The Business Times, 23 May 1994

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    14 1 SINGAPORE Business Times WE KNOW ASIA MITA(P) 010/12/93 Monday May 23 1994 75 c
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  • 2am LATEST
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      Lock icon Call to cut oil output
      56 1 Reuter TEHERAN Venezuelan Energy Minister Erwin Arrieta yesterday advocated a substantial reduction in production. "The current oil price rise is caused by temporary factors such as events in Nigeria and Yemen and therefore will not last. There is just too much oil supply in the
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      Lock icon UK firm plans bid for Aussie airports
      38 1 Reuter LONDON UK airports operator BAA pic is planning to bid for all or part of Australia's state-owned Federal Airports Corp in its forthcoming privatisation, the Sunday Telegraph newspaper reported. Reuter
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    MARKET SUMMARY
    161 1 Stock market indices K'ida) \\e«k change STII 2.337.01 50.89 KLSEComp 1.001.16 -3.39 Nikkei 20.342.17 +71.42 HangScng 9.631.63 f 496.91 SET Inde* 1.338.19 f 79.02 Jakarta ("omp 487.99 +20.59 C'LSA China B 1.007.08 09 AustAltOrd 2.103.9 f33.9 FTSE 100 3.127.20 +8 0 Dow Jones 3.766.35 106.67 Average of prime
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    Listed Indon companies post 18.4 pc rise in earnings
    738 1  -  Finance, agribusiness among best-performing sectors last year By William Chia SINGAPORE Listed Indonesian companies saw a very respectable 18.39 per cent increase in total earnings to 3.73 trillion rupiah (552.70 billion) last year, thanks to Indonesia's buoyant economy. Data provided by
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    Lock icon Analysts expect robust 8.5-9 pc growth for Malaysia in first quarter
    455 1 MBT KUALA LUMPUR The Malaysian economy has performed more strongly than expected and first-quarter growth is likely to be between 8.5 per cent and 9 per cent, say economists and analysts. They base their estimates on the strong performances
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    Lock icon Generators going for a song as Manila power crisis ends
    582 1 AFP MANILA An unexpected end to the Philippine power crisis has left a lot of businessmen with idle generators on their hands. Having cashed in on power cuts, the businessmen now talk about exporting their oncetreasured workhorses to Papua New
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    Creative aims to make Japan its biggest market in Asia
    291 1  -  By Kenneth James SINGAPORE Multimedia leader Creative Technology has secured a firm foothold in Japan and is pushing ahead to make the Japanese market its biggest in Asia-Pacific outside the US within a year. This follows sharply bet-ter-than-expected initiai sales
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    Lock icon Fed could raise rates again as early as July, say analysts
    303 1 Reuter NEW YORK The Federal Reserve's decision to raise two key interest rates earlier last week went a fair way towards calming world financial markets, but US economists caution: there's more to come. Fourteen of 30 analysts in a
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    Lock icon Clinton still unsure on MFN for China: Gore
    180 1 Reuter NEW YORK US Vice-Pres-ident Al Gore says President Bill Clinton has not yet made up his mind on extending Most-Favoured Nation (MFN) trade status to China and calls the dialogue underway on human rights there a form of progress. "There is
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      8 1 Business IT: Pg is Creative Tech's winning hand
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      9 1 Hock Lock Siew: pg 23 Singapore: Jardine's post-1997 refuge?
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
    • EYE on the ECONOMY
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        Lock icon The plastic still rules
        311 2  -  By Corinne kerk THE high credit spending in the fourth quarter last year seemed to have rubbed off somewhat on the beginning of this year. Total billings of Visa's Singapore cardholders reached 5858.7 million in the first quarter, a mere 1.6 per cent down from their
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      Fujian investment fair lands US$ 1.8b worth of deals
      479 2  -  By Claire Leow A FUJIAN investment drive in Singapore last week netted 209 projects worth US$l.B billion (SS2.B billion), with most of these made by Singapore parties. The five-day trade and investment fair to promote the Chinese coastal province ended last
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      Lane Crawford rent fair: developer
      344 2  -  Marco Polo defends relatively low rate being paid by department store By Quak Hiang Whai THE average base rent Lane Crawford (Singapore) Pte Ltd will pay for the spaee it occupies in Lane Crawford Place over the next seven years works out to $8.89 per
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    • NEWS ROUNDUP
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        Call for parent-support bill
        112 2 NOMINATED MP Walter Woon is seeking in Parliament today to table a private member's bill requiring children to support their parents. Assoc Prof Woon has put in a motion, supported by Tanjong Pagar GRC MP S Vasoo, for permission to introduce the Maintenance of Parents Bill.
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        Fund-raising for new CC
        64 2 ABOU T 130 people, including a few ministers and MPs. took part in a golf tournament yesterday and raised $350,000 for a new Tanjong Pagar community centre. Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew was on hand at the tournament dinner at Raffles Country Club last night to
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        NTUC Income premium earnings up
        79 2 N rUC INCOME Insurance Co-operative lifted its aggregate premium income by 11 per cent to $426 million last year, and its surplus by 60 per cent to $132 million during the same period. In its latest annual report released over the weekend, NTUC Income said
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        Price Waterhouse granted Viet licence
        74 2 VIETNAM'S State Committee for Cooperation and Investment has granted audit firm Priee Waterhouse a business licence to re-establish operations as a 100 per cent foreign-owned enterprise. Price Waterhouse will set up offices in Hanoi and Ho Chih Minh City, and may open more offices later
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        Towards closer ties with China
        99 2 FRIENDSHIP associations in Singapore and China have agreed to expand the number of cultural exchanges and visits between the two countries, says the leader of such an association. This follows a successful visit to China by the newly-formed Singa-Sino Friendship Association, a multi-racial voluntary group
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        Acting against unqualified beauticians
        48 2 THE HEALTH MINISTRY plans to crack down on unqualified beauticians whose practices have harmed customers. The ministry was discussing with the Attorney-General's Chambers ways to take legal action against such beauticians. Aline Wong said at the opening of a conference on dermatology on Saturday.
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        PA offer to clans
        64 2 THE People's Association can help clans plan, promote and organise their activities. Home Affairs Minister Wong Kan Seng said last Saturday. The clans could also hold joint courses with the Community Leadership Training Institute, which is the training wing of the PA. Mr Wong. PA's deputy
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      210 2 rjftm t^ARLZON EMI N A R 1-1 I From moments of truth towards the age of paradoxes Winning the Customers Revolution Seminar conducted by: Mr. Jan Carlzon Former C.E.O. and President of Scandinavian Airlines System and author of the best selling management book "Momenls of Truth". Venue: The Regent Singapore
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      Thailand to ask Vietnam to raise rice export prices
      518 3  -  From Alan Boyd in BANGKOK THAILAND will ask Vietnam to boost export prices for its rice crop to head off a damaging trade war between the two biggest Asian producers, which Thai firms say is stifling a recovery in world prices.
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      Conner (M) to ship US$ 1b worth of disk drives this year
      244 3  -  By Claire Leow SINGAPORE Conner Peripherals Malaysia expects to ship US$l billion (551.54 billion) worth of disk drives this year as it ramps up output in Penang even as it freezes production here. The company's new managing director,
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      Lock icon Bid to dam a project
      70 3 Reuter KUALA LUMPUR Tribal leaders of Malaysia's Kayan and Kenyir tribes, (from left to right) Gara Jalong, Eku luan and Bawai Along posing with a campaign T-shirt at a press conference yesterday. The leaders are urging the government to review plans to build the US$5.B
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      Lock icon Ramos defends ban on East Timor dissidents at Manila meeting
      265 3 AFP TAGUM, Philippines President Fidel Ramos yesterday defended his decision to ban foreign delegates from attending a human rights conference on East Timor, saying Manila could not risk jeopardising its ties with Indonesia. Local conference organisers and their foreign supporters
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      Lock icon Chart Thai's new chief turns scandals to his advantage
      515 3 AFP BANGKOK The new leader of Thailand's largest opposition party. Chart Thai, has managed to turn recent scandals involving party Members of Parliament to his advantage, positioning himself as a possible future prime minister. When the party should have been reeling
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      Mahathir notes improvement in UK press reports on KL
      251 3  -  From Ho Kay Tat in KUALA LUMPUR MALAYSIAN Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad yesterday acknowledged a marked improvement in the way the British media reported on the country, but said Kuala Lumpur would wait a while before deciding whether to resume giving
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    • ASIA NOTES
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        Lock icon Sabah govt to contest suit
        98 3 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR The National Front government in Sabah will contest a suit filed by an opposition assemblyman challenging the validity of the appointment of the state Cabinet, Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said yesterday. The suit, filed by Parti Bersatu Sabah (PBS) assemblyman Amirkahar Tun
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        Lock icon Foreign investments in Manila up
        82 3 Reuter MANILA Direct foreign investments in the Philippines jumped in the first three months of this year to US$556 million (SSBS6 million) from US$lBB million during the same period last year. The Central Bank yesterday said the figure already exceeded last year's total direct foreign
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        Lock icon Unions seek higher minimum wage
        77 3 AFP HANOI Vietnamese labour unions are pushing for a US$l5 increase from the current US$35 monthly minimum wage, reversing a wage cut ordered by the government to attract foreign investors, a report said yesterday. But an appeal by the Vietnam General Confederation of Labour to
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        Lock icon Hanoi switches on new powerline
        77 3 AFP HANOI The new trans-Vietnamese high-tension powerline has been switehed on for the first time ahead of its official opening next month. Officials yesterday said the 500,000-volt line, Vietnam's largest development project which will supply desperately needed energy to the country's southern provinces, was activated
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        Lock icon KL to seek reduced US tin sales
        74 3 AP KUALA LUMPUR Primary Industries Minister Lim Keng Yaik yesterday said he would ask the United States to reduce sales from its tin stockpile because they were hurting prices. Mr Lim, who is president of the Association of Tin Producing Countries, was to
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        Lock icon Badawi to meet Alatas
        54 3 AP KUALA LUMPUR Foreign Ministers Ali Alatas of Indonesia and Abdullah Ahmad Badawi of Malaysia will confer from Thursday to Saturday in Kuala Lumpur, the Foreign Ministry said yesterday. The ministry did not specify the topics for their talks in the third annual meeting of the
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      M'sian, Viet PMs to speak at Pacific business forum
      240 3  -  From Ho Kay Tat in KUALA LUMPUR KEYNOTE addresses by Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad and his Vietnamese counterpart Vo Van Kiet will be the highlights at the opening of a three-day meeting of the Pacific Basin Economic Council (PBEC) starting
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      82 3 KENNEDY-WILSON INTERNATIONALREAL ESTATE MARKETING AND INVESTMENT SERVICES Tender Sale PRIME U.S. COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE An outstanding collection of commercial real estate located in Los Angeles, New York, Dallas, Miami, Seattle and other major U.S. markets. AN EXCELLENT INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY Office Buildings Arcades Development Luxury Manhattan 11 Seller financing on select
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      143 3 Doing Business in Singapore? Come to the Orchard Parade Hotel We offer competitive rates for today's corporate travellers and back them 100% with excellent communications support and efficient secretarial assistance so doing business can be a real breeze with us. From now till 31 December 1994, IB Package. Our rates
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      204 3 JESS NATURAL MINERAL WATER 4 OCEAN products are bottled at its source, to ensure 0 that the mineral elements vital for human are retained. IB I The latest in the Filtration System also help to maintain t n I a consistent high standard of quality. t B j Through years
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  • CHINA/HONGKONG/TAIWAN
    • CHINA WATCH
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        Lock icon Hope for further talks
        95 4 Reuter TAIPEI Taiwan's chief negotiator with China hopes to resume talks with his mainland counterpart later this year. Chiao Jen-ho. secretary-general of Taiwan's Straits Exchange Foundation (SEE), was quoted by newspapers as saying he hoped Beijing's Tang Shubei could travel to Taiwan for a second round
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        Lock icon Dog-eating cause for concern
        84 4 Reuter YANJI, China Officials are concerned that the traditional appetite of local ethnic Korean-Chinese for dog meat may hinder this remote border region's ability to attract foreign investors. "China is trying to attract overseas investment to Yanbian, but many foreigners, especially Americans and north Europeans, are
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        Lock icon Human rights report dismissed
        85 4 AFP BEIJING China has dismissed a report by a US human rights gfoup that hundreds of previously unknown prisoners arrested after the 1989 pro-democracy crackdown are serving lengthy jail terms. "This is a sheer fabrication," a foreign ministry spokesman was quoted as saying by the official
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        Lock icon Thaw on foreign workers
        60 4 AFP TAIPEI Taiwan's Council of Labour Affairs, which had frozen the importation of expatriate workers, had decided to allow certain companies to employ foreign workers to spur investment, officials said yesterday. Under the decision, a company engaging in investment projects worth more than NTS 100 million
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        Lock icon Stricter university admissions
        48 4 UPI BEIJING Overcrowding and a fall in academic standards has prompted China's State Education Commission to cut college intakes by 30,000. "We must strengthen control and strictly enforce entrance standards," a spokesman told the People's Daily. "We will only enrol 895,000 freshmen this year." UPI
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      Patten's bid to cool HK property market fails to slow sales
      319 4 HONGKONG Against market expectations, efforts to cool the sizzling Hongkong property market failed to stop transactions continuing to rise in April, the South China Morning Post reported on Saturday. Citing figures by the Land Registry, it said sales and
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      Lock icon China steps up campaign to curb unrest in rural areas
      326 4 Reuter BEIJING The Communist Party yesterday said it would step up its campaign against unrest in China's countryside, where stability is deteriorating due to "paralysis" among inept local officials. "The security management situation remains extremely grim nationwide this year," senior
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      Lock icon Fair play for the fairer sex
      57 4 AFP TAIPEI Some 1,000 female university students and activists from 42 civic groups marched through Taipei yesterday demanding that authorities act against sexual harassment. Local press reports have alleged that three professors in three prestigious universities sexually harassed their female students and that one
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      Lock icon Beijing slams brakes on foreign motorcycle ventures
      183 4 Bloomberg Business News BEIJING Beijing will restrict the activities of foreign motorcycle manufacturers in China, while launching a plan to double the industry's output within seven years, China Daily reported yesterday "The government holds a clear-cut view about prohibiting new projects for assembling
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      Lock icon Chinese private sector hit by credit squeeze, says FIC report
      278 4 AFP BEIJING One of China's nominally democratic parties has accused the government of being prejudiced against private businessmen, who are struggling in the face of a nationwide credit squeeze, a report said yesterday. According to the influential All-China Federation of
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      148 4 k Tow when you take one of Thai's European IN flights, you can stop over in Bangkok, Haadyai or Phuket enroute. Take a few extra days to explore the shops and the shores of Thailand before on to Europe or an extra touch that passengers flying Thai enjoy. And a
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      500 5 Welcome to the new Bugis Junction office tower at 230 Victoria Street An exquisitely designed corporate building with a location that's indeed enviable. And an environment that's sheer excitement. Located in the renowned Bugis district, the office tower at Bugis Junction stands conveniently above the Bugis MRT Station. While the
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  • REST OF ASIA
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      Lock icon Japan's Socialists ready to return to coalition if Hata quits
      432 6 AFP TOKYO The top leader of the Soeial Democratic Party (SDP) yesterday indicated that the second largest opposition force was ready to return to Japan's ruling coalition if Prime Minister Tsutomu Hata resigned. "It's one way (to return to power)
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      Lock icon India rules out role for Pakistan in settling Kashmiri problem
      285 6 AFP NEW DELHI India is ready to talk to Muslim militants to end the four-year-old separatist campaign in Kashmir. but Pakistan cannot be included in the negotiations. Internal Security Minister Kajesh Pilot told the Press Trust of India (PTI) news
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      Lock icon Training wheels
      45 6 Reuter TOKYO Even as their parents whizzed about in Tokyo's bullet trains, these children on Saturday had a great time on a miniature steam locomotive made by Seiichi Watanabe, 81. The 15-year-old locomotive took Mr Watanabe four years to design and construct. Reuter
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      Lock icon Rao succeeds in selling India to US investors
      221 6 AFP NEW DELHI Indian Prime Minister P V Narasimha Rao. who has just ended a trip to the United States, is expected to strongly push US investment and trade with India. G H Singhania. who headed a 21-member Indian business delegation which
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      Lock icon Aussie opposition leader's future looks bleak
      541 6 Reuter SYDNEY Australian opposition leader John Hewson's hopes of holding on to his job dimmed further yesterday as key supporters deserted him ahead of today's vote on the Liberal Party's leadership. But Dr Hewson said he was confident he had the numbers to win
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      1113 6 DM POWERMATIC DATA SYSTEMS LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) COMPANY ANNOUNCEMENT The Board of Directors of the Company are pleased to announce the unaudited results of the Group and of the Company tor the year ended 28th February 1994 GROUP COMPANY FY*94 FY 1 93 FY94 FY93 SS'OOO
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      270 8 Congratulations fl^i I J IJANG HUAT ALUMINIUM PIE. lID. ■/H 5, H Congratulations FAR EAST ORGANIZATION The only developer to be awarded +q CIDB-SISIR ISO 9002 certification for Project Management JIL Aluminium Pte Ltd THE BAYS HO RE ORCHARD PARKSUITES CERT. NO. 94/007 SS ISO 9002 1988 ~.t* J <■■■
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      1066 9 1—- P$- a] LIANG HUAT ALUMINIUM PTE. LTD. =5Si The First Company Awarded SISIR ISO 9002 Certification For Manufacture of Curtain Walls, Claddings, Aluminium Windows, Doors and Louvres. Message by Mr Khoo Lee Meng, 'v Message by Mr Peter Tan Yong Kee, Chief Executive of SISIR on Liang Huat j
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  • THE WORLD
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      Russian PM to visit China this week
      512 11  -  Chernomyrdin wants to increase trade by promoting sales of more manufactured goods From John Helmer in MOSCOW RUSSIA will seek to boost relations with China this week, especially in trade matters, when Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin arrives in Beijing for a three-day visit.
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      Lock icon Aids activists want government to Act Up
      59 11 AFP PARIS Members of Act Up, an Aids action group, putting white crosses at the Champ de Mars in front of the Fiffel l ower over the weekend to mark a 'day of despair". The activists are demanding that the government take some
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      Lock icon Kohl's popularity rising as economy improves, says poll
      275 11 Reuter BONN Chancellor Helmut Kohl is catching up on the opposition Social Democrat (SPD) five months before Germany's general elections as more voters believe the economy is improving, says an opinion poll released on Friday. The monthly Politbarometer survey for ZDF television
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      Lock icon Critics attack Tokyo's defence of yen as being managed trade
      562 11 NYT TOKYO Japanese officials have contended for months that they cannot accept the Clinton Administration's demands for guaranteed increases in imports because the measures would amount to interference with the free play of the markets. Yet, in another realm, the
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      Lock icon UK brokers rushing to stake claim in S African equities market
      560 11 Bloomberg Business News LONDON A century after South Africa's first gold rush. Britons are flocking in again this time, to sell stocks. With many international investors piling into South African shares following the collapse of apartheid, two leading British
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    • WORLD WATCH
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        Lock icon Mexican trade deficit widens
        94 11 Bloomberg Business News MEXICO CITY Mexico's trade deficit widened to US$l.33 billion (Ss2 billion) in March, from US$l.26 billion in the year-ago period, the Finance Ministry said. Mexican exports were US$5.l5 billion in the month, while imports totalled U556.49 billion. For the first quarter of 1994,
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        Lock icon Jackie to be buried today
        51 11 AFP NEW YORK An admirer of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, among dozens who gathered to pay their last respects, crying against the wall of Mrs Onassis" apartment building last Friday. The former first lady will be buried today, next to the grave of John F Kennedy.
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        Lock icon Republican support for health plan
        85 11 Bloomberg Business News WASHINGTON The Republican National Committee (RNC) began last Friday a national television advertising campaign it said showed "Republican support for reaching a bipartisan consensus on health-care reform". "We believe there can be a bipartisan plan that solves the problems facing our hcalth-carc
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        Lock icon Ukraine won't use force
        85 11 AFP KIEV Ukraine said it would not use force against Crimea unless separatists there resort to armed provocation after telling the United Nations and Nato that moves by the secessionist republic threatened regional peace and stability. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Anatoli Zlenko wrote to the United Nations
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        Lock icon Yemeni forces in fight to the finish
        75 11 AFP SANAA Yemen's rival armies were locked in a fight to the finish yesterday after President Ali Abdallah Saleh vowed to crush an independence declaration by his southern foes. Fighting in the civil war was concentrated on the approaches to the key southern
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      Lock icon Group to sue over UK aid for Pergau Dam
      288 11 Reuter LONDON Protesters who say British officials misused million of pounds of aid to fund Malaysia's Pergau Dam said yesterday they would ask the High Court to stop the government from spending any more money on the project. Britain is providing
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      83 11 Personal touch, Gracious living. Smiling, friendly faces await you at Liang Court Regency. Elegant apartments with residential louchcs. Superb amenities for recreation, entertainment, dining out and shopping at your d(x>rstcp. A choice location near exciting Orchard Road and the central business district. And most of all, that warm family atmosphere
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      201 12 PAOI "94<R) HOW TO KEEP I I YOUR CPF NEST I I EGG FROM I I BEING POACHED,I I SCRAMBLED I OR FRIED, mm A lot of people are investing their CPF Which explains why a substantial number of Singapore's most attractive blue chips. And your premiums can be paid
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  • Business IT
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      Creative Tech has winning hand in Japan game
      685 13  -  The PC market is fragmented, and market leader NEC has its own sound card. So how come this Singapore company is doing so well? Kenneth James finds out in Tokyo Kenneth James OTHER foreign firms complain that entering the lucrative Japanese market
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      Now showing: Aztech's card for movies on PC
      564 13  -  By Bernard Chew SESDAQ-listed sound card producer Aztech systems last week unveiled a new multimedia addon card which lets users play back high-quality movies on their PCs. Called the Orion. Aztech's card is expected to hit the streets in July. This makes
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      Seagate plans more acquisitions
      140 13 DISK drive company Seagate Technology will complete the acquisition of Canadian software publisher, Crystal Computer Services Inc, for about US$lB.6 million (5528.83 million) by the end of this month. The purchase is the second since Seagate announced a strategy last year to acquire software firms and
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      AST and Compaq battling for burgeoning China market
      533 13  -  Taiwanese PC makers and Singapore's IPC are also poised to join in the fray. Joseph Rajendran reports Joseph Rajendran Leading us-based computer research firm International Data Corp (IDC) expects the 1994 output of China's electronics industry to reach 200 billion renminbi (5535.32
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      A must-see event on IT calendar in US
      497 13  -  Industry leaders and latest database technologies will be at DB/EXPO '94, David Welcher reports from San Francisco David Welcher FLYING under the motto, "See Real IT at Work", DB/EXPO is once again coming to San Francisco, even bigger than ever before, with
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      Outsourcing as a strategic weapon
      698 14  -  IN SYNC INTEGRATING IT BUSINESS In a two-part series, Tom John puts outsourcing in perspective and explains what can be achieved with the right approach Tom John The writer is a manager with Andersen Consulting s Technology Integration Services Group. He is currently based in
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      Digital launches server that can link up 200 users
      339 14  -  By Joseph Rajendran US COMPUTER major Digital Equipment has launched what it claims is one of its hottest mid-range computers in the market that can connect up to 200 users. The Digital 2100 server, the first computer in a new family,
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        New SSA subsidiary in Malaysia
        58 14 SINGAPORE System Software Associates (SSA) has set up a new subsidiary in Malaysia, SSA Software (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd. The new firm comes about as a result of acquiring Ocean Information Systems Sdn Bhd, previously SSA's exclusive affiliate business partner in the country. SSA Software is
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        PDAs spawn new class of applications
        61 14 SINGAPORE Personal digital assistants (PDAs), such as Newton and Zoomer, will enable companies to build a new class of applications called "outware", according to a report from Forrester Research. PDA's portability, coupled with wireless communications support, will allow outware users to get data when
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        IBM researchers develop new polymer
        62 14 SINGAPORE A new circuit-board material, designed for use in existing and emerging high-performance computer, aerospace and automative applications as well as in computer electronics, has been developed at the IBM Research Centre. The patented new thermosetting polymer CYTUF is more technically advanced in printed-circuit boards
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        38 14 SINGAPORE Intel Singapore will organise the Pentium Technology PC Festival from Friday to Sunday at the Marina Square Eastern Atrium. The festival will feature capabilities by GES Singapore, IPC Corporation and Acer Computer.
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        Seminar by Digital and Cor Vision
        62 14 SINGAPORE Digital and Cor Vision are jointly organising two seminars on "APTuser, Opening a Window to an advanced information server". The seminar will demonstrate the use of APTuser for Windows. The seminars will be held at the Theatrette Gateway East at Beach Road this
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        44 14  -  Compiled by Sean Ang SINGAPORE Primefield will be holding some new courses for the period between June and September. Courses include Microsoft Project 4.0, Macro Financial modelling workshop, Microsoft office professional and Novell netware. Contact 276 4066 for details on discounts.
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      IBM fights back with new products
      533 16  -  The new machines boast several firsts, but is it enough? Bernard Chew reports Bernard Chew IBM last week launched a slew of new desktop and portable computers, in a concerted attempt to recapture leadership in a market it created just over 12 years ago.
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      313 16 Bloomberg Business News COMPAQ Computer Corp has unveiled its first line of personal computers based on microprocessors from Advanced Micro Devices Inc. Extending its Presario line of PCs for the home and small business markets, Compaq introduced two new models based on AMD's 486
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      Beginner books that can get you going quickly
      703 16  -  WINDOWS OF OPPORTUNITY TOM AMBROSE Ihe writer is a Support Contracts Specialist with Hewlett-Packard's Americas Field Operations (AFO). He also has extensive J experience as a computer consultant helping i businesses to use information technology productively, i FOR the "wannabe" or "do-it-yourself
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      566 16 NYT IN AN apparent victory for the United States, the Japanese government is expected to abandon a plan to revise its copyright law in a way that would have made it easier for one company to reverse-engi-neer another company's computer software. An
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      157 16 Reuter APPLE Computer Inc said last Wednesday its Apple Japan subsidiary has shipped its one millionth Macintosh personal computer. Apple is the second largest personal computer vendor in Japan, with close to a 14 per cent market share, according to market researcher International Data
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      113 14 ALFRED DUNHILL m ioto<jraf>/i ,s/iooms, U)un/u'// 1 toater-resistant stee/ an</ A?ct jjot</ toatc/t tmiJt xafifi/i/re t <j/a/w essentia/ Jb/ottiny a, (M>ya<je. Once uaderoKty, Aotoeoer, another timepiece may a/so come in Aanc/y. plan, it most-ft* e °iN4^^ I i WANTEP^ For the Alfred Dnnhill I Archire, a 'Ship's Wheel' clock circa
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      20 14 Net Watch column is held over for a couple of weeks while our columnist Dr Tommi Chen takes a break.
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      194 15 The New IBM AS/400. The more sophisticated we made it, the simpler it became. Hit's one thing to build new power into a business computer. It's another thing entirely to harness that power and use it to manage your business information more effectively. The new AS/400 Advanced Series does both.
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      496 17  -  By Shahiron Sahari THE men of the Gurkha unit of the Singapore Police Force, denied a top three sweep at last year's event, redressed the situation at this year's New Paper Big Walk at the National Stadium yesterday. Surya Bahadur Pun, the defending champion, Tek Kumar
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      546 17 French Open Reuter PARIS Pete Sampras and Steffi Graf will etch their names even deeper into tennis folklore if the French Open reflects modern reality in the next fortnight. Sampras, as most of the world knows, is within reach of
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      265 17 AFP Winners of most singles titles Men: Ujorn Borg (Swe) 1974, 1975. 1978. 1979, 1980, 1981. Women: Chris Evert (US) 1974, 1975, 1979. 1980, 1983, 1985, 1986. Winners of most consecutive titles Men: Bjorn Borg 1978-1981. Women: Helen Wills-Moody (US) 1928-1930, Hilde Sperling (Gcr) 1935-1937, Monica
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      373 17 AFP JAKARTA More wild and unruly celebrations tarnished Indonesia's ninth Thomas Cup triumph over defending champion Malaysia here on Saturday night. Amidst fears of a repeat of mobbing that marked the Indonesian women's triumph over China in Friday's Über Cup final,
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      44 17 Reuter GLASGOW, Scotland Rangers" Mark Hatcley climbing over Dundee United's Brian Welsh in an effort to nudge the ball towards goal in the Scottish Cup final at Hampden Park, Glasgow, on Saturday. Dundee United won the trophy by beating Rangers 1-0. Reuter
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      408 17 Golf AP DUBLIN, Ohio Despite battling a touch of flu, Tom Lehman engineered a two-shot swing on the final hole on Saturday and opened up a fourshot lead over John Cook in the third round of Jack Nicklaus' Memorial Tournament. Lehman,
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      575 17 AP HOUSTON Sometimes it takes more than courage and heart. Charles Barkley had 24 points and 15 rebounds on Saturday despite being ravaged by back pain. But his body finally gave out as his Phoenix Suns bowed out of the NBA playoffs
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      342 17 1994 NBA playoffs AP HOUSTON The Utah Jazz and Houston Rockets have a date for the Western Conference championship. Both squads posted victories on Saturday in their National Basketball Association playoff games. Karl Malone scored 31 points as Utah halted its skid against the
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        67 17 NEW YORK Major league Saturday American: Detroit 7 Milwaukee 6; NY 5 Baltimore 4; Toronto 9 Cleveland 7; Oakland 5 Chicago 6: Minnesota I Boston O, California 3 Kansas City O. Seattle 13 Texas 2. National: Chicago 12 SF 10; Colorado 4 Atlanta 5; Cincinnati 4 LA 6: Florida
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        23 17 NEW YORK NBA playoffs Saturday Western Conference semifinals: Houston 104 Phoenix 94 (Houston wins 4-3); Utah 91 Denver 81 (Utah wins 4-3).
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        94 17 AFP AJISUCHO, Japan Samson Gimson of Singapore scored the day's equal best of 64 to finish third at the Pcpsi-Übc Kosan men's tournament yesterday. Samson. with earlier rounds of 68-71-70. finished with 273. Japan's Tsuncyuki Nakajima shot a 69 to win by three shots. AFP DUBLIN, Ohio Memorial tournament
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        19 17 NFW YORK Stanley Cup Eastern Conference finals Saturday: New Jersey 3 NY I (Best-of-seven series tied 2-2).
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        37 17 Reuter DURBAN, South Africa Seven missed penalties by flyhalf Rob An- drew proved expensive on Saturday as England slumped to the sccond successive defeat of their South African tour with a 21-6 loss to Natal. Reuter
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        100 17 SINGAPORE New Paper Big Walk *94 Men's Open: I Surya Bahadur Pun 44 mins 19 see 2 Tek Kumar Rai 44:31 3 Ek Raj Tamang 44:42. Veteran: I R Krishnan 49:34 2 C Nalaya 52:32 3 Loh Ming Two 52:49. Junior I Hem Bahadur Rai 45:33 2 R Morgan
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        25 17 AP BELFAST Britain's Chris Eubank retained his World Boxing Organisation super-middleweight crown here on Saturday when he outpointed compatriot Ray Close over 12-rounds AP
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        196 17 AFP DUSSKLDORF, Germany World Team Cup Saturday Blue Group; Germany 3 US 0 (Michael Stich b Pete Sampras 3-6 7-7 6-2. Bcrndt Karbacher b Michael Chang 6-4 6-2. Patrick Kochnen/Karstcn Braasch b Patrick McEnroc/Richey Rcncbcrg 6-4 6-3); France 3 Russia 0 (Cedric Piolinc b Alexander Volkov 6-3 6-4. Arnaud
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      1721 19  -  Michiko kakutani laments the fact that the line between trashy exposes and serious biographies is becoming increasingly blurred Michiko Kakutani NYT Um m ORMFRI J LY we used to canonise our heroes," Oscar Wilde wrote in 1891. "The modern method is to vulgarise them. Cheap editions of
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      1366 19 TV RADIO The Stranger Within, 8.30pm. TV 2 j Springbok of the Kalahari, -»«*> 9.30pm, SBC 12 WM WRr muss herding and their cxtraur- v< Legend Of The Six Dynasties, V^: Continuing the ranancse cin- wT cm retrospective, this one is »>' JB?'/. made up of three supernatural .••>. ■>-
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      1013 20  -  Telling an employee 'You're fired* is never an easy task. Richard Donkin on how to handle the job Richard Donkin FT Harrods discovered recently that firing the managing director can have embarrassing public consequences. But dismissing anyone, be it a boss like Harrods' Peter Bolliger or
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      692 21  -  Shiv Taneja talks to Michael Lafierty, founder of information intelligence firm Lafferty Group, about his expansion plans Shiv Taneja FEW Asian bankers will have heard of the Lon-don-headquartered Lafferty Group, a mediumsized "information intelligence" firm that specialises in providing value-added information on the consumer
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      346 21 1T IS probably the Irishman in him. but Michael LalTerty. a chartered accountant by training. and someone who wandered into journalism quite by accident, wasn't going to suffer the stuffy British banking establishment quietly. A self-confessed campaign journalist. Mr LalTerty very nearly got fired from the
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    467 22 Reuter BLUING Soaring costs are pushing some Chinese exporters into the red and threatening a bigger trade deficit even before China's re-entry into the world trade body Gatt, which is likely to accelerate imports. The official
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    358 22 Reuter LONDON Britain's top economic policy-makers are engaged in an unprecedented war of words over the future direction of interest rates, sending shivers through London financial markets. Chancellor of the Lxchequer Kenneth Clarke and Bank of Fngland governor Eddie George have
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    625 22 Washington Most WASHINGTON After months of rapid growth that have pushed the United States economy close to the limits of what it can produce without straining, a broad array of forecasters is predicting that slower growth is on the way. But that
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    741 22  -  The Bottom Line REGINALD DALE REGINALD DALE The writer is a columnist with the International Herald Tribune, where this commentary first appeared IT IS always easier to he pessimistie than optimistic ahout the prospects of uniting Europe. Now, just as a Ger-man-led
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    275 22 FT PARIS The tangled fortunes of Bernard Tapie, the flamboyant French entrepreneur whose radical-left party is making waves in the European election campaign, took another twist last Friday when Credit Lyonnais, his bank, terminated the agreement whereby he had five years to
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    46 22 AFP PUERTO VALLARTA, Mexico Supporters of (Greenpeace form an outline of a whale on the beach here as the International Whaling Commission opened its annual conference during the weekend. The commission is expected to discuss a proposed Antartic whale sanctuary. AFP
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    143 22 Bloomberg Business News LONDON Hongkong billionaire Li Ka-shing has had discussions with Stuart Lipton. chief executive of Stanhope Properties pic, with a view to buying Stanhope's 50 per cent stake in London's Broadgate office development. The Sunday l imes newspaper said Mr
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    383 22 AFP FT JOHANNESBURG President Nelson Mandela and Zulu leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi have agreed to discuss a row over the furtive transfer of vast tracts of land to Zulu king Goodwill Zwelithini. An African National Congress (ANC) spokesman yesterday said former president
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      Rover distributor Intra-Motors wins 6pc of local car market
      454 23  -  By Dexter Lee SINGAPORE Car distributor Intra-Motors has captured 6 per ccnt of the local car sales market to-date a feat which could turn the company into listed Intraco's top profit churner this year. The distributor of the increasingly popular Rover
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      Amin Shah's Setron stake adds twist to boardroom battle
      367 23  -  From Ho Kay Tat in KUALA LUMPUR BUSINESSMAN Amin Shah Omar Shah's surprise emergence as the party which bought Haw Par Brothers International's 23.57 per cent stake in Setron (M) Bhd has added a fresh twist to the boardroom struggle for
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      Orient Container to spend $28m expanding facilities
      377 23  -  By Rahita Elias SINGAPORE Orient Container Warehousing Services, aiming for a main board listing this year, will spend up to $28 million expanding its facilities. Chairman Kirpa Ram Vij has told BT the Neptune Orient Lines subsidiary will spend between SlB million and
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      Could Singapore be Jardine's post-1997 refuge for its financial services business?
      626 23  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW Ww" ;•< By Catherine Ong SINGAPORE About the only thing that did not go down well with the visiting Chinese provincial bigwigs at the Jardine Fleming-sponsored dinner in Singapore last Monday was the main course of
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      Creative eyes new market with credit card-sized sound card
      416 23  -  By Kenneth James SINGAPORE Creative Technology, which dominates the world market in sound cards for the personal computer. hopes to open up a whole new market portable computers with the introduction of a credit card-sized sound card later this year. And
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      OCBC raises more funds for region's clients
      269 23 SINGAPORE OCBC Bank has been actively meeting the region's fast-growing need for capital. In its 1993 annual report, released last week, the bank says that besides the massive Telecom issue, it lead-managed six fundraising exercises totalling $1.1 billion and three initial public offers
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      NOL unit to price IPO at up to US$ l5
      265 23 SINGAPORE American Eagle Tankers Inc. a subsidiary of Neptune Orient Lines, is likely to price its proposed initial public offering (IPO) on Nasdaq at between US$l4 and US$l5 per share. A draft prospectus issued on May 16 says parent NOL
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        452 24 MBT KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian companies are making waves with mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in the region. Last year, of the top 50 Asian M&A deals with a combined value of US$9.Ol billion (5513.8 billion), eight involved Malaysian companies. Of these, three were
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        57 24 Reuter HANOI Vietnamese villagers pulling a cartload of bamboo materials past a banner advertising Philippine San Miguel Beer. San Miguel Corp has become the latest foreign company to brew beer in Vietnam, signing a US$24 million (Ss37 million) joint venture deal with the Vietnamese
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        Dharmala Group's Philippines unit's profit jumps 97pc
        479 24  -  From Al Labita in MANILA DHARMALA Philippines, a subsidiary of Indonesian conglomerate Dharmala Group, chalkcd up strong earnings last year despite the power crisis. In an annual report to stockholders. Dharmala Philippines chairman Suyanto Gondokusumo said profit jumped 97 per cent to 80.6
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        SSL expects up to half of future profits from abroad
        272 24  -  By Quak Hiang Whai SINGAPORE Straits Steamship Land (SSL) Ltd expects up to half of its earnings to come from overseas in five years' time. This represents a change of tack as operating profit in 1993 came mainly from Singapore.
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          67 26 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG Stock brokerage Mansion House Group on Friday said booming Asian stock markets lifted its after-tax profit 176 per cent to HK526.2 million (555.2 million) in the fiscal year that ended on Dec 31. It reported after-tax profit of HK$9.5 million
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          109 26 Reuter SHANGHAI In an effort to combat fraud in share trading, the Shanghai Stock Exchange is offering investors the choice of selecting a single broker to handle all their business, the Shanghai Securities News said on Saturday. It said that, as from June 6,
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          90 26 NYT NEW YORK Viacom Inc on Friday reported a loss for the first quarter of 1994 of U*****.6 million (***** million), compared with a profit of US$Bl million in the quarter a year earlier. Revenues for the company, which included one month's performance
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          71 26 Eastern Express HONGKONG Jilin Chemical Industrial Group chairman Liu Shulin on Saturday said he was confident the company's new issue in Hongkong would be a success despite the lukewarm response to recent listings by mainland chemical enterprises. Mr Liu said he believed the sound
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        Rover aims for 75pc regional sales increase to 35,000 cars
        398 26  -  By Dexter Lee SINGAPORE United King-dom-based Rover Group expects to sell up to 35,000 cars in the Asia-Pacific region this year, up 75 per cent from about 20,000 in 1993. Sales were already up 70 per cent from last year's
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        312 26 Reuter BLRLIN Volkswagen ACi. Liirope's largest car maker, reported a 72 per cent fall in its first-quarter deficit last I hursda> and said aggressive costcutting had put it on the road to recoverx after record losses in 1993. Its first-quarter group net
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        Lock icon Shun Ho Resources' profits plunge to HK$ 3m
        173 26 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG Investment holding company Shun Ho Resources said its net profit fell to HK53.015 million (*****,000) in 1993, down from HK55.59 million the previous year. Total sales amounted to HKSI6.9 million against HKSI6.3 million in 1992 while earnings per
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        HK court overturns securities panel ruling
        439 26 HONGKONG The Securities and Futures Commission was dealt a heavy blow on Friday when the toughest ruling yet by the Panel on Takeovers and Mergers was effectively quashed by the Court of Appeal on the grounds that a panel member. Stephen Clark, had a
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        400 26 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG China's state-owned shipping and investment group China Merchants has proposed a transformation of its Hongkong-listed subsidiary Hai Hong Holdings that will nearly treble the paint company's si/e. China Merchants intends to sell its Liberian-registercd shipping subsidiary Ming VVah
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        369 27 Bloomberg Business News TOKYO Japan's 11 largest commercial banks had 15.7657 trillion yen (***** billion) in delinquent loans on their books as of March 31, according to the Nihon Keizai newspaper, Japan's leading financial daily. That figure is 1.2 per
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        513 27 Reuter BOMBAY Indian companies. unconcerned by recent rises in US interest rates and the withdrawal of a USSI billion (SSI.S billion) Luroissue by the country's overseas telecom monopoly, are gearing up for a fresh round of offers. Leading the pack are Teleo
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        416 27 Bloomberg Business News LONDON A fourth year of huge losses for Lloyd's of London highlights the pain inflicted on insurers on both sides of the Atlantic by hazardous materials liability claims in the US. Lloyd's, which reports three years in arrears, last week
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          122 27 Bloomberg Business News TORONTO Canadian securities firms have been told to increase their capital reserves for bonds bought on margin in the wake of volatile prices during the last three months. Under industry regulations, firms will have to raise bond margins by 50 per
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          101 27 Reuter ZURICH CS Holding has no more than a 50 per cent chance to clinch a big stake in Creditanstalt-Bankverein of Austria due to likely strong political opposition, investment analysts said on Friday. CS Holding, parent of Credit Suisse, one of Switzerland's big three
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          100 27 Bloomberg Business News NEW YORK Rothschild North America Inc. a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Rothschild family empire, is the latest investment bank to announce plans to get into the mutual fund business. "We have mutual funds in other parts of the world, and now we're
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          67 27 Reuter HONGKONG China Everbright International Trust Investment Corp, a unit of China Everbright International Ltd, on Friday said it will sign a five-year US$B4 million (Ssl3o million) transferable loan facility this week. Merrill Lynch International Inc is the arranger. Other details were unavailable.
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        561 28 Bloomberg Business News FRANKFURT Dresdner Bank AG. Germany's secondlargest bank, said JanuaryApril operating earnings advanced despite a "significant" decline in income from ownaccount trading. "The result from own-ac-count trading is significantly below the proportional level of the previous year," chief executive Juergen
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        268 28 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR A Malaysian palm oil refinery may be built in Japan, which is the fifth largest market for Malaysian palm oil in the world. Deputy Primary Industries Minister Tengku Mahmud Tengku Mansor said yesterday. He said Japan, an
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        309 28 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR An American, James Hegarty, has been named to succeed fellow countryman Aldo Hofmeister as buffer stock manager of the International Natural Rubber Organisation (Inro). The International Natural Rubber Council, which ended its 29th semi-annual meeting in Kuala Lumpur
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        331 28 Bloomberg Business Ncvvs PERTH Australian diamond explorer Cambridge Gulf Exploration NL said it has succeeded in raising AS2O million (5522.4 million) by selling 10 million shares. The share sale was in doubt earlier last week when Cambridge Gulf disclosed that one of
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        472 28 AFP HONGKONG Asia's currencies ended last week generally stronger against the US dollar, as the region's currency markets awaited a possible resumption of crucial US-Japan trade talks. Yen: The yen closed the week at 104.34 to the dollar, up 0.24 from a week earlier,
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        686 29  -  SIMEX WEEKLY ROUNDUP By Meryl Phang SINGAPORE The main focus of foreign exchange market players turned out to be a disappointing non-event for dollar bulls. The anxiously awaited Federal Open Committee meeting on Tuesday which led to the anticipated key rates hikes of 0.50 per
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        1143 29 COMMODITY WEEKLY ROUNDUP AFP LONDON Coffee prices continued to defy the laws of gravity last week, soaring to new highs daily. The price of robusta jumped to its highest level for five years after a cut in world production caused a shortage
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      1389 29 Rubber Singapore Commodity Exchange (futures closing as at 5.30pm) RSS 1 Contract (S ccnts/kg) Close Volume Open Month High Low Sell (tonnes) Interest Jun 94 149.75 149 .75 150.25 75 T275 Jul 150.50 100 2700 Aug 149.25 149.25 149.50 250 1475 Sep 149 25 3625 Pet/Dec ***** 148.75
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      4839 30 CORPORATE RESULTS Net Kara FPS Date IV LY TY LY Company ann (Sm) (Sm) (cts) (cts) MSB* Mar 31 I 0.943 0.173 0.9 0 2 Alliance Tech Mar 30 P I.564L 1079L \mal Steel* Mar 31 I 65 98! 33.718 10.5 8 2 \nicol Mar 29
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      753 30 Relative Strength Index: The RSI measures the rate at which prices move. In theory, it ranges between zero and 100. In practice however, it fluctuates between 10 and 90. RSI is calculated over a specified period, say 13 days, and is derived from the formula: 100 100/ [(up
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        696 31 FT New York LlkL the unseasonably wet and blustery weather which struck New York last week. Tuesday's aggressive tightening of monetary policy by the Federal Reserve hit Wall Street like a spray of cool rain in the face, awakening the groggy
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        452 31 AFP Tokyo SHARE PRICES were mixed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange last week, with market players cautiously watching US interest hikes and the dollar-yen exchanges. The Nikkei Stock Average of 225 selected issues in the first section gained 71.42 points or 0.35
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        386 31 AFP London PRICKS on the London Stock Exchange crept higher last week, despite a rise in L'S interest rates and declining hopes of a cut in the cost of borrowing in Britain. The FT-SE 100 Index of leading shares closed
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        203 31 AFP Hongkong STOCK PRICES soared 5.44 per cent on strong overseas buying in mixed trading during the week, with the key Hang Seng Index gaining 496.91 points to close at 9,631.63 on Friday. Average daily turnover rose to HK56.958 billion (SSI.4 bil-
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          172 31 Australian shares climbed during the week to close 1.6 per cent firmer on Friday as investors hunted resource stocks due to firmer commodity prices, analysts said. The market barometer, the All Ordinaries Index, closed at 2,103.9 points, 33.9 points above the previous week's finish. The All Industrials Index rose
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          131 31 The Philippine stock market fell last week due to anxiety over the rise of US interest rates and a banking scam that may have resulted in multi-million dollar losses, analysts said. Not even a technical rebound on Friday kept the market from ending the week lower than on May
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          71 31 Fueled by good first quarter reports and US interest rate hikes, the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) index surged 79.02 points (6.30 per cent) during the week to close on Friday 1.338.19. The average daily turnover was 128.5 million shares, up sharply from the meagre 38.7 million-share average the
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          88 31 Most share prices strengthened on the Jakarta Stock Exchange in active trading last week with the index climbing more than 20 points to close on Friday 487.988 from the previous week's finish of 467.398. Average daily transactions increased to 23.98 million shares worth 111.52 billion rupiah compared to the
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          100 31 South Korean shares closed lower on Saturday after profit-taking erased earlier gains for two straight days. The Composite Price Index closed out at 946.20. down 2.30 points from Friday, but rose 3.84 points compared to the previous week. Trade volume was a standard 37 million shares per day during
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          53 31 Share prices on the Taiwan Stock Exchange eased back as the market underwent a correction following a 20per cent gain over the past month, brokers said. Wiping out a 1.8-per cent advance the preceding week, the 375-issue weighted price index fell 156.16 points, or 2.58 per cent, to 5,905.79
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          37 31 Share prices fell on the Bombay Stock Exchange on Friday as market regulators and brokers failed to reach agreement on lifting curbs on forward trading. The BSE index lost 23.34 points to close at 3.783.67 points.
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          668 31 +7.37 Wall Street's blue chip stocks reversed course in late trading on Friday to end slightly higher despite a drop in bond prices. The Dow Jones Industrial Average ended up 7.37 points at 3,766.35, according to early, unofficial results. But in the broad market, losing issues outpaced gains
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          341 31 12.70 Stocks ended firmer on Friday on a precious metals rally which overcame a sluggish performance in most sectors, traders said. The gold rush helped the market post a strong finish after a quiet session ahead of Monday's Victoria Day national holiday. Some analysts said they foresee further gains
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        6294 32 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Creeping inflationary fears and the lack of fresh leads, both on the local and overseas fronts, continued to dampen sentiment on the local bourse. Analysts, in commenting about the market, said players continued to adopt a cautious stance, with many lacking
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        7823 33 I MAWBOAW) Transaction date: We«k ended May 20 Gr (ir 1994 Last Vol Week Last Quote Di« D»» \M Net >1 Cap High l.o» Compaay Sal* (000) lllgh Low Hujer Seller Or P'K Smil INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL 1350 206 I s Ac ma 885 cd >20 41} 400 880 880
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        1897 34  -  By R Sivanithy SINGAPORE Brokers expert the market this week to trade sideways, with events in the US equity and bond markets continuing to exert a significant influence on sentiment here. OCBC Investment Research said it "expects share prices to trade in a narrow
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      408 35  -  By Rahita Elias SINGAPORE Keppcl Corp's shipyard assets in the Philippines have more than doubled to over $130 million since the country's largest yard came under its wing. The local conglomerate recently joined a consortium to operate Subic Shipyard and Engineering, formerly
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      322 35 Knight-Ridder LONDON Plans by Turkey to slap tighter restrictions on shipping using the Bosporus strait could be watered down after coming under fire at an International Maritime Organisation meeting here. Discussions at the session last week, part of the IMO's larger Marine Safety
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      1099 35 Page Col ABC Containcrlinc 16 4 Accord Group 8 1-3 Ahrenkicl Liner 4 1/2 AOEShpg 15 4/5 ANL 3 1/2 Antaco Mgmt 17 1/2 APL 5 3-5 Appenship 8 4/5 Arabian Express 15 3 •ASCL 5 5 Assist Marine 6 1 Avant Shpg
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      245 35 Bloomberg Business News WASHINGTON The owner of a cruise ship caught dumping waste oil in the Florida Straits has agreed to pav a USSSOO.OOO (*****.000) fine and plead guilty to the first felony charges ever filed by the US government for a
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      509 35 AFP TOKYO Japan's five biggest shipping companies announced last Friday dismal earnings and revenue figures for the year to March, forecasting either fiat performances or modest improvements at best in the coming year. Two of the companies. Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd (KLine)
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      190 35 Reuter KUALA LUMPUR Piracy has been declining in the Malacca Straits, one of several global piracy hotspots. thanks to increased patrols, but is unlikely to be stamped out totally, an ofTicial of an anti-piracy centre said last week. "The numbers have gone down compared
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      13931 44 This is a list of ships loading at Singapore for ports around the world. It tabulates, by destination, the name of the ship, the shipping line involved and the estimated dates of arrival and departure from the Port of Singapore. LEGEND PN: ship calls at Penang after
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      A thoroughly professional manager
      828 52  -  .Pacencio Balbon, before becoming the head of the Philippine Maritime Industry Authority, used to represent the inter-island operators; and shipowners. How does he avoid conflict of interest in his present job? Alec Almazan, who was in Manila recently, finds out j Alec Almazan PACENCIO Balbon, the
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      1667 52 Owner's brokers here said Atlantic rates could start to firm again in the next week or two countering grain house claims that rates have peaked. I The Baltic Freight Index for spot dry cargo shipping rates rose to 1.501 on Friday from 1.500 on May 18. with the
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        584 54 Bloomberg Business News PARIS British Airways pic will swing sharply to a small gain in the fourth quarter after a sizeable loss a year ago and will boost its pre-tax profits for the fiscal year by a lofty 64 per cent,
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        Lock icon KLM to replace 10 Airbuses in US$ 600m deal
        437 54 Bloomberg Business News AMSTERDAM KLM Royal Dutch Airlines is looking to replace 10 Airbus A3lO-203 aircraft with new jets from either Boeing Corp or Airbus Industries in an order that could be worth more than US$6OO million (***** million). KLM was
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        57 54 AFP SYDNEY Australian David Huxley, the world's strongest man, pulls for 25 metres three truck cabs weighing 33 tonnes on Saturday to set a new world record for charity. Mr Huxley, who weighs 125 kg, also holds the record for towing a 105-tonne Boeing
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        233 54 AP MANILA Struggling Philippine Airlines (PAL) may cut back on European routes and shift to more lucrative Asian destinations to reduce sizeable, anticipated losses for the privatised carrier. "If the recession in Lurope continues, we really have no choice." board chairman Carlos Domingue/ said
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          75 54 SINGAPORE: Rolls-Royce's Trent engine is expected to be certified for operation on the Airbus 330 by the cn«J of the year and on the Boeing 777 by January next vear. Cathay Pacific will take delivery of I rent 700-powered A33os from january next year.
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          96 54 AFP TOKYO Japan's Toyota Motor C orp and Honda Co Ltd are considering separate plans to develop and manufacture small low-priced cars in South-east Asia for the local market, company officials said on Friday. But the officials refused to confirm a report that Honda was
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          Lock icon Kansai airport expects 50b yen loss
          109 54 Bloomberg Business News OSAKA The yct-to-be opened New Kansai International Airport expects to post a pre-tax loss of 50 billion yen (***** million) in its first year of operation. Nikkei English News reported last week. The company had previously forecast a loss of 22
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          116 54 Reuter PARIS The French government is studying ways to sell a 10-20 per cent stake in car maker Regie Nationalc des Usines Renault and raise capital for the group, financial daily La Tribune Desfoxses said last Friday. According to the paper, the sale
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          Lock icon Nissan's domestic output plunges
          88 54 Bloomberg Business News TOKYO Nissan Motor Co announced last week that its domestic production of motor vehicles fell 26.5 per cent on the month to 111.028 units, the lowest level since 1972, Japan's Jiji Press reported. Competitor Toyota Motor Co said that domestic production of its
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        Lock icon Gulf Air forecasts 6pc growth in next 5 years
        320 54 AFP ABU DHABI Gulf Air operations grew by an average of 15 per cent annually in the past three years and a further 6 per cent is projected in the next five years, its chairman was quoted last Friday as saying.
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        408 54 Reuter HANOI European car-mak-ers are fighting for a foothold in Vietnam's fledgling, Asiandominated assembly industry. They hope official hints that the government will at present issue no licences for new assembly plants do not amount to a policy cast in stone. Marc Seguin,
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      2341 37 OOCL <S) PTE LTD JARDINE SHIPPING AGENCIES i^?'^ S^!^ N T 9. A 9f'tci^ 7 D c N A v® n? TEL' *****13 FAX *****42 PETALING JAYA TEL: 03-*****76 FAX: 03-*****42 DOCUMENTATION TEL: *****55 (INWARD)/*****90 (OUTWARD) PENANG TEL.*****4 FAX. *****1 CFS TEL: *****6 BOOKINGS TEL *****80 *****81/ *****82 |f TEL:
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      1838 37 mumssassm FREMANTLE/SIN KLANG REEFER V.9430 ETA FREMANTLE: 27TH MAY 1994 THIS WEEK'S ARRIVAL: VESSELS VOY NRT ETA EXCHANGE ETA ETA ETA RATE JOH LPK PEN MAERSK COLOMBO 9406 *****4 23/5 1.5590 24/5 26/5 27/5 CARDIGAN BAY 5167 *****6 23/5 1.5590 24/5 26/5 27/5 ALVA MAERSK 9407 *****8 23/5 1.5605 24/5
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      1680 38 T~""~~~T AQABA R OAM/1 IE ALSO ACCEPTING FROM VESSEL VOY NO SPORE JEOOAH (VIA JED) S TON H BURG A WERP HAVRE WEST MALAYSIA FRANKFURT EXPRESS 73/ 120 25/S 11/6 14/6 12/6 p oft Kelang. Penang LEVERKUSEN EXPRESS 18/320 28/5 6/6 13/6 15/6 18/6 20/6 22/6 Pasir Gudang KATSURAGI 21/121
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      619 38 EZS3HI AFGHANISTAN MAM Afghanistan Ltd., Hairatan, Torghundi. Islamqala (Doqharun) C.1.5./RUSSIA: Vostochny, Vladivostok, Moscow, I Baku, Tashkent, Irkutsk, Alma Ata, Aihgsbsd, Dushanbe, Kiev N Korea: Pyongyang. Nampo Mongolia: Ulaan Bator LCL TO CIS EASTERN EUROPE FULL CONTAINER SERVICE TO NORTH/WEST AFRICA VESSEL SIN DKR Ned Asia V.2154 24/5 29/6 Ned Oceania
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      1870 39 STRAITS SHIPPING PTE LTD 10 Hoe Chiang Road #11-01 Keppel Towers Singapore 0208 Tel: *****88 Fax: *****17 HH[U:?l!lBslJdrllJ^!dß new guinea pacific link WOllAMßfcAflUlilKiAlllAlAiAilßMlMyiM JgtTOßp (A SERVICE OF CHINA NAVIGATION CO) CARGO 0« SAILS STRAITS (HO€ VOtt Muri. lib h M 23 May FCL, LCL CONTAINER AND BREAKBULK SERVICE TO PAPUA
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      3016 39 SINGAPORE AGENT: iJ/LTf |ripf*r P&O Containers (Singapore Agencies) Pte Ltd x 10 Hoc Chiang Road #07-01 Keppel Towers. Singapore 0208 Tel 225 2233 Telex RS ***** PNOCSP Fax: 225 5327/222 7517 CR Number **********0Z EXPORT IMPORT VESSEL VOY -PKQ SIN SOU ANT ROT HAM GOT BBE LEH VESSEL VOV AWT
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      8 39 HO CHI MINH TEL: *****26 FAX: *****27 LENNON
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      37 39 VESSEL ETA ETD DESTINATION SONG TIEN 01 M/ 05 M/ 05 MO CHI MMNH NMUT TAO 2S/09 11/05 HO CHI MINH SUBJECT TO INDUCEMENTS VIETHONG SHIPPING PTE LTD TEL: 225 1511 FAX: 225 0633 TLX: R*****1 VIETHK
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      468 40 ifA EKA JAYA AGENCIES >aifr TEL: *****22 (8 LINES) FAX: *****05 SALES REPRESENTATIVES IN CHARGE CHP CHI MWH CITY PAGER HANDPHONE/OIBECT 1 H96 2190Q24 727MM/M***** KELVIN CHAN 81 WW *****22/MS22M MANQj *****2S *****22 TO VIETNAM/HCMC CONTAINER-FEEDER SERVICE CENTER-POINT Wfljg T 7 LINES vtssa wy [eta spout m In* hcmc atoro
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      1101 40 HANJIN SHIPPING MegaFAX Service Launched for Our Valuable Customers Effective Mid May 94 ih RSIB I Ch I Fast Accurate Information will be right on your desk. For any enquiry, please refer to the following personnel: B/L Draft Clarification Krh Teck Gcok DID *****82 Arrival Notice Joseph Aw DID *****63
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      1644 40 -i JBIL t m 1 L I 1 k B 1 I H I *v mi scp use hkg rig pus hi o» ki sw tto ui cm bm mc im tm mn iif «c m ca mi sa 1.,.' GENIR K 052 315 1/6 (i It 10 613 6
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      2436 41 H I please dial 1-800-*****00 (toll-free) II I FO r all bookings (NOL services) II EXPORT TO: PSW/PNW SINGAPORE CALIFORNIA EXPRESS (SCX) TO: USWC US QULF MIDWEST USfC CANADA VESSEL LOS OAK VAN SET ITI. (<0 </./. (IB P» T fWt WW/ MA />//> /Y>* t/m CALIFORNIA MERCURY 01K 26/05
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      1199 41 f% MULTILINE SHIPPING PTE LTD (a member of SMSOV Group) CR NO: **********0 C ENQUIRIES: *****33 y±Z±V BOOKINGS: *****64, *****51, *****31, *****13 BALTIC: INWARD *****97 OUTWARD *****10 T/S *****10 dk BLASCO: INWARD *****65 OUTWARD *****28 T/S *****46 FESCO: BOOKINGS *****06 DOC *****07 MARINE INSURANCE: *****87 INVENTORY: *****59 AGENTS: KL: 03-*****75/697
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      1509 42 44 AS AGENTS "K" LINE (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD (CD NO **********0 M GST REG NO M 2 *****99 6) TEL: *****77 TELEX KAWAKI R*****5 FAX *****16/7/8/9 I T T MALAYSIA "K" LINE MARITIME (MALAYSIA) SDN BHD m m TEL: SA *****00 PK *****75 PEN *****0 JB *****1 PGU *****5/6 I
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      1224 42 @APPENSHIP /Q\: iiambi kc; vTv CONVENTIONAL INDEPENDENT LINER SERVICE V—X EUROPE TO SOUTH EAST ASIA AND FAR EAST VESSELS LOADING PORTS DISCHARGE LOADING FOR PAKMOM MAKARENKO HAM 10/04 SPORE 21/05 NOVIGRAO ANTW 20/05 SPORE 27/06 i ECUADOR BIL 22/05 SPORE 29/06 KOALA CONTAINER LINE T SPORE FIX HAM RTM lEH
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      957 43 PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL LINES (PTE) LTD^ I 140 Cecil Street, #03-00 PIL Building. Singapore 0106. CR NO ,**********E VESSEL VOY SIN BKK SIN VESSEL VOY iIN JKT ij^T SRIMANEE (THAI FLAG) MN2IN 24/5 27/5 31/5 KOTA CAHAYA CAHII2 27/5 29/5 1/6 SRISAMUT (THAI FLAG) SM2IN 25/5 28/5 1/6 SINO MARINE 4311
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      1059 43 V(SS(IS YOY SM HA»H HAMBURG tHAMES ROMEROAM ANIWERP W.LE OHIMD HO3j 74/05 IS 06 17 06 1» 06 19 06 2t/ofc Wilt DC LYRA TO3W 30/ OS 21/06 23/06 24 06 25/06 27/01 Willi 0€ VEGA GO3W OA 06 30 06 02/07 03/07 04/07 06/07 I Wit Ot VEIA VO3W
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      898 43 BSA il mm. MYANMA VBBk FIVE STAR LINE (Myanmar National Line) Loading for Yangon (Rangoon) S pore P Klg Pen P.Gdt MERGUI VI23W Ski PAGAN V2O9W In Port PATHEIN VI29W 25/27 Mi, HP* AN V2O2W 28 30 May MALAYSIA AGENTS BOUSTEAO SHIPPING AGENCIES AUI rtl 03-*****00 PKI TFI 03 36*6767
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      58 45 1/C VISA FREIGHT SERVICES PTE LTD Q JIKmkJF Established Since 1984 OCEANIA PORTS REGULAR GROUPAGE lcl consolidation AUCKLAND SYDNEY IMPORT EXPORT nAlTnim rnMi IWI MELBOURNE FREMANTLE SERVICES yy FOR BOOKING 6t SAILING SCHEDULE. CALL THE TOTAL TRANSPORTATION PEOPLE. VISA FREIGHT SERVICES PTE LTD VISA LCL CONSOL PTE LTD TOLL-FREE TEL:
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      1331 46 JV /PWNORBULKi I SERVICES LTO 1 I regular conventional I I TIMBER AND PLYWOOD SERVICES hnmi i p J/JV sT7T7T?7t7irtT?n^H I ADAMASTOS Saied MM FUI/MT/MN/IK I I WORLD AGAMEMNON 10/6 15/6 ROM ANT UK J L mij|ij-nyTTTO^/>■ SP PK LOADING FOR I I NOR BULK TBN 24/6 28/6 D6N/CPT/EL I
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      813 47 (fe FAMOUS CONTAINER LINES —10 ANSON RD. #15-21 INTERNATIONAL PLAZA, S'PORE 0207 HOT LINE: *****33 (24 LINES) GOTHENBURG/SCAN 29/5 ROTTERDAM 25/5 AARHUS/ COPENHAGEN 29/5 [HAMBURG/BREMEN 29/5 MARSEILLE/FRANCE 2475 TELIXSTOWE/UK 25/5 BARCELONA/SPAIN 30/5 LEHAVRE/FRANCE 25/5 GENOA/ITALY 24/5 ANTWERP/BELGIUM 30/ ST LOS ANGELES/WC/IPI 29/5 SYDNEY/MELBOURNE 27/5 NEW YORK/EC 29/5 FREMANTLE/ADELAIDE 27/5 VANCOUVER
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      1029 47 lve s sel 1 iy E »«t L voy ~~i W I >£ WANA BHUM 229S Tua W5 S§«_ 26/5 B SEROJA 40*3 Mon In Pt Wad 25/5 VOY SN l_ BKK MBA BHUM 52S Fn_ _27/5_ _Tw_ _31/5_ I AKA BHUM 137N/S Tw H XETHA BHUM 49N Tw 24/5
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      314 47 TEL: *****33 (12 Lines) m FAX: *****15/*****03 m TELEX: RS ***** RISHIP (3 Lines) CR NO.: **********0E j® ETHIOPIAN SHIPPING LINES (National Lines of Ethiopia) ACCEPTING FCL AND CONVENTIONAL Ve«**l Voy ETA Loading For Spot* Abbay Worn 40WB 21/07 Daressaiaam. Mombasa. O|ibouti Assab Massawa Netsanet 3SWB 21/08 Daressaiaam Mombasa D|ibouti
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      597 47 fpjjp) Point-to-Polnt Regional Pte Ltd Ygr TEL: *****55 FAX: *****94 CR NO: **********0 C I Guaranteed Sellings to: BANGKOK/LAEM CHABANG/LAO EVERY WED SAT MANILA/CEBU EVERY TUES PORT KELANG/PENANG EVERY MON I FRI HO CHI MINH EVERY FRI HONG KONG EVERY FRI JAKARTA EVERY SAT BUSAN EVERY SUN SURABAYA EVERY SUN
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      1766 48 ptAfIMN CONTAINER LINES, INC hK=AVl A fl ent,: MAC-NELB BPORE: *****22 (24 LINES) V 'C/A No: ********** M BIBU (084) *****9 KUCHING (082) *****3 PENANG: (04) *****8 BANGKOK (662) *****57 MANILA (632) *****61 P.KELANG: (03) *****77 JAKARTA: (21) *****07 SURABAYA: (31) *****0 I HKG/TWN/BKK GENOA/EUROPE PEN PKL SIN 5 SAILINGS/WEEK
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      183 48 SEAWARD SHIPPING AND TRADING CO (S) PTE LTD EIA HA EM sran POM HUANG PtNANG BtUI lAOt 12 6 loading tot Mjlr KtWAI HUOMJ 20 6 loading M Cutombo DOtPHN 8 6 loading Fo< Mjtc PtOftlß SUP*I Ml 10 6 leading For Mjtc UMMEDH 1 6 Loading Foe M.ile PDOGMSS
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      1127 48 A THONG SOON UNES PTE LTD i] I 78 SHENTON WAY #10-01. SINGAPORE 0207 -J I V/ \y TC L: 227-5088 FAX: 227-6011 I I TLX: R S ***** CARRIER, RS ***** JENHOL CABLE: TOSOCO I SINGAPORE TO SARAWAK VESSEL VOV SPORE PEST VESSEL VOT S'POtE PEST EQUATOR 111 122/4E
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      614 49 IygV'EVERETT ORIENT LINE" JAPAN/BAY OF BENGAL/lAPAN SERVICE IXPTim BKM6U.K SOC CMfiOtS TO/FROM Ko6f YOKOHAMA. NAGOTA, I. TOKYO*. MAMA* OAVAO*. Petianf* P. Kelanj Srjapore EMsia" KARABIEVERETT WI7E 2S/2S fey WYEVERETT V9E 16/17 Jun IS/19 Jun KAMALEVERETT V2IE 30 lun/01 Jul 02/03 iu4 ACCEPTING BREAKBULK, FCI/SOC CARGOES TO/FROM CHITTAGONG. CALCUTTA ANO MONGLA*
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      236 49 18* GLORY NAVIGATION GROUP REGULAR LINER SERVICE TAIWAN TO SINGAPORE ASEAN DIRECT WEEKLY TO PORT KELANG/PENANG •AT ATTRACTIVE RATES 0 CR NO: **********0W SP PKL PNG KAO GLORY SELATAN X 24/5 1/6 7/6 16/6 GLORY SELATAN V 9/6 12/6 15/6 SP PKL HCM HK KAO GLORY SELATAN VI 27/5 1/6
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      571 49 jdk PAKISTAN NATIONAL SHIPPING CORPORATION KARACHI BREAKBULK CONTAINER SERVICE VtSStl VOY SIN KARACHI HYOERABAO l« HW 21/ OS 07 06 SARGOOMA 143 HW OS 06 20/06 ISLAMABAD 122HW 23/06 02/07 MAKRAN 149 HW 03/07 13/07 FAR EAST CONTAINER SERVICE ONLY VESSEL SIN HKG BSN*" OSA NAG TON MAKRAN 141 OW
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      648 49 [WWBIIBIIiM FORTNIGHTLY DIRECT CONTAINER SERVICE SIN TO DURBAN/P. ELIZABETH CAPETOWN/LAGOS VESSEL SIN DURBAN P ELIZABETH CPT LOS SHUN HE/103 26/ OS 09 06 10/06 12 06 27/06 TAO HE/84 11/ OS 24/06 25 06 27/06 12/07 JIAN HE/84 26/06 09/07 10/07 12/07 27/07 HUI ME 106 U/07 25/07 26/07 28/07
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      350 49 SJN FAR EAST 31/05 KEELUNG/KAOHSIUNG 29/05 BANGKOK 29/05 MANILA/CEBU 29/05 JAKARTA/BELAWAN/SURABAYA 29/05 PORT KELANG/PENANG/E. MALAYSIA 29/05 BUSAN 29/05 TOKYO/YOKO/KOBE/NGO/OSA 29/05 HONG KONG S!N CHINA 29/05 GUANGZHOU/HUANGPU/SHENZHEN FUZHOU/XIAMEN SHANTOU/SHEKOU DALIAN/SHANGHAI/XINGANG TIAN JIN/QINGDAO HAIKOU also accepting LCL cargo S|N EUROPE/UK 31/05 LDN/FLX/LVP/SOU 31/05 RDM/HAM/ANT/lEH/GOA/OSL/GOT/BCN also accepting cargo to Austria/ Hungary/Romania/Poland/Bulgaria/Czech SIN USA/CANADA
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      774 50 PHIUOMtNT LI MS Pit LIP VlOB Robinson Road #07-00 GMG Building Singapore 0106 1 Tel: *****22/*****69/*****00 Telex: RS ***** Fax: *****76/*****38 P Kelang: 03-*****98 Penang: 04-*****6 (CR CODE: **********0^^ (573 A MEMBER OF THE SINGAPORE FREIGHT FORWARDERS ASSOCIATION AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND FCL/LCL SERVICE 28 MAY SYDNEY. MELBOURNE. BRISBANE. FREMANTLE 29 MAY
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      1029 50 y Conferm CONTERM FREIGHT (F.E.) PTE LTD. AUCKLAND 29 MAY (Accepting to all Haw Zealand porta) PENANG 26 MAY JAKARTA 29 MAY PORT KLANG 27 MAY BANGKOK 29 MAY MANILA 29 MAY MELBOURNE 28 MAY SYDNEY 28 MAY BRISBANE 27 MAY ADELAIDE 26 MAY FREMANTLE 08 JUNE GOTHENBURG 28 MAY
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      1683 51 IsEAMA^RGENTIN^IN^^^n CONTAINERISED "HUB" SERVICE I I DIRECT TO ARGENTINA/BRAZIL URUGUAY V I WESTBOUND BASE PORTS VIA BUENOS AIRES VIA SANTOS VESSELS VOY S PORE B.AIRIS SANTOS USHUAIA M'VIDIO ASUNCION R.DC JANEIRO PARANAQUA FRANCISCA SCHUITE WX 07/06 07/07 11/07 03/07 09/07 10/07 14/07 15/07 SEAMAR TBN W1 08/07 07/08 03/08 09/08
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      386 51 rifts. CEYLON SHIPPING CORPN National Line of Sri Lanka CONTAINLRISLD SERVICE TO LK AND NORTH CONTINENTAL POUTS I wt I sw I oo I ta I HW I m» I KOM I wit p htpm HO3W nn 30/ os 17 06 not 20 ti net not NO«»SU> SUSWi MM 27/05
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      513 51 |2 CONDOR LINE SEMI-CONTAINERISED SERVICE EASTBOUND SCHEDULE N0.37 VOY AIRES MONTEVIDEO OURBAN JAKARTA SINGAPORE KONG KONG KAGOSMMMA NAGOYA PETROOVORtTS EBII SAILED SAILED 11/05 24 30 05 05/0* 09 13/05 15 16 06 PRIOZERSK EBI2 30/04-10/05 SAILED 23/05 06 09/06 18/06 23 25/06 DEKABRIST IB 13 30/05 08/06 02/06 21/06 03
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      472 52 NORTH PHILIPPINES FULL CONTAINER SERVICE VESSEL VOYAGE SINGAPORE MANILA PERVOMAYSK 9402N 27/05 (FRI) 01/06 (WED) OPTIMA 9403N 31/05 (TUE) 04/06 (SAT) TWO SAILINGS WEEKLY VIGOUR PACIFIC 942 IN 03/06 < FRI) I 08 06 (WED) FRBAV AND TUf SOAY PERVOMAYSK 9403N 07/06 (TUE) 11/06 (SAT) SOUTH PHILIPPINES FULL CONTAINER SERVICE
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      939 53 I HYUNDAI I MERCHANT MARINE CO^TPWESTBOUND TO EUROPE BKG: *****61 PNA* PKE* PCD* VESSaS VOY~ SIN RTM AWT* LEH* HAM Bttj FEL 25/05 27/05 28/05 M. EXPIORER 311W 30/05 17/06 19/06 20/06 19/06 19/06 21/06 01/06 03/06 04/06 NOR FRBOJRG 311W 06/06 24/06 25/06 26/06 25/06 25/06 28/06 08/06 10/06
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      473 53 STRAITS/ JAPAN/ STRAITS SERVICE SPECIALIST IN RO-RO HEAVY LIFTS INBOUND VESSELS HSSU WTW H IK U MMGt S«t 111 Z4/S M 5 HI 1/1 CUVW TRUII 111 11/S MIKI MOO* VM 7/1 1/1 11/ l NU 13 I SOU II 127 2 1 ■111 HUM 12$ 2/1 l/l RLISNM 121
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      1013 53 JEDDAH/UK/CONTINE NT I STORE CO S TON HDUIG I DIM IFH Aka kettatm Can fm lIXWRGSHMEN EXPRESS 13/319 21/5 30/5 l/l U/l 13/1 15/1 to 4UK dntvutmv Mint mi DuMn FRANRFWI EXPRESS 73/120 25/5 U/l 14/1 11/ l Rotterdam to Irtwerp Amsterdam o*. Hdudu IEVERRUSEN EXPRESS 11/320 20/5 l/l 15/1
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