The Business Times, 12 April 1996

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    13 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 046/12/95 SINGAPORE Internet: http://www.asial.com.sg/biztimes FRIDAY, APRIL 12,1996 85c
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    Lock icon Ringgit surges to six-month high against US$
    499 1  -  Sentiment tarns positive as market sees trade deficit problem being tackled By] Paul Leo (SINGAPORE! Sentiment on the Malaysian ringgit has turned decisively positive, following months of concern over the country's worsening trade and current account deficits. The currency surged 1.1 cents in
    Source: Bloomberg; JEN CHUA  -  499 words
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    MARKET SUMMARY
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    FINANCE
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  • Article
    Dow fall takes its toll on Asian markets
    178 1  -  By R Sivanithy [SINGAPORE] An uneasy session on Wall Street on Wednesday meant a weak day overall for regional stocks yesterday, but the speculative fervour on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange's second board continued unabated. In Singapore, the Straits Times Industrials Index
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    Lock icon Dow down 36
    51 1 AFP INEW YORK] Blue chip stocks lost ground yesterday as Inflation fears permeated the market. Concern over higher commodities prices clashed with news that March producer prices rose less than expected. At Ipm EST the Dow Jones Average dropped 36.49 points to reach 5,449.49. —AFP Source: Bloomberg
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    Get real-time KL prices
    101 1 INVESTORS can now get real-time Kuala Lumpur stock prices at BT Stock Watch on the Internet. The KL prices, along with summary market data, are refreshed every three minutes. Personal Stock Watch, a personalised price-tracking service, will soon be extended to include KL stocks. Investors can
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    COE hike surprises car traders
    364 1  -  Some are raising prices of Category 2 cars; one has stopped taking bookings By l Cristopher Tan [SINGAPORE] While distributors of small cars and luxury cars are pleased with the latest fall in COE premiums for their car categories, those selling 1,600 cc cars are
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    Iqbal Jumabhoy quits executive positions in Scotts Holdings
    337 1  -  He is expected to remain on tke board of directors Byi Conrad Raj [SINGAPORE] In a surprise new twist to the long-drawn Scotts Holdings saga, executive director Iqbal Jumabhoy has quit his executive positions in the company. It is not known why
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    Lock icon Curbs on Super Enterprise lifted
    273 1  -  Brokers say move will fuel speculation in 2nd boari shares From, Ho Kay Tat in Kuala Lumpur THE Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (KLSE) has lifted all the trading restrictions imposed a week ago on second board stock Super Enterprise Holdings Bhd. It gave no reasons
    Source: Bloomberg  -  273 words
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
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      HDB to buy 2,000 3-room flats this year for buy-back scheme
      494 2  -  Board stresses it will pay market prices; announces moves to streamline transactions By Abdul Hadhi IN A move that could effectively underpin the lower end of HDB resale prices, the Housing and Development Board announced yesterday it will be
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      Contractors upset by low-grade plywood, sand
      328 2  -  Price hikes are miner irritation in comparison, they say By\ Siow Li Sen PRICES of plywood and sand rose last month but contractors say the hikes are a minor irritation after having absorbed several spikes of other construction materials since the beginning of the
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      Four Seas, Kajima venture wins URA job to build HQ
      203 2 THE Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) has awarded a $118 million tender for the construction of its new headquarters building along Maxwell Road. The job was given to a joint venture between local firm Four Seas Construction Co Pte Ltd and
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      Lock icon Progress payments up 9%
      302 2  -  EYE OM THE ECONOMY Construction By] Diana Oon PROGRESS payments made out to construction companies stood at $1.94 billion for January and February this year, 9 per cent above the amount in the corresponding period last year. Certified prog- ress payments for the first two months
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      Singapore's growth to slow to 7-8% this year and next: ADB
      382 2  -  Riling is doe U rising costs and a strengthening currency Byi Chuang Peck Ming RISING costs and a strengthening currency are likely to ease Singapore's economic growth farther to 7-8 per cent in the next two years, the Asian
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      Sime to launch The Amston apartments next month
      223 2 SIME Darby Singapore expects to launch its 52-unit residential development in the Hillview/Upper Bukit Timah area The Amston early next month. Joint marketing agent Jones Lang Wootton (JLW) yesterday said that the 999year leasehold private apartment project was set against a hillside
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      New network for govt agencies to share info
      279 2 INTRA-AGENCY information exchange in the public sector is set to be enhanced under a new online network disclosed yesterday which will link all government statistical and research offices. The Department of Statistics (DOS) is setting up the network. called StatNet, Chief Statistician
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    • NEWS Roundup
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        Far East bags 3 URA industrial sites
        92 3 k FAR Kaet Organisation subsidiary Glory Realty has won Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA). All fbur 00-year iwt plots—two each in Kaki Buklt andTuas—toe flit tenders, which closed on Feb 7, went to the highest bidders. Gkry Realty paid a total ofs3ll million for
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        MPs in parliamentary meet in Tukey
        72 3 A DILIGATION of Singapore's members of parliament tod by MP ferChangiTeoChong Tee leaves for Istanbul, Turkey, tomorrow ft* the 66th Conference of the Interparliamentary Union, which will take place from i April 16-ao.The team members include MPfbrAngMo Kio Lau Pint Sum sod the Political
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        Irish and Omani envoys present papers
        49 3 ■tl.'ryjr 1 t v V N pipt AB&aasador of Ireland, Jam* Fbvin, and the of the Sultanate ofO»an.Mnlnmmi<tnin presented their credential to PraskfcotOnf '"npinaiiiiii 111 Hill rnimiiiiiillTiiiw niilni y Mi Fliiiln fjaocaadtA Margaret Hennee>r,wfafo Mr Aklu>dinpcee<hri f Salim bin Mohammed Mr Salim Al-Wahaibl.
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        Siemens Opens S-E Asias HQ here
        56 3 Private Coniititnitaitlott System y?j> opened it»Bouth-east Asian regional headquarters at the jPjtapobttc'sTalepark. It i« one of five regional haadqnartwrf' -5 Stilto global network of Siemens' lainmiiiiuiik iMnm division. The German-based company said tt win II I'WitttWß its customer support here and in Malaysia, ::f
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      Eastman Chemical to build US$400m plant on P Sakra
      433 3  -  The plant will produce chemicals for car and home appliance coatings, lacqners and paints By: Rahita Elias US-BASED Eastman Chemical Company will set up a US$4OO million (***** million) oxo chemicals manufacturing complex in Singapore, its first such plant in the
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      SCV, NCB to carry out interactive multimedia trials
      177 3 SINGAPORE Cable Vision and the National Computer Board will jointly conduct trials to explore the possibility of offering interactive multimedia services to homes over SCV's cable network. The two parties, which yesterday signed a memorandum of understanding, will initially collaborate on two
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    • Article
      Healthy hotel occupancy levels expected
      303 3  -  But profitability depends on how well costs are controlled: association chief By< Agnes Wee HOTEL occupancy levels are expected to remain fairly healthy and room rates are likely to stay steady, according to a study by the Singapore Hotel Association (SHA). But whether the hotels
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      Rotary, Asme open nominations for entrepreneur award
      193 3 THE search for this year's Ro-tary-Asme entrepreneur of the year in on. The Association of Small and Medium Enterprises (Asme) and the Rotary Club of Singapore yesterday opened nominations for the 1996 Rota-ry-Asme Entrepreneur of the Year Award. The closing date for nominations
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      140 3 Saaqteoto build steam power plant, Pg 21 F expertise in water recycling and water treatment oHitachi Plant Tel: 222 0665 Fax: 224 8358 I •ji' Your Web site only as good as your Internet server. Digital's graphics, apart from handling huge volumes of visitors to your Web site. Which rapid
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  • FOCUS: ADVERTISING & MARKETING
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      Local car ads aggressive?
      412 4  -  Kah Motor takes the lead in extolling the new Civic's virtues at its rivals' expense By< Christopher Tan very Asian," commented one. "What happened to comparisons with Brand X?" The creative director of Ace:Daytons, the agency re- sponsible for the Civic ad, said it did not
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      Mobil 1 goes a long way to prove a point
      305 4  -  Mtbil says BMWs engine parts "virtually brand new* after running lm miles on its engine oil By < Christopher Tan [SINGAPORE] There are three ways, it seems, to market engine oils. Hire supermodel Naomi Campbell for a fiat fee; tele-
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      Food & Hotel Asia '98 so large it'll be held at 2 venues
      291 4  - Food Hotel Asia '98 so large it'll be held at 2 venues By, Agnes Wee (SINGAPORE] The biennial Food Hotel Asia show has grown so large that the next one to be held in 1996 will be held at two venues instead of just one, at present, at the World
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      MEETING PLACE
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      232 4 HOUSING LOAN RATES* FROM 1990 TO 1995 BW CAEDfTPOSB mam— COMPETITOR —p—— 5 i■i■iiiiiiill I I I I I i i i i I YEAR Credit POSB provides loans for property Occupation Permit is issued. purchases particularly for private property or Be assured that you will not be penalised HUDC
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
    • Article
      Lock icon China red tape upsets some Malaysian firms
      383 5 KUALA LUMPUR Two firms scrap their China projects, citing Bering's stiff conditions Reuter BARELY two years after Malaysia urged its companies to plumb opportunities in China, there are signs red tape and a resistance to change may be dulling the lustre of investments
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      Lock icon Malaysia expected to face shortage of engineers soon
      233 5 MELBOURNE Bernama MALAYSIA is expected to face a shortage of nearly 10,000 engineering staff in the near future, an international conference was told here yesterday. Universiti Malaysia engineering faculty head Hamzah Abdul Rahman said the shortage could seriously affect Malaysia's goal of
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    • NOTE Book
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        Lock icon Shady shades
        21 5 Reuter SS&SSSSK'SSga. Summer is always a good time to sell these "shades" as thouMnfc dock to City for holldayi—Jtaiar
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      Lock icon Plan to get more bumis into high-tech sector
      295 5 KUALA LUMPUR Fire groups to source components, services from Malay suppliers AFP Bernama MALAYSIA yesterday launched the second phase of a plan to increase the participation of Malays in the manufacturing and high and mediumtechnology sectors. Under the Entrepreneur Development Programme (PPU),
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      Lock icon Bigger housing role for private firms
      228 5 LANGKAWI Bernama PRIME Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad said yesterday that the government's decision to give full responsibility to the private sector to undertake public low-cost housing projects was made after considering its track record. He said that private developers had clearly proven that they
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      Lock icon Asia will still be fastest growing: ADB
      524 6 ASIAM DEVELOPMENT OUTLOOK REPORT NIEs such as S'pore, South Korea and Taiwan seen growing between 6% and 8% in 1996 and 1997 Reuter [HONGKONG] Asia will continue to show rapid economic expansion over the next two years, maintaining its position as the world's
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    • Latin America and Asia to propel further global growth
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      Lock icon China attracts half of investment flows into Asia
      252 6 HONGKONG STpore, Ysia, Indonesia, Thailand the other winners AFP CHINA is second only to the United States in the world direct foreign investment league, with nearly US$3O billion (Ss42 billion) pouring into the country between 1990 and 1993, the Asian Development Bank
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    • US$ peg needs to be reviewed
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      378 7 DON'T JUST INVEST IN THE FUTURE INVEST IN ASIA'S FUTURE SAVERS ASIA INFRASTRUCTURE FUND m The OCBC Savers Asia Infrastructure Fund is a unit trust whose objective is Q Q to achieve medium to long term capital appreciation by investing primarily in fM J— of Asian corporations which carry out
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  • CHINA-HONGKONG-TAIWAN
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      Lock icon Beijing sends more mixed signals
      478 8 HONGKONG P&ttan'iNo 2 invited taiine with tap Baying officials bnt 2 demeerata barred from 'consultation' Reuter BEIJING has sent mixed signals to Hongkong, barring pro-democracy politicians from a political pulse-taking exercise on the British colony's future but inviting a top civil servant to chat over
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      Lock icon HK rep to China slams shadow legislature plan
      281 8 HONGKONG Reuter A HONGKONG member of China's parliament broke ranks with Beijing officials yesterday, calling a planned shadow legislature before Hongkong's 1997 return to China "illegal, foolish and negligent". Dorothy Liu, a lawyer and Hongkong delegate to China's National People's Congress, (NPC),
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    • SINO Brief
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        Lock icon KH manufacturing jobs down 11%
        89 8 Reuter (HONGKONG] Employment in the territory's manufacturing sector fell 1U per cent in December 19d6 from a year earlier, the Census and Statistics Department said yesterday. Employment in wholesale, retail, import and export trades, restaurants and hotels decreased OA per cent during the same period.
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        Lock icon China inflation seen at 7.5%
        58 8 Reuter [HONGKONG] China's retail price inflation was expected the Orst quarter and 7.3 per cent In the first half, pro-Beijing newspaper Wm Wei Potato yesterday. Quoting an analysis report from a "relevant economic authority", the paper noted the estimates pointed to a continued fitfl In
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        Lock icon Keeping Beijing green
        31 8 Reuter [BEIJING] Worker# spraying water on roadside treei k; v yesterday. In the arid Chinese capital, trees must b#fe;; watered to keep them green until the rains come.—Reuter
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        Lock icon Guest house for HK handover ceremony
        19 8 AFP (HONGKONG) China will build a 300 million yuan (S$SO v V tl^9p6Ci&l
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      Lock icon China may cut bank interest rates in 3rd qtr: report
      228 8 SHANGHAI ■m will take place if inflation continues to fall Reuter CHINA is likely to cut bank interest rates in the third quarter of 1966 if inflation continues to fall, an official newspaper said yesterday. The China Securities newspaper said
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      Lock icon State housing prices to vary with income
      178 8 BEIJING Reuter CHINA has announced it will sell off state-owned apartments at prices fixed according to the wealth of buyers, the ChinaDaifysaid yesterday. Rich families would have to pay market prices to buy their homes, middle and lowincome families would pay cost price
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      Lock icon 163 pyramid retail firms fall victim to ban
      161 8 BEIJING Reuter CHINA has closed 163 pyramid retail businesses since Initiating a ban on the practice last year, the Legal Daily said yesterday. Since the State Council, or cabinet, ordered the ban in October, authorities have closed 163 pyramid retail businesses and
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      318 8 VANCOUVER'S PREMIER RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS SALES COMMENCE 10:00 AM. APRIL 13 It. 1996. THE SHANGRI-LA HOTEL. SINGAPORE. GARDENIA ROOM 37-storey twin towers fronting on both < A entertainment systems from i2oo-block West Georgia and 1200-block Sony, the world's leading Alberni Streets separated by 17 townhomes, f. a'. consumer electronics y overlooking
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  • FOCUS: JAPAN'S BANKING CRISIS
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      After jusen come non-banks
      952 9  -  Officials warn that finance companies and leasing firms face bad debts of 30 trillion yen or more Reports by Anthony Rowley in Tokyo THE Japanese government's controversial plan to inject taxpayers' money into rescuing bankrupt housing loan corporations {jusen) finally appears set to pass through parliament.
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      Staggering 33,352 units of non-banks
      467 9 But little official data available as they are not officially licensed institutions LITTLE official data is readily available on the so-called nonbank sector in Japan. This is partly because non-banks are not officially licensed institutions but are simply "registered" into existence. It is also partly
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      632 9 Special One Week Sale of Arts Antiques at the Omni Marco Polo Hotel, 1 lam to 9pm daily Thursday 11 April to Wednesday 17 April, 1996 (telephone during the sale: *****55) Sale of over 300 items consisting of: Oil paintings, lithographs, etchings, drawings by well-known important artists Henry Moore, Honore
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  • ASIA
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      Lock icon Downer releases details of foreign policy road map
      240 10 SYDNEY Reuter AUSTRALIA'S new conservative government yesterday released what it called its foreign policy "road map", emphasising trade and security in the Asian region, but omitting the issue of human rights. In his first major policy speech, Foreign Minister Al- exander Downer
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      Lock icon Ruling party poised for stunning win
      393 10 SEOUL North Korea's border antics cause voters to opt for stability over change Reuter SOUTH Korea's ruling New Korea Party scored a stunning win in general elections yesterday, television projected, as voters, scared by Pyongyang sabre-rattling, opted for stability over change. Officials from President
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      Lock icon Budget finally cleared by Tokyo lower house
      332 10 TOKYO Business leaders welcome accord, plan to set up financial sector committee AFP JAPAN'S lower house of parliament yesterday approved long-delayed legislation for the national budget after the government and opposition ended a battle over failed housing loan firms. The budget bills were
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    • Article
      Lock icon Some Okinawans to get land back
      258 10 TOKYO Report says Clinton will discuss proposal daring visit to Japan Reuter JAPAN and the United States have tentatively agreed to return to landowners some property used by US military bases on Japan's southernmost island of Okinawa, Japanese news reports said yesterday. The Mainichi
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      Lock icon Aussie govt outlines rules for Telstra public sale
      133 10 ■CANBERRA Bloomberg Business News LEGISLATION for the sale of one-third of public communications company Telstra will contain provisions to ensure Australian control, a wide spread of domestic ownership and strict adherence to foreign investment limits. The legislation will limit total foreign ownership
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  • THE WORLD
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      Politicians with a lot om their plates
      776 11  -  WORLD VIEW The dinner table is franght with potential diplomatic difficulties By Kevin Sullivan GEORGE Bush's political fortunes went into irrecoverable decline on Jan 8, 1992, when the 67-year-old US president suffered a digestive indisposition during a state banquet in Tokyo. Chatting over
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      Lock icon Angry reminder for Li Peng
      45 11 [PARIS] About 2,ooopeople demonstrated here on Wednesday against Chinese Prime Minister Li Peng's visit to France. The demonstration was called by some 30 organisations, unions and political parties united under the "Li Peng, we did not forget Tiananmen" committee. AFP
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    • WORLD Watch
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        Lock icon Hunt hots up for UK parcel bomber
        47 11 Reuter [LONDON] Police stepped up the search for a mystery blackmailer who mailed more than two dozen parcel bombs to London financial Institutions In an elaborate extortion plot The blackmailer sent bombs to Barclays Bank branches, businesses and individuals. —Rtuter
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        Lock icon Euroyen futures to be traded in London
        39 11 AFP (LONDON] The London financial derivatives market, Liffe, yesterday launched a link with the Tokyo futures exchange that enables Japanese short-term interest rate products (Euroyen futures) to be traded in London. —AFP
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        Lock icon New powers proposed for EU bank head
        32 11 AFP [FRANKFURT] The Bundesbank proposed major new currency powers for a future EU bank president but expressed theoretical support for the Euro currency yesterday. —AFP
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        Lock icon German trade surplus falls in January
        48 11 Reuter [WIESBADEN] Germany's trade surplus and current account deficit narrowed in January. The trade surplus was 5.6 billion marks (516.25 billion) in January, smaller than December's 6.9 billion marks. The current account deficit shrank to 3.4 billion marks from 3.6 billion marks.
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        Lock icon Britain vows to fight EU beef ban
        25 11 AFP [LONDON] The British government yesterday vowed to fight the European Union ban on beef exports from Britain.
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      Lock icon Producer prices up 0.5% in March; core rate up 0.1%
      378 11 WASHINGTON Bloomberg Business News Reuter INFLATION accelerated in March as prices paid to US factories, farmers and other producers surged, reflecting rising costs for energy and food, Labour Department figures showed yesterday. The 0.5 per cent increase in producer prices,
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      Lock icon US jobless claims fall to 13-week low of 347,000
      185 11 WASHINGTON Bloomberg Business News THE number of American workers applying for state unemployment benefits declined last week to the lowest level since mid-January, as more workers made idle by the General Motors Corp strike returned to work. First-time jobless claims fell
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      Lock icon Yeltsin's image gets Thatcher treatment
      239 11 MOSCOW FT TIM Bell, former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher's favourite public relations man, is advising Russian President Boris Yeltsin in the run-up to June's presidential elections. Mr Bell was in Moscow two weeks ago and is thought to have been behind a programme on
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      Lock icon Europeans a step closer to US$2b Sino plane deal
      384 11 PARIS China to make definitive choice of US or European partner in June AFP Reuter CHINESE and French businessmen yesterday signed a letter of intent on a Sino-Euro-pean partnership in a US$2 billion (SS2.B billion) project to develop a 100-seater plane,
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
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      Most bets are on India's Congress
      730 12  -  THBBOTTOM um OPINION By Prem Shankar Jha The writer, former editor of The Hindustan Times, contributed this artkletoßT INDIA'S parliamentary elections later this month will be different from all of their 10 predecessors in one important respect Hiis is the first time that the
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      IN OTHER WORDS
      143 12 'Astrology is the most perfect science. They (politicians) know it So why not use it?* -KkchckMiDuUriii who edits an astrological journal, on why Indian politicians are flocking to astrologers to seek advice on the coming election. There are sociological signs among local investors that make me think
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      At last, Japan's fledgling recovery
      688 12 EDITORIAL AFTER close to five years of being down in the dumps and alter innumerable false starts and dashed hopes, the Japanese economic recovery might finally be happening for real If it is, it would be of huge significance: Japan is, after all, the world's
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      Lock icon The end of inflation
      1095 12  -  An economist argues that the era of sharply rising prices is dead. But others like him have been proved wrong before By] Neil Behrmann INFLATION is dead and the dollar in your pocket will be worth the same in 10, even 20 years' time. This is
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      WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
      365 12 HONGKONG risks becoming the subject of international pity if the handover in 15 months' time is reduced to a five-minute event behind closed doors at City Hall, as Beijing appears to wish. Whatever the serious political disputes which have dogged the transition, the night of June
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        96 13 Reuter FLOS ANGELES] Divine Brown, the 23-year-old Hollywood f 7 hooker caught engaging In oral sex with British movie star < Hugh Grant last June, failed to appear in court on cb Wednesday and ajudge issued a warrant for her arrest a Brown, whoee real
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        87 13 AFP Reuter [CHICAGO] Cerisa Osby, general manager of The Clique nightclub, reading a prepared statement on Wednesday outside the Chicago club where a 25-year-old Indiana woman claimed she was sexually assaulted by boxer Mike Tyson on April 7. Mil OsbysaJd there was high security at the
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      Chef with a minimalist approach
      481 13  -  FOOD Demi from Belgium serves npagood treat at the Hilton's harbour Grill By, Jaime Ee [SINGAPORE] Belgium may be distinct from France geographically, but when it comes to its cuisine, it's hard to find a difference. Enter chef Christian Denis, who has two Michelin stars,
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      871 13  -  navmoAßßißL provides the answers to some frequently-asked questions about wine DAVID GABRIEL IN conversations with people about wine, some regular questions arise. When is the best time to drink a wine? How do you store a wine? What is the best temperature to serve a
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      422 14 CINEMA AFP [BEIJING] The US novel Bridges of Madison County provoked a passionate debate last year over adultery in China, and it looks like the pot will be stirred again when the film version starring Meryl Streep opens here in a week.
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      944 20 PROFILE Talks about his approach to his work and his latest movie Jane Eyre LAT-WP [AUSTIN, Texas] Within the whirlpool of black leather that defined the Four Seasons Hotel lobby recently, actor William Hurt moved with sharklike stealth through the mayhem swirling about him. "I'm working,"
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      736 15 TV&BAPIO IflißiKfelt' y* mmm*-; "H'V 3-30 Sinar Zaman. LM PM The Winners. XSO AM Lady Oscar. £JJ aS p L3O Money, Money, Money. *3S See How They Grow. 7? rC7, I iS Hi "S Kimba the White Lion. TV Innovations. MO Story from the East. aM R i N W<l
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      161 15 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD dauice (6) _JBL__B!^JBLZJBLZJILjpLj|^Z! 13 Miss Gar bo was unusually jHr '■Lal— 14 Monkshood, a cure for smok--29 Size of a book or volume on love 30 Unfortunately, Don's away at the moment (8) 11 Describing a coast-to-coast ath- YESTERDAY'S SOLUTION 31 Stays to give personal support lette event
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  • Coorporate League
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      Hyatt hits the JACKPOT
      676 16  -  Thefirst season ofa new competitionfor corporate groups proves to be a winner Presented by MOET-HENNESSY HYATT Regency, for so long the leaders in the Golfing World and The Business Times Corporate League, overcame some nervous moments at Jurong last week to maintain their coveted position. Despite
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      A swinging good time all around
      791 17  -  Team spirit and good sportsmanship show up in a review of the season //y MOET-HENNESSY CTOBER 20th at m Singapore Island Country Club I I (SICC) saw the be- ginning of the M 1995/96 Golfing World The Bwiness Times Corporate League, with 23 teams
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      Gilles Hennessy – a man for all seasons
      558 17 Gilles Hennessy a man for all seasons RUGBY and soccer in the winter, cricket in the summer and golf all year round, these are the passions of a Frenchman born in a French chateau and educated in an English public school. Gilles Hennessy, the seventh generation descendant of the Hennessy
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      The business of golf
      172 17 TUB Singapore Corporate Laague was launched in 1966 aa vehicle to eerve several purpoaaa for the business community. Fbr a kmc time, It hat been recognised that a significant amount of business haa been conducted on the golf course. Alter all what better way ia there
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      In a league of their own
      283 18  -  MOET-HENNESSY THE conversation flowed as freely as the drinks, alter the participants of the corporate league had battled their way through various golf courses during the season. Their easy camaraderie testified to the fact that nothing fosters new friendships as quickly as sport does.
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      Taking a good idea regional
      114 19  -  />,- .7 hy, MOET-HENNESSY JOHN Burgess, managing director of tournament organisers John Burgess and Associates, announced that because of the interest shown in the Singapore event, they have taken the event regionWide. "Already we have started/but in Malaysia, where we rap! our first event last
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      Organiser with wide contacts
      173 19 JOHN Burgess and Associates (JBA) is a Singapore based Sports and Events Marketing Company, with wide contacts across Hie company specialises in golf, and beJtfes the Corporate League, also has been llfrolved with professional events such as the Singapore Open, and is organising the Ada Pacific
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      260 19 HI Main Co-sponsors: Elfß CmBANKO ir m CYO.I« CAMMAGC It takes some global to our many offices right here in Asia. Our thinking to bring home global database provides access to comprehensive real understanding. market, property, occupancy and other research data, enabling us to service our clients more effectively. The
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      347 19 Does your Insurer have the In Singapore, AIG has been financial strength and represented since 1927 by American stability to service you well Home Assurance Company (AHAC), into the next century? AIG does. a member company of American International Group. With a network of offices spanning 130 countries and assets
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      361 20 BUSINESS TIMES Computer*. What would life be without them? J*s£iM T Tl. j_ rn i i i VouUw diooK to revert to dw old way of doing Tnere aie two pwt. to die contert. Plea* oomplete lwtk parte. Amy? Or lave we grcwm aocMton»J to Ae PACT 1 The dnee
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      Sukamto buys 1.5m Amcol shares to up stake to 12%
      386 21  -  Battle with Prihadi for control of firm hots up with Tuesday's purchase for about $5m By i Conrad Raj [SINGAPORE] Indonesianborn Singapore businessman Sukamto Sia has raised his stake in Amcol Holdings to about 12 per cent by buying another
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      Lock icon Hotel Prop's shares hit '96 high of $2.69
      408 21  -  Planet Hollywood's US listing fuels expectations of nuns By\ Diana Oon [SINGAPORE] Stock price of Hotel Properties Ltd (HPL) hit a high yesterday for the year so far, fuelled by buying interest on expectations of gains from the US-listing of its related
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      Securities One shareholders feeling shortchanged
      573 21  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW Loh Hui Yin Shareholders of Securities One (S-One) have reason to feel somewhat aggrieved by their company's takeover of a sister company, First Asia Securities (FAS). In a takeover announced last week worth six billion baht (SI333.48 million) in stock, S-One is
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      Lock icon Sempec to build steam power plant
      356 21  -  Move depends on when the company will get a licence By Rahita Elias [SINGAPORE] Sembawang Projects Engineering Co (Sempec), which is investing more than $100 million in the second phase of its Pulau Sakra utilities centre, is close to achieving its dream of setting
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      Comfort buys 49% of Seat distributor
      363 21  -  By I Christopher Tan [SINGAPORE] Listed transport group Comfort has made further inroads into the car business with a 49 per cent stake in Seat distributor Barcelona Motors. The $3.43 million equity investment was formalised yesterday, and marked the third motor franchise the group
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        DBS Land to float US$120m notes
        315 22  -  Analysts expect it to use the funds from its first US$ bond issae to finance its overseas projects By' Ven Sreenivasan DBS Land is said to be preparing to issue floating rate notes worth US$l2O million (Ssl6B million) on the international bond market next
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        SBC asset management arm sets up Asia HQ in S'pore
        293 22  -  By\ Shiv Taneja 1 [SINGAPORE] SBC Brinson, the international asset management arm of Swiss Banking Corp, has set up its Asia headquarters in Singapore, from which it will manage over US$l billion (Ssl.4 billion). Internationally, SBC Brinson has US$53 billion
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        Datapulse interim gain falls 72%
        284 22  -  Disappointing results come after 73% fall in net profit in last financial year By' Teh Hooi Ling [SINGAPORE] Sesdaq-listed floppy disk-maker Datapulse Technology yesterday reported a 72 per cent plunge in its interim net earnings to $285,000 despite a 4 per cent rise in turnover
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        Lock icon Budi Acid Jaya's profit up three-fold
        397 22  -  Company attributes 30b rnpiah earnings to higher yields from its operations By' William Chia [SINGAPORE] Indonesia's largest tapioca starch producer, PT Budi Acid Jaya (BAJ), yesterday posted a three-fold jump in net profit to 30.23 billion rupiah (5518.3 million) for the year ended Dec
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        Lock icon Wearnes to reduce stake in Behavior Technology
        142 22 Bloomberg Business News [TAIPEI] Wearnes Technology Ltd, a subsidiary of WBL Corp of Singapore, has notified Taiwan's Securities and Exchange Commission of plans to sell 500,000 shares in computer equipment manufacturer Behavior Technology Computer Corp. Under Taiwan rules, the shares must be sold
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        Lion group in broking firm venture in Jakarta
        281 22  -  By William Chia [SINGAPORE] Malaysia's Lion group has set up a joint venture broking firm in Jakarta with Indonesian banker Johny Besuki, who controls Sejahtera Bank Umum. The firm, Amsteel Securities Indonesia (ASI), opened last month. It is a member of the
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        Metro associate to launch more Penang apartments
        208 22 [SINGAPORE] Metro Holdings yesterday said its associate company, Etika Cekap Sdn Bhd, will soon launch the second phase of its Gurney Park apartments in Penang. A company spokesman said it will be officially launched in a couple of months. Phase two's 100 units
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          Cerebos unit buys into health food firm
          51 22 [SINGAPORE] Powdered drinks maker Cerebos Gregg's Ltd (CGL), a New Zealand subsidiary of Cerebos Pacific, has acquired Horleys Health, a sports nutritional and dietary supplement maker, for NZ$l.3 million (Stl.2 million). Cerebos said the purchase offers the group significant potential for boosting export
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          Promet eyes Indon facrication yard
          33 22 [KUALA LUMPUR] Infrastructure and engineering group Prometßhd has proposed to buy a 80 per cent stake in Indonesian fabrication yard PT Gunanusa Utama Fabricators for UStIJ million<Ssl.6 million).
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          Keppel concerns state foreign holdings
          46 22 [SINGAPORE] Keppel Bank and Keppel Finance yesterday •aid the percentage of foreign shareholdings in their companies is 10.15 per cent and 9.01 per cent respectively as at March 31. Meanwhile, Sing Investments 4r fftmMw*'? foreign shareholding stood at 17.78 per cent.
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          FOC's Ciputra deal lapses
          45 22 [SINGAPORE] First Capital Corpontfkm's memorandum of understanding with the Ciputra group to buy a 20 per cent interest in PT Citraland Adigraha, entered into on Jan 9, has lapsed as no definitive terms of agreement have been reached, FCC announced yesterday.
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        Lock icon TV authority clears News' stake in Seven
        369 24 Inquiry shows News and the TV network do not act together on sporting rights Reuter (SYDNEY] The Australian 'Broadcasting Authority (ABA) yesterday said that an Investigation into the ownership of Seven Network found News Corp was not in a position to control Seven.
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        Lock icon Giordano probing talk that 20 of its China outlets closed
        409 24 Firm's shares slide 40 HE cents, bringing 2-day loss to 8% Bloomberg Business News [HONGKONG} Giordano International, the Hongkongbased apparel retailer, said it is investigating speculation that 20 of its shops in China have been closed. Giordano shares fell 8
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        Lock icon Disney chief meets Jiang to discuss business
        319 24 Bloomberg Business News [SHANGHAI] Walt Disney Co president Michael Ovitz met President Jiang Zemin and other top officials this week to discuss the expansion of its business in China. In an interview with Shanghai Television's En-glish-language News at 10, Mr Ovitz said: "We
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        Lock icon Amcor sells Leigh-Mardon
        208 24 Bloomberg Business News [MELBOURNE] American Banknote Corp. the largest private security printer in the US, said it will buy Leigh-Mar-don Security Group from Amcor Ltd, Australia's largest paper and packaging group. The sale price is undisclosed, though Leigh-Mardon had operating revenue of about Asl2o million (S|l33 million)
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        Lock icon Brierley steps up battle to get 10% of Ampolex
        416 24 Dispute threaten* to wreck Mobil's flffftT fir Ampfllwy Bloomberg Business News [SYDNEY] New Zealand entrepreneur Ron Brio-ley's Guinness Peat Group yesterday stepped up its campaign to secure nearly 10 per cent of Australian oil company and takeover target Ampolex Ltd. The
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          Lock icon HK Land to beuild Swire House
          53 24 Bloomberg Business News [HONGKONG] Hongkong Land Holdings Ltd, the property arm of the Jardine Group, plans to rebuild the Swire g House, one of its major office properties tn Hongkong's Central district, the Chinsee-laiiguags Sing TaoDaify n*»rted yesterday. Construction is expected to t*gin in
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          Lock icon BMW appoints agent in Myanmar
          36 24 AFP [SINGAPORE] Germany's Bayerische Motaren Wsrke AO Rovwv^kleßtn in the potentially profitable market BMW said Myanmar Astra Chinthe Motors is the first sole agent of luxury car* in Mvanmar A JS*Z>
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          Lock icon 556 accept HK Telecom quit inequities
          70 24 Bloomberg Business News [HONGKONG] Hongkong Teiscommunlcstions Lid's March offw of incentives to quit was accepted by aboutavi fifth of the 3,000 workers targeted, the South China Morning Post reported yesterday Some «6 workers accepted the package. An unnsmed company spokesman said Hongkong Telecom would
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          Lock icon JP Morgan ups stake in Spiears Paper
          40 24 Reuter [MKLBOURNEJPsper distributor sndoonvsTto-Spiosrs Paper Ltd yesterday said JPMofisn Investment Msnnwmsni I Hilar ami s (5111.4 million), or A12L45 a share, between April 9,1996, and April 3,1998, it told the Aussie bourse, -fisufcr
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        Lock icon ITT takes issue with Fortune's 'loser' label
        262 24 Bloomberg Business News [WHITE PLAINS. New York] ITT Industries Inc, branded as one of the biggest "losers" in this year's Fortune 500, is taking issue with the magazine's methodology. In reporting its annual ranking of the largest US companies, Fortune said ITT Industries
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          Lock icon Datapoint sues Intel, SMC
          56 25 Reuter (SAN ANTONIO, Texas] Datapoint Corp said on Wednesday it was suing Intel Corp and SMC Corp for alleged patent infringements. The suit was filed on Tuesday in US District Court for the Eastern District of New York. It seeks to recover damages for infringement of
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          Lock icon Josco pre-tax profit up 41%
          38 25 AFP [TOKYO) Japanese supermarket operator Jusco Co Ltd said yesterday consolidated pre-tax profit rose 41.4 per cent from a year earlier to 57.82 billion yen (***** million) in the year to February. —AFP
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          Lock icon 'No' to BAT'S proposed brand sale
          32 25 NYT [NEW YORK] The Federal Trade Commission has rejected the proposed sale of six discount brands of cigarettes by BAT Industries pic to Lorillard Tobacco Co.—NYT
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          Lock icon Pioneer joins advanced TV development
          41 25 AFP [TOKYO] Japan's Pioneer Electronic Corp said yesterday it would join in the development of an advanced television (ATV) system that will be the standard for the next generation of digital broadcasting in the US. —AFP
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          Lock icon Bid to win back HP deal
          52 25 Bloomberg Business News [MOUNTAIN VIEW, California) Adobe Systems Inc said it > plans to try to win back licensing agreements from Hewlett-Packard Co, which last month said it would stop using Adobe's Postscript products in some of its printers by the second half of
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          Lock icon Prodigy laying off 115 stall
          56 25 NYT [NEW YORK] Prodigy Services Co announced on Wednesday that it was laying off 115 of its6Boemployees. Staff cuts at Prodigy were expected because the company is being streamlined to shift its on-line business onto the Internet, and Prodigy's executive team is trying to attract
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        Lock icon Chips market bottomed out in February, says NEC
        347 25 Firm's executive vice-president sees moderate recovery from March Bloomberg Business News AFP [TOKYO] NEC Corp's executive vice-president Hajime Sasaki said yesterday his company believed the semiconductor market had bottomed in February, with a modest recovery emerging afterwards. Mr Sasaki's comments came in
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        Lock icon Sega goes into battle mode with European acquisitions
        126 25 Reuter [TOKYO] Leading Japanese game machine maker Sega Enterprises clicked into battle mode against its European competitors yesterday with the announcement that it is buying four gaming firms. The purchase, for an undisclosed amount, will be from the JPM Group, Britain's largest
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        Lock icon Rentokil raises hostile BET offer to £2.1b
        286 25 BET shares upon revised package comprising Rentokil shares, cash and BET dividends Reuter [LONDON] British firm Rentokil pic yesterday raised its hostile bid for business services group BET pic to about £2.1 billion (554.5 billion). Rentokil, a pest control to security services group,
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        Lock icon Daimler posts record 5.6b mark loss after revamp
        341 25 Company expects return to profit this year but warns of more tough decisions Bloomberg Business News {STUTTGART, Germany] Daimler-Benz AG said "further tough decisions" remain to be taken in 1996 after reorganisation brought a record 5.7 billion Deutschemark (515.35 billion) loss for
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        Lock icon Bally chief's salary, benefits over US$6m
        167 25 Reuter [CHICAGO] Bally Entertainment Corp chief executive officer Arthur Goldberg received more than US$6 million (558.45 million) in salary and other compensation, as well as stock options for 550,000 company shares in 1995, according to the company's proxy statement. In addition, Mr Goldberg's contract
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        Lock icon Berkshire shares fall 5.5% after Buffett's warning
        272 25 Bloomberg Business News [NEW YORK] Maybe investors are finally starting to listen to Warren Buffett's warnings that the price of his company's stock is too high. Shares of his Berkshire Hathaway Inc fell US$l,9OO, or 5.5 per cent, to U5532,600 in New York
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        S'pore may gain from 2nd Indon rubber exchange
        308 26  -  Traders say it will make prices more transparent and help boost liquidity By[ Siow Li Sen [SINGAPORE] A second rubber exchange in Indonesia will make prices more transparent there and could boost liquidity here rather than take business away, say Singapore rubber
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        Lock icon Lagoon of death
        65 26 [MANILA] The calm waters of this lagoon belie the danger underneath. Once an open pit mine of the Marcopper Mining Corporation in central Marinduque island, it is now filled with copper mine tailings. The waste pit, said to contain 30 million tonnes of copper mine waste, spilled
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        Thai finance firm to borrow US$52m from 14 banks
        196 26  -  Loan carries an interest rate of 0.7 per cent above Sibor By\ Soh Tiang Keng [SINGAPORE] A Thai finance company yesterday signed a deal here to borrow US$52 million ($73 million) from the Asian dollar market. Thai Thamrong Finance Company has
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        Lock icon Japan banks to use equity financing to boost capital
        229 26 Bloomberg Business News r [TOKYO! At least six of Japan's 21 biggest banks are likely to raise nearly one trillion yen (5112.98 billion) through equity financing in the current business year in order to increase their capital. "Banks that had their
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        Opening of insurance sector will help growth
        227 26 (SINGAPORE] The two-day Asean conference on liberalisation of insurance services ended here yesterday with broad agreement that liberalisation in Asia would bring about faster industry growth, greater expertise and wider choice of products. Many delegates, however, warned that relaxation of controls, with the
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        Lock icon Euro$ weakens on inflation fears
        233 26 SI MUX Report Reuter [SINGAPORE] Simex Eurodollar futures finished weaker as concerns over a rise in US inflation due to higher energy prices shook the market out of its initial apathy. Eurodollar futures came under pressure in late afternoon trade as London players sold them
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        165 26 Reuter AFP THE dollar continued to rise against the major currencies on the European currency markets, benefiting from expectations of a cut in German interest rates next Thursday. The President of the Bundesbank Hans Tietmeyer told the Financial Times newspaper that "there is no question of an interest
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        327 26 ENERGY REPORT Bloomberg Business News [HANOI] Conoco Inc, a US oil company, said it agreed with Vietnam to explore an area of the South China Sea that's also claimed by China. Conoco said it isn't choosing sides in a dispute that two years ago
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      2166 27 ftttt m.iiniMM nmMl HijftjlUL JM SEK£2« a 5Kcg .ss SS55SK. SSS SK mSJI S 2«fek«* 1M» 'UA •MmmMm** t&i iII■ ii i 11i■ jiii.ijiiilffffffi ii.ifflWlB m&natg; 'jig: LONDON •Fjl hn A. A. Corp Mr .621/2 V2 AB Ports 293 unch AdPey Notional 560 unch AMed Lyons 490
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      1561 27 Reuter □Wikka22s 4727 SHARES ended mixed, in spite of profit-taking following a sharp decline in New York overnight. Brokers said strong demand from foreign and domestic institutional investors limited the downside, confirming the Nikkei would head for 22,000 in the near future. The 225-share Nikkei Average finished down 97.27
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      1670 28 AFX-Asia PHangScng -184J6 SHARE prices closed lower on fears the US market is weakening, dealers said. The Hang Seng Index fell 184.98 points to 10,892.57. Turnover was HK$4.4 billion. A dealer said the market has become "very nervous" over the direction the US economy is taking. "The market expects
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      693 28 AFP PftmiMßtelilg ♦MO SHARE prices closed higher as speculative buying offset some local profit-taking. "This market is getting very unpredictable third liners are the focus at the moment and those without strong fundamentals are bound to come off," a dealer said. The Composite Index rose 1.40 points to 605.34.
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      597 28 Reuter CI Shanghai JUndex -MUH THE Shanghai B market closed up on bargain-hunting, with brokers saying poor results announced by some companies in the past few days had already been absorbed. The index rose 0.09 point to 50.11 on volume of 4.3 million shares worth US$l.7 million. Brokers said
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      383 28 AFP DWPMg -65J53 SHARE prices finished lower as investors rushed to cash in profits towards the close. "In light of previous heavy gains, cautious investors moved to take profit just minutes before the end of the session," said a trader. The Weighted Price Index fell 55.53 points to 5,712.50.
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      814 28 AFP Qgjrjjg SHARE prices fell as investors sold ahead of a long weekend for the country's traditional new year celebrations. "People were worried with the approach of the long weekend that they would prefer not to hold stocks during that time," a trader said. The SET Index dropped 6.19
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      333 28 AFP Manila -4JB SHARE prices declined on profit-taking. The Composite Index fell 4.18 points to 2,990.24. Turnover was 7.5 billion shares valued at 3.2 billion pesos. PLDT fell 35 pesos to 1,480. San Miguel A were steady at 51.50 and its B shares were down three at 84.50. Meralco
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      619 28 AFP HllOrthnfat *M STOCKS rose as demand for resource stocks overwhelmed negative sentiment flowing from a fourth consecutive fall on Wall Street. The All Ordinaries Index rose 9.4 points to 2,234.8. Turnover was 269.6 million shares, worth A 5770.2 million, with risers beating falls on a ratio of about
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      275 28 Reuter +130 SHARES closed stronger after a slow start. The NZSE-40 Capital Index rose 3.30 points to 2,139.95. Fletcher Paper gained seven cents to NZ$2.BO and Telecom was up two to close at NZ$6.3B. Renter v- cmm AM2 Banking 6.75 0.02 T7047 Advantaqas HMgt 163 -0.02 3700 Air Nw
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        Lock icon Stocks fall as US bond yields rise
        6066 29 KOALA LUMHlRfigporfe Bloomberg Business News pOwnpoatelaiMi -4J3 STOCKS fell for the third time this week as US bond yields rose to an eight-month high. "The rising bond yield was a reaction to better-than-expected jobs data in the US, sparking fears of a rise
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    • WARRANTS & OPTIONS
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        Long-dated Gamuda Bhd warrants backed by fundamentals
        3472 30  -  WARRANT WATCH By] R Sivanithy LONG-DATED warrants are always interesting, especially if the fundamentals underpinning the company are sound and the numbers supporting the warrants are attractive. One such Malaysian warrant that meets these criteria is that issued by construction firm Gamuda Bhd
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        CLOB INTERNATIONAL
        2128 30 Transaction date: Apr 11 mmi* nam Or Of l** JW On Lax Quota Ok Mr YM M M Cap Urn Mao Cimtimt I* COOOO g» Law Payor OaBar Cvr P/C ~S MO SMt ABB 50c Ol W 58 S5 mi 520 U 4* OJ Mi s5j ■3 M
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        MAIN BOARD
        4394 31 Or Or M Wt 19M Last VeI Day Last Ovot. M* Di» YM Met Cap Avg MH> Lew «tMa Cimpsay »at> COOP) HI# Law Buyer SaBer Per P/t lul Price mow i rials JHBHHHHHHHHHHHBBHHHHHHHHMHHHRHI 9146 ASC NT$K) 200 US- 214 165 1256 AcarSOc USUI unch 134 182 179
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        HOT STOCK
        68 32  -  Paul Leo BX PATIENT with Lum Chang Holdings* A drift down to support at $1 JO am be expected to the short-term as the Rs£s approaching overbought territory and dotty MACD indicator is leveU&ng qff. However, the uptrend is still intact as Indicated bp the Average Directional Movement
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        Caution returns as US bond yield rise hits Dow
        785 32  -  STOCK MARKET ononmif Blm chip* weaker bit Senhawang Corp tacks the trend; meanwhile, KL Second Beard hits another record high By R Sivanithy [SINGAPORE] A poor overnight session on Wall Street stemming from a rise in bond yields to an eight-month
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          Taking a car from K $ Li
          118 32 Taking a car from K Li WE REPORTED recently how Hongkong tycoon Li Ka-ahing told reporters his company paid him a salary of HKSS,OOO (Ss9lo) a year to be careAkl and not divulge information about hie share trading. Wen, almost a week altar that media meeting, the chairman of Cheung
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          Veterans benefits
          75 32 US RETAILER Sears Roebuck and Co spends more money on retiree benefits than moat Singapore companies make in a year. Research house Robertson Stephens ssllnurtaa that Sears' annual benefits expenses ft*Bo,ooo ratines amount to about US$3OO million (***** million) -just over one per cent of sales or about
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          A crash around the
          94 32 WE HEARD this story about aproperty investor who decided to fbrittt a $80,000 deposit she psid for a nsw landed 99-year WssehoMpiupw ty sflsi Using convinced by her lawyer that a crash is Just around the corner. She reckoned that lawyers should have a food feel
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          Truly hard times
          109 32 STOCKBROKERS who complain about lean ttmee should consider the plight of North Koreans. The food crisis tn North Korea has apparently readied such an alarming stage that people then are scouring perks for edible grass. Trevor Pegs, head of a UN ■World Food Progretmne (Wry) said that
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          Intranet Singapore
          72 32 AN EXECUTIVE at a major software multinational has postulated that Singapore may become one big Intranet— an Intemd computer network wtth links to the Internet This Intranet would combine private, regulated in a cloeed network, with the open, free information of the Internet According to this executive, this
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      31 24 ARE YOU LOOKING TO PROMOTE YOUR SERVICES TO THE LEGAL WORLD? INTRODUCING SINGAPORE'S FIRST LEGAL SUPPORT SERVICES EXPOSITION FRIDAY 24 MAY 1996 CITY HALL CHAMBER Call Francis Ng on 323 6373
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      34 29 ISO CERTIFICATION !I > i I'M .sM; 1 1 1' '1; I 111 si) Y 21, 1 V >() in. i > i, I' i■ i I 111 SI )AV WAY 7, l«) Singapore -Z~_T Press Holdings
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      388 32 BUSINESS Xotices To \i)\i u i i si; < 1.1 ioi.i. i k i i: iso<i -1 a i iss .< i r— #1 carnaudMetalbox Qnoorponftad in tha of Singapore) NOTICE Of ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Notice to hereby given that the Itoanty-first Annual General Meeting of the Company wfl be
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      38 32 You may hew baan unable to gat your BurinaaaTimas. Strato Trnaa, Sunday Timaa, LianHa Zaobno and othar (My nampapars fcom your iwlnamtewlhn—aofiha NjlwdarandMy. Toenauraadriycopy.cal Cuatomar Sarvtoaa Sadton on 1800-74M577. and a* tor homaorofficadafevwysarvice. MORE NOTICES ON PAGE 13
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      377 32 M THE MAI 111 TW ootmn act, cap. ao AND MTMKMATTBIQP iBManmurELTD VOLUNTARY UQUDATIOM) NOTICE OF HNALMEETMO NOTICE B HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to Sacbon 306(1) ol toa Companiaa Ad. Cap. SO that tha Final Maating of Mambars of tha Company ba hald al toa otocaa oI L«. to CaaywQuiy.titoe Ooaan
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      315 32 M THE MATTER OF THE COMPANKS ACT. CAP. SO AMD At an Extraordinary Qanaral Meeting of the Company duly convened and haM at 87 Club Slraat Singapore *****6 on the 001 April 1900 0m foaming Specaf ReaoMion was duly passed. RESOLVED that 0m Con*OTy be wound u j voluntarily pursuant
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      443 32 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACX CAP. 99 AND M THE MATTER OT DIVERSE RESOURCES fIOFUIIU (PTE) LTD (In Members' Voinatary Winding Up) At aa Extraordinary General Meeting of to aaembers of toe abovaaamed Company daly eoaveaed Mid held at 79Aasoa Road #21-03, Siagaporc *****6 oa 4 April 1996
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      279 32 MIME HATTER OF THE COMPARES ACT, CAP. 90 AND M TME MATTER OF KOSAN TANKERS (SMQAFORE)PTELTD NOTICE OFSPECUL AND ORORIARV RESOLUTIONS IPiammnttaSsrden Wop)pi)i At an Extraordinary General Msstoig of 0m Compeny held et 20 Sankt Annae Pleds, Copenheoen, Oenmmli on 0m 40i day of April 1900, 0m totomdini Special end
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      284 33 Knight-Ridder Reuter LONDON freight rates inched lower in quiet fixings on Wednesday but Panamax rates held steady except fbr a modest drop in USGuM/Japan, brokers said. The Baltic Freight Index (BPI), which has USGulf/Japan at U5525.80, cams offby another point on Wednesday to 1,486 amid slow fixtures after
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      MARITIME STOCKS
      176 33 WEESSSt grrOMrtMton_LS« *CM t Sfmitm im -ouoi 23 SWIMMMM —LM -OuOI 99 nu 7.M *aio rot iPgMUHkt __0l94 men ji mutmim —.m ♦o.oi m aerauzniS "S HK&M ijflllllMp t44 <M4 II ffiSKrSS IS 8 MM ill -0M a MM- 104 well MO MmltoltMUtLM -0X1 M MMc tartar* U9
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      Tanker industry urged to get support for safely issue
      437 33  -  fffffc with involved parties, says at conference By Rahita Elias [SINGAPORE] In promoting safety at sea, the tanker industry lacks support from others involved in oil transportation. But this is partly due to the industry's own inadequacies, said Intertanko chairman-des-ignate Richard
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      Crew who jumped off ship can file general maritime claim
      821 33  -  IBMBHIffT CASEBOOK By\ Selva Kumar AN AUSTRALIAN court recently held that crew members of a ship who had jumped overboard after a violent dispute with the master and other crew members could arrest the ship and bring a maritime claim
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      World-Wide chief receives award
      179 33 [SINGAPORE] World-Wide Shipping's chairman, Helmut Sohmen, has received the Commodore 1996 Award from the Connecticut Maritime Association. He was given the award during the association's gala dinner held in Stamford, Connecticut, on March 20. The event waa attended by 600 guests from all over the world.
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      Lock icon Colombo Dockyard's newbuilding jobs soar
      138 33 Reuter [COLOMBO] Construction of new vessels by Colombo Dockyard Ltd, (CDL) a subsidiary of Japan's Onomichi Dockyard Co Ltd, roee sharply in 1995, the company said on Wednesday. Turnover from shipbuilding rose to 322 million rupees (5813.5 million) in the year ending December 31, 1996,
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      Lock icon France and China sign shipping pact
      92 33 Reuter [PARIS] France and China on Wednesday signed a bilateral government accord on maritime transport allowing shipping charterers easier access to ports, the French foreign ministry said. The agreement updating a 1975 accord, is particularly designed to help the CMA chartering company and the
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      Australia, US against Indon 3-sea-lane plan
      250 33 Jakarta insists it has the right to regulate foreign shipping in its waters [SYDNEY] Australia has joined the United States to protest against Indonesia's proposal to apply restrictions to the passage of commercial and naval shipping through the Indonesian archipelago, the Sydney Morning Herald
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      57 33 [SINGAPORE] British Transport Minister George Young being welcomed by Goon Kok Loon, Port of Singapore Authority deputy chief executive officer, at PSA Building yesterday. Mr Young is in Singapore with a delegation of leading businessmen to promote British transport expertise and to explore opportunitiesfbr cooperation
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      Lock icon Metra unit wins orders from S'pore, China
      146 33 Reuter [HELSINKI] Wartsila Diesel pert of Finnish diversified engineering group Oy Metra Ab, won orders for engines for vessels being built in China and Singapore, Metra said yesterday in a statement. "The orders Include 36 engines worth a total of USI3S million (Ss49
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      Lock icon German state wants new talks on Vulkan yards
      106 33 Reuter [FRANKFURT] The east German state of Mecklenburg Vorpommern said on Wednesday It wanted to reopen talks with the federal government over the Cite of east German shipyards spun off from ailing shipbuilder Bremer Vulkan. Bernd Selte, premier of Mecklenburg Vorpommern which
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      Lock icon Long on plans, short on funds
      940 34 PORT OF COLOMBO: RIPE FOR DEVELOPMENT the Sri Lanka Ports Authority wants to improve cargo handling facilities in the capital city and attract more traffic, |md is looking to private capital as the state is starved of cash because of the Tamil separatist war
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      INDEX TO SHIPPING LINES AND FREIGHT FORWARDERS
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      SHIPPING GUIDE
      15396 42 EXPORT ETA ETA Advarttsar Vassal Voyaga ToNphana I ETA ETA Advarttsar Vnul Vovao* yw_D«grt» Nanw Www -T T A I U/04 21/04 Lucky (OUR GEMINI VAI *****55 I 0*4 21/04 Mult Din* I OUR GEMINI 4(7 tMimii J HMS <AUMI 2004 sxss 2 sss United Arab Emirates I
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        CONVENTIONAL WHARVES
        575 51 Nrtfc Arrival Ptyrttrt Si JUB Oll|lHl 1104/1200 'gM «w JM |I|I||H| aovouo 5*5"? 1 M*M» 12.04/0600 rat M MM* n.04/2300 522 w#4 M M*M a 04/0100 MM J02 MM* 13.04/0200 g-M-M 0402* JOI M«M* 1104/2300 'JSt?"" M*MN n.04/1700 n JM M|Nl 13.04/0600 1>" 0402* JM M*«Mt 11.04/2300 10V0W0
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        CONTAINER SCHEDULES
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        COCKETT BUNKER MARKET REPORT
        885 51 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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        GLOBAL HOLIDAY
        329 51 APS 12 Sri Lanka.: Market and public holiday (to April 13). Thailand: Songkran Festival. Lebanon: Good Friday (Eastern). APSI3 Bangladesh: Bengali New Year's Day. Sri Lanka: Market and Public holiday. ARM Egypt, Lebanon: Easter (Eastern). Amis Belarus: Orthodox Easter. Bulgaria/Greece: Easter Monday. Switzerland: Market and Public holiday (Zurich
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        Lock icon Airbus wins US$1.5b deal for 30 jets from China
        456 52 European groap's biggest order from Bering marks victory over US rivals NYT [PAßlS] Airbus Industrie won an order for 30 aircraft worth US$l.5 billion (Ss2.l billion) from China, the biggest the European plane-making consortium has received from that nation. The Airbus
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        Lock icon Politics behind order: Boeing
        278 52 AFP [SEATTLE, Washington] Boeing said on Wednesday that "ill-founded political considerations" were behind China's decision to place a US$l.5 billion order with rival Airbus Industrie and said the deal highlights the need few better US-China trade ties. Chinese Prime Minister Li Peng earlier in the day
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        Lock icon Changi Airport launches new Internet on-line guide
        95 52 fSyGAPORE] Changi Airport's new Internet online guide was launched by Goh Chee Wee, Minister of State for Trade and Industoy andQ>mmunications (above), yesterday. In his speech, he noted that the service would enable Internet users from all over the wrUtoobtaininformation on the services
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        Lock icon Nissan denies report on deal to sell cars through Samsung
        182 52 AFP [TOKYO] Japan's Nissan Motor Co Ltd said yesterday it Was studying ways to sell its yehicles in South Korea but denied a report that it had already decided to sell them through Samsung Motors Jnc's dealer network. The Nihon
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        Lock icon Woman with tuberculosis on flight infected other passengers
        202 52 Bloomberg Business News (BOSTON] An airplane passenger with a highly infectious strain of tuberculosis frassed the disease onto fellow passengers who sat near her on a flight from Chicago to Honolulu, researchers and airline officials say. The woman travelled from Honolulu to
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      876 48 SAMUDERA INDONESIA (S) PTE LTD I 15 McCALLUM STREET #03-01A)2 NATWEST CENTRE S'PORE 0106 TEL: *****81-3 FAX: *****U (3 HUNTING UNES) TLX: R*****0 BOOKINGS CALL PIBECT LINE: 2222»41/*****43 JESSICA/CELIA ■J^^2^B^^^H 7SLQS/WEEK IsMliZiUil 3SLQS/WEEK JVUML no? —|~BR PiR |VW \m Huff FANGARAN SINAR T566 15/M(MON) 17/04 (WED) ORIENT INDEPENDENCE 977 15/04
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