The Business Times, 12 May 1995

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    14 1 SINGAPORE Business Times MITA(P) 194/12/94 Friday May 12 1995 WE KNOW ASIA 85 C
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  • 2am LATEST
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      Lock icon Dow down 3.5 points
      51 1 Reuter NEW YORK Blue chip stocks lost modest ground yesterday in a market analysts said was running out of resources to keep it higher. At Ipm EDT, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was ofT 3.46 points at 4,401.16, retreating slightly from Wednesday's record closing high of
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      Lock icon Nuclear treaty extended indefinitely
      41 1 AP UNITED NATIONS A global confcrencc yesterday decided to extend the Non-Pro-lifcration Treaty indefinitely, perpetuating a system in which only five declared nuclear powers the US, Russia, China, France and Britain can legitimately possess nuclear weapons. AP
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    MARKET SUMMARY
    170 1 Stock market indices Thursday Change STII 2.164.60 +72.7 KLSEComp 1.000.53 +49.17 Nikkei 16.461.73 -364.76 Hang Seng 9.025.66 +228.78 SET Index 1.345.55 +24.29 Jakarta Comp 459.55 +25.26 Manila Conip 2689.29 +83.84 Taipei WPI 5.776.18 +10.76 Seoul Comp 884.79 +7.08 Bombay BSE30 closed CLSA China B 736.70 +6.58 Aust All
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    Lock icon Heavy buying by foreign funds fires up regional markets
    681 1  -  By Paul Leo SINGAPORE The Singapore stock market sprang to life yesterday after hibernating for more than a year, with a gush of foreign orders sending the market up by almost 3.5 per cent. The sudden bull spurt was not confined
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    Japan firm in face of US trade threat
    353 1  -  From Anthony Rowley in TOKYO THE Japanese government reacted calmly but firmly yesterday to the US threat to impose trade sanctions on Japan over the two countries' car industry dispute. Ministers and industry heads expressed confidence that the World Trade Organisation will
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    Lock icon Dollar soars to 85.75 yen in Europe
    270 1 AFP Reuter LONDON The dollar rose sharply on European currency markets yesterday, boosted by a general move out of marks and yen. Sterling was carried along in the greenback's wake. Towards day's end, the dollar was trading at 1.4285 marks and 85.75 yen.
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    Lock icon Lufthansa and SAS to forge strategic alliance
    204 1 Reuter STOCKHOLM Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS) and Germany's Lufthansa said yesterday they will form a strategic alliance from Jan 1, 1996. This "will offer travellers one of the largest and most competitive traffic systems in the world", SAS said in a statement. SAS
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    Institutions gun for S'pore property stocks
    327 1 SINGAPORE Institutional investors chased propert> stocks aggressively yesterday. The Straits limes Property Index surged 52.13 points or 3 per cent to 1,765.89 second only to the Straits limes Industrials Index, which gained 72.7 points or 3.5 per cent to 2,164.6. The most sought-after local
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    Spratlys issue concerns all nations: PM Goh
    393 1  -  From Alvin Tay in Beijing THE Spratly Islands dispute is not just over resources and sovereignty but concerns navigation rights of nations as well. Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong told his Chinese counterpart last night. The sovereignty issue, he said, raises the question
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    Lock icon China's parliament passes landmark bank law
    140 1 AFP BEIJING China's parliament has passed a long-awaited Commercial Bank Law in a landmark move to restructure the country's financial system. The 91-article law. which goes into effect on July 1, was passed on Wednesday by the standing committee of the National People's Congress.
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
    • EYE on the ECONOMY
      • Article, Illustration
        Lock icon COE uncertainty stalls buyers
        338 2  -  By Ramesh Divyanathan THERE were fewer car registrations in the first quarter of this year than in the same period last year. Registrations in JanuaryMarch 1995 totalled 9,953 793 fewer than the firstquarter 1994 tally of 10,746. One reason was the drop in Certificate of Entitlement
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      Smith Corona to close S'pore, Batam plants
      431 2  -  By Ven Sreenivasan AMERICAN typewriter and office equipment maker Smith Corona Corp is elosing down its Singapore and Batam plants and shifting their operations to Mexico. The eompany had said in the US on Monday night that it would cut a net 750
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      Telecom launches one-stop Internet directory for firms
      374 2 SINGAPORE Singapore Telecom has started a new service to help local firms put up their own corporate "sites" on the Internet's hugely popular World Wide Web (WWW). Telecom president and CEO BrigGen Lee Hsien Yang said yesterday. BG Lee announced the new service,
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      Lock icon Mitsubishi Chemical looks at $10m expansion for Tuas CD-R plant
      369 2  -  By Michelle Low MITSUBISHI Chemical may invest another $10 million next year in a second production iine at its new $20 million recordable compact disc (CD-R) plant in Tuas. The second line would more than treble output from 130.000 discs
      AFP  -  369 words
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      Safeco identifies US$ 300m green projects in Vietnam
      236 2 A SINGAPORE environmental trade mission to Vietnam has identified about 50 projects, including pollution control and waste water treatment, worth about US$3OO million (Ss4lB million). The 10-day mission last month was organised by the Singapore Association for Environmental Companies (Safeco) and the
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    • NEWS ROUNDUP
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        EDB to recruit professionals in India
        79 2 THE Economic Development Board will head for India tomorrow to recruit professionals in electronics, engineering and information technology. This is the EDB's first mission to India and the fourth since its recruitment drive started in 1993. Covering Bombay, Madras and New Delhi, the team
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      • Article
        Toxic chemicals in traditional medicines
        93 2 SEVEN traditional Chinese medicinal products have been found by the Ministry of Health to contain high levels of toxic chemicals, while five others were found to be adulterated with western drugs, some of which are scheduled poisons like chlorpheniramine and dipyrone. The Poisons Act makes
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        Lien Ying Chow professorship at NUS
        61 2 THE Overseas Union Bank has established the Lien Ying Chow professorship in medicine at the National University of Singapore. OUB has donated $2 million to the university's endowment fund and the government will match that donation. NUS will use the revenue from the capital
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        Jayakumar to visit Japan
        54 2 MINISTER for Foreign Affairs and Law S Jayakumar will go on an three-day official visit to Japan from May 15. He will be there as guest of Japanese Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs Yohei Kono. He will also pay a courtesy call on
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        Ikea to set up shop in KL
        49 2 SWEDISH furniture retailer Ikea will open its first Malaysian store early next year as part of its plan to expand in the Asia Pacific. The 8,000 sq metre store, to be located in Kuala Lumpur's suburbs, will be owned by Ikea Singapore.
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      Viet central banker says inflation is the biggest hurdle
      430 3  -  From Florence Chong in SYDNEY INFLATION was the biggest problem facing Vietnam and controlling it will be crucial to the country achieving its economic growth target of 10 per cent a year, said Cao Sy Kiem, governor of the State Bank
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      Lock icon Standing proud
      43 3 Reuter KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad (left) and Deputy Premier Anwar Ibrahim have reason to be smiling. They were celebrating yesterday the 49th anniversary of L'mno and the landslide victory of their coalition government at the recent elections. Reuter
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      Lock icon Suharto tells Indonesians to hone skills or lose markets
      303 3 Reuter JAKARTA President Suharto said Indonesia could lose vital commodity export markets when Asian trade barriers are removed unless its workforce becomes more skilled. "If we do not seriously improve our human resource quality from now on, our market share of
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      Lock icon Winston Lord starts Asian tour tomorrow
      158 3 Reuter WASHINGTON The State Department's top East Asia policymaker will visit Vietnam and Laos next week as part of a regional tour, the department said. Winston Lord, assistant secretary of state for East Asia and the Pacific, will be in Asia from tomorrow to
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      Lock icon Ramos still on course for convincing victory
      278 3 AFP MANILA President Fidel Ramos' forecast of a 10-2 victory in the Philippine senatorial elections held firm yesterday with about a third of the votes cast tallied, an unofficial count showed. With votes from 33.4 per cent of precincts counted, only Mr Ramos'
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    • NOTE BOOK
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        Lock icon Decline of communism in Manila
        79 3 AFP MANILA Employment opportunities abroad have contributed to the decline of the communist movement in the Philippines, said Acting Labour Secretary Jose Brillantes yesterday. It has dampened the desire to join some other groups, he said, referring to the communist New People's Army (NPA) and
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        Lock icon Automatic expulsion from Umno
        81 3 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Umno members who directly or indirectly opposed Barisan Nasional candidates in last month's general election have been automatically expelled from the party. They also would not be readmitted, the Umno Supreme Council decided yesterday at its meeting chaired by party president Mahathir Mohamad.
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        Lock icon More power for Thailand
        59 3 Reuter WASHINGTON The World Bank announced on Wednesday that it was financing US$lOO million (SSI39 million) of a U*****.6 million environmentally-conscious power project in Thailand that will generate peak-time power using off-peak electricity. The World Bank said the Lam Takhong Pump Storage Project would help Thailand
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      Lock icon US urges caution as it sees tension brewing over Spratly Islands
      318 3 Reuter AP WASHINGTON The United States called on China and five other countries on Wednesday to step up diplomacy to prevent a possible outbreak of hostilities over the disputed Spratly Islands in the South China Sea. "The United States
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  • CHINA/ HONGKONG/ TAIWAN
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      Lock icon China's milestone bank law will need time to work, say economists
      580 4 Reuter Bloomberg Business News Beijing Chinese and foreign economists yesterday bailed a commercial bank law as a milestone in the country's financial reform but said it take time to implement (he new legislation in full. The 91-article law, which
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      80% of S'pore-Wuxi contracts has turned into investments
      298 4  -  Singapore has invested US$3OO million in Wuxi so far By Schutz Lee SINGAPORE About eight out of every 10 contracts signed between Singapore and Wuxi, China, have translated into actual investments in the Chinese city, said a visiting Chinese trade official yesterday.
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      Lock icon Top Chinese official pleased with progress of WTO talks
      198 4 AFP GENEVA A high-ranking Chinese official has hailed the initial results of talks on Beijing's joining the World Trade Organisation, which resumed here after a four-month gap. "Generally speaking, I think it is positive because we came directly to the various
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      Lock icon China postpones first direct sailing to Taiwan
      257 4 Reuter TAIPEI The first legal voyage direct from China to Taiwan since 1949 suffered a delay yesterday after mainland Chinese authorities postponed it indefinitely, Taiwan port officials said. A US-owned ship was scheduled to leave the southeastern Chinese port of Fuzhou yesterday for
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    • CHINA WATCH
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        Lock icon Consumer prices in major cities up
        67 4 Reuter BEIJING Consumer price inflation in China's 35 major cities was 19.7 per cent in April compared with the year-ago period, reversing a decline the month before, the State Statistics Bureau said. The consumer price figure rose by 0.3 percentage points from 19.4 per
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        Lock icon A governor's bite
        41 4 Reuter HONGKONG Hongkong Governor Chris Patten biting into corn at an agriculture department test field in the New Territories area on Wednesday. The test field was developed in a scheme to assist farmers in growing safe produce. Reuter
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        Lock icon Telecom upstart reports rapid growth
        58 4 Reuter BEIJING Telecommunications firm Unicom. China's fledgling "second telephone network", has laid four fibre-optic trunk lines and grown to more than 30 branches from an initial four in just 10 months, according to Xinhua news agency. Unicom was set up by the electronics, railways and
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        Lock icon Heseltine trade team due tomorrow
        47 4 AFP BEIJING China yesterday welcomed the upcoming visit of British Trade Secretary Michael Heseltine, but warned that London's stance on Hongkong remained the key to improving relations. Mr Heseltine is due to arrive in Beijing tomorrow heading a large trade delegation. AFP
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  • ASIA
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      Lock icon Murayama dismisses report that he intends to resign
      466 6 AFP Bernama TOKYO A leading Japanese newspaper yesterday said that Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama was mulling over when to quit, but the premier strongly denied the report. "I have no intention of resigning at all, because it is time for the entire
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    • ASIA NOTES
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        Lock icon Australian budget inquiry plan dropped
        94 6 Reuter CANBERRA The Australian senate will not now hold an inquiry into the government's 1995-96 budget accounting methods, opposition parties said. The conservative Liberal-National coalition said they would not support the Democrat Party's proposal for the inquiry and the Democrats said they could not start
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        Lock icon Discussion on Japan's extra budget
        77 6 Reuter TOKYO A 2.73 trillion yen (5545.29 billion) supplementary budget for the year to March 31, 1996, approved by Japan's cabinet on Wednesday, is likely to be discussed in parliament next week, an official said. He said the lower house budget committee was likely to
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        Lock icon Audit faults Care Australia
        86 6 AFP SYDNEY International aid agency Care Australia padded its budgets to get extra funds and diverted money raised for specific programmes to other areas, according to a governmentordered audit released yesterday. It said Care Australia had overstated estimated costs in some budgets presented to the government
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      Lock icon Ex-labour minister's family businesses searched
      347 6 Japanese loan scandal AP TOKYO Prosecutors raided companies owned by relatives of a former labour minister yesterday, looking for evidence of a link between the former official and a scandal involving two failed credit unions. Toshio Yamaguchi became the first politician investigated in connection with
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      Lock icon A banana first
      61 6 Reuter GOLD COAST, Australia Scientist Ken Pegg showing off a bunch of Goldfinger bananas during a launch here yesterday. The Goldfinger is the First new variety of banana to be launched in 70 years. They were bred in Honduras and are ideal for sub-tropical regions. The bananas
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      Lock icon Aussie rate hike stays on agenda
      381 6 Jobless rate fell to 4'/2-year low in April Reuter SYDNEY Australia's unemployment rate fell to its lowest level in years in April, prompting economists to warn the unexpected surge in employment kept prospects of further interest rate rises on the agenda. The warning comes
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      Lock icon Willis denies misleading shareholders on bank sale
      196 6 Reuter CANBERRA Australian Treasurer Ralph Willis yesterday rejected an accusation that he misled shareholders in a 1993 prospectus for the Commonwealth Bank of Australia Ltd, a breach of law that carries a jail penalty. The parliamentary opposition asserts that since Mr Willis announced
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  • THE WORLD
    • WORLD WATCH
      • Article
        Lock icon Up to 100 feared dead in mine disaster
        101 8 Reuter JOHANNESBURG Up to 100 miners were feared dead after plunging 500 metres down a shaft in a lift cage at Vaal Reefs Exploration and Mining Co Ltd, one of South Africa's biggest gold mines, the mine owners Anglo American Corp said
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      • Article
        Lock icon McDonnell's top Pentagon contractor
        72 8 AP WASHINGTON McDonnell Douglas Corp remained the US military's No 1 contractor in fiscal 1994 by receiving US$9.2 billion (5512.8 billion) in Pentagon spending, the Pentagon announced on Wednesday. McDonnell Douglas also ranked at the top in 1993 with USS7.S billion in contracts. The No 2
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        Lock icon EU jobless down to 10.8% in March
        65 8 Reuter BRUSSELS Unemployment in the European Union edged down to 10.8 per cent or 17.9 million people in March from 10.9 per cent in February and 11.3 per cent in March last year, Eurostat said yesterday. It said that over the past year
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        Lock icon Boost for German industrial output
        65 8 Bloomberg Business News FRANKFURT German industrial output growth will accelerate in 1995, boosted by the favourable export outlook and conditions for higher domestic demand, the Institute for Economic Research (IFO) said. In a survey of business activity, IFO said manufacturing output will expand by at
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      Lock icon Bank of England warns of interest rate rise soon
      385 8 Reuter LONDON Britain's central bank warned yesterday that interest rates may have to go up soon to keep inflation under control, adding to speculation of a rift with the government which has so far rejected any rise. Though the latest figures
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      Lock icon Major's govt wins health reform vote by narrow margin
      276 8 AFP LONDON The British government narrowly avoided defeat on Wednesday in a House of Commons vote on reform of London health services. MPs voted by 308 to 320 against a Labour motion calling on Health Secretary Virginia Bottomley to halt the
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    • Article
      Lock icon Clinton flies in for problem-free Ukraine visit
      400 8 Reuter KIEV US President Bill Clinton arrived in Ukraine yesterday for a two-day visit to the former Soviet republic which is likely to be free of the controversy which dogged his visit to neighbouring Russia. Mr Clinton was greeted at Borispol airport by
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      Lock icon So where's my flood of mail?
      74 8 Reuter SLIDELL, Louisiana Slidell resident Colen Carter wading through flood waters in front of his house on Wednesday to check if any mail had been dropped off in the last two days since torrential rains that fell in and around the New Orleans area.
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      Lock icon UK dismisses report on new media ownership rules as speculation
      401 8 Reuter LONDON Officials yesterday dismissed a newspaper report on proposals for new rules on cross-media ownership in Britain as "speculation" and said there was no set date for publication of a government discussion paper. The Independent newspaper said senior ministers
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      Lock icon Brussels challenges UK's policy on opt-outs for members
      391 9 EC's plans signal start of long battle over reforms FT BRUSSELS The European Commission on Wednesday challenged UK policy on Europe with proposals to change decision-making in Brussels which would reduce the right of veto and put an end to optouts for
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      Lock icon 124-year-old woman sees the ocean — for the first time
      64 9 124-year-old woman sees the ocean for the first time Reuter RIO DK JANEIRO, Brazil Former slave Maria do Carmo Jeronimo, 124, looking at the sea for the first time on Tuesday at Copacabana beach. With Ms Jeronimo is Rio Mayor Cesar Mayar, who invited the Minas Gerais resident to Rio
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      Lock icon US House panel set to extend R&D tax break
      418 9 Bloomberg Business News WASHINGTON A congressional panel is poised to extend a USS2.2 billion (SS3 billion) annual research tax break for businesses on the premise that it will create job opportunities for Americans just as Republicans propose to slash funding for
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    • Article
      Lock icon Renewed confidence in Italy draws investors back
      337 9 Reuter MILAN After months of being a "no-go area" for the foreign investor, Italy is again attracting funds as confidence returns to the country's politics and economy. The battered lira, which hit the canvas against the mighty German mark in March and stayed
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  • ADVERTISING & MARKETING
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      New Inchcape outfit for bigger women
      569 10  -  Marina Rinaldi markets clothes for bigger-sized women but with Italian styling to flatter the figure. Corinne Kerk reports Corinne Kerk Bigger-sized women are now the target of the newest retailer in town. Inchcape's Branded Lifestyle Division officially opens Marina Rinaldi today, an Italian label
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      Lock icon A focus on heritage for the humble motor oil
      645 10  -  Stuart Elliott tells of the historical tenor in Mobil's new campaign Stuart Elliott NYT ADS FOR expensive Scotch whisky brag about how long it has been aged. Fine wine is sold on its vintage. Now a far more prosaic product, a
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      Lock icon Beating the odds in a man's world
      322 10 Japan's award-winning creative director talks about her hard times NYT 44rriHE advertisI ING industry is reA puted for being ahead of the times but in reality it's a man's world and women are still a minority," says Chieko Hattori who recently became the
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      149 10 PORSCHE The new 911 Carrera includes ground-breaking technological leap forward with the ABS 5 braking system and new multi-link rear axle. Stuttgart Auto Pte Ltd developments. Set to boost the Carrera's already renowned agility The 911 Carrera comes in an elegant, sleek new look while maintaining 2 3 Leng Kee
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  • SPORTS
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      Lock icon Jordan switches to his old number and turns on the magic
      380 11 NBA playoffs AP ORLANDO, Florida Wearing his old number, Michael Jordan was back playing like his old self. Jordan brought No 23 out of retirement on Wednesday night, scoring 38 points and controlling the action in the Chicago Bulls'
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    • Article
      Lock icon Trio embody Rugby World Cup history
      567 11 Reuter LONDON As many as 25 players at Rugby World Cup '95 were also involved in 1987 and 1991* but only David Campese. Michael Lynagh and Sean Fitzpatrick can truly claim to have seen it all. Eight years on from the inaugural tournament, the
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    • Article
      Lock icon Black Magic's built to win
      519 11 America's Cup NYT SAN DIEGO In a sport plagued by copycats looking for the best ideas in yacht design. New Zealand's America's Cup team deliberately spread rumours that its Black Magic boats were slow. But the truth is, the boats were fast right out of
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    • SPORT SHORTS
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        Lock icon Baseball
        85 11 AFP NEW YORK National League on Wednesday Los Angeles 3. San Diego I; Cincinnati 3. Florida 0; Philadelphia 10. Montreal 1; Houston at Pittsburgh (postponed, rain) New York 5. Atlanta 2; St Louis 11. Chicago I; Colorado 8, San Francisco 5. American League: Geveland 3, Kansas City 2 (10
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        Lock icon Basketball
        13 11 AFP WASHINGTON NBA Eastern Conference quarter-final second game: Chicago 104 Orlando 94.
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        80 11 AP NEW YORK The news hit the heavyweights like a thunderbolt. After three years in prison and with no fights since June. 1991. Mike Tyson is ranked No 1 by the WBC. one step away from champion Oliver McCall. "It just shows how much politics and racketeering play a
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        42 11 Reuter NEW YORK NHL first-round playoff games on Wednesday NY Rangers 4 Quebec (NY leads best-of-seven series 2-1); Boston 3 New Jersey 2 (New Jersey 2-1); Washington 6 Pittsburgh 2 (Washington leads 2-1); Buffalo 3 Philadelphia 1 (Philadelphia 2-1) Reuter.
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        65 11 AP SANTIAGO, Chile Diego Maradona said on Wednesday that he would only return to active soccer if he was allowed to simultaneously play and coach. "I will return with a club that wants to hire me both as a player and as a coach. Separately, no," the Argentine superstar
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        36 11 AP PINEHURST, North Carolina Clay Court Championships men's ATP Tour on Wednesday, Singles, 2nd rd: Thomas Enqvist (Swe) bt Richcy Reneberg (US) 7-6 (7-4). 3-6, 6-2; Fernando Meligeni (Bra) bt Steve Bryan (US) 6-2. 6-4.
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  • LIFESTYLE
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      Lock icon And what about all those missing?
      634 13  -  Many prominent films are surprisingly left out of Cannes. Michael Dwyer finds out why Michael Dwyer NYT THE lineup of films invited to compete in the Cannes International Film Festival. which begins next Wednesday, is impressive, with Christopher Hampton's Carrington (about the Bloomsbury group).
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      Record prizes at stake in Asean art awards
      195 13 A RECORD $266,250 in prize monies is being offered in the Philip Morris Group of Companies Asean Art Awards more than $100,000 up from last year. As with last year's contest, however, money isn't everything. The top five entries in the local
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        Lock icon Courtney loves Michael Douglas
        183 13 AP AP AP GLENN CLOSE, Sharon Stone, Demi Moore pshaw. Watch out, Michael Douglas. You've got Courtney Love on your case. "You know, I have a weird Michael Douglas fetish," the lead singer of Hole tells Vanity Fair in its June edition. "I love Michael Douglas.
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      1146 13 TV RADIO 1 The Philadelphia Experiment 2, Ch 5 GraPhantom sends a bomber to to the seaman Herdeg stop Welcome Home, 9pm, TV Kris Kristoflerson tremendous as presumed in Viet- I nam. He re-appears after 14 vl v| /5B Ml years, but his wife has remarr- [.I —m > I
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    Budget, not export barriers, is behind US trade deficit
    833 14  -  The problem must be solved at home because it is homemade, writes Judith Bello Judith Bello The writer, a Washington trade lawyer and a former general counsel to the US Trade Representative, wrote this article for The Washington Post ARE Clinton
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    Aiming for more than civil service
    535 14 EDITORIAL LAUNCHED last Friday, Public Service For The 21st Century, or PS2I, signals the civil service's break with its bureaucratic tradition and opens the way for change. Right down the line, civil servants, once obedient and faithful followers of orders, are to be transformed
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  • WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
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      Adding value to society
      379 14 THERE can be no two opinions on Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong's view that Singapore has the resources to improve the assets of its citizens. Vision, economic planning and husbanding of funds account for the prosperity that has prompted the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development
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      A better class of civil servants
      112 14 THE BLUEPRINT for excellent public service, PS2I. is something that many Singaporeans would expect. Of late, there have been many views extolling the need for our civil service to be upgraded to be at par or higher than the best in the private sector.
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      Is Singapore really developed?
      202 14 SINGAPORE'S rise in status from being a developing country to a developed one is both a cause for joy and a source of worry. By considering Singapore as a developed country, the Development Assistance Committee is no doubt recognising our accomplishments. But is Singapore truly a
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      Freedom of information
      178 14 ONE of the battle cries of the tenure of Governor Chris Patten has been his drive towards a more open society. An administration in which there is ready public access to information, and where administrators are held fully accountable for their actions is evidently desirable; and slowly
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      Tenaga's right turn
      114 14 ALL the wrong turns taken by Tenaga Nasional have led to a right. The cabinet's decision to revoke the increase in electricity tariffs pending a review of the situation is appropriate, and maybe even necessary, considering the additional burden being exerted on manufacturers, the implications of an
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      Eco-tourism in Thailand
      70 14 THE Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) and the Forest Industry Organisation (FIO) have joined hands to develop eco-tourism within areas owned by the FIO. The agreement was reached during a recent meeting attended by high-ranking officials of the two agencies. With technical assistance from Swedish experts, 151,250
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  • ANALYSIS
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      Holes found in master plan for telecom reforms
      1026 15  -  The Thai government's plan to open up the telecommunications sector has run into a spot of trouble. Alan Boyd finds it plagued by political uncertainty and industry opposition Alan Boyd The writer is a Bangkok-based journalist who contributes to BT POLITICAL uncertainties
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      High yen helps S Korea, Taiwan
      1172 15 But aspiring tigers Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and the Philippines, with large yen loans, are hurting THE rise of the yen has brought good news to LG Electronics Co. Since the start of the year, the South Korean manufacturer of VCRs, televisions, microwave ovens and
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      208 15 UNION BANCAIRE PRIVEE GENEVE We are pleased to announce the opening of our Representative Office in Singapore. The Bank, with its headquarters based in Geneva, is one of Switzerland's largest privately owned banks specialised in asset management worldwide. At the end of 1994, the Group's equity exceeded CHF 1 billion
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    S'pore Big Four banks eye bigger slice of China market
    650 16  -  PMGoh in China By Alvin Tay BEIJING Buoyed by the record surge in Singapore investments to China, the Republic's Big Four banks are gearing up for a bigger share of the banking business there. Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong will
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    Lock icon MCI and News Corp form strategic joint venture
    484 16 FT Reuter LONDON News Corporation, Rupert Murdoch's media and entertainment group, and MCI Communications, the sec-ond-largest US long-distance telecommunications operator, on Wednesday announced a worldwide strategic alliance. The two companies intend to form a joint venture to exploit their strengths in media
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    Lock icon I'll sack errant ministers: Dr M
    245 16 Code of ethics drawn up to preserve party's image AFP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad yesterday warned ministers and MPs of his National Front they would be sacked if they tarnished the party's image after its landslide win in recent polls. A
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    Lock icon Wholesale prices jump, retail sales plunge in US
    339 16 Reuter WASHINGTON Inflation at the wholesale level shot up by 0.5 per cent in April, the biggest increase in five months. But another report yesterday showed a steep plunge in retail sales, suggesting to many analysts that a slowing economy would keep
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    Lock icon Fed survey shows US economy slowing, inflation muted
    301 16 Reuter WASHINGTON The United Stales economy kept growing during March and April, but at a slower pace that showed little sign of firing up inflationary wage or price rises, a Federal Reserve survey said on Wednesday. The central bank's latest survey of
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    Lock icon Leeson refuses to face trial in Singapore
    190 16 Bloomberg Business News Reuter FRANKFURT Former Barings pic trader Nick Leeson told a German court he doesn't want to be extradited to Singapore to face forgery charges. Leeson's court appearance was his first since German prosecutors last week accepted evidence supporting a full
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    Giordano's ads a reflection of the new Asian confidence
    865 16  -  The Bottom Line CHUA BENG HUAT CHUA BENG HUAT The writer teaches a course in sociology of consumption and popular culture at the National University of Singapore READERS of magazines and v iewers of movies and television can reduce the frustrations,
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
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      YHS likely to keep Pepsi deal despite ownership tussle
      585 17  -  By Genevieve Cua SINGAPORE Beverage group Yeo Hiap Seng (YHS) looks set to retain the bottling franchise for Pepsi-Cola despite the cloud of uncertainty looming over its ownership. Pepsi-Cola International president for South-east Asia Barry Shea said yesterday that Pepsi was
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      Top priority is to stem losses, says YHS chief
      286 17  -  Byl Genevieve Cua SINGAPORE Drinks maker Yeo Hiap Seng would focus on stemming losses this year, managing director Alex Chan said yesterday. 1995 would be "a year of transition", he said. "Anything that gets us back on track would be a
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      IPC comes alive with 13m shares traded
      289 17  -  By William Chia SINGAPORE Trading of IPC Corporation shares came alive yesterday, with nearly 13 million shares changing hands. However, a big chunk of the day's volume was a block deal of 8.78 million shares, which crossed at 80 cents apiece IPC's closing
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      Straits Trading's hotel project yet to take off
      298 17 SINGAPORE The Straits Trading Company seems to be having difficulty getting its ho-tel-cum-retail project in Bras Basah off the ground. Straits Trading chairman Howe Yoon Chong complained in his annual statement that although it has been a year since the company clinched
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      It's deja vu at Yeo Hiap Seng
      802 17  -  HOCK LOCK SiEW By Lee Han Shih SINGAPORE Well, it may not be as bad as watching yet another rerun of "Nightmare on Elm Street". But shareholders of Yeo Hiap Seng Ltd reading the interview with Alex Chan in today's papers could be
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      UOB expects lower loan margins and profit growth
      467 17  -  By Catherine Ong SINGAPORE United Overseas Bank expects keener competition and a slowdown in the Singapore economy to lead to lower loan margins and profit growth this year. In his annual statement, UOB chairman Wee Cho Yaw said: "With more financial institutions
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    • EYE on your STOCKS
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        MARKET MOOD
        53 17 Firm 'Market Mood' indicates the likely trading sentiment today, based on brokers polled at 5-6pm yesterday. Overnight events may alter sentiment. Brokers polled: Alliance. Barings. Credit Lyonnais Securities. Daiu a. Fraser. G K Goh. Kay Hian, Morgan Grenfell. Ong Co. Nomura. Phillip. Smith Neh- Court. W Can and
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        HOT STOCK
        78 17  -  -By Quak Hiang Whai LIKE many Malaysian counters, Mulpha has rebounded from its overwhelmingly oversold position. The point where its daily MACD lines crossed just below zero marks the beginning of a reversal. Daily and weekly RSIs show the stock has some way to go. By Qmak Hiang
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    • COMPANIES
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        PCl's debut on main board
        37 18 SINGAPORE PCI gained 2.5 cents on its first day of trading on the main board of the Stock Exchange of Singapore yesterday. It closed at 51.5 cents on volume of 196,000 shares.
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        Nat Steel ups stake in Burwill to 24.3%
        36 18 SINGAPORE Nat Steel has bought another five million shares in Hongkong-listed metal trader Burwill Holdings for HK$5OO,OOO (SS90.100). This brings its stake in Burwill to 24.3 per cent.
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        Jurong Engineering queried over tax
        78 18 SINGAPORE The SES yesterday queried Jurong Engineering on the tax charge in its 1994 results. It has asked the company to explain a substantial increase in tax and why this was not reflected in its interim results. It has also asked whether $2.65 million in
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        San Teh appoints managers
        69 18 SINGAPORE San Teh has appointed Allen Chow Shih Wei assistant general manager of subsidiary Nantong San Teh Xing Electronic Industry Co. He is the nephew of the San Teh group's executive chairman Kao Shin Ping, but does not hold any shares in San Teh or its
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        Asia Matrix forms consultancy unit
        42 18 SINGAPORE Asia Matrix Ltd has incorporated a wholly owned subsidiary providing management consultancy services. Called Asia Matrix Management, it has authorised share capital comprising 100,000 $1 shares, of which two shares have been issued and paid up.
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        530 18 M—gw»' prtew May 12 Mendaki Gr Fund 1.01 1.04$ lUt Trail us Or Fund 1.01 1.05® SEL 75 ,.77 UOB Asset Mgt Ltd The Savings Fund 1.30 1.59 Unifund 1.41 1.47 S'porc Prog Fund 0.60 0.64 Unibond 1.03 1.055 S'porc Sec Fund 0.97 1.03 United Gr Fund! 1.63 1.70 S'porc
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        Lock icon M'sian firms set to launch Ist call warrants
        260 18 Reuter KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia will soon make its first foray into the world of derivatives with the launch of at least one issue of call warrants, officials from the Securities Commission said. "We have reached the point where one issuer has substantially
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        Indosat posts 65% jump in lst-qtr income to 105b rupiah
        438 18  -  From Maggie Ford in JAKARTA INDOSAT, the Indonesian international telephone operator which floated its shares in New York last year, recorded a 65 per cent jump in net income in the first quarter, helped by lower payments to domestic operator
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        Indon minister pulls up paper maker Indah Kiat
        386 18  -  Company given two months to clean up alleged logging violations From Maggie Ford in JAKARTA INDAH Kiat, Indonesia's largest listed pulp and paper maker, has been warned again over alleged mismanagement of its forestry concessions. In a letter from Forestry Minister Djamaloedin
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        Lock icon KL draws up 3-year plan to deepen capital market
        261 18 Reuter KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's Securities Commission announced a comprehensive three-year plan to develop the country's capital market aimed at turning Kuala Lumpur into a key regional financial centre. The plan calls for a reform of the securities industry rules and regulations,
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        Lock icon Two major banks post better earnings for first quarter
        549 18 Thai corporate results Bloomberg Business News BANGKOK Thailand's two major banks reported improved results for the first quarter yesterday. Thai Farmers Bank pic, the nation's third largest, posted a profit increase of 27.4 per cent in the first quarter. Higher lending
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        Lock icon Thai phone operators' profits set to rise
        181 18 Bloomberg Business News BANGKOK With competition muted, Thailand's four major phone system operators are bound to ring up high earnings growth, analysts say. The question is how high, and the answers are surprisingly varied. A recently approved telecommunications master plan will do little
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        New equity fund to invest in East Asia
        153 18 SINGAPORE Fourteen international investors, led by the Hongkong-based Morningside group, have set up a direct equity fund to invest in East Asia. Called the ASC Asian Equity Fund, it had raised US$l3O million (SslBo million) by the initial closing date of April
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        Lock icon Formosa Plastics unit makes thrust into high-tech industry
        400 19 Bloomberg Business News TAIPEI In a move that shows the growing importance high-tech industry is playing in Taiwan, the Formosa Plastics Group, the island's largest industrial group, has mobilised a textile unit to join its move into high-tech. Shareholders of Formosa Taffeta
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        Lock icon Higher plastics prices hit 2 HK toy makers
        225 19 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG Rising plastics prices and new trade barriers in Europe yesterday took their toll on toy makers Hong Kong Toy Centre International Ltd and South China Industries Ltd. Toy Centre International Ltd said its net profit dropped 23.5 per
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        Lock icon China carmaker Denway in the red as sales plunge
        419 19 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG Chinese car maker Denway Investment Ltd reported a HK$ 148.6 million (5526.78 million) loss for last year, compared to a net profit of HK5262.75 million in 1993. The Hongkong-based car maker spun off the earnings road due
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        Lock icon Noble Group plans to buy more ships, sees steady growth this year
        380 19 Reuter HONGKONG Noble Group Ltd, a steel products and dry bulk cargo company, said it would enjoy steady growth in 1995 by expanding its shipping business and benefiting from an expected rise in chrome ore exports to China.
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      • COMPANY BRIEFS
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          Lock icon Taipei securities firm in HK ventures
          72 19 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG Taiwan's biggest securities group, an affiliate of Taiwan's President Enterprises, said it formed two Hongkong joint ventures with the colony's First Eastern Investment Group. Both companies said they were aiming to take advantage of the estimated USS2O billion (SS2B billion)
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          Lock icon HK firm to buy 50.01% of Tungtex
          109 19 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG The controlling shareholders of Tungtex Hold l ings Company Ltd have agreed to sell their 50.01 per cent holding in the company to a Hongkong trading firm for HKSI.SO (550.27) per share. Mak Hing Cheong Hon (MHCH) Holdings is
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          Lock icon Grand Orient reports HK$3lm loss
          67 19 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG Property and mining company Qrand Orient Holdings Ltd reported a HKS3I million net loss for the year and a half to Dec 31. The company said it took a HKS6O.9 million charge for "investments in mining business". The company reported a
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          Lock icon Goodyear pays US$ 2.15m for trademark
          55 19 Bloomberg Business News BEIJING US tyremaker Goodyear has paid US$2.l5 million to purchase the Chinese registered trademark "Eagle" from a struggling Chinese rival, the official Beijing Youth Daily reports. The Huhhot Rubber Plant had paid just 200 yuan (Ss33) to register the name 10
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        Lock icon Motorola to pioneer cellular phone system in Bombay
        176 19 Bloomberg Business News ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Illinois Motorola Inc said on Wednesday that it signed a multi-million-dollar contract to deploy the first cellular phone system in Bombay. Motorola's International Cellular Infrastructure Division (Icid) has already signed contracts to provide systems in New Delhi
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        Lock icon MCl's investment is a huge bet on Internet business
        457 20 MCI-News Corp link-up NYT .NEW YORK With its -US$2 billion (Ss2.B billion) investment in Rupert Murdoch's News Corp, MCI Communications Corp is making corporate America's biggest bet yet that the Internet is going to be a booming business in a few
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        Lock icon Telecom NZ on track for growth: chairman
        226 20 Reuter WELLINGTON Telecom Corp of New Zealand Ltd chairman Peter Shirtcliffe said the company was on track for further growth in revenue and earnings. The company reported a 17.4 per cent lift in net earnings to NZ5620.2 million (SssBo million) for the year
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        Lock icon What's in store in August
        52 20 Reuter LOS ANGELES Nintendo of America's latest electronic game, "Virtual Boy", a portable interactive "virtual reality" type game, is shown during a press preview at the Electronic Entertainment Expo on Wednesday in Los Angeles. The game will be available in August this year for about
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        Lock icon Commonwealth Bank to buy back and cancel shares worth A$lb
        201 20 AFP SYDNEY The majority state-owned Commonwealth Bank of Australia yesterday announced plans to buy back around Asl billion (551.02 billion) worth of shares from the government and cancel them. The government said on Tuesday it would sell its 50.4 per
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        Lock icon Banks' buy weakens anti-trust suit against Microsoft
        317 20 Reuter SAN FRANCISCO The Justice Department's suit to break up Microsoft Corp's USS2 billion (552.78 billion) acquisition of Intuit Inc on anti-trust grounds may have suffered on Wednesday when two big banks said they were getting into the same business. Bank America Corp
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        Lock icon W R Grace's new chief vows to hive off assets, cut costs
        179 20 Bloomberg Business News BOCA RATON. Florida New W R Grace Co chief executive Albert Costello, displaying firm control of the company he joined just nine days ago. told shareholders on Wednesday that he planned to move quickly to
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    • FINANCE & COMMODITIES
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        Turnover on London futures, options exchange plunges
        478 21  -  From Neil Behrmann in LONDON THE LONDON International Financial Futures and Options Exchange (Liffe) has suffered a sharp decline in turnover. It is the third-largest financial futures market in the world. Other major derivatives markets, notably the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME), the Chicago
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        Lock icon Fed manager says dollar buying partly fruitful
        162 21 Bloomberg Business News NEW YORK The US government bought US$l.42 billion (about 551.97 billion) for dcutschemarks and yen on March 2-3 in what officials said was only a partly successful bid to prop up the dollar. The New York Federal Reserve Bank bought
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        Lock icon HK banks' audit of derivatives trading is slack: report
        280 21 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG Nearly a third of banks audit their derivatives trading less than once a year or irregularly, the Hongkong Monetary Authority has said in a report. The HKMA, the closest equivalent Hongkong has to a central bank, circulated
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        Lock icon Japan's regional banks face margin squeeze
        229 21 AFP TOKYO Moody's Investors Service Inc said yesterday that Japan's regional banks would keep suffering from pressures on margins but added that the ratings among the most creditworthy would generally be sustained. "The banks will continue to suffer from margin pressures from diminishing lending
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      • SMALL CHANGE
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          Lock icon Japanese forex broker to quit trading
          68 21 Bloomberg Business News TOKYO Japanese foreign exchange broker Kobayashi Co will quit trading at the end of May as British parent company Martin Bierbum pic moves all Asian spot foreign exchange operations to Singapore, the Nikkei Kinyii newspaper reported. The move reflects the high
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          Lock icon UK insurance premium rates steady
          74 21 Reuter LONDON Insurance premium rates in the UK are stabilising after a period of modest decline, Royal Insurance pic said, echoing Wednesday's comments from General Accident pic. "I don't think we're going to see very much movement. The stabilisation we're seeing at the moment has
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          Lock icon ING plans to up stakes in Polish bank
          40 21 Reuter WARSAW Dutch banking and insurance group International Nederlanden Groep wants to increase its minority holding in Bank Slaski but needs a go-ahead from the Polish government, an ING official said. Reuter
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          Lock icon Taiwan firm raises stakes in insurer
          45 21 Reuter TAIPEI First Life Insurance Co, one of Taiwan's leading insurance firms, has sold about 40 per cent of its shares to Ching Fong Global Corp, bringing Ching Fong's stake in the insurance firm to 65 per cent. Reuter
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        Central bank sales depress gold prices, says report
        335 22  -  Reports by Neil Behrmann in LONDON GOLD is depressed mainly because of substantial central bank sales in the first four months of this year, said Gold Fields Minerals Services, a consultancy owned by leading producers Newmont Mining Corp and Gold Fields of
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        259 22 HEAVY sales of silver by US hedge and commodity funds caused a rout in the precious metals market mid-week. The decline started in late New York trading on Tuesday and silver plunged by 15 per cent to a low of U555.29 an ounce on Wednesday
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        426 22 Reuter JAKARTA As the US edges closer to imposing punitive sanctions on Japan over a car trade dispute. Indonesian rubber dealers are gleefully looking forward to making extra cash as a spinoff from the discord. Dealers yesterday said if sanctions were imposed, one
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        265 22 ENERGY REPORT Reuter TEHERAN Iran has invited Western reporters to show the world that its oil and pctrochcmical industries arc advancing despite increasingly limited acccss to foreign loans and growing trade sanctions. Over the coming days, the National Iranian Oil Company (Nioc)
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        196 22 Reuter LONDON The dollar surged two pfennigs from Wednesday's close as the resilience of the recent US bond rally kept investors interested in high yield currencies at the expense of safe havens like the mark, Swiss franc and yen. The US 30-year Treasury bond yield rallied back
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        88 22 AFP NEW YORK The dollar was down in early Wall Street trading yesterday with dealers selling oft" the US currency at around 1.4150 German marks. The ounce of gold meanwhile was up 70 cents at U*****.30 compared to the Wednesday closing mark. At 1345 GMT, the dollar was
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        1380 23 SIMEX REPORT Reuter SINGAPORE Simex Euroyen futures closed lower while Eurodollars were little changed after their Wednesday firmness, dealers said. The lead December Euroyen slipped to end at 98.48 from its previous close at 98.50. Turnover was 10,466 lots. September settled at 98.55 against its
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          60 23 SINGAPORE Traders inside and outside of Vietnam are denying reports that Vietnamese farmers are selling oft their coffee stocks due to fear of competition from Thai and Indonesian new crop supplies. The Vietnam Investment Re\-iew. a weekly newspaper, reported coffee farmers were selling coffee beans
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          63 23 TOKYO An official of Atlas Consolidated Mining of the Philippines yesterday said it will take at least several more months before the company obtains the financing needed to restart production of copper at its giant Toledo mine in Cebu. Atlas had hoped to begin
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          90 23 WASHINGTON China is projected to import two million tonnes of corn in 1995-96. down 33 per cent from an estimated three million in 1994-95, USDA said yesterday in its monthly supply-and-de-mand report. However, that still represents a substantial volume of imports from a country
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          85 23 JOHANNESBURG Work at South Africa's 5.1 billion rand (SSI.9 billion) Alusaf aluminium smelter expansion project, which is scheduled to come on stream next month, has been halted following clashes between contract workers and onsite security which has left 55 people injured. Tom Ferreira, spokesman for Alusaf,
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        684 23 COMMODITY REPORTS Rubber SINGAPORE: Rubber futures ended with solid gains on the back of a surprise run-up in Tokyo and amid firm physical K rices, but talk that Chinese uyers were having difficulties in opening letters of credit or sending shipping instructions for their
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      1457 23 SICOM Futures Rubber (futures closing as at 5.30pm) RSS 1 Contract (S cents/kg) Close Volume Open Month High Low Sett (tonnes) Interest Tim 257.00 257.0 257.00 50 M75 Jul 249.00 2425 Aug 246.50 2025 Sep 244.00 240.00 244 00 350 1800 Oct/Dcc 239.50 239.50 238.50 300 5475 Jan
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        1093 24 -20.5 SHARES closed around one per cent lower yesterday as the bourse fell into post-budget blues and market leader BHP slumped, brokers said. The All Ordinaries Index fell 20.5 points to 2,036.4. The All Industrials rose 0.5 to 3,082.1 while the All Resources dipped 39.0 to 1,243.8. Turnover was
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        627 24 +83.84 Stocks shot up 3.2 per cent with foreign buyers returning to the floor after a reassuring election result, analysts said. The PSE Composite Index rose 83.84 points to close at 2,689.29, the fifth straight day of a market upturn. Turnover was 2.71 billion pesos. "Foreigners are starting to
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        572 24 10.76 Stocks closed higher in slow trading, propelled by good performances of construction and banking and insurance issues. The 321-issue Weighted Price Index advanced 10.76 points to 5,776.18, following a 9.73-point decline on Wednesday. Turnover was 866 million shares worth NT537.9 billion, compared with the previous session's 947 million
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        477 24 -7.08 Institutional selling of primary blue chips took its toll on wobbly stocks in thin trade, sending the market to a lower close for the fifth consecutive session. The Composite Index shed 7.08 points to 884.79. Declining issues led gainers by 464 to 262. "Institutional investors have begun reducing
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        387 24 Shares finished a quiet session slightly higher as it waited for its largest stock, Telecom, to report after the market closed. Telecom closed down two cents at NZ$6.OB, ofT the session low of NZ$6.O2, and shortly before its late afternoon profit announcement. "It was a case of people
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        698 24 +27.8 THE UK's leading index ose to a 15-month high as idvances in bank and buildng materials shares countered a report from the Bank >f England that pointed to lccelerating inflation and ligher interest rates. Shares in companies that •ely on US business for a iignificant portion of their
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        156 24 +3.49 French shares posted small gains in the afternoon, hovering around the important 2.000 level which was on Wednesday in *ake of conservative Jacques Chirac's win in the presidential elections and gains on Wall Street. "There's a lot of interest in French shares now, there is a new client
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        161 24 +22.00 German stocks closed at a 10-week high as the mark's slump against the US dollar bolstered hopes the currency squeeze on exporters' earnings would ease. Exporters Daimler-Benz, BMW and Mannesmann led the advance as the DAX Index rose 22.00 points to close the post-bourse electronic trading session at
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        144 24 +3.43 Belgian stocks closed higher as a strong US dollar boosted shares in the supermarket chain Delhaize "Le Lion" and steel company Cockerill Sambre. The Bel-20 Index closed up 3.43 points at 1,451.56. A stronger dollar boosted the stock of Del- haize, which gained 1.3 per cent to close
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        130 24 +13 Italian shares ended little changed overall in highly technical trade with the prices of major stocks conditioned by the looming options close. Traders said they expected a repeat session today when the close will be used to set the strike price for the monthly contracts. The Mibtel closed
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        257 24 +2.80 Dutch shares closed firmer in brisk trade as bullish first quarter results from blue chip Royal Dutch unleashed buyers encouraged by a higher dollar. The AEX index closed 2.90 points firmer at 428.89, below a fresh year peak of 429.78, and further gains are expected if the dollar
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        173 24 +0.53pc Swedish shares firmed on falling bond yields and a stronger crown and were not put off by a late-afternoon rise in yields. The OMX Index gained 0.53 per cent to close at 1,222.12 in turnover of three million crowns. "When bond yields began to fall before lunch the
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        282 24 +39.6 Swiss stocks surged to a new 1995 high as Swiss Bank Corp shares gained as much as 5 per cent on the company's ofTer to buy SG Warburg Group's investment banking operations. SBC bearer shares rose as high as 400 francs, their highest level in more than a
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        354 24 +58.3 South African shares ended mixed as renewed demand lifted industrials but golds ended depressed by a weak bullion price and a mine disaster at Vaal Reefs. A dealer said gold shares had been mostly steady considering bullion weakness, and had found some support from a weaker rand. The
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        236 24 -6.79 Stocks fell in lacklustre early trading depressed by mixed North American debt markets, traders said. The TSE-300 Composite Index dropped 6.79 points to 4274.45 on volume of 8.60 million shares valued at CsBB million. Declining stocks edged out advances 159 to 155, with 218 issues unchanged. "It looks
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        766 24 10.37 The Dow Jones Industrial Average, which rose 13.84 points to a new record-high 4,404.62 on Wednesday, was ahead 10.37 to 4,414.99 at 11 am EDT. The dow was down 5.54 earlier but big gains in the three of its economically sensitive components helped lift the key barometer.
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      3076 25 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG Foreign investors thundered back to the market in a spending spree of a magnitude not seen since Feb 7, 1994. About HKSB.4 billion worth of shares changed hands as foreign investment funds and hedge funds decided that local shares were once again good value. The
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      588 25 CLSA IN Hongkong, the H share index gained 25.65 points to 1,165.82 on a hefty turnover of HK5203.3 million. Maanshan attracted the largest turnover at HK553.5 million to close the day 5 per cent higher. Shanghai B shares rebounded 1.3 per cent, reflecting generally improved market sentiment, although turnover
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      2557 25 Bloomberg Business News TOKYO Stocks had their biggest decline in almost a month as investors worried that US sanctions against Japanese exporters would hurt their earnings. "Foreign investors have been unloading their export shares," said a trader. "They seem more concerned about the trade friction than domestic investors." The
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      1880 25 Reuter BANGKOK Stocks rallied late and closed with the index at a four-month high on further foreign buying of finance and banking shares. The SET Index closed up 24.29 points at 1,345.55. Turnover was 202.8 million shares worth 16.27 billion baht. Rises led falls 186 to 160 with 82
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      1171 25 Reuter JAKARTA Shares soared in heavy trading on foreign-trig-gered buying almost across the board, brokers said. "Players were seen on a stampede. placing buying orders almost across the board. I have never seen market frenzy like this," one excited broker said. Shares posted strong gains, some of them rising
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        7169 26 Bloomberg Business News KUALA LUMPUR Stocks rccordcd their largest one-day gain in 16 months, rising by more than 5 per cent amid optimism that banks and property companies will benefit from steady interest rates. Zcti Aziz, chief economist at Bank
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        1822 28  -  By Paul Leo SINGAPORE Stocks staged the strongest rally in nearly 16 months as foreign fund managers rushed into the market. "There was quite a bit of a mad rush into the market by fund managers and later retailers who are
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      293 29  - German terminal operator's cargo throughput up 11 By Rahita Elias SINGAPORE German terminal operator Hamburger Hafenund Lagerhaus AG chalked- up a double-digit inc. QreOse in tl*roughput last year, > tHJ revenue growth lagged. Cargo' volume jumped nearly 11 per cent to a record 19.6 million tonnes, but group turnover rose
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      265 29 Reuter PARIS Major French shipping groups Saga (Ste Anonyme de Gerance et d'Armement), Delmas-Vieljeux and Compagnie Generate Maritime will express their criticisms of the 1992 dock reform in a white paper they plan to submit soon to the new French government, Saga chairman
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      INDEX TO SHIPPING LINES AND FREIGHT FORWARDERS
      999 29 Page Col ABC Containerline 16 1 Able Shpg 7 4/5 Accord Group 8 1-3 •Ahlers Line v 42 1 •Ahrenkiel Liner 4 1/2 •ANL 3 4/5 Antaco Mgmt 17 3 •APL 18 1/2 •Appenship 4 4/5 Arabian Express 15 4 Arowana Shpg 13
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      Conference to look at multimodal transport in China
      212 29 SINGAPORE A conference and exhibition on multimodal transport in China will be held in Beijing next month. The exhibition will start on June 13 and the conference the following day. Both events, at the China International Exhibition Centre, will end on June
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      247 29 MBT KUALA LUMPUR The government will continue to keep an eye on the country's major ports to ensure that congestion and unnecessary delays can be overcome. Malaysian Transport Minister Ling Liong Sik has said. He said while the situation in ports
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      419 29 Knight-Ridder LONDON Trading in the tanker market slowed in the middle of the week, with little new business being publicly quoted and the amount of concluded business considerably down, although some brokers thought a reasonable amount of business was being concluded
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      Lock icon Korean shipyards hurt by dollar, helped by yen
      409 29 Bloomberg Business News SEOUL The weakening US dollar could mean as much as US$2OO million (SS27B million) in reduced profits for the South Korean shipbuilding industry this year, analysts said. But the strong yen is helping South Korea, the second largest shipbuilder
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      DAILY FREIGHTS
      1663 30 WEAKER rates reported again on the Atlantic for capers and panamaxes have resulted in a further fall on Wednesday in the Baltic Freight Index, down 7 points to 2,328. Over-age tonnage featured most among lower grain fixtures with 1977-built panamax Suerte said to have been covered for 47,000
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      TRANSPORT DIARY
      378 30 COURSES Title: Sea Transport Course (SDF 70%) Duration: May 17 Aug 23 Organiser Singapore Freight Forwarders Association lei: For further details contact SFFA Secretariat at 253-7550 or fax: 253-2303. Title: International Freight Forwarding I (SDF 70%) Duration: May 25 Aug 3 Organiser Singapore Freight Forwarders Association Tel: For
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      Major Thai exporters decide to go to sea
      858 31  -  Thailand's leading conglomerates are making plans to acquire full-scale merchant fleets to break the costly stranglehold of foreign shipowners. Alan Boyd reports on the first moves Alan Boyd The writer is a Bangkok-based journalist who contributes to BT TIRED of soaring freight
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      11206 38 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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        Lock icon Toyota considers closing down domestic plants as last resort
        378 48 NYT TOKYO Toyota, Japan's largest car maker, is considering its first permanent domestic plant closures, as a "last resort" to adjust to the yen's unexpected strength. Hiroshi Okuda, Toyota's vice-president responsible for finance, said on Wednesday that an internal research group
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        New freighter for UPS taking shape
        94 48 SINGAPORE The new Boeing 767 freighter for United Parcel Service is seen here taking on the shape of an airplane for the first time, as assembly mechanics join the main fuselage sections with the wings. UPS launched the 767 freighter programme in January 1993,
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        Lock icon Airport Group International sets up unit to bid for Aussie airports
        226 48 Bloomberg Business News CANBERRA Airport Group International Inc of the US, which is owned by Lockheed Martin Corp and Soros Capital LP, established a wholly owned subsidiary to participate in bidding when thifc Australian government leases the 22 airports
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        Lock icon Other carriers unlikely to follow TWA's move on travel agent fees
        289 48 Bloomberg Business News ST LOUIS Trans World Airlines Inc has broken ranks with other major airlines and agreed to rescind a limit on travel agent commissions, but industry observers said the move won't prompt the biggest US carriers to
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        291 48 Bloomberg Business News WASHINGTON A federal judge approved a plan for eight of the nation's biggest airlines to give travelling state government employees a fare break under a US$4O million (5555.6 million) settlement of price-fix-ing allegations. The
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        Dubai sets up free port zone at airport
        218 48  -  By Ramesh Divyanathan SINGAPORE Dubai has set up a free port zone at its international airport to promote air freight, attract foreign investment and create new jobs. It will be the Middle Eastern country's second free port zone. The first is at
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          76 48 SINGAPORE Jaguar cars achieved an all-time monthly record with 48 units registered in Singapore for the month of March. The total delivered so far this year is 139 units, setting Malayan Motors on track for its target of 300 units this calendar year. Its
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          85 48 Reuter WINNIPEG, Manitoba Air Canada chief executive officer Hollis Harris says he expects revenue from international flights to double by the end of this year. "Transborder business last year made up 18 to 20 per cent of revenues and we are looking over the next
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          110 48 AFP PARIS British Triumph motor bikes have taken the French market by storm in the last two years and sales in 1994 were 42 per cent higher than in 1993, the company said here on Tuesday. The marketing director of the French subsidiary,
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          62 48 Bloomberg Business News TOKYO A Finnair flight carrying 92 passengers was forced to rcti/rjn fa Kansai Airport for an emergency landing after developing engmc national NHK television reported yesterday. No one was m/ottxJ. Jjie DC-10's computer signalled overheating m the main engine ofr the right
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          57 48 Bloomberg Business News WASHINGTON Amtrak's plan to electrify its line between New Haven and Boston won approval on Wednesday from US Transportation Secretary Federico Pena, who said the change will slash the train ride between New York City and Boston from four hours
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        184 48 AFP MANILA The latest round of negotiations on "open skies" policy between the US and the Philippines have not made any progress, Philippine Transportation and Communications Secretary Jesus Garcia said on Wednesday. Mr Garcia said that the two countries could not
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      1411 30 V [!V fH^ I I OTHER DESTINATIONS I I NORTH AMERICA I I nuirTClHt Tf> WTWT WHTW WEST COAST OF CENTRAL AMERICA (MARGARITA SERVICE) SINGAPORE CALIFORNIA EXPRESS (PWECT FROM WEST COAST) Jw ii"' |an "ioT T a an |Hount»'| cat mr mmco Iwr I a Iwnlfiaunud muml bwmwmml w cmbmlim
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      535 32 I- S'pora P BALABANI IN PT 11/5 Rdm/Atw/UK/Nantta I Loads E-/W. Malaysia. Indoo—ta I I Loading tor I AOCUNA Dubai/DarnmarVKuwat I NAZUK JeddaTVPort Sad I SAMMI FRONTIER (Xbai/DammarVKuwat/BaMram/Doha I *Load» Singapore, E7W. Malaysia. Indonaata I I Loading for SAMMI FORTUNE Los Angeles/New Orleans/ I CharlestorVNorfofc/Carnden I PAN QUEEN Lot Angataa/Naw
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      812 33 imi STRAITS SHIPPING PTE LTD 10 Mm Chiaag Road *11-01 Keppal Towers Slagapora 0200 Tal: *****00 Fax: *****17 new guinea pacific une f&XgD SERVICE OF CHINA NAVIGATION CO) ACCEPTS V^VBn CARGO out SAILS >TiP<ffy y S venture vmme w,Sta«.twr 12 "f* «!S 15!S wo, vol comwmwam>wanwwtmiKm towm*mmmmmA a? sea- HSnsiS
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      1925 33 0 Singapore Agent: |JX7fl 1 l AfltQ 1 fIArC P&O Containers (Singapore Agencies) Pte Ltd X ULVr VAflllCl 1 IMVI 9 to Hoc Chiang Road. *0701 Keppel Towers. Singapore 0208 First Class Connections WORLDWIDE SaSiSSEBT rNocsp.^assMr/iawn EXPORT IMPORT J vessel VOV ANT OCT HOT HAM BRB SOU LEM ALQ JB>
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      458 34 SEAWARD SHIPPING AND I TRADING CO (S) PTE LTD ETA ETA ETA SPORE PORT KELANG PENANG BLUE JADE 1»5 17/5 loading tor Male IRUVAIHUOHU 22/5 Loading foe Japanese Ports I PIONEER SUPREME 256 LoaOng lor Mate J UMMEEDH 20/5 Loading tor Male PROGRESS LIBERTY 30/5 Loading tor Bangkok PIONEER ELEGANT
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      1151 34 OHANJIN SHIPPING BOOKINGS TEL: *****35-237 OPERATION TEL: *****41-253 fft TEL:- *****30-233 DOCUMENT TEL: *****71-275 FOR VSL SIN UNE HAUL SEA YVR POX FOR VSL SM UNE HAUL SAV ILM NYC HANJWI BARCELONAO23E 105 DOttCT 1/0 *0 HANJIN KUNSAN 115E 12A M PROGRESS 03* 15* 10/0 10/0 1W ORECT u M
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      41 34 SOON KIAT SHIPPING I PTE LTD i rssisr m REGULAR SBMCE TO SARAWAK ft BRMB SPO« Sri P»|«t 08-95 Suptnor Glory M 45 Port Miju Yonj Hm Birtnl"**'* ln Porl rmtce*um mi fcewryttfe la M Tm. w: awow rnca*M7i m iwnmm
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      1235 34 EUROPE/UK/SCANDfNA VIA/FINLAND/RUSSIA rjjl SGP ROM HBG THP ANW LHV LHV ANW THP HBG ROM PKL SGP tfl I. ROUNO RW-015 14/5 4* 2* 5* 6* 7* E 6ATHER RE -M 1 17/4 11/4 14/4 11/4 In Pi IB E. REACH RW-003 20* B* 11* 13* IB* 14* E GLOBE RE
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      2096 35 I—^■—lW>^ BMBB CWMMCCC j EUROPE LAHKn BflkV WXSTOWE, ROTTBBAM MB HAMBURG w wmmh- «<>— ui»ufu* r .f,*sL cSvAttsmfpSefTtLTO gsasTSa*" ""Z'ZX'., ——'SSSff&m war aa® 8 sisE, SESKr S?skw"" Mr KO WNWMSI COt JAH ABMCtft mi SDK MO Ttl: 17-JSJSIH/117 Fit 17-MMITt Ta: U.S. Eaat Caast T Honjtaw»B/CMaa FrWT,: U.S.A. East Coast
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      663 35 <(£ FAMOUS CONTAINER UNES 80 ROBINSON ROAD, #22-02 SINGAPORE 0106 HOT UNE: *****33 (30 UNES) GOTHENBURG/SCAN 15/05 ROTTERDAM 15/05 AARHUS/COPENHAGEN 15/05 HAMBURG/BREMEN 15/05 MARSEILLE/FRANCE 16/05 FELIXSTOWE/UK 15/05 BARCELONA/SPAIN 17/05 LEHAVRE/FRAWCE 15/05 GENOA/ITALY 13/05 ANTWERP/BELGIUM 15/05 LOS ANGELES/WC/IPI 15/05 SYDNEY/WELBOURNE 13/05 NEW YORK/EC 15/05 FBEMANTLE/ADELAIOE 18/05 VANCOUVER 16/05 BRISBANE 13/05 TORONTO/MONTREAL
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      834 36 788 Fri* InPt Mon IS/8 > 1 BUNOA SEROJA "5073 Sun 14/5 Tu« ~ii/S~ 2773 Sun 14/5 Wd 17/5 THANA BHUM 121N Tu> 16/5 W*d 17/5 132S Tu>" 16/5 Fri 18/5 KOTA JAPE JADO6S Wd 17/5 Fri 18/5 608 Thu 18/5 Sun 21/5 f BUNQA SEROJA 507S Thu 16/5 St
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      941 36 79ANSON ROAD, *21-01, SINGAPORE 0207 TEL: *****92 FAX: *****57 CR f **********<fr STRAITS SHUTTLE SERVICE 3 PORT KLAWG PENANQ vessel vor sin phl vessel voy sin ra SEA LAUREL 386N 11/5 (THU) 12/5 (FRI) MCC CONVEYOR 5027 I(VS (WED) 12/5 (ERI) EAGLE BREEZE 203 A 11/5 (THU) (SAT) XOURJAYA *****
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      905 37 f PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL UNES (PTE) LTD I 140 Cecil Street, *03-00 PIL Building, Singapore 0106. I CR NO: **********0E H MM. VOY «M CM M MOO JBO MM AO! MUK WU MM AM KOTA WUAYA WM 83/0 86/0 31/0 8/6 4/6 KOTA 06MUAN OML3IO M 8/0 M 10/0 IS/0 14/0
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      811 37 I CH NO: **********02 I VESSELS VOY "MMI™™1 LEHAMWE HAMBURG THAMES HUIIEHOAM AWTWgy BALTIC SKOU TOMV ISW6 «/06 16/06_ VLLEOEUBRA LOSVY 23/06 13W6 IMI6 17/06 16/06 10*08 VU£ DC NORMA HO9H 3UW 2006 22AJ6 24/06 26/06 V&LEDECARMA COW* 06*06 37/06 2ftQ6 WAX 7 02/07 08/07 ALSO ACCEPTHQ CARGO TO ALL
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      598 37 I BSfl |T MYANMA FIVE STAR LIME (Myanmar National Una) w Loading lor Yaitfon (Rangoon) Sport PKH KM PM| SITTWE VI 7t u.O PATHEIN VI32W SLO PAGAN V22OW 15/05 MALArSU AGENTS BOUSTEAO SMTPING AGENCIES km Si 3 17 "0- Til K-«3-37Min PEi: TEL 1244-2****** PGO TIL «-17 *****21/4 M NIGERIAN
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      484 40 BNCHFBLDMAMNEAQENCES (S) PTE LTD TIL: *****33 (12 UNES) FAX: *****15/*****03 TELEX: RS ***** RBMP (3 Ukm) CR NO: 13TT*****00E U| v; ETHIOPIAN SHIPPING LINES t B 4 (Nationl Uses of EtWopta) V r ACCEPTING FCL AND CONVENTIONAL Vmml Voy KTA |Lo«dh«g»or AtotooyWom 44W8 06/07 «H om* l^s^r HKIEN HUNG LINE
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      550 40 mm AFGHANISTAN MAM Afghanistan Ltd., ■kJH Hairatan, Torghundi, Islamqala (Doqharun) Ifl&lfl C.1.5./RUSSIA: Alma Ata. Ashkhabad. Baku. Dushanbe. I 11T1 Irkutsk, Khabarovsk. Krasnoyarsk, Korsakov, Moscow. Mllltzer a Mimcn Novosobirsk, Sochi. Tashkent, Tbilisi, Vladivostok, Vostochny International Forwarders Mongolia: uiaan Bator N Korea: Pyongyang, Nampo EXPRESS CONTAINER SERVICE TO west coast south america
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      325 40 rli MM ftftMTAIMPn IMM IMC Afawti: MAC4BELI SPOWE: *****22 (24 UMES) v* J PHINOiiaOM7MMM S«U (084) *****8 KUCHM0(082)*****3 4 PENANG (04) *****6 BANGKOK (882) *****87 MAMLA (832) *****81 P. KELANQ: (03) *****77 JAKARTA: (21) *****07 SURABAYA: (31) *****8 I ASIA HKG/TWN/BKKI GENOA/EUROPE I Zm m S nnmnmmm mm S 16/5
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      284 41 SINO EXPRESS SHIPPING (PTE} LTD. 'MM I 11 COLLYER QUAY *06-01 THE ARCADE SINGAPORE 0104. W m TEL: *****90 (4 LINES) FAX: *****98 TLX: R*****1 SINOEX SINOTRANS SHANGHAI (CONTAINER SERVICE) SIN/HKQ/SHAI SPORE HKQ SHAI VESSEL VOY ETA ETP ETA ETP ETA ETP J. FASTER 9509/9510 16/5 17/5 22/5 23/3 26/5
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      916 41 vtMtl J& ZSBL-JSa BBM S® BB—JBL--BSL- W* K ELK 3186 MM WW WW WW WW WW WW WW WW L'SSKIi 52* J!" IAW NO HONGKONG 1106 12 OS 11W WW >11# WW WW II" 21W MS LA SEINE WW 15 OS 111 WW 21W MM M M WW WW "W
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      1432 42 ■Bimrn U.S.A. CANADA 3 TIMES A WEEK MARCHED MAERSK V.fSOi ETA SIN IiTH MAY 1 »»5 ANNA MAERSK V.fSIO ETA SIN I7TH MAY IMS MARIT MAERSK V.9506 ETA SIN 23RP MAY 1995 I destinations Nut wfcMAWMA Not wwfc 6TH STRING MARCHEN MAERSK V.9606 ANNNA MAERSK V.9510 Hi MO^H CY-18/5 1«B0
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      594 42 I MfflgUoyd FULL CONTAINER SERVICES una m WW ja Iwrl cm im nam mm w mt HMWURG UN NFI2I 11* 1M 1I» tM uincuou weut iw t«» nuCA W IMI IM IMt *2 a«» IMI Dsanuimc wru* iw iw iw itw V 0 IMA H6S2I IMI MM OM IMI IMI
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      743 42 TO E. CANADA US ATLANTIC US GULF LOADING VOY I SPORE P .KELANQ HALIFAX NYORK NORFOLK NORLEANS SAVANNAH TAMPICO HOUSTON HOEQH DRAKE 0430 15/16 May 9M*yD 20Jun 23Jun 25 Jin 3JU 2#A*i 7A4 12JW HEOGH DYKE 0630 27/25 22Mayp) TJU 10Jul 13 JU 20 Jul 16 AJ 24 JU 29
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      904 43 TWO SAILINOS/MONTH EX AUCKLAND I Cor^iinef/Boßo/BrMkßulkSe^ Jw/IHEIAfS£M ■J.HJ.HLII.IJIII--I'JI.IIIUI| mmm i //v£S r-m 11 iiiniiMßiifiii iii»« SERVICE SGP/S.E. ASIA PANAMA/NORTH AMERICA (INCL HOU*) rag j—ss: —i— rar Ivul UK I Se kh u/u c» «u uv mi im i ibt row iBE lilglglJilißlglilglglglßl- g llTltll MSO kCCBVm UJtGO TO FOUOWW6 OeSWAIXXfi.-
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      635 43 PAKISTAN NATIONAL SHIPPING CORPORATION KARACHI BREAKBULK A CONTAINER SERVICE vessel voy I tm Karachi SAR6OOHA 15S-WW »M» IMP mam m-iw 10/00 i%m MiM 1&0-HW 21/00 Mm HYDERAOAO 141-HW »M 7 17/07 m anu cau euu roars wun to immmximt FAR EAST CONTAINER SERVICE ONLY VESSEL VOY I SIN I H«G
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      677 43 PULL CONTAHtBR BBRVICB PROM MM TO IRAORAB VEUCUVOY ETA SM ETA MAA WV. MUVOMSK V IS M PORT IS-ISOS WV. TMCR WLAMO VJHW M PORT 20-21 AS WV. TKJCR SMOOE V 330N IS-ISW 21-24 AW WV PESTOVO V.l» IS-17WS 21-2*09 WV. BUNOA TENATAI V TOOK 17-IHS 22-2 MIS TXJEA MY
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      324 43 piiiiiii SIM FAR EAST 16/5 KEELUNG/KAOHSIUNG 14/5 BANGKOK 15/5 MANILA/CEBU 15/5 JAKARTA/BELAWAN/SURABAYA 15/5 PORT KELANG/PENANG/E. MALAYSIA 14/5 BUSAN 14/5 TOKYO/YOKO/KOBE/NGO/OSA 15/5 HONGKONG SIM CHINA 15/5 GUANGZHOU/HUANGPU/SHENZHEN FUZHOU/XIAMEN/SHANTOU/SHEKOtJ DALIAN/SHANGHAI/XINGANG TIANJIN/OINGDAO/HAIKOU also accepting LCL cargo SIM EUROPE/UK 16/5 LON/FLX/LVP/SOU 16/5 RDM/HAM/ANT/LEH/GOA/OSL/GOT/BCN also accepting cargo to Austria/ Hungary/Romania/Poland/Bulgaria/Czech. SIN USA/CANADA 15/5 LOS ANGELES/NEW
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      667 44 STAR SHIPPING AGENCIES (S) PTE LTD I Aomtnmt ZIM CONTAINER SERVICE GOiO STAR UNI LTD SITH SHIPPING CORPORATION TELEPHONE: 220*666 (8 LINES) FAX: *****70 tt *****12 (HMKITIHC) (Q NO. **********0*) N. AMERICA/CAR lIBtAN SIRVKIS ißi&lftllTßF VW JE 11/J Z.JAP4HIH 14/4 M/ 4 1/7 J/7 ZMUOMSMM 1441 »/J Z. CANADAIM 14/4
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      344 44 9 Singapore Soviet Shipping Co. Pte. Ltd. CR NO: **********0N BOMBAY/COCHIN VESSEL VOY 40U COC MANASLU 012 14« M. KURAKO MKO4W 17« 01/06 SEA GLORY GLRO43 2SA» KOTA MUTIARA MUTQOO 31A» MANASLU 013 HOCHIMINH/HAIPHONG I VESSEL VOY SIH HC44 MPM VYSOKOGORSK 075V96 SAILED GORNOZAVOOSK 01SVM 28A» GORNOZAVOOSK 025V96 0M» GORNOZAVOOSK
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      154 44 y Conferm CONTKRM FREIGHT (F.E.) PTE LTD. AUCKLAND 18 MAY [Accepting to «M New Zealand ports) PENANG 14 MAY JAKARTA 19 MAY PORTKLANG 18 MAY BANGKOK 14 MAY MANILA 14 MAY KEELUNG 16 MAY MELBOURNE 18 MAY SYDNEY 18 MAY BRISBANE 18 MAY FREMANTLE 18 MAY ADELAIDE 15 MAY I^^WTHENW«G^^^l3MA^^^|
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      588 44 CONSOLIDATION TO LIMASSOL T ~"SL3S-""- ACCEPTING LCL CARGO AT m ii' ATTRACTIVE RATES iso*><».V««A TniiLshipmeiii a>aiUMe i« Beirut, Lattakia via Limassol A- -I Call Te at DID 277 1064 for bookings NOW!!! 5«l 1668 272 9838 ».TTBQHT mk ANO LOGISTICS SERVICES MM Also has offices in:MALAYSIA THAILAND PHILIPPINES (CISSfcl h()m;k()m;
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      1768 45 W SUNSHIP AGENCIES PTE LTD 20 McCaUum Street #16-01/03 Asia Chambers Singapore 0106 Tel: *****22 (10 Lines) FAX: *****06 CR No.: *****8 200 OOR Y.S.N. i t ■gg i W i .lif—-sa ttMWOMfOtot M IHW 17-11/8 ImHXto 33A 171 M K-24/8 I -V Ut 71 24-2 M 39-31/5 3 S*
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      356 45 (AMfIULY-UMUJ IUNIMfIYOFML) Seabi^ INTERNATIONALE SPCDmON MAIN UNE: 278 7772 WEEKLY LCL CONSOLIDATION INDIAN SUB-CONTINENT ETD ETA COLOMBO 17/06 22/08 CHITTAQONO 10/06 22/06 CALCUTTA 16/06 22/06 BOMBAY/NflW DELHI 16/06 24/06 KARACHI 16/06 24/06 MADRAS 16/06 22/06 USA/EUROPE ETD ETA USA (ALL INLAND POINT) 16/06 22/06 EUROPE (ALL SAM PORTS) 17/06 24/06
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      697 45 'NEPTUNE AMAZONITIISW' ETA SOP 20/05/951 I ETA RDM 05/06/95, FIX 07/06/95, I SRE OS/06/95, LEH 10/06/95 wain. "taT" toe mam wo aarr I *tl" oca|^i!w CALIFORNIA JUPITER 81 IN PORT 28*05 31 OS WW OMt I 04« O&Ot Q2/M 0M» OMK OmT Ot/to KASUGAI *36 17/06 OMU 05/06 07/06 0M»
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      1435 46 AMERICAN PRESIDENT LINES, LTD. 9 KEPPEL ROD *02-01 JT POH BUIUXNG SINGAPORE 0806 MAIN LINE 22M8M CUSTOMER SERVICE 225-1225 FAX 22V-W22 EAGLE VOCE 3gl»4M CFS 270TOHOtTO* AMOTCAfcCAHADA-- W»«Ujr —WVCB MHB ra pp. I w IJTT IB iHHyjgg \tn low imi icm O**. |*W im lure it* I«| MTMUR MM MM
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      1345 46 ASAGBITS: H" UNI (WMQATOHBJ PTI LTD (CW mt iMKTMWuriTIB MO: WWW TEL *****77 TELEX KAWAKJ R*****5 FAX *****1^7/^9 ■A V TMI? MALAYSIA: "K" UNE MAfVTMi (MALAYSIA) SON BHD U Pi TEL SA *****00 PK *****75 PEN *****20 JB *****01PGU*****256 1 MDONE9A: P.T. SARAHA LAUT MTBRNUSA, TEL JKT *****06 /IXKWT M.AMH«»P*OWIOtOOTIW«»T
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      308 46 mmm ISLAND UNE PTE LTD MMM fililii) tflUSmH^Grmf 2M CANTOMMVT MM MI-11SOHTWOMT J IB: IM4SS7 Ml: 1M2504 INTRA-ASIA CONTAINER SERVICE WEEKLY SERVICE TO INDONESIA YPUMU I vSim 1 —m OOCTaaao* ieo IM I*s^ BE I a I i =r= sb =%==g =d i£ WEEKLY SERVICE TO WEST MALAYSIA r <&ttC.hjß
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      479 47 I HYUNDAI MERCHANT MARINE CO. LTD. j WESTBOUND TO EUROPE BKG: *****61 [nu fin ko vissa vw 5 itm fin [~uii ham mi: Tm 11/45 12/05 13/05 H. FtONTU 314W 15/05 01/04 04/04 01/04 04/94 04/04 04/04 17/05 10/05 20/05 N. COMMANDS IISW 11/05 00/04 11/04 01/04 11/04 11/04 13/04
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      376 47 STRAITS/ JAPAN/ STRAITS SERVICE MULTI-PURPOSE RORO CARRIER SPECIALIZE IN HEAVY LIFT CARGO UPTO 120 TONS RAMP CAPACITY UPTO SO TONS Tn» n* LOADING K» *e» w.m n» OMMTMS 1 an (UOfING li/i BNTUUI 10/S to. mm »/v saaoui NAGOYA M/$» TOOYO 1/4 o*2 NOUS I HPT IS/OS COSMK HONCI! 44
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      621 47 Bcpoßnp^ JEDDAH/UK/CONTINENT VBS&/VOT S'POH MO rwui route MM $70N UH AN. KaUm C*n Nr UMM 110$ IS/05 25/05 M/M M/M 04/04 os/M tOlltNMa MNNMN MM!IOS 10/0$ N/04 M/M M/M 10/ M *MMM4».MMM.OMMM MIOTOMtKA 1105 77/0$ 01/ M ls/M 11/ M 11/0* 11/ M I'lV NMM«w—Mi.OiMNwOMOOi nmtnm AMMRM tato. ttoMo MEDITERRANEAN
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      58 48 INVESTMENT 1 Tomorrow in Business Times PRIRAMA MARITIME PTE LTD This is to inform that Mr Suvendu Bose, I Indian Passport No. F*****8, is not in I the services of our Company any longer. I Therefore he is not authorised to represent/ I transact on behalf of our Company. I
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