless. Autoways Holdings Bhd, a medium-sized rubber products and tyre retreading group, listed on the KLSE's second
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        Lock icon Wembley to restructure activated bleaching earth business
        613 10 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Wembley Industries Holdings Bhd has proposed to restructure its activated bleaching earth business to facilitate a proposed joint-venture arrangement which involves the investment in and management of the said business in Taiko Group. As part of a restructuring exercise to
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        PAL to seek technical advice from SIA
        185 10  -  From Al Labita in MANILA PHILIPPINE Airlines plans to seek technical advice from Singapore Airlines as part of PAL's programme to upgrade its fleet. Phis programme would also support PAL's long-term plans to expand its international market, said a company director. 1 he
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        Lock icon Telekom in optical-fibre system joint venture
        121 10 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Telekom Malaysia has entered into a joint-venture agreement with Keretapi Tanah Melayu Bhd (K.TMB) to install, manage, operate and maintain an opticalfibre telecommunications system along the railway tracks stretching from Padang Besar to Johor Baru. The project will be undertaken by
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        Sea View Hotel's net earnings up 4pc to $3.69 m
        248 10 SINGAPORE Sea View Hotel Ltd's net earnings in the six months ended last December rose to 53.69 million, up 4.2 per cent from the previous year, despite a slight drop in turnover. Turnover, mostly from its hotel and travel agent
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        Lock icon New Aussie campaign against business crime
        527 12 Reuter SYDNEY Australia's business sector, still smarting from the wheeling and dealing of the corporate cowboys of the 1980s, yesterday launched a new set of guidelines designed to crack down on shady business practices. Announcing the publication of Corporate Practices and Conduct, former high-profile
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        Lock icon China's state enterprises continue to incur hefty losses
        203 12 Reuter BEIJING China's state enterprises, continued to lose money last year and further losses are expected in 1993, the China Daily said. In 1992, China's industries, including state enterprises, lost nearly 441.2 billion yuan, the same as the previous year. Eighty per
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        Lock icon Canada's railway axes 11,000 jobs
        64 12 Reuter MONTREAL Canadian National's president and CEO Paul Tellier detailing cuts of 11,000 jobs in Canada and the United States at a news conference on Monday. He said they would take effect over three years and will allow the state-owned railway to compete more effectively.
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        Lock icon Administrator may sue auditor of Maxwell's firm
        379 12 Bloomberg Business News NEW YORK After uncovering more fraud committed by the media conglomerate formerly headed by the late Robert Maxwell, the court-appoint-ed administrator of Maxwell Communication Corp said it might sue the auditor of his bankrupt company. Maxwell Communication exaggerated its 1990-91
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        Lock icon Japanese semicon giants' total profits likely to plunge
        291 12 Bloomberg Business News TOKYO Profits at the five leading Japanese semiconductor makers for the year to March 1993 are likely to fall by 50 per cent, mainly because of poor computer sales and declining exports, the Nihon Keizai newspaper said yesterday. Combined
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        Lock icon Shares on India's exchanges expected to fall further
        182 12 Bloomberg Business News NEW DELHI The Bombay Stock Exchange Index could drop by another 200 points over the next few weeks as companies face increased competition after cuts in customs tariffs, analysts said. The government announced sharp cuts in customs and excise
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        Indonesia's Lippobank and BII post strong profit growth in 1992
        590 13  -  From Maggie Ford in JAKARTA STRONG profit growth at two of Indonesia's better-run banks suggests that the gloom which has dogged the sector for the past two years may be coming to an end. Net income at Bank International Indonesia
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        Indonesian banks join worldwide interbank financial co-operative
        125 13 SINGAPORE Indonesia has joined Swift, the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication, an interbank communication network. Thirty-seven Indonesian banks will be linked to Swift, enabling them to offer faster and more accurate services, while reducing its transaction costs, said Siswanto Djojodisastro, the chairman
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        Lock icon Indon central bank eases tight monetary policy
        264 13 Reuter JAKARTA Indonesia's central bank, easing its tight money policy, announced a 2 per cent cut in interest rates to farmers, cooperatives and the National Logistics Agency (Bulog), which controls the supply of food. "In order to push interest rates down, the government
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        Lock icon Stanchart to focus on incorporation in M'sia first
        433 13 AFP KUALA LUMPUR Standard Chartered Bank yesterday said it will independently and separately decide whether or not to divest its shares to Malaysian shareholders after it has locally incorporated its operations. Its chief executive in Malaysia, Tony Rogers, said the bank was
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        Simex Feb turnover up 76pc as trading continues to surge
        259 13  -  By Soh Tiang Keng SINGAPORE Trading on the Singapore International Monetary Exchange continues to surge. February turnover hit 1.17 million contracts, or 76 per cent more than in the same month last year. Volume was also 21 per cent up
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        Lock icon Rupee firms against US$ on first day of free-float trading
        260 13 AFP BOMBAY The Indian rupee gained ground against the US dollar here yesterday on the first day of trading after Finance Minister Manmohan Singh announced its full convertibility. The rupee closed at 31.85 to the dollar on the inter-bank foreign
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        Lock icon Cloudy outlook seen for US insurance industry
        435 14 Reuter CORAL GABLES, Florida The American insurance industry has to ask tough new questions about its own financial prospects after Hurricane Andrew and other catastrophes last year, say industry experts. "On Aug 23 (the day before Andrew) the industry was in pretty sick
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        Lock icon Bank of England deputy governor sees German rates falling
        317 14 AFP TOKYO Bank of England deputy governor Edward George was quoted as saying yesterday that the situation in Germany is becoming ripe for the Bundesbank to lower interest rates further. "The conditions in Germany are moving in a direction which should
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        Lock icon Japanese banks seeking funds as loans mature
        369 14 Knight-Ridder TOKYO Banks are actively raising short-term funds as they face large volumes of maturing loans obtained before the discount rate was cut. Dealers said yesterday that strong funding pressure has kept the unsecured overnight call rate trading most heavily at 3 6/32
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        Lock icon Mitsui to reduce staff through attrition
        251 14 Bloomberg Business News TOKYO Mitsui Trust Banking Co, Japan's third largest trust bank, is reducing its workforce through attrition to increase management efficiency but has not announced any specific targets, a spokesman said yesterday. "We're cutting back on expenses and downsizing, and some of
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        Lock icon Yuan convertibility needs long time frame
        282 14 Bloomberg Business News BEIJING China's plan to make its currency fully convertible needs a "very long time frame," a commentary in the official Economic Daily said yesterday. The Chinese yuan has two rates: a fixed official exchange rate, 5.73 yuan to the dollar yesterday,
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        Lock icon Japan pledges to keep taking timely steps on currencies with other major nations
        306 14 Reuter TOKYO Japan and other major nations will continue to take appropriate and timely steps on currencies, says Finance Minister Yoshiro Hayashi. He told a news conference yesterday that he hoped the currency markets would stabilise and
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        Banque Indosuez REGIONAL CURRENCY REPORT
        144 14 Yesterday saw another day of lacklustre trading in narrow ranges in the regional currency market. Only the US$/ringgit market saw some semblance of action. US$/S$ opened little changed from Monday's 1.6445-50 close. The narrow 10-point range of 1.6440-50 for the day reflects the current market
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        202 14 Bloomberg LONDON The dollar fell more than one pfennig and almost one yen alter the Bundesbank dampened growing rate cut speculation by signalling no change in its key securities repurchase rate this week, traders said. The dollar was undermined further when the US Commerce Department said US new home
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        84 14 AFP NEW YORK The dollar fell against the major currencies here yesterday amid indications that Germany's Bundesbank was unlikely to ease monetary policy at its semi-monthly meeting tomorrow. At about 9:30 am. the dollar was trading at 1.6395 German marks against 1.6410 several hours earlier in London and
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        Lock icon Opec hints at higher prices to pre-empt US energy taxes
        762 15 Reuter LONDON The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries is hinting it could levy higher prices to pre-empt new carbon taxes on oil by the West. Whether Opec ever does retaliate like a true cartel would need a policy shift by
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        Lock icon Statoil pulling out oil operations in China
        173 15 Platts OSLO Statoil is pulling out of oil and gas operations on the Chinese continental shelf after more than 10 disappointing years, the company said on Monday. The potential for finding oil and gas in the region was much bigger in Thailand and
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        Lock icon Western Mining to buy rest of Olympic Dam
        339 15 Reuter MELBOURNE Western Mining Corp Holdings Ltd said it will buy the 49 per cent interest in the Olympic Dam project and related assets it does not own from the British Petroleum Co pic for US$24O million (*****.9 million). Western Mining said
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        Lock icon Alcan, Fiat unit to make aluminium car parts
        276 15 Bloomberg Business News DETROIT Alcan Aluminum and the Fiat Group's Teksid subsidiary have formed a 50-50 joint venture to develop and produce aluminium parts for the automotive industry. The venture company, based in Detroit, will be called Altek Aluminum Castings. Production will
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        Lock icon CME lobbying against futures transaction tax
        428 15 Knight-Ridder CHICAGO Chicago Board ot 1 rade and Chicago Mercantile Exchange officials met here on Monday with Sen Carol Moseley Braun, Democrat-Illi-nois. urging her to take an active stand against new policy rulings that could hurt the futures industry. CBT chairman Patrick Arbor told
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        Futures prices lower as shortened trade keeps volume low
        416 15 Bloomberg ENERGY REPORT LONDON Oil futures prices in London and New York drifted lower yesterday as a lack of volume on the New York Mercantile Exchange, helped reverse Monday's gains. The Nymex has been operating on a shortened schedule because of
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        Eurodollars end weaker, Nikkei recovers
        1473 16 SIMEX REPORT SINGAPORE Simex Eurodollar interest rate futures ended weaker but off session lows on fresh European interest after slipping on profittaking in earlier trade. Dealers said the market was still technically bullish and was likely to continue firm, as yesterday's leading indicators were forecast
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        KL tin price eases further on lack of buying interest
        990 16 COMMODITIES REPORT Tin THE price of tin on the Kuala Lumpur Tin Market eased further by seven sen to close at MJI4./5 per kg on lack of buying interest. Traders said the overnight tin price in the London Metal Exchange,
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        Manila
        571 17 -20.44 Share prices fell for the second straight day in a technical correction with the index expected to slide further for the rest of the week before resuming its steady climb, brokers said. The Manila Composite Index shed 20.44 points to end at 1.473.95. "It is a healthy correction
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        Australia
        1123 17 +5.8 A BUOYANT share market continued to climb, adding to Monday's big gains. The All Ordinaries Index closed 5.8 points up at a seven-month high of 1,645.0. The All Industrials gained 15.0 to 2,596.3 but the All Resources lost 1.5 to 917.0. lurnover was 166.38 million shares worth A
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        Taipei
        652 17 -172.60 Heavy profit-taking from the market's recent rally pulled stocks down 3.8 per cent in hectic, volatile trade. The Weighted Index, which rose 3 per cent in early trade, closed 172.60 points lower at 4,344.99. Turnover soared to NT593.08 billion, the heaviest since May 1991. Financials were hit particularly
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        New Zealand
        305 17 1.49 A rise in Fletcher Challenge kept the NZSE-40 Capital Index positive in an otherwise featureless day. The index gained 1.49 to 1,588.53. Volume was a reasonable NZ$25 million but most of that comprised several bulky off-market trades and onmarket activity was very light. Fletcher Challenge rose five
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        Bombay
        75 17 -45.13 The Indian government announced sharp cuts in customs and excise duties in its Budget on Saturday but postponed slashing corporate taxes, sending the stock market into a tailspin. The BSE Index dropped 45.13 points to close at 2,526.05 and the National Index shed 27.07 to 1,138.10. "The fall
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        London
        762 17 -0.3 Shares were mixed at the close yesterday after drifting in the absence of fresh news to inspire investors and following the market's recent rapid climb, dealers said. In early trading, prices came under pressure after the Bundesbank dampened hopes of an imminent German rate cut, and the FTSE
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        Paris
        106 17 +2.7 The CAC-40 rose a few points to close above 2,000 for the first time in nine months. But the index's rise masked a slide in several blue chips, notably Suez and Michelin. The CAC-40 index rose 2.70, or 0.14 per cent, to end at 2,001.50. Paris Mar 2
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        Stockholm
        125 17 -0.45 pc The Stockholm bourse broke a three-day winning streak to close lower in limp trade yesterday. The all-share index shed 0.45 per cent to 1,008.30 in turnover of 729 million crowns. The bourse fell on the Bundesbank's 14-day repo. The A-shares of pharmaceutical firm Astra slipped nine crowns
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        Frankfurt
        219 17 •4.21 German shares eased in moderate volume in what traders described as a consolidation after recent gains. The correction was reinforced by a slight scrollback in hopes for a cut in key interest rates this week. The 30-share DAX index ended 4.21 points down at 1,696.74, well above its
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        Brussels
        163 17 -1.52 Belgian stocks closed slightly lower yesterday in what dealers said had been a subdued market in the absence of hopes for interest rate cuts in Germany. The Bel-20 index of leading shares ended 1.52 points, or 0.13 per cent, lower at 1,209.26 points. A total volume of 1.066
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        Milan
        149 17 1.19pc Italian shares extended Monday's rally as bullishness over the approval of pension funds spilled over into yesterday's session, swelling turnover again. But profit-taking late in the session pulled prices off highs. Turnover was expected at around Monday's 500 billion lire and trading on the telematic system was extended
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        Amsterdam
        248 17 -1.68 Dutch shares cased as investors, who sold small amounts to lock in recent gains, rated some stocks overvalued without an imminent round of interest rate cuts, traders said. The fall in share prices was triggered by selling in the Dutch bond market, where confidence about the downward path
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        Zurich
        231 17 +5.8 Swiss shares rose about 1/2 per cent, but trading was quieter than in recent days as overall activity slowed ahead of tomorrow's Bundesbank meeting. Dealers said the comparatively low turnover indicated that players were worried about a correction as the market was close to a new vear-high. The
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        Johannesburg
        300 17 -35 South African shares ran out of support in sloppy trade yesterday as buyers abandoned the market amid growing selling pressure, dealers said. The JSE Industrial Index lost 35 points to 4,466. The overall index finished 26 points lower at 3,397 and the gold index came off lows as
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        Toronto
        311 17 •19 Stocks dipped slightly in early trade as a recent rally winds down and news that C N Rail. Canada's national rail system, plans to cut 10.000 jobs, casts a dark cloud over the market, traders said. The communications sector led losers, falling 22.50 to 7151.11. The TSE-300 Index
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        New York
        805 17 -15.4 Wall Street share prices gained ground yesterday after opening lower, as investors were encouraged by news of a 0.1 per cent rise in the composite index of US economic indicators in January. At 11 am, the Dow Jones Industrial Index was up 5.66 points at 3.361.07 in
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      3035 18 Bloomberg Business News STOCKS ended lower amid continued sparring between Britain and China over the terms on which they would resume talks in their row over the territory's political reform. brokers said. "There's a lot of anticipation built into this market and I think there's a lot of room
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      CHINA
      462 18 THE SHANGHAI A share market rebounded 4.1 per cent yesterday after its 10.8 per cent dive on Monday. The CLSA Shanghai A Index ended the day at 8,218.40 points, up 323.39. Turnover was low at 35 million shares. The B shares in Shanghai were mostly lower and the only
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      Lock icon TOKYO
      2535 18 Reuter STOCKS ended little changed, pulled up by higher futures prices in late afternoon trade. Overall sentiment was improved by the recent rally in NTT's share price amidst a lack of fresh incentives. Investors were mostly sidelined ahead of March futures settlement next week. "The strength of the market
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      Lock icon BANGKOK
      1852 18 Reuter STOCKS clawed back some of the past few days' losses in unusually quiet trade as most investors stayed on the sidelines. still unwilling to buy shares but unable to sell at the current low prices. The SET Index closed up 11.96 points at 922.48 on volume of 2.8
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      Lock icon JAKARTA
      863 18 Reuter STOCKS closed mixed in fairly active trade, brokers said. The Official Index ended 0.4 point higher at 300.84. "Local and foreign were active. pushing some favourite shares up." one broker said. Jafpa and Indah Kiat closed steady at 2,425 and 1.675 rupiah respectively. Tjiwi Kimia closed 50 higher
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      Lock icon CLOB INTERNATIONAL
      2754 19 Source: Bridge Info Source: Bridge Info MOST ACTIVE volume IjKi Ciroup 'MS? MdruplcK 54k V42 7 .(W) \MI)B Mk 4.0*1.000 \su Pac I d MX VH66.000 1.635.000 Rcmm Hhd ><K. 2J34.000 tkrjava I ltd 2.619.000 Icnaya Unmc 2.246.000 hmd 2 »kn> Simc Dait>> 50c l.54*MMM) kl Industrie I
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        Lock icon Index weakens after range trading
        5164 19 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR The Composite Index added 2.13 points to 637.00 at the close yesterday after fluctuating between 633.60 and 635.79. Share prices, however, closed lower in active trading here as situational counters came under profit-taking. The main hoard all-share Emas Index shed 0.11 of
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        Lock icon Shares weaken further in quiet trading
        1085 20  -  By Sylvia Wong INVESTORS continued to take profits in the Singapore stock market yesterday. Although sentiment was weak in the morning with the Straits Times Industrials Index hitting the day's low of 1,643.33 points, there was no selling pressure. A slight rebound in late
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        Lock icon Singapore Land
        73 20  -  HOT STOCK Quak Hiang Whai SINGAPORE Land looks good as a long-term buy. The monthly RSI is hovering around 25 and appears ready to take off. And the nine-month moving average has cut the price line from the top, signalling a possible turnaround. The daily RSI is heading
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  • SPORTS
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      Lock icon New shark Allenby eyeing bigger challenges
      1094 21  -  Golf It may be only a matter of time before the Australian crown passes from Norman to him, says Christopher Clarey Christopher Clarey IHT MELBOURNE When a bleary-eyed Greg Norman touched down in Australia last month after a marathon flight, he did what any
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      The pain before the victory
      47 21 JAMSHEDPUR, India England's batsman Neil Fairbrother grimacing in pain after he was hit by a ball while playing the fourth one-day cricket international against India on Monday. Fairbrother hit an unbeaten 50 to help his team win the match by six wickets
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        225 21 AP Reuter NEW YORK NBA results Monday: Charlotte Hornets 110 Utah Jazz 107; Detroit Pistons 99 Boston Celtics 95; Golden State Warriors 131 Philadelphia 76ers 118. Standings Eastern Conference Atlantic Division (W I. Pet GB): 1. New York 36 18 .667 2. New Jersey 31 24 .564 5 1-2
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        171 21 Reuter CARDIFF World rankings issued Monday: Men I. Janshcr Khan (Pak) 2. Chris Dittmar (Aus) 3. Rodney Martin (Aus) 4. Brett Martin (Aus) 5. Peter Marshall (Eng) 6. Tristan Nancarrow (Aus) 7. Chris Walker (Eng) 8. Ross Norman (NZ) 9. Sami Elopuro (Fin) 10. Rodney Evles (Aus) 11. Phil
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        389 21 Reuter REUTER AP INDIAN WELLS, California Results from U551,400,000 Champions Cup men's tournament Monday (prefix number denotes seed, US unless noted) First round: Brad Gilbert b 9-Sergi Bruguera (Spn) 6-7 (3-7) 6-2 7-6 (7-4): Jim Grabb b 11-Guy Forget (Fra) 7-6 (7-5) 6-3; 13-Malivai Washington b Patrick Rafter (Aus)
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        Lock icon Penang to hold regional Volvo final
        72 21 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR The regional final for this year's Volvo Cup will be held at the Bukit Jambul Golf and Country Club in Penang from Aug 24 to Aug 25. Twenty golfers each from Hongkong. Singapore. Taiwan. Thailand and Malaysia will tee ofT in
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        27 21 Reuter Hamburg. Germany Boxing heavyweight world champion Riddick Bowe imitating rock star Stevie Wonder during a boxing TV show on Monday. Reuter
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        Lock icon KL prepares for Commonwealth Games
        56 21 AFP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia will build three Olympic-size stadiums at a total of Mssoo million (SS32O million) for the Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur in 1998. The stadiums for swimming, athletics and indoor games would each have a seating capacity of 80,000, said Youth and
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        Lock icon Zico says he is 40 years young
        56 21 AFP TOKYO Former Brazilian star Zico, 40 today, says he knows no age in helping Japan become a world football power with the creation of a professional league in May. "Just look at me and (Martina) Navratilova," Zico said Tuesday. "Age has nothing
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      Lock icon Quiet Kite raises his consistency to new level
      438 21 AP LOS ANGELES He's never mentioned in the same breath with Jack Nicklaus or Arnold Palmer or even Tom Watson. Even now, he usually gets second billing behind Fred Couples. Last year, for the first time in 18 years, he wasn't even
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      Lock icon M'sian circuit gets nod to hold motorcycle Grand Prix
      331 21 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR The Shah Alam Motorsports Paradise (Samp) racing circuit has been given the thumbs up by the Federation Internationale Motocycliste (FIM) as the venue for the World 500 cc Motorcycle Grand Prix Championship scheduled on April 4. An FIM
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      343 21 THE PRE-RENOVATION SALE AT UAIMG COURT So have you picked up your great golf bar- MacGregor, TiHeist, Laura Legrance, Arcadia gains yet? At Pan-West, the pre-renovation and other quality makes are still going at sale at our Liang Court branch is now in its warehouse prices. Don't miss the last
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  • LIFESTYLE
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      Lock icon It's fun being Bart's real dad
      1143 23 Elizabeth Kolbert meets Matt Groening. creator of America's favourite dysfunctional family NYT MATT Groening would like to tell you a few things about his family: his father. Homer, is not bald; his sister Lisa does not play the saxophone: his sister Maggie is not
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      447 23 CHATTERBOX UPI UPI UPI SPIKE LEE credited prison inmate and ex-heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson for getting the filmmaker to show his movie Malcolm X in prisons but said he's getting tired of taking up causes. "I'm a filmmaker, not Jesse Jackson, not
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      Lock icon Anne Klein II takes on lively new look
      430 23  -  Bernadine Morris on its fall collection Bernadine Morris NYT Because it is the ioth anniversary of Anne Klein II a long time for a subsidiary the company introduced its fall collection at a bona fide fashion show last month. Lower priced than
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      1258 23 TV RADIO Travels in Europe with Rick Steves: Germany's Romantic Road, 9.00pm, SBC 12 Stretching from Frankfurt to V- R the Austrian border, the Ro- N K mantic Road connects the v> Rhine river and the foothills of v the Alps. Rick Steves takes us JK~MLi y to a well-preserved
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  • REGIONAL ANALYSIS
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      Indonesia's presidential election: change or continuity?
      739 24  -  Change and leadership in Indonesia Special to BT MARZUKI DARUSMAN MARZUKI DARUSMAN The writer is executive chairman of the Foreign Affairs Working Group of the central board of the ruling Golkar POLITICAL CHANGE in Indonesia today must be seen as part of the aftermath
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      Building a new New Order in Indonesia
      1689 24  -  YANG RAZALI KASSIM YANG RAZALI KASSIM The writer. BT's Regional Analysis Editor, covered the 1988 People's Consultative Assembly as The Straits Times' Jakarta Correspondent ON FEB 10 five years ago. just about a month before the presidential elections, then Indonesian armed forces chief
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      Reforming the monarchy or the Malaysian psyche?
      844 25  -  Change and reform in Malaysia Special to BT SYED HUSSEIN ALATAS SYED HUSSEIN ALATAS The writer is the former professor and head of the Malay Studies Department. National University of Singapore. and I 'ice-Chancellor of the University of Malaya ON Dec 10 last
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      Vision 2020: Will it outlast Mahathir?
      835 25  -  LESLIE LOPEZ LESLIE LOPEZ The writer is BT's Kuala Lumpur Correspondent FEW OTHER than Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad can claim credit for Malaysia's transformation from a commodity-dependent nation into one of the region's fastest industrialising economies. Presiding over an economy reeling from its worst
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        Ho Chi Minh City hungry only for big fish
        160 25 THE NEWS from Vietnam for small scale investors is bad. and could get worse. Small foreign entrepreneurs may soon discover that Ho Chi Minh City no longer wants them. The local government has rejected a few small hotel and restaurant projects.
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        No more kowtowing to the IMF
        137 25 WHAT could have emboldened Philippine President Fidel Ramos to take on the United States-dominated International Monetary Fund? Well, the cigar-chomping general has an ace up his sleeve. He has the firm commitment of European governments and bankers to support his growth-oriented economic programme. Besides,
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        Thai bourse on lookout for falling dominoes
        120 25 THAI financial markets are bracing themselves for widespread fall-out from the collapse of finance and securities firm First City Investment Co (FCI). Some market analysts say the Stock Exchange of Thailand Index could drop from the current 940-945 level to 850 points. Brokers
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    Speculating on the G-7
    514 26 EDITORIAL PREDICTABLY, finance ministers of the Group of Seven industrial nations, meeting in London over the weekend, offered homilies rather than coordinated nuts-and-bolts solutions to the problems facing their creaking economies. The media didn't help by building up excessive expectations for the meeting, the first since
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  • WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
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      Hu's 2pc a healthy move
      221 26 THE Budget's money orgy over tax cuts, concessions to business, $200 million CPF giveaways, GST offsets and a projected $4.72 billion surplus all cheery stuff is threatening to obscure a noteworthy attempt by Finance Minister Richard Hu at attacking a future problem by statute. This
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      A Budget for all
      115 26 FINANCE MINISTER Richard Hu's Budget statement last Friday was meant for everybody from the big corporations to the HDB one-roomers. While it is sensitive to the needs of encouraging Singapore businessmen to venture abroad and help low-income earners, it could not please everybody. However, low-income earners
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      Focus on preserving health
      240 26 EVEN THOUGH the abuse of medical benefits is not likely to happen here, unlike in the West, the cost of employees' healthcare will always go up. Employers must be responsible for the welfare of employees within reasonable limits and so long as it is affordable. As
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      A new era for South Korea
      182 26 SOUTH Korea joined the list of democracies last week. The swearing-in of new President Kim YoungSam last Thursday marked a milestone citizens could be rightly proud of. In little more than a generation. South Korea has gone from a grindingly poor dictatorship to a
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      Counter this insidious threat
      141 26 PHUKETs environment and culture simply cannot stand any more "progress". The island is already running short of water. Its hillsides are eroding and its roads succumbing to that familiar problem: the noisy, polluting traffic jam Finally, Phuket people are at the end of their tether with
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      Liberal only in name?
      159 26 IN MAKING its long-heralded debut as a political party yesterday, the Cooperative Resources Centre's (CRC) decision to call itself a liberal party will invite much sniggering. Not just any liberal party but the Liberal Party. At a time when it is important to be seen to
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    1185 26 FT correspondents assess the mood of big company bosses in continental Europe FT CONTINENTAL Europe's big company bosses have written oft 1993; most expect no improvement in the economic climate until next year. That is the common theme running through conversations with leading
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      57 26 I WILL THE MARKET STEAM AHEAD? MIT A (P) 101 8 92 M MARCH vol 17 NO 3 1993 $4 FOREX FINDS CONVEYANCING FRESH RISKS J; |p p k l FREE-FOR-ALL? SEMBAWANG'S* p J I M SPOTLIGHTS: NEW DREAM fl 5 MAwBrSmNG A $1,155 billion market i n i awaits
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      85 26 -7—. /cpvßerpiC&R GOT TO N < &fcew' BRRM 1 £>RRM'A /DO SOme.THiMG RBOOT-TMG-4eRRH!B!W»BRRH'MfiHi> N T«e SOiTcHßocn 4—r»n— W—l I TUOSe POOR CbiRLS P\R£. L f ASJO CIATEO DOONESBURY GARRY TRUDEAU Ima TO THANK YOU fTTfI rrs AN AMBITIOUS PROGRAM FIRST, TM PKOP^~W^^t\ FORINVTTIN6MEINTO TOBESURB, BUT J THINK INS A PEFHC/T
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      Little Jamie's murder puts a whole nation on trial
      1179 27  -  That gruesome crime in Liverpool has plunged Britain into an agony of self-analysis, says Neville Stack Neville Stack The writer is a UK-based journalist who contributed this comment to BT THE horrific murder of two-year-old Jamie Bulger has concentrated everyone's minds
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      Lock icon An early stop for Santa in Hongkong?
      1670 27  -  Hongkong Correspondent Catherine Ong foresees generous handouts in today's Budget to help the colony cope with an embarrassingly laige surplus Catherine Ong HONGKONG'S Financial Secretary Hamish Macleod has a problem with money: he has too much of it. Most private sector estimates have
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    Lock icon US leading index inches up 0.1pc in January
    511 28 Analysts not concerned because small rise follows December's huge increase AP WASHINGTON The United States government's chief forecasting gauge in January flashed a signal of moderate and sustained economic growth for 1993. The Commerce Department said yesterday that its Index of Leading
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    Lock icon China's hopes of early Gatt entry dashed
    442 28 Reuter BEIJING The US yesterday dashed China's hopes of early membership of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, saying Beijing was refusing to make concessions. At a news conference after the first bilateral negotiations on Gatt since 1989, Assistant US Trade Representative
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    Lock icon Republican leader offers to work out deficit plan with Clinton
    342 28 AP WASHINGTON Senate Republican Leader Bob Dole yesterday said he is willing to negotiate a deficit-reduction plan with President Bill Clinton if the president truly seeks Republican support. "There could be (Republican support for the plan in the end) if
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    Lock icon Cleaning up after Hoechst
    58 28 Reuter FRANKFURI Two workers in protective suits and masks sawing down trees in the Schwanheim suburb near here yesterday, more than a week after a toxic cloud escaped from the Hoechst AG chemical plant (shown in the background). The action is part of a massive clean-up
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    Lock icon Uruguay Round may become irrelevant: Dunkel
    291 28 Reuter AP BERGEN, Norway The world must reach an agreement on global trade reforms before the end of the year or the whole Uruguay Round could bccomc irrelevant, Gatt dircc-tor-gcncral Arthur Dunkcl said yesterday. "The Uruguay Round can and must be concluded before the
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    Lock icon Japan to set up firm to promote imports
    255 28 Reuter TOKYO The Japanese government says it will set up a company with firms from the private sector to promote imports and help foreign businesses set up in Japan. Japan has come under strong criticism from abroad for its massive trade surplus
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    Lock icon Japanese ministry seeking US$70b for overseas aid
    118 28 AFP TOKYO Japan's Foreign Ministry is seeking more than USS7O billion (SSI 14.8 billion) for economic aid to developing countries under a new five-year plan starting this year, a news report said yesterday. The target amount of Japan's official development assistance (ODA) for
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    Lock icon Moscow offers KL incentives to pick Russian fighters over US planes
    397 28 AP KUALA LUMPUR Russia yesterday offered Malaysia new incentives to choose Russian rather than American planes to replace ageing air force jet fighters, Malaysian officials said. Russian Vice-President Alexander Rutskoi made the offer in a 90-minute meeting with Malaysian
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    Will Hongkong's coffers be empty come 1997?
    687 28  -  The Bottom Line JACKIE SAM JACKIE SAM The writer is a Hongkong-based political consultant who contributed this commentary• to BT THE Hongkong government appears determined to prove a majority of the colony's people right: that it is out to bankrupt the colony before
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    Lock icon Yeltsin prepared to take extreme steps to save his reforms
    499 28 AP MOSCOW President Boris Yeltsin said yesterday that he is prepared to take "extreme steps" to save his reforms and asked legislative allies to help him in this month's showdown with Russia's hardline Congress. Mr Yeltsin, who has stepped up
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  • SHIPPING TIMES
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      TWRA members to shorten credit period for customers from April 1
      354 29  -  By Juliette Walker SINGAPORE Transpacific Westbound Rate Agreement (TWRA) members will cut the credit period extended to customers from April 1. For cargo moving to Asian destinations via the Atlantic and Gulf port gateways, the credit period will be
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      Lock icon NY port authority holds bond sale despite blast
      886 29 Bloomberg Business News NEW YORK The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey will proceed with a USSIOO-million (Ssl64 million) bond sale today, hopeful that last week's bomb attack on the authority's World Trade Center won't frighten away investors. Thousands of
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      INDEX TO SHIPPING LINES AND FREIGHT FORWARDERS
      1153 29 Page Col ABC Containerize 12 I Accord Group 8 1-3 Ahrenkiel Liner 16 4 Allied-Link 16 4/5 Alpha Feeders 6 1 ANL 3 1/2 APL 5 3-5 ASCL 5 5 Asian Breakbulk 16 5 ASXCL Shpg 15 2 Avant Shpg 6 4/5 A
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      China's shipping industry sails into high gear
      396 29 All 30 main coastal and river ports report growth HONGKONG Chinese shipping handled a record volume of 292.8 million tonnes of cargo and 36.8 million travellers last year according to government sources. The two figures represented increases of 7 per cent and 3
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      Lock icon Manila urged to ban private firms from recruiting workers
      374 29 Scatrade Week MANILA Manila's crewing sector is getting more of a pummelling from the lawmakers. Still stunned by Representative Manuel Puey's ban the Aliens Bill it now has to deal with a proposal from Senator Vicente Sotto 111 to abolish private
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      Lock icon Innovation takes another leap forward
      1090 30  -  The building of the 3,000 passenger-capacity Silja Europa, owned by Sweden's Rederi AB Slite incorporates the latest in ship design and navigation technology, reports David Tinsley David Tinsley Lloyd's List THE prospective addition to the Silja fleet the 59,900gross registered tonne Silja Europa will provide
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      DAILY FREIGHTS
      752 30 THE dry cargo market eased again on Monday on strengthening panamax supply although time chartering remained buoyant in the Atlantic and Pacific, brokers said. The Baltic Freight Index dropped three points at 1,370 showing steady to lower grain routes. Brokers reported firm conditions in the US Gulf/North African
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      TRANSPORT DIARY
      879 30 COURSES Title: Safe Handling Storage of Dangerous Goods for Operatives. Duration: March 3-17 (5 evenings) Organiser Singapore Port Institute Tel: For further details and application forms contact SPI at tel: 321-1825 (Mangagement courses) 321-1707 (Operations Courses) 321-1107 (Marine Course) or fax: 321-1416. Title: Marine Insurance (SDF 70%) Duration:
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      THE SHIPPING GUIDE
      10875 38 l his 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. LEGEND PN: ship ealls at Pcnang
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    • SHIPS IN PORT
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        AT CONVENTIONAL WHARVES
        591 45 Ve$$d Vot Wo Btrfi Arm* Dtpartire Vessel ¥ey Hp Berth ton* Departs Jurong Port Caltex 03/03* P01A 0303/1100 0303,1900 Buck Jaya 03/01/93 J2 atoiigside 0303/0500 Etona SC264C 02/03* P01A 0203/1100 02 03 1900 Garnet Star 2/93 Jll alongside 03 03/2300 Etona SC264C 03/03* P01A 0303/1100 03 03,1900
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        MALAYSIAN PORTS
        1440 45 Kimitan Pwt On the way; Berth: la: Pacific Taipan; 1: nil; 2: Hanrasan 1; 3: Sang Thai Beryl; 4: Sang Thai 3. Pafan oi berth outer/inner ml. Mfceri oi berth: Meridian Vegar. MTBE berth: nil. Service jetty: Tong Huat Tunda Eastern Bright. Anchorage: Pannarai, Harm Transport 1. Due
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        Lock icon Northwest offers 20 pc stake to its employees
        622 48 AP MINNEAPOLIS Northwest Airlines on Monday offered to give its employees a 20 per cent stake in the airline in return for USSBB3 million (551.45 billion) in concessions over three years. In a letter to the airline's unions. John Dasburg. Northwest president
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        Lock icon Small but safe and secure
        38 48 Reuter GENEVA The 63rd International Geneva Motor Show, which opened yesterday, world premiers this Opel Corsa (1.2 or 1.6 litre), a "high security" small city-car with digital info system and "environment-safe techniques". Reuter
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        Lock icon Toyota to set up second Kentucky plant
        246 48 Bloomberg Business News GEORGETOWN. Kentucky Toyota Motor Mfg USA plans to start car production at its second vehicle assembly plant here in March 1994, with V 6 engine production to start there about six months later, a company spokeswoman said on Monday. Toyota
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        Lock icon Roadway Services shares fall on lower profit forecast
        194 48 Bloomberg Business News AKRON, Ohio Shares of Roadway Services lnc fell U556.75 (SSI 1). or 9.6 per cent, to U556*3.25 on Monday after the company said a USS29O-million capital spending programme "will make it difficult to report an earnings increase this year".
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        Lock icon McDonnell to pay US$20m to settle lay-off suit
        331 48 Bloomberg Business News WASHINGTON McDonnell Douglas Corp has agreed to pay *****.1 million (5532.9 million) to settle age-discrimi-nation claims from about 900 laid-ofT workers, the t.qual Employment Opportunit> Commission (EEOC) said on Monda). McDonnell Douglas will pa> t'SSIO million to the workers
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        Lock icon Alcan, Fiat unit to make aluminium auto parts
        216 48 Bloomberg Business News DETROIT Alcan Aluminum Ltd and the Fiat Group's Teksid subsidiary have formed a 50-50 joint venture to develop and produce aluminium parts for the automotive industry. The venture company will be called Altek Aluminum Castings. It will start up
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          Lock icon US$100m aircraft plant in Taiwan
          70 48 AFP TAIPEI US aircraft engine maker Pratt and Whitney plans to invest USSIOO million (USSI64 million) to build an aircraft engine maintenance plant in Taiwan, a government-funded aviation agency said yesterday. The plant, if realised, would replace the firm's closed factory in Tokyo, the Committee
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          Lock icon Manila tightens airport security
          93 48 AFP MANILA Aviation officials yesterday tightened security at the international airport here especially for US airlines after explosions hit the World Trade Centre in New York and a southern Philippine airport. Manila airport manager Guillermo Cunanan said strict measures first adopted during the 1991 Gulf War
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          Lock icon VW says '90s will be decade of profit
          87 48 Reuter GENEVA German car maker Volkswagen said it plans to focus on profits in the *****. "The eighties was a decade for volume, the nineties will be for profit." said chief executive Daniel Goeudevert. VW made solid progress in the 1980s, building
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          Lock icon Ford workers strike at Mexican plant
          66 48 Bloomberg Business News NEW YORK Workers at Kord de Mexico plant in Hermosillo went on strike on Sunday, union officials said. Workers walked otT the job after failing to reach an agreement over work and pay conditions that are revised annually. The company, which
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          Lock icon Chilean airline posts US$1.2m profit
          88 48 Reuter SANTIAGO Chilean airline Lan Chile, in which Scandinavian Airlines System has a 35 per cent stake, said it posted US$l.l7 million (551.92 million) net profit last year. Lan. whose running was taken over by SAS in 1990 in what it called a rescue operation.
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        AIRCRAFT ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES
        1305 48 City W EM ETP Adelaide SQ227 2230 Amman RJ183 2335 Amsterdam GA895 1325 SQ324 2215 KL837 1545 KL838 2350 SQ323 1735 Auckland NZ21 1705 NZ22 1825 SQ288 2040 Bahrain GF149 0650 B Sen Begawan BI453 1105 SQ182 0930 SQ181 1425 BI430 2125 BI429 2030 Bangkok SQ69
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      592 30 TODAY'S TIDES (lw#t in metres) HOII 0000 0100 0200 0300 0400 0500 0(00 0700 OSOO 0900 1000 1100 1200 1300 lON 1500 1600 1700 1100 IMO 2000 2100 2200 2300 JR 1.4 1.7 2.0 2-2 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.3 2.0 1.7 1.4 12 1.1 IJ 1J 1.1 1.3 1.5 1.6
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      2697 31 OOCL (S) PTE LTD JARDINE SHIPPING AGENCIES «|ll|f BOOKINGS TEL: *****34 *****58/ *****40 lAlff#^ CPS (PSA F5) TEL: *****21/ *****79 Mlllf JARDINE SHIPPING AGENCIES SDN. BHD. P ***** 1 PETALING JAYA TEL: 03-*****76 FAX: 03-*****42 VMf J r PENANG TEL: *****4 FAX: *****1 CFS TEL: *****6 Dedicated to Quality Service
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      745 31 For advertising enquiries, contact Shipping Times: Tel 740-2089/740-2090 f^UASC/l g UNITED ARAB SHIPPING CO.(SAG)Hg To US East Coast wiw ■Iwt I in 1 cm m mem mim i m mm u m ii/m m saw mm 21/11 21/ M mm m/m a (Ml MIM 7/M I K II n 11/
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      1426 31 ■nimHawM MAERSK GOES....RED SEA ACCEPTING TO AQABA AND HODEIDAH ANNA MAERSK V.9304 ETA SIN STH MARCH 93 vessel Voy ETA ETD Feeder Dy Se. Lark 'Aries DESTINATIONS This week MC-KINNEY MAERSK V 9304 111 UIIMMPMHMIIiniMMW CV 9/3 1900 MRS CFS 9/3 1100 HRS JOH LPK PEN OAK LGB MOU SOO
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      1455 32 AQABA RDAM/ [i MMM VOY NO S PORE JEDDAH (via JED) STON H'BURQ ANT HAVRE ■uUIJ KAGA 28/108 4/3 21'3 2«'3 22/3 L «U WESTBOUND LUDWIGSHAFEN EXPRESS 06/308 6/3 IS/3 21/3 24/3 27/3 29/3 31/3 NM HUM IKMMB KASUGA 1 25/109 11/3 27/3 30/3 28/3 CMGO TO UK/CONTVCMT LEVERKUSEN EXPRESS
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      587 32 FCL Breakbulk Service to: AFGHANISTAN M&M Afghanistan Ltd., Sole Foreign Forwarder in Kabul for all services C.1.5.-Vostochny, Vladivostok, Moscow, Tashkent, Kiew, Minsk, Riga, Baku North Korea Vietnam e Mongolia t Hungary CSFR t Poland ocTigiTrans AGENCIES (FAR EAST) LIP NOUAKCHOTT-BANJUL-BISSAU-LUANDA-BAT A Feeder Vessel KTA SM VILLE DE TUCANA 07/03 VILLE
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      2053 33 O STRAITS SHIPPING PTE LTD 10 Hoe Chiang Road #11-01 Keppel Towers Singapore 0208 Tel: *****88 Fax: *****17 flrap ST« snipping wo Ltd ouc SM.S J I CONTAINER SERVICE TO CAMtOOU STRAIIS VENTURE VO6E Muva. lab 02 03 Mar 04 Mar 05 Mat KWS ME RUB) VO4E KK. Sit an.
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      2883 33 SINGAPORE AGENT: WXrf 1 I AntQlflPl*C PAO Containers (Singapore Agencies) Pte Ltd X ULV/ \jUllidlllVl 9 10 Hoe Chiang Road #07-01 KEPPEL TOWERS. SINGAPORE 0208 ■r V WfSS Tel: 225 2233 Telex: RS ***** PNOCSP Fax: 225 5327/222 7517 w CR Number: **********0Z EXPORT IMPORT I*** l VOV FmO 'PUG
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      2104 34 HANJIN SHIPPING TDR VSI SM UK HWL SEA POX FOR VSL SM |l«» HAUL SAV IM NYC HANRN ELIZABETH 007E 6/3 OBECT 25/3 27/3 HMUM SEOUL 131E 13 H. HONGKONG 03K 1/4 9/4 11/4 HANJM VANCOUVER 012E 13'3 DBECT 1/4 3/4 HMUN KRWNGYANG OWE B'3 M EUROPE 0061 15/4 16/4
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      1302 35 PLEASE DIAL 1-800-*****00(toll-FREE^|| fsr gSM^sII FOR ALL BOOKINGS (NOL ser vices) H I II a R2 SCX: Connecting C. Jupiter Voy 62E in Hkg 07/03/93 II *R3 SCX: Connecting N. Diamond Voy 12E In HKG 28/03/93 Pj] smoMHM&CALiFomMiexpmss&cx^^^^^ TO pmt* tltt* tx j U FEEDER VSL VOY SGP MOTHER VSL
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      393 35 HEUNG-A SHIPPING Korean Flag Vessels FULLY COffIMfRBED SERVICE TO: HOMKON6, BUSAN, MCHON, HON STRAITS/KOREA SERVICE pu sat sut we bsh mc moi Ht» SIM JOIN 04/03 01/03 12/03 13/03 14/03 CHOVANG SUN W309 03/01 05/03 10/03 14/03 15/03 lt/03 DO 7 DGNAM 302N 06/03 10/03 19/03 24/03 21/03 LUNMO 310
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      148 35 CENTENARY SHIPPING SERVICE I WEEKLY POLL CONTAINER DRECT SERVICE 1 SINGAPORE/HO CHI MINH CITY Now providing Container Tracking toVungUiL from Ho Chi Mlnh Qty VESSEL S NAME VOY. WW ETA/P SPOKE ETA/P MCM CITY TAN AH AM 79N/S 09-0* MAR 12-12 MAR *3 TANAM AM 80N/S 16-16 MAR 19-19 MAR
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      1148 35 SINSOV SINGAPORE SOVIET SHIPPING CO PRIVATE LTD BOOKINGS: BALT ORIENT LINE: *****64 FESCO: *****06 BLASCO ODESSA: *****51/*****31 ENQUIRIES: *****33 KL: 03-*****75/697 PORT KELANG: *****43/ *****40 JAKARTA: *****57 PENANG: *****4/ *****8 JOHORE BAHRU: *****1/ *****1 MARINE INSURANCE SERVICE: *****87/ *****87 (REGULAR INDEPENDENT SERVICE) FULL CONTAINERSHIP SERVICES EASTBOUND DISCHARGING WESTBOUND—LOAMNG TRANSHfPED WA
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      1475 36 K" WvM AS AGENTS: KAWASAKI SINGAPORE (PTE) LTD (CR No: **********0 M) w TEL *****77 TELEX: KAWAKIRS23I6S FAX: *****07/^9 H IVT Id MALAYSIA: "K" LINE MARITIME (MALAYSIA) SON BHD B V I TEL SA *****00 PK *****75 PEN *****0 JB *****1 PGU *****5/6 INDONESIA: P.T. SARANA LAUTINTERNUSA TEL: JKT *****76.*****77.*****08
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      1185 36 PHILI- ORI€NT UN€S PT€ LTD V 108 Robinson Road #07-00 GMG Building Singapore 0106 1 Tel: *****22/*****69/*****00 Telex: RS ***** Fax: *****76/*****38 ft# BY AIR, LAND OR SEA.... WE TAKE ON THE WORLD FOR VOU SS MEMBER OF SINGAPORE FREIGHT FORWARDERS ASSOCIATION pi MmT*AUAAmWZEALANW9QUTHPACmC FCULCL UMVKX ~M 8 MAR SYDNEY,
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      608 37 PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL LINES (PTE) LTD 140 Cecil Street. #03-00 PIL Building. Singapore 0106. CR NO **********0E REGIONAL CONTAINER SERVICE BANGKOK JAKARTA VESSEL EQUATOR HAWK KOTA INOAH BUNGA TERATAI EQUATOR HAWK KOTA INOAH BUNGA TERATAI VOY 92N 4/3 3201 7/3 3203 9/3 93N 10/3 3211 14/3 3213 16/3 SEMARANG/SURABAYA TAIWAN O
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      1771 37 EXPRESS CONTAINER SERVICE TO UK-NORTH CONTINENT-SCANDINAVIA WEEKLY p P GUDANG PENANG P KELANG OCEAN VSL/VQV SIN SOU(1) RTM (2) "~HAM (3) GOT (4) E 5/3 5/3 6/3 SELANDIA 3082 9 3 26/3 28/3 29/3 """17/3 E 12/3 12/3 13/3 BENALDER 3092 16/3 2/4 4/4 5/4 7/4 D 19/3 19/3 20/3
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      308 37 °BSA° TRANSPORTATION M MYANMA wßfe FIVE STAR LINE (Myanmar National Line) Loading for Yangon (Rangoon) Spore P.KI{ Pen PGdf W>A AN VISbN In Pt PAGAN VI94W 11/13 M« MYOMAVWA ¥147* 14/16 Mjr 10/12 Mar MALAYSIA AGENTS BOUSTEAO SHPPMG AGENCCS KUL TEI 03 *****00 PKI TEI 03 3M6767 PEN Til 04
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      3198 40 Full Container Liner Services Malaysia s Agents: Indonesia's Agents: I Genera/ Agents: Booking Agents: Cuan Cuan Shipping Sdn Bhd Chung Chiao Shipping Sdn Bhd P.T. Global Rntra Indonesia Maritime Costar Shipping Ptc Ltd Stjfmg Frtigkt Min Ce*trt S* BM 58 Persiaran Rata Muda Musa Lot 3.34. 3rd Floor. Jl IR
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      716 41 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 HAIFA/ASHDOD/ALEXANDRIA 8/3 HAMBURG/BREMEN 8/3 MARSEILLE/FRANCE 873 FELIXSTOWE/UK 8/3 BARCELONA/SPAIN 873 LEHAVRE/ANTWERP 8/3 GENOA/ITALY 8/3 GOTHENBURG/SCANDINAVIA 8/3 LOS ANGELES/WC/IPI 6/3 SYDNEY/MELBOURNE 4/3 NEW YORK/EC 673 FREMANTLE/ADELAIOE 4/3 VANCOUVER 10/3 BRISBANE 4/3
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      748 41 g RICHFIELD MARINE AGENCIES (S) PTE LTD TEL: *****33 (12 Lines) FAX: *****15/*****03 TELEX: RS ***** RISHIP (3 Lines) ETHIOPIAN SHIPPING LINES (National Lines of Ethiopia) ACCEPTING FCL AND CONVENTIONAL VESSEL I VOY ETA I LOADING K» SPORE ANHNET 30WB 10/04 DARE SS ALA AM MOMBASA DJIBOUTI ASSAB MASSAWA NET
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      686 41 JAKARTA BANGKOK vov sw mr vtssa voy smemm mmbkok RAM BHUM 6SS 5/3 9/3 G KO2HISEV 16N Wed In ft Sun 7/3 IHANA BHUM 20S 7/3 10/3 MAHA BHUM* 147N Ned In Pt Su 7/3 NANA BHUM ilTi 1573 W~3 S2 nw 1 NAMTA BHUM 131N Sit 6/3 Wed 10/3
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      350 41 B nam™ BAY OF BENGAL SERVICEB TK» SIM MM 04-05/03 11 12/13 1419/03 CAPE BONA VIST* 24CN 0409/03 15 1* 03 22-23/13 I Itt* mom 57* 10-11/03 17 11/03 24-25/03 I TIGER W« 245W 15-10/03 22-24/03 30-31/13 TIGER MB 103CW 10-11/03 17-21/03 27-21/03 I LHOTSE 437 14-15/03 21-25/03 31-01/04 I
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      1491 42 P44MAC-NELS GROUPAGE I N~/ I PENANG (04) *****6 SIBU: (084) *****9 KUCHING: (082) *****3 w N P.KELANG: (03) *****77 JAKARTA: (21) *****32 SURABAYA: (31) *****0 COMPETITIVE RATE TO HONG KONG 3 SAILINGS WEEKLY (MON/WED/FRI) FOR ROOKING, PLS CALL *****76. *****75. *****22 jZSti OLOBEUNK FORWARDERS PTE LTD 2«E2 lEL.' *****33 (18
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      241 42 w BLUE STAR LINE SINGAPORE TO AND FROM NEW ZEALAND AND PACIFIC ISLANDS SW AKI LYT SM PROSPECT 23S 10/3 23/3 25/3 10/4 #N I STAR 6S 20/3 1/4 3/4 20/4 PREMIER 23S 4/4 17/4 19/4 4/5 WITH OPPORTUNITY TO CAll BRISBANt OH OR ABOUT 27 J FULLY CONTAINERISED SAILINGS
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      1044 42 THONG SOON UNES PTE. LTD.! Mz 11 ROBINSON ROW) #15-00, #16-00 SIA BUILDING SINGAPORE 0106 TEL: *****88 FAX NO: *****11, *****22 TLX: RS ***** CARRIER, RS ***** JENHOL CABLE: TOSOCO I CONVENTIONAL/COWTAINfeR I C6NTAINErt SERVICES I SINGAPORE TO SARAWAK SINGAPORE TO WEST MALAYSIA VESSEL |VOT [S POKE IPEST VESSEL VOT
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      859 43 AM Jm m s fIV m g W WpV'EVERETT ORIENT LINE" MnW/Mr or BOKU/MPMI SERVICE ACCEPTMG BRIAKBUK SOC CARGOtS TO FROM KOBE. YOKOHAMA NAGOYA. MO*. TOKYO*. MANIA* OAVAO*. Penang* P. Kelanj Singapore E'Msia* KAMALEVERETT VISE 23/24 Mar KARABIEVERETT VIIE 06/07 Apr SHAPIAEVERETT VISE 21/22 Apr 23/24 Apr ACCEPTING HEAKBUK FCI/SOC
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      328 43 IftL 6LOBY MVIMTHHH CROUP 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 8/3 10/3 13/3 24/3 GLORY SELATAN V 25/2 28/2 3/3 13/3 SP PKL HCM HK KAO GLORY SELATAN X 1/3 6/3
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      680 43 PGSL -WORLDWIDE PANAMA GLOBE STEAMERS LINES 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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      419 43 l^bemu FORTNIGHTLY DIRECT CONTAINER SERVICE SIN TO DURBAN ALSO CALLING PT. ELIZABETH/JOHANNESBURG TWICE WEEKLY CONTAINER SERVICE SIN/MADRAS/SIN ALSO ACCEPTING CONTAINERS TO TUTICORIN/ BANGALORE/COCHIN AND NEW DELHI WEEKLY CONTAINER SERVICE SIN/CALCUTTA/SIN WITH TRANSHIPMENT TO: ASEAN/AUSTRALIA/FAR EAST/MEDITERRANE AN/EUROPE WEEKLY CONVENTIONAL SERVICE SIN TO CHINA WEEKLY CONVENTIONAL SERVICE MADRAS/COLOMBO/ BOMBAY/KARACHI WEEKLY CONVENTIONAL SERVICE
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      375 43 SIN PAR EAST 9/3 KEELUNG/KAOHSIUNG 6/3 BANGKOK 8/3 MANILA/CEBU 7/3 JAKARTA/BELAWAN/SURABAYA 8/3 PORT KELANG/PENANG/E. MALAYSIA 8/3 BUSAN 7/3 TOKYO/YOKO/KOBE/NGO/OSA 8/3 HONG KONG S|N CHINA 8/3 GUANGZHOU/HUANGPU/SHENZHEN FUZHOU/XIAMEN SHANTOU/SHEKOU DALIAN/SHANGHAI/XINGANG TIANJIN/QINGDAO/HAIKOU also accepting LCL cargo SMC EUROPE/UK 6/3 LDN/FLX/LVP/SOU 6/3 RDM HAM ANT/LEH/GOA/OSL/GOT/BCN also accepting cargo to Austria/ Hungary/Romania/Poland/Bulgaria/Czech. SIN USA/CANADA
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      686 44 HONG KON6/CHINA 1/3 JAKARTA 28/2 BANGKOK 3/3 5/3 MANILA 1/3 BUSAN 1/3 KEELUNG 2/3 TOKYO/KOBE 5/3 KAOSHIUNG 5/3 PORT KELAN6/PENANG 1/3 YOKOHAMA 28/2 COLOMBO 2/3 FELIXSTOWE/HAMBUR6 6/2 CHITTAGONG/MADRAS 1/3 ROTTERDAM/LE HARVE/ANTWERP 6/2 BOMBAY/KARACHI 5/3 BARCELONA. MARSEILLES. 6ENOA 4/2 CALCUTTA 5/3 LAX/NYC 28/2 SYDNEY/MELBOURNE 4/2 CMT LINER EXPRESS AGENCIES PTE LTD
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      456 44 "y Contemn CONTERM FREIGHT (F.E.) PTE LTD. AUCKLAND 10TH MARCH ACCEPTING TO ALL PORTS IN NEW ZEALAND PENANG 11 MAR PORT KELANG 11 MAR JAKARTA 6 MAR FREMANTLE 11 MAR SYDNEY 8 MAR MELBOURNE 8 MAR BRISBANE 8 MAR HAMBURG 6 MAR FELIXSTOWE 6 MAR GOTHENBURG 6 MAR 'ACCEPTING TO
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      282 44 This Week's Sailings Singapore I KI D To; KID K,R asiawarded Singapore Singapore ISO 9002 LRQA EVERY EVERY Bangkok SUN Hamburg SAT QDi EVERY EVERY Manila SL!N Ho Chi \linh FRI (slRj?)l JL EVERY EVERY vWyS Colombo TUE Angeles SUN I INTERNATIONAL SEA FREIGHT FORWARDING Tel: Fax: AND LOGISTICS SERVICES
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      352 44 I Q NIPPON EXPRESS Arrow International (Worldwide Consolidation System) WEEKLY TO: TOKYO/YOKOH AM VNAGOYA/KAOSHIUNG/ HONG KONG/BANGKOK/KEELUNG/KOBE/ LOS ANGELES (LONG BEACH)/NEW YORK/ CHICAGO/SYDNEY/MELBOURNE/HAMBURG/ EELIXSTOWE/ROTI ERDAM/DLISSELDORF WE ALSO DEAL IN ECL CARGO WORLDWIDE ARROW EXPRESS (SERVICE TO MALAYSIA) MALAYSIA TRUCK CONSOLIDATION Depart Singapore DAILY to K.L. BANGI. SHAH ALAM ARROW EXPRESS BONDED
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      1384 45 FAST AND REGULAR SERVICE TO PANAMA (CRISTOBAL) FEEDER VESSEL PKG PEN OCEAN VESSEL SM LEH RTM(I) HNM<2) BRV FU SOU GOT VESSQ fct PJCg *fM Sh STuya Auddand fip(A) ftf*na*(A) fmni lytt*n(B) Oimfc(B) tapis «Mk«ta(C) Taranga B. Seroia a Bhum 26/2 24/2 NLL Afnca/2033 4/3 20/3 21/3 22/3 24/3 25/3
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      721 46 i. cosco I UKC CONVENTIONAL SERVICE VESSEL PKL PNG P G LOADING FOR A VESSEL 28/2 Rotterdam/Antwerp CHINA CONVENTIONAL SERVICE VESSEL PKL PNG P G LOADING FOR A VESSEL 15/03 20/03 Huangpu/ Guangzhou COSCO FULL CONTAINER SERVICES (FCL/FCL) EXPORT TO: CHINA/BANGKOK/HONGKONG EUROPE/CONTINENTAL WEST MEDITERRANEAN AUSTRALIA US WEST COAST PERSIAN GULF/KARACHI
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      437 46 J EES FREIGHT SERVICES PTC LTD HjTn #01-60 Wallich Building, Wallich Street, Singapore 0207 Tel: *****66 (10 Lines) Fax: *****69/*****44 I 'PLANETA" 11 "SEALINK" 11 "ACE CONCORD" I V.I 36 II V.265N II V.3OE I ETD SIN: 8/3/93 11 ETD SIN: 7/3/93 11 ETD SIN: 5/3/93 I We provide competitive
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      455 46 Antwerp 7/3 Fremantle 4/3 Bangkok 6/3 Bremen 7/3 Sydney 8/3 Busan 8/3 Hamburg 7/3 Melbourne 8/3 Hong Kong 8/3 LeHarve 7/3 Kaohsiung 6/3 Felixstowe 7/3 BfcAAilflafiMaMi Keelung 5/3 Rotterdam 7/3 Bombay 8/3 Jakarta 7/3 Calcutta 7/3 Manila Chittagong 4/3 Lax Nyc 7/3 M ar f Ch 'We travel aii over
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      289 46 /^BANGLADESH SHIPPING CORPORATION i»(»«si» cast uu if gum in soma tor Hvlw YoMumj V *1*0)3 hum* tc nan sutwm pontimm BMKIM HUOI ?S 02 02 03 M4SIJ RWKLW SHOW 07-00/03 12 14.03 15-17/01 LOWS IT NO t MM BMMMMSO 1 IMIM—I SUIfCT 10 MUCHOn USO CHIME HON»***** TMM I OT«*
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      747 47 A HYUNDAI I MERCHANT MARINE CO. LTD. WESTBOUND TO EUROPE VESSELS VOY I PNA I PKE 1 PGP I VESSELS VOY_ SW RTM AWT* LEH* HAM BRE| FEE HMM ADVANCE 06A 23/2 24/2 26/2 SI MARINER 303* 28/2 19/3 19/3 20/3 21/3 21/3 23/3 MM ADVANCE 07A 2/3 3/3 5/3
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      507 47 STRAITS/ JAPAN/ STRAITS SERVICE SPECIALIST IN RO-RO HEAVY LIFTS INBOUND VESSELS USUI 101 9 n MC u COSMC PNMEI 21 R RT SOMtl 10 1/3 11/3 RIISINM 14 10/ I 11/3 Ml IS/3 COOK TUMI M 21/3 Ml UIKM 11 10/J 22 3 m !«/3 OOAHd »T 3 21/3 ROUTM
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      878 47 MitsuiOSK. Lines. Ltd FULL CONTAINER EXPORT TO: JEDDAH/UK/CONTNENT M6A a/101 LUDMGSHMIN UPWSS M M MSUGA I 25/109 UKMIUSUI IWtfSS 11/309 STOK (D S ION HWJBG 4/3 70/3 23/3 4/3 If/3 24/3 27/3 11/3 27/3 30/3 13/3 22/3 31/3 3/4 TV 3 Southampton 29/3 31/3 Rotterdam 1/4 Southampton J/4 7/4 Rotterdam
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