The Business Times, 30 March 1993

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    13 1 Business Times WE KNOW ASIA MITA (P) 552/12/92 Tuesday March 30 1993 75«
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  • 2am LATEST
    • Article
      Lock icon Mitterrand appoints new French PM
      66 1 Reuter PARIS Frcnch President Francois Mitterrand announced yesterday that he has appointed Gaullist former finance minister Edouard Balladur, 63, as prime minister after the Centre-Right won a landslide election victory. Mr Mitterrand said in a live television address: "In electing a very big new majority,
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      Lock icon London's concessions on coal mines
      53 1 Reuter LONDON British Trade Secretary Michael Hescltine oftcred new concessions yesterday to head off a parliamentary defeat over coal mine closures. Mr Hescltine said government subsidies of up to £500 million (SSI.2 billion) a year would be available to private mine operators as well as
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    MARKET SUMMARY
    115 1 Stock market indices Monday Change STII 1,670.72 9.96 KLSE Composite 638.87 +4.45 Nikkei 19.048.38 +***** Hang Seng 6,322.90 -18 35 SET Index 858.04 -9.40 Jakarta Composite ...310.50 -1.57 CLSA China B 1.391 40 9.44 AustAIIOrd. 1.677.0 +1.1 FFSE 100 2,846.5 -6.4 Monday Previous 11 am close Dow Jones
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    Lock icon China writes Deng's market reforms into Constitution
    534 1 BEIJING China rewrote its Constitution yesterday to bring it in line with the economic reforms of paramount leader Deng Xiaoping And to put it into action, the National People's Congress or parliament approved Premier Li Peng's list of new technocratic vice-premiers and Cabinet
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  • Article
    S'pore non-oil exports up 32pc in February
    450 1  -  By Schutz Lee SINGAPORE Shipments of non-oil domestic exports from Singapore grew strongly by 32.6 per cent in February, compared to 3.3 per cent growth in January when the Lunar New Year festivities held back exports. Analysts and economists said the February surge
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    Lock icon Jakarta bourse suspends 5 counters amid reports of fake shares
    358 1 Reuter JAKARTA The Jakarta Stock Exchange yesterday suspended five listed companies from trading for three days after reports of fake shares. The five PT Inco. PT Handjaya Mandala Sampoerna, PT Semen Gresik, PT Inti Indorayon Utama and PT Indah Kiat
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    Nikkei surges past 19,000 to one-year high
    158 1 TOKYO Japanese shares surged to their highest elosing level in almost a year yesterday on growing convietions the market has entered a new bull phase. Although the rally may soon take a breather, the belief that economic recovery is in sight means any
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    Another S'pore Technologies unit to list on main board
    424 1  -  By Conrad Raj SINGAPORE The Stock Exchange of Singapore has given in-principle approval for the main board listing of Singapore Technologies Industrial Corporation. The public offering of the industrial arm of Singapore Technologies Holdings, the government-linked conglomerate which has already spawned
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    IPC set to announce in-principle approval for Singapore listing
    439 1  -  From Joseph Rajendran in HANOVER SINGAPORE'S leading computer company, 11X7 Corp. is expected to announce within the next 10 days that it has obtained in-principle approval for a main board listing on the Stock Exchange of Singapore. Sources say IPC will
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      10 1 Property Construction Marco Polo making investors sit up Pg 27
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      10 1 Hock Lock Siew A better 1993 lor NOL Pg 9
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      31 1 The Bottom Line L~( J hj 3 0 WAR 1993 Hi) India, blast Asia: CauZbe twain meet? family The men who wield the power, Pg 6 Kditorial: The March 31 deadline
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
    • eye on the ECONOMY
      • Article, Illustration
        Lock icon An encouraging sign
        364 2  -  By A J Leow AFTER DROPPING to a low of 73.1 per ccnt in January, the average hotel occupancy rate surged to 86.8 per ccnt last month. The February rate 4.9 percentage points higher than the previous corresponding month and the highest in two years was achieved
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    • Article
      Smaller increments, bonuses expected this year: survey
      513 2  -  Reports by Anna Teo COMPANIES have mixed feelings about business prospects over the next six months and are paying lower basic increments and bonuses this year, according to a survey of 106 companies. The survey by Remuneration Data Specialists Pte Ltd (RDS) shows
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      Call to serve business community better
      241 2 CIVIL SERVANTS would have to serve the business community better, the outgoing chairman of the Service Improvement Unit's management committee, Ngiam Tong Dow, said yesterday. Senior managers in the service would "have to find ways to empower and motivate staff to be more responsive
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    • Article
      More companies considering retention payments
      254 2 MORE companies are looking into retention bonuses or retirement plans as means to keep key senior staff, the survey by Remuneration Data Specialists (RDS) has found. Out of the 106 companies surveyed. 45 per cent indicated plans to introduce or improve retention bonuses. In particular.
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    • SINGAPORE ROUNDUP
      • Article
        EDB head-hunting in Russia
        59 2 THE Economic Development Board is looking for talent in Moscow. It heads a delegation that will recruit engineers, physicists and information technology professionals from Russia and other states of the former Soviet Union. During their 10-day stay, which begins today, members of the delegation will interview
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        Another term for Feedback chief
        102 2 LENG KEE Member of Parliament Ow Chin Hock has been re-appointed chairman of the Feedback Unit supervisory panel for another one-year term beginning on April I. The new panel will have three new faces: Chua Chu Kang MP Low Seow Chay, and grassroots leaders Ho
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        SIA flies to Durban
        36 2 SINGAPORE AIRLINES is flying to a second destination in South Africa, a year after its maiden flight to Johannesburg. From today, a 8747-300 will leave Singapore every Tuesday for Durban via Johannesburg.
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      158 2 Q OMEGA The sign of excellence. Ht mMS I AH Ell 1. k l ow when you take of Thai's European 1 i flights, you can stop over in Bangkok, Haadyai or Phuket enroute. Take a few extra days to explore the shops and the shores of Thailand before on
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  • THE REGION
    • Article
      Bangkok to keep close watch on state firms going public
      522 3  -  From Alan Boyd in BANGKOK STATE enterprises in Thailand have been warned to expect increased government scrutiny as their executives prepare them for public listing under a sell-off programme later this year. The Cabinet has announced that it will monitor
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    • Article
      US firm leases Subic fuel depot for US$100m
      378 3  -  Coastal Petroleum is first foreign investor to win major Subic facility By Juliette Walker SINGAPORE Americanowned Coastal Petroleum yesterday sealed a US$lOO million (SSI64 million) lease for the Subic Bay fuel depot, becoming the first foreign investor to win a major Subic
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      Lock icon Sayonara and take care
      98 3 Reuter, AFP CHITOSE, Japan A soldier with Japan's contingent of peacekeepers reaching out to say goodbye to his child as he left this northern Japanese town for Cambodia. Japan's second group of peacekeepers left yesterday for Cambodia, where the security situation appeared to be reaching its
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      Lock icon Indonesia pledges to improve investment climate
      287 3 Reuter JAKARTA The new Indonesian minister in charge of industry and trade promised yesterday to try to attract more foreign investment. "Number one. we must continue to improve the climate to encourage investors," said Hartarto who was named Co-ordinating Minister for Industry and Trade
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      Lock icon Tokyo to help Hanoi normalise ties with world financial bodies
      190 3 AFP HANOI Japan has promised its backing to help Vietnam normalise its relations with international financial bodies. Vietnamese Foreign Minister Nguyen Manh Cam told a press conference yesterday that Japan also "wanted the United States to lift its economic embargo
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    • ASIA NOTES
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        Lock icon Private business zone in Shanghai
        63 3 AFP BEIJING China's industrial and financial centre*. Shanghai, has set up its first zone for private investors, a report said yesterday. The zone, covering 60 hectares, was set up last week in the city's north-west Baoshan district and oilers preferential tax incentives to investors, the
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        Lock icon Disgraced Kanemaru out on bail
        81 3 Reuter TOKYO Shin Kanemaru. the disgraced "kingmaker" of Japanese politics, left a Tokyo detention centre yesterday after prosecutors questioned him for three weeks over tax evasion charges. NHK public television reported. Freed on bail, Kanemaru. 78. now faces trial on two counts of tax fraud
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        Lock icon Clearing the past
        51 3 CU CHI, Vietnam US veterans Roberts Sippens (right) and John Laemmar (standing) working with their former Viet Cong enemies last Friday in cutting down a tree to clear an area for the reconstruction of a medical clinic here, 35 km west of Ho Chih Minh City. Reuter
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        Lock icon Thai govt to pay frozen assets' interest
        91 3 Reuter BANGKOK The Thai government must pay interest on the assets of nine former Cabinet ministers that were frozen by a military-led government in a crackdown on corruption. Parliament's president said yesterday. Thailand's supreme court last week ruled that an anti-graft decree, issued
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      Lock icon Keeping it between the Thais
      362 3 AFP BANGKOK More and more Thai male prostitutes are flocking to Japan to seek their fortune servicing lonely Thai women working the flesh trade there, a Thai diplomat was quoted as saying yesterday. "I am surprised to learn of late that Thai men commonly called
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    • Article
      Ramos dismisses talk of wanting one-man rule
      359 3  -  From Al Labita in MANILA PRESIDENT Fidel Ramos, a cousin of the late strongman Ferdinand Marcos, yesterday dismissed insinuations that he would impose authoritarian rule in the Philippines. "I would be the last person to threaten with authoritarianism or one-man rule our well-established
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      Australia to expand trade with Asian countries: minister
      483 4  -  Asia Pacific Insight conference Reports by Florence Chong in SYDNEY AUSTRALIA'S Minister for Trade Peter Cook says debate on whether Australia should or should not engage with Asia is over. "We already are engaged. The only issue now is how to broaden
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      Premium paid for HK-listed companies has risen 10 times in two years: consultant
      357 4 SYDNEY The premium paid to take over a listed company in Hongkong has risen to more than HKSIOO million (5521.2 million), which is at least 10 times the value two years ago, said Tommy Lui, head of
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      Lock icon Japan will help Russia despite territorial dispute
      220 4 UFI TOKYO After manoeuvring to bring a territorial row with Moscow into the world spotlight, Japanese officials fear the strategy may boomerang with international criticism heaped on Tokyo for quibbling over aid to beleaguered Russia. The perception that Japan is dragging its foot
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      Lock icon Cost-cutting efforts likely to push up Japan's jobless rate
      299 4 Reuter TOKYO Corporate Japan's continued cost-cutting efforts probably pushed the nation's unemployment rate slightly higher last month, a survey of economists shows. According to a Reuter straw poll, the government is likely to report that Japan's February unemployment rate was 2.4
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      HK trade deficit widens, dependence on China for export grows
      277 4  -  From Stephen Vines in HONGKONG HONGKONG has begun the year with a widening trade deficit and continued strong dependence on China for its export business. Figures released yesterday by the Government show that the re-export of goods wholly or semi-manufactured
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      Lock icon Snipping for charity
      21 4 Reuter TAIPEI Taiwanese hairdressers giving haircuts on a street here yesterday in a fund-raising drive for Aids victims.
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      Lock icon Dos and don'ts for foreign businesswomen in Japan
      600 4 UPI SAN FRANCISCO Working with Japanese businessmen can be an enlightening experience for women executives from the West, if they can cope with the cultural differences. A new book by two American women who have done business with Japanese executives warns that
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      217 4 Congratulatiorw to Mr Dennis Ong on being awarded "Best Waiter Of The Year" in the STPB Bth Tourism Award*. RL) tor ante Bologna is proud to achieve this prestigious award for three consecutive years (1991,1992 e*****) 10 MARVM For just two weeks, ten highly acclaimed chefs from 0.R.P.1. (Ordine Ristoratori
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      4 4 WmbaH INVESTMENT AND FINANCE
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  • REGIONAL FOCUS
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      Lock icon The man behind the titles of power
      559 6 Profiles of China's top leaders Reuter BEIJING Jiang Zemin, head of China's 50-million-member Communist Party, completed his sweep of the country's top titles on Saturday by being elected president. Already titular commander of China's three-million-strong army, Mr Jiang can now add head of
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      Lock icon Another surprise move to the top for Citic founder
      383 6 Reuter BEIJING The favourite capitalist of China's communists has now done in politics what he did in business risen to the top. Rong Yiren. a man who watches the world's financial markets from a computer terminal in his home, was elected
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      Lock icon Qiao: China's link between party and govt
      318 6 Reuter BEIJING Qiao Shi, the shadowy figure who once led China's security apparatus, was elected head of Parliament on Saturday as Beijing moved to tighten links between the Communist Party and the government. The election of Mr Qiao, who spent much of his
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  • THE WORLD
    • WORLD WATCH
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        Lock icon Bonn to boost Asia-Pacific investment
        58 8 Reuter CANBERRA Germany plans to expand its trade ties and investment in the Asia-Pacific area, particularly in mining, visiting German Foreign Minister Klaus Kinkel told Australian Foreign Minister Gareth Evans yesterday. Areas of potential investment included steel processing, machine building, pharmaceuticals, advanced materials, food processing
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        Lock icon At Oscar's feet
        53 8 Reuter LOS ANGELES One of the most recognisable figures in the world, Oscar, is less familiar from the feet up. Senior painter Erlinnda Casady is seen touching up the paint on Oscar statues to be used at the 65th Academy Awards Ceremony at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion
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        Lock icon US disappointed with Ukraine stance
        76 8 AFP WASHINGTON The US is disappointed by Ukraine's delay in ratifying the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (Start) and the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), US Secretary of State Warren Christopher said last Sunday. The US has pledged US$l75 million (SS2B7 million) to help Ukraine dismantle the
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        Lock icon Nato and former foes hold talks
        65 8 Reuter BRUSSELS Nato defence ministers, facing the prospect of enforcing an international peace plan for Bosnia, met their counterparts from Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union yesterday to discuss peace-keeping. The meeting of more than 30 countries is expected to agree closer cooperation
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      Lock icon Clinton seeking US$1b aid package for Russia: paper
      479 8 Funds reportedly in addition to USs7oom already being sought UPI NEW YORK US President Bill Clinton is planning to ask Congress to approve US$l billion (551.64 billion) in additional aid to Russia. The Wall Street Journal said yesterday that the funds would
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    • Article
      Kazakhstan looking beyond IMF, US, World Bank for aid
      414 8  -  From John Helmer in MOSCOW KAZAKHSTAN, frustrated by the failure of the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank and the US to deliver promised economic assistance, is negotiating with other sources of international finance. Sources close to Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev
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      Yeltsin faces strong resistance in provinces
      461 8  -  From John Helmer in MOSCOW WHILE President Boris Yeltsin declared victory after the narrow failure of an impeachment vote by the Congress of People's Deputies, the unexpected shift of opinion against him in parliament was nothing to celebrate about. It is a further warning,
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      Lock icon Recovery in US housing market: blip or boomlet?
      373 8 Reuter WASHINGTON Sheltered by housing the bricks and mortar of most recoveries the US expansion is more than holding its own, but analysts and officials are cautious about just how strong the housing upturn will be. "I am still concerned that a
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      Lock icon Cautious reaction in Europe to French polls results
      485 8 Reuter BONN Western European governments reacted cautiously to the sweeping election victory of France's conservative opposition over the ruling Socialists last Sunday. Most governments withheld immediate comment in spite of some reports the election outcome was likely to bring changes in relations
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      Lock icon Mafia shadow spreads over Italian political scene
      273 8 Reuter ROME The long shadow of the Mafia was cast over the Italian establishment yesterday as investigations into a widening corruption scandal spread to suspected links between politicians and organised crime. News over the weekend that three former ministers, including seven-time premier Giulio
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    • Article
      Lock icon Pace of reforms in Latin America may slow down, say experts
      410 8 Reuter PHILADELPHIA After an exuberant rush of economic reform. Latin America may be entering a "smoke and firecrackers" period in which foreign and domestic political obstacles hinder further reforms. say experts. The underlying drive towards market-oriented economies is likely
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
    • Article
      Parkway earnings up 69pc to $19.5m
      403 9  -  By Lilian Ang SINGAPORE Propertybased Parkway Holdings chalked up net earnings of $19.52 million last year up 69 per cent on the 1991 figure. But despite the strong growth, analysts rated the property developer's performance "disappointing". Many had expected Parkway to double its earnings
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      Lock icon Clear banking
      117 9 SINGAPORE United Overseas Bank yesterday unveiled its "transparent banking hall" (above) which houses the new main branch at its flagship property, UOB Plaza. The banking hall, which includes a $2 million UOB Information Centre, represents an investment of $6 million. With three of the four walls in sheer
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    • Article
      Singatronics reports after-tax loss of $2.65m
      362 9  -  By William Chia SINGAPORE Electronics manufacturer Singatronics Ltd has turned in a $2.65 million after-tax loss for the year ended Dec 31. The result is a big turnaround from 1991, when Singatronics achieved a group af-ter-tax profit of $4.27 million. The company, which released
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      Packaging slack dents Metal Con
      109 9 SINGAPORE Listed Metal Containers' half-time profits were hit by a slowdown in the local consumer packaging market and initial costs of relocating some activities to neighbouring countries. Group turnover for the half-year to December slipped to 562.7 million from $66.9 million while operating profit slumped
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      NOL results: Bearish expectations for 1992, better outlook for 1993
      745 9  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW By Rahita Elias SINGAPORE When Neptune Orient Lines (NOL) announces its 1992 results tomorrow, few would be surprised if the Singapore national carrier were to report a fall in earnings. According to the Institutional Brokers Estimate System,
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      Hwa Hong posts flat profits but turnover up 45pc
      262 9  -  By Amy Balan SINGAPORE Hwa Hong Corporation put in a disappointing performance last year in spite of the completion of several major civil engineering projects. Net earnings were virtually unchanged at $8.24 million for the year ended Dec 31. as was
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      Tat Lee Bank posts flat 1992 net earnings
      209 9 SINGAPORE Tat Lee Bank has reported flat earnings for 1992, posting only a 2.75 per eent gain in group net earnings for the year. Tat Lee Bank said in a statement that it made group net earnings of 529.94 million last year,
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      Lock icon SUMMARY
      367 9 Source: Bridge Info Performance of STII's index stocks Mar 29 Last Sens* Index Slock salr t h*e factor Botm <$) A»imo 1.810 0020 I.SO 2.78 CM 6 800 -4) 050 5 63 -6 94 CotkM 5 ISO 4.26 FAN 12 400 0 100 10 27 1389 OF Asia 3
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    • COMPANIES
      • COMPANY BRIEFS
        • Article
          SATS buys Aero Laundry shares
          46 10 SINGAPORE Singapore Airlines announced yesterday that its wholly-owned subsidiary. Singapore Airport Terminal Services Pte Ltd. has purchased 735.(XX) Aero l aundry Linen Services Pte Ltd shares from Initial Holdings (Singapore) Pte Ltd. Ihe cash consideration for the transaction is $1.75 million.
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          Pan Pacific to raise stake in KL firm
          93 10 SINGAPORE Pan Pacific Publications (PPP) has agreed to buy an additional 53 per cent interest in Jacaranda Buku Sdn Bhd for MS 1.08 million (*****.400) from Mohd Ridzwan bin Mohd AritT. PPP currently has 831.874 shares or 44.8 per cent of Jacaranda's
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          Steamers appoints new directors
          64 10 SINGAPORE Steamers Maritime Holdings Ltd announced yesterday that Robert Woods and Wong Kok Seng have resigned as the company's directors with effect trom March 26. 1993. They have been replaced by the executive director of Hongkong-incorporated P&O Asia Ltd. Lan Mullen, and the executive director of
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          Inno-Pac shareholders approve sale
          42 10 SINGAPORE Shareholders of Inno-Pacific Holdings have approved the sale of 718,000 ordinary shares of Eu Van Sang Holdings at $4.28 per share and 359.000 transferable subscription rights in EYS at 53.00 per TSR at yesterday's extraordinary general meeting.
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          Ssangyong LTI turns wholly-owned unit
          47 10 SINGAPORE Ssangyong Cement announced yesterday that it has acquired the entire issued share capital of Ssangyong LTI comprising two ordinary shares of Si each at a total consideration of $2. Following the acquisition. Ssangyong LTI becomes a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ssangyong Cement.
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        Keppel's Philippine units get boost from shiprepair jobs
        249 10 SINGAPORE Keppel Corporation's listed Philippine subsidiaries registered higher earnings last year due to an increase in foreign shiprepair jobs. Keppel Philippines Shipyard Inc (KPSI) announced a 26.7 per cent increase in group after-tax profit to 106.89 million pesos (556.89 million) from 84.37
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        Bank International Indonesia seeks China licence
        561 10  -  811 hopes foreign hanks will be allowed in renminbi business By William Chia JAKARTA Listed Bank International Indonesia (BII) hopes to be one of the first Indonesian banks to set up in China and has applied for a banking licence there. 811 deputy president
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        Keppel bags US$4.5m carrier-upgrading contract
        265 10 SINGAPORE Keppel Shipyard has won a USS4.S million (557.4 million) contract to upgrade a very large crude carrier into a floating oil terminal. The vessel will be in the shipyard in early April for about three months for conversion. It will then sail to the
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        PSC's earnings up 74pc on higher turnover
        291 10 SINGAPORE Provisions Suppliers Corporation Ltd (PSC) has reported a 74 per cent increase in 1992 net earnings to $4.03 million despite higher taxes and lower investment income. The operator of the EconMinimart supermarket chain said yesterday that its performance was due to higher
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        Eu Yan Sang posts 25pc rise in interim earnings
        247 10 SINGAPORE Eu Yan Sang Holdings (EYS) yesterday reported a 25 per cent rise in interim net earnings to 5537.000 due to higher contributions from its pharmaceutical and leisure businesses. The investment holding company said turnover for the six months ended Dec
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        Amtek's interim profit rises 13pc
        240 10 SINGAPORE Precision metal parts maker Amtek Engineering has posted an impressive 29.3-per-cent rise in interim group turnover to $52.4 million. But the rise was not fully reflected in net earnings, which rose 12.8 per cent to $5.3 million. At company level. Amtek recorded a 33.1-per-cent
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        UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
        445 10 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS Managers' prices Mar 30 Prudential Singapore Unit Trust PrvLmk m* Fund 106 rhc (ommeree I 28 I 14 MARA-Bumiputra The Savings Fund 1.0* I I•ted First B'putra 160 1.65 Spore Pro, Fund 052 055 Second B'putra 157 162 Spore Sev Fund 0*5 0 89 Third B putra
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        DIVIDENDS ANNOUNCED
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        Lock icon India to simplify registration rules for foreign investors
        363 11 Reuter BOMBAY India is try ing to simplify registration procedures for overseas investors in the stock markets after complaints that a nine-page registration form was too long and asked unnecessary questions. But overseas mutual funds say that while Indian share prices may
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        Lock icon Inchcape pic chairman sees growth, acquisitions this year
        212 11 Reuter LONDON The chairman of Inchcape pic. Sir David Plastow, is confident that the group will grow in 1993 both organically and by acquisition. "Conditions in the countries of the world in which we operate vary considerably and it is difficult to
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        Lock icon Shenyang to house China's third bourse: report
        229 11 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG The Shenyang Stock Exchange Centre in north-eastern Liaoning Province could become China's third official bourse, according to the pro-China Englishlanguage Window magazine. The exchange opened last April in spite of opposition from regulators in the central government who are
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      • COMPANY BRIEFS
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          Lock icon Thai Oil in US$400m lube deal
          111 11 Reuter BANGKOK Thai Oil Co Ltd and three partners will invest US$4OO million (***** million) to establish a lube base oil plant at Si Racha, south-east of Bangkok. Thai Oil said yesterday that it had a 38 per cent stake in the joint venture.
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          48 11 Reuter TAIPEI Wang Yung-ching (left), chairman of Taiwan's Formosa Plastics conglomerate, meeting Vincent Siew, head of the government's Economic Planning Agency, at a company athletics meet here yesterday. Mr Wang announced that Formosa would soon begin building a US$7.5 billion (S$ 12.3 billion) petrochemical complex. Reuter
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          85 11 AFP BANGKOK A Thai manufacturer is set to sign a one-bil-lion-baht (5564.5 million) joint-venture agreement with three Japanese companies to make parts for Mitsubishi cars. The pact between Thailand's Somboon Group and the Asahi Tec. Ibara Seiki and Goshu Force companies of Japan would
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          101 11 Reuter BANGKOK Thai Airways International Ltd is to increase the frequency of flights to Asian destinations, particularly to China, while suspending some flights to Europe which have proved less popular than expected. It said yesterday that during the summer season, from March 28 to
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          87 11 AFP TOKYO A subsidiary of Japan's Bridgestone Corp will invest 9.4 billion yen (SSI 31.6 million) in its European facilities to boost tyre output in Europe by 10 per cent from last year, a spokesman said yesterday. The Brussels-based Bridgestonc/Firestone Europe S A planned to
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        275 11 Reuter BOMBAY Finance Minister Manmohan Singh said he was not worried by the sharp fall in share prices since he presented his Budget at endFebruary. Stock prices are too high by international price/earnings ratio standards anyway, he told the Financial Express in
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        314 11 AFP SYDNEY Australian mining giant BHP's steel division ground to a halt yesterday after 14.000 blue collar workers walked off the job over a breakdown in wage negotiations. Federation of Industrial, Manufacturing and Engineering Employees (Fimee) national vice-president Vern Falconer said the
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        Two KL banks win mandate to raise US$120m for MISC
        334 12  -  By Quak Hiang Whai SINGAPORE Two Malaysian banks won the mandate to raise US$l2O million (*****.3 million) for Malaysian International Shipping Corporation (MISC), beating nine international banking groups, industry sources said. Malayan Banking Bhd and Bank Bumiputra Bhd got the
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        393 12 AP CHICAGO The cost of one form of air pollution in the US is about to be nailed down in cold, hard cash according to the rules of supply and demand. The first-ever auction of pollution permits was to take place
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        General Re opens S'pore branch for SE Asia thrust
        276 12 SINGAPORE General Reinsurance. one of the world's largest reinsurance companies, has opened a Singapore branch to spearhead its expansion thrust in South-east Asia. The American company has been running a representative office in Japan for the past 25 years. Its new
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        209 12 AFP BANGKOK The Industrial Finance Corporation of Thailand (IFCT), which is controlled by the central bank, has been formally given the green light to take over the bankrupt finance firm First City Investment (FCI). FCI officials said yesterday that the go-ahead came at
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        135 12 UPI NEW DELHI Most major banking and insurance activities in India ground to a halt yesterday as more than one million employees staged a wage-related day-long strike, officials said. "The main demand of striking employees is pension benefits. and negotiations with bank employees arc currently
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        353 16 AFP SINGAPORE The RAS Commodity Exchange (RASCE) of Singapore is considering introducing an index futures contract based on futures prices on Japan's two rubber markets in a bid to attract more speculators. RASCE general manager Quek Kar Tung said yesterday that
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        470 16 Reuter PARIS Financial markets will watch the franc closely following last Sunday's landslide centre-right election victory but economists say there is little chance of a speculative attack on the French currency this week. Leaders of the triumphant Union for France (UPF) alliance
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        389 16  -  From Brian Gomez in BALIKPAPAN A MINING operation in the jungles of Kalimantan last year produced a gold bonanza. 480,000 ounces (14.5 tonnes) of the metal. Run by Kelian Equatorial Mining, which is 90 per cent owned by Australia's CRA Ltd, the mine began production
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          87 16 Bloomberg Business News Tokyo Four major Japanese banks have arranged a 62.5 billion yen (about SSB7S million) financial assistance package for Tokai Corp. a maker of disposable cigarette lighters. Tokai company officials said at a news conference yesterday that Nippon Credit Bank. Long
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          66 16 Reuter MOSCOW President Boris Yeltsin has issued a decreeto protect people's savings, a day after Russia's highest legislature passed its own resolution on compensating savers for soaring inflation. A decree published by Mr Yeltsin's press office yesterday said a special insurance fund would be set up to
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          66 16 Reuter LONDON European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) said its president Jacques Attali was scheduled to meet yesterday with senior Russian officials in Moscow, including a possible meeting with crisis-hit President Boris Yeltsin. During his two-day visit. Mr Attali was expected to discuss
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          53 16 Reuter TAIPEI Insurance tycoon Tsai Wan-lin remains Taiwan's richest man after raising his fortune to an estimated US$5.4 billion (SSB.B billion) this year from US$4 billion in 1992, Excellence business magazine said in its April edition. Mr Tsai, 69. heads the Catnay insurance and real
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        46 16 Reuter STERLING, Virginia An oil slick moving along the Sugarland Run, a tributary of the Potomac River in northern Virginia, after a pipeline burst on Sunday. About 100,000 gallons have spilled, threatening the area's wildlife and water supply, according to local officials. Reuter
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        336 16 NYT WASHINGTON Lawmakers in the House and the Senate are mapping out divergent paths to a common aim: creating a secondary market in which small-business loans can be bought and sold in much the same way that mortgagebacked securities are traded.
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        264 16 ENERGY REPORT KnightRidder LOMX)N Brent crude oil futures were weaker in light technical trading on the International Petroleum Exchange. Dated North Sea Brent Blend crude oil was on olTer throughout the day at 20 US cents per barrel below May Brent, with buying interest said
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        151 16 THE US dollar opened lower with the casing of political tension in Russia as impeachment of President Boris Yeltsin was dropped. Against the Singapore dollar, the US dollar opened at 1.6440/45, down from Friday's 1.6460 close. The USS was under pressure as market squared up
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        148 16 AFP The dollar was rather stable against all other currencies and should remain at around 1.63 marks until mid-week. The dollar's level will be influenced by the Bundesbank's decision on rhursday as to whether to lower interest rates, and by the US employment figures due out on Friday. London
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        86 16 AFP The dollar fell against most major currencies except the yen in New York trading yesterday. while gold prices also lost ground. At 11am. the greenback dropped to 1.6290 German marks against 1.6300 from Friday's close but rose to 117.26 yen from 116.50. The dollar fell against other
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        1540 18 SIMEX REPORT Reuter SINGAPORE Simex Eurodollar interest rate futures ended weaker in spillover selling after the contract's sharply weaker finish on the IMM on Friday. A bearish slate of factors including the sharp fall of US bond prices on Friday, market expectations for tighter Federal
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        963 18 COMMODITIES REPORT Tin The Kuala Lumpur tin price fell when the local market reopened after a long holiday break yesterday, market dealers said. "Prices are down after heaving selling on the LMh during the local holidays. Players were mostly Japanese and locals."
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      1751 18 Rubber MS Comma dity Exchange (futures closing as at 1pm) RSS 1 Contract (S ccnts/kg) Close Volume Open Month High Low Sett (tonnes) Interest Feb 93 Mar Apr 133.75 133.75 133 50 200 4.525 May 136.50 135 50 136 00 2.050 9.600 Jun 138 50 138 00 138
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        1008 19 1.1 Stocks staged a late rally after a quiet day to close slightly higher yesterday. Dealers attributed the late move to Tokyo, where stocks ended above 19,000 for the first time since March 31 last year, climbing 260 points to 19,048 on widespread hopes of an early economic upturn.
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        Manila
        547 19 -10.91 Power blackouts, a computer system that crashed when a generator broke down and a mild earthquake disrupted the market as prices on the Manila index fell in lacklustre trading, brokers said. Prices are expected to con- tinue drifting sideways in the eoming days unless fresh incentives provide a
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        Taipei
        477 19 Closed The Taiwan stock market was closed yesterday for a public holiday. It will reopen today. Taipei Mar 29 IS (TO) \ll Sinccre InJ 6 40 unch 9 \sia cmcni 61(111 -0 50 l(M5 athas unsit 58 00 I (JU > W C athas Lilc Ins 20J()0 1.00 *****
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        Seoul
        361 19 -3.27 Stocks closed lower for the fifth consecutive session yesterday after trading in negative territory' throughout the day with narrow fluctuations, brokers said. Vehicle shares were the only sector which bucked the trend of across-the-board selling. they said. The index closed at 653.21, down 3.27. points. Trading totalled 22.63
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        New Zealand
        265 19 -4.67 The bourse closed lower but well supported after Brierley Investments earlier fell sharply on shedding its dividend. "The market's actually done remarkably well," CS First Boston's Charles Batehelor said. Strength in foresters Carter Holt Harvey and Fletcher Challenge helped the market recover from its lows, he said.
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        Bombay
        121 19 -72.80 Stock prices crashed to a 52week low after Finance Minister Manmohan Singh said in a newspaper interview that price/earnings ratios are still high. He also appeared to rule out tax relief for companies. The Bombay stock exchange index fell 72.80 points to 2,279.64 and the National Index slipped
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        London
        602 19 •6.4 Share prices closed with an easier bias but prices were well above the day's lows thanks largely to a 21-point rise on Wall Street and a firmer FTSE futures market. Turnover was down on recent sessions at 479 million shares. "We'll be in a narrowrange trading phase for
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        Paris
        156 19 +8.08 Shares closed higher after an up-and-down day. and dealers differed on how they saw the bourse moving in the next few days. Some say the market is well underpinned and could rise further, despite its recent gains, while others see it being restrained and choppy for the moment
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        Stockholm
        132 19 +0.52pc Foreign buying interest in telecommunications giant Ericsson pushed Swedish shares to a higher close yesterday in an otherwise lacklustre day with trade stymied by political unrest. The All-Share Index climbed up 0.52 per cent to 995.49 in turnover of a very thin 453 million crowns. "The bourse will
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        213 19 13.63 Stocks rose yesterday after the political crisis in Russia abated and investors bought back shares they had sold last week due to fears ot anarchy in Russia, traders said. The Russian Congress of People's Deputies has failed to impeach President Boris Yeltsin. During an emergen- cy session, the
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        Johannesburg
        327 19 -52 Recent key supporters of South African shares were conspicuous in their absence on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange yesterday as the market drifted lower across the board in quiet trade, dealers said. Foreign investors, which dealers say have provided key support to the market in recent weeks, were not
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        Milan
        154 19 +0.09pc Shares ended narrowly mixed, overshadowed by weekend news former prime minister Giulio Andreotti and two Christian Democrat ex-ministers were under investigation for suspected Mafia links and by a fresh plunge in the lira. Fiat and certain other blue chips helped push prices off early lows but brokers now
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        Amsterdam
        255 19 +0.05 Shares closed steady amid light volume as investors stuck to the sidelines awaiting a new impulse, before buying further, traders said. "The trend remains positive. but the market isn't far below its all-time high and the dollar and bonds are weaker, so investors are being a bit cautious,'
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        Toronto
        261 19 -4.20 Stocks slipped slightly in subdued early trade, with the forest products and transportation indices bowing under pressure. "All the forest products stocks have had a good run. so it makes sense to sec them give a little back," one trader said. The paper and forest products index dropped
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        Zurich
        332 19 -1-9.6 Shares closed a quiet day higher yesterday, led by firmer Roche and financial stocks. The All Share SPI was up 9.6 points at provisional 1.335.9. Dealers said the market was expected to consolidate after two days of consecutive gains. Signs of consolidation had already begun to set in
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        New York
        643 19 +21 The market opened higher, buoyed by higher bond prices. After one hour of trading. the Dow Jones industrial average was up 24.58 points to 3,464.56 at 10.30 am (1530 GMT). Volume on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange was 24.89 million shares in the first
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      3008 20 Reuter MARKET rumours that China would dump shares of Jardine Matheson and boycott it for mainland projects shaved the company's stock price and pushed the market to a lower close overall. Jardine. a key component of the Hang Seng Index, ended HKSI.2S lower, at HK547.5. That sent the blue
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      469 20 SHENZHEN slocks edged slightly lower on both exchanges yesterday in light trading. The CLSA Shenzhen A Index slid 39.44 points to close at 2,823.66. China Bicycles was the only significant gainer of the day, climbing 4.19 per cent to close at 22.40. New World was the big loser in
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      2540 20 Reuter, UPI STOCK prices ended sharply higher yesterday on widespread hopes of an early economic upturn. The 225-share Nikkei average climbed 259.68 points, or 1.38 per cent, to 19,048.38, finishing above 19,000 for the first time since March 31 last year, when it finished at 19,345.95. Brokers said this
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      1854 20 Reuter SELLING of bank, finance, brokerage and property shares pulled the index down for the sixth day in a row but the indicator was still sustained above a significant technical support level. The SET Index hit the day's low at 854.89, down 12.55 points, in late afternoon before edging
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      899 20 Reuter TRADE was activc in the afternoon. but prices closed mostly lower, brokers said. They said many shares were under selling pressure after a week-long holiday, ending the Muslim fasting month. Bank shares were actively traded, but most prices fell. 81l and Lippobank fell 75 rupiah to 3.750 and
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      2690 21 Source: Bridge Info Source: Bridge Info MOST ACTIVE volume BciHortl 50t 6.308.000 Mulli-Purpi>sc 4.145.000 Milropk* 50c 3.703.000 M Knaunxs 2.75I.OOO Bcr|j>j Group .1.066.000 InJ (h>gcn 50c 1.797.000 Idns H>d 50c 1.731.000 Tech Rcsourco 1.699.000 \Ml>B MV 1.621.000 Kcnong Bhd SOC 1.538.000 (ioklcn Plus H 1.353.000 Promct 1.340.000 J
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        5140 21 Bernama BRISK trading took share prices to a higher close yesterday on renewed speculative buying on situational counters after last week's long market break. The key KLSE Composite Index closed at an intra-day peak of 638.87, 4.45 points above last Tuesday's close. It opened
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        7067 22  -  By Magdalene Ng SHARE prices advanced again yesterday but the gains were selective and trading was quieter. The market, which had broken away from its consolidation last Friday, ended yesterday with the Straits Times Industrials Index up 9.96 points to 1,670.72. However, brokers say
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        68 22  -  HOT STOP Quak Hiang Whai AT $6.70. Singapore Airlines would be a good buy. The counter is approaching that level after dropping from $7.50 in January. It should find support at $6.70. Below that, the next support level is at $6.30. Short and medium term indicators are moving
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      Lock icon Price sets tournament record with five-stroke victory
      379 23 Players Championship Golf Reuter PONTE VEDRA, Florida Nick Price of Zimbabwe completed a record-setting wire-to-wire win at the US$2.5 million (SS4.I million) Players Championship golf tournament last Sunday by running away from the field for a five-stroke ryPrice, the reigning PGA champion, shot
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      549 23  -  Shahiron Sahari on what made the Hongkong Sevens memorable Shahiron Sahari HONGKONG In the true tradition of the Hongkong Sevens, while all the rugby was going on, there was a lot of activity off it as well. The highlights, if one could call it that, were
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      241 23 AFP SAO PAULO Three-time world champion Ayrton Senna won the Brazilian Grand Prix here last Sunday in an intriguing. and incident-packed race which saw his arch rival Alain Prost spin off. Senna won his 37th Grand Prix victory in front of his home fans to
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        59 23 Reuter PARIS Unseeded Indonesian Hendrawan. who defeated top seed Dong Jiong of China in the third round, won the French Open badminton men's singles title last Sunday. He beat Denmark's Soren Nielsen 15-10 14-18 15-11 in the final. Joint third seed Yao Yan overcame top seed Ye Zhaoying 11-7
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        60 23 Reuter NEW YORK Results of National Basketball Association games played on Soiday: Phoenix Suns 110 Philadelphia 76ers 100. Portland Trail Blazers 121 Charlotte Hornets 114; Boston Celtics 114 Washington Bullets 113; Detroit Pistons 91 Cleveland Cavaliers 78; Minnesota Timberwolves 101 Houston Rockets 100; New York Knicks 94 Golden State
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        424 23 Reuter Reuter AFP PONTE VEDR leaders after the final round of the US$2.5 million Players Championship golf tournament: (US unless noted): 270 Nick Price (Zim) 64 68 71 67; 275 Bemhard Langer (Ger) 65 69 70 71; 276 Gil Morgan 68 71 72 65. Greg Norman (Aus) 66 70
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        157 23 AFP SAO PAULO Results of the Brazilian Grand Prix at the Interiagos circuit here on Sunday: 1 Ayrton Senna (Bra/Mariboro Mclaren Ford) 307.753 km in Ih 51min 15.4855 ec; 2 Damon Hill (GB/Wil-liams-Renault) at 16.6255 ec; 3 MichaclSchumacher (Ger/Benetton Ford) 45.436; 4 Johnny Herbert (GB/Lotus F0rd)46.557; 5 Mark Blundell
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        54 23 LONDON Aston Villa defender Paul McGrath was voted England's soccer player of the year by his fellow professionals last Sunday. The 33-year-old Irish international who five years ago feared for his career because of persistent knee trouble, won the award ahead of Manchester United midfielder Paul Ince and injured
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  • LIFESTYLE
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      Lock icon Movieman flees Hollywood
      1207 25  -  Stephen Frears, back in England, tells Mary Blume about his homecoming Mary Blume IHT STEPHEN Frears has come home. After two big Hollywood films. The Grifters and Hero (and after Dangerous Liaisons, shot in France with American money), he is back in Notting Hill in a bright
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      Lock icon All set to party
      415 25 Veteran Oscar party host Irving Lazar gets ready for his annual do at swanky, starlit Spago in Hollywood NYT EVEN as bets fly as to who will come away with the most awards at the Oscars today, Irving (Swifty) Lazar is more interested in the place
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      476 25 CHATTERBOX UPI UPI UPI "I'M KIND of the oldest sexual person on the screen at the moment." says Susan Sarandon. The actress, who's up for an Oscar for her role in Lorenzo's Oil. says she finds that "a very odd label
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      1286 25 TV RADIO rhe 65th Annual Academy Awards, 10.20pm, SBC 5 v Yes, the Oscars are back again with some real heavy guns matched against each other. ly Wr*% I Even if you're not too keen on v listening to boring acceptance speeches, you should still tune Mpito* in to catch
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  • PROPERTY & CONSTRUCTION
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        Lock icon Kumagai Gumi gets nod for Hainan
        78 26 South China Morning Post HAIKOU The Beijing authorities have finally given the green light to Hongkong-listed construction company Kumagai Gumi to develop the 30 sq km Yangpu development zone in Hainan. The cost for the 70-year lease period is HK.SISB million (5533.6 million). Kumagai
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        Lock icon Hang Seng Bank's E Kowloon project
        79 26 South China Morning Post HONGKONG The Hang Seng Bank will lead a HKS2.B billion (*****.6 million) syndicated loan to finance the World International and Wharf Holdings Diamond Hill development project in East Kowloon. At least five Japanese and three European banks are expected to
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        Lock icon Top HK films to move to Times Square
        64 26 South China Morning Post HONGKONG Several leading Hongkong companies are set to relocate to the new Times Square complex at Causeway Bay, says letting agent First Pacific. A spokesman said five firms were expected to tie up leases within two months. So
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        Lock icon Lee Gardens Hotel sold to Hysan
        68 26 South China Morning Post HONGKONG The 660-room landmark Lee Gardens Hotel in Causeway Bay is likely to be replaced by a huge office and shopping complex. The Lee family has sold the site to Hysan Development Co for HK52.45 billion (*****.65 million) in what
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        Lock icon NZ industrial space demand seen rising
        81 26 Australian Financial Review WELLINGTON Strong improvement is expected this year in New Zealand's industrial property market, according to Colliers Jardine Wellington. Sixty-three per cent of respondents to a survey have told the firm they expect an increase in capital investment in the sector. Eleven
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      SQUARING UP
      46 26  -  By Colin Tan What's coming up in the residential market nnmnWinil ear o? completion properties unoer t— ToW conetructton 1993 1994 1995 1996 'ah types 6,834 1^5241,714 15,086 Landed properties 2,109 729 258 4 3,100 Non-landed properties 4,725 4,285 1,266 1,710 11,986 Source: URA
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      Lock icon Govt's public spending plan set to lift S Korean builders
      702 26  -  SN Vasuki looks at Seoul's proposed infrastructure investments SN Vasuki AFTER three years of heady growth. South Korea's large construction firms are finding that the pickings at home are shrinking rapidly. Between 1989 and 1991, the boom in housing construction
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      Lock icon Guangdong residential sector hit by oversupply
      526 26 South China Morning Post OVERSUPPLY in the residential sector in Guangdong has forced prices down by 20 per cent during the past year and further severe reductions cannot be ruled out, according to property specialists in Hongkong. K K Yeung of K K Yeung
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      Marco Polo's move into property will bear rich fruit this year
      826 27  -  Sylvia Wong on the company's plan to market Lane Crawford Place and a condo in Jurong Sylvia Wong Marco Polo Developments Ltd is making investors sit up and take notice these days. After languishing as a single-asset hotel company,
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      Lock icon HK analysts urge caution in some China deals
      396 27 South China Morning Post STANDING at the crossroads of China, on the Yangtze River between Shanghai and Chongqing, and roughly equidistant from Beijing and Guangzhou, the city of Wuhan seems ideally positioned for extensive and rapid growth. Certainly, Wuhan-Huaxing Real-Estate Development Co
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      Lock icon Parkview group buys 20pc of Japanese theme park
      144 27 AFP HONGKONG Parkview Pie Ltd has taken a 20 per cent share in a HKS4 billion (SSB6B million) theme park and hotel project to be built in Japan, the firm said yesterday. The wholly-owned subsidiary of property group the Hongkong Parkview Group
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      Lock icon New tenants for Sin Ming Plaza
      97 27 THE Far East group's Sin Ming Plaza near Bishan has just ushered in new tenants, counting among them a clinic, lighting shop and OCBC Bank, which has taken up two shop units on the ground floor. OCBC Bank has, for many years, been operating
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      Lock icon Japan construction giants finally feel the pinch
      334 27 Reuter AFTER years of fat profits, major Japanese construction firms will finally feel the pinch of the economic slowdown this year, and there is no bright news on the horizon. Giants at home as well as overseas, Japan's major builders enjoyed bumper profits
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    Japan's March 31 deadline
    507 28 EDITORIAL CONFIDENCE is a precious commodity, especially in Japan which is witnessing an unprecedented economic slide. Indeed confidence was the first casualty of last year s spectacular collapse of its so-called bubble economy. But over the past week, Japanese economists and policy-makers have been hesitantly pronouncing
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  • WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
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      Hard to see peace ahead
      229 28 RESOLVING the Arab-Israeli dispute over the Palestinians has always seemed an eternal task. Hopes were raised last year when Mr Yitzhak Rabin won the general election, promising to work for a breakthrough on the Palestinian issue in nine months. But the peace process ran aground
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      Strengthening ties
      117 28 THE VISIT BY Thai premier Chuan Leekpai to Singapore last week has further strengthened the bilateral ties between the two countries. Indeed, Singapore and Thailand are old friends. Both enjoy a strong and broad-based relationship. The bilateral trade continues to grow at a robust pace. Singapore remains Thailand's
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      US-Japan trade friction
      165 28 SINCE US President Bill Clinton assumed office, the development of US-Japan trade relations has been of prime concern, especially when last week, these rela- tions reached a critical stage, and the tough stance adopted bilaterally was one seldom seen. Mr Clinton's stance undoubtedly comes from pressure by
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      Don't make dispatch a habit
      131 28 THE GOVERNMENT has decided to send SelfDefence Forces troops for UN peacekeeping in Mozambique in addition to those in Cambodia. Even if the five conditions including the consent of all combatants set forth in the Law on Cooperation in United Nations Peacekeeping Operations are met,
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      Emphasising coordination
      103 28 THE IMPORTANCE OF coordination and cooperation is emphasised once again in the composition of the new Cabinet. The rationale of this policy is obvious. As the problems of development become more complex, individual sectoral policy approaches are no longer adequate. It is therefore encouraging to note that the
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    Lock icon A society divided
    1005 28  -  Well-known Indian writer Khushwant Singh speaks to Edward A Gargan about his fears that resurgent Hinduism may destroy India Edward A Gargan NYT S "W" T IS A different India/' said Khushwant Singh. I smoothing his bramblcd I beard with his palm. "It JL*. certainly is. I've
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      144 28 bLUUiiMWi H£ CAN'T DOG CPMJLS Mimsci-F A CHIEF WH£H tT'S STfRING) HM FPCfc. 80-teJ?..? ft "TIGHT ship, Does He? hi -THE. WfcN'S ftN 1D10T.... JJ C TfKtlD Ktwiyix,, tTD. HW-IHI DOONESBURY g* rry trudeau AN AVALANCHE BJR&& M/7HWS7BP? TT HASNT I DOhtT, /T5 CfiilSP weaSt' 1 aewm aoowrapomanh ftsanui*/ but
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      Lock icon The need for modesty and honesty
      648 29  -  Dominique Moisi on the lesson to be learnt from the defeat of the French Socialists Dominique Moisi The writer, associate director of the Institut Franais des Relations Internationales, contributed this comment to the International Herald Tribune IHT THE CRUSHING defeat of the Lett puts
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      South Pacific tuna no longer going for a song
      1604 29  -  The island nations of the South Pacific are putting the squeeze on the fishing fleets which harvest their tuna-rich waters. Robin Bromby reports from Sydney Robin Bromby The writer i\ a Sydney-hasixl journalist who contributes to HI ASIA's big three distantwater
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      Lock icon A chaotic country for business
      989 29  -  The tumult in Russia is retarding the pace of investment there, writes Kenneth N uilpin Kenneth N Gilpin NYT AS THEY watched the tug-of-war between Russian President Boris Yeltsin and Congress unfold last week. American companies with operations in Russia went stoically about their business.
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    Lock icon French PM quits after conservative landslide
    409 30 AFP Reuter PARIS French Socialist Prime Minister Pierre Beregovoy resigned yesterday, clearing the way for a triumphant centre-right alliance to take power after the biggest general election landslide this century. Mr Beregovoy, whose 361 days in office were marred by rising unemployment and corruption
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    Lock icon Russian Congress approves plans for April 25 plebiscite
    511 30 Referendum to include provisions which differ from those favoured by Yeltsin AFP, AP Reuter MOSCOW The Russian Congress yesterday approved plans to hold a nationwide referendum on April 25, with provisions which differed substantially from those favoured by President Boris Yeltsin. The
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    Lock icon Airlines to pass new HK$20 airport fee on to passengers
    287 30 South China Morning Post HONGKONG Airlines yesterday received Civil Aviation Department approval to add HKS2O (554.20) to the airport departure fee. The new fee will be charged for one year in addition to the existing HKSISO departure tax, which is
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    Beijing names second group of HK advisers
    371 30  -  From Stephen Vines in HONGKONG CHINA yesterday announced the names of the second hand-picked group of Hongkong people who will advise Beijing on the colony's affairs in the last remaining years of colonial rule. Earlier indications that China might appoint some liberals were
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    Lock icon North Korea set to defy ultimatum over nuclear inspections
    370 30 Reuter lOKYO North Korea made clear yesterday that it will defy an ultimatum to open two suspected nuclear weapons sites to international inspection. even at the risk of incurring United Nations Security Council sanctions. Facing a March 31 deadline to allow
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    Lock icon Americans boost spending, buy more new homes
    253 30 Reuter WASHINGTON Americans spent more in February despite a weak rise in personal incomes, the Commerce Department said yesterda). the department also said sales of new homes rose moderately last month, gaining 4.6 per cent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 595,000
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    Lock icon US delays sanctions against EC until talks next month
    503 30 AP. Reuter BRUSSELS Washington will not proceed with trade sanctions against the European Community in a bitter dispute over government contracts until both sides meet again next month, officials say. "It has been agreed that the United States will not proceed
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    India and East Asia: can the twain meet?
    893 30  -  The Bottom Line SALIL TRIPATHI SALIL TRIPATHI The writer is a BT journalist f OR more than four decades, Indi- i an companies have had an excellent excuse for not going global: I the Indian government. Severe ex- JLm change controls, rigid
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      KCT to invest M$12m in cargo-handling operations
      355 31  -  By Rahita Elias KUALA LUMPUR Listed port operator Kelang Container Terminal (KCT) will spend more than MS 12 million (557.4 million) this year to upgrade its cargo-handling operations. About MSS million will be spent on computer equipment for the port's container tracking system.
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      Lock icon P&O sells some businesses to Granada
      322 31 FT LONDON Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company (F&O) has sold for £360 million (SSB64 million) its catering, work wear and other companies to Granada, the television and leisure group which is increasing its business services activities. SutclifTe. the largest company being acquired, is
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      Lock icon P&O turns in better than expected results
      321 31 FT LONDON Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company (P&O) last week announced slightly higher than forecast profits for last year and said conditions had improved for a number of divisions. Pre-tax profits increased 16 per cent, from £233 million to £270.4 million, after
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      INDEX TO SHIPPING LINES AND FREIGHT FORWARDERS
      870 31 Page Col ABC Containerlinc 12 1 Accord Groyp 8 1-3 •APL 5 3-5 Alpha Feeders 6 1 •ANL 3 1/2 •Arrow Trans 19 2 •ASCL 5 5 Avant Shpg 6 4/5 Avia Airways 14 4 Bait Orient Line 7 4/5 Bangladesh Shpg 18
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      Lock icon Jinhui sells all except one of its dry bulk fleet
      436 31 Seatrade Week HONGKONG A year after seriously embracing shipowning, Hongkong's Jinhui Holdings has just sold the rump of its dry bulk fleet. The transaction, involving the sale of four vessels to Continental Mariner Investment Company (CMI), effectively reverses the two
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      PSA to enforce strict rules for tanker cleaning
      307 31  -  By Ramesh Divyanathan SINGAPORE Strict new measures to regulate tanker cleaning activities will be enforced in April, following allegations that an Iranian tanker illegally dumped sludge into the Malacca Straits earlier this month. A joint statement from the Port of Singapore Authority
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      Lock icon Maersk eyes China's time-sensitive exports
      772 32  -  Maersk Line wil make the first sailing in its new transpacific service from Hongkong to Long Beach on April 26. Paul Richardson looks at the strategy behind the move Paul Richardson Lloyd's List TIME sensitive export traffic from China is the target for Maersk's new
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        AT CONVENTIONAL WHARVES
        423 32 Vessel Voy No Berth Arrival Departure Vessel Voy Wo Berth Anwal Departure JurOflg Port Suparat ***** P04 alongside 30 03/0600 Batangas 55 J8/9 alongside 30.03/1830 9 P06 alongside 29 03/1500 Budi Jaya 03/03/93 J1 alongside 3003/0600 Tirta Arta M T22 P018 alongside 30 03/2300 Karuma Jaya 03/01/93
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        CONTAINER SCHEDULES
        1637 32 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO DELIVERY OF FCL IMPORT CONTAINERS IN PROGRESS SNp Voy No Cant vim avaiabte SNp Voy No Containers avaiabte Nanta Bhum 134N 28.03.93 1355 Qia Fu|aa C005W COO(EST) 29 0393 230( Banglar Rob. 05W 28.03 93 1405 Rhine M 27/512 COO(EST)
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      THE SHIPPING GUIDE
      11350 40 This is a list of ships loading at Singapore for ports around the world. It tabulates, by destination, the name of the ship, the shipping line involved and the estimated dates of arrival and departure from the Port of Singapore. LEGEND PN: ship ealls at Penang after
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      SHIPPING AGENTS
      3451 45 A X ontainerline N\: BeKin Shpg Agencies Ptc I til (SV Marine Handling Sdn Bhd (PKj PN). Accord Group: Accord Shpg Ptc Lid (SVAccord C onlr Line (PK/PN). Adkris Business C orporation Philippine Calsource Shpg Trdg Pic Ltd (S) Ahrenkiel Liner Service Kim Shpg trdg (S). Albatros Sea-Air
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      COURIER SERVICES
      273 45 Abacus Couriers Tel: $45-8011, lav 545-1898 Air Lxpms Iraxel Tel: 533-5771. Fax: 535-6144 Airborne Freight Corporation Tel: 542-8844. Fax: 542-3716 *****80 Airswifl Worldwide Courier Tel: 278-0188. Fax: 273-8283. AJS Supplies Tel: 748-6322 (2 lines). 747-7421. Fax: 742-8975. Cm-Link International Tel": 344-3377. Fax: 345-6450 C luster Link Supplies Seniles
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      AIR FORWARDERS
      1497 45 Abcx F.xpress Freight Tel: 542-7171. Fax: *****R4. Actinic Forwarder Tel: 225-1833. Fax: *****42. Actitair Singapore Tel. 542-7822; Fax: *****20. Atrolink Freight International Tel: 545-8033. Fax: 5450W5 Aerospeed Tel: 542-5911. Fax: *****18 Air Cargo Novo F.xpress Tel: 542-5454. Fax: *****06 Air Fxpress International Tel: 542-7666. Fax: *****74. *****50 Air
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      PORT CONDITIONS
      2843 46 ALBANIA Uurri's: Four vessels in port of which 2 discharging general cargo. I Hour. I passenger vessel. ANGOLA Luanda: City quiet, port working normally; berthing delays: general cargo vessels: 1-2 days, no delays for containers. Lobito: Situation quiet, working normally. Namibc: Town and port reportedly working normally. Soyo:
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      Lock icon SHIP SALES & TANKER RATES
      1282 46 SHIP SALES TANKER RATES UP THE handy market continues to dominate the scene with a number of modern units being committed at firmer levels. It is reported that Lygnos Shipping in New York have purchased en bloc three marphocean future 32'S M/V Boucraa/Benguerir/Youssouffia built 1983/1984/1984 IHI respectively for USS4I million
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      AIR FREIGHT SCHEDULE
      559 46 ARRIVALS DEPARTURES Op Might l\pt- LTA I From ()p Flight l>pe FID I lo TODAY TODAY NCA KZ203 B747F 0145 I NRT SI A SQ802 B747F 0230 2 SYD/AKL KAL KE697 B747F 0150 I SEL NCA KZ204 B747F 0335 I BKK/NRT JAL JL6I7 B747F 0345 I TYO
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      CRUISE & FERRY SCHEDULES
      396 46 CRUISE FERRY SCHEDULES CRUISE SHIPS Arr Dep Name of Vessel ETA LTD Ports of Calls Port Agent Telephone No MARCH 31 31 Fantasy World 1000 1900 Sin-Jakarta Lauw Sons Travel 227-8284 31 01 Island Pnnccss 0000 1800 World Cruises Straits Shpg 225-0788 APRIL 02 02 Ocean Pearl 0800 1800 Sin-Poit
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      DAILY FREIGHTS
      457 47 THE BALTIC Freight Index for spot dry cargo shipping rates rose to 1,500 on Friday from 1.499 on Thrsday. FIXTURES Metal: There were no fresh fixtures. Sugar There were no fresh fixtures. Grain: El Pionero 90,000 long tons grains Mississippi/Amsterdam U5510.65 fio 12 days April 22-30 Cargill. Gumbet
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      TRANSPORT DIARY
      1346 47 COURSES Title: PSA/SFFA Dangerous Goods Course (SDF 70%). Duration: March 31 Apr 30 (8 evenings) Organiser: Singapore Freight Forwarders Association Tel: All courses are open to nonmembers. For further details and application forms contact SFFA at tel: 253-7550 or fax: 253-2303. Title: Marine Insurance (SDF 70%) Duration: Apr
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        Lock icon Boeing aims to halve delivery time in 3 years
        541 50 Reuter SEATTLE Senior executives of the Boeing Co told the company's top management that they expect to halve the time it takes to deliver aircraft to customers over the next three years and cut it in half again thereafter. "We ought
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        Lock icon Train crash kills at least 75
        38 50 Reuter PIJSAN, South Korea Rescue workers searching through the rubble of an express train that crashed near the South Korean city of Pusan on Sunday. At least 75 passengers were killed. Reuter
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        Lock icon Eurotunnel plays down funding shortfall
        185 50 Reuter LONDON Eurotunnel plc/SA, the Anglo-French operator of the cross Channel rail tunnel, said last Sunday it would seek additional funds next year, but dismissed reports of a £1-billion (552.4 billion) funding shortfall as "worst-case figures". A spokesman for Eurotun- nel said the company as
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        American Airlines, AMR unveil plans to expand in Asia
        349 50 SEATTLE To compensate for a minimal presence in Asia, the aviation market with the greatest long-term growth potential, AMR Corp and its subsidiary, American Airlines, are working to extend their reach into this part of the world. In an interview on
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        Lock icon Investors of Continental Air may back out
        356 50 Bloomberg Business News WILMINGTON. Delaware Air Partners and Air Canada broadened the possibility of dropping out of a lion (SS73B million) investment in Continental Airlines because of the carrier's dispute with Nationsßank Corp. Even if US BankruptcyCourt Judge Helen Balick rules against the
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        Lock icon Merger seen as a means of survival
        536 50 SAS, KLM, Swissair, Austrian Airlines to make decision soon NYT LONDON Four European airlines that have been discussing closer tics will soon decide whether to merge into a more muscular carrier capable of surviving in an increasingly competitive industry, company executives say. Negotiators
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          Lock icon Taiwan, UK open air links this week
          78 50 Reuter TAIPEI Taiwan and Britain will establish direct air links this week, airline officials said. EVA Airways said its first flight to London with stopovers in Bangkok and Vienna would leave Taipei late on Monday. EVA will make three round trips every week.
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          Lock icon 11 die in Indonesian river boat mishap
          88 50 AFP JAKARTA Eleven people died while 16 others were rescued after their small boat capsized in the middle of the Air Manjunto river in central Sumatra, the Antara news agency said yesterday. The boat was crossing the river and was carrying people who
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          Lock icon No extra job lay-offs at VW
          48 50 Knight-Ridder HAMBURG, Germany Volkswagen AG, rocked by a spate of job lay-ofTs recently because of weakness in the European car market, will not be making any further lay-offs beyond those already announced, Werner Schmidt, VW's chief financial officer, said last week. Knight-Riddcr
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          Lock icon Roadway-Central Freight tie approved
          78 50 Reuter WACO, Texas Roadway Services Inc and Central Freight Lines Inc said Central shareholders approved the USSIO2 million (SSI67 million) merger of Central with a unit of Roadway. Central Freight had 1992 carrier operating revenues of about USS23O million and net income of USS7.2 million. Each
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          Lock icon Taiwan vessel sails to port after SOS
          70 50 Reuter TAIPEI The Kien //»«a No 2, a Taiwanese-owned bulk carrier, was returning to its home port of Kaohsiung after encountering strong winds on a voyage to Hongkong, the ship's owner said. The 1,767-gross tonne carrier sent out a distress signal after its
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        AIRCRAFT ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES
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      1228 33 SEKONDI TAKORADI, GHANA 2 SAILINGS PER WEEK NEXT AVAILABLE VSL: LOUIS MAERSK V. 9304 ETA SIN IST APRIL 1993 Vessel Voy ETA ETO Feeder by Sea Unk/Aries DESTINATIONS This wee* MAREN MAERSK V 9304 30'03 i too CfS 30'03 0300 MRS JOM LPK PEN OAK LGB MOO MEM ATI. MIA
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      105 34 HkJH HkJH Militzer Munch Ivl Oc Ivl International Forwarders FULL CONTAINER SERVICE TO WEST AFRICA 01 UNICORN-DELMAS SERVICE —M il rtx D E L M A S Vjpf MARITIME DELMAS VIELJEUX KSBX9SMi^E^!SfPP|E|2S3P AM General Agents: I SEALION SHIPPING (S) PTE LTD I Singapore: I SALES BOOKINGS TEL *****81 (10 LINES)
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      48 35 I abah IfEDCSS l rF**tt2j|Trj^»nnjT Weekly Round The World Container Service PHONE: 222-2212 FAX 222 1833 TLX: RS ***** CR. NO. **********0G u 'in i'M4i t j<«j'j ii']']i i r j JiW ItMMI I I. V.'i jJT-" M7TTTB K3 km h'" l BP mm BB M 81l Ell
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      114 36 USTRALIA ■mm— SERVICE TO RED SEA I M WAN HAI LINES X_ WEEKLY CONTAINERISEDSERVICE ElI ■WM''iJir.!,«ttMßiM ll gm K'lrivvimysmiWMKJill IHO HOBOCSJEimiEIEMEUGULIOICaEO EanßßßeßEeeaa man EUGCTEaaMOcucEacucuQumrn riAT'jii.a." l iWni'jmii wixmu EnEEaSMBBiHIIiEI E3a[mitaiMl flnii i f»CCTiiaJibJLJHiiLjyrffl i «im i f^ rr.yn'.'tiiw.'V'f rtnaiTiiiai wrntiw ITFIIHIMIU'MMI ■wm«i.'twwißap E3HBH i l l 'it' BEM EM ME^BUKOB^DSWCEB
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      191 36 EVERGREEN 1 Full Container Service Round-The-World East Bound (FE/CARIB/USEC/EjJRO/FE) I Round-The-World West Bound (FE/EURO/USEC/CARIB/FE) I US WEST CO AST/PNW I OUTBOUND INBOUND FAR EAST/RED SEA/MEDITERRANEAN I OUTBOUND MED/RED SEA/F.E. I FAR EAST/ SRI LANKA/ INDIA/ PAKISTAN/ FAR EAST I OUTBOUND INBOUND RTW SHIPPING (S) PTE LTD M SIA Agents: GREEN
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      1085 37 EXPORT Mwmmmmmma ■KV IH HEM BiIBIIBiSiIBIBBMWWMIMiHiBHBBI MH jg t-i^ii:'|irmij |H W/ffrfl Ej3 M XwtJ ITITTTTTTII^MT* ■TTTM jO^^M^^BKJßMill n BwH Bfanfl IMPORT SHBItHH^HBIHOE^?3HBiIHIHHOHH wana—aa-v ri jjrinwjhAi m if w H ill ©HEUNG-A SHIPPING Korean Flag Vessels FULLY CONTAWERISED SERVICE TO: HONGKONG, BUSAN, INCHON, MOJI STRAITS/KOREA SERVICE PHI SM SUt HRG BSA
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      1434 38 AS AGENTS: KAWASAKI SINGAPORE (PTE) LTD (CR No: **********0 M) KIX w v v_ TEL *****77 TELEX: KAWAKIRS23I6S FAX: *****07/8/9 I H H IVT l/ 1 MALAYSIA: "K" UNE MARITIME (MALAYSIA) SDN BHD M 4 M M2J TEL SA *****00 PIC *****75 PEN *****0 JB *****1 PGU *****5/6 INDONESIA: P.T.
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      1126 38 r+\& PHILI-OHKNT urns PT€ LTP I ®B Robinson Road #07-00 GMG Building Singapore 0106 1 Tel: *****22/*****69/*****00 Telex: RS ***** Fax: *****76/*****38 A MEMBER OF THE SINGAPORE FREIGHT FORWARDERS ASSOCIATION I AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND/SOUTH PACIFIC FCL/LCL SERVICE 8 APR SYDNEY. MELBOURNE. BRISBANE. FREMANTLE 4 APR AUCKLAND. WELLINGTON. LYTTLETON. NEW PLYMOUTH. NAPIER.
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      904 39 saggllf PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL LINES (PTE) LTD\ SSSSSSSK— 140 Cecil Street. #03-00 PIL Building, Singapore 0106. J JVJIHV cr no iooeoi/ooooe I VESSEL VOY SIN HKG SIN CMB JIB HOD JED AQJ KOTA WIRAWAN WRNO23 3/4 7/4 11/4 17/4 20/4 22/4 KOTA WIJAYA WJAO23 24/4 28/4 3/5 9/5 12/5 15/5 ALSO
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      1077 39 EacßenV Ist1 st class container transport [pi NZ-ORIENT LINE I Mr2T>l gniEiiKflmaiita m t MMsamm <llEi»> PRO LINE LIMITED CO., GmbH. HAMBURG CONTAINER/BREAKBULK SERVICE LOADING FOR SOUTH AMERICA VOY SPO DOR BAIRIS 810 SANTOS WHITE STORK 520 19 04 07 Ob 18 OS 24 Ob 2/ Ob PRO ATIANTICA b2l
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      308 39 °BSA° TRANSPORTATION M MYANMA FIVE STAR LINE (Myanmar National Line) Loading for Yangon (Rangoon) Spore PKIg Pen P.Gdf MYOMAYWA VI47W SM Sid In Port PATHEIN VI22W In Pt Sid PAGAN VI9SW 31/02 Apr HPA AN VIBBW 03/06 Apr MALAYSIA AGENTS BOUSUAD SHPPMG AGENCCS All ia 03-*****00 PHI TEI 03-3CBS7C7 PEN
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      454 42 c S^SB[BBi^Bß^^^^Bl^lß^Bls3^BTi9ltflß3^^^j^^BEH^3BßBflflH shippi*(' li if II j HHt TO AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND YSI [sii Frtm Mrt) S»d Audi t. Chain £LL£N HUCMG 306 To/5 15/4 5175 24/4 30/4 2/5 musscl 307 is/4 57s lo7s 1375 1575 21/5 MAATHA I 304 575 1575 21/5 27/5 c voroiME 3<n 1575 F775 i 75
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      643 43 FAMOUS CONTAINER LINES —^'AlO ANSON RD. #15-21 INTERNATIONAL PLAZA, S PORE 0207 HOT LINE: *****33 (24 LINES) GOTHENBURG/SCAN 05/04 ROTTERDAM 05/04 AARHUS/COPENHAGEN 05/04 HAMBURG/BREMEN 05/04 MARSEILLE/FRANCE 01/04 FELIXSTOWE/UK 05/04 BARCELONA/SPAIN 01/04 LEHAVRE/FRANCE 05/04 GENOA/ITALY 03/04 ANTWERP/BELGIUM 05/04 LOS ANGELES/WC/IPI 02/04 SYDNEY/MELBOURNE 01/04 NEW YORK/EC 02/04 FREMANTLE/ADELAIDE 01/04 VANCOUVER 31/03 BRISBANE
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      796 43 RICHFIELD MARINE AGENCIES (S) PTE LTD TEL: *****33 (12 Line*) k-* FAX: *****15/*****03 fTf] TELEX: RS ***** RISHIP (3 Line*) ETHIOPIAN SHIPPING LINES (National Lines of Ethiopia) ACCEPTING FCL AND CONVENTIONAL VESSEL IVOV ETA LOADING fOB SPORE ANDiNt T 30WB lb 04 OARESSALAAM MOMBASA DJIBOUTI assab massawa ABVOT J2WB 20/05
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      682 43 JAKARTA BANGKOK VESSU VOY SW KT YPgl VOY SMSAPCTE BANGKOK YWA BHUW IMS 31/3 3/4 PIYA BHUM 277W lue IN PT fri 2 4 RAJA BHUM 71S 2/4 6/4 C KQ2W»StV 20N Ned 31/3 Sat 3/4 THANA BHUM 24S 3/4 7/4 MAHA BHUM 151N W<d 31/ 3 Sun 4/4 lARU
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      366 43 isfeM&ai mure BAYOF BENGAL SERVICES IKE* m» 249N SM 04 OC/04 12-13/S4 I Ilea SIM 60N 31-01/04 07 01/04 14 15/04 CArt BONAMSIA ?50N OS 06 04 11-13/04 19-70/04 TICE» mum UN 07 01 04 11-14/04 21-22/04 IKU mva 164CW S*d 04-01/04 14-15/04 I LHOI9 431 29 30/03 05-00/04 15-16
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      1490 44 *ABmN container lines I l£J\=AHJAgenls: MAC-NELS SPORE: *****22 (24 LINES) PENANG: (04) *****6 SIBU: (084) *****9 KUCHING: (082) *****3 P.KELANG: (03) *****77 JAKARTA: (21) *****32 SURABAYA: (31) *****0 COMPETITIVE RATE TO HONG KONG 3 SAILINGS WEEKLY (TUES/THURS/SAT) FOR BOOKING, PLS CALL *****22 XIU-HUA. JAMES. WEI GIN. JO I OLOBEUNK FORWARDERS
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      233 44 BLUE STAR LINE SINGAPORE TO AND FROM NEW ZEALAND AND PACIFIC ISLANDS SIN AKL LYT SIN PREMIER 23S 5/4 17/4 19/4 4/5 AUST STAR 86S 20/4 2/5 4/5 20/5 FGUARD BAY 2S 1/5 13/5 15/5 1/6 FULLY CONTAINERISED SAILINGS DISCHARGING AT AUCKLAND. LYTTELTON. ACCEPTING FCL LCL FOR NEW PLYMOUTH. NAPIER.
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      996 44 THONG SOON UNES PTE. LTD.] M- 77 ROBINSON ROW) #15-00, #16-00 SIA BUILDING SINGAPORE 0106 TEL: *****88 FAX NO: *****11, *****22 TLX: RS ***** CARRIER, RS ***** lENHOL CABLE: TOSOCO CONVENTIONAL/CONTAINER BOOKING LINE: *****85 SINGAPORE TO SARAWAK VESSEL S PORE PEST VESSEL VOY SPORE PEST EQUATOR JADE 73/3E 31 MAR
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      854 47 TIDES AND WEATHER TODAY'S TIDES (height in metres) HOUR 0000 0100 0200 0300 0400 0500 0(00 0700 MOO 0900 1000 1100 1200 1300 1400 1500 1600 1700 1800 1900 2000 2100 2200 2300 It 20 25 2.9 2.9 2.7 2.3 IS 1.2 09 0.7 07 OS 10 14 IS 20
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      687 48 JL cosco I UKC CONVENTIONAL SERVICE VESSEL PKL PNG P Q. LOADING FOR: A VESSEL 28/03 Rotterdam/Antwerp CHINA CONVENTIONAL SERVICE VESSEL PKL PNG P.G. LOADING FOR: A VESSEL 15/04 20/04 Huangpu/Guangzhou COSCO FULL CONTAINER SERVICES (FCL/FCL) EXPORT TO: CHINA/BANGKOK/HONGKONG EUROPE/CONTINENTAL WEST MEDITERRANEAN AUSTRALIA US WEST COAST PERSIAN GULF/KARACHI Please refer
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      148 48 J EES FREIGHT SERVICES PTE LTD r #01-60 Wallich Building, 111 Zl 3CI Wallich Street, Singapore 0207 Tel: *****66 (10 Lines) Fax: *****69/*****44 IMPORTING FROM USA WE PROVIDE WEEKLY SAILINGS WITH FAST TRANSIT TIMES AND LOW INLAND RATES ENQUIRIES: SHIRLEY/ZAINAB/ROGERS JC, I CONTAINER LINE, LTD. CHICAGO NEW YORK LOS ANGELES
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      512 48 crosswater] tf«o OFFICE 291 SOMNGOON ROAO #06 00 SERAN6OON MUMS S<OS2l) NAttHOUSE (CFS) BtK 37 16. P»G« FHKMT STATKM TCI *****05 :M 5 M K.TT— I PT KELANG/PENANG 5/4 ■;ijjiiistryj^>]?T=TnmgM674 I TOKYO/YOKOHAMA 5/4 ■SnjnnEH33MMIMIIZII I BUSAN 5/4 I USA 4/4 |qZ3!2SI3^^^HHH-^Z±. 1 SYD/MELB I 8/4 ■Q23SnZSiS^^H^^HBBIZZ±1 NEW ZEALAND 4/4 I
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      407 48 WORLDGATE EXPRESS UNES PTE LTD Tel: *****11 Fax: *****73 Telex: ***** WGATE NEXT VESSEL CONSOLIDATION TO BOM/KAR/CMB 5/4 KEELUNG 6/4 PORT LOUIS 6/4 HONG KONG 5/4 BARCELONA 3/4 PKG/PEN 4/4 BUSAN 5/4 KAO/BKK 3/4 (I |||Q NATIONAL EXPRESS FORWARDERS (S) PTE LTD 133 NEW BRIDGE ROAD #14-02 CHINATOWN POINT SINGAPORE
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      867 49 HYUNDAI MERCHANT MARINE CO. LTD. WESTBOUND TO EUROPE VESSELS VOY PNA PKE PGO VESSELS VOY SIN RTM MIT* LEH* HAM BREt FEL n HMM ADVANCE IoA 23/03 24/03 26/03 H PIONEER 302* 2S/03 16/04 16/04 17/04 IS/04 18/04 20/04 Rl MM ADVANCE 11A 30/03 31/03 01/04 H. FRONTiR 304W 04/04
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      456 49 STRAITS/ JAPAN/ STRAITS SERVICE SPECIALIST IN RO-RO HEAVY LIFTS INBOUND VESSELS USSEI VtY SP P* MC W :OS*C KASHA II SD M PT UNK PMARC IS 4/4 lIISNBN IS 11/4 11/4 >•/« I SEAN ami ISI Ml 11/4 l«/« »/< :onsmsis s«y s is/4 IO2MA CRIDASM s MAKE OCEAN 111
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      239 49 las), MOL EXPORT TO PSW CONNECTING AT: TO double stuck trains eta I SBgg^BSSiSSiSiSSS I mi^n^irninrnnnnn n nr j w. ujrar3iiajiiOn« f irinfDniTra CSI33IMCE3EEEIEQQ2IIZ3III3[I23B&2Q2EK2 I TFTTI I'll-'), y 4, I .■nT?qßTro mmmmmnnmnn I I njiioEii nauMnsicjg muri iLaJcagjcamum I rr-wnm iw-m. rnmnroimmnmnnm I tnm mmrnrnrnmroim I EXPORTS TO OTHER CONNECTING
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      84 50 Tomorrow in Business Times rßnsm^ M.V. -GRACE OAK* VOY. i Arrived 22nd March 1993 M.V. "IUCCHO MAIIT VOY. IX Arrived 220 d March 1993 M.V. "SUNNY SKY* VOY. 1 Arrived 25th March 1993 Consignees of all damaged cargoes ex the captioned vessels are hereby notified thM a gmeral survey will
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