The Business Times, 15 March 1996

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    13 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 04(V12/95 Internet: http://www.asial.com.sg/biztimes SINGAPORE FRIDAY, MARCH 15,1996 85*
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    MARKET SUMMARY
    68 1 D amSB (+28.85) PI BTOOMP U 2223LT4(+33.10) PI bt-mga U IMMLSI (+26.88) gj M4BKET MOOD: afTWMMAngT INDICES Thursday Changp KLSE COUP 1109.00 +24.17 NIKKEI *****.66. +188.96 HANG SENG *****.71 +202.27 SET INDEX *****8 +16.19 JAKARTA COMP 5GB.91 +9.78 MANILA COMP *****1 +1171 TAIPEI WPI 4851.65 +100.67 SEOUL COMP
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    FINANCE
    71 1 EXCHANGE BATES USS S) USI 1.407 I 1.584. .2.145 DM 0.680. 0.966 ¥100 0.949 1.336 ._0J»3... 0.564 HKI 0.129. .0.182 BAHT 0.040 .0.06* RUPIAH100 0.04*. .0.000 PUME BATES SINGAPORE* .144 KLALA LUMPUR. 8.15 JAKARTA 18.00 BANGKOK 1175 MANILA -.14.50 HON8KGNO A75 TAIPEI AM SYDNEY 10.75 TOKYO AM SEOUL 1100
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    Kuok and Shaw set to clash over bid for TVE
    588 1  -  Shaw Bros says it may make connter bid after rejecting SCMP's offer Prom Quak Hiang Whai in Hongkong WHAT seemed a friendly HKSI.IS billion (Ss2o9 million) takeover bid for TVE Holdings has turned into an outright tussle between media giants
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    Lock icon 2 Bank of China dealers run up US$175m loss in forex scam
    285 1 Reuter [SHANGHAI] Two dealers in the Bank of China took bribes and racked up losses of US$l75 million (***** million) in illegal foreign exchange trades that went wrong, the Shanghai Securities News reported yesterday. The newspaper said the
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    S'pore Tech, Sapura buy into Manila telecom firm
    292 1  -  From\ Ho Kay Tat in Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA'S Sapura Holdings Sdn Bhd and Singapore Technologies Ltd are to acquire a 20 per cent stake each in a small Philippine telecom firm. A Sapura executive told Business. Times the investment in TNRI, which
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    Lock icon An opulence fit for Neptune
    401 1  -  By l Catherine Ong [SINGAPORE] The magnificent mahogany staircase worth a million dollars alone looms like a stairway to heaven. And the walls and floors are lined with more marble than the Sistine Chapel. Or so it would seem to landlubbers who can only afford
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    Asian stocks rebound
    161 1 [SINGAPORE] Confidence seeped slowly back into regional equity markets yesterday on news that the ChinaTaiwan situation might reach a peaceful resolution. Also aiding sentiment was a relatively calm Wall Street overnight, where although the Dow dropped 15.17 to 5,568.72, the broader market hrmed. This stability was provided
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      127 1 XHSZDE Ju i i I VkYhHI I righting Singapore advertising executives lament industry's reluctance to change, Pj4 MBWBfIHOB oCL«mriapjnp47%,pg 19. Figures likely to make parallel importers of Mercedes cars green with envy. Sl%pgl9. Analysts get it close, which explains the counter's relatively low price volatility. DBSUaiwatoßtai 20. After a surge
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      15 1 Reports on Pg 19 EARNINGS NET (Sm) GROWTH C4C SslB2 +47% M Credit 5544.3 +54%
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
    • IN Brief
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        Over 5% average returns on investments
        118 2 RETURNS on the government's investments have averaged well over 5 par cent In Singapore dollar terms over the last 10 years, Finance Minister Richard Hu said yesterday. The assets are managed by the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation which handles the external investments, and
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        Tax net to shrink a bit
        48 2 FOLLOWING the latest FY96 tax changes, the number of taxpayers will drop from 444,000 for YA9S to 417,000 for YA9B, Dr Hu said yesterday. But with continued economic growth and rising incomes, more individuals will return to the tax net, he said.
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        Suzhon park investments not hit
        126 2 MINISTER for Trade and Industry Yeo Cheow Tong said current tensions between China and Taiwan should not adversely affect Singapore's investments in the Suzhou Industrial Park (SIP). But if tensions mount, it would not only be Singapore's investment in SIP that would be affected, but
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        Studies on dealination plant
        67 2 MR YIO also said that tenders have been called by the on a desalination plant in Singapore. Consultants have been asked to select suitable sites, recommend processes as well as provide cost estimates for the project The report is expected to be ready in 1997. Based
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        Stock if industrial land to be raised
        139 2 IN RESPONSE to concern on the impact of rising prices of industrial land on business costs, Mr Yeo said the government's current stock 0f7,250ha of industrial land would be Increased by 42 per cent to 10,300 ha by the year 2010. Most of
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        More can make use of skills fund
        56 2  -  Compiled by Diana Oon MINISTER of Stats fer Trade and Industry Goh Chee Wee said yesterday thas the Skills Development Fund would be extended to workers outside the employment net. This means that contract workers, retrenched workers and those seeking to enter the
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      'CPI minus X' price cap for Singapore Power tariffs
      778 2  -  Df PARLIAMENT Tariff increases have nothing to do with SP's privatisation, says Cheow Tong By Anna Teo ELECTRICITY tariffs, after they have been raised, will be capped at a rate lower than inflation, as measured by the consumer price index' (CPI),
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      Lock icon Industrial output up about 26%
      260 2  -  EYE OM THE ECONOMY Manufacturina By 1 Genevieve Cua INDUSTRIAL output surged nearly 26 per cent in January, with almost all major industries posting double-digit growth. The Economic Development Board said the growth was due to strong external demand in export-oriented industries and a lower
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      China tension puts holidaying Singaporeans off Taiwan
      311 2  -  Tour agencies report huge drop in March bookings but Israel tours still popular By. Ang Wan May SINGAPOREANS are avoiding Taiwan as a destination this school holiday but are less risk-averse when it conies to Israel. A check on travel agencies here shows
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      SM points to pitfalls on road to developed country status
      488 3  -  High-welfare not for S'pore as a recession will drain reserves in just 5 years, he says By' Vikram Khanna SINGAPORE needs to avoid the high-spending, low saving, high-welfare and low-invest-ment syndrome if it is not to be a slow-growing developed
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      NUS, NTU fees up 5%
      150 3 THE National University of Singapore and Nanyang Technological University yesterday announced a 5 per cent increase in tuition fees for the 1996-97 academic year. Fees for non-laboratory based courses will rise $200 to $4,300; laboratory-based courses, up $250 to $5,400; and medical and dental fees,
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      Lock icon Over 50,000 visitors expected at Boat Asia '96
      479 3  -  Exhibits range from USs4om luxury yachts to 5530,000 powerboats By. Ang Wan May RICH Asians are expected to turn up in droves to view the generation's next status symbol powerboats and luxury yachts at Boat Asia '96, the Asia-Pacific's premier marine leisure
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      206 2 Top generals downplay war games in strait, Pg 6 US gives USsloom boost to war against terrorists, Pg 13 </> WITH A DIFFERENCE We actually measured our rooms Q and discovered that ours ore 0 probably one of the most spobous youl get of S5/J5 nett! to moke it on
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  • FOCUS: ADVERTISING & MARKETING
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      Fighting complacency
      641 4  -  Advertising executives lament the industry's reluctance to change By Chan Siew Ling [SINGAPORE] THE advertising industry, whose entire existence is based on creating imagery, has conjured one up for itself. It believes itself to be at the cutting edge of creativity and yet, if it does not act
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      Cityneon now a major player in Asia-Pac
      478 4  -  Exhibition firm has 5 subsidiaries, 3 associate firms By. Agnes Wee [SINGAPORE) Cityneon International, formed 37 years ago. has grown from a neon-sign-board maker to become a major player in the design and fabrication of exhibition stands and exhibits. The company is now
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      MEETING PLACE
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
    • NOTE Book
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        Lock icon Natuna gas field development set to begin
        54 5 Reuter (JAKARTA] Indonesia is set to begin the process of developing its giant Natuna gas field in the South China Sea at a cost of US$4O billion (SISB million), Research and Technology Minister Jusuf Habibie said yesterday. Natuna is targeted to be operational
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        Lock icon Amendment to Malaysian Companies Act
        50 5 Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR} An amendment to the Companies Act aimed at easier access to Malaysia's capital markets for public companies, would be tabled at the forthcoming parliamentary session, said an official. Included are amendments on unit trusts and methods for paperless transactions, he said. —Bernama
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        Lock icon Timika reopens after riots
        39 5 Reuter (JAKARTA] Shops and offices reopened in the remote town of Timika in Indonesia's Irian Jaya yesterday after two days of rioting, but residents said nearby copper and gold mining operations were hit by absences,—itaittr
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        Lock icon Panel find Bakun dam safe
        38 5 Bernama (KUALA LUMPUR} The first report was released yesterday by the Bakun Board of Review which said that the design of the hydro-electric dam was safe. However, it has recommended further safety measures.—Bernama
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      Non-tax benefits to attract foreign investments
      294 5  -  BANGKOK Package aims to promote Bangkok as regional gateway By Loh Hui Yin THAILAND has mapped out a new incentive package to promote Bangkok as a regional business centre for foreign companies. Unlike its regional rivals, for example Singapore, which use a combination of
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      Lock icon Indon military drops political neutrality
      85 5 ■JAKARTA AFP THE Indonesian military has broken decades of a semblance of political neutrality by openly giving its full support to the ruling Golkar party, a year ahead of the country's general elections. "Abri (the Indonesian armed forces) members are forbidden from half-heartedly supporting Golkar,"
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      Lock icon Samsung sees M'sia as top choice
      341 5 SEOUL Korean chaebol considering setting up wafer fabrication plant in country MBT SAMSUNG, the sixth largest semiconductor manufacturer in the world, has elevated Malaysia to the top of its list of prospective sites for its second wafer fabrication plant, according to the chaebol's officials
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      Lock icon Fraud, bad debts plague Viet banking
      288 5 HANOI AFP THE governor of the State Bank of Vietnam told National Assembly members that the banking industry plagued by problems of fraud and bad debts, according to a press report here yesterday. Governor Cao Si Kiem, who addressed a session of the National
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      Lock icon M$73b saved through privatisation, says KL
      125 5 KUALA LUMPUR AFP MALAYSIA has saved Ms 73 billion (5540.3 billion) in development spending through privatising 152 enterprises and projects, Deputy Finance Minister Afflfuddin Omar said yesterday. Out of the total, 100 involved the taking over of government functions by the private sector, while
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      109 5 WEST FOOTSCRAY ENGINEERING WFE Business for sale Offers are invited to purchase as a going concern the business and assets of West Footscray Engineering Pty Limited, ACN 004 183 859 ("WFE").' WFE is a leading manufacturer of engineered, forged and fabricated metal components in Australia. It has large, well established
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  • FOCUS: CHINA-TAIWAN TENSIONS
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      Lock icon Top generals downplay war games in strait
      377 6 BEIJING China won't invade any other country or join arms race, says military commission vice-chairman Reuter, AFP CHINA'S top generals sent out peace signals to the international community yesterday while their warships and fighters manoeuvred in livefire war games intended to cow Taiwan
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      Lock icon Three US N-subs to help monitor Sino war games
      250 6 WASHINGTON Reuter THE US is deploying three nu-clear-powered attack submarines to help monitor Chinese war games in the Taiwan Strait, the US Navy's Pacific Fleet said yesterday. In its most detailed breakdown yet of the US deployment, the Pearl Harbour, Ha-waii-based
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      Lock icon Foreign banks probed for illegal fund transfers
      268 6 TAIPEI AFP THE authorities are probing foreign banks here suspected of illegally helping local residents squirrel away money abroad, worsening Taiwan's capital flight during its current crisis with China. The Commercial Times yesterday said investigators had amassed evidence that some foreign banks had
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      Lock icon Preparing for the worst
      31 6 [TAIPEI] Pupils at an elementary school here covering their eyes in the school basement during an air raid drill yesterday. Many schools are holding such drills. AFP
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      Prolonged tension will damage China interests, warns Mondale
      392 6  -  TOKYO US envoy in Japan says US committed to keeping sea lanes in East Asia clear By, Anthony Rowley THE US Ambassador to Japan, Walter Mondale, yesterday warned China that its economic progress and access to foreign investment could be damaged if
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      Lock icon Move to warn China advances in US Congress
      258 6 WASHINGTON Reuter A CONGRESSIONAL warning to China over its sabre-rat-tling in the Taiwan Strait, aimed at removing any ambiguity about US support for Taiwan, advanced in the House of Representatives on Wednesday. A resolution adopted unanimously by a House International Relations subcommittee
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      Lock icon Fujian assures Taiwan investors
      181 6 SHANGHAI Reuter A SENIOR official from the Chinese province closest to Taiwan said yesterday the interests of Taiwan traders and investors would be protected no matter what happens across the Strait. Asked about nervousness among thousands of Taiwan investors in China as relations between Beijing and
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      2813 7 (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) BALANCE SHEETS AS AT 31 DECEMBER 1995 T1» Company Hw Group Th« Company The Group Not IWg ,W4 IWS Wo» 1996 1994 1995 1994 SHARE CAPITAL 000 S$ 8, 000 8, 000 SS 000 Ssooo STOOO STOOO Authorised 250.000.000 (1994: 50,000,000) RXED ASSETS 6
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      186 8 t u J D ft»rl .viXarMX'gt r *SB iT -V rrJU. J!*fP" *;«V'.'> Km SSfeJr 'Jjg&tt X" ->-f iiiin liiiaiaMaiiiii" m f itrirniiiffiifci^iMr fcfe«- BLfc tw BL' m It has been said that the difference between the impossible and r i- the possible lies in a person's determination. If that's
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  • CHINA – HONGKONG – TAIWAN
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      Lock icon Rubin defends US trade Nations with Beijing
      312 9 WASHINGTON Puna-Taiwan Cons not in his ig talks with Ifcinese counterpart Reuter TREASURY Secretary RobK Rubin on Wednesday deded the Clinton administion's controversial policy ■comprehensive engagement fith China, saying it had benHits for both countries, ft "(China) is going to be the afgest
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      Lock icon China to buy US jets: report
      118 9 HONGKONG Bloomberg Business News [HONGKONG] China offered to order US$4 billion (555.63 billion) worth of jets from Boeing Co and McDonnell Douglas Corp if the United States delayed sanctions in a dispute over China's protection of copyrights, the Asian Wall Street Journal reported, citing
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      Lock icon China's 1996 budget won't affect markets: JP Morgan
      316 9  -  ISINGAPORE ft Lu Ning CHINA'S 1996 budget anEnced last week will have a tral effect on financial kets, says a J P Morgan rejteu*ch report. This is because despite govilrnment claims of a one per lent deficit reduction, the budget actually represents
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      Lock icon Come paddle me
      59 9 [BEIJING] Tourists to Beijing's Beihai Park, a former playground of Chinese emperors, looking at moored duck boats yesterday. The duck boats, made from fibreglass, arefor rental and they are most popular during the summer months. Beihai Park, built in the 12th Century, features artificial hills, pavilions, temples
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      More Americans feel China matters in region
      166 9 SINGAPORE MORE Americans see China as the most economically important country in the Pacific Rim to the United States in the years ahead, according to a recent poll. In the CNN/t/SA Today/Gallup Poll of 1,000 adults in the US, 57 per cent ranked
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      Lock icon State firms losses rose 20.5% to 41b yuan last year
      241 9 BEIJING AFP LOSSES by China's staleowned firms rose 20.5 per cent last year, a minister said yesterday, acknowledging that moves to allow more inefficient enterprises to go bankrupt would proceed only lyState Economic and Trade Commission Minister Wang Zhongyu said
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      432 10 A Dialogue between Government and Business on the Future Direction of International Trade Singapore, April 24-25, 1996 presenting a distinguished group of speakers with: Keynote address by: Goh Chok Tong, Prime Minister, Singapore Renato Ruggiero, Director-General, WTO Jeffrey M. Lang, Deputy Trade Representative, United Sir Leon Brittan, Vice President, The
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  • ASIA
    • ASHIA Notes
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        Lock icon Aussie securities watchdog faces revamp
        76 11 Reuter [CANBERRA] Australian Treasurer Peter Costello has said a stronger Australian Securities Commission (ASC) would be at the centre of a revamp of the finance sector's regulatory regime, The Australian Financial Review newspaper said, quoting from an interview with Mr Costello. "Mr Costello was strongly
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        Lock icon Japan's private sector spending to rise
        91 11 AFP [TOKYO) Japan's private sector capital spending is forecast to rise 0.7 per cent from year-before levels in the year to March 1997, the government-affiliated Japan Development Bank said yesterday. In the year to March 1996, outlays are seen rising 5.7 per cent, according
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        Lock icon People's pedal power
        91 11 Reuter AFP [DHAKA] A Dhaka woman ferries her children on a rickshaw amid a "non-cooperation" campaign by major opposition parties. It is designed to force Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia to step down and allow elections supervised by a neutral caretaker government. It was further eased yesterday
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      Lock icon India okays 82 foreign investment plans
      356 11 NEW DELHI Proposals worth USs39om expected toearnUSslb over next five years AFP, Reuter THE Indian government has cleared 82 foreign investment proposals including a bid by American Telephone and Telegraph Co to set up two subsidiaries here, finance ministry officials said yesterday. The total
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      Lock icon Dr M to go to Australia for talks with new PM
      206 11 SYDNEY AFP MALAYSIAN Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, a prominent opponent of Australia's efforts to integrate with Asia, is to visit Australia for informal talks with new Prime Minister John Howard this month, it was announced yesterday. Mr Howard, whose
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      Lock icon Budget impasse may affect banks' plans
      478 11 TOKYO Japan's banks may have to rethink proposals for hoge write-offs of problem loans Reuter THE deadlock in Japan's parliament over the state budget makes it increasingly likely that banks will have to reconsider their plans for huge write-offs of problem loans this month,
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      Lock icon Developers launching new projects in Tokyo
      293 11 TOKYO AFX-Asia A COMBINATION of lower property prices and rising occupancy rates for commercial properties has prompted developers to launch new projects in the Tokyo market, analysts said. "Trading in properties which carry yields of about 6 per cent to 7 per cent has
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  • THE WORLD
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      Miracle handshakes in Mideast
      709 13  -  WORLD VIEW A shift In thinking, solidarity against violence and peace is made By Kevin Sullivan US President Bill Clinton is known for his resilience, and justifiably so. "You can focus on what didn't happen today but it will blind you to what has happened, which
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      Lock icon US gives US$100m boost to war against terrorists
      401 13 JERUSALEM Reuter US PRESIDENT Bill Clinton committed US$lOO million (Ssl4o million) yesterday to an anti-terrorism pact with Israel to "track down and root out" Islamic militants. The US would begin immediately to provide Israel with equipment and training and step up intelligence
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      Lock icon Steve Forbes drops out of race
      138 13 NEW YORK NYT STEVE FORBES, the publishing magnate who had challenged the Republican establishment on Capitol Hill with his call for a radical restructuring of the tax system, yesterday dropped out of the race for the Republican presidential nomination. His decision came after he
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      Lock icon Chirac against more EU trade pacts
      249 13 PARIS Opposition directed at proposed transatlantic accord Reuter FRENCH President Jacques Chirac said yesterday he opposed the European Union entering new free trade agreements until a new world trade watchdog had proved its effectiveness and the European economy was stronger. Speaking at the 50th
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      Lock icon Fed official: Jobless rate bears watching
      188 13 CHICAGO Reuter FEDERAL Reserve Board governor Lawrence Lindsey said on Wednesday that an unemployment rate of close to 5.5 per cent would bear watching as a potential inflationary risk factor, but at the same time he did not indicate that the Fed should act
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      Lock icon Perot registering new party as prelude to presidential bid
      286 13 WASHINGTON Reuter LYING low and biding his time, Texas billionaire Ross Perot is quietly moving ahead with plans to register an independent political party in all 50 states in readiness for a possible new presidential bid. "Our presidential and vicepresidential candidates
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      Lock icon Bundesbank leaves rates steady, locks repo at 3.3%
      288 13 FRANKFURT Bloomberg Business News THE Bundesbank left German interest rates unchanged, while fresh signs of slowing growth and continued bond market volatility locked in sentiment that a reduction is imminent. The central bank left its floor discount rate at 3 per cent
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      Lock icon US producer prices down 0.2% in Feb
      133 13 WASHINGTON AFP US PRODUCER prices fell 0.2 per cent in February compared with January, the largest drop since June 1995, the Labour Department reported yesterday. But the core rate, which excludes food and energy prices, rose 0.1 per cent. Most analysts here had
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
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      Exchange rate coordination worth a try
      830 14  -  THE BOTTOM LIMB OPINION By Anthony Rowley The writer is BT's Tokyo correspondent THERE is one thing that Apec finance ministers can agree upon in principle when they meet in Kyoto this weekend, it is that a stable exchange rate between the US dollar
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      103 14 The government is getting desperate and is actively buying to boost the index to make sure its efforts in the past are not wasted.' -Ala Let head of institutional sales at Yuanta Securities, on Taipei's index being supported by the NT$2OO billion (Sf 10.22 billion) government-backed stock
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      Projecting Asean to the world
      609 14 EDITORIAL POR far too long have Asean and, indeed, Asian, countries been dependent on the Western media to project them not only to the rest of the world, but even to each other. The point has been made many times before. Now, at last, there
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      Politicians v R-word
      1248 14  -  Germany's economy is in trouble but politicians may be tempted to sit back and avoid the tough measures needed By. Peter Norman HELMUT Kohl is an astute politician. But not even his most enthusiastic supporters would accuse the German chancellor of a knowledge of or interest in
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      420 14 THE US has responded to China's threats against Taiwan by moving a naval battle group led by the aircraft carrier Independence closer to Taiwan. A second group, led by the Nimitz, has been ordered to the area from the Persian Gulf. These deployments are probably less
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      1083 15  -  The critically-acclaimed director of the trilogy died on Wednesday, stephemholdem pays tribute to the man who brought modern Poland to the screen STEPHEN HOLDEN NYT KRZYSZTOFKiesIowski, the Polish film director who achieved international acclaim with his hauntingly enigmatic trilogy, Three Colours, died on Wednesday
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      Stallone trades guns for some drama
      293 15 CINEMA [HOLLYWOOD] Marriages in Hollywood are sometimes weird. And one of the weirder ones was announced on Wednesday when Miramax Films, which has released such arty movies as II Postino, and Restoration, said it was planning to make a drama with Sylvester Stallone. Stallone,
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      NZ flavours
      719 16  -  WINE By David Gabriel {SINGAPORE) In world terms, New Zealand is a small wine producer. Yet it has been making big waves recently. Its wines produced from the sauvignon blanc grape have excelled with perhaps Cloudy Bay being the most famous example. And last year, some world success
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      Wheels of fortune
      739 18  -  MOTORING Motorcycles have come a long way from being just a poor cousin of the much-desired car By* Christopher Tan [SINGAPORE] Let's face it, most bikers began riding because they were once economically challenged. We were poor, alright? The romance, excitement and the rebellion were secondary. And
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      Two new sportsters on the road to Singapore
      126 18 [SINGAPORE] You're looking at two of the sexiest sports cars in recent times to make their debuts here. The Jaguar XKB is the British marque's first sports update in 21 years (not counting the XJ22O). It packs a four-litre V 8 and
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      Earnings at CCL jump 47% to $182m
      473 19  -  Performance far rosier than analysts' expectations of 29% increase By i Christopher Tan [SINGAPORE] MercedesBenz, Mera Terrace and MeraLodge were the three Ms that sent Cycle Carriage Ltd's earnings for the year ended Dec 31,1995 over the moon. Earnings shot up 47 per
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      MD to be appointed deputy chairman
      157 19 [SINGAPORE] Cycle Carriage Ltd group managing director Boon Yoon Chiang will be appointed deputy chairman on May 7. He will relinquish his current post, which will be filled by managing director of motor operations, Philip Eng. During his 13 years with the company, Mr
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      Pacific Century in no rush to spend huge cash hoard
      723 19  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW By Catherine Ong RICHARD LI has a problem most businessmen wouldn't mind having. His privately-owned Pacific Century Group (PCG) is so flush with cash and nearcash that he is hard put to And suitable outlets for them.
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      90% of CCL's phase one Merawoods project booked
      289 19  -  Company may start selling remaining units today By: Michelle Low (SINGAPORE) Cycle Carriage Ltd's condominium project Merawoods got the thumbs up from buyers yesterday 90 per cent of phase one's 181 units were booked at the soft launch, sources said. Given the
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      M Credit's profit up 54% to $44m
      278 19  -  By Lee Han Shih [SINGAPORE] Malayan Credit Ltd (MCL) yesterday released a set of improved results which were well within market expectations and said profit this year should be even better. The property company notched up a 37 per cent rise in turnover
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      Lock icon Errors in stock records
      107 19 Bloomberg Business News {KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysian stock owners have complained that the exchange's new computerised trading system sometimes gives them an incomplete record of their holdings, the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (KLSE) said. The exchange said it and Malaysian Central Depository Sdn, which runs the computer
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        DBS Land seen to miss forecast
        392 20  -  Analysts expect lower than expected earnings because of weak property sales W Ven Sreenivasan (SINGAPORE] Analysts expect DBS Land to unveil lower than expected earnings tomorrow for the 1995 financial year. Following the Urban Redevelopment Authority's data on residential property take-up rates, analysts now
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        JTH buying M$566m timber rights
        280 20  -  From Ho Kay Tat in Kuala Lumpur SARAWAK timber tycoon Tiong Hiew King is injecting M 5566 million (Ss3l3 million) worth of timber rights into his listed Vehicle Jaya Tiasa Holdings Bhd (JTH). The move will put the bulk ■of Mr Tiong's substantial timber concessions
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        Proton's MD may leave company, say sources
        336 20  -  From\ Ho Kay Tat in Kuala Lumpur PERUSAHAAN Otomobil Nasional Bhd (Proton) managing director Nadzmi Mohd Salleh, one of the pioneers of the national car project, is leaving the company, sources said. Mr Nadzmi submitted his resignation letter to the Proton board recently
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        Manila approves car assembly by Proton
        326 20  -  From. Al Labita in Manila THE Philippines has allowed a subsidiary of Malaysia's car maker Proton to assemble luxury vehicles for the domestic and export markets, a government official told BT yesterday. Board of Investments (BOI) senior specialist Gerry Jocson said the go-ahead was
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        UOB confirms making offer for Noble shares
        122 20 [SINGAPORE] United Overseas Bank confirmed yesterday that it had made an offer for the issued shares of Hong-kong-listed Noble Group Ltd, but a spokesman declined to give further details. According to a Bloomberg Business News report yesterday, Noble said it had been approached
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        NatSteel unit to distribute Brazilian wire rod billets
        152 20 [SINGAPORE] A subsidiary of mainboard-listed Nat Steel Ltd has been awarded a distributorship of wire rod billets which is expected to generate a turnover of US$l2O million (Ssl6B million) a year. Nat Steel Trade will be one of five distributors of Aco
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          SingTel cuts Telepac rates
          60 20 [SINGAPORE] Singapore Telecom has lowered rates for its Telepac data communication service, effective this month. Monthly subscriptions have been cut by up to 22 per cent, and the volume charge for domestic calls has been dropped. The duration and volume charges for international calls have been
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          Flextech requests suspension
          18 20 [SINGAPORE] Flextech Holdings yesterday requested a suspension in trading of its shares pending an announcement.
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          York Pacific gets nod for name change
          27 20 [SINGAPORE] York Pacific said that an extraordinary general meeting yesterday approved changing the company's name to Wassail Asia Pacific Ltd.
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          NOL corrects EPS figures
          66 20 [SINGAPORE] Neptune Orient Lines Ltd said yesterday there was an error in reporting its earnings per share for 1995. The correct earnings per $1 ordinary share on its existing share capital is 6.43 cents, and is 6.42 cents on a fully diluted basis. On Tuesday it
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        Lock icon Murdoch's Star TV close to Chinese cable deal
        448 21 Network hopes to break into China market with three-way tie-op FT RUPERT Murdoch's loss-mak-ing Star TV network, in a new effort to break into China, is understood to be close to agreement with a Hongkongbased company with high-lev-el connections to the People's
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        Lock icon Mulpha to buy out Australian unit
        113 21 Reuter [SYDNEY] Mulpha Australia Ltd said major shareholder Malaysia's Mulpha International Bhd plans to offer A 52.64 per Mulpha Australia share to buy the rest of the shares it does not already own. Mulpha International holds 76.11 per cent of its Australian offshoot. The
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        Lock icon Bank of East Asia directors get 19% pay rise
        224 21 SCMP [HONGKONG] An executive director at Bank of East Asia will get up to HK$22 million (Ss4 million) in his 1995 pay packet. The disclosure came in the bank's accounts for the 12 months to Dec 31. For the period, total
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        Lock icon Microsoft launches new Chinese version of its Windows 95
        265 21 Bloomberg Business News [BEIJING] Microsoft Corp predicted at least half the computers sold in China this year will contain the new simplified Chinese-language version of its Windows 95 software. "Business is very good and growing very fast," said Charles Stevens, vice-presi-dent
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        Lock icon Fletcher split backfires, long-term prospects good
        237 21 Reuter [AUCKLAND] The split-up of New Zealand's Fletcher Challenge Ltd (FCL) into three separately listed divisions may have backfired yesterday, but analysts said benefits were likely to be seen over the long-term. > The Fletcher ordinary share has been split into the paper stock,
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        Lock icon Swiss Bank Corp outdoes rivals with 30% profit rise
        414 22 It says it's planning small-scale acquisitions to fill gaps in US operation Reuter, Bloomberg Business News [BASLE] Swiss Bank Corp has posted the strongest 1995 profit advance of all the big three Swiss banks and played down problems at its SBC
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        Lock icon Lucent's IPO expected to do well
        392 22 Reuter [NEW YORK] Lucent Technologies Inc's initial public offering (IPO) of 111 million shares is set to be the biggest ever IPO in the US but the market should have no trouble absorbing the deal with demand for new issues running high. Lucent, the
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        Lock icon Metro merging to be bigger
        67 22 [DUESSELDORF, Germany] Metro chairman Erwin Conradi (right) displaying somefiles with Asko chief executive Klasu Wiegand at a news conference yesterday after announcing the merger of Metro's German units. The new company, Metro Handels Holding AG, unites Asko Deutsche Kaufhaus AG and KaufhofHolding AG with Swiss-based
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        Lock icon Travelers' subsidiary plans US$885m IPO
        177 22 Bloomberg Business News [WASHINGTON] Travelers Group Inc will hold a US$BB5 million (551.23 billion) initial public offering as part of its plan to create the fourth-larg-est property and casualty insurer in the US. The new company, Travelers/Aetna Property Casualty Corp, filed with the Securities and
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        Lock icon Time Warner chief wanted to sort out dispute after merger
        318 22 US West executive testifies in trial to stop Time Warner, Turner merger Bloomberg Business News [WILMINGTON, Delaware] Time Warner Inc chairman Gerald Levin suggested that his company and US West Inc "sort out" their differences over Time Warner's proposed merger
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          Lock icon Berkshire can raise stake to 17%
          101 22 Bloomberg Business News [NEW YORK] American Express Co said Berkshire Hathaway Inc, led by billionaire investor Warren Buffett, can increase its stake in the travel and financial services company to 17 per cent of the shares. Berkshire holds 10.2 per cent of American Express'
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          Lock icon Unilever sharpening focus
          40 22 Reuter [LONDON] Anglo-Dutch consumer products giant Unilever said on Wednesday it was refocusing its management structure to create a sharper regional focus and a clearer separation of corporate strategic leadership from the day-to-day running of the business.—Reuter
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          Lock icon Record profits for Legal & General
          51 22 Record profits for Legal General Reuter [LONDON] British life and pensions group Legal and General pic announced a strong increase in profits, despite a difficult year in the life and pensions market. Its 1995 pre-tax profits were near the top of market expectations at a record £271.3 million (SssBl million).
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          Lock icon Nabisco food business could be sold
          54 22 Bloomberg Business News [NEW YORK] RJR Nabisco Holdings Corp confirmed that financier Bennett Leßow won a recent nonbinding shareholder vote urging the board to spinoff RJR's food business immediately. Leßow said 50.6 per cent of the company's shares outstanding voted in favour of the
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          Lock icon A Chubby pay rise
          46 22 Bloomberg Business News [WARREN, New Jersey] Chubb Corp chairman, chief executive and president Dean O'Hare's 1996 earnings rose 40 per cent to US$2.5l million (US$3.5 million) according to a proxy statement the insurer filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.—Bloomberg Business News
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          Lock icon Sega-Dreamworks-MCA venture
          37 22 Reuter [LOS ANGELES] Japanese videogame giant Sega Enterprises, Dream Works SKG and MCA Inc have signed an agreement to form a Joint venture to open more than 100 entertainment centres in the next four years.—Reuter
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        Lock icon MGM ready to go under the hammer
        69 23 [SANTA MONICA] France gave the go-ahead on Tuesday for the sale of Hollywood studio Metro Goldwyn Mayer (above) in Santa Monica, California, setting in motion what could be the most glamorous auction of the year. MGM was part of Credit Lyonnais before it
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        Wall Street overreacted to jobs data: economist
        332 23  -  US economy slowing down, with net loss of 1.7 m jobs in Jan-Feb By' Vikram Khanna [SINGAPORE] Wall Street has overreacted to the US government report about the large number of jobs created in Feb l ruary and the resulting US stock market
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        Commercial Union transfers funds to S'pore
        421 23  -  Group's $1 billion Asia-Pacific foods to be managed oat of S'pore instead of London By Conrad Raj [SINGAPORE] One of the world's largest financial groups, Britain's Commercial Union, has given Singapore's fledgling fund management industry a huge boost by transferring all its Asia-Pacif-ic funds
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        Lock icon Fund for Asian tech stocks to be launched
        306 23 Bloomberg Business News [NEW YORK] Alliance Capital Management will launch a closed-end fund next month that will invest in small-cap Asian technology stocks. The fund, the Asian Technology Fund, is now being marketed to the US, Asian and European institutional investors, and
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        Thai banks' profit growth expected to slow to 15%
        307 23  -  From Loh Hui Yin in Bangkok THAILAND'S 15 commercial banks are expected to chalk up an average net profit growth of about 15 per cent this year, according to a report by Thai Farmers Bank Research Centre. This compares with last
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        Sicom considering change of delivery terms in TSR20 contract
        444 24  -  Mixed response to proposal to switch to FOB instead of delivery to specific warehouses By\ Siow Li Sen [SINGAPORE] A proposal that is before the Singapore Commodity Exchange (Sicom) to change the delivery terms of the most popularly traded contract, the
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        Simex to sign info sharing pact with other exchanges
        181 24 [SINGAPORE] The Singapore International Monetary Exchange (Simex) will sign an information sharing agreement today in Florida with 45 other exchanges and clearing houses for futures and options one year after the Barings debacle. Simex chairman Elizabeth Sam will sign the agreement
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        Lock icon Anglo American buys 5.9% of Lonrho in surprise move
        347 24 FT (LONDON] Anglo American Corporation, South Africa's biggest company, surprised its rivals in the mining industry on Wednesday by buying 5.9 per cent of Lonrho, the UKbased conglomerate, for the equivalent of £91 million (*****.7 million). The holding is being sold
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        Lock icon SEC probes Michael Milken's investment in Hasbro
        280 24 Move is part of a widening probe into Milken's deals NYT [NEW YORK] The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is investigating a substantial investment that Michael Milken, the former junk bond king, and Lawrence Ellison, the chairman and chief executive officer of Oracle
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        Lock icon Australian dollar climbs to dizzying heights
        206 24 Reuter [SYDNEY] An unstoppable Australian dollar notched up its seventh successive stronger close yesterday. The whistle stop tour of important resistance levels continued with a visit to U550.7750, so maintaining the technical momentum even though the speed of the rise and the dizzying heights
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        Lock icon Dealers upbeat on Euroyen
        207 24 SOBBKReport Reuter [SINGAPORE] Simex Euroyen futures yesterday broke above resistance levels with dealers expecting more gains early next week. Euroyen futures fended off profit-taking pressure and a lack of market-moving news to end higher, boosted in part by players rolling over their positions ahead of the
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        156 24 Reuter, AFP London THE dollar remained trapped in tight ranges in Europe, barely changed from Wednesday's closing levels, as players marked time ahead of the Bundesbank council meeting and US inflation data. Dealers said that if, as expected, the German central bank leaves interest rates on hold and
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        Lock icon China demand for crude oil seen firm for April
        309 24 ENEROT REPORT Reuter [SINGAPORE] China's appetite for crude oil is expected to stay firm in April as refineries run full steam to meet healthy demand for domestically refined oil products, sources and traders said yesterday. "China will buy slightly more crudes
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      1651 25 Reuter U Nikkei 225 +188J6 SHARES ended higher yesterday, helped by a strong advance by Keisei Electric Railways which encouraged some players. Yet brokers said the market is likely to remain in its recent doldrums in the near future amid uncertainties over the 1996/97 budget. The 225-share Nikkei Average
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      1655 26 AFX-Asia Han* Seal ****** SHARE prices closed sharply higher yesterday in a late technical rebound sparked by short covering by futures traders and moderate bargainhunting among blue chips, brokers said. The Hang Seng Index closed 202.27 points up at 10,451.75. Turnover was HK54.43 billion. Properties recovered some of Wednesday's
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      624 26 Reuter Q Shanghai B Share Index +020 THE Shanghai B Index ended up, led by a jump in Shanghai Diesel Engine due to institutional buying, but trading was slow. The index rose 0.2 point to 50.3 on a turnover of 2.4 million shares worth US$B3B,OOO. "Institutional buying of Diesel
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      352 26 AFP QWP Index ****** SHARE prices surged as investors picked up stocks amid improving morale engineered by the government's support of the local bourse. "More investors returned to the floor in the light of the government's support for the market," said a trader. "Investors seem to have become used
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      703 26 Bloomberg Business News U Composite fata ♦ITS STOCKS rose, powered by bellwether PT Telkom, as concerns subsided that world interest rates will rise, and suck money out of stocks. Telkom, which accounts for more than 20 per cent of the Jakarta market's capitalisation, rose 150 rupiah to 3,675. "Telkom
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      814 26 Bloomberg Business News H SET Intel *im BROKERAGE firms led a rally yesterday, amid optimism that they will profit from an increase in trading volume. "The volume traded in the first quarter is much better than last year; that will benefit brokerage houses' profit," said an analyst. The stock
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      335 26 AFP Q Manila *13.71 SHARE prices rose as the market staged a technical rally following a three-day drop due to tension in the Taiwan Strait. The Composite Index climbed 13.71 points to 2,783.63. Turnover was 9.3 billion units valued at 2.1 billion pesos. Among the gainers were San Miguel
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      405 26 AFP QOnpofitebia SHARE prices rose in anticipation that a stock market stabilisation fund would intervene this week to support the lacklustre market. The Composite Price Index rose 5.56 points to 844.43. Turnover was 25.5 million shares valued at 431.4 billion won. Advancing stocks beat declining ones 539 to 222.
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      621 26 AFP Will Primaries *L 5 THE market caught its breath yesterday after wild swings in the earlier part of the week, closing marginally higher. The All-Ordinaries Index rose 1.5 points to 2,210.6. Turnover was 282.8 million shares valued at A 5718.5 million. Rises beat flails 456 to 412. Among
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        7082 27 KUALA LUBu* un Reports Bloomberg Business News Composite Index +24J7 STOCKS yesterday made their biggest gain in Five weeks, led by Telekom and Genting, as investors decided Malaysia has the least to lose if US interest rates kept rising. "On an interest rate
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        3770 28  -  WARRANT WATCH By\ R Sivanithy AMONG the top performers in yesterday's bounce were Uniphoenix Corporation's shares, warrants and convertible bonds. The Hicom subsidiary's listed instruments have been dormant for some time now but look to be springing back to life, so they or the warrants
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        66 30  -  By Paul Leo UNITED OVERSEAS LAND rose seven cents to $2.68 on a strong volume of 2.82 million shares 2.5 times the 10day average of 1.13 million units. With daily RSI bouncing up from oversold region and daily MACD in bullish territory, the property counter will be well
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        Easing of China-Taiwan tension calms market
        844 30  -  STOCK MARKET COMMENTARY STII up 28 points; dealers expect further recovery if Wall Street remains stable H// R Sivanithy [SINGAPORE] Mid-afternoon news flashes that top Chinese military officials were committed to peace in order to continue the country's development further soothed the nefves of
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          97 30 BEING an analyst has its hazards. Nick Moore, a commodities analyst with Ord Minnett Securities, says he gets "hate mail" from zinc producers whenever he talks about zinc prices staying depressed. And why isn't he being bullish about zinc prices? He says zinc prices have
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          141 30 THE Eskimos have many words to describe snow, and Alliance Securities has quite a few ways to describe the word "buy". When it says a stock is a "strong buy", it means that particular stock is expected to gross between 15 and 30 per cent in price
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          183 30 A RECENT weekly market commentary by Phillip Securities Research used medical science to bring out a point on the impending danger on the local bourse. It said Wall Street's stunning performance, unfortunately, has not had any "placebo" effect on local markets. Instead, investors seem to heed bearish laments,
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          83 30 A LOCAL PR agency made a major boo-boo earlier this week by releasing a press statement on the wrong company letterhead. Our conftised reporter had to do a double-take before realising that German software Arm SAP's plans to "significantly increase" its 1996 dividend had nothing whatsoever to do
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      474 20 7 //K\ THE BUSINESS TIMES URSITLE EXCLUSIVE CCS!^S vS ss THE An alabaster cast of this Egyptian time 9 measurement water receptable can be found t J <^^m. at the Karnak Temple. It is dated 1415-1308 I -BC and is also called a clepsydra. ill I J I 111 K
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      1518 22 TEH LTD Male (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) ANNOUNCEMENT The Directors of San Teh Ltd are ptaaaad to announca tha following unaudited result* of tha Company and of the Group for the year ended 31 December 1906: COMPANY GROUP 1998 1994 199S 1994 $'000 000 $'000 $000 Turnover 64,008
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      154 23 V This announcement appears as a matter of record only: r o Sinn Bualuang Co., Ltd. U5D150,000,000 Transferable Loan Certificate Facility Arrangers/Lead Managers L.F.C. Far East Ltd/London Forfaiting Company PLC Overseas Union Bank Limited PUBLIC BANK (L) LTD, Labuan, Malaysia SEOULBANK Shinhan Finance Limited United Overseas Bank Limited Expanded Lead
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      334 27 p IK A There's no letting up in the property market in land-scarce Singapore. Although the market iirWTnrnTinilßHM I Ij 1 iC C_ seems to have soften somewhat, people are still paying record prices and rentals. From HDB Per single coi cm $16.17 apartments to private condominiums, landed residential homes
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      31 28 SMOOTH AS SILK TO BANGKOK Travelling to Bangkok? Fly smooth as silk on Thai H|| six times dsily. Enjoy gourmet foodf vintage I™"® French wines and a standard of service that's
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      409 30 Form 55 (Rule 112) NOTICE OF MEETING OF CREDITORS (Originating petition N0.9 0*1992) In the matter of THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 50 and In the matter of KUMAGAI-ZENECON CONSTRUCTION PTE LTD (In Liquidation) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a meeting of the creditors in the above matter will be held
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      377 30 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 50 AND GUAN MOH CO. PTE LTD (In Members' Voluntary Liquidation) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to Section 308 of the Companies Act, Cap. 50 that the Final General Meeting of the Members of the abovenamed Company will be held at 336
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      658 30 Singapore Closing Share Prices 14/03/1996 CLOSE PREV LOW HIGH *119## US$ US$ US$ USS All!## Jardine Matheson 7.70 7.45 7.45 7.70 Sardine Strategic 3.30 3.24 3.20 3.30 l imf j Dair y Farm 0.95 0.95 0.93 0.95 Hongkong Land 2.15 2.09 2.08 2.16 Mandarin Oriental 1.29 1.21 1.25 1.29 BEiiJiiMfl
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      415 30 P.T. Bank Ekspor Impor Indonesia (Persero) (acting by and throngh its Cayman Islands branch) U5559,000,000 Floating Rate Notes due September, 1999 In accordance with the terms and conditions of the Notes, the rate of interest applicable for the interest period March 14, 19% to September 16, 19% is 6.7 pet
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      262 31 Knigth-Ridder, Reuter AN ANTICIPATED increase in freight rates for Atlantic Panamaxesis proving difficult for ownero to achieve. Rates have appreciated a little in some cases, but the performance has been patchy. Conditions have Improved more appreciably for Handy-sizes in the Atlantic, and some Caper rates have also shown
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      352 31  -  Australian Express Service will kick off on March 29 with four 1,000 TEU ships By\ Rahita Elias [SINGAPORE] Home-grown Pacific International Lines (PIL) and Hongkong's Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL) will launch a joint service plying between Southeast Asia and Australia on March
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      148 31 Reute [MIAMI BEACH, Florida] A series of cruise ship mishaps last summer was mostly caused by crew mistakes, and foreign-flagged cruise ships operating out of US ports are among the safest modes of transport the US Coast Guard said on Wednesday. The
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      659 31  -  ADMIRALTY CASEBOOK By\ Selva Kumar UNDER the Brussels Convention a party to a contract can only be sued in its country of domicile unless at least one of the secondary defendants is domiciled in a foreign jurisdiction. However, the plaintiffs in the
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      185 31 Reuter [BREMERHAVEN, Germany] The eastern German shipyards of Bremer Vulkan AG will be spun off in the next days, a state government official said on Wednesday after a crisis meeting called to discuss the ailing shipbuilder's future. .i Berad Seite,
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      125 31 Reuter [MIAMI BEACH, Florida] Holland America, the cruise line owned by Carnival Corp, said it was negotiating with a group in the Netherlands that wants to buy the flamed Rotterdam Vto convert into a historical museum. The Rotterdam V. a 45-year-old luxury
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      954 32 CONTAINER LZKBR SHZPPZNO: STAR PERFORMER OF INDUSTRY Pr Manfred Zachcial of the Institute for Shipping Economics and Logistics gives reasons why container volume is expected to expand more rapidly than the world economy and world trade over the next few years Lloyd's List CONTAINER ports the
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        854 49 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Marine Oil Ltd, shows price ranges In US dollars Instead of single prices for a more comprehensive description of the market Prices shown are based on average-sized stem. Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the individual
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        316 49 MAR 12 Mauritius: National Day. MARIS Belarus: Constitution Day. Hungary: Anniversary of 1848 revolution. MARIA Iran: (tentative) Martyrdom of Sixth Imam. MARIS Ireland: St Patrick's Day. MARIS Iran: Oil Industry Nationalisation Day. Malta: St Joseph's Day. Nepal: Ghode Jatra, (for the Kathmandu Valley only). Spain: (tentative) Father's Day.
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        459 50 Govt to take policy measures to help MU op domestic market AFP [BEIJING] China is resolved to turn its car industry into a backbone Industry which makes up 3-9 per cent of the Gross National Product (GNP) in the next 15 years,
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        351 50 Reason: to win mora work from other carriers Bloomberg Business News [LONDON] British Airways pk may spin off its engineering unit, hoping to turn the in-house aircraft maintenance service into a money maker it estimates may eventually have annual sales of US$l.5 billion (512.1
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        286 50 Reuter [DETROIT] Only seven of General Motors Corp's North American factories were working on Wednesday as the most damaging strike against the car maker in more than 25 years reverberated throughout the economy. In addition to the idling of
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        225 50 Bloomberg Business News [WELLINGTON] Air New Zealand Ltd said it rejects allegations from its tiny rival Kiwi International Airlines Ltd that it helped set up a cut-price airline to force Kiwi out of business. The allegations were made at the hearing by
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          79 50 Reuter [NEW YORK] Federal Express is urging Washington to take a tougher stand tn its air cargo talks with Japan, the Wtetf Strmi Journal reported yeataniay. Its offlcialstokl the paper that US trade negotiators ware using timid peeitions, and aocuaed them ofallowing Japan to dictate
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          90 50 Reuter ITG&YO] Honda Motor Co said yesterday that it was launching a completely new commercial-use van, the Partner, ft*- marketing exclusively In Japan. The vehicle, which uses rnraponents from the Orthla station wagon, will go on sale on March 15 with a monthly sales target of
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          57 50 APX-Asia (MANILA] Philippine Airlines wfilnot reduce its domestic passenger or cargo ftree> deepite lower prices offered by emerging local carriers, executive vice-president lienoio Aquino said. *We will maintain our current level ofpaeeenger and cargo fisree,'He said, teetaadof equating its Ceres, PAL wffl introduce new
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          82 50 Reuter [KARACHI! U* Pakistani government tendered on Wednesday for 90 diesel electric 3,000 horse-power looomotivee, with bids to be submitted by June 18. A Pakistan Railways official said the purchase would be financed by a loan from Japan's aid programme to Pakistan. Hasald Pakistan was seeking 10
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        197 50 [BOMBAY] Chrysler Corp of the US on Wednesday denied Indian media reports saying the company plans to set up a US$l billion (511.41 billion) wholly owned car-making subsidiary in India. "We are still assessing our entry into India," said Jack Robinson, a Chrysler
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        182 50 AFP [TOKYO] Japan's Mitsubishi Electric Corp said yesterday it had reach a basic agreement on a railway engineering tie-up with GEC-Alsthom Transport. The agreement, linking the two high-speed train makers, would cover technology exchange, joint development of systems and products, and mutual and Joint procurement
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      671 36 S RICHFIELD MARMEAOENCKS (S) PTE LTD TEL *****33 (12 LMES) FAX: *****18/*****03 TELEX: RS ***** RI3HIP (3 Una*) CR NO: **********0E I® ETMOPUNSMPPmUMS f (Nrtkmrf Lines of Ethiopia) ACCEPTING FCL AND CONVENTIONAL Voy ETA Lo«dfcig for Spool Abyot 43W8 18AM >^ga»a.D)fco uti m9 Wi HUtmmi 42W8 70/06 Mombasa, D*xx/t Assab,
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      431 37 BKAPAL KRIS Shipping Pte Ltd 70* DUXTON ROAD, S'POOI M 9529 M *****7* he *****77 I NO. **********0 C SYARIKAT PERKAPALAN KRIS SENDIRIAN BERHAD 30*404 HOCK A GUMRACIUSMBS CBfTtf, 10 JALAM SS 4/1, KHANAINIK MX lOX 4421 PHAUtGJATA,SBANGOt.HL7O*****/74/79 FIX:*****07 1H0: MA ***** REGULAR CONTAINER SERVICE FROM PORT KEIANG, PAStR OUPANO
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      402 37 I FAMOUS CONTAINER LINES 80 ROBINSON ROAD, #22-02 SINGAPORE *****8 HOT UNE: *****33 (30 UNES) I DIRECT SERVICE/ WEEKLY SAILING S ATTRACTIVE RATES OFFER ALSO ACCEPTING... ALEXANDRIA BEIRUT, LATTAKIA HAIFA 0 CALL OUR HOTLINE *****33 CONTACT RAMLAH NOW t! P. KLANG PH: 0203/*****02 (10 LINES) PENANG PH: 0204/*****7 (10 LINES)
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      957 39 f PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL UNES (PTE) LTD I 140 Cecil Street, #03-00 PIL Buildinfl, Singapore *****0. J L I L ri t »CR NO **********06 VMML VOY MN COM JM HOO JftO AOJ *f PZU MBW ASA CAM NATAL NATOIF I#/J 14/3 30/3 1/4 3/4 «/4 3/4 4/4 3/4 3/4 ■UX
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      896 39 **********0Z VESSBS VOY~ «N OAAAgTTA LE HAH/RE HAMBURG TIIAMCSPORT ROTTTOAA4 AKTWERP^I VXEOEVELA yi3W 20/03 31/03 08/04 10ZD4 12/04 IVO4 16/04 \fILLE 06 CAPELLA TI«W 28/03 08/04 IVM 17AM 18/04 atVCM 22AM VtLLE OE LIBRA LI4W 02AM 16* M 2VM MM 28/ M 27 AM 2S/04 MLLE PAPULA AT4H 22*04 30AM
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      2393 43 TIGER BAY 415N 15-I&C3 20-24/D3 29-3CVO3 I TWER CAPE 416N 19-2003 24-27/03 01-02/04 I TWER ISLAND 417N 22-2303 27-31/03 06-08Y04 I TKJER BRIDGE 418N 2S-2A03 31-03/04 08-0904 I TWER BAY 419N 29-3QC3 03-07,04 12-13/04 I TWER CAPE 420N 01-0204 07-11*04 15-1«04 I I VESSEL VOY SIN CAL SIN TWER SPRING
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      778 45 PRT FCL/LCL CONSOLIDATION ALY/SINGAPORE invading Services (MFS) »noa and Milan •affAt Your Service: NICHOLAS/SALH A/MARIA DID 277-1077/71/75 IS BBBB|BBi||B||l|||||i||||||^^|B||B|Bßßßß||||||||i|(||||i||-B|||||B|||||B|B||||||l||||||||B^^^|BBißißia|ii|i|||||||||^^ 11 w *-1 SUPER EXPRESS SERVICE TO SEA J lAL SHIPPING AGENCY (S) PTE LTD TEL NOS: *****66 (INBOUND) *****77 (OPS) FAX: *****33 CF3: *****31/*****42 ZS. CR NO. **********0Z INBOUND FROM
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      1103 46 SAMUDERA INDONESIA (S) PTE LTD 15 McCALLUM STREET #03-01/02 NATWEST CENTRE S'PORE 0106 TEL: *****81-3 FAX: *****36 (3 HUNTIN6 LINES) TLX: R*****0 BOOKINGS CALL DIBECT LIME: *****41/*****43 JESSICA/CELIA EEBHMIIIiH 7SLGS/WEEK billiMUil 3slgs/WEEK |vp» VOY ISm I JAK [VESSEL IVOY IBX |SUW XOURTINGGI XTGOO7 17/03 (SUN) 20/03 (WED) ORIENT INDEPENDENCE 973
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      315 46 TpQ PHILI OniCNT Y** LIN€S PT€ LTD ®TEL: *****00 (16 LINES) FAX: *****70/*****38 Of WJ CR COOK: 10M78S0000H PI mum 03-*****98 PKNANQ TM RSSSSS SYDNEY, MELBOURNE, BRISBANE, 19 MAR I AUCKLANO, WELUNGTON, LYTTLETON, 18 MAR I NAPIER, CHRISTCHURCH, NEW PLYMOUTH I LONDON, FELIXSTOWE, L£ HAVRE, 18 MAR I ROTTERDAM, HAMBURG,
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      505 47 Singapore Soviet Shipping Co. Pte. Ltd. C«NO: **********0K BOMBAY/COCHIN Iveooel wy am bom coc M. ,i XOUfi OCMMI 410 10/03 20/03 ORIENT STRIOE 001 20*09 20/03 MEKHAMK KURAKO MKION 27/09 04AM TRADE FAST TFBIS6 20/00 00/04 Hi 1 REfIULAR ILYICHEVSK SERVICE (VEBBEU VOY I S PORE I ILYCHEVBK EVER GATHER
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      397 47 SIM FAR EAST 1 19/03 KEELUNG/KAOHSIUNG 17/03 BANGKOK 17/03 MANILA/CEBU 17/03 JAKARTA/BELAWAN/SURABAYA 17/03 PORT KELAN6/PENANG/E. MALAYSIA 17/03 BUS AM 17/03 TOKYO/YOKO/KOBE/NGO/OSA I i 17/03 HONG KONG 1 SIM CHINA (+a#±S;en) 17/03 GUANGZHOU/HUANGPU/SHENZHEN FUZHOU/XIAMEN/SHANTOU/SHEKOU DALIAN/SHANGHAI/XINGANG HANJIN/QINGOAO/HAJKOU also accepting LCL cargo SIM EUROPEAJK 17/03 LDN/FLX/LVP/SOU 18/03 RDM/HAM/ANT/lfH/G OA/OS L/GOT/BCN also accepting cargo
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      511 47 STAR SHIPPING AGENCIES (S) PTE LTD zSkohtam* service GOLD ST At UK LTD SETH SHIPPING CORPORATION TELEPHONE: 220-6*66 (8 UNES) FAX: *****70 W: *****12 (MARKETING) (CR NO. 1Q31M3000K) N. AMBICA/CARIttEAN SERVICE mi |m m lIMI M I Iwt I HUM—I M H/M L JMMKA H 17/04 M/M M/M M/M M/M
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      135 47 >. v > <*,*:•> TOKYO SHIMM KAIUN CO PTS LTD n!!N 10 ANSON ROAD *23-15 lllld MTBVMJIONAL PLAZA S*PO«E 0297 TBj *****28 (6 LINES) MXI *****0S A *****10 CM: **********0 C 41 J--1 SERVICE TPs FAR EAST/CHINA/EUROPfe 18/03/90) TOKYO, YOKOHAMA, KOBE NAOOYA -5 A 18/03/16) OSAKA, USA 16/03/961 HONQKONQ AND
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      641 48 g Ad SINO IXnill SHIMINO (PTI) LTD. 1 I 11 COLLYm QUAY 006-01 THB ARCADC SINGAPORE 0104. -V—taJ TIL: *****00 (4 UNCS) FAX} *****08 TLX: R*****1 BMOEX INOIHAW SHAHOHAI (CONTAINER SERVICE) IK/HKQ/SMAI z rpom < HKQ 3HAI V33IL ¥0Y TA TP ITA I FTP WA I HP cwHQYtm oeavatiM cMfl
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      298 48 j Lowest RATES to:S HAMB/FXT/R'DAM mv'HANJIN FELIXSTOWE" V.028W ETA 18/3 USs2o++ I I HONGKONG mv "WAN HAI" 222 V. N023 ETA 17/3 BANGKOK mv"RATHA BHUM"V.99N ETA 16/3 CALL: EILEEN, PHYLISS, XIUHUA I B rI s, isl ISi I g^s—?Thb.l"l i■ I jjg f-tfllHl J s ESBiEt Iw BF t4# 5E
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      172 48 ATTRACTIVE FCL/LCL RATES TO;., Indian Sub-Continent Port. MADRAS /BOMBAY/ CALCUTTA /COLOMBO/ enquiries BOOWJ*JG§^j I M Astro Stripping Pte Ltd WEEKLY CONSOLIDATION SERVICE— S MMO4MI2 LUES) /fU 32MOro W #»•> O.K. LINE 4 FULL CONTAINER SERVICE 'ZZI 8 1 PORE/JAKARTA VOY SM JKT IN IMB IMS tnbmbw iiTVim nm tm S'PORE/SURABAYA/SEMARANG
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      163 50 NOTICE TO TRADE FAR EAST/MIDDLE-EAST (ARAB IRAN) FAR EAST/SOUTH ASIA (INDIA, PAKISTAN, BANGLADESH SRI LANKA) Following a review of Reefer Terminal Handling Charge (THC) in Singapore, the undermentioned Shipping Lines wish to announce the implementation of a 30 percent Reefer THC Premium on top of THC for dry cargo. The
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