The Business Times, 3 April 1995

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    12 1 Business Times WE KNOW ASIA MITA(P) 194/12/94 Monday April 3 1995 85*
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  • 2am LATEST
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      Lock icon Saudi Arabia in European refining market
      66 1 UPI RIYADH An oil deal that would give Saudi Arabia its first foothold in the European refining and retailing energy market is expected to be signed on Friday. Sources yesterday said the deal involved buying 50 per cent share in Motor Oil Hellas Co
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      Lock icon Daimler software
      37 1 Reuter HANOVER Daimler-Benz AG, Germany's biggest industrial group, expects to save around 300 million marks annually over the next few years by developing its own software, said Daimler's director of information technology research, yesterday. Reuter
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    MARKET SUMMARY
    161 1 Stock market indices Friday Week change STII 2.093.12 +36.57 KLSEComp 984 07 +26.17 Nikkei 16.139.95 f 390.18 Hang Seng 8.587.72 103.06 SET Index 1.216.68 +20.55 Jakarta Comp 428.64 +6.51 CLSA China B 826.10 +26.85 Aust All Ord 1,906.6 +9.4 FTSE 100 3.137.9 -15.5 Dow Jones 4.157.69 19.02 Average
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    At least 20 companies set on SES listing this year
    503 1  -  By Michelle Low SINGAPORE At least 20 companies, including several foreign firms, hope to go public here this year, even though most have put their plans on hold now in anticipation of better stock market conditions. A Business Times poll
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    Lock icon Hongkong land auctions stir, but still lack spark
    397 1 Reuter HONGKONG The Hongkong government's land auctions, which began with a lukewarm fizzle in the fiscal year which ended on March 31, built up enough steam to end the year with a pop last week. But despite the appetite of the territory's
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    Lock icon Beijing to issue new rules on foreign investment
    171 1 AFP BEIJING China is to issue new regulations governing foreign investment, setting out detailed requirements for cooperative ventures and providing guidelines for terminating projects. The China Daily yesterday said the State Council was discussing the rules on Sino-for-eign cooperative ventures and a
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    Extent of dollar selling is reaching worrying levels, say analysts
    656 1  -  From Neil Behrmann in LONDON US dollar sales arc reaching worrying proportions and the foreign exchange market is extremely nervous about this week's outlook, according to market analysts. The brief dollar rally on Thursday in response to the Bundesbank rate
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    Touch and go for S'pore stocks
    143 1  -  By R Sivanithy SINGAPORE Trading on the local stock market this week is expected to be cautious, with investors keeping a firm eye on the US dollar. The greenback's freefall last Friday to a record low has thrown earnings estimates into disarray and raised
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    Lock icon HSBC Asset Mgt to re-open S'pore office
    245 1 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG HSBC Asset Management, the global fund management unit of international banking conglomerate HSBC Holdings, is to re-open its Singapore office after closing down a 70-person operation about three years ago. The South China Sunday Morning Post reported that HSBC
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      81 1 Enterprise: Pg 17 Bakrie banks on human resources TH MARKET MATTERS Starling today, two weekly columns about corporate developments in the region. In Market Matters, Amy Balan takes a look at the corporate news that shapes the headlines and moves markets in Malaysia and Singapore. And in Hang Seng Insight,
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      12 1 r Tilk Lettering Systems Dow finally running out of steam? Pg 24
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
    • EYE on the ECONOMY
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        Lock icon Productivity gets to be more crucial
        313 2  -  By Ven Sreenivasan WITH wages in Singapore rising steadily, productivity is becoming increasingly important if margins and competitiveness are to be maintained. For the economy as a whole, average annual productivity growth of about 4.5 per cent has enabled wages to rise by an
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      Largest UK book retailer may set up shop in Singapore
      382 2  -  By Jenny Lam W H SMITH, the largest book retailer in the UK, could soon be joining Singapore's book retail scene. It has formed a 50-50 joint venture with Lion City Holdings to bid for a bookshop space at Changi
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      Lock icon Homegrown firm makes the big time
      457 2  -  By Claire Leow VOLEX Asia, a recipient of the Business Headquarters Award on Friday, and now a subsidiary of a UK company, owes its growth to its local founder, Jay Pok. Mr Pok formed the company, Mayor Pte Ltd, in 1977 to make power
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      Happy April Fool's Day, readers seeking Seeing Stars
      317 2 READERS who may be planning to check out Seeing Stars, the "hip new eaten" we wrote about in last Saturday's Executive Lifestyle, may want to make other plans. The restaurant reportedl) boasting "new wave Australian cuisine" and "celebrity lookalikes as waiters" is
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      406 2 i IN NOVATION TECHNOLOGY 1 in Business Times every Thursday IBttIMF.FTF.T T> A v~ rgm- M COMPAQ 4 r > ■~1 mr- I I H UNIQUE FEATURES OF COMPAQ PROSIGNIA PROLIANT Compaq EISA TriFlex/PCI Bus Architecture Fast-Wide SCSI-2 Controller I 16MB ECC Memory and Automatic Server Recovery Compaq Insight Manager
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      Lock icon Selangor plans to rezone industrial areas in bid to become hi-tech state
      490 3 MBT KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's most developed state, Selangor, plans to rezone its industrial areas in a move to transform that state into a high technology-based and capitalintensive industrial powerhouse. The strategy, which is part of the state's vision
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      Lock icon Taiwan postpones plans to send patrol boats to Spratlys
      201 3 AP TAIPEI Taiwan has postponed plans to send three police patrol boats to the disputed Spratiy Islands to avoid trouble between the Philippines and China, a senior police officer reported yesterday. Lu Yu-chun, director of the National Police Administration, told reporters
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      Singapore accepts Manila's proposal of third-party experts
      438 3 SINGAPORE The Singapore government has accepted the proposal by Philippine President Fidel Ramos to have third-party experts evaluate the autopsy report of Singapore forensic pathologist Wee Keng Poh on a Filipina maid killed in the republic. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) said
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        Lock icon Kedah expects M$4b foreign investment
        114 3 Bernama ALOR STAR The northern Malaysian state of Kedah expects foreign investments in the state to reach Ms 4 billion (552.2 billion) by the end of the year. The chief executive of the Kedah State Development Corporation, Hashim Hassan, yesterday said the estimates were based
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        Lock icon World Bank releases loan to Manila
        60 3 Reuter MANILA The World Bank has released US$BO million (SSI 13 million) to the Philippines, the second and last tranche of a US$2OO million economic integration loan. The release was in recognition of the government's progress in completing its programme of structural reforms, the
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        Lock icon Inflation in Cambodia falls
        66 3 Reuter PHNOM PENH Cambodia's annual rate of inflation fell from 26.1 per cent in December last year to 18.5 percent in the first month of 1995, the National Bank said yesterday. The latest edition of the bank's Economic and Monetary Review said the "monthly rate of
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      Lock icon Foreign investment approved by Vietnam doubles
      370 3 AFP HANOI Foreign investment licensed in Vietnam nearly doubled in the first quarter over the same period last year, rising to US$l.4B billion (552.08 billion), aecording to figures published yesterday. Foreign companies pledged USSI.4B billion, up from the USS76B million of projects licensed by
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  • CHINA/HONGKONG/TAIWAN
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      Lock icon China unable to stop massive sell-off drain of state assets
      363 4 AFP BEIJING China's efforts to halt the massive drain of state assets have been largely ineffective. with the continuing problem representing a "major economic disaster" for the country, a report said yesterday. State Statistics Bureau economist Zhang Yingxiang blamed the
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      Lock icon China cracks down on tax refund fraud by dealers
      226 4 UPI BEIJING China is cracking down on escalating tax refund fraud by illegal dealers presenting fake invoices to secure rebates without exporting a single product, an official newspaper said yesterday. During the first three months of this year, customs agents seized
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      Lock icon Beijing faces challenge of feeding population in next century
      274 4 AFP BEIJING Maintaining self-sufficiency in grain into the next century will require massive investment by the Chinese government and drastic measures to boost unit yields and reduce waste, a report said yesterday. Chinese researchers and officials are "cautiously optimistic" that China
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      441 4 The first of its kind in this region, the conference draws P together international EMC authorities such as: The Chief of FCC, the EMC authority in USA Officials from Competent Bodies in Europe The Executive Manager of SAM, the EMC authority in Australia ■I The Chairman of VCQ, the EMC
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  • REST OF ASIA
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      Lock icon Aussie treasurer not ruling out further rise in interest rates
      404 5 Reuter SYDNEY Australian Treasurer Ralph Willis yesterday said a slowdown in economic growth and a tight budget in May would help reduce pressure on interest rates. But he said the government, which was badly beaten in a key by-election last
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      Lock icon Bangladesh facing severe food crisis: officials
      254 5 Reuter DHAKA Bangladesh faces a severe food crisis due to production shortfalls and uncertainty over international food aid, newspapers and officials said yesterday. "The country's food situation will remain critical due to shortages in production and uncertainty about food aid in fiscal 1995/96," the
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      Lock icon S Koreans' poor image overseas alarms diplomats
      225 5 AFP SEOUL South Korean diplomats believe their top priority is now to correct a widespread negative perception of Koreans abroad, especially in other parts of Asia, survey results published here yesterday showed. The survey found that foreigners have a negative impression of South
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      Lock icon S Korean trade deficit in first quarter hit four-year high
      214 5 AFP SEOUL South Korea's trade deficit widened in the first quarter of this year to a four-year high of US$4.l4 billion (555.84 billion), triggering alarms on exploding imports, according to a government report yesterday. The Ministry of Trade, Industry and
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    • ASIA NOTES
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        Lock icon Death toll in Tokyo gas attack up
        91 5 Reuter TOKYO The death toll from the March 20 nerve gas attacks on Tokyo's subway system rose to 11 when a man died of acute kidney failure caused by the gas, Tokyo police said yesterday. The 11th victim, Katsuaki Tanaka, 53, died in
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        Lock icon India opposition BJP plots poll win
        104 5 Reuter NEW DELHI India's main opposition party, the Hindu nationalist BJP, is meeting to plot general election strategy buoyed by sweeping victories in assembly polls in the industrialising west. The Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) victories last month, winning the state of Gujarat outright and
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        Lock icon Benazir to visit Clinton this week
        80 5 AFP ISLAMABAD Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto visits Washington this week to step up her charm offensive on US President Bill Clinton, but no progress is expected on their nuclear dispute. Even Foreign Minister Aseff Ahmad Ali admitted "we do not expect any miracles"
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        Lock icon Quake hits parts of northern Japan
        78 5 Reuter TOKYO A fairly strong earthquake measuring 5.2 on the Richter scale shook parts of northern Japan yesterday morning, but no injuries or damage were reported immediately. The tremor, which occurred at 0129 GMT, was thought to be an aftershock of an earthquake that
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        Lock icon Tamil Nadu chief minister in graft suit
        76 5 AFP NEW DELHI A former film actress-turned politician, who rules the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu and has been portrayed as the Virgin Mary by supporters, is being sued for alleged corruption, dailies said yesterday. Jayalalitha Jayaram, chief minister of Tamil Nadu
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  • THE WORLD
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      Lock icon UK, Germany to fight French bid to limit Hollywood movies
      387 7 AFP LUXEMBOURG Frenchbacked proposals to tighten restrictions on the amount of Hollywood films shown on European television will be strongly opposed by Britain and Germany here today, diplomats said. French Minister of Culture Jacques Toubon is to call on a
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      Lock icon US slashes overseas food aid pledge by nearly 50%
      352 7 NYT WASHINGTON Responding to strong domestic pressure to cut foreign assistance, the Clinton administration has cut nearly in half the nation's annual pledge of overseas food aid, which had remained unchanged for two decades. Noting that the developing world's food demands
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      Lock icon Major has new agenda aimed at poll win
      266 7 Reuter LONDON Prime Minister John Major sets out this week with a new agenda for his Conservative government aimed at winning a fifth consecutive general election victory and creating a reputation as the Houdini of British politics. Mr Major escaped from what
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      Lock icon Forced into flight again
      56 7 Reuter NGOZI, Burundi A little boy helping his mother lift a bundle onto her head as a stream of Rwandan refugees Piled past on Friday. Tens of thousands of Rwandan refugees in camps in northern Burundi since July last year are fleeing towards Tanzania after several
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      Lock icon US tax cut possible, says finance chief
      144 7 AP WASHINGTON Senate finance committee chairman Bob Packwood, in an apparent shift of position, said on Saturday that cutting taxes while balancing the federal budget "is doable". But Mr Packwood, whose committee has great influence in shaping budget and tax legislation, said the
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    • WORLD WATCH
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        Lock icon Perry in Moscow to meet Grachev
        98 7 AFP MOSCOW US Defence Secretary William Ferry arrived in Moscow overnight tor a two-day visit in which he is to meet his Russian counterpart Pavel Grachev and Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin. A US embassy spokesman said that Mr Perry had arrived from Kiev, the
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        Lock icon Dole slams Clinton over defence bill
        94 7 AP WASHINGTON Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole, retorting sharply to an admonition from President Bill Clinton for quick action on a defence spending bill, said any threats to military readiness were Mr Clinton's own fault. Republicans have long warned "that the severe defence cuts
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        Lock icon Call for ban on human genes patenting
        93 7 Reuter MADRID World parliamentarians called on Saturday for a ban on the patenting of human genes and a clarification of rules governing biomedical research. Politicians from 114 national parliaments, meeting in Madrid on the final day of the biannual Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) conference,
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        Lock icon US citizen applications double
        94 7 NYT HOUSTON The number of legal immigrants applying to become US citizens has nearly doubled in the last year, an increase that one immigration official described as "an unprecedented surge" stemming partly from recent initiatives passed in California and in Congress that would deny many benefits
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      Major set for a Scottish reel
      838 7  -  PyN WORLD VIEW By Kevin Sullivan A ITENTION will be focused on Scotland this week. This is not at all a bad thing. Scotland, which accounts for a third of the UK's land area and 10 per cent of its population, has long exerted
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      Lock icon Ten years after perestroika, recovery only just starting
      430 7 Reuter MOSCOW In six years of to-and-fro reforms, Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev loosened the shackles of the state economy and opened the door a crack to private ownership and the transformation of a centrally run economy. But his perestroika restructuring, stronger in
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  • THE ARTS
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      Catalogue reveals the secrets behind Majapahit
      653 9  -  Susan Tsang takes home a guide with lots of fascinating information about a once-mighty empire Susan Tsang THOSE who failed to catch the National Museum's The Legacy of Majapahit exhibition, and those who went and would like to have a worthy souvenir to take
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
    • Miscellaneous
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      764 11 iThe Rolex World of Golf and The Rolex Masters '95 Ramayah, r J^^H&Jp 'jHf '^^■l^rj^lfc a IT gff The occasion signified a double triumph. 3^" tj M^z*2..-- rk. 2(8/1? j VIM/l The winner's victory following four testing I? nltw Wnrlrl nf Pnlf VIS/ Hong Chia-Yuh, Ine IVOICX worm OI OOU.
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  • SPORTS
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      Wuensche leaves pack behind to take out Rolex Masters
      573 12  -  THE ROLEX MASTERS •19 9 5 By Shahiron Sahari SINGAPORE In the end, the chase for the green blazer at the 23rd Rolex Masters yesterday turned out to he little more than a one-horse race. Ron Wuensche, the eventual winner, started
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      Lock icon Olazabal's foot recovers but not his game in Freeport classic
      341 12 AP NEW ORLEANS Jose Maria Olazabal hit the Freeport MeMoßan Golf Classie last week saying he badly needed to play. Instead he left after two days having played badly. "It was not good. The finish is not good. The seore
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      Lock icon UCLA to face Arkansas for US College Basketball Championship
      698 12 AP SEATTLE UCLA struggled but scored the final 12 points of the game to beat Oklahoma State 74-61 on Saturday and advance to the title game of the US College Basketball Championship. The Bruins will face defending champion Arkansas, which defeated
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    • SCORECARD
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        Basketball
        23 12 NEW YORK NBA Saturday: Chicago 91 Philadelphia 84; Houston 87 Milwaukee 93; Golden State 104 Minnesota 126; LA Clippers 116 Utah 98.
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        Golf
        116 12 TOKYO 80 million yen Descente Classic Cup final round Sunday (Japanese unless stated): 282 Satoshi Higashi 72 68 69 73 283 Katsuyoshi Tomori 73 67 72 71 284 Yoshimi Niizeki 73 68 71 72. NEW ORLEANS, Ixiuisiana US$l.2 million Freeport-McMoßan Classic 3rd rd Saturday (USA unless stated, 6 players
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        Lock icon Rowing
        108 12 AFP I .ON DON Hot favourites Camridge University beat Oxford University by four lengths in the 141 st boat race since 1829 on the River Thames here on Saturday. It was Cambridge's third consecutive victory in the event and their 72nd overall, against Oxford's 68. Class told in the
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        Lock icon Rugby
        109 12 AP DLNLDIN, New Zealand Gavin Johnson scored 22 points as Transvaal downed Otago 27-18 at Carisbrook on Sunday and clinched a place in the final of the Super 10 tournament. Johnson scored a try. converted it and kicked five penalties and Pieter Hendriks also scored a try as the
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        Tennis
        277 12 HILTON HEAD, South Carolina L *****,250 Family Circle Magazine Cup semifinals Saturday; 2Conchita Martinez (Spn) b 4-Na-tasha Zvereva (Bela) 6-1 6-2; 5Magdalena Malccva (Bui) b Silvia Farina (Ita) 6-4 7-6 (7-5). PARIS Davis Cup World Group quarter-finals. At Yaxjo: Sweden 3 Austria 0 (Magnus l arv son Swe b
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        Yachting
        72 12 SAN 1)1 KGO America's Cup Saturday Citizen Cup Defender series: Young America b Stars Stripes by 52 see. Standings: 1 Young America 9 2 America! 3 3 Stars Stripes 2 (point deducted following protest). Louis Vuitton Cup Challenger series: Scheduled races not sailed Saturday. Final standings: I Team New
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      226 12 I W/ 1 ESSQSS Highlights 1994 Jaidine Strategic Strong Earnings Growth Profit after preference dividends 23% Earnings per share basic 24% fully-diluted 20% Dividends per ordinary share 16% Strategic holdings increased One for eight rights issue with warrants proposed "After several years of growth, 1995 will be a more demanding
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      Conflicting claims over No 1 position in corporate PC sales
      915 13  -  Lee Wai Leong finds out what the leading players have to say about the latest research figures on corporate and overall PC sales in Singapore Lee Wai Leong THE question of who leads in the sale of personal computers in
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      IBM to launch Butterfly here this month
      440 13  -  By Lee Wai Leong IBM'S highly-acclaimed Thinkpad 701 subnotebook computer, better known by its code name 'Butterfly', will be available in Singapore from late this month. Announcing this at a briefing to journalists last week. IBM Thinkpad brand manager Asia Pacific South Michael
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      Report sees robust PC market for this year
      621 13  -  By Claire Leow INVESTMENT firm Hambretch Quist expects a strong year for personal computer sales but says these will be affected by increased seasonality. A report just released by the US firm projects a 19 per cent growth to 56.4 million in
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      Microsoft shifts target to SMEs here
      458 14  -  Market segment largely ignored till now by major software companies, says David Mok David Mok Microsoft Singapore is targeting small- and medium-sized enterprises here, a market segment largely ignored till now by the major software companies. Darren Lockie, the firm's end-user marketing manager, told
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      HP's K-servers to take on all
      493 14  -  By Lee Wai Leong COMPUTER giant Hewlett Packard last week launched a new class of business computers which it claims offers up to twice the performance of competing systems for as little as a quarter of the cost. HP's main competitors, however, dismissed its
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      Epson broadens channels with direct sales
      371 14 IN A move that goes against the industry trend here. Epson Singapore has announced that it will begin selling direct to customers, after relying on reseller channels for the past 13 years. Mike Pleasants, the firm's marketing manager, said the move was in response
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        Intel launches 120Mhz Pentium
        34 14 SINGAPORE Intel «>ip has introduced a 120 megahertz Pentium processor, its fastest computer chip to date. The chip delivers 140 SPhCint92 and MM SIM fp92 of performance, said the company.
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        Compaq selects NexGen as supplier
        86 14 SINGAPORE Compaq Computer has announced that it will get microprocessors or chips from NexGcn Inc. a US-based start-up company. The move by the world's number one PC maker in terms of unit sales will further open up the market dominated by Intel Corp. NexGcn will
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        Local software gains global acceptance
        43 14 SINGAPORE Win Viz, a visual data analysis tool developed by the Information Technology Institute, has been integrated in US-based software vendor Information Builders' Business Intelligence Suite. The suite has been sold in the US since January this year.
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        HP to open new unit in China
        61 14 SINGAPORE US-based computer giant Hewlett-Packard has announced that it intends to invest USS2O million (5528.2 million) in China this year for a new unit to make personal computers. The legal framework of the unit and its location have not been decided, but production
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        Toshiba, Chinese firm in tie-up
        89 14 SINGAPORE Toshiba Corp said it would start selling notebook computers in China later this year through the nationwide outlets of Beijing-based Legend Group, China's biggest PC maker. A Toshiba spokesman said that China's portable PC market is expected to grow to 200,000 units in 1998
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        IBM in China agreement
        68 14  -  Compiled by David Mok BEIJING IBM China Co, a subsidiary of IBM, has agreed to establish university programs in computer technology in China. IBM chief executive Louis Gerstner signed an agreement on the program on Thursday with China's State Education Commission. To support the programs. IBM
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        Compaq hosting forum
        52 14 SINGAPORE Compaq is hosting an application server technology forum on April 4 at the Hyatt Regency. Speakers from SAP, Microsoft, Oracle, Compaq and other vendors will discuss the latest technology trends and show how to use different products to solve business problems. Call Jo at 1-800 750-3030
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        Powertech '95
        48 14 SINGAPORE IBM is organising Powertech '95, a conference on Unix technology, on April 11 and 12 at the Mariott Hotel. Experts will discuss using IBM's Unix technology for the competitive edge of businesses and the industry's technology trends and directions. For details, call Gwen at 320-2113.
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        Client/server technology expo '95
        52 14 SINGAPORE IBF is holding Client/server Technology Expo '95 from April 18 to 19 at Suntec City. Topics to be discussed include client/server application development, enterprise distributed computing, data warehousing and parallel computing, and case studies in banking, telecommunications, government and other industries. For details, call IBF
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      Delivering more effective access to public data
      647 15  -  Limsoon Wong talks of the solution to 'glueing' information sources on the Internet together IT THE NEXT WAVE Limsoon Wong The writer is a research scientist with the Institute of Systems Science. He has contributed significantly to the theory of modern query languages.
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      Going on the commercial info-highways
      659 15  -  Tommi Chen compares the Internet with commercial offerings like Compuserve and Dialog NET WATCH TRACKING THE NETWORKING WORLD Tommi Chen The writer is managing partner of Net Centre Pie Ltd. which provides specialist networking services, and an active Inter nan t especially within the commercial
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      Tektronix launches low-cost colour printer for the office
      695 16  -  With the new Phaser 340, the company hopes to erase its niche player image and break into the office pnnter market, Lee Wai Leong says Lee Wai Leong PRINTER maker Tektronix, long the colour champion of the printer industry, last week launched
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      Empathy and industrial development cycles
      585 16  -  WINDOWS OF OPPORTUNITY DAVID WELCHER The writer heads Computing Dynamics (USA), a Brooklyn-based management consulting and software development firm, and also writes on IT issues. He contributed this commentary to BusinesslT. ONCE, a young lad from a notable and wealthy family, the story goes, was
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      154 16 \W/ 1 Highlights 1994 Jardine Matheson Another Record Year Profit after taxation and outside interests 16% Earnings per share 16% Dividends per share 14% "While 1995 is expected to be a demanding year, the Group's financial strength enables it to develop long-term opportunities throughout the Asia-Pacific Region, which is set
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      Bakrie building on human resources
      1136 17  -  Chew Farn Chyi finds out more about the man behind Indonesia's Bakrie Group and his philosophy Chew Farn Chyi Aburizal bakrie. boss of the multi-billion dollar Indonesian conglomerate Bakrie Brothers, says his empire is not based on money but people. "I am building human resources,
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      Lock icon Look before you leap into your own business
      839 17  -  Daniel Grebler reports on a programme devised by a US expert that prepares clients for their move Daniel Grebler Reuter GETTING off the ladder. self-employment, home office, consulting! It sounds so appealing when you're used to punching a time-clock or taking orders
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      863 17 jt. The 9 Spirit of SINGAPORE INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT The first educational and training institute in Asia to achieve SISIR ISO 9000 Certification The Following April June 1995 Executive Development Programmes Are Open For Registration Mow. I SENIOR MANAGEMENT 25. Outsourcing IT A Major Challenge 54. Increasing Market Share: Through
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    Lock icon Hawk or dove? Fed replacement pick has Wall Street aflutter
    523 18 Reuter WASHINGTON Wall Street analysts are watching carefully, and closely, who the Clinton administration will pick to replace retiring Federal Reserve Board governor John LaWare, an ardent inflation fighter. They fear that Mr LaWare, a soft-spoken banker who focused almost
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    Lock icon China limits borrowings to slow foreign debt growth
    310 18 Reuter AFP BEIJING China hopes to slow the rapid growth of its foreign debt by limiting medium and long-term borrowings from overseas commercial banks. An official of the State Administration of Exchange Control, quoted by the state-run China Daily, said Chinese demand
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    Lock icon The greening of Shanghai
    50 18 Reuter SHANGHAI A worker digging a hole to plant a tree in one of the main streets of this city on Saturday. Thousands of residents, including city leaders, planted trees and cleaned the streets on the day designated nationally as one to improve the environment. Reuter
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    Lock icon ANC rules out coalition rule after 1999
    102 18 Reuter JOHANNESBURG Nelson Mandela's ANC. which rules South Africa jointly with black and white opposition parties, yesterday ruled out coalition rule beyond 1999. President Mandela's African National Congress said it would work for a post-apart-heid Constitution which entrenches majority rule and devolves sufficient
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    Lock icon Congress loses Bihar to Janata Dal, allies
    409 18 AFP NEW DELHI Indian centrists and their leftwing allies routed Prime Minister PV Narasimha Rao's Congress (I) party from Bihar yesterday, scoring an absolute majority in the volatile eastern state. The Janata Dal (People's Party) won 133 seats of the 278 results declared
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    Lock icon Gulf states see proposed oil taxes as discriminatory
    128 18 Reuter DUBAI Gulf Arabs who control almost half the world's oil reserves are fighting a rearguard action at UN climate talks in Berlin to try and head off moves they see as discriminating against oil exporters and the Third World. Diplomats and
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    US must rethink pros and cons of income disparities
    777 18  -  The Bottom Line GARY BECKER GARY BECKER The writer, the 1992 Kobe! Laureate, teaches at the University of Chicago and is a fellow of the Hoover Institution. Reproduced from Business Week International by special permission. Copyrighted by McGraw-Hill, Inc. All rights
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      37 18 CONSTRUCTION! Tomorrow in Business Times SINGAPORE BANGKOK KUALA LUMPUR NGEE ANN CITY 00E0N TOWERS ÜBEKTY SQUARE MENARA IMC (Orchard Rd) lOpp Raflto Hottf) ISHom Rd) (Opp Shangri-La Hotel) QUALTTY INSTANT OFFICES MRCENTRE Tel: 65-*****65 Fax: *****76 JI*QS3iOiOGQ^Q2BiSSSQBZiSEOOUiIiI3I*i
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      435 18 CONSTRUCTION Tomorrow in Business Times Innovation Technology in Business Times every Thursday \WU/ Jardine Matheson Payment of final dividend for the year ended 31st December 1994 Dividend A final dividend of USCI7.2 per ordinary share will be payable on 15th June 1995, subject to approval at the Company's Annual General
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      Lock icon Ekran confirms rumours it is holding talks to buy Wah Tat Bank
      710 19 MBT KUALA LUMPUR Ekran Bhd is looking to expand into financial services, and is currently holding talks with the Chew family to buy Sibu-based Wah Tat Bank which has been on the market for some time. Ekran executive
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      Lock icon Tanjong posts 17% drop in after-tax earnings to M$151
      350 19 MBT KUALA LUMPUR Tanjong pic has recorded a 17 per cent drop in group profit after tax to MS 151.1 million (5584.3 million) for the financial year ended Jan 31, 1995. This came on a 5 per cent rise in turnover
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      Reverse takeovers are sometimes good for you
      609 19  -  MARKET MATTERS By Amy Balan TAKEOVERS aren't exactly an everyday affair, yet last week we saw not just one but a veritable feast of takeovers in Kuala Lumpur and Singapore. Reverse takeovers, near takeovers, major shareholders battling it out for control. There was
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        Bank Utama eyes listing on KLSE main board this year
        552 20  -  By William Chia KUALA LUMPUR Sara-wak-based Bank Utama, which has staged a remarkable turnaround in the past few years, plans to list on the main board of the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange this year. Executive chairman EtTendi Norwawi. who also
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        Lock icon MGR Corp sees M$35m profit
        101 20 Bernama KOTA KINABALU MGR Corporation Bcrhad expects to register a group pre-tax profit of Ms3s million (SS 19.55 million) this year following its December acquisition of Parakay-a-Plywood Sdn Bhd, which has a timber concession of 17,200 hectares. Its executive director, Toh Chai Seng, in releasing
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        Lock icon NBT's takeover is mother of all timber deals: dealmaker
        335 20 Reuter KOTA KINABALU The takeover of a listed timber company by Malaysia's north Borneo state of Sabah is the "mother of all timber deals", the man who put the deal together said at the weekend. An investment arm of the state
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        Lock icon Petronas takes over operations of Exxon oil block
        164 20 Reuter KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's state oil company Petronas said it had become the operator of an ofTshore oil block previously operated by Exxon Corps Esso Production Malaysia Inc. The two companies agreed last December that existing fields under Esso would be redistributed
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        Thai firm in shipping agency tie-up
        260 20  -  From Loh Hui Yin in BANGKOK THAILAND'S Regional Container Lines (RCL) has set up a joint venture in Malaysia to better service its growing number of customers there. The joint venture, called RFS Sdn Bhd, is a shipping agency 40 per cent owned by
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        Foreign-owned Indonesian coal producer to go public
        298 20  -  From Leslie Lopez in JAKARTA INDONESIA'S largest coal producer, PT Kaltim Prima Coal (KPC), will list some of its shares on the Jakarta Stock Exchange. Concinz Rio Tinto (CRA) said over the weekend that the proposed equity sale was to meet KPC's "commitment"
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        Lock icon MISC sees better results in 1995
        97 20 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian International Shipping Corporation Bhd (MISC) is expecting a better performance for 1995 with its more modern and expanded fleet, coupled with the continuous economic growth in the Asia Pacific region, said chairman R M Alias. In its 1994 annual report,
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        Lock icon Celcom signs deal with management tech institute
        185 20 MBT KUALA LUMPUR Cellular Communications Network (Celcom) on Friday signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Hitcc Management Technology Research Institute (Hitcc) for possible cooperation in the enhancement of management scicncc and high technology development. Both parties will study areas of joint cooperation
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        Lock icon Germany's BASF acquires UK drugmaker Boots for £840m
        268 21 Bloomberg Business News LUDWIGSHAFEN, Germany German chemical-maker BASF AG said it acquired UK drugmaker Boots Pharmaceuticals for £840 million (SSI.9 billion). Boots Pharmaceuticals, in a statement, last Friday said the purchase price would be adjusted to reflect the difference between net assets
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        Lock icon CSK, IBM, Mitsubishi, Sega in Japanese multimedia venture
        110 21 Reuter TOKYO CSK Corp, IBM Japan Ltd, Mitsubishi Corp and Sega Enterprises Ltd will form a multimedia software joint venture today, the Nihon Keizai Shimbun reported. The new company, called Digital Media Labo, will develop three-dimensional and interactive software for movies and
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        Lock icon Tennis racket maker Kunnan close to bankruptcy
        276 21 Reuter TAIPEI Taiwan's Kunnan Enterprise Ltd, the world's biggest tennis racket maker, is fighting for survival after banks requested a district court to announce it bankrupt. "The banks said Kunnan's debts are larger than its assets. We accepted the case and have started
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        Timing looks bad for HK's move to list China debt
        564 21  -  gu HANG SENG INSIGHT By Steve Vines The writer is a Hongkong-based journalist who contributes regularly to BT HAVING established a leading role as a centre for raising foreign capital on behalf of Chinese companies, Hongkong is looking at the
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        Lock icon Bombay Stock Exchange brought under tax net
        313 22 AFP NEW DELHI Indian authorities have brought the Bombay Stoek Exchange (BSE), the country's largest bourse, under the tax net by lifting an exemption reserved for "activities of public utility", The Economic limes said yesterday. Federal authorities have asked the BSE to pay
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        Lock icon Mitsui, Ube to form new polypropylene company
        245 22 Bloomberg Business News TOKYO Mitsui Petrochemical Industries and Übe Industries Ltd on Friday said they will start a new company on July 1 to develop and produce polypropylene. Mitsui Petrochepiical and (Jbe Industries will put up five billion yen (SsBo million) for the
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        Lock icon Resources giant BHP to boost investment spending by 25%
        219 22 AFP SYDNEY Australian resources giant BHP Co Ltd chief executive John Prescott said yesterday he expected the group to boost investment spending by at least 25 per cent in the next financial year. Mr Prescott said investment spending in the 1995-96
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        Lock icon Toy maker Mattel sees another year of record profit growth
        381 24 Reuter LONDON The world's largest toy company, Mattel Inc. expects to see profits growth of 15 per cent in 1995 boosted by heavy investment made in its global Barbie doll to FisherPrice businesses and additional acquisitions. John Amerman. chairman and
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        Lock icon Alcatel set to post 40% income plunge, but analysts unfazed
        323 24 Reuter PARIS French industrial group Alcatel Alsthom is set to report a 40 per cent drop in net attributable income for 1994 on Wednesday, but it will not shock the market. The company flagged the plunge in September, to the
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        Lock icon Signs point to Dow's climb finally running out of puff
        625 24 MARKET WATCH FT NEW YORK Is the bull market on Wall Street finally running out of steam? The Dow Jones Industrial Average has risen more than 350 points since the start of the year taking it to nearly 4,200 during
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        Lock icon Good ol' days of corporate marriages are back
        744 26 Mergers and acquisitions Bloomberg Business News NEW YORK Corporate marriages surged about 36 per cent in the first quarter to U5573.2 billion (SS 103.2 billion), the fastest pace for US mergers and acquisitions since the go-go 1980s. Led by acquisitions such as
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        Lock icon Wal-Mart among US firms tapping cheap funds abroad
        530 26 European demand for US bonds Business News NEW YORK Corporate America is increasingly tapping European investors for loans with rates almost as low as those the US government pays. Wal-Mart Stores Inc is the latest example. The biggest US retailer sold USS2SO
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        Lock icon China cracks down on bond futures traders flouting new rules
        407 27 Bloomberg Business News BEIJING China's securities watchdog will clamp down on bond futures trading because most markets are flouting new rules introduced after a leading brokerage suffered huge losses, the China Daily has reported. The China Securities Regulatory Commission issued
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        Lock icon Citibank HK to launch bonds backed by car loans
        459 27 Bank plans to sell HKssoom of the unique bonds this month Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG The Hongkong branch of Citibank is putting together a bond financing backed by vehicle loans, the first of its kind in Hongkong, and only the second
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        Lock icon Greed seen as main cause of derivatives losses
        305 27 Knight-Ridder NEW YORK A senior officer at the World Bank says the primary cause of derivatives losses by corporations, investment firms and public funds has been greed. "I haven't met until today anybody who doesn't suggest one of the primary reasons (for
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        Lock icon New York branches of China and Taiwan banks in tie-up
        186 27 Reuter SHANGHAI Two Chinese banks and a Taiwan bank in New York signed a co-ope ration agreement in a major step toward direct business relations between China and Taiwan banks, the Shanghai Securities News said yesterday. The New York branches
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        Lock icon S Carolina may stop NationsBank from selling securities
        256 27 Bloomberg Business News COLUMBIA, South Carolina South Carolina Secretary of State Jim Miles plans to prohibit Nationsßank Corp from selling securities such as mutual funds for "failure to comply" with state regulations. The state on Saturday said it took the action after
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        Lock icon Vietnam wary about jumping into international bond market
        309 30 AFP HANOI Vietnam is still hesitating over its plans to enter the international bond market because of the country's speculative rating and debate over how much money to raise in the first issue, a report said yesterday. "We must be very careful
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        Lock icon Gas, oil firms set for tough sales pitch at US conference
        424 30 Bloomberg Business News NEW ORLEANS It's a tough time to be a natural gas company making a pitch to investors. A year ago. the selling point was that gas prices were on the rise as US industry looked for
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        Quotation of Singapore Government Stocks as at March 31,1995
        371 30 Number Indicative Gross Year C Up<>n Amount ,nt#rMl of day. of middle pricee redemption Maturity rata paymant accrued (excluding yield pa) datea interest accrued (%pe) interest) J 1 t l 15.5.95 N*****0N 1993 1 3/4# 550.00 15/5 15/11 136 100.05# 1.34#
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        Lock icon Oil market expected to be stable, says Opec official
        348 30 Reuter JOHANNESBURG The world oil market looks set for a relatively stable year, with prospects pointing to growing demand in the longer term, according to a senior Opec official. "If demand continues to grow the way it is, we'll see a
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        Lock icon Cotton is king again in US as price rises
        236 30 Bloomberg Business News ROBINSONVILLE, Mississippi Not since a Mississippi planter named Jefferson Davis led them out of the Union hate Southern states been so excited about cotton. Given up for dead in some areas of the South not long ago, cotton
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        Lock icon US$ to stay under pressure
        632 31  -  SIMEX WEEKLY ROUNDUP By Yumiko Iijima \IMS International SINGAPORE The US dollar remained under pressure as hopes for a policy coordination were reduced and hit another record low below 87 yen in late Asia trade on Friday. The absence of a US Federal Reserve tightening
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        Lock icon Growing industrial use helps silver prices sparkle
        643 31 COMMODITY WEEKLY ROUNDUP AFF LONDON After beginning the year at a low level, silver prices sparkled higher last week as speculators crowded into the New York market. Investment funds willingly returned to the market, convinced that the current low level of US stocks
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      COMMODITY PRICES
      1425 31 SICOM Futures Mar 31 Rubber (futures closing as at 5.30pm) RSS 1 Contract (S ccnts/kg) Close Volume Open •Month High Low Sett (tonnes) Interest Apr 95 266.00 275" May 264.50 264.00 263.50 500 1650 Jun 259.00 2725 Jul/Sep 256.50 251.50 256.50 1200 4500 Oct/Dec 255.50 252.00 255.00 600
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      5712 32 CORPORATE RESULTS Net Kara H*S Date IV LY l\ LV Company ann (>m) (Sin) Uis) (its) Acma Mar 21 I' 65 >>46 ***** 47 8 31.3 MSB* Mar 31 I I.<173 0 843 2 92 0 92 Alliance Tixh Mar 30 I' I 3S0L I 5641
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      753 32 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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        Lock icon Hopes high over corporate earnings
        526 33 Bloomberg Business News AP New York STOCKS were mixed last week as concern that the Federal Reserve may have to raise interest rates later this year was olTset by optimism about rising corporate profits. Stocks traded at record highs for most of the week before
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        Lock icon London shares fall despite Bundesbank rate cut
        294 33 AFP London SHARE prices ended slightly lower on the stock exchange last week, hit by profit-taking which wiped out the positive effect of the Bundesbank's cut in its discount rate, and by worries about the dollar's collapse, dealers said. The FTSE-100 Index of
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        Lock icon Prices rebound in Tokyo but worries persist
        562 33 AFP. Reuter Tokyo STOCKS rebounded last week from the previous week's 31month low. although the upward momentum diminished towards Friday as the dollar remained low against the yen. The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average gained 390.18 points, or 2.5 per cent, to end the
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        Lock icon Analysts expect Hang Seng to consolidate on weak dollar
        333 33 Reuter Hongkong STOCKS are seen consolidating this week on the weakness in the US dollar and an absence of good news to stimulate a fresh round of buying, said analysts. "The dominant risk factor this week will be the weakness of
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        129 33 DOGGED by jitters over the economy for most of the week, Australian shares closed on Friday around 0.5 per cent firmer when investors breathed a sigh of relief at better-than-expected data. The All Ordinaries Index closed at 1.906.6 points, up 9.4 points, or 0.5 per cent, on the previous
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        71 33 The Philippine stock market recovered last week as foreign investors started coming back due to the fall in German interest rates and buyers scooping up undervalued issues, analysts said. The Composite Index rose to 2,392.25 points on Friday, up 5.7 per cent from the March 24 figure. Average daily
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        67 33 Despite a poor finish, the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) Index gained 20.55 points, or 1.72 per cent, during the week to close on Eriday at 1,216.68 points, brokers said. The average daily turnover was 74.7 million shares, up from 67.6 million shares a week earlier. But the average
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        70 33 Prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange increased at a healthy rate through last week, buoyed by the news that US interest rates would remain unchanged. The Composite Index closed the week at 426.641 as opposed to 422.131 at the end of last week. Average daily transaction increased reasonably compared
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        97 33 Share prices closed mixed on the the Korea Stock Exchange on Saturday as investors reacted cautiously to the newly increased band for price changes. The Composite Price Index gained a marginal 2.31 points to close at 934.09 points. Compared with a week ago, the index was down 21.42 points.
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        85 33 The Taipei bourse extended its bullish run Saturday for a third winning session, boosted by banking and insurance shares which gained 1.2 per cent, dealers said. The 418-issue Weighted Price Index advanced 49.54 points, or 0.75 per cent, to settle at 6,573.54 points, after a 9.54-point rise the previous
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        123 33 Share prices remained subdued in a dull and lacklustre trading week, marked by low business volumes. The 30-share BSE Index fell by 19.14 points over the previous week's close to finish on Friday at 3,260.96 points. The National Index was down by 0.83 points at 1,605.57 points. Prices were
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        889 33 -14.87 STOCKS plummeted along with bonds at the outset but closed with moderate losses in volatile trading on Friday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average, which rose 11.76 points to a new all-time high of 4,172.56 on Thursday, slipped just 14.87 points to 4,157.69. after bouncing back from a
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        310 33 -5.88 Stocks closed mixed on Friday, torn between a soaring gold index and easing ratesensitive issues. The TSE-300 Index was down 5.88 points at 4,313.61 in volume of 86.29 million shares valued at C 5955.99 million. Advancing stocks led declines 495 to 323 with 314 issues unchanged. Nine of
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        7322 34 AFP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian share prices closed the week broadly higher after strong economic data was released by the central bank and speculation of snap polls spurred buying of blue chips and situational stocks. The Composite Index jumped 26.17 points, or 2.73
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        2041 36  -  By R Sivanithy SINGAPORE The stock market displayed reasonable resilience in the face of a collapsing US dollar on Friday. But will that be the case this week, especially if the dollar keeps on sliding? So far, the indications are that it
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      321 37  -  By Alec Almazan SINGAPORE Taiwanese shipping major Evergreen Marine Corporation recorded an 8.4 per cent drop in its profits last year to NT52.574 billion (*****.2 million) from NTS2.BII billion in 1993. The drop in profits mirrors the slide in turnover from NT531.400
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      589 37  -  Being female and Asian hasn't deterred Ming Chen Hsu from being the most powerful person in the US maritime industry. Rahita Elias reports Rahita Elias SINGAPORE Listening to diminutive Ming Chen Hsu tell her life story is rather like reading Joy Luck Club, a novel
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      409 37 Knight-Ridder LONDON Global shipbuilding costs are forecast to rise to US$3B billion (Sss4 billion) by the year 2000 from US$2B billion this year, Drewry Shipping Consultants said in a report just released. The report entitled "The Shipbuilding Market Analysis and
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      55 37 Reuter H -A. Peruvian President Albert Fujimori, accompanied by Japan's ambassador to Peru i ct'il* visiting Lima's port of Callao on Saturday. Mr Aoki announced a LSSI7O million (Ss24l million) loan from Japan's overseas aid organisation to convert the port into one of the most
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      156 37 Knight-Ridder BRUSSELS The European Union's executive head of transport policy said last Friday he was "finalising" a proposal to remove obstacles to short-sea shipping in European waters. In a speech to the Rotterdam port authorities, EU Transport Commissioner Neil Kinnock hailed the "attractiveness of short-sea
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      1694 38 THE Baltic Freight Index eased 17 more points to 2,217 on Thursday reflecting easier rates for US Gulf/Far East and within the Pacific, shipbrokers said. Brokers said they had heard without confirmation that US Gulf/Taiwan was fixed at U5533.50 and 54,000 tonnes was fixed north Pacific/Taiwan at US$lB.5O.
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      371 38 COURSES Title: Graduate Diploma in Facilities Management Duration: Apr 4 Organiser Singapore Institute of Engineering Technologists Tel: For further details contact MMC at 224-8343 or fax: 224-2448. Title: Shipping Law Disputes (SDF Case-by-Case Basis) Duration: Apr 5 May 17 Organiser Singapore National Shipping Association Tel: For further details
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      877 39  -  The booming economies of the Asia-Pacific region are proving an irresistible draw for the world's major players in the car industry. Reg Gratton reports Reg Gratton Reuter THE GIANT carmakers of Europe, the United States, Japan and South Korea have gone into top
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      12939 46 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
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        321 56  -  By Alec Almazan SINGAPORE The Singapore Airport Terminal Services Group (Sats) was recently awarded ISO 9002 certification for its cargo and mail handling services. This makes its the first airport ground handling agent in the region to be awarded
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        299 56 Bloomberg Business News DEARBORN, Michigan Ford Motor Co spent a record US$5.2 billion (557.3 billion) last year on research and development,or almost as much as its US$5.3 billion in earnings, according to the carmaker's 1994 annual report. Ford's 1994 research and development budget was
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        229 56 AFP SHANGHAI More than 300 companies from 21 countries will participate in car and car parts exhibition here from June 27 to July 2, the organisers said last Friday. Auto Shanghai 95, the sixth in the biennial series,
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        114 56 Bloomberg Business News TOKYO Chrysler Corp is cutting its price in Japan for two Jeep Cherokee models by 10 per cent in a bid to compete more effectively with Japanese carmakers. Japanese consumers began paying 2.698 million yen (5543,238) for a Jeep
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        412 56 Bloomberg Business News DETROIT US carmakers' first-quarter earnings are expected to fall short of previous forecasts as increased rebates to spur sales have cut into profit margins. General Motors Corp, Ford Motor Co and Chrysler Corp probably earned a combined US$4.4
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        78 56 Reuter BUCHAREST Investigators from Romania, Airbus Industrie and the French Air Ministry studying fragments of the Romanian Tarom Airbus-10 which crashed and exploded near Bucharest on Friday, killing all 60 on board. Investigators last Saturday found the black box of the plane which
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          80 56 AFP BEIJING China put 257,000 cars on the scrap heap last year, keeping it on track to rid the country of one million obsolete vehicles by the end of 1995, Xinhua said last Friday. Under a campaign launched in 1991, around 200,000 cars have been scrapped
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          94 56 Reuter AMSTERDAM Dutch flag carrier KLM Royal Dutch Airlines said last week that it had sold its interests in the buildings of three Dutch hotels to Golden Tulip International BV. KLM owned two buildings in and near Amsterdam in which hotels are operated by Golden
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          83 56 Reuter KINGSTON, Jamaica Cubana Airlines will soon begin regular service between Britain, Cuba and Jamaica, officials said last Thursday. The flights are aimed at bringing more visitors to Cuba from Britain and Jamaica. Caribic Vacations, a Jamaican tour operator specialising in Cuban packages, said
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          100 56 Reuter PARIS Compagnie Nationale de Navigation (CNN), holding company for the shipping activities of Worms et Cie, has announced it was holding talks to set up a 50-50 joint venture with Belgian shipping group Compagnie Maritime Beige (CMB) in the crude oil transport sector.
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        178 56 Reuter BRASILIA Brazilian President Fernando Henrique Cardoso last Saturday announced highway and energy projects in the Amazon rain forest, state radio reported. In a visit to the Amazon city of Manaus, Mr Cardoso said the government would complete paving hundreds of kilometres
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      260 38 CONVENTIONAL-INDONESIA SBWICE i VESML ETA FTD DESTVMTKM SAN WALE 3M 4/4 SEMARANG. JAKARTA CHAHAYA SEJATI 8/4 9*4 JAKARTA SURABAYA SEA SHINE 10/4 12M SEMARANG. JAKARTA PADANG KURMA SEJATI 20/4 22J4 JAKARTA SURABAYA FULL COWTAWER SERVICE SINGAPORE TO JAKARTA VESia VOY STORE LOAOMG PORT CARAKAJN3-9 SJ46 S/4 JAKARTA (t»«aig*Wl) CARAKAJN3I9 SJ
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      391 39 ■BSJBlßpiliiitO ™ngjo wet ~55n IVMAWT I n IMO MM IWUVOY ||i| 1 MX AL MARIYAH CIIVW IM~ IM 2M AL MAMYAH CIIIW M u njA 2M QMFUJAACIIIW IM 2M 27/4 OIA FUJAA CIIIW 1M I*4 2M M AL MANAKH CII2W I 17/4 2A 4/5 AL MANAKH CI 12W 17M 22/4
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      111 39 Accepting LCL and contofcieitotd c argon Dtr*ct to South Africa S'por® Dut)an PEliz Clown OSAKA MARU 098 IF 17/04 30/04 03/05 04/05 NEW OASIS 1002F 30/04 13/06 15/06 17/06 ORANJE 1121F 05/05 19/05 21/05 2H» PAOFIC LINK 1202F 14/ OS 27/05 29/05 31/05 VAALI37BF 24/05 06A» 08/06 10/06 PEkz C.Town
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      558 39 ANL. IT'S AUSTRALIAN FOR SHIPPING TO AUSTRALIA (EAST COAST! FROM AUSTRALIA (EAST COAHI ygyy. T r*H T mttuvor tro W M hoi *r fWI ru A MrUMTAIM M« OK 2Z UliMI IW t»m mm mm IM4 w W3 ZW4 MAJAPAMfT MS MM m«I yIMA tLMA. isssm ss :s «2 ss
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      1385 40 T AQABA n 3AM L£ VESSEL VOYNO SPORE JEDQAH (VIA JED) STOW WBURO AWgy HAVRE NVK PROCYON 91/113 *4 22* 2*4 2V4 LEVER KUBBM EXPRESS 23TT13 8/4 17/4 24/4 2ft ZV4 27/4 3ft katsuraoi 2ani4 222 aw as ift KAMAKURA 3*314 1W 2V4 Ift MS IPS HAMBURG EXPRESS 01/11? »!i
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      1115 40 NORASIA INTRODUCING OUR UPGRADED MID WEEK AME 10 SERVICE WITH SHORTER TRANSIT TIME: HAMBURG 22 DAYS ROTTERDAM 23 DAYS ANTWERP 25 DAYS FELIXSTOWE 24 DAYS LE HAVRE 26 DAYS FOR MORE DETAILS, PLEASE CONTACT: DORIS NGE PAGER *****08 CALVIN WONG *****46 WILSON SUM *****88 TAN SEOW CHUAN TELEPHONE *****83 YVONNE
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      1374 41 STRAITS SHIPPING PTE LTD 10 Hoc Chiang Road *11-01 Kappal Towers Singapore 0200 Tal: *****00 Fax: *****17 RTMffITiIjETiTraWJWMWTMJMiI new quinea pacific une (A SERVICE OF CHINA NAVIGATION CO) ACCEPTS VSVBT CARGO DUE SAILS biZg r WM4f Man Lit U-MApr 06A#f HApr LCL COMnUMR AND BMAKIULK Mva TO MM* MM OUMKA
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      2191 41 illL PBfQ Containers Coiner. (Singapore Agencies) Pte Ltd I® Hoe Chiang Road. #07-01 Keppel Toners, Singapore 0208 First Class Connections WORLDWIDE le':I e 5 1233I 233 Tcle RS ***** pnocsp Fax: 225 5327/222 7517 CR Number: *****9 *****/ EXPORT IMPORT VCUCL w* *pno -ma tm SOU ANT NOT ham oot
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      513 41 OUTBOUND PW. PEN JOH SIN HKG KAO TAI KH YOK TKY MAC WW OSK MOJ BUS WAN HAI 213 mm 81*4 BW4 84*4 MM4 18*4 12*4 13*4 I|*4 I|W 88*4 WAN HAI 221 <1814 W4 ll IW4 88-11*4 Mg IM4 1714 IM4 2W 2W 2W WAN HAI Ml ***** BM4
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      461 42 SEAWARD SHIPPING AND I TRADING CO (S) PTE LTD i ETA ETA ETA SPORE TOUT KEIANG PENANG BlUl lADE In Port Losing tor Male IWVJU HUOMU 20 /4 loafag tor lapan«« Ports OOJHN 15/4 Loa*« For Male PWKER SUPttl* 18 4 loatng For Male UMCEDH 1/4 For Male PROSE SS
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      472 42 Additional Express Service to Hamburg Felixstowe Rotterdam Including Eastern Europe I i Effective from 22nd April *95. i Vessel: Trade Maple Voyage: 001 W For enquiries bookings, please call Joe *****22 *****50 (Pgr) Chiu Hai Beng *****27 *****49 (Pgr) Looi *****30 Nevine *****36 VEBBEL VOY ETA PORT VOY ETD NEXT
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      59 42 SOON KIAT SHIPPING PTE LTD 3 SHENTON NAY #20 05/06 SHENTON HOUSE REGULAR SERVICE TO SARAWAK BRUNEI sront Sri Pujut OS/9b Bmtuhi/Mn 11/04 Sup«nor dory 04/95 Port KtUif 06 04 Mi|u Yon, Hui 05/95 Bintaiu/lin to Ft Rtctmnf cir,o it fn* f«H«| PTO4 fecwtaf fa mt rtttar cmwm mi lw«»y*ftj
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      700 42 .JKLf fl 4 W I 1 k WE ARE RESUMING OUR SERVICE I TO THE CARIBBEAN SEAS. a EFFECTIVE 26TH MARCH 1995 I DESTINATIONS:- CRISTOBAL, COLON FREE ZONE »i PANAMA CITY, LA GUAIRA, j CARTAGENA, CURACAO, i PUERTO CABELLO, ST. JUAN, i RIO HAINA, SANTO DOMINGO AND KINGSTON i FOR
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      2080 43 to MOMBASA DM ES SALAAM costm's!iu>HNcrrEltd \sSsffl"' !*T!7 ~"Z'ZZ, Jirrlr""""" 44 iStSSZ."'" sj VSafsiT.- »—•—> EgffjSSigaif T* U. Iwt twrt Tk IN»m/CMai Put UJL iwt Cw«t fwt CMm/Im« lm rsn m ul cm mm ww sm o* m *sm «f« ire iai cw w mm ww a* dm sm MMJT>
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      834 43 Q HEUNG-A SHIPPING (KOREAN FLAG) I riuy camrnam sam I I coiwehtbhal sewhce l fAtfAftTft y' HWjj HICOI W j JKT HKfl tHH I IMC I MOJI j I HWI HKttl —4 MVj HKO) PUS BAm P V.illH 03/04 00/04 12/04 14/— 20/04 H/M 25/04 20/04 WO. i PCMAM 503W
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      677 43 (ft FAMOUS CONTAINER LINES 80 ROBINSON ROAD, #22-02 SINGAPORE 0106 HOT LINE: *****33 (30 LINES) GOTHENBURG/SCAN 05/04 ROTTERDAM 05/04 AARHUS/COPENHAGEN 05/04 HAMBURG/BREMEN 05/04 MARSEILLE/FRANCE 07/04 FELIXSTOWE/UK 05/04 BARCELONA/SPAIN 07/04 LEHAVRE/FRANCE 05/04 GENOA/ITALY 07/04 ANTWERP/BELGIUM 07/04 LOS ANGEIES/WC/IPI 00/04 SYDNEY/MELBOURNE 05/04 NEW YORK/EC 00/04 FREMANTLE/ADELAIDE 00/04 VANCOUVER 07/04 BRISBANE 05/04 TORONTO/MONTREAL
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      722 44 79 ANBON ROAO, #21-01, BINQAPORE 0207 TELE: *****92 FAX: *****57 CR **********0N STRAITS SHUTTLE SERvicE PORT KLANG PENANG VtSStL m SW MO VESSEL VOY SW PEN St* LAUWI 375N 06 4 fTHUy 07 4 <ERI HOUR iAY* 950 04 4 iTUEi ~06 4 tTHU EACIE BBCEZE 198 A 06 4
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      269 44 A 6 fks GOLDEN LINE wcGfcV guan guan shipping (PTE) LTD 23. T«tak Aytr Stmt SMGAPOK 0104 TEL: 5343M8 (10 IMS) Fu: *****04 (C* No *****KOOOOW) STRAITS/PERSLAH GULF SERVICE Spore P Keiang Penanj GOJOt GRACE Karachi Dubai Kuwait IS/IS Apr GOLDEN KM Karachi Dubai. Kuwait 20/22 Apr CHIHA SERVICE GOIOCN
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      841 45 PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL LINES (PTE) LTD I gWTByIJ 140 Cecil Street. #03-00 PIL Building. Singapore 0106. |8&S88»V ml CR NO '***** *****E I I I VESSEL VOY SIN CMB JIB HOO J6O AOJ ADE PZU MSW ASA KOTA BERLIAN BRL29S 9/4 13/4 19/4 21/4 23/4 25/4 3/5 10/5 5/5 KOTA BERK
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      1017 45 vessels W) I" sn umm Hamburg ihames roiurow J" *miwerp MLLE 01 CMMA CM 04/04 25,04 27/04 29/04 30/04 01 05 MLLE DC SACIITA SOT* 10/04 01/05 03/05 05/05 0* OS 07/05_ Mill 0 AQW.A AOIW 11/04 09 05 11/05 13/05 1* 0* 15/05_ WUE 0' HYDRA HOIW lt/05 U/05
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      615 45 BSA ik MYANMA v mlhL five star line (Myanmar National Line) Loading for Yangon (Rangoon) Spore PKI( Pen P.Gdj MYO44AYWA VISSW In Port HP* AN V2O9W 6/8 Apr MALAYSIA AGENTS BOUSTEAD SHPPWG AGENCES KUL TEL 02 03 *****00 PHI TEI 02-03 *****67 PEN TEI 02 04 *****02 PGD TEI 02
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      565 48 K) RICHFIELD MARINE AGENCIES (S) PTE LTD H TEL: *****33 (12 Lines) B FAX: *****15/*****03 H] TELEX: RS ***** RISHIP (3 Lines) CR NO.: **********0E Pt\ ETHIOPIAN BMPffW LINES (National Unas of Ethiopia) ACCEPTING FCL AND CONVENTIONAL Vnnl Voy ETA Loading For Spore Andtnel 38WB 16/04 Mombasa, Djibouti Assab. Massawa
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      568 48 A WiWAWHKA AFGHANISTAN M&M Afghanistan Ltd., Hairatan. Torghundi. Islamqala (Doqharun) EweOtEwe C.1.5./RUSSIA: A ma Ala. Ashkhabad. Baku. Dushanbe. I j mi.. aa. u Irkutsk, Khabarovsk. Krasnoyarsk. Korsakov. Moscow, Mlllucf a MUnCn Novosobirsk. Sochi. Tashkent. Tbilisi. Vladivostok. Vostochny International Forwarders Mongolia: uiaan Bator N Korea: Pyongyang, Nampo EXPRESS CONTAINER SERVICE TO
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      468 48 1 ASIA HKG/TWN/BKKI GENOA/EUROPE i PEN PKL SIN 5 SAILINGS/WEEK PEN PK SIN J 4/4 5/4 6/4 HKG/BKK/KEE/KHH G'burf/Chajen/Shotm/Osk) 5/4 6/4 7/4 6/4 7/4 8/4 HKG/BKK/KEE/KHH Piraeus 16/4 17/4 18/4 11/4 12/4 13/4 HKG/BKK/KEE/KHH Ldn/Fli/Rtm/Ant/Ham/Leh 3/4 4/4 5/4 irrrnwifiir Tn Genoa/Barcetona/Marseies b 4 4 8/4 KIIIIVIWu IU I /|/Anri 28/3
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      390 49 m to G m SINO EXPRESS SHIPPING (PTE) LTD. MM I 11 COLLYER QUAY #06-01 THE ARCADE SINGAPORE 0104. T J TEL: *****00 (4 LINES) FAX: *****98 TLX: R*****1 BINOEX SINOTRANS SHANGHAI (CONTAINER SERVICE) SIN/HKQ/SHAI 3'PORE HKQ SHAJ VESSEL VOY HA ETO ETA ETP ETA ETP J. FASTER 906/906 7/4
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      1013 49 BJzNMBjynTSTiTS—^^I SUB. K9B EJUB. _EBML_ Jfl MM U Jfll flft IB JBL_ HK BL KOK m BBlft- _MD JOM HBI HO SB— KIM SIM MM MM M M* MM BM M.M MM I7M MM M IMttlll MM' MM MM 11M 11M IU4 MNUK till |7 M MM* MM* MM V
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      1476 50 "0V Mm THIS WEEK'S ARRIVAL: NEXT WEEK'S ARRIVAL: VESSELS VOT ETA EXCHANGE VESSELS VOT ETA EXCHAMGE RATE RATE SL EXPRESS 225W 03 APR 1.4224 TOKYO BAY 5587 10 APR 1 4205 MAERSK COLOMBO 9504 03 APR 1.4130 REPULSE BAY 5048 10 APR METTE MAERSK 9503 04 APR 1.4189 MAERSK TACOMA
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      631 50 I MH FULL CONTAINER SERVICES^ 111 I I I I 111 I IV 0 SAfITA im M/M M/** 11/« I ID «NU MM M/M »*> W *i 14/05 11/ M IDMTBM KM* 21/ M M/M J7/M lIIIM MWM 11/11 M« M/« M/« MM lINU «M« 17 M M/M 11/ M
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      853 50 rr a w w —r TO E. CANADA US ATLANTIC US GULF J542!?®, VOY SPORE P.KELANQ HALIFAX N.YORK NORFOLK N.ORLEANS SAVANNAH TAMPtCO HOUSTON SfSii P C J °32S U/12 Apf 13/1* Apr 12 May IS May IS May 24 May 23 May 30 May 4 Jun CLIPPER 0228 20/21 Apr
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      521 51 WS&'EVERETT ORIENT LINE" JAP AH/BAY OF BENGAL/JAPAN SERVICE *CCEPTW6 KMBUU JOC CAMOES TO/fWOi ROBE. TOKOHAMA. NAGOYA. MBI TOKYO*. MMU*. o***o* Pount* P. K(te( Sinfapor* E Msii* KAAABfVERETT V22E 07/ OS May KAMALEVEKCTT V2SE 07/08 May VESSEL 19/20 May ACCEPTM6 MEAKBUU FCI/SOC CAMOCS TO/FROM CWTTAGON6. CALCUTTA m MOMIA*. Sinfiport P. KtUnj*
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      195 51 Pi 6UWV MVISATIQW 6ROUP REGULAR LINER SERVICE TAIWAN TO SINGAPORE ASEAN SINGAPORE TO KOMPONG SOM •AT ATTRACTIVE RATES* CR NO: **********0W KAO SIN PKG PNG GLORY SELATAN VII 30/3 5/4 7/4 9/4 GLORY SELATAN X 2/4 10/4 12/4 14/4 SIN KAO GLORY SELATAN VIII 8/4 14/4 SINGAPORE I ASEAN TO
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      603 51 PAKISTAN NATIONAL SHIPPING CORPORATION KARACHI BREAKBULK CONTAINER SERVICE vessel T"* M^or" M sm HTDCHABAO 1» HW 23/04 03/05 SAJtGOONA 155-HW 0»/05 H/05 jjUgg 134-HW 11/03 ?1/0S HYPERABAO 141-HW 15/04 25/06 «l HJO KdTTK CMCOn TO DIM FAR EAST CONTAINER SERVICE ONLY aw*""' ms"" BSN"" osa"" wT" TO* SARGOOHA IS4-0R M/
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      761 51 ItuiHSiJllMMißffl FULL CONTAINER SERVICE FROM SIN TO MADRAS VESSEL VOY ETA SIN ETA MAA MV TIGER ISLAND V.I3SN SAILED 05-09/04 MV BUNCA TERATAI V TERO33 SAILED 06-10/04 MV TIGER BRIDGE V 320N 03-04/04 09-12/04 MV PESTOVO V.J2 03 04/04 09 10 04 MV SEA DRAGON V 0RG049 04 08/04 10-11/04
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      311 51 SIN PAR EAST 4/4 KEELUNG/KAOHSIUNG 9/4 BANGKOK 11/4 MANILA/CEBU 6/4 JAKARTA/BELAWAN/SURABAYA 9/4 PORT KELANG/PENANG/E. MALAYSIA 9/4 BUSAN 9/4 TOKYO/YOKO/KOBE/NGO/OSA 9/4 HONG KONG SjN CHINA (*Sl#±»fcn) 9/4 GUANGZHOU/HUANGPU/SHENZHEN FUZHOU/XIAMEN/SHANTOU/SHEKOU DALIAN/SHANGHAI/XINGANG TIANJIN/QINGDAO/HAIKOU also accepting LCL cargo SjN EUROPE/UK 5/4 LDN/FLX/LVP/SOU 5/4 RDM/HAM/ANT/LEH/GOA/OSL/GOT/BCN also accepting cargo to Austria/ Hungary/Romania/Poland/Bulgaria/Czech. SjN USA/CANADA 7/4 LOS
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      604 52 FIXED I WEEKLY CSSi MELBOURNE(T) GP SHIPPING PTE LTD I Call: Kenny/Mas/Peter STAR SHIPPING AGENCIES (S) PTE LTD I AGENTS FOth ZIM CONTAINER SERVICE GOLD STAR LINE LTD SETH SHIPPING CORPORATION TELEPHONE: 220-6666 (t LINES) FAX: *****70 tat m. tmwimi p N.AAKRICA/CARIBBEAN SERVICES t?MVSM3» mm. |w m mun Nor lulrolw
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      306 52 I 9 Slnaanore Soviet Shipping 1 jAt Co. Pte. Ltd. CR NO: **********0N BOMBAY/COCHIN I VESSEL wy MM COC sea aLom ouwaa osam isam KOTA MUTIARA MUTOaa 11/04 XVO4 MANASLU Sll MM MAM HAIPHONG/H0 CHI MINH I vessel vov sm h«« mcm VYSOKOQORSK 04SVM 01/04 OSAM I<VO4 WOOKOOORSK 06SVM 13AM
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      512 52 ~y Contemn CONTERM FREIGHT (F.E.) PTE LTD. AUCKLAND 7 APRIL (Accaptmg to all N*w Ziilmd porta) PCHANG 7 APR JAKARTA 9 APR PORT KLAN6 6 APR BAN9KOK 9 APR MAWLA 9 APR HELROURNI 9 APR SYDNEY 9 APR RRISRAm 13 API FREMAJfTLE 9 APR ADELADE 9 APR 'ACCEPTING TO ALL
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      887 52 CONSOLIDATION TO BUSAN FIRSI FORWARDER IN OFFERING TWICE WEEKLY LCL SERVICE TO BUSAN Hh Call SANISA at DID: 277 1058 (f®)^ for bookings NOW!!! Tel: Fax: Singapore 561 1668 272 9838 MTERNATIONAI SEA FREIGHT Also has offices in:- FOKWMMWG MALAYSIA THAILAND PHILIPPINES mSU MO LOGISTICS SERVICES «|2L HONG KONG VIETNAM
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      1786 53 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 m Y.S.N. V——< Voy Hong Kong Sing* port P. K«i»og Pw«m Ctdo Orchtd 15 0-0/4 >-10/4 gun Ruby IS £5/4 10-11/4 12-12/4 Ttmbf Trxtf V 1
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      381 53 rffis CEYLON SHIPPING CORPN r3g£?) National Line of Sri Lanka CONTAINERISED SERVICE TO IK AND NORTH CONTINENTAL PORTS wm |wr[t|c»o|ißlwji>l I g» WTIMItt Slow 17/3 21/} 1/4 IM 11/4 HP miKK OtM 11/} 2J/I «ua« mi» win mi mi u/< it/« nn HP gag «OWt 064W ft/1 M l *M*SIA
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      747 53 II XASUOA I 41W 42E 1.4T16 ***** HI II NEPTUNE RHODONITE 20E 20E ***** 1 4210 H CHAIYA BHUM 21S 222N 1 4285 1 4285 SSB MfaJL. H HUMBER BRIDGE 40E 40E 1 4218 1 4210 OT M NEPTUNE ZIRCON 38W 38W 1 4218 1 4218 ANRO QOWA 20N 21S
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      1435 54 AMERICAN PRESIDENT LINES, LTD. 19 KtPPtl ROAD *02-01 JtT POW BUH.D4NG SiMGAPOfft 02O» Til.: 225-99— Hi: 221-4922 TWICE WEEKLY TO FROM •UK/NORTH CONTINENT EUROPE* FOR ENQUIRY/BOOKING CALL 225-V225 TO NORTH AMERICA A CANADA WEEKLfIHHHHHHi [««iyww IWHImI ra 1 n aw |maa/WTi>g g« ot om mh cm an nou >q wrc
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      1592 54 K» AS AGENTS: Ll* (SHNAPOK) PTE ITO (01 NO: 1244<*****QM/GST REG IC-M1739M) TEL: *****77 TELEX: KAWAKI R*****5 FAX: *****16/7/8/9 i T bf* MALAYSIA: "K" LIME MARITIME (MALAYSIA) SON BHO I U TEL: SA *****00 PK *****75 PEN *****20 JB *****01 PGU *****25/6 INDONESIA: P.T. SARAKA LAUTIMTERNUSA, TEL: JKT *****08 /BtPOW.
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      498 54 ISLAND UNE PTE LTD SubsJdtsry of Hsi Sun Hup Group 300 CANTONMENT ROAD #02-11 SOUTHPOtNT TEL: *****57 PAX: 22*2004 TLX M ***** A M ***** INTRA-ASIA CONTAINER SERVICE WEEKLY SERVICE TO INDONESIA Ivwm I YOT I —1 JKT H\ vmml WY I Ml jj UauajßA YMfIISS »/4 WA oocl arrow
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      477 55 A HYUNDAI WESTBOUND TO EUROPE BKG: *****61 firm fnti pgd vessels voy sm rtm wit lew ham brej fel "05/04 07/04 WM~ K EXPtORER 316* 10/04 26/04" 30/04 29/04 30/04 30/04 02/05 12/04 14/04 15/04 SEA PROGRESS 316* 17/04 05/05 12/05 11/05 12/05 12/05 14/05 19/04 21/04 22/04 H. CHALLENGER
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      411 55 STRAITS/ JAPAN/ STRAITS SERVICE MULTI PURPOSE I ROftO CMIRER SPECIALIZE M HEAVY LFT CARGO UPTO 120 TONS RAMP CAPACITY UPTO 50 TONS In* In* DtSSa WT P* LOAOMG FOR OCEAN KUI II 1/4 BANGKOK 4/4 BETSY 11 1/4 OMENT UT 1/4 3/4 ASEAN THADEJt 47 4/4 7/4 PALEMBANG 12/4 TAWMI
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