The Business Times, 10 February 1995

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    13 1 SINGAPORE Business Times WL KNOW ASIA MITA(P) 194/12/94 Friday February 10 1995 85*
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      Lock icon Dow up 7 points
      67 1 Reuter NEW YORK Blue-chip stocks posted small gains at mid-session yesterday on cautious buying ahead of today's release of the Producer Price Index for January. The Dow Jones industrial average was up 7.40 points to 3,942.77 at 1 pm EST. In the broader market, advances led
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      Lock icon Clinton-Kohl talks
      35 1 Reuter WASHINGTON President Bill Clinton and German Chancellor Helmut Kohl yesterday discussed Western support for Russian reform and how to move towards Nato's expansion. They were also expected to discuss nuclear nonproliferation. Reuter
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    MARKET SUMMARY
    163 1 Stock market indices Thursday Change STII 2,085.01 -6.61 KLSEComp 971.03 +6.28 Nikkei 18,099.55 -190.70 Hang Seng 8,054.88 +120.05 SET Index 1,307.18 -7.06 Jakarta Comp 450.83 -1.12 CLSA China B 830.63 +26.17 Aust All Ord 1,833.6 +10.3 FTSE 100 3,099.0 +26.5 Thursday Previous 1pm EST close Dow Jones 3,942.77
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    Hopes rise for 9 S'pore firms to get stake in Fort Bonifacio
    534 1  -  From Al Labita in MANILA NINE Singapore companies may get to become partowners of the 117-hectare Fort Bonifacio should the Metro Pacific Corp (MPC) consortium fail to come up with the downpayment for its winning bid by Monday.
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    Indon power authority delays one trillion rupiah bond issue
    370 1  -  From Maggie Ford LAST WEEK'S rise in US interest rates has forced Indonesia's state electricity authority, Perusahaan Umum Listrik Negara (PLN), to postpone plans to raise one trillion rupiah (***** million) on the domestic bond market. The first tranche of the
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    Republican congressman aims for S'pore-US free trade pact
    411 1  -  From Leon Hadar in WASHINGTON ONE of the Republican party's leading spokesmen in Congress on trade and Asian issues says he is committed to winning support from the Administration and Capitol Hill for a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with Singapore. Representative Phil
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    Lock icon Call for European tax on telecom services
    135 1 Reuter BRUSSELS French European Commissioner Edith Cresson has proposed a special tax on telecommunication services to help Europe fend off competition from US and Asian giants. Ms Cresson, a former French prime minister, said yesterday that US and Asian telecommunications companies could hog
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    US firms get a jump on rivals in Asian infrastructure race
    577 1  -  By S N Vasuki SINGAPORE American firms are racing ahead of their European and Japanese counterparts and are emerging as dominant players in the US$l trillion (S$ 1.45 trillion) business to build Asian infrastructure. Bankers and analysts said though
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    Lock icon KL steals limelight as regional bourses firm up
    248 1  -  By R Sivanithy SINGAPORE Stock prices around the region closed generally firmer yesterday, with a startling increase in speculative activity in Malaysia grabbing the spotlight. In Singapore, the main board and Clob recorded the highest volume so far this year at 366.48
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      24 1 Hack Lock Siew: Pg 17 r Are the bears holding shot GST revenue for first 9 months is 16% ahead of whole-year estimate -Pg2
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
    • EYE on the ECONOMY
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        Lock icon Industrial electricity use slows down
        280 2  -  By Teh Hooi Ling ELECTRICITY consumption of the manufacturing sector finally turned south in November last year after six months of scaling new heights. The three-month moving average, which evens out monthly fluctuations to show the electricity consumption trend, was 732.4 million kwh in November,
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      Hotelier heads Sentosa development body
      200 2 THE former general manager of the Rasa Sentosa Resort, Benson Puah, has been named the new head of the Sentosa Development Corporation (SDC), a government statutory body. He plans to take up the post of general manager which has been vacant by the end of
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      Duty on Turkish steel bar imports
      162 2 SINGAPORE is slapping interim anti-dumping duty on the import of reinforcement steel bars from several Turkish steel mills. The move comes into force today, with anti-dumping duty ranging from $13 to $96 a tonne, said a statement from the government yesterday. The steel mills
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      Furniture council polishes up retailers
      123 2 THE Singapore Furniture Industries Council (SFIC) yesterday launched the second phase of its Good Furniture Retailers' Scheme (GFRS). The scheme is part of the council's plan to upgrade the standard and service of furniture retailers and also to pro- tect the rights and interests of
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      Lock icon GST revenue for first 9 months un 16% on whole-vear estimates
      348 2  -  By Ven Sreenivasan REVENUE from the Goods and Services Tax to the end of December is already 16 per cent higher than estimates for the tax's entire year to endMarch 95. The 3 per cent tax had raked in
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      JLW appoints joint managing directors
      221 2 PROPERTY consultant Jones Lang Wootton has appointed two men to replace long-time managing director Edmund Tie, who resigned unexpectedly two weeks ago. They are Colin Moore, now acting managing director, and Chan Kok Hong, head of the property management department. A JLW statement said their
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      Dr Hu: curbs aimed at excessive consumption; inflation not a worry
      289 2 THE recent curbs on unsecured personal loans were imposed to rein in excessive cred-it-based consumption and not to check inflation. Finance Minister Richard Hu said yesterday. Dr Hu said the government was not worried about any inflationary pressure. "There
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      French light rail transit system impresses S'pore team
      345 2  -  From Ramesh Divyanathan in DORTMUND, France A FRENCH-MADE LRT (light rail transit) system impressed a Singapore delegation on Wednesday with its smooth integration with other modes of transport. This attribute of Matra Transport's LRT system, called VAL, was noted by the leader
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      99 2 Asia's corporate giants ■I- mm nol's global ambitions ft H When it comes to shipping, big is beautiful, says Lim How Teck, chief ||9Hir k HI §H operating officer of Neptune Orient iSBBF I I S3 Lines (NOL). And Singapore's y£»* national shipping line indeed has big jpn, I plans.
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      Lock icon Mier forecasts 8.5% growth for Malaysia
      453 3 MBT KUALA LUMPUR The Malaysian Institute of Economic Research (Mier) has forecast an 8.5 per cent growth in the GDP this year, and dismissed prophets of doom who believe 1995 will be the year when the Malaysian economy will finally slow down. Mier executive
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      Lock icon Manila power firm to float US$ 500m notes
      241 3 AFP MANILA The Philippines' largest firm, the state-run National Power Corp (NPC), will float US$5OO million (***** million) in medium-term notes (MTNs) in the international market and will locally syndicate US$lOO million in loans in May. An NPC spokeswoman yesterday said the
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      Lock icon Ex-Cambodian minister seeks to annul airline contract
      217 3 Reuter PHNOM PENH Cambodia's former finance minister Sam Rainsy asked a court yesterday to order the scrapping of a controversial airline contract with Malaysia. Mr Rainsy presented written appeals to the Phnom Penh Municipal Court to have the Royal Air Cambodge contract annulled
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        Lock icon Pertamina in talks to sell Natuna gas
        120 3 Reuter JAKARTA Pertamina is in final negotiations with 24 Japanese companies to sell liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the US$35 billion (Ssso billion) Natuna project. The Jakarta Post yesterday said the state oil company's president, Faisal Abda'oe, told parliament that the prospective buyers,
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        Lock icon KL electoral roll gazetted
        50 3 Bermama KUALA LUMPUR The 1994 Electoral Roll with a total of 9,011,868 voters was confirmed and gazetted yesterday under Regulation 16 of the Election Commission (Voter Registration) Regulations 1971. The roll is being printed and is expected to be on sale from Feb 22 onwards. Bemama
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        Lock icon Sales of KL industries up
        99 3 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR The total value of sales of 58 industries surveyed by the Department of Statistics monthly jumped 23.8 per cent to M 5116.6 billion (5566.4 billion) for the period Janu-ary-November 1994 against the same period in 1993. Twenty-six of the industries reported a
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        Lock icon Unocal strikes oil off Kalimantan
        83 3 AFP JAKARTA The Indonesian subsidiary of US-based Unocal International Oil and Gas Division has found oil offshore from East Kalimantan. The official Antara news agency yesterday quoted an executive of the state oil and gas company Pertamina, Zuhdi Pane, as saying that Unocal Indonesia Ltd
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      Lock icon China denies building military base on disputed Spratly isle
      210 3 UPI AFP BEIJING China has said it is not constructing a military base in the disputed Spratly Islands and has no warships in the area. A foreign ministry spokesman, Chen Jian, said yesterday: "Some Chinese local fishing authorities have built shelter
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      Lock icon Russia hands over Ist submarine for China's fleet: report
      308 3 AP LONDON Russia has already turned over the first of four new patrol submarines which will dramatically improve China's fleet, raising fears of new Chinese aggression in Asia and the Pacific. Robert Karniol, Asia-Pacif-ic editor of Jane's Defence Weekly, yesterday said
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  • CHINA/ HONGKONG/ TAIWAN
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      Lock icon Best years may be over for HK as economic growth peaks
      396 4 SC VIP The colony's Bfonomic growth has peaked is in danger of stalling. ';Kcording to the latest economJs Hit by a "negative wealth jSHfect" after years of gathering ?£mvth, the best years might be ler for Hongkong, economists id
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    • CHINA WATCH
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        Lock icon Shanghai passes law on trade unions
        78 4 AFP ANGHAI Shanghai has passed a regulation requiring all .^foreign-funded companies to set up unions for their workers six months after opening for business, a newspaper reported yesterday. The regulation was passed at a meeting by the 16th t*flanding committee of the municipal people's
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        Lock icon China's NPC to convene on March 5
        87 4 AFP £3&EIJING The National People's Congress (NPC) of China is >«t> convene here on March 5, the Xinhua news agency said Sprsterday. The third session of the eighth NPC will involve 3.000 legates from across the country for about two weeks, an assembly
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        Lock icon Taiwan okays 27 projects in China
        98 4 Reuter XTAIPEI Taiwan has approved 27 indirect investment projects r*sjrorth U5536.14 million (5552.73 million) in China, the EconomMinistry's Investment Commission said in a statement yester>2iay. Two listed firms. China Wire Cable and Evergreen accounted for USSB.S4 million of the total. The commission approved US$6.3
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      Lock icon A Rolls to pedal
      52 4 Reuter HONGKONG Legislative Council members and mediamen previewing a pedal kart modelled on a Rolls Royce on Wednesday, which will be used by the Council members in a 24-hour pedal kart race to be held here. The race is held annually to raise funds for local
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      Lock icon Struggle to succeed Deng on: report
      301 4 Reuter TAIPfcl Taiwan's ruling Nationalist Party yesterday said a struggle to succeed IX*ng Xiaoping as China's most powerful man might have already begun. "Once Den| Xiaoping dies, a high-tier power struggle among the Chinese communists is inevitable." said a Nationalist Party report. China and
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      Lock icon China cancels US corn purchase
      368 4 The Sino-US trade dispute Bloomberg Business News WASHINGTON The United States has said that China cancelled the purchase of 630,000 tonnes of US corn, just four days after the US threatened trade sanctions to punish China for the piracy of American movies and computer software.
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      Lock icon HK risks losing 4,700 jobs, US$ 580m re-exports
      386 4 AFP Reuter HONGKONG Hongkong could lose up to 4.700 jobs and USSSBO million in re-export trade if US punitive tariffs on Chinese imports go into effect, the territory's trade department said yesterday. The figure was below earlier estimates, but still high enough
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      1714 4 /_?<&%_>?"!-,$'}&);,:._[)={'=[~ r IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF OCTAGON MARITIME PTE LTD (In Members' Voluntary Liquidation) NOTICE OF FINALMEETINQ NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to Section 308 of the Companies Act, Cap 50. that a Final Meeting of the Members of the
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      392 4 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF SOUTH SEA SHIPPING CO. (PTE.) LTD. (In Members' Voluntary Liquidation) NOTICE OF RESOLUTIONS At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the members ot the abovenamed Company duly convened and held at 11 -8-2 Chome, Horigami Midonmachi. Sakai-City,
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      485 4 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. SO AND IN THE MATTER Of ANG TECK SAY REALTY COMPANY PTE LTD (In Members' Voluntary Liquidation) At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company held at 30 Robinson Road »10-02, Robinson Towers, Singapore 0104 on 8 February 1995 at 11a m.,
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  • REST OF ASIA
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      Lock icon Sri Lanka tones down privatisation, opts for state-controlled joint ventures
      506 6 The Sri Lankan Budget Reuter AFP COLOMBO Sri Lanka has toned down an ambitious privatisation programme in favour of state-controlled joint ventures following protests from within the new socialist government, analysts said yesterday. Deputy Finance Minister G L Peiris told
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      Lock icon Ford makes comeback in Japan
      73 6 Reuter I RAYASL, Japan US Ambassador to Japan W alter Mondale sitting behind the wheel of a right-hand-drive Ford Mondeo during his visit to a Ford dealership in L rayasu, east of Tokyo, yesterday. Mr Mondale was visiting the dealership as Ford regained a long-lost
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      Lock icon Former chief of Seoul ruling party forms breakaway group
      308 6 AFP SEOUL South Korea's former ruling party head. Kim Jong Pil. yesterday announced the creation of a breakaway conservative party to challenge President Kim Young Sam's ruling camp in crucial local elections in June. "I am launching a new party in
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      Lock icon Aussie jobs, wages data give mixed signals
      262 6 Bloomberg Business News SYDNEY Is the Australian economy slowing enough to stay the hand of the central bank and prevent a rise in interest rates soon? Investors looking to yesterday's jobs and wages figures for clues as to the near-term interest rate outlook
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    • ASIA NOTES
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        Lock icon New condo sale offers up in Tokyo
        89 6 Bloomberg Business News TOKYO The number of new condominiums offered for sale in the Tokyo metropolitan area rose 1.8 per cent to 3,156 units in January, an independent research institute said. That increase from January 1994 marks the 25th consecutive month of year-on-year
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        Lock icon Bank of Tokyo to lower commissions
        90 6 Bloomberg Business News TOKYO Bank of Tokyo, breaking ranks with other Japanese commercial banks, plans to lower US dollar-yen conversion commissions for individual clients this spring, a public relations official said. The move reflects the increasing volume in currency conversions undertaken by individual customers,
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        Lock icon China denies detaining Australians
        82 6 Reuter BEIJING China yesterday denied it had detained two ethnic Chinese Australians as well as James Peng, a businessman in detention charged with embezzlement. A foreign ministry spokesman also denied a news report which said the number of Chinese spies in Australia was increasing. "This report
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      475 6 TIMES LIFESTYLE JSL EXCLUSIVE Experience 120 years of I J v y/ tradition at aw*™. Audemars Picfuet Museum a bailee e J oux n f he Swiss Jura, some 50 km north of Top Prize: A fascinating SD/4N trip to Switzerland for two by Geneva, is the cradle of the
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  • THE WORLD
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      Lock icon US official touts idea of free trade deal with EU
      344 7 FT WASHINGTON Jeffrey Garten, US commerce undersecretary for international trade, on Wednesday raised the possibility of a free trade agreement between the US and the European Union. Leon Brittan, EU trade commissioner, and Ron Brown, the US commerce secretary, will
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      Lock icon Changes in the offing for European satellite body
      462 7 Reuter PARIS Eutelsat. the European government-controlled satellite organisation, may be about to undergo its biggest change since it was founded in 1977. At the end of a five-year, three-stage transformation process it could become a public limited company. "You cannot really talk
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      Lock icon Dreadful comment draws ire
      148 7 Reuter AFP LONDON A British government minister landed in political hot water on Wednesday after praising private cars as a way of avoiding "dreadful human beings". The opposition Labour Party said the remarks by junior transport minister Stephen Norris spoke volumes about the Conservative government's claims
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      Lock icon All wrapped up
      50 7 Reuter KUENZELSAU, Germany Employees and visitors at a hinge and screw maker walking up a wrapped stairway in the museum of the administration block here yesterday. The unusual installation of the American wrapping artist C'hristo and Jeanne-Claude is called 'Wrapped floors and stairways and covered windows.' Reuter
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    • WORLD WATCH
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        Lock icon William Fulbright dies
        93 7 AP WASHINGTON William Fulbright, who rankled presidents and colleagues at singular moments during a 30-year Senate career, died yesterday after suffering a stroke, his wife said. He was 89. Fulbright's stirring criticism of the "arrogance of power" during the Vietnam War made him a hero to activists
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        Lock icon Vladivostok airport partly closed
        71 7 AFP MOSCOW Vladivostok airport, the biggest in Russia's far east, was closed to all but a few flights for at least a week yesterday because of a shortage of airplane fuel. Itar-Tass news agency said only flights between Vladivostok and Niigata in Japan remain in operation.
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        Lock icon Brazil may attract US$ 5b investment
        79 7 Reuter SAO PAULO A Merrill Lynch director yesterday said Brazil could receive up to US$5 billion (557.2 billion) in foreign investment in the second half of 1995 if the government succeeded in getting its charter reform proposals approved by Congress. "I think that US$5
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      • Article
        Lock icon There'll be no president Quayle
        77 7 AP WASHINGTON Former US vice-president Dan Quayle has 1 decided not to enter the 1996 presidential race because of his difficulties raising enough money for a viable campaign. A senior adviser yesterday said Mr Quayle made the decision late Wednesday night. Just last month, Mr
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      Lock icon Major faces row over civil service pay rise
      383 7 Reuter LONDON Prime Minister John Major, already under fire for dithering over Britain's policy towards Europe, faced an explosive row over pay rises for teachers, nurses and doctors yesterday. Cabinet ministers are due to set next year's pay rises for public sector
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      Lock icon Mexican crisis may lead to higher rates throughout N America
      392 8 Reuter VVASHINGTON Mexico's economic crisis could lead to higher interest rates throughout North America as investors demand better returns to finance the region's big trade deficit, regional business groups said on Wednesday. The three business groups the Conference Boards of
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      Lock icon Rembrandt who?
      42 8 AFP THE HAGUE A man standing amid the rubble here on Wednesday unaware of a piece of art on the wall after demolishing an old house. The reproduction of Rembrandt tan Rijn's The Nightwatch had been used as wallpaper. AFP
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      Lock icon Sales of homes in California up 10.5% but housing prices still falling
      261 8 Los Angeles Times LOS ANGELES In the latest sign of the state's economic comeback, sales of existing homes in California jumped a surprising 10.5 per cent last year to their highest level since 1989, though housing prices continued
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      Lock icon Clinton to hire more lawyers to handle Whitewater probe
      282 8 Reuter WASHINGTON US President Bill Clinton, concerned with burdens stemming from the Whitewater probe, is increasing the size of the White House legal office to deal with the alTair. Press Secretary Mike McCurry said on Wednesday. Mr Clinton, who has been
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      Lock icon UK annual reports may have to explain executive pay awards
      260 8 FT LONDON The Greenbury committee on executive pay is likely to recommend that company annual reports should contain separate statements explaining the reasons for executive pay awards. However, committee members are braced for a furious battle over whether the chairmen
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  • SPORTS
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      Lock icon Singapore soccer star Abbas Saad questioned in corruption probe
      245 9 AFP SINGAPORE Australian footballer Abbas Saad was held by Singapore's Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CP1B) as part of a growing soccer corruption inquiry, the New Paper said yesterday. The 28-year-old, Singapore's top striker last season, was questioned for 48 hours after
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      Lock icon Seve buries his past, looks forward to a good year
      310 9 Golf AFP CANARIA, Canary Islands Seve Ballesteros headed towards yesterday's Canary Islands Open having just buried part of his past in a desert. Ballesteros said on Wednesday: "I spent a week with my coach Mac O'Grady in Palm Springs, working
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      Lock icon Games grown men play
      64 9 Reuter BERLIN Formula One world champion Michael Schumacher (right) and former world champion Nicki Lauda playing with a mini race track during the Golden Camera ceremony on Wednesday. Schumacher received an award for winning the Formula One world championship last year. The Golden Camera awards are
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    • Article
      Lock icon Clinton pushes for a bill to set the ball rolling
      659 9  -  Budget, Bosnia and baseball. President Clinton has his priorities right in taking up the issue, says Dave Anderson Dave Anderson NYT NEW YORK When baseball was the national pastime instead of the national joke, the president always threw out the
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    • SCORE CARD
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        Lock icon Basketball
        326 9 AFP AFP NEW YORK Houston guard Vernon Maxwell, who ran into the stands during a game to punch a heckler, was fined US>2O.OOO (5529.200) and suspended for at least 10 games by the NBA on Wednesday. Maxwell's suspended status will be reviewed by NBA officials after he misses 10
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        Lock icon Cricket
        170 9 AP WELLINGTON New Zealand's top-order batsmen say they are not in fear of the West Indian fast bowlers and will enter today's second cricket test with confidence. Captain Ken Rutherford said his batsmen's success in the drawn first test helped them overcome the pre-match concerns about facing up to
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        Golf
        132 9 SINGAPORE Rover Championship Ist rd yesterday (Singaporean unless stated): 71 John Pang. Mohd Ali kadir (Mai). Lim Swcc Wah 72 Zaki Sulaiman (Mai) 73 Lim Kian Kee. Poh Eing Chong. Chua Guan Soon, David Soh (am) 74 Bill Fung, Kasim Ahmad 75 N Valiappan (Mai), Mohd Said (am) 76
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        Lock icon Olympics
        146 9 Reuter ATLANTA The International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Wednesday awarded a US$75 million television contract to Seven Network Ltd of Australia for the Australian rights to the Olympic Games in Atlanta and Sydney. The deal allocates USS3O million for the Atlanta Games in 1996 and another US$45 million for
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        Lock icon Tennis
        323 9 NYT ANTW ERP The world's 10 top ranked players are due to take part in the European Community tennis championship in the Belgian port city of Antwerp, organisers said on Wednesday. "It could be the draw of the year." tournament director Georees Baudeweyns told a news conference for the
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      Lock icon The riddle behind Quiz Show
      841 11 Robert RedforcTs movie topped nearly every film critic's must-see list. But where were the box-office crowds? NYT A FILM IN release acquires a life of its own. Robert Redford's Quiz Show began as an event in September and ended the year as an enigma one
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      Lock icon Tina turns to Zurich for home base
      361 11 CHATTERBOX AP AP AP AFTER a long search for accommodations suitable for a rock queen, Tina Turner has moved into a luxury rented home in a posh Zurich suburb. The 56-year-old singer's motive: She wants to be with her 39-year-old companion. Erwin Bach,
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      321 11 WHERE TO WINE, DINE AND ENTERTAIN 6aind|tll Bt»ak |lmar ft* For Your Romantic Valentine Candlelight Dinner Come to CairnhiU Steak House for a special 6 course set dinner jpriced at $45+, $55+ $65+ CA A compkmemaiy rose will be a given to ladies and also a A J ffrjtffl/'Lx, ooroptisnenttry
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      1160 11 I TV RADIO Bounty Tracker, Bpm, Ch as a bounty hunter who docs a job for personal satisfaction. Seems 4. a Mt against crime boss, has been Out for Justice, Upm, Steven Seagal is mavcrick podetective Gino. His boy- grown-up adversary Richie "^IP* friend, so it's for to up everyone
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      Lock icon Strictly for the wealthy
      810 12  -  The creator of the prestigious Genta watch tells Jenny Lam why he is so successful Jenny Lam Movie star Sylvester Stallone, former US president Ronald Reagan and Monaco's royal family all have something in common. They are members of an elite group which owns Gerald Genta
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      Lock icon Saatchi said to be launching new agency soon
      539 12 Bloomberg Business News Maurice saatchi will launch his new advertising agency this summer and is looking to join forces with another company to give him international reach, someone close to the new company said on Wednesday. The new partnership planned by Mr
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      270 12 Sqß j /H s 3 .->:to-.-vr- •<*>-.. X 9 J B3 I At What Price Paradise? I I $448, Actually. 1 iS Tlieyrc Asia s ultimate luxury cruise skips. dining up to seven times a Jay on the test ol East and §P Cliandeliers and polished marble abound. Gourmet West
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      991 13 A few great lines from Saatchi Saatchi. WE HAVE ALWAYS PRIDED campaign. We took an existing product Corona, from zero to hero in just two to the Saatchi creative department, ourselves on our creativity (albeit a good one) with existing J and a half years. Our account handlers are at
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      Potholes on the 'Dollar Diplomacy' road
      1556 14  -  With exports accounting for more and more of America's economic growth, the Clinton administration considers it imperative to lend US exporters a hand in markets abroad. The move is unpopular, however, among both Republicans and Democrats. Leon Hadar explains why Leon Hadar The writer
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      Lock icon Balladur looks like a shoo-in
      1020 14  -  Salil Sarkar finds the economic recovery coming right on time, despite lingering unemployment, to help the French prime minister bag the presidency in May Salil Sarkar The writer is a Paris based journalist who contributes to Hi MANY political pundits predict a landslide for him.
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    452 15 Knight-Ridder Reuter AF WASHINGTON China may be showing some "flexibility" in its desire to resolve a trade dispute with the US over protection of intellectual property, US Trade Representative Mickey Kantor told reporters yesterday. Early next week, US trade negotiators will meet
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    Lock icon Keidanren opposes rapid moves to liberalise trade in Asia-Pacific
    361 15 AFP TOKYO Japan's largest business group opposes rapid liberalisation of trade and investment in the Asia-Pacific region and is also cautious towards Malaysia's idea for an East Asian Economic Caucus (EAEC). In a report to be adopted today, the Japan Federation
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    Lock icon Rao pumps new blood into cabinet
    418 15 AP Reuter NEW DELHI Trying to consolidate his badly shaken party, Prime Minister PV Narasimha Rao yesterday brought six new members into his Cabinet and promoted two others. The long-awaited move coincided with the beginning of legislative elections in six of India's 25 states,
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    Lock icon Murayama outlines plans to help Kobe
    321 15 AFP TOKYO Embattled Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama, stung by growing attacks on his government's handling of the Kobe earthquake crisis, was forced yesterday to outline his plans to aid the devastated city. Mr Murayama promised more effective leadership in helping victims and said he
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    Lock icon China's specialised banks face huge loan writedowns
    406 15 SCMP HONGKONG China's four specialised banks face huge policy loan writedowns and lack the skills to make sound commercial lending decisions. Moody's Investors Service, in a hard-hitting report released yesterday on the effect of recent reforms on the credit quality of the specialist
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    Lock icon US firms in US$ 2.2b venture with Kuwait
    183 15 AP KUWAIT United States Commerce Secretary Ron Brown has announced a US$2.2 billion (553.2 billion)* joint venture between US corporations and Kuwait for a large petrochemical complex. He expects more contracts worth a potential USS9 billion. Mr Brown flew here from Jordan
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    Dynamic changes ahead in Thai political landscape
    781 15  -  The Bottom Line LOH HUI YIN LOH HUI YIN The writer is BT's Bangkok correspondent THAKSIN Shinawatra may be quitting as Thailand's foreign minister but Thais can be sure it won't be the last they will be hearing about him in their country's
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
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      SSL tops out Hanoi building, gets nod for US$ 110m project
      396 16  -  By Abdul Hadhi SINGAPORE Straits Steamship Land (SSL), the property arm of the Keppel group, raised its regional profile further yesterday when it topped out an eight-storey office block in Hanoi and won a licence to build a residential
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      CASH asks for resumption of trading
      377 16  -  Deal on Sabah reforestation project still a long way off, it says By William Chia SINGAPORE Clob-traded Construction Supplies House has asked for a resumption of trading in its shares on Monday after a three-month suspension at its own request. CASH sought suspension in
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      Waterfront floats Philippine casino hotel unit
      263 16 SINGAPORE Malaysia's Waterfront group is listing its Philippine hotel and resort subsidiary through the issue of 112.5 million shares at par to raise 112.5 million pesos (556.65 million). Waterfront said yesterday the public offer would represent 25 per cent of Waterfront Philippines' enlarged capital
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      Are the bears holding sway?
      636 16  -  -5--V HOCK LOCK SIEW By Chew Farn Chyi SINGAPORE A deep blue rather than black Monday on Jan 23 emphasised the ripple effect that a single event can have on stock markets around the world. Tokyo's loss of nerve that day the Nikkei 225 fell
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      M'sian Resources signs MOU for hotel venture in S Africa
      488 16  -  From Ho Kay Tat in KUALA LUMPUR FAST-GROWING Malaysian Resources Corp Bhd (MRCB) has taken the first step towards taking part in a multimillion dollar property development in Cape Town. South Africa. MRCB executive vicechairman Abu Bakar Karim yesterday signed
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        MARKET MOOD
        47 16 Mixed Market Mood' indicates the likely trading sentiment today, based on brokers polled at 5-6pm yesterday. Overnight events may alter sentiment Brokers polled: Alliance, Baring, Daiwa, Fraser, GK Goh, Kay Hian, Morgan Grenfell, OngCo, Nomura, Phillip, Smith New Court, WI Carr and S G Warburg.
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        HOT STOCK
        113 16  -  By Paul Leo MAGNUM Corporation is a long-term buy at yesterday's close of $2.58. Monthly Relative Strength Index and stochastics at 25 indicate that the stock will be in oversold region on further price weakness. The 5-day moving average line has just crosscd the 15-day moving average line
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          US$ 3m loan for Suzhou project
          46 17 SINGAPORE Property developer Wing lai has lent Singa-pore-Suzhou Township Development US$3 million (554.35 million) to open up industrial land in the Suzhou Industrial Township in China. The money is part of an estimated 5338 million raised in a rights issue.
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          Berger forms Myanmar joint venture
          90 17 SINGAPORE Main board-listed Berger International has formed a joint-venture company in Myanmar to coordinate with distributors there and develop more business. The company. Berger Paints, will also serve as the vehicle of Berger International's next phase of expansion in the country to build a paint
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          Two new units for Orchard Parade
          43 17 SINGAPORE: Orchard Parade Holdings has set up two wholly owned subsidiaries OPH Riverside and OPH Zenith for property investment and development. Each subsidiary has an authorised share capital of S 100.000 and a paid-up capital of $2.
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          Transmarco's Bluebell coup
          70 17 SINGAPORE Marketing and distribution group Transniarco Ltd yesterday appointed two former executives of the luxury retailer and wholesaler Bluebell group in key positions. Ex-Blue-bell general manager Ronnie Yeo joins Transmareo as general manager, overseeing Transmareo product lines including Hush Puppies shoes and Oris watches. Yanti Tianadi is
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          Lock icon Hong Leong sells stake in Hume
          88 17 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Hong Leong Industries Bhd has sold its entire 2 per eent stake in Hume Industries (M) Bhd for M 550.6 million (5528.8 million). Hong Leong. which held the Hume stock through two wholly owned units, sold the 4.96 million shares at
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          Lock icon Tenaga in M$ 105m hydroelectric deal
          64 17 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Tenaga Nasional Bhd yesterday signed an agreement with a consortium of firms for the redevelopment of the Chenderoh Hydroelectric Power Station in Perak which is expected to cost MS 105.3 million (SS6O million). The consortium. headed by Elin Energieverorgung, also comprises
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          Lock icon New directors at Technology Resources
          39 17 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Technology Resources Manufacturing Sdn Bhd yesterday informed the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange of the the appointment of Rosli Man as its director and Bistamam Ramli as Tajudin Ramli's alternate director. Bernama
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        DIVIDENDS ANNOUNCED
        257 17 Payment E\ Books Pay date close date Asia Pacific F 20N Feb 6 Feb 10 Feb 22 Avimo 20* F I2.STE Mar I Mar 7 Apr 15 Bcrjaya Group I 6 Mar 7 Mar 21 Apr 21 Bcrjaya Ind I 3.5 Mar 7 Mar 21 Apr 19 Bcrjaya
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        Lock icon Telekom to offer wireless global phone system
        490 17  -  From Ruth Wong in KUALA LUMPUR TELEKOM Malaysia Bhd has tied up with Thai Satellite Telecommunications Co Ltd and Delcom Services Sdn Bhd to market the Iridium global telephone system in Malaysia. The Iridium system, set to be launched in 1998, is a
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        BMT proposes 17-for-l bonus issue
        293 17 SINGAPORE To qualify as a trustee for authorised unit trust schemes, British and Malayan Trustees (BMT) has proposed a 17-for-l bonus issue to increase its paid-up capital. The company revealed the move yesterday when announcing a one per cent rise in net earnings to $291,000
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        Lock icon MBM's listing on KLSE reflects bumi bourse's decline
        197 17 MBT KUALA LUMPUR The listing of MBM Resources Bhd on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange yesterday reflects the declining importance of the 25-year-old Bumiputera Stock Exchange (BSE). MBM Resources is an offshoot of the MBM group which was set up in 1969
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        Lock icon MBM Resources eyes bigger share of M'sian car market
        241 17 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR MBM Resources Bhd. whose subsidiary Daihatsu (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd distributes the Perodua Kancil. Malaysia's second national car, plans to increase its share of the Malaysian car market to 10.5 per cent from just below 5 per cent now.
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        Lock icon Petron's profit up 34.5% to 3.7b peso
        257 17 AFP MANILA Petron Corp. the Philippines' largest oil refiner and retailer, yesterday reported a net profit of 3.74 billion pesos (*****.7 million) in 1994. up 34.5 per cent from the previous year. The firm. 40 per cent owned by the Saudi Arabian Oil
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        Indofood shares slump on parent Salim's asset-shift
        349 17  -  From Leslie Lopez in JAKARTA SHARES of PT Indofood Sukses Makmur, one of Indonesia's prime food eompanies and a unit of the powerful Salim group, came under pressure yesterday on profittaking and investor unease over the company's widely speculated plans to take over
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        Lock icon Benpres partnership to spend US$ 650m on Philippine telecoms
        398 17 Bloomberg Business News MANILA Benpres Holdings, in partnership with Nynex Network Systems of the United States and Thailand's Teleeom Holding, plans to spend USS6SO million (***** million) over the next three years for telecommunications in the Philippines. The three companies yesterday
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        UNITED TRUSTS & FUNDS
        561 17 UNITED TRUSTS FUNDS Managers' pricc* Feb 10 US Gr Fund 0.99 103Singapore Unit Trust UOB Asset Mgt Ltd The Commerce 160 1.69 Unifund 1.35 140 The Savings Fund 1.51 1.60 (Jnibondt- 1.02 1.045 S'pore Prog Fund 0.57 0.61 United Gr Fund! 1.56 1.63 S pore Sec Fund 0 94 1.00
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        Lock icon British Telecom profit dips as price cuts bite
        372 18 Bloomberg Business News LONDON British Telecommunications pic yesterday said its third-quarter pre-tax profit fell 5.4 per cent as price cuts enforced by the UK regulator took their biggest toll yet on Britain's largest company. British Telecom said pretax profit in the three
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        Lock icon Ericsson profit soars 81% thanks to mobile phones
        263 18 Reuter STOCKHOLM Swedish telecommunications firm Ericsson yesterday reported an 81 per cent surge in 1994 profits, exceeding its own expectations as sales accelerated in the highly competitive world market for mobile phones. Telefon AB L M Ericsson revealed full year profits after
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          Lock icon IBM Japan cuts staff
          46 18 Reuter TOKYO International Business Machines' subsidiary, IBM Japan Ltd, has cut 1,130 employees from its payrolls in the four months to Jan 31. A spokeswoman yesterday said its workforce now totalled about 20,500. In April 1991, IBM Japan's workforce totalled 25,304. Reuter
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          Lock icon Goodyear's good year
          49 18 Reuter CLEVELAND Goodyear Tire Rubber Co yesterday reported fourth-quarter earnings of US$O.9O a share, in line with street expectations, and the outlook for 1995 is good, analysts said. But they added the stock's one-point decline may reflect concern about rising rubber prices and margin pressures. Reuter
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          Lock icon NEC market share below 50%
          56 18 Bloomberg Business News TOKYO NEC Corp's share of Japan's personal computer market fell below 50 per cent in volume terms for the first time in 1994 as cheap, foreign-made, computers enticed consumers, analysts at two research companies said yesterday. But NEC says its share remains
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          Lock icon CS First Boston may cut jobs
          72 18 Reuter NEW YORK CS First Boston Inc is considering layoffs for some of its traders and investment bankers and the elimination of some business lines. The Wall Street Journal yesterday reported that the investment banking unit of CS Holding could leave the municipal bond
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          Lock icon Quaker Oats sells Mellona honey
          57 18 Bloomberg Business News CHICAGO Quaker Oats Co yesterday said it has sold its Mellona honey business in the Netherlands to closely held Dr Oetker of Germany. The price was not disclosed. Mellona is the top marketer of honey in the Netherlands, with annual revenue of
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        Lock icon Compaq share price on the rise: analysts
        584 18 Bloomberg Business News HOUSTON Compaq Computer Corp's shares are poised to rise if the eompany ean sueeessfully eonvert its product line to Pentium-based PCs and keep its earnings on target with Wall Street estimates. That's the view of analysts who follow the world's
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        Lock icon US panel ends tax break needed for Viacom deal
        112 18 Reuter WASHINGTON The House Ways Means Committee has voted to repeal the controversial Federal Communications Commission minority tax certificate programme, possibly killing Viacom's planned US$2.3 billion (553.3 billion) sale of its cable TV systems to a minority-con-trolled firm. The FCC provision
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        Lock icon Japanese life insurers close investment arms abroad
        378 19 Reuter TOKYO Big Japanese life insurers, onee heavyweight investors abroad, are dissolving investment vehicles they set up in tax havens in the 1980s when buying foreign bonds and stocks. The liquidations are aimed at restructuring portfolios by reducing the proportion of risky securities
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          Lock icon Bangkok acts to curb swap rollover
          74 19 Reuter BANGKOK The Bank of Thailand (BOT) will restrict rollover of loans borrowed through a special swap window to 20 per cent effective today, a BOT official said. The BOT introduced on Jan 24 through to Feb 16 a special swap facility to ease
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          Lock icon Indon firm gets loan from Chase
          60 19 AFP HONGKONG Chase Manhattan Asia Ltd on Wednesday signed a USSIIO million multi-tranche facility for Indonesian packaging manufacturer PT Argha Karya Prima Industry'. Chase, the arranger of the loan facility, said the amount was increased from US$BO million to US$lOO million as a result
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          Lock icon S Korea to raise ceiling on CD issues
          73 19 Reuter SEOUL South Korea plans to raise the ceiling on banks' issuance of three-month certificates of deposit (CDs), effective from March 1, to help them increase deposit receipts, the central Bank of Korea (BOK) said. The nation's 24 commercial banks will be
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          Lock icon Manila bank posts 36% profit rise
          58 19 Reuter MANILA State-owned Land Bank of the Philippines posted a 36 per cent rise in 1994 net income to 1.22 billion pesos, bank president Jesli Lapus told a news conference. He attributed the rise to higher yields on loans and investments, which grew 33
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        Lock icon Australia's AMP compensates policyholders
        162 19 AFP SYDNEY Australia's biggest insurance group, AMP Society, yesterday agreed to make record payouts totalling more than Asso million (Sss4 million) to customers for mistakes in its policies. The watchdog Trade Practices Commission (TPC) said the AMP had made a legally enforceable commitment to review the
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        Lock icon HK funds log first annual net redemption in 4 years
        239 19 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG Investors drained a record U*****.48 million (S$ 168.6 million) from Hongkong unit trusts in the last three months of 1994. leaving trusts with the first annual net redemption in four years, the Hongkong Investment Funds Association
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        Japanese retail chain taps Asian dollar market for US$ 30m
        282 19  -  By Soh Tiang Keng SINGAPORE Kotobukiya, a Japanese retail chain, has raised USS3O million (SS44 million) from the Singaporebased Asian dollar market through a floating rate note (FRN). The deal for the five-year note, with a coupon rate of 0.25
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        380 19 Reuter HONGKONG The Hongkong Futures Exchange is set to launch currency futures in March or April, but it is doubtful if the new product will be actively traded, market sources said. An exchange consultation paper obtained by Reuters says mark contracts will be introduced
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        Oil futures steady as quake in Colombia offsets slack demand
        282 19 ENERGY REPORT LONDON Oil futures were little changed as concerns about supply disruptions, following an earthquake in Colombia. offset reduced demand as refiners cut output. Initial reports suggested oil production facilities weren't damaged by a quake measuring 6.4 on the
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        294 19 Reuter LONDON The dollar was holding a slightly weaker bias in early Europe following its recent break below key support areas against both the mark and yen. But action was mainly centred on the yen crosses. With little on the agenda likely to stimulate a decisive move
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        Lock icon Eurodollars steady in light trade
        1476 20 SIMEX REPORT Reuter SINGAPORE Simex Eurodollars ended steady yesterday. Trading in Eurodollars was light with players sidelined ahead of the 30-year bond auction by the US Treasury Department last night. A trader said the last two days' auction of Treasury notes was wellreceived but response
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        Palm oil futures firm on short covering
        683 20 COMMODITY REPORTS Palm Oil CRUDE palm oil futures closed higher yesterday due to short covering activities in the market. Traders were also worried about the llood in Johor that might affect supply. Feb rose MS26 to MS 1.580 per tonne. Mar was up
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          China's output of sugar
          90 20 HONGKONG China produced 1.7 million tonnes of sugar by the end of December, according to the Chinese-language China Information newspaper. Total output for the 1994-95 (Oct-Scp) season is expected to reach 6.0S million tonnes, maintaining production levels similar to 1993-94. The report said domestic sugar supplies
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          Shift in cocoa bean processing
          89 20 VIRGINIA BEACH, Virginia The cocoa industry is beginning to see a revival of interest in processing beans in consumer rather than producer countries, said Hans Scheu, president of the Cocoa Merchants Association. And while he predicted further drawdowns in US warehouse stocks. Scheu forecast the
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          EU issues sugar export licences
          92 20 LONDON The European Commission licensed exports for 53,250 tonnes of white sugar at a rebate of 40.77 European currency units (ECU) per 100 kg at its weekly tender yesterday. Licences were awarded to exporters in Germany for 11,750 tonnes, France (24,500), UK (1,000), Belgium (5,000)
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          Mitsubishi Materials cuts lead price
          46 20 TOKYO Japan's Mitsubishi Materials said it has dropped its domestic sales price of refined lead by 9,000 yen (S$ 132) per tonne to 95,000 yen .per tonne, effective yesterday. The firm is the recognised price leader for Japan's domestic lead market.
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      COMMODITY PRICES
      1533 20 Rubber Singapore Commodity Exchange (futures dosing as at 5.30pm) RSS 1 Contract (S ccnts/kg) ("lose Volume Open Month High Low Sett (tonnes) Interest Mar 95 265.50 263.50 264 50 250 750 Apr 264 00 260.00 264.00 255 2475 May 262.50 260.00 262.00 225 3000 Jun ***** 258.50 *****
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        Australia
        1087 21 10.3 OFFSHORE investors fuelled a rally on the share market yesterday as BHP and News Corp recorded strong gains. The All Ordinaries Index rose 10.3 points to 1,833.6. The All Industrials Index rose 16.2 to 2,756.9 while the All Resources Index climbed 5.8 to 1,135.3. Turnover was 192.51 million
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        Manila
        607 21 13.73 Stocks edged up by a mere 0.53 per cent as a breakdown in the electronic connection between the exchange's two trading floors delayed the release of the results. The computer link-up between the larger trading floor in the emerging suburb of Pasig and a smaller floor in the
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        Taipei
        591 21 16.68 Stocks closed up slightly, boosted by good performances of cement and food shares. The 423-issue Weighted Price Index advanced 16.68 points to 6.543.42. Turnover was 1.6 billion shares worth NT562.06 billion. The market opened high and further reached the day's apex of 6,601 points, but concerns over the
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        Seoul
        450 21 +5.42 Share prices continued to advance despite a mid-session bout of profit taking. The Composite Price Index see-sawed and finished at 963.77 points, up 5.42. Trading was modest with 27.2 million shares worth 630.5 billion won changing hands. Risers outnumbered falls by 386 to 347, with 116 counters ending
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        New Zealand
        275 21 -4.56 Shares fell amid perceptions that interest rates may increase again soon, traders said. "Our view is that the screw has to be tightened a bit further," said a trader. The decline yesterday was led by Telecom, a high-yield stock that suffers from rising fixed-interest rates. Forestry group
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        Bombay
        94 21 +7.30 Shares ended slightly higher mainly on buying by a few brokers who were covering their short positions on the last day of account at the Bombay Stock Exchange, brokers said. The 30-share BSE Index rose 7.30 points to 3,555.57 while the broader 100-share National Index fell 5.35 to
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        681 21 Britannia Funds Sterling Cash Bid Offer Mim Tap Deposit *8 6400 38 6500 Mim Jersey Gilt 0 1893 0 1992 Mim Ma» Income 0 9100 0 9400 DSS Cash Incomc Plu\ Fund *9 2700 *9 7700 PS S Reser\e Fund 5 3800 5 3900 Sterling tquify Euro Performance 0.4592 0.4938
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        London
        742 21 +26.5 sHARE prices ended firm yesterday, helped by increased European interest and a continuing steady performance by Wall Street. The FTSE-100 Index closed 26.5 points up at 3,099.0, a level last seen at the end of December. Gainers led losers by 85 to 14. Volume was 696 million shares.
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        Paris
        165 21 +23.53 French shares ended the day higher, after two days of losses, due to a good performance of the bond future which broke an important resistance level and the return of foreign buying interest on the market. But traders remained wary and believed the CAC--40 should first break resistance
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        Frankfurt
        175 21 +25.07 German stocks staged a strong advance yesterday as the DAX index broke up through the 2,100-point resistance level to close at 2.112.69 points, up 25.07. Traders said the market was buoyed by a higher futures market and the bond market's good performance. Frankfurt Keb 9 DM Act 142
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        Brussels
        134 21 +3.36 Belgian stocks rose, offsetting Wednesday's losses, amid speculation interest rates in Europe and the US will remain at current levels during the next few months. "There's a slowdown in the US economy and commodity prices are falling," said an analyst. "1 don't think there'll be any further bad
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        122 21 +0.06pc Italian shares recouped their initial losses as the better performance of other European bourses improved sentiment. Trade was influenced by today's expiry of the monthly options but the market was showing good resistance despite the heavy volume of options expiring. The Mibtel Index closed up 0.06 per cent
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        283 21 1.14 Dutch shares swung higher in late business, snapping out of the tight range in which they spent most of the session but ending off the session highs. Dealers said underlying sentiment had remained positive throughout the morning doldrums but institutions had been reluctant to make the first move.
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        162 21 1.57 Swedish stocks soared to a nine-month high after telecommunications group LM Ericsson reported a 68 per cent profit rise in the fourth quarter. Shares were also lifted by gains in bonds following an interest rate increase, which was seen stemming inflation. The benchmark OMX Index of 30 leading
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        262 21 -1-14.9 Swiss shares were higher at after rebounding from a lower opening in line with the firmer dollar a recovery in bond futures. Dealers said selling in financial stocks had been overdone in early trading and they now expected current levels to hold in the afternoon. The SMI Index
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        297 21 +33.8 South African shares soared as local small buyers climbed back into what was seen as an oversold market. Dealers, a little stunned and swamped by the rapid turnaround after recent heavy losses, said there was little interest from offshore and institutions appeared to be bigger sellers than buyers
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        236 21 14.0 Stocks rose early as investors looked for bargains in active morning trade. The TSE-300 Composite Index rose 14.0 points to 4,118.10 on volume of 12.47 million shares valued at C 5145.19 million. Advancing issues outpaced declines, 146 to 101, with 179 stocks unchanged. "The whole market is a
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        738 21 -0.34 The Dow Jones Industrial Average, which slid 2.02 points on Wednesday, was off 0.34 to 3,935.04 at 1 lam EST. The key barometer was ahead 5.05 shortly after the market opened. The NYSE Composite Index was off 0.41 to 261.26, while Standard Poor's 500-stock Index was down
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      2980 22 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG Shares in Hongkong banks climbed yesterday after the International Bank of Asia reported a 46.3 per cent increase in its net profit on Wednesday. Bolstered by a 27 per cent increase in earnings from businesses other than lending, its net profit rose to a record
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      579 22 CLSA INTEREST in H shares was high yesterday, with turnover reaching HKSI4B million. The H Index ended up 1.6 per cent. Most counters posted modest gains, although Shanghai Petrochem, the most active stock, lost 3.4 per cent. With foreign and local buying interest extremely keen, the Shanghai B share
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      2432 22 Reuter TOKYO Stocks closed lower on small-lot selling in the absence of buyers. Most investors shied away from the market due to stagnation in construction shares, which had earlier attracted many individuals, and trade was sluggish all day, brokers said. Settlement of February option contracts today also made investors
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      1803 22 Reuter BANGKOK Stocks closed lower on light profit-taking in leading sectors after the market gained in recent days. The SET Index closed down 7.06 points at 1,307.18 on moderate turnover of 5.58 billion baht. Falls led rises 170 to 117. Some selling surfaced in telecommunications, building materials and banking
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      1191 22 Reuter JAKARTA Share prices closed lower on profit-taking by local investors in moderate trade. Brokers said buying by foreign fund managers was unable to put the brakes on domestic selling. lndocement shares were wellbid following news of a likely sale of its subsidiary PT Bogasari Flour Mills, rising from
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        6966 23 Bloomberg Business News KUALA LUMPUR Share priccs closed higher yesterday as retail investors swarmed back into the market amid optimism over the market's prospects in the short term. Investors focused on companies such as Multi-Purpose Holdings Bhd (MPHB) and its subsidiaries that could
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        1955 25  -  By R Sivanithy SINGAPORE An explosion of speculative activity in Malaysian stocks was the local market's highlight yesterday, while the feature here included interest in key property stocks. Brokers said the Malaysian rumour-mill had again started churning out various stories ranging from
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      487 26 Reuter SIHANOUKVILLE, Cambodia A major upgrade of Sihanoukville Port, Cambodia's biggest ocean terminal, will follow in the wake of a dramatic upsurge in shipping activity, port deputy-director Va Sonath said yesterday. Mr Sonath told Reuters a US$5 million (557.3 million) facelift
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      412 26 Knight-Ridder NEW YORK The tanker markets were fairly quiet and uneventful late in the day, brokers said on Wednesday. They said Aframax rates were holding their own in the Caribbean with Texaco fixing the Mare Dorico at worldscale 130 for a Feb 18,
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      127 26 KnightRidder NEW DELHI The Indian government has sanctioned two billion rupees (SsB4 million) to modernise Kandla port in western Gujarat state, the Times of India newspaper said on Wednesday. The port is important because it handles a significant portion of India's agriculture
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      85 26 TOKYO Hitachi Zosen Corporation has completed and delivered a bulk carrier to its owner. Golden Helm Shipping Co SA. The 71,741 dwt Ocean Duke, which was built at Hitachi Zosen's Maizuru Works, was delivered on Jan 20. The Ocean Duke is the 75th Panamax bulk
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      162 26 Reuter BEIJING Anchors from Chinese fishing boats disabled a super-modern undersea telecommunications cable running from China to Japan for 91 days of its first year of operation, the Economic Information Daily said yesterday. The cable, which started operation a year ago, runs
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      115 26 Reuter WASHINGTON The United States Transportation Department on Wednesday proposed to set a liability limit for deep water ports in general and in particular for the Louisiana Offshore Oil Port, the only US deep water port now in operation. The department said
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      2591 27 A FIXTURE that seemed to confirm predictions of firmer dry cargo freight rates on the key US Gulf/Japan route helped to break a losing run on the Baltic Freight Index which rose eight to 1.965 on Wednesday. The fixture was the Anita Venture 52,500 dwt. fixed US Gulf/Japan
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      1028 28 Seatrade Week Newsfront Guidebooks on Turkey typically open with the adage that the country lies on a crossroads. The second sentence of the guidebook is often one about how Turkey and the Turks combine the East and the West. The truth is that at
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      12906 35 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. LEGENO PN: ship calls at Penang after
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        458 45 Reuter SEOUL Japanese carmakers, hit by poor exports and a prolonged economic slump, are sounding out South Korean competitors to supply parts in their drive to cut costs. South Korean company officials said on Wednesday. South Korea's Asia Motors Co has already
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        243 45 AFP TOKYO Japan's Toyota Motor Corp, Nissan Motor Co Ltd and Isuzu Motors Ltd announced on Wednesday an agreement to supply each other with engine parts used in the manufacture of pick-up trucks in Thailand. A joint statement said the accord followed
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        215 45 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR The strong demand for Malaysian national car models has encouraged Perusahaan Otomobil Nasional Bhd to accelerate its master plan of increasing its annual production to 150,000 units, managing director Mohd Nadzmi Salleh has said. He said its present annual production
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        389 45 Reuter CHICAGO Acura, the luxury division of American Honda Motor Co Inc, on Wednesday unveiled a new sedan the TL at the Chicago Auto Show in a bid to jump-start the sagging middle segment of its luxury car line. "We feel this car is
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        191 45 AFP STOCKHOLM The Swedish group Saab-Scania has signed an agreement with British Aerospace to market the Swedish Saab JAS-39 Gripen military aircraft in foreign countries, the financial daily Dagens Industri reported yesterday. Under the accords concluded after two years of negotiations, British Aerospace will
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          81 45 Reuter TORONTO The US Federal Aviation Administration has issued a directive to American Airlines ordering that special security procedures to be implemented effective Wednesday, a spokesman for the carrier told Reuters. American Airlines is a unit of AMR Corp. Air freight industry sources in Europe
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          91 45 Reuter LOS ANGELES British Airways pic said it was starting a "fare war" cutting air fares on flights to 52 destinations around the world from 18 gateways in the US. The fare cuts, subject to government approval, range from a reduction of 3.7 per
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          89 45 Bloomberg Business News CHICAGO Ford Motor Co's Jaguar Cars subsidiary, expecting a wave of 8,000 cars to be returned from leases later this year, will offer factory-backed warranties and new leases on those used models. The programme, called Select Edition, will start on March
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          75 45 Knight-Ridder LONDON The 18,758 dwt bulk carrier Handy Viking is said to be heading for Honolulu at a speed of 4.5 knots under its own power following an explosion on board, according to Lloyd's Intelligence on Wednesday. The vessel is expected to lay over in
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          70 45 Knight-Ridder LONDON The 6,488 dwt refrigerated Platina Reefer will now undergo temporary repairs at Dieppe instead of calling in at Bremen following a collision on Tuesday, according to Lloyd's Intelligence. The vessel will probably proceed to Blohm and Voss at Hamburg for final repairs. The
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        442 45 Bloomberg Business News CHICAGO Chrysler Corp said talks to build its minivan in China are on hold while the US and China try to settle a trade dispute over intellectual property rights. "I would not place a high probability of it coming
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      267 32 SHIPPING WARKHOUSING H 29!!I!IIHI!II9VIMNMMM fi U y\ Singipor* Loading Evary Mon To Fri (BATAMINDO l/ll) Accepting FCL/Co<ivantional/Pro|act A Haavy Lift Cargo Tel: 227-0322 j >1 Batamlndo Shipping V Warehousing Pte Ltd t 2a Fax: 222-9330 J2 i.inur sti/rrma fte ltd II \\\V\ A I® ANSON ROAD. #17-01 NgJHtfk INTERNATIONAL PI.AZA.
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      522 32 FAMOUS CONTAINER LINES 80 ROBINSON ROAD, #22-02 SINGAPORE 0106 HOT LINE: *****33 (30 LINES) GOTHENBURG/SCAN 13/02 ROTTERDAM 13/02 AARHUS/COPENHAGEN 13/02 HAMBURG/BREMEN 14/02 MARSEILLE/FRANCE 16/02 FELIXSTOWE/UK 13/02 BARCELONA/SPAIN 17/02 LEHAVRE/FRANCE 14/02 GENOA/ITALY tl/02 ANTWERP/BELGIUM 14/02 LOS ANGELES/WC/IPI 17/02 SYDNEY/MELBOURNE 14/02 NEW YORK/EC 17/02 FREMANTLE/ADELAIDE 12/02 VANCOUVER 15/02 BRISBANE 14/02 TORONTO/MONTREAL 15/02
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      1091 33 S VESSEL VOY SIN Jl J S VESSEL VOY SIN 1 WW* BHUM 878 Fri In Pt _Wad_ 15/2 intra BHUM 5023 Fri In Pt ~~SaTTII/2~H j BKK BHATRA BHUM MS Bat 11/2 Ty 14/2 •3§ INTRA BHUM 5025 itoT 13/2 Wmd I 15/2 ]H 11/2 Tua 14/2 VIRA BHUM
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      671 33 If 79 ANSON ROAD, #21-01, SINGAPORE 0207 TELE: *****92 FAX: *****57 CR *****U0000N STRAITS SHUTTLE SERVICE PORT KLANG PENANG VOY gj PKL VESSEL VOY SW PEW aA LAUWI 360N 08 2 (WED) 10 (FRI) MCC CONVEYOR VM 012 (TUE) 10, 2 (FWf XOUR GEMM ****** 10 2 (FRI) 12 (SOW)
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      270 33 r GOLDEN LINE I/gJV guan guan shipping iTSXV (PTE) LTD J w 23. TeM A?er Street SKUNK (104 Ttl S343SM (10 IKS) fu *****04 (CI Hi **********0R) WRAITI/rMMAII OWLF IEKYICE S port P Krtang Penang GOIOCN SIM Karachi Dubai Kuwait IC/1I Feb 95 GOLDEN GRACE Karachi Dubai Kuwait 19/20 Feb
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      973 34 SSffill PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL LINES (PTE) LTD 1 1 SSBSSSSS 140 CeCil stree,t 03-00 PIL Building, Singapore 0106. I I CR NO **********0E I VESSEL VOY SIN CMS JIB HOO JED AOJ ADE PZU MSW ASA KOTA BERLIAN 88L27P 17/2 21/2 26/2 2/3 4/3 6/3 19/3 22/3 24/3 KOTA BERKAT BKT2IS
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      954 34 ffssas vor sw u haw hambuig ihmis hottmdam ahtwmp VV.LE DAQUAA AO7W 15/0? 08/03 >0/03 12/03 13/03 14/03 Wit O'HVOWA HO7W 23/02 IS/03 17/03 19/03 20/03 21/03 Wilt PC ITM TO7W 02/03 22/03 24 03 2«/03 27/03 21/03 Vtlt 01 VILA VO7W m 29/03 31/03 02/04 03/04 04/04 "ALSO ACCtPIMG
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      605 34 BSA ik m MYANMA Iggßk FIVE STAR LINE (Myanmar National Line) Loading for Yangon (Rangoon) S'pore PKIj Pen P.Gdf lAN AH AIR V2W SAILED HPA-AN V2O7W 14/16 Feb PAGAN V2IBW 28 Feb MALAYSIA AGENTS BOUSTEAO SHIPPING AGENOES KUL lEL 02-03-*****00 PKL: TU 02 03-3(***** PEN TU 02 04-*****2 PGD TEI
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      717 37 E) RICHFIELD MARINE AGENCIES (S) PTE LTD H TEL: *****33 (12 Lines) K FAX: *****15/*****03 m TELEX: RS ***** RISHIP (3 Lines) CR NO.: **********0E |)3Q ETHIOPIAN SHIPPING LINES (National Lines of Ethiopia) I ACCEPTING FCL AND CONVENTIONAL Vhnl Voy ETA Loading For Spore Andinet 38WB 03/04 Mombasa. O|ibouti Assab.
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      745 37 AFGHANISTAN MAM Afghanistan Ltd., HkJH Hairatan, Torghundl, Islamqala (Doqharun) m&IYI C.1.5./RUSSIA: Alma Ata. Ashkhabad. Baku. Dushanbe. ili i Irkutsk. Khabarovsk. Krasnoyarsk, Korsakov, Moscow. MllliZer a MUnCn Novosobirsk. Sochi, Tashkent, Tbilisi, Vladivostok, Vostochny International Forwarders Mongolia: uiaan Bator N Korea: Pyongyang, Nampo express container service TO WEST COAST SOUTH AMERICA ALSO
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      297 37 FOONG SUN V SHIPPING (PTE) LTD. WHOLESALE CENTRE, BLOCK 1. #03-10 SINGAPORE 0511 BOOKING/ENQUIRIES CR NO: **********0W TEL: *****55 (12 LINES) FAX; *****16/*****25 TLX: R*****0/***** FSSHIP VESSEL VOY ETA ETD OESTHATION SUN RAY 3/95 13/2 15/2 PIAJU/PALEMBANG SEAMAR 2/95 13/2 15/2 PONTIANAK/SINTETE GULF DAOUD 3/95 20/2 22/2 BENGKUIU/PAOANG SUN RAY
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      346 37 PkAfIMN CONTAINER LINES, IMC 2 K2/VVI Agents: MAC-NELB SPORE: *****23 (24 LINES) v c/r Mo: **********0 c SIBU (084) *****9 KUCMINGJO62) 4244j8* PENANCk (04) *****6 BANGKOK (662) *****67 (OTMflMgf P.KELANQ: (03) *****77 JAKAfITA: (21) *****07 SURABAYA: (31) «K660 ASIA HKG/TWN/BKKI GENOA/EUROPE PEN PKL SIN 5 SAILINGS/WEEK PEN PK SIN j
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      189 38 I I SINO EXPRESS SHIPPING (PTE) LTD. MM I 11 COLLYER QUAY *06-01 THE ARCADE SINGAPORE 0104. 1 TEL: *****90 (4 LINES) FAX: *****98 TLX: R*****1 SINOEX SINOTRANS SHANGHAI (CONTAINER SERVICE) SIN/HKG/SHAI SPORE HKG BHAI VESSEL VOY ETA I ETP ETA I ETP ETA I ETP J. FASTER 901/902 25/2
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      1229 38 FttOJt m m Mono m store in in w w ra m m stok nrs fusm kok bmm wo ton BX/ITB 5020/5(21 MO2 (4.(2 M>iNM 2524 (7(2 25.(2 2102 27*2 tI.U 02 03 MMNBC 113} 10 J2 11 02 14 02 17 02 1002 20 02 21 02 BS ITB
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      1484 39 WE COVER THE GLOBE Vessel Voy ETA ETD DESTINATIONS Next Week PANAMA Next Week BTH STRING MATHH.DE MAERSK V 9604 LUNA MAERSK V 9604 HHI MHBI cv —14 Feb 0800 HRS CY 15/2 1200 HAS ATL BAL CMS CL2 LGB MEM MIA NVC OAK PHI IQQ CfS 13 Feb 2360
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      775 39 MGKsIM FULL CONTAINER SERVICES injljijjjjlnjjijl JOl|_ij«n_■ D »gu»« »0f« II U 12 V I*,U MM 10 03 12 <J lit) l« 0 HTOM MO'» II U 19 12 2)12 IVtt W W 2» »J 21 U D int> nm M/U »12 02 01 a/U 24 01 2* 0) 27 01
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      867 39 TO E. CANADA US ATLANTIC US GULF —4« LOADING VOY SPORE P KELANG HALIFAX N.YORK NORFOLK N ORLEANS MOBILE TAMPICO HOUSTON HOEGM CAIRN 0128 In Pt 10/11 Feb 16 Mar 19 Mar 22 Mar 28 Mar 31 Mar 3 Apr 8 Apr HOEGH DUKE 0528 18/19 Feto 20/21 Feb 2
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      580 40 WgV'EVERETT ORIENT LINE" JAPAN/BAY OF BENGAL/JAPAN SERVICE •CCtPTWG MtAKBUU SOC CMttKS TO/FHOM OSAKA. YOKOHAMA. NAGOYA, HOI. TOKYO*. MANIA*. o***o* Ptnang* P. Ktiang Singapore E'Msia* KARABEVERETT V2IE 26/27 Feb 28 Feb/01 Mar KAMALEVERETT V2SE 16/17 M* lARABEVERETT V22E 20/21 Apr ACCEPT* MttAKBUU/FCI/SOC CAA6OCJ TO/FROM CMTTAQONG, CALCUTTA MO MONGLA*. Singapore P. Ktbni*
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      191 40 PI GLORY NAVIGATION GROUP to REGULAR LINER SERVICE TAIWAN TO SINGAPORE ASEAN SINGAPORE TO KOMPONG SOM •AT ATTRACTIVE RATES* CR NO: **********0W KAO SIN PKG PNG GLORY SELATAN VII 6/2 12/2 14/2 16/2 GLORY SELATAN X 8/2 14/2 16/2 18/2 SIN KAO GLORY SELATAN VIII 16/2 22/2 SINGAPORE ASEAN TO
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      587 40 PAKISTAN NATIONAL SHIPPING CORPORATION KARACHI BREAKBULK CONTAINER SERVICE VtSSEL VOT KARACHI HYPERABAO 137-HW H/02 29/02 ISLAMABAD 132 HW 26/02 07/03 SARGOOHA 153-HW 14/03 23/03 MAKRAN 156-HW 15/03 25/03 «i mi CNi air rain suuct to nducooit FAR EAST CONTAINER SERVICE ONLY —j "voT SIN HKG BSN OSA NAG TON SARGOOHA
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      663 40 FULL CONTAINER SERVICE FROM 9IN TO MADRAS VESSCL/VOV ETA SIN ETA MAA MV BUNGA TERATAJ V.TERO27 10-11/02 16-17/02 MV TIGER CAPE VOI4N 12-13/02 IS-22/02 MV PESTOVO V OS 13-14/02 19-20/02 MV TIGER ISLAND VI29N 17-18/02 23-27/02 MV SEA DRAGON V ORGO4I 18-19/02 24-25/02 MV TIGER BRIDGE V3I7N 20 21/02 27-02/03
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      294 40 m FAR EAST 14/2 KEELUNG/KAOHSIUNG 12/2 BANGKOK 12/2 MANILA./CEBU 12/2 JAKARTA/BELAWAN/SURABAYA 12/2 PORT KELANG/PENANG/E. MALAYSIA 12/2 BUSAN 12/2 TOKYO/YOKO/KOBE/NGO/OSA 12/2 HONG KONG Si CHINA 12/2 GUANGZHOU/HUANGPU/SHENZHEN FUZHOU/XIAMEN/SHANTOU/SHEKOU DALIAN/SHANGHAI/XINGANG TIANJIN/QINGDAO/HAIKOU also accepting LCL cargo S{N EUROPE/UK 13/2 LDN/FLX/LVP/SOU 13/2 RDM/HAM/ANT/LEH/GOA/OSL/GOT/BCN also accepting cargo to Austria/ Hungary/Romania/Poland/Bulgaria/Czech. Si USA/CANADA 18/2 LOS ANGELES/NEW
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      611 41 FIXED L WEEKLY SAILINGS Tel: 261-3595 Fax :261-0978 |MPS3SBhpS MELBOURNE [p GP SHIPPING PTE LTD I Call: Kenny/Mas/Peter STAR SHIPPING AGENCIES (S) PTE LTD ACFPfT* FOR' ZIM CONTAINER SERVICE GOLD STAR LINE LTD SETH SHIPPING CORPORATION TELEPHONE: 220-6666 (8 LINES) FAX: *****70 (C« WO. *****050—-t) N.AMERICA/CARIBBEAN SERVICES io'S/fu rem. wot
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      420 41 Calling: FAR EAST, INDIA, AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND, EUROPE, MIDDLE EAST, U.SA. or CMT Liner Express Agencies Pte Ltd Hot Line 22-007-22 BINTANG MAS SHIPPING PTE. LTD. 39 NEIL ROAD, SINGAPORE 0208 MTEL: *****8S FAX: *****64 TLX: R*****5 SINMER CR No: **********0W Receiving Cargo at PTI I Btatuhi 1 I Muara
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      409 41 y Conform CONTERM FREIGHT (F.E.) PTE LTD. AUCKLAND 24 FEBRUARY (Accepting to all New Zealand porta) PENANG 17 FEB JAKARTA 12 FEB PORT KLANG 16 FEB BANGKOK 12 FEB MANILA 12 FEB MELBOURNE 14 FEB SYDNEY 14 FEB BRISBANE 14 FEB FREMANTLE 23 FEB ADELAIDE 23 FEB 'ACCEPTING TO ALL
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      1135 41 CONSOLIDATION TO LIMASSOL FIRSI FORWARDER IN ACCLPIING LCL CARGO AT ATTRACTIVE RATES Transhipment available to Beirut, Lattakia via Limassol i dbi. Call Te at DID: 277 1064 ((g))\v\ for bookings NOW!!! rrd Sing.,,.™ 56i 1668 272 98J8 00 Also has otTices in:- SERVICES O IA-. MALAYSIA THAILAND PHILIPPINES ffww\ Tljlflr
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      1698 42 W SUNSHIP AGENCIES PTE LTD 20 McCallum Street #16-01/03 Asia Chambers Singapore 0106 Tel: *****22 (10 Lines) FAX: *****05 CR No.: *****8 200 00R Y.S.N. Lr Mr v——t Vojr Hong Kong Slngipoft P. KtUng Pen«ng Cldo Orchid 13 13-12/2 13-14/2 Sun Ruby 13 13-13/2 SIT Ruby 5 IK PORT 15-16/2
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      378 42 zgs CEYLON SHIPPING CORPN (s§g) National Line of Sri Lanka CONTAINERISED SERVICE TO IK AND NORTH CONTINENTAL PORTS m> mwi g» u/i I?' 2 HOMM fIBOUK YM 1 IS/? 2*/2 11/3 11/1 13/» IB) »UA nm 17/2 22 2 IjOWBM HMOOWE Y*l i 22/2 21u l»'l 2%! i 21/ i
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      731 42 H I sex 'CALIFORNIA JUPITER 79 eta sgp s/oz/m II II I ARRIVING LOS ANGELES IN 16 OATS 1 I AEX 'NEPTUNE CORAL 19E' ETA SGP 19/02/99 II ARRIVING NEW YORK IN 23 DAYS |J I EXPORT i IXWll>»<»q[)TO«»ltWe^Cill>ADA I VESSEL SOP LOS OAK VAN SET ATL CCC I HOU
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      1563 43 AMERICAN PRESIDENT LINES, LTD. 19 KEPPCL ROAD *02-01 JIT POH BUH.DIXG SINGAPOWt 0208 TIL 225-9966 F«« 221 4922 ALSO OFFERING SERVICE TO/FROM *PRC *CIS 'VIETNAM *EAST RUSSIA 'CARIBBEAN LATIN AMERICA *EAST MEDITERRANEAN CALL 225-1-225 FOR BOOKING OR ENQUIRY TO NOHTH AMERICA CANADA WEEKLY CONTAINERIZED SERVICE •|«sgi/WT*g Imlm| m ii m
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      1752 43 Ktt Wi M AS AGENTS K LINE (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD (CR NO: **********0M/6ST RCG HO: 16-*****99-6) TEL: *****77 TELEX: KAWAKI R*****5 FAX: *****16/7/8/9 I )Vr MALAYSIA LINE MARITIME (MALAYSIA) SON SHO TEL: SA *****00 PK *****75 PEN *****20 JB *****01 PGU *****25/6 INDONESIA P.T. SARANA LAUT INTERNUSA. TEL: JKT *****08
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      485 43 BLACK SEA SHIPPING CO (UKRAINE): BLASCO SERVICES _BLASCOjJNWARD *****6S OUTWARD *****28 FAX *****26 DISCMMQK LOAMK I kssei g I tax 1 jam Is» yor mm mi j jewm I hmen| witt I tmii f J22SI? 2*22 SL W »5/M HW N/N 12/N IS/N 17/N iL2S !IS£ I'H M/M U/M #,cw
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      488 44 A HYUNDAI MERCHANT MARINE CO. LTD. WESTBOUND TO EUROPE BKG: *****61 ~m [nil pgd vessels voy sin rtm ant leh ham brej fel "08/02 10/02 il/oT SEA PROGRESS 315W ***** 03/03 OtyOT" 04/03 05/03 05/03 07/03 15/02 17/02 18/02 H. CHALLENGER 314* 20/02 10/03 12/03 11/03 12/03 12/03 14/03 22/02
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      383 44 STRAITS/ JAPAN/ STRAITS SERVICE MULTI-PURPOSE RORO CARRIER SPECIALIZE IN HEAVY LIFT CARGO UPTO 120 TONS RAMP CAPACITY UPTO 50 TONS [eTA fcTO «SStl Wf SIM PK lOAOMG FOR ORMME MOON SO 11/2 BANGKOK 14/2 KU2MA GMDASH 1« 12/2 CHAMPION TRADE* 43 13/2 15/2 MNTULU IJ/2. LAN JONG MANS 21/2 KOTA
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      647 44 JEDDAH/UK/CONTNENTT I STORE CD S TON H BURG (DAM LEH Abe Acceptrj Carp Fer KATSKAG 25/305 U/2 20/2 1/3 4/3 0/3 0/3 Southampton to al UK toOutxm. Belfast mi Outto 'HANTS 27/100 15/2 4/3 7/3 5/3 Rotterdam :to j| Antwerp. Amsterdam. OUc HeMu XWS 01/301 10/2 27/2 0/3 11/3 13/3
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