The Business Times, 17 March 1994

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    13 1 SINGAPORE Business Times WEKSOU ASIA MITA(P) 010/12/93 Thursday March 17 1994 75 c
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  • 2am LATEST
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      Lock icon Dow Jones down 4.03 points
      32 1 Reuter NEW YORK Wall Street stocks were narrowly mixed at midday yesterday. At Ipm EST, the Dow Jones Industrial Average stood at 3,845.56 down 4.03 points. Reuter
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      Lock icon Senate backs Bill to aid hi-tech firms
      67 1 Bloomberg Business News WASHINGTON The US Senate has approved a Bill that would expand federal support for civilian high-tech companies in an effort to boost US competitiveness. The Senate last night approved the National Competitiveness Act which would authorise US$l.9 billion (SS3 billion)
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    MARKET SUMMARY
    169 1 Stock market indices Wednesday Change ST1I 2,185.81 -4.14 K.LSE Comp closed Nikkei 20,677.77 +168.92 Hang Seng 9,720.61 -142.95 SET Index 1,293.07 -9.06 Jakarta Comp closed CLSA China B ....1,144.67 -2.76 Aust All Ord 2,173.5 +1 FTSE 100 3,242.9 -24.5 Wednesday Previous 1pm close Dow Jones 3,845.56 3.849.59 Average
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    Richard Li's US$ 400m firm eyes M'sia satellite stake
    566 1  -  From Catherine Ong in HONGKONG RICHARD LI. son of Hongkong tycoon Li Ka-shing, has formed a US$4OO million (***** million) telecommunications company and is exploring major investment opportunities in Malaysia including, sources said, a stake in a new satellite to be
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    Lock icon BBC makes way for Chinese movies on Star TV
    169 1 AFP HONGKONG Rupert Murdoch's Star TV is to drop BBC World Service Television from part of its satellite footprint and show Chinese movies instead, the Far Eastern Economic Rivinv said. In its latest edition, the magazine said the new movie channel
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    S'pore debt rating may be upgraded
    260 1  -  By Shiv Taneja SINGAPORE By almost every statistieal measure, Singapore has become one of the world's stellar performers, according to US-based international rating agency Moody's Investors Service. In a statement yesterday, Moody's said it had put Singapore's Aa3 sovereign foreign currency debt rating under
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    IRAS identifies for auction more properties with big tax arrears
    540 1  -  By A J Leow SINGAPORE The Comptroller of Property Tax has identified about a dozen private properties for public auction after their owners repeatedly ignored notices to pay their property taxes. An Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (IRAS) official said
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    Lock icon Support grows for China's Gatt entry
    162 1 AP GENEVA There is mounting support for China's rapid entry into the world's main trade organisation, leaving the United States seemingly isolated in its concerns about Beijing's human rights poliey and the seope of economic reform. At a meeting on Tuesday of the General
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    Lock icon COE premiums go up for all but two categories
    378 1  -  By Ramesh Divyanathan SINGAPORE The results of the bidding for certificates of entitlement (COE) for April show that premiums have generallv bottomed out. as renewed buyer interest pushed some COEs up following the previous month's decline. For May's COE bids, car
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    Lock icon Philippine stock market bucks decline in regional trend
    209 1 S|NGAPORE The Philippine market was the only regional bourse yesterday to be spared continued uncertainty over the direction of interest rates. The Manila Composite Index gained 9.44 points to close at 2642.90 for its fourth rise in a row. Bloomberg Business News
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      7 1 Law: Pg n Squealing on procrastinating lawyers
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      13 1 Hock Lock Siew: pg 17 u~f 1 So, who's in control of Praniet?
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
    • EYE on the ECONOMY
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        Lock icon Cost of living higher for expats
        323 2  -  By Ven Sreenivasan THE RISE in the cost of li\ing for expatriates in Singapore continued to moderate at the end of last year. But it still went up more than the cost of living of Singaporeans. The Expatriate Consumer Price Index (ECPI). which measures
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      Medisave for NTUC health plan's premiums — on a trial basis
      440 2  - Medisave for NTUC health plan's premiums on a trial basis Reports by Anna Teo Schutz Lee THE government is prepared to allow, on a trial basis, those who subscribe to the National Trades Union Congress* Managed Healthcare System (MHS) to pay for their premiums using Medisave. Health Minister George Yeo
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      Committee set up to study Chinese medicine
      197 2 A COMMITTEE within the Health Ministry', led by Minister of State for Health Aline Wong, has been formed to study how the practice of traditional Chinese medicine maybe formalised in Singapore. Health Minister George Yeo told parliament yesterday the committee will map out
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      MPs hit out at quality of SBC programmes
      629 2 Yesterday in Parliament INFORMATION the Arts Minister George Yeo got another earful yesterday from MPs lambasting the quality of Singapore Broadcasting Corporation programmes, the most hard-hitting of which came from former environment minister Ahmad Mattar. Declaring that it felt "very very good",
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    • IN BRIEF
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        Applications to tap Medifund
        60 2 SINCE Medifund started in April last year, there have been 12.200 applications to tap the scheme for payment of medical bills. Of these. 10.900 cases were approved. 1.300 are still being processed and only 36 cases were rejected. Health Minister BG George Yeo said yesterday, in
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        Cap for outpatient treatment
        54 2 HEALTH Minister BG George Yeo said he will ask the finance ministry to look into varying the annual cap for outpatient treatment for civil servants, according to age. as proposed by the MP for Bedok GRC Dr Arthur Beng. The cap is now fixed at a
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        24-hour GP clinic on the cards
        63 2 THE Health Ministry is considering setting up a 24-hour general practitioner type of clinic near an Accident and Emergency department to tend to non-emergency cases. This will free doctors at the A&E department to attend to genuine cases, and reduce the cost to patients
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      CPF training account good idea if employers pay extra: Othman
      359 2 UNIONISTS have no quarrel with the idea of a CPF training account if the employers' contribution is over and above their 20 per cent share, labour MP Othman Haron Eusofe said yestqxiav^^^^_ Duri last Nlnm innlp/t 'MP Robert an*ri4PSSflltat of
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      Banks come up with new ideas to keep share of home loan market
      246 2 WITH slower growlh forecast for the home loan market this year, big lenders arc using more aggressive tactics to maintain their market share. The latest to join the list is the United Overseas Bank. From yesterday, it
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      Private housing purchases up 37pc in 1993, says JLW
      305 2  -  By Sylvia Wong BUYERS snapped up a record 7.800 private housing units last year, says real estate agent Jones Lang Wootton. Demand comprised about 7.100 condominium units and 671 landed property units, the firm says. At this level, it was about
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      Lock icon National Front claims majority and tells Pairin to quit
      569 3  -  Sabah's political crisis From Leslie Lopez in KOTA KINABALU MALAYSIAN Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad's National Front yesterday moved aggressively to take control of resource-rich Sabah and demanded that its chief minister Joseph Pairin Kitingan step down to end the political crisis
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      Lock icon Chuan pledges support for Hanoi's plan to join Asean
      450 3 AP AFP HANOI Thai Prime Minister Chuan Leekpai gave firm support yesterday to Vietnam's plan to join the Association of South-east Asian Nations. Mr Chuan discussed Asean with Vietnamese Premier Vo Van Kiet on the first day of a visit aimed
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      Lock icon London court orders Lorrain to name his backers
      272 3 AFP LONDON Malaysian banker Lorrain Osman. who fought a sevenTvear battle from his prison cell in Britain to avoid extradition to Hongkong, was ordered by the High Court on Tuesday to disclose the identity of those who helped fund his campaign. If
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      Lock icon Indonesia promises to deregulate 9 industries
      217 3 Reuter JAKARTA Indonesia is preparing to deregulate nine industries to try to boost exports, a newspaper report said yesterday. "We are now preparing solutions for several problems, especially those which hamper exports ot nine industrial subsectors." Industry Minister Funky Ariwibowo was quoted as say
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    • ASIA NOTES
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        Lock icon Chinese team visits S Korea
        50 3 AP SEOUL A delegation of Chinese Communist Party members arrived here yesterday on a first-ever exchange programme with South Korea's governing Democratic Liberal Party. The visit by the five Chinese delegates is part of an exchange aimed at increasing cooperation between the two parties. AP
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        Lock icon Creating the East Asean Growth Area
        72 3 Reuter MANILA Philippine President Fidel Ramos said yesterday that trade ministers from Brunei. Indonesia. Malaysia and the Philippines will meet next week to create the East Asean Growth Area. The March 24 meeting will be held in the city of Davao. The growth area,
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        Lock icon Bank Bapindo president suspended
        70 3 AFP JAKARTA Finance Minister Mar'ie Muhammad has temporarily suspended Towil Heryoto as the president of a state bank for his alleged involvement in a US$43O million (*****.4 million) swindle, a report said here yesterday. The decision was taken to smooth the investigation of PT Golden Key
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        Lock icon Cambodia and Thailand to share oil?
        81 3 Reuter PHNOM PENH Cambodia said yesterday that it expects to reach an agreement with Thailand to share the proceeds from an olTshore oilfield in an area claimed by both countries. "I think we can do what Thailand and Malaysia have done the sharing of
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  • CHINA/HONGKONG/TAIWAN
    • CHINA WATCH
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        Dissident returns to Beijing
        111 4 BLIJING Chinese dissident Wang Dan. who quit Beijing at police behest last Fridav ahead of the visit of US Secretary of State Warren Christopher, returned to the Chinese capital yesterday. "I was authorised to return after spending several days in Xiamen." Mr Wang, a leader of
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        Lock icon Grow more grain, Li Peng urges
        83 4 Knight-Ridder HONGKONG Chinese Premier Li Peng has urged provincial governments to help farmers grow more wheat and other grains, the official China Daily newspaper reported yesterday. China plans to produce 450 million tonnes of grain this year, down from a record 456.44 million tonnes
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        Lock icon First senior KMT official steps down
        90 4 AFP TAIPEI The ruling Kuomintang (KMT) party yesterday approved the resignation of a high-ranking cadre over a snowballing multi-million Taiwan dollar election scandal, party officials said. Tu Teh-chi. chairman of the KMT Taiwan provincial committee, is the first senior party official to step down
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      Lock icon China's budget deficit expected to continue growing
      248 4 AFP BEIJING China's budget deficit, forecast to double in real terms this year to nearly 70 billion yuan (5512.6 billion). will continue to grow in coming years. Finance Minister Liu Zhongli yesterday said: "My personal view is that in the coming two or
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      Lock icon China to appoint prominent HK citizens as advisers
      453 4 Reuter HONGKONG China will speed up efforts to strengthen its support in Hongkong by appointing a new batch of advisers. drawing more prominent Hongkong citi/ens into its fold. A Chinese source yesterday said: "About 60 new Hongkong advisers will be sworn (in)
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      Lock icon Hosokawa's visit very important: Beijing
      223 4 AFP BEIJING China said yesterday the upcoming visit of Japanese Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa would be "very important" in promoting the development of bilateral ties. "I believe the visit will play a very important role for further development of the SinoJapanese relations and cooperation in
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      Lock icon New rules soon to curb piracy
      116 4 UPI HONGKONG China will introduce new regulations to crack down on its marine patrol units which have been accused of widespread piracy in the South China Sea. a report said yesterday. In a tacit acceptance of reports claiming Chinese officials were involved in maritime
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      Lock icon MNCs' success in China a hurdle for Washington
      311 4 AFP Reuter TIANJIN. China I he interests of US telecommunications giant Motorola, recentl> at the centre of Washington's dispute with Japan, are also featuring high in a Sino-US row over the linking of trade to human rights. But while the US government
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      Lock icon US insurers to visit Beijing to seek slice of market
      178 4 AP WASHINGTON Just as President Bill Clinton is deciding on future business relations with China, a group of US government and insurance executives will visit Beijing from May 22 to 28 to seek a share for US companies of China's
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      183 4 Earlier report, Shipping Times Pg 1 With the introduction of the a Express you have come to expect from us after Goods Services Tax on e the implementation of GST. Ist April 1994, your inbound $>«• packages into Singapore will You are therefore advised be subjected to GST of 3%
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      8 4 Clinton 's unpleasant choices on China. Pg 14
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  • REST OF ASIA
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      Lock icon Australia posts highest growth figures in nearly 5 years
      335 5 AFP SYDNEY Australia recorded its highest economic growth figures in nearly five years yesterday, boosted by a big increase in private spending. Gross domestic product (GDP) expanded by a season-ally-adjusted 1.7 per cent in the December quarter or 4.0 per cent
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      Lock icon Keating launches giant campaign to boost trade with Indonesia
      380 5 AFP SYDNEY Canberra's biggest international promotion aimed at expanding business links with Indonesia and countering misconceptions about Australia was launched by Prime Minister Paul Keating here yesterday. More than 500 Australian companies will take part in the Asl2 million (5513.5 million)
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      Lock icon Australia restores defence contacts with Myanmar military govt
      303 5 Reuter CANBERRA Australia has restored defence contacts with Myanmar, officials said yesterday, almost three years after they were suspended in protest at the Myanmarese military government's human rights record. A foreign affairs department spokeswoman said Australia's new defence attache in Thailand will
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      Lock icon Miyazawa tied to Japan building scandal: report
      355 5 Reuter TOKYO The Japanese daily A sahi Shnubun reported yesterday that ex-premier Kiichi Miyazawa played a role in a growing construction industry bribery scandal, but a Miyazawa aide said the allegation was false. In 1992, the paper said. Mr Miyazawa summoned the head
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      230 5 Editorial Sustaining the Aussie recovery, Pg 14 Aaahhh...! The light aroma of pure leather. of every Rolls Royce. And now within the spacious wedge-shape profile of Now sit any connoisseur within the limited edition 2.0-litre Corona the limited edition 2.0-litre Corona. and he'll tell you the leather around him isn't
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      1410 6 r i DBS LAND DBS LAND LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) The Board of Directors of DBS Land Ltd wishes to announce that the unaudited results of 5 lflliVlLU*J^dAld3hdJ;l-TSWT3>nM the DBS Land Group for the year ended 31 December 1993 are as follows:- During the year 1993, the
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  • THE WORLD
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      Lock icon Key German rates fall again, sparking talk of policy easing
      478 7 Reuter FRANKFURT The Bundesbank yesterday stepped up the pace of German interest rate declines and markets speculated that the move might be followed up by another easing of monetary policy as early as today. The powerful central bank sanctioned a
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      Lock icon US-Japan talk on chips deal threatens more acrimony in trans-Pacific trade
      439 7 Reuter WASHINGTON L'S and Japanese negotiators began a meeting in Hawaii yesterday to negotiate a controversial com-puter-chips deal that threatens to inject yet more acrimony into trans-Pacific trade. While industry officials expect improved Japanese compliance with the l«N| pact.
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    • WORLD WATCH
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        Lock icon Brotherhood bridge
        41 7 Reuter SARAJEVO UN High Commissioner for Refugees Sadako Ogata of Japan returning across the besieged Bosnian capital's Brotherhood and Unity bridge yesterday. The bridge is to be a new corridor linking Bosnian Serb and Bosnian government held territory. Reuter
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        Lock icon UK unemployment trend clearly down
        95 7 Reuter LONDON UK Employment Minister Michael Eorsyth said employment data published on Tuesday were encouraging and showed that the trend in unemployment was clearly down. The employment department said earlier unemployment fell by a seasonally adjusted 38.800 in February to 2.75 million. "The trend is
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        Lock icon Inflation in US under control
        106 7 Bloomberg Business News DETROIT Laura I >son. chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, has said better than expected figures on wholesale prices released on Tuesday show that inflation is under control. "The PHI (producer price index) had the smallest increase since October
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      Lock icon Tokyo lodges protest with US for turning down JAL route
      165 7 Reuter TOKYO Japan lodged a protest with Washington yesterday for abruptly refusing to allow Japan Airlines (JAL) to open an air route to Hawaii which the airline had planned to launch from today. The US decision threw the airline, passengers
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      S'pore firms should use Germany to expand into Europe: minister
      268 7  -  By Kevin Sullivan SINGAPORE German trade has grown exponentially in the last few years hut companies here have yet to exploit Germany as a location for launching and expanding European business operations. according to Gunther Einert. minister of Economics and
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      Lock icon European Commission keeping closer tabs on telecom deals
      372 8 FT BRI'SSLLS I he European Commission «.»n lucsday served noticc thai it intends to take a more active role in policing joint ventures in the lastgrow ing telecommunications market. Philip Lime, head of the Commission's Merger laskforce. said Brussels would look closely
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      Lock icon Trade promoters forecast Baltic sea change
      328 8 Reuter KIEL. Gcrnian\ Baltic Sea businessmen are trying to revive some of the spirit of the mediaeval Hanscatic League, once an important economic force in northern Europe. The planned extension of the European L'nion to Sweden. Einland and Norwav next year and political changes
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      Lock icon EU to include Norway but fails to resolve internal row
      471 8 Reuter BRUSSELS The European Union agreed to lake on Norway. as a member yesterday hut tailed to resolve a hitter internal dispute o\er how the 12nation bloc should function alter new countries join next year. Norwa}. the last of four
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      Lock icon Protest against anti-inflation plan
      64 8 Reuter About 2.000 workers demonstrating outside Brazil's Congress on Tuesday in the first public protest against a controversial government anti-inflation plan which union leaders say will mean wage losses. The demonstration was called by the left-wing Central Lnica de I rabalhadores (CL I) union, which is
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      Lock icon Mexico slips quietly from slow growth into recession at sensitive time
      544 8 AP MEXICO CITY The battered Vlexiean economy has slipped from slow growth into a formal reeession with hardly a word of acknowledgment from government officials. Figures just revised on Mexico's gross domestic prtxluct show that the national economy declined
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      815 8 >BR HOLDINGS LIMITED ABR HOLDINGS LIMITED (Formerly known as Swens Asia- Pacific Ltd) (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) The Directors are pleased to announce the unaudited results of the Group and the Company for the 6 months ended 31 lX*cember 1993: 1. UNAUDITED RESULTS OF THE GROUP AND THE
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  • SPORTS
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      Strong international field for M'sian Open
      429 9 Golf SINGAPORE Paul MeCiinlex of Ireland, the runner-up in the 1 urespana Open Mediterranean tournament held early this month, is the replacement for Briton Paul Broadhurst in the U*****.000 (*****.000) Benson Hedges Mala>sian Open starting today Broadhurst. winner of the 1993 Benson Hedges International,
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      Lock icon Women's seeds sent packing at Lipton Championships
      452 9 NYT KEY BISCAYNE. Florida There is stagnancy, in the unyielding form of Steffi Graf, at the pinnacle of women's tennis. But if Tuesday's double dose of upsets to the players seeded just behind Graf at the Eipton Championships are any indication, a significant
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      Charlton — the gentleman footballer
      481 9  - Charlton the gentleman footballer By Shahiron Sahari SOCCER legend Bobby Charlton is proud of his record of never having been shown a yellow or red card in his illustrious playing career But. as he is quick to add: "They never had those cards in my time!" But if there had
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      Bobby's views on:
      397 9 Match-rigging. or briber) of players: "It's obviously \ery wrong you don't need me to tell you that. Hut if it's a problem in this part of the world, then you obviously ha\e to sort it out because it is totally against the spirit of fair play." Sponsorship
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      Lock icon Jackson to play rugby? No way!
      704 9 AFP PARIS If Colin Jackson was given the chance to partner former Olympic hurdler Nigel Walker in Wales' Five Nations decider against England this week, he wouldn't hesitate for a thousandth of a second. "No way!" says the 110 m world champion and record
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    • SIDELINES
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        Lock icon Ma Junren's team to get three Benzes
        95 9 Reuter BLIJINCi China's world-record breaking athletics team in to take deli\er\ sihhi ot three customised Mercedes Benz cars, its reward tor smashing three records last year. Ihe cars. prize* awarded h\ the International \thleties federation tor individual performances, had arrived at the eastern
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        Lock icon Maradona's shooting case
        54 9 Reuter BULNOS AIRES. Argentina Argentine soccer star Diego Maradona flanked b\ police officers lea\ ing a court on Tuesday after appearing to answer charges that he shot and injured several journalists with an air rifle outside his countrx home last Feb 2. Maradona refused to answer questions
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        Lock icon England all set to gamble
        98 9 AFP GEORGETOWN England ma> he prepared to gamble on the fitness of both Alan Igglcsdcn and Chris Lewis and include the pair tor the Second lest at Bourda. starting today. The duo would figure m England's first-choice attack for the match, alongside Angus Eraser and
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        Lock icon Prost won't return to Formula One
        122 9 AP PARIS Alain Prost. the four-time Formula One racing champion and winner of a record 51 Grand Prix events, confirmed on Tuesda> he w ill not return to racing. The future of the 39-year-old Frenchman, who announced his retirement last September, had been under
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        Lock icon Australia banks on experience
        89 9 AFP LAHORE. Pakistan Australian coach Frank Murray has banked on experience for the defence of the Champions Trophy when hockey's top six nations gather for the lbth event in the series here today, \ustralia. having won the Trophy a record sixth time in Kuala Lumpur last
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        Lock icon No alcohol ban for World Cup
        98 9 AP NLW YORK The chief US World Cup organiser on Tuesday hacked off his request to keep alcohol from being sold before games in the nine cities where the five-week tournament will be played this summer. Alan Rothcnberg. chairman of World Cup USA 1994.
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        Lock icon Hawaiian wins sumo match of century
        98 9 Reuter TOKYO Giant Hawaiian-born sumo wrestler Konishiki won the "match of the century" yesterday against tiny Mainoumi. using his record 166 kg weight advantage to barrel him out of the ring. The victory gave Konishiki his 500 th career win. but he is still
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    • SCORE CARD
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        Lock icon Basketball
        236 9 AP NtW U>Rk NBA I uesdav: C leveland 106 Phoenix 119: Miami 101 Milwaukee 94: New York 88 Indiana 82: Chicago 108 Orlando 98: Minnesota 96 Philadelphia 87; Houston 105 Portland 99: Seattle 87 Detroit 89: Ciolden State 123 Washington 93: LA C lippers 108 1 tali 105. Standings
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        Lock icon Cricket
        130 9 AFP AFP CIIKIMCIII KC 11. New Zealand New Zealand scored a seven wicket win oxer Pakistan in the final of their one-da> series here Wednesday. Pakistan, put into bat. were restricted to 145 for nine in their 50. New Zealand easilv reached 14<i for three with a four m
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        Lock icon Ice hockey
        33 9 Reuter NKW YORK NHL I uesdav: Detroit 5 Vancouver 2: NY Islanders 3 New Jersev 2: Pittsburgh 4 Washington 5 (OTI: Tampa Bav 3 Calgary 7; Los Angeles 7 Ottawa 0.
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        Lock icon Tennis
        238 9 Reuter AFP KEY BISCAYNE, Horida Lipton Championships luesdav Men's 3rd rd: Pete Sampras < I S> h Mark Woodforde (Aust) 6-2 6-2: Stefan Edbcrg (Swel h Paul Haarhuis (Neth) 7-6 (7-2) 6-1: Jim Courier (I S) h Jan Sicmcrink 6-4 6-1; Goran Ivanisevic (Cro) b Jamie Y/aga (Per) 6-4
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  • INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY
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      Automation the key word among manufacturers
      341 10  -  Amount spent has doubled, reports Claire Leow Claire Leow Automation is clearly increasing in importance, if not in value, in the world of manufacturing. according to a recent survey by the Singapore Industrial Automation Association. The results show that local companies bought 552.24 billion
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      Lock icon Plastic batteries that last twice as long
      242 10 Bloomberg Business News BELL Communications Research Inc said it plans to license new technology for making plastic batteries that last twice as long and weigh half as much as other batteries. The new batteries weigh 51 grams and can last up to 200
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      Lock icon Passive smoking and massive heart attacks
      260 10 UPI A STUDY on rats has shown that passive smoking leads to more severe heart attaeks. bolstering previous estimates that exposure to second-hand tobaeeo smoke increases the risk of heart attack death by 30 per cent, researchers said on Tuesday. Writing in the American
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      Faxing from your hotel room
      452 10  -  Joycelyn Shu reports on the launching of Inn Fax by Seel Joycelyn Shu BUSINESS travellers in Singapore will soon have another gadget in their hotel rooms to help them wheel and deal the facsimile machine. Thanks to Innhax. a service launched by listed Singapore Electronic
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      Lock icon Cheers to the health benefits of red wine
      304 10 AFP Scientists in Atlanta are raising a glass of red wine to the French. The reason they believe the red nectar may be the reason why the French, famed for their hefty cheese and butter intake, have only one-half the US rate
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      Lock icon Perfect potato chip steals the show
      229 10 NYT TOO many burned potato chips in your bag? Technology to fix that and improve your snack life in other ways was on display through Tuesday at Snaxpo "94. the 57th annual conference of the snack food industry, held in Washington. Accuscan. a product
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    • IT TAKES
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        Lock icon Gene therapy fights cancer in mice
        119 10 UPI SAN DIEGO. California In studies that hold promise for prolonging the lives of cancer patients, researchers have used gene therapy to halt tumour growth in animal tests. Scientists from Canji Inc of San Diego, a cancer research and development company, say their studies
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        Pure water from the tap
        110 10 SINGAPORE Singapore's water supply may be among the best in the world, but for the purists those who demand absolutely pure water help is at hand. Access Global (S) Pte Ltd is marketing a household water purification system which it claims will give the "cleanest,
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        Lock icon Painless insulin injection soon
        164 10 UPI Tokyo University researchers in Tokyo have developed an adhesive electrode for administering insulin that allows absorption of insulin jelly without inflicting pain or leaving skin traces. The device offers the potential of relief to millions of diabetes sufferers throughout the world who have to inject
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  • THE LAW PAGE
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      Pitfalls of buying a home under S'pore's old system
      1192 11  -  Owners of units under the Registration of Deeds Act may not have the usual recourse that residents under the Land Titles (Strata) Act and Land Titles Act have, says Leow Chye Sian Leow Chye Sian The writer is a senior lecturer
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      The law squeals on procrastinating lawyers
      329 11 AT THE BAR *jj PROCRASTINATING lawyers now have one more thing to deal with apart from an efficient court system clients who are in the know. The Subordinate Courts has started writing letters to clients of lawyers who might be delaying court processes, informing
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      Shook Lin & Bok's No 2 leaves
      203 11  - Shook Lin Bok's No 2 leaves By Ramesh Divyanathan THE No 2 partner in one of Singapore's largest and most reputed law firms. Shook Lin Bok. is leaving the firm. Managing partner Philip Pillai confirmed that Tan Jin Hwee. who has been with Shook Lin for about 10 \ears. has
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      Lock icon Dead actors come alive
      507 11 NYT Hollywood movies that depict the raising of the dead are standard genre fare, but what if the dead are the Hollywood stars themselves? What if W C Fields, say. is brought back to perform on screen with Billy Crystal, not through spliced footage from a
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  • LIFESTYLE
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      Utter fusion
      614 13  -  Harish Mehta previews a performance by singer Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, the iconoclastic world music artist who performs here next week Harish Mehta LET them scream blue murder. When Pakistani qawwali singer Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan made music with pop star Peter Gabriel. some tongues clicked in dismay.
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      Lock icon From the rink to the ring?
      572 13 CHATTERBOX Reuter Reuter UPI UPI UPI THERE WAS no comment from Tonya Harding on a Japanese offer to pay the figure skater a reported USS2 million (553.2 million) to take up professional wrestling. Harding's camp acknowledged that the offer had been made. But they
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      1226 13 TV RADIO Kick Moranis plu>s mipcrtcct shrinking j Nwcpl into the trash and' work t Does the Californis prison sys- '*^fIBS satellites guides missiles to 886*^ could also be used by terrorists. JK;..;woman's search for her child is such stories. The crew in a commercial v space cralt pick up
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    Sustaining the Aussie recovery
    498 14 EDITORIAL FIGURES released yesterday show that Australia's economic growth surged 4 per cent in 1993. its best performance in over four years, making it one of the fastest growing economics in the industrialised world. This is encouraging news. It follows weeks of good economic numbers reflecting
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  • WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
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      Cut politics from trade
      241 14 THE DECLARED PURPOSE of US Secretary of State Warren Christopher's visit to Beijing was to drive home the point that the US would not renew the trading privileges it has extended to China unless the latter showed "overall, significant progress" on observing human rights by early
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    • Article
      Full of cunning, that's all
      172 14 ITS ADHERENTS claim that one man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter. In fact, it is rare to find such contradictions. The combination of human civilisation and increased communication has more clearly defined the terrorist, and he is an abhorrent sort. Most of the terrorists
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      Fruits of cooperation
      178 14 FOR MUSLIMS of the region, celebrating 1 Syawal or Aidilfitri on the same day was really a great blessing. It shows one of the fruits of cooperation in Islamic affairs ever since regional cooperation among Asean countries started. This augurs well for other fields of cooperation. apart
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      An eye-opener for Christopher
      160 14 WARREN CHRISTOPHER'S trip to Asia may be criticised as a failure by the American media, but from the Asian point of view, the pragmatic approach of Mr Christopher has in fact closed the gap between the US and Asian countries. China has not ruled out completely
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      An absence of priorities
      127 14 BECAUSE OF the onslaught of the severe drought, many farmers end up hiring themselves out as cheap labour for factories or joining in the exodus to Bangkok looking for odd jobs. Clearly, the country lacks a clear long-term water management policy, and the government's current policy
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      Signs of a vibrant economy
      172 14 A SURE INDICATION of the vibrant state of the Malaysian eeonomy is the admission of four more manufaeturing industries into the billion-ringgit industries club last year. This fuels the hope that we are on track in our long-term vision of a fully industrialised nation by
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    Clinton's unpleasant choices on China
    661 14  -  China's MFN trade status comes up for renewal in June. Leon Hadar finds the Clinton Administration scrambling for a face-saving solution Leon Hadar The writer is BT's If ashing!on Correspondent PRESIDENT Bill Clinton is a master of half-preg-nant. split-in-the-middle solutions to controversial policy problems. He
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      233 14 If you thought staving at the Shangri-La Penan* Also, you'll have inter-signing privileges at all four na* a little out of your price range, it's time to think Shangri-La properties in Penang. That means that the again. Because Shangri-La Penang's new value-for- beautiful Golden Sands and Rasa Savang Resorts and
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      75 14 SToQeS?— S6-ND UP A DO"2ON LO*LL \|OU lEW&\ BRiCXS.... Some. ■J^e VJ\NIDOU) FWJDMe 9 P>NJP PV JUG OF UPvTgy DON'T U>P>NT >T .Cy. r Vf UMTiL SPRING... Ji L rvc^ &-S*f FRE.SHMK\ y r«er>JDs .'"int Place. i/ >*3 FR.dLE.~~Z. IN G■ I C ASSOCIATEONCVWAI»€HSI.TD.mMW4 &V&—^ DOONESBURY GARRY TRUDEAU MF P
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  • ANALYSIS
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      Groping for growth in Pakistan
      1212 15  -  In Pakistan last week, Nirmal Ghosh found an economy trying to find its way out of the woods. He also interviewed the outspoken governor of the State Bank, who has his hands full hauling up the country's ailing fiscal and monetary system by its bootstraps
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      Struggling to get the numbers right
      1300 15 On widening Pakistan's narrow tax base and reducing evasion, Dr Muhammad Yaqub said: The federal government has legislated that wealth tax will be extended to agricultural wealth, which includes land holdings. Income taxation of agriculture is a provincial subject; the federal government doesn't have
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    Lock icon US Feb consumer prices up 0.3 pc on higher energy costs
    548 16 Reuter Bloomberg Business News AP WASHINGTON Consumer priccs in the United States moved up 0.3 per cent in February as higher energy costs due to tough winter weather put some pressure on inflation. Excluding food and energy, the core
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    Lock icon Bid to form new political group shakes Japan coalition
    436 16 Reuter TOKYO New tensions surfaced in Japan's fractious ruling coalition yesterday over plans by a powerful alliance leader to form a new political group ahead of elections expected later this year. Divisions in the eight-way coalition have been growing since a
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    Lock icon US-Japan trade talks may resume next month after Tokyo's package
    449 16 AFP Asahi TOKYO The United States and Japan may resume stalled trade talks next month, after Tokyo unveils an expected package for further opening its markets to foreign goods. "We really hope that the package will be accepted by the
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    Lock icon Japanese rebuff Kantor's call for govt guarantee on purchase of foreign car parts
    178 16 Asahi TOKYO Japanese officials have rejected as unrealistic a request by United States Trade Representative Mickey Kantor for a government guarantee that Japan's carmakers will increase purchases of foreign parts. Ministry of International Trade and Industry (Miti)
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    Lock icon Congressional probe of Whitewater affair inevitable: panel chief
    467 16 AP. Reuter WASHINGTON A key Democrat and ally of President Bill Clinton said yesterday that a congressional investigation of the Whitewater affair is inevitable even though most Americans are already tired of hearing about the case. Dan Rostenkowski. chairman of the powerful
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    Lock icon Widow sues China brokerage over husband's suicide
    139 16 Reuter HONGKONG A district court in China has begun hearing a suit against a brokerage for lending a man money to play the markets. Lin Jianhua lost a fortune, then committed suicide, and his widow decided to sue the brokers, the China-funded Hongkong
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    Japan's not responsible for G-7 unemployment
    881 16  -  The Bottom Line ANTHONY ROWLEY ANTHONY ROWLEY The writer is BT's Tokyo correspondent PRESIDENT Bill Clinton's so-called Jobs Summit in Detroit always threatened to be longer on symbol than on substance. But probably few foresaw that it would turn into such a cynical attempt
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
    • EYE on your STOCKS
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        MARKET MOOD
        49 17 Firm Market \l<hhJ mJuate\ the likely trading sentiment likLiy /w«>/ on broka* polled at ?-ftpnt ye\terday (hxrmvht event* may alter sentiment lin>ker\ polled I lltarne. Htinng*. Dam a. CiK (ioh. Morgan (irenlell. (hits <». Phillip. lat l ee. Smith u C ourt. 11/ Carr ami SO II arhiux
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        HOT STOCK
        124 17  -  -By Paul Leo DBS Bank Foreign shares jumped 90 eents to 5i5.00 yesterday. bringing the priee to just below a downward sloping trendline formed by eonneeting the peaks since early January Technical indicators are showing that the trendline is unlikely to stall any upward move for long. Directional
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      Promet to enter Chinese shipbuilding joint venture
      420 17  -  By Conrad Raj SINGAPORE Promet Bhd is going into a joint venture in China to build ships tor both the home market and abroad. Chairman Brian Chang said yesterday that Promet would enter into an agreement on Sunday to build ships in Yantai.
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      So, who's in control of Promet?
      703 17  -  HOCK^ By Conrad Raj SINGAPORE Now that founder Brian Chang has reduced his stake in Promet Bhd to less than 5 per cent, followers of the Malaysian company, which is also listed on Clob International, have been left wondering who really controls the engineering-based
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      DBS Land's profit jumps 35pc to $78.7 m
      558 17  -  Private launch for Bideford Road condo project today Reports by Lilian Ang SINGAPORE True to expectations. property-based DBS Land turned in excellent results for 1993 with net earnings at $78.7 million, up 35 per cent from the year before. The group's bottomline.
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      Property prowl snares $2b in new projects
      341 17 SINGAPORE Listed DBS Land committed itself to S2 billion in new projects during its aggressive foray into the local and regional property markets last year. Local developments account for 50 per cent to 60 per cent of the figure, while others in China.
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      Fels subsidiary forms new firm to boost Manila power business
      149 17  -  From Al Labita in MANILA A KEPPEL subsidiary has formed a new company to expand its power supply business in the Philippines. The new firm. Fels Energy Manila, is the second Philippine unit of the Singaporebased Far East Levingston Shipbuilding.
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      Keppel Philippines group nearly trebles net earnings
      266 17  -  By Rahita Elias SINGAPORE Keppel Corps Philippine arm has reported a fine set of figures for the year to Dee 31 1993. The Keppel Philippines group almost trebled net earnings to 304.7 million pesos (SSI 7.5 million) and more than doubled earnings per
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    • COMPANIES
      • COMPANY BRIEFS
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          PCL to buy Philippine shipping firm
          48 18 SINGAPORE Pacific C arriers has entered into an agreement to buy a 25 per cent stake in Philippine company DMA Shipping Phils. The purchase price will he about 475.750 pesos (5527.340). DMA Shipping Phils has authorised and paid-up capital of 500.000 pesos.
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          Lock icon Hutchison Paging expects to break even
          91 18 MBT KUALA LUMPUR Hutchison Paging is expected to break even by this \car's end following the rapid growth of its customer base since its inception in July 1991. The company, the paging arm of Hutchison Serting Telecom, so far has spent more than MS6O
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          Lock icon Voray's US$ 8m China investment
          118 18 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Voray Holdings Ltd. a Hongkong incorporated company set up by four Malaysian companies, is to build and operate a new USSB million (5512.6 million) vegetable oil refinery in Wuhan. China. The joint venture, the second by Voray in China, is with the
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          Lock icon 2 more Titan plants in M'sia
          60 18 Reuter KUALA LUMPUR Taiwan's Titan Group, which has a petrochemical complex in the southern Malaysian state of Johor, is planning two more downstream plants by the end of the year, the Malaysian news agency Bernama said. The group is planning a USSIOO million polybutylene
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          Lock icon Lower demand for Yizheng shares
          67 18 Reuter HONGKONG Yizheng Chemical Fibre Co Ltd's HKS7I4 million (*****.6 million) H share flotation is expected to be oversubscribed but not by the huge margin seen on recent new listings of Chinese shares in Hongkong, analysts said yesterday. Applications for the 300 million H shares
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          Lock icon Leefiing-Asco sells site for HK$ 550m
          63 18 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG Book printer Leefung-Asco Printers Holdings has agreed through a 70 per cent owned subsidiary to sell property in an industrial area for HKSSSO million. The buyer. Fortune Top Properties, is 40 per cent owned by real estate investment group Ryoden
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        Lock icon Kuok Philippines posts 284 pc rise in net profit to 261.4 m pesos
        208 18 AFP MANILA Leading developer Kuok Philippines Properties Inc (KPPI). the local flagship of the Kuok Group of Malaysia. reported a 284 per cent rise in net profit for 1993 to 261.4 million pesos (SSIS million) yesterday. Company
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        Lock icon Lower ringgit expected to give a lift to M'sia Airlines' profit
        636 18 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Mala\sia Airlines' profits in the first three months of this year the last quarter of its current financial year are expected to be slightly enhanced by the lower ringgit. But securities analysts \esterday said that MAS.
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        Khoo family buys M Credit bungalows
        272 18 SINGAPORE Property group Malayan Credit Ltd said it would sell the two bungalows it is developing at Belmont Road to members of hotel tycoon Khoo Teck Puat's family. It said in a statement yesterday that one of the bungalows. actually a reconstruction of an
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        UNIT TRUST & FUNDS
        540 18 UNIT TRUST FUNDS Managers' price* Mar 17 ustir Fued 1.06 110" Singapore Unit Trust Invest Mgt Ltd The Comment I.M I 7? n, f umJ 1 Ihe Saungs Fund I.S3 I 6l\d T?~ r r? '°2 S pore Pn* Find 0 72 0.76 I nilcdt.r Fund 64 I Vi S
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        Lock icon Linatex appeals against SC decision
        174 18 MBT KUALA LUMPUR Linatex Process Rubber Bhd is appealing against the Securities Commission's (SC) decision to reject its proposed acquisition of stockbroking firm Phileo Peregrine Securities Sdn Bhd. The group had earlier proposed a restructuring exercise, involving the reverse takeover of Phileo Peregrine for MS
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        Lock icon Nat Steel scraps its chips to forge improved earnings
        486 18 Bloomberg Business News SINGAPORE After a disastrous fling with high-tech in the late 1980s that cost the com pain millions of dollars, a humhied Nat Steel Ltd is rediscovering that >ou can make a pile of mone> in the decidedly unfashionable
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        Mycom eyeing food, brewery businesses in China and Vietnam
        369 18 KUALA LUMPUR Mycom Bhd. which is expanding its business in the Asia Pacific region, is eyeing the food and brewery businesses in China and Vietnam. Despite failing to proceed with its proposed joint venture brewer} with China's Beijing Brewery last year,
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        Lock icon Aussie telecom firm Telstra rings up A$ 997m interim gain
        365 19 Reuter MELBOURNE Telstra Corp Ltd, the Australian govern nient-ow ned telecom mun ications company, said its net profit rose 26.3 per cent to A 5997 million (SSI.II billion) in the six months to Dec 31. Chairman David Hoare said that
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        Lock icon HK Land's profit expected to be flat despite rent boom
        234 19 Reuter HONGKONG Hongkong Land Holdings Ltd is expected to report a Hat profit for 1993 despite the rent boom sweeping the territory, analysts said yesterday. Earnings will not have been spurred in the latest reporting period because only one-third of
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        Lock icon Up to 10 HK firms may seek Nasdaq listing this year
        240 19 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG Six to 10 Hongkong companies may seek listings on the US Nasdaq stock exchange this year. Nasdaq business development director Patrick Sutch said. Mr Sutch is here persuading companies looking abroad for finance to use
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        Lock icon Citic Pac set to post 69-98 pc surge in profit: analysts
        492 19 Reuter HONGKONG Hongkong's "red chip" stock Citic Pacific Ltd is expected to report a 69 to 98 per cent surge in net profit for calendar 1993. analysts said. Strong performances from its telecommunications, car dealing and airline businesses will
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      • COMPANY BRIEFS
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          Lock icon Lippo may tie up with Taiwan firm
          78 19 Bloomberg Business News FAIPEI Hongkong investment group Lippo Ltd and National Securities ot laipci are negotiating to establish a joint-venture securities company in Hongkong, a National otllcial said. Lippo would hold 30 per cent ol the conipanv. which has a projected capitalisation of
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          Lock icon Earnings at Nike drop
          103 19 Reuter SEATTLE Athletic apparel maker Nike Inc said on Tuesday that earnings tell 2per cent in the latest quarter as the company continued to battle tough markets in the US and abroad. But the company said advance orders by retailers are up for the first time
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          Lock icon Northrop open for bidding?
          59 19 Bloomberg Business News LOS ANGELES Northrop Corp chairman Kent Kresa. who started a bidding war for Grumman Corp last Thursday, said he would consider offers for his own company. "If there was a serious bid for us. we would look at it." Mr Kresa said in
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          Lock icon Kowloon Motor, Hopewell in tie-up
          72 19 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG Hongkong bus operator Kowloon Motor Bus has planned a joint venture with Hopewell Holdings and a hinese partner to operate bus service between Hongkong and Guangzhou \ia Hopewell s southern China superhighway, the Honi? Kont; Economic Journal reported. The Hongkong government
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        Lock icon Microsoft plans global revamp to meet market challenges
        330 21 FT LONDON Microsoft of the US. the world's largest personal computer software company, on Tuesday announced a worldwide reorganisation to improve decision-making and market responsiveness. It said the new structure was necessary to achieve its goal of doubling sales over the next
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        Lock icon Amex chairman's '93 paycheck: US$ 7.2m
        273 21 Bloomberg Business News Reuter NEW YORK American Express Co chairman and chief executive Harvey Golub earned U557.26 million (SSI 1.5 million) in 1993. according to a proxy filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Mr Golub, 54. became CEO early last year when former
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        Lock icon Schroders' pre-tax up 85pc to £196 m
        289 21 Bloomberg Business News LONDON Schroders pic. a leading British investment bank, yesterday said pre-tax profit surged 85 per cent in 1993 as world stock and bond markets boomed. Profit before tax climbed to £195.8 million (***** million) from a restated £105.7 million a
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        Lock icon Bayer's 1993 earnings better than analysts' expectations
        196 21 FT FRANKFURT Although Bayer chairman Manfred Schneider had suggested in January that earnings would be better than forecast, profits for 1993 were ahead of many analysts' predictions. The pharmaceutical giant's net income totalled 1.37 billion deutschemarks (551.28 billion), down 12.2 per cent, and
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        Lock icon NKK to cut capital spending to 140b yen
        312 21 Reuter TOKYO NKK Corp plans to cut its capital spending to 140 billion >en (SS2.I billion) in the three years to endMarch 1997. down from actual investment of 450 billion yen in the three years to endMarch. NKK president Shunkichi Miyoshi told
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        Lock icon Adobe, Aldus plan to merge in US $ 500m stock swap
        259 21 Adobe, Aldus plan to merge in US 500m stock swap NYT NLW YORK Adobe Systems Inc and Aldus Corp two personal computer software companies that played crucial roles in the rise of the USS2 billion (553.2 billion) desktop publishing industry announced on Tuesday their intention to merge in a stock
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    • FINANCE & COMMODITIES
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        Lock icon New rules for US investment advisers
        328 22 Bloomberg Business News WASHINGTON The Securities and Exchange Commission plans to propose today two rules designed to protect investors from unscrupulous acts by investment advisers. One rule would expressly prohibit investment advisers from recommending unsuitable securities to clients. The other is designed to ensure
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        315 22  -  By Paul Leo SINGAPORE The Malaysian ringgit will appreciate to M 52.55-2.60 against the greenback and M 51.62-51.66 against the Singapore dollar by the end of year, says DBS Bank. The bank says in its March Asean Briefing
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        138 22 Bloomberg Business News WASHINGTON The Securities and Exchange Commission yesterday announced the first international agreement among securities and futures regulators to share information on the derivatives market. The agreement involving the SEC. the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the United Kingdom's Securities and
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        Lock icon AFC Bank arranged US$ 900m in loans in '93
        446 22 MBT KUALA LUMPUR Asean Finance Corporation (AFC) Merchant Bank, the first joint venture by the banking community in Asean. arranged and co-arranged 29 loans worth USS9OO million (SSI.4 billion) in 1993. In terms of the number of loans, this was more
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          93 22 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG Banking giant HSBC Holdings said its treasury trading operations have had a difficult start to the year. "The year has not started well for us in that field but it is not as bad as the reports I have heard
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          101 22 Reuter TOKYO Hongkong's Mass Transit Railway Corp and China International Trust and Investment Corp will issue their first yen-denominated commercial paper, a Bank of Tokyo official said. "The historically low short-term yen interest rates prompted them to issue the CP," the official said. The MTRC
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          Lock icon Swiss bank to open S'pore office
          65 22 Knight-Ridder ZURICH The Zurich Kantonalbank. Switzerland's fifth largest bank, along with the Banque Cantonale Vaudoise. is to open a representative office in Singapore during the third quarter, the bank said. This is KZB's first overseas representative office and will be utilised by medium-sized cantonal
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          Lock icon HK's Peregrine issues Hysan warrants
          103 22 Reuter HONGKONG Peregrine Derivatives Ltd said it had issued and privately placed 100 million covered warrants on shares in Hysan Development Co Ltd. Every 10 warrants will entitle the holder to one share in Hysan at a strike price of HK525.20 (555.17). The IX-month warrants
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          Lock icon South African bank opens China office
          65 22 AFP BEIJING Nedbank opened a representative office in Beijing yesterday, becoming the first South African bank to set up shop in China despite a lack of diplomatic relations between the two countries. The state-run China Daily newspaper said Nedbank one of South Africa's four
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        417 22 Reuter LONDON Commodity markets, many of them buoyant at present, are increasingly attracting investors looking for a change when bonds and shares sag. investment analysts said on Tuesday. "We're seeing real money. Vou always see hedge funds. They come and go. But these
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        Lock icon SEC proposes changes to reserve requirements for derivatives
        265 22 Bloomberg Business News W ASH INCiTON I he Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday proposed a revision in the way brokers determine the amount of capital they must set aside for potential losses on standard derivative securities. In general, the proposal could
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        128 22 IHE US dollar was off against the yen as US Trade Representative Mickey Kantor expressed dissatisfaction with US-Japan trade talks whilst the US dollar was up against the deutschemark as market talk resurfaced about an imminent rate cut. The Singapore dollar had a relatively quiet
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        187 22 Bloomberg Business News LONDON The dollar was little changed against the deutschemark in Europe ahead of the release of US consumer price data for February. There was little reaction to news earlier of a 6 basis point drop in the Bundesbank's key money market rate, the securities repurchase rate.
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        1562 22 pUS$/S$ forward rates Noon Mar 16 SS. Bid Oder I -month I 585' I 5KWi ?-ni<«nth I 584X I 5W»? Vm«>nih I 5844 I 5K5>» 6«uMh I 5K '5 I 5855 Source: OCBC FOREIGN CURRENCY NOTE RATES As at 10am on Mar 16: Singapore dollars to one unit of foreign
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        Crude oil futures fall as stock data disappoints
        172 22 Bloomberg ENERGY REPORT LONDON Oil futures prices declined in London and New York yesterday following a lower-than-expected drop in US crude oil inventories, brokers said. Although the American Petroleum Institute reported total crude stockpiles fell, most of the decrease occurred in the
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        85 22 AFP NEW YORK The dollar was mixed against other major currencies in a moderately active market here yesterday after the government reported an anticipated increase in February retail prices. At about 9:00 am. the dollar was trading at 1.6960 German marks, unchanged from late Tuesday. The greenback was
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        1399 23 SIMEX REPORT Reuter SINGAPORE Simex Furoycn futures rebounded from its morning weakness to close higher yesterday. Dealers said the luiroyen rehounded following a recovery in the Japanese government bond futures market (JGBs) just before the close. Sentiment improved following the release of worse-than-expccted
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        M'sian rubber reopens to finish up
        644 23 COMMODITY REPORTS Rubber kT7\ I. A Tl MPI KM Ik? rubber market was a shade higher at the close on covering and further talk of supply tightness alter a long weekend break, brokers said. I he Malavsian Rubber Exchange and Licensing Hoard (MRLI lit
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          M'sian palm oil seen steady
          119 23 kl ALA LI MPLR Malaysian palm oil prices should he steady in the next few weeks, as official data released yesterday were seen as neutral, traders said. The Palm Oil Registration and Licensing Authority said Malaysian palm oil stocks were 7 31.354 tonnes at the
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          Japan's aluminium products output up
          78 23 TOKYO Production of aluminium sheets and extruded products by Japan's seven major fabricators totaled 111.265 tonnes in February, up 7.1 per cent from a year before, and up 9.9 per cent from January, according to the Japan \luminium Federation. Of the total, production of aluminium
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          India may allow some cotton exports
          99 23 NEW DELHI India is likely to partially lift a han on cotton exports, allowing export of those cotton hales that were sold hetore the government clamped down on their export, industry officials said yesterday. The decision will enable cotton traders, who had finalised export
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          Japan's galvanised steel output down
          87 23 IOKYO Output of zinc galvanised steel fell to a preliminary X.WWH) tonnes last month, down 12 per cent from a year earlier, the Japan Iron and Steel federation said. I his is also down 1.6 per cent from the revised January production of X 47.100
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      1538 23 Rubber Singapore Commodity Exchange (futures closing as at 1pm) RSS 1 Contract <S ccnlvkgl Close Volume Open Month High Lou Sell Hon nest Interest \pr 44 ***** 2.400 Ma\ 14X50 14* 50 14X25 1200 > 525 Jun 144 50 50 6.725 Jul/Sep 151.25 ***** 5.7'5 (fct/Dix 152.50 152.50
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        Australia
        1113 24 1 I he Australian share market leld on to end in positive terrior> despite afternoon sellers .•merging to trim earlier gains .esterday, brokers said. Brokers said the market had •>een encouraged bv stronger xinds. which rallied after the dease of local economic growth Igures and modest I S inflation
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        Manila
        551 24 +9.44 Share prices closed higher, recovering from an early fall following Philippine long Distance Telephone Co's (PLDT) drop on Wall Street, and brokers said the market looked ready to test higher ground. The Philippine Stock Exchange composite price indices climbed 0.40 per cent, with the indicator at the Manila
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        Taipei
        559 24 +57.1 Taiwan stocks closed higher, led up by persistent buying interest in blue-chip electronics such as Acer and United Microelectronics. The weighted index closed 57.10 points or 1.1 per cent up at 5,331.34. oil'a high of 5.341. Turnover remained thin but rose slightly to NT538.04 billion from Tuesday's NT534.29
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        Seoul
        364 24 -4.9 Persistent consolidation in blue chips took its toll on the market despite growing interest in low- priced shares, brokers said. Ihe composite stock index shed 4.90 points to 906.53. "Correction in blue chips are needed as they are overvalued." said a fund manger of Bankers Trust (BT). "The
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        New Zealand
        266 24 3.83 The New Zealand share market closed at a virtual standstill after trading in a narrow range for most of the day. The NZSE-40 index, which opened at 2.249.41. dipped to 2.244.81 in the morning session before rallying slightly after the Australian opening to close at 2.253.24. Rises
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        Bombay
        58 24 +37.36 The Bombay Stock Exchange 30-share index closed higher but brokers said few deals were done, mainly in the cash section. as the ban on forward trading reduced liquidity in the market. The BSE index ended 37.36 points higher at a provisional 3.795.64. The 100-share national index closed at
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        670 24 Britannia Funds Sterling ash Hid (MTer Mim jp ttMIII iHftSIII Mini kiv> (nil O IHl II i-w: MmMulwHK •***** *1 (U4«l I Si (ash IlKiflK' Him ami *IH I (TOO PS Kcwnc t un.1 5 :**i < *M» Sterling Mail) [uhi IVilnmuiKr II4W *i4**lfc Fii fi>l fund *#*ni v*i'lo Mjii
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        638 24 -24.5 Share prices closed weak and near the session's lows 3n the FTSE 100 index but selling pressure was small in l thinly traded market yesterday. Dealers said the fall was Jue to disappointment that a batch of UK statistics failed to bolster recent hopes of a near-term cut
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        116 24 -15.81 French shares closed lower. >n consolidation after two Jays of rises, traders said. Business was mostly led by basket trading. There was some disappointment over the small repo rate cut by the Bundesbank yesterday morning. The CAC-40 index :losed down 15.81. or 0.7 per cent, at 2,242.71. Voljme
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        Milan
        145 24 -53 Italian stocks closed mixed as investors moved out of telecommunication and insurance stocks and into industrials. which tend to rise along with the economic cycle. traders said. The Italian stock market's blue chip Mibtel Index ended 0.5 per cent, or 53 points, lower at 10,773. only its second
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        Stockholm
        141 24 -1.85 Swedish shares, as measured by the OMX Index, :losed 0.16 per cent lower is investors showed little lining interest ahead of a lood of new share issues, raders said. The 30-share OMX InJex was down 1.85 points it 1,174.4 ft. Eighteen stoeks "ell. eight rose. Volume was J.
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        Brussels
        141 24 -1.68 Belgian shares closed 0.11 per cent lower after a flurry of late basket trading. Business was quiet and dealers said they expected the consolidation to continue. The Bel-20 index closed 1.68 points lower at 1.512.39 with around 1.4 billion francs worth of Belgian shares traded. Retailer Colruyt was
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        Zurich
        220 24 -11.82 Swiss stocks were lower across the board as foreign institutions unloaded their Swiss portfolios, traders said. I he broad SI'I index fell 11.82 to 1,849.31. he Swiss Market Index, or SMI. which tracks the top 22 blue-chip stocks, closed down 19.8 at 2.887.1. hut off the days lows
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        Frankfurt
        196 24 -9.89 German stocks drifted low*r in the post-bourse session. as traders reacted with Jisappointment to the BunJesbank's modest cut in Tionc\ market rates vester- day morning. Weaker stock prices across Europe also dragged down German shares after their relatively strong opening in the morning, traders said. The DAX Index
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        Amsterdam
        212 24 -2.03 Dutch stocks fell 0.5 per cent amid nervousness about inflation statistics and disappointment arising from the small cut in the German repo rate, traders said. Ihe Amsterdam EOE Index of the 25 leading Dutch stocks closed 2.01 points lower at 425.24. IX--clincrs outnumbered advancers by 17 to eight.
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        Johannesburg
        306 24 -44 South African shares were generally mixed by the close yesterday as Tuesday's fu-tures-related support for key shares disappeared but golds posted gains amid a steady gold price. The gold index finished 16 points higher at 1.982 and the industrial index was 44 points weaker at 6.058. The overall
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        Toronto
        229 24 +30.22 On Tuesday, strong bonds and burgeoning economic confidence sent Toronto stocks to a sharply higher close, defying a weak performance by Wall Street. Traders believe further solid gains may be around the corner for recently shaken Canadian equities. The TSE 300 composite index closed 30.22 points higher at
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        New York
        701 24 -7.49 The Dow Jones industrial average was down 7.49 points to 3.842.10 at 11 am HST yesterday. The key barometer was ahead o.Bft point shortly after the market opened. The New York Stock Exchange composite index was ahead 0.04 to 259.03. while the S&P 500-stock index was off
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      3199 25 HONGKONG Shares ended down sharply with the index near its low yesterday hut trade was slack, brokers said. A rally in the opening minutes sparked by rises in Hongkong shares listed in London overnight and positive US economic data was swiftly reversed. Selling picked up momentum in the afternoon.
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      CHINA
      533 25 THE Shanghai CLSA B index closcd down 3.81 points to 847.65 yesterday. Japanese investors were particularly active in Phoenix, Diesel Engine, and Friendship. Steel Tube dropped below its listing price, finishing at 39 US cents in active trading although its A share soared 14 per cent. Erfangji was the
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      1770 25 Reuter BANGKOK Thai stocks fell further in the afternoon session on profit-taking, particularly in the finance and securities sector, brokers said. The SET index closed 9.06 points lower at 1.293.07. It ended above 1.300 points before lunch, but selling interest in the afternoon sent the index below the key
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      2495 25 Reuter TOKYO Stocks closed firmer on persistent foreign purchases yesterday, but prices kept fluctuating in a narrow range in the afternoon as selling by institutional investors and investment trusts capped gains. The Nikkei Average closed up 168.92 points or 0.82 per cent at 20,677.77. Dealers actively bought large capital
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      CLOB INTERNATIONAL
      2686 26 MOST ACTIVE volume Promct I X.MW.OOO idus HvJ MV M>ii mm \MIWMX- 5.70MW0 kjniunling MX 4.J22.000 Nlulphj lull MX. V(>M>.OIX) Fabcr Group J.SSfc.000 Lien Hoc TSK97 J.WllUO Pcgi Msia 2.08J.000 Mcnang i orp 2.0tC (KM Set Divdg MX' 1.478.000 iohan Hldg> XV I <»S4.(I00 Kcnonf Bhd MX I
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        7864 27 MAIN BOARD Transaction date: Mar 16 <>r C.r 1993 94 I JIM Xol !>»> l.asl Ouotc IN« l>i« X Id Nrl jp High low onipant SaW ('(100) High 1ji« B«>« Seller S C'»r S PI %«iil INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL 1440 260 I s Viru 1010 60 91 10W 10.10 1010
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        Lock icon Stronger Clob expected to lift market sentiment
        1996 28  -  By R Sivanithy SINGAPORE Share prices ended lower yesterday, hut a late rally led hy sudden demand for Malaysian stocks left dealers confident that a rebound could be on the cards. Throughout the day. the Straits Times Industrials Index drifted south, but the
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      Lock icon Tiphook completes container sale to Transamerica
      320 29 Reuter LONDON Tiphook pic said on Tuesday it had completed the disposal of its container operations to Transamerica Corp. It received sale proceeds of £673 million (SSI.6 billion) on Tuesday and further payments are due upon the procuring of title to certain sale assets
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      S'pore remains world's largest bunkering port
      381 29  -  By Rahita Elias SINGAPORE Singapore continued to be the world's largest fuelling stop for ships last year. Preliminary figures released by the Port of Singapore Authority show that the Republic sold 16.6 million tonnes of bunkers to vessels up 2.7 per cent on the
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      Lock icon Aussie firm to invest in Manila port
      130 29 AFP MANILA P&O Australia Ltd is to invest US$BO million (SSI26 million) to transform Manila's south harbour into a modern seaport. Company chairman Sir Rupert Clarke made the commitment during a meeting with President Fidel Ramos, a palace statement said on Monday. It
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      INDEX TO SHIPPING LINES AND FREIGHT FORWARDERS
      839 29 Page Col ABC Containerline 12 5 Accord Group 8 1-3 Ahrcnkicl Liner 4 1/2 •APL 5 3-5 Appenship 8 4/5 •ANL 3 1/2 •ASC'L 5 5 Avant Shpg 6 4/5 Bait Orient Line 7 4/5 Bank Line. The 9 5 Batamindo 7 4
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      Canberra to allow up to 49pc foreign ownership of shipping line
      402 29  -  From Florence Chong in SYDNEY THB Australian government is prepared to allow foreign ownership of up to 49 per cent of the Australian National Line (ANL) when it is privatised this year. This was much higher than the 25
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      425 29 UPI HONGKONG A controversial Hongkong government report leaked yesterday accuses Chinese officials of maritime piracy, raising the fear of Bei-jing-led reprisals against the colony. The report is the first by Hongkong authorities to claim th^t—China has been ignoring the attacks involving its naval
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        AT CONVENTIONAL WHARVES
        769 30 Vessel Voy Wo Berth Arrival Departure Vessel Voy No Berth Arrival Departure Jurong Port ANNA 3A 94 P07 1/03 1100 1 OJ 2300 Arfctis lake V9W3 119 alongside 17 03 0400 Abyot J5W6 POb 1/03 2203 2300 Arrow Adventure 0194 lib 16 alongside 1/03 1500 Angiang 2
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        CONTAINER SCHEDULES
        2242 30 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Record Booking/Balance Rslts Ship Voy No Etb/Btr Period From To From A<> D» > 050A 19 1500 3 J7 0/00 1/ 1159 17 1400 4 1/ 1200 I- 145V 1/ WOO >>•1*1
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      THE SHIPPING GUIDE
      11447 38 This is a list ol ships loading at Singapore for ports around the world. It tabulates. hv 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 calls at I'enang after
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      SHIPPING AGENTS
      3445 43 A 1 aIK ontainerliix' M: Bclsin Shpg Afencies Pie Lid (S). Marine Handling Sdn Bhd (PK/PN). \cvt>rd (.roup: Accord Shpg Pte Lid (SyAccord Contr Line (PK/PN). Vdkris Busings orporation Philippine Cal source Shpg Trdg Pte Ltd (S) Ahrenkiel Liner Sen ice Kim Shpg T rdg (S). Albatros Sen-Air
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      COURIER SERVICES
      295 43 Xlkkus C uuriers Tel: 545-8011. Fax 545-1898 Air Lvpri'ss I ravel Tel: 533-5771. Kav 535-6144 Virbornc Freight Corporation Tel: 542-8844 Fax: 542-3716. *****80. Virswift Worldwide Courier Tel: 278-0188. Fax: 273-8283 VJS Supplies Tel: 7 48-6322 (2 747-7421. Fax: 742-8975. Citv-link International Tel: 344-33 7 7. Fax. 345-6450. C
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      AIR FORWARDERS
      1512 43 Vbex F.xpress Freight Tel: 542 171 Fax *****84. Vclinic Forwarder Tel: 225-1833 Fax: *****42. Vctivair Singapore Tel 542-7822 Fax *****20. Verolink Freight International Tel 545-8033. Fax *****05 Verospeed Tel: 542-5911. Fax: *****18. Vir Car|u No»o Express Tel: 542-5454. Fax: *****06. Vir F.xpress International Tel: 542-7666 Fax *****74. *****50.
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      PORT CONDITIONS
      2214 44 ANGOLA Very quiet. Terminals working normally. ARGENTINA Santa Fe: No vessels berthed; no vessels in roads: max draft 23 ft. 3 in Diamante: One vessel loading maize: no vessles in roads; max. draft 23 ft. 3 in. ALBANIA Durres: Two vessels operating of which 1 loading copper. 1
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      1105 44 SHIP SALES TANKER RATES THERE has again been limited movement in the market with only the dry handy bulker section showing any serious turnover of sales. One exception was the Polish built panamax bulker Berge Charlotte 69.000 dwt and built 1984. said to have been sold to Cerrahogullari in Turkey
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      442 45 COURSES 1 itle: Basic Principles of Shipbrokimj and Chartering (SDF 50%) Duration: Mar 21 May 16 Organiser: Singapore National Shipping Association lei: For further details and application forms contact SNSA at 278-3464 or fax: 274-5079. Title: Singaport '94 International Maritime Exhibition Conference Duration: Mar 22-25 Organiser Port of
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      846 45 THIS twice weekly report, compiled by Cockett Marine Oil Ltd. shows price ranges in US dollars instead of single prices for a more comprehensive description of the market. Prices shown are based on average-sized stem. Market movements are indicated. I he Cockett Bunker Price Index change
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      1051 45 DESPI I F a lack of fresh grain chartering, overall sentiment was fairly upbeat and the Baltic freight Index posted a six-point rise on luesdav. brokers said. "There appears to be stalemate in the grain markets, with not many ships or orders either." one broker said. "However, if
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      983 46  -  Two Gulf containership companies have begun a system of global cooperation with a first step in the US market, reports Bruce Vail Bruce Vail American Shipper National shipping Co of Saudi Arabia and United Arab Shipping Co have begun sharing container slots on
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        431 48 Reuter LOS ANGELES Aircraft manufacturers see the tough times that have dominated their industr> in recent years continuing through 1995. but they remain hopeful for an industry upturn in 1996 and beyond. Boeing Co will produce about 250 planes in 1995. Airbus Industrie fewer
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        71 48 Reuter MADRID Car workers o( the Linares factory of Santana, a Spanish unit of Suzuki Motor Corp, protest outside a Madrid hotel on luesday. while Suzuki and union representatives meet to discuss a viability' plan which involves slashing around 1,400 jobs. L nions had already said they wll
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        180 48 AFP HONGKONG China's most prosperous special economic zone. Shenzhen, has unveiled plans to set up a giant industrial park devoted to car production, a Shenzhen city official said yesterday. Shenzhen authorities have invited several Japanese and South Korean carmakers to establish plants
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        354 48 AFP SYDNEY Australia's flagship airline Qantas Airways wants to recover the rights to fly into China it gave up two years ago. according to a letter released on Tuesday. The letter to the International Air Services Commission (lASC) said that Qantas
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        268 48 Reuter HONGKONG Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd has dismissed a newspaper report that quoted a Chinese official as saying the airline could lose "a big slice" of market share to Chinese airlines operated by the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) after
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        222 48 Reuter HANOI Vietnam's flag-car-rier Vietnam Airlines plans to more than double its fleet during the next six years, airline officials said. "We need 30 to 40 aircraft by the end of this century, including all types." the airline's deputy director-general Nguyen Due Vinh said
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        278 48 Reuter CLEVELAND USAir Group lnc on Tuesday said it has paid USSB.I million (S$ 12.8 million) to the family of an Akron. Ohio, surgeon who died in a 1992 plane crash at New York's La Guardia Airport. The amount was the
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          124 48 AP TOKYO Japan Airlines, the nation's largest airline, said on Tuesday it was making deeper cuts in the pay of its 36 fulltime executives as it tries to find its way out of a business slump. The cuts, effective April I. are to express
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          48 48 Reuter MALINDI. Kenya US Air Force Lt-Col Mike Gammon examines part of a fuel tank of an AC-130 Spectre Gunship plane which crashed at Mayungu-Malindi on the Kenyan coast on Tuesday. Seven US crewmen were killed, one is missing and seven survived the crash. Reuter
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          119 48 Reuter BEIJING China Aviation Oil Supply Corp wants to invest four billion yuan (***** million) over the next five to seven years to expand the supply of aviation fuel at major airports, the Xinhua Daily Telegraph said. It plans to establish fuel facilities at
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          61 48 Reuter HONGKONG Cathay Pacific Airways plans three more round-trip flights a week between Hongkong and Seoul. It will add Wednesday. Friday and Sunday departures from Hongkong and departures from Seoul each Monday, Thursday and Saturday. It will use Lockheed L-lOlls on the route. The
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          54 48 Reuter LONDON British Airways pic is setting up its engineering activities as a separate profit centre next month, says the Financial Times newspaper. It said the move was an effort to reduce the airline's overall aircraft maintenance and engineering costs, as well as expand engineering services
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      21 29 LAW PAGE Every Thursday in Business Times Arab shipping companies cooperate, Page 18 Aircraft makers foresee upturn from 1996, Back Page
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      476 30 TSKUNE AGENCIES (S) PTE. LTD. /nBW I 4 T ¥TLT|I Tel: 226-3363 1 tkJt IJlir Fax: 226-1972/3 Q»ry7 Tlx; RS *****/TSKSIN. TOKYO SENPAKU KAISHA, LTD. CR No: **********0N I I EXPORTS TO HON6KOH6. MANILA. TAIWAN i JAPAN "TWICE WEEKLY" 1 amam wt m p» jet j I wi6 mo m
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      1654 32 AQABA R DAM/ [I ALSO ACCEPTING FROM VESSEL VOY NO SPORE JEDPAh (VIA JED) STON H BURG A WERP HAVRE WEST MALAYSIA LUDWIQSHAFEN EXP 12/310 19/3 28/3 4/4 6/4 9/4 11/4 13/4 Poft Kelang. Penang FRANKFURT EXPRESS 72/111 23/3 9/4 12/4 10/4 Pasif Gudang LEVERKUSEN EXPRESS 17/311 26/3 4/4 11/4
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      640 32 FCL Breakbulk Service to: AFGHANISTAN M&M Afghanistan Ltd., Sole Foreign Forwarder in Kabul for all services C.I.S.- Vostochny, Vladivostok, Moscow, Tashkent, Kiev, Minsk, Riga, Baku, Irkutsk, Alma Ata North Korea t Vietnam t Mongolia Hungary FULL CONTAINER SERVICE TO NORTH/WEST AFRICA VESSEL SIN PKR Ned Asia V 2064 22/3 25/4
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      2017 33 STRAITS SHIPPING PTE LTD 10 Hoe Chiang Road #11-01 Keppel Towers Singapore 0208 Tel: *****88 Fax: *****17 A&A new guinea pacific line jqffgp (A service of china navigation co> CARGO DUE SAILS IStt [1 KK »E: LCL COKTA-E* ANO mtAKWHK KAVtI TO NiW OU~A MMUBI VO4E KK. Skan. Taw 24
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      3548 33 kX', 0 SINGAPORE AGENT: MXtI 1 Af|toif|A|*C p&0 Containers (Singapore Agencies) Pte Ltd A 1 0 Hoe Chiang Road #07-01 Keppel Towers. Singapore 0208 W Tel 225 2233 Te,ex RS ***** PNOCSP Fax 225 5327/222 7517 w x CR Number **********0Z EXPORT IMPORT VESSEL VO* "WW *PKO NN SOU AWT
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      8 33 COLOMBO WEEKLY L.C.L. SERVICE TEL: *****26 FAX: *****27
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      27 33 VESSEL ETA ETO DESTINATION ANQIANO 03 13/01 IS/03 HO CHI MNH SUBJECT TO INDUCEMENTS VIETHONG SHIPPING PTE LTD TEL: 225 1511 FAX: 225 0633 TLX: R*****1 VIETHK
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      626 34 ijK EKA JAYA AGENCIES TEL: *****22 (8 LINES) FAX: *****05 SALES REPRESENTATIVES IN CHARGE (ZMYANMAR TRAPE PAPER IHAHPPHQNE/PWECT J WILLIAM WES iy*»M raaBWMWW mufti v MO CHI MIMH CITY HE WHY H<?e 2iwa4 wim/mmi KELVIN CHAH *****22 HMB2/HBM TO MYANMAR/YANGON BEMI CONTAINER SERVICE £«jb' M OCEANLINES vavot STOIE STOtt TBI!
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      1922 34 OHANJIN SHIPPING BOOKING TEL:- *****35-237 OPERATION TEL: *****41-253 SALES TEL:- *****22-233 DOCUMENT TEL: *****71-275 FOR VSI SM |l»f HAUL SEA TV* POX FOt «l SM ILM HAIR SAT LM NYC HANJM OAKLAND 02SC 19 3 DUECT 7/4 1/4 HAWK OAK I AN) 025E 19 3 H KOBE 049E 21/4 22/4
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      1256 34 J .T JTr^TTT^ Im sg t use wc mc rus mi o» net m ito lai chs b»l rtc im w« ton nv nc nt caw ssr I E GRMOREO44 23 3 21 30 J 1 4 4 4 5,4 (4 7/4 14 9 4 214 3 5 5 S
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      2751 35 If— U 'RHEIN BRIDGE 33W ETA SGP 19/03/94 ll II II ETA RDM 04/04/94 FLX 05/04/94, HI II II BRE 07/04/94, LEH 09/04/94 HI ■I II *R1 Connecting Cattfornta Pegasus Voy 2M In HUG 23/04/94 *02 Connecting CalHornla Jupiter Voy 721 In NKG 30/04/94 EXPORT TO: PSW/PNW SINGAPORE CALIFORNIA EXPRESS
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      1044 35 A I MULTILINE SHIPPING PTE LTD (a member of SMSOV Group) CR NO: **********0 C ENQUIRIES: *****33 y±Z=\ BOOKINGS: *****64, *****51, *****31, *****13 C > BALTIC: INWARD *****97 OUTWARD *****10 T/S *****10 dk BIASCO: INWARD *****65 OUTWARD *****28 T/S *****46 FESCO: BOOKINGS *****06 DOC *****07 MARINE INSURANCE: *****87 INVENTORY: *****59
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      1114 36 K44 v AS AGENTS T' LINE (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD (CR No: **********0 M) M TEL *****77 TEIEX KAWAKI R*****5 FAX *****16/7 8/9 I W IkT MM* MALAYSIA K" LINE MARITIME (MALAYSIA) SON BHO I 1 ■2J TEI: SA *****00 PK *****75 PEN *****0 JB 236'0' PGU *****5/6 1 INDONESIA P.T.
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      246 36 Continental Pacific TIMBER PLYWOOD SERVICE TO U.K./CONTINENT KKU STORE PK LOADING FOR SKIPPER N SID SID SID FLU/ROT/ANT/UK/ BELFAST SEA CONCERT SID SID MPT FLU ROT ANT UK WORLD AJAX 25/3 30/3 2/4 FLU/ROT/ANT/UK Loads Sabafv Indonesia C R NO **********0H CONTIPAC SHIPPING PTE LTD Tel: *****32 Fax: *****49 P.K.
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      300 36 ITfgX FOOMB SUN V SHIPPING (PTE) LTD. WHOLESALE CENTRE, BLOCK 1, #0310 SINGAPORE 0511 BOOKING/ENQUIRIES CR NO: **********0W TEL: *****55 (miks OUTBOUND) *****77 6 lies INBOUND FAX: *****16 TELEX: RS *****/***** FSSHIP VESSEL ¥OY EM ETO DESTHATION GULF SWT/IN 5/94 22/3 24/3 PLAJU/PALEMBANG SEAMAR 4/94 20/3 22/3 PONTIMMK/SMTETE A GEL
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      788 36 ®APPENSHIP /2\ II AM B( KG vTvy CONVENTIONAL A INDEPENDENT LINER SERVICE EUROPE TO SOUTH EAST ASIA AND FAR EAST VISSfIS LOADING PORTS DISCHARGE LOADING FOR MZHENER PARK HON YUK KLP 09/02 TGN 21/02 TRT 02/03 SPORE 24/03. HU ANGPU XINGANG HONESTY SZE 16/02 HAM 22/02 SPORE 22/03. LAEM. BKK
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      398 36 GOLDEN LINE ICG guan guan shipping ICSs><A (PTE) LTD w 23. IcW hf Street SMGAPOK 0104 Tfl ***** M (10 imtS) Fai *****04 l Clt No *****tt0000*) BTRAITB/PEKBIAM CULT SERVICE S pore P Hetang Penary «XKPlH«>ufarf. Cuba. 2i ?i M* TRNX GMCi Karat* Dubai 30 31 Mai CHINA SERVICE GOIDtN
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      936 37 r PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL LINES (PTE) LTD 1 K Cecil Street, #03-00 PIL Building, Singapore 0106. I IVfIHV CR NO *****b*****£ I VESSEL VOY SIN CMB JIB JED AOJ ADE HOD PZU ASA KOTA INOAH lOMOOS 26/3 31/3 «/4 9/4 12/4 »/4 12/4 KOTA BERLIAN BRLOO3 26/3 5/4 10/4 9/4 6/4
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      1175 37 VtSStIS VOY SIN HAMBURG ROIItRDAM ANTMRP I HAMS U HARVE Villi OHYDRA 9232* 17 03 M 04 10/04 11/04 12 04 13 04 Will DC LYRA 7732W 24 03 15/04 17/04 11 04 19 04 20 04 Will 0C WCA 9932W 2» 03 21, 04 23 04 24~04 25 04
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      413 37 BSA it. M MYANMA Ipßßk FIVE STAR LINE (Myanmar National Line) Loading for Yangon (Rangoon) Spore P.Kit Pen PGdf HPA-AN V?00W 11/20 M» PAGAN V2OBW 29/31 M* MALAYSIA AGENTS BOUSUAD SMWING AGENCIES KUI: lEI 03-*****00 PHI TEL 03 36*6767 PEN lEI 04 *****5 PCD TEI 07 *****1<4 NIGERIAN NATIONAL Mk
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      1086 40 ~~,+--&<?&;%&"??"|=*}\[&&&^";<& /^NORBULI^ I NORBULK cargo services ltd. 1 I REGULAR CONVENTIONAL I TIMBER AND PLYWOOD SERVICES MN.AGRO 5/4 10/4 ROT/ANT/UK I ADAMASTOS 10/4 5/4 FLU/MIT/UK I ISP PK LOADMG FOR I I NORBULK TBN 5/4 DBN/CT/EL I I ALSO LOADS TG MAN! AND KK II PK SWK/SABAH LOADING FOR a
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      183 40 TO AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND |~VU S«i Fr«fn Mat Si* Audi P Clutm ANTNtHYN 12W lo~i 2073 23/4 2t/4 1/5* ulen mudklh is7i IT* 2»/4 175" t/i »/i wiussu 127 575 H75 wTs 205 5575 5575 MARTHA I 121 2175 575 575 12/» l>/<* VIA AUCftIANO TO USA/CANADA Wt Sm GuHporl Chjrtottsn
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      701 41 FAMOUS CONTAINER LINES 10 ANSON RD. #15-21 INTERNATIONAL PLAZA, S'PORE 0207 —HOT LINE: *****33 (24 LINES) GOTHENBURG/SCAN 20/3 ROTTERDAM 20/3 AARHUS/COPENHAGEN 20/3 HAMBURG/BREMEN 20/3 MARSEILLE/FRANCE 20/3 FELIXSTOWE/UK 21/3 BARCELONA/SPAIN 21/3 LEHAVRE/FRANCE 21/3 GENOA/ITALY 21/3 ANTWERP/BELGIUM 20/3 LOS ANGELES/WC/IPI 20/3 SYDNEY/MELBOURNE 24/3 NEW YORK/EC 20/3 FREMANTLE/ADELAIDE 25/3 VANCOUVER 25/3 BRISBANE 24/3
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      800 41 11 «r. v vessel vov sin jkt pMMMQBagaMBB bhum ~^—^tt^ /3 1 Tu 3 T T H ■I [VESSEL VOY SIN BKK BHATRABHUM 21S jjj "w3~[ W«d 23/3 t-° EJA BHU> «45 Fn 18/1_ _Sat M_ K: VWA BHUM 12N Fri 18/3 Mon 21/3 WANA BHUM ~T 2205~7 Tu ~»/3
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      737 41 Guaranteed Sailings to: BANGKOK •LAEM CHABANG JAKARTA PORT KELANG •HO CHI MINH MANILA CEBU •SURABAYA* PENANG• HONGKONG We also serve other ports: LISA, EUROPE, CHINA AND ALL DESTINATIONS X°\ PONCNAMA ONE CONTAINERISED SERVICE STRAJTS/BLW/INC/BSN KSSEI SGP W HI N BSN MC HONGKONG GU*T V4O3N 24/3 2C/3 3 14 H/4 mim
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      1612 42 container LINES, INC l-NVV~n A 9 MAC-NELS SPORE: *****22 (24 UNEB) V V V 'cm Hoc mrnmant SIBU (064) *****9 KUCHING (062) *****3 PENANG: (04) *****6 BANGKOK (662) *****57 MANILA (632) *****61 P.KELANG: (03) *****77 JAKARTA: (21) *****07 SURABAYA: (31) *****0 HKG/TWN/BKK I GENOA/EUROPE PEN PKL SIN 5 SAILINGS/WEEK PEN
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      77 42 50 TELOK SIANGAN ROAD #02 02 CITPORT CENTRE. STORE 0409 TEL: *****11 (6 lines) FAX: *****05 TLX: RS ***** CR NO. **********0W VESSEL VOY. ETA ETD DESTINATION RAMUAR 04/94 17/3/94 18/3/94 SURABAYA RMAWA 06/94 20/3/94 20/3/94 SEMARANG/CREBON ISABELA OS/94 21/3/94 22/3/94 BELANAN MAORI 10/94 22/3/94 22/3/94 MUNTOK K.MAMU 09/94 22/3/94
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      1095 42 J, THONG SOON UNES PTE LTD 1 I rVrN 78 SHENTON WAY #1001. SINGAPORE 0207 I I \y TEL: 227-5088 FAX: 227-6011 I I V-rrr TLX: RS ***** CARRIER, RS ***** JENHOL CABLE: TOSOCO I SINGAPORE TO SARAWAK VESSEL VOY S'POIE PEST VESSEL |VOT ISPORE IPEST EQUATOR 111 117/4E 17
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      480 46 NORTH PHILIPPINES FULL CONTAINER SERVICE VESSEL VOYAGE SINGAPORE MANILA I PENANG lAYA 9402N 20/03 (SUN) 26/03 (SAT) VIGOUR PACIFIC 9413N 25/03 (FRI) 02/04 (SAT) I LOAMNG EVERY VIGOUR PACIFIC 9413 AN 28/03 (MON) 02/04 (SAT) 1 w SOUTH PHILIPPINES FULL CONTAINER SERVICE VESSEL VOYAGE SINGAPORE 1 GENERAL SANTOS I DAVAO
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      406 46 PT BAHARI HALUAN SAMUDERA Weekly COMMON FEEDER SERVICE vessel vor swGAPorc four keiang belawan TAMBANG VIII 1016 21 22 03 23 24 03 25 26 03 TAMBANG VIII 1017 28 29 03 30 31/03 01 02 04 INDONESIAN MMVTORT 1) JAKARTA BELAWAN JAKARTA 2) JAKARTA-PANJANG JAKARTA SOWtAWG-SURABAYA SOWRANG JAKAKTA INDOJAYA
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